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BY E. B. MURRAY ife CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1880. VOLUME X¥l.r -NO. 1A DUEL TXVJ1IE DEATH.

Col. Wm. M. Hhanr^M* KlUed by Col, E. Xl.C. C»eh-The Fatal Rencontre TakesPlace at Dallóte'* Bridge, in DallingtonCuantr^bsuirrfort tits ChuUengtua; Portyand tba First fa Hr«, bat isShot Throarjbtba Heart-Tb« Origin of tba Difficulty.

Charlatan News anti (Muritr.'CAMDEN, 8. C.. July 6.

Nowa was leceivod hero this morningof a fatal duel, which took placo at 2«\iloclc yesterday at DuBoso's Bridge, luDarlington County, between Col. E. B.C. Coati ofChesterfield, and Coi. W. M.Shannon of this place, in which tho lat-ter wac instantly killed. Col. Shannonwas the challenging party. Col. Cashbeing deaf in one ear, requested that thosignal to fire be given by the discharge ofL a pistol, which waa agreed to. Col. Sanc¬tion fired first, hü bail atriking tho groundnear Col. Casb'e feet. Col. Cash thenfired, tho ball passing through Col. Shan¬non's heart. Death was instantaneous.Our wiiole community feels the shock.

It was uncalled fur. The funeral willtake plnco from -ho Episcopal Church, ofwhich he was a member, at 4 o'cloch thisafternoon.The origin of the duel was as follows :

Col. Shannon was assistant counsel withCapt. YV. L. DePass in a case entitled C.Mt Wienges va. R. G. Ellene for dam -

liges for Injuries Inflicted on tho saidWienges, for which they obtained a judg¬ment. R. G. Ellerbe claimed that hewas Jttrj&ly indebted to'liis sister, thc wife

« uf Col. CasH, and on that ground Tcsietedthe payment of the judgment in favor ofWienges, contending that what be owedhis sister cxhausti-d hi' oroperty. Tbeattorneys fcn\Wicnge9' prayed for an in¬junction to set asido the judgment in fa¬vor of Mm. Cash, ant! it was from tbepleadings in the caso thal all the difficul¬ties havo grown.Col. Cash first challenged W. L. De-

- Pass, who was, with his second, arrestedand put underheavy bonds. I learn thatharan nud severe communications havebeen 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 havingthought »if such a charge. Col. Shan¬non ii MM always, nineo tho case bas beenin court, utterly denied having made anyoffensive remark or having the least in¬tention of reflecting on Mrá. 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 wasChas. J. Shannon, a prominent citizen oftho county, and for many years presi¬dent of the Camden Branch of the Bankof the State. Col. Bin mon was educa¬ted at the South Carolina College, whichhe entered in 1838, graduating in thoclass of IS ll. Soon after leaving collegelin commenced tbe study of tho law andwas admitted to the bar with tba class of1843, in which were Tho«. M. Hankel,Judge W. Alston Pringle the lata H. C.Burckmyer, tho late John E. Carew, andothers, from Charleston. Ho marriedthc daughter of Governor Adam McWil-lie, who was at ono time a prominent citi¬zen of Camden,-but who subsequentlyremoved to Mississippi, ofwhich State bewas lat¿r in fifo elected Governor.

in tho pursuit of bis profession Col.Shannon soon rose to prominence. In1857 ho wasclectod to represent Kershaw

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 andGen. McGowan, who was bis classmatein college, were two of the leading mem-hen? ortho House.k ?A4itho.oUtbrea': of the .war he raised acavalry company and entered the Confed¬erate service io Virginia. Subsequentlyho raised another cavalry company andnerved in Ncrlh Carolina. Upon thodeath of his father, in 1864, he succeededhim 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 ofKerabaw Connty. Ho was in early 'Ufoa Presbyterion, but subsequently joinedthe Protestant Episcopal Church, olwhich ho'became un activo and practicalmember; Ho waria mah of great'indus¬try and energy, nnd bas for many yearsoccupied a position ofprominence at tueBur of Camden. All who knew bim willremember, tho groat amiability which wasodo of tho prédominant traits of hia char¬acter. He enjoyed the entire confidencenf the people of Camden and KershawCounty, mid waa for many yearn ono of'. the most popular men ôf that section oltho State. Ho was well-read, not only inthe law but in general and current litera¬ture Col.Shannon was not only populartn account of bia cheerful and genialdisposition,but waa loved for his gentlemanners, bis Christian kindness, and thcstrict integrity which characterized hiswhoio 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 irChesterfield County, near Cash's Depot,n station on the Cherow and DarlingtonRailrda*, not fa* from Cbcraw. He wasin command of a regimont in Bonbam'cBrigade, in Virginia, in tho first year olfhet*wnf. and Was a fearless if not nn ac-complisneá officer.THE ORIGIN Ol" TP« FATAL- QUAP-ilEL.The miarrblVhich lias resulted in thc

death qf Col., Shannon grew out of uti nction for damages brought by Mr. C. MWienges against Capt. R. G. Ellerbewho, on account of somö ppmnnai differunco, had assaulted and beaten him. Tiniury ¿ave a verdict for$2,000 in favor o

Wienges, who waa unable to recover tinamount, tho. property of Capt. Ellerbtbeing encumbered by a judgment npor*a mortgage "given to Bira. E. B. CashWho Waa Etlerbe's sister. Wienges1 inatituted proceedings to ¡set asido tho jmigmenton tho ground of fraud, his attor.tiny». Col. Wm. M. Shannon and CaptW. ls. DePosS, nf Camden, charging tbathe "pretended confession ot judgment'had been made by Ellerbe to 'his owi*Uuer/¿ Mrs.' Cash, and that thus "by ifamily arrangement" Ellerbe "intends tidefeat tho recovery" by the plaintiff."

