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Market Reports.

New YORK, August 1o.-Gold
1481a. Sight exchange 91a. Cotton
dull and unchanged. Flour un-
changed. Prime wheat firm. Pork
steady, at S31.s7. Lard heavy, at
191a@211s.
Up. M.-Cotton heavy, with sales
OF 5000 bales; middling uplands "a
(934R. Flour unchanged. Wheat
firmer for prime; other grades dull
and heavy. Pork more active, at
S31.81. Lard dull and heavy, at
18%@211a. Sugar active; Masco-
vado 10340114. Coffee quiet. Ro-
sin $3.5OC@750. Turpentine GS(a
70. Gold 49,.
New ORLEANS, August lO.-Cotton
unchanged, with sales of $50 bales.
Gold 45s4.
MOBILE, August 10.-Sales of cot
ton, to-day, 200 bales; middlings 81.
Sales of the week, 1,500 bales. Re
ceipts of the week, 315, against 6s7
last week. Exports of the week,
1850. Sto ok, 32,333.
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1t is confidently expected in Cana.

1t is confidently expected in Cana
da that another Fenian invasion will
soon take place The militia are
kept drilling. and an attempt is being
made to have Parliament prorogued
III the latter part OF this week, to
avoid an investigation of tho Fort
Eric affair. Mr.. Jones complained
the other day, in Parliament, that
the Crown lands were badly managed,
that q great revenue was lost, and
settlers were driven to the United
States, where more encouragement
was given them.
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From Washington.

The correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun writes:
Large numbers Of Southern gen,
tlemen, delegates to the Philadelphia
Convention, are daily arriving here.
They represent a good state of feel
ing In the South, and a general
anxiety that the Philadelphia Con
vention shaR be the means of bring
ing the two sections to a better un-
derstanding of each other. The
Southern delegates all express ads
position to go into the Convention
solely for the purpose of harmonic
ing the conflicting elements in the
country. They have no demands to
make, and are ready to accept any
reasonable platform having any
claims to nationality in its character.
They expect an unqualified endorse
ment of the policy hitherto pursued
by the President, and will be salts
tied should nothing else be adopted.
A prominent radical member of the
Louisiana Convention of 1861 has
been here, who states that he declined
to attend the recently-called Conven-
ton on account of it's revolutionary
character and purposes. Full inves-
tigation will show that the true Union
men Of Louisiana discountenanced
and resisted the plot for subjecting
the State to radical rule.
The radicals have plan ON foot for
creating negro riot in Macon, Ga.
The radical organs allege that it will
be commenced by rebel assaults on
the negroes Probably. therefore, it
is intended to incite the negroes to
attack the whites.
The speech of Senator Doolittle
upon the question Of qualifications of
delegates to the Philadelphia Con-
vcntion probably settles that matter.
Any one may be received who con-
ours in the principles of the call for
the Convention But no radical
would subscribe to the several de-
clarations Of that call. Mr.. Vallan-
digham would not hesitate to sub
scribe to it; and, therefore, it may
be presumed that he will be admit
ted. Mr.. Fallandigham's recent let
ter proposes to throw the mantle of
oblivion upon past differences. After
the country is saved, then, he says,
parties may strive for the mastery.
The radicals are ashamed of the
venality and cupidity exhibited by
their representative in Congress.
The salary grab they consider a blum
der, in political point of view. 1t
will cost the party thousands of votes.
The Congress leaders are trying to
shuttle ont Of the matter-the Senate
throwing it on the House, and the
House on the Senate The fact is,
that the bounty bill and the salary
bill We're fixed up by the conference
committee, under the special agency
of members who wanted some pre-
text for being forced to take the
spoils.
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t,nhappy Missouri.

