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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-30

4 FAMILY, OR A GENTLEMAN AND WIFE, CAN
n obtain pleasant front Room aud Bedroom, the
cond door, VITA isl partial Board, and moderate
erns No ~ blceeher street. Broadway; would
a party OF gentlemen. Dinner atb
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-30

70 LET--A HANDSOME GOTHIC COTTAGE AND STA.
bic at the junction of Fulton Marion street.
Fooklyn. Rent 500 until May l. Apply to BERRIAN, 3l6
est Fortythird stree, or tie premises.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26
4outB' S department.
Eittlo Mario.


Little Marie was an orphan; q woman
had the care Of her, but she was hard
and unfriendly 20 the little child, and
made her work very hard 30 that she
grew unhappy, and often wept and long
ed to bo With her father and mother 10
heaven.
In winter, Marie was compelled to
90 to the forest to get wood, aud If she
did not bring enough TO The house, the
bad woman received her with harsh
words, and often beat her. Once, Ma
rie was obliged to 60 out 10 the forest,
and went weeping on her way, for al.
though the winter was nearly over, it
was still cold, and Mario's clothes we're
scanty and much worn-for since her
parents died, she had received no new
ones. When she came to the forest,
she sought diligently for the dry
boughs, bending hither, and thither,
till her little hands could grasp no more.
Now she wished to 20 to the house, and
came to an open place in the forest;
there she saw, under a tree a snowdrop
standing, and because sho was 30 tired
from running and stopping, she sat
down beside it, and laid her bundle Of
wood near her. AS she sat there, she
looked at the flower, and thus addressed
it, "What a lovely green garment hast
thou, dear snOwdrOp, that adornest thy
self so beautifully; wilt thou not also
freeze, as I, poor child, shall in my
torn garments? and such beautiful
white cap as thou wearest, will never
receive from the bad woman"
So speaking, she laid her head upon
the bundle Of wood, and began again to
weep bitterly, till at last she fell asleep
She dreamed that light wind moved
the snowdrop, and she heard it begin tc
ring and tingle softly. Then little Ma.
rie perceived the snowdrops that vel
slept in the earth rub the winter SLEEP
from their eyes, stretch their limbs, and
come forth to the daylight, open theii
cups, and begin to ring lightly, lightly
with silvery tones, so that it re-echoec
very wonderfully. But Marie never
awoke from that beautiful dream but
went dreaming to heaven, to her father
and mother.
When they sought her on another
day, they found her dead, surrounded
by the blooming snowdrops, which GOV
cred her, even in DEATH with thei
green leaves FROM the German.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26
Random Gems.


It costs a great deal moro to be mis-
erable than to be happy.
Gratitude Is the music Of the heart
when its chords are swept by kindness.
At twenty years Of age, the will
reigus; at thirty, the wit; aud ut forty
the Judgment.
Beauty can never compensate for the
want Of aniiability, but amiability can
compensate for the want Of beauty.
Value the friendship Of him who
stands by you in the Storm swarms Of
insects will swarm around you in the
sunshine.
A pleasure is sometimes only change
Of pain, a man who has had the gout,
feels frstrate when he gets down to only
rheumatism,
If you want man for your friend,
never incur the IN will of his wife
Public opinion in a great measure de-
Pends ON the average prejudiOes Of wOm-
ankind,
There is no virtue the exercise of
which will not Impress new fairness
upon the countenanoe, and on gentle
ness and just feelings there follows
grace Of action, and through contin-
uance a grace of form, which BY no
discipline can be taught or attained.
"Died poor" as if any body could
die rich, aud 10 that act Of dying did
not loose the grasp upon title deed aud
bond, and 60 away a pauper out Of
timel No gold no jewels, no lands nor
tenemonts. And yet meh have been
buried by charity's hands who did die
rich; died worth a thousand thoughts Of
beauty, a thousand pleasant memories,
and q thousand hopes restored
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26
IBc Yourc Circle.
About sons-in.naw.


