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

EPITOME OF NEWS.

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Falls.
There are eight thousand miles Ct
Rail Road in operation in the Southern
States, and as much more o is pro-
jected,
a. i Cooper Esq editor and pro
pr!etor of the Chattanooga Advertiser,
and n friend to Mr.. Douglas in the con-
v%en,ion, has sold the office to Messrs.
Johnson and Hill. The Advertiser now
bears at it's mast head the Of
Brcckinridgo and Lane, as candidates
for the presidency and vice.prcsidency.
The hills Of South Carolina aud Goor-
gia arc beng covered with Vineyards
Ono wine grower, DR., Mcdonald, has
90 acres planted,
Thrco thousand and four teams, av-
eraSit { five men each, we're met on the
road to Piko's Peak last week, between
Denver and Kcorney,
A New York orr e~spondont of the
Huntsville Ala. .Advocote says: "a prod
lgloos revolution has taken place hore
in The last few days. The Bell and
Everett men Of the North will support
Douglas"
According to the papers, Col, VIM,
II, Carroll has been relieved from the
duty Of kcepingthc Post Office at Mem
phis, Tenn, and Col. Galloway, editor
Of the Avalanche, has been appointed
in his place, From all that we can learn
the change is a good one, and will be
approved by persons interested, and by
tue people generally
II Y. Johnson, the candidate for the
vice.prcsidency on the Douglas ticket
was hung in efigy at Macon, Georgia,
on SATURDAY. the la9t day Of June
Mr. Johnson is an Ex-Governor Of
Georgia, ii appears The people Of his
own State do not approve his course,
and intend to let him know their mind.
The New Orleans Crescent deserts
breckenridge and goes for Bell AID
Everett. So says the Nashville B0N-
Her.
It is stated that $3,7lS,000 worth Of
new buildings are now in course ofercc.
ton in New York.
The French papers state that the cat
tie murrain was cured in France by tho
use of sulphatc Of iron.
A cargo of corn for Ireland was ship
ped direct from Richmond, Va, last
week.
The Boston PHOt estimates the num-
Der Of Catholics in this country at3,j00,
900
Brigham Young lad two Hundred and
seventeen children at the last accounts.
What's the difference between Lin.
coin and Douglas? D. ye give it up?
Lincoln split rails; Douglas split the
Democratic party.
QUIT DRlNKING WmsLAY.~-in nearly
every fatal case Of sun.strokc that has
occurred recently, whisKey is set down
II, the primary exciting cause. Let all
who value their lives quit the poison at
least un.ill the cheated term" snail have
passed. Some people had rather die
than quit; for such We have no advice
the sooner they ret ont Of the way
the better
On the 4th INST, ~ mob broke into
the Jail at tusseta, Geo, to take out a
Mr.. Doolittle and hang him for the muir
der of VIM. and James Helms, when
he cut his own throat and thus prevent
ed them from hanging him.
During the last five months, upwards
Of one hundred lives have been lost on
tho western waters, and one million ant
~ half Of dollars.
New York papers pay over 100000
a year for Telegraph reports, and as
high as $1,000 has been paid in one day
by a New York paper.
Three suits have been commenced il
f Cincinnati, to recover the $50 penalty
for refusing to answer the questions o
the census marshal.
If,Ncw York gets otf with 100000
/, for the Japanese reception, her taX-pay
, crs may congratulate" themselves.
a recent census in Canada show
;. that there are $4,000 runaway slaves il
Canada West at tho present time.
), 1t ten years, from 1850 to 1860, tn,
c city of Memphis has increased in popu
lation from $3.50 to $4,000.
y The st. Paul PlOnpe: says Mlnh,Sot'
has had this year an emigration Of IL
n 900 settlers, and interests are promia
h ing.
The population Of Ohio, instead q
advancing, has slightly decreased with
a in the last ten years, by emigration o
n otherwise.
II 1t is estimated that over ten thous
ID and barrels of oil are now ready TO
+, market in the oil region Of Northwcs
d tern Pennsylvania.
n Two Yarmouth fishermen who bough