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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-09
Rebel Evacu ton of Galveston.


The Houston Telegraph, OF the I'd
inst, states that Galveston has been
evacuated and the movable property.
public and private, was being removed
to Houston. Hon. w. p. Hill arrived
at home few days ago, from whom we
gain substantially the following facts:
On the Goth ult., council of war
was held, at Galveston, at which it was
determined that it was impossible to de.
fend the city successfully. The largest
guns at the Notifications upon the
Island were 80 Founders, smooth bores,
having range not exceeding two miles,
while the enemy's guns were of the
largest caliber, shooting with acc uracy
three or four miles To await al at
tack was simply to invite the surrender
or destruction of our troops and tho
city, without the power of infiicting in.
jury upon the assailants. 1t was
thought best, therefore, under all tho
circumstances, to evacuate Galveston,
and occupy position in the rear of the
city, SO as to repel any advance of the
Federal troops after they had landed.
1t seems that Gen. Hebert has been
notified of a contemplated attack, but
is not advised us to the point that may
be first assailed.
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A Daring Exploit.

Among the many instances where the
bravery Of our officers and men has
shown conspicuous, the one we are
about to relate is almost unequaled
capt. Spencer, aid to Gen. Wool,
received information from two ladies
who went from Norfolk TO Fortress
Monroe with o flag Of truce, that near
midnight six -oared boat was {, leave
Norfolk for Richmond with money for
the payment ofthe rebel soldiers. He
requested permission of Gen. Wool TO
attempt their capture, ond was told not
to place too much confidence in the in.
formation received Nevertheless, Der.
mission was given, and selecting two
good oarsmen on whom he could RELY.
with their oars mufled, he started at
dark, and awaited the coming Of the
enemy's boat. He had previously given
direction to his men to pull directly
for the boat, and on the moment Of
striking to shack water" instantly
About midnight the boat was heard ap.
preaching, and taking his station in thu
bow, with nine.inch shell in his hand,
he gave the order to "give way" The
moment his bows struck the rebel boat
he threw the shell into the middle oft.
and was himself drawn back, luckily re-.
ceiving no injury from the explosion,
Not SO to the other boat and occupants.
however, the former of which was bro.
ken in two, and the latter were scattered
in all directions in the water, not, how.
ever, before discharging their pistols at
him, two balls going through his cap
and three perfOrating his coat.-Ths
men were then told that if they sub.
mitted quietly they would be saved.
otherwise he would leave them to their
fate. They preferred the former, and
arming himself with q pistol in one
hand and dirk (taken by him at the
battle of Bull Run from a "Secesh'l in
the other, he took them in his boat ono
by one, Handwriting them as they were
pulled in. In addition to which, from
the stern of the enemy's boat, which float.
ei, he took eleven hundred dollars in
gold and FIVE thousand dollars in worth.
less paper money. 1t was with some
difficulty that he reached tho Fort, tho
gunwale of the boat being almost level
with the water with it's increased
freight"
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MlsttllantOns.
[From the london Times, Dec. TO-
Prince Alberts Deathbed.

Q
During Saturday morning--at least
in the early part--his Royal Highness
undoubtedly seemed better, and not
withstanding that his condition was in
the highest degree precarious, the
change, though sudden, was marked,
and almost justified the strong hopes
which were then entertained that he
would recover. This change was but
for a short time, and, in fact, but one
OF those expiring efforts Of nature which
give delusive hopes to the mourners
round so many deathbeds. Soon after
ward his Royal Highness again relaps-
ed, and before the evening it became
evident chat it was only question of
an hour, more or less. The Prince
sank with alarming rapidity. At four
the physicians issued bulletin stating
that their patient was then in "a most
critical condition" which was indeed
sad truth, for at that time almost every
hope of recovery bad passed away.
Her Majesty, and the Prince of Wales
(who had travelled through the previous
night from Cambridge the Priucesses
Alice and Helena, and the Prince and
Princess OF Leiningen, were with their
illustrious relative during all of this
mournful and most trying period. The
approach of death from exhaustion
was so rapid that all stimulants failed
to check the progressive increase of
weakness, and the fatal termination was
SO clearly foreseen that even before nine
o'clock on Saturday evening a dispatch
was forwarded from Windsor to the
city, stating that the Prince Con.
osrt was then dying fast. Quietly
and without suffering he continued
slowly to sink, SO slowly that the wrists
were pulseless long before tho last mo.
ment had arrived, when, at few min.
utes before eleven, he ceased tobreathe,
and all was over.
An hour after and the solemn tones
of the great bell of St. Paul's-a bell of
evil omeD--told all citizens how ire
parable had been the loss of their be-
loved Queen, how great the loss to the
country.
The funeral Of the Prince would take
place on Monday, the 23d. In accor-
dance with the custom usually followed
OF late years, the funeral would not be
state one, nor would the remains lie
In state. The Prince of Wales was to
act as chief mourner, supported by the
Duke Of Cambridge aud by the Grown
Prince of Prussia. The remains were
to be laid in the royal vault at Wind.
sor.
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Dagusrreotype Anticipated.


