The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-28 00:00:00

CUBA.

Advices from the revolutionists to the 22nd instant,
state that they have possession of the principal points on
the coast, and are strong enough to hold them against th•
Spanish. General Jordan has captured a Spanish force of
400 from Santiago de Cuba. Reinforcements were sent,
but these were also attacked and defeated. The Cubans
captured a cargo of slaves recently landed, and liberated
them. Scilor Macias has been commissioned as an agent
of the Cuban Government to treat with the Spanish
authorities in reference to the acknowledgment by
Spain of the independence of Cuba. Senor Macias
expects to meet with General Prim at some point
in France, and to enter into negociatior.s with him. It is
said that the Cubans furnished the Spanish revolutionary
junta with a million and a-half dollars to aid them in over-
throwing Isabella, and that in return for this service Cuba
waA to be made independent.
The purchase of the island by the American Government
is still talked of. It is affirmed that General Sickles hae
been instructed to settle the difficulty between Spain and
Cuba, and that he was requested to obtain a final answer
on the subject from the Spanish Administration. The
last report is that a vessel left a northern port of the
United States, destined for the service of the Cubans.

BUDGET OF PERSONAL.—GeneraI Geo. B. M'Clel.
lan has finally resolved to build his mansion on the top of
Orange Mountain, New Jersey, on land adjoining the pro-
perty of General Marcy, his father-in-law.—It is not
always safe to whip a clergyman. Major J. M. Hubbard,
of Holden, Ohio, tried to cowhide Rev. David Nation, in.
that town, but got a bullet in his arm.—Miss Clara Barton,
who devoted herself during the war to nursing wounded
soldiers, and who, after the war, commenced a successful
search for the last resting-place of many an unfortunate
victim of Andersonville, arrived in Europe in the Caledo-
nian.—By recent news from India we learn that a Hindoo
widow marriage has taken place at Calcutta, and caused a.
little excitement in the native community.—Mr. Jefferson.
Davis, accompanied by Lord Abinger, Lochiel, and Mr
Charles Mackay, L.L.1)., arrived last week at Invergarry,
the seat of Mr. Edward Ellice, M.P., where he will remain.
for a few days the guest of the hon. member for St. An-
drews.—Among the passengers by the China was Mr..
Gilmore, the originator of the Boston Peace Jubilee, who
with his family, intends to spend three months in Europe.
—Mre. E. A. Pollard is very ill, and thought to be dying,
in Washington.—The Society of California Pioneers of
San Francisco have purchased a cane, valued at sl,ooo,
for presentation to Wm. 11. Seward on his return from
Alaska. The head of the stick is composed of 41 triangu-
lar pieces of gold-bearing quartz, from the principal mines
in California, set in gold.—Joseph Newton, F.R.H.S.,
wrote to the Pall Mall Gazette a very good letter on emi-
gration to Virginia, from which State he has just returned.
Ile describes it as at present offering, both to capital and
labour, the best of all fields. One splendid estate of 1,100
acres of as good land as any in England could be purchased
for £5 an acre with wheat, which he estimates at 30 to 35
bushels per acre, a dwelling-house, which cost $l,BOO, and
other buildings and improvements. There is good society
in the neighbourhood and a peaceful population, even
Sambo being quiet when let alone. There are many other
estates as good.—Mr. Connolly, the well-known literary
working man, is writing a series of letters to the Spectator
on the working classes in America ; No. 1 of the series
appeared last Saturday. Mr. Connolly says that the work-
men most bitter against England are English emigrants,
but the reason is that few but those who feel aggrieved
and wronged find their way to the States, and get into
congenial habit there of abusing the country to which they
think they owe so little.—Mr. Frederick Whymper ha
"doing" the Union Pacific Railroad for the Field, and he
also has a word to say from Utah on Mormonism. He
thinks Brigham Young will have a revelation before he
dies doing away with polygamy. There has been a great
change in the treatment of the Gentiles, and Mormonism,
he
.thinks, will gradually die out.—The Naples Observer
announces the marriage at Berne, on the 18th inst., of
Phocion Gordon Barffe, Esq., of Naples (of the banking-
house, we presume) to Julia Howard, eldest daughter of
the late Mr. Forbes, of Buffalo, United States.

The 7ribulle says-:—" George Francis Train ie
in Oregon, having, it would appear, deserted, for the pre-
sent, the great canto of Female Emancipation. He is mak-
ing speeches to the Oregonians, remarkable, as all his
speeches are, for length, breadth, depth, and thickness;
for splendour of language, brilliancy of imagination, per-
spicacity of detail, gorgeousness of colouring, felicity of
wit, and undreamed-of sesquipedality. His home is In the
setting sun : his haunts are the boundless prairies ; his
themes are occidental progress and George Francis Train.
At which end of the earth be will next make his appear-
ance we might be puzzled to know, were wo not perfectly
sure that he will let us hear from him."
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scattering imprecations all around him. The judge straight-
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jesty, and asked Thad. if he meant to "express his contem;t
for this Court. Thad. turned to him very deferentially,
made a respectful bow, and replied, in feigned amazement,
" Express my contempt for this Court ! No, sir! I ant
trying to conceal it, your honour ;" adding, as he turned
to leave, •‘ but I find it d—d hard to do it
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