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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08
Reviving Drowning Persons.

As the bathing season has common
ced, and persons are liable to drowning
several times this summer, the follow
ing hints will tell how to bring them
to-:
If the drowned person be politi-
clan, whisper in his car that he has
just been appointed to a fat Office.
If it be youug man, Tell him conf
IDENTIFY that another fellow is after bis
sweetheart. 30 t'
If q married man, slyly tell him that
a handsome young lady called yester-
day, and is to call again to-day. at his
office on important private business.
II he is carpet-bagger, let him
drown! a6xs g.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08
A Sea Of FirC-IIXtr:lOrlinary Pho
nOmCnOn,

nOmCnOn.
A phenomenon Of extraordinary no.
ture has lately been witnessed by the
inhabitants OF the borders of the Cas-
plan Sea. This huge salt lake is dotted
with numerous islands which produced
yearly a large quantity of naptha, and
it is no common occurrence for fires
to break out in the works and burn fol
many days before they can be extin
guished. Early last month, owing &c
some subterrancous disturbances, cnOr
nous quantities of this iniiammable
substance were projected from The nap
tina well and spread over the entire SIR
face Of the water and becoming ignited
notwithstanding every precaution, con,
verted the whole sea INTO the sem.
blance of gigantic flaming punch
bowl many thousands of square miles
in extent. The fire burnt itself out in
forty eight hours, leaving the surface
strewcd with the dead bodies Of innn.
mcrable fishes. Acropotus mentions q
tradition that the same phenomenon
was once before observed by the tribes
inhabiting the shores Of tue Caspian
Sea.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

The New York Herald, q Grant or.
gan says that from Virginia to Texas,
inclusive, demoralizations and. divis.
ions rule the Republican camp. The
carpet-baggers have overdone their
work. The house of their party is di,
vlded against itself, and with anything
Ike judicious treatment of the
blacks the white landholders have the
reconstructed and the unreconstructed
Southern States in their hands. The
carpetbaggers, from their intestine
squabbles over the spoils, have so for
crippled themselves already that II is
pam 10 see that their days are num-
bercd.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

ner in which the French Government;
controlled the recent election. Ant
yet there were no negro riots. no bay
onet guarded polls, no ballot box pack
ing none of the controlling influences
the sympathetic Radicals think nothing
of using to gain polcal victory in this
land Of the free.
The National lntelligcnccr says: 4
letter from Chief Justice Chase, receiv-
ed in Washington, gives fattering nc
count Of the improved condition OF
South Carolina. He says the people
are fast recuperating from the effects
Of the war, and ifpermitted would soon
be thriving and prosperous. He and
his daughter have been treated every
where with the greatest respect and
kindness.
The great obstacle to the settlement.
of affairs in Spain is the want Of mon
cy the Provisional Government suffers
from. Isabel had fully prepared her.
selffor the emergency long befor it oc-
CURED, and when she left Spain she left
a huge hole in its exchequcr. 1t is
probable a consciousness of her riches
will regain her popularity when every
thing else fails, that enables her to
speak so confidently of her own and
the Prince of Austria's future.
Late dispatches from the Plains indi
cate that the Indians arc again upon
the war path in considerable numbers,
A surveying party were attacked be,
tween Serbian and Denver by u band
of Cheyenncs, whom they succeeded in
driving Off with considerable loss
Spotted Tail has left his reservation,
with two hmdre l lodge sprobably with
hostile intentions. A fight is also re
ported between party Of Sioux and u
band of Reese Indians, near Fort BIZ,
ford in which the former were defeated
but sent for rcinforccmcnts with the in.
tention of renewing the fight.
Inc great Boston Peace Jubilee, is
pronounced by the New York papers
to have been perfect mOnLrosity in
an artistic sense. The bass was SO
loud as to make the treble sound like
tue hum of bees; the cannous which
ought TO have roared, went OFT like fire
crackers, and the anvils OILY rescmbled
the CHATTER of track hammers, It's f.
nancial success yet remains matter of
great doubt, Two things only are re-
garded rs certain--nothing of the kind
was ever undertaken N this country
before and nothing ever will be again,
Two men convicted on whisky case
in Johnson's time, had friends enough
to get the retiring Presidents signature
to pardon, but the signature was civ
en- SO late that before the paper was &C
ted upon Grant cume in and stopped it.
Judge Blatchford has now decided that
the paper issued never became an cifcc-
tive yardon, because 1t was never scrv
ed upon the ttnctionary who hae the
men in custody.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08
An Old Mans Advice.

