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Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-01-19

Speech nj Smithviile in Opposition TO
Building n New School House.

"Gentlemen.- We don I rant q ne,r
school house, this is good enough, IN
satisfied to have my children edica-
ted here, and I guess so is most of
the people. DO You spose Bed
Franklin or Gineral Jackson had n
better house to larn in: No sir, the
Gineral hadn't no better house than
this, and did MT he larll? He knowed
enough to whip the Britishers at New
Orleans, and he knowed enough TO
govern this nation mighty sight bet
ter the PRECEDENT we've got over us
now.
What l say is this, il the Gineral
could larn in SIGH a house as this,
why cant our children? I'm oppos-
ed TO these new tangled notions.
Last year we had to build church,
and now its a school house that S want
ed. Good heavens what are we com.
ing to? Another thing, / don't like
what they larn nowadays. Nv old
est gal come home tother day, with a
grammar; and the fust thing | heard
her saying, was, Il might. could. can,
have, would should and will love- and
some other like nonsense. axed
her what she meant. and she said
that was the lesson she was to larn.
| told her TO take that back aoin, and
never touch grammar agin. She'd
never got it if her mother hadn't
ho'tit without axing me. When went
to school we larnt readin, ritin, and
rithmetic, | cant forget them words
for every one begins with r, and
spellin; but now a-Gays they've got
joggerfy. grammar, algebra and JONI
metry. don't believe Gineral Jack
son heard of SIGH things when be
went TO school"
Here some one limited that the
speaker was not combining himself to
the point in question, upon which
the president called him to order.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-01-19
NExys OF TIL WEEK.

4 Union Convention was called in
Savannah, Is previous principal
rebels They rejoice that they are
again under tie old flag.
The rebel Senator Foote nos teen
arrested for dislovalty 10 the south
His wife escaped 10 our lines.
Hon. Edward Everett is dead.
A second attack has been made on
Fort Fisher. resulting in it, capture,
with most of the garrison.
The next State Fair will be held at
Fort Wayre.
Parson Brownlow we nominated
for Governor Of Tennessee
There need be no confidence
placed IN the peace rumors now he
ing spoken Of by the press. and that
q cessation Of hostiIitics will take
place in ten days. is all false
Nashville is not now the base o.
supplies for the army of the Cum
beriand. The army will now be
subsisted by means OF the Tcuncs
see river. OF by the Memphis and
Charleston railroad The army had
orders to move in the direction Of
Corinth.
Colonel Isaac r. Gray, has beer
appointed Chief Recruiting OniceI
for this District.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-01-19
MARRIED..

On Monday. the 10Th inst. by tho Rev.
c. Z. Wright. Mr.. W. c. HE4sToS and Miss
GERTRUDE W LAWS.
We congratulate VIZ. r. on his choice.
and acknowledge tile kind regards Of the
bride. in remembering the printer; and feel
certain tina! the bridegroom will make his
mark. a. re subscribed for the Journal as
soon "a he vas married.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-01-19

VNHE undersigned wishes 10 notify the
Il citizens Of Winchester and surround
Ing eoantry, shat he has commenced busi-
ness ca tbe south side e ne Pubiic Square,
next soor to Quick's yewelry store, where
he VIII keep Tobacco and Cigars OF all kinds
and Of the faest eaali.y. Also, Motions
TOYS. Candies, Nuts. &c. Purchasers are
invited to call. 27-l3 IRA TRIP.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-01-19
BUY YOUR CLOAKS AT NO. s.

