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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-03-26

A MIXED FAMILY.-A gentleman we'll
known to one of our friends relates the
following curious family experience =
Boston Transcript.
1 got acquainted with a young widow
who lived with her step-daughter, in the
same house; married the widow my
father married the step-daug hter Of my
wife; my wife became the mOther-in-law
and also the daughter-in-law of my own
father; my wife's step-daughter is my
step-mother; and I am the step father of
my mother-in-law; my step-mOther, who
is the step-daughter of my wife, has boy;
be is naturally my step-brOther; but, be-
cause he is the son of my wifes step
daughter, so is my wife the grandmother
of the little boy, and am the grandfather
of my step-brother my wife has also a
boy; my step-mother is, consequently, the
step-sister of my boy, and is also his
grandmother, because he is the child OF
her step-son, and my father is the brother
in-law of my son, because he has got his
step-sister for a wife; I am the brother
of my own son, who is the son of my
step-mother; I am a brother-in-law of my
mother; my wife is the aunt of her own
son; my son is the grandson of my father,
and 1 am my own grandfather
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A Good Prscept Well Told.

A Good Precept Well Told.
The following ingenious arrangement Of seHtenc'
Is taken from the Carolina Sentinel April 4th, 1873
II may be read in over two thousand different way
without ataring the original words, by beginning a
the letter R, which will be found in the centre Of tn
diamond. Although it contains but three words, thi
sntsuos comprises all that is required of mankind Il
insure eternal happiness:
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A recent snow side five or six miles
in length near Cisco, California, on the
Central Pacific Railroad, killed six
Cinnamon, buried seven locomotives
and destroyed considerable other
DrODeTty,
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Joseph Elsie, the Parkersburg whole
sale murderer, was hung on Friday
last.
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Charada.

Charade.
A title Of honor my A. rst It shows,
Confined to ladies who firt with beauX;
Ny next a letter you will find in spoil,
And like a large snake ip always in c"il;
NV third il part Of the human frame,
And when Il gets hurt makes many men lame.
NV v hole can be found on a great many trees,
And looks very we'll in = cold winter breeze.
TWO-FORTY.
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NASBY.

The Impeachment Matter
Meeting Ofthe Cabinet and MIR.
Nasby-HOW the Democracy
Take il.
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What a Democratic StumPer
says he Would do had he the
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In the Chicago meeting, the Othor night, called to
sustain Congress- the following poem dedicated to An
drew johnson, was received with much applause:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-24
They Learn Nothing.

FoUR years ago people were greatly
amused by finding the Democratic plat
form-Which declared the war Q, failure,
and demanded an Immediate cessation
of hostilities printed in many OF the
country papers on the same page with
reports of the capture Of Atlanta by Sher-
man.
The year before that, Mr.. Seymour, of
this State, distinguished himself by dol
orous Fourth of July Grafton in this city,
in which he warned his hearers that we
could not afford to carry on the war any
longer, that we could never beat the rebels.
But while he was speaking Vicksburgwas
surrendered to Grant, and lee was begin.
ming to fly from Meade at Gettysburg; and
Seymour's speech was accompanied in the
next days papers witha gloss most unwel-
come 20 him and those who thought with
him.
A number of experiences Of this kind
ought TO have warned the Democratic
leaders not TO attempt prophecy. TheiI
strength docs not lie in that direction
events appear ~ have aspite against them
| II would be difficGW TO Imagine anythine
more inappropriate than General Sher
mans capture of Atlanta just after The
Democrat GonYenton had solemnly de
clared the war a failure, and demanded
immediate cessation Of hostilities. Blu
the circumstances under which the Demo
cratic platform appears thiS morning ar
| not more fortunate.
The platform denounces the Freedman
Bureau and demands its abolition bu
Congress had already passed an act dis
continuing the Bureau, which became
law Yesterday; and General Howard give
notice in the Same papers in which th
Democratic platform is printed, tnat th
Bureau has ceased in South Carolina, an
that he is rapidly winding up its affairs /
the other States,
| We read in the platform demand fc
the Immediate restoration OF al the States
and turning from this passage 70 anotbe
column of the papers, read that Mhile a
are restored but four, South Carolina, vi
ginia, Mississlppiand Texas, South CarohI
has Just adopted the amendment, and wi
doubtless be represented in Congress wit
J in the week. BuIwe read also In the pla
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-24
Seymour as Caesar.

