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The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

The Kansas Herald Of Freedom gives
a discouraging view Of the times iD Kan.
sas. 1t says:
We pity the man who is compelled to
raise money now in Kansas. We were
told by a money lender the other day
that he was receiving from 10 to 20 per
cent. per month for the use of money,
and had been paid at the rate Of 20. 25
and 80 per cent. per month TO discount
notes. The lowest rate on good security
Iot the use Of money seem TO range be-
tween and per cent. per month
Business in all our Kansas towns is nearly
suspended. Men worth 1000 or 25,.
600 cannot sell property at any price TO
realize even few hundred dollars
Real estate can be bought at ruinous rates,
persons feeling compelled TO sell to re-
ulze ready money, perhaps to save their
credit. Hardly any branch Of business
is sustaining itself.
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22
LOVE IN A COTTAGE.
BY n. p. WILLIS.

You may talk OF love ina cottage,
And bowers OF trested yire--
or naturc bewitchingly simple.
And mlknlaids half divine;
They may talk Of the pleasure OF sleeping
In the shade OF a spreading tree,
And a walk in the fields at morning,
BY the side OF footstep FREQ |
But give me sly filtration
BY the light of chandelier,
With music between the pauscs
And nobody very neari
Or seat Oh the silkcn sohj
With glass Of pure old wine,
And mamma too blind to discover
The small white hand in mine,
Your love in cottage Is hungry,
You1 vine is nest of flies
Your mlkmaid shocks the Grnccs,
And simplicity talks Of pies
You lie down to your shady slumber,
And wake with bug in your ear,
And your damsel that walks in the morning
Is shod like mountaineer.
True love is at home on carpet,
And nightly likes his case--
And true love has an eye for dinner,
And starves beneath shady trees.
His wing is the IAN Of a lady,
His footrs an invisible thing,
And his arrow is tipped with jewel.
And shoots from silver string.
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

HEALTH AT THE SouTH.--Great eppte
tensions are felt in the Southern States
that the coming summer viii be very
sickly one and that the dreadful scourge Of
yellow fever, from which the South was so
unusually exempt last season, will pre-.
vail with greater violence than ever.--
This fear is based upon the the fact that
the long continued freshets, at this partc-
ular time, are likely to breed lebrile d,
seases. Nearly one fourth Of the land
on the Mississippi, from Vicksburgh
down 10 hemou,h Of that river, has been
oveldown for many weeks, and all the
swamps, bayous and lagoons at ,hs
South are gorged with stagnant water.
In the interior Of Mississippi, Alabama
Georgia, the freshets have been pnprecs.
dented.
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

AMALGAMtTioS Marriages IN Bos.
ron The Boston matrimonial register
shows that during he last year there
have been no less thNn sixty amaIgama
ton marriages. end singular to say.
thay were oil Of white women with black
or coorcd men; in no instance has
white man been registered q s having taken
to wife coIored woman. The white la.
dies OF Boston and thereobou,s have sin.
ginular tastes: certainly they seem TO
relish black kisses. from all accounts.
with peculiar gusIo, and black or color
ed husbands are becoming highly pop.
uIar institution among them. Can any
,hirg prove more conclusjvely tho grow
ing degenefacy in point Of morality and
dccency, o(pous, proper New England,
as this horrible lanalicism, which strikes
at the root Of everything like purity, and
tends to undermine the divine laws Of
nature When woman. the safeguard Of
virtue and purity, stoops thus to degrade
herself, pcrverting the womanhood with
in her, the degradation OF man as nee.
essary consequence, must follow.-N
Y. Dispatch.
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20 IL Dead Loved One.
BY o. ID. MARTIN.

