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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-03-11
For the Newn.

After a half hours hard work, I made out
that enigma by Skundy It's right provok-
ing after you work awhile at an enigma, and
You begin to think you've got hold Of a r0user,
20 find that it's full Of mistakes, aud that
that is the hard part Of IT,. Skundy says girls
are very fond Of "lear," that there is a river
called "Ohia," and that "Scs" Is a girls
nickname. "Ses" probably lives in "Hiqhlad"
CO., or probably Skuudy had a "bad code, -
and couldn't say Highland. Seriously, Mr.,
Editor, persons who write enigmas, ought to
be sure that they contain no mistakes before
they send them, The "great institution, 4"
thought, was the Female College, but il
"l0erenP'-it is, "The Highland Sare- Horn
Band" Yours truly, PlTCHEN IN.
P.S. Maybe the "deuH" set the types, and
done all the deviment, and Skundy's skirts
are clear. What says the "dsUH"2 P.
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I NEVER FoRGrvE.-In the course
of voyage to America, Mr., Wesley
heard Gen. Oglethorpe, with whom
he sailed, making a great noise in the
cabin, upon which he stepped in to know
the cause. Tho General Immediately
addressed him, saying, "DIr Wesley,
you must excuse me. / have met with
a provocation too great for man to bear.
You know the wine I drink is Cyprus
wine, as it agrees with me the best Of
any; I therefore provided myself with
several dozens Of it, and this villain
(his servant, who was present, almost
dead with fear) "drank up the whole of
liz. But will be revenged on him.
have ordered him to be tied hand and
foot; and to be carried to a man-of-war
which sails with us. The rascal should
have taken care how he used me so,
for L never forgive" "Then, sir,
said Mr. Wesley, boxing calmly at him,
"I hope you never sin" The Gen,
confounded at the reproof, threw the
keys to the servant, and bade him dc
better in future Here, then, is the
point: if we would never forgive, we
must never sin. The very proneness tC
sin which we find in ourselves should
| be a most powerful incentive to the cul
tivation Of a spirit Of forgiveness.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-03-11

A PoOR MECHANIC MADE AN HEIR
TO 5000, ,O00.-Iti is pleasant for a poor
man to reflect that he has rich relatives
who manifest their remembrance Of
him in substantial manner. An act
illustrating the beauty Of such circum
stances has occurred to a poor mechanic
Of this city, who has become heir to a
fortune Of 100000 Cor S2OO,O ,O0O,) by the
win Of a relative lately deceased in
Australia. The will Is in the hands Of
a gentleman Of this oity--having extern
siye practice in the prosecution Of
claims for heirs-to whom has been
given the recovery Of the estate Chi
cago Dem, 18th.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-03-11

AN EYE TO BUsINEss.-The follow
ing is a verbatim copy of the proclama-
ton with which a deputy sheriff of Col
usa county, California, closed a district
court a while since
"Oyesi Oyes y Oyez III The honor
able the 9th district court in and for the
county of Colusa is now adjourned un-
til the next regular term; the races will
commence over the Colusa course on the
18TH and any gentleman in this crowd
who fatters himself that he has an ami
NAL that can beat my horse for a single
dash of a mile may then and there, on
the day aforesaid, by trotting out the
aforesaid animal, have an opportunity
to win all and singular the scads now in
my pocket
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9ottrg.
TO MY COAT.

