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* TIE WEEKLY iaB llfel TIMES, L .?? ? "~ ? ^>'?t11 ' *"" ~*~ "*~i*T*''"r * ~~ ~ * *r~ "*~r^T t*~^ ~~'???~ -??? %oi.*%m*?IM ^ UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROUNA, AUGUST 0, 1880. NUMBER 81 ";' ,v| Of* * -- ' .? ? * MAJOR WOODWARD ON THE CONGRE88I0NAL CANVASS. " Maj T. \V. Woodward has writtcu the fullowiug open letter which is published iu the Lancaster Review : Winnsboro, July 10. f! en. J. B. Irwin t County Chair man Lancaster : General: T have seen an editorial in Ihc Ledger suggesting the calling of another convention tor the purpose of selecting a new set of delegates who shall assist in choosiug a member of Congress from the Fourth District. Various reasons are assigned for this new call. It is urged that "actinu was takcu hastily, and somo coutend w ithcut authority, that when the selection was made there was <ouly oiio candidate in the lieldj" &c. Now, General, this publication was made _ without my knowledge or consent, and 1 Imvo no fault to tind with the delegates chosen, for I know personally that they are honest, conscientious gcutleuien, who would only be influenced by what they believed was the sentiment of the people iu this matter. But I submit, that if what the Lcrfycr says is true, and that in addition to the .points already made, these delegates were vhoseu by a committee appoiutcd by the chair, and without any expression of opiniou by the meeting there is then want of interest, iu fact, reckless indifference, upon, the part of the people of Lancaster, which will not only result in harm to the Democracy itself, bat it will even tend to make the lucky aspirant, whoever he may be, "wauting iu appreciation of the honor conferred, and reckless of the high responsibilities devolved upon hiui. IIow are those delegates to ascertain pubdie opinion in this matter 'I Is it required of them that they shall canvass the county ? And arc men not often mistakcu even after the most exhaustive efforts in their can behalf? It is evident, then, that this honorable and important oflicc, involving, as it does, the material interest of eight counties, is to bo conferred in a hap-huzzard, "double wabble" way and not by actual choice of the people. Wh .11 I left Laucaster it was my opinion, and it is yet, that I would be h.uorcd by the votes of a majority of your delegates, but if I am mistaken in this, or if Colonel Kvius has a majority of one uiau iu the ...1...1- .1? : i ? *?.i . -t n uuiu \jviiinij, llliril IS IIU CIUllICU IO llie support ??1" your entire delegation, and I ccituiuly do not desire to rob hint of a sin gl? vote to which it has been demonstrated that lie is entitled. I do protest, however, both in my own interest, and for the reputation of the Democracy of the Fourth District, that the rambling process resorted to in 1870, and to which Col. 1'iVins owes his present position, .shall not- be repeated. Jt is high time that the Democrats should choose their officials by other menus than by tlnuciwj names J'rom a hat, as was done, as you kuow, iu 1870. If the position of Congressman is to be drawn like a prize in a lottery, or won like a quarter of beef at a shooting match, ' or passes by default, because the people are apathetic and feel no concern about the principles mid qualifications of aspirants, or of the general and special interests which thoy represent, then are you authorized to say to the people ol Lancaster and of the | Fourth District, gcuerally, that I do not do- [ sire their support. All that I ask for is a fair showing, not i'or myself alone, but for Col. Kvins also. I I do not think that he desires that this I matter bo slurred over in this hap hazzard i way. and, in token of my good opinion of I him, 1 hereby challenge him to a canvass J ui liUiicasicr, wnn a written pieugc, it re- i quired, that unless 1 beat him I will retire | from the contest, and do what I have done ; twice before, support him not only strenu- ' c.usly but cordially. Col. Kvins lias held the position lor fuur years; he owes his nomination in the first instance to luck.? His services in Congress whilst useful, and I believe faithful, arc nevertheless, not of that high order intellectually which should cause even an ordinary plantation individual, like myself, to shrink lroui a contest with him, or to entitle him to demand a Third Term at the hands of the people of alio fourth congressional District. Yours, T. \V. Woodward. A ItKfl.V TO M A.I >. It WJouhWAIth. 