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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-26

WONDERFUL CURIOSITY imp has in
his possession remarkable curiosity, relic
of former ages. 1t is an ancient coin, like OF
which we do not remember to have seen be-
fore. The face Of it reads, in partially illegi
bic ROmanic charactcIs,--" One d.
What the missing letters originally were, is
matter of dispute. Some say piece OF
silver coin was current among the ancients
known as dime. Others say thai d, with q
dash, and final m, are susceptible of more
prolane Interpretation ......
Our imp thinks n great deal of his curos
ity. The other morning when we came to
the Office, we found him with the coin on the
press before him, and one of Wcbster's Ora,
tons in his hand, and he addressed this cur
iosity as follows:
/" Venerable thing! You have come down
to us from former generation. Heaven has
bounteously heightened out your existence
Here he perceived our approach, and ceas,
ed his grafton, or devotions, We hardly know
which.
Should any farther light be cast upon the
history of this ancient coin, we will hasten
to make 1t public. Co. Jouraal.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-26
Brought to Terms.

An amusing adventure is related as having
happened to h Bank of England, which had
committed the great disrtspect of refusing
to discount bill of large amount, drawn by
Anselm Rothschild, of Frankf,rt, on Nathan
Rothschild, of London. The Bank had
haughtily replied that they discount only
their own bills, and not those of prioate per-
Sous" But they had to do with one strong
cr than the bank. private persons! !" ex-
claimed Nathan Rothschild, when they re-
ported to him the fact. "Private persons
will make these gentlemen see what sort of
private persons we are y Three weeks af-
terwards, Nathan Rothschild-who had en-
ployed the interval in gathering all the f5
notes as he could procure in England and on
the Contincnt-lrcsented himself at the bank
at the opening Of the Office. He drew from
his pocket book 50 note, and they natur,
ally counted out five sovereigns at the same
time looking quite astonished that the Baron
Rothschild should have personally troubled
himself for such tritie. The Baron exam
ined one by one the coins, and put them into
little canvass bag then drawing out an
other note, third, a tenth, hundreth, he
never put the pieces Of gold into the bag
without scrupulously examining them, and
in some instances trying them in the balance,
as, he said, "tho law gave him right to do"
The first pocket book being cmptied, and the
first bag being full, he passed them to his
clerk and received a second, and thus contin-
ucd until the close of the Bank. The Ba-
ron had employed seven hours to change
e2l 900. But as he had also nine employ
ecs of his house engaged in the same manner,
it resulted that the house of Rothschild had
drawn .e2l0,000 in gold from the Bank, and
that he had so occupied the tellers that no
other person could change a note. Every
thing which bears the stamp Of eccentricity
has always pleased the English. They were
therefore, the first day very much amused
at the little pioue of Baron Rothschild -
They however, laughed less, when they
saw him return the next day at the opening
of the Bank, flanked by lis nine clerks, and
followed this time by many drays destined
to carry away the specie. They laughed no
longer, when the King of Bankers said, with
ironic simplicity " These gentlemen refuse
to pay my bills-I have sworn not to keep
theirs. AT their leisure-only notify them
that have enough to employ them for two
months |" ELEVEN millions in gold drawn
from the Bank Of England which they had
never possessed" The Bank took alarm.
There was something to be DONE The next
morning notice appeared in the journals that
henceforth the Bank would pay Rothschild' S
bills the same as their own.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-26

" say, capen," said kcen-cyed man as
he landed from the steamer Potomac at
Natchez, i say, capen, this ere ant all
I've left suthin or nuthcn on board, that's a
fac. Wen see now; grant it's all right
'cordin' to list-four boxes, three chists, two
brandy boxes, portmoney, two hams Gone
part used,) three ropes of inyuns, and one
tea kettle. But you see, capen, Pm kinder
dubersome; feel like as If su.hn's short.
Though I've counted uIn nine times, and
never took my eyes Of on 'em sense came
on board, l feel there's suthn wrong some
where Well, stranger, times up all know
on, so jest fetch your ole woman an five
children out Of the cabin, for we must be off y
"Them's um, by hockey! Them's UNI |
know'd I'd forgot suthin or 'nuthcr.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-26

