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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24
The Vermont VictOry-HOw ii
Was Won.

Was Won.
The Burlington. Free Press tells how the
great Republican victory in Vermont,
which has sent thrill Ofjoy throughout
the nation, was won. Hard agork was the
secret, and in this respect we in Highland
county and other parts of Ohio need to
take a lesson. The Press says:
The glorious result ofour State election
was not achieved without hard work.
Work, not in converting voters, but in
bringing Republicans to realize the impor-
tance of the election and inducing them to
rally to the polls. The Republican State
Committee organized the first canvass of
the State that has been made in many a
year, caused meetings to be held, where
they could be of best effect, put into every
Republican voters hand just before the
election, circular reminding him of his
duty, andin all proper ways did their best
to secure the full vote, which would be all
the victory they or anybody could ask for.
They were seconded by the efforts of many
true and earnest and influential Republi-
cans throughout the State, and best Of al,
and above all, by the genuine appreciation
of the emergency on the part Of our intel
ligent and patriotic Republican masses.
The Democrats also worked hard, and have
unquestiOnably made an increase on their
previous vote; but the Republican increase
is far greater.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24
{ Whole No. 1857.
How Unl9q i,9 q. Soldiers q a. are Treat

How Union Soldiers are Treat
ed I'm Kentucky.
We saw recently that the rabei
Democracy Of Kentucky, by the fre,
use Of bowie knives, bullets, AMI
threats, so overawed the Union ele-
ment In the State that they could rolf
up nearly a hundred thousand majori-
ty for Stevenson. Asa specimen Of
the specific evidence referred to, take
the out-cropplngs at a convention in
the Louisville district the other day
to selecta candidate for Congress. The
exrebel soldiers, as is the case all
over the State, exclusively controlled
the gathering. Any one who had IA
vored the Union cause was tabooed.--
Thereupon the Federal General Whit
taker got up and said:
81 here and now denounee and de-
5ert your party. I cannot do Justice to
myselfand the country and stay with
such a corrupt party as you have be-
come here to-day. You men who
have fought in the Southern army
come back here to-day with the blOOd
boiling in your veins to exclude from
your councils me, who fought, and
have the character Of some bravery, 10
protect your homes and hresides, aud
who exerted himself in enee Of the
families Of those who had left their
homes. lam here and intend to be
heard"
General Whitaker was at once
'squelched' with a severe blow over
his head, and the convention then
proceeded to nominate for Congress
Boyd Winchester, one Of the most no
torious rebels Of the State. This kind
Of bludgeOn logic was freely used in
all parts Of the State.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

In the present aspect of affairs, I
have to confess that It is yet to be de-
cided whether those who fought for
the Union, and in doing so saddled
the country with great army and a
great debt, and founded great mercen-
ary interests and eorrupting influences,
hostile to every form Of freedom, have
not blundeFed.
Those are the words Of Montgom-
cry Blair, the brother Of Frank, the
Democratic candidate for Vice Presi-
dent. The Union man who acts with
these politicians makes the greatest
blunder Of his life.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24
Miscellaneous.
Wn1itPayt to Attend the Ooun-
tV FafF3

viii ID PaytO Attend the COun.
" FaiT2
The Columbus Farmers Chronicle
answers the question in this way, and
we copy it for the benefit Of our read
ers, in view Of the near approach Of
our own County Fair:
Several years ago, as Mr.. John
Meler was going to the Franklin
County Fair, one ofhis Bieghbors
said to him, "How can you afford to
spend three or four days in one week
attending the Fair2' His answer
was, "I 60 because I cannot afford to
stay away. 1t is there I see the fin
est fruits and vegetables, and, by
comparison, can improve my OWL" +"
Here we 6nd specimens Of the most
skillfull workmanship in the various
mechanic arts; see the improvement
and the very best Of stock. Here the
farmer can see the horses he wants
for blowing and drawing his heavy
loads; also, the horse he wants for
his carriage or buggy; in short, find
the draft horse and the roadster.
Who can walk roRnd the grounds,
and look at the best Of everything,
without the enkindling Of the desire
to also excel?
The social part of these annual
gatherings Of the people is the best
part. Here we renew old acquaint-
ances and make new ones. In what
other way could the people of the
different counties become so well ac-
quainted with each other as attending
their own county Fairs2
Among the farmers and mechanics,
the most energetic men, the men that
take the lead in their several callings
the men that are patterns for their
neighbOrs to follow after, are the
most active members Of these county
industrial societies. These societies
have done, and are doing, more to
elevate the industrial classes, than
any other one organization, if we
except, perhaps, the common school
system.
Now make your calculations to
attend the Fair in yonr own county
at least. If you will persist in doing
nothing yourselves, come out and see
what your neighbors are doing.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

