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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

Hon. A. H. SrEruENs.-A Wash,
ington dispatch to the Western Press
says:
Alexander Stephens, Of Georgia, in q
letter, in one Of the Washington pa
pers, in reply to some criticism on his
history Of the rebellion, takes very
gloomy view Of the situation, and ar
CUES that we are drifting into coasoli.
dation and empire. Nothing, he says
can prevent the establishment of impe
rialism but a determined effort on the
part of the people to preserve free in.
stitutions. The remedy, he says, is not
in secession; that was tried and found
insufficient. 1t must be at the ballot
box. He calls upon the people of the
several States to seriously consider
whether they will maintain free institu-
tons or accept Imperialism.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24
Russia Leather.

The article knownas Russia leathe,
is a superior substance, made from the
selected hides'ofyoung cattle, and tan.
ned by peculiar process employed in
that country. Russia leather of three
kinds, red white and black. The for.
mer is the finest grained, and is exten.
slvely used in the manufacture of peck.
e1'pooks, ladys' handbags children's
belts, dressing cases, satchels, needle
cases. Jewel boxes, and many other
beautiful and expensive articles. The
olack leather is also very soft.and plia-
Die, and is manufactured into boots and
shoes, which are worn by the inhabi.
tants of the empire and by the citizens
1.-THE surrounding nations, and partic-
llarly the Germans. The white varie
tyis scarce, and is less sought after
than the other descriptions Of this
commodity.
Genuine Russia leather is very fra.
grant, and partakes of the odor of the
o'rch bark, which is used in the process
OF tanning. 1t is soft, has delicate
hbrc, aid is known by its fresh and
rich color. The best leather is ofuni.
form size and quality, free from holes
or raw edges, feels very elastic, is well
stretched and Of equal thickness, and
Is distinguished by being of bright
red color. The Russians also tan
very excellent morocco, which under
goes the same treatment as the moro
serViceable leather This morocco is
used by book binders to bind rare and
valuable books, it is less liable to mould
and its peculiar odor also keeps it from
The ravages Of those insects which 50
frequently destroy the bindings of book
made Of other leather.
The manufactured articles made from
'ed leather are largely exported, and
md ready sales in most civilized coun.
RES The leather before being thus
manufactured is also shipped IN con
siderable quantities to Great Britain
france, Italy, Germany and the United
states.
Repeated efforts have been made by
anners in other countries to make
Gather in all respects corresponding to
hat in Russia, In no instance has the
PRODUCTION came up to the standard of
he foreign article, and it is supposed
hat the peculiar properties of the birch
ark grown in that country hao ma.
erlal effect to rhnder the genuine al
Gle superior both in quality and Ira
rance, to the best made initation.
Genuine Russia leather is expensive,
MT on this account is never used in
he manufacture of cheap goods.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

has been one long sorrow, and without
JOY or hope I await the time when
shall once more battle in that sea OF
light, once more gather around me the
radiance Of life-everlasting.
My resuscitation was the result of an
application of electricity and the skill
Of a surgeon. For few days, until I
had partially recovered my strength, I
was concealed and then fed the coun-
try.
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70 CORRESPONDENTS,

10 notice can be taken Of Anonymous Communici
lions. Whatever is intended for insertion il
The Home Journal, must be authenticated by
the name and address of the writer--not nee
essarily for publication, but as q guarantee iol
good faith and responsibility.
III business letters for this oilice should be ad
dressed to 1.-The Home journal, t" Winchester
III communications for publication must be writ.
ten on one side Of the page and with all Other
matters connected with the editorial depart
ment, should be addressed Editor Of The Home
journal, Winchester, Tenn.
We cannot, as rule, undertake to return articles
not found suitable for publication.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

There is nothing that will so derangt
the nervous system of a person who is
climinatiye II nervous force as TO lie
all night in bed with another person
who is absorbent in nervous. force.
The absorbor will go to sleep and rest
all night, while the climinator will be
tumbling, restless and nervous, and
wake in the morning fretful, peevish,
fault-fnding, and discouraged. No
two persons, no matter who they are,
should habitually sleep together. One
will thrive and the other will lose
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

The New York Worlds dispatch
closes its account of the Washington
election as follows:
Let no Northern man, be he Demo.
graf or Republican, for his life OF
property, set foot in Washington with
dollar, for under the municipal rule
now in force, neither is safe. Before
mis- riot, capitalists have stunned the
place. Let them do so forevermop,
The town is doomed and damned.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

