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TEIIiBaRAFHIO Fort I g ti ' AfTalrs. PABIS, May 22.-The Committee OD * Capitulations, ia their report relative to the surrender of Strasburg, blame Gen. Ulrich on all pointe for the capitulation of the city; he ia especially oenBured for scouring for himself and officers exemp? tion from the conditions imposed upon bia enlisted men by the German com? mander to whom he surrendered; BERLIN, May 22.-The Imperial Army Band, which is to take part in the World's Peace Jubilee at Boston, will leave this oity for the United States on the 81st inst. Amerlcun intelligence. WASHINGTON, May 22.-The Senate adjourned this morning to 1 o'clock to? day, having passed the House amnesty bill by a two-thirds vote, thus placing it beyond the President's control; also the bill extending the suspension of habeas ' corpus; also Sumner's civil rights bill, bat so emasculated that Sumner himself entered a motion to reconsider. These ?ital measures were passed by a bare quorum. The following is the verbiage of the amnesty bill: Be-ii enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds cf each House concurring therein. That all political disabilities imposed by the third section of the 14th aztiole of the amendments of the Constitution of the United States, are hereby romoved from all persons whomsoever, except Senators and Representatives of the Thirty-sixth aud Thirty-seventh Congress, officers in the judicial, military and naval service of the United Stales, heads of depart? ment? and foreign ministers of the United Slates. Tho olvil rights bill, as passed, applies . only to inns,' licensed places of public entertainment or amusement, and stage coaches, railroads, and other public modes of conveyance for freight or pas? sengers. Equal rights regarding ceme? teries, eohoola and benevolent institu? tions were stricken oat. Oonase? for Mrs. Anna M. Fitzhugh bas filed tho largest claim ever filed be? fore the Southern Claims Commission. The demand is for 8375,000, for wood ead timber taken for supplying the United States army during the war, from the large estate of Mrs. Fitzhagh, in Fairfax County, Virginia, known aa "Ravensworth." Among the papers filed i's a safeguard in the band-writing of Gen. Winfield Scott, dated June U, 1861, which, reade as follows: "Mrs. A. M. Fitzhogb, of Bavensworth, a lady of ?rent excellence, connected with the fa lily of the .Father of his Country, is, Arith ber ,?&mily, ser vants, house and property, placed under the safeguard of : the army.'* . NORFOLK, VA. , May 22.-A despatoh irom, Now bern, repqr ts the brig Maro ell UH, from tho Weak Indies, with a cargo of sugar and molasses, ashore near Cape Hatteras. Baker "Brothers, wrockors, have sent to her assistance from here. ' . NBW YORK, May 22.-Horace Greeley, in reply to a formal notification of his nomination' to the Presidency, by the Liberal Repnblicun Convention, bas written a letter, aooepting the nomina? tion. He says he has waited to hear from all parts of the country, before tak? ing this step, and is satisfied, from free and unconstrained popular responses, that the action of the convention meets the approval of all interested in re-union And rflform. Rn folly endorses the plat? form ol the convention ; dwells par tic u . larly on the reconciliation of the Sooth, ana removal of all political disabili? ties, and declare? the American peo? ple have made the cause their own and Will bear it on to triumph, with the un? derstanding, that if elected, he shall be the President not of a party, but ol the whole people. He ance pta the nomina? tion, confident that the Nor th and South are eager to clasp hand? across the bloody chasm which too long divided them, and forget they have been ene? mies. .DETROIT, May 22.-The question of the change made in represeutatioa was recommitted to the committee, to report next year. The discussion shows the body overwhelmingly opposed to synodi? cal representation. 