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' - ' ?. ?', ?? 1 1 1 ' ? e ? i 'a.. i jag! f>->- ? From Wsrshtn?rt??.?">ei ' WASHIHOXDN, May 15.- Thc intercut in UK? reconstruction measure hie manifest ly diminished. ' Th ero are hardly a dozen Sc i; at ur s present. Small audiences. Some of t he Eastern bani? will sooji.be : called ripon to reduce Ute amount ?/'cur? rency nov.- held by them, in order to extend banking privileges to other States, where the??- facilities are sadly needed. The military commissiou engaged in the preliminary examination into the conduct or Lieut. Col. Paulding, after a full and thorough bearing of all the facts, arc of the opinion that lie ought to be tried by a mil? itary court for disobedience of orders, in paying Government funds tn tho Mer? chants' National Bank, and have accord- ' ingly sent their finding to the Secretary of War. News Items. NEW YORK, May 25.-The Hudson River Railroad freight depot waB destroyed by fire to-day. Loss estimated at a quarter of a million dollars. Gen. Fremont has purchased the West? ern Pacific Railroad of Missouri, for $1,300, '".0; one-fourth cash, and the balance in four ecpial annual instalments. The road is to be finished to Springfield in two years and a half, and to thc State line in three years. It is designed to ultimately form a link in the great Southern Pacific Railroad. The Ohio Democratic State Convention met in Columbus on the 25th. The Presi? dent's reconstruction policy was endorsed. Benj. Lefevre was nominated for Secretary of State and Hon. Thos. M. Key for Judgo of the Supreme Court. Despatches from Hartford, Conn., state that the Senate passed a resolution in favor of the immediate admission of ube Tennes? see representation in Congress. The birth-day of Queen Victoria was cel? ebrated very enthusiastically iu Toronto, Canada. There was a grand military dis? play. Senator Wright, ot Now Jersey, has been stricken with paralysis in Newark, but his physicians pronounce him better to-day, and he is in fall possession of his mental faculties. New York St?rket. NEW YORK, May 25.-Cotton firm. Gold has been to 41$, but fell to 40. Sterling exchange qniet, at 9*. Texas wool 22*/?30. MAY 25-10 P. M.-Cotton firm, with sales of 5,000 bales-middling uplands, 41 f342; Orleans, 43<g44. Gold declined from 42 to 30$. Flour opened active, but closed heavy-Ohio, $9.50*314; Western, $9.40^ 9.70; Southern closed drooping, at $9.50tf? 16.75. Wheat advanced lfi?2c., and closed dnll, buyers refusing yesterday's prices. ? ??.? Latest toy the Coba. LIVERPOOL, Hay 12. -There is a better feeling and a general improvement in most securities to-day. There are rumors of failures in Liverpool. One bouse, well known in American trade, is freely named. The continental nows continues warlike; bat a Berlin despatch, to-day, says that hopes are entertained in some .quarters for tho maintenance of peace, probably oh the ground that Austria will make nome con-, cessions. It is believed that no formal treaty has vet been concluded between Prussia and Italy. The Paris correspondent of the London Telegraph, believes, on good authority, that there is still a chance for peace, if Eng? land and Russia will join France in a Con- j gresa ad hoc. LIVERPOOL, May 13.-German politics aro unchanged. It ia reported in Vienna that thc last raised Mexican volunteers will enter the Austrian army. The eteamer Einpratice Eugenic, from Mexico, has arrived at Navarre, with troops and 9,000,000f., 3,000,000 for the French Treasury. j The Paris Bourse warn very irregular, but j closed firmer. Rentes 64f. 20c. Washington New?. WASHINGTON, May 24. - At the serenade tithe President, most of his Cabinet were present and spoke. Secretaries Mcculloch, ! Welles and Dennison cordially endorso the j President. Secretary Stanton considers ' that Boction of the programme of thc He- j construction Committee which proposes to ; disqualify Southern men as deplorable, j Bj?d without justice or wisdom. Secreta- i riea Speed and Harlan declined to