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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

A REMARKABLE CLooK.--The Mem.
phis Argus thus describes a singular
timepiece now in that city;
A gentleman, lately returned from
Germany, brought with him a clock, to
be given as a Now Years gift, which is
certainly one Of the most extraordinary
specimens of pulium IN parvo that we
ever boheld. Besides recording hours,
half hours, quarters and semi-quartors,
each by "a different bell of peculiar sound,
il indicates on one dial the time in hours,
minutes, seconds and half fseoonds; on
another it indicates the century accord
ing to Jewish, Christian and Turkish
reckoning, the year according to each
of these, the month of each year, and,
finally, the day of tho month; on anoth-
or dial the solar and lunar months are
oontrastod, aud, finally, on the last dial
a barometer prophecies the weather, and
two Thermometers give the degree Of heat
according TO the Fnrenhoitand Reamaur
scales. The size Of this instrument,
which requires bat one winding, and
that only at intervals of eight days, is
one foot square.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

Mr.. GuRLEY's SpEEcH.-The speech
of Hon. John A. Gurley of Ohio, de-
livered in the House Of Representatives
at Washington, on the 10th inst, pro-
duced much impression on the House. 1t
was a maaly and telling effort, in which
he took strong ground for maintaining
the Union in its integrity, and eXocu-
ting the laws, not by coercion against
States; but by their rigid enforcement
against combinations or individuals who
de6ed the recognized authorities. Mr..
jenkins and others interrupted him,
demanding to know if fifteen States Sc
cede, whether he would adhere to the
policy. Mr.. Gurlcy answered that the
same principle applied in all cases, if we
had any Government lie cited various
instances in which respectable citizens
of Ohio and other States had been wan,
tonly and infamously outraged in tho
South, and said there was a mighty
storm gathering in the West which
might burst at any moment The peo
pie there would protect the Constitu
tional rights Of the South and discoun
tcuuuce aggression, but they would alsC
insist upon their own, and defend the
Union to the last extremity.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

The race Of mankind would perish,
did they cease to aid each other From
the time the mother binds the child's
head till the moment that some kind
assistant wipes the death-d damp from the
brow Of the dying, we cannot exist
without mutual help. All, therefore,
that need aid, have a right to ask it Of
their fellow mortals No one who has
the power to grant it can refuse it with.
out guilt
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

"Mamma," said a young lady to
her mother, what is omigrating2'
"Emigrating, my dear, is a young la
dy going to live in Australia"
"What is colonizing, mammal"
"Colonizing, my DEAR is marrying
there and having family"
Mamma, should like to 60 to Aus
tralia."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

4 FASHION LoNG NEEDED.-It is
stated that the latest fashion an
nounced from Europe is that of dress.
ing very plainly when going to Church.
Some Of the ladies Of the first circle go
up to worship in plain calico. 1t is
thus sought to encourage the attendance
of the poor who have hitherto withheld
their presence for lack Of SUNDAY
clothes.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

The manly part is to do with might
and main what you can do. The world
is full Of fops who never did anything,
and who have persuaded beauties and
men Of genius to wear their fop livery,
and these will deliver the fop opinion
that it is not respectable to be seen
earning a living; that it is much more
respectable to spend without earn.
ing; aud this doctrine of the snake will
come also from the elect sons Of light
for wise men are not wise at. all hours
and will speak Ave times from thoir
taste or their humor to once from Their
reason Emerson.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07
Population Of Ohio.

The following table shows the popu-
lation Of Ohio at each census since
1900, and the ratio Of increase during
each period of ten years.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

A young lady who was employed in
braiding a guard chain for a gentle
mans watch, was asked what it was for
"a bell.ropo, sir, replied she.
81 acknowledge it is a Jelie-rope," re
piled he, "and pretty one, too; but l
suspect we shall fnd beau attached to
it when it is finished" "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

WE- Answer TO Miscellaneous Enigma poporof jan
uary 3lst, why are country girls chceks like French
cuco9 because they are warranted to wash and retain
their color.
uE-A Answer 90 Puzzle in last wcok's paper under,
stand you undertake go overthrow my undertaking.,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07
Family Intercourse at the Table.