The expectation is quite general
and is well founded, that the South
will be a larger consumer Of staple
goods than it was last year, because
its crop of food is abundant for its
own wants, with some perhaps to
spare, and its crop of cotton will fur
nish it with the means to obtain ex-
tensive supplies. The qualification is
wide, spread that this condition has
been reached, and that all relations,
commercial, social and political, will
soon be restored on what promises tc
be firm and lasting basis.-[N. Y
Times.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

Says Mr.. Pollard in his Lost Cause
Bego1ed, "tt is notorious that the
people of the South never understood
exactly for what they were fighting, and
on this subject they received only the
most confused instructions from their
leaders," Before they suffer these
same leaders to inveigle them into a
"war of races" or an attempt to over
throw the Reconstruction acts, the
people of the South would better de-
mand palmer instructions from them.
I"Going it blind" in the way they did,
according to Mr.. Pollard, cost them
pretty dear.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

TIE Richmond Whig, alarmed at
the tone of certain speeches recently
delivered by unreconstructed South
ern rebels, says: at has reached us
in a very direct way that Mr.. Sey-
moGr has expressed the opinion that
a certain speech falsely reported, we
believe of a distinguished Southern
er cost the Democratic party Of the
North 100000 votes. Better not
say anything than use language that
only exasperates and strengthens our
enemies"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

Rumor asserts that General Nc
Clellan is about to take the stump in
pennsylvania for Seymour and Blair.
The Troy Times says: "He has been
about to take something ever since
we first heard. of him. If he will sue
eeod in taking even SO much as a
"stump," VIC shall be glad to chroni-
Gle the fact. It's an even bet that he
won't be able to decide whether to
begin operations in Pennsylvania,
New Jersey or New York, until after
the election" Tho Springfield Re-
publican comes to Gen. McClGlIan'a
aid. 1t says, "The Times is unfair
and unreasonable. Didn't General
Mcclellan capture a number Of pine
logs at Centroville?"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

The New York correspondent the
Troy Times says: "Thus far Brick
POmerOy's career in New York has
been a failure. He is OfnO more ac-
count there than a bantam chicken
would be in a cock fight. What has
annoyed PomerOy more than anything
else is that his appearance has excited
no attention. He had expected that
the advent Of the famous "Brick Pom
erOy" would create a new sensation,
but such is not the case, and not q
single phenomenon marked the i'm
pOrtant event."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24


The National Union, Of Cincinnati,
edited by Enos B. Reed, Esq, hither-
to independent on politics, has raised
the standard of Grant and COlfax.
In the last issue Mr.. Reed thus defines
his position:
ave have endeavored, since we
.resurrected the National Union to
observe a strict impartiality in regard
to political matters, but confess that
we are unable longer to do so. We
look upon the present campaign as
only the war between the North and
South renewed. Rebel Generals as
sure us that the Lost Cause is tri-
umphant in the ascendency of the
Democracy. We opposed the South
during the war, and we cannot affili-
ate with rebels now who declare they
ore only labOring for the triumph Of
the South over the North, and to
undo all that a four years terrible
war accomplished. We can never
affiliate with such men as Brick Pom
eroy and Wade Hampton, repre-
sentative types of Northern traitors
and Southern rebels. We do not
fight with Frank Blair in his propos-
ed revolutionary project. Hence
forth we battle with Grant and Col
fax, but shall always speak our mind
freely concerning all political parties.
We are neither hide-bouud nor party
bound, but shall ever be found advO-
eating those men and measures which
we believe the best tend to promote
the interests of the entire country"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

Brick PomerOy is trying to find oHt
what kind of clay he is made of, and
wrote to Senator Pomeroy inquiring
what branch of the Pomeroy family
he belonged to? The Senator replied
that oBrick" might take which branch
he pleased, but he (the SenatOr) be-
Ionged to the other branch.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24
Mass Meeting at Indianapolis.


