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J. H. ESTILE, PKOPKIETOK. SAVANNAH, THTTESDAY, DECEMBEE 24, 1868. ESTABLISHED 1850. ©be <?a No. Ill Bay Street. ** ** Largest Circulation in City and Country. TERMS: n*ny *io oo Tri-Weekly 6 00 Weekly * 0O’ f OUNTI1Y SUIMC1UPTION8 PAYABLE D» ADVANCE. All comnnliiicAtioiia most be addressed to the pro- plietor. persons wishing^ the paper furnished for any time less than one year will have their orders promptly at tended tin when remitting the amount for the time de sired. •*' , rij -4 r All papers by jnail are stopped at the expiration of the time paidJTo^without farther notice. So city aubacnp&cn discontinued unless by positive order left at th o office. Correspondence containing important news* from any quarter, solicited. We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. To Advertisers. A SQUARE is ten measured lines of Nonpareil of The Mobniwg News. First insertion, $100 per square; each subsequent insertion, 75 cents per square. ........... .. f . Advertisements for One month or longer will be in- gerted at special rates, which can be ascertained at the Advertisements outside of the city must be accom panied with the cash. BY TELEGRAPH — TO — THE MORNING NEWS. PROM WASHINGTON'. Washington, December 23.—The Collector at Brownsville, Texas, lias telegraphed to the Treasury Department that two Eevenue In- ,peotara have been murdered and one injured ia that district by a band of robbers. The names of the murdered men is Win.' H. Phelps and Geo. F. Hammond. Secretary Seward, with several foreign IQn- istdrs, has gone tq Auburn. the Indian Commission will report in favor of making the Indian Bureau a separate de partment. The State Senate Indian Bureau Committee are unanimously opposed to thp House bill transferring the Indian Bureaq to the War Department, lieu. Grant has qrderad Qql, Beef, of his staff west to investigate the Indian affairs. It is stated that unless advanced Mr. Davis’ rase will not be reached in the Supreme Court under two years. The D ibime has the following Washington special : “Lieutenant Governor Duqq, of Louisiana, has telegraphed to, the IjQnisiana Benatqis in th* 8 c lty that he apprehends uueh difficulty on the reassembling of the State Legislature next month, and says that Xew Orleans Thngs and Eebel Plug- Uglies threaten to clean out the Bepublican mem bers of that body if they attempt to moet and aaitsact business. Cfh 0 Louisiana Senators trill communicate with General Grant and feretory Schofield regarding this report to morrow.” In response to a question as to how cigars •sized for non-payment of the tax may be put rpon the market, no stamps being affixed for which seizure was made, Bollins' decided that .tamps shall be affixed necessary to cover the tax due, and the collector shall accredit to his stamp account from the proceeds of their sale, so much money as shall be equal to the value of the stamps affixed, and pay the balance, if any, into the Treasury. If the amount of sale dons not pay th® expenses •ad tax due thereon, then the law authorizes the Collector to bid them in for the govern ment, for an amount not exceeding the tax. It is thought that Congress will provide for famishing stamps to goods sold under for- * feiture. *X ii? * iff If'< ~ • k T~ A ENGLISH VIEWS ABOUT COTTON. [From Smith, Edwards & Co.’s Circular.] m Liverpool, December 1.—Our market has not experienced important fluctuations during the past month, and closes at rather over the opening prices. * * . * * * _ The prospects of our market at the present time are bound up in a special manner with the out-turn of the American crop. We di rect attention’flrst to this point. The picking season has been fine and prolonged till to wards the end of last month, when we were advised of a “killing frost,” but it was too late to do much harm. Estimates have shown a decided tendency to increase, and whereas a month ago the fhvorite opinion was 2,400,000 to 2,500,000 bides, or the same as last crop, we would say that 2,600,000 is the favorite figure. At New York, the Atlantic ports, and. Mobile rather smaller estimates are current, but at New Orleans and many places the crop as high as 2,700,000 bales. The reason of this discrepancy is that the-crop-ill the At lantic States and Alabama are admitted by all to be deficient. By most persons the falling off iff put at twenty per cent, from last year, whereas in the States bordering the Mississip pi and In Texas the crops are said to be mnch better than last year, and promise a large in crease, estimated”by some as high as.fifty to sixty per cent It appears to ns, however, that the scale of receipts we are now having is not equal to what might be expected with a crop of 2,600,000 or 2,700,00Q hales. Picking is