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fell were true; they are as true tonight
as they were when the cannon opened
its roar at Manassas, fourteen years ago.
And for one esteem it q grateful plea
sure to vindicate them to-night-those
principles-and shall content myself in
living for, for what they SO nobly died.
1 trust that our pure countrywomen will
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
read:
CoLuMDiA, S. c., July 90, 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 and claims and give YOU
nm idea of the condition of our fears,
hoping you will aid us with all your
might. The situation is this: The found
alton of the monument is laid with
granite and has graceful appearance.
The SHIFT of marble is now on its way to
Columbia, and the architect will soon
be here to complete the work. We have
never lost any of the money collected,
but VIC have met with some drawbacks
and disappointments where we had no
reason to expect them. These, with the
great financial troubles of the country,
leave us sadly in want Of funds now.
The erection of county monuments hns
greatly interfered with the success of
ours, which was certainly designed for
the whole State, for the remembrance of
every private and every officer who fell
in the cause. Could any other place
than the capital be selected for work
like this? There has also been misap-
prohension with regard to what has
been 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 mistake. What has
been expended has been given, not for
the foundation alone, but as in payment
of the shaft, the marble work, tho most
expensive part, of course. The architects
are men of standing, and it is to their
interest so to fulfill their engagement as
to secure appreciation 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 n concentration Of their
forces in this direction to the relief of
this burden which presses upon the
ladies SO heavily. am very truly yours,
JULIA X. BACHMAN.
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Among the incidents of the French in
nndations, the destruction Of Verdun
impressed Marshal MacMahon as the
most terrible. A London Times letter
says: ''In fnct, at o'clock at night on
June 90, n whole village of 500 houses
was completely destroyed in five mi
nutes by an avalanche Of water, mud and
boulders. To explain this, it should be
said that the inhabitants had damned a
small stream on the mountain above the
village. Swelled by rain and melted
snow, it burst its bounds and suddenly
discharged a fearful torrent, which was
accompanied by whirlwind, over the
precipice. To-day one or two ruined
houses are all that remain of Verdun.
The rest, with 100 inhabitants, have dis
appeared, totally swept OF the face Of
the earth. It seems Incredible that any
village ever existed" 'l'i'
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At the New Orleans Jail there is n
haunted cell. Four persons have COM
mitted suicide therein, three lost women
and man who could not get along with
his wife, because lie loved whiskey i'm
moderately. Every criminal incarcerated
in that chamber either attempts self-de-
struction or accomplishes It. Several
individuals, it is said, were caught in the
nsh act, and when asked the cause, in
variably answered, so woman in white
appeared to ME and babe mo 90 with
her."
The kHED1vE OF EGYPT. Gen Dye, of
Mansfield, Ohio, graduate of West
Point. and Adjutant- General of the
Khedive of Egypt, is now Mt his old
home. Gen. Dye says the Khedive is
conquering Africa with some skill and
the grand purpose Of civiliziug the peo-
pie. He has four corps now out, mostly
Arabs oficered by Americans, and sent
up the Nile and its branches. He is in
PRODUCING our machinery and agriculture
where he can, and with his enormous
wealth does much good, but he fills his
own pockets rs he goes along.
4The Khedive of Egypt wrote to Gen.
Sherman to ask him to recommend
good engineer officer for the Egyptian
army, and the General recommended
Col. Derrick, of Virginia, who was a
prominent officer in the engineer service
in the Confederate army during the
whole war. Col. Derrick has received
his commission, and sailed ffom 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 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 knife and mortally wounded an
other.
A METEoRIc ExpLos1oN.-Last Satur-
day morning, about 6 o'clock, a brilliant
light was seen in the Southeastern hea-
vens, about Is degrees above the horizon,
followed by fearful report like that of
the heaviest artillery. The report was
heard very generally. The sky was per-
fectly clear Greentcood Neto ko.
A hail storm passed over Smith g Ford,
Union County, a few days ago, which did
considerable damage.
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The FATE OF Two BnoTHEns. Charles
Barnum, Brooklyn clothing merchant,
went on board the steamer Providence,
on the 2Sth of June, having purchased a
ticket for Boston, and arose Mt 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 he was
drowned. He was tifty-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 nm 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 the irresistible force, the steamer,
put back to Liverpool for repairs to her
propeller, and that the immovable body
Of the whale was towcd into the port Of
Ballycotton-dead.