speak. Letters were received from a number of parties, amongst which was one of a dis? courteous character from Forney, (D. D.,) denouncing McCulloch's former "speech as a brutal endorsement of.a tyrant bv a supercilious official. By direction of the President, the De? partments of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama have been discon? tinued. North and South Carolina will hereafter form one department, and be in command of Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles. Gen. Whittlusey, of thc Freedmen's Bu? rean in North Carolina, has been relieved, and will bc succeeded by Cen. Buger. Tbs Departments of Georgia and Ala? bama will bo consolidated, under the com? mand of Gen. C. R. Woods. Gens. Tillson and Swaine will havo charge of "tho Bu? reau." It is stated that a delegation has ar? rived here from Newborn, N. C., on a mis Bion to break tho effect of the exposures made by Gens. Fullerton and Steedrnan as to the management of the Freedmen's i',n reau in that State. Tho auidavits reflect? ing upon tho private' conduct of one of the President's commissioners, while at New? born, has already boen forwarded, and its publication anxiously looked for. It is be? lieved no stone, will be left unturned to crush the men who have been instrumental in exposing the nefarious transactions of tho Freedmen's Bureau agents. in default of action by Congress provid? ing for the prompt redemption of currency by National Banks, tho Secretary of the Treasury contemplates establishing at tho Treasury Department a system of sorting and forwarding to the blinks for redemp? tion their National Bank issues. A special despatch to the Charleston Courier says tho new Freedmen's Bureau bill was disenssod in tho House to-day. Section six, as reported by thc committee, provides that when owners apply for the restoration of lands allotted negroes by tien. Sherman, the Bureau shall rent o"r purchase othor lands for said negroes. Mr. Stevons moved an amendment, to thc effect tliat the Bureau shall refuse- to surrender ?ca island lands to former owners, which i was adopted by a vote of 79 yea-j to 4fi nays. The bill will certainly pass. Mrs. Davis arrived hi this citv to-day. The object of her visit is to endeavor to ! ii et her husband's priaou ohange?- Sur aeon?Coapor reports ?Sst Mr. T>*T??? VT?I Ois if be is-Jkept nt Fortrose Monroe. - * T?o Senate w?l t?dnco thc proposed cot? ton tax from five to three &M& per pound. A strong commercial, pressure .to accom? plish tili? ??ip?se bw berni brought to bear upon the Senate. _?j_,_JW.' co^iatEac?Ax. ?sno mwAJiciAi*. ?^cmsTA^May $4. -There was but ? very limited demand for cotton to-day, with fow sale?, at 30@35c. Bolder* and buyers are hohjing^off on aceoput of Northern ad Ttcee. * - . ? - . , - Nsw YORK, May 24.-Cotton firm--**les to-dav 4,500 bales, st 40@42c. Floor 10? 12c. higher-sales o? 18,000 barrel?, at $7.20014. Wheat has an advancing teu dencv, and is S@8Je. higher-sales of 98,OOO bushels, at *1.70@2.?o. Corn has au advanciusr tendency, being already 2 (5 i-lc. .higher. Beef steady. Pork heavy- mona, $30.25. Lard llrmer. ' Gold 1303. MOBILE, Mav 24.-Sales of cotton to-day 14 bales-middling 35?36c. Demand active and factors very farm at quotations. NEW ORLEANS, May 23.-Cotton buoy? ant-sales of 2,300 balee; mlddbng quoted at Sfl@40o. Gold 42J. Sterling 55$. Thc English financial crisis produce? much excitement hero. Many bills of ex? change are expected to be returned. CII-VEXEBTOJ;, May 24.-Cotton has ad? vanced fully 4c. per lb. during thc week, the market closing farm and advancing. Tho following report will show thc state of tho market during tho week: On Friday, the 18th instant, 120 balea changed hands, at 29(<?32c. for low middling to middling. On Saturday, there was an improved in? quiry, principally from Northern buyers, the staple advancing in most cases during the day J@lc. per lb., tho sales amounting to some 800 hales, on a basis of 33c. for strict middling. On Monday, prices be? came very irregular, but advancing, with sales of 100 halos. On Tuesday, strict mid? dling went up to 36c., with sale? of 100 bales. On Wednesday, 250 bales wore dis? posed of-strict middling 37?;. Yesterday, there was still an upward tendency in tho market, ab.mt 200 bales changing hands. We quote: Ordinary to good ordinary. 