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Franklin OH FreemasOnry.

Freemasonry, l admit. has it secrets
1t has secrets peculiar to itself, but of
what do these principally consist 2
They consist Of signs and tokens
which serve as testimonials of character
and qualification, which are conferred
after due instruction and examination.
These are Of no small value they speak
a universal language, and are pass
port to the support and attention Of the
world. They cannot be lost so long
as memory retains its power. Let the
possSsor of them be expatriated, ship.
wrecked or imprisoned, let him be
stripped OF everything he has in the
world, still their credentials remain,
aud are available for use rs circum.
stances may require. The good effects
which they have produced are estab.
li,hed by the incontestible facts of his.
tory. They have stayed the uplfted
hand of the destroyer, they have sub
duel the rancor of malevolence, and
broken down the barriers of political
animosity and sectarian alienation. Gu
the battlefield, in the solitudes of the
uncultiyated forest, or in the busy
haants of the crowded city, they have
made men of the most hostile feelings
and the most diversified conditions,
rush to the aid of each other with
special joy aud satisfaction that they
have been able to afford relief to .
brother Mason.
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An Item tor Pork Eaters.

Lovers of those luxuries, raw ham
and bologne sausages, will he interest
ted in the following item Of news,
which is printed for their especial ben
eft:
CHICAGO, April 30.-Mrs. Tets, Of
Elgin, ILL.,, died a few days ago Of .
disease, the nature of which 10 un.
known, Trichinosis was suspected.
Yesterday the body was examined,
and an examination made by apumber
Of surgeons in council. Microscopic
Investigation revealed $4,000 tfichins
70 ~ eubis inch ofenoselss 6t ths
non11oIR - ~ = .i.f4ifs s;ftis = /. ssl.fi'Fths
esffs-. = ffT Ia. ~. s..f.s,f - 4 .
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IL Cb,,u aspONDENTs.

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matters connected with the editorial depart
ment should be addressed: Editor OF Ihe Home
journal Winchester, Tenn.
we cannot. ms a rule undertake to return articles
not found suitable for publication ~
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DECuERD, May 4, 1869.

The newly elected Board met for the
purpose of organizing, whereupon L.
II. Mosley was called to the chair and
II. r. Moore requested to act as Secre-
tary. On motion, the certificate of the
election was PRODUCED and read by the
Secretary and ordered to be spr ad up,
on the minutes, which rs follows to
wit: The undersigned judges and
clerks of election held by the stock
holders of the w. & A, r. r. Company
at Decherd, Tenn, on the 4th day OF
May 1869, to elect Board of Directors
for the ensuing year do certify that
II. R. Moore, VIM. Camron L. L. Math,
ews, Nj. Porter, D. +. Davenport, Il.
F. Mosley, Thos. Sharp, I. G.. Woods,
W. II. Moores, j. NJ. Bright. Jacob
Vance, j. D. Tillman, W. C. Jennings
John Carey and r. Farquharson, were
duly electeh--each having received a
majority of all votes cast. This 4th
May 1869
Whereupon it was ordered that the
persons named in the above certificate
be recognized as the Board of Drec.
tors for the ensuing year.
On motion, the Board then proceed
ed to the election of President. w.
II Moores was put in nomination, and
there being no other candidate, he was
unanimously elected. ...
On motion, G. G. Mckinney was put
in nomination for the office of Secreta
~ and Treasurer and was unanimously
elected. On motion the Secretary was
ordered to request the Fayetteville and
Winchester papers to publish the pro.
cecdings ofthe meeting.
The meeting then adjourned.
c. c. MCKINNEY, Sec'y.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-05-27

A car is being built in Jersey City
which will be the eostliest, the largest
and one Of the most elegant in tue
world. Il 10 to be run on the Erie
Railoa,l, and will cost 'sixty thousand
dollars.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-05-27

Three Radicsl Congressmen elect
from Conpecticut rushcd to Washing.
ton, and were admitted before thscyote
Was counted They occupied their
seats three days, and nov want eight
months pay-ol0,000, z
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-05-27

The street lamps Of New York are
to be lighted BY electricity; the lamp
commissioner will say. '.let there be
light" and on the instant Ill Gotham
will bs made bright - day.
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Tho OMcc.Soeker.

