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Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

EARLY AssocIArIoss.-When
| was about fifteen years of age |
went, with my father and mother
and other friends, on a tour
through Somersetshire, and, hav-
ing arrived at Wellington, where
| had certainly never been before,
we tarried an hour or two at the
"Squirrel" Inn for refreshments.
On entering the room where the
rest ofthe party were assembled,
| found myself suddenly surprised
and pursued by pack of strange,
shadowy, intantile images, too
distinct and persevering to be dis
missed as phantasms. Which
ever way ! turned my eyes, faint
and imperfect pictures of persons
once familiar to my childhood,
and feeble outlines of events long
passed away, came crowding
around me and vanishing again in
rapid and 6tfui succession. A
wild reverie of early childhood,
half illusion, halfreaIity, seized
me, for which could not possibly
account; and when l attempted
to fix and examine any one of
the images, it fled like a phantom
from my grasp, and was immedi-
ateiy succeeded by another equal
" confused and volatile.
felt assured that al this was
Eot a mere trick of the imagina-
ton. Ii seemed TO me rather
that enfeebled memory was. bv
some sudden impulse, set actively
at work, endeavoring 10 recall the
forms of past realities, long over
laid and almost lost behind the
throng of subsequent events. My
uneasiness was noticed by my
mother; and when had described
my sensations, the whole myste-
ry was speedily solved by the dis
covery that the pattern OF the WALL
paper in the room where we were
seated was exactly similar to
that of my nursery at Paddington,
which | had never seen since |
was between four and five years
of age! | did not Immediately re-
member the paper, but ! was
soon satisfied that it was indeed
the m ed ium of association
through which all those Hide
fined, half-faded forms had trav-
eled up to light; my nurse and
nursery events associated with
paper pattern being, after all, but
very family pictured on the field
OF my remembrance.-Sir Ben
jdmiR BrOdie
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

hard gray home, though it en-
BODY itself in no better thing
than a bright little frock and a
pair of tiny red shoes-yet to SEQ
the poor blossom of grace and
beauty shriyelling in the fire, put
there and held there by father
harder than the home itself
We watch her, a woman while
vet a child-a woman, because
other little children, still more
helpless, are motherless, and they
can find no other nature large
enough to take them In and un-
derstand and adopt them; a sister
in all sweet, ingenious, simple
ways; a mother, IN all wise,
ever bending care and love; and
then, at last, a woman grown,
walking over great stretches of
wild country, that she might be
alone with that other father and
mother, the father and mother
of US all, and gather strength
and courage from the commun-
ion, to 90 back and bear her bur
den of a stern, hall-mad father,
and n reckless. lost brother. and
a bare, rugged life; and we say,
ooh why was not such a soul
clothed in the beauty of June,
and born in the vale Of Tempe.
in the golden days, and the first
born and nurseling of a queen2'
But we say this no longer when
the flower unfolds to the sun
when her books and her lile, in
all their variant strength and full
ness, reveal the mystery of the
homely enfolding, and the rank,
sharp contrasts OF the garden-plat
and the hot days and dark nights,
for we see in the flower brim-
ming with refreshment and bless
ing to thousands, how not to the
beauty of the goddess, not to the
flowerv meadows and bosky dells
of Arcadia, not to the first born
and nursing of queen, could
this power come, but to such
soul set in such place, to battle
through and gather all the inAu-
ences of such life.-Rer. Rob
ert Collier.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23
sORGHO CURED HAMS.

