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A 1 BY E. B. MURRAY ife CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1880. VOLUME X?l.r -NO. 1 A DUEL TXVJ1IE DEATH. Col. Wm. M. Hhanr^M* KlUed by Col, E. Xl. C. C?eh-The Fatal Rencontre Takes Place at Dall?te'* Bridge, in Dallington Cuantr^bsuirrfort tits ChuUengtua; Porty and tba First fa Hr?, bat is Shot Throarjb tba Heart-Tb? Origin of tba Difficulty. Charlatan News anti (Muritr. 'CAMDEN, 8. C.. July 6. Nowa was leceivod hero this morning of a fatal duel, which took placo at 2 ?\iloclc yesterday at DuBoso's Bridge, lu Darlington County, between Col. E. B. C. Coati of Chesterfield, and Coi. W. M. Shannon of this place, in which tho lat ter wac instantly I killed. Col. Shannon was the challenging party. Col. Cash being deaf in one ear, requested that tho signal to fire be given by the discharge of L a pistol, which waa agreed to. Col. Sanc tion fired first, h? bail atriking tho ground near Col. Casb'e feet. Col. Cash then fired, tho ball passing through Col. Shan non's heart. Death was instantaneous. Our wiiole community feels the shock. It was uncalled fur. The funeral will take plnco from -ho Episcopal Church, of which he was a member, at 4 o'cloch this afternoon. The origin of the duel was as follows : Col. Shannon was assistant counsel with Capt. YV. L. DePass in a case entitled C. Mt Wienges va. R. G. Ellene for dam - liges for Injuries Inflicted on tho said Wienges, for which they obtained a judg ment. R. G. Ellerbe claimed that he was Jttrj&ly indebted to'liis sister, thc wife ? uf Col. CasH, and on that ground Tcsieted the payment of the judgment in favor of Wienges, contending that what be owed his sister cxhausti-d hi' oroperty. Tbe attorneys fcn\Wicnge9' prayed for an in junction to set asido the judgment in fa vor of Mm. Cash, ant! it was from tbe pleadings in the caso thal all the difficul ties havo grown. Col. Cash first challenged W. L. De - Pass, who was, with his second, arrested and put underheavy bonds. I learn that haran nud severe communications have been issued;by Col. Cash to Col. Shan' nan, iuaisting thnt efforts had been made ? in the pleadings to reflect on the charac ter of bis now deceased wife for honesty. Both vatha attori/nys deny ever having thought ?if such a charge. Col. Shan non ii MM always, nineo tho case bas been in court, utterly denied having made any offensive remark or having the least in tention of reflecting on Mr?. Cash. COD. WILLIAM M. SHANNON. William M. Shannon V7as born in Ker-' shaw County in 1822, and was conse quently 58 years of age. His father was Chas. J. Shannon, a prominent citizen of tho county, and for many years presi dent of the Camden Branch of the Bank of the State. Col. Bin mon was educa ted at the South Carolina College, which he entered in 1838, graduating in tho class of IS ll. . Soon after leaving college lin commenced tbe study of tho law and was admitted to the bar with tba class of 1843, in which were Tho?. M. Hankel, Judge W. Alston Pringle the lata H. C. Burckmyer, tho late John E. Carew, and others, from Charleston. Ho married thc daughter of Governor Adam McWil lie, who was at ono time a prominent citi zen of Camden,-but who subsequently removed to Mississippi, of which State be was lat?r in fifo elected Governor. in tho pursuit of bis profession Col. Shannon soon rose to prominence. In 1857 ho wasclectod to represent Kersh aw I County in the lower bouseof the Legisla ture, and .-ur ved in thatcapacity until 1862, when ho resigned rind entcreu tbs Con federate set vice. During'his term of of fice, and especially during the Speaker nhip of tba Hon. Robert Alston, ne and Gen. McGowan, who was bis classmate in college, were two of the leading mem hen? ortho House. k ?A4itho.oUtbrea': of the .war he raised a cavalry company and entered the Confed erate service io Virginia. Subsequently ho raised another cavalry company and nerved in Ncrlh Carolina. Upon tho death of his father, in 1864, he succeeded him as president of the. bank at Camden. . Col. Shannon was the father of four teen children, and was intimately connec ted with most of tho leading families , of Kerabaw Connty. Ho was in early 'Ufo a Presbyterion, but subsequently joined the Protestant Episcopal Church, ol which ho'became un activo and practical member; ? Ho waria mah of great'indus try and energy, nnd bas for many years occupied a position of prominence at tue Bur of Camden. All who knew bim will remember, tho groat amiability which was odo of tho pr?dominant traits of hia char acter. He enjoyed the entire confidence nf the people of Camden and Kershaw County, mid waa for many yearn ono of '. the most popular men ?f that section ol tho State. Ho was well-read, not only in the law but in general and current litera ture Col.Shannon was not only popular tn account of bia cheerful and genial disposition,but waa loved for his gentle manners, bis Christian kindness, and thc strict integrity which characterized his whoio publia and private life, .coi,: E. D. c.-OAS::. Col. Shannon's antagonist in tho fatal duel, Col. E; B. C. Cash, is a planter ir Chesterfield County, near Cash's Depot, n station on the Cherow and Darlington Railrda*, not fa* from Cbcraw. He was in command of a regimont in Bonbam'c Brigade, in Virginia, in tho first year ol fhet*wnf. and Was a fearless if not nn ac ' complisne? officer. THE ORIGIN Ol" TP? FATAL- QUAP-ilEL. The miarrblVhich lias resulted in thc death qf Col., Shannon grew out of uti nc . tion for damages brought by Mr. C. M Wienges against Capt. R. G. Ellerbe who, on account of som? ppmnnai differ unco, had assaulted and beaten him. Tin iury ?ave a verdict for$2,000 in favor o Wienges, who waa unable to recover tin amount, tho. property of Capt. Ellerbt being encumbered by a judgment npor * a mortgage "given to Bira. E. B. Cash Who Waa Etlerbe's sister. Wienges1 inati tuted proceedings to ?set asido tho j mig menton tho ground of fraud, his attor .tiny?. Col. Wm. M. Shannon and Capt W. ls. DePosS, nf Camden, charging tba the "pretended confession ot judgment' had been made by Ellerbe to 'his owi *Uuer/? Mrs.' Cash, and that thus "by i family arrangement" Ellerbe "intends ti defeat tho recovery" by the plaintiff." TUB rn;:. r DBHAKD. Pending th3 legal proceedings no ac tio'n;appears to bavo been taken by Copi Ellerbe or Col. Cash, but un May 22 tb lotter sent Copt. DePass toe followinj challenge : KRftSH AW Co., 8. C., Mov 22. Oipt. W. L. DePas?, Camden, & C. : Sm-In a case entitled "C. M. Wien gp* ve. A. E, Dash and. others," in ?hie! yon aro Ort 'attorney for the plaintiff, yoi charge Mrs. Cash with fraud, an although tho copy of your ?ummons am complaint served upon Mia.Cash'*attoi ney? 