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The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-23

AN orF-HAND JoKE.-A sturdy sur
geant being obliged to submit to the am.
putation of his hand, the surgeon offered
to administer chloroform as usual ;; but
the veteran. ref used, saying, "if the cut
ting vas to be done on him he wanted to
see it" and laying his arm on the table
submitted to the operation without sign
Of pain except firmer setting OF his
teeth as the saw struck the marrow
The operator. as he finished, looked at
his victim with admiration, and remark
ed
"You ought to have been surgeon
my man"
II ,cas the next thing to one before
enlisted" said the hero.
"What was that?" asked the doctor.
"a butcher!" responded the sergeant,
with grim smile, which, despite the
surroundings, communicated itself to the
bystanders. ...l' .., ...r
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-23
.:u.1":-.tH -tHItnW &c., -. . .,r:,x
OUR GREAT IMMORTALITY.

Va q
Oh, liseeD, maa! ,f...... ?. ,.7a
A.1eiec, within rs ,speaks that startling "ord.
"Maa, taau ss.is never die" Celestial voices
Iryuu 1, fktreur soals; according harUs, -
By angel a1ssrs touched, when the Wild stars
or nsruiias ssnx together, sound forth still
The song otour great Immortality:
.jsISGT ITG7r:N9crJ DNE icn'T ,;iiE!5!-
Night. and the dawn, bright day and thong h,-
ful eve,
Az ,ins oil souada the limitless espanse,
A! Jhne' ;;asss,uy,,ie INSTRUMENT, ARD touched
Iy An unseen living hand; and conscious
chords ,.r,....
eGi1.t vita 5.y ia this great jubilee. ''
The dying hear It; and, a. sounds Of earth
Grsw DUH and. Distant wake their passing
ye.souls Viz ,dr .c,-,,} ~tjI,ri IL 81 "'
70 minslcc in their besvealy harmsnr. '."e."".
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-23

An old gentleman being asked how it
was that he always looked young. re-
Piled, ~ never ride when l can walk
I never eat but one dish at dinner i
never get drunk; my walking keeps my
blood in circulation; my simple dict
prevents indigestion, and never, touching
ardent spirits, my liver never fears being
eaten up alive
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-23
FOR SAIL e!
A Valuable Tract Of Land.

Owned by Napoleon i. Thur.ton, contain.
ing w acres 81 uated on cual Rive, is
hanawha county, OH what is known n. the
Rock Camp road. three miles from the Ean.
awl River. Said land bag n smnll hou.c
and fine young peach orchard on il. F;f.
teen ncrcs are improved and in "A fine s,,,.
Of culti"ation-'hc remainder * we'll ,imi,er.
ed and il sufficiently level to DC valuable
farming land. '''
d good bargain cnn be had in the aforesaid
Innds by calling upon the subscriber At .h;s
office in Charleston. ~ ''''
Term If Shir:-One half in LauJ ,,l a..
halnnce in twelve months "'" NV
n'''-''' I. y. SPERRY, Agent.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-23
State of West Virginia, IS:

Ar a Circuit Court Of Mann % ,'',u .o" ~,
,nn,;rued and held ut the Court House Oh lie
,S'h Inv Of October, lSiI-' .. .'.....-
Milton Parker, ."
John y. Clarkson. ct ais
!, is ordered that the Defendants !0nn go
c,,rtsou. David J. ". GARRISON, Jubai Early,
Sam,el il. Early and lIcnrie Ann ms %ne'
ImJrrw Crookslianks, James ". ogbnrn, 1ohu
- Newman, william v. Newman, Samuel J..
Miller, John X. Johnson, Frederick y. Heed,
y;:holns ritzhugh, James NJ. l.aid'e?, iSaae
Reed william 4 Qnarrier and Anthony Law ~.
l"n nou.resi.lents Of the State Of West 'ir'
.im;a. and rc,,utcd to be in sympathy wiih'he
Sou,I,cru Rebellion md so.cHlled Cohic'ierh'e
States and have voluntarily left ;icir uSnnl
rlaccs Of nbo.lc and gone out OF rcHci. OF P;r'
.nnal service Of civil process issuing from tue
couu,y in which such parties last resided.
,nJ RI. oiicc, Of said petition, to-wit: 81 !.
# Brown, brin: TO settle tho rrioritir.
among tire parties aud subject certain lands
and moneys of the defendant. John W. |iarE'
son. to the payment Of the petitioner JUG
men,. AMI for general rc!ief.-do appear mere
within one month nGtrr due publication OF this
order. aud .lu what is necessary To project
their interests. Tc>,". JNO. SLACk, tIk.
nu2-iw.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-23
In l'hanccry.


