The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-23
GLEANINGs FROM THEMAMs.

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The philadelphia Inquirer SAYS: There
is no donbt that The fairest method Of asses
sing taxes upon property Is According to
the rate Of rent which it Sields. or might
Yield and we anticipate that such a reform
"a the method OF assessments upon real
estate WIZ become. general"
The new residence OF Gen. Grant AZ
Washington Is one OF block built some ten
years ago By Senators douglas, Rice and
breckinriuge. Ms their metropolitan resi-
denees while IN offloe. Government has
used the whole block a. n hospital dLtiny
the rebellion. The house adjoining Gen.
Grant belongs 10 Alfred Lee. a sagaoious
ana highly respected eoIored imam a ftutr-
dealer. aud reported to beworth s200,OOO.
Grant has at last got up among the sum
nef ana Chase aristocracy +''
! 4 correspondent Of the Memphis Argus
writes that there are on the battle fields Of
Shiloh aud Corlnth twelve thousand Com
iederate dead whose. bones are mostly
oieaching above ground, d.
The Scientific Americda In forms the ladies'
that II they would have corn beef Juicy
ater u is cold. and not dry as chip, they
shoulu put lt into boiling water when they
put on to cook, and they should not take ir
out OF the pot when done until IL has be-
come cold. ....... ~ --f m.
The Charleston Courier chronicles the ar
rival there OF l65 German emiginnts, men.
women aud children. They viii form n
settlement or the plantations In the Christ
Church parish, and raise cotton aud vegeta--
bles. I.... .0l... n. n -. -. n -
| The American steamship Uncle Sam.
which the authorities of Panama made a
show Of OBTAINING. on the ground that she
was about TO take 800 tuns of provisions
and other supplies 70 the Spanish fleet al
valparaiso, has been allowed to depart on
her voyage, on giving sham bond for
SlDQQ0 not to deliver her cargo TO the
spanish commander. I..I.. .0.f r
In January last, q pure Arab horse ran
nom Cairo to SeuZ. distance OF ninety
miles. In seven hours. ilfty-six minutes and
thirty seconds. An English thoronrgh-
bred, which ran against the Arab. broke
down nearly eighteen miles from the vim
ming post. o. ii 't."
An English married lady has cOunsulted
her lawyer on the question. whether hay-
ing married her husband for his money.
and that money being all spent. she is not
Wld0w aud at liberty 70 marry Agilin.
Decision reserved. 4i....1 -. 4
At n fanev ball ut the Tuilerles. lately,
there was quadrllle OF all nations. The
prettiest girl in Paris was chosen 10 repre-
sent France. IL was the charming Miss
Beckwith, an American. She wore a white
satln dress. with tri-color sash. Brunettes
rejoice. 's utf.ai. ''' 'H
Four gentlemen from Worcester, Mass.
have purchased u plantation of l.22O acres
III Madison county. Mississippi They p.r-
pose To keep about twenty plouglis run
hing and VIII employ from thirty 10 forty
negroes aud no less than thirty mules
AgassiL goes on from victory TO victory
In Brazil. He will need Squadron TO
bring home the fish aud creeping things.
The last reported census footed up go
different fishes, OF which 700 are new
species, and 10 are of new genera and he
is still fishing. '"'' 3'll
The carpenters ~ Brooklyn talk about
claiming W 5Oa day. and their employers
Threaten ~ suspend building altogether, If
they do. ...,i- .''..T'' . n. vi
One hundred and eleven valuable sheen,
belonging 10 William NJ Evarts. were
drowned during the recent Hood at Wind-
sor. Vermont
cotton factory has been erected at
Oakland, near san Francisco. capable of
producing one thousand two hundred and
eighty yards of cloth n day. fa '. 4
The ice bridge over the Niagara River az
the foot Of the American Falls still remains
intact. and Is crossed daily by hundreds of
people ut the point known as THE Ferry .
The lee In the river between the falls and
Suspension Bridge could be measured by
the million cords. saa .H.i-' n.