The following Is from an old story,
by JaK. Paulding, the novelist, and
first went tho rounds Of the press thirty
years ago., 1t represents a converse
ton between member Of the Cabinet
and hanger-on for Office, and 10
suitable for the present time:
The Secretary was called from his
bed one cold winter morning to attend
to business Of the utmost importance"
Found queer, long-sided man, at
least six feet high, and q little apple
head. along queu, and face critically
round, as rosy as ripe cherry; and
the following conversation ensued:
swell, my friend, what situation do
you wish
"Why any, Tn not over particular.
but somehow or other l think / should
like to be a Minister. ! don't mean of
the Gospel, but ore of them ministers
to foreign parts"
I'm very sorry, very sorry indeed,
there is no vacancy just now. Would
not some other place suit you"
"Why-y-y," answered the apple.
headed man, u wouldn't care much if
took situation in one Of the depart
ments. / wouldn't much mind being
a Comptroller, Auditor or something"
MY dear sir, I'm sorry, very sorry
indeed, but it happens, unfortunately,
that all these situations are at present
filed Will you not take something
else p
My friend stroked his chin, and
seemed struggling to bring down the
soarings Of his high ambition ito the
present crisis. Atlength he answered:
"Why.y.y yes; don't care if l get q
good Colectorship, or Inspectorship,
OF Survey yorsnip, or Navy Agency, or
anything Of that sort"
Really, my good sir" said the Sec.
retary, Il regret exceedingly that....noc
only all tsese places, but every other
place of consequence in the Govern
mcnt is at present occupied. Pray,
sir, think of So ething else
Hesthen, alter some hesitation, asked
for clerkship, ,sand tlnally..the.rlace of
messenger at one of the public offices.
Finding no vacancy here, he seemed in
vast perplexlty, and looking all around
the room, fixing his eye at length on
me, and measuring my height from
aead to foot, At last, putting on one
OF the drolcst look that ever adorned
the face OF man ;he said:
mister, you ard seem to be built
pretty muchsalikc; haven't you some
old clothes you, ,can,,spare :"
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The Working Man.

He is the noblest man of whom. our
country can boast; whether in the
workshop or at the plow, you find the
same noble.hearted, free and independ-
ent being. And if there is man in
society upon whom we look with es-
TEEN and admiration, it is the indc-
pendent, sober working man. Wecare
not whether he be farmer, mechanic,
or common laborer-whether his tolls
are endured in the workshop, the field
or the coal mine; whether his home is
in the hackwoods, or in the neat cot
tage--our admiration is the same.
What a happy picture he presents; !;
what reward for his labor, who, by
his own unaided excrtions, establishes
for himself respectable position in
society; who, commencing in poverty,
by his skill and assiduity, surmounts
every obstacle, overcomes every preju-
dice, and finally succeeds in forming
character whose value is enhanced by
those who come after him. Such a
man we prize as the noblest work of
which human nature is capable-the
highest production she can boast
And let it be borne in mind by the
young working man, just entering up
on the stage Of active life-let it ever
lie at the foundation and be the moving
spring of his elforts-tbat this situa-
tion he must strain every nerve to at
tain. 1t can be attained by all. Unit
RIM industry and virtuous ambition
never fail to find their reward. They
never yet were exerted in vain, and
never will be while honesty and justice
find home in the human breast. Ii
was. remarked by an eloquent writer,
that the working man who had no in
hcrtance but virtue, is the sole king
among men, and the only man among
kings.
"ne enves not the sons of ease,
Nor lord in princcly hall;
But bows before the wise 1ecrees,
In Kindness meant for ALL"
nth interludes by the Cornet Band,
of Winchester, after which the crowd u
we're invited to sumptuous enter. "
.ainment, and We wish we knew to
whom the honor is due for the rich,
ARE and well-arranged feast spread be- u
'ore US. 1t was a decided success.
Everything went of well. We returned, u q
ceiling better toward mankind as we'll
IS for ourself. having done our part at =
he table. d
The other schools deferred their en- .
ertainnent to last Saturday, to be held y
1t the beautiful grassy grove in front y
If the residence of Mr.. G. w. Hunt, y
he most beautiful place in Franklin I"
county. (Mr. H. is one of the Home y
-
The Baptist, Methodist. and Episco. y
,al schools formed on the Public y
square, and marched out in excellent y
'rder, with tasteful banners, etc., and ?
IN arriving at the grounds, seats having u
'een prepared, all felt themselves COM =
ortably situated. Addresses were y
made by Dr. Shapard and others. A u
'anner was presented to the Baptist =
sunday School by the fair hands Of "
Hiss Alice Whitaker. This was we'll "a
lone. We could not describe the ~
manner and effect of her address on VI
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-05-27

