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? Tg* ' ? 1 S 8 ? ?? S TcltKrapUle-KoreJga Attalr?. Paeis, May 12 ?The National As? sembly met to-day. There was no message from the President. Buffet, President of the Assembly, read a let? ter from M. Pieeon, Deputy from the Department of the Alpes Mari tin es, making an explanation in relation to his speech lately delivered in favor of separation of tho Department from Franco and resigning his seat in the As*embly. The resignation was ac? cepted. Tho officers of the Bureau of the Assembly will be elected to-inor row. London, May 12.?-In the House of Lords, to-night. Earl of Caruaroou, the Secretary of Stute for the Colonial Department, suid that, in accordance with the foelings of the oountry, the Government has decided that it is, im? possible to abandon its possessiou on the Gold Coast. Madiud, May 12.?The Iberia nows paper says the diffioultiei iu the wuy of the formation of the Coalition Mi? nistry are iuBurmouutable. London, May 13.?The striking miners at Durham are turbulent. There is much distress in their fami? lies. Tho Princo of Wales, Duke of Edin? burgh and Prince Arthur will receive the Czar at Gravoseud at noon to-day, aud conduct him directly to Windsor. Bayonne, May 13.?Don Carlos 1ms revoked tho banishment of the Cure of Santa Cruz, and rooalled him to Spain. Madrid, May 13.?It is said the Internationalists ure becoming trou? blesome at Alooy, and nn outbreuk is feared. London, May 13.?The Ituasiau im? perial yuoht, with the Czar on board, went agrouud yesterday, while leaving Flushing, and was not floated until 11 o'clock this morning. An .immeuse number of persons have left here for Gravesend, to welcome hiB Majesty, and largo crowds, not aware of his detention, are gathered at tho railway stations by which the train bearing him will oome. In this city, digs are flying at all points. A rumor is cur? rent, this afternoon, that he will land at Dover instead of at Gravesend. At all events, he will reaoh these, shores' before 6 o'clock this afternoon, which will be several hours behind the time fixed in the official programme. Telegraunlc?American- Aluticra. Buffalo, March 12.?The search for missing bodies in the debris of Mo Ar? thur's building on Main street, whiob fell yesterday, oontiuuea. Three per? sons, known to have been in the build? ing at the time it fell, are still miss? ing. An extraordinary eoene occurred when the body of a little girl, Mary Doyle, was found. Her father lifted it tenderly, and was proceeding home, when Coroner Davis attempted to take the body, for the purpose of holding an inquest. Feeling ran bo high against Davis, that it was with difficul? ty that the Mayor and Chief of Police could preserve order. .Davis was ulti? mately driven off by main force. The wife and son of Prof. Buckham, Prin? cipal of the State Normal School, were in one of the wrecked stores. The mother was recovered with a broken ankle, and her boy was taken out soon after, dead. Extensive forest fires have beeu raging the past week in the Northerly part of Erie Connty. Saw milh>. barns, dwellings, timber, .to., value', at over $100,000 have been destroyed. The town of Marietta suffered heavily; fully half the town was destroyed. BrNQHAUPTON, May 12.?About 1 30 A. M., to-day, a Are broke out in the village of Butternut, Osage Couuty, and destroyed six stores and twenty one dwellings. Half of the villagw is in ashes. Osweoo, May 12.?At midnight, a fire broke out at Gilbertville, Otsego County, and destroyed twelve build? ings, The fire commenced in a new frame building owned by G. W. Sil bals. The insurance on the property was very small. Lexington, Ky., May 13.?Keen's Fleona won the half mile dash iu -1'JJJ seconds; the fusLOst time, by two se? conds, recorded. New York, May 13 ?The wife of Charles O'Connor, theemineut lawyer, ia dead. Washington, May 13.?Davis, ol West Virginia, addressed thu Senate in favor of paying the claims of loyal citizens for property destroyed or taken by Federal troops during the war. Savannah, May 13.?The Graud Commaudery of the Kuights Templar of Georgia met this morning iu uuuuul conclave. Owing to tho inclemency of the weather, there was no public dis? play. Little Rock, May 13.?The war parties had a sharp skirmish yesterday, with varied results, when the Federals interfered, and tho mobs returned to their quarters. Tho Baxterites lost a horse and a man slightly wounded. It