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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10
''Scmpcr ~l'aratuS."

The New York Express says ifany-
body thinks the Germans, having con-
quered a peace with France, are going
to turn their swords into pruning
hooks, the Indications are, he is des-
tined to be deceived. Bismark is astutc
enough to understand the enmity
which France must bear to the Fader.
land for generations to come, for hay.
ing despoiled her and BUNDLED her in
the dust, and he is not the man to be
unprepared for ony ebpllition of resent
ment which that feeling may. at some
future time, evoke on this side Of the
Rhine. Accordingly, ever now we see
him acting on the prudent principle
that the surest way to preserve peace
is TO be at all times prepared for war.
Hence all accounts concur in saying
that the vast military establishments
which the recent campaigns called into
being, so far from being reduced, arc
to be maintained. The Kaiser, Count
Moltke, Count Room, and in fact, all
who have anything to decide in military
affairs, are represented as being ANNA,
ted by the same sentiment, "Lct us be
ready
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

A valuable gold-headed staff, for
merly belonging to The late President
Lincoln, has been ~bcqucathed to the
Hon. John Bright, M. p, by the late
DR.. Smith, the United States Consul
for Dundee. The staff bears the fol
lowing inscription: -. A. McClernard
to the Hon. A, Lincoln-Junc, 1856"
and, on a gol4 ferule, Presented to
the Rev. James Smith, ID, late pas
tor of First Presbyterian Church,
Springfield, Illinois, by the family Of
the late President Lincoln, in memo
RAM of the high esteem in which he
was held by him and them, rs their
and dear lriend-27th April,
1t was the wish Of President
Lincoln that on the death of Mr..
the staff should 60 to Mr..
Nashville Banner.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

Prospects never were better to Il gen.
eral smash-up of the Radical party in
Louisiana. 1t has now come 70 a wal
OF races--the Warmoth white men and
the Dunn negro men. A riot is one OF
the possibilities on the 9th, the occasion
of the meeting of the Republican con,
vention in New Orleans.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

A number of Influential citizens of
Atlanta, Ga, and other parts of the
State have purchased a large tract Of
land at Stone Mountain, Ga, for the
purpose of forming IA Cotton States
National Park Association" A race
course and jockey club will form q
prominent feature of the enterprise.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

Mr.. II. v. Redtell has been inter.
viewing a stage.drivcr about Lancas
ter, kentucky ''Thcy are as clever
and hospitable people, continued the
driver, "as ever was, but the town has
a bad name for fights. It's one of the
sprightlicst fighting places in Ken
lucky. They shoot, stab, bite, knock
oyel, kili, and drag out. At the last
August election there wcpo nine men
shot in n day. But when not in a
rumpps it's nice. quiet little place"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

gained high standing, and is in high
credit in all the stock exchanges in
Europe.
Tell how mach ciotii yon have, and
III tell you how to cut your suit. In
other words, if knew how far your
State and your people are disposed to
90 into this matter, might be able to
be Of service in the way of suggestions
as to the best plan for getting the i'm,
migrants and building up direct trade.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

Sun PRtNTING on FRuIr.-Boys and
girls! if you wish to astonish any
members of the family, or any coming
guests, by some day allowing them to
discover their initials neatly printed on
4 pear, peach, OF apple, as it hangs up,
on its branch, this is the way to cary
out your plan; just before the fruit
ripcns, cut the desired letters from n
sheet of thin, tough paper, and paste
them on the side of the fruit most OK.
posed to the sun. When, in course Of
time, you remove the paper from the
ripe surface, you viii find the letters
distinctly marked upon it. There are
other ways of printing fruit, but this is
the most simple.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

Eight hundred and forty-two bales
Of cotton were shipped North from
Nashville, over the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad during the month of Ju-
ly-a falling of of tonr hundred and
sixty-seven bales compared with the
same month last year.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

K =. MCGEE, for many years 8
prominent citizen Of Trenton, in this
State, having filled several offices OF
high responsibility with honor, was ar.
rested at Memphis a few days ago on a
charge of passing counterfeit money.
He was committed TO Jail.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

The avarlcious man is like the bar.
rem, sandy ground of the desert, which
sucks in all the rain and dews with
great greatness, but yields no fruitful
herbs or plants for the benefit of others.
know some such in Winchester and
County.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10
Presidential Prospecting.

