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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25
Up and Down.

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune, in Indiana, writes "While
passing through the Union depot few
days ago, 1 was accosted by a one
armed man in faded army blue
Fourteen years ago 1 first saw him
working at a windlass in the gold dig
gings of Australia. He and his three
partners hoisted by that wiudIass, from
a single shaft, more than 100000. 4
few months later 1 babe him good
bye, as he sailed from Melbourne to
New York with 100000 in bills Of
exchange in his pocket. I next saw
him a wounded Rebel soldier, lying
on the field of Antietam. Il little
more than a year later saw him a
Union soldier, lying in a hospital in
Tennessee. To-day he is a helpless
wanderer, dependent on public charity
for a dinner"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

The ''ighting rebels" in the South
ern States are those who make the
least ado about reconstruction meas
ures. One of them has written a let
ter to the Columbus (Georgia) In
quirer in reply to the grumblings of
the late Hon. D. II. Hill. He says:
"You keep throwing up to US secesh
that I'VE are the most submissive of
ALL We know we are, because we
recognize the right of the North to al
ter, TO make and unmake, their own
Consultation equally with the South /;
and because we pride ourselves upon
our honor and chivalry, and are not
going to retain the stakes after we have
put them up to the sword and lost. So far
from being ashamed Of our submis-
sion, we pride ourselves upon it, as
the highest evidence we can transmit
to pOsterity Of our high sense of honor
that we submitted as none but gen
tlemen can to an unconditional sur
render, Withholding nothing, not even
bar of gold left hid in the camp, and
claiming nothing, not even Iife--for if
we are not slain, like Macmillan, it's
not because our lives are not forfeited
by an unconditional surrender, but be-
cause the character of our adversaries
is different. We are not a lawyer, but
we have never heard of a powerful
nation going to Vattel or Blackstone
to ask what to do with their prisoners;
they have generally acted according to
their interests and fears"
There is a snap to the following
from the same letter;
"Does Mr.. Hill forget, when he is
asking US to play 'the mule that he is
talking to a nation of gentlemen, who
disdain, after surrendering up every
thing to their conquerors, depending
on their magnanimity, to beg even foT
life or property? We are glad Mr..
Hill is getting ready to fight. He did
not fight for our Southern constitution
But when he gets ready to die for the
Yankee Constitution that we left, he
will find that the South cannot be
whistled to the battlefield by any one
that did not bear her own beloved ban.
ner to her sacred fields of freedom"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25
Ben. Wade and Joshua r. Gid
dings.

Ben. Wade and Joshua R. Gid
dings.
Benjamin F. Wade and the late
Joshua R. Giddings used to be con-
slant competitors at the bar in "Old
benighted AshtabuIa," their place of
residence. In the early part of his
practice, Wade was defending a man
against an action Of SANDER, and, after
having concluded a very effective
speech to the jury, sat awkwardly lean
ing backward, his feet on the counsel
table, and facing Giddings, who was
attempting to be eloquent in behalf of
his slandered client. "OId Gid" as
he was familiarity called, knew a lit
tie smattering of Shakespeare, and
now determined to bring that great
author to his aid.
"Gentlemen of the jury" said he,
with much ardOr,
he that steals my purse. steals trash;
But be that robs me of my good name"
(AhemD y
At this point, to his great discOm-
future, Shakespeare deserted him. He
repeated,
"'But be that robs me- Of ny good name"
(AnOther pause
UTakes that I never had, whisper
ed Wade, as ifprompting him; and so
distinctly as to be heard by all in the
room.
Amid the laughter and his own con-
fusion, Giddings brought his speech to
such a aIame and inpotent conclusion u
that his client recovered but six and
quarter cents for his lost character
| Law Anecdotes.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

