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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12
ExEcurlvEMANsroY, WASHINGTON, DC.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC,
ton to the following paragraph in letter
addressed by me to the secretary of the
treasury on the conduct to be observed by
officers of the general government in rela.
ton to elections;
"No officer should be required or permitted
to take part in the political organizations,
caucuses, conventions, or election CAM
paigns. Their right to vote and to express
their views on public questions, either orally
or through the press, is not denied, pro-
vided it does not interfere with the dis.
charge of their official duties. No assess.
ment for political purposes on officers or
subordinatcs should be allowed" This rule
is applicable to every department OF the
civil service. 1t should be understood by
every officer Of the general government that
he is expected to conform his conduct to its
requirements,
Very respectfully, K. b. HAYES.
j. NJ. Heating, editor OF the Memphis
Appeal recently had an interview with the
president, during which the latter said he
was very anxious to visit the south and meet
il their homes the leading men of that see
tion. He felt satisfied that the spirit Of fra.
ternity between the sections was rapidly
gaining strength. lie thought the people of
the south should encourage immigration Of
people and enterprising men of the north.
The president was desirous of hearing Of
facts as to the Progress of education in the
south, particularly among the colored people
The president has rendered the Hay
tien mission to John NJ. Langston, of Ohio.
The secretary of war directs that
subsistence stores be sold to officers and
enlisted men on credit they giving the
proper receipts. The order is issued on
account of no appropriation for the support
of the army having been made. A similar
order to enable them to obtain fuel, etc
from the quartermaster's department will be
issued.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12

can city than any other Canadian city,
except Toronto. Some OF its public
buildings, particularly the new postotlice,
were very fine. 1t dealt very largely in
lumber, which was floated down the
river from the heavy wooded upper coun-
try. Its location made it one of the
depots of the fishing interest. Its close
connection with the United States, with
which it had constant communication,
gave ita growing commercial importance.
Within few years it has been one of
the favorite summer resorts, Il centre
from which visitors radiated in all drec-
tons. The ST. John river in summer is
one of the most beautiful in the world,
while the sail from Portland down along
the coast of Maine and through the bay
of Fundy is unsurpassed. The destruc-
ton Of the business portion of the city is
n terrible calamity ; it is like destroying
the lungs on which the body depends for
its vitality. The appeal of the impover'
ished people for assistance is a strong
one, and il enforced, by every cOnSidera-
ton of sympathy and humanity New
Brunswick ought to belong to the United
States, and St John should be the
eastern city of the union. Her interests
are chiefly American, AMI the kindness
of our people toward her, in her present
extremity, will strengthen the American
feeling which is already strong in her
people.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12
BL0OD.STAINED CRIMINA
a Farmer and his Three Sons Guilty ~
Fourteen Murders.

Farmer and his Three Sons Guilty Si
Fourteen Murders
But few of our oldest citizens do not
know George Brown, who settled on
what is now known AZ the Pringle farm,
two and half miles west of town, in
about the year 1850. Ge.rge Brown,
during the time he lived in this county,
was a respected citizen and a member Of
the Christian Church. lie had three
sons --George, Jesse and Josiah-who
were about men when they left
here, which took place in the year 1893
Or thereab0uts. From here they re-
moved to Texas, in which state they
have resided since. They have lately
been arrested upon a complaint filed
against them by Samuel Boris, who
married daughter of George Brown Sr.
From the facts developed since the ar.
rest of Brown, his SONS, Boris and 9TH
ers we are unable to name, composed
one Of the most daring and murdcrous
organizations that ever infested the
wilds of Texan frontier. The com,
plant charges them with fourteen muir.
ders of the darkest and most appalling
nature. The exposure of the Browns
by their confederate and relative was
brought about as follows: 1t seems that
Jesse was the chief of the elan, and gave
orders, which were as binding ds an oath,
aud whatever he commanded must be
done. They were organized under the
pretence of putting down Iawlessness and
crime. Jesse was married, and he and
his wife had falling out, and they both
went out of nights, pretending to lisent
to the song of the nightnl ale, which re-
suited finally in their separation. The
woman (Jesses wie), knew the secrets cf
the lodge or organization, and Jesse (the
chief said that she knew too much,
and that she must die for the safety OF
the clan.
1t seems that Mrs. Brown and Boris
wife were very intimate and 50 jesse
gave orders that she, too, must die. and
proceeded to appoint the cxecutioners Of
the women-onc his own wife, and the
other his sister. He appointed this
Samson Boris to take the life OF his
(Jcsse's) wife and some other member OF
the party to take the llie OF
Boris vie. But before the time
appointed to take the lives of the
women Boris revoted against being the
participant in such an inhuman deed.
So he secretly sought out the authori,
ties, made his complaint, and caused the
arrest of his iather-n-law and his three
brOthcrs-n-law.
Recent developments show that they
were guilty Of fourteen murders. Young
George has had his trial, and was found
guilty, and was sentenced to be hanged,
but has appealed his case to the supreme
court of the state. George Brown, Sr.,
and the other sons are to be tried this
month. They are now in the Cook cOun-
ty jail.--Albony (Mo) Ledgr.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12
WARRINGTON.