WooD FIRES. The Savannah ddreriiser
says: "The continued dry weather has
caused several fires in the woods all
around us, and yesterday, we learn, that
the fires on the South Carolina side. be-
tween Hardeeville and New River, had
assumed rather large proportions, and
caused considerable anxiety. One house,
in which number Of negroes had been
living. was consumed, and oil the sur
rounding fences had been burned The
damage thus far has been to the fences
principally"
The CAMPERDowN FACTORY. The
Ms
day, and Greenville stock to the amount
of $175, 900 was represented and $115, 900
paid in. The President has been autho-
rized to make contracts Immediately for
the 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.
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4 SAD WAENING.-Last Sunday even
ing, Miss Jane McNinch, daughter of
Mr.. John McNinch, a few miles from
this place, came into town on visit to
her sister, Mrs. w. j. Brown, who had
been quite sick for some time. Monday
morning, Miss McNinch, in attempting to
kindle 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 the clothing of
the unfortunate young lady. She was
horribly burned. and fingered in the
greatest agony for few hours and then
died. Her sister, Mrs. Brown, sank
rapidly under the shock received from
this terrible disaster, and died at mid
night. 1t is n remarkable circumstance,
that this is the second time that this
famiI5 has been similarly afflicted. In
August, 1862, two sons of Mr.. John Nc
Ninch died in hospital at Richmond.
Their remains were brought to Chester
and buried in the same grave in Ever
green Cemetery.-Chester Reporter.
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The SURvIvons OF ORR's R1FLEs.-The
reunion of the survivors of Orr's Rifles,
one of tho most gallant regiments in the
Confederate service during the late war,
and oneamon9t the first to rally round the
fing when the call to arms was sounded,
occurred at Walhalla, on the 21st. This
regiment was organized by the lnte la
mented James L. Orr, md was known
for some time as Orr's Legion. 1t Was
mustered into service on July 90, 1861,
Mt 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 until 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 the regiment to Charleston, Col. Orr
resigned his command of the regiment,
and was succeeded by Col. j. Foster
Marshall, of Abbcvillc a gallant officer
of the Palmetto Regiment in Mexico
who accompanied the Rifles to Virginia,
and was killed Mt the second battle of
Manassns. On the death of Marshall,
Lieut.. Col. Lelbcttcr assumed command,
and was Immediately shot down. Miles
n. Norton, senior captain Of the rcgi-
mcnt then took command and was killed
Ooei 70 h1hhAhs, tHicc SoiiiiHhllulliS pl-
ticers in one fight! Livingstone, who
next commanded the regiment, threw up
his commission, and was succeeded by
Maj. j. j. Norton, who lost m arm Mt
fredericksburg, and retired from ser
vice Col. James NJ. Perrin, Of Able
| Vile, then took command, and was killed
at Charlottesville on May 3, 1868. Col
w. NJ. Haddon succeeded Perrin, and
was killed at Gravcly Run, July %, 1864.
The regiment was then under command
of Col. &. Med. Miller, who still sur
wives. and by whose suggestion the pre-
sent reunion was had. During the war
this regiment was engaged in about
twenty pitched battles, and never de-
serted its colors. 1t was composed of
the chivalry of the country, and in its
first engagement with the enemy ut Cold
Harbor or Gaines Mill, ont of IN actual
force of about $50 under fire, left more
than 800 men upon the field. At the
surrender in 1865, only about 90 men.
out of the original draft OF 300, laid
down their arms. The noblest Romans
of them all!
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HOTEL ARRIVALS. july 23.-IIendrir
Uouse-S. F. Hendrix, Leesville; J. r.
Watson, Ridge; T. w. Bull, r. T.
Huested, Baltimore; G. w. Radcliffe, R.
Z. McCaslan, Charleston; Frank Logan.
Jr., Atlanta; B. A. Stovnll, Augusta.
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John E. Bacon, Esq, member of our
Columbia bar, will sail in a few days for
old England. He hos been employ ed by
the South Carolina branch Of what is
known rs the Jennings family to pursue
their claim to large estate in the mo-
ther country. They have placed between
So, 600 and $40, 600 Mt his disposal for this
purpose. Mr.. Bacon was Secretary of
Legation Mt st. Petersburg while the late
Gov. Pickens was American Minister at
the Russian Court. lie is o good lawyer,
a man of reading, talent and travel, and
will no doubt both do justice to his cli-
cnts and have a good time of it. Bon
coyage, Judge. Here is how the Jen-
nings claim arose: Humphrey Jennings
died about the close of the Inst century
leaving IN immense estate and several
children-one of whom, William, fell
heir to large amount of personal pro-
perty and q magnificent real estate and
mansion near Acton, England. William
was miser from youth, and grew moro
so with age. He became estrnnged from
all his relations, and when he died he
left colossal fortune, now known rs the
Jennings estate" One of his nephows
came to America, and lived and died in
Virginia. Several Of this emigrant's
children and grandchildren came to
South Carolina-nmong them, Robert
Jennings, of EdSetield. Their descend
ants reside in the Southern States, even
as fnr as Texas.
