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FATt'KDAY, OCTOnRll 8, 114.
" Oil Dorado" Mania.
PENNSYLVANIA 0.L REG10?
History ?i its Rfsa and XCon-
deriuL Frogress.
TEE TETRttUTj.W AKISTOCRICT?.
Singular Developments About tto
UteB HVde of theit "Wealth.
'A6TOUUJMNQ FRKAKS OP
HATUHE AND TORTUHR.
Tho Oil Princes and Trincc ssos.
Tortus atus-LiV Dispcnsiaion of
LieUiioiirls and Ecjuipans.
TIIE.EE THOUSAND A EAY AND
A MILLION A YBAB.
SUDDEN GEOWTH OF
.AND CITIES.
TOWNS
Tho Arabian Nights ard California
Outdone.
BOGUS XETROLEPM COMPANIES.
THE TRICKS OF SHARPERS.
A IBIilLIilANT COUP D'lLE
How to Reach the Oil
Region.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET
THESE.
THE MODE OF BORING FOR OIL.
tO,. XitO..
IOto., lit.
The Iletcinnli.v
Frfcitably there is uo article of commerce or
tpKsnla'ion that Is so much exciting the attention
C( capitalists and othcri as the product of the
lock oU regions of oar country. These regions
are believed to extend from the southern portion
of the Ohio -valley to Georgian bay on Lake
Boron, hi Upper Canada, and from tho Alle
gliaBiea, In Pennsylvania, to the westurn limits
f the bitnminoui coal-fluids in the vicinity of
Uie Missouri river. The probable superficial
extent of this n gion is estimated to bo tlity thou
sand squurv miles, a vtut amount uf which is, of
course, undeveloped ; but so violent Is the fever
en the subject of petroleum now raging, that it is
likely but a few yeara will elapso before a very
large part of the tract we bare doscrlhed will be
dotted with well derricks and filled with an indus
trious and enterprising clasg of people. We do
, not Tr pose, however, to wander over so large a
sp( in examining tho subject; for those who
tavalraveled in oil regions know how undesirable
it Is to take any unnecessary steps in going from
. one point to unother. Wo propose, for the
present, to confine ourselves to the examination
of a aaiall, but probably the rlchr portion of al I
the oil regions yet developed, situated in Ve
aiigo county, and a part of Crawford couuty
Feiuslvania, and known more familiarly as the
"Oil ereek region i" and if the wonders we shall
have to describe within the com puss we have
chosen, in regard to the freaks of Mother Earth
at welt as the freaks of Dame Fortu ne, do not
carry tbe imagination of the reader back to the
marvelous stories of the Sultana Scheherazade
In the "Arabian Nights' Entertainments," thou
we shall fear that the memory of iIiobo delightful
chronicles has parsed away, and that the ret-oV
lec Ions of Aladdin and his Wondeful Lamp
which, it is inferred, was filled with petroleum-
have become entirely extinguished.
A Trewlllloii Flrnt llcverjr snl llaes) of
i Lie wii.
Msdv years ago. as the Seneca Indians have
the tradition, the Ureal Spirit appeared to one of
tueir chiefs in a stream and told mm that it he
would p ore' d to a certain part of the country
He would unci, oozing np irom tue earth, a liquid
which would prove a balm for the cure of many
ilments wticb the red men as well as white
me u were heirs to. The chief proceeded to tho
ap-t, and there found tne baliu flowing copiou-ly
from the bosom of the earto. Tbe instructions
of the vision were complied with, and sure enough
the tqulJ proved a beating ointment to the tribes
of lLo Benacas. There are wiii e people now
llvin who were treated medicinally by those
loaiac with this ointment, and wo believe there
Is siiiiaji article known and sold lu the drug shop
aa "hfiutxa Un."
As the whites encroicherl npon the soil of the
Indiana ,tiiev discovered certain pits or b illows
Oua by these Indian- and the remains of some
are still viable on Oil creek, particularly on what
is known a the Uynd luriu which were ued as
receptacles for accumulating tbe oil as it flows
out il the surface. Many years elapsed before
the oil came Jn use as a incuns of lurnisuing
li;ht; but when it did so its reputation as a liimt
Huior became iirailually spread uiiroad, und in tue
year looy a new tiaven coinpauv wui lorrued lu
develop the urtiJc, and tu t its value for com
nicrclal purposes. An enterprising gentlemni
Euiiied Drake, of Massachusetts, was tne pioneer
lu thi Ilvi situation, iiu gave uis wume uttcn
tiou to the business; Inst "struck oil nrur
Titusviile Craw ford county ; rnado a rapid for
tune for himself, but alar greater one for other
and, like most men ol genius, bo despised wealth
and la now a poor man. We undcrst-ind that
number of the rich oil men, who have become so
by the skill and energy of Colonel Drake, are
making up a non'e tc-smnoniui, amounting to
ouanerof a million, to be presente I to tiiiu
ti kencf their esteem. Ihese oil primes never
CO anything by halves.
Uolnir lo Ibe Oil Region.
Having thus briefly traced the origin of a di
rnverv that bus und still Is causing wealth tc
flow into the nosstssion of people; like a golden
stream in a fairy fable, we will proceed to show
luiw tbe reader can appreciate this region, und a
little in regard to what he will hud whuu he gets
there.
In eolnir from New York tho most easy and
expeditious route is to tuke tho curs of the New
Tfoi k and Erie railroad at G o'clock in the after
noon, enjoy a good supper at Turner's, retire to
rest in one of those comfortable sleeping cars, and
wake up in the morning in time to breakfast at
lliiruclibvific. 1 hence take cars on tne Atiuutic
ami Cireat Western road, via Salamanca, direct to
Meadville, passing Corry City a thriving oil city
oi a night tor uie present.
MeMdville.
As this town Is destined to becomo of much
importance, both on account of its proximity to
tbe oil region, and as being the arc of the division
of the Atlantic and Great Western railroad, which
will before many years become tbe great high
way from the city of Mew Yoik to San Francisco,
uniting the tttJautio and 1'acific Oceans, the
traveler will hud it pleasant to stop a day or
two, examine the place, and enjoy the warm hos
pitality of the host uf (he Aldluury House, at the
depot.
ilesdvllle U an old place. It was settled during
the time ol the French and Indian wars. It con
tained a population in 1S6U of four thousand ; but
baa more than double the number since then by
influx of the employees of the railroad company,
who are constructing machine and workshops
and other buildings of a most substantial and
extensive kind, and those interested in tbe oil
business a business that is bound to be largely
increased as the oil country lying on French
creek, off which it is situated, already producing
well, ts developed. The facilities tor transpirta
tiou, wharfage, c , are better than those at Oil
City. Il has ten churches two i'ruauytcriau,
u UajtUjl, WctlivdiHt, C44W141J, i'U;oua.l, u-
THE
tran l.tl s uB, two oman Catholic, anl mm
A trim n.
The AH" shenv Oil'erfe, under the patr nne uf
lhrv fniitrri lie s 'if ihe Mf h Kll-t Cdureli !..,
th IIHstinrg, rv!e.anilWest Virginia ami tlei
i)nt1rinn TTir'log eal Srhool, funil''d and en
dowed by wn o'd 1 1 ol I nil r, II inn Jam lluble
ki'per, tfe;ie ne.pc-ndiiiiti nre now the most
sMal'l y tr well us m ng thn nrist respecter! of
tbe rmirrrift of Crawford oountv. 'Itiunt is a
fima'f ""minarv, a miiseinii, two hanks, fnvernl
birli" f 1 Mice., three or four newsp'ep-rs tl
aniitni l I C' ndunii'.l and eigtit or ninu
h' tel tbe Mell-itrv, N itmiuil, Kuero I,
Kurii's, be h. i.'le, Cr .wlord, Ameri 'n, ari l
Coil's. A 111 w lusl ela s t rvel, on an ex indej
ii'e, is in tin' eoinsi" tr coiiirn.:iion bv Mr.
Cl.luni, sub d by y ring nnlmiii itro rniui.il
frmle, ho'f Inc'ime 1' not ! si thxti ti thou
fiit.il ilnllsrs p r d y. We nmy have more to say
cf this inline oil prince i.ic-cn-y.
It l Muted liiHliivre post o II e mutter p issns
Ihroi gh tl e ('Hire a- Mead Hie Minn in anv oth' r
I11K nor town ill the Stitu. l'lu re is scarcely any
in. nu n 1 I the ifiunty not reachable by raliro id.
