The subsequent career of this censor of English manners and morals is too remarkable to be passed over in silence.  I therefore now proceed to give you a short epitome of it, as a specimen of morals and manners in Kentucky, as exhibited by him, and his trial.  My information is taken from the details of the trial published at full length, a copy of which I obtained in consequence of the extraordinary accounts of the transaction which I read in the papers.  Professor Butler had formerly been tutor in the family of the Wards, and was equally esteemed by them and the public of Louisville generally.  At the time of the following occurrence the Professor was Principal of the High School in that city.

One of the boys at the school was William—­brother of Mr. Matt.  F. Ward:  it appears that in the opinion of the Professor the boy had been guilty of eating nuts in the school and denying it, for which offence he was called out and whipped, as the master told him, for telling a lie.  Whether the charge or the punishment was just is not a point of any moment, though I must say the testimony goes far to justify both.  William goes home, complains to his brother Matt.  F., not so much of the severity of the punishment, as of being called a liar.  The elder brother becomes highly indignant, and determines to go to the Professor and demand an apology.  It must be remembered that the father was all this time in Louisville, and of course the natural person to have made any remonstrance with his old friend the Professor.  Matt.  F.’s family remind him that he is very weakly, and that one of the masters at the school is an enemy of his.  They therefore beg of him to be calm, and to take his intermediate brother Robert with him, in case of accidents.  He consents.  He then goes to the gun-store of Messrs. Dixon and Gilmore, and purchases of the latter, about 9 A.M., two small pocket-pistols, three inches long in the barrel.  These he gets Mr. Gilmore to load, but purchases no further ammunition.  After this he proceeds with his brother Robert, who is armed with a bowie-knife, to the school.  Not wishing to be unjust to Mr. Matt.  F. Ward, I give the statement of the subsequent occurrence in the words of his brother Robert’s evidence in court.[BQ]

“On entering the school-room,[BR] Matt. asked for Butler.  He came.  Matt. remarked, I wish to have a talk with you.  Butler said, Come into my private room.  Matt. said, No; here is the place.  Mr. Butler nodded.  Matt. said, What are your ideas of justice?  Which is the worst, the boy who begs chestnuts, and throws the shells on the floor, and lies about it, or my brother who gives them to him?  Mr. Butler said he would not he interrogated, putting his pencil in his pocket and buttoning up his coat.  Matt, repeated the question.  Butler said, There is no such boy here.  Matt. said, That settles the matter:  you called my brother a liar, and for that I must have an apology.  Butler said he had no apology to make.  Is your