20 (jT(*32c.; low middling to middling, 33(c?36c.; strict middling, 37c. There have been no sales of sea island cotton, and with a light stock wc quote tho market nominal. COTTON STATEMENT. & r>L iyd Stock on handSept. 1, 1865 ... :J62 1,010 Receipts from Sept. 1, 1865, to May 16, 1866.,r?:264 87,!>89 Receipts from May 17 to Mav 23, I860. '.. 10 1,308 Ex. recp'ts not before counted 2,077 Total receipts. 5,686 92,084 Exports. S. /"</. Up il. Exports from Sept. 1, 1865, to May 18, 1866.4,942 83,038 From Mav 18 to May 21, 18G6... 1,030 _ Total crports.. .4.042 84,068 4,942 84,068 On hand and shipboard. 024 8,016 Stock of rice small--clean Carolina, ll? 12c. per lb. The receipts of hay during the week amount to 1,200 hales of Kantern and North Uiver, at S1.30@1.40 per hundred. Receipts of corn continue large and in good demand, and prices maintained with considerable firmness, viz: $1.0601*23. Oats G0@65c. per bushel. Super flour $;? orr bbl. The advance of bacon in other marketa has put up the price here, and we quote shoulders at 15V@16?c, and ribbed sides at 184019c. Salt $1.5001.60 per sack. Freights to Liverpool arc without change, say J09-I6d.; to New York, steamers arc taking cotton at ic. per lb.; by sailing ves? sel?, ic. per ll?, oil cotton. Billa ot exchange on England have ad? vanced, and aro selling ai 6.20 fer sixty-day bills, with an upward tendency. The banks are selling sight checks on New York at j percent, premium: private drawers aro checking at sight at \??\ per cent, premium. Brokers arc buying gold at 39 and sell? ing at 40. Reviso AND SELTJXO GOLD, ETC. Thc monetary effect of the late European news in this market, wc predict, will Kreativ disappoint tho old world, when thu steam? ers of Saturday end their next voyage from America. It was said in some or thc Bri? tish journals Unit wo could not avoid a panic, but ? panie bas been avoided. The money market continues easy, large ship? ments of specie have been niade, and Go vernmont securities maintain their prices. There is just one secret for all this. The Secretary of thc Treasury has resolved to maintain tho credit of the Government, and to thia end, bas bceu ready to ?ell specie, in any amount, from ?loo to $20,000,000, at ? premium not above 130?. Others have sold a trifle lower, because they knew the Government woola not per? mit a higher rate to be named, and that with snell a lion in the way of an advance in gold, it was more likely to rule below than' above ISO. Thc Treasury agent, since Monday, lias been ready, but without purchases, to sell gold for 1304. Mr. Mc? culloch is doing an excellent business for tho holders and sellers of United States securities abroad, in thus controlling the gold market for their advantage. They buy cheap abroad and sell de ar hero, be? cause the Government aids them in turn? ing their bonds into currency, with which gold can bc bought and shipped at com? paratively low rates. Such a power over finances in Wall strcot is enormous. We do not know or say that it has in any way been abused, but by its nae any mau can become high and powerful without being long in office.-Nero York Express, I'Mh. Gobi ?a geing out and live-twenties crim? ing back. About 10,000,000 in gold ls tho amount of shipments from Now York and Boston in tho last two week.