The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-15
News by Telegraph and Mails.

Gold closed, on Saturday, in New York,
at 1859.
The Emir of Bokhara has been defeated |
by the natives of one of his own provinces,
and forced to allow it to become an indie
dependent State.
The room of Senator Yates in Washing
ton, was robbed Of five hundred dollars in
money, and some of Ills store clothes, on
Friday. They even carried away his tenn
perance reform pledge.
The commander of the Juarists troops,
at Matamoras, has levied another $4,000
"loan" upon the merchants.
W. il. Johnson, of Cincinnati, was nom
mated, yesl crday, for Paymaster in the
army, and the Senate confirmed the nomin
alton. 1t had been previously twice re-
| iected. He was an dttdche of the Gdzete.
dispatch from PottsYille Pennsylvania
states that fire-damp explosion occurred
at Bancroft, Ashland Collery, yesterday,
| by which twelve miners were killed.
The lmperialists, at Queretaro, offer ten
dollars bounty to each soldier who joins
them with his arms, and five dollars to un-
armed recruits. The late battle in that
neighborhood was stubbornly contested,
with heavy loss on both sides.
a drover named Hedges, of Girard, IL
linois was robbed of $4,000 last night,
while on his way from Chicago home.
Two young ladies, Helen Marshall, of
Claremont, and Jane Thornburn, of Water
vile, were drowned on Thursday in the
Zumbre River, Minnesota, at Claremont
station, by the upsetting of a boat.
A special session of the Illinois Legis-
lature is to be called, to provide for the
taxation of National banks the Supreme
Court having nulliied the present law on
the subject. The State will lose revenue
duty to the amount of 100000 or 100000
by the National Bank decision unless
proper legislation be had.
One singular fact in connection with the
death of Mr.. Lincoln is that no Coroner's
inquest was ever held on his body, no legal
evidence taken rs to the manner of his
death, nor was u single person, accused of
connection with it, ever brought into a
court of law; nor is there to this day any
legal testimony whatever as to the manner
of his death, the cause of it, or who killed
him.
Wilders dairy stable, in st. Louis, was
burned on Saturday night. Only six out
of fifty cows kept in it were saved.
1t is said General Haleck will take pos
session of the Russian Territory when the
country is delivered over to its new owners
The prize fight between Chandler and
Harris, in California, for $4,000, took place
on Saturday, and was decided in favor OF
the former in the twenty-second round.
Henry J. Raymond of the New York
Times, has been nominated by the President
as Minister to Austria.
Mr.. Howard, of the British Legation, is
engaged to the young, very beautiful and
cultured Miss Cecilia Riggs, daughter OF
Geo. w, Riggs, Esq, the accomplished gen
tleman and well-known banker at Wash
ington.
r Upon an amendment of Mr.. Gladstone,
the leader of the opposition in the House
of Commons, upon the Reform Bill, the
Ministry was sustained by majority OF
70 twenty-one.
Z Senator sherman sailed from New York
! for Liverpool on saturday.
i The lighthouse, at Farther Point New
r foundland, was burned ON Saturday.
S The ten thousand dollars stolen from the
E Adams Express Company's messenger OF
J the steamboat Elisha Bennett, between
d Pittsburg and Greensboro, on the night OF
!. the 9th of April, has been recovered through
!; the detective agency of Allen Pinkerton
y of Chicago.
:, Bing q la Pares brewery, and w. b
, Kean & Co.'s bookstore, in Chicago, wa
burned on Friday night. In the building
with the latter were two or three othe
- firms, whose stock was also consumed
The whole loss on this property was abou
v 100000, and on the brewery $4,000.
: In Junction City, Kansas, FEW days ago
man named Moore killed his wife, iirinl
two shotss from a revolver through he
head. He then gave to some neighbors
l. who had gone to the house, directions as t
the disposition Of his children and proper
~ tv, lay down on the floor beside the bod
ua of his wife, placed the. pistol to his head an
blew out his brains.