The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-07-22

The Chinese have, for the first time,
whipped The Formosan savages. These
abo igines number 20, 900 only, and yet
they have kept 10 terror about two
millions Of Chinese settlers.
The revenue officials have abandoned
the idea Of placiI g revenue stamp no
every cigar, and smokers can still inbale
the lreamful vapor without the dis
comfort Of tie burnt paper taste.
In addition TO the shortage in the
United States treasury caused by the
theft Of the 1900 package, there is
$1,000 shortage in the redemption di-
vision, which was discovered in January.
This was reported by treasurer New
when he took charge. Otherwise the
funds are all straight, and Spinner is to
be congratulated.
ORDERS have been sent hy Gen. Terry
to the commander at Fort Randall, to
expedite the departure OF cavalry
force at that point, under orders to
proceed direct TO the Black Hills, and
bring out all persons found there with
out authority. Meantime, so far as we
can observe, the gold excitement seems
TO have almost entirely died cut.
TBE monument for Edgar Allan Poe's
hitherto neglected grave will be COM
pleted in October. A small stone half
a foot high and three inches square now
marks the poets resting place in the
Baltimore graveyard. The new monu-
ment will be surmounted by bust of
Poe, which is sald to be an accurate
likeness.
The British government has fulfilled
its pledge to appoint royal commission
to inquire into the subject of vivisec-
tIonsl experiments. The instructions
to tho commission are to inquire into
the practice Of subiecting live animals
to experiments for scientific purposes,
and to consider and report what meas
ures, if any, it may be desirable to take
in respect to any such practice.
JAY GOULD intends to remain king Of
Wall street. He proclaims his power
by allowing the New York Tribune to
publish the facts that he owns 1000
shares of the Union Pacific stock. The
present value of this amount of stock is
$1,000, 900; but no doubt much of it is
bought with borrowed money, and held
on margin. Gould is of Jersey birth,
and is now past sixty. He was brought |
mp leather dealer in what is called |
"The Swamp"
KING GEORGE, of Greece, SEEMS TO be |
in an unhappy predicament. His king
dom is threatened with revolution /; he |
is unpopular, and nobody takes his |
hat off to him on the streets; the |
queen has been insulted, and he is
afraid to go to the Hellenic Long
Branch, at ekcleia, because he thinks
i, lutte probable be will not be able to
get back into his capital again. Two
Russian ships are ready at the Pireus
+" carry him away in case of revolu-
tion.
tHE trial of the notorious John d.
Lee for completely in the Mountain
Meadow massacre of 1857 will not come
off until The 18th inst. Tho difficulty
in this case will be that of obtaining a
proper jury, as the Mormon element is
very strong and preiudiced in Lees
favcr. i was indicted last October,
and the Witnesses against him will be
persons who witnessed The massacre
when children, seventeen years ago, Lee
and his fellow.murderers having spared
that number. The Mormons claim that
the Indians did the killing, but this, it
is said, can be entirely refuted.
July returns to the department of
agriculture, we're unusually full, show
ing an improvement of the cotton crop
during June, in all the cotton states
except Texas. State averages are as
follows: North Carolina 95, an i'm
provement of three per cent, South
Carolina 80, improved two per cent
Georgia 81, improved six per cent.
Florida 1Ol. improved seven per cent.
Alabama 1O2. improved one per cent.
Mississippi 103, improved three per
cent. Louisiana los, improved ten per
cent; Texas 80, declined 10 per cent
Arkansas 1O4, improved IA per cent.
Tennessee 1G9, improved ten per cent.
The South Am ,ieau capital of Bue.
nos Ayres has for many years been
troubled with useless and unservice-
able patron saint. The yellow fever
came, and st. Martin, who had long
presided over the town. was appealed to,
but the fever, nevertheless, had a ter
ribly successful run. The smallpox
came, and again ST. Msrtin disappointed
his constituents. Drought blighted the
fields about the city, but st. Martin
entirely neglected the order OF the citi-
zens for rain. Here WAS pretty patron
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