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. >-?-l- 11 1 1 -I-f P ' V) : J ir-oWkgn ''?tt?lnr - : ' K'_ TiniB?TTiiTOt'^^-'fe'r^AI hoott, to-day, there wes a sharp engagement io the tronchos, in front pf Forts Issy and Yan . vera. The Versailles troops, carried by assanlt a small redan, defended by a force- of Communists, who were taken prisoners. The work, however, was . ovaooated by tho Ycrsai?liats, in conse? quence of being exposed tb the fire of Fort Vanvers. ... A dooroo Issued by tho Committee of Publia Safety, vests in Oeneral Bossel military direction of military operations. The committee ha70 also given orders for the demolition of Expiatory Chapel. General Bossel.bas formally taken con? trol of the entire Communist army, and inna order of the day, appoints General Dombroweki j to command the right . wingi General LaCeoilia to. the contre. General Nobleoaski- to f?be,left wing and ' Generals Bergeret and Eudeato the re? serves. Attempts at -an armistice conti? nue, hut as yet without success. "."'' - PAWS, May 6-Night.-The- firing Sooth of the city is vigoro as, while at Neuilly and As nie rs it is alternately forions and weak. A frosh attack on tue South-west'side of (he city ia im ?lending. - 'The Commune suppressed the oUpwing journals: The Petit Moniteur. Jt'?tit Notional, Bau Tempi, Petit, Presse, Petit Journal, Frances Tamps. ?.< ' uvi FBANXFOBT, May i 6.-rBismarok rand .Favre haye had two meetings. FaVre asked concessions of ! Bismarck, upon f atrio t and i tn media to oompliauco witl preliminaries. - An o th or: consultatior odours Monday. 1 ' ; PAIUS, May I.- Tho commandant, a Viuoonnes 'asks 1 for reinforce in en tn Bossel:complains.pf interference iron the Committee pf Safety. Pecatt ha .resigned from the Committee of Safety Bossel and Pombrowaki are npon bat terms. LONDON, May 8.-The Versaillists an within 800 yards of Port Mailot. Boche fort announces that ammunition is ran nina short. Gluser?t will, have a speed; trial, i It is reported that Gambetta's ar rpat has been orderet]. , A speoial to the Telegraph says th Communiais sortied on Sunday, froc .?ssy, but were repulsed with tro mond?n losa,, and fled to'paris. They fired o their friends, who refused to open th gales into the Yaugirard quarter. Thor ; waa a panic at. Yan vers, where the Na if opals deserted. thoir positions. .Boase baa ordered the right sleeves of desert era' uniforms to be out off. FBANXPOBT, May .8.-^William tel? graphs to Coun t Bismarck the following .:t'?While strioily. adhering; to preliminar --_??_._i_.r_-r- : iii_' .* - mit. ? i niwaumWMSf M. am -Trnuug -tvi - nuuni' a ;posidblp facilities f?r a completo Undo :' stand jpg. X am willing t? fully dieoui the means for ah teaxly suppression ; i anaroby, and for the establishment of ?^lJ?boy^rbment i? France.'". 1 ??_ . -.PA?UIJ* May,7-Evening.-Firing In cpMjod-apparently, by mutual cooBeut , to rompyy tho wounded and bury tt dead. The Communists admit that7 tl Versaillists are gaining ground. Tl Versaillisfs are pushing between Nonjl a'nd Levallois, for the purpose of oleo ing the Seine and driving the Nations to Cliohy. Five priests, havo bei arrested as spies. The Church of E Eustaobo baa been .converted into a p . li ti cal cl ab-room, and others are us? for pubiio meetings and concerts. Ti Tailleries have been turned into an as Jam for widows and orphans of the IS ttonal Guard. VKHSAILX.ES, May 8. -Thiers has issu a proclamation to the people of Par stating that be will not bombard Par hut .will assault tho ramparts. He i queata the citizens to rally around t troops, Sod promised for their t amnesty, and continuedr subsidy to t poor. ... ii //,?! - : Y!BBSAIIIIIBS, May 8-Thiers, in a p: . clamatipn to the peoplo of Paris, BI the Germans declare they will m ereile ly resume .war unless the insurrection at ouco sppproaae-l. The proolamati .closes1 asi follows:'^'Be-nnite and op your, gates to us: Thew?rkof cann ' Will ?then ceano, and tranquillity o . abundance take its plac?., We are mar ing to. deliver, you, and will be amo you tn a few days. You can aid os." . - LqKr/b?f,,, .May *8.'?-despatch fr Lyon? states that Gambetta waa arras . in that bity OD Saturday, by order of ?