Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-09-22

publish, to-day, complete 9nd accurate lists
Of the names Of all tho men drafted in this
county,
Printer Wanted--A good compositor
oRn have steady employmentin in this Office, by
applying soon.
The Liar and Coward -Ben Wade, the
bully boy Chat used 10 be) with the glass eye
and Roman nose, in speech at Meadeville,
Pa, ON the l7lh inst, said 81 make the
charge, without fear Of contradiction, that
Mcclellan, in his whole military career was
never under fire." ltwoud be we'll for Ben
jamin, il as much could be said Of hun But
we charge, without contradiction, that he pas
"uuder fire. once, at least, in his Congress.
sional career, and was morlally woohoon.ded,
at that During this memorable engagement
he was Struck very nearly where he lived with
the imputntion Of being "lsr and COW.
ardl' aud he Immediately fell from the high
estate of "a man who would Gght," TO the ig-
nominious level Of the mendacious, pusilani-
nous, gostering bastard. Loss heavy on the
side of Benjamin. We mention the fact of
his having been under fire" as q preface to
the remark that he has been ouuder par" ev.
er since. .'
The potroou who cleared" to resent a
most grievous and damaging insult, when il
was hurled INTO his very teeth, will hardly
succeed in washing the dishonorable stain of
cowardce from his character, by asserting
that he does not "lear" contradiction OF
course, he don't The man who can swallow
the imputalion Of being "liar and coward"
need never be- afraid Of Capitalization. -
Contradiction has no terrors for such. Nei-
iher is it worth while to waste breath in con
tradicting the selCconfessed liar aud coward
for the ISLANDERS of such are Ms harmless as
they themselves are contemplate
Dangerous Accident to Johnny Book
er.--Johnny Booker, we'll known through.
out the country as clown, and comic delin
eator-"a fEllow of infinite jest and n uni.
versal public lavorte, was accidentally shot
last night, during the exhibition of G. +. Bal
ley & Go, q circus and menagerie in this city
by n boy named jacob chamberlain, some
lG or II years old. The shot passed through
the upper part Of the right hung Of Mr., Book
er. who is now lying at the Montgomery
House, in this city, in q very critical condi
ton
The circumstances attending the affair, as
nearly as VIZ can learn them, are these To.
ward the close Of tho exhibition a5oye-men-
toned between g aud 9 o'clock--a difficult
" arose between the canvass.man in the en-
ploy OF the show proprletors, aud young Cham
berlaiH, im consequence Of the iatters perss-
tence IN holding seat upon the ticket wagon
He came down, however aud short time az
terward, kicked over the lantern OF the can.
vRss mnn, once aud again, when he was kick
ed in return. He then fired at his assailant,
missing him, and wounding Booker as above,
who was passing from the main pavilion TO-
thatin which he was 10 give an exhibition af
ter the conclusion of the circus. We were
approaching ;he canvass-and were within a
hundred yards or less of il, when the shooting
hNNhiAths We u'tAIh uo1lhH Noltt tAtlhiu,
damn him, why don't you shoot himG' and
Immediately afterward the pistol was fired -
For the accuracy of the particulars we have
given, beyon what came within our own OBJ.
servation, we do not vouch, of course And
it is but just to add that the version we have
published is that Of the showmen, and the
friends M we'll of the man who was fired st,
as Of him who was injured
Chamberlain is the son of respectable and
worthy parents, resident on Logan street,
who are no doubt greatly distressed by his un,
toward conduct At lust accounts, he had g.
lnded the officers, aud was still at large
"The hospitals at Washington have been
about empiied of their patients. - Rdshiag-
ton Special
Tho people of the whole country are in the
condition Of the hospitals. They are "empt-
ed OF their patience with this abon,inable
Just Published Biographical Mem
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