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[-T- ? mm va wuuu WAAU UN THE CONU RE8* P * 8I0KAL CANVA8S. Maj T. W. Woodward has written the following opon letter which is published iu the Lancaster Review : winn8boro, July 16. Gen. J. D. Irwin, Countj Chairman Lancaster : General: IAuve seen an editorial in Ihc Ledger suo^^ting the calling of another eouvention^^^the purpose of selecting a how set of Angatcs who shall assist in choosing a member of Congress frbin the Fourth District. Various reasons arc assigned for this new call. It is urged that "action was tukcu hastily, and sonio contend without authority, that when tho selection was made there was only one candidate in ilm Row," Genera^ this*publication "was" made" ? without my knowledge or couseDt, and I have no fault to find with the delegates chosen, for I know personally that they are honest, conscientious gentlemen, who would -only bo iufluonccd by what they believed was the sentiment of the people in this matter. But I submit, that if what tho Ledger says is true, and that in addition to the joints already made, these delegates were -chosen by n committee appointed by the -chair, and without any expression of opinion by the meeting there is then want of interest, in fact, reckless indifference, upon, -the part of the people of Lancaster, which will not only result in harm to tho Democracy itself, bat it will even tend to make the lucky aspirant, whoever ho may be, wanting in appreciation of tho honor con& ferrcd, nnd reckless of the high responsibilities devolved upon him. IIow are those delogntes to asccrtuin pub lie opinion in this matter ? Is it required of them that thoy shall canvass the county ? And nrn mnn n?\* nPtnn % ? ..uv. ? V ?MWU IIVV VIWU uilSVURUU UtUU ill tur tho most exhaustivo efforts in their own behalff It is evident, then, that this honorable and iuiportuut office, iuvolving, as it does, the material interest of eight counties, is to bo conferred in a hap-huzzard, "double wabble" wn y and not by actual choice of tho people. Wh - u I left Lancaster it was my opinion, und it is yet, that I would be h:norcd by the votes of a majority of your delegates, but if I aui mistaken in this, or if Colonel Evina has a majority of one man in the whole county, then is he entitled to the support of your cutirc delegation, and I certainly do not desire to rob hint of a single vote to whioh it has been demonstrated that lie is cutitlcd. I do protest, however, both in my own interest, und for the reputation of tho Democracy of the Fourth. District, that the gambling process resorted to in 1876, and to which Col. Evius owes his present position, shall not be repeated. It is high time that the Democrats should choose their officials by other means than by drawing names front a hat, as was done, a? you know, in 1876. If the position of Congressman is to be drawn like a prize in a lottery, or wou liko a quarter of beef at a shooliug match, or passes by default, because the people arc apathetic und feel no concern about the principles and qualifications of aspirants, or of the cencral and snonin) iniArnaiu they represent, then are you authorized to say to the pcoplo of Lancaster and of the Fourth District, generally, that I do not de siro their support. All that I ask for is a fair showing, not ibr uiyself alono, but for Col. Kvins also. I do not thiuk that ho desires that this tnatter bo slurrod over in this hap-hnzzard "way, and, in token of my good opinion of hiui, 1 hereby challenge him to n canvass of Lancaster, with a written pledge, if required, that unless 1 beat hiui I will retire from the contest, and do wliut I have dono ticice before, support him not only strcuucusly but cordially. Col. Kvins has held the position for four years; he owes his nomination in tho first instanco to luck.? llis services in Congress whilst useful, and I believe faithful, are nevertheless, not of that high order intellectually which should cause oven an drdiuary plantation individual, like myself, to thriuk from a contest with him, or to entitle him to demand a Third Term at the hands of the people of she Fourth coDgrossional District. Yours, T. W. Woodward. reply to Major Woodward. Tho Spartanburge Herald replies to 'Major Woodward's recently published letter regarding the nomination of Goorrogsinnn as foiiows : "Wo havo a right to