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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-08

D mum NNNNHha W NNNIIN lNa ii NNNNU NM
a majority opposed TO &c, they are enti-
tied TO have their win aud way. They
are entitled to that upon principle; they
are entitled to it by The express pledges
Of the Konsas-Nebraska law.
HIS POSITION DEFINED.
Sir, I feel that I have already ooou.
| pied a great deal of your timo-moro
than I expected to do; and yet there
are some general topics upon which i
wish TO say something, though not so
Immediately connected with The direct
question before Us.
Mr. President, I am, according to tho
I denominations now usually employed by
/ parties in this country, o Southern man.
I have lived all my life In q Southern
State. 7 have been accustomed from
my childhood to that frame of society
of which Slavery forms part am,
so far as regards the necessary defence
Of the South, as prompt and as ready to
defend them as any man the vide
South can hold; but In the same reso-
lutte and determined spirit i'm which
would defend any invasion of its rights,
and for which I would put my foot as
far as he who went farthest. will con-
cede to othorstheirrights, and viii main
tain and defend them With the Same
feeling with which / know l'would de-
tend my own rights l will respect theirs
never expected Kansas to be a Slave
State.
believed that those at the South
who expected it would be dcluded.-
/ There was some vague hope that when
the Missouri Compromise line was TAX
en- away and abolished, Slavery might
be extended In that direction, but / did
uoJ beIleve IT, believed that the
Missouri Compromise line fixed in 1920,
was about that Territorial line, north
OF Wnlch slavery, lt 1t could exist,
would not be pToltapIy employed: and
our experience since mas shown That the
wise men VINO maze jhaJ compromise
J'a--eo TiG".'T. We nave NO instance
lh VINO" l' mas Lggo IouHd proutabio
aay"aeIe,' mere. Ioe.ieVed thaGtheldca
OF masking Kansas n Slave State was a
deIuslon 70 the south. that her hopes
Woo,. never he realized. II she enter
5.iheI sHeh e nope rs taat. L thought,
therefore j. would have been BETTER
without exam .nIng ser9pnIousiy into its
c9nsiito,'o"1.Ity, TO Iet the Missouri
Comprom.se stand. regretted its re-.
peal, ana not De1eye that the South
would gain anything by 1t, or that the
norm Nou.a gam anything by 1t.
+ TIE -.l5oUrI COMPROMISE.
The compromise WAS a bond and ne
surance of rcace. wouId NOT have
disturbed it. 1t was hallowed, in my
estimation, by the men who made it.
1t was hoIiowcd, IN my apprehension,
/ by the beneficial consequences that re-
suited from it, Ii was hailed, at the
time 1t was made, by the South. 1t
/ produced good, and nothing but good,
from that time. Often have you, Sir
/ Undressing Ny. Ioom5s) and /, and
all the old Wing party hiumphcd in
that act as one OF the great achievements
. OF our leader Henry Clay. 1t was
from that, among other things, that he
derived the pTouuest OF all his titles
that OF paeilcalor and peace-maker Of
ms country. We ascubed to. him a
great lnstrumen'ahtyIn the passage Of
that law, ana over and oyer again have
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-08

' CoNUNDRUMs.-Hcw do you know there
were railroads in the days Of Solomon7 Be-
cause I is stated that when the Queen Of She.
ba visited him, "she came with great train"
Why IS a lady pulling on her corssts like a
man who drinks to drown his grefi Because
In sO.iaciHg herself she is getting tight.
Why have chickens no future state7 Be-
cause they have their necks lwirled (next
world) iu this
Why are our foreign relations like our but
ter vcssels2 Becauss they are our fur-kin.
Why are pen-malIers the most dishonest
persous iu the worlu2 Because they make
people steel pens aud say they do i0rite
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-08
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

