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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-07-19
ELECTION BY THE HOUSE.

tllON Dl LIE
In the present distracted state Of
party politics, it is most likely that the
lection OF President and Vice Presi-
lent may Be thrown into the House;
And VT copy the following which gives
correct information TO the People on
the state Of things which would then
,Xist:
The choice would fall upon the pres
mt House Of Representatives, and as
1t present constituted the votes would
Jc as follows: Fourteen States viz: Al
tbama, Arkansas, California, Doleware,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri, Oregon, South
Carolina, Texas and Virginia for the
Democratic nominee. Fifteen states
viz: Connecticut, indiana, Iowa, Mich
igan, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is
land, Vermont and Wisconsin for the
Republican candidate. Maryland and
Tennessee for Opposition candidate,
and the vote Of Kentucky and North
Carolina would be equally divided
With Kansas admitted, the Republican
candidate would have sixteen States,
but not . majority. Without Kansas
it would stand:
Republican candidate - Stat"'.
Democratic candidate II do,
Southern Opposition candidate 2do,
Tied 5do.
Total 80 do.
Necessary &c t cnCiCc II do.
limo candidate has a majority Of ell
the electoral votes, then the House
must, from the three highest, make the
election, and that, too, by q majority OF
all the States. II they fiil to do this
previous to the 4th Of March, tlttn the
Vice President shall act as President
If no Vice President shall have been
elected by the House, then the Senate
) shall choose one from the two highest
numbers on the list voted for. 1t will
be seen, therefore, that if no President
or Vice President should be chosen next
Fall, and if the House Of Representa-
tivos should fail to elect either, the
Senate will have the appointment OF
the Chief Magistrate, though it can on
ly select from two names presented by
the House.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-07-19

Republics have SO often failed, even
under the most favorable auspices, that
when the thirteen colonies rebelled and
staked there independence upon the
halfclothcd, undrillcd militia Of Wash
ington, It met with only Il smile and n
sheer in England. It was said, let
them succeed, their republic will grow
and glide smoothly during prosperity
but once let the people become dcoi-
rous Exchanging their government, let
party strife run high, and their repub-
lie must end, like all republics, in fratri
eide and civil war. Il not the present
such Il crisis? Did party strife ever
run higher? We have seen a party
which but yesterday and its word
might have stood against the nation,
for the present wrecked and discovered
and men who have grown gray fighting
beneath the sam banner, sustaining
with hot rivalry different men and
principles. The time then has come at
last, says the Bowling Green Standard
when Southern mon must take a firm:
consistent and conservative stand, il
they wish to perpctuato tIiis Union,-
Let men think cody and calmly before
they vote, by sustaining what candidate
shall best serve their country and
party. The angry spirit Of partisan;
must cease and policy be adopted, fol
this is not the time nor occasion for u di
vided South to meet her foe.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
A City Railroad to be Construct.
ed Under Ground i'm London.

A London paper contains a description
of tunnel now building under the
streets of London, for the purpose oil
connecting the city by a series of rails
ways at the north of the Thames. To
have railway after the American fash.
ion, passing through densely populous
district, and crossing on a level and
over crowded thoroughfare, was consid-
cred ont of the question. Therefore,
the plan was resorted to of avoiding
the surface altogether, leaving that to
the ordinary local traffic and travel, and
going entirely under the city with all
the passenger and freight trains. The
tunnel was constructed by making an
open cut from the surface of the street
down the distance required, building
the archway, and then replacing the
surface-a cheaper mode than tunnel
ing. The work has been contracted
for, and is now in progress. The COM
pany engaged in it have capital of 81
100000, in shares of $50 each.
To avoid any annoyance from smoke,
or the combustion of fuel in the tunnel.
the traffic is to be worked by light loco
motives of novel and ingenious con-
straction. They have no fire box, but
will be charged with hot water and
steam at certain pressure, to be sup
piled by fixed boilers at the termini,
and will be furnished with large heat
er to assist in maintaining the required
temperature. 1t is believed that each
locomotive can be supplied with power
sfficient to run the whole tunnel dis
lance. The tunnel is expected to be
finished in working order by 1852.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
How He Escaped.

