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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-09
The Cotton TaX---Its Effect Oh the
tE Negro,

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Partizan and sectional animosity,
like " vaulting AMBITION sometimes
"o'cr leaps itself and falls on t'other
side" This is emphatically the case
in the matter Of. this Cotton Tax -ofive
cents a pound-a measure undoubtedly
conceived in q spirit of hate toward the
South, and intended to be but the en-
tcring- wedge Oft system of measures
through, which the, Radicals iatend to
impose upon, that section the. burtlen
of the public debt. Lot them but sue
Coed in this, and in retaining power in
their hands, 4ana the Cotton Tax will
be Followed BY other iniquitous meas.
ulres, designed, like that to shift the bur
then oftaxation' from New England to.
other sections ofthe Union. .si.tlo =
But these malignants, in their blind
fury, do not perceive. the scope OF their
own measure. They intend it to. crush
only the southern white man, but, in
their Ignorance and blindness, they are
striking at the very existence OF the
freed negro, Very large numbers OF
these are raising cotton, this year, on
shares with the proprictors of iceland
Let any one recur to the table publish
ed in this paper y few days ago, or
make the calculation for himself, and
see what must he the effect Of this tax
upon the negro 1abofer, Should cot
ton come down to fifteen cents, this tax
will take from him Just one-tAird Of his
gross revenue leaving him with hard
" enough to keep soul and body to-
gether, after d%efraying his expense,
much less anything to educate his fam
lily. Have Thad. Stevens, and his era.
~ Observation-Disclosures, ever thought Of
this We imagine not. They have
been striking at the wAite men of the
South, and, apparently, have not brains
enough to comprehend the palpable
truth, that the interests of the two
races in the South are one and the same.
and that he who attempts to promote
the interests Of one at the expense Of
the other, is Il charlatan and a mischief
maker.
Clearly, with such burthens imposed
on them, neither white nor blacks will
continue to grow 0tton, but the SUI.
perior intelligence Of the white pro-
prietor will enable him to at least Ire
on his land by the sweat Of his brow.
With no land, no employer, no induce
ment or opportunity to labor, what is
the black man to do? Surely, as Pres
ident Johnson said to them, not Il great
while ago, it will be seen after Il while,
even by the negroes themselves, who
were their best friends, "A more dead
ly blow could not have been struck
upon their welfare, than this cotton tax.
-.Mcmphis .IpPeal.
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The New York Tribune, speaking OF
the trial of Mr.. Davis, Uses the follow
ing language; If Mr. Davis is to be tried
as it seems to us he ought to be, we
can imagine no reason for deferring his
trial. If he has been unjustly pro-
claimed an assassin, he should some
how be relieved from the blasting in
culpation ; and if he is not to be tried,
but is merely to be held until public
sentiment will admit of his liberation,
we protest against a policy so unwor-
thy the people of this country. Even
if the object of his Imprisonment were
to render him the sole idol of the late
rebels, making them forget all his faults
in their sympathy for his condition, it
has already been fully accomplished.
Let us either try him, or else let him
20.
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broken.

