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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-02
THE WOMAN 1 LOVED.

Perhaps my story is q common one
in the annals Of the world, yet it seems
to me II very strange experience.
cannot recognize it any way jnst, OF
right, or good for me. | loved her so
and had long been so in need Of low
ing deeply, purely, fervently. ! thought
her true woman. Why could | not
have been allowed to believe that there
was ono true woman in the world. But
| forgot Mary, my sister. All. | ,un
a bitter cynical old man, rcrhaps-hut
| was thwarted so cruelty in my youth
1t is Il romance, rs ! have hinted.
look IN the mirror at my wan old face,
and think the romance ended almost
with a tragedy.
| am not 4 poor man. walk on
velvet carpets, dine of silver have the
most luxurious house, the haHd>omest
carriages, the surcst financial resources
of any man in the city Yet, out OF
my life, | never was happy but one
half a year Comfortable had been
before that time, but never in my
whole life was hoply but one short
half year.
Once | was a poor man. II twenty
i've ! had an income barely sufficient
to support ne dcccntly, Perhaps it
was, because ! had neglected the study
Of NY profession, to take care Of my
invalid sister; but in those days was
very poor indeed. We rented a little
house in the suburbs of the city. !
walked into town to the office of Black
n SIerns every day. There WAS
clerk. | read law with Mr.. Stcrns, but
was not permitted to practice, not be
iny well up in professional knowledge.
For | had never studied very hard, not
being naturally ambitious and energet
ic, and having no incentive to cNcriion
while Mary declared all her,wants sup
piled.
My sister and lived very plainly,
vet. still nicely. at Brookside. Some
time in the future ] planned to bay the
house, but the execution was very re
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-02
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A DIRECTORY.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
Vim. +. Murrcll. Sheriff; -. j. Martin
and TnoS. II. Finch, Deputies.
Nath Friz2cll, Coroner. H
r. J. Jackson. Circuit Clerk. .
Jno. G.. EnochS. County Clerk. ,
III. K. Estill. Clerk and Master.
ID. K. Slater, Register.
Il. j. Turner. County Trustee.
HcrnGon Green. Tax Collector.
JOHN Z. Slater, Ranger.
Thos. Finch. Chairman County Court.
I. Nj. Pryor and Wm. Green, Associate
Justices.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-02

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me '"'" '''H''''.'c 'o'N''''"
assembled at $ c,orh, Thursday eve
ming. 1ith uIt. The hail was denscly
crowded
r,l .i,.,,.,ro.1I,,-,oI u,o gan,.o,
''"n 'or ~" ,'','".'>' "''" H'''' WY
10 NF' 'oll"lo'N''"i", WI" S''":
Nj frcsidentanl fellow citiIcns--l
thank You for this kindly reception.
thoGgh you seem to be unconrerjed
by the newspaper Of our common cn"-
my in Cincinnati, the righteous soul OF
I VINO cdItor IS greatly NcNed with the
idea that {. l.. NalIanIigham will per-
sist in attending Democratic tunNcn-
tons, and THAT the Democratic party
VIII commune to rccpgui|" INN rs a
member in good SANDING Loud
IaugI ter But so long as the D1mor-
racy can work ellectua!ly, so long shall
he found working with them We
have done our work to-day, gentlemen,
and we have done it well. The plat
form IA with singular unanimity,
been adopted. \ ticket, composed OF
men M to the Jcilcr5onlan standard Is
pnt III nomination, and 1--WE do not
, succeed IN the coming c.ecti2n in
making tl&J ticket triumphant, We ut
least 50 lar gain as ID deserve and Sc
cure Il sncc'Ss IN lHO" We ca"not
/ overcome the majority OF sixty odd
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-02
From tic Nashville Gazette.
Oh mo, hn'linotNecd Them Again.