Photograph Albums at Werden II
Cos, opposite Glenns Block, In
dianapolis. %
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-01-19

bn: iev soldiers for the confederate f!
arInT. and those have mostly desert
ei aud returned 70 their homes smce Il
the defeat OF Hood. II contains
four institutions of learning male
college and three female academies.
which. At j. said. were all well patro- Z.
ulzed before the rebellion The des-
olating ravages OF war. however,
have made sad ihroads upon the
beauty and comfort Of the place,
which will require many long years
10 replace.
Our regiment was relieved from
provost duty Yesterday. by the l75th
Ohio. The I'D Corps has already
taken up The line OF march; the I'd and
81 Divisions lave moved out. and
the ist Division. TO which the 124th +
regiment is attached, will move in
the morning. The precise destina
ton Of Our Corps is not made public;
Il will most probably be some point
on the Tennessee river in or about
Pittsburg Landing. This will afford
us another pleasant trip, Of Which
we have been so abundantly favored
during the last ten months. The
distance is about 20 miles,
portion OF it being over mud
roads, and with the continuous and
never ending rains in this country
through The winter months, we an
ticipate q gay tmc. The 9Th and
l6tn Corps are on the Tennessee
river. south Of Pulaski. Hood, it is
said, has effected 81 crossing of the
Tennessee with the remnant OF his
army, greatly demoralized. 1t is
now probable that we Will have but
little or no rest, even during the Sc
we're winter months. Our army is
willing to suffer and endure any
thing TO bring about a speedy ter.
mination of this crnel rebellion.
The lst Division Of the 23d Army
Corps has been re- organized. You
will remember this was the Division
commanded by Gen Alvin T. Hovev,
which, after his resignation, was dis
banded The Division, as now or
ganized, embraces the following
regiments and commanded by the
following officers: Gen. Roger. COM
handing the Division. lst Brigade,
commanded by Col S. NJ. Orr; l20th
Indiana regiment, Col. Prather;
124th Indiana regiment, Lieut. Col.
II II. Neff; l2Sth Indiana regiment,
Lieut. Col Packard 2nd Brigade,
Col. Jno. McInister, commanding:
l23d Indiana regiment, Maj. Robert
son; l29th Indiana regiment. Col.
Zollinger; l30th Indiana regiment.
Col. Charles Parish.
The officers and regiments CON-
posing the Sd Brigade ! have not
learned. II will be the largest Di-
vision in the Corps.
The boys Of companies G. and II,
are generally well; Lieutenants
Bunch and Fisher, of company G..
are at the Hospital, bat ! leara by
the Surgeon that they are not serious
Is Ill. DR.. Edwins has had charge
Of the Hospital in this place since
we have been here, and has labored
assiduously in abe discharge of his
responsible duties Our Chaplain,
Rev. Mr. Sparks, held services in the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, on
Sabbath; n good portion of our reg
iment and few Of the citizens were
present He is, by his kind and
: courteous attention to the soldiers,
winning their confidence and respect.
and is exerting over them decided
influence for good.
When we get somewhere else and
stop long enough. you may hear
from me again.
Yours truly. II. II. NEFF.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-01-19
DIED,

DR.. JoTv Hans. at his residence in Lynn.
on the 10Th inst, of palsy. He was barred
with Masonic honors. by the Lodge at
Lynn; there we're delegations from Win
chester and Farmland Lodges present. Or.
II. was worthy citizen. Rev o. 7. Boy.
den preached the funepal sermon.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-01-19
,J. w. DiC0S,
THE SINGER SEWING MACHINES.

Our LETTER A FAMILY SEWING
MACHINE is fast gaining a divide
reputation IL ia beyond doubt the best and
cheapest and most beautiful OF all Family
Sewing Machines yet offered TO the public
No other Family Sewing Machine has so
many useful appliances for Hemming, Bind
ing, Telling, Tuckiug, Gathering, Guaging,
Braiding, Embrodering, Cordng, and so
forth. No other Family Sewing Machine
has so much capacity for great variety of
work. 1t will sew all kinds of cloth. and
improvements make our Family Sewing Ma
chine most reliable, and most durable, and
most certain il action at all rates of speed.
II makes the interlocked stitch, which is
the best stitch known. Any one, even Of
the most ordinary capacity, can see. at a
glance, how TO use the letter A Family Sew.
ing Machine. Our Family Sewing Machines
are fnishea in ckaste aud exquisite style.
The Folding Case of the Family Machine
is piece of cunning workmanship OF the
most useful kind. II protects the machine
when not in use, and when about 70 be ope-
rated may be opened as spacious and sub
stantial table 20 sustain the work. While
some Of the Cases, made ont OF the choicest
woods. are finished in the simplest and
chastest manner possible, others are adorned
and embellished in the most costly and SUI
peru manner
IL Is absolutely necessary TO see the Fam.
lily Machine in operation, so as 70 Judge OF
It's great capacity and beauty.
IL is fast becoming as popular for family
sewing as our Manufacturing machines are
for manufacturing purposes.
The Branch Offices are well supplied with
silk, twist, thread, needles, oil, &c, OF the
very best quality.
Send fer PAMPHLET.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURE
ING COMPANY,
ASS Broadlcay, Netc York.
INDIANAPOLIS OFFICE,
IS EaH Washington s..
my2T a.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-02