'flic Sjmrtiiu/iun/e Ihrahl replies to Major Woodward's recently published letter regarding the nomination of ('ogressinan as follows : "Wo have a right to enter a protest against the unjust charges made by Major Woodward against the members of the (*ongressional Nominating Convention of 1870. We were a member of said convention, and we deny that Colonel Kvins owed his uoiii>iuation in 187G to '"the gambling process resorted to," or to "drawing names from a bat," or that it was "drawn like a prize in si lottery," or "won like a quarter of heel at a shooting match," or that "he owes his nomination in the first instance to luck," as is charged by Major Woodward in his card. To show the injustice of these chat get* made by dajor Woodward, we iiave only to give (lie following statement of the f.uts in reference I? the action of the Nominating it'on vent ion of 187th The convention met jn Columbia, and was composed of delegates from ail of the eight, counties in the Con- i gressional District and was presided over i by Col. ?J. II. llion, of fairfield. The to- . jtal vote of the convention was .'H, and IS , was required for a majority. The n-mes of Col. Kvins, Major Woodward, and Ken Kennedy were before the convention and the nomination was made by ballot. We do not remember the exact number of lial- j lots taken, b it ojvq tbe result of the lii'l : bill of '!!' } ill suh-a <jiient ballots in which there was any "hamr in results. On the lirst ballot, levin* reoeived 1 I, Woodward . In, ami Keiin.*dy r>. Several ballots w to taken without any change in result. On the next ballot in which there was any change, Evins received 14, Woodward 14, and Kennedy 0. The next ballot in which there was any change. Evins received 14, Woodward 13, and Kennedy 7. Thus the vote stood on the last ballot in which all threo of the names were before the convention. At this juncture of afliirs, in order to put an end to what seemed destined to bo .... :4 LI tii.* I -in iiiii-ruiiiiuuiti uaiioung, it was proposed to put the uauics of Evins, Woodward and Kcuucdy in a hat, and draw out the uauics oi two and run them against each other, and drop the lowest and run the highest against the name remaining in the hat.? This proposition did not couio from Evips' friends. On the contrary, they opposed ntiU wo, ns iho rejunumwintu jMw* . friends, made two or more spc iches against it. Notwithstanding the persistent opposition of E > ins' friends, the proposition was adopted and the proposed plan was carried out. The names of Woodward and Kennedy were the two names drawu out of the hat, and they were run against each other, Woodward receiving 18 votes mid Kennedy 10 votes. Consequently Kennedy was dropped in accordance with the plan agreed upou aud Woodward was run against Evins, whose name remained in the hat, and Evins received 1!) votes and Woodward 15 votes, resulting in the election of Evins. This is a plain statement of the facts of the case, il.? ...i.:-i- ?mi i ti vnv \-uiivviucsa ui nilll'll Will UC VOUCIICU for, doubtless, by all the delegates to said eonveuii ?u. It will thus be seen that Evins received the highest vote on the last ballot in which all three were voted for, aud when balloting, under the plau agreed upon, was reduced to single contests an 1 Woodward beat Kennedy, that Evins t ion beat Woodward four votes in a single handed race in a fair ballot. We cauuot, therefore, sec that Maj. Woodward has any jnst ground to complain, as Col. Evins received the nomination on a fair ballot, and not by any "gambling process," or by "luck," as charged oy Maj. Woodward, but beeause he was the choice of a majority of the convcntiou and received more votes than Maj. Woodward. Major Wood vard also does Colonel Evins great injustice when he intimates that he assumes "to demand a Thinl Trnn at the bauds of the people of the Fourth Congressional District." Colonel Evins has never assumed any such attitude. On the contrary, he has always acted upon the principle that "the office should seek the man instead of the mau seeking the office." He did not seek i he office iu 1870. but was put forward by tils mends agntnss tils Inclination, nuvl since his election to Congress he has worn his i honors with his characteristic modesty. I Ciiickkn Cuoi.kiia.?! ? respect to the | chicken cholera. Pasteur has gone one step further thau the results of his