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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-06-01
1bt Yomr Girrl>
Mr.. Nasby "Makes q Delegashun Nv
hisself" and Visits the President.
SAINr's REsr (which IS in the stait nv
Moo 0ersey,l May Is, 1865. !

Moo Gersey,) May is, 1865.
All the stats Nv the North, and the
heft of NV them recently subjoogatid,
all the Sosieties, Associashuus and
Churchis that ever l heerd Nv, hev sent
delegashens fer the perpus nv volun.
teerin advise 2 JoUson, the moo Presy-
dent. Feelin that Moo Gersy should
not be behind in the advise bizniss,
elected myself a delegashuu, borrcred
clene shirt, and Travelled 2 Washington.
wuz announst ez "a delegashnn from
Moo Gersy," aud wuz towunst ushered
in2 the presents. ~
"Whcr is the dclegashun?" ejakoola-
It'd the President, "hurry EN- up, fer I've
thirteen moro to reserve this after
noon, --
"Androo Jonson," " said I, impressive
ly, II represent Moo Gersy, staff that
hez jest dun honor to the deceest Presi
don't" .. N.j ln
"Troo," returned he "sich stats hon
or patriots--after they're dead" ~
II, resent the d, insipooashup, with
skorn, ,Ez proof that the murder nv
the Presyds vrppg the pOpIer hart lpy
Moo Gersy, let me say sir, that the
Camden and Amboy DSreklturs, at a
meetin caIld fer the purpus, abslootely
votid 2 carry the corps Nv the decees'
Prcsydeut over the road fer~half fare a
honor never be4 akordid to emmy livin
er ded indiyidjooal. But let that pars
Moo Gersy needs no spcshl pleeder
Their she stands. Look at her-ef you
hev a microscope. ,-,.- r.,
"I cum Androo ez originel Dino
crat, who whatever uther sins he may
hcv committed, never skrptcht his tikki
er dilootidJ bis whisky. In behalf u0
that Dimocrisy l sPeek. .-,'..'2 .,. .,, %.
I "Ez hez been meDshund 2 yool wuns
or twict immense responsibility rest
on yoor sholders. The Suthern stait
struggled fer their rites, but wer
squelcht. They fought like heroes, bp
fell, beeoE Nv overpowriu numbers agi'
em. They're dOwn-yoor iron heel
ou2 their necks. What will 700 do
| Will 700 grind EN-, er will 700 be mag
nanimus2 dvh4 @US-s%.tIJ sa's )
90 "Wuusi we WIZ q happy nashen, an
We, kin bo so agip-7it rests with voc
Yoo must. consulate the Dimocrisy
Our party north is magpapymus. W
stand reddy to fergiys 700 fer havi
draftid us, fer haVin taxi us to support
unco nstooshnel war, providin yoo'
stop now. Woo our Suthern brethrl
back with Jentlo words. They air
/ bigh.speritid and sensitive race, thu
kin never be SUI joogatid. Take e'
asin 2 yer buzzum, and don't hoOmilia'
en- by degradin cOndishns, Give en-
obanse Q fergive us fer whalin Nv en-
Restore ther niggers, pay ther war deb
, invite MagoIin and Vance and Brow
: aud the rest nv the, Guvnsrs back 2 the
J. various capitOls--eiVs LGerAnd FOri
: and Boregsrd ther pOsishus in the re
! lar army, and penshun tho disable
y oopfodrit heroes. ,gaAnaE 3sim7oszo'
y "Thsr mustn't be no hangin., YOO'
a. got that unfOrtnit .staiisaany Davis
fell ip2 yoor haOds beoOz he wuE ign
e rent Nv the stylSut yoor (lait Lihkid'
minyuns. He mite hsV knOde that I
.r',.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-06-01
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-06-01
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Miscellaneous Rnigma.

