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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27
The Cation Tax,

The New York Chamber Of Com
mcrce and other business corporations
demonstrated last winter against the
imposition Of the cotton tax. The tax,
odious aud insidious rs it was, has
proved to he mnch more aggressive
and injurious than was anticipated.
The New York Chamber has again taken
up the subject, with a view to expose
The evils Of the tax. a resolution was
adopted declaring that. il view of the
depressed, condition of affairs in the
Sou Ii. where material pr )spcrlty had
nern so nearly destroyed, il was the
dictate OF sound policy to make no dis
criminatio,,against the great staple crop
of this section Of the country. The
Hon Rcvcr,ly Johnson has gwen an
opinion, after careful consideration,
that the tax of three cents on cotton,
impo ed by act Of Congress. is uncon-
stitut onal, and he thinks the Supreme
Conrt will so decide. II is stated that
the cotton planters in the vicinity Of
Camden. Miss. are concerting meas.
ures to have the question tested in the
Supreme Court. With 4 light crop at
home. we find We have to compete
with increasing crops in India and else
wher,. The tax amounts to premium
flor the production Of cotton in other
mart, of the world Instead ofcnconr-
aging the production of the great staple
lat home, Congress is imposing such
Iionerous burdens upon the cotton plan
tier as to deter him from engaging
largely in the growth of cotton. Such
lis the craftsmanship Of to-day. Ia..
i--yasAvilie Dispatch. ,..,.i. u .1s!A. .
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

BUTLER AND HIS GANG.-"lmaginc.
said Mr.. Hoffman. of New York. in a
recent speech at Buffalo, " imagine
Thad Stevens rs President. BrownlOw
as Secretary of War, BntIer as Srcrcta,
ry of the Treasury, Raymond as Secre-
tary Of State, Jarues Gordon Bennett as
Minister to England, and the travelling
troupe who are now pcrambulating the
country as members Of congress. With
such rulers what would your securities
be worth9 IA voice, Butler wonld
steal them all. You hear,Awhat my
friend inthe audience says. J make il
point never to- contradict a sensible
remark, IGreat laughter. s,75a. ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27
The {,,;rrenpy,

There is no sufficient reason why the
present dreadful depreciation Of the.
currency should exist. Therc is now
$50 100000 Of gold coin in the treas
ury and Oh the 18th Of January.. 1867,
after all payments due have been met
in the meantime, there will be S2OO..
OOO,000 Of gold on hand, for it is in
'creasng at the rate Of S2.000,OOJ per
day The National Inteliigencer Of
tlsc lth inst. Which, at least, does not
express any views antagonls!ic to those
Of Mr. Mccullough, has the following
vcry encouraging article on the sub.
jcct: u.. ,......,,...... g.. .....s.,..,
The prospect of amy sensible ap-
prnach towards staple currency are
very bad. II is urged in some ilnan.
cia quarters that even if the treasury
should accumulate S20O,OoODOO Of
gold, if So much can be spared by com
mercc without great dctrimcnt to the
treasury itself, il would enable the gov
ernmeht to resume payments in specie.
while the paper currency remains at
$500, 100000 Several hundred mil
/ lions OF seven thirtes are also to fall
dh. next year and the year after, and
the holders will have the option to re-
ceive payment or to tund the same in
iiyc.twenties. So if the specie pay
/ mcnt bc resumed before these tempora-
ry loans are paid or funded, the specie
ofthe treasury would soon be exhaust
ed. Therefore resumption Of specie
\ payment 10 out of the question until 8
f,npling systain shall be established and
). carried OUT, Resides the greenhaeks,
must be withdrawn, as. is coptended.
! bef5te payment in specie c1ihH BIZ
: anaihtained, II attempted. Itishetdby4
i the Secretary If the Treasury that
d $500, ,gQQQ, 600 Of nati0usl bank, eprrsar
aicy L. .9sits ~ !srse Z sun in paper a,
can be kept Mt par under specie stan,
dard." - u " - N'1''''''',
! Therefore the practical difficulties
ofresumption are iusuperable foe the
present year, or for several years To
come. 1t can never be brought about
without some temporary inconvenien
and it will always he resisted by very
powerful interests. In the present and
in the next Congress, political comb
nations AND influences will prevent the
adoption Of any system looking towards
resumption. 1t is well understood that
an attempt will be made at the coming
session to deprive the Secretary OF the
power which he has under existing law
to retire grsenbaeks at the limited rate
of s4,OOGOO0 3 month. -.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27
The White Mans Government.

