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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

Two faA Young men formed a part,
nershp in Boston, Mass, for the pur-
pose Of doing a retail business, and
opened two stores in different parts of
the city-one partner in each. Their
plan Was crafty, for customers would
visit one of the stores, ascertain the
price of an article, and on stating that
it could be purchased elsewhere for IA
less sum, woul be told that there was
but one place in Boston where it could
be done, and that was the store o.
(the other partneD who undersold
goods to the infinite disgust of the en-
tire trade. The same process was
carried on at the other store, and the
consequence has been that both to-,
gether, each playing into the others
hands, have done an immense business
and realized large profits.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

The Guess KING.--A dispatch dated
Halifax, January IA, says:
The chess contest between Morphy
and Anderson took place at Paris, with
the following result; Morphy won sew
en- games, Anderson two, and two
games were drawn. According to
agreement, Morphy having won seven
games, is the victor.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03
HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY.

HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY.
Do not jest with your wife upon
subject in which there is danger Of
wounding her feelings. Remember
that she treasures every word you ut
ter, though you never think Of it again
Do not speak Of some virtue in anoth-
er mans wife to oremnd your own o!' II
fault. Do not approach your wife
with personal defects, for if she has
scnsbilitics you inHict "a wound diff
cult to heal. Do not treat your wife
with inatlcntion in company. Do not
upbraid her in the presence Of Il third
person, nor entertain her with praisiug
the beauty and accomplishments Of
other women. lfyou would have a
pleasant home and a cheerful wife,
pass your evenings under your own
roof. Do not be stern and silent in
your own house, and rcnarkahlc for
sociabiIity elsewhere. Remember
that your wife has as much need of
recreation as yourself, and devote a
portion, at least, Of your leisure hours
to such society and amusements as
she may join. By so doing, you will
secure her smiles and increase her
affection. Do not, by being too exact
in pecunlary matters, make your wife
feel her dependence on your bounty
If she is a sensible woman, she will be
accounted with your business and
know your income, that she may reg
ulatc her house expenses accordingly.
DO not withhold this knowledge in or
der to cover your own extravaganza.
Women have IL keen perccplion-be
sure she will discover your sclishncss
--and though no word is spoken, from
that moment her respect is lessened,
and confidence diminished, pride
wounded, and perhaps IL thousand un-
just suspicious created; from that mo-
ment is your domestic comfort on the
wanc. There can be no oneness
where there is not full confidence.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

New ATLANTIC TELEGRApn.-The
Paris correspondent of the Boston
Journal says that in an interview a
few days since with several English
capitalists, the Emperor expressed his
confidence in the proposed laying Of a
telegraphic cable between France and
America, the termination of which is
to be the city Of Boston. The compa-
ny is being formed, and the whole
affair will be carried into execution as
rapidly as possible.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03
Written for the Winchester Home journal.
LINES TO AN ABSENT ONE.
WRITTEN BY MOON LIGHT.


The moon is gently beaming
O'er land and sea;
Its rays are sweelly streaming
Across the lea
Faint zephyrs murmur DER mo
So sadly sweet,
wake from my dreamy slumbers
Thy voice to greet.
But oh! sad bereavement!
| pine alone
The charm, thy presence lent,
Alas, is gone,
But like the mellow music
or midnight dreams,
Thy spirit hovers round mo
Still--Slill it seems.
The stars reflect thy image
50 very bright
The moon with beauty sparkles,
SO full Of light,
think | see thee looking
Down from above,
To cheer my heart, now languishing
With smiles Of love.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03
GIVE Me HOPE.
ny W. J. SLATER.

Give me HOPE, if not your love,
Oh /! give me hope to cheer,
Else, by all that's true above,
My future will be drear;
For life, cen now, is dark 10 ME.
OF gladness not a ray,
Then do not add to misery
By casting hope away.
Do You doubt? then give me time
To prove that I'm sincere
For, to me, there's not on earth
Another one so dear
Another for whose love
My life | would lay down
Would like boggar rove
Refuse a monarch's crown.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03
Written for the Winchester Home Journal.
TRANSACTlO ONS."
BY MRS. EMILE C. s. CHILToN.

