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ej 'Mntnmt mt H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. ' .. SAVA>'.NAir, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1868. ESTABLISHED 1850. <S avumg No. Ill Bay Street. Largest Circulation in City and Country. TERMS: Daily §10 00 Xri-Wcekljr ...: 6 00 COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. All communications must be addressed to the pro prietor. * Persons wishing the paper furnished for any time less than one year will have their orders promptly at tended to, when remitting the amount for the time de sired. •' All papers by mail are stopped at the expiration of the time paid for without further notice. No city subscription discontinued unless by positive order left at the office. j&y Correspondence containing, important news, from any quarter, solicited. We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. To Advertisers. A SQUABE is ten measured lines of Nonpareil of The Morning News. , , . First insertion, $1 00 per square; each subsequent insertion, 75 cents per square. • Advertisements for one month or longer will be In serted at special rates, which can be ascertained at the office. Advertisements outside of the city must be accom- mnied with the cash. by telegraph — TO — the morning news. [special dispatch to the morning news.] Fatal Stabbing Affair at Baldwin, Florida. Jacksonville, December 8.—Isaac Dar den was fatally stabbed last night at Baldwin tv a man named Bragden. S. FROM WASHINGTON. Proceedings of Congress—Memorial [or the Georgia Scalawags and Carpet baggers, «Ste., &c, Washington, December 8.—The Senate ad journed. It did nothing. The House is en gaged on the fight over the tax and tariff on copper. In the House a motion is pending to return to the Legislature of Oregon their resolution censuring and requesting the re signation of their Senators, as impertinent. Cries from the Democratic side that Oregon is a sovereign State were disregarded. The motion will pass. Washington, December 8.—Mr. Evarts’ as sistants have been assigned as follows: J. Huliley Ashton to the Supreme Court, S. L. Dickey to the Court of Claims. The Senate is in caucus for.the re-organiza tion of committees. A full Cabinet meeting was held to-day. The Supreme Court has been occupied in hearing the argument in a number of cases involving the constitutionality of the legal tender act and its application to trusts and contracts made before its passage. The argu ment will probably' occupy two days more. The internal revenue to-day amoonts to $198,000. It is Wowing a gale. A memorial has been presented to Congress from the members of the Georgia Legislature protesting against the manner of organizing the provisional government of Georgia and the subsequent action of the Legislature, wherein the following statement occurs: ••Your memorialists also respectfully sub mit to the decision of Congress, whether the constitutional amendment has been adopted by the Legislature of Georgia, and whether further legislation is not necessary before the State can legally resume her status as a State in the Union, and be entitled to all the privi leges of a loyal State. Your memorialists present these facts in behalf of themselves and over six hundred and fifty thousand loyal citizens of Georgia, and trust their appeal will not be in vain.” The memorial is signed by Benjamin Con ley. President of the Senate and fifteen other Senators, and J. 1J. Bryant, J. H. Caldwell, and forty other members of the House, inclu ding the expelled members. Senate—Bills were introduced electing the President and Vice-President directly by the peopje ; removing political disabilities ; abolishing the franking privilege; to continue the Freedmen’s Bureau in certain States. The following was offered by Senator Pomeroy: That the President be requested to communicate all information regarding onr relations with Sonth American Republics and Brazil. A bill was introduced extending the juris diction of the Court of Claims over Arkansas and Louisiana. Adjourned. House—A bill making the tariff on coffee three to five per cent., was passed. Several department communications were presented. The Oregon Legislature resolutions declare that Senators Williams and Corbett have b hayed and misrepresented the people of that State. Among the acts specified are voting for the impeachment and reconstruction acts. The House passed the following resolution hr relation to the resolution, by a vote of 127 to 35: Resolved, That the paper be returned to the presiding officers of the Houses of the Oregon Legislature, the same being scandalous-and ttopertinent Sutler introduced a bill repealing the ten- tre of office act. It was referred to the Ju diciary Committee. A bill restoring the Bureau of Indian Af- fairs to the War Department, was passed by U6 to 23. Robinson spoke in favor of active measures for the relief of Fenians . imprisoned by hy Great Britain, for words spoken and deeds done in America. Adjonmed. More Trouble iu Spain*. Madrid, December 8.—The Republican bar- hoades at Port Santa Maria, in Cadiz, were hhned by the marines. The authorities here te gard the demonstration as merely a local Similar demonstrations are reported at different points. The Provisional Government are preparing a now tariff The Metarie Races. New Orleans. December 8.—The following is the result of the . sixth and last day on the Metarie Course: First race, mile heats, purse $100. Jack Gamble, 1 1; Wesenhurt, 2 2; Tom Green, 3 3. Time, L64i; l,55i. Second race—walked over third race—three mile heats, purse $1,000, $200 to second horse. Rundown, 1 1; Carrie Apperton, 3 2; Transit, 2 3; Chalmette, dis. Time, 6m. is.; 6.45. The day was fine and the track in good condition. The attendance was large. From Augusta* Augusta, December 8.