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The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-08-29
LOCUST HILL
FEMALE SEMINARY,
Located two miles sSouth- East Of Salem,
Ev ANwrIN CnuNrv TFNNEaaEF


| The Trustees of this Institution take pleas.
ure in calling the attention Of the public to IL
believing that there are advantages offered
equal to any in the country, for obtaining all
the elements Of good English and Classical
Education, at the sane time ailordng those
from a distance comfortable and cheap
home. The situation is pleasant and healthy,
and in one of the most moral and refined
neighborhoods in Tennessee.
In addition to the present mems Of accom-
modating pupils, a two story building, thirty
eight by ffty-two feet, has been commenced,
and will be completed by lst ofAugust. Effort
is also being mude to secure a complete set Of
philosophical apparatus by the opening Of the
next session.
The Principal, Prof. N. B. SMITH, having
for several years occupied the chair of Ma,h-
ematics in Franklin College, Tennessee, the
Trustees feel confident that he will be able TO
give complete satisfaction.
Miss LUCY E. BARNES, a regular graduate
Of Franklin College, Tenn, has charge of the
Musical Department, and will give lessons in
the French language, &c.
TER MS.
Boarding, per week.. k,...........$ rs
Boarding and Tuition, from Monday
to Friday evening, per session of
20 weeks. ......,. 30 90
Spelling, Reading, Writing and Men.
tai Arithmetic. c,................. T 90
Geography, Grammar and A Arithmetic, 300
Natural Sciences, and the higher
branches Of Mathematics, .,...... l2 90
Lessons on the Piano. 20 90
Lessons in the French Language,... 10 90
A MALE DEPARTMENT has been organized,
and preparation will be made to board fifteen
oe ~ boys. Pupils coming from n distance
will be required to board in the family of the
Principal, unless they have relatives residing
in the neighborhood with whom they can
Board
The next Session will commence
August, 1857.
USTEES.
Joseph L. Baker, Geo. w. Hunt,
Jefferson Estill, Thomas MoseIy,
David Lipscomb, William Damron,
E. Tarrent, VIM. c. Handley, Chairman.
FebG ly
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Literature is garden, books are par.
tlcular views OF it, and readers are visit.
ors
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-08-29

To be great man, requires only cour.
age enough to support adversely.
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-08-29
The Blessings Of Poverty.

The following remarks of very dis
tinguished writer on this subject are VIC or.
thy OF serious consideration:
"Poverty is the nurse Of manly ener.
gy and heaven. climbing thoughts, attend
ed by love, and faith, and hope, around
whose steps the mountain breezes blow,
and from whose countenance all the vlr'
tues gather strength. Look around you
upon the distinguished men that in every
department of life guide and control the
times. and inquire what was their origin,
and what were their early fortunes. Were
they, as a general rule, rocked and dan.
died in the lap Of wealth? No; such
men emerge from the homes Of decent
competence, or struggling poverty. Ne
cessity sharpens their faculties, and pri
vation and sacriyce brace theirmoraI ma
ture. They learn the great art Of renun'
citation, and enjoy the happiness Of hav'
ing rev wants. They know nothing Of
Indifference or safety. There is not an
idle fibre in their frames. They put the
vigor of a resolute purpose in every act.
The edge Of their mind is always kept
sharp. In the school of life, men like
these meet the softly .nurlured darlings Of
prosperity as the vessels Of iron meet the
vessels Of porcelain"
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-08-29
Nofice.

Il persons indebted to James Campbell,
br BY note or account, will do we'll 10
and pay up, - longer indulgence can.
p given. ]. CAMPBELL.
y II, 1867
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04
FAMILY SECRETS.

