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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24

DIR. Brooke left the room, but pres
ently returned, leading n female tby the
hand who wore over her head and person
Il flowing white Veil.
"Here she is, Denzil," he said, "you
have met her before, am told"
"The Fairy of the Wellw cried Den
I'll, in astOnishmcnt.
"Otherwise Kate Blount," replied
lord EustHee, pleasantly; "who, under
That disguise (by various subterrancan
passages of the castle), for years saved
the life of her prescribed father"
"To such a daughter can Denzil re-
fuse his hand ?" asked DIR. Brooke.
doctor, doyou, you my friend, urge
me to this apostacy" cried Denzil
rspreachfully. He knelt before the
fairy gratefully. ooh, lady, | must
appeal to YOU" he continued, "you who
have proved my guardian spirit. loved
ere ! beheld you; | cannot give you that
which is already givcn-could not, even
ii you were the divinity you appeared
The fairy put back her veil and dis
covered the features of Alice Brooke.
"Denzil, dear, faithful Denzilw she
exclaimed tenderly, "it is II"
lie started to his feet in fresh amaze.
ment, crying out joytully, "Alice"
mo, Kate, thy cousin, said the doc
tor. "She but passes as my daughter to
escape the prosecutions OF her fathers
foes. She is the daughter of this noble
lord, and her true name the lady
Catherine Blount. Say, will you now
refuse her handW
Denzil eagerly graspcd the hand which
his cousin extended to him.
"And now our mystery solves itself
into 4 sweet reality" exclaimed lord
Eustace joyfully; and he joined their
hands together and blessed them.
When Charles the Second, restored to
the throne of his ancestors, summoned
his defenders around him to form his
court, principal among them came Den.
I'll Norman, lord Eustace Blount, and
his daughter, then lady Denzil Nor
man
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24

! shall not easily forget him, standing
against the crimson fury of those flames,
breathing black smoke and fighting wild
fire under his feet and in front of him (;
altogether as good specimen of an Eng
Iishman doing his duty MS needs he wit.
messed Nor have been less struck with
the obliging and decorous behavior of
the crowd. As to manners opcragocrs
might take lesson by the politeness and
humanity of that midnight audience at
the fire, with their glad applause of cv-
cry piece of manhood and as to honesty,
| had left my watch at home, out ofpru-
dental motives, in ioining the spectacle;
but | was quite ashamed of the prccau-
tion when, ON retiring, saw that indom-
table old lady in the fur cap produce an
enormous silver timc-pccc from the re,
cc4scs of her husbands garments and
heard her scntcntiously remark; why,
it it isn't three o'clock,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24
The Grasshoppcr West and South.

From the New lotk Bultllh'
Very discouragiug reports come from
the northwestern, western and southern
borders of Minnesota, and from the north
and northeast portion OF Georgia, relative
to the devastation of the crops by grass
hoppers. In Minnesota the region west
of and including Jackson county to east
ern Dakotah, and south through north
western Iowa, has been literally covere,
hy the pests, that have left scarcely
enourh of the crops to show there was
anv PLANTED The devastation is ~ great
That many settlers have become 50 dis
couraged and impoverished aS to make
preparations for cmigrating elsewhere.
In the Georgia district named the pests
have not as yet appeared III as great
numbers rs in the western states, but ap'
pear to he increasing, and there are serl-
ous apprehensions of their presence ue-
COMING general. The extent oi damage
hy the insects has not been ascertalheH
rs vet, but we judge from the tenor OF
the reports that the Georslans Lave lnuS m
far been more frightened than nun
The farmers, however, are devl'lng
means 10 extinguish the uhwelcome Nl'i-
tor. before any vast damage IS done to
their crops.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24
A GATEWAY TO THE SEA.
Cheap water Transportation for fh"
States OF the MIssissippi valley.


