The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-07-06
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER,
The Argentine Republic Free America
The Originator Of the Centennial
Idea Exhibitors Advertising.
The Tunisinns JnO, welsh
MIacolInny.

From Our Special Correspondent,
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
PHILADELPHIA, June, 2i..-The interest
taken by this progressive South American
republic in our exhibition, iuStifes me in
giving synopsis of the condition Of the re.
public. The Argentine republic sends us
specimens Of silver ore, large collection Of
minerals, ores, crystal rock gypsum, ccmcnts
artificial marble lead, mineral waters, also
wool and hides and the products, salt, beef
and tallow. Few of our people take uotic,
of the condition of our sister republic, hcnc,
a brief note of this interesting country ma,
he instructive.
The Argentine republic-thc confcdcra
ton of the Rio de la Plata, or River Of Silver
South Amcrca-is federal union Of four
teen provinces and three large territories,
covering an almost unbroken plain of one
million two hundred thousand square miles,
with population of about two million in
hahitantS. II extends from twenty-five de.
Cr,eS south latitude to the straits Of Magel.
Ian, and from iifty.nine degrees west longi.
tudc to the Andes.
Each province has its own legislature,
courts of Justice, and political government; /;
but civil, penal, and commercial laws are
common to all the provinces, codes of such
laws having been issued by the congress OF
the confederation.
The president of the republic selected for
term Of six years by the representatives of
the provinces, and is not eligible for rc.cCc-
ton. The vice-prcsidcnt, elected in the
same manner, fills the office of chairman Of
the senate, but has otherwise no political
power. The president is commandcrin chief
Of the troops, and appoints to all civil, mill
tary, and ju licial offices but he and his
ministers are responsible for their acts and
liable to impeachment before the senate by
accusation Of the house Of representatives.,
Legislative power is vested in Il senate, of
members elected by the provincial lcgiSla-
lures, two from each province, and house
Of representatives, elected bv the people,
and apportoncd to each province according
to population. The senators hold their Of.
flee for nine years. and the representatives
for three.
FREE AMERICA.
No one will question the tOcration Of
Americans and the freedom of action cN-
tended to all, when examining the beauties
of the Spanish department. to see Spanish
soldiers on guard, not apparently under any
rigorous discipline, yet, sauntcrng about
the precincts Of their commission and eye
ing with Argllsan optics the valuable exhib.
its. All this with their side arms on, and in
full uniform. If this is not liberty, and the
extension Of national courtesy to foreigners,
don't understand the term.
THE ORIGINATOR or THE CENTENNIAL IDEA
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dma lin, for lis s,g,ci,y in nrssentirc ,bc
world with one of its most startling beauties
"nd oor,,inIy one of its mast Instructive
tboughts
THE TrNIstANs
Tho authorities closed tb, Tunision po,il.
ion for two DAYS owing to the exactionS of
the gentlemen from the Barbary states for
it seems that Of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and
Trpol, none seen so Turkish-likc in their
speculative propensities as the Tunisans.
The fact is these gentlemen labor under the
impression that this being free country,
they can do as they please. This error in
Judgment the management have uncloudcd,
and from henceforth you can enter the Tunl'