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GREAT TEMPERANCE MEETING.


of Park Street Church. Boston, will devcran address IN
Mechanics Hall, on Thursday Eve April "a,
at q o'clock, in answer to the question "Whot bo.
been gained, thus far by the Temperance Reformation pa
charge Of ten cents will be made to meet the epor
es Per order Directors of cmperance League.
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Gents Fine shirts made to order in the most i'm
proven syie gld N the hest manner at short notice
by A, MALBRlDGE, No. American House Block
en'f' 'At'etnso nt du csl
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MEssRs, II. B. O'LEARY will repeat her first lee
ture to ladies at Washburn Hail. this afternoon.
See advertisement
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Mrs. Gross Strauss offer new and choice goods
to which we call the attention of our lady readers
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1otrtes.
I EVILS NEW GYNTASTTCC

EVILS NEW GYMNASTICS.-Miss
- NJ A. DRAKE, of Leon,insier. a eraaro,o % n
~ on SIfna institution Of hysca rraug proposes
OF eNereisc. The exercises are equally snitobie - IN
hst aeilcate child and the strongest man and have
peeh endorsed by the most eminent physicians isss
10. gentlemen and ladies will be formed on WFISFS
DA1 EVenlng next, at y O'Clock, at Sons OF TrYpEp
aye HALL on Foster street Terms :s Tor conrse Of
- LESSONS winch will be given or two evenings "a
meeh ~ me class may desire. Children Clats viii
neet inCRSDA \, april "a. at D. M at the Ian nbove
named ana VIII be continued the succeeding thurs
Sat Oh inns month and TIL renftrr on Wednesday nnd
saturday Afternoons Terms 500 "' ga"
Parents and others are invited 10 attend and witness
the exercises " anu witness
Names Of persons who wish to toin either class NAV he
left at Mellcn's Book store AZ N+'''S ma, oe
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-23

TaE LEeIsLATURE.-The senate com.
menced holding ito two daily sessions, yes
tcrday. AT the morning session Mr.. vii.
liamS introduced his Hoosac Tunnel bill ms a
substitute for Mr.. Swans, which was mp.
proved Monday. Some other amendments
were proposed when on motion of Mr. Plum.
kett Of PiItsdeld, who is an opponent Of the
whole enterprise, the subject with ali the bills,
amendments, petitions and remonStrances, was
referred to q select committee of the sen.
ate, consisting Of Messs. Plnnkett, Croker
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-23

Drnper IL Clark, COMMISSION MERCHANTS ma
Dealers in Flour, Grain Meal, Grass seed. salt Lime
cement Caglned Plaster, Plaster Paris Ground oyster
0r the sale Of Goes super Phosphate n Lime Peruvian
GuanO, American Guano, and Ground Bone.
DRAPER ~ CLARK,
apJ dtf Nos. 95 Il 81 Front St, Worcester. Mass
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CITY AND COUNTY.

GENEROUS GlFT.-Capt. NJ. S. McConville
received last evening one hundred and one
dollars from the commissioned and COM
missoned officers and privates of Co. E,
(Capt. O'Neil,) 25th Massachusetts vouu.
teers, which amount was subscribed for Mrs
Michael Brosnihan, whose husband was killed
at the battle of Roanoke Island, and was a
member of that company.
PoLlcE CouRT.-Y yesterday, Nelson Blake,
for larceny OF shawl from Mrs. Goodwin's
carriage, was sentenced to the house of correc-
tion tor one month. Mary McCarty, for being
common drunkard, was sent over Tor three
months. Charles d. Williams, for larceny OF
$40 from the person of George Colburn, was
bound over in $500 TO answer at the next
criminal term of the superior court. Jere.
miah Minahan, for being drunk, second Of
fence, was sent over for one month. Thomas
| Scrymgwnr and Charles Finnegan, for being
drunk, were each fined 81 and costs
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Mrh. NJ. w, GeraIds. PHYSICIAN AND SUCCESS
FIJI MIDWIFE, removed to No. 43 Exchange street
special attention given to Uterine Complaints and dis
eases Of children, Office hours from to 9 A. NJ and
rul" 10 =. M dtt aP4
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-23

tul Midwife holds herself in readiness day and night TO
attend to the duties of her profession Residence is
AustinStreet At ,5a
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pr. G. n. Hin attends to all Special Diseases Of
males aHd Females at his Medical Office, No 81 ain
street worcester Mass. Sec his advertisement of the
Greatest Female Remedy OF the Age in this paper
lGl dit
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-23