How any young fellow can have Tho
face to walk into your family, and dc
liberately ask for one Of your daughters
surprises me- That it is done every
day does not lessen my astonishment al
the sublime impudenoe of tho thing.
There you have been eighteen OF
twenty years of your life, combing her
hair aud washing her face for himi II
is lucky, the thought never strikes you
while doing it. that this is to be the
end of it all. What if you we're mar
ried yourselfP That is no reason that
she should be bewitched away into a
separate establishment, just as you be
gin to lean upon her, aud be proud of
her; or at least it stands to reason tn at
after you have worr ed her through the
measles, the Ch;cken-poz, scarlet fever,
and whoOping cough, and had her prop
erly bapiised, and vaocinated, this young
man might give her short breathing
time before she goes, He seems to be
Of a different opinion; he insists not
only on tuking her but on taking her
Immediately, if not sooner. Ho talks
well about livery WE'LL you have no
objections to him, not the least in the
world, except that.
When the world is full of girls, why
couldn't he have fixed his eyes on
somebody else? There are some par
ents who are glad to get rid of their
daughters. Blue eyes are as plenty as
blue berries, why need it be this par
ticular pair? Isn't she happy enough as
she is2 Don't she have meat and brend
and clothes enough to say nothing Of
love? What is the use ofIeaving a GER
tainty for an uncertainty, and that GER
tainty is a mother, and you can never
have but one? You put all these ques.
tions to her, and she has the sauciness
to ask if that is the way you reasoned
when father came for you. You dis
da n to answer, Of course; it is mean
dOdging of the question.
But she gets around you for all that:
and so does he, tool you try your best
not to like him; and with a well, ifI
mrat you just order your wedding
clothes muttering to yourself the
while, dear, dear, what sort Of fist will
that child make at the head of a house?
How will she know what to do in this,
that, or the other emergency? she who
is calling on mother ffty times a day,
to settle every triding question: What
folly for her to set up house for herself
How many mothers have had these
foreboding thoughts over a daughter
and yet that daughter has met life, and
its unexpected reverses, with heroism
and courage as undaunted as if every
childish tear has not been kissed away
by lips that, alasl may be dust when
the baptism Of womanhood comes upon
her, FANNY Fern
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26
20 Save the Eyea In RaadLng.


Probably every body now reads daily
three times as much as be did year
ago. The excitement Of the times
keeps every one reading the news, or
reading to fnd the news. This is not
to be deprecated, If it gets the mass into
the way Of reading more than formerly
provided the habit be turned to good
account after the present excitement is
over, that is, If light, trashy literature
does not come in to supply the place of
news. But we began this item 10 offer
a single hint about saving tho eycsight,
suggested by call on a neighbor the
other evening. Father, mother, and
four children, were seated around a ta-
blereading dne type newspapers by siu-
gle central bright light. Every one of
them had the paper spread on the table,
with the face towards tho light--the
most uncomfortable, most unhealthy
position that could be chosen, and the
very worst one for the eyes TO say
nothing on compression of the chest
aud lungs, aud ourying Of the shoul-
ders, the bright light fell directly into
the eyes, contracting the pupil uunat-
urally, and tending to produce weak.
ness and Inflammation by the effort re-
quired to read with only few rays en-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26

toring che eye. The very best position
for reading, and the only one that
should ever be adopted, is to sit mp.
right, t0ih tho back or side to The lamp
or ,0indotO, and let the light fall oUer the
shoulder upon he paper or book. IL
there are windows on the opposite side
Of tho room, change the position 90
that the wall or some dark object shall
be IN front Of the eyes. The pupil ol
the eyes then expands, and takes ia q
complete picture Of the page or letters
II Am Agrioult.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26

The Bloomington (Tt) Pantagraph
says that chiokendom in that region is
attacked by an epidemic which is Staying
the race by thousands, and no remedy
has yet been found to stay the soourre
Il has heard Of numbers Of persons who
have been seriously sick Of late, and
the cause was attributed to eating chick
ems.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26
NUMBER 85

