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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-06-14
More Mormon Troubles.

Whatever crcdence may be given to
particular rumors from l'rah, SAYS the
New York Tribune, it is sufficiently Ger.
tain that in various parts Of that terri
tory an uneasy feeling is existing among
the Momons, which Brigham Young is
doing nothing to allay, Indeed, his
public utterances, if they are correctly
represented, are anything but pacific
He is said to be preaching crusade,
which the Gentiles Of the territory natu
rally regard as preached against them,
selves. OF course, compared with Nor.
mon population, they are mere
handful, and they may well indulge in
some apprehension OF violence. In Salt
Lake City specially they are greatly out.
numbered. We are further informed
that the military preparations OF the
Mormons are considerable that drilling
is going on continually, and that arms
have been shipped in great numbers from
the east.
Brigham Young and his more unscrup.
ulous devotees are doubtlesS laborne
under great apprehension. The vigor
displayed in the trial and execution of
Lee has proved conclusively that the
temporal power in Utah is no longer in
the hands Of the Latter Day Saints. We
do not know precisely what they may
have to fear, but their record, rs they
know better than anybody else can, is
quite enough to make them anxious,
Their power and authority, once SO great
and almost unquestioned, are gone.
Assassination will not help them, while
they are no longer as they once were,
defended by distance and great deserts
from the weight Of the governments
hand. 1t is hard to see what they can
hope ultimately TO accomplish by a com,
pletc defiance Of the federal power, or by
resort to the madness OF massacre. Blu!
there is an unreasonable because It's a
tanatical element in the Mormon popu.
lation, which has not been sufficiently
taken into account. II is lust possible
that Young himself may have been made
reckless by a term so prolonged OF ire
spon7ible authority. Greater men than
lie have lost thpirheads under difficulties
comparatively less.
But whatever may be impending, we
may be sure that the beginning OF the
end is near If the Mormon leader, con-
tenting himself with Il spiritual dcSpot-
ism, shall finally yield obedience TO the
laws, he may die quietly in his bed, and
his sect may peacefully disappear after
him If he nermits himspIf ia hp mislpd
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MISCELLANEOUS.

General Grant will dine with the
Prince of Wales, at Mr.. Pierrepont's resi-.
dence, in London, on the twenty.frst OF
June.
The cabinet has determined that the
secretary OF state shall address a letter Of
warning to the Mexican government, that if
raids by Mexican cattle.thieves across the
Rio Grande into Texas are not discontinued,
our troops must pursue them into their own
territory. Pending the answer to this letter
no movement will be made by the United
States troops except to capture the thieves
in Texas.
4 condensed statement of the foreign
trade of the United States for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1876, shows the imports 10
have been s476,677,s7l; the domestic ex.
ports, mixed values, s655,436,969, and the
re.exports of foreign commodities, s2l ,27O,.
O3j. The exports Of domestic commodities,
it will thus be seen, exceeded the imports
by nearly slsO,OOOO0O, or considerably over
One.third.
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= RESPECTFULLY DECLINED" "

The writer takes his busy thoughts,
And wGHyes them into rhyme;
He says I'm sure this poem
Is something quite subimeh
Then he waits with bICathless waiting
For the laurel wreath Of fame
That with its dcathlcss circle
shall entwinc poets name,
But, alas the post returning,
Brings TO him, underlined,
That short and pithy sentence:
" Respectfully declined
Or into some wild romance
lie wonders weaVes untold,
Oi hair-bIe eadth 'sCapes aud miracles,
That makes his blood run cold.
After days ol expectation
And the nights in vision passed,
OF a glorious immortality
That shall come TO him AT last,
lie sees his castles in the air,
with feelings undtiintd,
ade before that pithy sentence:
" Respectfully deClincd,"
So authors aud inventors,
The wielders OF the pen,
From every way aud walk Of life
And all the puths of men.
Before the power OF the Press
Bow low as to a King,
And TO the yotiyc altar
WIN still their offerings bring,
Where few gain fame and fortune,
But more their fiat find
In that short and pithy sentence;
" Respectfully declined" ,"
But ye who in fruitOn
Have found your hopes all vain,
And in hitter disappointment
Have tasted drcgs Of pain,
In the last great journey upward,
As We climb the golden stair
TO deliver up the record
OF your earthly lives, beware
Lest the deeds Of life there written
win in the end be signed,
By that short aud pithy sentence,
" Respectfully declined"
--Eii:Ibah j. HCrctg,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-06-14
T'rUiuctiOE
IN 1874.

