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W. J. HI .AT'l'lCy, Kaitor.
"Nyu-e. to Parlv's arbitrary way,
W' follow Truth bci-e'tMke ft ibe way.'
Cjyj r- T
TII PENSION BILL.
The old icililicrV pfiusion bill, which
aitintrotf ucevl into Congress liy John
JI. Savage, of tbV State, and relied
upon by him to secure his return to the
'House, seems to be very generally and
heartily condomed by all parties out
of Congress, and the indications are
that it will not receive the concurrence
of the Senate, The Baltimore Amer
ican says'that the vote for the bill in
the LIuusft is.tacitly acknowledged to
have been given from various rcaHons,
few of which had any reference to
the justice of the measure, and with,
the general anticipation that it would
amount to nothing more than a mere
compliment, whilst the Senate would
effectually save the country from the
needless expenditure the bill would
subject it to. The inconsiatciicyjof such
action with the standard of high mor
ality that should influence our nation
al legislators needs scarcely to bo poin
ted out. The danger arising from it
is already manifest in the fact that the
bill, before regurded as having scarce
ly a claim to respectful consideration,
is now urged on the Senate as a meas
ure sanctioned by the representative
branch of Congress anil not to be neg
lected except to the damage of the
cause of justice find the rndangerment
of the popularity of Senators. Per
.haps thede inducements and threats
may prevail, but we shall "still look
'to tho Senate" with hope for the defeat
of a bill both unjust anil extravagant.
''It is unjust because, except in some
special cases where extraordinary
services were performed or extraor
dinary privations were undergone, the
soldiers of the last war have been lib
erally paid. The government lias
already given to them from forty to
'one hundred and sixty acres of land,
according to the length of service, in
addition to the pay they got at the titne
the service was rendered. The men
who served in the revolutionary war,
with scanty or no pay, and with no
land bounties, received no such pen
sions as arc provided in this bill.
Those who served less than six months
received nothing per annum, instead
of fifty dollars. Those who served
from six to twelve months received
forty-eight dollars, instead of seventy
five; and with them it took two years'
service instead ol one to entitle to
ninety-six dollars. This discrimina
tion in favor of the soldiers of the last
war, whose sacrifices anil 'risks anil
privations and hardships are. not wor
thy of being mentioned the same day
with the old continentals, is altogeth
er unwarrantable.
' "The extravagance of the measure
j equally indisputable. It will call
for an annual expenditure, according
to Uio estimate of the Commissioner
,of Pensions, of about eleven millions
of dollars, and judged by the public
experience in relation to other pen
siou bills, is likely to exceed that
amount. The Revolutionary Pension
llill of 1618, according to its friends,
was to involve an expenditure of about
9120,000 per annum; but in fact the
payments that year ran up $710,001),
nnd the year after to over three mil
lions. The Pension Mill of 1 M.'lvi was
to apply, it was calculated, to about
ten thousand persons, with an expen
diture of $000,000. The whole num
ber who were admitted to its bene lits
was 33,114, nd the next year their
drafts upon the treasury exceeded live
millions of dollars. And a like ex
perience will folio v the passage of
this bill. The claimants will start up
Jay hundreds in every portion of the
country, and an army of pensionaries
will advance in solid plulanx under
its cover to an annual attack upon the
jtreasury. The necessities of these
jpojdicrs or their descendants may bo
urged, but there is no more justice in
making the government a vast elee
mosynary institution for their aid than
for any other class of citizens who
may have failed of that success in
Jife which was needed to place them
bryon I want There is no service
they did to warrant any such bounty,
and if there were, the treasury is in
no condition to bear it at the present
time, and with our largely inoreasing
national expenses, is not likely to be
so hereafter. Those who were in any
way disabled during their service in
the war already enjoy pensions, and
these are all that have any just claim
upon their country's generosity for
pecuniary reward, if an additional
freaion were needed why the Senate
should refuse to burthen our already
exhausted treasury with this enormous
annual encumbranoe, it might be found
(a the fact that the great majority 0f
the parties to be benefited are not
pressed by poverty, and do not need
he aid conferred. ' This was well es
tablisbed by the statement of a mem
bef of the House, made during the
tfeDaU, lhat 'of fifty old soldiers who
siamed a petition lor this identical
Jwnaion bill. each, with fire excrp
tloos, was worth from IflOO to twenty-
fye thousand dollar,'
The editor of tho Fayctteville Ob
server says times are getting easy and
money plentiful over at his town, and
says he knows this to be so, because a
larger number of his subscribers than
usual are paying up their arrearages,
and forayoarin advance. He says this
is an infallible rule; Now, wo advise
the good people of Franklin county to
never complain or "hard times" or
scarcity of money, for both of these
evils they can ward off by doing unto
us as tho subscribers in Lincoln coun
ty are (Join? unto Wallace of the Ob
server. Now, this is not a dun don't
say it is, for really it is not. Howev
er, we but wen, just think as you
please about it.