tpto this writing We have nothing
from Europe to excite us. Prcpma
tons for war still continue, and among
the preparations we count the proposed
European Congress ut Paris. France,
England and Russia, it appears, have
taken upon themselves the Office of in
tcrmcdiarics. 1t is said they will pro
pose a sort Of triangular settlement OF
the difficulty, whereby what II pow
or loses at one end Of the triangle will
be regaincd to it ut the other. Thus, by
this gcpmctrical arrangement Austria
is to cedc Venctia to Italy for a pecu-
mary consideration, and that in eX-
change for a portion of Siberia she will
abandon Holstcin to Prussia.
But Austria. Prussia and Italy keep
on their preparations for al They
seem to have no confidence that the
conference of outS;ders will effect any
thing towards preventing the expected
strife. .....9 4'
From all we can gather, we predict
that by the time another Home jour
nal reaches its readers, the mighty Flu
ropcan struggle will be in operation.
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TnEsE are the provisions Of the new
Bankrupt law which has passed the
House of Representatives, and is now
pending in the Senate: That any per
son owing debts over $500, filing 0
petition OF inability to pay and will
lingncss to surrender his estate, shall
be adjudged a bankrupt, and a war
rant issued for the sheriff to possess till
an assignee is appointed. The duties
of assignees are defined. 1t provides
for examination before court of the
distribution of the estate, creditors to
share pro rata without preference, cx-
cept wages to clerks and operatives
under $50 q month. The order in
dividend is, LIST, the costs of the courts F.;
Cd, debts to the State and State assess
ments; 3D., wages 4th, debts having
priority by law. 1t provides, also, for
discharge from all debts after compli-
ance, and provides punishment for
fraud. Seven days confession of
judgement, and fourteen for CONNER
cial paper, shall be an act of bank
ruptcy. The act takes effect from the
date of its passage. No petition is to
be filed before the LIST day of Novem-
Der next.-NashpiMe Banner.
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Explanation.

Several persons have come TO us du
ring the past week, saying they wanted
the Home Journal provided VT would
" wait awhile on them, as W. have
" waited on others Now, this is to
explain, that %we,cannot receive a single
additional subscriber unless the sub
script;on be paid in advance, for al
ready our subscription list has reached
II number that makes PAPER an eXIcn-
siyc item. Aud in order to keep the
Home journal up to standard which
will advertise HscJ to the patronage OF
the people of this county, we will adj
here to what we said last, to-wit: No
name will be entered on our books in
future unless the money be pail in adj
vance.
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THE FENIANS.
Proclamation by the President.
All Violations of Neutrality Pro-
hibited.
A Veto OH the Fenian Movement.

WASHINGTON, June Gth.--The Presi-
dent has issued the following %proclama-
ton:
WHEREAS, 1t has become known to
me that certain evil disposed persons
have, within the territory and jurisdic-
ton Of the United States, began and set
on foot, and have provided and pre-
pared, and are still engaged in proyi-
ding and preparing, means for Il mill
tary expedition and enterprise, which
expedition and enterprise is to be car
ricd on from the territory and jurisdic-
ton of the United States against the
colonies and people of British North
America, within the dominions Of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain, with
which said colonies, district, people
and kingdom, we are at peace; and
WHEREAS, The proceedings of said
parties constitute u high misdemeanor,
forbidden by the laws Of the United
States, as well as by the laws of ma
tions; now, therefore, for the purpose
of preventing the carrying out of the
unlawful expedition and enterprise
aforesaid from the territory and juris-
diction Of the United States, and to
maintain the public peace, as well as
the national honor, and enforce ODE
diencc and respect to the laws of the
United States,
/, Andrew Johnson, President ofthe
United States, admonish and warn all
good citizens OF the United States
against taking part, or in any wise aid
ing or abetting said unlawful proceed
ings and | do exhort all Judges, mag
istratcs, marshals and officers in the ser
vice OF the United States to employ all
their lawful authority and power to
prevent and defeat the aforesaid unlaw-
.lul proceedings, and to arrest and bring
to justice all persons who may be en-
gagged therein, and in pursuance of an
act Of Congress in such cases made and
provided. .n..r r
| do further authorize and empower
Major General G. G.. Meade, comman-
der of the Military District of the At
lantic, to employ the land and naval
forces of the United States, and the
militia thereof, to prevent the setting
on foot and carrying on the expedition
and enterprise aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, / have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
the 9th day of June, in the year of our
Lord 1866, and ofthe independence of
the United States the Goth.
(Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY the President.
WM. ii. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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Sleeping Cars.