The Baratara canal-projcctcd by
Can't. John Cowdcn-is attracting the
attention of business men not only III
Mississippi valley, but in Eng land. Capt
Covden recently declared it will be
more useful to the people of this valley
than mere politicians and their rotten,
meaningless, two-hccd platforms" The
commercial results of the building OF the
Baratara canal will be the reclamation
of the lowlands; the Florida and Tchu-
antcpec ship canals; and the trade OF
China, East Indies and South America.
1t will save twenty millions annually to
the earnings of the south, and to the
west one hundred millions. On every
ton of grain shipped to foreign ports
there will he six dollars saved over trans
norton via rail. 1t will make the
Mississippi valley the manufacturing
center of the continent 1t will open the
gates of free trade, and constrain the
mills and shops of New England to locate
near the cotton gin houses. Build this
canal. and New Orleans will be made the
first commercial and maritime port OF
America, and Memphis will be one OF the
great distributing cities of the valley,
and manufacturing mart ofthe interior
When all the vast productions from the
foot of the Alleghenies on the east, on
the Rocky mountains on the west arc
Transported down the Mississippi river
to the markets of the world for les
than half the expense it now costs VII
rail, the commercial and political map o
this continent will bc changed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24
THE LOVED AND Lost.


The following poem, from the Church of England
Magazine, will come like " song in the night " tc
many stricken heart:
The loved Nnd lost !" why do VIC call ,hrm lost.
- bScause we miss them from our onward road
,'Ol unseen angel DER our pathway Crost,
Look~, on us all and loving them the most
7o dlHhtway received them from lile's weary
load,
lhey are not lost they are Within thu h6br
That shuts out loss, ana every huriiul thing
with apgch bright. and loved ones gone before,
In thcir Redeemer's presence ever more,
And God himself their Lord and Judge and
king
And this We call " loss !" oh, selfish sorrow
oi selfish hearts oh, we Of little faith
Let iIs look round, some argumon, N hossY
why wa In patience should a%Ai, tho morrow
That surely must succni lhls night of death.
Aye, look upon this drN',ry desert ra,b
The thorns and th, stiles vheresoe'cr We t,rn;
n Wh"t u''m tIip what tears what wrong and wrath,
Nnal tfiS' es and what strife the journey hath?
'hfy haye escaped from these: and 10! we
mourn.
Ask the poor sailor when the wreck is done,
who with his treasures strove the shore to reach,
While with the raging waves he struggled on,
Was itnot JOY, where every joy seemed gone,
To see his loved ones landed on the beach ?
poor vayfarer leading by the hand
a little child, had hatod by the well
To wash from Off her feet the clinging sand
And tell the tired hoy Of that bright land
Where, this long journey passed, they longed to
dwell.
When 10! the Lord, who many mansions had,
Drew near and looked upon the suffering twain.
Then pitying spoke, " Give me the little lad
IN strength renewed, and glorious beauty clad
III bring him with me when come pgaNn."
Ud she make her ans Ter splnsy and wrong
Nay but the woes feel hr, too, must share ~
or rather, bursting into grateful song,
she went her way rejoicing aud made strong
10 struggle on Stree he was free from care.
We will do likewise death hath made no breach
10 love ap sympathy, in hope aud trust
NnoutWp, d sign or sound our earR can reach
bnt th're's an inward, spiritual speech
rat greets us still, though mortal tongues he
dust.
II bids ns do the work that they laid down
Take up the song where thy broke of the strain
no iourneying till we reach the he venly town,
Where ARE laid up our treasures and our crown,
And our lost loved ones will he found again
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24
NIGIITFkLL.

