The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-17
ITEMS OF GEN ERAL NEWS.

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works in Russia.
"A firm in New Orleans ha' orders
for one thousand plows from II single
county in Texas.
"A letter has been received from
General Scott, unhesitatingly endorsing
all that President Johnson uttered IN
his speech on the 22dult,
California has set an example wor'
thy Of imitation, by excluding bushels
and selling and Pricing agricultural
products by weight alone.
1T ia reported on Wall street that
another great robbery OF securities hno
occurred. No particulars. except mat
the loss will amountto halfa million OF
dollars,
The Fcnians in Cincinnati are ma
king preparations for IN immense ceIe-
bration ON ST. Patrick's day. 1t -
proposed to make u large display OF
the material Of war ii the procession.
The friends of Washington College
Va, Of which Gen Lee is President,
have already contributed forty or i'ity
thousand dollars towards the ehdow-
mcnt or 100000.
-Rwnors are circulating in Bait
more that eight hundred Fenians are
about TO leave there by the Northern
Central road for Canada or elsewhere.
The reports are deemed utterly scnsa-
tiouHl.
There is q good reason for saying
that the President will not fall into the
tran set hy the Committee Of Fifteen,
and sion their resolutions to admit
Tennessee rs a State with the condi-
lions annexed.
Secretary Seward has assured the
ENGLISH Minister that the Fenians Will
not he permitted to commit any overt
vet, and that the Government will issut
Il proclamation in any case Of violation
Of the laws.
The Posts special says the Ways
and Means Committee will soon report
Il new tax bill in favor Of five cents per
pound on cotton, AMI > per cent. on al
incomes, extending the exemption
clause in the latter to $1,000.
The Richmond Enquirer says tha'
twenty one Swedish immigrants, who
passed through that city last summer
on their way to find employment in th'
interior ortbc state, have just returned
much dissatisfied.
Mr.. Stephens fnal acceptance o
the Georgia S]cnatorship was in conSe
Qucucc ofan assurance from high OIL
cials that he would be admitted to hl
sect, and thr President is determined
to 10 his hest to secure That admission
The London Pctriot SAYS the Ro
mon Catholics have nearly doubled
tlcir priests and chapcI5 in En@lan'
and Scotland since 1871, There arr
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New Orleans dispatches Of I'll,
10Th say john r. Monroe, Nationa
Democratic candidate for Mayor, i
elected over Moore. National IniOl
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Opposition to the REGISTRY law i
thrca'rncd in Missouri. There is con
siderable excitement on the subject
General Blair, at Jefferson City, ad
visrh every man to resist it, seckin!
redress through the courts. The Gov
eminent is determined to enforce ii
tit takes Ill the State militia to do it.
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Mallory, cx Secretary Of the Conieho
rate navy, was released from Fort La
faycttc. lie has been in falling hcalt
for some time, ana it Is understood h
was released in consequence of repre-
scntatjomshY physicians that proiongc
confinement would prove fatal. Ii
will rcloin hia family, which has bee
residing for some time in Connection
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