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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23
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A SAD Caso---Fruits Of Gambling.

A Sad Case---Fruits Of Gambling.
How irresistible, when once acquired
is the base passion for gambling, Few
there are who. when once they hazard o
sum, have courage and determination to
throw of the spell that is upon them,
and thus save their fortunes and their
respcctability. And how many thous.
ands there are who annually go down
to ignominy, and perhaps death through
their unsuitable desire to try again.
We have a case in point: Barnabas
Bates, an aged, and in former years an
industrious, thrifty farmer was yester-
day, and the third time within a week
picked up in a state Of stupor. Upon
searching him at the station house. Gf
teen blank lottery tickets we're found in
his pocket book. He was placed in a
cell, where he slept off the effects Of the
liquor he had drunk, and when "sobcr
reason had assumed her sway" he ex-
perionced the most poignant grief
His story is a lamentable one. Bates
married young, and for years cultivated
a small farm three miles from Utica
lie was industrious, honest and courted.
Fortune smiled upon his efforts, and
his labors were rewarded with bountiful
crops, In time, he amasscd quite a for
Itune-somc $4,000. He was blessed
with a goodly number of sons and
daughters. and bid fair to 90 down to
his grave in peace; but twelve years ago,
he was induced to "try his luck" and
purchase q lottery ticket. The passion
once acquired, he could not stop, and
from that day to this, he has been con.
stantly gambling in lottery tickets
worthless bits Of parchment. His farm,
his wife and children are all gone. The
farm for lottery tickets, his wife into
her grave, and his children all married
and scattered in all quarters He came
to this city some two weeks since hav.
ling in his possession the last Of his
worldly effects Yesterday the last penny
was squandered, and he now stands a
! fair prospect Of finding a home in the
Penitentiary. He remarked to Chief
Morgan yesterday, that he was a ruined
man, that life was Indifferent to him
and that he cared not what disposition
was made with his case. "Yet, said
the old man, II blame no one; twas all
my own fault brought this on myself,
am &C years old, and l know 1 haven
much longer to stay" What lesson
does the experience of this old man
teach the rising generation Albany
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23
G6c Gomr CjrtIr.
[From the n. Y. Observer
The Stereoscope-Its Wondrous
Beauty and Power,
BY THE REV. s. l. PRIME, AUTHOR OF "rHE POWER OF
PRAYER"


Br THE REV. s. l. PRIME, AUTHOR OF "rHE POWER OF
As we for the FIRST time came in sight
of the Pyramids in Egypt, we we're in
stantly seized with the thought that we
had seen them beforel Was it a dream?
Had we in a moment of waking delu-
sion been here in some distant period
Of the past, or was this the reprOduc.
ton in the soul Of an image formed by
long hours of silent meditation on these
old monuments Of buried kings? We
stood awe-struck, not more by the
mightiness of the grand piles Of past
ages heaped up in these stones, than
we we're by the startling impression
that this was not our first visit to the
Pyramids, though we had certainly nev.
er been in Egypt before.
A moments reflection called to mind
the Cosmoramas Of Prof SATTLER,
which had been exhibited in New
York. These we had frequently seen,
and so true we're they to nature and art,
that the very sand on which we were
now standing, aud the huge SphynX at
our left hand, and those hOary heaps Of
monumental stone, four hundred feet
high. and covering ten acres Of ground,
now for the FIRST time actually seen with
these eyes, we're as familiar as the
scenes of childhood But those Cos
moramas we're nothing to be thought
Of compared to the Photographic art,
assisted by the Stereoscope. We are
not given to raptures, and are not dis
posed to speak enthusiastically, but we
are in the mood just now Of saying
what we have seen at ANTHONY's Stere-
oscopic Gallery, 3O8 Broadway. Yet
no description Of ours will do justice
to the beautiful results of the most
beautiful Of all the arts. There is
nothing in the powers Of the pencil or
chisel, nothing in the skill or patience
of man to produce such effoc,5 as thn
sun painting on paper, by which the
perfect image, as in a mirror, is i'm
pressed aud perpetuated, to be trans
ported TO the ends Of the world, and
there studied with the same satislao,
tion that the traveller enjoys who looks
on the scene after toilsoms journeys
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MEMORIES OF YOUTH.

