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'\ivi rtisements for one month or longer will be in- ... \ at special rates, which can be ascertained at the tivertisemeuts outside of the city must: bo accom- ■ with the cash. by telegraph — TO — the morning news. From Washington. Washington,December 11—In the Supreme urt the questions involving the legal trnns- . of indemnity bonds, was up on cross • lUon, the object being to bring all questions to an early settlement. \ motion to advance Mr. Davis’s matter a the Docket did not come np. [la- Reconstruction Committee meets to- m -, rr o\v to arrange for investigations regard- ,,, Texas, Virginia, Mississippi’nnd Georgia, f.jvm-r great labor. The Committee will ii.dilv make no report before the recess. Washington. December 11.—House.—The Flection Committee meets on Monday to jisiiler a Missouri contest case, wbicb will •, upy the session. The next in order is tbe ijpirjia contested case, between Christy and fllmpcy. A report on this c:tse is improbable ..f„re the recess. The Louisiana ettse will ■tlie reached. itcneral Grant was at headquarters to-day. .jT.ono.OOO, coin interest on the debt, will [did out, on January 1st. General Meade lias been ordered to Wash- iiton by General Schofield, sometime during it present month, when it will least inter- iv with the public interest. The receipts from customs from 1st to a instant, inclusive, amounts to £*2,035,000. General Stoncman was at army headquart- tB to-day. General Grant departs westward to-mor row. There was a full Cabinet meeting to-day. In the Supreme Court Judge Black asked i tv heard on a question whether the act of :.fMs repealing the act of February 5th, ' giving the Court -jurisdiction on appeals : Hi judgment in Circuit Courts in habeas < eases, would have the effect to deprive is Court of jurisdiction in the McArdle or whether the Conrt under the -ligtion which already attached in the - should not proeeed to judgment He - of opinion that the repeal did not affect - McArdle ease, and that judgment should pronounced. After .consultation, Chief f t Chase announced that the Court ahl hear the argument on the subject, •ring the counsel to fix the time. It was -ally settled to argue the case on the first Miaday in February nest. The argument in the Louisiana confiscation has closed. Comments of tike English Press on the President’s Message. • L-ndon, December 11.—-The following are the. comments of the press of this city on the President’s message: The A eies (Radical) says: “President John son’s persistent opposition to the nation’s wishes is the cause of the partial failure of the reconstruction measures. There is no hope of restoration, unity or peace until General Grant’s accession.” The Standard (Conservative) strongly de precates the Senate’s refusal to hear the mes sage. The Herald (Conservative) says: “The message commends itself to everybody in terested in American affairs as the warning protest of a statesman politically dying.” A Itlirfsin" Steamer. New York, December 11.—The steamer Union, from London for New York, is miss ing. She is loaded with iron, and has pas sengers on board. Weather off the Capes. Fortress Monroe, December 11.—There is a heavy snow storm from the North, which has lasted all day. Death of Helen Western. Washington, December 31.—Helen West ern died this morning. PROM SPAIN. The Progress of the Second Revolution. Madrid, December 11.—An armistice of «hys lias been agreed on at Cadiz to bury lead, and remove the' women and child ren. j A second dispatch states that the Rebels h 1'wposed terms of capitulation which the lj vernment is disposed to accept. Later. — A third dispatch from Cadiz that the insurrection is assuming firming proportions. The dispatches an ting the surrender of the insurgents are Tft neous. The insurgents have some artil- | J '7 and occupy an important position. ^Qeral Caballero DeRoda, with a conside- I rr ^ force, marches to assault Cadiz. ^ National Guards are employed to keep wior and protect property in Madrid. Laere is great excitement in Malaga and other . hut open revolts have only taken place ^ Cadiz. Arising is momentarily expected in Ca- Llonia. ir ms and munitions have been landed at L?. i or tj je j nsur gents. They are acting I ' L great determination and will fight until tl,last. ; **°th parties respect the American flag, and “^dreds of citizens are seeking the protec- | t: ,a of the American Consul. A United ilc ' s nutn-of-war is in port, and Danish and ■ ^ncau Consul’s disposal. ,3 ing to the threatening state of affairs, wealth}’ families are leaving Spain. . Prim has gone to Andalusia. The visional Government is much embarrassed l he disordered condition of the country finances. From Alabama. u •“jstromerv, December 11.—-To-ilay has | the coldest of the season. ' r,; A. H. Fannin, for many years a | j '“tuient member of the Georgia Legisla- I *' buried in this city to-day. Ho died '“Uenly Th, of apoplexy. ij Legislature is engaged principally in , I lla ” privileges to railroads. Most of the ’Mtcd on arc purely of a local character. au-Klnx Dill is now under discussion in Mouse. There is but little probability of adjournment Great dissatisfaction ■ on account of the long session. The I -islature lias been in session over three I altogether si: in session ■ since July. luiri.ti Overthrow of tile Cretans. , December II.—Cretan advices tiia <:ns have been received. The Turks '- captured a strong position in Sphokia, I Ti r *' Cretans had erected block houses. , - u ^ so seized a quantity of provisions and '^itious of war intended for the Cretans, J aave seized two landings on the shore ireiit Greece. It is reported that in con- ■4’tenee of these advantages the insurrection “ dyini g out. I mi-oi-.tant to Cotton Plantees —The Cot ton Worm.—IVe commend the following, ex tracted from the Selma (Ala.) Times and Mes senger, of the 5th instant, to the attention of cotton planters in this section, and would be pleased to receive from them any information they may be able to give on this important subject: The Cotton Wobm.