> Yereailles GoV?rnment. '? ' ' Ameilrn.ii Intoliiuenrn. . ^Wf.?PRK,' May 6.r-Wm. Ryan^I -ney ?O'Douohus and James Lorill, longing, to. the ship William Storer, vi ? arrested for mutiny, and held in S3, each,for examination. Onq of : the galleries' of Sing Sing ! son, across wbioh the men were mai ing to dinner yesterday, gave way, ] oipitating over eighty convicta, somi tba next gallery below, and others to stone pavement, forty feet beneath. '. prisoners were fatally injured. A despatch from the great break the Erie Ganai says navigation wil resumed within ten days, should weather be favorable, and no fur trouble with laborers ocour. The Stock Exchange has present? sor vico plato to Seymour, Its re ti President.. . Speole shipments to-day, $106,000 MEMPHIS, May 6.-Tho deooratioi Confederate graves entirely suspei business to-day. ATLANTA, May ?.-Bound trip rail tiokots, for .ono fare, will be on sa Atlanta to delegates and visitors tc Southern Baptist Convention at Louis, on the 10th. A special tim 'par loaves Atlanta on the evening'ol 8 th i us t. ' ? . I* HAVANA, May 6 -The United S War steamer Mayflower has arrived Sisal. Tho remaining members ol Tebanntepec expedition aro expect* I ay few days, Tho Mayflower will ? 1 Washington in ' a few days; the oil I and crew all well. I SAVANNAH, May 7.-Tho stean I Maggie Saffold struck' and sank o I obstructions Saturday uight, NEW YORK.; May.8.-Tb? TFord'a apo-! blah dated Versallleo, 7?h", says Bismarck urges Thiers* tov husten tbe red notion ' o? Paris. The Germans ?ill not hold aloof beyond next Sunday., HARTFORD, Moy 8. --In the New Haven ward, where the oommitteo found only 479 ballots in a paokage marked 670 for Jewell, the committee hove obtained 520 signatures to a declaration of having voted for Jewell. j WASHINGTON, May 8.-Donglae nota during Pleasanton's absenoe. Seoretnry of War Belknnp's child is dead. The child's mother died recently. Corcoran is worse. Doctors aro* constantly in at? tendance. ;, The treaty, waa signed to-day by tho High Commission at the Department ol State. Tho gentlemen, after this waa done, exohnnged congratulations ou the result of their labors, expressing the be? lief that they bad done the most they possibly oould for the pence and houot of the two countries. Although tho com mission era have been cautious in talking to persons outside of their own circle, tho following points will bo fonnd to bo correct: There aro to be two boards of arbitration or commissions. To one will be referred the Alabama and otho)' similar claims, which are rcoog nized as national, and to be settled on the principle of responsibility for ?noh depredations, whero . the Government has exercised tho utmost diligence and possible precaution to prevent privateers from being fitted out in its ports to prey upon the oom meroo of' a power with whom it is at peace. The other board is to take cognizance of miscellaneous claims, British and American, confined principally to the period from the com? mencement to the close of out late civil war. Among these, are the St. Albans claims for damage to property in that town by tho Canadians, but no claims for the Fenian invasion of Cunada are to bo admitted. As to the claims of British subjects for seizures of their cotton, Great Britain, through its com? missi oners, does not recognize them in cases where such subjeotu took up their domioil in the South, os thereby they subjected themselves to all tbe risk and oontiugencies of war All legitimate claims for cotton will, however, be considered. It has boen re ported,, withont warrant, that they will amount to $13,000,000 or more, but this is considered to be a great exaggeration. They will not probably amount to 81,000,000. There will be no difficulty in ascertaining all the particulars, as the Treasury Department has full data of all tho seizures of cotton, the nucios of tho owners thereof, and all the particulars concerning ./the seizures.. Among the claims which will also come bet?re this board will be that, of our Government growing out of the purchase of saltpetre in tbe East, Indies during the var, and which, was seized by the British authori? ties.' This Government is aware that a full lint of British claims was recently published