TIE TRIAL OF JEFF. DAVIS. have
ali along contended that the hypothesis
of the different over-contident cores
pondents from this point, in regard 10
the civil trial of Jefferson Davis, ana MS
probable ultimate pardon, have been
either partially or wholly untrue. Inc
concurrence of events, already referreu
to in this connection, must undouDteoiy
constrain such action, as viii, think,
crafty that stern and determined senti-
ment which demands that his guilt
should not only be ascertained, but its
punishment defined. The best present
received opinion is to the effect that he
will be brought before a military COM
mission that will sit in one of the forts,
probably Fort Monroe. The public sem
timent on this subject must be respect
ed. IL is In no blood-thirsty spirit that
the LOYAL people demand that an exam
ple should be made in affixing such
stigma to this chiefest of traitors as will
admonish and appall all imitators
where ever republics exist. II Davis
himself were President of the United
States to day, never having stained nj
soul with treason, with the weapons oi
duty and right placed in his hands by
the Constitution, truly inspired by his
oath of office, and by the recollection OF
all the sufferings endured, and al! the
lives sacrificed by the loyal people iq
saving the common liberties, he would
laugh at the attempts of the conquered
traitors to turn aside the sword Of JUS
tice, and would infliet the punishment
demanded by the American people,
PhiiadeIphiG Press, .Nov. 80.
The New York Commercially WASH
iuoton correspondent says 1.-The last
or, dit is that General Butler Is pre-
pairing the legal authorities for the ar
fragment and trial of jefferson Davis
before a court martial, which will be
held in accordance with the demand OF
a majority of the members of Congress.
Perhaps this is a mere candrd. but there
are some reasons adduced to show that
annears to have buried the hatchet at
the War Department, and is now on the
best terms, apparently, with Mr.. STAN
ton ~
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-02
- -
A CHEMICAL VALENTINE.

I love thee, Mary, and thou lowest me-
Our mutual fame is like the affinity #E
That doth exist between two simple bodies.
/ am potassium to thy oxygen. HG
IT'S little that the holy marriage vow
Shall shortly make ms one; that unity
Is, after all, but metaphysical.
Oh would that l, my Mary, were an acid
A living acid-thou an alkali 1852
Endowed with human sense, that, brought together,
We both might cmtlcsce into one salt
One homogeneous crystal. Oh that thou
Vert carbon and myself were hydrogen
We would unite to form oledant gas,
Or common coal, or naptha- Would TO heaven
That were phosphorus and thou vert lime
And we Of lime composed n phosphuretl
I'd be content to be sulphuric acid.
So that thou nlightst be soda. In that case
We should be GIaubers salt Vert thou niairnesia
Instead we'd form the salt that's named frJrp Epson
Couldst thou potassa be aquafortis,
Our happy union shouldthat compound form,
Nitrae of potash, otherwise salt petre.
And thus, our several natures sweetly blont,
We'd live and love together until death
Should decomposc his1eshy tcrtium quid,
Leaving our souls to all eternity
AnIalgameted Sweet thy name Is Briggs
Aid mine Is johnson. Wherefore should not We
Agree 10 form Johnsonate of Briggsf
We will The day-the happy day is nigh
When johnson shall with bearIteous Brggo combine.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-02