—This scourge seems to increase in virulence from year to year. It is expected with the regularity of the season. Its early appearance in considerable numbers is fatal to the crop. 'Its appearance at any time cuts short to a greater or less extent the crop. A thousand methods have been de vised for protection against it. ’ So far, every thing done to prevent its appearance or to check its ravages, has been in vain. There is danger that in a few years it will destroy the cultivation of cotton altogether. A few weeks ago we published a statement from a Texas paper that the egg was deposited iu the stalk of the plant, where it remained until the proper season, protected against its enemies, then to appear upon its mission of destruction, and that to gather np closely and burn the dry stalks iu the fall and winter would necessarily destroy them. Yesterday we saw, in the counting room of Messrs. Hardee <fc Robinson, proof of the correctness of this theory. There were the dry stalks. On the surface was the scar left when the eggs were deposited. Inside, in the pith of tlie stalks, were the eggs in some places, and in others worms already emerged from the egg, and feeding upon the soft part of the stalk surrounding them. We presume any planter can have abun dant proof of the theory in question. He has only to look for it in tho stalks in his cot ton field. This matter appears to us worthy of atten tion. If the egg is deposited in the stalk and thus preserved and warmed into life and sus tained through the winter, fire is the remedy beyond question. The Jeff. Davis Trial Humbug.—The New York Sun protests against the Government keeping up tho solemn farce of pretending to try Jeff. Davis, at a heavy cost to the nation al treasury. The editor says: “The men in authority at Washington ap pear to have thought it necessary to treat the people as incompetent to comprehend the grave reasons of State which control them in the determination of this matter. Otherwise, it might as well have been announced in the beginning that Jeff. Davis was not to be hanged: and that point having been decided, it was quite unnecessary to try him, or to pre tend that he was going to he tried. “Very expensive lawyers have been em ployed to conduct the prosecution. This is no fault of the lawyers themselves, who, we suppose, have merely accepted the retainers which have been tendered to them. But it is clearly wrong on the part of the Government to keep up this solemn farce, and pay for it out of the people’s money. Useless expendi tures are particularly censurable at a time when every poor woman is obliged to pay double price for a box of matches on account of the Government tax. The whole business is a kind of charlatanry worthy of a mounte bank.” The Death Penalty in Pennsylvania.—A letter from Harrisburg to the Philadelphia Inquirer says: “Governor Geary has explicitly informed Hester Vaughan, convicted of infanticide, that the death penalty will not be enforced. The matter of pardon is, of course, still under advisement, though the case may eventually take a different shape. There are now several individuals confined in Philadelphia under sentence of death; one who has been in prison for eighteen years, no death-warrant having been issued. For several years past the Legislature has been asked annually to make some disposition of their cases; to au thorize the Governor to commute the sen tences to imprisonment for a term of years. The Legislature, at its coming session, will be asked to make some special provision for these cases, including that of Hester Vaughan, and, if action is taken, the pro babilities are that Hester’s sentence will be commuted. ” > . ♦ « < The Wab in Cuba.—Advices from Santiago de Cuba, November 27th, via Key West, De cember Cth, have been published in New York, as follows: The insurgents had surrounded the city and were preparing to attack it. They had destroyed the telegraph and railway and cut off the water supply from the town. There was a dearth of provisions in Santiago and much distress. The insurgents had retaken Villa del Cobre, whose inhabitants had all gone to Santiago foi*refuge. The corps of volunteers raised by Villa del Cobre for tlie government remained unpaid; and were desti tute as well as disarmed. Soup kitchens had been greeted by the authorities of Santiago to relieve the poorer classes. Bold Stbeet Robbery.—Yesterday, Mr. Rutherford, from the country, while standing in front of O’Dowd A Mnlherin’s store, on Broad street, was robbed of his pocket book containing about $200. lie had the pocket book in the side pocket of his coat and a ne gro stepped up, jerked the book from his pocket and made off with it. He was closely pursued by the police and finally captured by officer Welsh in the warehouse of S. Frank lin & Co., on Reynolds street He secreted the money between some cotton bales,where, we learn, it was fonnd. It is supposed that the warehouse was the place of rendezvous for him and his accomplices, where they in tended to divide the spoils. This is the most audacious robbery we have heard of in this city for a long time.—Augusta Constitu tional 1st. > < •» < Death of George Mixer, Esq.