davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-09-25
GENERAL LNTELLIGENCE.

GENERAL LN1ELLlGENCE.
The heads of departments who have en-
deavored to evade the manifest intent of the
law providing for tho use of postage-stamps,
on account of the abolition of the franking
privilege, have encountered an additional diff
hculty. The first comptroller of tho treasury
decided that the appropriations can only be
used for the purchase of postage-stamps, and
now comes the postmaster-general, and says
that the departments cannot use the express
for mailable matter without violating the
postal code, and making themselves amenda-
bic to Its penalties.
Col. Robb, one of the eX-commissioners
to inquire into the depredatiOns committed on
the persons and property of American citizens
on the Rio Grande border, has recently AZ
rived. Numerous letters stating that such
acts arc continually occurring, and that since
the commissioner left that section last spring
large drOyes Of cattle have been driven to the
Mexican si,e from ranches between Browns
vile and Brazos de Santiago, and between
Brownsville, and Rio Grande City These
thIevihg operations are committed in daylight,
and i'll several instances exultIng gestures
are made by Mexicans, who escaped with
their booty from the United States cav
airy who had pursued them, but halted
on the American side. In addition to cattle
stealing, murders have been committed near
forts Clark and Concho. 1t will be recollected
the commissioners reported an actual loss of
about fifteen million dollars by such incur
siOns The amount has been considerably IN
creased since the term of the commission
expired No doubt the attention of congress
will again DO called to this subject by the
presi lent, with a view to the protection of
citizens of the United States on the border.
The demand on Mexico to put an end to
marauding expeditions having been unsuccess-
ful, gentlemen OF high position say they sse
no remedy for the evil. except i'll the acquisi-
ton Of portion of northern Mexico, COM
mandlng both sides of the river, and that such
an acquisition is not impossible, considering
that Mexico will be unable to pay the aggre-
gate damages which Texans sustained by the
inetfieency of Mexico to restrain its citizens
from their wrong doing
The United States steamer Tuscarora, de-
tanned to make preliminary survey for q
cable between America and Japan, has arrived
at Seattle, Washington territory. Cape Flat
terry will be the initial point of the sur ley.
A review Of the Polaris expedition by the
celebrated DIR. Peterman Of Gotha, has been
translated into English from the German,
under direction Of the secretary Of the navy.
The doctor Gays that, all circumstances con-
sidored, it must be conceded that this is the
most important expedition that ever went to
the arctic regions. The English talked loudly
for nine years, and criticised freely all other
opinions and endeavors, they Themselves do
ing nothing all the while. The hish-toned
sc of the American government Will he
hopes, contribute towards bringing u All end
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-09-25
Welded Bliss.


You know her. She lives ON your
street. Her features are either pinched,
or full and frowsv. Her dress is wet,
i'll fitting and of no particular pattern;
her slippers are broken down her halr
is uncombcd; her voice is either shrlII
or coarse. You have seen her stand out
in the back yard, and put bare arm up
to her eyes, and under it peep out to the
fence or barn, where man in an Ill
fitting coat is searching for something,
and have heard her shout John,
cant George bring me some waterY'
And you have heard him cry back: " II
he Il MT get that water ! will take every
inch of flesh from his bones" And
when YOU have looked at her again does
it seem possible that those angry eyes
have dropped in maideny reserve, or
raised in coquetish Light to the face of
the man in the i'll fitting coat? Can
You, by any possible wrench OF the
Imagination, conceive Of his tcnderly
passing peppermints to her, Of his TAX
inp that hand in his and bashfully
squeezing it? But it was so. Many n
"God bless you" has been uttered above
that bare heat many Il kiss pressed on
that uncombed hair. The tightly com
pressed lips have lovingly framed ten
der invitations to him to take another
bite of cake and pickle. The hands
that are now par-boiled and blistered
and marked with scars from the bread
knife. and scratches from the last setting
hen. were once twined lovingly about
his neck, and the nose which is now
pcaked and ed, and looks as if it would
stand on its hind legs and scream WI b
rage, once followed the figures of his
vest pattern, or bore heavily against his
iuguIar vein. As little probable as this
seems to you, it seems less to her. She
has forgotten it. She won't hear it
talked of by others. She cannot bear
TO see it acted by others. Two lovers
are TO her "a parcel of fools. And
George is rubbing his head, and we turn
aside while our heroine readiusts her
slipper.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-09-25
FOREI(fN TNG'ELLIGENCE.

