BEDFORD PA., FRIDAY, AT6UBT 18,1865, UNION COUNTY NOMINATION'S' FOR THB LEGISLATURE, Hon. . B. ARSISTRO.N'O. Sabject to decision of the Legislative Conference. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, J. T. HE ACT, Esq.. of Bedford. ASSOCIATE JUDGE, ( apt ADAS WEAVERLINO. Bloody Run. TREASURER, (apt. SIMON ISICKERHOOE. Bedford. OOUXTT SURVEYOR, DANIEL SAMS, West ProVldenee. JURY COMMISSIONER, WILLIAM KIRK. St. Clnlr. COMMISSIONER, IIENRY J. BRl'NEK.C'nnitoerlwnd Volley. POOR DIRECTORS, JOHN S. HETRICK. Syr., M. W'oodberry, LEONARD BITNEK. 2 yr*., Jmi iota. AUDITOR, JAMES ALLISON, Nnpier. coroneb. (apt. AMOS BOBINETT, Southampton. DUTIES OF THE HOUR. We embrace the present as a fitting op portunity, to call tlpon all the 'overs of law and order, without regard to party, to raise up their voices and use their influence for the preservation and vindication of the laws. Violence rules the hour and papers come to us from every quarter freighted with tales of murderous assault? and fiendish crimes enacted by lawless men. "fiiey who opposed the war for the Union professed to fear its influence npon the soldiers after their return to their homes, but thanks to the noble teen who fought for the enforcement of the laws and the suppression of rebellion against the legally constituted authorities, we have it not to record, that they are the instigators of violence and lawlessness. Our returned soldiers have set sueh an example of peace ablehess and obedience to the laws, as those who have maligned them and endeavored to produce a prejudice against them ere they returned to their peaceful homes, would do well to follow. Those, who have covertly and stealthily, during the last four years, endeavored to arouse a spirit of resistance to the laws of the land and the rightfully constituted au thorities, would now fain throw the blame upon the men who have ever stood by, and advocated the enforcement of the laws. We are glad that they are ashamed of their rec. ord, or afraid of the consequences of thei evil teaching. We rejoice to see men turn from their evil courses even if they do so, from fear of consequences rather than from love of better things. We bid them wel come to the ranks of those, who, While as serting their rights and privileges of freedom , of discussion of all questions, in any wav pertaining to the public welfare, at the same time demand, that the laws be vindicated, and that threats against life and property cith er for the fearless discharge of public duties or tho pl>liv ci,MC=oluu vf ~vV.vtvJ , shall not only, no longer be encouraged and eulogized, but that all the power of the laws be invoked to punish the authors and in stigators as well as the perpetrators of such threats. It becomes all who make these professions to frown upon all such as are in any way parties to deeds of violence and law lessness, and instead of lionizing murderers and tra..tors, to do all in their power to make crime of every kind odious in the sight of the people. Through .the instigations of wicked and designing men and political dem agogues, large numbers of our people have not only purchased, but habitually carry, deadly weapons; while this is the case, we can only expect that in the heat of contro versy, frequently embittered and fired by the intoxicating cup, men will be driven to deeds of violence, and blood-shed and oft-times murder will naturally follow. The remedy for this dangerous evil is, for every man who desires the peace of the community and the personal welfare of himself and his neigh bors to discourage the carrying of concealed and deadly weapons. There is now no rea son for any peaceable and well disposed citi zen to carry deadly weapons of any kind, and it is a fair inference that every man found in his own community, with concealed weap ons upon his person, is bent upon deeds of violence and as such should be carefully watched by the officers of the peace. The sooner we have laws enacted for the punishment of persons carrying concealed weapons throughout the State, the better it will be for the peace and welfare of the coun try. We hope to see this subject receive the early attention of our next legislature. Until then it becomes the bounden duty of every good citizen to discourage by every means in his power, the spirit of lawlessness that now seems to reign supreme over the land. Men may cry away with military rule, but as long as they encourage, favor, and pay special respect and attention to those who defy the law and glory in its violation, they are only adding another to the many good reasons that have thus far called for, necessitated and justified, the employment and stationing of a military force in our midst. If half the efforts that have been made during the last four years to rouse the people to open resistance of the laws, had been expended in inculcating and demonstra ting the necessity for obedience to the le gally constituted authorities, we would not now have these awful catalogues of crime to record. •a?" The Gazette says it cannot degrade itself to the level of the INQUIRER falsifi ers, by stooping to notice every canard they invent. This is, are suppose, a reply to our article on Samuel Ketterman, who was kick ed out of the Copperhead Convention by the wire-pulling of this same indivinual, be cause he voted for the soldiers to have the right of suffrage. Perhaps, it is an answer to our charge that six thousand tickets against the amendment were printed at the office of the Gazette, and that they were regularly distributed by the editor of that journal, and not only this, but that this same editor electioneered against this same amendment allowing the soldiers in active service the right to vote ? We here repeat these charges and we stand ready to prove them, if necessary. We do not get up can ards. We are prepared to prove every po sition we take. The Gazette will please bear this in mind. THE