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WednesdayOkino4, 1865.
WE, give in to-day'spaper the discourse
prepared by Rev. Joseph Clark to be de
livered in the Presbyterian Church of this
place, on the day set apart bythe Presi
dent for humiliation and praft% It was
the last of the many trnlyelnettent and
profOundly able productions• of his pen,
and it will be read with saddened interest
by all those who knew him as he was. li
and appreciated his Christian worth and
rare qualities I 1 S a citizen. In the noon
tide of life anti the full flush of health, he
- assumed the task of teaching hipeople
the providence of an all-wise God in the
removal of our chief Rider. and before his
lips pronounced his work, he too was cal
led to the bourne whence no traveler re
turns.
How widely he is lamented, and
how keenly a bereaved community appre
ciates the loss of its ablest and one of its
purest and best 'citizens, may be seen in
-the sadness that shadows every face as
his name is lisped and his death regretted.
We have known him. in all the relations
of life—as the companion of youth, the
faithful pastor, the kind parent and hus
band, the constant friend ; and there are
few indeed who can fill his measure of the
noblest virtui:s of mankind. He was the
ablest theologiari and religions 'and philo
sophical essayist of his years in his church;
and bat for physical infirmities which de
'mended his withdrawal front the sacred
desk, he would ero this have, been widely
known as among the first of the able de
fenders of his faith. Proverbially unob
trusive and free from ambition as lie was
sincere and faithful to the right. there
were many Nilo met him in every-day life
who were, strangers to the inflexible vir
tues which ruled his every action. As be
lived, so-he died—untaltering in his trust
that, He who rules the storm and numbers
"the hairs of our heads, ever doeth all
things well. Thus calmly as lie met life
from dui- to day he Kink to rest when the
inexorable summons came, and another
redeemed spirit swelled the anthems O'f
praise where there is jay evermore !
REBEL IVANDAIA IN STATE COURTS.
Attorney General Speed has published
.an official opinion relating to the status
of rebels who may be indicted in the
State Courts for arson, robbery, murder,
&c., committed while in,the service of the
so-called rebel government. The ques
tion arose in Kentucky where some of the . '
paroled rebels.have been arrested for
crimes committed during the Morgan raid
in that State, and (he Attorney General
was asked whether the government would
interfere and protect them as prisoners
of war. In answer to this Mr. Speed says
that " the government of the United States
ought not to prevent or interfere with the
executjon of such process" issued by die
State Courts. Again he says—" whether
" such persons are guilty of robbery, or
." whether they hate any adequate legal
"defence to such charge, arc questionsfor
"the judicial determination of the Court
•.'before which they may be - tried. The ju
"risdiction of the Court to decide these,
"questions, after the parties are arreste
t• is unquestionable, .and the govermue
"of the United States should not inter
" fere to take the cases in question out of,
of:Place them beyond the cognizance of.
"the State tribunals." The opinion is
also endorsed by the War Department.
and may be accepted as expressing the
settled purpose of the government.
Under this decision the question of the
guilt of such vandals as M'Causland, Gil
more, Smith and others who sacked and
burned Chanabet sburg, is left solely to the
judicial tribunals of the State, and it will be
for oar courts to determine whether they
can43e protected by lie plea of belliger
ent rights. Such a plea would not, we
apprehend, avail in any court of this
State, for we are not aware of any-act of
this State. either judicial, legislative or of
any other kind, by ivhich the rebels have
been recognized is public enemies, and
and in the absen&) of any such recogni
'tion they can have no defence other than
is afforded to any other robbers or mur
derers who offend against the peace and
dignity of the Commonwealth. Early.
who ordered the destruction of Chambers
burg, is reported dead; but as he was not
in the State we Presume that he would
not be amenible; but reausland is now
living comfortably .on his farm in Wes
tern Virginia, and within the reach of the
civil power of the State. Gilmore, who
was the chief in the work of destruction,
who fired a number of buildings himself,
and insulted all who came in his way, is
also ate, and many turn up under the
persua ive appeals of a requisition. Capt.
Smith still .boasts a habitation nu
sublinary sphere. and is probably riljoy
ing his fathers fine home in Warteuton,
yirginin, which was always carefully guar
ded by Union troops when,they occupied
that part of the State, and his family sup
ported themselves by selling vegetables
to our officers. We speak advisedly when
we say that Gov. Pierpont will respond
to a requisition from Gov. Curtin, and no
one need be told that Gov. Curtin will
perform his part whenever the cases conic
probably before him. If these clef ac
tors escape the law, it must be by becom-
Ing fugitives from justice, and we are for
pursuing them until some of them are
brought to Chambersburg free of charge,
andbrought to face a Franklin county cOurt
and jury in the midst of the ruins they
have so wantonly wrought. If APCans
land and Gilmore run off. it might be well
enough to send after one Robert E. Lee
who passed through here in 186.3 and is
sued public orders for plundering our Pe
ople generally. He was a first class high
vity robber in his way and would . answer
admirably to test the question whether
because a set of perjured cut-throats see
fit to attempt the overthrow of the most
beneficent: government of Earth by war,
they can rob, .and burn and murder at will
'within the limits of i'ouosYlvarda without
violation of her haws. There is plenty
of
.m.,terial for Mr. , Stenger to try his
hand on. and we progatue that the August
grand jury will give hint Oak to do in
th.(t line.