-.. Gold bas advanced to 130 and a fraction, and there holds steady, notwithstanding thc fact that the Treasury has within the same time put 9,000,000 or 10,000,000 on tho market. Cotton has also declined in Liverpool on account of the large receipt? of tho same from the United States, India and Egypt. Flour and wheat arc lower abroad tltn.ii in New York, and, therefore, large importa? tions in these articles are made into New York. Cargoes of best Michigan wheat are coming back; and also French flour is added to our list of imports. Much inte? rest ia felt in the subject of the growing crops in this country. The wheat harvest will bc later than usual, lt is not believed that the crop will exceed the average: and it is probable t li ft t there will be but a small surplus, if anv, for exportation. The Southern wheat will come first into tho market, und at good prices. But the South will not be able to do more this year than supply itself with breadstuffs. Formerly, in a period of short crops, thc slave labor of thc South helped us ont. But thia re? source is now cut oiT, and the freedmen aro not expected to do more than to provide bread for themselves. The corn crop, it is hoped, will be increased even over tho large product of last year. [ National Intelligencer. ?] ?iicukusa Activity it? thc Lie-Market. Soon after Gena. Steadman and Fullerton started on their Southern tour they evinced euch a spirit of im-' partial justice that the radicals took alarm lest the fabric of false testimo? ny they had reared with BO much labor and care should be pulled down over their heads. They at once set to work to discredit, in advance, all thai these Commissioners should say or do. We then admonished the Southern people to be on their guard, and not allow themselves to be drawn into negro difficrdties, which we felt confident the numerous radical emis? saries and agents scattered over thc South would endeavor to get up, with the object of demonstrating that the whites cannot and will not live on peaceful terms with thc blacks. 'The fires in Petersburg, the riot in Memphis, and numerous occurrences of less importance, have testified to the correctness of our opinion and the malignant activity of these agents and emissaries. The report of these Commissioners on the state of affairs in Virginia and North Carolina, and their exposure of some of tho speculations, malfeasan? ces and cruelties of officials connected with the Freedmen's Bureau, have so frightened and incensed the politi? cians of the negro school that they have ""lecomc stimulated to a more usual activity in their unscrupulous efforts to discredit these gentlemen and their report. That man of ''all work"-all dirty work, which con? ducts two newspapers, and corres? ponds with them under tho inappro? priate nomme de plume, "Occasional,* (it should be "Perpetual," for hii letters are endless)-has taken Gens. Steedman and Fullerton in hand, am j is endeavoring to smut them all over. ; He calls them thc "mere tools of thc ! President," and says: "We are in f< med. upon what we consider verj good authority, that before starting these gentlemen received such in structions as were calculated to insure a one-sided and partial report-sud an one as they have produced.*' O course. Forney's authority is eon sidered very good by him. His au ! thority is himself. Of Cien. Puller ; ton, he says: "Fullerton was formerly connect?e I with the Bureau, and succeeded Mr ; Thomas W. Conway as Assistai] I Commissioner for Louisiana. I very short season of rebel blandish men ts in New Orleans sn meed to ? thoroughly demoralize him that i was deemed essential for the credit o the Bureau to remove him." I "Rebel blandishments!" Cnti I now Forney has denied the existen? [ and verity of any .such thing, ll ' has all along charged that the South ern people outrage and maltreat a i tho Northerners that Linne arnon : them. But now, when it snits hi ; purpose, he changes his tune an 1 talks about their "blandishments. ' The truth is that the Southern poop] ; are too proud to resort to such meat j of conciliating those Norther i officials who come among then ; They have Mattered none, inanipi I lated none, "sought out"' none, : ! Cen. Terry would say. Ou the cot i trary, they have disappointed an offended many who came among the] with friendly feelings, by their r ; serve and coldness. Had they chose hypocritically to cultivate them. fe\ we opine, would havo