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[ H. ESTILL, proprietor. SAVA XX All. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16; 1868. ESTABLISHED 1850. amiag fi$. Ill Bay Street. Circulation in City and Country. TERMS: ....$10 00 0 00 a oo SDBSCBlPTIOira PAYABLE IN. ADVANCE. ^ ' riI1 icatioii6 most be. addressed to the pro U** y - ■ r> ■ j: fishing the paper famished for anytime „ e year will have their orders promptly at- w ijen remitting the amount for the time de li ,,, re bv mail are stopped at the expiration of 'Sii for without farther notice. subscription discontinued unless by positive rjj»t the office. • iorrcspondence containing Important news, iLjaarter, solicited. We cannot undertake to communications. To Idvertllers. I -rUiE is ten measured lines of Nonpareil of limsfiXEWS. f^rtion, *1 00 per square; each subsequent 75 cents per square. KJments for one month or longer wfflbe ln- VSerid rates, which can be ascertained at the I-cements outside of the city must be accom- Ifrith the CASH. [fTELEGRAPH — TO — | 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. — — - 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