The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-12-31
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The Congressional Investigating Conn
mittee into New York Custom House frauds,
show that one Official made upward Of $780,
600 above his salary.
The claim against NJ. AMMAN, in France
by the United States, Is 22S0O00 francs,
which is the amount paid by Confederatcs
for ships-of-war.
Mr.. SCRANTON, President Of the New
Haven Railroad, slipped from the platform
Of car on Saturday morning, aud was
almosr instantly killed The cars passed
over his hips.
The Navy Department has received nc
information that SURRATT will be brought
to this country on the Sevatra. IL is moi
improbable he may be transferred to
another vessel.
The receipts from Internal Revenue 70
date for the fiscal year are Sl6,jO0,0O0.
THE YACHT RACE.
We have news by the Atlantic Cable that
the yacht Henrietta, in the race across the
ocean, was the first in at Cowes. She was
commanded by the Juvenile JAMES GoRDoN
BENNETT, of the New York Herald.
The new hotel at Springfield Ills, {,
completed. It is the largest hotel in the
West, and will be known as the Leland
House. the celebrated LELAND's of New
York, having it in charge.
WILLIAMS Hotel, ut Chicago, was de-
stroyed by fire ON saturday night; loss,
$4,000.
The gasoline and paraflno factory of w
x. WINCHESTER, South Brooklyn, and the
oil reflneries of JAS. HUDSON and JAS. L.
HousToN, were burned on Saturday even
ing. Loss, $4,000; partly insured. Two
men were fatally burned.
Eight negro hog thieves, in one party,
were shot and killed, opposite Mound City,
H., few nights ago, by party of white
citizens Tho had been frequently robbed
by them.
The Pemacoke Cotton Millsat Fisherville,
New Hampshire, were destroyed by fire
yesterday. Loss $4,000. Two hundred
and fifty operatives are thrown out of en-
ployment.
Several failures, principally among
clothing and dry goods merchants, have
occurred in Memphis during the past week,
one clothing merchant failed To the amount
of $l50,OO0.
The feeder dam of the Central Canal,
twelve miles above indianapolis, was
washed away on Friday night and Satur-
day last. The accident throws out of en-
ployment some four hundred men, in
various manufacturing establishments de-
irving their water-power from this dam.
Major General J. j. REYNOLDS has been
appointed to command the military dis
trict of the Rio Grande, in place of General
SEDGwIcK.
GEORGE SCHLEGEI- photographer, in
New York, has been arrested, charged with
engraving counterfeit labels of the LoNG-
WORTH Wine-manufacturing Company, OF
Cincinnati.
"RUDOLPH's Opera House" at Springfield,
Illinois, was opened for the first time last
week. 1t was erected at cost of $780, 900
and We are assured that lit has no superb
or in the West except CRosBY's, at Chi
cago."
The chiefs of the Sioux and Sisseton In
dian tribes, OF Minnesota, have been order
ed to Washington, to make a treaty for the
cession of their lands and to guarantee d
safe route over their country to Montana
also for locating them on farms, and foi
guarantee of peace and security to oul
frontier.
The ocean yachtr race for $4,000 was wol
by JAMES GORDON BENNETT, jr's, yacht Hen.
rietta which arrived at Cowes, Isle leofWight
at :45, on Christmas afternoon. The Fleet
wing arrived at ? o'clock, and the Vesta a
3 80, next morning. The Henrietta mad,
the trip, calculating the difference between
London and New York time, in thirtceI
days, twenty hours and fifty minutes, beat
ing the Fleetwing eight hours and iifteel
minutes and the Vesta nine hours and forty
five minutes.