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LaIst w(eek ve ga;1ve tie partienhu of a fight I".et wevin 1oganI CIsh,I the M:1-s1l of Cherav, which 11411 its oi gini inl tihe It tempt of t he Marshail to :n ICst (ash for drmnkenness :11d dikor derly conduct onl the streets of Che r-aw, Sat ura n'll iigh t, Feb' iu-y 1 lh WhIVeniI we birile.ueild ti coibat, ill our. la1t issue, we little thiough'lit Cho af ftir wouh(l terminle ill so detploralJe ; iiaanmer; for we deenled Ca:sl a 1)i.n (,f couragl-e amul coul not believo hw wouhl take an1y, 111ie lhmtae o a Z11w) whIo only ( i'eIe wasC tHit ftithful oisch rge of his dlty and the possession of cou rage superior to his owI. We belfieved Ca1ish, were he dis. posed to pursoue the mat ter furt her. woul face his adversary na becomie 1 bIr.'ve man111, first wa:1rinilg him; :Ind in this event, we 1u1 110 fear of Marshlel Thle seque'l, hiowever, shoows t hat Ito g an Ca~sh i.< 1ot onl ai grax'cele'Ss repro bale, a bully\, a1 bu~lblo'zer oft i midp. but that lhe is wit halu a conisulniunte ('oward. On Sat- d<hy last lhe wvem to Ch1eraiw, .ubm'it ted ar' -1 paid his I1 m---- $j40. Thme Marshmal,beinig junst as well aus hbmve, was satisfied, del~CinedC to) prIoscute( Cash, mal( e~xpreCssed himiself as wyilling~ t o let the matter drop. And so it (lid drop. Cash r'emaiiined ini towna several hours, att end~in g to (crtainm business mnaU ers, and~ appeared~t unusually quiet andi (ir (:umispect, I~e p~assed thle Mar'ha I sever atlimes dIurin th Ile dlay, but made no host it(ledmon stratlon , and tis trench ('in; led the MaurhalI to believe t hant lhe had nuothing to apprehendl. Abou t 4 o' clock in the a fter'noon hie was stanid. ing on the cornier, leaning upi aga~inist a iree, sunning himsltf am1(il Vcnvesing' wvithi a friend, aml1( thliniking perhaps, less of iloganI Cashl than of anlybodyv else in the world. While he~ thus stood with hmis hack to the sidewalk, CaMIh wvalked up uniiheeded if? not unobserved . WVhen lhe had passsedl somel thriee or foue ste he sidiyeeledm ma commenced discharging a No. 38 Smith ity & Wesson pisol. The first shot miss- pre ed tihe Marshal two feet.,and strutck Mr bx4 Coward in one Side, penetrating his bel body to the other side, Within a Short dl distance of 1 he surface, where it was ed, cut out by the surgeon. hill When the Marshal heard the explo- we slon f the pistol, he0 turIIed to See thit what was the matter, and as lie t mnied wa Cash fired again. Tl'he second shot i st-ruck the Marshal in the breast, pierc- nie ed one lung and lodged in Ihe regioni me of the spinie, in about. he position that he 's ball found a lodge. me ilient In the body of Garlfeld. A third exl tinme Cash4 fired, but mlissed agathex haIl graziIg the Marshl:'s clothintg and Shi burying itself inl a tree. h'lien there appeared :a scene well co calculated to besmear tle reputation ilnl required cauong tinid people, aId to ii est 4-bliisl I the fact that vouIgIer mCas) I, at for Oleast, isa craveni-Iheiarited, bhIck-hea rt-- Til sneaking. coward even if his mmiiser- ful able shootingc were not sileient I del prove that h1'_ was Scared olit of his Ca: Wits wn hI,,le fired at the bave mnuIin i whoi lie feared to f:ee. At the third nu -h(t Cah rini with all his might forl 102 :(n1( block-:anl as- becomes -1 cow:nrd. ow wit h his bIck to th e foe. When 1hadu his rimi about 100 yairds, hi1 t Irie-d andI th :etv ig tihat. 1:h 1 was not pirsiued. bra.ve- e. Ily rtreaited backwxards, lo-:ni,(1-hitt pa his Istol ai cAlling fmr his hoyv 14 N hi ing his horse, whi 1 the hy f-ile ida o d. Ie retren 1.ed back on--- to bravv hled, ad I hire wn-- H( 'One fo. i ovinl him ---to) \vheret t'he' u:i 1*11)1:11%\.:I anIng1 '. Ilie lea.ped uponl hi'lk W hI) lt h( - IIp t ra i I j reaI c e tI ( * :I.!