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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26
Sales
For January 18th, 1879.

Louisa Sells vs.. Peter G. Sells.
By virtue of an order OF sale In nv
hands, issued from the Chanccry Court of
Frank I'm county, Tenn. in the above
cause, will sell to the highest bidder for
CASH, at tie Courthouse door In the town
OF Winchester, on
Monday, January 18th. 1879,
the following tracts or parcels of land sit
uated In civil district No. IL ofsaid coun-
~. being part Of the lands purchased by
Peter &. Sells of the heirs of Mark Holder,
and fully described IL the report and plat
of the Commissioners who partitoned the
lands Of Mark Holder, decd, which appear
ofrccord in the County Court of Franklin
county, Tenn. in the case of Leroy Holder
VS.. Peter q. Sells ct al. The lots or par
GELS of land levied upon consist of lot No.
10 in said plat, containing 931 acres; lot
No. 8 in said plat containing 6T acres;
the boundaries of both of said lots being
fully given in said report, to which refer
ence is here made; and also 3-S acres in
lot No. in said plat, being one-fourth of
said lot.
Levied upon as the property of Peter G.
Sells, and will be sold to satisfy said order
OF sale, with interest, cost. &c.
This December 10th, 1878.
X. f. OAKLEY, Sheriff.
decl2-tds 10
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

Mr.. Page. Of California, introduced
bill in the House last week which is
intended to deprive the South of the
representation to which she is entitled
in order to give the Republican party a
majority in Congress. The bill pros
vides that the State of South Carolina
shall be allowed representation based
upon the whole number of white in
habitants of that State. The negro
vote has become an elephant upon the
hands Of the party, and they propose
to rid themselves OF it. But as no
Democrat will vote for Mr.. Pages bill
it will, OF course, fail to pass the
House.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

A horrible tragedy occurred in Han
cock county ir this State, a few dayI
ago, resulting in the killing Of tathel
aud mother, and wounding of two O
:heir children. 1t was strictly a famil,
fight, and was brought about as fol
lows: A Mr.. Epperson and wife sepa-
rated. tho husband leaving home ant
remaining away for several days. Up,
on bis return q Agh. between himself
and wife ensued, during which John
EppersOn, a one. armed son, interfered
to protect his mother. In the ARRAY
the father, armed with knife, inflicted
several serious wounds upon the son,
who subsequently gained possession of
he weapon and killed his father. In
nsdiately after this, Tom Epperson,
another son, came up and asked bis
brother John il he took his fathers
'art in the Fight. TO this John replied
hat he protected bis mother. Thereup.
on' Tom immediately fred on bis
"rother, whs ran into the house. The
mother here interfered to protect her
son. and shile eudeavoring
" 20 80 was shot through the heart.
:. - sue fell 'ifeless III tho DOORWAY.
Tom hred at HE brother, missing him
however and striking smother brother
George. in the thigh. Another sho,
missed the mark and wounded a si,,er
who, II Is thought, will die. Tom o.
capped, and John was arrested tri.a
and acquitted on the pie. Of sclf.d,-
tense.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

Here We have the surprising result,
of 223 lawyers and only seventy who
are not lawyers More than three
fourths of the whole! Delaware, Min-
nesota and Nebraska stand quite alone
without lawyers in the House, but they
have only five members between them,
while Michigan presents a platoon of
nine lawyers, Mississippi six and
Maine five, without any adulteration
from other occupations. Alabama,
North Carolina and Wisconsin have
each seven lawyers and only one other
member; and Illinois has solid phal-
anx OF seventeen lawyers and only two
members from all other occupations.
There is danger in such q state OF
things.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

A bill has been introduced in the
South Carolina Legislature which has
passed second reading, and will cer>
tainly become law, that will add
greatly to the peace OF the State. The
bill provides that any person convict
ed Of carrying concealed weapons or
arms on the streets or highways, shall
be punishable by fine OF not loss than
5000 nor more than $1,000, and i'm.
prisonment for not less than six
months nor more than one ycal. Such
q law. with officers who would enforce
1t, would be a good thing here in Ten
nessee. The laws we now have are
not enforced, and are almost q dead
letter on the statute.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