lra Enrt. Ct alE. J
1t ai.Icarins by affidavit, fled in This cause
tina, Ira Ilur, and Richard \. Hurt arc n"n-
residents al tic State of West Eircinia. tut
having c<ta," therein. i. the c"uu'y OF kan'
awla and the object "I tn" petition Of Sl'c"-
cor Adkins and lanes II. l:r"wn. a>Si.nrr- of
Whit Willis. :i.r, in said suil. is t" sui jrci
said estate 10 the payment "i the ''Ilnncr al
their Judgment against III" sad Ira Hurt.
on: Of his par, thereof that is to say. to each
of the said petitioners lbs part Of the said
Judgment.
1t is therefore ordered, that the said Ira
IIur, anil Richard \. Hurt do appear within
one month after due publication Of this order.
and do what is necessary t" project their ill.,
iercytS. -Tcste. JND SbACk. CT
nuc-Iw, .. ...
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-23

StaH w. 'hc CLERKS; Office Of the: Circuit,
r .e,r Of Kanawha County, on the Isl "on.'
"" If November. !s'4. ,.....-,
Henry mr. snyder raintlH' -,. ...,'
Harry D. Ruffner 80 ,raoims", 9
Robert Green, =. 49,. 81 rEtt
Nicholas rnI"'e' dts. Damages.
John Dry" ,u icohb 5000.
william H. Davis, .,. -. ...,.....i1
Squire ta'c Of this sui. is toTccover l'm-,
the oU tho defendants for certain ,Nrons'
aGcS n .n.os done to the person ana property
anu i"Ju Ia;ntitf, and 10 his family 4ei and il
OF inc ;mn by m affidavit: Of the sa'a pIa'nt'a,
lnpPen';;,%s tho papers OF the cause mar tliere
filed WIZ" cause Of action therefor n'Id that
is presI"' s;"u, believes lie is entitled 10, and
the saiu a never S4,VUU Mt the lensi, for the
ought 10 .s INJURIES aforesaid, and TINT The
wrongs AZ" Ncnry D. RufTncr, Robert Green,
deisnaa"ir:;; Ntzhugh, John Dryden. and SQUIRE
HichoIns r'.n ress;lcn,s OF the State or wes,
rrce, nv 81 nd TINT each Of them nave estate,
'lrgin'nI " them, respectively. in TIC count!
or Eco Elm and within the Jurisdiction o. Inc
o. Court Of said county, .,.,.,;su;.
|'r T,..atnrc on motion Of the pl",n'in =
ordered. that the said defendants na n %
there within one month after ru, rrrsIs in ~.
Of this order, for four 'ueSesS, .,orsnnntr nu.
"wesr Virginia Journal n news i~ nf E f.D
,shed in Charleston IN SAID eonn.y - n Hrl
nwhn and do what may be ncee anS {, :, f fnr:
cet their interest in this sn''; UNI n".,., -, ,%c
,Isr ordered that like copy bc p"s;Iu . -. sD
front door 0. the Court House VI '"'0 ''"'
or Knnawl,a, as required ny law: ~ cr.. o.
Testc Jaw" nnJ au Cd.
NISDMAH, j. =. -
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-23
American Barber Shop,

By J. NJ. DILLON;
In Rogers Ror, ~ E. Corner Front + Nay ST.,
CHARLESTON WEST Va.
SHAVING, shampooing, Hair-cutting, Hair
dyeing, &c, 5c., done promptly, with clcanli-
ness, and on reasonable terms. Mr.. Dillon
will give you n good shave for only dime.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-24
Executive Mansion, Washington, !
July Is. 1861. {
To phom Il may concern:
The Reward Of rn,rle,l.m.

When tho Baltimore Convention
placed Andrew johnson on the ticket
with Mr.. Lincoln, it did somethir g en-.
inently fit to be done. With the cx.
ception OF tho Presidency, it is the
highest positionto which theloyal poo
pie can elevate ono Of their number.
Governor johnson was almost tho only
man who stood out against ths mad
hosts Of treason in Tennessee, and pe.
mained firm throagh persecution and
Punishment. lie has been true to biz
country, under circumstances whiei
tested to the utmost his courage, hi
fortitude and bis Loyalty, and his coun
try has rewarded him. ...
No man in the country could b,
found as fit to take Mr.. Lincoln's place
should that become necessary. Tn
two are similar in head and heart
They are alike in strong will, big
craftsmanship, and broad humanit,
They are both democratic, in the tru
sense of the tcrm,tbat il, opposed 10 Al
is:ocrGey, and devoted to the elualit
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-24
THANKSGIVING.