1t thus appears that the total area of
the discovered cOal-ields of the world
exceeds 100000 square miles. In this
country and in British North America
there exists deposit Of coal Of extraordi-
nary magnitude. According to the re;
port of the coal commissioners published
in 1871, there were then 9o,2O7 ,uoo, 600
tons of coal available in Great Britain
at '' depths not greater than 1000 q; feet
besides hd i 's~ quantity Hi Of concealed co, sst
total t Of over 46' 4SO, 600, 900 tons. Since
that that period there have been raised 6OO,-
6o0 G06v 600 % tons up to the close of 1875.
!. me nearly prfys8 l85,oo0,OoO tons, and at this
rste the coal deposits OF that country
will last over 600 years.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
THE SOUTH.


An immense deposit of black lead has
been discovered near Warren, Va.
Caterpillars near Tuscumbia, Ala,
have completely denuded acres of forests of
their leaves
a recent census of Nashville gives
that city population of 1853 whites, and
o,5Ss colored.
Colonel Albert Shorter has made a
donation of $4,000 to the Baptist female
college at Rome, Georgia.
Z A million buffalo have been killed in
western Texas alone for their hides. Buffalo
beef would sell well in England.
From Danville, Virginia, and other
parts of the state, comes intelligence of
armies Of sevcntccn.yenr locusts.
The Baptists in North Carolina get
together large crowds at their meetings
three thousand the other day at Flat Shoals.
Near Frederickshall, Virginia, the
Alley-Cooper gold mine tract is still worked.
They have returned to a specie basis there
in small way.
One hundred thousand more shsd have
been deposited III the Ocmulgee river, Geor.
Sia, 1t requires about four years to develop
the full results of such an experiment,
Greensboro On. O. North State The
seventeen.year locusts are making their
appearance in large numbers in this section.
Some of the trees being literally covered
with their shells, their music makes con.
unual din from morning till night. They
seem to be doing no damage yet, and some
OF our wise ones say they never eat or drink,
but sing till they dry up ana die.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-06-14

4 GUIDE TO BEAUTY.-"Thc most
perfect human beauty" says Flaxman,
ii. that most free from deformity either
of body or mind, and may be therefore
defined the most perfect soul in the
most perfect body" The body must
be animated by soul in which benev.
olence, temperance, fortitude and all
other moral virtues preside, unclouded
by vice. Nothing more destroys the
very traces of beauty than brutal fero-
city, revenge, hypocrisy or any other of
the malignant passions.
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TEN BROCK.
The KIng ~ the Tnrr Ills Great Rncc NJ
LOulaN lille.

The spring meeting Of 1877 Of the
Louisville Jockey Club closed yesterday
AS brilliantly aS it has begun. The at
tendance was nearly as large as on any
previous day of the meeting, Ten Brock
being the chief attraction. The weather
was remarkably fine from the opening
day until the watches stopped on the
last race. The principal events have
been the victories over time by Me-
Whittier and Courier for two miles, and
Ten Brock for one and two miles. The
track has been thoroughly demonstrated
to be the fastest in America and the
great COnCOurse of visitors from abroad
expressed unanimous sentiment of
qualification at the sport offered and the
Accommodations extended
TEN BRoECR's FINAL TRIUMPH
The grandest horse that ever pressed
the turf" Ten Brock, yesterday closed
his racing career in another splendid
victory over time. The track had been
prepared expressly for him, and when
he came from his stable, in company with
ST. Louis and Necy Hale, his stable com.
panions, he was greeted with ringing
cheer from the immense assemblagc of
welj-wishing spectators. Ten Brock
took Il preliminary gallop around the
course under blanket, and, when brought
to the stand to saddle, seemed in excel.
lent condition for his effort against the
record, 3;32l for two miles He was
started nearly at the one,eighth pole, ard,
with st. Louis at his side, sped away on
the road to glory. Billy Walker, who
was in the pig-skin, was instructed to
make the first mile in l:4j, and this
necessitated hard work from the jump.
They got away at rapid rate. They
reached the quarter in 25i, the half in
81; the three quarters in LIS, st. Louis
close at the hcros side. As they bound
into the stretch, Necy Hale began can.
tering forward, and Joined Ten Broeck at
the string, st. Louis dropped out of the
race. The mile was made in Al, and
Mr.. Harper, who was assisted by Mr. J.
7. Williams, shouted to Walker to let
the horse 90 for all that was in him.
Necy Hale was unable to maintain the
extraordinary DnCn which Ton Rrnnrk
now emf out' Shc kent comnonv win
him AZ far rs the mnrter. which WAS
passed in 1Ool hut wns behind him at
thc half which was reached in 0.95
Ns thew rounded the turn horse never
ran As Ten Broeck then The three.
quarters pole few by them like bolt
from a catapult, the Aag falling AZ tho
watches indicated the remarka6lc time
of 3.Ol and Ten Broeck came snrinqinp
down the home stretch. having hid Necv
Hale farewell When the frst mile was
run. the crowd with difficulty restrained
its enthusiasm at presdent Clark's suc.
pcstou. but now rs Mr.. Williams ran
toward the horse wnyinr his hat to uruc
the Jockey to nut the gallent uecd to hi,
mettle's extreme A wild burst of anplause
went M TO the skics and Ten Broerk
crossed the score With the sncctators il
an uproar Two twcntv.six, - "Two
twenty, richt ~ 81 He Loots Me
Whirier =, orah or HarncrI onc
other eiaculations Of similar natur,
were hearJ omong the vcIIiny thron,
around the rcportrr's de.k In a mo
ment Nr Grcen stenned from among th,
time .keepers and taking the figure ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-06-14