The following is the very laconic
valedictory of Rev, G. A. Russell to
his church at Brownsville: 81 have to
announce that the dignity Of the Cos
pei ministry and my own personal self.
respect demand that relinquish my
pastoral relations with this church.
therefore have no further appoint
ments to make. When my salary is
paid up l will send in my resignation.
have no explanations TO offer. Re
ceive the bencdiction."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

The Nashville American says the
collecting officers OF the State are dai-
ly making inquiries OF Comptroller
Gaines as 10 whether they shall receive
'new ISSUE notes in payment Of taxes.
Comptroller Gaines says that nothing
can be done In the matter until the
Legislature meets and gives instruc-,
tion- as 10 the course that shall be
pursued with reference to this money.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

Several prominent Democrats Of
Nstchitoches, La, have been held in
$4,000 bail for trial, charged with in,
tiuidating J. 4. Hornsby from giving
his support to J. Madison Wells in the
recent Congressional election. 1t seems
that Hornsby was making inHammato.
ry speeches, and was told be must stop
or quit he parish.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

Leading citizens OF Memphis give a.
delsful account Of the condition Of AZ
fairs 10 that city. While business IL
good aud ever, thing pushing ahead,
The condition Of The streets and pave>
meats 10 miserable. The Nicholson
paveasnt has oil rotted and gone to
pieces. and the city 10 without means
70 repair them. 1t is claimed BY macy
shst The destructive epidemic O: this
year IL due to the rotten pavements
scattered throughout the city. Unless
. compromise can be effected with the
,city's creditors an effort will be made
Z" have the charter abolished and q re
csissr sppciuted IN wind W. the bust.
ness Of the eorporatsos.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

If Wade Hampton lives to take his
seat. South Carolina will be represent
cd by two men with wooden legs. Sen
ator Butler lost one Of his legs in
cavalry charge at Brandy Station at the
time his regiment, the Second South
Carolina, stampeded.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26
A DANGEROUS CLASS,
The Lawyers Getting Everything Into
Their tlands-SOme Startling
Figures. go.
From the Now York Graphlc.l

From the Now York Graphlc.l
The good lawyer is as necessary as
the physician. the clergyman and the
journalist, who try to diminish the
disease. sin and ignorance Of the race
We would by no means advocate the
abolition of the legal profession, OF
the serious reduction Of its member.
ship. But, as the Graphic has repea.>
edly shown, lawyers are before the
eyes OF the people more than any other
profession; they are arguing, pleading
demanding and devising methods al,
ways, and they have peculiar and une,
qualed facilities for securing public
Offices Of profit and trust. The nat
ural result OF this is, that there are far
too many lawyers in this country.
The last three words OF our PROPOSE
ton are important, In no other coun.
try Is any such prominence conceded
to lawyers as 10 this, 1t would be
thought wildly exlravagant assertion
IT we were TO say that more than hall
Of all the important offices in the
United States are held by lawyers ;
yet the statement would DC fur within
the mark We have taken the trouble
to ascertain the proportion Of lawyers
in the present Congress. According
to proportion in the legislative bod~
les OF other countries, the number
should be comparatively small-not
more Than one sixth Of the whole, but
it is 80 much more than this as to
startle us with the possibility which
conironts us, that the day is not dis.
tant when nobody but lawyer will be
deemed fit for an elective office.
In the United States Senate, for in
stance, are tifty-eight lawyers and only
twenty of all other professions and
occupations From the States of Ala
bama, California, Delaware, Georgia,
Indiana, Illinois, lows, Kansas, Ken.
lucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachu-
sets, Minnesota, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee,
Texas and Wisconsin, the Senators are
all lawycrs-no other profession or
occupation is represented at all in all
hose great States. Only two small
States found both their Senators outs
side Of the legal professionalism Jer>
'ey and Rhode Island. The States not
included in either Of these classified
ions send to the Senate one lawyer
md one who ia not a lawyer. Here
We find almost three-fourths of the
members Of the United States Senate
awyers, in country where lawyers
orm an insignificant proportion of the
and, in spite of the fact
hat, living by the antiquities and i'm
erfections Of law, they are disqualified
Or making laws impartially.
In the House of Representatives it
3 nearly as bad. We have arranged a
able of members from the different
tates BY districts, figure one standing
Or a lawyer, and the cipher for a man
II some other occupation the cipher
designating them pretty accurately, for
hey are too few to be of much account
n the lawyer.ridden Congress. This
Interesting classification is as follows :
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

