The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-08-22
News Items.

len every day, WIN Tue exception " 'h'co'
for five weeks.
The Indigo crop Of the State Of Saliva
dor (ol next year promises to be unusual
ly large and good
II is said that James B. Clay will be a
prominent candidate for the Speakership
of the next Congress,
The iron on the East Tenn. and Va,
road will be laid TO Jonesborough this
week, leaving gap of only AZ miles
staging.
Gen. Rusks' seat in the Senate will
probably be filled by Ex-Governor j..
Pinckney Henderson, the intimate friend
and former partner Of Gen. Rusk, in the
practice Of the law.
The democrats of California have
nominated Hon. Mr.. Weller, formerly Of
Ohio, as their candidate for Governor at
the next election.
Mrs Hope Scott, only surviving grand
child Of Sir Walter, the novelist, bore a
son in. Scotland, on the 2nd OF June,
which will be christened Walter.
The Georgia papers expose a wild cat
institution which has just been set in op,
Grafton under the name Of "the Bank oil
Morgan, Georgia."
The cholera is raging in the State OF
Salvador, at Co utepcque, San Salvador,
Sonsonati, and other towns. AT the end
of June the deaths in Sonsonati averaged
sixteen day.
Il is estimated that Illinois, this sea-
son, will produce 280, 00O,0 600 bushels OF
grain, more than ten bushels for every
man, woman and child in the United
States.
Grasshoppcrs are said to exist in great
numbers in New Jersey this season.
Whole fields in the neighborhood of Bel
videre are made desoIate, as |! recently
powed. Young clover seems to be their
favorite food, but when hard pressed they
devour mullens and alders, stripping
them clean.
The new State constitution of Iowa,
containing the negro suffrage provision,
is reported to have failed to carry at the
late election.
The coroner's inquest at Montreal over
the dead of the steamer Montreal re-
turned verdict of manslaushter against
the owner, captain, pilot and mate oil the
vessel.
The cars on the Mississippi Central
Road commenced running to Oxford last
week.
The Bulletin says money is worth from
from one and half to two and hall
per cent in Memphis, and scarce at that
The note brokers are haying perfect
harvest.
There arc 3G5 Roman Catholic church
es in the city Of Rome, while the popu'
lation is considerably below 100000.
Cases of brutal treatment OF wives by
husbands are daily becoming more and
more common. The last and most shock
ing one chronicled in the papers iE that
of man named Marten, who lately mar
ried woman named Martin, and in that
way knocked out her i on the very day oil
their marriage.
Peaches of an inferior quality are sell
ing in Washington city at 20 cents pei
dozen.
The following members Of the Senate
of the last Congress have recently died
Mcssrs. Clay of Delaware, Bell OF Ne"
Hamshire. Adams Of Mississippi, Butle
of South Carolina, and Rusk OF Texas
| five.
a correspondent OF the GalIatin Elk
amncr declares his preference for Andre"
Johnson and Col. Guild for U. S. Sena
tors from Tennessee.
The Petersboro N, II. papers announce
that the factories Of that town are abou
to suspend operations.
The oldest postmaster in the Unltct
States is John Billings, who has held thu
OF lice at Trenton since the year 1905.
On the 4th, the steamer Roanoke ar
rived at New York from Aspinwall will
200 of Walkers men.
In London, sugar is dull and declining
rapidly.
M. Chapman, democrat, has bccI
elected to Congress from Nebraska.
New Orleans remains heaIthy-onl
n deaths last week.
A new democratic paper is about TO b
commenced in Memphis.
; The Russelvile, KY, Herald of tn
18th announces the death Of j ohm F FRS
the member elect from Logan county I
the Legislature. Mr.. First complaino
of illness at the Forest House on the 2,