Il. Ii. Nichols, NJ. d., EEomeopathIc PhysI.
cian-Oice andresdence III Main street Office hour,
from to and from to O'Clock Pm
Worcester, October, 20, 1850. diff ais
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N 'N'PoNi"i4S suiclt your patronage.
o,Io ar j. G.. BALL.
"PIS -uu CHARLES MESSlNGFP

DOG LOST-A terdog, tan and white,
marked John ri g, East Cambridce nc a. ooa,ar
n Silng saturday Apr r. a liberal reward Viii bS
ter, Mass. de,4 A'" ''Ouih Laneas-
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You wish for splendid picture your child, Gala
CtaFti S, loo Main street. His arrangements are com
pete for producing likeness nstantaneouslY diff dis
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Main street. ali re
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II y M . V A L =.
SELLING OFF CHEAP,
AT THE
G h in a T e a S tore

are hitting Store No 2iG Main street for = rom
eral GROCERY BUSINESS into which we intend mn.
ing ths month and in order rs few goods as
possoe we shnll sell the balance of stock now omen
at the smallest possible margin from tic cost THOSE
adl7 dtf q III S'ttiiSss $ M
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-05-08
A Patriotic Call.

The following call for Union State
Convention is being circulated aud very
largely signed in Indiana:
CALL FOR UNION STATE CONVENTION.
Over sixty thousand Of the citizens Of
Indiana having voluntarily taken up
arms for the defence of the Govern
ment, and the preservation Of the Con.
stitution and the liberties of the people
it is unbecoming those who remain at
home to array themselves in partisan
warfare against each other. when the
probable consequences must be to pre-
vent the resources of tue country from
being applied for the support and main
tainauce Of the army, to eugender
strife and discord, to withhold supplies
for the war.worn soldiers, and recruits
for the ranks thiDned by battle; and
may terminate in the generalization
of the army, and the overthrow Of Con-
stitution and liberty.
Therefore, most earnestly depreca
ting all efforts to keep on foot party in
fuences, prejudices and discipline, all
persons, Electors of Indiana, who are
in favor of the vigorous prosecution OF
the war for the preservation of the Un-
ion and the maintenance of the Con-
stitution, and opposed to the disloyal
Convention Of the 9th of January last,
are, without respect to past political as
sociations, invited to meet 10 Mass
Convention, at indianapolis, on the 18th
of June next, for the purpose of nomi.
mating candidates for the Offices Of
State, to be voted for at the next gener'
al election.
And to the end that Indiana may
continue to enjoy the high position
with the other States which she has it
the present war hitherto occupied, anC
that all the energies of the State may b.
unitedly put forth for the effectual sup
preston of the rebellion, that the Con
stitution may be respected, its authorit!
acknowledged, and law and order once
more established all over the land, it is
earnestly hoped that all good citizens
will, for the time, put aside party, anC
unite for the country.
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miscellaneous.
A Fast Story.

An Englishman was Dragging Of the
speed on English railroads to Yam.
kee traveller seated at his side in one of
the "fast trains" in England. The en-
CINE hell rang as the train nenred a
station.--It suggested to the Yankee
an opportunity of taking down his com.
panion peg or two.
"What's that2" inuocently inquired
the Yankee.
ave are approaching town" said
the Englishman. "They have to COM
meuce about ten miles: b eforo they get
to a station, or else the train would run
bv before the bell could be henrdi--
Wonderful, amt it? I suppose they
haven't invented bells in America
yeti"
"Why, yes, we've got bells, hut we
can't use them on railroads. We run
90 tarnal fast that the train always
keeps ahead of the sound. No use
whatever, tho sound never reaches the
village till the train gets by"
"Indeed!" exclaimed the English
man.
"Fact," said the Yankee, chad Ia
give mp bells. Then we tried steam
whistles-but they wouldn't answer
either. [ was on locomotive when
the whistle was tried. We were going
at a tremendous rate, hurricanes arc
nowhar, and I had to hold my hair on
We saw two horse wagon on the track
about ten miles ahead, and the engin.
eer let the whistle on, screeching like q
trooper. 1t screamed awfully, bat il
wasn't no use. The next thing knew
I was picking myself out OF a pond By
the roadside, and the fragments Of To-
comotive, dead horses. broken Wagon
and dead engineer, lying beside me
Just then the whistle came along, mix
ed with frightful oaths that 1 heard tht
engineer use when he FIRST seen tn,
horses. Poor fellow, he was dead be
fore his voice got to him. After tha
we tried lights, supposing they woulC
travel faster than sound. We got some
80 powerful that the chickens woke uJ
all along the road when we came by
supposing il to be morning. But th,
LOCOMOTIVE kept ahead Of it still, ant
was in the darkness, and the light clos
on behind it. The inhabitants peti
toned against it; they couldn't sleel
with SO much light in the night time
Finally they had to station electric tel
egraphs along the road, with sigma
men to telegraph when the train was il
sight; aud | have heard that some of tn
fast trains beat the lightning fifteen min
utes every four miles. But cant sa
as that is true-the rest / know to
So"
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Late from Tennessee.