I'VE will be grsitly obliged to our lady read
er5 for any really valuable matter 70 r this COLI
umn A single line, now and then, would be
thankfully receiyed.l
BUCKwHEAT GRIDDLE CAKEs,-Now
is the time for Buckwheat Cakes, which
with good butter and Maple Strip, are
a real luxury at the breakfast table
Most farmers wives know how to make
them, but End that there are a few who
are iguorant Of any better method than
the sour milk and saleratus mixture,
from which you can form no idea Of the
excellence Of buokwheat oaapiaeks, and
20 such the following recipe may be a
good hint Gust in the nick Of time"
TO four teaoups Of -four, add foe tea
cups Of t0arRt water, and two table.
spoonfuls Of fine salt, and one teaspoon
full Of refined saleratus "A great deal
depends upon the manner Of cookino
them; the fire should be q,dck but moi
hot enough 10 sooreh or smoke the cakes
They must be crisp and slightly brown
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-08

Six mountain men from Camp Scott
have arrived at Louis, They left Jan
uary 26th, and encountered several se-
we're snow storms. They think the Nor
mons could easily overcome Colonel
Johnston's command il they wished
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-08
Tozas-Her Present and Future,

A letter from Austin says:
owe have established and endowed in
stitutions for the insane the deaf and
dumb, the blind and the orphans, all
on a firm basis. We have Just passed
a law establishing the University Of
Texas for which 22l 400 acres of land
were set apart in 1889, and to which is
now added one hundred thousand dol
lars in money and an indefinite amount
Of other valuable lands. We have ap-
propriated $4,000 for a geological sur
yey Of the State, and at last have by law
brought our lands into market at from
fifty cents to one dollar and a half per
acre. These things, with the fact that
we have 50 $500 Of a common school
fund, and that each Of the one hundred
and fifty counties owns 1900 Of school
lands, will show what kind Of people
the Texans are-intclligent, liberal and
magnanimous.
Our population is now near O0,0O0j
in 1850 it was but 2l2,OOO We have
124 organized counties and 80 to organ
ize, generally containing 900 square
miles each, and still one half of the
State is a wilderness"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-08
The Ieviathan.


In addition to the provisions for steam
power, the ship has six masts for car
rying sails of various dimensions; but
as it is computed that the propulsion by
steam will be at the rate of eighteen
miles an hour, it must be a rare occur
renee to be favored with a wind that
will accelerate this motion, and they are
probably provided to aid in steering the
ship, and for the contingency Of get
ting out Of fuel, or Of some accident to
the steaming apparatus Five of the
masts are Of iron, and the rear one is
of wood.
1t would be difficult to give any de-
scrption Of this immense vessel, which,
without the aid Of drawings, would give
any distinct idea of its peculiar con-
struction 1t is built exclusively of
iron, with very triaing exceptions, and
next to its size, its most striking fea-
ture is its appearance Of strength, Its
principal dimensions are as follows:
Length between perpendiculars $50 #
on deck 69l "
Extreme breadth of the hull SO "
across apddle- boxes 118 "
Depth So 4"
Tunnage, Gold meosuremcnt,) 22,509
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-08
For the News.
ArithmetioaI Problem.

500 men, luboring 10 hours a day, are en-
gagged for 56 days in cutting a canal, which
measures 1900 yds. in length, by yis' in
breadth and vds. in depth. It is Fequir
to know how many days vii be necessary for
$40 men, working 10 hours a day. TO cut a
canal measuring 29O0 yds. IN length, by -
yds. In breadth aud yds. in depth, worked
through a soil which is times more difficult
than the former. E. PIE MCGlSTUS.
Marshall O.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12
A Word tn q Candid Public.

Word to q Candid Public.-Scarceiy four
years have elapsed since the presentation Of
celebrated Stomach Biuers made to you. You
have tested their efficacy, and have manifested your
appreciation by your generous patronage, from the
fact that they have invariably accomplished all they
purpoed to do, and II there is still among you any
who from predispositon have included preparation
in their general prejudice against medicine, would
earnestly refer them to any of the leading physician
In the land who invariably prescribe 1t in all cases
Of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Flatuency,
Constipation, Loss Of Appetite, &c &C. 1t does not
profess to cure all things, but hold for the above
diseases, it is the only speedy and reiia lie remedy
We would seriously caution you against the deren,
spurious articles gotten up and palmed off the gen.
uine " Hostetter," and it is due to yourselves to
quaint us with all parties engaged therein. We have
at present several in different sections Of the Union
under Bonds, but hereafter intend prosecuting to
lhe fullest extent Of the law.
H0STETTER 4 SMITH.
Sole Manufacturers and Proprietors 267 Penn street.
Pittsburgh, Pa. febl0 d&w
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12
Ex-corxusrcAr,oSs..Tbe Washington