cutor a protest against tho unjust charges mado by Major Woodward against the members of tho Cbnjpressiomtl Nominating Convention of 187ti. Wo woro a urenrbcr of said convention, and we deny that Colonel Evins owed his uomination in 1876 to ''the gambling process resorted to," or to "drawing names from a hat," or that it was "drawn liko a price in a lottery," or "won Mco a quarter of beef at a shooting match," or that "ho owes his nomination in tho first isstnnco to luck," ns is charged by Major Woodward in his card. To show the injustice of these charges made by Major Woodward, wo havu only to give the following statement nf the facts in referenco to the uctiou of the Nominating (Convention of 1876. Tito convention met in Columbia, nnd was composed ofdolegutes from nil of the eight counties in the ConSressfonnf District nnd was prcsidod over y Col. J. U. Ition, of Fnirfield. Tho total vote of the eon vent ion was 34, and 18 was required for a majority. The nrmcs Of Uoi. rgvms, Major Woodward, and (Jen. Kennedy were before tho convention nnd the nomination was msdo by ballot. Wo do not rcinomber the exact number of ballot* taken, b it j?'ive tbo result of tho first ballot god nil subsequent ballots in which thero was any ohaii?) ill results. On the fir*t ballot, Kvin* rooeived 14, Woodward 15, and Kennedy 5. Several ballot! w:ro taken without any change in result. Ou the next bullet in which there was any change, Evins received 14, Woodward 14, and Kennedy 0. Tho next ballot in which there was any change, Evins received 14, Woodward 13, and Kennedy 7. Thus the voto stood ou the last ballot in which all threo of tho names were before tho convention. i At this juncture of afiiirs, in order to , put an end to what seemed destined to be < an intcruiiuublc balloting, it was proposed , to put the names of Evius, Woodward and Kenucdy in a hat, and draw out the names j oi l wo and run them against each other, | nud drop tho lowest and run tho highest , against tbo nauio remaining in the hut.? , This proposition did uot couic from Evips' | friends. On the contrary, they opposed < i?, nod -ww, as vtiw ityu?n>u?ii>>n.n a* Piiia1; r] fricuds, made two or uioro spc ;chcs against , it. Notwithstanding the persistent opposi- j (ion of E?ins* friends, the proposition was adopted and the proposed plau was carried | out. Tho names of Woodward and lvcu- j ncdy were tho two names drawu out of the | hat, aud they were run against each other, , Woodward receiving 18 votes and Kennedy ] 1G votes. Consequently Kennedy was ( dropped in accordance with the plan agreed | upou aud Woodward was run agaiust Evins, t whoso nauio remained iu tho hat, uud Evins j received 19 votes and Woodward 15 votes, resulting in the election of Evins. This is ] u (Hum statement. ot tho lacts ot the case, ] the correctness of which will bo vouched ( for, doubtless, by all the delegates to said c convention. c It will thus bo seen that Evins received a the highest vote on the lust ballot in which ? all three woro voted for, aud when balloting. t uudcr the plau agreed upon, was reduced | to single contests an l Woodward bout Ivon- ? ncdy, that Evins t icn beat Woodward four votes in a siugle handed race in a fair ballot. ( We cauuot, therefore, see that Maj. Wood- < ward has any just ground to complain, as < Col. Evius received the nomination on a j fair ballot, and not by any "gambling pro- r cess," or by "luck," as charged jy Maj. 'j Woodward, but beeause he was tho choice ( of a majority of the convention and received J more votes than Maj. Woodward. | Major Wood .yard also docs Colonel j Evius great injustico when ho intimates that | he assumes "to demand a Third Term ut t the bauds of the people of the Fourth Con- u grcssional District." f Colonel Evins has never assumed any ? such attitude. Ou the coutrury, he has c always acted upon tho principle that "the t office should seek the uiau instead of the man seeking the office." IIo did not seek c the office iu 1876, but was put forward by ? tits rrtuuUa agatoss bt? tncttuaitun, anil rtnoi his clecliou to Congress he has worn his 'j houors with his characteristic modesty. ^ Chicken Cuoi.eba.?In respect to tho 1 chicken cholera. Pasteur has gone one step 1 further thau the results ot' his experiments 'fc on the spread ofanthrnx have taken hiui. 1 The microscopic organism by which this