in that country, but it also has information that many of them have al? ready been adjusted, while others will not come within the provisions of. the treaty'. There are other miscellaneous claims which will come before thia seem:d board. The San Juan question will be referred to the arbitration of a friendly sovereign-probably the Emperor of Brazil. From the documents which will accompany the submission, it is believed that the deoiaion cannot fail to bo in favor of tho United States. The treaty provides for the free navigation of the St. Lawrence by vessels of the United States and for the use of the Canadian canals upon the payment of regular tolls. There are alao provisions r?gul?t ing the privilege to fishing in Canadian waters, but these have not been ascor tained in sufficient accuracy to justify their statement. Tbe London Times, of to-day, mistakes in saying that the treaty must be ratified by both houses of Par liament. Legislation will, however, be required only to carry some of its provi sionS into effeot. The mixed Spauish Commission con sists of Otto,'as arbitrator; dishing, at? torney io behalf of tho United States Polistad, arbitrator; Carlisle, attorney io behalf of Spain. The High Commission takes no cog? nizance of .contracts between British subjects and the -Confederate Govern? ment. Probabilities-Partially cloudy and clear weather will probably prevail on Tuesday on the lower lakes and the. At? lantic coast; North-easterly winds on the upper lakes, abd threatening weather West^of the central Mississippi valley. WILMINGTON, DBTI., May 8.-The Phi? ladelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Hail road shops, with some seventeen en? gines, were burned to-day. Cause-lo? comotive sparks. Loss very heavy. CHARLESTON, May 8.-Arrived I soboouer H. G. Hand, Philadelphia. NEW YORK, May 8.-The Stock Ex ohauge elected W. B. Olarke, Pr?aident, j and M. A. Wheelock, Chairman. A ourious and beautiful effect was pro? duced by one of the ice-making maobinea built lately in Philadelphia. This was n cake of mannfaoturod ice, in the centre Of whiob, completely enclosed by the translucent material, was a bouquet of fresh flowers. Every leaf and flower was perfectly visible, wbilo . the bril? liancy of the colors waa enbancod by tho refraction through the iao. This speci? men of sommer entombed in winter WBB produoed by tho Carre-ammonia process, a French invention, under whiob these machines are operated. DEATH OF PROMINENT MASON.-The Hon. Giles M. Hillyer, thirty-third de? gree active member, and Grand Chan? cellor of tho Supreme Council for the Southern jurisdiction Of the United States, di"d in Natchez, Mississippi, a fow days since. Constable Hollar, of Missouri, arrest? ed Mr. Buhee, tho other day, when nil tho Bobeo family set upon him. He Hollared "Behoo alive or Boheo doad, I'm bound to have him;" and he did. . 'Thejbo?'tes of xltfenreoautat Geo. -Ash? bury Dud J. ? 0. ' Morrison, Sargeant Dewie and privates Hadley, Sharkey, Pierce and Mooney, all. of tbe United States army, who were drowned on Luke Ontario, Thursday, near Fort Majorra, by the swamping of a boat, were washed ashore and recovered yesterday. During thirty-five years, 3,000 inquests have been bold in Savannah, of which 2,000 were upon persona drowned in the Havannah River. ' Anna, A? Pomeroy, of Milwaokie, has had a divorce granted and $20,000 alimony. Also, 8000 per annum. She was the wife of Rriek Pomeroy. ' May a mah justly consider his wife poetical wheu she is averse to bim? FINANCIAL ANO ?iowa KliCI A I.. Nsw YORK, May 7.-Tho cotton move? ment for the week shows a marked full? ing off. Receipts ut all ports 51,432 boles, against 50,685 for last week; 63,042 for the previous week, and 64,156 for three weeks since. Total reoeipta since September 3,623,373 bales, against 2,637,253 for the corresponding period in the previous year, showing an inoreaae Of 086,120 io favor of tho presont sea? son. Exporta from ul I ports for the week 71,087 bales, agaiuMt 36,275 for tho same week hist year. Total for expired por? tion of the cotton year 2,687,062 huies, against 1,700,606 for tho samo time hist year. Stock at all perta 426,044 bales, against 353,063 for tho same time last year. Stock ut interior towns 53,632 ba'es, against 69,900 for last year! Stock in Liverpool 994,000 bales, against 540, 000 lust year. American cotton afloat for Great Britain 230,000 bales, against 180,000 last year. Indian cotton afloat for Eu ropo is 275,223 bales, against 178, 113 last year. During the week cold rains have pro vailed in the Hun th, which have doue much damage. In some sec? tions planting bas been delayed, while in others a large areu of laud will, uo doubt, have to be repl mied. LONDON, May 8-Noon.