Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-10-02
NRWs OF TllE DAY.

mines OF this or any other country. They
have been but short time discovered and
the best portion of them have not been
opened, but those that are now being
worked pay from ten to twenty-five dol
lars per day Itis thought thet there are
others to be opened that will pay one hun
dred dollars per day TO the hand, from
the fact that twenty dollars to the pan
of dirt has already been taken out Of
them" fH'
The fugitive rebel Governors of the
Trans-Mississippi States--Messrs. Rcy-
nolds of Mississippi, Flanagan, of Ar
kansas, Moore, of Louisiana and Lubbock,
of Texas (the latter not yet fugitive y
have Just been in convention at Marshall,
Texas to consider the present aspect of af-
fairs in that region. They have issued an
address reviewing their misfortunes, set
ting forth their bright prospects, urging
renewed efforts, announcing that the
Western section Of the Confederacy viii
seek no destiny separate from that of the
rebel States east Of the Mississippi They
have also established themselves as
Committee of Public Safety for the pur
pose of helping the fortunes of the Con
federaey.h rA
The Abolitionists having become salts.
fled that truth viii defeat them, have re-
solved to deceive the people by relying
wholly on falsehood. t
70 Kirby Smiths att Arl,adelpha, with
thobulk Of the rsl,6l amy Of the trans.
Mississippi, oltis said to numbor 5000
men. a. tIaf'qa
Kansas, it is said, IS to he erected into a
military department, with General Curtis
in command. If such be the case, stealing
will be more in vogue there, if possible.
than at present a '.
The Chicago Times says that the ex-
pondiinres oClhe Qnartormaster's- Depart,
ment for the fiscal year ending on the 80th
of June last amounted to S875,0O0,0
If we fail to appreciate these figures, our
posterity win not
The Washington Constitutional Union
says: "a large array of radical emanci-
pationists from Missouri and Kansas,
numbering seventy-one, have madela pill
grimage to this city to demand the reno
val of General Schofeld, now in command
of the department of Missouri. They are
headed by the notorious Jim Lane, motor
ious only for his bravado and cowardice
They demur to the continuance Of Gen
eral Schofeld in his present position, be-
cause of his unwillingness to trample
down all law, civilization, and order and
let slip the blood-hounds Of anarchy, des-
olation, and devastation upon law w.abid-
ing and unofending people They will
have their labor for their pains; the Presi
dent, and majority of his Cabinet, are
inaexble in their oPpositions to the reno
val of this efficient officer"
The Nashville Union learns that Hol-
man, a notorious guerrilla, who has been
committing depredations in Middle Ten
nessee for some time past, was captured on
Thursday near Deeherd, together with a
portion of his band--nine men and four
commissioned oficers
A Memphis letter of the 23d ultimo
says that formidable expedition against
Mobile is being inaugurated, and that the
feiut against Texas will not interfere with
it. Iron-clads from the Mississippi are to
cooperate with large land force. The
same letter says Sherman's corps is on its
way to General Rosecraus, and give a ru-
NOR that McP Pherson's corps is also e,, route
in the same direction,
A correspondent Of the Chicago Times
writing from Cairo on the 9th ultimO
says Developments Of Transactions
which have taken place in this vicinity
have lately transpired that would astoend
the most incredulous, and prove to any I'M
prejudieed mind that tho war is not being
prosecuted, at lsast on the paftdf many in.
diyiduals connected directly and indirectly
with the army, for legitimate purposes, but
rather to Gil their own pockets and The
purses Of their friends, Should all the