The great mass meeting in Indiana
polls on Wednesday last, says the
Cincinnati Gazette, was, beyond
doubt, the most magnificent political
demonstration Of this campaign, in
the West. The number Of strangers
in the city was between thirty and
forty thousand. Organizations OF
Grant Guards, cevelry and infantry,
Grant Tanners and Fighting Boys in
Blue, with their uniforms, banners
and emblems, poured in from all
quarters of the State. The speaking
was from three stands in the State
House yard, and by such eminent Or
atOrs and counselors of the people as
Gov. Oglesby, Gen. HurIburt, Gen.
Gibson, Gen. Willich, Gen. T. J. Wood,
Hon. Sam. Galloway, Hon. Henry s.
Lane, and Gen. Lew. Wallace. Gen,
Geo. II Thomas, Gov. Fletcher and
many others who were invited, but
could not be present; responded by
eloquent letters. The illumination
of the city and tOrchIight procession
Of Republican organizations in the
evening exceeded anything ever wit
messed in the State. The procession
was more than two miles long. Tit
number of those who took part in i
was not much, if any, less than i 0, 900
while probably $4,000 spectators o
the pageant were on the streets. Indi
ana is broad awake. and will, by q
glorious majority in October, give al
emphatic affirmative response to tn
exhortatiOn of our great leader, Gle
US hav Peace"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

At Snyder, Pennsylvania, young
lady in her fathers garden was heard
to scream, and upon going out to see
what the matter was, her brother
found her on the ground, dead. Her
friends, on proceeding to prepare the
body for interment, were hOrror-struck
to find an immense black snake coiled
tightly around her person, underneath
her clothing.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

In Indiana they have way to stop
a donkey's braying, which consists in
tying a heavy stone to the animals
tail. He can't bray, they say, unless
he can bring his tail to a horizontal pO-
sition, and this being impracticable
when the weight is attached, the
"barbaric yawp" is suppressed. The
patent comes from China, and its ef-
ficiency is now being tried on a mule
in Madison.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

Accounts from Greece say that the
Cretan insurrectiOn is fiourishing. The
Turks are nearly worn out and dis
cOuraged, and it will be with great
difficulty that they can continue the
contest, while the Cretans are flushed
with success, and infuriated by re-
cent massacres to desperate enterprises.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24
Poetry.
rFrom the Round Table.

TFrom the Round Table,
THE NATIONS DEAD.
-Four hundred thousand men
The brave, the good, the true
In tangled wood, In mountain glen,
On battle plain, in prison PEN
Lie dead for me and y0ul
-Four hundred thousand Of the brave
Have made our ransomed soil their grave,
Tor me and you!
Good friends, for ne and you'll
IN many Isvered swamp,
By many a black bayou
In many q cold and frozen camp,
The weary sentinel ceased his tramp,
And died for me and you
From Western plain TO ocean tide
Are stretched the graves Of those who died
For me and yOul
Good friands, Tor ne and youi
On many a bloody plain
Their ready swords they drew,
And poured thair life blood like theEains
A home, heritage to gain
To gain for ne and youi
Our brothers mustered By our side,
They naTchsd, and fought, and bravoly died
For me andyoui
Good friends, for me and you'll
Up many fortress wall
They ehargod-thOse Boys IN Blue
Mid surging smoke, and volIsy'd ball,
The bravest were the hrst to dui
10 hll tor ne and you
These noble men-tha nation pride
Four hundred thousand men have died
For me and you
Good lrisndsl for me and youi
In trsason'g prisoa-hold
Their martyr spirits grew
To stature like the saints Told,
while amid agouies uRtoid
They starved for me and youl
The good, the patient, and the tried,
-Four hundred thousand men have died
Tor me and you'll
Good friends, for ne and you
A debt We le'er can pay,
70 them is Justly due,
And to the nations latest day
Our childrsn's children still shall say:
"They died for NE snd youin
-Four hundred thousand Of the brave
Made this, eur ransOned sell, their gfaEes
For me aud you
Good Friends for me and you
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

1t is impossible to chronicle all the
outrages of the Ku-Klux at the South.
Our Southern exchanges are full of
them. IfSeymour and Blair are
elected the South will be as unsafe for
Union men as at any time during the
war. A year or two of that sort of
civilization will make a Dahomey of
II
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

The intelligence from England is,
that the wheat crop exceeds that of
1867, to the amount of 4,671, ,2S5
quarters; and is above the yield Of or
binary years. to the amount Of 2.472,-
924 quarters, or about 20,OOO,OOO
bushels.
The other crops-oats, barley and
potatoes, are far below the average -
The Continental crop will hardly ex-
ceed the demand for home consump2
ton.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

