Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-02
Current News Items.

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The testimony in the military trials at ln-
dianapols has closed, aud tho argument will
commence uext Tuesday.
podd writes from Windsor that he was not
ia conusiou with Morton Of course be will
deny IL
The r R.pubGcnus are rrumblng beeause
Lincoln does not appoint Chase to the Chief
Iudic,ship.
Gen. Gilmore is to report to Gen, Candy,
at New Orleans.
Affairs in Mexico ARE in deplorabs state
under the imperial rule
Il is believed that Magrudera army IS
trying to cross the Mississippi to join
Hood
General Grant is massing troops on his leil,
with the intention, evidently, Of making an
other attack on Richmond,
Judge Holt is said to be the successor OF
Attorney General Bates in the Cabinet
There is much excitement in Nashville on
account OF the near approach Of Hoods ar
nv. The two armies are skirmishing for po-
silous.
conspiracy to burn the Government stores
bas been discovered in Memphis.
The Richmond Dispatch says the Georgia
papers publish much news OF Sherman which
it would be mprudvnt to copy
The wing Of Shermau's army, when II
reached Madison, numbered 10000 men
Sherman is marching about seven miles day
on the average.
In an attempt Of the Federal prisoners con
fined at Salisbury North Carolina to escape,
about lorty we're killed by the guard, aud a
large number were wounded. The attempt
failed
The New York Herald's New Orleans cor
respondence says General A l. Lee, at Ba'
ton Rouge, captured about 200 Confederate
prsoners, beside 700 horses and mules, OF
Liberty, Louisiana
The Tremon, Journal (RepubcSn) is for
sale
The ilillsboro Gazstte, (Dem is also in
the market.
The immortal General John Pope has re.
ported to General Grant Al City Point for dn-
ty
The Presidential message is in the hands OF
the prinlers at Washington Very little inter
est is fe Il ns TO what il may contain
Five or six Thousand deserters from the Fed
eral army arc in Canada, or in the immedi-
ate vicinity OF Niagara Falls
Contrary to former report it is determined
to continue the headquarters Of this military
district at Cincinnati
Itiss,id that General Banks has been re.
stored to tho position Of Commander OF the
Department of the Cult, including Louisiana,
Arkansas and Missouri
Tho battle Of Franklin is said to have been
one of the most desperate aud in proportion
to the numbers engaged, one Of the bloodiest
of the war.
The rebel papers are very silent concerning
Sherman; though it is said that the belief
prevails in Savannah that he was marching
on that city in two columns.
The Richmond Dispatch publishes iaiT
specimen Of what 1t calls Yankee news,
Philadelphia canard, about the three Cover
nors of Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi
Offering terms of peace to Sherman.
Soldiers are frequently cheated out o
their claims by submitting them to pretended
agents in Washington.
The price OF gas, on aud after Decembe
3lst, is to be advanced 30 per cent. on th
Cincinnati people
A correspondent Of the Commercial, pres
ent Mt the late fight between Hood and Scho
field estimates the rebel loss at 5000 (b
telegraph put it at $1,000 aud our loss at 1O
Che telegraph said 500)
Government horses that die at Louisville
are dressed aud sold as meat in the.market
of that city