An insane man recently called at the
executive mansion to obtain an order for the
payment to him of the Geneva award. He
had large bundle of papers supporting his
claim.
The chief of the ordnance bureau has
given orders for the issue OF 1000 stand OF
arms to the state Of Oregon, six hundred to
the territory of Idaho, and five hundred to
Washington territory.
The president has issued his formal
order on the subject of the interference OF
federal officers with the management an!
control of party politics. The text of the
circular, addressed to every officeholder in
the country, is as follows.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12
An Unlucky Man.

The unhappy Kentuckian, who bet on
every race during the week, and lost
every time, illustrates the freaks OF for.
tune in this respect, He had just $50
left, and in sheer desperation cried out in
the crowd that assembled at the hotel
after the races "I'll bet $50 can name
two men here with twenty-three fingers"
When the bet was taken, this child OF
fate continued: Anybody III do. Here,
my friend, I'll take you. have thirteen
fingers, and you have ten, that makes
twenty.tbree. knew there was one bet
| could not lese." The stranger gszad at
him a moment with pitying expres-
sion, and then said, compassionately
"Well, I'm sorry for you. You have
struck hard streak of luck. haa
thee Of my III gers shot Of at ch'esa-
maugae'-Nashrllis Tenn 1Dls''ean
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12
French Iloardings, and French Pro-
ductiOns.

We hear recently great deal of the
example of France, and Prof Price il
among those who point admiringly to her
in this crisis. Now, as every one knows,
the savings of people in England, Ger
many and America, are deposited in
banks, whence they are loaned aud be-
come utilized as capital; in France the
peasants heard their savings in old
stockings and secret corners. TO with
draw from either OF the countries so large
an amount as that of the indemnity paid
Germany would greatly disturb trade;
but the peasants, patrotically unearth-
ing their hoardings OF secret gold in ex.
change tor government bonds, enabled
the state, to the surprise of all, to pay
her heavy penalty without distress or
financial disturbance But this was an
exceptional position, We are scarcely to
argue therefrom that boarding is the
true principle that a nation is better
Oft because its work-people hide their
savings, withdrawing them from public
use rather than placing them in banks
where they may become active capital.
prof pricr ottributcs thp tlrcpssflll nav.
mont Inv France nf tho German indem-
ntv TO "tbe practice of one Of the yery
gro,te.t o( ecnnomic,I virtups-she had
saved !" Now il WAS solely duc to thc
manner in which her savings had bcen
hold The fact seemed to
h,vc dazzled every bodv The
nwamnlc nf tbe French neos1nt is now
hold I'm on olI .;das-tbat be lives tba
narrowe.t and moat restricted of livos.
,hat III. nvcos.;vn economical snirit NOT
onIv l;nita his comfort. hut keons him
ignoront suncrstitious dull sniritlnss
homeless Uhe tragedy Of ,he French
casant.l;G. IL only too we'll told in tho
nictnres If MilletI that he has neither
,ntelloctuol Hfe nor any grace of art of
refined civilizotion-th.sc facts are moth.
;nr to the economist the npo.ant has
drndred and boarded he has refused
himself md his family ease and comfort
and hoarJod. he knows neither ,rt nor
literotnro nor science but he ho,
boarded be lives Iilc scarcclv hotter
than that Of fine beast Of the field hut
ha hos hoordeI. his SAVINGS bova nonr.
isboJ No Industries nor rewarJcd onv
nrt nor nromotnd anv intellectual cnd
and he bimselt has done hi. hest NV mnre
r,,t r;c,inn tn limit tbo nrodurtivo re.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12
The City Of st. John.