TUB rn;:. r DBHAKD.Pending th3 legal proceedings no ac

tio'n;appears to bavo been taken by CopiEllerbe or Col. Cash, but un May 22 tblotter sent Copt. DePass toe followinjchallenge :

KRftSHAW 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, yoicharge Mrs. Cash with fraud, analthough tho copy of your «ummonsamcomplaint served upon Mia.Cash'*attoiney« 'Milora .from tho. original, upcwhich you obtained on injonction, ytyour whole course in the management cthc case clearly shows that von did meatn impute frond to Mrs. Cash, ohd I soipeet thal your object in withdrawing thinuit offensive exprtwaiotis iii the origin!woo to shirk a responsibility yon had htthe courage to meet,

{'regret very much tr.y inability to a<

in tbbt mailer, at an eorltcr . ?« y, but lohave done «to would have su^ixted myconduct to inUconstraction, and, perhaps,grejudlced Mrs. O&sh's claims before theourte; As you bare abandoned yourcharge of fraud, 1 now feel free to act in

this matter, and while I neither claim formyself or acknowledge for you that thereis any social equality between us. yet forthe time being, sud to accomplish thoobject I hara in view, I waive all objec¬tions, and demand of you redress for thelalee imputations you nave made, againstthu character of Mrs. Cash. My, friend,M>. W. B. Banders, will make for mo theusual preliminaries for a meeting.

E. B. O. CASH.Tho rOBpolise 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, andI 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 conveysan insuit, sud I could most properlyreturn it to you, but I waive this and willreadily accord you tho satisfaction youdemand, 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. Legarewere arrested, and an attempt was madeto arrest Mh Sondéis. Col. L. WYR.Blair waa substituted by Capt.. DoPftt.8for Mr. Legare, and arrangement a woremade for a meeting in North Carolina,but Capt. DePass was again arrested andthe fight did not take place.

GASH FUBJCISUEB DEPASS,Col. Cash publishes the correspondencein 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 tobring about a meeting between Capt.DePass and myself, but in every instancebnve failed to accomplish their purpose.Different times and places bavo. beenagreed upon for a. meeting, but beforereaching tho grounds selected, or nftergetting on the grounds and waiting hourupon nour, wo have been notified by thé.frionds of Capt. DePass that "Capt. De-Pass has been arrested, or arrested again,and cannot fight."

I was in Kershaw County, the home ofCapt. DePass, when the challenge wastent, and his reply, received.- I came outof Kershaw, passed through Sumter,Darlington, Chesterfield, and into AnsonCounty, N. C., (the place appointed fortbo meeting.) I ¿raveled in nn open car¬riage upon tho public roads, passingthrough.towns and villages on the route,and am personally.known to tbo peoplev.-h o resido along the roads travelled, andyet I had no trouble in .eluding tho offi¬cers of the law. I will add that no friendor acquaintance of mino has been instru¬mental in procuring warrants of arrestin this case. As far; as I am informedthey originated from n whining hypocriteof Camden, who affects to raise his bandsin 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 ÏOS of Qod, and to bavo publishedÏh the leading newspaper of tho. State a

Jase and Bbamelefts falsehood as to tbanature of this difficulty. It .was mypurpose to have cowhided Capt. DePassfor the course ho has pursued towardsrae, and I only condesconded to challengehim at the urgent appeals, of personalfriend:!. They were in error, and havecaused mo to blush for shame (uninten¬tionally) nt the couree I have adopted.I am now sick and disgusted, and haveabondoned the chase, and offer my nistylcaso in exchange for a horsewhip. I

E. B. C. OASHJTHE REJOINDER OF DEPAS3.' U

This has led Capt. DePaes to publishhis 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 writtena communication to the Carolina Suncorrecting misrepresentations apparentlyreferring to you in an nrtfcle on the"Camden Anti-Duelling Society," pub¬lished.; in :^hat paper. Tho appearanceof the'placard renders' ii my duty, injustice both to yourself abd me, to placebe foro tho publica moro explicit otate-ment of what passed between GOD. Cash,or his official /riend, Ç^.'jlfaU*), and mtwith referonoe to you. -'-<*'On tho 27th or 28th ultimo I visited

Gen. Cash to deliver tn him a note fromyou accrediting me asyour official friend,and also one' from: myself, in which 1say : "Capt, DePass will meet you at anjtime you may designate beyond th<limits of the State bfSouth Carolina, tcdiscuss and adjust mattera of disagree'ment between yourself and bim, and aiall events to accord to you such aatisfaclion as you may then demand." Kodesiring to intrudo upon-tho, privacy ohis rcsidenco, I stopped stiQaap's Depoand sont in a note announcing my preseuee and purpose, and requesting GenCash'to como odt to the depot and repel vtmy communication. He was not ahome, but his son, Capt. Cash, in compony with Col. Watts, came out, audfully aware of tho nature cf my visitpressed mo so cordially tn accept bis nosnitality that I becamo his guest for thafternoon and night. And it may nohfi nut nf nl&çn fnr ma fn »»y hers ihntwas novermoro strongly or moro favorsbly impressed than by the high-brahospitality, manly tone and gentlcnianl;bearing of this gentleman and bis fatbeiwhosA acquaintance I had never beforformed. , ¿ ... .

: Upon Gen. Cosh's arrival, in theevening, wo discussed the question: of whêrtho next meeting should take place,strongly desired that it should be on thGeorgia frontier, but both Gen. Cash anDbi. Watts.objected that it would be listless for them to attempt to meet there, sthere was bat little chance of their gelting through without being arrested, anurged that, the meeting should ho iNorth Carolina, pear the point wbeithe plank road from Cheraw to Wade:boro* crosses the State lint«-a point ntmore than eighteen mites distant froiGen. Gash's rcsidenco, while it is somsixty-five or seventy miles from you, anInaccessible except by private conveyanco. However, finding their objeçtipito the Georgia frontier insuperable,- enknowing your earnest desire that uothiron your behalf should impedo the meeíng» I yielded this point, and the ts£elng was appointed to be vt seven o'elocn. m., bo the following Thursday, tlhour being subsequently changed befoiwc parted to twelve o'clock, on tho sanday. After your arrest I arrived on tlground about twelve o'clock, or, nerh aria few minutes before, and mentionedCol. Watts that, belog unacquainted wilthe roads, I bad been apprehensive thI'might be a few moments' too late, b<neUher he nor Gen. Cash nor any oisuggested misapprehension as to the. tinnf meeting, so that there could bo imisconception on that nubjccl, nor hithey to watt one minute after the tinappointed for the meeting until I arriveOn my arrival I found an assemblagesome 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 thespectacle, as the people all along the wayhe had come knew the place ana hour ofthe meeting, and Gen. Cash had witbdifficulty escaped arrest on the way.The same information was given to mesubsequently by Gen. Cash. As soon asI arrived on the ground I called Col.Watts asido and acquainted him with thofact of your arrest and cause of yourabsence. He seemed, as a lawyer, loconsider the arrest illegal, and said thatyou could bo bailed and proceed with thepurpose of our meeting without pecu¬niary risk to your securities, and, in fine,generously proposed that Gen. Cashwould he your security for that purpose,and, taking at the moment' his own viewof the matter, that it could not bo at¬tended with any pecuniary risk to Gen.Cash, I promptly accepted tho romanticand chivalrous proposal ; but Col. Wattsrequested tino to consult Gen. Cash, andon his return withdrew tho proposition,informing me that Gen. Cash took a dif¬ferent view of it.