BIRTH AND DEATH RATE OF THE
Observation-Disclosures have calculated
that if the population of the world
amounts to between / 1,20O,00O,O00 and
3OO,OOO,OOO persons, the number Of
deaths in a year would be about 3d.
100000. Assuming the correctness
of this calculation, says the London
Lancet, the deaths each day would be
nearly $4,000 $500 per hour, so por
minute, and thus every second would
carry into eternity one human Ete
from one part Of the world or another.
But reproduction asserts its superior
power for, on calculating the proba
bic annual births on the globe, the re-
suit shows that whereas so persons
die per minute, 20 children are born,
and thus the increase Of the popula-
ton is kept up.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

John Grey, Of Hiramsburg, Ohio,
who is in his 1O4th year, and for whom
the honor Of being the last surviving
soldier Of the Revolution is claimed, it
is said, was born at Fairfax Court
House, Va, January 6, 1864. During
the Revolution he. worked on the
Mount Vernon estate for Washington,
along with the slaves of the General.
Mr.. Grey's father fell at White Plans,
in 1850, and soon after the son enlist
ed at the early age Of 16. He served
till the close of the war, and was nlus-
tered out at Richmond, Va. lie says
he was engaged in several battles, and
was present at the surrender Of Corn
wallis at Yorktown. He says he was
"mighty tough" when boy, and out
marched big, heavy men. For 78
years he has been a consistent member
of the Methodist Church. Congress
last winter gave him pension of $500
per annum. He is Il jealous Repuh-
lican, and hopes to live to vote once
more
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Gen. JOIInC.L Lee.

Gen. John G. Lee, Republican can
didate for Governor of Ohio, entered
the service in August, 1861, as Major
of the Fifty fifth Ohio regiment. On
the 18th of October following, the
regiment went into camp at Norwalk.
On the 18th of November Major Lee
was commissioned its Colonel. His
first work in the field was in Virginia,
in Schencks command, in the cam
paign against Stonewall jackson.
The Fifty-ffth was then transferred
to the Army of the Potomac, in which
Col Lee was placed at the head of a
brigade. He rendered himself con-
spicuous in many battles by his gal
lantry and ability. At ChancellOrs-
vile he was especially prominent for
his GOODNESS, amid the decentralization
which prevailed during the latter
part of the action. In May, 1863, he
resigned his commission, urgent reas-
ons existing for his presence at home.
His services were recognized at the
close of the war by Brigadier Gene
ral's Brevet. General Lee resides at
Tifin. He is about forty years OF
age.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

All London is at the feet of MILE
Christine Nilsson, a young Swedish
singer, who has of a sudden made al,
most as great a sensation there as did
the Swedish nightingale, Jenny Lind,
a score of years ago. She is described
as ''pale, fair-haired, a little above the
medium height, slender in frame, com.
posed and graceful in bearing" in fact
a very attractive person. Her voice
is pure soprano, fresh, bright and pen
etrating, and her style is remarkably
fInished and brilliant.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25
Uncle Sam at the Paris ExpOsi'
ton.

GtOns
The United States had 534 exhibit
ors at the Worlds Exposition at Paris,
and of these 262, or exactly one-half,
received honorable rewards-includ-
ing 4 grand prizes, II gold medals, 81
silver medals, 1O3 bronze medals, 81
honorable mentions. The London En-
gineer says;
WAlthough our Brother Jonathan,
impeded by the great distance which
his wares have had to travel, has sent
but a very small quota to Paris, be
has made an admirable selection in
what he has sent. We doubt if any
nation in proportion to the amount o.
its exhibit, shows more elaborately
and really well-fnished workmanship
and certainly none has the imprint o.
vigorous inY5ntive genius more clearly
marked on its productions. AlmOs
every machine and engine exhibited
in the main gallery by the United
States, has some special peculiarly
stamped upon it, which, whether it bt
really an invention or improvement
or only a questionable modification, a
least shows the extraordinary activity
of North American thought"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

