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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-07-29
Communications.
For the News.
The Teachers Mission.
BY A. II. HARRITT.

BY A. II. HARRITT
The Teachers field is boundless--his
mission is a high and holy one, 1t is
his to strew the pathway of knowledge
with gems and flowers, rendering it at
tractive--to beguilo wandering feet into
the elysian fields of truth, and lead the
thirsty soul to the waters of life, gush-
ing up a living fountain in its midst
to awaken the mind to a consciousness
Of its capacities and its wants; and un-
fold before it the high behests of duty
duty to itself duty to its fellows, and
duty to its God. Would that they could
know the full extent of the responsible
ty resting upon them--could be made to
believe that they are, indeed, stringing
harps for songs of praise in better
spheres-or, unstringing them to make
wild, strange disoord in regions Of woe
This is emphatioally true of all Teach,
ers, but more particularly so Of those
who are employed in our public schools
around whom collect the great multi,
tude-those whose characters are yet
unformed-in whose hands are to be
placed the honor, the independence, and
the destiny of our nation. But alas
many-very many, of those engaged il
shaping the characters Of the young
and tender, although possessing rare in
telloctual acquisitions, are destitute Of
every other element to fit them for theii
station. How often is the fearful trutl
forced upon us, that there are those of
whom we might expect better things
who are virtually sowing the seeds Of
poison-who, by indifference, and wan
Of discipline and order, are training
those under their care, for a life of in
famy-ripening characters to people tn.
regions Of Woel
Teachers, be awakened to a sonse Of
the important-very important stat:oi
which you occupy-and whom thos
young immortals gather around yor
/ with rough manners, and untaught in
tellect, ponder well your duty-smOotl
tho rough ways, and instill noble princi
plos,
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"Extricatlng every weed,
Sowing good and precious seed,
Harvest rich we then may see
Ripon for eternity"
There is on the wide earth no more
honorable profession than that of the
Teacher, if he be faithful and well in
structed--none for which q worshiping
people should more earnestly pray, or
upon which heavens choicest gifts will
more richly descend. The physician
tolls that this mortal tenoment may not
quite so soon crumble back to its native
element--the huttering spirit may lin
ger a little longer here below, while the
Teacher, who is faithful to his trust,
never forgetful Of the health of the
mortal, remembers also that of the iu,-
mortal--strives to heal its maladies, and
prepare it for a longer and happier
home.
The merchant supplies his patrons
with outward adornings for the body
grateful protection against winters cold
or summers heat. 1t is right that he
should be honorod--his occupation is q
laudable one-but still greater honor is
due him who comes among us with a
good store Of knowledge whose oharac.
ter is one of virtue; whose life is one Of
energy, ZEAL and consistency; to impart
intellectual gifts to the youth Of oui
land. His is a merchandise that time
or change cannot mara protection tC
ward off life's cold, over-raging storms
AN adorning which shall fit its pos
SCISSOR for the highest courts of the uni
verse.
In imitation Of the Great Teacher
who came to earth for our example, he
toils-whatsoeve his hands find to do
he does, to raise his fellow creature.
from the darkness of ignorance and tn,
thralldom of sin to happiness and heav
en-; and if a higher crown is held in res
eryation for one than for another, WI
verify believe it is for him who has la
bored faithfully in this portion of tn
great vineyard, unchecrod by the ap
plause Of man
Nor will his influence eyer die
When the teachers Teacher shall hay
called him to his eternal reward, it shal
linger, holy radiance, to shed its infu
onco on the pathway of life; and as tn
ages of eternity roll on, new stars shal
be added to the crown of his rejoicing
HillsbOro, July, 1858.
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9(lstGllaNCOus.
Charles Dickens Card


