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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29
The Democratic Candidate for
Governor

OONC "a AAUAa
General McCook, the nominee of the
Democratic Convention for Governor,
made a speech of acceptance which
shows the calibre of the man. A more
juiceless stick, intellectually, could
hardly have been picked from among
the Democrats of any prominence in
Ohio. If anything can be gathered
from his inane remarks it is that he
don't take the departure-much. The
State Journal thus epitomizes the speech
of the General:
"GeneraI McCook was introduced to
the Convention, and thanked them for
the honor conferred upon him, and the
confidence shown by the nomination.
His political opinions and views were
pretty well known; they had not been
formed il a day; his views upon the
three constitutional amendments-but
time would forbid his discussing them
! now. But he considered the thirteenth
amendment as the legitimate result OF
the first gun fired at Sumpter, and the
only doubt thrown upon its constitu-
tionality had been caused by the friends
of the black people who had called the
Southern States military departments
Now, as to the XVIII amendment IA
voice-"How about the XIVth amend
ment?'] I pass the melange of the
XIVth amendment with its particulari-
ties, etc. But the XVIII amendment
was not passed in the exigency of a mil
itary campaign, but merely to serve a
political end, and the evil will only be
remedied by having hereafter Democrat
.ic Congresses. Suppose it should be re-
pealed. No repeal could ever take away
the benefits given under its provisions,
for the whole vote could not be taken
from the black man. Then why should
the Democracy divide and depart or
quarrel over its provisions? I will not
discuss the Fourteenth Amendment, it
is full Of cIap-trap. God knows that the
Democracy don't want to assume the
debt of the Southern people, for we have
undertaken enough. I have not studied
your platform, and do not know the
precise provisions contained in it, but
understand it to have been adopted by
large majority. And when the Con-
vention comes together it is understood
that the decision of the majority shall
stand as the decision of the Convention,
and think no temper or fraetiousness
should be shown. It was understood
by the Democracy of the State that no
outbreak should be made against the
different amendments to the Federal
Constitution. I thank you again for the
honor conferred upon me, of being the
standard-bearer in this campaign which
shall witness the victory Of the Democ-
raey in this Stats" 2"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

The Cincinnati Enquirer, apropos OF
"new departures" says; SIT has been
said that the Wing party in 1852 made
their platform as near like the Demo
cratic as possible. They died that year.
That was their last appearance in poll
tics"
The parallel will be very likely to
hold good this year. The "New Depart
ure" will deceive no Republican into be-
lieving that it means anything more
than an electioneering bait to catch
gudgeons; but it will cause widespread
dissatisfaction and division in the Dem
ocratic ranks, which will show its ex-
tent at the election, if not before. The
New York Herald, we think, takes the
correct view of its effect on the Demo
cratic party. The Herald says:
"But the effect upon the great cam
paign of 1872, considering the action
and influence of JEFF. Davis in the South
will be merely to divide the Democracy
into the old Northern and Southern par.
ties, and leave to the Republicans the
balance of power that secured to them
the election of Abraham Lincoln il
| 1861"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29
A Good Law.

Under the new law which gives to suf-
ferers by the sale of intoxicating liquors
the right to recover damages sustained
by the sale of liquor to husbands, the
women are doing more to prohibit the
flow of whisky than all the laws put to-
gether that have ever been placed upon
the statute books of Ohio. All over the
State, the poor unfortunate wives and
children of drunken husbands and
fathers are avaiIing themselves of the
benefits of this law, to defend themselves
from threatened starvation. The law is
a good one, and no one need fear its
penalties unless he wishes to violate the
law, and sell to his neighbor that which
beggars his family and steals from him
his senses and makes him lower than
the ebrute.-TColumbus Gazette.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29
Prepare for the struggIe


Upon the subject of circulating
Republican newspapers, the follow
ing from the New York Tribune is
eminently appropriate, and should
commend itself to the thoughtful
and active consideration Of leading
Republicans in every township in
the county.
awe urge upon active, earnest
Republicans in every State and
neighbOrhood, to prepare for the
struggle before US, in 1872, by get
ting Republican newspaper into
every family where it will be re-
ceived and read.-Push your county
or village paper in ease it is well
conducted, but some good Republic
can paper at any rate.-If the head
of that family will subscribe and
pay for it, so much the better, but
if not, and he will accept and read
it, send it to him anyhow.
OK Z. A quiet meeting Of earn
est Republicans in almost any
township will provide means O.
putting a Republican journal into
each family that might receive i
with welcome. Some would sub
scribe and pay for it if asked BY
any esteemed neighbOr other
would take it as a gift and regularly
read it."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29
Vision Of 1900.

