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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-12-15

This Confederate House is making some
queer precedents. On Monday it ruled
that two members-elect, one from Colorado
and one elected in place of Mr.. Blaine,
holding certificates of their election, could
not be admitted until Speaker had been
elected. One would suppose that one of
the highest privileges and rights of Rep
resentatiye was to have voice in the cleo
ton of Presiding Officer; but this Demo-
cratic House ruled that new members
could not come in until a Speaker had
been elected. In a close division of parties
this novel way Of excluding Representa-
tives might fix the election of Speaker by
minority. But when did the Democratic
party have the slightest regard for law or
representation OF personal rights, when
they stood in the way Of any party purpose.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-12-15

The joint rules Of Congress upon which
Tilden and his followers hung their hopes
in the House contest, are, by the rulings
Of the President of the Senate, defunct,
and this decision of Mr.. Ferry is sustained
so to 4. This is inexpicable, and the fierce
ones Of the House cannot understand, why
the Democratic Senators, with but four ex-
ceptions, should vote 10 bury the hopes of
the Tildenites in the same grave with the
Rule. The discovery that
these rules were not in force, has been a
grievous disappointment to some of the
faithful, and they are hardly willing to
come to that conclusion, and Speaker Ran
dali will no doubt think that the exercise
of little Of that tenacity which has deter
mined to carry every point-''at all haz-
ards"-in this campaign, may be servicable
in this matter, and so refuse to recognize
the fact that another, and perhaps the last,
prop has been knocked away from the Re-
formers hOpes-the house that Jack built.
Alasi Misfortunes never come singly.
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the kind IN the IU0rLd."
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In Honey Comb Crochet and Marsees at $780, 125, 15O

Brown COttOnS,
Bales Brown Cotton, been selling at 64c for ...5e
Bales Brown Cotton, been selling at SC, for .64c
Bales Brown Cotton finest been selling at 1Oc, &c
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There is bitter irony in the fact that
the man who proposed to get into the pres
idency as reformer, has done more than
any other leading politician to demoralize
the political sentiment of the country and
make merchandise of principle. The eff
frontry Of such man-whose history has
been blended with nearly sll the gigantic
swindles Of the country-sprpasses com
prehension. The campaign, which has been
advised and managed by himself, has been
carried on by the most consummate, reck-
less and mischievous plotting that was ever
brought to bear in any previous one in the
history Of the government. Deception and
fraud, corrupt Vaccinations, bribery, in
timidation, violence, cruelty and blood
shed, are among the resorts brought into
play. The aim has been SUCCESS, and no
means, however dishonorable, or however
destructive of the foundations of free in
stitutions, havenot restrained the determin-
alton to achieve that success. If wrong and
crime are the elements of national weak
ness and destruction, this campaign has
been fearful stride toward dissolution.
All the worst passions of human nature
have been appealed to, and the worst ele-
ments of society have been the agents used
tocarFy out the designs of the man recog-
nized as without an equal in craft, and all
in the name Of reform? But while the
wicked seem to prosper, their end is de-
struction. Tilden has been disappointed,
and the country is safe. He has had his
lay, and there is little ground TO fear that
-he attempt viii be made to repeat him.
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Linen Goods.

We have just made extraordinary purchase Table Linens
and Napkins for the Holidays that elegant design
We call especial attention to this line of goods for going sell
them at prices that will astonsh the closest buyers
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We have . Winter on the Nile" by Gen McCLEL-
Ian; Saunterings about ConstantinoDle," by
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER; "Out of NY Win
dow at Moscow" by EUGENE ScHUTLER; IAN
Ametican in Turkistan," etc. Three serial stO-
ries are announced:
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Case of GINGHAMs, Fast Colors, e3-4c
WaterprOOfS.

5 pieces WaterprOofs, worth 9Oc for. ....... zoe
worth $1.OO fol. r.......... 75e
5 Blue and Gray, worth sl.25, for -. s1OO
We have large stock of above goods, and will
sell them 20 per cent. cheaper than we have been
selling same goods.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-05-11
Bridge Notice.
AuDrron's OFFICE, Highland Coanty, ohio,l