experiments on the spread of anthrax have taken him. The microscopic organism by which this disease is communicated has been described and figured within the last'wo years. Like other such organisms, this can be cultivate^ in a suitable media that furnish the proper sustenancc lor it, oue of the best of which is chicken broth, in which the organism multiplies with astonishing rapidity. Pasteur has found that Guinea pigs may be inoculated with this virus without necessarily causing death; nothiug may conic of the operation but an abeess at the place ofinoculition, and the animal may remain in all other respects apparently in perfect health , This abeess may continue for several weeks; the matter discharged from it contains the organ?microscopic germs of the cholera in abundance; if this matter falls on the food of chickens or rabbits living in company with the infected animals, they may take the disease fatally. Without knowledge of this fact it might be stoutly maintained, and with apparent reason, by a witness ef such mysterious appearance of the disease, that it was spontaneous in its origin. The communication of the disease takes place readily through the excrements of the infected animals, these being highly charged with the organisms, and .Pasteur a Hi mis that this is the most important means ol the spreading it through the Hock. To arrest its progrcsss the fowls should be separated from one another Ibr several days; their (juarters should meanwhile be thor ougmy women wan :i11 abundance ul water, acidulated with a little sulphuric acid, which is particularly deadly to the organism ; all the excrement should he carried away, and then the healthy birds may bo brought together again ; the disease runs its course so rapidly that in those lew days all infected birds will have died. The particular point ot interest established by Pasteur is that the virus may bo tempered down so that it can be used against the disease in tin; same manner that the vaccine virus is u ed against small pox?but with this important dillercni'c, however, from all other i species" of inoculation hitherto practiced, | that the virus is known to consist ot a liv- I tug organism, while this point is not yet proven in regard to tin* vaccine, the loot , rotor the peri pneumonia viius. Pasteur a Oil ui> that in fioin sixteen to eighteen j cases out of twenty eases of iniicitlidioti I with this mild virus, the fowls w re not affected by subsequent inoculation with the virus of full power; protection from the disease was made more certain by one repetition of the inoculation.?Aitr }'o//.- Tribune. , . The minister stopped at a house on the South side last week and sought to improve the time by giving an eight-year old boy an instructive lesson in morality. "My boy," said the minister, "I have lived Ibitylive years, and have never used tobacco in ! any IV>r111. m>r tnlil a !i<\ nnr ntti-iv-l an mill, Hi'I' jil.i v < I I ru ml, nnr ?" *< i iin tnin v <*rirk ? ls I" iiit<-r1111 t?*> 1 (Sic 1 n|, "vi'l' ain't liail any Inn at all, liavr v<? ?"?Oil ( 'it,'/ PtI'ii /.*, ? - THE SCOTCH-IRISH STOCK. IIOW IT CAM K INTO UPPER SOUtll CArOI.INA ? WELL DESCRIBED CHARACTERISTICS OF A STRONG PEOPLE. At the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the fccttleuicut ol the Cumberland \*ally, Pa., on the 8th instant, at Doubling (Jap Springs, llov. J. W. P. Otts, pastor of the Chambers Presbyterian Church in Phil* _ 1 1.1?- 1 iiuuipuu, roau a paper upon the subject of "The Pennsylvania Scotch Irish iu the Cur* olinas." llev. Mr. Olts, after referring to the lact of his being a South Carolinian by birth and a Pennsylvuniau by residence, and eulogizing the Scotch-Irish for their enterprise and thrift, said : Let us go back as near to the beginning as we can and we will find out that the Scotch-Irish were flfsfcifuu ^g^mcrr^ aira iUcn.5uj(i^X??U-. men. In the third century the Scots migrated through North-eastern Furopc, by liclgium and the North of France, and settled in Ireland. The Scots were, therefore, Irishmen before they settled in Scotland, and Irishmen they remained for MUU years. It was iu the sixth o.ntury thai llic European Scots went from 1 reland into Caledonia, and there subjugated the Scots and founded a kingdom Thenceforward, Caledonia was the land it remains until the present day. About the middle of the sixteenth century King dailies confiscated the lands u! several insn nobles hi tlie iNortli of