The following ingenious sentiment
was given by Mr.. Henry L. Williams,
at the third annual dinner of The IT,
pOAet@, February 20, 1866, at the
NTaison Doreea I
THE PRTNTER-AE EPITodE OF
MANY TRADES AND PROFESSIONS =
Like the Lawyer, he practises at the
bar, and handles capital as well as
LOlCeT cases like the Moralist, few
have pLatner rules to guide him: like
the Bravo, he sticks ddggerS into many
forms like the Astrologer, he reads
the stars like the Jailer, ne is great
in locking up like the Witch, he has
dealings l0ith the devil like the Cheat,
he is Yersed in all the arts Of impOsi-
ton : like the Hunter, he knows all
about the chase : like the Perjurer, he
has a strong Lg,e always ready: though
his profession is not as old as Adan1'S,
yet, like the Gardener, he must be
able to manage a Hoe, and, unlike the
original gardener, will never want
clothes, with a Taylor in his office
like the Soldier, he can handle a shoot
i'lg-stick, arrange columns, and set up
canon like the Dandy, he is fond OF
dash: like King, he has plenty Of
pages: like the Baseball Player, he
catches on the Jly: like the Milliner,
he keeps a stock of small caps, borders,
and fOlOerS: like the Jeweller, he can
set pearl, ruby, agate, diamond: like
the HOusekeeper, he has a supply o.
furniture, beds, blankets, and sheets: he
never wants for music, with so many
excellent Harpers in the profession
Finally, like the Clergyman, he see;
his most perfect forms, after he has
corrected all errors, carried of, and
their beautiful faces covered 1Uith clay
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

The water procured from the Chi
cago lake tunnel is said to be very
clear and wholesome. 1t is pumped
up by three massive low-pressure en-
gines, only two of which are now in
working order, the other undergoing
repairs. These two are five hundred
horsepower each, and have fOul
boilers. The two largest are about
thirty-two feet in length by ten in di'
ameter, and the other eighteen in
length by twelve in diameter.
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The DAYTON journal reports the per

The Dayton Journal reports the per-
petratiOn of most hOrrid crime at the
village of Fairfield, Greene county,
being no less than the violation and
murder of a little girl eight years old.
She was visiting, in company with an
older sister, at the house of a neigh
Dor. A few minutes before her sister
started home, about six o'clock in the
evening, the little girl was seen on the
back porch, and this was the last seen
of her till, after considerable search,
she was found dead, and evidently
abused, as has bsen mentioned, in a
stable belonging to the premises. Her
neck showed marks of violence, show
ing that she had been Choked to
death. At last accounts, there was no
clue whatever to the perpetrator Of
this hellish crime. There seems to be
no circumstances connected with the
affair which would direct attention tC
any one. 4 vague suspicion has rest,
ed upon a balf-witted boy about
! twenty years old, in the neighborhoOd
but there seemed to be no facts to war
rant it. 1t is a fearful event, and we
have faith to believe that tho guilty
party will not long remain concealed
The Child'S namo was Emma Kneisly
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25
Speech ofJOhn Minor Bolts.

Mr. Bolts, as we learn from the
Alexandria Gazette, addressed a large
meeting of colored people at Culpep-
per Courthouse, on the 4th Of July.
He is to be a candidate for the State
Convention. He WAS in favor Of uni
versal suffrage, universal education,
and universal amnesty Of the rank
and tile of the late Confederate army.
He advised the Uolored people to send
FIVE of their own color to the Rich
mond Convention on the 1st Of Au-
gust. He expressed himself cmphati-
cally against confscation. He was
severe in his denunciation Of the lead
ers ofthe South, the Democratic party,
&c.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25
Poetry.
SONG OF THn HARVEsTERs.


NJ THE EurroH OF rHE OHIO TLRSEa.
We gather them in-ths bright grssE leaves,
With our scythes and rakes to-day,
And the mos grows big, as the pitcher heaTsa
His lifts in the 5weltsring bay.
o hOl aheld for the mowers Scyths
Hath ring Is Of destiny,
Sweeping the earth its burden iths,
As It sings in Erathful glOe.
We gather them ln-the nOdding plumss
or the yellow and bearded grain,
And the flash Of our sickles' light illumes
Our march Ger the vanquished plain.
Anon we come with the steed-drawn car
The cunning Of modern laws,
And the acres stoop to its changing jar
As it resks itI hungry jaws.
We gather them in-the mellow fruits
From the shrub, and vine, and tree,
With their russell, and golden, and purple SUITS
To garnish our treasury;
And each has a Juicy treasure stored
OF the nectar We will bring
To cheer the guests ct the social board,
In our festive gathering.
Wo gather Il iu-fhis gOOdly store,
But not with the missr's gust,
For the Great AI-Fatber we adore
Hath but given Il in trust.
Aud our work Of death is but for life,
In the WiRtry days to OOme,-
Then blessing upon the Reaper'S strifei
And q shout at his HARvE5T HOMEi
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