CROUSE MURDE* AGAIN. The Gazette presumes that it can fore stal public opinion as much as it pleases in regard to the innocence of a party, but we must not, for the world, say ought in regard to his guilt. It acts fully upon this princi ple and publishes the most favorable ac counts, with scarce a semblance of truth, all over the country, but the moment we under take to publish the facts elicited before a Coroner's jury, we are guilty oi "'false state ments and inflamatory appeals'' and it turns fiercely and asks how a juror who reads them can swear that "he has not made up an opinion in regard to the guilt or innocence of the accused?'' If the Gazette doubts our statements we have the testimony taken be fore the Inquest on hand and we will pub lish it for its edification. We have had no de sire to bias the mind of any one, much less to prejudice the mind of any juror, but we would like to know whether a juror could read the statements of the Gazette without coming to the conclusion that the parties in question were only guilty of justifiable homi cide ? And, further, we would not give a fig for the juror who could not come to some conclusion, as far as the statements go, if be can fast, he is little, if any, better than an idiul , bal nVicu n jnitn wime fumaiJ nU swears that he will render a verdict in accor dance with the evidence, then his former conclusions should be as nought. We have always contended that the present method of challenging jurors for "cause" is disgraceful to the age. This system, in nine cases out of ten, gives us juries that have no mind what ever, and who are no more than a mockery and a reproach. It were time that this practice were remodeled, the verdict of twelve imbeciles and idiots was never inten ded to be the almost divine right to be tried by a jury. And. now, in regard to the threat convey ed in the last line of the article in the G-'a zette, to which we have deigned to make the above reply, we desire to say, that no threats or intimidations will deter us from noticing matters worthy of our notice, and as fearless and independent journalists, we shall contin ue to call things by their right names, while we control these columns, without fear, af fection or favor, and he that presumes oth erwise can simply "try it on." The Gazette, however, has latterly changed its tactics. Week before last it threatened some of the witnesses before the Inquest with perjury, last week it threatened us with libel, this week, we presume, the family of the lamen ted Crouse wiil be threatened with slander. It is time for the lawless Gazette to come down to the letter of the law, had it done so long since, we doubt very much whether any of its friends would now be incarcerated for murder. Or, had its friends resorted to the same means, the records of the Court would ere this, have settled the question whether John P. Reed, jr., went to Canada to avoid 1 the draft, or Mengel Reed voluntarily joined ■ the rebel army. WHO ARE THE ENEMIES OF PEACE T The Gazette of last week says: ''We tell .v. nonr.U of Bedford count v. that the enemies of peace are the leading Abolition ists —: that they will not permit the people of the two parties to live in harmony; and that if we are ever again to come together as Christian neighbors, the schemes and counsels of these foul hearted knaves must be scouted and rejected. Let us see who have counseled dissension. What means the following from the Gazette of April 8, 1864: "Suppose that our own little mountain county was peopled with four times its pres ent number, and that our most prominent and most patriotic men were taken away by force in such a manner as thousands have been from other places by Lincoln's minions Would she not rise small as she is in extent and with mountain riflemen assert the rights for which Tell fought among the mountains of Switzerland where those principles still live, while they lie buried here now in the tomb of Washington? No. The people of America are not more different than those of other countries where they see the actu al occurrence of atrocities. But, unfortu nately there are too few who see and too many who only hear and do not believe. The time will come yet when the administra tion, presuming too far, will spring a mine beneath their feet that will swallow them !} up. Does that breathe the spirit of peace ? The Gazette of July Ist 1864 publishes an article entitled ' 'Our Position and Du ty" from the mentor in which occurs the following: "Let tyrant* beware, should be the watchword from Maine to California in the Democratic camps. But. it should not rest in mere declaration. Actual prepara tion for active resistance should be prompt ly and thoroughly made. Resolutions will not do; newspaper fulminations will not do; but complete organization, embracing every State and ramifying every township, will be effective. This organization should be po litical, not military, hut so organized that a military form could be speedily evoked if needs hould require." The Gazette of July 8, 1864 says: The repeal of the "commutation clause" will compel every able-bodied man who is not of the wealthy class to fight for— or against Abe Lincon." "It seems that Democrats will be com ] Killed to arm themselves in order to secure the safety of their persons against the as sassin assaults of their political enemies. We deprecate this state of affairs, but if nothing else than war at home will suit our abolition foes we say, so be it. "Lay on Macduff, And damned be he, who first cries, hold, enough." Gazette Aug. 5, 1864. The following appears in the call for a Democratic mass meeting for August 29th and published August 12th 1864, signed O. E. Shannon: "It is important to open the campaign in | the right spirit, to not only assert the rights that God and the Constitution have given us, but determine to maintain them; and in this connection let the pimps of the present