Ireland, who conspired agansl his government. The North of Ireland was thus re peopled with Scottish colonies in the sixteenth century Thus, after the lapse of nearly a thousand years the Scots whom Ireland gave to Caledonia of old, came back to occupy their ancestral homes, and the Irish Scots now became the Scotch-Irish. About the beginning of the eighteenth century the English Government began to do all that was possible to suppress the Scotch-Irish in the North of Ireland. Then it was that the Scotch Irish began to emigrate in large numbers to 1'ennsylvania. These emigrants landed principally at New Castle, Delaware, and at Philadelphia. During this period, from about 1718 to 17I1G, large settlements of Scotch-Irish were made iti Chester, Lancaster, York and Cumberlaud Counties; and Pennsylvania owes much of what she is to-day t?> the fact that so many of these people settled in her borders. The first public voice in America for dissolving all connection with (ire.it Hrituin. says Hancroft, eauie from the Scotch?Irish Presbyterians. The upper part of South Carolina is full of Pennsylvania Scutch-Irish, that is, of Scots who cauie from Scotland, to the North brrannnr,-?rfi7i ir->m 1 ivi m.t intotrer-Mirr.*-' The line of emigration from Pennsylvania was ill rough the Kittalinuy Valley. West of the Susquehanna, to the Potomac, and through the valley of the Shenandoah, | southward. Irish settlers were loft all along the line of emigration, aud many of them made their way into the Cumberland Valley, into Kentucky and Tennessee. The speaker theu reforcd to those who went into the upper counties of South Carolina and said Here you have your Lancaster, York and Chester Counties, till of whose earlier settlers were 1 Vniisylvaniatis, Scotch-Irish, who gave the names of the I counties from which they emigrated to the ! region in which they settled. These counties at the first covered the districts which are now known by the names of I tiion, Spartanburg, Newberry and Laurens. Lancaster was first settled in 17-10. In 1754 and 1755 a colony of Scotch-Irish from I Pennsylvania who had lived uudei the mill I istry of ltev. Mr. Calhcart, settled on 15rown's Creek, in what is now known as I'nioii County, and founded a church to which they gave the name of Ciiioti, the name of the church to which they belonged in Pennsylvania. This was the mother church." In concluding Lis address the reverend gentleman said : "There is no better blood in the Cnitcd States nor anywhere else, and the Scotch-Irish tire a better and a greater people in this country tli.ui in Scotland or in Ireland, lot here alone they have a fair field and a full scope for the free anil unimpeded development of their inward capacities and possibilities. They are a plucky, pushing : ml persistent people. They have a w ill of'.heir own, and w hen they go forward, if they do not find a way. tliey make a way for themselves. The Pennsylvania l>utch know how to mind ill.-ir own business, ami to let other people's business irfrnie ; in doing so they keep out of trouble; the Scotch-11isli know how to mind their own business, but llicy do not always know how to lot other people's business alone. II 'they think I lint the other man's business is wrong they will interfere; they will not tolerate the wrong in friend or Ibe, and in this way they sometimes get themselves into trouble, but when they do get into trouble they stand and fight. All v.e who are deseeiidants of these noble,selfwilled, strong and valiant Seoteli-Irish, a people always to be held dear as friends and dreaded as enemies, should never forget to pray the prayer id' the old Seoteli elder, who prayed, I lend, always keep me in the right. lor ye ken, laud, that then I gang wrung I am uneo hard to turn." o A consumptive looking man, lame and feeble and carrying a )>i111 bottle lull of something, halted a pedestrian and said .? "1 found (his hottlo on the corner bu? k th to and I wish you'd tell ine what'j in it." The oilier took it, removed the cork anu snuffed in a lull breath. The next in* slant lie staggered against a wall, clawing the air and choking and gasping, and it was a full minute before he blurted out: "Why, you infernal idiot, that's hartshorn." 