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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-05-30

What matters it if the cheek Is bronz.
ed by exposure to the refreshing winds,
if they bring us health and happiness;
when otherwise we would be poor, DEL
icate, hot-horse plants, untitled to act
in the noble sphere, and accomplish the
great work which God has placed US
here to do2 Then let tho little scions
bud and bloom in Natures free garden,
nourished by pure dir and bright sun
light, instead Of poisoned candies and
unwholesome sweet meats. Make home
beautiful and attractive; hang up bright,
soul.cheering pictures in the "family
room" and let vases Of flowers adorn
the windows and rocesses, to amuse nnd
cast their refining influence around
them when study-hours are over, auC
It's impracticablo for outdoor exercise
Then they may grow up men and wo
men Of true worth and true refinement
an honor to themselves, their parent
and their country.
But my "letter" is growing too long
and I fear some of my sisters Of the fai
face and lily hands will snoer at m,
"8trange IDEAS" and calumhy will rails
her voice and say, "she's a country girl
and don't hno,o anything, anyhow" I
may be so, but she was once within
hearing of City bells, (not belles) an,
once had the honor of viewing q CoHeg
from a diStaacel
But no more at present. If ii
agreeable, may anon say something o.
subject which "Flora, in a Februar
letter, says he wishes the "loomsn
would all speak out about. Fam only
"girL" but perhaps he'll give me pei
mission to write something, too, wit
your consent, Mr.. Editor.
Yours respectfully,
BLANCHE BRANDON,
"a Farmers Daughter.)
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When I have an account in It.
When do you like it, Alioe2
When ] am in the country, and feel
weary.
And you, Ellen2
When I hold q check in my hand.
And you, Gertrude2
In the spring Of the year, when l
feel languid and sentimental.
When do you prefer it, Charlie?
When want a loan, and can give
good security.
And you, Amy?
When am in a boat and becalmod.
And you, George2
When 1 am at sea, anziously looking
out for land.
What say you, John2
When l am a merchant, engaged in
large transactions.
When do you like it, Mary?
When my eye is weary Of a dull, fat
country.
And you, Harry
When I am a stockholder.
So I should think, if it paid good
dividend. And ifI were TO ask you my
third question, "Where would you like
it2" one would place it under an um
brageous tree, another by the sea, q
third by river, and a fourth on q gooC
business street, near the Exchange
My good friends, would be dull indeed
if 1 did not guess it to be q BANK; anC
you, sister Ellen, may take my place
your well.flled vaults frst gave me tht
clue.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-05-30

A Bold Stroke by Government
Tremendous Haul Of Telegram
A Mountain Of Evidence against
Traitors.
rFrom the New York Tribune May 2l.]
At precisely 3 o'clock yesterday af.
ternoon, by order Of the Government, O
descent was made by the United States
Marshals upon every considerable tels-
graph Office throughout the Free States,
and the accumulated dispatches Of the
twelvemonth past were seized. The OBJ
ject was to obtain evidence in the op-
erations Of the Southern rebels with
their Northern accomplices, which the
confidential kilograms passing between
them could most certainly furnish
The seizures in all the principal cities
we're made at the same time, so as to
prevent the destruction Of evidence
which might have followed the receipt
Of a warning from any particular point.
The whole matter was managed with
the greatest secrecy, and so well plan
ned that the project was a complete sue
cess. BY this bold manouver, the Gov
ernment has obtained possession of a
mass Of evidence Of the greatest impor.
tance. The secret operations of North
ern traitors are laid bare, and those who
have aided and abetted the rebellion are
now completely at the mercy Of the Off
GERS of the law.
In this city alone the dispatches in
the hands Of the Federal officers amount
to many thousands, and include, Of
course, information in regard to the
purchase of arms, ammunition and
equipments, purchase and outfit Of YES.
sells, diplomatic and financial arrange
ments, the negotiation of rebel loans
the purchase and treachery of army anC
navy officers the secret plans for divid
ing the people of the North, the pro
gressive operations Of Government to.
ward suppressing the rebellion, and ev
cry other imaginable species of testimo
ny which the "Pirates of the Gulf
would wish kept a secret. To overhaul
such a mountain of papers as this will
require some time and much trouble
but the work, in the hands of an eff
cient Marshal or Superintendent Of Pc
lice, will be promptly, fearlessly AM
thoroughly prosecuted.
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NONtb's Department.
How do You Like Up