administration in this community and else where know that their acts of outrage on law and order, in illegal arrests, unlawful seizure of property, intimidating threats, Ac, shall not be done with safety to themselves nor their property." When the President shall see fit to under t<in'in en / orcemcn l °f the conscription, toe shall look with some anxiety, and mare cu riosity, for the name of the ivretch, who will not scruple to disgrace himself, ami the com mwuty in which he lives, bu accepting this odiou office." (Provost Marshal.) " Let that man. whoever he may be make icp hit mind that he cannot live a peaceful life, nor die an honorable death. —Bedford Gazette. March 13, 1863. In speaking of this article the Bedford Gazette of July 28, 1865, uses the following language: "OLD THINGS." "A cguple of articles published in our some years ago on "provost marshals,' &c., have been the texts of Abolition preachers, legislators and editors ever since we printed them. The howling and roaring of these delectable creatures, occasioned by those ar ticles, have furnished us infinite enjoyment To give a new impetus to their yelping, we say just nmc and right here, that we staiul by everything we ever said on the subject of "provost marshalsand add that what we prophesied about them has come time. Such miserable man-catchers and sellers of human flesh and blood as officiated in the capacity of township "provost marshals" in this county, in the language of the Bedford GAZETTE of March 13, 1863. "will be a stench in the nostrils of every true friend of human liberty forever and forever! The people will brand them with shame, for to co so is "their only defence against the. usur pations of power. They will put a scorpi i en's sting into every pore of their bodies. Men will turn from tnem in loathing and disgust, shunning the oontaminating touch or tneir ponucai leprosy. " What a record from which to preach Christianity and peace. Consistency, thou art indeed a jewel. We refrain from com ment, the record speaks for itself. ®@~The men indicted for the murder in that (Mock) case, were permitted to go at large on bail and the Ikqcirer did not say a word when the Sheriff did not put them in irons,— Gazette. The men who were indicted for the mur der of Frederick C. Mock had nothing to do with the murder and the persons who had them indicted knew it. If the Sheriff did not put them in irons it was not his fault, if they had ever passed the threshhold of what is known as the Bedford county jail, we would to-day have an example, in striking contrast, with the manner in which things are now conducted in that institution. The same malignancy which hunted down and persecuted the persons above alluded to, would have been fully visited upon them had they been so unfortunate as to have been lodged in that, now, apparently, pleasant re treat. There were fifty men just as much connected with the Mock murder as any of the persons indicted, and the Gazette knows it A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY. "The war is over. The effort to establish a Southern Confederacy has failed."— Gazette, Aug 11, 1865. Remarkable discovery, indeed- According to the Gazette all the brilliant series of vic tories that preceded the collapse of the re bellion, and especially the surrender of Lee, were compromises, now certainly if they were compromises, the Confederacy cannot have failed, but if it has failed they could not have been compromises. Which is it ? cannot the Gazette enlighten us. Some of the soldiers are very anxious to know. MEYERS ACCORDING TO HIS OWN isn tit a A are women, low that attacks wo- too, who haveunsexed men ?- Gazette, July themselves in endea -21, 1865. jvors to stir up riot, I she-devils who would \ mix Doison, (if they thought they could do ,it safely,) with the ; sacramental wine ad !ministered to their fel low church members, j—Gazette, Aug. 4, 11865. PROPHECIES BY ONE OF THE PROPHETS. If we elect a sound Democratic President there is yet hope to save this Union—if we fail, then this war will not be ended finally for the next four years.—Gazette, March 18,1864. But let not Congress and the Administra tion build false hopes upon this patriotic sub mission. The people of this state have giv en their last man to this bloody, though Uto pian crusade.— Gazette, Jan. 23, 1863. There is not one man in ten who now be lieves that Abraham Lincoln will ever be able to put down the rebellion. — Gazette. Dec. 26, 1862. ' ' iSyThe Gazette has lately made an addi tion to its editorial Department. An indi vidual has been engaged to hunt up Copper head soldiers and to write letters for them. Up to this date three or four have been found. Several others'are in reserve and will be trotted out in due season. fita The editor of the Delaware County Republican has been imposed upon in a most ungentlemanly manner by "an es teemed correspondent at Bedford" under the signature of "B." There is not an es sential truth in the entire statement. How could it "be otherwise, the Gazette and its at taches do not deal in truth, as ME. WAL TER, by a long experience ought to know. CALAMITY ON LAKE HURON. Collision of two Propellers—Between Seventy-five and a hundred lives lost. , The Meteor and ed on Wednesday night, in Thunder Bay, Lake Huron. The 1 ewabic was sunk in three minutes alter the collision. From seventy-five to a hundred lives were lost. The boats were running at full speed, and struck with such terrible force as to crush in the entire bow of the Pewabic. At the time the accident occurred it was scarcely dark, and the beats saw each other six miles apart. j tv. a I ) > P ro^: ! l'rig 1 'rig they exchanged signals, and the Pewabic bore off to pas. , but the Meteor, for some unexplained reason, turn ed in the same direction and struck the Pew abic. A number of passengers on board the Pewabic were killed by the crushing of her ,AT ew jumped on board