Annals of Cleveland

Pennsylvania

Abstracts: 26

600

Cleveland Morning Leader, 26 October 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

600 - L Oct. 26; ed:2/1 - Rebels are gratified over the results of the re-
cent election in Pennsylvania, but are disappointed that victory was not
favored by a greater majority. "No one can doubt that they are more inter-.
ested in the coming election than we are. They look upon the armies of
McClellan as one of their armies operating in the north to promote destruc-
tion in our midst." - - - (3)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / Pennsylvania

Index terms:

Pennsylvania

681

Cleveland Morning Leader, 13 October 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

681 - L Oct. 13; ed:2/2 - In view of the recent victories gained in
Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, it is proposed that Union-loving people
of Cleveland and surrounding towns get together and celebrate. "Let us
give expression to our feelings of joy that our people are not devoid
of self respect and honor and that they are still determined to put
down the rebellion even if it takes the last dollar and the last man.
Let us be joyful that the peace sneaks are few and far between, and
that our glorious Union shall be restored to its pristine splendor." (6)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Indiana; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Union

685

Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 October 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

685 - L Oct. 20; ed: 2/1 - The Richmond ENQUIRER says that for 20 years,
as Pennsylvania has gone, so has the presidential election, but that even
though it has gone Republican, there is hope for the Rebels. "That is
only the view of the ENQUIRER and its friends in the North. We do not
believe this would change the unalterable purpose of the people to elect
Abraham Lincoln and stand by the Union." (5)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Lincoln, Abraham; North; Pennsylvania; Richmond ENQUIRER; Richmond Va.; Union

689

Cleveland Morning Leader, 26 October 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

689 - L. Oct. 26; ed:2/2 - After elections in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and
Indiana are over and the "Copperheads" see nothing but defeat ahead, they
have Pendleton write a letter saying he is "opposed to any course of policy
which will defeat the re-establishment of the government on its old
foundation or in its territorial rights."
"These hypocritical pretensions made at the last moment, can't save
him from the political hanging he deserves." (3)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Indiana; Ohio; Pennsylvania

1239

Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 October 1864 (5 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1239 - L Oct. 27:4/3 - The inauguration services of the Cleveland Charity
hospital medical college took place yesterday in the lecture room, Hoff-
man's block. Exercises opened with prayer by Rev. J. A. Thome. Dr.
John W. Russell, president of the board of councilors, made an interesting
address, followed by Dr. A. P. Dutcher of Pennyslvania who made the in-
augural address. He reviewed quite elaborately the improvements and un-
exampled progress of medical science, and closed with a plea to the facul-
ty "to perform their duties with an eye to honor the profession, interests
of learning, and cause of humanity." - - (5)

Medical Profession / Medical Colleges

Index terms:

Charity Hospital medical college; Dutcher, Prof.; Hoffman's block; Pennsylvania; Russell, John W., M. D.; Sheridan, Gen. Phillip; Thome, Rev. J. A.

1428

Cleveland Morning Leader, 9 December 1864 (29 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.3,4 ~ View at ChronAm

1428 - L Dec. 9:4/3,4 - Leonard P. Case, Esq., was born July 20, 1784 in
Westmore land county, Pennsylvania. He moved to Ohio in 1800 and was a
resident of Cleveland for many years. He was striken with a violent
disease in 1810, which left him a cripple for the remainder of his life.
Knowing that he never would be able to do physical labor to support him-
self, he decided to do so by his pen. His education was limited so far
as book learning was concerned, there being no schools at that time. He
learned to write and cipher however, while he was confined to his bed.
In 1806 he went to Warren where he struggled for a time with poverty, *
but felt that here he would have better chance of success. His sterling
character and common sense brought him friends who helped him in his
writing and furnished him books until he was admitted to the bar. He be-
came collector of non-resident taxes during the war of 1812 and in
1816 was appointed cashier of the Commercial bank of Lake Erie. Although
a cripple and a constant sufferer, he survived all of the original direc-
tors and officers of this bank and by early and judicious investment
in real estate, he became one of the richest men in northern Ohio. Ile
leaves one son, two brothers and three sisters. (29)

Obituaries

Index terms:

Case, Leonard; Commercial Bank of Lake Erie; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Warren, O.; Westmoreland county (Penn.)