is reported the Brooksiteo had eight killed and wounded. As soon as the skirmish on the out? skirts yesterday was knowu in tho city, Colonel Rose gave orders to have it stopped. Ooe company formed be? hind the barrioade, forcing Baxter's line, with loaded gnus, and got ready to prevent their advance. Another company, under command of Lieut. Noble, marohing towards the battle? field, haltod half way, and an officer went ahead. Brooks' men were be? hind tho rifle pits on the side of the bills, which were thrown up when Markbam strebt was beiog graded. The bring had been quite brisk on both sides. Baxter's forces had been driven over the opposite hill, betweou two of the Cairo and Folton Railroad buildings. The forces were about 300 yards about. Col. Rose was soon seen riding towards Baxter's lines, whiob had then moved back towards the dtty. Lieut. Morrison and Col. Rose both galloped to different point i, to stop the firing.' Their efforts were ineffectual, however, end the firing now became sharper and near towards the city. Tue regulars then marched between theooinbatantfl, but soon came back to their origiuul position. The firing be fcweeu tho pickets was now intermit? tent. Buster sent out iufautry to sup? port White, aud whon oue block from tun State House aud pissing ic, they fired nt the advanced Brooks pickets, who fired a volley back, wheu the B.ix torites retreated tu good order. Seve? ral were seou to fall. The Brooks forces wero uuder the immediate com miud of Col. Bnzzo'.eri. Towards ovuuiijg, King White's command moved back towards the end of town. Fighting occurred duriug the afternoon in the early settled part of the city. The women aud children were fright? ened badly. Lieut. Morrison, of the regulars, was shot at throe times by a Baxtcritc. Morrison was ou horseback at the time, aud eudeavoriug to pre? vent bloodshed. He drew his pistol to return the fire, but it failed to go off. Little Hock, May 13.?A quorum of both houses of tho Legislature is now iu se>sion. There are fourteen members in tho Senate and forty-live iu the House. Both branches are pro? ceeding with business. fiosroN, May IU?The Louisiana re? lief fund has reach?*! $-11.500. Memphis, Miy 13 ?Tue levee at Appuson's plantation, opposite Freuu's Poiut, is broke. The water iu Friar's l'oiut is three feet deep. Bevehly, N J., May 13.?Brick head's woolen mill was burned to-day.I Washington, May 13.?Riproseutu tivu Melles!) has been scut to the iu Sttue asylum. Toe bill reported by Thurmau, from the Committee ou Private Liud Claims, proposes to extend fur two years, from the first day of Juno next, tho time allowed by the Act of June 8, 1372, for tho redemption of lauds held by the Uuited States uuder the seve? ral Acts levyiug direct tu'ies. Shermm'a bill to regulate euuiruerco among the several States aud with foreigu nations, is a copy of the bill introduced by John Q Smith, of Ohio, iu the House of Representatives, March 16, forbidding discrimination iu rail? road charges, aud compelling railroad companies to post oouspiouously full .schedules of their respective tariffs, etc. Charleston. May 13.?Arrived? Steamships Champion, New York; Ashland, Philadelphia. Telegraphic?Commercial Reports. Columbia, May 13.?Sales of cottou 75 bales?middling 16' Je. London, May 13.?Consols 93j?.' ErieB 32@32)?. Liverpool, May 13?Noon.?Cotton activo and firmer?uplands S}.'.(a>8-?jj'; Orlcuus 8%@8??; sales 1S.???, iu oludiog 5,000 for speculation and ex? port; bales of uplands, nothing below good ordinary, deliverable iu Juue or July, 8 916; nothing below low mid? dling, shipped in April or May, 8%; deliverable in May or June, 8}^; do liverabla iu June or July, 8 9-16; sales of Orleaus, nothing below low usid dliug, deliverable in May, 8%; de? liverable iu June or July, Sj^; de? liverable in July or August, 8%J sales include 8.200 American. Liverpool, May 13?Evening.? Cottou?sales of uplands, nothing be? low good ordinary, deliverable in July or August, 8 11-16; nothing below low middling, shipped in May or Juue, 8%; deliverable in May or Juue, 8 9-16; deliverable in Juue or July, 8%; deliverable in July or August, New York, May 13?Noon.?Gold opoued at 12,'fo?now 12. Cotton firm; sales 1,519?uplands Orleans 19. Futures opened: May lH(cr)18 1 16; Juuu 18 116@18 7 32; July 18 9-16@ 18 1M6; August 18J?