the tidal wave extended further south
than Autolagasta, and with what results,
it is impossible to know, We may at
any moment receive further particulars
by way of Valparasaiso and the transan.
dine telegraph and Brazilian cables to
Europe, Between six and eight hun
dred lives are said to have been ldtt.
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FACTS AND FANCIES.
NERSATIOSAL.

1
| "HOw's your father came the whisper.
Bashful Ned the silence breaking;
| ooh, he's nicely" Annie murmuTCd,
snlingy the question taking
Conversation tagged moment
Hopeless Ned essaycd another;
"Annic, IL - then coughing,
And the question, " liows your mother wv
"Mothrr Oh she's doing finely %
teeting fast was all forboaranCc,
When IN low, despairing accents,
Came the climax, "HUw's your parentsi'
A LITTLE boy startled lady friend Of
the family one day by remarking that
he was "tour years old with his clothes
on"
TIE humblest can do something to-
ward making the local paper interesting.
II you cannot he defaulting bank clerk,
yoll can, at least, step on an orange peel
and sprain your ear,-RoD,e Sentinel.
4 CORRESPONDENT says he is ignorant
of the origin OF the saying, " Arise,
daughter, 90 to thy daughter tell her
that her daughters daughter hath Il
daughter He will probably find it in the
book of Daughter.ohomy.- Boston Post.
The Chicago journal thinks it is this
way in Turkey; 1t be is Jew, the
Christians kill him. If he is a Chris
tian, the MOhammedans slay him and if
he is Mohammedan, the Greek church
people come over and chop him up into
hash
JOHN WEISS is reported as saying, in
lecture on Music" ut Boston, that
"the earthquake widens in concentric
circles till the earth's bosom swallows
up its own shudder, and ten thousand
harp strings snap at the touch of its
ruthless power 1t must be worth -
to hear what John says when he slips
down on banara skin,
THE nest of humming-brd il thus
described by Californian, 1t Il
about "a large at the top as half dollar,
and is made of spider webs, downy teath.
crs, with fibers of bark and shreds Of
cotton. all in(erwoven. The eggs, two
in number, were about the size of small
white beans, and the young birds be-
fore they were hedged, resembed bum.
blc.heesW
~, ,- II,
\ DOOMED IoWN'-"e iearn lha'
CEDAR Clty, IN tIiS county. Is III ahaPIesS
conditloh' All hoPeo OF saving Ihe to"n
has oeeh aDahoomeG' ana lhe PeoPlc are
moving OUT An lhe houses 'IaV coulI
I've moved are peihg puSnGu PACK toward
the mis- Inc uePot VIII alSo DC moved.
quite nuilpeF OIL tohNictS are II. "I NOR. MorN
to stop tAe raVageS o, m Tue river Out their
70 difficult task. Captain EadS, the
great engineer has visited the place, and
recommends deep spiling AS the oHy
thing that can possibly stop the washing
away OF the lands threatened now with
speedy destruction.-FWt'H (IhSSo"')
7siegraIh
Tur nonulation Of tine Indian territory
i ahont r 00o Tha wild Indians hy
blood ralIed .'bIanket" Indians who do
nnt rnl,;yata thn soil are the Osages
Chcvennes Arapahoes, Kiowas. and
pawnooa and numher % 600 Those
mixed with the whites who are partly
civ;liyed-are the Cherokees. Creeks, Sem
inoIes Choctaws and Chickasaws. A
white man marrvinr a souaw become,
"a whito Indian and 4 white woman
noarrv;nr an Indian becomes "a white
.nmaw - There are also a lot of "black
IIlI;o, IGa" ), ,,,ho ora ranroe, tltooothe,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-06-14
FOREIGN.