Sugar cured hams! What a
magnificent argument to a hun
CRY mani Moral srasion is not
half so sweet, and is never relish
ed better or taken half so readily.
But sugar-cured hams are very
expensive in these times of heavy
discounts and high-priced sugar.
"Well, get a substituted" Here
is one, cheap and ready-equa uaI,
if not superior, to the Cooley
sugar.
We have tried the Sorgo, for
curing hams, and think it excel
lent, and that all may know how
excellent it is, we will give our
plan of using it, which is as fol-
lows:
Take equal quantities, by
weight, of the Sorgho syrup and
salt. put them into the vessel in
which you propose to make your
brine. Then add nearly enough
of water to dissolve the salt.
Pour this mixture over the hams,
and let them, if large, soak there
for from twelve to eighteen days,
when they will be ready for
smoking.
The length of time for soak
ing in the brine must, of course,
depend upon the degree Of SAL
ness desired for the meat. Some
prefer it much more salt than
others. We have cured meat for
ourselves IN this manner, for the
last three years, and can recon-
mend it unhesitatlngly. We
have also sold the Sorgho syrup
to packers and curers of meat in
this city, who pronounce it an
excellent substitute for the sugar
they have been using. If others
have had any experience in this
department we shall be pleased
to hear from them.-ClarEs
SOrghO Journal.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23
A LITTER TOO MUCH.

|: seems that the principal oc-
cupailon Of Count Meian. the
French Consul AT New Orleans
Is the cleaning Of "blck stairs
gossip with regard to the Feder-
i rule with which that city is
now rapped over the knuckles.
So low. indeed. has MEJAx Stoop.
ed in the course OF his iavestiga.
tons that we cannot help won.
derIng what business he has with
tn J III his name.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

TIE BEAuTIFUL.-Beautiful
things are suggestive of a purer
and a higher life, and fill us with
a mingled love and fear. They
have a graciousness that wins us,
and an excellence to which we
involuntarily do reverence. If
You are poor, vet modestlv aspi-
ring, Keep vase OF flowers on
your table, and they will help 20
maintain your dignity, and secure
for you consideration aud delica-
cy of behavior.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23
CORN-BEEF BRINE.

For corning beef;we consider
the following ash1st excellent
recipe: Dissolve or mix Slbs. of
salt. ? lis. of sugar, or q lbs. OF
Sorgho syrup and 2 ounces salt
petre in 4 gallons of water, or
their equivalent proportions, suf-
ficient TO cover the meat.
The Sorgho syrup is quite as
good as the sugar. and with many
will be much cheaper.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23
CHARLOTTE BRONTE.

The world bends with infinite
tenderness over the story of that
woman who lad no beauty and
no blessing. out on the Yorkshire
moors. We pity her for the dis
NAL scranny school OF her child
hood. whore food for the outer
and inner lite was hard and crus-
" and mouldv. We pity her
for the lonely drudeerv. 50 hap
less and so hopeless. ont in Brus-
sells, as We see her sit down 10 il.
while her wings bleed beating the
bars Of her cage, and the music
scars within her
"Anl The life still draes her downward
T. is : ve'. dav by dav.
Wat i fine within her growing
Coarse 70 sympathetic clay
Our lips tremble IA w. see
that striving after Some touch nj
grace and beauty 20 deck the
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23
To COnSulnptiVes.

INHE Advertiser, having been restored
10 health in a few weeks. by n very
simple remedy, after having suffered sew
eral wears with severe lung affection,
aud that dread disease, Consamption-is
anxious to make known TO his fellOw-suf-
ferers the means Of cure.
To all who desire it, he will send a
copy Of the prescription used free of
charge with the directions for preparing
and using the same. which they will find
a SURE CURE FOR CONsUMPTIoN, ASTHMA,
BRoNcnTIs. etc. The only object Of the
advertiser in sending the Prescription Is to
benefit the afflicted, and spread informa
ton which he conceives to be invaluable,
and he hopes avery sufferer will try his
remedy, a. it will cost them nothing, and
NAV prove blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription will
please address
REy. EDWARD 4. WILSON,
Williamsbureh.
rnl3 mo3l Eings CO., y. Y.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

face still wore a resolute express
sion, such as must have Int up
the countenance of Arnold Wink
elried, when crying. MAKE way
for hbertyr' he threw himself
upon a sheaf of Austrian spears,
and broke the column of hi. en-
emies.-Er change.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

DoMEsTIc SwFETMEATs 1T Is
a singular fact that many ladies
who know how to preserve every
thlag else, olnnot preserve their
temperS Yet II say easily be
done on he sell sealing principle.
II Is only to " keep he mouth Of
the vessel tghtly closed.n
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