I then assured Çol. Watts that youwould respond to Gen. Cash's demand atthe earliest moment you could bo re¬lieved of tho legal impedimenta. Heasked me when that would be. I an¬swered at a year and a day, when yourbonds would expire. He replied thatyou might theu renew the matter bymaking a demand on Gen. Cash ; thatGen. Cash would not pursue his demandoh you any further, but publish the cor¬respondence. I asked to be informedexplicitly what he meant by this, and hotold me that his purpose -.ras simply topublish the correspondence whicb badoccurred, to which I could offer no objec¬tion. AU these communications wcroverbal, but my recollection pf them isclear and strong, leaving no room forpossible error or mistake.Gen. Cash, in bis placard, states that

no friend of nia caused tho arrest. Farfrom me bo such a suspicion I But thisis perfectly apparent to every one : Thatwhile we proposed, by every means inour power, to obviate the effect of thoarrest, and ultimately (though withnecessary and unavoidable delay) tobring about the desired meeting, Gen.Cash, by a placard, unprecedented amonggentlemen, and unjustifiable by the factsand circumstances of the case, has ren¬dered it absolutely effective, placing itout of your power ever to accord to otdemand from him a meeting on the fieldof honor, and depriving himself of allredress on you other than by tb6 fulfill*meut of his implied, inconsiderate amirather extravagant threat-a threatwhich I doro assert that neither be uoiany man will ever execute.

With considerations of high esteettand regard, I am, my dear Bir, youifriend and obedient servant,

li. W. R. BLAIR.lu conclusion Capt. DoPass says :And why did Gen. Cash, when I baè

been thrice arrested, without fault o:mine, refuse to wait until I conld be re'lieved from liabilities which would haveseriously embarrassed my family in thcevent of my death, when he himselfunder a frivolous pretext, (for it is nothing more,) bad deferred the challenge fonearly seven months after the nlTegecoffence, and thereby entitled me, under iperemptory rule of the Code, apart frontirreat. or any other contingency, to taktwice that poriod to respond to his demand? I shall not condescend to impugn Gen. Cash's character as a gentleman or a man of true courage, certainl;not after having accepted his challengewhether it bo vulnerable or not upoithose points. But I can certainly emilmost complacently-at all his scurrilitieuntil ho gives a satisfactory answer ttheta questions, and explain conducwhicb, throughout, is tho most extraoidinary that a gentleman aud man of trncourage ever fell into.THE ANTI-DDF.T.UKO ASSOCIATION.The article on the Camden Ánti-Duel

ling Association, menticmcd by CoBlair as published in the Carolina Sutwas prompted by the formation of "TbCamden and Kershaw County AntDuelling Association," on June 8, witJudge Kershaw as President. The ol¡ects were declared to be to educate anorganise "the public opinion and monsense of tho people to a true porceptioof tho criminality of- tho wicked aupcrnicous practice ;" to take measures Iprocure an adjustment of personal diflcullies which might tend to induceduel "and to use j ni)d'enforce all legmeans or provonting 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 prseedings of a body of men in Caradowho style themselves "An Anti-DuclliiAssociation," and have also observed tleditorial remarks- on the same snbjetAs my name is cl icly associated withese movements I desire to' notice tbeibut feel confident' that were I to appfor the use of ibo columns of tbs Neand Courier, I would meet with refusi[, therefore, beg you to allow me the uof your paper, boping that other papein the State may copy what I haveBay. No one will doubt that the edikof the New» and Courier are in full ayipathy with the anti-duelling movems-their past rfcords and privato chanten are such aa not only to qualify thefor full TTicrûuenihip to auch' an associHort, but wonld justify their elevationprominent positions in tbo came. \are informed that this Camden Assoc1lion i" competed of rûtra who willtheir whole duty, and put an end to t"criminal" practice of duelling.Camden' has grown pious very slrvery I As long as hor men would figwe heard not one word about the "criinal practice of duelling." For yfethat section: bas been regarded ss 4Galway of the State, and only a shtime ago Williams and Csntcy were pmilted to leave the town to fight duethcro was no howling ou those occatloWilliams, and Canley were willingfight and were not molested : but justsoon as two of the leading tdtbtens of:town strike their colors and take to thheels (in order to divert attention andhide their tracks) up pops au anti-duling society, with a reformed drunksthe tall end of tho Stato bench, as Prdent, and I suppose with every braggand bully in the town as members. Stan association will be a bomb-proof «

God-send lo all the liars, slanderers icowards of tbs place. They can spof their neighbors as they please, ivheu called to accoanl will "shirk'* tlresponsibility by pleading membersof this association.What a pity this, movement bad

been inauguraîed two. weeks ago Iwould have served ara'fcoat of mailan intimate friend and close coonee!of this pious president, and saved a iamount of whitewashing, rendered nesary by recent events. TMyttàrchan,take it upon -themselves to denouuc"criminals" the acts of men who arcfar their superiors fis the eagle issuperior of the buzzard. Those \creatures denounce as "criminals" amen as Andrew Jackson, Henry CJohn Rutledge, 'Alexander Hamil

John Laurent), Commodore Perry andthousands of other« of the beet andpurest men who inhabit the civilizedportion of the world. In their agony,and for the present occasion, they woulddenounce as "criminals" our owo Perry,mid Gist, and McDuftle, and Dunuovant.Legure, and Rhett, and Taber, andMagrath.