ONE or nERANGER's MOST FAMOUS SONGS.
Though scarcely worth one pallry groot,
Thou 'rt dear TO me, my poor old coats
For full ten years my friend thou 'st been
For full ten years I've brushed thee clean;
And now, like me, thou'rt old aud vans
with both the glow Of youth Is cones
But, wan and shabby as thou art,
Thou and the poet shall not part,
Poor Coat
I've not forgot the birthday eve
When irst I donned thy glossy sleeve,
When iOvial friends, in maniHuV wine,
Drank 10Y and health TO me and mine.
Our indipence let some despise,
We're dear as ever in their eyes.
And for their sakes, old as thou art
Thou and the poet shall not part,
Poor Coat
One evening, I remember yet,
I, romping, fgignod 70 fly Lisettoi
She strove her lover to retain,
And the lrail skirt was rent I'm twain,
Dear girl! she did her best endeavor
And patched thee up on we'll as ever,
And for her sake, old 0s thou art,
Thou and the poet shall not part,
Poor Coat.
Never, my coat hast thou been found,
Bending thy shoulders to the ground,
From any upstart "Lord" or "Grace,"
To beg a pension or place.
wild forest flowers-no monarch IS dole
Adorn thy modest buttou-holoi
II but for that, old as thou art,
Thou aud the poet shall not part,
Poor Coat.
Poor though We be, my good old friend,
No gold shall bribs our backs TO bend,
Honest amid temptations past,
We will be honest TO the last;
Far more prize thy virtuous rags
Than all the lace a courtier brags;
And while live and have a heart,
Thou and the poet shall not part,
Ny Coat.
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For the News
Miscellaneous Enigma.
am composed Of 81 letters.
MY /, 10, n, %, 10, 81, is a country In
Europe.
My 7,I6, I3,2I,o,3, is town in Ala.
bama,
My S, II, 70, 10, 4, 2, 3, is town in
Louisiana.
My 6, 90. 1873, r,l9, g, 81, is capital oil
one oil lhe u. States.
My ], 10, IS a river In Europe
My 81, ., l3 IS river in Russia,
My Z, 9, H. II, 3, 4, -, S, is a county in
N. Jersey.
My s, 6, 10, 10, IS, Ia a country in Asia.
My So, 3, 5, 10, Ia 81, is town In N
Carolina.
My 3, I9,lO,9,6,5,II,lO, 2. II, IG, 10
Z, is one Of The u. States.
My l9,3,9,1l, g, 1G, 9, is one Of The iv
great ukeg.
My 5,2,2l, is cape on the eastern ooos
Of the u. States.
My 1, ~, II, 70, Is a town IN Indiana.
My whole is q Railroad I'm Louisiana.
PLUTARCH.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-03-11

song. Father, mother, brothers, sis
ters were beside us then, and we talked
Of the little warbler as a thing that we
loved But the corner, and the cricket,
and the home Of our childhood are all
gone, swept by time into the returnless
abyss of the past And those who lis
tened with us, where are Hey2 Father,
mother, brothers, sisters, where are
they?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-03-11

PATENT MEDICINE.-The following
certificate to the efficacy of Patent Pills
is taken from the Philadelphia Mercury:
1, John Lubberlie, was supposed to
be in the last stage Of consumption in
the year rs, suffering at the same time
under severe attack of rheumatism,
liver complaint, gravel, dropsy, and
cholera morbus, Simultaneously, also,
[ took yellow fever and smallpox The
latter assuming the chronic form of
scrofula, completely de troycd my lungs,
liver, spinal marrow, nervous system,
and the entire contents of my Uranium.
1 got so low, that 1 did not know my
brother.in-law, when he came to bor-
row some money. For three months l
swallowed nothing but twenty packages
of Eunkelhausen's pills which effected
an immediate cure in two weeks Sworn
and subscribed, &c,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-03-11

DEATH FROM Excess OF JoY.-A
letter from Warsaw, in the Gazette de
Silesia, makes mention of the following
melancholy instance of sudden death
from excess of ioy:--M. dc Bouzonki,
formerly a colonel in the Polish army,
who had been exilcd in consequence Of
political events, had recently arrived in
Poland, (pardoned by the late amnesty
where he reioinod his family after 26
years separation, He once more met
his wife, whose state Of health preven-
ed her sharing his ezile his daughter
whom he had left child but who was
now married to one Of the most omi-
nent physicians of the city, and was
perfectly happy. A delightful future
seemed to await the colonel, who was q
man still apparently healthy and vigor
GUS He arrived at II o'clock on the
night Of the 18th ult., and had passoC
several hours Of the utmost ioyousness
with his family. In the morning, how
ever, he was found dead in his bed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-03-11