Alaska seems to be the name that
will be applied, by common consent,
to the late .'RussiaD Possessions, now
belonging to the United States, by
treaty. It signifies main land or con-
tinent, as distinguished from the Aleu-
tian, Kodiac and other islands on the
coast, and was applied by the natives
and Russian settlers to all the Russian
possessions on the American conti-
Opnf
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

Gay-Lussac has proved that milk
kept from the air is preserved for a
long time, perfectly good. Mr.. Mabrun
having put the theory to a practical
test, and laid the process before the
Academy of Sciences for their exam
ination, the committee report that milk
thus preserved after six months still
possesses all the properties Of fresh
milk. A prize of fifteen hundred
francs has been awarded to NJ. Mabrun.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

On the 18th, there was a grand re-
view of the English navy off Spithead
in honor of the Sultan. It is charac-
terized as the most magnificent spec
tacIe ever seen in British waters
There were eighty Vesselsi in the squad
ron. and thousand ships within sig
nal distance filed with spectators.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25
Respect the Name of Woman.

Too much care cannot be exercised
when speaking of ladies. A word, a
careless hint, even a look, may ir-
retrievably injure lady's character
a most delicate thing to converse
about. Accustom yourself never to
speak lightly of female character
Read and profit by this:
"Never use a lady's name in an i'm
proper place, at an improper time or
in mixed company. Never make as
IsertiOns about her that you think uu-
true, or allusions that you feel herself
would blush to hear. When you meet
with men who do not scruple to make
use ola wOman's name in a reckless and
unprincipled manner, shun them, for
they are the very worst members of
the COmmunity-men lost to every
sense of hOnOr-every feeling of hu-
manity- Many good and worthy
wOman's character has been forever
ruined, and her heart broken by lie,
manufactured by some villain, and
repeated where it should not have
been, and in the presence of those
whose little Judgment could not de-
ter them from circulating the foul and
brazen report. A SANDER is soon
prOpagated, and the smallest thing
derOgatory to a woman's character
will fly on the wings of the wind, and
magnify as it circulates until its mons
trous weight crushes the poor, un-
conscious victim. Respect the name
of woman, for your mother and sisters
are women and as you would have
their fair name untarnished, and their
lives Unembittered by the slanderer's
biting tongue, heed the i'll that your
own words may bring upon the moth
er, the sister, or the wife, of some fel-
low creature"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25
4 Mother and Child Nearly
StrangIed by a Snakes

The Marion, Ohio, Mirror of the
I'd inst, says that Mrs. Richardson,
near that town, had missed her little
boy and went out into the garden
to hunt him. To her horror, she saw
the little fellow eighteen months Old)
literally enveIoped in the folds of a
monster snake. She heroicalIy seized
the snake in her hands, and tore it
loose. No sooner was he loose; how
ever, than he made for the mother
ferociously, and coiled himself about
her person, attempting to strangle her,
as he did the boy. She again seized
him, and killed him with an ak. The
little child sweIIed up for several days;
but has finally recovered. The snake
was what is called the "blue racer
which does not bite but strangles. II
measured ten feet.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

Milton, u negro, filed a petition iu
the United States Court at Louisville,
on the 18th, for a writ ofha6eas corpus
which has been issued, directing a
white man named Gilden to produce
in court the body Of his daughter,
Bertha Milton, formerly a slave OF
.Gilden, and who, 1t is alleged, is still
retained in slavery.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