-Money Bonds 90^. LIVERPOOL, May 8-Noon.-Cotton opened steady-uplands 7>4'@7<%; Or 1 eu a s LONDON, May 8-Eveuing.-Consols 93%. Bonds LIVEEFOOL, May 8-Evening.-Cotton closed steady and unchanged in price; export and speculation 2,000 bales; Halon on ship named ut Now Orleans 7 7-16 for middling. NEW YORK, May 8-Noon.-Flour aud corn dull aud declining. Wheat quiet and heavy. Pork dull, nt 17.12y? (rr) 17.25. Cotton quiet and firm-up? lands 153-4 ; Orleans sales 1,000 bulos. Freights firm. Governments dull aud steady. Stocks quiet aud steady. Southerns dull. Money easv, at 5. Gold . 11)8*1 Sterling-long !0??? ; short 103?. . 7 P. M.-Money easy, ut 4@5, with exceptions at 3. Sterling firm, wold lljf??slll^. Government* closed utrillo firmer-light business.' Teunesueesvery strong and active; other Southerns dull and steady. TouncBsees 68; new 08^4. Virginias 69; uew 70>?. Louisianas 69; new 62; levees 60; 8s ?5. Alabamas 1.02; 5a 70. Georgias 82; 7s 88. North Caro? linas 47; new 25. South Carolinas 71; new GO}-j. Cotton quiet and firm, with sales of 2,000 baleB, at 15%. Flour Southern dull anfi drooping; common to fair extra 6.65@7.20; good to choice 7.25(2)9.00. Whiskey a shade lower, at 90%(a)91. Wheat heavy and l@2o. low? er-winter rod and amber Western 1.54 (2)1 .GD. Corn heavy and decidedly lower, ot 76@80; choice white Southern 91. Pork Bteady, at 17.50(2*17.76. Lard heavy-kettle 11%. Freights-firmer. LOUISVILLE, May 8.-Corn 68. Flour dull. Provisions quiet nnd steady. Pork 18.00. Shoulders 7>?; clear sides 9%i Whiskey 88. CINCINNATI, May 8.-Corn in good de? mand, at full prices. Flour firm nnd in fair demand-family G. 25(2)6.50. Pork weak, at 17.50 asked. Lard-ll asked: Bacon iu light demand und holders firm -sides 9(2)9)4; shoulders 7. Whiskey firm, at 88. BALTIMORE, May 8.-Flour firmer, with improved demand. Wheat firm and stock-scarce-Ohio and Indiana 1.60@1.65. Corn-white Southern bet? ter, at 77@80; yellow Southern dull, at 75; mixed Western better, at 72(2}74. Oats dull, at 65. Pork quiet, at 18.50. Bacon steudy-shoulders 8; rib sides 10; clear rib 10)?{ hams 16? 17. Lard qniet, at 12. "Whiskey quiet, at 92}?. Cotton quiet and firm-middling 14}? (a) 14%;'receipts 117 bales; sales 325; stock 8,840. BOSTON, May 8.-Cotton strong-mid? dling 15j4*t receipts 420 bales; niles 600; stock 13,000. CHARLESTON, May 8.-Cotton firm middling 14%\ receipts 662; nales 500; stock 17,858. SAVANNAH, May 8.'-Cotton Bteady and in fair demand-middling 14}^; receipts 799 bales; sales 1.000; stock 84,320. NORFOLK, May 8.-Cotton quiet-low middling receipts 987 bales; sales 50; stock 1,414. GALVESTON, May 8.-Cotton firm good ordinary V?%; receipts 1,099 bales; sales 1,100; stock 59,103. MOEILE, May 8.-Cotton firm-mid? dling 14J?; receipts 778 bales; sales OOO; stock 29,760. AUGUSTA, May 8.-Cotton closed firm? er, at 18^ for Liverpool middling; sales 800 bales; receipts 260. WILMINGTON, May 8.-Cotton quiot middling 14; receipts 75 bales; Block 2,453. NEW ORLEANS. M iy 8.-Flour firm superfine 6.12; dont lo 8.62@6;75; treble 6.85@7.00. Co. II <: .iiet- mixed 70(2)71; yellow 72; white l-l i)74. Pork firmer mess 19.00. Ba. on quiet, at 7J?@10JB'? bama 14>?. Lari hill-tierce ll j?; keg 12>4@12%. Sugar-primo 10^. Mo? lasses firm-good to prime fermenting 35?45. Whiskey firm-Western recti? fied 87%($97>?. Coffee quiet, nt 14(2j 15}?. Cotton strong-middling 14%oJ 14%; receipts 5,624 bales; sales 5,000; stock 158,177. A SAD SUICIDE-A-REMARK ABLE LET? TER.