Q. de Langue writes as follows 10 the
Photographic News III a
DEAR S1R:-I read in recent nun, 5er
OF your valuable paper Electric Tele
graph Anticipated" and thinking that
the above title may also be Of interest
TO your numerous readers aud my breth-
ren photographers, beg to state that
In French book, "Les fables de Fen.
elon, which has apparently been writ
ten for the education of the Due de
Bourgoyne, grandson of Louis XIV.
IN an able composition under the name
OF Voyage suppose $780," and among
the many wonders of which the fable is
made up, we read:
There was no painter in the whole
country (the Island of Wonders;) but
when the people wished to have the
likeness Of friend, fine landscape, or
picture representing some other OBJ.
Ject, they placed some water in large
basins of gold or silver; then they
brought this water opposite the picture
they wished to take. Soon, the water
in congealing became similar to a look
ng-gIass, where the image Of that OBJ
jeet remained fixed; they carried it
where they wished, and it was a picture
as faithful as if reflected from the best
polished looking glass"
How far from thinking, the noble
and virtuous Fenelon must have been,
when writing the above, that snch
fabulous wonder might one day be no
longer fable, but realityl
How glorious is the art through
which such wonders are operated
Swansea, Oct. %, 1861,
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MOVEMENT OF Troops ALONG THE
OHIo-ExcITEMENT AMONG THE PEn.
PLE.--The steamer Ben. Franklin has
arrived from Portsmouth, Ohio. She
brought up nineteen prisoners from
Barboursville in Cabell county, guarded
by twenty Of Piatt's Zouavos, and three
United States Marshals, The Franklin
also brought up twenty more of the
Aouaves from Guyandotte, where tho
regiment is stationed, to jenkins farm.
who intended to arrest Judge Bowlin,
for supplying the enemy with corn.--
These twenty zouaves have fat boat
which they intend to load with corn
for the troops at Guyandotte. The I'd
Virginia Cavalry is now at Guyan.
dOtte. 40 staI &
Col Lsban Moore, with his regiment,
bad retreated down the Big Sandy to
Catlettsburg, on the Ohio, and the 4lst
Ohio Regiment had returned to that
point in expectation Of an attack from
the secesh from Prestonburg. There
was the greatest excitement among the
people along the bOrdor,-[Wheel
Intelligencer.
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The Austrian Emperor has at last
thrown aside all pretensions of govern
ing Hungary constitutionally, having
delegated the administration of that
state to Governor whose authority will
be onl ly subordinate to the Aulic Chan
cery. The county assem- blies, VIII oh
were reorganized last spring after
long suspension, have been dissolved
by an order from Vienna. The Obcr.
gcspanes County lieutenants) are also
to be superseded by agents from the
Austrian capital. Francis Joseph thus
returns at once to the old system OF
governing, according to the dospotio
practice which prevailed from 1919 TO
the early part of lS6l--a state of things
that cannot last much longer. Count
PalHy has been appointed military Gov
ernor of Hungary. .f.,
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BuRNrNa OF 4 FEMALr CoL1rar. 4.

BURNING OF A FEMALE COLLEGE, AT
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.-On Saturday
last, the west wing of the Jacksonville
Female College was destroyed by Ere.
Two young ladies we're severely injur-
ed by attempting to escape from the
fourth story window--one having her
arm broken and shoulder dislocated, and
the other leg broken. The main
building was saved with difficulty
The College was the largest of the kind
in the State, being capable of accommo. .
dating four hundred pupils. The loss
is supposed to be about $4,000, on
whichthere wns said to be no insura noe.
[Chieago Tribune, 22d. -----.--
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Humorous.


