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I TnrCmrsno*.?'Ac Rirfonond Ex-, nminer takes the Ibtctm (iiiztn to tank for expressing distrust in the efficacy of the Philadelphia (invention to help the, South, and expresses the R^hel hope in 1 saying: -"The Convention is onr salvation. l>t us unite to overthrow the tyrants in Congress, and Mr. Davis will v,.rrnin i ,ia lilu?rtv Jit OnrP. Ml-. .TohuSOU ! 11"""" J - - , c iiiuf-t properly pardon Mr. Davis while j his ors- in in the hen Is of a Conciession- j al Committee. T(? do so wonld be an i interferen-T of which Congress might w ell complain." New "Vork Marhet. New York, Angnst Oth. G Id Hit}. Cotton steady at 3fv?37. Whiskey steady. Poi;k heavy at $31.60 Fionr declining. Wheat firmer at $2/20 Corn advanced. Lard and sugar steady. Torpenliue 71 Rnd 70cents. Frospfrity i? North Carolina.? Of the 300,000 blacks in the State only 3,201 draw ration*. Th? re are 119 schools now In operation, with 13~> teachers an?l an average attendance of 9,03i. The destitution in some parts of the State i* being gr.idnally relieved. LATKKT. Washingrox, Angnst 9. The most prominent names mentioned 111 connection with the Pre>ideuey of the Philadelphia Convention arc those of ex-Governor Ewrso. of Ohio, General John* A. Drx, of New York, and Judge. P. R. Cfrtih, of Maasachnsntts. The ti>>t named seems to be the favorite. The Northern delegates who happened to be here have already had several informal meeting Ang. 9th was generally pror.onnc<vl nui?f onnressivelv hot dav that we Lave had so fur this snrnmer. Tho thermometer, nt onetime, marked 98 degrees in the shade. The War department has changed the Militni T departments. The new ones are j n-s follows: ? Department of Potomac. General Sfhofield commanding, bead qna t ?rs at Richmond. Depur'm^i t ?1 the Carolina*, inclndhig North pr.d South Carolina, Gen. Sickles command nig. Tennessee, Kentu kr, Georgia. Alabama and Mississippi comprise the Department of Tennessee, Gen. Thomas commanding with headquarters at Nashville. Gen. Sheridan to command thei Department of the Gulf. Geo. Ord to eomra-iud the Department of Arkansas Gen. Fullertou h w been appointed pr* v;.te S? cretary ro the- President. 14 iter from Kurop >. mv hie cab^e. Loxijon, Aug. ?. Pmswia has declined the proposition o Rotfci i for a Conxr e? of p >wers. A treaty of pence will be soon signed by Austria an 1 Ihossia. Austria pays "* 60,0 I).000 ftancs to Prusiio. Italy and Austria are to hive a separate peace cuu ferenco. American 5-20s are quoted at 6S?d. '* ? ? i .fiP?As is well it o vu, a large amount of propel ty, belonging to both Southern t Unionists and Northern men, was confis-1 c?ttr(l by the Coufed rate government dnrii g the late war, and th i House ot Representatives has just passed a hi 1 * piovidiug for the re-possession of these 1 aids by tuose disporfses>ed This bill m.ksa i the duty <f the President or ?onunoiu ing officer of the military forces stationed wi.hin the ] uticnlsr State or 4utrict? an <MBypiai?frpf any person du* t 0 possessed of his property for his ad-1 berenee to the Union, to restore him to possession. Of conrse, the confiscation of the property of loyal meu by those who usurped authority in the different States could give no title to thoae who bought such property. The acts of the rebels, this of confiscationamong them, are null and void. r-v - ? _ a 1. ... t. 1 ? 