Our thanks are duo lion. Geo. W.
Jones for the Patent Olfieo Report,
1857; also, to Hon. John II. Savage,
for a copy of his speech udvocating
the passage of the Pension Hill.
Some fellow, signing himself "Man
chester." writes a little squib of non
sense to the last McMiiinvi'le New
Era, which exhibits a mean feeling
towards some two men in Franklin
county.
It is said that Apollo, one of the de
ities of old, was such a sweet musi
cian, and his lyre so musical that
whatever it touched became inunical
loo. We can scarcely belie-o tins,
yet whenever we think about it, we
immediately think of Ah. Wulkins.
i'Io is a good editor, and such a tasty
printer that whenever his judgment is
exercised over a paper it becomes a
tasty and readable sheet. The True
Union, published at Slielbyville, is
now controlled in part by Watkins,
and it is just such a paper as he used
to make out of the Expositor. Real
ly, he is the neatest hand at the print
ing business, and can get up the best
paper of any man we. ever saw.
That is, he. gets up the best to our
taste.
Human affections are I lie leaves
the foliage of our being. They catch
every breath, and in the burden and
heat of llm day they make music ami
motion in a sultry world. Stripped of
that foliage, how iin.;iglity is human
nature!
tiiiTVkess.
W. I!, lirownlow is publishing a tri
weekly at Knoxville, Teim. It is a
neat and spicy sheet, just such as
lirownlow always gets up.
Tho Fayctteville Observer has
changed its head and looks neater
than ever, though it always was a
nice sheet and well filled.
The Journal, published in Fayctte
ville has come out in an entire new
dress, and looks as pretty as a maiden
of "sweet sixteen." Success to our
brethren.
(iodey's Lady,s I'ook, Arthurs Home
Magazine and Peterson for February,
have all been received, and can be
seen on our table. We will not loan
tliein.
Men of learning and observation
profess to have, proved by experience
that the sun flower is a ccrtniu pre
venlive of fever. When planted near
kitchens, negro cabins ami in locations
where the residents had been subject
to chills and fevers, these dis-ases
have been avoided. The sun (lower is
believed, by its rapid growth to absorb
(he quality in the atmosphere (hat
produces fever. That winch is highly
obnoxious to (he health of the human
body is the proper lood of the mid
flower. Should I his opinion be receiv
ed as correct, it will cause the sun
(lower (o be cultivated in many locali
ties w lime it has not grown hereto
fore. It has lung been known that
carbonic acid gass is the principal
food of plants, but when received into
the lungs, it is destructive to human
life.
LmnRAL. The New York Picayune
offers to exchange with us, one year if
we will insert his prospectus about
half a column and give it an editorial
notice, nnd n marked copy, for its in
spection. Oh! how liberal. We'd
rather, by a good deal, send you 9i.
You must think Southern publishers,
are perfect idiots. Resides, unless we
could stifle the prompting of an hon
est conscience, wo couldn't say much
in praise of your paper, even if you
did exchange .
We know many young ladies claim
ing to be graduates of High Schools,
who cannot write a sensible note, nor
even spell correctly. Sulbyville True
Union.
There is truth in thnt assertion,
certain a truth to which many an
apprentice in a printing office can tes
tify. We've often felt for graduates
who actually rpelt so badly that it
w.s hard fur us to realize that they
re craduatas. Surely more atten
tion ought to be paid to orthography
oy our Uwhers instead of rushing the
scholars on to Greek and Latin and
other abstruse tdies. Keep them
in the spoiling bookc-B the time, and
when they write a pier fo, lha pub.
lie eye it will receive praise Instead
of censure.