The Underground Railroad has done
for London what half d century of leg.
islation has failed to accomplish. Ii
has got possession Of the tunnel under
The Thames. That stupendous piece
of Masonry, which cost enormous
sums, and has been utterly worthless
tor years, is now put in the hands of
the Underground Railroad Company,
who are laying rails, and socn its soil
tude will be broken by the scream of
the locomotive and the rumble of the
incessant traffic of the city.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

If some grand cataclysm, or earth.
quake, or something else would only
occur in England in order to distract
the attention Of the British press from
Summers speech, it would be an enor.
nous reliefto the people of this coun,
try The English newspapers having
gotten started on this Alabama matter
seem as little able to stop as the man
who put on the patent leg, and whose
skeleton is still going on and on, with.
out hating for u single moment
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

An Englishman, who for twenty
dong years had taken ferruginous baths
during the summer, but without any
benefit, was entirely cured in less than
q second by flash of lightning, The
same story is related of an invalid in
one of the Austrian hospitals: being
lucky enough one day to stand in the
way of the atmospheric spark, he was
enabled without delay to leave the es-
Establishment and resume his work.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24
Short Paragraphs,

, a radical hen in Booth county Ky.
Is raising brood Of young crows.
The Odd-Fellows of Harrisburg ar
going to build Hall at u cost of abou
100000.
A national convention of the oppo
nents of secret societies is to be hello
at Chicago this month.
! The water-power of the Chattahoo
chez, at Columbus, Ga. is said to ex.
coed that at Lowell, Mass.
A Wetern paper runs two religious
columns conducted respectively by
Episcopalian and Romanist clergymen
The Chicago Tribune is invcghine
against the Pacific railway companies
as "public cheats and "public oxtlr.
TONERS"
The new Masonic Temple in Bait.
more is nearly completed, at an expense
Of about 100000 and will be occupied
this month.
The grand jury Of Nashville Saturday
found true bill against Alderman San
ders for forging a 500 corporation
check.
The Ames Circus Company gave the
proceeds of their exhibition at Atlanta
last Friday--four hundred doHars---to
the Confederate Cemetery Association.
1t has been announced that it has
been found ineXpedient to hold Ten
perance Congress in Boston during the
week Of the Peace Festival Moral
Boston,
AT the Lebanon brewery al! the wa
ter used about the establishment is
by dog power, applied by ma
chinery. Glad to hear there is one
useful dog.
It is the intention of the Alabama and
Chattanooga Railroad Company to have
three thousand hands at work on their
road in about two months.
The gold fields Of Georgia are doing
very well Just now. AT the Nacooche
mines a nugget washed out the other
day which weighed 1877! pennyweishts
Dennis Reen, convicted at Cam bridge
Mass. of murder, on Wednesday. last. !
saved the State the trouble of CARRYING
'ut the sentence, Sunday by hanging
himself.
Articles of consolidation between the
lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroads have been filed in the office ,
Secretary of State. The capital is
s30,000,O00.
Over seventeen million dollars worth
If property has been destroyed by fire
n the United since the beginning of the
present year Insurance business ought
o be lively.
The GAINESVILLE, Wis, Common Coun-
Ill have been troubled with the dog
question, and have finally resolved that
all dogs are to be muzzlcd or shot
Except dogs coming in from the coun-
ny on business"
An Engineer resigned his position
IN Western Railroad in disgust, be
ause as he said, it consisted of moth
ng but the right ofway and two streaks
II rust.
Capt. j. B. Ford, the originator of
he glass works in New Albany, will ..
|evote his entire energies to the build. .
ng up and operation Of extensive plate ,
lass works in that city.
The printers and newspaper proprie-
ors in Erie, Pa, are having lively
ime The proprietor of the Republi- {
an has sued the Typogra phical Union
or conspiracy, and they have sued him
or publishing "rat' circular. /
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

