davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-06
FOREIGN.

An official return states the gross num-
ber OF slaves in the Brazilian empire at ,iO9,.
AS.
Eight out of every ten of the leading
Journals in England and Scotland will send
correspondents to the centennial.
Paul Dahlgren, consul general Of the
United States to Italy, and son Of the late
Rear Admiral Dahlgren, died at Rome last
week.
A dispatch from Vera Cruz says the
revolutionIsts have captured Jalapa, and that
the state of Vera Cruz is declared in state
Of siege.
A Madrid dispatch reports that recruit
ing for Cuba is is'actively progressing, and even
soldiers who served under Don Carlos are
allowed to enlist.
The Bavarian government has put a
sudden stop to dueling by denying Christian
burial to persons killed in this manner hold.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-06
LATEST NEWS.
SOUTH AND WEST,

A hundred pounds of flour costs S2s
in the Black Hills,
Cucumbers are selling at one dollar
apiece in San Francisco.
The Ohio democratic state convention
will be held at Cincinnati, May 18th,
Thirty one Augusta cotton dealers
have made estimates of the cotton crop, which
average 4,OO6, 900 bales
John Connolly has been convicted at
Holly Springs, Miss, of the murder of the
jew pcddlcr, Marcus Lewis.
The state conservative committee of
Virginia has changed the day of holding the
state convention to May 3lst.
The rush of Black Killers is undimin.
ished Trains are over crowded daily with
them, en- route for Cheyenne.
Lee Bennett, son of DR.. Bennett, of
Fort Smith, Ark, shot and killed man
named Clarendeitchcr, on the Goth.
A vein of amethyst has been found
near Monticello, Ga. Some of the stones are
very large and sell for 500 pound.
Mississippi farmers say that they will
hereafter make their own smoked meat and
not give cotton for blcon to western smoke.
houses.
1t is reported, on the authority of
Vicc.Presdent Bond, that trains on the Texas
Pacific railroad will by the 1st of June be
running to Fort Worth.
Josiah Turner, editor of the Raleigh
N. G., Sentinel, and w. II. II. IIamerton,
secretary Of state, have been arrested on
the charge of conspiracy and libel.
A fire at Jackson, Louisiana, last week,
destroyed the greater portion of the business
part of the town. Loss estimated at fifty to
seventy thousand dollars. Insurance only
eight thousand dollars.
Treasurer Flanders, at New Orleans,
has received 100000 in silver coin half
dollars and Dimes sent from San Francisco
by order Of Secretary Bristow. Its expected
a million will be sent to that point.
Throughout Louisiana at present re.
markablc curiosity is visible. On many orange
trees are to be seen fruit Of last years growth,
which is most dclicously sweet partly grown
green oranges from blossoms OF early winter,
and fresh blooms, which have now appeared
at the proper period
BY the recent storm at New Orleans
six coal bargcs were wrecked and sunk at the
foot of st. Joseph street. The loss is cst-
mated at $4,000. 4 barge of slaves also
went to pieces. Loss, $4,000. Capt Reid, of
the steamship st. Louis, reports cncountering
in mid.occan, March 9Th, the bark Chatham,
from Wilmington, N. C., with 3,212 barrels of
resin for Rotterdam, in a helpless condition.
On the 22d Of February a storm carried away
the sails and washed everything on deck
overheard, including charts and provisions.
The captain and two men were also washed
overheard. The men on board the bark de.
tcrmined to abandon her. Capt. Reid puta
prize crew on board the Chatham, supplied
sails charts, provisions etc, and ordered
them to proceed to Liverpool. The bark,
except from loss of sails was but little dam
aged.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-06