Coll. cold thy form and pale thy check.
ThOu'rt dead Oh no, il cann, be,
Oh speak once more to Inc pray speak,
And vii! ask no more from thee
Or else a maniac shall 60,
Through years Of sorrow and OF pain,
Each one III ct shall hear my woe,-
Oh speak to Ire but once again.
Oh smile but once, I'll ask thee not
To smile again, but thou shalt 60;
I'll let thee leave me to my lot
or endless misery and woe.
Still is her face as cold as death,
Her lips are white, which once were red,
And no more does she draw her breath
Alas my God she's dead!
PA.
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

TnE SEX OF EoGs.-M. Genin has adj
dressed the Academic des Sciences on
this subject. He says he is able, after
three years study, TO state with assurance
that all Eggs containing the germs OF
males have wrinkles on their smaller
'nds' while female eggs are equally
smooth at both estrsmi,ies,
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22
A Successful Retort.

i clergyman meeting doctor Of his
acquaintance who was a prolessed deist.
was accosted by him in the following man
ner
Do you follow preaching 10 save ,ouls'
Yes.
Did you ever sec soul'
No.
Did you ever hear soul'
No.
Did you ever taste a souli
No.
Did you ever smell a soul'
No.
Did you ever feel soul'
Yes
Well, said the doctor, there are four
of the five senses against enc, upon the
question whether there is soul.
The clergyman then asked his advec
sary il he was doctor Of medicine.
Yes.
Did you ever see pam!
No.
Did you ever heoru paint
No.
Did you ever taste pain'
No.
Did you ever smell PAIN
No.
Did you ever feel psin'
Yes.
We'll then, said the clergyman. there
are four senses against one. upon the
question whether there can be pain. and
yea, sic. you know there is pain. and
knCw there is a soul.
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

We begin TO think with some Of ou'
brethren Of the press, that Distributing
Post Offices are a sort OF nuisance. In
stead Of facilitating the tEansmissio Of
mail matter, the more Distributing offices
are multiplied the moro detcntons and
uncertainties occur in the mails.
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

Two Story CARs.-A two story pass.
enger cat has been invented at Philadel.
phia. The upper story is reached by a
small winding staircase from below. 1t
is not accessible to passengers in crino.
line, and is intended for the use OF smo.
kers,
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22
Forgetfulness.

Will forget thee All dear reCOllectons
Pressed in my heart, like flowers within a book,
Shall be torn out and scattered to the wind
will forget thee! but perhaps hereafter.
When thou Shalt learn how heartesS is the world I,
4 voice within thee will repeat my name,
And thou wilt say, 'He was indeed NY frend!"
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22
The Murfreesboro' Ne,cs takes position

The Murfreesboro' Neps takes position
on the bank question as follows
A gradual but certain remedy should
be applied, and perseveringly followed
until The present evil is removed, and a
sound currency given 10 the country. Do
you ask how far we would go Fol-
onrsell we are willing to travel with those
who will not stop short Of a Gold and
Silver currency.
II it be the intention Of the dominant
party not to "stop short OF gold and
silver currency" we trust that all the or.
gans Of the party will say so. In the
canvass nezt year we desire TO have the
question settled permanently if possible
.
When the renowned John Elliott Wa:
preaching his peculiar doctrines to the
Indians, he was sometimes puzzled tc
give satisfactory answers to their fre
qucntly pointed queries. One time he
was ask ed
"Why does God punish in hell for
ever1 Man doth not so, but after a limo
let's them on, of prison again"
Here was rather a poser for honest
John from those pure, unsophistlcoled
children of the forest. What answer he
returned to such an unwecome query is
not recorded.
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22
The bill admitting Jews into the Bri'
lish PofIomcn, has been passed 500
on! raadog by tho House Of Lords.

The Secretary Of ,te Navy has ii
slrucIyl sac bureau Of construction 10
prepare drawings and rIooS 'ot building.
without unnecessary delay, the g vessels
Of war recently authorized by Congress.
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ACroStic-BY 0. d. MARTIN,

r lcet the moments seem to 60,
A ny moment thou art nigh me,
N era creature loved thee 50,
n 'cr would one so glad die BY thco.
am thine in joy or sorrow
i yer thine, to day
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

If you want to know whether a tre. /:
hollow or not, az il.
The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

~ men rave their faults som, sai'B|
ut -,tsly wicks1. 81
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-06-18
who is The Southern r1atron

