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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20
Business prospects.

The comparative prices Of products ex-
hibit g very considerable, though by no
means uniform, reduction IN current val
ues during the past year-stilI more, dur
ing the two years '66 and '67. This is not
a merely nominal reduction, caused by
the appreciation of our currency. The
premium on Gold was not far from 33
alike on the lst Of January, 1868, and on
the first Of January preceding and il was
not much higher twelve months before
Our current dollar is worth Just about IS
cents, or three -fourths Of its face, in the
money Of the world, and so 1t WAS a year
ago vet cotton has fallen, meantime, from
50 TO 70 cents per pound. Copper from 20
or y to q cents; iroii from is 10 % per
cent, and nearly every description Of
fabrics has fallen from 20 to 50 per cent
There were some staples-WOOl and coal
conspicuous among them-which had al
ready gone down 20 w-water-mark year
ago, and 50 have not fallen materially since;
while, on the other hand, most articles Of
food Cpork and mutton exeepted) are hid
at high rates, because the last two crops
we're below an average, not merely in this
country, bit throughout the civilized
world. Still, taking all things together,
we estimate that the prices Of products
Y
were a year ago; while fabrics of wool and
cotton have fallen much lower than that.
We believe that $50 will buy more cloth
or clothing in this city to-day than SIS
would have bought one year ago. Of
course, manufacturers have been rowing
against wind and tide during the last year.
Their stock steadily deprecated on their
hands; if they bought 100000 worth Ofraw
material and worked it up, its value sunk
to $4,000 while it remained in their
hands, and were often obliged to sell at
loss. Hence many concerns have failed;
while others have used up the savings Of
past years, and afforded their stOckhold-
ers no dividends. Such is the fortune Of
war. They generally made money while
prices were rising, and must have expected
to lose whenever markets should be falling.
On the whole, we predict that 1868 will
be better year for business than 1867
was. A great many who are now secretly
bankrupt may become openly 50 before
another New Years; while thousands will
incur losses by ignoring palpable facts
and attempting to carry sail as though the
winds were not ahead; but let our business
men comprehend that prices have fallen
and cannot be restored-let them gradu-
ate wages and prices to the actual cOndi-
tiOn.-and they may go on safely if not
very rosperOusly. Our wants are still
great, and they must be mainly satisfied
by home sources. Let every one resolve
to work for the best wages he can get let
our business men be content with mOder-
ate prices and small profits, and we shall
soon be once more on the high road to
thrift and TChicago COur,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

These prices are one hundred and
twenty five per cent. above the quo
tations for average crop seasons, pre-
viOus to 1860, aud are the consequence,
not of the depreciation Of paper
money, but of deficient supplies.
To the agricultural interests of the
country, therefore, we must look for
relief from the arrangement and de-
preston of business. The artificial
business. caused by the war, carried Us
through the first five years of this de-
cade with apparent success, but Of this
artificial business we have seen the
end, and are now experiencing the.
real fruits. The way out Of our
trouble is not through financial legis-
latiOn or make-shifts of any kind, but
through hard work that will, under
the favor of Providence, cause the
fields to blossom and bring forth
abundantly the food necessary to the
support and comfort of man. The
young men who spend their time on
street corners will accomplish nothing
in the work of recovery; nor will the
surplus men employed in trading, or
behind counters. These
mist be starved into the country,
while to the farmers we must look for
that work which will give strength to
the foundations of business by increas-
ing the supply, and thereby cheapen-
ing the price of food.
It is too early, of course, to form an
opinion as to the next crops. The
winter, thus far, has been favorable to
wheat, and farmers never had great
er inducements to plow broadly for
the spring crops. Labor will be more
in the country than it has
been for six years past, and with a IA
vorable season, we shall, no doubt,
have heavy harvest. With such a
result, a marked improvement in
business would be experienced; but
upon the harvest everything depends.
who put their trust in financial
make-shifts will fail, Those who are
guided by the agricultural progress Of
the country will succeed,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20
ReIenting Prosecutor.

