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, 1857-04-03

D1- In the Campaign of IA, Henry
Clay was the Wing candidate. A Liberty
party man made speech, somewhere in
New Hampshire, and objected very strong
ly to the gallant Kentuckian, on the
ground of having been duelist. This
done he began to glorify his own party, as
small in numbers, but destintd to achieve
great things lie compared it to David
going forth with sling and stones to the
combat with the gigantic Goliah. Piling
up the cloquence, he reached the climax at
last, and cried out, "and then-then fel-
low citizens, what did David do?" "Fu a
duel, sir" came in sbrill tones form one oi
the assembly,
, 1857-04-03

HieH PmcE,-A lot Of ground ia Saint
Louis, on Main street. between Locust and
Vine, was sold on Monday at auction for
$l,125 per foot a ~ ,s-- @ 60
, 1857-04-03

Costa Rica, $4,000 1885, 900
pdy- There are upwards of 100, 900 Ger
mans in the city of New York.
Gd- The population of'Cuba is estima-
ted at | ,446, COZ souls.
Bsy. The length of railroad in the U. S -,
if it was all single track, would reach
around the globe in a straight line.
GS8- The total number of Protestants in
the world in 1856, was So, S,25O, 600; OF
Catholics l59,OOO,OOO
LARGEST SrEASSIts IN THE WoRlD.-The
following are the dimensions of some of the
largest steamers in the world. The Great
Western, 236 feet long, 25 broad: Great
Britain, 322 feet long, 81 broad; lIimaay,
$50 feet long, 43 broad; the Persia, 800
feet long, abroad; the Adriatic, 354 feet
long, so IA the Vanderbilt, 335 feet
long, breadA45 fact The Great Eastern,
now being built under tho direction of Mr..
Brunei, is more than twice the size of the
largest of these, and may bo well considered
the greatest mechanical achievement Of
ancient or modern times.
The PosrH TREAry WITH FRAScE.-Thc
Courier des Efats UHis says that the new
postal treaty with France-whch is now be-
ing NEGOTIATED at Washington-proposes to
divide the postage between the two coun-
tries--ffteen oents-as follows: Fri
For the interior of the U. s., 8 cents.
For crossing the ocean, 6
For the interior Of France, 6
Is t
IF the letter is transmitted by way Of Eng
land, an additional postage of three cents
VIII be charged.
&DvERTTsING.-Th merchant who does
not advertise literally in the newspapers is
like a man who has a lantern, but who is too
stingy to buy candle ). he stumbles about
in the dark long after his more sensible neigh
bors have lighted themselves home.
Advertising is the oil which the wise
tradesmen put into their lamps aud that fool
ish ones neglect 10 use.
Wool stad,iiss. .,e .....
The U $. produce 52,500,O0O lbs. of
wool annually. They consume II 100000
lbs. They import then, about l8,5O0, 900
lbs; that is, the United States import n
little more than one-fourth of the wool con-
sumed by our manufactures. We should
be able to export wool, rather than be
compelled to import it. There are five
manufacturing establishments, all in the
State of Massachusetts,, which consume, in
the aggregate, 100000 900 lbs, which is
one fifth Of the entire wool crop of the
United States. Ohio is theereatest wool
growing State in the U. S., lier clip being
0,106,OO0 lbs New York stands next,
her clip being 1O,O11 900 lbs Well done
Ohio!-Ohio Farmer.
E1- A locomotive weighing sixty tons,
with ten feet driving wheels, and said to be
capable of attaining speed of one hun
DIRE and fifty miles per hour, has been ex.
hibted in France. Its centre OF gravity
is placed so low as to render it safer than
ordinary engines at the usual speed, so far
as getting off the track is concerned.
lS~ The number Of miles of railroad
opened in the United States during the
year 1856 is 1864.
M 1t is said there are at least 1000
gambling houses and 100 faro banks in the
city of New York.
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AT San Antonio, Texas, on election day,
six horses aud two camels were stolen from
Capt. Wayne, Of the U. 8. army, by the
Indians .'5s, asl,
Arrived at Mobile for certain Louisiana
planters, by the ship Sultan, two drome-
daries and four pure Arab horses. OF the
latter, one was perfectly white stallion.
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Gbt lDiOnrfr anN DrmOcrnt.
Il PUBLISHED on EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
By EDWARD FURSTE.
&8AR37s-3li A1gAgig.2,

For oge year, whey sent by mail or taken at the
oai,e 81 O0 for six nonths, 50 90. Single copies.
2j cents.
Noplpcr VIII BeThScontinued, unless at the option
VI the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid.
, 1857-04-03
STATISTICAL, sc.

