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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-06-06
The Crops.

The harvests Of two hemisphercs are
just nov full of promise. The reports
from England are favorable, and &C.
cording to the latest advices from
France the weather continues fine, and
the accounts from the departments re-
specting the crops are most ~satisfacto.
ry. In the great West this is also true.
The St. Paul Press of the 22d inst. pre-
diets for Minnesota a heavy yield of
wheat in that State this season. Like
other States it has made extraordinary
Efforts to plant large crops. The area
of land in wheat in Minnesota frontier
settlements, where the scarcity of. seed
prevails, is four times as much rs was
sown to wheat last year. The spring
weather has been exceedingly auspi-
cious. At least fifteen million bushels
Of wheat will be produced in Minneso-
to this year if no casualty intervenes to
darken the present brilliant prospect
" Y. Rrpresa
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BROWNLOW ON SLAVERY.

"But | go further: While l
hold and | think 1 have proven
that the condition of the South
crn negroes has been vastly i'm
proved by slavery, | also as
sert, without the fear of sue
cessiul contradiction, that sla-
ve'y only could haze worl'ed
W@ Improvement, and the pre-
sereatton of'he relation ofmas-
Ter and Stare IS essential to the
continued improvement and fu-
ture me!tare Of the negro race
Of the South. Iassert that ne.
gro slarery IS q blessing, q BLISS
ing to the master, q blessing to
Observation-Disclosures Of the Sout%.,
a blessing to the civilized uhits
race ia general, and e blessing
to negro slares IN particNtar.-
Page 102.
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Has hc a Soul?

W. wish some n would tell lis il
the editor of the Press and Times at
Nashville has u soul. We have serious
doubts as to whether he has a SOUL
How can u man of any soul find it in
his heart to attempt a justification OF
wanton, wilful, uncalled for murder
How can he believe in a future punish
ment that would bring him before the
widow and orphans, perhaps, of the
man whose murder he connived at?
The editor Of the Press and Times
actually justi6es, as far as bare state
mcnt of absolute falsehood will go, the
murder of our fellow citizen, Mr..
Brown. And not content with this un-
kind resort Of wild partizanship, speaks
as follows of the people who are groan-
ing under Radical tyranny:
Franklin county is a VIGOROUSLY dis.
loyal county. 1t is the Obion county
of Middle Tennessee. In 1861 it voted
1862 for %disunion, and not one for W-
ion. In many neighborhoods a reign
Of terror prevails to such an extent that
Union men do not venture to speak out
their sentiments, unless they belong to
the Etheridge school.
We will admit that this county voted
unanimously for secession, and thereby
made itself notorious, and, accor, In !
to Radical estimate of rebel honor, we
would be killing and o%utraging Union
men every day and hour. On the con-
trary, no MAI in this county is moles.
ted on account of his political senti-
ment, except poor rebels, who arc DO
ing murdered and robbed by Brown
lowites because they were in the Con-
federate army. We believe that a more
abomniable falsehood could not be
Matched up than the assertion that the
people Of this county even desire to
harm Union men. Nor are we afraid
of Union men. AS 4 general thing the
true consistent Union men are Conser-
natives.
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Registration,