1438

Cleveland Morning Leader, 17 December 1864 (33 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1438 - L Dec. 17:2/2, 3 - In a letter to the editor, J. H. R. writes of his
trips through the oil fields. Excitement almost to the point of insanity.
reigns in Pennyslvania, especially in Meadville, Oil City, Franklin, and
Titusville. The disease "oil on the brain" is rapidly spreading. Some
have been lucky enough to realize handsomely on their investments. This
has been the means of stimulating tens of thousands into the belief that
they will be as fortunate. Petroleum interests in Pennsylvania are passing
through a period of speculation rather than a period of development. The
oil fever rages so high that many are tempted to buy lands without seeing
or really investigating them. Land laid out in water colored drawings,
with pumps and flowing wells carefully put down at appropriate distances,
are often very different from the land in reality, but eager speculators
have often invested their money in these water colored lands, which on exam-
ination, proved to be many miles from oil-producing territories. The oil
business is in its infancy and every day new discoveries are made as good
as the old. - (33)

Oil / Petroleum

Index terms:

Franklin, Pu.; Meadville, Pa.; *Oil City, Pa.; Pennsylvania; Titusville, Pa.

1440

Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 December 1864 (25 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1440 - L. Dec. 20:2/2, 3 - In a letter to the editor, J. H. R. says: The oil
business in Pennsylvania has become so extensive that petroleum furnishes
a medium of exchange with foreign countries which was lost in cotton, which
was kept off the market by the rebellion. Oil already competes with the
iron and coal industry of the state. Figures show that petroleum promises
to take precedence over the iron and coal industry within the next year. It
is estimated that four or five million barrels have been produced, though up
to this time there have been no statistics to show the actual amount. (25)

Oil / Petroleum

Index terms:

Pennsylvania

1441

Cleveland Morning Leader, 21 December 1864 (44 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1441 - L Dec. 21:2/2, 3 - In a letter to the editor, J. H. R. says: The
character of the people in the oil regions is an unfailing subject of study.
The working population of these people is composed of yourg men. Although
much wealth has been accumulated in these regions, it is remarkable that so
few crimes have been committed. In fact, about the only scoundrels are the
legal ones.
It is much cheaper to procure oil than coal, iron, copper, lead, or gold.
Four men can put down a well in two months if they work night and day. No
department of industry offers such great rewards at so little expenditure
of labor. The boring for oil is mostly a matter of chance, and it is often
more unsuccessful than successful.
We have no confidence in the theory that oil is being manufactured spon-
taneously within the bowels of the earth. The facts prove the contrary.
The theory which regards oil as the distillate of marine plants at an age
prior to the coal formation would seem to imply that it is to be found as
wide-spread and inexhaustible as coal itself.
In certain districts, probably in the southeast border of the great sea,
where marine plants were carried by wind and water in immense quantities,
oil will be found in greater abundance than other places. This region will
be found in eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, West Virginia,
Kentucky, and Tennessee. Here is a field of enterprise that stands open to
thousands whom the war has paralyzed. By keeping clear of all manner of
sharks, and pushing the work bravely on, many a man will yet realize an
immense fortune. (44)

Oil / Petroleum

Index terms:

Kentucky; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; West Virginia

1541

Cleveland Morning Leader, 21 July 1864 (11 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1541 - L July 21:2/1 - Democratic congressman of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
Indiana issued a manifesto written by Senator Buckalew of Pennsylvania.
The charges, among other things, are that the government interfered with
clections. They denounced conscription and the bounty system, regarded
the government as oppressive, insecure, and corrupt, and demanded that the
races should be kept unmixed.
The sum of the whole matter is: "The defeat of Mr. Lincoln removes the
main obstacle to reunion and restores at once the jusst rule of the Constitu-
tion over the adhering states. This analysis speaks for itself." (11)

Political Parties / Democratic

Index terms:

Bucklew, Senator (Pa.); Indiana; Lincoln, Abraham; Ohio; Pennsylvania; U. S. constitution

1583

Cleveland Morning Leader, 1 June 1864 (ed; 128 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2,3,4 ~ View at ChronAm