'Milora .from tho. original, upc which you obtained on injonction, yt your whole course in the management c thc case clearly shows that von did mea tn impute frond to Mrs. Cash, ohd I soi peet thal your object in withdrawing th inuit offensive exprtwaiotis iii the origin! woo to shirk a responsibility yon had ht the courage to meet, {'regret very much tr.y inability to a< in tbbt mailer, at an eorltcr . ?? y, but lo have done ?to would have su^ixted my conduct to inUconstraction, and, perhaps, grejudlced Mrs. O&sh's claims before the ourte; As you bare abandoned your charge of fraud, 1 now feel free to act in this matter, and while I neither claim for myself or acknowledge for you that there is any social equality between us. yet for the time being, sud to accomplish tho object I hara in view, I waive all objec tions, and demand of you redress for the lalee imputations you nave made, against thu character of Mrs. Cash. My, friend, M>. W. B. Banders, will make for mo the usual preliminaries for a meeting. E. B. O. CASH. Tho rOB po lise of Capt. DePass waa a? follows: CAMDEN, 8. C., May 24,1880. Gol. KB. C. Gath: SIB-Your note cf the 22d instant wa? handed to me by Mr. VT. B. Sindern, and I take tho earliest practicable>opportU nity of replying. It is couched in lan guage unwarranted by tbo Code of Hon our amont, gentlemen, ii. that it conveys an insuit, sud I could most properly return it to you, but I waive this and will readily accord you tho satisfaction you demand, ily friend, Dr. T. B. Lcgaro, will arrange xyjth your friend, Mr. W. B. Sanders, for# meeting. V W. L. DEPASS; . Both Capt. DePass and Mr. Legare were arrested, and an attempt was made to arrest Mh Sond?is. Col. L. WYR. Blair waa substituted by Capt.. DoPftt.8 for Mr. Legare, and arrangement a wore made for a meeting in North Carolina, but Capt. DePass was again arrested and the fight did not take place. GASH FUBJCISUEB DEPASS, Col. Cash publishes the correspondence in a circular with the following letter : CASH'S DEPOT, S. C., June ?>. Io pursuance of tho above, my friends, Mr. W. B. Sanders and Col. Richard C. Watt?, have done, all in their power to bring about a meeting between Capt. DePass and myself, but in every instance bnve failed to accomplish their purpose. Different times and places bavo. been agreed upon for a. meeting, but before reaching tho grounds selected, or nfter getting on the grounds and waiting hour upon nour, wo have been notified by th? .frionds of Capt. DePass that "Capt. De Pass has been arrested, or arrested again, and cannot fight." I was in Kershaw County, the home of I Capt. DePass, when the challenge was tent, and his reply, received.- I came out of Kershaw, passed through Sumter, Darlington, Chesterfield, and into Anson County, N. C., (the place appointed for tbo meeting.) I ?raveled in nn open car riage upon tho public roads, passing through.towns and villages on the route, and am personally.known to tbo people v.-h o resido along the roads travelled, and yet I had no trouble in .eluding tho offi cers of the law. I will add that no friend or acquaintance of mino has been instru mental in procuring warrants of arrest in this case. As far; as I am informed they originated from n whining hypocrite of Camden, who affects to raise his bands in holy horror at the settlement of a dif ficulty by a fair and equal combat, but ?ho does not hesitate to violate the or inar ?OS of Qod, and to bavo published ?h the leading newspaper of tho. State a Jase and Bbamelefts falsehood as to tba nature of this difficulty. It .was my purpose to have cowhided Capt. DePass for the course ho has pursued towards rae, and I only condesconded to challenge him at the urgent appeals, of personal friend:!. They were in error, and have caused mo to blush for shame (uninten tionally) nt the couree I have adopted. I am now sick and disgusted, and have abondoned the chase, and offer my nistyl caso in exchange for a horsewhip. I . ' E. B. C. OASHJ THE REJOINDER OF DEPAS3.' U This has led Capt. DePaes to publish his version of the affair,' with the sub joined letter from Col. Blair: DIXIE'S RETREAT, JUUO 19. Capt. W. L. DePast, Camden, S. C. : MY DEAR SIR-Before Geeing Gen. Cash's placard against you I had written a communication to the Carolina Sun correcting misrepresentations apparently referring to you in an nrtfcle on the "Camden Anti-Duelling Society," pub lished.; in :^hat paper. Tho appearance of the'placard renders' ii my duty, in justice both to yourself abd me, to place be foro tho publica moro explicit otate ' ment of what passed between GOD. Cash, or his official /riend, ?^.'jlfaU*), and mt with referonoe to you. -'-<*' On tho 27th or 28th ultimo I visited Gen. Cash to deliver tn him a note from you accrediting me as your official friend, and also one' from: myself, in which 1 say : "Capt, DePass will meet you at an j time you may designate beyond th< limits of the State bf South Carolina, tc discuss and adjust mattera of disagree' ment between yourself and bim, and ai all events to accord to you such aatisfac lion as you may then demand." Ko desiring to intrudo upon-tho, privacy o his rcsidenco, I stopped sti Qaap's Depo and sont in a note announcing my pres euee and purpose, and requesting Gen Cash'to como odt to the depot and repel vt my communication. He was not a home, but his son, Capt. Cash, in com pony with Col. Watts, came out, aud fully aware of tho nature cf my visit pressed mo so cordially tn accept bis nos nitality that I becamo his guest for th afternoon and night. And it may no hfi nut nf nl&?n fnr ma fn ??y hers ihnt was novermoro strongly or moro favors bly impressed than by the high-bra hospitality, manly tone and gentlcnianl; bearing of this gentleman and bis fatbei whosA acquaintance I had never befor formed. , ? ... . . : Upon Gen. Cosh's arrival, in the even ing, wo discussed the question: of wh?r tho next meeting should take place, strongly desired that it should be on th Georgia frontier, but both Gen. Cash an Dbi. Watts.objected that it would be list less for them to attempt to meet there, s there was bat little chance of their gel ting through without being arrested, an urged - that, the meeting should ho i North Carolina, pear the point wbei the plank road from Cheraw to Wade: boro* crosses the State lint?