—It is understood that Gov. Brown, Senator Hill, CoL J. E. Bryant, and other promihent Republicans, are opposed to any farther Congressional in terference in the affairs of Georgia, and dis agreeing with'and opposing the policy advo cated by Gov. Bullock. They are not willing to admit that the reconstruction of Georgia is a failure. From Fnglaucl. London, December 8.—There was a heavy gale throughout England on Sunday and Monday, and many marine "disasters. It is telegraphed that the shipping in the different harbors suffered, and that many honses ore prostrated. FLORIDA ITEMS. The muddle among the Florida Radicals seems to extend all over that happily recon structed State, the parties to the quarrel being the carpet-baggers or Gypsies, as they call them on one side, and the native scala wags and negroes on the other. The Tampa Peninsular gives an account of a recent Radical pow-wow held in that place, at which a carpet-bagger by the name of Plumbe un dertook to have things his own wav, and was opposed by a Dr. Dishong. The editor says: “Anything bnt harmony existed between the colored people and Southern loyalists and carpet-baggers. The said ‘Plumbe’ was pitched into by both colored and white Southern loyalists. The whole thing was a perfect farce, and broke up amid the squeak ing of sable yonng ones, the hissing of the soldiers present and the evident discomfiture of the getter up of the meeting, ‘Plumbe.’ A negro was stabbed in the confusion, by some one unknown.” To be Executed.—The - three freedmen, Smart Walker, Bill Morgan, and Alfred Mc Call, convicted at the recent session of the Circuit Court, for the murder of Mr. Weimar, at Waldo, last summer, were, on Saturday last, sentenced to be executed on Friday, the 18th inst Judge Goss, before passing sentence, delivered a most impressive charge, which was listened to in profound silence by the large audience present. The crime was of a most brutal and aggravated character, without any extenuating circumstances what ever.—Gainesville {Fla.) New Era. The Banana The Gainesville (Fla.) New Era, of the 6th, says the leaves of the banana plants, in that section, were killed during the frost of last week. It is hoped that the trunks have escaped very serious injury. We had a killing frost on the night of the 23d inst. This is unusually early for a kill ing frost in this part of the State.—Tampa Peninsular, 2Blh xdt. We understand that in a short time a small steamer will be put on the line from Clear water to Charlotte Harbor, touching at Tampa and Manatee.—Ibid. We are pleased to learn that Captain Reed has, or will in a short time, succeed in rais ing the schooner Santa Maria, which was re ported capsized last. week.—Ibid. Captain J. D. Haygood’s steam saw mill caught fire last Saturday night, but the fire was extinguished before much damage was done to the mill.—Ibid. The Late Steamboat Disaster. Cincinnati, December 8. — Thirty-three •°dies have been recovered from the scene 'Relate steamboat disaster. The follow- lQ e have been recognized: Jas. Johns, Louis- '■Re; John Farrell, New Port; Win. John- Wallace Farris, Mr. Forbes, of Indiana; . rSl Geo. W. Griffin, New Orleans and Mrs. "***7 T. Thompson, of Philadelphia. Looa of am Ocean Steamer. Liverpool, December 8-—The steamship bemia, from Glasgow for New York, fouji- ®red on the "West Coast. A boat containing lr ty-three persons was lost The balance 00 board were saved. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury is completed and printed. A digest of the same has been before the President for several days, to enable him to obtain the proper financial data for the annual message. The suggestions and recommendations are pretty much the same as in the previous financial reports. The funding of the public debt and the contraction of the paper circula tion by the redemption of the United States notes is treated elaborately, though the Secretary opposes a forced resumption, or the naming of any time by legislation for re suming specie payments. The funding of the public debt, as a step in that direction, may be noted as follows: Up to December 1,' $827,629,350 of seven-thirty notes have been funded into six per cent, five-twenty bonds: of this amount there have been funded of the first series, $295,565,700 ; second series, $330,188,200 ; third series, $197,875,450. This leaves outstanding of this class of se curities, but $2,363,150. The compound interest notes, all of which became due be tween the 10th of June, 1867, and the 16th of October, 18G8, have not ajl been redeemed, bnt have been exchanged for three per cent certificates, leaving but a few millions out standing. The Secretary estimates the ex penditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. to be $250,000,000 in round numbers, though the War Department, in the event of an Indian war, will call for several additional millions. Twenty-five millions required for bounties by this department for the present fiscal year are not required for the next. The report will fnrther show that between November 1, 1867, and November. 1, 1868, the public debt, less cash in the Treasury, has been reduced $35,625,102 82. These are the twelve months in" which the comparison is made. If the November increase were added in this statement, of courae the de- crease would be seven or eight millions less. The receipts show that the internal revenue will be about $120,000,000 for the present fiscal vear, and the estimates of revenue for STnext fiscal year are about $80,000,000 less than last year, owing to the reduction of taxation. The report shows the interest on the public debt to be, in round numbers, $140,000,000 per anqnm, or $10,000,000 more than the estimate for this fiscal year.