The New York Herald has com
menced figuring as to the probable re-
suit Of the next Presidential race, and
concludes that the battle ground will be
in the two great central Statesmen
York and Pennsylvania. One Of them
may save the Democracy, and while
some contend that recent events in
New York will weaken the Democratic
vote there, yet we see no reason to
doubt its vote for the Democratic nom
ince. The Union and American pub
fishes the figuring Of the Herald and
adds that if we should carry Pcnnsyl.
vaaia and Ohio this fall, or either OF
chem. nothing cor prevent the success
of the Democracy in 1872 at the ballot
box but the bayonct.
And we ask: will the Democrats
aAlow the bayonct to defeat them?
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

The New Hampshire House Of Rep
resentatives has taken Il step towards
doing away with ''the subsection of
women by q bill which enacts that
husbands, shall not hereafter be liable
for the debts OF the wife, contracted
before marriage. Woman is to have
her rights to the extent of being free
to pay her own debts, the same as ty-
rant mar.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

One hundred %convicts in the len
nessee State penitentiary at Nashville,
have been contracted for to work on
Gen. Forests Selma and Mississippi
road, commencing September LIST.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

Mrs. Horace Greater has, for the
past fifteen years, ~traversed the streets
of New York, ~harnessed to n hand cart,
collecting rags and bones from The gut
tiers and swill-tubs. She died the other
day, in a tumble down shanty in the
outskirts of the city, and left $4,000
on deposit in the North River savings
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

Macauly says: or all inventions, the
alphabet and printing press alone ex-
cepted, those inventions which abridge
distance have done most for the civil.
cation of our species.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

The Southern cotton crop for the
season just closing has been by far the
largest in ten years. Besides contrib
uting their share toward this increase
of the Southern staple, the rice pro
duct of the Carolinas and Georgia for
1870, was, according 20 Commissioner
Wells, $4,000 ~tierccs. as compared with
$4,000 the previous year, Such is the
steady material progress of q section
where Radicals would haVe Us believe
that "ncarly every negro man and Re
publican white man has slept in the
woods for months every night'-and
where the rest of the population do
nothing but go about like roaring
lions seeking whom they may dcvour."
-[Union and American.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

The Lebanon Herald says a negro
man in La Grande county recently
killed a black snake, fifteen fee, long,
and the body rs big as the thigh of a
full grown man.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10
ANDREW
WAGON MAuUFACTVhbf
Winchester, Tennessee

T desire to call the special attci aeS Of .
i farmers, or those that are III nv r WORK.
wagon of any description 10 examine
They would do well to come anu Nv was-
il before purchasing elsewhere NJ!
n are put up Of
The Best Mdter'd' ,...,
and they will also be found 70 D, wagon.
draft, n particular point ~ 70 uakea
No work nor expense Is spared
Desirable and Good "r,nted
My prices are low and the "orh
Entire Satistdet'oh' ~,
No wagon OF the kind can DC 0V"
less money at any place.
ANDREW FASSNAChm.
Winchester; rem"
june l5-6m
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

New Orleans Is rapidly pushing for
ward with improvements. The cost
of the public and private buildings
now in progress. is estimated at g.
$50. 900.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

The Nashville Banner has the follow,
ing in regard to the culture in Tonnes
see of opium. 1t says: "Dr John
Wharton showed US yesterday a box Of
this narcotic drug, raised by himself,
near Nashville, from the genuine Cal
cutta seed, that apparently equals any
Of the famous production o!the lndias.
The culture Of opium, it appears, is
feasible, and can be made profitable in
this country and latitude. The subject
Of It's cultivation is receiving very
much attention from agriculturists and
scientific gentlemen.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

Last winter while W. were sojourn.
ing in New Orleans, We would often
visit the Legislative Hall. Pinchbeck,
q colored member, was q noted charac
ter. We were present at the impcach-
mcnt Of the Speaker Of the House,
when a Col. Garter was substituted.
Pinchbeck was for Carter then, but
now he goes back on him in this wise {:
II have been playing second fiddle
long enough, want it clearly under
stood that I'm not Warmoth man,
nor a Dunn man, nor y Carter man. II
I'm going to he in the orchestry, |
shall be one of the chief tiddlels. For
instance, ] am very friendly with Col.
Carter, and he honors me with his
friendship But just ae soon as Carter
gets what he wants ont Of The Pinch
beck, Pinchbeck may go to the devil
and Cater lonG pause, Pm damned
if it amt vice VERSA"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

