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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03
HIGH LIFE MARRIAGES.
III.Assorted Unions Among the English
IIOyRIty.

The GALAXY for August has an article
on the above subject, of which the fol.
lowing is an extract; "There is moth,
ing with which the outer world has &c
little to do rs n mans marriage, and yet
there is nothing about which it concerns
itself so very much, Everyone thinks
himself entitled to sit in judgment upon
the suitableness of a matrimonial match,
especially in aristocratic circles where
birth and fortune are in question. Thus
it was disappointment to the blood
royal that the duke OF Cambridge did
not marry German princess, and it is
sore subject with the queens sons that
their sister Louise should have married
marquis. Lord Lorne is terribly snub-
bed by the lot. The prince of Tcck, who
married the princess Mary of Cambridge,
likewise is a source of trouble for be.
ing handsome fellow, he is liable to
allurements which disturb conjugal ielc-
ity. Prince Christian, who has married
another of the queens daughters, is re-
garded as a questionable character, be-
cause he had previously contracted Il
morganatc marriage and the duke of
Edinburgh is bothered intirely" ON
account of the rank OF his wife, who, as
the daughter of an emperor, is a sticker
for precedence at court. The prince of
Wales is very happily, but he had some
narrow escapes of being led into immoral
and illegal connections. When in Amer
ica he was 50 much taken with the beauty
of the fair Columbians with whom he
danced at Boston and New York, that it
was expected he would have proposed
matrimonial alliance with one of the
fairest 1t was argued that, on the
grounds OF equality, there could be no
obstacle, inasmuch as the presidency of
the republic was the heritage OF every
native-born American; and when the
duke of Newcastle or Gen. Bruce, under
whose tutelage the prince came to the
United States, laughing ly hinted at the
possibility of his Il. HIS connecting the
crown of England with Il family at the
White House, he answered: :" | should
have no objection politically to such an
alliance if the lady's father were to con-
tinue president during his lifetime; but
there is no guarantee that tcllar' who
i ruler of millions to-day may not
lrop down to the soap boilers line TO.
morrow W
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03
THE EMPTY PLsCE,
by ADA CAMBRIDGE.

by ADA CAMBRIDGE
Bright faces come aud so, fair shapes
Dan up aud down the wall
a presence In the crowded room
Takes precedence Oi all
Yves II niyht and day, nOwc'of,
ny the shine or shadOw CrONt 60
A ltil" vacant spot, wherciron
Une little lacJ Is lost
The sound Of music swcls and falls,
And laughter fills our ears
A silence, followed out Of life,
l. all our spirit hears.
Til It silence, like n hush Oi prayer,
Can drown the lOudrst speech,
Ani piercing sharp through laugh and song,
Oar Utmost sense can reach,
No thunder OF the outer world,
No burning rage Of pain
No passiOn-stOrms Of love or grief,
That beat on heart or brain,
Beat down with such constrainng strength
The vital forces there,
Az that dun soundless ache Of los
Which lonely mournorS bear.
o little garments in the drawer,
With such precision spread
q little chair against the wall
u iittlo crndle-bed,
UnCurtlined in tnc silent room,
And pillowlcSS and cold
q mothers arms and tender hands,
That have no babe to hold
W know full well the worth and wealth
Ol which we are bcreft
Bat where are words whcrewith 10 tell
he emptiness that's left!
Whrlewith to span that Shoreless void,
sound its untathomed dceps,
And picture to the common sense
The sacred thing it keeps.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03
American Goods In England.

London Cor. Of the New York World.
1t is beginning to be generally under.
stood and admitted that many descrip.
tions of American cotton goods are both
cheaper and better than Enplish goods
OF the same class, fact which manufac-
turers here have found il hard to get
into their heads, but which they are no
longer able to deny The result is only
just beginning to be felt, for the poorer
CLASSES have but recently had their at
tention called to the superiority of
American goods-and they are great con-
sumcrs. Already I have heard one or
two manufacturers grmmbc bitterly at
the disadvantage under which they labor
in having American goods imported into
this country without duty, while they
cannot compete with their rivals
in the United States, because of a
prohibitive duty on that side. This
simply means, Of course, that they would
like to see duty imposed mere on Amer
lean goods, and it would not surprise
me to see cry raised for some such
measure as that if American manufac-
turers 60 on beating the English on their
own ground. The Indian demand is
now largely supplied from the United
States another enormous loss to Ian
cashre. No wonder that some mills are
being worked only three days week,
and that the owners OF all are passing
through a period of great trial and anx-
iety. In the iron trade also the inilu-
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03