Ora BSTIIIIIII% SOLDIERS;
Let every one extend a most cordial
welcome to the bronzed and battle-scared
heroes, who have just returned from their
victorious Seidl; to resume their places
among us as citizens. Let them be greet
ed as they deserve with generous hearts
and considerate efforts to promote their
well-being. Their heroism and achieve
ments afford the richest material for fourth
of July orations ,and speeches of welcome ;
but 'the true test of a just appreciation of
the services of the gallant soldiers of the
Republic is to Make their welcome home
substantial by providing them pro mpt
employment and aiding them in every
possible way to resume the arts and la-:
bors of peace. They have been absent
for Months and some for years, an others
have tilled . many of their places in the
various channels of industry. Many of,
theth have families dependent upon their
labor, , and every true friendof the returned
soldier will unwire:A his friendship by aid
ing him to attpn success in the industrial
pursuitof KC. Many who in time of
war were not onspicuous for their friend
ship for the s ldier and his cause. now
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foresee social (I_ sorder as one of the fruits
of a large army disbanded into peacefal
pursuits. We do not tear such a result.
A good soldier Vtnnot be a bad citizen ;
and the history of warfare gives no in
stance of a more heroic and invincible
soldiery than was embraced in the Union
armies. They were good soldiers, because
they were good _ citizens; and they will
resume their plirTes in society without
even a ripple nith' the surface. But they
will need kind friends. They must have
aid to procure employment. and - let every
faithful man see at mute that the returned
soldiers in his neighborhood are proffered
suitable labor. It would be heartless in
gratitude on the part of a people whose
liberties have been preserved by the vale?
of our volunteers, should ally soldier seek
employment in vain and sutler want in
the land he has rescued from the perils of
treason by his saerilices. Let one and all
extend a kind hand and a generous heart
to the ]zeros of the Republic in our midst.
We owe it to them to 110 so. and let the
debt be paid igloo ptly and eheerfully, , and
, 1 all will be well.
Hos. NEI: - 3.Hooi.EswAßTii died at his
residence in Snyder county on the 2d inst.,
at the ripe age of nearly 8:3 years. His
parents settled in Union county in 1795,
and left Ner without. education orfortune
to aid him in his struggle with the world.
But possessing great natural abilities and
tireless energy, he made his mark at an
early age in the politics of his county.
He was chosen to the legislature as,a
Democrat soon after the war of 1812, and
served some ,seventeen sessions, during
several of which he presided over the
House. When the Anti-Masonic orgaiti
zafion was affected he was one-of its first•
and ablest. advocates. It is more than
probable that lie might have been the
Democratic candidate for Governor had
he continued to :rapport that organization;
but he not only severed his association
with the party, but carried Uniou county
i3yonnd and made it one of the strongest,
dud most reliable counties for the oppo
sition. The chief blot upon his official ca
reer was his persistanthostility to general
education. Unlike most men who have
been denied the advantages of learning'
themselves, be did notseem to appreciate
the duty of the State to give the best
guarantee for 'the perpetuity of our nee
institutions by wide spil..ad and thorough
education ; and his county steadily elected
Ivislatois for years after the adoption of
the schuol law who were pledged to its
repeal:
' Mr. Miffilleswarth was chosen to the ,
Senate in 1847 to fill the unexpired term
of Dr. Wagonseller, and in 1848 was the
Whig candidate for Canal Commissioner
on the ticket with Wm. F. Johnston for
Governor. Johnston Was elected by some
300 majority, but Middleswarth was beat
en by Israel Painter nearly 3,oooxnainly
because of his determined lurstility:to the
legislative measured designeil to'proteet
labor. e In 1852 he was chosen to Cop
,
gess but retired after serving a single
term, and_soon thereafter he was chosen
an Alsociate Judge of Snyder county.
We lilieve' , that helms given more years
to public position than any other man in
the State, and all his official trusts were
discharged with unbending integrity and
consummate ability. As a presiding officer
he was unsurpassed by any in the coun
try. In 1824 he presided over the Con
vention that nominated John Quincy Ad
ams for President, and .in the House of
this State he was confessedly the best
ever called to the chair. The infirmities .
of age have limited his participation in
public affairs for some years past, but he
waii still active in his private pursuits un
til his death. .Few men of our State have
eXcicised so much influence- iu their day
• as Nei. Miffilleswarth, and had he been
liberal and progressive as his vast intel
ligence should have made him, he would
have tilled a much higher meastue ofhon
ors and usefulness.
WE joyfully hear and believe that the Pa si
dent will speedily inane a Proclamation restoring
the privilege of Habeas Corpus. and ordering a
very general clearance of the Military Prisons.
The paroling Of priwners of war On their taking
the iiath ii allegiance is going forward rapidly,
and v.e , tru4 will not erase while any willing,to
take the oath end not accused of violating the
t rines of civilized warfare, remain in durance.
The country is swiftly returning to the ways of
Peace. Older, Thrift, and law-guarded Liberty.
Let us hope that the approaching Furth of July
will Ace all mere prisoners of war liberated, and
the Civil Law everywhere bearing unrivaled
~way.
WE are indebted to T. B. Peterson and Bros.
for a copy of their edition of the Life, Speeches
and Services of President Johnson. It embraces
214 pages, clearly printed, and is compiled with
great cars and accuracy. Price 75 cts.
THE WashiligtoirChronicleauthoritatively de
nies the statement that Secretary Stanton has re
signed, awl also says that the utmost good feeling
exists between him and President Johnson.
GEORGE S. Iloueroy, of Alabama, John Rill,
of Geor,:ia, and Gee rot W. Jones, of Tenn- fuse, all
former Congressmen, have arriv.:d in Washing
ton.
Mit fratiklin ilotaitorDi Oftniberoblit#l Th.
THE Pittsburg Commercial bas donned a new
and beautiful suit, and has just put up oneof-
Hoe'e lightning presses. It is the ablest and
spiciest paper of the West.-
' WE are indebted to Hon. Jno. W. Forney for
valuable public ductlinenta.
FROM THE-OIL REGION
The March of Improvement—lmperial
City—How They 'Build Rouses—The
Value of Lots and Houses—A Visit to
the Oil Wells—The Developments—The
Imperial Property—lts Progress and
Prospects—The SterlingCompany—The
Caprices of Oil Wells—Probable Value
of Oil Lands and Stocks.