carried into the house, and Sir Georgo
accompanied him TO see that hs vi,
properly attended to. Fanny was In
despair
" 'Am to lose my air expeditionY
she exclaimed looking over the side of
the car. Some one understands the
management Of this thing, surely2 No
bodyl Toni she called out Co me. YOU
understand it, don't your
H Perfectly I answered
" Come along lhenp she cried, be
quick; before papa comes back
"The company in general oudeavored
to dissuade her from her project. but Of
course IN vain. After q decent show
Of hesitation, I climbed into the car
The balloon was cast Of. and rapidlv
sailed hcavenward There was scarce
ly breath Of wind. and we rose almost
straight up. We rose above the house.
and she laughed, and said:
"'How jollyr
"We we're higher than the HIGHEST
trees and she smiled, and said e wrs
very kind Of me 10 come with hor. we
we're so high that the people below
looked little specks; and she hoped that
l thoroughly understood the manage
ment Of the balloon Now was my
time.
i understand the going up part. I
answered, 'to come down is not SO easv'
aud whistled.
'What do you mean" she cried.
why when you want to goup fast
er, you throw somo sand overheard I
replied, suiting the action to the word.
Don't be foolish, Tom, she said
trying to appear quite calm and indif-
ferent but trembling uncommonly.
FOOLISH! I said. oh, dear mol
but whether I 20 along the ground or
up in the air like to 60 the pace. and
80 do you, Fanny, L know. Go II YOU
criPPles! and over went another sand
bag
why you're mad, surely, she
answered smiling pleasantly. Only with
love for You. Oh, Fanny, adore youl
Say you will become my WIFE
'lgave you an answer the other day.
she replied 'one which I should have
thought you would have remembered. ,
she added. laughing a little notwith-
standing her terror.
" / remember it perfectly, answer
ed but intend to have a different re-
ply to that. You see those Eve sand
bags, l shall ask you five times to be-
como my wife. Every time you refuse
shall throw over a sand bag-so, lady
fair, as the cabmen would say, recon
slider your decision, and consent to be-
come Mrs. Jenkyns.
Concluded nert loeeb.1
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26
[For the Nows

The CROP OF MAPLE SUGAR
Hunts Merchants Magazine estimates
the crop Of maple sugar for the current
year at $4,000 tons. The trees are
tapped in February to obtain the pro-
duct, and the process is usually com
pleted by the end of March. An in
telligent judgment may, therefore, be
fairly formed, at this date, ofthe aggre-
gate yield by the aid Of careful com
parison with the asoertained products
of former years; and accurate obser-
vars generally concur in the opinion
that the foregoing is a moderate osti-
mate, viz: $4,000 tons, or G2,7O0,OOO
pounds. Maple sugar may bo fairly
quoted at eight cents por pound The
aggregate Of this current crop is hence
$5,G17. 900.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26

Order from the Treasury Depart
Manner Of Disposfng Of Con-
ftscated Property--Slaves to be Set
nt Work.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
issued the following general regu-
lations relative to securing and dispos.
ing of the property found and brought
within the territory now or hereafter
occupied by the United States forces in
the disloyal States:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26
SPRING REMEDY.
L1vdc1onoo from Home
READ TIE FOLLOWING.
DIR. s. o. RlCGIABDSON'S
Sherry Wine Bitters,
The Celebratea New nngland Remedy

ron
HABITUAL CONSTIP ETI ON,
JAUNBrCE, FEVER AND AGUE, GENERAL DE
RTLIrY, AND ALL DISEASES ARISING FROM
A DI5ORDERED STOMACH, LIVER OR BOWELS,
VUV ley are used and recommended 10y the leading
Physicians Of tho country, aud an who try them
pronounce them Invaluable.
Dr. JAS. T.. .LEEpEK y writos from Navarro StUrl,cO.
Ohio: "rhe Bitters are highly praised by those suffer-
ing from Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Liver COm-
plaiut.N
r. S. DAVIS, Postmaster ut Williumsport Ohio says:
uThcy give great satisfaction. ] use them myself.
Having taken cold, became prustruto, and lOstmy op
petite It relieved mo, aud can recommend it with
great assurauceof its merits
Dr. WM. N. KERR, ofR1gcrsvillc, Indiana, writesus
has recommended them with great success, and with
en made several cures of bad Of Pulptutiun of
the Hcartand General Debility.
j. W. HUNT writes from DNphosi Allen CO., Ohto,
a section whero Fever and Aguc ruyus that he most
chsorfullv them of decided merit m al ca
g,s on FEVER AND AGUE, DTSPEPSlAand GENER-
AL DEBILITY
d. X GALLAGHER, NJ D.. writes from Van Vert,
.ObD. I most respectfully recommend tho sherry Wine
Dittors the notice OF Dyspepuc persons ana TO all
-yhorc1uire a stimulating medicine
sirgn NEWS WE ARE RECEIVING DAILY.
They are sold by Medicine Dealers generally Prco75
cts per bottle. - NJ hAMNlo W.
Cincinnati, o.
To whom address all orders.
ForsaIcby j. s. Brown, Nckers son, and James
NIendenhaU HishurO; j. S. Weaver and Ell Watson
Oh Loaslmrr; Norton & Robinson, GreenAcld; Samuel
hackston DtnyiIle and by 'dcine dealers generally
in the county mnrl4yL
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26
Carriage and Wagon-Making.
Special Master Commissioners Sale.