(ml8 1516; Sep? tember 187 1G@18>?; October 18 1-32; December 17 13-16. Flour und oorn quiet and heavy. Wheat dull and de? clining. Pork firm ? moss 17.25. Lard quiet?steam 10%@1U IMG. Freights houv}-. Stocks dull. Money o }.-.*. Es obaugo?long -183; short 4.91. Go? vernments steady. State bonds dull. 7 I?. M.?Cotton?net receipt-; 393; gross 1,289. Futures closed steady;! sales 63,800; May 18 1-32; June 18 3 1(5; July LS#, 18 21 32; August j IS 15-10; September 18 17 32; October 17 8132; November 17;l4; December! 17:l4. Cotton quiet und firm; sales I 1,725, ut 18*j,'(fjtl9. Southern flour dull, without decided change. Wheat lc. lower, with moderate luquiry; re? ceipts large; holders generally disposed to realize. Corn opened steady, but cloned a shade better?82(<ij85,.j for uew aud old Westeru mixed. Coffee dull. Lud lower, at lit.1 j(o) 10 9-16. Whiskey firmer, ut 98. Freights firm? er. Money easy, at3(/r>L Gold wo ik, at 12{i_f? 12,'? ? Governments strong and little doing. States dull aud uomtuul. | St. Louis, May 13.?Flour firm, with fair demaud for low medium grades; superfine whiter 4.25(tt)4.75. j Corn firm and bouyaut, but closed quiet-68><(?)69 for No. 2 mixed in elevator, cash. Whiskey higher, at 1.00. Pork firm.'ut 17.75. Bacon firm and scarce?7'4 for shoulders; 10 ?Kfji for dear rib; 10#@1Q# for clear.' Lud held out of market. Cincinnati, May 13.?Flour dull and unchanged. Corn quiet and steady, at 72?75. Provisious in good de? maud. Pork firm, ot 17.50. Lird fine?summer steam 10, loose; winter kettle 11,'a. Bacon firm?shoulders 7; oloar rib 9U?Vi't clear 10.'^. Whiskey quiet, at 95. Louisville, May 13.?Flour quiet and uuclmuged. Corn quiet and un? changed, at 84(7t)86. Provisions quiet. Pork 17:75. AJaoon?shoulders dear rib 10; clear P0%. Lird?tierce nK;kegll%. Whiskey 96. Baltimore, May 13.?Flour quiet aud unchanged. Wheat steady. Corn firm-Southern white 85($88; yellow 83@85. Provisions heavy and quiet. Mesa pork 17.25 Shoulders 7)?.! Whiskey firmer, at 99 Cotton firm? middling ly,1.;'; Ion- middling 17)6; good ordinary 16.4j'; groan receipts 69; exports to Great Britain 323; coastwise 115; sales 231; stock 9,915. New Orleans, May 13.?Cottou ac? tive?middling low middling 17?e; good ordinary 16; o-dinory 14; uet receipts 635; gross 751; exports to Great Britutn 2,101; continent 1,781; aales 2.500; last evening 3,300. Galveston, May 13.?Cottou quiet aud unobangeil?good ordinary 15%; net receipts 545; Hales 9?0. Memphis, May 13.?Cotton firm, with fair demind?low middling 17? 17,l4; receipts 137; shipmouts 037; stock 30,093. Charleston, M?y 13.?Cotton strong?middling 17.14'; low middling 17; good ordiuary lOl.jj uet receipts 5U7; sales C00. Boston, May 13.?Cottou higher; middling 18^4*, gros3 receipts 121; sales 200; stooK 6,000. Norfolk, May 13.?Cjttou lirm? low middling 17; net receipts 522; ex? ports to Great liritaiu SOD; coastwise 57U; sales 270; stock 5,725. Savannah, May 3 3 ?Cotton firm? middling 17,'*; not receipts 309; gross 3J9; exports to Great Britain 5,329; sales 351?. Mobile, May 13.?Cottou firm ? aiid d!ing 17 ; low middling 1G/.^; good ordinary lO; net receipts 96; ixports coast Aise 31; sales 100; stoek 23,321. Four of Hie iix officers of the Turk is:! army, win have been living iu Providence, 11, I . utteuding the gun coutracts witii the Providence Tool Company, have gone to New Haven, where they h.ivj been appreuticed to a large uiauufauturt-r to thoroughly learu the business of m ikiug guns and other mechanic il work. The Turks are! youug uit u, wealthy aud influential iu their couutry. aud very industrious aud persevering iu their effjrts to tic-; quire the "Uuited States language." J Prosperity of Texas.?The revised returns recently published of a lute election iu the State of Texas give the aggregate vote at 153,000; indicating a population slightly iu excess, of 1,000,-j 000. This is au increase of nearly 200,000 over tho population ouly four yeats ago, which was placed by thu last census at 818.579. Tho populatiou in 1860 was 601,000; so that the increase iu the last four years has been uluiost equal to that of the previous ten. Pardoned.?Upon the reoommenda tiou of many prominent citizens of Greenville County, the Governor par? doned Nolaud Sullivan, who was con? victed of utteriug and publishing a forged order, at the April, 1874, term of the Court of General Sessions for Greenville Couuty, aud souteucei by Judge T. H. Coolie to twelve mouths' impri8oumeut in tho penitentiary. Newark (N. J ) Corporation Ring. On Friday week, the grand jury