A boy who asked Boston police officer
for shelter in the station house said--''See
Cap'n, first my father died, and then my
mother married again, and then my mother
died, and my father married again, and some
how or other don't seem to have no parents
at all, nor no home, nor no nothing!"
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-26

"TnAr's what call capital punishment
as the boy said when his mother shut him
up in the closet among the preserves.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-26

A glass Of whisky is manufactured from.
perhaps, dozen grains Of corn, the value of
which is too small to be estimated. A pint
OF this mixture sells for one shilling, aud. If of
good brand, is considered well worth the
money. 1t is drank in a minute or two. II
fires the brain, sEarpcns the appetite, deran.
ges and weakens the physical system. On
the same sidcboard upon which this delicious
beverage IS served lies a newspaper. It's
covered with halfa million oftypes--it brings
intelligence from the four quarters Of the
globe. The newspaper costs less than the
glass OF grog, juice OF few grains Of corn:
but 1t is no less strange than true that there
is a large portion of the community who
think corn juice cheap and the newspapers
dear !-,scieatitle 14mericaa.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27
Coffee Recipes.
The following reci (. IS are taken from
the Germantown (Pa.) Telegraph:

The following reci as are taken from
the Germantown (Pa.) Telegraph:
WHEAT CoFFEE.-Duringa short Wis
it to Chester county, last week, I re.
ceived some information concerning the
use, OF wheat as n substitute for coffee
which have found so useful that fee
bound to do my part in imparting the
knowledge to others, especially to those
living in agricultural districts. I tried
the recipe Immediately upon my return
and no one at the table was able to de.
tect the difference. I take about two
pounds of wheat, scald it, to assist the
bursting of the grain, throw it into a
colander to drain; when dry, put it into
dripping pan, and brown it exactly as
IT 1t were coffee. On one or two occa.
sions, | have mixed tea spoonful of
ground coffee through the quantity of
wheat intended for tho table, and il
would puzzle any ono to detect the de.
ception. a#Ht EH gaa
RYE COFFEE.-Up here in Norris.
town'Sand | believe generally through.
out our county, rye as a substitute for
coffee, is getting to be very generally
ussd, not wholly, but mixed half.and
half, and in some cases three .fourtbs
rye and one.fOurth coffee; and I assure
you, that having used it in nv own
family, it makes very agreeable bow
efage. Care should, however, be taken
Ia preparing the rye--and as a rule. !
would observe, that better article is
,ilkelytO be obtained by buying the ryc
and scorching it in the house, than
otherwise. Buy the best grain" white
rye IT you can-but at all events that
which is the cleanest and plumpest
wash it we'll il" water nearly boiling
then dry, scorch, &c. This will have
the effect to remove any ergot that NAV
be on the grain; otherwise, if present, /
Will cause seepiness after partakint
much ofthe coffee, though it may be re
gardcd, in the quantity imbibed, a,
harmless. HErgot is the we'll known mar
cotlc OF the aPothecary, and is fungu,
most generally found upon rye. 1t will
do us use-keepers no harm to econo
mlze, even for its own sake; but wher
other circumstances require it, we mus
all eheorfully submit. l would willing
~, as l presume all my sisters VIII,
read this useful department of the Tel
egrGph' would likewise, pay every cen
Of difference between Java coffee AM
scorehed rye as a tax to uphold thi
great and good Government unde
which we live. IF. .... .,- ~.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27

PRIZE Corn BREAD.-An organiza
tiOn in New York recently offered pre-
miums for the best recipes for making
corn bread, and the one that took the
first premium is as follows:
To two quarts of meal, adj one pint
of bread sponge; water sufficient to wei
the whole; add one halfpint of -four and
a teaspoOnful of salt; let it rise; then
knead we'll for the second time, and
place the dough in the oven, and allow
it to bake an hour and a half.
The recipe was successful among two
hundred and twenty competitors for the
first prize, and the awarding committee
state that they ate corn bread incessaut
ly for two days and nights.
A correspondent of the Springfield
CO., News, offers the following recipe
which he says he can warrant:
Take pint of corn meal, add no
water sufficient to scald it, add two ia
BILE spoonfuls of -four and tablespoon
ful of salt, stir in one egg, add colo
water enough TO make a thin batter, fry
on the griddle aud serve up hot.
You may improve the above for some
palates by teaspoonful Of cream of tar
tar, and half teaspOouful of soda,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27
Wit and Wisdom.

