Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-20
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

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been done by these intensely loyal people.
We.have not heard of one Democrat en-
gagged in this business How does it
come that all this swindling away the
peoples money, is done by persons of
tried loyalty. We fear the words ''loy-
atty" and "theft" will become aynony-
nous in time.
The Philadelphia Age says "If a
bankrupt were to tell his creditors, "Here
bring in your bills-I will give each of
you bond Of interest for your debt" and
then plunge into greater extravaganza,
the League would roll its eyes in horror at
so great violation of mercantile honesty.
But if MIR. Secretary Chase says to the
national creditors, "Herc--bring in yonr
greenbacks-I will give you bonds at six
per cent year." every Lacquer in the
land applauds it as consummate financial
ability. We are certainly living in strange
times.
A radical print talks about the "change
of opinion in Maryland" This change
is like that of the individual unexpectedly
robbed by foot-pad. ~ did not think
of meeting a robber here" observed the
victim, as he handed over his purse.
"Do you call me robber % said the ruff
fan, presenting pistol. '.Oh, no that
argument convinces me you are a very
honest gentleman" was the answer.
After this fashion, if at all, Maryland
ranks among the converts to abolition.
Joseph e, Johnston, who commands in
the rebel Department of Georgia and Ala
bama, is considered by good military cri-
tics to be the equal Of General Lee as a
strategist. He gave up East Tennessee to
concentrate for the defense of his chosen
line, extending through region fifty
miles each side of line drawn from Au-
gusta, Georgia, to Mobile, and curving
Northward enough to take in Rome and
all the rich growing counties of Alabama
The Boston Transcript, obtaining its in
formation from a gentleman who has lived
many years in the South, states that he
will be able in this region to subsist
force Of one hundred and fifty thousand
men. The middle counties OF Alabama
have produced an abundant crop of corn
and twice as much rice as is usually
raised, SO that while the rations of the reb-
el army lack variety, there is no danger of
starvation. As military department it
is self-sustaining. except in facilities for
moulding the largest size cannon.
Knayes are in all ranks, but the Aboli-
ton party has three to one,-in public
life. Indeed, the refuse of the Democratic
party seems Of late, to be taken up, as
candidates for office, by the Republicans,
-peradventure, because the refuse of
Democracy, is preferable to the elite of
Abolitionism
A curious fact is said to have recently
transpired. In settling up accounts be-
tween the Federal Government and the
State of New Hampshire, it was discov-
cred that the State had been owing Un-
Gle Sam ten thousand dollars since the
war of 1912.
The Louisville Democrat, of Wednes-
day, says the number of hogs packed in
that city, up to date, was little upward
of 10000 head. Prices had advanced,
and packers were paying S6 25 and Sc 56
net 4; the outside figure for heavy hogs.
A clergyman in New York has sued
his aunt for five thousand dollars for hit
ting him in the back with stone because
he couldn't pay his board.
The Adiutant General of the United
States seems to have dropped his military
duties and become general overseer of the
blacks on the vacated plantations in the
South. s Hl.G G
The largest payments ever made at the
Treasury in any one day in the history of
the nation were made last Thursday, when
over twenty-five million dollars were paid
out. i''
Our advices from Memphis state that
the guerrillas are lowering around that
place, conscriptng all the citizens and