The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-08-11

the Gth ait. witlIa little speech, In which
she expresscd a wiAh that tlm ''snne pnri-
ty' which rcignedln the thehter there pre-
yailedin every b9Aple of thS drama.
What has happened with the drama, that
the fair Julia should give II such back
handed compliment
BIG Hoa.-Joseph Poole. of Fountain,
has hog on his place, OF the Irish Graxier
and Borkshirc stock, which IS one year and
eight months oldsandr weighs six huHdret
aud eight pounds. The animal Is six feet
and four inches IN lcngtlt
A dispatch from New Orleans, dated Au-
gust g. says: "The city is quiet. Many
families are coming in from the adjacent
parishes, for fear Of pegro inswrectiongn
7 A fellow s,vlihe himsclfiM. Gombs, lr.,
who hailed from Indiana, and who has
been figuring at Memphis, rs n claim agent,
was arrested on the sth, and held to'bail In
$1,000, for cntieiug a country girl rom Ar
kansas into his room and committing rape
upon her.
Al the last race over the Fashion Course
the celebrated Patterson tcam,' Lady
Ella and Lady Belle, a beautifully matched
pair of blacks were knocked down at
$4,000 M. Sam. Trucsdnle being the pur-
chaser. Their late owner paid $4,000 for
them. Lady Wilkes, a highly bred black
mare by lIambletonial, WAS bought IN at
$1,000.
The amount of bullion shipped from
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S, office, Virginia City
aud Geld Hill. Nevada, for the past seven
months, is seven millions eight hundred
and ninety-one thousand three hundred
and twenty-siX dollars.
A miner of san Meteo County, California,
recently put bull dog on the trail of a
deer which rushed toward the coast and
finally into the sea. The dog followed and
soon seized the deer by the throat A huge
wave completely submerged both for
awhile and then threw them ashore in
half drowned condition. The hunter cut
the dcer's throat and WAS then forced to
choke the dog before he would relinquish
his grip. fHTstt Ws
In Macon county, the ether day, as n
young man named john l.. Wilson was in
the act Of freezing someice cream at Il pic
mic, pistol, which he carried In the inside
pocket Of his vest, fell ont, and striking on
the jar IN which tile freezer was contained,
the load was discharged, entering his nos
tril and lodging in the brain, killing him
instantly.
The Radicals are curious about the Phila-
delphia Wigwam. This is natural, as there
they will be scalped.
The Darlington, Is. C.) Southerner says:
Two brothers from Darlington district,
married men, enlisted In the Rebel army
aud were killed. Their two old batchelor
brothers then married the widows"
The Marungo (Ala.) Recorder says the
cotton crop through that section of the
State Is entirely ruined, and that the far
mers never had such gloomy prospect be-
fOrf them ;lS NJ the nrpspfit Time.
The Tennessee Senate ordered one thou
sand copies of Brownlow's message to be
printed in English and two thousand in
German. Are Americans in minority in
Tennesseef
MT, Ham was murdered in the woods
near Almo, Fountain county, Indiana, July
26th. Monday last, Perry Hillman, only
20 years old, was arrested at Three Oaks,
Mich, for this murder, and the evidence
against him is said to be very strong.
Notwithstanding her mineral wealth,
California has to-day more poor people
than any six other States In the Union, and
all because so many thousand men would
rather do everything temporarily than
anything steadily. FHu
Mrs. Calhoun, the widow of the late
John c. Calhoun, died ut Pcmberton, $. G.,
on the 25th ultimo.
The total number of deaths in Cincin-
nati FOR last July was 800, of which l23, or
forty -seven per cent. were of children.
Cincinnati contains about the same popu-
lation us that of Chicago, while her NOR
taGty was less than half. u.5lt
The tract of land which the Government
purchased near Vicksburg lately, rs a ceme-
terry for the dead of the Union army, cost
100000.
| Returns from fifteen counties of North
Carolina give 4,007 votes IN favor or and
| 4,l04 votes against, the new State Consti-
tuition. 1t will probably be adopted
General Burbridge, who is now in Wash
ington, has been threatened with assassin
alton iT he dare return to his home in Lex
ington, Kentucky. The evil flee, when no
man pursueth !"
Governor Brownlow's son, connected
i'with the Knoxville Wig, writes to the Gin
cinnati Commercial that he has not been
thrashed. Perhaps he can prove that he
hasn't been, but he might find it difficult &c
show that he shouldn't be, or that his father
shouldn't be hung. itH
A Kansas paper says; Two men of the
horse thieying fraternity danced in the all
on lightning Creek one day last week
They Immediately retired to i hole in the
ground after their exercise"
The only public positions held by Mr.
Henry Stanbery, the new Attorney Gener,
nj in Mr.. Johnson's Cabinet, previous to hii
Ipresent appointment, were those of Attor-
ney General for Ohio in lS46, and member
of the Ohio constitutional Convention in
1850. .t-,...
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