The Nary London Comm Starr says:-
"JOhn Beatty, father Of Gen Beatty, just
elected to Congress in Ohio, was a soap
and candle maker in this city. Many an
ecdotes are told illustrative of his kind
and gentle character. On one occasion a
young fellow countryman in his employ
ment stole box Of his candles. He was
much provoked, and had him arrested,
tried and convicted Of the theft. On the
trial he testified that the candles were
worth four dollars--''every penny Ofit."-
WI ereupon the justice SAID, as the value
Of the property was more than 1894, the
puni ,hment, in addition to a fine, must be
whipping at the pest. The poor boy be-
gan to cry. Beatty looked at him for
moment, and the tears cam9 into his eyes
also. at was more than he had bargain
ed for" Springing up, he said to the
Court, "Plase your honor, that was my
retail price, but as he took of me whole
box, can afford TO sell it for $3.25." The
young Irishmen was not whipped"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

BALTIMORE AND EUROPEAN STEAM
SHIP LINEs.-With the opening of
the spring, Baltimore will be in
possession of two steamship lines to
Europe, one Of them being the only
American line now maintained
across the Atlantic. In addition to the
Baltimore and Liverpool steamship
line, comprising three steamers, the
new and important line, some months
ago projected, between Baltimore and
Bremen, running via Southampton,
will go into operation in March. It
will comprise two new screw steamers
Of the North German Lloyd, the Bal
timore and Berlin, of $500 tons each,
the first to sail from Bremen on the
first of March, and returning, from
Baltimore on the first of April. Both
of these steamship lines run in con-
nection with the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, the Liverpool line, as is
known, being an enterprise solely of
that company's creation, while the
Bremen line is largely owing also to
the engagements entered into by this
railroad company with the substantial
and experienced company of the
North German Lloyd, whose lines to
other distant ports have always prov
ed an invaluable adjunct to their COM
merCe.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20
Different Kinds Of Folks.

KIND FOLKs-The man who
makes you a present you do not want
the friend who gives you so much ad-
vice; the lady who insists that you
have not made out your dinner; the
old gentleman who is starving HIM
self to lay up money for you; the shop
keeper who abates the price Of article
Just because it is you; rs they please.
HAPPY FoLKs-A child with a rat
tie; a small chap drumming on a tin
pan; a schoolboy on a holiday; two
lovers walking by moonlight; gent
im5ibing a cherry cobbleri and a boy
sucking cider through astraw.
GENTEEL FOLKs-The young lady
who lets her mother 60 the ironing,
for fear ofspreading her hands; the
miss who wears thin shoes on a rainy
day; and the young gentleman who Is
ashamed to be seen walking with his
father.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20
Miscellaneous.
Necessary Rules of Sleep.

NecCSSsAEy 1uAeS Oh Steep
DR.. WinsloW wisely says there is no
fact more clearly established in the
physiology of man than this, that the
brain expands its energies and itself
during the hours of wakefuIness, and
that these are recuperated during
sleep. If the recuperatiOn does not
equal the expenditure, the brain with
ers-this is insanity. Thus it is that
in early English history, persons who
were condemned to death by being
prevented from sleeping, always died
raving maniacs; thus it is also, that
those who are starved to death become
insane-the brain is not nourished and
they cannot sleep. The practical in
ferences are three:-1st, Those who
think most, who do most brain work,
require most sleep. I'd, That time
'saved'' from necessary sleep is infali-
bly, destructive to the mind, body and
estate. Give yourself, your children,
your servants-give all that are under
you, the fullest amount of sleep they
will take, by compelling them to go
to bed at some regular hour, and to
rise in the morning the moment they
awake, and within fortnight, nature,
with almost the regularity of the ris-
ing sun, will unloose the bonds of
sleep the moment enough repose has
been secured for the wants Of the
system. This is the only safe
and sufficient rule; and as to the
question, how much sleep any one re-
quires, each must be q rule for himself
nature will never fail to write
it out to the observer under the regu-
lations just given.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