The entire y rcIncrd character ofthe
Southern peop!e--rednccd to be pre-
pared for the final result, under amy
ana all circumstances, presents spec
ticle ofr,,iguation and endurance that
has not hpl the worlds parallel.
We say to the world what we have
said all along. Oar armies were van-
quishelI, but the people never were
conquered. The ina!ienablc rights OF
irepmen still were theirs, or they would
have died in one Of those d,tchcs OF
which we may never hear the last.
In saving the character OF tho south
ern people was reduced, let us not bt
misunderstood They are i'll no meas
ne willing to yield that high prestige
which made them the noblcst people
under the sun-noblc in those high
prerogativcs Of the gentleman. tnii OF
generosity, loving all human kind, ant
\ foregoing his own convenience An,
means to make all else happy 10y con
tributing to their comfort. But while
the Southern people have taken the
fate of war and abide by it, they IN.
like all brave men. They were, as WI
have already observed, defeated, bu
not conquered. They. heard, read, ant
appreciated that they never were ou
Of the Union, from which they dcsircc
TO withdraw. and as they could not be
out Of thcir own will, they cannot rec
oncile it with reason, that they conlt
he dspossassed Of Their inheritance.
/ We. the people Of the South. beg
leave to address the majority in tin
Government, in which we were once
supposed to have ali equal part. and in
sist that their traditions are ours, thcl
Declaration Of Independence is ours
and they stultify themselves with tina
same Declaration and their gloriou
Fourth OF July, when they renderthci
migratory, and do not,admit us into p
full participationin Goyerpmcptr I, .lif
II We, will not maize the negro on
equal in social or'political relations;
While we protect him in every riel
: which appcrtains to him rs man, W
cannot consent to his being more tina
he was always regarded amongst u
inferior in race, and unsnited to /
raised to an equality With ourselves
, We shall resist any attempt to enlor'
this,-frst, last and all the time. If v
are wanted in the Union, we have to
/ much respect for ourselves and Il
memories of the past, to bo willing III
a der any circumstances to fOrego th'
: great popular right, which almostev
I, northern State has secured by its col
a stitulion, that this is a white man
government, and there is no equity
. = force for upon another portion what . tne !.
3 do not prefer tl,eInseIves.--.hemp"
Appsai.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27
The Radical Heroes.
ON the National lntrlllgHncer.l

from the National lntrllgenccF.J
/ There is hardly one of the men who
we're prominent in the proceedings OF
the recent Radical Dsunion dcmonstra
ton at Pittsburgh, or Of the preceding
negro suffrage convention at Philadel
phia, who has not record in favor OF
secession and slavery, Up to 1861
Brownlow was the most violent and
proiane advocate Of slavery and a
Southern Conioderacy that could be
found in the whole country. He gavl
the keynote of secession, and threaten,
!, cd Il war upon the North. He was
probably the first who started the
idea of Il Southern Conteleracy in the
in the interests of slavery Builder WAS
also Il violent pro.Slavcrt advocatc -
He quorclcd with the Democratic lead
crs in 1850 because they were not suf-
iicicntly pro slavery and States rights
He set on foot the political movement
which resulted in the adoption of ordi-
nances of secession in the South. ii,
WAS the sworn Ilicnd and chief fugle.
man Of Jeilcrs n Davis, and until the
commencement Of actual hostilities, the
most earnest pro-slavcry Democrat IN
all the North. Governor General Ham
ilton was an %, en- advocate Of the re
yival of the Arric II slave trade, and ar
applicant for money to rai'c company
for the Use Of tie Southern Contrdera
cv. Spec !. the President of the Phil
adelphia negro suffrage convention,
was, at the beginning OF the war, op-
posed to coercion Of the South, and
did more, perhaps, than any other man,
except the rebel General Buckncr, to
induce Kentucky to tuke up arms to
prevent the Union troops from inva-
ding the South. John A. Logan, no"
the great Radical big gun in the West,
was at one time openly charged by his
Union ncirhb,rs in IIIjnois with rails
inc tro ps for the rebel army, and about
that leriod stood up in u sporting
house in this city, and, raising his right
arm, exclaimed, fever take up arm,
AGAINST the South may this arm fall par
alvzc l." John Cochrme, Buffers
chief assistant at Pittsburgh and Vice
President upon the Fremont Cleveland
Straight out Negro suffrage Conven-
ton of 1864, in speech in Richmond
Virginia, in the autumn Of 1860, ea-
couraged the rebels to prosecute their
scheme by declarieg thar" when there
is q regiment raised in the North tc
coarcc the S,utA, there will be also an
other regiment raised in the North tc
put the first one down In 1851
Stokes, of Tennessee, WHO has recently
been stamping thccountry in behalf o.
the Radical Disunion programme, an
nounccd to the people ofIcnncssee, in
the Duncan letter, that ne had enrolled
himself in arcbcl military organization
and advised resistance - the " L:ncoh
tyranny.
These are onl Y the examples taken -
random from the list Of the busiest ad
vocates of ncg,o suffrage, and most ac
| tive lead rs oslla Radical DiSunlol
faction They are the men who stir
red up treason and rebellion in thu
Soutf. They are now plotting treason
and civil war in the North.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