The New York Express says "Ihc
woman juror arrangement does not
work well in Wyoming, Recently sjX
married iadjcs and rs many gentlemen
were %inpanncIlcd upon u murder case,
ard it became necessary to lock them
up aII night Three Of the husbands
stormed and ravcd AZ the fudge, and n
half dozen children made the court,
house ring with their cries. justice
was memorable, however, and aymp.
toms Of rebellion have been manifest
in Cheyenne ever since
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

There are no paths but will be
brighter. no shadow on heart or brain,
but will lift soone:, in the presence of
9 determined checrfulness.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

The pebbles in path weary us,
and make us f%oot-sore, more than the
which only require a bold effort
surmount.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

A printing contract which furnishes
$4,000 per month cleAI profit, says
the New Orleans Times, may be a good
thing for the contractor, but quite the
reverse for the tax payers who have to
foot the bill. Any State administra-
ton or faction which imposes such
burdens on the Commonwealth, is not
only ma~liciously corrupt, but should
be consigned at once to eternal infamy.
Since the Radicals have assumed con
troll Of Louisiana. the State printing
bills have been swelled up from $780,
900 q year to over $500, 1000, the APP
preparation bill providing for the pay
mcnt Of $500, 900 beng found totally
insufficient, Never did party plumber
assume q more grasping, fraudulent, or
inexcusable form. The scheme is one
of iniquity from beginning to end, and
every dollar OYER $4,000 expended in
the support Of miserable party sheets,
is virtually stolen from the pockets of
the people. The day of reckoning ap-
proachcs. Let the %plunderers beware
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

merchants GClIllg q INIi.~ ulH VI S'""'
n man living aol' Winchester
Franklin county, hG oo"s"| w.
"" H." Gould oc, hotter ba,naine
If any poiut ucarer home TIL
Tpcs, 29H J2iy.
We don't thiuk the man alluded to
could get better bargains than cat any
point nearer home" and we would
n trial Of our Winchester mcr'
chants before we admit any such con
clusion. We say this, in face OF inc
fact, that while other papers IN aljoih
towns are full Of advertisements
from their re pCctiyc merchants, me
Home Journal is blank as the pa
ucr on which We write. John Vaughn
tells the people lie keeps stoves Tor
sale at the lowest plIcc8 Andre" faas
nacht makes wagons; George MarlIh
has Jcwclry c. Mile: is n Furniture
dealer, \. Jourdan keeps all KINDS OF
COnIcc,ioucrics and Day5 has good
liquors, tobacco, &c. only these, and
nothing more, in the way Of trade,
Comment is unnecessary, except That
If shows 4 ~lnmcntah.c ~~,0gnation IN
business. and ifu man at 4 distance
sbouIL think Of GENERATING 10 our sec
ton. and pick ~ 4hc Home journal
hcCorc coming. he would wonder if
any business were done here, and if
There was any life, and he would
rlongr Ljt mind as to coming. Any
sensible man will Judge Of q town by
,lc rancr prtutcd in it. If the paper
present. lively appearance in It's nd
y.lt;.ipo columns. he Immediately CON
rIndcs If is llc place 10 20 to, and
whom ne comes he paws hi, money to
Tho merchant or business man, or he
may hring his children and send them
20 our schools. But even our s,hools
are unknown in our columns, The
noror must sneak highly Of them, but
where is the reciprocity?
Now. we want our community to
nrosuor 80 -, bolv. and there is no aid
like ihot Of a wclI.supported ncwspa-
nor 81 poul saws "The body is not
or. mcmbcr, Iut many. If the foot
.r.ll say because I am not the hand,
moi Of ihe body: is it, therefore,
,ot or Zinc hodvy And if the car shall
.oy prrouse | am not the eve, | am
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

The State election in Kentucky last
Monday went Democratic by an ovcr-
whalming majority.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10
Mind Your own Business.