WHERE LAWYERS Go To.''-The follow
ing "happy hit" on attorneys in general
will be appreciated by more than one OF
T readers: A friend in the country apol-
Ogized to Foote, the comic actor, for not
keeping an appointment, by excla ming
that he had been at the funeral Of a de-
ceased attorney Of his acquaintance
"WhatP' says Foote, "do you bury at
torneys down here2" "Why certainly" +"
said his friend; "what do you do with
them in London2" "When an attorney
is dead" exclaimed Foote, with great
soIemnity, "we lay him out and leave the
body all alone by itself in a room, with
the door locked and the window wide
open; and when we 90 in the morning be
is always gone" "But what becomes of
him2 Who carries him away?" "DOn't
know, but there is invariably a strong
smell Of birthstone in the room.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20
A SM1ndIa.

A Congressional Committee has
been examining the manner in which
the lottery for the establishment Of
an "Asylum for Invalid Soldiers" at
Gettysburg, has been conducted; their
report will have effected much good,
should it succeed in fixing the atten-
tion of the people upon the motives
which prompt selfish men to enter
prises of this kind.
The report shows, that when, during
the war, gold had run up to 200,
a speculatOr believing that Confederate
victory would run the value of gold
still higher, invested a large sum OF
money in diamonds and other valua
bic gems. The decline in gold con-
sequent upon the surrender of Lee and
the puncture of the Confederate bub-
BILE, entailed a heavy loss, and to
transfer that loss from his own, to the
pockets of other parties, this specula-
tor, in company with other men who
held fast declining values, conceived
the project ofthis lottery.
A large sum of money was promis-
ed to the State of Pennsylvania $780,
OOO), and appealing, as the enterprise
did, to the patriotic feelings of the
people, many prominent men were
induced to give to the lottery the
sanction of their approval.
The report shows, that from the in
itiation of the movement to the pres
ent time, the lottery has been man
aged by professional men, for the adj
vancement of their pecuniary interest;
and it recommends the withdrawal OF
the charter under which the enterprise
was established.
Gen. Meade and Post Master Ran
dial have both withdrawn their recon-
mendatiOns, and while money already
invested in the lottery may be cOnsid-
cred lost, it is hoped that this expose
will protect the readers of this paper
from an investment which will GER
tainly return them not even the poor
hope of drawing blank HImilton
Telegraph.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

From this table it will be seen that, with
the exception ofthe two States of South
Carolina and Mississippi, the white vote
exceeds that of the black. In some of the
States the whites have majority of regis
tered votes, and if they have not majOri-
ty in all save in the two States above mem
toned, the fault will lie, not in the Jaw as
prescribed by Congress, but with the
Democratic whites themselves. Acting
under the advice of the President and Of
their leaders, the Democrats of the South
have refused to register as voters, and
have refused to take part in the formation
of State Governments, and now that De-
mOcracy, in the person of Mr.. DOolittle,
asserts, that Congressional Reconstruction
places the majority ofthe people, South,
under The control of minority and that
minority black.
Had the Democracy, South, manifested
the same activity in registering votes as it
has displayed in its opposition to the Con-
gressional plan, Mr. DoOlittle would have
been spared a poor argument and, as the
figures show, a minority rule would have
been impossible; and in this view the Rich
mOnd (Ya.) Wing comedies.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20
John Randolph.

Randolph was in a tavern, lying on
a sofa in the parlor, waiting for the
stage to come to the door. A dandi-
fed chap stepped into the room with
a whip in hand, just come from a
drive, and standing before the mirror,
arranged his hair and collar, quite
unconscious OF the presence of the gen
tleman on the sofa. After attitudin-
izing awhile, he turned to go out,
when Mr.. Randolph asked him
"Has the stage come 2"
"Stage, sir! stage p said the fop,
"I've nothing to do with it, sir"
"O!I beg your pardon" said Ran
dolph, quickly, 81 thought you were
the driver"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20
ifroH the liaago Courier.
Reduction Taxes.