Ia" In 1910, $4,000 tons of iron were
made in the United States; in 1928. $780,
600 tons, an Increase of one hundred ncr
cent in eighteen years; in 1882. 10000
tons, an increase Of fifty per cent. in four
wears: in 1870, 52o, 600 tons; aul in Isl7,
Si000) tons Great Britain. 100000
Tons Of iron were made in 1880, LOCO. 900
tons in 1885, 100000 tons in 1910, and
100000 in 1876. The annual proGuct is
now more than 100000 tons.
PorrtATIoH sr CFVEM A,nmcA-Thc
area Of Nicaragua is about 10000 square
miles. The State is $50 miles in length,
by about $50 in breadth, nthe widest part
including both lakes, but not any portion
of the Mosquito Territory. The level of
Lake Nicaragua above the Pacific Ocean
is l28 feet, and that Of Lake Managua
above the Pacific is I5G feet. The pcnu-
lntion Of thc country is estimated at 2GS,-
900.
/Th2 following table shows the population
ana extent Of the other Central Americn
States:
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

RATHER MlsTAKE.-A friend ofmine
was once present at the house ofa French
lady in Canada when a violent thunder
storm commenced, The shutters were
Immediately closed, and the room dark.
ened. The lady of the house, notTwill.
ing to leave safety Of her company to
chance, began to search her closet for a
bottle Of holy water, which, by sudden
flash Of Lightning, she fortunately found.
The bottle was uncorked. and its contents
Immediately sprinkled over the ladies and
gentlemen. 1t was a most dreadful storm,
and lasted a considerable time; she there.
fore redoubled her sprinklings and bene-
dictions at every clap Of thunder and
flash Of Lightning. At length the party
were "providentially" saved from its eff.
ects, which the good lady attributed sole
ly to the precious water; but when the
shutters were opened and the light admit
ted, the company found, to their horror
and the destruction of their white gowns
and muslin handkerchiels, their coats
waistcoats, and pantloons, that instead o
holy water this pious lady had sprinklet
them with ink.-Lam6ert's Travels.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20
SPANISH H0NORs TO DIR. KANE

The New Orleans Picaynac, in sum.
ming up the last advice from Havana,
says:
"Dr, Kane, the distinguished Aric voy.
ager, died on the 10th, and his remains
are brought over in tho Cahawba, to be
forwarded to Philadelphia, Ola the river,
The greatest sympathy was shown by the
natives Of the Island, and neveHbelore has
such attention been paid to any foreign.
er. The Captain General attended the
(unernal obsequies in person, and the
corpse was brought off to the steamship
in the barge Of his Excelency. An i'm.
mense concourse attended the body TO the
place of embarkation, and every atten
ton and courtesy was shown. The Dai.
rio de la Marina announces the death oi
DR.. Kane on the evening Of the 10th with
much feeling, and says: The loss Of Sc
distinguished a parsonage, who, at the age
Of thirty.fve, had made his name illustri
GUS by two voyages to tho Arctic regions
for scietifc ndiscoveries, must be sensibly
felt. Il DR.. Kane has rendered many
and important discoveries to science, GO.
ography, zoology, and medicine. The
world cannot bat feel the loss Of a trav.
eler who penetrated to the $50 of north
latitude, and to see disapper from among
the living man who had consocrated his
life to the acquisition Of knowledge use,
full to mankind The highest honore
were paid the deceased by the most dis
tinguished officers of the island"
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

WHERE Is THE WEsr?--The editor OF
the Presbyterian Herald ofLorisville, Ky,
says that, visiting Fort Leayenworth, five
or six hundred miles west Of Louisville,
he said to the commander:
4 suppose you begin to feel, away
out here, that you have at last discovered
that indeinable region called the West"?
NO, SIR said he, I'VE are living in the
east yet. Four hundred miles west Of
US. near Fort Laramie, is the geographi.
cal centre Of the U. States
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

Ii THE DARK--We, dwelers in this
world Of error, are like men walking
through the streets of city on loggy
morning. Every one fancies that imme'
diately around himself there islitle or no
fog, but around others, at a little distance
from him, he perceivesi it to be thick and
binding; and they, in turn, make pre-
cisey similar mistake about themselves
! and him; each derning it quite clear
where he himself is, and that all the rest
are in the dark.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20
Written for the Home Journal.
TO M******4*.