The foundry bell rang, and Matthews
FASTENED home to breakfast. The firs,
sound that met his ears on opening the
door of his house, was the squulling
children, where his other senses were
regaled with bad smell of ashes and
steam, and the sight of his wife in the
act Of mopping up puddle of brown
and white slop, which was spreading it,
self over the floor. The character of
poor Matthew'S domestic comfort ger.
orally might be seen in his wire's toilet
on the morning in question. Her un
combed hair sticking out under the bor.
der of dingy night'cap. her gown open
behind, apron hanging by only one
string and boots dirty and unclcaned :;
completed the appearance Of the thor,
ough slattern. Her husband was up To
work regularly at six, and she lay in bed
TIL the last minute, and then all was hur-
ry to get breakfast in time. On this
morning as usual, she brought down the
baby which uncomfortable in its wet
clothes lay screaming in the cradle. A
little boy tired Of being left alone, had
crawed to the top of the stairs, and
here sat crying in his turn. Mrs. Mat
thews had made the coffee and put the
milk to boil and had only Just run up to
snatch the noisy undressed urchin on tho
stairs, when she heard the milk boiling
over and hurrying to snatch it off the
tlre, she upset the cotlee-pot, and was
moPping up the wasted beverage as her
husband entered. She eyed him with
an angry trown, meant to show that she
was not afraid. He said nothing and
looked around. p b.
On one side were the supDer thinos
ofthe night before, and on rhe other the
eX'ingnshed fire, in front the table COW
cred with dust and tho sloppy floor.-
fie TUNED on his heel and wen, To break
last at coffee house, which he had visi.
ted so often under similar circumstances
that he looked upon it as a more com
Portable place Than his own house.
Richard Cooper also workman, a,
the same foundry, went to his break fas,
at the same time. No sooner did he
open the door leading into the kitchen
than little girl, the picture of cleanli.
ness, ran for kiss, and little boy, lust
able TO crawl, seemed eager to jGmr
from his mothers arms. Richards wife
was light and trim Title body always
neatly dressed, never looking sluternly
even when at work. The room was
cheerful and clean. break fast q?ile ready
bright coffee pot sleaming on the hub
aud dish of por'idge and milk on the
tsbio for the children. Richard snap
ped his fingers to the little boy. kiss ed
the gil, lifted them both in their chairs
aud sat down opposite his wife, looking
and feeling very happy. The secret q
his comfort and good temper lay in his
! Wlfc'S habits Of eaIly manaoemcut
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04
A Place for the "Str0ng-NinGed,"

modern traveller tells US that tho
Jewesses in Thessalonica, (Eurupcan
Turkey,) reverse our accepted laws of
Hymen, hy purchasing their husbands.
Tho modns operandi is thus described.
"Br"kers a,e employed to negotiate
marriages. The father of ai,iape.
BILE gil goes to broker and injuries
what bIidegrooms Ihe,e ore in market.
he chooses one. higher or lower in
the social scale, according TO The dover
he can afford his daughter, the p,ire no
can pay, and makes him an offer of so
much dover. The bridegroom, through
the broker, demands more; they chatter
and bargain for weeks, perhaps, and "A
bargain is struck. Tho parties never
see each other till married. The dow
or is the wiie's only security against d.
vorce. The husband can divorce her
when he chooses, bot he must pay the
dover that she may buy another husbad.
MIS-. D. was telling a Jewish girl that
we do not require any dowry in Amer.
ica. How them said she, in utter as
constituent, I'd" you do when he wants
TO divorce y"u!'
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04
A Faithful Servant.

1he Washington correspondent ol
the Boston 1rdycler thus describes one
Of the attaches Of the National Intell.
gencer office: .' ...
He is very large, very sagacious,
very old, and very self important, New.
foundland dog. Like every body and
evey thing about the office, he bears an
appearance Of extreme soldity, and
great good nature--but also Of an abili-
ty aud determined to MAINTAIN his prin,
ciPles, privileges and rights. Since |
have known him, it has been his custom
to go to the post office every morning
with the mail bag. This morning, as
| returned, | met him, he occupied the
narrow footpath, and picked his way
along very daintiIy. The snow on ei-
ther side was about four feet deep
Ore of us must turn out, aud rather
expected to take precedence over his
dogship. But not an inch would he
yield, and when attempted to push
him off into the snow, he very goodna.
tnredly turned the tables by placing
his immense paws on my shoulders, and
prccipitating mo headlong into the
snow bank, and then quietly passing
over my body. recovered my equi-
librium IN time TO see several others
who had laughed at my fall, take war
ming by my fate, aud accord the way to
to the old fellow, who passed on as qui-
city as ever.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04
Position in SIeeping,