Will this army corps of seraphs andcherubs tell us poor deluded creatureswhat they propose as a substitute for theduel? Will they be so kind as to aug«gest some better and more humane planby wbicb the weak can be put upon afooting fIth thc strong? Will they tellue how tho pigmy is to meet tho giant ?Or are they such fools as to think theMillennium is at hand, or that from thedate of their first meeting all strife andcontention will cease throughout theworld ? 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 intho 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 inwhich you are acting as attorney for theplaintiff, you mako uso of the followingwords: "That further, tho plaintiffalleges that the pretended confession ofjudgment has been made by the said de¬fendant, Robt. E. Eliorbc, to bia ownsuiter, who is the said A. E; Cash, andthus by a family arrangement tho saiddefendant intends to defeat the recoveryof the plaintiff." When called upon byCol. Cash for au explanation of thischarge you have expressly and emphati¬cally disclaimed all knowledge of thesentones alluded to, and disavowed anyintention of giving offence, but you haveavailed yourself of tba benefit of thisclause In your pleadings and to obtainan injunction in tho caso, and then, fromexeas of prudence, you erasa tho chargeand disclaim all knowledge that it hadbeen used. But, sir, your subsequentconduct in tho management of the case,and especially the character of your in¬terrogatories to me whilo I was oh thewitness stand, prove conclusively that,while you wished to avoid rcspcnsibilitjto Col. Cash, you at tho same time triedto avail yourself of all advantages to bchad from the false charges you had madeI regret exceedingly that it bas not beerin my power to call upon you at an earlier dato, but you will seo I could nohave done BO without subjecting mysel:to misconstruction and militating ttgainsthe rights of Mn. Cash before the courtsNow that the case has boen postponecand that you have abandoned youicharge of fraud, and that question is ntlonger at issue, I feel free to act and demand of yon redress for the falso chargeyou have made against my characterMy friend, Col. P., C. Watta, will mafcthe necessary arrangements for a meeting. 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 ofyour note t21st inst., handed to me On Saturday byour friend, Col. R. C. Watts, whereiyou use tho foliotviug language : "I fccfree to act and demand of you redrofor the false charges you made a^aimmy character, liv friend, Col. lt. (Watts, will make the necessary arrangimonta for a hostile meeting." Tr.ground upon which yon base your dimand is a statement of certain proccetiugs in court, and your statement is eitirely without foundation in fact,therefore, whilo shirking uo responsbility, deny your right to call me Iaccount on any such statement. I deryour right to call me to the field of homou any account, ant] decline your invitition. Your language, intended to 1offensive.' makes uo impression on mnor will it on any one who may hap'ptto know us both. Respectfully,

W. M. SHANNON,ELLERBE'S DENUNCIATION OF SHANNO

Capt. Ellerbo's rejoinder was as felows:

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 deimy right to .call you to account for a!statements made in certain pvoceedicin court; though you insult that yshirk no responsibility. Yon abm deray. right td call you to the field of hocon any account, and decline my invitiou to fight. I was under tho imprsion from your letters to Col. Cash tlsuch was the case, that you would shino responsibility, but find I ara misted.-thatyou are ono of those unca vialmen wno insult gentlemen and thenfuse to account to thom th« "sual salfaction that brave men award to thi*?he consider themselves aggrieveYour refusal to fight leaves me no alteative than to denounce you as a poltrcand coward, and to bold you up asobject of contempt to all brave men.

R. G. ELLERDECASH'S DEMAND ON SHANNON.

It wilt be noticed that prior toletter of Capt. Ellerbe to Col. Shania 'somewhat similar demand had bimade by Col. Cash, and that Col. Shnon had disclaimed all knowledge ofoffensive sentence in tho papers, lbcase of Wienges against Cash, and <

avoñcu any intention of giving offerFnrther Particulars of the »ucl.

FLORENOB, July ÍI called on Col. E. B. C. Cash, i

o'clock yesterday evening, at his rdence at Cash's Depot, six miles bcCheraw, and had an interview bfhour with him about the origin of thoel between Col. Shannon and him:and tho incidents attending the meet'I was courteously received. '. W. B. CiA. H. Waring and 3. J. Burgess vpresent during the interview.

Col. Cf,?h said : Mrs. Cash had fdticed Robert El lethe's property for«Messrs. Shannon and Dorena obtaian injunction against the sale ofproperty on account of a judgment chy Wienges, whom they represenThey then instituted Butt to set athe judgment held by Mrs.- Cash oncha/ges, one of the charges being frThe court decided the case against ]Cash on the ground of the inlormolilthe judgment, but, at the «ame timo,cidcd that there was uo fraud bet*Mrs. Cash and her brother. Aa socthe case was decided and there was noger an issue ofthe question of fraud,Cash and Capt. Ellerbe challenged CDePass and Col. Shannon respect!'Thia was about the 20th of May. S!non declined to meet Ellerbe onground that Ellerbe had no clairaibim. DePass accepted tho chalhand agreed to fight first at DuBBridge, in Darlington Couqty, abouzath of May. DePsss, hcrwovcr, wurested. Afterward* arraignment*made to meet t i Wright's Folly, ACounty, ia North Carolina, on JuiDePass iras arrested again atChesteCourthouse,gavebondtokeep the \