now nearly completed, the high prices ruling are very remunerative to planters, and encourage them to dispatch their crops rapidly to mar ket and we should have expected by this time to have seen weekly receipts of 100,000 bales if existing views of crop are sound. It is alleged, however, that the low stage of the Alabama river and the tributaries of the Mis sissippi prevents free -navigation, and ac counts for the small receipts; and we believe this to be partially correct, but we doubt if it filrnishes a full explanation. Bail- [Correspondence Macon Journal k Messenger.] The South Georgia. Conference—Appoint ment* for 1869. Ga, Pecember 22, 1868. The South Georgia Conference closed its second session* held in Albany, Ga., Monday night The Conference was well attended by ministers and laymen. The session was, perhaps, the most pleasant ever held in the State, and the -'kind people of this growing city will long be remembered by the members of this body. Surely, the services of the Sabbath will never be forgotten by those whose good for- tm.e it was to hear the sermons of Bishop Andrew, at 10i Am., Dr. L. Pierce, at 3 p. m., and BishoplPierce at night Next Conference to be held at Cuthbert, Georgia. I herewith f enls for 1869. , _ .,„ w J. B ; 8^ Savannah Dishuct—Jos. W. Hinton, P. E. Savannah, Trinity, Geo. G. N. MacDoneH. Wesley Chnreh ind City Mission,! D. D. Cox. Springfield, Wm. M. Watts. Sylvania, E. H. Howren. Beaver Dam Mission, to be supplied. Alexander and Bethel, S. S. Sweet, L. A Dor sey.* Waynesboro, Jf. B.Ousley. Millen Mission, to be supplied. Lonisville, E. {§". Evans, J. T. Johnson.* ( Gibson, Wm. M- Cfc Conleyr* Washington, C. 1. Toole.* ' SanilersvilJe. T. B. Lanier. Davisboro Circuit, S. G. Childs, i Macon District—C. E. Jewett, P. E. (Macon, Mulberry St, J. S. Key. -J “ City Mission, James Jones, J. W. I Burke. Mm icon, First St, J. Blakely Smith. Jeffersonville, R. W. Flournoy. Irwinton, W. Lane, j Gordon, C. W. Smith. I FOREIGN NEWS. Madrid, December 23.—Six thousand troopH have been sent to Cuba and more will follow. The Government announced its determina tion never lo abandon the colony of Spain. New Yobx, December 23.—The steamship Arizona brings §392,000 in treasure. Hr. Cushing arrived at Aspinwall en route for Bonata. {Lvaxa, December 23.—The Pais? a news paper in Cuban interests, suspended volun tarily on account of the censorship. Eight hundred fresh troops arrived to-day. London, Decenqber 23. —The Aforning T$t~. puph prints a tejegraiq from Berlin aanoiino- ing that Prussia has called a conference of the great powers to Bettle ’peaceably the Tur- eo Greek question. ' One member of Parliament has signed a memorial to Eeverdy Johnson to urge his government to adopt the Penny Postage be tween England and the -Efnited states- The •ora. i?!y theyeoi}. PROM SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco, December 23.—The steam er Republic from China, brings three hon ored and twenty passengers and twelve hun dred tons freight, including' fifteen hundred packages of silks and five hundred for New York. • •• PRIZE EIGHT I.V DELAWARE. Wiiaungton, Del., December 23.—Ah® Sickens, of Philadelphia, and Pete Maguire, Of Peekskili, N. Y„ fought five rounds, Hick- *Rb winning by breaking Maguire’s jaw. "dejSjnd upon the rivers as it used, to do, and there fore we think the present low scale of re ceipts is suggestive of grave doubts as to the accuracy of large estimates. Ono thing seems proble;'if the receipts continue about their present figure for some time longer, we may expect a continuance of uneasiness amongst spinners on the score of future supply and occasional "Spurts of’speculative demand in this market, and. it would be unfortunate if by these means a high scale of prices was kept qp in the early part of the season,, .to be falsified by heavy receipts of cotton at the American parts in the spring months. It is'to be feared, however, that whatever estimate of the American crop may prove true; there is little chance of a materially in creased export to Europe. The last crop was 2,430,000 bales, bnt as the stock in the ports was reduced from 80,000 tq" 10,000 bales at the end of the seasqq, the amount distribu ted was bales, and supposing the crop to he 2,600,000 bales, there would only remain a surplus of 130,000 bales to distri bute, and the bulk of this, we have reason to believe, will be taken by American con sumers. Further, it seems probable that the conti nent of Enrope will receive a far larger proportion of this crop than of the last one; the exports to the continent thus far are much above last year, and will probably continue so, for trade on the continent is more pros perous than here, and spinners there have more confidence in prices. A greater diver sion