The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-25


VICE-PREsIDEnT WILSON was taken
suddenly i'll in Washington last week
and his life was despaired of. He rallied
however, and in an hour or two was con-
sidered out of danger. The latest ac-
counts represent his condition as quite
low, but still with no alarming symp-
toms.
LITTLE children are sold and exported
from Italy now under new dodge. In
stead of taking them away singly, the
spectators buy up whole family at
once, including father, mother, unclcs
and aunts, and start the lot for foreign
parts. The law can't gainsay the will of
father and mother, and 50 the little ones
are smugglcd out to tussel with the
world.
Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS has accepted
the presidency of the American depart
mcnt of the Mississippi Valley society,
of London, rendered him by the parent
organization. The object of this move
mcnt is TO direct attention to the deycl-
opmcnt of the commercial, agricultural
and mineral resources of the valley of
the Mississippi. Mr.. Davis will devote
his entire energies to the work in this
country and Europe, making his head
quarters at New Orleans.
A CURIOUS freak of nature can be seen
near Eureka, Cal. 1t is in the shape Of
Il tree sevcnty-fvc feet high, one portion
of which is pino and the other fir The
body, from the ground TO n distance of
thirty feet, is pine, and then for a dis
tancc of twenty-five feet il is fir. The
remaining twenty-five feet, like the lower
portion, is pine The fir portion of the
tree is in flourishing condition, the
foliage on that part being 50 dense that
the leaves are rather scarce. 1t is n rare
curiosity, and attracts the attention of
everybody who passes it,
TIE Paris Universe states that the
Popc's household consists of 537 per-
Sons, the chief of whom are Cardinal An
tonclli, the major-domo, the master of
chamber, the grand almoner, the secre-
tary, the steward, the governor, Gen.
Kanzcr, and 5 chamberlans. There are
90 persons employed in the sccretarys
office, Is in the administration of the
palace and in the secret printing house.
The Pope has / groom of the chamber
and body servants. The Apostolic
Chamber is composed of president, %
couriers, 3 servants and Orderlies. Car
dinel AntOnelli and. Gen. Kanzler have
suite of 4S persons, while the Swiss
Guard and Pontifcial gcndarmeric num-
bcr 200.
THE present Pacific railroad, and es-
pccially the California end of it, which
is commencing southern line of its own
from that side, is opposing, though not
with great openness, the Texas Pacific
railroad project. According to the
Springfield Republican, Gould, head of
Union Pacific, and Huntington, man
ager on this side of the Central Pacific,
are sending secret emissaries over the
south, cultivating dissensions in the
southern mind on this question, and try
inc to prevent the southern congressman
being a unit in favor of the Scott
bounty bill, when they get to Washing
ton this winter.
THE New York Herald publishes a tel
cgraphic synopsis of the letters received
in London from Stanley. He says that
Livingstone was wrong in reporting that
the Victoria Nyanza consisted of five
lakes. Spcke correctly states that Vic
toria Nyanza is one lake, but Speke's two
islands are peninsulas. The river Thi-
mcey is the principal feeder of the lake
and the EXTREMIST source of the Nile yet
discovered. Stanley had several con
acts with slave dealers on the lake. Or
one occasion he was attacked by one hun
dred natives, armed with spears, in thir
teen canoes, who were repulsed after
severe fight. Three natives were killed
lie arrived at the Utesias hunting CAM
at Msyura, April l3, when the king di
rected extraordinary displays and festivi
ties. One feature was naval review OF
the lake ofeighty-four canoes, manned by
$4,000 men. On the second day in add
tion to the, naval maneuvers, there wer'
races, in which eighty-four canoes, wer'
engaged, each propelled by thirty oars
men the king leading the feet person
ally in the presence Of great crowd o
loOkers-on, including three hundred
wives of the king. On the third da.
there was bir,lshooting and target prac
tice, by three thousand troops, and o.
the fourth day they returned to Mteaa'
capital. This king has two million sui
jects; is Musselman; has great INTEL
gcnce, and his dominion affords the bc'
augury for the possible civilization {
Africa.
An old ship with history is to |
raised from the Sacramento river, whcl
she has lain for some fifty years. This