A maiden lady IN Indians, sssd for
ty-ons. is only twenty flour inches high,
"a weiShs bat twenty ,sh,se paaadA
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Railroad Meeting.
DEcHERD, May A, 1869.

The Stockholders of the W. Il A. r.
R. Co., met pursuant to notice, for the
purpose Of holding the regular annual
election of Directors. Whereupon Jas
G. Woods was called to the chair, and
c. c. Mckinney appointed Secretary,
The report Of the President was read
and ordered to be filed. The judges
and clerks appointed by the BOARD, af
ter being duly sworn, proceeded TO
open and hold an election for Directors
of the w. & A. R. E., for the ensuing
year which resulted in the election Of
the following persons, WILL. r.
Moore, WIN. Damron, L. L. Mathews,
Madison Porter, ID. E. Dave nport, T.
F. Mosley, Thos. Sharp,J. G. Woods,
W. II Moores, j. M. Bright, Jacob
Vance, j. d. Tillman, w. C. Jennings,
John Carey, and r. Farqnharson.
Jas. D. Tillman offered the follow
inc, rosenlution, to.witi . 49,
At a regular msetidns OF tue sto'''-
holders Of the w. d. A. r. r. held .,
Decherd in the county Of Franklin, it
was unanimously resolved that the Re
ceiver of said road is hereby requested
to lease said w. u A. r. r. to the NJ
h c. r. r. for the period Of ten years
or longer, for yearly rent Of not less
than six thousand dollars per annuln.
under the following conditions 10 wit:
that the said NJ d c, r r. shall obi
gate itself to run at least one train OF
passenger and freight each way daily
between Dechcrd and Fayetteville, Sun.
days only excepted, and to at once
commence and push to completion
within one year, branch from point
called the Junction to point at or
near Fearns' on the NJ. c. r. r. Ii
shall be further stipulated in the con-
tract for lease that the rates of freight
on said ". & A. Il. Il. from Dccheru
to Fayetteville shall not exceed the reg
ular rates Of freight and passenger trav
el on the NJ IL c. r. r. Belt further
resolved, That W, II. Moores, j. w
Newman, j. D. Tillman, II. r. Moore.
and Thos. Sharp be appointed com
mittee to unite with the Receiver ottLt
w. a. A. r. r. in regard to tue leasing
Of said road, the terms Of which lease
shall be substantially in accordance
with the preceding resolution. Which
resolution Wy ballot as specified on the
tickets for Directors was unanimously
adopted. The meeting then adjourned.
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Support your county nsvaPspss
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Rates of AdverttsinO.

Advertisements inserted at : % Per per
so,,arc OF ten lines (breyier st1e, az hsannent % M
sartion. and 75 cents for each s"oooHuSn'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-01-30
What Does It Mean

Two years ago the Legislature of Illinois
adopted, by the requisite two-thirds majority
OF each house. proposed amendment to the
constitution forbidding any future legislature
to release the Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany from its payment into the state treasury
OF seven per cent OF its gross earnings. To
become a part of the constitution, the same
amendment must be approved by majority
OF each house Of the present legislature, and
then submitted to vote of the people at the
next November election. Now, in the first
week OF the session, the proposed constitu-
tlona amendment was taken up in the senate
and approved, and sent to the house. There
it was favorably reported on Immediately, and
in five minutes could have been adopted but
somebody moved to lay it aside, and there it
has lain, slowed away in pigeon hole. from
that day to this. Now why is this thusly (?
What reason is there for the delay The ses-
sion is more than half spent business is
crOwding on all sides, and soon it nav be
next to impossible to take up resolution out
OF its regular order. To say that a constitu-
tional convention is called is no excuse. The
new constitution may be adopted or not. At
best, 1T may be three or four years before it
goes into effect Meantime the legislature is
full of impecunious gentlemen, who stand in
hourly dread of being sophisticated and su-
horned" by a corrupt lobby. 1t begins to look
as if there was an African in the wood pile
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-01-30