of Newark, N. J., brought iu numerous indictments against several city officers for conspiring to defraud tho corpoia tion of $100,000 by tho presentation of false certificates for paving streets, &o. Aldermen, contractors uud two street commissioners are included iu the in? dictments. By the removal from the White Nile of the "sudd," a mass of vegetation similar to the lied River raft, steam navigation has beou opened from the Mediterranean to the Nyanza lakes. This render* available, as a base of future explorations, interior poiuts hitherto remote, aud accessible ouly by long journeys with camels, and is a long t-tep toward completing the map of Africa. Au exchange says "a Kansas City inan paid his mother-in-law's faro from blngluud aud theu gave her the best room iu the house." That man is a true Christiuu, faithfully obeyiug the commandment: "Love your enemies; do good to them that hate you and de spitefully use you." A mau iu Aua Arbor, Mich., who was auxious to kuow just how highly he was prized by his friends, had u paragraph printed to tho effect, that he was dead, and sent m irked papers tu them. They did not oven come to his funeral, aud his z.'ul for kuowledgu is checked. Somebody has suod tho Montreal Witness lor libel, laying his damages at $1,000,000. We should feel u little dnuoyed iu have a judgment for that : amount rendered against us. it would j take very nearly half the cash we've got to satisfy it. KICKING.?To whip an editor in New York it costs about livo cents. So Judge Ualoom decides. But Judge Luudubuoh rales thu matter at S'JO on thu Pacific const. In the South, it usually costs tho fellow who tries to whip thu editor his life. The Atlantic cahlo business this sen sou is exceedingly brisk. Beside the Ireland und New iliaipshiro cable, re? ported some days ugo as reudy for shipment, another cable is now ready t > be laid between Brazil and Dome rar? Island. The Irish Homo Rulers, members of Parliament, have been black-balled at u ballot for members or the Reform Club, London. One received fifty one, und thu other was favored with forty-two of the polite hints. Tho Atlauta Herald says its neigh? bor, thu Constitution, is in a $25,1)00 slander suit, on acoouut of a report of a late drunken garrotingffolio between two distinguished raercl .nts. The trial of Wiutcrnuute, oharged with the murder of Seoretary MoCook, was oommeuced Tuesday. Deaths in Charleston for the week ending the 9th inst., 40?whites, 13; colored, 27. The Chioagu school toaohor who asked to have his salary "razed" was promptly accommodated. Washehoton Crrr, May 10. Mit. Editoii: Years ago, it was a trito saying, that Washington City was a city of magnificent distances. To? day, it is a city of magnificent results. The Governor of the District of Colum? bia, "Bois" Shepbard, with his Board of Commissioners of Publio Works, i has so metamorphosed the city that its old friends would not now know it. They have, iudeed, destroyed tho uu delations of nature in this uneven city, nnd, by loveliug down hills, have filled up valleys aud converted acres of swamp aud marsh lauds iuto habitable nnd valuable building lots. Is it not old Horace that sings of the discou tented inhabitants of Baiio aud accuses thorn of encroaching upon the confines of the sea to procure more building lots? Jus't so have tho Board of Pub? lic \V0rk3 dono in Washington. Hills in thu city hundreds of yards away have beou dug dowu, till tho Btreets were lowered ten, fifteen aud twenty feet, und tiie earth carted away to the Potomac marshes, where Professor Maury once ad vised the cultivation of the suu-iljwer to absorb tho miasma that brought chills aud fever to the White House ooon pants. Through these deposits of made earth, uew streets have bceu projected. Upon them, new house j have been built, green swards have been set, the hide? ous ol 1 canal has been tilted up, its entire route beautified, nnd to-day that formerly miasmatic sectiou is the I most beautiful portion of the city*. But, you ask, what has bicutno of the houses that faced those streets that were filled up and dug down? They have simply been undermined aud lowered to a level with the new street or elevated and a new story built under them. Large three and four-story brick honscs are lowered or elevated or propped up uutil tho cellar j can be dug out and a story built under I them, without even cracking the plas? ter. You ask me, how is this done? I