II is the opinion Of the doctor that
lawyers live by plunder; but the lawyer
thinks the doctor gets his by pill age
A wag says of woman: "To her
virtues we give love; to her beauty, our
admiration; to her hoops, the whole
sidewalk"
When children who are born with
silver spoons in their mouths grow up.
there is seldom any thing Of them left
but the spoon.
Vanity Fair says that tho three ages
of Senator are--milo age, post age
and patronage. 1t might have added
as fourth, verbi-uge,
The two most precious things enc os.
ed in hoops are girls and kegs of pow
er--danger Of blowing up from both. =
keep the sparks away from them.
"Mother, the end of the world is com
ing" "What makes you think so,
child?" Zoos them trowsers what YOU
said 'ud never wear out has got tarin
big hole in EN-
There is fellow IN Vermont who has
a bugle, the notes of which are so sweet
that, when he plays, the whole neigh.
borhood catches them to use instead OF
sugar.
Gentlemen and ladies', said show.
man, "here you have the magnificent
painting Of Daniel iu the Lions Den.--
Daniel can be easily distinguished from
the lion by the green cotton umbrella
under his arm"
Coming from the pulpit, after heavy
sermon, popular minister said to his
favorite deacon, deacon, I'm very
tired" Indeed" replied the deacon,
"theu you'll know how to pity us"
To undertake to reason a girl out of
love is as absurd as would be the at
tempt to extinguish Vesuvius with a
syringe. The only thing that will break
a love fit is hard work and mutton
chops. Good advice and iudolenco only
make things worse.
The following is written as q notice
on car running on a railroad in the
northern part of the State Is. & w. =
The Saratoga and Washington, we pre-
sumo: Passengers are requested not
to get off the cars to SNOWFALL when the
train is under full headway."
"What shall 1 help you toP" inquired
lady of a modest youth at the dinner
table. "a wife" was the meek reply.
The young lady blushed, perhaps indig-
nantly; aud it is said that the kind off
ces Of a neighboring clergyman were
requisite to reconcile the parties.
Lord Campbell, it is well known, was
fond of joke, and sometimes had the
tables turned upon himself A few
days before his death he met barrister
who had grown very stout of late, and re.
marked, "Why, Mr.. -, you are get
ting as fat as a porpoise" "Fit com
pany, my lord, for the great SEAL" was
the ready repartee.
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1otttp.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.


