Agitator; • ? BY M. H. COBB. unHisboi ercry Wednesday morning and mailed to ,V° T i- r .- jiONE DOLLAR ANDPIFTT CE'llS r t%car, always IN ADVANCE. . . P Ibe raper is seat-postage free to county suit itri * tbougil they may jpeeive their mail at post- officer lasted in counties immediately adjoining, for eogve -111 InE Agivatoe is the'Official paper of Tiogjvfco.; 1 circulates in every neighborhood therein, Jab frictions being on theadvancepay system, it c’rcu among unless most to the Interest of advertisers to reach- Terms to advertisers as liberal as thdse of. fc-rcJ-by any paper of equal circulation in Northern p c icfyl'' nnin - , . , ' s* A cross on the margin of a papbr, denotes haTths subscription is about to expire. • * Papers will be Stopped when the subamription unless tbe'agent orders their Coot inn. JAS. {iOIVUEV-4 S. F. WHLiOS, t Ti’ORN'El’S & COpXSELLORS At tAW, 3. will attend the Courts of Tioga, potter And q.gean counties. [Wellsbnro, Jan. T, 1-563. J DICKINSON HOUSE, !- CORSINfI-;'if. Y. -R jjij, A. FIBToD, Pro|jTietQr. GUESTS taken to and’ from' the Defjut free of chßTge t J ~ [Jan.l, l'B63j] John. i. mrcnELi, ATTORNE y and counsellor If LA w. Tioga Village, Tioga County, Penn’s., j , Prompt Attention to Colieoton'sNj?. March i. 1865.-ly. ' JEBOMiS 11. KII.ES, ■ :<4i ATTORNEY <£- COUNSELLOR ATLAffX Kilos Valley, Tioga County, Pa., Haring been specially licensed by the United StUes lur the Prosecution of Claims for-Pensiohe, Pgck Par sod Bounties. : ,i r.'. - Particular attention trill be given. to ntbat class of basjsess. ... - --*1 ■B. NILfeS. SUes Valley, Feb. 15,d865--ly» “ - J PENNSTIiTASIA HOUSEj C3RNEK OF JUIN STREET AND THE ATEN.OB, WeU»V>ro. Pa. f j. ff. BIQONY, J. Proprietor. THIS popular So^al,-Having been re-fitlej and re-farniehcd throughoutyis now open to the public as a first-class house. "| * "pan-. 1j.1863Q I>. RART’S HOTRI. WELLSBORO , TIOGa &Q: PEI&A, THE subscriber takes this method to.lnform his old friends and customers that hV has re famed the conduct of the old “Crystal Fountain Hotel*’ find will hereafter give ithls entire attention* Thankful fer past favors, he.aolioitS'a renewal of the ' “ V'*" ‘ DAVID HART, i Wellsboro, Nov. 4,1868.—1 y. *' IZAAR WALTON HOUSE, Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. H. C. TERMr-LYEA, .Proprietor, THIS is a"new hotel located within easy ao eers of the best fishing and .huntipg grounds In Northern Pentfsylvanii, No pains will bo spared for iht accommodation of*pty»|ure seekers and Ab^ trav eling public. , •’-[ -x [Jan. 1* Itljjj.J A. F O tET, ' r ;, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry Btc., ‘?c., REPAIRED AT OLD -PRICES. /C POST OFFICE BUILBJ^'G, NO. 5. . UNION BLOCRXI *' b'cllsboro, May 2ff, 1863,“ ' ’ H. V/. Williams, WILLIAMS & SMITH, ; ATTORNEYS ASD COVS SELOUS At LAW, 80l ATf' & PfiISIOS AGEWCT. Slain Street. WellsLoro. Pa. January 4, 1865-ly. * r S. T. SOAfBUW, / BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER, Shop Oven C. L? Wilcox's Store, i Ladies' Hair-Catting dope in the best ma*inen TOisboro, Dec 7, 18C4. ‘ WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTEL. KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, PAT ' THE undersigned having leased the-.above Hotel for n term of years would. respectfully inform lue traveling public-that he has put the Itopd in first cla« order-for the reception of guests and r io pains will be spared in the accommodation of ira* rlers and es far as the situation will allow, be will ke' 'p a>first class Hotel, in all things, except piices, wflich will be model ato. Please.try ns and judge for yiuradlves. Knoxville, Oct. 19, 1864-tf. J. H. MARTIN. : REVENUE STAMPS. JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector 6f Mans* fitl-i, has just received a-' latfce lot >of ?,Revenue Stamg, of all denominations, from one to $5. Any perron wishing Stanps can get them at my office Id Mansfield, or of M.B,UIiLARD, Assistant Assessor, &t Wcllsb'-ro, Pa. ’ ‘"J v M. PHETL\PSh Mansfield, May ,2,.18ft4, r , r „ • * P. NEWELL, DENTIST,'/^;. MANSFIELD, TIOGA, COUNTf, Ak'., , 16 prepared to operate in att the improved >cfcs in the various departments of fiDing,extract fcfc, in erting artificial dentures, Ac. Mansfield, August.jQ, l€64~ly> COWANESQUE ~ v THIS House which has been 3pp6n.J[oy of the traveling public for, farnumberToij years, ta* lately been newly*Xurnished t.Kfpnghpnt' add, fitted Dp.inaa good style a£cau'h«Tounddnnny'country or cuy Hotel. The Proprietor does nob'hesitate in say t-g that there will be no. pains, spared to add to the effort of his guests,~and make it a home, for them, lae best of filling for teams; and a good hostler always ?q attendance, all of which can ho found cne isile e2 B t of Knoxville, Pa, ' : t M. V. PURPLE, Proprietor. Deerfield j May 25jf <t r • . WELTjSBORO HOTEIj' (Oornor Main Street <ind ihe Avcnke?) ; , Pa. _ B. B.'HOLIDAY, Proprietor. 