The heiiltli of tti' place Is good. It Is mcti'ione I
111 this 1 onm t'c.Q tbut wlun the vemuatilo
Vailur li.jlc.r, of 1-iwn.n, was ad Iressing tun
eiubge iti.sbnts 011 a cer'ain occas.on, he ro
111t11k.1l Hint ho hiid never before seen so many
i ill In luces In a fill. Ik; asucinhhige ; ami (he
stnii.nls svrno fr'"Vi all. parts of tlie country,
mul hoiitft. rr.ers Inslna among thrm. The wnr
tms bd many collece rei ru entatlvcs from
Misovnlo, not iu-foiirth of whom, howevor,
1 ae tvsT ni'nrrw d. In the early d ivs of the
CaH'ofnia excitement It was staled that many of
ihe eohtl setktrs " aw ibe ilephant on iiieir wy
lotlrD (ligelHgn. r.ltriniH in this am:U a, in
Haul, of oil t-r nnet, if tie do not hapiwu 1 1
sec tire elspliain, can examine some cil'iow. "pccl-
nnus of a burger an. null the masiolon wuicn
was txhenri il while v.o.kiu.n w. ru ilinging mr
tl iailnst.1 near thi- p'ace, and nv 111 too
Immm rtrlnu of 11, 1- Kichmoud, K311., an rbbgl ig
tven.
mill(--ilr" anil m.r ltl-h Mn r
S'niV Isiisl mul eitHKKM n.is t-.lr
The' lluiilekoi er family Is the wealthiest and
jirrlsapa tlie oldest f.unl y in the-couuty. Its
lur'ui e is 1 still, nerd tic octween iwo unit tnne
nullum, ot dol ar-, mi at.lv In landed eFt'itn. The
fiuiiHlerof the lamily in this country, Harm J mi
nun fn m llollun'l, and was the agnntol' the
relehriitnl Holland l.nnil Company of those days,
When Hint company, one of tho ancient Hiiro-
ian militiles, exploded, llunlekopcr toll Inta pos
ression of a very lurge tract of country, all of
tiu b,m the lup-e of time, mteanie extremely
'VhIiiiiIiIc; and now, from the discoveries In the
il region, ol which it constitutes a part, is of
aliie st Ineaicuintiie vame. It Is not to 01 or oil
lands, howevi r, that the iluidekopers are indebted
f r their wealth up to the present time, but to 1 lie
constantly inerea-lng vuluo ol 1 heir lauded estates
plotter: and when their oil tractn are developed
tbe mi'guttudc ol their wealth nmy be Imagined
Ibe pruierty of ihe Holland Company was
loCHteii 111 (JiHwtotci, vcuango, rorcsi, and 111
part of Clnnon eonntiis, and covered nearly idl
the trues where oil lias been found. Harm Jam
hud three sons (r'rciierick, Kdgar, anil Alfred)
and a daughter, a maiden lady named Kli.abcth
Edcar died io ycurs auo, leaving a wtte with
live or six children. The widow is widely known
and universally esteemed lor her charitable
works. Frederick has a family of three children
and Alfred lour children. .Nearly ail the ctnl
dren of the second generation me grownup, uro
well etlticstcd, enterprising, uud never withhold
their aid when It is di manded by a great puhtte
ioiprovin ent. A large grove has been donated
by Hum for 1I10 bene lit of the school-children of
MeadvtlJn. The eliiblren of 1I10 first generation,
who Lad bicn reared in a humble manner, Hiitls
tiidwitb Ihe usual iverv-eay style of country
lite, could not ai .predate tho necessity ot allowing
aiailnadto lun tbiotigb tiicir dominions, but
grailuiilly fell into tbe more modern views or
their 1 liiidien, and now approve of the great en
terprise ot the day one of which, the Atbrmie
ami Oreat s ester n railro.id, lias aiicauy uouuicu
he vauie ot their town property.
The Huiib kopirs have never sold oil property
for liinev priei b. simply for farming purposes.
Tlity nil live In handsome style at home, are
respecti d by their litighnors, travel little tor
pleasure, but are prep in d to adorn the most
Issliioi ai.ie society at will. 1 uey are tne legl l-
mate aristocracy of the county, and their de
scendants, as they incieiise and multiply, will
pi rhi:ps never buve occasion to renrct the thrift
and 11 tegrliy of their ancestor, plaiu old Harm
Jam Hindi koper.
Tub Hiihtkn Fahily. Connected by mar-
riufie with the tluioikoiicrs. Not very wealthy,
be t t ern post d ol the lirst stock In the .Smio. Shin-
pens! urg was named after Judge Ed ward Khip-
pm, aeceHscn. tne wiuuw rcsiucs in tne 01a
liomesii ud in this borough. Thu bliippeus were
oiigilislly an V.nglisb fuH.ily.
Ihe dick i'AMii.Y Je.hu, liavtcl, and James.
Au old and niiieh-ies) ectecl lamily. John was
tbe hist white child born in this section of the
counliy, und was lurmerly a general in Ihe Stutu
wrviit. ihe tan il) ts among the wealthiest in
Meadville. Julius and John huve tamilies of
sons und daughters most y grown up.
ins: John Kkvnomis I'ahii.y. A large lam
ily, and largely engaged in the land interest.
SVlillum Kon. 10.-, one ot ihe suns, iaiored
sei.lnu-ly lor ihe Atlantic and Great Western
ruilro.ul, 11 lid visited Europe several times in
connect on therewith. A singular circumstance,
In 0111, eeiu n v. itb thi- tuiiii y, is mentioned in
Ab' rep mble's "Intellectual l'hllosopliy." A
n-ier ol John rosscsscd two di-linct n:uges of
con bi b .usi. ess. bhe was subject to irnnce inter-
vuis. Wheu 11 covering dora one trance she would
forget everyibmg that she bad known before
fulling into it, ei en the names of intimate rela
tions. Her opposition would also bo entirely
uillcrent-, in one stage she would be reserved and
sedate, In the other lively and talkative. On re
turning again to a trance state, and recovering
theiefiom, she would forget all that occurred la
ber previous slate of consciousness, und a know
ledge of what she knew in hcrorigiual or natural
suae would riwive. The Kev. Dr. llcyuolds, an
esteemed l'rcsbi teriun clergyman, is a son of
John iiijroUiH. Ihe lamily is numbered among
the most wenlthy.
The SiiYitoi'K Family. Daniel Shyrock came
here it an early day, and acquired consid
erable w ealth. Has two sons among tbe principal
business men in the place, and three daughters
living all with families. They are a much
respected family.
Iiik 1)e la Mateb Family Vulgarly spelled
"Dele mutter" came ongiuully I10111 the east
ward. It then consisted of two brothers, with
limited means. One (George) studied law, and
was admitted to the bur. But be never hud much
practice, and pioceeded to Towuevillc anil eu
gagtd In mercantile business with Mr. Noble.
Tlsey were among the first to engage in develop
ing the riches of the oil region. Alter boring
patiently and industriously, with but moderate
success, tor betwien one and two years, they
suuueuiy sum a a vein wuicti prouueej trom six
hundred to one thousand barrels of oil per day
Ibis was tlie turning period in their fortunus,
Fiom 1 oniparatively poor men tiny became iin
mi nsi ly wealthy, and no one now sets their for
tunes down at less than from two to three mil
lions each. Mr. Nob e resides in splendid stylu tit
Erie, I'm. Mr. De la Muter lives here in a hand
some bouse in a lu-hiumrtilc tnuuuer, and spends
his wealth It ci ly, but piudently. Uis wife is the
daugbiir ol Noah Towne, Esq., ot Towneville,
Inline rly Irom the eustwurd, and Is a tuost excel
lent luily. 1 hey have several children, all young,
w ho are being educated in a manner couponing
with ihc.r parents' wealth, which, although sud
denly acquired, has not, iortunutely, iu their
case, entuned the curses ol eUiuiag iuci) and
unlit couiiug pride. '1 he lie la Maters lire among
the lirst, as they arc among the wealthiest, of the
"pi nub uui aristocracy" of ihis region,
'1 hkM k.ao Family. The original proprietor of
the lund on v. bieh this borougli was built was
General Duvid Mead. Some of his descendants
are still lii in g a daughter, in town, wile of
William Gill, a very old and wo'tky family,
Tiik iliiiAM L. liiciiMONU Family. Father,
an old settler, a lawyer, came here in IhM ;
lamily of eight children, all growing up well. A
brother, A. 11. Kichinuud, is a great mechanical
genius; and one of tbe sons of H. Ii. takes groat
Interest in mineral geology, conchology, ftc, and
thus accumulated a valuable cabiuet of speci
mens. Mr. Richmond has much experience iu
drawing up leases, examining titles, Ac a busi
ness of great importance in tho oil region.
Tun John McFaiiland Family. Foreign
'distent, but unlive bom. Panic heroin lili).
Oldest merchants in .Mcudvillo. Two sous still
in business. Well oil.
Tiik William Davis Family. Very laro
mostly grown up. Sous have mude much money
in ccuucction with the oil business, although, liko
many others, not directly cucd iu dcvulopiug
the region.
E. Oi.mstfai) Farmer, living a short distance
from Meadville, went two or three years ago into
the oil region, and bad to borrow fifty dollars to
entitle him to secure a lease for himself and sons.