The New Cork Express gives The
Radicals this gentle hint II noticing
their extreme interest in the s%quabblcs
Of the Democratic party in their bear
iugs upon the next Presidential elec
ton:
1T IS seldom We see such an anX.
ioUs anticipation of events, or such an
inclination 10 borrow trouble. Their
djsintercstedncss is really touching
These journals can talk Of notNiug else
but "lno new DEPARTURE and wonder
| whether the southern Democrats will
accept it, or resist it, They are also
very rond orpmadjng the opinions Of
this Or that public man. to show how
Impossible it will he for the Democra
cy in National Convention TO agree
either upon persons, or principles
One would think these people were the
nurses Of the Democratic party, and
that, nursc-likc, they were N constant
apprehension lest some fatal accident
should bccall their charge
1--WE suppose we ought to be very
grateful for this tender so,icitudc, but
the fact is. the Presidential election is
q long way of, and, as the Democratic
party is 4 party that has no tat GOV
crHpIcnt jobs, but has to work for q
LIVING, it has not yet begun to think Il
great deal about an cventthat does not
take place for seventeen months ahead,
II our Radical friends really want 10
interest us, meanwhile, we can tell
them how to do it. Let them stop
their impcrtincnt gossip about the
"ucw Departure" and the chances OF
Democratic agreement or disagree
mcut, in the Nominating Convention,
and give us some Information rs to
what tie Republican party intend to
do in Congress. next winter, with ref
creucc to relieving Die people from the
lntolcllb,n burdens Of taxation which
have been placed upon their backs by
/ :hc great moral idea men. Not only
are the Democracy, but the great body
Of the Republicans even, more con
ceIncd on that point than they arc
about The next Presidency, Is the in.
come tax to be retained? Is the higl
tariff TO be reduced Are the default
ing internal revenue rogucs TO be calIcc
10 account? Secretary Boutwell, says
the dcialcations Of these fellow:
amount to millions. How are these
millions, thus extracted from the peck
cts Of the people, to be restored to The
4gcasury? Is the Infamous kullu>
bill, with lis horI Of military rctaincr'
in the Southern States, to remain TIT
claw Of the lard Are the Indiar
Rings, the Post-onice (mail letting
Rings, and the N~avy.Job Rings, to re
m2ln u~nbrokenr All :hesc are practi
cal questions, which have prcccdcnc
over a Presidential election which doe
not come of Till winter after next, anC
we advise Our Radical brethren to SCI
about answering them the best way
r they can. AS for the "new dcparturc,'
and the Democracy, We beg 10 assure
them, they me abundantly able, wlcI
the time comes, 10 take care OF them
=, selves. The Presidential election, q
. present, we repeat, is nat the question
and the Republicans had better not h
. trying to project il, in order TO provid
an escape from aHtcccdcnt responsible
ties, The subterfugc is too thin
, 1t will not do"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

We have been told, says the Stark
County fOhio) Democrat, by our Re.
publican friends, times without mum.
Der, that the Democratic party is dead
but the following extracts from lead
Ing Republican papers would seem to
Indicate that they fear the rcsurrcc-
ton. Hear them:
The Democratic party to day is
stronger than it ever was in its history.
1t means now to win, and | do not say
that it cannot win Horace Greeley
at Nicksburg.
You make light Of the Democracy,
but to-day, in the State Of New York,
there is a clean Democratic majority
Of ninety thousand. We never did
have the Irish, and now we are losing
all the Germans.- n, Y. Times, (Radi-
cal
Grant, with his Kuklux bill, thinks
he AN kill the Democracy. 1t will
take more men, by a million, than he
had at Appomatox.- n. Y. Sun, Rad
icaI. }
A great deal has been said about the
dead Democracy. Those who think it
is dead surely never read the story Of
the resurrection. There will be signs
in the heavens and on the earth in
1872 when this Democratic party gets
its soldiers in the hgld.-- Springfield
{ Mass. Republican, (Radical.)
lie is a fool and Il traitor who OK
poets to win an easy victory over the
Democratic party in 1872. Grant can
never do it with the bayonet.- n. T.
Evening Post, Radical
They may say what they please, but
those who are The most confident do
not know these Democrats, They are
the most dangerous when thcy seem
the most whipped. Do not put any
faith in them, and do not trust them.
In retreat tley are often treachcrous,
md often fatal Louisville CONNER
;ial, (Radical.)
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