To-day we should thank God for
abundant harycsts for general health;
ior security to property and lifoi for
the general prosperity which hes at
tended every business; and for the
preservation Of an undisturbod society
and tie happiness which it imparts.
70 day we should thank God for the
triumph Of tho Union cause at the
bllIot-box for the victories our arms
have achieved over the armed enemies
OF tho Government; for the destruc-
t,on oi' Slavery; and for the prospect
Of our triumph over treason and rebel
hon, Of lasting peace, and orthe per
mancnt establishment Of free institu.
tions an the great Republic.
70 day we should thank God for 1
land in which wo can worship Hin
with perfect frcodom; for poopI
which builds temple on every stree
and on every highway and by way
and, above all, for the great gift of Iii
Son, iowhom all knees must bend an
by whom EVIL STALL ultimately be dri,
en- from the universe. a, fm'r .'.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-24
PULASKI, Davis County, Iowa,
Nov. 9th, 1864.
EDITOR GAZETTE :-Ihave not writ

EDITOR GAZETTE :-Ihave not writ
ten to my friends in Old Fairfield for
some time, so / will inform you of
what is going on in Iowa. We havo
had quito a dry summer, which caused
t C corn and potatoe crop to.be short;
small I"r"in owcvOr was a fair yield.
Some Sumnncr wheat done well, yield
ing from thirty to forty bushels to the
acre, while the. winter wheat was very
irregular, owing to the farming and
locality; some l know, made thirty
four bushels to the acre, and.so not
worth .cutting.S The hay crop was
fair yield. Stock of all kinds bear a
good price. lf
Grecnbacks are pretty plenty though
not so flush as they wcreEsome timo
ago, on account of the guerrillas pass
inga through here two or three times
not longago. On the 18th of October
It he day of our County Fair-twelve
gucrrillas came through here stcali ng,
or rather exchanging horses, breaking
all the guns they could find, and rob-
bing every house in their way. They
robbed d. B. Swartzendruver and Jer-
emiah Miller, Jr., formerly Of Fairfield
county. They also killed four men,
one near the Missouri limo as they
came in, and three few miles west Of
this place. Two were soldiers just
from the.army, and one farmer-one
Il captain who they robbed of $500
and then shot him. This was all
transacted in daylight, but when word
came to Bloomfield, Colonel Moore
, camc to the Fair ground and
! made it known, and soon had all in
9 hot pursuit of tie rebels, leaving tho
Fair ground as destitute as the Cop
perhoad Fair in Fairfield county on
| the Same day.
,. On the 7th six more made their ap.
= pcarance few miles north of this
! place, killing Mr. Wales and mortally
Il wounding bis son. The militia were
70 after them all day yesterday, but did
not succeed in capturing them. The
~ first gang were the most daring set
IN and succeeded in getting quitea lot O
a grecnbacks, 1t is said the rebel cap
y tain shot Mr. Bense, the Union Cap
IL IL tain, and never ceased whistling.-
il They claimed to belong to Prices
Y, army, which is probable, as they cam,
IN from that direction.
nd The election was held yestcrda,
n and passed off quietly, notwithstand
Sc ing the inclcmcncy ofthe weather an
,st the guerrilla excitement. The raj
let fellin torrents this morning, followe'
TX by snow, this evening il is clear witt
it a strong west wind. The Gazette is
L. welcome guest. Yours.
m J. J. STUTZMAN-
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-24
Tho ChieagoConspiracz.