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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-06-01

a OOOu GlhhA0IAls fHNWN
General Ben Butler lays down the
following propositions as the 6rSt to,bS,
considered in the matter Of recOustruc-
ton sag ysIG lo aaidlvs 80 40 Old
First--Thpt hereafter. forever there
should be neither slavery nor inyOlun=
tary seryitude, except for crime judicial,
" declared 20 s-p-t r.r.-.sss co.
Second--Tbat there cannot exist in.
the political system Of the United States
any such thing as a right Of secession
oy state sraf Il rcu 'ia sold
Third-Tbat no, person, corporation,
municipal or otherwise, OF. State, could
or might ever assume or pay any part of
the, debtor claim by any person or COR
poration, State, or confederation of
States, incurred or in any way arising
from or in aid of the late rebellion,
Fourth-That any person who had
held military, civil or diplomatic ofiCo
under the SO called Confederate States,
or either of them, or been an agent
thereof during the rebelIiOu, should
have no political rights in the State,
but should be and remain alien there.
unto forever. ..,.
Security for the future demands that
such an example be made Of the actors
in this rebellion as will deter others, in
all time to comerrom raising traitorous
arms against the government, aud Ger.
tainly the above is as mild policy as
S can safely be adopted towards the rebol-
Q lious States and the inferior ofi,ers Of
d the rebel army, navy and civil govern
e ment, while nothing short Of the penal.
7 ty of death will do for the prime NOV.
g ers and ringleaders Of the rebellion.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-06-01
Nout0's Department. n.

, Answer to Enigma in last weeks paper by Orpha,
John s. Duckwall: To Enigma by Topsy, wonder who
that young that erept under the sled for the
hammer: TO Enigma by Pap's Biun.eyed Gid, Enimls
Jane Purdy y......TO ChaTade by Milo, RlehMond(e)
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-06-01
The sultana sDisaster---FindiDg Of
the Court martial. ur.rf

AA0 DuAbhhh 1ASlbhpJoEr--G AhNAhe "
the Court martial. "fe |
The following is an official copy of
the finding oflthe OOurt-martial in the
case of the Sultana, disaster: 5,w o.Gl
The steamer Sultapa left New Orleans
on Friday, 2lst Of April, 1885, arrived
at Vicksburg on Sunday evening, April
%; remained at Yieksburg about thir-
ty-three hours. The larbosrd boiler
leaked badly. This boiler was repaired
at Vicksburg' The work was well done,
50 far as it went, but sufficient repairs
we're not made, The neglect of not do
ing this, according to the evidence, did,
not materially endanger the safety of
the boat, butshould have prevented her
from carryinga high pressure of steam
On Monday, April "a, 1865, 1856
paroled prisoners, including thirty-hve
officers, were put on board the boat,
bound for Cairo, Illinois. She also had
on board seventy cabin passengers
and eighty-hye employees Arrived at
Memphis, Tennessee, "Wednesday even
ing, 26th instant, at about 7o'clock.
Went to coal-yard above Memphis, and
coaled, and left there for Cairo at two
o'clock, A. NJ, 9th instant. When
about seven miles above Memphis the
boiler, or the boilers, exploded, Soon
t afterward the, boat caught fire, and was
totally destroyed. AS near as can b'
f ascertained, only about 800 persons
} were saved at the. time Of the accident
The men were all, or for the most part
asleep. The boat was staunch vesseI
Is and we'll ofhcered. The boilers ha'
a been satisfactorily tested just before tn
n down trip from St. Louis. Ian, tr
|. Good order prevailed, and the me
,e were as comfortable as could be expeete
,e under the circumstances. The safet
q of the boat was not particularly endan
}. gered by the number of men on board
but there was no military necessity 70
tP placing them all upop one boat, tn
,e Pauline Carroll being, at the same tim'
u at Vicksburg with the yS9ultana. IN
10 N" men n-sh should nLi have been been divided. III
q, Qanrtermasters Department. at Vick
to burg is censurable for not insisting on
in rights, and 1df for permitting Others Wit
al out urgent protest to the Ge'n1eral '1N con con
at handing, to perform its duties; aud u
at Afj99ttaHpnt General OF the Department
ly Mississippi y censurable Tor taxing u
i'd on himself duties not properly Oelon
We ing to him. him. There was no i inten'lo
however, on f th6 part OF the omcers fer r T
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-06-01