WASHINGTON, April Boa letter re-
ceived here from a gentleman high in
authority in Tennessee, contains the
following: .i.i
"Says to the Postmaster General that
VIC are succeeding beyond our most san
guine expectation. As soon as the reb-
ell army is driven beyond the limits Of
Tennessee, the State will stand for the
Union by an overwhelming majority.
"I hope the Government will be inn
pressed with the absolute necessity Of
the army entring f Ist Tennessee. They
are numbering and plundering our peo-
pie by thousands. Their acts of inhu.
manity and barbarity are without par
allel." The letter concludes: -"Great
God is there no relief for that peo-
ple?'
The Postofice Department has re.
opened the following Offices in Tennes-
see; MurfreesborO, Springfield and
Franklin.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-05-08
tFrom the Nashville Union, 11thl
Returning to their First Lova.

For several days the Office of Govern
or johnson, in the Capitol, has been
thronged with Secession men and wom-
en- from the city and adjacent country,
earnestly interceding for their sons who
have been or are now in the rebel army,
and expressing the utmost willingness
and even anxiety to take the oath of al
legiance to the good old Government,
and faithfully discharge the duties of
law-abiding and loyal citizens. Some
of these distressed parents, for whom
we feea the deepest sympathy, say that
their sons were virtually forced into
the rebel service by taunts and men.
aces, others that their pride led them
to volunteer lest they should be sub.
jected to the degradation Of the draft,
and others from various maligu inAu-
ences so hard to be resisted by the
thoughtless adventurers, and ambitious
young men. Many instances of the
most affecting nature could be adduced,
but we forbear to intrude upon the
sanctity of private grief.
The Improvement in the state of the
public mind is most gratifying and will
be hailed with rapture by every patri-
otic heart. Tho work of restoration
progresses most cheeringly. The spell
OF treason is broken, and the demon of
encbantment lies pOwerless at the feet
Of our country's genius.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-05-08

An incident Of an amusing character
occurred at the battle of Pea Ridge,
which is thus described by correspond
ent. The writer says: One Of our boys
was in the heat of the fight wounded
in both feet by a cannon ball Our
forces having fallen back, his Irish wit
was brought into play, Seeing a big
Secesh coming by, he presented his
musket, made the fellow surrender
shoulder him, and in this position be
rode into our lines, where he delivered
Mr.. Butternut over as prisoner.
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The General and the Teamster.

