I t .1' 13 lAs litburgfr Gay*, CITY AND SUBURBAN. T*ll *AMITY" is furnished M Lie eity for az days of ike week for 15 tense per weak;.by 044, lBper minus+ : I woe, $2. Pollee bostao Yu been remarkably dull for the lame few weeks. Odleer Alf. Cabby, late of the Allegbe nhan.9 oolloe foroe, has been deputised as a Ward Coriatable. The Alleeway library never was In a more floarliting condition. The mein. berithlp Le Increasing daily. atrium! Williams, who was. arrested In O'Donald's saloon by Moe/ O'Hara, (or diaorderly conduct, was, After a hear tag yesterday morning, committed to jall . f9r ten days. Alderman Lynch is sti►l in Jail. He Is suffering from an attack of the mania a- pole, which prevents his ren.oral to the work house. ►n scoordanes with the sante:Doe of Court. _ Amen abd Battery.—J. Keller made Information before Justice Helsel yea terday charging John Shea with assault and battery. Hs alleges that John knocked him down and tor 6 bhp clothes. A warrant was leaned. Twenty Days.—Patrick Quinn, who was arrested Monday night for attempt. log to reseue-a prisoner, bed a bearing yesterday morning and was Sped 'Wand Costa. In default or payment he was committed to Jail for twenty days. • - Gambitog.—lnformation was made be. fore Justice Heber yesterday, by Wm. Baumgardner. charging John Kelley with keening and matutadag • “oock plt”,for fighting chickens and permitting Wting on the same and other gambling. A warrant was tuned for the arrest of the amused. Up fee • Thirty Ups.—Mat. Gordon, Sarah Mitchell mod "Bird" Catlin, three notorklue colored women, who were minted on Monday evening, on the Hill, fir drunkenness and disorderly conduct, Were yesterday, after a hearing, commit. ted tojall for thirty days each, in default of a tine of J 25. Ca collision occurred yester day at the Twelfth street means. of the AlAllegheny Vslley Railroad between-a isther wagon and • train of cars, which =` 'was moving into the depot. The wagon waademolished and attend CatVelk In It - wereesdrideed, but the horse and driver' Cortanately Waned. _ Aimee an EmPloye—Yeaterday Thou L. Downing made information before Alderman McMaster. against Thomas Byrom; an Allegheny grocer, for assault and battsry. The prosecutor's son is mugged in defendant's store, and it is alleged Byram, for some offense, beat and abused him. Warrant Issued. - Stock FSLIC*, Tuesday evening'. Jan earl 2 8 Ah, on the seoond fhorof t he Com mercial .Sales. Rooms, 106 Smithfield street, by A. Mellaralne, Anotloneer: Merchants & Manufacturers Nal :Jona Sink 468.00 Palettle ft Atlantic Telegraph Co.__ le,no National Refining d Storing Co 1,26 Wrecked.—Yesterday morning the engine ors coal train comingg toward the city jumped the track .a short distance above McKeesport And wee followed by the loaded cars, which were piled up around it In a prominuons manner. The track waa completely obstructed. The men ob the train fortunately escaped Injury. PaMengere were compelled to change care at the paint doting the ditY. but towards evening the Wreck was cleared away. The Baakers.—The atlactmea of the ••Faro Built" upon which a raid waa made Monday night, an account of which we published yeaterday morning. waived a hearing yesterday and, gave bail for their appearance at the next term of the County Mart. The parties who were found in the establishment and at. rested, bat released on leaving a deposit of =ib eacib for their appearance next morning, felled to put in an appear. awe. and the Wormy was forfeited. Obitaaty—Mr. Francis Marion Gard per, a very worthy and esteemed young gentleman, formerly engaged In the drug` busineet.on Penn avenue, - Med yesterday morning of consumption at . Mercy Hospital. His 'death will be deep. ly mourned by a large circle of friends andurquaintences, as he wan universal _ly respected and beloved. His remains were removed to the residence of his father; Mr. G. 'W. Gardner, Lawrence. Mlle, from whence the funeral will take place, 'Fire Yntarday aserning.