At time when the ministrations
OF peace bless the inhabitants of the
other Southern States, Missouri,
alone, seems chronically given over
to the rule of law-breakers and ma
rauders. Although the State is pos
sessed OF q Governor and other State
ohcers, crime is allowed to go un-
punished, because, as it too frequent
~ happens, the crime is committed
In the interests of the party to which
these officials belong. The partisan
knife and pistol are never idle in
Missouri. They may play their oc-
caslonal parts elsewhere in the daily
lives of men, but in Missouri they
furnish food for inquests as O matter
of course. Nor is their exercise con-
fined, as might be supposed, to po-
lltlcal occasions in which the passions
of men are aroused, but even the
peaceful avocation of the clergy is
followed up with the assassin's malice
and hate. A case in point occurred
IN Webster County the other day. 4
minister of the Methodist Church
South. the Rev. Samuel B. Headlee,
was murdered on the 2Sth ultimo by
radical emissaries, under circum-
stances peculiarly atrocious. It ap-
pears that the reverend gentleman
Whose offence. probably, consisted in
not having taken the radical test
oath) had an appointment to organ
lze a church in Webster County. on
the 2sth and 29th of July Threats
were made that if he preached there.
he would never preach again. The
2Sth day of July came, and Mr..
Headlee, in fulfllment of l1is appoint
ment, appeared at the designated
spot, large congregation being pre-
sent to hear him. In the assemblage
appeared, also, twenty armed men,
drawn there for the purpose of mur-
der. These men were headed by q
member of the Northern Methodist
Church, and threatened violence in
case Mr.. Headlee preached. Final
~, in order to give no shadow Of
excuse to these villainsin their bloody
designs, Mr.. Headlee asked if they
'wonld disturb the meeting if he and
his friends should go away from the
chosen locality and hold service on
his own land, which lay near bv.
What followed is told by one WHO
reports the affair. 1t is n very simple
narrative, but it is, at the same time,
a graphic picture of crime and law
leSSneSS:
''They said they would not modest
him. The preacher and those that
went to hear him then started off.
When they had gone about half a
mile, some Of the armed men came
galloping up. One of them drew a
revolver and shot the preacher three
times. Two of the balls entered
his body, the other his arm. He
lived until 10 o'clock that night.
Then. after giving his wife and
friends his dying counsel, and, like
Stephen, praying for his purdcrcrs,
he calmly fell asleep"
The above is simply q reflex of
events that occur too often in Mis-
souri,: The question is, how long
will they last?-Neu York Ne,rS.
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The Eject rical Instruments on Board
the Great East


The extremely delicate electrical
instruments on board have only been
brought to their present perfection
by slow degrees. Heavy mirrors of
acknowledgement plate-glass, or of
polished steel, suspended by strong
bundles Of silk fibre, were first used in
Germany for magnetic and electro
magnetic experiments, having been
introduced probably first by a great
mathematician Gauss. The image of
divided scale from one of these
mirrors was viewed through :. tele-
scope to observe dchections.
The indicating ray of light giving
an accurately-focussed line or spot Of
light to read dehections on fixed
scale, was first introduced by Prof.
Thomson, in 1858. The telescope
would not answer we'll for telegraphic
use. These instruments were much
slower in their indications than sim
pie suspended needles, because Of
the great weight Of the magnets and
mirrors used in them, amounting
sometimes to thirty or forty pounds,
and never to less than several hun
drcd grains. Joulc, OF Manchester,
brewer and amateur of science, the
founder OF the modern dynamical
theory of heat, first introduced very
light needles, hung by single silk
fibres, for galvanometers, and thus
got comparatively quick indications.
Some of his needles were only one
quarter Of an inch long, and to get
visible indications of their def1ec-
tons he attached very light glass
bars three or four inches lonc) to
them.
In 1893, finding that the instru-
ments which had been made for the
Atlantic Telegraph Company gave
only one word u minute instead of
seven, as had been promised, Profess
sor Thomson introduced very light
mirror as indicator. The mirror was
only threc-eighths Of an inch in dia-
meter, and of thin microscopic glass,
silvercd; it only weighed about n
grain. This was infinitely quicker
than any mirror galvanometer that
had ever been made, aed several times
quicker than Joule's light needles
with glass pointers. BY it, signalling
at the rate of four words q minute
was performed through 1000 miles or
more of coiled cable at Kcyham, be-
fore the expedition started in 1858.
When the cable was laid, and had
become SO defective in insulation that
no signals at all could be had through
any of the other Instruments that
had been supplied, messages were
received daily at each cad at rates of
from one and half to two and half
words per minute.
Cor. L0nd0n .Ne,cS.
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SHAVING SALOON.