From Julius Cesar" Act 1, Scene IL
OlSca-WuY there was crown offered
him, and, being offered him, he put it by
with the back of his hand, thus; and then
the people fell a-shouting,
BrutuS-What was the second noise forY
CaSca-Why, for that, too. .,.....x
Cttssius-They shouted thrice. What
was the last cry forp
Casca--Why, for that, too.
BrutuS-Was the crown offered him
thrice? t..
Casca-Ay, marry, vast and he put it
by thrice, ecery time genEer than otse7l;' /
and at every putting by mine honest
neighbors shouted. ..t ,..r
Cassius-Who offered him the crown?
CdScd-Why, Antony. q l..t ~ ~
Brutus-Tell us the manner of it, gentle
Casca
CdScd-I can as well be hanged as tell
the manner Of it; 10 aoGS naereLy J0Otery1: 1
did not mark IL. saw Mark Antony oiler
him crown yet it was not o crown
neither; twas one of these coronets; and,
as told you, he put it by once but for
all that, TO my thinking, he loolhd fam
haze had IL. Then he offered it to him
again but, to my thinking, he aodS Gerry
10Th to lay his fingers off II. And then he
offered il the third time; he put it the
third time by and still, as he refused II,
the rabblemen shouted, and clapped their
| chapped hands, and threw up their sweaty
night-caps, and uttered such deal Of
sinking breath, because Cesar had re
fused the crown, and that it had almos,
choked Caesar; for he swooned, and tel
down at it. And, for mine own part,
burst not laugh, for fear of opening mine
lips and receiving the bad air.
Cdssius-But soft, l pray you What
/ did Caesar swoon?
| Casca-He fell down in the market
place, and foamed at mouth, and wa
speechless. >,
Brutus-'Tis very like he hath the Joll
ing sickness.
Oassius-No, Cesar hath ii not but yo
and !, and honest Casca, we have the fal
ing sickness ''.t ID f.1
Oasca-I know not what you mean b
that; but am sure, Caesar fell down.
/ the tagrag people did not clap him, an
hiss him, according as he pleased, an
displeased them, as they used to do th
players in the theatre, am no true man
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-24
From the New York Tribune
"LET US HAVE PEACE"
Gen. L. S. GrmCs Letierof AettptU'ce.



I.rr us have peace 7" istho cry of the millions
Who fought for the starry.gcmmed Nag OF the
Tia the PRAYER OF the hero, the song Of civilians,
That rolls from the mountains far down to the
The nation that rocked In the tempest and gloom,
And drifted in doubt to be wrecked ON inc
shore,
The storm has outlived, and the thuuders that
hAre voice, voices that prophecy tempest no moro.
Let us have peace - is the sigh OF tho lowly,
That walk in the vale where the cypress Is seen,
Who mourn their departed with tenderness holy,
And kneel where the graves arc perennially
And where the ''Uuknown, in their silence are
sleeping,
The feet Of the angels are pressing the sod,
And vespcrs OF harmony round them are keeping,
While martyrs of freedom have gone to their
God.
" Let us have Peace I" the evangel OF labor,
Whore toilers implorlngly ftup their hands;
Col wipe off tho stains from the death-dealing
And build the bright altar of hope for all
Loi radiant from darkness the temple in glory
Throws wide to the world the broad alslos of the
fame:
And froemon shall toll rs they utter the story,
And children repeat to the ages again.
" Let us have peace !" is the chorus ascending
From hamlots that lie mid tho piHc-coVered
hills,
And like a glad anthem in unison blending, -,
FLOATS on tlll inc plhu VIII Ns NhilAb'
And rivers that roll to the land OF the West,
Aud prairies that wake to the hymn of the frce,
With millions of froemen imploring for rest,
Swell psalms Of rejoicing while bending the
I knee.
let us have Peace /" from the wars wild com.
motion,
The trumpct's alarms, and the crash OF the aeld
And let the now bliss, like the billows of ocean,
Roll over the land where tho hero has kneeled !;
| The smoke OF the battle has swept from the sky,
The thundcrs have ceased, and the bugle's wild
blast; .#.
The chains have been rivcni and loud from or
high
The revcillc calls to the love of the Past !
4Sl.Er US HAVE PEAcEi" in aholy Thanksgiving,
The IIcro-voce cries, in the name of the LORD
For the sake of the dead for the sake Of th'
| liviugl
Turn spears into pruning g-hooks- plowshare'
the sword II .a
| And out Of the darkness shall come forth tn,
beaming
OF Giory's bright sun where the focmcn hay
| trod,
And Freedom shall teach, with a truth all-rcdecm
| ing, pIf..'.fi ..,tL = al
| oURGoD Lt. ..3
New York, june 81, 1868.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-24
The Two Platforms.

