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| tHE MORjvnva news.
from WASHINGTON.
-hisoton, December 15.—Noon.—Sen-
-The bill punishing the holding of of-
•oiitr.iry to the 1'ourteenth Amendment
Senator Terry is speaking in favor of
U1L b'-a. • •
... _xi!e business of the morning is
apoitant
. the Supreme Court Charles O’Conor is
niE in favor of the taxability of certifi-
,.o[ indebtedness held by banks.
IWisaw/roN, December 15, Evening.—The
[l„iot the bill increasing the number of
I. ^ in the Supreme Court, and keeping
Circuits in perpetual session, is with the
r of maintaining better order at the
ait 11 -
^ si Reconstruction Committee have con-
a.kd their examination of the Republican
unites from Mississippi, who produced
tnffli arguments to show frauds and ir-
ities at the recent constitutional elec-
fhey want seven counties thrown out,
id they assert w'onld give a majority of
loooin favor of the constitution. No action
to by the Committee.
Tae army expenditures for the last three
commencing July, 1865, are $295,000,-
), Thereof nearly $100,000,000 was on ac-
it of liabilities incurred during the rebel-
>n. leaving $195,000,000 as the outlay for
,t expenses daring ' the time named, an
nge of {65,000,000 per annum.
Si hundred and forty thousand dollars in
•aishave been issued to the Union Pacific
stead.
Ha Caleb Cushing has gone to Bogota on
amess connected with the Isthmus Ship
jsL
J. Soddard Johnston has arrived with the
lunl vote of Kentucky.
In erring action on the tariff to-day,-Mr.
ii*t stated that to-morrow would be the
day for business before the recess.
It is understood that the Committee on
■oieign Relations will report unfavorably on
lb. Smythe’s nomination as Minister to
fergia is exclnded from the bill repealing
iu 101 prohibiting military organizations, on
rant of alleged irregularities in recon-
metion. 8
fta. Sheridan is camped below Port Dodge,
ii hostile Indians have taken refnge in the _
'itmnche country. It is thought that it will
^possible to end the war this winter, on
Kount of the character and extent of coun-
There the savages have taken refnge.
Horse.—The Committee on Commerce
rere directed to inquire what legislation is
Mwury to protect the lives of steamboat
uvelere, and report a bill forbidding passen-
st vessels from carrying Petroleum.
Judiciary Committee were directed to
sport a bill enforcing the third . section of
•It Fourteenth Amendment.
"littemore introduced a resolution vaca-
all offices in the reconstructed States,
bhjected to.
fte .Speaker announced ft Special Com
mittee to investigate the New York election
hah
The House then went into Committee of
h "bole on the tariff. ,
" r - Brooks charged that a half a million of
dollars had been contributed by the Union
Ungues of New York and Philadelphia to
' SD T the anti-tariff States.
"ithout any definite action the House ad
orned.
dtsiTE A numhe memorials, and un
important, were in' Md ed.
A bill repealing • TO forbidding the mil-
’** *n the reconstructed States, except as re-
^ to Georgia, was passed.
Stewart’s bill, making Upholding of office
J 1 violation of the Fourteenth Amendment a
was referred to the Judiciary Commit-
***• Adjourned.
THE PHILLIPS HPRDEK CASE,
^khsoto, Ta., December 15.—In the case
ti Jeter Phillips, sentenced to be hung on
**1 Friday for the murder of his wife, a writ
tf k/faQg oorpug, returnable on February 9th,
granted to-day by Judge Underwood, on
'h Plea by counsel that the Court of Appeals,
^bich decided against the appeal taken in the
niliipa case, was not a legal Court, the
being disqualified under th.6 four-
^nth amendment. .
FROM CUBA.
•'nw York, December 15.—The Herald has
a Havana special, via Key West It states
lil& t in the recent encounters in the interior,
Spanish troops suffered fearfully. Gen,
demands reinforcements. 1
insurrectionary lines are within a hun-
and fifty miles ofHavana.
English subjects have been notified to make
^ediaie registration at the Consulate.
H'RTher postponement of tee
MOBILE RACES.
Nobile, December 15;—The races over the
J^gnolia Course have been postponed until
“ttirsday, on account of the extremely bad
Ve ather. It has been raining here all day.
FROM SPAIN.
The Surrender of the Cadiz Insurrec
tionists.
Cadiz, December 15.—On Sunday, accord
ing to DeBoda’s proclamation, .the insur
gents surrendered their arms to the American
Consul wild transferred them to the mili
tary.
Eight thousand troops and nine vessels of
war were ready to attack Cadiz at the time of
the shrrender.
All is quiet now. The insurgents’ flag was
tri-color. ,
Over thirty thousand people had left the
city. Great distress prevails among the
poor who remained or fled to the adjacent
All the foreign consuls with ,.their families,
except the Swedish and American Consols,
have left the city.
Five hundred and fifty barricades were
erected in Cadiz.
DeRoda, with the troops nnder his com
mand; entered the city at two o’clock. No ar
rests were made or are contemplated. The
government promises to act magnanimously.
Over five hundred persons were killed and
wohnded.on both sides during the fight last
week.;
London, December 15.—Advices from the
coast of Africa say the Spanish inhabitants
at Fernando Po are jubilant over the down
fall of the Bourbons.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
Raleige, December 15.—The House of Re
presentatives to-day postponed the Considera
tion: of the various railroad bills until the
second Monday in January.
