The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.

telegram from Toronto says that in
tense feeling exists there, both among Ca
nadians and Americans, on account Of the
prohibition placed upon the importation OF
cattle by the United States. 1t Is further
said that some $4,000 worth of cattle are
collected in that vicinity which were pur-
chased for shipment to this country.
Eight hundred French troops, whose
term of service had expired, were to leave
for home on the oath inst. There is re-
port that MaximiliAn's Foreign Secretary
had said that the only hope of ofMaximilian's
Government was in the success Of the Lon
don loan. The University at Mexico has
been suppressed. public museum has
been established In It's stead by the En-
pcror.
An Atchison dispatch gives a summary of
the overland freight business for the year.
The number of firms engaged is q, and the
capital invested s6,0OOOO0. The aggregate
amount OF shipments during the past II
months was 2O,5O0OOO pounds of assorted
merchandise. The freighting business of
that city is seven times larger than in 1861.
The State Agricultural Convention, in
session at Columbus, has declared against
the acceptance of the offer to convert
Miami University into the State Agricultu-
raj College. 1t desires a more central site
and larger grounds for farming expert
ments. ...
George l.. Little, the Treasury Agent,
who has recently returned from the South,
reports that they have an abundance of
money, received from Northern specula-
tors in exchange for Southern staples and
landed property. ....I
The disbursements of the Treasury on
account of the following Departments,
during the month of December last. were
as follows; War, Sl39Ol, ,G32 Navy, ST.
SO3,5sS; Interior, Sl,5s7, ,653. n
Ex-Secretary Mallory issues from Fort
Lafayette an address to the people of Flo
rida. He declares that slavery can never
be re-established within the Union, and
advises that the South accept the situation
in good faith.
During the year just expired, 2l,9G2 pen
sions were granted to widows, mothers and
orphans. $1,000 cases remain to be disposed
Of nearly halfof which are invalid soldiers,
Mr.. G. Hallock, the founder and for a
long time proprietor of the New York
journal of Commerce, died at his residence
in New Haven, Connecticut, yesterday,
aged sixty-siX years.
Business is falling off in Texas. Goods
can be bought cheaper in Galveston than in
New York. Fears are entertained Oft gen.
eral smash-up.
Capt. Semmes is closely confined at the
navy yard, in Washington. No one but his
counsel is allowed to. converse with him.
He spends most of his time in reading.
The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
has reached Wilmington, and will at once
proceed to the investigation of cotton frauds
in the South.
The Republican Convention of New
Hampshire has indorsed President John
son, and declared in favor of the enforce
ment of the Monroe doctrine. n.d s
Judge Busteed of Alabama, has arrived
in Washington. He represents affairs in
the South to be in satisfactory condition.
The designations of Generals Cox, of
Ohio, Fitzpatrick, of New Jersey, and
Davies, of New York, have been received.
The London Times compliments Secretary
McCulloch on his recent report to Con-
gress; considers it a very able document.
Two women attempted to cross the Ale
gheny River at Pittsburgh, in skiff, on
New Year day, when in the middle of the
stream, the boat capsized and both were
drowned.