-a point nt more than eighteen mites distant froi Gen. Gash's rcsidenco, while it is som sixty-five or seventy miles from you, an Inaccessible except by private convey anco. However, finding their obje?tipi to the Georgia frontier insuperable,- en knowing your earnest desire that uothir on your behalf should impedo the mee ?ng? I yielded this point, and the ts?e lng was appointed to be vt seven o'eloc n. m., bo the following Thursday, tl hour being subsequently changed befoi wc parted to twelve o'clock, on tho san day. ' After your arrest I arrived on tl ground about twelve o'clock, or, ne rh ari a few minutes before, and mentioned Col. Watts that, belog unacquainted wil the roads, I bad been apprehensive th I'might be a few moments' too late, b< neUher he nor Gen. Cash nor any oi suggested misapprehension as to the. tin nf meeting, so that there could bo i misconception on that nubjccl, nor hi they to watt one minute after the tin appointed for the meeting until I arrive On my arrival I found an assemblage some fifteen or twenty gentlemen on t ground ; these, Col. Watts informed me, were not of Gen. Cash's party, bnt per sons who had como out to witness the spectacle, as the people all along the way he had come knew the place ana hour of the meeting, and Gen. Cash had witb difficulty escaped arrest on the way. The same information was given to me subsequently by Gen. Cash. As soon as I arrived on the ground I called Col. Watts asido and acquainted him with tho fact of your arrest and cause of your absence. He seemed, as a lawyer, lo consider the arrest illegal, and said that you could bo bailed and proceed with the purpose of our meeting without pecu niary risk to your securities, and, in fine, generously proposed that Gen. Cash would he your security for that purpose, and, taking at the moment' his own view of the matter, that it could not bo at tended with any pecuniary risk to Gen. Cash, I promptly accepted tho romantic and chivalrous proposal ; but Col. Watts requested tino to consult Gen. Cash, and on his return withdrew tho proposition, informing me that Gen. Cash took a dif ferent view of it. I then assured ?ol. Watts that you would respond to Gen. Cash's demand at the earliest moment you could bo re lieved of tho legal impedimenta. He asked me when that would be. I an swered at a year and a day, when your bonds would expire. He replied that you might theu renew the matter by making a demand on Gen. Cash ; that Gen. Cash would not pursue his demand oh you any further, but publish the cor respondence. I asked to be informed explicitly what he meant by this, and ho told me that his purpose -.ras simply to publish the correspondence whicb i bad occurred, to which I could offer no objec tion. AU these communications wcro verbal, but my recollection pf them is clear and strong, leaving no room for possible error or mistake. Gen. Cash, in bis placard, states that no friend of nia caused tho arrest. Far from me bo such a suspicion I But this is perfectly apparent to every one : That while we proposed, by every means in our power, to obviate the effect of tho arrest, and ultimately (though with necessary and unavoidable delay) to bring about the desired meeting, Gen. Cash, by a placard, unprecedented among gentlemen, and unjustifiable by the facts and circumstances of the case, has ren dered it absolutely effective, placing it out of your power ever to accord to ot demand from him a meeting on the field of honor, and depriving himself of all redress on you other than by tb6 fulfill* meut of his implied, inconsiderate ami rather extravagant threat-a threat which I doro assert that neither be uoi any man will ever execute. With considerations of high esteett and regard, I am, my dear Bir, youi friend and obedient servant, li. W. R. BLAIR. lu conclusion Capt. DoPass says : And why did Gen. Cash, when I ba? been thrice arrested, without fault o: mine, refuse to wait until I conld be re' lieved from liabilities which would have seriously embarrassed my family in thc event of my death, when he himself under a frivolous pretext, (for it is noth ing more,) bad deferred the challenge fo nearly seven months after the nlTegec offence, and thereby entitled me, under i peremptory rule of the Code, apart fron tirreat. or any other contingency, to tak twice that poriod to respond to his de mand? I shall not condescend to im pugn Gen. Cash's character as a gentle man or a man of true courage, certainl; not after having accepted his challenge whether it bo vulnerable or not upoi those points. But I can certainly emil most complacently-at all his scurrilitie until ho gives a satisfactory answer t theta questions, and explain conduc whicb, throughout, is tho most extraoi dinary that a gentleman aud man of trn courage ever fell into. THE ANTI-DDF.T.UKO ASSOCIATION. The article on the Camden ?nti-Duel ling Association, menticmcd by Co Blair as published in the Carolina Sut was prompted by the formation of "Tb Camden and Kershaw County Ant Duelling Association," on June 8, wit Judge Kershaw as President. The ol ?ects were declared to be to educate an organise "the public opinion and mon sense of tho people to a true porceptio of tho criminality of- tho wicked au pcrnicous practice ;" to take measures I procure an adjustment of personal difl cullies which might tend to induce duel "and to use j ni)d'enforce all leg means or pro von ting duelling." COU CASH'S VIOLENT CARD. Tho card of Col. Cash is as follows: CASH'S DEPOT, S. C., Juno 8. I have seen the New? and Courier this date, containing a report of the pr seedings of a body of men in Carado who style themselves "An Anti-Ducllii Association," and have also observed tl editorial remarks- on the same snbjet As my name is cl icly associated wi these movements I desire to' notice tbei but feel confident' that were I to app for the use of ibo columns of tbs Ne and Courier, I would meet with refusi [, therefore, beg you to allow me the u of your paper, boping that other pape in the State may copy what I have Bay. No one will doubt that the edik of the New? and Courier are in full ayi pathy with the anti-duelling movems -their past rf cords and privato chan ten are such aa not only to qualify the for full TTicr?uenihip to auch' an associ Hort, but wonld justify their elevation prominent positions in tbo came. \ are informed that this Camden Assoc1 lion i" competed of r?tra who will their whole duty, and put an end to t "criminal" practice of duelling. Camden' has grown pious very slr very I As long as hor men would fig we heard not one word about the "cri inal practice of duelling." For yfe that section: bas been regarded ss 4 Galway of the State, and only a sh time ago Williams and Csntcy were p milted to leave the town to fight due thcro was no howling ou those occatlo Williams, and Canley were willing fight and were not molested : but just soon as two of the leading tdtbtens of: town strike their colors and take to th heels (in order to divert attention and hide their tracks) up pops au anti-du ling society, with a reformed drunks the tall end of tho Stato bench, as Pr dent, and I suppose with every bragg and bully in the town as members. St an association will be a bomb-proof ? God-send lo all the liars, slanderers i cowards of tbs place. They can sp of their neighbors as they please, i vheu called to accoanl will "shirk'* tl responsibility by pleading members of this association. What a pity this, movement bad been inaugura?ed two. weeks ago I would have served ara'fcoat of mail an intimate friend and close coonee! of this pious president, and saved a i amount