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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

No DIvoRCE.- Tn South Carolina
there is no divorce after marriage; wed
for life must be the fact in law when an
instance of divorce has never been
known therel-It has been authorita-
lively settled that no judicial tribunal
in the State has authority to declare
decree of divorce for any cause what
soever. If the power exists at all, it is
in the Legislature, which had hitherto
never thought proper to exercise the
power. Further, it has been deter
mined by tho courts of South Carolina,
that a marriage solomnized in that
State is indissoluble by the sentence of
any court in a sister State, so as to af-
feet the rights or condition of this par
ties in South Carolina. 1t will be seen,
then, that it is much easier TO tie the
knot than to undo it. With rare ex-
coptions, the ceremony of marriage is,
in fact, performed by a clergyman; but
the indissolubility of the marriage COR
tract is not only part of the law, but it
is the fixed and habitual sentiment Of
the community on the subject of di-
vorce.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08
Dueling.

If every State of our Union would
but follow the example Of Illinois, the
time would not be far distant when such
tragedies as that in which Senator Brod.
erick lost his life would be unknown.
The Chicago Press and Tribune relates
the history of the first duel that was ev-
er fought in the "Hoosier States"
In the year of 1920, Alphonso Stew
art and William Bennett fought with ri
hes in St. Clair county, and Stewart fell
mortally wounded on the first fire. Ben
nett effected his escape into Arkansas,
where he remained two years. His
whereabouts however, was discovered,
he was arrested, brought back, indicted,
tried, convicted of murder and executed.
Bond, who was at that time Governor of
Illinois, was necessarily besieged by the
friends of Bennett and the advocates of
"the gentlemen's code" who prayed for
his pardon But the Governor turned
a deaf ear to all their entreaties and
clamorings, and the majesty of the Of
Tended law was vindicated. Bennett was
hung beforej the public and dueling in
Illinois was crushed out. It's bloody
practice and requires rigid treatment.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08
Gbr Yomr GirtIr.
why Don't You Learn a Trade.

We clip the following from the Nays
vile Eagle, hoping that it will not only
be persued, but that the absurd ideas
formed by most of the young men of
the non-rcspectability of a trade, will
beat once and forever banished from
their minds:
The question was propounded in our
hearing few days since, to young
man who had been for several months
unsuccessfully seeking employment as
a clerk or salesman in some of our lead
ing houses. Complaining of his ill
luck, one of his friends who knew he
had mechanical talent, but doubted
whether he could make himself useful
either as a clerk or salesman, put the
interrogatory to him which we have
blaeed as the captain of this artical.
The reply was, mot SO respectable as
mercantile occupation" Under this
delusive idea our stores are crowded
with young men who have capacity for
business, and who, because Of the fam
cied respeetability of doing nothing,
waste away their minority upon salaries
which can not possibly liquidate their
expenditures.
Late too late in life they discover
their error, and before they reach tie
age of thirty, many of them look with
envy upon the thrifty mechanic, whom,
in the days of their boyhoOd, they were
accustomed to deride. The false res
pectability which prevails in the sOi dis
faRt fashionable society of the present
day, has ruined thousands Of young
men, and will ruin thousands more.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08
miscellaneous.
Oregon.

e. M. Barnum, Esq, an attorney al
law, of the State of Oregon, dropped in
to our Office the other day, to subscribe
for the Farmer, when we had pleasant
chat with him about that far-of coun-
try. The present population of the
State is between $4,000 and $4,000.
The largest city is Portland, with a
population of 4 or 5000. Salem, the
capital of the State, and the residence
of Mr.. B., has a population of 1000.
This city is on the Willamette river
about seventy miles above Portland.
The valley of the Willamette is ex-
oeedingly fertile. The intervales and
prairies form good farming land, while
the uplands and mountains make ex-
cellent pasturage. Wheat, rye and oats
grow WELL The climate is too cold for
corn and peaches. But apples and
pears grow as large and fine as in any
part of the United States. The apples
grown in the valley last year, were sold
in San Francisco for 81 a bushel,
amounting to Sc head for every per-
son in the valley. This year apples
sell at from SO to 81. Manufacturing
has already commenced in Salem and
Portsmouth. One wooden establish
ment in Salem, employs 25 hands.
Wages are high. Good mechanics get
nearly twice as much as in Ohio. Farm
hands from 80 to 40 dollars per month
and board. Kitchen girls So per week.
is thriving. The Oregon
Farmer is published monthly at Port
land. Already several county agri-
cultural societies, and State Horti-
cultural Society, have been organized.
cattle and Morgan horses
have already been introduced. The
people Of Oregon are generally from
Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois.
Mr.. Barnum is himself a Buckeye. He
left Huron county for his present home
nine years ago. We hope to have a
letter now and then from him for pub
Iication.-[Ohio Farmer.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08
JUDGED BY THE COMPANY Yot KEE

