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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15
+ Whole No. 1929.


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There is nothing which gives more
exquisite pleasure to the C0pperhcads
than to learn that some returned SOL
der has been convicted of heinous
crime and sent to the Penitentiary.
| 1t is one of their favorite theories that
the increase. Of crime in the country
is attributable to the Generalization
in our armies during the late war
Albert Pike, editor of the Memphis
Appeal-Gene Albert Pike, as the
Copperheads are pleased to call him,
who commanded a brigade of Indians
IN the Rebel service, and encouraged
them to scalp Union sOldiers-but
echoes the Northern Democracy when
he says, in a late number Of his pa
per,
"When stolen property is exhibited
with pride as prizes Of war in thOus-
ands of Northern homes, It IS no I0on-
der that the prisons and pe71ite71tiaries
are TepLe11isbed NTH returned heroes"
That is a sample-a fair average
sample-0f COpperhead and rebel "
ing and defamation. There is a stud
led effort to bring the soldier into dis
repute. If it cannot be done on polit-
ical grounds, and for political reasons,
then it is to be insinuated that soldiers
are guilty of nearly all the social
crimes committed in our midst.
1t is about time this thing should
stop. There never was q baser SLAM
der. We assert-and the statistics Of
crime in Ohio will bear out the asser-
tion-that the returned soldiers, as a
body, are the superiors, in all social
and civic virtues, Of any equal num-
ber of men who were not in the army
The discipline Of the army instead of
demoralizing tended to strengthen and
confirm sentiments of honor and self
respect.
The late annual report of the War
den and Directors of the Ohio Peni-
tentairy shows that in proportion to
numbers there aOer6 fifty per cent. less
soldiers than citizens c0nUicted of in
famous crimes IN O5j0 during the gear
1866. And it is well known that a
large proportion Of those reported as
soldiers had no just claim to the title
being deserters and bOunty-iumpers.
If any one has doubts on the subject,
we ask him to examine the statistics
and be satisfied. We ask this because
the oft repeated assertions, insinua-
tions and inuendoes of the Copper
heads that the soldiers, as a body, were
thieves and scoundrels, have led even
some good men to believe that there
is something in it, and that the army
was a demOralizer of the young men
Of the country.
That there were thieves and dishon-
est men in the army we do not pre-
tend to dispute; but the thieves in the
army bore but a small proportion to
the thieves in the rear, becaUse-yes,
we will say it-because nearly the
whole Democratic party was in the
rear! Because there were a few bad
men in the army who disgraced their
uniform, there is no more Justice in
charging the whole army with being
dishonest, than there would be in say
ing that the Apostles were all devils
because Judas betrayed the Savior
Columbus Journal
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15
let the Soldier Read.