Can any one realize the exceed
ingly probable fact that in 1900
only twenty-nine years from now
the population of the United States
will number $4,000, 900 Of, we trust,
free and Independent citizens2 Yet,
says the New York Evening Mail,
Mr.. Samuel F. Ruggles proves that
this will be the case, without max
ing allowance for aEnexations, North
and South, that will certainly come
about, Mr.. Sumner and others to
the contrary, notwithstanding. He
shows the reasons for bis proph-
eoy in figures, and although the old
saw that ''fgures won't Iie," is the
most unVeracious of proverbs, Mr..
Ruggles' figures have acquired a
REPUTATION Of their own, and a good
one at that. For the past thirty or
forty years be has been figuring
about our internal and domestic
commerce; ; although he has often
beer accused of rOmancing in 6g-
ure5, the facts have always sustained
his predictions. When, therefore,
the ablest, most experienced, and
most trustworthy statistician now
living, tells US that we shall have q
population of 75,OOO,OOO in 1900.
the younger part of the present gen
GRAFTON may as well consider what
awaits them in their maturity and
old age.
Seventy five millions of people in
the United States implies the settle
ment Of the entire South and West
by a dense population as that of
Massachusetts, the reclamation of
the arid wastes of the plains by irri-
cation ; the developement of States
as strong as Ohio, Indiana and Him
Ois, along the Rocky mountains; /;
the settlement of the Utah basin bv
four or five millions Of agricultural
| and pastoral people; the develop
ment of tier Of agricultural States
i along the northern border. from
Lake Superior to the Pacific, as poD-
ulOus and prosperous as Missouri
, and Minnesota the growth of the
l Pacific States into commonwealtbs
as rich and popuIous as that of New
! York and Pennsylvania. 1t means
that New York will cover the
7 whole Of Manhattan island with at
; least a population of two millions,
to say nothing of the outlying SUBJ
urbs in New Jersey and across the
East river that st. Louis and Chi
cago will each become, in all prob
ability, at least double its present
size, especially the former, and that
San Francisco will have half a mil
lion Of inhabitants. The national
debt viii have become a tradition.
! and it will be difficult to understand
how it was ever hard to raise three
or four millions a year by taxation.
= Such are the glowing visions which
D are excited by the prosaie and care
r full figures of Mr.. Ruggles. If any
e Of our readers are unduly "bearishD
e i'll their tendeneies,and inclined to
get the blues 6ver the future, we
advise them to indulge in the line
B, of speculation suggested by his
e striking statistics, and carry our
predictions more into detail.-TSt.
Louis Jour. Com.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29
An AWfnI Example.

Jefferson Davis needs hanging. His
incendiary speeches are disgraceful to
himself, the age, and the Democratic
party which fosters his mad ideas. He
ought to be booted out of the land he is
not worthy to live in, and deprived Of
the liberty which he seems to be unable
to appreciate.-[Marysville Tribune.
Hanging is too good for the arch rebel
brother Shearer. Better spare his life
and punish him more effectuaIly, by let.
ting him spout his vile treason, and using
him as an lawful Example" of the
danger of restoring the Democratic par,
ty to power.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

Nilsson, poor girl, has pocketed
only oae hundred and ffty-two
thousand dollars in this country
She loves America tondIy, and II
would not be inappropriate to say
that she is a dear one to u.s. Gin.
Com.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

The Dayton Journal says
"Mammoth measuring worms by
millions are infesting the trees Of
the forest, to the northward. They
.ase especially fond Of the leaves of
the oak, denuding the trees, in
many places. After devastating a
tree these lOathsome looking crawl
.ers let themselves down by means
of cobweb, which they spin as
they sail ; and striking the ground,
they work their way down into the
bowels of the earth, where they
doubtless await some wonderful
transfOrmatiOn-turn to butterflies
probably"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

The Revolution prints state
ment to the effect that nine-tenths
of the young men that are given to
prostitution 60 from the presence Of
their sweethearts and lady friends,
where their passions have been ex-
cited by silly smiles and loving nom
sense, aided, many times, By spiced
food and wine, to the embrace of
the courtesan.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

Lowell thus draws a lesson from
the foot prints and rain spots Of the
sandstone: Perhaps it was only
because the ripple and raindrOp and
bird were not thinking Of them
selves that they had such luck
The chances of immortality depend
very much on that.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29
THE ROSE.

Go, lovely Uosel
Tell her that wastes her time and me,
That now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee,
How sweet aud fair she seems to be.
Tell her that's young
And shuns to have her graces spied,
That had'st thou sprung
In deserts where no men abide,
Thou must have uncommended died.
Small is the worth
Of beauty from the light retired;
Bid her come forth
Suffer herself to be desired,
And not blush so to be admired.
Then die, that she
The common fate of all things are
May read in thee
How small a part Of time they share
That are SO wondrous sweet and fair.
= Edmund Waller, l605-l6s7
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29
ITari-Kari.