Under the head "Good Tidings foi
the Travelling Public the Nashville
Press and Times, of the 9Th inst, an
nounces that four superb sleeping cars
are soon to be put upon the Nashville
Il Chattanooga Railroad. One of the
cars has already reached Nashville.
Each car is to be 63 feet in length, Joy
feet wide, and IL feet from floor to
ceiling. The berths large, and ample
space between the upper and lower see
tons, to allow . lady passenger to per-
form her toilet without difficulty. In
short, the cars are to equal anything of
the kind ever o in this country.
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NEWS ITEMS.

The English residents Of Chicago
were to hold a meeting, to raise men
and money to assist in protecting Can
ada from the Fenians.
1t is believed that tho statement that
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee commanded the Fe.
Man cavalry in the Canadian invasion
is untrue. .,-y .... fl. .1...
About three hundred c0lorcd cou-
pies were married last week at the freed
mems village on Arlington flights, in
pursuance of Gen. Howhrd's recent or
der relative to concubinage. I'll
A writer in the New Orleans Adpo-
cate, who has been making some in
quirics into the destruction of churches,
says that, so far as he has a~scertained,
between 1000 and 1900 churches were
burned during the war. These churches
he thinks, had cost tho people no less
than $4,000, 900. In the loss the Meth
odists were the greatest sufferers the
Baptists next; then the Presbyterians
and the Catholics last,
The New York papers treat the great
Fenian movement in q spirit of levity.
Those in the interest of Mr.. James
Stevens fear that it will seriously in
jurc the cause of Ireland, believing that
Canada cannot be made a point dap-
pui for an attack upon the British pow
er in the mother land.
Mr.. White, late of Mosby's gucrril-
las, has been elected Mayor of Lees
burg, Va. lie was pardoned several
months ago.
High Fenian officials say Gen. w. II.
Jackson, late of the Confederate army,
has accepteda commission of Brig
adler General in the Fenian army. 1t
is not credited by his friends. :,
A leading London journal now sug-
gests that the purpose of Napoleon in
making that terrible little speech at
Auxerre, the other day, was not to com
nit France to a participation in the
threatened war between Austria and
Prussia, but merely to shatter the for
tunes of certain prominent bankers and
spectators on the Bourse, whc have
recently fallen under the ban of his dis
pleasure.
The reports of the crops up the Ar
kansas, near the river, are encouraging,
but the crops in the interior, it is said,
will be an utter failure.
The details of the terrible overflow
of Alexandria, La, are perfectly heart
rcnding. The people have been driven
to RATS for protection, and an immense
amount of property has been destroy.
ed. Relief for the distressed iphsbi-
tants is impossible until the floods sub.
side. ..l.
The court martial which has been
trying Major Gee, who was comman-
dant Oftbe rebel prison at Salisbury, |
has adjourned for a short period. Up
to this time the expenses of the trial
have been $4,000, and no evidence
eliminating the prisoner has been adj
duced yet. 'la
Colonel Starr, of the Seventeenth
Kentucky Regiment. claims the honor
for his men Of planting the first Irish
Gag on the Cauada shore.
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What Will They DO.