JUDGED BY THE COMPANY rot KEEP.
Young persons cannot be too guarded
in respect to the company they keep,
for, however erroneous the conclusion
may be in certain cases, it is a fact not
to be lightly considered, that the char
acter of the man is judged by the COM
pany in which he is seen; and this on
the known law, that like has an affinity
with like. Many young man has lost
a golden opportunity because, in a sin
gle instance, perhaps, he has been seen
in the company of those known to have
bad habits or corrupt principles, and
been judged as like them. To all
young persons we would say, be exceed.
ingly careful as to the individuals with
whom you are seen. Your experience
is small, your knowledge of character
your principles of life only in
the forming state; and the inference in
your case will be that you incline to the
known habits of your supposed associ-
ates.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

THE Doom OF THE WoRLD.--ThC
North British Review, discoursing on
the doom of the world, has the following
remarks:
"What this change is we dare not
even conjecture; but we see in the
heavens themselves some traces of de-
structive elements and some indications
of their aunihilative power. The frag-
ments of broken planets, the descent
of meteoric stones upon our globe, the
whirling comets welding their loose
material at the solar surface, the volca-
mic eruptions in our own satellite, the
appearance of new stars, and the disap-
pearance of others, are all foreshadows
of that impending convulsiOn to which
the world is doomed. Thus placed on
planet which is to be burnt up, and un-
der heavens which are to pass away;
thus residing, as it we're, on the ceme-
teries and dwelling upon mausoleums
of former worlds, let us learn the les
sons of humanity and wisdom, if we
have not already been taught in the
school of revelation"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08
Lack Of Reverence in the Young.

Rev. A. Smith, Commissioner of Pub
lie Schools in Ohio, in recent report,
makes some forcible remarks upon the
want of good manners shown by the
youth of the present day, in their con-
duet towards the aged. After alluding
to the Difference and respect which the
youth of former days were taught to ex-
tend to their superiors in age and wis
dom, he says:
But where, in all our land, does this
good old practice now prevail2 Who
does not know that bows and courtesies
on the part of our boys and girls, are
obsolete? It has been remarked that
"there are thousands Of boys in this
great country, not one of whom has
ever made a bow, unless when he had
occasion to dodge a snow ball, brick
bat, or boulder" :"
Some eight or ten winters since, ex-
Governor Everett, of Massachusetts,,
with the late Amos Lawrence, was in a
sleigh, riding into Boston. As they ap-
preached a school house, a score of
Young boys rushed into the street to
enjoy their afternoon recess. Said the
Governor TO his friend, "Let us OBJ
serve whether these boys make obei-
sance to US, as we we're taught fifty
wears ago." At the same time he ex-
pressed the fear that the habits of ci-
Witty were less practiced than formerly.
As they passed the school-house all
question and doubt upon the subject re-
ceived a speedy if not satisfactory set
tlement, for each one Of those twenty
juvenile New Englanders did his best
at snow-balling the way-faring dignita-
ries.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

OLD HUNDRED.-If it be true that
Luther composed that tune, and if the
worship of mortals is carried on the
wings of angels to heaven, how often
has been heard the declaration, "They
are singing old Hundred now. y
The solemn strain carries us back to
the times of the Reformers--Luther
and his devoted band. He, doubtless,
was the first to strike the grand old
chords in the public sanctuary of his
own Germany. From his stentorian
lungs it rolled, vibrating not through
the vaulted cathedral roof, but along a
grander arch, the eternal heavens. He
wrought into each note his own sublime
faith, and stamped it with that faiths S
Immortality. Hence it cannot die
Neither men nor angels will let it pass
into oblivion; but its melodious notes
will continue to be chanted as long as
the heavenly dome is open to receive
them.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