'Well, I'm perfectly willing to take your word for it without extra insults," observed the invalid in an injured voice, and lie took bis bottle and walked *-IT like a man who bad been abused with- lit the Kent excuse. j- * ii ' ? ' DEFERRED NEWS ItfiMfl A DutTsmtTI JJtohm near Norfolk.?Norfolk, J irty 2D.?A tremendous gale and wind storm visited th~*?ruck and fruit sections adjacent to Norfolk yesterday. Hail stones as large as lien's eggs fell, almost entirely destroying vegetables, fruit and grass, aud the wind blew down barns aud outhouses and did great damage to the corn crop. . -- ? Tiik Wkst Point Cai>ktsiiif.?Our information received last night from Cokesbury and from tiiose who have the best right to know?in fact, we inny say it is official?says that Mr. C. P. Press)cy, of Frazicrville Abbeville County, is the successful man, and that his altopnate is Mr. J. A. Towers, of Anderson C. H. This settles tlio nnxiety of the other fiflccu applicants. There ( jver^ssvcnleen appHcant^injilh?CoLJlc^itUr^ ^ . ?mi wmmnmatwr on ft bed beside ft negro woninn, who held her 1 child about three or four weeks old in her lap, accidentally let his pistol go oil", the bullet from which struck the child in the forehead, causing ' instant death. This occurred on the 17th in- ' stnnl?an inquest was held on the 18th, which ' rendered a verdict of accidental shooting. This [ took phico near Hodge's corner.?C/'trcndon ' I'rcs.t. ' ? o < Tiik D and Kits or I'ahuyinu (Iiiais.?Loudon, i July 28.?A return published in connection with j the bill introduced by Mr. lMynisoll, before quit. ? ting 1'arliumcnt, lor the better security of vos ; sels with grain cargoes, shows that between the l years 1873 and 1880 twenty-six steamships laden ? wholly or partially with grain foundered at sea, ( and twenty-four were reported missing, and J during the same period one hundred grain laden i sailing vessels foundered and one hundred and t eleven were reported missing. i IxcKxniAiiv.?On Wednesday morning last one of the gin houses ot Mr.. J. 8. lllalock, at Mar- ^ tin's Depot, Laurens County, was totally dcstroyed by tire. The fire was discovered between 1 and 2 o'clock A. M. The house ^ contained a large lot of oats besides the usual , machinery. Mr. 1?. has no doubt that it was the work of an incendiary. Such nets call for the severest punishment, and it is hoped that ^ the perpetrator of this will speedily meet that , which is so richly deserved.?CV. Kryisttr. j A IIor.mui.K IIYiutoi'iioniA Dr. mi.?Harris- ' burg, July 28.?("apt. James II. Stanley, n prom- * incut citizen of Middletown, in the c muty, ' died last night from hydrophobia. When the t syinptons first became manifest last Sunday, he 1 bade his friends good bye and submitted him avu ?o me cure 01 Keepers, inn on aionuay ? night, during a violent spasm ho escaped, mid ' was found subsequently in thc^uburlis \juiya at < trsryr:::w!irnnht>i reach. tlie uWoaseu was i bitten by his own dog about five weeks ago. ? * i A Viuuinia Titaukuy.?Danville, Va., July 2^.?In Patrick County last Friday, Pink Dc- | Hurt met Amos Walvinc in (he road, on horse- , back, with Mrs. Dcllart behind him. \n alter- , cation ensued between the men ending by l>c- | Hart's shooting Walvinc with a revolver through / the forehead and neck, killing him instantly.? Dcllart then proceoded to Patrick Court House and surrendered himself to the odicers of the law. Improper relations between Walvinc and 1 DcIIart's wife have been heretofore suspected 1 by Dell art. 1 O ? \ A Skiiioi's Aiviiikxt vr Cowrnxs.?(infTiiey t City, S. C., July "JT, 1W80. ? Mr. S. Klliott was ? seriously injured yesterday afternoon at Cow- I Pens in his saw mill lie ivus near the pimine I gearing it or arranging something about it. ami i a twelve-inch baud, making'200 revolutions a | minute, broke nn-i struck hint under the jaw, 1 throwing him down violently. His lower jaw i was fractured in two places, his right arm ; crushed near the elbow ami his right foot ! bruised. l>rs. Wcstcrvclt anil Men leithall were i telegraphed for front this place an 1 went last 1 night and bound up Ins fractures, lie was rest- i iug pretty well when the doctors left him, hut ' i if he recovers lie will very likely have a still'el- ] bow.? Cor. O'ree it villi .Yews. Disappointed Orm auk Miu Grixdeiui.? Washington, July 20.?The Republican catnpaign managers seem disappointed because of the lack of the material or ammunition against ' the Democratic parly furnished by the Federal officials in the South. Tltcy scented to have relied upon political outrages and resistance to '.he ' internal revenue officers in the mountainous sections of