1 One of the moat popular Houses in the county. Fhii Hotel is the Stage-house te-’WellsborO. Btagen have daily at'Follow®; . - * For Tioga, at 9a. m.; For .Troy, at Ba. For; Shore every Tuesday aod-Friday at 2 * u m. j C?uderepf*rt, every Tuesday and Friday at 5 ‘p. m. sug*s T3 Ujh d*slock P-m-.: From' Tfoy'al 6* o*cl<Tck tbore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m. : Krofti Cotyderß- P o £> Tueiiay and Friday II *a. m. 'I B.—-Jimniv Cowden, the well-known ’hostler, he found on baud. Oct. 5, 1564-ly HUGH yICOpMSU BOOKSELLER - statMo^Sgr, A.V^ J .D‘E‘ALBB IJf American- Clocks, American, English, And',-Swiss ''Mches, Jewelry, Silver Plated VTareJ Spectacles, nctare Frames, Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes, -fiSToscopes, Perfumery, Yankee' Ni>tlofaV,flushing *aekle and Flics, and Fancy and .Toilet Articles. -sS?* SCHOOL BOOKS of every kind used in the Coupty, constantly on band and sent by dr oth crffUo, to order. - * r. . - , ' f XO, 5, UXTOjY BLOCK, J YELLSBORt j PA. NOTICE.— ' i Letters of Administration having been g innted to 0 the undereignei'oh tho eel ato of Daniel; Snyder, of Jackson township, deceased, notice n hereby to thosejndchtpd to.make immediate payment, Wo those having claims against the same to present l “ c m properly authenticated for settlement to . JNO. I. MITCHELL, : Adm’f. Lioga, March 15, 1865-6 t» fIiSH PAID’FOE , ONION : SETTS aV" SOY'S DECt? STOEE, THE t ' VOL., XL CLEAR THE TRACK! XHAT rush to O. BDXLAKIFS STOKE means something! Of coarse it does. It means that BULLARD’S 1 Nkm,-.SZ£UIK. „QE. FILL '& WINTER GOODS. are all the rage, and that about three square miles oi people, in andjuroand WeUsborongh and yipiiyty,, KNOW WHERE TO GO TOBUT g'OoU GOOD'S, AND BET THEM CHEAP. BULLARD defies oompetitionin , style.jaxlely.qnaD.tlty, quality and cheapness, of ladies; dkess goods, '. FANCY GOODS, LACES, r TRIMJVIIHGS, SHAWL?,.HOSIERY, . 1 ~ - LINENS, -CAMBEieSr ED'rTONS, Ladies’ gaiters, slippers, gloves, and—but why He has everything in the line of goods that will be asked for. Come amLsse, -I BUY TO AGAIN, not “cheap as dirt," because good goods can’t be sold for a song now-a-days; but as cheap as any like quality of goods can-be, soidjin the countryr. BEA VEE HAT sT ALL STYLES -AND-JHATEKIAL. Thig Grocery Departm't, comprises .(everything In. that iiAp/JUTgood ,4nd a reasonable prices. ' ' s» Drop in with thfe crowd, * . '' •'* • One Door above Roy's Drag Store. ' . 0. BULLAEB. AVellsboro, NovVl, 1863. JJETROLtDM! PETROLEUM ! Geologists and practical men nhite In their-belief and so report that the - Discovery of Oil ln if near at band. . Bat I would say to the people of TIOGA COUNTY & VICINITY, (before investing your Capital in Oil Stock) that I have recently purchased the Goods jyg-M; Ballard, consisting of CLOTHING, BOOTS. SHOES,-HATS, CAPS, &c., all at a great reduction from ■ • , New York Jobbing Prices, and am bound to give to my customers tHoadvantage OP MY PURCHASE. Being desirous of closing out the .Clothing part of this Stock, I now offorjbe entire Stock AT' COST FOR CASH! HL ATS A ND;CAE;s7 - I will alippstjjive away; at all events, will sellthem so cheap you will hardly know the difference. Call soon and avail yourself - r . 1 OPPORTUNITY." 1 ' Remember the place, theTKeystone Store, one door above Rby’e Drugstore. , G. P, CARJL-- '‘Wcllshorb, Jah. 25, 1865-tE * I „ . " '‘A TVm. iV.i I>MITH. CLOIBid ! (HOMING! (One door below garden’s Store.) WE have just arrived in Wellsboro with a.'large -Stock ot CLOTHING and Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, Also, HATS A CAPS, and a great assortment of LADIES' CLOAKS; Which-we offer to the citizens of W-ellsboro and snr ronnding country at ■ .. . • j ; , 50 PER CENT. CHEAPER,mi than anj.otlje’r. establishment in Ail jjapt of the country. ■ Our object U4o redoes-our.-. 0-'~. WINTER -STOCKL OF. dODDS. . i ‘ u.* -J-'. j._.' H. . :l ..miCES: OYER COATS from* 84- to S4O. BUSINESS. COATS, from. tp $25 --PAN'TS'frolii'32'to fro; 5 ” VESTS Troni s2} to §B'. . We bought our goods when Gold Will only r.