Had since bought property near the railroad,
paying sixty-live thousand dollars cash and
retaining an interest in the oil region. Is worth
a quarter of a million, and is not at all carried
away by sudden lortuuo, but pursues bis way a
unobtrusively as wheu he was dig'tug the soil at
six shillings a day.
Ja m t 1 a tin, farmer, Venango county. nought
a farm for a small sum, throe hundred and buy
dollars to three hundred and seventy-live dollars,
and is now known as the famous "Tarr farm.
Immensely wealthy, from the sale of leases and
his share in the product of oil. Two millions
may cover bis wealth, but tome estimate it as
high as live millions, lias a family ; is about
forty years old ; acta prudently ; and is cautious
with bis investments. The iarr farm is known
abroad for the number of companies working it.
John Stk.kl. Married : three years ago a very
poor youth 1 adopwl sou of Hamilton and Widow
McCiiutoik, tfi jivClintcxlivUlo, Xuy widow wu
DAILY EVENltftJ TLTRG K
en itlental y burned to death about a year nao by
ibe txptfish n nf a lamp ft li I wi ll p irolouiri.
J. I ti S ic e r lis ho )1 f itlilluirl v styled
''Johnnie" Steele, tor he la ''n'. twiry otic je in
of iue Is one of the larkiest youth, in tne
world. He bss ful en ft. tr to a por im ir,
ino't valnaole oil lnnCs in ti t: vc.ion. Ill- income
is fight tiiif'dtid iboosaiid t'oll irg rn-r ye ir, or
n ore llo'ti two thousand dolluis oer .In v. an I
ci nliroallv ttn Teasing.
C. V. Cri.vr a nrlglnsity from Ohio, n I lent
In Irntiklln, 'rnnrigo eouiity, tiut oun of 1I11
nis.w psrm in tlm t.rnwiurd C 'lintv li eu 1. Is
orih 11 mi Iv 11 . lb 11 1 tm-r yri.rN o I, 01 r. i o .
tit without eliilrcti. Jut i... 11 11 1 oi:: .1 : 1 ts v
the Kipu'.ll in s for Cot g'ewi, l ul h a 'hi,l tin
wi u!d rail 1 r l it glvi a tit.v th ns.im d il'sr.
li nn to trei 1 Mlg. ij to e.vcpt t" romi ci i 111
H , n'T1ci s w 111 I v iluaii c to i!m eaiuii ry as
liiiSi.eiir. A I In tiiili not i h tsmted as a t -i die.
ful'i r, 1 1 s. 1 faiisioia k cisnmon sen-e. -vli n
ra'l. o upon, iv ol it,r. tiv 11, u ri s-eit pi oit s .eitu
latioi s. Is c iineeteil with a nieri'imwlo co ti
ps nv in N. w 1 ik
johAiiiAN wiiMiK. t:ii; nary irom ttm i;ast.
Mai e u iB'i c sin 111, 1 ot tr.ouey, proba'.lv 11 til'-
lion, nv iue noviiBce mi ssii lerri-ory. was tor-
MiCrly in the luwin. r ssul tiierciiiiito OrisiiM s..
lla-a liim, y. I) sposeu ol' m st ol his oil in ric-r.
and gone In Uwliestcr, N. Y.
Dr. P.. llarwvR. Al-o trom Uie. i.asf, mr a
run.b r of virim partner wi ll Watnon Made his
n iilu r, and gone to Westtii id, N. Y., retaitiing
pait ol Ins ftigliial oil intc rot.
John Mm 11 i ll, lormerlr ol' the firm of Kousn,
Vitibell ft Itrown, Itouscvillc. Mr. Koiivq wis
burned to (teinli Ov bis clothes taking lire Irom a
burning well. Mr. Mit. h-ll is an old pioneer in
the oil I-iisIt rs", having been engaged in it for
live veers. Js wealthy, t le 1st a million, un I
one ol the owners of tne Ihiclum.n f irm, from
tbe had wells 011 which he derives a very largo
ires me. is a tUicr, nmissuming gciillcmiin. an-1
a go 1 si business man. Ills fortune Is likely to
lose nothing iu his hands
Dr. EimiiiT, if llonpoville, had not, three
jesisags. funds enough to liquidate a 'hree h'l'i
ilrsd tollnr debt. Ilislncomo is no es nnstcil
ni three thousand per day, or n million per ve ir.
lie ban since refused to take greenbacks, having
a loom In bis house already nearly filled with
bunilcsof them ; and requires 7-'10s, HMOs, or
ottiirso'nviTnmrtit securities f ir bis oil lands and
lesses. He Is a careful anil worthy man, und
when he ennus Into tho fashionable world his
advent w ill not be nnlike that of Motile Christo
Irom his diamond cave in the Medltirtuncun.
Jam s K. Kititn, of F'runkiin. Largely In
teristed iu tho oil region. Wus coIolcI of a
i'ctmsN lvaniii regiment iu the A 1 my of tho Poto
mac, nnd commaudid a brigade, lla is a rich
and go-nhead man. Has five hundred acres of
oil it rrltory on tho Allegheny, and a tract of fivo
thousand acres 111 Grei ne dainty, in the south
westerly part of the State, upon which oil lias
bein discovered In conshlcraiile quantities. Is a
man of v a th and Intluence.
John Htnh, of Venango conntv. OrigliiBlly
owner of ihe llvnd bum. Unntrcctcu by Ins
prosperi y, lx ing tho possessor of hundreds of
thousands of dollais now where be was tbe pos
sessor of only as muny cents n few years n'o.
Has a family of live young oil princes and prin
cesses e.iunllv as uniissuminc as their fa her.
There lire, of course, thousands of others who
are entitli d t a place in the above list; but our
limn loroiu iiieir jnse'.iiou rjicri,Ti. iiu wio,
therefore, refer to them as we find them in the
course ot our expedition through the oil region.
f'raukllii Mrikliiir "Ho" oil lieueli
t'riPk.
Leaving Meadville for Franklin, Venango
comity, lit 8 A.M., you reach Franklin, only
twenlj -stvin miles, a llt.le before noon, and tlluo
ut the I nited Stales Hotel, which is us good a
house ss j 011 will find in the place. Tho town
looks old, nnd furnishes but few signs of recent
improvement. The derricks of oil wells strike
your eye st every turn. It was in this town that
ibe third oil wus ST'ick the first by Colonel
1'iuke, tear Titusviile, iu the f.ll of 18 VJ, on Oil
ere. k ; the second by Hamilton McCliutock, three
mile s 11 hove ihe mouth ol the creek j and the third
in Franklin, by a worthy backsml'li, named
Evans, still living. It was on tho latter dis
coiery ihut the anecdote is ba-ed which rcpu'es a
daughter of tte discovcicr to have rejected a
suitor because "Dad bail struck lie." W visit-iil
this well in company wiib a couple of I'liilailel
pbians, and found it to have been originally a
water well; th. t tbo water had become undriuk
ahlc on account of thu presence or oil, ami the
discovery ol the presence of oil in large quantities
was the nuiuiui conequence. The oil from the
Evans well commands u higher price than from
any other, be ii l'. like most of the wells sunk 111
French cictk, va niihle lor lubricaciug purposes,
having more gravity. '
Other we ll.-nre sunk near tbo Evans well viz.,
three by Van Halingen, a dry goods merchant of
Philadelphia, Simpson Ac Jaum y, of Philadelphia,
with several others, producing more or less lutirl
ci.ting oil. An in ere st in a well on French
creek recently sold in New York lor $'.)u0). Wo
hud the pleasure of seeing tbe young lady whoso
Inue penoenee- was secnri el liy ''l)nel striking lie,"
and Van assure the readurtbat, from appearances,
the unlucky suitor not only lost a lortune iu oil,
hui a treasure in herself, in being rejected by the
Isdy ; for she seems to be a sweet tempered and
obliging blue-; y ed village belle un oil ot princess
air i-ji eUrni'C.
lite uairei laciory 01 iiisscu v jo., siitinieu tin
French erti k, turns out two hundred und I'.tty
bsriels per osy le r the liissell Oil una JUatiul.ic
ituitg Company, who have til'ty wells snuk or in
Eroeess ot sinking. Mr. i bedoro H. Vctie i lelu
us an interest in tho company. Tho timber is
61 atoned by a sew process, saviug much time in
making a barrel. The factory is run by a never-
Ih In g water-power. Connected witn It is a patent
"tag" factory, busily employed.
liniorlnut to Lain! Itnyera.