Ian AFPkcfloNArE soN.--An Irish
mauiaswesriug the peits dsgaihst his
three sons, thus concluded. .'Tks Only
onsso my childtsR WHO shows me any
real ] 'flial aiFsotion rs my yOdhgSst son.
Larry, for he never strikes me when I'm
down" .eIfU' ei' % ''f'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-06-01
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am composed of 10 letters. 81 j rs h'a -..i ''.s'
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My 23 is boys nickname. -""l''
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NY whole is the answer TO the question asked by
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-06-01

sojers never seed woman takin to the
woods without chasin her. But he
must not be hung. Dcmpcrisy looks
upon the matter thus IN iglJ hlhnyl5
"Yoo capt,hang a tnnuo fer couspirin
agin the Guvment onless he talks up
arms. .. ........,........-........ .'f...-
"Ef a few take up arms, it's only a
riot. and no bangin matter, cept when
AbIishnists like John Brown do il. In
sich cases, haugin is alluz in order. 1-
"Ef a number of stats do it, It's a
revolooshcn, and them ez 700 capcher
must be treated ez belyjigger ants, and
primers Nv war. To hang primers NV
war, Audroo, is murder. '
"This wood probably satisfy the
South. At the North, less is reqwired.
The Dimocracy is eesly consolidated,
Give our feeders enufF nv the ofisis 2
support EN-, With-the privilege Nv man
agin things 2 SCOT us, and the trubbld
is orc. On them terms we'll support
your Administrator, or eny luther
mans, corjelly and hartily, and peesC
will agin wave her white piuyuus oVel
the land, and will contipyoo 2 wave en-
ontil the Sutheru hart is agin fred.
"I hev duu--%%-Noo Gersy hez spoke.
"I rather spect my words will bar
froot Look out fur change u
policy. .l, !, ST.. ..,.. ..-. sa. .
,1r. PETROLEUM v.NASBY,
"Lait Paster Nv the Church nv the No
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-06-01

A young lady who sings in a choir
says she will marry small man, be,
cause short-metre hims are the easiest
to get along with. 700. a,n. r-r'.-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-06-01

II suppose, SAID quack, WhHe IeeI'
ing the pulse Of patient, "that you
think me humbugp" "Sir," repl led the
sick man, 81 perceive you can. discover
a mans thoughts by his pulse" =
A, learned coroner being asked the
other day how he accounted for the
great mortality this year, exclaimed, "l
cannot tell; there are people dying this
year who never died before" t Nr'.
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sohools at Charleston.

Assist. Quartermaster, U, s, A., Reef
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-09-16
Public Schools Of Cecil county.

k7OR the purpose of meeting inquiries COM
l. ing from various quarters it is deemed
proper III this manner to give notice to all par
ties interested that the Tuition Fee of one dol
lar per quarter is no longer required, the schools
being free To all white youth of the county, be-
tween the ages of six and nineteen years A
charge of Fifty cents per quarter is required of
each pupi. for tbs Books and Stationery turn-
ished by the Board, and this must be paid
invariably i'll advance; unless the parents Of
the child are unable to pay, of which the Com
missioner of the district must be the Judge
We deem it proper also to call special atten-
ton to the ith section os chapter 2nd of tho
School Law,-ttle School Houses,
reads thus,
sec. 4. If any person shall willfully injure
any School House, or the buildings and fences
connected Herewith, cr disfgure the same with
paint OF otherwise, OF make thereon any obscene
words, figures or devices, paste thereon any
paper OF other material bearing such words,
figures or devices, he shall on conviction thereof
in the Circuit Court of the county where the
ofense was committed, Of in the Criminal Court
OF Baltimore, il the otFcnse be committed in the
city OF Baltimore, be punished by fine II Il ex-
ceednE Fifty dollars, or by Imprisonment in the
County Jail not exceeding thirty days, or 9th;
in the discretion of the Court The fine shall be
paid one-half to the iniorner and one halt to he
School House fund for the school district"
Teachers will please see that the seton is read
in each school, aud due notice of its provisions
given to the pupils. F. A. ELLIS,
Test, President.
WI ToRBERT, Secretary.
sept lG; 1858
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-09-16

