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The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-12-24
TFrom tho La crossc DemocTot
The Paupers of the Repnblic

AhO Il aupcfS Vi tilt dSepuDllc.
There are thirty thousand idle negroes
| in Washington!
| Thirty thousand paupcrs supported by
the toiling, taX-ridden, industrious white
men Of the republic!
Thirty thousand consumers of bread and
meat paid for by you, laboring men of the
country
Thirty thousand pets of the Abolition
faction who converted them from useful
ehattels to idle, lazy, dissolute paupers-
from servieeable laborers to loafing vaga-
bonds
Thirty thousand blessings of the Radical
war for the dissolution of the Union. the
impoverishment of the Southern people.
and the calling bondage of the laborlng
men and women of the entire country
How delighted the hard-handed farmers,
mechanics, and artiZans of the North would
be could they have glimpse or two afford
| ed them of the manner in which these
thirty thousand black members of the priv
leged class OF the bumpers pass their time.
EVERY sunshlny day thousands OF them
swarm about the public places and leading
avenues OF the capital, wandering about
almlessly in rags, or strntting cOnseouenti-
ally on the promenades In silks and broad
cloth-prostitutes, thieves, beggars. Enter
the galleries of either House--nine-tenths
the space assigned TO the spectators Is oc-
ouPi'u Wy u gaping DuileI-phieu, Thick
Tipped, woolly-hcaded, animal-jawed crowd
of niggers, the dregs Of brol<en-up planta-
tions, idle and vicious blacks released from
Wholesome restraints of taskmasters and
oYerseers--lOOk at them! Greasy. dirty.
lousy. they drowsily look down upon the
assembled wisdom Of discovered Unlon-
sleepily listen ID legislators who have given
them their freedom and now propose TO in
vest them with the highest privileges of
American citizenship. Appropriate, isn't
lt-bigots on the hoor, baTbalians In the
gallery-the black pattern of sectional
hate, fanaucism, and Intolerance, fringed
by the sable shreds of ignorance, vice, and
squnlorl
How long, oh God of our fathers-how
long must we endure these things? How
long shall black treason be tolerated In the
halls once set apart TO devising measures
for the prosperity, the glory and grandeur
of all the people OF the republic-how long
VIII white men submit to wear the yoke Of
vassalage and bondage that negroes may
enjoy perpetual holiday, without money
and without price
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The Public WOrks--Repair OfDam
aopg.

Colonel MANYPENNY, General Agent of
the Lessees of the Public Works of Ohio,
has offered proposals to contractors for re-
pairs of the Dam on the Muskingum river
improvement at Marietta, and the Dam at
Black Hand, ten miles east of Newark, on
the Ohio Canal.
The Toledo Blade, Of Saturday, gives n
concise and quite interesting review of
damages and the extent of the repairs to be
made.
The extent of the damage done by the
unprecedented floods which occurred in the
month of September last on the line of the
Miami Il Erie Canal, between Piqua and
Cincinnati, sweeping away Canal, railroad
and levee embankments, inundating the
city Of Dayton, and destroying hundreds of
thousands of bushels of the growing corn
crop in the Miami Valley, cannot be esti-
mated. The Canal alone sustained loss of
owe: S5s,0O0, in money actually paid out in
making repairs; in addition to losing the
revenues of more than month at a season
OF the year when it was most damaging
The steam dredges, which cost. $1,000
aided vastly in the labor.
The floods on the Scioto River from CO.
lumbus south along the Ohio Canal TO Ports
mouth, was not so great, yet the damage
done the Ohio Canal amounted TO S345OO
During this flood, breach was also made
in the dam at Black Hand, near Newark.
which is Is feet high and 200 feet long,
which was promptly repaired. The great
rain, which occurred early in. October.
caused another loss of $4,000.
The damage done the Muskingum linz
proyement is more serious than that done
to all the balance of the Eastern Division
of the Public Works. A breach of 100 feet
was made in the Dam at Marietta early in
August. The lessees had just completed
aCoiter Dam, composed of brush and stone
In Is feet of water at a cost Of $4,000,
when the September floods swept out the
entire new work, and seriously damaged
the remaining portion OF the Dam, thus
again suspending navigation This last
disaster carried out the sand and earth de-
posite to the rock, where there is now %
feet of water In the break at the ordinary
stage OF the river. This viii cost no less
than $4,000.
Two of the other Dams between Toledo
aud GAINESVILLE, were seriously damaged.
The foundation of one of the steamboat
locks, located at Beverly, was also under
mined during the season. This will in
yolye an expenditure of $4,000
The total estimate of damages, ON the
several lines, is put at $4,000.
All can appreciate the vast Importance
10 the people Of the State in sustaining
these great Works which have cost over
$l1,OO00OO as a means Of cheaply trans
porting the products Of the State TO mar
ket.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Wnshington NiscciInnics.
WAsviNoroS, December %.