-The New York Tribune, of May 8, Baja: On Monday morning, u lady, nppa reutly abo at thirty-two years of age, and of handsome fcatares, entered the Ste? vens Honae, nt Broadway and Morris street, and asked the office clerk for a room. She said that she would occupy it only three days, and finally engaged Room No. 46, paying in advance. She attracted bot little attention, remaining quietly within during the following day. About ll o'clock, yesterday, the Cham? ber m aid, upon going to the room, fouud that the door was looked. Going to the office, she was told that the occupant had tho key, and, presuming that the lady did not wish to be disturbed, she paid no moro attention to tho room. Ltxte iu the afternoon tho chambermaid returned, and, upon finding tho door still locked, informed the hotel proprie? tors of the- fact. The ofileo clerk there? upon broke iu the door, and found the occupant lying in bed, clasping in her hands a largo bottlo. She was dead. The bottlo contained chloroform, and, from tho position of tho body, it was plain that uftcr placing her head on the side of thc pillow, she had inbnled the poison until uuoonuciousuess and death carno. Upon a table waa tho following letter tho only clue to the mystery: MONDAY EVENING, May 1.-Proprie? tors of the Stevern House-DEAR SIRS: Forgive a heart-broken woman anything. I shall never haunt this room; so none need bo afraid to occupy it. Pleuse help to havo mo forgotten us soon as possible, and may God bless you with prosperity. I have no relatives-no one; but I have sunt to some friends, und I am quite sure they will come for me to? morrow, or Wednesday morning. K. E. HARRINGTON. P. S. I suppose a coroner will have to be summoned. Well, the facts are be? fore him-all he will ever obtuin. I did not procure tbe chloroform in this city or State. No one is to blame but my? self. No soul on earth knows how I got it but myself. I huvo taken my life be? cause I have no means, employment, or friends to aid me. I cannot live; so I die. Forgive all us ye hope to be for giveu. K. H. ALSACE AND LORRAINE-IMPORTANT SPEECH OP BISMARCK.-Io tbe German Parliament on tho 2J instant, n bill in? corporating Alsace und Lorraine with the empire came before the Houso. Prince Bismarck%restated the nrgumonts upon which the mensuro woe baaed. The an? nexation of tho provinces to Germany was necessary - to give her a bulwark .._i_..L , i. " _._. ._. r ir>...- -1 - ngmuok mo u'vuiicuuo \it x- n-iiuii ?ty(?ten? si?n, cases of which"-find been so fre? quent in times past. Ono instance of comparatively recent date was cited. On the Gth of August," I860,'Franco sent to Berlin its ultimatum -demanding the cession o? Mayenec, and the illness of the Emperor of the French alone pre vontcd hostilities then. ? During the late war foreign powers proposed tho neu? tralization of Alsace and Lorraine, but that would be insufficient for Germany, and ootdd not be thought of. As for the inhabitants, they ure still averno to thoir fatherland. Said the Prince, in conclu? sion, "Wo shall strive to win them back." The bill was referred to a com? mittee. RBV. LOVICK PIERCE.-This distin? guished divine left yesterday for Nash? ville, Tennessee, where there is shortly to be some meeting of Sunday school teachers of the church to which he de? voted his energies aud tuleuts for over half a century. We uro gratified to find him in traveling order, for he was re? cently, and for many days, prostrated by illness. He sprung, however, to tho saddle at tho bugle call of duty, aud ut the age of eighty-seven, presents in this day n remarkable spectacle of physical health and mental vigor. [Columbus Suit. SOUTHERN AND ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The Richmoud Dispatch, of Wednesday, saya: Superintendent Delaney, of tho Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Com? pany, informs ns that he will have his lines np to Danville in about ten ' days, all impediments having beeu removed aud pecuniary reinforcements received. The company proposes to push right on South, expecting to havo their wires up to Charleston in ninety days, aud to Sa? vannah in a mouth or two later. They now have a largo force at work getting out poles in North Carolina. A notorious desporado, Diego Lucero, sent to prisou for murdering Manuel Garcia, a constable of Albuquerque, New Mexioo, aud accused of havina killed a number of mon, women and children at different timcR, was