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Telegraphic? Foreign Amvtra. London, May 4.?The Queen ? will probably visit Ireland next autumn, with the Duke oud Duchess of Edin? burgh, A special despatch from Sautander to the Times aaye a deputation of volun? teers from Bilbao visited Gen. Manuel Concha, who had been operating in the rear of *:e insurgents, and informed hint that the Garlists had retired. Con oha ime diately communioated the in? telligence to Serrano, and the latter re? plied by telegraph, granting to Conoha the honor of first entering Bilbao. A decree has been issued in Madrid, call? ing for a levy of all persons liable to military duty and over nineteen years of age. Madrid, May 4.?Marshal Serrano entered Bilbao ou Saturday. There is great rejoicing here over the deliverance of tho oity. Ou Saturday evening, thore was a general illuminatiou. Tho muni? cipality have sent congratulatory de? spatches to Marshal Sarruno and Gen. Oonoba. Small detached parties of Garlists are surrendering to the Repub? lican's, but tho main body of the insur? gents have retreated in great disorder in the direction of Guipuzzoo. An at? tempt was made, yesterday, to assassi? nate Sonor Fi y Margall. The man, who is as yet unknown, fired twice at him, without effect, and theu shot and killed himself. Madkid, May 4.?Additional de? spatches from Bilbao state that bodies of Garlists continue to surrender to the Bepnblioan troops, in the hope of re? ceiving amnesty. Bilbao is already be? ginning to resume its usual appearance, and trade is reviving. The obstructions which were placed iu the river below the oity to prevent the approach of the Government war vessels, have been re? moved. The man who attempted to assassinate Pi y Margall was an insane priest. He had been confined in the Lunatic Asy? lum, but was recently discharged. Tclturauhk-Amerlciin Itlutlera. Cincinnati, May 2.?The Roman Ca? tholic archbishops are arriviug to-night from all parts of the country, to attend the convocation to be held next week. The object of the. convocation has not been promulgated, but ia supposed to be for the purpose of considering the advisability of increasing the number of archbishops. $1,000 worth of provisions were, pur? chased by the Louisiana Relief Commit? tee to-day. Boxes to receive contribu? tions'to the relief fund will be placed iu all places of amusement one night this week, and in churches on t Jd 10th. Chicago, May 3.?Several vessels have arrived. The straits are considered open for the season, Litt na Rock, May 3.?The situation is nnohanged. Both parties have re? ceived reinforcements, and Bent about an equal number home. Confederate soldiers hold generally aloof. The agent of the Associated Press claims that some one attempted to assassinate him. Louisville, May 3.?Every State is represented and all the bishops are in attendance upon the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Reports show fraternal feeling from abroad, and favorable situation of , the book concerns. The foreign mis? sions want additional personal aid. New York, May 3.?Customs receipts for the week, $2,185,700. The sab treasury paid out during the week 82.827,600 as interest, and $230,600 for called bonds. Specie shipments for the week, $628,383; imports for the week, $1,875,486 dry goods, and $4,662,509 general merchandise. The trustees of the Cypress Hill Ceme? tery have offered a plot of ground for the burial of members of the press who may die without relations within reach. Washington, May 3.?After a week spent in the preparation of opinions in oases to be decided before the close of the term, the Supreme Court will meet to-morrow for their delivery, and finally adjourn to the day appointed by law?namely, the second Monday in Oc? tober next?when the reading shall have been oonoluded. A great - many oases remain to be decided, but as numbers of them will follow tho decisions in cer? tain oases of their class, probably not more than twenty-five or thirty opinions will be required to dispose of tho list. Among those which remain, aro the late twenty per oent. cases, involving the question whether the Act of 18C7, increasing the pay in the civil service, applies to teamsters, laborers, etc., em? ployed by army commandants, me? chanics employed in tho navy yards, and other like employees of the Govern? ment, working under contracts for the departments, or is limited to thoso only who have regular appointments, made directly in pursuance of law, or indi? rectly by appropriations. A number of claims to Spanish land titles in Louisi? ana, will also be decided, among whioh IB one of Galeb