II man is poor--forsaken-
II his heart is almost breaking
Meath its load Of woes,
Raise your foot and boldly strike him,
Pity not poor wrelchcs, like him,
Wearing shabby clothes
If he asks you for employment,
Scorn to give him sech enjoyment;
Save it for some other
Keep it for the man OF dollars,
BroaIcloth coat and linen collars
Man should help--a brother!
If the poor man breaks his fetter,
Helped by fools who know no better,
All your contempt mocklng.
Strive your hardest to defeat him,
Wheedle, coax, then rob and cheat him,
That's the "busincss doctrine
If he falls, anl sinks to ruin,
Surely 1t was not y0ur doing,
Never see nor heed it;
Raise your hands in prayer to Heaven,
Woe 10 man on earth was given,
And all poor wretches need i'll
It he triumphs in the struggle,
Then your sunshine smiles redouble;
Hasten to assure him
"Here's 5 my heart and here my purse Isl"
II he never needs your services
Stick the closer TO him!
When you're dead and angels reading
Out yout sins, then raised the pleading,
"Twas business Transactions }"
Freely then they'll mercy lend you
Freely pardon-ireeI y send you
To HaJes' wild distractions!
There lift up yonr eyes and see, sir,
That poor man from sin set free, sIr,
Blessed and rich indeed!
Think how you relieved his sorrow-
What you loaned when he would borrow
Hope in bitter need.
Call to mind those other cases
Breaking hearts. AMI fearful faces,
The manac'S distractions
Happy homes cen now in ruin
Work that's day by day accrujng
By "JHr BUSINESS transactions"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

A liIGu AND DESERVED CoMrLlMHST.-
The Memphis Bulletin pays the loI-
lowing high, but richly deserved com
plmcnt to that dcspisrd, but powerful
influence, the COUNTRY Pass. 1t says,
1--WE have seen in little country news
papers prose articles of genuine merit
ARTICLES in which were displayed
the highest order OF capacity, and yet,
beyond the narrow circle oil a county,
where, perhaps, they were not and
could not be appreciated. were never
read, nor even heard of. We open
every week in our Office country pa-
pers, whose editorials would adorn
the great city papers and make their
reputation. But they pass away after
being glanced over, and are seen no
more. There is "A great amount of
talent in the country that could be
made the basis ofspIendid reputation.
But it wants q theater for display
Like the cold steel, it must be smittcn
to produce fire. 1t is modest, timid,
and retiring, and lives in obliyious
shades while contemporancous and
arrogant ignorance takes the lead in
all public matters and gathers all the
laurels to be wUn. Look at the second
and third class of conspicuous men
among US. What they lack in capac-
ity they make up in an article com
monty called brass They have
stepped in where the highest capacsty
feared to tread. They reap honors,
emoluments, while the timid children
of genius, like the glow-worn, shine
in obscurity, and 60 wanting all their
days. He will indeed be a benefactor
who shall teach true merit how to be
courageous.'-Nashuitio Ne,oa
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

Ifyou love others they will love you.
If YOU speak kindly to them they will
speak kindly to you. Love is repaid
with love, and hatred with hatred
Would you hear a sweet and pleasing
echo, speak sweetly and pleasantly
yourself,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03
THINK OF Me.

Farewell-and f never think Of me
In lighted hall or lady's bower!
Farewell never think Of me
In spring sunshine or summer hour.
But when you see a lonely grave,
Just where a broken heart might be,
With not one moumer by its sod,
Then, and then only, think of me
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

Miss, cam have the exquisite pleas
ure of rolling the wheel Of converse.
ton around the axeltree of your un-
derstanding a few minutes this even
ingl The lady tainted.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

A man named Cope has been sen.
fenced to sixteen months imprison.
ment in Louisville, for running off
with a negro girl. 1t was an affair of
the heart
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

A FABLE--A young man once pick
ed up sovereign lying in the road
Ever aitcrward as he walked along.
he kept his eye stcadfastIy fixed on the
ground, in hopes Of finding another.
And in the course Of a long life he did
pick up at different times a good
amount Of gold and silver. But all
these days us be was looking for them
he saw not that heaven was brigh,
above him, and nature beautiful
around. He never once allowed his
eyes to look up from the mud and filth
in which he sought the treasure: and
when he died, a rich old man, he only
knew this fair earth of ours as q dirty
road to pick up money as you walk
along.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

No WoyDER!-A Japanese nobleman,
upon being shown a fashion plate in
an American magazine, was much
startled, and exclaimed: "How very
fat your women are"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03
FASHIONABLE FRIENDS.