As Franklin Is tbe county town of Venango
there is of cotnsa always considerable business
eturicg, especially among oil speculators and
those having an interest 111 searching after titles
to lands, &c. Many of the titles to those oil wells
are quite complicated, and require a person
thoroughly conversuut witn the business to un
ravel them. 'Ihe lawyers in this region, with out
lew exceptions, are too much interested iu tbe
prevailing excitement to devote that ultcutioii to
the (Ubjeet which it requires, so thut New York
and 1 hi'adi Iphiu parties are frequently obliged
to send counsel hero to investigate the titles to
lands and leases. We recently mut a lawyer from
New York, ot considerable experience iu sucti
metiers (Mr. W. J. tisbornc), on a tour of inves
tigation of title, and tbe one which bo had then
in hand, covering a large tract on a well kaowa
lai m, he found to be utterly worthless iu Its pre
sent couonion. llogus companies, also, are
formed, and tbe unwary bYcccd to an unmerciful
extent. We know of one case where a man came
up from Philadelphia with fifty thousand shares
of the stock of some fabulous Oil creek company
in his Keket, and devo ed several days, on foot
and horseback, in endeavoring to ascertain
where it was locslcd ; but without -success. It is
reported the Auditor-Gcncial of Pennsylvania
lias recently written to the llecordur in Franklin,
inquiring into certain mat lets which may ntfeet
tbe li gubly of oil companies formed iu Now York
and other States, and operating here.
Oil t ll, lliei Hub or the Oil RckIou.
We have now, by stage, over a most shocking
roud, readied Oil City, which Is culled the "hull i
of the oil region ;" but tlie title is iu dispute. Wo '
defy, however, anybody to truvel on wheels any
wheie about ihis horribly uiuddv region without
being up to ihe bub in somcihing. oil CPy is
built on Oil creek, at its confluence with Alleghany
river, ut the I use ot a mountain, with nothing to 1
spare lor a Hat uulesg it lie the victim of fume
bogus oil company, it bus but one street, and '
the (trudiug ol it has just commenced, and al! the
rocks, boards, boxes, und debris generally are j
thrown into the middle of it. The buildings ou
one side of the street all rest upon suits or spiles,
and occasionally 0110 caves in, as tho post otllre
did the other evening. On ihe other tide n mau
txaiun to build with a depth ot first floorol twelve
feet, the next twenty, the next thirty, according
to tbe ''perpentliculiiiily" of the mountaiu.
'ibe population arc ull buxy, like sensible
people, attending to their own business, and
malJng money but they go to church and closet
their grogshops on Sumluy. The town is all
wealth and uud the creeks all scows and scowl
ing lioalmcn. It is well a "pond freshet" does
not occur every day, like the one lust May, wheu
thousunds of boats were piled pelltnell one over
tbo oilier, crashing and smashing, the oil bursting
from barrels and casks, and wasting by millions
of gallons, and tho boatmen swearing and hal
looing like so many Choctaws. There is a peace
now prevailing, compared with such a time,
which might suti-fy even a Vullandighatn or
Wood. The three principal hotels are tlio Crape
House, kept by a New iiedford (Massachusetts)
youth, who, like others from Ihe- same quondam
oily city, now follow oil whenever they can smell
it ; the Sheriff House, and the Petroleum Hotel,
These bouse are all crowded to overlluwiug, and
muny are crowded together in a room, ihe
accommodations, says an old Califomiitn, are
worse than any be ever saw iu his country. Hut
it cannot be helped,
People will come, peoplo will buy, psoplo will
make ineney, people will lose it, people will get
cray and the cousequoucea aiu, discomfort, ill
tempcr, bad beds, worso meats, and worsvr
w hisky. The tow n hardly looks as if it was built
to stay, and yut It may eventually become a
tidy, steady, pleasant place. There is certainly
money enough in it, and enterprising people
enough, if they could ouly be induced to think
there was something to live for besides trading in
petroleum and making money. There Is no petro
leum aristocracy there. They have no time to
become aristocrats, or hardly to air their beds.
Those who obtain riches in Oil City go else
where to Siend them. There Is no way of spend
ing their money here for luxuries, although there
are many elegantly dressed ladies occasionally to
be seen, as they are to be seen everywhere where
mtiu 6"v huU uxvutj iitffi. A yw rvltr 'yn-
ATPII . -Pli Hi ADEI jl'tl I A ," SATURDAY, QHWJl 8, 8(BV
il.rees are roll'? "'P t.ston'a, 0"po'lt, nnd
they pn t.ti d p' a-a'it npiiraranra In cuntrast
with ihe wren he.. '' the "v.ity" proper.
A l-nst. I.i iliirsao.
la rrinifiinv wiih frrml took hora oaa
fur. to on tor the loti rlor. ADd then a view of
Un h levant tviiiii.f thts reniarkulne TCitlon
hs prieii.d. 'litre wf.s ol. oil, every wore,
lie link in each nlf was i.neil with derricks
as far 1 s Ibe eve r' u'd rem, looking bk'i genii
11 uii.i.ts in f iov I rd. I"ks wells w.ro iiuuialiig.
tie 1 lis v
1 ' g i 1 1 s
, la'l H
is wao- in g o auis 01 inu
e and 'lo vu Id e h i iiii-iv
i'e d. P. was a wonderful
.1 in the 11. 1 l-l of h mo t
be region, pern p it w.ll
; ivc a imiru lull ami pi .V-
bi.p'.mr '
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p.. t
I le'V'rl
1 ill I ' I up
lies, ' th . 11 1 r 1 o -.
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b r. ;l 1- itis'i ; if n !
ni. ii a 1 5 alrv i" l'i
suet git" 111 1' fW. a in"
tie we it, C"lf'sii'.n 1 I
ti e 1 1 ru e 'ltii 11
havil g I' I out Ibllt; -ii
"1 Obinlm l.
Lis r'g on rl'bcrbtiyor
i int.' iisuall . " e-tiall iln
.I'dlioldtr Alt r g. 'tin ;
ery nei esary to put d-i vu
riving wheels, eto.ino 'Um
iKing beam, said beam
Il SllOku, the. proceS-. of
Olilllt g .s -i mil ''lo il
I. Ail iio'i pipe, six ite s
, : one, Ineli itn :k ot rnc'-i',
:i 1 roni lo ty t 1 s:xiy le.!'.,
In Clemen r ii."" , 11.
is or si n '.iito 'In. i-ailti
ve it Is a t .m. 'ike
lock 1 iiaibeil.
1 'i ile-ilriver, uniil tbe soli 1
'is being chum el out hy
n e. i s of n puri.p
b tu .-i lei t long, wtib a V I've I
il, tic Pott
tie P-"Is, weg'iing s .1111; 1 l'tit
I niii-ri ri 11011111 s. aril thirty. live te e', iu lengin, I
ate a'tni b d to en iu b und a Ii4lf ca'ile, un I tbo
)'i i eis of drilll g in f 0 solol rock com man' ed.
A 1 ui' r. -l.it, 11 boin. t. ne and a ball inert., s wide,
very sharp, is hi' 11:1 11 ; at d alter running this
In m ti re e to six ft. t, a rammer, four and a half
iticlu s rcri.s tin face, nearly round, is Used to
n ske tbe bole n und urio sim oth.thc s.i'id-ptiinp
b. ing used to Craw 1 11. tlio diillings as the woik
progress, s.
Al the depth of 11 biitiilrcil and sixty feet, afier
p: ssii g tl ioui h 11 slam ruck, tbe tirst sutid rock
is r uebiil. Tills is i.ooet Ibirtv feet thick. After
paS'lig through a -0 '. mek sonic liumlretl and
Ivvuity let, comes the nci nd sand rock. Tnis
var rs Ir. in ten to im nty -hve feet In thickness.
Passu g through utiotiier soap and shite rock
ciui is tbo Ibinl sand rock, in a di p'b of about
lour hiimirr.l nnd th rty lent . In tills rock the
oil Is fe nnel in tbe l ogt -t quantities. Same stn.nl
wells have been obteiin 0 in the seitoud s md rock.
Alier tlie yveil is ilcwu 10 the di pill of four lum
en d timl sixty liet u is tubed with two inch gas
pipe, and It it eloes not flow spontaneously,
pumped to see if there bo oil iu it.
111.- lion I li Ilorlnif.