—The alarm of fire yesterday morning', from Sas 75 , was occasioned by a Ore at the Standard Oil-Works. The men were engaged in running oft the oil In one Of the - stills when the bead blew Out and struck the smoke elect. The oil scattered in all di rections, some of It fell on the roof of the boiler house and set It on fire, which ended m its destruction, together with some damage to the machinery stored In the holm. The oil In the atilt, about three hundred barrels, was also burned, Involving a loss of about $1..500, which added to the damage to the boiler house makes the total Mee 43 ; 600, upon which there le no Insurance. The muse of the explosion Is a Mystery, PrlnUnic Voisinlite . The Committee on Printing of City Councils met in the Cknitiollm's office, yesterday, at three o'clock, and organ ised by electing Mr. J. C. Mattern chair. man. Hugh McMaster*, Esq., is en. officio clerk. After organizing the Committee ad jonmed to meet at two o'clock P. N. on Friday, for the purpose of fixing the amount of appropriations that will be required for that department during the year. AU departments of the city gov ernment needing printing done are re queened to send to the Committee on or before the next mooting the amount that will be required In said department for job printing, de., in order that the Com mittee may be able to make a proper es. Mast* of the amount required. .. • Xpottroacople. Professor Barker delivered his second lecture -on the Spectroscope last evening In the academy of Music. The house was well filled with the Elevate of our two cities, who listened with profound attention to the lucid exposition of this wonderful - inventicm. given by the learned Preform. The lecture was II taunted by some very brilliant expert. menu. Dr. Barker referred briefly to the importance .or the spectroscope In • solving the "nebular hypothesis, ' and stated. that It established, beyond a doubt, the theory of Lapin.. We think there are very few eduemed christisna In these cities who believe that in the %thetas there can be seen the spouts moue. prodombthe of new worlds. It Is • lumber of years since Professor Nick. 01, of the University of Olugow, and one of the most strenuous advocates of the "nebular theory." read his recants elan on this subject. The lectures of Professor Barker were successful even beyond expectation. ALLEGHENY FIRE DEP/IRMA% Annual Visa of esspictietHlta Com/. . ' . t ts. „ Yesterday afternoon the'll:bu .. unlace on Firs Engines and Horn of the Ails. gheny Connons, 'whined . the - 11‘1101n1 en. glue • bermes on a tour ro;.' Inspection. They:Vrereeerminplasied by Chief Engl. wet Din*. and SuPerintendent of the Alarm Telegraph. tdoCandiess. All the bonsai and appararattui were found In tip - top condition. The firemen empties • themselres se satisfied with tlie _new. ; paid system and are aux. form to have It go into operation. Among the houses visited was ,he now one 'ln course of erection for the Good Will, on Manhattan street. Thin, when completed, will be one of the finest of Its obarscier In the State. The work Is pro. Knelling favorably, and it is expected to ba ready for occupancy by she drat of April . . next. Some changes were tallied of In relation to the other honest„ but this will be brought properly before Councils at an early day. Tn. Chief Engineer took an inven tory of the stock belonging to the city and that owned by the members of the companies. Tne latter will either be purchased by the city or sold so other parties, thetnatter to I3a decided at a fa. sure! meeting: The paid system goes intodileratthn next month. Tbe Dope:i -f:oora never was In better working order, and the visitors expressed themselves bight* plekand with what they saw. About live o'clock they returned is City Hall, whed an alarm was struck to test Gls effirferney of the Department. In thaw minuses the General Grant Hoes Carriage appeared on the ground, 'Wowed In quick aticesiedoli by all the othere;. The Good Will, located In Man. cheeteri' 'responded in less than ten minute% a remarkably quick trip. The erlitines4Ll made exceilent time and demoinitrats4 In the mast satisfactory um/thee the cliscipUnsof the Department. . . 47 -MeZW.te° , l4.44. - .;17+4,ti. . , .44 ROBERT- BURNS —.=._ Pcntla'e , Lorrd and Honored Hard— t:3a Annivervary or 111. Hlrth—A Joyons, Happy. Gathrring--peeCtle2, Sent'Want. Thule and Song. remit., to ter Bard. e❑ word. are driv:n Lib fillrer e•eds 07 the for sown. Wher.ar beneath the by of heaven The birds of foam have flown. The annals of poetry and song can fur nish no brighter name than that of Sco tla's darling Bard, the Ayrshire plough boy, Robert Burns. Few there are around which circles such a halo of glory ii i• and are remetube ed beyond the bounds of their native ands with such love and honor and e thuslastic admiration. The old, love to revere and honor his genius, and the young delight In his praise.' 7 A char ter, animated by the fervor of bight* 'genius, a nature based upon the noblest nalities of manliness, a patriotism which no tyranny could subdue, and •a warm, sympathetic heart beating In tint; with humanity, It le well that hems should be scoorded to ttai wonderful nobleman, of nature. And while his ' own countrymen re member him with feelings of vete erallon and wannest devotion, shall not. humanity-in all countries, end especially In this free land, Join In the same spirit to extend his fame and hold him in everlasting remembrance? In this view, bow fitting does it seem that with the return of each anniversary of his birth, the day should be honored, by /3cotctiman and American, and by all who can appreciate greatness—mingling together to pay their devotions at the same poetic shrine..