ing them in theieyes of the law the same as
suicides,
The yacht Octavia, captured by d
Spanish gunboat had cargo of IAN boxes oI
POWDER As boxes of cartridges, II boxes oI
shells, 100 rifles, 100 carbincs and two pieces
of artillery
4 great eruption of Mount Nesuvius
is in progress The scene as observed from
n distance is grand in the extreme The
eruption threatens to be one of the most
violent for many years.
An epidemic of typhoidal character has
just broken out in Lancashire England
village of about 500 inhabitants, where 100
people were taken i'll. 1t was shown con-
clusvcly that the poison came from the milk
of n sick COW.
The last discovered grievance of the
Christians in Turkey is strange one. Hith.
erto they have paid a small pel tax and been
exempt from military service BY virtue of
the sultan's proclamation promising perfect
equality with the Mussulmans they now claim
admission into the ranks, and are clamorous
ior the very burden to escape which two.
thirds of the French and German conscripts
would readily pay good round sum.
A Paris dispatch says an arch of the
railroad bridge of the river III, near Latter
bach, gave way under the pressure of the
floods. A passenger train from Mnlhouse,
for Strasburg, which was crossing at the time,
was precipitated into the river. The car
rages iell on top of one another and were
dashed to pieces Owing to the violence OF
the stream, none Of the passengers could be
saved All were either crushed to death or
drowned. Thirty corpSes have already been
recovered.
The French government has published
an official report on the Paris commune Of
1871, and the fate Of the captured commun-
lists. The report shows that over 100000 men
served in the ranks of the communists, with
5000 officers. 1t shows also that the total
number of prisoners was $4,000, including
5000 soldiers, $50 women and $50 young per-
sons of sixteen years of age or under About
I 900 were released very soon after their
arrest. Soon after 10000 more were set at
liberty about 5000 Of them discharged as
havin been imprisoned wronglully, the rest
freed for want of evidence; six months later
9, 600 more were discharged. Out of the
women only 200 were sent to trial Of the
children only eighty. The courts first dealt
with about 5000 principal offenders, but
disposed regularly of about 1000
ordinary eases a month of these they con.
dcmncd about $500, acquitted about 1000,
and released about 1000; about one per
cent. % their sentences were annullcd on
appeal twenty three men and eight women
were executed, but always for some signal
crime Out of the 10000 convicted, two
thirds were sentenced to simple transporta-
ton or to imprisonment without hard labor.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-06
ROBBiNG THE RED MAN.
another Case oC HrGIhcr.in.Lnw RIO" II
Cas, s35, 900 Ia Gci 100000.

]
'"'' s""'''' !" "'' ''''"'"'
y Washington SPECIAL to the Chicago
Times says; ForycarS the most notorious
class of lobbyists and claim agents IN
Washington have been the halt breed re-
prcSentatiyes of certain tribes OF Indians
me committee ON expenditures ol lhe
interior department have just begun an
investigation of the various claims that
have been presented by this class OF men,
and in the course OF their investigation
have struck n mine of information IN
connection with the sale OF the Usage
reserve lands IN Kansas, Here IT Is
found that Get. W. l. Admr and {, ~
Vaughn have obtained a clam OF sou
GOO from the interior department. 10
secure the passage of this claim they had
to pay he sum OF 900, The history
Of this claim, briefly told, Is as follows:
There has been struggle TOR years by
capitalists and spccuators to get control
OF the lands OF the Usage Indians III
Kansas. These, IN IS6l, amounted to
'OOO,OO0 acres, the most valuable Tor
agricultural purposes IN the state. Ihc
Leavenworth, Lawrence ana Galveston
railroad company, for speculative pun
! poses in 1865, succeeded in getting the
Indians to consent to Il treaty agreeing
to sale of these lands. 1t was Supu'
lated in the treaty that the Usage In.
dians sold these lands because they
wished to remove to more permanent
home in the Indian territory. The rail
road bargain was, that for the S,OoO,OOo
acres of land they would pay Sl,6OO,OOO,
as follows; SlOOOO in cash within three
months after the ratification Of the
treaty $ 800 600 in bonds Of the com
pany bearing five per cent, interest.
The cash and bonds TO he deposited with
the secretary of the interior and to he
held, and the interest therefor to be ap-
piled to the use Of the Indians, and rs
the principal was annually paid in sums
of 100000 it was TO be rcconvcrtcd, so
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-06