the Meteor before the Pewabic sunk. T<de-boats were immediately lowered from the Meteor, and picked up those whe were net earned down with the wreck. From one hundred and seventy-five to two hundred passengers were on board of the x ewabic at the time of* the disaster. Seventy-five of the passengers and twenty three of the crew were saved. The loss of life cannot be correctly as dred lnC(1 88 yet ' bnt il willlx2 near onehun- Meteor remained near the scene of the disaster till morning, in the hope of pick ing up any persons that might be still float found 011 pieces o{ wreck ) but none were JV P ro P ell <* Mohawk passing down, the survivors were transferred to her from the Meteor, and brought to this city. The Meteor was but slightly injured, and continued her trip to Lake Superior. THE TENNESSEE ELECTION. Three Union Candidates Certainly Elec ted to Congress, Na SHY ILL*, Aug. 11. The Press and Times of this morning pub lish the following: "The Representatives elect in the respec tive districts are as follows: N.U.Taylor, Upper East Tennessee, almost a certainty. Knoxville district, Horace Maynard; Asa Faulkner over Stokes in the Chattanooga district; Nashville, W. B. Campbell; Clarks ville, D. B. Thomas; West Tennessee, Colo nel Hawkins over Etheridge. Faulkner, who we fear is elected over Stokes, will vote with Governor Campbell and Mr. Thomas, if they get a chance to vote at all. Mayuard and Hawkins can be depended on as supporters et a liberal national policy, and we hope also Taylor. Dr. Leftwich is alsoreportea to bq a good Union man. The chances of admission of our delegates are not very flattering. The Union says Colonel Hawkins is undoubtedly elected. His majority, as far as heard from is, 1,740. NASHVILLE, August 12.—The Pre** and Time* of this morning contains a proclama tion of Gov. Brownlow proposing certain questions to clerks of county courts and sneriffs, with a view of ascertaining wheth er or not the elective franchise act was fully complied with in conducting the recent elec tion. Information has reached the State Department that in some counties it was er roniously construed, and in others wilfully evaded, and in some instances totally disre garded. The Governor invites all loyal citi tcua to uuuimuiuut. LiiVri luubtvu iu idauuu to the question, and assures the loyal citi zens of the State that no array of numbers, however great, no censure of disfranchised rebels, however loud, no combination of Union men, however respectable and valued, will prevent the execution of said law accor ding to its substance and spirit. FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Additional Account of the Naval Fight- Bravery ot the Paraguayans—Captures by the Brazilians. NEW YORK, August 11. —The following' account of the naval engagement on the riv er Parana is given in the Journal if Recife : j At 8 o'clock in the morning the Paraguayan vessels were seen to descend the river, and at aboutt9 o'clock they were within reach of their enemv, and at once opened a furious fire. The Brazilian account, the only one which has reached us, admits that the Par aguayans fought with the utmost bravery, and the result was for some time doubtful, until the Brazilian steamer Amazonas, being converted into a ram, made terrible havoc among the enemies" fleet si iking three steam ers, the Paraguayan, Salto, ana Jeguhy, and one floating battery, and compelling one steamer and five batteries to surrender, and removing four steamers which were likewise considerably damaged, and then returned. The battle lasted until four o'clock P. M. Paraguayans who supported the fire of their flotilla by a land battery of 30 guns are reported to have lost 1,500 men of their squadron, and 500 of the laryl battery. The Brazilians estimate their loss at about 300 in killed, wounded and missing. Nothing could exceed the ferocious valor of the Paraguayans. They all seemed de termined to conquer or die. Among the wounded prisoners who fell into the hands of the Brazilians was Boble, commander of the Sal to, one of the sunken steamers, and a brother to Commanding General of Para guayan forces. His worn ds were tenderly dressed by the Command* rin Chief of the Brazilian fleet, Barroso, 1 ut Roble, with his teeth, tore off the bandages from hiswounds, preferring death to captivity. The best of the commanders of the 1 'araguayan vessels are among the dead. Tha whole of the ar tillery, ammunition, banners and an immense amount of war material f 11 into the hands of the victors. FROM WASHINGTON. The negro difficulty at Aqnia Creek-- Outrages perpetrated upon the Frced men. The following is the official report concer ning the eineute of the negroes at Aquia Creek: GAME POINT, August 2, 1865. 'L'aj>t. C. IP Hooker: SIR ; I have the honor to report that last night the negro bands employed on the rail road at this point, raised with the avowed intention of murdering all the whites. I be ing very ill and having lost much sleep, slept very soundly, and knew nothing of it, until I was called by a faithful sen-ant from the neighborhood. The insurgents by this time had become quiet, after running all the whites off. I very' quietly removed my stores and books, and returned this morning to find Lieut. E. C. Sefeber, with a detaehj ment of his command, stationed at Stafford Court House, on the spot. The negroes re fused to obey his orders, and one had to be shot before quiet was restored. Very respectfully, your oliedient servant, [Signed] W. T. Dtx. *r "-Thompson, Superintendent of Mechanics. The following endorsement is on the back of this letter: "STAFFORD C. H., VS., August 1, 1865. —Respectfully transmitted with the request that instructionsjbe furnished inc as to now I will act if I withdraw the force I have here. The negroes may rise again. | Signed] EDVIN C. LEEFEBKR. Lieutenant and Provost Marshal, Stafford Court House, Ya. A number of negroes and white