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The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-02-06

slave sees one Of the same kind and dis.
position Of himself acting as his own mas.
ter, that discomfort with the slave is the
necessary and unavoidable result. But
more We are all aware that the free nc.
grocs in our County live well, and have
a controlling disposition TO trade and not
labor, and we know further tina; when
there were more free negroes with US it
took more of everything raised on n farm
to answer the need Of tho farmer, there.
fore, we are forced TO conclude that the
slave was induced, by the free negroes, to
steal from his master and his masters
neighhor, in which thing the non slave.
holder was equal loser with the slave,
holder, for the slave paid by the free ne
gro to be thief had no special or partic,
ular place or property in view, but work,
ed upon the general idea Of stealing
where, when, and from whomsocycr he
could. We also have evidences Of them
seiucing away and harboring the slave.
Again; suppose thoro is no doubt that
the late insurrectonary excitement which
prevailed in our own and other slave.
holding States was a consequence OF per,
mitli0u free ncproes 10 a,,oin within Tho
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WINCHESTER, Feb. 9, 81,

Mcssrs, J, FnIzzELL& B.F. McGEuEu,
Gentlcmen:---l have received your let
ter of the 3lst ult., accompanied with q
handsome and handsomely inscribed Sill
yer Cup, as a present from portion of
the citizens Of Franklin County. Allow
me to return to you, and through you to
the people Of Franklin, my heartfelt ac
knowledgements for tho high COM limcnt
which you and they have seen proper to
pay me. The services Gf amy which
have rendered, were undertaken under the
CONVICTION that the consummation OF the
object would be nothing more than dis.
charge Of a duty to myself and the people
amongst whom | have the pleasure and
good fortune to live, and knowledge that
my course met the appreciation o(my fell
low citizens, was to me full and satislac.
tory compensation for all that have done
or will do. In reviewing the result orthe
undertaking 10 remove the free negroes
from our midst, we must not be unmind
full Of the great aid afforded us by the
Mayor and Aldermen Of the town of Win.
chester, and by the County Court Of
Franklin County. 1t was in a meeting
Of the Board Of Mayor and Aldermen that
the project originated. There the matter
was first discussed and set on foot-that
body consisting Of nine mon-,hinking
and acting as one man--no one being
afraid to take upon himself the response.
bility OF the measures adopted for the per.
lection of their purposes; and then when
we come to the County Court, we find
that body calmly and dispatonately in.
vestigating the question and standing as
they should do, and sustaining us most
triumphantly.
In our las ! conceive) most laudable
undertaking, We have, at times, met some
opPosltion-that opposition has been and
still is rapidly wearing away, and all that
We now have TO do is to stand firm as we
are-prosecutc the matter with energy
d we may promise ourselves to be, in
q very short time, members of free and
much relieved community, having the
pleasant reflection that we were the first
who undertook and the first who did re.
move free negroes.
AS to the policy of our course, but a
little reflection is, think, sufficient to
'atisfy any rational mind. For instance:
nfcommunity is slave holding one
Jut'aslaves constitute, in the main, the
'eakh Of our people, and it is to the labor
,f the slave all classes look for the nee.
sssaries and luKuries OF life. The free
negro is of the same race, the same com.
lple1ion and the same dispersion Of the
slave, and if no other bad consequence
gould result, we all know that when the
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-02-06

ADvrRr1sING.-The merchant who does
not advertise literally in the newspaper
has deem very appropriately compared to
one who has lantern, but who is Too stin.
gy to buy a candle; he s;umbles about in
the dark long after all his more sensible
neighbors have lighted themselves home.
Business men should ponder the truth
contained in this paragraph.
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$40 God, no heaven in the wide world"

\ IAaEzE OUTDoHE.--Thote IS
pleasant story about Sir Allen McNab,
He was once travelling by steamer, and
as luck would have it, was obliged to oc
cupy a statc.room with certain full.
blooded yankee. Both gentlemen arose
carly in the morning. and when Sir Al
len was dressing, he was astonished to
behold his inquisiiive companion make
thorough researches into his Sir Allen's)
we'll furnished dressing case. Having
completed his examination, he proceeded
cody To select the toothbrush, and forth.
with TO bestow on his long, yellow fnngs
an Industrious and energetic scrubbing.-
Allen sail not a word, but :" kept up
deal of thinking" When Jonathan had
concluded. the old Scotchman gravely FL.
shcd washing himself, silently set tho
basin on the floor, soaped ono foot well,
and taking the tooth brush, applied i,yig-
orously TO his toes and toe nails.
You dirty fellow !" exclaimed til,
astonishel ankcc, who had wslehcd es
cry motion, "wha, the mischief orc ssa
doing tia, for
"oht' said Sir Allen, coolly, "i{ais
/ ,Lc 5rG,h Iai,.gy, do Tint ulh
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MARRIAGE.

