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R03'1\ A. THOMPSON, Editor. R A Thompson, W.H Holcombe,R. Yoting, ?', PKOPRIBTORS. TJ? U MS.-Ono Dollar and Twenty-five Cents for six months, in atfvanco. Provision also taken ia ply mont, at I Ito market rates. &:;y Advert Is'imouts inserted nt $1 per square f..r tho first insertion, Mid, 60 cents for each subsc q l int insertion, < nh or provision. Obituary Notices exceeding fivclincs, Trlb utos of RiStoet. Co nomi mentions of a porsonnl 'character, and Announcements of Candidates, will bc ch ivjfod for na advertisements. t ?ifif* Jo!) Printing executed with neatness and despatch1, for cash or provision. ?y* .Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to tho roqulreinout ot' oash payment. III miiini.iiiiumx^Mi ???itMacwji }S?SSSSSSSSSSCSSS^ PICKENS C. H., S. C.: Saturday Morning, ? August 18, 1868. J^ST" Thc appearance of our paper this week * is by no means prepossessing. Our paper maker is nt fault. Uo furnishes us tho prcs g? o.nt artioFo, which is of un inferior qunlity, nt an advance upon thc cost of ri bettor nrtielo which wc have becu Using lately. ?65T Thc Secretory of tho Treasury has au thority by thc rcocnt law to suspend tho col lection of direct-tax imposed by tho law of 18G1, in any of thc Southern States. j?2r* Wo learn that tho Railroad bridge over Broad River will bc completed by tho 1st September. This event promises r. reduc tion oi freight and less roguery ! Liberal. Wo learn from a reliable source that Mr. C. Jo NHS, of Chcohoo, offers his lime, which is to bo found in groat abundance, free of co&t to any who will prepare it for uso. Mr. JESSE LAY also offers the wood on one hundred acres of land, free of cost, for thc Surposc of preparing tho limo for uso or mar et. This is very liberal, on tho part of these gentlemen, and wo hope to sec such generous offers made available for tho boncfit of indi viduals and thc country generally. Tho Soldiers' Association. We insert, with pleasure, this week, thc communication of " SOLDIER.*' With him, wc think that nu Association of all Confed?r ate, soldiers should bo formed at an carly day. As suggested, rolls of nil who have honorably ?or-red tliolr Bt?*o cvulU UO II1UU0 ail? pl'C Bcrved. Tho Association might likewise de voto its energies and means to thc sustenance and education of tho widows and orphans, of their tullen comrades. Federal Collector. A. S. WAIIT.ACK, Esq., of York District, hos been nppointod Federal Collector of thc Sid Collection District, comprising tho Dis tricts of Anderson, Piokcns, Creen ville, Spar tanburg, Union, Chester, and York. His office will bc open at.Yorkville for the present. Who bid i for the C'ollcctorship of Dickens ? Let us have some of our own people, if they can talco thc required oath. The Blue Ridge Railroad- w' Thc following extract is from a private let to- from a reliable business firm in Cincinnati, t ) thc Editor of this paper : M Our Chamber of Commerce hnve had a Committee afc work for somo time, soliciting nssistanco for different Southern Railroads. They aro mooting with varied success, but we. hone eventually will succeed in finishing some nf the roads, ns wc appreciate the great bene fits which will nriso, to all sections interested, in so doing. A degree of apathy is met with from many of our capitalists, who hold back. . although their real interests would bo pramo tod by liboral investments in theso enterprises. Such facts aro cuito disheartening to the nc tivo workers in the cause of tho Southern lines, yet their exertions do hot oonao. It will afford us pleasure, whenever 'occasion offers, to usc our limited influo.nco lo promote tho comple tion of tho 44 Blue Ridge Road " Precisely . what dircotion the present offerts making, may take, it is nt. this timo difficult to determino, although, if they ure nt all successful, they lntist result in stimulating and helping on, to some extent, all tho projected routes." \ > --r fX Messrs. CONN'KR & WITTON, of Charles ton, aro paying "tho following prices for notes of the various banks of this State : Bunk of Camdon, ole.; Bank of Charleston, 21o. ; Hank of Chester, 21 o. ; Bank 6f Georgetown, 2 lo. ; Bntik of Hamburg, 18o. j Bunk of Now borry, OOo. ; Bank of South Carolina, 19o. ; Hank of State of South Carolina, old