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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-12-20
The Power of Reading.

Benjamin Franklin tells us, in one
of his letters, that when he was a boy,
a little book fell into his hands, entitled
Essays to do Good" by Cotton Math-
or. 1t was tuttered and torn, and sov.
eral leaves were missing. "But the re-
mainder. he says, "gave me such turn
of thinking as to have an influence on
my conduct through life, for I have al
ways set o greater value on tho charao-
ter of a door of good than on any other
kind of reputation; and if have been
useful citizen, the public owes all the
advantages of il to that little book. ~
Jeremy Bentham mentions that the cur
rent of his thoughts and studies was di-
rected for life by a single phrase that
caught his eye at the end Of pamphlet,
"The greatest good of the greatest mum
ber." There are single sentences in the
New Testament that have awakened to
spiritual life hundreds Of millions of
dormant souls. In things of less mo-
ment reading has a wondrous power
George Law, when boy on his fathers
farm, met an old, unknown book, which
told the story of a farmers son who
went away to seek his fortune, and came
home after many years absence a rich
man, and gave great sums to all his re-
lations. From that moment George
was uneasy, till he set out on his trav-
els to initiate the adventurer. He lived
over again the life he had read of, and
actually did return a millionaire, aud
paid all his fathers debts. Robinson
Crusoe has sent TO sea more sailors than
the press-gang. The story about little
George Washington telling the truth
about the hatohet and the cherry tree
has made many a truth-tellor We owe
all the Waverloy novels to Soott's carly
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snbbath Bells.

Said Daniel Webster, II once defend
cd a man charged with the awful crime
Of murder. At the conclusion of the
trial asked him what could induce
him to stain his hands with the blood
of a being. Turning his blood
shot eyes full upon me, he replied, in a
voice of despair, Mr. Webster, in my
youth I spent the holy Sabbath in evil
usements, instead Of frequenting the
house of prayer and praise Could VIC
go back to the early years Of all harden
ed crimidaIs, I believe, firmly believe,
that their FIRST departure from the path
Of morality, was when they abandoned
the Sabbath school, and their subse-
quout crimes might thus be traced back
to the neglect Of youthful religious in
struction.
"Many years ago l spent a Sabbath
with Thomas Jefferson, at his residence
in Virginia Itwas in the month Of
June, aud the weather was delightful
/ remarked, Chow sweetly, how very
swoetly sounds the Sabbath bell!' That
distinguished statesman fol IA moment
seemed lost in thought, and then re,
Piled eyes, my dear Webster, yes; il
melts the heart, it calms our passions
and makes us as boys again"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-12-20

"TuE LITTLE YELLOW SPOT. Con-
NECT-DE-CooT. A considerable num-
her Of years ago, happening TO be in
Paris on the 4th of July. with many
other Americans, we agreed to celebrate
"tho day" by a dinner at the Hotel
Meurice. There we're seventy-two of 70
in ALL We had but one guest. That was
NJ. De Toquovile, who had rendered
himself famous by his great work of De-
mocracy in America. During the fes-
tivities Of the evening, after the cloth
/ had been removed, and speechifying had
commenced. some gentleman alluded cu
p1ssum to the fact that he was born iu
/ Connecticut " COBucct-de-cooN' exclaim-
ed Mons De Toquevlle as he suddenly
rose with the enthusiasm of q French
man, "Vv messieurs, I will tell you vid
the permission Of de presidonte Of the
festival, Won very ietu story, and then 1
will give you Won grand sentiment. to
that little Safe you call Conncct-de-
coot Won day ven I vas In the gallery
of the House of Representatif, I held
Won map Of de confederation I'm my
hand Derc was Won leetle yellow spot
dat dey called Councct-dc-coot. found
by de constitution, he was entitled to
six Of his boys to represent him on dat
floor. But when make de acquaint-
ance pcrsoneUc vid de member I find
dat more than tirty Of the Reprcscntatif
on dat floor vas born in unect.de-coot.
And then ven I vas in de gallery of dc
House of dc Scnai find dc constitution
permit Connect-de-coot to send two Of
his boys to represent him in dat legis-
lature. And vonce moro ven [ make
de acquaintance persone1le of dc Sena-
tor, I find dat nine of de Senator was
born in Conncct-dc.coot So den, gen
tIemcn, I have made my lectle speech;
now will gif you my grand sentiment:
Counectde. cooL the lcctIe yellow spot
dat make de clock peddler, de school
master, and de senator De first gif you
time, de second tell vou vat you do
vid him, and dc sird make your law
and your civilization, and then, as no
was rcsuming his scat amidst roars Of
laughter, he rose again. and with that
, peculiar gesticulation which character
ICES all Frenchmen in moments Of eZ-
citcment, he shook his finger tremen-
= dousIy over the assembled copfreres and
exclaimed at the top of his voice, "Ah,
! gentlemen dat lcetle yellow state you
call Connect dc-coot. is one very great
miracle to me. IN. Y. Spirit Of the
+ Times,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-12-20