of whitewashing, rendered ne sary by recent events. TMytt?rchan, take it upon -themselves to denouuc "criminals" the acts of men who arc far their superiors fis the eagle is superior of the buzzard. Those \ creatures denounce as "criminals" a men as Andrew Jackson, Henry C John Rutledge, 'Alexander Hamil John Laurent), Commodore Perry and thousands of other? of the beet and purest men who inhabit the civilized portion of the world. In their agony, and for the present occasion, they would denounce as "criminals" our owo Perry, mid Gist, and McDuftle, and Dunuovant. Legure, and Rhett, and Taber, and Magrath. Will this army corps of seraphs and cherubs tell us poor deluded creatures what they propose as a substitute for the duel? Will they be so kind as to aug? gest some better and more humane plan by wbicb the weak can be put upon a footing fIth thc strong? Will they tell ue how tho pigmy is to meet tho giant ? Or are they such fools as to think the Millennium is at hand, or that from the date of their first meeting all strife and contention will cease throughout the world ? Respectfully, E. B. C. CASU. TOE DEMAND ON fellANNON DY EL LERBE. While Col. Cash was dealing with Capt. DePass, Capt. Ellerbe had de manded satisfaction of Col. Shannon in tho following letter : KERSHAW CO., S. C., May 21. Col. Wm. M. Shannon : SIB-In a case entitled "C. M. Wien ges TS. A. E. Cash and others," and in which you are acting as attorney for the plaintiff, you mako uso of the following words: "That further, tho plaintiff alleges that the pretended confession of judgment has been made by the said de fendant, Robt. E. Eliorbc, to bia own suiter, who is the said A. E; Cash, and thus by a family arrangement tho said defendant intends to defeat the recovery of the plaintiff." When called upon by Col. Cash for au explanation of this charge you have expressly and emphati cally disclaimed all knowledge of the sentones alluded to, and disavowed any intention of giving offence, but you have availed yourself of tba benefit of this clause In your pleadings and to obtain an injunction in tho caso, and then, from exeas of prudence, you erasa tho charge and disclaim all knowledge that it had been used. But, sir, your subsequent conduct in tho management of the case, and especially the character of your in terrogatories to me whilo I was oh the witness stand, prove conclusively that, while you wished to avoid rcspcnsibilitj to Col. Cash, you at tho same time tried to avail yourself of all advantages to bc had from the false charges you had made I regret exceedingly that it bas not beer in my power to call upon you at an ear lier dato, but you will seo I could no have done BO without subjecting mysel: to misconstruction and militating ttgains the rights of Mn. Cash before the courts Now that the case has boen postponec and that you have abandoned youi charge of fraud, and that question is nt longer at issue, I feel free to act and de mand of yon redress for the falso charge you have made against my character My friend, Col. P., C. Watta, , will mafc the necessary arrangements for a meet ing. Respectfully, R. G. ELLEP.DE. To this lotter Col. Shannon sent th following reply : CAMDEN. 8. C., May 24. Mr. R. G. Ellerbe, Swift Creek: SIB-I am in receipt of your note t 21st inst., handed to me On Saturday b your friend, Col. R. C. Watts, wherei you use tho foliotviug language : "I fcc free to act and demand of you redro for the false charges you made a^aim my character, liv friend, Col. lt. ( Watts, will make the necessary arrangi monta for a hostile meeting." Tr. ground upon which yon base your di mand is a statement of certain proccet iugs in court, and your statement is ei tirely without foundation in fact, therefore, whilo shirking uo respons bility, deny your right to call me I account on any such statement. I der your right to call me to the field of hom ou any account, ant] decline your inviti tion. . Your language, intended to 1 offensive.' makes uo impression on m nor will it on any one who may hap'pt to know us both. Respectfully, W. M. SHANNON, ELLERBE'S DENUNCIATION OF SHANNO Capt. Ellerbo's rejoinder was as fe lows: BoYRiii's DEPOT, S. C., Mav 24. TF. M. Shannon, Etq., Camden, S. "C. : SIB-Your noto of tbi-j dato bas be handed me by your friend, Mr. Wm. Johnson, by which said note you dei my right to .call you to account for a! statements made in certain pvoceedic in court; though you insult that y shirk no responsibility. Yon abm de ray. right td call you to the field of hoc on any account, and decline my invi tiou to fight. I was under tho impr sion from your letters to Col. Cash tl such was the case, that you would shi no responsibility, but find I ara misted. -that you are ono of those unca vial men wno insult gentlemen and then fuse to account to thom th? "sual sal faction that brave men award to thi *?he consider themselves aggrieve Your refusal to fight leaves me no alte ative than to denounce you as a poltrc and coward, and to bold you up as object of contempt to all brave men. R. G. ELLERDE CASH'S DEMAND ON SHANNON. It wilt be noticed that prior to letter of Capt. Ellerbe to Col. Shani a 'somewhat similar demand had bi made by Col. Cash, and that Col. Sh non had disclaimed all knowledge of offensive sentence in tho papers, lb case of Wienges against Cash, and < avo?cu any intention of giving offer Fnrther Particulars of the ?ucl. FLOREN OB, July ? I called on Col. E. B. C. Cash, i o'clock yesterday evening, at his r dence at Cash's Depot, six miles bc Cheraw, and had an interview bf hour with him about the origin of tho el between Col. Shannon and him: and tho incidents attending the meet' I was courteously received. '. W. B. Ci A. H. Waring and 3. J. Burgess v present during the interview. Col. Cf,?h said : Mrs. Cash had fd ticed Robert El lethe's property for? Messrs. Shannon and Dorena obtai an injunction against the sale of property on account of a judgment c hy Wienges, whom they represen They then instituted Butt to set . a the judgment held by Mrs.