The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

Senator Ferry, of Michigan, president
of the senate pro tenn, will be Nicc-PrcSident
Wilson's successor.
There will he twcnty-iour contested
election cases to settle in the next national
house of representatives. Nine of the CON
tcstants are republicans and fifteen are
democrats.
Considerable activity prevails at the
Gosport navy yard. Orders have been re-
ceiyed from Washington to thoroughly lt ont
the monitors Ichish and Montank, with all
possible dispatch.
A contract has been closed between
parties in Chicago and Liverpool, England
to build u number Of sailing vessels to ply
between these two ports in the gram trade
each vessel to have Il carrying capacity Of
thirty.cipht thousand bushels. They will he
constructed in time for the opening OF naVl'
cation next year.
From July to Oct. 81, there was Il
falling off in customs receipts probably l."
the extent of three Millions aS compared
with the corresponding months last year
This month thus far the receipts are much
larger. The internal revenue receipts
show an increase for July, August, September
and October Of s., 400, lo9 and il is expected
the increase for the present month viii be
one million and Il half Of dollars. The IN
crease in the receipts from the increased taN
on distilled spirits has not been as large as
Anticipated, but there has been an increase
of rcccipts from tobacco and Snuii, owing Ia
the change Of the tax from 20 10 - per cent
per pound.
Gen. Ord. in command of the depart
mcnt of Texas, in his annual report gives +
lengthy account of the border operations o
the Mexican banditti, most 0G which ha
been anticipated by press publications.. TIN
report closes with the following suggestions
More cfectual means must be adopted thai
sending troops to look on, while our Peopl
are being despoiled and murdered; for it
evident that soldiers, however willing, can d
nothing if confined to this side Of the rivei
and an order to make reprisals with mean
to carry out the order has sometimes resultc
in indemnity as well as security.
General Sherman's report.-Thc an
nual report Of Gen. sherman, after Stain
the geographical limits Of the various con
mands, says the aggregate strength OF tn
line of the army according to the last re
ports received, is $40 officers and 25,O3l er
listed men, made up as follows: Five reg
ments of artillery, go officers and 2,joimcn
10 regiments OF cavalry, 422 officers and 1,2u
men. % regiments of infantry, SIS officers an
. II 600 men, available recruits, hoSplt'
, stewards, ordnance scrgcants, etc, 33,2O
| During the past winter troops in the d'par
d, ments of Missouri and Texas were employ,
in arluous and severe winter campaign
v npainst the Kiowa Cheyenne and ComancI
/. Indians on the Stakcd Plains that have J.
i wears been engaged in deprcdations on Il
. Texas and Kansas frontier, resulting IN the
disarmment and subjection to authority.
military commanders can have control Ov
supplics needed by these Indians, as they NJ
have over their persons, am convinced,
! a recent visit, that a condition OF peace e
=, he maintained. The Sioux Indians have
Gently made incurfious into northern J
brosko. mostly to steal cattle and horses ir'
the farms along the Pacific railroad and moi
as , :, Con Crook is of the opinion that
'ty army acting defensivcly cannot prevent tn
;ncursions, and suggests that troops he
Dr. toned in the midst OF the Indians 50 aS
cit watch and prevent them leaving on
Tense Of hunting. This impractlcabIe un
Ia the army can have supervision ol the ne
- sarv supplies OF these tribes "iIhln 'he
,ervatiou. which is now not the case.
., reports OF several commissioners, when u
Iho under military escort recently been cnga
M"S in exploring the country and III heEn''a
ith with these Indians, will throw much ligh
ties ,his subject. Generally speaking, the dan
10 life and prosperity by the Indians Is
is lieved to be less during the past year u'a
' OF any former year, and the prospect Is ih'
lun- the country settles up it will he less and
line e,cl wear until all the Indians are establI'
dis an small reservations; hut until they acH
mes habits of industry in farming or stock-fM
late they will need food from the government
cause the game on which they have hltf
ad. subsided has diminished rapidly.