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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29
SUNDAY READING.

Good temper is like sunny day, it
sheds brightness over everything, 1t
is thesweetner of toll, and the soothcr
Of disquietitude.
He that hath good book in his
hand, but not lesson Of it in his heart
or life, is like donkey that carrieth q
rich burden, and feeds upon thistlcs,
Harmless mirth is the best cordial
against the consumption OF the spirits;
wherefore testing is not unlawful, If it
trespassetll not in quantity, quality or
season.
Let woman be declicd with all the
embellishments of art and nature, yet
if boldness be read in her face, it blots
out all the lines of beauty.
1t has been beautifully said, that
/" the veil which covers the face Of itl-
turity is woven by the hand o! mercy"
Love is the soul, the life, and anima-
ting principle of truth, and so far only
as there is good in truth, SO far only
there is life in it.
TO be faithful to the present moment,
hour, day, and its state, is most
weighty matter, and demands mans
most serious. consideration.
Every day brings forth something
for the mind to be exercised ON, either
of mental or external nature; and to
be faithful in it and acQuit ourselves
with the advantage designed thereby, is
both wisdom and duty.
Nothing exist in vain, either in out
ward creation, in outward concerns, or
in human minds. All the wisdom lies
in extracting the use and sweet out Of
every thing, SO that it may assist in the
pertcctions Of our minds.
Providence enters into the most mi
mute particulars Of mans life OF will and
thought, and marvc!ously overrules
all of external action and being, i'll
agreement with the state the man is i'll
and passing through
Shelton, in one Of his sermons says ::
can upright is always easier than 4
STOPPING posture, because it is more
natural, and one part is better support
ed by another; so it is easier to be an
honest man than knave. 1t is also
more graceful
The frank avowals, the stately can.
dors, the noble sclf-forgctting which
we meet with in books, are very seldom
met with anywhere else. When they
are, let us guard them jealously, for
they are the jewels Of life
The mere power Of saving what is al
ready in our hands must be Of easy ac-
QUESTION to every mind and rs the OK
ample Of Lord Bacon may show that
the highest intellect cannot safely neg
lect it, thousand instances every day
prove that the humblest may practice
it with success.
There were four good habits wise
and good man earnestly recommended
in his counscIs, and by his own exam
pie and which he considered essential
ly necessary for the management Of
temporal concerns; these are punctu-
allty, accuracy, stcadincsa and dispatch.
Without the first, time is wasted with
out the second, mistakes the most
hurtful to our own credit and interest,
and that Of others, may be committed;
without the third, nothing can be well
done; and without the fourth, oppor-
tuntics Of advantages are lost which it
is impossible to recall.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

PRESERVING SEED CoIN--As the
season is at hand for the farmers to lay
away their seed corn we give the follow
ing suggestions from and old farmer in
Wisconsin. AS soon as the largest be.
come hardened or glazed, though the
stalk may be quite green and the husk
on the ear somewhat green, select the
largest and ripest ears, and on the same
day diyest tine corn Of all the husk.
save us much rs will suspend it. Braid
the ears in lunches often or twelve and
suspend them in some dry place, Or if
the atmosphere he damp, hang the
lunches around the wall of the kitchen
for three or four weeks at least. IL
may hang either in the kitchen or any
dry, airy place, where neither damp nor
rain will get to it, until planting time.
All such will grow in any land not
Hooded with water.-Prarie Farmer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

The first installmcnt of the money
Austria has to pay Prussia went from
Vienna few days since in q special
train. 1t consisted Of 2O,0O0,0O0 reich
thalcrs (about the same number Of dol
lars in srcenbacks.) 1t is all silver,
and occupied twenty men six days in
counting it out. and reckoning thirty
thalers to the pound, weighs G,666,GG
pounds, or with the packing, 1000. 1t
was under the guard ofa detachment OF
thirty-six trusty soldiers, together
with the proper treasury officers and
their servants.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29
Effect Of Imagination.