The Mobile Advertiser regretfully
says that in 1916, a slave of Braxton
Bragg, deserted to the MexiCans, but
was afterward recaptured. Now the
runaway is one Of the Board of Reg
istrars for the county of Mobile, while
his former master is a disfranchised
rebel.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

Many of our exchanges are indulg-
ing in the harmless amusement of
President making, in the dearth Of
other news which prevails. We pro-
pose to try our hand, and give as our
ticket. For President, Gen. Phil.
Sheridan +; for Vice President, any hon
est and decent man who will not get
beastly drunk on Inauguration day
.TNIahoning Register.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

Late dates from Salt Lake say the
secret of the difficulty between Brig
ham Young and Orson Pratt is that
Youngstopped Pratt's checking against
the church fund in the Bank Of Eng
land. Pratt says the funds belong to
the church, and that Young is not the
church, and he has come home to look
into the matter.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

They tell Of one of the unterrined at
Bridgeport, Conn.,, who was especial
ly eager to see the Presidential party,
exclaiming as he rushed Up to the car:
81 don't care shucks about johnson
it's Parson Nasby that want to see. u
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

Major Rathbone, Of tho United
States Army, and Miss Clara Harris,
daughter of Hon. Ira Harris, were mar
ried in Albany, on Wednesday. Chief
Justice Chase was present. Both bride
and groom were with President Lin
coins party in the private boxat Ford'a
Theatre, on that fatal night of April,
now so tragically historic. The bride
is the daughter Of Judge Harris by bis
first wife, and Major Rathboue is tht
son Of Mrs. Harris by her first husband
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25
Get. sickIes and the Freedmen.

Gen. SickIes, addressed a deputation of
freedmen, on the Fourth, by congratulating
them on the happy change that had been
made in their condition during the past
few years and by advising them to go to
work and cultivate the land, buying real
estate for themselves when abIes He added:
You have to prove as you are trying to
prove, that your race is capable of progress,
and then you will share, as you will have
the right to share, in all that belongs to
civilization And those who look with
distrust and fear upon your advancement,
! let me say to them that education to you,
as to them and to all, is more than power
! it is security, it is wealth, it is refinement,
it is virtue, it is peace. It is useless to tell
me that Jamaica and Hayti and st. Do
mingO and Martinique prove anything else
than that the French, the Spaniards and
the English fail in their colonial admins
! tratiOn. The United States, Spanish Ameri-
ca, Algeria, and the Indies are ampIified il
| lustratiOns of the same historical example.
| AS well might it be said the pale race of
Mexico and Paraguay and New Grenada
are unfit for civilization, because their sys-
TENS are in constant ferment and turmoil.
You will succeed because you are Ameri-
cans. Political events are near at hand
in which for the first time you will exer-
else the high privilege Of American citi-
zens. You must try TO discriminate well
and choose wisely between the good and
bad examples you see. Remember that in
politics as in all things, an even temper
and a respectful demeanOr toward our ad.
versaries detract nothing from the ardol
of our convictions, nor from the tenacity
with which we press our purposes; equa'
nimity and courtesy always contribute tC
the success of our undertakings. Do you
remember Abraham Lincoln? [Cries o
"Yes," EYES," "Yes."J Will you evel
forget him2 loud shouts of mo-" "NO,
t'No, never, never."l You must not ceast
to cherish and heed the teachings of tina
genial nature, those simple methods, TIM
noble heart and the guileless example o
your gifted and lamented champion.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

1t Is a very safe rule to wet your
wrists before drinking cold water, il
YOU are at all heated. The effect is
Immediate and grateful, and the dan
ger of fatal results may be warded of
by this simple precautiOn.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

of there is anything under the can
lister of heaven that 1 have in utter
eXcrescenCe," says Mrs. PartingtOn,
sit is the slanderer going about like a
boy constructor, circulating his calomel
upon honest folks"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-25

When Canning was challenged to
find rhyme for Julianna, lie immc-
diutely wrote;
''Waking in the shady grove
With my JUIianus,
Eur luzeuges gave MY love
Ip-s-rac- -sn-ha.