1A special from London, dated the 21st, to the Herald, Bays the English papers continue to discuss the treaty of Wash? ington, and the supplementary article thereto, with undiminished interest. The editorials generally are inspired by a desire to prevent the failure of arbitra? tion, and save the treaty. An artiole in a contrary sense; printed by the Pall Ma? Gazmio, to-night, is remarkable for its truthful and j nat appreciation of the danger of endeavoring to save the treaty at the expense of national susceptibility. The following is the extract: "The whole drift of feeling and opinion in England . justifies the sajing that the worst thing to do with the treaty is to save it. Sav? ing the treaty means offence and humi? liation to America or to England, or to both nations; it means a renewal, and not an abatement, of ill-feeling it was intended to allay. How to save the treaty means, who shall get at tho leeks, or whether some means cannot be in? vented whereby both parties shall agree to eat in each other's presence. Ameri? can papers appear to exolaim against the adoption of the supplement al artiole. Bare there is only one opinion, and that is, that its acceptance would be discredit? able and dangerons; both peoples would be pacified ?od content at once, ii the treaty and the negotiations connected therewith were dropped, as an irreme? diable blunder, for which the two Go? vernments are alone to blame. That is tho proper fate of the treaty, and the only safe and peaceful way of disposing of it." This artiole states exactly the situation ia England, and is a just ex? pression of the best opinion here. It is certain that persons, bankers, finonoial men and others, who are determined to save the treaty at whatever ooBt, withont regard to national dignity or honor, are bringing about a dangerous complica tion. The same with those unwise poli? ticians, who are willing to make party capital out of international difficulties. The further negotiation of the treaty will only continue an irritation that may eventually'put two proud nations in an attitude from which war eau be the only possible issue. The treaty should be dropped immediately, for the sake of national amity, good-will and peace. CHARLESTON, May 22.-Arrived steamships Qulf Stream, Philadelphia; Sea Gull, Baltimore, WASHINGTON, May 22-Evening.-The amnesty bill hos been signed. The ex? ceptions will cover about 200 cases. The Baltimore and Potomac Depot bill wasBigned. The civil rights bill passed the Senate this morning, and is now on the Speaker's table in the House. There are some fifty or sixty bills in order already ahead of it, and as it takes a two thirds vote of the House to take a bill from the Speaker's table ont of the re? gular order, there is no possible show for its passage this session, as it cannot be reached by the time of adjournment, and the necessary two-thirds vote to take it out of its regular order cannot be ob? tained . The bill, as it passed the House, reads: Be il enacted, That whoever, being a corporation or natural person, and owner or in charge of any public inn, or of any place of pnblio amusement or entertain? ment, for which a lioense from any legal authority is required, or of any line of stage oosohes, railroads, or other means of pnblio oarriage of passengers and freight, shall make any distinction as to admission or accommodation therein of any citizen of the United States, be cause of race, color or previous condi tion of servitude, shall, ou conviction thereof, be fined not less than $500 nor more than 85,000, for each offence; and the person or corporation so offending shall be liable to the citizens thereby in? jured in damages, to be recovered in an notion of debt. SEO. 2. That the ofienoes under this Aot, and actions to recover damages, may be prosecuted before any territo rial, district or circuit court of the United States, having jurisdiction of crimes at the place where the offence was charged to have been committed, with a right of appeal to have to a writ of error in any case to the Supreme Court of the United States. The bill whioh passed the Senate this morning extends the power to suspend tho habeas corpus to Marah 4, 1873 Only Sumner and Nye voted nay on am? nesty, ? The House proceedings were unimpor? tant. The colloquy over amnesty indi? cates that Bogers, elacted from North Carolina, will be seated to-morrow. The Senate