Editorial Correspondence of the Franklin Repository.
INK:RIM, Ven.go Comity, May 30, 1865
Four years ago this place was a neglected farm,
with every sign of thriftlessness. It had dilapi
dated fences, neglected trees, buildings blackened
by the pitiless storms, and ten dollars per acre
wmuld.have been a high price for the farm to any
one who 'desired to make a living therefrom for
himself and family. It is known as the "Downing
Farm," and isone of the valuable properties now
owned by the Pennsylvania .Imperial Oil Com
pany. It is immediately opposite Oil City, on then
east side of the Allegheny river, and adjoins the
"Lay Farm," on which is laid out the town of
Laytonia. Oa the Ist of April the improvements
ou the property consisted of a little frame office
for the Imperial Company, a weather-worn stable,
and several dingy houses. Now there are not less
than seventy-five houses ereaed on the property,,
with regularly daid out streets, and many of the.
houses are already occupied. It would do our
sleepy-headed Chawbersburgera good to visit this
progressive place and learn how soon a desert
plain may he transferred into a village, with all
the evidences of thrtft and business life. While
our homeless people would be planning a cellir
the Imperial progressionists would have a house
up and the kitchen fire smoking over their fiat.'
gralitmelds. They don't seem to wait for time,
.plans, weather, or anythiffg else here when build
ings ate about to be erected. Three weeks is a
reasonable time for the erection of a' house so as
to accommodate a family. They don't bother
about foundation walls, or Ware off and frame
a pile of lumber before a house is erected. A
score or so of wooden or stone under-pins answer
for the foundation, and on them the structure is
reared. If after it is up the owner ever finds
time and has the cash to spare, he puts'a wall un- -
- der his dwelling; but if nut entirely convenient
to do so, it is no matter. The house will stand
without it, and that, is all that is necessary. In
stead of squaring off and framing a building before
it is "raised" as iseoertn it, they put the whole
structure together with spikes and use hem) ,
boards instead of scantling. The weatherboard
big and plastering are relied' upon to keep the
house tirni, and if it does happen to tip over in a
storm. they soon set it up again.
Since the Ist of April the Imperial has sold ov
er $75,000 worth of buildipg lots, and fully au.7*.?5,-
000 more will be sold before the Ist. of August.
,and the usual rule is for a man to buy a lot and
commence his building the same day,or the next
day at the farthest. The company reserve all the
river front, of which it owns neatly threw-fourths
of a utile, and its cable may be estimated by the
' prices paid for the mere privilege of erecting
temporary buildings tlfereon for business purpo
ses. One man pays $lO 'per mouth to the com
pany for permission to erect a lime-house near the
river-bank. The building is pbont IS by .20 feet,
and one story high. Another pays $5Oll for per
mission to erect a warehouse, and at the expire
tom of three years the ware-house reverts to the
company. They pay one dollar per thu usand for
permission to unload brick on the river- ``sank and
re-load them on a wagon. Lam not sure, but shall
not be surprised that Italnley will noon adopt a
tariff of rates to be charged visitors for looking 1
into the river from the Imperial front. Avery 1
common stable belongs to the farm, stab-as misaikl
rent in Chambersburg tor perhaps $4O per autumn,
and here it rents for SSOO and yields a revenue
of Wily S2OOO to the lessee.
''''Of entree in a settlement where but one idea
pervades even one—that of making money in
fabulous sums and in ,the shortest possible time,
the creature comforts are entirel} overlooked.
Strangers visiting the place for pleasure or curl s
wiry must take oil fare and oil accoutmodationS.
T,, uamplain is to be laughed at, and to be fasti
i,loun- is - to ensure the pity and contempt of the
, e.tlu,s, tireless, gis a-head citizens, if indeed they
take ~” much trouble as to notice lon at all. A
soft - board under a friendly shade tree on the river
!mak I would regard as a pretty goa l bed—much .
- -better titan most that are oGred. It might be a
little cool, or a little damp, or a little narrow for
the throes of the nightmare; but it would be free
from certain companionship not usually deemed
agreeable when wooing gentle slumber. Bed
begs in this region are something less than smooth
'ing-irons, voracious as alligators, and thick as
blackberries ; and no first class hotel in this re
gion pretends to be - without them. Being a dig
nitary of the Imperial Company, I was treated
to extra-accommodations by the Superintendent,
Mr. Bulsley, of Chambersburg. I was permitted
to share his -bed and was assured that it was free
from varmints. In due time we started for bed,
and found our way into a little one-story shanty,
with but a single room, and that supplied with
cook stove, bed, table and all the parepharnalia of
housekeeping. 'There was OW bedstead and two
cots on the floor, which with the other articles of
furniture took up pretty much all the space of
the floor. •We found our way to a corner by the
aid of a dim lamp, and were tmou ready for rest.
