The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-16
NeNs b, Telegrnnh nNd Mnlls.

A Cabinet Minister Natcd yesterday. thai
the question of Recommending the constitu-
,ionaT anendihedt to the South for adol'-
tIon has never been hiutcd at even, IN Cab
inet meeting.
The HTaid learns that the Emperor OF
Brazil. Don Pedro Ilsis soon TO pay ovish
tothc United states 70 study american IN
stit0tlOns,
FrRNANDo WOop denied the published
rumor concerning him aud says: | have
not advocated negro suffrage. either in.
Washington or elsewhere; am not in hn-
vor OF the proposed amendment TO the Con-
situtlon.
Five white men and one negro We've fog
gcd Yesterday at Richmond, Na~ by order
Of the Hastings Court. on convirtlon of
petty larceny. This Is the first Instance
thefe In many years of the milictlon OF
stripes on white men by judicial sentence.
An Ohio firm have purchased eight thon-
sand acres OF land on The Union Pacific
Railway. about thirty miles from Wynn
dotte. near Stranger Station, and are erect
ing saw mills to Furnish the company with
tiniber.
In the ease of NN. T. S,uusoN, TIE
banker, of Washington. against EDWIN NJ
SrANroN, secretary OF War for trspAss'
damnges are claimed Of S1O0,Oo0.
SANFORD CoNovER, the notorious bogus
wituess in the assassination case, has been
indicted for perjury by the grand jury ~
Washington. 10. Hour oughtnt TO let his
tool suffer in that way.
a London dispatch, Yesterday noon, says
the rebel boudholdcrs are about laying
their case before Che notice of the British
GOyernmeut, as set off against the
Alabama claims Of the United States.
The Maryland ''clyil war" is ended, and
sois the Radical clgn in that long pestercd
state.
The Mississippi Supreme Court has de-
cidcd that the State never lost its lcgn
organization by reason OF secession. bpi
was in all respects. during the war, both IN
law and fact, State, and that the functions
of government were rightly and copstitu-
tionally exercised by the Executive Legls-
lature aud judiciary of the state
General JonN a. LoGAN's Radical maior-
itv in Illinois. for Congress at large. is over
$1,000.
LEVI w GRAFF, distiller, living near
Lancaster. Pennsylvania owns an old
English bull's-cye watch, formerly worn
bv BEx. FRANfuIN. The Massachusetts
Historical society have offered him 5000
for it.
BRADLEY's dry goods store, in Knoxville,
Tennessee. with all its contents valued ut
S20.O00. was burned on Wednesday night
WArEEs' aud PAEvEM's groceries. adjoining,
were also dcsrroyed--contents mostly
saved.
Ndispatch from the Greenwich Observ
atory. England, describes shower Of me-
teors seen on the morning of the lith. I.
Is said to have been Of great beauty and
brilliancy. Five thousand were counted
in one hour, and nearly II 600 in all.
The National Convention OF Wool-grow-
ers closed its annual session at Cleveland
yesterday. A lobby committee was rp-
pointed to et gireer The tariff bill through
Congress. and the officers of last year were
reelected.
The National Union Executive Johnson
Democratic Committee at Washington find
themselves ii is said. S3OOOO in dcbt--and
no assets.
The Democratic State Central Commit
tee of Kentucky have determined to call y
State Convention, at Frankfort, February
%. 1867,
Judge BARNARD, Of the New York Su-
preme Court, has decided that the act o
the Legislature of that State. taxing bro
kefs' sales. Is hncoustihltionIl aud void,
fIe bases his decision mainly upon the
ground that the Constitution of the United
States gives Congress the power to collect
taxes on imports and exports. and denies
such power to the States.
Some Hope for the Poor.