The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-02
Political and Miscellaneous Scraps.


miles of the Manassas Gap RAILROAD, ana
had il transported and laid down at Gov
ernment expense, on private railroad OF
his In Pennsylvania. The company made
application for the return Of tho ironi IL
was approved by the Quartermaster Gen
eral but Secretary Stanton dismissed the
claim by dlsapprovsl.--S -Stdunton pTgfnfdn.
The New York Herald churacterlzes the
Congress Committee of Fifteen, ~ simply
Jaoobin Club, designed TO strangle every
resolution Of confidence In President john
son, and 10 prevent any Congressional ac-
tion upon the admission of the Southern
delegates until all the demands OF the kad-
ical leaders have been completely granted.
| SENATOR DIXON, of Connecticut, IL tho
person to whom President johnson last
Saturday expressed his views on the politi-
cal situation. scmi-olcial account OF
which was published yesterday.
The New York Epening Post thinks 'thc
leading Republicans will make fatal error
| II they imagine that class legislation, un-
| Just discrimination In favor OF certain III
torests, mismanagcment OF the currency
and the debt and, above all, amiSthken ana
unsuccessful policy on the great question
of reconstruction, will be endured by the
country, even ut their hands"
A Connecticut paper complains that un-
tuition introduced In Congress, relative TO
the apportionment, that State would be re-
duccd To one member Of the House of Rep
rcscntatiyes. The amendment was intro
duccd by member from Connecticut.
| =. $. Cox.-Thcrc is strong probability
that S. =. Cox will be the Democratic can
didatc for Congress IN the district now rep
resented by Raymond, of the New York
Times.
"THE WORLD ruE FLESH AND TnE DEVIL"
AT recent reception In Washington,
Mrs. Harlan was attircd In II rich claret-col-
Iored satin, delicately trimmed with rich
velvet Of the same color, Miss Harlan
wore n white French muslin dress, exquis-
= tely trimmed with pink silk. Not many
years ago, Mr.. Harlan, before he deserted the
church for politics, was n poor Methodist
preacher In the interior of Iowa, belabOr-
Ing his congregation for being too much
= givon TO the vanites of this world and
: wearing bright ribbons on their bonncts
How circumstances alter cases!
Il duel was fought at Osyka, Miss, on
D tho 18th inst, between Mr.. Limet, Of tn,
New Orleans Bee, and Mr.. Lefranc, of tho
Penidssance. The combat was with small
= swords, and Mr.. Lefranc was seriously
III wounded.
" 'THE HANDKERcHrEFr'- -Othelio.
,fl A worldly fellow says he went once u
hear q popular young preacher, and as mucf
ns half OF his sermon was made up OF {
u pockct handkerchief and the most of tn,
= other half was gold watch and scraps o
C poetry.
i UGHl A ToRPEDo.--One of our Stat
:. Senators received on Saturday last, mys
tcrlOus and wicked-loOking box, quite sug
gestiye of an ''iniernal machine" within
With prudent caution he proceeded u
open il, in presence of number of braves
y when 10! Il was found to contain simpl.
one of the fixtures of well-hppointe'
~ bed-chamber. lie is mad ut the ep!the
II which the article implies
Is Alta Fenian meeting In Buffalo last night
Gen. Sweeney promised, II supported, d
''conqucr a spot of British territory befor
next NAV, NJ u base from which to liberat
3 Ireland" Roberts promised TO have tn
81 green fhg supported, within ninety days
n by the largest army of lrishmen the sui
n ever shone on.
WHAT IN STORE FOR Us.-SiXty-n
10 members of the House of Representative
80 have made preparations for the delivery
"a speeches on the subject of reconstruction
" TmE Wythevlle (Virginia) Dispatch say
le of the llibuster, X. Clay Crawford, tina
4 several years ago this man Crawford, wit
a, another by the name of Clifford, were sen
ie to the penitcntiary for robbing James NJ
D. Pendleton, at the Wythcville Hotel in thi
r town. Crawford had been IN the pcnitcn
N tiary but short time before he made hi
NJ escape"
"A The city of Lexington, Ky, and stat
Iv feel highly inccnscd ut the Infamous roor
5f back pcrpetrated by one General Fisk !
or his late reported speech at Cincinnat
,e about thirteen laccrated negroes, and hi
q arrangement TO buy slave In Kentucky.
~ The Times Washington special says =
," The story that the President had signiiie
, , his intention 10 appoint Provisional Gov
,c ernor for Virginia is unfounded,
~ CuCAGo MoRALs.-The Rev. Mr.. FeltoI
u, of Columbus, should go to Chicago rigi
e. of, and talk 10 them there. On Tuesda
T. last there came up for hearing IN the dinel
IL ent Courts In that city, three divorce case
iT three seductions, one baStardy, one rap
n and small collection of wife-beatin
he cases. Six or eight murder eases were M
nn called
ha VIM. Lloyd Garrison, In a late lectur
wv said he thought he ought to have gone wit
a Sherman IN his march through Georgia
, ms to claim the reward Of $1,000 once o.
10 fered for his presence la that State. III
~, he should have had tO take his pay In Cor
~ federate currency. IL he had gone litt
10 before that he might have gotten his pay
IT, n better currency-bettcr for the country |
Ita least--hemp.
nd The Chicago journal says that anon
vat those for whom prayers were asked In u
n daily prayer-meetings was, "For youn
to man in Boston, so far from God" Rath'
Sc rough on Boston.
.os Don Piatt, the member from Loga
,b County, stigmatzed the Cincinnati polio
he on Tuesday, ms "a more useless class OF pul
~. /. a "A H. In al