recently tnken from confinement by a band of armed and disguised regulators, and hanged from a beam of the porch iu front of the jail. Lucero wus considered ono of tho most desperate and savage ruffians iu the whole Territoiy, which abounds in vil? lains and assassins of every kind. The Chicago papers announce that the grave of Douglas in that oity is to be sold for taxes. It appears in a commu? nication from the city colloctor to the councils that an assessment of 62,200 for improvements had been made upon tho ground wherein reposes all that was mortal of the Littlo Giaut, and that the courts have given judgment, he shall be compelled to proceed. Women have a much nicer sense of the beautiful than tho men. They aro by fur tho safest umpires in malters of pro? priety and grace. A* mero school girl will bo thinking and writing about the ! beauty of birds and flowers, while her brother is robbing tho nests und dstroy , ie g the Howers. It was Colebridgo who said of a school ! master who was fond of applying the i birch, that it was lucky for the cherubim* ; who carried him to Heaven that the} were all heads and wings. HOME AND ITS QUEEN.- Th oro ia pro? bably not an uoper verted man or woman. living who dooB not (eel that , the sweet eat consol?t iona and best rewards of lifo are found in tho loves and delights of j home. There aro very few who do not feel themselves indebted to the inila- j enees that oluBtered aronnd their oradles for whatever of good there may be in their characters and conditions. Home, based upon Christian marriage, is BO evi? dently an institution of God, that a mon must beopme profane before be can deny it. Wherever it is planted, tbero stands a bulwark of the State. Wherever it is pure, and truo to the Christian idea, there lives an institution conservative of all the nobler interoats of society. Of this realm woman ia the qneen. It takes its cue and its hue from her. If she is in the best sense womanly_if she is true and tender, loving and heroic, pa? tient and Belf-devoted-she consciously or unconsciously organizes and puts in operation a set of Influences that do more to mould the destiny of tho nation than any man, uncrowned by power or eloquence, cno possibly effect. Tho men of tho nation are'what their mothers make them, as a rule; and the voice which those men speak in the expression of their power is the voice of the woman who bore and bred them. There aan be no substitute for this. There is no other possible way in which tho women of tho nntiou can organize their influence and power that will tell BO beneficently upon society and the State. Neither woman nor the nation cnn afford to have home demoralized or in any way deteriorated by the loss of her presence or the lessen? ing of her influence there. As a nation we rise or fail as the character of our homes, presided over by woman, rises or falls; and tho best gauge of our be3t prosperity is to be found iu the measure by which these homes find multiplica? tion in the land. In true marriage, and the struggle after the highest ideal of home life, is to bo found the solution o' more of the ugly problems that finiront tho present generation-r-^ral, social and political-than we nave space to enumerate-?Scitoner for February. FORTONE-TEIJXIEBS.-A reporter of the Kow l'ork Tribune hus beeu visiting the female fortune-tellers of that city, and finds that they are not only humbugs, but ofteu criminals of the worst sort. The principal business of the most of them is to provide victuals for libertines, tho pretended gift of foreknowledge be? ing the bait by which they attract silly and credulous girls within their dutches. Ex-Governor John Wood, of Illinois, bas donated bis mansion at Quincy, to? gether with the furniture and a whole block of ground. surrounding it, .to the city, for the purposes; of a female semi? nary, open to all'denominations. The building cost 350,000, and the whole property is valued at half a million. KAT RIDDANCE.