The manufacture of turnen-
tine and resin has been com
nenced n California.
The Mormons are said to
have turned their attention 20 the
cultivation of cotton.
The citizens OF the Peninsula,
state ihat they have lost 10000
contrablnds since the beginning
Of the war.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

"The man put up his hand de-
precatingly. but great groan
heayed up from his iron chest"
is one OF the thrilling passages
I'm modern novelette,.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

If you can't coax fish TO bite,
Try your persuasive powers upon
a cross dog, and you will be sure
10 succeed.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

The man who made an I'M
preston on the heart of coluette
has taken ont a patent for stone
cutting.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23
IonN B. CROWLEY. ND. Phy

III
~ sician, suISurgeou, Winchester, Ind.
-raduate Of Philadelphia College of med
cine, and Philadelphia Lying-in Charity
Hospital, embracing Practical Obstetrics
and Diseases Of Females.
tI,ving beeu Assistant DemOnstrator Of
Anatomy, and having spent three wears in
the Hospitals aud Dispensaries Of Thlla-
ae,phia, lni being supplied with excellent
Surgi.tl Ia>trumrnts, he j. prepared to
perform al operations in the various de-
plr:neats of the profession
S-Plrticular attention paid to diseas-
"a OF the Eve OFFICE.-Washiugton
street, near the north-West corner OF the
Public square. Winchester, Ind.
Nov -, 1859.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

The following was put into
type for our last issue, but crowd
ed out. 1t is important to all,
and especially to meat curers
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

A minister. putting his hand
upon Young urchin's shoulder,
ex lained, NV son. | believe
the devil has got hold Of you"
Il believe so too" was the re-
ply.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

1 MN should tell the truth
without reserve, but a general
snouldn't take his army into bal
tie in that way.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

made last week fine large kite,
With string uncommonly long;
I PLAYED with it one moonlight night,
When the breeze was steady and strong.
threw up my kite, and, like balloon,
IL rose through the air on lofty wing;
It sailed far away to the clear full moon,
And the man up there caught hold of the
string.
I beckoned to hirq a moment to wait,
To hold on with care, and not let go,
While got a cable whose strength was
great,
And tied to the kite-string below
The man in the moon then drew up the
string,
The cable after IL went;
! asked him to help me finish the thing,
And he gave me his consent.
We built a suspension bridge next day,
With double railroad track;
The daily express now runs each way,
And the lightning mail goe, there and
back.
A yankee is keeping the lunar hotel.
AT the upper end Of the route;
think his business will pay quite well,
As there's gold in the hills thereabout.
Myself, the Man in the Moon and Co,
As a wholesale firm fortune have made,
BY few dark nights which they had down
below
While we were engaged in the moonshine
trade.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23
THIS WEEK.

Nh. EDGroR:-I have been quite
poet in my time, but of late
have turned my attention to prose.
This is the last effort of my de-
parting muse. No poet was ever
appreciated by his own age, and
| do not expect my case to be an
exception. Those who can see
only nonsense in this efusion,
will of course esteem ii accord
insly; and, for those who can see
deeper meaning in it, it will
need no Interpretation. | write
with full faith in the future.
Very truly, yours,
]. B. HARRISON.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

A machine has been invented
which Is to be driven by the force
of circumstances.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

4 young mau advertises his
desire for a wiIe-" Pretty, and
entirely ignorant OF the fac.r'
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23
THE GRAVE BENEATH THE
WILLOW.

Far away. upon tho banks Of the Mis-
sissipni, a soldier pitched his tent by
night. died At the dawn Of morning. and
= buried beneath the weeping willow. 70
await the morning reveille cf the eternal
dav. These verses. taken from our port
folio of months past, are dedicated to his
memOry.-M.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

You can not preserve happy
domestic pairs in family jars.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23

A handcuf-a box on the ear.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23
HARD by the rivers winding wav.