The Duke dc Broglie, French minister of
foreign affairs, in letter to the Paris cham
Der of commerce, says the governments Of
France and the United States are still engaged
In negotiations for a postal convention be-
tween the two countries.
An English parliamentary return reports
the number of deaths from starvation within
the London metropolitan district during the
year 1872 There were in all eighty-three
dismal cases within the circuit specified, be-
sides thirteen in the eastern division of Mid
dIesex
Dispatches from British consuls in France,
Russia, Italy and Germany, report the cholera
increasing in those countries.
Madrid The situation here and through
ont the country is improving; a large portion
OF the reserves called ont has been assembled,
and its equipment is progressing The gov
ornment is capable of putting $4,000 forces
into the ietl. The command of the army of
the North has been contided to Genl Iobleo,
Gen'l Furon will enter upon vigorous cam
paign in Catalonia with ten thousand men.
The resources Of the northern provinces have
been exhausted 10y war, and the eXactions of
the Carlists. The necessaries of life even
have become scarce and thousands of families
are reduced to indulgence. The Carlists keep
TO the mountains, eng without cavalry. They
do not dare descend to the plains in any num-
bcrs.
1t is reported here that the German gov
At bol ihnI tvn mill Ii
tional new five per cent. United States bonds,
making altogether seventeen millions sub
scribed for by that government.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-09-25

A French provincial paper has been
sentenced to pay 80 francs and each to
II persons whose names it published on
a list of pilgrims. The publication was
true and harmless, but French law for
bids journals to meddle with the pri-
yate affairs OF individuals.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-09-25
Peculiarities of the English Language.

The following exhibition Of the pecu-
liarites of the English languauge, q
given by Thomas Blaine, is, we think,
somewhat amusing. Its richness seems
to consist entirely in its truth. 1t
must be teasing puzzler to foreigners,
who essay to learn to speak a. we do.
Hero is the exhibition:
"The construction of the English
language must appear most formidable
to foreigners. One of them, looking at
picture of number of vessels, said.
"See what flock of ships?" He was
told that a flock of ships was called a
fleet, and that fleet Of sheep was called
flock. And 1t was added, for his gui-
dance in mastering the intricacies of our
language, that ga flock of girls is
called bevy, and bevy of wolves is
called pack, and a pack of thieves is
called gang, and gang of angels is
called host, and host of porpoises is
called a shoal, and a shoal of buffaloes
is called a herd, and a herd of children
is called troop, and troop of par
tridges is called covey, and a covey of
beauties is called Il galaxy, and a gal
axy Of rufiians is called horde, and a
horde of rubbish is called heap, and u
heap OF oxen is called a drove, and a
drove of blackguards is called mob,
and mod of whales is called a school,
and school of worshippers is called a
congregation, and congregation of en-
gineers is called n corps, and corps OF
robbers is called band, and band of
locusts is called swan, and swan OF
people is called a crowd.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-09-25

DUMAS lacked all those strong virtues
which enter into manly character. He
acked faith, constancy, industry and
as for personal purity, he seems not to
have known the meaning of the words.
He was careless and indOlent, given to
sybaritism and debauchery. A writer,
he seldom wrote his own books; apoet,
he never sang two songs to the same
lady a man, he never paid his debts; ;
a lover, he married to cancel an obliga-
tion a courtier, he dattered and ridi-
culed with the same breath !; CONVEX
sationalist, his wit was scorching, daz
zlinp, merciless, and impure.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-09-25

A NEBRASKA man, on his dying bed,
remembered that his wife was smoking
some hams, and he said Now, Hen
rietta, don't go to snuftling round and
forget them hams.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-09-25

To THE toast. Woman-she is
link between heaven and earth !" Prem
tice once replied $50 is q sausage
thrown up in the air
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-29

