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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

WoMAS's WILL.-Dip the Atlantic
ocean dry with 4 teaspoon twist your
heel into the toe Of your boot; make
postmasters perform their promises and
subscribers pay printers send up fish.
ing hooks with balloons and fish for
stars; when the rain comes down like
cataracts Of Niagara, remember where
you left your umbrella; choke mus.
quito with brickhat; in short, prove
all things hitherto considered impossi-
bic; hut never attempt to coax q wo-
man 70 say che twill when she has
made up her mind to say she won't"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

The Richmond papers report that
John r. Tucker. formerly Commodore
in the Confederate navy, together With
Captain McCorkle and Lieutenant Wal.
ter R. Butt, have reached the city OF
Lima, in Peru. Tucker is TO be made
Rear Admiral Of the Peruvian ussy.
and to command the feet, and Lieuten
ant Butt is to be his 6ag officer
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

The bones of three hundred human
beings were exhumcd in Portsmouth,
Virginia, the other day, by laborers en-
gagged in excavating lot. From all
appearances they had been buried for
centuries, and we're probably those of
the "first settlers"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

Edwin Forrest proposes TO return
from California by way Of Australia and
England. He is going 70 venture . few
performances in England. The under
taking il lite risky, In view Of the
Macready riots in New York some
years ago, when the favorite English
tragedian 6ed for bic life from before
The ssssult of FORESTS friepdA
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

The New York Herald claims through
private channels from Washington that
a discrepancy, amounting to some thir-
ty millions. has been discovered in
balancing the accounts Of Judge Chase
while Secretary Of the Tressury--or
rather that his scoounts do not balance
by that anounA
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

CoyrEprRArl OYyIonA IA Mobile
paper says the Austrian Ambassador
had returned from Atlanta With ninA
teen ex- Confederate officers; Oh Of
whom have accepted positions 10 IL
Austrian army. Lsrge numbsTp q
Moh;iisps would accompany him -
his return To Europe. both - o0ssss
and priva,es.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

A carpenter who was always prog.
nosticating evil to himself, was one day
upon the roof of a five-story building,
upon which had fallen rain. The
roof being slippery, he lost his footing.
and, as he was descending toward the
caves, he exclaimed: "Just rs I told
you~ Catching, however, in the tin
spout, he kicked off his shoes and re.
gained place Of safety. from which he
thus delivered himself: "1kuow'd Il
there's pair Of shoes gone to thun.
derr'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

Anew York city correspondent says
that the residence of "A. II. Steward,
corner Thirty fourth street and Fifth
avenue, is nearly ready to move into.
1t cclipses any private on the continent,
so it is said will cost, without any fur
niturc, $2,500,00O. a..-
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

The Petersburg Express says: 1t is
said that Howell Cobb has recently
come out in favor Of granting suffrage
to the negroes, and electing them to
Congress 80 occupy seats with the
Northern Radicals. He will commence
this month to stump the State in favor
of this theory and President Johnson
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

Gen. Sheridan reports officially that
detachments of French troops still con-
tinue to be landed at Vera Cruz. He
states that from his own observations
he has lost all faith in the sincerity of
Napoleon in his statements concerning
the withdrawal of French troops. .f
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

TIE weather is orpressively hot in
st. Louis, and Is felt all the more in
consequence Of the breaking Of the
main water pipes, leading ifom the
river 10 the reservoir, which has caused
the water carts to cease from their Ia.
hOrs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04
A Satisfactory Explanation.

Gen. D. H. Hill, in his magazine,
The Land We Love, publishes the fol.
lowing spicy correspondence between
Generals jackson aud Early:
HEAD QUARTERS, LEFT WING.
General: General Jackson desires to
know why he saw so many Of your
stragglers in rear of your, division to
day?
A. S. PENDLrroS, A. A. G.
To Maj Gen. Early.
HID. Q'Rs EARLY's DIVISION
Captain: In answer to your note,
would state that l think it probable that
the reason why General Jackson saw
so many of my stragglers on the road
to-day is that he rode in rear of my d.
vision. j. A. EARLY,
Maj. General.
Captain Pcndleton, A. A. G.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

