The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.

A large meeting was held at Leaven-
worth Kansas, on Friday night, at which
senator Lane gave his views on reeonstrue-
tion. Resolutions were adopted mdorsing
the constitutional amendment and accept
ing the Presidents theory IN regard to the
status of the rebel States.
The subject OF the abolition of the pay
department of the army is under considera-
tion at Washington.
A London journal advances n curious
theory relative to stephens, the Fenian head
centre. II is suggested that he was spy
in the employ of the English government,
and was apprehended by mistake. This
bciefis to some extent sustained by the
facts relative to his escape from prison.
The farmers and shippers of Minnesota
arc to form a league to thwart the schemes
of the railroad and steamboat monopolics IN
that State
The Sandusky, Dayton and Cincinnati
railroad was sold on Friday at auction for
S750,OO0. 1t was purchased for the holders
of bonds aud stocks
No less than 800 persons have applied for
a share in the rewards offered for the cap
ture of the assassination conspirators.
A lire broke out few days since in the
coal sheds of the Philadelphia gas works,
it is supposed from spontaneous combus-
ton. At last accounts it had not been ex-
tiuguishcd. The loss. which is total, there
being no insurance, will reach SJ0,000.
a large military funeral took place at the
Opcra-Housc in Chicago, on Saturday, on
the occasion of burying the remains of
number of Chicago soldiers gathered up
from various battleflelds.
The Secretary of War has directed the
| Paymaster General to cause the special
bounty of $500 to be paid to such men of
the First Veteran Army (or Hancock's)
Corps, as have not heretofore received It,
a letter from General Sully to the Indian
| Bureau states that he has just returned from
| Fort Rice, on the Missouri river, and re-
ports that large bands of Indians had
gathered in that locality.
The Augusta, (Ga.) Chronicle says that
crime of all kinds is on the increase in that
city, and what makes matters still worse is
the fact that as crime increases the unlaw-
full deeds committed also increase in cnor-
nifty.
| The number of postage stamps made by
the National Bank Note Company the past
year, was about four hundred millions. The
number of three cent stamps used is about
one million day. The cost of printing,
perforating, cumming and packing the
stamps, is twelve cents thousand.
The indianapolis Journal says that man
named James Moore, living about one mile
and half from that city, died a day or two
ago from the effects of "a bite received from
mad COW some three months ago. Atthat
| time the occurrence was mentioned in the
Journal but the man had made an applica-
ton of the mad stone, and but little, if any,
alarm was felt
a robbery alike remarkable for its bold
ness and magnitude, was committed ON
Saturday night on the New York q New
| Haven Railroad. Two safes of the Adams
Express Company were broken opcn and
money to the amount of about half mil
lion dollars stolen 1t is thought the ear
containing the safes was entered in the de
pot at New York, and that the robbers left
the train at Cos Cob bridge, thirty-two
miles from that city. The loss was not dis
covered until the arrival of the car at Bos-
ton. In their hurry the perpetrators over
looked two packages, one containing $780,
600 in greenbacks, and the other 100000 in
| United States bonds.