tell yon the modern Archimedes is here, aud if he don't prize the Polo mac out of its ehauuel some day, it will be a wonder. Gov. Shepbard und his "ring" huvo made there miliious by those hercu leuu labors. How, do you ask? I need only sny "A" buys a quag of a few acres for a song The Hoard pro? jects streets through that quag, and digs dowu elevations to fill it up. In a few days or weeks that marsh is bisected by a street, trees are planted, curbstones put dowu, tho street bitumeuized, aud "A's" valuab'e lota are iu the market, uud sold for hun? dreds of thousands of dollars. "A" is u member of tho riug, if not of the Board. I was shown u lot that cost but a few huudred dollars. It was taxed as many hundreds in order to improve it. The street was lowered twelve feet and the surroundings beau? tified at public expense. Iu three months one half tho lot sold for more thousands than the prime cost of the wholi aud the enormous taxes amount? ed to iu hundreds. Oppressive tuxes and Uncle Sam's pocket-book sottle all tho bills. Hence a committee of in? vestigation (thut barnacle bo well ap? preciated at tho South) has been ap? pointed by Congress, aud has been in daily session, "with power to send for persons and papers," for months. Tho consequeuce will be an exonera? tion of "Boss" Shepbard aud his ring, and an absorption of thousands of the public money by tho investigating committee. With this bright and shining exam pie before them, don't you think your city fathers could bo induced to raise the bed of the Congaree to a level with Main street, so as to supply the poor with cheap and pure water? Possibly it is too lute to mako the effort, as the papers hero tell us "Boss" Moses is bankrupt. Is that so? Yesterday it was inquired uround, "How is it pos siblo for Moses to fail if bo stole us much as thoso Democrats say ho stole?" "I dou't believe it," says one; "yon can't believe a Southern uristo erat," says auother; "things aiu't half as bad down in South Carolina us those canting tax-payers would have us,believe," suys u third, and while they are nil baying, I say its a pity Moses failed. He'll get the credit now of having spent bis all und given it to tin poor. To an observant man, there are three tbiugs in Washington very observable. L'hc first is a small, thiu-visnged, pale faced, black-eyed, sharp-nosed, ;hiu lipped, fair-skinned, rather graceful personage, that perambulates tue streets, with black velvet pants <>n, a velvet sack coat thut buttons dowu iu front to the end, a bluck velvet hat aud feathers ou a full heud of black hair, und u pair of laced gaiters on a small but smartly flat foot. This personage is the famous Bloomer, Dr. Mary Walker, who has hung out her shingle hero us an "M. D.," while she patiently waits upou un indisposed Congress to settle a claim she has for services ren? dered as au assistant surgeon during tho war. I think sho would make a pretty fair fils du regiment. Here, for the same purpose, quite as observable, but uot attracting half the attention aud go-e of tho passer-by as tho womau doctor, is that second ob? servable thiug, tho Southern loyalist, urging hin claim upon Congress for some sort of injury received or damage sustained during the war. Perhaps be lost his cotton by accident, or some? body stole his mule, or the forces of one or other of the contending armies spent a night iu his neighborhood; he is here with a train load of complaints, and both reidy aud willing to swear on all the Bibles in Washington, that ho has sustained an incalculable loss, while he was as loyal as any man in Sherman's army. These meii look sui generis. I have us many as u dozen times said to my landlord, "That man iooks like a scalawag," and invariably the reply has beeu, bo is from suoli a Southern State, and has a claim be-, foro Congress. God help the South from ever increasing the progress of snob creatures 1 J3ut the third very observable thing, and worth both the others, is a street sweeping machine, which is a simple but wouderful labor-suving instru? ment, l will- deeeribe it. Imagine a common ooltou gin brush increused in size until it is fourteuu foot long and three feet iu diameter. Suspend this huge brut-h, whose bristles are made of twigs, under an ordinary four-horse wagon s>" coupled that from the hub of tho near front wheel it is just fourteen feet to the hub of tho off hind wheel. Thu spindle of the brash at the fore wheel works iu a