The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-04

The Washington authorities are adj
vised that Spain is preparing to send u for
midable force to Cuba, which will be com
posed in large part Of troops lately under the
| command of Don Carlos, The expedition
will not leave till fall, to avoid the sickly
season and be ready for decisive campaign
before spring and yellow jack return. Our
Cuban brethren of the republican persuasion
may look for hot times next winter.
The treasury department has pur-
chased two months supply Of silver bullion
at the low rates which prevailed few weeks
ago, theavcrage price paid having been about
three cents per ounce less than the present
market rate. This stock, together with the
bullion fund, will, it is believed, be suf.
iicient for coinage until the annual state.
ment at the mints, which will he made in
June.
The ocean carrying trade of the coun-
try was never, according to the New York
Shipping List, in more unsatisfactory con
dition than at present. The rates Of freight
in all directions are declared to be unproiit
able, and vessels much more frequently come
home in debt than with surplus OF freight
money, over and above their running cx-
penscS. The steamers are faring worse than
sailing vessels. 1t is the same abroad. Even
in the more remote countries, where good
frcights have been the rule, the accounts are
very dscouraging to shpowners. The com
mercc of the whole world appears to be in
condition bordering upon paralysis
Treasurer New will Issue a circular
Immediately, warning the country that the
substitution of silver for fractional currency
will undOubtably lead countcrfeters to put
out spurious notes Of the denomination Of
twenty-five and fifty cents As Il number of
these counterfeit plates are still in possession
of operators in the stuff the public should
be warned that all the old issue extant OF the
first four series will come to light, and as but
few of the genuine notes are to be found in
any one locality, the counterfeitcrs will the
better be able to successfully put out their
stuff and flood the country with it.
The supreme court of the United States
has at length decided the celebrated Usage
land case, the decision being in favor of the
settlers against the railroad companies. The
question involved the title Of 100000 acres of
land in Kansas, and was the largest and per-
haps most important land case ever pre-
sented for adjudication in this country.
There are now on these cedcd lands a pOpu-
laton Of at least fifteen thousand people,
possessing schools, churches and various
industrial establishments. A decision in
favor of the railroad companies would have
abrogatcd the title of these people to their
property, which was regularly purchased
from the United States.
The February report of the bureau of
statistics, just published, shows that during
that month our imports were valued at but
S3S, ,52S3l9, while the exports were valued at
S60,S93953. Excluding specie and bullion,
the imports were $357i6,i77 and the exports
$5i,76GS2S, Taking the specie value of our
exports, the balance of trade in our favor
during that month was nearly Sl2000,OOO in
gold, or, including the foreign exports in the
account, fully $l3,00oOOO, rejecting the specie
and bullion movements altogether. AS com.
pared with the corresponding month Of 1875,
our exports increased nearly fifteen per cent
in value, while the imports diminished more
than twenty-five per cent. Manufactured
goods have increased more than other ar.
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