have been the power which centered in the
hearts of twenty thousand people, which
is the aid the rebels coveted more than the
munitions of war, but owing to their bad
cause the world failed to give, and their cwn
hearts fainting within them, more from this
reason than physical weakness, they were
overpowered and vanquished.
"Words and thoughts are like electricity.
They compass the universe, mparting their
superhuman strength to those for whom they
are intended, like the lightning's flash. 1t
is worse than folly for our rebels now to tell
us that their words and thoughts, warm sym
pathies and fond wishes, for the success of
the shareholders rebellion, gave no aid and
comfort to the active participators in that
henious cause. They would not have hun
gered and thirsted so for that sympathy, had
it not been the very breath of the rebellion.
The sympathy and aid both by word and
deed of our home traitors, murdered many
brave Union soldier, and now if we mock
at their calamity when they are confronted
by the consequence Of their crimes, who will
not say their punishment is meriled, and
that to be put under the ban of that Gov
eminent they sought to overthrow, by dis
reimbursement, is very light penalty com
pared to the enormity of their wickedness
and folly?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-09-16
Our Ticket.

We place at the head of the column the
Union ticket which was formed by the Con-
vention on Tuesday last. The ticket was
the deliberate choice of a Convention which
represented all sections of the county, as
ably, fairly and impartially as any similar
body that we have ever seen assembled in
Elkton. 1t is believed to be strong ticket
even for times when competitor "worthy
Of our steel'' could be brought into the field.
But at present the enemy are SO demorallzed
since they have lost the negro, that they-will
scarce show an opposition worthy to be call
ed a fight. Let the Union men, however,
stand to their arms and meet whatever show
of force their disheartened foes may bring
to bear on the It'll of November next.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-09-16
Proceedings of the Union County
Convention.

Pursuant to a call of the Union Central
Committee. the County Convention met in
Elkton on the 18th inst. AT = o clock p. Nj.
the Convention organized. George Ricketts,
was elected chairman aud James johnson,
secretary. After the reading of the creden
tials the chair announced the Convention
ready to receive nominations for Sheriff.
Three candidates were put in nomination for
this office. E. Wesley Janney and Col. j.
c. Hill of the 3d. and John W. Caldwell of
the 9th district. The contest between these
rival aspirants for the nomination was spirit
ed, the friends of each sticking to their can.
didate with devotion worthy of adniration
After the 18th ballot without CHOICE
Col. Hill withdrew his name, leaving the
field to .lanney and Caldwell. On the 18th
ballot Janney received % votes-23 being
necessary to a choice and amid much en-
thusiasm was declared the nominee, which
on motion was made unanimous.
After nominating candidate for Sheriff
the Convention proceeded to put in nomina
ton candidates for County Commissioners.
W. T. Weldon. of the LIST district; George
Ricketts,, of the Sd; Isaac Il. Ceilings, of
the 9TH {; J. p. Vanneman, of the 9TH Sam.
ucl j. England, of the 9th; W. c. Hasson,
of the 4th and l.. Il. Roberts, (prescnt in.
cumbcnt,) of the I'd. A single ballot decid.
ed the contest for Commissioners. the three
successful candidates being J. p. Vanneman,
of Port DEPOSIT, who received 81 votes w.
I. Weldon, Of Cecilton. % votes; and S.
J.. England, of the 9th district, % votes.
Ellis e. Chandlee, the present County
Surveyor, received the nomination for that
office by reclamation.
The next business in order for the Con,
vention was the choice of delegates to a Ju-
dicial Convention to assemble at Havre de
Grace at some future day not yet determined,
to nominate Circuit Judge for the 9th Iu-
dicial District. DR.. Stnbbs offered reso.
luton presenting five delegates to the Con.
vention, which was overruled by a motion to
proceed to the choice of a delegation by
ballot. Two tickets were then formed by
the friends of opposing candidates for the
office Of Judge, one in the interest of the
Hon. John II. Price. present Judge; the
other in that of the Hon. Alex. Evans
The five delegates pledged to the nomna.
ton of the Hon. John Ii. Price for second
term were James T. Mccullough, j. b.
Pugh, J. j. Mccullough, j. A. Kirk and e.
p. Bowen. Those named as delegates on
the ticket that was understood to be in favor
of the nomination of Mr.. Evans were G. p.
Whitaker, +. &. Parke, G. A. Ford, James
McCauley and Eli Cosgrove. The Price
ticket received % votes, the opposing one
having received but 1s, the first named del
egates were declared elected.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-09-16