- Cash on cha/ges, one of the charges being fr The court decided the case against ] Cash on the ground of the inlormolil the judgment, but, at the ?ame timo, cid cd that there was uo fraud bet* Mrs. Cash and her brother. Aa soc the case was decided and there was no ger an issue of the question of fraud, Cash and Capt. Ellerbe challenged C DePass and Col. Shannon respect!' Thia was about the 20th of May. S! non declined to meet Ellerbe on ground that Ellerbe had no clairai bim. DePass accepted tho chalh and agreed to fight first at DuB Bridge, in Darlington Couqty, abou zath of May. DePsss, hcrwovcr, wu rested. Afterward* arraignment* made to meet t i Wright's Folly, A County, ia North Carolina, on Jui DePass iras arrested again at Ch es te Courthouse,gavebondtokeep the \ and was discharged from custody. Sub* seqnently to this s correspondence WAS entered into between Shannon end my* self. The first letter waa addressed to me by Col. Shaunon on June ll, in which he intimated a desire to fight me. Ide* dined to challenge him oo the ground cf inequality; be having been denounced as. a poltroon and coward by Capt. B. G. EUerbe; hut took the ground that a gentleman might, if challenged, fight his bootblack. Col. Shannon replied hy sending me a challenge on JUDO 27. Ar rangements were made for a fight at Da* Boso'a Bridge, in Darlington County, on the 6th day of July, botweea the hours of 1 and 2 o'clock. Tho fight took place about half-past 2 o'clock in tho afternoon ; Shannon's second having the word ; Cash's second choosing the position ; dis tance ?ftren jftrds, steeped hy tho sec onda ). weapons regular duelling pistole. It was agreed that tho signal for firing should bo given by the discharge of a pistol in the air, which was done by Mr. W. E. Johnson, Col. Shannon's socond. Col. Shannon fired fir*t, about the word "ono," his ball taking effect in the ground about five paces in front of me, sud throw ing the sand in my face. At tho timo I thought I was shot. I fired between the words "two" and "three," there being a distinct pause between my shot and that of Col. Bhnnuon. Po staggered and waa caugth bv his friend, $o|f Oantey, and I am informed died in five minutes. My ceo ond, Mr. W. B. Sanders, inquired of Mr. Johnson if ho was satisfied, who replied that he was satisfied, ana as well as I re collect used the words : "My God, what more could we ask.". I was taken from the ground by my second, and my friend, Mr. Waring. This concluded my interview with Col, Cash, who spoke'without tho slightest perceptible excitement, but with catmuesi and dignity. Dr. Leo, of Darlington, was nrcsont at the duel as surgeon for Cash, ana Dr. Bur nett, of Camden, as surgeon for Shaunon W. E. Joh neon, Shannon's second, wai from Camden, and W. B. Sanders, Caeb'i second, from Sumter County. Each of tbe principals was attended bj three friends upon the field, tho friends o: Col. Cash being A. H. Waring of Flor ence, G. J. McCown of Darlington out M. L. Sanders of Sum tea. Tho friend) of Colonel Shannon were Th?sna?, An crum, J. M. Uautey and A. D. Goodwii of Camden. After the duel Col. Shannon's bodj was taken to Camden. It is? said: thal whon he was first shot he stood sloe! still for p. moment, exclaimed "Oh, God I' and, half turning around, fell and wa caught by his seoond. In addition to th friends and seconds of the parties, a num ber of other persons witnessed the ! duel The pistols;paed by Cash wore his own and those used by Shaunon are said t have been the property of Col. Alfrei Rhett. . Col. Ooah wont to Darlington Count on Sunday and spent the night with hi attendants at the house of Mr. R. D. Lee within a few miles of DuBose's Bridge. Tho duelling ground is about half wa; between Camden and Cash's Depot, sui near the line dividing Kershaw and Dai linglon Counties. Col. Cash returned home on Monda* It is rumored that he rent word to th sheriff of Darlington County yesterda that he need not come to arrest him, i he would go down whenever he got a no1 from him. There is a general expression of horr ble regret at the duel and its fatal resu) and it is rumored that auother moetio between Col. Shannon's son and Mr. V B. Cash, Col. Cash's son, is contemplate and that there was an agreoment betwec the Shannons, father and eon, that if tl father fell ia tho fight, the son should tal ap the quarrel. At Ch craw universal regret is express' at the sad termination of tho difficulty : Bennetteville, and in Marlboro, there much feeling against Col. Oath. At th place and in tho county I am informi that there is great excitement and a fee bf general Indignation against Col. Cas Public sentiment in this county ogainst duoiiing, and it is expected tb the grand jury will tako notice of tl matter ana institute proceedings. J. C. ] Tho Fanerai and Coroner's Inanest. CAMDEN, Joly 7. ? Great indignation has been manifest hy all classes of our people, white ai colored, over tho killing of Col. Willis Shannon. Our whole people mourn 1 death. It ls the heaviest loss that Kt shaw County has been called upon bear for many years. The burial servit took placo on Tuesday evening, the ? instant. Business was entirely suspen cd. Over one hundred people failed gain admission to the church where t services were huid, on account of t immense congregation. Tho corlego v composed of fifty-seven, vehicles, besii a loree, number on foot-the larg funeral over seen in Camden. Coroner Qoodnlo held an inquest y terday and to-day. Tho vordict of 1 jury was that, "from the evidence brouf before us, William Shannon came tel death from & pistol-shot wound, s Distel being, fired by E. B. C. Cas1 Coroner Goodale immediately issued warrant for thc arrest of Col. Cash, reeled to Sheriff Doby. who has tra mittcd tho same to the sheriff of Ob terfield County for execution. _ F. P. B Wu Y AN OLD TEXAN MADE BIS WI -One day last month whAn trjde ? .?ail a grocery clerk procured a piece sol? leather from a shoemaker, pointe black and . laid it aside for future i Within s few days an old chap from h in tho country come in sud inquired a plug of chewing tobacco. Thc nice sole leather was tied up, paid tor. i the purchaser started for home. At end the sixth day he returned, look downcast and dejected, nod, walking to the store, he Inquired for the clerl ''Member that terbacker I got here other day?" "Yes sir." ..Weil, was that a new brand ?" "Yes," "Regular plug terbacker was it?" "Yes." "Well, then, it's me. It's right I in my jaws," a?dly replied the cid c "I knowed I was gotten purty old, h was alias handy at bitin' plug. I n seed a plug afore this ooo that I coul tear to pieces at a chaw. I sot my t on this ons, and bit and pulled and t ted like a dog ata root, and I've 1 biting and palling for six days, and abe am now. the same as the day yon har to me." "Seems to bea good plug," remai ! the clerk, as he smelt of the conutsi "She's all right ; it's me that's fail! exclaimed tho old man. "Pass mo some fine cut. and I'll go homo and < tiie farm to the boys, and get ready the grave myself J/- Worth Advance. I - It is o; well-established fact til I healthy-maa requires about a pint o at a breath ; that bo breathes about ; times sn boar, and;that, ss ft; m beyond dispute, ha requires about seven hogsheads of afr ia - twenty boars. THE TWO PARTY PLATFORMS. Tb? Mow York Herold, th? Leading Nowr peper of America, Expresses lu Oplnloa on Their Relative Merita. The Republican Platform. A closer examination of the republican ?dat form compel? us to regard it as a oke. It is impossible to imoglno that the gentlemen who drew it regarded it aa anything oise. Take away from it the brag and the bluster which constitute its comio portions and there is nothing left but commonplace. It