Let not the stream Of your life al
ways be q murmuring stream.
A mob may have as many ears ne a
corn.6eld, and be as deaf to reason.
The races Of tho behemoth, the mas.
todon, and healthy womon, are extinct.
Studious men, who look so quiet, are
not unfrequently the most reckless men
in existence.
1t is only in the world of dreams that
we have the rainbow without the storm.
The kindest heart is that which
shrinks rather at its own inhumanity,
than at another's.
In solitude, the moody man is a bur-
den to HIMSELF in society, to himself
and others.
Patience is sometimes courage in re-
pose; and he is the greatest hero who
can suffer tho most silently.
Those who occupy the highest sta
tions, often think with regret of some
pleasanter one they left below.
1t is a mookery to wear q fair outside
show to meet the claims of a social rit
unl, whilst the inner harmony of the af-
foctions is wanting.
! Alexander the Great, being on his
death bed, commanded that, when he
was carried forth to the grave, his hands
should not be wrapped, as was usual, in
the re-clothes, but should be left out
side the bier, so that all men might see
that they were empty.
! Jerrold says, that when man saws
he is worth nothing, the world always
takes him at his own valuation. But
certainly the tax gatherer does not al.
ways thus accommodate him.
A man who is not able to make q
bow to his own conscience every morn
ing is hardly in a condition to respect
fully salute the world at any other time
of the day.
A poor fellow, dying of starvation
should have consolation administered
to him by fryer.
When some women get to tn king to.
gether, they club all their husba nds
faults together for the general enter
tainment, just as children club their
cakes and apples, to make a common
feast for the whole set.
May not our habit of lamenting and
bowailing the woes of life and the diff.
Guilty of living be traced, in part, to the
melancholy songs and stories with which
we are entertained in childhood? IF
they who have the care of the Young
would take pains to place before them
only cheerful views Of existence, grown
people might be happier.
Tn the fruit-gsrms NJ spring, impcrroctions arpoar
That lost in their growth tro the ripcning year;
And the thought that is crude In the morning Of youth
Is untolded by time to the crystal Of truth.
So the evils In llfe-the rough paths we endure
Emerge from the Wrong to tho Perfect aud Pure.
There are four habits a wise man re.
commends to be essentially necessary fol
the management of temporal concerns;
land these were punctuality, accuracy,
stcadiness and dispatch. Without the
first of these, time is wasted; without
the second mistakes most hurtful to our
own ere lit and interest, and that of 9th.
ers may be committed; without the
third, nothing can be we'll done, and
without the fourth opportunities oi
great advantages are lost, which it is
impossible to recall
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27

Felix X. Zollicqffer (irrcverently
styled "Snollegoster" by the Union SOL
diers,) was of Swiss family which en-
igrated to Tennessee some fifty or sixty
years ago. Felix was born in Maury
county, near Nashville, in 1912; was ed
ucated printer; edited when % years
of age, "The Columbia Observer" in
1898, was made State Printer; and in
1912, became editor of the Nashville
Banner" then the leading Whig paper
in the State. In 1853, he was chosen
to Congress as an "American;" served
three terms with considerable credit;
and was leading champion Of Bell. Ev-
erett Unionism in 1860. When it be-
came evident that the Rebellion would
gain the upper hand in Tennessee, he
plunged into the current, and has since
been prominent Rebel. In Septem
ber last, he was made Brigadier Gen
eral, and sent into East Tennessee as
commander in that department, where
he did very much to crush out or stiAe
the hitherto overwhelming Union sen
timent. lie was man of narrow, but
rather acute mind, and of good person .
al character and habits. whose early
Jacksonism and late Whiggery quail.
fed him to exert a powerful influence
in East Tennessee. His military apti.
tudes, such as they are, must have been
acquired since he was made a General
IN. Y. Tribune.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27
miscellaneous.