In the military court, engaged in trying
Wirz, there was introduced and read on Sat
urday some additional documentary evil
dence, consisting of report on the condi
ton of the Andersonvile prison, by the
rebel Colonel D. L. Chandler, submitted to
the Richmond authorities in the beginning
of August, 1864. This report, while describ
ing the horrid condition of the prisoners and
the tortures inflicted on them, charges the
culpability for their inhuman treatment prin-
cipally on Gen. John H. Winder, rebel Com
missary of prisoners NOW dead, and en-
dcavors to exculpate Wirz. Winder advo-
Gated in cold blood to Colonel Chandler and
others the policy of starving and torturing
the prisoners to death as a means Of reliev.
ing the enclosure of its crowded condition.
1t would be better, he said, that one half of
them should die. Colonel Chandler describ,
ed the place as one of horrors difficult to
depict, and disgrace to civilization. After
the reading of his report was concluded the
Colonel was placed on the witness stand,
when he stated that he had no retracton to
make in regard to what had just been read,
and proceeded to testify to additional de.
tails of the sufferings of the captives. The
Colonel believed that it would have been
easy to improve the condition of the suffer
ers and to supply them with more and bet
ter food if there had been disposition to
do so. On Tuesday Mr.. Baker charged that
improper inducements had been held out to
witnesses for the Government from the South,
to which Colonel Chapman objected de-
handing that Mr. Baker retract his language
The latter replied that he had not intended
any reflection upon the Judge Advocate,
and after further argument he was allowed
q day to find witness to substantiate his
charge. Major General Wilson, the distin
guished cavalry leader, in whose department
Wirz had been arrested, denied having
promised him the benefit of the terms agreed
upon between Sherman and Johnston, and
said no special terms were promised him.
The election of delegates to the State
Constitutional Assembly of South Carolina
passed off quietly. A large majority of the
members elected are conservatives, only
one fourth of the candidates whose names
were on the Union ticket being successful
Gen. Wade Hampton and several officers
formerly in the rebel service, were returned
by large majorities.
"A despatch from Wilmington, North
Carolina, represents considerable tide of
emigration as already setting in from the
Norsh, with the prospect of ITS beng largely
increased the coming autumn. The South
ern people are reported as favoring this
movement, believing that those who come
there from the North will greatly assist in
developing the resources of the South
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-09-16

NEW BoRE Love FOR THE SoLDIERs.-A
short time since the members of the Seth
Illinois regiment held their anniversary at
Peoria Colonel K. &. Ingersoll, the com
mendant, made speech, and paid his re-
spects to the men now protesting to be the
best friends of the soldiers. He said:
"This is not political meeting, and yet
cannot forbear saying word or two con
corning the soldiers friends. There are
men here in our midst pretending to be your
dearest and best friends. They belong to a
party, some Of whom Il will not say all
were not your friends when you were fight
ing the battless of your country. They
laughed at your wounds; they sneered at
your scars; they Knocked the corpses Of
your comrades; they prophesied your defeat
they hoped for your disgrace; they prayed
fer your overthrow and death they despsed
the cause for which you were battling; they
were the allies of your murderers.
snow you have reached home covered
with glory; you are welcomed by the true
people Of the North you are radiant with
success; ind the very men of whom have
been speaking crowd around you and say
they were your friends Beware of them
all! They do not want to help you they
want You to help them. When they come
tell them that von can have no confidence in
their sincerity till they bring back the thirty
pieces of silver, the price Of your blood ;
tell them to go and follow to the bitter end
the example of their illustrious leader"