A BEAUTIFUL TDEA.-Away among
tho AlIoghenies there is spring so
small that single OK. in n summers
day, could drain it dry 1t steals ITS
unobstrusive way among the hills, till
it spreads out into the beautiful Ohio.
Thence it stretches out thousand
miles. leaving on its banks a hundred
villages and cities. and many cultiva o
ted farm. and bearing on its bosom more
than half thousand steamboats,. Then
joining the Mississippi, it stretches
away and away some twelve hundred
miles more, till itfalls into the emblem
ofctcrnity tits one Of the great tribu-
iaries of the ocean. which, obodjont on
lv to God, shall roll and roar till the
angel, with one foot on the sen and -
othor on the land, shall lift up his hands
to Heaven, and swear that time shall be
no longer So with moral influence
II isa rill-rivulct--a ocean-hound-
less and hthomless as eternity South
crn I,linoisau.
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The Ex-Klng of Naples.

Francis IT. has now but little more
than the ground on which he stands to
call his own, and even that will be his
but a short time longer As for any
help, he will look for it in vain, except
a little to help him fly the country which
he has so wickedly governed His last
hope-Russia, Austria and Prussia, in
conference at Warsaw-has deserted
him, for, as we learn by the Wander
bilt, a circular note on the Warsaw
interview has been addressed by Count
Rechberg to the representatives Of Aus
tria abroad, in which it is stated that
in the Conference non-intervcntion in
the affairs of Italy was agreed upon
and that, although anxious to support
the principles of order and the balance
Of power in Europe, the three Northern
Courts would do nothing which might
provoke n war. And so, with Russia
Austria and Prussia folding their hand,
before all his troubles, and with the
sympathy Of England in favor of tho
progress Of freedom in Italy so plainly
and nobly expressed in Lord John Rus
sell dispatch to the English Minister
at Turin, naught remains for Francis
II. hut to rid Sicily OF his presence az
quickly as possible, and leave tha
Kingdom and all Southern Italy to th,
freedom which now certainly awaits it,
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Gatar from Mexico.

New ORLEANS, Dec 1O.--The steam
er Tennessee has arrived with Vera
Cruz dates to the 7th inst, and the city
of Mexico to the 28th ult. The Liber-
ais had completely invested tho Capt.
tai. The distress from scarcity Of pro-
visions was very great The main army
Of the Liberals had not yet come up
The Extraordinary from Mexico on the
81 inst, had not arrived at Vera Cruz
when the Tennessee sailed. 1t was be-
lieved that it would bring the news Of a
repulse or the capture Of the Capital.
Minister Mclane and the u, S. Lega-
ton return home by the next steamer.
Tho French Minister advises Mira
mon to capituIate.
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Tho Empross and tho Mother.