Railroad Accident. W e understand
that as the train on tho Winchester
and Alabama Railroad was passing
over the Uniting Fork bridge, near the
town of Winchester, yesterday, the
bridge gave way, precipitating be
neath, the engine and one passenger
car. The engineer was severely in
jured, one passenger killed, whose
name our informant did not learn, and
several passengers severely hurt,
Nashuille Union and American.
It is an error in regard to the bridge
giving way, for tho car run oil the
track some distance before reaching
the bridge, and run several paces on
the cross ties until it went. over. Nei
ther did the engine run off. (July the
box car, and tho front wheels of the
tender. As to the bridge, it is most
excellent, and we venture the asser
tion that not one on the Nashville and
Chattanooga Road surpasses it. As
we have said in another place, a chunk
of wood on the track threw the car
off, the engine being behind.
The Fayctteville Observer publishes
ihe following receipt for the cure o!'
tetter find ring-worm: "Ileal a fire
shovel or a piece of iron to a red heat
put a handful of shelled corn on t he
heated iron take a cold smoothing
iron and press on the burning corn,
and I here will he a kind of oil that will
gather on the iron, which will be sure
-o cure any kind of tetter, if applied
wo or three times."
.
The Proprietor of the Soulu rn lirjr
reseiitatirr, recently flourishing in
Chattanooga is packing up to move
his Oilice to Atlanta.
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Aiiii.rrv or Tim Pi:i:s-i. Let us add
as another sijjn of the advance;! (-tale
of our society, that the knowledge and
scholarship manifested in the columns
of the higher class of tliu newspaper
press, whether in Europe or America,
are equal now to the famous literary
authorship of other times. What a
reputation was attained by Junius on,
account of a few newspaper articles
in the London I'ublic Adnerlixrr! And
yet many a leading column of the bet
ter journals of England, France (!er
manv, Spain, Italy and the failed
States, comes before us every day, and
passes off without our special note,
and with no individual fame to its au
thor, though it be higher in composi
tion ami purer in spirit than in any
thing by the hand of Junius. Speech
of Clll) h (Jushin.
Rieuns i aki: Wi.vos. Two brothers
in Maine by tins name of liirli have
been lately married lo two sisters by
the name of Wings, and have removed
lo Illinois, Thus "riches have taken
to themselves wings.
A UK ANSAS ColTO.N I. ANUS L.AIKil'.
Yiki.ii. We had the pleasure, yester
day ol meeting with our esteemed
friend, Col. Willoiighby Williams, of
Nashville, on his return from his plan
tation, on the Arkansas river, lie
brings most cheering reports from the
cotton crops in Arkansas. Col. W. has
gathered on bis Richland plantation,
twenty-five miles below Pino lilulf.
eight hundred bales, the product of
the labor of sixty-four bands. From
another plantation, not far from Rieli
lainl, where be employs forty hands,
he has already gathered and shipped
six liuuib ed bales. Fourteen bales to
the hand, we should call a good crop,
even for Arkansas. Col. Williams,
who is a successful planter, as well as
a lirst rate Democrat, says that there
are many of his neighbors who have
done quite as well as he, and that in
his section the product will average
three thousand pounds of seed cotton
to the acre. This, we dare say, will
look like a great many squirrels up a
tree to our ( ieorgia and .South Caroli
na friends, but it may be relied on as
strictly true. Memphis Ajjnal.
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Ages of Presidential As)iranls.
We lind in one of our exchanges the
following list of (he names ami ages
of those who are are supposed (o be
uspirants to Prcsidcnta! honors, in
... . ...
I8l!(). Crittenden will be 7S; McClean
711; Rives 71; liell 7-J; Commodore
Stewart K'J; Seward 70; Choat (I!);
Gushing (IS; Hunter 07; Hammond 70;
llreekeiiridgc .'IS; Rigler fill; Dix 7(1;
Dickinson 70; Cass 91; A. V. lirown
70; Wise 51; Slidell 71; Douglass 19
The Louisville Courier says, that
Gerge D. I link If. a well known law
yer of that cily, has been indited for
forgery. He left the cily some seve
ral months since.
There is no greater obstacle in tho
way of success in life than in trusting
for something to turn tip, instead of
going to work nnd turning up some
thing.
DEATH OK JOSEPH II. EATON. D.D.
The virtues and superior intellect
of this noble man are known to most
of our readers. In the Telegraph,
published at Mmfreesboro, we find
the following reference to the lamen
ted dend : .