prisoners and witnesses in the above affair have been taken to Fredericksburg, where an investi- Stion is going on. The belief here is that e whole plot is hatched by former slave holders with a view to si curing thg adop tion of severe restrictions on the negroes. The New Census of the States. The returns of the census now being taken in the several States, under the auspices of the State authorities, reveal many curious and interesting facts. The decrease in pop ulation in manv localities, and the enor mous increase in others, developing as it does the ebb and flow of the tide of popula tion. presents a feature worthy of a careful study. The great westward tendency of our population revealed by the national census of 1860 still continues, and at a more rapid rate. The present census not only proves that this feature, so noticeable in the last amsus, was not a temporary affair, but that the change is going on even at a greater ra tio. i hus in 1860 the returns from the At lantic^— especially the New England States — revealed a decrease in the population of many towns. The same result is shown by the census now in progress, not only in re gard to JNew England, hut also in some of the districts in this State. Such manufacturing towns as Lowell, where it would be supposed the population would nave increased, it, has declined. The satne ™ j , er manufacturing towns of New England and agricultural districts in all the Atlantic States. But when we turn to the census returns of the Western States, we find, instead of a decrease, an enormous in crease, and at a ratio tenfold greater than the decrease East. This change must, from j Te F natnr ? our country, its climate and characteristics, increase from year to year, working the most decided results in the political affairs of the country. The decrease °f the population in many parts of New En gland foretells similar decline of power and influence in government affairs; while on the other hand the great increase in the West not only points to the fact that the day is not far distant when the Mississippi Val ley will be the centre of the republic ; and that what is now known js the West will control and guide the political destinies of the country.—A] Y. Herald. THE Westminster Review, in an article on Theodore Winthrop, ranks him as one of the most marked writers of America. Oil News. NEW OIL COMPANY.—A new company has been recently organized under the title of the Mountain Well Company. Its prop erty eonsistaof five producing wells on Cher ry Bun and five more going down with fb vorable prospects all near the famous Heed well. The company own one sixth of all the oil of the producing wells and those to be bored, and is now receiving dividends that pay on the capital stock from the time it is , taken. The company also own an oil refine ry in Plumer, Venango county, and the un divided half of 105 acres on Pithole within one mile of the United States well, also, three-eighths of another tract of 90 acres on Pithole, all of which is to be developed im mediately. This presents a rare chance for investments. Prospectus can be seen and shares had by calling at this office, or at the Banking House of Hupp, Shannon & Co. The oil business is rapidly reviving, and bids fair soon to equal, if not surpass in ac" tivity, the palmiest days of the past. The Oil Creek and Gordon's Run Petro leum Company, in which many of our citi zens are interested, has two wells already down, which though not yet tubed are flow ing oil and water and giving every evidence ivf Liiuj 500J nsllo. Afew Ljro will ouffioo ;to tube ajxl test them. The President, Di rectors ana Superintendent, deserve great credit for the energy and promptness they have displayed in developing their terri tory. PIT HOLE.—There are now nine wells on Pit Hole, yielding in the aggregate three thonsand barrels of oil per twenty-four hours. These nine wells are known here as follows: United States, two Twin wells; Nos. 77, 62, 63 and 19. Boston and Island wells. Nos. 59, 60 and 66, all owned by Pittsburg - ers, will no doubt be ready for tubing this week, and all give promise of turning out well. No. 19 immediately took fire upon being struck, injuring several men badley, but the flow of oil was not retarded, ana she has since yielded from three to four hundred barrels per day. Daring the next thirty days there will be at least eight more wells on Pit Hole ready for testing, and if they ail prove as success ful as those already finished, this section of country can then claim to outstrip and sur pass anything yet discovered in the way of oil territory. Several Pittsburgh oil com panies are operating in this rich neigborhood, and all give evident prospect of good success Among them are the Cnerrv Run and Pit Hole and Central Basin. The former, have one well located on their thirty-five acres on Pit Hole creek, down two hundred and fifty feet, and find exactly the same kind of rock, etc., found in the United States wells, and judging from the depth already bored, they are almcst sure to strike oil at the same depth as the others. If they- should succeed, the stock of the company will be well worth holding, as their capital is only S2OO 000, and it requires but a small quantity of oil to pay agooa dividend on this amount of capital. They are ener getically at work and this well will be com pleted by the first of September. They also have an interest in another, further down towards the mouth of Pitholc, which is also pushed vigorously. CHERRY RUN.