Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-06-20

on Picnic excursions to-day "a estimated al
l5l souls
nv There is TO be grand celebration at
Fairfield, Green county, on the 9TH Of July
Hon. CAsslua NJ CAY has been invited, aud
is expected 10 he present 10 deliver an oraiion
The Programme includes music, dnncing, &c
Trains viii run al half fare. Those who can
not content themselves Of home on the day may
possible find something to interest themselves
at Fairfield if not suited with the admirable
arrangements here they may Ego further, and
possibly fare worse
D6s~An exciting case was before the Mayor
yesterday morning wherein VIM Drost was
complainant, and Jacob Smith was defendant
The parties are Germans and neighbors 1t
seems that on Sunday evening last son Of
DrOst, aged about Ii years, and son Of
Smith, about the same age, in company with
other boys, were playing in the street in front
of Smiths residence, In the play called
! "jdil" Smiths boy was the prisoner" andhi
father seeing him in that character, and with
out provocation, ran out into the street, and
seizing young Drost hurled him violently to
the ground, then caught hold Of him e@sin
and jammed him upon the ground causing
the blood TO start from his ears and mouth,
and doing him other injury This inhuman
conduct Of Smiths raised great excitement
in the vicinity and it was at the time deter
mined to give the wretch a sound beating
but unfortunately other counsels prevailed
aud he was brought before the Mayor
4, Ten witnesses were examined, all bearing
testimony to the unproyoked and brutal as
sault of Smith upon the boy The fellow was
too poor to pay fine the Mayor sentenced
him TO jail for six days ON bread and water
Smiths wife and three children were present
and when his sentence was pronounced they
enacted quite a scene.
This morning several cases were up for ex
animation and adjustment:
David Dixon, of Troy plead guilty to The
charge of abusing John Greer, who keeps {
drinking house near the Basin. lie was ineC
! 81 and costs ID
E James 0'Conner IAN old ohender) was sen
, to the Station 10 days for disordcrly conduct
1 Pat O'Conner (he "avi ganius nv Wathe
p strate whom the Mayor arrested the othe
/ evening,) was up again for fighting, and 70
= 'raisin' nv the ould Nick, gnerally' He wa
fined $40 and COSTS and in default Of pay
ment he was put in the Station
C -%-
+ Mr.. EDiTom-Where is "Dixey's Land?
+ Who is Direy, and how much land does h
It hold2
= The beautiful and popular air-bearing th
o above named title, lately made n iavorite her
G by its splendid execution by the Regiments
e Band, has suggested the above inquiry.
have inquired in vain of prolessed music
ians and others but can get no satisfaction
l. and now like all other persons in quandar
', from which they cannot eXtricate Themselves
e | appeal to the Printer One friend sul
5. gested that probably "Direy' was membc
4 of that celebrated old firm Of Mason d Dire
who once run "bee line" through Uncl
ii Sans territory, but my recollection is tina
IS the former partner in that concern was Diro
y and not Dixey. And, provided he was III
man, it is not at all satslactory,-ior it doe
not say which side of that line the land lie
nor does it give its boundaries or quality. Nj
Editor, please help me out kAlNTuCE.
If we understand the subcct-(and "
e. think we do, )-"Dixeys Land is ''way dow
y, in Tennessee" where plantations reach aero
Dr. innumerable sections, where blooms the ma
nolia, and an ininity of tropical flowers whiC
vie in colors with the rainbow, and where ii
er climate, ,nature-everything in the atmosphei
1t, above, below around-inspre the mind vii
r. poetry and song. DIxEY is the proprieto
RS and he is said 10 be a model of a master and
ny man; genial, wholesouled planter, who deo
IS, ly loves his family and friends, treats his n
&c groes like prince, and who has heart
all take in all creation
et Such man is DIxEY, and his land is in e
ar tent in proportion to his heart OF course
TO- is beL0,c the line referred to by our correspo
- dent but, thank God, it is in the Unionl Wh'
we consider all the circumstances in the gca
us is il strange that DIXEY is n glorious old I
on low, and that his land is a happy one
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