! .
I To REV, a. j. RYAN. Knoxville, Tenn
The following stanHas are Affections
ateIy inscribed by his lifepd }. D.
| Sullivan. ta I.. ..... .....
These stanzas are founded upon the
following facts, related to me by q gen.
tcman whose vcracity is unqncstiona-
bic. On the morning OF the battle OF
Franklin, Tenn, Maj. Gen. Patrick
CleLune, c. s. A., whic riding along
the line encouraging his men, h"heId
an old Triend--a Captain in his COM
mand-marching bare foot, his feet
bleeding from cold and other causes, ----
A!ightng from his horse he asked the
Captain to "p!easc' pull off his boots.
The Captain did SO, when Gen. Gle
bune then told him to try them ON:
this the Captain also did. Gen. Gle
burnc then moilntcd his horse, told the
Captain he was tired Of wearing them,
and could 10 ell without them. He
would hear OF M "Reminiscences. and
bidding the Captain good bye rode 4
way. In this condition he was killed
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-02

..... ..... ALDERMEN. ..
1T ward-B. Tcmpleton. l.. Days.
"a ward-A. G.. Black, W. VI. Whitwortil
3l ward-Wm. Stewart. Peter Wa'lman.
It'll ward-WmsOn lIaggarl. W.T.. Lee.
B.Turman. Wmson iIaggard.
Constable. tierf.
Board meets lst and 81 Thursday night
each month.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-02

The Southern Methodist conference
at New Orleans hss voted to cl ange
the maine of the I" urch from etho-
DIST Episco al Church to simply the
Methodist G. rrch. -ti'i
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-02
MASONIC.

Cumberland Lodge. No. l5S. meets 81
'onday night in each month.
Winchester Chapter. No. ~. meets Tues
day night after Sd Monday night. monthly.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-02

Miss Anna Dickson is about to quit
lecturing and get married. ostyoung
ladies do hot begin to lecture until af.
irr the tone, Elonn. -r t.s .rszsaE
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-02

Dr. r. ". Jannary, an aged and
highly respected citizen Of thisplace-
until within the last tc" ycar,-d.oda ai
his home in Treaton, Tenn, on tlIc
18th inst, IN the Inth year or his age.
He wa, well known IN this conmuni-
ty, and in fact all through the south
ern country, as an allie cancer phys;
cian.-Huyrees5po fomter.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-02

Active preparations are making foI
tue great Fenidn dcmonstra;ion IL
Jones,. Woods, iic;,t yNeN York.
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RGtcs Of 4dre,fiSinO.

Advertisements inserted at 81 80 per
square of ten lines (brevier sizc,) first in
Scrrion. and IS cents for each subsequent
insertion. -....... ...,.,..,.,-
One column. one year. Sl25 OO
" r" six months, i-v 75 GO
three "-I.- 80 90
Half column one year. -r.-.I- % 70
six months, 10 90
three - - 80 90
Fourth column. one year, -p- 40 OO
six months,- % %
three - l5 90
One square. one year, 10 O0
:" six months, 10 90
three Z 80
sE5" All foreign advertisers must pay in
advance. 1t will be useless to send advcr-
ti-pmtnts with the request to publish and
send bill" Patent medicine manutactu-
rers must pay according to published rates.
and in no instance will their special no.
ticcs be published except at ~ cents per
line for each insertion. .'.
~" Our Agents are notified that it will
he useless to take advertisements for us at
less than tile above rates. and they must 0dd
hereto Heir commission. POSITIVELY NO
CRt DIT. OR BARTER. t 80 .'-J.if'Li
c@3" Advertisements for all charitable
purposes charged at regular rates. Here
sotore newspaper men have been expected
to contribute in proportion to the pubic,
and then if they charged for their work. it
was looked upon as cNtorIon. AS well
ask merchant to give money and charge
nothing torhis goods.
~; All communications to advance the
interests of any individual, or corporate
body. must be paid for as advertisements.
We shall determine for ourselves what is
for tine public benefit, and what ought to
20 i'm onr nrcoumn>.
o." Obituaries will be charged for at aC-
vcrli>ing rates. ...
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MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
N,J. Slater. .................... Mayor
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-02

Advertisements inserted at 81 80 per
square of ten lines (brevcr sizc,) first in
scrrion, and Is cents for each subsequent
ill.I inl
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Letter from Gen. Hampton.