The soldiers in Kentucky are famous
for practical jokes, and are constantly
on the lookout for subjects. One was
recently procured in the person Of a
new teamster, who had the charge Of six
large shaggy mules. John was also
proprietor Of two bottles Of old Bour-
bona contrabAnd in camp-wh ich o
wag discovered, and determined to pos
sess. Being aware that the drivers
presence was an impediment to the
theft, he hit upon the following plan to
get rid of him:
Approaching the driver, who was bu-
sy currying his mules, he accosted him
with:
81 say, old fellow, what are you do.
ing there2"
"Can't you soe2" replied John.
Certainly" respon ded the wag, "but
that is not your business. It is after
tattoo, and there is a fellow hired here
by the General who curries all the mules
aud horses brought in after tattoo"
Tho mule driver stopped at once, and
wanted to know where to find the hair
dresser. Whereupon he was directed
to General Nelson's tent, with the assn.
rance that there was where the fellow
chung out"
"You can't mistake the man." said
the wag; "he is large fellow, and puts
on a laundering sight of airs for a man
in his business. He will probably re.
fuse to do it, and tell you to go to the
devil, but don't mind that; he has been
drinking to-day. Make him come out" ."
John started of, and entered the
tent where our Napoleon Of the fourth
division sat in deep reveriO, probably
considering the most expeditions meth
cd of expelling the rebel Buckner from
his native State, slapped him on the
back with force sufficient to annihi-
late a man Of ordinary size.
Spriuging tn his feet the general ae.
costed his unlimited guest with:
"Well, sir, who arc you, and what the
devil do you want2"
"Old hoss, I've got a job for you now
six mules to be curried. and righ
off, too, said the captain Of the mules
nothing daunted at the flashing eye o.
the general.
"Do you know whom you are address
ing7' said the nowindignant command
er.
eyes, said John, elevating his voice
to pitch which rendered the word,
audible square off, "you are the fel
low hired by Uncle Sam to clean mules
and l won't have any foolishness.- -
Clean them mules and I'll give you
drink Of bust.head."
"You internal villninl" exclaimed tn
general, now perfectly furious. II an
General Nelson, commander of the di
vision"
John placed the thumb of his righ
hand against his nose, and extending
his fingers waved them slowly, in a man
ner supposed by some to be indicativ
of great wisdom.
The generals sword leaped from hi
scabbard, and John from the tent, jus
in time to save his head
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-05-08

PROTEST OF RoMANIsH PRIEsTs
AGAINST THE TEMPORAL Power. The
London Daily Neios' Malta Correspon
dent, says: "Thero is to-day (Fob. 81
handed about Malta a very long and
we'll written protest to the pope, print
ed at Naples, and signed by about 6000
of the Roman Catholic priests. Several
chapters have affixed their official seal
to it, and it looks very like Protestant
ism, but they call it pure Roman Cath
olicism. 1t urges the Pope to abandon
his temporal power, restore the Church
to its primitive state, and to remembe
that majority Of his clergy are from
the people"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-05-08

CARoNDoLET.-The running Of the
rebel blockade at Island No. 10 will be
brilliant episode in the history of this
war. While passing the Island the
lights were put out, and neither officers
nor men were allowed to speak above
a whisper. Though exposed to ter
rifo FIRE, the passage was made without
injury to the men or boat. Henry
Wake, the gallant commander, is a son
of Hon. Anthony Wake, of Chillicothe
Appointed midshipman from this State
in 1927, he has spent the most OF his
time since upon the seas. His gallant
conduct and brilliant exploits at Bel
mont, Forts Henry and Donelson, and
his late achievement at Island No. 10,
have reflected great credit not only up
on himself, but upon the State.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-05-08

position, and fell back, or rather retreat
cd as VIC had advanced--every fellow for
himself In this fight Lieut.. Post, of
Co. G, was mortally wounded and Col.
Morton's horse was shot under him, and
in falling mashed the Col. against tree,
bruisng him considerably. As we fell
back we met column after column of
fresh troops coming up. The 81st being
utterly worried out with nearly two
days skirmishing and fighting, its Col
onel being disabled, two of its commits.
stoned officers shot. 21 Of its men wound
ed, and two killed, and many Of the
men being separated from the regiment,
retired from the conflict. The troops
we met as we retreated were soon en-
gagged in a fierce fight, which proved
the last of the battle. The firing ceas-
ed about the time we reached our tents,
and the prolonged cheers which rang
through the forest mere This time on the
riqM side. thank Godi Arriving at our
tents we found our knapsacks and blank
cts where we had left them the day be-
fore, but the invalids and cooks (Amos
Swarts incudod) had rotreated to the
river, as directed by the Quarterm1ster
and Surgeon. Amos soon returned
with the rest. and made kettle of cof-
fee for mess No. 3, to which we did jus.
tice. l, Immediately after arriving, sat
down and wrote to Kate, to let our
friends know that Jo and I were safe
We then lay down in our dry, comfort
able tents, and slept soundly all night
while tens of thousands of our fellow
soldiers we're lying in the rain and mud
between us and the enemy.
APRIL 9th.-Wo were ordered out
with two days rations in our haversacks
marched three or four miles through
mud and water toward Corinth, stood in
the mud among dead men and horses
till dark, and then marched back to
camp again. We were in hopes We
would get to 60 on, but did not.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-05-08

CURIOUS FAcT.-It is well-authen,
ticated fact that soldiers wounded in
the head, on recovery from the wound,
have, in some instances, lost all con
sciousness of personal identity. Tho
case of soldier who died recently in
one Of the Paris hospitals is striking
confirmation of this fact Wounded
at the battle of Solferiuo. the wound
soon eicatrized, but he has ever since
labored under a strange hallucination,
fancying himself dead. When asked
how he was, he would reply: "You
want to know how Pierre Valin is?--
why, he was killed at Solferino. What
you see is' not Valiu, but machinC
made to initiate him"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-05-08
A letter found in ono of the Con fede.

