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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28
Determining the Age Of Egypt.


An English Engineer, Leonard Hor-
ner, has been making some experiments
for determining the age of Egypt by
counting the layers Of alluvial deposit
along the banks of the Nile, made by
the annual overfowing. Mr.. Horner' s
researches arc made by sinking shafts
at various points. One of these was
sunk close to the great monolithic stat
ue of Rameses H., at Memphis, and it
was found that there were nine feet
four inches of Nile sediment below the
surface and the lowest part Of the plat
form on which the statue stands,
Below the platform the shaft was
driven thirty feet through the deposit
At the depth of thirty-nine feet pottery
was found in a good state of proserva.
ton. Taking the date of the erection
Of the statue at 1851 B. c., the find
ing of the pottery, together with the
examination of the different layers Of
deposit, Mr.. Hornor thinks he has dis
covered traces of the existence Of mar
III l,5OO years before the Christian era
or $500 years before the date at pres
ent fixed for the creation of the world
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

Truth IN A SMALL SPAoE.--The Bos-
ton Daily Advertiser, commenting upon
the proceedings Of the Charleston Con-
vention, truthiully says:
The idea that three hundred and three
picked men belonging to the same party
should spend a whole week in vain at
tempts to agree upon the terms of an
exposition of their common faith, es-
pccially when the leading doctrines Of
that faith have been previously affirmed,
would be ridiculous and iuezplicable,
but for this fact They hare no common
! ftth and tho time Is at hand when tho
slaveholding interest can no longer hnd
even in the subseryisnt ranks of its
Democratic allies, the puppets to do it5
bidding, aud unless thay viii be thus
subseryieut, it does not care for them
at all,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28
9ortrp
eARRATH In rHn oouNpRY.

The creaking wagon g I'm the shed,
The busy fail Is heard no m0r0i
Tho horse i5ltterod down and fod,
Tho harness hangs above his h0adt
Tho whip behind the door.
His loathcrn gloves and hooked bill
To-day the wo0dman throws osidei
Tho blaCksmith's fiery forge Go stiui
Tho wooden wheel of the old mill
Sleeps in The mill.dam wide
Tho mu,or's boat Is anchored where,
Far out, tho water-liigs sloopi
You see their shadows mirrored there
Tho broad white flowers reflected clear
Within the mill-poud deep
The harrow q iu tho garden shed,
Hoe, rake and spade are put away
Uuwoedod stands the Oni0n-bcdi
Tho gardener from his work hath dcdi
'Tis holy Sabbath day.
Upon the wall the whito cot sleeps,
BY which the churn and milk-psns lioi
A drowsy watch the h0uso-dUg keeps
And scarcely from his dull eye peeps
Upon the passer-by.
And swcotly over hill and dale
The silyery sounding church bells ring,
Across the moor and down the vale
Thoy come aud 90, and on the gale
Their Sabbath tidings Hing.
From where the whito-washcd Sunday School,
Peeps out between the pOpluu DIM
Which ever throw their shadows cool
Ear out upon the rushy pool,
You hear the sabbath hymn.
From farm and field, and grange grown gray,
From woodland walks and winding ways,
Tho old and young, the grave and guy
Unto the old church come 10 pray,
And sing Gods holy praise.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28
Theodore Parkor'a Literary Style