The Southern Matron' who set on foot
the holy aud patriotic work Of purchasing
The home OF Washington, aud preserving II
as shrine at which Americans NAV strength.
ell their patriotism by c0ntem plating the
virtues Of The Father OF his Country, is a
native daughter of South Carolina, though
now resident OF Richmond Va. She is no /
ma,ron al all but a maiden lady Miss Gun
ningham, by name-and has, for years been
confirmed invalid. She has devoted her.
self TO the noble work, and is powerfully
seconded by other eminent women of the
South, among whom are Mrs. Cora Richie.
formerly Mrs. Mowatt, and Madame LIE
Vert, the charming writer OF Mobile. who,
, herself, has raised 81 000.f-St. Louis NctCS
We have The pleasure Of knowing Miss Gun
uingham, and il is indeed a pleasure. She
has, as the ST. Lonis editor says, been an in
valid for years; she has never known heal lh
since her early girhool. She has suffered
physically, long aud much, yet she has borne
her suiferings with more ihan rc$Ignation
They have given calm aud sweet and beau.
tiful serenity TO her pleasant and even Joy.
Gus SCoutenance, whilst they have Z elh3Taalizad
and exalted aud ennO6ed her mind. She
seems not TO repre al her lot, bnt 10 b :
happy in the exercise OF the w0ndrous cner-
gy, with which, even upon her bed Of pain.
SflP ueNOlSS HeISel Nv ilt great "OTK OIL Ell
fecting the purchase OF Mount Vernon.
M SIS Cunningham's voice il as swee, as
birds her heart as fresh as spring flower.
her spirit cheerful and enthusiastic, and her
conversation, not only upon her favorite
theme, but upon all others, glowing and
eloquent. We have loved TO listen to her
words of lofty patriotism. Born AMI reared
in South Carolina, and related TO some
Of the most distinguished disuni ,nists of the
South, she early contracted the southern
contagion aud onged for nothing more
ardentIy than for the secession Of her ma tive
State even il il should sccede alone. But,
when she became deeply interested in the
| character Of Washington, and began to de.
dcate herself TO the sacred work OF securing
his tomb and the home Of his living wear.
as a national shrine, where all the piIyrim:
OF liberty might be- free 10 linger and wor.
ship,a new and loftier spirit took possession
OF her S ,ul, aud she give to the whole coun
| try the love an1 devotion that she gave
section. She earnestly believes that the
| Union, il saved at all, mus, owe its saliva
| lion TO that deep love and reverence which
/ the general movement throughout The United
/ States for making MI. Vernon nationa
Mecca must tend To inspire in the heats o
our people for the character nf Washington
! aud his patriotic counseis. Louisville Jour
! nal
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-06-18
Nlorgantown, Va) Friday, june lS, 1855.

and the new world; near the numerous
rivers of the Bay, which are always
open; our steamers can watt the first
fruits of our gardens and our fields, to
the thickly crowded cities of the At,
lantic, with the first flush of the glori-
GUS Southern spring-tide, or even with
the dews of May still pearly on their
leaves.
(" 1t would be no vain boast to say,
that our tide-water fields may be con-
verted into gardens, & lower Virginia
may yet become the great garden of
the Atlantic; but science and enter
prize have yet mighty task to per.
form. The people, however, are able,
IT they are willing to learn.
S. II. DEBow.
Richmond, June 7, 1853.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-06-18

Ldemnityfor Merieo.-We have a rumor
that demand is about 10 be made upon
claims preferred by citizen of the United
States, with an offer to assume the indebt-
edness and pay several millions more pro-
vided Mexico will cede to us another por-
ton OF her territory Alas for our neighbors.
They are in a sad condition indeed. Con-
vnlsed at home and threatened from abroad,
with treasury utterly exhausted, it is not u
matter of mnch surprise, that the Govern.
ment is constantly changing. The only won
der is that The various States have contriv ed
to hold together so long. But the days Of
the Republic are evidently numbered. A
few years hence and the disme berment
will be fully effected.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-06-18