STATE OF OHIO, HIGHLAND COUNTY, IS.
UDURsUANr to the command of an order for Sale from
che Court of Common Pleas in aud for said county
and 90 directed viii offer 40 Public Sale at The door
of the Conrt House. in IIiIlsboro,
SATURDAY, THE 2srH DAY on DECEMBER 1861,
between the hours OF no o'clock A. D. and o'clock r.
H. the following doscrlbcd READ estate t0-wit:
Being part of In-Lot so. 50 beginning at the ~ Z
corner of said lot IN the town of lnllsboro in said
county of Highland, running parallel with Walnut
Street 10 oet thence lG38 feet, and parallel with
High Street; thence u. 75 iget, running parallel with
Walnut Street 90 High street, thones along and fsuntng
High street l651 feet 10 the beginning, being tho
~ n. of said lot no. 6u fronting lG2S feet
High Street and rs feet on Walnut Street.
Valued az 900.
TO bo 8old by order of Court in action % rhereu
Darius Esgostuu plaintiff, and S. p. sA.dpo, Asa R
Butler and others are defendants,
Terms of sale, Cash, h. w. bfARGUR,
sheriff aud Special Master Commissioner.
W.M. MEEK, ATTY.
Nov 2stb, 1861 u0y28w5-pf3tB
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

In OtueF 70 the security and proper
disposition of the productions of the
soil and all other property found with
in the lines Of States or parts of States
declared to be in instruction against
the United States, and now occupied or
to be hereafter occupied by the troops
and authority Of the Union, the follow
ing regulations are established:
There shall be appointed by the Sec
retary OF the Treasury, with the appro-
baton Of the President agents 10 re-
side at such ports or places as are or
may be occupied by the forces of the
United States, whose duties it shall be
to secure and prepare for market the
cotton and such other products aud
property as may be brought within the
lines Of the army or under the control
Of the Federal authorities.
To enable such agents to fulfil the
duties devOlved upon them the militia
ny and naval authorities, under proper
instructions, will render such military
aid and protection as may be required
to carry out the intentions of this De.
partment
Persons held to service for life under
State laws who may be found within
such limits may be employed by the
agent who will prepare lists Of names,
sex end condition of such persons, and
as near as may be their respective agos.
together with tho names of any person
claiming their services, which lists shall
be in triplioate, one for the military
commaudant one for the agent, aud
one to be immediately forwarded to the
Secretary Of the Treasury. The per.
sons so listed win bo organized for sys-
temaised tabor in securing and prepar-
ing for the market the cotton, rice and
Other products found within the terri.
tory brought under Federal control.
Puy rolls will be prepared aud
strict account of the labor duily per-
Formed by each person entered therein.
for which proper compensation shall
bo allowed and paid 70 the laborers.
The amount Of such compensation
viii be fixed 10 proportion to tho SER
vice rendered, by the agents, aud ap-
proved by the military commandant and
the Secretary Of the Treasury. An in
ventory Of all horses males and other
stock, vehicles for transportation aud
other property viii be carefully made
and o copy transmitted 90 The Secretary
.of tbe Treasury, signed By such agent.
A record of all products taken pos
session Of win Be made. and those of
each panlation kept disinoL When
prepared for shipment packages from
the several plantations win BE- plainly
marked and numbered so as 90 81 easi.
/ 81 distinguished
An account OF all provisions OF what,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26

The Vioerey of Egypt has indicated
his friendliness 70 our Government by
directing the Captains of the port Of
Alexandria to exclude oil vessels bear
ing any unreoognized Aag from the har-
bors Of Egypt. In the facilities for OBJ
tanning Egyptian cotton, our manuiao-
turers have been placed on an equality
with those Of Great Britain. Much
credit is due to Mr.. Thayer, our Consul
General, for his promptness in pointing
out the true condition of affairs in this
country to the Vioeroy.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26

LFor The News.
Charade.
Ny hr5t's color much 10 uso
Aud also very bright;
Ny second you will sometimes lose,
When travelling amor night
My first and second, whom combined,
Younow will understand,
l. the name Of one now teaching school
In the county Of Highland
Doc. 10, 1861. sALLIE.
Answer to Enigma in .last weeks paper Roscoe En-
8rsun NodwHy.
Answer to Charodo in same paper: Whale-Hale-
Ale-Lea.
We shall withhold tho answer TO tho AIgebraica
Question n Our last paper until week after next give
some Of our young muthematicans chance to send vi
the solution.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-12-26