A foreign paper gives an instance Of
what it calls the maternal scnsibility
of the French Empress" While at
Ajaccio, she remained for some time
alone ia her carriage under a triumph.
al arch, the emperor being absent in
spccting some new forts. Some hund.
reds of peasants who had assembled
formed a circle at distance round the
carriage, but her majesty made a sign
with her haRd, and in a moment a com.
pact mass was close around her. "DJ
YOU come from far?' asked her majesty
In Italian, addressing one Of them -
."Oh, yes, madame, 81 replied the man
who appeared astonished to hear the
sovereign speaking, and particularly ir
his own language, sit is four days jour
ney; but we have all come, leaving on
ly the women aud the old behind us
"Oh, madame said another peasant
'why did you not bring the bOy?'-
"You love him, then, do you?' said the
empress; "you would like to see him; If
so, there he is, and taking off a broo,l
which contained a portrait of the Prince
Imperial, she held it out to them. 4
thousand hands were held out to seizD
II, and it was kissed by every one witt
the greatest delight This scene wa
too much for the feelings Of the EN-
press, who forgot the sovereign in thp
mother, and when the emperor returned
she was lying back in the carriage weep
ing at the remembrance Of the abseu
child.
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1t appears that during the past year
no less than 4,13l Africans, captured
FROM vessels whose departure ought to
have been previously arrested, have been
sent back to Liberia.
Lieutenant Mafit and his crew, it
seems, drew ON account of the Echo
capture, Sl7TOOO. the number Of slaves
on board being 3l9. Take this as
basis, we have an expenditure for 4,13t
Of nearly 50 100000. This is the prize
money paid or to be paid to officers and
men in the Navy for doing their duty.
The Colonization Society received in
the case of the Echo $4,000; and in
the same ratio this would be for 4.13l,
somewhere over 100000, making a to-
tai of S2GO0OOO.
/ Add to this marshal's fees and ex-
ponscs at Key West-the expenses Of
our courts, which take worthless bonds,
/ &c.-the cost Of unloading and reload
ing cargoes, &C. at Atlantic dock-and
the charter of three large ships, the Cas-
tilian, South Shore, and Star of the
Union to carry beck the captives-aud
the general total would be still larger.
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reading Of the old traditions and leg
ends; and the whole body Of pastoral
fiction came from Addison's Sketches
Of Sir Roger DeCoverly, in tho Spec
tator. But illustrations are number
less. Tremble, yo who write, and ye
who publish writing. A pamphlet has
precipitated a revolution. A paragraph
may quench or kindle the celestial spark
in a human soul--in myriads of souls.
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The Vicksbnrr Whic -.

"JUsT ONE IrEM--A TAX OF $780,
O0O-The Postofieo receipts in the
State of Mississippi amount toS1Ol $40.
The expenditures are 1871 ,001, leaving
a deficit Of S286, AS. This sum will
have to be raised when the State se-
cedes, by direct ta1ation of ho people
A tax Of 100000 for just one item,
which cannot be avoided Let these
facts be considered by the people before
they take the 6nal step"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-12-20
GARRALDL ~ HIs MLNIsrEn UNDEn

GARIBALDI AND HIS MINISTER UNDER
FIRE The Naples correspondent of the
Paris Debuts relates an interesting an
ecdote, demonstrating Garihaldis mode
Of transacting business. Couforti, the
Minister, went up tho other day to Ma
pies to have an audience After hunt.
ing about for three or four hours, he at
last found the Dictator in the lines Of
Santa Maria, under the enomy's fire
and counting shells thrown by the Nea,
politans that did not explode for want
Of a proper fuse He did not interrupt
this interesting investigation on the ar
rival of tho Minister but continued
walking about bidding him tell what h,
had TO say. Now, NJ. Conforti, wb,
was unused to be under FIRE, becam,
very uncomfortable, and after the laps,
of half an hour had become so alarm
ingly pale, that Garibaldi took pity OF
him, and withdrew out Of range.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-12-20