begins with bragging. The repub lican party, says tho first section, sup pressed the rebellion, abolished slavery, raised the value of the paper currency from thirty-eight cent? to par, Increased the foreign trade, paid the pensions, paid off a third of the debt, revived Industry. It scorns a pity to stop just there. Why nc* have added that the republican party raised che great crops ot the last few years, caused thc droughts and rains in Europe which made so great and profi table an exportation of our products, created the fine wheat and corn weather with which, we have been.blessed for yean, put a stop to the cattle plague, discovered and developed the new mines of precious metals ana dug out the Erle Canal? I? the republican party really furnish ed all the soldiers of the war ana paid all the taxes since the war undoubtedly it did all the other things wo have tug guted. The plain truth of ? course Ts tbnt the republican party : has bad con trol of tho government for twenty years, on the whole has mismanaged public affairs very badly, and ia not a bit sorry I for its misconduct. In putting down the rebellion and in freeing the slaves. Mr. Lincoln took counsel at every step with leading democrats cs 'well "ns republi cana ; ne was the President of the wholo country, and democrats were constantly among bia most intimate and cherished councillors. As for paying tho taxes, the democrats have not neon exempted from that; the pleasing aud' republican part was to collect thom and spend them paying their charo and no more. Tho republican chiefs have fallen into tho habit of looking backward. It is tho common habit of parties which have been in power twenty years. In that time, and indeed beforo that time, par ties, in the' nature of things, become effete. Like old men they live lu tho past ; there is no futuro in them. Like old men,-also, old parties Conveniently remember only tho pleasant'and credita ble part of their past. Thus the repub lican platform in its. amusing retrospect says nothing of tba scandalous mlsgov? ernment in the Southern States foi which the party is aloise responsible; nothing of tho years in which they tam pered with the currency and brought upon tho country by their cowardico the plague of greenbackcrs ; nothing of tb.t mischievous election laws which they enacted and misused; nothing of thi republican leaders, with leas than a dozed honorable exceptions, have- been dis* greeably involved; nothing of the. ?w??h! of the people's money which was thrown with lavish hands to jobbers of various; kinds of years, until the .democrat! were at lest placed in Control of the Heus? by an indignant and impoverished coun try. Where the platform ceases to brag St begins to bluster, the connection bolus made by a brief section in which poly gamy, internal improvements and pto tectivo tariffs aro huddled together, i few cold words in commendation of Mr Hayes' votes hoing thrown in. ' Tb bluster concerns, naturally, the solu South and those dreadful democrat whose only object, it seems, ls to turi their minority into a majority, as tbougl the ouly object of the republic; T chief were not to retain possession 'of tho gov ernment. The bluster is, cu the whole more strongly comio than the brag : ! draws a picture of the democratic "lui I of office and patronage," which if it wer I not labelled "democrat" would bo geo ally'mistaken for a description of th republicans drawn by themselves.-' Suroly a party which Beised the Preal doney as the republicans did in 1876-' and then quarrelled with the man tho forced into the White House because- h would not gratify to the extent of the! demando their 'insatiable lust of offic and patronage/' but honorably preferre to servo tho country rather than th party leaders-surely each ii party shoul "sing email," to use a eea phrase, who the tcpio is greed of office and power. The democratic platform is by n means faultless: we mean to take it t pieces another day. But it bas at leal the very great merit that it look? aheai It promises tho country something ; th republicans promise nothing, except continuance of a high protective tarli Tho democratic platform speaks of lb ing quc?tion.t ; it proposes free ships an an extension of American commerce 1 America bottoms ; it propos?e a refor; of tho revenue laws so that they sba yield revenue and not mainly omba rasa commerce sad fus tor monopolle: it proposes to spend tho money of tl taxpayers for public purposes alone ai to reserve tho public lanas for the poop iwho will settle on them. No doubt tl democrats are a terrible set of fellow nothing could be moro disagreeable to the republican chiefs than the 'app r?iion oi an opposition party making real bid for popular favor, letting tl dead past bury itself, and looking fe I ward to living questions in which ti noppliicaa aud prosperity of the peer, aro concerned. Tho republican platform represet very accurately the spirit of the par leaders. They have been twonty yea in power, as tbs platform takes care remind the voters; and they would li to have another twenty years of it On t strength of past services. They refu to look forward : they promise nothi to the country. At the last session Congress they played thc part of obstrt lives and nothing else. Every refo: which was brought forward receii only their obstinate opposition. T election laws so clearly nccitd nmcr ment that all the candid republic journals spoko ont in favor of propo changes, but the party leaders oppoi every change. The civil service v sccu to need better regulation, but t most eminent of the republican Senat declared tho question ? mero abstract!' The attempt of Mr. Bayard to place i currency on a stable basis by witkdrr lng the greenbacks fulfilled the rcpai can? with consternation, Every atteo to Improve the tariff and make so parts of it les? burdensome upon leg mate Industrie? was vigorously oppo and successfully thwarted by the ron Heans with General Garfield at th bead. Tho proposal fbr free ships i denounced by tho republicana as ot men would denounce an act of theil piracy. Their platform expresses with curacy their determination to yield nc lug tc tho just demands of the conni to oppose all changes and reforms < to continue to Uve in tho past and the past. Bevonu? law? adopted dur the aireas of war, and thought extra gant and unwise even thoo, ?nat not changed. Election laws adopted wi the country ?till rocked on the grou swell loft by tho war, and proved to eave been shamefully abused fer partisan ends, most not be changed, foe war and the soIid'Sou.th must still bo the only public questions. That ia the meaning of the republican platform and of the republican .chiefs. If the country lik?es that they have modo tho?r formal avid official oiler. Dut we repeat, it sounds to GS Uko ft joke, and a very poor joke at that. TU? Demo ?rm Ue Flatform. Whatever may be