In this game, the Questioner goes out
Of the room, while the rest of the com
pany agree upon a word which has a
double or treble meaning. The Ques-
toner is then called 10, and is allowed
to ask three questions of each individu-
al, going around the room with one
question at a time, and,he or she must
discover the secret word of the compa-
ny by the answers, or be crowned with
a dunce-cap. If the Questioner discov-
ers the right word, the person whose an.
swers led to the discovery, must be the
next Questioner. Here is a sample of
the game, the secret word being q
Bank:
Q. Anna, how do you like it2
A.. like it with large capital.
You do? Then it may either be q
word, state, a pillar or a man of bust.
ness. Alice, how do you like it2
like it shady, and covered with
moss.
And you, Ellen2
With vaults secure and well filed.
What do you say, Gertrude2
like IL covered with violets.
How do you prefer it, Charlic2
With a good board of directors.
And you, Amy2
Covered with strong and skillful row.
ers.
What is your preference, George?
like it high and picturesque.
How do you like it, John2
With numerous branches.
II cant be a tree-hoW do you like
it, Mary2
Very green.
And you, Harry
OF red brick or white marble.
How contradictory What have you
to answer, Cornelia2
like it steep and rocky.
And you, Louis2
like il warranted not 10 break.
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dQjt aQo gnmor.

Tho Countess Of K, who was a
devout Catholic, returning one day from
her devotions at a chapel in Dublin,
passed through a street of beggars.-
Her ladyship's notice was particularly
attracted to one fellow, apparently more
wretched than the rest, and she asked
him, "Pray, my good man, what's the
matter with your" The fellow, who
we'll knew her simplicity and benevo-
lence, answered, ooh, my good lady, I'm
deaf and dumb" "Poor mani" said
the innocent lady: chow long have you
been so2 Ever since had the taUer
last Christmas, ma'am," replied he
"Dear mel poor mani" cried her lady
ship, giving him half a crown; and she
went on her way, piously commisorating
his misfortunes.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-05-30

GLOWING THE South. In a Sunday
school in Fourth street. on Sunday
morning last, the words "My country,
'tis of thee, we're sung, after which the
Superintendent made some remarks on
the duty of every one to love one part
of the country as much as another, and
then asked the children:
"Do you not love the South as you do
the North2"
"No, Sirl" was the unanimous and EN-
phatic response, which took the teacher
quite by surprise and set the house in a
roar.
The teacher attempted to explain the
duty of loving the South equally with
the North, aud repeated his question,
when he received the same emphatic re-
sponse in the negative, and gave up the
argument.-[N. Y. Post.
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Mr.. SENATOR MASON IN "TIaHT
PLACE" Mr.. Senator James NJ. Ma
son, of Virginia, who is an avowed
secessionist, is in a tight place. He is
married to a Pennsylvania lady named
Chew, whose father, the late Benjamin
Chew, inherited from his father, one Of
the Provincial Chief Justices of Penn
sylvania, large country seat, as it then
was, in the neighborhood of German
town, but now part of the incorporated
city of Philadelphia. Owing to the
progress of the city of Philadelphia
northward, this estate has become of
great value, and Mr. Mason thus became
a rich man in Pennsylvania, in right of
his wife. There has been as yet no dis
position in Pennsylvania to act vindic-
lively; but a proposition has been moot,
ed in the Legislature to con6scate this
Mason estate.
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Communications.
Correspondence Of the News.
Letter from Iowa----Educatton,
Teaching, the War, &c.