Inc JacobIils who lately adjourned
their meeting at Nashville, and whicl
passed by courtesy asa Le%yiSiatuye-
where are they? From the subjoinc,
REMARKS OF the Columbia Herald W,
infer that the men who pretended tc
represent Maury County are somewhere
else than among their constituents
Constituents did we say! Wei BEG par
don-thcy have no constituents. Hard
y Il single Radical in the "so-callcd'
Legislature can boast OF a constituency
The members who resigned went home
and mingled with their constituents,
and were reelected. They were then
refused seats in the ~uncnviablc com
pany Of the hang-on Radicals, and re-
turned home to their first love. Now,
when the Radicals are free on account
ofadiournmcnt, where will they go?
The Herald says:
at is not to be expected therefore
that the three individuals who have
been drawing pay as representatives
from this county, will mix with the
people of the county during the recess.
In addition to the fact that they in truth
represent nobody n more serious OBJ
Staelo is presented in the estimation in
which they are held by the entire peo-
pie, If they really desired to ascertain
the views and wishes of the county it
would be difficult for them to.do so,
on account Of the c~h9ractcr they have
made. forthcmsclv'cs. The fact is ey=
Icrybody is ashamcdto be seen in com
pan.v with them. They have MANAGED
to render themselves odious to the
county al largo and their immediate
%ncighbors lin particular. While we
cannot ignore this fact we sincerely re-
greet that it is so. Not on account of
the individual themselves, form strict
Justice they richly merit all the odium
that attaches to them, but because the
tendency is through them to bring the
Of legislator into disrcpntc and
by consequence to detract from the re
spect entertained for the law. Our peo-
pie should take care thatthis does not
occur. However they may condemn
the conduct and feel indignant at the
Individuals who have so disGraced
themselves, they should not allow their
feelings to lesson their respect for the
law. However unjust the law, howev-
or contrary to both the letter and spir-
it of the State Constitution it may be,
or however contemplate may be the
individuals who enact it, yet until it's
unconstitutionality has been pronoun-
.ccd by the regular and rightful tribu-
nal il is entitled to obedience. There
was never n time when this precaution
was so much needed rs now. There
a ncver in the history of the United
States n time when the people of any
State were SO sorely tried, as are the
people of Tennessee to-day. Often it
has occurred in the changes and vicis-
STUDIES Of party strife that the majority
OLA Legislature were at war with the
people for whom they legislatcd; but
seldom or never perhaps has this diff
ference been so radical rs to produce
social rs well as political alienation"
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The floods in Texas have overlooked
and devastated all the bottom lands,
and the injury to crops has been extern
sivc.
The Congressional Committee, re-
ported to investigate the Memphis
riots have nearly completed their Ia
bors. AS they were sent there to do
the work of partizans, the public can
anticipate their report.
During Gen. Frank Blair's speech at
Warrensburg, Missouri, on Friday last,
a disturbance occurred in which one
man was killed and several wounded.
Cause, politics and whiskey.
The New York MraTs financial ar
ticle says: The Fenian raid upon the
ruins of Fort Erie failed to create the
slightest disturbance among the finan-
cial community, and an inglorious ter
mination Of the forsy into British ter
ritory Is predicted,
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Mr.. Blackman, Il representative III
the bogus Legislature at Nashville
from the county Of Monroe, recently
applied for a change of venue, in n case
in which he was involved. upon the
ground that he could not get justice in
that county. lie is II sweet prctender.
a representative of a people out of
whom he cannot get twelve men to do
him justice. f-..
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TO Town Subscribers.

If you fail 10 get your paper, notify
as. We can always be found at any
reasonable hour, at our office. Don't
come forward months hence and say
.younoyer received half your papers, &c.
And be certain, before sayingy on don't
get your paper regularly, that some
one ofthe household has not gotten it
and mislaid it. In short, be n little
charito6ie toward as in the labor and
Inconvenience Of seeing that each sub
scriber is supplied regularly with his
DaDCr,
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SALE OFF LAND.

j. NJ. Russey, VS.. r. j. Lylc's heirs ct ais.
County Court. Franklin County. Tennessee.
by virtue of Il decree of the County
1)Court of Franklin County Tennessee,
pronounced at its June term. 1866, in the
above cause, 1 will, on the ,lg .uii erl.g 3
First Monday IN Ju1ynert,
it being the 9Th day of. said month, offer
for sale at the Court House door. in the
town of Winchester, one'tract of land "
ing in Franklin County, Tennessee. dis
trict No. ., on the Salem road, three miles
from Winchester, containing 215 acres.
more or less. Said land will be sold to the
highest bidder on Il credit of one and two
years. except the sum of one hundred dol
lars to he paid IN day of sale, the biddings
to commence Mt 81 per acre. Notes Will,
good and sufficient security required, and
a lien retained until the purchase money
is paid. JOHN &. ENOCHS.
june0 ids so Clerk.
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Severe Storm.