A short time ago man named Gran
dell made his escape from the Allegheny
county Jail. For the information Of
the curious he has lately written back
the following account of the manner of
his escape; Il suppose it is mystery
to some how l got away, consequently
l will give brief history of my depart
ure. The naoo1ats operaadi was this
got out of my cell with ingenuity, ran
up stairs with agility, crawled out of
the back window in secresy, slic down
the lightning rod with rapidity, walked
out OF the angelic town with dignity,
and am now basking in the sunshine of
pleasureand liberty.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
Use of Tobacco

1t has been carefully estimated by
physicians that in the United States,
10000 persons die annually from the
use oftobacco. In Germany physicians
have calculated that, of all the deaths
which occur between the ages oils and
20, one half originate in the waste of
the constitution by smoking. Tobac-
CO exhausts and deranges the nervous
pc wers, and produces long train of
nervous and other diseases, to which
the stomach is liable, and especially
those forms that go under the name of
dyspepsia. 1t also exerts disastrous
effect on the mind. / am personally
acquainted with several individuals,
now at Lunatic Asylums, whose minds
became impaired by the use of tobacco.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02

Take three quarts of unbolted wheat
meal; one quart of soft warm water;
one gill of fresh yeast; one gill of mo-
lasses; and one teaspoonful of salera-
tus. This will make two loaves, and
should remain in the oven, at least two
hours. 1t will need from eight to
twelve hours in which to rise.
II people would eat more of such
bread as the above, and less of wheat
Hour bread, and take a requisite
amount of exercise in the open air; we
should have but little ofthat scourge the
ofhuman stomach, dyspepsia. Even the
occasional use of rye. and indian, or
brown bread, is far preferable to the
constant use of four-bread and hot
cakes, especially for those who are sub.
sJect to habitual constipation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
Artemus Wards Counting ExDe.
a. s, riRmG6

Twas earn still mite in Joon, when
all natur was hushed and nary Zefer
distri buted the serene silense. / sot
with the objek of mi harris affeckshuns
on the tense of her daddy's pastur.
had ezperiunsed a hankerins AFTER hsir
fer sum time, but darshunt procleme mi
pashnn: wall we sot thar on the tense a
swinging of our feet 2 and frow blushin
as red as the Baldingville skule shouce
when it was first painted, & looking
very simpul, | make no Gowt. Mi left
arm was okupide in balunsin miself on
the tense, while my rite arm was
wound afekshunitely round Suzanner's
waste SEE l, "Suzanner I thinks very
much of yu." SEE she, " How yu do
run onp' SEE /, s'I wish there as win.
ders in mi sole so'z yu Good Sc some of
mi feelings" 6 Iside deeply, I pawsed
here, but as she mad no reply to it,
continered on in the following strane:
Al, Good yer know the sleeplis mites j
parse on yer account, how vittles has
seast to be attractive tn me & how mi
limsis shrunk up We wouldn't dowt me
not bl no means. "Gaze on this wasted
form q these sonken ize, I cride. jump
ing up. / shood have continered some
time longer probly, but unfortunately I
lost ml balance and fell over into the
pastur ker smash, taring mi close and
severity damagin miself generally. Su-
tanner sprung to mi assistance q drag
ged me 4th in bubble quick time.
Then DRAWN herself up to her full hite
sed e: / wont listen tn yur noncets any
longer. Jest yu sa rite out what yu ar
driyin at If yu meen gittin hitched
Pm inn"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
A Mission of the Angel of Sorrow