"It becomes our painful duty to re
cord the death of the Rev. Dr. Joseph
II. Eaton, President oftbe Union Uni
versity, who departed this life, at his
residence, in this city, on Wednesday,
12th inst. It would be vain for us to
attempt to portray the many excellen
cies of character which belonged to
this truly good man. He had been at
the beadfofthe Union University from
the time that it was first established
until his death, nnd that institution
owes much of its present exalted char-
acter to tho wisdom and prudence of
his management. Being a profound
scholar, and possessed of ft sound and
discriminating judgment, together
with great firmness of purpose, ho was
well qualified for the arduous duties
of a position which he filled for a pe
riod of above twenty years, with great
honor to himself and the universal sat
islaction of the patrons and students
of the University. He was univer
sally beloved by the students, and we
have heard it remarked that -nojic ev
er expressed any displeasure with
him. As a minister of the Missiona
ry Rapt ist Church, he wielded a vast
influence for good. He was not only
beloved by the members of his own
Church, but by ewiy body that knew
him. He possessed eminent talents,
which added to his great suavity of
disposition, and unhlemished christian
character enabled him to do much
good for the world. He was indeed
an "Israelite in whom them was no
guile." President Eaton was also a
zealous advocate, of the temperance
cause, nml labored assiduously in it
for many years .previous to his death,
and through his instrumentality many
were led to forsake the intoxicating
beverage and lead a life of sobriety
ami uselulness. Asa private citizen
he could not be surpassed; possessing
those eminent social qualities which
rendered his company of the most
pleasing character. 1 le faithfully dis
charged all his duties as minister,
teacher, husband, father and private
citizen, and has now gone to reap his
reward in heaven, lie lias left a wife
and three children to mourn their sad
bereavement.
The loss which the Raplist Church,
Union University, and the community
in which he resided, sustain in his
death, will be difficult to repair, but
his memory will long live in tho hearts
of the people.
A New Pok'i'kss, The Lincoln
Journal sends out a enunciate lor po
etical fame, in the person of Mih .Iks
sii: Fi;w;i:so.v, a very young lady who
has never hail llie advantage of a
single day at school but who is whol
ly indebted to her excellent mother for
the instruction she has received, coin-
miuncateil during such moments as
she could snatch from her household
duties and the can s of a family.
This is but one of ten thousand ar
guments for female education. The
child as naturally draws its stock of
knowledge from its mother as it does
sustenance from her breast. Educate
the daughters and thus gt them for ed
ucating their children in turn. We
know a lillle girl in Winchester to
day who has just .started to school,
aged eight years, and yet she is far
ther advanced than most girls of her
age all because her mother was pre
pared for teaching, ami did (each, her
daughter at home.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
In his historical novel, entitled "The
Rivals, a Tale of the Times of Aaron
liurr and Alexander Hamilton" now
being published in the lliinlsville In
dependent Jere. Clemens gives the
..II I ' . (' . I . I .
loiiowmg grannie picture oi uie cele
brated Alexander Hamilton. This
presentation o( Hamilton's character
will no doubt cause a war of words
in the circle of our small historians.
The' author, after speaking of the
slanders circulated, concerning liurr
and Miss Adelaide Clillou, thus pic
lures his secret enemy:
"If he (Run) bad known who was
his enemy who was the life and soul
of the conspiracy, it might have been
different, since it is certain that he
could have no excuse for a contempt
ouh disregard of assaults from such a
quarter. The name of that enemy
that rival lias become inseperably
blended wilh the history ot a conti
nent. A West Indian by birth a sol
dier by na' lire possessing talents of
I he highest order a commanding
person, and a most agreeable address,
there was no station to which be might
not aspire, as there was unquestiona
bly none to which his attainments
were not equal. Happy would it be
for his own fame, ami happier still for
others with whom he was associated,
I if the. pen of history could rest there.
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lint wiiii mac iiriiuaui iiircueci nuu
manly bearing was blended a moral
baseness (hat charily has no mantle
. . I . TO.".! I
Drom enougnio cover. wim mm
every aim, every ohjcoi, every nupir
at'um in life, centered in self. A sol
dier of liberty, he fought not to es
tablish human rights, but to gather
laurels for his own insatiate brow.
