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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-07-03
Meal Time,

Happy is the man who enjoys his meal
whose breakfast is n pleasure, whose dinner
feast, and whose supper charming snhety.
On such ono world may heap misfortunes
but they will not effect him.
A we'll filed stomach is a good SHIELD
against the darts of care.
Dinncr-tim how IL Is longed for by the
whiLing school hoy, rs he comes hungry from
school; and bow unwillingly he leaves the bees
and nice pudding, to creep again to tho school
room.
There is but one way to account for the
great number Of morbid and dyspeptic people
we meet, and that is why they do not enjoy
their meals Breakfast 10 q man of this sort
Is matter of profit and loss, and he drinks
his coffee with thoughts Of the value of stocks
and not Of the good it might do him, Dim
ner to him IL n feast Of legerdemainF In an
incredibly small space of time he stoves away,
through menium ofhis mouth, q QRIrtty of
old matetita that seems to iuiEp ~ slip
down as If alive; yea, seemingly fright6ned,at
the teeth for fear they would close on 1t un-
awares.
To such a man, properly speaking, there is
no meal time; for coming home to supper rack
cd with indigestion, he listlessly plays with
his teaspoon, he chcws some hard-hearted
bread, to get an appetite which never comes.
Oh my friends, be attentive to your meals, if
you value long life. Would you feel well all
the morning, treat your breakfast as a fripne.
Do not attempt too much, but leisurely drink
your cup of coffee AMI mildly chew your ba-
ker's bread, (t is the best in the morning
eating sparingly Of meat. Then will you rise
from the table with delicious feeling of sani-
ty and we'll prepared for the work to be done.
And when the all important meal Of the day
arrives--when dinner time has come--you will
sit down to your "roast with vegetable" with
satisfaction and delight.
But now be careful not to gormoudize.
Many n man has by this means collected q
corporation in front Of him that hos never left
him like some person we wot Of, has been n
burden to them and any eye sore to all.
Do not understand me as recommending
spare eating; ent to your full but do not cram
IF you are sparing of anything, let it be pastry.
One piece, we'll enjoyed is sufficient. Indeed,
1 recommend doing without desert three days
of the week. By so doing, when the closing
meal of the day arrives, you will sit down to
your cup of tea and light cakes with feeling
of content.
Caution--if you would enjoy good nights
rest, with no unpleasant nightmare ing
dreams, avoid all heavy meats at this, your
late meal.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-07-03
Frederika Bremen on the War.


. We have secn private note. written
by Frederikn Bremen. az Stockholm, to
n friend in this citv. in which she refers
with great enthusiasm. IN the heroic
events of the war. She saws .....
"I must tell You how intensity I nm
with you md with tho North. The
lost wonderful and stirring affair of the
Monitor md Merrimac strikes all the
nations Of Europe. both bv its dramatic
interest and probable results upoD tho
economy of naval warfare and defense.
Nobody can tell what these results will
ultimately prove. but their importance
is induhitable. l. for nv nart, take n
reculiar delight in this whole affair;
first, because Of the heroic defense and
fall Of your brave Cum berland and her
crew, and then. because this wonderful
thing, the Monitor. which came TO FIN.
ish the overhearing and terrible des-
troyer, the Merrimac, was the work Of
one ofmy gallant countrvmen, Swede.
John Ericsson. There is no little ex
ultation about him. and the result Of
the graphic descriptions Of the contest
given in all our papers, has TO make
every man and woman in Stockholm
Unionists in their enthusiasm.
~ should not, however. rejoice so
much, own, If it was not that the late
message of your President is n still
greater victory. because a moral one,
over the Merrimac party. The Moni-
tor may be said to be an instrument Of
war giving a new push to that of peace
the Message"
1t will be pleasure and reward to
the brave tnrs of our navy to learn how
cordially they are admired by the best
minds of Europe, while the rest of us
have the satisfaction of knowing how
much that admiration will be increased
by the details Of the splendid sea fights
Ot the mouth of the Mississippi.--[N.
Y Post.
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WOUNDED AND KILLED.-It takes
hut little space in the columns of the
daily papers; hut 0 .! what long house
hold stories and biographies are every
one Of these strange names, that we
read over and forget
"Wounded and killed :" Some eye
rcods. the name to whom it is dear as
life. and some heart is struck or broken
with the blow made by the name among
the list
Its our Henry, or our James, or our
Thomas, that lies with his poor broken
limbs at the hospital, or white, still and
CHASTITY face on the battle field. Alas
for the eyes that read; alas for the hearts
that feel
He was my pretty boy, that I've
sung to sleep 50 many times in my
arms !" says the poor mother, bowling
in anguish that cannot be uttered "He
was my brave, noble husband. the father
/ of my little orphan children = sobs the
stricken wife. "He was my darling
brother, that loved so. that was proud
of, murmurs the sister. amid tears
and so the terrible stroke falls on homes
throughout the land.
Wounded and killed p Every
name in that list is a lightning stroke
to some heart, and breaks lik, thunder
over some home, and falls long black
shadow upon some hearthstone.-. Home
Magazine.
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Printers Devil

