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COLUMBIA, S. C. Saturday Morning, July 24, 1875.T Tue Cotton and Other Southern In xtkoests.?Tho convention of cotton growers at Raleigh, N. C, which has just adjourned, affords a cheering indication of tho reviving fortunes of the cotton planters. The delegates to this assem? bly represented the cotton State.-;, and they met not for political purposes, but for consultation as to their peculiar branch of industry and mutual aid and suggestions. The improved condition of tho cotton interest may be traced to the solution of political difficulties at tho South, and the feeling of security and stability imparted thereby to the planters, and to tho more regular indus? try of the freedmen, who have at length discovered that they must look to labor, and not to politics, for the means of sub? sistence. The report of the department of -agriculture upon the condition of the cotton crop for July is of a cheering ?character, and is confirmatory of what is learned from the reports of the pro? ceedings of the cotton congress. The cotton crop, which was previously doing well, is now reported to hove improved by from three to ten or twelve per cent, during the month of June. Nor is cotton, as formerly, the only crop -which Southern enterprise recog ?ir.es as essential to its prosperity There seems a disposition in the South to diversify the productions of this .section, which is capable of producing to unlimited extent and variety nil the fruits of the earth, and by a diversity of ?crops secure the planters from the hazards to which they are exposed by tho possible failure of cotton, out of which they have to pay all their other expenses. Such assemblages as that of the cotton congress, wbilo confining themselves to practical discussions, can? not but be beneficial. It is to be re? gretted that the Raleigh congress thought best to take up tho financial and rail road needs of their section. The ad visa bility of government aid to railroads, wkich, after the recent experience of tho country in that direction, would scorn to be settled as inexpedient and corrupting toiha last degree, and the philosophy of tfbo various schemes of national finance arc entirely irrelevent to an as? sembly representing agricultural inter? ests. With these exceptions, the Ra? leigh congress will be welcomed as of good cheer by all the friends of South? ern industry. If the fertile hands of the South are wisely apportioned between cotton and the food-producing crops, And energetically cultivated, the South will not need the aid of any government, nor eould any government do it so much good as the soil and climate, assisted by the intelligence and industry of man. .lohn E. Bacon, Esq., a member of our Columbia bar, will sad in a few daj-s for old England. He has been employed by the South Carolina branch of what is known as the Jennings family to pursue their claim to a large estate in the mo-1 ther country. They have placed between $5,000and $10,000 'at his disposal for this I Eurpose. Mr. Bacon was Secretary of legation at St. Petersburg while the late [ Gov. Pickens was American Minister nt the Russian Court. lie is a good lawyer, a man of reading, talent and travel, ami will no doubt both do justice to his cli? ents and have a good time of it. Bon voyage. Judge. Here is how the Jen? nings claim arose: Humphrey Jennings died about the close of the last century, leaving an immense estate and several children?ono of whom, William, fell heir to n largo amount of persomil pro? perty and a magnificent real estate and mansion near Acton, England. William was a miser from youth, and grew more so with age. He became estranged from I all his relations, and when he died be left a colossal fortune, now known as the ?'Jennings estate." Ono of his nephows ' came to America, and lived and died in Virginia. Several Of this emigrant's children and grand-children came to South Carolina?among them. Robert Jennings, of Edgefield. Their descend? ants reside in the Southern States, even as far as Texas. Among the incidents of tho French in? undations, the destruction of Verdun impressed Marshal MacMuhon as the most terrible. A London Times letter says: "In fact, at 1 o'clock at night on June 23, a whole village of 50U houses was completely destroyed in five mi? nutes by nn avalanche of water, mud and boulders. To explain this, it should be said that the inhabitants had dammed a small stream on the mountain above tho village Swelled by rain and melted snow, it burst its bounds and suddenly discharged a fearful torrent, which was accompanied by a whirlwind, over tho Erocipice. To-day one or two ruined ousos axe all that remain of Verdun. The rest, with 100 inhabitants, have dis? appeared, totally swept off the face of the earth. It seems incrediblo that any village ever existed." Ex-Treasurer Camp, of Si la once more free?having given the ne? cessary bail. He claims that he will bo able to make his accounts straight. Hampton Lxoxom Rk-union?Bbmabks or Gen. Gart.?At the collation served to the Hampton Legion, Lieutenant Mo Elroy read the following toast, sent by teleg'rem by Dr. F. L. Parker: ?