It pouictime hnppe ns that the borinf? proves
untuieesstul, even ..Her months ol labor. Then
ti.tscHills arc a' Hid 'tied, nml tie w ones sunk,
nnd fo 111 until oil is s'ruck. When this Is done
tbe oil first l.ows s o., 'y , or, in soum instances, it
rushes up with su. b b ice ami volume as t i scud
ti e s 11 am as high ;-s die derrie k, some forty feet,
und canting with it .il tl.C heavy borli g appara
tus. A well like thi - pioduccs sometimes as high
us fomteen hundred oarrels per day, when it
will niiu'ciiiy nibsi e, or i-etase fl.iwing iiltogo
tber. Then the pump Is resorted 10, and the oil
I limpid opat the into, generally, of trom live to
tw.iny I artels per day. Iu the meantime other
wells arc being sunk, und, on good producing
flats or t. lulls, will y icid from for y to bliy barrels
per duy,ond in other loeaililies be utterly u 11 pro
elm tive. It lieeiiiently hapHtns that veins of suit
water, nf the higlic-r sullno gravitation, uro
Siruek (us at Fnniklin), irom which the bast,
quality of suit could be produced by npp'yiiig
some of the apparatus in use iu the salt works ut
Syiuctisc, N. Y. Uui people boring for oil think
ot nothing but oil, ami II their wells should force
up goleli 11 nugget they would probably feci dis
appointed. '1 be Se wiiklcy well, on French creek, was sunk
six hunched und ten feet, Mowed for four months
one hundred bain l per day; but stopped and
bus now been ai.auiioued, with others in tint
locality. llu so cm lident are the owners of 1 lie
land that oil is to be 1. illumed there that specula
tion has r- vived, end eight wells are no going
d-avi. on what is cm leu the 1 unman farm, oetceii
Meadville and Frank lin. Thu farm has a front
of one mile and a third on French creek. Although,
tl.c t il pioduceei h. le is in small quantities, tne
qui liiy ts super, or equal to Ihe celebrated
"Mecca" oil of Oh o. The invesiigatii ns on Oil
creek prove the supp y there to be large, und that
the ic.-.ults of bornit; uro almost as favorable as a
year ago ; and the b et that a well has been sunk
at so great a distai.ee tot Krio, Ph., indie ties that
ti e pieces- of boring . vcr the whole iute.rmcdi.itu
icg 011 may he c litii ti.d with results not dis
similar Item the i.iiovc.
IIiuIiimk tuu A l.rllllimS Coup It'Ile.
Fussing on up thu creek, upon a road almost
impi'ssubic for a miin or beast, our iloiinantc
tout a notion to siiuu: le in a very bad pla.o,
neutly p teliii.g its liner iuto a petroleiiiu tank of
several thousand gal eius capacity. The g illaut
sttrd was nob y reined up, nud in violation of
the profound axiom ot Old Abe, that it was "dan
ge 1011s to swap hOi'Hi a crossing a stream," we did
so joy tuily, iind obtained a much better und
siiiei-fooad animal.
V ill out further dit-a tcr wr pacscd firuiT, Hus
fe 11 & Ci'.'s, tlie Ciapp lurm, Carpenter's run, and
re si be d the I'.m h .n ni l..rm. This farm was
miginutly bii-ed lor oil purpo-cs frotn the
Hui bunans, wi o oiigitially came from Ireland,
ai d uo not appear to bo satisfied with their
hamuli.
"I l eold man Is to' rring toward? the grave, Is
vet) int. mpeia'.e, and remarked to us, grum
bdtgly, while tumbling lietwecn his lingers a
limp e ot tive cei t s'amps, "1 might 'a bin worth
a million this day ; but now I'm a poor man, not
woith 11 huiiilieel tbouMin', and lao wife u gh
i!eni with tlie drapsy ami tho piles." Governor
Curtin has two thousand shares in the Bach man
Company. The farm is now worked hy a com
puny called the "ll'ie li'uiaii Farm Oil Company,"
who have declared a dividend of one per cent,
per month lor September, besides expending a
huge amount of earnings for engine, tools, (ve.
A number of new wells ure going down on tbo
pioperty without expense to the company. Tho
present jicld of oil to the company is 170 bariels
per day. A "nmlve" who hud Some stouk In this
company wus i. ski d the other day if he wanted
nu re stock. "No," he replied, not exactly coin
prebemllng the Intern .gutory ; "I've three horses
and a J okc of sic rs a ready. Not unlike another
liilllioiiinie, oivn. r ol an adjoining farm, whose
daughter bad In 1 11 p'ueed at a fashionable) boarding-school,
Med on I'ciug Informed by the prin
cipal that she hao "no rapacity," declared he
a is bound to "gi 1 ber one, cost what it might."
It! jiLi.tckvllie, sire.
We next came upon McClintockville, with a
hotel, son e houses, end oily indications ail about;
pass tbe ilium ns. ly vn unble 11. McCliutock and
Widow McCliutock farms, with wells pumping
and (lowing in every direction, the income trom
which would ma iitalu a Collins line of steamers
to Europe, but Is being largely squandered in
dissipation, and reach
touteivllle
In time to make a dinner at the hotel on pork and
b' uns and eiaiet. Here we found a number of
Kas.ern gentlemen, 111 el a lively spirit of specula
tion going on. 'flu ro were several retired sea
captains iu tlie ci mpany, who, in the absence of
cotton freights, have gone into tbe petroleum
speculation with no 11 tie forvor. There were also
some Niw Yoike i s pr sent, and a plentiful sprink
ling of Philudeq hmns, with here and there a
returned Caliieu in. 11, making bis pile by tbe sale
1
j , ,
' ,
d Crawio'd. A largo amount of business
transacted in U. iiseville In the transfer of
leases, buying ai d selling hinds, &c. The country
aroui d a bound- in rich oil territory, the Ham
mond well, on ti e -teele farm, being the most
productive a s ng t well in tho vic.uity tlowing
two hundred nun .'My barrels per day. Thu
Trundy wells an- also successfully worked.
The i.ext tarn :n importance is the Uynd farm,
lyu.g between t. c S eele bum and lllood farm.
Ii comprises 1! i-1 I '.mired and eighty acres of
oil territory, ou Oil . teak, at the mouth of Cherry
Tree run, rxtt i.il j.g rom tho creek to Cherry run.
Gnat activity is f1ii.au in the operations on this
faitn, there iH-irir so-ue twenty-live pitying wells
working, pro.li.ring about 0110 hundred barrels
per day, aud tl.i.ty iu the process of boring. It
is owned by the liy ud Farm Oil Company, and
judiiiousiy superintended by Colonel lloilinau
Atkinson, formerly adjutant on Goucrul Smith's
stall, Army of the Cumberland.
from 1'overly to Ilfclien.
All through this neighborhood we have accounts
of the sudden increase) of wealth among people of
humble origin. Cases where boatmen, teamsters,
Ac, have risen from earning three shillings a day
lo be the possessors of thousands. A private
once in the Eimiskillen dragoons, named Wallace,
who could not buy an extra pair of beMs a year
or two ago, Is now worth fflHtfJii
Wlmt ftouie do with Iiieir Money.
While a large number of those who have real
ized fortunes have gone to live in style iu largo
cities oue party having just paid as high as out)
hundred nud fifty thousand dollars cash for a
house in New York others invest their money
bolh in purchasing line estates elsewhere and in
Government securities. Some again remain in the
vicinity, and lead an unchanged life in nearly
eveiy respect. We were paddled across the creek
by an oil prince, aged fifteen, heir to a million,
coatlcss and bat less, and with but one suspender
to keep his courage and bis irowaet'l up.
berry Hum.
Defore proceeding further up Oil creek we lake
a ride to Cherry rnn, and Iind tbo Heed well flow,
ing two hundred and City barrels per day; the
Auburn Company putting down wells ; the Hum
boldt refinery well at work j and a little south of
Ihe run, near Plummer, the Hogg farm, on which
It. W. Trundy & Co. are suro of oil. Cherry tun
is a favorite locality with oil seekers.
Vu Oil t'reeU Attain.
Troceedltig again up Oil crock we came to
niood farm, Yorygood; Tarr farm, black with
tuuM Mil T7(U' ivV ly lWuvtcr named,
Cirfiwall Ilros , pri dtic s nun hnnilrs j harrals
ter rla 1 S'erv tnim, ImIscII's, .'m Cut, unit
utt er webs, pn due tig twohun 'red ami flflv i.ar
te s; lljde C liglie.t' farm, M ipvt Umve, M Apia
Sl'sile, Jers y, Keystone t hree ), Turtle, and ten
others, yielding eight hundred to one thousand
ba r. Is, w lb niber wells go.ng down; the It .yd
f"m lo Pit'Obum t.Vii'ie ( thBce onto W.sti.
M. U.rloiVs. MeElh.nx a, rutikviit.-, 110
piat.rlaiiii com. s 11, tar n, with tbe fsolilo w.ll,
1.1 e m r 0I.1, and vleiilmg live hii i.lr. d t e itlu
I i,r,.'iinl b on is ner ib v : al. tbe Sherm m wr I,
wihajie il of two biiiielnd 10 tl.r e bun Ire I; ,
n . xl H e Sauna laim, Jone-', Su K.fle, t-i I
S f''s, vlieie. tb.'i k lleu en. we ngunt.ki" 1
f nl!ni.d p' ug through W .t o.i s H.tst-i I
T.tt'svillc. We l ouid st te'luit Hie I'i'l jii R k !