The Household Words of June 9Th
contains a card from Mr.. Dickens in re-
lation to his domestic troubles, and the
causes assigned for the separation of
himself and wife. His card contains
the following:
Some domestic trouble of mine of
long standing, on which L will make no
further remark than that it claims to be
respected as being Of sacredly private
nature, has lately been brought to an
arrangement which involves no anger
or ill-will Of any kind, and the whole
origin, progress and surrounding cir
cumstances Of which have been through
out within the knowledge of my chill
dren. tits amicably composed, and its
details have but now to be forgotten by
those concerned in it,
By some means arising out of wick
edness, or out Of folly, or out of incon-
ceivable wild chance, or out Of all three
this trouble has been made the occasion
Of Misrepresentation most grossly false
most monstrous and most oruel-in.
volving not only me, but innocent per.
sons dear to my heart, and innocent per.
sons of whom 1 have no knowledge, if
Indeed they have any existence-aud SC
widely spread that l doubt if one read
er in a thousand will peruse these lines
by whom some touch Of tho breath of
these ISLANDERS will not have passed like
an unwholesome air.
most solemuly declare, then, n,-anC
this I do both in my own name and my
wife's--that all the lately whispered ru
mors touching the trouble at which
have glanced are abominably false, anC
that whoever repeats one of them aftel
this denial will lie as wilfully and al
foully as it is possible for any false-wit
ness to lie before Heaven and earth,
A private letter which we find in tn,
New York Times, in speaking Of Dick
ems, says:
He has indeed separated himself from
his wife, but simply on the ground OF
an ancient and uncOnquerable incom
.patibility in their respective tempers.-
For the future the young Mr., Dioken
will act as the head Of his mother
household, the daughters remaining
with their father.
What strikes the public as remarka
bio in this case is the fact that Dicken
and his wife have lived for a quarter oi
a century together, and Mr.. Dickens ha
just found out that there exists an sun
conquerable incompatibility' Of tempe
between them. Nobody will believ
this story.
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For the News.
THOUGHT.

Like an ocean in commotion,
Do my thoughts uncoosing flow,
And feeling o'er me stealing,
Gives my heart Q joyous glow.
OFT I'm musing, oft perusing'
And my thoughts are ever new,
For I'm cleaning Natures meaning,
From, her works both old and true.
Peace pursuingi joy bestrewing;
Thus my heart would ever be,
Peaceful feeling light revealing,
Like the surface Of the sea.
Joys may gladden., sorrows sadden,
Yet the heart no sorrow know,
For each pleasure, In a measure,
Is the fruit Of action strue.
As the fountain by the mountain,
So is thought, as wildly free,
Ever going, constant flowing
Like the streamlet to the sea.
As the trillings and distillings
OF the dew-drops from the sky,
E'en so Is thought, treasurefuught
With sweetest pleasure from on high.
Always ranging, constant changing,
Like planet on Its ways
Ever glancng, then advancing,
So is miud in constant sway.
July, 1858. e. ID. B.
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ADDRESS TO A JUG OF RUM,

Here, only by a cork controlled,
And slender walls Of earthen mould,
In all the pomp Of death repose,
The seeds Of many bloody nose,
The scattering tongue, the hOrrid oath,
The fist for lighting, nothing 10th,
The passion which no words can tame,
That bursts like sulphur into fame,
The nose Carbu buncled, glowing red,
The blackened eye, the broken head,
The tree that bears the deadly fruit
OF murder, moaning and dispute,
Assault that innocence assails,
The Images Of gloomy jails,
The giddy thoughts on mischief bent,
The midnight hours I'm riot sRentj
All these within this jug appear,
And Jack, the hangman, in the rear.
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History of Printing

