The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-10-17
Abroad.

A dispatch rom Yokohama, an
nounces that two-thirds of the treasure
lost by the burning of the steamship
America at that port has beeh recov-
cred.
A Madrid despatch states that the
government las determined to send
fourteen thousand men to re-enforCC
the army in Cuba.
The England, iron masters have re-
duced the price of finished iron two
pounds per ton.
Departures from Alsace and Lorraine
of the inhabitants who decline to as
sumo German citizenship are upon an
immense scale. 1t is estimated that
$1,000 emigrating associations will take
up their residence in Nancy alone,
while large number will go to other
places.
Spanish palace Escurial, situated on
the southeast slope of the Sierra Guada-
rama and about twenty-five miles
from Madrid, has been destroyed by
lightning. This was the most cele-
brated palace Of Spain. In its mauso
leum slept the long line of Spanish
Kings from Charles V. down. Here
were the treasured ashes of princes :;
here collected works of art, the relics
of the saiuts, twenty thousand rare
values of Spanish literature, and four
thousand rare MSS. written in the
Greek, the Hebrew and Arabic
language. All have now rushed sdy-
ward in flame and smoke The
palace was built during the seventeenth
century by Philip l., in fulfiIment of
q vow that he would build the most
magnificent monastery..in the world if
st. Lawrence would give him over the
battle of st. Quentin. Twenty-one
years and sum equal to fifteen mil
lion dollars, were expended in COM
pleting the work. The church under
which the mausolcum was constructed
by Philip ". was triumph of archi-
tectural skill. Porphyry and marble
of the richest description encrusted the
walls, and on either side were placed
statue portraits of kings and queens.
Bcnvenut0 Celinis' marble "Christ,"
presented to Phillip by the Duke of
Tuscany, and which is said to have
been brought from Barcelona on mems
shoulders, was there and must have
been mutilated by conilagration. The
loss of so many venerable relics will
be deeply regretted by the scholar,
the artist, the historian, and antigua
rian.
There arc serious apprehensions
Ireland of another famine. The Iris
peasantry in some parts Of the island
are writing to their friends in this
country that the utmost anxiety pre-
walls in regard to the food supply, and
that fears are entertained of widespread
and terrible destitution. Information
derived from an entirely different source
leads to the conclusion that there is too
much reason for the prevailing appre-
hension. A writer in an English jour
nal, who las made a special tour
through Great tBriian for the express
purpose of ascertaining the condition Of
the crops, and who is recognized as an
authority on such subjects, estimates
the value Of the potato crop to be less
by seventeen millions of pounds ster-
ling than that of an average year, and
OF this loss more than one half falls on
Ireland. If this estimate is correct, It
may be considered certain that great
distress will exist the coming winter
among the poorer classes, who depend
principally upon their potato patches
for subsistence. the wheat crop of
Great Britain is most likely to fall short
of an average one.