SurrStt, who is now in South America. it is
said is preparing book, which he Will soon
return to this country and have published
In this book, says a Washington correspon-
dent OF the Boston Heuld, she denies all
knowledge of any assassination plot, but con-
fesses freely that Booth and himself and 9th
ers were in plot to abduct Mr.. Lincoln. He
declares chat assisnation was never spoken OF
to him, and was not agreed on by Booth and
Payne until the night it took place. He fur
Their insists on the entire innocence of his
mother, maintains that every effort was made
to keep the abduction from her knowledge
and says she was simply the victim of unfor-
tunate circumstances and the Vaccinations OF
the witness Wechman, whose evidence, il
will be remembered, caused Surratt's couvic-
ton. Surratt proposes to tell everything he
knows, the good, bad and indifferent, anS
make oath to it. He feels, it is said, that il
will be so impartial and straightforward that
It will be believed"
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Canal Trustee Waite.

The Chicago Tribune. of Thursday, i'm an AZ
tlcle denouncing the recently divulged Lock
port water power lease, casts all the blame
upon MIR. State Trustee Waite, and says of his
communication to the Governor:
The communication contains the additional
information that there is no law on the statute
book requiring the State Trustee to settle with
any State officer, and that bill, which passed
through the house at the last session. disappeared
from the files of the senate, or when passing be.
tween the two houses, in mysterious manner
In other words, it was stolen, and thereby re-
lieved the State Trustee from settling his ac-
counts with the State. This must have been
done by some person who did not desire to put
the officer to that inconvenience.
One of the members, Mr.. Strevell, called at
tention to the fact that no settlement had been
had with the Canal Trustee for many years. and
he alleged that much of the money received for
canal lands had been squandered, and none of
the canal scrip returned.
This is pretty state of affairs, truly, and we
suppose that il this legislature attempts to pass
law enforcing settlement, the bill will again
be mysteriously spirited away by some persen
opposed to putting the Trustee to SO much
trouble
All oil which is arrant nonsense. The State
Trustee cuts less figure in the Board of Canal
Trustees than Vermont Associate Justice does
IN the decision of causes before the court. The
whole business of the canal is managed by the
trustees of the bondholders, who receive, dis
burse and are alone accountable for all the
money, and who make regularly every two
years full report of their transactions to the
Governor. That "no settlement with the
State Trustee has been made in seven years.
is very likely, and we presume the same would
be true were the statement twenty years. 'The
State Trustee has nothing to settle, except per-
haps the little matter of his own salary. Out
side of that, he cannot touch dollar of the
fund, sell foot of land, make lease, or even
order lock tender to open or close his gates.
He is mere socions of the other trustees. to
attend their meetings and watch SO much of
their proceedings as they choose to let him
see The Office and its functions are of no
more use or account than the fifth wheel of a
wagon One of the editors of the Tribune once
held the office, and tried to find something to
do, but came near getting into trouble about
it. The Tribune ought to have remembered
the little circumstance.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-01-30
KYYolite.

What is Kryolite? A chemical work before
us defines it as {" fiuorid Of sodium and alu-
minum; fluate of soda and alumine" 1t
appears to be an article used by paper makers
for bleaching. It is mineral found only in
Greenland, and its production and sale wholly
controlled by the Danish government. Now
common sal soda and caustic soda are also
used by paper makers as 'bleaching powders, ~
and are much cheaper than kryolite. But a
shrewd firm in Philadelphia. short time ago,
succeeded in purchasing of the Danish Gov
eminent the exclusive right to import kryo-
lite; to make money ont of their bargain,
however, it was necessary to bring up the
price of sal and caustio soda. The ever con-
venent tariff, the mother OF more rascality
and swindling than forty Wall streets could
be, was found just the thing. They 60 to
Mr.. Morehead-of course they didn't pay him
anything-and he puts into his tariff bill a
clause to admit kryolite duty free, and to
place tariff on sal and caustic soda. The
result OF the success of the scheme would
have been an addition. of about 9 cents a
pound to all the printing paper used in the
United States, for the benefit of a couple of
spectators in Philadelphia! The rascally
scheme was detected by Mr.. Brooks, of
New York, and will probably be defeated. 1t
is needless to say, however, that hardly a tariff
bill passes congress, most Of whose provisions
are not Greek to ninetenths of the members,
but whose provisions are stuffed with rascali-
ties like this.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-01-30