the South, where illicit whiskey is manufactured contrary to law, to give life to the Republican canvass in I lie North. From ail sections of the South come only the most peace- i able reports regarding 'be intention of the people to obey the revenue laws, ami the Kcptthli! cans arc at a standstill and a loss to know what | it all means. There are no outrages to stir up i the Northern heart, and the political managers at the Republican headquarters have run short of political thunder. ? lltllimnre Suu. A'.llTIMll ITvflil! fl'm 1TM Ptwl,?l"tnn Ir%o??n/?? am j W. It. Itcdmoud arrested yesterday flie pos:masi lor Hi Jed burg, a small slui ion, four miles abovu S11:11111crvi 11e, upon I be eltarge of improperly trading and selling postage stamps. The income of these country postmasters depends largely | upon the number of stamps sold by them in the J natural course of the business of tffe olliee, and | as has lately been discovered by Mr. Itcdmond. I many of litem have been purchasing their prol visions, &c., from merchants with stamps, thus illegally increasing their percentage. This makes the fourth arrest which has been made for litis offense, and others will probably follow. The accused was taken boforo United State t'oinmissiuner, M. K. Hutchinson, and waived a nrelitniaarv examination and entered into a bond in tlie sum of !?:! ")() lor his appearance for trial al tlie October term of the United Slates District Court, i The offense with which lie is charged is punJ ishnhlc with a fine of not less than $'?0 nor I more than ? *>()(), or not more than one year in I the Penitentiary, or both in the discretion of > the Cotirl.--.Vejr* nit'l C'"ricr July 'JI. Fittr. 1$ AtiiiR*it.LM.--flie wtdrisioH of Colonel J. T. Hubert son was burned to the gfrohtid (bis morning about 3 o'clock. The alarm of fire was sounded, andjjoon tlie cry of fire spread front mouth to mouth, until every citizen of the town was aroused and out of bed, when many hurried to the scene and aided in removing the furniture and rendering such other services as I l-.l I- - O..I 1 .1 uiigui u? ui?u?tl. Ill II IllllD IT 111 10 IIIC CODICIlIS of (ho house, in a somewhat broken condition, were thrown into the street iu froutof the dwelling. The tiro originated in the pauty from an unknown cause, and had made great headway before it was discovered?so much, iu fact, that it was useless to muke any effort to save the house, flic structure being a wooden one, and the fire originating in one of the lower apartments, it in the Niagara $2,000. It seems that Abbeville is a doomed city.? 'rom 1850 to 18G0 a majority of the tine houses of the town were erected, and within the past lecade, from 1870 to 18S0, it seems that nearly die whole of them have been destroyed by fire. IVc will mention a few of the finer and more cxoensive buildincs that hive been ilealrnveil in hut tiiuc. The Marshall Hotel, uu the curlier >f the public sqmre, hriek, tlirce stories high, .vas burned ; four of Iho seven hriek stores on jruitilc Range were destroyed u year later ; mice then the tine resilience of Dr. J. W. W Marshall on Magazine Mill win nlso destroyed ; uter still tlie elegant mansion of the Into Thornis C. Perrin, the finest resideucc in upper South Carolina, was burned ; ami now the dwelling of I. T. llobertsou has become food for the devourng element. Colonel Robertson's dwelling was >nc of the largest and most expensive dwellings n town, and occupied a commanding eminence, kr ~o~ - ?-u ? tiers vi ivery variety. In its destruction one of the orlaments of the town has been removed. The ess of such a building is to be lamented bv :vcry friend of the town. This will be remembered as the dwelling which the lion. J. Foster Marshall erected in 18-">0, soon after his return Troin Mexico. It was in this house that the Hon. Armisteau Hurt lived. lie was absent in Cashier's Valley, North Carolina, at the time. Mis suite of rooms leing 011 the second story, und the tire having nado such headway before it was discovered, iverything of his in the house was destroyed. I'lie fire was approaching the stairway whin 'oloncl Robertson and his family were awakened jy the progress of the tlauics. An incident of the fire wai the hurtling of the nuuvi a >:niii1111 waicn nog, i.eo, which renaincil in one of I lie rooms, and whose piteous ;ries were enough to touch the heart of the least nisfreptiWte. "ATTelTTrTs to remove him or to inluce him to leave the