THE Committee appointed by the
Governor to report as to the feasibility Of
constructing a new Penitentiary, and
the best location for the same, will meet
at the Neil House, Monday, the 2lst
inst. Over dozen cities and towns
have made propositions to the committee
asking for the location, among which
are Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo,
GAINESVILLE, Portsmouth, Steubenville,
Independence, Springfield, Massillon,
Chillicothe, Norwalk, and Newark. A
delegation from NOrwalk, on the subject,
was in the city yesterday. An errOn-
eous idea is entertained by many, that
this committee has the power to fix up
on location for a new Penitentiary.
The penitentiary itself is not fixed up
on by the Legislature, and if one be
built, woe to the manufacturing inter
ests of the town that gets ito. s.
Journal.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08
The Latest from Texas.

New ORLEANS, Nov. 25.-The Leg.
islature of Texas has authorized the
Governor to call out all the troops nee.
essay for the protection Of the front
ier.
The Governor has appointed Captain
Ford commander of the troops. Capt.
Ford started for the Rio Grande on the
18th inst.
The Legislature had also ordered Che
troops to arrest CortiDas and his band.
The reports from Brownsville had
created intense excitement throughout
Texas.
The small town Of Gonzales had
raised two hundred men in two days.
Cortinas had returned Mr.. Campbell,
Deputy Sheriff, to Brownsville un-
harmed, against the wishes of his men.
Gen. Houston recommends the Legis-
lature to authorize a regiment Of noun
ted men to protect the frontier from the
of this Indians.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 26.--The latest
advices from Brownsville, to the 10Th
instant, say that the town was still close
ly besieged. An expedition was pre-
pairing to march against Cortinas.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08
"Tho World Owes Me a Living"

No such thing, Mr.. Fold-up-your-
hands; the world owes you not a single
cent. You have done nothing these
twenty years but consumed the products
earned by sweat of other mems brows.
"You have eat and drank and slept; what thcn1
Why, eat and drank and slept again"
And this is the sum total of your life.
AMI the world owes you a livingl For
WHAT How comes it indebted to you
to that trihing amount2 What have
you done for it7 What family in dis
tress have you befriended2 What pro-
ducts have you created2 What miseries
have you alleviated2 What acts have
you perfected The world owes you
living, idle man2 Never was there a
more absurd idea. You have been a
sponge-a tax upon the world ever
since you came into it. 1t is your cred
itor to a vast amount. Your liabilities
are immense, your assets are nothing,
and yet you say the world is owing you.
The amount which you stand indebted
to the world is greater than you will
ever have the power to liquidate.
You owe the world the labor of your
two strong arms, and all the skill in
work they might have gainedi you owe
the world the labor of tina. brain of
yours, the sympathies of that heart,
the energies of your being; you owe
the world the whole moral and intellec-
tual capabilities of a man. Awake,
then, from that dreaming, do-nothing
slothfulness in which you live, and let
us no longer hear that false assertion
that the world is owing you, until you
have done something.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08
THE woRKINGMEN.

The noblest men know on earth,
Arc mon whose hands are brown with TOLL
Who, backed by no ancestral graves,
Hew down the woods and till the soil,
And win thereby proudor fame
Than follows king'sor warriors name.
The workingmen, whate'er their task,
To carve the stone or bear tho hod--
3, They wear upon their honest brows
The royal stamp and seal Of Godl
And brighter are their drops OF sweat
Than diamonds In a coronct.
God bless the noble workingmon,
Who rear the cities Of the plain,
Who dig the mines and build the ships,
And drive tho commerce Of the main;
God bless them, for their swarthy hands
Have wrought the glory Of all lands.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

al thought I warned you particularly,
cook, against boiling my eggs hard.
Now, how is thisP Here they are boil
ed fit for a salad, in spite of every di-
rection. What did 1 tell your" Cook
-"Ohl sir, l remember exactly what
you told me, and acted accordingly. The
eggs was in the water, to a moment, pre-
cisely nine minutes" Jones--"Nine!
l told you three" Cook--"Yes, sir,
but there's three eggs. OF course, if
one takes three minutes, boiling three
must take nine. 1 may be a fool, sir,
but l happen to know what three times
three makes, for all thatl"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08
4OlitiraI.