— Wash- iivjlan dispatch to the N. Y. IT orhl. *■ i «~1 An East India paper publishes a matrimo nial advertisement from a young lady in Eng land, in which she offers herself to an Indian prince. The young lady commences by sta ting that she has lost her papa and het ma ma that she is living with a Wesleyan minis ter, is twenty-four years of age, flas some property, and would like tow? king- She has seen the Marahjah well spoken of in newspapers, and would be glad to hear if the potentate is willing, and if he wiU ‘ name the dav ” The Wesleyan minister attaches a tes timonial, pronounces her a very nice, amia ble,, kind; ansi excellent youqg lady, who would make an excellent Wife, She is sup- iosed to be particularly At for an Qnental pose hare iNClifcASE OP TOE Fqnno Pept—4 special dispatch in the Richmond Dispatch, of Mon day, says: . The Northern papers contain a synopsis of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, which erroneously states that the Secretary shows a decrease of the public debt. The fact is, the report shows an increase for the year ending the first qf November of qver thirty-five millions of dollars, and the state ment of the public debt for the inonfo of No vember wiU b(iow a further marease of over eleven - millions of dollars, making the in crease of the debt for the last thirteen months about forty-seven millions of dollars. Our Florida Correspondence. Madison, December 6, 1868. Editors Morning News: • - Nothing of interest has transpired in this place within the last wgek, without we say Dan Costello’s “Show” has “done come’.’ and ‘ ‘done gone. ”., Our Circuit Court, Jndge Long presiding, will hold an adjourned term here next week. The remaining cotton in the hands of planters is coming in slowly. Onr Post Office is adrift, having no legal manage ment or responsible head, contrary to several. sections of the act of Congress of March 3d, 1825. Every thoughtful, and especially busi ness man, has a deep interest in the sacredness of our Post Office management, and the pecu liar obligations of those who are trusted in mat ters so essential to the tmthfol and otherwise faithful discharge of their duties. The act above named strikingly illustrates the wise and watchful care of Congress (at a period when “Rings,” “corruption” and rascality had no influence in the land) over the vast interests of the people, involved in their pri vate and public correspondence. In relation to the “mnss” among the gip sies, commonly called “carpet-baggers,” Glea son, the so-called Lieutenant-Governor, and lately Acting Governor, in his course and de fiance. of his accusers, is bold and direct Boldness and directness are always points in any man’s favor. The people have an opinion, based upon experience and observation, that the theory of operations of the present Executive power to “ran the machine” is a bad failure. The unwarrantable attempt to govern the intelli gence and wealth of Florida with about ten thousand ignorant freedmen, who were doped and dishonestly deceived into supporting “Harrison Reed and the Constitution,” two hundred of" whom at most can hardly read intelligibly in a primary reading book, and not more than fifty of whom can write an intelligible hand, and these led by about forty political gipsies, more than one half of these but a little above the speed of Barker (a cele brated Jndge for Marian county) for intelli gence and learning, and some of them less than two years in the State, practically re ducing our much boasted “representative re publican government” to about fifty political gipsies or “carpet-baggers," nearly all of whom are mere infants in correct political science. These beauties, like the “Kilkenny cats,” are in a terrible fight, from aU appearances, over the stealings or spoils of office. Two- thirds of the members of the House of Repre sentatives, although not a legal body, at the time for the performance of such an act, “solemnly," under their oaths of office, ac cused Harrison Reed, Governor, of high crimes and misdemeanors, and affirm ,ihey are ready to prove them at the bar of the Senate. The people of Florida, outside of gipsev influences, have, as a general thing, refrained, and undoubtedly will refrain from interfering or expressing any opinion in rela tion to these grave and serious charges of mal feasance, and sins of omission and commis sion, until the Senate, (after legal charges are made at the next regular session, which seems determined upon) is armed with proof to make these charges good. If proved guil ty, Harrison Reed should .be “turned down” with the disgrace branded upon him. An Executive who would bargain for, or take stock in “Rings,” or who would receive money, or any other consideration, for appoint ments, or who would allow political alliances to influence his action to appoint incompetent, unworthy, dishonest or immoral men to office, when proved guilty by a competent Court, honest and intelligent people would have but little feeling for. Such a man can have no feeling for the peace, harmony and prosperi ty of the governed,'and for him the milk of human kindness would probably be curdled. Bnt no judgment will be entertained until those who take it upon themselves to charge liim are prepared with the facts and figures to legally convict him before the Senate, the au thorized Court for such proceeding. The