IL Is better to go to sleep on the right
side, for thon the stomach is very much
in the position Of bottle turned upside
down. and The contents are aided in pas
sing out by gravitation. If one goes to
sleep on the left side, the operation of
emptying the stomach of its contents is
more like drawing water from a well,-
Alter going to sleep. let the body take
It's own position. If you sleep on your
back, especially soon after hearty
meal, tho weight oflhe digestive organs,
aud that of the food, resting op the great
VEN OF The body. near the back bone,
congresses it, and arrests the flow of
the blood more or less. If,he arrest is
partial. the sleep is disturbed, and there
are unpleasant dreams. 1.-THE mealhas
been recent or hearty, the arrests more
decided, and the various sensations, such
as falling over precipice, or the pur-
SUIT OF wild beost, or other impending
danger, aud the desperate effort to get
rld OF 1t, arouse us; that sends on the
stagnating blood, and we awake in a
night. or trembling, or perspira,on, or
feeling Of exhaustion, according to the
dogree OF stagnation, and the length
and strength Of the eflor, made to es.
cape the danger. But when We are
not able to escape the danger, when we
do fall over the precipice, when the
tumbling building crushes US, what
theni 1Hat's deathl That is the death
OF those OF whom it is said, when found
liteless in their bed 10 the morning:
They were as well as they ever we're
the day befOre;" and of is it added, and
dte hearter Than common! This last
as frequent cause of death to those
who have gone to- bed well to wake no
more, we give merely as a private opin-
ion' The possibility Of its truth is
enough to deter any rational man from
u late and hearty meal. This we do
know with certainty, that waking up in
tho night with painful diarrhea, or chol.
era, or bilious collie, ending in death ip
very short time, is properly ,raceablc
to late large meal The truly wise
will take the safer side. For persons
who cat three times day, it is amply
sufficient to make The last meal Of cold
bread aud butter and a cup Of some
warm drink. No one can staryc on il.
while perseverance in the habit soon
begets vlgorons appetite for breakfast
SO promising of a day of comfou.
t.. -
Most Of our misrortunes arc moro
Isuppouable than the comments of OH,
4, tN,, Ill
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04

A Singular CaSe.-The case Of Jas.
Summons, of Ohio. whose execution
there has recently been fixed, is a sim
gular Que. Ten years ago, five e,scns
were poisoned in the ia miy Of which
Summons was member, incIudilg
both his parents, James was convicted
on entirely circumstaniial evidence, Civ
en- by servant girl. On appeal a new
trial was ordered, and Summons was
released, visiting the watering places,
nc. So sure Of acquiital was he, that he
stood his trial. The servant girl had in
The meanwhile died and The notes other
evidence offered, admitted. He appealed
a second time, upon the ground that tho
Constitution guarapreed To every person
charged with crimc,lhe privilege ef con-
fronting his witnesses. The Supreme
Court stood for long time two for tho
appeal, two against it, and one Judge
refusing to give opinion. Finally tho
Court decided the testimony admssa.
BILE, and have ordered the prisoners
execution. SO confident was Summons
of dccsi'n in his favor, that though
he has had repeated opportunities nf
escape, he refused to embrace them.
While still prisoner. he acted as sort
Of deputy jailor, and was allowed great
freedom and many privileges. He has
often been permitted to go out Of Jail
alono, to visit theatres and places of
amusement, and has always returned TO
his prison. The day Of execution is
fixed for April 14th, and Executive
clrmercy can alone prevent il.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04

Adrdnt"g" Cfhooiag three jVices.-
John ). Sprague he's escaped punish
ment at Portland, Me-, 10y being pro-
we'd more guilty than he was char ged
with in The indictment. He was tried
by tho Supreme Court for bigamy, las t
week, and tho fact Of bis having had
two wives was clearly established, when
his counsel introduced evidence to prove
that he already had one wife when mar
ried To the other two, in fact that ho
had three wives at once, and as the
indictment was based upon tho assump.
tion that the second marriage was tie
tiSst and legal marriage, it was conten-
ded that as 10 the last marriages con.
sidered by themselves, no bigamy was
committed, because Sprague was tho
legal husband Of neither. The Judge
sustained this position, the case was
mol pres d,and the man who was char.
ged with having two wives got clear by
proving that ho had three. Great and
wonderful is the law. -SpjngEcld Re.
publican.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04
ID oetiral.
THE LIGHT AT HOME.