-It is claimed that rats may effectually bo driven away by pow? dering with common red pepper the holes through which they get into the houses. So simple a way of ridding a place of the vermin ought at least to be tried. An Indiana paper feels called upon to rebuke the youths and maidens in its town who block up the sidewalk in front of the drug stores whilo they count up their cash in hand to ascertain if they have a sufficient amount to purchase one i glass of soda for each couple. There is a great de-d of theology in the idea of tho little girl who wished she could be good without obeying ber grand-mother. She said it waa easy enough to read books and pray, but pretty hard to mind grand-mother. A cynical old bachelor, who firmly-be? lieves that a woman has something to say on all subjects, recently asked a fe? male friend: "Well, madam, what dc you hold on this question of female suf? frage?" To bim the good lady respond? ed calmly: "Sir, I hold my tongue." A clergyman strayed into a gambling house in Memphis lust Tuesday. Yield? ing to the temptation ot endeavoring tc win filthy lucro, he lost all of the money he had, and had to thank the polios fox rescuing the spoil from the man of Be? lial. Thc head of a Vermont railroad shop was applied to for permission to work on a fast day by a couple of men who were noted for their laziness. Permission was given, "for," says the ohief, "you oau't either of you work bard enough tc break the doy." "Ma," said a little girl to her mother, "do men want to get married as much ai the women?" "Pshaw I what are y ot talking about?'* . "Why, ma, the womel who come here are always talking abou getting married; the men don't do so." A stone-cutter in Ohio bas achievci immortality for himself by tracing on t tomb-stone the assertion that the litth child buried beneath "was an angle 01 earth, and now she is an angle in Heaven.1 In Tennessee a hotel-keeper is cal lei a "hash-mill boss." HOLE AND CO ?NEU WOUK.-NOW la the tim io attack tho rats, mioe, bedbugs and roaobe to overy bolo and corner. Just put ISAAC BKN'S "SonE POP" in their reach,.and they"! troop out of their haunts, devour it and dio Bold by all druggists, .. V l i tu .? SSSSUBBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Y. M. C. A. rpnE recular monthly meeting of the Y. M A C.A.will he held, TH? EVENING, at o'clock, in the Heading Boom of tba Associa non. Au ousay will be read by one of th uiembors. A full attendance is requested. B. FRANK MAU LD IN, May 9 1 _Recording Secretary. Gas Light Bills for Month of April. CONSUMERS wilt please attend to tho pay meut of their bills. The rule rsffarrtiiij defaulters will be enforced, on and after 15tl iiiBtaut. JACOB LhVIN, May 9 S Heorotary Gas Company. Goshen Butter, Ste. 5TUBS strictly chojoe GOSHEN BUT 1'fc.r t-pt ciallv selected fur fauilly usu. 1 bi l Full on Market Huef. 2 casks Davis' celebrated Dianinud Haini for sale lu* roi cash at CAN rWELL'B, Ma* 9 1 Matu street. Boc?n at Auction, on Account oj Shipper. BY JACOB LEVIN, . THIS (Tueeday) MONNING, at 10 o'clock, I will aoll, without roBorvo, buToro my store, on account of shipper, 4,000 pounds Dry Salted SHOULDERS, 1,000 pounds Smoked Shoulders. - 1,500 pounds Dry Salted Sides, ALSO, 35 barrels FLO UH. warranted, &ud sundry articles of Groccrios, ?U?.: ??to. Salo positivo._ May 9 . Bichland Lodge No. 39, A.P. M. A AN EXTRA COMMUNICATION of ^ff^'tlnn Lodge will be hold in Masonic /V\Hall, THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. Tho 80coud Degree will bo con? ferred. Ry order of tho W. M. May 9 1 G. T. BERG, Beo'y pro tem. Attention, Independents! A 8PE0IAL meeting of this TfVjh Company will bo held at your Hall. ^fgggRTUIS [Tuesday] EVENING, 9th of HPT tit, May, at 7? o'clock. A full attond auco ia requested, tu take into consideration a trip tn Charleston, to enter ' tho content on 17th Maj, inst. By order President. J OLIAN O. PEIXOTTO, __May D 1_Pocrctary pro. tem. _ Increase of Stock. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK. PAID UP CAPITAL 810O.00O. OFFICERS: JOHN B. PALMER, President. A. G. BRENIZER, Caahisr. . C N. G. BUTT, Assiataut Cashier. TUE degree of SUOCOBS that has attended tho operations of thia Baak since its establishment in February last,'and the do sir? ou the partof tho Directors to have asso? ciated with thom moro of their country rr iti nd a, has induced them to add $60,000.00 to tho capital. Shares $100 00 each. Payments may be made/at any time prior to tho 1st of July, entitling tho holder of tho Htock to ita pru rata share of profits earned during tho time the money Is in possession of tho Bauk; or if on Ih? 1st July, to fi? r--r*?