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FIRE AT CAIRO-LOSS 8100,000 Later European Intelligence. Passage of the Reform Bill. The Situation less Pacific. DOMESTIC MARKET REPORTS W ASHINGTON, May 7 In the House a bill was passed fixing Richmond the first Monday in May and the fourth Monday in November for holding the S Circuit Court within the district of Virginia, in each year, and author rizing the adjournment of the session now authorized. from Norfolk to Richmond Mr. Stevens introduced a resolution to amend the Constitution that Con gress shall have power to levy a tax on cotton exported from the United States Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary The Committee on Ways and means have added the following articles to the free list of the amendatory tax bill Candle wicking, flavoring ex tracts, deer-skins, extracts for cook ing. paintings, statuary electrotypes, cobalt, horse rakes, harness, warp for harding paper stainers. colors, caustic and crude soda The tax express companies cent three Brokers sales and contracts for merchandise and produce are exemp ted from tax. WASHINGTON, May The Presi ident has approved the bill providing that the active list of the pay corps the navy shall consist of eighty pay masters, forty passed assistant pay masters and thirty assistant pay mas ters. The House adopted a resolution in structing the Judiciary Committee to enquire into the expediency of viding that the elective franchise shall not hereafter be denied or abridged any Territory on account of race color The total of Government officers deposits in the Merchants National Bank at W ashington is 8687 000 Information from Baltimore indi cates that little nothing will be from Bayne & Co. Quite a rush was made on the banks by depositors, and a large amount of deposits has been removed Jay Cook and Maury & Co They announce that they will resume to There were 24.000.000 in the va rious public depositories the 1st inst. for which Gen Spinner holds Government securities amounting to $36,000,000 The Inspector General of Virginia, freedmen's bureau. made a compara tively favorable report. The schools well attended and the prejudice against freedmen is slowly but stead ily diminishing The sanitary con dition of the freedmen has so far im throughout [the State] that all the bureau hospitals have been abolish ed. The demand for labor greatly ceeds the supply. Dr. Gavea of New York, at the head of the committee appointed by the recent Baltimore Convention. had conference with the Senate Committee, whereupon the Committee unanimously instructed their chairman to report joint resolu tions to the effect that the Secretaries of War. of the Navy and of the Treasury cause an efficient and uniform system of quarantine against the introduction of cholera to be en forced. NEW YORK, May 7 The report from the Hospital ship says one of cholera occurred Saturday and five new yesterday, from the steamer Virginia. There are now 112 cases in hospital NEW YORK, May 8 The Herald's Washington special says the President has signed bill incorporating the In ternational Telegraph Company be tween the United States and Cuba. Dispatches from North Carolina port further acts of malfeasance agents of the freedmens bureau Col. Whittelsey, Commissioner for the State, and several subordinates, aided by some Massachusetts philanthropists, it is alleged. have been running plantations on their own account. and working delinquents or disorderly darkies on them for punishment. Several arrests have been made, and are expected The Times Washington special nearly all the claimants of the cotton seized by the government at Savannah, have commenced suits in the United States District Court of New York, against Simon Draper, cotton agent for the recovery of the value of the cotton The cases number 122. A strong array of counsel have been retained by the plaintiff's. Gen. Sickles arrived at W Washington yesterday. He had an interview with Gen. Grant Gen. Sickles having de clined the mission to the Hague, will probably return to take command of the district of South Carolina. CAIRO, May Miller. Stratton, & Co's wholesale grocery. and 12 other buildings, clothing stores and saloons. are burned Loss 8100.000 HALIFAX. May 7 -Steamer Asia from Liverpool for New York days. arrived yesterday for coal. She has 214 passengers, all well. The steamer China from Liverpool April 28th has arrived The steamer Propontis arrived at Liverpool on the 27th with the passengers of the steam er City of Washington aboard. the machinery of the latter having been disabled. It is stated that Austria has definitive lv determined to adopt military meas ures in Venetia. e reform bill has passed the House of Commons by five majority. The German news is conflicting and unfavorable There is uneasiness as to the relations between Austria and Italy but the Italian government denies having any warlike intentions. The United States consul at Liver pool took formal possession of the ex Rebel cruiser Tallahassee in the name of the American of An Austrian dispatch to Berlin the 26th, says Austria has not begun. to disarm. on account of fres heompliItaly