PLEASANT HILL, Cedar Co., Iowa.
May, 1861
j. L, BoARDMAN--Dear Sir:--Seeing
much interest manifested on the part
Of some of the readers of your interest
ing paper with regard to Educational
matters, with your permission I will
endeavor to say something which 1
hope will be interesting to your readers
in regard TO Educational matters in our
"Hawk-eye State"
have been a citizen of Cedar county
for the past four years, and the advance
ment of Education is easily seen by an
observing eye. Cedar county has the
name of being the FIRST in the State in
regard to Education, and we believe she
is justly entitled to the honor.
There is a State Teachers Association,
which meets once a year, in this State.
There is a monthly journal under its
control "the Iowa Instructor" publish
cd in Upton. Teachers Institutes are
being held almost in every county. A
grant Of $50 by the State is given once
year to every county that will
hold an Institute for six days. We have
county Superintendent in each county
This is doing much to raise the stan
dard of Education in our young State.
During the winter season the teachers
of two townships unite and hold month
! ly Associations. This is doing much for
the profession of Sohool-teaching. It
docs not only benefit the teacher, but
scholars are encouraged. They SEQ new
beauties in Education, and try to prose
cute their journey with new diligence.
At present "school-teahing" is not as
good a business here as it is in High
land. Teachers generally get from $25
to $50 per month, during winter terms
of four months. mean teachers, not
mere school keepers, There was a float
! ing class of teachers who had no interest
more than dollars and cents we're con-
cerncd, but our county superintendent
put such hard questions to them that
they have foated out of the teachers,
circle, it is hoped never to return.
Although we live in the Gar West
yet we do not believe that our educa-
tional star is the dimmest in the soieu-
tito world. When I lived in Highland
it was thought by many that Iowa was
far-Off land, and any person who could
write his name and read it would do to
teach the little heathens of the "Far
West" Just let me say that it was a
wrong idea. The law provides for six
months school in each b.distriot in
one year, though many have eight-oth-
ers seven-three in summer and four
in winter.
A word in regard to the awful storm
that appears to be gathering upon our
beloved Country. The martial music
has broken the silence of the remote
West, and our noble State has respond,
ed to the call Of the President by fur,
nishing seventeen hundred soldiers
I trust that the flag Of Disuuiou may
never be permitted tc unfurl its oolors
TO the breeze on Northern soil. Let all
true patriots stand by our gallant flag
and defend its rights, and may it ever
continue TO wave "o'er the land Of the
free and the home Of the brave"
j. D. NOLAN.
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standing the fact that Ohio has already
in store provisions for q year in ad-
vance.
V. The following is the proportion
Of Companies To- each county, upon
each quota:
Adams, 8; Allen, g; Ashland, 10;
Ashtabula, l3; Athens, TO- Auglaize,
Ia; Belmont, IS; Brown 10; Butler, 10;
Carroll, z; Champaign, 10; Clark, II;
Clermont, IA; COshooton, IL; Craw-
ford, 10; Cuyahoga 30; Darke, l2i De-
fance, 5; Delaware, 10; Erie, II; Fair
! field, 13; Fayette, d; Franklin, 20
Fulton, Z; Gallia, 10; Geauga, z; Greene,
~; Guernsey, IL; Hamilton, 10Oi Han
cock, 10; Hardin, g. Harrison, 8; Hen.
Try, 4; Highland, -; Hooking, z.
Holmes, 8; Huron, 13; Jackson, z.
Jefferson, II; Knox, IL; Lake q Law
renee, 10; Licking, 10; Logan, 8; 10.
rain, 13; Lucas, IL; Madison, 6; Maho.
ming, II; Marion, q Meigs, II; Mercer
Ia; Miami, 13; Monroe II. MontgOm.
cry, 80; Morgan, 10; Morrow, g; Mus.
kingum, 10; Noble, 8; Ottawa, B.
Paulding, 2; Perry 8; Pickaway, 10.
Pike, 6; Portage, 10; Preble, Z; Put.
nam, 6; Richland, 49, Ross, Is; San.
dusky, z; Scioto, 10, Seneco, 13; Shel.