A lawyer once came into court drunk,
when the judge said to him "Sr,
am sorry to soc you in situation which
is a disgrace to yourself and family, the
court, and tho profession TO which you
belong This reproof elioited the fol-
lowing colloquy:-"Did your honor
speak to me?" "[ did, sir, I said, sir,
that, in my opinion, you disgrncod
yourself and family, the court, and the
profession by your course Of conduct %
"Mayi-i.it please your honor, 1 have
been an attorney in-in.in this c-court
for fifteen years; and permit me to say,
your honor, that it is the FIRST correct
opinion / ever knew you to give"
, 1861-03-16
FEELING THE PRESSURE.

The in,r roduction Of joint resolution i'll
the Montgomery Congress, on Thursday
last, to submit the permanent Constitu-
sion" to vote Of the people, or to State
Conventions elected for that purpose, is Il
good indication. The policy of the seces-
sionists, heretofore, has been to carry
things with high hand and bold front =;
to first create reign Of terror, and then
prccipitate the people irretrievably into
rebellion. To make sure Of their OBJ
iject. they intended. and may possibly
yet carry their intention into cx-
execution, to refer the Constitution for re-
jection or confirmation to the same Con
Ventions which adopted the ordinances OF
secession They were afraid to submit 1t
TO direct vote Of the people, or to any
other State Conventions than those already
implicated in treason. For fortnight
past, however, indications Of rebellion have
appeared in various psrts Of the Confede.
racy. a few newspapers have had thf
holiness to declare that, unless the people
were permitted to pass upon the Constitn
ton, they would never submit to its author
ity. Tie Journals that have thus spoker
are undoubtedly backed by the popular
voice in their respective localities; and th'
Introduction of the joint resolution is proc
Of the fact Whether the Convention vii
conclude il to be safer to risk rebellion q
home than 10 run the chances of the rejec
tion Of the Constitution by the people, re
mains 70 be seen, The movement, how
eyer, towards the latter course has de
cided reactionary look.
, 1861-03-16

pnblicans who are applicants, schurz, Aassau-
rex Mansfield Of 1ndlana S. = T @akf 10 cont ent
one anothcr's tlroate, as is the fashion win
Office seekers.
E. ]. Morris, Of philadelphia ~ l.; aeso51, aa45l
plished linguizt aud politician, is prominently
named tor Sardinia Ansol. B11lingame,s 3
name is aso reyysd Dgt Gee :: n15sn Sstr IS
nan Carl schurz is beginning to turn big at"
tention to some other Post say the B5izlnR
manifested to his going to Sardinia: ~ Inc nc
81 pe objections do not apply to HassauIsk Us
to 5s2g fscsnt 9sp0 p0Gt{s nsls
ano n1e Iels is here, expressing great fears Of
tho eoe et,cts It upon Maryland Of the intr1sues OF
'nT F.o,n oee ;nfnr, 4ation derived from the fosl
y % not 2sesn 59 tfsyssf T
re power vesIe9 III 'ug postal facilities from
seeecd statss sns e9cept should establish
their oWn.
, 1861-03-16

ANOTHER RRA1LNoADI DImBROGLIO,
In the month Of April last a committee
was appointed to investigate the affairs Of
the Great Western Railway Of Canada.
The report of that committee has just been
published in London, and our Canada .ex-
changes are full Of extracts from the docu-
nent. The committee appear to have
made thorough work Of the task assigned
them, and numerous transactions are for
the first tine brought to the light which
will tarnish names heretofore held in high
esteem both in Canada and in Great Brit
ain. The committee advise thatthe "best
Illegal advice be at once had as to the
::preper proceedings to Be Instituted
against the persons eepceFRed" Ii one on
Ease high official Of the English Goyern-
Nen4' Whlie acting rs trustee, had partner
ship agreement with the contractor by
=. which the profit sr loss was to be shared
between them. It also appears that Will
, 1861-03-16

The Chicago Democrat Of yesterday as
seris that Hon. B. G. Cook of Ottawa is an
applicant for the Office Of Q. S. District At
torney for tile Northern District of Illinois.
We are authorized to say that 11r. Cook is
not now nor has been at any time an appli-
cant for that Office,