The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17
sions made at that sacred place, and many

sions made at that sacred place, and many
the c%ourtships had there.
About 10 years ago they used to hav'
houses and tents on the ground, which 1!
in a romantic place, on the banks Of thu
Boiling Fork Of Elk River, about tire,
miles from Cumberland Mountain, whlcl
Is in full view, in a seni-circular form, foI
miles around, making a scenery unequal.
ed and unsurpassed for grandeur ant
beauty. But OF late years they do moi
camp, but have a basket dinner, &c.
In dwelling upon this theme VIC arc
reminded of the services in the cause o.
morality and religion at Goshen, of the
Rev. DR.. Baird, the Rev James Campbell
the Rev W. W. Estill and tire Rev Ed
Crisman, in the God old times which We
will, alas, know no more tor ever.
We have spent ome very pleasant mo-
ments lingering about Goshen camp
ground, and the impressions received
there occasions the l~ivcliest emotions when
we turn leaf, by leaf, the tablets Of mem.
ory.
THE COLORED BAPTIsTs'
Association is in session In this place,
and there are some 10 or 20 ministers from
abroad in attendance. On last Sabbath
the pulpit Of the G. P. Church was occu-
pied by two colored preachers. By the
Rev. Mr.. Hughs, of Shelbyville, in the
forenoon, and by the Rev. Mr.. Willis, OF
Tullahoma, in the afternoon, who both
preached to a crowded house, much to the
apparent ediflcation of their congrega-
lions.
The pulpit of the Colored Baptist church
(for they havea very comfortable build
ing) was filled by Rev. MIR. Stamps, (col.,)
who preached also to u crowded house. III
consequence of this meeting a goodly
number OF our t~ownspeople are left with
out help, as the negroes regard this, their
Association, as the all-important event of
the year, and a good many hired servants
vacated their positions several weeks ago
to prepare tor the present to them holiday
meeting.
They don't seem to reflect that they
will have to have food and clothing tor
the coming winter; that after the Associa-
ton adjourns they will want employment,
which viii be hard for them to get, after
thus abandoning their employers! We
do not mean to say that the negro SER
wants have generally acted in this wa y,
but have heard Of several instances.
Some negroes in our midst deserve
mention anC commendation. They are
hard workers, and are making seme non
ey to lay up for the evening Of life.
Such are Rev. Levi Trimble, Henry Sim
gleton, Jourdan Fitzpatrick, Dennis
Townsend, and Ned Butts-the latter has
erected u very handsome and comfort
able ~cOttaee near town, having purchased
of Mr.. Samuel Smith four acres of land
and built thereon.
The negroes, we are glad to be able to
say, do not frequent groceries as they
did some years or more ago. 1t is u very
rare occurrence nowadays to see a ne
gro in a grocery, and in this the pale face
would do well to initiate them, for regu-
lar dram-drinKing is a very costly, as it
is a very demoralizing, luxury. 1t fills
our land with crimes of every grade;
paupers of every variety, grade, hue and
cast; widows, weeping, wailing. poverty
stricken, heart-broken, overworked, ca
daverous, ragged, insane oidows; orphans,
little helpless, dirty, pale-faccd, half-na-
ked, half starved, ignorant, stupid, over
tasked, ragged orphans. 1t will degrade
a man faster than any other known cause
makes him lose self-respect, honor, honesty
v~eracity, respect for ute and children. friends
and relatives, his country and his God
WINCHESTER,
element gotten up by the rolling of We
hicles to and from the protracted meet
ing at Goshen, and the passage hither and
thither Of the colored population to and
from their meetings, would be rather a
dull place just now; but we always live
In anticipation of some expected good
things, and were it not for hope we would
surely die of cnnui and despair. But our
NOTICE is now, and ever shall be, MI des-
perandun,.
When we heard that Wright Il Co. had
gained the suit at Nashville involving the
right of possession to the w. & A. Rail
road, and then heard that they were
pledged to build the connecting link with
the NJ. & {. Railroad, then we hoped it was
a prcsage of something OF advantage to
our literary town; but since we have
learned that Wright Il Co. are dissatisfied
with the decree of the Court-especially
that portion which makes them Trustees
for all the stockhoiders-and had filed a
bill Of exceptions to the decision of Special
Chancellor Demoss. then our hopes were
a little wiltcd; but still we shall wait pa
tiently to see the long-promiSed connect
ing link built, which will almost force the
Cincinnati road to take In its course our
Winchester & Alabama Road on its way
South to Eufaula, Ala. This is certainly
the cheapest route for the C~incinnatians
to build a direct Southern connection, for
they find a great portion of this route al
ready built and in operation, and then
they avoid the heavy expense Of building
a road through the rough mountains from
a point above Sparta to Chattanooga. To
locate the road uia McMinnville, thence to
Morristown, the depot nearest Manchcs-
ter, thence to Dechcrd. here is a link OF
about 20 m%iles-from MOrristown to Dech-
erd-will have to be built thence ria W..
& A. Railroad to the junction, thence to