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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-04-20
1 DEMONSTRATIONS NOTICE Not

A DMgEISTRATOR's NOTICE. Notice
IA shereby given, That Letters Of admins
tration on the estate Of David Nelson, dcceusd,
having been granted TO tho undorsrn,l, aii per
sons Indebted to snid estate are required 10 make
immsIiate pgymouL ard those having claims
sgsinst ihe same viii present .Lgm duly uu,heuG-
Gated fcr settlement
JOHN NELSON, Admir-
Goshen ip., Mar. l6, 1891.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-04-20

4 ndrew Marks, ! In Common Pleas Of Clear
n VS. Geld County. Subpoena sar
Sarah J. Marks. Biporcc. The undersigned
commissioner appointed by the Court to take tes-
timony in this case, will attend 70 the duties oihis
onrojEtmcnt on Thursday, april 2Sth, 1861, be-
tween :he hours Of 9 a. m, and p. M, at tho Of
flee Of r. J. Wallace, Esq in ClearGod, when
and where all parties interested may attend.
W'm. u. MCCULLOUGH
March 3Oth, 1864, It. Commissioner.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-04-20

4 IsT or RETAILERS Foreign and DO.
4 4 mcslic Merchandise, Liquors, &C., iu Clear.
Geld county i0r lhU year ls0I subject 20 tho pay.
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condensed Milk.

w.. .;y. the following process 'or cond".,.
;,,,. milk. bv which irmHy he GAINED up ,n
,,. % ,Lc soldiers in the field. 'Know:ss.
.t.u, .y,sricncc how good cup Of coffee witt
~. IN !, is after taking it clear" for &,
r,,, wc urSc the G''''ilics Of soldiers 'O,r
maxim. and provide the boys in the field viii
:. c,.,m for their coiIte":
Place two quarts Of new milk in a srssi
, slow iir, stir il TO prevent b'nnins,
owe! !; is about the thickness Of ertan! Id!
''',." ,,",nl Of <uyar, little at i'nH' stirring
CIV n.,,ntlv until it becomes timex and AiE.
r con-, '"rr,d on i plate and dry i'll tho Oven ..
'"r" s ~, row,lcr with y knife or spoon; l,
Sa'''' L ' sen, in papers, and serves for bo'l
r '";i,; y" md sugar when dissolved in coffee o.
va =, our dairy women try it, and they vii
yct the thanks Of the sanitary ''"' tn
sO!licr>. 49, - -
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The Progress Of Petroleum.

For about two years, says the New York
EonohU@, the PennSylvanianS had been
amaSSin. great wealth from the oil discover
les of the Allegheny river During 1863,
two millions of barrclS Of oil, worth twenty
millions Of dollars, had been raised upon land
that two years before had no value beyond
that of common farming property This rap
id accumulation Of wealth presented changes
for speculation too attractive to he neglected
by the financial operators Of New York : and
we have, therefore, now general rush OF adj
venture towards the oil wells.
During the last three months, about sixty
new oil companies have been organized in
this city, with par capital each, varying
from two hundred thousand to five million
dollars The oil region has been crowded
with eager buyers Of Petroleum properties.
and lands yielding oil, or that gave the faint
est promise Of yielding when bored, have been
sold for fabulous prices.
1t would be far from just to pass all indiS-
crininate condemnation upon the Investment
Of capital in oil properties. The petroleum
interest unqucstionably rcposeS upon broad
basis. Tho product yields the best illumin-
1llie, Ou SfSI uSSO diiNl lllSlS 10 ShSlJ iSh-
son to expect that, rs it becomes more gen
orally known throughout the world, the de-
mand will increase very fur beyond its prsen,
limit
Beside this, it has acquired an established
use for dying, cleaning and lubricatins pur-
poses. The demand for Petroleum, there
fore, has broad and enduring basis. The
permanence Of the supply has been probably
much more matter Of speculation than it
need to have been for it ill COMFORTS with
the vast profuSion Of the products of nature
to suppose the subtcrrancous reservoirs that
yield the fluid can be carly exhausted by any
drain that is likely to be made upon them.
1t is almost impossible to name any natural
product, capable Of being used to promote
human comfort, the supply Of which has
been exhausted by mans consumption. In
the absence OF actual evidence as to the re-
sourScs Of the oil wells this is the only araila-
Die argument in favor Of 4 permanent supply
but being reason based upon the analogy
Of nature and the benevolence that charac-
tcrizes all the provisions for human wants,
it it worthy Of more than trivial consldera-
ton
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Gallipolis Correspondence.

