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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16
A Model Rodu-Gnard.


"Brick" Pomeroy, of tho Lacrosse
(Wis.) Democrat, was invited to assist
in forming body guard for President
Lincoln, and, after due consideration,
decided to 'go in," provided the follow
ing basis could be adopted and rigidly
adhered to throughout the war:
That the company shall be entirely
composed Of oolonels, who shall draw
pay and rations in advance.
Every man shall have q commission,
two servants, and white kids.
Each man shall be mounted in a
covered buggy, drawn by two white stall
lions.
Under the seat of each buggy shall
be cupboard, containing cold ham,
pounded ice. champagne and cold chick
ems, ala members Of Congress and mill
tary officers at Bull Run.
Each man shall have plenty of cards
and red chips to play poker with.
The only side-arms to be opera glass
es, champagne glasses, and gold-headed
canes.
The duty of the company shall be to
take observations of battle, and on no
account shall it be allowed to approach
nearer than ten miles to the seat of
war.
Behind each carriage shall be an am
bulance, so arranged as to be converted
into a sumptuous sleeping and dressing
room at night.
The rogimental band mustb COM
posed Of pianos and guitars, played by
young ladies, who shall never play a
quick step ex ept in case of retreat
Reveillo shall not be sounded till late
breakfast time, aud not then if any one
of the regiment has headache.
In case of a forced march into the
enemy's country, two miles ek shall
be the maximum, and no marches shall
be made except the country abound in
game, or if any member of the regimen
object.
Kid gloves, gold tooth picks, cologne,
hair-dressing, silk underclothes. cosmet-
les, and all other rations to be furnish.
ed by the Government.
Each member of the regiment shall
be allowed reporter for some New
York paper, who shall draw salary OF
two hundred dollars a week, for puffs
from the "incidental' fund.
Every member shall be in command
and when one is promoted all are to
be.
Nnp M iss;one ,,ro. - L. -.-.JJ
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

The British will have to hurry up or
there will not be much of Matamora
left for them to occupy. The latest
dates, which are to the 5th of December,
state that bitter warfare was raging
between the hostile Mexican leaders
Caravajal and Garcia, the former be-
sieging, the latter occupying the city.
The leading citizens of Brownsville,
Texas, on the opposite side of the river,
vainly attempted to reconcile the two
chiefs, and Caravajal commenced bonn
harding the city. The Brownsville
Flag gives list of a number of houses
destroyed by the besiegcrs' fire.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

PLUCKY AND PATRIOTIC. "A Hilton
Head correspondent of the New York
Herald tells the following interesting
incident of the late battle: ga shell
came through our bulwarks, and burst.
ing, piece struck William Thompson
Quartormaster, who had the wheel, and
shattered his leg in most horrible
manner and when being carried from
deck Gin fainting state, with his legs
dangling by the sinews only by anoth.
er Quartermaster, he said: "Brown
don't let them compasses fool you; |
have screwed them off the points 90 the
conclusion Of the guns won't hurt
them"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

In the year 1860 there we're a6.5O4,
~ bushels of grain shipped at Chicago
During eleven months of 1861, closing
LIST Dec, 54,093,2l2 bushels, we're re-
ceived at the same place, being II, ,5ss..
447 bushels more than in 1860, not.
withstanding farmers and producers
were urged to hold it back on account
of shippers having neither storage
room nor means of transportation
This too, when the nation is plunged
into a war of immense magnitude, such
as the world never saw. And vet the
prices of grain have been lower than
for many years. Truly we are a great
nation.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

A Floridian writing from that State to
a friend in Buffalo says: awe have
raised this season abundant crops of all
kinds of provisions in the South. This
is attributed to Providence, but l un /.
derstand that he has done the same
thing for our enemies. His position,
therefore, is not very we'll defined"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16
The Governor of Maine, in his lat

The Governor Of Maine, in his late
message, says:
How unwise was the provision of the
treaty of Washington, by which the
United States surrendered to Great
Britain that portion of the State of
Maine north of the river st. John,
without the possession of which she was
shut from Canada for half the year.
may now be seen in the fact that there
by we opened a way for the transporta-
tion in the winter of the very troops
upon which, in case of hostilities be-.
tween the two nations breaking ont at
that season of the year, she must large
lyrely, whether for defence or attack, and
also in the menacing spirit, encouraged
by that capitulation, in which she now
takes occasion to address us.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16
Commissions never to be revoked.