been pro? j against their "blandishments. '" I Richmond Enquirer. - \ SANTA ANNA AND MEXICO. -A j sorts of rumors aro constantly s i afloat at Washington concern?i I Santa Anna. One day we hear th 'he is a French spy: thc- next di ' that he is a go-between to reeonci ; the conflicting opinions of Juar< j and Maximilian; the next day tli I he is to bo made President of ll j Mexican Republic by Napoleon, < 1 condition that he will pay o?!" ti j French claims against Mexico. Tl I fact that these rumors come from tl j Mexican Legation at Wash in gt? aids us to understand them. San Anna and Senor Homero are evident playing into each other's hands. Th I have a deep game of their own ! work, and aro managing it well. ? j sooner does Romero start a sto I tlmn out comes Santa Anna with t ! contradiction, thus keeping alive t ) public interest and excitement. ! doubt Juarez is also a party to tl j plot, and Secretary Seward unquc tionably is, since it was his visit . St. Thomas that induced Santa An ! to como to this country. I f Sat Anna and Romero were not 1 >os( friends these rumors might be e< demned as disreputable; but they : clearly started for t he purpose arousing the publie and Congress a realizing sense of the condition Lhe Republic of Mexico, and areoi a part of the diplomacy in progri i between the American, French, Ai j trian, Mexican and Maximilian (. vernments. Wo hope that the Me can question is jo< u to be d?finit settled, and that ou: of all these c< flicting rumors will soon come, grand project that will expel Ma ' mili an and re-establish the Mexii ? Republic in its integrity. I New York Herrt?d -? o ? >-, ! lt is announced that "General j D. Sewall is at this time engaged making an inspection of thc Fro men's Bureau, in North Carolina, order of General Howard; and it added that "his report will no doi ; tell a different story from that of : President's inspectors, Gens. Ste i man and Fullerton." The report j these latter gentlemen has given gt I offence to the radicals. m. i REPRESENTATIVES NoT M ASTEES OF THE PEOPUB,-A m coting of the New York Domooratic Geher?u.Committee was hold in New York city on last Thursday night, at which the follow? ing resolutions were adopted, togeth? er with resolutions eustaining tho President in his late vet?os: Resolved, That the action of the Senate of the United States in de? claring the chosen Senator ol' the State of New Jersey not entitled to a scat in that body, and the expulsion of tho Hon. James Brooks, the able, fearless and faithful repr?sentative of tho Eighth Congressional District of thc State of New-York, anti the giving of Iiis phire to one who, despite of his boasted wealth and respectability, consented, if ho did not corruptly pledge himself, in order to obtain a se?it which the confidence and sup port of the people did not elect him to, are but instances of the flagrant injustice of au arrogant und despotic party who violate every faith and pledge, and unblushingly vaunt the integrity and purity of their purpose, ? and stigmatize all who dare to differ j from them or refuse to sustain their ? measures. I Resolved, That the only security for , the Union, and safety ot* the blessed privileges that are environed by it, is a return to the sound doctrine that j the representative is but the servant of the people and not, their master. Gen. tirant linds "thal all our I wliite volunteers arc anxious to bc I mustered out," but that the blacks] "are willing to serve till the Govern? ment wishes to discharge them." Will il bo believed that the Tribunal actually linds iii this fact an argu? ment to prove tlie superiority of thc black over tho white race! The white volunteer;:, disdaining to IK? maintained at the Government ox- ; pense as a kind of policeman on | soldiers pay during peuce, are anxious to cut loose from the leading strings of thc War Department, and to 4'take tho chances" one;' more as dctirvo producing citizens in thc world of civil industry. Tho negroes, on thc contrary, cling to the skirts of the Government, are unwilling to go to work for themselves, and delibe? rately prefer to "serve" as long as the Government thinks it worth while or is obliged to maintain th? ni. The characteristic traits of the two races' could not bo better illustrated: and tho ? WA MMe is responsible for calling public attention to this curious rein? forcement of the old assertion of tho j slaveholders, that the negroes are born to serve, "heirs of Canaan the kneed.ond.