Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-10-24
NEWS OF MN nAY.

the hospitals at Warrington belonging to
regiments now in the West and South, to
hospitals in Ohio. 'a ~. ..aa
A contemporary thinks the negro is
rising in the scale of Old Abe's mind. He
styled them in 1859 the negroes, in 1850
the colored men, 1861 the intelligent con
traband, and in 1882 free Americans of
African descent. 1'a .b..
LOOKOUT MoUNTAIE.-Is within two
and half miles of General Rosecrans'
headquarters at Chattanooga, and from its
position commands our camp, the river
woich flows at its base, and the railroad
which hugs the river as the Baltimore and
Ohio does the Potomac at Harper's Ferry.
These latter are fully commanded by the
enemy's guns, which the mountain already
bears on its slopes The Chicago Tribune
says, that not steamboat or car can
move from the sources of supply to our
from without certain destruction on its
way. This paper intimates that the sur
render of this important position to the
enemy was unnecessary, that it must be
again recovered, and that the waste of life
in the attempt will be enormous. i.au
1t is now ascertained that cut Of the
two hundred and fifty Mexican notables
who are represented as having voted un-
animously for an empire there were actu-
ally one hundred and ten "abstentiqus."
The Naples journals announce that the
operations for the submersion of the sub
marine electric cable between the coast Of
Tuscany and the island of Elba are COM
pleted, and that the telegraphie office at
Porte Ferrajo (Elba) has been oponed.
The late battle between the two branches
Of the Chiekamanga river, was fought on
Tennessee soil, about one mile from the
State line. and hence the "Battle Of North
Georgia" is a misnomer, says the Colum-
bus San. ...'-.. ~ Na
Between the two armies all the bridges
on the Orange and Alexandria railroad,
including the important bridge over Cedar
Run, whinh has thus far escaped destruc-
ton, have been destroyed. The advance
of our army will thus be Transformed into
bridge building enterprise.
The vessel that attacked the new Iron
sides and endeavored to destroy her by a
torpedo explosion proved to be the David.
She escaped without any material injury !;
her pilot and engineer were saved, and not
lost as at first reported. 10 200
A New Hampshire paper says those
wko went to Lebanon one day last week,
for examination, were shocked to see a
white man there, followed by his young
son, whom he was endeavoring to sell at
the highest price as substitute. The
mau, at last, after much bantering, sold
his boy for four hundred and fifty dollars,
and pocketed the greenbacks with the
coolest satisfaction, while the boy dejested-
ly passed into the Proyo's office to report
for service. aa
The New York Herald persists in the
statement that General Fremont will be
brought out as an anti-Cabinet Republi-
can candidate for the Presidency.
General Graham, just from Richmond,
sold his pateet leather boots to an officer
there about to be married for four hundred
dollars.
While General Mcclellan is on retired
, pay, General Fremont receives full wages,
besides perquisites from the Pacific Rail-
road.
The Democrats of Norwich, Conn.,, have
= opened public reading room. An excel
. lent idea. raIr So -bHtA lif
Mr.. George Peabody has recently pre-
sented Yale College with geological cab
net said to be worth not less than $685.
! 600.
General Wool has been served with
( notice of an action 10 the Supreme Court,
. for illegal arrest and Imprisonment in Fort
. Lafayette. a ''-
Viscount Raynham has introduced A