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Ex-Treasurer Camp, Of Spartanburg,
Is once more free-having given the Ne
cessary bail. He claims that he will be
able to make his accounts straight.
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ENGLISH SEETIMENT.-The London
Times, Of the 1st inst, has second edi-
torial on the centennial celebration of
Bunker Hill, which is in the same
friendly and conciliatory vein 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" 1t sees, too, the deep
significance of the celebration. "The
real beauty of the spectacle was that they
were seen together, mnrshaled in one
procession to one national shrine, North
erners and Southerncrs, Federals and
Confcdcrntcs, glad to show how much
deeper their union is than their differ
ence." The ''Thunderer" rolls out pom
derous praise upon the celebration that
Is coming-the nations centennial, July
4, 1876 The Bunker Hill festival was
only note Of preparation for the tre-
menlous chorus of jnbi!ation to be ex-
pected then. The Chicago Tribune thinks
it is we'll for the 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
pcople-a people not proud enough, but
too vain, greedy for the applause of
others, unable to be content with it's own
calm selfapproval. The change in the
tone Of the "Thunderer' is n sure sign
thnt the feeling of the English people
has changed. The Times always reflects
the times.
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COLUMBIA, S. c..
Saturday Morning, July "a, 1875:


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TIE COTTON AND OTHER SOUTHERN In
rEEEsTs.-The convention of cotton
growers ut Raleigh, N. c., which has just
adjourned, affords a cheering indication
of the reviving fortunes of the cotton
planters. The delegates to this assem-
bly, represented the cotton States, 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 the cotton interest may be traced to
the solution of political difficulties Mt
tho South, and the feeling of security
and stability impaired thereby to the
planters, and to the 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 cheering
character, and is confrmatory of what
is learned from the reports of the pro-
ceedings of the cotton congress. The
cotton crop, which was previously doing
we'll, is now reported to.have improved
by from three to ten or twelve per cent.
during the month Of June Nor is
cotton, rs formerly, the only crop
which Southern enterprise recog-
nires rs essential to its prosperity.
There seems disposition in the South
to diversity the productions of this
section, which is capable of producing
to unlimited extent and variety all the
fruits of the earth, and by diversity of
crops secure the planters from the
hazards to which they>arc exposed by
tho possible failure of cotton, out of
which they have to pay oil their other
expenses. Such assemblages as that of
the cotton congress, while confining
themselves to practical discussions, can
not but be beneficial. It is to be re-
grctted that the Raleigh congress thought
best to take up tho financial and rail-
road needs Of their section. The advisa-
bility of government aid to railroads,
which, after the recent experience of the
country in that direction, would seem to
be settled rs inexpedient and corrupting
to the las. degree, and the philosophy
,of the various schemes of national
finance are 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 lands of the
South are wisely apportioned between
cotton and the food-producing crops,
and energeticnlly cultivated, the South
will not need the aid of any government,
nor could any government do it so much
good as the soil and climate, assisted by
the intelligence and industry Of man.
@~ o-S--
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No order for, election of Sheriff set.
Gov Chamberlain still absent dom She
State-supposed. to be shirking The, Par
ker trial. Advertiser.
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A Madrid despatch states that the Car
lists are retreating toward Estella, pur-
sucd by three Alfonsist Generals Estella
is fayorite stopping-plac of the Car
lists, although they have been obliged
several times to vacate it through the
''force of circumstances" In Estelln,
the old Don Carlos, the first pretender
to the Spanish throne, WAS crowned
King in 1888. He WAS driven out sub
sequently, and in 1880 large number
of his 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-
telln and Pumpaluna, twenty-five miles
Northeast, have been thus occupied and
deserted over and over again. The area
for Carlist operations. according to the
dispatches, 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 the
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-
yinces, which would end the matter, but
he cannot do it. The Carlists evidently
feel secure in the mountains and foot
hills.
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Crrx IrEMs.-Clean up back lots.
Shin on the shady side. =

Shin on the shady side. =
Look out for mad dogs!
Mercury high up yesterday.
Water-melons are quito abundant.
Lo business the Indians.
At what season did Eve cat the apple?
Early in the fall.
1fyou don't bride your tongue. sad
die be your fate.
Mntchless maid-thc kitchen girl out
Of lucifers.
The mean temperature is what disgusts
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" housed during daylight.
What kind of robbery is not danger
ons? A safe robbery, of course
There is 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 pound, for sale
at PHOENIX Office.
This is the sort Of weather that impels
the young man to have nll his hair cut
off and his head sand-papered.