Yes, my dearest, to thy own sunny, island;
It's llowery wales and pinecrosted highlands;
Its sparkling rills, and deep blue waters;
Its fair sunny skies, and charming daughters.
Its spicy gales, and soft winds signing
Through starry nights, with the fire. flies hying
And the purpling east, that heralds the morning,
With sparkling dews the green hills adorning.
All! yes, mydearest, let there be our home,
With life OF love, never more to roam;
The wish of thy heart; God grant il may be,
Ever in future glory tothee.
All yes, my dearest, let thy home bo mine,
Ever enraptured with love divine;
Never fading, till hushed in deaths last sleep,
And angels Ger our grave, their vgils keep,
MEMO
WINCHESTER, March, 1857.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

RAscALIrY ABouNDMG-The gospel is
preached to the people regularly, all over
the country--religious papers and maga:
zines are circulated in families, and many
valuable persons set good examples be.
fore the world-but notwithstanding all
this, and more, observation teaches Us
that rascality abounds in all classes of
society. Petty thcfts are daily commit.
tcd-such as robbing money drawers,
stealing clothes, and dry goods, chickens,
ducks, corn, and other eatables. Stroll.
ling vagabonds, dealers in counterfeit
money, and diseased horses are all over
the country. Gamblers, travelling and
local, and resident rouges, are all on the
alert. Pous villains, with faces as sane
titled as tho moral law, are keeping false
accounts, and swearingto to them, for the
sake olgain. Whskey shops are selling
| by the small, in violation Of the law
Drug stores training up drunkards in
| high life, and atlording facilities for Sab.
bath drinking which can be had no where
els The rich are oppressn5 the poor,
and the poor are content to live in rags
and idleness. Country dealers IN pro.
duce come to town and exact two prices
for all they have to sell, and the owners Of
real estate in towns are asking double
rents, to the injury Of business and tIe
grwth of towns Banks and corpora.
tions, intended for the public good have
their tavortes, and are partial in The dis
tribution Of fayors. Families pcrsecuto
and envy each other. individuals Sian.
der their betters, Parsons of low origin
put on airs, and falsely pretend to be more
than they ale, Cheating and misrepre.
scntation are the order Of the day, gener.
ally. In politics there is very little pa.
triotism or love Of country, while dema.
gouges seek to mislead, and buiIdup their
own fortunes at the hazard Of running the
country. In religion there is more hy.
pocrsy than grace, and the biggest scoun.
drels living, crowd into the church with
a view to cloak their rascalIy designs,
and more eAectuaIly to serve the Devil
In a word, rascality abounds among all
classes and in all countries. The Devil
is stalking abroad in open daylight, with
out TIE precauton to dress himself, And
if the present generation of men could see
themselves in the Gospel Glass, they are
as black as Hell.--BrowmloaO'S Wig.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20
The Printers Deuil and His Lore.

A printers devil was pierced in the heart
With charms of little miss;
Quoth he to the lass, ,"My dear ere we part,
Let us seal our love with kiss"
The maiden replied, as the imp she eyed,
"Dost thou think I'll let you revel
Where others before you have vainly tried
No, no, I'll not kiss the devil!"
Years have rolled along, and the sweet
little lass
Became an old sorrowful maid;
She lived like queen-was rich-but,
alas!
Hef beauty all had decayed.
Once again they met, and the old maid
tried
To recall her former issue,
But he gaily smiled, and only replied
"Ths devil now wouldn't kiss you!"
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

The WAY TO WIN A SIMPLE WoMAN's
LovE.-Let your hair hang in superAuous
ringlets over your neck and shoulders;
never suffer razor to touch your face;
squeeze yourself into a coat ofmulberry
cloth; put on vest striped with green
yellow and red-pants checked with blue,
crimson and purple; shove your feet into
pair of boots with the heels at least
three inches high; dangle little black
cane, tipped with brass; huge bras ring
upon your little finger, and you will G
the lion Of the day; and win the heart OF
any simple Qirt you meet with.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

