The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-08-05

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gppent or the exanii1atioa OF the wit.
nesses / disowneG any intention d
imputing fraud 10 ATEB. Cash. and told
him If ne would read tha complaint /
was satisfied hs would see that there was
no disrespectful a.iust0ns to Mrs. Cash
as. had studiouslY avoided making any,
1'and lllkewise so had Col. ShhEnori, hiy
associate, and With thaElview had left Out
the Objectionable marginal clause in the
complaint for fear it might be miscon.
strued. at his request sent him copiet
OF the original summons and comrinini
and Judge KershGw's decree. And when
l met him again afterwards in Columbia
April % or 2S, he told mo that he had
seen nothing in the complaint Gisrespe ct.
ful 20 Mrs. Cash, that SO far "a Elterbe
was concerned it might be different, and
that he had eot written 70 the General,
and told ham that it was mono of bis
funeral, provided yhefel was nothing out.
side either In the argument or examina,
tion of witnesses at the trial of the cause
which he thei seemed TO think was the
cause OF trouble. From this inferred
that Gen. Crsh was offended at some.
thing that occurred at the trial, and
though / nentionedl the fact of these
conversations to Col. Shannon, speakipp
OF Col. Watts ae my friend, for believe
that he has kindly feelings for me I did
not of course say to Col. Shannon wlla.
thought the cause of offence was, fol
as fact 1 did nat knoi0, therefore I could
not say what it was. Col. Shannon
speaks of this matter in his letter of June
b, 1880; but one thing did certainly
say to him, that Col. Watts knew from
these conversations that all responsibility
for the marginal clause devolvea upon me,
though the matter was accidentally seen
by Gen. Cash Col. Watts, however, did
not seem to think that had anything to
do with Gen. Cash's cause of offence then
existing. The letter Of Gen. Cash to
Col. Shannon of November "a, 1879, in
which he specifies The marginal clause
above mentioned as the ground of his
then existing cause Of offence. ID. Col.
Shannon's reply of November "a, 1879,
IN which .he trnthfnlly and justly dis.
claims al knowledge of this marginal
clause, and of its erasure from the eaiG
complaint. Sd. Gen. Casl's answer to
Col. Shannon's reply dated December 1.
1879, in which he expresses himself 90
| perfectly satisfied with Col. Shannon's
disclaimer, and grateful 10 knoio that there
IS no cause for an interruption in tie friend.
| " relations that existed between them. -
| show conclusively that Col. Col Watts was
I right when, In the conversations / had
with him ip Charleston and Columbia.
frat in March and then in April last.
that this was not then the cause of Gen.
Cash's complaint. This is further yeyi.
fled by conversation between Col.
Shannon and myseif, held in his Office
the latter part of November, 1879, and
before Gen. Cash's answer TO Col. Shan.
non's reply Of 25.h, 1879. had heard
on the cars from friend, on my way
home FROM Columbia, that Gen. Cash
had been deeply offended at certain ex-
pressions he had seen in some of the
papers in the case, at tho same time thiB
friend assureA me he had baen in part
instrumental in settling this matter.
Tho noxt day ! called on Coll Shannon
at his Office, told him what had boen ssid
to me the day previors, and asked him IT
he had heard anything of it he replied
very pleasantly, a0 OH yes, Col. Cash had
written him letter, and he had re.
piled :" thereupon he read Gen. Cash's
letter. to me and parts of his answer,
especially that part vindicating me.
Now, 1 had before then mentioned to
Col. Shannon how the mistake had been
made by which Gen. Cash saw this mar
ginal clause, and again repeated to him
the whole matter, Including the converi
sation I had with Judge Mackey after he
had granted the injunction as set forth
IA the Judges certificate, aud then said
would write to Gen. Cash and ecquaint
him with how ths mistake was made, and
that no such marginal clause was in the
original summons and complaint. Col;
Shannon at once replied sthera is no use
in that;" saying tbat"I have fully salts,
fled Gen. Cash about the matter, and
while I told him that / knew nothing
about it, yet fully vindicated you.n
The Colonel seemed TO be a littls hurt at
the thought i mighs suppose he had not
been generous enough while defending
himself to. try and relieve me and that
still touhd; it neeeSsaFy to. write myself.
Seeing this ebhllitioti of feeling, and de.
lsirop5 OF, hksnKii3k him how much + aid
Iapprsciate what he had done, I did spssk
of his action las he sayssin his letter OF
June s. i880.) in complimentary terms
| assuring hin &c .S,a ssiIi6 time that as he
thought writing 70 Gen. Cash on my part
unnecessary that i afchld not do SO. 70
prove cOuclnsiyely TINT upon this matter
there were several and frequent congerl
eatlonsihetween Col! Shannon and myself.
Col. Shannon himself furnishes it.
Again quoting from his letter of June s.
he says: The causeilyEent up 70 the Sas
prelne Cont, aud 4shad then no idea of
any ottense having been taken until
about the 18th hay. "Capt. aDoPass ON
his return from the Supreme Court told
me he had twice seen Col. Watts, who he
said was q friend of his, who told him
that Gen. Cash and Mr. Ellerbe were do.
teEnined to hold rs to account. and The,