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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05

Ohio has done with Vallandigham.
Indiana dispenses with the services of
VOORHEES,. Pennsylvania wants moth
ing more of Tom Florence. These
model COpperhead candidates for cleo
ton to Congress have fallen, each 60
ing down with the routed Democracy
of his own State. All the people say,
Amen.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05

The Union Pacific Railroad is now
completed 885 Mills west from Omaha,
which brings it within $50 miles Of
Salt Lake City, and theroad nearly all
graded for this distance, and the iron
for the track is all Oh the way. 1t is
confidently expected the road will be
finished to Salt Lake this year.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05

The Grand Lodge of Independent
Order of Good Templars of the State
of Ohio, met in annual session in To
Iedo. on the 9TH. Over five hundred
delegates from all parts Of the State
were present. The order now has
membership of28, 900, being an in-
crease of 1O,5OO over last year. Chill
icothe was selected as the place for
holding the next annual session.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05

A REMEDY FOR WARTs.-There are nu-
merous ways of getting rid Of them They
may be gently pulled out and cut OF with
your scissors. A string tied round them
will cause them to rot Of in few days.
If lunar caustic be rubbed on the surfscs
after the tough end is pared we'll, cure
is generally effected. Il should be repeat
cd several times, If necessary.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05

Weston accomplished his task Of
walking 100 miles in twenty-five and
a half hours, at White Plains, West
chester county. N, Y, on the Sth inst,
finishing the distance in eleven min
utes less than his time.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05

Thomas Gardner and wife, Of Qua
ker Bottom, near IrOntOn, celebrated
their golden wedding, recently. Five
persons were present who were at his
wedding in this (Quaker) Bottom, if-
Y years ago.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05
Game L.nw.

The new game law, passed by the
Legislature of this State makes it un-
lawful to shoot, kill, trap, or destroy
any bluebird, swallow, martin, or
other insectivc rous bird, at any sea-
son ofthe year. Deer, fawn, or elk
are only to be hunted or killed during
the months of September, October and
November; wild turkeys, pheasantG,
or rabbits, from September first to
January first; partridges or quails
from the 10th of October to the 10th
Of December; Woodcock or snipe from
the lst Of September to tho 1st of
March. No birds to be trapped or
taken by means of net or any other
method than by shooting, and no eggs
to be destroyed. Penalty, a fne not
exceeding S25 for each offense, with
costs, and imprisonment not exceed
ing thirty days.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05

A small child being asked by a Sun
day school teacher, ''What did the Is
raelites do after they hSd crossed the
Red Sea?'' "I don't know, ma'am,
but 1 guess they dried themselves" D."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05

Hailly small, sweet eourtesies Of
life, how smooth do yo make the road
Of It'll Like grace and beauty, which
beget inclinations to love at first
sight, tbs ye who open the door and
let the stranger TSterne.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05
Congressmen Elected Oct. Is.


Ist District-@Samuel J. Randall, Dem.
I'd District-sChsrles O'Neil, Rep.
Sd District-JOhu Moffat, Dem., loss.
4th District-RWilliam D. Kelley, Rep.
9Th District-aCaleb N. Taylor, Rep.
9th District-J. r. Briettenback, Rep,
gain.
9TH District-Wash. Townsend, Rep.
sth District-*J. Lawrence Getz, Dem.
9th District-O. J. Dickey, Rep.
10th District-"Henry L. Cake, Rep.
1Ith District-"DanieI NJ. Van Auken,
Dem.
18th District-sGeo. W. Woodward, Dem.
18th District-%Ulysses Mercer, Rep.
I4th District-JOhn B. Packer, Rep.
18th Distriet-Rob't J. Haldeman, Dem.
18th District-JOhn Cessna, Rep.
18th District-sD Daniel ]. Mcneil, Rep.
18th Distriet-Wm. H. Armstrong, Rep.
18th District-@Glenni W. Schofield, Rep.
2Oth Dislrict-G. W. GilfIlsn, Rep.
21st District-#JOhn COvode, Rep.
22d District-James S. NegleY, Rep.
Esd District-Darwin Phelps, Rep.
oath District-James B. DOnley, Rep.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05