We have so frequently been asked by friends
and others, why the boy in the printing Office
is called the ''dcvil," that We conclude TO give
what little we know upon the subject.
The first person who carried on printing to
any extent, (if they were not the actural in
ventors of the art, as asserted,) were John Gut
temburg, John Faust, (or Faustus,) and Peter
Sheffer. Germany was the place the art was
invented and first carried on. Tho following
story is told of of the first introduction Of prin
ting in France:
"In 1892 Faust carried number Of Bibles
into Paris, which he aud his partner( (Sh@fer)
had printed, and disposed Of as manuscripts; at
this time the discovery Of the art was not
known in France. At first he sold them at
the high price of five or six hundred crowns,
the sum usually obtained by the scribes. He
afterward lowered the price to sixty, which
created universal astonishment; but when he
produced them according to the demand, and
even reduced it to thirty, all Paris became
agitated. The uniformity OF the copies in
creased their wonder, the Parisians considering
it task beyond human invention; intorma-
tions were given to the police against him, as
II magician; his lodgings were searched; a
great number of Bibles were found and seized;
the red ink with which they were embellished
was said to be his blood. II was seriously ad-
judged that he was in league with the devil;
whereupon he was cast into prisan, and would
most probably have shared the fate Of such
whom ignorant and superstitious Judges con-
demned in those days of wtchcraft. He now
found it necessary in order to gain his liberty,
to make known his discovery of the art. This
affair gave rise to the tradition of'the Devil
and DR.. Faustus, which is handed down to
the present time"
The ignorance and superstition that consid-
cred printing an invention of the Evil One,
would also very naturally suppose the man en-
gagged in it MS being the servants of Satan, if
not actual fiends in human shape. 1t is uni
versally considered that the above story gave
rise to the practice of calling the Office boy by
the name of Devil"
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A Good One.

Quip, of the Boston Post, tells US good
story of legislative fun in Vermont, nearly
forty years ago, during the session when the
famous Robert +. Bates was the Speaker of the
House. Bates was perhaps the abest jury
lawyer in the Green Mountain States, man
Of elegant manners, and notorious for gallan-
try, as that word was understood in English,
in the reign of Charles II, and in France, Mt
all times since the invention of Gallic morals.
1t happened during the session that n member
introduced a bill prop sing some Advancement
or other to women's rights" in response to a
petition numerously signed by the fair sex
one of the signers being there in attendance to
lobby for the interests Of the sisterhood. Bates
who saw n chance for bit of fun, came down
from the Speakers chair, and pitched into the
petition with such comic that tho house roared.
The Queen of the Amazons was naturally
angry, the next morning sent to the Speakers
chair package, by the hand of the unsuspcc-
ting page, which was presently opened--dis-
closing to the view Of the tittering spectators,
Il red flannel underskirt. II was a trying mo-
ment to Bates, and ouly man of groat self
possession, and fair share of wit, could have
escaped such discontinue. Raising the garment
aloft in his high hand, and smiling cOmplacent-
ly, the speaker spokr "Gentemen, l have
received many hattering attention froms the
fair sex, but never before so pleasing compli-
ment as this. It is indeed beautiful gift. Ind
what enhances the delicacy of the donation
the name of the fair donor is concealed Ali!
the darling, she new I'd rncongnize the petit
coat II is unnecessary TO say that the ter
rble laugh was diverted to the lobby now,
which had well nigh fallen on tie head Of the
blushing speaker.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-07-03