I was affectionately advised to take the cot rather
than the bed, for said my companion, bugs prefer
the beds ; and weary with the hard day's journey,
I was slaw ready for repose. I had not noticed
who occupied the other cot, but was soon ad
. 1, iseds the character of the occupants by the
screams of a child, and by the gurgling sounds with
which the Scream died out, I was led lo suspect
that it was not the fathers;who had golaced
the little stranger. Butt it was no time for en
quiry, and I never slept more soundly until
about day-light, when I was informed that
the gentlemen must get up and allow the lady of
' the house to get out of bed and provide break
fast fur her family had boarders. It was clear
then that the laud-lady, husband and child bad
the other cat, and we got out with becoming dig
nity, while the only evidence of the presence of
the fair sex was a shapeless bundle covered head
and feet, in the opposite corner. I did feel some
anxiety to know whether her ringlets were au
burn, or chestnut, or raven; but whether bru
nette or blonde I shall probably never know.—
The five men who had lodged in the same little
room huddled in a corner hastely pitched on their
garments„and left the room to give the fair one a
chance to make her toilet. I escaped the bugs,
however; had a good night's rest, and left thank
ful that I had fared so well.-
Our party consisted of some fifteen persons
who were here to see oil lands generally and the
Imperial and Sterling in particular. Judge Small
and Mr. Applemanof Hagerstown; Nears Solen
berger, Caufman, Kimmel], Nill and Reed, of
Chambersbnrg; Davis, Quigley and Knight from
Philadelphia, and Armstrong of Harrisburg, with
myself, made up the visitors, and the Asst. Su-
Perintenacnt of the Imperial accompanied 118 Oa
an inspection tour as interpreter and guide. We
had to go on horse-back, as the roads are entirely
impassible for light vehicles. They don't make
roads in this country at all. They haven't time.
, They want oil, and won't think of or work for
anything else. 'Hence they break scores of wag
ons daily and cripple up horses for want of a lit
tle labor on the roads. Even the streets in Oil
city are more uneven, have deeper ruts and more
impassible places in bad weather than the worst
summer road in Franklin county. Him they
drive the streets of the city without upsetting is
a mystery to me, and how any one can ,get over
them at night even on foot without breaking a
leg, I cannot comprehend. But so it is all through
this region. Although the weather has been very
dry for some weeks, yet the roads are thick with
mud-holes of the most approved pattern where
there is a stream of water to make them. They
don't take the trouble to tarn a stream off the
road, or even to make a channel for it across the
road ; but they let it:take itS own coarse and eve
ry now and then the horses would plunge in - up
to the belly in soft mud: But like the skinning
of the old lady's eels, it was nothing when used
to it. The horses understood it perfectly. They
were not the-best of blooded stock, but boasted
of rings and spavins and heaves and stiff joints
generally; but they were sure-tooted from the
necessity of self-prek , rvation, and we all made
the tour without serious-accident.
We first took the direct road to Plumer, a lit
tle post-villege about the head of oil operations at
present on Cherry 'Rue, and from thence we ex
plored the ridge dividing Cherry Rua from Pit
hole, where the valuable land of the Sheridan
Company is located. It is as yet undeveloped,
but promises well, as it drains into the two most
prolific oil streams in the oil region—Pithole and
Cherry Run. We' then returned to Plumer for
dinner, and came back by the Cherry Run.
Cherry Rim is now the most famed of the Oil
producing territory, although Pithole, Walnut
Bend and Cherry Tree Run are all yielding most
profitably. It is on Cherry Run however, that
all the famed flowing wells.of last year were
veloped, and many of them still produce from 100
to 500 barrels daily.' Originally the Oil wells
were on Oil-Creek; but new that region isadianst
abandoned, and Cherry Rua and Cherry Tree,
Run, both tributaries of Oil Creek, are the cen
tres of attraction. Pithole and Walnut Bend are
on the Allegheny, and are divided from Cherry
Run by a ridge--being two or three miles apart.
Last year Cherry Run was developed up as high
us the "Smith Farm," and sofcely a tvell failed
to yield profitably. Sr valuable is land in this
developed region that it is impossible to build a
horse-railroad along the run because of the enor
mous cost of the right of way. Oil is hauled over
the worst possible roads at the cost of one dollar
-per barrel for six calks, and transportation scarce
at that, while there is a fine bed for a railroad at
a Moderate grade all the way, When I asked
why the horse-road was hot constructed (they
could not use a locomotive because of the danger
of igniting the oil wells and tanks) the oil opera
tors looked at me as if they pitied my ignorance.
"How much do you suppose the right of way
through the Egbert farm, only half a mile, would
cost ?" asked one of the snore considerate of my
new acquaintances. As I could not even guess,
he told Inc that two millionssof dollarirwould not
procure the right of way for a railrod"ong the
creek over that farm. I need harrn add that I
said no more about the railroad during the entire
trip. The Maple Shade, the Reed, the Coquette,
the Mountain and other famed wells are all along
here, and all are flowing wells, giving from 100
to 500 barrels in twenty-four hours. They flow
by fits and starts. Sometimes - they flew at statd
intervals of from five to fifteen minutes, when a
large volume of oil will be thinwn out with a
hoarse noke made by the gas, andithen it will
rest until another current of gas brings up the oil.
One well flows every day but Sunday, when it
religiously abstains from yielding. Its good ha
bits cannot, however, be ascribed to good moral•
principles, because its yield is effected by other
wells in its ithmediate neighborhood; which are
not pumped .3n Sunday: The wells in this region
are quite Oleo together, and persons will pay as
much as for the privilege of sinking-a well
at their own expense within a tirw feet of another
well, and give half the oil, free of cost, to the
owner of the land. The per Son who borerthe
well invests some $lO,OOO - and then gives half the
product, which is sometimes just—nothing; but
in this section they Usually yield in paying qhan
titles.
The developments of this' season are mainly
higher on Cherry Run, and from the Smith Farm
to Plinner it ie but a forest of derricks and en
gines. They have been detained this spring very
much by the hard winter and the destructive flood
of March, and not half the engines are yet
on the ground. They are at Franklin fifteen
miles below; but they cannot be got on. As yet
the territory higher up is not well tented ; but a
month hence it will be known whether the oil
basin is limited to the lower waters of -Cherry
Run. As far as developments has been carried to
this time, it has yielded well. At best, however,
there must be millions of money lust—utterly
lost, here. It is not uncommon to see as many
as twenty derricks on an acre, which considering`
the cost of the land, makes an expenditure of as
much as a quarter of a million, and some must
be empoverished thereby.