loved her; and nature tells men and wo.
men to marry, jug; as the young man is
entering upon lj,e--just as he comes 10
independence and mans estaie,--iust az
the crisis Of his being is to be solved,
and It is TO be seen whether he decide
with the good, and the great, and the true.
or whether he sink and be lost forever
nntrimony gives him ballast and the rirh.
impulse. War with nature, and she takes
a sure revenge. Tell q Young man not
TO have an attachment that is virtuous,
and he will have one that is vicious
Firtnous love, the honest love Of a m an
for the woman he is about to marry, gives
him an anchor for his heart, something
pure and beautiful fol which 10 labor and
live And the woman, what a purple
light it sheds upon her path; it makes
life for her no day dream, no idle hour,
no painted shadow, no passing show,
but something real, earnest, worthy Of
her heart and head But most Of us are
towards, and dare not think so: we lack
grace; we are Of little faith; our inward
eye is dim and dark. The modern young
lady must marry in style; the modern
young gentleman marrcs fortune. But
in the meanwhile the girl grows into an
old maid, and the youth takes chambers
-ogles at nursery maids, and becomes i
man about town whom it is dangerous to
ask into your house, for his business is
intrigue, The world might have had
happy couple; instead it gets a woman
Iretiul, nervous, ranciful, and plague to
all around her. He becomes a sceptic in
all virtue; corruptor Of the youth OF
both sexes; curse in whatever domestic
circle he penettatcs. Even worse may
result. She may be deceived and NAV die
Of broken heart.
He may rush from one folly to another;
associate only with the vicious and do
PRAYED bring disgrace AMI sorrow on
himself and all around, and sink into an
early grave, Our great cities show what
become Of men and women who do not
marry. Worldly fathers and mothers
advise not to marry till they can afotl
to support wife, and Tie boys wickeIly
expend double the amount in low compa.
ny. Hence it is, that ali wise mon dixie
FrankIin) advocate early marriages, and
that all our great men, with rare excep-
tons, have been men who married young.
W orisworth had only one hundred pounds
year when he first married. Lord Ell,
don was so poor that he had to go to
Clarcmarket, London, to buy sprats for
supper. Coleridsc and Southey We can't
find had any income at all when they got
married. We question whether Luther
at any time had more than fifty pounds a
year. We blast humanity in lis very
dawn. Fathers, you say you teach your
sons prudence,--you do nothing Of the
kind; your worIdly.wise and clever sou
is already ruined for life. You will find
him at the faro.table and all free love cir.
ces. Your wretched worldly wisdom
aught him to avoid tho snare Of marrying
young, and soon--if he is not involved in
embarrassments which will last him
lire--he is a blaze fclow--heartlcss,
false, without single generous senti'
ment or manly aim he has
",,o God, no heaven in the wide world
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Written for the Home journal.
THE DYING MOTHERS LAMENT.
NJ MRS. ADELIA G. GRAVES.