—The New York Atm, of the 7th instant, says: “-The flag at the Astor House was at half-mast on Saturday, on account ot tlie death of Mr. George Mixer, of South Carolina, son of Daniel Mixer, who built the Charles ton Hotel. Mr. Mixer and a friend were recently compelled to pass a night in the South Caralina swamps, and as a conse quence were seized with miasmatic fever. His friend died soon after at Charleston- Mr. Mixer came North in hope of recovering his health, but the disease had too much inroad upon his system, and he died at the Astor House on Saturday morning.” FEARFUL TRAGEDY. A Man Murders His Wire and Is Lynched by a Mob. [From the Macoupin (Ill.) Times, December 3.] On Friday evening last, after dark, our community was startled by the arrival in town of a young man named. Moore, who brought the report that a man named Carl Engleman, living some eight miles southeast of town, had murdered his wife, by cutting her throat from ear to ear, and that he had come to notify the Sheriff; as tho murderer hail made his escape immediately after com mitting the bloody deed. He stated that the excitement was intense in the aeighborhood of the crime, and that the entire population in that vicinity were out in search of the murderer. The murdered woman was a daughter of Mr. Elijah Mitchell. She had been twice married, the assassin by whose hand she died being her second husband. The murderer, Carl Engleinan, was a German by berth, of whose previous histo ry we can leam but little. He served in the regular army from 1855 to 1860. About that time he came to this county, and soon after married Mrs. Bull. By her he had two children, the youngest of whom is now a babe about three months old. Their mar ried life was not a happy one. Quarrels were frequent, but we notice that the sympathy of the neighborhood was all on the side of the woman, who seems to have been highly es teemed by all her acquaintances. On Friday about noon be came to the house and de manded of her the sum of $75, which he claimed she had promised him. She refused to give it to him, and insisted that he should leave the place and not annoy her further. He refused, and claimed that he should come when he pleased, as the law gave him the right to see his children. She then sent one of the children for a young nephew of hers, by the name of Moore, who was gathering com on the farm. He came to the house, and taking a pistol from the bureau drawer in which it was kept, forced Engleman to leave the house. Waiting until he was out of sight, yonng Moore then returned to his work. Engleman seems to have walked down the road some distance and then concealed himself where he could watch the premises. This was soon after noon. Here he remained concealed until Moore had gone back to his work. About 4 o’clock he returned to tho house, and fonnd his victim alone with her little children. As an excuse for his return he stated that he had left his pipe behind him on his previous visit. She arose and commenced looking for the pipe, and while so engaged he seized her by the head from behind, and drawing her head back drew his knife across her neck, cutting her throat from ear to ear. She screamed and ran out of the house, and leaping against a tree stood a few moments, until weakened by the loss of blood she sank to the ground and died. The murderer im mediately left the house and fled to the tim ber. The neighborhood was at once aroused and a thorough search organized for the mur derer. About nine o’clock in the evening he was overhauled near Macoupin Creek, about two and a half miles from this city, by three young men named W. Pryne, E. Pryne, and Wm. Debley. He made no resistance, and declared that he was on his way to town to give himself up to the authorities. He was by tliefn taken to tho residence of Mr. Clial- lacomb, where they guarded him all night, and in the morning brought him to town and delivered him over to the sheriff. He warat once taken to the jail. On Monday a mob assembled and took the mufderer out of jail. The plan seems to have been a well-ma tured one. The leader procured a sledge hammer, and without any previous noise or contusion, a conple of score pistols were drawn, as if by concert, aud a rash was made for the jail. The sheriff was at dinner at the time with two of his deputies, his resi dence being in the lower story of the build ing. A couple of well-directed blows from the sledge forced in the front door. The sheriff and his deputies met the mob at tlie door, but were powerless in the face of tlie enraged crowd. They made all possible re sistance, but were instantly seized aud dis armed, and, being forced into a side room, were there held by-part of the gang. A few citizens who had rallied to his assistance as the fact of the attack being made was made known, were quickly overpowered aud forced to one side. The mob now had it all their own way. By this time they had full possession of the hall of the building aud of the stairway leading to the jail above. The lock of the door. was shivered by blows from the sledge, which gave them ad mission to the hall of the jail. The prisoners being iJl locked in their cells except the notorious Mrs. Taylor, of Spring- field, who is here for safe keeping while the jail of Montgomery-county is being built, and who, being in poor health, has been al lowed the liberty of the hall. In accor dance with a demand from the leader of the mob, she pointed out the cell in which was their victim. The .sledge-hammer was at once brought to bear upon the lock, which at last gave way. Engleman was found stand ing up, ready for his fate, with his coat but toned to the chin. He spoke not a word, and only by turning ashen pale did he show any sign that he read his doom in the flushed faces which met his gaze at the cell door. A rope, which had been previously prepared, was now brought forward and the noose placed over his neck, anil he was hauled by a dozen strong hands rapidly to the door. The whole trunsasaction did not occupy more than ten minutes, but during this time a crowd of.perhaps two hundred persons had collected around the jail yard. As he was jerked out of the door by the halter around his neck, a 1 wild yell went up, “Theyve got him ! they’ve got him !” No one, how ever, seemed to care to face the demoniac crowd who had him in hand, and they at once started at fall speed down Broad street, towards the south part of the city, dragging their victim after them, and followed by the wild crowd. After running about three blocks, they espied a large locust tree stand ing in a back yard, with a limb projecting over into the street, whioh seemed suitable for their purpose. Here they halted, and pinioning the arms of their victim, one end of the rope was thrown over the limb, and he was hauled up. It was immediately discov ered that the rope was not properly placed, the knot being directly under his chin. He was lowered down, the rope readjusted, and he was again swung up. His executioners stood by until his death-struggles had ceased, and the spirit of Carl Engleman had gone to meet that of his victim, when they separated for their homes, leaving them hang to the limb. Hon. John Mobmsey’s Seat to be Contest ed.