The mother of the "HUtehinson
Family" is dead. She died at Mil
ford, N. H., recently, the home of this
.worId-renowned family Of singers,
aged SO.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05

A clergyman while sitting in the gal
lery of the Connecticut legislature, when
that body was putting through divorce
cases, wrote the following impromptu:
f'For cuf-ting all oqnpset-ions famed
C0nnse;-I-o -oiif is fairly named
twain eonnses in one, but you
Cia these whom ooaneei In two,
Each legislator seems to say,
What you eoHnsot -T-sit away"
The Ashland Times published a couple
Of epitaphs, found by a correspondent in
a burying ground in TrUmbull county.
The first was as follows;
Strange a. Il may seem and yet It iS 90,
Hers lies three sisters all IN a row,
They died while in their youthful prime,
The daughters Of Isaac and Mary serins.
The other ran thus;
Here lies our father Rnder the sod,
His soul has gone up to his God,
We never again shall hear his tread,
Or see the ten upon his head.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05

It is reported that when the Queen
left San Sebastian she took all the
crown jewels and royal regalia, to-
gether with twenty-three millions reals
in gold.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05
COnundrums

Conundrums.
When doladiss carry fret Whs they have taper
1nEers.
Which times are the bostf-Meal-timeS.
Why She bustles used to give form TO the "Gro-
clan Bend" Ike the WaVerly Novelist Bocauus thOy
ere 6ctitioul "talsS," founded on GtoFR realities.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05

1st District-Philip W. stradeE, Dem,
loss.
I'd District-JOb E. Stevenson, Rep.
gain.
Sd District-sRobert Q. Schenclz, Rep.
4th District-@William Lawrence, Rep
5th DistFict-@Willlsm Mungen, Dem.
9th District-John A. Smith, Rep.
7th District-James J. Winans, Rep.
9th District-"JOhn Beatty, Rep.
9Th District-E. F, Dickinson, Dem.
loss.
loss.
Ilth District-aJohn 7. Wilson, Rep.
18th DistTict-@P. Van Trump, Dem.
18th District-Geo. ". Morgan, Dem.
18th District-sM Martin Welker, Rep.
18th Distriet-EdWard II. Moore, Rep.
10Th District-~John A. Bingham, Rep.
18th District-Jaeob A. Amber, Rep.
18th District-Wm. b. UPson, Rep.
18th Distriet-James A, Garfield, Rep.
INDIANA.
1st District -aWm. E. Niblack, Dem.
I'd District-Michael G. Kerr, Dem.
Sd District-@WiIliam 8. Holman, Dem
4th District-#G George W. Julian, Rep.
5th Distriot-John COburn, Rep.
9th DistTiet-Daniel W. voorhees,, Dem
7th District-*GOdlove S. Orth, Rep.
sth District-Daniel D. Pratt, Rep.
9th Distriet-John P. @. Shanks, Rep.
10th District-WilIiam Williams, Rep.
lIth District-Jaspar Packard, Rep,
NEBRASKA.
1st District-sJOhn TafIe, Rep,
'Members Of the present Congress-.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05
From Putnam's Monthly.
WOMAN.
Why Women do not get Hus-
bands.--SOme Facts and
Figures Of Interest.

Why Women do not get Hus-
bands.--SOme Facts and
Figures Of Interest.
s'No, not if know myself" said q
hne-looking young fellow to another
fne-lOoking young fellow at Delmoni-
COS, one evening.
ono? and why not?' was his an
swer. "YOu have been very sweet on
Miss Julia, and it was generally pn-
derstOOd that you meant something.
Why nOt?"
"Is it generally understood that I,
Joseph Rowland, bachelor and bank
clerk, am a fool?nn
"Not exactly that" his friend said,
laughingly. "But why not? Gomez"
-eListen to me, Peter. I, Joseph
Rowland, bachelor and bank-clerk,
am in receipt of two thousand dollars
per year. I have tastes, I have wants,
I have indulgences, and have moth
er who is poor. AS the case stands, I
get on with all these very well. Where
should I be if I married Miss Julia, or
any other girl that I know?"
"Why, but old Pickles is rich9"
e1Iay-be so; but his money is his
own, and he means to keep it. I do
not hear that his daughter has a pen
ny"
eyes, but he would give his daugh-
ter something"
''Perhaps-a good wardrobe, a few
teaspoons, a pair of ear-rings-and
thenl Why, Peter, my ample in
come would not pay for Julia's clothes.
Her father does not propose to endow
his children until he dies; and when
he dies, he may not be worth one pen
ny. Is that pleasant to look at?"
'NOt exactly; but you take rather a
practical view of matrimOny."
eyes, do; and I propose to take it
before, rather than after. Before, it
stands: two thousand a year, and all
bills paid; after, it stands thus:
4AOuSe 3OUU
6OTne 5,OOO
Clothes, 800
Theaters, churches and other neces-
1000
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-11-05
SPAIN.