AUDIToH's OFFICE, Highland Coanty, Ohio,l
Hillsborough, April s, 1876. (
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the
- Office of the County Auditor, until 10 O'Clock
NJ, Mnv 81, 1876, for furnishing the material, and
constructing the following Highway Bridges:
On. sc-ass Brush Creek, near the residence of
Job Haigh, a clear span of One Hundred QO0)
feet, and clear roadway of Sixteen (l6) feet.
One across Whiteoak Creek, at Sonners Mil, of
a clear span of Ninety (90) feet, aud clear road
way of Sixteen 1G) feet.
One across Clear Greek, on the jamestown Road.
near the residence of William Fenner, of a clear
span of Ninety t9a) feet, and clear roadway of
Sixteen (6) feet. And
One across Whiteoak Creek, near the residence
of II. G.. Dawson. of clear span of Sixty (6O)
feet, and clear roadway of Sixteen Q6) feet.
Bidders viii be required TO furnish their own
plans for superstructure, accompanied with speci-
fcatiOns, showing and setting forth the nature,
quality and size of materials to be used in the
ton of the Bridge, the strength of the structure
when completed, and the separate cost of base and
superstructure, when any proposal includes both,
and also, whether there is any patent right on the
proposed plan, or on any, and if any, what part
thereof
The plans for the masonry can be seen at this
office.
Bidders are also invited to make Proposals for
furnishing all the materials, and performing all
the work, or such parts thereof as they may see
proper.
Bidders will understand, that in the making of
flls no filling will he allowed to be made nearer
than ten feet to the ahutments, until after said
abutments are completed
The bids will be opened and the contracts award
ed, i'm accordance with the law in such case made
and provided.
The masonry of said Bridges will be required to
be completed on or before the LIST day of Septem-
her, 1876, and the superstructure on or before the
10th day of September, 1876. The Commissioners
the right for just cause, to reject any or all
bids.
By order of the Commissioners.
EDWARD NJ. DE BRUIN
Auditor Highland County, Ohio.
April s, 1876. apl5w6
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-05-11
Tisborougl Highland County, Ohio, Thursday 1876

and people and nation" of this Prov
ince, a flock which, by the power Of
God, is increasing every day.
We rejoice exceedingly that your
Royal Highness las honored this
country with your presence, for, as
subjects of Her Most Gracious Males
ty the Queen, in addition to that
prosperity which all the people of
this country derive from Her Males
tvs government, we have received
even greater blessings under British
rules, namely, those spiritual bless
ing, which are imperishable, and far
better than this worlds treasures.
God has now given US a most vel
come opportunity of offering to the
Heir Apparent to the Throne of this
country a tribute of our devotion
and respect, and of assuring your
Royal Highness how deeply We feel
indebted to these Christian people,
of whose labors and self-denials we
are the fruit. We have been called
to God by foreign Missionaries, who,
in giving US spiritual instruction
and support, have displayed an ener
gy and endurance which the Christ
ians of India in generations to come
will not forget. For, although
this Government does not in any
way interfere with religious belief,
still Christian people have found IN
der British rule an opportunity of
proclaiming in this country the
Word of God, which has been the
means of great blessing to other
lands, and by which the darkness of
this land and is being gradually re-
moved, and light and purity are be-
ing dfiused.
With great pleasure and thankful
ness, we beg that your Royal High
ness will be graciously pleased to &C
cept copies of the Sacred Scriptures
in Urdu, Persian, Punjab and AT
ghani, which have been translated by
foreign Missionaries for our benefit,
and we pray that the rule of Her
Most Gracious Majesty, the Queen,
whose piety and holy life are an ex-
ample to her subjects, may be estab-
lished and prolonged, and also that
the divine protection may ever be
vouchsafed to your Royal Highness,
that you may be enriched with beav-
enly blessings, and in all things glori-
fly God, through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
The above address was gracefully |
acknowledged by one of the Princes
officers. J. A. n.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-05-11

By the death of Miss Julia B.
Newberry, Chicago receives about
four million dollars for the purpose
of founding public library.
So say our exchanges, and we
hope the statement is true, for the
sake of the rising generation of the
great city of the Lakes. The lady
who thus wisely disposed of her
wealth will be remembered as a pub
lie benefactor long after her body
has mouldered into dust. She could
have left no more noble or enduring
monument to perpetuate her name
and memory to future ages. Would
that some wealthy citizen of our
"Model Town might emulate her
example, by making handsome do
nation to our Public Library, and
thus hand his or her name down to
posserity.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-05-11
Correspondence of the New
Southwest Texas.