The Senate passed a resolution disapprov
ing of the action of the Legislattie Commit
tee in purchasing 8,000 acres for the Peni
tentiary, and directing the public treasurer
not to issue the bonds agreed to be paid.
A destructive fire occurred this morning;
it destroyed the market house and Town
Hall, also the restaurant of David Lewis, and
jewelry store of T. V. Moss. The loss is
heavy, with little or no insurance. The fire
was. accidental It was with great difficulty
that the flames were ■prevented from spread
ing.
FOREIGN NEWS.
-London, December 15.—A correspondent
of the Daily Netos says the termination of the
Cadiz insurrection is entirely owing to the
good offices of R T. Farrell, the American
Consul.
Madrid, December 15.—Political affairs are
still unsettled here and throughout the coun
try. Strife of every description has ceased,
bnt stall many persons are leaving, fearing re
newed troubles.
Gen. Dolce leaves to-morrow for Cuba.
The Duke de Montpensier learning- that the'
Cadiz insurrection had been suppressed, re
turned from Cordova to Lisbon.
OF
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND LOSS
LIFE IN COLUMBIA, S. C.
Charleston, S. C., December 15.—The large
four story building on Main street, Columbia,
known as Gregg’s Hall, was burned yesterday.
It included the crockery establishment of
Gregg & Co., the brokers office of Gregg,
Palmer & Co., the photographic gallery of
Weam k Hix, and Elendermaa’ restaurant.
The loss is $50,000, two-thirds of which is
covered by insurance. Two firemen, named
Carrington and Squier, were killed by a fall
ing wall, find several others severely, if not
mortally, wounded.
Immigration—Reduction of tile Cost of
Travel—Snpt. Halbert’s Proposition.
Superintendent Htobebt, of the Western
and Atlantic Railway, proposes, that a Con
vention of Southern Railroad managers be
held in Atlanta on the 4th day of January
next, to take measures to cheapen trans
portation to travelers from the North visiting
the South to examine the country with a view
to immigration.
Mr, HoLBEET says in his circular:
It is very evident from the tone of the
Northern press that there is a Strong inclina
tion in that section to sell lands at the pre
vailing high prices there, and to invest it in
the cheap lands of the South.. _
This inclination should be encouraged by
ns as far as practicable.
One great restraint upon emigration, or the
travel which to a great extent precedes it, 18
the expensiveness of the trip, as compared
with the accustomed Northern rates.
To obviate this objection it has been sug
gested that winter excursion tickets, at half
fare good for any route, be arranged for two
or three months this winter on Southern
lines, giving, the traveler an opportunity of
seeing the country by stopping and laying
over a reasonable time at. such points as
might, attract his attention. . ’
jf Southern roads generally would enter
into an aftangement of this kind, giving it an
extensive and general publicity through the
Northern press, it is believed _tbat a large
travel would be attracted to our lines which
we would otherwise fail to secure, and ulti
mately result in a large emigration to our
section of a skilled and wealthy class of Agri
culturalists and Manufacturers^
It is presumed that onr hotels, with their
usual liberality, would heartily concur in the
proposed plan and make the same reduction
in their charges.
The attention of onr Railroad managers is
being directed to European Emigration as a
question of deep importance to the great
interest intrusted to their sagacity and care,
and it is deemed at the utmost importance
that some well-devised plan be put into im
mediate action to secure the South its share
of the benefits to be derived from the large
immigration that is now pouring its wealth of
labor and population upon this continent.
*
THE WEATHER.
Aogukta, December 15.—Heavy and con
tinuous rain has prevailed here to-day.
. Wilmington, N. C., December 16.—Weath-
fery cloudy and raw. Thermometer 49.
ington special in the Richmond Dispatch
says:
Menard, the negro member of Congress
elect from Louisiana, complains of cool treat
ment and indifference to his interests on the
ISSSsJSX
the part of Louisiana Radicals. The proba-
bilify is that in no event will he obtain a seat
^OnrKadical Congressmen are not by any
means willing to put their tteory mto prac
tice so far as it applies to admitting negroes
to seats beside them.
A few days since a son of Dr. H. W. Hill,
ofYtowan county', North Carolina, aged about
seventeen years, charged a .musket for the
nnrnnse of firin" at a flock of wild geese, bnt
having unfortunately overcharged the piece,
the concussion produced by its discharge was
so great as to 1 disengage the barrel iff the gun
fromlhe stock, S, striking the young
man upon the forehead, inflicted a mortal
wound.- Two of the wild geese were also
killed by the shot.
Mrs. Lyon, of Pike county, in Pennsyl
vania having had a dispute with her husband,
adinsted it by letting ! charge of buckshot
into the back of his head after he had gone
to bed- This awoke him, but he remained
silent, if not convinced. Mrs. Lyon is in
jaii- 7 —
A Mississippi paper says the crops that have
not failed this season axe pumpkins and boy
babies.
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STONEWALL JACKSON AT FREDER
ICKSBURG.
Letter from Major General Jabal A. Early.