/" tion of all dividends mano thereafter. In either event, the no?? -*???* ^?1 participate equally with *ko utQ Is tho surplus fund. ADPUMUODS for stock may be made person? ally, or by lotter, to tho officers of tho Bank. Hanking House opposite the Columbia Hotel. DiuECToas.-John B. Palmer, J. EH Gregg. F. W. MoMastor, R. D. Benn, (of H. D. Benn A, Son,) G. W. Reardon, (of Copeland & Dearden,) R. L. Bryan, (of Bryan ?k McOarter,) W. C. Swftffield, (of BJ jj W. C. Swafflold.) May 9 IB WIN'S HALL. Botnrn of the Great Southern Favorites TUE CHAPMAN SISTERS, The Famous Comodiau, O. B. BISHOP, AND their newly-organized and most powerful oombination. FOR THREE NIGHTS ONLY! THU USO A Y KVKNING. BI AY ll, "fae Musical Rurleequc of LITTLE JACK SHEPPAK.D; ' OR, THE IDLE APPRENTICE. .. FAIOA1 EVENING, MAT 13, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, IN THE ENCHANTED WOOD. S ATURDA T BVBIfllfO, MAT 13, The Famous Burlesque, . THE F0BTY THIEVES. The CHAPMAN SISTERS, Mr. BISHOP and tbs entire Company appearing In each play. Boats can be seoured at LyBrand A fjn's, commencing Wednesday, May 10. May 9_ ? NEW SPRING STOCK BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, TRUNKS AND UMBRELLAS. Eadie*', Misses' and Children's LACE, CONGRESS ANO BUTTON BOOTS, Geutlemon's, Boya* and Youths' BOOT8, CONGRESS GAITERS AND OONGREE8 SHOES. OXFORD TIES AND DRESS SHOES. Mado to order for this market and season. Gents having tender feet ara invited to call sud examine Glove Kid Shoos for them a elves. Particular attention is requested to my ' choice block of Men'*. Boy*' and Children's hUMME'R HATS. May 7 5* _ J, MEIGHAN. Sewing Machines. THE undersigned have the agency of C. Bowers A Co.'s IMPROVED COMMON SENSE FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, which they offer to tho pnblio at greatly reduced prices. It has no ?nperior. It will stitch, hom, fell, tuck, quilt, braid, bind and embroi? der, in a most aoporior manner. Most ele? gantly finished, with gold leaf, landscape, tl.) wert-, fte. Warranted for three years. In? cluding oil oan, guide, sorewdrlVer, four differ? ent size needles, clump and printed direc? tions, all for $15. OaU and aee it for yourself, and get circulars, giving foll description, Ac Ttu'v havo also superior Machine Oil and Needles, Barnum's Self-Sower and Hemmer, oxtra. OHAMRER8 A BRYCE. April 27_6t Lands and Beal Estate-Opportunity To Bell. PARTIE8 having LANDS AND REAL ESTA : V. TO SELL will find it to their advantage to communicate with the under? signed, giving the usual detail?. I have tba opportunity of placing such c flu rs as may be made before Northern capitalists desirous of investing in Lauds and Real Estate in ?South Carolina. Address, J. W. PARKER, Insurance and Real Estate'Agent. April 29_$6 MISS M. A. BUTE'S SCHOOL, Corner ot Marion and Plain Slreett. MISS BUIE beg? to inform her friends, and the public, that ?he is able to furnish new and suitable School Booka to aa many as fifteen more girls. Books furnished free _,_ of coat. Drawing. and Fancy Painting, and Wax Work, taught to music po Siin free-tho pupils paying for the materiale. liss IE. desirous of educating those unable to pay, has had as mans aa five free pupil* in her Bcbool since Octobsrlo tho prosent. Sho bega to ask the patronage of those who sympathize with those who are struggling to educate thoBO loft to the mercy of the humane and be? nevolent for an education. Miss Buio teaches all tho higher branches, and orri tnu nt als, bavins moon experience aud BUCCCSS. * M. A. RUIE, April G t Conferl?rato Soldier'a Friend. | Fiokling & MoCaw, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND SOLICITORS IN EQUITY, will practice in the Courts of Uiuhland, Kershaw, Lexington and Edge field; in the Supreme Conn oi the State ol South Cand?na; fetid III tho Circuit and Dis? trict Courts of the United state? for the Dis? trict of South Carolina. FRANCIS W. FICKLIN G. April 9 tl3 WILLIAM IL MPOAW. A flu? Buuuiinr tonic bi Hattorfs Bit:ors - can be ha I at POLLOCK'S