-Honor to the dead of tho Hampton Legion." Gen. M. W. Gary was at once unanimously called to respond to it, and spoke as fol? lows: Fellow-Comrades : I have endeavored in the past to respond, to the best of my humble ability, to every demand that bus been made upon me by the Hamp? ton Legion. Duriug my long connec? tion and association with it, whether in the bivouac or the field, no duty was over discharged with a more sad yet ready response than the one of speaking for the dead of the Legion. I can scarce? ly realize that fourteen yo/?rs have passed since that flag was first baptized in blood upon tho field of Manassas, and that the first life that was offered up in its defence was that of the gallant Lieu? tenant-Colonel B. F. Johnson, who fell so soon after entering the battle, that he scarcely had time to draw his maiden sword;"and close by his side fell Lieut. Yerger, with the beauty of youth upon his heroic brow. Tho modest but chi? valrous Major J. H. Dingle fell in the bloody charge at Sharpsburg, in which that nag was shot down five different times, and when it fell the fifth time, it was being born to tho front by tho brave Dingle. I was a few paces in his front, when I cast an eager eye upon tho three stand of colors of the enemy, who were huddled in tho corner, near the stono fence hard by, and was in tho act of charging again, when tho intrepid Dingle was shot down; ho fell with the flag in his hand, and when I stooped down over him to raise it again, it was with difficulty that I wrenched it from the hand that had fondly clutched it in death. Fifty-six out ot the seventy-seven, rnnk and file, of our comrades who participated in that battle, had fallen under the folds of our flag in this memorable charge. In tho bloody track of tho Legion, lay the bravo Capt. Smith, who was shot so near me that his life-blood spattered my sash; there, too, fell Capt. R. W. Tompkins, covered with glory; Lieut. Aixon, in the bloom of manhood, lay amongst the bravest of the bravo; the non-commjs sioned officers and privates lay wounded, dying and dead?wore stretched side by aide?the peers in courngo of any sol? diers that ever fell in battle. It was amidst such havoc and death that while unfurling that flag again to the storm of battle, its staff was struck by musket balls, and its beautiful folds rent by a shot of cannon. It was there, too, I hoped to find a soldier's grave, but the talisman that I wore gave me "a charmed life," and I pasncd the terrific dan gor unharmed, and I am here to-night to give this foeble tribute to their impe? rishable fame. It was under tho shade of tho "Seven Pines" that the genial, popular and fearless Lieut Klinck fell. It was in tho campaign through Ten? nessee that Lieuts. Henning and Clark offered up their lives. It was at "Kiddle Shop," wnen contending with great odds, that the bravo Capt. McNeely and the dauntless Lieut Huff were summoned from the field of glory. The names of Capt McCord, Lieuts. Haynesworth, Stenhouse, Thomson and Williams are all inscribed in unfading letters upon the roll of honor of the dead of the Legion. "Brief, brave and glorious was their young career." They are all representatives of their commands. Time nor memory will not permit me to give each private his just tribute?it will become the pleasing office of tho historian of the Legion. When I look upon that battle-scarred flag, and tho luces of you who so long followed it. it rcvivos the memory of the principles it symbol? ized, and keeps alive the sentiment that has been clothed in classic language, "DuJce el Decorum est tiro patrla mori." Those who fought and those who fell undor that flag, contended for constitu? tional liberty out of the Union. And sinco tho fate of war has placed us again under the "old Hag," so long as it sym? bolizes constitutional equality and union, and not a principle or sentiment higher than the Constitution, will wo who fought against it yield our allegiance to it, second to none in the land of Washing? ton. Put should the same politicnl status arise in tho future that existed in tho past, I for one am ready again to draw my sword for constitutional liberty in tho Union. While I am willing to acknowledge our defeat in the field, I am not willing to admit that the principles for which we fought have been destroyed. They are tho life of this republic. When they uro ignored or destroyed, this republic will have degenerated into an empire. Nor do I regard tho loss of our cause "as a blessing in disguise." Aside from the political principles involved in our strug? gle, as a corollary flowing from it, was the contest of two civilizations -ono of the North, the other of the South. I claim the civilization of tho South was and is to-day superior to that of tho North--a civilization based upon materialisms, in which everything is tried in tho crucible of "cui 6o?o,"and every virtue is limited to tho perimiter of tho almighty dollar ?a sacra fames auri, that destroys all that is noble in man or woman; a civili? zation that only recognizes redross to woman's wounded honor alone in tho courts, is more to be feared than the blast of the simoon of the dessert, de? stroying, as it will, the courage of men. and blasting tho virtue of women. Let the South cling to hor own civilization, to the social laws that have governed her id the past Let her young men pre? serve/ her code of honor. Let the civili? zation that recognizes truth, honesty, courage and virtue be preserved and trsnsmitted to our posterity. The