Drummondville, Ontario, Canada, )
December 10th, 1868. J
Editors Morning News :
The communication to your paper over the
signature of “A Virginian,” in reference to
Pollard’s statement that General Jackson
“once recommended a night attack to be
made by assailants stripped naked and armed
with Bowie knives,” with your comments,
I have met with in another - journal, and I
trust it will not be considered obtrusive on
my part to make a statement of facts coming
within my knowledge, and going; to show
that there was no foundation either for Pol
lard’s statement or that of your corres
pondent
Of what little is left ns, there in nothing
which we should guard with more care than
the sacred memory of our fallen heroes, and
in the case of General Jackson it is more ne
cessary to protect his reputation against the
commentaries of injudicious friends than
even the assaults of open enemies.
I served under Gen. Jackson from the begin
ning of the battle of Malvern Hill to his death,
and I was personally present as a Brigade or
Division commander in every battle in which
he participated daring that period, from the
beginning to the close of the engagements, ex
cept the battle of Chancellorsville, proper, at
which time I had a separate duty assigned me
at Fredericksburg, I served with him longer
than any other general officer of his com
mand, and I was a Division commander in
his corps longer than any who survived the
war. It will therefore be seen that it is not
inappropriate that I should say something,
when statements are ostentatiously put forth,
which, however intended, are calculated to
bring discredit on the great and pure soldier
and Christian who gave his life to his conn-
try’s defence.
. I have not seen Mr. Pollard’s article in
Putnam’s Monthly, and all I know of it is what
I see in the communication to your paper,
and your own comments. I can undertake
to assert, with the most perfect confidence,
that General Jackson could not have made
such a proposition as that mentioned by Pol
lard, because it was a moral impossibility for
him to have done it Gladiators, in ancient
times, or the members of the prize-ring in mod
em times, might strip for their brutal contests,
bnt there is a sentiment among all civilized
Christian people, which would prevent
a decent man from being as brave when
stripped naked, as when his nakedness is
concealed by bis usual covering. A naked
sword is more terrible than a sheathed one,
but there is no reason why a naked man
should be more terrible than a well-clad one;
and certainly at the battle of Fredricksbnrg,
in the middle of December, a body of naked
assailants would soon have become so para
lyzed by the cold that the enemy would have’
had no trouble in dealing with them. Gen
eral Jackson not only could not have made so
foolish, so absurd a proposition at Fredricks-
burg or any where else for these reasons, bnt
he could not have done it for the simple and
conclusive reason, that at .no time were the
Bowie knives to be had. In the very begin
ning of the war, some men carried with them
into the service Bowie knives, bnt they were
never: very plenty, and the only military use
I ever knew to be made of them was in aid
ing to throw up a slight entrenchment the
day alter the fight at Blackburn’s Ford, on
Bull Run. After that time they were gener
ally abandoned, or, _ if used at all, used
only for chopping beef. I don’t think that in
General Jackson’s entire corps enongh could
have been found to arm one company, and
there were certainly none in the Ordnance
Department.
Your correspondent states, as corroborative
of Pollard’s statement, that atFredricksburg,
on the night of the 13th of December, 1862,
after the enemy’s repulse, a council of war
was held by the Confederate chiefs, at which
General Jackson “suggested that the artillery
of the First and Second Corps, his and Long-
street’s, shonld be collected nponthe hills di
rectly in front of the town, anc\ a heavy fire
opened upon it, and that the men of his
corps be stripped to the waist to distinguish
them from the enemy, and nnder cover of the
artillery fire, force their way into the town,
and bayonet all who were not similarly at
tired.” This suggestion, your correspondent
says, was adopted bnt not carried out, and
he further says, “it was afterwards told by
men of the Second Corps that they had re
ceived orders to strip to their waist.”
Your comments on Pollard’s statement are
very jnst, though you seem to concede
the correctness of that of your correspondent.
Not doubting the sincerity, of your corres
pondent’s belief in what he states, yet, if
he has no better authority for it than the un
contradicted statement of -some army cor
respondent, or a camp rumor, I will say that
he has ve*y bad authority. There were
numerous erroneous statements whioh found
their way into the newspapers and went un-
contra dieted, as there were many false re
ports in camp which .obtained credence some-
; times even from officers. General Lee never
thought it consistent with his position to
contradict any of the many erroneous state
ments put afloat during the war, and he dis
couraged everything of the kind on the part:
of his officers. I knew his views on that sub
ject, because on one occasion, when 1 had
corrected a misstatement of a correspondent
in regard to some of my own operations, he
gave.me, privately, a gentle rebnke which
disclosed his own views, and effectually pre
vented me from repeating the indiscretion.
The reasons which govern military men,
especially such military men as Generals Lee
and Jackson, are very different from those
which govern politicians in dealing with
newspaper statements. Nothing, therefore,
is to be inferred in favor of. the truth of an
anonymous statement in regard to the milita-
ry operations in the Army, of Northern Vir
ginia, because it has gone nncontradicted.
Tbo statement of your correspondent, if
true, shows either that Qeperal Jackson pro
posed to commit a very great blunder, or that
General Lee was guilty of an unpardonable
•gilgcuuc.