Go WAY DARN this town there is
an old Iymphatic negro who has wonder
fully large feet and is always willing to
take a rest. One afternoon while he was
sleeping on his cabin-ilsor, with his feet
presented to the glimmering iirc-light,
he opened one eye little, and, getting Il
glimpse of his huge pedals, mistook them
for two little negroes, and called out,
g Get fun fore me, say! Kick you in
dc fah, if you DON'T will, shIah :"
And again he snorcd. But his dreams
not being pleasant, he presently opened
both eyes, and still seeing the pests he
drew up his feet for the threatened
kick; but, alarmed to see the enemy ad-
vancing upon him, he beloved out,
" Wha-wha, you comm to, now Go
way dar! :"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-06

QrAINr TEXT-"Thc devil, as a roar
ing lion, walkcth about seeking whom
he may devour.' Now, my friends. we
will divide the subject of our text into
four heads: First we shall seek to learn
"Who the devil he was secondly, we
shall inquire into hi, geographical posi-
ton, namely, Where the devil he was,
and where the devil he was going y
thirdly land this is of a personal charac,,
ter). Who the devil he was seeking;
and iourthly, we shall endeavor to solve
a question which has never been solved
vet. "What the devil he was roaring
about
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-06

TnE Bay st. Louis Herald says "the
bluff along Bayon Lacroix is lined with
wax myrtle bushes and the berries are
ripc and fit to be melted into candles.
The candles made from these berries era
said to burn clearly, are very hard and
not affected by heat" Bay of It. Louis
ought to eight up"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-06

CIpCTMSTANTINL EVpENCE.-A very
wealthy young man, with reputation
for fastnCss, married recently. On the
morning after the wedding the bride
asked her husband to perform IN office
of the toilet for her, made necessary by
the absence of her maid. The husband
did it willingly, and when it was CON
cluded was astonished to find his pretty
wife in tears. "Why, myown precious"
said he, "what is the matter with her
hubby's pet ?" 80 Jimmie ~ replied
the poor girl, crying as if her heart
would break, "if you hadn't laced a
thousand corsetS, you never could have
done il like that.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-06

THE sound parts of the old Boston
elm have been sent away to be made into
furniture for the city hall and souvenirs
to be given to historical societies all over
the country.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-06

CARDINAL MANNING in a recent ser
mon referred to English pauperism in
the following pointed language: " En-
gland, the richest of all countries, has
upon it a stain and shame not to he
found in countries which Englishmen as
snme to despse: he meant pauperism, an
intense demoralized state of poverty.
Poverty in itself was an honorable state I;
but pauperism was something altogether
distinct from poverty. Pauperism was
that wrecked condition of men and of
families out of which there was no rising
by any effort Of their own. And what
did it come from 1t would take too long
to endeavor to say. One reason he would
state; the overwhelming prosperity of
the rich, the closeness of the hands and
the hearts, and the ignorance in which
the rich lived and died, of the state Of
the poor who lived and died round
about their dwellings The possession
of wealth and prosperity generated sell
fishness and an unconsciousness of the
suferings of Others, so that men were
wrapped up in their own daily indul-
gence, and were forgetful of those who
were i'm want"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-06
FACTS AND FANCIES.

