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10y THOMAS BOWLING, Auct.; Georgetown.

TRUSTEES SALE.
By virtue of decree of the Supreme Court Of
the District OF OOlumbia, sitting Court of
Equity, passed in q cause of James s. Wilson vs.
William II. Wilson and others, No. ass, on the
docket of said court. the undersigned. as Trustee
will offer at public sale, on FRIDAY, 9Th day Of
October. az the llenE OF O'Clock p m part Of Lot
to Georgetown fronting 50 feet on the east side of
High street, and running back the same width 100
ZEE. nontanns TEN nei"dneg hpos
store room for business.
twelve months from the day of sale. the pnr-
chaser giving his notes with approved security,
bearing interest from the day Of saie or tae pnr,
of the sale by the court. All conyeyancing and
r. F.. JACKSON. Trustee.
. ne I'D si,.sf = THOMAS BOWLING, Auct
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DRY GOODS, &c.

We have lust received a full stock Of seasonable
DRY GOODS, most of which have been bought at
great sacrifice, for Cash, at last weeks New York
Auction Sales. We mention few:
90 cases beautiful PRINTS.
so cases and bales of Bleached and Brown COT.
TONS. at less than present factory prices
D cases heavy CANTON FLANNELS, at 20
cents. =
! case CAMBRIG for Lining at 0 cents. ~
5 cases FRENCH MERINOES and REPS
VI t nm m Cnif
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f: ~. ny S1 Nv, Wy s3yaIfisS'1'sIa s. ~ s.s. +,
{ ~ tlf alstpla4k IL once allow
III cse.now 4 oS9a,nSst n become LEGAL
~ fixed on ns 10y our consent, we can
never get rij them. The power will
be IN the AN.. A" nose who make and
administeg , and, though destroy,
as they h1iI, they will hold on to their
iniquity. 1t will also require three.
fourths Of the States to concur in the
adoption of the odious. CONSTITUTIONS
Amendment, but ifadopted ltd will tlien
require 1'se fosyths Of Tie "tStatcs 10 ~
rid Of il.
But, in the second place, if, as is
clear, these bills are so grossly. uncon-
stitutidnaI. thbi heyrcantnnver be le-
gaily established if we continue to re-
sist them, Let us commence cases now
and continue cases as fast and 50 often
us they arrive, aLA ia,4e after these
military constitutions are framed and
organized, and have oppressed unwill-
ing people for years, the Court finally
decide the acts authorizing thea to be
unconstitutional, theny unlike q case OF
onus between belligerents, everything
done under them will be declared void
the wicked governments will be dis
putad, and every man who has admins
tered them will be a. cri;mindi, and our
existing State Constitutions will be re-
stored to rs.
Then will patriots meet again al
Washington and at every State capital,
aud, gathering the records Of these
Radical traitors, and Of all theil' State
s~ubordinates together, will do, AS our
fathers in Georgia did when corruption
had usiiled pe&ernnt soilcd our hon
or as q people once betore-Ne viii
cqtch fire from Heave~ and burn them up.
If, then, we yield now, our remedies
are gone and we are conquered Forever;
but if we refuse to yield, our remedies
will continue, and We can never be con
cured.
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Tho way ia. Money u2Gs.

"f ~ DA'HNF '~s5.
it is admitted that about si3tr mill
ions q dQIlarS are ANNUALLY lost to the
Government through through the cor
ruption and incompetoncy of the reye
me officers .'pwcity mi!lions OF dol
lars arr trifth@National bank to .a,
n.5h thspeopic u currency, when Greco.
backs woutN 'psY Sreyqry rprpa
Here, n two matters alone, the. Gov
eminent iosGs eighty millions Aof d6I-
lars each year-much ~ sihapi il coaI
TO carry ON the G~oyGrnm94t eaou year
under Buchanan's administration Is
it any WONDER that the people complain
# eXcessiye taxation, and demand d
change Of rulers :
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-08-22

judge II. W. Thomas, Of the Alex
andria (Virginia) Circuit, vas arrested
Il few days slice, at his residence in
FairtaS, Ay u Deputy Marshal, and Ia.
ken TO Ric1moN+ to answer AZ indict-
moht before fudge Underwood, fol3 an
alleged violation Of the Civil Rights
Lawiu refusing to admit negro evil
dcnce in his Court. ,
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One-third Of the students in Mercer