supplemental Apportionment bill passed, ana goes to the President. Howe reported thoTSoase bill to pay the awards of the Southern Claims, ComuiiBBioners, with amendments striking out the ap? propriations for a fe wamali olaims. If the Senate adopts the amendments, the bill must go io the House again. r The Freaident hos appointed Hon. Thomas P. Robb, lato Collector of Cus? toms at Savannah, Go., F. J. Mead, of j Mississippi, and Riobard H. Savage, of California, Commissioners, under a joint resolution of Congress, to examine and inquire into the depredations alleged to have been committed upon the frontiers of Texas for several years past, by bands j of Indians and Mexioans, their extent and character, hy whom committed, their r?sidence or coautry, the persons murdered or carried into captivity, the character and valoe of the property de? stroyed or carried away, from what por? tions of Texas, and to whom the same belonged. The Commissioners are to make and transmit to the President a full report, in writing, of their investi? gations. Probabilities-The lowest barometer will probably more North-east over the Northern portion of the New England States. The area of clouds and rain will extend East over the latter to-night. Clear and pleasant weather will prevail very generally on Thursday from the lakes to the Eastern Golf and South and middle Atlantio coasts, with West? erly to Northerly winds, and extend over New England on Thursday afternoon and night. Brisk Easterly to Southerly winds, veering to Southerly and West? erly, are probable for the East and mid? dle Atlantio coasts to-night, but danger? ous ones are not anticipated. PHILADELPHIA, May 22.-The Conten nial Commissioners met to-day, Judge Bond, of Alabama, presiding. Twenty two States were represented. Greenwood's woolen mill was burned to-day. NEW YORK, May 22.-In the Confer? ence, the Bishops elected were E. G. Andrews, Gilbert Haven and Jesse T. Peck. This oonoludes the election. Edward S. Stokes was arraigned to? day. His counsel asked adjournment till Monday to decide what course to pursue.. Judge Ingraham granted delay until to-morrow morning. The coroner's jory in the Lowden malpraotioe case found a verdiot against Dr. Gyles, who was committed without bail, to await the action of the grand jnry. LEWISTON, ME., May 22.-The seoond Congressional Republican Convention ina tr no ted the delegates to vote for Grant and Colfax. THE "ROUND DANCES."-The following resolution was unanimously adopted by the Episcopal Uounoil, at Norfolk, Fri? day: ? Resolved, That, in the judgment of this Oounoil, all members of this church I should disoountenanoe the praotioe of j promiscuous round dancing, and that our ministers, by their pastoral influence, and by faithfully exeonting the oanons of the ohuroh bearing up?n the subject, should diaoourage and restrain it." ,->?-?-*. K wang Le, a Chinaman, notified the olerk of the St. Louis Criminal Court, last week, of his intention to beoome i citizen, and took out his first papers. Flnanclml un.? Commercial. LONDON, May 22-Nooe.-Consols 93>?, Bonds 90>?. FRANKFORT, May 22.-Bonds 96)&. PAMS, May 22.-Bentes 55?. 27c. LIVERPOOL, May 22-3 P. M.-Cotton opened strong and is now firm-uplands Orleans 11??@11>?. LIVERPOOL, May 22-Evening.-Cot? ton dosed strong-uplands Or? leans 11%@U)?; sales' 22,000 bales; speculation and export 6,000; shipmen tn from Bombay since last report 11,000. NEW YORK, May 22-Noon.-Stocks steady. Gold firm, at 13%. Money easy, at 5@6. Exchange-long 9%; chart 10'o'. Governments quiet but steady. State bonds steady. Cotton firm; sales 182 bales-uplands 21 j^; Or? leans 2-iJ. Flour unchanged, quiet and steady. Corn firmer. Pork quiet-mess 13.90. Lard dull-steam 9^@9?? Freights steady. 7 P. M.-Cotton firm; sales 2,690 bales-uplands 24%; Orleans 24%. Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat dull and slightly favors buyers. Corn closed dull and heavy, at 73@74. Bice firm, at 8)a@9?4. Pork steady. Lard heavy, at 8?i(^9>?, Freights firm. Sales of fu? tures 4o-day 1,600 bales: May 23 13-16, 23 15 16; June 24, 24>?; July 24, August 24%; September 22 3-16, 22,l4; October 20>?, 20%; November 21% ; De? cember 19 3 16. Moaey heavy, at 6@7. Exchange 9%. Gold 13%@14. Loans 2@.4o. for carrying. New 5s 12%; 62s 13%'. States oloaed dull. Tennessees 73; new 73. Virginias 45; new 54. Lou? isianas 60; new 55; levee Ga 68; 8i 77. Alabama 8s 88; 5s 60. Georgia 6s 77; 7s 88. North Carolinas 34; new 20. South Carolinas 50; new 36. ?T. Louis, May 22.