dis- ! case is communicated has been described 1 and Bgurcd wilhiu tho lust two years. Liku other such organisms, this can bo cultivate^ ' in a suitable media that furnish the proper ' sustenance for it, ouc of tho best of which 1 is chicken broth, in which the organism ] multiplies with astonishing rapidity. Pas- ' tcur has fouud that Guinea pigs may bo in- 1 oculuted with this virus without necessarily 1 causing death; nothing may coino of the operation but au abeess at the place of inoc- * uhtiou, and the animal may remain iu nil 1 other rqppecls apparently in perfect health. ( This abeess may continue for several weeks ; ' tho matter discharged from it coutains the : orguu?microscopic germs of tho cholera iu ! abundance; if this matter falls on tho food J. of chickens or rabbits living iu company with tho iufccted animals, they may take 1 tho disease fatally. Without knowledge of ! this fuot it might bo stoutly maintained, and 1 with apparent reason, by a witucss of such * mysterious appearuncc of the disease, that it was spontaneous in its origin. Tho communication of tho disease takes 1 place readily through the excrements of the ' infected animals, these being highly charged j with tho organisms, and Pasteur affirms that this is tho most important means of 1 the spreading it through the flock. To nr- ' rest its progresss the fowls should bo scpa- 1 rated from one another lor several dnys; J their (|uurtcrs should meanwhile bo thoroughly washed with an abuuduncc of water, 1 acidulated with a little sulphuric acid, ' which is particularly deadly to tho organism ; all the excrement should be carried 1 away, and then tho heulthy birds may be brought together agaiu; tho disease runs its course so rapidly that in those few days all infected birds will have died. The particular point of interest established by l'astcur is that the virus may be temperetl down so that it can be used against the disease in tho sumo uiuuncr that tho vucciuc virus is u cd against small pox?but with this important difference, however, from all other species' of inoculation hitherto practiced, that tho virus is known to consist of a living organism, while this point is not yet proven iu regard to the vaccine, tho footrot or tho peri-pneumonia virus. Pasteur affirms that in from sixteen to oighterjjK' cases out of twenty eases of iuuetjjfffion with this mild virus, tho fowls w^tJnol affected by subsequent inoculation with tho virus of full power; protection from tho disease was uiudo more.?ortuin by ooo repetition of tho inuculutioi).?New York Tribune. Tho minister stopped at a house on tho South sido last week and sought to improvo the tiuto by giving an eight-year old boy an instructive lesson in morality. "My boy," said tho miuistor, "I hovo lived fortyfive yours, and hate never used tobacco in any form, nor told a lio, nor uttered an oath, nor played truant, hor?" "(iimminy crickets 1" interrupted the lad. "vcr ain't Imd any fun nt oil, bnrc ye t"?Oil City Dcrriifc. THE SCOTCH-IIIISII STOCK. IIOW IT CAME INTO UPPER SOUtH CArOMNA?WELL DESCRIBED CHARACTERISTICS OK A STRONG PEOPLE. At the celebration of the 150th nnnivcr- j sary of tho settlement ol the Cumberland Vally, Pa., on the 8th instaut, ut Doubling Gap Springs, llev. J. W. P. Otta, pastor of tho Chambers Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia read a paper upon the subject of "Tho Peuusylvuuia Scotch Irish iu the Caroliuas." Rev. Mr. Otts, after referring to the tact of his bciug a South Carolinian by birth and a Pen 11 sylvan inn by resideuco, and eulogizing tho Scotch-Irish for their enterprise and thrift, said : Let us go back as near to the beginniug as we can and jv^wnMnid out^that grated through North-eastern Europe, by Belgium and the North of Franco, and settled in Ireland. The Scots were, therefore, Irishmen before they settled in Scotund, and Irishmen they remained for 300 fears. It was in the sixth c. ntury that the ICuropcun Scots went from Ireland into Culalonia, and there subjugated the Scots and bunded a kingdom Thenceforward, CaleIonia was the land it remains until the ^resent day. About the middle of the sixteenth century King James confiscated the lauds of several [rish nobles in the North of Ireland, who lonspircd aganst his government. The North ?f Ireland was thus rc-puoplcd with Scottish tolonies in the sixteenth century Thus, iftcr the lapse of uearly a thousand years the Scots whom Ireland gave to Caledonia of >ld, came back to occupy their ancestral iomc9, and the Irish Scots now became the scotch-Irish. About the beginning of the eighteenth ;cntury the English Government began to lo all that was possible to suppress the Scotch-Irish in the North of Ireland. Then t was that the Scotch Irish began to emigrate in large numbers to Pennsylvania. 