'Mombers of the present Congress.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-03-05
8 u E E CHI

fgsa 81 f.115rT'lSSIA z n : AAfl ovaH
OF
HON. j. II. WILSON,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-03-05

war; and if such q calamity
should overtake US at no very
distant period, despite oul
prowess and skill, with a debt
of 80, 50O,OOO,0OO hanging & over
US, our financial ruin would be
we'll nigh complete. m $500
And shall that intrepid, in.
flexible party of patriots, who
suffered everything but death
for the salvation of their. coun-
try, meE who in the darkest
days of the rebellion, exposed
to danger and death on every
hand, stood inseparably and in.
dissolubly united, now separate
on mere questions of national
policy, and hand over the Gov
ernment won by their swords
to a party whose patriotism
may be measured by its declar.
alton in 1864, that "the war for
the Union was a failure" and
whose love of equality and
freedom may be judged by its
untiring opposition to human
rights. ..f rr- .#.
SINKING FUND.
Mr.. Chairman, l believe there
is not a single instance on rec
ord of Il sinking fund establish
ed on a proper basis, conducted
with common wisdom, economy,
and skill, having tailed to meet,
and more than meet, the ex.
pectations of its friends. |
know there have been failures
where the fund has been Dor.
rowed at interest and its man.
agement characterized by stu
pidity and extravagance, or
where the Government, too i'm.
patient or, perhaps, too needy
to leave it uninteruptedly to
accumulate and gradually but
certainly to accomplish that
for wich it Was designed, has
been constantly appropriating
its funds to other purposes than
those tor which they were in
tended, thereby destroying its
powers of accumulation. Our
own Government in 1890 es.
tablished a sinking fund, which
was kept in successful opera.
tion for more than forty.five
years, greatly aiding us in the
payment of the debt contract
ed during the Revolution, as
well as that incurred during the
war of 1912. r. '
Many of the States have
found a sinking fund to be
a most efficient auxiliary in the
discharge of their indebtedness,
and very few, if any, who have
tested the system would be
found willingto abandon it A
fund forms a part of
the financial policy Of my own
State, and under the efficient
of our commits
sioners is enabling us to pay
the interest and reduce the
principal of our debt at a very
commendable rate. It is sta
ted by Allison in his History of
Europe thatif the sinking fund |
established under the admins
tration of Pitt in 1886, and |
which continued until 1873
a period of twenty-seven years
but which was broken in up
on by the succeeding minister,
had been allowed to 60 on ac-
cumulating until 1913 it would |
have amounted to a sum suffi-
cient to have paid n full the
immense British debt, but that
now it is conceded to be im-
possible, and no statesman ever
thinks of fixing a period, how
ever remote, when the debt |
can be paid.
And so it will be with ours
or any other Government
which, instead of making early !
and proper provision for the
payment of its debts, suffers
them to run on until, like an
incurable cancer on the body
polite, they eat out and con-
sumo the energies of the ma
tinn Tn ordar IN pet tho moo.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-03-05