of the crop to the continent is not, however, of very rnuph moment, as its natural effect is to limit the export from this country; but we may very fairly conclude, neverthe less, that the active buying by continental spinners is a sign of an increased consumption in the aggregate, and that the continent will need next year altogether a larger supply of cotton than the last ojje, .We are sorry that we- cannot see—lqoking into the future—any thing but a scanty and inadequate supply of ffie raw material for our own spinners during the season, and we fear their position will be no better than during the last one, OUT stock of cotton hns run down very rapidly of late, and has reached 330,000 bales, against 463,000 bales last year, and 668,000 bales the year before, and our present estimate must be unusually correct, as the actual stock of American cotton was taken in the beginning of the month, and an addition of 30,000 bales mad® to, the previous estimate. It is donbtftil if there has ever been known greater scarcity of American cotton in Liver pool than during the last week or two. The Stock last Friday was 27,000 bales, and in cluded about 10,000 bales just arrived and not landed, ana also some quantity under orJ ders for export. Probably the actual stock in warehouse and available of sale was not over 15,000 bales, or one week’s consumption, a most extraordinary position for a great staple trade to be reduced to, and one which cquld scarcely have been imag$$g hfcfqre the Arner- i? Wehave now passed the period of greatest scarcity; and as Railing vessels are beginning to arrive from the Southern ports, we may expect a steady import of about 25.0QQ bqjes American per week till the eild of the year; and this will admit of ft trifling increase of stqofe<hut it must he a long time yet before the stook of American cotton can swell to anything like its accustomed size. Mean while the stock of East India must rapidly decrease, for only 10,000 to 12,000 bales per week are due till the first of April, making ample allowance for stenmers, and prqbably os great’ scarcity of the sliort fttqnle will be felt during March and April as iff W feft of American cotton. Liberal imports may pres ently be expected from Egypt' aqd Brazil; efi-> pccially the fqrrner; but, viewing toe trade in the aggregate, it will require a more moderate scftleoT&elivery than -we have been accus tomed to of late to prevent our stock running still lower, and it is evident that it cannot be largely increased for several months to come. At London the slock last week was increased, by a heavy import to 159,000 bales, against 106,000 bales -last year, but the expert de mand from that market has been unusnally large of late, as if has also been froiq Liver pool, file 'two markets .aggregating about Sftf 000 bales per week during November. Up tolst Ajlril, 186.9, an import of 5,000 to G,000 tjajes per week is d ne at‘London’, - ■ * < "" ' * ~ The Chops in the South.—A gentleman who is a keen observer, and one who pps- Ocmnlgee, to he supplied. Jlawkinsville, Mission, W. F. Bobison. Pulaski and Wilcox, to be supplied by E. A'. Birch. Fort Valley. E. A. H. McGehee. Perry, W. Knox. HaynesriUe, W. TV. Stewart. ' 1 Montezuma and Vienna, James Harris. ') Swift Creek Mission, Jjimes Spence.* Macon Circuit, W. C. Bass. Knoxville Mission, James Dnnwoody. W. F. College, J. M. Bonnell, President, C. IV. Smith. W. F. College, W. C. Bass, Professor. Editor Southern Christian Advocate, E. H. Myers, Columbus District—E. B. Lester, P. E. ( Columbus, St. Luke, Jas. E. Evans. -J “ St Paul, A M. Wynn. ( Girard and Wesley Chapel, J. R. Littlejohn. Muscogee, S. D. Clements,* one to be snp- plied/ * 7 -- X Pleasant Grove, B. E. L. Timmons.* Butler, E F. Williamson. Cedar Creek, W. W. TidewelL Talbottou, T. T. Christian. Talbot, E. J. Corley, H. P. Myers:* Hamilton, IV; A Parks. Lumpkin. D. K. McWilliams, j Buena Visto, Geo. T. Embry.* I Juniper Mission, to be supplied. Cossota, D. O. Driscoll, Y. F. Tignor, super numerary. Florence, S. B. Weaver, Henry C. Fentress.* Americur District—J. B. McGehee, P. E. Americas, K. IV. Dixon. Bethel, M. A. McKibben. Magnolia Springs, J. M. Marshall. Starkville Mission, to be supplied by T. L, Speight.- Cuthbert and Georgetown, J. G. A Cook. Spring Vale,.George. S. Johnson. Dawson, B. F. Breedlove. Terrell;: C. A. CrowelL. Weston, J. W. Mills, Oglethorpe and Ellaville, E. J, Rentz. 1 Alhany, H, D. Moore. ■j Flint River Mission, Hastings Packet* BainbbidgeBistrict—Geo. C. Clarke, P. E. Bainbridge, A J. Dean. Decatur, IV. M D. Bond. Spring Hill, J. T. Ainsworth. Thomasville, J. M. Austin. Camilla, W. S. Baker: Oeklocnee Mission, P. C. Harris One to be supplied. . Morgan, C. E. Brown.