The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-02
FOREIGN. LNYELLIGENCE.

FOREIGN LN2ELLIGENCE.
There was violent storm on the Blacl, Set
last week, which proved very destructive t,
shipping. Seventy vessels were wrecked nca
the mouth Of the Bosphoru8, and nearly all oI
board perirhed At one point on Tie coas
2G5 corpses had been washed ashore.
A letter from Havana shngan &ccouut Of
the recent great fire there, says Tacon malAc
or Plaza del Vapor was an extensive building
Of masonry, forming square about six hun
dred feet front on each side, and two stories
high, built in 1897, for the general purpose ol
u market. The immense court was filled Will
boot -, Wooden sheds and other buildings
occupied by hucksters and butchers, while the
lower floors of the four sides Of the building
comprised variety of shops and stores Of all
descriptions, andin the upper stories lived the
families of those who had their business aud
calngs in the shops and stands Of the plaza.
Under the arches Of the cOlonnade which sur
rounded the building, were stands and silver
HIhiOu suoW cares Ol Ncnuclb VI NtlcuN7 anu
dry goods, diamonds jcSelry Of all desCrip-
tons, fine and bogus. shoes, fancy goods, ready
made clothing, cigars, lottery tickets, in fact
everything imaginable in the way of trade
Over two thousand persons lived within ita
precincts and without estimating the value
OF the building and its lucrative rental, the
value Of the goods it contained il set down at
three million dollars.
Lon Iona dispatch received IL. We ad-
mralty Office from the commander Of the Drit-
ish steam ljop Daphne announces thc cap
turc in the Indian ocean near tho Pycheiie Is
lands, of slave ship, upon which there had
leen horrible suffering The smallpox had
Iaged on the ship, AMI out Of 800 slaves taken
on board, $50 died. The remaining fifty were
terribly emaciated from disease and want
1t is officially reported there have boon
2, 75j cases of cholera in Vienna since the out
break Of the disease, and Of this number
/ so We're fatal.
"A civil war has broken out in Morocco,
latwoen the scrl and brother Of the deceased
sultan, and trade Of tho country il paralyzed.
GLcNERAL LN2EhLIGENCE.
4 circular issued by the secretary Of wLr
orders that tho officers Of tho army absent
from their stations in sections Of tho country
infected by epidemic disoases or from sta
lions that cannot be reached without transit
through infected localities, are, afler their
lrtSes of absence shall have expired, author.
!'od to delay starting to join their commands
until the epidemic shall have subsidod. Wncn
aiyautage il taken Of the foregoing, the Off
srw.il report byle.tor to- his commander ald
obtain from him an order on which it will be
proper to start for his post.
A dispatch from the senior commanding Of
fcer Mt Key Weat to the navy department, re-
ports that all eases OF yellow fever on the
Only one othor death than that Of Lieut. Com
mandar Mitchell has taken place. There was
no cases of fever in Key West, and the officer,
aud crew OF the Sangus were in excellent
spirits
The postal cards are arriving from the
Morgan envelope company in satisfactory
manner and it IL said there will bo no more
trouble. The present contract will be cortin-
,lod until the re-s5scmdliug of congress bu
{ he experiment has shown that the best way
- for the government to do it's own work. and
! no business will then undoubtedly be given to
tho government printing-officc
The commissioner OF finternal revenue saws
he collection Of revenue by the new system,
provided by the act which went into effect Oh
lac LIT OF last May shows considerable in
creas over the collections during correspond
ing periods under the old system.
There il well defined purpose to propose
; o the next congress the annexation OF csr-
lin part of Mexico ~ the only remedy for
aorder outrages. 1t is proposed to annex the
province Of Sierra Ma Ira, which would make
tho Rio Grande the legal, as it now is the nat
Irsl, southern boundary Of the United States.
c,rtsin New York capitalists are largely inter
q tod in silver mines in that province, and are
Understood to favor the scheme.
Tic American consul in Scotland toic-
4tDl1 LllbJ iilb Altlllbtls VI Lllb ibitllS tAIt-
dition had arrived thera entirely destitute
Due Csre will be taken Of them, and AZ room
a3 possible will bo forwarded to their homes.
Aiter the separation from Tyson and his
companions, the Polars WAS finally abandoned
in sinking condition, by Captain Buddingtou
and the remainder OF the expedition. The
uarty wintered in Live Boat cave where they
built timber house, which they covered with
sails. The winter passed without any event,
yceps the breaking out Of sclryy, which
however was unattended by severe symptoms
Plent ful supplies of walrus liver for food
we're obtained from tho natives, and to this
diet is attributed the mdnez OF the disease
ln the spring two boats were built Of thin
zine boards, taken from the cabin q the
POlars. In these the whole party embarked,
a. Bouu as the ice opened, aud sailed south
ward On the }rd OF June they sighted Cape
York, and on the 22nd Of tho same month
were picked up by the Raven Craig. Mr.. Ches-
ter, the frat mate, is regarded AZ the one who
lid most to save the party, and the rescued
men speak in the highest terms OF his eIer-
'iona. They also say Capt. Hal enjoyed the
confidence of every one, and his death, which
was unexpected, was deporsd by all.
-Counterfets' OF the new fifty cents cur.
rency are in circulation, and are said to have
made their appearance two days after the Issue
Of the genuine.
The pcst-offce authorities have been in
formed by the government of Germany that
the newspaper tax is no longer collected from
persons in the kingdom Of Prussia to whom
may be addressed newspapers printed in the
German language in the United States.
o. -Advces from Indian territory say the ne
groes there, numbering some 800, formerly
slaves to the Indians, are moving to secure a
territorial organization for their protection,
II ILL .an, b,I a convention iF, fihnptav