One-third Of the students in Mercer
University, in Georgia, were soldiers in
he Confederate armyIand one-fifth of
them were killed or wounded.
An insurance agent in Georgia, urg-
ing n gentleman to insure his life, said:
Take a poity Tor $4,000, ami it you
die next week the widows heart will
sing for joy,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-08-22

It's intimatod that the Russian an
thorities expect the seven m~illions II
geld for WaruSsia now, although the
forms ofthe treaty do not require VIC
payment for several months 4.IJ
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An exchange says: Some people still
announce "no cards" on the occasion
OF their marriage. 1t is wretched, vul-
CUR custom, and ought not to be tolera.
ted. A man who will not or cannot
have ''cards'' is rot fit to he married. %
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A wealthy Frenchman, who lately
committed. suicide. left the following,
scrawled on Il bit Of paper:
a life stupid, but strown with CIR
c~hantnents; harpies conspiring against
your purse; 4 thousand vain preteli.
sions sustained badly and necessarily !;
cow rsation with l~istncrs who bore
you to death. Equipages, Iacqueys.
carriages Vulnerable, uniform of all.
c%olors, with swords nearly AWAY, ina
nocent Of battle; nDafr0wrteouGS
and tattling literary pe'nIb, vI.u ln,
destitute OF talent contempt secret
cmbarre {a6 FIHs
e~noTmousIs dear; Iraadg.eE' aud,ys.,
business transactionsSTaa, q su.scrs
pig-e8lld IsAGry SafsId Nh.
descriptions; dcmolition,, mud and
lnvalids Of all Glasses; breasts
fOtelel with decorations: nob!emen
Will co~ntfaband tides dhjsin ;alIf8n
everywhere. From my point of view,
such is Paris-Or, rather, hell! | have.
had enough OF it, and | abandon it for
"A a.. II.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-08-22

No further changes in the Cabinet
havt od@arred. Mcssrs Randall and
McCu|locA have not expressed ahy iiiF.
tontjonof resigning, nor has Mr., SGW-
ard, although h~qindulgcs in some out-
side talk IN favor of Stanton.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-08-22

,Goycrnor FLANDERS, Of Louisiana,
has ordered an Investigation OF the
connection Of cX,Goy Wells witA the.
lcyec bond swindle. ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-08-22

aall,ew Orleans paper dttlaresHhcTt'
ara three persons fharc WHO mcwilling
toste3tify that Wilkes Booth is alive,
md that thSJ~ have seen ltm %jth,n.
three months. --|'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-08-22

Mayor Thomas, Of st. Louis, has
been fined $500 and costs for assault.
ing q colored woman.
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apartment,

Cop 5Grap divides +Es1timc between
tle Army II Headquarters and the Wa
Department..
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1t is stated that .titnl Custar is at
Fort Riley, under arrest by Gen, Han
cocks order. ''t - 40
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-08-22

Tie !rgeJmen are rspidIy becoming
educated AcQupIe oil black rorgcrs
mot blAGksmflisAhayc been arrested
at Atlanta, Il black c~ountnrftiter la,
been trapped, and black distillcr, WHO
slipped the reYcnue tax as adroit'y no
the most intelligent woitc il New York
city. .ooS
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L'EG1L W1RNING.