'EdE subscribers would mos respectfully
Il inform their friends and the public
that they have removed their HAIR CUT
Ting and SHAVING ESTABLISHMENT
from Gervais to Washington street, be-
tween Assembly and Main, where they will
carry on the business as heretofore. They
trust that, by strict attention to business,
to merit q share of public patronage.
Aug II q DICK HA1STON 4 co.
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EVIL COUNSEL. WASHINGTON

EVIL COUNSEL Washington
Constitutional Union says:
"TEc unsuspecting readers of the
Washington Chronicle are at present
IN much danger of being very seri-
ously victimized by the most malig-
nant and destructive sort of advice.
Ihwarting the designs and rejecting
the advances of the overlapping am
bition of an intriguing individual do
not afford any cause for popular tu-
multi, outbreak and bloodshed; yet
the tone, temper and evident purpose
OF the editorial columns of he CH,.o-
7'icle are to instigate mob in the CITY
of Philadelphia during the Conven-
ton, and battle, it may be, the streets
of that beautiful city in the blood of
Its inhabitants and its confiding
guests. We earnestly and PRAYER
fully hope that such evil counsel will
not prevail. Beware of the influence
of the serpent, before which there
was no sin in Eden or death in the
world"
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A CONTRAST. The brace of para

A CONTRAST. The brace of para
graphs given below contrast finely:
Zone of the saddest effects of the
war to the chivalry is the taking away
OF their right to whip women"
Colunbus Journal.
WHIPPING OF GIRLS APPROVED.
The School Committee, of Cam
bridge, Massachusetts, has reap
pointed r. w. Roberts master of the
Alliston School, ard his assistant,
concerned in the late girl-whipping
case. ."-Boston Courier.
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A correspondent, travelling with
the Steedman Commission, says the
Bureau in Texas is q mischievous
farce. The stations are so far apart
that one-half Of the colorcd popula-
tlon could not reach one if they were
inclined to-. The negroes are work
ing well, consequently, and are re-
celvlng high wages. AS usual, the
officers of the institution are gene
rally engaged in solving the problem
OF free labor by running plantations
on their own account.
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NOTICE

rs hereby given that the Grconville and
l. Columbia Railroad Company will maxi
application to the Legislature, at its next
session, to renew and extend an Act, emit
tea An Act to amend the charter Of the
Greenville ard Columbia Railroad Comma :
ny, ratified on the Goth day Of December,
"a ID. 1888, one thousand eight hundred
and fiftv-thrce Au, 10 s9mo
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From Washington.

WASHINGTON, August lot is
stated shat Gen. Baird has been re-
ieved from the command at New Or
leans. and Gen. Stoneman has been
appointed his successor. Maj. Gen.
Humphries succeeds Delafield, as
Chief Engineer of the Army.
Attorney General Stansbury is act
ing as Secretary of State during the
absence of Mr.. Seward, who left for
New York this morning.
Alexander T. Stewart, of New York.
J: r. Fries, of New Jersey, and J..
H. Alexander, of Maryland, are ap-
pointed Commissioners TO the Paris
exhibition.
WASHINGTON, August 10-The
.Stdr denies tho removal of General
Baird, at New Orleans, and adds:
1'No such action will be taken pend
ing thorough investigation of the
riots in that city" This statement is
probably correct.
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PkoFIIs FROM TIE ABOLITION OF
SLAVERY IN TENAs.-A planter who
formerly owned on" hundred and
fiity slaves. stated that fifty per cent
of'the profits of his crop was required
to supply the loss Of negroes who died
during the year, in addition to the
expense of food and clothing, while
now he saved this amount, minus the
monthly wages of the lahcrers
Gen. kiddoo believes that the
Southern people will sooner become
convinced of the justice of freedom
and the injustice of slavery, through
the medium of personal finances than
in any other way. Chromic!r.
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WAR IN EUROPE. By the arrival of
the Germania and the City of Bost N
ut this port, We have files of European
papers to the 26th Of July. We re-
ceivc by these arrivals a fuller ac-
count OF the prcliminarics of peace
proposed by Prussia. The organiza-
ton of South German Confedcra-
ton, to embrace the States South of
the Maine, is stated to be optional.
Austria is to join the confederation,
on account OF its German Provinces
Bavaria was unable to obtain an az
mistice, and Prussian troops were at
once to advance into Wurtembure
and Baden. The princes who had
been dlspossessed Of their domnions
were to hold congress to guard
their rights. The people Of the
minor North German States were. in
the meanwhile, becoming more
urgent in their desire for anncxa-
tion. .--Ner York TriLuae, III.
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COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