* Colquit to be supplied by D. C. Stanley. Spring Greek Mission, to be supplied by W, M. Russell. Trinity and Blakely, Geo, h W. Anthony. I Fort Gaines, SI B. Baldwin. ( GroovepmUe,-. J. W. Talley. Brunswick District.—J. W. Simmons, P. E. Brunswick and St Mary’s, C. A Fulwood. Centry Village, {T. L. Williams. IVaynesville, J. jM- Potter.* Waresboro, W. T. MeMichaeL Doctor Town Mission, IjVi M. K^qqedy. Holmesville, fflfbe suppled. Qcmffigee, A Wright.* ;. Coffee, to b.e supplied by E. B. Fiqley. Stockton, J. Di Maulden. Valdosta, J. Ml Hendrey, Quitman, O, L Smith* Morven. J. J. Giles, Moultrie Mission, M. H. Fielding. Berrien and Irwin Mission, to be supplied by N. Talley. ‘ :ct—L. P. Payne, P. E. Sentell. W. M- Bfty® 8 -'' to be supplied- by D, Roberts, D- Morehouse. FROM ARKANSAS. Meuphis, December 23.—General® Ba®h" Mckand Parker, qf general Grant's staff *- av e gone to Arkansas to investigate the mi litia tronbleg. FROM VIRGINIA. A portion of‘the workshops of A* 6 Virginia and Tennessee Railroad was burned. . HWI steamer sesses ample means of knowing the truth whereof he affirms, said to us some days since that his people, meaning the people^ of the South, were fast becoming rich; that toe tenanoe for man and beast, has enabled them to hold their cotton crop from the clutches of the factors or middle-men, who, for the last few years, have been accustomed to bear the . cotton market, and compel the .planters to ^ hracHBUHo, December 23—Afire occurred^ sell at toeir prices. p Z,Jfy.Tiid es«l«s n f u pricfs which wiU L FOR SBW TORK. Nkw York, December 23.—The IVatson Webb and family, and ex/ bum. Wc are reliably inforined that Governor heed has commuted - the sentence of death Prononunced agiunst the Waldo , prisoners, to jniprisomnent for life. The reasons of the governor for adopting tola course has not “Aspired, further than that-the prigonerB "ere convicted upon toe testimony of an ac complice, and a very nn ffmpMp & ole future events may establish , the mno- of a portion ^turner. The “ Board of. Internal Improvements ” ? “d® State has advanced the price of lands uom fifty cents to one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. It would he better for the “date u they would cease offering the lands _ - ** nUlUU LLiWU UULAAUg **** *or sale. Tins course would prevent any. c< Piamt hereafter.—Marianna (JJa.) Courier. afford them the just profits thereon to which they are entitled. It is now ascertained that- .^rV. y - i of looRf ffhis, we eight hundred thousand at least, think, is a full average. . — - -j no t only has a good crop of ear, but they have an abundance eir own production. The Liver- ors in cotton caunoh, therefore, . ns they did last year; A year: ugu me*,»ctors, as they work to bear the market and they did it, and profitably, too, for themselves. A year ago the cotton which brought in the Live, market only 7d. and 8d. per pound, now com mands lQjd. ana lid. This is awide margin Sot profit This result is one ° f erandand significant import, because it shows conciu- wniv tlia fflinArior fidvantaees of free labor. , J-The Sou cotton to of food of t pool > control the ago these f ■ The contract for building the bridge across the Mississippi river at Keokuk has been closed with the Keystone Bridge Company, at Pittsburg, for one million dollars, lhe bridge is to be of iron, like the one Talley. Altamaha Hiaesville, J. Darien and 1 Bryan Missio: Statesboro, tq BwMhsborq, Dpblm, J. J. “ nee, CL O. LOST ON THE PRAIRIE—TERRIBLE j suffering near storm lake. The Fort Dodge Xbrihuest, of November 26, tells this story: _ - •<u <-> i. wii mt Vliiree trappers ffpm Illinois passed through here about a month ago on their way west to begin the winter campaign toe mink’ and otter. They were txttppmtoif Buena Vista county and MHrouiitHfife’beiBtityy On Monday the l6th two of them started fiMHil the Maple river to go across toe prairie to Stonn Lake. Our readers will ah remember the sevefe -show’Bnorto that came offao BmL: dehljr during that day. The wind .hie w a ter rible gale from northwest. The snow came driving down in blinding fury, making .it a fearful day for toe traveller on the great un settled prairies. The two trappers pushed on through the blinding storm all day, and when night came no friendly shelter was in sight The. storm had continued to increase. The night was dark, toe air filled with, toe driving snow, the road utterly hidden from sight It was a cheerless prospect before them—to con tinue pa groping their.way through the long hours- of night, lost—and without hope of finding a friendly shelter, or lying down in the snow; at the risk of freezing, to wait for morning. ‘•After wandering around for a time, they concluded to stop and dig a hole in the large snow-drift, which would afford a partial shel ter from the fury of the storm until