and was discharged from custody. Sub*seqnently to this s correspondence WASentered into between Shannon end my*self. The first letter waa addressed tome by Col. Shaunon on June ll, in whichhe intimated a desire to fight me. Ide*dined to challenge him oo the ground cfinequality; be having been denouncedas. a poltroon and coward by Capt. B.G. EUerbe; hut took the ground that agentleman might, if challenged, fighthis bootblack. Col. Shannon replied hysending me a challenge on JUDO 27. Ar¬rangements were made for a fight at Da*Boso'a Bridge, in Darlington County, onthe 6th day of July, botweea the hoursof 1 and 2 o'clock. Tho fight took placeabout half-past 2 o'clock in tho afternoon ;Shannon's second having the word ;Cash's second choosing the position ; dis¬tance Öftren jftrds, steeped hy tho sec¬onda ). weapons regular duelling pistole.It was agreed that tho signal for firingshould bo given by the discharge of apistol 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 groundabout five paces in front ofme, sud throw¬ing the sand in my face. At tho timo Ithought I was shot. I fired between thewords "two" and "three," there being adistinct pause between my shot and thatof Col. Bhnnuon. Po staggered and waacaugth bv his friend, $o|f Oantey, and Iaminformed died in five minutes. My ceo-ond, Mr. W. B. Sanders, inquired of Mr.Johnson if ho was satisfied, who repliedthat he was satisfied, ana as well as I re-collect used the words : "My God, whatmore could we ask.". I was taken fromthe ground by my second, and my friend,Mr. Waring.This concluded my interview with Col,Cash, who spoke'without tho slightestperceptible excitement, but with catmuesiand dignity.Dr. Leo, of Darlington, was nrcsont at

the duel as surgeon for Cash, ana Dr. Bur¬nett, of Camden, as surgeon for ShaunonW. E. Johneon, Shannon's second, waifrom Camden, and W. B. Sanders, Caeb'isecond, from Sumter County.Each of tbe principals was attended bjthree friends upon the field, tho friends o:Col. Cash being A. H. Waring of Florence, G. J. McCown of Darlington outM. L. Sanders of Sum tea. Tho friend)of Colonel Shannon were Th«sna», Ancrum, J. M. Uautey and A. D. Goodwiiof Camden.

After the duel Col. Shannon's bodjwas taken to Camden. It is¡ said: thalwhon he was first shot he stood sloe!still for p. moment, exclaimed "Oh, God I'and, half turning around, fell and wacaught by his seoond. In addition to thfriends and seconds of the parties, a number of other persons witnessed the ! duelThe pistols;paed by Cash wore his ownand those used by Shaunon are said thave been the property of Col. AlfreiRhett.

Col. Ooah wont to Darlington Counton Sunday and spent the night with hiattendants at the house of Mr. R. D. Leewithin a few miles of DuBose's Bridge.Tho duelling ground is about halfwa;between Camden and Cash's Depot, suinear the line dividing Kershaw and Dailinglon Counties.

Col. Cash returned home on Monda*It is rumored that he rent word to thsheriff of Darlington County yesterdathat he need not come to arrest him, ihe would go down whenever he got a no1from him.There is a general expression of horrble regret at the duel and its fatal resu)and it is rumored that auother moetiobetween Col. Shannon's son and Mr. VB. Cash, Col. Cash's son, is contemplateand that there was an agreoment betwecthe Shannons, father and eon, that if tl

father fell ia tho fight, the son should talap the quarrel.AtChcraw universal regret is express'at the sad termination of tho difficultyBennetteville, and in Marlboro, theremuch feeling against Col. Oath. At thplace and in tho county I am informithat there is great excitement and a feebfgeneral Indignation against Col. Cas

Public sentiment in this countyogainst duoiiing, and it is expected tbthe grand jury will tako notice of tlmatter ana institute proceedings.

J. C. ]Tho Fanerai and Coroner's Inanest.

CAMDEN, Joly 7.Great indignation has been manifesthy all classes of our people, white aicolored, over tho killing of Col. WillisShannon. Our whole people mourn 1death. It ls the heaviest loss that Ktshaw County has been called uponbear formany years. The burial servittook placo on Tuesday evening, the ?instant. Business was entirely suspencd. Over one hundred people failedgain admission to the church where tservices were huid, on account of timmense congregation. Tho corlego vcomposed of fifty-seven, vehicles, besiia loree, number on foot-the largfuneral over seen in Camden.

Coroner Qoodnlo held an inquest yterday and to-day. Tho vordict of 1jury was that, "from the evidence broufbefore us, William Shannon came teldeath from & pistol-shot wound, sDistel being, fired by E. B. C. Cas1Coroner Goodale immediately issuedwarrant for thc arrest of Col. Cash,reeled to Sheriff Doby. who has tramittcd tho same to the sheriff of Obterfield County for execution.

F. P. B

WuY AN OLDTEXAN MADE BIS WI-One day last month whAn trjde í.äail a grocery clerk procured a piecesolé leather from a shoemaker, pointeblack and laid it aside for future iWithin s few days an old chap from hin tho country come in sud inquireda plug ofchewing tobacco. Thc nicesole leather was tied up, paid tor.the purchaser started for home. Atend the sixth day he returned, lookdowncast and dejected, nod, walkingto 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, hwas alias handy at bitin' plug. I nseed a plug afore this ooo that I coultear to pieces at a chaw. I sot my ton this ons, and bit and pulled and tted like a dog ata root, and I've 1biting and palling for six days, andabe am now. the same as the day yonhar 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 mosome fine cut. and I'll go homo andtiie farm to the boys, and get readythe grave myselfJ/- Worth Advance.- It is o; well-established fact til

healthy-maa requires about a pint oat a breath ; that bo breathes abouttimes sn boar, and;that, ss ft; mbeyond dispute, ha requires aboutseven hogsheads of afr ia - twenty-boars.

THE TWO PARTY PLATFORMS.Tb« Mow York Herold, th« Leading Nowr-peper ofAmerica, Expresses lu Oplnloaon Their Relative Merita.

The Republican Platform.A closer examination of the republicanÍdatform compel« us to regard it as aoke. It is impossible to imoglno thatthe gentlemen who drew it regarded it

aa anything oise. Take away from it thebrag and the bluster which constitute itscomio portions and there is nothing leftbut 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 currencyfrom thirty-eight cent« to par, Increasedthe foreign trade, paid the pensions, paidoff a third of the debt, revived Industry.It scorns a pity to stop just there. Whync* have added that the republican partyraised che great crops ot the last fewyears, caused thc droughts and rains inEurope which made so great and profi¬table an exportation of our products,created the fine wheat and corn weatherwith which, we have been.blessed foryean, put a stop to the cattle plague,discovered and developed the new minesof precious metals ana dug out the ErleCanal?