r. b. Poe ct. ais, VS. NJ. J. Poe, ct. ais.
By Virtue of a decree of the Cllapccw
Court of Franklin county. Tenn, ma.
nounced at its June Term, ISL. in le
above cause, will sell, on the
2Sth day of August, hi,
it being the 4th Monday of said month At
the Courthouse door in Winchester Tenn,
the following described two tract, Of
land, belonging to the estate OF jaime,
Poe, decd:
Both lying in civil district No.. II Of
Franklin county, Tenn just below The
Hurricane Springs, and known as theEla
and West tracts, lying on both sides Of
Big Hurricane Creek, adjoining the land,
Of ilammondtrec, Wm. Rogers, Wilow
Rogers, Zcra Poe. decd, and Mrs. Staaor,
The East Tract, lying on the east side Of
the Greek, contains 81 acres and lG poir,
the West Tract contains lGl acres. ! rul,
and y poles. 1t has been suryeycd,aN1
plat of the same can be seen al the t'n6
Il Masters oilicr, aud will J." exhibited
on day ofHal".
TERMS Ten per cent, 6f The purchase
money tG be h9id in cash. The balance Oh
n credit u! II and "a months, purchasers
giving notes with good sccuIIty, aud
lien retained.
The biddings for the East tract 10 com
mence at 81 80 per acre, and for the Wc.
tract SO so per acre.
y. II. FINCH, CAN.
July Ttll-.Sl1 25.
Jno. \. Curtis, vs James Lambert tai;
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Re- Advertised Trustees Saie'

July eth Sll %
Smyrna times., 1871-12-06
MAINLAND ITEMS.

Pork sells in Chestcrtown at about Sc so per
100 lbs
Pork is selling at SC per 100 lbs, in Cen
treville
y temperance convention will be held in
Chestcrtowu on Saturday the 10th inst.
The walls of the new NJ. f. Church in
MllllngtOn were completed on Wednesday, tho
29th ult
James Crow raised this year on the farm of
David Scott, in Cecil county, 500 bushels of
buckwheat from II bushels sowing.
Josiah Powell, who occupies the farm of
Nathaniel Wolfe, Esq, in Kent Co., caught a
white mouse while huskiDg corn, about a
month ago.
Island Farm, situated in Sassafras Neck.
three miles from CeciltOn, and containing l96
acres, was sold last week for Sill $50 Andrew
Wooddell, purchaser
The Kent County Railroad will reach Ches
tertOwn this week, but it has to be ballasted
and finished before using, which may require
upwards Of two weeks.
Some few nights ago, some industrious
thief stole and carried off from the premises Of
Mr.. ThOs. Scott, near Cherry Hill, Cecil county,
twenty bushels OF potatoes.
A son of b. B. Prettyman, who resides on
Bohemia Manor, was bitten on the hand by a
pet uOp HaSt week. anu ulGu from nyurOpnODla
IN day or two afterwards.
Mr. Jennings, Hood, Superintendent of the
Queen Anne's Railroad has been elected Su-
perintendent Of the Kent Railroad also, in
place OF j. X. Hines resigned.
Local Option The people of Cecil county,
are growing excited over the prospective fight
on the Local Option law, in regard TO grant
ing license for the sale of spirituous liquors.
The Denton Union says the sma-p has
appeared in Caroline county, about four miles
from Denton. Some negroes went to VII
minton and brought the disease back with
them.
There is a man living near Chestertown,
aged about 4j years, who has been unable to
hear the loudest noise for 30 years, yet he
talks and reads well from Instructions received
before he lost his hearing
! Trial of Nrs IHharton.-The trial of this
lady for the poisoning of General ketchum
commenced in Anne Arundel Court yesterday
| (Tuesdny,) the 5th of December, and will
doubtless excite u good deal Of fattentiOn, Sum
mons have been issued for about one hundred
and fifty witnesses.
:, On Thursday Mr.. William G. Smith near
Easton formerly living near Smyrna) slaugh-
tered pen of eleven hogs which netted him
55SS pounds of pork. an average Of 30S EACH
The heaviest weighed 342 pounds They were
10 months old, raised in the field, and were
only up about five weeks.
Smyrna times., 1871-12-06

SUDDEN DEATH OF A MINGsrER-Rev.
William II. Spencer Baptist Minister OF
Lincoln, Sussex co, died suddenly of pum on
ory appoplexy on Saturday night the 18th ult.,
in the "a year OF his age He was in his usual
health, which had been impaired for some
years, up to the very moment Of his death
lie had been engaged during the week at the
new church at Vernon, where there was prom
ise Of a revival and was writing his sermon
for Sunday, from the text, " b hold stand at
the door and knock, &c. (Rsv. 3:2ol lie
laid down his pen and remarked that he had
strange feeling about his chest, and lying down
Immediately, he expired without a struggle
The deceased was native of Sussex CO., ~
j. Thirty five years Of his life had been spent
in the ministry. lie was good old man ana
greatly beloved at Lincoln He leaves a wife
and ten children, He had filled churches in
New York city, in Pennsylvania New Jersey
and this State