JUDGE W. w. JoHSsos, will bo j
a candidate before the Repub. Z
licai State Convention for thslo
Office Of Supreme Judge Hehe
is well qualified for the posi-
ton, "ld, We believe, wcald add =
strength to the ticket In this "a
section of the State. -,
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by a further issue of green
backs if we thought proper, ol
by savings from the Treasury
or both, such sums as we might
be able, thereby fastening the
payment Of the debt. .ua
Nothing is easier than to as.
sert that the idea of a sinking
fund for the purpose of paying
a debt is a simple absurdity;
that it We're far more wise to
apply the money necessary to
establish such a fund directly
to the reduction of the debt,
thereby accomplishing at once
ali that could be done. This
proposition has a plausible ap.
pearance. But it must be
borne in mind that the sum so
applied loses its power to ac-
complish further valuable re-.
suits; whereas if put into a
sinking fund, there to remain
unmolested for a given period,
facts and figures prove that it
will accomplish precisely the
results claimed for it. And
while the country continues to
pay the interest alone, which
can scarcely be felt by the
masses, (arising, as it does,
mainly from duties duties on
imported luxuries, consumed
mostly by the rich, the prin-
cipal of the debt would be con-
stantly reduced and absorbed
by the operations of the sink
ink fund, and finally wiped en-
tirely out. And it must not be
forgotten that the accumula-
tive powers of the fund will be
enhanced from one. third to one
half by the premium on gold;
thus transferring this large
profit from the pockets of the
bondholders, through the sink
ing fund, to the pockets of the
people.
But, Mr.. Chairman, this plan
will hardly be honored with a
respectful examination. If for
no other reasons it will be op.
posed because it contemplates
a continued suspension of spe-
Gle payment to an indefinite
period and the issue of an ad.
ditional S1OO,OOO,OOO of green
backs. Such propositions can
not be expected to meet the
favor of gentlemen who are
welded to the doctrine of a
speedy return to a specie ba-
sis and q further curtailment
of the currency as necessary to
that end. Capitalists who have
invested largely in Govern
ment Sc ;urities, together with
all persons who live upon fixed
salaries or incomes, will like
wise object; but in my ,judg-
ment a very large majority of
the American people demand
some such measure as | am
now advocating, and l believe
the unparalleled energy and en-.
terprise evinced in all the in
dustrial pursuits since the end
of the war in developing and
augmenting the resource of the
country have been such as to
justify a farther emission of ga.
per money to the extent l have
named.
Stagnation and dullness per-
vades all branches of business.
The distress existing among the
laboring classes is immense
Hundreds of thousands of work.
ing men are out of employ
ment. Money throughout the
West commands an interest of
from ten to twenty.four per
cent; and while a further issue
would reanimate and encour-
age business of every kind, it
is not believed the price of gold
would be materially affected,
and if it were enhanced five or
ten per cent. who would be
hurt9 To my mind it seems
perfectly obvious that the is.
suing ofS1OO,O0O,OO would not
only be a great relief to the
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-03-05

plus we may be able to spare
from the Treasury until the
amount reaches another $780,.
100000, the S2OO,OOO,OOO thus
provided to be applied to the
redemption of an equal amount
of five-twenty bonds now at the
option of the Government, the
gold interest on which would
amount semi-annuaIly to So
100000. ...a
Assuming that our national
debt bearing coin interest will
Pin a few months, and when the
outstanding seven-thirty secu-
rites shall have been fully con-
verted into live-twenty six per
cent, bonds, will be about two
thousand one hundred million
dollars, the annual interest on
which will vary but little from
Sl26,0O0,O 900; and assuming that
a tax Of one per cent. for Gov
ernment purposes will be lev
led on these bonds, to be de-
Quoted and withheld from the
payment Of interest, which tax
will amount annually to S21,-
100000; and assuming, also, that
this tax will go to the sinking
fund, then we will have at the
end of each six months an ad-
dition of S10,500,0OO arising
from the tax, and a further sum
Of S6,000,000 arising from the
S200,OOO,OOO in bonds, making
together $16,5O0,OOO in gold,
which, at a premium of thirty
three per cent. (and certainly
the premium would as likely be
higher as lower) would make
S22,OO0,0O0 in currency, to be
reinvested at the end of the first
six months in five-twenties, and
so on compounding semi-annu,
ally from year to year, rapidly
increasing in amount until it at
least approximates the sum of
our Indebtedness.
&C G n lem en- are perfectly
aware of the prodigious powers
of accumulation of money at
compound interest and espe-
cially when compounded every
six months, and still more cs-
pecially when we have, as in
the present case, in addition to
ccmpOunding semi-annually at
six per cent. the benefit of a
premium of thirty three per
cent. on gold, making the rate
of interest precisely equal to
eight per cent. compounded
semi-annually. Following the
method which | have laid down,
and which | regard as strictly
legitimate, it will be found that |
the interest arising from the
$2O0,000,00O proposed as the |
basis for sinking fund, togeth-
er with the semi-annual addi-
tons of the Sl0,500,000 in gold
arising from tax on bonds, will
amount at the end of five years,
when added to the original
S200,000,OOO, in round numbers
to the sum of S464,000,0O0.-
Following the same rule, the
sum at the end of ten years
will amount to 1855, 100000; at
the end of fifteen years to ST.
434, 100000, and at the end of
nineteen years to S2,O92,OOO,-
900, being a sufficient sum with
in a fraction to pay the entire
interest bearing debt.
Of course this plan embraces
and carries with it the idea that
Congress will not divert any
part of the principal or accu-
mulated fund to other purposes
than the one contemplated
Also the amount of tax to be
received from bonds would
gradually diminish in proper.
ton to the amount of securities
taken up, which trifling def
cheney could be supplied from
the Treasury in order to pre-
serve the operations of the fund
intact and if it were continued
but ten years our interest bear.
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TnE wife of a journeymali H.. -
carpenter in Cincinnati desert y
ed him because he did not buy !.
a house with freestono front,
and a divorce has been grant "
cd him.
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OF OHIO,
IN THE HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,,
JANUARY %, 1868.