THE CITIES OF MAssACHUsETTs.--Th
thirteen largest towns 10 Massachusetts,
are reported in the census just taken to
have the following population:
Boston, ~, ,Q02 Lowell, 36.848; Cam
bridge. 2G 074; Roxbury %, 1877; Charles
town. 25,O75. Worcester. - 063; New
Rodford. 223O0; Salem, % 25Gi Lynn,
.191O8; Lawrence, 1869; Taunton, 49,
$50; Springfield, is, 200 Fall River, A.
I026.
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made by MariOns and GraCe's skill !
ful fingers, made q very brilliant show
at a very trifing cost, the basket seem
ing possessed Of unheard-of capacities,
to judge Of the multitude and variety
of articles the sisters drew from it,
Meantime, upon the wick Of each little
taper the Doctor rubbed with his finger
drop Of alcohol, to insure its lighting
quickly. This was a process he trust
ed to no one else, for fear the spirit
might fall upon some part of the tree
not meant to catch FIRE.
Marion, unconscious that her fathers
eye followed her in every movement,
tried to keep up a cheerful smile, for
her sisters sake, yet sometimes weary
sigh would come from her overcharged
heart, as the contrast between these gav
preparations for festivity and the weight
Of her own sorrow struck her. At last,
all the contents of the basket we're on
the tree, and then the more important
| presents were brought down from an up
! 7 er room, There were many large arti-
clcs, seemingly too clumsy for the tree,
but Marion passed around them gay
eoIored ribbons till they formed a bas.
Network, and looped them, over the
branches, till even Hesters work box
looked graceful Dolls for each of tho
little girls were seated on the boHghs
and a large cart for Eddie, with tive
horses prancing before it, drove gaily
amongst the top branches, as if eact
steed possessed the wings Of Pegasus -
On the moss beneath the branches Ma
rion placed n set of wooden animals fo
Eddie, while from the topmost brancl
was suspended n gilded cage, ready fo
the canary bird DR.. Grantlev had pur
, chased for the pct-loving Lizzie.
Various mysterious packages, wrap
ped in paper, and marked Grace, Ma
, rion or Papa, were put aside that all tn
delicious mystery Of Christmas Nigh
be preserved.
At length all was ready, and, care
fully locking the doors, the trio wen
81 up TO their respective rooms.
r It was Christmas evening All tn
r presents were on the tree, and Mario
]. was alone in the back parlor, waitin
2 for tbo Doc,or,s return from n nrora,
n sionoI visit bororo sbc Iigbtod tbo ire,
r Tbo ob;Ilro, rcro in tbo s;ttirr.roor
s ,,d thoir oocor morrv voices cam
c,intIy 70 bor ne sbc sof sodIv voitin
d tboro
It Hart, voico n tho ortrv TL
c door oP tbo Ioroe closet ononcd nm
sbnt ogoin and then her fathers Vol,
=, summonod bcr 70 omen tbo door
?! uNIorion " he said takino her han,
in his own, "vou have thought for all ii
$ others This Christmas evening: have
o girt for Won -
f She said aTbonk vou' ouietIv smi
IS inc vet without much appearapce of il
a torest
e CT wish To nIoco If on the tree m,
self and tbon this wear will nI3v LAM
a- Iiobtor Won bring tho children in
y tho next room"
Dancino feet soon sounded on Il
T. stairs and eorer voices shouted uNTer,
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SMOKING CIGARs.-It is quito usual
in this day to see boys going to school
with a package of books, and smoking
cigars, practice that ought to attract
the attention Of parents and teachers
as most injurious to the health Of the
boys. A letter from Paris says the
Minister Of Public Instruction had is
sued a circular order addressed to the
chiefs Of the national schools and lyco.
ums throughout France, prescribing
very severe measures for the suppress
sion of the use Of tobacco among the
pupils. Reports have reached the Min
ister's ears that many pupils are in
the habit Of smoking from eight to ten
cigars per day, and the effects are both
physically and mentally, most disastrous.
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&tljsrrjlanrous
Range Of Thermometer for November.
Recorded at Isboro Female College, by yJ Med 1TAru
Fws, Principal

Compiled for the Ssys from hi, Monthly Report to the
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-22
BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE,
SbaII we invite Arrre..,op I,