-• It has long been a custom among the representativee of "Bonnie Scotland" to due vicinity to celebrate each anniver sary of the birth of this world's poet with appropriate CereniOnies calculated to homr the oocasion and maks it ono which shall always be hailed with de light and pleamire- Heretofore 6110CEM hal always rewarded thtlr efforts. and among all the annual gatherings which crown the year none have been more happy or pleasurable than the "Borne Celebration." And so when the CXI anniversary occasion drew nigh prepa rations were set on foot which culmi nated last evening in one of the most enjoyable entertainments ever given in honor of the day. On this occasion,, departing from the usual custom, the Committee haying the matter in c harge determined to throw open the doors to a more extended circle of the poet's admirers, and for this pur pose the annual @Upper was - dispensed with, hiaisondo Hall soonest!, and a pro. gramme prepared, which was truly "a feast of region and a dose of soul." The Hall was throw open about seven o'clock and soon was comfortably filled With an audience, of patriarchisl elms and elderly dames, "bonnie lads and somata lasslea." imbued with the spirit of the occasion and fully prepared for en. joyment. When all had become quietly seated, Mr. Sohn Brown, Jr., appeared on the platform and announced the fol lowing officers. President, Mr. A. Leggett); Vice Pres idents, Mauna Wm. Semple, Wm. Hamilton. David Kirk, Arthur Kirk, Doneen,Dalles John Brown, Jr., James Lookhatt. - Mr.n .Lege, always at home on such occasions, upon taking the chair, felicit ously observed that If they were gifted with imagination it was - eminently desi rable that the faculty be largely exercl sed In tusking them feel as though Just 4.1 . 1•e . 11 frtini a eltruPftloas repast and fully prepared . for the "feast of reason and flow of soul," which was to follow. (laughter.) He then, In a happy and attentive mannert referred tb the oche. elon which had celled sham together, and in a few fervid and eloquent words. paid - tribute to the name and fame of Berms, touching upon the salient points of the poet's character In a manner which seemed to reach the heafts Of the audi ence In the moat tender Ceauty and effect. In conolndon he called upon Mr Wm. Hampton teepee the exercises with :hat grand old song of friendship • "Auld La, gkrue.•• Is response, this gentleman, • pigment and correct vocalist, led in song, Mr. Chas. (1. Mellor presiding with his usual ability and grace at the piano, and the audience foinirg with a will In the chorus. The effect was electric, and at once awakened the enthusiasm of all in attendance, which tended to make the succeeding exercises full of spirit. Rev. Wm. M. Young was next intro. duced and responded to the sentiment, “The day wo celebrate." He apologized for the absence of Rev. W. J. Reek who had been selected to respond to this sen- timent, but was detained by shllotion— the death of a little child in his family. The - speaker • then' delivered a very ilio. quint review of Burns, taking up snows slimly his physical, mental and moral characteristic', glossing over no fault, but truthfully depicting the poet's fallings as well as his excellencies, and paying a tine and Impressive tritons to his genius and fame. His remarks *ete copiously il lustrated with prose and poetical quota. tions from the works of Burns, which were felicitously handled and intro duced with the happiest effect. The en. logiutn displayed a thorough acquaint. ante with the poeea writings, a clear and analytical appreciation of his merits, and a genuine, hearty love forthe bard and man. It wag frequently Interrupted with applause. Ai its conclusion the President read the following communications. • PIIILADIMPISIA, Jan. 20, 1870. The Burns Association of Philadelphia to the Bruns Association of Pittsburgh, greeting—Unite with as In the following sentiment: To the memory of Robert Burns; be set to music the social history of his native land, and the civilized world has taken np the song. A great people must sing • great song. D. Mclwrirtm, President. To this the following answer was re• turned t The Burns Celebration of Pittsburgh to the Burns Association of Philadelphia, greeting—We respond to your sentiment by offering: The memory of Burns; he struck the keynote of human liberty in songs that will keep the world In music to the end of time. A. lataelAre, President MT DIAS LEOOATE: I bare pat ra oelved a beautiful invitation for the "Burns Anniversary'! on Tueadry even ing next. I regr et my inability to be present. but bare '. my hand and heart for "Auld Reekie,t' glorious in her Ids. wry, honored to her sons, grand and be. witching In her goenery,—while in piety, patriotism and literature, a true and generous friend of the Republic. Tours, with regard, Jos. R. Rags. CALTON HILL, Jan. 22, 1870. ttt this Juncture Rio following dial:etch was received : PHILADYLP/IZA. Jan. 7b,1870.