issuo, 22c. ; Bank of State of South Carolina, now issuo, Gc. ; Cotninoroinl Rank, Columbia, 10o; Exohango Bank, Columbia, 18o. j Farmers' and Exohango Bank/Jo. ; Merohants' Bank, Ch'eraw, 21o ; Peoplo'S Bank, Charleston, 40?. ? tmtm*: Bank" of Fairfield, 10o, ; Planters'and Moohanios' Bank, Charleston, <Slo; j Southwestern Railroad Bank, Charles ton, 66o. ; State Bank, Charleston, Oe. j Union Bank; Charleston, OOo,, I-J -'-1- ' . .' J-'-"rr "the Debt Question." * Tliis subjcot continues to attract the atten tion of tho peoplo. Generally, it has been considered in a mild and forbearing miinuoi1, both to debtor and cr?dito?4. W-o liko the ring of tho folioing preamble Slid resolutions adopted at Yorkyi?lo on Saleday last : - .?Whereas, sinco tho Stay La w lins boen set usido.by thc Court of Errors, it is essential ly necessary that somo uicasuro should be adopted for the protection of tho citizens, against tho enforced collection of debts, which debts ?nany of our best und most patriotic cit izens are unable to ?licet, resulting from causes entirely beyond their control, viz: having been abseilt fur thrco* or moro years in the Confederate army, and the closing of tho war having rondcred two-thirds or more of their property unavailable for tho payment of ?aid debts-said indebtedness having been, in creased by thc accumulation of four years in terest, resulting from creditors refusing to re coivo thc only available means of payment, vi as : Confederate money, ile it theioforo,.. " J??solvvil, That 111 tho opinion of thif meeting, tho culurecd collection of debts at this time, will bo ruinous to tho people of tht ! State, mid to tho und that soino measures ol relief may be-' adopted, wo respectfully and earnestly ca!! upon His Excellency, the Gov ernor, to convene the 0 Oil Oral Assembly atan early day. lic?olvcft, That wo do not Iforeby mean li. sanction any measure of repudiation, nbsolv ing debtors from tho just payment of theil contracts ; but only to express a decided Opili ion, that tho public interest urgently demand: % postponement of thc collection of debts ti the present timo. How long this postpone ment must continue must depend on the cou ditton of the country." Tho following resolution, in relation to i most important mutter, was likewise lidnptci by ?ic meeting : * " Ii?solv?d, TItnt it is probable that an nt tempt will bc made to rolicve the Stockhold ors of the Hanks of their " promises to pay,' or tn other words, lo enable the Stockholder of tho Banks to repudiate their just debts du to citizens ; that justice may bo meted out t nil alike, wo earnestly recommend that th Banks bo held strictly to account with all otb cr debtors, and to abide tho samo rules an regulations, for thc payment of their debt (under their respective churters,) which um bo inndo for all." No Repudiation Tho following resolution adopted by th Legislature, nt its last session, without oppos tion, is published for tho information of n concerned. Wo trust it may have tho eifel of "calming the troubled waters." It wi introduced by Ccu. M.. C. BuTi.r.tt, of Edg< Bold, than whom thorn ia not. n ion?-?* .1-..! bio, bravo, or ohivaltjajpinn in tho State. Tl resolution reads ns iwtws : " Resolved by thc Senate and House i Representativos, now met and sitting in Coi oral Assembly, nnd by authority of tho sam That tho action of tho Goneral Assembly i refcronco to ' An Act to extend rcliof to deb ors, nnd to prevent the sacrifico of proper! tit public sales,' ratified the twenty-first d? of December, in thc year of our Lord 01 thousand eight hundred and Mxty-onc, mid tl Acts amending said Act, is intended only ns temporary Suspension of the usual legal rom dies of creditors, and not in any manner to i ?tinto legislation for tho destruction of sm legal remedies, or fer tho continuous or uh mate relief of debtors from tho operation tim laws in force for tho collection of deb prior to the passage of tho first of tho nbov mentioned Acts." -. . !? The Philadelphia Convention. This body, from which so much h expeeto assembled in l'hilr.dolphi* on Tuosday last. Evory Stato ami Territory aro roprosc??tcd 1 (heir best men. Tor numbers, consorvatisi and practical usefulness, no such body of in lias nssombled sine? tho formation of the Pi oral government. Wo freely give up our Spa to tho first days' proceeding.