Never attempt to strike the guilty,
where, by q misdirected or too hasty
blow, the innocsnt, the gallant, and the
good, may suffer.
Never attempt to expose william, il
your efforts in doing so are likely ia
injure those who have been the unsus.
pecting dupes of his artifice.
Never shake hands with a man if you
are not really glad to see him.
Never forget when you meet, to rec
ognize your friends, and even more
careful to offer your salutations to those
that are poor.
Never quarrel without a sufficient
cause, but if it be necessary to take up
quarrel, then see that quarrel firmly
put to an end.
Never betray confidence of any kind
more particularly that Of a woman
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08
Stokes has at last discovered how

Stokes has at last discovered how to
meet Seniors damaging charge that he
(Stokes) sold the last slave thus dis
posed Of In Tennessee. The Bald Ea-
gle admits he sent the "nigger" to
Nashville, for the purpose Of having
him sold; but - the war. had broken
out there was no market for slaves,
and consequently be "wasn't sold p
Indeed; we hadn't thought of that.
That does let Stokes out-in horn.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

Candy has removed Gen. Newberry
formerly of the Federal army, as May
or Of Petersburg Virginia. He was re.
moved because be was opposed to the
negro candidate for Governor. The
action of Candy has has its solution in
tho fact that Grant is for Welles, as he
is also for Stokes against Senter.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

M notice can be taken Of Anonymous ComMunica
"" tons. Whatever is intended for insertion in
Tho Home Journal, must DO authenticated ny
essarily for publication. but as q guarantee for
good faith and responsibility.
All business letters for this Office should be id
dressed to "The Home journal, !" Winchester
An 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 suitablef for publication.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

A bee-master In Indiana has success
fully protected his bees from the dis
case which has swept the hives through
out the country, by feeding them with
salt, rye -four, and sugar, bolted to g
consistency of honey.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

A letter from Richmond says there
are thousands ofnegroes in that city,
living in idleness and state Of vagran-
cy, begging for help. and that shous-
auds Of farmers, in agricultural districts
are suffering for the want ofhelp to do
their necessary work. This is but a
sample of the condition Of things oil
through the South.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

II is said That The diplomatic repre-
scn!ativcs Of The United States rank
very low in the scale of national gran
dcur, being held At The courts where
they are stationed as inferior even to
the representatives of Brazil They
were not rated thus before the war.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

In speaking of Mr.. Seward, the New
York Sun remarks:
Before starting on this present tour,
he stated, very explicitly. that within
u year there would be break up o.
President Grants administration, which
he pronounced the weakest administra
ton the country has ever had; and he
assigned as ono reason for going away
that be wished to be as far OIL as posi-
bic when the breakup takes place."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

They don't have icc.wagons In Nash.
vile, but they have plenty of corpora
ton thieves. II it were not for the
possession Of the latter, We should say
our friends were behind the times.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

1t IS thought that decrease of the
public debt of about five million dollars
will appear in the Statement Of the LIST
inst. Heavy drafts from the War De-
partmcnt have been paid, and other
large drafts are expected from the
same source soon.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

What beams often fall on mems
heads without hurting tl!em2 Sun
beams.
Why il forged note like a whisper ?
Because it's uttered. but never allowed
(aloud.)
Much remains upsung," as the tom
cat said when the brickbat cut short his
serenade.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