• A. LaaoATa EbQ : Burin, the Poet, who sympathised with misfortune, whether In mice, men or De'da. Tundras Duncan, The following programme was then gone through with. We regret tbat apace will not permit a fall notice of each performance, none of whloh to receive the heartiest applause. • Bong—"Tak ,yoor auld cloak aboot ye".—Mr. Wsn. Ilamliton. Variations on the violin by Prof. Mannino raptor_ otslydodired and repeated. Response —the sentiment—" The land of Bums," by Prof. J. W. R. Sloan, a brief, Blithe and stirring address, which was heartily applauded; • little Joke by the I President was received with peals of laughter. A recitation of a erlectlon from' Burns, by Mr. David Kirk; song by the Allegheny Quartette Club. Then came pereaps these= of the evening, the recitation of the ever glorious, gay, pathetic, wierd like, the favorite end most powerful of all Burn's productions, "Tam O'ghanter." by. Mr. Legaitte. It was delivered In the ver nacular Ina peculiarly happy manner, the speaker being Monet unable to pro• cored for the applause with which• the performance was so frequently inter rupted. The Allegheny Quartette Club now favored the audience with another comic meg, "Pbro Phundo Basso," followed by ..Boots who has cafe Wallace bled," by Mr. William Remit. ton. hearty applause following each per rormance. Following this, Mr. Arthur Kirk recited "Epistle to a young friend:" Prof. Wm. Slack sang "A fine old Scot tish gentleman, " which was well re. celled; • comi c song by Mr. Ellie, by request of the audience, and a hu morous, hap py speech by Rev. Geo. P. Hays, of Allegheny. The remainder of the evening wee spent with impromptu songs and speeches from persona In toe audience, who were succesalvely called upon and made .he hours peas swiftly ' With music, end with general - hilarity. Ate very late hour the gathering was finally dispersed slowly, each attendant seeming loth to break up a scene of so muck enjoyment, and healthful amuse ment. And thus closed one of the most pleasant of entertainmente, which will be • green meta in the memory of all who bad the extreme good fortune to be present. The eels. Wittiest wee a complete lITICCOR3 throughout, and cannot tint causes feel. leg of pride as well as pleasure In the hearts of thole through whose Matrix mentality it was arranged and condact. ed. To the President, especially, all honor is due—lndefatignable In proper- Mg, and the life and soul of tneoecasion, he largely aided by his witticism! and anecdotes, Interspersed throughond the exercises, of which time would fall nein narrating, and the grace and ready tact with which he melded, to make the an niversery what It • was--unexcelled bY any alMller entertainment ever held In the city. • PETROILEUX ITEMS From our BMW Corrtspo. the PARKER'S LAND/50, January 24, 1870. s To-day being one of the most lovely I have seen mince my first debut In this land of gresae, I have concluded to take Up my line of march to gather up items for my old friend, the li...esprit. 011 le selling here at $4 76 per barrel, with an upward tendency. It IBMS:lnuit to obtain the correct production at this time. Several of our heavy oil dealers here are about eetablishing “hesdenar, tern," where thopradoctlon of this Terri tory will be reported daily. so that Pitts burgh. New York, Philadelphia and other cities may be informed of theexact amount produced. The operators are ex. Denting a ..big thing" this coming spring In the way ofnew developments, and a very large increase In businees. I visited the following wells to-day. and will give you sus correct a report as possible of their workinget The Guerrilla well la doing well, pumping thlrty.four barrels.per day since started. The new well, "Happy Jack," le pump. log six barrels per day, and on the In crease. Lady Maud li being drilled fifty feet deeper, and experlencd operators think It will pump tiny barrels per day, when finished. It has been pumping thirty. five barrels, but the owners not being satisfied, concluded