EDS. JOURNAL Through a friend,
| received copy Of the new kanawha
paper to-day and read it with a good
deal Of interest. There arc several
things about it like very much. 1t
seems to be well gotten up m"chn"icoly;
it not only looks new, but bright,
cheerful and inviting,-thc very kind
of paper 10 spend an odd hour or two
in looking over. 1t is we'll sustained so
far as L can judge from the copy before
me ; and, If kept up to the present
notch will make very readable family
paper. 1 like its spirit, and if the
Editors devote themselves to the objects
proposed-as l have no doubt they will
they will do good work in develop.
ing the rich resources of our famous
Valley, and Of rc.cstablisbing loyalty in
that part Of our new State.
Not that 1 would intimate that loyal.
ty has departed thercfrom, become dc.
fuuct, or even unsettled, for my solemn
conviction is that there is no portion Of
our country more loyal than West Vir.
GINA, and no portion of West Virginia
more loyal than Kanawha. Ofcourse l
don't include the copperhcad clc.
mcnt, with their sympathizing friends
who have been upon every side Of every
question that has arisen in that region
since the war commenced, and who are
ready to make any sacrifice even to what
has been: esteemed as principle, that
they may hold on to the loavcs and
fishes and lord it over the heritage of
the people, In one respect they arc
somewhat like an ancient gentleman Of
rare virtues, Of whom we read in very
excellen. book, they become all things
to all men that they may mnlx son'e-
M;ng. If the devil was to offer them
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law Of the Kingdoms o; the "'''0' ,
'"' -, No terms he did the Saviour o.
the world, wouldn't like to stan" S0''
t. for their virtue. ,,o
No, sir, don't include these |" NV
,.oI clement Of West Virginia, ""' ~
+ m;,b i, understood that the loyal re"'
J., measure their snuff in such SH""'
hoxcs. or by such standard. I''s on,
,r,r,unc that We have been mca<N'e'
50 long by the false standard OF 10y -''
h,, those men have raised up. S':a"s'
er< coming among US are apt 10 '''' '"'O
the hands Of coppcrhcad society ana art
n,1e to believe that they tthe copper
he.dN are the leading Union mcn o'
the place. and to listen to conversation
nrotrssedly neutral, but spiccd and
seasoned with strcaks Of hc"<"", and
they 20 away and report that there Is
no real loyalty in the kanawha Valley
met minister the other day VINO
had been on a visit 10 his brothers IN
Charleston, and heard him make tie
following remark:
"Sir, you have no hy""y, that Is
what re call %yrly, in Charleston
why I was introduced to some OF your
leading men" as good Union men,
and invited 10 preach. but said the
officer Of the church, you must be care
full and not say anything upon the war
or in favor Of the Union, its injurious
to the church. Now sir, such Union
men are 4 curse 70 the cause" And ,ha;
man went away impressed that there
was not true Uniou man in Charles
ton.
Sir, !, is our misfortune that our loyal
t. has so long been governed by such a
standard; hope you will firmly main
tain your position upon the great qucs'
tons a, issue before the people of West
Viry inia, and 90 much in developing
the resources Of our new State by bring.
ing capitalists among us, ard also in
correcting the errors in public opinion
hy showing that the masses Of the bcanii'
ral Nanawha arc sound upon the Union
AAEcN.
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In connection with is newspaper DEPART
mca:, the ln;cliigcnccr has one Of IL" lar."s;
and most completely furnished Job Printing
Establishments west Of the mountains. II
employs three steam presses. Ill sors Of
hmhk workshops binding ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
lc;-aook aud card printing, ara done cheap
y and cNrr>!l;;ous!y. Tie r.ini;n: for the
Safe 0: Wei; VIRGINIA is now done a, tbs
establishment.
Hlanks and blank books for The u,c O.:
ShcrIilS County Recorders ard County Treas
urer> arc done at Xxi: Office in the mos, corr
rect and workman.likc manner, cheaper Than
they can ne done elsewhere.
For further particulars: address;
CAMPBELL & MDERMOT,
WHEELING, WEsr Va.
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WHEELING INTELLIGBNCER
n.,;,y. 'Tri-NV".'kly. and W""Kly.