~06 and we can afford to, sell ohrjtoods cheap;..;' :/*' t All out Goods are manufactured under our owtvsu pecvisioiuandcanlruit. he surpassed,' in quality add durability. ‘ ’ ' _ We respectfully invite every one .wnoaejnterdsfis lo be economical, .to. ' " n . V. before purchasing'elsewhere. .jfAST & AUERBACH, __ of, Syracuse! N-- Y-, and .Blossburg/Pa. •-j ;; r- WeUsboro; Lee. 14, ISff'tf. ' ~IS.' ' -•-■ Fill, AND WINTER GOODS.~TSd.-2f Hniop Block. - ' - ■- '. d • Has lately returned from New York with.*splendid' assortment of , . - —V DRYGOODS,- READY-MADE CLOTHING, . BOOTS & SHOES, GLASSWARE, * . HATS & CAPS, HARDWARE, GROCERIES, DOMESTICS, . ' WOODBNWARE, ENGLISH CLOTHS, : LADIES' DRESS GOODS, SATINS, ’ T WBEDS' 'AND KENT DCZY JEANS' FRENCH CASSIMERES, FELL- CLOTHS. * Attention ie coined to his stock of ‘ ‘ !f 1; T Black anct,Figured Dress Silks,, : ‘ •** Worsted Goods, ’ Merinoos,' ~ ” Black and Figured DeLahiec, Long and Square Shawls, > Ladies' Cioth, ' \ -Opera Flannels, Ac, ■ Purchasers will find that - * " ' - • *' N 0.2, Colon' Block, Main Street, is the place to buy. tho beat quality of Goods at the lowest pricea,- t JEROME SMITH. Wcllsboro, Nov. 16/ 1 SCI-tf. * ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTlCE.—Letters of administra- Hoc having been granted to tho undersigned' on- tho estate of H. r h r BJanchard r ]ate of .Farwfngton, dec’d, notice is hereto given to those indebted to make immediate, pay men tana tboeehaving claims to present them 1 properly au thecticatedfbr'settlement to - 0. H. v BLA2<CHAJMD, J i Farmington,'Say. 28, iBM-dt. ~ :-S r--i4diti^v- BeOoteO to tfje %rtmelon of tfyt area of JFm&om a«R if)t Spread of jS?ralti?£ Reform. WRILE THEBE. SHALL BE A WRONG HNBIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1865. !ES—_l * i * ~ f-} . : r- AGITATOR. select Jloetrg. {From the N. Y. Tribune.] EIOHMOND IS OXTES! BY A. J. E. DCGAtiSE, Eicsaosi) is ours! Richmond is ours! - " Hark !to the jubilant chorus 1 , Up, through the lips that no longer repress it. Up, from the Heart of the People! God bless it! Swelling with loyal emotion, ■ ' Lcapelh our joy, like an ocean!— ■ ■ - Richmond is onra.! Richmond is ours ! •. Baby lon falls, temples-and towers • , . Crumble to aabes"before us 1 Glory to Grant! GloryJo Grant! - -- . r Hark tolbe shout of ouf Nation T -Up, from the Irish Heart, up from the German— •.■ Glory .to Sheridan J—Glory to Sherman— . _ ■. Up, from all Peoples uniting— : . Freedom's high loyalty plighting— -1 GloYy to all! Glory to all! - •*'- : ' ?Heroes who combat, and Martyrs who fall J ‘■A. ' - Lift we our Joyous ovation ! f- ’ ■ Fling out the Flag! Flash out the Flag 1 *- ■ T7p“from each turret and.ateeple ! -‘Up, from.the.cottnge, and over the mansion, -Fling out. the symbol of Freedom's expansion I '' * Victory orowneth endeavor! ‘ *“ ‘ *'•' Liberty seals us forever ! 1 Up, from eaeh valley, and out from each crag, • Fling out the Flag! Flash out the Flag ! y /' - . Borne on .the breath of'lhe People !' / Richmond is'oursl Richmond is Ours !- . i.. / Hark I .bow thoswelkin is riven I - „ Hark*! to the joy that oof Nation"convulses, Timing all hearts to the cannon's lond pulses; Voices of - r Voices of martyred ones, blendings _ Minglipg like-wiifcbwords b‘h'LibVrty # rtbv?era, ’ “ Richmond is ours ! -Richmond is ours !” • f Freedom rejoicistb .*•* -r ‘ '’ _ • • [For ttfr Agitator.) j OILt'PODRIOA. ? • - J - - ‘ - - • . BY, OXE WEO i BAS SEEN THEniX . , To any one intending to visit the “‘Oil-Dorh do” of Western Pennsylvania ! would say : Take yotir bed and -board along, andbe not un mindful of a fulfpotseT’ When the traveler arrives "at Xtotry, the in tersection -of the Atlantic & Great Western with’the Erie & Oil" Creek Roids, the scramble begins. Tickets fur meals and Beds at a dol ; lar apiece—dirty straw beds that'a hog- would not sleep in -if no could get at his clean, root Her earth, in which to nestle. Reader, haw yqft. ever been in Wall Street, where . the brokers most do congregate V ■ If so, yon can forth' some ides of the manner, of conducting business in Titusville, Oil City, and, in fact, through the erttire’nil region., Every man has some terri tory, some interest in a well, some stock to sell; and.