-Pork quiet, at 12.65@12.75. Clear sides 8; bacon 7% (a;7%. Lard firm, at 8%. Whiskey dull, at 84@85. CINCINNATI, May 22.-Flour droop? ing-family 8.75(2)9.00. Corn drooping, at 53@54. Pork uuchanged. Lard steady-kettle 9. Bacon quiet and un? changed. LOUISVILLE, May 22.-Bagging un? changed. Flour weak-family 7.50. Corn firm-sacks 65@67. Pork 12.75@ 13 00. Bacon in fair demand-shoulders 5%; clear sides 7%@7%; packed orders %o. higher. Lard-keg 10; tierce 9. Whiskey 84(2)85. BALTIMORE, May 22.-Flour firm and unchanged. Wheat quiet und unchanged. Corn firmer-white 78@79; yellow 72. Oats firmer-Western 5?@60; Southern 60. Provisions quiet and firm. Lard firm, at 9%. Whiskey 90. Cotton steady-middling 24; receipts 91 bales; sales 273; stock 5,349. Nsw ORLEANS, May 22 - Cotton firm -middling 23% ; receipts 729 bales; sales 2,200; stook 78,342. MOBILE, May 22.-Cotton firm-mid? dling 22%(o>22%; receipts 37 bales; sales 700; stook 14,384. AUGUSTA,. May 22.-Cotton firm middling 22%; receipts 75 bales; sales 400. GALVESTON, May 22.-Cotton quiet good ordinary 20%; receipts 67 bales; sales 50; stock 5,380. PHILADELPHIA, May 22.-Cotton firm -middling 24%. CHARLESTON, May 22.-Cotton firm middling 22%; receipts 131 bales; salea 200; stock 11,695. BOSTON, May 22.-Cotton stroug-i middliog24%; receipts 231 bales; sales 200; stock 14,000. WILMINGTON, May 22.-Cotton quiet middling 22%; receipts 10 bales; stock 2,497. NORFOLK, May 22.-Cotton firm-low middling 22%; receipts 190 bales; sales 40; stook 1,539. A MAMMOTH CENTURY PLANT.-A mammoth century plant, forty feet in height and weighing three and a half tons, has been shipped from near Jack? sonville, Fla., to parties in New York. The plant is on the eve of blooming a second time, and is therefore nearly 200 years old. It may well be doubted whe? ther in beauty and grandeur of appear? ance this plant has its equal on the con? tinent. Its leaves extend over an area the diameter of which is not less than eighteen feet, while the centra! shaft or column on which the blooms are to ap? pear, though only a few weeks old, has already attained an altitude of fifteen feet. It is still growing at the rate of about six inches a day, and will con? tinue to do BO for about three weeks longer, when all its upper portion will become clothed with a mass of magnifi? cent bull-shaped blossoms of purest white, hanging in dense clusters and ex? tending for a space of not less than four feet from the apex downward. There is nothing more mysterious in this world than what aro oalled "acci? dents." At Worcester, Mass., a few days ago, Mrs. Ellen O'Laughlin called upon a neighbor who had nailed slats across a window to keep the ohildreu from falling out. She tipped ber chair baok against these slats, when they gave way, and she was precipitated from a three-story window to the walk below, and died in three hours. Here the very means adopted to prevent an accident were the oooasion of it. A letter appeared in tho Washington Sunday Chronicle yesterday, whioh bas attrscted mach attention. It is report? ed to be from the pen of Forney, and apropos of the Philadelphia Covuntion, suggests that the destiny or doom of the Republican party depends upon its action during the next few weeks. Its preservation, it says, is of more impor? tance than the gratification of any man in it, and protests against the elevation of obscure men to positions whioh should be the rewards of statesmanship. A young physician in Bedalia, Mo., who had waited patiently three years for a call, at last found the following ohoerful order on the slate: "Doctor, come to Jesus." Mrs. James P. Beilley, of Savannah, died on Wednesday from the efieots of poison administered by horself. THE HON. D. W. VOORHEES.