Cubbing's; also, various ^confiscation and other cases, to whioh the Government is a party. The Oommittee of "Ways and Means are now considering a bill to repeal the provision of the law under which the Sanborn and other like contracts were made. The committee are auxious to have these oontraots annulled, but have not yet agreed upon the best man nor of doing bo. Should the contracts be annulled, the contractors would, uuder present laws, bo entitled to go to the Court of Claims for relief, and, there? fore, it is a qaestion whether they should be exoluded from this remedy, and provided with one in an appeal to Congress. The bill, however, has not acquired definite shape except so far as the repeal of the contract provision is concerned. The sales of gold for tho month of May will be as follows: On the first aud third Thursdays $1,500,000 each, on the second and fourth Thursdays 81,000,000 each, making $5,000,000 In all. The Committee of Ways and Means will to-morrow make a report on what is called the Sanborn oase. So far as can be verbally ascertained, they recite the law, and give a narrative of the transactions under it, as derived from the testimony. The Kelsey contract being the first that was made, is given at length as a specimen of the contract a ?that with Banborn included?tho {)hraaeology of all of them being simi ar. They disonsa the order given under the signature of Secretary Boutwell, addressed to assessors and collectors of internal revenue, directing them to as? sist the several contractors iu such way as they may ask in the examination of their books. It will bo recollected that Secretary Boutwell, iu his recent testi? mony before the committee, stood by this order as right and proper, saying it merely allowed them to see the records with reference to persons who withheld taxes dae the Government, so as to avoid going after those who had paid their taxes; bat without alluding to this testimony, the committee condemn the order, on the ground that instead of the internal revenue officers assisting San born and others, the latter should have assisted the officers. The committee find some fault with the unsatisfactory character of the evidence of officers of tho Treasury Department, somo having endeavored to evade the responsibility connected with tho proportion and making of the contracts. The first con? tract of the kind was made under Secre? tary Boutwell, aud the present Secre? tary of the Treasury aud subordiute officers merely carried out the policy. The committee do not feel that any of those officers were, in what they did, influenced by any corrupt personal mo? tive, and in conclusion of tbuir report, the committee recommend a repeal of the law uuder which the contracts wore made, and that the contracts be an? nulled. cincinnati, May 4 ?Archbishops McCloBkey, of New York; Bailey, of Baltimore, and Wood, of Philadelphia; Bishops McCloskey, of Louisville, O'Gonner, of Philadelphia, and Revs. James O'Reilly and A. J. MoDouougb, of Philadelphia, have arrived here to attend the convocation of tho Roman Catholic Bishops this week. New Yoek, May 4.?To-day, nearly 900 Italians got vaccinated, tu conse? quence of a number of cases of small pox being reported among their coun? trymen. Chicago, May 4 ?An Eastern bound train?the Atlantic Express?n ns witched near Plymouth, Indiana; several hurt; baggage, mail aud three other cars were burned. Washington, May 4.?The Senate, on motion of Pesoo, passed u resolution re? questing the House of Representatives to returu to the Senate a bill passed a few days ago, appropriating S90,00f) for the relief of persons suffering from the overflow of the Mississippi River. Pease said he would move to increase tho appropriation when tho bill should be returned. In the House, a large num? ber of bills were introduced and referred. Charleston, May 4.?Arrived? Steamship South Carolina, New York; schooner Abby R. Bentley, New York. St. Louis, May 4.?A special to the Democrat, from Little Rock, says Judges Searle and Bsnnett, of the Supreme Court, were arrested, last night, on their arrival by the Memphis traiu, at Argenta, opposite Little Rock, by Capt. Williams, acting under orders of Gov. Baxter. The Judges refused to be arrested without proper authority; whereupon Capt. Williams made a signal, and a baud of urmed men entered the oar with oocked revolvers, and Searle and Bennett were forcibly taken from the train. Up to the time the despatch was written, they bad not been heard of iu Little Rock. The Supreme Court was to convene iu Little Rock to-day. Judge Stephensoo, also, of the Supreme Court, was on the traiu, but it seems his presence