! summer concert puu'Il
THE average journalist can work like a
mule and with the brilliancy of 4 head
light to 4 locomotive, and still hcabu.cd
by an uugNtctul public.
ON the eleventh of June in each year
the inhabitants Of Cyprus throw II beau
tiul young girl into the sea III honor OF
Venus. She is then taken out, crowned
and worshipcd all the day'as Quccnor
dcmi-gOddesS,
4 CHICAGO doctor says that supcrstI-
tion often kills people who are otherwise
fitted for long life. That may he 20,
but what is fellow to do when his
gnndmothers ghost pokcs him in the
ribs at midnight and whispers: " Refund
that moncy-your hour has arroyc
TWE YEARS.
Why do We heap large mounds "l year
Before rs aud behind,
And Scorn the little days that pass
Like angels ON the wind?
Eacn, turning round Il small sweet face
As beautiful as near
Because il is 80 small face
We will not see it clear.
And 50 it turns from us, and goes
Away in sad disdain'
Though wc could give our lives for it,
-, "'''' ''''''' ..,...,.
''E"H - It S'l '',E W, IN ,m" #,,'i%' iri;,
long big children; they have an eye for
the thing which is nearest to them; they
a'la''I 'I'''N'','S ~ ,,' ,Ia, ,o raoi;,,' r'
mlT'"Ec inc appearance ~, 'i'' ,S",''S
ana thcE S'l aNI"r t''' n"Hi ,,'''''"''"'
question I"I '"c N'''''' UNIV
"TuEN manage these things better IN
France At trial in Paris recently,
where il was anticipated That the cNl-
dcncc would be such as might have
tendency to shock the NenSlblllll'S oI the
dcIicatc-mlndcd, the ludgc lhllmaica Ilat
I.', -" ,,',',,,, t,,,,.;,I,Jran \ot q .n,l
, "'',''i ,,I,I,a, - .aiL a., ;,Lro ur,vy
m,, a.. .I,.,,,,, ,,,,,,,,o,, Lo,G withdrawn
,',t.,,t ,,''' ~, ,Lo ra., "
P"r ''' Wv .,...:,..,,.;,
l"t "'" "''iEy '"'1 ''i,',l ~ l,,',',
l"'I'' ~ N''' ''''',i"''" -, Wv T',,',
Ir", I Wo'N ,! ,;I ""''' ~ c r". n.y. n.y. ,.ornmon wv
T'a''NI'cS ecu, I''''" ~, Wv '',
snow 'l'a' ,' 'l't E'n, ,H,' ,", ,n ,l' ~! S'l
tor home Ghat,liC1 s@l1o,i', rLa. ,,I "'v, =,
age given by ITS PROTESTANT 'hUrtn'S E',I !"
foreign christian missions yearly Is F1'|
ooo. inns W2o'I snow 'or'y-lniy' ",,. G,
lars rNrrh"'" i"T n"I'' T''"'''''' W.
rim agent of am English company has
been for some time past buying up the
wind nine Lands in Georgia. which have
been Iyino iuutili2cd for years. ana only
, burden to their owners. The
object i, to obtain the timber and
urrcntinc for foreign shipment, No
les, than 100000 acres have been thu,
purchased, and it is the intention Of the
COMPANY to buy a million, from which
thry pay from five to fifty cents an
mere.
The New York herald., 1876-03-17
CLEARED.

Steamer W A seholten CDutch), Jensen, Rotterdam
Funch. Edge Co
steamer Klopsoek Ger. winsen, Hamburgv Plymouth
-Kunhardt 4 Co.
steamer Crescent City. Curtis. Havana-wm Clyde A
Co.
steamer Ashland, crower. Fernandina Port Royalc
II Mallory 4 60.
Steamer Gen Barnes. Cheesman. savannah-w r Garri-
Steamer Isaac Bell Lawrence, Norfolk City Pons and
Rchmond-Od Dominion steamship Co.
Stt FanitA, Howe. Phi ade lpha--J ames Hand
Steamer Eieanors, johnson. Pertland-J AmeA
Steamer Nereus, Bcarse. Rustnn-H Dimock
ship Richard MeAanus. Beals AMER for orders-H
A Bruokman.
Bark GentOo. Staples. Reval-Isaac Staples
Bark Peter Warwick ,Brj Kline Rio Jauero via Rich
mond. vs-Pendergas, Bros Co.
Brig David Bugbee, showers. Cadix-Carver Barnes.
Brig Giles Ioune. Anderson. Valencia and Alicante
Brig Roanoke tBr. Mehiman Porto cabelio-Dailstt,
Bliss 90.
Brig Ponvert Moore, Kingston. Jas de Cordova.
brig Nellie ,Bri Rood. Sc Johns, NF--Perkins A Job.
Brig Joseph Clark Stahi Key West aud Pensacola
4 Pinkney.
sehr W n Jenn, Collins. Havana--J E Ward a Co.
e-As WeAkA fArK- CardanAa--H W Loud a Co.
The New York herald., 1876-03-17
MARITIME MISCELLANY.

