Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-09-24
NEWS OF TIE pAY.

Int plhCt Ihllti thui huiitnuOls
The French have occupied Matamoras
with few thousand troops, and collision
is apprehonded between the French and
Federal gunboats at the mouth of the Rio
Grande. Governor Morehead writes from
Paris that secret treaty Of recognition
has been negotiated between Napoleon and
jeff Davis, through the instrumentality of
Slidell.
Dates from Europe are to the oh. per
steamship Hecla, The London Morning
Post expresses the belief that the iron
rams at Liverpool, suspected to be for the
Confederates, will not be allowed to sail.
The assertion is made that they were built
under contract with the late Pasha Of
Egypt, which contract the present Pasha
has repudiated.
Major General James b. Mcpherson,
United States Volunteers-captain Of En-
giueers-has been appointed a BrigOdier
General in the regular army in place of
General Harney, retired.
The news to-day from the Army Of the
Potomac indie ties a forward movement by
General Meade, who is reported as having
crossed the Rapidan without meeting re-
sstance General Meade is represented
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vile where General Lee has constructed
Notifications, and where it is expecaed q
battle will soon occur.
a large delegation of citizens, appoint
ed to procure a change in the military COM
mand of Missouri, left St Louis on Tues
day for Washington City.
Various statements have recently been
made relative to the action OF the Arch
Duke Macmillan as to the new throne of
Mexico. 1t is now reported that he has
accepted the offer Of Louis Napoleon. His
seat in Mexico will be rather uncomforta-
BILE.
Secretary Stanton is using the money
received for exemptions by the enrolling
officers, TO by negroes for soldiers in Mary
land.
A special dispatch from Warrington
says thut John Minor Bolts, who is on
rebel parol, and residing at Culpepper, lost
two horses by theiving soldiers recently
John speaks fauorably of Mcclellan and
Meade, but for some reason is down on
Hooker, Pope and Burnside.
The Cincinnati Commercial says that
there about fifty regiments and ten batter
les of Ohio volunteers with General Rose
Grams.
The recruiting officers OF New Jersey
now take photograph of each man as he
is enlisted. The plan brings horrible con-
tortions upon the countenances of bounty
jumpers.
A thorough canvass Of Milwaukee hai
Just been completed, showing that its pop
ulation is 50,04S This is an increase o
), 5,265 since 1860.
The Rockville (Maryland) Sentinel o
the llth instant says that in consequenc,
of the frequent absconding Of slaves from
that region, the farmers will not have sufii
cient help to gather their fall crops.
A dispatch from Washington dateC
the 23rd instant says 'Orders to Burn
side to reinforce Rosecrans left here on th
- 18th, and could not possibly have reached
, him under three days At this time h
y was at Jonesboro when he expected to en-
counter Lougstreet's reinforcements goinl
'o to Bragg. The battle at Chattanoog
0' commencing on the 18th, it will be seen h
: could not possibly effect junction witt
Rosecrans, one hundred and fifty miles of
N in the time intervening between receiving
PC the order and Bragg's attack.
-, The latest European intelligence whic
o., reached us developes several items oil con
nd siderable interest, as follows
&c First, the report from the South that tn
Confederate Government hac negotiated
ns loan in France of one hundred millions o
Of the security of cotton now in the Soutl
y" Second, that Macmillan has accepted ii
- Throne of Mexico. These events give il
creasing probability to the talk about a