The world from her view was rcCcdng,
Its pleasure, its pomp, its delight
And they passed by her vision, unhecling
What once was so jcyously bright,
The rost!not Othoushtshadow dwelt onhcr brow
Cfthe years thot were over and cone
Twas the misty, dim future enshrimng hey now,
And darkIy its visions were dlawn.
She turned to the loved one in sorrow,
But, o! not sohclpess was be,
As the little ones, doomed, on the morrow,
No Mothers awaAng to sec.
She could patiently suflcr-ayc suffer and die,
With lortitrdc bear it, nor weep,
But toloyc 1HEM alls brought the tear TO her exc,
AID tue moan to hcrQu.ycrnglp.
at is not that ny life must pass
In early youth away,
Nor that so soon tlc Gprinsnr grass
Shall cover my cold clayj
Northat painful, dread disease,
with wasting torture came,
Or that my prayers for health and ease,
So hopeles3y frame
"Nor mourn that the grave and shroud
Are cold and lonely too.
The collins and the earth worms crowd,
Are terrible TO view
And yet, the graves drcary place,
And filled with creeping things.
Which Ger M body soon win trace
Thei. SHINY wandeTings
"Nor DO mount hat summers CONS
Which shall nsvcr see,
On that a weed shoIl shortly bloom
From dust that | shell be"
Nor do Glieve TO rosa away.
30 speedily forgot,
Tint ere i'nmouidcrod back TO clay.
I'll be remembered not
"But 'tis-o! Holy Fahcr--'t;s
To leave my loved ores here
THIS is my cup OF bitterness,
TINS chi,'s my heart with fear.
TO thinlil0y nnnt's laughing eyes
Shall fill with gushing tears,
And none shall heed ito wainy CRIES.
Rome s0othe its tender years.
'ErtAat my now, Young, gladstone boy
SHIFT hoWhis head at eve,
Ard olca t, that once beat high with Joy,
Olprc .cl with sorrow hcayc,
aud no ford Nothcr, lowering near,
Caress my soJ1Dg child,
Whispering within his listening ear,
Her accents, swcety mild
"Io think another, yet, may claim
The place 50 dear TO ne,
That She shall hear tie Mothers name,
The Mothers hcart--not She!
And that my children, timIly
Icncath their Fathers roof,
Shall cast stcelthy glance to see
Taught provokca reprooC
"Sach are the thoughts ;hatrcnd my her,,
With kcencst agony,
From these dear, precious ones to part,
Ii helpless infancy
O! give me strength great God. to bear
This bitterness Of death,
To cast on thee, my load ofcarr.
When ! resign my breath"
ace atwclyemon.h had passed ere another bride came
TO the place that grim death mgdc for her,
d they called hor--algs! by the Mothers dear name,
}ut the Mothers heart lay II! the dark scrulchrc,
the picture hat looked from the parlor wall down,
'ncc withlovne eyes into his own,
W seemed to g12c sternly, aye even to frowU,
'pbraidns in silence for what he had done.
he turned it, wo's mr.! to the cold, chccre2s wall,
aud the New one had all her own way,
bile The OLD one forgotten, where Shiny wornl3 crawl,
icu!dcrcd back to her primitive clay.
s, then, for all little ones, when the deep grave
iawnc,h widely to shut from their view
@ uEsvard the DEAREST friend God ever gave.
Whatever bctideth, still faithful and true.
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!" WINCHE Els T e r:
FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. 6, 1857
CORRESPONDENCE.

We give place to the following mcrited
compliment, paid to our talented fellow
townsman, PETER TURNEY, Esq, with
great pleasure. We doubt not it will be
read with interest.
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Sagacity Ct a Dog.

An exchang relates u remarkable dog
case, thus;
Charleston Houston, a man we'll known
on the Alabama river but the last few
years a resident Of California, was killed
by tho explosion Of steamboat near
San Francisco a few months since. A
noble Newfoundland dog, owned BY him.
escaped injury, and dragged the body Of
his master to the shore. The dog was
then sent home to the mother Of the dc.
ceased residing in Perry county, Ala.
bama. On being shown daguerreotypc
of his lost master, the dog Immediately
recognized it, and commenced licking it,,
sending up the most piteous howIs; since
that time he has refused all food, and
means almost constantly. When last
heard from he was in dying condition,
and is probably dead by this time.
Where in human history can he found
such an instance Of devoted love, and
intense gricI at the loss of loved one.
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WINCHESTER, Jan. 81, 81,

WINCHESTER, Jan. 81, 81.
PETER TvRNEY, ESQ,
Dear Sir:--At the request Of portion
Of your fellow. citizens, upon US devolyeS
the pleasant duty Of presenting herewith
4 Silver Cup, bearing this inscription;
PRESENTED
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-02-06

A bill has been introduced into the
Legislature Of North Carolina. TO en-.
courage and promote matrimony."--Con.
StiiUtionQl1St.
No such bill is required about here
the ladies are so pretty.--TeLegraph.
A bank bill is the only encouragement
we need
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PRESENTED
PETER TURNEY, ESQ,

Tho services rendered by you, which
have called forth this mark of apprecia
ton, will be held in grateful remembrance
by your fellow. citizens, and afford an adj,
ditional evidence Of the zeal which you
display in enterprises having for their
object the public good.
With the best wishes for your prosper.
i,y and happiness, we are
Your obedient servants,
J. FRIHZELL.,
B. +. McGEHEE.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-03-06
SNAKES.