said against the democatio platform it cannot oo denied that it is an honest and businesslike doc ument, end in this respect ii Is very uniikj the bragging and blustering ro* publJi.au platform. There are, undoubt edly, ? great many voters to whom tho democratic propositions will bo Unwel come; voters who do not like fre? ships ; voterr. who are opposed to tariff for rovenuo; voters who want more subsidies and who will, therefore, dislike the democratic declaration that tho taxes shall be spent only for publi? *ud: not for private Objects. Bot it is the great merit of tho democratic platform that jit j says something ; that it proposes reforma to which those who have benefited by old abuse.0 will of course object, hut which will relieve arid' benefit the peo ple ; that it courageously strikes At mo nopolists, subsidy morigera and jobfrerp. Naturally monopolists, jobbers and subsidy mungers do not like it ; but then it was Bcnrcoly to bo expected that - thoir would. Those.classes who wish to Uveen tho taxpayers os tlioy have long don?, prefer tho republican platform, and they are right. That platform haa nothing in it distasteful to them. Wboro the re publican loaders: did not think :ii pru\ dent to encourage monopoly they cn*i tiously said nothing, and their platform leaves tho door open to all ?tho abuses, extravagance' ana reckless waste which characterized;, republican legislation be foro tho people put the democrats in control of tho HOUEO of Representative:), It is Often oaid that platforinn mean nothing; hut, in the present instanc?,:It happens that the national platforms rep resent pretty accurately the spirit off th? two parties. The republican platform looks backward, tho democratic platform deals in and appeals to - old and mis chievous sectional banes ; the democratic platform, ..though not perfect, is : yet thoroughly national and not sectional in its spirit. Tho republican platform favors or encourages monopolies; the democratic platform favors the taxpayer* -rthe people. ? - i I We have spoken of tho democratic Slatforra es an .honest and businesslike ocumcut, and ono proof of this is that though much ehorter than that of the republicans it contains all that is good and pertinent in that and, a great deal moro besides. Tho republicans in ft cumborouB paragraph speak for free edu cation, and in another; equally cumbo* (rous and verbose, for separation >.cf Church and State. The democrats cover th? same ground in one energetic and clear sentence, demanding "separation of Church and State for tho good of each j and common schools .fostered , and pro* tooted." The republicans tulle vnguoly of protecting the liberties of ail; th? democrats boldly declive that "the right of a freo ballot is the right preservative of all rights, ?and; must and shall . be maintained in every pari of the United States.", Wo havo locic?d for sorbe Other points for comparison, but the republican platform does notaftbM them. Is is weak, sballow,< wordy, purposely vague, ,apd would moko the fathers of tho party blush with anger if they could read it in their graves; for tboso men -the Sumners, ' Andrews, Giddings Loveioys-wera nolmccuRtomed to the mincing ''gait-* and' cautious verbosity of their successors. The .republicans,declare ? that ?!com/ merco should he steadily eucouruged," which m|ryf frican anything or nothing; tho democrats declare manfully for "freo ships and a living chu no for American commerce on the seas and on tho land," which means something definite. The republicans say timidly that "tho .credit acquired should never bo impaired ;'* the democrats declare for "honest money and tho strict maintenance of thc public feHu, Siaio and national," which covers the whole grouLd without hesitation or timidity. Tho republicans say in one sec tion that ''the rev! /lug industrio? should he further promoted, nnd in another, lower c*own, that "the duties levied for tho purpose of rovenuo should so ?'. dis? criminate aa to favor American 'labor," which may mean anything, and was evidently written in tho hope time it might catch in one net tho protectionist1) of Pennsylvania1 and tho freo trade farmers of Illinois and tho Northwest generally. It bolds oat a shadowy ?iromiso to both. The democrats doclaro br "a tariff for revenue only ; public money and public credit for public pur* {ios** solely," and tho party "pledges teelf to protect the workingman alike ?gainst thecormoran ta and thecommuno." There ls the clear ring of honest purpose in thew? wo id?, ?hieb rsa; s?srm ??O ? nopolists, bat will; reassure legitiainto enterprise and honest labor every wV^re, i Even on the wretched Chinese que* -.on, 1 where both platforms aro. in our opinion, bad and un-American, tho republicans halt and shuf&o, while, the democrats are outspoken. Mr. Facing-botb-wayo. who was evidently the author of tho republi can platform, tells John 'Chinaman that he must go-but be tells him with a snivel; bo puts bis arm lovingly artaud Jrilin before he stab; bis: ? elia uvraocai bluntly, but definitely, tells bim h i shall not come here "except for travel, educa tion or foreign commerce," which, by the way. are the only purposes for which the Chinese allow Americana lo enter China. Finally, it mast be admitted that there is a little' brag also in th? demo cratic platform, bat it U on a point where the party bas a right to boast of itself. It "has reduced the publi? expenditures forty millions a year," say tho democrats, and they might have added that it did this against tho sheers and'open and covert opposition of tho republicans in : Congress. Tbia . d?mo cratie boast is well founded. They 'aad the courage to be unfashionable. I'rom the day they regained control of the ?lcu ss of Repr?sent?t;vee they have/ought for rigid economy, sometimes, with .poor judgment, but courageously and roa.\rd lesa of the out cries and resistance of tho republicans. The lobby lin* disappeared from Washington since the democrats "came in:" that lobby which was once BO powerful that itv the last House which was nader republican "rule tho Speaker was publicly presented with a ?pises of stives as a testimonial from' .'the king ef the lobby." I It waa said by one of the shrewdest Well, the platform thit jrear i, ft genu inely democratic platform ;' the1 party seems at last to hav^ turned d?mocratie It has regained Its old time boldness aad directness; it dares once more to say .what it muaue. Who knows? perhaps '.it will win. It looks a tiltia that.way Ijnat now. -New Y?r?^erafd. -- Lasy editors write it iGTcock. Bill Arti'Fnlly;iw?s?fi ?^.ttiG Ticket. Hurrah for Hun ?urrah for EngH"b {- I bad an abiding faith that -?' tbe cobveatiou would .do right I've booi for General Hane^iVfortwomcnth?, . and ?o hts Everybody elso that I bear talk now, but I'vo got tho dead-wood ou it; I writ jt io a letter to you ,t good while ago.. .