John c. Breckenridge 10 stopping Q.
the Queens Hotel in ToroaGo. He do
nies having offered bis rervices to t6s
Canadian government 10 resisting The
Fenians, and says he only desired TO T.
fend his homo st Niagara agsiust thsls
attack.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

In an address the other day to the
students of Yale College, Gen. Sherman
is reported to have said look at the
flag as christian object. Obey its
dictates and follow its leaders. Asyou
60 out into life you will find opport'l-
mites enough to stand up for it--you
may even have chance to fight for it.
] tell you that before you pass from
the stage there will be fighting, in com
parison with which mine will be slight,
and I have had enough
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04
An OLD DoCUMENr.-The Hunts

AN OLD DOCUMENT.-Ihe Hunts
vile Independent says:
I'VE saw yesterday the first deed
tha, was ever made in Madison coun-
ty l.. dates in the year 1910, and is a
CONVEYANCE by .Hachariah Cox, of one
thousand aces ofl.end to Martin Beatty.
The body of land decided lay imme-
diately southwest of the town, lnclud
ing the Big Spring, then called Hunts
Spring. The price pad by Beatty was
one dollar per acre. hnntsviue was
then called 'Wickersham. the uame
given it by Col. Leroy Pope, one oi
the first settlers"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

The Pittsburg people are endcavar-
ing to raise purse Of four thousand
dollars which they propose to offer to
Kelley il he will come to this country
and venture . rses iB Amep:esi waters
witA Hania.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

An English counterfeiter Of green
backs has been arrested at Atlanta. He
states that the bills were made at Not.
tingham, England, and that he, with
nine accomplices, came here for the
purpose of pcddling them. Three are
in New York, two in Boston, one in
Cincinnati, one in st. Louis, one in
Nashville, and one unknown.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

News from Fort Smith, Arkansas, is
~ the effect that serious troubles have
arisen between the Choctaws and their
former slaves, and that troops have
been cent ont 70 quell The dist1rbsnse.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04

A correspondent of the Memphis
Bulletin suggests John Baxter, of
Knoxville, as the conservative candi-
date for Governor Of this State, in
1867.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-04
Picture of Beast Butler.

We clip the following from the Nor
folk, Vaa correspondence Of the Rich
mond Examiner:
Before / left Richmond I saw por-
trait of the honorable (?) Gen. Butler,
painted by Mr.. VIM. 4. Trahern. 1t is
about 30 by 81 inches, and will be ex-
hibited for sale at the Fair to be held
at Trinity Church, in Richmond. Beast
Butler is easily recognized, in regimen
tails, upon horseback, leaving a sacked
city with the door plate Of "R Yeadon'
suspended from his neck, basket on
each arm filed with silver plate, COB.
lets, pitchers, knives aud forks, dishes
and spoons, and front, upon the horse,
a lady's outer and inner dress.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-01-25
WADE.

The Washington special Of the Now
York Tribune speaks as follows of Sen
ator WADEs speech on Reconstruction:
"Mr Wade Of Ohio, in an oR-hand ef-
fort, replied TO the arguments advan-
ccd by Mr.. Doolittle. 1t is impossi-
bio to do justice to the power OF Mr..
Wado's speech by merely giving a
synopsis of his romarks. His argu.
ments came down with the force of q
sIedge.hammer, Everybody that lis
tened to Mr.. Wade felt the electric in
hucncc of a manly character, and the
force of deep convictions. During the
delivery Of tho speech, contrary to
Senatorial habits. hardly anybody on
the floor wrote a lottoror read n news
paper. No speech could have been
followed with closer attention. The
galleries were fairly awed by the pow
or Of the declarations that rang up
from the Chamber. Tho speech con-
sisted less in labored argument than
an array Of strong statements, scorch-
ing criticism and iorcible appeals
Everybody felt the pressure of the man
who, when the opponents of Slavery
were stil in hopeless minority in the
Senate, cowcd the virulonco of South
ern bullics by tho mere force Of his in.
trepidity."
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fact, and puts the question forever aE
rest Is he satisfied Of the contrary
and that tho manifestations given !.
through himself and the aAm1icd1
gentlemen" were of supramundane orr
gin, and therefore inexplicable, then,
as lover of truth, he is bound 30 to
admit. Were his manifestations y
simple jugglery, or legerdemain2 then
he cannot prevent intelligent persons
from thinking that he is holding bis
accumulated tact and skill III The art Of
deceiying, to still further play upon
the credulity of an unenlightened and
-confding people. In either case the
popular tribunal will pass upon his.
course. If he afirms that he knows
spiritualism to be false pretenee, or q
dclusion, and asks the intelligence Of
the middle of the nineteenth century
to take his unsustained word for It.
he will have no cause Of complaint II
bis averments, as well as his assumed
sincerity should be doubted, as also
his cherished consolation, that he has
not "obtdiaed money under false pre-.
tences, encouraged idle superstitions, or
perpetrated blasphemous burlesques Of
sacred things" I'll. SCOTT.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-01-25
TINE HOOKING VALLEY RAIL
ROAD,