~
CHARLEsToN, August 9.-Thc continued
hrmness Of holders of cotton throurho,,f
the week has prevented BUYERS from oue
rating, and the Gales have consequently
on some days, been very small and. on,
cthers, business was entirely brought to :,
stand. Sales of tho week, 12O bales at %
M35r -
COTTON sTArEafkNT.
s. TIL. Lp'd
Stock on hand Sept. l, 1863 -. 362 l SO
Receipts from Sept. l, 1865, to
y Aug. /, 1866. ;5,a45 lol ,o35
Receipts from Aug. 10 Aa-
gust s, 1866, 10 .l3
Total receipts -...... 3d.. 5,717 1O3. .35s
Exports. $. I'd. yo'd.
Exports from Sept
/, 1860, to Au-
gust =, 1866 ) 542 aS oSS
From August to
Aug. 9, 1866 5o3
Stock . tx 80
luce llGl2c for clean Carolina Hay mar
Net Is somewhat urMcr, at 81. 10 for North
River. The corn market continues to be
slpphed from New York and Baltimore
some 1000 bushels We're sold, 1T sl.2u tnr
white Western: white Maryland is quoted
at Sl;toyas sl.2; The receipts Of Northern
and Western ilour continue fair. 50. 80 f.r
extra, sli; Georgia extra, Si55OM,SlG
lhe supply OF bacon is good and cont.nne.,
to arrive. There is a fair demand tor
shoulders and sides. at 15G5lGc.: good do
at l10tlSc.; and primo do. lS9Gl9c. pcr
pound; prime and clear ribbed sides. u,
2"sG22c salt continues TO be in fair de-
mand, at $3.50 per sack for common Liver
pool. Gold was in good demand vesaer-
day, but little Offering: brokers bnJine< Of
~ and selling at 10 and %
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NN->>

Capt. Semmes has been awarded
the contract for transporting two
hundred tons of army supplies from
St. Louis to Forts Sully and Rice, at
two cents per pound.
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HEALTH OF MIR. DAVIS. A CORES
pondcnt Of the Memphis BuNetiu
SAYS:
Approaching Old Point Comfort. I
could not keep from thinking of the
proud heart beating there within
those walls like a Gagged eagle, and 1
knew, too. from information entirely
reliable, that his health va not what
had been represented, and that his
life was gradually but surely oozing
away. Mark my prcdiction, The
only trial Mr.. Davis will ever have
will be ut the bar of Eternal Justice.
He will never live to be tried by an
earthly tribunal. He is farther on
the road to the grave than the outside
world has any idea of: and, ere long,
the telegraph Will announce to the
press that the snfferings of Jefferson
Davis are at an end. and he will be
better Off
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Coz. WM. JoHSsroN. This dis
tinguished gentleman, the railroad
king of North Carolina, has paid us
II flying visit. We are glad to hear of
the famous prospect of his twin
ilnes-the Charlotte AID South Caro-.
lima and Columbia and Augusta.
Success to him and his enterprise.
augusta Constitaionol&
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Te1eg1saph.
cable Dispatches.