The lands of the Imperial Company are so im-
Muse and so varied in. their` localities, that de
velopment can scarcely fail to make it'a positive
success. It has onehundred acres on Cherry Run,
on which some twenty wells are how being sunk,
one of which was 540 feet deep when I was there.
Hone well fails, it has resources for a hundred
,others, and all cannot well ha If Cherry Run
fails, it has one hundred acres on I Cherry Tree
Run, which is now yielding very largely, and it
has also one hundred acres on Walnut Rend. It
thus has g vast area 'of territory in the three best
oil sections in the country, and Its idevelopments
are progressing as rapidly as it can be greased.
The stock'of this company is not/ sold, and I
could have'no interest in seeking totnflate it; and
I express but the judgment of the most-experi
enced oil men here when I say that its resources
are second to no company in the Oil region, and
not one in a hundred approach it in intrinsic value
and rational promise of success. in addition to
the properties before named, it the Downing
farm, from which $lOO,OOO will be realized by
the sale of lots, and six wells are, heing sunk by
Mr. 13alsley on the Allegheny banki Two of them
are about the required depth and will soon be
tested ; another is down nearly :300 feet, and the
other three are just fairly commenced. If these
six %%ells should yield but 100 barrels of oil per
day,"they, alone would pay over ta;l per ,cent. on
the'eash coal of the stock.
The Sterling was also carefully inspected by
our party, as they are all large stOckholders, and
all returned well satisfied. Its fee simple land is
on Cherry Tree Run, where it is running two en
gines sinking wells, and is besides boring a new
well near to the old Sterling, which was drowned
out last spring. It may be reco4red ; ,but
thus far all efforts have failed, not because there
is not oil there, but because the other wells im
mediately about it are not all pumped, -and the'
water casino drawn off to get at the oil. It
is still hoped tha this difficulty, will be overcome.
In any event I feel 'confident that Sterling will be
t
.paying handsomely before ninety days. The best
undeveloped territory I have seen, considering its
cost, !la that of the Sheridan and Cherry Run
Company, some of which is held in and about
Chambersburg.
—There seems to be no settled theory about
the oil of this region. It is as capricious as the
wind, and defies Oilman calculations in its ec
centricities._ A well will flow 1,000 barrels' to
day, and be dry to-morrow, and it will finally
settle down td from 100 to 200 barrels per day
by the persuasion of a steam pump.. Others fail
entirely and without preliminary notice. Some
times a good well is destroyed •by neighboring
bad well. It la abandoned and the water from
the worthleaa well floods the good well, and there
•
is no remedy uniessl:the owner of he bad well
agrees to plug his pipe, which he don't generally
agree to do unless wellpaid for it. It seems clear
to me that the great basins of oil exhausts in par
ticular locaiities ; but it seems . that as fast as the
production.diminishes in one locality it increases
in another. The aggregide production of oil is
less now than it was one or two years ago: and
its daily increased uses must•make it increase in
value for years to come, unless it should be found
in great quantities elsewhere, which seems im
possible. Altogether' I would regard good oil
lands, and oil stocks, with large and promising
territory 'for development,as about as good in
vestments as can now he made. I believe that
geot oil lands will yet command doable their
preput immense prices, and oil stocks of good
companies will yet rank with the standard securi
ties of the business world.
—A hard day's ride and a sick head-ache made
evening welcome, and the proffer of a good, clean
bed in a private house closed the day snaps be
wildering lessons in the Oil regions: A. K. M.
WASHINGTON
The - Intense Heat—Disgraceful Riot—The
Conspiracy Trial—Trial of Jett. Davis—
Itesiiptation of Marshal Lanton—T h e
President in the White House—South
' ern Delegations—quiet in Virginia—
Sec`y Seward and Son—Henry Ward
Beecher and Ford's Theatre.
Correspondence of die fr4nklln Repository
WASAINGTON CITY, Jvne 10th, 1005.
In this city during:the past week the heat has
been must intense and day after day increasing
without a signs of rain to cool the air or lay the
dust. Ice water has been in great demand. No
lager or ale -- Or whisky to be bad. We wish the
latter beverage would be always prohibited from
sale in this place. How many happy families
there would be, and how many young men saved
from perdition. For a *•hole week the dogeries
were closed, and notwithstanding we had a bun
dled thousand soldiers in and about the eity 7 -
evet)thing was quiet and, orderly, It was pleas
ing to Eve these soldiers come from their camps
in the morning, visit the public buildings and in
the evening return. No fighting sir quarreling.
But another sad change has come over the place.
Yeste - rday the restriction against - the sale v. as
removed and the immediate consequence was a
terrible riot to-day bet Ween some lUtl soldiers and
the whites and blacks—men and women living
in a disrespectable portion of the city. =
The soldiers armed with axes and mandened
with rum made an indiscriminate attack on the
houses and people living in Pear Tree alley and
vicinity, breaking in doors', destroying furniture
and helping themselves generally.
In one whole square every-door and window
was broken and the terrified immates barely got
away in time to save their lives. The soldiers
showed particular animosity against the colored
people, and the sight of on? was - a signal for a
general rush at him. The crowd went through
2nd and :id streets taking in theirrauge the alleys
near by, beating all colored folks and helping
themselves to any and everything. The colored
people bore with it until they crewed reinforce
ments when they made a stand. The soldiers
hauled out revolvers and so did the colored pen.-
ple and for a time the firing sounded as if a genu.
ine battle was going on. The biggest tight was
at Ben. Bower's Saloon when pistols, guns, knives,
bucks, stones and everything else were used.—
The fight Was carried on for a long tine tin F
street, sometimes one side being victories for a
time and then the other, until a detachment from
Hancock:a sth Regiment arrived on thc; ground
and quelled it. Several on both sides were kill
ed and a large number wounded. All this is - direct;
ly the effect of opening the whisky shops and nn
less again closed riots and murder dill be a daily
occurrence.