The Democracy have committed polit-
ical "hdTl-ka1T," in their "New Depart
ure" resolutions. For the chance OF
winning over a few Republicans who
are supposed to be not entirely satisfied
with the Administration, they have dis
gusted all the positive men and men OF
strong prejudices, in their own ranks,
who refuse to take down the nauseating
dose which has so often sickened their
political stomachs. They will not.con-
sent to go back on their lifelong record
against negro sufrage-at least not un-
til they are forced to do so. And all the
Republicans who can be fooled into sup
porting the Democratic party Oh a plat
form prepared by ValIandigham & Co.,
will not be enough to form a "negative
quantity"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29
A Warning 10 Girls Anxious
10 Marry,

A divorce case in one of our
courts, reported in yesterdays Ga
zette, should prove a warning to
young girls, or old girls for that
/ matter, who may be tempted to open
correspondence with strangers "with
a view to matrimony," or any other
view.
John r. Dabney, married man,
under the name of J. D. Platt and
F. M. Works, advertised for cores.
pondence with girls between the
age of II and 20, which was an
swered by quite anumber of females,
and in one case Dabney, under the
assumed name of Works, contracted
an engagement with a girl at Con-
nersville, Ind.
This Dabney, who is, Of course, g
worthless scuondrel, was turned out
Of a boarding house for non-pay-
ment of board, and a trunk belong
! ing to him retained by the landlord
This piece of furniture was subse.
'quently opened by his wife, and
among its contents were one hun
dred and fifty love letters, and q
number of photographs from girls
who had answered his advertise.
ment. These "documents" are in
the hands of lawyers, and were
made public in court. The news.
papers mercifully refrained from
giving particulars, otherwise the
foolish girls who wrote the letters
and furnished their photographs
might have been exposed.
Another case recently occurred
in this line which is also to be men
toned as a warning A man adver
tised for correspondence, and was
answered by a daughter Of respect
able parents. The correspondence
was continued, an engagement con
tracted and a day was finally
fixed for the wedding. At the ap
pointed hour the man drove up tC
the house in a carriage, met the
girl for the first time, was married
the pair got as far as Chicago OF
their wedding tour, where the gir
was deserted, and compelled to re
turn to her parents, broken-heartec
and disgraced.
We do not suppose any honest mai
ever advertised for correspondence
with a view to matrimony, or fol-
any other purpose, aud girls shoulc
regard all such advertisements a
frauds, to be avoided as they woulC
avoid the keeper Of common broth
el.-[Cincinnati Gazette.
That we are progressing there can b
no doubts 4 venerable and intelligen
citizen of pure African blood sat upo
the regular jury during the recent teri
( of court at Marietta, and what is NOR
singular than all else, he was not sob
iected" to once during his two week
term of service. His fellow jurors a
spoke highly of his intelligence an
Judgment.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

"Why do you oppose the giving
of the ballot to women ?" asked a
lady the other evening of a confirm
ed bachelor. "Excuse me, mad
am" replied he, "but I have not
sufficient confidence in their capac-
ity to conduct Government affairs" ="
"What evidence Of their mental in
feriority to mankind can you ad.
vance ?" queried the lady. GA sin
gle fact is enough to satisfy my
mind, and that is the frightful way
in which they do up their back
hair"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

DR.. Franklin recommends a
young man in the choice Of a wife,
to select her from a bunch, giving as
his reason that when there are many
daughters they improve each other,
and from emulation acquire more
accomplishments; and know more
and do more, than a single child
spoiled by parental fondness.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

Gen. CIuseret, known to theAmer-
leans by his connection with the
Union Army for a short time, and
his subsequent futile efforts to con-
duct a newspaper in New York
city, was shot in Paris, 9th ult., by
the Versaillists, thus closing his
erratic career.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29
Democratic Economy.

To give some idea Of the insincerity
of the Democracy when they make moan
about the heavy taxes and their corrupt
application, we give the following, taken
from the speech Of Gen. Harlan, RepuD-
Iican candidate for Governor in Ky. who
charges the bill Of expense to the Dem
ocratic administration:
You will thus see an enormous IN
crease of these two items Of expenses
Among the items Of expenditure for the
governors mansion in 1868, you viii
find some that will attract the attention
of the taxpayers of this commonwealth
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

The old Democratic argument-"DO
you want your daughter to marry mig
ger ?'-has passed away. The new "de-
parture" programme is, "My dear COL
ored friend, will you be so kind as to
marry my daughter-and vote my
ticket?" But the colored gentleman
will say, "NO, sir!"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29
Select Miscellany.
TO TIMID WORKERS.