—Mr. James-M. McCartin, the Republi can candidate for Congress in the Fifth Con gressional District of New York at the November election, has inaugurated proceed ings looking toward tbe contesting of the election of his successftil opponent, the Hon. John Morrisey. Mr. McCartin bases his action on the allegation that Mr. Morrisey is not an American citizen. As Mr. McCartin is evidently in earnest, the pnblic may expect an investigation of this singular assertion.— New York News. Mabbiaoe of Mr. Thomas Jefferson.—This gentleman, aged eighty-nine years, and still enjoying good health, was married on Mon day evening last to Miss Nancy W. Pollard, af Fluvanna county, Virginia. Mr. Jefferson is a nephew of the illustrious Thomas Jeffer son, author of the Declaration of Indepen dence. This is his third marriage; and we trust it may prove as pleasant and agreeable to him' os did the two former (though like Gen. Washington, he hire never been blessed with ohildren.)—Scottsville Register. : — Deceased. General Nathan G. Evans, of South Carolina, who commanded the Federal forces at the bloody battle of Ball’s Bluff, died last week in Alabama. Ho graduated at West Point in 1848, anil formerly belonged to the United States Second cavalry. > 1 * 1 * — Circumstances alter cases—Particularly re-r duccd circumstances. How to make hats last—Make everything els* first. THE GREAT DISASTER. Loss or the Ohio River Floating Faia- cci—Terrible Destruction of Human Life. Cincinnati, Sunday Morning, ) December 6th, 10, a. m. j One of the most terrible calamities which ever occurred on the Western waters happen ed on Friday night, near AVarsaw, Kentucky, about sixty-five miles from Cincinnati. The United States, of the Louisville mail line, struck the America upon her bow, and in a moment almost both vessels were the scene of death m its most appalling shape. The river where the catastrophe occurred, is nearly or quite equal in breadth to the dis tance between Cincinnati and Covington. —• Both boats were heavily laden and crowded with passengers of both sexes aud all ages. A part of the cargo of the United States con sisted of petroleum, ranged iu barrels upon the deck, aud immediately after the collision the coals from the furnace reached the oil, and the vessel was soon enveloped in flames. The night was dark. The women and child ren were peacefully sleeping. The cool wa ters quietly lapped the sides of the steamers, but iu an instant all was changed. Tongues of fire leaped from deck to deck, and to add to the horror, the river was covered with a sea of flame. It seems an almost unnatural combination of horrors, but when the gloom of the night was dispelled the frightened pas sengers hastily and half clad, rushing from tho cabins saw all around them a sea of liquid fire. Martys have passed through fire to the gates of Paradise confessing to their faith, but on Frida}’ night it was not so. Unpre pared or not, more than forty souls were hur ried into agony to meet their Judge. There were two bridal parties upon one of the boats. That very morning the pledge binding them together had been plighted. They wore imperrilled; but by the provi dence of God they escaped the fiery flood. A mother, when the vessel sank, threw her two little children into the water and then leaped into the river to swim With them to the land, or die with them if she could not save them. A husband calmly fastened a life belt around the waste of his young wife and then dragged her through fire and water ashore. Captain AVade says that the boat left ’ here with only sixty-five passengers on board, thirteen of whom were ladies and seven of these lady passengers are known to be saved. Very few of the passengers on the United States had retired. There was a wedding party on board and the passengers tendered them a serenade, and Captain AVade found it necessary hut a very short time before the collision occurred to go down from the Texas to the cabin and repress, to some extent, the noise of the merriment they were making. The flames drove many of the passengers to the after end of the United States, and many of them took refuge in tho yawl, which was suspended by a derrick at the stern of the boat. So many persons crowded into the yawl that tlie derrick broke down, and let the yawl aud those who were in it into the river. As many as twenty to thirty-five persons were in the yawl wheu the derrick fell, and it is supposed that most of them were drowned. One of them, Captain Joe McCammott, a well-known pilot, held on to the yawl, when it fell, and was finally resened. He was found to be very badly burned, aud his strength was almost exhausted wheu assist ance reached him. Owing to the extraordinary exertions of Captain Whitten end Mr. Wm. Taylor, head clerk of the America, several lives were savSd. Among them Miss Barton, of the Ole Bull Concert Troupe. Miss Barton was in her state room at the time, and Mr. Taylor warned her of the danger that she was in, but she seemed to pay no attention to him. Finally he burst open the door, and by main strength carried her aft aud down through a small hatchway. It was not until after she had been placed on shore that she realized the awful condition in which, but a few minutes previous, she had been placed. One man, name unknown, who occupied a room in the aft part of the America, became completely bewildered. He was warned of the danger, but paid no atten tion to it. Mr. Taylor, at the last moment, endeavored to rescue him, but it was too late. He became suffocated and fell through the hatchway. This was the last of him, aud it is supposed that he was suffocated to death, and his body then burned. Another man, name unknown, also so lost his presence of mind as to eutirely forget the terrible pre dicament in which he was placed, and