An article from the Chicago Tribune
will be found on our first page, in re-
ference TO the Internal plot to release
the rebel prisoners at Camp Douglas
and destroy the city. It's some CON
ISOLATION to loyal men to know that
several hundred Of the rebel thieves
have been arrested. There is no gain
saying the fact that tho Coppcrhcads
intended to turn several hundred rebel
prisoners loose upon the city, who, to-
gcther with several hundred gucrrilIas
imported from the SCut' were to rise
at midnight and burn, plundcr, and
murder. ..... .....
The threat of the Richmond papers
to burn tho Northern cities was not an
idle threat. They wero right in say
ing that hundreds of men in the North
would undertake the work. The 10y
! al States arc being overrun With rebels
who have fed from the Contcdcracy or
who have been sci for some dovilish
purpose. Cincinnati, Chicago, and all
the Western cities arc full of them.
Their purpose was to burn the prin-
cipal business cities of the country on
tho night before tho election. The
presence of G,n. Butler, with ten
thousand troops saved New York, and
, the vigilance and promptness oftht
, officers in arresting the gucrrllas say
cd Chicago. 1t will be seen that many
prominent citizens of Chicago arc i'm
, plicated. All this mischief was to be
done through and with the aid of The
s Sons OF Liberty, an order which n few
i. months ago existed, and no doubt still
, exists, in this county. ..... ..
~ Those rebels find hundreds offricnd
= among The Coppcrhcads who arc read.
|. to join with them in any devilish un
/. dcrtaking, and iftherc is any hangin
N to be done, the Northern rebols shonl
N b. hung first. Trials are going on Il
W Chicago and also atIndianopolis, at an
s the loyal people wait anxiously for tn
10 hanging to begin.
,e Union men can see whaC they escape
4. by the re election of President Lin
/. roi. The election of McClcllanw woul
~ have placed tho country in tho hanC
nc Of that reasonable and vilanous OF
der tho Sons Of Liberty.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-24
Difficulties of Editors.

There is good deal in the following
which applies to many of tho people
this locality:
Editing paper now is very pleas
ant business. If it contains two much
political matter people won't have it.
If it contains too little they won't
have it.
If the type is little they can't read
it.
1.-Two publish telegraph reports folks
say they are nothing but lies.
five omit them they say we have
no enterprise, or suppress them for po-
litica effect.
Ii We have in few jokes, folks say
wo are nothing but n rattle head.
If we omit jokes they say We are an.
old fossil.
1.-Two publish original matter they
ccnsure us for not giving selections.
live publish selections, folks say
We are lazy for not writing more, and
giving them what they have not read
III some other paper.
If we give man complimentary no.
tices we are eensured for being par
tial.
five do not, ull hands agree we aro
a greedy hog,
If we speak we'll of any act of the
President, folks say we dare not do
otherwise.
If we censurc, they call us trait
or.
If We remain in the office and attend
to business, folks say we are too proud
, to mingle with our fellows. -rr'"
live go out they say we meyer at
tend to business.
. If we don't pay all bills promptly,
folks say we are not to be trusted. (
If we do pay promptly, they say we
t steal the money.
, If we wear poor clothes, they say
our business is poor
If we wear good ones they say we
arc spcndthrilt.
| Now what isa poor fellow to do?
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-24
OIL.

OLH
The scriptural promise that the
rocks should flow with OIL is being
literally fulfilled. Rivers Of oil are
being found on both sides Of the Ohio
River, from Wheeling to Cincinnati.
Kentucky and Ohio are being "bored
by an influx Of spectators from New
York, Cincinnati and other cities. and
oil "mincs" arc being struck every
day. Athens county floats on a sea
of oil, and farms are being perforated
in every direction. Marietta, it has
been found, is an island in an oleagin
Gus sea. and Washington county i,
"dropping fatncss' by the hogshead
Papers from the border counties rep
resent the excitement as equal to tha
which attends the discovery of gold
ITO chow the value of some of the OF
lands, we copy the following from tn
Marietta Register: .
A day or two ago, we saw at tn
Office vi Ewart Il Shaw, Attorneys, i
this city, deed, which conveyed
tract OF "Oil Territory" that is worth
of note-whcrcin John Bloodgood an
James NJ. Mclean, Of the city of Ne
York, transferred to the American O
and Mining Company, of that CIT,
for and in consideration of ole miitio
three hundrfd and snry.fre thousaN
, dolldrS," thrce-eighths undivided il
tcrcst in 257 acres Of land on Hor,
Neck Run, Pleasant county, We
. Va, being the farm of which Ell
, Rawson died seized. One might thin
this humbug, but the deed had on
=. t,centy $40 Government stamps, or 81
/ 600 in stamps. and that was no hun
bug. The deed was made in July In
q before the present stamp law went in
$ effect, Aug l, 1864, under which, b;
y the contract been made month late
s the amount of stamps upon it wou
. have been $l3G5. 800.
This tract Of 257 acres, three eight
= undivided interest in which, sold f
:, 81 1863, eco, lies within ten miles
il Marietta, and year or two ago cou
n have been bought almost "for u sons
d This is one of our triRing Oil trans:
= tiOns.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-24
Arehblshop Purcsll's Recommendation.