st. John, which has been brought into
such unfortunate prominence by the
recent and terrible cOnhagation, is the
chief city of New Brunswick. 1t is
situated on the St. John river which
empties into the bay of Fundy, and is
about one hundred and twenty-five miles
from Halifax. The city was thoroughly
English in its structure and
characteristics. Many of the old families
in the place descended from Torres who
lef the United States during the revolu.
ton, or at its close. Trinity church,
which was the historic church of the
city, was built in 1888, and contained
the royal arms taken from old Trinity in
this city in the great fire of l776. The
church was wooden structure, and was
destroyed in the recent conilagratioD,
which was the only serious fire the place
has suift red for forty years. Since the
war st John has improved greatly in
business, population and appearance. Its
population more than doubled in ten
years, and at the time of the fire exceeded
so 900. 1t had more enterprise and
energy and seemed more like an Ameri-
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12

and there is no need of recalling pain.
full theme. Edwin Forrest affords another
illustration, his domestic intelicities
being sufficiently before the world We
may look, also, at the case of Fanny
Kemblc and Pierce Butler, which, in its
day, afforded 10 much gossip, Men and
women of high order of talent are in.
tensely national in their feelings, and
this often mars what ought to be harmo-
NOUS life. Joe Jefferson has made large
fortune by his profession, and can place
his daughter in an independent position,
lie has been more successful than any
comedian in the history of the drama,
his wealth being estimated Mt one'third
of million or more, Hackett, the
American " Falstaff, presents adiilerent
record, He was an admirable player,
and yet he died in debt, and building
in this city, which he had mortgaged, was
lately sold under foreclosure.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12
COssacks and ROumanian Ladies'.

When the first troop of C0ssaCks rode
through bucharest the Roumanian la
dies were very anxious to see them, and
the long avenue was lined with carriages
A column OF dust arose, thiCkcning and
drawing nearer. A cry of delight and
impatience passed all along ladies
eagerly stood up, favored gentlemen
climbed upon the coachbox and the
wheels. The column Of dust approached,
and presently the COSsack lances pierced
it, glittering in the sun. Dark and
colorless masses loomed through it, and
strange but stirring music was in the
air. Not sound was heard, even while
they passed, except the martial war-song
of the bards who head each stotnia and
the shrill accompaniment Of whistles
moduIated to weird harmony. No rattle
of accoutrements betrays the Cossack
his very horse seems trained to move
with silent activity. With that pTn in
ones ears, and the whistles screaming
through it, one bcholds without aston.
i-hment these warriors gliding past
stealthily and swift. One recognizes the
surviving race of an earlier time. To
the same war song, perhaps, marched
the ancestors of these people when they
overran Russia. The Bucharest ladies
were not little impressed and not a
little frightened. They looked at each
other blankly, with little shrugs of the
shoulder to express distaste. One OF
them a aterward confessed to the London
Standard correspondent, who describes
the scene, that her Muscovite sympa.
thics vanished at sight Of the first
Co.sack, so ugly and dirty was he.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12
FATE or THE CXARS.