*. J&QY* Foreign telograins by tho cable, dat Brussels. August. 12, Mate that there U gr< excitement in Vicuna-forty porsnns are lu tried for high treas.m. Crowd?, in tho strm hailed the Emperor with cries to abdicate. Franco demands timi tier torrltovy shall bo ? fonded t'< tho K'lino, ('russia replies that tl demand cannot bc needled to. New coniplic tiona and moro war executed. Should Eran become engaged, possibly Ibo whole of Euro will bo invoivod tu a bloody war. - ?f?JT Tho Legislature hus not boon conven in extra session, us was anticipated. Gov. O is in attendance on tho Philadelphia ?onvc tion. It ?B now stated tlmt tho Legislature w bo called together.onAho 27lh instant. ? J??/L**+ ?tfciy* Tho Anderson papers stato that a ino bor of tho garrison nt'that piuco, named Cu. KBM.F.V, was rourdore'FVii Monday night In by his comrade*! for Ins money. They cut 1 throat with n razor, and threw tho body in old woll. Tho murderers aro tindor arrest. - ! J?*Wo are still without rain. fi^.Tho reckless appropriations by tho lr Congress are oquul to ono tenth of the ? ti or in o national debt, Bf^Oold was quotod In New York, ?n t 14th, at 50. Cotton. 34 to 80. : Jtf?r A bale,of now cotton has beon sold Macon, Ga., to gentlemen, who have forwni bd lt to President JonNsoN aa a' present 1 -?'.iv' . 'J, - \<ff.K."'. " ". "'.'.'.'.'-X">' ^UadelphJa. Gpayontion. PHILADELPHIA!, Aug. 14.- The trains hiRt night and tim morning were heavily loaded wi|tli 4olog?<i?? visitors to tho. great Con yentidn, a?d- ?}i? Jiotcls ure overflowing. Thc ILicoption Kponi'pf tho Executive ?o^trnittce nus been th ry n'ged wUh\.delegates registering their nutuo!?| Every Stale and Territory is : represented ir ?Tho harmonious feeling of yes terday 's H??1| more marked to-day. Fernando Wo^ . s loflcY declining to appear as a delegate has nindo li i'm many friends. Yallandigli'iin will not go into the Convention, und has writ ten a letter to that effect. Gov. Orr spoke nt ibo National (luirds' ! Hall, hist night. I To* Wi id the pimplo ?,f the j South boiiuved they had the right to .secede. Tho North did nut nt.ree on the question, and ?nibliiit tod it to tho arbitrament of arms. Tho Noithewi liitorpretation of tho Constitution hus been firmly and legally tsts.blished, and that decidion, vfas nrbn?utoo?d on the iield of battle, undf tlie dec ree is incontrovertible. Tho I South lins surrendered bur principles und ac j oupts tho Northern interpretation. Wo un : willing to abithi by it forever. Hy this wav, .thc people eft' the South have, toa very huge extent,, beet*. H*ripprd of their properly, theil banks ar? gone and their credit gone, und it many Jooniitles the great s land-poi n1! of elvi j hfW has boen lost. Thus tho people of tin South h ivo far inore need of u s;tah?e (ioverii ; mont than you have, and it is mad folly ti j charge, that they will mit fulfill their oaths ti j support this OovbrliiVioul. We claim this i; our Government tis well as yours ; but that wi may be equal, wo must have representation ii Congress. It is not just to t'ass ita and ex elude us from representation, ' LATJ:S<T-?P. M.-'J ho Convention aasem bled in tho wigwam nt 12. iii) P. M. Mr. Randall opened tho Convention', say lng: Gentlemen, 1 have to announce tba delegates from Smith ('molina and Mnssuohu scotts will now conic, tiru) in arm, into titi Convention. . This anuhuiiccmcot wil? ?roc.tod with gre:i applause. The r.ntiro nudibbeo rndilif at tbi moment Major Gohoral Collen', of Mii^silen? setts, ?nd CruVernor Orr, of South Carolin; nt the head of their delegations, marched, ari ! in arin, with banners Hying and mu*?? plflj ing. Shout upon .?bout spontaneously rei; thc air. und toura Piled, the eyes of the de egates sind electors. Gen. John A. Dix waa nominated us ten Iiorary Chairman. In accepting, he .said : [ regard this us a Convention of no ordinal character, not only on account of the high si billi and politioal atanding of the gontlonie who compuso this Convention, but beoause isa Coll von tk'li of the people of all. the Statt of the Union [Applause,] and bec.msc wc cai not doubt, if its proceedings are conduct?: with hart?i?ivy.-.uui r%?.u? judgment, that will loud to important results. It may I ' *, ..*?>. - !4 ,*uXi&X.