Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-07-11
Current News Items.

airy has arrived in Washington from Macon,
Georgia, with forty boxes Of captured archives
Of the rebel Government They were cap
tured from Howell Cobb, in whose possession
they had been placed for safe keeping They
comprise complete record of the proceedings
Of the Provisional Congress held ct Mont
gomery in 1861.
The bodies Of the four persons executed by
the Military Commission yet remain in the
graves within the Arsenal grounds Il
appears that the reason why the bodies are
not given to their friends, is the idea that
there might be public demonstrations made
by their friends.
General Popes plan for the treatment Of
the Indians in the Northwest meets with the
approval of the President and the Commits
sionsr of Indian Affairs, General Pope pro-
noses to put an end to the Indian traders, and
nut the trade in the hands Of the officers Of
the Government
A delegation from Florida is in Washington
TO have an interview with the President upon
the subject of the reorganization of that
State. The commission favors the appoint
ment of exJudge Marvin as Governor lie
is now residing in New York City.
The Grand Jury in Baltimore has indicted
for treason thirteen prominent Maryland men
including Bradley johnson and the noted
Harry Gilmore. sa
1t is thought the authorities will order JEFF.
Davis to be tried before a military court for
the murder Of the late President.
They have ascertsined the names Of the
regiment and State ol l,GSS soldiers in the
Antetsm National Cemetery.
Our East India Naval Squadron s TO be
reenforced and put upon complete equality
with those of England and France.
The steamer Costa Rica has arrived in New
York, bringing $3.50, 900 in treasure.
Orders are soon to DO issued mastering GU
of service over $50 Major and Brigadier
Generals, who have had comfortable and
pleasant positions in Northern cities, on
courts martial. 1t is the intention OF General
Grant to substitute in their places officers who
have distinguished themselves in the war.
uo SullllCOlut AuNtTlletIa EEtSlS luhb
the Democrats in their county assemblies,
when they elect delegates to the State Con.
vention, should refrain from making plat
forms-tnat that work had better be left to
the State Convention.
The Petersburg Express says the month OF
June was the hottest experienced in Virginia
for many years During thirty days the
thermometer did not fall below eighty.six, and
most of the time it was among the niueties.
Anna DickersoF denies that she is studying
for the stage. aud says she shall stick to the
platform. IfAnna would marry, settle down,
and devote herself to the next generation,
she might be regarded as a Useful citizen.
At Coshocton, on the Fourth. one of Sher.
mans soldiers knocked down Republican
for saying General Sherman was no great
scratch"
The Christian Commission having failed to
make the first payment on its purchase of
Ford's Theater, Washington, its proprietor
announces it's immediate opening.
John Hardy, late editor of the Selma (Al
albany Sentinel, has been appointed United
States Marshal in that Stale by the President
II is estimated there are now 20, 900 Amer.
leans in Europe who spend ten dollars pei
day in gold, on an average or nearly 81 800
900 per week. --a.
The South Carolina planters prefer ten cents
pound in gold for their cotton to fifteen
cents in greenbacks.
The town OF Mention, Maryland, has almost
entirely been destroyed by fire.
The yellow fever is prevailing to an alarm.
entent in Wilmington, North Crrohna.
The mortality among the negro soldiers
in the Mississippi valley, has been pro-
verbally large. One regiment over eleven
hundred strong, raised in one neighbor-