The Manchester,Guardian Of January
80 announces the arrival at Southamp
ton on the previous day of the La Plata
with Mason and Slidell on board
They complained of bad treatment at
Fort Warren, or "Boston Jail" as the
Guardian has it, but were satisfied with
the manner in which they had been en-
tertained by the British officers on
the Rinaldo, in which they had been ia
ken to Bermuda. They were received at
Southampton by the officers of the rebel
steamerNashville and by several gentle
men. A large crowd had gathered
around, but no demonstration was made.
They left at once for London. The Liv-
erpool Post, noticing their arrival says:
"Messrs. Mason and S'idell have arrived.
Already the seven weeks heroes have
shrunk to their natural dimensions, and
the appreheusions expressed by the
London Times, by ourselves, and by
other journals, lest they should have a
triumphal reception, already seem alb
surd.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27
Rebel Letters.

Extract from letter found in the
rebel camp near Fort Henry, dated Jan.
30; seems ID have been written in Mis-
sissippi: a H
"DR. DARRAH: Dear Sir \ X +
+. G. Enochs got home from Jackson
last night. lie brings very bad news
as concerning the condition Of our Con-
federacy. He says Col. Blythe was
down at Jackson, sent by Polk to in.
form the Legislature of the condition
they we're in and their danger, 80 they
could inform the people generally
They could not give the people infor-
nation through the press, because il
would give information to the North
He says they hare only ttoelue thousand
men at Columbus, and they have force
Of about one hundred and ten thousand d
to contend with--and that in few days
there will be a call for ten thousand on
this State. The sixty days troops are
nearly all sick. Collins time is out.
They are at Grenada, what few arc not
sick at home.
The last heard from I. NJ. Steele,
he was at Jackson, Tenn, was ordered
to Columbus, had but eight men he
could send, the balance sick. He sent
the eight, and staid with the sick. The
statement have made concerning the
information E. G.. Edwards brings, looks
unreasonable, but q full explanation
would make it look very reasonable to
you. If l had time, 1 could write sew
eral little things that would interest
you, but must close.
Yours, &c.,
O STEEI
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27
Ggr Yomc Circle.

Proverbs from Poor Richard.
Keep thy shop, aud thy shop will
keep thee.
IF pride leads the van, poverty brings
up tho rear. ,a ..'.
An egg to-day is better than a hen
tomorrow.
He that can travel we'll afoot, keeps a
good horse.
The worst wheel of cart makes the
most noise.
He that falls in love with himself has
no rivals.
Beware of little expenses; small leak K
will sink great ship.
A plowman on his legs is higher than
agentleman on his knees.
An ounce of wit that is bought is
worth pound that is taught.
Against diseases here the strongest
fence is the defensive virtue, absti.
nence.
Law, like cob-webs, catches small
flies; great ones break through before
your eyes.
He that would live at peace and at
ease, must not speak all he knows, nor
judge all he Sees
Take this romark from Richard poor
and lame; whate'er begins in anger,
ends in shame.
Tart words make no friends; spoon
full of honey will catch more flies than
a gallon of vinegar.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27

GEN. LANES SToRY.-Jim Lane
told this story in his recent speech at
Boston: tH. .s
"I have a mind to relate an anecdote
to show how the Shareholders cling to
their property-T Voices. Do il, do it.
Well [ will. We we're marching to
Springfield was in the rear of my
column-when was informed by one
of my men, that a woman in great dis
tross wanted to see me. / told him to
bring her to me, and no did She was
big, brawny woman, fat and over for,
ty, and was crying. | asked her what
the matter was. She said: My two
sons have joined the Confederate army,
and now your soldiers have taken my
two niggers.' Said I, My good woman
that is not the worse thing that could
happen to you. l am on tho track OF
your sons, and I shall probably catch
thom in a day or two and hang them
Laughter. She threw her arms about
my neck, aud said; Gen. Lane, you
may do what you please with my two
sons if you'll only return my niggersl
[Great Laughter. | disengaged myself
from her embrace but didn't promise tC
return her niggers." ,.s.s
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27
Evening Sports.
FRUIT BASKET,