The steamship Great Eastern left the
port of Brest, France, engaged in the
highly important work Of laying the
French transatlantic Submarine Ca
bic. She il bound for St. Pierre,
Miquclon, q French possession lying
off Nova Scotia. Should the "paying
out" be successfully cOmpleted--as no
doubt it will, utilizing the experiences
of the past-both ends of the wire will
be on French territory, and connections
can be nude afterwards to suit The
more cables the better.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

Many farmers are short Of pasturns
on account OF their land being either
bound out OF covered with brush
brakes, and pod, SO that from five to
ten acres are necessary TO pasture Il
COW, when with n little expense, one
and 4 half to Two acres of the same
land would much better do the same
service.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

A boy Of thirteen has been sent to
prison for Q week in France, for sedi-
tious hurrah in the presence of the
Empress. That's Imperialism.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

A large number of lottery iealers
have been arrested in New York. fol
having failed to take out special Ii
cense as required by the revenue laws
They were required 10 furnish 81 ,0OC
bail, and answer
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08
SHIPWRTICK.
One Ot:the most Thrillingl Roman.
tic Stories on Record.

? One Ot:the most Thrilling Roman.
' tic Stories on Record.
The following extraordinary tale Of
ship wrecked crew. and the terrible fate
of all except single survivor, whose
adventures equal those of Robinson
Crusoe, appears in Paris letter to the
New Orleans Picayune:
elm the month Of Augurt 1868, the
French ship Adelina Eliza, quilted Bor-
deaux for Hong Kong. A month of.
terward she was spoken of Cape OF
Good Hope. She was never heard OF
again until few days since her histo.
ry and the history of the whole crew
became public. A typhoon in the In
dian Ocean threw her out of her course
dismasted her, broke her rudder and
tossed her toward Oceanica. Bad
weather lasted her thirty days, and
when fair weather returned she struck
upon coral reef, and the exhausted
crew we're scarcely able to take refuge
in boats.
1t was moonlcss, starless night
when this accident occurred. They
rowed wildly and thanked God when
the breaking day showed them q har-
Dor, surrounded by charming land
scape. They reached land laid down
to sleep. When they awoke they found
themsel, es bound hand aud foot, and
surrounded by savages. Their captors
proved to be canibals. Eleven Of them
their captain included were slain and
eaten. Three others contrived chow
does not appear) to make their escape
but they were mutilated. The one who
succeeded in reaching EuropcIhas lone
arm cut off and one eye torn out The
three reached remote point of the is.
land, where they found canoe and cm
barked in it prefering the risk ofbeing
devoured by sharkes than the certain
ty of being killed and eatea by canibals
Fortunately they found themselves in
an archipelago. and were able able to
60 easily from one island to another.
After wandering for some time, NOV
ing as rapidly as possible away from
the canibars home, George Samazon's
two companions died Of exhaustion.
He remained alone, mutilated, hope.
less, upon trail canoe. He neverthe-
less, continued to push on, touching
land only when necessary to sleep, and
get water and food. He eat she'll fish
and roots. One day he reached the
last island of the groupe, and nothing
lay before him but the wild ocean. He
set to work to build raft. 1t took
him year. He launched it. The waves
threw it back on the island. He sever
al times tried to put it back on the sea,
but constantly failed. He resolved to
turn his footsteps landward, but in al
different direction from the canibals
home. He climbed q mountain cross
eb desert, fell again into savages'
hands, once more escaped from them,
fed through forests; his feet were bit
ten by yenomous insects his face scab.
bed by the bites Of mosquitoes; at last
nearer dead than alive, he came upon
white men. He had been walking for
three years, and had crossed South
America on foot! The white men re
ceived him kindly, and did what they
could for him. He embarked upon q
small Portuguese ship, and at last reach
ed Europe. His family had long civ
en- him up for dead.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08
An Alabama Controversy