O.I t on pane, of N. w York, is lotai'e I oil the
M 1 'tr n u F "t' r ta' tii" one ( air and the ot'i r
Mini li lies Ir. m Tilusvili.). Tti'ty 0 ii-n-uee l
. f imhoiis iiboat tbe mi'i.lle u' Au u', nud b 0
tvei.tv new w-'il" be 'id. end a mi al.er wineli
w.ic In (ip.-atj.iti wi i h t'.i' coiiiuny r ui
11 ei is'ii op. lai'is. W.ll Wcnb, K-q .tne wci.
ki own lii builder of N w Yoik, ts Insiien'. ot
tl e C inputiv, wli'i-c Inter, tti uro riiiu we I
n'tt ne'e d in by the reudeiit btii r.iiieiiuiii, Mr.
J. T. I'.rigi s.
H. loie iitntiug of Ti.ussllle, we will take a rule
h ti ibe
AllrRl.nn.r IllT (! 'niry, nhovw Oil
t r- k.
There nie good wells on tho Ai'cshanv nvsr,
rboveO'l iru k l he tv hi r well, and miier
1 lis i.ll around to Walnut Hcml. proeltice from
t.nto thirty dollars p r ily. W.-lis are being
si r.k in ail ihese. smiill rons via., l.smn's,
C..r. y's, c. up to ibilr In ueis, eu.hr icing the
Huts neiwieu Oil crc k and vvainnt lean.
ll tveeu llor-c cneK and Panther run, on tho
ot.i' r s tie ct the river, u-o tolw. Ivc new webs
a. e gong down. One m.iuk near Hoisc creek
p remises . ry gooil.
Coming up to Walnut H.-nd proicr, the Conti
11' ti al Con panv, Phiiseielpbiii, have several go id
piO'ii'citig wells, und go. il prop- r y on the river.
Toe In ui cr Cm puny, Philadelphia, have a g'Kid
rralon. striking da--, wideh Is n pre'ty sure tiuli-
c lion of tl.e nre-eii' e of oil. Tbe' Star Company
luive oi.e or two wi lls.
I'd Hole creek empties info tbe Al'eetianv.
Time ate good w. I aiH.ut its month, ami lair
pn tp cs up to Pinmmer nanl. Ail the U rri ory
uhove bio. hcentiis.il bv companies whoso names
tue not well known 'i his creek inns up to Nells
burg, seventeen miles.
1 n 111 the month 01 Pit Hole creek np to a place
cn led Prcsistctit wheie there Is a good hotel,
new, clei n, anil plasiere.il 'here are wells going
down on Harper's farm. Hemlock creek empties
into ltc river at Pit 1 inent. Then conies the two
1 loncinau Upper and l-oivcr. Oil is produced at
ti e nu iith ol each, but n. no at uuy distance
fi 111 their 111. u tb.
Next ci mes 11 ickoiy creek, and thence we go
t i " 1 nlioiit," Wi.rren county, where we find a
ject culled iho " Eeoni.n.ls s," ob'aimng oil from
sba'low wells. Their tenement ia on the river,
and liumhers alamt tive hundred souls. They
sc id . heir oil out by way ot Irvin, on the Erie
ami Phi uelc phia road.
This is ihe bead ot the oil region on the Alle
ghany. Next, going down below the mouth of
On 1 reek, looking alter the branches, is the Big
Sandy, the boreieia of which aro al bought or
leased lor oil ten iiory for a long distance from
Its 11. onth. Scrub creek is next in order; but no
o 1 of much ac count lias thus far been found on
eitb r eiiram. Opposite from these streams Is
tl e Last Sandy, but no oil has been discovered
there.
Two miles above Franklin Two-mile rnn emp
ties into tlie Alleghany ; ami nhont two miles
above its mouth n small union ar. of oil of very
good quality has be en discovered. All tho terri
tory bus been leu-eel, and is considered valuable,
us it iui.h piiiullel with OU creek alter it gets up
a short cl.btunco.
oil.
Coal, in no larcc quantities, is ever found npon
or iu the immediate vicinity ol oil-producing t;r
ri eiiy. Se me thin veins have bcuii discovered on
tbe bill buck ot till creek ttie lust back of ilur-e
t ie. k ; but it in of very poor quality, although it
sells at seventy-live cents per hushed at Oil City,
'ihe whole country sec inn to have been coal el
our in toimer years that is, hy the making of
clit'icoal lor iron furnaces, iron ore being found
in abunilauce.
TiniHYll!) ntl lla Olllpnrchy
was origii ally n smiill lumbering town. It wis
ulamt a 11 ile iind u ha f from beiu that oil wi
discovered, on Oil cieek, by Colonel Druko. Tho
exciteii.t nt begun in lb lU-bl, and people came In
individually and went to putting down wells,
with more or less ruecess, in some cases the lir.-t
stuke luii'g tho Lest. Since then tho business
has inert n cd, and immense, fortunes have bona
matte Amcr.g the millionaires may be emunc
ra'eel the heirs of the l ite Capt1i11A.il. Funk,
Jonah Wiitsrm, Oiungo Notch, who have retired
with great lortur.es; William il. Abbot', Ch arles
llyelc nil poor men originally, except Mr. Ab
bott, who lame hero worth tonic $10,0)0.
Among the ht.lt millionaires may lie mentioned
J. W. Sherman, J. O. llu-sey (living at Cleve
land, I tit doing btisine-s here), Dr. Levi llaldor
maii, F. W. Ames (burgesa ol the borough), and
many oilnrs.
'Ibe Dalxell nrotliers, formerly of riltsliurir,
have u large interest beic, und are cstceiued very
wealtl y. A barrel l'..rtory iu tins place turns out
four bundle d Parrels per d iv, at three dollars and
twenty live cents pi r barrel. The Oil Creek rail
road is linisted to this place from Perry, twenty
c t I t nii'es, and to the Shall' r farm, about seven
n.ilcs d. wn the crce I;, on Its way to Oil City. Tbe
n purl that no ra lto. d won't! be constructed
below Titusviile, through the heart of the oil dis
tal t, 011 account of the danger of the gases taking
lire freni tl.e parks of locomotives, is helicvod to
bo a story Set on foot by teamsters, who roalize
very la.geiy ny carrying oil trom the wells lo the
railroad ileoois. The Oil Creek railroad will be
continued as fast as men cau be obtained to build
It. 1 bis is a great country ior poor men.
Millions of dollars are invested In this part of
ti e on region uy companies lorincci in new York
Pbiludcli bin, and other cities. Some are sound,
and pay handsome monthly dividends; others are
unsalc. Ihis borough, from un bumble country
villsgo only a few years ngo, number now a
population or some six thousand.
New and handsome bilck edilices and private
dwellings are going up on every si Jo, and indicate
a determination 011 the part of the citizens to
make It a substantial and permanent place of
vuaiucss. lucru iiiq iwei uuuss attrel (IDel roifO
leum nud one National), and room for three or
lour more. The place contains thu teen hotels,
aud not really a good one among them ull. There
is a fine opening for u lirst-class house. It has a
large hall, called "Crittenden," ut which the
nanioru s nave jutt closed a good minstrel busi
ness. The hall will hold seven or eiirht buu.lr.l.
Society here is good, mostly E u-tcrn, pious, tem
perate, aud debt paying. It is u poor place for
lawyers who can do nothing but Issue executions
for debt. It has one weekly newspaper. Among
the residents are a number of New Iiedford gin
t enii 11 among them tho brother aud son ol the
bde Mayor of that city, tho Hon. I-aac 0. Tabor.
"Terry t'lty-Tlie oil Circuit Comnlntett.
Down to Corry City, by tho Oil Creek railroad.
we have completed the circuit, and penetrated
the heart of the Western Pennsylvania oil region.
Corry contuina a population of between three
thousand and four thousund. Three vein s ago it
was a bowling wilde rne.-s. In building up the
city the people have not taken time, even up to
..no ui...-, ioiiw.o ituiu iue irom part ol tlie
place tbe stumps which they weie obliged t dig
out tn orde r to clear a space for building. Throe
railiouds centre here the Philadelphia and Erie,
Atlantic! and Greut Wcatern, and the Oil Creek
road. So fast have the people been lo accumulate
wealth, that as yet no churches have been com
pleted, lint thero is a Catholic church, also a Ban-
list and Methodist, imd.-r way. Eligible buildimr
lots ci uiniand wUcH) lo fctioo. F'ive years ago the
wholo site of tbe town might have been bought
for the lowest sum, or less.
Mr. lieunett, the burgess, came herethreo years
ago, and paid 2 to 4 2 M ier ncre for land that
row communus ,00 to Ssuii per acre. Suniuol
Downer, of Iloston, owns tho extensive oil fac
tory locuied in Corry, and rents it to the company
that now carries it on. It is valued at tfotjn.OtW.