Theodore Parker's Literary Style.
EXTRACT FROM MS SERMON on "OLD
AGE. The very old man, he said,
loves the sunshine and the Ere, the arm
chair and the shady nook. A rude wind
would jostlo the full.grown apple from
it's bough, full ripe, full colored, too
The internal characteristics correspond
General activity is less Salient love
Of new things and Of new persons, which
lit the young mans heart fades away.
He thinks the old Is better. He is not
venturesome; he keeps at home. Pas
sion once stung him into quickened
life; now that gad ayis no more buz.
zing in his cars. Madame dc Stael
finds compensation in science for the
decay Of the passion that once fred her
blood heather Socrates, seventy years
old, thanks the gods that be is now
free from that "ravenous beast, which
had disturbed his philosophio medita-
tions for many years. Romance is the
child Of passion and imaginationi the
sudden father that; the long protracted
mother this. Old age has little romance
| Only some rare man like Wilhelm Won
Humboldt, keeps it still fresh in his DO.
som. In intellectual matters, the old
man loves to recall old times, to revive
his favOrite old men-no new ones half
so fair. So in Homer Nestor, who is
the oldest Of the Greeks, is always talk
ing Of the old times, before the grand
fathers of the men living had come into
being mot such as live in these degen
crate days Eersc.loving John Quin
! cy Adams turns of from Byron anC
Shelly, and Widland and Goethe, anC
returns to hope Elder Brewster ex
poets to hear St. Martins and Old Humid
red chanted in heaven. To him heav
en- comes in the long used musical ira
dition. The middle aged man look
around at the present; he has founD
out that it is a hard world; he hopes les
and works more. The old man look
back on the field he has trod; "This i
the tree planted; this is my footstep,
and he loves his old home, his old car
riage, cat, dog, staff and friend 1
lands where the vine grows l have see'
an old man sit all day long, a sunny au
tumn day, before his cottage door, in
great arm chair, his old dog crouchc
at his feet, in the genial sun. The au
tumn winds played in the old man
o venerable hairs; above him, on the wal
purpling in the sunlight, hung the ful
clusters Of the grape. ripening and ma
t,,ri,,,, ,-at YrOvo Tho tvrO ,rovo ius
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

The Hon. Thomas Corwiu -w whose
complexion, as is well known, as none
Of the fairest-being in New York, was
introduced to an English gentleman of
some celebrity, who had lately crossed
the big salt pond to see the American
elephant on his own native sod. Mr..
Corwin was introduced as being an
Ohioan This term evidently misled
John Bull, who looked for a moment a
good deal puzzled; however, his face
suddenly frightened and seizng the
hand Of Mr.. Corwin, no expressed his
happiness at making acquaintance, then
kindly inquired whether bis tribe we're
at peace t0ith The t0hitssi An oxplana-
ton and some merriment followed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

We doubt whether any railroad com.
pany in the world, or at least in this
country, can furnish a parallel to the
fact stated in the report Of the Direc,
tors of the New Jersey Railroad Com,
pany, made to a meeting Of stockhold,
ers on the 4th inst. 1t is that since
tho road went into operation, 33,O0O,.
900 of passengers have been transport,
ed safely, and no passenger has been
killed or manned in the cars during the
entire period.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

Daniel Ullman, q leader in tho ranks
Of the American party, and candidate
for Governor of New York, in the
palmiest days of Americanism, made a
speech in favor of LINCOLN and HAM
LIN, at a Republican meeting in Newark,
IN. j., last week The Opposition are
cordially unitingou "Old Abe, both at
the East and the West
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

THE DERBY BAcE-THE AMERICAN
HORSE DOES NOT WIN.--The great En-
glish Derby race, on which so much was
staked, and which it was hoped would
be won by Mr.. Ten Broock's horse Gum
pire," was run on the Odd Of May Tho
result was as follows: Thirty horses
entered Thormanby came in first;
Wizard second; Horror, third; Umpire,
american horsc) eleventh.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

THE EMPEROR LOUIS NAPOLEON.
The year 1860 (writes a Paris correspon-
denD promises to be a most feljcitous
one to the Emperor Louis Napoleon's S
dynasty. Scarcely a shadow Of opposi-
tion remains at home, and abroad his
influence is such that he has been able
to add large slice to his frontiers, al
most without a murmur being raised
against the act. Italy and Rome alike
acknowledge him as the arbiter of their
dostinies Austria has lain almost pros
trate at his feet; Russia courts alliance
and coaction in whatever she meditatcs
in the East England seeks by every
means to avoid a quarrel with him, and
Prussia stands in such dread Of his
power and his designs that she is forev-
er planning how she may best fortify her.
self against them.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

Recruiting agents are busily engaged
in enlisting men in ireland for service
in the ranks Of the papal army. The
Commissioner Of Police in Dublin, and
the Inspector General Of the Constabu-
larry, have issued proclumations eau,
tioning the people against transgressing
the law, by enlisting soldiers for th,
army Of a foreign potentate. Still tn,
agents keep at their work in the soutl
of Ireland. Ofcourso, the governmen
will not allow them to proceed far.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