The following extract from n pus
letter dated Liverpool, England, ne
8, gives very clearidca Of pRblicA
'iment in England regarding the A
bGma controversy:
Business is dali here The Alabah
question has given the people n sreA
scare, anu pending what Mr.. ,Iotlci
may say, there will be I deal of uneasi \
ness le!t, The naval Authorities have
decided to change al! the old line OF
battle ships, which do coast guard du
ty or iron clads, SO that in event of
emergency they will havca formidable
lcct ofiron clad auxiliaries to combine
with the Channel feet, ready at mo
ments notice to dispatch to any part of
Of the coast Of the United Sta es; for
there can be ~ question but that was
their intention when the change in tins
class of vessels was determined upon
This movement would not create any
suspicion among lilc masssc9, hut with
discerning people the thin G is as appa
rent as MONDAY. Everything pertain.
ing to this great unsettled question
coming EGom the United States is read
with eaacrness and anxiety, In fact
the people ofthe United States do not
know how deep Z feeling prevails upon
the subject. The masses are for set
Ting the matter on almost any terms
except Summers haris.'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08
General Bntleras Lawyer-An IL
luStr0tiOn of his Practice. NJ

luStrattOn of his Practice.
The Washington correspondent
the Rochester Chronicle closes a recer
letter with the following story, whic
is interesting If true:
The intricacies oflaw are freshly i
lustratcd by a new story of Geners
Butler, which have just heard. Th
Directors of Boston bank, havin
their suspicious aroused notified thei
cashier that an examination f thei
books and cash in his possession mus
be had. The cashier went to Butte
and stated his case. He had misappro
priated funds ofthe bank to the amour
of fifty thousand dollars. Part of thi
had been lost in stock speesladcas, AM
part Was still invested in various spec
ulative securities. He asked whethe
he had not better own up, restore wha
he could and lot his bondsmen maxi
up the deficit. Butler after some con
sideration, directed him to attend tn
meeting Of the directors, deny tha
there was anything wrong, and if the.
desired to surrender the keys and g
home, leaving them in possession. HI
did as directed, gave up the keys ant
the directors. upon examining tn
books anil cash in the vaults, found .
deficit, as they anticipated, of fifty
thousand dollars. They notified th4
cashier and his bondsmen, who ia dut
time appeared, accompanied by Butler
who, acting as spokesman inquired
what the matter was. The directors
informed him of the facts, and added
that they did not wish to make scan
dial, and If the cashiers bondsmen
would make good the missing cash No
further proceedings would be had
General Butler coolly replied that there
must be some mistake. His client had
surrendered the bank and funds, as re-
quired by its bond. If there was any
deficit, il must have occurred after the
directors took possession. He would
assure them that they could not take
possession of the bank and its contents
and come upon the bondsmen also. II
they would accept the cashiers resig-
nation and give him the usual certificate
ofcharactcr they would call it square
and let the matter drop. The directors
now began to see the dilemma in which
they were placed and sent for lawyer
only to find that they had made a false
step; that they had no proper evidence
of the amount of cash in the bank
when surrendered by the cashier, and
that in taking possession they had lost
their only remedy. AS it would not do
to let the stockholders know how they
had been overreached. the directors
had to go to work and make up the
loss ont of their own pockets They
gave their dcfaulting cashier the Ger
tificate of character which he demand
cd, and he went to work in another
bank, 10 the same city, few weeks af-
terward. What part of the stolen $780,
900 Butler got for his fee 1 did not
hear. The truth of this anecdote l can
vouch Tor; but I will not tell how it
came to first crop out in Washington.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08
TOO GOOD TO BELOST,