What a farce this thing is in poor
Brownlow.cursed Tennessee! We oh.
serve that, so far, about five negroes
have gotten certificates Of sovereignty
against ono white man, and fully two.
thirds Of the whites are Radicals. The
Radi ,als are working SO as to disfran.
chise about one hundred and fifty thou
sand Conservatives. We don't for the
life Of us, see how Radicals, unscrupu.
lous as they arc, generally, can have
the cheek to hold office against the will
of 19-2Oths of the people, repre-.
senting most ofthe intelligence and cap
ital of the State. In some counties
there are Radical candidates for office,
and actually these candidates, in some
instances, have not been a sufficient
length ftime in the county to qualify
them for office. We believe we have a
prominent instance of this in this coun
ty. But by working the registration
trick to suit themselves, they may sue
coed in electing some oftheir men. We
will say, however, that We believe Capt.
Davenport, Registrar for this county.
wants to do right, and will, if ho acts
according to his own judgment.
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he was surprised at SO much fuss over
the killing of one man, when Black
burn, Of Company "A,' had killed
elepe@ rebels! Against this reckless
disregard fife and human rights Mr..
Colyar did speak, and he was glad to
sec so many persons present TO heal
the action we proposed to take in or
der to relieve ourselves from d crue
d~espotism unknown in the annals o.
christian civilization, He wanted &c
let them know that while it was RICH
and lawful to have militia, yet those
militia had no right TO arrest q citizen
or enter u house in search Of arms
acts Of which the BrowDlow murderer.
in Tennessee are daily guilty.
Mr.. Colyar proceeded to read TIT
affidavit Of Mrs. Brown rs to the mUr
der Of her husband, and we invite at
t~cntion 10 It.
Col. p, Turncy then arose, and aftc:
q few sentcntious remarks, read a larg'
number Of aiiidayits Of persons whos'
lives had been threatened, who's,
houses had been searched, and who haC
been forced to leave their homes anC
seek safety in the wilds Of The forest
If we had room we would give tAcaJ
anidayits. But they have gone t.
Washington, and we pray to God tina
they may effect something towards re
lief for us from this awful rule 0
Browniow-l tadicalism.
Jesse Arlcgc, Esq, made some re
marks, and it vas requested that tn
people sign the following
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Affidavit OF Mrs. NJ. r.. Brown.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,

FRANKLIN COUNTY,
Personally appeared before the un.
dersigned, NJ. +. Brown, and makes
oath that she is the widow of James
Brown who was killed on last Tuesday
in Franklin county by what is known
lis Drownlow's militia. About sunrise
some twenty Of this militia came to at.
fanL's house. Her husband was just
getting up. They at once told him he
was Il prisoner and ordered him to put
on his clothes quick. They searched
the house but found no guns or pistols,
and Immediately started away with him.
Alliant in tears appealed to them to not
take her husband away. They dcclin-
ed to tell what they were going to do
with him, and went on. About nine
o'clock alliant was told that they had
sent her word by her sistcr.in.law
America Brown, who is not now in
town but is at home, that they had kill
cd her husband and she could go and
get him. She got @ m to 60 and
hunt, and they brought in her husband
dead. One shot had taken effect in the
temple, coming out in the lower part of
the neck, and II of his fingers was
party shot of.
My husband was 4 quiet, peaccablc
man, had been constantly at home since
we were married, which was two years
ago last August, except, perhaps two
three nights. He belonged to no
band or organization. and had not since
the war, and was not in the habit Of
carrying arms. He owned no pistol
and had no firearms about the house
all ordinary squirrel rifle. IL
there were any bushwhackers or arm
cd men in the country, except the mi
litia, ailiant had never heard of it, and
in fact is satisfied there was no such
organization in the county.
!. (Signed) NJ. Z. BRowS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this Sd day of June, A. d.. 1867.
JONI &. ENocHs,
Clerk County Court.
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The Nashville Press and Times urges
that the negroes ride in the same car
with the whites. What a low resort to
win the votes Of the colorcd people
The editor seems to think the negroes
have nc pride. Now, if as good cars
are fixed for the colorcd people as the
white, the colored people certainly have
pride enough to not desire to force
themselves where they are not wanted.
The Press and Times must suppose the
negro is a great fool.
By-the-way, why does the editor OF
the Press and Times not advocate the
right of the black nan to hold office
and sit on %jurics? The Conservatives
propose to bestow these privileges de-
MED them by the Radicals. But the
Press and Times man seems to think
political rights abide in the conven
tional uses Of society.
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shovel of fire; they ordered a straw
bed opened so they could fire it; they
then went out Of the house, threw the
fire under the sill Of the house and gel
the shovel down said they would dis.
obey an order by not burning it, and
that if ! was not in camp that day with
two pistols for them they would kill
me. This occurred about one hour be-
fore day. They left after making thai
remark about my coming to camp
from their conduct and especially their
threats, l have been fearful OF l%oosine
my life, and have not slept at homo
since. Aflant further stated that he
knows Rolla N. Datson, and under
stands he belongs to the militia; thai
he was a rebel buslwhacker during TIT
war.
j. NJ. HAMPTON.
Sworn and subscribed to before me,
this June g., 1867.
LEWIS ANDERSON, j. p.
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Must not Talk.