-r," and liol to bc trusted on the stream of life without the cork-jacket of depend, ncc opon a superior.--Ve*/: YorA World. STATE EJECTIONS. The State elec? tions in the several States are hold as follows: In New Hampshire, on the first Tuesday in March: i:i Connecticut, on the first Monday, and in Khode Island, on the first Wednesday of April; in Virginia, on the fourth ', Thursday in May; ia Oregon, on tho ? first Monday of .Time; in Alabama, j Arkansas, Kentucky and Texas, on the first Monda;, , in Tennessee, on the first Thursday, and i:i North Ca? rolina, on second Thursday of Au? gust; in Vermont, on the first Tues? day, in California, on the first Wednesday, and in Maine, on the se? cond Monday of September; in flo? rida and Mississippi, on the li rsi Monday, in Georgia, on thc first Wednesday, in Indianua, Iowa, Ohio and Pennsylvania, on the second ; Tuesday, and in West Virginia, on tho fourth Thursday of October; ii: . Louisiana, on the firs) Monday, io Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland. Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri. Nevada. New Jersey, New York and Wisconsin, on the first Tuesday, in Colorado, on thc second , Tuesday, and in South Carolina, on : the fourth Monday of November. ? There are no State elections held in ' thc months of January, February, j July and December. PETRIFACTION OF A I lon V. A few '? days since: Mr. Edwin H. King as undertaker, took up the bod} of tho late Wm. li. Talley, buried in the old : Foundory burial ground, and rein- ? terred it in tho Congressional Ceme? tery. The hotly had been interred in low ground, and the grave was half full <d' water. Notwithstanding it has been sixteen years since the inter? ment was made, thc juno case and mahogany collin wer?1 found in a per? fect state of preservation. Some curiosity being expressed ns to the state of tho body, the collin was opened. The bods and shroud were found to be in a perfect state of pro servation. On further examination tho body was found to have almost the hardness and consistency of stone, showing that petrifaction was rapidly going on. - .Yittlo/utl Intellig* e Sheridan, tho renowned e. /airy officer, who has been stationed for sonic limo at New Orleans, has boen employing his surplus energies in a series of interesting explorations into tho social condition and stratification of the negroes of that v-itv. He reports, as thc fruits of one of hi raids in pursuit of knowledge, the discovery that tho negroes of New Orleans '"cuislilut-; a nv >sl elegant refined soc/'c .'//." Ahem! Moses 1". Odell, the Fort Surveyor of New York, is ?lying of cancer <?f thc throat. He sutters great agony. Hundreds of radical politicians ar? waiting anxiously for his death that they may step into his shoes. Judge Underwood,-of Vkgjnia, the man wlia hojies to earn immortality hy presiding over tte trial of .Terrier-' son .Davis, vron oh the floor of tho . Senate on Wednesday, hat was no? ticed pnttieiiJariy by no one bnt Set?a tor Howard. By-thc-way, thy under? standing has got abroad that the in? dictment fonnd nuder bis auspices at' Norfolk is not considered a very tollable ono by the Attorney-General. "A heavy judgment has been obtain? ed in the Illinois Supreme Coiwrt by a North Carolinian*, who, in 18G7, intrusted a sum of money for invest? ment to a Chicago real estate broker. The broker tinned it ty bia. own use during the war, aud now claims that thc confiscation act justified him in doing so. The court couldn't sec it. and gave heavy damage for plaintiff. Tin; Kn fa ula .Y/'irs says the post mi stress a-t that place forwarded, on thc lit!? inst., to the l'ostoffice De? partment at Washington, 2,400letters which have l>een ?eeitmulating and lying in the post oilioe ntthatplacc for tho last throe or four years. Among them aro numerous letters from Confederate officials, ami from the rank and tile of tho Con federate anny. From a report prepared by the New York Chamber of Commerce, it appears that the total number of ves? sels captured by the Confederate pri? vateers was 283; tonnage, 132,307; estimated value of vessels and car? goes, ^20,510,000. Some of these were hooded and released, Ieavine S20.08tf.000 as the. value of the pro perry actually destroyed, lf>,000 Fenians ;usseml>led in San Francisco", on tho 22d, t<> cxpross thelr devotion to the cause of Ireland, and UKC their influence to quell tin discontent existing amongst the bro therhood. Speeches were lmide bj State Centre John Hanckle, Colone Walsh, of General Sweeney's staff, and otln rs. 1 >r. James McCosh, of Dublin, Ire land, the author of several importan works on theological and philosophi eal subjects, arrived at New York i few days since. Ile conies on a tom of observation, ami also as delegat* from the Free Church of Scotland t< the Presbyterian General Asseinblie: ol' this country. A correspondent of thc Now Yuri Vows of the 21st says (and the Time endorses, him as a Fenian of goo position',) that om; of the IJnioi Square fraternity has been in th habit of making regular monthl reports to a British official (Sir Free r?. k bruce, j The tire in New York, on thcnigli ..r t'ue 22d, which destroyed the A": demy of Music and several adjacei buildings, is supposed lo have ber tho wm-!: of au incendiary. Thc lo? is ostini ited at $2,000,000. Two fir m.M? Peter H. Walsh and l>.i%id 1 iVators wore killed. Thc New York Times, nf tho 2ttl says that .Jefferson Davis' trial w <.? mi menee at Richmond in two week He will have for counsel Charl O'Connor, Janies T. L?rady, Georj Sheaney, Wm. ti. Road, ol' Philadi phis, Brown, of H ill im ?re, and Pug of Ohio. Thc Wilcox (Ala.) AV.cs bas bei :.! some trouble to inquire concer ing the true condition of the crops that County, and has ascertained th the corn crop has boon materially i j ii red b\ the bud worm. The cott ami other <-roi>s ar-' doing very we A delegation of business mon Nashville arrived at Cincinnati Thursday, for the purpose of or ferr ing with those who are vorki )'<>r the Southern Railroad, in ort! to have tho proposed road made, din to Nashville. it i< understood th- ' a new indi mont against JclTorsou Davis 1 been drawn up in the Attorney-Gei mi's officosince Mr. Speed's return Washington, and that Cnderwoo indictment will be withdrawn andi new one substituted. The Jewish Messenger aunonui that tho annual session of thc Co; of Delegates will begin in New Yo on Sunday. An unusually full rev sentation is expected, and questi? will bc considered of importance Israel. There is a prospect of a "di lode" ia Connecticut on Senat Thc postponement for a week lo< like br. ak. and there are rumors disaffection among thc Rep?blica which may preven: an election. Two boat loads of Fenians lan on Indian Island, Canada, on M day night, and exchanged sev< >hots with the citizen-i. The Brit war steamer Niger appeared in si and they retreated. < -a Sunday there was a terr storm at Rochester, New lurk. Bu iegs were unroofed, thousands pniios of glass broken, and great d age to done to property. A nun of persons aro reported injured. Twenty-six regular soldiers 1 boon eonmiitt d to the Ohio Peni tiary for desertion and iusnbord timi. Their terms of confinen vary from eleven mon ti is to li f years. The United Suite* ?Snpromo C .h obied, before it adjourned, the Missouri test oath is nueons: tiona!, but the decision bas not been published. The only Episcopal Church in gorstown, Maryland, w.is burnt d on tho -2d. John Phillips, Fsq., of Charles has been confirmed as United Si District Attorney for South Caro Ex-G o vorn or Alleu waa buried iu Mexico ia full Confederate uniform. The American Consul, a Mr. Ortep bonrg,- objected to thia, lmt^heue being premonitions of trouble, wjtfi drew his objections. - . - BfRiAii GROUNDS.