A RICH LETTER.-Tho principal Of
public school has been sending circu-
lars to the parents Of his pupils, which
signed and returned will authorize
him to infiet such punishment, oorpore-
ally or otherwise, as may in their judg-
ment be proper. The following an
swor proves that some of the parents
are quite pllasad with the idea "Deer
Mr.. Rattan-Your foging cirklor is du-
ly receaved. 1 hope, as to my John,
you will fog him jus as oftin as you
kin, Heas a bad boy--is John. Altho
I've bin in habit of teskin him myself,
it seems to me he never will larn ami
thing-his spellin is spesially outrageous.
ly de6sient. Wallup him well, ser, and
you will reoeave my harty thanks. p
S. Wat accounts for John bein sich a
scollar is that he is my sun by my fust
wifo's fust husband"
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"And shun, oh, shun the enchanted cup,
Though now its draught like joy appears,
Ere long It will be famed by sighs,
Aud sadly mixed with blood and tears"
They laid her, still and cold, to rest,
Her white hands folded on her breast
They parted back her soft brown hair,
Above her meek brow, pure and fair,
And closed her eyes, no more they'll weep,
For ole gIveth His beloved sleep"
Christmas, merry Christmas, dawned
over the land The laugh of child
hood, the joyous tones of youth, the
good mans praise, and the royeller'.
song, all, all, rosounded over the world
each in their different ways celebrating
the Christmas Day.
1t was drawing near night, in the
village of Bloomvale, when a tall, proud
looking man stepped from the tavern
A flush was on his cheek, a wild ligh
in his eyes, and when he started across
the street, his feet would not go straight
and his form swayod to and fro.
cha, ha, haw burst from the crowC
he had just left; cha, ha, HAP
"Do any Of you want to build
fence ?" exclaimed one. off they do
just go ahead. The line is already
marked out"
Again the laugh rung out loudly up
on the winter air. The jest and tn,
laughter reached the ear Of the drunker
man. and turning quickly, with ange
flashing from his eyes, he lost his oqui
librium, and fell PROSTATE in the mid
die Of the street.
A great roar Of laughter swolled ou
again from the wicked throng. Stac,
Humes, the young pastor, was passin,
down the sidewalk. In moment h,
was by the fallen mans side. Tn
yoarning, plying look, that dawned il
the preachers eyes, might have remind
ed you Of the plaintivo, musical voice
which resoundod amidst the wicke,
multitude, in the temple Of the ancien
city, long ago. "Oh, Jerusalem, Joru
salem, thou that killest the prophets
al 4 4
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the writer, an old friend and physician
tried it in cases Of hydrophobia, and al.
ways with success.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-03-11

CoUNTERFEIT S23 gold pieces are in
circulation, which are a good imitation
Of the genuine, but are too light
Counterfeit Eagles dated 1847, very
well executed, with an 90" under the
eaglo, are also circulating, Look out
for them
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'anged ifI tell you anything more about
t."
Billy felt his dignity insulted and no
coazing on tho part Of Burton could in
duce him TO finish his recital
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or the news.
Arithmetical Problem.

HIIIHLIVUIOUI q LIOlIoIL6
II is required to enclose a garden, lGO feet
wide, aud containing one acre, with a wall 8
feet inches high, and bricks thick, leaving
one gateway y feet wide, aud one private
entrance 6 It. inches, by #. inches, what
would it cost, the estimate being at the rate
of SS per 1000 brcks2 QUANTUM.
Marshall, o.
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They laid her, still and cold, to rest,
Her white hands folded on her breast
They parted back her soft brown hair,
Above her meek brow, pure and fair,
And closed her eyesi no more they'll weep
For Gle giveth His beloved sleep''
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-03-11

TAuswer to Enigma by "Sphinx':-"Bal e
timore Oysters"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-03-11
Original STORY,
Written for the News.
The Girl-Friends.
CHAPTER XI.
b Y MARY D.

"And shun, oh, shun the enchanted cup,
Though now its draught like joy appears,
Ere long It will be famed by sighs,
Aud sadly mixed with blood and tears"
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-26
THE PowHATAN MEETING.

We call attention to the communication "i
Mr.. William Old, Jr.. contained in another CO.
lumn-
Mr.. Old denies the assertion Of our informant,
10 the effect that the resolution favorable TO Mr..
Letchcr's nomination was not brought forward
until the main business of the meeting had
been concluded, and after large number OF
citizens had absented themselves from the meet
ing
We have never received permission I" dis
close the name Of the gentleman who furnished
the information referred to. Having given the
public both statements. We have done all with
in our power to furnish satisfactory cluci'la.
ton Of the matter.
We are happy to learn from Mr.. Odds state
ment that the resolution referred to presents
no reliable index Of the preference Of the Pow
hatan Democracy. II Seems that the meeting
was entirely impromptu being summoned on
the spot bv mere RIGA core proclamation
made Of the Court House door that large
number OF Democrats even among those who
were on the ground, withheld themselves from
the meeting; that Mr. Old himself considered
the meeting too small to give mandatory in
structions; and that the expression Of prefer
encc was considered as binding only on the
persons who voted for it.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-26
TUE HOME JOURNAL.