1583 - L June 1; ed:2/2-4; 4/3-5 - "Yesterday... was a great day for
politicians. It was the day in which (vide the New York WORLD and -
HERALD, the Chicago TiMES and the Cincinnati ENQUIRER), the greatest
political movement of modern times was to be set on foot, a new party
be formed, and the next President nominated - a day more fatal to
Abraham Lincoln than the Ides of March to Caesar. -- -
"The day certainly passed off with most remarkable quiet. Besides
the arrivals chronicled yesterday, but few made their appearance, and
the convention, for one so widely heralded and anxiously prepared for,
was singularly small in numbers and weak in talent."
The convention inet at eleven o'clock at Chapin's hall. "The two
thousand delegates from Missouri have not been heard from. It is sup-
posed that they stopped at Cincinnati for consultation with the proprietor -
of the ENQUIRER as to the best mode of defeating Lincoln. The two
thousand from New York were similarly missing, and the convention was
in numbers a very slim affair....
"There was also a 'most pleasant lack' of leaders in the convention.
Horace Greeley... was absent, and his absence was regretted by delegates
even more than that of the masses. B. Gratz Brown was also unaccountably
missing, and the convention felt the loss of his active and commanding
intellect. -
"From the first it was evident that there was a secret, but
irrepressible conflict between the friends of General Grant, including
most of the New York delegation and many from the Eastern States, who
were mainly of Democratic antecedents, and those of General Fremont,
composed mainly of the old abolitionists and the radical Germans,
and led by Coionel Moss, of Missouri."
E. Gilbert, president of the New York "Fremont" club, called the
convention to order and immediately nominated ex-Governor Johnston of
Pennsylvania as temporary chairman. Johnston was elected by acclama-
tion. B. H. Brooks of California and S. Wolf of Washington were
chosen secretaries. A committee on permanent organization, of ten
members, was appointed.
The number of delegates attending the convention was so small that
the committee appointed to enroll their names never made its report.
"We believe, however, that there were about one hundred and fifty dele-
gates present, of whom nearly half were from Missouri and wild for
Fremont, and ihe others mainly from New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois."
In addressing the convention, General Cochrane said, in part: "You
assemble here intending to support the army in the field, and at the
same time to organize a great civil army to fight for principles, and
to save for all generations the precious legacy obtained for us by the
sacrifices of the soldiers of the Union. The rebellion, it must be
suppressed; the Union, it must be preserved."
The nomination of Grant "was very faintly cheerei, and it was evident
that the name of the hero of Spottsylvania would pale before that of
the swordless general of New York.
"Nothing would do however, for the St. Louis Germans, who voted not
to recognize God's hand in war, but to nominate Fremont.
"General Fremont was nominated by acclamation.
"The 3,000 delegates, with whom the city was said to swarm yesterday
by the imaginative PLAIN DEALER, cheered heartily over the good work."
General Cochrane was nominated by acclamation for vice president. The
naming of the party was deferred until night when a committee, appointed
in the afternoon, reported the name of the new party to be the Radical
Democracy. Bird B. Chapman represented Ohio on the executive committee,
consisting of 15 members. (128)

Political Parties / Fremontites

Index terms:

Brooks, B. H. (California); California; Chapin's hall; Chapman, Bird B.; Chicago, Ill.; Chicago TIMES; Cincinnati, O.; Cincinnati ENQUIRER; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Cochrane, General George; Fremont club; Gilbert, E.; Grant, Gen. U. S.; Greeley, Horace; Illinois; Johnston; Lincoln, Abraham; Mass, Colonel (Mo.); Missouri; New York city; New York HERALD; New York WORLD; Ohio; Pennsylvania; St. Louis, Mo.; Spottsylvania, Va.; Union; Washington, D. C.; Wolf, S. (Washington, D. C.)

1654

Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 March 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1654 - L. Mar. 15; ed:2/2 - The Pennsylvania legislature failed. to pass
the bill permitting the soldiers to vote while they are away at war.'.
"This action of the 'Copperheads' of Pennsylvania is akin to the . . . . .
malignant opposition everywhere displayed by them to the soldiers . . . .
voting." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . (4)

Politics and Government / Ohio

Index terms:

Copperheads; Pennsylvania

1673

Cleveland Morning Leader, 29 October 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1673 - L. Oct. 29; ed:2/2 - The Rebels are so anxious about our finan-
cial stability that European capitalists have been warned against in-
vesting in our bonds.
"This, in the face of our resources, is the most ridiculous perform-
ance that has yet taken place in Richmond. The resources of Pennsyl-
vania alone are worth more than all England." (2)

Politics and Government / Public Finance

Index terms:

Pennsylvania; Richmond Va.