Governor now stancls “solemnly ac cused” by two-thirds of the same House of Representative that cast their vote3 for the Stale of 'Florida for Grant and Colfax, for President and Vice President of the United States, and if the accusers have the sordid stuff behind their accusations, let them, at the next session, produce it as copiously as may be or‘stand condemned themselves. Horatio Jenkins and the House of Represen tatives so-called, owe it to themselves and to the State, and they certainly owe it as a .debt of honor to Harrison Reed, Governor, who should desire investigation, as he defies them to bring on the proofs. What the patient, orderly, peace-loving, intelligent and thinking citizens want and desire, and will ere long require, and legally obtain, is a full bench of Justices and Circuit Judges, eminent in the State, not only for high legal attainments, but for well balanced minds and spotless character. , They desire the county officers (all appointed by the Governor) to be honest, industrious and ca pable, with intelligence enough to understand the high trusts and duties reposed in {them, independent of earned political rewards, or their ignorant fealty to party. _ We want, and are properly entitled to, intelligent and good officers, through and through, and not in spots—then we may expect good order, justice, peace and prosperity. If the controversy now going on-between the gipsies or itinerant political “carpet-bag gers,” now eating onf Qtir sqbstance, and in juring the peaceable churac(p.r qf qqr State, should by any proper and legal means enable us to get rid of them, a good service will be done to the cause of justice and morality, however the peisonal character of the diffi culty may terminate. L R. ENE. Jacksonville, Fla., Dee. 7, 1868. Editors Morning News: Being now in daily communication with Savannah, and receiving your paper every morning, we keep well posted in current events. The impeachment muddle drags its slow length along, what, with writs of man- damns, quo-warranto and qther legal docu ments, the courts and lawy ers parties are making a round bill of costs for somebody to pay, probably the State. It is generally thought that “Reed” will come onf ahead, he is making outside capital tft favor his cause. (Reason, however, is right smart, and his former experience in pecuniary, political and'land operations will make him a tough customer to get rid of. The Radicals in their divisions are very bitter, and criminate and recriminate in a’manner pleasant to us Rebels to‘see. The Convention nominee for Congress (Radical) is Hamilton, a Pennsylva nia carpet-bagger of Freedman Bureau fame, bnt CoL W. A Sanders, a Baltimore (colored) carpet-bagger is out for the same office, and a verv pretty fight they are having of it. It is to be hoped that CoL fofrnea, the conser- . vative candidate, will b,e elected in conse quence. When rogneB fall out, Ac. Just now we ora having a session Of th| Circuit Coqrt, Umfed States Court and County Court, which give a busy look about town: ■ Invalids and strangers are fast filling up the public and private hoarding houses, not only here hut along the river. ... City real estate and ' lands in the vicin ity are selling at high figures. Building rapidly going forward. Mills busy at work and lumber in good demand. The cotton i _„11 rrrina fnrwflrf: crr.nd [From the New York World.) ‘-Nationalizing” tile Suffrage. There is one branch of craft in. which the Republiean party perhaps excels every politi cal organization that ever existed—that, of sharpening the entering wedges, of the vaiions i very thin wedge until they open a cleft wide enough for inserting a blunter one, which, last they then drive home with all the energy that can be applied to a “three man beetle.” They began their crusade against slavery by pretending that they only :nt its ext sought to prevent its extension into new ter ritories, and disclaiming any intention to meddle with it in the States. At the outset of the war, Mr. Lincoln gave oat that his object was merely to “hold and possess” the forts and other public property and collect the revenue, bnt not to invade the South. When the war had been folly begun it was pretend ed, and unanimously declared by Congress, that its sole object was the restoration of the Union; that whenever the secessionists subr mitted, : aU . the . rights and domestic institu tions of the States should be preserved to.; them unimpaired. This was thin wedge number one; blunt wedge number two was a military edict abolishing slavery. When the national bank system was proposed, they disclaimed any hostility to the State banks; they ended by taxing them all ont of exist ence. When they began what they call- re construction, wedge number one was a pro posed constitutional amendments which re cognized the Southern State governments and their competency to bind the States by a valid ratification; but wedge number two overturned and abolished those very govern ments by military force. Whatever we may think of the honesty of this system of tactics, it is impossible to deny its cunning. In great political changes “it is the first step that costs;” it is easiertn move a community up a gradual 6lope than to lift it, by sheer force, to an abrupt perpendicular height All the deceptive craft which the Republicans ha bitually use on such occasions has been exerted in shaving down to a sharp edge their pioneer proposal in reference to “national izing" the suffrage. It is put forth in yester day’s Tribune in the following shape. ■'N AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION. Article XV.