-"Seven Pinei/' near Richmond, has been selected av thc site fur a national cemetery<- Thf cemetery at Coal Harbor was. com? pleted aud dedicated on the 1st .May. The Belgian and Italian Minister* liave left Mexico. The Austrian Mi? nister . remains. The English and Spanish Ministers aie daily expected to embark. The Mexican, dub held a meeting at the house of the Jnarist Consul, in New York, the other night, and denounced Santa Anna as a Freud) 81>V The New York Times, of the 20th, says there have been no admissions or deaths from cholera since last report. All tho passengers on the infected vessels are in good health. A French coolie ship had been seized by the coolies on board 01 her, and was recovered after great slaugh? ter of the Chinamen. Congress has passed a bill fixing upon Oxford, Miss., as the place for building a United States Court fro? th? "Northern district of that State. Santa Anna is about to issue a pro nunciameuto in New York. It will be in the usual "God and Liberty"* style of similar documents. Rev. Dr. Joseph Cross, formerly well known in this State, is about to be installed as Rector of the Episco? pal Church in Selma, Ala. It has been decided in Wisconsin that the fact of a person having been a Confederate soldier irrevocably un? fits him for ollioe. The work of laying down the first span of tho bridge over the Tennessee, at Decatur, has been commenced. Tho yellow fever is prevailing at Yera Cruz, and the small pox at Truxillo. SHIP SEWS. PORT OF CHARLESTON, MAY 25? AKBXVKD YESTERDAY. Sehr. A. J. Bentley, Williams, Baltimore. Sehr. Moonlight, ?tut??, boston. Sehr. Wenonah, Tall, Baltimore. WENT TO SKA YESTERDAY. Steamship Emily 1). Sonder, New York. Steamship Cumberland, Reed, Baltimore. Auction Sales, Auction Sale of Public Animals, riv) sold, in front ?>!' thc College C&ni I nus. at Columbia, S. C., ai ID* a. m., on SATURDAY, May 20, lSC^, Sixteen ; 10) MULES. Fifteen (15) HORSES. Terms rash, in United States currency. Bv order Brevet Lt. Col. A. W. THOMAS. (Signed,) THOMAS BRITTON, Int Lieut. Otb U. S. Infv, A. A. Q. M. May lit .Vf-"- GVop Cuba Molasses. By J. A. Enslow & Co. ON FRIDAY, .lune 1, will be sold, at publie auction, in the New Custom Hou;?e stoics, corner East Bay aud Market street, Charleston, S. C.,"at ll o'clock, 425hhds. , liri tierces New Crop Cardenas Molasses. - hbis. s _ M?y25 7 Cutlery! Cutlery!'. .1/ /.',.- Sign of f.'<e Golden Pad-Luck. VFC LL assortment of Table and Pocket CUTLERY, SCISSORS, Ac., in stor* and for sale low bv JOHN C. DIAL. May 2G Grain Cradles, Grain Fans, &c. At Ute Sign of thc Golden Pad-Lock. A FULL supply of CRAIN CRADLES, J\. Grain Fans." Scythe Blades, Scythe Stones, Fan Wire, Kiddles, Ac., ni store and for sale low for cash. May 2rt JOHN C. DIAL. Country Hams. fTIHE undersigned has for sale, at a rea JL sonable rate, several choice COUNTRY HAMS. JOHN D. BATEMAN, May 2*5 :>. At tho Columbia Ice House. \l\ IMPERIAL GREEN SEAL, O xx loo. ALLSOP'S India 1'ale and Jeffers' Edin? burgh ALE, <ui ice. BRANDIES, W1NF.S, GINS. Ac., mixed in stvle; and ALF on draught, at May 26 jjS_J. L. LUMSDEN'S. GUNS, PISTOLS, SPORTSMEN'S ACCOUTREMENTS, Ammunition ! A NEW ami complete assortment ju*t r\ received. ALSO, An oh-nant assortment of FISHING T A C KL E- Rods, Roo ls, Bob?, Hooks, Lines, Ac At LOW PRICES. P. W. KRAFT, Washington street, opposite old Jail. N. B. -Manufacturing and repairing substantially and neatly executed. May 26 " __ly Just Received, A FRESH SUPPLY OF LADIES' HATS, RIBBONS AND FLOWERS, IN GREAT VARIETi', AT VERY LOW PRICES ? DERBYS, GlTPSETS, HAMILTONS. - PROMENADES, CANTONS, SEA-SIDES, SIN-DOWNS. ILLUSION, CRAPE AND STRAW BONNETS, of nil colors and sizes, at Mus. J. P. REED'S, Mainstreet, Next to Fisher A- Heinitsh's drug store. Ai.SC>, . BONNETS PRESSED, CLEANED AND ALTERED with despatch. May 2? ?t;;2*