Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-07-20
News Items.

Charles Goodyear, the recently deceased in
dia rubber patentee, was buried in the same
cemetery with Eli Whitney, another noted
American inventor,
The Hartford, Conn, Press, ION whose abo-
litionism charcoal would make a ' white mark
is lecturing Douglas men on the folly ofoppos-
ing Lincoln.
Mr.. Sam. Colyer, who claimsto be the cham
pion of Pulaski county, Ky, offers to fight the
Benicia Boy for any amount from 81, 900 to
$4,000.
Louis Napoleon talks ofestablishing a house.
hold for the Prince Imperial, aud %allotting a
million of francs for it. He will live in style,
the little chap.
N. p. Willis, Esq, was recently confirmed
in the Episcopal Church, by the Rev. DIR. Pot
ter, Provisional Bishop.
The Prince of Wales, during his visit at
Washington, will be the guest of Lord Lyons,
the British minister, although he will be inyited
by the President to become his guest at the
White House.
The clip of wool in Michigan this year is
estimated Mt three and a quarter million pounds,
ia gain Of a quarter million and it has been
sold off at an average Of not less than 434c,
an advance Of 2 cents on last year.
Abraham Mcgowan, of Fleming county,
Ky, has given to the Methodist College at
Millersburg $4,000 toward the endowment of
a Professorshipfof Mathematics and Natural
Science.
The Richland Democrat confidently pre-
diets that Douglas and Johnson will carry
that county by 800 majority. Huzzal
John p. Jewett 4 Co, the Boston publish
ers, from whose press first appeared Mrs.
Stoves famous book, "Uncle Tom,' have left
he book trade and taken up Perupian Syrup.
The name of the firm is altered to John p.
Jewett & Carter.
The five candidates for President and the
four for Vice-President, have all been in Con-
gress, and all except Lincoln have been in the
Senate of the United States.
Moses Bates, formerly of the Plymouth
Rock, has established a new daily and weekly
paper in Worcester, Mass, called the Worces-
ter Daily Times and the Worcester County
Democrat He goes in strongly for Douglas
and johnson,
The census returns of Cincinnati do not
hold out as good a prospect rs had been ex
pected, and it is thought that the aggregate
! INpNio'AOh Hhh NASSNN ioOiuOus
A proclamation has been issued for the
sale of l 600, 900 of acres of heretofore unof-
fered lands in Minnesota during October next.
They include lands remaining to the United
States from railroad grants.
The venerable Lyman Beecher, now in the
eighty-fourth year of his age. is living in
Brooklyn, near the residence of his son, in
the enjoyment of good health and spirits.
With the exception of a slight deafness, and
weakness of the limbs, the old gentleman is
as bright, lively and hopeful, as when ten years
younger.
The amount of money spent in New York
on the japanese was 1925, 900. The supply
originally voted was $50, 900. The Journal Of
Commerce says, any tax payer may contest
he payment Of all excess over the regular APP
propriationi and hopes it will be done, as a
lesson both to u~surping Common Councils,
and TO people who consider il fair TO charge
the city three times what they would charge a
private individual for the same thing.