4 CLUE TO THE MuRprRER FouND,-A
dispatch from New York, dated the ll,h
inst, states the coToner's vestigaton Of
the murder Of DR.. Durdoll continues
To-day witness testified that he heard a
cry Of murder on the night before the dead
body of the Doctor was discovered, and
afterwards saw Eckcl come to the front
door of the house, in his shirt Sleeves
1t is universally believed that this tosti.
mony lastens the crime upon him. There
is great exciment in relation to the
affair.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

A bill has passed the Legslatuse Of
Virginia prohibising the Banks from issu-
ing or paying out any bank "note 'or cir.
culation, except Of the denomination Of
five dollars, ten dollars, or of some null
tiple Of ten dollars
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

LET PEOPLE TALK.-The man that has
no enemies may at once conclude he has
no parts, for it is as naturnal for little
minds to envy and detract from that which
is great as it is for water to seek level.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20
Written for tho Home Journal.
THE HEART.
ny MRS. ADELIA c. GRAVES.

....
o! meddle not with human heart,
SO delicate thing,
Its fragile strings, to tear apart,
That round each other cling,
Sweet music do they wake, II all
In unison are there,
But vain for melody we call,
II one the strain forbcar.
Our life IL made OF thousand springs,
And dies II one be sone,--
Thus with the hearts inwoven strings,
If wanting only one.
For II is not shattered Tyre,
lhot may be tuned anew,
And when swift fingers press the wire,
Brcathes notes, as ever, true.
IT'S but lrail and fragile flower,
That crushed, we strive in vain,
With all the charmer's magic power,
To make It bloom again.
'INcHEsTER, TENN, 1857.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

We are apt to mistake our vocation in
looking out of the way for occasions to
exercise great and rare virtues, and step
ping over the ordinary ones which lie dl.
rectly in the road before us. When we
read we fancy we could be martyrs; when
we come to act we find We cannot bear a
provoking word. t4.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

ONE CoNsoLATtoN.-It is so far fortu'
nate that the gentlemen's fashions do not
keep pace with the ladies': or else, by this
time, their hats would have dwindled down
to the size of a chari,y.boy's mutfin.cap.
and their trousers would have swollen out
to about double the size of those of a Turk
and Dutchman stitched togetherl-Panch.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

A country editor received the following
"stop my paper
"Dear Sir have looked carefully over
your paper six months for the death of an
individual ] was acquainted with, but as
yet not a single soul care about has
dropped off. You will please have my
name erasad."
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

al suppose" said an arrant quack,
while feeling the pulse Of patient, "lhat
YOU think me fool?" -.#..r
"Sir," replied the sick man. 81 per.
ceiveyo can discover a mans thoughts
by his pulse"
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

81 wish you would not smoke cigars"
said plump little black eyed girl to her
lover.
"Why may not smoke as we'll as your
chimney"
Because chimneys don't smoke when
they are in good order"
He has quit smoking.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

A REpvGLiC AND MONARCHY "A
CoyrnAsT The New York Times in the
course Of carefully prepared article,
makes contrast between the condition
of Great Britain and the United States.
1t is highly 1attering to the latter The
treasury returns for 1856 show that the
out standing public debt of the federal
government amounted to $50, 1871, 900;
while the public debt Of the various
States amounted to $3.50, 8,OOO-form,
ing together only 1921, 100000.
The public debt of Great Britain before
the late war was 797 100000 pounds, to
which the 2l,o00,o0o pounds, new loans,
were added during the war--together
S1S, ,O00,O pounds sterling, orabout for.
ty hundred and ninety millions dollars.
The indirect taxation paid by the people
Of the United States for the support Of the
federal government in the shape of i'm,
post duties amounts to sixtyfour mil
lions dollars. The direct and indirect
taxation paid by the people Of Great Bri.
tain for the support of the crown, in the
way Of customs and exercise duties,
stamps, income tax, and property tax,
amounts to sixty four millions sterling
or about five fold the burden Of the peo
pie of the United States.
The expenses Of the British Govern
ment are thus, in our currency, for
single year, 1920, 100000, or about one
hundred millions more than the whole
principal Of the public debt Of the FEEDER
| al and Stale Governments. The treas
ury returns also show that our system 0
railway, which embrace about 1924:
miles, stands in capital and funded deb
seven hundred and thirty.six millions del
lars, though costing, by the aid of Stat
and city loans, about s829,739, 400, O
s35, 700 per mile; while the system {
Great Britain, embracing only 1884 mile
stands in capital and funded debts, si3
teen hundred and seventeen millions do
lars, sl94,l3 per mile. And it furthC
appears that the whole railway debt {
the country, in the shape Of mortgages an
debentures, is S434, ,2S6.o00, while II
the same membranes upon the Enl
lish system reach nearly this sum in d
bentures alone, say 1915, ,200, 900, Will
including what are known as preierer
ces shares the sum total is 1886, 996, ,0o'
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