1'hcsc emigrants landed principally at New Jastlc, Delaware, and at Philadelphia. Dor11!? this nprini) from nkinl 17 111 In 17U<! argc settlements of Scotch-Irish were made n Chester, Lancaster, York and Curnberand Counties; and Pennsylvania owes much if what she is to-day to the fact that so many f these people settled in her borders. The irst pub lie voice in America for dissolving II connection with Crre.it Britain, says KanToft, came from the Scotch-Irish l'reshycrians. The upper part of South Carolina is full if Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish, that is, of i^^reiuna Capa iroul Froiana"^ til the^North fhe line of emigration from Pennsylvania vas through the Kittatinny Valley, West of he Susquehanna, to the Potomac, and hrouuh tho valley of the Shenandoah, louthward. Irish settlers were left all along he lino of emigration, and many of theui undo their way into the Cumberland Valley, tito Kentucky aud Tennessee. The speaker then refored to tln.se who vent into the upper counties of South Cardina and said Here you have your Lain taster, York and Chester Counties, all of vhose earlier settlers were Pennsylvanians, Scotch-Irish, who gave the names of the touutics from which they emigrated to the ogion in which thoy settled. These eounics at the first covered the districts which ire now known by tho names of Union, 5Dartanburtr. Nowborrv ami I.nnrcn? l.nn. :astcr was first settled iu 1749. In 1754 md 1755 a colony of Scotch-Irish from Pennsylvania who had lived utulei the inin stry of Hcv. Mr. Cat heart-, settled oft llrowu's Creek, in what is now known as Union County, and founded a church to which they gave the name of Union, the lame of the church to which they belonged n Pennsylvania. This was the mother church." In concluding I.is address the reverend 'cutlcuian said : "There is no better blood in the United States nor any whore else, tnd the Scotch-Irish arc a better and a greater people in this conntry than iu Scotland or in Ireiund, for here ulouo they have x fair Geld and a full scope for the free and unimpeded development of their inward capacities and possibilities. They arc a plucky, pushing and persistent people, riiey havo a will of '.heir own, and when they go forward, if they do not Gnd a way, they make a way for themselves. The Pennsylvania Dutch know how to mind their own business, and to let other people's business alone ; iu doiug so they keep out of trouble; the Scotch-Irish know how to mind their own business, but they do not always know how to let other people's r : _i ii'.' .i i .? . - uu3ihid3 uiuiiu. ii muy ciiiitk inai me oilier man's business is wrong they will interfere; they will not tolerate the wrong in friend or foe, nttd in this way they sometimes get themselves into trouble, but when they do get into trouble they stand and light. All wc who arc descendants of theso noble, selfwilled, strong und valiant Scotch-Irish, a people always to be held dear as friend" and drcudeiHis enemies, should nevor forget to pray the prayer of the old Seoteh elder, who grayed, "Good Lord, always keep uie in the right, for ye ken, liord, that then I gang wrong I am unco hard to turn." A consumptive looking man, lame and feeble and carrying a pint bottle full of something, halted a pedestrian and aaid.? UI fminil ihifi hnltln <? ? ....w wvvtiw ?