by, Z; Stark, Is; Summit, II; Trum.
bull, 13; Tuscarawas, IA; Union, 8
Van Vert, 5; Vinton, 5; Warren, u
Washington, 49, Wayne, IA; Williams
I8; Wood s; Wyandotte, Z.
Total--1OOO Companies.
VI. As a general rule, public armi
will not be issued to the Militia Of thu
; Reserve, but a proximate estimate Of tht
number of private rifles in the posses
sion Of men expert in their use, show
that, with proper exertiOns, nearly o.
quite the FIRST contingent Of 100000
men can be armed, and disciplined il
hours of leisure, postponing their draf
upon the State until they are transfer
red to the active Corps
VII It is the purpose Of this De
partment to procure, as soon as praCti
cable, a "Volunteer Manual" for dis
tribution among the Militia of the Re
serve, and to issue a code of Regula
tions for their government and discip
line.
IF the first Reserve Corps shall NO
be filled and ofEicered by the 1st of Jun
next, additional companies will be cred
tied to counties rendering more tina
their quota. Due record will be mad
of all applications, and proper precc
dent will be granted in the order o
such application.
t H. B. CARRINGTON,
b Adjutant-Goneral.
By order of the Commander-in. Chic
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VIRGINIA AND THE SOUTHERN Con
FEDERACY.-JeIferson Davis has issued
proclamation recognizing Virginia as
a full member Of the Southern Confed-
eracy, and decreeing as follows:
Now, therefore, be it known that
Jefferson Davis, President of the Con.
federate States of America, have caused
the said Treaty or Convention of ALI
anoe to be made public, to the end that
the same, and every clause and article
thereof, may be observed and fulfilled
with good faith by the Confederate
States and the citizens thereof.
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To DETERMINE A DISEASE BY THE
ToNGUE.-A white fur on the tongue
attends simple fever and Inflammation.
Yellowness of the tongue attends a de-
rangement of the liver, and is common
to bilious and typhus fevers. A tongue
wildly red on the tip and edge, or down
the centre or over the whole surface,
attends Inflammation of the mucus mem
brane Of the stomach or bowels. A
white velvet tongue attends mental
diseases. A tongue red at the lips, be-
coming brown, dry, and glazed, attends
typhus state. The description Of symp-
toms might be extended indefinitely,
taking in all the propensities and OBJ
liquities Of mental and moral condition
The tongue is a most expressive as we'll
as unruly member.
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NORTH CARoLINA.-Hon. Jas. T.
Morehead, of North Carolina, the pre-.
decessor of Mr.. Gilmer, says the people
have made up their minds to stand by
their State, although when taxations
and privations press too strongly they
will not adhere so pertinaciously as they
now think they will. He says Mr.. Gil.
mer is broken-hear man, and feels
terribly the disgraceful position in
which his State has placed herself
He tried earnestly to keep her within
the pale Of the Union, but Southern
sympathies and prejudioes are too strong
for him and those who worked with
him, and he was defeated Mr.. Gilmer
cannot be expected to defy public opiu.
ion, but he will not act in concert with
those who's plot destruction for the I'm.
ion.
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POISONING BY BELLADoNNA OR
OpIUM.-Opium and belladonna are
each poisonous narcotics, and mutually
produce fatal effects when they have en-
tered the circulation in excessive guam
titles. Either one of these drugs will
allay excitement of the brain when
given separately. But when given to-
gether they will not. It is said in cases
Of poisoning by opium, belladonna may
be administered as the antidote. Even
when the poisoned subject cannot swal-
low, the belladonna may be safely and
timely introduced beneath the skin.
Conversely, in cases of poisoning by
bolladonna, opium may be used.
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union Enthusiasm in California.