For abandonment Of snip Great Britain (Br) from
Darien for Liverpool and disaster ship Great Western
from San Francisco for Liverpool general columns
(cabe).
We indebted of the steamer City Vera
Cruz. from Havana. for favorA
STEAMER (r from Mobile Liverpool which
pair at New York.
sHiP FRKKpox Norton 1876 day. from New York. touched
being sick and the vessel In charge of the
saIr ATnEsAs Br Jones from Pensacola for Liverpool
before reported ashore Rebecca shoa broken
Captain and crew at Key West.
SNIP BRExKRLKHR Ger from Bremen, at Phladelphia
Ys T o sRor ssS ssS 70 saw vsy sgs
Office onth Banks OF Newfoundland had heavy west and
northwest gales
Delaware Breakwaer night March ashore the
bar She would probably get OF At high water.
scnR r SAUNDERS Leek, from Virginia for New York.
negat o tho brig Jeremiah Ford from New York for Car
The Captain and crew we're taken by tug
boat Edye which also took the brig in tow and brought
them 90 the city The schooner subsequently fallen in
with by the tugboat cyclops and towed to New York
scHR AID. OF Great Egg harbor. from Philadelphia for
New Bedford mo. Ariel OF New Bedford as erro&Ssopy & M
on West Island Seaconnet Point her manboom Is badly
bulsed The disaster by compass
being order Wreckng schr Young America has
to her assistance from Newport.
ScHR JONATHAN NAY Neal, Philadelphia March 16
from Trinidad lost anchor and part of chain on Brandy
wine on the 18th
The report bark being ashore Currituck
more, anchoredi in the vicinity but ashore
BERMUDA. March ioshp Transit arrived here leaking
sailed from Pensacola FEB Is for 9ueensto%n
DtRiFs Ca March iszIhe bark reported ashore yestsr
this port She will probably be q total loss
YOKOHAMA Feb 29-Shp Surprise, johnson, from New
York before reported wrecked with such OF her
has been saved will be sold at auction for account Of all
concerned.
The New York herald., 1876-03-17
Mrs1cA1, AND pRAMAr1c MOTHS.


The Oratorio OF "Eslher' created an excitement in
Easton, Pa last week
The annual charity concert of ST. Thomas choir VIII
take place at Chickering Hall on the 2sth inst
The German singing societies making extensive
preparations 10 celebrate the Centennial Fourth.
Mrs Caroline Rchiugs- Bernards comic opera COM
pany has been playing at Woods Chicago with salts
factory success.
Owing to the illness OF Nessrs. Brgno and Taga-,
petra no performance Of Italian opera will take place
tonight at the Academy of Music
Gayarre, the Spanish tenor, who will appear at her
Maesty's opera, London, during the approaching
season. is said to be a second RuOinL
The performance which to have been given to-
night at the Park Theatre in honor OF the Knights OF
st. Patrick has been postponed until tomorrow eve
ming
Thomas gave Beethoven concert in Boston on
Wednesday night On the preceding evening he pre-
sented Lszts "Prometheus," which was justly
demned by the critics.
An extra matinee and the one hundredth performance
OF Pique" will take place at the Fifth Avenue Theatre
this afternoon, when the audience will be deco
rated green and gold and silver change, satin pro-
grammes, photographs, &c, will be given The Cee-
bration Will be continued on Saturday.
The fourth concert of the Brooklyn Philharmonic
Society takes place Saturday evening, under the
direction OF Mr.. Theodore Thomas Miss Matilda
Phillips, the operatic contrato, will be the sooist
the occasion The orchestral selections Schuberts
symphony in C. death Dance" Saint Saens septet.
opus 20, Beethoven 'Sakuntala" overture, Goldmark
The New York herald., 1876-03-17
THE FORT WINGATE POST.
TFrom the ST. Louis Republican,