- 1 I I I I s I I ( I p '-l1 for I I~ I2) -am I ~ heI v*O i W- -lIi lot ('aish thle younge!9(r was,- a ingi o n hie' jLi I toll, a rtiital withI a \' i m.) til rlhl' -tI l plig i oi. m)n; a great mam te .i . ThI'e ()l4 I inn Ca h w\..I xas lso l wit h iml, hut (uit . 11I in-teI I edto bdey'ing e'very body, hlit whe-n it is [m remem0(lbered that the t rain1 had1lef1 Dar1- C lington before the sh1ooting <,(rred. I(. :nui~ t hat thlie peole t Dove's :Inl i(.y l1Ill, if t Ih'y h1d leard of I hej is Thoot ing! hanio)1 time to prepareV& thevlj al selves, as'.ide fromin having~ no aiu thiorit~y I n to arre'st himni eveni if thiey hi.n the( in-4~ iain to d)o ..O Whlenm thle traiin r~'ecl Chm:h's De shoot ing, :hmlt they' (lid not het:ir of it unt i! t het traini reachti C(heraw. (':1 h had cailculiateid on thin. Ileo' knew th at It> at temnipt wvould b)e in:ile to arre(st. himii,andi vi'lly I st ralt ing V' enui clowni t hie depot la:tform was no1dn more' a1OI 1 humi the tmeani ingl;e.-s bra~vado of a1 'owv ardt(. C'owardl's are alwaym s bravte whein hey' kniowvI1( thei( n(Ianger. WVhy is. it lhe ha~s not shownm himiiself armoundi the .vi WVhy is hie not1 so, brave andc detianit now :s he' was I Ihinfk InuuneiaIiitelv afiteor thle shiooting,. anid omi~ before Cash~ had~ got. half way hone, Sp J . T1. MeNair, E10s., tihe Mayor, volmnm-. lor t('(red to be onie of a party who .should wvi p)ursue Cash amn d airrest him. Ot hers ty I u~ickly v'olutiteere d, and1( the assassin miight have beent caught, butt when 'ithey Co asked D~epuity SherifCf Wells to lead, wvi hi not onily' rnefus~ed, but got downi on tei his knee's :11ni prayed tumiem not to don (14 n anyVth1ig so rash . il.5 WVit h out a lea .1er and~ wit hontia tior. e. the citizens cared not to act, but in -ferred wialting till the SherijlYshouki Ii cute the law. It wai contlently ti ieved that the S ritY' wowtid do his n IV, atu1 it was titte-.%n I)-awga i InI assert- 4o "'Whil Spo!Yor comalli. we'll I I:;V W' but whei S'poiTnI e un ail N lt olit to arrest himu, il w o'ilI :ppelt l' tunlike( Cw.esu'. hw Simlply wenlt.W S, seen a1110 wasz Co.44,ered4. rrivitg Cash's r desiinc. accomipa i Ly only one man-King Tin ns, one of Perkins's pals ani :a ichiman of Cash-he was cordially ; t at the door by the Colonel, who enu~teI his hani, invite(1 hiim in, ail )retssel1 hiiself as overjoyet to see rit11 spoffonil. Tinanllons. rema~inedl hiis horse at the front gate. but the e onel waveIl him to (liSl-)nmint, inisi,4- 11 Ill it lI- sh.-nl enter aid partake of 11 h1 )1pitalitv. Ilt t(11 so, of colrse, how couaid a gentleman,11 of King y nionIolIz,'s cal~irht' lie :o iiutde :t, to re Vso ageeable Soan ilvit:t ion from s" it ight 1ful :an ol gentlin11ui as Col, t ? 3M ie inside Iih Sheriff :tul Im. ma1 faril well1. Th, noble. ol f(,idal rid nw ouit a (k-callter :11,1l with li.is u. roya1l h:l0 rin-ir-t'(l a todh lv for. gusti.Af:er imibingl!, smai('kinlg 'ir- lips ani l ut ting, tit ir stoiia lis ill 'acv. th y I :ll <lown to li- -Q.i- the 11in eVCIS of Ile per-)iod. Th 11e col i ht c vOl versa-t onl :uul byV a masterl v 11k inovement~l qulickly eunw to 11.(. >it. neare'll.4< heart- the h c. Le 11 of h'- -on inl Chiannw the lav be . I Sj~Oke at e IgIt I I poII the sub.. deichu-ing himse-li well pleasedc I ih: deIed, bult expu-essing ,inwerc ri' tHat Bowng shonhtl have <lne h yor ihotin. Sid ht,: AI .inst b .. t alu v il n herv,, :-111. by the Y. i i h n i on't dit., he hI:ol bv( die; li h t well I shall kill him olonel Cash then cour-teouy il-i 'Iled thIle Sh' ei that tIe c nIli not. Bo. I :al.but intimate-d that Tinunl(oIus ll see jhim if I-, de.tsired. All that p:lssed is not kntowni. bti[i it klnown that tla Sheriti reIt.ipuned to itraw w(f~ijt) nutkIhing l the oi are,:1 ~ philinat ion fo)r his nlon-perfoinancei'u du t y. I 1l'hns the mi:t iter rests. Th is it wvill ( 4; for eo l-age has led to thi ' bushes II juisti1e is al corpjs( ini (chesterliethl W~e will not. too remblyi cnsur~e