To meet at the breakfast table father,
mother, children, all well, ought to be
happiness to any heart; it should be q
source Of humble gratitude, and should
stir up tho warmost feelings Of our ma
ture. Shame upon the contemplate and
low bred, hammered cur, whether pa
rent or child, that can ever come to the
breakfast table, where all the family have
met in health, only to frown, and whine,
and growl, and frcu Itis prima tacie
evidence Of a mean, and grovelliug, and
selfish, and degraded nature, whenceso-
ever the ohurl may have sprung. Nor
is it less reprehcnsibIe to make such ex-
hibitious at the tea-tabIc; for before the
morning comes, some of the little cir.
Gle may be stricken down with some
deadly disease, to gather around that Ia.
BILE not again forever
Children, if in good health, if left to
themselves, become, after a few mouth
| fuls garrulous and noisy; but il within
at all reasonable or bearable bounds, it
is better to let them alone; they eat less
because they do not cat SO rapidly as if
compelled to keep silent, while the very
exhiIaration of spirits quickens the cir.
culation Of the vital fluids, and energi
zes digestion and assimilation. The ex
tremes Of society curiously meet in this
regard. The tables of tho rich and the
mobiles Of England are models Of mirth
wit, and bonhomme; it takes hours tc
get through a rcpast, and they live long
IF anybody will look in upon the ne
grocs Of well-to do family in Kentucky
while at their meals, they cannot bu
be impressed with the perfect abandon
of jabber, cachinnation, and mirth;
seems as if they could talk all day, ant
they live long. It follows then, that a
the family table all should meet, and d
lit habitualy, to make common inter
change Of high bred courtesies, Of warn
affections, of cheering mirthfulness, an
that generosity Of nature which lifts u
above the brutes that perish, promotivc
as these things are, Of good digestion
high health, and a long life Journ'
b Of Health.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

EXCLUSIVE INFoRMATIoN.-Tn the
London literary paper "Once A Week
a biographical notice Of the President
elect, very confidently afirms the fol-
lowing paragraph:
"Houost old Abe, as the Americans
call Lincoln, was originally a farm la
boror in Illinois, Frederick Douglas
"the Little Giant, his defeated autago
mist, was a cabinet-maker,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

vi NAAAe s"bAN WIZ AN.hlAA NNN ANsNNA "a ~
marks:
While the ratio Of growth has been
less, since 1850, il nevertheless main
tains rate which will, it continued.
give this State a population Of 1000
600, in 30 years, or, a single generation.
The probability is, that it will be great
err; for the period of torn gro,gh has
Just commenced, and that is always fast.
er than the growth Of the Immediately
preceding period as we see in Massa-
chusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania.
The dcus'y of population is now 60
to a square mile. In 1850 it was 30 to
square mile. The density Of New
| England is about 40; that Of the mid
die States, go; that Of the whole North
west, 35; Of the South, Is; of the South.
west, and Of the Pacific States ] We
see, therefore, that no section Of the
Union is as populous as Ohio, There
are, however, several single States, which
are more dense. Connecticut, Masso.
chusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New
Jersey, and Pennsylvania are the only
States more densely populated.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

A writer asks the best and easiest
way to start "a "little nursery, - Ex.
Get married, sir; get married.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07
S1ljstrllanCoUs
Loss of Life on the Lakes in 1850.