roiui were fruitless, lie remained and perished. Colonel Robertson had 110 insurance on his furniture. The pictures belonging to Mr. Burt, ivInch were in the lower part of the house, were saved. Everything in the upper part of the louse was destroyed.?Al/brrittc 1'rcs.i untl /inliter, J n! tj 118. Kniuiits or Tilt: Uoi.ukn 1(ui.i;.?Castle Lee of he Knights of the (ioldcn llulc was instituted u Spartanburg, at Odd Fellows' Hall, 011 Thurs lay evening, the 'JJd instant, by Mr. II. N. Emyn, District Commander for this State. There vere twenty-six charter iiienibcrs, which is conlidcrcd a good beginning. The membership is >f excellent material, and the officers possess a ligli order of administrative ability. Those who liave connected themselves with the organization ire delighted with it. It has one degree, and gives four classes of insurance. Life insurance is tho basis of the order. The classes run from $o00 to $.>.000 for those between the ages of 111 and f?U years of age, and there is a senior class of ?>2,000 for those between fiO and 00 years of jgo. The next meeting will be held at Odd Fellows' Hall 011 Thursday evening, the 2'JtIi instant, at half past 8 o'clock, when a number of new applications will be received. Tho officers Tor the ourrcnt term arc as follows :?J S K Thomson, Commander ; \V L Johnson, Secretary ; Dr. Joseph Hill, Treasurer; Thomas l' Beus ?n, I'relutc ; Friend Tuttle, Mastcr-at-Arins; James K Class, Herald; F Christ man, Sentinel; J 1) Hunt, Warden ; Dr. J Nott Moore, Examining l'hysicinn ; J M Elfoid, Fast Commander. The Committee on Hal! and By-Laws will report next Thursday evening. The charter list was left open for fifteen days from date of institution. llt'.ntkiito Dkskhvi.i* DkaIii.?St. I.ouis, July L".l ?A special to I lie /Hxjntlclt from .Mobcrly, Missouri, says: "An armed mob of about one hundred men from adjoining counties came into town this forenoon and opened tire on J. ('. Curlew, whom the Sheriff was taking into the court house to be tried foi committing an outrage on the person of .Mrs. Crump in a hotel in this city last .March. Curlew ran into the court room followed by three of I lie mob, where he was shot again, lie then escaped to the street and fell, but quickly regaining his feet he received another shot, lie then ran through a dry goods store, closely followed by his assailants. lie then fled into an alley and again into the street, finally making bis way into a room over a saloon. Mere his pursuers cornered him, and the husband of the outraged woman ended the pursuit by firing five more shots into Corlew's body ami one into his forehead. Curlew died in ten minutes. Intense excitement prevailed while these proceedings were in progress, and ollieers of the law made no cllorts to stay them." Swiit Kktiiiiu tios.?Washington, I)C., July '27.?Joli 11 Diggs, a negro, in the employ of Jnmcs 'rsnhitlidiiv imnr llfii-imlnwn M-trvlmut who, on Saturday night, during 1 lie absence of Mr. Tschitfelcy, brutally outraged and maltreatcd Mrs. Tschifleloy, Coin polling her to remain with him until Sunday morning, was captured last night and lodged in jail, lie Was taken out of jail and hung. (lather melons in the dark of the ntoon ; particularly if they are yotlr neighbor's melons. Tiik Cinocs OtTnauKft*.?Xew Yofk, July ? A special from I'ilisbnt-g states that a further hearing Wd8 hrtd at Ureensburg yesterday intlio case of the showmcil charged with outraging the person of Salome lturkctt, n little country gitl. ine girl was present. Twelve persons were then picked out from nmong the prisoners by the girl ns having assaulted her, ns she tvns passing around nmong them in company with District Attorney Kline. On crors examination Iter story was about the same ns in the chief examination. Several of tlie showmen testitied corroborating the testimony of the girl. Ail were then discharged except the twelve named who were identified by the gitl. THE STOCK LAW QUE8TION. Andkhson, S, (J., Juno, 1880. Mr. M. (J. Fulton, Dear Sir : ? Yours . y i mi f in wer your InTjtiines. I wrote Mr. Hollenslicad, Uuoulntoti, yesterday anil ?;uve Itiui, iu substance, about the same 1 uow give you. Ileitis n farmer, I feel ti deep interest in what pertains to or promotes Unit interest. I kuow of no rclorui more needed i.; thai direction titan the eha* ;e in the fence I.VV, which was adopted when the country was n forest, and adapted to grazing and stockraising. Then it was economy to fence tlio crops nhd sufler thi Block to run nt large ; but time, in this as all other tilings, lias worked changes. On what other subjects have tlto laws not been changed? I know of none. The lands, stripped of vegetation, become poorer every year, while, if not grazed, they become richer. Wo pee already a great change in our lands, in llic throe years wo have bad the fence law in force here, and also in the improved condition of our arable lands, since the removal 4? ?l>. 