Ex-coNxuNIcArIoNs.. Washington
Union-the organ of the Administration,
issues q formal bill of accommodation
against Mr.. Harris of Illinois, denouncing
him as renegade" and his resolution as
Gan act OF folly abd treachery." So much
for exercising independence. We do not see
why the anathema is hurled at the suhordi-
nate while the chief author Of the treason to
the party is permitted to remain in full COM
munion. Mr.. Harris is but the representa-
tive of Douglas in the House and was acting
in concert with him. Harris resolutions are
but copy Of those which Mr.. Douglas is en-
deavoring to drive through the Senate. Doug
las is the author of both them. Let the
Union, for consistency's sake, read out the
Little Giant, and see if he can be put out.
When he is driven from it, what is left will
be of little consequences to its opponents OIL
the country.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12
P.HoRNBRooK. Clerk.

Why will You Delayl-Why will Won neglect
that disease which is taking such deep root and which
gives you warning by that hacking cough, that you
are fast rpening for eternity! Why encourage that
pain in the side, the raising of blood, those night
sweats, or that difficult breathing, which silently
whisper in your that something must be done to
save you from the grave Of the consumptive, Why
act carelessy by permitting that disease to destroy
your health, and hasten you to the TOM from whence
no trav eler ever yet returnedl
SILENCE THAT DREADFUL COUGH!
Or death must carry you to your silent grave. Why
delay while there is yet hopel Consumption is caused
by impure humors Of the blood being deposited in the
cells Of the lungs. Hence, the lnngs are like spring
of water. when rolled up by the dirt mud, il clear
water constantly flows through the springs impurities
or mud will be conveyed away by the pure water.
Just so with the blood when kept in clean pure
state; IL constantly flows through the lungs,
res away all corrupt matter, and perfect health viii
he the result From two to three pills taken every
night or every other night, or enough to keep the
bowels regular, will in reasonable time con-
sumption. The these pills used more than
all others, is because they made Of purifying
vegetables, and cleanse the body from all corrupt
ter and drive out disease Of every description quicker
and in milder way than any other Pills.
feb3-d&w1m
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12
Safety md Relief-O,d DIR. II. lane

Safety and Relief-Old DIR. ii. James, about
whom the New York and other Atlantic city press have
said much, has retired from practice but DIR. Tho
mas Tlton, his soninlaw, has been educated to trav
ell for him and dispense his invaluable medicines Most
prominent among these is his extract of Canniabs In
dica, which he discovered after hard labor and deep
search in Calcutta. lie strove to make medicine to
his only child nom death by consumption, and he
succeeded. DIR. Tilton, his son-naw, is in Chicago,
Room No. lIl, State street, lie has already sue
ceeded in curing permanently, hundreds of terrible
cases Of Consumption, Nervous Debility and Suffer.
ing, Asthma and Bronchitis. The Colds and Coughs
he has banshel. are innumerable The Canniabis In
dica is the most wonderful blessing Of the age Give
DIR. Tion call send for bottle Of medicine, which
will cost you two dollars. He will prove - you that
you need not be sick and that it will costa mere re
to get we'll.
N. b A Spiro- Dynameter to test the strength of
the lungs, and ascertain the exact state of the patients
health.
p. s. By addressing DR.. Tilton note through the
Chicago Post Office, enclosing four postage stamps,
az cents)a recipe will be return, free charge,
to any part Of the Union All letters answered prompt.
ly. Address.
DIR. TILTON.
octll6m- Box 1852, Chicago, Ill.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12

q short time since We mentioned the
death from starvation of grand daughter of
revolutionary hero, who himself was suf-
fering from want. We have now an account
Of the death from the same cause of young
mechinist Of that city named Abram Perry,
q nun of excellant character, and who had a
wife and three children. For ten days he
had managed to furnish his family with food,
house had been pawned. Has Landlord per-
sisted in demanding the rent. ! he poor man
left his cherries home to endeavor to raise
money by SONS means to satisfy his exacting
landlord, bat being exhausted from. hunger,
and sick at heart, bsfell dead in the street.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12
0TWillisunson, the contumacious wit