to deepen. Harding wall No. 1 MI being drilled deeper, and promises to prove an A No. I. Mr. Adams, • a landholder on Bear Creek, is prospecting about oneand a half miles from the month of that stream. Ho has been successful, it Is said, in get ting a small well producing a good qual ity of oil. If this should prove_ to be a good turn out, It will open a wide field for operating. Still further up the creek Messrs. Perry & Parsons have fitted up in good style, and Intend testing that section of the creek. Harding &Co., No. 2 Hope Oil Co., Is abella ()Deo., .1. B. Clark & Co., Frank , Connely & Co., Fountain well will he tubed this week. all of which prorates to be gond wells. Coal la sold at 15 eta. per bushel In the fists. There are several new wells going down, which I will speak of lu my nett. Mr. Hutchinson, one of our citizens, had a narrow escape front drowning yes. terday. While engaged lu loading a barge with oil by the Barnes' Pipe Line, he elipped and foil 'moths river. Coming to the curlers he strnek the side of the barge,which stunned him, but happily Mr. arr, who Mood near by, Came totes moietance and succeeded in getting him ashore. Hivan's ukrree and Easy" caught fire this evening, but was unfortunately put out before much damage could be done. All such Inatltutions'oould be well dls• penned with, but like all other young cities, Parker must have them. • . . Freight is being brought over the - river.' and busineee la much better in• con• sequence. There Is certainty a good opening for Dome Pittsburgh capital here, in erecting a good ferry, and no doubt a fortune could be made in a short time. The Allegheny Is again "on a high," and great fears are entertained that It will continue to rise and damage our oil pipes. The GAZETTE shows Ile WelOOtne face here every morning.' Your agent In forms Inc "the clang" Is a greet trivOrlte bete, and Why shottld'nt It bet Tree In all times ; honest and fele to all things, it can't help but be a favorite. moire tyros A Geri ,. At Aervel .qt the Adz-rlesil Oil Brigioud—Plet.r. and Flguna on Pro. auction and t.eveloptin et. In an exhaustive annual petroleum re port, t he Titusville /ferald shows that the progress skid general prosperity of the trade was In 1869 without parallel. The Increase In the - production baa been sub. etantial and gratifying. It has been se sorepanied by a corresponding enlarge ment in the consumption, en that the supply and demand have been nearer equal than during any preeeding year. the means by widen petroleum to pro duced, although not materially changed, have•undergune many "iterations fur the better, bOth in the Pennnylvattia district and elsewhere, *Melt hate made the Outlines. more certain, enhanced- the value of producing lands and made the profits on the .outlay of capital larger. lint it has been in the methods of relln. leg and deodorizing that the MOst mark ed improves:tents, bemuse greater In their rest:its, have been mane. Princi pal among these wan the atecovery of a ueodoeezing and refining process, or pro cesausaar. tZinadian oil,•wisien fir years previous hid been an almost worthless Product on account of the excessively offatualve odor It-emitted. Tne processes `have been very successfully applied, and a constitute revolution has been worked In the Quiadian oil trade. About 400,000 barrels of stook which had Woe =listed during previous year,. together with a product which in 1869 reached ' 200,000 barrels, has been brought Into toe market* al the world. The refined Otnadian oil has been Introdneed In Eu. rope, and has been found equal to almost any other oil. In the Colted &ales the treatment processes and the size and shape of the stills have greatly Improved, and the quatility of burning oil obtained from crude ell has been tnaterhilly enlarged. The price of petroleum In 1969 ruled higher than at any previous time, and producers have been recompensed with unusually large profits. Theannexed Is a recapitulation of the product of Penner !vacua &ince 1659, the year In which petroleum was drat .pro. duced by means of artesian wells, as compiled by the Herald: Production In 1859, bale . 82,000 10.01 000,000 1801 2,113;500 • ' 1862. '3.058.6 9 0 1863 2.611,300 1864 2,116.400 AS 1865 2 497,790 1066 8,197,700 1667 3.347,300 • 1888 ....... 