Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-09-01
NEWS GLEANaNGs.

track the train running between Steuben-
vile and Cadiz in this State. 1t was un-
questionably the work of some filthy Abo-
litionists who, aware that Hon. GEoRoE
E. PUoH was on board, with large num-
Der Of Democrats. sought to destroy the
life OF the eloquent champion Of Democ-
rscy and that of hundreds of other honest
men, But there is not a step in infamy
which a certain class Of the Abolitionists
are not ready to take
A Memphis dispatch. dated Both ult.,
reports General Davidson's advance Of the
force invading Arkansas at Bayou Meter,
ffty-four miles from Little Rock Near
this point ths rebels have determined to
make their stand, and lighting between
the opposing pickets has already taken
place. Price is in command of the enemy,
who are said to be $4,000 strong,
A Washington dispatch of the 3lst ult.
says that Secretary Wells has gone North
war on to. I Of inspection through the
navy yards of Portsmouth, CharlestOwn,
Brooklyn and Philadelphia.
The French are rapidly progressing in
their subjugation of Mexico. The last re-
port from there states that Minatitlan has
been occupied by them. and at last advices
an expedition was in progress against
Tampico.
The draft in New York was concluded
on Friday last
Once more We have rumors of another
rebel invasion OF Kentucky Small parti-
zan bands are reported az having entered
through Cumberland Gap certain counties
in the Southeastern portion of the State,
and it is said that the rebel General Pres
ton has a considerable force in the noun
tains of Western Virginia designed Tor
in Kentucky. We place no
confidence in these statements.
The papers are full of accounts Of the
utter demonstration of the Confederate ar
mics We have had innumerable accounts
to the same effect for more than two years
past
An infamous lie, gotten up by villain
GUS Abolitonists, has Just been set on foot,
to the effect that Mr.. Vallandigham, while
in this section (Stevenson. North Alaba-
MAJ repeatedly exhorled the rebels to hold
on to Vicksburg, declaring that the sue
cess of his party in Ohio depended alto
gether on the ability of the rebel Govern.
ment to battle the Union armies besieging
that place. This damnable lie, purport-
ing TO he despatch from Stevenson, AL
ALBANIA originated. we believe, in the Office
Of the Cincinnati Gazette, and shows con-
that the Abolitionists, feeling
their own weakness in this State. have re-
sorted to wholesale falsehoods as their on
ly means of political subsistence.
Thomas z. BrSrnlette, the Governor
elect of Kentucky, was inaugurated at
Frankfort this morning. Ii the prepara-
lions for the occasion were completed as
it was, doubtless, an i'm.
posing affair
Extracts from the latest Richmond pa.
pers indicate that the rebels at Charleston
are not done fighting yet. They say that
a few obstacles still remain between Forts
Wagner and Sumter which will be likely
to impede for some time the progress Of
our iron-clads.
Itis thought that the rebels are svAcuat.
ing the whole of Tennessee. Their cav
airy are reported as concentrating at Rome,
Georgia.
The Navy Department has decided to
build smother feet Of iron clads of inn
mense size and strength.
There is probability that important
news from Kansas will reach US in few
days. A dispatch from headquarters.
Clarendon, Arkansas. states that the
rebels under Price. Marmaduke and Others
are concentrating at Bayou Meteor, near
Little Rock. in large force to oppose Gen.
eral Steelo's invasion Of that State. The
rebels are reported as thirty thousand
strong A 6oht is aVn.c,od 80 -.