The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-12-22


News by Telegraph md Mails,
sf.f.,.
A special from st. PAM says; AtMln-
ncapolIs a few days ago, two girls, aged ten
and fourteen years, were kidnapped in the
streets while ON their way to church and
tho most thorough scurehcs since have
failed 10 discover their whereabouts.
Thoimporant land suit, in which the
United states is appellant and the city of
san Francisco IS appellee. pending ip the
supreme Court, was dismissed to-day The
title 20 great portion Of the laud in san
Francisco was involved In this suit.
"a SmfrancIsco sprisl, Of the 10th says; (;
There was a shock of an earthquake M
Sacramento this morning
The gale last night was the scycrest m
ten years. II did considerable damage to
the shipping and wharvcS
AtFRED Ian. u negro, IS to he the rau'ii-
date Tor the Mayor Of Ccorgctown. u. O..
at the forthcoming eEetou.F
The safe Of the Briliant Salooh. IN Mtan-
phis, was blown open aud robbed by burg
lars Of S3,Ooo, on Friday night without
awaLing Young man who slept IN an AL
Joining room
The New Orleans Cfescaps Of the 18TH
inst, says.
The rumor ct the death of John Slidell
has been quite current atthe North. J IS
entirely without foundation. Mr.. Slidclls
friends in this city lave letters FROM lim
as late rs the 1id November, when be- was
IN excellent health"
.IomN DEvhN. ct New York, charged as
being a debtor to the United states in the
sum of Sl0O,0O0. for fines aud penalties in
currcd by the alleged violations of the
revenue laws. was held in dciAultof S20O,-
OOO bail.
A New York dispatch says the numerous
fires in that city at present are generally
the result of inccndiarism, as some mer-
chants usually find it more profitable to
burn stocks that are insured than TO sell at
deprecated figures.
la jackson County, o., many hogs are
dying from peculiar disease, which none
of the farmers there comprehend.
4 Chicago dispatch says: &c. d. HARll-
son, physician. was arrested on Thursday
evening, for causing the death Of u young
lady named LAURA DuNtNG, from Peoria,
white attempting to produce IN abortion,
ON Tuesday a saw-mill two miles from
French Lick Indiana, was blown to atoms
by the explosion of the boiler, killing the
proprictors, Messrs. WlNEGARs, formerly
DunoIsr q Co.. wounding two severely.
and three or four others slightly
The London Telegraph asserts that the
British Government is perfectly advised of
the movements of Head Center STEPHENS,
and that he is known TO be in foreign terri
tory, and that should he attempt TO land
in the British Isles he would be apprc-
hcndcd before he had time to execute his
mischicvous designs.
Gold closed in New York yesterday at
1895.
desperate attempt has been made in
Boston TO rob the money wagon Of the
Adams Express Company.
The Austrian legion in Mexico are tn re-
turn to Europe ut the same time that the
French troops vacate the country. No
quarter is To be shown them by the
guerrillas.
\ Raleigh North Carolina) dispatch sRys
Colonel BAMFoRD commanding United
States forces in this State interiered and
prevented the sheriff from nlicting cor
porenl punishment on negro this morning.
Judge DANIEL u. Fowler ordered thciin7
dittment of all military officers concerned
in the transaction The negro was returned
after receiving eight lashos, and the sol
diers left the ground. Indictments will be
issued against the officers, and the negro
win be whipped Tomorrow. Judge Fow-
LER has called on the Governor to carry uut
the laws of the State.