There is no ahhOuL es nent Of 6
change in the national policy which
will elicit more universal gratitude
from oil classes Of the people than
that which proposes a reduction Of
taxes. The Committee Ct Ways and
Means Of the House Of Represents
lives, has resolved to reduce the taxes
to such an extent, thtt not more
than 5O,0O0,000 shall be collected
annually from objects Of internal rev.
enue. The receipts from this source
in 1866 were S3l1, 900 coo. Con-
Rress then abolished taxes upon aEti-
cles which had, the previous year,
yielded 100000, 900 Of revenue, but
the Increase Of the productions Of the
country, including those remaining
taxed, limited the reduction Of the
revenue for 1867 to 1865, 600. .000-
Congress now, by abOlishing taxes on
at least one thousand articles entering
into general use, will relieve the pub
lie from a vast amount Of petty an
nOyanee, and the industry Of the
country from an oppression which IS
unnecessary. The failure to collect
the tax on spirits and tobacco has fall
en- with severity upon the manufac-
turing industry Of the country. Thus,
the tax has to he collected on cotton
and wooden cloth, on clothing, on cut
lery, glassware, crOckery, on furniture,
on iron, in all its uses and shapes, on
hOrse-shOes, on nails, and on all the
varieties Of articles entering into gen.
eral and domestic uses, TO make up
the deficiency in the revenue caused
by the frauds in the collection Of the
taxes upon spirits and tobacco.
The Committee of Congress has re-
solved that the revenue shall be con-
fined to collection Of taxes upon arti-
eles not of prime necessity, but OF lux
ury, and upon other objects in no
way affecting the industry Of the
country. The articles which tits pro-
posed to tax, last year produced sl63,-
600, 900. Ifthe tax on spirits and to-
baccO can all be collected, the number
Of articles to be taxed can be greatly
reduced, without any reduction to the
revenue. Including a liberal allow
ance for q sinking fund to redeem part
of the public debt, it is estimated that
the internal revenue tax can be con-
fined to tho following named articles,
which will yield q revenue ss fol-
lows:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

Concerning the article of champagne. a
writer of the Portland Star tells US it is
made of a thousand different substances
even fine petroleum. Yes, from the fiery
benzoles a sparkling, bubbling, fOaming
champagne can be produced, which will
delight the eye, tickle the palate, gladden.
the heart mOmentarily-but quicken our
pdces toward the graveyard. This is
new use for petroleum, which those who
have Leen experimenting with it as an
agency for generating steam, little dream
ed of. Who can say that the Pennsylva-
MIA oil territory, now considered mostly
worthless, may not some day be regenera-
country OF the world?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

EATEN ALIVE BY A PANTHEE.--
Warren Bradger, a miner in Nevada,
got caught by the leg in a heavy rock
which rolled down upon him, and
while thus helpless was attacked by \
ravenOus panther, which began to eat
him alive. He was unable to extri-
cate himself OF offer any resistance to
the ferociOus beast. After biting one
arm offs the elbow, and picking it
bare as a hungry boy would a turkey
bone, the panther next sat down to q
leg, amusing htrsalf meantime with
love-taps on the head and face with
her huge paws, and was about licking
her chops for a renewal Of her dainty
meal, when the shrieks Of the wretch
ed victim brought some fellow miners
to his aid, who killed the panther,
but not until the unfortunate man had
been so badly injured that he died in
a few hours afterwards,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

Actors sometimes make quite as
much money as authors. 1t is stated
that Charlotte has earned 4 quarter nf
a million. Barney Williams is worth
the same amount Edwin Forrest is
worth half million, owns superb
picture gallery, and the finest Shsk-
spearian library in the country. Owens
can show 1896, 900 in bank Chaufrau
100000; Booth the same. Florencc,
Wheatley, Mrs. Bowers, Lucille West
eru and Maggie Mitchell have all pe-
quircd handsome competence.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