nj ALFRED rENNYsoS.
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty lightl
The year Is dying In tho night:
Ring out, wild bells, and lot him die.
Ring out the old, ring In the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the anow.
The year is going, let him 60;
Ring out the false, ring In the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that hero we SEQ no more;
Ring out tho feud Of rich and poor
Ring In redress 70 all mankind.
Ring out q slowly-dying cause,
Aud ancient forms Of party strife.
Ring In the nobler modes Of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want the care, the sin,
Tho faithlcss coldness Of the times;
Ring out, ring out, my mournful rh ymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel IN.
Ring out false pride In place and blood,
The civic SANDER and the spite;
Ring In tue love of Truth and Right,
Ring in tho common love Of good,
King out old shapes Of foul disease
Ring out the narrowing lust OF gold
Ring out the thousand wars of old;
Ring In the thousand years Of peace.
Ring In the valiant man and free
The larger heart, the kinder hand:
Ring out the darkness Of the land
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
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WHAT 1T Is TO FEED AN ARMY.-The
Union forces, regulars and volunteers,
now in the field and in the course of or.
ganlzation, amount, in round numbers,
to sac hundred and .ftiy thousand men.
1t may be interesting to know what an
army of this strength will consume in
the course of one month. We there
fore append the following figures, which
are strictly correct: 14,625, 900 lbs
of pork, or 24,375 lbs. of fresh beef
l3o,994 lbs. of -four; As, $50 bushels Of
beans, l,95O,0OO lbs. of rice; 1880, 900
lbs. of coffee; 2,892,OOO lbs. sugar; 1s5,.
600 gallons of vinegar; 12,249 bush. of
salt; S,58O.0O0 Tbs. of potatoes. The
supply of candles is 292,5O Tbs each
week, and ofsoap 7SO, 900 pounds I'm.
7. Post, Nov. %.
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A YANKEE Trick IN MIssoUR1.-The
following is told of Major HOvey, of the
Twenty-fourth Indiana, in connection
with Gen. Pope's reaent exploits in Mis-
souri:
While at some point near Clinton,
Major Hovey took 100 men. put them
IN wagons, SO as to hide them from
view, and then putting few stragglers
to walk, as if guarding the train, he
started out. Secession, shot gun in
hand, hiding in the brush, saw the cor
tege, and saw the Federal wagon train,
poorly guarded, and hence an easy as
well as legitimate prize. Reasoning
thus, Secession walked from the brush,
presented its shotgun, and demande
Surrender-which demand was in
stantly met by fifty men rising from the
wagons, presenting a row of glittering
muskets, and requesting a similar favor
OF astonished and now mortified Seces.
sion. Secession grumblingly complied,
and worked off its ill.humor by cursing
such "mean Yankee tricks" unknown
to all honorable warfare, and unworthy
all chivalrous hearts. In this way many
a Petulant rebel was eoufounded, and
in two cases, where fight was preferred
rather than surrender, two rebel sons
of chivalry bit the dust, from the effect
OF MIME bullets, which left canister.
like auger-holes clear through their
heads. Before his return, Major Ilovey
captured large number of prisoners.
and burnt one mill which was grinding
for Price.
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VALUABLE BUT NAsFY.-As the sub
stitute for turpentine in the mixture of
paint, there is now used au article call
ed benzine. 1t is distilled from coal
oil. For many purposes it is most
valuable discovery. It's odor, however,
Is most repelling. 1t is a stencil of the
most viIl"inous character. Journeymep
p'inters who use it, complain of the
shock of their olfacio cries in a very feel.
ing manner. The exhalations from sui
phur are nothing to those from this
valuable article. Unfortunately, it is
SO highly inAammable as to be extremely
dangerous, IL caused the recent loss of
S4O0, 600 at the fire in Washington
street, and with its first cousin, adulter-
ated Kerosene has been the cause of a
vast deal of mischief within few weeks
past. Bebzipe, despite all these draw.
backs, is an institution whose value is
only equalled by its stencil. For clean.
ing gloves, and removing all sorts of
grease from fabrics, no matter how deli
cate, it nccomplishes an object never be.
fore attainable. 1t removes all these
things without in the least efFacino the
most delicate color. After removing
the stain the benzine evaporates, and
the i'll odor is gone. The imme nse val.
ne OF coal oil is even yet but imperfect.
ly understood, While it yields paraf
fne Of purity equal to spermaceti, il OK.
ceeds in beauty anything of the kind
now extant, When we pass newly
painted building in which benzine is
used, though We tenderly hold our nose,
let us also respectfully lift our hats.
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OBJ 8omr G.jrtIe.


THINK.--Thought cngenders thought
Place one idea upon paper, another will
follow, and still another, u0til you have
written page. You cannot fathom
your mind. There's a we'll Of tho ught
there which has no bottom. The more
you draw from it, the more clear and
fruitful it will be. If you acglect to
think yourself and use other peoples
thoughts, giving them Gtterance only.
yon will never know what you are ca
pa6le of. At first your ideas may come
IN lumps--homely aud shspeiess-but
no matter; time and perseverance will
arrange and polish them. Learn to
think, and you will learn to write; the
more you think the better you will be
enabled to express your ideas.
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A LOVERS FANCY.
By GERALD MASSEY.

By GERALD MASSEY.
sweet Heaven do loVea maiden,
Radiant, rare and beauty-ladcn;
When she's near me Heaven Is round me,
Her dear presence 20 doth bound me
could wiring my heart Of gladncss,
Might II free her lot Of sadnessl
Give the world aud all that's in It,
Just to press her hand minuteI
Yet she weeteth not love her;
Never dare tell the sweet
Tai :, but to Il q stars above her,
Aud the flowers that kiss her foot.
OF to live and linser near her,
And in fearful moments cheer herl
could be bird, to tighten
Her dear hsart-hOr sweet eyes brightsu:
Or In fragrance, like blossom,
Give my life up on her bosom
For my loves withouten measure--
All Its pangs are sweetest pleasure:
hot she weetctb not love her;
Never dare tell the sweet
Tale, but to the stars above her,
OR the flowers beneath her feet
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noutG's department.