A CORRESPONDENT favors US with o
readable letter from Bismarck, town
that has sprung up where tue Northern
Pacific Railroad strikes the Missouri, in
Northern Dakota. Our correspondent
probably writes from a not wholly diSin.
terested point Of view, and the picture oI
things as he sees them, may be little too
highly colOred. We have seen Bis.
mArck newspaper, hoReveA. containing
two or three columns Of telegraphic dis
patches aud otherwise well filled, and
confess 1t looked like the product Of a
pretty live town. Not being a believer
in JAY Cooks "thermal linC,"iI we were
to advise the reader at all it would be 10
read this correspondence'wlIh come tri-
alng reservations
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-29
CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, July 2S.-There were CO.
pious rains this forenoon and afternoon in
the Miami Valley.
In pursuance ol the invitation Of the
Chamber Of Commerce 10 the Philadel-
nhis Council 10 visit Cincinnati, Mayor
johnson and u Council committee went
to Columbus this afternoon in special
train TO receive them and bring them TO
the city.
The Geological Society today elected
nine directors, who organized with Jos.
LOngwOrth as President.
The corner stone the Second Presby-
terian Church, corner Of Sth and Elm
streets, was laid to-day. 1t will be one Of
the finest churches in the West.
Madame Augustine Frazer was today
sentenced 10 five years imprisonment In
the penitenliary Tor procuring an abor-
tion.
The Philadelphia COuncilmen will ar
1ve here at half past three o'clock to.
morrow morning. There will be On
exhibition OF the Fire Department at ten
o'clock, and a visit 10 the work.house,
Clifton and Eden Park will occupy the
remainder Of the day. They will depart
In the evening.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-29
CLEVELAND.

CLEVELAND, July 29.--A picnic at
Rocky river was to-day given to the news.
boys by the press Of this city, aided by
subscriptions from o number Of citizens.
Two hundred and sixty boys participated.
Alter the picnic banquet at the Murch
House was given to- the members oi the
press by W. 8. Robinson & Co., of this
city.
The meeting oil the Cleveland club com.
mences tomorrow and continues four
days. Three races occur tomorrow, viz :
trotting race for 2:84 horses, pune
g, 500, best three In five, ten entries; trot-
ting race for 2:27 horses, purse $500, beat
three In FIVE, nine entries; and running
race, purse $500, best two In three, with
eight entries. Fcarnaught, Jr., was TO
have trotled 10 the 2:S4 race, but
was drawn tonight. The heavy rain this
afternoon and evening will make the
track bad and possibly necessltate post
ponement Of to-morrow's sport. Much In.
terest Ia manifested throughout the city,
and tonight pool selling Is quite lively.
With fair weather the meeting will be a
great success. 49,.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-29
THE GORDON KIDNAPPING
CASE.
Public Feeling Over the Refusal of
BAIL!

MINNEAPoLIs, July 2S.-The following
special was received by the Tribune this
evening:
FoRT GARRY, July 2S.-ThC public
feeling Is so shocked by the refusal 10 bail
the prisoners In the Gordon case that two
OF tho most prominent citizens Of Mani.
tOba became bail for Merriam to-day, viz,
Hon. James Mckay, President oil LeglO
Counsel, from whose residence at Deer
Lodge Gordon was taken by Hay and
Keegan, and Andrew McDermot, the
director OF the Canada Pacific Railroad
and the Oldest merchant OF the country.
Clarke was astounded when these names
were presented. The circumstance shows
that the days Of the Attorney General are
numbered. Merriam was at large only n
few minutes when he was arrested at the
suit Of Mckenzie, late partner Of Clarke,
who was the only English barristCr that
Gordon had not returned, and was
therefore reluctantly engaged by Consul
Taylor. lie cXacled five hundred dol.
lars, which was supposed TO be an ample,
even an excessive fee. But he now has
the aflrOntery 10 bring suit for fifty dol.
lars day, or an additional sum Of five
hundred aud fifty dollars This demand
was resisted, whence suit and the arrest
Of Merriam. Bail was promptly given
when Fletcher ard Merriam were arrested
Twenty-Five thousand dollars in money
and securities were taken from them,
which EugcHc Wilson under u power Of
attorney has cndcGvorCd to recover. He
IN order Of the court TO deliver
the money, but Clarke neglected aud re.
fused to disGorgcd. Wilson and Merriam
expect TO leave TO morrow, but there may
be cloud of civil suits by Gordon and
his blackmailing crowd OF attorneys, al
though Gordon has frequently said there
was not q title Of evidence against Merri-
am. Such is the mockery Of justice that
prevails in Manitoba.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-29
SPAIN,