In point of perspicnity the Republican
platform has greatly the advantage OF That
formed by its opponents. Its declarations
upon each of the questions in issue are
clear in language and IN method;
whereas it is necessary TO place together
many scattered phrases before one can be
sure of having before his eyes all that the
Democratic Convention has said upon
eiyen subject One illustration of this Is
in the New York WoTSds patchwork OF
the deeiarations kof the Democracy on
ainancial topics. Then, again, the platform,
after making eight g demands," proceeds
10 "arraien the Radical party" but In the
same paragraph pays q ahypocrltical tribute
to the national soldiers and sailors ana
declares in favor Of the pre-emptlon and
homestead laws, which were, passed by
Republican Congresses, and slgned py a
Republican President, alter they had been
vetoed by Democratic President, and
which are, for the first time, announced 70
be Democratic measures. The Republican
| Convention did not allude to them, as II
| did not allude TO the abolition OF slavery
and the overthrow of the dogma OF States
| Rights, because il believed all three 70 be
permanently settled, and settled upon
4 right principles. -,
4 The Republican party did not lumber
up its platform with dead issues, as the
Democracy have done. Andrew johnson
is arraigned 4before the people less ~
Andrew Johnson than as a representative
Democrat, and the praises bestowed upor
him in the Tammany platform proves tho
correctness of that assumption, proves tina
the election of Seymour would be con
tinuance of the johnson dynasty Bu
they do not arraign the Democracy TO
its crimes of commission or OF omission
previous to the war or during il, becaIs
they are willing to leave TO history tn
u duty of burying that putrefying past
having themselves work enough TO don
the present and for the future.
! But the Democracy, while not DARN
10 say in their platform what thei
: candidate for the Vice Presidency said 4
the letter which gave him the nomina
tion, not daring To threaten the nauo
with another civil war, recognizing, b
/. silence, the admission Of the States, latel
A | ina rebellion, to representation In Congrei
/ upon the terms and conditions OF u
|. Reconstruction acts, yet take the pair
! 10 denounce this great "accomplishe
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-24
Important Letter from Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher.

To the Editors of the Boston Advertiser:
/ LEFT Brooklyn on Monday, July U,
but not before the World had published
that he'd, on Sunday morning, in poll
tical sermon, come out for Chase for the
Presidency, and against Grant; and have
seen the story every day racing through
the papers. There is not word OF truth
in it, The sermon was not political, and
il made no allusion either to Grant or
Chase Tho application of some of its
paragraphs, in either direction, was tho
work Of the reporter of the World, not
mine.
have never been Chase man, have
for wears, as n leader in public affairs
deemed him, like his greenbacks, as prom
| ising more on the face than they are worth
| in gold. While the New York Independent
was lauding him as demigod, and the
New York Tribune was using his pamo to
obscure the prospects of Grant, / heartily
and openly disagreed with both OF them,
| for Thoroughly liked Grant and thorough
| ly distrusted Chase. He is splendid man
| to look upon, but poor man to lean upon.
Ambition lifts some men towards things
noble and good makes them large and
generous. Other mems ambition blurs the
sharp lines and distinctions between right
and wrong, and leaves them, in the eager
ness of oVer-selfsh desires, to become a
prey of bad men. l have for years felt
that Mr.. Chase's ambition was consuming
the better elements of his nature.
have liked Grant from the first. Solid,
unpretentious, straightforward, apt to sue
ceed, and not spoiled by success, wise in
discerning men, skillful in using them
with the rare gift (Which Washington had
/ in an eminent degree) Of getting wisdom
, from other mems councils-I confidently
!, anticipate that, great rs his military sue
!, cess has been, he will hereafter be known
!, more favorably for the wisdom Of his civi
! administration.
! The seven-fold humiliations and recan
> tations through which Chase was requires
, to go for a Democratic nomination, onl.
q to see the smiling Seymour looking be
: nignly down upon his lost estate, has n
? parallel except in the immortal history c
Reineke Fuchs. There will now be n
Z third candidate between Grant and Scy
= mour. 1t viii be fair fight between rus
= ged honesty and plausible craft.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
? Boston, July 8, 1868.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-24
Benefits OF a Large Family.