was uot known, else he, too, would have been arrested. The affair created great excitement iu Brooks' oump, and serious trouble is appre? hended uulei-8 Congress interferes fur the release of the Judges. Memphis, Muy 4 ?Advices from Prentiss, Mississippi, state that levees broke Saturday nigh"., one-and-a-half miles below that place, and at Gloucue, 9ixty miles below, while another cre? vasse is hourly expected at Prides. Water is pouring through the crevasso I at Cattish Point, which is now 150 yards wide. The private leveo ut Walnut Bond, Arkansas, is also broken, inun? dating Falls', Parquarsou's und other rice plantations; tho two named having over 1,100 acres of ootton planted. Ap? peals have comu from below Napoleon for more supplies for tho sufferers. The relief committees are busily en? gaged iu filling orders. washington, May 4.?Thu Supreme Court t:?day decided the confi.-icutiou case relating to the Slidell property and ?:>verul other similar cases, holding that the proceedings in tho District Court, in pursuance of which tbo property was sold, were regular, and pussutl full und indufective titles to the putchases; uutl notwithstanding the substqneut repeal of the law uuder which tbo proceedings took place, tho decree of the Circait Court, which reversed the decree of the Distriat Court, was therefore reversed. Mr. Justice Strong delivered the opi? nion; Mr. Justice Clifford dissented, holding tbat the proceedings were at common law, and the cuees bbould have becu tried by juries; and uot beiug so tried, they were instifiicieut to pass a valid title; but that if they were in ad? miralty, us maintained by the court, then they wars insufficient to pass title, because iu such proceedings the default of tha party charged is not a confession of the oharge, but imposes upon the Government the necessity of proving its truth, the same us if the party were present, which was not done in these case*. Oregon Steam Navigatiou Company vs. Wiosor und others, error to thu Su? premo Court of Washington Territory. Iu this case, the California Steam Navi? gation Company Bold the steamer New World to the plaintiff in error; it being stipulated t bat the latter company should not allow the steamer to ply iu California waters for a period of ten years. Afterwards, the Oregon Com? pany sold her to the defendants, with a stipulation that she should not be al? lowed to ply in the California waters, nor npon the Colombia River and its tributaries. Subsequently, the steamer was plyed between San Francisco aud Valledo, within the Stute of California, and this action was brought to recover the damages stipulated to be paid in caso of a breach of contract. The court below held the contract to be iu restraint of trade, and therefore void, for consi? deration of public policy. That judg? ment is here reversed; tho court hold? ing that the restraint of trade was, not to such an extent us to invalidate a con? tract reasonable in its terms, aud found? ed upon a valid consideration. It did uot deprive the public of auy of the business enterprise of tho country, but rather facilitated, than otherwise, the business of tho veudors.( The price paid for the steamer was affected by tho sti? pulation os a consideration, and tho time of tho restriction was no longer thau necessary to protect the venders of tho steamer. "Mr. Justice Bradley deli? vered the opinion. Diaseutiug, Justice Clifford, Swain and Davis. JSx parti ?o bins on, original in this case. The Judge of thu united States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas disbarred tho petitiouer lor a refusal to answer certaiu interroga? tions required by the court iu a pro? ceeding before it. In answer to tho al? ter uativo writs of mandamus issued by this court, his Houor said that the language of the petitiouer, "I shall un swer nothing," taken iu conuectiou with his toue uud manner, wan such as to merit summary and severe punishmeut, and it was accordingly indicted. This court hold that tho power to disbar at? torneys can only bo exercised where there is such Conducton the part of the parties eomplaiped of us shows them to be undt to be members of thu profes? sion. They hold their office during good behavior, aud can ouly be deprived of it for miscouduci, usceitaiucd and de? clared by the judgtueat of the court, ufter opportunity to be heard has been offered. Before a judgment disbarring an attorney is rendered, he must have notice of the grounds of complaint against him, und ample opportuuity of explanation and defeuce, iu accordance with tho rule of natural justice, applica? ble iu all casus. A peremtory mandam urn is directod to (he court below to re? store the petitioner's name to the roll of attorneys. Justice Field delivered the opinion. The tiix case of St?ckdale vs. tho At luntio Iusaraucu Company, from the Circuit Court for Liuisiaua, winch also carries with it thirteen other cases, was decided ia the Supreme Court to-day. The opinion establishes the following points: That whether the tax on divi? dends arising from the earnings of cor? porations for the year 1869 be viewed as tax on the share-holder or ou tho corporation, it wus intended to tax the earnings for that year by the section which limited the duration of the in? come tax; that Section 17 of the Act of 1870, coustruiug certain sections of the law of 1859 to extend the tax to the year 1870, is valid, because it is not an attempt to exercise judicial power, construing a statute for the court, but is a mode of construing or revising a tax I which might have been supposed to have expired. As this merely imposed a tax retrospectively, it was within the legislative power of Congress, and the I case differs from an effort to invade private rights, over which Congress bus no power ' whatever. The oases of Barnes vs. the banks and railroads, 17 Wall, 291, aud the United Stute? vs. the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 17 Wall, 322, wero cousidored, aud con? firmed' in the opinion. Mr. Justice Miller delivered the opinion. Disseut? iug Justices?Davis, Fiold aud Strong. The twenty per cent, cases were also decided, the court holding tbut the Act increasing compensation iu the civil service applied alike to ull in that s rvice iu the City of Washington, but uot out? side of it, who were employed by an officer of tho Government authorized to contract for their ?ervices, and to fix tho compensation. Ouo caso?that of a plate printer iu the bureau of engraving und printing?was held uot to be witbiu tho Act of decreuse. Ho did piece work, uud eui'doycd another party to do bis woik. One case wus also thrown out, because employed in a Government cemetery outside of tho city. Mr. Jus? tice Swuiuo read a dissenting opinion, concurred in by the Cbief Justice aud Mr. Justice D.ivis, holding that uouo of the parties wore eulitled to the extra pay voted, because the year for which it wus allowed was nearly expired when thu Act passed, und it wus for tbut rea? son a gratuity instead of compensation. Iu the easo of (1 alpin vs. Page, from tho Circuit Court for California, tho uc tiou was for tho possession of certaiu real estato in tho city of Sau Francisco, formerly the property of Fruualio C. Gruy, (licensed, from whum both parties claim to derive titles. Tho decision of the Circuit Court was iu favor of Page, under a decreo of a District Court of thu Stute; tho court holding thut the decree was conclusive as against ques? tions raised in u collateral proceeding. Thut judgment is here reversed; the court holding that the District Court did uot acquire jurisdiction of an in? fant defendant iu the case, and that as tho Suprome Court of the Stato had afterward reversed the decision of thu lower court, the decision of tho appel? late court constitutes tho law of the case upon tho points adjudged. Mr. Justice Field delivered the opinion. Judge Roso, special delegate from Gov. Baxter, who had been in Wash? ington for about a week, acting iu con? junction with Congressman Wilthire aud Messrs. Pike and Johnson, counsel aud representatives for Baxter, left Washington to-night for St. Louis, thence to Arkansas, having submitted the Baxter aide of the case to the Presi deur, and Attorney-General Judge Rose to day received a telegram from Little Rock etuting that Buxter bad nothing to-day with the arrest of the two Judges iu Argeutu, on the side of the river op? posite to Little Rock, uud disavows ell responsibility for it. In the Senate, pensions and Louisiana occupied the day. Iu tbe House, umoug the bills introduced were the following: Compensation for ferry boats seized iu 1801, authorizing an issue of United States bonds by Butler for free banking, uud to givo elasticity to cur? rency; by Young, of Georgia, aiding certain water routes, aud a bill making additional appropriations for tbo suffer? ers of tbo Mississippi overflow. Probabilities?For.the Middle States, North-east to variable winds, with ruin, the barometer failing, with hut a slight change of temperature. For thu South Atlantic States, South-east to variable winds, with raiu, followed by clouriug weather and lower temperature iu tbe Southern portion. For the Gulf ?tutos, risiug b.irouieter, North to West wind*, aud partly cloudy weather. For thu T?uue*suo and the Ohio Valley, risiug barometer, North to West winds, and cool weather, followed by rising tempe? rature. The 1 iwer Mississippi and thu Ohio Rivers will change but, slightly during the coming twenty-four hours. Lue lower Mis-oun aud central Missis? sippi will ribe. The rivers of Yirginiu and Pennsylvania will uUo rise during Tuesday. Telegraphic?Camiurrc I ul ICrport*. London, Mav 4.?Cousols 93@93*4. Eries 42>?. London, May 4.?Streut rate below bank. Paris. May 4.?Rentes 60f. 21>?o. Liverpool, May 4?Noon.?Cotton quiet aud steady?uplauds 8}?