- Tho telegraph has already announced to the readers of the Progress that the Hon. D. W. Voorhoea, of Indiana, had made use of his privileges as a member of tho House of Representatives to deliver a violent tirade against the Ciuoinnati no minees. We have reoeived a full report of the epasco of the min who so earnest? ly defended one of John Brown's mur? derous crew, and have only to say in reply to his pretended defence of the South, that we have had entirely enough of himself and the olass to whioh he be? longs. By such men, by Bneh brave speakers, by such unconquerable canons warriors, were we persuaded into war. When the flower of both sections were falling on bloody fields, Mr. Voorhees was still making pretty speeohes in Con? gress. Since actual hostilities ceased, this gentleman has insisted that the South should stand by its. colors; and, by so doing, the South has .lost everything, while Mr. Voorhees and his associates have kept in Congress. Now let all peo? ple of bia way of thinking understand that their one-sided game is played out. The South isas tired of the costly friend? ship of pretended friends as of .the con? stant victories of open enemies. If, Mr. Voorhees has nothing more solid to appeal to than the past passions of the Southern people, he had better begin to cultivate a new talent, that of silence, and try to learn a lesson whioh bas been taught to wiser men-that the worm will turn when trodden on. Certainly, having steadfastly resisted the .encroachments and aggressions of the absolute rulers of this country, we are neither foolish nor craven enough to submit to the dictation of aa imbecile minority. If we were cowards, they are impotent to execute a threat. If we were venal, they could honor no promised bribe. Nol nol no! Let that clique of the Northern Demoorucy whioh ties its for? tunes to a belief in the perpetual credu? lity of Southern conservatism re?oive the truth in timo. We are siok of gam? mon. We will not vote for any more (already defeated) Seymours. We can? not again place issues of life and death at the disposal of the New York World. We will not again save local honors and spoils to the "faithful" ia Indiana by the sacrifice of life, liberty and property by the people of Sooth Carolina, Mississip? pi and Arkansas. We are in the Union! We have 131 electoral votes. The college consists of 357! We are again a power in the land! We ask neither Mr. ,Voorhees nor Mr. Grant any oddsl We huve power, we have rights, and we have shown ia weak? ness that we dare assert the latter. Much mora shall we maintain them in the hour when peacefully the right is ours. Voorhees may stand aghast, but for all we care, Voorhees may stand aside. 1 Petersburg ( Va. ) Progress. THE ANTIOCH DISASTER-TERRIBLE Loss OF LIP?,-A correspondent, writ? ing frc m Antioch, on April 10, says : A telegram announces another seri? ons shook, the last of numerous minor ones, which, without intermission, have succeeded the first and most fatal one. Now, scarcely a house is left standing, though iu this latter case the loss of life has not been so serioaB, (only five killed,) because the greater part of the inhabi? tants had fled to the country around, where they are now living in tents, sent from Aleppo for their accommodation, by our energetio Governor-General S urey a Pasha. In foot, the Governor, aided and abetted by the English Con? sul, Mr. Skene, has been most unflag? ging in his efforts to supply the requisite Burgeons, provisions and necessaries of all kinds, and bas headed a subscription for the indiscriminate use of the suffer? ers, whioh has been rapidly and hourly increasing. The troops despatched from Aleppo are now busy discovering the dead, some 1,600 bodies having been already extricated. This necessary work is much retarded by the fanaticism of tho inhabitants, each religious denomi? nation fighting for the doad of their own creed, instead of allowing the whole to be buried by the Moslem soldiery. The stench emanating from the corpses is something fearful, and pestilence will, it is mach feared, result from tho usual rapid putrefaction of dead bodies under a Syrian sun. As if those evils were not suQiciont, the Dusari (a sect of idolators who worship Baal aud Aslitarotb) im? proved the occasion aud set upon the Turks, and slew Hi faat Bey and his son, Mussulmans who wore obnoxious to them. The MuBsalmans attribute this calamity in some mysterious manner to tho Christians, and are under tho im? pression that this baneful influence will continue to reign BO long as a single Christian's body is left uninterred. They are, therefore, very anxious to bury all the dead Christians as qniokly as possi? ble, without the usual bell and candle and benefit of clergy which the Oriental Christians think BO efficacious. Dis? putes thus frequently arise, which, ut any moment, may assume serious pro? portions if not duly checked. PROBABLE HOMICIDES.