The intimate friend ol Gen. Charles
Lee, hi! deserted nnd betrayed him up
on tin; lirst hnnearancc of a cloud
above a horizon. Indebted to George
Washington for a thousand favors, he
complained in private of the asperities
ol Ins temper, and questioned Ins in
ticc. The avowed partizan of John
Adams during his Presidency, ho yet
denounced him in his private corres
pondence as "unfit anil incapable,
and habitually spoke ol lum to lead
ing Federalists in terms of harsh in
justice. Roasting of his chivalry, ho did
not hesitate to pollute the marriage
bed, and add to the crime of debauch
rry the despicable infamy of betray
ing the woman who had trusted him.
Whatever might have been her guilt,
'Her (rearier? was truth lo him."
And when he rewarded the erring
affection by pointing her nut as a mark
lor the public scorn, ho became him
self nn object too low for scorn itself
to reach. Jealous, vindictive, unscru
pulous; ready to employ any means,
however vile, or resort to any artifice,
however disreputable, Alexander
Hamilton was a man whose enmity it
was dangerous to excite, and whose
friend ship it was dangerous to trust."
The happiest period of one's life is
during courtship. The next happiest
when married.
OUR FORTUNE.
We've had it told! Madam DeMark,
who is now stopping "for a lew days
only," in Winchester, has told us our
fortune, and we, like all other editors,
must say Rometbisg about it in our
paper. Our fortune! We've a seri
ous notion to tell everything she told
us. It's mighty hard to keep from it.
We'll, on Monday night we went down.
The Madame conversed with us
awhile about the different places to
which she had been and to which we
had been, and, marvellous as it may
seem, we had both been to the same
places, and both of us had seen the
same curiosities. Rut our curiosity
was to have our fortune told. Now,
our visit, de facto, was to see her in
regard to having an advertisement in
the Journal and having some bills
printed, the weather being too inclem
ent for her to get out. After an hour's
conversation she produced the pack
of cards, and told us to cut three times.
We did so. She then commenced ex
amining the pack one card after an
other. And must we tell? Shall
wc tell? Well, here goes : We will
tell the bent part first. She said we
loved a girl of light complexion,
with black hair and blue pyes. Then
she said that there was a girl who
loved us! (Here wo felt mighty
good.) Then she said we would be
married at 21. (This didn't suit us,
for we had desired to wed long before
then.) Then she told us "a heap of
things" which we have not time now
to relate, all of which, mado us feel
"sorter curious."
Rut before saying more, allow us to
observe that wc have about as much
faith in what she or any other fortune
teller may predict as we have in hob
gobblins and ghosts. Still, it interests
us a little just Xu.lwar what they have
to say. Madame DeMark says that
wj are "going to Congress" that is,
she means, we reckon, that we will
go to Washington some day us a visi
tor, to see Congress in session. She
surely must have meant that, and that
is one of the "leading events of life"
which she proposes to have the power
to fortell.
Now, we don't intend to solicit any
one's vote, for she has said we were
going lo Congress and of course we
are going. Already we hae begun
to read the speeches of celebrated
congressmen and meditate upon the
best policy to pur.-ue in order to win
the plaudit: "Well, done thou good
and fail bful servant." And when we
get there we shall vote for a pension
for the Madame just because she has
predicted so good for us.
Now, Madame DeMark knows that
there is a vast amount of foolishness
and credulity in the world even yet,
consequently she makes her knowl
edge in this respect quite lucrative,
for lots of people are foolish enough
to go and pay her charges for telling
tle-ir fortunes, and credulous enough
to believe what she says. She is a
"world-renowned, independent, clair
voyant" in other words, a genuine
humbug, who can, "by the aid of hea
venly bodies, tell what diseases one
is subject to." She ought, at her
death, to be defied, like Janus of old,
as one endowed with the double attri
bute of a knowledge of the future as
well as the past.
Madame DeMark' "usual charge"
for telling one's fortune is SI, but ow
ing to the "hardness of the times" she
has reduced the charge to 50 cents.-
However, she did not charge tin, as the
fortunes of editors are told gratis.
Consequently wc give her a little
"puff" gratis, and when wc get to
Congress we'll do any other favor she
may ask of us. Hurrah for Madame
DeMark! hurrah for us!
A Dutiful Son. When the fifteen
prisoners broke out of jail, at Roches
ter, N. Y.. on the night of the 12th ult.,
John McClean, charged with highway
robbery, refused to depart, alleging
that if he went it would leave his
mother liable on an old bail for 8 1,700.