~-1 - -v ? -? this continent uh der circumstances so momo . tods und so important since thc year 1787. . [Applause.} Hie year when our ancestors a scudded iii this city to form a better Cover meut for the States which con)posed thc co federation ; nv Government which has bc< confirmed and mode moro enduring, wo tiru by thc fearful trials which it luis encounter! j and overcome. [Applause] Ten .States have yet no representation the logisiuturo of this country, and it is th wrong wc have come to protest against, und much as in our power to redress. When tl President of tho United States declared Gi thc war had ceased, nil tho States hud tl rightof represen tut ion. Tho exacting of .!( . conditions is subversive to our national li Ht ty, and dangerous to thc public peace, [A plauso ] ls this thc (?overuniont our fatbc fought to establish, or which we ha ve. foti g to maintain? ,'Hc trusted that in tho delibt niions of the Convention the main iden won be to change the present complex ion of Co gross, to purify thc Republic, nnd bring back to its original standard-mic country one Hag-one union of equal States. (tf-.if Hisinarck, tho groat Prussian, i whom all European eyes ure now centred, i joices in the mimo of ('hurles Otto von li mark and Sehonhauscn and Knicphof. Go I j for him. I SALK or STOCKS.-Meters. John S Hig ? J fe Co. 6old tli3 following stocks, nt Cbnrh ? ton, on Wednesday last : ?2,713.50 City of Charleston G per coi stock, $742 to $75 ; 8 1.000 State of Sou C?rojjun 0 percent, stock, SOO; SI,OOO S ti of South .Carolina 0 per cent, bonds, Sti 8794 Stnto of South Carolina G per coi stock, 801) ; $.1,500 in Citvof Columbia G \ cont, bonds, 350.50; 81,500 in South Cn lina Railroad 7 per cent, bonds, 872 ; j shu tes Charleston Gas Company stock, 816.1 ! POT Hy soiiio curious coincidence, it t j pours that tho coming year, 1807, bas *bc fixed upon by Mnhommoduns, Brubmii and 'various other scots, as well as by soi few Christians, as a period in the history the universo to bo marked by sonio great a marvelous chango. S3T A number of sohools for thc fret mon, in West Tonnessco and Mississippi, i hoing taught by disabled Confederate soldio it-fr Tl>o;Lo(jnl Editor of tho \\ Ilanoil Daily Courier''is tho wealthiest nowspnj man in tho Wost. Ho sums up his worlc possession in this wiso: Mrs. Local (par v uo)? ?l.OOOjOOO j ,or?e five years'old Loc '8500,000; ono spv^nV^M:Oltl Iiooal, 825 000 j oatfi on hand, 48 oouWi; jduoon occou 81 j sundries, 12conts. Total, 81,750,001,1 4?' MERE MENTION, Ciifyonjs opeiiing llycly fartbei'Soutn. Tlio crop proinisrs to bo half ai? average pnc.-f Women ?urn clevor^ cents per day in New York,*n??kiug shirts.--Stewart, tho New Yorkdi jPgoods utu.u, ta'said to be worth 850, 000,01)0;*^-Josh 'Billings describes lovo ns a state where judgment yields to fancy, ?nd fan- j cy to nonsense.-Thc State and District tax j of Sp?rtanburg District is $20,000.-(Jon. M. L. Smith, late of the Confederate army, ia j j dead--Austria is to pay 810,000,000 to I ! her adversaries as expenses of tho war.-' i One hundred thousand men worokllled, woun-j . ilcd and 'nibbing, at S idoWa-Sauta Au- : 1 lia's estates huvo been confiscated in Mexico. J !-Tho " Leo Uudowmoul," iu.Washington . j College, has reached 8200,000.-S8S,97lL- ? I 000 worth of property has been destroyed du- j j ring the first six months of t his year hy fire.-j There are about 230 prisoners now confined on | tho Dry Tortugas "'o'ri i o-1 IST ???I iu. I r<?u liri: K Kow KM ci if ttl KU. : j tfotiftri's h/ I'n kens Diste!< ! : There ?re ; associations forming in each Distiiet allover; tho State, for thc great, virtuous and benevo lent object of incorporating into an order all ! those noble and brave survivors of our lt lt foi'- J t?nate war; .?o that by n common bond and unity of interest, wo may all bc united into a common destiny, and can enter on thc arena ! of civil lifo with tho same charity, fnibearance, : harmony and concord with each other, that the perils and calamities pf war did nurture and sustain in our breasts, lt should insti tute un order of spirit and chivalry in our now fallen and prostrate country, having for its good and beneficent work tho amelioration of j thc condition of thc poor widows and orphan.4! who, by the misfortunes of war, have been left to-our guardianship; mid