Southwest Texas is not much of
an agricultural country. Very little
rain falls during May, June, July and
August, not enough usually to make
good crops of corn. Wheat does
moderately well, and oats in good
seasons yield enormously.
This has been a pretty fair season
to this date, but rain is beginning
to be needed. Wheat and oats har-
vest will begin in ten days or two
weeks.
This is not q fruit country, that is,
not much of q fruit country. Have
not seen an apple OF cherry tree for
months. Peaches do very well, but
have not seen many trees. Figs are
about as common as any other fruit
They are now nearly full grown, and
would be ripe, but the early ones
were nipped by the heavy frosts
about the last of March. No straw
berries here, no currants, and 1 have
seen no blackberries, althoug they
may grow.
Sweet potatoes do well. Cotton
makes from half bale to a bale per
acre. The business of this section
is stock raising, cattle, sheep ard
horses. The sheep interest just now
is taking the lead. There are also
some goat ranches. Horses, wild
upon the prairie, are worth from ten
to fifteen dollars, or about the same
as cattle. Sheep are worth, for com
mon native stock, about two dollars.
A good many fine sheep are being
brought into the country. In bring
ing stock of any kind here from 9th
er countries, great care has to be ia.
ken of it for year or so to keep it.
No stock, except wor k horses and
milk COWS, is fed grain in winter,
that is, native stock. No grasses that
grow in Ohio grow here. The sum-
mers are too hot and dry for timo-
thy, blue grass, or clover. Mesquit,
of several varieties, grows here the
year round, and sage grass.
Here near San Antonio, gardens
are irregated from the San Antonio
river, and produce abundantly As
remarked in previous letter, there
are no farms worthy of the name of
farms, near this city. For miles
around the country is covered with
large growth Of Mesquit, and after
leaving the city limits one may ride
in some directions for miles without
seeing any improvements.
Yesterday we rode down the west
bank of the river five miles, to the
San Jose Mission, then east across
the river to another old Mission, and
in perhaps eight miles of the ride we
dill not pass but one improved place!
1t is said that one hundred years
ago thousands of acres now unoccu-
pied were in high state of cultiva
ton. This was when Texas was
part of tie Spanish Mexican posses
sions, when Uncle Sans domain was
smaller and more sparsely populated
than now.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-05-11
Whole No. 2OS5.
[For the News.
Battle of Shiloh = State
ment of a Soldier Who
Was There,

In the News of the 9th of last
January I saw a letter calculated to
lead people to believe that General
Sherman was surprised at the battle
of Shiloh. Now, in behalf of Gen.
Sherman, I will just say that 1 can
not see how he could possibly have
been surprised under the circum-
stances, from the fact that on the
Thursday before the battle of Shiloh,
which took place on Sunday, April
9th, General Buckland was sent out
with scouting party, with his brig
ade-the Seventieth and Forty
eighth Ohio, and others. Company
A of the Seventieth Ohio was in
front, and we Company A) drove in
the rebel pickets, and heard the long
roll beat IN the rebel camps, when
we were ordered to fall back and
prepare for battle. As for Colonel
Parker, only seeing indications of
the rebels perhaps did not alarm him
much, but we saw the Johnnies and
drove them in, and then fell back
some distance until evening, when
we were ordered by General Buck
land to fall back to the brigade,
which we did, followed by the rebels
On the following morning Frday)
they made an attack on our pickets,
which were reinforced by our own
men, and considerable skirmishing
took place, and several wounded men
were brought into our camp. Yet
still it is said we were surprised,
although each day we were fighting
the rebels, until Sunday morning.
To say that General Sherman was
surprised is disgrace to the noble
heroes who laid thick on the bloody
field of Shiloh, and an insult to those
who survived. It is true that the
rebels came out In force early on
Sunday morning, and 1 know our
long roll beat before we all got
breakfast; but what of that? Would
any man of good sound sense dare
to say that, after three or four days
of picket fighting, General Sherman
was surprised? That can not be, as
be must have known that the enemy
was there, and in full force.
Your correspondent, ''M.,' states
that he was on the camp ground of
the Forty eighth Ohio ten days after
the battle, and saw where the rebels
camped, not more than two or three
miles from our camp, and that the
enemy was undiscovered. That is a
great mistake, and very unreasonable
to suppose.
In conclusion must repeat that,
after the rebels had been driven into
their camp by our scouts, who heard
their long roll beaten, and after
fighting with them three days before
the great battle on Sunday, 1 truly
think that "M." must be wrong in
saving that General Sherman was
surprised at Shiloh.
1 subscribe myself,
A MEMBER OF 10th o. V. l.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-05-11
Republican Central Com
naiffRa

Republican Central Com
mittee.
At meeting of the Committee held list
Saturday, it was decided to change the day
of the regular monthly meetings from the
first to the last Saturday in each month, at
/ o'clock P. NJ. The next regular meeting
will be held on Saturday, Nay %.
A full attendance of the members of the
Committee, both from town and country,
at the next meeting. is earnestly desired, as
the time for holding the County Conven-
ton, and other important business, will be
bcought up for consideration.
The following members we're added 10
the Committee:
Brushcreek tp.-North Precinct-J. G..
Eubanks South Precinct-W. W. A Rey-
nolds. H. N. Easton, ames Patton, Samp-
son Williams.
Clay-John Shockey, Lewis Marconett,
G. W. Martin.
Dodson-J. w. Henderson, Thos. Mont
gomery, George A. Behring, Daniel Muir
phv.
Pern-A E. johnson, John Hansbrougb,
A. McNicoll, c. Lewis.
1t is urgently requested that the remain
ing townships fill up their representation
in the Central Committee before the next
regular meeting.
By order of Committee.
T. A. WALKER, Chm'n.
J. L. BoARDMAN, Sec'y.