I» the republican party really furnish¬ed all the soldiers of the war ana paidall the taxes since the war undoubtedlyit did all the other things wo have tug-guted. The plain truth of ¡ course Tstbnt the republican party has bad con¬trol of tho government for twenty years,on the whole has mismanaged publicaffairs very badly, and ia not a bit sorryfor its misconduct. In putting down therebellion and in freeing the slaves. Mr.Lincoln took counsel at every step withleading democrats cs 'well "ns republi¬cana ; ne was the President of the wholocountry, and democrats were constantlyamong bia most intimate and cherishedcouncillors. As for paying tho taxes,the democrats have not neon exemptedfrom that; the pleasing aud' republicanpart was to collect thom and spend thempaying their charo and no more.Tho republican chiefs have fallen intotho habit of looking backward. It is

tho common habit of parties which havebeen in power twenty years. In thattime, and indeed beforo that time, par¬ties, in the' nature of things, becomeeffete. Like old men they live lu thopast ; there is no futuro in them. Likeold men,-also, old parties Convenientlyremember only tho pleasant'and credita¬ble part of their past. Thus the repub¬lican platform in its. amusing retrospectsays nothing of tba scandalous mlsgov?ernment in the Southern States foiwhich the party is aloise responsible;nothing of tho years in which they tam¬pered with the currency and broughtupon tho country by their cowardico theplague of greenbackcrs ; nothing of tb.tmischievous election laws which theyenacted and misused; nothing of thirepublican leaders, with leas than a dozedhonorable exceptions, have- been dis*greeably involved; nothing of the. ¡wá»h!of the people's money which was thrownwith lavish hands to jobbers of various;kinds of years, until the .democrat!were at lest placed in Control ofthe Heus«by an indignant and impoverished country.Where the platform ceases to brag St

begins to bluster, the connection bolusmade by a brief section in which polygamy, internal improvements and ptotectivo tariffs aro huddled together, ifew cold words in commendation of MrHayes' votes hoing thrown in. ' Tbbluster concerns, naturally, the soluSouth and those dreadful democratwhose only object, it seems, ls to turitheir minority into a majority, as tbouglthe ouly object of the republic;T chiefwere not to retain possession 'of tho government. The bluster is, cu the wholemore strongly comio than the brag : !draws a picture of the democratic "luiof office and patronage," which if it wernot labelled "democrat" would bo geoally'mistaken for a description of threpublicans drawn by themselves.-'Suroly a party which Beised the Prealdoney as the republicans did in 1876-'and then quarrelled with the man thoforced into the White House because- hwould not gratify to the extent of the!demando their 'insatiable lust of officand patronage/' but honorably preferreto servo tho country rather than thparty leaders-surely each ii party shoul"sing email," to use a eea phrase, whothe tcpio is greed of office and power.The democratic platform is by nmeans faultless: we mean to take it tpieces another day. But it bas at lealthe very great merit that it look« aheaiIt promises tho country something ; threpublicans promise nothing, exceptcontinuance of a high protective tarliTho democratic platform speaks of lbing qucátion.t ; it proposes free ships anan extension of American commerce 1America bottoms ; it proposée a refor;of tho revenue laws so that they sbayield revenue and not mainly ombarasa commerce sad fustor monopolle:it proposes to spend tho money of tltaxpayers for public purposes alone aito reserve tho public lanas for the poopiwho will settle on them. No doubt tldemocrats are a terrible set of fellownothing could be moro disagreeableto the republican chiefs than the 'appríiion oi an opposition party makingreal bid for popular favor, letting tldead past bury itself, and looking feward to living questions in which tinoppliicaa aud prosperity of the peer,aro concerned.

Tho republican platform represetvery accurately the spirit of the parleaders. They have been twonty yeain power, as tbs platform takes careremind the voters; and they would lito have another twenty years of it On tstrength of past services. They refuto look forward : they promise nothito the country. At the last sessionCongress they played thc part of obstrtlives and nothing else. Every refo:which was brought forward receiionly their obstinate opposition. Telection laws so clearly nccitd nmcrment that all the candid republicjournals spoko ont in favor of propo-changes, but the party leaders oppoievery change. The civil service vsccu to need better regulation, but tmost eminent of the republican Senatdeclared tho question » mero abstract!'The attempt of Mr. Bayard to place icurrency on a stable basis by witkdrrlng the greenbacks fulfilled the rcpaican« with consternation, Every atteoto Improve the tariff and make soparts of it les« burdensome upon legmate Industrie« was vigorously oppoand successfully thwarted by the ronHeans with General Garfield at thbead. Tho proposal fbr free ships idenounced by tho republicana as otmen would denounce an act of theilpiracy. Their platform expresses withcuracy their determination to yield nclug tc tho just demands of the connito oppose all changes and reforms <to continue to Uve in tho past andthe past. Bevonu« law« adopted durthe aireas of war, and thought extragant and unwise even thoo, »nat notchanged. Election laws adopted withe country «till rocked on the grou

swell loft by tho war, and proved to eavebeen shamefully abused fer partisanends, most not be changed, foe warand the soIid'Sou.th must still bo theonly public questions. That ia themeaning ofthe republican platform and ofthe republican .chiefs. Ifthe country lik¡esthat they have modo thoîr formal avidofficial oiler. Dut we repeat, it soundsto GS Uko ft joke, and a very poor jokeat that.

