The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-30

No less than five hundred and eighty
political prisoners are now at the Dry Tor
tugas. This is a place which requires clean
ing out.
Another negro has been sentenced to be
sold into servitude in North Carolina, and
the Freedmen's Bureau has arrested the
court and all the parties for investigation.
Astreet railroad is being built tat Calcutta,
the cars for which were manufactured in
New York.
An order has been issued at Galveston for
the muster out of twenty-five white rcgi-
ments in Texas.
Sixty prominent citizens are under ar
rest at Shreveport La, on Il charge of muir
dering negroes.
A gentleman from Texas says il is not
known what has become of Senator Wig
fall. IL is considered certain that lac has
not crossed the State into Mexico. and if in
the United States his locality is secret
Many believe that he is dead.
A plan has been submitted TO the Govern
ment for the purchase of all Florida below
the 2Sth degree of north latitude for negro
colonization. The territory designated CON
tains 9.000000 acres of land, and would ac-
commodate 10000 families. II will prob
ably also be proposed to send as many ,Chte
id60rers to the colony as will be needed 10
cultivate the lands for Sambo. Good idea
TRIAL FOR TREAsoN.-The first trial for
treason since that of Aaron Burr, recently
occurred in East Tennessee, Captain Gam
Bile. confederate enrolling officer, was in
dicted for treason and when tried acqJiit-
ted by the jury.
When the bill was introduced into the
House of Congress to appropriate sufficient
money to equalize the bOunties of soldiers.
Mr.. Brooks. of New York, declared that it
would add SG00,000,000 to the national debt.
lie was hootcd ut and traduccd. General
Fry, in his report, shows that il will run
up to SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY MuLGONsl
1t has been asccrtained that upward Of
forty cOuntcrleits of the iive-cent currency
are in circulation. The Secretary of the
Treasury has ordered them to be called In
and another plate prepared, which will cost
the Government upward of two thousand
dollars. When the call includes the fifty
and quarter tickets, we can respond two or
three times, willingly
A special note from Columbus to the Gin
cinnati Commercial, asserts that the use Of
the Hall of the House has not been refused
to any body of men, "white or black
FORESTS receipts, for five of the ten
436 80.
Benton N. Harrison, JEFF Davis private
Secretary, has been released from Fort
Delaware.
The sinking of the steamer Anna Par
rett, up Red River, is announced in dis
patch from New Orleans.
A Washington special asserts that the
internal revenue tax on whisky does not
yield more than one-tenth of what was an
tcipated and that additional measures will
be taken to prevent frauds.
A dispatch from Memphis says il is re-
ported that General Forrest, under the
guise of retiring from business in Memphis
to his plantation, has gone to Mexico, in
consequence of having been notified to APP
pear before a Military Commission in WASH
ington.
IL appears, from statement published in
the Chicago RepabticdH, that six million
nine hundred and twenty four thousand
one hundred and siXty-eight gallons of
malt liquors were manufactured, sold, and
consumed in Chicago during the past
year.