(?j8?-?; O.leans H%(&S}4; sales 12,000, includ? ing il.OOO lor speculation dud export; sales of uplands, nothing below good ordinary, deliverable May, June, July or August, 8 IMG, 8 T-1G; nothing below low middling, deliverable Juuu or July, 8 7-10; Orleans, nothing below good orduiary. shipped May or Juue, 8 0-10; sales ot American 7.5U0. Liverpool. May 4?Eveuiug.?Cot tuu?sales of uplands, nothing below good ordinary,' shipped in April, 8%; shipped in April or May, 8,?a'; Orleans, nothing below low middling, delivera? ble in Juuu or July, 8 91G. New York. May 4?Noon.?Cotton dull; sales 153?uplands 17?.?', Orleans 18,'u. Futures opened: May 17 8 82; June 17 15-32, 17%; July 17%, 1729 82; August 18 3-1G. Fiour etesdy. Wheat lc better. Corn firm. Pork firm, at 17.00. Lird heavy?steam 10}?? 10 17-32. Freights quiet. Stocks dull. Money 3. Gold 12,s8. Excbunge?loug 4.88; short 4 91. Governments active and little oil. Stute bonds active and little better prices. 7 P. M.?Cotton dull; sales GG0, at j 17?^@18)8.? Southern fiour a shade firmer. Wheat 2c. better and more doing for export and forward delivery? l.G0@l.G8 for winter red Western. Coru opened firm, with fair demand, but closed dull and drooping?84(8)87 j for new Western mixed. Coffee quiet ? and steady. Sugar firm. Rice quiet; small jobbing trade. Pork firmer?new 16.90@17.00. Lard firmer, at 10*?@ 10 11-16. Whiskuy steady, at 97?$. Freights firm?cotton, steam Cot? ton?net receipts 112; gross3,889. Fu? tures closed strong; sales 10,800: May 17 3-16, 17 7 32; June 17 17 32, 17 9-16; July 17 15-16, 17 31 32; Angnst 18 7 32, 18?4; September 17 31 32, 18; Ootobei 17 23 32,17Jjf; November 17%. 17 11-16; December 17}*, 17 9-16. Money easy, I at 3@4 Sterliug quiet, at 4.88. Gold weak, at 12*g. Governments active but steady, btates quiet, but butter prices for some. cincinnati, May 4.?Flour dull and unchanged. Corn firm, ut 68(rt>70. Pork demand light; holders firm, at 17.25@17.50. Lard strong?10.'4(fl?10;?b for steam; lO'.j for kettlu. Bacon qniot and firm?6J0'iYj)7 for shoulders; 9;s8($ 9?4 for clear rib; for clear. Wuiskey firm, at 92. Louisville, May 4.?Flour un? changed. Corn active nud higher, at 80 ($82. Pork firmer, at 17.50. Lud 103.t ($U?4. Whiskey 92. Baltimore, May 4.?Cotton dull ? middling 17)4', net receipts 424; gross -152; exports coastwise 105; sales 169; spiuuers 5; stock 1,812. Philadelphia, May 4.?Cotton quiet?middling 17?4@18; good ordi uary 15?.?; ordinary 13 '4; net receipts 18; gross 5-19. * Norfolk, May 4.?Cotton steady uud unchanged?low middling 1G'4; uet re? ceipts 1,777; oxports to Greut Britain 232; coastwise 85G; sides 250; stock 8,260. Savannah, May 4.?Col ton dull and unchanged ? middling 10~B; nut receipts 332; gross 332; exports coast wise 87; solus 6613; stock 32,902. Memphis, May 4 ? Cottou steady and unchanged?low middling lO^^lO'..; receipts 446; shipments 2,110; stock 34.799. Charleston, May 4 ?Cottou quiet? middling 16^@16*?'; low middling 18^4(^16*85 good ordinury 1G/.j; uet re? ceipts 085; exports to Great Britain 2,909; coastwise 30-1; sales 150; stock 13,729. Galveston, May 4.?Nothing doing iu cotton; prices nominally unchanged ?good ordinary 15*8; ne' reoeipts 023; exports to Greut Britain 6,033; to the continent, 761; eoustwisn 3MS; stock 30,852. MoniLE, May 4.?Cotton dull?mid? dling lC-J^; low middling 16^; good ordinary 15,'.j; not receipts 207; exports coastwise 90*2; sales 100; stock 32,502. AvaoSTA, May 4.?Cotton nominal ? middling lO'.j; receipts 432; sales 102. Boston, May 4 ?Cottou quiet?mid? dling 17%; gross receipts 155; sales 200; stock 0,000. New Orleans, May 4 ?Cotton dull and easy?middling Yl%\ net receipts 1,196: -gross 1,542; exports to Qreat Britain '3,753; oontinent l2,893; coast? wise 1.087; sale*; 8,000; stock 106,339. Dumis for EiiEVBN Months?The Stanuton (Va.) Vindicator says: "Mr. James McClung, of this County, was suddeuly, and without any explicable cause, totally,deprived of the power of speech eleven months ago, and since tbat time ba9 been obliged to use a Blate in couveyiug his thopgbtu. Oa Sunday before last, he oamo into the sitting room