^,w?nt y.vj to kee;/ . r, for I J^HK documentary evidttrtce. May i ?c^d it when tho li tue cowes, and 1 w??t ah offley for I suppose ibo gener al will give bis first Monds Jthe first pick. Me has been my choice all tho time. Iii fact I was for biro befora I knew bim, for my ancestors used to tell me about the family-og?and old family. Hi? gresfc-gtandfatbir was the first man to aigu thc dsclurailon of independence, and just look what a hand writhe bad. Hia signature is tho biggest, boldest and most defiant of ali of them. . Ho is a military man, but then be: believes - that civil law is a bigger thing than military power, and that's tho difference between nita and General Grant Ho said that the republican congress might wipe out all tue laws1,of Texas and Louisiana, but they could not make any better code than they fand already. He is a statesman, aa well as a soldier, and besides that he is a splendid looking man. I've got his pho tograph abd 'that's the reason I was for bim a longtime ac?. Ho is a largo mau -as bite ?tJ tjdgoTJudervFOod and al most as goodlopkipg. ,11$ carries himself like a champion,'end lids a kind, cheerful face that Inspires* love and " confidence, I am not afraid of him abit aud i don't i want bim to bo afraid of. mo. Since his nomination I bavo put; .np. my ? eights a [ peg or two. I'm bothered now nbou*. Iwhat oulcoT wlll'takei' for'tbe truth in, ? I don't exactly know'wbafc kind of a ono I'm fit for. I'm going to leave that matter to the general when ba gels inn But its glorious-tho prospect is Uko a beautiful vielon; ; It'sliko liberty b??ng'suddeuly. ushered upon a< man i who vas in tho chain-gang for life. I feel like shouting for the. day qf deliverance ie at hand. I'm hero in Borne, where tho boys aro jubilating over- tho result They Heat off a telegram this morning to tho, g?n?ral, congratulating him, and bo replied in two minutes, thanking them ior their good" wishes. Homo believes' iliac oho can elect him. I don't know whether he is poor or rich, but If ho wanta any money to travel ?round .on just let .bim, draw on Sam Morgan for supplies.' Tho city of Borjio la on a boom nov/- and tbr0v7i.bg '. her surplus around tooee. 1 Whenever she .used to want any rooney she issued v few bonds,.but now thoy bavo all gci rich Sd pay the' monoy doTvn. . Everybody fnlllng into liuo. T bear that Dr. Fel ton and all the -independents are going to join the regulars over again ^that's all right. I'll kill a enif or something and go io hear tho doctor preach every Sunday. Henry Harper has just como ;n andBaysh? Indoree?Ha?cock ;thatbe don't know him personally but he met a good mauy of his boys ot Sbarpsburg and Gettysburg, ?nd any other ^urg, and tho reception waa very cordial on both sides. Henry says the general bad lots of boys, and they carno to seo us a little oftener > than they.was wanted, Bays be, -1 have no personal acquaintance with bira, but I have ?v?ry .reaeou to beliovo. he Io as good a' ni?n! as I nm, nod that's say ing more, than I usually do about any man. This nomination is atbing around which every democrat can rally and rejoice. Wowlllhavono moro difasen aion's no^. Forsyths is coming back, and John Boose, and I hear that Zach Hargrove Bays ho has boen a Hancock democrat for fivo years. But the poor darkies1; I don't know what will become of them. If Zach quita em, they will bo without a keel or rudder. May be be will bring en with bim, and theo we will baye a eolld south eure enough. Judge Under wood soya he Is for anything that will secure M?nerai Hancock's election ; that ho doesn't know biro, but bis record is splendid, aud ss for English, bo was a friend or Howell Cobb, and that ia all ho wants to know. It's credential enough, Howoll Cobb said that English was oho of nature's noblemen, and no would trust bim with his wife and children and bis sacred honer. The judge is running for attornoy-gorii?ial and cays bo loves eve- ' body and wanta everybody tc love bl ' 1 : that General Colgalt la a noble man, and Lester ls a splendid gentleman, and Har- h. doman is fit to be a king, and Gartrell would mako a second Bismarck,, and be bas reason to beliovo thero aro many mon ID Georgia who would make a good attoi - ncy-gcnera?, but he koowa that bo would, and knowl?dgo is better than faith. Ho says he la Uko Alexander Siopbons, ho is geing'to tote bis own skillet abd. toto it carefully and not sling lt around and break a leg offif ho can help it I hopo the judge will get the nomination, for you see that will make a vacancy and I al ways did like vacancies. If J adgo Wai . ncr would resign it would do a power of good ; and it seems Ut me ho ought to do ft-eoBsidoring the relations of supply and demand. ?jvBofc all thia is foreign to tho bootu. . Hurrah for Hancock 1 I euy. E. P. Howoll has got seaso and discernment He has been for him nil the time. Tho Comtitulion has been consistent, and donri a good deal to Bhapo the destiny of the reaction. li'swonderfulwhatlittlothlngs effect great revolutions. . Major Biug ham, of North Carolina, made a speech on that subject hero io Romo tho other 'night at the Shorter college-a grand j- speech, and all taken from blstorvr-raad I . nsi taming Wim itounaavlllo, and he told I mo that Aimer Stillwell saw bim unload a few sacks of wheat about 25 years ago, and was pleased with the way ho handled Im and advised bim to come to Rora o and get employment which ho did, and that circumstance had shaped bis destiny and his children after him to.'roboro generations, and i told him as l"*.w ?ny father came out from ? Miisaachusetta to Savannah with a load of brick and' got wrecked upon the coast and couldent get back, and married a southern girl and cast bis fortune with the eouth some sixty years ago-bat if he hadn't l?st tho brick and' had have geno back and maf vled some other woman, then where would I be to-day? It Is sad to contemplate, for ! might bavo been some other fellow .fbicb ?TvU?d not have been agreeable either to him or to me. I might nave been Ben Butler or Henry Ward Beecher, or some other follow of like conduct and persuasions, and brought upou myself a power of trouble. ' 1 Borrah for Hancock sod English; I like the sound of the thing. Jv? better < than Garfield aud Arthur. MgoJfest des tiny is upon us. If we dont ??ect our reen I shall lose faith ia all subloonary things and try and fit myself for heaven and quit Yoars,_ Brut. ABP. HoKonnn ASD BLEST.-When a bos-rd of eminent physicians and cherbttt? announced the discovery t**t by cora bining some well known valuably ramo dfes the most wonderful medicine was produced, which would c?ro such a wide H?ge of disease thati most em remedies wald be dispensed mit, many were skeptical ; but proof o?ittrojntaby actual trial hes di?paUed all doubt and to-day id?o discoverers of that Great WA? tine: Hop BlUera, are honored and blobed by all a? beaefactora.-xWraV