WAsViNGiON, Dgemntf -.
General sherman Is expected to reach
this city within n week or ten days, aud
will, no doubt. bring important information
concerning the real state OF affairs in MoXi-
co. The Government is now In cOmnuni-
cation with him at New Orleans. and he
may be ordered TO Washington at once. In
that event he would arrive here about the
middle Of next week.
IL Is surmiscd that the desperate and mn
lawful proceedings of Governor Fletcher,
and his inyrmidons IN Missouri, are in keep
ing with a plot concocted at the famous
Governors meeting Of which he was an
active member.
The Congressional travelling Menogerie
have been heard from down rs low as
Knoxville, Tenn. where they Had asplurge.
The President has ordered the Military
Commission at Richmond. Virginia, before
whom DR.. Watson was on trial for killing n
negro, dissolved, and that no trials Of civil
ians be had before Military Commissions.
The action Is taken IN accordance with the
decision of the Supreme Court In the In
diana cases.
AT the Cabinet meeting, yesterday. the
subject Of trials by Military Commission,
and the late decision of the Supreme Court
declaring that class Of tribunals Illegal and
unconstitutional, were considered. The
unanimous conclusion of the President and
MS AfADlleL was lilut aL once Military AOm-
missions in any form must be abolished, and
that hereafter no such tribunal shall be
convened.
Tho Senate Finance Committee have
agreed to reject all nominations made on
! political grounds, and It is possible that
most of the old officers will be reiustated
| One Lowenstein, Claim agent ut Louis
| Vile, has swindlcd the Government out OF
quarter Of a million and disappeared
his family saying he had died with the
cholera.
Tie securities held by the Treasurer of
the United States in trust for National
| Banks, reported to-day, were IA follows
| For circulating notes S3lG 256,G50; for
| deposits OF public moneys, S3S, ,933 $50.
Total, S37al90,G00.
The select Committee appointed by the
House of Representatives, of which Hon.
Mr.. Pike, of Maine Is Chairman. to proceed
TO Charleston, South Carolina, and inquire
into the circumstances relative to the late
| murder. will leave the city on Monday for
Charleston. to commence their invesliga-
| tion.
| At the close of business to-day. the Treas
ury held gold to the amount of s94 ,027 ,33l.
of which S2S,0707i0 was in gold certificates
the rest belonging absolutely to the Gov
eminent. On January LIST, ten millions IN
coin are TO be disbursed ON account of in
terest on gold-bearimg bonds.
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Terrible Slaughters--Chara of
the Turkish War.

New YORK, December 23
The HeraiFS Athens correspondent of
November 30 says: Intelligence received
yesterday from Gambia brings details of the
affair At ArcNdien, telcgraphed the Both.
Arcadicn is q convent situated ina strong
position in the department of RethymOnoss.
1t is occupied by five hundred and forty
persons, three hundred and forty-three OF
whom were women and children, leaving
one hundred and ninety-seven men capn-
bic of hearing arms.
On the 20th Mustapha Pasha left his
headquarters at EpsyrOpi with $1,000 men,
and advanced upon the convent demand
ing the surrender Of the garrison. The
Cretans refused, and the Turkish artillery
Immediately opened tremendous fireupon
the place, keeping up the bombardment
two days and nights, u breach being at last
effected in the walls, and the Turks. who
had suffered heavy losses, poured into the
Convent Court. This was surrounded with
small cells, in which the Christians had
barricaded themselves and kept up their
fire for six hours.
Finding all resistance was Intellectual,
the defenders of the Convent formed a des-
pcrate resolution of setting fire to the pow
der magaziue, and Monk applied the
match. The explosion was tremendous,
hurting Turks and Christians into the aiI,
and strewing the neighborhOod with
corpses. Two thousand Turkish soldiers
were killed ON the spot, and large numbers
wounded. Thirty-nine men and sixty chill
dren of the garrison, were all that escaped.
These were taken prisoners and carried of
to Rethymnos. Wounded Turks are daily
being brought into hospital. Conea and
SCUBA have received upward of thousand
many officers among them. one being
Mustapha Pasha's brother-in law.
The Turks have burned seven villages In
the District of Maliyision. The Cretan
chief, Michael CorOnas, by way of rcprisal.
has committed twenty seven villages in the
Districts of Misnora and kenouryo to
flames. The Turks have set price of five
hundred thousand piasters upon the capture
Turkish Tyres, about S2,2GO, upon that Of
GOrOcas
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focal alntifEs.