1t begins to be pretty we'll under.
stood that the forward movements
from the four great columns of our ar
my-Eastern Virginia, Western Virgin
ia, Kentucky and Cairo-are to be made
simultaneously. The Western Virgin
ia column is expected to concentrate at
Romney. The fact that the follow
ing statement appeared in the Lafayette
Courier while Gen. Reynolds is there
on a visit to his family, may give it sig
nifcance in this connections:
tits understood that Gen. Reynolds
is to make forward movement from
Romney, in concert with the forces un-
der Gen. Banks, while Gen. Kelley is
to take the command of the railroads
in Western Virginia.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16
NOtttp.
[From tho Hartford (conn.) Courant.
THE STOCKING.

- . OSANA ~
by the hresido costly seated,
with spcctacles riding her nose,
Tho lively old lady is knitting
wonderful pair Of tose.
She pities the shiyoring soldier,
Who is out in the polting storm,
And busily plies her needles
To keep him hearty aud warm.
Her eyes arc reading tho ombers,
But her heart Is of to the war,
For she knows what those hrayefellows
Arc gallantly fighting for.
Her fingers as well as hcr fancy
Are cheering them on their way,
Who under tho good old banner
Are saving the country to-day.
She pondors how in her childhood
Her grandmother used to tell
The story Of barefoot soldiers
who fought 20 long and we'll;
And the qrn of the Revolution
Are nearer to her than us,
And that perhaps is the reason
Why she is toiliug thus.
Sho cannot shoulder amuslSet
Or ride with the cavalry crew,
But nevertheless she is ready
To work for the hoys who do.
And yet in official dispatches
That come from the army or fleet,
Her feats may have mover noticed
Though never mighty the Jee1
So prithec, proud owner Of muscle,
Or purse-preud owner Of stocks,
Don't snecr at the labors Of woman,
Or smile at her bundle Of socksi
dIer heart may bo larger and brayer
Than his who Is tallest OF all;
The work Of her hands "a important
AS cash that buys powder and ball.
And thus while her quiet performance
Is being recorded in rhyme,
The tools in her tremuloua fingers
Arc running race with Time.
Str8Ugc, that four noelles can form
A perfect triangular bound
And equally strange that their antics
Result in perfectng "thc roundm
Aqd now wfile bcgiRning to "narrow,"
sho thinks of the Maryland mud,
And wondorsif ever the Stocking
VIII wade to the ankle in blood.
Aud now she is "shaping the heel"
And now she is ready "to bind"
And hopes If the soldier is wounded
1t never will be from behind7
Aud now she is "raisng the instep,"
Now narrowing OF at the toe,'
And prays that this end Of the wersted
May evor be turned to the fee.
She gathers the last of the stitches,
As IL anew laurel were won,
And placing the ball in tho basket,
Announces the Stocking is "dose ~
Te men whoare fighting our battles,
Away from the comforts Of life,
Who thoughp"'ly muse by your camp-hnos,
On sweetheart, or sister, or wife,
Just think of their elders little,
And pray for their Grandmothcrs, too,
Who patiently sitting in corners,
Are knitting the Stockings for you.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

A New Hampshire machinist has
been appointed head mechanic at Port
Royal, and his first job is to put in or,
der the different cotton gins. He is
attaching them to steam engine, which
was found in the fort there, and makes
the same machine that formerly made
up (ginned) two bales, make at the
rate of seven or eight in a day.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

A "PoOR' COMMANDER.--Comm
er Poor, tried for allowing the Sumter
to escape from New Orleans, when he
was in command of the Brooklyn, bloc
kadlng that port, was convicted by the
court, and the sentence has been ap-
proved by Secretary Welles.
81 4tor Wilson's bill gives each Con-
gressional District two cadets in the
Military Academy, which will make the
whole number, even under present cir
oumstances, towards four hundred.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

SICKNESS IN OUR ARMY AT PoRT
RoYAL.-The New York Tribune aays
editoriaily:
General Sherman's expedition land
ed at Port Royal on November z. Be
fore the end Of the month, oat Of fifteen
thousand men, nearly fire thousand had
been or the sick list. OF these, eighty.
four died in Novem Der, and at the last
advices more than six hundred we're
yet seriously i'll. The diseases which
have thus scourged the expedition are
coDgestiye and remittent fevers, acute
dysentery and malarious pneumonia, all
of the most malignant and dangerous
type, and all incident to the climate
and sure to be produced by over-work
and exposure. The climate is subject
to great and sudden changes, which are
peculiarly trying to the sick, who are
not under proper shelter. The rapid
fall ia temperature on December 3D. was
followed, says our correspondent, by in
staut increase in the number of deaths.
On that night, three sick men, in fair
way of recovery, having no sufficient
protection from the weather, were liter
ally frozen to death-thcir systems,
weakened by illness, not being able to
resist the degree of cold, that in good
health would have been hardly a source
of discomfort"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