national convention of 1872 assembled in
Philadelphia on the fifth of June. Hon.
Morton McMichael was chosen as tenn
porary chairman, and Hon. Thomas
Settle, of North Carolina, as permanent
president. On the first vote Ulysses S.
Grant received 72O votes, the entire
votes of all the states and territories in
the union. For vice-presidcnt Hon.
Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, was
nominated over Hon. Schuyler Colfax,
on the second ballot. The record of the
year was completed by the meeting of
the national democratic convention, at
Baltimore, Maryland, on the ninth of
July, 1872. Upon the states being called
upon to vote for candidate for president
they cast their ballots as follows:
FOR HORACE GREELEY,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03

George b. Mcclellan also received one
vote on the twelfth ballot, and one-half
vote on the twenty-frst. Seymour re-
ceiyed four votes on the nineteenth
ballot, r. johnson eight and n half on
the first, eight on the second, eleven on
the third, eight on the fourth, and nlne
and half on the fifth; Ewing one-half
ON the second, one on the third and two
on the fourth; Chase one-half on the
twelfth, thirteenth, sixteenth, seven
teenth and nineteenth, and four on the
twenty-hrst; Hoffman three on the SIX,
teenth, seventeenth and eighteenth, ana
one-half on the twenty-frst, and Fleld
fifteen on the nineteenth, nine on the
twentieth, and eight on the twenty.first.
On the twenty second ballot all the
states voted for Hon. HOratio seymour,
of New York, and he was declared the
nominee of the convention, TOR president.
Gen. Frank p. Blair, of Missouri, was
unanimously nominated for vice'presi-
dent. The national convention OF the
liberal republican party of the United
states met in Cincinnati on the lst OF
Nav, 1872, and opened the presidential
campaign of that year. After the adop
ton of platform Of principles the roll
of states was called, and the delegates
balloted for candidate tor president.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03

Stephen A. Douglas was declared the
choice of the convention for president
and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, of Alabama
was nominated for vice president. Ht
subsequently declined and Herschel V
johnson, of Georgia, was put in hi'
place. The delegates who withdrew from
the Charleston convention Immediately
assembled at st. Andrews hall, in that
city, and, after adopting series of reso
lutions, adjourned to meet in Richmond
Virginia, on the second Monday in June
This body, after number of meetings
finally endorsed the nomination of Breck
nridge and Lane. On the 2Sth of june
the delegates who did not participate in
the convention which nominated Douglas
and johnson assembled in Baltimore and
proceeded to ballot for candidate for
president, and John G. Breckenridge, OF
Kentucky, received the unanimous vote
of the delegates present, being lO5 from
the twenty states represented. For vice
president, Gen. Joseph Lane, of Oregon,
received the unanimous vote of the con-
vcntion 105) on the first ballot.
THE CONVENTIONS OF 1864.
On the lst of June, 1864, a convention,
under the name Of the "radlcal dem0c-
racy," met at Cleveland, Ohio, and nomi-
mated John c. Fremont for president and
Gen. Cochranc, of New York, for vice.
president. The republican national con-
vention Of 1864 assembled in Baltimore
on the 9TH of June. Hon. William
Dcnison, of Ohio, was president. Abra'
ham Lincoln was renominated on the
frrt ballot by n unanimous vote, with
the exception of the vote of Missouri,
which wascast for Grant. For vice-prcs-
dent Andrew johnson was nominated
oa the first ballot. The national democratic
convention of 1864 convened at Chicago
on the Doth of August. Ex-Governor
Seymour, of New York, was appointed
permanent chairman. The vote was :
For Mcclellan, 202I; for Seymour, 23!.
Hon. Geo. II. Pendleton, of Olio, was
selected for vice president on the second
ballot.
The republican national convention
met at Chicago on the 2lst of May, 1868.
Gen. Joseph Il. Hawley, of Connecticut,
was selected as president of the body. A
ballot was taken, and the president an
nounccd that 60 votes had been cast, all
for Gen. L. :. Grant. On the FIRST
ballot for vice president, Schuyler Colfax,
If Indiana, received 522 votes, and was
placed upon the ticket as a candidate for
On the ithoi July, 1868,
.he delegates of the democratic party
met in New York to nominate candidates
Tor president and vice-president. Hon.
IIoratio Seymour was selected AS presl'
lent of tie convention. After the
transaction of the preliminary business,
the voting commenced, with the follow
ing result;
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03