~WilHarnson, the contumacious wit
ness before the Committee of the House
for investigating the Lawrence, Stone &
Co.'s bribery case, disclosed no facts i'm
plicating any members of the last and
present Congress inccryupt practices, but
replied that he had from 1S41 to 1850
been employed to distribute nesey raised
in England for the purpose Of procuring
. change in our revenue laws. Some Of
the members objected to going into an
investigation Of remote transactions.
Mr.. Williamson stated that if permitted,
he would have testified that European
manufacturers and the British Govern
ment had authorised, Sir Henry Bulwer
and others to expend two millions of dol
lars to affect our tariff and 10 establish
q free trade policy. More than 500. 900
had actually been expended to buy the
members of Congress, or to defeat their
election when they could not be bought.
Mr.. Williamson claims to have been
the secret Commercial Agent for this
county of the Earrings. and other Eng.
lish and French mercantile and manu-
featuring houses, from 184I to 1880
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12
The Theatre.

Our citizens will be gratitied to learn that
we are to have highly respectable and tai
ented dramatic corps TO play for short sea-
son in this city. 1t is species Of amuse-
ment we have long desired here. The COM
pany have been playing during the autumn
and winter at Terre Haute, where they have
been very literally supported by the most re-
spectacle, classes of citizens, in city famed
for its ref nement and taste. We hope this
attempt to introduce the drama among us
will be so encouraged as TO make it per-
manent institution among us. The house
will be opened for the first time on Tuesday
neyt
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12
u The effects of the fight in the Hous,

II The effects of the fight in the House
are said 10 have been salutary in improving
the manners of members. A correspondent
from Washington says:
The manner in which the Northern men
stood up on that occasion, meeting every re
quirement manfully. and hurting defiance
right in the teeth of insolent aggressors, has
made decided impression, and may BY the
means Of preventing further difficulties.
Grow, Washburn of Illinois, Potter of Wis
consin, and others. showed spirit and pur-
pose which viii tell hereafter, should the ex-
pertinent be repeated of attempting to dra-
COON men into submission by threats of vio-
lence
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12
~ A. sbock;no affair occxrred l.st ~.

~ A shocking affair occsrred last week
in Paulding county, in the Western part of
Ohio, where menegerie ofwild animals has
been on exhibition. Among the animals
was ferocious hyena, said to be the largest
in the United States. The other morning
the brute escaped, and or search being made
he was discovered in graveyard, having
dug up and partly devoured two or three
dead bodies. Several OF tho citizens rushed
in to take it, when it turned on its assailants,
striking down German day laborer named
Jacob Poffenberg, and crushed the head OF
the unfortunate man in its jaws, killing him
instantly. The brute then made its escape
after tearing the flesh from the right arm
and chest of lad, who is not expected to re-
cover. The animal succeeded in making
good its escape. The citizens are much ex-
cited.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12
FURTHER DncLosunrs.-The legislative