1t may be interesting just now to note
what history and rumor says of the fate
of the czars of Russia, From Ruric
(SG2) to Jurie, or George |, Ol55,) who
built Moscow, there were seventeen
dukes of Kiev. To these follow sixteen
grand dukes of Vladimir, ending with
Juric or George ILL.,, in 1925, The
succeeding sovereigns, nine in number,
bore the title of grand duke OF Mos.
COW. In 1917 commences the list of
czars of Muscoyy, whose territorial
boundaries have spread by purchase but
chiefly by conquest, until they reach the
giant dimensions of the present Russian
empire. Feodor l., second czar, was
poisoned Boris poisoned HIMSELF Ivan
W., of the house of Romanof, was de-
POSED; Peter III. was dcposed and muir
dered Paul |. was strangled in his bed
chamber; Alexander |. is reported to
have died by slow poison Nicholas, too,
is reported to have been poisoned, as
his death was unexpected, and his body
lay three days in private state before any
public announcement of his death was
4. ,t,n
Illaue. hholheI anu sun hlolo 'o''-
mon idea il that Nicholas died from NOR
,;G,,,;on 80, ,ooount ol h;o d;soatnre and
,'',N"'''' w W '""''' W. ~, ~ '''>'
defeat in the Crimea. The present czar,
Alexander II, is the sixteenth of the
I,,,,,a ar p,,,oa 10 hoo ortoroJ
upon a more arduous task than his father,
the conquest of Constantinople, at time
when the rest of the great nations are
even more averse to disturbing the
balance of power in Europe than when
Sebastopol was attacked The crown does
not sit easily upon his head. Recent
accounts say that Alexander's cheeks are
sunken, his eyes are usterlcss, his step
has lost much of its elasticity, and his
carriage is less dignifed than formerly.
He is described as prematurely aged,
which is not marvellous, since he works
from eight in the morning until nine
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

Gen. Wade Hampton, governor Of
South Carolina, will deliver an address in
Rockford, H., during the fair week. The
other orator Of fair week will be the Hon
Robert Ingersol of Peoria, III.
The Marietta and Cincinnati railway
has been placed in the hands of receiver,
with power to control its property pending
suit brought by the fourth mortgage trus'
tees, who aIlege default in the payment OF
interest upon that class OF bonds.
II has been determined to place a
thoroughly reliable semi.weekly line OF
steamers between st. Louis and New Orleans
to start on advertised time, freight or ne
freight. The steamers are to be irstclass
but their names are not yet announced, mol
is the time when the line will be put on.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12

At Davenport, Iowa, during the heavy
,,aie there on June Gath, the velocity of the
wind reached seventy miles an hour. At
st Paul the river had risen "a feet inches
during the preceding twenty-four hours.
General sheridan md staff have left
Chicago for the Big Horn country, to look
into the Indian troubles, and to take meas.
ures for their suppression.
Reports of tremendous wind storm
in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin
on June "a, reach us, accompanied with
details of severe loss OF property.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12
now A PAPER IN MADE.

,,n-- -, , ,,n
athyi now IN phpor ihaue
mn 10 answer u iuiy my uear,
were ralheI uilneult 'asA
Anu yet lh panleTluS "yI ,
as the Whlp'pooI-Wih anBs III 'he Biaue'
y venture pit oi hy
10 tel now paper IN ip"ue'
An edilor silS ~ hls uesbl
TO he claiming the tnouehls OF 'he Worid-
lhlhgS solemn ana comic ana queer
Ana whth ne mas nll on lheUhe
lie Judges II wen 10 Parade
ne Willes' ana va "ii'eS, anu he "rl'eS'
Ana lhal now II paper IN mhue'
,-,,.,.
An ol'lor SllS ~ ms uesk,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12
international Marriages.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazsttc. writing from New York, says:
The London author, Farjeon, Is ex-
pected here, in due time, on his wedding
trip, the bride being Miss Jefferson,
daughter Of the well known Kip van
Winkle. 1t is an inevitable fact IN me
record of the past that these international
marriages between people of genius sie
seldom happy. The case OF n. T. W HIS
is ready illustration. He married an
English girl and brought the bride home
that is, his home, not he's. 1t never
became home to her. but both are dead,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12
The Grand Haven Herald reports

The Grand Haven Herald reports
upon seventy-three fruit places in that
vicinity, ali OF which were in prosperous
condition. Among these fruit-growers
there are 10000 peach trees; $500 APP
pie trees 1000 and over of cherry trees
1000 and over of plum trees; |, 900 and
over of pear trees; 7j acres of grapes; SS
acres OF raspberrics; 81 acres of black
berries. and q acres of strawberries. In
the township 5000 acres are set with
small fruits. Many of the fruit-growers
at this and other points along the lake
own only small places from ten to twenty
acres. which are set out in fruit,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-07-12

The Baltimore sun says of the late
Nollie NIaguires: "Tbe fact that such
men as these are of foreign birth and oil
foreign descent is a startling illustration
of the proposition announced by an En-
plish historian that in the centres OF civ,
ilization of the old world there is bar
barism among certain classes of the com.
munity as wild and ferocious as any
among the savage tribes OF the wilder.
pes'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-11
MURDER IN WILLIAMsBURGH.
A Man Stabbed while Looking into y sAep
Windsw-His Death In the Hospital.