Alone stand
Tn either hand
In gathering gloom stretch sea and land,
liencath my feet,
With careless beat
The waters murmur low and sweet
Slow lslls the night;
The tender light
OF stars grow brighter and more bright
The lingering ray
OF dying day
sinks deeper down ANA fades away
Now fast, now slow
The south winds blow,
And softly whisper, breathing low
with gentle grace
They kiss my face,
Or fold me IN their cool embrace,
Where one pale sln,
O'Cr waters far,
Droops down to touch the harbor lar,
A faint light CLEANS,
light that seems
To grow and grow till nature seems
with mellow haze;
Aud to my gaze
Comes proudly rising, with It's rays
No longer ulln'
The moon its rim
In splcndor gilds the billowy hrim'
watch II gain
The heavenly plain;
Behind II trails a starry train,
While low and sweet
Tho wSvclets beat
Their murmuring music at my feet,
Fair night Of June
YOn silver moon
GlCasls pale and still. The tender tune
PaInt-noning, plays,
In moon-lit lays,
A melody Of otherday%
'Tis sacred ground
peace profound
Comes DER my soul, hear no sound
Save At my feet
The Cpnsc0sS beat
OF waters murmuring low aud swo"i,
-Sribnp fOr JuiH
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24

To understand the extent Of the In
dian war we now have upon our hands,
it il necessary To have correct knowI-
edge of the position and power of the
hostile Sioux and their allies, In one
of the late reports of the commissioner oI
Indian affairs the location of the different
agencies is given, with the number and
condition Of the Indians on each rcscrya
ton. The entire Indian population OF
the United States, exclusive Of Alaska, is
estimated at 295, ,Osl. In Dakota, Mon
tana, and Wyoming there are nearly
10000, divided as follows:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24
Louisiana Sugar Prospects,



The prospects of the Louisiana sugar
planters are much brighter than at this
period last year. On the subject the
editor of the New Orleans Bulletin says:
"Thc present crop il in finer condition
than that of last year for the same date.
Though, from all accounts, the acreage
in plant. cane is somewhat less, and the
stand thinner, still the superiority of the
stubblc over that of last year apparently
cdualizcs this difference Even if the
present crop should fall a little short OF
the amount produced during the past
season, there are other circumstances
which indicate that the returns will be
far larger" Such being the case, it can
not be denied that the outlook is very
favorable, as it is generally conceded
that the Cuban crop is 80 percent. short,
and, at about the time the Louisiana
crop is ready for market, it is very
probable there will be short supply ol
Cuban, which to certain extent must
he made up by the Louisiana product
This will naturally create better
demand, and more favorable prices thar
last wear, if the trade is not affected the
other way by some causes at present
unforeseen. The Bulletin further re
marks that, "if the present prices re
main firm or advance, which there is
strong prospect of their doing, until The
present Cuban crop comes in; II th'
Louisiana crop averages 9lc, which, iron
nrcsent appcarances, seems very probable
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24
nee 1851:

The above figures include only the
principal. without regard to the interest
due and unpaid or accrued, or cash in
the treasury at the dates named, all OF
which are noted in the monthly state
mpnt..
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24

The following is Il statement of the
outstanding principal of the national
debt at the close of each financial year
Aincr lSh1
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24

According to the estimates given in
the same report, about sixty per cent, are
women; this gives 27,OOO Indian war
riors within this territory, which, con
sidcrng the number of bands that have
never settled at any of the reservations,
is low estimate of their strength. Ac'
cording to the same calculation, the
Sioux and Cheycnncs, now openly nj
war, would be able to bring nearl ly 22,OOl
men into the Gcld.-N Y SIN.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24

THE other world is TO this like the east
to the west. We can not approach the
one without turning away from the
sther-Abd-el-Kddr,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-24
Military Executions In the Scryian
Camp.