About the hardest trial of those
who fall from afluence and honor to
poverty and obscurity, is the discov-
cry that the attachment Of so many
in whom they confdcd was prctence,
a mask, to gain their own ends, or was
a miserable shallowness. Sometimes,
doubtless, it is with regret that these
frivolous followers Of the world desert
those upon whom they have fawned,
but they soon forget them. Flies
leave the kitchen W hen the dishes are
empty. The parasites that cluster
about the favorite of fortune, to gath
er his gifts and climb by his aid, linger
with the sunshine, but scatter at the
approach Of storm, and the leaves
cling to the tree in summer weather,
but drop off at the breath of winter,
and leave it naked to the singing
blast. Like ravens settled down for u
banquette, and suddenly scared by
noise, how quickly, at the first sound
of calamity, these superficial earth.
lings are specks on the horizon
But true friend sits in the centre,
and is for all times. Our need only
reveals him more fully, and binds him
more closely to us. Prosperity and
adversely are both revealers, the diff
ference being that in the former our
friends know US, in the latter we know
them. Notwithstanding the insinceri,
ty and grecdiness prevalent among
them, there is vast deal more of es-
TEEN and fellow yearning than is even
outwardly shown. There are more
examples of unaduIterated affection,
more deeds Of silent love and mag.
nanimity, than is usually Supposed
Our mislortunes bring to our side real
friends, before unknown.
Benevolent impulses, where we
should not expect them, in modest pri-
vaey enact many scene of beautiful
wonder amidst pIaudits of angels
And upon the whole, fairly estimating
the glory, and the uses, and the actual
and possible prevalence of the friend
" sentiment. we must checrily strike
the Tyre and lift our voice to the favor
itc song, confessing after every com
pliment is ended. that
There isa power 10 make each hour
As sweet as Heaven designed it;
Nor need we roam to bring it home,
Though lew there be to find it
We seek TOO high for things close by,
And loose what nature found US;
For life. hath here no charms so dear,
As home aud friends around US.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03
Death ofhe Oldest Man in Trginia.

Dcoth ofMe Oldest Man in Virginia.
Mr.. Phillip Jessie, aged l9O years.
died in New Garden. Russell county,
Va. on the lst of December. 1t Is
stated that short time before his
death he was able to attend to his own
household affairs, and that while in
his hundredth year he cut and split
one hundred rails.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

1t has been said that a merchant
who does not advertise is like a man
who has lantern but is too niggardIy
to buy a candle for it.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

BY railway accidents in the United
States in in 1858, there were killed one
hundred and eight persons, and in
jured two hundred and tweny.nine.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

The Boston and Worcester railroad
Company gave over 1000 lbs. of Tur-
key to their employees on Thank'giv.
ing Day.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

Nothing establishes confidence soon.
er than punctuality.
A heart once given should not be
transferable.
Evil men speak as they wish rather
than what they know.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

We always think Of a very mean
man that he was made by one of ma
ture's cobblers, and, like an unfinished
boot, thrown off without being souled.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

The cost of construction and equip
ment of the railroStls in the United
States, amount to y l.050,665. $40, or
enough money to break down any
other country in the world.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

There is,a gentleman in New Orl-
cans, a merchant and q planter, and,
we regret to add, a bachelor, whose
income this year will reach the hand
some sum of five hundred thousand
dollars, who, twenty-lour years ago.
was a clerk with a salary Of fifty dol
lars a month.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

The fables which appeal to our
higher moral sympathies may some
times do as much for US as the truth of
science.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

The amount Of vacant and unen.
numbered land belonging to the State
of Texas is lOl ,O3s, 100 acres
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-02-03

We learn that Mr.. Trust is dead,
and that Bad Pay killed him.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-15
A &uaeesfiau.


Tho legislature, which 10 soon to assemble,
viii doubtless make great changes in the mill
tury laws OF the State. We would suggest
one which, we think, would prove highly
beneficial in all such cases as that presented
by the Harper,s Ferry outrage. 1t is to bestow
upon every captain Of militia, and his officers.
the power Of forming themselves into a court
for the purpose OF trying all cases in which
the party has been taken in the act of exciting
insurrection, nud hanging him on the spot
The exec ton Of = law of this kind, in one or
two instances, would have prodigions effect:
when men know that they are TO be exalted
into heroes and martyrs for attempts of the
kind, n Old BROWN has been, it may be posi-
Die that they will initiate him. But when they
ind that the only alternative of complete sue.
esss 10 10 be hung like dog and buried lin a
ditch with ropes around their necks, they will
- very cautious how they venture. They
Will want the stimEiant Of vanity, which
keeps Old BRowk up II Is one thing 10 d,s
FIR glory. and another 10 b. stranxl.d quietly
AID without s1iaf.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-15

