The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-02
GLEANINosF FROM THE MAILS.

IL Is said the Committee on WAYS aud
Means viii report a bill eNcmpting from
the Income tax all incomes below $1,000,
aud imposing tax Of five per cent. on all
incomes above that sum.
The loan Bill Is 10 bc taken up In the
House of Representatives That body will
probably pass Stevens substitute, which
restricts the power of the Secretary of the
Treasury, and omits the Foreign I7oan
clause.
ltis probable that the Reconstruction
Committee will soon report bill providing
for the recognition OF Tennessee, aud OF
course the admission of her Congressional
delegation.
DR.. Isaiah u. Linn. a prominent physician
of Chicago, died Ia that city on Wednesday,
from the effects of four grains of morphine,
taken to relieve pain.
1t is said the st. I.onis Postmaster was
rejected in the United States Senate because
hc was personally hostile to the two Mis-
souri, senators.
The stockholders of the Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad have commenced n
suit against the late President of the road
for one million of dollars. for permitting K
to be taken by the Confcderatcs.
An envoy from Maximilian is now in
Washington, seeking recognition for the
Imperial Government.
BY an arrangement with the Danish Gov
crnment, the United States have secured n
rendezvous for our National vessels ut u
hurhOr in the Island of st. Thomas. in the
West Indies. This would be of great i'm
portance IN case IF a foreign war
Letters from the East Indies represent
thc cotton trade as greatly increased dur
ing the American War The shipment for
live months alone during last year over
the Great Indian Pcninsular Railway.
amounted To 2l0,0O0 bales. three times the
amount for the same period in the preced-
ing year.
\ remarkable instance of tcnacity of life
is described in the New HAMPTON, Iowa,
Courier \ lady was buried In the snow
thirty hours, the mercury being more than
II degrees below zero, vet was rescued
alive, and with the exception offrozcn feet,
not materially injured.
The notorious VIM. Loyd Garrison has
made speech in New York, in which he
dcnonnccs the Presidents policy in severe
terms, and says Mr.. Seward had better
have been killed by the assassin than to
have made his speech mt Cooper Institute.
Harrison Is the same man who used to call
the Union league with hell, and the Com
''''"ei'h NN'N'iitht q W itn utNlI,
The Governor OF Missouri has issued a
proclamation Offering reward of $500 for
the apprehension of two bushwhackcrs
who rode up 20 the house of Mrs. Berry. in
Miller County, Missouri. last Saturday, aud
murdered, in cold blood, two members of
the family. one n son and the other n Wild
owed daughter. The alleged reason was
that one of the sons had bccn in the United
States army.
Tho Rio Grandc Courier states that Mon
terey has no French troops, and only five
hundred Imperial Mexican troops The
city Is almost deserted by its best inhabi-
| tants who had gone to Saltillo, where there
was French force. The abandonment of
the place by the French troops was owing
to jcaiouslcs on the part of the Mexican
commanders. The people desired their re-
turn.
The Indianapolis Herald says that Jacob
Barth, OrTaylorsvillC, Bartholomew county,
lad, blew his brains out on Monday morn
ing. lie was married on New Years day.
few nights after the wedding Young
gentleman called and took Mrs. Il. to
church, without consulting the husband
The woman remained out until three o'clock
in the the morning. when she came home
To Mr.. BIS inquiry rs to where she had
been, She curtly replied that it was none of
his business. \ separation ensued, ever
since which Barth has been the prey of
settled melancholy. which eliminated in
the tragedy of Monday.