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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-07-05

SIGNS AND SIGNIFIoATIoNs. There is
not a paper in the State of Indiana that
advocates the election Of Bell and Ev-
orett.
In Pennsylvania, tho Holliday5burg
Register, Huntington American, and
Clarion Banner, all Of which supported
Fillmore in 1856, have now run up the
Lincoln flag. Blair, Huntington, aud
Clariou--tho three counties in which
these papers are published-all gave o
heavy vote for Fillmore; they will this
year give united opposition vote to
Lincoln and Hamlin.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-07-05

SUMMER AFTERNOON.


Tho farmer sat in hls easy chair,
Smoking his pipo of clay,
while the hale old wife, with busy caro-,
Was clearing the dinner awoyi
A sweet litte girl, with light blue eyes
On hor grandfather knee was catching HES
Tho old man placed his hand ON hor head,
with q tear ON his wrinklcd face
He Thought how often her mother dead,
Had sat, long ago, in that pncei
AZ Che tcarat0 down hi7 half-shut oyo,
oDou't smoke -" said the child "ior itmokcs you cry
Tho houso-d0g slumberod upon the floor,
Where tho sun, after nooui would steal
Tho busy old wfp, by the open door
Was turning the spinning-whccl-
And the old brass clock ON The mHulle-Lroa
Had pl0dded along 90 almost three.
gtiIl tho farmer aot FOO his easy chair a.
While close t0 his hclyinE breast
Tho moistcnd brow and the head so inir
OF his grand.child dear were prCss'di
His silver locks mid hor golden hair lay
Fast asleep were they both on that summer day.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-07-05

pU-Ansvorto Enigma in last vssEspapsr Elizabeth
Epagur
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-07-05

Tn one family, TO a neighboring State,
there were found to be twelve girls be-
tween ten aud twelve years Of agel
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-07-05

SPLIT VS.. SPLIT.
uAbe and hts rails" Oworse than idle tale
We Democrats can lay YOU ON the shelfi
Boast ot aman who's only split @ rail-
Our good oldparty's gone and SPLIT ITSELF
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AN EP1aRAM

AN BPIGRAM.
Ouoth Mary to John,
CHOW wicked arc meni
To Abr8hnm's bosom
Scarce one goes In ten !"
Quoth John 20 Mary,
"Why should they, my dcarl
Since daily they find
Far swootor ones horel"
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06

BUSINESS Down SoUrH. "-B nsi-
ness is looking up. down South, as the
following fragment Of an advertisement
in Georgia paper aonndantly proves !:
For Sale Negroes, Bacon, FLOUR,
Corn, Groceries, &c
Valuable Negroes for cash or on
time 10000 lbs choice bacon, in
Gliding sides, shoulders and extra
hams.n
Tt is not often that we see the me-
cessaries and Injuries of life jumhled
together, in more delightful confusion !:
negroes, bacon, -four, aud other groce.
ries The descendants of Ham, and
extra hams" jostling each others
shoulders" including "sides." The
Northern housekeeper labors under
the disadvantage of being unable to
procure servants and sugar at the same
establishment but it seems that st
the South all the concomitants of
comfort aud housekeeping may be
found under one roof.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06
The Crops.

Below we give accounts Of the crop
prospects in various sections of the
7oaniry, which may be of interest to
man. Of oar readers. We shall pre-
face the accounts With remark that
never IN the remembrance Of the old
sst inhsbitant," have the crops in this
section been in more prospcrouscop-
dision az this season Of the year, thar
nov.
The editor Of the Pittsburg Gazette
has jast returned home, after two
weeks absence in the West, and has
made diligent iuqniry as to the crops
dnring his absence. In Central and
Northern OHIO the wheat does not
look as well rs il should, and the yield
car in no event be . full ore in Cen
trai end Northera Indiana it looks
better aan Il. Clio, hat Is not up 70
iii ase.age ii illinois il looks well,
aad n Mics.igaB he promise is quite
gc4., algakgE fhe seas9n Is unusually
bail ward Tls spring crops, 50 far,
every mere look vel, and unusual
breadth les Desa pat n. The fruit
promises xeli eVcgFwaere, aud If we
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06

An old negro of New York city,
has lately been arrested for stealing
liquor from the pipes which had been
landed from the different vessels upon
the piers, on the Moth River side
He was for long time indebted, hav-
ing adopted novel method for ma
king his distractions A tin can was
fitted about fiis person under his cloth
ing and by means Of a syphon fasten-
ed 50 as to resemble straw, he would
fill his can and then empty it into a
demijohn near by, all the while SEEM
ing merely to be helping himself to a
drink through the medium Of straw.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06