-On Saturday last, in the lower edge ot this County, Jacob Helms, white, and Joe Bogers, colored, got into an affray, when Bogers struck Helms on the head with a large stick, inflicting, it is thought, n mortal wound. Bogers has been brought to the city and oonfined in jail. Also, on the same day, in another part of the Coun? ty, James Thompson and Marens D. L. Biggera, both white, had an affray, when Biggera out Thompson with a knife, from the effects of which, it is thought, that be will die. Biggera will be brought here, wo learn, for trial on Thursday.--Charlotte Observer. The Fronoh budget gives the financial estimate of the Government for tho year 1873 at 2.406,000,000 for expenditures and 2,425,000,000 for revenue. A COLOSSAL BALLOON-MR. KINO'S LATEST EFFORT-THE BIGGEST BALLOON IN THE UNITED STATES.-Mr. King, the well-known Boston coronaut, has been engaged for the past five months in oon atntoting a balloon whioh, when oom pieted, will be the largest ever made in America. It is to bo named the "Colos? sus," a term which will be fully merited by the monster construction, the circum? ference of whioh is 191 foot, und the capacity nearly 100,000 cubic feet. It is a perfect sphere, except that there is au elongation below sufficient to form the neok, and is made of a single thickness of the best Lyman Mills cloth, 1,200 yards of which were furnished expressly for the purpose. To give it additional strength, however, twenty-four stays or bauds of four thicknesses of doth, each, have been run around the globe, whioh has been carefully coated with oil varnish to render it impervious to gas. There will be two cars attached, one above the other; the top one to be fitted up with Boieutifio apparatus for the purpose of observations, and containing every ac? commodation for tho observers; and the lower one, of larger dimensions, for other passengers and ballast. The en? tire affair weighs between 1,400 and 1,500 pounds, and when filled with hydro? gen gas it will lift nearly 7,000 pounds; with the common street gas, fifteen or twenty passengers, with the requisite amount of ballast, can be carried for a long voyage. The oollspeing cord is .swed in from the bottom upwards for a distanqe of twenty-five yards. The ca? pacity of the balloons previously used by Mr. King aro as follows: Qen. Grant, 15,000 feet; Queen of the Air, 33,000; Star Spangled Banner, 50,000; Hyperi? on, GS,000. The first ascension of the latter was made in Boston with eight passengers, who traveled seventy-five miles, and cn the following day another ? ascension was made. Eleanor Kirk tells a beautiful little in I cident of the late Colonel Fisk, which she vouches for as trae in every particu? lar: In passing ont of bis Opera House one day last winter. Colonel Fisk was ac? costed by a very beautiful young girl ap? parently about seventeen. She was I plainly but tastefully dressed, and ap? peared very earnest ia her desire to be allowed a few minutes' conversation. I Her story was quietly told: "I have I failed in everything I have undertaken j in earning my own living. My father i is a paralytic and is utterly helpless. I must take care of him. To do this I must have money. I am beautiful-that I know as well as you do." "Well," volunteered the Colonel, "and you wish to speculate on these personal charms?" "I want money, Mr. Fisk, for my father," replied she. "Toll me," con? tinued this strange man, "and tell me the truth-are yoa a good giri?" "Yes, sir, " sobbed the child. ' 'And would you rather continue one?" he asked again. "Ob, Mr. FiskI of conreo I wonldTJ^she