The Washington Post next morning published the same dispatch, omitting the last paragraph; and yet the Post claims to publish the news, whether pleasing or otherwise.

The selection of the 8th Illinois colored regiment for this important duty, to replace a disorderly white regiment, is a sufficient refutation of a recent editorial in the Post, discrediting colored troops with colored officers.

The Eighth Illinois is a colored regiment from Colonel down.

The Generals at the front know the value of Negro troops, whether the quill-drivers in the rear do or not.
CHARLES R.DOUGLASS.
The following is the dispatch referred to by Major Douglass.

The headlines of the Star are retained.
IMMUNES MADE TROUBLE--GENERAL SHAFTER ORDERS THE SECOND REGIMENT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF SANTIAGO--COLORED TROOPS FROM ILLINOIS ASSIGNED TO THE DUTY OF PRESERVING ORDER AND PROPERTY.
Santiago de Cuba, Aug.