The Milwaukee News says eight
Thousand men are shivering in Wiscon
sin camps, burning one hundred and
fifty cords Of wood every week to keen
from freezing, and asks; "Why are
they not ordered to Kentucky, to the
Potomac, or South, or anywhere where
they can be usefulP The men are beg
ging for service"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

The Tennessee Senate has voted tc
increase the wages of the rebel soldiers
of that State to fifteen dollars a month.
But the wages hitherto have been paid
in paper of no value, and the increas.
ed wages will be paid in paper of nc
value. "l'll give you nothing the
first year and double it the next" said
Billy Burch.- Lou. Jour.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

RELEASED ON BAUL.-Mr. w. G.
Overton, who has been in custody in
this city for several months, on the
charge of aiding the rebellion, was re.
leased yesterday on bail in the sum of
one thousand dollars. Mr.. Overton
was one of the publishers of the Louis
vile COURIER Lou, Jour,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

The Confederotes, who have boasted
that they pay gold for all supplies ta-
ken, have large amountof bogus coin
in circulation. 1t seems to have been
made at the New Orleans mint, as both
the stamping and milling is complete,
but the material is some worthless metal
galvanized. The coin is Of no more
value than tho Confederate Treasury
notes.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

Queen Victoria, to one who spoke to
her of resignation in view of the ap.
preaching death Of tho Prince Consort,
replied, as we'll as her tears would allow,
81 suppose l must not fret too much,
for many poor women have to 90
through the same trials"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

SOMETHING OF A VILLAGE.-Lo London
covers 78,029 acres. The London of
1861 is equal to three Londons of 1901
and nearly one million of population
has been added to it in the last ten
years. AS a seaport, it swallows up
nearly all the commerce of the British
Islands. One.half of all the customs
revenue of the kingdom is collected in
the port of London, and this amounts
for London to about S165, 100000. In
round numbers, 83,750,OOO pounds of
tea are imported into London, out of
89,000,000 pounds received.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

A Galveston letter to tho Richmond
Dispatch, dated Dec 7, says that the
Governor has forbidden the removal of
cotton from the plantations, thus disap
pointing those persons who were anx
ious to ship their crops to Matamoras.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

The Richmond correspondent of the
Now Orleans Delta says that when Col.
Mulligan surrendered Lexington to
Price, the latter had only 1000 percus-
sion caps in his whole command.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

Is THE Ice STRONG ENoUdH?--Per-
sons who have lately been through
Platte county, Missouri, say that every
slave, as soon as he learns the stranger
is from Kansas, asks the question: as
the ice strong enough to cross on2"-
st. Louis Democrat. -a.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

Mr.. RUSSELL, of the London Times,
spent New Years Day, ala Knioker.
booker, in making calls upon the fair
daughters of Gotham, in company
with some friends.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

BAPTISM BY PLATooNs.-One of the
Jealous chaplains of the army of the
Potomac called on a Colonel noted for
his profanity, in order to talk about the
religious interests of his men. He was
politely received and beckoned to a seal
on chest. "Colonel," said he, "you
have Que of the finest regiments in the
army" "[ think so" replied the Col.
oneI. "Do you think you pay sufficient
attention to the religious instruction OF
your men?" "Well, l don't know" re-
piled the Colonel. "a lively interest
has been awakened in the - regiment;
the Lord has blessed the labors of his
servants, and ten men have been alrea-
dy baptised;" (this was rival regi.
ment.) "fs that so, pom honor?" asked
the Colonel. ayes, SIR" Sergeant
said the Colonel to an attending order.
iy, shave 6fteen men detailed immedi
ateiy to be baptised. I'll be hanged if
III be outdone in any respect" The
chaplain withdrew.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16
VISIT Your Schools.

In this connection, let US urge yon
not to forget to visit the schools where
your children spend so much of their
early years. Your visits will alike en-
courage your children and their teach
ers. And however elevated you may be
in society, (and the more elevated you
are, the better You will appreciate our
advice,) do not act as though you
thought the teacher inferior to you in
the scale of creation. Many Of our no.
blest women, and the best men in our
land pass through the ordeal of life as
teachers of common schools, during sew
eral years of their preparation for what
are called the "higher professions" of
law, medicine, and divinity, as we'll as
for mercantile and other business pur.
suits. Men and women who have had
this excellent training--severe training
it probably wns-will second our mo.
tion in urging all persons to attend care
fully to the condition of the schools in
their neighborhood, whether "common''
or private---to see that the buildings and
appurtenances are suitable for their
children and for the teachers aud to
treat the latter as they themselves
wished to have been treated in early
days when earning precarious liveli.
hood by fulfilling one Of the nOblcst
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16
Gen. Mcclellan.


The Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Times says!
Gen. Mcclellan is not yet fully re-
stored to health. His determined will,
however, and his naturally strong con-
stitution, enables him to pass part oi
each day in the transaction Of business
at his residence. lie is gaining strength
every day, and will soon be in the field
Now that his speedy recovery is certain
it may be stated that it has been re.
tarded greatly by the bowling clamors
of that faction which demands that he
shall Immediately attack the Confeder-
ates and drive them from Manassas -
The country may be assured, however
that he is as irm as a rock, not to be
driven from his purpose by any clamor
however violent. lie has formed the
plan for the campaign, and to the plan
he will adhere. No living soul but he
knows what this plan is; but as the pro.
gress of time unfolds its success, and its
final triumph, how low will be held the
heads of those who now traduco himl
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

The Eufala (Ala.) Spirit of the South
contains a rumor taat persons in Bar.
bour county are engaged in shipping
cotton from Eufala to Columbus, and
thence to Apalachicola, whence it is
clandestinely conveyed to the enemy's
vessels and taken to the Yankees,
North.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16
Conundruns.

OouunufumA.
Why isa waiter like raee-horse1 Because he often
runs for plate.
Why Is coneeited person like a singing -booki BE-
cause he Is full Of airs.
What proof have wo that King Charles wished to be
beheadedi Because they aSed him whether no would
"~ gn qnH9
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

A GREAT BATTLE AT HAND.-The
Richmond Dispatch of the Sd inst
says:
A private dispatch was received yes
terday from Centerville, by prominent
military officer now in Richmond, which
says that indications point to an attack
by the Union forces at an early day on
Evansport, and the probability was that
an attack would also be made by them
on other points on the Potomac.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16


A Nashville correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch, writing on the 9th
ult., and specializing as to the disposi-
tion of Floyd's army, says:
Gen. Floyd's brigade is expected in
Nashville to-day, en- route for Kentucky
The people are prepared to give hear
ty welcome to this noble corps. No
troops have done better or suffered
more in the war than Gen. Floyd's.--
The number Of the brigade and its des-
tination are not made public. Wher-
ever it goes it will DO good service. II
might be rendered most efficient in co.
operation with Zollicoffer and Marshall
in movement towards Lexington and
Frankfort. The line of communication
to Nashville by way of Bowling Green
is well defended. The active campaign
should be in the Blue Grass region, an
most populous part of Kentucky.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

duties of socioty--tho education of
youth. - Exchange.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

A Dublin paper, commenting on the
deccase of Prince Albert, says: "When
it is known that one of the last sugges
tions of tho Prince OOnsort was that
gentleness and Rorbearance should mark
the demeanor Of England to a kindred
people, soured and incensed by the pas.
sions of civil war, it will enhance the
love of the American people for the
Queen, deepen their sorrow for the loss
she has sustained, and dull the edge ol
irrational hostility to England"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-01-16

The following pension has been grant.
ed:
Sarah R. Andrews, widow of Col. Lor-
in Andrews, 4th Regiment Ohio Volun-
teers, $40 per month for five years.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-09-09
Gro. Hrsnlok,. the pressnt Recorder of thi.

Gro. HESRIoks, the present Recorder of this
county, who was elected to that position by the
Republican party, came out In a speech, on
Tuesday last, at the New Lexington Station,
renoupcing Republicsnism, Abolitionism and
all other isms, and maintaining that the Demo-
cratic party is the party oi the country, and
that the restoration Of the U6ion could only be
restored through Ito policy Mr. Henricks, at
the time he made his apeech, was about taking
the cars for the camp near Circleville, 10 com.
psny With Captains Lsmpton's and Bfown's
Companies, and before the immense crowd
whlch had assembled OF the station to bid fare.
we'll to the departing soldier, friends aud rela.
tives, did this gentleman aIiee conscious that 1t
was duty devolvtd upon him as patriot and
sIldier aHd exhort his Republican friends whom
be was about TO leave tu 90 With the Denocrs.
cy hereafter--to vote for Flnck and the whole
Democratic ticket; that if ever tho country ID
paved 1t must be upon Democratic principles,
etc. t.4 ,t
denricka, you have spoken nobly; yours are
but the sentiments Of thousands throughout the
country and 10 the army who have the wisdom
TO discover, and the boldness TO repounce, the
false and pernicious doctrines of the opposi.
tlou. a9 glIaZi loA IAr. altf
IL any person will favor US with Mr.. Hem
rick's epesoh We will inseIt Il In our next with
pleasure Ryy County Usion. H5 aas7