—The right of suffrage in the several States shall be regulated by the Legis latures thereof, subject to the following pro visos: 1. That no State shall exclude froih the class of electors of State or National officers any male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who has resided one year in the State, who is of sonnd mind, good moral character, and has not been convicted of a felonious crime. 2. Any person who has resided one year in the United States, and mokes public oath.be- fore a competent magistrate that he intends permanently to reside here, and to render allegiance to the United States at all times, shaft be deemed and held a citizen of the United States, and shall be entitled to vote as such at any time after he shaft have been six months a citizen, but not sooner. 3. Each State shall be authorized to pass such registration or other laws as may be deemed necessary to protect the rights of legal voters, and punish illegal voting. It is intended that, while the project is fresh enough to engage public attention and provoke discussion, the objections to it shall spend their force against this particular form of it It will then be withdrawn and another substituted, just as military reconstruction was submitted for the constitutional amend ment. The ohief stroke of art in this project is the lure thrown out to persons of foreign birth. When the other features have been assented to in view of this compensation, its pretended liberality will be cancelled by some nullifying accompaniment. If the amend ment should be ratified in the above form, Congress would immediately pass an act re quiring all naturalization papers to be taken ont in a Federal Court: A law of this kind h’as already been advocated by a great num ber of Republican papers. The Federal courts are so few, their sessions so infrequent, their places so distant, that such a law would operate as a denial of naturalization to ninety- nine hundredths of those entitled to it. Thus part of the project yiU now be withdrawn and dropped until an attempt has been made to get the amendment ratified. If the attempt is suc cessful, the practical exclusion of foreign-born persons can be afterwards accomplished by a mere majority of Congress, whereas it re quires two-thirds of Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution and three- fourths of the States to ratify it. The scheme is adroitly contrived, but an exposure of its real character is all that is necessary to de feat it. The Tribune as good as confesses that universal negro suffrage is its sole purpose by this declaration: “It aims to secure Repub lican governments not only to the seceded States, but to Maryland and Kentucky, and to blot ont for ever the charge that the Re publican party proposes one system of suffrage for the northern and another for the Southern States.” That is, the Republican* party must vindicate its constancy by doing in Maryland, Kentucky, and throughout the North, what it has heen doing in the reconstructed States. The naturalization clause is a deceptive bait to cover this hook untRit is jerked into 'the jaws of the Constitution. The negroes will then be voters by the mere fact of birth, while immigrants will be excluded by the ne cessity of getting naturalization papers, which they could no more procure than they eould get flour if a]l the wheat in the country -bid to be carried to half a hundred mills, each having but one ran of stones and local business up to its foil capacity. __J3efore the Tribune proceeds further in the advocacy of this scheme, we wish it would undertake tq reconcile it with the Chicago platform, which has a declaration virtually pledging the Republican party against any attempt to “naturalize” the suffrage. — ► t» . < Tlie Case of Dir. Jefferson Davis—The Argument on the Motion to Quash the Indictment. At the' conclusion of the argument of Mr. Dana against the motion to quash the indict ment, Mr. Charles O'Conor followed- He showed from the very nature of the great civil war it wa3 impossible to follow it up by trials for treason conducted with the fairness required by law. . Howl utterly repugnant to the world’s idea of humanity it is that after being recognized during the war as, in all re spects, equal and honorable men, the leaders of-the conquered force should be searched out in peace to be hnng as traitors, that the Government and people had never intended to do this, and it was for this reason the four teenth amendment was adopted. It was a constitutional provision, and exe cuted itaelf; and those who fell under it were now suffering the punishment. He asked the court to give the construction to the four teenth article that the American people in tended it should bear, and to accept the great and beneficent act of mercy in the construc tion which they had put upon it, and which tends to advance what all good men who are believers in universal suffrage so much de sired—that universal suffrage should be ac companied hand, in hand with universal am nesty of supposed offences arising ont of the unfortunate controversy in which universal suffrage may be said to have had its origin and its establishment. The court adjourned until to-morrow. Diabolical.—On Friday morning last as the Eufanla express train was running down the track it suddenly, came across, six cross- ties in a sharp carve on tlio track between the twenty-five and twenty-six mile posts. Fortunately foe cow-catcher knocked them off. No damage was sustained. The train was stopped, and upon examina tion it was found that the ties had been thrown across foe foielc apd strapped to gether by means of stout plank and railroad spikes. The preparations to wreck the train were evidently made with the coolest de liberation. Its escape was miraculous. Tfiis is the fifth time during this year foese disa- bolical efforts have been attempted on that road, mostly in that neighborhood. "We hope the good citizens there will assist the officers of foe rqqd in detecting foe fiends engaged at these attempts of wholesale murder.