also perished in the flames. A gentleman with his sister, a lovely and aceomplffihed young lady, were passengers on the United States. At the first shock (he gentleman was thrown from his bed clear out on the floor. Hastily pulling on his pan taloons, he rushed to the state room of his sister, burst open the door, and, seizing her in his arms, carried her down on the main deck, where, procuring a door-shutter, he threw it overboard and leaped after it with his sister iu his arms. He placed her securely on the shutter, and was swimming behind pushing it with its precious load toward the shore, when, to liis horror, a big, burl}’ and able- bodied man swam up, and pushed his sister off the board, and climbed upon it himself. Tbe young gii 1 sank with a scream, and if she came to the surface it was so dark and the confusion so great that he could not find her. Maddened by the dastardly act, he made after the author, and seizing him by the throat, a struggle to the death ensued. They rose and sunk together, still struggling, and when last seen were grappling with each other. AVhether either was saved or both went down together is not known. The sis ter sunk beneath the waves and was lost, but she was terribly avenged by her brother. A most touching appeal was made by Miss Jones to a gentleman on board. As the wood-work was becoming too heated to bear, and the flames were forcing their Way gradually into tho cabin, she went to him saying, “Oh! Air. , you have talked to me this evening, you have danced with me, you know who I am and where I came from. Save me ! oh, save me! oh, 6ave me !” He told her he had a wife to save, and he could not help her. Poor girl, she is be yond earthly help now. Oae of the gentlemen on board bad the presence of mind to unhinge a door, which he threw into the river, and, after his wife and he had jumped in, ho placed her in a position to reach the shore. “Now stay here, dear,” was his request, “until I can fix myself some way, and we can both be saved.” Imagine the husband’s agony, just as he had procured something that would float, to see a man swim toward the frail support of his wife and knock her away from it. She was drowned. One gentleman and wife escaped in rather a romantic manner. Fastening life-preservers to both of their persons, he tied her right arm to his left, then took a shutter, over which they placed both arms. “Now! one—two— three—jump 1” he cried, when both jumped, and after a little manmnvering, they arrived safely on shore, minus, however, several arti cles of apparel needed to make them present able. A lady on board of the United States re lates that as she and her husband were mov ing toward the shore, in the water, she saw one of the life-boats filled with people who had escaped. But all at once the America begins backing toward shore, and mercilessly the rude rudder strikes the bout, crushing and upsetting It- None of those passengers were saved. After escaping one danger, only to meet death in another form! From the shore could be seen women with nothing bnt-thoir robes de nuit to protect them, rnshing about in the flames screaming , for help—mothers with their ohildren in their arms, most of them babies, rnshing about frantically. One mother holding her baby in her arms ran to the guards, but the water seemed to her only a chilly grave; then she jumped in the cabin again, then to the guards. The last that was seen of her she was standing up with her baby hugged closer to her in her awful death, burning np. Aliss Mary L. Johnson, whose body was re covered at the Madison ship yard, is supposed to have been chilled to death, as when found her hair was perfectly dry. She was a most beautiful and gifted yonng lady, only seven teen years old. Her father, who had not seen her for two or three months, idolized her, . and was so impatient for her return home that he prevailed upon his nephew, Mr. Lew is Johnson, to go alter her. The two had re tired to their staterooms but a few moments before the' awful occurrence. Miss Johnson had not undressed at all, but her cousin had laid down. He was last seen in search of his precious charge, with two life preservers iu hand. It appears that he succeeded in find ing her and placing a life-preserver upon her body, but both found watery graves. The light of life was never shut from two purer souls. When the people of AVarsaw discovered the light of the burning steamers, they turned out en masse, rang the town bells, made fires, and assembled on the Kentucky shore, oppo site the wrecks. In a short time they got up steam on the towboat Reindeer, put across the river, and picked up a large number of- persons from the water aud from the hulks of the destroyed steamers. The Lady Grace reached the scene from above in time to ren der very effective assistance to the sufferers. She made two trips "and took every body to AVarsaw, where the people gave themselves np wholly to the alleviation of the distressed. Every man, woman and cliild in the town ex erted themselves unceasingly while there was one poor unfortunate in need of succor. The scene at AVarsaw beggars description. Relatives hunting for each other; the wound ed screaming with pain; people who at homo were blessed with wealth, bemoaning then- sad plight. The ladies generally had perforce to go to bed while their linen was being dried. Clothing was brought by the open- handed and warm-hearted citizens of AVar saw, and everything was done to render them as comfortable as possible under the circum stances. Ki'jioit of the Secretary of tlie Treasury. The report is an elaborate work, making in itself, without the mass of bureau reports and statistical tables, a document of sixty-six pages. Mr. McCulloch proceeds to argue at length against the wisdom of the legal- tender acts. He says that “these acts have tended to blunt anil deaden the public con fidence, and are chargeable in no small degree with tbe demoralization which so generally prevails.” Tho United States notes, though declared by law to ba lawful money, are, nevertheless, the Secretary