ArehbishOp Purecll's Recommendation
We invite attention 10 the le;tor Of
Archbishop Purcell, published else
where, recommending the observance
Of the day appointed by the President
for Thanksgiving 1t is a piece olsim-
pie, straightforward, fatherly advice
to those under his charge. Its SIM
plicity and truth make it most i'm
pressive and valuable patriotic docu-
ment lie tells the Irish that I'll po-
litical salvation is ever to reach q far
distant and beloved island, it must
como TO it from these United States
which they would sever" and he ex
poses the dishonesty and malignity O
such Catholic papers as: the Freeman
Journal and the Metropolitan Record.
History will record that in thi
struggle for national life the forcigl
element was against the GoycrnmeL
which gave it civil and religious liber
ty. There are such exceptions as tn
Irish Brigade and the Ninth Ohio, bu
the remark is true of the great major
. ty of that element. The rebellion h0
t thus accomplished indirectly wha
Know Nothingism attempted to az
compIish directly, viz; to separate til
American born from the foreign borl
The American people arc arrayed in
great and irresistible partyon the sit
a Of the Government; and the majorit
II Of the foreign born arc arrayed with
n reasonable party, in u hopeless mino
ity, against the country. .......
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-24
The Chicago Convention and tn" Sons Of
Liberty.


On our first page will bo found tho
testimony of Dr. James Il. Wilson, be-
fore the Indianapolis Commission, Civ
ing II little of tho inside history of the
Chicago Convcntion, 1t will be seen
that VallandighSm presided at meet
ing of the Sons of Liberty, and that
the platform desired by this order was
adopted.
Tho Democratic press is making an
effort, since tho developments at lndi-
annapolis and elsewhere, to wash the
hands of the party Of any connection
with or responsibility for all this treas
on. The fact is that the Sons of Lib
nty composed the greater part of the
Democratic party, and that tho lead
crs of the party knew of the plotting
and conspiring of the Order agains
tho Government. All the officers o
tho Order are recognized as leaders
in tho Democratic party. No dcnial
and no argument can cloar the Demo
cratic party of the guilt of treason
The people have condemned it by tn
} most crushing majoritics, and it mus
die, like slavery and rebellion, and al
, the other evils which it has fosterc,
: and defended.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-24
NASHVILLE Nov Dist. 1864

NASHVILLE Sov 2lst, 1864.
EDroRs GAZETTE: paragraph in
the Cincinnati Enquirer, which is cop
led in the Ohio Eagle, relative to tho
manner in which the election was con-
Quoted in Nashville has attracted my
attention, This veracions correspond
cnt states that negroes voted and at
ono place, crowded white men away
from the polls | was in Nashville on
the Sth, and claim to know something
in regard to the affair.
AT one place on Summer street the
negroes held an election, elected their
own judges, and, no white man had
any participation whatever. 1t was
NEARLY farce, the votes were not
counted, and were not intended to be.
The place was not near any voting
place. No negroes voted at any auth
orized polls, and all the intimidation l
saw by military authority was only to
prevent bushwhackers and guerrillas
from voting for their iavorite candidate
Mcclellan. | make this statement Of
facts, simply for the benefit of Copper
heads who have so low an opinion of
themselves, as to fear that the negro
is going to become their equal.
Respectfully,
- J. ?, sam.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-24
THE NEW CONGRESS-.

Below will be found the delegation
of the new Congress, compared with
the present, We hope one Of the first
acts of the new Congress will be the
adoption of the amendment TO the
Constitution abolishing slavery in the
Cnited States. There is no doubt
that the Legislatures of threc-fourths
or conventions of three -lourths Of the
States would Immediately ratify the
amendment. Not only three -fourths,
but scven-cighths of the States which
voted at the late election, would make
the amendment valid by ratifying it
at once.
The way is open for the complete
and utter destruction of the great evil.
If those in power do not seize the op-
portunity, they will deserve and will
rest under the wrath of great people
and OF the Almighty
Slavery, which dominated the ma
ton for so many years; which kept us
in constant state of petty war anc
at last plunged us into the prescn
bloody struggles Which bred upon ou1
Southern border race of ambitious
insolent, and domineering aristocrats
and which is utterly at war with tb
genius of our institutions and tn
rights of humanity, is at last to meet
Just doom. Let it perish miscrabl.
and forever. ....
..... THE SENATE. ..
a M ~. "a