Many years ago a celebrated French
physician, author Of an excellent work
on the effects of imagination, wished to
combine theory with practice, in order
to confirm the truth Of his proposi,
tons. 70 this end he begged the min
lister of justice to allow him to try an
experiment, on q criminal condemned
to death. The minister consented,
and delivered to him an assassin Of dis
tinglishcd rank. Our savant sought
the culprit, and thus addressed him:
"Sir, several persons who are inter
ested in your family have prevailed on
the judge not to require Of you to
mount the scatlold and expose yourself
to the gaze of the populace. He HAS,
therefore, commuted your sentence, and
sanctions your bled to death within the
precincts of your prison; your dissolu-
ton will be gradual, and free from
pain"
The criminal submitted to his fate
thought his family would be less dis
graced, and considered it q favor not
to be compelled to walk to the place OF
public execution. He was conducted
to the appointed room, where every
preparation was made beforehand. His
eyes were bandagcd; he was strapped
to 4 table, and at preconcerted signal
four of his veins were gently pricked
with the point of Il pin. At each cor
ncr Of the table was q small fountain OF
water, 50 contrivcd rs to flow gently
into basins placed to receive it. The
patient, believing that it was his blood
he heard flowing, gradually became
weak; and the conversation of the
doctors, in an undertone, confirmed
him in this opinion.
"What fine blood - said one. "What
pity this man should be condemned
to die e!-hc would have lived q long
time"
"IIush y said the other. Then ap-
preaching the first, he asked him in a
low voice, but so rs to be heard by the
criminal, 'Ilow many pounds Of blood
are there in the human body?'
"Twenty.four. You see already
about ten pounds extracted; that man
is now in a hopeless state
The physicians then receded by de-
grees, and continued to lower their
voices. The stiffness which reigned
in the apartment, broken only by the
dripping fountains, the sound of which
was also gradually lessened, so affected
the brain Of the poor patient that, al
though man Of very strong consttu-
ton, he tainted, and died without hay
ing lost drop of blood.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29


The New York Herald refers to
Henry Ward Beccherus ellis Holiness,
the Protestant Pope
4 "Ten hpSsIG i.OyaiiSt."
The Nashville Banner, speaking OF
the character Of the men who assumed
to represent the South on the Free
Niger Mcan-While-lIcn's Convention
at Philadelphia, thus vcntilates Il Mr..
Thos. A. Harris, Of that State, del
cgatc without constituent:
In 1861 Harris went into the war
among the first, and served us licutcn
ant in Billles battalion Of cavalry. At
Bowling Green, KY, under Albert
Sidney johnson, he has repeatedly
boasted Of being the man that fired the
bridge over Green river, to prevent or
delay the advance Of Gen. Buell.. He
was thus voluntary, boncfde alder OF
the rebellion. Ills brother in law, Nat
Jones, OF Maury, has o!tcd remarked
that Tom Harris adhered TO the Con,
iedoracy until specie began to get scarce
and lead plentiful, at which juncture he
became cotton trader, and all the
world knows what that meant. We
too, have IL distinct recollection OF
Toms military experiences, and the
impression is very strong on our mind
that he did not desert the Southern
cause from principle, but from arranj
cowardicc. He is Il fair specimen o!
what we used to term during the war 4
homemade Yankee"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

The Lawrence American has the fol
lowing in regard to Vermont phc,
nomenon:
E. B. Osgood, ESD, our city Auditor,
q few days since returned from Bran
don, Vt While there he examined the
famous ice we'll SO called, about which
there has been 50 much discussion
among the aayana. The well is OF the
ordinary size, and forty-tour feet in
depth, At the depth Of thirty-ninc
feet ice is formed on the sides Of the
well, and from that down to the water
is Of the usual temperature of ice water,
and no matter how the thermometer
stands upon the surface Of the earth
even if it indicates 100 in the shade
this never varies, and the ice is alway,
there. In tlc winter the coating i,
thicker. No other well in the vicinit,
has this feature, and the cause is no
easily explained.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