The evidence,* the eennpirney trink in all in
except that to be*iven by Dr. Nichols an Monday.
He is ordered to make a thorough examination of
Payne in regard to insanity. The v, bole week
has been spent in endisiworing to impeach some of
the goverment. witnesses. Excepting in two
cases, which are of small consequence, they have
entirely fulled. The findings of the Commission
may be looked for by June 20th.
It is not yet known whether Jeff. Davis will
be tried here or elsewhere before a civil court,
or whether he will be tried by a commission sim
ilar to the one now sitting. Before a jury to be
drawn out of this city, from among its old tainted
inhabitants, there is very little hope of justice be
ing dour either to Davis or rebels of less note,
and none know this fact better than the govern
inent. It would be, folly and a waste ofaime to
try him here before the• court with a jury from
the District.
Ward H: Lemon—marshal' of this District has
tendered his iesignatiou---to take effect on Mon
day. It has been accented by the-President, and
no one coons sorry at his going. He has but few
friends remaining in the city either secesh or
union. His successor has not yet been announced
but will likely be Horace Maynard of Tennessee.
President Johnson has at last obtained posses
sion of the White House. His daughter, Mrs.
Patterson, wife of one of the new senators from
Tennessee, will arrive next week and preside ov
er its domestic arrangements. There is scarcely
a'southern state but has from two to seven dele
gations in the city consulting with the President
in regard to reconstruction. So many people are
here asking interviews, that a guard has had to
be placed at the door, and a thorough inspection
into the business of each onemade before an audi
ence is granted. There are 'many ladies from
the south in the city all come to see the President
and have a private interview-in regard to affairs
iu Dixie.
We do not hear of a single guerilla in Virginia.
There is no dangerin traveling all over it, unless
it be from thieves.. The people have gladly set
tled down, and are endeavoring to raise a small
crop of corn and spring grain.
The number of troops forwarded by railroad
from this city since the grand review amounts to
over 100,0110. The coming week will take off
nearly all that are at present going.
The goverimient hap, five hundred men at work
on the battle fields of the Wilderness, with cof
fins and tools, decently interring the remains of
all soldiers exposed to view, of which there is a
large number.
Secretary Seward has so far recovered as to be
able to attend-to all his usual official duties at
the State Department. His son, the Assistant
Secretary, has also recovered, and able to be out.
Henry Ward Beecher is endeavoring to buy
Ford's Theatre - for the Congregational society as
a place of worship. Ford asks $lOO,OOO for the
entire property. If the Theatre is converted into
a church it is proposed to make as little change
as possible in its interior arrangements. The box
in which the President was 'lined will remain as
it is. 'Jamie is not effected by July Ist, Mr.
Ford will make arrangements to open the theatre
by September Ist. Should the sale be effected it
will'afiord a curious instance of the conversion
of a church into a theatre and its reconversion
into a church. = s. c.
For the Franklin Repository. -
HAVE CO.ILETS RINGS LIKE SATURN ?
There is a great resemblance between Donatis'
comet, of 1858, and Saturn and his rings. The
forward half of the comet, to the centre of the
nucleus, is, almost' the counterpart of the one-half
of the other, when viewed at right angles to their
planes. That portion of the ring most distant
from the Sun forms the till. Ifthis theory is cor
rect, the position of the rings in regard to the
comet's path, also to the sun, as well as to the ob
server, might explain some of its various changes.
When seen obliquely, the rings in front would
show a nebulosity, like a short tail; if seen edge
wise, it might 63 curved-or - of 'an angular form,
(from repulsion ofresistance) like the' - comet of
1862; or the rings might become invisible. The
sudden and remarkable changes in the _diameter
of the nucleus or photosphere from 5,600 miles to
540 in a short time, must have been from changes
in its !electrical condition. TOWER, a
Xlir*AßY ErrELLIFENcE.
—The citizens of Cass county, Georgia, hung
ten guerillas a few dap since.. •
—A detachment of men has been sent to inter
the remains lying on the Wilderness battlefield.
—The last of the Texan expedition, wider Ma
jor General Weitzel, left Fortress Monroe on the
Bth.
—A letter eonfirms the surrender of Sabine
pAs, Texas, on the 2t3th. and predicts the fall of
Galveston.
—Vhe Sixth Army Corps, Major General H.
G, Wright, commanding, was reviewed on Thur 3.
day in Washington. •
—The troop.: 'lately sent to Ariznna ate now
arriclou at Fort Mohave. and will take. the field
against tha Apaches.
—The,veteraus of the Fourth Army Corps are
said to be under marching orders for Galveston,
Texas, via New Orleans.
—General Gamble's brigade of the Twenty-sec
ond army corps, stationed at Fairfax Court House.
has erected a monument of sandstone on each of
the Bull Run battl6-fields.
—The War Department, by direction of the
President, has orders9 - fhe immediate discharge,
upon taking the oath, Of all rebel prisoners of the
army not above the rank of captain, and of the
navy not above the rank of lieutenant, except
such as are excluded from the amnesty.
—The following military diviAons hare been
arranged;
First. The Military Division of the Atlantic.—
This comprises the Devartment of the East. thii
Dep:u•ttncut of Pennsylvania, the Middle Depart
inept, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Cam
lion. To be commanded by M, j. Gen. Meade.
Headquarters at Philadelphia.
Second. The Military Dirision of the Mississip
pi.—This includes the .Department of the Ohio
and the Northwest, the Department of the Mis
souri and of
_Arkawas. To 'be commanded by
MajorOeneral Sherman. Headquarters at St.
Dints.
Third. The . lllilitary Division of the Tennes
sre.—Tlits comprises Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis
sissippi. Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. To be
conunanded" by Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas.
}lead qua} ter,. at Washy illy.