The, Home Journal has lost but little less
than one thousand dollars before and since
the war by not acting upon the followin?
rule, Which we now adopt and Intend IN
Teseryndly TO adhere TO. to-wit: We shall
hold all clerks. magistrates, administration,
,aEents. and those acting in ldueiarv ca
'pacity, individually responsible for adver-
Using they may order as such If they
neglect to, collect our fees it is their fault,
not ours. .o.r., W.,I., SLATER 4 co.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-08-22

Z There'is a general fecifbr aT,f.uH
AN eyer-presert fcar Of solaq ,s.
lamity, weighing ON fhe Blinds
t~haughtful persons m1i 1b s"r
owners Of property {: Nv g.. g moa
disturbed in mind. ~
dcncy Of the dominant"
cause Of alarm, alhHtbfusf ri.
a sPr "a tells ais a p"" anv e y Il
WHgipw!ich tAe poe ! power
HI this case there are 4 fatJn4 ce
mems found in no oil tr CAS- 20 j 10y
.lW. 1Clhe property owners are 0ouqUG9.
ccd as rebels while the dominant
are for the most part ignorant fiso
men incited by wicked mGD to Vioaads
md revenge. Our case is Il bad onp,-.
TNashyiIlc Gazette. j"'
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ORIGIN OF TIE Term NEwsrAFGM-
In Haayn's Dictionary Of dates, il IS
said t'idt news is not, rs many supyosc,
derived from the Adjective new. In
former times (between the Yeas l95
1880 it was the prevalent practice to
put over the periodical rcpub!icotions
Of the day, the initial letters Of the com.
pass tlrs:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-08-22

~ SoWanee T0ftgiHtc tnStItutt.
On Monday, "A Of september. this In
atitption Of Learning viii open, under tho
CHARGE OF W.>H. firSr, insisted W a corp.
Of competent teachers. .... .ly.-
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EThnaIy Texts.

If any of the clergy arc in want o. a
fit text tbra Sunday sermon tomorrow,
c do not think tlIeycanllo better tIan
to cut out ofthe 'EXpress(Spirit ofthe
-rrcss) the additional l~yyeiallons con
the rsttesar%NV2:NmsIonse II
these woman whippings, and the ~Tiip.l
ping ofl'ttle cilr.ssa It,sd yen cperys,.
tratedin YirgilHh, SottfTC afolina, Ala
bama, or Texas, we have M doubtth,ra
would bea fearlulhowl i've them, in
pulpit and press alike, but as the scene
is laid in New Jersey, and atmhSt;wtts
n sound of TrinitS schBt gsbiWssS "a
they areppeelyi Jp. be oyrronked,-Aes
pecial'y Is tic whipping victims haze
Che misfortune ite, be~wm6.-tN. "
Express. - ,r
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vino ans Nsbnl,H

. ,tl..... F.I. a. lltl,
ING we" l"fF IMPRESS ant ne h.all
On The mead In We t"it3~i"r " H''"'
Thl Rtdtcatjour.n, ~H|jeyia,, lrarv
smart thing to SPEAK ortbe i3l,y or NJ
ty.thousand DcmocraL-4.a- LJu.crva-
tivc5 who have Just WED a!ains. Re.
pubIicanism N Kantueky. as The .IEeh-
81" minority -4bng tiiay n,d( res4r a9sssniIr.
ed the day is pono,bvJ when that silv
displ y Of partison malice will deceive
a%nyhOtiy. The truth Is, tlirre are no
Rebels in the country now, eXcrt the
Radicals. JcH. Davis never yos n
worse Rebel n, bn,rt ,hon W. tIWT
nj, ,I,o ,n,,Lnn,ar VS.
P''' -u'c ihNii'cl7 vi uhe Ntiilp JUG
-rc5s, who voted the other daY. to. az
cIult Kentucky members of Conurrrn,!!tt'
iron, tnryr seals. Tho Reheis- In u,nos
...u-. h. issolye lhe Union. Int. tLnv
dit JHetr work openly and above board.
.-l4, "A The surakinp, nypocritical waty
alleged by the radicatsrebcis, who.
with cuitlg.e, Of the tnon eteinailyi
upon their bps, are exciting all their
energies to Keep that CaiQn divided. |
q Then there is the ftiluhNsbet PART
son BrowploY, what biJ.ar ur mehscr
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A Sweet Nss." 4~E4