There are now from 10000 to lO0,-
600 head of Texas cattle pNsturcd along
the eastern and northwestern limits Of
the State of ofTeyas, and destined for the
markets OF the els Mississippi. They
are detained where they are by the
statutes Of neighboring States, which
forbid their being driven through them
before the 10th Of November; the rea-
son being disease called the Texas
cattle fever, which prevails in the sum.
mcr months, and is contagious. Est
mated at only $40 per head, there is
here Il value of 81, 100000 in cattle al
ready under way for the East. A late
number of Il paper published ut Corpus
Christi, Texas, says that there is 4 SIN
ole stock raiser on the Neuccs river
whose brands now cover more than
10000 head of cattle. They are sold
there at about 50 per head. He could.
therefore, sell Off &lj0,O00 worth Of
stock mt this low rate, and still have
enough milch COWS left to supply the
usual family demand,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29
orr .NORDGrcU 200 Press
A remarkable Article frCna ScMi
Official Paper.
The Troubles i'm prOspect-Gcn"rai
Grant may be Made Dictator.

The New York Times ofW edncsday
has the following remarks upon the
troubles threatening the country, the
course Of the President would likely
pursue, and the possibility that Genera!
Grant will become supreme ruler:
By law, Congress consists of two
hundred and forty one members, and
ly law, also, Il majority Of the Whole
number, or III members, constitute Il
quorum. Suppose that members elect
cd from the Southern States should
11cct in December, 1866, and be enough
added TO Northern members who be-
lcve in their right to representation,
and who would meet with them to CON
stitutc quorum; and suppose the Nor
thcrn members who do not believe the
South entitled to representation, and
who would not meet with them, should
meet by themselves, constituting less
than Il quorum Of the whole numbcr.-
The Pittsburg Chronicle begins to see
the possibility of such an occurrence !;
and it also sees that the President will
be under the necessity Of recognizing
one or the other Of these bodies as the
valid. constitutional House OF Repre-
sentatives. He must send his messages
to the one or the other. He must sign
bills passed by the one or the oth"r.-
He must treat one or the other Is II
branch of Congress, clothed with the
power of making laws, and the other as
having no such authority. And under
the circumstances assumed, there can
be very little doubt, in view OF his
known opinions on the subject, that
President johnson will recognize the
numerical quorum--the body which
contains Il majority Of all the members
AS the only body authorized by the
Constitution to make laws for the Uni
ted States. He will probably send his
message to that body; he will sign
the bills they pass, if concurrcd in by
the Senate, and he will not recognize
the acts of the otter rs valid i'll any
respect. The Senate, on the contrary,
will recognize Il majority OF TIC mem
bcrs from all the States but ten, even II
they are a minority ofthe whole, as the
real Congress, and as clothed with all
the powers of legislation.
Here, certainly, is danger of n col
lision of authority. We have foreseen
It, and have warned the country Of it.
The Radicals have forcseen it, and have
been preparing for it. They have not
concealed their purpose, in such an
event, to appeal to force, and arouse
the country to another conflict OF arms
General Grant maintained, and still
, maintains his personal independence
lie is reserved, by those singular ano
unmatched PERSONAL qualities which
hold him aloofirom all the factious Ol
scdtious schemes, for the supreme
hour of trial which may await oar be
!. loved Republic. And stranger thing.
2 have happened in human history thar
would be the salvation of the nation
from the perils of a new war, BY ;
spontaneous committrl of it's destinie!
to his control.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