~ rejected the opportunity, and all that has
followed since, including the havoc aud ra.
plne Inflicted 10y General Walker aud his
followers, has bren but the natural conse.
quence of that decision.
Should America now pursue the course
that seems imminent. the change as regards
English interests, assuming that che will
honestly provide for the existing debts of
the various States in question, cannot but
b. great improvement upon their present t
position. The prospect, in fact, is likely TO
excite much more hostility in the United
States, themselves than among any classes
in Great Britain. The addition of fresh
Souiheln Sa'es would DO viewed as giving
new preponderance to the slaveh0iding
party, aud on this ground the question has
already excited strong feelings ia the North
although, the opposition will, Of course, not
De such as permanently to overpower the
larger and more exciting temptations Of an
increase of territory and deye|opemsnt of
commerce.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-06-18
THE SANDS OF LIFE" "PLAYEr

THE SANDS OF LIFE" "PLAYED
OUT"-Those who have for long time
swind'ed people in all parts of the country,
by promising 10 send cures for all diseases,
and means whereby large fortunes were 10
be made, for very small consde tons, have
met with a setioms obstruction 10 their btI-
siness. BY consent oil The Postmaster Gen.
erHi, given al the request Of Mayor Tlemann,
Postmaster Fowler, Of this ciy, took charge
OF all such correspondence a. came to The
post Office yesterday. There were abpu,
700 letters in the Office adlressed to Drs
Wallace, Morton, James, (whose sands of
life have been so long running out.) Monet,
lie Brun Dmflon, Tracy, Do La Rome, and
Prof. James T. Horn These we're assuIn,
ed names, and the parties using them deal
in general qnackery. The letters will be
opened al Washing ton. and such sums OF
money as they be found TO contain will be
forwarded TO the address Of the writers there
ON. Y. Times.
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Manufactures orthe United states

euo" IhaI VIC manufacturing IN
terests of the Republic may be csti-
mated at hundreds of millions of dol
lars, the Philadelphia Inquirer pub
fishes the following statistics on the
subject:
According to the latest returns,
there were in the United States, in
1850, III ,657 manufacturing establish
ments, of which 1O3,932 were in the
free States, and 27,725, or more than
one-fifth Of the whole were situated in
the slave States. The entire capitol
invested in all these establishments a.
mounted in round numbers, to the great
sum Of $530,000,00 The value Of
raw materials used and consumed year
ly amounted to $550,000, 900; amount
paid for labor $240, ,00O,O 900; value of
articles manufactured, $l,020,3OO,-
900; number of persons employed, L.
$50, 600. But the increase, meanwhile,
has been immense. In Cotton Goods
there were but ,094 in the whole coun-
try, of which S92 were in the free
States. Massachusetts counted up
the greatest number of cotton mills,
viz, 213. In the South, Georgia Was
at the head, having 35.
"The amount Of capital invested in
all the cotton factories of the Union,
was S74, ,5O1, ,031, and the number of
bales OF cotton consumed year was
641, 24O. The value Of the entire
product yearly was $61,S69, 1874, and
the number ofhands employed was o.
2S6, more than two thirds of whom
were females. OF all the hands en-
ployed 13, ,945 found work in the South
crn States. The number of yards of
sheeting, &C., made annually was 763,-
I67S,4O7 The number of manufactures
of WOODEN goods in the country was
1859, with a capital of 1913, 8,11S,650,
and consuming 70,862,8 ,829 pounds of
wool per year. The number of hands
employed was 80, ,252, the largest pro-
portion Of whom were males. The an
nual value of the products was $43,-
2o7, ,555, and the number of yards was
o2,2O6,652. Pennsylvania ranked first
IN the number Of her woolen mills, $50;
Virginia had 121 mills, and North Car.
DINA l. The entire number of woolen
factories in the Slave States amounted
to 2O2. Surely, this is an interest
that deserves and requires the foster
ing aid Of the government-an aid
that the people themselves, who are
deeply interested, should constantly
demand and insist upon"
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ADVERTIzING AGENCIES.

The following gentlemen are authorised to re-
ceive Advertisements, sc. for this paper, viz.
New York--S, NJ. Pettcngill s. Co. No. ll9
Nassau street.
yisscher, Owen s. Co., s46 and 34s Broadway.
Philadelphia-E. w. CARR, Northwest cor
aer of Third and Walnut streets, opposite the
Merchants Exchange.
Pittsburg. g.-Samuel Mcdonald, Office Of the
Iron City newspaper.
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Whole No. H56.
6 6Mnlorous.
The Pittsburg Mayor Having Little Fun
He Gets Arrested. ...