Gerritt Smith, who was for Chase
before the New York Convention, now
writes that he is "warmly for Grant
md Colfax, and for having the nation
paH her creditors honestly"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

Robert, son of that great statesman,
Steven A. Douglas, delivered his
maiden political speech at Raleigh, N.
c., a few days since. Mr.. Douglas is
heart and soul for Grant and Col
fax.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

At Eckmanville, Adams County,
Ohio, an old man, named Smith Alex
ande =, got his arm caught in a thr sh-
ing machine, and the arm, with the
shoulder-blade, were torn entirely
from his body. He was at the pOinC
of death at last accounts.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

SUFFRAGE.-"In the early days Ofthe
Republic" says Bancroft "White
men alone could claim the franchise
in Virginia, in South Carolina and in
Georgia: but in South Carolina a be-
nign Interpretation of the law classed
the free octOroOn as a white, even
though descended through an import
ed African slave. The other ten
States raised no question Of colOr@'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24
HPIGRAM.

PensiEs he stood, his msnly brow
Vailed in a oIsud Of black despair
Shifting his rsast, he pro1dly strovo
To quench the anguish burning thsrea
But strovs in vain
Fer twas no common stroke Of woe,
As when, by deaths dire, crushing blow,
The loved are lost. 'Twas worss than that &.
He was a Seymour Demecrat
Who'd heard from Mainsl
LARGO.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

An Oregon paper offers an explana-
ton of the sentence, rs. T.-186O-
x" the following: Democracy, the
Same Thing as in 186O-X-act-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

The only consolation CcPperheads
can find for the Vermont extinguish-
er, is-Kentucky! That will bs
about all that will be left to them af4
ter the Presidential election.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

Helena, Arkansas, is exhibiting fine
white sewing silk made from eocoOns
raised in Philips county in that Site.
1t is said to be brilliant, soft aid
tough.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

In Ohio there are I72 wOolen mills ;
in Michigan, 40; in Indiana, l26; in
Illinois, so; in Wisconsin, so; in Iowa,
So; in Minnesota, Is. Total, $50.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

The Soldiers Children's Home at Tren-
ton, New Jersey, has now one hundred
and sixty-twO inmates. This number
entirely fills the establishment, and there
are new about fifty applicants waiting
to be received as soon as the two new wings
are completed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

There is an establishment for can
ming peaches-at Atlanta, Ga, which
employs 500 hands.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

The Texas cotton crap is the heavi-
est produced in that State for many
years, and will amount to 175,0 900
bales.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24
nSACRED no THE MElIORY

of the Colored Orphan Asylum Of New
York; which was Burned to Ashes JU5
ly, 1863, by a Rufianly Mob,. who
were acknowledged and addressed by
HOratiO Seymour, Governor Of New
York, as being His "Friends." God
save the State of New YOrk!p
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

Carl Schurz is stumping New York
State for Grant and Griswold. He speaks
both in English and German.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

The Ohio State Republican Com
mittee have secured the assistance of
ex-Gov. Dennison during the present
campaign. He will act as Chairman
of the State Executive Committee.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24
Youths Department.

EOrignal Problems, Puzzes &C., solicited. The real
name Of the author and the answer 70 each must ac
company all contributions.
Enigma.
lam composed ofI4 letters.
NY 70 is q girI's nicknama.
Ny 57l 8 "A is healing medicine.
Ny 10 2 10 8 is greatly desired by al loyal men.
Nv II is mans nickname.
Unien. TWO-FORTY.
Highland, O.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

A small placard, surrounded with
a deep black border, and bearing the
usual emblems Of mourning, with thJ
following inscription; is being cir,u'l-
ted in New York city:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

Now make your calculations to
attend the Fair in your own county
at least. If you will persist in doing
nothing yourselves, come out and see
what your neighbors are doing.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

~PARTICULAR NOTICE. az
Auv psrsou wishing the "HGlian Marble" the
varnirh COMMONLY called "High Polish" can have
sm al tie sams price other stones but we are Res
r11pongible for them. -,--
Hlllsboro, June IS 1865 JUN DA"eON'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-09-24

Charade.
Ny first is found low IN the ground,
AM IN the ocean deep;
'Tis dug from out the valleys wide,
And from the mountain steep.
rnaxt is sold IN every town,
Throughout our noble State,
Uas cnused the death Of many mon,
Yet its sale Is very great.
Ny whole is used with great delight,
To- acting out our plays,
Without il we would have poor light
In an our future days.
Highland, o. TWO-FORTY.