Hie works cost 417.',Ooi), employ 175 men, and
pay ?'1-7j to 3 per day. Have relined 100 barrels
per day ior tho la.st month, consuming 2W barrels
crude. The products of uistllliug are 1, still
gas; 2, gasoline, or naphtha; 3, water separated :
4, burning oil ; fi, lubricating oil, by chilling or
pressing with Ice, similar to the process in making
linseed oil. Filtoou tons of ico are daily con
sumed in this process. The product of the oil
region, from data obtained ut this refinery, has
beeu about OOOU barrels per duy ior the past year.
Ia Coucluelon,
we havo to remind the reader that the oil district
traversed in tbe course ot the above investigation
has never been mapped oat, and any slight dis
crepnncy In the particular location of furms, &c,
must be excused. Tho region is a most uncom
fortable one to travel over in any shape, and It is
only the prospect of acquiring iuddeu wealth
that induces auybody to ever visit it. Speculation
Is rile in every eye, and we repeat, too much care
cannot bo exercised by the inexperienced iu
investing their money iu stock companies;
although at the same time overcaution may de
prive them of the opportunity of realizing splen
did fortunes. Eailroads are being pushed through
the country, and considerable foreign capital il
Invested iu their construction. There will proba
bly be a continuous liue of road through the
most populous port of the region therg before)
spring.
'1 he value of the soil alone bordering on 011
creek, say two miles on each side, aud extending
from its mouth to Titusviile, about twenty uiilos,
is estimated to be worth in the market at this
time If could be purchased at all wo hundred
aud fifty millions of dollars. Two thousand dol
lars wus considered a large sum four years ago
for a (arm of from, thiyv t9 fvu( Uu.vU,
llle fi.rm" have been "del at from llx t.lltulr.ij
Ih. nssn.1 10 oo rul Hon of dol " e o h, ami
l inn who now own iln m. pruinqsillv J mit
si. i k i'ti. amis, of .oiirsc h .01 th. to at imi''h
htglur luiie. 1 1 err are lh-s, also, wbi hold
In.ovi.ttial frsenoral l..9.'iets, so h as one
1 II I lb. i nr-nrni th, fTn-ihlriii ih. Ac, ami thu
lent ihor r rf'i.'iri Ions r.-n only tu-eorreetlv
I amiiHlini ' ll.e b hs k. ut hi ihe well, lint
J hi se n.e install'-, s. if lh'e va!ti.' w. rvi ronsulertl,
1 Ibe 1 r.. 1 r'v woiilel he l.ebi a HiinintoNiinere.il.
! I r fun. I.,r a f ilm, at leas', two lo three million.
, .it Co Inls.
I s up urh ar. r nrui ns . st'mu'e i f wealth In
I ri n po'iiiivi ly s. liiui'eil a .ii:net. t acre I- great
I Ci 1 c 1 ot sr. 1 s pi..-i.i", soii.r time .r otner, j
' wl.i'h wdl pr iv .li'i'stii'M- to B'l who huvo n t (
! I sit tl.e ' 111 eel. v to s. . err I III imcl ve- ll .el. Alice,
1 In re i' a'"" a furihi-r el inn r In n.e 1 II ct w'ne'i .
bsi' 1 r l "f u sun k nn.psiiles will have noon ton .
nock of S'" d 1 01 u pa i i s , ly laing forced in
l'ge v.ili.n . ii 01 lha 11 ark. t. I lii t u inn y
of nu b a tli-l' f It'iiu's is . vi. 1. nl y to pr al ice
np 1 e, a pal . a g.n. rl .lis n.t, and gner.l
uistrnst aumv. r-alera-h I In u mav tms r. aina.
win e mil wi abh still r. insi'.B 111. o d.encmiiitu'
a rev.r-e ttnit will require jcars 10 1 intble It to
n cover Irom,
IB'COLN AND JOHNSON.
CPAND DEMONSTRATION
NATIONAL UNION PARTYI
nauiiriiiiit U.i
(1HANU HKMONSTUATION
on
SATURDAY EVENING, Oct. 8,
To miutiit of ft
SI A 8 8 MEETING
IN INDEPENDENCE SQOftRE,
TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION
Of tho various
CLUB AND WARD ACSOGIATICMS,
1 1 live uprAlnti'l die fulkswlnit namsel efnceri far the Tr a
cciblch,vls. :
CHIEF MARSHAL,
WILLIAM H. KERN.
The Chief Marshal therefore announces the followlni;
UINF.K1L OK OIKS.
I. The rrcieesslim will consist of seven irrsnd divisions ,
which, pr imrfttorj tn tne uiovlnx of ths wholo enluran
vLl rvndc-EvouR ss fallows :
FIRST GRAND DIVISION,
SOLDIERS' UNION CAMPAIGN CLUB
MERCANTILE CLUB,
AMIS TUB
KErUBLICAN INVINCIBLES.
They will form at riicIi paint as tho retpocUvo marshals
st.sii dei.liiuite. and proceed to Citi.nul street, WvH of
llrcutcl, rlfcht oa IJroael lUvet.
SECOND GRAND DIVISION.
MARSHALS.
ISAIAH PAlK OK,
JI.HKI II M. MONEY,
ItODliitl' (I. 1'IU IKON.
The HAverst brhdcIb Ions of tho First, Sorond, Third,
Tourth, Slid Klflh Wares, In Rprues (troet, Man Bl.xth,
ud the a price ed to Market stresit , east of Uruael, right oa
II road sheet.
THIRD GB AND DIVISION.
MAUH1IAI.S.
DAVID U. llHILF.lt,
fit A Mi 8. JOIINHUN,
BAML'KL IIKN1IKU80N.
The seversl assoe-latlons of the Sixth, Rcventh, Eiphth,
Jillilh, and Tenth Wants w'l fo m en K.Uhteetiit'l street.
tclow VTatnst, anS then prb.eeel to Market alrevt,wost of
Broad, lUht ou Vn-ad Btrcet-
10UKTU GRAND DIVISION.
MAHHIIALS.
II. A. B. IIIIOW.V.
A. II. ISI.OANAKKII,
JON E. WAINWllKinT,
ADAM WAHTI1MAS.
The several Anoclattoas of ttis Eleventh, Twelfth,
Thirteenth, Bixtc-eiith, Bevontcenth, ElKlilceuth, and
Ulaet.enlh Vt ardi, wlil form oa t ilth street, north of
Ceatits street, and take poahlon on filbert street, east of
Broad, r Is IU en Brosd strsot.
FIFTH GRAND DIVISION.
MARSHALS.
JOIIN HIVEM,
t ItKDEttlltK O. WOLBERT,
UBOltelE W. FORI).
Ths'sovorsl Associations of tlis Fourteenth, Fifteenth
Twentieth, Twcnty-flrst, and Twenty-fourth Wardi,
Bread street, north of Coatea, and then proceed to take
position CD Arch strtet, east of Broad, r It tit ou 11 road
Street.
SIXTH GRAND DIVISION.
MAHRIIALS.
11ENBY ItKUiiKK,
David o. TiiouraON,
JAAtEH T. VASKlliK.
Th several Asioclutlons of tho Twrnty-seccnd, Tweaty-
third, and Twenty-Silo Wardi, oa Biirlng UarJen iumi,
east of Twsirth street, then proceed to taks posldoa on
Bread street, north of Arch.
SEVENTH GRAND DIVISION.
MARSHAL.
Colonel WILLIAM B. MANN,
Wlllconiprliio tlio Twenty-iKth Ward and all visiting
CluLii, and tuko poiltlcm In Fllbsrt street, west of Broad,
rlfcht reitlos ou Bioad itreet.
II. The sevsral Oniud UlvUlnni will be prepared to
move promptly to the positions aiilsnul at o'cloek.
111. Tlio First Uraad Division will take its potiUua at
the head of Uis columu at procltoly o'ciook , aud Ss. fol
lowed by Uie others In suecvaatun, whaa Uie whole pro
ceaston will uovo over tlie followlaif
IIOUTK:
fp Arch to Nineteenth, down Klnetocnth toChesnat
down Cheanut to Rixlh, down fiUth to Waluut. down
Walnutto Kllth.up Fifth to Cheanut, down Clieinut to
Fourth, down Foorth to Pino, down Fine to 6eeoael( up
Becoud to Bprace, up Spruce to Third, up Third to Arch,
op Area to Broad, aud couuturuiarcu va Uivad, aud Uiva
dismiss.
IV, Clubs or anoclationi from abroad deaisairif to par
Uclpat (and they are cordially invited), will readozvoua
on Broad street, below Ctiesuut, proparatorjr to tHUsi
asilgned a position In Uie line.