TU« Demo«rmUe Flatform.Whatever may be said against the

democatio platform it cannot oo deniedthat it is an honest and businesslike doc¬ument, end in this respect ii Is veryuniikj the bragging and blustering ro*publJi.au platform. There are, undoubt¬edly, á great many voters to whom thodemocratic propositions will bo Unwel¬come; voters who do not like freí ships ;voterr. who are opposed to tariff forrovenuo; voters who want more subsidiesand who will, therefore, dislike thedemocratic declaration that tho taxesshall be spent only for publié *ud: notfor private Objects. Bot it is the greatmerit of tho democratic platform that jitsays something ; that it proposes reformato which those who have benefited byold abuse.0 will of course object, hutwhich will relieve arid' benefit the peo¬ple ; that it courageously strikes At mo¬nopolists, subsidy morigera and jobfrerp.Naturally monopolists, jobbers andsubsidy mungers do not like it ; but thenit was Bcnrcoly to bo expected that thoirwould. Those.classes who wish to Uveentho taxpayers os tlioy have long don£,prefer tho republican platform, and theyare right. That platform haa nothing init 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 platformleaves tho door open to all «tho abuses,extravagance' ana reckless waste whichcharacterized;, republican legislation be-foro tho people put the democrats incontrol of tho HOUEO of Representative:),It is Often oaid that platforinn meannothing; hut, in the present instanc«,:Ithappens that the national platforms rep¬resent pretty accurately the spirit off thétwo parties. The republican platformlooks backward, tho democratic platformdeals in and appeals to old and mis¬chievous sectional banes ; the democraticplatform, ..though not perfect, is yetthoroughly national and not sectional inits spirit. Tho republican platformfavors or encourages monopolies; thedemocratic platform favors the taxpayer*-rthe people. ? - i IWe have spoken of tho democraticSlatforra es an .honest and businesslikeocumcut, and ono proof of this is that

though much ehorter than that ofthe republicans it contains all that isgood and pertinent in that and, a greatdeal moro besides. Tho republicans in ftcumborouB paragraph speak for free edu¬cation, and in another; equally cumbo*(rous and verbose, for separation >.cfChurch and State. The democrats coverthé same ground in one energetic andclear sentence, demanding "separation ofChurch and State for tho good of each jand common schools .fostered and pro*tooted." The republicans tulle vnguolyof protecting the liberties of ail; thédemocrats boldly declive that "the rightof a freo ballot is the right preservativeof all rights, ¡and; must and shall bemaintained in every pari of the UnitedStates.", Wo havo locicíd for sorbeOther points for comparison, but therepublican platform does notaftbM them.Is is weak, sballow,< wordy, purposelyvague, ,apd would moko the fathers oftho party blush with anger if they couldread it in their graves; for tboso men-the Sumners, Andrews, GiddingsLoveioys-wera nolmccuRtomed to themincing''gait-* and' cautious verbosity oftheir 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 chuno for Americancommerce on the seas and on tho land,"which means something definite. Therepublicans say timidly that "tho .creditacquired should never bo impaired ;'* thedemocrats declare for "honest money andtho strict maintenance of thc publicfeHu, Siaio and national," which coversthe whole grouLd without hesitation ortimidity. Tho republicans say in one sec¬tion that ''the rev! /lug industrio» shouldhe further promoted, nnd in another,lower c*own, that "the duties levied fortho purpose of rovenuo should so ?'. dis?criminate aa to favor American 'labor,"which may mean anything, and wasevidently written in tho hope time itmight catch in one net tho protectionist1)of Pennsylvania1 and tho freo tradefarmers of Illinois and tho Northwestgenerally. It bolds oat a shadowyÏiromiso to both. The democrats doclarobr "a tariff for revenue only ; publicmoney and public credit for public pur*

{ios** solely," and tho party "pledgesteelf to protect the workingman alike?gainst thecormorantaand thecommuno."There ls the clear ring ofhonest purposein thew? woid?, «hieb rsa; sísrm ÜÍO-nopolists, bat will; reassure legitiaintoenterprise and honest labor everywV^re,Even on the wretched Chinese que* -.on,where both platforms aro. in our opinion,bad and un-American, tho republicanshalt and shuf&o, while, the democrats areoutspoken. Mr. Facing-botb-wayo. whowasevidently the author of tho republi¬can platform, tells John 'Chinaman thathe must go-but be tells him with asnivel; bo puts bis arm lovingly artaudJrilin before he stab; bis: ¡ elia uvraocaibluntly, but definitely, tells bim h i shallnot come here "except for travel, educa¬tion or foreign commerce," which, bythe way. are the only purposes for whichthe Chinese allow Americana lo enterChina.

Finally, it mast be admitted thatthere is a little' brag also in thé demo¬cratic platform, bat it U on a pointwhere the party bas a right to boastof itself. It "has reduced the publiéexpenditures forty millions a year," saytho democrats, and they might haveadded that it did this against tho sheersand'open and covert opposition of thorepublicans in Congress. Tbia démo¬cratie boast is well founded. They 'aadthe courage to be unfashionable. I'romtheday they regained control oftheïlcussof Représentât;vee they have/ought forrigid economy, sometimes, with .poorjudgment, but courageously and roa.\rd-lesa of the out cries and resistance of thorepublicans. The lobby lin* disappearedfrom Washington since the democrats"came in:" that lobby which was onceBO powerful that itv the last Housewhich was nader republican "rule thoSpeaker 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 partyseems at last to hav^ turned démocratieIt has regained Its old time boldness aaddirectness; it dares once more to say.what it muaue. Who knows? perhaps'.it will win. It looks a tiltia that.wayIjnat now.-New Yórí^erafd.

-- Lasy editors write it iGTcock.