1 4 LUr loc receui snov. ei>? nave uruugui, the cotton ou splendidly. The crop will be larger on these islands this year than iu the past three years. Items. A WW.KLY paper, in the interest of the colored people, has beeu started in St, Loais. Thkue whs a fire at Atlanta on August 6tb, burning the American Telegraph and National Express Companies' offices, tnd several other bnildiugs. Ceii. Hammond is in receipt of reports i'roru Florida to the effect that so mauy ex-army officers are settling there as to control the politics ot the State a year hence. Tk? Angusta Constitutionalist is op posed to tiie fnuuacipnia convention, and says flat out of 30 exchanges ot Georgia 13 are opposed also. A CLurleatjn company has contracted to deepen the channel to such an extent that vessels draw nj 17 n et of Water can i an tip to Savantiuh. T&e Jacksonville Tints contains a call for a Mate coavt niton to meet at T?tlhthaH.se on the 22u inst. to kO l Delegates to tne Philadelphia Convention ot September. It is tuoiight a full d>-leg??t on will be sent The hill to admit Nebraska has be; u vetoed by the President. At the meeting to be held on the 12th inet. to seud delegates to ths Septeurbei Convention, a repetition ot the scenes ot the last ad or arc anticipated. Attor uey General Jletron, now in charge uf tue State, k.;\8 that uo u:ertiug shall be UJil.?Stic (Jrl&uut Trib ute. Tun Cnolera is doing terrible work in Antwerp. Our Consul leport-s thut from 70 to 'J j cases a day occur, with two-filth* fatal. All vessel# which come from Netv York arc quarantined for fifteen d.us at CtiikftCsUm if there has been any biukness on fourth M.s. John C. Calboun died in Pendleton S. C.. last w-ek. ltecouMtruclioii in Gurmnny. . iVac**, find its tc:m< are now bcyjw* lug definite. Austria hue agreed to ul. the demand* ot Prussia, una ol com* come oat of the coateet second bes . i'luusia eatiMiiUiS a new confederacy, bounded by the Baltic uud Ofim.ui 8e..s on the North, raid by the River Maynt on the South, and ot which she is. the governiug pow.r with B- rlin a* capital. Austria is foiever excluded from this union mid him to pay half the Bru>aiaL> war d-bt. ') h <ebiuigf- has long been the desire f ih more tnliirbteued politicians of Gcimmy, aid P. u.s i ha> unintentionally ' I) en th'iuKtrmuHuC. Germany will now enjoy the benefit of her civiikatioD and power. A meetiso of New Tork editor* wot held oa the 2d instant to debate on a union of effort to break down the At* lantic I^-graph Company's cjnrge*. I Sir Balwer J ytton has beta gage.tvd' hold h/ttoc. 11 a r r Beoinxino with the first o. ttie p ratten t C month, the fallowing rates f>r monej orders through the postolfice have been established:?For au order not eieeediuj. $20 the charge is 10 cents; for any sum ' from $20 to $50, the charge is 25 cents. This reduction in the rates and increas* iu the amount of a single order a ill, n?, donbt, he found a convenience to the ruiiiir. ? Stuic (f South Carolina, j r l?EAl I'UbT DlHTBICT, f Bv W. H. 8HCHAN. Eiqniro. Ordinary. , WHKKKAsi. Mr*. KEbhX.cA A. TKiiKY, bat! I made nuit to uie to tiraut her Letter* o .luiuiiusiratioti ot the E?ut? ot Martha t. Tt-rrj deceased. Turn* are to citr and admonish all and singulir theaad.x-daudcreditorol theMid d?to.