The honor Of having given existence
to the present method Of printing has
been claimed by the cities Of Harlem,
Mentz, and Strasburgh; and to each Of
these it may be applied in a qualified
sense, as they sevorally made many inn
provomonts upon one another, in the
art. But the origin, however, of print
ing, was at Harlem; the first book was
printed in the year 1880; and to Law
renee Coster, of that city, is this discov-
cry TO be ascribed; although there is no
doubt, that soon after, GUttomburg, as
woll as Faust and Schoefor, who invent
ed metal types, the first types being
1go0dj all added materially to the perfec-
ton Of this important discovery. IL is
said, indeed, that Guttcmburg invented
H0Uubls types, and that he began his oX-
periments at Strasburg, and completed
them at Mentz; it is also said that Cos
ter.s method was TO cut out the letters.
upon q wooden block that he took for
apprentice John Faust or Faustus, and
bound him to secrecy, but that Faust,
notwithstanding his OATH went off, not
only with the knowledge Of the art, but
with the types and al implements Of
his MASTER first to Amsterdam, thence
to Cologne, and afterwards to Mentz-
Here, assisted by SchoeiTer, they print
ed a number of Bibles iu imitation Of
manuscript, aud Faust carried them to
Paris for sale The Parisiaus were as
tonished at their exact similarity and
accused Faust of some diabolical art;
hence the origin Of the story Of the Dew
/ il and Dr. Faustus. Wooden types not
being found sufficiently durable, and
/ not answering expectations in other re-
spects, it caused tho first invention of
cut metal hpes The honor Of complet-
ing the discovery is therefore due to
Peter SohoefGer, who found out the meth
cd Of forming the characters in a mat
rix, that the letters might be cast sing
/. ly, instead Of being cut. He privately
cut matrices, for the whole alphabet;
and when he showed his master Faust,
who appears to have assisted Guttem-
burg in his attempts to bring the art to
perfection, the letters cast from these
matrices, Faust was so pleased with the
contrivance, that he promised to Peter
his only daughter in marriages a prom
iso which he soon after performed
Faust and Schoefer concealed this new
improvement, by administering an oath
Of secrecy to all whom they entrusted,
till the year 1862, when, by the disper-
sion of their servants into different
countries, at the sacking Of Mentz, by
the Archbishop Adolphus, the invention
was publicly divulged.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-07-29

INDIAN RUBBER SHOEs.-The profit
from the sale and manufacture of Indian
Rubber Shoes under the Goodyear pat
ent, exceeds three millions per annum.
1t is estimated that the tariff of Mr..
Goodyear upon articles manufactured
under his patent will bring him about
a million of dollars within the next sew
en- years, an extension of his patent
being granted for that time.
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The Atlantic Telegraph.

Tai. P, Shaifnor publishes a letter
stating his belief that a current of cleo
tricity Of no known force or mode Of
generation can be transmitted through
submerged wire for distance Of three
thousand miles He predicts that the
cable will be laid a thousand or more
miles, and then be found unavailable for
telographing. "Tn this dilemma the
company will have the cable broken
again, and tho accident VIII be charged
to Providence. This will be the finale.
The transmission Of an electric current
through so much submerged wire was
the most formidable Of threatened diff
cultes. 1t might have been decided by
dropping the cable into some quiet bay
and experimenting there. A telegraph
across tho Continent over Bhering's
Straits, through Northern Asia and Eu.
rope, is likely to be built before the
present cable is submerged. The Ion.
gest cable now in existence stretches
from Varna TO Balaklaya, across th'
Black Sea, distance $40 miles. Thh
affords no criterion for a Judgment Of
the success of cable from ireland Il
Trinity Bay.
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Gen Lafayette

Gen. Lafayette came very near being
lost during his last visit to the United
States. The steamer Mechanic, on which
he had embarked at Nashville. struck a
snag on a dark and tompestuous night
on the 8th Of January 1925, when 100
miles below Louisville, tearing out her
hull, and causing her to sink out Of
sight in less than five minutes Capt.
Hall rushed to Cen Lalayettes state
room, kicked open the door and had
barely time to hurry the old hero to tho
hurricane deck, before the water was
around them. Gen. Lafayette was too
feeble to swim any distance, but man
aged TO keep himself afoat until rescue
ed by the yawl. He lost his hat clothes,
and fine carriage, and came very near
losing his life.
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THE WEDDING RINa.-The fourth
finger was originally chosen for wearing
the wedding ring, for the reason that it
is not only used less than either Of the
rest, but it is more capable of presorv-
ing ring from bruises having this
one quality peculiar to itself, that it can
not be extended but in company with
somo other finger, whereas the others
may be singly stretched out to their full
length and straightness.
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For the News.
DREAMS OF CHILDHOOD.