A CENTENARIAN. - The Springfield
(Ohio) Republican says that Mrs. Anna
jenkins, a widow lady living in Deer
field, was one hundred and one years
old last January. She has been the
mother of four children, and the last
and oldest one, son, died in 1856, aged
sizty-sevon years. For over eighty
years she has kept one hundred silver
dollars by her side, which she cannot
be persuaded to part with on any ac
count, keeping them, as she says, to pay
her funeral expenses. Each night she
places them under her pillow, and al.
ways carries them in her pocket when
she leaves the house. If this money
had been put at compound interest il
would have produced over twelve thou.
sand dollars. The follies, fashions onC
silly habits Of this degenerate age SHE
talks upon freely aud auontly,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

For the News.
Miscellaneous Enigma.
] am composed Of lG lottcrsi
My II 8 10 Is mans name.
My 10 l5 IA 10 l6 Is very sweet
My l3 10 @ 8 is wild animal,
My 3 rs % girls nickname.
My 10 10 IA Is used in tho house.
My 2 is 20 kind of fish,
My Z 8 Is very prevalent In summer.
My whole Is tho name Of young lady IN Highland
County, Ohio. LIZZIE,
Marshall, o.,
"Lizzio" accompanies her Enigma with an urgent
appeal to the boys and girls who take interest IN the
youths Department" She says'
"Pitch in young folks and have something for tho
Youths Department Don't Rot Il 50 down. Have
something II les only puzzle, Let help TO ON the
columns Of our excellent paper DO not lot Depart
ment prove a failure"
That's right, friend Lizzie We are glad you apprec
ate tho amusement Afforded by the Engmas, Charades
Questions &c. published IN tho youths Department
and hope your appeal IN its behalf will not be "a
yain.-LEd. Nows.
-GDt=
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

THE GERMAN ELEMENT or THE
CoUNTRY.-The total German popula-
ton in the United States is estimated at
74G1724 Fifteen per cent. Of the
white population Of the twelve slave
States, twenty. five per cent Of the nino
Northern States, and forty-three per
cent of the nine Western States, being
German.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

In view Of the renewed struggle in
Italy the Italian Committee at New
York, who collected funds during the
late war, will resume their operations,
suspended after tho peace Of Villa
Franca, in order TO aid Garibaldi and
the Sicilian movement
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

In setting eight thousand ems Of
type, or about twenty-four thousand
lettors-an average days work-th'
hand of the printer traverses a dis
lance equal TO nine miles.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

Gov. Seward has presented 500 to
Martin Laughlin, Of Auburn, who was
badly injured in attempts to save the
Governors house at the late fire.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

Local politics run high in the Western
country A candidate for county clerk
in Texas, offered to register marriages
for nothing His opponent, undisnay-
ed promised to do the same, and throw
iLa cradla in
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

CRoPs. The Prairie du Chen Cour-
ior says tho wheat crop thereabouts was
never so promising az now. There is q
larger amount Of wheat in the ground
than during any previous year, with a
prospect Of a better yield per acre.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28
Crinoline Victorious.

The London Illustrated News in its
announcement of Paris Fashions for
June, says that ain all the recent re-
unions of ladies Of the haW ton, the
ample dimensions in the skirts of la
dies dresses so long complained of by
the sterner sex have still continued, with
a slight alteration only in their shape
to suit the trailing style of dress The
few attempts lately made, with altogeth-
er contrary pretensions as to size, have
signally failed aud are now regarded as
mere mOmentary ecccntricities, Of which
no account is held We will not say
what share the interests of the linen
diapers and dress-makcrs have had in
contributing to this victory, but unfor-
tunately for the purses Of afectionate
husbands, and Of fathers Of lovely
daughters, the amount of striped silks,
figured muslins, or barege required for
the summer toilets Of their darlings,
will undergo no diminution this sea-
SON" The same authority speaks of
vast cashmere shawls bordered with silk
and edged with gimp lace! Grape bon
nets trimmed with blonde tuile and
marabout foathersI Leghorn bonnets
ornamentcd with velvet flowers, and dc.
licious pufs composed Of small feath-
ers, with a profusion Of golden orna-
ments in the ohapeauz, waist and shoes
of such ladies as are fond of glitter
If, (says the News,) all the so-callod
golden ornaments seen in the Paris
shops were really of that precious met
al, not all the auriferous produce Of
California and Australia for a long pc.
riod would suffice for their manufacture
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

Little drops of rain brighten the
meadows, and little acts Of kindness
brighten the world.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

Intellect is not the moral power
conscience is. Honor, not talent,
makes the gentleman.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