Baltimore on the ninth of May, and put
in the field John Bell, of Tennessee, for
president, and Edward Eeverett, of Mas
sachusetts, for vice president. The dem
Ocratic national convention of 1860 met in
Charleston, South Carolina, on April 26.
There were delegates present from all the
states OF the Union. After a stormy de-
bate upon platform, portion of the
delegates left the convention, and those
that remained proceeded to ballot, The
first ballot stood: Douglas, l454
Guthrie. 35; Hunter, Az Dickinson,
7; johnson, II; Lane, g. Davis, u; /;
Toucey, %; Pierce, |, The iiftyseventh
ballot stood; Douglas, 1911; Guthrie,
6S!; Hunter, l6; Dickinson, 4 Lane,
IA; Davis, !. The convention then adj
journed to meet jim Baltimore on the
18th of June. The meeting took place
as ordered and the following ballots for
president were recorded:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03

The yearly reports ct ,,Prof. Charles Y.
Riley, state entomologist OF Missouri,
show how practically valuable the labors
of scientific man may be, and also how
much one state can do for the whole
country by providing for scientific aid to
its own people. Last year Mr.. Riley was
able to predict that the Colorado potato
beetle would not do so much damage
this wear as last. The result has verified
his prophecy. The SlMmer in Missouri
he saws was 50 excess ivvly wet that al
though the beetle was abundant enough
in the spring, it subsequently became
comparatively scarce and harmless, and
did not again become multiplied till at
ter the rains had ceased and the third
brood had developed; by which time the
crop was sufficiently matured to be out
of danger. Very much the same cnndi'
tions occurred all over the upper Missis
sippi valley country, and as there was an
incr ased acreage planted, the crop
throughout this whole section was larger
and prices lower than they have been for
many wears. Indeed in some parts ol
Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, it has been
difficult to dispose of potatoes even at
twenty five cents per bushel
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03
p1rxrrcr MEIEoRp writes from the

PRENTICE MgLEoRD writes from the
centennial: "There are many famous
chairs, arm-chairs, chairs hag-bottomed,
board -bottomed, cane bottumed and
leather-bottomed. Washington has sat
in most Of them. Judging from the III
dications in Independence hall, Wash,
ington was a Ierseyering setter as well
as a retriever OF his country's fortunes
He must have had great talent Tor sli'
ting. The suspicion will develop - iesei
saw a chair but that he desired TO mo-
norolize IT, He said to himself: There
!. anotber chair; let US confer immor-
taIity upon il and the family who own
H. Then he sat down. This made one
Of the first ismilies.' Apparently, all
these fret families have sent their chars
to Independence hall They stani III
] lieu Of Iatents of nobility
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03
The Mystery OF Perfume.

No one has yet been able to analyze or
the essential action of per
fume. Gas can be weighed, but not
scents. The smallest known creatures
the very monads of life-can be caught
by microscope lens and made to deliver
m the secrets of their organization but
what is it that emanates from the pouch
of the musk deer that fills Il whole space
for wears and years with its penetrating
odor-that an illimitable number OF ex-
traneous substances can carry on With
out diminishing either its size or weight
and what is it that the warm summer
air bri.gs to us from the flowers, no man
has vet been able to determine. 30 tine,
so subtle, so imponderable, it has eluded
both our most delicate weights and meas,
ures and our strongest lenses II we come
10 the essence of each odor, we should
have made an enormous stripe forward
both in hygiene and in chemistry, and
none would profit more than the medica
profession fit could be as eonclusively
demonstrated that such an odor proceed
ed from such and such cause, as we al
ready know of sulphur, sulphurate ny
drogen, ammonia and the like.
A YOUNG lady following Shaksperia
play with the book, remarked to he
ompanion: "How imperfect those q,
t,rs are ! None of them say exit VIII,
they 90 of"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03

