Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-08-28
NEWS GLEANINGs.

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The Thirty seventh Iowa regiment--the
"Gray Beard Brigade'--is one OF the Gu
riosties Of the war. 1t is composed en-
tirely Of old men, the average age of mem
bership being fifty. years. One man
is eighty-one years of age, and has TWEEN
y-one children-+fif of them in the Az
my. They have been constantly in SER
vice since the organization of the regiment,
doing, mostly, garrison duty. They claim
that if brought into action they would
have no alternative but to fight, as they
could not run.
An elderly gentleman and handsome
young lady recently arrived at Hamilton,
G. W., took fine rooms. and seemed to be
loving and happy until the lady suddenly
decamped, taking with her SO, 900 in cash
belonging to ner elderly companion, and
in spite of telegraph and police made safe
ly off with the plnnder, leaving him to di-
vulge case OF scandal and immortality for
gossips to feed upon. s
General Roger Pryor, has resigned his
commission as Brigadier General in the
Confederate army, and is now serving as
private in the 18th Virginia cavalry. 1t
is not very likely that any Of the Brigadies
in our army will initiate the example of
Pryor ''l'. .......,... s.'S.
The Montgomery Mail Of the 2lst inst,
says that "Adiuiant Cunningham, who re-
Gently arrived at Richmond, states that a
number of Morgan's men have escaped
through the Yankee lines from Ohio, swell
ing the force that succeeded in making a
through trip to fully six hundred. They
are encamped near Morristown, Tennessee,
and will soon be in condition to pick up a
few hostages for the security of their be-
loved commander" .......
The President has parloned Daniel
Stout, who was convicted at the May term
of the Circuit Oonrt of Indiana, for har
boring his brother, Reuben Stout, deser.
ter from the Union army.
Governor Curtin and large delegation
of Pennsylvania Republicans, have arrived
in Washington. There must be some
large contracts to give out.
The Secretary of War has issued the fol.
lowing "By an act Of the General As
sembly Of the State OF Iowa, approved
September IL, 1862, the right to vote for
certain State officers is given TO volunteers
or soldiers from that State in the military
of the United States, and provision is made
for the appointment of one commissioner
to each regiment of Iowa volunteers, for
the purpose of carrying ont this act IL
hereby ardered that all snch duly accredi.
ted commissioners from Iowa be furnished
with proper facilities for visiting volun-
tesrs from that State and allowed access
to them for the purpose indicated"
The central portion of Illinois has been
subject to a severe drouth this summer,
and, in consequences, it is thought that not
more than ons-third of crop of corn
will be raised in that region. There will
be hardly enough to answer the purposes
of feeding. -l .,..
No reply has yet been, received from
Earl Russell relative to the protest made
by our Government against the fitting ont
Of Anglo-rebel vessels in England. Ii
was made through Minister Adams, some
time since. but the last mail from London
brings no intimation of an answer. lal
The Savannah (Ga.) Ne,Os Of the 18th
instant says that the estimate number of
soldiers now in the Confederate army is
100000, and that il hardly reaches one-
half Of their fighting population.
: Fred, Douglass, the negro Abolition ed.
itor, has stopped the publication of his
paper at Rochester, aud announces that he
shall go South to aid General Thomas in
the organization Of his coloued regiment.
Il is evident that the General needs help,
for after all his blowing. he has not AC-
complished much in that line thus far, and
perhaps Fred is just the man for il, He
says the war isto overthrow slavery, and