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* 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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*
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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."
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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.
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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. .
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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. '
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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. ?
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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
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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
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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.