The following, from Olmsteds " Jour
ney Through Texas" viii interest our
readers
Before sunsire we had breakfasted,
and were again in the saddle. Just after
we had started, we met on the road, and
killed, the largest rattle-snake / have
ever seen ; 1t was only five and half
feet long, but very thick, and carried
thirteen rattles. When the soldiers over
took US, they said they had just killed a
larger one. We saw several others, and
their tracks crossing the road were very
frequent. Woodland told us that they
disliked to go into the wet grass, and ii
was for that reason we saw them so much
on the edge of the dry road, while the
dew stood on the leaves in the morning.
In grassy land, at this time of day, they
were generally hanging in bushes; this
we also observed. On this account he
always chose the heaviest grass to spread
his blanket on for the night He had
several times been told that rattle-snakes
had crept within the blanket of persons
in the same camp with himself-it was
supposed TO enjoy the warmth Of their
bodies-but he had never been an eye
witness of If, nor had he ever heard Of
mans having been bitten on these oc-
casions.
/ These were almost the first venomous
snakes we had sean. But the torpid
season was nov over, and from this time
/ forth they we're so common as hardly to
excite an exclamation, especially here,
beyond the settlements, where they were
tenfold numerous. Among them, the
rattle-snake stands at the head but as
it can not strike without coiling, and viii
not coil without rafting, it is, in reality,
less dangerous than some others. In the
settled paris Of Texas it is common, but
scarcely more 50 than in all the South
ern and Western States. lis rattle is a
piercing noise, like that Of an August
grasshopper, and can not be mistaken
We had testimony in Eastern Texas 81
the power Of charming said to reside ia
! these reptiles, from Mr.. Strafher, on the
Sabine, who had seen, while hunting in
Alabama, well-marked case" Com
ing from little swamp, be heard bird.
i upon a tree-trunk before him, in an IN
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The saw mill was commenced upon i'm
mediately and at the same time men were
at work cutting out the canal. No less
than eighty men were thus employed, and
the store was built at once. The greater
part of these men took pay for their work
in land, reserving only enough of the
timber on it for their own building pur-
poses, and by the next summer those of
them who had families moved them in.
The grist mill was put up in due time,
and by the second autumn quite a village
of snug, warm log huts had gone up
After this, the colony fourished and grew.
Great numbers of hands were employed
during the winter in falling timber, and
when it was sawed it could be RATED out
to sea by the high tides of spring and
fall. Those who came to cut lumber,
saw the nature of the soil when the snow
was gone, and they took up lots for
farms.
AT the end Of eight years the wilder
ness was changed into a village, and
the firm of Messrs. Farnsworth, Ridgely
and Winthrop were wealthy and respect
ed. A .fourishing village had grown up
about them, all upon their own land
their own three mills were in operation
their store did good business, and their
land yielded them immense profits. A
school house had been put up for three
years, and that fall saw the finishing
touch put npon handsome church.
And where was John Tatnall all this
while? He still lived upon his farm
seven miles up the river, and he had
grown poor in flesh almost to skeleton
His power of pinching his neighbors wa,
gone, for no one now was obliged TO d.
business with him. He saw that villag,
grow up, and he saw poor honest Win
throp become wealthy and respected
and he knew that all this might have beel
his had he been an honest and an honor
able man.
But it was too late now. He could on
! ly look upon his own wilderness, ant
then upon the smiling lands of his neigh
Dor, and the canker ate into his soul am
made him miserable. In time the set
tlement extended on the river; stout tree
upon TatnaIrs land began to give pIac
to houses, barns, and farms; but job
T Tatnall did not live to see it or profit b
it. His chagrin and envy killed him
and in the last hour of the man who ha
all his lifetime made rule of practice t
overreach all with whom he had an
dealings, was himself overreached by
power against which no art of earth ca
prevail.
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WHOLE NUMBER 62.