LONDON, August 8.-Affairs be-
tween Austria and Italy are again as
suming a threatening attitude.
LIVERPOOL, August s.-The ship
Danube from Bristol to the United
States was burned at sea. The crew
arrived by Mobile vessel.
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The REFORM RIors IN ESGLASD. -
The newspaper reports, says the New
York Heroll, 60 to show that the
people OF England have drawn the
line between popular rights and aris-
tocratic class privileges, in q sharp,
decisive and alarming manner, and
that most serious political crisis has
been lnauguratcd in Great Britain.
The scenes enacted at and after the
meeting in Hyde Park were of n very
tumultuous character, and it is evi-
dent, from the speeches of Earl Derby
and NJ. dIsraeli, and the action of
Mr.. Walpole, that the Tory Cabinet
cannot. or is afraid to deal with the
leaders of the agitation. 10 h n
Brlght's letter, coupled with the
pointing by the hand to the head of
the unfortunate Charles the First. ON
the statue of the unfortunate King.
are very significant, both in cxprcs-
sion and act
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ing thorough investigation of the
riots in that city" This statement is
probably correct.
News Items.
New YoRK, August lO.-Cable
feet leaves Hearts Content Wednes-
day night, for the spot where the
cable was lost last year, to endeavor
to recover it.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, August TO-
There were forty-nine deaths from
cholera yesterday.
New YORK, August 10-There is a
steady abatement of the cholera here,
In Philadelphia and Brooklyn, and
a marked decrease in the disease on
Blackwell's and Governors Islands.
Vera Cruz advices state that Aus
TRAN vessels are taking on large guam
titles of provisions. It was rumored
that Macmillan intended to leave on
her, with body-guard: but Marshal
Bazaine would detain him forcibly.
IT necessary. Intercepted letters from
Santa Anna caused the arrest of num-
bers of Mexicans.
CHICAGO, August 1O.-The Com
mlttee of Arrangements COR LAYING
the cornerstone of the Doug1as mon
nment announce that the ceremonies
will take place September 6. An ora
:tion will be delivered by Gen. Dix.
Secretary Seward telegraphed that
the President and Cabinet will be
present
RALEIGH, August 1O.-The Con-
vention, to-day, chose as delegates to
the Philadelphia Convention, w. A.
Graham, George Davis, r. G. Par
yea and George Howard.
SARATOGA, August 1O-R. II.
Pruyn, of Albany, was elected Presi-
dent Of the Union Convention which
adjourned last night The following
are the delegates to the Philadelphia
Convention: Delegates at Large
General John A. Dix, Henry j. Ray
mond, Charles J. Myers, II. L. Com
stock, J. j. Tilden, VIM. Kelly.
Hiram Devine and Sanford i.
Church. -Four members from each
District were also elected. Among
the resolutions adopted was one ia
vorlng the return of the Southern
States to full political relations, in
Guiding representation.
New YORK, August 1O.-Gencral
John 81. Gleeson, Capt. Condor and
Major Commerford lave arrived from
Ireland. The first two We're released
by the Government on condition of
their leaving Immediately for Ame-
rlca. While in prison, they had
correspondence with West, the U. S.
Consul at Dublin, who admitted that
they were American citizens, but that
the Lord Lieutenant would deal with
them rs subjects. Commerford is
envoy to Stephens, and says the Fe-
mans are stronger than ever, and will
fight this year, with or without aid
from America.
NEW ORLEANS, August 10-Gov.
Throckmorton was inauyurated Go
vernon of Texas, at Austin, yesterday.
Ills address was of conservative and
conciliatory nature.
There have been twenty-fonr deaths
from cholera for the past twenty four
hours, ending at 6 o'clock this morn
ing.
Mayor Monroe performs no official
acts or makes any appointments
without consulting the military au-
thorities.
Market Reports.
New YORK, August 10-Gold
1481a. Sight exchange 91a. Cotton
dull and unchanged Flour un-
changed. Prime wheat firm. Pork
steady, at $31.s7. Lard heavy, at
191a(0211a.
P. M.-Cotton heavy, with sales
OF 5000 bales; middling uplands "a
G934R. Flour unchanged. Wheat