IFor the News.
My irst's accounted quite a prize, .-H
BY educated men, ,. ..H
And by its aid the great aud wise
Their thoughts oupapcr pen.
'rhe proper study Of mankind"
My seconds said to be; .r.
The Same was written, you will and, .....
BY Alexander p.
My third Il useful to convey
Our goods from place to place,
Aud much Ia carried In this way
Unto different race.
Ny hrst and second and third combined,
fsquite q useful art.
And to great numbers Of maokInd
II does great Joy impart.
Doc, 80, 1851. sAIItr
4
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A Quartermaster of the Massachu-
setts goth writes: "You may say to
any friends Of the soldier, that few arti-
cles contribute SO much to his health
and comfort, at so little cost, as vest
or waistcoat, which may be made of any
scraps of wooden, without regard to col
or, as it is never shown-the soldiers
coat being always buttoned. No vests
are supplied by government, and they
protect the most vital part"
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At Savannah the rebels are fortifying
with earthworks. Some Of the regi.
ments are armed with smooth .bores,
others with Enfield rifles, and Others
with improved muskets. There is plen.
ty Of powder and ball for ten hours
service. The troops are regularly paid
in Confederate money, which passes
freely. There is no thought Of Yield.
ing, but great expectations are kept up
Of assistance from England and France.
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GEN. MoCLELLAN's MARRIAoE.-A
few years since, Gen. Mcclellan offered
his hsnd in marriage to Miss Marcy, a
beautiful and accomplished lady, a
daughter of Col. Marcy, of the U. S.
Army, and well known 10 this city,
where she resided with her mother du.
ring the absence Of Col, Marcy in the
far West, on severe duty. Col. Marcy
objected to the union, on the sole
ground that he could not consent to the
marriage of bis daughter to any gentle.
man belonging to the army. McClel-
Ian at once resigned his commission,
and accepted the place of Chief Engin-
eer upon the illinois Central Railroad,
at salary Of $4,000 year, and three
years since, be was married to Miss
Marcy Hartford Times.
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lfor the News.
Miscellaneous Enigma.
am composed OF 81 letters
my 10 80 IL 70 ~ lisa Colonel In the U. 8. army.
NY ss7 ~ ~ l. one Of the Cabinet
MY IL II isA U. s. Senator from ohto
Ny 10 l2 isa kind Of drink,
My 2l 20 10 0 Is useful article d.
My 20 isa boys nick name
MY Is grows In the garden
ny 40 70 IL 2 Is used in building houses.
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Marshall, Ohio.
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The knowledge that our Govsrnmor,

The knowledge that our Governments
needed arms has sharpened the cupidity
and wits Of all who deal in them. Tho
ArmOrers of Europe are at work now,
night and day, in patching up old mus.
kets and in cOuuterfeiting new ones, in
the hope of palming them upon our
Government. Europe abouuds with in.
terior, discarded muskets, while new
aud reliable arms, in hand, ara only
obtained from Government arseuals.
aud that, Of course, with great difficulty.
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REsIGNATIoN OF PRoF. SMtrH.--The
friends of Lane Seminary will regret to
learn that the Rev, Henry Smith, d.
D., Professor of Sacred Rhetoric aud
Church History, has rendered his rosis-
nation to the Trustees with the view Of
accepting the unanimous call Of tho
North Church in BufllO, N. Y, to be.
come their pastor.
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The military authorities at St. Louis
are quartering the refugees FROM the
interior, on Secession families in that
city. This is right. Those who have
lent their influence to rebellion, should
Dc compelled to Contribute towards de.
tfaylng the cost Of their lnisdeeds. The
Democrat says that at least fifty wagon
loads of exiles have already reached the
city, and others are constantly arriving
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RoBERr j. WALKER asserts with
great positiveasss that the rebel Treas
ury will eomplsteIy back down before
next March, aud that by that time the,
rebellion will prove an utter failure.