How anxious some Of the Radicals
are that the 100000 uninstly -disfran,
chised citizens Of Tennessee should
keep silent, seal their mouths and say
naught against the cruel, malignant per.
secution Of the party~in power. Now,
if talking is going to injure the cause
Of the Conservatives, why are not these
Radicals in favor ofour talkingp Why
are they so concerned for fear we may,
by talking, help them and injure our
selvcs2 They convict themselves, un-
Intentionally.
Now, no true principle will suffer by
being discussed. 1t is error that fears
and shrinks from discussion. They
don't want their unrighteous Legislation
ventilated, and cry out for us to be 81
lent. But we don't intend to be gullet
by any such stuff. We want the down
trodden people ofour State to keep VI
a determined, p%ersevering resistance to
a policy that is blighting our industri
al pursuits, driving people away, dis
couragingj immigration Of men and cap
ital, and arraying one race against thu
other, all for the mean purpose Of re
tanning al ill.gottcn power, and as SUR
as God rules above, so sure will trutt
and principle finally triumph.
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ONE WAY TO ComE IT OVER NJ.
GRpEs.-M Nh Stokes, the Tennessee con.
vert to ~Raaicalism, who used to come
North during the war to abuse evorv
body who was not Radical, made
sbeech, q few days ago, at a meetiuy at
McMinuyille. The white RAIDS, in or
der to secure the attendance of all tho
negroes in the vicinity, caused it to bc
circulated .previous to the meeting, that
every one who did not attend, would h.
fined five dollars. On this, OIL EXCHANGE
suggests, and not without reason, that
the RAIDS will probably make their Door
dupes' believe, just before an election
that every m who does not vote ths
Radical ticket, will be fined q hupdrcd
dollars, and on failure to pay, will In
sold into slavery. 1t would not be .
whit more e%xtravagant than the stories
they are now telling them, and thu
threats they are now using to Brighten
them into the Radical ranks.
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PERsoNAL.-Gen. Whipple, of Gen.
Thomas Staff, vas in our office last
Tuesday. He is here, for the purpose,
we believe, of Investigating the late
murder Of Mr.. Brown by Brownlow's
militia. We are confident that Gen.
Whipple will see that our people have
been most grossly outraged. The aft
davits of more than 20 persons could
be given, who have been robbed and
threatened, and q reign Of terror exists
in our county, Only night before the
list q lIce gentlemah-one Of the best
and most exemplary men in our coun-
ty-a man whose character is as unfair.
nished as new-fallen snow-had to
leave his home because ofthreats made
against him by this militia. This is on
ly a new instance. In the name of hu
mainly We ask the General Government
to either givS us some better soldiery,
or allow us to protect ourselves.
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FALsEHooD EXPOSED Our Sheriff,
Capt. W, E. Murrell, has been informed
that some of the militia now plumber.
ing this county, arrested a MI. Gillian,
an gave as reason for it, that the Shcr
if asked it Of them because he could
not do it. with the force at his com.
mand. The sheriff requests lis to say
that he never did any such thing--knew
Of no offense Of Mr.. Gilliam's, and had
no order for his arrest. There has
been no instance, since the close of the
war, in this county, in which the Sher.
if could not with ease make any arrest
ordered. A band of militia in our
county is as useless as a fifth wheel to
a carriage. To preserve peace was not
the object of the men who called out
such militia.
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State of Tennessee-Franklin County.
Benjamin Crane d Co..
VS.
Wm. Stewart ct ais.
On motion of co%mplainants, and it ap-
pearing to the Clerk II Master. from the
bill which Is swOrE to. that the defendants,
Chas. .Spilker & Co.; Candy. Gilpin d Co.;
Brooks. Fulton Il Co.; Stein Brothers;
Cushing Bailey, X P Bailey. Sam Bcvan,are
non-residents Of the State of Tennessee. so
that the ordinary process oflaw cannot be
served upon them.
It is therefore ordered that publication
be made for four consecutive weeks In the
Home journal. q newspaper published IN
the town of Winchester, requiring sald
non resident defendants to appear before
tho Clerk Il Master on or before the
First Monday Of August
next, and plead, answer or dcmur TO sara
bill, or the same will he taken for COMES
sed, and set for hearing ex parte as 10
them. II. X ESTlLL, L. q W.
iup64w 80
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Conviction of Judge Frazier.

