The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-19
GLEANINGs FROM THE MAILS

DR.. William NJ Gwln, Ex-United States
Senator from California, u still confined ut
Fort jackson, below New Orleans. He Is
seventy years old and expresses n strong
desire tor liberty.
A Company, with subscribed. capital of
SiOO,OO0 has been organized at Akron, Ohio,
to establish n rolling-mill in that flourish
ing village, The capital stock will be in-
creased TO Sl2b,00O,
The Canadians, In revenge for the abro-
CATION of the reciprocity treaty, threaten
TO deny the United States the right of fish
Ing on the banks of Newfoundland.
A dense fog, with heavy showers of rain,
prevailed in New York yesterday. Nayi-
cation was almost impossible IN both riv-
ers. A lloboken ferry boat got lost on
Saturday night in the fog, but reached its
destination on Sunday morning.
A private letter says that the London
Journals all think the Empire in Mexico is
going to BE- specially interesting this sum
mer. DIR, Mnckay Is going out there for
the Times Beverly Tucker has already
gone for the Herald and Standard, and the
other leading papers are preparing TO send
correspondents.
Some Washington gossip says that Gen.
Buffers daughter Is one of the handsomest
women ut the Capital That is one of ma
turc's compensations, for the General Is
homcly enough to frightcn n horse from his
oats or crow from its carcass.
4 good many people will be surprised 10
learn that the proprctOrs of the distlllcriCs
seized in Dubuque Iowa, for dcfrauding
the revenue law, are all rampant Republic
cans.
The New York Independent says the ease
of the money market there Is due to the
rccklessncss with which the banks are ex-
panding. The National Banks, week before
last, added nearly S3,0O0,00O to their circu-
latiOn.
Entire freedom has been granted to the
Methodist Episcopal Church TO carry on lts
missionary operations In the kingdom OF
Denmark. The significance of this pcrmis-
sion appears from the fact stated by the
American Minister IN congratulating the
Missionary Society upon having secured II,
that 1.-THE like Of IL has not been done for
any foreign church since l7iS.'
One of the prOprietors of the Lodge Sa-
loon, n drinking house Mt Fort Wayne, ln-
diana. was shot yesterday by a man named
OBricn whom he had assaulted and cut
with n knife. The saloon-kecper whose
name is Sterling, is thought to be mortally
wounded,
The Paris (Kentucky) Citizen, of this
week, says: Aged broke mules are in
great demand for the Southern market
We notice two recent sales in Boyle county;
one, of nine head, at AN average of S265
and another of seventy mine head, at an
average of SlG0.'
The safe of the Railroad Ticket Onlce at
Binghampton, n. " was robbed on Sun
day morning last of $1,000. Fifty thousand
dollars were left behind, including $4,000
fer the Metropolitan Bank, New York
Either false keys were used, or the safe had
been unlocked.
Licking county, Ohio, according 10 the
report of the Auditor of State. has the
largest number of sheep Of any county In
the State by 5S065. Harrison county comes
next, having l7S,lT.
The Hillsboro' Democrat SAYS the total
number of hogs shipped from that place,
during the season which has Just closed. II
put down ut 1877 ear loads, or 9,22S head
averaging about $50 lbs, each.
The model lodging houses now erecting
at Montrougc, France, by direction of The
| Empress, are so arranged that rooms for
single men will be Obtainable for $50 per
annum. The apartments for married
couples will range from $40 TO $50 u year,
and comprise two rooms and kitchen,
with an abundant supply Of water.
party Of burglars broke open the safe
Of Mr.. Delbert OF Bloomingdale. Dupagc
county Illinois, on Monday night, and Sc
cured eighty thousand dollars In money
belonging 10 that gentleman and his neigh
bors. The stolen money was the funds OF
the Town Collector.
Fred. Douglass says he is going 20 appeal
from the President 20 the people-he has
"great faith IN the people," Our advice to
Fred. would be appeal TO the Freedmen's
Burean.-N. 4. Ledder.
a SoENE-The Stanley House at Wat