leap, but runs, with great rapidity, along
the ground upon its four feet. It's eyes
are gentle. its movements active, and its
whole expression Is not repulsive. It's
not rare in this part Of the State, as we
saw four or ive upon this trip, three of
which we captured. One of them made
his escape; the other two were inclosed
in little pasteboard box, and sent By
mail from san Antonio 10 New York
They survived the trip, and came out in
good spirits and flesh from their narrow
quarters. The box chanced TO arrive
before the letter nf intrnduelian and
when !, wss found 70 contain, in lieu of
jewels, certain tropical reptiles, there was
some explosive CONSERVATION. Il was
at length opened by the aid of tongs,
and after the letter announcing the in
nocept nature Of The visitors, they be-
came household pets. After a month or
two of indoors they began TO lose aesh,
when they were lariated b. cotton
twine attached 10 the leg, and left to their
own resources in the grass, where they
soon recovered their torpulenee. One
of them escaped, and was recaptured
long time after, in high condition, by the
mowers in a field half mile away, but
subsequently broke bonds again, and has
not since been heard from. The other
was presented 10 a scientific friend
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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05
FactS for the Curious,

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
both died on the 4th of July, 1926
John Adams died in his DIST year, and
was eight years older than Thomas JEFF
ferson Thomas Jefferson was eight
year. older than James Madison james
Madison was eight years older than
James Monroe James Monroe was eight
years older than John Q. Adams. The
first five of our Presidents--all revolu.
tionsry men-enied the terms of their
service in the Goth year of their age
Washington, born February 22d, 1882 ];
.laugurated 1899 term Of service ex-
prcd in the 65th year of his age. John
Adams, born October 10Th, 1885; insu-
gurated 1897 term of service expired
in the Goth year of his age. Thomas
Jefferson, born April 2lst, l743; inau-
gurated 1901 term Of service expired
in the Goth year of his age. james Ma
olson, born March 4th, 1851; iuaugu-
rated 1909 term of service expired in
the Goth year of his age. James Mon
roe, born April I'd, 1883; inaugurated
1877; term of service expired in the
Goth year of his age.
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Mr.. John Thompson thus announces
his own suspension in his Reporter Of the
9th inst Ga U...# - p.
The Ohio Life Insurance and Trust
Co., suspended, Unexpectedly, on Mon
day last. This Banking Institution is
the largest in Ohio, and probably the
the most important and active in
Western States it. failure undermines
the very base of confidence.
"Your humble servant has also sus-
pended together with several other houses
in Wall street. 1t is unnecessary for us
to speculate upon us, or predict the con-
sequences. As it relates to ourselves and
our creditors, we can only say that we
shall cxer. ourselves to save all from any
ultimate loss time being necessary to
enable us to liquidate all our liabilities
''The want of confidence and utner
causes have carried down several banks
-sac names Ct mich will be found in
another column---and some others, not
mentioned, are reported in trouble aud
probably will suspend.
Cut loose from active business of Wall
street, we shall have ample time to look
after this paper, and the interest Of our
numerous subscribers and they may rest
assured that the pet Of seventeen years
will not be abandoned or neglected at this
critical period
"The Reporter, from this day forward
will be published by Mr.. Pratt Adams,
who for the last five years has had charge
Of it in that capacity and to whom, OF
ourself any communications relating to
the paper can be addressed"
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Gas in Railroad Cars.

The New Jersey, Railroad Company
has successfully tried the experiment of
lighting car by gas. The experiment
was tried on car of Newark train from
Jersey City on Wednesday night, and on
Thursday night on, Of the cars of the
train to Philadelphia was lighted in the
same manner The gas is taken from the
pipes of the Gaslight Co. and passed in
to an apparatus to which machinery is at
taehcd, which affords force to make the
.ss flow for several hours.
Prof Agassiz made pupil study the
bones Of turtle six months. What an
admirable alderman that pnpil would
make.
A 'camp follower at late regimen
tai parade, excused the irregularity of his
gait by saying that he was trying to march
after two tunes
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05

The st. Paul Light Cavalry have been
called out, by Gov. Medary, to make an
incursion about fifty miles northeast Of
this city, to the neighborhood of Cam
bridge, when they expected TO encounter
a host of savages, the picked warriors Of
the Chippewa tribes, who are reported to
have been lately engaged in thieving OPP
erations in that vicinity. The company
number about thirty, all valiant looking
men, but dressed rather gsily fer a war
party. Their uniform was red coat and
white pants, and their arms, heavy
swords and army pistols The Commits
sary Department was well supplied with
stores for the inner man !; and they are
likely to have good time, if they can
only manage to keep clear of the Indians.
Capt. james Starkcy had the command.
They were to halt last night at Columbus,
about p miles distant from st, Paul
st. Paul Pioneer, 25M.