-allAo-be sgldjor a profit.. As there is-no regular place of exchange for the sale of such, property, the bar-rooms are the great arenas for lhc transaction of this mammoth business.. I Bay mammoth,” because I doubt ,if the k.atne amount of .capital is anywhere else in vested on the same area outside of our large cities, Twenty miles square would make -256,000 acres,, which,.at §lOOO per acre, the minimum price of anything considered boring territory; and you hove §256,000,000, for land alone, aside from improvements upon and be neath the surface. .The center line of , thirds Oil Greek, from its mouth, and extending down thu Allegheny river to Franklin. Qn the ;e as torn -side of this creek w.e. find Cherry Run, a email branch of Oil Creek, the extreme Icrigth-of-w-hiob-probably is not more titan five or six miles. The celebrated, “ Pit hole’’.Ti;unB nearly parallel with Oil Creek,-and empties intp Abe Allegheny''seven of eight miles above.'' Still 5 farther east yob descend! into the valley of the Allegheny, where dte course is ncnriy south, subsequently turning west, .and'forming the well on the eastern line of the territory. . •-.I du notmean'by thiu.tliat nojciil is found ,on the cast side of the Allegheny, fog there, jtre many valuable-wells .on that side; but,simply that, extending back from the river bn this side the country .has not. yet.been found.fo be [pro ductive of oil in so great-quantity, v , _. Starting east from .Titusville -the* traveler as cends to the rolling; plateau on which the little village-of Pleasnntville is, situated.., This,is 'probably .300 or ;400.feet above the- valley,: and is really ondhe height.of the land.- here the derrick already .'roars its bgod. to . the eky; and the.omnipresent, I might trbly say, om.ni T potent, engine, sends its clouds of smqke to the broezc.|and its probo tu .tbe bowels of. the. earth. If oil is to'be-.foond at Pipaaantville, jthen may th.e bills be.tapped as-well.as the valleys--j . ... • i .From this place our routeded us .across the “ Pi thole,” over rocky -ridges .where .scarcely,.a rabbit could glean a living, down to.-the Henry Shim, on the Allegheny. This ,js a, small flat of about, .thirty acres, n.ow .held at the, tri fling sum of a-half million. .Here, a one dol lar green-back sufficed to procure a dinner, at a private house. Taking a -different, route; ; a tide-oft three hours "brought us back, with only bherTpaetr to'PluriTer.onrnf-thoso nrushToom towns bn jGhefvy Run. where "§s.' greenbacks -Will -not buy as much sandstone, surface as they would caver. Cherry Ron has proved ‘the most successful-boring- territory yet deveb ‘oped. Standing on eminence in the town and looking, down the Run, it is almost impossible for the eye to penetrate through the orbw<3 of derricks-erected below; and I 6«n only liken it,to the forest of masts to be seen ■on looking up of down the wharves' of one of 'our'sen port cities. Here,, within the narrow compass - of about fifteen'by- fifty rods, I count ed the machinery for fifty wells going down. -f Each one of these; with its necessary imple -mentsjwUl cost-five to seven-thousand, dollars. Add to this an equal amount for land, as it is now held,'nnd' you have here invested §600,- 000; this is but a mere instance of.the amount ■of capital invested in and on, each and every acre of this country that is considered good bo ring territory. . If one out of the fifty gets a flowing well, be will reap the prize—one great er than the cost of the whole. After enjoying a dollar’s worth of two” ex-' tremely dirty sheets and a straw bed, with an j itchy bedfellow thrown in, (who, I suppose,' paid the same) I mounted my pedestrian horse land,started : for Oil-City. , ‘ - ■ ' EoUowiPS the gld turnpike from db f -— — ~ ' r- u:. Franklin, the traveler emerges from the valley of Cherry Bun upon the summit of the divid ing ridge between the Allegheny and Oil Creek —a high, backbone, sandstone formation, worth for farming purposes, about half the taxes an nually paid- upon it. The lower portions of these ridges are covered with fair oak timber, but most of it belongs -to the class. known as “ barrens,” covered only with chestnut and scrub oak. . “Just before commencing the de scent to the.river, and while upon the last ver tebrae-of this backbone, I came upon one of the natives ; and wishing to ascertain the price of such land, asked the value. He replied— “ Well, this 'ere farm ’9 got about 150 acres and goes down to the, creek; an”t were sold for $150,000." That $150,000 carried me down to OifaCity, where I took refuge at the Jones Housed which, with the host thereof, -I com mend ta\travelera as affording clean sheets and blankets,-though yon may have to take them on the floor, as “Dave” and I did.. This was the. only instance where I found a landlord ca pable of appreciating the