LlFE TOO SHORT FOR STRIFE --Chas.
Dickens relates the following Of
Douglas ,Jerroll:
"Ot his generosity I had = proof
within these two or three years, which
it saddcns me to think of now There
had bc'n estrangcment between us--not
on any personal Subject, and not invol-
wing any angry words-and good
many months had passed without my
ever seeing him in the streets. when it
tell out that We dIncd each with his
own private party, in the Strangers
Room orthc Club. Our ccairs were al.
most back to back, and took mine
after he was seated and ut dinner | am
sorry to rcmember) and did not look
that way, .....
Before we had sat long, he openly
wheeled his chair around, stretched
out both hands, and said aloud, with a
bright and loving face, that can see as
write to YOU: Let us be l,icndsagain
A life is not long enough for this - ss,.
Jerr Id was not Il christian, but his
conduct in this case was worthy Of n
christian character. On q dying bed
how insignificant will appear many
things about which We contend is bit
tcrncs, and wrath. Life is too short,
, its inevitable sorrows SO many, it res
Iponsihilities so vast and solemn, that
there is, indeed, no time to spare in
abusing and nlaligning one another.
Let not the sun go down on your
wrath Ncyer close your eyes to sleep
with your heart angry towards your
brother and fellow sufferer. See him
and be reconciied il you cali. If you
can not see m write to him. If he is
true man and = christian he will listen.
II he is not you will have done right,
and your soul will be bright with the
sunshine Of Heaven. -.t>-
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

TnE PARRY or MoRAL DEAs-Phil.
lips threatens impeachment, and the
block; Br6wnlow t0rtch and tmpen;
tine; ForhcY civil war; Sherwood mur.
||,des; Ste 'ens the henisehtLRy Sbf he'll:
IlIIunnicutt death and ken! o'lqe latEf
AZ Aibany Sskl an ,liis'sFeekbs To- the
liRa1ltaIs, tAiIt6sa tsnpioysss AMdb6y.
Hgxti,cred about the AAtSliss svtd yeai
"lrthe iiext Cbnsress docs 'riot agiWt
us universal suffrage, We will roll ul
our sleeves and pitch in and wen hav,
the damndcst revolution the worlt
ever saw"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27
Nall,ahIe ,statistieaIr Tsllc.a

NaIIgaDle .tStHtlStIcaI Auulcs -
Available statistical table, exhibit
ing the rate of increase in the popula-
tion Of ..the different States IN the the
Union since the census of 1855, has
tssn ssaslssSby the s p.sias,rfnaent p.sis 4 naes from
seven Statos. tsn . ,'29' 'ini:'o'i. i
Ths increase Of population even DID,
ring tile existence Of the war, in which
the mortality was usually large, Is as
follows: Minnesota 40 per cent llli'
nois 2G per cent, Wisconsin IL pei
cent, Iowa IL per cent, Michigan a
per cent, Rhode Island 1 per cent
Massachusetts, 3 per cent Taking tht
general average Of this incrense. l3l
per cent. a fair representation of thu
ratio of increase IN the other States. the
census bureau estimates that the popu
lation ofthe United States and terrific
rics Dos increased from l,143, 3,324. tn,
number found BY the census Of 1860
to. 35,5G0,O00. .lg ."s.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

Clement J.. Valland;gham, in the
course Of lolty speech delivered at
Rossville, O4io, last week. pronounced
against. the President and his policy.
lie asserted among other things, that
nc had no better right as Commander
in-Chicf or as President. to require of
them Che Southern States conditions
precedent than 'rha,ldels Stevens or
Charles Simmer or Benjamin Walc.'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