Ye happy dreams Of childhood
How sweet you seem TO me,
When.sitting on the lovely green,
Beneath the cedar tree!
there lament your absence,
And wish that ! again
Could wander in that childish gIoe,
Aud dream those dreams again.
But vain, o, vain these wishes!
never can return
To those happy dreams Of childhood,
Whose absence now ! mourn.
Yet why should | lament7
Are we not travelling home
To that land Of pure delight,
From whence we ne'er can roami
o yes, we're fast approaching
That happy, happy shore,
Where we shall meet In gadness,
To part, o, nevermore!
ELICIA.
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New Remedy for Consumption

Ergot Of rye, spurred rye, has received
the approval Of the Academy Of Medi-
cine at Turin, as one of the most active
remedies for consumption DR.. Parola,
the author, describes its action as infal-
lible, if not in curing the disease, at
least in staying the pulmonary inham-
nation which constantly accompanies
the formation of the tubercle. He ad-
ministers thirty-one grains Of the pow.
der per day, and suspends it every -four
or five days for forty-eight hours
When the stomach is too weak, the res.
inous extract may be administered in
pills instead Of the powder, to the
amount Of one and quarter grains, Of
else portion in a solution Of gum
Quinine fox-glove, and even opium
may sometimes be administered togeth.
er with it, By this treatment DR.. Parolo
has cured sixteen cases out of thirty
one ofalleged confirmed consumption in
advanced stage.-[Scientifc American.
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GREAT HUNT-A few weeks since tho
inhabitants Of Thompsons Valley, in
Tazewell County Virginia, had o grand
hunt, iu which tho citizens Of Che upper
and lower Valley were riyulin3 aaoh
other The number Of game OF all Kinds
killed birds rabbits, deer and al was
.6,7TI the upper end killing 677 more
than The lower.
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Marry the incest girl you know
You will then have her TO preside at
your breakfast table, and unless you are
a sad dog indeed, you will not require
any but her (buttor)
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}oUtBs department.

For the News.
Miscellaneous Enigma.
] am composed Of IL letters;
My Z, 8, , is to strike.
My ., 3, 6, is domestic animal.
My 8, IA, 5, is river i'm Europe.
My 8, 10, 3, IL, is "a term used by seumen
My 9, 5,3, Z, Is what no one wishes TO be
My lis, 4, Ii, Is what every boy would like
to have.
My whole is what every young person
should study. w. W. w.
Carmel o.
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For the News.
Miscellaneous Enigma.
am composed Of s letters:
My L., ), 8, is a bird
My 2, 3,7, ., we all desire.
My 3, 4, 9, is drink.
My 4, 5, 6, 7, ., is despsed by all.
My s, ~, 9, is used by tanners.
My 6, Z, 6, 3, 4, means common.
My Z, 5, 6, 4, is of Infinite value.
My 8, 2, Z, has both gladdened AMI saddeneC
many.
Altogether, am hateful passion.
G.. A. l.
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Total Iongt1 OF limos mo- I6l6I J0I50U
The number Of messages passing
over all lines in the United States,
is estimated at about 100000 per an
num-
Until the year 1850 the submarine
cable was practically unknown. In
this year the first submarine cable was
laid from Dover, England, to Calais,
France The cable was twenty four
miles long, and has since been in opera
ton, with complete success Since that
period the following submarine lines
have been laid, and are now in opera
ton;
EXISTING LINES OF SUBMARINE TELE-
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AN UNLUoKY CANNoN.--A man nam
cd Porter was blown in pieces on the
9th, at New London, Ohio, by the pre-
mature discharge Of a cannon, which is
said to be the same piece that has been
the occasion of fatal accidents in Elyria,
Sullivan and Mount Vernon.
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The man who never says nothing to
nobody was married last week TO the la
dy who never speaks III Of no one,
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For the News.
Miscellaneous Enigma.
am composed of Ia letters:
My 9, II, 6, Z, means to draw with force.
MY I, IL, II, Is an instrument
My l3, 2,9,4, is a State.
My -, II, IA, is a thick substance.
My s, 3, 6, Ia, 3, is TO make love,
My 10, 4, 6, 5, 2, is to warrant.
My whole is the name Of paper printed in
Ohio. JANE.
Home P. o., Highland Co., o.
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37Auswer to Enigma in last weeks paper:
The verb must agree with its subject in mum
Der and person,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-26
The FIeptioil.