>at> VVIUOI UUtl there nod I wish you'd tell me what'3 in it." Tho other took it. removed tho cork aud snuffed in a full breath. The next in* staut ho staggered agninst a wall, clawing tho air and choking and gasping, and it was a full minuto boforo ho blurted out: "Why, i you infernal idiot, that's hartshorn." "Well, I'm perfectly willing to tako your word for , it without extra insults," observed the invalid in uu injured voico, and he took his bottlo and walked off like a man who had been abused without the least excuse. . i ; """jim 1 DEFERRED MEWS ltSMI A Destructive JIto^m near Norfolk.?Nor- < folk, July 29.?A tremeudous goto mid wind storm visited thA"<ruck nod fruit sections adjacent to Norfolk yesterday. IIa:' stones as largo as hen's eggs fell, almost entirely destroying vegetables, fruit and grass, nud the wind blew down barns and outhouses and did great damage to the corn crop. . . The West Point c/kktsiiip.?Our information received last nightfrotu Cokesbury and from those who have the beft right to know?in fact, we may say it is official?savs that Mr. C. P. Press ley, of FrazierviHe Abbeville County, is the successful man, and that his alternate is Mr. J. A. Towers, of Anderson C. H. This settles the anxiety of the other fifteen applicants. There on a bed beside a negro woman, who held her child about three or four weeks old in her lap, accidentally let his pistol go off, the bullet from which struck the child in the forehead rnnaimi* -"ft instant death. This occurred on the 17th insiant?an inquest was held on the 18th, which 1 rendered a verdict of accidental shooting. This ^ took pluco lie?r Hodge's corner.?Clarendon * I'rets. 1 . o - ? 0 Tiib D txukits or Cauuyixu Grain.?London, v Jul/28.?A return publislted in connection with ( the bill introduced by Mr. I'lymsoll, before quit. 9 ting Parliament, tor the better security of ves y sels with grain cargoes, shows that between the ]| years 1873 and 1880 twenty-six steamships laden n wholly or partially with grain foundered at sea, f and twenty.four were reported missing, and j during the same period one hundred grain laden ii sailing vessels foundered and one hundred and 0 eleven were reported missing. jt Incenpiart.?On Wednesday morning last one of the gin houses of Mr.. J. S. Illalock, at Martin's Depot, Laurens County, was totally dc- ^ stroyed by fire. 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. 11. has no doubt that it was ^ the work of an incendiary. Such acts call for the severest punishment, and it is hoped that ^ the perpetrator of this will speedily meet that > which is so richly deserved.?Col. Ilryisttr. ^ a w " TT 1 . .? Mvumubn il ll'UUI'UIIUIA URATIl.' UHITIS* ? burg, July 28.?('apt. Jaiues II. Stanley, n prom- e inent citizen of Middletown, in tbc ciuuty, ' died lust night from hydrophobia. When the C symptons first, became manifest last Sunday, he k bade his friends good bye and submitted himself to the care of keepers, but on Monday b night, during a violent spnsm he escaped, and " was found subsequently in the suburbs biting at c Tr?r , -i ^-yjiryrVriTa resV-h TKeTOtSaseawas a bitten by his own dog about five weeks ngo. *1 i A VinuiNtA Tkagkdy.? Danville, Va., July 28.?In Patrick County Inst Friday, Pink De- f Hart met Amos Wnlvinc in the road, on horse- v back, with Mrs. Dellart behind him. \n alter- 8 cation ensued between the men ending by Dc- | Hart's shooting Wnlvinc with a revolver through f; the forehead and neck, killing him instantly.? Dellart then proceeded to Patrick Court House and surrendered himself to the officers of the 1 law. Improper relations between Walvine and 1 Dcllart's wife have been heretofore suspected d by Dellart. '< ? v A SbbioI's Acciokxt vt Cowpkxs.?OafTney s City, 8. C., July 27, 1880. ? Mr. S. Klliott was ?j seriously injured yesterday afternoon at Cow- 1 pens in his saw mill He was near the engine, I gearing it or arranging something about it. and n a twelve-inch band, making 200 revolutions a f minute, broke and struck him under the jaw, 1 throwing him down violently. His lower jaw t was fractured in two places, his right arm I crushed near the elbow and liis right foot lj bruised. Drs. Wcstcrvelt and Men lenhall were i telegraphed for from this place nn 1 went last 1 night and bound up his fractures. He was rest* c ing pretty well when the doctors left him, but i if he recovers lie will very likely have a stiff el* J how.?Cor. Greenville yews. 1 Disappointed Or-rkauk Mill Grinders.? ' Washington, July 20.?The Republican campaign managers seem disappointed because of the lack of the material or ammunition against 1 the Democratic party furnished by the Federal officials in tho South. They seemed to have rolled upon political outrages and resistance to the ' internal revenue officers in the mountainous ^ sections of tho South, where illicit whiskey is manufactured contrary to law, to give life to the Republican canvass in the North. From nil ; sections of the South come only the itost peace- < able reports regarding tho intention of the peo- < pie to obey the revenue laws, and the Republi- j cans arc at a standstill and a loss to know what i it all means. There are no outrages to stir up i the Northern heart, and the political managers i at the Republican headquarters have run short i of political thunder.?lItllimore Sues. I ... IT..... . ? ? . ? 