3,715,7e0 1869 4.215,100 Total-bbla The production during Pr.il has, It la seen, exceeded that or any previous year, and swells the grand aggregate to nearly twentpelght million barrel.. The produition of the borntng oil In the Ohio and Won Vaginla oil districts In 1869 was, we have from trustwo, thy anurces, fully lOU barrel', dilly, or 365, 000 for the year. About two third. of this quantity was produced In West Vir•' girds. • The yield of Lubricating oil in the same State did nut greatly exceed lOU barrels daily. In Canada the yield avenged about 4.00 q barrels per week, and aggregated about 210,000 barrels. TIM Kentucky oil region produced about 75 barrels daily, or a total of 27,000 barrels. In Montana and California, and In Peru, South America, oil was produced, but in unimportant qusatities. 'The stock in the United States of crude o- its equivalent on January let, 1870, watt about 800,000 narrate, or 180,000 in excese of that ors band July Ist, 1869, spout 00,000 In excese of that on hand January let, 18:9, and about 200,000 leas than on January lit, 1869 The vrogreas of development in the Pennsylvania oil dlatnct to - 1869 waa great. , Large tracts of new territory were dienovored, and the limits of teed tory which wee producing at, and pre. views to, January let, 1869, were much extended, and althonge the yield de creased materially In many of the old dietricts, and In • few subtitled alto. gather, sllll the events of the year favor be conoinsion dust the supply in Penn sylvan's Is Inexhaustible. The number of wells gunk In 1869 was about eleven hundred, or about one hun dred and fifty more than during the pre vlime year.- Of theme about five-Maths produced in paying quantities. Or the wells that had been abandoned during previous years about one hundred and tiny were revived. and during the year the total number abandoned war about four hundred and ilfty r leaving the num ber producing on January It& 1870, about IMO, against about 1,200 January - Ist, 1860—an Increases orals hundred. At the close of 1869 shore was more new territory In the Pennsylvania die. trict which Lad been determined to be of • producing nature by development in he vicinity, than at any previous tune In the history of the oil buslnese. This territory is located In all parts of the Metric.; but-the greater portion of it la between tho Allegheny river and 0,1 creek, along and near the branchea - of Pilbole }steak. The aggregate extent of the territory now known to be prodno Ova, would permit of fully 2,000 to 2,600 wells being sunk with the supply of one another. In Ohio and West Virginia operations have been pursued on a small nettle, but have been, on the wholes successful. Anent thirty wells were completed in pm, of which about twenty Live ware paying ones. About twenty old wells went started up. Tne efforts of the ope. rotors have been directed principally to the exhausting of the water from the producing Band rocks, which have been doodad for several years. Some very good wells were found In West Virginia during the year, and there la no daunt but that, wore operations conducted with more energy and capital, this territory could be model°, produce largely. The uttniber of , wells • drilling In the two Status January let, 1870, was about twenty, and the number being. pumped one hundred and seventy. In Kentucky ten or fifteen wells were completed in the Barton county district, PITTSBURGH DAILY GAZETTE: WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1870.._ In 180. of which only one-half produced in ruthiclent quantities to pay the omit of pumping. There were about Sheen wells nelne pumped In this district on January is% 1870. There Is now in Canada an extent of new territory equal to about 1,000 acres, upon which webs can be sunk with a reasonable assurance of success. There were thirty wells completed In 1869, seventeen of which were paying wells. The number being worked on January let, 1870,.waa about eighty, and the num ber in process of drilling about Len. The following lea recapitulation of the num ber of wells completed In Americi In 1069. and the nowhere being pumped and in procensbf drilling on Jam:wiry let, 1870: No. Drill. No. Pomp. • No. Corn. In Pr0n33 ,0 301... N.I 1 Wu 1,103 io Ohio& W. VA. 21 111.. . Z. In Can..da • 10 re DO In. 1i.n...L.03 • .. l3 It. -- - ' - T 043.11 ...... ........ $4 2 (65 . 