A SHOWER OF SNAKES.
Scrpents by the Million-The Prairie |

Scrpents by the Million-The Prairie
q the Neighborhood of Taylorville, III
70 literally alive with Rcptiles-Th he grea
II est Snake Story on Record.
n The great storm Of last Friday nigh
:. will long be remembered in this State
In addition to the Details heretofor
+ given, we have information from re
r. liable citizen of great damage at Tay
, lorville. The storm burst in its full
fury at that place about dark, and the
rain fell in torrents. The electric
storm presented the same features as
here. The wind, however, was more
violent, and with intermissions blew
in great strength from every direction
Several buildings were damaged, and
young hickory trees actually twisted
off by tire wind. But the most singular
phenomenon, and one which was not
vouchsated to any other community,
was shower Of snakes. We have
heretofore read of showers of sand,
of fish, and sometimes of flesh, but
never before of q shower of snakes
and yet we are well assured that the
phenomenon which occurred on last
Friday night can be described in no
more fitting terms.
On Saturday and Sunday last every
ditch, brook and pool on the prairie
north ofTaylorvillc was alive with non
descript creatures, which have been
described to us as being from one and
a half to two feet long, and of three
tourths of an inch to an inch in diane.
ter This diameter is very slightly
lessened at the head and tail The tail
is flat, like that of an eel, but has no
candal fin; indeed, there is no fin at
all. The head is in shape that of an
eel but the mouth is that of sucker.
The eyes are small, and the ears are
simply orilices. Immediately behind
the head, on each side, is 4 Upper, like
that OF 4 turtle, say three fourths of an
inch to an inch in length, including the
limb, which is perfectly developed
Joint. In color these snakes. or what
ever they are, arc of dark blue.
The number Of these creatures is be-
You'd all estimate. They swim in eve
ry branch and puddle of water Ecls
have teeth, are carniverous, and some
species are very voricious and bellige-
rent. These creatures are Of the ge.
MUS eyeloptcrus, or suckers, having no
teeth, and are evidently unprepared for
attack, and except by flight are defence
less. Furthermore, they have no fins,
and their ilippcrs are only adjuncts,
and not their principal means of pro
erosion.
1t is universal testimony of all the
people Of the county that no creature
anything like those was ever before.
seen by them. The size renders it GER
ain that they have not been developed y
here, as it is practically impossible a
hat they should have grown to that is
lie without having been seen. 1t is b
quite certain that they were never there a
before the storm brought them there Il
Illinois State Register, June |. u
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

Jubilee hats, jubilee neckties, jubilee
pillars, jubilee cobblers. and other iu.
tlee things are all the rage in Boston.
little jubilee hemp, used there,
COULDN'T do much harm to the country
Generally.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

On the LIST of June snow was still
visible in ravine at Bolton, Canada,
where it drifted last winter to a depth
Of forty feet.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

Show may be easily purchased but
happiness 10 always a home made ar.
ticle.
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Rates of Ad0e1tiStnO.

Advertisements inserted at 81 % per
square of ten lines (brevier size,) first IN
Rertion, and 70 cents for each subsequent
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-19
Pharmaceutical Chemist, New Yol
&c PINE STREET, NEW YORK. Nov. q. 1867

Udoipho Vote. Esq, Pyesent
DEAR SIR: have made chemical examinatio
OF sample OF your Schiedam Schnapps with
tho intent OF determining any foreign rnnrious
spirits.
DEAR SIR: Tie want of pure Wines and Liquors.
for medicinal purposes has been long felt by the
profes on, and thousands of lives have been sac
rfced by the use of adulterated articles Delirium
tremens, and other diseases Of the brain and
nerves, so rife in this country, are very rare in
Europe; owing, in great degree, to the difference
in the purity of the spirits sold
We have tested the several articles imported
and sold by you, including your Gin. which you
Schnapps. which consider justly entitled to the
high reputation it has acquired in this country;
and, from your long experience foreign i'm
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lF1NAHc1AL AND oommEnc1AL.

COLUMBIA, February 18-The demand
for cotton was good to-day, and 13O bales
changed hands. at 27c. for middling.
New YORK, February 18-Noon. Stocks
unsettled and very weak. Money active, at
Z. Exchange SO. Gold 3414 Flour dull
and 5(910c. lower. Wheat dull and 1(02c
lower. Corn dull and 19@1c. lower New
barrels 19M@l9%. Cotton dull and
heavy. at 90. Freights dali.
p. M.-Cotton heavy and &c lower
with sales of 8, 600 bales, at 20. Flour dull
and heavy-common to extra Southern
6:6O(@7. co. Wheat dnll. Corn dull-new
Western mixed co. Pork heavy and lower
at 1915: Lard heavy, at 20@211l. Whis.
Key dull. Rice dull. Sugar frm-Havana
!3M91416. Freights dropping ID
Money relaxing; demand readily met, ut T.
Gold active and excited-closing at 34114
Southern securities dull.
BALTIMORE, February 18-Cotton dull
held at 20. Flour in good demand and I'M
changed. Wheat dull-prime valley l 90;
old 2:20. Corn closed dull-white 9OM95.
Shoulders 13T@l4A. Lard quiet, at 81.
Fionr-family 7OO9725. Mess pork,
bulk meats and bacon nominally unchanged
New ORLEANS, February 1S.-Cotton un-
settled do-omiddlings 27292S; no selers;
sales $40 bales. Flour tirm-superfine
637a; double 7.12h; treble 7.5O. Corn
IN request and advanced-white 85l5; vel
low 90. Pork dull and lower, at 81 o. Bn-
con dull-shoulders 154015%; clear rib
l1SM; clear 18H. Lard dull-tierce 2OM
keg 221d. Sugar in good demand-com
mon 1214; prime 141s915; yellow clarified
16. Molasses in good demand-common
65(975; prime 77@SO Whiskey un-
changed. Coffee steady-fair l5016;
prime 17M(@lSK.
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Affairs In Hashtnx,on.