My carpet was tho emerald grass,
B,decsod with shrubs and fragrant howor7,
whcro many procious, tranquil hours
In b5yhooi's dreams did quickly pass,
To come no morol
Mylmusic was the ripyling brook,
Tint washed the pcarly pebbles o'or,
And lavod tho mo7s-clad, rocky shorei
Adown the vale its winding5 took,
To come no morol
Ny messenger the gale that brings
To life the ll7tless forest treos--
Dividing flowers with tho boo'
And tanning earth with ambient wings,
No morcl-no morgI
n thunder rolled, twas angels cried
The lightning CLEANS athwart thoskic5
waro flashes from their brilliant eyes,
Whose fearful food tho rain supplied
'Tis 40 no morel
Ny Bible was tho works Of God,
That rose IN grandeur on my view
The revelation daily grew,
And blossomcd o'cr the pregnant sod,
All barren now.
Oh, for the innocence Of youth
Tho dazzling hopc-tho boundless trust
That Iinger only with the just,
And weave a diadom Of truth
About his brow. NOAH.
Sinking Spring, 0.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

ABOUT HATING.--Uate Not II is
not worth while. Your life is not long
enough to make it pay to cherish i'll
will or hard thoughts toward any one.
What if that man has cheated YOU or
that woman has played you false2-
What if this friend has forsuken you in
your time of need, or that one, having
won your utmost confidence, your
warmest love, has concluded that he
prefers to consider and treat you as a
stranger? Let it pass. What differ
ence will it make to you in a few years,
when you go hence to the "undlscovcr-
ed country?' All who i'll treat you now
will be more sorry for it then. than you,
even in your deepest disappoiutmenta and
grief, can be.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23
The Havpor's Ferry Investigations
Gov Wise.

The Hlvpor's Ferry Investigations
Gov. Wise.
The Baltimore American, comment
ing on the fruirlessness Of the Senate
Committees investigation Of the IGar-
per's Ferry business, makes the follow
ing good hits "A justly cvcre criticism
on the "How-not-to-do-it" policy of
Mason's inquisition:
A public dinner was given to the tx.
Gov. in January last, at the Exchange
Hotel in Richmond After the cloth
was removed, the following fulsome and
ridiculous toast was given:
Henri 4. U'Sc-The statesman who
hunts through earth and ocean, the
blue above and the blue beneath, for
jewels to make Virginia sparkle as tho
brightest star in the ornament Of States,
and who would hunt through creation
to give to the Union the happiness and
peace it enjoyed under the irGtornal
guidance of our fathers.
To which the hunter Of Jewels in tho
blues-that above and the other be-
ncath--responded in a speech of great
duration, in the course Of which speech
he said:
IL am not going into the causes, am
not going into the facts Of the scenes
of Iarper's Ferry. | have not said all
l have to say on that subject and I
shall guard myself particularly through
life not to say all l could say upon it:
rubies would not win me to tell all the
facts Of the raid of John Brown. I
will not tell to the world either all the
facts in my possession, or all my opin-
ions on the subject Of that tragedy.
have told the world enough for the JUS
ti6cation Of my action in tho case, and
there is much yet untold, which l will
never disclose, for the reason that
would conserve the peace between the
North and the South, and tell nothing
which would unnecessarily Ogitato and
distract either section
Now it is simply impossible that tho
IIarper's Ferry Committee should be ig-
norant Of this speech, and particularly
of the part we have qu ted. Why have
they not summoned this witness, tlig
repository Of dreadful secrets, this man
who refuses TO tell the world all he
knows about John Brown? Is it be-
cause he says "rubios would not win
him to tell?" Why they might easily
give him topazes, garnets, onyxos,
opals, what not, He may be a Uirtuo-
50, and have a decided preference for
some particu ar precious stone--eme-
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LOVES YOUNG DREAM - NOVA
DAYS.