The New Y)rl, Journal Of Conn'1cs hae g.
article headed, Saiu John Brown and hi
associates be hung ~ We hope not. For th
hon 5r of the our country let tAIs not be done
if that ISSUE can pos>ihv Ia avoided. II ca
b. avoided if CIV. WISE has the power !,
commune their sentence of dea III to thai o. i'm
prisoumenf for life lie has no such powrl
and would not exercise il If he had) If h.
has not. he can postpone the execution OF tn.
sentence Till the Legislature of Virginia meets,
more of the same sort.
Another Conservative journal the Philadel-
phia L,dgsr, also argues thar ii would he sound
policy on the part of the Governor of Vir-
ginia to ex tend the Executive clemency to
BRoWE, so far a. 10 commute the death penal
~ for confinement in a iunatIc asylum durihg
HI. natural life. His execution. The editor
think. would increase the power and mischief
OF abolilonism. lie says:
- Revenge for Browns death would be add
ed /, the hatred OF slavery, and continual actv-
IT, on the part o. these zsaiats would add to the
losses, If not increase tie DANGERS OF savehoJers
A. 81 ea,mpi- 70 these persons then. Browns
execution would be failure, and provocative oulS
I, new outrnses AGAINST the peace OF Frsiuls:
as an act OF yIndlctiveness, merel., his death
would Afford the hest evidence TO the Abolition
faBAtirs that they had inspired the Commonwealth
of Vr inis with iesr, AID tins fact would resni-
mate them IN their work. Imply, then as a
after of policy, ms hit not Gov. Wise spare the
life 81 thus weak cd enthusiast, and save htIn
from b storic consscraticn as martyr to h tman
Gbens. which HIS friends evidently intend for
m. Even those who are enieavorns ts throw
of the respoHsi bts IF compliclts with his acts.
Wit strive hard to make political csptal out his
dsoth, and John Browns mart Idom wouls be
preached from Main TO Kansas. from all the anti
silver, pu,p'ts and e"sry political stump on
the ssv. VlrsInia has really no need To exhibit
the least vindcllveness, snd by showing that she
IL a. owe ans such freln she will entitie herself
TO the RS rct as wei as the sympathy of all heI
ri ht-mindsd neishhors Old John Brown IN n In
matte ~ um would cease to be n hero aud all the
preparations aieady made for a itation, in an
tic:pation OF his death on the gsllows, would be
spoiled
Sach appeals as these from conservative
sources show that Aboiitionism is rampant
and dominating in the free States. The South
IL ready 10 meet the Issue. The old horse-thie
And murderer, and all his gang will be hung,
a they deserve, and Virginia is ready 10 face
the music
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-15
Tie Gan Iran Disnntn.

The attempts 10 magnify lhe prospects Ct z
auarrel briweeu The United States and Grea
Britain, on the petty San Juan difficulty, vii
not vert the Southern mind from the real
danger OF the times. The South is interested
il peace with Great Britain, and is not in i
mood TO discuss the question OF defences IRON
British invasion, when she has been actuall.
invaded by 4 different kind Of enemies more
dangerous and nearer home. In truth, the
South never has suffered such wrongs from
England or from any other country, as those
which have been inflicted upon her by the peo-
pie of sister States in the Unirn and the hum
dred tn part of those wrongs, committed by one
independent nation against another, would be
deemed ample cause of war.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-15
n...s, smith.