—A thirty barrel well was struck on Cherry Run, four miles above Plutnmer, on the 9th ult. OIL CRBEIK. —The Rouseville Company Basin,' Rouseville and other leading stocks. The Rouseville Oil Company was organized altout eight months ago. Some of the cor porators are A. G. Cattel, Esq., President of the corn Exchange National Bank, Phila delphia. John Allender, Esq, of Philadel phia, tor a long time a well known merchant of Pittsburgh; David Vanderveer and Ed ward Bacon, of Philadelphia, with S. G. Brown, of Oil Creek, Wm. McKee, A. C. Graff, \\ .D. Cushman, Chorjtenuing and Lyday, and others of this city. The Rouseville Company purchased from the Oil Basin, Petroleum and others, all the undeveloped territory on the A. Buchanan farm, paying a large sum of nioney, and a ■ royalty of all the oil found to said companies. There were between seventy-five and one hundred choice leases conveyed to the llouse i -ville Company, They have a working capi i tal of SSO, 000 in cash, auda reserve of 20, 000 shares of stock. The capital stock of I this company is S6OO, 000. divided into one hundred and twenty thousand shares of five dollars each. They are a developing com pany, and have the following wells in pro cess of boring and prodncing: Well No. i on lease 84, one hundred and eighty feet deep, completed, and pumping one hundred barrels per day. No. 2 on lease 78, five hundred and sixty five feet deep, nearly completed. No. 3on lease 74, five hundred and sixty four feet deep, tubing to test. No. 4 on lease 80, five hundred and forty three feet deep, pumping froin ten to twelve barrels per day. Nos. 5, 6, and 7 are down between three and four hundred feet deep. These adjoin the leases on which are located the "Sucker State,'' and Main, and Horn wells, and each flowing from oue hundred to one hundred and twenty five barrels per day. Nos. 5, 6 and 7 can scarcely miss in that rich locality. CLARION OIL MATTERS.—We have prom ising reports from the Clarion county oil regions. The Porter Farm well, one mile from Clarion borough, is down to a depth of 300 feet. At that depth a strong vein of gas was struck which threw the water over the derick. There is a very strong show of oil. The Pocahontas well is being bored to a depth of 600 feet. It is now down to a sandrock. below which it is anticipated a good vein of oil will be reached. There are two wells at the mouth of Piney. The up per well is down 588 ftet, and the lower well 266. There is a good show at both, and Mr. Genth is confident of striking plenty of oil inside of 600 feet. Blyson's Run well is yielding a pood supply of oil. The opera tions on Little Toby are very extensive, and soon expect to hear good reports from that vicinity. The Witcnell well is now yielding ten barrels per day of very fine oil. The Clarion (new well) ten barrels per day of dark oil of superior quality. Wnen the wa ter is exhausted this well will do a great deal better, as there are two veins shut off by the force of the water above them. ADVICES from Rio Janeiro state that Pro fessor Agassis is delivering a course of lec tures on geology, and the aesirc to hear him is so great that hundreds are nightly disap pointed in endeavoring to gain admittance to the lecture room. The Professor has every reason to be pleased with his visit to Brazil, and will not set out for the Amazon for a month or two. A steamer has been placed at his disposal to visit the coast, and every facility will be given for visiting the interior. THE Paris Sieclc says: "A rumor of a sad import has been in circulation for the last few days, to the effect that the illustrious orator, M. Berryer, is obliged to sell his property at Augeiyillc, where he has spent so many years of his private life. Lord Broughman, it is said, contemplates pur chasing that property, however, with no in tention of dispossessing the former owner, who would continue to live as hitherto, on his little domain. An act of this kind would be as honorable to the former Lord High Chancellor of England as to the great French orator." The great Cable. The news revived this morning, by the steamer Cuba, is not encouraging to those who expected to see Europe and America in telegraphic communication in a few days. After seven hundred miles of the cable were laid, ''insulation waskwt," hoarding to the rcpolrt That means we suppose, tLat the office in V alentia was no longer in connection with the Great Eastern. We cannot ex poet to hear more until the Great Eastern is spo ken, or returns to the shore. Communication through the cable lasted just a week after the shore end was landed at Valentia. This was accomplished on Satur day, the 22d of July. On Sunday the Great Eastern sailed, having on that day spliced the shore cable to the end of the sea line. On Monday,the 24th, a fault was discovered; the vessel hove to eighty miles from shore, and by under running eleven miles of the cable discovered ana repaired the fault, which was occasioned by a trivial accident. A piece of wire had been driven into the cable so as to touch the important heart of it, and this intercepted the electric current. On Tuesday, the 25th, the paying-out be gan again. On the next day the vessel was one hundred and fifty-six miles from Valen tia, and had paid out two hundred miles of cable. liy Thursday she had paid out three hundred; on Friday five hundred and fifty miles were out, and on Saturday, July 29th. when the Valentia office had been notified that seven hundred miles had been paid out, "insultation was lost." Tbo ohip L.iJ uii bouid mlicu idic titled twenty-three hundred miles of cable. It is scarcely probable that any attempt would he made, or if made would be successful, to haul up, and thus recover an important part of the seven hundred miles paid out From Valentia such an undertaking might meet with partial success. The break, or fault, or whatever the nature of the misfortune may be, has left on board the Great Eastern probably nearly sixteen hundred miles of cable, more than two-thirds of the whole length. Unless the fault was of such a kind that it was quickly and perfectly re paired, the vessel has turned back, and is by this time lying in Valentia or in some safer harbor. That no news has yet been receiv ed of her arrival on or near the coast of America makes it more probable that the defect proved fatal,and that the ship return ed to Europe with that part of tne cable not paid out. Eleven days had elapsed since the Saturday on which the insulation was lost.