HUMAN NATURE.-An exchange says that
when a wild spark attempts to steal kiss from
a Nantucket girl; she says, "come sheer OF, or
I'll split your mainsail with n typhon."
The Boston girls hold still until they arc
kissqa, when they fare up all at once, and say
"thbk you ought to be ashamed
When young chap steals a kiss from an
Albany girl, she says, az reckon it's my turn
now" and gives him box on the ear that he
don't forget in n month.
When a clever fellow steals kiss from a
Louisiana girl, she smiles, bushes and says
nothing.
In Ponnsylvania, when fomale is sOluted
with buss, she puts on bonnet and shawl, and
answcreth, al am astonshcd At thy assurance,
Jebodiah, and for This indignity will sew thee
up"
Tho Western ladies, however, are 50 fond Of
kissing that when salutcd on one cheek, they
turn tho other
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A Noble Boy.

Not long since, "A neatly dressed little boy not
more than ten years Old, was standing on the
sidewalk of a crowded street watching the peo-
pie as they passed. Presently a little girl,
several years younger than himself, in attempt
ing to cross the muddy street. fell and soied her
dress and hurt herself considerably. In mo-
ment the little fellow ran to her, helped her up
spoke to her in the kindest tones inquring
where she lived, and led her away toward her
homo. She was not pretty child, neither
was see handsomely dressed: on the contrary,
she looked very poor, but the noble little fell
low did not stop to think of that. He saw she
needed assistance, and that was enough. His
heart was full Of kindness which only awaited
for an opportunity to show itself. One could
easily tell that boys fortune. He has good
mother, and ho listened to her instructions
He will grow up beloved and happy. He viii
never be poor, for he already possesses the
choicest treasure, kind heart. Try and be
like him.
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Martial Law Declared in Norfolk
Cancellation Wouldn't Work.

NORFOLK, June 24.-GeD. Viele held
a conference with the city officers hero
yesterday, and finding that they would
not take tho oath Of allegiance, ordered
that no election for municipal ofhcors
be held as arranged for. This morning
he issued a proclamation declaring the
city under martial law and retiring the
old city officers whose terms have en-
pired.
Gen. Viele has found II necessary to
adopt this coursein consequence Of nu-'
merous petty disturbances between the
Union men aud Secesh.
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OUr Armp Correspondence
Correspondence Of the News.
Letter from the 18th Ohio.
FLAT TOP MoUNTAIN, VA.
THERsnAY Innn 10 1862

THURSDAY, June 10, 1862
DEAR NEws:-I had hoped when I
last wrote to you, to have been able by
this time to write from some point
little further in "Dxie's Land" but
here we are on Flat Top yet, and per-
haps will remain here for some time.
Our camp is situated in a beautiful
place on the summit of the mountain,
from which we have an uuobstructed
view Of the surrounding country as far
as tho eye can reach. l am informed
that this is one Of the highest points,
if not the highest, in Western Virginia.
It affords us many good sites for ma
king fortifcations, and in fact contains
some natural ones. We are well forti-
fed and have goodly number of troops,
how many it is not for me 20 say. We
are but n short distance from the Fast
Tennessee Railroad. Our object in
being stationed here is to prevent the
rebels from penetrating into Western
Virginia. If Mcclellan "wipes them
out" at Richmond, which | have no
doubt he will do and that pretty soon,
in that case doubtless numbers Of them
will try to retreat into East Tennessee
or Alabama, and Gen. Cox, with the
aid of Milroy and Schenck, will no doubt
try to intercept them at Newbern and
other stations on the East Tennessee
Railroad.
This portion of Virginia is at the
present time deserted by all of its for
mer inhabitants--is entirely destitute
Of any crops, and presents very for.
lorn appearance indeed. Our only road
for transportation is very difficult to
travel, and is quite long, the nearest
point we get our supplies from being
Gauly Bridge.
The boys pass away their time very
pleasantly up here on the mountains,
making laurel.root pipes and rings, of
which NUN bers are sent to friends at
home; others pass it in playing "euch-
er" and wrangling on the war ques'
tion. Some had made their calculations
to spend the "4th" at home, but now
they become somewhat Disappointed
The Paymuster visited us last week,
and distributed to us number of "Uu.
Gle Sans Greeubacks," which were
very acceptable indeed.
Capt. Stevenson left for home on
! Tuesday morning, having handed in
his resignation few days previous. l
have no doubt it will be accepted. He is
very unwel at present and has been for
some time past, which to his regret
compelled him to resign. In parting
with our gallant Captain, permit me to
say his loss is very deeply felt by the
mem bcrs of Co. "K," Capt. Steven.
son was an excellent officer, and in eve'
ry respect competent for the position he
held, as we'll as an honest, amiable and
kind hearted man-always ready to dc
any favor in his power that would ac'
CONNIE odate his men We are now left
without Captain, and not one officer
is with US that first started out with the
Company.
The weather here on the mountains
is very pleasant during the day, bu
, very cool at night. Last night we hOc
! considerable frost,
Yours respectfully. tm. N
+ CHARLIE JONES,
". Co X I0th Reo't q V
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The Happy Mother.