Pail Mall Gazette.
The Servian correspondent of the Paris
EvcncmCnt, after relating how lie was
turned ont OF the camp at AIcXinatH by
order of prince Milan, describes Il double
execution which he witnessed. a sol
dicr who had deserted his post, and a
Gypsy woman accused of being n spy,
were ordered to be shot. The soldier de.
mandcd that he might be executed
muskct in hand and his request was
granted; he walked quietly up to a large
tree and leaned his back against it. The
firing party took up its position at ten
PAGES distant, and was about to level
thcirarm when the condemned stretched
out his hand and cried, "Michael Bran
iccvanowitch, forget not that you prom
iscd my sister a silver chain" 81 re-
member, and will keep my word, an
swcrcd the man in the firing party.
"Thank you. Render me also another
service, and cut my throat before ! am
buried" at shall be donc.' The olli-
Ger gave the command to fire, and job
llnOWllCn ItIl, DuJ "llS NN"'N'"' -
man stepped forward to finish him, but
he cried, "Not that one MichacI'
And Michael Brancovanowitch ap-
preached and blew out the wounded
mans brains. Then came the turn of
tina zingara, whom the soldiers hung to
the branch Of the tree. she uttered
Il word while the preparations were being
made, and merely followed the move
mcnts Of the cXccutioncr with her gilt
tcring eyes,
, 1876-12-21
CALIFORNIA WHEAT.
Narrow Escape Of the Great Crop
from Injury by Drought.
Commencement Of Heavy Rains in the
Very Nick of Time.

EE<+faF $Hs+u4fek ~ 31.kho,~.
Raw FRsrrtsro "a r,.c p0..Tho fo,,ow,ro
IA yror, tho SSron,s- ~ ~. ..rss inna "nas
tInued drought ha rino can.td ronstder.bo anxtetv
a. ia the effact which II mfcht hava ,tnnn thu Az
rIcutural interests OF tho state tha chronicle has
obtafned Tho yiowa of tho.a vim IRA heat Informed
4oon thc subject. and nnds tae general oninIon To
b. that. 10 far. not much harm ha, hcen dons.
while tho lack OF moisture nav be hard mon
stock. it'll The grain cfon. rxcent In anota hera
au there Las not been r.]ed and That. II rain
comes within tic next ten xIays or two weeks. It
viii be In tins enough, I, Fr1cd]audrr VA ou,ta
upte.rlged, md considered that thoas who wers
crytnr ont ,tcrc do,nc m h.fo,e thrv xrern hnrt.
II rain did not come during The cousae of tho pres.
mt u,oon
rnsnr xtour mn rRnuR,x.
but at uresont tcre VA, M yes,on vt,v "A t,,on A
cyp a. II vas ness,bla u ~ oror ahontd not ba
grown. Late ratna wcrc Of far more Importanee
than carly onc., Charles CLAYTON wa OF much tho
samo mind. Tho use Of rnriv rains wa 10 cnabio
farmers ia ret thar land Moved. In many d.s.
srtets Of the S,atc the rain which Ind already fallen
In ctobcr topether With the ,aotst condition at thu
ground resulting from the surp]u4 rain Of 1ast vim
ter Ind been suctcnt to enab,e them tn get their
land plovcd and seed tu and II was only now that
the continued drought waa beginning to stop farm.
work. Iatc rain. that Ia. rain after ,fAnnary up.o
particularly when It goes on In showers through
March and April, was what hlted the heads aud
u,ade heavy grain crop. The agent Of the Gran.
gers Business Association took
4 MORE GLOOMY VIEW,
Grain eown after tho Arst rains in October
dd we'll I'LL within a week or ten days
ago. In somc p1aces II va, e.{ll doing
we'll, but IN others II von,d neg ont untcas rain
camo yery soon. lie thought TINT nossiblv ono.
third tho total cron was already sown mon ann.
ncr fnlfowed lands and .h,t Al feast half tht.
suffering. wbt1c mon tbo ot1,er tvnthIr,s ~ N.
acreaec in the stato pluw,ng was hclno ,natcrJslr
futerfured with by the drought, Late ralus might
NJ, t,,r hr,ds. INT on1v v1onrop. slant ,vcnt1
, 1876-12-21
CRIME.
JOSEPH II, CORT.

