The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-06-21

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unpleasant condition Of being even
charged with such an offence,
3, Resolved, That the Homo journal
and the Nashville papers be requested
to publish these resolutions.
Tho resolutions were unanimously
adopted, aud the meeting adjourned,
These proceedings, and tho facts in
the case, satisfy US beyond doubt that
Mr.. Brands il above suspicion upon the
subjeei OF ctr "peculiar institution"
and We hope that the Southern Press
will take the pains to see that justice "a
done him, wherever he may go
Last week was q lively time in our
town But this surprised no one, since
times Lave become to be expect.
ed when examinations arc on hand, A
large number Of people wore here from
all parts Of our glorious country in
fact. more than could find comfortable
accommodations, And VIC did hear
some fifteen or twonty persons wonder
ing why We hadn't a big hotc! in Win,
chester. Wa told thea that that was
lust what a thousand Others besides
them had wondered at for acvcra! years
past, and from all appearances and to
the best Of our knowledge, tho wonder
was likely to grow tor Il number OF
years TO come We told them that
lots Of people in our place wanted to see
Il new hotel a fine cOmmodius struct'
ure 90 up, and that semianuaIly we had
cXcitcmcnts about the matter, but the
| excitement died a natural death, and
for Il while no II would mention new
hotel Sometimes W rung bells and
held public meetings, all for the our
pose Of taking steps towards building
a new hotel But the steps have not
yet been taken, or il taken, have been
back ward instead oiiorward. One time
wc were 50 r%cjoiccd at the idc" Of 4
new hotel that we put three Naming
heads at the Top Of our article IN the
Journal in relation to the GLORIOUS an
noumccmcnt. We thought the thing
was almost sure, but alas, tor poor,
short-sightcd% humanity. Our good feel
ing-ow rartrcjoicings--ooH buoyant
spirits-our "gat-up.on.thc,icnco and
tcar-my-clothca joy alas it was all gar
ct p%retcrc1 njh'1 tinAIing brass. 'Na,
ry hoteI yet.
But the examinations, IL would
have afforded Us great pleasure to have
been present, but that pleasure we had
to neglect, else violate the sensible old
Franklin maxim, "Business before
pIcasuro.' Yes, we had to stay at home
and print. But if Business had not been
a reason for absence, we expect it would
have been all the same with us, for I'M
less YOU went by the dawn Of day and
remained, it would have been almost
impossible to lave n scat. The crowd
was immcnse-porhaps larger than ov-
er before. And this was the case at
both schools-thc Mary Sharp and the
Seminary, We went up on Friday
morning to thc Mary Sharp tG hear the
CLOSING exercises, but ever the voati.
buIc in front Of the large basement was
50 crowded that passage was impossible,
W. had to return to our Ltr. At night
we went to the Scminary-managcd to
got u seat for our 'Wornan' (by going
round home for III and then backed out
to give the other fellows Il chance to
seat their women. in fact there were
enough women alUno to fill the house
pretty fairly. Now, we are Il JaShtd
icliow-vcry. Indeed, bashiulucss viii
he the death ofus yen. We never could
make way Tor liberty inaerowd only 10y
backing out; (Which we can do most
admirably at all times and under all cir.
c~umstanccs.) We know an old song that
says push along keep moving but you
might as well have tried TO push II Gi.
braltcr as to have pushed through the
crowd that attended the examinations
last week, Notwithstanding it was u sort
OF push and pull game with Eany.--
But then our extremely prodigiOus, as
%tonishingly marvellous, unlimited, in
calculablc, unuttcrable, unabated, and
u%ncquiyocal bashfulncs5-- was always
the canseoi our getting the worst seats,
the larthegt removed, and oltimcS no
seat at all. We never went to Il ban
quot but tha! every fellow got his till'
OF goodies before we did, and oltimcs
we'd get rono at at all, unless some
good friend assisted US. Never went
to Il party but that every fellow in the
room had a girl all set long fore We
could muster courage to speak, and Of
had to talk to the ugliest girl in
the room just because the other fellows
had taken the pretty ones first. All
this comes not from our being n num-
skull, but on account, forsooth, of. that
extraordinary bashiulncss alluded to.
Oh! it's au awful drawback. Wonder,
u well ever bo thus? II so wo'd lust
state right here, without further cerc.