Obi toll me not that distant seas
Roll wide between mo and my lover;
For he, I'm sure, is at his case,
And I'm Ia clover
And don't tell me that foreign parts
viii ever make me, dear, forget him;
Nor will he take 10 breaking hearts,
Unless l let him.
lie writes to mo by every post,
And every post takes back my answer
lie writes OF "muilius," sloighs and FROST
Of my dancer.
So dom { tell me that must mopc,
While he's iu Canada recruiting,
He's neither bishop, saint, nor pope,
And fond Of shooting.
Twish you'd write TO him somc day,
How very badly I'm behaving,
Hold send back word az once 10 say
He thought you rwiug.
He likes my going to a ball,
And talking German with Lord Rowan
Dye think that, out ut Montreal,
lie iirts with no oue2
All YOU don't know him. ] must own
I've seen you 1irt, my pretty cousin,
But Willy soon would nirt you down,
And sev'ral dozen.
Don't talk such sentimental stuff;
You preach as IL were baby
AsWilly says, "Im not mun,"
Nor he "a baby"
I know he'svcry fond Of nc
1 know I'm very fond OF Willy;
And us TO doubts and Jealousy,
We're not SO silly.
We both intend to have our fun,
And then to marry one another
Aud as the music Is Begun,
Pray, no more bother.
[Bluciwood's Magazine
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

Governor Whitaker, Of Oregon, hav-
ing refused to appoint a day for Thanks
giving in November, a delegation of
seventy-fve ladies waited upon him;
and, in compliance with their request,
he came out with a short and crusty
proclamation, setting apart the 29th of
December "to be observed in such a
manner as the citizens may deem most
appropriate"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

ATTEMPTED ARREST OF CoPPIc--T1rs
EsCAPE.-A few days ago, an officer
from Virginia served requisition on
the Governor of Iowa, for the body Of
young Coppic, brother of the one who
was executed at Charleston, for partici-
patton in the lIarpcr's Ferry disturbance.
Young Coppic, after the arrest Of his
brother and John Brown, managed to cs.
cape to Canada, but recently returned
to his home at Spring Grove, Iowa.
Gov Eirkwood, on examining the
Virginia officers papers stated that they
we're informal aud refused his warrant.
The officer then sought the aid Of the
United States Marshal, but in the mean
time, a friend of Coppic started on
horseback to inform him of his danger,
and it is presumed he escaped before
the United States Marshal could reach
his house St. Louis News.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23
TOO LATE

ny MISS MULOCH.
Gould ye come back 20 me- Douglas, Douglas,
In the old HkrEe5s that knew,
I would bs 40 faithful. so lUyiaE, Douglas,
Douglas, Douglas, tender aud true.
Never a scornrnl word should grioyc yc,
ia smile ON ye sweet as the angels do
Sweet a. your smile on me shono ever,
Douglas, Douglas, tender and true.
On, 10 call back the days that arc mott
Ny owes were blinded, your words wcrn few
Do you know the truth now, mp In heaven,
DOugla7, Douglas, tender and true'
I never was worthy Of you, Douglass
Not half worthy the like Of yOui
Now an men beside seem to mo like shadows
loved yJu, Douglas, tender and true.
Stretch ont your hand to me, Douglas, Douglas,
Dr1p forgiveness frOm heaven like dew;
As lay my heart on your dead heart, Douglas
Douglas, Douglas, tender and true.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

A SAD STATE OF SocIETY.-Tho sta.
tistical publications of the Prussian gov
ernmcnt present some statements which
show "a very low state Of morals in that
kingdom. In the returns Of births,
marriages and deaths, which form part
of the statistics referred to, are some re
markabIo facts in connection with the
births, both in Prussia and Continental
Europe generally. showing the large
proportion Of illcgitimoto births. 1t is
stated in the Prussian returns, "that
while in London the children born out
Of wedlock are only in 20, in Paris aud
Vienna every third child is illegitimate;
and in Munich, years have occurred
when the number Of illegitimate qirths
have outnumbcrcd the legitimate No
material change, however has taken
place in this respect throughout Prus-
sia since the year 18l6-the average be-
ing about s illcgitimate in every 100
births. In Wostphalia the province of
Posen and the Rhcnish provinces, the
proportion of illegitimate births is only
about half as great as in other parts Of
tho kingdom. In Berlin, in the year
l849, the proportion was in 30.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