B Often, to deepen our knowledge o.
Christ in prayer, is the mission of the
Angel of Sorrow. The truth is that we
never feel Christ to be a reality until we
feel him to be necessity. Therefore
God makes us feel that necessity. Ht
tries us here, and He tries us there. He
chastises us on this side, and He chas-
tises us on that side. He probes US by
the disclosure of one sin, and another
and a third, which have lain ranking
in our deceived heart. He removes
one after another, the objects to which
we have been seeking the repose of
idolatrous affections. He afflicts us in
the ways that we have not anticipated.
He sends upon us the chastisement
which He knows we shall feel most
keenly. He pursues us when we would
fain flee from his hand, and, if need be,
He shakes to pieces the whole frame
work of our plans of life, by which we
have been struggling to build together
the service of God and the srvice ofself,
till at last he makes us feel that Christ
is all that is left Of us. .
On the basis of that single expert
ence of Christ as a reality became a
necessity, there arises an experience of
blessedness in communion with God,
which prayer expresses like a revela-
ton. Such devotion is jubilrnt Psalm.
Stall ho2tr.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02

In East Boston, recently, dying
maiden, of twenty, was married to her
betrothed. Before her dissolution, she
said she had only one earthly wish IN
gratifed-she desired to be united to
him who had loved her so long and so
truly, and the hope of being his in heav-
en-. He could deny her nothing-He
married death ! Bolstered up by pill
lows, and supported in the embrace OF
her mother, she was united to her
choice. Her feeble voice was hardly
audible in responding to the questions
of the marriage ceremony. She was
his, and said she would die without re
greet. From then until she passed away
she was unable to speak above whis-
per.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
Ancient R uins of the United
...-.3 t5ilh -i- States. "}'" Nei6@iI ZIG

Dim and mysterious is the early his
tory OF man on this continent. 1t is en-
veloped in thick darkness, never, i
may be presumed, to be penetrated by
human research. And yet the ruins O.
ancient cities are frequently discovered
that tell of race that has long since
passed away, probably exterminated
by the ancestors of our present In,
dians, who are also fast departing from
the human family-fairly dying out
before the ever-advancing influence
Of the pale faces. Bnt these monumen
tial cities indicate great populations,
and prove the existence Of mighty men
of old. A new stimulus is likely to be
given American archaeology, by a
discovery recently made, some ninety
miles northwest of Fort Stanton, a
long account which has Just appearedin
the Fort Smith ARK. ZSnaes.) We con
denee; the plain upon which lie themas-
sive relics ofgorgeous temples and mag
ni6cert halls, slopes gradually eastward
toward the River Decos, and is very
fertile, crossed by a gurgling stream
of the purest water, that not only sus-
tains rich vegetation, but perhaps
furnished with this necessary element
the thousands who once inhabited this
present wilderness. The city was
probably built by warlike race, as it
is quadrangulara and arranged with skill
afford the highest protection against an
exterior foe, many Of the buildings on
the outer line being pierced with loop
holes, as though calculated for the use
of weapons. Several of the buildings
are of vast size, and built of massive
blocks of dark granite rock which
could o:,ly have been wrought to their
presen condition by vast amount of
labor. There are the ruins of three
noble edifces, presenting a front of
three hundred feet, made of ponderous
blocks of stone, and all the diapidated
walls fare now thirty-fve feet, high.
There are no partitions in the area of
the middle (supposed) temple, so that
the room must have been vast; and
and there are also carvings in bas.relief
and tresco work. Appearances justify
the idea that. these silent ruins could
onne boast of halls as gorgeously dec
Grated by the artists hands as those of
Thebes and Palmyra. The buildings
are all loopholed in each side, much
resembling those found in the feudal
castles of Europe designed for the use
of archers. The blocks of which these
edifces are composed are cemented
together by species of mortar of a
bitiminous character, which has such
tenacity that vast masses of wall have
fallen down without the blocks being
detached by the shock. We hope,
ere long, to be favored with full and
descriptive particulars as it is probable
that visits and examinations will be
made along such interesting relics of
the unknown past, by some of the Uni
ted States officers attached to the
nearest fort.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02

Sunlight in Houses

The following fact has been establish
ed by careful observation. That where
sunlight penetrates all the rooms of a
dwelling, the inmates are less liable to
sickness, than in house where the
apartments lose its notwithstanding
influences. Basement rooms are the
nurseries of indisposition. 1t is a gross
mistake to compel human beings to re-
side partially under ground. There is
a detective condition of the air in such
rooms, connected with dampness, be-
sides the decomposing paint on the
walls, and the escape of noxious gases
from pipes and drains. 1t is strange
that builders persist in doing violence
to humanity, by still erecting houses
with easements.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
Advantages the fair sex possess over