such a fellow sym pathy and com in iss?rit lion for those worn nnd mutilated heroes in our midst, that they should not now bo allowed to groan under the great distress and heroic sacrifices of war. There aro no soldiers having nny of those good and relined instincts of tinturo that can live in ? ease or afllucnco nnif* hear the groans of dire j adversity amount hose noble relicts of war, und not be inspired with pity and emotion, nnd wish for somo concert of action on the part of thc many blessed nnd fort?nale, for the relief of the poor and unfortunate. vf-- ?i.'V-i.l^j/ii? ?f * ho firent nttiiininent fra have in .view is : lo meet and enroll our ninnes and form other meeting? when the exigencies j of the times will admit, to cultivate a spirit of love and ohnrity towards ench other, and from inquiry muong thc order, to lind out the risc or progress of our poverty st ri jketi and afllicted ; nnd also for tho commemoration of thc deeds and virtues yt our departed friends and brothers. ? f am in hopes there will bc a committee of ! soldiers to tako it into consideration. j ^.h.n "SOLDIER" ! WASHINGTON, August 0.-Major Goner ? nls Hunter and Delalicld have been placed on ! thc retired list, dishing, Jame? and John ; son, Commissioners to revise the I'nitcd States laws, have received their commissions and j will enter upon the discharge of their duties on tho 1st of September. Tho order of the. War Department reorgan izing the military Department was promulga ted today. Among them Schofield commands the Department of tho Potomac embracing I Virginia ?nd West Ya., with headquarters at Richmond ; Sickles tho Department of the South, including thc Carolinas; Thomas the Department of Tennessee, embracing Tennes see, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama nnd Mis sissippi, with headquarters nt Nashville; Sher idan, the Department of thc Gulf? with the States of Florida, Louisiana, nnd Texas and Arkansas, including Indian Territory. WASHINGTON, August 0.-The Mexican j minister has recieved dispatches from tho .Illa ro/. Government, dated Chihuahua, July 28th. Juarez declines the services of Santa Anna because ho was one of tho originators of tho j pinn of foreign intervention in the affairs of i Mexico, and cannot bo depended on now, bo- I cnuse the Mexican people have lost confidence ? in him, His presenco there, it is further sta ted, would bo nu element of discord und trouble. Sr. LOUIS, August 9.-Fort Larmnrie ad vices stat*, that tho Indian war lins rccom mcnocd. Tljo Indians killed several white men near Fori Keno ?nd stolo n groat number of cattle; they also killed 85 whites near Fort Cannon aud destroyed severals trains. NKW OUI.BANS, August TL--Tho grand jury inado a report of tho testimony on the lato riots. It says, speaking of tho conven tion, this assumption of power by these men was a flagrant, open, dofiant, violation pf thc laws; 'twas un insolent and lawlessattompt to subvert tho government and destroy tho Con stitution and under thc laws of most coun tries would have amounted to high treason and would bo made puuishr.blo with death. I t ' n JWajrr << Ro>t,'' er,id Rill, nt a ftnoyfbir, "you aro missing all thc sights on thisside." ".Nov QT; wind, Bill,'? retorted Bob,; ?Pm ?ightlutf .li the misse* op tho, other sido." Pro? Barop?, A'. Thu Kingof Pru8fll?,'?t Berlin, QJi th?j?th, in reply to a e<Migrat^lat^y oddress/?aioSthi?t Prussju b?o? drawn tho sWrd not yu IV for lier own ^ndegondoiioo bat for tho reorganisation of Ooyuiany. Thc "firsYhad been noh^ovod and thc s?condVTmuy be obtuiijtcd, ? /& BEU^IN;, .August 0:-;AUho sitting of tho Chnihb?ftr to day th* uV?iubcia cTiOoreX tn? King and the Prussian victories. Count S tad? bert was elected President. Tho Upper House of Prussia has positively declined the propo sal of Russia for a congress of thc powers which signed tho treaty of Vienna. VIENNA, August .0 -It is expected th*t u definite treaty of peace Will soon be signed by the Austrians und Prussian ploiiipntcnti.-f r?es at Prague. Italy was nut Included. If tho difficulty relativo to an armistice with lt ? ly is net arranged within n few days hostili ties will bo renewed. '.' . Ft.otiKNCK, August C.