The following are the ages Of some
living English writers;-Julia Kava-
nagh, 35; Florence Nightingale, 3G; Rev.
c. Kingsley, 40; Capt. Mayue Reid, Al;
g. II. Lcwes, 42; Tom Taylor, II; Sbir-
ley Brooks, 43; Prof. Aytoun, 46; r.
Browning AZ; c. Mackay, A.; c. Dick
ems, AZ; W. NJ. Thackeray, 4S; A. Ten
nyson, 40; Fanny Kemble, 40; Sir Arch
ibald Alison, 40; Mark Lemon, 80; Ed
ward Mall, so; r. NJ. Mines, 80; W.
H. Gladstone, so; Hon. Mrs Norton,
81; Charles Lever, SO; Prof. Maurice,
81; Sir +. Bulwer Lytton, 81; Bcniamin
D D'Israel, 81; Harrison Aiusworth, 81;
Mary Hewitt, So; H. Mar,incau, 81;
Mrs. Gore, SO; S. c. Hall, 50; Barry
Cornwall, 60; Sam'l Lover, 81; T. Car
isle, Ga; w Howitt, g.; Sir John
Browning, G.; Rev. II. II. Milman, GS;
J. p. Collier, 20; Frances Trollopo, u:
W. j, Fox, 73; Sir W. Napier a; Rev
DR.. Croly, "a; Lord Brougham, 81; and
Walter Savage Landor 81.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

THE SUN TOTAL OF THE LAWRENCE
DIsAsTER.-By the dispatches Of our
reporters at Lawrence, it will be seen
that the following figures represent the
sum total of the latest investigations, as
to the dead wounded and missing
Dead, III, injured severely, ll9; injur-
ed slightly, 200; missing, S9-total.
52j. 1t is supposed that but few more
bodies will be found in the ruins, and
the remainder of the missing will be
accounted for by those who arc said to
have gone to their homes Immediately
after the accident, without giving any
account Of themselves to tho authori-
ties. According to the above figures,
and the most reliable statements as to
the number Of persons in the mill at
the time Of the accident, less than three
hundred persons escapd uninjurcd.-
/ Boston Journal, 10th.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

The scarlet fever continues to odesolatc
the homes Of people in various sections
of Pennsylvania. In one township of
jefferson County twenty-five children
have died withina period Of two months,
and the disease, instead Of abatiug, APP.
pears to be increasing, whole families Of
children being prostrated with it. In
the space Of two weeks, out of a family
Of ten children, seven have died, strick-
en- down by the red demon of tho uur.
sery," The disease also prevails to a
considerable extent in some sections Of
Cumberland County.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

STRYCHNIA TN ALCOHOLIC LIoUoRs.
DR. Henri Erui, 10 an article in the
PeniDsular and Independent Medical
journal, denies that Strychnine is ever
used for the adulteration of alcoholic
liquors--frst, because it would be de-
tected by its intensely bitter taste, which
is evident when dissolved in seven hund-
red thousand parts of water; second, be-
cause of its high cost; third, because il
is most dangerous poison, and ono
which, unlike most organic poisons, can
be readily detected by chemical tests.
With regard to malt liquors, Dr.. Erni
states that this poison cannot be intro
duccd into them together with hops,
since the fannie acid, which these all
ways contain, precipitates sirychnia com
pletely, in the form ofan iusoIuble COM
pound. As a substitute for hops, it
would be much less likely to be employ
ed than aloes and many other bitter
drugs, on account Of its high price.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

The Republicans Of Missouri will
hold State Convention at st. Louis, on
the 10th Of March next to choose del
egates to the Chicago Convention.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

For tho Nows
Geographical Enigma.
7 am composed OF 80 letters;
My 10 II o Is ono OF tho United States
My % n @ Is country TO Asia.
My II 20 2j 4 2G Is a town in Canada.
MY l6 33 II 2 10 Is Of tho New England StatOs.
My 20 80 II 20 Is one Of the great lakes.
MY 10 80 81 23 10 Is a country in Europe.
MY N 10 % BB is a country in Europe.
My 10 s % 27 @ is Is an island west Of Europe.
My 30 82 10 3l N is ono OF the UuitOd States.
MY 80 80 II z 20 27 80 35 II 33 Is city in
Pennsylvania
MY 10 20 oil Il 80 is an island in tho Modi-
.errunean Sea,
My whole Is a school book. N. T, A.
uill5bOrO, o.
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Miscellaneous Enigma.
I am composed Of 23 letters
My 3 3 is a public conveyance.
MY 8 6 Is used ON washing day.
My 10 IL ~ l3 ll Is when wo sigh for tho Arctic
pUnns.
My46G8 8 O. the title Of a beautiful book.
My lG ~ rs no 90 Is a bush,
MY 2l % 23 "a "lOrd of creation"
My whole Is q young lady In Highland county.
NINA.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