The l.ynchburg Viryiaion, OF the
llth, tells the following story of the
"last returned Confederate: y
The latest, and perhaps the last ia
come, returned Confederate was in this
city Saturday,dircct from the late enc
my's prisons.
His experience since the surrender
has been both eventual and tragic
Soon after the termination Of the wal
he was, with other prisoners at John
ston Island, liberated, but WAS not
furnished with transportation. Being
without money, he was at a loss how
to get to his home, which is in Angus
ia county in this State, nine miles from
Stanton He, however, made his way
into Indiana, afoot, and in passing
through town Of that State, went into
4 hotel, thinking he might meet with
some one who would give him assist
ance. A number of men were at the
bar, drinking, among them Federal
officer, who was talking about the wal
and among other things, said that he
had taken an oath to kill every one OF
Ashby's men he ever met with. With
out stopping to weigh the consequences
our returned hero spoke up, on the i'm
pulse of tha moment, and said that he
was one Of Ashby's men,
The officer ut once drew Il pistol and
fired on him three times, each bal
taking effect, but not in vital points,
Our Confederate, like wounded lion
rushed on him, wrcnchcl the weapon
from his grasp and shot the officer
dead with the remaining ball. Tho
Confederate was arrested, thrown in
prison, where he suffered long months
Of confinement, and it was only very
recently that he WAS brought to trial
which resulted in his final acQuittal.--
He then started again for home, and
reached here Saturday morning by The
Tennessee train lie stodpcd at the
Norvell House, where he was recogniz
ed by gentlemen who knew him and
vouch for his respcctah'jty and relia-
bilty. He also had with him 4 copy
of the records in the trial properly au
thentcatcd, coroborating his state
mcnts. He Was furnished with assist
ance and started for his home Sunday
morning. Hts name is Simpson, anc
he was u member Of Ashby's command
while that knighty chlcftain rode his
wondrous rounds, and was the first tC
reach his noble form when he fell
Thus has perhaps the last "rcbel' il
gray come back to his home, save Tho
long, long list Of those who sleptm The
" bivouac Of the dead" who will rctur!
never again to the homes for whicl
they fought SO well. ..
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

Alexander T. Stewart, of New York
has an income larger than the annual
salaries combined of the President OF
the United States, Senators and Con
gressmen, State officers and members
of the Legislature ofthc different States
Out of such an income Mr.. Stcwar,
could pay the entire expenses of several
State governments as easily US many
men now support their own families.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29
Brick pomeroy thus writes of Wash

Brick POmtfOy lHUs "TIIUs UI " H'I-
ington society: If the Devil should
come to Washington and establish Il
first class palatial house Of prostitution,
Cling il with wine and beautiful women,
be could legislatc this country to he'll
in fifteen minutes. The member OF
Congress who has not a.hall n dozen
mistre.,es is called 'Copperhean,' and
kept out of the political ring
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

y correspondent of the Cleveland
Herald says as Andy Johnson was re,
firing from the platform at Elyria,
Ohio, Il few inconsideratc persons ut
tered audible groans, when the Presi-
dent turned and said; 'You will
groan worse than that before you get
through. The damned always groan &!
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

George V. Moody, late Colonel in
the Confederate army, AMI delegate
from Mississippi to the Johnson-Phila-
dclphia Convention, was shot dead in
his Office at Port Gibson on the Sth
instant.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

Commodore Lawrence Rousseau, for
merly of the United States Navy, and
afterwards of the Confederate Navy,
died at New Orleans Sept. Sd, aged 76
years. lie was buried without parade,
but his funeral was attended by an i'm
mense concourse of the most rcspecta-
bio citizens.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

The National Lincoln Monument
Fund now amounts to S10,OCO. Nearly
the whole of this amount has been in
vested in United States bonds, and the
interest is added, from time to time, to
the fund. No design has yet been
adopted.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

SOUTHERN RADICAL LoYALrY.-Dis-
franchising the whites and voting tho
negro.
SOUTHERN RADICAL MoRALrY.-kill-
ing, burning and plundering.
NogruERNRADrcAL LorALTr-IIold-
ing OH to the offices, and 1000 extra
pay.
NORTHERN RADICAL MoRALlrY.-
Murder, rape, arson. whipping children
to death, and praying for the extermi-
nation Of the white population Of the
South.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