The Detroit Advertiser has published
statement showing the number Of
lives lost upon the chain of American
Lakes, Of those engaged in, and while
navigating sail and steam passenger and
freight vessels, and Of those travelling
as passengers. The aggregate is fear.
fully large--larger it is thought than
that Of any two previous season, it
not of any three seasons. Five hundred
amt siCty persons met their death be-
tween the 22d Of March and the 25th
yf November, a period Of eight months
| by water, storm and cold, and the cas-
ualties to working sail vessels.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

A sleigh-ride in Paris is an unwonted
occurrence, hut the denizcns had an op-
portunity few weeks ago to enjoy it
The Emperor and Empross rode in. an
American sleigh, behind two gigantic
aud beautiful American horses.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

There is nothing on earth so beautiful
as the household on which Christian
love forever smiles, and where religion
walks, n counsellor and a friend. No
cloud can darken it, for its twin-stars
are conferred in the soul No storm
can make it tremblc, for it has a heav.
only support and a heavenly anchor
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

According to the estimate Of the Bos-
ton Traveller, there are in that city 973
manufacturing establishments, with an
aggregate capital sl2,845,000. In three
l3,4lO men and 4,3O9 women are en-
ployed, to the former whom S47l,700,
and to the latter S65, 4O3 are paid
monty.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07
tuI lNt NtM
THE PRIZE CHARADH.
A Eb0ra1a

BY d. %. HUgGISs.
A sinlcss being, sent Dy God above,
no cheer our homes and MELT our hearts with love
A w.-vlcss angel, born, 'ts true, of earth,
But lacking little ut "a ChruIb's WorJh,
NV d-yf b.; may % never hliudly stray
From paths OF peace and purity away.
My second is q garment made 90 warm
My Rr.f, and shpld it from tho wiutry storm.
My uL1Ia but uuCo 90 an ou earth is given,
Not half $50 pure Is uught this side of llutyoni
ts memories sweet, DER lIW's extended sO1l
Float like the odurs from howcry lea.
Answer. Childhood.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

DEATH OF LOLA MONTEZ.--Lola
Montez, one Of the most remarkable
and versatile women of the present age
whose life is a romance ce-whose ca
reer presents the various phases Of n
countess and public lecturer, Of kings
ravorite and dancer on the stage, died
iu Now York a few days ago.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

Gloriry a lie, logalizo lie, arm and
equip a lie, consecrate a lie with solemn
forms and awful penalties, and after all
it is nothing but a lie 1t rots a land
and corrupts a people like any other
lie, and by.and-by the whole light Of
Gods truth shines clear through it, and
shows it to be a lie.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

The more married men you have,
says Votairc, the fewer crimes there
will be. Examine the frightrul col
umns Of our criminal calendar--you
will find there a hundred youths exc.
cuted for one father Of family. Mar
riage readers a man virtuous and more
wise. The fcther of family is not
willing to blush before his children.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

Tue DoINGs AT VICKsBUUo.--The
Louisville journal says;
We yesterday saw a highly respecta-
BILE Kentuckian, a warm Secessiouist,
direct from Vicksburg. We learn from
him that it is a fact that a battery was
planted on the shore of the Mississippi
at Vicksburg so as to command the riy.
er. lie says that good many boats
passing down, were brought to, especial.
ly in the night, the object being to gel
possession Of the SilUer Ware upor
which it was said that the United States
ordnance was to be transported to the
South. A shot was fred across the bow
of one boat, and then the cannon wa
aimed directly at her, but it hasheC
without going off, and the boat round
ed to.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

More than one thousand years ago
tho Chinese built suspension bridges
of more than four hundred feet span.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

John Mitchell, the Irish exile, is the
Paris correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

SKATING PARKs-LADIEs' SKATING.
Skating is becoming all the rage
for fashionable winter sport, and in
several cities artificial ponds arc pre-
pared, whereon the gentlemen and la
dies can cut their fourishes, when the
surface becomes frozen. This ensures
a clear, firm ice; and free from all dan.
ger Of drowding in deep water in case
of break. Besides this, these parks
are provided with nice warm dressing
rooms, where the ladies Of the party can
retire to "fx their skates and things.
In New York skating pond has been
prepared in the new Central Park. In
Boston a pond has been made in tho
public garden, near the old Boston
Common. The cities of Albany aut
Montreal have each their skating
grounds fitted up for winter. Our
Cleveland neighbors have constructed
dam across a ravine, so as to foot
eight or ten acres, and are going it il
great style Field Notes.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