D.,;Iv. I'ri-\N."'kly. ana w ""Nly.
Tur Inrcilicenccr has the largest circnls.
ZION Of any paper In the Stnte; its colnm'
r,,.,;u greater amount of reading matter
,ul cabracc regularly the proceedings Of
Congress- and the West Yirgina Legislature,
when in session, and al The late news and
General ;c!csraphic dispatches up TO the hour
o: going to press. g
II !. mailed at tic above ratios in time Tor
inc carly rains, and their CONNECTIONS, to all
rar:. .! West Virginia, and is also sold Oh
II. cars. ard generally by news dcalors in
the towns AMI villages.
rs principles are. and always have been,
vy;o.p,r:"xAL CxioSisI. ]: gives TIE Gov
crn.ica, np halfway support. ~.
!: Wa. the only daily paper in the State
that resisted Secession first, isst, and all the
,;,ac: and that called upon the people 10 rally
a: The ,a.i> and in arms asains: il.
I /, WAS the frs, paper to advocate the for
nation OF the new State. Its labors and ser.
vices before ,he public and before Congress
i. :ha, behalf, are a. familiar ~ "housclo!d
wor,.s" to all wc=, virginians who read.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER le, 1864.
hTI is indeed 4 "srcat wty' that Lieut..

6J 1t is indeed great pity' that Lieut..
Hawkins could not be got ont Of the Valley
.~ne way. He seems 4" much in the way
here. However, We are informed that he can
get along without the Republicans PITY; but II
its editor thinks Company + needs protec-
tor from Charleston, perhaps he might le in
d,lccd to "yo ~ SubStitute"-thc surgeons
having repeatedly reported the Lieutenant
unfit for field ;luty. We thank the Repnbdcan
for its interest in the "adornmcnt" Of our
columns and the Jiograply Of the Lieutenant.
He is much tlattcrci by its intimated wish for
his death.
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Nuts for our Lawyers to Crack

People often labor under the mistaken idea
that an Editor knows every thing" and ask
and expect answers to many questions which
would "pnzzle n judge" to answer. Now we
admit that the press should be the medium
Of wholesome information as we'll rs the mir
ror Of thought" and it shall be our purpose
to give all the information we can gather; but
the following queries which have been handed
us being little too deep in law for us, are
respectfully referred to those gentlemen in our
place whose profession is law, or to any others
whom it may concern, and We hope they will
kindly give us the benefit Of their views in
solution Of said queries, through the columns
Of the JoURSAI. 1t will be seen that these
queries all refer to the laws governing the
State Of Matrimony, though we are assured
that knowledge Of said laws is necessary to
successful "practice" in the now state Of West
Virginia
l. Is it good cause for divorce. if a hus-
band braycly @ runs away with the rrhcl$.
and leaves his dcfencelcSS wife to the tender
mcmics Of the nasty Yankees" and u bogus
State?
9. If parties heated by passion or rebellion
leave Kanawha and 20 to Grccnbrier, or any
other county in this state where no organized
government exists except perhaps, assumed
authority from the rebel powers at Richmond,
and there go through the forms Of a pretended
marriage, what is their real status? Are they
husband and wife, or arc they not?
3. IL they return to this county, and CO.
habit aS man and wife, are they, or not, OBJ
noxous to chapter 196 Of the code Of 1860,
which prcscribcs the punishment for unlawful
marriages, and other offences against morality
and dcccncy?
4. If the rebel army should gain temporary
sway, for even month or so, over this or any
other county Of this State, and parties heated
with passion and rebellion, should embrace
that opportunity to 90 through the forms OF
q pretended marriage, without license from
the recorder, and without the solemn perform
ance Of minister or other officer authorized
by tho laws Of this state to celebrate the rites
Of matrimony, what would DO their status ?
And would they, cohHbiting rs man and wife
in this county or state, be obnoxious to the
Same chapter Of the code?
s. Should issue follow the supposed actingS
and doings in either case, what would be its
status? And whether would it be called, not
rs tho lawyers sometimes say, ~ulE"s GM"s,
but after jacob or ESau?
These quene, may soon become practical
realities, in these extraordinary and cyentfus
times which secession has brought about and
should therefore DO carefully considered, and
correctly and discteetly answcred,-sincc the
wsll-being of society may bc seriously affected
thereby. Our columns are opcn-let the pa
triots and s,scs speak: lot the people hear
the truth.
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Fer lie "Wrs, VIRGINIA .lnnrI,.i. ="
KaNaWha Valley.