The Philadelphia News" pays the following
well-dcscrved compliment 10 this excellent jour
nal:
Referring to the South reminds us that the
Home journal has in the course Of publication
series of original letters and sketche, c'
Southern life, BY Southern gentleman, which
are creating most agreeable sensation all over
the country, and doing much to promote good
feeling between the North and South. We do
not know who the author is, but LET him he
who he may. he certainly holds an nimltaoIe
pen. His productions are doing more TO en-
tend the circulation Of the Home journal than
any that:ha yet graced its charming columns.
Higher praise than this no newspaper writer
need require, since it is universally admitted
by the best Judges that the Journal has no rival
at home or abroad, a, all instructive, 'ha>tr'
lively, entertaining family paper.
We are violating no obligation "i serr",y'
saws the Charleston Courier" in guessing that
the contributor Of the "TIome Journal here
referred to in emphatic but well-merited com
mendation. is Joseph W. TAYLOR Of Green e"nn'
- l1obatne
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-26
HOW IT WAS MANAGED IN Campbell"
The following letter speaks Tor ltScli. It IS
signed by prominent Democrat Of Campbell
county, and endorsed by others:

The following letter speaks LOT itacil. IL N
signed by prominent Democrat Of Campbell
county, and endorsed by others:
To tho Editors OF the Enquirer:
CAMPBELL CouRr IIorsE, Nov. H. lsos.
Conference.-The resolutions adopted by tho
meeting at our last Court recolnmendatory OF
the Hon. John Letcher for Governor, are not
true exponent Of the sentiment Of Il majority
of the people Of the county. They were con.
coctcd in Lynchburg. "cut and dried, and
brought here lin his pocket by an Editor, ac-
companied by others; and do not reflect the
true notion Of the people hereabomts.
We want man in the Gubernatprial Chair
Of this vencrated Commonwealth, who will
dignity the positicn-Such a man as Henry y.
Edlnundson. Of Roanoke man without re-.
proacl. who will bc sustained by the votes Of
onc.half the Democrats and large number Of
the Whigs--hi> personal friends in this COM
munitv.
The resolutions Of instruction, adopted at our
last Court. were passed by the meagrc majority
of onlv three! We enter our solemn protest
against any such riratical proceeding. There
were plenty Of citizens Of the ro"aty proper on
the grolnd-true and good Dcnocrats--who
would have voted against the resolutions as not
expressive Of the true sentiments OF the coun-
ty. They have SO expressed themselves sub
ssqucn,ly. ASb OTHERS.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-26
cuBA-MR FAULKNER.

The Free Press" in it, account Of the re-
cent public dinner at Charlestowu, Virginia,
saws. that Mr.. Faulkner gave a sketch Of his
visit and sojourn in Cuba, Of whose history
and position he desired to know something in
person. and whose acquisition by the country
he deemed essential both to our interest and
safety We learn from another source that
Mr.. Faulkner further said he desired 10 acquire
this personal knowledge Of the Island when
he had done bv his visit in is;5 because ne
then, as now believed that Cuba was AL eS'"''-
tal limb of this Continental r-puhli, -'mpor'
tant To our military and commercial INTEREST,"
and is As vital to the preservation Of our south
ern institutions rs was the acquisition oi leXas:
and that he vas prepared TO stand ~ any Nd
ministration whether Of !is own choice or not.
that would fairly. openly. honestly. and honor
ably add, with It's present social institutions
this gem Of the Antilles 10 our republic. whc'
ther acquired 10y the power Of the purs" or ~
tn.. mower of the s%ord.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-26
LAW PARTNERSHIP.