CHAMPIONSHIP. II LONDON, May rs.
Tue question of the championship"
seems to hare been definitely settled at
Q meeting yesterday, between Heenan,
Sayers, the referee, {Mr. Bowling. J
aud the b~ckers Of the two men, which
took place at the Office Of Belts life.
It was agreed that each of the rival
pugilists is to have new belt,n pre-
cisely like the original, hold by Sayers,
The belt is then to be fought FOR
but Savers IS to appear IN the yiag
no more. This is virtual admission,
on his or his friends part, that he is
unable to contend with the Benicia
Boy and admirers of American pu-
gilism may consequently throw up
their caps and shout victory. The
proceeding, on the part Of the English,
is honorable and loyal, and will remove
all ground Of i'll feeling between the
two people. 1t is to be hoped that
the hesitation which has for several
weeks past characterized the proceed
ings Of Savers upholders, and their
evident reluctance to treat the Aneri-
cans claims with justice, will not have
induced the Government at Washing
ton to act precipitately, and send
another English Minister his passports.
Heenan is determined to have the belt,
and ready to light for it, as announced
in his card, published several days ago,
in the Times He is likely to have
his attention fully occupied More
than one Briton win dispute with Aim
possession of the gladiatorial trophy,
and, as beginning, the Post of this
morning states that man named
Hurst, much taller ard heavier than
the Benieia Boy, viii challenge him
Immediately. This new aspirant for
fame is only six feet eight. and is
known by the so5riquet of the 'StaBey
bridge Infant He is from Cheshire,
and looks upen himself as decidedly
!" the cheese"
! presume there is much money bet
in America on the result of the DERBY.
] heard, this afternoon, from a gentle
man Of very high station in England,
and himself interested in the race, that
the stakes would certainly be won by
Umpire. RALPH EASEL.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06

A private letter from London, says
!" Poor Heenan has been trying thou
sand ways 10 force Sayers into a fight,
or else give up the belt But Sayers
will do neither. It is the general
opinion here that in another fight that
Heenan would Whip him to death in
less than half an hour Sayers and
bis friends know this, and they would
rather face Beelzebub in the ring than
Keenan, But with an indescribable
meanness, they refuse to surrender the
belt, which they know they have lost.
johnny Bull was uever more amazed
than by the result of this battle, and
he don't know what to do about it.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06
6eueral atllews.

HICKS, THE PIRATE, SENTENCED TO
BE Hume ON THE 18TH OF July -
This morning the Judge took his
seat few minutes after ten. Silence
having been obtained, District Attor-
ney Roosevelt arose and said, that it
was now the time and place for the
representative Of the government to
move for sentence on the prisoner at
the bar The prisoner had been found
guilty Of crime which the law asso-
ciated with the punishment of DEATH
and no other No discretion is left
with the court, jury, or District At
torney. Were it in any other case, he
was free to say that he should move
for sentence Of death with great re-
luctance and commiseration Capital
punishment was not III favor with him,
above all for robbery on the high seas,
disastrous as great fobberies might be
to our commerce; the feeling Of the
/ age was against the punishment of
death.
In this case, however, he would now
move for judgement Of the law. with
the knowledge that, though the ver-
dict had been for the crime Of piracy,
| yet it Involved a charge of the mur-
der of three innocent mel incold blood
! for the miserable consideration of a
/ few dollars, some articles of clothing,
and an old watch. These men were
murdered without warning, and with
out being able to make any defence.
The prisoner had doubtless, murdered
his companions and associates on board
| the sloop, aud had violently, eowardly
and surreptitiously taken away their
lives. In such case, even if it were
discretionary with the court he would
feel it his duty to move as he now did
for the sentence of law upon the pFis-
oner
The court then directed The clerk to
ask the prisoner if be had anything to
saw why the sentence Of the law shonld
not be pronounced against him.
In answer to such inquiry by Mr.
Stillwell, the prisoner replied Il have
nothing to say
Judge smalley then addressed the
| prisoner as follows:
You. Albert w. Hicks, otherwise
William Johnston, bave been indict-
ed by the Graad Jury for this dis
trict for robbery aud piracy on the
high seas Yon have had. patient
and fair trial before an honest jury Of
! your country You have been defen-
ded by able counsel with great fidelity,
but found guilty. The evidence
! against you was SO stron@s, clear, end
conclusive, that no Que who heard it
could doubt az to the correctness Of
the verdict The evidence also estab-
lished, beyond a moral or rational
doubt, that, in order to accomplish
the robbery, you were gailty Of trip
lie murder; that in order to possess
! yourself Of the paltry sum of $3.50 in
money and some articles of clothing,
not your own, you. the GrSs officer of
the sloop in which you sailed, as she
was proceeding to sea il the stiffness
Of the night, and upder is cover, in
! cold blood, aud without progocation,
murdered three innocent and inoffen-
sive persons, and thrca them iuto the
sea aud ne next morning attempted
@ s@>aps slEsa y.se Hood stained
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06

