Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-22

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reason by he is j popular among the young
men is tht be preach Is from broad religious plat
form. add is bound b no narrow sectarian views.
FHe lisa Welshman bS birth, but has spent much
Of bis time in Maryland and as Missionary to the
Ease indies.
The latest senssEoSa oSa Z az vsloaapea.; ID pSiK,k
called the the 'Bycicle, the 'recsips for riding
which is first Ito straddle, then paddle and then
skedaddle." Personal experisnce perpiH pg p
OBSERVE that the most expeditions mode Of secur-
agscorecs msp Of thedsy of oofhs,,esou; % thss
portion Of 9 mans, eorporosity which is broadly
apparent tsn Inches blow hs shsasht1 buttons
in the small Of his back, is in attempting to ride
one of these two-wheeled concerns. You can see
half. 3 dozen any day on the Battery. .-..,.r
Green peas and strawberries, ars beginning to
find New York market We are living gi fish
and fruit Oranges, pine apples and bananas are
cheap and abundant 80 - ''''1':
King street is ike panorama. Spring goods
have been opened and the display Of colors in the
windows is kaleidoscope The ladies say sach an
array of pretty styles has not been seen il Charles
ton, since the war; and it may ybe added, soto yoce
that they make their husbands shed greenbacks
woefully. .. 80 ..@ ,e,, -ni2:;,-,f T.. ..,i
You remember the drive to Magnolia and on
ward to the four milshousef Some IF oaf citi-
zens are making arrangements 70 by q shell road
six miles out in that direction. -
Our Fire Department is getting ready fof the
annual celebration on the 9Th Steamers and
hand engines are practising every night and the
event promises to attract large numbers of visitors
from different portions Of the State Some eight
companies are expected from various localities in
and out Of the State. .,.:,.,,,'t ,,,ts rr.- "iy
Hotels full One can elbow tourists from the
old world and the new to his hearts content
Sail boats and carriages are in unusual demand
and at the rate at which these perpatsacs are
gathering tshSsnfthe Rssda a&sR war; hey won't
|be left monumental work in wood or stone to
which another generation, can point Tho geH
dirt seems preeioasto these curiosity hanefs, asd
they absorb bits Of old iron and chips of grave
stones with as much avidiy as if they had ''struck
lie IT. ,..i. :. 3****
1.>6 -A5TRAGEDY IN alARYtAND.e.: 7'~T
The quiet village Of fJarrettsvsiile; Harfofa eoun-
ty1 Maryland, was thrown into aIstate of the dt3
most excitement and confusion by tragedy whieA
occurred 10 its bounds on Saturday evening last.
about six O'Clock ,- ,~,o-... - j..
Nicholas McC cComas, young man, living about
tWS miles ffon the village was shot, and almost
iastsetly killed. by Miss Marthaf zig; Cairns, Who
resides the same distance from Jairettsvile, but
in different direction from it than the house of
McComas: The accounts given d the melancholy
affair render it certain that McC Comas seduced Miss
Cairns over year ago, under 2 promise Of mar
rage, and ip January last child Vas born, which
is living at the present time. Miss Cairns fire.
quently inportuned bfcC Comas to fulfill his promise
Of marrying her, but by equiyoeations and excuses
he eYaded her requests until she felt towards him
no other feeling than utter hatred and determine
ton to avenge her injuries. On Saturday evening
he had ridden into Jatfetsville for the purpose Of
attending meeting Of amilitis company, ofwhich
he was member, and at tbe time ff the murder
was in the yard in, the rear Of the. tavern, Miss
Cairns followed him to Jarrettsville and, arriving
at the tavern, dismounted from her horse, fastened
him securely, and passing into the ladies' apart
ment, removed her riding skHt, her hat and other
membranes that might sretsrd her movements
volver in her hand, she walked directly through
the bar room, which was full ofmep, and stepped
out on back porch which overlooked the yard
where McComas was Standing in the doorway
opening from the bar on tho porch, she took de-
iberate aim with her pistol at McComas and fred,
he being scarcely ten PAGES distant from her. The
bullet struck him in the breast, and as he reeled
wildly toward the pillars which hold up the porch,
she fired two more shots, neither Of which took ef
feet. He clasped the pillars of the porch and en-
deavored to sustain himself by them, but weak
from the rapid flow of blood from the wound, his
strength failed him and he fell to the ground. She
fired the two last shots from her revolver into his
BODY one lodging in his right leg, and the other in
the groin. Still carrying her revolver in her hand
she passed back through the crowd Of men, who,
as if stricken senseless by the awful scene enacted
before their eyes, did not move finger to bar her
passage Along the porch, throag ghthe bar room,
aud back: to the ladies' apartment she walked with
cut showing trace Of emotion or . qualm Of mar
[vousuess. = In the dressing room she: resumed her
( riding habit, and again mounting her horse, she
galopped back toward her home and had gone
considerable distance from the village before any
one thought Of following her. Mr. Jarrett rode
after hen, and joining her about mile from JAY
rettsville, she asked him if MeComas was dead.
II Was going to do She exhibited nosigns Of re-
gret, and was apparently as composed as if She
had finished the most ordinary action. '-i a'.s
r. On Sunday she rode to BelhR and gave herself
mp 70 the authorities Miss Carns is about thirty,
and McComas was thirty. seven years of age Boh
the parties belonged to highly respectable families
and held foremost positionr In the socialhf ofthe
county" The feeling Of excitement in regard to
this act Of summary retribution runs very high.in
the neighborhoodq but public opinion is esdsrelg
on the'side of Miss Cairns McComas is supposed
to have been killed by the first, shot which struck
him, and the last two shots were probably fred
into his dead body Sometime since Miss Cairns
brought SUIT against Comas for breach of prom
ise and seduction, but the cage hadnot yet come
totrial. / .ol. ID! L.. s.:rsH, r,., =. ,..zo:
=, A LADY KILLED sY HER LoyEa-A FATAL
DUEI.-Ihe steamer Richmond, which passed up
from New Orleans yesterday, learned at Grand
Gulf the particulars Of one Of those tragedies Of
passion that appear more like romance than reaf-
ty In the country some distance from Grand
Gulf reside two respectable families, those of Cush
ing and Andrews, Miss Andrews was Q lovely
girl Of seventeen, well accomplished, and Of unusu
ally fascinating manners. Mr. C1shings son,
youth Of twenty, had been attached to her from
their early childhood, andas he.gtew older his af
6sction became an ardent. absorbing passion. A
short time ago he made formal offer Of his hand,