GRAND DISPLAY or ToYs.--Go to G. p.
Huber & Sons, No, $50 Third street, to buy
your Toys and Christmas Presents. They
have the finest display of Holiday Goods
ever opened in this city. Everything that
you can imagine in the Toy or Fancy line
can be found upon their shelves. A full
line of all Kind of Dolls. Doll Shoes Doll
Bodies, China Vases, China Ornaments OF
every description; China Tea Sets; Toy
Furniture Of every description; Toy Cabs,
Carts, Sleds, Whcclbarrows, Tin Toys,
Wooden Toys, Albums, Sea Shells, Purses,
Leather satchels, Ladies' Companions, &C.,
&c. de22d2
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CHRISTMAS Is Mainland what kind OF
an Institution would it be without Il TRrkes
dinner? And what kind ofa dinner would
a simple turkey make, il it were not en-
riched with choice oysters and the other
accompanying dainties, which are to be
found at Wormans, on jefferson, opposite
the Post Office.
We were attracted to his place this morn
ing by the fine show of turkeys quail,
ducks, chickens, &c., which he has paraded
and. considering that withal, he has large
supply ofchoice apples Michigan potatoes,
cranberries and other fruits. it struck us
that the gentleman who was ambitious of a
tlp-top CHRISTMAS DINNER, had better be
hurrying along and ''take time by the fore
lock- while the nmpfc supply tasted.
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Determined to Die.

In the little town Of Dover, which is situ-
atcd ON the Cumberland river, In Middlf
Tennessee, there lived, some wears AGO. an
eccentric and intemperate batehelor bv the
name of Kingston, On one occasion. when
pr0strated ON his bed by excess. and suffer-
ing acutely from those stings and horrors
peculiar 20 his situation lac sent for one OF
his old boon companions TO come and visit
him. Shyraek, for that was the Others
name, came duly TO Kmgston's room.
whats the matter. KingstonS"
''Shyrack, shut the door,
Yes, my dear fellow"
"Lock It,"
"EhY ~
'Lock the door"
Certainly, my dear boyn
"Shyrack, I'm going TO kill myself"
MY dear fellow, let me entreat of yon
not 10 do It,"
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allanntarn and C,ummrrfial.
CinclnnnfI Mnrlrnta
CINOINNATL, DcNrmber p. M.

. ns
lIoGs-Total this season. 2ls. i05 had.
Prices have advanced 20 So 00@G IS for live,
and S707 30 for rdressesl. Market continued
firm during the hours of Change, and
closed strong. Sales Of IN head. Averaging
266 lbsr ut 81 40; $50 head Averaging 250
lbs. nt 81 20.
PRovIsioEs--Are more firm. Mess pork
Is 25c. better opening nt SO 5O@si9 75.
Lard Is steady and without change
prime kettle, ll94c.; steam lard. 1l@l1Lc.
Sngar-cuied hams are slightly improved
and held at lSc. for new and 20c. for old.
BiEApsTufFs-Are quiet with a weaken
ing tendency, but no material change is
established and quotations are nominal
Supeitinc 1lours are held at 80 25@lO 90 |;
extras, spring, $40 50@ll 25; fall. Sll 5O@
II; families. Sl2@l3 CO. and fancies. S14
CoRN--ls firm at 62@63c. for new shelled,
and Doc for ear, In new gunnies, 7Sc.; old
shelled, SOC.
WnEAT--Sales of $50 bushels No. spring
Wheat at 81 20; 400 do. do, ~ 10; zoo do.
No. do, 81 IL.
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Paragnay nnd Brnzil.
NEW YORK, Decem

Wv IVNhi IFNNtUIUNI LDs
Rio Janeiro letters of November 28th
state tliat no further collisions have occur-
red between the Pamguayaus and Brazil
iaus, In the light of October Both, nc Per-
July. atter repulsing the Paraguayaus, the
Brazilians sailed out from the fort, bnt
were surrounded and cut up badly, losing
six hundred killed and wounded, besides a
number of prisoners
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INC ParIs Bank Rohber.
NFw YoRK. December o.