Fourth. The 31ilitury Dirision of the South
terst.—Titi4 comprises Texas, Louisiana, New
Mexico, and- Arizona. To be commanded by
Maj. Gen. Sheridan. Headquarters at New Or
leans.
Fifth. The Military Dirision of the Pacifirl—
To be commanded by Maj. Gen. Haileac. Head
quarters at San Francisco.
These divisions are severally divided, into de
partments. with a special commander, who has
not !, et been determined Upon in all cases,
—lnteresting accounts are given by corres
pondents of the re-establishment of the national
flag and the national authority along the coast of
Texas. Forts Mannahassett and Griffin, strong
works, defending Sabine pass, were occupied by
Lieutenant Commander Pennington, of the gun
boat Owaseo, without opposition, on the Ilithult.
The rebel troops had evacuated befort the ar
'rival of the national three. It was said that they
left in a state of mutiny-, and that this was the
prevalent condition of the rebel forces generally
Texas prior to mid at the time of Kirby Smith's
surrender. Nine heavy guns and other valuable
property were timid in these two forts. Delega,
tions of citizens met Commander Pennington and
expressed themselves as willing to surrender
everything, anxious to take the oath of allegiance,
and delighted at their ri.storation to the protec
tion of the national government ; and this seemed
to he the feeling of the Texans generally. It was
expected that Galveston and every other point of
consequence along the coast would be occupied
by the national forces in a few days.- Browns
ville, Texas, was occupied by national troops on
the 31st of May. It is said that the rebels, before
evacuating, sold their artillciv to the Mexican im
perialists.
PERSONAL.
- —Kirby Smith has gone to Mexico, and will
live there.
—The rebel General Hood and staff have arri
ved at New Orleans.
—President Johnson has taken possession of
the executive mansion.
—Maj. General McCook has been assigned to
command in New Mexico.
—lt is reported that John C. Breckiuridge has
escaped in a vessel from the Florida coast.
—John Minor Botts has arnved in Richmond,
and is being waited on by large numbers of his
old fripnds.
—General G rierson, the famous raider, has been
assigned to the command of the national cavalry
in the Department of the Gulf.
—Gen. Steele arrived at Mobile on the 25th
ult., having.been assigned to a new command in
the Department of the Gulf. -
-Gov. Brown, of Georgia, will, in a few days,
be permitted to return to his State, to assist in
its restoration to the Union.
—lt is reported that the rebel GeneralToombs
committed suieide,at his residence in Georgia, to
avoid arrest by United States soldiers.
—E. W. Curriden, Esq., of the Hagerstown
Herald and Torchlight, was married on Thurs
day last to Miss Kate...thick, of Shippensburg.
—The persona who have been on trial at:Weet
minster, Maryland, for the murder of fir. Shaw,
editor of the Sentinel in that place, were acquitted
on Tuesday.
—Assistant Secretary Barrington, of the Treas
ury, has resigned his commission in that Depart
ment. and has been appointed to succeed Mr. Fogg
as Minister to Switzerland.
—Cu!. Isaac Nesbit, for twenty year* Clerk of
Washington County. Md., Circuit Court, died on
Thursday week at-his residence in Hageratown,
from disease of the heart, at the age of 60 y eati+.
—The friends of the United States Govern
ment and of Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of
State, everywhere will be much gratified to learn
that he has so Mr recovered from the injuries un
der which he has for several weeks suffered, that'
he is-able to walk from his residence to the State
Department. He is enraged in the discharge of
his official duties several hours daily. •
POLITICAL' INTELLIGENCE.
—At the Washington City election on Tuesday
week ,t he Secessionists turned out in great strength
and succeeded in electing their ticket.
—The Unionists of Greene county have nomi:
nated Silas M. Bailey for Assembly, and recom
mended R. W. Downey for President Judge.
Thos. Rose, present member, is the Democratic
candidate for Assembly, and A. A. Purumn is re
commended for Judge. • ,
—The Indiana Register says—We are informed
by a reliable gentleman, that it has transpired,
upon a full and thorough examination of the returns
of the late Congressional election in this district,
that Dr. Smith Fuller had a clear majority oiler
Mr. Davison, of 206 . votes. It is also stated that
Itii* 14, 1865.
Dr. Fuller will bring the matter forward at the
p r oper time. We trust tbat this information may
prove substantial in every partiedlar.
.—The Union men of Allegheny are first in the
field with their local ticket. Hot.. James• L.
Graham was' unanimously re-nominated for the
Senate, and Messrs. J. A. Dants,pavid Shaffer,
Juo. P. Glass, Alfred Slack, G. Y. McKee and
H. B. Herron were nominated fot.Assembly. All
were members last year but Danks and Shaffer:
Col. Levi B;Duff was nominated for District At
tprney. Re'solutions approving of President John
son's administration and endorsing geeretary
Stanton were adopted.
From the Wealth:vow Chronicle.
THE ENRETURNING BBAVi.
Amid all the pomp a - d splendor Of miTitary re
views, wheeling-squadrons, and clatter of flying -
artillery, the heart—now that the cruel war is
over—turns sadly to those who shall come back
to us no more. They sleep - in far-off graves—if
they have such distinctive marks at all—and if
not, their bones bleach on distant battle fields, in
remote wildernesses or oozy swamps, untrodden
by human footsteps. Tbe,aoul sickens in contem
plating all the agonies and sorrows and indignities
to which they have been subjected since leaving
their homes of peaceful quiet. What but pulses
and passionate heath; have been stilled forever
since this summer four years ago; what brilliant
hopes and anticipations; what glowing - dreams
of military greatness; what ambitious longings
for the strife of battles, ate felt uo more, forever!