Advantages the fair sex possess over
man:
A woman says what she choos es
without being knocked down for it.
She can take a snooze after dinner
while her husband goes to work.
She can go into the street without be-
ing aske d to treat at every saloon.
She can paint her face if too pale, and
powder it if it is too red. #
She can stay at home in time of war,
and get married again if her husband
is killed.
She can wear corsets if too thick
other fixings if too thin.
She can eat, drink, and be merry,
without costing her cent.
She can get divorced from her hus-
band whenever she sees one she likes
better.
q She can get her husband in debt all
over, until he warns the public, by adj
vertisements, not to trust her on his &C.
count.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
For Better For Worse.

When man loves a woman, before
he tries to win her he will have, if he
loves her unselfshly and generously,
many doubt concerning both her
and himself. In fact | once read
somewhere, "When a man truely loves
a woman, he would not marry her up>
on any account unless he was quite GER
tain he was the best person she could
possibly marry" But as soon as she
loves him, land he knows it, and is GER
tain that, however unworthy he may
be, or however many faults she may
possess-I never told you were an an
gel, did 1, little lady ?-they have cast
their lot together, chosen one another
'For better, for worse"-then the face
of things is entirely changed. He has
his rights, close and strong as no other
human being can have with regard to
her-she has herself given them to him:
and if he has any manliness in him he
never will let them go, but hold her
fast for ever and ever.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02

THE GREAT REVIVAL OF THE ARR
CAN SLAVE TRADE.-The truth is-and
it is useless to conceal 1.-THE african
STAGE trade never. taourished6 before IN SO
great vigor as at the present time. MOI
is it denied that large majoriy of the
American vessels engaged in it are fit
ted out in Northern ports and owned BY
Northern capitalists. When we see the
Government of the United States sol.
emnly applying the public money, in
large quantities, to catching and send
ing back to Africa cargo or two o.
slaves every year, while dozens of 9th
ers are landed without molestation, we
cannot but be reminded of the old folly
of stopping up the spigot and opening
the buny.-M o. Crescent
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02

The tlreside is simenary of infinite
importance. 1t is important because
Is universal, and because the educa.
ton 1t bestows, being woven in with
the woof of childhood, gives form and
color to the whole texture Of life, there
are few who can receive the honors OF
college, but all are graduates of the
earth. The learning of the university
may fade from the recollection, its elias
sic lore may moulder in the halls oil
memory. Bat the simple lessons OF
home, enamelled upon the heart OF
childhood, defy the rust Of years, and
outlive the more mature bur less vivid
pictures of after days. So deep, so
lasting, indeed, are the impressions of
early life, that you often See man in
the imbecility of age holding fresh in
his recollection the, events.of childhood,
while all the wide space between that
and the present hour is blasted and
forgotten waste. You have perchance
seen an old and half obliterated por-
trait, and in the attempt to nave it
cleaned and restored, you may have
seen it fade away, while brighter and
more perfect picture, painted beneath
is revealed to view. This portrait, first
drawn upon the canvas, is no inapt. IL
lustration of youth: and though it may
be concealed by some after design,
still the original traits will shine
through the outward picture, giving it
tone while fresh, and surveying it in
decay.
Such is the fireside-the great insti>
tuition furnished by Providence for the
education of man.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
Effects of Smoking.

Every intelligent physician is ready
to enter his strong and solemn protest
against the pernicious abuse Of human
life and health caused by lmmoderate
smoking, now SO universal, = morning,
noon, evening, midnight, eternal smo>
king. 1t is impossible but that this
vile sensuality, and incessant, unnatural
stimulus of the brain and heart, must
weaken the nervous power, clog the Sc
cretions, impair the digestion, disturb
the understanding, stint the young, and
shorten the days of all it's victims.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
MIdsumlmer.
[ From the Atlantic MoNTHLY.l