replied, bursting into tears. "Well, then," said he kindly, and with strong feeling, "for God's sake keep so. Jim Fisk is a pretty rough boy, bot he never hurt a hair of a woman's head yet, and he never will; and more than that, little girl, it shall never be said of him, when ? he has passed in his checks and stands before the judgment Beat, that he ever so mach as winked at the ruin of any girl. I will help your father if yon will promise me that yon will never try this dodge again with anybody; and I weat you to be solemn about it, as if yon stood in the presence of your God." The promise was given, the father was taken care of until his death, and the girl was educated for a music teacher, and is now successfully employed. The Ssa Francisco Chronicle chronicles the death and funeral of a young spi? ritualist medium named Henry Chase, in which there is aa rather ladiorous illustration of the strength of the ruling passion after death. The yoong mao's mother preaohed his fanerai sermon, in whioh she said that since his death she had had several interviews with him. In life he was a jolly and frolicsome youth, and while his corpse was being prepared for burial, he entered the room and gave his mother to understand that "ho did not think he would make such an ugly looking corpse." During the whole pro? cess of dressing him after death he was present io tho room, catting up antics, jumping about, standing on his head, and doing other fuuny things. So little use is thero for one's body, that one may per? form all these acrobatic feats even when deprived of it. A CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA.-A corres? pondent of the Chicago Tribune states that the poison from the bite of a mad dog can be eliminated from the system by vapor baths. Ho quotes from an article printed in a Paris medical jour? nal, by Dr. Buisson, a celebrated French surgeon, who says: "If the disorder has deoiared itself, i prescribe a single bath, I and leave the patient in until a onre is effected. Hydrophobia may last three days. Experience has proved td me that a cure is certain on the first day of the outbreak; ou the second dey, doubtful; and on the third, hopeless, on aooount of the difficulty of conveying the patient to the bath and keeping him in. Aird as hydrophobia never breaks ont bofo re the seventh day, there is time to perfarm a long journey to obtain a bath." They have not como to perfeot weather yet out West An irate journalist writes: "This is-a fine time to set out flowers and have them froaen as stiff as an ice? berg io leas thnn an hoar. In planting seeds, put eaoh one in a pill-box, and wrap the hox up in cotton batting. In setting out onions, put an over-coat on each onion, and place a layer of hot bricks under the bed. If yoa hear any one predicting n thaw between now aud June, shoot him on the spot." The small-pox is ou the increase in New York, Jersey City and other oities in the State. DECAY OP THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. According to the Hawaiian correspond? ent of the New York Observer, the po? pulation of the Sandwich Islands is rapidly decreasing under those influences which many believed wonld have a con? trary effeot. In short, civilization and Obrutianity seem to have promoted rather than hindered national decay, and while the natives no longer worship idols or broil missionaries, and are bet? ter fed, better clothed and better shel? tered than auder tho ancient regime, they are dying out as fast as our own Indians. In 1823, the native inhabi? tants of these islands numbered 142,000; in 1842, 130,300; in 1846, 108,000; in 1850, 82,400; in 1853, 73,100; in 1860, 69,700; and in 1866, 63,000. In forty years, if theee Agares be correct, there has been an actual decrease of one-half. It is stated that marriages,are very rarely followed by offspring; that even the more intelligent classes regard the birth of a child as a misfortune, and that there are many villages where not a single child is to be seen. When the natural source of supply is thoa strangely out off, it is no wonder that hamlets are abandoned, houses empty, and the tra? veler oan ride for miles through the country