=
The gentlemen engaged in pushing
this enterprise are busy at work, and
there is but one difficulty to overcome,
viz: the right of way. If the cost of
constructing the road does not exceed
certain sum, capitalists are willing
to invest. This sum can be raised if
the right of way canbe secured with
ont cost.
The road should be constructed
oven should every inch of the line have
to be paid for. 1t would connect the
richest mining valley of Ohio with
the ccntral and Northern portions of
tho State, and make the Capital one
Of the first class manufacturing cities
of the country. The road is Of vastly
more importance to Columbus than
tho proposed road through the Sciotc
Valley, fact to be noted by tho cap,
italists Of that city.
The road and its connections will
penetrate the great iron and coal pro
ducing region of tho State. The fol
lowing statistics will show the number
of furnaces and their increase from
1s4O to 1860, in the principal iror
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-01-25
Curious.

The Chicago Evening Journal says:
"Ifthose who are in possession of
the Lincoln medallion, sold for the
benefit of the late Northwestern San
itary Fair, will examine it closely, they
will discover curious coincidence
The dye cracked in the making, and
tho line it left, marks the ecoarse of the
bullet that deprived the martyr Presi-
dent of his lifo. 800 t1
On the morning of the 18th of April,
just after the news Of the assassination
reached Columbus and while the dis
patch was being posted on the bulletin
board of the journal, a gentleman with
broken bust OF the murdered Presi-
dent in his hands, stopped to read tho
dispalch, The hcad had been knock
cd from the bust tho night before
about tho time of tho assassination.
When the remains of Mr.. Lincoln
were in Columbus, fine plaster bust
Of the President had been set out prom
incntly in one of the largo windows
under the Neil House, surrounded
with flags and variety ofdecorations.
While passing with several friends we
heard crash, and turning, saw that
a part OF tho structure had fallen from
above and crushed the bust to pieces.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-01-25

did not, when the estimate was made,
exceed a certain sum, then gentlemen
were ready to take stock enough TO
organise the company and assist in
securing subscriptions enoug b to build
the road if they could be had.
Parties along the route may DO u.s.
sured that they will have full and sea.
sonablc opportunity TO subscribe all
they can to the capital stock Of this
company before the work is commen-
ced. have written to the several
committees engaged in securing the
"right Of way" that, in my judgment,
the questioned a railroad up tho val,
ley would. depend mainly on their
success in getting the right Of way"
as the cost of construction would prob
ably not exceed the sum upon which
gentlemen would be willing to take
hold Of the enterprise; But if the peo-
pie of the Valley do not want the road
enough to furnish the fright of way"
my judgment is, that capitalists, who
have no interest in the Valley, will not
invest their money in the enterprise.
If our people desire the road, lot
them interest themselves in securing
the ''right of way" when they will
have an opportunity to hclp the road
with all tho money they can spare
If built as soon as contemplated it is
to be an Independent Valley Road,
NJ. NJ. GREENE.
ATHENS, o., January Is, 1866.
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A6 Cost.