box or socket, and the end of thu t-piudio at the hind wheel is gt ured into cogs, so that, as the wheel turns, thu brush revolves. The entire brush is covered with a box und cloth curtains to the ground, to prevent dust rising. Just at dark, the water carts start, we will say, at thu Capitol and sprinkle Pennsylvania avenue. Behind these carts come three of theso sweepers, each drawn by four horses, moving en cschelon, the front one sweeping the street for a space ten feet wide from the centre of the street; tho stcoud sweeps this accumulated dirt, with ten feet more, iuto the track over which the third will come, aud the third will sweep it all into the gutter, whence it is tuken next morning by the scavengers in their carts. This process continues all night, and by morning nil the prin? cipal streetH of'the city have been both watered aud swept. This looks like business, and meuns exactly what it looks like. I might give yon many more items of iuterest from this wondrous city, but presume I have said euough. Youre, i-o., A FRIEND. Hotel Aiuuvals, May 13, 1874 ? Wheeler House?M M Johnson, T C James, Wilmington; R S Meaamin, Philadelphia; II II Benuer, TJ S A; J S Browning, Charleston; WLDePass, J W DePass, Camden; B Suzenheimer, Winn8boro; \V A Moore, Lancaster; W H Brawley, Chester; R E Allison, Lancaster; T K Stuatt, Baltimore; L tj Jones, Newberry; W A Bradley, Augusta. Hendrix House.?F C Ford, N C; E L Britt, NY; G A Repass, J F Campbell, W M Cawley, Virginia; M A Blaud, Rowe's Pump; W H Wroton, Charleston; J C Hoffman, B R Hoff manu, MisB S E Hoffman, Doko; J A Laval, C T Ligon, city. Columbia Hotel?J M Seigier, J S Land, G & C R R; T C Bulow, Fair held; E Liller, Riohmond; H W D Cross, Acton; J F Newman, F F Duffus, Charleston; J O Sheppard, EdgeQeld; W L Arthur, Jesse Arthur, Camden ; Dr J Woodraff, D McArledge, S C; J Levy. N Y; G W Thames, N O; Johu E Thames, S C; J L Tompkins, Ga; E C Comington, Alu; J A Gard? ner. N C; E W Seltzer, N Y; J F Croraoner, Chicago; T W Detronte, Michigan; Samuel E Tamplette, Aus? tin, Texas. The author of a recent book aboat Africa tells of a forest of acnaia trees he passed through. Theso are called by the natives "soffar," a word signi? fying a flute. The name is given be? cause tho acacia trees are pieroed with circular holes by a small insect, and the wind, as it plays upon the [openings, produces flute-like sounds. In the winter, when the trees are i stripped of their leaves, and boughs ! white as chalk etretch out like ghosts, the wind, sighing through the insect made flutes, fills the whole air with I toft, melancholy times. Tho public will not be at all sur? prised to learn that the editor of the Washington Republican, which paper claims to be the special organ of the President, is concerned in- the ring frauds of the District of Columbia. He became a dead-head member of a Credit Mobilier Puving Company, and paid for his stock with his dividends, of course, the Republican has sworn upon divers occasions that the gar? ments of the ring were as white as snow, Paiidoned.?Wm, Pruitt, who was convicted on the '2-3th of August, 1873, iu the Uuited States Court of violating tho internal revenue laws, and sen? tenced to eighteen months' imprison? ment and to pay a tine of 83,000, has been pardoned by the President, on the recointncudatiou of the Hons.T. J. Robertson and A. S. Wallace, they representing that tho prisoner is iu very bad health. Health of Hon. Jeffekson Davi3. From a private letter from Hon. Jof fertson Davis, dated London, England, April 2Sth, we take the following ex? tract: "I havo improved in health by the voyage across the Atlantic, und though yot weak, hope to return soon and bo eutirely restored to my usual couditiou." Wednesday last, the parents of a boy, five years of nge, living in Davenport, Iowa, celebrated his birth-day, and drank his health in pnnoh and other iutoxioating drinks. They left a cup of whiskey, and iu the morning the child arose before tho parents, drank the whiskey, and died iu a few hours iu great agony. Palmetto Lodge, No. 5,1. 0.0. F. A special Meeting of this Lodge will in Ode _ be held in Odd Fel Iowa' Hall, THIS (Thursday) EVENING, at 7J o'clock, for the purpose of conferring de? grees. Applicants for the same are re i quested to bo punctual in attendance. By order of tho N. O. JAMES KELLY, May 14 _Secretary. "For Sale, A GOOD MILCH COW AND CALF. Appiy to _ V7. 8. POPE. May 14 1 im