\ MI. lluunieut, addressing tir Rad
icai Convention AZ Richmond, w., on
the 81 inst, favored dislrauchisiu. on.
= those rebclsWlo would tni !CasliDst
congress and the Republican party, mn,
would not, like Longstf5c', W6rl IN any
harness IOr yeqensl suetiun aud peace
ilnnnicgt strike ~ aholtcutt to the Ra'tI
ical millennium. Apig4le. pan! pis
franchise and muzzle only those who
oppose Congress ana Jhs party wiiich
are identical. lie might have added, in.
the truly royal style oi Gu pnrtisans,
Send them to prison, ttnd, let them
know tbat they liyein aland Of Iibcr
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As fos working in "any harness.
there Is a~naHecdote Of an old tcamster.
stalled in aroad with q heavy load OF.
rubber heltiR@. 'Aftes-breaking every
stEipinEtfe fekjrt 20 pull. opt, !
he hethought him 6faie'rdubAcr bcltiig.
and hitchcd up afre,h starting with u
will, the i~tyrse' rtl;sl lGdo0
the rubber Stretched and stretched, lea
wing the tsamstsr far behind, still deep.
ly begged in the sut. The best horses
do not usually work 10. Advantage in
any harness, especially lrlrhess with
elastic trsscss~ss>h.s 1S~1- J
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-08-22

It Il said the King Of Greece will not
accept the Russian religion in his mar
rage with the Grand Duchess Olqa,'
because his iather-,he King of Dcut
mmk--docs not wish it, His chAildrcA f
however, will be educated in the Gre@k ,
faith
Before the icPartiA'5 81 the sql.aH"
from Paris. Fund Pasha handcdI to the T
Project of the Seine, in his Maicstys
name, G0.000 francs for the poor Of
He also left 400 90 forthe ser
wants of the Eiysrs.s r .sG ....f'Is.
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TX, al; a,nEsFtpANtLNt Would bq p,,s
y;hf Eyisg q Tive NWicals spnlle
Shfridan for The sRresidaSi;Y aa..
Gen. Grant .PhnseeR naAk{ SYakL

19ypolitiqNe SspN s'sgidapp or any, N,
ms anlccedcnts Ntl tAeN" r~rorn'1'V'
take him On msl f|e9ae .
drew Jolnt4- -5aTooH0S aiOAf-
( SSjAg M tzYn aoe 1..,,,
a sort of,SeasoGoa tiatM rqS 9iT
.s.t,artlo' liz 25i<4tngh AqHnnLo~n
ileers,--swcepihgJ iii radithlo t4t55 a4aRi
hht itiSisaidJif he took,thd aot;onIh.
would startle Just as quick. on tho oIN
side, in any other bchalf!a re- Il YSlffs
ted as ambitious to beit'a IMapoleppuuIts
and is $tqrtIing accordingly. Ner"s
thcless, the Radicals are ali rcad,
Gen. Grant! o@
little President 'TSiiI III o23 5Sl,s /, 3
wenre told,.an th$ibioho) we NV r.
are told The proHHt, F,eg ..y
t6o1ate In doing the rebt' 'i'1'o
moment, Gen. Sheridan w.dadNh aIE
cy, insubordinate letter, b. ba$Lt
have been put in command If. b.. ~
orof some mjlitmW drpal&n sdti G9tg,J
East where :9Jgn lstsqHna ,nif arr
government is lJlled It is ran i',y
.no1ito Cit his heja on F.if M iFtil.9
had been Il reader OF HISTORY M
would remember the FreHch gr, ~
Touio phi1ipn 4. H'5,iy,tn4. .,A! 4. p
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iotes OH the situation.-No. 13.
~ Fos b. HILL, Og aERGlA,
III. I'LL ILL. L. ......