Mr. Van Buren's name was withdrawn
after the eighth ballot. The national
convention of the liberty party met in
Buffalo, New York, on the thirtieth of
August, 1914. James G. Birney, of
Michigan, was unanimously nominated
for president, and Thomas Morris, of
Ohio, for vice president.
TAYLOR AND CAss.
The whig national convention of lS4S
was held in Philadelphia. 1t began It's
session on the seventh of June and ended
on the tenth, when Gen. Zachary Taylor
was nominated for president, and Millard
Fillmore, of New York, for vice presi-
dent.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03

On the 22nd of May, lS4S, the demo-
cratic national convention assembled at
Baltimore. The twO.third rule was
adopted, and Gen. Lewis Cass selected as
the candidate for the presidency on the
fourth ballot.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03

James X, Polk, of Tennessee was nomi-
mated for president, and Sias Wright, of
New York, for vice president. Mr..
Wright Immediately declined, and Hon.
G. NJ Dallas, of Pennsylvania, was Sc
lccted to fill his place, The ballotings
for president were as follows.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03
Sitting Bull and his Braves.

Gen. Sitting Bull and his Lieut.. Rain
in-the Face, Crazy Horse and the other
boroes of the Yellowstone massacre, were
armed by the United States with Win
chester rifles, that were more effective
than the arms of our own troops. They
were supplied by the United States with
ammunition, stores and horses. The
blankets given his command by the
Indian agency were freshly supplied, and
were all new and marked "U. ). Indian
department" While Sitting Bull and
lieutenants were killing Clusters men,
the United States was kindly feeding
and caring for their squavs and paP,oosess'
| 1t now appears that, since Clusters de-
feat, the Indians are wearing their clothes,
Perhaps it would do well now ior the the
United States to keep on with the iarce
it is playing, pension the Indian widows
and present sitting Bull with swor'
and The freedom of the whole Indian
country.
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ultimate unavoidable result--a brief
period Of enforced idlencsa, the impover-
ishment and decentralization of the
strikers, to be followed finally by n re-
turn to labor on the best terms they can
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03

He is good that does good to Others, II
he suffers for the good he does, he is bet,
ter still; and if he suffers from them to
whom he did good, he is arrived at that
height of goodness that nothing but an
increase Of his sufierings can add to It;
if it proves his death, his virtue is at It's
summit, it is heroism complete,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03

Hon. Horace Greeley on the announce
ment of the vote, was declared the nom-
inee of the convention for president. On
the second ballot, b. Gratz Brown, of
Missouri, was selected for vice-president
by vote of 435 to 26l. The republican
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03

Hon. b. Gratz Brown was nominated
for vice-president by 7l3 votes to 10
scattering.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-03
FOR HORACE GREELEY.
SCATTERING.

Delaware, Bayari,......S Pcnnsylvanin Blacko2l
Florida, hlank...o......n,2 West Virginia. blank, 4
Georgia hlnnku,.,....i Grucshcck ck,,n",,,,,,,.,..
Nnu .Jprlcv Hazard
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-05
10000 Yards OF Calico
az 8 cents,
% A. Vendig's, 22e Main street.

A young lady Of Rutland, Vermont,
not liking the idea Of her father spend.
ing all his own and her money for drink
tied his hands and feet together with a
BEDFORD, aud, having considerable mus,
Gle, transported him into an upper
chamber, where be had twenty-fouI
hours 70 mediate.
None but those who have loved can be
supposed to understand the oratory oil
the eye, the mute eloqusnce OF a look,
or the conversational powers Of the face
Loves sweetest meanings are unspoken
the full heart knows no rhetoric Of
words, and resorts to the psntomime Of
signs and glances Booze.
The Indians who are imprisoned in
the old fort at St. Augustine, Florida,
had a wal dance q few nights ago. Fires
were started within the fsrt, which
burned briskly and lighted up the scene
for q mile around, and the Indians in
full wal paint came forth from a darI
dungeon and danced for about two
hours,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-05

The English papers give interesting
summaries of the lecture delivered by
DR.. Mofatt in Westminster Abbey, upon
the day Of prayers for missions, Novem-
Der 30. DR.. Moffstt began by saying
that, having been accustomed for over
City years to speak and think in the
Bechusna tongue, he found it exceed.
ingly difficult to deliver a lecture in
English. de further said that when be
arrived in the Beohuana country, early
in the present century, be found the
people sunk in the densest ignorance.
Unlike most heather tribes, they had no
idea Of a God and no notion of a here
after. There was not an idol to be found
ia all their province, and one which the
lecturers daughter once showed to an
intelligent leader of tho people excited
his l~iveliest sstonishment. He was in
deed so hopelessly removed from a state
OF civilization that he ridiculed the no
ton of any one worshipping q thing he
had made with his own hands. The
great difficulty which met DR.. and Mrs.
MoHatt on the threshold of their mission
was their ignorance of the native Ian
guage. There we're, of course, no in-
terpreters, and there was nothing for it
but to grub along, patiently picking up
words SIS they went, The Bechuans
were willing to teach them as far as they
could, occasionally relieving the monot-
ony Of the lesson by a little joke at the
pupils expense"
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BOOK Notice,