between a hog’g.hest.and a bed. The least distinction I oversaw, Attempted was in room 25, Carver - House,; Warren, where I was so unfortunate as to be detained by the flood. - The Bocumulntion of oil at Oil City is, or was before the flood, greater than at any other point in the oil.region. But gracious heaven ! suoh-a combioaGon of the aqueous and earthy elements was never found before. If a divin ity had ever been .consecrated to the compound she wonldr .bet-delighted?.to take ;up, her resi dence here. A single. narrow street, about 20 feet wide receives the drain of the mountain, on its one side and the filth? of the. buildings on the other. For the lords of- creation with boots to tbeirhipsand pants therein, it is of little consequence.; but when crinoline comes into the perspective—let ns draw tha-ourtain 1 . , ■ .Business is very active here for a place -of its size.. ilhe streets are thronged with pedes trians and teams, crowding and jostling each other. , boats,,are continually loading coal and, supplies for the consumption of the country, and reloading with' oil. . Great, num bers of teams are used for towing" flatboata up OiTCreek to he loaded and descend with the current: ■ - ; • “Wending my way up Oil Creek to the mouth of Cherry Rub, I found our quondam citizen, -H. C., Johns, Esq., ensconsed in an Bxlo office making but' Briefs of title, leases, &0., &o., — and making moro money than any practitioner in Tioga county. From the monjh of. Cherry Run op to the celebrated “Reed” well, about two. miles, almost every hole has proved a mine, of wealth to its owner. Hence, every inch of territory-; .whether on tfae-hilis. op in the nar row gorge of the Run, is held at prices beyond the conceptions,of the, uninitiated. , - t - Thq.Run .here is only, separated, from .Oil Creek by a narrow ridge already beginning’fd be dotted with the everywhere present portable engine, hauled op on the snow and ready to commence operations" soon. Descending the ridge the traveler comes out on the Tarr Farm —more noted, perhaps, than any other o® in Oildom., Before the flood it was completely covered with derricks, engine-houses, tanks, and small shanties, saving barely enough’room for teams and pedestrians to wind about among them. Roads there are none. Teamsters and footmen plow through the interminable sloughs of mud arid grease. ' The idea that boring ter ritory is confined to the bottom lands is' now pretty well exploded, and no land in that coun ty is too elevated not to have changed owners: at hundreds, often thousands of times its orig inal value. Consequently no - land is to be found in the hands of original owners within the immediate influence of the oil speculation. The whole line of Oil Qre'ek, from the south-' ern terbiums of the railroad at Scheffer to its month, and the Allegheny valley, for miles both above and below, is covered with.capital inves ted in the oil -business. Nearly opposite the the little town of Petroleum Center, is the cel ebrated Coquette well. Whether named acci dentally or-designedly 1 know not'; but no one ean witness its spasmodic ontponring, its gusb off love {oil) and gas, without being reminded of the original article. Six hundred, barrels a day !—Sunday included. 1 Just figure it Up for yourself. 1 don't .like to put .them in here Test” yon; might think -1 had’imbibed some of the gas. -‘ -- - - This'slream comes pouring forth from d twd inch - 'pipe with a "W h i sfi I” “ steam escapes from a .boiler. Somuoh gas es capes that, all fires are prohibited for a consid erable distance around. On the west side, of Oil Creek is Cherry Tree. Run, emptying into ihe“'parent stream just above its namesake, Cherry Run. Bit the development 6f this stream has not proved as successful as'jts coun terpart. Still .further west is Sugar Creek, which bids fair to rival even Oil Creek itself. The oil being-of a heavier and denser quality, is better,suited to lubricating purposes, and brings nearly double the price of. other.crude oils. ; ■>, . _ : ' ~ A general survey of.the whole county shows a great extent of sandstone formation. Not only ate’t.he hijla covered with immense bould ers and ledges, hut the formation crops out at their bases. . In the southern counties, where the, lower formations crop out, they are found saturated with oil to such an extent as to be quite.in{ffimmable I ,\hoijgh : no large deposits of oil have been found there. It seems to be nec essary, therefore, that the oil producing rock should be buried at a great