IN THE HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,,
JANUARY 25, 1868.
-+--- gl5-
1t will do no good to go back
and inquire into the cause of
our Indebtedness, or what per
cent. in gold value we received
on each dollar comprising it :;
we must deal with circumstan-
ces and facts as they are, and
not as we would have them.
We are now in the condition
Of suspended specie payments.
and as the "legal-act" contri-
buted very largely in swelling
ouriindebtedness'to to its present
immen% proportions, sound
national policy, in my judg.
ment, dictates that it should
aid us in diminishing that in.
debtedness; and this may be
done without inj.qstice TO. the
creeitors or oppession to the
people. When we succeed, as
| have no doubt we shall, in so
amending our revenue laws as
honestly to get what is con.
tempiated, we shall receive
certainly not less than $50,O0O,.
900 from whiskey alone in al.
ditiOn to what is now received,
to say nothing Of other innu.
meraOle leakages.
While taxes may and doubt.
less will be greatly reduced,
the people are quite as much
concerned about an equitable
distribution of them among
property holders and a faith.
ful collection and application
to the public debt ,asdhey are
about the amount collected.
Who would not tire to be al.
ways paying and yet never re.
ducing the principal; and.with
present and prospective means
derived and to be derived, not
only from the proceeds OF in.
dustry but also from a judici-
GUS retrenchmont in public ex.
penditures, who will not hold |
the law-making power respon.
sible for the folly of a failue to
provide for permanent annual
reduction Of the principal of
the debt.
,' | aver, here and now, in the
face of the opinions and recon-
mendations of the chief exec.
utive and financial officers of
The Government, the report of
the Finance Committee of the
Senate, to say nothing of the
wishes Of those representing
large moneyed interests in our
cities and elsewhere, that the
very worst thing we can do for
the interests of the tax-paying
millions is to force The country
to specie basis at no,very dis,
,tant day, and | submit 10 the
House and to the country !
wether it will be wise or pru-
dent TO come to a specie basis
with debt of $2,5OO,0OO,OOO
hanging over us, nearly all of
which was contracted at from
forty TO sixty cents in specie
on the dollar, thereby increaS-
ing the value of our securities
to The holders from thirty-three
to forty per cent, and the ef.
feet would be to make our debt |
harder to pay by at least 81
O0O,0OO,0OO.
FUNDING TnE DEBT.
ut.
A bill is now pending in the
Senate called, ] believe, a loan
or funding bill, one object of
which is. to convert our five
twenties payable under the law
in, legal-tehders into a six per
cent. bond, due in forty years,
payable, principal and inter
est, in coin. l am opposed to
all such bills; | do not wish to
change the bargain, neither do
4 want forty years to elapse be-
fore the debt is rpqid in full.
This funding system, in COM
mon parlance, means giving
new obligations for old ones /
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