The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-06-27
EDITORIAL BIsEvITIEs.

population ofthat place To be 227s whites
aud 2,9is blacks, A tolcrably equal d.
vide, thai ~
The special committee appointed by the
House TO investigate the RossEAU and
GmNNELL affair, are expected to determine
whetherthe doggine Of the latter has been
sufficient 10 make gentleman of him. II
not, constitutional amendment win be In
order.
a numbet Of iron mnunclurers Hase
been IN Washington for a week or two,
looking aitcr their interests, and about an
equal number Of free traders are also at
work to keep the duty as 1t is.
lt is thopghk by a lcomnHtteo Of loyal
doctors, that before SUMNER fully receivers
his health his blackstone will baye ~ be
taken out and scrapcd again and his brains
once more extracted and 'rcconstructcd."
On the testimony Of GEORGE BRILLis,
negro. loyal subject of BgowNIow. In
Knoxville, Tennessee, WILLIAM NEWMAN, n
white cN-Federnl soldier. has been SEN
fenced TO twenty -one years Imprisonment
on the charge of stealing horse from the
colorcd gentleman, aforesaid.
Rev. Nr. ADAMS, OF Maine. has formed
q religious society for emigration to Pales-
tine. They pay the bills, and ADAMS
promises the appearance l0i the Redeemer.
who is 10 reign over them. 1t Is TO be
hoped that at least onc-half or all Yankee
dom will be induced to Join his colony.
They are too pious, by half to remain in
this "sad, wicked w6rld.v Palestine Is to
be pitie,l, however
Senator SHERMAN wants 10 establish a
l''rcpcrtory' in Germany TO spread light
and knowledge about America There are
salaries attached-a superintendent ut
$4,000; an assistant at $1,000; janitor at
$1,000; and there is room for other loyal
patriots.
The Rev j. L. HEADLY, an author of
some notoriety, is attempting to rival Mn
TONS description of the fall of the Devil
and his Angels, by getting up book on
the personal "reminiscences of LAFAYETTE
Q. BAKER, the chief detective of Hon. L. NJ.
STANTON. He did purpose, at an early day..
to get one mp on STANTON himself; but the
devil won't allow any interference with his
protege.
A young girl named Molly Mahon, ac-
companied one of the Fenian regiments
from Wisconsin TO the field as its .'daugh-
ter She is sixteen years old, the daughter
of soldier who died of wounds received
at the battle of SoUth Mountain She is
said to be highly educated. She wears n
short woolen dress and trousers, on which
Is embroidered the Irish harp in silk.
A grand wedding occurred ut Mobile on
the llth, at the African church. SAMUEL,
JACKSON, a Negro man, once the slave of
General BkAuREGARD, married Miss SARAH
JONES, white schoolmstress. The house
was crowded by negroes Enthusiastically
dressed. The newly married pair left on
mn early train to visit the brides friends In
Vermont IAN ounce of ciyet, good apoth-
ecary ~
Leading Tennesseeans, who havejnst ar
rived Mt Washington, are very confident
that the Legislature which had Just been
convened will not adopt the constitutional
amendment. They are very doubtful
whether quorum can be secured at this
season of the year. Some of the Radicals
ore opposed to it ON ihe ground that it is
not extreme enough, and now that il is
known that the President is opposed to it.
its defeat is regarded rs certain elll
Hon. BENJAMIN +. LETTER, of Canton.
STARK county, died on the 10Th His death
was sudden and unlocked for. lie was
aged iity-iive years. Mr.. LETTER won
much celebrity for himself ,ls u member of
tile Legislature in the memorable session of
lSi9-5O, and was elected in 1854 n member
OF Congress from the Stark District by the
Know Nothing party.
Several poor gentlemen, who have seen
better days say in 1912, arc building five
new mills at Fall River, Massachusetts.
They have their little jokes among them
selves about mill-ionaires and the mifl-cn-
mum, and then 20 down to Washington,
pnt ON long faces, and whine for '.protec-
| ton"
JuLEs kINKEAD, the murderer of ADAM
SnEETs' In Morgan County, Ohio, some
weeks since, was tried mt the term OF the
Court in that County, now In session, and
convicted of murder in the first degree
me youth SrANHorE, the accomplice of the
prisoner, made an open confession of the
whole affair. kINKEAD has not yet received
his sentence ' '"
iilliputian Ship, In which two persons
say they propose to visit Europe during
the summer, Is on exhibition In New York.
The vessel is full ship-riggcd, but only
twenty-siX feet long. The last 'lilliputian
snip that leit New york for Europe, was
supposed Tor long time, to have been lost +;
IL 'e"Neu out that she headed for Whining
toih anu arrived there with valuable car
go of quinine.