und said, 'good morning,'at the same time ueurly fuinting. He has con? versed as well as ever Biuoe that. Just as he spoke Sunday, he experienced a couvnlsivo movement of the muscles in the throat and a Beuse of concussion of the head." The Columbus (Miss.) Index, in re? counting "the humors of tho flood" in tbat locality, says: "A boat of rescuers found two or three brawny freedmen asleep in bed, but a few inches above water. When aroused and questioned about their intentions, they answered-, with a juwu, that they thought 'the river would full after u little.' A de? liverer paddled up to a cabin, aud suw within two pigs upon a floating feather? bed, while near by stood a table, knee deep in water, a chicken on one end aud a dug upou the other. The family were perched upon the roof." HoitRiiiLE Crceltv to a Child ? Lucy Joseph was arraigned in New Or? leans, lust week, for the.ill-treatment of her step ion, a boy of eleven, very small for his uge. Sho had tortured him with devilish ingenuity, among other ex? pedients compelling him to kueel upon hot bricks until his knees became roast? ed. While amply feeding her own chil? dren, she gave the step-son nothing, and he had to beg. The boy was con? stantly asking for food when in court, and eagerly devoured a loaf of bread. Terrible Tragedy.?A quintuple murder occurred near Homestead, Pa,, on the night of the 30th nit. The victims of this dreadful butchery are John Ham not, his wife Agnes, their (laughter Emmu, aged four years; Robert Smith, a boy raised by the fami? ly, and the eldest daughter of Mr. Ham net, Ida, aged eight years. The dwell? ing was burned to the ground and the bodies of tho murdered nearly de? stroyed. A young German laborer is suspected. A cu-e of garroting occurred in Atlan? ta last Wednesday evening, which camo noar resulting in the death of Mr. Wm. Bell. Bell was found about 9 o'clock on tbat evening in the store of Holmes, Calder St Co., with a handkerchief tied around his neck so t:ghtly tbat it bad almost suffocated him to death. He bad the mark of a blow ander one of his eyes, and was otherwise bruised. William Calder, a member of the firm, was arrested on suspicion. As five colored persons, four men and one woman, attempted to cross the Oco nee River, near Madison, on Monday evening, in a canoe, it was cpset and two men were drowned. The woman saved herself by getting into a tree, where she was rescued the next morn? ing. Mrs. Charles J. Williams has the un? dying honor of suggesting the observ? ance of Memorial I}ay; and from the Augusta Constitutionalist we learn, that on decoration day, at Columbus, Ga., the choicest flowers clustered about her last resting place. A skirmish occurred between United States soldiers in Atlanta and the police of that oity, Thursday night. One of the soldiers was seriously wounded. The soldiers had been breaking into bouses and mid treating citizens general? ly, hence the difficulty. We regret to learn from a publication in the Cincinnati Gazelle that several days ago, Hon. John C. Breckiuridge, of Kentucky, was attacked by a hem morbage of the lungs and is now lying j in a precarious condition. The boat belonging to the Duufuskio light-house, containing Mrs. Comer, wife of the light house-keeper and a co? lored mau, named Robert Frazier, was capsized recently and the latter ' drowued. Mrs. Hester Lindsey, of Berrien County, Oa., was 100 years old on the 13th of April. Oue of her sons is help? less from old uge, while she is vivacious und sprightly. A rotary boiler in a paper mill at Shuwunyurl;, N. ?., exploded on the 2d, killing seven or eight persons and wounding several, and demolishing en? tirely the mill and machinery. A out iu Charleston has given birth to ii litter of kittens, nut one of whiuh had any sign of a tail. Charleston city taxes have been paid up mote promptly this year than since the war. Cupt. John P. King, a citizen of Hil? ton Head, died a few days ago. Funeral Invitation. Tho friends aud acquaintances of CINDA, tho faithful servant of John O. Forbes, and tho members of Ladeon Chapel, are respect? fully invited to attend her funoral services, at Ladtoii Chape l, Til IS AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock. Sacrifice?To Builders. ALOT of HEAVY TIMBERS AND L?M UER, choice, offered at 70 cents per bandied, without delivery. ALSO, A NOT 11 KM DAIIOAIN. i Fino, stylish, prompt, free-driving young I MULE, with or without Oart and Harness. May 5 _ Palmetto Steam Fire Engine Company. THE Regular k Monthly Meeting .%of tbia Company 3 will bo held at S^thoir Hall. THIS -~{Tuoadav)EV?N INO, at 8 o'clock. T. P. PURSE, Secretary. Mav 5 1