The light at home how bright it beams
When evening shades around us fall;
And from the lattice far it CLEANS, ..
To love and rest and comfort all.
When wearicd with the tolls day, ,
And strife for glory, gold and fame,
How swee: to seek the quiet way, . a.
Where loving lips viii lisp our name
u Around the light at home. ..
When through the dark and stormy night,
The wayward wanderer home ward HES,
How cheering is that twnkling light,
Which through the forest gloom he spies
1t is the light at home he feels
That loving hearts will greet him there;
And softly through his bosom steals,
The Joy and love that Danish care
Around the light at home.
Tho light at home whenever at last,
1t grcets the seaman through the storm
lie feels no moro the chilling blast ..
-.. That beats upon his manly form.
Long years upon the sea have fed ,..
Since Mary gave her parting kiss,
But the sad tears which she then shed ....
VIII now be paid with rapturous bliss,
Around Nc light Of home. .... ...
The light at home how still and sweet
1t peeps from yondcr cottage door
The weary laboror to greet
When the rough tolls of day are o'cr.
Sad is the soul that does not know
The blessings that the beams impart,
Cheerful hopes and joys that flow
And Tighten up the heaviest heart,
= Around the LIGHT at home. -
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04

An Objection may here be urged
that, the Dispensation of Types and
Shadows has passed into oblivion
Christ the Antitype and body having
come; and to shallow-b Drained superb
cial thinkers, this would appear to op-
pose an insuperable objection to the
use of instrumental music in religious
worship. The Scripture, however, is
susceptible Of a metaphorical, as we'll
as Il literal Interpretation; and by an
exception under the first general rule
of pathological criticism, where the lit.
eral does not suit we can adopt the
metaphorical; and in the present in
stance, if types and shadows had liter
ally passed into oblivion, our Bibles and
literature must likewise be buried in
forgetfulness, and the powerful king
Of day must have been hurled from his
royal throne in the heavens. To avoid
the preposterous conclusions involved
in literal explanation of such passages
we must interpret them figuratively &
the difficulty vanishes.
Our second reason in favor of this
soul transporting stimulus in divine
worship is, it renders the music more
agreeable to those whose ears are pos
sessed of extreme delicacy in the sci
ence of harmonies. Being capable of
relishing the beauties of music but to
limited extent, we feel inadequate to
do justice to this feature of the sub.
.ject; but the most destitute of musical
talent can readily conceive how pun
gently offensive human voices must be
to adopts in the science of music, and
how harsh and grating must be their
effect on the exquisitely sensitive au-
rlcular organization, with which their
Creator has endowed them. BY an
established train of sequences in our
mental constitution, rough jarring
sounds excite disagreeablc emotions:
whereas those of soft, persuasive
character give rise to pleasing sensa-
tions that cause the heart to glow with
holy fervor. Hence to prevent that
discordance which must otherwise ex.
ist, and to eyade that "woe" pronoun.
ced against those 'by whom the offence
cometh, we instinctively turn to the only
effectual means, the mellow notes oil
the sweet mclodeon, or the sonorous
tones of the magnificent organ whose
rcviving influences have so frequently
been felt like penticostal illusions. -
Now the very slight objection that, in
all this we are consulting our own graf
ification, forgetting that "God is a
Spirit and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth, is
quite irrelevant here; for the practice
is by no means calculated to render
our worship as "sounding brass or a
tinkling cymbal;" melodeon cannot,
without the utmost violence to the Ian,
guage, be called sounding BRASS ~
nor an organ a "tinkling cymball."
Here again the opposers of the rcli
giously plajntive, zeal cnkindlinq
strains of instrumental music, are com
PEELED to relinquish their shields anc
to flee ingloriously before the effective
artillery of truth. But, Mr.. Editor
having already trcspassed on your kline
indulgence, we shall postpone for the
present, our remaining remarks anc
await your next issue. ALPHA.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04
Extraordinary Canine Instinct,