V. Tbe Chief Marshal has appointed ths following sill
Who will be obeyed and respected acvordlugly ;
Colanel W. 11. MANN,
BABTON II. JEKKSJ,
HaJorW. A. TUesltl",
Adjutant II. B. POLLOCK,
Captain JACOU LOl DEhoLAOUt,
JOHEl'll W. BILLOL'K.,
WILLIAM MILLWAJJU,
ILENKH 11UMM,
THOMI'SJON REYNOLDS,
EDWIN II. F1TLEK,
WILLIAM II. BAItNESI,
CONRAD B. ANDltEshS,
ALHKltT C. BOUEBTfl,
KOBEltT C. TITTEHMARr,
BENJAMIN II. IUtOWfl,
IfiNRY W. tJUAr,
C. B. MOVKT,
W. 8, BIEWAIiT.
61'ECIAL AIDS.
Colonel W. A. ORAT,
a. s. ra.RiKu,
B. 8. LE1DV,
K. T. WALTON,
Vt AHlIINl.TON KF.ITU,
A. B. oLOAJbeAHttt.
Hy coaunant of
-7-Ht
WILLIAM T. ZES1T, OWef MwBhal.
tsr,
RALLY TO THE BUPPORT OF OUH
Peace lloinnil..lolioi I F1KTU WAHI). Oraad
Union DemonalratluU. TUo Union uietn of theWaidaro
earnestlr luvil.d to meut on BATI'ltDAY F.VK.HINll,
Seh in.tnnt, Ot IIX o'clock, at No.SOJ HI'KUCB atrort, to
Join lu thoflroal Toreh ltsht Farado. A lull band ol Mmlg
will be In tua4aiiw. fc.iali.iiiriiiruri,i.iidtoaii.
!L vINli OP l
0I-. AI. il U.-aT
1 A 'I 1 I T w
0 M-RTH, NO SOITI', OXE rOlTXTttT
TL6r.:araiidSuiejfsforAlhhiiLanti.
maim:,
V KH.M'i.NT,
MCllll.F.,
ATLANTA.
S!U'.NA!I. OAn. "
AH l't,. e. . f ,
A I n tl sal ef i.r, bo huve 'mi. hi ior our
GI.OKlOdS U.nION;
A.l Hhc kive auit h--nor a;r
iiKAVK SOLDI HIS;
All h .ra 4e'ito!n.rt that tso
ma'okiiy Hiiu.r, nt'Trc;
A I whi wald rra-'.llale an ha ...ratiio r"'. wttk
I.UANT,
Sll I. KM AN,
Mil H1DAN, an
1AR11AQCT
A" I'ea Co ma. !!. n re ; a 1 vhi hato
TKbASOX
And world
I I Stall TRAlTelKS;
aL.s ie,i lee wSen nor Arn.te,
AKE VI-"liIOl'."4;
All who re.rr.iii'
FA I ItOITK! FriHt TATHLFsl,
And .tin ai.orl.h hri. rlnel ; all who are aTatefol we
tt. h-.Ui;i iraiinnllled lo m hv tl.e
ITllUJli:H OF -.Ii;
A, I wl.o wonle' prc.iave thc.e hlesains f.r their ehUdreflt
All. A4IH.I0ANR. AriVK AND AllOfTK.I),
Are rcr,'atrd to meet at
1NDEP1NDENCE SQUARE, .
On -SATUUDAY VKN1N0, OctoUr 8( 186,
To tnntify ilipirdovotlon to the
CON.ST1TL1ION AND THE UNION,
U'li. h aru..1 Irallora 111 intna fllalal. ferial nnnta4Wl tTa T
'4tLiii hi utlitrt, r irli!i. to ovirthiuw. x
LET THE WHOLE PEOPLE COME,
Ar.d with Biilfil YOiCfi" proclim tht, Id tpticuf
HLAVKIIOt.l'INO HAHUim
AND
r.!ROfEiK DKrtPOTB,
Oar Country l all fornvcr rcumlna
f'h KK I-ANU roil l'O iTF-BiTV,
And a licm f r tl.
(.od and Our Country Freedom ForeFi
A tIBAM) DIHTL A Y OF FIREWORKS '
Will lake j.ltt.-e, on the adjoarnniartof the Meeui .
IN TUP. HCJL'AKE. j
.t
By order of the National I'ulon City Executive Commitf '
JOHN O. liU'll.KIt, i.l
3 6t riIAIBMAC()MUITrEEON JkBEKTTNq t
t2f LIKCCLN, JOHNSON & YICTOEI
FOUllTKliM'lI WAUL).
PARADE NOTICE.
All the Loyal Citizens of the above Ward are request)
to meet at
Kl'KINO OAIIDKN HALL,
ON SATURDAY EVENINO, 8t INS?
AT 7 O'CLOCK,
To take part In tho Grand Demonitratinn as erelarr
tte CUT KxecntlveCtimmKUeor the Natt nil Colon" i.
The follow h-K named gentlemen nave bsen aoteev
the Ward IxecstlveCornmlitM toact ai chief and nil
aat Marshala on the alwsr ceeaslon
JACOB K. KIDOWAY,
CHIEF MAUM11AL.
AHHiHtrviita
M. L. Johnson,
llorare M 'I'libha.
John A XrlKwoll,
I. M Flstehcr,
llabert PlcVaon,
V R. "lalrliHll.
Wlliun it. 'tlashom,
B W l.elah .m.
Job IltLer,
lleori;a 1- Youns,
Wlillam U. Hack.
TheOlef Marahal haa appointed the foUo wins jend
men at his H fecial Aldi :
Thciraa A. Boyd.E.q., I L H. Fleteir.Eai.,
Ileor.e Co keet. Kq,, I Jaeob Hrela. Kq.,
B.C. Oram, . iq.. 1 K M..y, Kt.(.,
F. R. Oatehell, Esq.
A full Brass Ttan.1 will be In attendance! alio Tc
1, interna, Flaira, Badt,os, c. for the use of all thai
wish to i artlclpa e.
By order of tho Ward Exeeotlv ComwlltM of Radon
I' Won I'arty, Fourteenth Ward. ;
JACOll K. RIUGWAY,'
10 e at chief marshal.
RALLY, TJHION MEN, IALLYI
FOXJllTEIfiNTII WAIID.
Tura out lo yoar ait-hl.
Turn oat fcr taa rlstit,
GBABD TOBCHLIQHT PROCESSION
AT 7 O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY EVEN
OCTOUEB 8, 18.1 L
1
The members of the Fourteenth Ward Nailoawl t.
Club, and the Kyal clUianaol tho r. artMaUi Warwi
irli'K to pared with this omanlsitUoa, arc oorelia
invited lu meet at Ui
IIAIX OF THE NATIONAL UNION CLU
BROW", BELOW TWELFTH TBEET, '
To participate la U.s Oraad Cnksa parade.
A BAND OF Ml'HIO WILL list It ATTINDAIIC
and Irauapartnciea, Toicli,Flaa,4e., will read,
lOOO MEN.
LET ALL COME THAT CAN.
There w til be a Chief Manhal aad tw alve Manhais,
of Uiam mi a erf great miltiary eaassiiauoa.
ntlDEEICK A. VAN CLEVE,
ln-Ml riltEF MAUHIAL
l- MERCANTILE TJSION CLUB
OF I'UiLADKLrillA, '
The afEKCANTTT.E UKION CLt n,livlr rasolviXl
paitlclpate la Uie general 1'araJc to be heill
On BATURDAV Evening, Oot. 8,
lteiinctfully Invito Ui Morchautl and IliiHuoilU
fkUadelphla to teiUfy tlielr devoUou tu Uis
CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION,
By uniting with them. ,
The Plub will meet atltNlOM LEAGUE iTonoort) nil
at 7 o'ciook, where badges and torches will be provided
To preierye aulfuimlt of appoaraaoe, dark guitUuj
dcilralila.
The following tppolntments Lave beaiBJe,a4v
be obejtil aud ivspscteil accoreuufi)
AIDS. V
W. TfAItT CABB,
X. BABl'Et JEPFItiES,
THOMF80H KLYJOUiU.
AHHISTANT MAKBHALH.
Sf.O. KEN'NF.DT, A.n. FtH LER,
J. TOMI.lNtiUjl,
V. T. tt'l EKL,
ji. r. fl.i.i..pv..i
CHAKLE.-I K.AHROTJ
l.lil M tl. BACiill. .
WM.LIAAI II. MKSTTZ.
W, W. ll.LUI,
II.D.KKLt.
T. AI.LMAtr,
Vl.A. iiyijji,
C. 11. DL lliilstil
. . .. . .-. , .swji.
. H. AJiILalCAD.
yjy order of
JAMES D. ICEYSEIt; 1
IQ-S-st CIltF.r MARHIIAu.
1TKTTI WARD. A MKETINU O
.the Union men ol the Ward hui be hold attic
lutentllall. o.SH-i Mi-Kl t E Htr..t, on Mi inda
luataut, al 7t P.M. DlvWoa Ottlcari T ali paruwii
(es,ue..edtvL,pIMeiit. parue.
W i s.' (. 8. AlffiiSojr. Ju .Hyjuwrj.
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