Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-10-16

for the Illinois ard other districts below the
Falls of Ohio. The great body OF emigrants
NOW are OF a different kind from those which
We nave been accustomed TO see III this place
II is composed OF English, who appear To come
JHH kdnded, as we term il. lie rage tor eui-
grafton t'om the land of our forefaihers, ap-
pears TO pervade the whole Kingdom. We
have lately cOnversed with families, speaking
all the dialects from Liverpool TO London,
from the Tweed to the Lands End. We anti
cipate the most beneficial effects from this
kind OF population. Tie comforts and cohve-
hiences which they carry with ;hem, beSpeaS
them OF u class who have been useful AT home,
and their ruddy, healthy compieAionS, Prove
the total disu>o of ardent spirits, that bane OF
all our new settlements. We suspect that we
aTeinaGbted To Mr.. Birbecks hattering repre-
SeiItatlou tor this epcIease 10 oar nuinber AVA
standing. Man all their anucipationS be rca-
liLcdi May the deep forests OF the west pos
sesS no gloom tOr tiiem and may IA few years
OF intrepid Industry enable them 10 enjoy What
Was iormel Iy the boast OF Eag,ish yeOmaary,
roast beef anu pinia pudding, nndisiurbed
either by the frequent TAX sa,herer, or tine
brdwiinS orators of reform.
MORE Of The MARVELLOUS.
ErtrUct Of 1t Htfe". dated Ifooduiiie Ohio. july
z, 1918, 10 has fIjcRd ana Bolton, Connecticut.
In The remainder OF this letter, 4 SHALL
give YOU an account of natural curiosity IN
the state OF OHIO, and rest assured | shalt give
YOU nothing exaggerated Three weeks since
Aaron .. Jones. Esq. George Jones, his bro.
ther, aud myself, mounted cur horses, taxing
with lis Il companion, aud directed sur course
southwest from this lace, through paihless
wilderness Tor thirty miles, Hntii we arrived on
the hanks of Duck Greek. On the northeast
branch OF said creek, ~ lat 50 deg. 80 min. we
found an oil spring. / his is one Of the great
est crriosiieS IN nature; il is in The form OF a
well sat myself down on the brink ci II TO
make observations, Which will be given as near.
Is as can describe with my pen. The well is
absnt seven feet from the edge of the creek.
Ii hos been accurately aSceTtaiued 10 be !Oriy-
two feet deep fioIn the surface of the ground
TO Tie bottom, aud is three feet ia diameter I
the top. A piece of large button wood irte
has been followed out and placed for ii curb on
The top To prevent people from falling into 1t.
The oil Dei's mp continually, like the boiling of
"a large soap kettle, and runs into The creek in TO
asmail stream. Ii is as tine any sperm. oil
from the head OF ii sperm whale the quantity
WHICH arises is about five barrels week.
followed the creek up aud down nearly three
miles, and fonndit completely covered with oil.
found all d iddie YIN. near, which dipped
INTO the oil and forced il down into the water,
and found the oil 10 be three feet deep. 1 drew
out with the iadle fac salt water as ever
tasted ~ the ocean. then tried the goodness
OF The cii, and found il 10 LINN clear and bright
A boy, Il few weeks since, in order To ascertain
WHISTLER oil would burn on water, touched al fire.
brand To that on the creek instantly il WAS in
atrem Ud0nS flame, which ascenoed 200 feet in
the ar nearly amiie up and down the stream I
saw limbs ottrees, which were nearly one hun
dIed feet high burnt off az smooth as if the
blaze OF Il furnace had struck them. The
smell of the oil very much resembles that Of
British oil. Conn. Courdnt