Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-02
Good News for the Fifth Ward B,

/ NNNN @NNWo Ava NAO = AAbu W hIu by
dispatch from Columbus we are informed that
the City Of Dayton has received credit for 40
men additionAl-giving a credit of 3 men to
the 9th Ward, thus reducing the number to
be furnished 10 rs. Three thousand dollars
will clear the Ward OF the draft Over one.
half of this amount is already subscribed and
the balance can be easily raised if every man
liable will help. A Bill is now before the
Legislature, and will certainly pass, to refund
to subscribers all local bounties by ,hem paid,
so that you who have subscribed, or will now
subscribe, to clear the Ward of Draft, are on
ty Loaning the money temporarily
There is no time to be lost Let every man
liable to draft in the Fifth Ward, and all 9th
era who are willing TO help clear the Ward,
meet at Oregon Engine House on this (Wall
nesday) evening, at o'clock,
BY request of THE COMMITTEES.
s.Ufal alNUIT f. ------- - ----AAL.
R@-Butler the Beast has placed niger
guard over the rebel prisoners at Point Look.
out. He has also set to work in Norfolk, as
street scavenger, "a foul mouthed seces-
slonist ot Portsmouth This information
willbe rolled as a sweet morse under the
tongues Of the more malignant northern 10y
alsts, but the Federal prisoners who may be
selected as yiet ms, of q Just retaliation for
these ontrages, will not enjoy the matter near
so much. Our prisoners at Richmond and
elsewhere, have endured too much misery al.
ready III consequence of the brutality of this
gross, vulgar monster Why is he allowed to
hold his place, when so many Of our brave
men must pine in pestilential prisons in con.
sequencep Win not those prisoners them.
selves ask why the dignity Of brute should
be preserved at such sad cost to them Ii is |
most cruel-it is damnable. To the devil
with BntleF, and liberty to the brave, bonest
thousands, who owe their captivity to him
a Fourth Ward.-At meeting held 10 the |
Fourth Ward Engine House the following
committee wss appointed to solicit subscr,p.
tons to free the ward from draft Charles
Weaves, Joseph Schmidt, John w asers,f John
Genagel, Edward johnson, Richard Baker. |
DR. L. Hubbard, T. l. Emerson, A. FFehnd, |
hot The committee we're instructed 10 meet |
at Dietrlcks Drug Store, at o'clock this
morning, to commence their work AT once.
On motion, the meeting adjourned 10 meet
ms evening at o'clock, NJ Engine House 10 /
near the report OF Committee.
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H@-The apprehension for sherman is eve
ry day deepening, The story Of his having
reached Meridian, and points beyond is now
denied, aud his whereabouts fixed at Selma
de has thrown up earthworks around the
Town, but being without supplies, without
cavalry, or cooperation of federal forces, aud
having no open line Of communication, his
position is extremely critical The capture OF
bis whole command is among the possibiR.
hes, and disaster almost inevitable.
HeApWe have been powerfully convinced,
BY the recent perusal of protrac;cd newspa-
per effort, that the poor private soldier may
be buried with military honors, trpOn appli.
cation of his pidoON That sort of gratitude
-doled out to order--is not specially calcu.