A LARGE family is host in itself Its
members are never dependent for amuse-
ments upon strangers They are always
numerous enough to be able 10 organize
their own games. Winter or summer, 1t is
the same. What can be more miserable
than for two lads to have TO play cricket
without long stop, or TO have to press
some shirking little sister, with her ex-
tended apron, into the serviceP She has
to be coaxed, bribed or bullied into the
operation and the cruel sport generally
ends by flood of tears on the part of the
tiny female mercenary. Let there be but
plenty of boys and plenty of girls, and
there can never be any lack Of fun+-mas-
culine fun and feminine fun-astir. They
quarrel, it will be said. OF course they do;
and herein lies another tremendous advan-
tage of large family against small one.
Their interests are so many, and from mo-
ment to moment so various, that they are
eyerlastingly clashing. What better pre-
paration could there be for life? They
thrash and are thrashed, snub and are
snubbed, contradict aud are contradicted,
till it gets thoroughly impressed -on the
mind of each one, early in existence, that
he is not the only individual in the world
before whom everything must bow and
give way. The domestic circle becomes
thus a miniature public school, in which
all its advantages are acquired.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-24


yercst terms them onprincipicd, fanatikal
Radikels. who for years had ben laborin 20
subyert tho Government by inteIicrin
with the pursuns and property nv citizens,
and also plcdgin the convenshen TO tDas
wise conservatism without wich tncrc
Good be no permanence In our Govern
mont.
tlropt into the S0llers' and Sailers' Con-
vcnshen, but l didn't stay long. Ihem
whose noses wuZh't rcd al wanted TO DC
either President or cabinet ofllscrs and
NV the balance NV 'em, the leastest sed the
better My sole indignated ez saw seated
among en- the very sutler who refoose9
me credit when wuz servin ez o uraited
man in 1869 and also claim agent VINO
got $40 nv me on the promise NV gctt,n
my bounty, wich, when he got II, he abb
sorbed in fees, costs, and commissions
There wuz, NV coorse, some troo men:
There wuz soljers thero wich resigned
carly in the war on akkount nv its been
d--d Ablishin war, and others who
lett becoz Linkin wuznt rapid enuu IN
maxim NV EN- Maior-Generals. There
wuz no limit TO ther speekin. Every wun
he'd the speech which he delivered at the
Cleveland Convenshen in 1866, carefully
preserved, and they all insisted on delivern
en-, wich ez LEFT they were doin, all TO
themselves. FL luOy k0u stan ~ oha
willin. We are goin to hev Soldiers
Convenshen in Richmond TO ratify the
nomiuashens, wich will amount 70 suthin.
We shell hev Forrest there, and Boregard
| breckenridge, and ther speeches Will
count We will hev the flags NV tho two
governments entwined, and we will hey
the moosic NV both seckshens played
Such cOnvenshen will amount to suthin.
Wat the platform will be, or who tho
candidates will be, the Lord only knows.
am prepared for anythin, and so arc all
| the delegates. Ef it's Pendleton, on re-
poodiashen platform, well and good-ef us
Seymour, on nashenal bank platform,
Jest ez good. shood be happy to see
Breckenridge the choice NV the party, and
delighted ef Hancock should be chosen.
/ kin hurrah fer Chase, and with ekal Wig
ger kin swing my hat for Vallandigum,
and / find all the delegates simerlY affected.
The post office is the lean kline wich swal-
lers up all tho others. We are willin To
sink everythin in post offs. That my sin-
cerity may not be doubted, let it be re-
memoered that hev rid with the Niger
from Ingeany to Moo York hev been
whaled by one and hev felt good over II,
hev bin hurrahin for an old line Abolishnist,
and swcarin the while. liked II. Eff any
other evidence NV fleXibility is needed, l
feel elSal to the task. Politically, l am
ekul to all emergencies.
PETROLEUM v. Nasty, z. NJ,
(Which is Postmaster)
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-24
The Nomination of Seymour.