depth beneath the surface, where,-for thousands-of yeari, its ac cumulations have been stored for the practical benefit of the human race. Small quantities do not pay. Large ones can only be found where’ there are wells that con fine it from evaporation and natural waste. It is only when veins are struck which tap a great reservoir that a paying well is found. The prick of a pin draws blood as well as a surgeon’s lancet;" but only the-latter produces a-material effect. The large bottoms have not, by any means, proved tba best oil territory. If there is any analogy between the works of na ture on the surface and those'beneath, we may suppose that with oil as 1 with water,, drop unites with drop, rill with rill,-until,-those larger de posits are made, which, on being tapped by the auger; yield the copious supplies which even now are beginning-to illuminate the whole world. Cherry Bun, superficially, is ths.ontlet. of a large .extent of sandstone mountain ; and only on the theory that beneath its surface are the channels that drain its internal formation, can I account for the great success that has at tended the explorations about its month. So far as I am aware, no general rule has been es tablished on any theory reduced to fact, as to where a well is most likely to succeed. The fact that the lowest swamps and the highest plateaus, the widest bottoms and the narrow est ridges, are alike being bored, each one be ing gbverned simply by the location of the land he may be able to acquire. Of the great .number of wells bored upon Watson’s Flats, just below Titusville, but two, so far as I can learn, have produced oil in paying quantities. The fever, which hitherto was confined to the country south of Titusville, is now spreading in all directions and will, undoubtedly, follow Oil Creek, and even the Allegheny, to their ex treme sources. The great question is as to quantity. A littlo oil does not pay. A .blow ing well is worth-itr.millions. 1 In naturelike causes produce like effects. Coal is found where its proper geological height is reached. Oil has been found in greater or less quantities wherever the lower sandstone has been reach ed under such oitcumatancea.aa would confine the. oil, generally at a depth of about 500 feet, the celebrated “ Test Well,” on-Watson’s flats now of a depth of .over 1,100 feet, shows no more oil than at 400 feet; and unless a still lower stratum, of sandstone is found, it will fail. No theoriee or speculations will ever tell, as to wbBt.localities;possess it in paying quan tities. Only abonkone well in 70 or 80 pays. Yet the bu 9 inesg,. Js...constantly increasing—a pretty flora sign that success is predominant. The upper sandstone formation exists in- Ti oga county. Can we doubt that the lower are here also? And "will not the same natural causes and conditions be attended with like ef fects ? The only way to determine this ques tion is to bore. We shall never know—we shall never got oil until we do. The soil and sandstone of the oil region is of a yellowish, ochre color. The hills are not so high; in most other respects there is a great similarity between our own county and that. And tinless nature has made the Alleghenies a dividing line, under the.same circumstances oil will be found on the eastern slope.. It has been observed and seems to he sustained in point,pf'fact, that alldhe best "territory hasm southern inclination. The streams'run south, on the eastern and southern side of the river. Where the ‘ streams rnri north explorations have not: proved successful. This may be ac counted'for fay supposing that the inclination north of the river continues on the south side, and the strata would therefore be at a greater depth as yon ascend from the river. A few experiments did not establish the productive ness of-the oil business. If it be found in small quantities here—if it is generated in our rocks at all—we may be a ope that there are larger accumulations to be discovered whenever .the auger shall penetrate tqj its reservoir. -Anecdote of Gen.Shekiian. —On the arri val of Qen. Sherman at Savannah, he saw a large number of British flags displayed from buildings, and had a curiosity to know how many British consuls were there. He soon ascertained that these flags were on buildings where cotton had been stored away, and ordered it at once to be seized. Soon after this, while the* General was busy at his headquarters, a pompous gentleman walked in, apparently in grett haste, and inquired if ha was Gen. Sher man 1 Having received an affirmative reply, the pompons gentleman remarked, “ That when be left his residence United States troops were engaged in removing his cotton from it, when'll was protected by the British flag.” “Stop, sir," said Gen. Sherman, “not your cotton; my cotton, in the name of the United States Government, sir. I have noticed,” con tinued Gen, Sherman, “ a great many flags here, all protecting cotton; I have seized it all in the. name of the government.” “ But, sir,” said the .Consul.' indignantly, “ there is scarcely any cotton in Savannah that does not belong tome.” “There 1s not a pound of cotton here, sir, that does not belong to me, for the United-?