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To this must be added, say $500 for contingent
such accidents In breaking machinery getting
exractors. Three years ago the entire expense would
have been one half less.
ExrBSsEs OF GETTING THE OIL TO MARKET, AND
WHAT 1T IS WORTH THERE.
The expenses of getting the oil TO Market taken In
connection with the onerous governmsnt tax Of twenty
cents per gallon rodued. ten crude, with the
rous other charges, present remuneratve figure
crude after reaches the New York market the
prevailing low rates The following table demonstrates
the fact
Crude oil, sold at Story or Mcentock farms, Oct.
8, 1884, per barrel OF IL gallons ......... 81 90
Cost OF barret or package afe................... 70
Carriage 70 railroad deIdt ~ Franklin atlantic and
Great Wcstern or V Ttusv ille 0l creek road, 80
xio %
Rate In New York. 0ct ii, as cents
Barrel returned better than nsw)..... 6o-s1s os
"a aa.x
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%%
InE unEA1 UIL. Dl0 InU1 WI TENM0 ILvA1alA. $$S$$

Well Flowing and Pumping Wells and Prominent Places the Oil
Region-The Topography Of Pennsylvania Doado"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-02-18
A Re pentant Georgian.

"Capt. j. NJ. Strcetman, 56th Georgia
Regiment" is out in card, urging
his fellow-soldiors to desert, His rea-
son for this iS, that "tho rebellion must
finally tail, better that it should do so
soon and before the last poor fellow in
the ranks is sscri6 ed, to crafty the OBJ
s;iaaey and pride of the rebel leaders,
who intend iu the last extremity, to saw.
themselves by hyibg to a foreign coun'
try, which you cannot do, for tho want
OF means Of living there"
Since tho battle Of Mission Ridge
nino thousand rebels have deserted
from North Cirolina and East Ten.
nssssS, and we presume the captain is
one ofthe number. Il is impossible
- look facts 10 tho face; to read the
columns of newspapers, filled as they
are with tho confessions of repentant
rebels, and not STRIVE at the conclu
sion that the Confederacy has nearly
reached the point of SuccGmbinG. The
eaP'uiu SsystO bis late companions in
armG rs sr.' .'a.. 10 earr
"YOu can make your way through
the lines, aS | have done; and upon
reaching the Federal piekets, you are
safe. You will have free transporta
ton wherever you wish to go, and thu
Governments will give you emplOymsn
in such business as may suit you, a
from 80 to 40 dollars, real money. pc
month, aud boarding thrown In. You
officers are trying to deceive you, tba
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-02-18

TEA ANp CorFEE IN CALroRNrA.-
O"e cf our Pacifi, exchanges states that
e cultivation cf ten Ond coffee promi.
e' fo hrCome an important business in
C'hfnrnia. One nursery Mt SIcramento
has 5000 coffee plants on trial, and it
ia believed that there will be no diffcul.
y in bringing up the plant to stand
nd Of hardness 70 weather the mild
winter Of that climate. Near the Mis-
4i"n Dolores several thousand tea plants
have been raised during tho last ycar.-
The tea plontis grown in China and
Japan extensively in latitudcS CORES
bonding to all California, and the San
francisco journals think there can he
little doubt that it will be cultivated
hereafter, for household purposes al
least, on every farm in that State.
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Slavery Dead,

A notable admission is mada in tho
fo!lowing paragraph In the editorial col.
unns Of the New York Express, a pa
per Of tho iatensest conservative no.
tiong: .. ... e.
"Ali feel that slavery has gone by
the board. Politically, it wns dead be-
fore the war began. Physically, IL Is
dead now, and ought not, for one mo-
ment, enter into any discussion relating
to the war, any mors than any thiaS
else that is dead hey on all hope of re-.
surreetion. Tho border State men all
see this. Shareholders in the cotton
States are also beginning to see aud &C.
knowledge this truth. Nobody needs
to be convinced that both the political
and physical power of slavery are over
in the United States. We need no ar.
gument from Mr.. Gauntto assure NJ Of
this fact, nor Of the folly Of the South
in making the slavery question q pre-.
'elt for the war. War from the very
start was moro ofan abolitiOaist than
any army of Glrrisons aud Phillipsss
aud Gerrit Smiths"
And this Sentimonti Is echoed from
the other extreme Of the country The
New Orleans Era, Of the 95th, says;
"All parties agree iu the main fact.
that the Institution Of slavery Is dead.
This admitted, all difFirensos are Of mi
nor Importance. We have yet to see
the drst man who denies it. In view Of
this state of ntfAir', the duty of evsry
citizen who has the good of the State
at heart is elodr as the sun. I'll, to-ae.
oept facts as tliey exist, and to take psrt
in tho Tsorga anialtion Of, civil govern.
meat on the basis Of freedom.
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Repolted Mutinn Nenr Mobile.