At IL O'Clock last night, the ambulance
took TO the willamsburgh Hospital man who
had been stabbed In the neck. on Broadway,
near Boerum street The man dicd almost i'm :
mcdiately after his admission. having received
stab wound in the left side OF his mock which
had severed tho carotid artery.
The assault which seems to have been un-
provoked. took place at O'Clock. in front Of tho
cigar store of Frank scherch. 447 Broadway.
into the window OF which the murdered man
was looking at the time he was assaied. A fow
words. a few blows. and Fred Hatfield was stag
gering down the street bleeding profusely from
gash in his mock. lie staggered into the drug
store OF DIR. H. Kissam. and. saying Il am
stabbed" fell on the floor He had his hand on
his neck when he entered, but the moment he
removed 1t by falling the blood spurted so pro-
fuscy that tho druggist knew an artery had
been severed, and so he hnstcned messengers
Tor tho ambulance and other surgical aid.
. DR.. Hesso was the first N respond, and during
the operation OF taking up the artery and secur-
ing IT, TO prevent the effnson OF blood the
mat a man named English had stepped up
Deilnd him whilo he was looking into n store
window and had stabbed him. He gave his
name as FREQ Hatfield Of i6s Bushwck avenue.
and said he knew Engii-,, and the companion
ne had with him. but had not soen tncin Tor two
months.
Emil Meyer Of 1874 Avenue G, Of this city. who
were ye-witncsses Of the affair, say that Hat
field was looking into the window when two or
were eXcRanged Then they oaRh a s,n somsb@dy TS5
called " Watch" and they ran across the street.
Hatfield fe when he reached the other side, He
TO the drug store. English and his companions
hnve had regulations. and 1t is surmsed that
Hatfield may at some time have caused the ar
rest Of English. and that this is Engishs re-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-11
ONE or THE MEN THEY COUNTED IN
a Ilortda Eiector who Once n Convicted
FeIon-Gox. stenrn.,. Confe.sIon.

WASHINGTON Feb. 10.-Thc Committee on
Powers. Privileges and Duties Of the House
this morning examined Gov. Stearns. OF Flor
ida who said that about Nov. 10 he sent
despatch To the President to tho cffcct that
prominent men OF the opposite party had ar
rived In 60: siderable numbers. and he felt that
he needed the advice Of prominent men Of the
Republican party. No reply was received.
the President Tor advice u part, charact.rt Abe
cau knew that the President had acted in such way
IN the case oi other states
Gov Stearns said that ha appointed Pierce
ono OF the electors. 10 u State ofilce.
c-pid YOU no, know that Fierce at the time you ap-
pointed HIM. was convicted clon'
Mr.. Lawrence objected 10 tho question Tho
oilr 4 on WIS oNerru"ld. and GOV. Stearns said
that Pierce WIS convicted OF Offering "a hrihs To
a member Of the legislature: that his ease was
appealed 10 the supreme Court and that the
sentence wn~ confirmed there.
To " Marsh-i ',c1ralhci TO Secretary Chandler At
mr' OF information eud WI. 90 in r'llt Tee t lr.rnin
irow hH iar, ti not end the ft,uc. iur troops
g. TO- SECRETARY oi War because had not lnCtd my
srif l- fu what he would need.
lu Mr. Law lrurs-i had authority under the law 10
with nu ttN hul shI .fuund cerufl ao from
hr rlDcfnl who had been convicted fcnn and who
unu,r hai been iuy restored ~ ou1enship by Tree
AMI iul pardon
dnork"rprr- of the House testified that his resi-
d"n'o i ~ Baltimore that he has known
Joseph II. Maddox for forty years. and that tho
latt"r'- reputation for truth is good. He would
believe him rs soon ~ any other person. He
mover heard his credibility questioned.