prin? ciples for which the dead ot the Legion fell were true; they are as true to-night ns they were when the cannon opened its roar nt Manassas, fourteen yean ago. And I tor one esteem it a grateful pica sure to vindicate them to-night?those principles?and shall content myself in (icing for, for what they so nobly died. I truat that our pure countrywomen will continue to revere their memories, and that they will not cease to weave gar? lands of immortelles with which to adorn and beautify their heroic and patriotic graves. The following letter was afterwards road: Columbia, S. C, July 20, 1875. Dear General: As the subject of monuments may come up before the Le? gion, I, as Treasurer of the Ladies' Mo? numental Association, beg leave to pre? sent our needs und claims nnd give you an idea of the condition of our tears, hoping you will aid us with all your might. The situation is this: The found? ation of the monument is laid with granite and has a graceful appearance. The shaft of marble is now on its way to Columbia, and the architect will soon bo here to complete the work. We have never lost any of the money collected, but we have met with some drawbacks und disappointments where we had no reason to expect them. Those, with the great financial troubles of the country, leave us sadly in want of funds now. The erection of county monuments has greatly interfered with the success of ours, which was certainly designed for the wholo State, for the remembranco of every private and every officer who fell in the cause. Could any other place than the capital be selected for a work liko this? There has also been a misap Iirehension with regard to what bos )cen already accomplished. Too many look upon the foundation as being the monument itself and charged us with having thrown away the amount already expended, but they mis take. "What has been expended has been given, not for the foundation alone, but as in payment of the shaft, the marble work, the most expensive part, of course. The architects are men of standing, and it is to their interest so to fulfill their engagement as to sccuro approbation and not criticism from the whole State. We feel mortified enough in not being able to meet our engagements in full. Will you not aid us in influencing all who are able to con? tribute at all to a concentration of their forces in this direction to the relief of this burden which presses upon the ladies so hcuvily. I am verv truly vours, JULIA K. BACH MAN. The Survivors ok Orr's Rifles.?The re-union of the survivors of Orr's Rifles, one of tho most gallant regiments in the Confederate service during the late war, and one among tho first to rally round the flag when the call to arms was sounded, occurred at Walhalla, on the 21st. This regiment was organized by the late la? mented James L. Orr, and was known for some time as Orr's Legion. It was mustered into service on July 20, 1801, at Sandy Springs, in Anderson County, where it remained in camp until some time in August following, when it was ordered to Sullivan's Island, and there remained nntil May, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, and did duty in the Army of Northern Virginia until the sur? render in 1865. Soon after the removal of tho regiment to Charleston, Col. Orr resigned Iiis command of the regiment, and was succeeded by Col. J. Foster Marshall, of Abbeville - a gallant offic< r of the Palmetto Regiment in Mexico? who accompanied the Hilles to Virginia, and was killed at the second battle of Munussas. On the death of Marshall, Lieut.-Col. Lcdbetter assumed command, and was immediately shot down. Miles M. Norton, senior captain of the regi? ment, then took command and was kilb-d outright ?making three commanding of? ficers in ono fight! Livingstone, who next commanded the regiment, threw up his commission, and was succeeded by Maj. J. J. Norton, who lost an arm at Fredericksburg, and retired from ser? vice. Col. James M. l'errin, of Abbe? ville, then took command, nnd was killed at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1803. Col. W. M. Hnddon succeeded Perrin, and was killed at Gravely Run, July 28, 1804. The regiment was then under command of Col. G. McD. Miller, who still sur? vives, and by whose suggestion the pre? sent re-union was had. During the war this regiment was engaged in about twenty pitched battles, and never de? serted its colors. It was composed of the chivalry of the country, and in its first engagement with the enemy at Cold Harbor or Caine's Mill, out of an actual force of about 500 under fire, left more than 300 men upon the field. At the surrender in 1805, only about 00 men. out of the original draft of 1,300, laid down their arms. The noblest Romans of them all! Longevity of Public Men.?The New York Churchman, speaking of the longe? vity of English public men, wisely says the principal cause lies in the fact that in general they nro not thrust prema? turely upon the responsibilities of life before they have had timo to prepare for them. Wo think that this is worthy of attention. In this country, by being thrust forward prematurely, men break down too early. If they do not yield physically, thoy are mentally incapable of advance at a time when their powers ought to be nt the ripest. And this is because thoy aro called too early into the field as a rule, and are sot to the task of producing results when they should be accumulating means. There is a pre? vailing fancy for calling young men to Srominent positions, using them and topping them, which is very wasteful. The ripeness of middle age hi certainly more valuable for public uses. 3 ??