Forgiveness. The brave only know
how to forgive; it is tho most refined
and generous pitch of virtue human
nature can arrive at. Cowards have
done good and kind actions cowards
have fought, nay, sometimes conquer
ed, but never forgive; it is not his na
ture; the power of doing it flows only
from a strength and greatness of soul
conscious of its own force and securi
ty, above tho little temptation of re
senting every fruitless attempt to in
terrupt its happiness.
Origin ok Swearing. When old Sa
tan told mother Eve to give tilt apple
to her husband, she replied she w ould
not give A dam for all the apples In
the world.
We understand, thnt at a Railroad
meeting held in Vienna last week,
about $30,000 of stock was subscribed
to the Winchester and Alabama Rail
road: And that at New Market on
Saturday last, a very raw and inclem
ent day, f 10,000 was subscribed. 1 he
amount at the latter place will no
doubt, be considerably increased, as
another meeting will be held soon.
W e hope so, and that enough stock
will be raised to put tho road on a sure
basis for active operations.- Hvntt
ville Advocate.
We are pleased to learn that there
was no foundation for the report that
Judge Marchbanks had departed this
life. The McMinnville Era seems to
think that the report was started by a
young "limb of the law" whom the
Judge had refused the privilege of ad
dressing the court at Manchester, on
account of having no license.
TEMPTATION
OH,
THE FIRST GLASS,
Written Tor tin Winchester Home Journal.
BV FINI.EV JOHNSON.
Will he puhlhhed January 27th.
THE JOURNAL
COSTS OXLY
S Q per year !
Which is it. Either the names of
John II. Layton, John Burrough and
Abo Frizzell, (who went down to
Nashville the other day) were badly
written, else tho printer who set up
the type in tho next morning's News
was a poor hand lo read. We find
their names reported in. tho News
among the arrivals as follows: W. J.
Layton, J. IJuwrunghill, and A. Hon
ssell. Really, unless wo knew the
last named gentleman ns we do, we
should have thought him a dutchman.
A. Honzell!
Thf. FoR'rc.Nii Tixunts of New
York. Doe-Slicks who has written a
book about the fortune-telling impos
ters of New York, says that in visit
ing these sharpers he learned that
every different planet known to as
trology was in the ascendant at his
birth; that the descriptions of the
wives promised him would give him
full thirty-three spouses; that he was
born once every year from lS'JO to
1833: that lie had more than twenty
birth places, and when dead it will be
necessary lo dissect his corpse into
very small pieces, in or er that his
earthly remains may be buried in all
ttie places set down lor hun by these
prophets. On one occasion he visited,
in thndisguiso of a woman, "Madame
Morrow," and was shown the face of
his future husband, a "bloted face,
with a moustache, with black eye and
black hair; a hang dog, Thief-like race,
and one that ono would not pass in
the street without involuntary putting
his hands in his pockets.
Wonder if Doe Sticks ever called
to see Madame DeMark, who is now
on a professional visit to Winchester?
Love and Fohtink. If Invo is ropro.
scaled ns hliinl, perhaps llyilion may
proporly ho cnllnl ilio cnuchur thru oficn
niiinngcs to open ils eyes. Why umy
Woon, Ennv i!t Co. be considered in the
sninu rclmion to fortune iliat Hymen is
snid to hold to Love? licriiusn they opon
ill o eyes of the blirel goddess. They
stand in llml respect between Fortune
nnd Fate, fly forwnrdin; to iheir ad
dress, A ugustii, fin. or Wilmington, Del.
aware, ten, live, ortwonnd n half dollars
you pay the entrance fee to thoir Oiuclc,
who may interpret it into n prizu of fifty
thousand dollars, or its half or quarter.
Remember that il tho Greeks had an Adel
phi, wo havo an Augusta Oraclo.
NOTICE.
By virtue of n ducreo of tho Cour.ly
Court of Franklin county, Tennessoo,
pronouncod at its January Term, 185!),
in the caso of Margaret Martin find N.
R. Martin against Mosos I Marherry
and wife and odiors, I will, on
Monday, 7lli of March. IN59,
offer for sale to tho highest bidder, the
trad of land which Joseph C. Martin,
died, seized anil possessed, lying in civil
district No. 8, about five miles north of
Winchester, sold subject to the widow's
dower.
TERMS OF SALE.
