The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03
PoIltIcnl nnd MlsceIlaneous.

thority.
Lee is brnGmg the lea'lipg men Of Yir-
gina aud the South to bear upon the Pres
idcnt In favor Of the restoration of the Ar
llngton estate, D0u't let Bon Butler hear
of It, or he will slip down to Washington |
some stormy night, when honest people arc |
not abroad, and steal the whole property |
before morning. e" aH .t tlr
The receipts Of the internal revenue |
throughout the United States for the month |
of January are about S20,OOOOOO.
A royal decree has Just been published In
Cuba, disappearing Of the efforts ofa so
ciety to break up the African slave-tradc.
The Legislature Of MARYLAND, yesterday,
appropriated SS000n making In all one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars APP
propratcd To complete the work of incoS-
ing grading and ornameennting, the Ante
tam Cemetery, which viii be ready early
in the spring to receive she bodies of the
heroes who fell in that memorable battle.
Their remains TO the number of eight
thousand, are now buried In the mountains.
roads and fields. in that region.
The guards on the trains on the Swedish
| railways are rCqtiired to have knowledge
of the elements Of surgery, that in case "
Iaccidents they may be able to render medf-
| cal assistance. An ambulance fitted up
with every requisite, forms part of each
train. .r.,
THE GREAT ARrEsIAN WELLst--The Ar
tesian wells OF Chicago have proved splen-
Ibid success They are now discharging
considerably over q million gallons per day
of pure water, They are located about
three miles from the City Hall of Chicago.
and are seven hundred feet in depth,
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FGnian raids or for some other purpose are
still being prosecuted in Canada. Working
parties of Royal Artillery are engaged in
conveying heavy Armstrong guns from
Lower Town, Quebec, TO the various works
in the Upper Town.
The store of Mr.. d. Ebert, at blooming
dale, Du Page county, Ill, was entered by
robbers on Monday night, and robbed OF
$1,000, belonging TO himself aud his neigh
bors including the County Treasurer.
In the United States Court, ut. Albany,
On. ", on Saturday, Sarah Brown. iu-
! dicted for opening and divulging the com
tents of letter directed to Betsy Ray
mond in Syracuse, plead guilty, was fined
one dollar and sentenced to three months
! in the Penitcntiary. t.,I'.,
The latest South American ndvlces re-
Q port the Brazilian and allied forces as con-
:
sition on the Upper Paran. Both fleet and
army of the allies were being reinforced
4 and an overwhelming invasion of the Par
1 aguayan territory was contemplated. j
a committee Of the Legislature Of Mas
= sachusetts have unanimously reported that
according TO the laws Of that state Il wo-
man who is an ordained minister can sol
: emnize marriage. '.e
- The trial of Rev. +. p. Gallagher, Catho.
lie priest, of Rolla, Missouri, indicted fol
{ preaching aud teaching WITHOUT having Ia
II ken the oath OF the now Constellation, ha'
d been removed, on change oG venue, TO st
Louis County, and will be heard before tht
y Criminal Court at its present term. ss
' The Hartford Carpet Company has bee!
# in the habit Of dividing ten per cent
-, among its stockholders b,ir last August thu
II dividend was only eight aud It has siuc,
" been ascertained that the Company hat
i, more than three-quartcrs Of a million o
), dollars in the hands Of the bankrupt firm o
" Ketchum, Sons q Co, of New York.
~ The schooner Neptune, with forty-fo
y Southern emigrants, bound for Brazil wen
he ashore on the Ath on the coast of Cubs
Z twenty-siX miles from Havana, the Yesse
10 striking against q projecting rock. Th
passengers and crew were all saved. Som
'' made their way to Havana, whence som
y went to Mexico; some returned TO FloridS
re and some to Alabama. . ..t aluu
lie Detective Bakers private secretary ha
" been accused Of stealing an outside coat i
Chicago.
A woman died of dropsy in North Caro-
lima after losing in ten years Sl4 gallons O
water. f-
* MURDERED BoDHs FoUND.-The bodie
NJ of Asa Golfer, of Jefferson county. H. u
1t Il. Ray and j. Il. llaskins, of LOusvi Il
er murdered near IaZOO City n short tim
y, since, have been sent forward to thei
I'd friends by express. They were dealers i
g. stock, and had taken drove of mules SOut
y, to dispose of. One night auumheP Of thei
mules were stolen by guerrillas. Tnrsgi
n was made and the guerrillas oyeThauled
II but they turned and killed their pursuer
"a and fled with the stolen property. Iona
il The Home Insurance Companies Of Gin
cinnati. numbering thirty-six, in all, re
=, ported to the Assessors of the Internal Rev
w. enue in the two districs of Hamilto
d county, that they had issued policies 70
as 1865, covering property 10 the alnount c
no sll6S20,673 on which they pay internal ia
~ in the amount Of S2l,92O '..
IPEGGED OUE"-Edward B. Ketchun
p who WAS lately convicted OF forgery an
ne sentenced to serve term of four years an
rs six months Ia Sing-Sing, is working In tn
IN shoe-shop of the prison. 1t may be this
u the Broadway swells have seen his LAST
his a,oli
$; II. N. Durfee, of Ashtabula county. too
rk his wife to Michigan last October, where b
+ murdered her in secluded field. He
ne suspected Of having killed his first wife
lg husband.
of Both Houses of the Ohio Lcgislatul
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