The Motheris happy when her sweet babe
is born, and when the helpless little thing lies
on her bosom.
She is happy when it takes notice and rO-
turns her smilo.
sho is happy when it totters over the floor
and utters its syllable. @
She is happy when the boys trips along by
her side, and when the girl sews or roads at
her knee.
Happier still is that Mothor whom she lis
tens TO the prayers Of her beloved one.
how happy, when the youth becomes a
child ofgracel
But happiest of all will she be when she
meets all her children at the right hand OF
Christ.
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CHARLIE JONES,
Co. X, 18th Reg't, o. V.
Health OF the Troops.

Since the arrival of tho Federal troops
in this city, there has probably been no
similar body Of men, in any locality, so
free from disease, The statistical re.
cord kept by the surgeons exhibit an
amount of sickness Of less than ten per
cent. And when it is we'll known that
in all hospitals North, East and West,
the calculation ofa sick percentage is
fully up to that figure, and that
provision is always made in that pro-
portion, it must be gratifying to the
citizens Of New Orleans TO know that
there is such an immunity from disease.
Il Delta. y
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skedaddle.

Tho shades Of nisht were falling fast'
Az through Southern village passed,
A youth who bore, not over nice,
A banner with the gay device,
skedaddls'
His hair was red; his toes beneath
Pecped like an acorn from its sheath,
White with frightened voice he sung
A burden strange from Yankee tongue,
skcdaddtei
lie saw no household arc, where he
Might warm his tod or hominy;
beyond, the Cordillrras thoue;
And from his lips escaped groan,
sGcIaddiei
nOh, stay a oullud pusson said,
"An' on dis bosom res your he'd"
The octoroon shc winked her eye,
But still he answered, with sigh,
sLodaddiei
"Deware Mcclellan, Buell. aud Banks,
Beware Of Hnllecl,'s deadly rNnksl"
This was the planters last Good Night.
The chap replied far out Of sight,
Sksduddle'
At break OF day ns several boys
From Maine, New York, and Illinois,
Were moving southwark, in tho air
They heard these accents Of despair,
Sleddddle'
A chap was found and at his side
A bottle, showing how he died,
stlil grasping In his hand Of leo,
That banner with the strange device,
Skedoddlc!
There in the twilight, thick and gray,
Considerably played out he lay:
And through the yapor gray and thick,
A vuios Cell Ike n rocket stick
Skcddddle'
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The New Cavalry Regiment.