IllNi IL N'Nbl NV I. .|' H....I. w l'N@y
n lie matter, Na.lDr gau Congress
be court. But vas ~4ecessary tberj
shonld be- . final arbiter, and, therefore,
.the Constitution provided a third del
part#eHt OF government called The Ju,i
l.cial, This Judicial power is express
y declared TO eXtcndto all cases arjsi".
gtleTthc Constitution, the laws Of the
UhilaA Shtos @DtUealic+ &c,,S lie
But here agaip diaeremeshaye'taris u,
and it has been insisted a. "a
~Scaas42 las a legal tccIw
joaand npssL r coua
and, tleretQr .t1ql 81
IoGs not extend to a.. q
poltr the Constitution .- p,,u.o,'
}asa isr0rite one with persons OF the
strict Construction State.rights school
p. When South Carolina declared thl
Tariff Act plainly and palpabIy mcon.
| $ljtutional She refused TO refer theQuCs
ton 81 The Court, but proceeded tonuI
| liYy theact IN her borders. Ihc Tn.
ion mcnJud FcdGra!ist9 insisted that
! she shotId rrfcr the question TO tn,
Supreme Court as the Gual Nybiter, but
I South Caroiiua refused 10 do 80. insist
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cd intelligence from tue lloqrwqa .EnHo.
Of tile globe: and from taispraottce
dcrivedthe term newspaper. iI.
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ful. liza -.H i.l.-r.,. g..rH.. .
Connected with the Saloon are four lie
CANT Billiard Tables. i'm spacious apart "
Misunderstanding into each other. Giyo rs
a call. -DQJ. r"SMIUE SALOON
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n
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Practical Receipts.

10 Kill roNciies--pnt yOnr TcIcheS
in a barrel, PIT az . pniH ioi heavy
boots, aild'tlien eeb-in and dhfcc, 30
To rsnder masauit0es larmless-A
PHI out their bills with a pnG,or
,,na sEs-A
Tr5Tn tie bcdpost
With logchai's; ard let the dogs finish
tiieih. .
To kill mice--Flatten their heads
with a lcmon-sqneczor.
To kill rats-Tbis rrceir: Is cheap
r%4-never iails. Whtr roni retire fri
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Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-07-13
Judge Mnx0n's Acce pit amc ellis Spe ech
before the Dem &C ratio Convention.

GENTLEMEN OF THE CoNvENT1oN:-
/ can hardly find words to express the feel
ings which we'll ia my bosom upon receiving
tho compliment you have now paid me, in
this nomination for governor. l do not re-
gard this compliment - Of any the less
weighty importance, because of the political
quite as much care and judgment should be
forIorn hope, as for one expected to lead .
conquering army. 1t IS for that reason that
feel the force Of this compliment to be quite
| been different to what it has bee for the last
| few years.
Gentleman, fear you have made q mis-.
take in your selection, but it has been your
| decision and do not therefore decline to &C
c'pt the place you have assigned me. Nor
shall engage in this canvass with the feel
ing that the task is entirely hopeless We
cannot tell what may happen in the next 81
that is, if this form Of government of ours is
to continue to spread its blessings over all in
the future. as it has in the past, it must be
through the instrumenality Of the democrat
ic party. No other class of men since this
stood the theory upon which it is based, or
been able to administer it according to it's
fundamental principles. Whenever any
other class Of men have succeeded to power,
| they have uniformly run the machine off the
track '-departed from the democratic prin
eipes of the government. Go back to the
time when john Adams was elected presi-
dent Insurmoun,able difficulties arose.
Or hon
anot her Adams was elected, aud inmediate-
which were only allayed BY the power aud
energy Of Jackson. There have been Two
partial administrations since, prior to 1860,
OF Harrison and Taylor, and the same results
followed, IL 1860 another president was
elected, by other than democratic votes, and
who administered the overnment upon
other :hau democratic principals The re
suit is before the country, weighing down
its industry ard destroying its prosperity. by
heavy taxation, aud all the evils which flow
from An army Of lax gath.r RS and nonpro-
ducirg sbsorbers Of the nations wealth.
The democratic party have always admister-
ed the government upon the principle that
the government should be 80 managed that
men will support it from love of it. In 1860
the government got INTO the hands Of men
who administered it upon different prin
ciples. and today we have no free government,
but one as e-se' tally imperial, despotic, and
more burdeusome than that of Russia.
believe that if this country is ever re-
stored to its free condition. it must bs
through the great national democratic party
which must soon ls in the ascendant It
may not be this year or the next but lot us
abide in the right and trusting to a higher
power, 60 on in the work before us. thank
you for the nomination you have given me.