All the gold coin in the world if mel.
ted down and cast in solid mass would
make column not more than ten feet
square and eight feet high.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

An intelligent nurseryman, M. B. Bate.
ham, Of Columbus Ohio, states that the
fears Of injury to the fruit buds by the re
cent intense cold are groundless. He has
examined the buds, and they are uninjul'
ed.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

How IT LEAKED Our.-Little Jake.
Ma, does pa kiss you because he loves
you!" 10 be sure, sonny; Why did you
ask tha, question:" because. | guess
he loves Bridget, for seen him Kiss her
MORN forty times last Sunday when you
was to meeting" Our inlonan, Didn't
stop till pa .ot home. g.Ssf.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

Wa have heard Of a good many cnthu.
siastic lovers in time, bu. we think thar
Mr.. Toots takes 'em all down:
"If could be dyed black" he saycd TO
Captain Cutie, "and made Miss Dom.
bey's slave shoulp consider it compli.
ment; or, if at the sacrifice Of my proper
ty. could get ,ransmigra,ed into her dog
| should be so perfectly hapy, ! ncyer
would stop waggiur my tail"
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

1t is currently reported, and generally
believed, that some people are no better
than they ought to be.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

There is a negro woman in Virginia
who has no ears, and yet can hear dis,
tinctly by opening hermouth.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

Life we are told, is journey; and TO
see the way in which some people eat,
you wopld imagine they were taking in
provisions to last them all the way.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20


DGlr Men may sophis'catc as they
please; they can never make i; right not,
to pay their debts. There isa sin in this
neglect, as clear and deserving Of church
discipline as in stealing or false swearing.
He who violates his promise to pay or
withoIls the payment Of debt when it
is in his power to meet his engagement,
ought to be made to feel that in the sight
Of an homes, man he is swindlcr. Re.
ligion may bea very comfortable cloak.
under which TO hide, but if religion does
not make man "denl JUSTLY" it is not
worth having
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

WINCHESTER AND ALABAMA RAlLnop.--.
We learn fom the Foyettvillo OJsypey
that Col, V.K Stevenson made speech
at that place on the I'd instant, in behalf
OF tho Winchester and Alabama Rail.
road. At this conclusion, the subscrlp.
ton books were reopened, al dusk $685.
900 had been taken, leaving onlp Sl2,.
900 to be made up. An energetic, deter
gctic, determined, earnest effort on the
part Of the friends Of tho Road, will SO.
cure lhis great Lincoln Improvement.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-03-20

WINCHESTER, March, 1857.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-12-19

ments on the table; and demanding the yeas and
nays thereon they were ordered and taken, result
ing-yess 81, nays $50 the House refused to
lay on thetable; and then, the question recurring
on concurrence
Mr. THOMPSON moved to non-concur with that
portion including the county of Williamson. He
had taken position in his canvassing in that county
against the county judge law. He was satisfied a
majority of the people of that county were opposed
to its being included
The motion agreed to and the question re-
curing on concurrence in the other Senate amend
ments,
Mr. Low said petition had been sent mp to retain
the county judge for his county, Hardeman, and he
preferred it should be retained in the bill.
Mr. VAUGHN hoped this local measure would
be allowedtO pass without opposition.
Mr. DAVIDSON was opposed to go beyond the
counties of Davidson, Shelby, and Montgomery
Mr. TURNER, of Sumner, who had at first voted
for the bill, constrained to vote against it.
Mr. COOPER said, as the bill stood originally, il
was now law Of the land, if the House insist and
the Senate recede. 1t was impossible now to post
pone indefinitely bill already passed both Houses
of the General Assembly
Mr. DAVIDSON. There was an amendment in
the caption of the BILL and other verbal amendments
which ought to be occurred in.
Mr. ST. JOHN concurred with the gentleman from
Sumner. 1t was species of class legislation, and
he would move indefinite post ponement. But before
any fur her question was taken
The House adjourned till to morrow morning nine
o'clock