Archie Thomas, OF tho Springfield
Record, is a candidate for re election
to the Office of Scargeant>at-arms of
the State Senate, and VIC arc certain
that Il better selection could not be
made.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

A committee Of eight from tue
House has been appointed 70 consider
the yellow tevsr question 10 connection
with the Senate committee. Hon.
Casey Young, Of the Memphis district.
Who distinguished himself BY his phi
'anshropic zeal during the late epi>
dsmic. 10 chairman Of the House com.
Dittee, and Senator Hsrru chairman
of the Senate Committee.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

The Nashville Banner says "the
books of the Bank of Tennessee show
that there arc Sl,50O,O0O of ne issue
outstanding. 1t is thought that about
one.Gfth of this amount will never
come to light. This will leave Sl,.
100000 that the people OF the State
will have to settle"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

1t is again rumorcd tina. there is
soon to be change In the Cabinet.
>Ths time Attorney-Gencral Devens is
to be made United States Judge
McCrary transferred to his position,
and Eugene Hale made Secretary of
War.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

The 9th sannual report of the Com
mlssioners sof claims show that they
have considered during the past year
1850 cases, involving an aggregate
amount of S2,70l ,O3O, oil coming from
States lately in rebellion. The cases
allowed were 657 in number, and ag-
grcgate S237,628.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

The New York money power is
moving its forces to defeat Senator
Voorhees, at any expense and at oil
hazards in the next election. The de-
feat OF Mr.. VOORHEES, would be u sad
thing at this time, for he is certainly
the ablest man in the Democratic
ranks.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

The Nashville Banner predicts that
the Nationals in 1880 will vote with
the Democrats and stand distinctly
against the oppressive and crushing
policy which the Republican party will
suDDort.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

Mr.. Blaine's resolution calling for
an Investigation of elections, as amend
ed to apply to any portion OF the
country, was adopted in the Senate by
q vote Of Sc 10 8.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

Go on. and first thing you know q
fire will occur aud burn you out. You
will then be sorry you did not have a
policy In the Etna or Phoenix, or
Hniiford-two Of the hest companies
in the world, and represented in Wia-
chester by VIM. ]. Slater.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

Mother, what is an anself" IAN
angel! Well. a. angel is child that
dies" But why does papa always
call my governoss an angel" SWELL"
explained the mother alter moments
pause. "she is going TO 1y imme-
diately."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

A Washington correspondent says
the cost OF our little army for last year,
this year and next year is more than
twice what it cost Madison's admins
tra,ion to support the military estab
lishment which waged three years
war with Great Britain.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

The United States Treasurer expects
TO have, the first day Of January. ex-
elusive Of all demands, 8l35, O00,O 900
In coin, with which to resume specie
payments.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

The colored Congressman, Smalls,
OF South Carolina, who signs his name
with an X, has been convicted by the
Supreme Court Of that State of stealing
and will land in the penitenliary.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

Ex.Attorney General Heiskel be,
lieves tina: he will yet be able to save
the State from paying the "new issues"
by the production Of evidence sho wing
for what purpose they were issued.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

II 10 said that Mr.. Blaine has several
schemes on hand TO destroy Grants
chances for the Republican nomination
in 1880. One of these he intends to
put in operation after the holiday re.
cess.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