TIE New York Herald published the
following blank verse, on the morning
following the nomination of Seymour. 1t
will be seen, however, on perusing it, that
there is a more truth than poetry about it
Seymour
!" l"Seymour won't accept He will pass
the nomination over TO Chase" i7-''
"I don't sec it."
Seymour takes the nomination and
pockets the insult to his
Honorl
Everybody except some Southern ex,
rebels goes away sG E ftnGkEaE
Madl
Seth Adams, of Massachusetts, says the
campaign in the East is
Crushedl Hlt'f
Lew Campbell goes back to his farm in
Ohio and declares
Seymour won't carry a State northwest
of she Ohio.
New Hampshire regards the nomination
as good as .,.
Five thousand majority in that State for
Maine saws this has been the first real
Grant ratification meeting that has been
held since the campaign opened.
The two platforms. .Ui dsHl Ffg ft
| 2 The two Dromios-one the
DrOmio Of Chicago, the other the
/ fDromio Of New Y ork.
1t will be amusing to see them in the
Presidential contest, and
Lots of fun will follow.
d. Blairt II GIi< ~ pm IL 1t
Tbat'sa new name in the councils o
the nation sf.. -i .,.ta. .... a5I-s,I .HE
But il was once heard OF
4 Before the deluge.
1t is Familiarity known in the
Kitchen cabinets Of every administrQ
tion at Washington.
1t is q bully name for 81
Small party in the lobby"
Street comments on the situation;
,lE Grant will.walk oyer the course j
Grant viii be the .. r..4g
Hurrah boyl
The brave boy
The he ICans IsonssiSss So boSl 90 YHQ
! The victorious 10y trr fWn
The boy who fears no noisel ~
! The boy who will sweep into
) The White House
On the 4th of March next
| by majority unprecedented in Il
I history Of Presidential elections in' u
I Ropublic.
SO say we, al of US
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-24
The seymour Banner.

AN innocent Ohio delegate inquired,
Thursday night, how it was, if Seymour's
nomination was entirely unexpected, that
q finely executed portrait of the unwilling
candidate was ready for the banner
paraded in the streets within an hour afler
the nomination. The Buckeye intellect,
bewildered by the astonishing tactics of
New York politicians, was not adeQuate
20 the explanation of this curious phenom-
enon, and we are unable to give it any
assistance in this case. Sometimes small
and apparently immaterial circumstance
will fasten on a criminal conclusive evil
dence of his guilt In like manner this
insignificant banner, bearing the unmia-
taxable likeness of the oft declining Sey-
mour, and carried through the streets inn
nish irrefrsgiblc proof that when Mr..
Seymour's friends declared him out Of the
field, they knew that they were perpe-
trating q fraud-N Y Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-24
How 70 Reaa the Clouds.

SoFr-IoOKING or delicate clouds foretcI
fine weather, with moderate or light brccz-
es (; hard edged, oily looking clouds, wind
a dark, gloomy blue sky is windy, but
light, bright blue sky indicates fine
weather Generally tho softer cl0dds look
the less wind (but perhaps moro rain) may
be expected, and the harder, more greasy,
rolled, tufted or rugged, the stronger the
coming wind viii prove. Also bright,
yellow sky ut sunset presages wind, .
looking color, wind and rain. Thus BY
the prevalence of red, yellow or other
tints the coming weather may be lOretolt
very nearly, indeed. if aided by instrn.
ments, almost exactly. Small, llrlky- look
ing clouds foretell sain. Light scnd clouds
driving across heavy maoscs show wind
and rain, but If alone, may indicate wind
only. so says an exchange