175 • The number of wells completed In America In 1838, was about 1.000, and the number producing on January Ist, 1869. about 1,325, and the number In procesa of drilling on fbe lame datee about 390. =EMT! From the Oil City Tunes we take the following fresh petroleuta Item.: Another oil excitement la beginning rage at granklin. Ever since 1861 a r w wells have been producing In that airdty, at the rate of from two to four .. . . . ... . . . ~ rrela daily. About a year ago a well oe i as dri led on the Evans lot, sad nom ., en producing at the rate of twenty .arre7r day, but the yield soon de. .. eas ed; no live barrels per day,At which te it as since continued to pump. A umbel of other wells were sunk on the -. me tract during laat winter, and are ladling oil in paying 'quantittea. We' tarn that the total product of all the ells i that 'Vicinity la about thirty-live' barrels'per day. The oil la found at the depth or two hundred and forty feet, and Is sold for 212 per barrel. The SUCCORS which attended the efforts made last fall 'have stimulated the dtisenset that place to action, and now derricks are spring ing up In all directions, and bushiest; of all kinds is improving. On the Economy Oil Co.'s tract, the company have a new well down, which they, are testing.' Their other wells are steadily holding their own. The Bock welt on the .Cahill farm la prodtieltrg 12 barrels, and has held at this for some weeks, On West Hickory there is nothing new to report, although severalwalla will soon be ready to teat. Boring has been somewhat delayed by the weather.. Mr. OilsOn's well is rapidly approaching completion. On Daemon fun, Mr. W. A. Green's well Is down or./.5 feet; some two miles above him on the run, a well recently pat down to the depth of CO feet, la flow ing about l 3 harrele per day. On the It. U. Scott Farm, the well has been torpedoed and Is - now pumping 20 barrels. Mr. Ektiott has Just let a Inane on which a well is to be put down between now and spring. Mr. S. has also let a Twenty acre lease on his home farm, four wells to he out down, with privilege of eight. Lively timea may bs looked for In this section. On the Tidlout° ■nd VVarren train, the wells are. producing•abont as usual. Fleher and Coehing No. 3 Is doing 30 barrel.; No. 4,60 barrels; and No. 6, a new troll, we are •sorry to bear has her tools fast In the natia. but the well known energy of these gentlemen warrants the assertion that they will soon be Asked out. . The Althoff well, at Erie, which pro. duce. small quantidee of the very drat quality of lubricating oil. Is to be deep• entail a couple of hundred feet. There la no dottbit of the existence of petroleum under Erie, but it !sat too groat a depth for . bonng Co be -a sae invaitment. Every well drilled has had a 't good chow," if any amount of gas and frag ments of rocs aaturatod with oil can be 'so termed. There are now eleven producing well. on the Armstrong term, near Pleasant. end the average ddllv Troduction is ■bout fifty barrels. At one time dnr• tog the Pleasant villa excitement the pro. doction of this twat was over 1.504) bar. role dolly, and the member of wells In operation near 10u. It in on the black oil belt. Tee Minion and Haldeman well on Cottage Hill, Oil City. which la now down C 24 feet, and nreriy throtigh the Port sand rock, ham elver,' indication of being a good well. All the signs are flattering, and nil has already made lu appearance in the tubing. The product of Parker ell Geld is esti mated at I,rarg barrels per day. A or. Irell•was recently struck on the Bean Farm, near Whole. It hi yielding I— bit:. per day. • . - The Pittsburgh Gszarro farm, old "Sowers Tract." anon. Tionesta, is to be tested to three place., lessee baying been given for that purpose to Mesas. Cole Howell, of Pleasantville. who are putting up their derrick for the fleet well on the kill side. Mr. Cole bad a twenty barrel well at the same place several , years ago wbleb he bad to abandon on account of the then low price of oil. Be has much faith in his prospects, and while well. are obtained at it very shallow depth there, ho and lIIt partner propose going down deep enough for all practical Pur poses even If that should mean one thou sand feet. The blellutchoon well on Unnter'srun opposite Tionesta Is yielding with liana pomp about a barrel of a heave lobrlcia. tine oil Der day. The abandoned wells cu the Jamison data will probably sons again be tented. Thu prospects In the Tionesta region once none are prom. hung. Brlinerlts of Pittsburgb. • Since the disorrvery of petroleum, there never was a time, It seem, to us, that the trade was in a more healthy condition, and the' prospect' of refiners more en. couragliag for the future than at this mo ment. This In a great meanie has been brought about like ell.oralttable experi ence, at a heavy cost, and almost total annihilation of the refining Interest of Pittsburgh. Simply because it seas be lieved that manufacturers must specu late in forward options In order to run their works. Bus now, after three years bitter experienoe has taught them that a total dtsregardof sound legitimate business principes, will bring its inevit able result. failure and bankruptcy: As an illustration of what we mean, and In order to convey to the uninitiated an idea of how the , business bag been formerly conducted,