A tramp, going by the name OF
Frank Watson, was badly mangled by
railroad train in Kentucky the other
day, and proved to be woman in
mans clothes. 1t is SAID il il Il com
mon thing for women to pass for men
lately, their object being to get work
more readily and ut better wages.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

A lady In Cook county, in this State,
IS years old, recently gave birth to
boy on Sunday, and on Monday was
up and got dinner for the family.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

The number Of candidates before
The Governor and General Assembly
of Tennessee, for the various offices to
he filed, is unprecedented.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

The Tennessee Historical Society
claims to have Daniel Boon's musket-
the veritable "Old Betsy"--and the
portfolio owned and used by Henry
Clay in the Senate.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

A Louisiana pn2cr reports that there
ire fifty cases Of lcprosy in Lafourche,
n that State, oil originating from one
person who settled there twenty years
lOo
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

Louis W. Weilnuller, Il respectable
citizen Of Nashville, committed suicide
in Memphis few days ago, by shoot
Ing himself ia the head with o pistol.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

1t has been decided by the National
Greenback leaders to call caucus OF
all tho National Congressmen- elect in
Washington on the ga Of February
next.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

Governor-elect Marks will not be
inaugurated and indicted into Office
until the 18th Of January, at which
date Gov. POrter's term expires.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

In order to further his Presidential
aspirations, some of Senator Thur
mans friends want him to run foI
Governor of Ohio next year.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

1t is said that il Texas had as many
inhabitants to the square mile as Mas
sachusetts, she would have Il popula
ton OF 72,000.000.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

qUEHr: why will mcn smoke common
tobacco. when they can my Marbur.
Bros. Seal q North Carolila' at the same
p''ee' ja3!-ly
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

sehator Lamar is said to be prepar-
ing great speech ON the Southern
question.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26
WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE.

The electoral bill prepared and pre-
scented by Senator Edmunds, has pass
ed the House by a handsome majority.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26

The Banner says Elm Street Church,
Nashville, "opened up with two Gidles
IN tue choir last Sunday"
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-01-05

The latest regarding the Patterson
Butler affair is that both sides are get
ting panicky at the prospects of an over
hauling OF the ways Senator Patterson
secured his election, and the recent
bargain by which he secured immunity
from prosecution in South Carolina by
voting Butler into the Senate. 1t is said
that EdmundS will offer such resolution
when the Senate reconvenes; and there
are rumors that he has been i'm cores
pondence with Wade Hampton, aud
that there is q sort of an alliance between
Hampton and the Republicans in the
Senate chamber. Hampton being bent
On getting Patterson out of the chamber
on the charge of bribery, and the repub-
means being determind to declare Buffers
seat vacent. Ii Butler could be unseated
by the vote of Conover, it is probable
that Corbin would be seated, and both
Butler and Patterson have become
suddenly very anxious to have Corbin
Investigated. They allege that he can be
proved TO be corrupt. There is no doubt
that the difficulty between Hampton
and Butler is becoming very serious Oh
account of Hampton's persistence in
prosecuting Patterson. Take it all-in-all.
1t is very pretty quarrel.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-01-05

THE following is from correspondent
OF the New York Tribune Il have late
ly made an extended business trip in Vir.
ginia, North Carolina and South Carroll.
ma. and conversed freely with people in
ali those states. Southern policy $50
cailed), not one of them for a moment
thinks OF becoming convert to the Re-
publican party. To man, they feel as
certain OF having Solid South i'm 1880.
and OF electing Democratic President.
as that the sun will rise in the morning
While l approve of the Presidents
course in the main-or. perhaps should
say, approve OF his Southern policy
and OF his Civil Service reform profess
slons, rather than his practices-I have
not the most remote idea that he can
make the slightest break i'm the Solid
South for 1880. We must calculate on
that to begin With. Our only salvation
Is In winning every northern state that
we won in 1876, and either New York or
Indiana in addition
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-01-05