The Turkish fleet ON the Danube con.
sists Of three casemated ships, with twelve
nine.inch Armstrong;; three monitors, with
fifteen Armstrong; Of different caliber; ten
casemated gunboats, with twenty.pound
Armstrong; and two Krupp cannons; four
mcniters, with eight Krupp cannons; eight
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con, heavens, save my wife :, shouted out ed
a man whose wife had fallen oVer1Ta," TLa,,
in The Hudson river recently; iney ,,
succeeded ,n ,r in rescuing her, and her hlr-
iapI1'tu band tenderIy embraced her, saying:
q Nv dear If you'd been drowned, what
should have done? ain't eoinng to let
you carry the pocketbook again.
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WHY REDUCED.

The large reduction of the public debt
during the month OF MAY is partly ex.
planned by the fact that large sums are
due to the navy and for the necessary
expenses of other departments, but ~, lor
which there is no appropriation; me me
ordinary decrease of the debt IS so,v,U,f ~, -
600; amount of decrease on aSeou"' VI
the deficiency in appropriation, ION, on. ~
cluding the pay of the navy si''Si'<"'
total decrease, 81, ,9sl,2'
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The Worlds Coal Supply.

Recent inquiry into the distribution
of coal has proved that its stores are
greater than was at one time supposed.
The following table, although incom-
pIete, will serve for purposes of com
parison
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MAN.


Justes Perthcs, Gotha, Germany, the
well known map publisher of authority,
publishes annually a pamphlet entitled :
"Die Bevoelkerung der Erdc." (The
population Of the carth.) 4 review of
new surveys, changes Of territories, cen
sus, and estimates all over the earth
Edited by +. Behm and II. Wagner.
Behm and Wagner estimate the total
number Of all men l,42S,9l9,000. They
are distributed over the five parts OF the
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-06-14
Average all over the earth, q,

Reliable figures are especially exhib-
tied for Europe, save Turkey. They
show:
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-11-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Work of the Missouri Nom.
bers-Public Enterprises.

Among the measures 10 ne presented by
Missouri members IL the House affecting
Missouri interests are the following:
Ry Mr.. Bland: The joint resolution Of
the Missouri legislature asking an appro-
priation OF $4,000 for the improvement
ri the GascOnade river
by Mr.. Morgan. 4 bill tn allow pro-
dncen to sell leaf tobacco free OF all tax and
license. Mr.. Morgan has made study Of
this question aid alter studying the numer-
Gus bills introduced in last congress seeking
such relief he has come r. the conclusion
that some such a simple bill A. he purposes
offering will meet the whole matter.
by Mr.. Clark: To authorize the con-
struction OF bridge across the Missouri
river at or near Glasgow, Missouri. This
is the same bill presented bv Mr.. kehr in
the last congress. Also a bill conierring
jurisdiction on the
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT courts
for the trial of certain claims nov prose-
cmted befor the qaarter-masters ard corc-
miSsarv general and the third auditor. This
will lie Of particular interest TO Missouri, rs
il Icing border state during the war has
a large number o: such claims held by ciii-
zens Of the state. Also bill to reimburse
the University Of Missouri for damages and
injury sustained during the late var by
troops Of the United States.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-11-06

The Professor Of a Missouri In.
stitute Turns ont q Fugitive From
Justice.

The Mar~hfeld D,aoc,nt says that Prof.
W. +. Lester, Principal OF the Marionville
High school, who. il will be remembered,
spent week in our town not long since,
seems to he little crooked, 10 say the least.
lie had been on trip East to hrs old home
recently, and returning, took charge Of his
school, and was we'll thought Of by the peo-
pie OF Marionville. a a teacher, preacher
and as man. Last Sunday night, rs usual
he vas exPounding the gospel to his congre.
CATION. Al the Close ci the services, rs he
stepped from the altar a strange man stepped
up to him and presented a pair oi handouts
in which he was requested to insert his
hands. lie did so in The presence Of all,
and in few hours was on hrs way TO Phil.
adelphia under arrest. A the news comes
10 us bv private letter and otherwise, he is
charged, in numbering one woman. seslucing
and leaving for dead another.
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ACCIDENTS BY FIRE.
Child Burned to Death-Another
Child and its Moth.- Severely
Burned.

