The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-10

his annual report, says regulation ID much
needed inhicting punishment on soldiers who |
marry without proper permission. Military |
posts are overrun with the wives Of the en-
listed men; and it il we'll known that it re-
quires about as much transportation to move
four laundresses as it does to move Il whole
company of men.
A Berlin dispatch says that Russia
contemplate .he reassembling next March, in
st, Petersburg, OF the international conference
lately held in Brussels, Exertions will proba-
bly, be made to secure the consent OF Great
Britain and some minor statea, The work OF
the conference will bo confined to the enact
ment of the more purely phlanthropic clauses
of the programme proposed by Russia. II
these endeavors fail, the three northern pow
ers may probably settle the matter alone.
The message Of President MacMahon
was delivered to the assembly last week. lie
says that order has been maintained through
out the country. Relations with foreign gov
erDments are on an excellent footing no for
eign power doubts her desire to MAINTAIN
pacific relations with all nations. The imam
cal condition of the country has improved az
home, thanks to good harvest. The export
trade has never been 40 considerable as our
ing the last four months. Everything no"
favors the expectation that these most sa''s
factory results will be at least equa'ed III 1910
The president insists strongly on the necesslI!
| Of deGaite legislation with regard to the con
situtional powers, and continues AZ follows
necessarily agtatea by propaganda oil I'M
most pernicious doctrine, the country asRsyo'
to guarantee, by measures, the action OF tl
public powers during the period OF staOih'
which you promised France
The steamer La Plata, from GraVesen'
for Rio Grande del Sud, chartered by Slemeh
Bros. to repair the telegraph cable, fouhdere
off Ushant, on the 29th OF November. SKI
persons were drowned. Fourteen survivor
were rescued by the Gareloch, OF Glas6oV
The loss of the ship il attributed to the shll
ing of the graphing apparatus. or $50 mile
of telegraph cable on board, l5O had been pa
ont. which had to be abandoned. Unayailir
attempts we're made to save the vessel
; tightening The captain, surgeon, three o'h
officers, the engineer, seyen stewards I'll
cooks, eleven atokers, fourteen seaheh III
the whole OF the cable staff numbering Il
teen, and including Mr.. Ricketta, the CHI
electrician, were drowned. The chief ste"ar
who was saved, reports that the fires were
l ont by ten o'clock on the morning of the 2o'
heavy sea carried away two OF the boats a
s the ship gradually settled by the stern
a 1890 p. NJ she foundered, stern first. j
:, CAPTAIN and doctor were on the BRIDGE haVi
i failed to clear the patent lfe-raft, and We
y down with the crew.
,, The steamer Vancouver has arriV
u with late news from China and Japan !
y Formosa quarrel has been settled, China c.
II ceding everything required by Japan
y latter government has already determined
'f retrrr n part, il not the whole, indeml
IT. money! They required it only az an uhti
4 taxable acknowledgment of the propnety
70 their action. That having been VihdIcat
they are disinclinod to keep the money. I'm
Y ia general complaint against the United SIa
u consul at New Chang for having sentence
st pilot named Holiday convicted OF mur'
", ous assault on the Chinese women, to
rt fourteen days imprisonment. The suolec
e. supplying prostitutes for San Francisco
le- tracts much attention in Hong Kong M
re- ures are under consideration to prevent II"
Dr. departures from that place Several case
We girls seeking release were recently oe'oro
on ,ourts. BY a heavy typhoon ON OcIoOer
MI many japanese villages were greatly inJu
nS and one entirely destroyed Thirty u
'rh irnks were wrecked and two hundred
'ef Iost. In view of the recent expectation
"o war. public expenses are reduced III var
'ee wovs. The Mikado and members OF inc
Oh perial family have renounced part of thoil
'op comes. Numerous employees have reqnes'
yer reduction OF their salaries, and eV"h
na' scholars in tho national academies nave
''ct toned that the amount allowed for their
per cation bo temporarily reduced