The following lines we're written OF
the back Of a five hundred dollar Con
federate note.
Representing nothing on Gods earth now
And naught in the water belowit,
AS pledge of the nation that's dead and
gone,
Keep it dear friend and show it
Show 1t to those who will lend an ear
To the tale this paper can tell
OF Liberty born, of tive patriots dream,
Of the stOrm-cradled nation that fell.
Too poor to possess the precious ores
And too much ola stranger to borrow,
We issue to-day our promises to pay,
And hope to redeem on the MORROW.
The days rolled ON, and weeks became
years,
But our Golfers were empty still;
Coin was so rare that the Treasury qnaked
ifa dollar should drop in the till.
But the faith that was in US was strong
indeed,
And our poverty we'll discerncd;
And these little checks represented the pay
That our suffering volunteers earned.
We knew it had hardly value in gold,
Yet as gold our soldiers received It;
Itgazed ia our eyes with a promise to pay,
And each patriot soldier believed it.
But our boys thought little of price or pay
Or of bills that were over due;
We knew if it bought us bread to-day
1t was the best our poor country could
do.
Keep it, it tells our history over,
From the birth of its dream to the last {;
Modest, and born of the angel Of Hope,
Like the hope of success 1t passed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

Senor l.cnius, the Cuban envoy rep
rcsentatiye OF the insurgents, arrived
in Washington last week, to protest
against his recent arrest in New York
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

A woman weighing seven hundred
and twenty eight pounds is ON cxhiIi,
ton in Atlanta, Ga.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08
Ratcs of AdVe9'tisjn0.

Advertisements inserted at 81 30 per
ao,,arc of ten lines (brevlcr slzc) first In
sertlon, and rs cents for each subsequent
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

ChicFJustice Chase is of the opinion
that the iron clad oath cannot be exact.
cd from the members Of 4 Legislature
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-07-08

Keep it, it tells our history over,
From the birth of its dream to the last
Modest, and born of the angel of Hope,
Like the hope of success 1t passed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1869-01-26

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1869-01-26
THE GATE CITY
ensExAL ITEMS.

! II is estimated that twelve hundred kocn
ester On. Y.lyouths annually expend SOL,
600 on billiards.
| A spriebtlv citizen Of Lebanoa, Indiana
weighs $50 pounds only
/ sC.l;foraia claims . surplus product Of 20,
OOO0O0 bsshels of wheat.
The Unitafians of Washington are hold
Theater.
The oyster tax At Richmond. Virginia, foi
the quarter ending December 81 amounted te
| S23,5 04 81.
Two Jesuits Of Bordeaux have been fined
and imprisoned for whipping their pupils too
frequently and severely.
Not guilty, said an Omaha jury, abnt Il
the prisoner is smart he will leave the Ter-
rtory before night He left.
AT the Duke de Morny's diamond sale one
necklace that contained thirty-thfee diss
monds brought S2O4sO.
Minnesota farmers are raising fences. They
use cottonwood, gray willow, white maple,
black oak and White plum. From three to
i've years are sufficient to raise living fence
topf0cectl The Gellh. ~
An exchange says that fellow in that To-
calisy IS riding . hog through the streets, ~
a prepatory practice to managing veloci.
pede.
The Illinois 'sgsms Law" went into effect
on Saturday last. From that day to August
Is the killing Of most kinds Of game is pro-
hibited in the State.
"Shingle Weddings,' have been started in
Iowa to be given BY newly married couples
Ithey have lived together happily for one
year.
! Last week Mobile fAla.) matron broke
pitcher over fellows head for entering
her room unannounced and unsolicited.
A London witness having told . rt Magistrate
that he was penman, was asked in what
part OF IitSrataFe be welded his pen, whom
he replied that he penned sheep in Smith
field narket.
A British officer recently evidenced bis.
patsptism BY remarking, when looking acrpss
the st. Lawrence river, where it is twenty.
one miles vide: "Ah, this reminds me Of
the Thames ss
An advertisement in Rio Jansiro paper
reads For sale, black woman Of MinAs, Of
assured condnct. With two children, pretty
little black girl four years old, and hand-
some brown Toy Of eleven
EcLIPsE ,oFTHs MooF.-On January 27th,
an eclipse Of the moon will take place. The !
lime of beginning II Philadelphia will be
1ours 70 minutes ia the evening; Of the mid
liz hours 80 minutes, and Of the end 9 |
hours and 40 minutes. The moon will only |
% eclipsed 81 digits on the upper limb, that |
s nearly one half Of the disk will be obscured: