The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-06-28
EDITORIAL BREvITIEs.


who came 10 vir@,n,o nj mJpg,nmu Ynn da'nse ..'e
man who owned negroes. which he sol,
ana pccked the money.
so says a Richmond paper. We thought
that he was something OF that kind of New
England character. just the creature Il
give dignity to a great State trial, and il
the person of JEFF DAVIS, snake Treason
odious."
A Radical member of the Tennessee Sen.
ate capsized a buggy in Paducab. XIV.
spilling out a woman of bad renutation
got whipped, and had TO appear before tbs
Police Court. U
SAM. CoovRRT, the Deerfield murderer
when receiving his sentence to the gallows
on Tuesday last at Lebanon, put on Q
smiling, aaidaeious face, and when asked
by the Judge if he had anything to say
replied, nothing much, except that / am
Innocent" and listened to the order of the
Court with utter indifference. He is, with
one, possibly two exceptions. the most
british gallows bird yet hanging on
the boundaries Of the Internal pit.
DEMANDING AN END OF rrft suAM.--The
| New York Tribune of Friday last saws
"We welcome the news from Fortress Mon
roe of the assignment of spacious and com
iortapie apartments for the housekeeping
OF Mr. and Mrs. JEFFERSON DAVIS, BY
anu Dy' the farce will have become Zoo
giarlng, ana then he wilIbe let go. What
Is the use Of persisting in a cheat whereby
nobody is cheatedS Mr.. DAVIS is not to be
tr'eu7-at All events, not with intent or ex-
pectatioh OF tconvicting him-then why is
ne longer subsisted at thepublic cost? Let
us nave an end of the shami' uit.a
The Supreme Court Of PENNSYLVANIA. In
session at Wilkesbarre, Pa, has decided the
act. disfranchising deserters, TO be uncon-
stitntional; of course, on the ground that.
no person, under our Constitution and lows
can be disfranchised, except for some crime
of which he shall have been duly convicted
before acourt of which there must exist
recorded evidence. "''h
A foolish man in Memphis. on the aad
inst- put half eagle in his mouth instead
of his pocket, and mounted his horse for
ride. The animal gave shie, and the coin
slipped down his throat. He has been par
ticularly anxious ever since about the rise
and fall of gold-in fact. has the oold fepey,
HoRsE-TuRyEs,-Tbe Franklin fpenn
Spectator has discovered that ,ecord;ng m
an old law of Peunsylvap;a anv nerso,, a.
resting a horse-tbief in thar Syoto is on,i-
tied to n bolntv of twentv do,,arson and Ill
age.
Another Indian war broLo an, 10,
umbus. ON Saturday ,,igb, loo, g., g..
teen of a party of Pawnees with their chic,
on their way to Washington, TO see their
'Great Father,"i while encamped outside
the city limits, were assailed by some row.
dies and the chief so terribly abused ne IN
endanger his life. The police are on the
war-path.
proposition was made to the City Coun-
Gil OF Louisville, Kentucky, by Captain j.
IL. BELoHER, Acting Quartermaster, offer
ing to pay $12,500 for damages done to the
streets Of that city by the military.
Quite destructive fire occurred in Par
kcrsburg, Va. on Friday last destrovin0
eleven houses, most of them being bouses
of business. The loss is not ascertained.
bat is said to be principally covered by in
snrance.
On Saturday morning freight car, con-
tanning large quantity of gunpowder,
caught fire by spark from the locomotive,
when on its way from Quebec to Montreal.
=. was AZ once ue1'c''ed from the train, and
.ne passengers warned TO escape. A pri-
Va.e so,u'ef at once broke open the door,
anu wiln some buckets OF water put the fire
o"e--peiore mar the powder was consumed
The Ohio State Journal has the unpleas-
ant intelligence that J. b. HOWELL, editor
Of the Gate CITY, has been removed from
.ne postorce at keokuk, Iowa, and ED
+" y N'' Non'ooia'" poii'ieian' appointed