-*MM, to appear uefore me at rnv olhco 111 Oil;i*on>ili? on the twentieth day of Auguat iu*L, at rleveL o'clock iu tiie forenoon, to chow cause why ana. Letter* bhould not be granted. Given tinder m> hand at liillisouville the sixth day of A'lgua,, (< A. D. 16(16. W. H. SHU MAS, r.ug 11 It Urdnua-y b. O. 7 STOLEN. ' T OV Sunday night fn?m Pier So. 3, Beaufort, * S. 0., a ?i.vu*r navy imu, */o icet long, paint- 1 ca black outaide and while indue, wiin onutM p?.U'.uM>ba A illuirul *>..im *^4 u-ill IA... .wM-.wv?a. M " ?? MV lUi * in*oruuition leading to its recovery. Appy to PKl'KK lilUUrl, or tills office. au II ltp. FREE SCHOOLS > JTOB For St. Ileiena Island* 41 1HS Boarl ji Commissioner* tor Free t*ch<r>l? lor St. ileieua Parian are luveoy uotine<i thai a meenug wili oe ueiU on 5toNl>\i, Aug. UO. m ? 11 o'clock, A. j|.f at t lie store of Dr. M. M. Stuart, j Day street, B au&nt, g. C. aug 11 2t Souks. 1< American Tract Society j PUBLICATIONS j hi the E.ij'Lk, German, F cnck, Italian, Welsh U'dcU and Danish larnjmujts. THE subscriber ban for sale at hi* residence. Bay street, a Urge aasoriuieut ot the pub-sa* ?_ nous of uio American Tract .nxaety vNe? 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Fvity copies ij Wt. j * Out hundred c> pie* $12M SAW I. HARRIS, fctlg 4 tf I fj n am /t rrn~r<ii i V/ KJ \A V/ A/ JLJ K7; Patent Elastic Poller COTTON GIN, " The undersigned offers to tbo Planting rta- C nimnii.ir OdUOODU PATJL5T LL.'*oLaIL *a)L- J uut t011V5 ULS M woe wi thv-oeat LOOK *** ' pic Cuttwu (jln* ev^r lw uSc. Vui gin more COT- a 1\>N by ONK HUMtuHi P&h CACiT uid L?>J I r POSVn.fi, ti.au any oUier jUHchin* vtiV* kind iu ! practical operation. It Is on on tu** prinoiJa of A ilir Al*AKldUU 015, and d w It n.-rk ^ vruj if no: bolter, thr u that Jd?c?iut. 'Com Uo.vZ * -in D will turn oat Two Hundred Pound* of Clean Cot- m toe and the mine <>iu; by Lh>.th; pov??:r, will fin Four Hundred Pounds- *n? Wjte size vili giu Six Urn dr.d Pounds, all in TE5 H'Jt'Bd. A Each Oin is warranted to be in every reaped *. as represented. Apply to, or a4<l.cse * v " CHABLE* VAN liO^lX, 4 General Agent tor t'oc 8o>it?irni * 90. i Stod<UrJ't SAVASKiS. OEOBGU. P J^Tbe IWlcrcrlng HTCbaotn at 9avaawtk havo ^ eXftjuMdtbu bUpiA (itauwd by Um*c luac&iiM* " and announce it uninjured by U? prw*?, ,?c. * J. L YilLi oug*. N. A. Unrdr*. ? Co.. W. tfatinriby, J. U. liuilniaruu a we., A. S. Aaftridf: ?u4 Mrwi* *> 9*r4?p M?* *** SIGHT DRAFTS IN' NEW YORK will be farniiilii.-i el . be SAVINGS UaNK without charg* :>r any amount desired, an 4 if SAX1 Ij. IIAilRIS, Cashier. NATIONAL FREEDMAN'S SAVINQS ani? rnusT com pan y. BARTERED BY AIT OF COMiBRSs, MARCH ?? 1805. Branch mi Bemnferi, s. . DEPOSITS OF ONF. DOLLAR *m.\ ipwanis received. These Deposit* can bo dswn .n 4' i HILNiVfcB THE iifcfOhlTon CiiCOiUs. lumber of Drposi.ora, 1W> \>tal Deposits $308,043 Li "here has been pnid to Depositors for Interest, 4,880 80 Seven-thirties and Compound lnt*r?>t lotos aud Sp?tie takeu at their value at lute of deposit. All ipvtsfr.t&'tf vwM hi Unit*} State * * Irani!'*** Advteorj Co?:JirdHst. Jen Rnfa* Mitxtou, Ww. T. tfceu, :oL ,)As. P. Ln-v, Robt. hi'c^iu^ior. J?j. 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AY p. m.. irriV;ui tt 11* auiurt a< (J * 1.. 'ANNIE, < ?P- KeSihj ICu4rk*toft c.^.ry tlS*l>4JW8p>aw, at Bettufyr: Jc:ue day wj p- a. K?i?rnirs, Ve?>c* fc*??3'.>?U i-.vrj WVD!?W?AY at 3 j> ry . uhvlltj at Jfcauftffr atJ y. ja.. I'm- TVetgbt t r ?pp?? to iljrtly M. 1.1 BE>T,-T, .Wqi. . . 1 BOUNTIES, BACK PAX* - A>0 . . ... * ENSIONS AND PRIZE MONEY, 10LLECTE5 in tb? *U>tv-+Z t'.ns od at tt<j i iairrtt nut, kx di?->ify^daci4tcr?. Stiiw*, ridovra, and tbdr Lrtra. Jto pvy c^nLed la I>CDL?T*QC\R?. w: See Boast & U. A J 6. AkU. ni. u