Special nispaseh to The Tribune
St. Louis, Dec. 20.--Joacph II. Fore, who uur-
defed Munson II. leach, brother of the present
Circuit Attorney Of 81. Louis County, In 1871, md
who was acquitted on tho ground Of insanity, ar.
rived hero to-day from Kentucky In charge Of
Capt. Todd, Of the Missouri PcnItenttory, from
which institution Fore escaped one yea, aRo invns
been scncnccd for ten ynass for IN assault OIL his
wifo with hatchct, tho Indy being OF the Dezch's.
After hfa escape, Fore returned to Ills home In
Kentucky. For some time past no has resided With
q man named Bowen at Turner's Junction. Bowen
became very jealous Of Fore's conduct towards hts
wife. and resolved TO get rid Of him. Dlxby
Jcnkinh. Police Judge of the place named, was
told Of Foscs crime in Missouri and with Rowcn.
plotted to cntrap him. The two Induced their
victim to come 10 4 bar-room and tAke two drinks,
having prcyfons y.druggc1 liqnDr. Fore compiled,
and, when tnseushIe+ WA u!sarmed and hand.
cufIe1. Ills cApt0fA cnst him Into prison at la.
grange and tcleErnpcd the fact Of bis rtcapuro to
Missouri, wheTeupon Todd went on md took
cllaYo Of his NUN. Jenkins. who assIatcd IN
Fofes arrest, Is himself Under Indictment for
murder, having shot man ut a Democratic meeting
In Lagrange during tic election excitement. Y0nr
correspondent, accompanied by cx-Clrcult. t.Att0t-
ncy Nornlc, who defended Fore At the murder tlial
assault to kt hta wife, whci, resulted In hiH con.
vlcton, visited the prisoner to-day. lie had worry
ltte to say. Al tho request of S0rmilc. Fore uiil
be detained here day, IN order that he may he
examined BY medical experts ~ 10 lLt sanity. md
sent to tho Fallnn Insane Asylum, Instead Of tho
pentent!ary. 4 the decision Of tho physicians war
rants the ttlnsfor4 =.
, 1876-12-21
THE OPERA.

THE OPERA.
The second performance Of the opcfA'season was
th&t Of Mozarts always {fe1h and dellghlfufty
melodtoue work, "The Marriage Of Figaro"
which was given last evening with very largo
audience In attendance. n Ia always Tho cAse when
this favosise opera IA presented. The cast Of tue
opera wAs somewhas changed from that IN former
Representations By this troupe. aud the result was
that II was not given with that ease and smooth.
ntss which hare usually characterized II. There
wna want Of confidence and several slips upon
tho part ut two or threo Of the aftlsts which gave
to tbs performance that appearance of effort nnd
uncertainty which dctvact 10 much from tbs enjoy
mont Ut the listener Mr. Comfy, who WAS new In the
roie Of Doctor 1rafoeo. cane near being wrecked
In his principal number, the Darling Vengeance."
by iostng several notes, and In The ana'c OF the
second act, where 10 much depends upon absolute
precision In the chopped.up tcmpos, was too IN.
certain 10 Ill In the qua1tetto properly which Is OF
tet With consumnaate skill sgatns the tro The
same lack of certainty Also characterized Mr.
Turner In tho role Of Don Basilfo. who, In addi-
tion to the novelty Of BIZ score. hsd dlflealt.
eccentric part to p1ay. There must be drst tino
to everything, however, snd a. ihese artists
Tsfs n.s ;s 'sf part: :,edpe 5Ss e. ' e tiss ise
that they got through IL work Without
Any moro serious tnshsp., Ths othss novclty r. n
dIsp!a1ed method 81 ,ocsiizaton almost entirely
nn4d4pteu 10 NoL4ftf &N0Dtn. Hu"lnH InnfiE. IN
the concerted Numbers, however, more part1cnlar-
II ID the long snd trying second finale, her voice,
set against the others. told with good effect BY it,
natural power and volume. which were snGlc!ent 10
enable her 10 cope with the other voices md or.
chestra but in the SMOOTH sustained solo work.
the peculiar quality and method Of her singing
which arc much better suited for tosid music.
wers not pleasant. There were many bright
spots in tho performance, however. Mis- Kellogg
sang deciously, and as Susanna tsonc OF her best
acting parA her representation was eminentty
satiaiactory., Mr.. seguEn's Ghtr.atno is her
known 10 ops.a .gocrt: We have over and over
a,aln expressed our or!nion OF it, and have once
more to record success, tn0st uncqulvocs1, both
vocaly and dramatically. Her singing Of her two
pdncipnl numbers. the Romance and the ''IhouEht
cannot reach thee. was neycr better, and the lat.
ter gained a most hearty and unanimous encore.
lier acting ot the ,pari was fully up, 10 het Old
standard Of vIyactly. arcbncas, and absolute
dsvt!,sy, which ID. made het ta<.aa'no on one
representations in tho records Of English opera.
III. Carleton and Nh Penkcs wcre also hs satIsfnc.
tory ~ ever In thcr resaonaions Of tho Count and
Figaro, md MIR. seEutn. n the miner part Of tho
0ardeaer, chtcrfully sacrificed himself upon the
aiss oi music for ths sake Of good dramstic per-
| sonation. The orchestra, although somewhat lag.
ging ut times. did e work on the whole exceed.
ingIy we'll. On Friday evening 'sThe Flying
Dnichman will be given with The old cast.
, 1876-12-21