-Tho Ttdhtn ami Austrian generals tuet ut Cbnnuru Uli Austria to negotiate, prance takes no part-in tiro pending armistice. Austria and Italy, if it eau bo arranged will hold a separate peace con ference, with thc concurrence of Fra'itbe. Nf KW Yoi: ic August- 8.--A special to tho "Herald" per cable' nfl fed I baldon, Aug. 5lh, says before the armistice lind been .?.atended to 1 hiVnHu. the Prussian ariey lind moved rapidly and secured a good footing. They urn lorri nu: paper currency upon the people. By agreement Prussians nfc to occupy \\ urteii: burg, hut the H t various ?ire to retain the For tress of Ment/, ljadeti troops lott it- yester day, ami tho VYiirtomburg troops will lcavo on the eighth. Thc River Rhine is reopei - eil. During tin; last three days, the Austrian? have boon pouring into ?he Tyrol via Bavaria, to the number of about -10,000. Thc Italian navy is lo be reorganized. Thc court martial of Admiral IVrstnnN, who recently commanded'tho. Italian fleet in progressing. A new Italian loan ha* been ordered. .Since tho begilining of the true? ' .' a part of the Swiss troops which were, guard ing the Italian border have been disbanded. The cholera is increasing in langland. Tho Truce expired" on July 27th, mid was prolonged to August 2d. A four weeks arm istice, commencing front latter date, wu? con cluded. Also announced that po?eo prelimi naries has been signed, and had reached Vio na for ratification by thc Emperor hf Austria. Thc union of thc Gcrnu\u States was not in cluded in the armistice, and hostilities be tween them and Prussia continue?. ? Thc suspensiou of hostilities between Ans trui and Italy commenced on tho 25th of July. Tho " Now York Herald's " special fron? London of the 9th says there is grept excite ment this evening candeal .from s supposed ?t t?mpt to blow up thc two Houses of Purlis mont. Ten packages of gunpowder, with tho fuse partially burnt, were .found near tho en trance to thc Lrn-d'Chaiiibcrlaiu's ufflce. Tho .House of Lords und members .of ..Putliamciit Vmvu vtstdnB ?T'T?^ * There were ?,0fi$ deaths from chotara in London last week. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-AdvicesrecerYctl here through thc Mexican legation Slste that Juarez was organizing a forcent Chihuahua to capture tho city of Durnngo. Cuvnhoe with lificcn hundred troops of that city ro-* moveil thc Mexican (?onoml Lainndrid, sus pecting his Gdodijy. Kscobcdt) with 40,000 men has gone to Monterey and expects to oc cupy it. Vera Cruz advices report n number of ar rests of alleged conspirators, who, it is said, intended killing or capturing the Frcuob: officers in that city. NEW VOHK, August 10.-Theressa ?tci.iTy abatement of the cholera herc and iii Phila delphia and Brooklyn; also a marked deoronse in thc disease eu Blackwell and Governor's, Islands. Vera Crnz advices state that an A list fiat) vessel was taking on a largo quantity of pro visions, and it was rumored that Maximil ian intended to leave on ber with a body guard, but Marshal Haza inc. Would detain him forcibly if necessary. Intercepted letters from Santa Anna have caused thc arrest of a nun*. ber of Mexicans. Thc " Tribune's" Leavenworth special say? thc Indians are committing raids on the KAU SHS border, murdering and outraging. Troops have been sent to thc rescue of tho settlers. NEW OH LEANS, August 8.-Gor. Welles issued an address to the Loyal''Louisianians, spenking in Scathing terms of the ex-Confed cratc8, and approving tho Con rention.of. 186-1; placing thc whole responsibility of tho lalo riot upon the Mayor und police, and endorsed negro suffrage and embracing tho Radical cause. MST Tho ? Raleigh Sentinel " loams that tho necessary stock having bueu taken, Work will bo at once commoncod upon a ralhjv?'d direct from Charlotte, N*. (;., to AtUuta,,G?% $3T Tho first summary luw ever passed of which there is a 'coord was in Rotno,.(B. ?, 216.) nod was directed against extravagance in dress. It enacted that no woman should wear a dress of different colors, lill George Peabody has announced his ?tv tontion to bestow 850,000-caoh upou Howard, Amherst and Williams' Colleges, hi' MapsK: chusett.H, nhd ono million of dollars upon Bos ton for houses for the poor. ty* '.* * t/ jr?c_?* i ? . A'fthojv in Bdtlltwo, was fired,''on TMM, WWW; i?gotto^ of1 ? warptfej j^jMf l?rts; and, 'MhocntrnUtig tho sunday* l?|#? ? pil? pf combustible iuatcris); ci?uicd it ??.,t?k?