She.. Spofrd. eirhaps hi, umvi kniov h at. lie iS dloinig, bt we. vtur le to f' , werel~ Ilioganl Ca;shi ai poor manih, he( I tl no0w he in ,iail. A wVonderfl i uniiy 114leed dhoes' wealth give; if posses5sor mayI~ ul'er 1poor mnh at s I ma the defy1 th Ii law. 1F Vt' hear' thaut ('1. Caisi i." One of! e Wh)or'(hs b)owineni~ti. We (dt notl Dw if this~ is tt, h)at if it is true, i y e.xplainI thle miiysteryI' of bra~ve t () has neveri be(foret shrankuI fromt (u-' at' tjuailed in the' face of d1aniger'. We go0 so fariu as to say !however, t hait s h~l will not be arurested. After a 0 ile he~ wil namuie the termis of his sur.. e der(1, will be allowed1 baiil( nd ill go b) whuippedi of .inst ice. If he ever lhas a ii il it will he but a shameless, brazen- h ed imoekervy. lie wvill be nconittori C ith hotior; and Will be tU1rnied loose kea mad bull npon the eommuulty, to o11rder other innocent, 1unoteuding Min timawvar'e 1and to make wIhlows and 'phalls at Ids brultal- pleasure, We h ive al1atysii denounced the ortlbeen outcry. "La wlessiess inl the mith,.'' as a Shamne. ai imposition, a rn g; bit we IN :re a1t. 1ist forced to ad - it Ih.it it is not altogether a bug-bear' 10s31 leI;lr 1 of I hSou 1i11th at least, nitd I ches'teleld county, South Carolina, pecially. In thIt county a-man Who is lived ill opetn detiance of the law >r years is allowed to enter the princi al1 IOvn in broad open day-light,walk )hin(d the (chief of Police and shoot im down like a dog, While a private tizen falls pierce(l throughl aIni irouigh by 1 r1id1(1o11 shot 11. In hi ight, he passes thbree Sworn police len, Wh1o) Itake no ellort to arrest. Ahen a fev brave, law-abilingetizens esire to pursue awul capturecl the assas 1, the Deplt.y SherilT refuses to leadl 1(1m, falls to hil' knees auld heseeches weIn to (10 nothing so rash. Th10 Sher T of the collty, with a war;-ait inl hi oCket. goes to the houe where tie igitive is secreted, bit, inst(tad of ar 'sting Ihe oithiw, lriniks with the Itlaw's father, who onILnis t ri me, la(, ing a way, refuses t peak upon the subject. That is the tate of attairs inl (Cete1rfield Count v. 33d it is a hlacklnilg. d:uin shaune 1pon1 ie cmonly IV iose protllI boast its Chivalry. ''heI truth Of t11" h1.t mtte is t ht. hoi st peacoable, law-observing menl are 11 the m11inity in that Coity. There i a predomin(t1in3g element, natually aless in s:irit, wii'hse desire is to li vo m3 rest ricted1 :11,11 to be governed nlv >v the beIlt of its own ilinehiiationi. 'h 1lemelv('nt i. prwou d of the Cashes, 116d pfers to be subject to their iip. ial will rai her thal recognize tihe maj stv of the Iv 11 I see that the law 3enlforeeil. Were thi~s not true", the Cashe's could ot behave as they (h), anlld te last, ut ra.ie would not he permitted to pas4 'it hout1 ani effort being ml:1le to bring' hie gulilt y to just ice. Two-thirdsh: of thle people' inl ('hest(r elhl coun3ty are1. inl sympa~tthy with thle as'heis. E~.very' hlf hour1, (lay andI ight , a 1romiier p)osts froml (lheraw t hir renlde'zvous1 to iformn them3 of hat~i is saih d uldonme. E Very chiang'e 3th1e1 conition03 of thle wounded(l'( men'3 Spromp~ltly rporj03ted. :ui thwv are ini j rmled day to 10 ay of every~ shade of en! inl t he (,Ototi V. TIhiose wvho would ebxecuIte juLst ice are ileced if not initiidte~d, anid wvhihe is itim nated IhIIat there3 is a (lee p-root - ii de(terina)tion3 amnong theC good p(eo le of that out1 raged comunmll~ity niot to -t t he crime go unp j~unished1yet we fear ieir nlumber.s are too limiitedh for' themi 'rI!IRSrING F'OR M1ORE (BoE. Cash1, we'1 hear, fromi good auithiorityi wear~s to have thet blood( of. thie iIitor f the "'litelligenlcer." lie is wel JIue to it., but if he' comels to Wadles - :aro after it , we shall al way s feel ini iturie tat our1 existence ill this wor'bl as5 not bieen passed wVith)out t he ae >mnpi~lihmen1t of some goodl.