11.11'ini.u v.iriiiirii.i?Tii. 1 OSIOIIICO inspector ( W. B. Redmond arrested yesterday the pos:mas- ( ter at Jedburg, a small station, four miles above ( Kiimnicrvillo, upon the charge of improperly ; trading and sclliug postage stamps. The income of these country poslmnsters depends largely upou the number of stamps sold by them in the natural course of the business of l^t office, and an has lately boon discovered l>y Mr. Redmond, many of them have been purchasing their provisions, &o., from merchants with stamps, thus I illegally increasing their percentage. This male as the fourth arrest whioh has been made for tliia offense, and others will probably follow. The accused was taken bofore United State ttafAiuissioner, M. E. Hutchinson, and waived a preliminary examination and entered into a bond in the sum of $850 lor his appoar. ance for trial at tho October term of the Unitod States District Court. The ntTon.n ?III. -U.-V. ?-- 1- -L 1 > n ? nmvu uo in tnurgl'U ill pun* iahablo with a fino of not less than $50 nor more than $500, or not more than one yenr in the Penitentiary, or both in the diecrction of the Court.?Xtm and Courier July 24. r- tm iiwii.ai > ? "t 11 1 1 m* Finn lit AttUicNiLt.H.?'-file ttiarisidH of Colonel J. T. Robertson was burucd to the gi*oUltd this morning about 3 o'clock. The alarm of fire was Bounded, antFsoon the cry of fire spread from 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 ns (night be needed. In a little while the contents )i me House, in a somewhat broken condition, were thrown into the street in froutof the dwcling. The fire originated in lite pauty from an uncnown cause, and had made great headway be ore it was discovered?so much, in fact, that it vas useless to make any effort to save tlie house. Tite structure being a wooden one, and the fire iriginating in one of tlie lower apartments, it n the Niagara $2,000. It seems that Abbeville is a doomed city.? ?rom 1850 to 18G0 a majority of the fine houses if the town were erected, and within the past lecadc, from 1870 to 18*0, it seems that nearly he whole of them have been destroyed by fire. Ve will mention a few of the finer and more extensive buildings that hive been destroyed in hat time. The Marshall Hotel, on the corner f the public square, brick, three stories high, ras burned ; four of (ho sCY?n brick stores on rnnito Range were destroyed a year later; incc then the fine residence of Dr. J. W. W darshall on Magazine Hill was also destroyed ; uler still the elegant mansion of the late Tlioms C. I'errin, the finest residence in upper South Carolina, was burned ; and now the dwelling of . T. Robertson has become food for tho devourng element. Colonel Robertson's dwelling was no of the largest nnd most expensive dwellings it town, and occupied a commanding eminence, i?> k, ? ?- B?? VI verv variotv. In its ?l ??!mrti.?i> nn? ?<" !><? laments of the town lias been removed. The 098 of such a building is to be lamented by very friend of the town. This will be rcmeiuicrcd as the dwelling which the lion. J. Foster larshall erected in 18-30, soon after his return roni Mexico. It was in this house that the Hon. Armisteau Jurt lived, lie was absent in Cashier's Valley, iorth Carolina, at the time. Ilis suite of rooms eiug on the second story, and the fire having tado such headway before it was discovered, vcrything of his in the house was destroyed, 'he tiro was approaching the stairway when loloncl Robertson and his family were awakened >y the progress of the flames. An incident of the fire wai the burning of the 'ilonel's faithful watch dog, Leo, which renamed in one of the rooms, and whose piteous ries were enough to touch the heart of the least useiptITWc,.ATT-etrpris to-remove lit in .or to. in. luce him to leave the room were fruitless. He cmained and perished. Colonel liobcrtsou had no insurance on his urniture. The pictures belonging to Mr. Hurt, vhich were in tho lower part of the