without meeting or seeing a Bin? gle human being. The causes of this extraordinary chango for the worse, we leave to the investigation of those phi? lanthropists and physiologists who be? lieve breeches and Bibles to be the grand panacea of all the ills which flesh is heir to. There are now about 2,500 Anglo Saxons residing in the Sandwich Islands, and these are reinforced by 1,500 Chi? nese. The latter, it is thought, will soon monopolize the agricultural inter? ests of the coan try._ MB. SEWARD ON THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. A correspondent has interviewed ox-Sec? retary Seward on the Alabama claims. Mr. Seward said that the people do not understand the Alabama claims, and con? sequently get excited. If they were dis? satisfied with the Washington treaty, they ought to call up the Johnson-Cla? rendon treaty, which was a fsir and honorable settlement to both oountries, and have it ratified by the Senate. No better terme will ever be obtained. He favored the adoption of the supplemental article to the Washington treaty. A BULL TO BB SACRIFICED FOR GREE? LEY.-There is st least one man in Illi? nois who is willing to book up his judg? ment. Mr. Keiian Boyd, of Cooper township, says the Springfield (Illinois) Register, is the owner of A fine ball of the Doubloon stock, -valued at'.01,OOQ. Mr. Boyd is so certain;*)? the election of Mr. Greeley, that he' bfiViB tovell this animal for ?600, of %b$B/h $2?04hall be paid in oash, and tbJt^fir?flgg?p when Greeley is elected. A curious revelation of Austrian diplo matio intrigue has recently been mad? public, in the statement that the secret expenses of the Austrian Ambassador ic Paris, from 1859 to 1871, amounted tc 18,000,000 francs. Employees at thc Tailleries, even valets and ohamber maida of the, Empress of tho French were on the sear et pay list ol the Aus tr?an Legation, ? . The proprietor of a beer-garden ii Council, Bluffs was fined $10 for doini business on Sunday. He went quiet!; to the) police court Monday morning paid his flue and Went homo. He dil this regularly for several weeks, but th authorities finally put a atop to iL Paulette A. Sanders, Esq., had hi store house and stock of goods, on LittJ Baiting Creek, Sumter County, destroy ed by fire, about a week ago. The flt is said to have been occidental. It is r< ported that he was fully insured. A great family re-union of the Bothi ohilds will be held next July, at Franl fort-on-the-Main, when, it is bel i o vee important changes will be agreed upo in regard to the management of tl various branches of the great firm. Mr. Sumner is quoted as follows: ". the .campaign can be made a porson orl?-be tween tho big letter G and tl little letter G, I am for the big. G-fe Greeley.". ?* l?o?ore ? Kansai City poIiecMioort, ia week, Martha Washington prefern complaint against her husband, Georf Washington, for crnel and inhume treatment. Mr. Alexander Foxworth, a very o citizen of Sumter County, died ls week, at his residence, about eight mil from town. He was an inoffensive ai worthy man. An attach?e of the Sumter Watchma while fishing st the "First Mill," a fe days since, killed a monster rattle-snal From his tail was taken fifteen rattl and a button. KILLED,-By the up-North-easte train, last Saturday night, a white m named Noah Snmerford was run ov< about one mile from Florence, and i stantly killed. There were 2b deaths in Charleston : the week ending the 18th instant-whi 13; colored 12. ' An Indiana Enooh Arden affair t decided by a game of "seven-up" 1 tween the rival husbands. A Pittsburg cripple challenge? < world to a raoe on one leg* and erato! for $50 a aide and the championship. Funeral Invitation. The friends and acquaintances of 1 ELIZABETH SH Alli- and Mrs. Selina I aro respectfully invited to attend the fun of the former, at the A. M. E. Church, Tl MORNING, at 10 o'clock. Wanted, TWO sober, industri?os aod active MEI attend to cows and deliver milk. A| at Columbia Dairy, Upper street. May 28 2_W. H. WIG* Aoaoia Lodge. No. 94, A.iF. M. Jk A REGULAR Communication of Lodgo will be held in Masonio I /V\THIS (Thursday) EVENING, a o'olook. By order of the W. M. May 23 1 F. M. DRENNAN, Ja., Seo