We give a specimen below, taken
from the Marion Democrat, which
not only shows how COpperheads can
talk, but how they feel in regard to
soldiers. We advise all soldiers to
readit carefully, and then let them con-
slider, whether it is wisdom for them
to give their support to a party, Of
whose principles the Democrat is a fair
representative, and whose leaders, al
though they have not the courage to
come out and say so, yet do secretly
sympathize with those who dare utter
such contemplate and abusive Ian
Suage.
General Hayes, Of Cincinnati, agrees
to run on the Republican ticket for
Governor. He made his hands red in
the great massacre, and is thought to
be ''available" in consequence. The
time is not far off when the herd
known as ''generaIs" will be as care
fully summed, as they are now dill
gently sought for as candidates.
And here is what it says of the mar
tyrs Of AudersOnville and Libby:
eff our prisoners suffered at Ander-
sOnville and Libby for food, it was
because the Southern people were de-
prived of food to give them by the
overwhelming power of northern
hOrdes. If the prisoners at Anderson.
vile and Libby were not treated with
the kindness and consideration which
people are entitled to when they re-
main at home, minding their own
proper business, instead of taking arms
in a bloody and desolating crusade
against their neighbors and brethren,
we have only to say that they got their
deserts -
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A Swimming Academy is about be-
ing started in New York. The Tri-
bune says: The basin is a white mar
bic tank 85 feet by 81, and with
shopping floor which will give a depth
of water of three feet at one end and
seven at the. other. Fifty dressing clos
cts and several family dressing rooms
will be situated upon the galleries
The water will be kept pure by a con-
slant current, and boilers are being so
located that the water may be warmed
in winter. Provision will be made
for the bathing Of ladies and children
as well as of men. This will be a nov
city in New York. 1t will be opened
about August l.
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Latest official accounts from Crete,
give terrible reports of the cruelties Of
the Turks. The Cretans having in
ficted severe punishment on one of
Omar Pasha's spies, this General re-
taliated by actually crucifying a Cretan
priest, to satiate his revenge, and at
the same time cast Odium upon the
Christian religion, from which he apOs-
tacized. He next besieged a cavern
in which Greek women and children
had taken refuge, and closing the
cavern with stones, left them to die Of
starvation. This renegade is repeat
ing, in Crete, the scenes of carnage
which made him so infamous in KOOr-
.distan, Syria and Montenegro. He
boasts that he will exterminate the
Cretans. The Turkish Government,
stalking its faith in this General, de-
clines for the present to yield to the
.remOnstrances of foreign powers. 1t
declares, however, that it will consult
the Cretans' wishes in the events Of
the revolution not being quelled prior
to July 24th.
It is stated that as the Cretans are
more heroic than ever in their resist
ance, there is no probability Of the sue
cess Of Omar Pasha.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15


THE OLDEST RELIC OF HUMANITY.-The
oldest remnant of mortality extant is the
skeleton of one of the earlier PharaOhs, in
cased in its original burial robes, and
wonderfully perfect, considering its age,
which was deposited about eighteen or
twenty months ago in the British Museum,
and is Justly considered the most valuable
of its archaeological treasures. The lid of
the coffin which contained the royal num-
my, was inscribed with the name of its Oc-
cupant, Pharaoh MykerimUs, who succeed
ed the heir of the builder of the great pyra-
mid, about two centuries before Christ
Only think of it; the monarch whose
crumbling bones and leathery integuments
are now exciting the wonder of numerous
gazers in London, reigned in Egypt before
Abraham was born, and only about two
centuries or so after NIizraim, the grand
son of old father Noah, and the first of the
Pharaohs had been gathered to his fathers!
Why the tide mark of the deluge would
scarce have been Obliterated, or the gopher
wood knee timbers of the ark have rOtted
on Mount Ararat, when this man of the
early world lived, moved and had his be-
ing. His flesh and blood were cotempOra-
ry with the progenitOrs of the great
patriarch his bones and shriveled skin
are cotempOrary with the ninteenth cen
tury; and the date of the crucifixion is only
about midway between his era and ours.
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man bondage, black and white, per
petually and indefinitely.
But Congress is complained of be-
cause it has found it necessary to use
military poooer in reoonstructing the
South. Why does Congress do so p
Because continued rebellion and Ggaar-
chg, makes 1t necessary. Lawlessness,
oppression of the freedmen, persecu-
ton of Union men, and the7due exc
cutiOn Of the laws, make it necessary
to doso. That rebel1ious spirit which
still prompts the unrepentant rebels to
insult the flag of the .. States, foster
ed by the premature reconstruction E of
the States, by which power was re-
stored to the hands of the worst rebels
and traitors, in defiance of Congress,
through the traitorOus assumptions of
power ofa recreant Executive, made it
necessary.
Congress tried milder measures
They were rejected with scorn. Con-
gress rendered the rebel States recon-
struction with disfranchisement for the
periured class of rebels, but leaving
with them the disposition of the freed
men with regard to suffrage, &c, and
curtailing only their relative power in
the Union. BY the advice of the
Democratic party, these measures were
rejected. If military rule and recon-
struction has become necessary, the
South may lay the blame where it be-
longs-upon its own self-willed per-
severance in rebellion, and the Demo-
cratic party. When will they learn
wisdom from the past?
MADISON.
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A RemarkabIe Townsltp.
The scioto Gazette says /:

The SciOtO Gazette says
We met friend the other day from
Ames township, Athens county, who
claims that his township had the first pub
lie library west of the mOunta ins that II
has produced more distinguished men than
any other township in tine United States in
proportion to its population, among the
number being two bishops, thirty-twO
Congressman, forty preachers, exclusive of
local preachers, seventy-twO lawyers, and
doctors enough to phy>ic the universe ;
that it has more schools, and a greater at
tendance of scholars :; takes more news
papers that the vote of the township will
be about 80 for the Republican ticket and
the amendment, and about 40 for the DEM
Ocratic-prOvided all the Democrats re-
main sober enough to reach the polls.
We will venture to say that whenever a
community in any section Of the country
can be found that takes an interest in
schools and other institutions of learning,
and in maintaining a moral, temperate
and religious character, there the Repub-
lican majOrities just about tally with the
returns from Anles township.
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Youths Department.
Conundrunns.

Why is a room full of married folks like an empt,
room Because there's not single person IN it.
What tree represents person who persists in gOinl
in debt? Will Ow(e.)
If you let a man pull your nose to-day, when will ht
do it again? WhyIneXt tweak, of course
When may man be said to bridge dihCulty?-
When he makes arch smile.
WHY is a prosy preacher like the middle of wheel
Because the fellows around him are tired.
Why do honest ducks dip their shead under water?-
To IiGuidate their little bills.
When is silence likely to get wet2 When it reigus
Who were the first newspaper subscribers Of whom
we have any account Cain, who took A-bel's Life
and Joshua, who ordered the Sun to be stopped
Why is an interesting book like toperis nose? Be
cause it is read to the very end.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

THE Doom OF THE WoRLD.-What
this change is to be, we dare not even
conjecture; but we see in the heavens
themselves, some traces of destructive
clements, and indications of their pow
er. The fragments of broken planets,
the descent of meteoric stones upon
our globe, the wheeling comets, WELD
ing their loose materials in our own
satellite, the appearance of new stars,
and the disappearance of others, are as
the solar furnace, the volcanic erup-
tiOns, all fOreshadow Of that impend-
ing convulsion to which the system of
the world is doomed. Thus placed on
planet that is to be burned up, and
under heavens which are to pass
away; thus treading as it wero, on
the cemeteries, and dwelling upon the
mausoleums Of formers worlds, let US
learn the lesson of humility and wis
dom, if we have not already been
taught in the school of revelation
! North British Review.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15
A Hog in Hoops.

The Vergennes Vermonter tells
the following IudicrOus story. A few
days ago a lady residing in the east
ern part of the State. having just re-
turned from an evening entertain
ment, hearing a noise on the back
.stOOp-a long and very narrow one
stepped out to ascertain the cause.
At the other end she discovered the
intruder to be a hog. She at once as
sumed a beligerent attitude and COM
menced screaming "whee! wheel"
The hog took alarm and made for the
door, and discovering the largest space
to be between the lady's two feet,
pitched for that, and she instantly as
sumed horizontal position and move
ment for the dOOr.-But to prevent a
premature elopement, she caught hold
of post and her hoops caught the
hog. His swineship found himself at
once incarcerated in hoops. Then
came the struggle WOman's deter
mination against a hogs villa con
test not unequal, but as persistent as it
was ludicrous. The noise brought the
lady's good mother to the scene, but
what could she do? The squealing of
the pig and the, positive assertion that
she ''should be killed." was hard for a
fond mother to bear without lending
asSistance.-A compromise was una
voidable, and to effect this, the
hoops We're Unfastened, and away
went his pigship arrayed in his new
attire, lacking only one thing to make
him respectfully dressed, viz: water
fall.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15
Good.