Who is there that cannot recall one handsome
youth whose joyous laughter filled some stately
home with pleasure ? In all the pride and pomp
of young manhood,- with frank, beautiful eyes,
clear complexion, and well-rounded form, he'ap- .
peared the embodiment of health, too full of youth=
to be food for death. Loye and days of dreamy
pleasure, seemed the fitting pursuit for such bright,
beautiful Adonises. But the distant boom of the
cannon of Sumter struck his ear aud,•thawing
aside the college class•books, ho rushed proudly
away. to the battle. 'Sweet-eyed Juliet at - the
balcony kissed fair hands to Romeo, and from
windows embowered in honeysuckle and roses
waved white handkerchiefs, lighting him on to
glory and to greatness. .The perfumes of hello=
trope wafted from blossoming gardens in his
march recalled the former life of pleasure, per
chance, but turned him not aside.
Everything about war at first was a glorious
circumstance. The manliness to command men,
to feel a bright Sword upon his..thigh;and the
consciousness within of feeling that he dared to
draw it in one of the noblest causes that ever ex
cited the enthusiasm of a young hero; oho courtly
ceremonies of parade and reviews, the glorious
roll of drums, and the thrill of brazen bugles, and
flutter of bright starry banners presented by fair
ones at home as he started lor.the wars—all this
kept him constantly in a state of plesurable ex
citement and hope. What was grander than to
win a name, and march at the head, perhaps of
conquering columns !
What would they say at hothe to see him com
ing back, a general perchance, and the sword
that fair Juliet had kissed and decorated with a
ribbon from her hair, how gallant to wave it in
a flashing salute, bowing from the saddle as he
passed her house!
Ah ! bright-eyed, eager boy of ardent hopes
and noble ambition! Where sleeps the faultless
form now that once gladdened a mother's fond
eyes, and the touch of whose lingering fingers
thrilled supremest ecstacy through waiting Juli
et's heart ! The returning. legions every , day
:mai thing to expectant towns and welcomed with
open arms as they bravely bear their tattered,
sacred banners back to those who gave them, miss
you; and the eager glances of merry,waiting eyes
at home turn tearfully away to the darkened par
lor, away from the huzzaing street, and the glad
some strains of music.
Oh, the bitterness of - such moments to those
who wait and weep ! or, despairing, sit hopeless
ly down to deep despondency. lfisstad tot lived
to cam back with them—even searredand wound
ed—if he only had come back !
It is the burden of ninny a bitterly sorrowful
heart juot in these days of our triumph, at the
dose of the war. The' return of the armies with
means of rejoicing retires all the memories of the
past. The wearisome waiting in muddy camps,
the terrible winter nightson picket duty, the sick
ness at heart, the lingering fevers oteamP and
hospital,,mid the pining for the lost comforts of
home, sere trials that were as life-constrming to
some as the fierce deadly charge of rushitig squad
rons, or the flash of trained musketry Mate midst
of hottest battles.
Peaee to the gallant...dead 1 . Eternal gratitude
to the noble and self-forgetting heroes who sleep
in unknown grates, far away from familiar
homesteads. A nation of countless united repub
lics shall, in the bright thture impending, do saint
ly reverence to such costly sacrifices. And the
pride of being connected - by blood or kindred ties
with suchnobles-will bermore than Norman.
KILLED By LIGHTS MG.—Lamentable Occur
rence.—Ou" Monday afternoon last,--during the
prevalence of a thunder storm, two young girls
named Hamilton and Plummer residing in Logan
town, in the suburbs of our borough were struck
by lightning and instant') killed:' They were in
an outhouse at the time, from which smoke was.
seen issuing-shortly after the occurrence by a
passer-by, and upon going to - ascertain the cause
'discovered to his horror the lifeless bodies of the
unfortunate girls. Their elothingfivas almost en
tirely burned from their bodies by fire communi
cated from the death-dealing fluid.—Altoona
Tribune.
WELCO3IE HOME.
0, the men who fought and bled,
0, the ghtd and gallant tread,
And the bright skies overhead.
Welcome home?
0, the brave returning boys,
0, the overtlotringjoys,
And the guns and drums and noise
Welcome - home
Let the deep voiced cannon roar,
Open every• eta and door,
Pour oat, happy peoole,poor.
Welcome home e ,
Bloom, 0 tanners, over au,
Over every roof and wart
Float and flow, and rise and tall.
Welcome hornet
Splendid column moving down,
Iron set'raos, soiled and brown,
Grim heads, tit to wear a crown.
Welcome home
Grim heads, which a wall have been,
Keeping sacred things within,
Keeping out the hosts of du,
Welcome home!
There the women stand for boars, _
With their white bands full of flowers,
linining down the perfumed showers,
On the dear men marching kernel
Do you see him In the line?
Something makes him look divine,
And a glory makeshimi shine,
Cooling home.
Look out where the flag unfurls,
Look out through your tears and ends,
Give them welcome, happy Ole!
Welcome home l
Welcome home from war's alarms,
Welcome to a thousand charms,
Waiting lips and loving arms.
Welcome boreal
Strong man, with the serious face,
you eaw him SAID place,
Marching swiftito your embrace,
Corning
You :would weep with glad surprise
At the dear dead t 45. that lies
Underneath the Southern skies,
Far Witt home.
Women, tritjt the tender eye,
Weeping 411 e the boy* go by,
Well we know shat makes yon eTy,
Weary borne
God be with you he yourpain,
You will look and look in vain,
Ile 'will never come again
To bie home
So amid - our joy we weep
For the ItOble dead who eleeP
In the vale and on the steep.
Fur from home
For the chief who fought so well,
For the Christ like men who fell
By the chosen eon of Bell,
And went home!
And vre thank you. Slave r y', d ea d ,
And the hoete of Wro ng are ged,
And the Right prevails Instead.
Welcome home
and tonB4o. audio's§ are !tee,
And the Nation shoats to see
All the glory yet to
Welcome home 1