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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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30.00 42.00 • 60,00