We are gratitied TO announce the lorna
ton of partnership in the practice of the
law, between the accomplished Attorney Gene
raj of the State, John Randolph Tucker, Esq
and Mr. John A. Patton, Jr., Of this city
Both are young men. indeed; but neither
can be properly called young lawyer Both
have been tested by years Of active prac-
tice in the profession, and each has gained
n reputation which old and successful
practitioners may envy. We VIII MOI
wish these gentlemen success, for they
have already won it. Bu, we congratulate thu
community and the State on u union Of talents
and requirements which must prove highly
beneficial 10 very large circle Of business
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-26
Hon. ". Newton On the Future Of Virginia an
John Loteher as her Governor

We have already had occasion 70 review this
address when it appeared in the papers OF the
day. The address has since been issued in
handsome pamphlet form by Messrs. Macfar-
! lane K FERGUSON, printed in large type and
we now recur to the address to present an issue
to the readers and admirers Of Mr.. Ncwton's 5
views on 1.-The future" Of Virginia. With that
future, no position has SO much influence as the
Gubernatorial; no man SO much weight rs the
Governor The future Of Virginia is identified
with her institution Of slavery. 1t is the exis-
tence of this institution that has brought about
the very crisis that Mr. Newton apprchcnds is
to destroy the Union. and place Virginia as
1.-The leading Star Of Great Southern Con.
stclation." But will the great Southern Con-
stelation' be likely to regard as leader, State
with Governor who has pronounced this very
institution social and political evil. black
vomit" yellow fever" and applied to the ill.,
stitution Of slavery every cpithet that the Io-
cabulsry Of Greeley and Garrison could invent:
Mr. Newton, speaking rs no politician" ''in
the interest of no faction or party but "as
a Virginian," and "in the true spirit Of Nirgi
mia" proclaimed to the sors Of Virginia that
"wc are in the midst of deceitful calm. The
cry i, peace. peace. when there is no peace.
Shall We now, in 1.-The midst Of this dcceitful
calm, place at the helm Of the vessel man
who has, in his past life, abandoned, deserted
and abused the very institution that produced
the storm that has been followed hy Mr. New
toms "dcccitful calm:
When Mr. Newton say, "we have arrived at
that period i'll our history which was So clearly
forcseen. and so deeply deplored, by the great
political philosophers Of the South shall We
place at the head Of public affairs the only
man. among his competitors en- Virginia, who
denied the philvsophy Of the great political
philosophers of the South" and pronounced
the great subject of their theories as "a social
and political eyil'--a "black vomit" and vel
low fever" Mr. Newton says, "thc power Of
the Government has passed to the North of
course, TO the anti.slavcry section-and will
the Democracy oi Virginia place Mr.. I.etchcr
in the Gubcrnatoral chair, when only eleven
years ago he desired TO place one.half Of Eir-
GINA. not only in the hands Of the North. but
to make it fostering sore in immediate contact
with Eastern Virginia:
when the crisis comes and Mr. Newton
SAYS, come it must, Virginia, | trust, will be
prepared to meet it. The path Of interest and
duty and honor lies plain before her" Bu,
Mr. Letcher, may never find that path, espc-
ciallv If Rutrncrism should once more come over
him.
The effect o! Southern coniederacy in al.
vanrins all the great interest Of Virginia.
would be immediate and incalcuabe." Would
Mr.. Ietcher be more likely 10 advance "a
Southern Confederacy" than Henry \. Ed
mundson, who stood by Brooks, who came
nearer bringing about a Southern Confeleracy
thsn any other man in Congress.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-26

or calcarious strata Of the English fields OF
that age. Yet We arc not prepared to contra
dict the circumstantial evidence. which
few broken fossil fish and uncertain ami
indistinct fossil fora have been made to give
in favor Of so unfavorable All association
But VIZ must say, that most Of our biologists.
and Nuturalists too. have, III consequence,
done injustice 10 the value. the extent and cha
ractcr. OF This coal deposit They do not ven
turc an affirmation from personal knowledge,
or practical examination. hut draw unfavora
hle differences from untavorablc associations
The relationship We surnise, lies, however.
more in single trait than il, general features
OF constitutional character and wc do not fear
from the information we have obtained from
recent development and thorough invcstisa-
ton, 10 clear the Richmond coal licd-at least
in it, real. commercial or mineral value roml
any ai!iuiry with the inferior Goals 81 the
Vnlite or the lcoraSSir age We drplorc the
circumstances which lei To this injurious and
unnecessary conclusion. since il has only i'll
volvr,l the scientific aud the min-l in ,i"ub;
ami llnr.ltantv