house, were aved. Everything iu the upper part of the louse was destroyed.?Abbeville l'rcts mul Bunier, July '28. ? - j ? ? Knights or tiik Uoliikn Uulk.?Castle Lee of he Knights of the Golden Rule was instituted i u|>niiniiuurg, in uuii r uiiows 111111,011 1 MilrM lay evening, the "JJd instant., by Mr. II. N. Emyn, District Commander for this Stale. There vere twenty-six charter members, which is coniilcrcil a gooi) beginning. The membership is if excellent material, ami the officers possess a ligli order of administrative ability. Thoso who lave connected themselves with the organization ire delighted with it. It has one degree, and gives our classes of insurance. Life insurance is the >3sis of the order. The classes run from $500 0 $o,oOO for those between the ages of -'1 and >0 years of age, aud there is a senior class of 5'J,000 for those between AO and 00 years of ige. The ucxt meeting will be held at Odd Fclows' Hall on Thursday evening, the 20th initant, at half past 8 o'clock, when a number of tew applications will be received. Tito offioers 'or flic ourront term are as follows :?J S U Thomson, Commander ; W L Johnson, Secretary ; Dr. Joseph Hill, Treasurer; Thomas P Denton, Prelate; Friend Tattle, Maslcr-nt-Arms; lames K Class, Herald; F Clnist man, Sentinel; 1 D Hunt, Warden ; Dr. J Nott Moore, Examining Physician ; J M Elfoid, Past Commander. The Committee on Hall and By-Laws will report next Thursday evening. The charter list was left open for fifteen days from date of institution. - llttXTKiito Dkskiivkp Dkaiii.?8t. Louis, July 20.?A special to the Post-Dispatch froin Mob srly, Missouri, says: "An armed mob of about one hundred men from adjoining comities came into town this forenoon and opened fire on J. C, Curlew, whom the Sheriff was taking into the court house to be tried foi committing an out rage on the person of Mrs. Crump in A hotel in this city last March. Corlcw ran into the courl room followed by three of the mob, where Ik was shot again, lie then escaped to the streel and fell, but quickly Regaining his feet he re ceived another shot. He then ran through ? dry goods store, closely followed by his assail ants. He then fled into an alley and again inti the street, finally making his way into a roon over a saloon. Here his pursuers cornered him uud the husbaud of the outraged woman eudec the pursuit by firing five more shots itilo Cor lew's body and one into his forehead. CoHev died in ten minutes. Intcnso excitement pre sailed while these proceedings wero in progress and officers of the law made 110 efforts to staj them." ? .?.? ... Swift Rbtkihution.?Washington, I) C., Julj 27.?John L>iggs, a negro. In the employ o Jnmcs Tschitfeley. near Darnstowu, Maryland who, on Saturday night, (luring the absence o Mr. Tschiflelcj, brutally outraged and maltreat ed Mrs. Tschitfelcy, compelling her to rcmaii with him until Sunday morning, was capturec Inst night and lodged in jail, lie Was token ou of jail and hung. Gather unions in the dark of the moori particularly if tltcy afo yotlr ueighbor'* mel Tiik Cmci's OtTPAUKh*.? New York, July '19, ?-A special from t'illsbnrg stales that a further hearing WdS hrtd at Grcensburg yesterday in tho case of the showmen charged with outraging the person of Salome llurkctt, a little country gill. The girl tvnt present. Twelve persons were then picked out front among the prisoners by the girl as having assaulted Iter, as she was passing around among them in company with District Attorney Kline. On crors exniuination her story was about the same as in the chief examination. Several of the showmen testified corroborating the testimony of the girl. All were then discharged except the twelve named who were identified by the gitl. ? .? THE STOCK LAW QUESTION. Anderson, S, C., Juno, 1S80. Mr. M. (J. Fultun, Dear Sir : ? Yours - 1?P"~ rr-II I' I It I HI t ? i i Iwer your inquiries. I wrote Mr. Ilollenslicad, Jjiocoliitou, yesterday and ?;uvc liiui, ill Ulltwhiltoa nlwvsit ?l*.w 1 ? ? ?V-VM..W, ??uuuv inu Oiiuiv; X 1IUW give you. lieing a farmer, I fuel a deep interest in what pertains to or promotes that interest. I kuow of no reform more needed ia that direction than the change in the fence law, which was adopted when the country was a forest, and adapted to grazing and stockraising. Then it was economy to fence tho crops ahd sufler th: stock to