lchr! and Traitor are terms that >hond
DC revolving TO every American citizen; hHi
how different are the feelings Of Il large p"r-
ton Of our people, who unhluShingly achaow!-
edge they are Rebels against the land that
ave them birth. and r;j";cc AZ the slaughter
aul blood shed ly their fellow coun,rymrn.
This Si,;ri, Of rebellion is III epidemic q!
the most malignant form; it pcnc!latc> into
every aocai"n Of man, in nature, politics
%nd religion. Even old Noah, the namrS;,kc
Of the builder Of the ark of ancient days. is
not free from lis influence. 1t enters the
shop and attacks the. Smith, and tie block
that the anvil rests upon. 1t enters the hos.
pi,al, among the sick, the dying. and Tic dead,
and takes possession Of the Wards |; roariS
over the forest, and selects for It's victims the
Oaks and the Beaches. Even two of the
color$ Of the artist arc blcalrl by this dis.
raSc-thc White and the Brown. II enters
the private dwellings Of our land, and takes
possession of the Chambers. 1t has brra,hcd
It's foul breath upon the seasons Of the year,
and polluted the Summers. Even the hcau-
tiiul Brooks Of our valley have become CESS
pools and the llak as It ,lcSccnd> from above
has lost its virtue and minglcs its element in
the polluted Brooks. The once beautiful
Parks, where the deer and elk played and
"ambulcd, arc now deSolatcd by this epidemic
Even the Woods shows the ravagcs of this
disease in his whitcned head and cmaciatcd
form. The Rusts that accumulate upon the
iron show the pcstifcrouS influence Of trca-
son. One Of the ridges Of our mountains
tells Of the blight that has passed over it.
1t is called Dod-ridgc. Even tho berries Of
our valley show signs of being Stuns by this
vcrmu. These berries are commonly called
Shrws-bcrricS.
This deadly drug has been mixed III the
malt liquor calIod Porter. On poca there is
a bean, called Jayjay Bean, that is rotten a,
the corc--is perfectly worthless, because Of
the blight Of the epidemic Of rebellion, and is |
thrown aside by all intelligent farmers. 4
few miles below town is creek called J. l.. |
Davis Creek, the very tainted waters Of which
arc fit habtations for lizards and gamers. In
Kanawha whisky is sold by the drink, but
in Dixie they poke it TO fellow by the gal
lon. The Groves once were 4 resort for pleas
urc-now treason turks beneath their shade. |
The Swans once so beautiful and so white, !
are now loathsomc and disgusting. The
victims of this horrible disease search the
Enquirer at Knights to prop up false hopes,
that others will become even as they are, and
have come to love the darkness Of Knight, |
because their deeds arc evil. The men that
split the rock from the mountain side, called
Quarters, caught this malignant epidemic
and have fled to their fathcrland Well did
they sustain the name Of the first battlefield
on Kanawha, called Scarcy, rs the farther
they run the more, frightened they werr,
which added speed 10 fright. The King Of
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MESS:s. EnIT0gS THE Presidential Flee
ton here passed of quietly, resulting in Us
votes for Lincoln, and for Mcclellan.
Under our hf'ot system, it is impossible TO
tell who voted for whom, hut we know Of
me ma0 in or village who is SO celebrated
for his copSer-iM propcnSi;ics, that we would
guess every time that he is the man who cast
the Copperhcad vote. SOLDIER.
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G VIZ have just received a letter from
Chaplain HARPER, Of the 18th West Virginia
Regiment, but too late for this weeks issue.
1t will appear in our next. The regiment
WAS at MartinSburg, being part OF train
guard; but had not yet been paid oil.
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Scene at the Polls.

FhrIouyht'l StGer.-Can vote here?
Inspector Of Eterso".-Do ycq live in this
Township?
T. S.-My wife does; IH:s IN h> s>r,tce!
FHc had come all the way from HarpcrS
Ferry to vote at home; and he pollcl his
vote for Old Abe, and thu Union for which he
had been fighting nearly three years.
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PROS PECTUS
OF TIE ,.'..
MsEt 2(jT9(nia d)onrnal.