FURTHER DscLosuRRs.-The Legislative
Commission for investigating the frauds in
returns Of the election of the 4th of January
in Kansas have made some curious disclo-
sures. The altered returns from the Della
ware Crossing and other precincts IN which
the chief frauds were perpretated, were traced
to the hands Of Mr.. Mclean, the chief clerk
in Gen. Calhoun's Surveyor Generals Office.
He testified under oath that these returns
had been sent by him to Platte City, No.,
and given to Gen. Calhoun, who had taken
them to Washington, and that he had not
seen them since. The commissioners became
satisfied that the witness was committing
perjury. They sued out search warrant,
and sent the Sheriff to Calhoun's Office at
Lecompton. Mclean, the witness, loudly
protested against the search, but the officer
proceeded in his duty, and on removing q
pile of wood in the rear of the Office, and find
ing the earth had recently been..dug up, he dug
down, and at about Is inches below the sur
face, brought up enclosed in box the identi-
col returns which the fellow had sworn he
had sent off to Platte City, and had not seen
since. They were opened in the presence of
Gov. Denver, the Speaker, President OF the
Senate, and commissioners, and among them
were found the original returns from Della
ware Crossing, which several pro-slavcry
witnesses had sworn had never been in Le-
compton. They are now known to have
been in the possession Of Gen. Calhoun
Many Of the returns exhumed were found tc
be the same as those counted by the Cover
nor, Speaker of the House, and President Of
the Senate in presence Of Calhoun when they
made their official returns of the result of the
election. Some of these had been subse-
quently altered. The Delaware Crossing re-
turns had never been seen after they were
despatched by the judges of the election tc
Calhoun, till they were dug up; and as it nov
appears, after being altered, they exhibit only
$40 votes instead Of 54S, as declared by Cal
houn. His fictitious voters were exhausted
before he could make up the required num
Der; so he stopped at s4s. and called then
543 to make short work. Mclean, the judge
Of the election, and some others have beel
arrested for perjury and election frauds.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12
t. The number Of hogs killed at Oiney,
H., the present season were 10,577.-
II The two counteHeisers, James Snit

u The two counterfeiters, James Smith
and James Knowles, were taken before Squire
Mile, yesterday morning, but waived an ex-
animation, and in default of bail in the sum
Of e. 900 each were remanded to await their
trial at the next term of the Circuit Court
dences of their guilt being.more than suffi-
Gent to convict them. The gang arrived
here from New Orleans; Monday before last,
and consisted of five, only two of whom have
been secured-the others escaping to pursue
their swindling operations elsewhere.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12

e Robert Stanley and Thomas Wright
were up before Recorder Mills yesterday
morningto answer q charge Of assault and
battery committed upon tho persons Of James
Knowles and James Smith, the counterfeiters
who were arrested on Monday night. The
difficulty grew ont of an attempt made by
Smith and Knowles to pass their bogus money
upon Wright. The latter, detecting the
character of the coin, attempted to detain
the counterfeitcrs, when fight ensued in
which the specie manufacturers came o6 Sec
ond best. The Recorder fined Wright and
Stanley one dollar each, remarking that il
they had told Smith and Khowls that it was
their intention to arrest them, and then the
assault and battery had occurred in the at
tempt TO detain them until an officer could
be procured, he would have discharged them
tho statute making it the duty of every
citizen to arrest an offender in the &C. of vio-
lating the law. Smith (alias Mutton J;m,,
is said to be fugitive from Louisville.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12

The Most Skeptical PeOple-Can be convinced
by trial that all the family medicines are not humbug,
and that among the thousand of butterfly life, there
are few Of great merit and undoubted worth. OF
hese, DR.. SASFoRD's INvIeokAToR OR LIVER REM
EpY stands first and foremost among the remedies OF
the day that can be relied medicine that Is all IT
is recommended by its proprieors. Itadvertses itself
% every trial, for thsre who use it but tell
their friends to 90 so and so IT goes from mouth to
mouth, till all the people of the Union have learned
the good Of this truly valuable medicine It's recon-.
mended, with testimonials to prove its virtue for the
cure of liver complaints Of every kidd, from the worst
Dyspepsia to common headache. and is particularly
adapted to Jaundice, Deranged Stomach, Bowel Com
plants, and diseases of Children. (see Advertise
ment.) dec2.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-12

w The affairs of several bogus charita-
BILE institutions in New York, are being in
vestigated. The case is mentioned of Ger
tain aid society which collected 1880, and
before anybody was assisted, paid $1,000 as
salary to the corresponding Secretary. An
other society paid an agent IS per cent for
collecting funds, and another collected $780,
600 in one year, and expended ninety per cent
OF it before any of it reached the end for
which it had been donated.