Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-21
Current News Items,

The dran for the last 300 900 men called
for by our worthy and interchangeable Chief
magistrate, is fx,d for the 18th Of February
ensuing. "Be ye, therefore, ready.
The Presidents very latesf call for men
appears in our p.por to-day We AAelI en-
deavor. a. these Calls ARE soundeS~-no mat
ter in how rapid succession--lo 10y them
promptly before our readers A. items OF
news they are Of stirring inlefea.
Fessenieu, Blair, and Stanton have been
named already rs rrobs bic successors Of Mr..
DAYTON to the French Ministry Our opinion
IS ,hst Henry Raymond, Of the New York
Times will be the lucky loyalist.
The damage done to steamers in the bar
Dor Of St Louis, by moving ice, on the l9Ih
inst amounted to about $500 o0e, III which
about $50 600 is covered by lnaurance.
The latos, news from Grant Is that heavy
firing has been heard in the vicinity OF Dpteh
Gap Canal ,u.,.-
The rebel pa pers say that Fort hchlhs'er
was only defended by 100 men; bnt the Fed
erals claim to have captured 200 men there
also q heavy guns aud abundant supplies - -
The chief Importance Of the capture OF this
fort. however, is, that It furnishes an open
port through which Shcrman.cah draw sup
plies
II is claimed, unoficiaiIy, that General
Thomas has captured six'y-oue of Hoods
guns. Official news from that quarter has
been withheld, Tor some reason, for the asst
two DAYS. SIxy.one guns are several. At
last accounts Thomas WAS near Columbia aud
Hoods army was getting over Duck river
with all haste All this news Purports to come
from officers Of Rousseau's staff who have ar
rived at Nashville,
The ship Mercury sailed from New York
for Havre Yesterday. When outside OF Sandy
Hook her crew muiined and a fight ensued.
The vessel was turned hack and anchored IN
Quarantine. The crew we're put in irons.
The story, detailed in our morning dispatch
es concerning the taking OF Of the North
Carolina cavalry scout, may possibly be true
but it sounds very like u fabrication. seoul
so sharp and wary, as the one represented il
the dispatch would scarcely be caught nap
ing under circum stances 50 certainly fatal t.
him.
Minister Dayton, on the day Of his death
left his house in perfect health to call upon q
LADY at Hotel Delavan. Shortly after entering
the room, however, he complained OF feeling
unwsll, and laid down upon the sofa where
he expired as il going to sleep. He was fifty
eight years old.
The Herald says France and England arr
engaged in special negotiations on American
affairs, aud that Englend is trying to con
vince Louis Napoleon that France and Eng
land were both menaced by the Unite'
States.
We clip the following item and loarning
from the "Covington news of the Oinehnai
Gazette. There is smell Of desPotism upoI
it, that is unmistakable: ~
A HEAVY PENALTY-One OF our wealth,
citizens, who failed to pay his income tn
within the time prescribed by law was requr
ed TO pay penalty Of $l,OO2, yesterday t
Collector Nixon.
By Rich mond dispatch dated the To-
instant, it is reported that heavy engage
ment was progressing in front OF Savanna
on the 10th,
Lee is evacuating Petersburg as usua
This intelligence has very familiar sount
and creates about as profound a sensation
that other dispatch announcing "heavy frin
heard at Dutch Gap Canal ~ i..