Bill Arti'Fnlly;iw¿s¿fi î^.ttiG Ticket.Hurrah for Hun ïurrah forEngH"b {- I bad an abiding faith that -?'

tbe cobveatiou would .do right I'vebooi for General Hane^iVfortwomcnth«,and ¿o htsEverybody elso that I bear talknow, but I'vo got tho dead-wood ou it;I writjt io a letter to you ,t good whileago.. .^,w«nt y.vj to kee;/ r, forI J^HK documentary evidttrtce. Mayi «c^d it when tho litue cowes, and1 wáót ah offley for I suppose ibo gener¬al will give bis first Monds Jthe firstpick. Me has been my choice all thotime. Iii fact I was for biro befora Iknew bim, for my ancestors used to tellme about the family-og»and old family.Hi» gresfc-gtandfatbir was the first manto aigu thc dsclurailon of independence,and just look what a hand writhe bad.Hia signature is tho biggest, boldest andmost defiant of ali of them. Ho is amilitary man, but then be: believes thatcivil law is a bigger thing than militarypower, and that's tho difference betweennita and General Grant Ho said thatthe republican congress might wipe outall tue laws1,ofTexas and Louisiana, butthey could not makeany better code thanthey fand already. He is a statesman, aawell as a soldier, and besides that he is asplendid looking man. I've got his pho¬tograph abd 'that's the reason I was forbim a longtime acó. Ho is a largo mau-as bite«tJtjdgoTJudervFOod and almostas goodlopkipg. ,11$carries himself likea champion,'end lids a kind, cheerfulface that Inspires* love and " confidence,I am not afraid of him abit aud i don'twant bim to bo afraid of. mo. Since hisnomination I bavo put; .np. my eights apeg or two. I'm bothered now nbou*.Iwhat oulcoT wlll'takei' for'tbe truth in,I don't exactly know'wbafc kind of a onoI'm fit for. I'm going to leave that matterto the general when ba gels inn But itsglorious-tho prospect is Uko a beautifulvielon; ; It'sliko liberty béîng'suddeuly.ushered upon a< man i who vas in thochain-gang for life. I feel like shoutingfor the. day qf deliverance ie at hand.I'm hero in Borne, where tho boys arojubilating over- tho result They Heat offa telegram this morning to tho, général,congratulating him, and bo replied intwo minutes, thanking them ior theirgood" wishes. Homo believes' iliac ohocan elect him. I don't know whether heis poor or rich, but If ho wantaany moneyto travel »round .on just let .bim, draw onSamMorgan for supplies.' Tho city ofBorjio la on a boom nov/- and tbr0v7i.bg '.her surplus around tooee. Whenever she.used to want any rooney she issued v fewbonds,.but now thoy bavo all gci richSd pay the' monoy doTvn. Everybodyfnlllng into liuo. T bear that Dr. Fel¬ton and all the -independents are goingto join the regulars over again ^that'sall right. I'll kill a enif or somethingand go io hear tho doctor preach everySunday. Henry Harper has just como;n andBayshó Indoree«Hañcock ;thatbedon't know him personally but he met agood mauy of his boys ot Sbarpsburg andGettysburg, ¿nd any other ^urg, and thoreception 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 haveno personal acquaintance with bira, butI have ¿véry .reaeou to beliovo. he Io asgood a' niàn! as I nm, nod that's say¬ing more, than I usually do about anyman. This nomination is atbing aroundwhich every democrat can rally andrejoice. Wowlllhavono moro difasen-aion's no^. Forsyths is coming back,and John Boose, and I hear that ZachHargrove Bays ho has boen a Hancockdemocrat for fivo years. But the poordarkies1; I don't know what will becomeof them. If Zach quita em, they will bowithout a keel or rudder. May be be willbring en with bim, and theo we will bayea eolld south eure enough. Judge Under¬wood soya he Is for anything that willsecure Mènerai Hancock's election ; thatho doesn't know biro, but bis record issplendid, aud ss for English, bo was afriend or Howell Cobb, and that ia all howants to know. It's credential enough,Howoll Cobb said that English was ohoof nature's noblemen, and no would trustbim with his wife and children and bissacred honer. The judge is running forattornoy-gorii»ial and cays bo loves eve-body and wanta everybody tc love bl ' 1 :that General Colgalt la a noble man, andLester ls a splendid gentleman, and Har- h.doman is fit to be a king, and Gartrellwould mako a second Bismarck,, and bebas reason to beliovo thero aro many monID Georgia who would make a good attoi -

ncy-gcneraî, but he koowa that bo would,and knowlîdgo is better than faith. Hosays he la Uko Alexander Siopbons, hois geing'to tote bis own skillet abd. totoit carefully and not sling lt around andbreak a leg offif ho can help it I hopothejudge will get the nomination, for yousee that will make a vacancy and I al¬ways did like vacancies. If Jadgo Waincr would resign it would do a power ofgood ; and it seems Ut me ho ought to doft-eoBsidoring the relations of supplyand demand.

?jvBofc all thia is foreign to tho bootu.Hurrah for Hancock 1 I euy. E. P.Howoll has got seaso and discernmentHe has been for him nil the time. ThoComtitulion has been consistent, and donria good deal to Bhapo the destiny of thereaction. li'swonderfulwhatlittlothlngseffect great revolutions. Major Biug-ham, of North Carolina, made a speechon that subject hero io Romo tho other'night at the Shorter college-a grandj- speech, and all taken from blstorvr-raad Insi taming Wim itounaavlllo, and he toldmo that Aimer Stillwell saw bim unloada few sacks of wheat about 25 years ago,and was pleased with the way ho handled

Im and advised bim to come to Roraoand get employment which ho did, andthat circumstance had shaped bis destinyand his children after him to.'roborogenerations, and i told him as l"*.w ¿nyfather came out from Miisaachusetta toSavannah with a load of brick and' gotwrecked upon the coast and couldentget back, and married a southern girland cast bis fortune with the eouth somesixty years ago-bat if he hadn't löst thobrick and' had have geno back and maf-vled some otherwoman, then where wouldI be to-day? It Is sad to contemplate,for! might bavo been some other fellow.fbicb ïTvUÎd not have been agreeable--either to him or to me. I might navebeen Ben Butler orHenry Ward Beecher,or some other follow of like conduct andpersuasions, and brought upou myself apower oftrouble.Borrah for Hancock sod English; I

like the sound of the thing. Jv» betterthan Garfield aud Arthur. MgoJfest des¬tiny is upon us. If we dont «îect ourreen I shall lose faith ia all subloonarythings and try and fit myself for heavenand 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 wasproduced, which would cüro such a wideHöge of disease thati most emremedies wald be dispensed mit,manywere skeptical ; but proof oíittrojntabyactual trial hes diïpaUed all doubt andto-day id»o discoverers of that Great WA«-tine: Hop BlUera, are honored andblobed by all a« beaefactora.-xWraV