The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-06
BREvITJES.

'NNtOO' -
y-Goyernor Charles S. Moreheat
is reported dead at his pA nlation in
Mississippi.
The Departments at Washington arc
already sending their clerks home to
vote. .,'... .UEl|. .
In Fayetteville, Tenn, on Saturday
last, there were SIX cases of cholera
and three deaths. There was q gene.
raj stampede among the citizens. 1t is
also at Shelby lille.
Gen. Sweeney publishes n card de.
cIining to take any part in the proceed
jngs Of the Fcnian Brotherhood.
1t is stated that the Fcnian Stephens
will start for New Orleans at an early
day on 4 mission for the Fenian Broth,
crlOOd.
The newspaper enterprise of Gen,
eral Magrudcr--the establishmcnt".Or
the Mexican Times--is to be aban-
dOned.
Beneath Jay Cookies banking house
in Philadelphia, free lunch is served ev-
cry day to the thirty-fve attaches of
the bank. This is to keep them from
going to restaurants and being tempted
to tippIe.
The Cincinnati Daily and Weekly
National Union, started us II Republi-
can paper, comes out with the entire
Democratic State and Congressional
ticket at its head. A strong addition.
The Government has received no in
formation from Gen. Sheridan Of the
reported instruction in Texas, nor of
the statement that he has gone to the
alleged scene of difficulty, although he
has left for Texas on II general inspe,.
ti0i, tour.
Santa Anna Ia in Washington, in
consultation, unotlicially, with Govern
ment officers relative to Mexican af-
fairs. He is warmly Interested in the
Liberal interest, and thinks tbs crisis in
MaXimilian's Empire at hand.
Several prominent Fcnians are in
Washington to see if the views Of the
administration have in anywise been
modified on the question of the enforce.
ment of the neutrality laws. They
have been informed that all suits
against leading Fcnians, now pending
in the United States Courts, have been
withdrawn.
The ladies of Ursuline Community,
ofColumbia, S. c., whose convent vas
destroyed by fire during the war, have,
upon tho solicitation of the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Of Mobile, Ala, consented to
locate in Tuscaloosa, and open an acad-
emy for the education of young ladies.
1t is a remarkable fact, says the
Natchez Courier, that the negroes
who have engaged in planting have
confined themselves to the cultivation
of cotton exclusively. BreadstufFs arc
not thought of by them. If their cot
ton crops fail, what is their resource
for bread and meat?
The arrival of q few soldiers in
Washington has been exploited as q
first class sensation by some Of the
correspondents, who talk about
the concentration of M army of a.
900 at the capital. The whole number
now there, and ordered there, it is sta
ted, will not exceed the usual assign
mont to the headquarters of q depart
mcnt.
The Western papers express serious
apprehension for the corn crop. For
six weeks tho weather has been cold,
wet and unfavorable for ripcnii G it, so
that it is still Sin the milk and as
must soon come, there is great
danger that the crop will be cut off.
Such an event is one of the greatest ca
that could happen, as corn is
The great crop of the West.
A lot of farms, loaned to the State of
Missouri during the war, were return
ID to the United States Arsenal at st.
.ouis recently. 1t is supposed they
we're reclaimed by General Hancock
,nder orders from the President, to
,revcnt Governor Fletcher from using
hem for the promiscuous massacre OF
hose who are opposed to his diabolical
surpation in that unhappy State
fletcher is one Of the mast reckless
nd blood thirsty desperadocs in the
Loyal party.
The ladies had a grand time thursday
over the opening of the South
TN relief fair ut st. Louis. 1t is an ex-
ceedingly attractive institution and will
realize a large sum. Many merchants
have been very liberal in their dona-
tons. The managers have decided to
exclude portraits of Southern Generals
and omblcms. Among other curiosi-
ties is n lock Of Gen. Lens and n ring
worn by Stoncwall Jackson.
In accordance with instructions from
His Excellcncy, Charles j. jenkins,