Two very Distressing accidents by ERE &C.
CURED in Prairie Home township, Cooper
county, a few days since. 4 negro child.
six years old, OF +. Gray, living on the
farm of +. r. Adams, vas burned fatally.
Her clothes caught fire and before they
could be extinguished the Ipoor child wac 10
burned that she died in few hours.
About the same time little child al e.
&. Eldridge. living in the same township,
came running up to her mother with her
clothes in a blaze. Mrs. Eldridee exiin-
guished the flames and saved the life OF her
child, hut her hands and ANS we're very
seriously burned. The child Was not very
BADLY burned.
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BucKNER's COMMITTEES.
Randall Keeping His Promise to
the West.

The Committee on Banking and Currency
will he composed entirely Is follows: A.
H. Euckner d. Of No., chairman; Thomas
Ewing D., Ohio; A. A. Harienbergh 3D.,
y. j.; Wm. Hsrsell tD.l, ILL.,; A. s. Hew.
lit ID, \. Y; ]. J. Yeates d.. NC.
n. p. Bell d.. Ga: G. L. Fort (R-l, Ill. ;
T. T. Eanes CR.l, RI; J. A. Hnbbell RI,
Mich; W. A. Phillips tR). Kas. Harden
berxh and Hart, Of the Democrats, and
Eames and Hubbell, OF the Republicans
are known to be hard money men. All the
Others are in favor Of liberal currency and
measures, and the repeal Of the resumption
acs. 1t j. possible that Chittenden Of New
York may be put on in place Of Phillips
which would give one more hard money
vote. In any event. however, Bdtkner vii
have committee thoroughly in symPath,
With HIM. Mr.. Randall has kept his pledge
veil aud faithfully. and the Western mel
have no resson to complain that Western
interests are not nov fairly represented Of
this important COMMITTEES.
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A Bad Gang.

.iisyas.'ria No., CosassTeid For long
time il has been an established TACT among
the "knowing ones" in Clark and adjoining
countie-. that a gang OF organized horse
thieves art at present, and have t~en oper-
a,ing in this country since 1864.
II il known to be an extensive hand in
point OF numbers, and the territory it !
spread over extends from Fort Dodge. Iowa,
away down into Carter and Ripley counties,
No., and we-, into the centre Of Kansas. II
NAV be noticed in this come ciion that when
hor~e il stolen in Clark. the thief will start
either south NJ west ard make the best time
he can Tor parts unknown" There are
place. all along his route where he can stop
and lie ted and secreted during the day, and
then ~ through to the next station" the
the following night, upon arriving arwhich
place he will lay over until the succeeding
evening. In this way many valuable
horse has been taken through To Southern
Missouri and Kansas without trouble, and
with comparative safety tn the man who un-
dertook the job.
One Of the cardinal principles oi the
! Anti. Horse-Thief association j. to nProol
this lawles- band. and for that they wers
Organized Is years ago. The leading mem
hers have never ial,ered IN their purpose
and jnsi now, according to the language o.
one Of them they are ''nearer il than eveI
before"
/ Il is thought the members Of this nefari
ous band OF thieves number not less thar
3O0, and many Of those suspected stand fai
in the communities where they reside. Their
are men in this county, to-day, who ar
well-to-lo. areseeminsly respectable, Away
) have plenty Of money, and were never know
10 do days work neither have they an
visible means Of support. These are sol
posed to be the men Who hide the thievs
during daylight while on their way through
, and receive large share Of the profits.
II 10 altogether probable that before Al
other year shall have RULED round, the
: will be some startling developments MAJ
. With regard to this gang Of nieht-riden ~
D it, doings Tor the past ten Or twelve yeaI
which may implicate men 81 good standi'
in this country.
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SHOOTING ARRAY.
A Desperate Encounter in Platte
County, in Which One Man 10
Seriously Wounded.

St. Joe Herald: On Sunday last shoot
ing ARRAY occurred at Waldron, = station
on the X. c., st. Joseph 4 Council Biuhs
railroad, some six Or seven miles below
East Leavenworth, between George holland
u John Ellis, during which the latter was
severely, and perhaps fatally wounded. A
dispute arore between the two in regard 70
al bride, when Nolan drew = pistol and
fred at Ellis, the bullet striking him in The
neck, about one inch above the collar bone
and ranging downward. holland Vas ar
rested, and Is now in Jail in Platte City.