Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-12-14
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

iered by philosopher for the discovery OF
one single man who ever asked for j dit
tie gooi advice" and then followedit.
The Philadelphia Enquirer, which
termed "Stonewall" jackson an ovdrated
imbecile, now pronounces General IIar-
dee "a humbug."
The number of languages spoken n the
whole world is 4,061.
People usually consider two hands
enough for all purposes, but we re9ntly
saw man who had got little bslini
hand.
In late speech in Indiana, Mr.. Chase
said "Ihis country must be born again"
Alas, poor countryl 1t must have aiaw-
lul time of it, with such midwives as Clase,
Old John Brown and Lincoln.
The gross earnings of the New York
Central Railroad for the present year are
There are just eleven mil
lions of reasons why the managers of that
road should be for the war.
The Huntington Indiana Democrat,
raises the name of Hon. @. l.. Vallanaig-
ham for President in 1864.
The Government has issued an otler
to seize all the hogs in the three counties
of Kentucky. A wag suggests that they
are to be used as corps of sappers ind
miners for the negro brigade" Butler
ought to command them.
The contending armies in Virginia hlve
both gone into winter quarters. 1t isAid
Meade will be retained as commanded Of
tho Army Of the Potomac.
As soon as Congress gets to work 80
Democrats will start some important h.
vestigating committees. They are dedr-
mined to show up the frauds and rascalitls
which have been and are still prevalentln
almost every department of it. The frauI 5
in the Quartermaster and Commissary D.
partments alone amount to millions of ID :
lars.
Senator Wilson, from the Military Con !
mittee has proposed some importait {
amendments to the Conscript Bill Tie
causes for exemptions are to be REDUCED; /;
the three bundled clause is Il le
stricken out, and the bill generally mai o
more odious. M
Somebody has managed to get god
word for Lincoln into London litei1H
journal, and, though it is as ridiculouslg
incorrect as English writer's usually are oIl
the geography and politics of this county
the Republican press is delighted, and pas
ses the morsel around with gusto al,ropd
to such rarity.
Mr.. Benjamin r. Boyd, father Of Mis|
"Belle Boyd" who was recen tly sent
second time across the lines, Gied X
Georgetown, District of Columbia, d
Sunday night, while on visit to that place
MIR. Boyd, previous to the war, was
merchant at Martinsburg, Va, but retired
from business.
The papers are discovering the politici
OF General Grant. What he is now vi
cannot say, but 1856 ho was an ont4Ands
out Old Hunker Democrat, and as good an,
Abalitionist hater as there was North brI
South of Mason and Dixon's line. He
was member of the National Deraocta-
tic Convention which nominated James
Buchanan, and voted every time for tle
Hardshell delegation of New York.
Robbing little children OF their clothes
is becoming a common practice in New
York. They are caught or enticed into
out-of-the-way places, stripped, and left
to find their way home.
A New York broker named Dixon, ar
rested on charge of dealing in counterfeit
money, was found to have over five thou
sand dollars in bogus bills in his posses,
sion. n
In recent history Of England, from
the fall of Woolsey to the death Of ElizaI
beth, written by Frouse; are published letA
ters to Boutwell,. whicn have been found
in Spain, and. Il genuine, prove hernnd