"The Chevalier Ca7se-Cou." a Search fol
Ancestors; sequel to the Red Camelip."
In this, the second and concluding
part of "The Chevalier Casse-Cou, the
worthy but eccentric knight.errant fol.
lows through difficulties and dangers on
the track Of the wretches to whom the
little one owes all her misfortunes, until
the book ends satisfactorily. It is an
admirable specimen Of French romantic
literature and is the work Of Fortune du
BoiOgobey, a celebrated Partisan litera.
teur, and has been translated by Colonel
Thomas Picton. Published by Robert
M. Dewitt 80 Rose street, New York.
Price, 81,
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me Poor House Conmi,.,opsr.

The Poor House Commissioner
che reelection Of Esquire E. L. Brock.
and the election of Esquires ]. NJ. Cole
man and P. ]. Quigley as Poor-house
Commissioner by the Quarterly Court,
We fear will not pan out those reforms
in Pocr-house matters which the late
scandal sensation proved to be abso.
lutely necessary. The Brooks.B Beatty
Poor-house ring desire to continue in
power. Esquire Brooks wishes to be re-
elected chairman, so that he can pur.
chase all supplies, be in command and
reappoint his friend Dr.. Beatty as Poor
house Superintendent. They managed
to elect Esquire Quigley as one Of the
commissioners, and it il asserted that it
was done by arrangement. so that Quigley
would vote for Brooks for chairman and
Brooks for himself, thereby leaving the
other commissioner, Esquire Coleman,
without any authority over Poor.house
matters. The s~candalous rumors which
originated at the Poor-house and Aoated
back to the city with reference to the
management, disguised the public and
public opinion" a respect for which
caused DR.. Beatty to resign as Superin-
tendent, and a disrespect for which
caused Chairman Brooks to reinstate
him, without any official investigation
having been made by the County Court,
has long been in favor of making a
change in PoOr-house management.
Let the Brooks party retire for awhile,
aud let Esquire Coleman be elected as
chairman Of the Poor-house Commits.
%sioncrs, and then the public will be sat.
is6ed' Will Esquire Quigley vote for
Esquire Coleman IS chairman out Of re.
spect for public opinion and for the best
interest Of the tax-payers2
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Personal.

Lieutenant John A. Mckinney, Of the
Fourth United States cavalry, stationed
at Fort Sill, OF the Indian frontier, is in
the city on leave of absence, visiting his
relatives. 1t is four years since he was
here last, and in that time he has seen
some hard service, and looks like a full,
grown, hardy veteran. He went from
here to West Point since the war, when
quite a youth, and graduated over four
years ago in the class with Fred Grant.
BE has many old, warm friends here to
wish him abundant opportunity to dis
tinguish himself and serve his country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-05

1t is related by Russians journals that,
during the recent military survey of the
steppes east of the Caspian Sea, the
soldiers discovered the ruins Of an an.
cient city, the existence Of which has
been utterly unknown in modern times.
Judging from the ruins, the city must
have had a large aud fixed population.
Several arabesque miniarets are still
we'll preserved, and bear evidence CT the
skill CT the builders. Remains Of extern
sive aqueducts were also found, some Of
them still flowing with good drinking
water. A number Of inscriptions we're
copied by the officers of the expedition
and brought to St. Petersburg. Accord.
ing to . tradition of the Turcomans, the
country was once very fruitful, aud was
watered by means Of a canal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-05

The Milwaukee News says; when
you 90 to Madison, and meet ex Gov.
Washtarn on the street, if you see him
refectively pluckiag away at the lock Of
hair that sU,mounts his right ear, you
needn't imagine that he's jerking the
silver threads among the gold, Hes
only giving you the grand hsiling sign
Of his order the Order of the American
Union; and he expects you to return it,