that the wheat crop, ii no accident
.befal it, will be a fair one, aud that the
indications Tor sll The other crops are
quite favorable.
The Ohio Statesman says Intel.
ligence in regard TO the crops, from all
directions Of he Union. except in
some portions q tie extreme West,
are generally 81 a cheering character.
In Ohio. as far as We canslcarn, every
thing looks favorable. aadSthe prospect
isnow good for large crops. Through
out The Northwest the late rains have
been Of incalculable advantage to the
growing crops, and should the weather
continue as favorable us it now is. no
fears need be entertained that the mar
vest which is to follow viii far exceed
IN abundance its predecessors for many
years. From lawa, the news is most
cheering. The re harvest there, i Is
expected, will be ripe as early as June
IN some parts of she State. In lndi-
ana, no anfavorahle reports have yet
reached Us in our exchanges. In Mi
ehigan everything is 10 king remarka-
big we'll
The York .4leocais says that the
crops IN every section Of York county
look unusually promising The growth
of some things was retarded by the
backward season, and in some degree
by draught; bat tho late rains and
subsequent warm weather, have given
q gratifying impetus to vegetation
The toll Of the hnsbandnan bids fair
TO be rewarded with a bountiful yield
Of the traits OF the gFonntl.
The Warrenton (ya Flag says the
joint worm is doing serious injury TO
the wheat in that neighborhood.
Some fields viii not average ten bush
els to the acre, faom which, but a few
days ago, the prospect was good for
from twenty 10 thirty bushels.
The Peach crop at the South.
The St Louis Democrat says that it
is expected that the peach crop this
year will be so large that the New
Orleans market VIII be oyerrnn, and it
is proposed to ship by express peaches
from Mississippi to Chicago. where
they will arrive at least two months in
advance of the season North For
instance, peaches are expected to be
ripe in Mississippi about the Goth Of
May, and at the North they do not
usually ripen before the goth of Aug
ust thus the Northwesterners will be
treated to peaches two months in adj
vance Of the season.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06

A LAW Of the muscular system re-
qnires that relaxation aud contraction
should alternate, or, in other words,
that rest should follow exercise. In
accordance with this law, it is easier
to walk than TO stand and in stand
ing, it is easier to change from one
foot to another than to stand still
This explains why small children, after
sitting awhile in school, become rest
less Proper regard for this organic
law requires that the smaller children
be allowed a recess SO often, at least
as once an hour.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06

THE following racy burlesque is from
the pen of "Artemus Ward" of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer:
There are several reports aAoat as
to how Honest Old Abe" received
the news of his nomination, none Of
which are correct. We give the cor
rect report
The official committee arrived in
Springfield at dewy eve, and weat to
Honest Old Abs's house. Honest Old
Abe was not in Mrs. Honest Old
Abe said Honest Old Abe was out in
the woods splitting rails. So the Off
cial committee went out into the
woods, where, sure enough, they found
Honest Old Abe splitting rails with
his two boys 1t was grand, a mag
nifcent spectacle. There stood Hon
est Old Abe in his shirt-sleeves, a pair
of leather home made suspenders hold
ing up pair of home made panta-
looms, the seat of which were neatly
patched with substantial cloth of
different color. Mr.. Lincoln, sir,
you've been nominated, sir, for the
highest Office, sir,-' "Oh, don't
bother me-" said Honest Old Abe, /" I
took ste4t this mornin' to split three
million rails afore night, and / don't
want to be pestered with no stuff
about no convention till get my stent
done. I've only got two hundred
thousand rails to split before shutdown.
/ kin do it, if you'll let me alone. =
And the great man went right on
splitting rails, paying no attention to
the committee whatever.
The committee was lost in admira-
ton fora few moments, when they re-
covered and asked one Of Honest Old
Abe's boys whose boy he was /? "Pm
my parents boy" shouted the urchin,
which burst of wit so convulsed the
committee that they came very sear
"gin' in eout " completely. In few
moments Honest Old Abe finished his
task, and received the news with per-
feet self-possession lie then asked
them up to the house, where he receiy-
ed them cordially He said he split
three million rails every day, although
in very poor health Mr. Lincoln is a
jovial man, and has a keen sense Of
the ludierons
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06
WiStar'S RaISam of Wild
Cherry.

Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis. Asthma. Group,
Whooping Cough, Qninsg, and the numerous
as well as dangerous diseases of the Throat,
Chest, and Lasngs, prevail, in our changeable
climate. at all seasons of the year few are for
tunate enough to escape their baneful influence
How important then to have at hand certain
antidote to all these complaints Experience
an extent not found in any other remedy
however severe the suffering, the application of
this soothing, healing, and wonderful Balsam at
once vanquishes the disease and restores the
sufferer to wonted health.
FROM JESSE SMITH, ESQ.,,
President of the Morris County Bank, and who.
is well known and much esteemed throughout
New Jersey =.
MoRaIsrowN, NJ r., JAN 9, 1860
Messrs. Seth W Fowle & Co -
Dear Sirs Having used Dr. Wistars Bal
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Yours, very respectfully,
JESSE SMITH.
JOHN JONES, ESQ,
WHO is well known to all who reside in the
southern part of New jersey, renders the
following testimony -
SEAyILLE, N. j.. JAN II, 1860
Messrs S. W Fowle & Co.,
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Balsam of Wild Cherry, which have used for
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For more than two years was unable to
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New Book Store in TOWn!l

FFNHE subscriber having opened a Book and
Stationery Store in Church St. q few
doors below Union St., he would call the atten
ton of the public to his large and varied assort-
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Scott, and Clark Presbyterian, Baptist,
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Missionary Works Explorations by Land and
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omplete Works; Pilgrim Progress, from 81
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Church Histories &c, too tedious to mention.
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cheaper than the publishers price it is work
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Agricultural and Farrier Books, (best kinds
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Medicine for Fever and Ague German Bit
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Any persons wishing their names printed on
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IT is stated that the pistol which
the friends Of Mr. Fowler, late post
master at New York, found under his
pillow the night previous TO his flight,
was the same weapon which was pre-
scented to him by the Hon. Robert
j. Walker, and with which Fowler ac-
cidentally wounded Samuel F. But
ferworth. Fowler, at the time, made
a present Of the pistol to the injured
party, which was one Of the weapons
used by Daniel f. Sickles in shooting
Phillip Barton Key in Butterworth'S
presence.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06

KEY WEST, May 25.-The excite
ment caused by the arrival of the Uni-
ted States steamer Mohawk. capturing
SLAYER and bringing her into our
port, had not subsidized, when we were
again startled By the coming in. on the
night of the 18th, Of the steamer
Wyandott, captain Stanley, having in
tow the bark William, Of Baltimore,
with SAG negroes. This Guineaman
was captured near the Isle Of Pines,
south side Of Cuba, and would have
sooL commenced landing her cargo,
had not the mind failed he7'-the
steamer being enabled thereby to come
up. She sailed from Congo river on
the 10th of March, with 66f slaves on
board had been on the coast of Cuba
Ii days; made two efforts to land, but
was not seconded from shore; commu-
nicated with Havana, and at the time
Of capture, had 4 person on board who
said he was a custom house officer of
Havana. From the 9th to 12th, the
time Of capture and arriving here, she
lost 33--and on the morning Of the
18th, some 50 were sent ashore in o
miserable condition with opthalmia
and dysentery, for medical treatment
Ga the 18th the entire cargo was land
ed and placed in the depot, where
every care is taken by the .. S. mar
shall for their comfort. The cargoes
of the Wiid6re and William are in a
building 215 feet long, by A wide
The sick are in hospital building
lO7 long. BY rs vide, and capable Of
housing auo caring for $50 patients.
Nothing else worthy Of note.
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The extraordinary passage of the
Vanderbilt has hardly been noticed in
the excitement about the fight. She
made the trip from Southampton to
New York in nine days, twelve hours
and thirty minutes. the shortest West
ern passage ever made
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06

THE Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Herald says an ominons cores
poEdence has commenced between the
Cabinets of London and Paris. Re-
specting this, he says matters seldom
were in more critical aspect, and as
serts that France, Russia, Austria, and
Spain were leagued together.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06
CoTToN Tt is said that the cotton

COTTON. 1t is said that the cotton
crop OF last year amounted to 1900,
600 bales, valued at $223, 600. OF
this amount 8,8O0,OO0 bales have been
exported, leaving but 800, 600 bales in
the country. The value of the cotton
exported is set down at $3.50. 900, 900.
The immense growth of this valuable
material is truly one of the marvels of
the time. At the commencement Of
the present century the product Of cot
ton was unimporf ant.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06

THREE of the four ex- Presidents Of
the United States have been in New
York city this week Messrs. Van Blu
ren, Fillmore, and Pierce-and all of
them in excellent health. Mr.. Van
Buren, is aged-7S Mr. Fillmore aged
so; Gen. Pierce aged Sc.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06

METHODIST EpIscoPAL CONFERENCE.
BUFFALO, May 81. Bishop Baker pre-
sided at the Conference to-day. The
slavery report was debated at length.
Numerous amendments we're offered
and rejected, and finally the new chap
ter of discipline was adopted by vote
of I54 to 81.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-06-06

A NEGRo's NORTON ABOUT THE Co.
LoR OF A JAPANESE. A few days ago
negro, after gazing intently at the
japanese, now in Washington, exclaim-
ed I" If de white folks is as dark as
dat out dare, | wonder what's de color
Of de niggers |"