1 think there is as little truth in that state
ment as there is in the one made by Pollard,
and I will state tlie following facts to show
why ! think so:
At tlje battle of Fredericksburg I com
manded a Division to General Jackson’s
Corps, (the 2fl), and my Division met a part
of the enemy, who had broken through _ouy
linpH on the right, and drove him back into
the plains beyond, a fact- which will be well
recollected by some of your leaders, u a
Georgia brigade (Lawton s, afterwards (tor-
don’s), led to the attack and greatly dis
tinguished itself. Two of my Brigades
which had the enemy ^ and aided
in his repulse, then occupied portions
of the front fine for the rest or the day, and
it was very apparent to ns that while the ene
my’s attack had been repulsed, h*6 had a very
large force that had not been engaged, which
still threatened another attack on our right.
Late in the afternoon, General Jackson did
determine to attack the enemy after the re
pulse of the on onr left, an4 I W&&
ordered to le^d jn tip' proposed atiac-jr with
my infantry preceded by artillery, while Gen
eral IX H. Hill followed me with his Division
in support. Everything was got ready for
the attack, and the movement was begun, but
the enemy opened such a terrific fire from his
artillery, which swept all the wide plain in
onr front, that General Jackson, wh? was nut
with the advance, countermanded his orders,
because, as he says in his report: The first
gun had hardly moved forward from the wood
a hundred v?U'd ! o when th 0 enemy’s artillery
re-opened, and SO completely swept onr front,
as to satisfy me that th e proposed movement
shonld be abandoned.” It was getting OarK
when this movement was abandoned, and it
was well that it was given np> I° r the e ftcmy
had ah immense force of infantry, that had
not been engaged, massed in the road which
ran through the middle of the river bottoms,
behind the high, thick, and solid embank
ment of earth which served as an enclosure
for the adjacent fields, and furnished a breast
work coextensive with onr whole front on
this part of the line, and 'much stronger than
the famous stone-wall at the base of MaTye’s
HilL There was a similar embankment on
the other side qf the road, forming a second
line, and the front one had been pierced in
numerous places for artillery, so that from
behind it a storm of cannister and rifle balls
would have belched forth, that would have
rendered it utterly impossible for anything to
live while passing over the open plain of
about a mile in width between us" and the
road. However ready they were to obey the
orders of their General to advance, there was
not a man of. all the .force ordered forward,
whether in the front or in support, that did
not' breathe freer when the countermand
came.
Much' has been said in unofficial quar
ters about General Jackson’s supposed pro
position to drive the enemy into the f river,
bnt it will be seen from the foregoing, state
ment that he did make the attempt, and Vas
compelled to abandon it. I did not hear of
any other proposition to attack the enemy on
that occasion.
A little after dark on that day, I received
an order from General Jackson to take my
Brigades to the rear to enable them to get
rations and rest, preparatory to their taking
position on the front line for the next day,
which I was not able to do, because no troops
came to my relief. About midnight, another
•rder cam* for Jackson’s old Division,
then nnder Brigadier General Taliaferro, and
since, to relieve A. P. Hill’s Division.on the
front line, at moon-rise, which was then af
ter middle of the night, as the moon was in
its last quarter. Taliaferro did move up, my
Brigades being already in front, and our for
mer position on the second line was taken
by D. H. Hill, while A. B. Hill retired to the
rear, to rest and reernit his men. There was
no order to make the men strip to the waist
for an attack, or for any attack, but onr or
ders were to await the renewal of the enemy’s
attack next day. The first I have ever heatd
of the proposal your correspondent men
tions, is his statement of it. I think that if
there had been any order for the men to
strip, I would certainly have heard of that.
There was a silly story published in some
of the papers, that, at a council of war held
that night, (ton. Jackson fell into a doze,
and when' waked up and asked what his
opinion was, he replied '“drive ’em in the
river,” “drive ’em in the river;” but no
one who knew the General’s exemplary piety
and very temperate habits, it is to be pre
sumed, gave a particle of credence to that
story. I heard of no council of war at all,
either then or afterwards, except from the
foolish report alluded to.
It is morally impossible that the statement
of your correspondent can be correct, for
these reasons: Burnside’s army consisted of
three Grand Divisions, each an army of itself,
under Sumner, Franklin and Hooker, respec
tively. Franklin’s Grand Division had at
tacked onr right, and Sumner’s our left,
while Hooker’s remained comparatively in
active. After Sumner’s repulse, the whole of
Hooker’s Grand Division crossed over to the ■
support, and though a small part of it made
another advance against Marye’s Hill, the
greater part remained intact, to cover the re
formation of the troops that had been enu
gaged. Franklin still remained confronting
onr right, and in snch strong force and posi
tion'as to' have compelled General Jackson to
desist from his attempted attack from that
flank. The Second Corps would have had to
march more than five miles to get to Fred
ericksburg, by any route open to it, and
there was not the "first preparation made for
such a march. To have moved that corps
from the right, would,have been the aban
donment to the enemy of all that part of the
line to stake everything on the proposed at
tack, for if that failed, the left was untenable
with the enemy in possession of the right.