A new and original test has been proclaimed by
some of the Opposition speakers, by which to try
the loyalty of the Southern people. Tennesseans
told that in the present crisis they must boldly
nounce in advance that they viii submit to LINCoLNs
rule in the event of his election that they will be
regarded as disunionists When it is remembered
that the Black Republican party is strictly section
al party and hostile to the institution of the South
ern States, to the spirit of the Constitution the
equality of the States and to the fraternal bond of
union ITSELF is this not asking the people of Tennes-
see to lower their pride and betray their principles
The Black Republicans restrained alone in their
unhOly schemes and their unconstitutional crusade
against the rights ahd honor of the Southern States
by the fear of manly resistance, which has BEEN in
all ages and countries, a wholesome terror to
tyrants. Such voluntary submission in advance
to the doctrines of the Irrepressibe Conflict and
HELPERS Pamphlet, on the part of the South, would
degrade her in the eyes of her sectional enemies
and would encourage them TO redouble their ener-
gies and efforts. 1t would afford the most power
full argument that they could offer to all that nU-
merous class in the Northern States, who are held
in restraint by the consciousness that the Black Re
pubhcans are attempting a nefarious and a danger
Gus game.
1t would even induce liberation of Black Repub-
can doctrines in the South by encouraging the idea
that if the South can look with so lenient an eye
upon these doctrines TO declare in advance that
there is nothing in them unfriendly to the Union.
there can be no serious objection TO a Black Repub-
lican party in the Southern States. Thus the COM
plaisance which would mark the disunionst of the
South as a traitor and unworthy of confidence, but
il willing to tolerate Black Republican and to pro-
claim in advance readiness to submit to his domi-
nation, would strengthen the Black Republican Or
ganization in the North. and would build it up in
the South. If these are the consequences of such
ties. of disunionsm, here the or patriot
ism IN making it, how will it in the end, promote
even the object Of those who insist upon It, and how
dangerous it is the wellbeing, the honor and the
interests of the South. Let the Southern people be
cautious about proclaiming such doctrines. Let
them refuse TO give one incn of vantage ground to
those treasonable enemies, who would compass
Heaven and earth TO crush them.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-22
The Canvas. In Eas, Tennessee.

ATHENS, August 10th, 1860.
MESsRS EDITORS The political sky is Frightening
IN McMlnn. The canvass here has set off on the
right foot Our young and gallant standard bearer.
W. Z. Whitthorne in his mastery effort on the IOtb
inst, utterly contOunded the Opposition. BeII Dong
las force, and rallied and confirmed the DemocrocSS
Monday last. it being the first day of our Circuit
court discussion took place between Col Baxter
OF Knoxville and T. J. Campbell of Cleveland, for
Bell, A BLIZZARD, Esq, for Douglas. and D. W. Ballew
and D: N. Key, Esqs, for the Democracy which had
very damaging and telling effect upon the BeIDoug-
las concern. Mr.. BLIZZARD, the Douglas champion.
evinced zeal not according to knowledge, and in
the heat and phrenzy of passion declared that be-
tween Breckenridge and Bell he would support Bell
This declaration struck the Douglas Democrats with
stunning force. They had simply espoused the cause
of Douglas over Breckenridge and were not prepar-
ed to be thus transferred over TO Mr. Bell TIE
consequence was general stampede of all the bet
ter material of the Douglas force to Mr.. Breckin-
ridge. | have never seen the party here more
alive to the importance of than at present,
AID ere November the Douglas forces will be whit
tied to the merest point. DEMOCRAT.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-22

We learn that Gov. JOHNSON IS still improving IN
health. As soon as he RECEIVERS his strength suil-
GENTLY to take the stump. he will do So de has re-
ceived numerous invitations to address his fellow
citizens in different portions of the State but owing
to his Illness has been unable TO respond TO tnem'
GRANDSON OF PATRICK HExRY-The Union Guard,
BELL organ at Washington, publishes the speech
made by Maj. GusTAvUs A HENRY at the Baltimore
BELL Convention, under the caption, Speech of the
grandson of ATRICE HENRY You can't make Ten
nesseeans believe that, Union Guard