From the ST. Louis Republican,
Republican reporter In his rambles this morning
picked up a little piece OF information which cannot
but prove interesting not only to the public but to
Senator Rice, whose connection with the Belkuap
frauds has more than been hinted al In the
year 1870 the Fort Wingate leadership New Mexico
was taken OF the hands OF the party who held L.
and George /. Cook and John Il. Bothwell went out
there TO succeed him. Cook was up to that time n
clerk In tho Treasury Department at Washington.
Boutwell, was formerly lieutenant In the Filth in
fantry and acting assistant in the Quartermasters
Department For some bartcring In contracts he was
court maralod and cashiered all officers Of the army
being warned against having anything TO do with
them These had no money to invest but they
held their predecessor such disadvantage that he
was glad sell them his large stock OF goods and
trust to their years profits for his pay They
remained there year and then sold
their leadership at good round figure, It's profits
amounting TO about $40 600 annually, amer which they
lett that section with considerable amount OF their
unpaid paper in the hands OF their victims Boutwell,
stated while there that the appointment had been
secured from Belknap through Senator Rice and that
the arrangement that Beknap should receive
OF the profits OF the leadership Rice onefourth,
the appoinces 10 retain The balance. According to
BohweI's statement this arrangement carried out
TO the letter While the Congressional Committee IS
looking into these matters II would be we'll TO summon
Cook and Boutwell,.
The reporter also met gentleman who Is well
Quanted with Colonel Dent aud who tells OF inter-
cstng circumstance. Colonel Dent, he says, holds
leadership the West, but came here during the Bah
cock trial shortly after that event the gentleman met
the Colonel, who told him that ne had been 10 Wash
ington on visit recently. and while there he became
convinced OF the guilt OF Babcock He expressed this
conviction 20 his sister. NrS Grant and In very oret
space OF time there was storm N the Presidential
any longer lie has not visited the White House since
that day.
The New York herald., 1876-03-17
LIFE SENTENCE OF A MURDEREss
prom the syracuse cOurier.l

FROM tue cyTdCuso OOuIlcFsi
We have published the verdict OF the jury in the case
OF Miss Emma Wimple at Little Valley, Cattaraugus
county which was "murder in the second degree and
sentenced Imprisonment in Sing Sing for tho term OF
her natural life" for poisoning her husband.
AS wimple the murdered man. was formerly a resi-
dent OF Mexico, Oswego county, resume OF the case
will be interesting to readers in this locality -Wimple
was in the army during the war, was wounded In the
arm and received pension He was small in stature,
very ordinary looking and had but little force OF CHAR
acter He owned two or land with small house
upon II near Little Valley. which he lived. HIS
wife, just convicted Is fair looking. anabe, with plenty
OF determination and will Of her own In August,
1874, young fellow named Nelson H Cool went
TO Wimple,s 10 board and before he had been
there long an intimacy sprung up between the
In January, 1875 wmple was taken sick and had
commissions two or threo days. In February he
had another attack, and about the middle OF March
another, which lasted until he died, the 10Th OF
March, In q violent spasm. No doctor was called at
either time Cool procuring medicine and attending TO
the sick Alter the death OF Wmple the neigh
bors concluded there had been foul play ana coroners
jury was summoned TO inquire into the matter. An
analysis of the stomach revealed strychnine and
arsenic, poisons which Cool bought and Cool and Mrs
Wimple arrested Cool tried last October
DO hanged In November last He was respted by the
Governor the 80 OF March, for the purpose OF learn
ing what might be developed on the trial OF his accom-
pce. and he was again respited until FRIDAY, Aarcn
81 The defence tried TO show Cool's trial that the
poison mixed with meal to kill rats and that the
carried the poison to box where kept hulled
There developments the trial OF the
unfortunate woman