The undersigned are, now Offering
AT COST, their entire stock Of Ready.
made Clothing, of all sizes and every
quality. Also, Piece Goods, Of every
grade and variety.
Now is the time to clothe yourself
cheaply, as we desire to close out our
entire stock, preparatory to making
Spring purchases. Let no one, who
wants a bargain in our line, fail to call.
Call and conSince yourselves that
what We say, is TRUTH!
PETERS, MILLER 4 BRO. ,
Lancaster, Jan. IL, 3w.t
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ing joint resolution, "Relative. 10 on
amendment of the Constitution pro.
hibiting certain persons from exeT cis-
ing the elective franchise"
BE IL resolved By the General Assem-
bly, ofthe State of Ohio Threc-fiifths
Of the members elected to each house
concurriDgI thcrein, that it be and Is
hereby,proposed to the electors of this
State to vote at the annual October
election for the year 1867, upon the
approval or rejection Of the following
amendments, to be added to the first
section Of article fifth of the Constitu-
ton of this State, to-wit; I.
"Excepting such persons as havo
borno arms against the Government of
the United States, or who were engag-
ed in the military service in the inter-
est Of what is known as tho Southern
Rebellion, waged from the year 1861
to 1865, or who have fed from their
place Of residence to avoid being draf
ted into the military service of the
United States" ...,...,.
Laid on the table to be printed
yeas 20, nays 5.
H0USE-NEw BILLS.
Mr.. Rutter: To authorize the Trus-
tees of Pleasant township, Fairfield
county, to levy tax to pay money
expended by military committees in
raising volunteers.
Mr.. Banning: TO regulate the hours
of labor, fixing the same at eight hours
a day.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Chase offered for adoption the
following resolutions:
WHEREAS, Treason is the highest
crime known to the Jaws Of our land,
and M
WHEREAS, We believe that Jefferson
Davis, the late President of the 80.
called Confederate States, was the front
and chief of the late organization oi
traitors, and instigator of the late
cruel rebellion against the United
States, and that treason may be Ynady
odious in all time to come, and that al
people may know that this is a crime
Of the highest degree that should bt
punished with death. Therefore, /.
1st. ReSolued. BY the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Ohio, That Jefferson
Davis ought to be tried, convicted anC
hung as a traitor, and that treason may
be made odious, and the Constitution 0
this Government and the laws thereo
may be fully vindicated, justice de
mands the execution of not only JEFF
Davis, but others leading and aiding
him in the late rebellion, who will
him are equally guilty Of the awfu
crime of treason.
I'd Resolred, That the Governor b.
requested to forward copy of thes
resolutions to his Excellency Andrev
, Johnson, the President of the Unite,
States, as expressive of the sentiment
of the people Of Ohio.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-01-25
Prao,ie.I AEs.

Mount Olympus, where Jove hold
bis court in the mythologic ages, is
being mined for coal. What would
Jove have done, had he, in tho days Of
Homer, discovered Anglo.Saxons, Brit
ish and Yankees, burrowing in his
mountain and undermining his throne
for stone-eoal2 Would he not have
drowned and darkened half the skies, y
or shook his head till the heavens
trembled again, "and all Olympus to
tho center shook?"
Tho rough.shod spirit of tho ago il
also at work in Palestine, disturbing
the sanctity Of tho Holy Land. Ar
English omnibus is running from Jo
Tnsaism 10 Bethlehem, and railroaC
route from JSffa TO the Holy City Il
being arryeysd. How must the soul
Of the old posiiO jews rebel agains
this last pEofanatioR Of tbe sacre'
ground by the Turks and RFitisbi
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Rev. G. E. FeIton's Sermon on Woe in
Columbus.

