Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-07-22

fy its errors and to restore to the government
the simplicity, the honesty, the frugality Of
the Farmer Republic which our fathers crea'
ted. 1t means, in one word, to garner and to
gather and to combine the blessings of that
Union which Hancock saved at Gettysburg
and of that civil liberty which he established
at New Orleans And, as his candidacy
means the hope of this blessed change, so his
election would secure its full fruition.
The Danville Tragedy.
- A special dispatch from Dsnville, Va,
conveys intelligence of the death of the young
woman shot by her brother in that town on
the night of the 9th instant. A more cow
ardy and inhuman act has seldom been re-
corded than the conduct of the young man
who shot his sister to death while on her
knees pleading for her life:
Mollie Dejarnette, the girl who was shot
recently by her brother, has died. Before
she expired she sent for P. A. Peterson, and
talked to him as freely as her condition would
permit She stated that only lately she had
adopted her life of sin and shame that she
had fallen victim to the wiles Of a libertine
some eighteen months ago, who, under prom.
ise of marriage, had betrayed her, but only
for short time has she led the life she was
then leading. She freely acknowledged the
Justice of her fate, and expressed wish that
every virtuous woman in the world might see
her then, that they might he deferred by the
spectacle from following her example. She
earnestly besought that her brother might
not be prosecuted, saying that no punishment
ought to befall him that he had done only
what was right and What he should have done
She gave all account of the shooting, as fol-
lows She said that her brother came to the
door and asked for her, and on her appear
ance requested to see her privately. She con-
Quoted him to her room, when he Immediately
shut the door and locked it, and commenced
upbraiding her for her course in bringing dis
grace upon the family name. She sought his
forgiveness, and begged to be taken from the
house and provided with home where she
could redeem the past by life of honor.
Telling her that that was impossible, he an
nounced that he had come to kill her. She
mplored his mercy, and, falling on her knees,
was beseechng him not to kill her, when he
commenced firing on her, and continued as
rapidly as possible until the pistol was emp:
tied. Her conversation indicated degree of
refinement and intelligence greater than is
usual with women who fall into her way of
life. The poor girl was deeply repentant for
her past life. Her chief anxiety seemed for
the safety of her brother, and her dying
words were those of forgiveness and an ear
nest request that for her sake he should es
cape the punishment of the law.
Senator Butler on the Dnel.
- Senator Butler has written a strong
and manly letter for publication in the Ne.cs
and Courier, condemnatory of the practice
of dueling. The letter is called forth by the
recent DuBoses Bridge tragedy, and he takes
the ground that the Staying of COL Shannon
BY Col. Cash is indefensible even under the
code of the duello. He says:
ut is no reflection upon the memory of the
gallant gentlemen of the past who resorted
to the duello to settle their personal differ.
ences to ask that the law be vindicated in this
case. In former days the most punctilious
decorum and chivalric courtesy distinguished
the conduct of gentlemen in affairs Of hon
our" and coarse ribaldry and gasconade in
correspondence was as odious as the brand of
cowardce but now the washbuckler style"
appears to be fashionable.
THE issue is very sharply made between
those who trample law de6antly under foot
and those who execute it, and do hope that
courage enough may be found to execute it.
1t will be sad day for South Carolina when
a gentleman, who feels it to be his personal or
professional duty to vindicate private rights
in our courts, is first to be insulted, pursued,
villifed and goaded to desperation, and then
shot. IF that is to be the plane which our
civilization is to occupy, we shall all be sleep
ing on our arms. And there must be some
thing radically wrong in public sentiment
which can force a man of Shannon's high
character and acknowledged courage to fight
duel under the circumstances which sur
rounded him. 1t is about time we were find.
ing out where we are, and ascertain whether
"border rufianism" is to govern this country
or whether civilized institutions shall be main
tanned.
81 express no opinion on the merits Of this
difficulty, for l know nothing of it, except
what have seen in the public prints; but |
do venture the opinion that it is the first
time in the history of duelling in South Car
olina that man has been shot for doing
what he had, in morals and law, clearly the
right to do, and for doing what it was his
sworn duty to do, to wit: faithfully repre-.
senting the interests Of his clients in the
courts against parties who had themselves
gone into the courts 1t is without parallel
either in the issue made or the manner of its
conduct"
Col. Cash Admitted to Bail.
- A special dispatch to the Ne,rs and
Courier gives the following account Of dis.
graceful scene in Cheraw in connection with
the application of Col. Cash for release on
bail:
CHERAw. S. c., Saturday, July 17.-Col.
E. B. c.. Cash and his son, w. B. Cash, ac-
companied by Col. Watts, of Lsurens, came
into town yesterday for the purpose of OBJ
tanning the release of COL Cash, on writ of
habeos corpus and also with the avowed in
tention of attacking Mr.. Pegues, the publish
er of the local paper, the Carolina Sum- which
in its comments on the recent duel, has ex'
pressed the general sentiment of the State.
A threat Of horse. whipping had been previous
y made by young Cash, who came to Che.
raw some nights since to carry it out, but was
persuaded by friends to relinquish his pur-
pose. After few days spent in state of
SIEGE the threatened journalist was assured
by people of standing that the trouble was
entirely over, and was thus thrown off his
guard. COL Cash and his son lounged about
Front street all day, awaiting the arrival of
Solicitor Sellers. Mr.. Pegues, when going
quietly home to dinner, passed the group