WASHINGTON, February 18.-In tho Sc
nate, during the discussion of the amend
ment, last night, Salisbury said if God had
been as wise as the radical party and had
their experience, he would have made all
men alike, and then all this trouble would
have been avoided.
Inc Senate Is discussing the payment of
Southern Senators for the full term. The
Judiciary Committee reported adversely to
Sawyer's bill. extending time for bringing
suit In the Court of Claims for captured and
abandoned property. The Senate finally
adopted the amendment as originally re-
ported by the Senate Judiciary Committee,
simply declaring the right of citizens of the
United States to vote and hold office shall
not bc denied or abridged by any State or
the United States, on account of race, color
or previous condition. and gives to Con-
gress the enforcing power.
The consideration of the payment of the
Southern Senators was postponed. Indian
appropriations were considered till execu
tive session. The Naval Committee report
ed favorably on the House bill regarding
captures made by Farraguts fleet in the
Mississippi. Kellogg reported bill
making the New Orleans, Mobile and Chat
tanooga Railroad. hereafter to be extended
Westward from New Orleans, II post road.
Recess.
In the House, the Election Committee
reported against Hamilton claiming his seat
as Representative for the State at large for
Tennessee. The bank and currency bill
was passed. Boutwell,. from the Recon
struction Committee, stated that they had
abandoned the bill recognizing the State of
Mississippi at this time, for more pressing
business. The bill will be presented imme-
mediately after the 4th of March.
The Senate Committee on Foreign At
fairs declared against the ratification of the
Alabama treaty.
1t is stated that the assassination con-
splrators are soon to be released under the
The President nominated VIM. f. Smith
Consul. General, at Havana. He also nom
mated. and the Senate confirmed, to day,
Horatio Fox, Consul to Trinidad de Cuba.
Customs receipts from the 9th to the
18th inclusive, $4,2S6,OOO.
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.oahls nesr;iaI,xansa "a nsa /.

Havana, February 1s. The Americans al
Glen fuegos have applied for war vessel 70
project them. Itis impossible to send one
now. Havana is practically in q state of
seige.t Admiral Hoff conseted to take the
American, citizens to Key West. An en-
gineer employed in the San Aptonia dis
trIet reports that the insurgents have ap-
peared there. Tho plantation hands fled.
Engineers from Vuelta Abajo districts and
other districts are coming here, fearing i'm
prisonment. ts A Trinidad letter, of the 18th,
says the Cubans, have raised the standard of
rebellion everywhere; cut the telegraph and
stopped mails. A Neuvitas letter, of the
1lth, reports the banditt pillagiug. A
detachment of troops marched forward
from Neuvitas to Ungull Buco and burned
the, town; losing twenty killed, wounded
and missing in the expedition Many
Spaniards are in the insurgent ranks.
Famine threatens Puerto Principe.
later despatch from Havana says trans
ports have arrived with reinforcements
from Spain. Political arrests are daily in
creasirg. Several officials suspected of
revolu tionary proclivities have been impri-
soned. Engagements are reported near
Cienfugos. The Sante Dia,-io states that
the insurgents nre near. Sagua la Grande
has been surrounded and will be compelled
to surrender.
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Richland County---In Equity,
DECREE FOR FORECLOST


James U. Adams Us. John Kleckley.-Under De-
WlLL be sold, on tho FIRST MONDAY in
wv MARCH next, before the Court House, in
Columbia, between the hours of IL A. NJ. and P
gagged premises,) situate, lying and being near
tho city OF Columbia, in tho County of Richland
on the Camden Road--buttng and bounding to
OF DR.. John Wallace; and to the South and West
by lands of the Estate of Robert Latta; contain
ing FOUR ACRES, more or less, upon the follow.
upon such credit may be agreed upon by the
Solicitors of the PARTIES; to be announced on the
day Of sale The credit portion to be secured by
bond and mortgage Of tLe premises, insurance Of
the property, (the policy to be assigned) and
personal security: Prcoided That il the pur.
chaser shall pay one-ha cash, the personal aecu-
rity may be dispensed with, should all OF the other
terms herein required be complied with. The
purchaser to pay for papers and stamps.
Feb lib D. b. MILLER. @. c.. p
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Valuable Real Estate at auction.
BY D. C, PEIXOTTO & SON