The Saginaw Republican has the fol-
lowing extract from a private letter from
former citizen OF that place, regarding
our Representative in Congress:
The fine personal presence and digni-
fled bearing of your Representative, the
Hon. C. G. Ellsworth. of Moutcalm, at
tracts more than the usual amount of at
tention which a new member receives.
That Mr.. Ellsworth rlnites with his ex-
ceptionally pleasing exterior the most
complete confidence i'll his own ability,
faith i'm his individual opinion. and has
the stamina to carry out hisowA'notions,
has been frequently illustrated during
the special sessions, first, perhaps, by his
independent, 4. e. independence. of the
balance OF the Michigan delegation way
OF voting OIL the silver bill and questions
of that ilk, and by his speech on the re-
sumption repeal, which, am told, was
delivered i'm singularly impressive
manner. His peculiar way of accom-
plishing his purposes was well illustrated
in the early part of the session III this
way: A gentleman who had but brief
official connection with one of the de-
partments, was informed thatafrer N ov.
LIST his services would be no longer re-
quired. The poor fellow was i'm despair.
He knew that he had done his work
faithfully and we'll, and that new APP
pointments were being made daily. and
could see no good reason why he should
be dismissed. Opportunity occurred for
him TO State his case to Representative
Ellsworth, VINO, after listening attentive
ly, said, with his characteristic energy,
Il will call OH the Secretary tomorrow
personally" He did so, and "a hours
later the impecunious and despairing
clerk was officially notified that his SER
vices were required, and that his name
had been placed OIL the roll of permanent
clerks. And, after all, the knowledge oil
such an act of kindness on the part OF
Representative Ellsworth is better than
columns Of newspaporial praise, when
one wishes to know what kind OF man
the Saginaw district has in Congress.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-01-05

The excitement occasioned by the con-.
test on the silver question will, we fear.
result in attracting the attention of the
public to such an extent that some laws
very damaging to the best Interests of
the country may be, under the leader
ship of designing men, passed by Con-
gress. Since the abrogation of the re-,
ciprocity treaty with Canada some years
since, there has been constant effort
made to procure passage of some kind
of law admitting lumber into this coun-
try from Canada free of duty. Thus far
every effort in this direction has been
foiled; but only by the most persistent
efforts. The admission OF lumber tree OF
duty from Canada would almost, if not
quite, ruin the lumber interests OF Mich
igan. The lumber market is now stock
ed with home production 10 the utmost
limit, and leave even small margin to
the producer. The addition upon the
market of the largely increased Canadian
importation which the cutting off of the
50 per thousand would bring, would re-
duce the price of lumber in the country
below the cost of production. Even at
the present rate of duty. there is quite a
large importation from Canada. This
mist be made at small profit, or it
would not be done. There is no one who
believes that the lumber produced in this
country averages a profit of So per
thousand feet. There is no one, we. are
sure, who believes that the addition of a
large Importation of lumber upon an
overstocked market would fail to produce
u disastrous effect, We DO not blame the
Canadians for endeavoring to secure the
repeal of this duty. 1t is Tor their inter-
est. 1t would give them profitable
market for their lumber. We are sur
prised, however, that there should be
any one in this country to favor such a
scheme. We have nothing to gain, but
much to lose. The interests of the two
countries in this respect are diametrical-
ly opposite. The United States should
look to its own interests.
The charges are now made and well
sustained that the demont cation OF silver
was etfeeled under a guise so well COLI
cealed. in the midst of great political ex-
elements, under the guidance of design
ing men, so that tie country at large
did not really realize what had been
done until years after. The
country rs now in the midst Of a great
contest upon the silver question. All
other questions are at present subservi-
ant in the minds of the people TO TINS. If
the friends of the lumber interest are not
wide awake, we fear that they will sud-
denly have to face the fact that the duty
OH Canadian lumber is removed. 1t is at
just such time as this that some effort
will be made. AT no other time and uu-
der no other circumstances could such a
law be passed. We warn the lumber in
terest that it is in danger. We warn all
those who have the prosperity of Michi-
gan at heart that it will require vigilance
70 prevent such a result.