Around that lovely valley rise
The purple hills of Paradise.
Oh softly on yon banks Of haze .. 10
Her rosy face the Summer lays ..,.-,.. -.
Becalmed along the azure sky,
The argosies Of cloudiand lie,
Whose shores, with many shining rift,
Ear off their pearl-,yhite peaks upift
parough all the long midsuInner day
The me .dow-sides are sweet with hay.
seel. lie coolest sheltered seat
just where tie field and forest meet
Where grow Tie pine trees tall and bland, ~
The ancient oaks austere ana grand, bi
And frngy roots and pebbles fret,
The ripples of the 1iYulet '... 20
wa, Oh the mowers as they go . t ..
Through the tall grass, viii e-seeved row
With even stroke their, cythes they swing,
In tune their merry wherstones ring; .
Behind the nlmble youngsters run
Aud toss the thick swathes in the sun;
The cattle Craze, While warm and still
Slopes the broad pasture, basks the hill,
And bright when sgInnec breezes break,
The green wheat crinkles like lake. ... ..,.
The butterfly ard humble bee
Come to the pleasant woods with me -eH
Quickly before me runs the quail, g sF.
The chickens skulk behind the rail,
High up the lone wood pigeon SITS,
And the wood pecker pecks aud Hicks e.r
Sweet woodland ausic sinks and swells,
The brooklet rings its tinkling bells. ....
The swarming insects drone and hum,
The partridge beats his throbbing drum,
The squirrel leaps among the boughs,
And chatters in his leafy house.
The oriole flashes by and look
Into the mirror of tile brook,
Where the vain blue bird trims his coat, .f"l
Two tinuy feathers fall and float
As silently, as tenderly, ,.a.s .-....
The crown OF peace descends on me.
o, this is peace have no need
OF friend to talk, of book to read;
A dear companion here abides
Close TO my thrilling heart be hides
The holy silCrce is His voice;
L lie, and listen, and rejoice.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02

The MINNESOTA CRANBERRY CROP.
The Taylor City Republican says:
'From persons protesting to be posted
in regard to the matter, we are inform
ed that the cranberry crop will be ex.
traordinary prolific this season, unless
some unlocked for accident should inter-
vene to prevent it. Last year over
80 900 was invested in cranbrries, and
this fall twice that amount will be left
here if the crop proves to be as good as
anticipated.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
NV Little wife and Il.

! b.
We're toiling ON together
My little wife and /, .' 'a.
Thr'o bright and sunny weather, nos
and meath cloudless sky.
Our hearts have ne'er been parted, I'd.
And ne'er have known woe,
Since first our II 9th we plighted-
Some twenty years ago.
We cheer escfi other often al2 nj o3ai
With songs we used to sing;
1t makes our old hearts soften, o0uatl
Their old familiar ring.
Bound closely to each other
By ties none can unite, N8H@ y 1of4
We'er all in all to one another
My little wife and 1. 'A ''+' '''
Though death these ties may sever,
OF this our earthly love. ~aas
Wed live and love forever,
In our long home above. 14.eHafE8
In bright or cloudy weather, & ,54.0q
Meath dark or sunny sky,
Well wander on together-ij !-l - - Fl
Ny little wife and l. ,s:r ,...
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
R Here is a French theory of tn.

~ Here is French theory of the
usual utility and probability. AFrench
philosopher" explains the cause of the
Deluge and predicts another one. He
says that the Antarctic winters are
eight days longer than the Arctic, and
that the accumulation of ice at the
South Pole will eventually tip the eaath,
bringing new continents to light and
deluging the old. The Frenchman an
nounces that this unfortunate event
is to occur Eve thousand years hence.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02
~Edward Everett saws that t

~Edward Everett says that the
use of alchoholic beverage has cost the
United States, directly in ten years !:
$3.50, ooO,0 900, caused the destruction of
10000 lives, made 10000 criminals,
and l,ooo,OO orphans.
Tickets for admission to the Aims
House can be procured at any of the
Lottery Offices.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-02

@ According to accounts from the
extreme South the African Slave trade
with that region is practically re. open
ed and in full blast. Stree trade" as
once Democrat dogma, and now the
STAGE Trade is becoming equally so.