A verdict of condemnation has been
rendered Upon the charges against Hon.
Thomas N. Frazier, Judge of the Grim
inal CoU'yVI Davidson county. After
a month of legal mockery, through all
of which it was evident to the dullest
intellect that part.' revenge was the rule,
and not justice, a verdict Of equity"
has been rendered against q citizen
grown gray in public duty, and "ladcn
with honors lavisllcd upon him by a
people that kuew him and trusted him."
and all because he dared to act in ODE
dience to common law, without regard
to party purposes. The public expec-
%tation, in this affair, of the result was
based upon ample precedents, and it
has not been disappointed. He has
been made the butt Of Radical malice.
The Nashville Gazette truly says:
Not content with removing him from
office, they go to the length of their ill.
gotten power. and would disQualify
him from holding office forever. They
would disgrace him! They would afix
an everlasting stigma to his namei
Fortunately they have not the power!
God has constituted the world other
wise. Thomas N. Frazier comes forth
from the ordeal as pure gold from the
crucible. The trial he has undergone
has vindicated his noble reputation for
honesty and impartiality. All the in
ventive malice of Brownlowism failed
to discover a single flaw in his charac-
ter, his judges were, per force, COM
PEELED to condemn him, on political
grounds only. He stands, to-day, high
or in the esteem Of all honest men than
ever before in q lifetime of pure unset
fish well-doing-"an Israelite indeed,
in whom there is no guile"
IT'S sad that this outrage should be
committed und, r a form of law!--that
our noble old State Constitution, with
its careful provisions for the dispense
ton of justice, should be thus sham
lessly prostitutcd. Infinitely better
would it be for the cause of liberty, 50
dear to every American heart, if this
mean thing had been done by a militia
ry commission regardless of law. or by
a despot's dictum in defiance of law
Infinitely better would it be for the
cause of liberty, if the semblanes of re
publican government left us, were
thrown aside by the coup Tetat of an
autocrat." {.
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Entertainment.

The st .idents at Sewanee Collegiate
Institute viii! give a "grand entertain.
ment" to morrow, Friday evening"
They have published a full bill, amour
cling the tragedy entitled "Roman Faith
ers,' the ~laughable farce ''Toodles,"
and other tarces equally interesting,
besides music, both vocal and instru-
mental, in which Vim. E. Taylor and
Master Bonnie Marshall will assist.
We do not hesitate to say hat all
who attend will be highly entertained,
and laugh enough to drive away the
dyspepsia and sickening melancholy
We hope the young men will be pat
ronized by a rousing house, and each
one of them be made to feel that we are
disposed, as a community, TO aid them
in u little pleasant recreation, after a
session of confinement to books and all
that in them is.
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Conference.-The N. Y. Times
says! 1--WE hear from the Southern
States daily Of the general fear that q
system of eonfseation will yet be en-
forced. We are not much given to Of
fering assurance of any kind as to po-
litical future; but We assure all and sun.
dry inquiries in the South that we con.
slider no fear could possibly be more
groundless than this. There ale as
many people in the North in favor Of
f~epudiating the national debt as there
is in favor Of ~confiscating the estates of
Southern property holders"
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CROPS AND POLITICS.
Notes from Williamson, Maury.
Marshall and Giles,
PULASKI, June 5, 1867