run at large ; but time, in this as all other things, has worked changes. On what other subjects have the laws uot been changed ? I know of none. The lands, stripped of vegetation, become poorer every year, wbilc, if not grazed, they become richer. Wo see already a great change in our lands, in the three years wo have had tho fence law in force here, and also in the improved condition of our arable lands, since the removal -C ,L. V t- .1 .1. L -IT .f i> . Our clay lands were more injured by tho pasturing and grazing thau we received in benefit to the stock. There is an erroneous idea in referenco to th i amount of pasturage necessary to keep up cattle. We have found that they do best on small enclosures and shifted often, as it is the nature of a cow to look into> every feucc corner during the day; and, under our old system of going where they pleased, they consumed in the extra travel what they gathered, and, as a couscqucnce, were as poor in the fall as they were in tho spring. it was pruphcsn d by opponents of tho cliangc that it would lead to cuustuui truoble by stock breaking out, and by persons trespassing upon thu open fields. Such is not the case. There has been much less bad feeling on account of stock than foruicrl}'. I have not heard a hog squeal from bciug - -aonrca mrec Ycarr, ?nq \ Vnvc ma of a single case of trespassing or traveling through fields. It shortens travel in the neighborhood by the introduction of paths. It has brought a great niauy waste places into cultivation, and made valuable stripsof the best land that were too suiall to be worth fencing. I have no doubt that this county saved by the change this past season from $75,000 to $100,000 in the yellow cotton, which would have been destroyed by the Cattle had they been allowed to run on the fields an formerly, which I regard us a clear gain. Our newspapers all over the State endorse 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. Tho change is demanded if for no other reason than to save tho expense of building and repairing the fences. 1 have seen the statement that the fcuoda of a county cost more thau the buildings, which 1 tun prepared to belicvo. It certainly costs more to repair . thorn. The oppoucts before its passage, said we would have no uiilk and butter, but they were false prophets, as it lias creatly increased. A remarkable case occurred at Piedmont Factory, ou the line of this and Grconvillc counties. There Was brought ihore in ono day "J (J pounds 01 butter?ott pounds from this and 5 pounds fiotn Groonvillo where the change was not in force. 1 ?What per colli, of the people, after a fair trial, oppose tllo law ? Ans. ? From 3 to 5 per cent. 2?What per edit, opposed it before its passage ? 1 Ans.?At the first election by the whole couuty not one fifth voted for it. At the seCoud, hy totVnships, cleveu for and fivo against it; but before it went into opcralioji, the Legislature extended it over the tvholo county, by petition. ! 3?The lands and stock arc improving. 4 ?Tho colored people have fallen into ' it much sooner than it was supposed they would, and we think a large majority now i favor it. We. think, after trial, it benefits l tho renter mosl as he Saves the labor of re* s pairing feuces. Tho stock is greatly im? i proved, partieulaily cattle. It has reduced the number but greatly improved the qualii ly. Hogs are kept in small enclosures. It has irroiiilc benefitted the material in* e j , forests of our people, aud i'" submitted to a , vote t? return to the fbrmcr law, I have uo idea that 5 per cent, would vote for it. i li. F. CKAYTON. Tiik New Light ok the Turf.?Cin' ciunati, July 2t??Capt. (leorgc N. Stone, * further owner of Valid .-rbilt's now famous > young tnaro Maud 8., was on 'Chnugo to' day, whvro ho was busy receiving congratulations over the performauce of the uiaro at Chicago oti Saturday last. In his manage'j. mcnt, ho says, he was not at all surprised by tho result, and fuels suro that Maud 8. f could have easily beaten St. Julian's record - if she had not been slowed up to let Triukelt | save hef distanco. Uo is confident ihit aim enn Irot in 9 10 run! anva Mint )>v linr record of 2.13), the best ever made in n race, and made by her in her second public ; appearance, she holds, tho plucc of the I est, - trotter in the world. She will trot iu Cleveland on Wedoesduy next.