81 uoNon the man who shovels dirt,
bnt despise the man that cats it,. A
very good sentiment pnt into the
month Of q man who holds Federal
Office The Southern States may take
the hint. and eat no more dirt In the
way of Constitutional c amendments -
.Eashviye Gazette.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

An exchange says: Diptiieria y a
Iyery troublesome and dangerous dis
ease A very easy remedy has been
found for Il that will effect speedy re-
llic. CTakc "a common Stolafco pipe.
Iplace a live coalM tIlc howl, and drop
Ia Iits'ertA E Npon AeI coal, draw the
smoke into tive mouth, and tlischarsc
|it,throtUh the nostri6. ~, gniftt n
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

brigham YoI'ng's Youngest daugh-
ter Fanny, was strongly urged by her
father to marry a wealthy snitor, al
ready Brigham's sonin-law, when the
sensible girl said she. would we'd him if
she could have rs many husbands as
she had wives. Fanny doesn't believe
much in polygamy. .,t'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

There is something very sensible in
the impromptu remark ola pretty girl
not thousand miles from Boston. "lt
our Maker thought it wrong for A'ham
to live single, when there was not wo-
man on earth, how criminally guilty
are the old bachelors, with the world
full Of pretty girls ......
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

Coop News TO SlSxrRs.-Brownlow
says"a man of my record need not
fear death" II that is true there has
certainly been general amnesty act
passed in Heaven. No one Oh earth
need fear
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

A correspondent, writing from
Charleston, South Carolina, says :
There are six thousand cases Of break,
bone fever here, whole families and
schools being prostratei. II is very
mild type, and moi regarded rs d-n-
gcrous.'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

with four weights of respectively
ono p,m,l,. three pounds. nine po'nas'
and and I tw .nty-scyen pounds. any niniber
of pounds from one 10 iorty may be
weighed ~. ...!- ..u. r.. ...... ...
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

One Of our writer's, dwelling upon
the Importance of small things, says
that he always takes "note even Of Il
straw Especially, perhaps, if there S
a sherry cobbler at one end of it.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

The Philadelphia Press says Con
grcss gave rs "stable' government.
Certainly, there arc jackasses IN
stalled in one department of it.--N''"
rifle Gazehe. r.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

The people Of Ciarksv.llr, with a
praiseworthy liberality. have purchased
Il farm, and are provid ng buildings
for destitute orphans of Tennessee.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

Poor men are not allowed to work
in the Harrisburg car factory unless
they vote for negro suffrage
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

Eighty-onc schools for freedmen
in operation, having in attendance
S,2G0 pupils.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

A fellow out West has just taught
ducks to swim in hot water with such
success that they lay boiled eggs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

A hotel for the special accommod. :
ton of freedmen has been opened at
Nashville, Tenn.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

Gen. Sweeney is at home at Water,
ton, y. Y, with his family, and says he
intends for the present to stay there. :
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

The passenger fare on the Virgins
and Tennessee Railroad has been re
duce.l 10 four cents per mile. !.tn''
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

The Richmond Wing newspaper is
offered for sale.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

The Government allows Mr.. Davis
$50 per week for rations. s.,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

II has been asked. when rain falls.
does It ever get mp again OF course it
does, in dew time.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27
Cotton Crop.

A correspondent ofshs Nsa;ssss A /.
iclligsaesr writing from Nississinri
thinks that it will be less tLan 500 "a
bales. Sfcf
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

The New York Daily .Nsss nominated
Henry Ward Beecher rs . candidate
for Copgress in the Brooklyn District :
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

The Radicals triumphantly ask if we
have heard from Mainc?' Yes, an
swcrs Democratic exchange, we have
heard from Maine, and frequently, too.
We heard from Maine when the British
invaded her territory in 1872, and the
Governor of Maine declared that he
would not furnish man or dollar to
repcl the invasion. We heard from
Maine and New England in the blue
lights which were burned as signals
to an invading foe, We have heard
from Maine and New England often.
and most often as the enemy OF Amcrir
can honor and American lhcrv. Are
the Radicals sufficiently answered: i
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

1t is said that in the ship Golconda,
gilmore than q thousand tons burden.
which sails on the lst of November,
more than eight hundred color>d pco.
pie areto embark. or these over two
hundred are from Memphis, large
number from Charleston and Columhi"
South Carolina and the rest from Ma
ton and its ncighborhood. in Georgia
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27