1683

Cleveland Morning Leader, 1 April 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1683 - L. Apr. 1; ed: 2/1 - The Pennsylvania "Copperheads" claim that if
McClellan, their candidate for president and an army man were elected,
he would be in favor of soldiers voting. The recent amendment passed
by the Pennsylvania legislature received one vote from the "Copper-
heads," while every Union member voted for it.
"This shows that these Pennsylvania Copperheads think more of
McClellan for being a Copperhead than for being a soldier." (3)

Politics and Government / United States

Index terms:

Copperheads; McClellan, George B.; Pennsylvania

1706

Cleveland Morning Leader, 7 April 1864 (12 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1706 - L. Apr. 7:4/3 - Letters by express is a new and important arrange-
ment by the American Express co. The envelopes used for this purpose
are the regular three cent government-stamped envelopes, with the pre-
paid stamp of the express company on them, stating that carriage and
delivery of the same is paid to and from their offices in the states
of New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois,
Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota.
(This appears to be the first attempt at "special delivery" of letters.)
(12)

Postal Service / Special Delivery

Index terms:

American Express co.; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Wisconsin

2286

Cleveland Morning Leader, 13 August 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2286 - L. Aug. 13; ed:2/2 - Difficulties in the way of restoring the
Union are over if we consider many things already accomplished. The
Mississippi river is in our control; the mountain range from Pennsylvania
to northern Georgia and Alabarua is in our possession, and government
scruples about Negro soldiers overcome. These successes plus other
accomplishments by the North, make success of the Union assured if the
people have courage to complete the great work.
"If we are to prove ourselves a great people, these consideration
are calculated to give us great hope and courage." (6)

Wars / Civil War

Index terms:

Georgia; Mississippi river; North; Pennsylvania; Union

2358

Cleveland Morning Leader, 21 January 1864 (9 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

2358 - L. Jan. 21:4/3 - The 6th Ohio cavalry enlisted in a body and were
mustered into service on Jan. 9. During the invasion of Pennsylvania,
the regiment fought at Smithtown, Boonesboro, Ilagerstown, and else-
where. The company is now in Camp Cleveland. Its officers are: Col.
William Steedman, Lieut. Col. N. A. Barret, and Maj. John N. Cryer.
Four more officers, (9)

Wars / Civil War / Enlistments and Confiscations

Index terms:

Barret, Lieut. Col. N. A.; Boonesboro, Pa. ; Camp Cleveland; Cryer, John N.; Hagerstown, Pa.; Pennsylvania; Smithtown, Pa.; Steedman, Col. Williams; U. S. army

2359

Cleveland Morning Leader, 22 January 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2359 - I, Jan. 22; ed:2/1 - The supreme court of Pennsylvania has re-
versed its decision on the unconstitutionality of the enrollment act and
now maintains the opposite. This is due to the election of Judge Agnew
in place of Judge Lewis.
"Pennsylvania is redeemed of the stain on her Judiciary." (3)

Wars / Civil War / Enlistments and Confiscations

Index terms:

Agner, Judge; Lewis, Judge; Pennsylvania

2504

Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 July 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2504 - L. July 15; ed: 2/1 - People in Maryland and Pennsylvania are panicky
over recent Rebel raids. Fifteen thousand Rebels landed in the vicinity
of Washington and remained over night, but forces in Maryland and Washing-
ton should catch every one of them.
It is hoped that such a ridiculous panic will cease. Raids in the west
don't set the people shivering with mortal terror, and the fright of the
east is supremely disgusting. - (4)

Wars / Civil War / Military Engagements and Campaigns

Index terms:

Confederate Army; Maryland; Pennsylvania; Washington, D. C.

2509

Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 July 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2509 - L. July 27; ed:2/1 - Generals Lee and Johnston are working hand in
hand to defeat Sherman. Johnston already has falien back from Chattanooga
to get in position to be reinforced hy Lee, who has also sent off large
numbers to defeat Sherman in Georgia. It seems the South has suddenly de-
cided to invade such northern states as Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania.
"This magnificent scheme hatched in Baltimore, will undoubtedly succeed,
unless General Grant concludes to modify it. We shall see what we shall
see," (5)

Wars / Civil War / Military Engagements and Campaigns

Index terms:

Baltimore, M.J., (Cont'd); Chattanooga, Tenn.; Georgia; Indiana; Johnston, Gen. Joseph E.; Lee, Gen. Robert E.; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Sherman, Gen. W. T.; South