Cultivate true sentiments, and good
manners will suggest themselves.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

eS,Aasysr ,y to Enigma in last weeks paper Maria
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-28

Tomorrow is the day on which lazy
people work and fools reform.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-06
Further Particulars.
The New York Express gives the follow

The New York Express gives the following:
Everything that the water touched and
where there was no heat became draped IN an
icy shroud, or pendant with huge Icicies. Inc
spray falling over the firemen al work, glazed
their clothing in a sheet of ice, while the In
tense cold benumbed their hands Fires We're
made on the by streets, and to them the men
repalred to thaw out occasionally. The streets
Ali about the fire were a mass Of ice, from the
water escaping from the hose, while IN some
places several feet OF hose would be complete
iy embedded in the ice. The houses in the
naighborhood were thrown open TO the nre-
men. who gladly sought comfort from the ele-
ments within doors, that they were So earn
estly battling without
The steam engine Manhattan, Nos, worked
admirably. Her stream went far over those
of the hand .engnes, and had it not been for
its power, the hand-sngines undoubtedly
would have had much greater and harder
work to perform. .
The building crumbled away inwardly until
nearly twelve O'Clock. when the walls-mainiy y
from the force OF water from the steam en-
gine-fell in in portions with heavy crashes,
aud left only the two rear corners standing, ap-
pearing like gaunt spectreS towering over
mass Of desolation.
Those who witnessed the scene of the burn
ing building, and the frantic cries and I'M
plorings Of the inmates Immediately after the
fire was discovered, say that it WAS a most
heart. rending scene. In one instance two little
children were together at one OF the windows,
but the steam and smoke would occasionally
puff about and envelOpe them for second,
aud as it passed away, they were more than
once seen to wipe away the scalding moisture
that gathered over their faces. In brief time
they tell back into the ruins.
INCIDENTS.
There were many noble instances Of insen
sibility to danger exhibited by the f1remen
and citizens. though we can record but few OI
them. Men risked their lives with the great.
est impunity, to save those of Others. and by
| their bravery alone rescued many who other
wise would have persisted.
SCENE In THE STATION HOUSE.
| The l4th ward station -house was Allied dur
| ing the night, with people seeking lost ones
| And the scenes were often heartrending in tn,
| extreMe.
| SAVED A CHILD.
| Joseuh Marvina, an Italian, rushed into th'
back room of the first floor, and found baby
| in a cradle. He grasped 1t in his aTms ant
| brought it to the police headquarteTs, wher
| ~ was found to be q babe OF not more than
| month old. Its parents were not 10 DO foun'
| up TO o late hour.
MIRACULOUS ReCAPR.
A young girl named Eliza White hetng OF
| the third foor. found herself surrounded b.
the fiames She sndsavored to escape BY th
stairwny. but could not, and rushing to tn
| WIudow, looked out for . moment ana thel
snrans To thV Earth. She was picksd up In q
lnssncjtto 0eA6islVh An0 eenvVfs0 - th1 -
Tee hSn0MtnFtAfa, Wegka SO $50 fefiSeetf ID
vea 3sUa3 - 9 1hel!r Nntn4Msse.. tlls asee!
hoNSvyh tos rksee n 0eetAess ~. lisstss ~
Nset vltsAtla aas.es ~ p .Sk ~ss ssfess'esAs
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-06