Wchave not known in many years a
storm of longer duration than the one
which visited this section on Tuesday
night last, or a heavier fall Of rain, OF
o vivid and continuous lightning.
The elements seemed to be engaged in
an awful battle, and surely the air must
bs now cleansed of all contagious mat
YER. We learn that wheat has suffered
sons'assshsy by being blown down.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-09

The Memphis Appeal states that q
difficulty occurred at the Gayoso House
Friday evening, 1st inst, between Gen.
Fisk, of the Frccdmen's Bureau, and q
gentleman named Rldgley, which re
suited in n resort to ~fisticufis, from
the General was about coming
out SECOND best, when three negro sol
liers intcrfered and turned the scale in
his favor.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-09

A gentleman one evening said to q
lady, near whom he was seated. Why
Is a woman like a mirror y She
"gave it up Because said the
rude fellow, 80 mirror reflects without
speaking ; a woman speaks without re-
fleeing" Very good" said she.
Now answer me. Why is q man un-
like a mirror?' ~ cannot tell you"
Because the mirror is polished, and
the man Ia not. I-r,f
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State of Tennessee, Franklin Co.

State of Tennessee, Franklin Co.
Elizabeth Horton VS.. ii. II. Horton.
m motion of complainant and it appear
Oing to the Clerk 4 Master from the afli-
davit of complainant that the defendant,
ii. ii. Horton, Is a nonresident of the State
of Tennessee so that the ordinary process
of law cannot be served upon him. n
1t Is therefore ordered that publication
be made for four successive weeks i'm thc
Home journal, requiring said defendant to
appear before the Clerk and Master on or
before Wednesday after third Monday in
August. 1850. and plead, answer or demur
to said bill, or the same will he taken for
confessed and set for hearing exparte.
II. X. ESTILl. L. 4 NJ.
iune0 .-r .T.'. Au
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Several interesting articles, in type.
are crowded. out this weeks paper. We
want our friends to work a little to ad-
vance our subscription list, and we will
enlarge the paper. Remember, how
ever, the cash must accompany each
name. We have too many son u short
credit already. .-'
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State of Tennessee, Franklin Co.

JOIN FrahKs vs.. Mary Janc SnOddy and
the Tennessee Conference,
TT appearing to the satisfaction of the
ICourt that Mary Jane SnOddy is a non
resident of the State of Tennessee. 50 that
the ordinary process of law cannot he
served upon her, it is therefore ordered
that publication be made for three success
sive weeks in the Home journal. a news
paper published in the town of Winches-
ter, requiring said nonresident to appear
before the Worshipful County Court to be
held at Winchester. Tennessee, OH the Ist
Monday in July next, to plead. answer or
demlir to the Petition. or the same will he
taken for confessed and set for hearing ex-
parte as to her. JOHN G. ENOCIIS.
.Junc9 3w Clerk.
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GINA JURY
SuunIV YnurscIycs.

As next week will be one of demand for
catables, 20 to Patterson & McDowclls and
supply yourselves with nice cheese, ele-
giant dried beet. oysters, crackers, sardines,
pine apple. &c. Iiunc9 1t 4
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Strnycd on. stolen.

TWO Observation-Disclosures shoats-
l. one Il sow, the otlicr Il boar; neither Of
them marked They have been running
in the streets. Several months since | hail
Il reddish colOrrd barrow, with Il slit in
cgch ear, to stray off. Any information
thankfully received and rewarded.
ni' .t W. j.. SLATTER.
iuup0 .l.. If BIZ ..|
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Fire

We regret to learn that the residence
of Mr.. Paschal Cole, on the river, some
ten miles from here, was burned TO the
ground Monday night last. He lost all
his furniture and bedding, etc. P,re
accidental.
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CoNsIsrENcY,-To expect Il loca
newspaper to labor for local interests,
yonrs always included, while you send
your money off for a foreign newspa'
per. Yet, the very persons who do
this are the first to ask local news
papcrto do everything for nothing in
order to advance pubhic interest. In
other words, they dance and others
pay the fiddler.