So far have met all the reverend vi
tuperator's false statements with truths,
and his sOphisms with arguments but
now ] am about to read you two SEN
fences, which it would be as weak in me
to stoop to answer as 1t was wicked in
him to stoop to utter them. DIR. Hat
field asks. "Is there man who Is an
actor, and has respectable character?
Who is there I'm this house who would
not sooner see his daughter In her grave
than married to an actor" When l
read these lines am lost in Indignation
aud amazement that any sane man
could have been found fanatical enough
to place the professors OF an intellectual
art on the same level with traitors, bur-
glars and murderers; to represent them
as moral cretins and lepers, unfit by
their loathsome impurity to fulfil the
sacred duties of husband and a father.
Ladies' and gentlemen, this is u das-
tardly outrage upon the actor; but it Is
something more than that. 1t is also q
most foul and deliberate Insult to YOU
To you, the people who have elected
John Rice, retired actor, to the high
Office of Mayor of Chicago, the proudest
city of the West. TO sum up, when the
reverend gentleman's attempts at logic
do not degenerate into senseless and al
most maniacal abuse, his style of reason-
ing throughout is after this fashion h;
either condition of things, or thing
itself, has been found on one or more
occasions TO be more hurtIul, ergo such
condition of things must be at once abol-
ished and demolished. AS thus: One Of
the kings of England died of eating
.stewed lampreys, the Duke of yelling,
ton died of eating venison steaks, and
Plus Antonio died of eating Alpine
cheese ergo, stewed lampreys, venison
steaks and Switzer kase must be abol-
ished, but not demolished. fi
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-02

& The New Bedford Mercury hears of a
man who some time ago went out to
Colorado, and bought some undevel-
oped mining property for $780, He
returned to the East, and sold to party
of gentlemen in a neighboring city one
eighth of his property for 100000, These
purchasers formed company, putting
the property at 100000 and sold what
stock they could more than enough,
at all events, to reimburse their outlay.
Then the bubble burst for upon lnves-
tigation the mining property was found
not worth the sum originally paid for 1t,
p. C. Cent?, an English barrister,
has published a book called "Davis aud
Lee: Vindication of the Southern
States Citizens, and Rights, by the Con-
stitution and its Makers and an EX-
| posure of the Perversions of the said
| Constitution, and the Justification Of
Historical Records by the Massachu-
sets Expounders also, incidentally,
| President Johnson's. Southern and
States Rights Principles"
The Grand Jury of the United States
District Court, holding its sessions in
| Knoxville, Tennessee, have found ], 900
indictments for treason and giving aid
end comfort to the enemy.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-02
IRISH AND HIGHLAND WIT.

"What creatures those irish are, to be
sure ~ said the landlord, as he knocked
feather of white ash from the tip OF
his cheroot; sit would oe a dull world
without them. In India a single Irish
man at station is enough to Danish
blue devils. The presence of an Irish
man anywhere keeps away low spirits,
just as cat I'm a house keeps away rats
and mice. Every station should wear
an Irishman, as an amulet against des-
pondency." have lived good deal
both in Ireland and the Highlands, I"
said Pen, "and the intellectual diff.
ferences between the two races have
often struck me as little curious. They
are of the same stock originally, anti
quarians say and yet Ireland is a land
of Goshen overlooking with the milk
and honey of humor, whereas in every
quality OF humor the Highlands are as
dry as the Sahara. Jokes don't usually
come far ther north than the Grampians.
One or two are occasionally to be found
in Kossshire, over there; but they are
tar from common, and their appearance
is chronicled in the local prints just as
the appearance of the capercailzie is
chronicled. No joke has yet been found
strOng-winged enough TO cross the
Il
"But have not the Highlanders wit ?'
"Oh, yes, plenty of it, but rather of the
strenuous than of the playful kind :;
their wit IL born for the most part Of
anger or contempt. There she goes,
sneerad the Englishman as duncan
marched past in his tartans at fair.
There she lies,' retorted Duncan, as he
knocked the scOrner over at blow
Coming from hell, Lauchlan,' quoth
the shepherd, proceeding OH a sacra-
ment Sunday to the Free Church, and
meeting his friend coming from the
Church of the Es sablishment. Better
than going to it, K,ory, retorted LAUGH
Ian, as he passed on. OF that kind of
rapid and sufficient retort, of the power
of returning blow swiftly and with in
terest the Highlander is not in the least
deficient. But he differs from the Irish
man in this-that he has no eye for the
pleasantly droll kind of things; he has
no fun i'm him, no sense of the genially
comic. He laughs, but there generally
a touch Of scorn in his laughter, and Il
is almost Invariably directed towards a
man or thing. The Irishman's humor-
Gus sense puts stitch in the corn toast
ekes the scanty purse, boils the peas with
which he is doomed to limp graveyard
The best Highlander can draw no anne
Iteration of condition from such source
The two races dine often scantjl,
enough, but it is only tie Irishman tina
can sweeten his potatoes with point
They talk of hardships, but bedad thi,
is the hardest ship I ever was in in m,
life.' No Highlander would have sale
that, and believe that the joke mad,
the hard plank all the softer to til,
joker"
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-02
THE STAGE AND THE PULPIT.