BAYoNNE, July est Is reported that
severe engagements have taken place near
Pamplline, between the Republicans and
CarlIsLs, In which the latter were success.
full. Two guns and 800 prisoners are said
10 be captured by the Royalists,
WSrAld Specially b.
LONDON, July 2s.-At Carthagena,
Spain, yesterday, the red flag OF the Intran.
Hgentes, which bad been flying above the
fortreSSes and ships In the harbor, was re.
placed by the national flag. In Rnticipa-
ton Of trouble, the iron.clads Mendez and
MuneZ have left the arsenal yard and an
chored in the portS ready for any move
ment; also the NumOncls, Victoria and
others. To-day the iron.cladS, accom-.
panied by three steamers, were issded
from the bArbor, and II lnterlered with,
will fire upon the attacking vessel. A
sauguinary naval engagement Is Gx.
pecled very soon. The Prussian
and the En- gliSh Consuls have received
orders from the respective ministers TO
notify the cruisers that the rebel ships
are pirates, and to treat them as such.
The rebels threaten that II any vessel be-
longing to foreign powers interleres, they
will massacre every consul and foreigner
in the city. Strangers are apprehensiver
and are flying for their lives.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-29
NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YORK, July 2s.-The stables Of
the Broadway and TWenty.third street
stage line, large three.story brick build.
ing at the corner OF Twenty.Beventh street
and Ninth avenue, took fire this morning,
and the upper floors were completely de-
stroyed. A number Of stages were also
burned. ..i'
Patsey Mclaughlin and Jim Kehoe met
at WeehaWken, New jersey, yesterday
morning, 70 engage In q prize.tlght, but
were prevented by the sheriff Of the
county, and the cry Of police being raised, i,
the principals and supporters scampered
of. On their way to the battle-ground
one Of the party in a sail boat had a fight,
capsizing the boat, and two men were
drowned.
The Peruvian government has CON-
menced suits against several dealers in
guanO in Tx. city, who are said to adul-
Ierate the article and sell 1t as genuine.
The fire in the Broadway and Esd street
stables caused a loBs 10 the company OF
$4,000, $4,000 on the building, and $780,
600 on the stock; insurance $4,000. The
Fifth Regiment, which occupied the up.
per floor Of tho building as an armory,
loses $50, 900; no insurance,
Michael Tanney, stabbed week ago
by Peter McKennan, died today. McKen.
nan was arrested. ... ....
Frederick A. Lane, formerly counsel Of
the Erie Railway Company, has beensued
in the Supreme Court by Mrs. Mary Q.
Goodridge, administrative Of Ezra r.
GoOdridge, for accounting. The case will
como up this morning before Justice
Pratt, on the motion to appoint receiver.
Tho allegations are that Lane expended
the sum Of 100000 collected by him
while acting as such an attorney in
paying dividends TO certain creditors Of
the estate, OF which amount he paid him
sell some $4,000 as dividend upon two
judgments OF $4,000 allowed by Lane
himself against her, without her knowl.
edge. Lane denies any charge OF lraudu.
lent acts. Decision reserved.
On Wednesday last Mr. jas. n. COul.
son, q reporter OF the Herald, was assigned
to visit the new steamer City oil Chester;
lying in North river. Since that time he
has not been heard from till to day. In.
telligence has been received that he has
been found in East river. CoulsOn was
formerly connected with the Chicago
IImGS
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-29
THE KU.KLUx CoNVIcTs.

The President Interviewed in BE.
haIf OF Their Pardon.
NEW YORK, July 2s.-General J. B.
Kershan, w. D. Porter and r. Sims, the
committee from South Carolina, have hsd
q conference with President Grant, at
Long Branch, the purpose OF which was
an intercession for the Ku-KluX prison.
ers OF South Carolina. The President
said he was desirous Of pursuing very
liberal policy toward all convicts, except
those guilty Of violent crimes, and toward
all accused except those charged and
probably guilty Of similar crimes 1t Is
understood that the President will imme'
diately address a letter Of instructions to
Attorney General Williams, in pursuance
Of this understanding.
CERTAIN PERSONS RECOMMENDED.
WAsuNsToN, July 2S.-The Attorney
General today recommended that par.
dons be issued to Felix Sonor. Stephen
spown, Evan Murphy and VIM: Scrugs,
convicted in North and South Carolina ol
Ku.KluX OutraEes.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-29

The avaricious man is often the victim
of his own greed. A Peoria boy had two
punches oi firecrackers given him on the
Fourth, which he crammed into his
pocket, but noticing another lying idle
on the sidewalk, he crammed that in
with the rest 1t CHANGED that the vital
spark was present in the soul OF that idle
cracker, and suddenly that boy became
tho busiest youth In all that town. There
were about $50 distinct explosions in that
pocket, and at each one he turned two
double somersAults and shrieked with
terror. When quiet was OF length re.
stored he clapped his hands upon the
scorched and lacerated ruins oi a once
healthy abdomen, and grOaned bis dsap-
probation Of the Pilgrim Fathers for ever
establishing q free country.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-29
THE CROPS.
Summary of the Prospect as Report.
ed 10 the Agricultural Depart