Cot. LeoniGas Mctcar has been au-
thorlzcd to raise cavalry regiment for
the United States service. Il is un-
derstood that the regiment will serve
under Gen. Boyle, in this State. and is
designed more especially for the sup
presSion of guerrillas and predatory
bands. When it became evident that
1t was the purpose of the Confederate
authorities to harras our people by
raids and robbery. and that not a few
llldiSposed persons in our midst were
determined to carry out the nefarious
design, necessity was apparent for
oody OF troops who could make rapid
movements and not only frustrate such
schemes, but pursue the bandits to their
lairs and visit upon them a swift and
severe punishment. As ifby a com
mon instinct the popular mind seemed
turned at once to Col. Metcalf as
best qualified for the work of extermi-
mating guerralas. or driving them from
the country. Figilant, active. enorget-
ic and brave-with a heart full of zeal
for the task set before him, and no bow
els of compassion for thieves and rob.
bers-Col. Metcalf will not spare whip
or spur, pistol shot or sabre stroke, if
they will do any good in maintaining
the peace of Eastern Kentucky. Some
have objected to him as apt to be too
rash and severe, but there is quite n
general sentiment at present in favor Of
the most severe and unrelenting policy
toward all who make war on the bush.
whacking principle--in favor of the
most rigorous course consistant with
justice and protection to the innocent
Il Maysville Eagle.
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Fond parent, to a son; "Yes, New
York is the place Il get on in. Look
at Jones' he started without q penny,
and has lately failed for Sl5O,00O OF
course, that's an extreme case. | don't
expept you to do so we'll as that. Still,
witlfhonesty and industry, | see no
reason why you should not in the
course of few years, fail for $780,
| 000"
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From France.

Pairs, May 2O.-The official journal
publishes with astonishment the fol-
lowing figures with regard to the fnnds
in the United States. In October last,
says this paper, Treasury notes at New
York we're sc; three months later they
were at SO; on the 9Th Of Nav, instant, /,
they were Mt par, and now at the last
dates tho 18th, they were at 105 i
"Such figures M these" remarks the
Monteur, "arc more eloquent than
words, and it might have been added.
such figures we're never before exhibit
ed by any nation with n colossal war on
its shoulders The people of Europe
are at last waking up TO the fact that
America is waging n war such as no
other nation on earth are capable of,
and every day the governments of Eu-
rope are fixing their eyes with more at
tention upon the immense de velop-
ments of the struggle The new scien-
tlhc facts in the art of war which each
combat establishes are not less curious
to them than the immense energy and
endurance of the people. 1t seems as
if we needed this war in order to gain
our proper status among the nations Of
the earth, for in Europe nations are
measured only by the strength of their
arms on the field of battle.
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OF the rebel prisoners at Camp Doug
las, Chicago, three hundred and forty
two have died, and there are three hun.
dred and twenty yet in the hospital.
The whole number of rebel prisoners at
that place is over six thousand.
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"Texas and her Resources was fhe
snhiert ofan exceedingly interesting and
instructive lecture 10 New York, last
Monday evening, by J. B. Taft, ESQ.,
Of Houston, Texas, He spoke of the
cotton, sugar. wheat, and grass lands of
that State. md Of her mineral wealth
and splendid scenery. Though the son
IF a STAKEHOLDER. he did not spare the pc
culiar institution. He assured his
hearers that there we're but twelve Ger
man Shareholders in the State, and vet
the Germans raised millions of pounds OF
sugar and cotton, A family of Tennes-
seeans avowed in his presence their
readiness to free their negroes for the
sake Of the Union. He gave sketch
or a cane break 20 miles in length In
1859. Texr yielded 20o0,0OO bushels
Of wheat. One farmer by the name of
Conner owns 10000 head of cattle
The lecture was historical, statistical
and progressive, and furnished evidence
that Texas is the Italy Of America.
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Gen. Mcclellan Joined by McDow-


nll's Division.
The following il an extract from
letter received in Boston. dated White
House. Pompnkv river, juno IS, 1862:
] nm fully impressed with the belief
that the Government Is summoning nll
its energies for the impending battle
before Richmond, and that among 9th
or movements It is certain that Nc
D?well's army is being added to Nc
Clellan's.
No less than three brigados of Nc
Dowell's have arrived here in the last
three days ard more are tn follow. A
regiment of United Stntes cavalry (reg-
ularsJ Jeanne up the river last night upon
transports md two batteries Of "regular"
artillery fEom the neighborhood of Fred
ericksburg There are four United
States gunboats here with steam no and
enns nh6'ted MI the time. and addition
al ones have been ordered here To pro-
tect the Government properly in case
Of reverse at Richmond.
Since I have commenced this, anoth-
or full regiment Of Pennsylvania troops
have passed aud gone to the landing
just above.
l think we shall have n big fight this
week snre. I heard to-day from a man
who left the advance mart IF our army
this morning, that Mcclellan has no
less than nine bridges nearly completed
across the Chickahominy.