The girls and boys are seated in a
circle. One of their number stands in
tho centre. Each one takes the name of
some particular fruit, viz: Apples, plums,
ne>tarine, Jeru 'alem artichoke, cherry,
peach, &c. When all are named, they
form collectively the fruit basket. The
one in the centre then shouts the name
of some one fruit; for instance, he will
say, "plum, plum, plum" three times
rapidly. IF before he says it the third
time, the plum cries out her own name,
he calls upon some other fruit-if not,
she forfeits her seat, and takes the post
of the crier. When the crier shouts
suddenly "fr~a J1shet," all shout their
respective titles, and hurriedly exchange
seats with their neighbor. If the odd
one is on the alert, he often can Sc cure
a scat in the general scramble, and his
unsuspecting victim fnds himself stand
ing in the centre, scarcely knowing how
he got there.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27


JEFFERSON ON SLAVERY AND THE
SLAVE TRADE.-It is not perhaps gen
orally known that the original draft of
the Declaration of Independence con-
tanned the following clause, which was
stricken out before the adoption of the
instrument:
"He has waged cruel war against
human nature itself, violating the most
sacred rights of life and liberty in the
persons of a distant people, who never
ffended him, captivating and carrying
them into slavery in another hemis-
pbere, or to incur a miserable death in
transportation thither. This piratical
warfare, the opprobrium of infdel pow
ers. is the warfare of the Christian King
of Great Britain, determined to keep
open market where men shall be
bought and sold. He has prostitutcd
his negative by suppressing every legis-
lative attempt to prohibit or restrain
the execrablo commerce, and that this
assemblage of horrors might want nc
fact of distinguished dye, he is now ex
citing these very people to rise in arms
among us, and to purchase that liberty
of which he has deprived them, by mur.
dering the people on whom he also OBJ.
truded them; thus paying off former
crimes committed against the liberties Of
one people with crimes which he urges
them to commit against the lives of an
other"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27
Noutk's department.
fFor N. Nova.

tFor the News.
Charnde.
My hrst's Of uso to every one,
or each aud every race
In every land benoath the sun
IL shows its radiant faco.
Roam o'or the hills and valleys green,
My second therc you'll soc,
Aud yet, but for my first, I wcen
Such things could mover bo.
My first and second when combined,
can most truly say,
IT would puzzle you, think, TO hnd,
Ifmy FIRST were ta'sn away,
Fob. G, 1861. sALBIE.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27

The Paymaster General has decided
that volunteers who have served for n
less period than two years are not en-
titled to the bounty money. The same
will apply to discharged soldiers, except
those disabled in action. This decision
will cut out several regiments, who we're
enlisted for one year, and were turned
over by the State. The Twelfth and
Sixteenth Indiana will be among the
number, as they enlisted for only one
year.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27

SEcEsH JUMBLEs.-One-half pound
of butter, one pound of sugar, one tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in a half
pint of cold water; cinnamon and cara
way seed; sufficient -four to mold them
thick enough to roll out and cut in
forms. An excellent cake for school
or travelling basket.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27

An officer demonstrated with General
Grant for wearing his uniform at the bat
tie of Belmont, saying that he would
there by become especial mark for the en-
emy. We may challenge the histories
of all the wars of the world, to produce q
more heroic reply than his. "The more
balls aimed at me- he said, "the fewer
will be directed at my men,"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27

The sending of Gen. Stone to Fort
Lafayette seems superhuous proceed
ing. If there was proof to justify his
arrest on such charges, there is cause
for drum head court-martial, and q
summary execution. 1t is time some
such electric flashes were purifying the
murky air of treason that hangs over
our army Gin. Gazette.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-02-27
HEALTH OF THE S1sT.

Our force is about FIVE hundred and
fifty mon, who have been doing the du-
ties of whole regiment. Thus you see
our boys must necessarily be much ex-
posed, and had they not been of the
very best material, many of them would
have been unable to preForm their du-
ties. But let me tell you we have lost
but fve men by sickness, and none by
accident nor in battle. We have had the
Measles and Mumps through the regi-
ment, and we have quite a number of
cases of Pneumonia, but we have been
great ly blest.