The last Paris papers give the particu-
lars Of the trial Of Lanerande, who robbed
the bank of Poitcrs. He was sentenced 10
ten years imprisonment. Lamerande stated
that New York lawyers kept l9l, 200 francs
nearly all he had In his possession. His
counsel restored 10000 francs in court.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-12-24
Destructive Hurricanes.
NEw YonK, Dpcemhpl

NEW ONK, Dpcemher y.
Accounts of the late hurricane at st.
Thomas show il TO have been OF uneNam-
pied severity. The steamship company's
new wharf was completely destroyed by a
bark being driven through it. The dam
age will exceed 100000.
The hurricane ut Turks Island was
equally severe. At CoicOs Islands, large
number of schooners were lost, with all on
board. The number of lives lost at the
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-12-24
Brcvities.

At four o'clock saturday morning the
dry goods store Oft Geo. Il. Dixon, at Ripley,
Brown County, O. took fire and was entirely
consumed. Loss $35,OOO; insured for S20.-
600 in the Home, .Etna and Underwriters
Companies. The banking-house OFF. Rev
nolds q Co.. was also burned. Loss about
$1,000; insured for 81 500. The books in
the vault were believed to be safe Several
adjoining houses were damaged by the fire
\ farmer saw an advertised recipe to
prevent wells and cisterns from freezing.
He sent his money aud received this for an
answer: "Take in your well, orcistern, on
cold nights, and keep It by the fire.
a short way to get rid of tle National
debt would be to get Government cotton
spectators TO steal it.
by an arrival at New Orleans, from Vera
Cruz, we have an announcement that Max
imilian has issued a proclamation calling
for Congress of the Mexican people, to
decide upon the future government of the
country
-.&s.s -
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Snow-Blocl1ed Trains.
BUFFALO. December

bNFIAIIi IIVVVTIIUtT 10
The Buffalo and Erie Railroad has been
for the past two days blocked with snow at
Westheld. The passenger trains from Chi
cagO on Thursday were detained until sun
day. There were at one time collected there
sixteen passenger coaches, six express cars.
four baggage cars and three locomotives.
There are now due here twelve freight
trains. including one hundred and sixteen
cars carrying stock.
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New York Money Market.

- Nv T VTFNf TIF7NFTTTIWVT u :
Gold opened weak at 1887, selling down
to 1921. Borrowers paid ls@3-lG After-
ward it was loaned Hat and later Z per
cent, in gold was paid for carrying it. AT
O'Clock Gold was offered at 1881.
Money was very active nc per cent. on
call.
The Stock market opened weak, under a
pressure 20 sell, and there was an average
decllne of 3 per cent. Atterward the mar
ket rallied per cent, and continued
steady.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-12-24

HAYBY THE TUX OR BALE.-Fifty tins of
hay, of excellent quality, can now be pur-
chased, at the Montgomery House, Just
east of the canal by the tun or single bale.
Those in want of good article of hay
should send in their orders Immediately.
de9l3tfI
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4 SENSATIONAL DIvoRCE-ChicaVo is
never without sensation. She has now u
clerical case on hand. The wife of Rev. II.
|" stewart. of that place, aftor living with
him nearly year, suddenly abandoned him
some time ago without any apparent rea-
son, and pcrsistently refused to~giye any
leNpianationi bstSa report has obtained cir
culatiou that she was disguised because he
preached other peoples sermons, instead of
writing his own. She now sues for divorce,
ON the ground of acts Of infdelity alleged
to have been committed since the separ-
ntion
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Doors AND SHoEs FOR THE HoLIDAYs.-
Our clever friends, William kehm & Bro
at No. SIS jefferson street, have just rcceiv-
ed a large and splendid assortment of Boots
Shoes, Hats and Caps, intended expressly
for the holiday trade. Their stock of calf
boots. ladies', misses and children's shoes
cannot be surpassed in the city. They are
offering them at very low figures, which
should be an inducement to all TO call and
purchase at their store. dc2ld2
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-12-24

Az TNFEESN MACHNE--A FAILURE
An attempt was made, q few days ago to
kill Howard Gillingham, master meehanic
of thr Youngstown Ohio railroad shops,
by means OF an internal machine. 4 box
with sliding lid, charged with half a
round of gunpowder, and having matches
arranged to ignite by the friction of moy-
ing the lid, was sent Co him witha u bogus
express mark, rs though coming from
Cleveland. Mr. Gillingham suspected some
thing wrong with it, end, in cautiously
moving the lid, observed the powder. He
Immediately soaked the machine in water
thoroughly, and then opened 1t, finding the
contents as above stated. Detectives traced
the box to Il man named Howarth, lately
discharged from the shop by MIR. GHllng-
hamS and he has been arrested.
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THE DAILY EMPIRE
gorat aud aslistellantous.