morning. When daylight appeared, they crawled out, and found themselves badly frozen. One of them, Charles Butler, insisted upon going on towards the lake, while the other os strongly insisted upon trying to find the nearest house. They finally separated—Butler and his dog going in the direction of Storm Lake, while the other wandered around untiLhe found a house. Before-reaching it he became nearly deranged from his sufferings. Having pulled' off his boots to rub his feet, he was unable to get them on again, and was . compelled to walk several miles barefoot in the snow: When he reached the- honse his feet were badly frozen, mangled from toe . stubble of the harsh prairie grass, bleeding and useless. “On Friday night Butler’s dog came into Sac City and made such demonstrations that some of toe citizens who knew him, see ing him so lank and apparently nearly starved, became alarmed for toe safety of his master. Early the next morning a party of men started ont, and following toe dog, who ran on before" them, for about- twelve miles, toward Storm Lake, they at last came upon the body of the anfortunate trapper lying. rigid in the snow. The dog had evidently stayed with his master from Tuesday' night until Friday, when, almost famished with hunger, he sought the settlement. Butler- leaves a wife in Illinois to mourn his sad fate.” GREECE AED TURKEY. The announcement that the government of Greece has rejected the demand of the Snl- tnn of Turkey to disband its Volunteer corps and forbid Grecian officials from participating in the Cretan insurrection, and the withdraw al of the Turkish minister from Athens, would seem to leave no recourse for the settlement of toe questions at issue between the'two powers but war. The majority of the inhab itants of Crete are Greek Christians, and there have been repeated insurrections against the Turkish government, which have only served, hitherto, to increase the weight of its yoke. The present insurrection has lasted ahout two years. The straggle upon which Greece appears to have been embarked would seem to be a desperate one, if she is going nn- aided into the conflict The popnlationis Only a little over a million. The army nsmbera not quite ten thousand men, and toe navy twenty- seven vessels. The Talks proper number about 3,000,000 in European and 10,500,000 in Asiatic Turkey. The Slavic races in European Turkey are about 6,000,000, and are the principal agriculturists iu that region. The effective or permanent force of the army of the empire is 120.0QQ men, and the reserve at leaRt 150,000. The navy consists of 64 vessels, of which 23 are steamers, and there are 34,000 marines ftnd sailors fit for effective service. The combatants, it wiQ tons he seen, are very unequally matched, and there would appear to he hut tittle chance for Greece, in such a -contest, even if it be not the fact, as has been reported, that England, and France support the demand of Turkey. It. is. true that in the contest for Grecian independence, which broke out in 1821, the Greeks ex hibited tbs most brilliant courage, for titude and resolution, and that their cause was finally crowned with success. But all Christendom sympathized with the cause of Grecian nationality ftiffi justice, and men, money and provisions were forwarded to them from Europe and America, Our own Webster, Clay and Everett raised their elo quent voices for them in this country, and finally, at the battle of Navarino, October 29, 1827, the combined squadrons of England, France and Russia destroyed toe Tnreo- Egyptian fleet, and compelled the Snltan to come to terms. However hopeless for Greece the contest which now appears imminent may be, the sympathies generally of Christians, and of those who love liberty, will be on toe side of what remains of classic and heroic Greece, even though it he “Eving Greece no more.” > ■ • M THEHOLIDAYS. POFULAB GROCERY STORE, 3 6 •=€*} Whitaker Street, Corner of Broughton Street Lane, Next to Bodgers, Dasher A Co.’e Dry Goode Store, ! : A splendid new Stock .of. everything in my line is OPENING for the .CHRISTMAS HOL IDAYS, NEW YEAR’S, and any other time. RAISINS, CURRANTS, ' SPICES, ALMONDS, CITEON, 'GANDY, - - * 1 acSirtm: NUTS, PRUNES. Imported Ale and Porter, BBANDY, »«d Kj .w yraMmMB&e hc.-».i*uwrci A’vZr Jziaoo to ultm fi nWIMfllFFiY. ■ -1 cj CIDER. Lemon, Sugar, Soda, Ginger, Fancy, Egg; ( and all kinds iw 1 * l » | 6*** .-saod TO ENJOY CHRISTMAS You-' must lay in a stock of toe following ar- MMttK et «**»«** otoniOTA toAtahtoa «U arHfw CHOICE HAMS, BACON, FULTON MARKET BEEF. ’ PORK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND LABP. CODFISH MACKEREL, BUCKWHEAT, FLOUR, - - CORN MEAL, HOMINY, RICE, POTATO Coffee, Crushed, Clarified and Brown SIJGAKS, Choice Green and Black TEAS, Rio and Java COFFEE, CANDIES, VINEGAR, SOAP, TOBACCO, *•“» —bus pv.iaji :-QGARS, BROOMS, BUCKETS. PICKLES, CANNED FRUITS. Fresh Snpplies Received every day. Quick Sales and Small Profits. " C. J. BEATTY, Agent* Gt. Worley, Altamaha, D- Gr. Popp.