You could see people stop in shady
place, yesterday, and wait until the sun
went under n cloud, then leap across the
street before it came out
We have been requested to soy that
there will be services in the Presbyterian
Church, as usual, morning and evening,
tomorrow, after which the church will
be closed for three successive Sabbaths,
undergoing repairs.
OF this be certain, that no trade can be
SO bad as none ut all, nor any life as tire
some as that which is spent in continual
visiting and dissipation. To give ones
time to other people, and never reserve
any for ones self, is to be free in appear
ance only, and u slave in effect.
Song OF THE Hor AIAN.--Just at this
time. tho following song con be sung by
many n one, with the spirit and the
understanding:
20 for lodge in a garden of cucumbers,
. TOR nm iceberg or two to control;
y Tor vale which at midday the dew
cumbers,
o for balloon trip up to the pole!
for little one-story thermometer,
With nothing but zerocs all ranged in
row;
o for big double-barreled hydrometer,
To measure the moisture that rolls
from my brow.
0 that the cold weather was twenty
times colder,
Chats irony red hot, it seemeth to
meD
0 for a touch of its dreadful cold shouI-
der;
what comfort ON ague would be-"
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LONGEVITY OF PUBLIC IEN-The New
York Churclman, speaking of the longe-
witty of English public men, wisely says
the principal cause lies in the fact that
in general they arc not thrust prema-
turoly upon the responsibilities of life
before they have had time to prepare for
them. We 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, they are mentally incapable
of advance ut time when their powers
ought to be at the ripest. And this is
because they arc called too early into the
field as rule, and are SGT to the task of
producing results when they should be
accumulating means. There is pre-
vailing fancy for calling young men to
prominent positions, using them and
dropping them, which is very wasteful.
The ripeness OF middle age &. csstainly
more valuable for public uses. x -
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LIST OF New ADVERTISEMENTS.
B. l. Boone-Citation.
Ditson q Co Books of Easy Music.
L. X. Center-Thieves About.
Meeting Hampton Legion.
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MAYORALrY OF NEW ORIRAS.

-
City Hall, February L. 1875
no -J3o-AdmlDlstratiOu Series
An ordnance relative to the payment of
back taxes inclusive of the year 1873.
Re / ordained, That until the first day O.
june. .SI5, payment OF city taxes may be
made as follows:
Taxes of 1850 to 1870 inclusive. entirely in
SCRIP including interest or tax bills, and
costs advanced by city
Taxes OF 1871, entirely in scrip, and for
interest on tax bills and costs advanced hv
city, oGe-half in cash. tl-nce in scrn.
Taxes Of 1873 fifty. cents per 500 in cash:
balance 50 so per 500, in scrip. and for
interest on tax bills, and costs advanced
bv city, one half in cash and one half in
scrip.
Be It further ordained. That by the word
''scf!p, "a used i'll tbis ordinance, is meant
registered Judgments, certificates of appro-
prlafjon. tax warrants, city money. inry
certificates, coroners' certificates. tax excess
certificates. claims provided tor by orLi-
nance, to 1874 inclusive, with right OF trans
Ter.
Be- it further ordained. That under no
clrcIms tance5 will the terms of this o:Gi-
rance be extended beyond the period fixed.
ami all taxes unpaid on the first day of
june. 1873, will be paid ia cash, exclusively.
Be It further ordained, That ordinance
TO. -l2J. Administration series, adopted
April Il, 1874, and ordinance No. 1915, Adj
lninistrat;on series, adopted December %,
49, !. ne and the same are hereby repealed.
Adopted by the Council of the city of
New Orleans, February 10. 1875.
CHARLES j. LEEDS. MAYOR.
A TIE copy:
j. H. HARDY, Secretary.
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MARSHAL'S MUNITIONS.

WesferEann a Meier vs.. Steamship st.
Louis
Tn THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
l. District of Louisiana, No. I06N.-in obedience
above entitled suit. have seized and taken into
nv possession
THE STEAMSHIP ST. LOUIS her boats ma.
chin.ry, ETC., now libeed by West ermann Weier
for the causes set forth in the libel now pendng in
the District Court OF the United States
And do hereby cite and adnonsh the owner OF
owners thereof, and all and every person per-
sons having or pretending to have any rig ht title
or interest in to the same. to be and appear at
a District Court of the United States. for the dis
trict aforesaid to be holden at the city of New
Orleans, on the first Monday of June to show
cause, If any they have or why the said vessel
should not be condemned and be sold agreeaby 10
the prayer of lbeIants
United States MarshaPs Office New Orleans
May T. 1875.
S. 3. PACKARD.
neJ q 30 SO United States Marshal