The following is the letter of Gen.
Wade Hampton, which was read the
other day by Mr.. johnson, in the Sen.
ate of the United States:
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-14
Superstition.i

\ strange case of superstition Is re-
ported III the west of England. About
three weeks ago, says the Liverpool
Examiner Of the 18th, died the Rev. f.
d. Rhodes, Vicar of Bathampton, vii
LACE two miles from Bath, and on the
borders of Somerset and Willis. Mr..
Rhodes was man Of very remarkable
powers his teaching was far above the
average Of country gentlemen, and his
parishioners were commonly supposed
TO be, so far as intellectual attalnments
are concerned, much above the level of
an ordinary rural parish. Nevertheless,
since his death, the rumOr has been cur
rent that his ghost has been seen In
Bathampton church-yard, and has been
heard groaning and signing. The wit
nesses increased i'll number and in
positivedess of assertion, and the re-
port obtaining general currency, crowds
of persons came over from Bathto YER
ify it. Their testimony was abundantly
confirmed, and one old parishoner,
entering more into detail than the rest
said that he had seen Mr.. Rhodes with
crown of glory round his head and a
trumpet in his hand. The matter now
became serious, and the aid of the po'
lice was asked. Constables were ac-
cordingly sent over on Friday night
The ghost appeared as usual, pale and
ghastly, groaning and sishiug. He wa'
captured. and turned out to he a great
white owl, which is hcnccforth con
demued to humiliating imprisonment ii
barn, with hard labor in the shape o
mice-catching.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-14
A Puzzled Darlkey.

4 Southern correspondent relates the
following. and calls it true yarn:
A good story is told of 4 scene which
lately took place between Il freedman
and Dutch Lieutenant who was act
ing in the capacity of Provost Mar
shal. 1t seems that the Tcuton officer,
representing the majesty of the United
Stntes, keeps on hand, in order to make
his office nav, IA small stock of tobacco
and ginger cakes, to sell to the freed
men. One day strapping darkey
pokcd his head in at the door and asked
"Whar is de massa provost ~
"Vell, vat you want Z" demanded the
Dutch Lieutenant. r''
"Well, quit working down dar on
dat place. said Cuffee.
"And vot te twyfil you quits for Y
inquired the officer.
.'Whv, you see, massa, dcy's Onny glib
me one-cight oh de corn, and obcr on de
odder place dar, dcy gibs onc-siXtecnth.
"Comc in here, you tam black skin,'
said the officer. "Now you buys these
two shingcr-cakes for twenty-five cents,
and zat is sheap."
Cuffee pays down the quarter.
"Vcll, now, look here NIT YOU" con-
tinued the officer. II cuts dis shingcr-
cake in eight pieces you see dati ..
"Yes, sab" replied the darkcy with a
broad grin.
"vcll. den, I cuts this odcr shinger-
cake in sixteen pieces; you see dat 2!
Yes. sah."
"yell den, V on tam fool, you goes
hack Tn ynIir plJce: for YOU see zc
.von-eighth is more better zan re Won
sixteenth :"
Cuffce left, apparently satisfied, but
still evidently very much pcrplcXed in
Teutonic arithmetic.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-14
A French Reporter OIL Duty.