*. Professors in Emory College, J. O. A. Clark, I T. Hopkiff®. - • Agent for Emqry. College, F. F. Reynolds. Sunday School Agent, L. Pierce. Agent American Bible Society, B. H. Lackey. S. Anthony, Superintendent <4 Colored •JamesA Wiggins, transferred to toe Florida Conference. ; j George Bright; transferred to ; the Missouri Conference, i . O. P. dopes, transferred to the St. Lotus Con ference. - ■_ I John P. Duncah, transferred to North Geor- Conferemie, and stationed at Dalton. John H. Hanis; transfesred to North Georgia Conference, and stationed at McDonough. •Deacons or Licentiates, Actual State op the Russian Abut.—The Moscow Gazette, under date of the 14th ulti mo, publishes the following statistics relative , to the present state of the-Russian afrjm The figure of the active force is fired at 778,- 000 infantry, 5AOOO cavalry. 74,000 arbUery and 17,000 enpneers, in all 923,000 men. J In time of peace the effective fqree i® reduced to only 515,000. The forpe destined to the inland or interior service during the time of peace is 272,000, in time of war 320,000'men, besides the irregular troop3 of Oossacfcs, which, iu time of war, ought to number 229,000 men. Deducting the majority of the latter for in terior service, toe effective force of the amy in time of war ought to figure up to 1,100,- 000 men. Presuming about 200,000 men to be divided between the Caucasus, Siberia and Tnrkistan. Russia can still offer 900,000 agamst nny movement from Western Europe, i—■ > i»i.< -• a' ’ Buffaloes on the“Plain.®-.—4 gentleman just from the plains inform® -the New York .Times th«t Death-Bel Confession oif a Great Cbime. —The New Orleans Pimyune relates that some years ago a respectable young man, toe only support of a widowed mother and sister, was clerk In a dry goads store in this city. He frequently assisted the cashier, and one day a forged note on the firm for hundred dol-. lars, in the hand writing of the young, man, was presented at the bank by an unknown person and paid. The young man admitted’ drawing the check, but had no reocJlection of t he circumstances, and could give no explana tion.' He was arrested, tried and convicted. His mother aud sister alone believing folds;: innocence. Bowed down with shame, and tumble to vindicate his: honor, he died short ly! after. iu leafftlian a year ffie bereaved mother died also, and the sister , was left to struggle alone for a living, which she obtain ed by becoming a seamtress. A. few days ago a lawyer was called to write the will of a man at toe point of death. In this -will he ' lueathed his property to the sister, and em bed in the instrument a full confession of the forgery committed eight years ago. He was toe qashier bf toe firm," now grown rich. It was by his direction the draft was prepared. Now after the lapse of eight years a tardy- reparation, is attempted to be made. Bnt it will not restore life to the dead, or ext bitter sting of sorrow and grief so long en dured. It is one of the strange events wl make up the story of a life. found in immense-herds. «&.ta distance _of two hundred and fifty miles-west of the_ Mis souri river on the Kansas Pacific road, he passed through a herd covering a surface of frve hundred square miles, and containing probably over a million huffidoes. The num ber of dead buffaloes lying on toe line of the road, shot by passengers as the cars go along, is very great, and the informant^ says there is enough meat lying there at this time, easy of transportation, to feed all the poor people of America. ► Jutoe Morrow, of Jefferson county, Ala., jt into a a difficulty with P. G. King, recent- r, and was shot painfully,, bnt not dangerous ly, in the breast. PROFESSOR SEMOJFS FASHIONABLE DANCING ACADEMY, H5 Broughton St;, In Mr. George IV. "Wylly’s Building, up stairs. fashionable Quadrilles and A T.t, the new and- _ Waltzes taught. Quarter commencing from time of joining. Hoarding Schools and Seminaries taught on reason- tifetegtegms; o JKIG 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 Notice of Co-Partnership. tinder the KETCHUM & HARTRID GE, As Bankers and Commission Merchants. MILLER KETCHUM, ALFRED L. Savannah, December 18th, 1868. dc : co- ClTY MARSHAL’S SALE. TTNDER and by virtue of City Tax Executions U against Cosmo B. Richardsone. Trustee, I will sell, before the Court House dcor in the city .or Savan nah, on the First Tuesday in-January,' 1869, between the legal hours of sale, Lot letter '*<3v?