The difficulties of advancing upon the enemy
in Fredericksburg from the hills in rear were
even greater than on the right, because of the
impracticable character of the ground. There
was no such evidence of the demoralization
of the enemy as that mentioned, for though
his assaulting columns were repulsed with
great slaughter, they always had many re
serves to fall back on. The expedient of
stripping to the waist would have been a very
shallow one, as the night was very dark in
the fore part, and in the latter part, when
the moon rose, a heavy fog overhung the
river bottoms, inclndiug the town, while our
men did not wear white shirts, and in the
dark, at a little distance, it wonld have been
impossible to tell a man without a jacket
from one with a jacket. If this had famished
the means of telling the men apart, the ad
vantage would have been all with the enemy,
who wonld have awaited the attack in com
pact form, while onr men would have had to
separate into innumerable parties to get
through the streets. In an attack of this sort,
it would have been impossible to preserve any
control of onr men, and they wonld have
gotten into inextricable confusion. A large
portion of onr men (more than a third! had
no bayonets, as the greater part of their arms
had been picked up on previous battle fields
without bayonets. Our men always dreaded
night attacks, from the fear of encountering
each other, and none knew this better than
General Jackson.
I do not believe that General Jackson made
the proposal, and I am .perfectly satisfied
that the attack, if attempted, would have re
sulted in a terrible disastei to us, greater,
erbaps, than would have attended an attack
om our right. General Jackson’s staff at
that time, with the exception of his two aides,
was afterwards my own staff for a consider
able period, and I never heard an intimation
from any member of it that the proposal had
been made. Burnside’s army was in such a
condition that he did propose a renewal of
the attack next day, and was only induced to
desist from it bv the earnest protest of his
officers—not because of the demoralization
of the army, bnt because of the strength of
onr position- To have abandoned that posi
tion would have been to yield our advantage.
There is another reason, which to me is a
most potent one, and that is, because 1 know
that the boldest man, in his strategic move
ments and his tactics on the field of battle,
in all the Army of Northern Virginia, Stone
wall Jackson not excepted, was General Rob
ert E. Lee. Yes,-under that calm and digni
fied exterior, there beat one of the boldest
hearts and-dwelt one of the most daring
minds that ever inspired the commander of
an army. He required no councils of war to
urge him to deeds of boldness, and X never
heard of a council of-war during the whole
history of that army under Ws command. It
is true that be often conferred wfth his. corps
commanders, and sometimes with subordi-.
nates entrusted with special duties, but it was
not to catch inspiration from their counsels,
bnt to instil into them a portion of his own
daring spirit- Qcncral Jackson had his con
fidence in a pre-eminent degree, because he
was always ready to second with alacrity the
plans of the commanding General, and no
one felt the loss of that invaluable lieutenant
more than General Lee himself did.
To satisfy any one of what I say in regard
to General Lee, it is only necessary for him
to examine the yet unwritten history of that
unparalleled campaign from ■ the Rapidan to
the James, of the operations on the line of
defences around Richmond and Petersburg,
and of the retreat for more than a hundred
miles to Appomattox Courf House—a place
that will TPmuin for over famous, not os the
scene of triumph for the invader with his un
told legions, but as the scene of the struggle
of that great heart and that great v mind,
which- so reluctantly surrendered the small
remnant of less than nine thousand of the
Army of Northern Virginia, with arms in
General Jqekson did enough to establish
his reputation on an enduring foundation, as
one of the greatest soldiers, heroes, patriots
and Christians ever produced by any country
or age. Let his fame, therefore, rest on his
deeds, and let not his pure name be connected
with wild and absurd propositions and
schemes, either for the purpose of adding to
his glory or obscuring that of any of his com
peers. Mho is it that claims to have known
his secret thoughts and purposes ? If he had
Any fault as a commander, it was his extreme
reticence, that often left Ms immediate subor
dinates in ignorance of bis purposes until
they were called upon to act. Mas it likely
that strangers to mm personally should know
more of his views than those who imme
diately surrounded him ? The wild schemes
with |which his name is sometimes identified
are calculated to do as much damage to Ms
character as a soldier as some of the exag
gerated accounts in regard to Ms religions
devotions and opinions are calculated to do
to the earnest, truthful, and spotless nature
of his Christian character.
I J. A. Early.
- - x,. [Prom the Philadelphia Press.]
REVOLUTION IN CUBA.
Private advices from Cuba up to the 5th
inst, confirm by facts our editorial prophecy,
repeatedly made, that, in spite of the re
ticence of the' news agents and ocean mail,
the revolution in that island was spreading
rapidly and successfully. Two new divisions
had been added to the army of the insurgents
during the Inst week of November in the
Central Department. One made its first ap
pearance in Santo Espiritn, nnder the lead of
Senor Ayesteran, and two sons of Modesto
del Valle, a very distinguished citizen. This
force established its headquarters in the town
ofCiego de Avila. The other division, number
ing over two thousand men, and commanded
by Senor Varona, marched from San Juan de
los Reinedios upon Caibarien.
The insurgents, who in great numbers snr-
round the city of Pnerto-Pnncipe, are nnder
the command of Marquis de Sta. Lucia, a
Cuban planter, and GeneralBalmoseda, being
unable to. tope with them, has retired upon
Nuevitas, to be" there protected by a number
of war vessels.