oINi, ouiic u, lou.
EDITORS NASHVILLE BANNER have
just made q business tour through vii.
hanson, Maury, Marshall and Giles
counties, Tennessee. On my ronnds T
met and talked with a large number of
farmers, and found them generally well
pleased with the prospects OF the crops.
The wheat every where looks fine,
and Marshall county will produce an
abundant supply.
The greatest difficulty with the farm.
ers now, is caused by Brownlow's mi
lish officers who arc organizing their
State guard of which the material is
taken from the fields. If the negroes
could be let alone the country would
soon be in good circumstances again.
l found q large Conservative element
among the colored population in Viii.
hanson county but they are overawed
by Brownlow's bayonets. Emerson
Etheridge will come out right in that
quarter. f.
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BE Radical or die I; be Radica, or
get no certificate to vote; be Rad;c.,
or be called an unrepentant Rebel; b.
Radical or hold no office; be Radica,
or be in danger Of your life;-these ara
the conditions to which the Browplow
party, as a general thing, are cndeavor.
ing to bring this State in the Union
W. declare we mean what we saw.
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We have in Il office u copy Of "My
Bondage aud Freedom" book writer
by Frederick Douglas, a colored man
who is by far the most intelligent ftht
colored race. lie gave us this book
himself some years since in Rochester
New York. 1t is dedicated to his life.
long friend and advocate Of the blach
man-Gerritt Smith, who educated
Fred. Douglass, Now, Douglas is op.
posed to any white man being disfran
chised. So is Gerrit Smith, and so is
Horace Greely--men who have devoted
their lives and much of their fortunes
to the interest Of the negro race. They
all say if tho white man is to be distran.
chised, it is reducing him to the very
condition they have labored to lift the
negro from. Can we not see from these
facts that the latter day saints of Ten
nessee are merely actuated by petty, in
fernal desperation in their anxiety to
hold power? Certainly they are. They
are nothing for the black man, save to
make him an instrument to keep them
in power. Their love for the negro is
like the love of the spider who asked
the fly to walk into his parlor.
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THANKs.-For a quantity Of large
and delicious cherries We are indebted
to Miss B. Of our county. OF all the
kinds of pastry which the culinary in
genuity OF man or woman has devised,
give us q "cherry pie" hence We knew
exactly what to do with her present.
We wish we knew half as well how to
"return thanks to the fair donor. But
she must accept the will for the deed.
What a pity the Heart cannot talk some
times-this would be a conluncture for
ours.
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Fair Warming.

This week we strike from our sab
scription list the names ofabout Is men
who have been getting our paper under
a promise to pay for us soon. We
send them this number to notify them
of our action, and that unless they come
up aud pay at once the paper will come
no more. No man OF common sense
will think hard of our action. We can
not stand 10 pay cash for all we get
and credit our work to every one.
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A Request.

We have been over two years cnga-
ged in publishing u newspaper, ant
have never succeeded in getting ou'
subscribers to heed the request for then
to have a stated place to get their pa
per. Now, all town subscribers ough'
to wait until the carrier comes round
Those who get their papers at the Post
office, should go there. 1t is a deal OF
trouble for us to keep the names of al
who come up into the office and get pa
pcrs, which we must do in order to pre-
vent the carrier from leaving them q
second copy when he goes round, and
which he frequently does %inadvertent.
ly, and the CONSCIENCE is, our issue
runs short, and the forms being off the
press, we can print no more We have
often known o subscriber to come up
into the office and get his paper and
then permit the carrier to leave him
another. True, it is but NJ paper lost
to us, in each instance, but we lose
some 20 or 80 this way each week, and
it is oppressive.
We would here state that merchants,
they like, a have a paper left at
their stores and one at their residences,
for S5-takins two copies at 81 so
each.
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Let it be remembered by our citize6s
chat Brownlow's militia have no RICH,
to search houses, make arrests, or in.
terfcre at the ballot box. We believe
these things were the intended objects
Of the party that instituted the militia,
but let us see to it that their intentions
are not hidden under the forms of lao,
while w hold them responsible for the
covert intentions.
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The Commencement Exercises Of the
Mary Sharp College, which arc an
nounccd in our paper, to begin on the
9th inst, will be Of unusual interest, we
opinc.
Tonight week, will be enacted q
drama entitled %"Jeptha's Daughter"
written by Mrs. Adelia c. Graves, and
to be presented to the public, at a tri-
fling cost, for the benefit ofthc College.
We believe it will be universally adj
mircd. We know if its rehearsal Could
be on a par with the beauty ofthc COM
position, the need Of praise would be
quite aattering to its author. See I'D
vcrtisement.