A candidate for Office, canvassing his
district for voters, came upon poor Mr..
White who had vote to cast. Poor Mr.
White was milking when Mr.. Office seek
er found him.
''ShaIl hold herr" asked he, seeing the
animal was uneasy. The old man con-
sented; the Office seeker took the COW by
the horns and the man proceeded with his
milking.
aHave you had Young around here
lately?" asked the candidate presently, re-
ferring to his rival.
"Oh, yes" said the old man; "he's be-
hind the barn, holding the calf"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

A MINISTER KILLED.-Rev. J. J.
Near, of Jacksonville, Indiana, was
killed in a shocking manner at the
Louisville Water Works last Friday.
He, in company with several ladies,
visited the waterwOrks and Commenc-
ed a tour of examination. While the
party were in the upper story of the
building inspecting the machinery con-
nected with the huge force pump, Mr..
Near, in order to observe the action of
the machinery, went to the rim or
banister of the pump inclOsure and
leaned upon it. He unWittingIy stood
Immediately under the force pump
lunge. While in this position the
beam, with its lug Of many hundred
pounds weight, descended upon his
head and crushed it into an undistin-
guishabIe mass. The unfortunate man
was seen to make an effort to with
draw his head as the fatal weight
pressed down, but the effort was made
too late.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

A Rebel prisoner writes to the Ohio
State JOnrnal, that he received better
treatment while a prisoner from those
in charge of him, than he did while
he was in his own command, and un-
der Confederate officers.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

Edmond About says: "Interposea
little head in tiny cap between the
world and you: you will witness II
most beautiful phenomenon which as
trOnOmers have not yet studied-the
total eclipse of the world"
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"What did you used to do, mamma,
before you were married ." asked a
cherubic four years old. "Well, my
dear, I had a very good time" ga
good timer he exclaimed, indignant
ly; ''what, without me?"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

A young lady school teacher of In
dianapolis was, last Sunday, endeavor-
ing to impress upon her scholars the
terrible effects of the punishment of
Nebuchadnezzar. She told them that
for seven years he ate grass, just like a
COW. Just then a small boy asked:
sEDid he give milk?'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15
To Contractors.

RTOTICE is hereby given, that sealed proposals will
IN be received at the Auditors Olice until tile Cd
day Of SEPTEMBER, 1867, for the construction Of a
Bridge across DOdson Greek, where the Milford and
CbillioOthe Turnpike crosses the same.
Plan and Specifications he seen in said office
from and after the 10Th day Of August.
z. ARTHUR, Auditor Highland Co.
July %, 1867. jy25tt
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

Several COPperheads in Winchester,
Indiana, Sunday evening, went about
wearing butternut pins and cheering
for J eff. Davis, which brought on a fray
in which several persons were severe
ly injured, one Of them, named Hutch
ins, seriously.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

The Ashland Union, during the
war, had the impudence to utter the
following remarks:
"This is a damned abolition war.
We believe Abe Lincoln is as much OF
a traitor as jeff Davis"
Soldiers, don't forget this When
Democrats ask you to support their
'cOPperhead, spot them!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

DR.. Browne having long admired a very
beautiful young lady, made a point of al
ways giving her for his toast. Being once
told 1t was time to change it, he replied, ''I
believe it is; for though 1 have been toast
ing her for these twenty years, have not
been able to make her brown yet"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

Perhaps the best pun recorded was
that inscribed on a tea-chest, viz: "IU
Cyoces.' These words are the second
person singular Of the verb dOce0, to
teach, and when literally translated
become, "ThOu Tea chest"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15
AS CHEAP FOR CASH,

as any other merchant, either at Wholesale Retail
NV Family Groceries selected with great care
and with q view mUre to QUALITY than the low pric
Of the article believing that GOOD Groceries muci
cheaper TO those who buy for family than an ari
Gle Of less value. would say to my old friends auC
customers, that now have a good assortment Of Su
Hrs C0ees Teas &C, Of all grades and prices, and by
fair dealing, and small profits, hope TO receive con
tinuance Of the liberal patronage heretofore extended
Please call aud examine. b. T. CLAYTON.
Hfnsb0ro, Dec. I3 1866. declS
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