The most remarkable instance of in.
stinct or sagacity in a dog, which we re.
member To- have heard Of occurred in
the town OF Fairbaven, Massachusetts. a
few days since, and it was this Two
children between the ages of five and
seven years were playing in the mid
die OF the street in Fairhavop, when
an un!oaded wagon, without driver,
drawn by runaway horse, was seen
approaching OF furious rate. A largo
dog, q cross Of the ewfuuudand aud
Mastiff breeds who was lying near, saw
the approaching peril, aud going TO the
rescue Of tho unconscious ipnocents.
took up their clothes in his teeth, first
one Of the children aud deposited the
httle thing out of danger on tho side.
walk. and then returned and took the
other and also placed it safely on the
walk. AS the wagon was passing. tho
dog made spring at the horse and tri.
ed to seize him by the nose, ,bot failed to
stop him. We have these curious facts
from gentleman whose veracfy is uD,
questionable.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04

A correspondent Of the Exomner
proposes union Of the Baptist Home
Mission and the American and Foreign
Biblo Society, and suggests that they
hold their annual meetings at the same
place. IN order TO give their respective
Boards an opportunity To consult before.
hand, aud If deemed advisable, TO ap.
point committees to conier together for
the purpose OF bringing about the desi.
red result
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04
1,Oj0,i3l,4 403
i 'otal,

a Newspaper writer, initiating the
prevalent practice amnug sumo editors
Of putting overbody who has shown
thom the commOuest civility, "fOr their
courteous aud gentIcmonly conduct, ,",e.
turns his thanks TO "tho rarson aud pro-.
prictors of the stone church, in civ
he had visited, "frr the privilege of
.promenading up and down tho broad
aisle OF tho same, on Sunday last, in
search Of a seat UumulcNcd."
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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04

Boy wi,h tagged tr"wgcrs, and rim.
less chip hat runs into DR.. Fullcr's drug
store with lin dipper in his hand,
doctor, mother seut me down to the
sho,icary pop qnicker'n blszes. cos bulbs
sick with the pickon chox, and she wants
thimbIe fol Of polly Collie in this tin
dipper cos wo hadn't bot gotlle, aud
the kint pups got the bino winters int
got anyl'
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04

Minnes0ta.--Ex-Go Governor Ramsey,
in an address at an agricultural fair in
Minnesota, says there is yet room in
that Territory for million and half
more of farmers. He thinks Minneso-
ia will some day produce more corn &
wheat than any other State in the u
Mon.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04

The Wesleyan Mcthodists Of Eng.
land have recovered Grom their tempo
rary decline, and arc making vigorous
progress. They expect to raise in tie
current year $4,000 for Foreign Mis-
si"us, and 100000 for Homo Missions.
Their chief difficulty lies at present in
tho inadequate supply Of ministers. -
Many chapeIs arc closed in different
parts oftho kingdom, because no preach.
crs can be found to I'll them. Tho fall
ling oil in the Numbers Of the ministry
is owing, mainly, to an Inadequate sup
polt.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04

The Louisville Journal says:-Ma-
jor Ben. Mccullough, the celebrated
Texan ranger, has been offered by the
President the Governorship Of Utah.
Tho gallant soldier, however, declines.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04

A dry goods dealer in New Hayon
adyor'lses TO take Spanish quarters at
2G cents each.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04

The Slave population Of Virginia,
by the last census, had increased but
two per ccnt,--thc white popuI alton
some fifteen or twenty per cent.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04

Most Of our misfortunes arc moro
snppon'able than the comments Of our
fiieuds upon them.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-04

The Popu1otioa IF tie IVorH.-Ac."
co'ding to tho American Almauac for
1857, the population Of the gIvbe is as
TpllpNys,