REORGANIZATION OF THE U. S. Army
reported in the u. S Senate by Senator Davis,
for the better organization of the army:
First-The office of ad iutant general, quar-
termaster general and inspector general, are
to expire, and the duties are to be performed
by brigadier generals, OF Wnich there are TO be
eight in the army.
Seccnd-The four additional brigadier gen.
erals provided for by this act are to be selected
from the field officers of the army, with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
Third-The permanent organization Of the
staff is to be rs follows: Adiutant generals
department, consisting of one adjutant gene
raj with the rank of lieutenant colonel; eight
assistants and judge advocates with the rank
of major. Quartermaster generals depart
men {. one assistant q uar terrnasrer general one
deputy and eight Assistants. Sustenance de-
Iariment, one conmissary general, one assist-
ant and six comm ssaries. Medical depart
ment, one surgeon general with rank and pay
of colonel OF cavalry. TWO asSis tants, twenty
four surgeons and eight assistant surgeons.
The pay department remains as now organ
lied, provided no appointment of paymasters
lie hereafter made, but the duties Will be per-
formed by the officers of the 4uartermasters IS
department. All appointments are to be made
by regular promotions from the officers now
belonging to these departments and after
wards from regiInental officers.
Fourth-Three assistant Acknowledgements,
nineteen assistant quartermas ters, four
assistant commissaries Of subsiS tence may be
selec ted from the first lieutenants of regi-
men ts but such selec tion is to confer no addi-
tional rank.
-Regimental quartermasters are to be
| discontinued. SiXth-The corps of engineers
| and ordinance il to consist of one colonel. two
| Lieutenant olonels four majors, ten captains
| Seventh--Four second-lieutenants are to bt
| added to each artillery regiment, and foul
first -Iieuienants to each of the other regi
ments. Eighth-The President is empowered
TO transfer officers in the staff department il
| order to carry out this act, provided sucl
| transfer be without prejudice tc the rank o
| the officer transferred Ninth-Promotion
| hereafter IN regiments shall be by regiment
| or corps. instead OF Dy arms of service as nov
| provided for.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-06
nA St. NichOlns Saloon,

MAIN ST MAR EXCHANGE bANK.
The st. Nicholas Saloon, second to no other -.
Enlistment in the State, is constantly supplied
FRENCH AMI AMERICAN CANDIES. v
: FRUITS, NUTS. ete,s
which will I've sold by WHOLESALE or RETAIL
on the nl.,sL satisfsct tory terms. ,-.-..
COUNTRY Nj RCHANTS are invited to exam
inc the large and well selected stock which il Ne
iny constantly added to. before purchasing else
where.
Parties and families supplied with CAKRG,
CREAMS aad JELl.TES. OF every description.
OYSTERS and COFFEE. GAM and NtAe 2
REFRESHMENTS served in the best style, in Ii .
rear saloon, and at the shortest notice.
ie lin A. ANTONl.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-06

GRAND REGATTA ITO CoNE.-The Em pire
Regatta Club Of New York held q meeting re-
Gently to consider the challenge issued through
Chambers, the champion Of the Thames. to the
champion Of America, 70 row \ match for o., ,5OO
aside, single pair Of sculls: A letter was read
from the secretary Of the Regatta Association
Of Newburg, N. Y, where Joshua Ward, the
champion Of America, resides, stating that
they had accepted the English challenge, ON
condition that the race should come of in
Nswburg hay. the New burg Association agree
ing, according to tho terms Of the challenge 10
pay the English champion $500 for his ex-
penSes to this country. The meeting then
voted TO cooperate with the Newbnrg Asso.
citation In rendering any assistance they might
require, and, in case their conditions were de.
ciined BY the English champion, that the chai.
lenge should be accepted by the Empire Gig
Club.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-06
IA A Grand Virginia Discovery. .-som'

HAA Grand Virginia Discovery. ..soms
four months since, our excellcnt tOWnemA0a
NaPHTALI EzEkIEL, informed us that he had
prepared hair res'o:er with which ne Was ex-
tirelyI bald. We saw h'm two days s,nos. and on
the place so bald four months since . 6ne crop Of
hair has sprung up with vigorous srovth. e
convinced is Mr. Ezekiel Of the etcAcy of bic dlq.
covery that he has named it THE lNFALLiALx
VIRGINIA HAIR RESTORER Nj. FL 70
about gOins into extensive manufacture Of -
article which is destined to prove Of anxious il.
terest to our bald pated friends-F.om kiekmss1
Enquifsr. Dec. I2th. 1859
This famous article can new b. had of the DYlA-
cipal Drug sists. Those persons who desire me
head Of hair have only to tho restOIer accord-
ing to printed directions on the bottle Those who
have an, doubts Of its efficacy. can nays them -
moved n a sher, time: BY using the VIRGINIA
HAIR REsT0RER lNFAILiBLE. proving thu
II is all that IL is claimed to be.
r. EZEKIEL.
RICHMOND. Nov. u. 1873.
IN. EZEKIEL. take oath on The Holy .Bihs,
that have been bald for the past u yoarg A
have restored my hair by usns EZEKIEL'S VIk-
GINA HAIR RESrOREH: Nzr
NAPHfALr ExRKIlL.
This day sworn to before me, BY NaphtaiI Ese-
kiel. Jos. MAyo,
ia INlm Mayor Of Richmond.