Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-09-29
NEWS OF TlIE pAY.


Texas, through Kansas. Colonel Weir
has organized an expedition to cut them
off. The intelligence has created great ex
element in the threatened counties in Kan
sas, and the people are under arms.
The New York Tribune, in comment
ng on the disaster to the army of General
Rosecrans, says ''lf we put the whole
loss at 10000, and add to it the evidently
important captures of munitions, we shall
begin to conclude that the offensive cam
paign of General Rosecrans is at an end,
unless he is promptly and heavily rein
farced."
The Confederate General Walker, who
was lately wounded in duel in Arkansas
with General Malmaduke, has since died.
The latest intelligence received from
General Burnside represents his Head
Quarters as at Knoxville. tits stated that
there are but few Confederate troops in
East Tennessee.
The death Of General VIM. H. Lytle is
confirmed by a telegraphic dispatch to the
Cincinnati Commercial of this morning
from General p. II. Shindan.
Butler is about to stump Pennsylvania
for Curtin. The Administration keeps its
Generals busily employed, but it's expen-
sive for the nation.
The New York Sunday Times thinks
the popular divines" are to be envied 1t
says ten thousand a year and the tour of
Europe, are not bad to take. The Apos-
ties had no such pickings.
Gold took jump to 435 to-day.
A London paper says that Kossuth is
now residing in the environs of Turin. He
is in actual want of the necessaries of life
his wife is in rapid consumption, and he
is soured against the world in pitiable
degree.
James Mcpherson, Captain of Engi-
neers, and Major General of Volunteers,
has been appointed Brigadier General in
the Regular Army, vice General Harney,
retired.
Mrs. Clem White, of Selma, sister of
Mrs. Araham Lincoln, recently presented
a Confederate jack to the gunboat Hunts
vile, at Mobile.
General Roges A. Pryor has been re-
duced to the ranks for incompetency, and
is now serving in the Third Virginia cav
airy.
A general order has been issued taking
out OF the hospitals every enlisted man
(except hospitals stewards) who are fit
for duty. 1t is thought that several thou
sand will thus be speedily obtained as a
large number are employed in various
ways about the hospitals who have been
fit for active duty for months. The result
has been great reduction of the number
in the larger hospitals in this city.
The guerrilla General Richardson, who
has so long been a terror to the people of
West Tennessee, has been taken prisoner
He had ventured to Memphis in disguise,
but was recognized and arrested.
The Richmond Enquirer of recent
date says Sympathy for the Union and
desire for reconstruction is as dead as in
the days of our triumphant march to the
Capital of Pennsylvania. A single vic
tory would reinstate all the joy and hope
and confidence that CLEANED through the
Oonfederacy in June and prevailed among
our armies. No matter how discouraging
the physical aspect of affairs may appear
as long as the moral courage of the peo-
pie maintains unbroken its proud defiance
Of the enemy, we shall have no cause to
fear for our ultimate success
Another extraordinary masonic story is
related to the effect that three bushwhacll-
ers were on the point of shooting man
during the sacking of Lawrence when he
gave the grand hailing masonic sign, and
one of them instantly turned upon the 9TH
ers and threatening to shoot them if they
harmed the prisoner--took him to the en-
trance of e ravine, told him to escape, and
stood guard there to ensure his safety.