-,???? . ... No order for election of Shtriff yet, Gov, Cbembeslain still absent from the State?supposod- to be shirking the Par? ker trial.?J?Jg^fieldAdvertiser. English Sentiment.?The London Timm, of the 1st inst., has a sedond edi? torial on the centennial celebration of Bunker Hill, which in in the Rome friendly and conciliatory rein that marked the first. The Times speaks of Lord North's "unfortunate attempt to reduce the States to the rank of crown colonies," and says that the British have even more cause than we to exult in our victory, because they now have "both the old country and the new principles contended for and established by the American States." It sees, too, the deep significance of the celebration. "The real beauty of the spectacle was that they were seen together, marshaled in one procession to one nntionul shrine, North? erners and Southerners, Federals and Confederates, glad to show how much deeper their union is than their differ? ence." The "Thunderer" rolls out pon? derous praise upon the celebration that is eoming?the nation's centennial, July ?1, 187?. The Bunker Hill festival was only a note of preparation for the tre? mendous chorus of jubilation to bo ex? pected then. The Chicago Tribune thinks it is well for tho deep friendship that ought to exist between the two great English-speaking nations, that the chief exponent of English thought should speak so generously of this thin-skinned people?a people not proud enough, but too vain, greedy for tho applause of others, unable to be content with its own calm self-approval. The change in the ton?? of the "Thunderer" in a sure sign that the feeling of the English people has changed. The Times always reflects the times. A Madrid despatch states that the Car lists are retreating toward Estella, pur? sued by three Alfonsist Generals. Estella is a favorite stopping-place of the Cur lists, although they have been obliged several times to vacate it through the "force of circumstances." In Lstella, the old Don Carlos, the first pretender to the Spanish throne, was crowned King in 1833. He was driven out sub? sequently, and in 1830 a large number of Iiis officers were executed there. Since then, the Carlists have tried very hard to hold it, and always manage to get back again after being driven out. Es tolla and Pumpaluna, twenty-five miles North-east, have been thus occupied and deserted over and over again. The area for Carlist operations, according to the despatches, is very much circumscribed at present, as they seem to be driven en? tirely North of the railroad which runs from Bilbao, on the Bay of Biscay, near the French frontier, to Barcelona, on tho Mediterranean. Alfonso's only hope is to mass enough troops to push Don Carlos across the Pyrenees into Ariege and the other contiguous French pro? vinces, which would end the matter, but he cannot do it. The Carlists evidently feel secure in the mountains and foot? hills. A Sau Warning.?Last Sunday even? ing, Miss Jane McNineh, daughter of Mr. John McNineh, a few miles from this place, came into town on a visit to her sister, Mrs. W. J. Brown, who had been quite ?ick for some time. Monday morning, Miss McNineh, in attempting to kindle a fire, poured out some kerosene oil into the stove. The blaze at once was communicated to the oil can, which exploded, and set fire to tho clothing of the unfortunate young lady. She was horrribly burned, and lingered in the greatest agony for a few hours and then died. Her sister, Mrs. Brown, sank rapidly under the shock received from this terrible disaster, and died at mid? night. It is a remarkable circumstance, that this is the second time that this familS; has been similarly afflicted. In A.lgnst, 18<>2. two sons of Mr. John Mc? Nineh died in hospital at Bichmond. Their remains were brought to Chester and buried in the same grave in Ever? green Ce metery. ? Chester Ilejiorter. The Fate of Two Brothers. - Charles liarnum, a Brooklyn clothing merchant, went on board the steamer Providence, on the '28th of June, having purchased a ticket for Boston, and arose at night seemingly suffering from physical pain. As he has not since been seen, and his clothing and ticket were found in his state-room, it is supposed that ho was drowned. Ho was fifty-five years of age. He was insured lor $18,000. His brother, who had been subject to heart disease, dropped dead on hearing of his loss. The difficult question of what happens when an irresistible force meets an im? movable body will be recalled to many persons by the recent .collision of a whale with the Cunard steamer Scythia. The conditions in this encounter were not very unlike those of the celebrated hypothesis, and we are able to announce that tho irresistible force, tho steamer, put back to Liverpool for repairs to her propeller, and that the immovable body of the whale was towed into the port of Bally cotton?dead. Wood Fires. ?The Savannah Advertiser says: "Tho continued dry weather has caused several fires in tho woods all around us, and yesterday, we learn, that the fires on the South