HE Undersigned, upon the urgent n,oucSt
Of many of the mo,r prominent ncouli,;op,l
| mon citizens Of this place, have undertaken
the publication Of the NEST vlrGIy,, Jo,.v-
NAL, Weekly Newspaper devoted to Enter.
'rrprI>e, I'll" Peoples Interests, anil the Union
We cannot, i'll the space usually allotted ~
" Prospectus, elaborate the principles wh;.,,
S''''l govern us in conducting the JOURNAL
""i VIII announce briefly, that it shall lc
)" ''r Is politics is concerned, IN uycoyr.
''"HM l S'"S PAPER, and al answering I'd.
."c''e o' a" me''"'tS necessary to the crush.
"'s anu total destruction Of the Rebellion.
we shall also take deep interest in the
LOCAL AFFAIRS Of this section, especially Of
our New State, which We believe !. ,,,,,:
% become one Of the shining stars in ou
nations glorious galaxy, and shall culc,vor T.,
'''"s |" the notice Of Capitalists and the nco.
Pic the untold resources Of Mineral W.,,T,
as we'll as the great capacities for Acrimonious,
pursuits TO be found in the Kap,wh. v,m'
anu adjoining districts, as also our >r,,,;
''c'i'''cS Tor the cheap transportation Of ;,s
various products to a good market. V 40
II VIII be our aim to make Ito ,Jorpx,,
not only a profitable paper to the bus;r.s.
man. but also, by judieioqs selections and
VI '''''' contributions OF moral and rl;.;omS
RAGING to make it an interesting and instruct.
w. ''.,l FAMILY SEvsrAgEH,-a wide awake alive.
lEapcr'-np to the spirit and needs ortbc ,;,nos
Uu' en-. erect Shall be Education, Improvement
"s ''''"'S %f tie People, and Tue UNION.
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,ns South died Of this >'"" , %',,.'> Y" t
having been m 1 1%s' "a i, i: drought the
s"." r q" meet s r ,i* s.a, 's'> ', .,,er
is hereditary in that '"'T TIs.. i. srr
crop of Cotton n'' Il ,:"".e which i'a5i'. tn" tn,
K"a"""' "''I w., Unfortunately the r"';'!fs
70: , ii. d*ra|. hay, poisoned The whole % ';x.,
81 ,:. '",' III, fearful epidemic. o l"' " "r,
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W Ono has furnished nearly 10000
soldiers since the war commenced, anu her
people decide cmphatically, by the vote for
Lincoln, that the lives Of her dead SONS were
not sacrificed in vain.
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,... VIZ v ere pleased to notice how pleas
~ w. SHIELDS new store looks, which he
:'' c,,;,.. M with. new stock of so~ls. j,
certainly WILDE the fines, store IN Charleston
Call and sec II. -.. -
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0JWc understand that McClcllan'S rcsis-
nation reached Washington on the 9,h inst,
election day. We are not informed whether
lie resigned his hopes for the Presidency at
the same time Or not, but he might as we'll
have done so!
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~ Before the discovery of oil i'll Venonso
county, Pa, land sold for $500 per acre
which now commands $1,000 per acre.
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The State ticket will average in tho time
counties 2,4lO. Whalcy's majority in the
same is GO. Stacks majority over Newton
is l3l without Clay and Nicholas from
which We were unable to get official returns.
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House Of DELEGATES.

BAPTIST GILMORE is elected to he House
from Mason, and j. ). M'EEIS and ". II.
SHAW from Putnam. In Kaawhm Dr. W..
MARS and Dr. ). PATRICK are elected.
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O-Thcrc will be no Union and only "A
Democratic members in the next Congress.
Uncle Abe will be we'll supported.
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o. WM. l.. lIlSpMAN was chosen Clerk Of
the Board Of Supervisors vice +. \. Lowell
resigned.
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OH wells have been struck in Southern
Ohio and Northern Kentucky. OF course
there is 4 great excitement in that region
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c.-wr are glad to see that the County
is having new fence built around Inc Court
House yard.
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W The capital Of oil companies now
existing, is estimated at $6S,OQN0OO.