This was the way i'll which French
reporter fulfilled his duty:
One day when the Place de Pathcon
was the scene of Il riot, D0ngclOt in
stalled himself in the midst of Il shower
of stones and other missiles, pen in
hand, to note the incidents, as Il faithful
reporter. Amid the yells and groans of
combatants, and the clatter of cavalry
over the hard pavement into the ranks
of the seditious, a friend, cspying the
indefatigeble reporter, hailed him:
"Man. are you made he shricked;
run from there or you will be killed"
Donglct, without needing his advice,
retained his position, watch in one hand
and pen in the other, recording minute
by minute the aspect of the conflict.
"Do you not hear me!" cried the friend
again, lit is certain death for you to
remain there"
"Heaven will guard me. Bnt since
YOU are going, oblige me by handing
these notes to my Journal. You will
tell them that remain on the spot to
record the end of the affair"
One hour after, the adventurous jour
nalist was struck by Il stray ball. lie
was conveyed to a house, and 4 surgeon
hastened to his relief.
"Are YOU wounded''
"Yes.' replied Dongelet, land serious
Is, for am not able to write"
"You positively must not think OF
writing" said the doctor, brusquely; lit
will excite you too much. You must
remain quiet
"That is not the most important
thing at present" reioined the reporter,
casping for breath. Each one to his
task mine is to chronicle the affair.
Give me your assistance for one moment.
Write for me ut the bottom of the page
this post scriptuln:
"sTHREE O'CLOCK AND TWENTY MIN
UTEs =. M.-After n discharge of mus
kerry by the soldiers, there was found
among the ranks of the people three
wounded and one dead"
"How one dead p demanded the sur
geon: "who then is dead"
"Iw replied Dongelot, and immcdi-
ately expired.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-14
Famine iu lIiSsi.sippi.

In the accounts which reach us con-
rernins the failure of the grain crop in
Mississippi be true, there will be much
suffering in that State this winter.
General WooD, the Assistant Commits
sioner of the Freedman's Bureau, re-
ports tha. the supply of provisions in
Mississippi will be exhausted on the
first of January. The grain has failed
and there is nothing TO sustain animal
life during the winter.
A famine in this country is new
thing. We have read of the scarcity of
food in other countries, and our people
have often been called upon to contrib
ute from the abundance of their goods
to relieve the wants of the suffering
poor in Europe, but We have never yet
seen nor appreciated the extent of the
misery famine can inflict. 1t is much
to be hoped that the charitable people
of the North and the West, whose har-
vests have brought forth abundantiy
will do what is in their power for the
relief of their countrymcn who, without
such assistance, must perish during the
coming winter.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-14
from the Portland Transcript
Meamcrixiun 4 Obsfern.

During a recent trip down CasCO Bay,
we called on our venerable friend, Mr..
.JohnatlIan Chase, the proprietor OF
JEWELS Island. For nearly forty years
Mr.. Chase has occupied this island, which
is one of the most attractive of our bay,
not only on account of its history, lc-
neudary and authentic, but because of
its natural beauties; and he has been so
close an observer of the habits OF the
tribes peopling the waters that surround
his domain, that his conversation about
them is always entertaining. AT our
late visit we were particularly interest
ed in dissertation upon Holsters, and
in a very cnrious experiment. ho tsAsd
With them, for the benefit of our party,
TO most Of whom it was entirely new.
The old gentleman calls it mesmerizing
the HOLSTERS. As the process requires no
peculiar power on the part of the oper-
ator, we will report the modHs operdndi,
so that any one can perform the amusing
feat with which We were entertained.
Several lively Holsters, just caught,
were placed in boat hauled up on the
beach where we stood. Mr.. Chase grasp
ed one by the back and stood it upon its
head on the thwarts Of the boat, press
ing il down firmly, and ut the same time
arranging its large, piuggy claws so as
to steady it III this acrobatic position.
1t did not occur To us ut this time, as it
does now. that the object OF pressing it
down 50 firmly was to cause the little
point of she'll that protects the eye to
stick into the board and assist in steady
ing the fish in its peculiar attitude. For
l., nnrlN1 fnprp was
considerable wind, he bent down the
tan-like tail and held it so for i minute
or two with his left hand. In the mean
time. with the tips of the fingers OF his
right hand he gently rubbed the back OF
the creatures shell. The effect was
magical. and the sight was so ludicrons
rs to make our whole party laugh till
the tears came.
The long. slender limbs had been
struggling blindly in the air, each OH its
own hook, prospecting for the means
of getting down ont fits awkward and
undigniiied position: but as the old gen
tlcman rubbcd them one by one they
dropped in sleep and hung listlessly
down. One leg at a time Succumbed to
the subtle influence. But when they
were all down, then most evidently the
fish slept all over" To one who has
not sDrn this phenomenon, it would he
incredible that Shcli-fsh could strike
such an expressive attitude. 1t is a
statue of sleep. Every line of its mo-
tionlcss limbs seems To say, I'm enjoy
ing delicious nap; please don't disturb
me-"
At this stage of the process the sup
porting hand may be removed, and
there stands the lobster on its head, inn
movable, without any prop save such as
its own members supply, and there it
will stand for an indefinite period, the
most comical sight conceivable. A row
of Holsters, all asleep side by side. We
should recommend as cure for hypo-
chondria.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-14
er for the sake of plumber, or stifled onr
opinions to retain patronage,