Union Enthusiasm in California.
Fort KEARNEY, May 18.-The Pony
Express from San Francisco, May s,
passed here to-day. In San Francisco
the all-engrossing topic continued to be
the civil war. As each Pony Express
arrives the people congregate by thou
sands to learn the news. The senu.
ment is almost universal to sustain the
Administration. Preparations are max
ing for an immense Union meeting on
the 1lth, The complete loyalty of
California seems to be beyond question
A special Congressional election will be
held on the 1lth of June.
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II. b. CARRINGTON,
Adjutant-GOneral
By order of the Commander-in.C Chief.

IMNUGRATIoN.--The mails of the
Land Department of the Illinois Gen.
tral Railroad are overAowing with let.
ters from the different seeding States,
making inquiries touching the terms
offered to purchasers of the Company S
lands. A large emigration from the
South to Illinois, is confidently expect
ed, the people of that country having
already learned this--that treason is
one of the most Improbable specula.
tious in which the State can engage
We say expected-it has already com
menced Fifteen families from one of
the most deeply infected districts of
Virginia have lately found new homes
in pleasant locality in one of our cen
tral counties, and more are coming.
They say that the Reign Of Terror and
the dread of servile insurrection, conse.
quent upon the disturbed condition of
affairs, are the two things which lie like
a nightmare upon the minds of
all Southern men; and that to escape
them, thousands are waiting favora
BILE sales of their property and the
proper moment to plant their foot on
free soil, where mobs do not make and
administer the law, and where there
is no servile class to rise in revolt and
spread desolation in the land. Let 'em
comel-[ Chicago Tribune.
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The telegraph says JEFF. Davis has
postponed his dinner at the White
House till the 10th Of June. We hope
Mr,Lincoln will give him his dessert be-
fore that time.
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But one false step, one wrong habit,
one corrupt companion, one loose prin-
ciple, may wreck all your prospects,
and all the hopes of those who love
you.
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The treatment Of the United States
officers and troops by tho Texas rebels
was most atrooious, Even Twiggs
would not consumm0te his treachery be-
fore a safe exit out Of the State was
guaranteed TO the mombers Of his late
command. The Texans per6diously
broke their agreement and in all cases
made their oaptives take paroles not to
fight against them
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POISONING BY STRYCHNINE.-The
poison Of stryohnine is said to be com
pletely neutralized by nicotine (the
odorous active principle Of tobacco -
The most convenient mode Of obtaining
the nicotine is TO infuse a cigar in a half
a pint Of water, ofwhich one tablespoon
full may be given every fve minutes. --
A favorable change will be noticed be-
fore half Of the infusion is taken, in the
relaxation ofthe muscles, in the spasms,
and in the length Of time which elapsss
between the spasms. This quantity Of
tobacco, given to a healthy per5on,
would produce serious effect, but in a
case Of poisoning by stryohnine it's
effects are said to be entirely antago
nized.
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Hon. Solon Borland, of Arkansas,
Can ex-senator of the United States,)
lately editing a paper in Memphis, Ten
nessee, is indebted in the sum of two
thousand three hundred dollars to pa
per manufacturer in this city, and the
Honorable gentleman writes informing
his creditor that he repudiates The debt,
and desires to hear nothing more about
it, This rasoally cheat led in the cap
ture of Fort Smith, Arkansas, aud is a
sample of secession HonOrables.--
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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It is said that if you stop up rat holes
with old search warrants, every knowing
rat will leave your premises.
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Mrs Partington says that she has no.
ticod that whether -four was dear or
cheap, she had invariably TO pay the
same money for half a dollars worth.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-05-30

No man was ever known to be found
drowned with a receipt from a printer
in his pocket.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-05-30

It is a great point, and requires quite
as much effort, to hide ignorance as to
display knowledge.
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A good action is never thrown away.
That is the reason no doubt, why we
End so few.
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A poor henpecked husband declared
that the longer he lived, the more he
was smitton.
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TIMELY LINES ON TRAITORS.

At the present junoture in our ooun-
try's history, the following counter
passage from Thomas Moore's "Lallr
Rookh' is most appropriate:
Oh, Tor tongue 20 curse tho slave,
Whose treason like deadly blight,
Comes Ger the councils Of tho brave,
And blasts them In their hour Of might
May lifo's unbcssed cup for him,
BE druggod with tTeachoge8 TO Tho brlm-=
with hopes that but allure tho ny,
with toys that vanish as he Bp8
Like Dead Sea fruits that tempt the eye
But turn TO o8ha8 I'm tho lipsl
Ills countrys curse, his children'u shame,
Outcast Of virtue, peace and fame,
May he, at last, with lips Of homoi
ON tho parch'd desert thir5tinR die,
While lakes that show IN mockary nigh,
Are fading Of, untouched, untosted,
Like the once glorious hopes he bastedl
And whom from earth his spirit flies
Just Prophet, lot the dauin'd one DWELL
Full On tho sight of Paradise,
Boholdiug Heaven and feeling He'll