— Evening Post. General New Items, MIRABEAU compared the French to chil dren who sow and the next day scratch open the ground to see if the seeds have sprouted A teetotal firm of shipbuilders in Yar mouth, England, christened a ship which they launched with a bottle of ginger beer. IT is stated that the Roman Cathcdic mem bers of the new British Parliament will be three in number. THE Saratoga tribe of Indians is reduced nearly to & minimum. It consists this year it is stated, of six or eight Canadian French men, a candle eating Labradorian, two octogenarian squaws, and a North Ameri can papoose A fine pieae of carpeting, measuring 14 feet by 20, the first ol the kind manufactured in Austriaj has just been placed in the Mu seum at Vienna. It presents a map of the railways of Central Europe, and was pro duced at Prague. DESCRIBING the burning of Barnum.s Museum, an exchange says the happy family had an unhappy end,—'their loom was writ ten in letters of fire; their fate was sealed but the seal was saved. THE Gold Hill (Nevada) News tells that o boy fell down a pair of stairs' on C street, ~ GUV UTI tiro flvo* vf a third story 0 n D street. The altitude of the domicils in mountain towns is very un certain. THE Patterson (N. J. )Press says the Dale Manufacturing Company propose erec ting this summer one of the tinest mills for the manufacture of silk in this country. The main building will be 2GO by 75 feet, will cost SIOO, 000. aud will employ lrom 1000 to 2000 hands. FORD,S Theatre was on Wednesday cleared of all the theatrical furniture, scenery, &c.. and the floors are being torn up. The en tire interior of the building is to be remod elled, under the direction of the Secretary of War preparatory to the uses of the Bureau of Rebel Archives and Relics. A teacher in a contraband school asked a young darkey what a certain letter of the alphahet was. The darkey looked at it earnestly for a short time, and said: "I know dat well enough by sight, but am bres sed if I can call it by name." He was told he could take a back seat. THE Louisville Journal .says:—'"Jeff. Davis and his followers got up the rebellion lor the pretcuded purpose of rendering their property in slaves secure. And now Jeff. Davis is in prison awaiting tril for his life, and his ex-slaves are cultivating his fine plantation of two thousand acres in Missis sippi for their own benefit." A Richmond correspondent says: "It is lam told, a remarkable fact, that the Is raelites in this city knew every defeat or victory twelve hours before any other people —getting it through Benjamin. He knew of the fall of Fort Fisher the very night it fell, when it was twenty-four hours before the public knew it. They made immense fortunes.'' LETTERS from Naples describe a temple of Juno, just discovered among the recent ex cavations at Pompeii. Three hundred skel etons were found crowded within the sanct uary, a propitiatory service havingjevidcntly been held m the hour they were over whelmed. LAST week a destructive flood swept over Franklin, Johnson county, Md., doing immense damage, many people living in the lowlands awoke to find their domicils entirely surrounded by water, and their fields of corn and wheat flooded and ruined by the sweeping deluge. The amount of damage to crops alone in Johnson county, may bo reckoned by hundreds of thousands of dollars. A correspondent of the Baltimore Amc rwan writing from Richmond, says that Gen. Terry has not yet appointed the muni cipal officers, and probably will not before the middle of the week. There will be no more attempts to give the people of Rich mond an opportunity to hold a charter elec tion, at least until December. ITALY now possesses a fleet of 98 vessels, ■ 4 of which are ships of the line, and 24 are transports. The ships of war consist of 18 iron-clads, 21 screw steamers, 25 paddle wheel steamers, and 10 sailing vessels. The nominal power ot the engines in the war steamers is 23,140 horses; they reckon 1260 cannon and 20,383 men. In the transport service the engines are 4350 horse-power, and the ships arc provided with 43 cannon and manned by 1882 seamen. THE London Athenmum says of "Ik Mar vel's" "Wet Days at Edgewood" : ""Sound common sense, good taste and sufficient in formation are amongst the qualities of the writer, who may be regarded as a type of the American country gentleman—a character in whose existence mtolerant politicians on this side the Atlantic are slow to believe Ls polished, and many of ln pages are bright with humor." A si de ®P ateJlo ? Bta tc that a horrible IJ I , been committed in the Gulf, on board the ship Haydee, bound to La Baz. 1 several families from Mazatlan as pas sengers. A irench sailor named Magne, together with a Greek and an Italian, made an attack upon the passengers, and assassi nated, in cold blood, eighteen persons, among them Senor C'hao a Spanish gentle man, and si* members of his family. Southern News Items. The courts of Elizabeth City and County were organized on Thursday last, with Union officers throughout. THE shipment of cotton and naval stores from Newbern, N. C., are said to be larger than at any previous period in the history of that place. SOLDIERS have been placed in charge of the postal service on recently opened roads in the South and of the post offices at mili tary posts. THE Petersburg City Council has before it a memorial to President Johnson, asking him to have removed from the Appotnatax river the obstructions placed there by the rebel authorities. OUTRAGES upon colored men in Richmond are becoming more numerous. The pro scribed people petitioned Genera! Terry for redress, but thus far the General has uot been not been able to remedy the evil, TliE Stonewall, although at the service of our