Rev. @. E. FeIton's Sermon on Woe In
Columbus.
The following will be interesting to
tho many friends of the Rev. Mr.. Fell
ton in this city:
COLUMBUS, OHIo, Jan. 21.
The audience-hall of the Town
street Methodist Episcopal Church, the
largest in this city, was crowded, this
evening, to its utmost capacity, many
being compelled to stand during the
entire exercises, and many more wero
unable TO gain admission, the occasion
being the second delivery (by request
of his congregation) of sermon by
Rev. G. b, FELTON,, on the compare
tive statistics OF religion and iniquity
in Columbus. He took his text from
the interview of Abraham with God,
respecting the destruction of Sodom,
and proceeded with tho remark tina!
in all cities, ancient and modern, few
had been righteous and many wicked.
He then proceeded with the following
statistics of religion and iniquity in
Columbus: Whole population, thirty
thousand; consider one-half as chill
dren; there remains, of adults, fifteen
thousand; Of these, he estimated the
regular and irregular attendants upon
Divine worship at five thousand,
''leaving the devil ten thousand
There are sixteen Protestant churches,
supported at an aggregate annual cost
of twenty-five thousand four hundred
dollars. This seemed a large sum for
religious purposes, being four dollars
and q half per capita of church.going
population. lie classified the stats,
tics of iniquity under four heads, viz:
Whisky selling, for which the inter-
nal revenue tax amounts annually to
seven thousand dollars, and'the whole
cost of which is about one million two
hundred thousand dollars; licentious-
ness which supports fifty.five houses
of prostitution and seven hundred and
fifty prostitutes, and marks every
seventh man you meet with evidence
of its cor upton in his blood, costing
for maintenance of its female victims
alone, four hundred and fifty thousand
dollars; gambling one million dollars;
and opera,house and other amuse-
ments eighty thousand dollars. The
number Of known professional gam.
blers was set down at seventy.fve,
and faro banks, poker shops and gam.
bling-rooms behind green screens, al
ono hundred and eighteen. The rev
erend speaker summed up the aggre'
gate of iniquity statistics at three mil
lion seven hundred and thirty-three
thousand dollars. Ge admonished his
hearers that cholera and other judg
monts of Providence might be expect
ed to visit the abode of such pollution
and might take the innocent with th'
guilty. His sermon was listened Il
with profound attention, and has ere
atel quite sensation in the commu
nifty.
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BarKainai RnrRaanaiI

Great rush at Levy's mammoth clo.
thing depot, another fresh arrival Of
Ready Made Clothing of every des-
cription, cloths, cassimeres, beavers,
hats, caps, trunks &c, &c. "
Men and boys if you want tosavs
money in buying your Fall and Win
ter clothing 60 to Levy'sin the Sbsffsr
Block, where you will find the largest
and cheapest stock Of clothing in the
market.
Clothing made to order, and war.
ranted to fit. See advertisement.
Lancaster, Oct. 5--tf.
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NJ. NJ, GREENE.


EDITOR JOURNAL Having seen
several articles in the papers in refer.
once to tho above. named enterprise,
that give wrong impression, take
this method ofgiving you n statement
of the facts in order that tho public
may know the truc condition Of the
enterprise, and lend it that assistance
that is necessary TO insure its sue
cess.
About one year ago, tho writer with
four other gentlemen, filed the papers
for O charter for the Mineral Rail-
road from Athens tSColumbus,' with
the view OF starting the enterprise as
soon as tho war should close. During
the past summer we have spent con-
siderable time in endeavoring TO &C.
cure the assistance OF men with cap.
ital, to take hold oftho enterprise, and
stand by it, until it should bo finished,
In November last, we succeeded in
gcttinga number of gentlomon in CO.
lumbus Interested enough to agree, II
tho road would not cost above q Ger.
tain sum, and tho people Of tho Val.
10y desired the road and would mani.
fest that desire by efficient action,
then they were willing to take hold,
and finally to bear their proportion Of
the expense Of survey and estimate
of tho line. On the let Of December
wo employed w. W. Graves, Esq, to
make q survey of the line, and start
cd with the party assisting in looking
out the route, and at tho samo time
calling together tho business men o.
zach town that we passed through, OK
planning to them tho exact condition
ofthe road and asking them to ap
point comm ittees who, as suon as th,
| line was determined, would undertake
to secure tho fright Of way" w
were met with all the attention anC
interest ono could desire, and at Mel
sonvillc, Logan, Lancaster and Win
chester, committees were at ono,
formed, who, at last accounts, wer
succeeding Teu in securing tho "righ
Of way"
The reports that the stock Of th
Company was all taken, and that cap
; italists were ready to build the road
! ke,, are without foundation. Th
! writer explained TO tho committee
md otbrrs, that ir the cost of the roa
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-01-25
For Cash Only.

Hereafter the business Of the UNDER
signed will bo conducted strictly aud
exclusively upon the cash principle.
All goods sold in future will therefore
be sold for cash only. This method
will enable us to sell goods much low.
er than formerly. We are satisfied
that our friends will approve the adop.
tion of this system, and we respectful.
ly solicit a continuance Of their pat
ronage. BLACK 4 COLES.
Jan. 10, 1866-3w.