Through the cable we know the
price of London stocks three hours be-
fore they are sold, and should any
thing recherche happen to the pretty
Empress Eugcnic, the ladies' Of this
country would know it three hours be.
fore " the Suiall.'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

The outragcs committed by Indians
on the Plain have been greatly exaggc
rated. The President of the Holiday
Overland Mail and Express Company,
in answer to an inquiry, states that
there are Indians all along the route,
but they arc perfectly friendly, and
give every assurance of so remaining.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29
The London Times thinks that 1t

The London Times thinks that Italy
can get along very well with the Pope
us Chief Bishop Of Rome, the temporal
power being abandoned, The writer
inclincs to the belief that the Italian
people would not fix the capital in Rome
under any circumstances.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

A REASON AS IS a REAsoN.--ThC
Licutenant-G Governor of Illinois has
postponed the the execution of two
lhurdcrers, ut the solicitation of anum-
Der of citizens Of Springfield. One OF
the reasons assigned by the petitioners
is. that the murderers have recently ex
perienccd religion. The rcprieve is for
one mon IN.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

Charles a. Dana has secured most of
the 100000 capital for his new Radi-
cal daily at New York, and will proba-
bly make it an afternoon paper. His
failure on the Tribune and Chicago Re
publican don't seem to prognosticatc Il
brilliant future this time.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

A colored woman, Of Cairo, Illinois,
who had died of cholera and been fas-
tened up in her coffin, suddenly sur
prscd the attendants by bursting open
the lid and getting to her feet. She
exclaimed that she ''war not done
monr Yot'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

New Orleans dispatches, ofthc 18th,
says it is expected that there will be a
large emigration from Mississippi to
Texas this fall. Some will go to Bra-
zil from Louisiana, and there will be
emigrants to Honduras. .,..
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

The Radical members Of Congress
from Ohio, who voted last winter for
comforting the right Of suffrage upon
the ncglocs of the district ofColumbia,
are denying upon the stump that they
arc in favor Of any such measure i'll
Ohio
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

A company are busy at work sinking
u mine, on asmall island i'll South Gov
entry Lake, Conn, in hope of finding
the treasure which they suppose Capt
Kidd to have buried there.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

They propose to organize n militia
company at Helena, Ark, with officers
equally divided between the rcprcscn-
tativcs of the Union and the Conledc-
rate armies.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

Horace Maynard has written a letter
to the Gallatin Examiner, in which he
denies having made speech at Mouse
Creek, or anywhere else, in favor OF
negro equality.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

A dispatch Of the l4th, from New
Orleans, to the New York Times, says
the Chinese emigration agent has made
contracts for the delivery Of 2O,0O0 Co.
lestial laborers there in time for next
wears crop.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

There is said to be atrcmendous
stampede from the Radical ranks III
Wisconsin. Many of the most proml-
nent Republicans in the State are com.
ing out in favor OF the President poi-
icy.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

Mrs. David Smith, ofLcbanon. Team.
recently gave birth to four children
two boys and two girls, each weighing
six pounds. The mother and ciiidreh
are doing well, and all are likely to
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

A splendid saddle was recently for
warded from New Orleans to General
r. f. Lee, as Il present from Mfr. Con-
nelly, II. F., who was a frequent visitor
of the General during the war.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

During the Indianapolis reception, a
Radical gave Il boy five dollars to
throw stone at the President, giving
him the stone with the money. 1t was
thrown, but did not reach the point at
which it was aimed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

Dr. Collins, Of Cincinnati, wrote a
treatise on the cure Of cholera and died
Of the disease.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

Thirty-two miles an hour is the con-
tcmplatcd speed ofa steamer described
in one Of the scientific journals Of last
week.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

The population of Madison county,
Ala, is estimated at over twenty five
thousand.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-29

Last year there was one divorce to
every eleven marriages in Chicago, and
this year the proportion will be greater
still.