A letter found in one of the Confede-
rate mail bags at the New Madrid sur
render, from Col. to Hon. A. M. Gen
try of Texas, INDUCES in the following
despairiug illusions to the Rebel cause:
tell you, Colonel, that there is no use
in further resistance. We haze neither
The men nor the means TO carry on the toar.
Our troops are utterly demoralised, and
heartsick and homesick. My regiment
has not been paid cent IN fUe months,
and to day I, who you know am worth,
in ordinary times, one hundred thous-
and dollars, am obliged to borrow the
price of the postage on this letter.
How can men be expected to fight un.
der such circumstancesP
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| STILL LIvE.-Lord Byron once re-
marked that glory consists in being
shot in battle and having ones name
reported wrong in the dead and wound
cd list. .
We were never more strongly re-
minded of the truth of this assertion,
and how little the great are remember.
ed after their death, than on hearing
few days since the following anecdote
of an eastern farmer trying to repeat the
last words of the God-like Webster, al
still live" .....--
A gentleman remarked, "life is very
uncertain"
"Ah yes" replied the farmer, "that's
true, every word of it, and by the way,
Captain, that makes me think of what
one of your big Massacb usetts men said
when he died q spell ago" te aaH.
"Who was it2" enquired the cap
tain, sf.o.I $50 500
"Well, l don't jest call his name to
mind now, but he was big politician.
err, and lived near Boston someWhers.---a &
My newspaper Gays that when he died
the Bosten folks put his image iu their
windows and held funeral for whole
day" aeiaj sd
"Perhaps it was Webster" suggested
the Captain, hg slT
Yes, that's the name. Webster,
General Webster. Strange l couldnt
think of it afore But be got of good
thing Just Gfore he died. He ria up in
bed and says he, Il ain't dead yet. 1"'m8ia,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-05-08

A PATRIOTIC CLERGYMAN.-John 7.
Bruce, Esq, editor of the St. Joseph
(Mo.) Journal, who recently passed
through Chicago, thus writes:
"I travelled, in coming here, in com
pany with Rev DR.. Cox, of Chicago, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He
had been to st. Louis and bought one
of the Presbyterian churches, that
originally cost SS7 900 for S37 900. He
intends to have purely Union church.
The flag with the stars and stripes will
be placed on the top of the church, and
service will be opened regularly by
singing Hail Columbia, and close with
the Star Spangled Banner" Another
feature of this new church will be that
in addition to the usual questions ask
ed at the altar, of those who desire to
unite themselves with the church, will
be, Are you for the Union, aud have
you always been true to the flag? Il
these questions cannot be answered af.
frmatively, the applicant is rejected, no
matter how truly penitent the poor sin
ner may be. DR.. Cox is rather of the
opinion that there is no room in Heaver
for those who do not love this gloriou
Union, and who have rebelled agains
the best Government in the world with
out a cause. The DR.. is an energetic
able preacher, and will visit 81. Josepl
before long"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-05-08
Noutb's department.


IFor tho NeW1.
DLAH NEws;--My answer 10 "sale"'s Charade is,
GRBEN FIRE-wOoD. II have missed II must confess
ahat being "wlthOut knowledge Of my hrst" am IN
deed too ignorant Co Il correctly, IL Is apIen
did oharade, and trust that "salie" will not make it
her last favor.
The answer to her last ohArade is, ExoEsD, II mis-
take not. GRANVILLE.
Level, o., April so, 1862.
Our mischievous correspondent "sallie" has fairly
caught "GTanville" this tms and glyon him "a Row.
Iand rhls oliver" He stumped her time ago
a Charade and she nov returns the compliment very
handsomeiy. The answer to her Charads Is, A HoME
aUAAD "GranVIlks"'s answer to her last Charade Il
correct.