Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-03
Current News Items,

The Hartford Comm Times, of January
2sth, says ut was thought by some persons
that tho notorious Ben. Butler would be on
the express train from New York to this city
this noon; and ]. NJ Ginzier, Of 1876 State
street anxious to collect of him the sum OF
$500 to 800 claimed to be long due, and
which his previous efforts had failed to extort
from the Lowell lawyer General, was on hand
TO give him his compliments The train was
half an hour late, aud when it did come no
Butler could be found aboard II he was on
the train he must have been hidden in a bag
gage car.
II these deusious Of peace through nego-
tiation shall be dispelled, let all business men
look to see gold rise more rapidly than ever,
and more steadily, subject only to temporary
depressions because Of the hopes built upon
the possible capture ofone or other ofthe rebel
cities, and to more permanent depression
from the possible capture with them OF one OF
oil er Of armies defending them.
The objective points Of the coming cam
paien will doubtless be, first, Richmond to be
assailed or beleuguered by the armies OF
Grant. and such o.her forces as may reinforce
him from the North or after the completion oi
the several undertakings in which they are
now engaged. Second Wilmington Is to be
assaied by the forces under Terry and the
navy; Third, Charleston by Sherman from
the land side and the force and navy at Beau
fort from the front and perhaps fourth, Mo-
bile by the forces under Thomas and navy
under Farragut, or by the land forces only
The Springfield Union says that since the
war tax struck the whisky in that place, 1t
has become SO weak that it is run in candle
molds, frozen and sold by the stick
A translation OF the frat volume OF the
Emperor Napoleon's "LAfe Of Caesar" will be
iseued in London by the end of February
The Emperor will superintend the trunsla-
tion OF the work
When Seward learned that the wife of Mr.
Foote had come within onr lines at Alexau-
dria, he, says a writer, Fin llutter OF excite
ment, met her there in a carriage, and bore
her off trumphantly 10 Washington. In a
few days after, Foote boasted OF his own and
his wiie's fidelity to the South, and add
ed that the latter hung out the first secession
flag ever displayed in Nashville.
The Empress Eugenie WILL it is said, az
near at the next ball OF the Tulleries In a
dress of new manufacture, pattern of which
was sent, by a maker at Lyons, and which has
had immense success tits made Of silk and
silver, the reflections of which are so splendid
and the shades so soft that the general aspect
resembles the effect of the moon on the waters
of lake This stuff has already received
the name Of Drap de Phoebe.
We are glad to say that Mr.. Lincoln seems
to have adopted that plank of the Democratic
platform which proposed to "exhaust the re-
sources of Statesmanshp' in a settlement of
our national difficulties
The Cincinnati Commercial growls over the
prospect of peace, and is es unbelieving as
Thomas of old But peace is coming; and
when it comes four cylinder presses will not,
Tor long time, have so many sheets TO issue
daily as now.
The Washington special to the Commercial
admits the growing prospects of peace. 1t
says that "the fact can no longer be disguised >
(Which is an admission that the Commercial
has been Disgusting facts,) that the belief is
hourly growing stronger here that the inform
al negotiations now going on are paving the
way for peace. He adds, under date Of Feb.
2, "there is much more decided faith in these
(the peace negotiatons) to-day, in high quar-
ters, than there was yesterday