Mrs. Anna Cowell, "leading lady" in
McVicker's theatre, Chicago, came out
the other evening and read to the audi
eIce strongly wOrded, earnest defence
of the dramatic profession against some
very severe animadversions made on it
in a denunciation of theatres by the
Rev. DR.. Hatfield, of that city, during a
discourse lately delivefed by him on the
subject. Mrs. Cowell said:
The mere fact of being an actor never
from the days Of Shakespeare to the pres
ent hour, placed any man in degraded
position, nor kept him there. His want
of talent, energy, and character may do
so, as in any other pursuit; but his pro-
fession, never. Garrick, Foote, Cibber,
all the Kembles, MundOn, Dowton,
Quick, Bannister, and many minor
lights of their day, mixed in the best
society both in London and in the then
fashionable city of Bath. Are the doors
of good society closed against Mr..
Hackett, the American. comedian
Did not the lamented Abraham Lincoln
receive him at the Executive mansion
as a friend and correspond with him
upon the subjects of Shakespeare and the
stage? Does our reverend assailant mean
to assert that the late President of the
United States was not what he calls
good society ~ Is James f. Murdoch.
the American actor, who might have
realized thousands of dollars by pur-
suing his profession during the war, but
who devoted his talents to the service of
his country and to the aid of our sick
I.I 10 1,n I a,
pariah, an outcast, banned and eXcom-
municated from good society" u
Are the hosts of actors who rushed to
the standard of the Union when the first
gun was fired at Fort Sumter, and who,
now that our arms are crowned with a
victorious peace, have returned to the
stage-are they, too, all outcasts, like
poor Tom o. Bedlam, ''to be whipped
from tithing to tithing' 10 be banned,
barred and branded. .cabined, cribbed,
confined by the reverend doctor from
good society?p Men of the highest
position in England and in this country
have married actresses. Three of the
most celebrated actresses of their day
Miss Farren, Miss Stephens, and the
great tragedienne, Miss O'Neil-became
respectively Countess of Derby, Count
ess of Essex and Lady Rickerson Beech
err. They adorned the stations to which
they attained, and lived honored, re.
spected and beloved by all who knew
them. Queen Victoria every one admit.
to be pious, virtuous woman. When
Mrs. Warner, the actress. was in hel
last sickness, Victoria visited her, sup
piled her with funds aud delicacies, ant
sent her own private carriage daily t.
give the suffering artist an airing. Tn,
sovereign OF an empire upon which TIN
sun never sets did not disdain to smooth
the pillow of the dying actress. Woul,
the Rev. DIR. Hatfield do as much ? Tn
mother of Canning, the renownedstates
man, was an actress. Sheridan, VIII
ran s'thro' each mode of the Tyre an
was master of ALL" of whom Byro
/ 4 Nature made but one such man,
And broke the die in moulding Sheridan
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-02
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