PY virtue of an order of sale, to me directed, by
ID the Hon. George S. Bryan, Judge of the
United States District Court, for the District OF
South Carolina, will offer for snle at public auo-
ton, on MONDAY, the 1st day OF MARCH, 1850,
at the Court House in the city OF Columbia at 10
o'clock, all that vacant lot, piece or parcel OF
LAND, situated in the city Of Columbia bounded
North by Laurel street East by lot of the estate
Of H. c. Bronson; South by lot of James L.
Clark, and West by Marion street; and measuring
two hundred and eight t2OS) feet upon Laurel
street, and one hundred and fifty (150j feet upon
Marion street
ALSO,
All that lot, piece or parcel OF LAND, with the
buildings thereon, situated, lying and being in
the city of Columbia, containing forty-seven and
a half-hundred (47 50-10O) of an acre-bounded
on the North by Henderson street, and being 3
continuation of said street, for two hundred and
eight feet eight ~ inches. Southwark to where
the North line of Washington street, protracted,
lntersects the said lot, forming the Southern
boundary thereof. t7'7s .
TERMS or SALE.-Onc- third cash; balance on
credit OF one, two and three years, secured by
bond OF the purchaser, bearing interest at the
rate OF seven per cent per annum, from the day
OF sale, payable annually, and mortgage Of the
promises; the building to be insured and the poll
cy assigned. Purchaser to pay for papers and
stamps G. HERBER1 SASS N
Feb u Assignee of Evans IL COgswen.
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MOBILE. February 18,-SaIes :sof cotton
Presidents amnesty proclanSss; 3, :.
today 300 bales; market closed fat-low
'middlings 28 receipts 892. ar z" Z !
AUGUSTA, February l8.--Cotton market
dull and declining, with sales of 271 bales
middlings 2ea4(@27; receipts 442
SAVANNAH, February 18,-Cotton dull and
nominal; receipts 2,119. No sales.
LIvERPoo1. February 1873 p. Moot
ton fiat-uplands 117s@12; Orleans 1850
1214.
L1vERrooh. February s--Evening.-
Cotton fat-uplands 115s; Orleans 12L;
sales 6, 200 bales.
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porter, your Bottled wines and LIQUORS should
meet with she eame demand-,s. -. =
h sss 9 s aRs Ssq
the city agents FOR the sale OF your Brautiisa
and Wines, where the profession can obtain the
same when needed for medicinal purposes
Wishing you SUCCESS In your new enterprise we
ALENTiNE MOTT, NJ D., Professor of Surgery.
oaRNoGHAN sEe b. NGm Professor desS Of Clinical
Surgery, Surgeon-in. Chief to tho State Hospital,
etc, No. IA East 10th street.
ThI examination has resulted in the cOnclusion
that the sample contained no poisonous or harm
ful admiAture. / have been unable to discover
any trace OF tho deleterious substances which arc
employed in the adulteratiOn OF liquors would
not hesitate to use myself, or to recommend to
others, for medicinal purposes, the Schicdam
o en an verT fnd
tSigned,) CHARLES A. SEELy, Chemist.
NEw YoRK, 53 CEDAR STREET, Nov. aG, 1867.
Udolpllo Vote Esq, Present.
Dean SIR: have submitted to chemical an alys,,
two bottles of Schiedam Schnapps, which took
and find, as before, that the spirituous liquor
is free from injurious ingredients classification;
that 1t has tho marks OF being aged and not re-
Gently prepared by mechanical admixturo of
alcohol and aromatics. Respectfully,
FRED. F. MAYER, Chemist.
New Yonx, Tuesday, May 1. Udolpho Wolfe. ESQ.
LEWIS A. SAYRE, NJ D., No. 795 Broadway
II. P. DEVICES, M. D., No. 79l Broadway.
JOSEPH W0RSTER, NJ: D., No. 1870 Ninth street
JOHN O'REItLY, NJ. d., No go Fourth street
b. 1. RAPHAEL, NJ. d., Professor of the Princ-
plcs and Practice of Surgery, New York Medical
College, etc, No. 81 Ninth street, and othcrs
The proprietor also offers for sale
Bottled Wines and Liquors,
Imported and bottled by himself expressly for
its purity.
Nov 10 smo UDOLPHO WOLFE.