Said land will bo sold on o credit of
one, two ami three years, except 4150,
which must ho paid down; the biddings
for the land to commence at seven dollars
per acre; tho purchaser required to givo
noto wilh two or more good and sufficient
securities, and a lien retained upon tne
land until the whole of tho purchase
money is paiu.
P.F. SIMS, Clerk.
State of Tennessee, Franklin Co.
Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Jan. 13, 1850.
Notice is hereby given, that on thisdav,
there is filed in myolfice, a petition by Frank
(Joining, representing that he is a free man
of color residing in said County, aged about
seventy six years, that he desires to be per
mitted to go inlo slaverv. and that ho Ims p.
lei-ted, Joseph C Oehmig, who is a citizen of
saia county, as the person to whom ho wishes
to be conveyed and whoso slave ho desires to
becorre.
It is ordered thai publication of this notice
be made in the "Winchester Home Journal,"
a newspaper published in Winchester, Ten
nessee, lor one month.
N. FRIZZELL. Clerk Cir. Court.
TRY ME.
Th ailprljnM would
if form the cliiMn of Win-
. . rli..l.. Ini .. i . . .. i . . i ,
rtyt h optned PAIT
T7vi SIHlPow door above M.
- tartprtl hlirkfcti.ithiliiin
VJ'J ll i prrparrj to paint
$r lariiign, lloum, ml
C'J IMIr Aluo, liUlinc.
F !! Kapcr llaixinf will
M done ill nn liberal
ternu. He nnpet by eie-
cutinf hit work well, and hrln pilot lual to buiimae, to
let e liberal share at patronage.
Jania Dm T. J. WALKER.
NOTICE,
All persona indebted to Thurston anil
Custer, ami Thurston & Co., nre notified
to come forward and settle with the un
dersigned, or iheir account will be sued
JOHN J. THURSTON.
Clubbing. Wt will aupply either
Harper's Magazine, or Graham'i, or Go
der't and the Home Journal, one year, for
four dollars. Arthur' Homo Magazine,
or Pelerion'i, and the Home Journal, on
year, for S i5,
GREAT SALE.
A Fine Hotel, elegantly furnished I ,
ALSO :
25 acres of Jond,
WITH AS
Excellent Residence and ottt-hotisei
tier eon. V " v;
B.aro Olao-noe
On the first Monday in February,
before the Courthouse door in Winchester, 1
will sell to the highest bidder, on a credit of
1, 2, and 3 yearn, my land consisting of
230 acres, lying at Cowan, in Franklin Co.,
Tenn., on the Nashville and Chattanooga R.
R. About 150 acres are in cultivation, the
rest .inely timbered, and all of it aa good as
any land in the county. Situated on this
tract is my private residence a neat and
comfortable dwelling with all necessary out
houses. Any one desiring a delightful home
would do well to purchase this spot. The
beautiful views of the mountain and the site
of the University of the South, are highly at.
tractive ant afford a happy relief to the eye.
There are four excellent springs on the land,
nnd in view of the fact that the University of
the South the greatest contemplated inBti,
tution of learning now known has been lo,
cated at Pewanee, only four miles distant,
it is evident thnt in a few years the land I
propose to sell will be
Immensely increased in value.
No man who has capital to intest should nejt
lect this chance t" mako a good bafffain
man with keen foresight will.. Lying fti fftirf
huid dues, on tho N. & C. Railroad, a reafly
transportation is offered for all that may be
raised on it, and in a few years it could all be
sold in lots for private residences, at pricea
sufficient to enlist tho consideration of every
inoney-sncker. Forty acres of this land ara
well set in clover, and forty acres in wheat.
There are also some three or four hundred
acres of land adjoining mine which will be
en Id at tho sumo tune and place, on the sam
terms. .
ALSO :
at tho samo tinie, and on tho eaaia 'arms, I
will sdl tho "UNIVERSITY HOUSE"
A number one Hotel,
alcly tilted up and elegantly furnished! from
kitrhon to parlor. It is situa ed at Cowan,
four miles from Sewance, and from. Hie piaz
zo llie cars can be seen al'tet leaving Cowan
until they reach thefito of tho University.
To see them thus being drawn, by the smok
ing "iron horse," along tin ir winding path
way up tho mountain Bide, is truly interest,
ing. V il h in 20 feel of the door of the ho
tefis a good well of salubrious water.
1 will ulco sell all the furniture belonging
to cuiil hotel.
AK, several town lots, adjoining the hotel,
will he sold at the sau e time. If thorter
payments are desired, the lawfufinterest will
be deducted.