IMPRISONMENT FOR DERT.-The abolition
of Imprisonment for debt is gradually con-
quering a place in the legislation of every
European country. Even Imperial France,
so timid of liberal laws, has now adopted
the reform.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

Bill Hubbard, editor of the Marion
Democrat, says that the men who fell
in battle, and who were starved to
death in rebel prisons, GOT THEIR
.DESERTS" Soldiers, how do you
like such insults?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

Mrs. Polly Haynes, who died in Hick-
man County, Ky, July 9th, at the age Of
los, enjoyed good health up to nearly her
last hour, and having had a presentiment
that she shoHld live to he lbs, regretted be-
ing prematurgIv cut of,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

Despise no one ; for every one knows
something which thou knowest not.
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Pure N. o. MOlasses.

A VERY choice article Of New Orleans Molasses
~ warranted direct from the South. Just received
For sale by Idecl3 H. r. CLAYTON.
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STEVENS HOUSE,
q, %, 25 & ~ Broadway, New York
w. I-I'1'7''I 1T
ON TIE EUROPEAN PLAN.

TIME STEVENS HOUSE ia we'll and widely known
to the travelling public. The location is espec-
tally suitable 10 merchants and business men il Is in
close proximity to the business part of the city-s
the highway Of Southern and Western travs-and ad-
acent TO s the principal Railroad and Steamboat de-
pots.
THE STEVENS HOUSE has liberal accommodation
for over 300 guests-it is well furnished, and possesses
every modern improvement for the comfort and en-
tertainment of its inmates. The rooms are spacious
and we'll vsntiated-provided with gas and water-the
attendance is prompt and respectul-and the table is
generously provided with every deicacy Of the
at moderate rates. GEO. X. CHASE co.
may23m6JL ProprietOrs,
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Answer to Enigma in last weeks News: s'Jennie
Washburn." Answer to Rebus "BOstOu."
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Poetry.
[FOr the News,

[For the News.
FAREWELL TO POLLY.
once did court girl,
Whose CLASSY locks did curl,
Whose face was like pearl,
But ah she called me 'churll''
Said shs to me, so cool,
'TOu'd better go to school,
And not expect to rule
Ger me and mine, you fOolr'
Great gunsl but she was tart;
Her eyes flashed like a dart,
Yes she was very smart,
But oh her marble heart
At length said I, ''Miss Polly,
You've cuned me Of my folly,
But will yet be jolly,
And you may 60, by gOlly % A.
AMY ONE WILL DO"
A maiden once, Of certain age,
To catch husband did engage
But, having passed the prime Of life
In striving to become q wife,
Without success, she thought Il time
To mend the follies Of her prime.
Departing from the usual course
OF paint, and such like for resource,
With all her might, this ancient mHid
Beneath an oak tree knslt and prayed
Unconscious that grave old owl
Was perched above-the housing fowl
80, give husband givel' she cried,
"While yet I may become bride;
Soon will my day Of grace be Ger,
And then like many maids before,
III die without early love,
And none to meet me there above
"Oh! tits fate too hard to bear
Then answer this, my humble prayer!
And, oh q husban dgiye to mer'
Just then the owl, from out the tree,
In deep base tones, cried, "Who-who-who,"
''Who, Lord And dOst thou ask me who
Why, any one, good Lord, will i"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-15

The Radical negroes of Tennessee,
in their political professions, carry
roottOoc lilo fbnso
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Cucumber Pickles

UDY the barrel or Dozen, for sale. Call and gel
ID SOM Of LdecI3 r. F. CLAYTON.
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Coventry Patmore gives this ad-
vice:
$50 let no man, in desperate mood,
Wed dull girl because she's good'
To which one might add:
''And let no woman, in her plight,
Wed a bad man, because he's bright"
What IS JOY ITO count your money
and find it overruns a hundred dollars.