Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-12-12

charges Niihunt i'ei nesirtnstiirneii
hy neruiis sad hy u prils ar-
poiiiaenis of fsrs70ni isnienahis u
i shunld be dceme,i advisaLir the
veteran roseFVe N,sinienis hiislil he
discontinued hY abs,uaiin aid ~
liromeht ~ officers, and discharge
of meR, without delrimcni o. lhy
seTglos,
Ar-a rr-F,uliasI - s.s-T saa,l an1 -FrFTai-
Hrr..H ... = wtlA AAa !. ,trssf ~
WAsulNGTuN, Apv, .p.-,'ensral
Meades nep,rl give dvlalle,l "a.
count II Lis 0peyNuDns lie Wrs
applied 10 form AL paris vgtl,e Stale
under his command h. nemave a.
onpanis iron, aiiiUe and sPliinl ia
lhair stead. lie drcllnei u,ahlng
charges, oNcel,i Nhsre nrgisvt II
daly was proved, ~ olislrncil"n 10
lhe reconstruction acts, lie rrhr
" lhe anomalous eoll.llog "fgllaigs,
anl suggests that mura power lc
given To Department Commanders
'fhe report s,ssrs iVen'yrhVe las's
i6alscap,
The lniian Commissioners meet
here this week, Should lhv Indian
war continue, It's cu,l uoXI Year y
estimated st ilny millions Of dol
lars ...I tN
WAsHINGroN, Dee. l-lulgc
Chase decided several e0nnscati0n
cases, sustaining pnderwoqd's pre-.
yinus decisions The decisions in.
volye the declaration that tho con,
iiscalion laws are constitutional,
aud that where there was no ap'
pearanco aud plea by defendants IN
admiralty the District Courts lad
full Jurisdiction to decree coni'ca
tion AMI sale. Chase, however, lie,
sired the question should come be-
fore full bench Of the Supreme
Court, aud an appeal un writ Of
error granted. Richard II Dana,
of Boston, Will represcnt The gov
ernmont in the argument 20 quash
the observation-disclosures. i '.. ,.r.n
Grants official majority In Cali
fornia, is one hundred aud i've
ATLANTA. Dee. 1.-The Mayor
and City Council have ordered the
postponcmcnt Of the municipal clcc.
iion until the assembling OF The
Legislature in January, taking the
ground that negroes are not entitled
to vote by legislative law granting
city charter. and that the election
would be null and void, unless the
present legislature strike out the
word white in the city charter.
Democrats claim the State conSti,u
ton and reconstruction laws give
negroes the right to vote, The munic
ippl laws TO the contrary notwi'h.
standing, and propose holding q
regular election, allowing Blacks 10
vote, leaving the legislature to de-
eide us to its legality. .
FROM CUBA. ''
I. WAsmtNGToY, Nov. 30.-Mail nd.
vices to- November 2lst state that
the insurgents have many successes,
capturing two thousand Remington
rifles andone hundred thousand in
iaoncy, near Purto Principe, com
pletely routing Col. Qniroa, driving
him into Santiago de Cuba, with II
loss of moro than half of his force.
1t is stated that Purto Principe had
fallen, but government organs deny
lit. The authorities are pushed dor
funds their calls on. tho wealthy
merchants TO support them are -un
needed. .sgi4e tsri.J eii q 30
iH HAVANA, Nov, 3O,-Thc otlicial
account of the engagement between
the troops and the reyolutlonists
on the 29th inst, is as iollows: The
revolntionists attacked \ small de-
tachmcnt of troops Stationed IN the
town. Of Niela dc L,Cobcrt,a near
Santiago with their whole force and
succeeded, in driving them from Their
position. The troops took refuge
in a church, and being relntorced,
surprises 'hpp sles rlcesNo.ua..o',,n.s e,;a. ~ ~
LOOK ,ne ~" WV H. III m ~ w., ~ ~ ;.
}llohlists "e,o N, M'''gt l'g NV N"'i
WOUNDED, yen, MatIi. '.Ii !, 'g,in'GnW m
ing the repels, was h,'!vp' = .,,, ~ wy
ernment loS' 'nfco HM'''Se"s '""'''1 ''1a'"'
woundecrr i-e.as a .sy aav
I'm HAVANA, Dec. l.-Otliciai rfports
of the fighting at Viela del Cibrla
say that the reyolullonlstl lost 6z
killed, many wounded. Many
foreigners have Joined the. yolun-
tcors now in the. field, Prominent
Mexicans bore deny thatany-Mexi
cans WAS concerned in the revola.
ition.id The only foreigne. s whogho'd
prominent positions with tho rev
olutionists and Dominiciansuis Cum
merce is fiat. ro. 81. no sgasBts sr.lt
Merchants-prefer- to store the
larger portion Of theirgoods to await
the result of the revolution. Mer-
chants arc only buying to supply
immediate demands. 'i' 20 %
d u....,uno.a tDno o !. TIA Tn.
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