Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-25
NEWS on TllE nAY.

Hon. L. r. Anderson, member Of Con,
gress from Kentucky, uponlthe condition
that he would procure the elease Of Trus-
ten Polk, ex-senator from Missouri, who
is now in our hands. Mr.. Anderson will
now be present at the oganizationlof the
House.
The pork packing business has gaIrcady
commenced in Louisville, kentucky and
great droves of hogs are moving upon the
city.
The President is said to be veryanxious
to resume the exchange of prisoners. The
War Department opposes it..
Secretary Chase will probably want 81, ;
OO,OOO,OOO to pay the bills with next
year.
Bennett says the DEVIL is speaking
through Beecner. A Cincinnati paper
thinks that is rather rough--on the devil.
The streets of st. Louis must be in a
pleasant condition. A paper of that city
says a woman was smothered to death in a
mud-hoe some days since.
A bill to prohibit the manufacture and
ssle Of spirituous liquors in Western Vir-
ginla is before the Legislature of that
State
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany is about to add two hundred coal
cars to its equipment, in order to meet the
demands of the trade.
Ia Another shepherd in Chicago has fallen
from grace. He deceived many young
ladies and many respectable Christians.
The tobacco season at Louisville, KY,
closed on the first of November. The
sales of the past season amounted to &c.
712 hogsheads.
The New York Polish Central Commit
tee have made arrangements to celebrate
on Monddy next, the 30th instant, the an
niversary of their great revolution. The
celebration will be held at Cooper Insti-
tute, and will, it is said, be in every way
one Of the most successful that has ever
taken place in the great metropolis
Mrs. Todd, of Kentucky, the mother of
Mrs, Lincoln arrived in Richmond on the
18th instant from City Point, on her way
to Georgia. to visit her daughter, Mrs.
General Helm. The telegraph has an
nounced the departure of that lady for
Kentucky, through the Federal lines, by
permission of General Grant.
We understand that locomotive on
the Little Miami Railroad, exploded Mon
day morning, in the neighborhood of
Fosters, scalding the engineer, Mr.. Nor
ton, and otherwise injuring him severely.
We were unable to learn the cause. This
is the first accident OF the kindHwhich has
happened on that road since II was first
opened.
The first instance of a commissioned Of
ficOr being reduced to the ranks, is the case
Of First Lieutenant Joseph j. Ennis,
Seventy first Ohio regiment, found guilty
of forging an order, detailing him to go
from Louisiana to arrest deserters, He
absented himself seven months under this
forged order. A court martial sentenced
him to serve three years or during the war,
as private, in such regiment as the Cen
eral commanding the Department might
designate, and General Burnside selected
the Twentieth Kentucky regiment, and
ordered the officer sent to it under guard,
We learn that on last Thursday
night, after the Morrow accommodation,
on the Little Miami Railroad, left Love
land, the Conductor elected soldier from
the train for refusing to pay his fare. This
train was met four miles above, at
Fosters, by freight train, which brought
the soldier into Loveland upon the cow
catcher dead.
General Order No. 25S, issued by Ma
ljor General Thomas, dismisses from the
service forty-fve officers for different Of
fences. The list embraces one Colonel,
one Lieutenant Colonel, one Major, one
Surgeon, one assistant Surgeon, fifteen
Captains, fifteen First Lieutenants, and