HARD by the rivers winding way,
Beneath an aged weeping willow,
Pendent Ger the foaming blow,
Where the breath of blossoms blended,
And the songs of birds ascended;
Jnst as rising day vas dawning.
And the east winds famed the morn
Death came rapping, ling
Softly tapping,
Tapping at the soldiers door
The weary soldiers door.
Said he, ave wandered sad and lonely.
Through the night-winds dark anC
drearv;
Am ike yourself-a soldier weary
Of nv marching-l,' rs shelter
In this silent vale together;
Let me place nav icv fingers.
Where thy life spark warmest lin 2
And then death-dart ers :
Touched a brave heart,
Silent now TO move no more
Never any more!
Now the willow. and the lilies,
And the eglantine are weeping,
Weeping Ger the soldier sleeping,
Sleeping whore no cannon's rattle,
Nor the angry storm Of battle,
Can awake him any more.
Nor doth again tap on the door.
The resting stranger,
Freed from danger.
Soundly sleeps beneath the willow
The hoary, weeping willow!
Around the grave beneath the willow
The ivy and the roses bloom;
The Aowery vale is not all gloom:
For weary on their little wing,
tn, hir : 'igh' on the houghs IN sing:
And every >o't and warhlinc strain
Tells tha' The lead ,hsll r.se ag,io;
dtb, s1d'cr'. brou,
hat S'umher~ now.
Shall wear rich laurels pure and
In the E'ysian fe d. of light, bright.
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-01-23
BUSINESS 9inttorp.

Business Cards o fIOIines or sss IS peryear.
.afa' INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-06-11

tory code for the repression of conceived offences
against the rules Of lawful war. If the waters Of
this Marah are once unsealed they may spread
into a sea Of blood Hence the caution with
which such awful remedies should be threat
ened or invoked on the one side or the other in
this fratrcidal contest which is already unnatural
and cruel enough to need no addition to its hor-
rors. The usages of war cannot indeed, wholly dis
pense with the len talionis yet all civilized ma
tions acknowledge its sanctions to be the sternest
weapons in the whole arsenal of warfare and as
such they are never called forth except on COM
pulsion, and then under the direst necessity, to
guard against the repetition Of barbarous outrages
which can be prevented in no other way. The
denunciation Of this punishment, after the man
ner of Gen. Hunter, in command at Hilton
Head, who threatens to execute every rebel officer
and stakeholder in his possession unless Gen. JEFF
ferson Davis's order of " "outlawry" against those
employing negro troops is revoked cannot be treat
ed as any thing better than a compound of the
horrible and the udcrous, in which the latter pre-
dominates, Notwithstanding the keenness and the
weight of the two-edged sword with which the
writer plays. Such idle fulminations dscredit the
military profession, and bring disgrace on the
Government, which is reduced to the necessity of
disavowing the written orders Of men placed in
high command It is generally to be observed
that the officers most prolific in such evidences Of
the cacoethes scribendi men whose names rarely
shine in connexon with brilliant deeds or acts Of
noble daring. And it is in view of this fact, we
suppose that the Boston Daily Advertiser ventures
to express its belief that the Government has at
its disposal no lack of officers who could administer
the Department of the South with at least as much
success as Gen. Hunter, and who would be able to
compress into their orders, if not more truth, at
least more wisdom"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-06-11
EAST TENNESSEE

Gov Andrew johnson arrived at Nashville his return
from Washington the 30th of May He met at the
depot by military escort, and large of
soldiers and citizens welcomed him at his residence
Capitol Hill Gov. johnson briefly addressed them
pressing his belief that the day not far distant when
Tennessee would be redeemed from rebel hraldom and
declaring that there but path to peace by subm
sion to the laws and not by srmstce compromise. The
Nashville Union states that Gov johnson has been closely
engaged at Washington for weeks past with the War
Department in the promotion Of plans which he believed
would be for the interest of the national cause and
business connected with the equipment Of troops for East
Tennessee detained him some time at Louisville His
scheme it is also stated has met reception at the
North and the Governors of several States New York
cuded have offered regiments and brgades to raise the
twenty five thousand soldiers desired looking specially to
the deverance Of East Tennessee.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-06-11
SHIP-CANAL CONVENTION.