PlrrsauKo, Dec. GOV. c. Wall, super1n.
tendent Of the Money oFdsr Department Of the
Post'Otce in this city. abscpnled list night with
the funls Of tho department, amounting to S. 500
and It has to.dsy been discovered that he IL 10.
fuulter In much lurgcr amount. Suspicion has
bocp directed against Wall for several days past,
aud immediately un tho return Of Postmaster
NegcY on MonlaY from Washington. u. t., an
investigation waa Commenced, when sufficient
grounds we're found for hia prompt discharge,
subsequently ha obtained drafts from phi!adcl-
phs, amounting to s., bu0, and latter having them
cashtl at tho Tradcslcl's National Uank, fed
rencb 8S, QQt.
, 1876-12-21

MEArilIs, Tonu., Doc. 10.-John Wand and o.
F. Dickinson, formorly Of ths hsm OF Dickinson,
Williams 4 Co., wers arrested yesterday, on a
scqus!ttpn from tho Governor Of Massachusetts,, on
thu charge Of obtatning money under 1a1so pre-.
teules. After tlseis failure bore, the parties ar
rested removed to Arkansas City. John ". Dick
tnson WAS On whit to this city at the time Of hls
arrest, which tuads vt the instance Of tbs Los
ton tfeaiaufB OF the Abuya named drn,
, 1876-12-21


ST. PAUL, Dec. eo.- THE evidenre to day seatnst
Wagner, the Chief I1erdor, arrested for selling In
dian ponics en- ronte here from Bismarck to DO
sold for the boneht Of owners and pocketLng tho
proceeds was positive md convincing. SIX others
nso under arrest charged Min being In partnership
the assistant herders. Two others are merchants
at Sank Centre. Stearns County, named Howard
and Bridges, whose arrest caused much comment
and many unfonndcd rumots Of the completely Of
prominent parties. .-
~ he Ntstkrn Associafed I7ress. ..
ST.. PAUL, Miun, Dec. 20,-Hhat ts left
OF tho Indfan ponies taken from thp Sioux ot
Standing Rock have arrived III St. PAUL whore they
sre to be sold. Of tho 800 captured only nbout
route, but tho most have been either stolen Of sod
by tha herderr. They lave been systematically
fol!owed during the whole journey oJ tllioycs,
thtures have been arrestc as also two Or three Of
tho hcsttsmch. who sold tho ponirs to ctizcns for
whatever they could get, from = quart OF whisky
to 4 IS notG.