BurlEn RErrREs.-Butler says "this
war must be settled by those who
fought it )" Aged. This rules out
Ben. IIo only stole.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-24

REMARKABLE TENACITY OF LIFE
The Shirleysburg Herald relates the fol-
lowing story, vouching for its correctness: /:
About the first of January last, Joshua
Morgan, of Cromwell township, Hunting
don county, thrashed quantity of grain,
and threw the straw on a pile in the
barnyar6. About the same time, good
sized SOW, weighing about two hundred
pounds, mysteriously disappeared, and no
trace of her could be found. A few days
ago, the straw was removed, and the sow
was found underneath, standing erect, and
still aliUe, though wasted away to skele-
ton. She was about six feet from the
surface of the pile in the nearest direc-
ton, and had worked small cavity in the
straw around her. She had been thus
buried four months, less four days At
last account she was doing we'll, aud was
expected to recover.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-24

4 GERMANIo JoKE.-In the trans
Atlantic German papers we fDd many
anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln which are
not known in this country The follow
ing, which lately appeared in the Breslau
Morgenzeituug, will bear repetition GA
Lieutenant, whose debts compelled him
to leave his fatherland and service, sue
ceeded in being admitted to the late Pres
ident lincoln: and, by reason of his
commendabIe and winning department
and Intelligent appearance, was promised
a lieutepants commission in cavalry
regiment. He was so enra2tured with bis
success, that he deemed it his duty to
inform the President that he belonged to
one Of the oldest noble houses in Ger
many. 90, never mind that" said old
Abe, "you will not find that to be an
obstacle to your advancement"
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-24
PERSONNEL OF THE New YORK Press.

PERSONNEL OF THE NEW YORK Press.
james Gordon Bennett is sole owner of
the Herald. The Tribune is owned by
stockholders, of whom DR.. j. G.. Aver, of
Lowell, is the heaviest. Samuel Sinclair,
the publisher, is also one of the largest
owners, while Stephen T. Clark, the Wri-
ter of the money articles, and Horace
Greely, are interested to a large amount
The capital stock is S800,000 The or
ganization of the Tribune editorial staff is
as follows: The editor-in-chief is Horace
Greely. Sidney Howard Gay is the man
agiog cditor-the executive head of the
concern: Roderick Crane is the news
editor. j. FL. Hasser is the night editor,
and I. n Browne the city editor. The
financial department is under the charge
of 8. 7. Clarke. Solon Robinson edits
the department of agriculture. George
Ripley, at one time one of the most elo-
quent of preachers in Boston, is the lit
erary editor. William Winter is the
theological, Henry c. Watson the musi-
cal, and Clarence Cook the art editor
The corps of editorial writers embraces
such names as Congdon, Smalley, Young,
and Wilkinson. A j. Cummings edits
the weekly. Myron Fox reads all copy
to prevent repetition in the paper, and
D. X. O'Connell keeps the index. In
addition, the Tribune has corps of fifteen
reporters, second to none in the land
The principal owners of the Times are
Henry J. Raymond, George Jones, the
publisher, and Christopher Morgan, of
Methodist fame. During Mr.. Raymond's
absence, Thurlow Weed and F. j. Otter
son are managing editors. The World is
conducted by Manton Marble, who is the
largest owner in the concern. Of the
younger journalists, there are several of
great promise among them are Thomas
A. Kennctt, of the World, Daniel K.
O'Donnell, of the Tribune, and Augustus
Maverick, Of the Euenin9 Post. The best
editorial writer's, and each inimitable in
his way, are George Wilkes, of the Spirit
of the Times, Sidney Howard Gay and
Charles 7. Congdon, of the Tribune, VIM.
81. Hurlburt, of the World, and Charles
Nordhof, of the EUenin9 Post. The best
American political statistician living, con-
nected with the press, is probably Horace
Greely; the next best is Franklin J. OF
terson, of the Times, though Thomas G..
Shesrman, lawyer, is perfect cyclope-
dia of political knowledge, and IS a very
useful man for more than Ole newspaper
establishment. The Nation has a sub
scription of over seven thousand, while
the Round Table is holding its own in
spite of the bitter criticisms it gives and
receives. The Independent rolls up the
overwhelming list Of $4,000 subscribers,
and the number is daily Increasing.