government now, will not be brought to the United States at present, for fear of in fection with yellow fever, now prevalent Jat Havana. AN Alabama correspondent represents the people of that State as overbearing and imperious in their demands, having been spoiled by the magnanimous treatment they have received. IT is said that much discontent prevails amoQg the troops in and abotit Richmond, because the commissary and quartermaster stores are deficient, and there is no present prospect of being either paid or discharged. Several recent outrages have been attribu ted to them. THE New York Commercial's Washing ton despatch says it is stated that General Howard will not interfere in the claims of the freedinen for pay from their late masters since the date of the proclamation of free dom. THE Raleigh (N. C.) Standard says, rebel papers are appearing all over the State, and that most of the State officers recently ap pointed are unable to qualify, as they can not take the oath prescribed by Congress A RICHMOND paper invites emigration to the Old Dominion from the hardy popula tion of the North. Among the inducements offered are these: "A genial country, a hos pitable people, easy employment, indntgenl task- masters,' etc. "Task-masters" is a beautiful word to charm Northern white men into the South. The Freedmen's Bureau daily receives ac counts of gross outrages committed on the colored people by their former masters. In the interior of the South, the planters ap pear to be determined to make as much out of the negroes by compulsory labor as pos sible, before the authorities interfere. THE assassination conspirators were land ed at the Dry Torttigas dn the 23th nit When informed of their destination they were quite depressed; but on fin dine a good sea breeze there, and the place pleasanter than anticipated, they were more resigned. Mudd has been assigned to duty as assistant surgeon, Arnold as a clerk, Spangler as car penter. and O'Laughiin such employment as he Was fitted fof. ADVICES from Raleigh, N. C.. show that in numerous instances the men nominated to the State convention have been leading rebels, who although they have been par doned, are still rebellious at heart. The Union men of the State demand the enforce ment of the confiscation laws, as the only means of freeing them from the rule of reb el leaders and sympathisers, HOWELL COBB, who was in Augusta recently, expressed an earnest desire to see Georgia resume her former position in the Union. Slavery he said, could never be • awl he thought it best for all to submit promptly and willingly to the United States authorities. Ex-Governor Brown was lately in Atlanta, entirely recovered from his illness. He re garded the question of secession as settled, and that any further agitation on that and kindred subjects should be studiously avoid ed. He thinks it would be well for the Con vention to declare that slavery is at an end in Georgia, without excitement or discus sion. A- ashington despatch says Paymaster \\ ilson has just returned from the interior of South Carolina, and rejiorts the people in that section very bitter at heart against the I. nion and Federal authority. The peo ple are a unit against negro suffrage, and retain the old prejudice against the race. GOVERNOR Pierpoint has addressed a no tice to the justices of the coUnty courts iff \ irginia, saying that he has reliable infor mation that in a number of counties in the State persons have been elected to the office of Commonwealth Attorney, Sheriff. Com missioner of Revenue aud Clerk of Courts, and, in some cases to Justice of the Peace, who are disqualified by the clause of the Constitution which excludes from voting or holding offices any persons who have held any office under or been a member of any so -called Confederate Congress or Legislature. The justices are directed to consider all the offices above referred to, to which persons so disqualified shall have been elected, va cant, and to order elections immediately to fill such vacancies. THE CONSPIRATORS.—The Unit<r*e. a Catholic paper in Philadelphia, says : "If we have read the trial with correct judgment, the hanging and imprisoning were deserved ; and if wc do not mistake the pub lie feeling, there is a universal approval ff the way in which things have been brought to a close. The evidence of the President s murder is not clearer than that the condem ned were real conspirators and abettors in it. and the nation is too just not to ratify the sentence pronounced upon them. So much for an unjustifiable treason and for a foul deed of blood done in its interest! We re gret that there was a woman in the tragedy, and that that woman was a Catholic. But when women conspire and abet treason and murder, and silence the teachings of the ( hurch in their own hearts, nothing can be said in their defense." YOU DON'T KNOW IT YOU OUGHT TO, That we have just received a choice assort ment of PLUG AND FINE CUT CHEWING TOBACCO; ALSO, SMOKING TOBACCO AND SUGARS, of celebrated brands and flavor. Try our Segars and be convinced that they arc of a superior quality for the price. Aug. 4.:2 m. G. R. AW. OSTER. JyT EW GROCERY and NOTION STORE. • BLOODY RUN AHEAD! V. T. HlnlKE would respectfully inform the public that he has a largo and varied assort ment of UROCKRIEB, CONFECTIONS, FANCY ARTItUa, Such as ribbons, Rowers, hoop-skirts, handker chiefs, hosiery, gloves, collars, neck-ties, perfume ry, ladies boots and shoes; in connection with large assortment of TINWARE. Also, STOVE PIPE constantly on hand. Having purchased at low rates, he offers special inducements to buyers. Bloody Rnh, July 2S, if>6s.-3m* MEW GOODS. The subscribers have just received a full and gen eral supply of SPRING & SUMMER GOODS Purchasers are respectfully invited to call and ex amine our assortment and prices. June 2, 1885. A. B. CRAMER A CO.
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