Summary of the Prospect as Reports
ed TO the Agricultural Depart
mcnt.
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-Unusual com.
plants from detective seed is made In all
parts OF the country. The condition Of
cotton has been previously stated. The
report also Of July indicates crop Of S9J
per cent OF tho average, not includ.
ing Virginia, where the culture is as yet
mainly experimental. The prospective
yield ol oats declined during juno in
the New England, Middle and North.
wern States, except Wisconsin. 1t was
enhanced In oil the Gulf States except
Mississippi. Winter rye has improved in
Rhode Island, corn In New Jersey, Mary
land, North Carolina, Mississippi, Texas,
Arkansas, Michigan, Illinois and Iowa.
It has remained stationary in Georgia,
and declined In all tho other States.
Spring rye was below the average In all
the States but five, the minimum being
Nebraska. Winter barley generally de-
clined In the southwest, where heavy
rain prevailed. The grass crop has gen.
orally improved In the New England and
Middle States, however they were greatly
shortened by the drought. The late win.
ter told disastrously upon the iruit crop.
The injury to the apple trees Is more
extensive and severe than was apparent at
the last report. A vast number Of peach
trees arc killed. The condition Of the
grapes ranged from 0l in California to
1877 in Nebraska, 100 representing the
average. The average ofpotatoes remain
the same as last year, or increased In
twenty-five States and decreased In all
the others. The Colorado beetle has ex-
tended It's raVages eastward, it being re.
ported for the first time in several coun.
tics In New York. 1t Is still devastating
In the West, but the farmers have learned
in many counties how to destroy 1t ef.
iectually. The maximum condition ni
the crop was found to be Ill In Georgia,
and the minimum 70 In Delaware.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-29
LATEST NEWS.

The Cincinnati Chamber OF Com
merce has invited the Mayor and Council
Of Philadelphia TO become their guests.
j. Il. Moore, well known lumber
dealer at New Orleans, was thrown lrOuI
his buggy Sunday and died next day from
the injuries received.
The counsel for Carl Vogt has re-
ceived letter from the Secretary Of
State informing him that the case " his
client was still under consideration.
"A few OF the 15O young Russian wo-
men who were driven from Zurich byOr-
der Of the Gar, while pursuing their med.
ical studies in that city, haVo arrived iu
New York nearly mOneyless and wanting
something to do. They are described as
accomplished women.
"A band Of Ku.Klux raided tho farm
Of Mrs. Mason Brown, the mother Of q.
Gratz Brown, in Owen county, Kentucky,
Friday night, killed Louis Wilson (color.
ed), burned his house down, and damaged
other farm property. Tho farm contained
large growing crops OF corn and tobacco,
which It will be difficult TO harvest In the
absence OF labor driven Off by tho Ku.
Klux. Other farms were visited BY them
and the owners warned against employ
ing negroes as wOrkmen. II is said they
came from Henry county.
Darius Charley, the sachGm, and A.
W. Miller, commissioner Of the Stock
bridge and Munsie Indian nation, publish
IN affidavit exonerating Senator Howe
from the charges preferred by certain
parties In relation 10 the sale Of pine lands
belonging to the nation. Tho affidavit
alleges that there has been no dissatistaC-
ton expressed IN regard to the RppraiSe-
ment, tho manner in which the sale WRs
conducted, or the prices obtained, and
pays the Senator a handsome tribute for
his integrity toward their people.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-29
Crop ProspectD In Lhe sOulhwest.

MRMPAIs, July 28.-Crop reports from
Arkansas are very encouraging, the rains
Of the past ten days having brought out
both corn and cotton, though In the re-
gion OF Jacksonport rain ls very much
Reports from Mississippi are
conflicting in regard to cotton, but the
corn crop will not yield more than halt
crop owing to the drouth, while In the
neighborh0od oil O'Kolono, KaSsceska and
Brandon both cotton and corn will make
q poor yield, in addition to the drouth
worms having appeared. In West Ten
ncssee corn will Only yield half q crop
but the cotton prospect is fair.