declares, “a dishonored and disreputable currency.” He maintains that the legal-tender acts were war measure-!, that they were a forced loan, that no member of Congress or public journal advocated their issue on any otlier ground than pnblic necessity. The Secretary thinks then, that they should be divested of the character which was conferred on them in a condition of the country so different from the present. He therefore makes the fol lowing highly important recommendation, aud emphasizes it in capital lettres. He says: “The Secretary believes that they should, and he therefore recommends, in addition to enactments by which contracts for the pay ment of coin can be enforced, that it be de* dared that after the first of January, 1870, United States notes shall cease to be a legal-tender in payment of all private debts subsequently contracted, and that after the first of January, 1871, they shall cease to be a legal tender on any contract, or for any purpose what ever, except the Government dues, for which they arejfnow receivable. The law should also authorize the conversion of 'these notes, at the pleasure of the holders, into bonds bearing such interest as may be authorized by Congress on the funded debt. The period for which they would continue to be a legal tender would be sufficient to ena ble tlie people and tbe banks to prepare for the contemplated change, and the privilege of their conversion to save depreciation." The Secretary then speaks of the large reduc tion of internal revenue, and says that it is attributable to inefficient collection, and to a reduction of taxes. He estimates the inter nal revenue receipts for the present fiscal year at $146,209,014. If the receipts from customs should bo diminished, even with large redactions in expenses, “onr internal revenue,” the Secretary says, “must be in creased.” “The first thing to be done is to introduce economy in every branch, and not reduce appropriations; aud then bring in de ficiency bills.” The average expenses for the next ten years of the civil service ought not, he adds, to exceed forty millions. The War Department should be brought down to thirty-five millions, and the Navy to twenty millions per annum. The interest on the public debt, -when all funded, at five por cent, will be $125,000,000." The Secretary then says: “When the internal revenue and tariff laws shall be revised so as to be made harmonious with each other, it is sup posed that S300,000,000 can annually be realized from these sources without burden some taxation.” The Secretary does not doubt that the best interests of the country will be subserved by a redaction of the tariff and an increase of excise duties. The Secretary also recommends a tax on sales, and regards this os a good time to thoroughly revise the tariff. The report shows -that the public debt was increased from November 1, 1867, to November I, 1868, $35,625,102 82. Of this increase $24,152,000 is chargeable to the Pacific railways, and $7,200,000 to the purchase of Alaska. Within the same period there was paid for bounties $43,787,412 18. The Secretary does not consider this a bad exhibit in view of the reduced taxation by Congress aud the donations to railroads. He then proceeds to censure the New York national banks which have certified checks of depositors in advance of their deposits, and says “it is unauthorized, reckless, and in jurious in the end to the country.” He sug gests legislation to remedy this. The report then concludes as follows: “Complaint has been made that in the ad ministration of the Treasury Department since the war there has been too much of in terference with the stock and money market. This complaint, when honestly made, has been the result of a want of reflection or of imperfect knowledge of the financial condi tion of the Government. The transactions of the Treasury have from necessity been con nected with the stock and money market of New York. If the debt after the close of the war had been a funded debt, witlr nothing to be done in relation to it bnt to pay the accru ing interest, or if business had been conduct ed on a specie basis, and consequently been free from the constant changes to which it has been and most be subject as long as there is considerable difference between the legal and commercial standard of value, the Treas ury could have been managed .with entire in dependence of the stook exchange or the gold room. Such, however, was not the fact More fhan one-half of the national debt, ac cording to the foregoing exhibits, consisted of temporary obligations, which were to be paid in lawful money or convertedintobonds; and there was in circulation a large amount of irredeemable promises, constantly chang ing in their convertible value. The Secre tary, therefore, could not be indifferent to the condition of the marVft, nor uvoid connec tion with it, for it was in fact with the market he had to deal. He would haYe been happy had it been otherwise, If bonds were to be sold to provide the means for paying the debts that were payable in lawful money, it was a matter of great importance .to the Treasury that the price of bonds should not be depressed by artificial processes. If the seven-thirty notes were to be converted into five-twenty bonds, it was equally im portant that that they Bhonld sustain such, relations with each other in regard to prices that conversions would be efl'ected. If bonds were at a discount, the notes would be pre sented for payment in legal tenders, and these could only be obtainedj^y further issues or the sale of some kind of securities. For three years, therefore, the state of the market has been a matter of deep solicitude to the Secretary. If he had been indifferent to it, or waited carefifily to study the influence that controlled it, or had hesitated to exercise the power with which Congress bad clothed him for successfully funding the temporary debt by conversions or sales, he would -have been false to his trnst. The task of. convert- ing a thousand millions of temporary obliga tions into.a funded debt on & market con- - stantly subject to natural and artificial fluc tuations without depressing the prices of bonds, and without disturbing the - busi ness of the country, however it may be regarded now, when the work has been accomplished, was, while it was being per formed, an exceedingly delicate one. It is but simply justice to say, that its suc cessful accomplishment is, in a great measure, attributable to the judicious action of the As sistant Treasurer at New York, Air. Van Dyck. Similar complaint has also been made of the manner in which gold and bonds have been disposed of by what has been styled ‘secret sales,’ aud yet precisely the same course has been pursued in these sales that careful and prudent men pursue who sell on their own account. The sales have been made when currency was needed aud prices were satis factory. It was not considered wise "or pru dent to advise the'ilealers precisely when and to what amount sales were to be mads. No sane man operating on his own account would have done this. But all sales of gold have keen made in the open market, and of bonds by agents or the Assistant Treasurer in New York in the ordinary way, with a view of ob taining the very best prices and with the least possible disturbance of business. In the largo transactions of the Treasury, agents Have been indispensable, bnt none have been employed when the work could be done equally well by the officers of the Department. AVhether done by agents or officers, the Secretary has no rea son to suppose that it has not been done skil fully and honestly as well as economically. He is no w gratified in being able to say that un less a very stringent market, such os what was produced a few weeks ago by powerful com binations in New York, should send to the Treasury large amounts of three per cent certificates for redemption, no further soles of bonds aro likely to be necessary. Until, however, the receipts from internal revenues are increased, the necessities of the Govern ment will reqnire that the sales of gold shall be continued. These ore now being made by advertisements for sealed bids, instead of the agencies heretofore employed. The re sult so far has not been entirely satisfactory, but a proper respect for what, according to the tone of the press, appeared to be the pnblic sentiment, seemed to reqnire it. The new mode will be fairly tested, aud contin ued, if it can be without a sacrifice of the pnblic interest.” « Tlie Indian War—Dtetli of Bfot-k Kettle ASkrtcli of tlie AVnrrior. [From the St. Louis Republican. Dec. 3.] Black Kettle, head chief of the Cheyenne nation, reported killed by Gem Custer’s com mand, was a man of more than ordinary nat ural ability, and has held a distinguished po sition for years among the tribes of the AVest. He was more noted as a leader in council than as a warrior, and mauy years ago re ceived the designation of the “Orator of the Plains.” Jlis age must have been about fifty- six. He was the son of “High Black AVolf,” aud forty-three years ago, at the treaty with the latter, on the Little Alissouri, Gen. Har ney was presented with the boy, Black Ket tle, and adopted him as his sou. At the council last year at Medicine Lodge creek, the circumstance was not forgotten by either the General or the Cheyenne chief, and a strong friendship was renewed and a recipro cal presentation of presents took place. Black Kettle seemed to be in earnest in his desire for peace, and appeared anxious to bring into the council the treacherons “dog soldiers,” whose tomahawks were reeking with the blood of many innocent whites: _ He admit ted that he had no control over his yonng men who went on the war-path in opposition to his advice aud wishes, aud to this cause is doubtless owing the massacres ori the Saline aud Solomon rivers that have led to the se vere punishment by the military of the Chey ennes, in which the chief lost his life. At the battle of Sand creek, November 29, 1864, Black Kettle, who was in command of the Indian camp, was fired upon by the sol diers while holding the American and a white flag in his hands. He was supposed to be killed, but was not. Ckivington telegraphed to General Curtis that Black Kettle, with AVhite Antelope and Little Robe, were among the killed. Black Kettle hail previously to the Sand creek massacre accompanied Alajor AVynkoop to Denver, having voluntarily de livered liimselt np. An extract from his speech to Governor Evans affords a favorable specimen of his oratory. He said: “I followed Alajor AVynkoop to Fort Lyon, and Alajor AVynkoop proposes that we come to see yon. AVe have come with onr eyes shut, following his handfnl of men, like com ing through the tire. Ail we ask is. that we may lAve peace with tho whites. AVe want to hold you by the hand. You are onr father: we have been traveling throngh a cloud; tbe sky has been dark ever since war began. These braves who are with me are all willing to do what I say. AA’e want to take good tidings home to onr people, that they may sleep in peace. I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies. . I have not come here with a little wolf bark, but have come to talk plain with yon. AVe must live near the buffalo or starve. AVhen we came here we came free; and when I go home and tell my people thnt I have taken your hand and the hands of all the chiefs here in Denver, they will feel well, and so will all the different tribes of Indians on the plains after we have eaten and drank with them.” Heavy Robbery of Ten Thousand Dollars in Gold.—One of the largest robberies re corded in the annals of the State, occurred on the 9th inst near Union Point, on the Georgia Railroad. About dusk on the evening of that day a stranger, name unknown, stopped at the residence of Mr. Jesse Dalton, a few miles from Union Point, represented himself as be r ing a traveller, and asked" to be allowed to stay there all night. His request was grant ed, and he and his host conversed together until bed time, when they both retired, On awaking the next morning. Air. Dalton found that his guest had disappeared in the night, taking off with him in his flight a box con taining $10,000 in gold, which Air. D. had concealed in the house. It is believed that Borne person employed on the premises was an accomplice of the robber, and pointed out the treasure to him. No cine has yet been obtained to the guilty party, though vigorous efforts are being made for his capture.