Address
JAMES A. ENGLAND,
Jan 0 if Cowan, Tenn.
N. U. All this property will be sold pri
valely, if desired, I ni if not, will positively
be uld at the time and place above specified.
LAND A1SD NEGROES FOR
SALE.
Iiy virtue of a decree of the County Court
of I'rnnklin County. Tennessee, pronounced
at its January Term, lrj."0, in the case of Ben
jamin lliiririiili'jthiiiii, Adin'r, &c., et a's, a
trainst Janih llrazcllon, rt als, I will, on
W'l-iliit'Mliiy, 10th I'ebi'iiarv,
oiler lor tale lo ilia highest bidder on a cred
it of iino, 'wo and three years, except one
hundred n rid twenty. live dollars, which must
he paid down, ut tho late resnleiro of Qaniel
linizii!t"ii, Sr., doceasod, t1 e tract of land rt
maili ng af'ier llie alMmentof dower, which
lie, tli( said I'rnzi.'lton died, seized and pos
sessed, lying in Franklin county, civil dis
trict No. 11, in (he neighborhood of Salem.
'I h! bidding lo commence at 1(1 per sere,
and the purchaser required to five notes with
two or more good securities, and a lien re
tained upon tho IiiimI until the whole of the
piircba-o money is paid. . ,
1 will nihil, at ihfi same time and place, of
fer fur salo to tt o highest bidder on a credit
of one year, except one hundred and twenty
live dollars, which must be paid down, the
following negroes, belonging to said Brazel
ton, at the time of his death, to-wit:
. The biddings to commence as follows :
For .Mahalu, jji-'OO, for Ony and her child
Lewis, (to be sold together) $500; for Chany
and her child Tandv, (to be sold together)
S00; Susan iJOIIO; Jifariah $100; John 4500;
Surah $:!(I0, and Jim 1)1)0.
The purchasers will be required to give
notes with two or more good securities, and a
lien retained upon each negro until tho whole
of the purchaso money is paid.
R. F. SIMS, Clerk.
J.i n 1 3 tds 0 60
FEW BEST I
in ll heat lirown Sugar for i 1 00
yla 12 Uwneroiiil quality for 100
ZZ! St ll lt Kio Coffee lor
7 Ilia supertiiie powdered Sugar lor 1 00
7 Ilia refm-d crushed do 1 OU
U. I'.vt ri.. tOl m Ik
Mar t'anillea'tmr lb. 25 centL
, vl Tallnur .1.. .In fta.iil.
KV licst guaranteed Often, per can, for
SUty-flvc Outs.
All articles in the grocery line
Cheap for Cash !
Call and get your
CHRISTMAS SUrPLIES
at the old citablished stand of
Snaltlx tSs Oarr.
December 10,
Notice to Merchants.
On Saturday, Ihe 5th day of February next,
I will sell the Store house and lot in the town
of Salem, belonging to the estata of C. L.
Wanton, dec, on a credit of one and two
years. Bond and security required of pur
chaser, and a lien retained until paid for.
OCT Now is iho time to aecure a good,
stand to sell goods.
TIIOS. F. MOSELr,
JanU Ex'r of C. L. Elanton, doe'd.
AN OFFICE -
IP Q .Ft SALK
We have an excellent Smith Hand Press
platen 31x'l and bed 37&rJ which we
offer for sale, together wi'h inking and roller
apparatus, roller mould, and everything nec
essary to outfit an otlice. Long Primer and
Burgcois sufficient to print a papy the siie
of the Journal ')f.S alto head rales, col
umn do, fool and aide sticks, leadfe, lead-cutter
and mitre-box. several standi, cue, sticks,
galleys, chases of almost any size, display
type, imposing stone, and in short, a complete
office. Also, a large amount of job type, of
every variety, borders of many aorta, cuts,
&c, Ac. These things are as good almost aa
if they were new, but baring purchased, last
year, a new office, they are dead capital oq
our hands. Besides, wa desire to purchase
one of "Rtiggle's Rotary Job Presses" and '
diapense with ona of our hand presses. This
advertisement is set op in fiurgeols, so that
it can be seen how it prints. This is a speci
men of the oldest and worst worn type in our
office. Apply to
W. J. SLATTER.
Winchester, Tenn.
Z Will not some of our exchanges be kind
enough to notice the above in their columns J
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