er for the sake of plumber, or stifed onr
opinions to retain patronage.
Until the editor of the Intelliqepcer
ceased to be the Wheeling Postmaster.
no man knew from the utterances
of his paper, whether it was ANDREW
JoHSsoN's friend or foe. With secret
curses for his course, it yet clung to the
crumbs of his charity. 1t subsisted
upon his benefactions, sealed its lips to
secure the sustcnance of his bounty,
and then with an ingratitudc equaled
only by its venality, turned upon its
patron and snapped at the very hand
that had fed it. If gains gotten by the
sacrifice of independence and the sale of
principle are creditable and honorable
then has the Iatelligencer right to
boast of its pecuniary prosperity.
But poverty is not our only fault. We
want brains. The IRtelligencer thinks
this is sad need, and it ought to know.
If any body can speak experimentaily
on this subject it is the negro suffrage
editor. From his youth up he has been
familiar with the misfortunes attendant
upon mental weakness, and we shall not
question fact which his experience has
proven and his career illustrated. We
accept the lesson of his life, that want
of brains is poverty indeed.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-14

vacant seat-a nail keg without either
head. The current of the preach
er's thoughts led him into de-
scription of heaven and Its 10 in,
habitants. With great power he
had drawn a picture of the habi-
tation of the blessed, and was assigning
each of the patriarchs, apostles and
prophets each his appropriate place.
His Calvanistic tendencies led him to
reserve the Apostle Paul for his climac-
teric. With his eye fixed upon the
highest point, and with an upward ges-
ture that seemed TO be directed to the
loftiest attitude of the heavenly places,
he said:
and where, my brethren, shall We
seat the great Apostle of the GentileS
where, say, shall we place the Apostle
Paul p
Then pausing, to give the imagination
time TO reach the elevation designed for
the Apostle, he fixed his eyes upon our
hero of the rifle. He, therefore, think
ing the address personal, rose instantly,
and replied:
'If he can't do no better he can take
my seat
1t is needless to say that that climax
was never reached.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-14
The Street Railway and Other I'm
ptOvemcnts.

We learn from the gentlemen who
have been engaged during the past few
days, in soliciting subscriptions to the
stock OF the street railway company, that
they have already met with such success
rs to well nigh insure the construction of
the road. Nearly two-thirds of the re-
quisite stock has already been sub
scribed by our own citizens, and parties
who know the value of such stock else
where, and are satisfied that it will
prove q profitable investment here,
have signified their willingness to sub
scribe enough, after the Wheeling peo-
pie have taken all they desire, to COM
plete the road, and put it in operation.
We believe that the success of the en-
terprise may be considered sure.
Wheeling is long way behind her
sister cities of similar size in these mat
ters of public convenience, but she is
catching up. The spirit of improve
ment is abroad, and our people are fast
redeeming our ancient city from the
"old fogy" reputation she has hereto
fore borne. Within the past few years
the advancement has been unusually
rapid. Upon nearly every street spa
cious and elegant buildings are being
erected, and, in the principal mercantile
quarter of the city, number of busi-
ness houses are lately completed or now
in process OF construction which will
successfully rival in elegance and con-
vcnicnce and size the store rooms III
any, city OF equal population. The pub
lie Improvements have kept pace with
private enterprise; the laying OF the
new water-pipe being an event OF much
in the annals of Wheeling.
Before the present year expires, we
hope to have the pleasure of recording
the fact that the work of laying the
track for a street railway has been
commenced.