— Augusta Chronicle. Ftoe-Bighths Against Three-Quarters.— A rather amusing story is told of a transac tion on the street the other day. It is not at all funny, however, to the seller. A former brought in a load of cotton, and offered it for sale. One street buyer offered 21 j; another 21|c. No one would go higher. One at last took the planter aside and remarked that the offer must be regarded as confidential, that as it ’twas him he would give him 21J. Far mer didn’t happen to think that five-eighths was one-eighth less than the three-fourths he had just been offered, and accepted the bid. Mont Genis Railway.—One of the directors of the Mont Cenis railway contradicts, in the London Times of November 25, the statement of its Florence correspondent of great irregu larities caused by some storms on this rail way, and says that it has not been shat np for a single day since the 4th of September last. A few days ago two children of AVilliam Gerrard, near the village of Lowell, AViscon- sin, were out playing together, and as the little boy was chopping off a small stick with an axe, his little sister, : about eight yeare old, reached out to get it, and hodher left hand ont off at the joint of the wrist. . The little sufferer is doing well. A shooting affair, growing ont of a dispute. about a cow, took place November 29th, at Decatur, Alabama, between two men named Nicholas and Lorigan. Both were mortally wounded. . , ^",' c " "" At the same time and place a negro stabbed another, inflicting a mortal wound. History always repeats itself. In Africa it. was Grant and Speke who succeeded in reaching the head, of the Nile. In America it was Grant without “speak” who succeed ed in reaching the head of the Government,. gteUvoatte. Change of Schedule. « GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD. Savannah. December 4th, 1S68.) O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1st. Trains on this Road trill run as follows, com mencing with 7:00 P. M. Train: NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN. Leave Savannah (Sundaya excepted) at... 7:00 P. 3L Arrive at Live Oak at 3:20 A. M. Arrive at Jacksonville at. 7 :30 A. M. Arrive at Tallahassee at. 9:27 A. M. Arrive at Quincy at. 11:45 A. M. Leave Quincy at.. 3:00 P. II. 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 lbrinbridge at,....:.— 7:00 P. M. Arrive at Savannah (Mondays excepted) at. 8:00 A. M. DAY TRAIN. Leavty Savannah (Sundays excepted) at.... 7:00 A- M. Arrive at Bainbridge at - 10:20 P. M. Arrive at Live Oak at 550P. M. Leave Live Oak at. *• —0 A. M. Arrive at Savannah (Sundays excepted)aL. 6:0OP. M. Passengers for stations west of Lawton take Day Train from^Saviuuah. . 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. jSLEEPING 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, dcc5-tjanl General Snperintendent. Change of Schedule. NO CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN SA VANNAH, AUGUSTA, AND MONT GOMERY, ALA. TRANSPORTATION OFFICE CENTRAL R. R.,) Savannah, August 14,1868. ) 3E2 O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 16TH INST., PAS- ■ senger Trains oh the Georgia Central Railroad will run as follows : UP DAY TRAIN. LKAVK- ARRIVE. Savannah. .8:00 A. M. Macon .6:40 P. M. Augfsta.............. ....... ..........5:38 P. If# Mil ledge ville 8:58 P. M. Eatonton 11:00 P. M« Connecting with trains that leave Augusta. .S:45 A. M. DOWN DAY TRAIN. Macon 7:00 Savannah - - S; 30 P. M. Augusta P. M. Connecting with train that leaves Augusta. .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. DOW'N NIGHT TRAIN. Macon 6:25 P. M. Savannah - .5:10 A. M. Augusta. -.3:13 A. M. Millegeville 4:30 P. M. Eatonton..................2:40 P. II. Connecting with train th»*’ saves Augusta. .9:33 P- M. A. M. trains from SavaAh and Augusta, and P. M. tr:iin from Macon connect with MiUedgcville 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 aud Muscogee Railroads. WM. ROGERS, ang 14-tf Act’g Master of Transportation. Christmas and Sew Years’ PRESENTS. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INVITE MY OLD CUSTOMERS, Patrons, and the public generally, to call and examine my Stock of “FRENCH CONFECTIONERY", Clirysfalized and Glazed; FRUITS, CREAM, JELLY, Fruits and Bonbons, Chocolate, Cordials, Ac. TOYS, FAJVCY 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, *c. FIRE "WORAX-S, Wholesale and Retail, 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, R. M. HUNT, Cor. Whitaker and State Sts., Savannah, Ga. nov20-l m CLOTHING — .A.T — REDUCED PRICES. HEM, JAUDON & CO., H aving purchased the stock of hfjdt & LUDLOW, and JAUDON, CRAVEN k CO., will dispose of the same at PRICES THAT CANNOT FAIL TO GIVE SATISFACTION. All who wish good WINTER CLOTHING, At Low Prices, Can obtain them at the old stands of HEIDT & LUDLOW 154 Congress Street. <7 ! AND AT JAimojsr, ciia rmr & cos 117 Broughton. St. JJ®* THOSE WHO PREFER SUITS MADE TO ORDER, Can A accommodated by leaving their measures at HJ Broughton Street. novl9-lm LDCY COBB INSTITUTE. ATHENS, GEORGIA. REV. FERDHAfiD JACOBS. A. K, TrtORlEEBLV PEIXCIPAI, OF A HIGH SCHOOL P for voting .Lwliea, in Charleston. S-C.; sutwe- quenUy President of the IwrencevUle Female Col lege. S. C„ having been elected Princifaa of this Insti tute, -twin be opened by him for the reception of Pupils, MONDAI, January 18,1868. . Accomplished and approved Teachers in all Sepert- mente. have been engaged.: For Circulars, address Jo as H. Newton, Esg., Pres ident of the Board of Trustees. Athens, Oik; or, Bev. Ferdinand Jacobs, (till Jon. 1) Berzelia, Ga.: After that, at .Athens. nov24-lm H and-bills, show-bills, posters and PROGRAMMES printed at THE MORNING NEWS JOB OFFICE, IU Bay street.