-. s.,,h.rn prsee In general seem dis
- :. .r.., ,his man with great tenderness.
q. do aos zee npon what consideration TINS
s,.n..r,nce il founded If he be, az his friends
c,aim for him, 4 nhiian thropiss IL IL after the
fashion OF RopxsrixRaK, to whom some writer's
attribute the same weakness. 1t Is true, the
Frenchman was more successful In developing
his philantnropic ideas. for he had the supreme
satisfaction Offending several thousands Of his
fellow creatures To the gaillotiae during the
short time he was iu power--not that they had
been guilty OF any crime, but because he
thought IL the best thing he could do for them
But the American was no whit behind him III
will, If he did not rival him in deed. lie eooiu
look forward to serviie insurreetion In tue
South, and the horrors that be well knew must
attend IL. with the utmost eomplaeehcy. tie
well koe,s. nnle.s he is an absolute fool as
wei, A. n msan,aa. that the schemes which ne
was rnedftatinr could not succeed at a less cost
Than IN. live. of several hundred thousand per-
.an. Ru, he seems To have esteemed IL mevito-
r,ous in the highest degree to slaughter slave
holders and their wives and children. II he
is mad now, he has gone mad, not from horror
because his mind must long since have supped
rull of horrors in revolving the scenes which
course Of enactment throughout the South
but from alarm at the failure of hi. schemes,
and the probable consequences to himself
We have no sympathy for any such man, any
more than we should have had for ROBES
PIERRE had we been Frenchman and lived
in his day.
The very intimacy Of SMITH with Old
BROWN is sufficient TO prove that he has no
particle of title TO the claims which his friends
set up for him. Honorable men Of kind feel
ings, genuine phiian,hropists. do not associate
with murderers, incendiaries, horse-thieyes
and house breakers. Old BROWN was all
Internationally all these--ail these 10 the
! full knowledge OF GERRrT SMITH, while he
was on terms of the most endearing intimacy
with him. He knew, moreover, that he was
coming to Virginia to rob, burn, break houses
| and murder As he had done before, and he no
| only did not cease hi. intimacy with him, bu
even babe him GOD speed in the mission.-
| II Brown had succeeded, SMITH would no
| have ne mad. The sight OF ten Thousand
| such victims as BEcKHAM, would not have
| disturbed the bAlancs Of his mind IN fh'
| slightest degree.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-15

Lieutenant " EBB, Of the regular army-Gen
WEBB of the New York militia--LieuteDant-
General WEBB that wanted 10 be, but couidn
the chevalier WEBB in France-Sir JANIS
WATSON WEBB in Great Britain--(all these
mean the same man) is very angry with crea-
ZION in general, and with Virginia in particu
lar. He says Virginia dare not execute Ole
Brown He never was more mistaken ia his
liis-even when he tried to frighten DUFF
GREEN. He wishes TO know if II took nine
teen men TO take Harper's Ferry, how many u
will take TO fog Virginia; for logged he Is de
ternined she shall be. We cannot tell thal
exactly; but if they are all like WEBB, we car
tell how many Eirsinians il viii take TO seno
them all back home We understand the Gov
ernor has had this threat under consideration
and has fallen upon & plan to ward on the aal-
yer. He has his spies in New York, who VIII
give information of the time when the InVa
sion may be expected that is TO say, II WEBh
does not diyuIge il himself, for he is rather
leakly vessel, and not over famous for keeping
his own counsel. when he has any uncomm3nll
pretty scheme in his head. As, In appreheh-
sion of invasion, steamboat navigation vii
be stopped on the Potomac, ard the railroad
broken IN the cheyalier aud his men Will nave
to foot it. Now, we understand the Governors
ACHES 10 be very sim pie, namely; he has mao
a contract with Gen. DUFF GREEN TO STAND Il
the head of the long bridge, over when th'
enemy must unavoIdably pass, on the virgins
side, armed with pistol,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-15

~ VIZ onid call particular attention to + Al IL
BANKS SCALES, advertised IN this DAY issue
rajfaru standard of weis hts and coF5'cs SENteNt
Of welx hinE, are sub ecta clalmin- tle iItehtio
Of every individual N the community "A e saIIer
Scale is Just .rhter bet Seen ouytI ahu s.to,'
nd II is al inc utmost importance that an lnstfo-
Glent so universally called upon to decide questions
If great value in the daily and hourly tfahsac5ionS
.stnSss as to secure the confidence OF all those who
may be affected 10y tue results Indicated me IN
tentiou OF these Scales, and the Improvements
that have been from time to time adopted are me
esult of many sears ose ohservat on ana praeffi
al cxp.rIence Their construction is upon tne
most correct mathematical princres; all defects
80 commonly net with in c?npound balances haEe
been overcome ty prsctica SIKH ana ttlthiui WIZ
mans him hence their operation IS delcate ana IN
arery instance uuerrIn .ly correct Nearly all inc
railoads in the United State. and al tue pTthcloai
~oads IN t1reat Britain. are uSInG these ocies, u
DDS fnany on the Continent, evldeHcln5 their sd
3erioFity over all Others.