R6y- The Buffalo Commercial Adver-
tiser, a staunch American journal, says
of the recent speech of Mr.. CORwIN in
that city:
1--WE attended the meeting as a look
er.on, in which as Americans we had no
participation. 1t was Republican in its
call, its officers, and nominally so in its
proceedings. But if the speech Of Mr. +.
Corwin is to be taken as a truthful in
dication Of Republican sentiment in the
State of New York, then indeed Pre the
barriers broken down, and the way for
a union of the Opposition in 1860 made
so plain that he who runs may read.
Assure us that the speech ofMr. Corwin
is a fair exposition of Now York Re
publicanism, and the summer of next
year will find us shoulder to shoulder
with all those who advocate its doct-
ripcs."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

FINGER RINGs.- The proper finger
on which ring should be worn, and
the Specification thereof is perfectly
understood in England. But in this
country, nothing is more common than
to see a school miss with ring on the
wedding finger and married woman
with one on the engagement fingers
The proper finger is as follows:
When a lady is not engaged, she
wears a diamond ring on her first finger;
if engaged, on the second; if married;
on the third; and on the fourth ifshe
intends to be a maid. When a gentle
man presents a fan, flower or trink-
cts to lady with the left hand, this on
his part is an overture of regard: should
she receive it with the left hand it is
considered an acceptance of his esteem;
but if with the right hand, it is a
refusal of the offer. Thus by a few
simple tokens, explained by rule. the
passion of love is expressed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

Some very amusing scenes occur at
the offices of naturalization. Here is
one of them.
Judge--"Do you know OBrienT"
Irish Witness--"Yes, sir"
Judge--"Is he man of good moral
character?"
Witness-(quite bewildered.) "Sure,
yer honor, 1 don't know what moral
character names"
Judge--"Well, sir, 1 will talk more
plainly to you. Does O'Brien stand
fair before the community"
s-(completely nonplussed. -
"By my sowl, 1 don't apprehend your
naming, yer honor"
Judge-(rather irritated.) 81 mean
to ask you, sir, if O'Brien, the person
who wants to be a citizen, and for whom
you are a witness, is a good man or not2"
Witness-"Oh! why didn't you Ak me
that way before? To be sure he is a
good man. Sure and I've seen him in
ten fights during the last two years, and
every time he licked his man."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

STRONG MEN.--The strongest man of
whom we have authentic record was
Thomas Topbam, who exhibited in Lon
don about two hundred years ago. He
ws able to lift with his hands 800
pounds, and with straps and a scaffold-
ing 1900. The Belgian giant, who visi-
ted this country some years ago, could
also lift 800 pounds with his hands, and
straighten himself under two tons
There is no instance known Of any per-
son lifting with his hands more than
800 pounds. Topham was s feet 10
inches in hight, and weighed 900 pounds
the hight of the Belgian giant was 7
feet 6 inches, and his weight 800 pounds;
while DIR. Winship Is but feet inches
in hight, and weighs 142 pounds We
see by this that there are no means of
judging a persons strength, but by see
ing him lift.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

PUT THINGS IN ORDER.-Stables are
often neglected till they are absolutely
needed. See to it now, that they are
cleared of corn stalks, pumpkins and
tools, and that the floors and managers
are sound, and that the arrangements
for fastening cattle, whether stanchions,
chains or ropes, are in perfect order
We may soon expect cold storms, in
which the cattle will suffer more from
exposure than in whole weeks of real
winter weather. Homestead
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08
FASHIONS CHANGED.--The Paris cor