Thursday next is election day. 1t is, however not
day of great excitement of political character,
as there is only one political officer to be elected
viz the Lieut. Governor. For this Office there is
but one nominee: WIN. L. JACKSON. Mr. Jackson
has filled the office since the resignation of Lieut.
Governor McComas. first by appointment of the
Governor, and afterwards by the election of the
Legislature. There has been general acquiescence
in his reelection by the Democratic party, and
other parties have not named an adversary; 30
Mr. j. will be elected by sort of o,den time Jack
son majority. This idea probably suggests to tie
Enquirer The shout Of 4" Hurrah for Jackson
which heads its leader Of yesterday.
There are also to be elections of Clerks IL the
Circuit Courts, SheIifs, Constables and Commits.
sluners OF the Revenue So, that although there
will not likely be any very dsep or strong current
OF party feeling, there will be deal of excite.
ment accustomed by the iDd1mitable exertions of
he opposing candidates aud their friends to tri-
umph in the struggle.
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p.uk Of ,Le Commenweal.h.

The subscriptions 70 the stock Of this Bank In
this city exceed $2oo.ooc, and will probably go up
10 $3.50, 900 or 100000 There 10 no doubt that 1t
will % into operation. aud II rightly managed,
will prove TO be profitable. A reason that has
operated upon the minds Of some capitalists to
e,ase them to hesitate about taking stock in the
Bank the provision 10 the charter which requires
II to redeem the notes OF all those State stock
banks which become stockholders In IL, under that
clause 10 the charter which authorizes those banks
TO subscribe TO its stock 10 the amount Of 20 per
cent Of their respective capitals. This provision
10 the charter II s supposed, was inserted out OF
hostility to the bank; but 1t can do it no harm
The Bank of the Commonwealth can readily ar
range with each Of the subscribing banks, so as
amply TO protect itself II may. independent oil
the ordinary provision to meet their notes % shey
accumulate In the hands OF the bank, require them
10 pledge their stock In the bauk for the ultimate
redemption Of those notes, which, with the State
| stock held by the State Treasurer to redeem the
circulation of those banks. will certainly be ample
security against loss. But we understand that by
common consent, 1t 10 agreed that the banks will
make no subscription until the Bank Of the Com
monwealth IL organised and the con titions oil
their subscriptions shall be fully understood
We shall be glad to see this new bank organized
and 10 operation. We have always believed that
an independent bank in this city, uutrsmmslled
aud unburthened with branches, would do a bet
ter business than it could do elogged with those
of shoots; and We anticipate that, II the Bank o
the Commonwealth is wisely organised and ener
geticaliy and prudently conducted, 1t will afford
conclusive evidence of the correctness of this opn
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-26
Excursion to Mount Vernon.

For some time past an advertisement has APP
peared in the Dispatch, announcing an Excursion
to Mount Vernon on Saturday next, for the benefit
of the Mount Vernon fund. The railroad aud
steamboat companies have with comm e dabie
liberality and patriotism given their services on
the occasion in aid of the cause which appeals to
all hearts. The extra train leaves the city at 7
o'clock In the morning, aud having visited Mount
Vernon the passengers leave at 3 o'clock and
arrive here at 9P. NJ. The Excursion will no
doubt be pleasant one and full of interest. Tho
occasion would be a favorable one to the young
ladies of the schools for agreeable recreation
Ses advertisement