A correspondent Of tho Boston Jour.
nal, on board the gunboat Jackson at
Ship Island, writes as follows on the
18Th ult:
Last night about 10 O'Clock, small
sail boat came down bound with SONS
very important intelligence. The reb-
els in Fort Morgan rovolted, and during
the difficulty tho rebel boats iu Mobile
Bay attempted to arrest the garrison Of
the fort the whole fort being in revolt,
and with the American Gag flying, they
opened on tho rebel gupbo1ts with q
Ewing gun. They succeeded 10 dri.
wing the gunboats off, but not being on
their guard large force was drawn
from Mobile, capturing the whole gar
rison except four men, who escaped In
the darkness in small boat and csme'to
Ship Island. Since then We heard more
OF the revolt from some other deserters.
Seventy Of the rOvolters are condemned
TO Oe shot to-day ia Mobile. We also
learn from these deserters that at II Irn
Island, up the sound. Is moro descrters
arrived from tho vicinity Of Mobile and
Round Island. These deserters bring
the very important intelligence that the
re6ei forces in and around Mobile have
organiEad secret societies. determined to
Eight no longer. It is stated that tho
movement started among the soldiers il
daily growing stronger, and many off.
cOrs are comp led in it. I think this
the most important movement of the
war. an eonfdent that the news Il
true.
We are acquainted with the Gulf cor
respondent of the Journal, and know
him to be a reliable man, SO far a. the
facts he narrates are concerned. That
the statements given above, we have no
doubt, werO received from deserters, as
recorded; but whether his Hnal cOnclu-
sions are trur, or not, Of course nono
can, at this time, say. Rebel telegrams
have referred to "disturbanes" at
Fort Morgan, but they refrain from Civ.
ing particulars.
or the discooten. in the ranks, wo
have hnd sufficient evidence to satisfy
any onCi we were not prepared, howev.
Cr, for tho Organized resistance TO the
Richmond authorities spoken of above;
but it is TO be sincerely hoped that such
is the case.-C Nashville Union. -i@
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fFrOm the Cincinnati OSn~.riai cf Fob. 2.
A Voice from the Wilderness,
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miste' laurOns.
Efe is OF War upon the South.