- States,” responded Sherman. ' ' “.‘VV'ell, sir,” said the Consul, swelling him self up with the dignity of his office and red dening in the face,.“my Government shall hear of this. I shall report your conduct to my Government, sir,” “Ah ! pray, who are you, sir 1” asked the General. ' I “ Consul to Her British Majesty, sir.” “ Ohl.indeed I” respondedtbe General. “I hope "you will, report me to your Government. You will please say to your Government, for me, that I have been fighting the English Gov ernment all the way from the Ohio river to Vicksburg, and thence to this point. At every step I have encountered British arms, British munitions of war, and British goods of every description, at every step, sir. I have met them sir, in all shapes ; and now, sir. I find you claiming all the cotton, sir. I intend to call upon my Government to order me to Naasau at once.” “ What do you propose to do there 7” ‘.asked the Consul, somewhat taken aback; “ I would,” replied the General, taka with me a quantity of picks and shovels, and throw that cursed sand hill into the’sea, sir; and then 1 would pay for it, sir—if necessary. , Good day, sir.” It’is needless to add that Gen. Sherman was hot again troubled with the officious represent ative of Her Majesty’s Government. A pious young man, visiting a prison in Maine, inquired of the prisoners the cause of their being in such a place. A small girl’s answer was that she had stolen a saw-mill and went back after the pond, when she was arres ted." In order to. possess the experience requi site for the transaction of a safe and profitable business, it is necessary for some to fail about twie£ . . . Rate#. of Advertising. • Advertisements will be charged tl pet square of 1# lines, one insertion, and $1.50 for three insertions. Advertisements of less than 10 lines considered as a square. The' subjoined rates will bo charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and-Yearly advertisements: 1 Square,. 2 do. : 3 do. . 1 Column, J do. . 1 do. . Advertisements not naving the number of inser tions desired marked upon them, will be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Isttor-Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable’s and other BLAHKS, constantly on hand. NO. 33. I A Touching Incident. I went one night to aeo a comedy. Xha chief actor was a favorite one, and the Bouse was very crowded. The curtaiir rose, and amidst a burst of applause the hero of tho piece made his appearance. "He had hardly uttered twenty words, when it struck me some thing was the matter with him. The play was a boisterous comedy of the old school, and required considerable spirit and vivacity in the actors to sustain it properly: but this man there was none; he walked and talked like a person in a dream ; his best points he passed over without appearing- to perceive them ; and altogether he was quite unfit for the part. Hie smile was ghastly, and hie laugh hollow and unnatural ; he frequently 'would stop off suddenly in hie speech, and let bis eyes wander vacantly over the audience. , • Even when, in the oharaoter of a silly hus band, he had to suffer himself to be kicked about the stage by a young rake of the comedy and afterwards to behold that careless individ ual making love to his wife and eating his sup per while be was ahnt up in a closet from whence he could not emerge, bis contortion* of ludicrous wrath, which had never before failed to call down ■ plenty of applause, were now snob dismal attempts to portray the passions, that hisses were audible in various parts of the theatre. The audience were fairly out of tem per, and several inquisitive individuals were particular in their inquiries as to the extent of the potations he had that day indulged in. A storm of sibilation and abuse now fell around the ears of the devoted actor, and, not content with verbal