CHICAGO, JUNE g. 1863.
To the Editors of the National Iatelligsncer
This city Of the Lakes yesterday and to-day at the open
ing of the Ship Canal Convention scene of which
every loyal American might Justly feel proud be he c
zen of the Atlantic States of the great Valley the Mis-
ssspp or of the noble ST. Lawrence valley the waters OF
which here almost commngle, and doubt destined
to be welded and to flow in unison from the cold waters
of the Gulf of ST. Lawrence to the warm waters of the
Gulf OF Mexico carrying their tide the rich products
the tropics the cereals Of the temperate zone the tim
ber and other valuable commodities of the colder region
the American continent
Chicago, when fairly understood in a commercial eli
matte and favored point of vew regards water and land
communication has probably equal the face of the
globe Standing the southern border of one of the
hve great Lakes of America, aordng four FIVE thou
sand miles Of inland ship navigation and by of the
Erie canal of New York. favored ouport on the At
antc ocean, it only wants Ship Canal to the Mis-
sisspp river to give it ouport the Gulf of Mexico
As to railroad facilities, adequate idea can be cGn-
veyed The iron bars already extend to Montreal Quebec
and Portland the northeast to Boston, New York Phil
adepha, &C. the east Charleston and Savannah on
the southeast, and to Mobile and New Orleans on the
souh-being, long, doubt destined have railroad
faculties with other cities to the gold regions and the Pa
cfc ocean the west; while northward railroad line ID
finished to Green Bay Wisconsin and another line nearly
completed to st. Paul. Minnesota.
Look at map of the United States and Canada and see
her favored position the centre of the temperate zone
while east and west centrally between the
eastern spe of the Rocky Mountains BY she
preeminence great inland CITY Give the boon she
asks at this time and the whole Republic will be b-ne
6ed inasmuch it viii afford facilities the far West
and the eastern portions Of country
Like the Erie canal it will tend lessen the price
OF provisions IN foreign markets, and at the time
strengthen and enrich people, North and South
Notwithstanding the latter are now in open rebellion
late writer remarks, Chicago most emphaticaly
the city OF the West; for when any town justly claim
to be the greatest market for ean beef aud lumber
in the world. then may confidently believe that all else
that enters INTO the composition Of great city will gather
there to build up If not the greatest of the most Inn
portant cities OF the continent"
You will see the interesting proceedings of the Ship
Canal Convention in the public prints. The meeting
large aDd most respectfully attended while good feeling
and harmony seem to prevail.
| Yours, respectfully,
j. DIsTURNEIL
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OFFICIAL REPORT OF GEN. BANKS.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
Nineteenh Army Corps, before Port Hudson,
lfa..

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
Nineteenth Army Corps, before Port Hudson,
May 80, 1863
Major General HALLEcK, Generalin Chief Washington
GENERAL Leaving Semmesport, on the Atchafaaya,
where my command at the date Of my last despatch
landed at Bayou Sara at two O'Clock the morning Of
the 2ls portion of the infantry transported in
steamers and the residue of the infantry artillery cav
airy and wagon train moved down on the west bank OF
the river and from this to Bayou Sara.
On the 23d junction Effected with the advance OF
Major General Augur and Brigader General Sherman,
line occupying the Bayou Sara road at distance OF
five miles from Port Hudson Major General Augur had
an encounter with portion Of the enemy the Bayou
road in the direction of Baton Rouge which resulted
in the repuse of the enemy with heavy oss
% the 18th the enemy was compelled to abandon hs
frs line Of works General Weitzes brigade, which had
covered in the march from Alexandria, Joined US
the 26lh, aud the morning of the 9th general as
saut made upon the Notifications The artillery open
ed FIRE between FIVE and ak O'clock which continued
with animation during the day.
AT tn o'clock Wezeps brigade, with the division Of
Gen Grover reduced to about bgades, and the div
sion Of Gen. Emory temporarily reduced by detachments
10 about brigade under command of Col Paine, with two
regiments Of coored troops made assault upon the right
Of the enemys works. crossing Sandy creek and driving
them through the woods into his rtfcations. The fight
lasted on this line until four O'clock and very severely
contested.
On the left the infantry did not up until later in