* The company should offer a large reward for their apprehension.—Macon Telegraph. _ j oi iour. a-mwbu planters ... — jire able kift pl'&ft’a 'good deal of breadth in colt ou flu: joining season. Track farming on foerivOr'promises (Abe extensive 'and. pro fitable. The "discontinuance of the Freefo ipan’s-Bureau will re'ino.ve the great obstacle to the labor question, and will ensure more hoeing and less voting. M. A S. A New Haven young lady, while recently walking to her home, in Fair Haven, was followed by a man, who finally attempted to arrest-her progress. The lady drew a re volver from her pocket, and foe man took to his heels, followed by twobnllets which his fairyoung friend sent after bifo-—New York Times. If fois fisd heen in Charleston or Rich- mpnd it would have furnished the Times wifo n fine text for a sermon upon foe semi- civilized society of either place. For foe limes holds it to be proof a terrihle slate of things in this city that men (not women) should carry pistols concealed about their persons. —Eichmand Dispatch. ■*r A fossill horse, it is stated, has recently been discovered in the tertiary deposits of Nebraska. Although full grown, as tlie-ossi- fication of the various bones proves, foe skele ton is reported to bg fo-q "feet high. This ip.ftkes seventeen species of fossill horse nqi^ known to have lived in North America, although until quite recently it was generally believed that there were none indigenous to the continent, -£«S On November i8fo, at >.• i.‘. - _ _ the house of the late Baron Rothschild, in Paris, 15,000 poor ing the munificent sum of $60,000 in gold. A DIVIDED OPINION. After the adjournment of the United States Circuit Court to-night, counsel were recalled, when Chief Justfce Chase announced that the court was divided, he (Chase) being in favor of qaasliing the indictment, and the District Judge (Underwood) opposing. Whereupon this division of the court was certified to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice leaves for Washington to-morrow morning. THE PETITIONER’S pt.f.a. The following paper, which was submitted by Mr. Davis’s connseL shows more folly the grounds of the motion to quash the indict ment: The indictments in these cases were framed on the alleged fact that the defendant did engnge in the insurrection and rebellion against the United States known to the court and to the several departments of the Govern ment as having existed at the several times mentioned in the said indictment, in the State of Virginia and elsewhere, and thereby gave aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States engaged in said insnrrection and rebellion. And the defendant alleges chat prior to said insurrection and rebellion, and m the year 1845, he, the said defendant, was a member of the Congress of the United States, and, as snch member, took in said year an oath to support the Constitution of the United States in the usual manner, and os required by law in snch case. And the defendant alleges in bar of any proceedings upon said indictments, or either of them, foe penalties and disabilities de- •nounced against and inflicted upon him for his said alleged offence by the third section of the fourteenth article of the Constitution of the United States, forming an amendment to snch Constitution. And he insists that any judicial proceeding to inflict any other or further pain, penalty, or punishment upon him for such alleged offence is not admisable by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Wherefore he, the said defendant, moves the Court now here to quash and set aside the said indictment, or to dismiss the same and the prosecution thereon, as the aforesaid facta and circumstances shall require and as may seem proper. C. O'Conob, Robebt OtfLD, William B. Reed, James A Lyons. Curious Letter from Dumas. Alexander Dumas, Sr., has published the following letter in a Havre journal: Jo the Editor: One of your writers is anx ious to know why I have preferred staying on the second floor of the Hotel Washington to inhabiting the charming palace of Chiata- mone, given to me by Garibaldi, by virtue of a decree inserted in the Monilore of the 7th September, 1860, for service done for the Italian cause. You may well ask me also why I spent 65,000 francs in that campaign, instead of investing them in the funds. To these two questions I will reply that I tore up the decree which gave me the palace—that is to say, 400,000 francs—because I considered it beneath me to receive pay for anything I had done for Italy. As to the 65,000 francs with which I left Paris, they were destined to pay my share of a general vengeance in which I had a private vengeance to satisfy. Ferdi nand L of Naples imprisoned my father at Brindisi. You know the words in the Bible, the sins of the father shall visit the children even to the third and fourth generation. I did my part toward making the sin of Ferdi nand visit his grandson, and I paid without regret the sum of £3,600 for the pleasure of seeing the throne of the Bonrbons of Naples ennoble before my eyes. In a word, sir, I am not in the palace, becanse I never stay where I do not consider myself at home; and I stay on foe second floor of the Hotel Wash ington, because I pay my way with the money I earn, giving, by my presence alone, a stand ing to the hotel, which it never had till I crossed its threshold. A Dumas. “Youngman, what’s the prieeof this silk?’’ asked a partially deaf old lady, “tseven dol lars,” was the reply. “Seventeen dollars?"’ exclaimed she;” “I’ll give you thirteen.” “Seven dollars, ma’am, is the price of the silk,” replied the honest shopman. “Oh, seven dollars?” "replied the lady, sharply; “CT1 give you five.” ’ -» The Detective Business Again.—The Rad icals, sq says the Chronicle & Sentinel, have imported a detective to work np a case against some, 'innocent parties for the killing of the Radical Sheriff at the late election. We wonld he pleased to know if it is Whiteley ? His presence is wanted here.—Columbus Sun. —: >-«■»» < A Washington couple, having foe misfor tune to lose a child, and wishing to convey the body to Baltimore, evaded the express charges by dressing the child in itsnsnal clothing, and taking it between them on the cars, The Mayor of New. Orleans has appointed a board of engineers, at the head of which is General Beauregard, to devise a plan for the draining of that city and its protection from overflows. The “loyal” clergymen of Columbus, Ohio, have announced that they will not pray for ~ " ' W" ' the F foe Legislature of that State, unless the State Library is open for their free use. Disinter ested pastors, these. Rossini left between two and three million francs, and Rothschild two thousand million francs, or $400,000,000, a pretty snag little sum. The United States furnished fifty-five per cent, of the whole amount of cotton import ed into Great Britain * during foe first nine months of-1808. In all the pork-packing States there is a large decrease in the number of bogs. Ken tucky reports 123,000. fewer porkers than a year ago. - - Louis McLane Hamilton, grandson of Alex ander Hamilton, and captain in the Seventh United States infantry, was killed in a recent conflict with Indians on the Plains. Mexican-baudits now not only rob stage passengers of valuables, but strip all foe clothes off of them. A new city iceboat was launched on Wed nesday in Philadelphia, built of iron, at a cost of $169,000. . The chief business marked out for the next Alabama Legislature is said to be chart ering lottery companies. IniUmtlsi. Cliauge of* Schedule. .WJ O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, Trains on this Road -will run as follows, com mencing with 7:00 P. M. Train: NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN. Leave Savannah (Sundays excepted) at... 7:00 P.M. Arrive at Live Oak at 3:20 A. M. Arrive at Jacksonville at. 7:30 A. M. Arrive at Tallahassee at............ Tit. 9:27 A. M. Arrive at Quincy at .....11:45 A.M. Leave Quincy at 3:00 P. M. Leave Tallahassee at........ .......-..-~... 5:18 P. M. Leave Jacksonville (Sundays excepted) at.. 7:15 P. M- Leave Live Oak at. 11:40 P. M. Leave Bainbridge at, 7:00 P. M. Arrive at Savannah (Mondays excepted) at. 8:00 A. M. . 7:00 P. M. . 8:20 A. . 7:30 A. VI. >L . 9:27 A. H. .11:45 A. M. . 3:00 P. VL M. . 7:15 P. u. .11:40P. M. . 7:00 P. M. t. 8:00 A. M. . 7:00 A. M. .10:20 P. M. . 6:30 P. 5L . 7:20 A. M. . 6:0QP. M. DAY TRAIN. Leave Savannah (Sundays excepted) at.... 7:00 A. M. Arrive at Bainbridge at. .10:20 P.M. Arrive at Live Oak at 6:30 P. M. Leave Live Oak at 1........... 7:20 A.M. Arrive at Savannah (Sundays excepted) at. 6:0QP. M. Passengers for stations west of Lawton take Day Train from^avannah. Passengers from Bainbridge connect at Lawton with Express Train for Savannah at 2:00 A. M. Passengers from Tallahassee connect at Live Oak with Express Train for Savannah, at 11:40 P. M. OS' SLEEPING CARS ON EXPRESS TRAIN. NO CHANGE BETWEEN JACKSONVILLE AND SAVANNAH ON EXPRESS TRAIN. Steamers leave St Marks for New Orleans, Apalachi cola and Pensacola every Friday. Leave St Marks for Havana, Key West, Cedar Keys and Tampa every Wednesday. Steamers leave Jacksonville for Palatka, Enterprise, and all points on the St Johns river, every Sunday and Wednesday, at 9:00 A. M. H. S. HAINES, dec5-ijanl General Superintendent Change of Schedule. NO CHANGE OP CARS BETWEEN SA VANNAH, AUGUSTA, AND MONT GOMERY, ABA. TRANSPORTATION OFFICE CENTRAL B. R.,\ Savannah, August 14,1868. ) "~nh«»T»TfffTiT»T?raX er mail O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 16TH INST., PAS- senger Trains on the Georgia Central Railroad will run a6 follows : UP DAY TRAIN. LEAVE. AimiVE. Savannah 8:00 A. M. Macon ..6:40 .P. BL Augusta 5:38 P. W. HiUedgeville 8:58 JP. M. Eatonton .11:00 P. M. Connecting with trains that leave Augusta. .3:45 A. M. DOWN DAY TRAIN. Macon .......7:00 Savannah..5:30 P. M. Augusta .5:33 P. M. Connecting with train that f eaves Augdsta. .8:45 A. M. UP NIGHT TRAIN. Savannah 7:20 P. M. Macon 6:55 A. M. Augusta .3:13 A. M. Connecting with train that leaves Augusta. .9:33 P. M. DOWN NIGHT TRAIN. Macon.... G:25 P. M. Savannah *. 5:10 A. M. Augusta ....3:13 A. M. Millegeville 4:30 P. M. Eatonton 2:40 P. M. Connecting with train th?*' saves Augusta..9:33 P. M. A. M. trains from Savannah and Augusta, and P. M. train from Macon connect with Milledgeville train at Gordon daily, Sundays excepted. P. M. train from Savannah connects with through mail train on South Carolina Railroad, .and P. M. train from Savannah and Augusta with trains on South Western and Muscogee Railroads. WM. ROGERS, aug 14-tf Act*g Master of Transportation. Christmas and New Years’ PRESENTS. J WOULD RESPECTFULLY INVITE MY OLD CUSTOMERS, Patrons, and the public generally, to call and examine my Stock'of FRENCH CONFECTIONERY, CRrystalized and Glazed; FRUITS, CREAM, JELLY, Fruits and Bonbons, Chocolate, Cordials, Ac. TOYS, FANCY GOODS, &c., Fine Wax, Bisk, China, Rubber DOLLS and DOLL HEADS; Fine TEA SETS; FURNITURE, sets or single; WORK BOXES; TOBACCO BOXES; TOILET SETS; Fine Motto CUPS nnd SAUCERS, MUGS, VASES, Ac. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICAL TOYS, DRUMS. DOLL CARRIAGES, GOAT WAGONS, SULKIES, Ac. FIRE WORKS, Wholesale nnd Be tall, Together with the usual variety of BASKETS, RETI CULES, and FANCY BOXES. The whole comprises an assortment of the choicest and most desirable GOODS to be found in the market; well adapted to meet the wants of all who may favor me with their patronage. Ii. M. HUNT, Cor. Whitaker and State Sts., Savannah, Ga. nov2G-lm CLOTHING -AT- REDUCED PRICES. HEIDT, JAUD0N1 & GO. H aving purchased the stock of hkidt & LUDEOW.-rand JAUDON, CRAVEN & CO., will dispose of the same at PRICES THAT CANNOT FAIL TO GIVE SATISFACTION. AU who wish good WINTER CLOTHING, At liow Prices, Can obtain them at the old stands of HEIDT & LUDLOW 154 Congress.Street. AND AT JAWDON, CllAyEK& co: 117 Broughton St. * «S~ THOSE WHO PREFER SUITS MADE TO ORDER, Can be accommodated by leaving their measures at U7 Brougliton Street.novlU-lm LOGY COBB INSTITUTE, ATHENS, GEORGIA. EEV. FERDINAND JACOBS, A M., JptORMERLT PKKCIPAL_ OF A HIGH SCHOOL . Ladies, in Charleston, S. C.; qnenuy rresident of the LaWTenceviUe Female Col lege, S. C,. haring been elected Principal of this Insti tute, 't vriil be opened by him for the reception of Pupils, MONDAY, January 18, 1868. Accomplished and approved Teachers in aU Depart ments, have been engaged. For Circulars, address Johx H. Newtox, Esq., Pres ident of the Board of Trustees, Athens. Ga.; or; Rev. Feedixasd Jacobs, (till Jan. 1) Berzelia, Ga.: after that, at Athens. nov24-lm H and-bills, show-bills, posters and PROGRAMMES printed at THE MORNING NEWS JOB OFFICE, 1U Bay street Latest New York News! THE PEOPLE GHEATLY EXCITED! “COSTAR” ffl THE FIELD! —-LADIESH-i JLoolfcOnt! Look OttjU Look Out! Look tLadies’ Uagaiine far SrpM . HENRY R. C R. COSTAB, of No. 10 Crosby said"tobe 'our with a BEAUTIFIER 3jf anything ever known in this line. The 1 wild with delight One lady says, * I know • and pointed to a skin as fresh, soft and deB child. Another ladj IW/lpTmt —T’ ■IbMMklMdMiaCMVlMkV {gnnraacos- mctics, and give me only OOSTART BITTER-SWEET and Orange Blossoms. It gives Beauty to' the Complexion, a Rosy glow to the Cheeks, a Ruby tinge to the lips, nnd Happiness com* plete. 1! Beware 11 of wortMeseimitations. . AB Druggists in flNMKAIMftll One bottle. $1.00; three ^bottles, *2.00. Or address “C08TAR."No. 10 Crosby st, N. Y. ‘COSTAE’S’ STANDAED PREPARATIONS “Costar’s” Rat, Roach, &c., Exterminators. “Costar’s” Red Bug Exterminators. “Costar’s” (only pure) Insect Powders. •Only Infallible Remedies known.” i “18 years established in New York.” “2,000 Boxes and Flasks manufactured daily.” “All Druggists in SAVANNAH sen them.” “ 1!! Boware 1!! of spurious imitations. $L00 sizes sent by mail on receipt of price, *2.00 for any three SL00 sixes by express. ■ Address HENRY B. COSTAR, 10 Crosby it, N| or John F. Henry, successor to Demas Barnes h Co| 21 Park Row, N. Y. ", . Sold by R. H. TATUM, T. M. TURNER, Savannah, Ga. dec2-ly A ( THOSE RETURNING TO THE CITY AND WISHING TO REPLENISH TH UTR Commencing Sousekeeping, CAN BUY, TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE, ALL KINDS OF iHOFSE-FURXISHINCt GOODS, CHINA, GLASSWARE,* Toilet Sets, Taney Articles, &c. FROM J. W. STANSBDRY & CO, 109 BRO TJGHTOJST STREET, AT THE OLD STAND OF K. r». SWfYTHE & CO. Notice. ORIGINAL FIRM OF E. D. SMI THE A CO. _ was suddenly dissolved on the 21st of March last AmebtotdheflielatellnhtoediMctedrtoJl). paid to HENRY D. LAW only, or his attorney, JOSEPH W. STANSBUBY. sep28-ta G-UANO! PHCENIX GUANO, From McKean’s Island, SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN PER TON 2,000 POUNDS, CASH: Price at Savannah..*... $50 OO At Augusta 55 OO WILCOX, GIBUS & CO’S MANIPULATED GUANO! A mixture of PHusNIX and No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, and which has PROVED TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MANURE in use. PER TON 2,000 POUNDS, CASH: Price at Savannah............. I $65 OO At Augusta. ... 70 OO PURE No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, direct from Die Peruvian Agent, at PRICE. Also, ■ NowH LOWEST BEST LAND PLASTER • AT MARKET PRICE. FOR ftAT.Ti BY WILCOX, GIBBS & €0., IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN GUANO, COMMISSION MERCHANTS; ALSO, AGENTS FOB THE WILLCOX Jb 61 SILENT SEWING MACHINE, No. 97 Bay street. Savannah, and No. 241 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. Our Agents win sell at same prices, necessary expenses added.* jy$—ly PUBLIC LAWS PASSED* BY THE General gAssembly OF TH H STATE OF GEORGIA IN JuljyAugnst, September and October, 1868 MALLOW & FRIERSON. nov2-tf JONES’ INDEPENDENT HYD H-A.XJXnXC COTTON PRESS JS NOW PREPARED FOR BUSINESS, AND THE attention of all parties interested is respectfully in vited to the facilities it affords. NORMAN C. JONES. • DAVID WALDHAUKR, Superintendent, ocJO-Cm 1,500 BOXES TOBACCO! IN STORE AND FOB SALE AT MANUFACTURERS’ PRICES BY THAXTON, CHEWS & 00., ~ Street, Si D 7T- 7 -A Ojf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. f * objfi yp PUBLIC LAWS PASSED BY THE General Assembly of the State of Georgia, I N JULY. AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. 1869, WITH AN APPENDIX. Price, $1.00. Just received and for sale at - ESTUiL’S NEWS DEPOT, BULL STREET, ON BAY LANE, NEXT TO THE. nov6-ta >~POST OFFICE.