\
! He Gets Arrested. ...
The Pittsburg Dispatch chronicles
the following: a.'
Our worthy chief magistrate, the
other night had an adventure, which,
if not romatic, is at least very amusing.
DESTROYS of ascertainipg what degree
of interest the night police manifested
in the discharge Of duty, he drew his
coat close around him, and, concealing
his features partially, at late hour
sauntered out, mace in hand. At the
corner of Sixth and Smithfeld streets
he gave the night signal, which was
answered by maces in every direction,
and the sudden appearance of half
dozen watchmen. Eluding them by
lodging into Church alley, he emerged
on Liberty street and gave the alarm.
Again the response was heard, and the
watchmen in that quarter called rapid.
ly, and while searching for the person
who had given the alarm, the Mayor
passed up Exchange alley to Wayne
street, where three raps with the mace
were promptly answered, ,and the watch.
men gathered from all directions. BY
this time the tapping of maces on the
pavement sounded like the rafting of
hail, and there was an unusual activity
manifested to apprehend whoever was
tripping them.
The Mayor in tho meantime appear
ed at the corner Of O'Hara and Penn
streets, and raped again. There was
response and Il gathering, which he
eluded by passing down Liberty street,
and entering an alley near the M. E.
Church on Smithfeld street. Watch
ing his opportunity, he emerged in the
street, gave the alarm, and ran back
into the alley; but three watchmen,
who had been peering about con the
sly" observed the maneuver, and rush
ed in after him. Two ran past, but
Athe third run against him, seized him
with no light hand, exclaimed that ho
had got the rascal. By thistime SONS
thirteen or fourteen watchmen had con-
gregated on the spot, and proceeded to
escort the delinquent to the lookup.
" "OhtSiOtS NHcn near
the corner of Sixth and Smithfeld, tho
Mayor escaped from the guard, and
ran up Cherry Alley, the whole squad
hard on his heels. lie vas overtaken
near the corner of Seventh and Smith
| field, and an uncomfortably tight grip
kept on him. One Of the watchmen
proposed giving him q touch of his
mace if he did not proceed quietly
When on Smithfeld, and passing a
street lamp, one Of the watchmen OBJ
served the walk of the Mayor, and
drawing long breath of surprise, ex-
claimed, "Be gorry, boys-shure an
it's the Mayor J" lie was unhanded
in an instant, and the watchmen, high
ly delighted that they had not been
caught mapping, repaired to their re-
spective beats, while the Mayor was
no less pleased to observe the Vi igilance
and promptness of his subordinates.
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lll l1HRlGAN UNION,
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A "mixed up Law suit" came off late
" in Vermont. One Smith, shot a
rabid dog that was trespassing on his
lot, and belonging to one Davidson. -
Dog ran into the road frightened a
horse belonging to one Shufolt. The
horse ran away upset wagon and
broke a log belonging to W. II. Pat
terson. AS Smith caused the accident
Shufelt says that ho ought to foot the
bill. Smith maintains that the owner
of the dog should pay the damages. -
Davidson claims that he is not holden
because the dog was not mad and e.
ven if he were mad, he would not have
frightened the horse if Smith had at.
tended to his own business and let the
dog alone.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-06-18

We are Informed that gentlem an
Of 'flir AMI regular standing in tie
congregation of one of the New York
churches, entered Tolman's music store
day or two since, aud stated his wishes
in this wise:
Have you Solomou's Song7 ! want
TO get copy
No, no. said the salesman, n OF being
able to recollect al the moment lithu-
graph with that title, mo ! am afraid
not
Ah,' said the ema,eur, rawing on his
kid, perhaps isn't oui yet Oar pastor
spoke Of it last Sunday as a production
of great genius and beaoty, end want
my daughter to learn it,
This shopman with what gravity he
could command. regretted that he had
no copies in yet aud tho customer left
ist in season To- save the vest buttons
of the bookkeeper at the desk Sunday
News.