insult, orange peel and apples flew upon the stage. He stopped and turned to the shouting crowd. I never saw such misery in a human countenance. His face was worn and haggard, and tears rolled down his painted cheeks ; I saw his bosom heave with convulsion and sup* pressed emotion, and his whole mien betokened such depth of anguish and distress that the most relentless heart mast have throbbed with pity. The audience was moved, and by degrees the clamor of invective subsided into solemn still ness, while he stood near the foot-lights a pic ture of dejection. When all was calm he spokoi and in a voice broken with sobs which seemed to rend his heart, ho offered his explanation. “ Ladies and gentlemen," said he, “ though in my acting to-night I; am confident of merit ing your displeasure, in one thing yon do ma wrong. lam not intoxicated. Emotion alone, and that of the most painfnl kind, has caused me to fill my alighted part so badly ; my wife died but a few short hours ago, and Illeft her side to fulfil my unavoidable engagement here. If I have not pleased you, I implore yon to forgive. I loved her, grieved for her, and If my angmsn can excuse a ranir, I near ury apol ogy here!” Ha placed his hand upon his heart, and a burst of tears relieved his momentary parox ysm of grief. The audience were thoroughly affected, and an honest burst of sympathy made the- wall tremble. Women wept loudly, and strong men. silently, and during the remainder of the even ing his performance was scarcely audible, through the storm of applause by whioh the crowd sought to soothe the poor man’s wound ed feelings. There was something very melancholy in the thought of that wretched man’s oommg from the bed of death to don the gay attire and ut ter studied witticisms for the amusement of a crowd not one of whom dreamed of the an guish that festered under his painted' obeek and stage smile. And in the great ~ theatre of life hojw many are there around ns like that poor aotor, smiling gaily at the multitude, while at home lies sorrow, whose shadow is ever present with them in busy places. The Effects op Impatience. —Nothing mow incapacitates a man for the lead than impati ence. •No constitutionally impatient man, who has indulged his tendency, ever gets to thabot tom of things, or knows with nicety tha stan ding disposition and circumstances of the peo ple he is thrown or has thrown himself among. Certain salient points he is possessed of, hat not what reconciles and accounts for them. Something in him—an obtrusive self, or a train, of thought, or liking and antipathies— will al ways come between him and an impartial judg ment. Neither'does he win confidence, for he checks the coy, uncertain advances which are the precursors of it. We doubt if a thoroughly impatient man can read the heart, or he a fair otitic, or understand the rights of any knotty question, or make himself master of any diffi cult situation. The power of waiting, deliber ating, hanging in suspense, is necessary for all these—the power of staving off for considerable periods of time merely personal leaning*- A little girl was walking with her mother was tempted by the sight of a basket of oran ges, exposed for "sale in a store,-and qoiOtly took one, bat afterwards, stricken by conscience, retained it. After her return home she was dis covered iu tears, and on being asked the cause of her sorrow, replied, sobbing: “ Mamma, I haven't broken any of the commandments; but I think I’ve cracked one a little." She was forgiven. First Oil discovery. —lt is related of Jonah when he took up qnarters in the whale’s belly, he wrote to his father to come down immedi atly, as he had discovered a splendid opening for the oil business. The nest day ha telegraph ed the old gentleman as follows: .'■ Father, don't come. I'm badly sucked in. Plenty of oil, but no market I” This is the first of-fish-al- account that pro fane historians give us of the oil business. Be Polite.—Study the grace, not the graces of the dancing master, of bowing and scraping; nor of the foppish etiquette of a Chesterfield, but the benevolence, the grace of the true heart, whatever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report. Tbe true secret of politeness is to' please'; to make happy-flowing from goodness of heart—a fountain of Joan - . 3 MONTHS, 6 MONTHS. IJ'MOSTHS. ....5-4.00 $5.75 1716# 6.00 8.25 10.00 - 8.75 • 10.75 12.60 ...10.00 12.00 15.75 ■ 18.75 . 25.00 31.50 30.00 42.00 • 60,00
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