Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-09-05
NEWS ITEMS

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DeLave. the rope.walker, IL is said, intend
10 have his sister cross the rope at Rochester
New York, in the course Of the season,
A table, compiled from official documents
gives the number Of Free MAsons in tho Unitss
States as 2il ,h4s, and the income Of the Lodgei
at about 81 ,45OOOO.
| Az the recent commencement Of Emory Col
lege, Oxford, Ca, the degree Of Doctor Of Law
was conferred on the Hon. Henry stansbery, o.
Ohio.
The. great Western plains are literally cover
cd with buffalo. The number each year sectui
to increase rather than diminish. They 20 IL
immense droves, and at times seem 10 cast
dark shadow over the valley.
The Bayou Sara (Ls.) Ledger states that N,
sleeves Of the Carney estate, who were liberated
and sent from East Feliciana to Cincinnati
few months since. returned on the steamer 4
few days ago, they prefer slavery in Louisiana
to freedom in Ohio.
A bar 10 forming In the Sacramento river jus,
above Sacramento, and recently an enterpri-
sing individual took lot Of lumber out in a
boat and fenced It in. He then planted Aag
IN the middle Of the bar, to denote his right Of
prescription.
Among the recent money grants voted to the
British government by the House Of Commons,
is the sum Of $50 900 for alterations In the con
per coinage Of England. Ills intended, as we
have done 10 this country, to reduce the size Of
the inferior coin
The first Of August, the anniversary Of negro
emancipation, has been stained with bloodshed
in the town Of Falmouth, Jamaica. The riot
arose ont Of case Of litigation The jail court
house, and police station were attacked The
police fred n volley among the mob, which
killed two black women and seriously wounded
several other persons.
Georgia is remarkable for the cheapness Of
her railroads and State government. Her rail
roads were built very economically, and vet
substantially. Her annual expenditures for the
supper Of the State government impose a tax
of only seventy seven cents on the thousand
dollars. This, we presume, is the lowest Stale
tax paid in any State Of the Union.
Advlces from Port au Prince to the Both Of
July reach us by way Of Boston. The Haytian
Government is devoting itself to financial re.
forms. One hundred and sixty four thousand
dollars of deteriorated bills have been buiut,
and the incremRtion was to be persevered in.
The reserve fund in tho treasury is represented
TO be $l24 900.
A day or two since e lady Mt Salisbury Point,
Massachusetts, was attacked by vicious COW
that threw her upon her horns; but owing to
the spread Of the orlnOline, the horns did not
reach her person, though they made sad work
with the hoops, by which she was lifted from
the ground and thrown over aud over Hoops
1t seems, are sometimes useful, as we'll as orna.
mental
The New York Express translates frcm
Cuban circular an account Of 1.-The gallantries
Of General Ooucha, Captain General of Cuba. Z"
1t pretends that he was discovered in flaRranle
delicto; that he was pursued through the
streets by an injured hu sband; that upon ar
irving at his house Madame Ooncha bitterly
up pbraided him, aud that he has ordered the
police TO fine everybody who shall mention the
scandal 800. The lady was Sonora seraphina
Jorrin.