"My son, what would you do if your
dear father was suddenly taken away
from you?" "Swear and ohaw tobackerl"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

A Boy WITH HORNs,--The Hin I,
county (MissD Gazette gives an accounD
of a negro boy in that region, eight
years old, who has horns on his head
like a young devil" The horns are
said to be three inches long, to project
from the head above each ear, and to
interfere considerably with wearing a
hat. They are stiff and hard, but not
Ainty, as the horns Of quudrupeds.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

The total number of houses in Bos
ton in 1923 was about 5000, Of which
1000 were of brick, and the rest Of
wood, and the population, after a settle
ment of nearly one hundred years,
amount,d to only 10000. Now tho
number of buildings is probably up
wards Of 10000, while the population
IL in TIE ueighborbood Of 10000
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

A HINT ABOUT CELLARs---Keep your
cellar we'll ventilated through the win
ter, so that the air may not become foul.
and unwholesome, both for yourself
and your vegetables. But be careful
not to commit the very common mistake
of opening the door and windows, when
the outside air is warmer than that in
the cellar. If you do, you will find
everything apples, potatoes and veg
etables, covered with moisture, just as
a glass of cold water is Of a warm day;
a state Of things exceedingly unfavor-
able to their preservation. What you
want is to keep your cellar as dry, and
as nearly at the same temperature as
possible; remembering that warmth and
moisture are to be guarded against no
less carefully than frost You can do
this best by opening it only in clear cool
weather By the exercise of judicious
care in this respect, you can keep your
cellar much cooler through the spring
and summer than it is possible to do if
you allow it to remain open at all times.
IT, o. Farmer.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-02-23

~ Answer to Enigma by "Trlsmogistus"' RhodoHc
Lewis Watts.
Answer to Enigma by "Nlno' HarpsTs Terr,.
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Cousin Jonathan did not leave town
that day, Captain Ray did.
When the winter was coming, Les
combe had its master back again, but
he did not como alone. Alice lived a
happy woman, for she had one ever with
her who could guide her right and some
times she used to call him "Cousin
Jonathan. - Blaokwood's Magazine
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Charade

Charad8.
NY first is tho iuico Of a tree,
My second is mostly on sea,
NV hr5t aud my second Tor each other will stand
My whole i5 a race from a llr distant land.
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Ehings that I Like to Soc.

I like to hear candidates for Office
agree in politics with every man they
converse with-it looks so much like
principle
I like to hear men denounco others
for things which themselves are guilty
Oft looks 80 much like consistency.
l like to see young women peep
through windows or the cracks or half
opened door to catch a glimpse of the
young men, and when they come in their
presence appear over.modost-it is so
admirable
l like to sec plenty of churches, yet
having no ministers to preachin them
it looks so much like a wise disposition
Of charity's funds.
1 like to see a parcel Of young men
stand before a church door at the close
of service, and stare every female full
in the face as they pass QUIT looks so
much like good breeding.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-09
The Election.

The Presidential Election throughout the
Union is over, and the people have learned By
means of the Telegraph that the Black Re.
publican ticket headed by Abraham Lincoln
OF Illinois and Hannibal Hamlin Of Maine,
has triumphed.
From the beginning to the end this has been
sectional contest The entire North, except
ing, perhaps the States Of New Jersey and
Delaware, has gone for the Black Republican
candidates, while the entire South has cast its
strength against that ticket.
We shall not now enter upon any argument
to show what should or what will be the mea-
sures the people Of the South will adopt
to preserve their rights in the Union, or to Sc
cure Southern independence out Of the Union
1t will be seen that the South Carolina Lc-
sislature is now engaged in considering the
question of calling State Convention, with
the view OF adopting measures for seeding
from the Union, and arning the State. Other
States will, doubtless, pursue a similar course
What will be the final result, none but He who
watches over the destinies OF the world, and
thus far has vouchsafed to us peace, prosper-
ty and happiness, can foretell. Let US hope
for the best-"Suffcient for the day is the evil
thereof"