EfIe Is OF War upon the South.
The people Of the loyal States eau
form no idea Of the fleets Of tho rebel.
lion upon TIE misguided people Of the
South. F"nces all destroyed on ,hc
"oraer. houses md barns burned down
md nhnndonr ID tho fnur-roo'ed beasts
and fowls all gone - churches and
s"hool.housrS abandoned-nll are in =
state Of estur", rs when the Tudiqn,
held swav. The lenders avowod in the
outset. that thCv were going TO deus 'ops
The resources cf the South, by the rava-
gee of war. W have mct with some oi
Them, once in comfortable circumstan. /.
rcs, now wpnrirg old faded hats. pants
Ds'ched on the knees with cloth of a
different cnlor, and shi't.'dils oHt ipquir.
ing into the state Of the weathe,l This
We call d v.loping the resources Of the
South - From Brownlows Wing.
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ScIoNs FOR GRAFTTNo.-Ths excee .
ing cold of the 6rst of January, thi>
year. has so damaged the tender twigs
as TO make it's doubtful husi nessin Gu;
ling for gratis. Many branches which
look fresh and sound. will be found on
clnss examination TO he strenked with
fnclpPs Of fros'-kill, which will destroy
'heir vitality for grating. Use no wood
for scious winch is strcaked with dark
rolored lines and has the Pith blackened
Wy frost-kil.
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is not at all singular that JEFF. has such
a son. IF he had not he would be an
exception to the rule on Southern plan.
tation.s We hnvo but 10 leok around
Us with half an eye, to discover the Oper-
atoms Of tho slave system. And wO van
turc the opinion thatthcro Is not fam.
lily ofa quarter ceutury's standing 10
tho South which does not number
amongst its blood relations, one or
more descendants Of ebony 1CItherinA
The factis, Catherine Is a very con-
Veni0nt piece of furniture. No wonder
Southern DaLobs dislike to give her up.
Il Nashville Uniou. .--
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term Of tbroo years many Of them will
suffer wretehedly for the nCcessaries OF
life, if they do not starvo entirely to
desth7 And are we not bound by
the most sacred ldUs known TO man to
provide for our fumilies2 And should
We permit set of usurpirg proaigatc'
to prevent us from complying with this
Divinc iais2 BY the late laws Of
Congress, our families are to be taxed
to an almost unlimited extent; and if We
submit to hacome eonscriptS, the last
rny Of hope will have to be expelled
from our hearts. for we can hope for
nothing but an untinsly state Of atject
slavery, ROt only Of Ouselvss, but al.
so OF our familie'l
NoO Is the time 10 assert oUr righn,
for If we wait longer eur doom WW be
forever se0ledi We who write this ad
dress nre determined to demand our
rights, and if necessary, VIC will demand
them by the point of the bayOnet. We
are not enemies to the South; but we
are lovers Of our rights, liberties and
families, and if We must lose all our
sacred rights, and permit our families
to starvp, 10 order to sustain our wick
ed leaders in their deceptive course, we
i IN afn IN
THE OLD GOVERNMENT, ACCEPT OF
LINcoLN's PARDON, and let the leaders
and their Cnnfedoracy go to hell to-
gstherl This may be hard language
for men who havo fought in many a
hard battle to use; but sileat virtue
ceases to be virtue, aud confident are
we, that the Government Of the United
States can treat US no worse than VIC
are being treated by our hcartless
officials in the 6li, as we'll as at Rich
mond.
But we are told that If we let the
authorities conscript us, the war will
500 close favorable 10 our side. Can
any rational man credit such perfdi-
ouS liz Does not this censeripting
business plainly say to the world that
We arc fast playing Out2 that our weak
ness is rapidly manifrsting itself even
in our own deluded minds? Fellow .
soldiers, we have been too often de.
luded by these willy liars to place the
slightest confidence in any thing they
tell us. They are but invented lies, TO
enable them TO tic the cord Of despot.
ism tighter Ground our wrists. Every
intelligent soldier among US knows that
we are already whipped, and why not
acknowledge IL at once2 Why not
show our leaders that we know we ar
whipped as well as they do2 President
Davis virtually acknowledges this fact,
so do the Secretary of War and the Sec
retsry Of tho Treasury. What use i,
there to oontenl against dead curren-
ey and an empty commissary, in the
face Of the best army ever marshalet
for combat Think Of these things, fel
low soldiers, and decide what shall be
your course. We hare made up on,
minds TO go home as soon a' our time i
Om. MANY SOLDIERS.
Tho italics and capitals are the au
thor's; the punctuation is mine.
have the original is in my possession.
! u. S S.SCOUT.
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JEFF Davis Son In the Federal Ser


A letter from gentleman occupy.
ing high position in the United States
contains the following curious story
This reminds me. says the writer, tba,
Jef. Davis son, by his slave girl Cath.
orine, was in ths Federal service on
board Of oas of our gunholts on tho
Mississippi for several months-a like.
ly mulatto. Among tho letters of Jc ff
taken at his house by our Illinois
troops, there was batch Of quarrel
some epistles between J,tf. and Mira
Davis, touching this old fame Catherine
Mrs. Davis upbraidsd her husband
bitterly, I have this story FROM one oi
tho highest officers in the squadron
who had the nesrO JET. on board his
gunboat md who himself read the let,
terS and suppressed thsm.-[ [LOndOr
Cog } Star ~ vsE srigroa ~.
We had never heard Of this ,'likely'
scion of tho Southern Washington, nm,
Ill we saw the foregoing parsgtapb, Il
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A little Rock letter states that mp ia
the 2Glh Of January, over 1000 CitiE"nS
had Voluntarily taken tho oath Of all :
glance, and that 5000 rebel privstos and
10 commissioned i6csrS had taken the
oath, 500 Of tho rebel soldiers we're
permitted to volunteer in the Union ar
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qOdtv.
Ny ship.