Tie smallest thing may work for good;
For every glisteniug drop Of dew
That rounds about the bordering wood
In nature hath a part to do.
It's pearl may win a flower to birth,
The blossom thrive and scatter seeds,
And year by year the nursing Earth
With its fair children plant the mesds /;
Till kesn-eyed Notice fiud the flower
A use as wella beauty hath,
That in the fibre lives a power,
When drops the circlet on the path.
Twill lead to wider thought the world
While minist'ring to growing need;
And Use on Natures flag unfurled,
Fen heart-locked Prejudice will read.
Then think not thou little act
Too slight to lend a noble fact.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29
AFather's Retaliation.

vixen wife who, for the horsewhip's smart,
Ran to her father, begged he'd take her part;
''What is your fault ?" said he "come, state yOu
case"
"I threw some coffee in my husbands flce,
For which he beat me 2" "Beat you, did he?
'slifsl
He beat my daughter! POUNDS I'll beat his ,gfs %
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

Trenholm, ex-Confederate Secretary
of the Treasury, made speech at the
Taxpayers Convention in Columbia,
S. c., in which he accepted the situation,
and made the remark that, in view Of
all the circumstances, "the clemency OF
the North toward the South was such as
history furnishes few examples Of"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29
Whole No. 1881.


Little rilb make wider streamlets,
Streamlsts swell the rivers flow;
Rivers join the mountain billoWs,
Onward onward as they go
Life Is made Of smallest fragments,
Shade ahd sunshine, work and play, d.
So may W, With greatest profit,
Learn alittle sveTy day.
Tiny seeds make bOundless harests,
Drops Of rain compose the showers;
Seconds make the flying minutes,
And the minutes make the hoursl
Let US haiten, then, and catch them
5. As they pass ls on the way;
And with hotc-t, true endeayor,
Learn 3 lit ifsvery day.
Let US r. z 81 ne striking passage,
Gull aaowsf from every page;
Here ias, and there a sentence,
'Gainst the lonely time Of agei
At our work, or by the wayside,
While the aunshine's making hay
Thus we may, by help of study,
Learn little every day.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

The Australian gold fields are famous
for yielding large nuggets. In two years
there has been found in one mining dis
trict two nuggets, weighing Is pounds
each, one of II pounds, one Of 10 pounds,
four of 20 pounds each, one of % pounds,
one of "a pounds, one of p pounds, two
of 40 pounds each, one of 43 pounds, one
of so pounds, one of 81 pounds, and now
one of SO pounds. These statements are
officially verified.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

The Logan Republican, speaking OF
the Ewings, says: "The father, known
as the Salt Boiler, after a life of great
honor. all at once Johnsonized. And
the son. covered with glory, suddenly
turned Democrat TO oppose the Repub,
licans. Just then the Democrats sud
denly turned Republicans, and left him
ont in the cold"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

In reply to a young friend Ieav-
ing a town because some things in
it were not exactly to her taste or
content, an old lady of experience
said, "My dear, when you have
found a place where everybody and
everything are always pleasant, and
nothing whatever is dissagreeabIe,
just let me know, and III move
there too."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

Some curious theological antiquarian
has been ascsrta8ning the value Of Jobs
property. His real estate isset down at
s15O,OOO; his sheep, camels, oxen and
asses at SI75, 1000. No estimate is made
of the value of his turkey" about
which so much has been said and writ
ten.-[Columbus Journal.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

The $4,000 ''drummers" sent out
by the wholesale dealers of New
York, involve an expense of over
$50, 100000 a year, which comes
out of the people of the country.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

Brick Pomeroy's Democrat has been
discontinued. 1t ceased to be a paying
investment as people became wiser and
better, and having no further object to
accomplish, no purpose to fulfill, it has
passed away, and may now aptly be
classed with the follies of the past.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

Horace Greeley has accepted the invi-
tation of the Ohio State Convention of
Universalists, to be present at Akron on
the Fourth of July, and give the address
on the occasion of laying the corner
stone of Buchtel College, the new Uni
versalist institution located at Akron.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

"GRANDMA," said a shrewd child,
edo you want some candy ," 'Yes,
dear, should like some" "Then
if you'll buy some, III give you
half" said Polly.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

The New York Evening Post
says the local government of that
city will cost over s4O,OOO,OOO, the
present year, or S43 a head. How
is that for high?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

BABIES. - Babies are such initiative
animals, and cling so tenaciOusly to
what they learn, that fond mothers
should be careful to address them in
sound, grammatical English. The non
sensical talk INDUCED in by devoted pa
rents is said to induce great backward
ness in the acquisition of language by
the babe
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-06-29

LOOK TO TIT becomes apparent
more and more every day, says the
New York Herald, that the concentra-
ton of railroad interests in this country
is developing a power which will prove
both dangerous and irresistible, unless
Congress soon interposes its authority
to restrain and control it.