TIM -rcmcmbcrlhcF Faifat CicegS
Han to-ught.
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FESTIVAL rs MIAMI CrrY.-The Sunday
School of Davidson Chapel, Miami City.
win hold a Festival in the Chapel on Christ
mas night. The ladies connected with the
congregation have made ample prepara-
tions to make the occasion In all respects
deserving Of public patronage The pro-
ceeds will he devoted TO the benefit Of the
sunday School.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-12-24

ITO WAY TO SUcctss.~-Thc true road 70
succfs is a fair hpuest aud upright way Of
doing business In all branches Of trade,
Fcwiifany succeed, permanently, by any
otlicf course. What business men need, Is
the respect and confidence of those who
deal with them. The truth of this theory
Il fully Illustrated In the case ofH. Schwarz,
the enterprising proprietor Of the ''Eagle
Clothing Storc,9 No. MS Main street, in this
city. From n comparatively small begin
ming, less than two years ago, he has be-
cOmeone ofthe most popular and extensive
clothing dealers in the city. His store Is
daily thronged with customers, and his sue
cess has become "flxed fact" In the busi-
ness operations of Dayton. The best thing
about II IS, that when he sells his customers
goods once, they are always sure to come
baclQagain, for the simple reason that they
find nc never decelyes them--they can
always rely both upon his word and his
goods.
He wishes now to say to his customers
and the public-especially to his country
frien,ls-that he is now receiving the larg-
c7t anu pts1 stoVh VI cioullig eNer oHcTeu
IinPayton. 1t has been selected with spc-
cial reference to the holiday trade, and
those who purchase will find every thing
a. represented.
lie takes this occasion to return his sim
cercs thanks for the patronage heretofore
extqRde to him, and TO assure his friends
thatho efforts on his part shall be wanting
60 merit continuance of the favor and
contflence he has heretofore received.
ltd&w
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DEATH or Az EMINRNT MERcHANr.--
Griffin Taylor one Of the "old stock mer-
chants of Cincinnati, died on saturday
morning. at his elegant Clifton country
scat. lie was sixty-ninc years of age, had
long been one Of the foremost business men
of that city. aud had accumulated large
fortune.
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COATS, BLANKETS AND OvERcoATs.-C. p.
Huber 81 Son have just received large
stock of Blue and Black Cloth Military
Dress Goats, Overcoats and Blankets, which
they are selling very low.
de17d3awl
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No. no! Oblige me and don't
Must do it, sIfftNIt
Don't; It will be the death Of you.n
Slyrack was quito cool and iOcosc, little
dreaming that SO terrible an event was
about b. take place.
Kingston had. as the last eccentric act OF
bis life, taken a chisel aud mallet 10 bed
with him; and now. with the desperate re-
solve he seized the extraordinary tools of
death, and IN an Instant drove the blade Of
the chisei into liis bfcasti
The hair rose upon Shyrack's head, and
right spread Ike a sheet Of snow over his
"Kiugstoni Kingston my dear fellow
you d--d rascal Kingston do you want 10
have me hungf Hold don't die tn can
cail somebody ~
Shyrack ran 10 the door and called like y
mailman to some people across the street.
"liall0 here say you, mister all yoU
stupid people-make haste over here, or
therell be murderw
The people crowded into Kingston's
honsc.
Don't die, Kingstonl Don't chisel me
that way. Don't die till you tell me who
did IT,"
Il did It myself" Kingston articulated.
Where, thatll do now, my dear fellow ;
you may die" replied Shyrack, taking a
long breath, and wiping the perspiration
from his forehead
Ard Kingston did die in that extraordi-
nary way as a snlcidc that was olmost a
murder.
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ARHEsT or THE ELKuoRN BANK Ron
HERs "A letter from Mesilla, New Mexico,
to st. Louis, says that on the 26th instant
arresting Charles aud Eugene Hamilton.
|alias doctor Livingston and Professor
Lewis, In FL Paso. Mexico on the charge
of robbing the bank OF Rockwell & Co. Of
Elkhorn, Walworth county, WIS.,, of $780,
.on. These men have been steadily pur-
sued for thirteen months aud finally ea,J-
tufed III a foreicn country, where they sup
posed they had successfully baffled their
pursuer5.
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esF TIM HOLIDAYS are generally set
apart for the enjoyment of good things.
That's the reason for so many calling on
Captain Mnick's family grocery for their
fresh Supplies.