A YANKEE STORY BY DIcKENs.--
Dickens has written for the last num-
Der of AHH Year Round one of his
usual Christmas stories about adventure
on the deep, entitled "a Message from
the Sea-. The hero is true-hearted
Yankee skipper, Captain Silus Jorgau,
of Salem, Massachusetts,. The scene
Of the story is little town in Great
Britain, really known as Cloyely, but
called by Dickens, Steepways,
Tue DEMAND FOR WIVES IN ORE
GoN.--The schoolmistrosses whom Gov
Slado, Of Vermont, sent out to Ore
gon, we're to pay a ino Of five hundred
dollars if they married under Quo year
Most Of the girls paid the dno,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

When We think Of good, angels arc
silent; when wo do il, they rejoice
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

A good anecdote is told of Ali Pasha,
the SuItans Grand Vizicr, recently in
Paris. A lady, to whom this gentle
man was introduced at a soiree, hazard
ed the question, lis the Sultan married?
~ good deal, madam, " was the Turk S
reply.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

Pretty nearly all men are benevo.
lent, when it don't cost them much
Tom never secs poor John suffer but
he thinks Sam ought to help him.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

A reliable correspondent Of the Bal
timore American, writing from Charles
ton, says there is no truth in the rumor
Of scanty supplies Of food in that city.
The markets are oyoraowiug with album
dance, and the poor dnd employment
in the service Of the State. The mer-
chants are suffering owing to the alb
senee Of trade
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

A NOBLE TREE FELLED.--The mon
arch tree of the Sierra Nevada, known
as the Miners Cabin, was blown down
by the hurricane Of the 14th ult. II
was thirty feet in diameter, and sup.
posed to be 5000 years old.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

George Wood, Esqr a prominent oiti-
zen oc Chillicothe, died 10 that city on
Monday night Of last week, after a very
brief illness. He was sixty nine years
of age, native Of Jefferson county, va.
lie began life without cent and died
worth over 100000 He was unmarried
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

4 FAIR REToRT.--A young profit
gate fellow, seeing an aged hermit so by
him barefoot, "Father," says he, "you
are in a very miserable condition if
there is not another world.
True, son." said the hermit "but
what is thy condition if there bo?'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

A Dutchman one morning went out
to his miIkmon in the street, with a
dish in each hand, instead Of one as
usual.
"Do you wish both dishes flled?'
asked the dispenser Of attenuated milk
"No," replied Mynheer, suiting the
action to the word, dis for de influx
and dis oder for de water, an me viii
mix EN- so as to shute mine own self
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-07

A guest at the Duke of Wellington S
table bIurted out the question, pray,
Duke, were you surprised at Waterloo?
With what a neat and easy turn Of
the wrist he ran the unhappy man
through: "No, but | am nowl'
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-14
!l3l3(G.i1 1ApHlEo

St. Louis, May 1O-Gen. Frost 5
brigade of Missouri militia, surren-
dered unconditionally to Capt. Lyon,
of the federal forces, the latter having
surrounded the former, planted bat
teries, &c.
Washington, May 1O-Gen. Nc
Clelland, of Ohio, has been appoin-
ted commander o. the department of
the Ohio, comprising Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois.
\ large train of cars has arrived
with troops, who passed uninterrup-
tcdly through Baltimore.
Washington, May 10,-Col Faunt-
lerby has resigned.
The Ohio troops have been ordered
to GAINESVILLE.
Baltimore, May lO.-It is reported
that the mountain forests on the Ma
rvland side of the Potomac, have
been fired.
Eight hundred kentuckians and
Nirginians have erected II battery a,
Jefferson Rock, and have laid trains
to blow up the bridges at moments
notice.
New York, May 1O.-The steame,
Illinois has arrived from Fort Pick
ems and Key West.
Boston, May l0.-The steame,
Pembroke sailed with reinforcements
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-14