** Middle Ogle thorpe Ward, and improvements. Lot fronts on West: Broad street G7 feet 6 inches, and in depth ICO feet. Improvements consist of a double tenement, two story frame building, with out buildings, on Laurel street THOMAS 8. WAYNE, dec2-30t City Marshal. SUGAR AND MOLASSES, 36 Whitaker Street comer Broughton St Lane: decl2-tf Ihristmas and New Years’ PRESENTS* WOULD RESPECTFULLY INVITE MY OLD _ CUSTOMERS, Patrons, and the public generally to call and examine my Stock of FRENCH CONFECTIONERY, Chrystalized and Glazed; FRUITS* OktlG "SSSC, Fruits and Bonbons, Chocolate, Cordials, Ac. TOYS, FANCY GOODS, &c., Fine Wax, Bisk, China, Rubber DOLLS and DOLL HEADS; Fine TEA SETS; FURNITURE; sets or single; WORK BOXES; TOBACCO BOXES; TOILET SETS; Fine Motto CUPS nnd SAUCERS, MUGS, YASES. &c. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICAL TOYS, DRUMS. DOLL CARRIAGES, GOAT WAGONS, SULKIES, Ac. WORKS, Wholesale and Retail, Together with the usual variety ~of-BASKETS, RETI CULES, and FANCY BOXES. The whole comprises an assortment of the choicest andmost 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. nov36-lm • - DRY GOODS—CHEAP. XRESS GOODS HAS-EVER BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE IN.SAVANNAH- 500 GLOVE FITTING COSSETS at 75 cents, iworto $1..25.. 200 GLOVE FITTING CORSETS at 874 cts., worth. $1 50. GLOVE FITTING CORSETS at $1 each. 250 FRENCH CORSETS at $1 25, worth" $1 50. " r 200 FRENCH CORSETS "at $2, worth S2 50. 225 FRENCH CORSETS at $2 25; worth <2 75.’ 126 FRENCH CORSETS from $2-5©upwards. 100 Breakfast CORSET JACKETS^ s tcrwftj LADIES in vrmnt of CORSETS wiU And this a FIRST CLASS ASSORTMENT, comprising i fnli line of sizes, ud at s shade over manufacturer’s prices.- THOMAS PEPPEB. PEPPER’S, D AT REDUCED PRICES. Ladies’ and MisBes’ HOOPS, a foil line Just opened., Fine black FRENCH CA3SIMEBES and CLOTHS at reduced prices. . „ ■ , ‘ J Ladies’FRENCH CORSETS at $1.50. Fine Black MOURNING SHAWLS. ; BLACK FRENCH MERINOS, very cheap. -20 pieces TABLE DAMASKS, from 50c. to $3 a yard. 60 dozen DAMASK NAPKINS and DOYLES, from $L25 per dozen to finest LINEN HUCKABACK, 25c. a yard. KID GLOVES at $1 a pair. 20 dozen Just opened. .. ' a ' 'For sale by declG-tf - j, .PeWITT & MORGAN. CHRISTMAS AUD HOLIDAY GIFTS! rpHE UNDERSIGNED would respectfully invite the «ti “ ‘ ' attention of the Ladies, tho Citizens of Savan nah, and Visitors from the country, to his large, new selected stock of Fine Candies and French • Confec tionery, from the celebrated houses of H. Maillard and_others. Fancy Candy Boxes, Sugar Toys, Orna ments for Cakes, Fine Choeolades and Fruits. Tho t varieties of Toys and Fancy Goods, imported domestic, direct from the manufacturers, com prising a superb collection of Mechanical and other Toys, Tin Toys, China, Wax and Rubber Dolls, and Doll Heads and Bodies.- In-and out door Games, Mu sical Instruments, such as Accordeona and others. China Vases and Ornaments. Pocket Books, Satchels. Ladies’ Companions, Portfolios, Dressing Cases, Work Boxes. Fancy Baskets and Willow Ware. A good stock of Doll Carriages and Perambulators, Rocking* Horses, Propellers, Fire Works, and other articles too numer ous to mention, but usually kept in such establish ments. Please call and inspect. JtST Low price#, to suit the times. ' - Respectfully, JOHN HARIG, decl4-tf Cor. Broughton and Whitaker sts. TTAND-BILLS, SHOW-BILLS, P08TER8 and XX PROGRAMMES pri»* -d at THE MORNING NEWS JOB OFFICE, V} 3r t CORSETS! CORSETS! — AT — PEPPER’S, 119 and 121 Congress St., SIGN'OF THE GOLDEN SHEEP. % JUSTrpIlE CEIVEt). HE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF CORSETS decI7nf BLANKER -AT — 19 and 121 Congress St., Sign of the Golden Sheep. 300 pair fine French Blankets, ribbon bound, all sizes; "very cheap. . „ J 500 pair Colored Blankets, very low. 50 pieces Shaker and Welsli Flannels, all widths’; very cheap. ALSO, . .. A Colored and Opelru Flannels^ 200 pieces Latest Novelties in Dress Goods. Casesreal^IiashLinens^HagH kins, Doylies and TojfeKj^gi of direct importation, same as before the War. tastes CMS* HOYT & GARDNER, Bankers and Brokers 5-NEW ST, NEW YORK BUY AND SELL.ON commission GOLD, GOVERNMENT AND STATE SECUBIT Stocks, Bonds and SterUng Exchange 1 I j™* <*?**?». 4 Tn forest allot OlOCks, -IXJlIUa uia UvtU puft iiA-icu ivh. i, sold short on deposit of margins. Interest flow <m margins. Interest allowed oh depoetts*«uJj«c check at sight. ' norlS-Jtiw.tlawaa JOHN" IZAKD MIDDLETON", Cotton Factor and Commission Mercliaul, KO. 7 SOUTH ST., BALTDIORE. P articular attention given to th sale of Cotton, Bice «nd s<rath ?^,^S5?’ H “ purchase of Groin, Flour. Guano and PUntntkm Bup- r Uro. Liberal adroncea made tore Refers to H. & B. N. Gourdin L i novl8-lawl2t i consig t Co., Savannah. EDW’D D. BOIT. W. a. McKENZIE bott & mckenzie, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bay .Street, Savafinah. Edgab L. Guctahd. | Edwaud L. Holcombe. GTJEBJlED & HOLCOMBE, . Cotton Factors AND KIHt I SSSQNMERCHANTS NO. 5, STODDARD’S LOWER RANGE. Bay Street, Savannah, Ga. CLASON & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS SAVANNAH, GA. DVANCES'ilADE ON CONSIGN- . . .. - their bouses in Nev Yotk snd Ltver- grol. infl I- m tbs Continent, . novl6-3m , , - FHILJP DZIALYN SKI, CO;fS^flfS*5JbW MERCHANT, 186 B*y Street, Jones’ Upper Block. CONSIGNMENTS ^SOLICITED. Brmch Offices at Quitman, Georgia, snd zt Hsdlson, Florida. noTlfetf a PAGE EDMANDS. JOHN H. GARDNER. EDMANDS, GABDNER & CO., GKNBIEAL COMAITSSION MERCHANTS Savannah, Ga. T IBDRAL ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENT I J to orir friends In New York. Boston snd Liverpoo k Co., New York; Jsnls “ Wiley Edmsnds,Bos- .... Merchants’ Nstionsl A Spivey, Bankers, Ss- sep28—tf E. W. DRUMMOND, G. C. DRUMMOND, Of the late firm of L. J. GuILmxrtin k Co. E. W. DRUMMOND & BRO., GENERAL SHIPPING Pommission Merchants, 154 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Dr. Edwin W. L’Engle, DENTIST, (Masonic Hall,) cor. Broughton and Boll Sts., iaio*» UP SXAZBS, (ENTRANCE OH BBOHGHXOH SX.) Jel2-ly Georgia. oclfl—tf Latest New York News! u THE PEOPLE GREATLY EXCITED! COSTAE” INTHE FIELD! LADIES!! "I; Look Out! Look Out! Look Out! Look Out! ■ HENRY K. COSTAB, of No. 10 Croaby ^ said to be * ont* with a BEAuTlFlER tha|j line. The J delight. One lady says. ‘I land pointed to a skin as fresh, soft ■ Another lady said. If it cost $10.00 at I’d. have itJ wm “ COSTART BITTER-SWEET and Orange Blossoms". JOHN OLIVER, hi ni.ci.-s. in mtkix* in . Saslies, Blinds and Poors, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, Painter’s and Glazier’s Tools, Mixed Paints OF ALL COLORS AND SHADES. HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING, GLAZ- ttt ,Tii ING.&c., r . No. 6 WhiUker St., Corner of Bay Lnn L-3-ir ; _1_ Murphy & Clark, House, Si^n, Ship and Steam boat Painters. Gliding, Groining, Marbling, Glazing and Paper-Hangings. PREPARED TO HTT-T, AT WHOLE- sale and retail. Paints. Cili Glasr. Putty, and Vaniifihes, AUxed Painta, Bruelivs of every deecrip- less Oil, Axle Grease, etc. -cen Bull and Drayton, 77 Bryan St^ bet mbit—ly SAVANNAH. GA C. V. MTJTCHINS, GENERAL C03UUSSIOX AND WHOLESALE DEALER I.V HAY, GBADT, &c. C ORN; OATS, PEAS, BRAN, EYE, FRESH GRIT aud MEAL, ^c.. at., gu Land and for * LOWEST MARKET PRICES. Grain Warehouse, 155 Bay street, Savannah. ocl4-—tf F. W. CORNWELI SEALES XV It gtvesDeactyto the Complexion, a P.opy glow to the Cheeks, a Bubytlnge to the lips, and Happiness com plete. All Druggists in SAVANNAH sell it. OnebotUe, *1.00; three bottles, $2.u0. Or address “COSTAlt.'”No. 10 Crosby st., N. Y. ‘COSTAE’S’ STANDARD PREPARATIONS “Costar’s” Eat, Roach, &c., Exterminators. or John F. Henry, 21 Park Row, N " >ld by R. H. Ga. R. COSTAB, 10 Row,N. Y. TATBM, iNAH sell them." j _i: R, 10 Crosby st, N, Y*r to Demas Barnes & Co... T. M. TURNER, Savannah, dec2-ly LUCY COBB INSTITUTE. ATHENS, GEORGIA. BET. FEEDffiAR!) JAC0B3, A. H* FORMERLY PRINCIPAL OF A HIGH SCHOOL T^^lbr young Ladies, in Charleston S^C^sn^g- jroimg: Li quemly President of the Lawrenccville F« lege, S. C\. having been elected Principal of this Insti tute, ; t will be opened by him for the reception of Pupils, MONDAY, .January IS. ISf.S. __ Accomplished and approved Teachers in all Depart ments, have been engaged. Tor Circulars, address John H. Newton, Esq., Pres ident of the Board of Trustees, Athena, Ga.; or. Rev. Ferdinand Jacobs, (till Jan. 1) Berzelia, Ga.: after that, at Athens. nov24-lm HAKDWABE, DUTLEBT, AGEICDLTU- HAT. rUPLEMENTS, AXES, HOES, NAILS, TBACES, &a Also, Agent for MCARTHUR’S COTTON GINS, »pt 1 -tm ; Mtwfail, Wholesale Liquor Dealer, Agent for Bininger, »u!0—ly WEST SIDE MARKET SQUARE. ^. K. A. WALLACE, General Commission Merchant, <as9s Iz ;a akd deaixs a. PAPER, PAPER STOCK, MACHKERY s r , WASTE, MOSS, &fc., &c. P ARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO CONSIGN- MENTS of PRODUCE or MERCHANDISE. JONES’ UPPER RANGE, RAY STREET, River side, between Whitaker and Barnard streets. JfiA—ly ^ D-" ,-n ESTELL, Jr., MEWSIJEAIaER — AND — GARDEN EOT FOR SAEE. NO. 160, CONTAINING FIVE AND SEVEN- TENTHS ACRES OF LAND, lying about 2)i niflc» from the city, near the intersection of Dr. Screven's avenue and Caustin Bluff road, suitable tor raising vegetables. Will be sold low for cash. Apply to A. DUTENHOFER, nov21-tf 74 bookseller, Bull Street, > ext to the Post Office ’ Int>: (DOWNSTAIRS,) Savannah. <3-eox*g^iu.. oc3 STERLING EXCHANGE aloO ' Purchased and for Sale by CHAIJ. GREEN, SON & CO. oovIT-TukThtf i every siae aud i i jobOfiro JU .'BILL-HEADS AND TAGS, vie, printed at Iu Mouuxa