The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-12-26

ploved, who are absolutely dreaded by all
the female employees. OF one OF these IL is
a common saying that no young or well
favored woman can be three days in the
treasury without being approached im-
properly by him. and the name Of the other
has become a scorn among all decent men
who know him. lie boasts ofthe favors his
position gives.
BEAST BUTLER IN TRIM.
There is now TO be seen In Avenue win
dows rich caricature of Butler. called
"Gen. Silyerspoon,' on horseback. in full
uniform, with all the stock and fixtures Of
a hippo pawnbroker's shop. The
picture is faulty in two respects It gives
the doctor too youthful md amiable IA look,
and lie exhibits but six spoons, two forks
and one silver ptcher-which Is con-
temptible inventory of the stock in Buffers
shop.
RAILROAD CLAIMS.
There is a Southern Railroad President
here urging claims for the use of his road,
during part of the war--the claims cover
ing rents for his road during the term of
It's occupation, reuts for the locomotives
and cars used or destroyed, and damages
for the wear and tear of the rails. 4 single
item of his claim is twenty-five dollars per
day for the use of the locomotives cap
tured. Taking this as q basis of cal
culaton, aud referring to Gen. Collum's
report giving the number Of locomotives
taken and the term for which they were
used. and it appears that the allowing of
such q claim win cost Che Government So
10000 for locomotives alone; and this
would probably be the smallest item in the
settlement Of the railroad account.
THE EXTRA PAY.
Congressman Lawrence. of Ohio, in a
House debate with reference to receiving
the $1,000 extra cOmpCnsa ion, denounced
the measure and asked for its repeal. Be
ing asked If he had not taken his $1,000 he
said he ''had taken 1t in obedience to the
constitution. whose requirements he had
taken an oath to support"
THE FENIANs-JAMEs STEPHENS.
The Fenians of this city, who are numer-
GUS and very wealthy, are deeply mortified
at the recent turn which events have taken
In Ireland. They were at first inclined to
be shy of James Stephens They doubted
him from the first.
At last they began 10 raise money for
him. The sums they raised. first and last.
and transmitted to him, were. in the ag-
gregate, three times as much as he. in his
arrogance, had assessed upon Washington.
| What he has done with this enormous
amount of money he alone knows.
The Fenians in Washington are now con-
WINGED that the whole story was fabrica-
| tiOn. Wherever James Stephens Is. he is
probably playing into the hands of the
| British Government; instead fthere being
100000 armed Fenians in Ireland. It is
known that there are not 10000; aud
whether there are 10000 or 10000 Fnelish
troops in Ireland, it is known that there
are quite enough to queil any insurrection
| in the bud.
THE DRY ToRTUGAs VICTIMS.
An application was made to-day, before
| Chief Justice Chase, for hdbeas corpus In the
case of DR.. Mudd. one of the Lincoln con-
spirators, by A. Sterrett Ridgely of the
Baltimore bar. Hon. Reverdy johnson is
retained in the case,
Mudd, Spangler aud Laughlin, the assas-
sinatlon conspirators will be brought from
their prison at Dry Tortugas, for trial by
the Civil Court. 1t is understood that
Judge Swayne will grant the writ.
ROBBERY OF THE GOVERNOR or IDAHO
The Republicans referring to Governor
Lyon, of Idaho, losing $4,000 in sleeping
| car. says it j. a matter of publicity that the
vanced him 100000 in his capacity of SUI
perintendent of Indian Affairs of Idaho, OF
! which he has given no account whatever,
and that he will have to pay the Govern
ment that sum as well as the $4,000 stolen.
/ MIXING CoLoRs.
/ The law which Congress Is about to pass,
provides that there shall be no distinction
on account of color in the public schools OF
the District of Columbia The object Ia, wa
presume, TO aeeustom the white children to
the smell of the negro, so that the next gen
Grafton may not feel the repngnance of the
lpresent negro equality. Mixing them in
the schools will prepare them for mixing il
society. and then the darkey will have
Preached the position which he was coloreC
and perfumed to occupy.
THE BUREAU TAXATION.
Fort the Taxpayers Of the country the Re
port of the Secretary OF War presents many
points which cannot De too wen considered
Take for instance. the operation OF tho
Freedmen's Bureau. The work of educat.
ing the Freedmen Is being carried on mos
| vigorously. One hundred and fifty thou
sand of them are attending school nc th,
peoples expense. This educational body Il
reported 20 hold ana operate on upwards ol
= swO hundred and fifty thousand acres o
, land, besides valuable parcels of town prop
erty. And they ask for nearly four mil
lions Of public money TO operate on neNt
r. year.
1t is distinctly understood that larg,
5 and liked majority of the House Committe,
2 on Banklng and Currency are opposed Il
any further imitation Of the currency, anl
: are determined TO stand firmly by the rec
/ concentrations Of the Secretary of tn,
. Treasury. A majority are also in invor o
having only one Kind of Federal paper eur
rency, and opposed to the issue of the Ma
tional Banks.
LEE AND GRANT.
At the Masonic Fair in this city, picturei
of Lincoln, Grant and Lee are being votef
T for mt dollar a ticket. The first night Ia,
votes for Lee were nine times as many a
for the others. Last night the discussion
over Lees superiority was so great that 1
almost amounted TO riot.
A wOMAN-CAYALRY-AiAN.
> Mrs. Sigel is now here importunins
} Congress for back pay for services in tn,
) western armies as cavalryman, She say
she enlisted In 1861, with her husband {,
John Cleyton,) in the 18th Missouri Cav,
airy, and fought for two years as a cavalry
man in our armies. She fought undel
Grant, Sheridan and Rosecrans. She wa
in the battles Of Shiloh or Pittsburg Land
ing and Stone River, and at the latter bat
tie her husband was killed and she severely
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