my snip.
Down 70 the wbarvss, a. the san goes dswu,
And the daylight thmult and dust AaA diA
Are dying away In thp busy town
90 TO see II my ship eomssin. 'ciI '
Rsss far over the quiet sea- il H#
Rory with sunset. like mellow wins,'
Who're ships, like illlss, lie TRANQUILITY,
Many and fsir-but see not mias.
I question the sailors every night.
Who over the bnlwsrks idly lean,
Noting the sRils as they come In sight
"IIsvs you seen my beautiful ship some ini"
"whsnoe does she GOMEZ" they ask Of me-
"wh, ls her master, and what her nAmsf
And they srils upon me piiyineiy,
When my answer Is ever and sver the sams.
o. mine wasa vessel Of strength and truth, ..
Her Sails were white young lambs neses,
She sailed long since from the port Of Youth
Her master was Love and her name was Psase
And, like all beloved and beautiful things,
She faded In distance and donbt away:
with only trembie Of snowy wlnEs, .l 8
She nOHted, swan like, Adown the bay. -
Carrying with her precions freight L
All had gathered by years OF pain;
tempting prize to the pirate, Fste--
And still Iwatch for her back again
Watch from tho .srliest morning light
TIN thsptle stars grlsve DER tho dying day,
To cast the CLEAN nr her canvas white
Among the islands which grrn the bay.
But she comes not yst--shs viii never coma
To alden my eyes and spirit more
And my heart grows hopeless. md faint and dumb,
As wait and walt on the lonely shore.
Knowing that tempest. and time, aud storm,
nave wrecked and shattered my beAutecus barkI
Rank sea-wesdS eoVer her wasted form.
And her sSisare tattsred, and stained, and dark
And still with pationes that Is not hope,
For vain and empt! II long hsth been,
cit nm the rnuHh shores rocky slope,
Aud watch 10 see IL my ship comes In.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-02-18
rn,ense Alarm At the Rebel capital


Intense Alarm at the Rebel Capital.
BALTrMoRE, Feb. 9.-A special dis
patch from Fort Monroe to the Ameri.
can, from G. c. Fulton, who is at City
Point. says the rebel flag OF truce with
Com missioner Guilds end CaptAinpateh,
the truce officer, arrived on Sunday at
City Point. Two citizen prisoners were
brought down. They wero both Mary
landera. They brought exciting nuws
from Richmond, which they represent
was in a state ofthe most fcverish ex.
element from midnight on Saturday up
to the time they left Sunday at mid.
night.
On Saturday the bells Of the city
we're rung and men were rushing
through the streets crying. ITO armsl to
armsl the Yankees are coming, the Yam
KEGS are comingl" During the remain.
der Of the nightihere was intense COM
motion every where visible. The floms
Guard was called out and the tramp Ct
armed mca could be heard in all diree.
tions. Cannon were hauled through
the streets. Women and children were
hurrying TO and fro. and there we're sll
the evidences Of such panic as has sell
dom been witnessed in Richmond. On
Saturday morning there was no ahatc-
ment in tho excitement. The guards
were all marched out OF the city for de-.
fence, and armed citizons were placed
on guard over the rri.oners. Horse.
men were dashing to anl fro, and the
excitement among the prisoners, to
know the cause of all this excitement,
became intense. 1t was aoon learned
that a large body Of cavalry, and iufan.
try force with artillery, had mado their
appearance on the Peninsula at Bottoms
bridge, within ten miles Of the city, aud
that Richmond was actually threatenrd d
hJ the Yankees. The same hurrying Of
troops, arming Of citizens and excite.
mcut among the women and children
oniinued during the morning, and a,
two oo'ock, when the'iWo released pris.
onCrs wore about to leave in the truce
boat, The alarm bells were again rung
with great fury. The rumOrs that pre-.
vailed were conflicting aud wild. II
was their Impression that from 800 to ] :.
600 cuvalry would have but littlo dili
Guilty in entering the city, liberating the
Union prisoners, destroying the forts
and public property, and retiring by the
Peninsula before any sufficient force to
rcsist.them could be brought TO the aid
Of tie small garrison left to defend it
For several days previous to this alarm
the troops in and around the city to IhC
number of 1000 or 5000, had bcea
sent of to join Lees army with great
dispatch, the impression prevailing thai
a movement was contemplated by Gen
Meade. In this they Wero right, q.
during tho progress Of the eKoi,omenr
on Sunday, intelligence was received
that Meade had crossed the Rapiduu.-
On Monday A. NJ. a courier arrived at
City Point, briRging copies of the morn,
ing papers, with tho Intelligence tha
the excitement had abated, and that i
had been asCertaiUsd that the Yankee,
were falling back from the Chiokahom
10y and had abandoned the attack.
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yOu may be kept TO suffer and die for
their benefit There is no danger oi
being put into the Federal army. I
have Gen. Grants published order be
fore me, in which he says: TO avoid
the danger of recap,uro fsuch desert
ers by the enemy, they will be exempt
from the military service Of the armies
Of tho United Stntes.' Fellow-soldiers
and fri ends, be no longer deceived and
used up but come away whore yeu can
have chance to live and prosper"
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)loutQ's Department.