WANTED TO SAVE IT.-In the old
town of W -, in the Pine tree
State, lived one of those unfortunate
lords Of creation who had, in not a
very long life, put on mourning for
throa departed wives. But time as
suages heart-wounds as we'll as those
of the flesh. In due time q fourth
was inaugurated mistress Of his heart
and house. He was very prudent
man, and suffered nothing to be vast
cd. Whenjthe new wife was putting
things to rights, while cleaning up
the attic she came across a long piece
of old board, and was about launching
it out of the window, when little Sa-
die interposed, and said: "Oh, don't
ma that is the board papa lays
out his wives on, and he wants to
save it" Nevertheless, out it went
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

The Princeton (Ky.) Progress, one
of the leading Democratic papers Of
the State, pleasantly and cOurteousIy
speaks of Gen. Burbridge, of the
Union army, as "Burbridge the ty-
rant, Burbridge the murderer and
robber, Burbridge the thief, Burbridge
the vandal, Burbridge the vampire,
and his brother, Burbridge the assas-
SIM" The chief offence of General
Burbridge, as far as has yet been made
known, was the execution of General
Sherman's orders during the rebellion.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20
White and Black Votes OF the
South.

Senator Doolittle, Of Wisconsin, in his
speech against the Congressional plan Of
Reconstruction, offered as an especial Ob-
lection to this plan "that it would deliver
over ten Southern States to Negro Suprem-
acy," or make the white man, in point of
political power, subordinate to the black.
The following figures, prepared for the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican, give the
relative strength Of the white ami black,
South
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

The following is said to be the best
mode for cooking oysters:
"Pick the oyster out Of the iuel
with fork, as dry as possible; stew
the juice, thickening. milk or water,
of which the soup is To be made, until
thoroughly cooked, then drop the
oyster in, and just as the cooled soup
begins to show signs Of simmering
empty all out together, and you will
have rich sonp and plump oysters,
luciOus enough to make you think
you had never tasted real oyst,rs Le-
fore"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

A young girl, who has become tired
Of single blessedness, writes to her
true swain as follows:
DEER GIM-Cum rite Off ef you air
cummin at awl. Ed Collins is insistin
that shall hev him; and he hugs an
kisses me kontinnerly, that kant hold
oWt longer, but will hev to kave in.
BETSY.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

The Chicago correspondent Of the Gin
cinnad Gazette says: Charles Dickens
has sister-in-law residing In this city,
she being the widow of Agustus Dickens
who was a clerk in the Illinois Central
Land Office for some ten or twelve years,
and died some two or three years ago.
Agustus was the favOriie brother of
Charles In the time Of his early literary
triumphs, and it was from him he derived
his nam de plane of Boz. Mrs. Dickens is
keeping clearinghouse on North street,
and by this means is barely able to sup
port herself and children.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

THE OTHER SIDE.-DebtOr5 gener-
ally, perhaps receive but little sympa-
thy, and many Of them are dishonest,
without question; but a distinguished
legal gentleman once remarked that
where he had "fOund one fraudulent
debtor, he had found nine fraudulent
creditors" j"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

The receipts from customs aIeabout
S178, 100000 in gold, per annum; the
interest on the public debt, mostly in
gold, is 100000, 900, leaving a sur
p.us, i'll gold, from that source, over
the interest on the public debt, Of
nearly 5O,00O,OOO. The reduction Of
taxas b4ing intended to bring the
revenue merely to the necessary ex-
penses of the Government, must COM
pei a great reduction in the system
of expenditures, and an introduction
Of an economy in public affairs which
has been unknown since the cOm-
mencement Of the war.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20

A few weeks since, a man approach
ed the rope to which is attached the
balloon in which everybody in Paris
is making ascensiODs. He drew a
knife, when the attendant asked him
his intention. "My wife," hereplied,
sis up in the balloon, and I'd give
a hundred francs for the privilege of
cutting the rope" The offer Of the
monster was refused.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-20
Riddle.

Ny first is 10 justice, but not in court.
Ny seconds in pleasure, but not in sport.
Ny third is in honor, but not in frame.
My fourth is in subsection, but not IN shame.
My htth is in ciaIst, but not In wine.
Ny sixth is in dessert, but not 10 dine.
Ny seventies in dye, but not In stain.
And my whole has a cold and frosty reign.