PRESIDENTIAL COOP SENSE The contem
plated grand Inauguration ball at Washington
has been abandoned. Our unsophisticated
contemporary of the Republican halls il as an
evidence of the good sense in small things"
of President Grant, attrbutng the abandon
ment of the ball to his distate for display, and
consequent hint to the committee that If the
inauguration ball could be dispensed with he
would be gratified." Tic joke lies in the no
torious fact that not only the President but all
the other leaders of radical ton in Washington
only conceived their "distatc" for the "ds-
play when it became certain that there would
be row unless negroes were admitted to
The ball.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-01-30

NOT so.-The Alton and other papers in
the middle and southern parts Of the state
have been croaking for several weeks past
that the peach crop Of southern Illinois has
been winter killed. The Jonesbore Gazette
says 1T is not so. "The prospects in this,
(Union,) the largest peach growing county in
the state, were never better. One year ago
last August thirteen car loads of peaches were
shipped per day from Golden station in this
county. The indications now are that there
will be double this amount shipped the CON-
ming year."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-01-30

The FRAuD.-Last spring congress. as a
bind to the people during the presidential
contest, appropriated but $33,OO0,0O0 for the
army, and the radical stumpers commended
that the army for the year would cost no more.
The Democrats, on the other hand contend
ed that the army must cost over 100000, 900.
Now the Secretary of war asks for 500, 000,-
600 in addition to the former $50, 0OO, 900, to
make up the deficiency ofthe former appro-
priation
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-01-30

eral financial propositions introduced into ..,.
grsss The senator said he had no proposition
to submit on the question himself, and if those
already before congress were the only dependence
OF the country. he thought it likely that our
public debt never would be paid. In the mean
time Mr.. Sherman might plant, and Mr. Morton
might water, but the debt was increasing, and
would increase; and congress itself was the
cause"
MRS. LINCOLN
During the session of the senate ON Wednes.
day letter from Mrs. Lincoln was road. begging
for pension. She says she is the widow of a
President whose life was sacrificed for his coun
try, that she is poor. &c. It is understood that
the pension committee will report in favor of
giving her pension of $4,000.
sUPERsEDING GRANT
The New York Times publishes q correspcud-
ence, detailing the circumstances Of an Ordsr
issued by Stanton to Gen. Banks, short time
before the fall of vicksburg, directing him to
supersede Gen. Grant, which order Banks re-
fused to obey. A note is published in the Wash
ington papers from Stanton, denying that he
issued such an order
PARAGUAY DIFFICULTY.
Admiral Davis, who went with feet to As.
cuncion, to demand Of Lopez tho release of the
prisoners whom Minister Washburne, in his
flight, had left behind in prison, reports that he
found Lopez all civility, and yielded up the pris-
oners without objection, declaring he had detain-
ed them solely to have them removed out Of the
country, as they as well as Washbarne had con.
spired against him.
BEAUREGARD.
The Government has restored to Gen Beaure-
gard his Memphis property, which was condemn
cd ive years ago. 1t has also been deter mined
to deliver over his private papers, which are now
in the war department They were captured
about the close of the war
CALEB CUsHrNG's MISSION.
1t is learned that the negotiation Of Mr.. Sew.
ard with the Republic Of Colombia, for the right
OF way to the Darien canal is failure, and that
Caleb Gushing will return home without having
accomplished his mission at Bogota
JOHN c. BRECKENRIDGE
will arrive in Baltimore, from Canada, on Feb.
/. His daughter will reach Washington TO-
morrow.
INAUGURATION BALL.
Since the abandonment of the ball by tn.
''nationar committee, the citizens Of Washing
ton have taken the matter in hand and are de-
terminsd to have Inauguration ball Of their
own, from which all - aiggers" and every
body else disagreeable to them are to be excluded