In the Eastern Department a decisive bat
tle was fohght. On the morning of the 21st
ultimo General Marcano, of the republicans,
appeared in Villa del Cobre with two thou
sand men and ordered the garrison to sur
render. The Spaniards concentrated their
force, taking troops wherever-they were to be
found, determined to defend the town. The
republicans, after hearing mass, commenced
their attack, wMch resulted in the complete
defeat of the government troops, who began
to retreat upon Santiago in the most disor
derly manner. The republicans, after de
stroying a bridge, the railroad, and cutting
off the aqeduct, were marching npon the im
portant part of Guantanamo, wMch, by this
time, must be in their possession.
The magazine, with a large amount of pow
der, and the valuable copper mines in Villa
del Cobre, ora held by the republicans, along
with’a large foundry in wMch they have be
gun the manufacture of their guns.
It is thus far positively known tint almost
all thei Eastern Department and a great part
of the Central are in possession of the repub
licans; giving them the control of fully one-
half of the island.
With regular troops and volunteers, the
Captain General of Cuba is said to have forty
thousand men in the field against the insur
gents, and yet he has not beaten them in a
single decisive battle. It is evident they are
strong in the. mountains, and the difficult
character of the'country in wMch they are
operating gives them advantages wMch'make
the war not quite so unequal a one, even if
their assailants should be superior in num
bers and material of war. If the revolution
ists are in earnest they will be able to keep
the field long enongh to secure foreign inter
ference, shonld they want it It now looks
os if Spain, with her hands full at home,
would hardly be able to attend to Cuba, and
the first fruits of the recent revolution wonld
be the loss to the mother couniay of the most
valuable of hex colonial treasures.
In following this revolution we most never
forget that the news wMch reaches ns through
the ordinary channels comes colored from
the headquarters of the Captain GeneraL
Nothing, of coarse, leaves the island by tele
graph or open mail except nnder official
sanction.- •
We famish a careful translation of the
latest proclamation of the republicans or in
surgents, issued in the western end of toe
island, which has been forwarded to ns
through private hands. It is only by snch
means that toe rebel news can be ob
tained for some time:
[proclamation. ]
“Citizens: Onr brothers in toe other ex
tremity of the island have uttered the holy
cry of LIBERTY- AND INDEPENDENCE,
and toe echo appears to have been lost
among ns.
“For Liberty and Independence man -
shonld dare every peril and risk Ms life and
property; yet we, in the midst of the events
which are taking place, remain tranquil.
Every man capable of being animated by a
noble spirit shonld not hesitate. Onr honor
has long been outraged, and all have groaned
nnder toe yoke of a tyrant. Have men so
much, degenerated that they live content in
captmty and kiss toe whip wMch lashes
them ? No ! It is not possible that this
PEOPLE (pueblo) have come to such an ex
treme. It is necessary to sustain toe strife
wMch has been entered into, unless we wish
to.be still more led astray by a treacherous
government. This is no contest between
Cubans and Spaniards. No! It is a strife
between the oppressor and oppressed. Here
we are all one—a PEOPLE wMch rises and
shakes off a heavy yoke.
“We should not let ourselves be dismayed
because toe oppressor intends to augment Ms
forces, or desist from onr undertaking be
cause he offers ns reforms, for this last is
only a pretext, to be followed by depriving
us of a greater portion of that which we have
gained by so much toil, and to hold ns longer
in chains. They will send ns other leaders,
who will enrich themselves by our labor, and
we shall tons maintain in opulence those who
are called noble, simply because they were
bom in a palace and we in a hut.
“PEOPLE OF CUBA, we are all equal!
Let ris be independent, and elect onr own
Governor! .
“The government of Cuba should be repub-
can, its foundations THE SOVEREIGNTY
OF THE PEOPLE, THE DIVISION OF
POWER, CIVIL LIBERTY, THE ABOLI
TION OF PRIVILEGES, &o., Ac. We need
equality to recast (para refundir), as we may
say, into one, men, political opinions, and
customs.
“ The government which has ruled us for
more than three centuries has no object be
yond keeping us in ignorance, that it might,
thus the more easily attain its aims. You
well know, citizens, that we have been pro
hibited from reading toe works of great men
simply because they show us the beauty op
nBEBTr. Is there notorng to hope?
“ The moment of our Independence has
arrived. Let us agree that the Salvation of
the Country depends on the western part
-“With every honorable patriot, our motto
shall'be Virtue and Moderation !
* ‘ Viva Cuba Independiente !
“Decemreb, 1868.”
Negro Superstition.
[From the Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, Nov. 25.1
For toe past six weeks about sixteen negro
men have been busily engaged in digging an
immense pit' in one of the Punch Bowls on
toe river bank, jnst above the city. It ap
pears that an old crone, tcho claims the gif Is of
prophecy, fortune-tdling, Ac., announced to these
negroes that if they would dig in a certain place,
their efforts would be crowned with two barrels of
coin money, which, she said, had been buried
thereby Captain Niiid, the notorious pirate. The
negroes, sixteen in number, immediately be
gun the' work, and for six weeks they have
labored with remarkable energy. Our in-,
formant states that already they have made
an immense pit, over sixty feet in depth, with
an extensive tunnel leading from it, through
which to carry out the excavated earth; and
that they are still digging, and seem to bo
perfectly confident they will find toe buried
treasure at last Already they have done as
much work as would be worth fifteen hundred
dollars if paid for at ordinary rates. So in
tent are these treasure-seekers upon their
work, that they do not rest in the day even to
eat, but work hard from early dawn till dark
of each day, and do their eating at night.