FASHIONS CHANGED.--The Paris cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Bulletin
writing of the fashions says:
Bonnets at Paris are increasing daily
in size. They are very high in front
come over the forehead and entirely
conceal the hair; frightful things, |
think. Belts of gold and silver braid,
with odd shaped buckles, like little
shields, are the rage; they are mostly en-
ameled with Byzantine, Chinese or ara.
besque designs, aud are very handsome
Then there are the most extraordinary
trimmings for dresses, perfectly militia
ry, called Garniture des Guides, Garni-
ture de l. Etat Major; they are made up
of epaulettes, aiguilletes, cords, &C., in
gold and ribbon lace, and jet beads
The moire antique, superb as it is, has su-
perceded satin; some tartans in this stuff
are exquisite. Hoops are descending
and increasing in size, the lower circum-
ferance of lady's dress is something
marvellous.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

The private advices from Louisiana,
regarding the present Sugar crop, leave
no doubt whatever that it will be short
one, as compared with last year. The
outside estimate, Of those disinterested,
is 300, 900 hhds; but others place it as
low as 25O,0OO. The dry weather Of
October, it is said, will shorten it fully
20, 900 hhds. From the various private
letters we have seen, we are induced to
form the opinion that 275, 900 hhds will
be as much as can be made, and proba-
bly, not quite SO much as this.-[Cin. P.
Current.
Judge Terry has been indicted by
the Grand Jury of San Francisco eoun-
ty, and placed under $4,000 bonds,
for killing Broderick.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08
What's good for ones good all around,

What's good for ones good all around,
in the long run. I'm no friend to
young fellers marr'ng afore they know
the difference between a crab an an ap-
pie; but they may wait DER long. "TC
be sure" said Mrs. Poyser, eff you 60
past your dinner time, there'll be little
relish O. your meat. You turn it Ger
and Ger wi your fork, and don't eat it
after all. You find faut wi your meat,
an the faults all i your own stomach" "
+ Adam Bede.
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YOttrg
WHY DON'T HE GOMEZ

ny mrs. FRANCIS n. GAGE.
"why don't he comet he promised still,
Before the full orb'd moon was seen
Rising beyond the village Hill,
He'd meet me here upon the grccn.
And will he comet my heart beats Wild
wish Z would throb more calm and slow
! love him like very child
But will never tell him So"
"Ho! Agnes dear, thou art betrayal
Thanks to this woodbine's shcltering bower,
Else had the promise just now made
Have cost me many an anguishcd hour.
Nay, y,tblush not, struggle not, tits DONE
Thou'st told me all 1 long to know,
MY task IL over, victory won;
You love me, and have told me so.'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

A story is circulating to the effect
that the Republicans intend to stop the
clamor of the Democrats, charging them
with completely with the Harper's Fer
ry rioters, by moving the appointment
Of committee to investigate the con-
duct of Secretary Floyd and the Cabi.
net, in disregarding the warning letter
received from Cincinnati, and leaving
the public property unprotected. This
would effectUally turn the tables on the
agitators, and shut their mouths, ifthe
New York election has not sufhced for
that purpose.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

New YORK MAYORALrY.-The no
torious Fernando Wood is the candidate
of the anti-Tammany Democracy for
Mayor; the Tammany candidate is ex-
Mayor VIM. F. Havemeyer, who it is
probable, will be elected. The Repub-
licans have nominated DIR. OPDYKE,
who is said to be an excellent man for
the position. H.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-12-08

Too MANY THINGS AT ONcE.-If you
want to distinguish yourself devote
your mind to the accomplishment of
some one purpose, and don't fritter away
its energies upon the semi. acquisition
of half a dozen. GA little learning is
a dangerous thing" in all cases, for il
always misleads. "Knives that contain
ninety blades, four corkscrews and a
boot jack" said somebody, once, "are
seldom brought into action. In at
tempting too much, they usually per-
feet nothing" Take lesson from this
fact. "Whatevever is worth doing at
all, is worth doing WE'LL" and whatever
is not worth our while to learn to do
we'll, it is only time lost in endeavoring
to do specifically. This is the true
system of study, and if carefully car
ried out, will save many a pang of re-
morse over many wasted moment.