4'? J Lr flf , j' .% Our clay lauds were more injured by tho pasturing and grazing than we received in benefit to the stock. There is an erroneous idea iu referoneo to lb j amount of pasturage necessary to keep up cattle. We have found that tlicy do best on email enclosures and shifted often, as it is the unturo of u cow to look into every fence corner during the day; and, under our old system of going where tliey pleased, tbey consumed in the extra travel what they gathered, and, as a couscqueuce, were as poor in the fall as they were in tho spring. It was priiphesn d by opponents of the change that it would lead to constant tumble by stock breaking out, and by persons trespassing upon tho open fields. Such is not the ease. There has been much less bad J'eoling on account of slock than formerly. I have not heard a hog squeal from bciug nnmrco tnrce ycav*, *n<l 1 tinvc mn tic?iA of a single ease or trespassing or traveling through fields. It shortens travel iu the neighbor!) aod by I lie introduction ol" paths. It has brought a great many waste places into cultivation, and made valuable stripsof the best land that were too suiall to be worth fcucing. 1 have no doubt t hat this county saved by (ho change this past season from 875,000 to 8100,000 in the yellow cotton, which would have been destroyed by the Cattle had they been allowed to run on the fields as formerly, which 1 regard as a clear gain. Our newspapers all over the State, endor.vo and extol it wherever it has been tried. I think it is the only question I ever heard that had only one side to it. The change is demanded it' for no other reason than to save the expense of building and repairing the fences. 1 have seen the statement that the fences of a county cost more thau the buildings, which 1 utn prepared to bclicvo. It certainly costs uioro to repair them. The opponets before its passage, said wo would have no milk aud butter, but they wore false prophets, as it lias greatly increased A remarkable ease occurred at Piedmont Factory, on the lino of this and tiroonvillc counties. There Was brought there in one day DO pounds of huttcf?85 pounds from this and 5 pounds fiotn (jreoovillti where the change was net in force. 1 ?What per celtt. of the people. after a lair trial, oppose the law '( Ans.?From If to 5 per cent. li?What per edit, opposed it before its passage ? ^ Ans.?At the lirst election by the whole county nut one fifth voted for it. At the second, by toWnships, eleven fur aud five against it; but before it went into operaliup, the Legislature extended it over (lie Whole county, by petition. 11?The lands and stock arc improving. 4 ?Tho colored people have fallen into it much sooner than it was supposed they would, aud we think a large majority tiuW favor it. We think, after trial, it benefit a tlies renter most as he Saves the labor of repairing fences. Tlie stock is greatly iinoroved. oartieulailv cattle. It lias reduced the number but gioatly improved the quality. I logs are kept in small enclosure?. It has greatly benefitted the material inforests of our people, and i'* submitted to a vote t> return to the former law, I have no idea that 5 per cent, would vote lor it. B. F. CIlAYTON. TIik New Lkiiit ov the Tt up.?Cincinnati, .July 2t? ?(lapt. (1 eorgo N. Stone, former owner of Valid rbilt'a now famous young uiaro Maud 8., was on 'Chaugo today, where bo was busy receiving congratulations over tlie performance of (tie mare at Chicago on Saturday last. In Ins management, he says, he was not at all surprised by the result, and feels sure that Maud 8. could have easily beaten St. Julian's record if she had not been slowed up to let Triukclt save her distance. Mo is confident lint she can trot in 2.10, and says that by her record of 2.lot, the best ever made in a race, and made by her in her second public appearance, slie holds, tho place of the lest, trotter in the world. Shu will trot in Cleveland on-Wednesday next.