Cwious Calcuiatiou.-'The vast
number of inhabitants who do live.
and have lived, upon the face of the
earth, appear at first sight, to defy
the powers Of calculation. But five
suppose the world to have existed six
thousand years; that there now exists
one thousand million; that a genera
ton passes away in thirty years; that
every past generation averages the
present; and that four individuals
may stand on one square yard, we
occupy u compass SO great as one
fourth the extent of England. Al
lowing six thousand years since crea-
ton, and u generation to pass away
in thirty years, We shall have two
| hundred generations, which at one
! thousand l,.iliious, which being divi-
ded by four persons to a square yard,
will leave fifty thonsand million OF
square yards: there are i'll square
mile three million, ninety-seven thou
sand, six hundred square yards; by
which, ifthe former sum be divided,
it will give sixteen thousand, one
hundred aud thirty-three square
miles, the root of which, in whole
numbers, is about one hundred and
twenty seven; so that one hundred
and twenty-seven square miles will
be found sufficient to contain the i'm
lnelise and almost inconceivablc
number OF two hundred thousand mil
lion of human beings.--n~ninSg
Pensylraniaa.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-14

COsT OF ARTILLERY.-Thec cost Of
Dahlgren's 9-inch iron guns is seven
and a half cents per pound. AS they
weigh 5000 pounds each, the cost of a
gun is s645. The S-inch Columbians
weigh 5000 pounds; the 1O-inch, 49,
900 pounds each; both are sold at
six and a half cents a pound. Forty
four Founders weigh 5000 pounds !;
thirty-pounders $500 to 5000 pounds
each. The twelve Founders are sold
at cents, the others at cents. Sea-
coast howitzers Of s and 1oinch bore
weigh from $500 to $500 pounds each,
and are sold at six and half cents :,
pound, Seige howitzers of s-inch
bore are much lighter, weighing $500
to 5000 pounds, and are sold at the
same rate as those above mentioned
Brass guns are much lighter, the ar
my pattern twelve Founders weighing
only 43o0pounds; they are, however,
sold at 46 cents a pound. The Dahl
gren brass guns are still proportion
ately higher priced;. the patent noun
tain 12,pound howitzers, weighing
220 pounds, are sold at Is cents q,
pound. Shell sells according to weight
at from to cents a pound; shot at
from 3 and half to cents.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-14

Cure for In -Groscing Nai1s.--It is
stated by a correspondent Of the
Medical and Surgical .zou,uaE, that
IA cauterization with hot tallow is an
Immediate cure for in-growing nails.
He says:
The patient on whom tried this
was a young lady who had been un--
able to put on shoe for several
months, and decidedly the worst case
/ had ever seen. The disease had
been of long standing. The edge of
the nail was deeply undermined );
the granulation had formed a high
ridge partly covered with skin, and
thus constantly oozing from the root
ofthe nail 5 the wholetoe was swollen,
and extremely tender and painful.
Ny mode Of proceeding was this:
l put very small piece Of tallow in
a spoon and heated it over lamp
until it became very hot, dropping
two or three drops between the nail
and granalations. The effect was
almost magical. The pain and ten
derness were at once relieved, and in
few days the granulations We're all
gone, the edge Of the nail exposed so
as to admit Of being pared without
any Inconvenience. The cure was
complete, and the trouble never re-
turned. l have tried this plan re-
peatedly since. with the same salts
factory result. The operation causes
little or no pain if the tallow is pro-
perly heated
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-14

For professional aud business cards, (in-
eluding the Daily paper,) not exceeding
five lines, for II months, $l5-without
paper, $40.
The privilege of yearly advertisers is
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business ;.and the business of an
advertising firm is not considered as inciu-
ding that of it's indiviIu members.
Advertisements published at irregular
intervals, 81 per square for each insertion.
Announcing candidates for II District or
State Office, $40; for II Parish office, s 10 :;
City office, $5-to be paid i'll advance.
Al advertisements for strangers or tram
sieut persons, to he paid III advance.
Advertisements not marked on the copy
for Il specified time, will be inserted till
forbid, and payment cNacted.
Marriages and deaths will be published
as news: obituaries, tributes of respect, and
funeral invitations as other advertisements.