We think they wonld be far better and more
profitably employed in digging potatoes or
breaking ground for cotton and corn. When
ever they find toe treasure we will inform our
readers of the fact.
Christmas and Sew Tears’
PRESENTS.
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INVITE MY OLD
CUSTOMERS, Patrons, anti the pnbUc generally
to call and examine my Stock of
FRENCH CONFECTIONERY,
Chryatailzed and Glazed;
FRUITS, CREAM, JELLY,
Fruits and Bonbons, Chocolate, Cordials, Ac.
TOTS, FANCY GOODS, &c.,
Fine Wax, Bisk, China, Rubber DOLLS and DOLL
HEADS;
, Fine TEA SETS; FURNITURE, sets or oingle;
WORK BOXES; TOBACCO BOXES; TOILET SETS;
Fine Motto CUPS nnd SAUCERS, MUGS, VASES. Ac.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;
MECHANICAL TOYS, DRUMS,
DOLL CARRIAGES, GOAT WAGONS,
BUliKtra, Ac.
FBEME WORKS,
Wholesale and Retail,!
Together with the nsnal 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 tivor
me with their patronage.
R. M. HUNT,
Cor. “Whitaker and State Sts., Savannah, Ga.
nov26-lm
U ESTABLISHED TO! STORE.
BATESON BROS.
Corner Congress and Drayton Sts.
O UR PATRONS, AND THE PUBLIC GENERAL-
LY, are respectfully invited to call and examine
the IiABGEST and BEST SELECTION of
TOTS, FANCY GOODS, &c.,
to be found in this City, which are offered at WHOLE*
SALE and BETAIL.
These GOODS were selected by a person many
years in the business, which is itself a sufficient guar
antee that the selection is snch as cannot fail to please
the many and various tastes.
Also, on hand a Choice Lot of
CONFECTIONERY,
together with our usual assortment of
FIRE works,
including FIRE CRACKERS, TORPEDOES, ROMAN
CANDLES, SKY ROCKETS, TRIANGLES, &c. •
Those who contemplate purchasing would do
well to call early, thereby avoiding the crowd which
generally occurs near the holidays. dec!0-2w
Latest New York News!
THE PEOPLE GREATLY EXCITED!
“COSTAE" fflTHE FIELD!
LADIES!!
Look Out! Look Out!
Idook Out! Look Out!
tLadies* Magazine for SepL j
“ HENRY R. COSTAR, of No. 10 Crosby street, is
said to be * out* with a BEATJTTFIER that eclipses
anything ever known in this line. The ladies are
wild wim delight. One lady says, • I know it's right,'
and pointed to a skin as fresh, soft and delicate as a
child. Another lady said, ‘Hit cost $10.00 a bottle.
I'd have it.'
gttsmnce.
and Orange Blossoms.
It gives Beauty to the Complexion, a Rosy glow to the
Cheeks, a Ruby tinge to the lips, and Happiness com
plete.
All Druggists in SAVANNAH sell it.
One bottle, $1.00; three bottles, $2.00.
Or address “COSTAB.” No. 10 Crosby st, N. Y.
‘COSTAR’S’ STAHDARD PREPARATIONS
▲BE
“CostarV* Rat, Roach, &c., Exterminators.
“ Costar’s” Bed Bug Exterminators.
“Costar’s” (only pure") Insect Powders.
“All Druggists in SAVANNAH sell them.*’
Address HENRY R. COSTAR, 10 Crosby st., N. Y:,
or John F. Henry, successor to Demas Barnes A Co.,
21 Park Row, N. Y. .. ...
Sold by B. H. TATEM, T. M. TURNER, Savannah,
Ga. ■dec2-ly
WHICH IS THE BEST COMPANY
IN WHICH TO
INSURE YOUR LIFE?
BEAD THE OPINION OF
HON. WILLIAM BARNES,
COTTON STATES
Life Insurance Company.
"PROOFS ARE NOW OPENED FOR SUBSCRIP
TIONS to the Capital Stock of the above Company at
Messrs. R. H. Footman A Co.'s ^Insurance Agents’ of
fice, in the Exchange Building, where copies of tha
Charter may be obtained.
■snr. B. JOHNSTON,
J. W. BURKE,
j . ^ GEORGE S. OBEAR,
CL H. BROWNING,
decll-6t Commissioners.
NldSTTJIzT Y,
generax,
INSURANCE AGENT.
OFFICE :
89 Bay Street.
£ WOULD INFORM THE BUSINESS PUBLIC AND
citizens Generally that I tm now prepared to EF
FECT INSURANCE ON ALL CLASSES OF BISKS
IN A1 COMPANIES, comprising
LIFE, FIRE, MARINE,
RIVER and ACCIDENT.
Insurance at as low rates as any other first-class
Agencies.•j oc6—3m
FIBE INSURANCE.
PIKE NIX ASSURANCE CO., of
London.
ATLANTIC' FIRE INS. CO., of
Brooklyn.
LENOX INS. CO., of New York.
SSS“ The undersigned Issue Policies in above Eire
Companies.
KOB. HABERSHAM & CO.,
dec2-tf AGENTS.
THE
NORTH BRITISH
AND
MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH.
