The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-15

C'AiBp3tl Ilduu, ~ NOW leel EFSe 10 acG III
this matter, aud Whiie neither claim 70
myself or acknowledge for yuu that Their
is any social equality between us, yet 20
the time being, and to accomplish th'
objecS I have in view, / waive all objec
tions, and demand of you rsdress for ths
ialse imputations you have made agaius
the character, Of Mira. Cash. NY friend
Mr.. w. 3. Sanders, will make for me th,
usual preliminaries for meeting.
Z. B. O. CASH.
The response Of Capt. DePass was e
follows:
CAMDEN. S. c., May "a, 1880. /
Cbk. e, b. c. Cash:
6IR-Your note cf the 22d instant wa
handed to me by Mr. w. B. Sanders, ant
/ take tho earliest practicable opportu
nifty OF replying. It is couched in Ian
guage unWarranted by the Code of Hon
our amonh gentlemen, Il. that it convey,
an insult, aud could most properly
return it 20 you, but l waive this and nil
readily accord you the satisfaction yot
demand. Ny friend, DR.. T. B. Legare
will arrange With your friend, Mr.. w. B
Sanders, fore meeting.
= Both Capt. $DePass aud MIR. Legar,
were arrested, and an attempt was made
TO arrest Mr.. SaGdeis. Col. l.. w. r
Blair was substituted by, Capt, DePasl
for Mr.. Legore, and arrabgefnents gwert
made for q meeting In North Carolina
but Capt. DePass was again arrested ant
the fight did not take place.
CASH PUBEIsHEs pEpAss,
Col. Cash publishes the correspondence
in circular with the following letter
CAsH's DEPOT, s. O., June s. ,
In pursuance of the above, my friends
Mr.. w. b. Sanders and Col. Richard @
Watts, have done ell in their power tc
bring abont meeting between Capt
DePass and myself, but in every instance
have failed 70 accomplish their purpose
Different times and places have been
agreed upon for q. meeting, but before
reaching the grounds selected, or after
getting on she grounds and waiting hour
upon hour, we have been notified by the
friends of Capt. DePass that "Capt. De.
Pass has been arrested, or arrested again
and cannot fight"
1 was in Kershaw County, the home ol
Capt. DePass, when the challenge was
sent, and his reply. received came out
of Kefsbaw, passed through Sumter
Darlington, Chesterfield, and into Anson
County, N. O., (the place appointed fol
the meeting.) I sraveled in an open car
riage upon the public roads, passing
through towns and villages on the route,
and am personally known to the people
who reside along the roads travelled, and
yet had 40 trouble in eluding the off.
cers of the law. Twill add that no friend
or acquaintance Of mine has been iristru-
mental in procuring warrants of arrest
In this case. AS, far aB I am informed
they originated from whining nypocrite
OF Camden, who affects to raise his hands
in holy horror at the settlement of O diff.
ificulty by a fair aud equal combat, but
Agho does not hesitate to violate the or
aiDar ,es of God, and to have published
in the leading newspaper of the State q
a5ase and shameless Jalsehood as to the
naiure of this difficulty. It YVES nv
purpose to have cowhided Capt. DePass
for the course he has pursued towards
me, and I only condescended to challenge
him at the urgent appeals, of personal
friends. They were In error, and have
caused me to blush for shame (uninten-
tionally) at the course I have adopted.
l am now sick and disgnsted, and have
abandoned the chase, and offer my pistol
case in exchange for o horsewhips
&s s 2 S 4 e. B. q. CASH
THE EEJOINDER OF DEPAss.
This has led Capt. DePass to publish
his. version Of the affair." With the sub
joined letter. from Col. Blair:
DIXIE's RETREAT, juno 10.
Capt. ". L. DePdss, Camden, s. c.:
My DEAR SIR-Before seeing Gen,
Cash's placard against you had written
a communication to the Cdrolinu .Su,
correcting Misrepresentation apparently
referring to you in an article on the
Camden Anti. Duelling Society,"" pup
of'the5 picard rendersll is n nv dutv. ut1aio in
Justice ooth to yourself and me, to place
before the public n more explicit state
ment'o what passed betweeo Gen. Cash,
or, his official friend, CSi.' ;gasts, ana me
with reference to you. ftA, 4 3
Gen. Cash to delive. Tn BIN note from
you accrediting me as your official friend,
and also one from ihyself in which, I
say: "Capt. DePass will meet you at any
time you may designate, beyond the
limits of the State of South Carolina, to
discuss and adjust matters Of disagree-
ment between yourself and him, aud at
all events to accord to yon such satisfac.
tion as you may then demand" Not
desiring TO intrudes upon the privacy OF
his residence, stopped 90 Cash,s Depot
and scnt iuGa .lot6 ann noNncing my pres
ence and purpose, and requesting Gen.
Cash to come out to the depot and receive
my communication. He was not at
home, but his son, Capt. Cash. in com.
pany with Col. Watts, came out, aud,
fully eware of the nature cf my visit,
pressed me so cordially tn accept his hos.
pitaiity that / became his guest for the
afternoon and night. And it may not
he anSlt nf place for nnasso say here .!:st
was never more strongly or moro favora.
bly, impressed than by the high-bred
hospitality, manly tone and gentlenianly
bearing of this gentleman and his father
whnsa acas-a ai::s:s:iiiioo s:s:iioo ! mao never before
formed.
Upon Gen. Cashs ARRIVAL in, theeyen.
ing, we discussed the question Of where
the next meeting should take place.
strongly desired that it should be on the
Georgia frontier but. both Gen. Cash and
Col. Watts oh3ected that isWotild he Use
less Tor them to attempt TO meet there, as
there was but little chance of their get
ting through without being arrested, and
urged that the sneetingf should be In
North Carolinn, pear tho point where
the plank road from Cheraw TO Wades-
boro crosses the State line--a point NOT
more than eighteen miles distant from
Gen. Cash'G residence. while it is some
sixty-fiye or seventy miles from you, and
inaccessible except by private convey
ance, However, finding their objections
to the Georgia frontier iIsuperhblel end
knowing your earnest desire that nothing