The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-05-27

that Gen. Grant contemplates collecting
materials for memoirs of the war, and
that Admiral Porter will reply to some
portions of Shermans book.
FRANCE now seems to be the reservoir
into which the gold of the world is pour
ing. In the first three months OF the
present'year theIimports of the precious
metals exceeded $50, 900, 900 francs, or
seventy million dollars, and almost four
fifihs of the whole was in gold coin or
bullion. The sources of this supply
were much more various than may be
supposed, for much less than one.half
was sent from England. The United
States contributed about ten million
dt,L
Mrs. LINCOLN has been adiudged in
sane by the Cook county court. For
several years her eccentricities in Chi
cago have been the subject of much
comment. Her belief was that Chicago
was to be burned up again, and she re-
Gently drew $4,000 worth of bonds out
of bank and carried them on her person
for safety In this act she might posi-
bly, be judged eminently sane, but her
limitless purchases of articles she did
not need and many strange hallucna-
tions gave evidence of her failing
mind.
The western distillers whose estab.
lishmeuts were seized the other day,
have formed a combination for the pur-
pose of testing the constitutionality of
the revenue laws that permit the seizure
Of property in such summary manner.
Would it not be good idea for these
gentlemen to form combination for
the purpose of promoting honesty in
the conduct Of their business, so as to
obviate the necessity for such seizures ?
They will do well to consider the sug-
gestion, at any rate.
In eastern Kansas and western Mis-
souri, grasshopper panic already pre-
walls. The pests are already up and
doing, and have started on their line of
march, destroying everything green in
their way. The route lies in north
westerly direction, and the only hope of
the farmers is that the grasshoppers
may disappear in time to save the corn
crop, In several counties in Minnesota
the eggs are Matching fast, and warm
weather is expected to bring with it a
renewal of last years devastation and
ruin.
CHARLES Il. LAWRENCE, ex-revenue
inspector, who was brought back from
Europe the other day, charged with
smuggling silks into New York. is suf-
fering under the weight of 1870 indict-
ments, upon which he will require $780,
600 to secure his release from jail. His
frauds were perpetrated by entering
cases of valuable silks as corsets. The
cases of corsets were sent to the public
stores for appraisement, and the remain
ing cases, which contained the silks and
laces, we're delivered to Lawrence and
his partners. 1t is estimated that by
their arrangements over 81 800, 600 were
lost to the United States treasury.
In letter written by Maj. VIM. j.
Sykes to John Fl Oberly, one of the
directors of the Cairo and st. Louis
narrow guge railroad company, after
showing the advantages of that road to
Cairo ne urges upon the capitalist who
built that road the Importance of ex-
tending it down the Mississippi river,
through Memphis, as far as Vicksburg,
and perhaps TO New Orleans. He as
sumes that it can only be done by cap
italists who will undertake it as an in
vestment, because, as he says, road
from St. Louis through Cairo to Mem
phis would pay much better according
to its cost than one merely from st.
Louis to Cairo.
SHARKEY, the New York murderer,
has escaped again. The vessel on
which he was being conveyed to
New York stopped at Charleston to
coal, and Sharkey got away from the
detective who has been for weeks trying
to secure him in Havana. The Span
ish government had given him up OF
their own accord, as no extraditior
treaty exists with Spain, and Secretary
Fish had made no demand for Sharkey.
Such a demand would have been fol-
lowed by demand on the part OF Spair
for the surrender of the Cuban ref
ugees now in this country. Sharkey is
gone again, however, but may possibly
be caught on American soil. He is {
desperate, brutal character, with fear
full reputation in New York.
The outflow of specie is now at ful
tide, the exports during the past weei
having amounted to s3,67O,352, making
the total since January s26, ,327-
the largest amount on record. Th'
nearest approach to this total was il
1871, when the figures were S25, l43, O55
aud in 1868, when they we're S25, 1903,
S48. Last year we had up to this tim'
in the year sent out only sl3, ,229, sos
and in 1878 s1s, s,23s.O97. The chic
cause of this heavy drain is the calling
in by the treasury Of so many fve-twent.
bonds. II the European holders o
these bonds we're taking, in equa