Carolina side, be twoen Hardeeville and Now Biver, had assumed rather large propotions, and caused considerable anxiety. One house, in which a number of negroes had boon living, was consumed, and all the sur? rounding fences had been burned. The damage thus far has been to tho fences principolly." The Campirdown Factort.?Tho Camperdown Mills Cotton Manufactur? ing Company was organized on Wednes? day, and Greenville stock to the amount of $175,000 was represented and $115,000 paid in. The President has been autho? rized to mako contracts immediately for tho balance of the machinery, to put in operation 200 looms, and by the 1st of February next, it is expected that the entire work will be completed and in operation. Crrr Items.?Clean np back lots. 4 Shin on tbc shady .side. Look out for mad do,;s! Mercury high up yesterday. Water-melons are quito abundant. Lo business?cheating tbc Indians. At what season did Eve v.at the apple? Early in tbc full. If you don't bridle your tongue, sad? dle be your fate. Mntcblcss maid?the kitchen girl out of lucifers. Tho mean temperature is what disgusts a man with every climate. Fans, bugs and flies are now about the only things which are busy. The hot weather keeps our "buds of beauty" boused during daylight. What kind of robbery is not danger? ous? A safe robbery, of course. There is a dry goods man who ex? presses it the best. He says that women come into the store "all twisted up." Old type in any quantity, at from twenty to thirty cents a pound, for sale nt Phoenix office. This is the sort of weather that impels the young man to have nil bis hair cut off and bis head sand-papered. You could see people stop in a shady plane, yesterday, and wait until the sun went under a cloud, then leap across tbc street before it came out. We have been requested to say that there will be services in tho Presbyterian Church, as usual, morning and evening, to-morrow, after which tho ahurch will be closed for three successive Sabbaths, undergoing repairs. Of this be certain, that no trade con be so bad as none at all, nor any life as tire? some as that which is spent in continual visiting and dissipation. To give one's time to other people, and never reserve any for one'u self, is to bo free in appear? ance only, nnd a slave in effect. Song or tiik Hot Man.?Just at this time, the following song can be sung by many a one, with the spirit and the understanding: "O for a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, O for an iceberg or two to control; O for n vale which at midday the dew cumbers, O for a balloon trip up to the pole! O for a little one-story thermometer, With nothing but zeroes all ranged in a row; O for u big doublo-barreled hydrometer. To measure the moisture that rolls from my brow. O that the cold weather was twenty times colder, (.That's irony red hot, it seemeth to me!) O for a touch of its dreadful cold shoul? der; O what a comfort an ague would be!" List of New Advertisements. B. I. Boone?Citation. Ditson A Co.?Books of Easy Music. T. R. Center?Thieves About. Meeting Hampton Legion. Hotel Arrivals, Jolt 23.?Hendrix I House?S. F. Hendrix, Lecsville; J. R. j Watson, Ridge; T. W. Bull, R. T. i Huested, Baltimore; G. W. Radchtife, R. F. Mel'asIan, Charleston; Frank Logan. Jr., Atlanta; B. A. Stovull, Augusta. I At the New Orleans jail there is a j haunted cell. Four persons have com? mitted suicide therein, three lost women and a man who could not get along with his wife, because he loved whiskey im? moderately. Everv criminal incarcerated in that chamber cither attempts self-de? struction or accomplishes it. Several individuals, it is paid, were caught in the nish act, and when asked the cause, in? variably answered, "a woman in white appeared to me and bade me go with her." The Khedive of Egypt.?Gen Dye, of Mansfield, Ohio, a gtadnate of West Point, and Adjutant-General of the Khedive of Egypt, is now at his old home. Gen. Dye says the Khedive is conquering Africa with some skill and the grand purpose of civiliziug the peo? ple. He has four corps now out, mostly Arabs officered by Americans, and sent up the Nile and its branches. He is in? troducing our machinery and agriculture whero be can, and with bis enormous wealth does much good, but he fills his own pockets as be goes along. ?The Khedive of Egypt wrote to Gen. Sherman to ask him to recommend a good engineer officer for the Egyptian army, and tho Genenil recommended Col. Derrick, of Virginia, who was a prominent officer in the engineer service in tho Confederate army during the whole war. Col. Derrick has received bis commission, and sailed ffbm New York for Egypt on Wednesday. A bloody affair happened in New York on the 21st, among a number of negroes who were gambling in a saloon. In a fight which followed a quarrel over the cards, one man was slashed with a razor, and in return killed one of his assailants with a knife and mortally wounded an? other. A Meteoric Explosion.?Last Satur? day morning, about 0 o'clock, a brilliant light was seen in the South-eastern hea? vens, about 15 degrees above the horizon, followed by a fearful report like that of the heaviest artillery. The report was heard very generally. The sky was per? fectly clear.?Greenwood Kexo Era. A hail storm passed over Smith's Ford, Union County, a few days ago, whiohdid considerable damage.