ESTABLISHED ZZT 1809.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS (IN GOLD):
Subscribed Capital...."...I $10,000,000
Ca si, Assets $13,603,803.85
Annual Income .$3,260,G35
rjVHE SUBSCRIBER, HAVING BEEN'APPOINTED
1 Agent for the above Company, is prepared to
take BISKS ON BUILDINGS, COTTON, *nd MER
CHANDISE GENERALLY, at current rates. Policies
issued in gold or currency, at option of applicant.
Losses promptly adjusted and paid.
HENRY BRIGHAM, Agent,
jy28—6m 115 Bay street.
UNITED STATES LLOYD’S
MARIN E INSURANCE.
fTtHE UNDERSIGNED, Agent for the above named
_L Association, is prepared to take Risks on abip-
ment of Cotton, or other merchandize, on favorable
terms. All losses promptly adjusted and paid
ON FOREIGN SHIPMENTS IN LONDON,
and coastwise, either in New York or Savannah, at the
option of the insured. H. BRIGHAM, Agent.
Office Southern Insurance and Trust Company, 115 .
Bay Street. novl3-3m.
--A.T-
REDUCED PRICES.
SUFT OF THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
_ AS TO THE BEST
LIP E C Olkf P AW I E S
TO INSURE IN.
HE says:
“It does hot always follow, as is sometimes sup
posed, that a purely Mutual Company is the most
profitable one to. the insured. Mixed Companies, or
those substantially Mutual, may by superior skill and
other advantages actually make the largest divi
dends of surplus profits to policy holders.”—{Report
18G8, page XC.dccl4-3t
HEM, JAUDON l GO.,
H aving purchased the stock of heidt
A LUDLOW, and JAUDON, CRAVEN A 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.
AND AT
LATJDON, CRAVEN & CO.’
117 Brouglrton St.
THOSE WHO PREFER
SUITS MADE TO ORDER,
Can be accommodated by leaving their- measures at
117 Broughton Street. novlD-lm
PROFESSOR SEMON’S
FA8HI0IABIE DAICHG ACADEMY,
115 Brougkton St.,
In Mr. George W. lYylly’s Building, up stairs.
A LL the new and fashionable Quadrilles and
Waltz es taught. Quarter commencing from time
of joining.
Boarding Schools and Seminaries taught on reason
able terms.
Days of tuition for Ladies' Class, Monday and Wed
nesday afternoons; class for young Misses and Mas
ters, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons;
Gentlemen’s Class, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
evenings. Exclusive private lessons every day from
nine to two o'clock.
Friday afternoon, Ladies' Matinee.
For particulars or circulars, apply or address
above. nov4-2m
Corn and Oats.
■piOR SALE BY imn ^
auglO-t N. A. HARDEE’S SON A CO
LDGI COBB INSTITUTE.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
REV. FERDINAND JACOBS. L M„
-FORMERLY PRINCIPAL OF A HIGH SCHOOL
T for young Ladies, in Charlestons. C.; subse
quently President of the LawrenceviHe Female Col
lege, 8. Q,- having been elected Principal of this Insti
tute, itwill be opened by him for the reception of
Pupils, MONDAY, January 18,18C8.
Accomplished and approved Teachers in all Depart
ments, have been engaged.
For Circulars, address Joh>* H. Newton, Esq., Pres
ident of the Board of Trustees, Athens, Ga.; or. Rev.
Fekdixaxd Jacobs, (till Jan. 1) Berzelia, Ga.: after
that, at Athens. nov24-lm
PIANOS.
~%TTE HAVE RECEIVED, AND WILL ALWAYS
VV keep on hand, a COMPLETE assortment of
FIRST CLASS,
SEVEN OCTAVE PIANOS,
With all the latest improvements,
MADE FOR US ESPECIALLY, AND BEARING THE
NAME OF OUR FIRM.
We guarantee them in every respect.
Prices from $300 to $300.
This is now a splendid opportunity to buy a first
class instrument at low price, even paying less for
new Rosewood Pianos than old ones have been selling
for at auction.
dec2-tf JOHN C. SCHREINER & SON3. .
PUBLIC LAWS
PASSED BY THE
General Assembly
tZMBt J ~ a . OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
*> l -swe&sto' in
July, August, September and October,1S6S
MAJLLON & FR I ER SOX.
»ov2-tf
Wi FOR SAXJE,
mHAT VALUABLE RANGE OF
BRICK STORES.
Known as “Bolton's Range,” extending from Whita ■
ker street, east, to Messrs. R. Habersham & Co.’s
building, having 150 feet front on Bay street, in the
centre of business on the Bay.
r 3£. c +A • AISO,
The WHARF LOT No. 7, with the improvements, in
rear ot the above mentioned range, and fronting 150
feet on the river. i
ALSO,
The BRICK BUILDING fronting east on Reynold's
Square, and known as the Planters’ Back.
• To capitalists this property offers advantages for in
vestments equal to any in the city.
For terms, apply to GEO. W. ANDERSON and
H. W. MERCER,
novl9-lm Assignees for Planters' Bank.
AND-BILLS, SHOW-BILLS, POSTERS and
PROGRAMMES printed at THE MORNING*
HEWS JOB OFFICE, 1U Bay street