lTor the News
MISCELLANEOUS Bn9GmS-
am composed 81 10 letters.
My 2 I, AN exelanAtiou.
Ny 10 l. wicked.
Mys29t SIS mlns name.
Nv 10 8isa measure of length.
NY Shos Is ths nane of wsstsrh city In ans q the
Bo der statss. ouIz.
Answer 10 EhiemN Of last week. ylien COWRlh
Wright ..,. To Mathematical problem, 279, 500.
Our eoatributors Wilt please Hsnd us new spPply o.
EnisaASs cAsEadsS, PTOblsmS, 40. .r.' I..'- -.
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European Intelligence.
Date. to October 18Th.

FARTHER PoIST, Oct. 24-The steamer Belgian,
from Liverpool the 18th, has arrived.
Commercial affairs continue TO be the principal
topic Of discussion-,he depression in commercial
circles showing no diminution. Business was dull,
and prices continue to fal. Additional failures have
taken place.
The London Times has an editorial on the address
Of three hundred thousand signatures, recently sent
10 Gov. Seymour from England, entreating the North
TO make peace with the South. II says the address
can effect nothing, and thinks the only possible solu-
ton Of the question is continued war-that America
has commenced the same fiery ordeal Of var which
settled Europe on its present basis. Terrible as is
the process, the Times cannot doubt that America
will be better for it in the end.
La Pqtrie says Russia has given its adhesion TO
the French policy on the Roman question.
La France says the insurrection in Algeria is
spreading, the natives appearing to be obeying o
summons 10 a holy war
In relation TO the Danish question, it is said that
at the Pence Conference a compromise IL said 10 have
been effected on the financial question, and the minor
questions have all been arranged. There only re-
mains now the drawing up Of the treaty OF peace.
Semmes. accompanied by eight officers of the .1la-
5ama, and one hundred men, have left tc be trans
ferrej, with guns, to the steamer Ranger, recently
lying at Madeira.
Paris papers mention a rumor Of differences in the
British Cabinet which might bring about q change
in the Ministry. The English papers are silent on
the subject.
Many Poles in England from the late revolution
intend to take service under the new Emperor Of
Mexico. The Austrian authorities give every en-
couragement TO the scheme.
The Commercial -4dreTtiser'S Paris correspondent
says the press and public continue TO discuss the late
treaty in regard to Rome. The Catholic papers pro.
claim the treaty revolutionary, and charge upon the
Emperor the extinction Of Papacy. The liberal
papers regard the act as destructive TO the temporal
power, and applaud the Imperial Government, and
insist that the Pope must adopt the idea and recon
Gle himself with Victor Emanuel.
JUNIUs DISCOVERED For MANY years II has been
O mooted question AS TO who was the author Of the
famous {" Juuius " letters. At one time II appeared
to be generally conceded that Sir Philip Francis was
the author. 1t is now said that incontrovertible
proofs exist that the author was Rev. DR.. james Will
mot, who is said 10 have been q couvivial divine, but
o ripe scholar and an able man. His niece. the cele-
brated Olivia Wilmot Series, many years ago pub
lished u volume in which she commended that the
Doctors claim TO the authorship was established /;
and the late Mr.. Beckford, of FOnihill. is said to have
given his opinion that Wilmot was Junius. Among
the later proofs of his identity with Junius are said
TO be some letters of Lord Chatham.
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From Mexico.

A despatch received by Mr.. A. J. Bryant, Chair
man Of the Union State Central Committee. from ex-
Governor E. ID. Morgan. of New York, Chairman Of
the National Committee, dated the 10Th. says that
the vote OF the Pennsylvania soldiers is not yet in,
aud that there is little doubt OF the fact that the
State has gone FOR the CniOnists by a small majority
on the home vote--4ita, Oct. %.
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e Having long enjoyed the confidence and pat
ronage Of the public, in our business transactions. We
take the opportunity to return our heartfelt thanks
for past favors and respectfully ask a continuance Of
lhe same.
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