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Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1854-01-15
SUCCESSION SAFE.
Succession OF Phillip Martinez: deceased

By virtue Off decree of the honorable the 9th
Judicial District Court of the State Of Lou.sia-
na. Ill and for the parish of Assumption, da-
ted the 2Otll day OF december 1853. and to me
directed. VIII be offered at public sale Oh the
premises in the parish of Assumption. on
Tuesday the 3I>t day of january 1854.
at ten o'clock A. M, hyA. +. Hickman, auc-
%tioneer fer the parish of Assumption, the fol-
Lowing described property, belonging to the
succession, to Wit:
1st. A lot of lane situated in this parish. at
about 5 miles from DonaldsonviIle. on the
left bank Of Bayou Latourchc, cultivated as a
sugar plantation, measuring one arpent and Il
half front, more or less by forty arpents III
depth between parallel lines, bounded above
by land of Francisco Sanchez. and below by
the public road leading to the BruIe Dalferes.
together with the buildings, Improvements
and appartenances thereon, with the eXcrp-
ton OF Il house OIL the upper line, and fences
surrounding the same, bclongin" TO Antoine
Martinez.
81. James a negro boy: 60 years old.
Sd. Hoc; a muIato boy, 80 years old.
4th. Jean. a negro boy. % years old.
9Th. Andre, a muIatto boy, 81 years old.
9th. Augustine, 4 mulatto girl, about 3S,
years cid.
itI.- L nc HOuSC llOIu luIilitule, lnGte cows,
/ horses, two yoke OF oxen, 2 heiferS, 2 OK carts
about 300 barlls of corn, a lot Of fodder. pIouwIlS.
hoes, harness, cane knives, a weaving ma
chimes, lamps, lanterns, Il double barrel shot
gun &c.
Terms and Conditions
The landed property payable i'll four equal
instruments, one fourth in march 1855. one
fourth in march 1856, one fourth nmarch 1857
and the remaining fourth in march 1858.
The slaves payable i'll three equal install
ments, on third i'll march 1885, one third in
and the remaining third in march
1851. Purchasers TO furnish notes with good
security, residing in this parish, and specials
mortgage and vendors privilege Gil the land
and slaves. payable at the Office of the. Recor-
der ithls parish, and bearing interest at the
rate Of eight per cent per annuin after matu-
rity until paid. ,
The movable property for all sums Under
ten dollars, payable i'll march 1855, and all
over ten dollars, one half in march 1855
and the otherhalf in march 1856; purchasers
furnish their notes, with good security, resi-
lihg in this parish; and bearing interest at the
ate Of eight per cent per allnum after matu-
lily, ans payable at the office OF the recorder
ofthis parish.
Parish Of Assumption, dec, 3lst 1853.
a. i. HICKMAN,
lO Sheriff and A]uctionccr.
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VENTE DE SUCCESSION.
SUCCESSION. de Philip Martinez, decd

~ Fl
En- vertu dun decret de la Cour du Gin
quieme District Judiciaire. de FEtat de la
Louisiana, dams t pour Ia p~aroisset Assonp.
ton, sous Ia date du 80 decembre 1859, a moi
adresse, II sera effort en- vente p~ublique, sur
he's heux, dams la pafoisse Assumption, lie
Mardi 81 Jallvier 1851, a dixaheurcs du
matin, par A. F. Hickman, sheriff etencanteur
dams ct pour cette paroisse, les prophecies eli
,apres d~ecrites, appartenant a Ia susdite sue
cession, savoir: 80 lIg&h { ~
10. I'm moroccan de terre situe dams cette
parolsse, q environ 5 miles de Donaldsonville,
sur la rive gauche du Bayou Lafourche, eta
bliv en- sucre, mesurant | arpent LIZ de face
sur 40 arpents de profondeur, entire liones
paralleles, borne en- haut par les terres de
Francisco Sanchez, ct en- bas par lie chemin
~conduisant au Brlle Dalferas, ensemble ayec
toutes les batisses ct amefiorations oni en- de-
pendent, d lsexception dune maison situee j
la ligne superieure de la dite habitation. ct
les barrieres entourant la dite maison appar-
tenant i Antoine Martinez.
.. James, nsgre age de so ans.
30. ice, muldtre age de So ans.
+, 10. Jean, Negro de IS ans. FbHl ~
so. Andre, mnlatre age de 81 ans
80. Augustine, mulatresse, agee de IS ans.
10. Les .meubles de menage, 8 vaches, 4
chevaux, 2 paires de bGufs, > ~jeunes bpufs,
. charrettes abGufs, 300 barils de mas;
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VENTE
POUR CAUSE DE DEPART

LIE Samedi, ID Fevrier 1854, il sera vcndu
4 Fencan par CIaudirs LinossieH encaEteur
dams ct pour Ia paroisse Assumption, les pro-
prietes ci-apres decrites !: HF
10. Une habitation etablie on s%licreric, 81
tuee dams l. paroisse Assumption, a environ i
| miles du village de N~apoleonville, sur la II
| We gauche du Bayou La fodrche, mesurant
trois arpeats ct hut toises, plus Gu MONS, de
face, sur une profondeur de quagantearpents,
q la ligne inferieure ct de trente-duit arpents
plus GU, moins, Il la ligne ysuperieure, bornee
du cote Den haut ct du cote den bas par DIES
terres apparienant 4 M. Antoine Eela, ell
semble toutes les batisses ct authorizations
oui Sc ~trouyent sur la dite terfe, CONSTANT en-
hut cabanes 4 negres; magasln a mails; mou :
lin a CRU, mi par DIES chevaux, nc, &c; en-
eXceptant sga.a>l@@ -sAa4s- 4. wHy| ..+F1.
20. I'm moulin a sucre, tout Ell fer, en- bon
ordre, qui sera vendu en- meme temps que
lhabitation, mais separement.
80. Plus deux baux qui he doivent expi-
rer ou'en 1856 lie premier bail consistent Ell
certaines terres de FEglise qui mesnrent en-
viron cinuuante arpents de superlicie, don't Al
arpents de BONES souches; lie second bail
'consistant Ell certaines terres du seminaire,
masurant environ trente arpents; don't "a de
souches.... Ces deux terres dun excellent rap
port. f.s5-sE. ..g,
Bien entendq, ltacquereur de rhabitation
devra assumer Ia responsabiIite ct lie Placement
de ces deux baux, pour lie temps quill reste
a ceurir jusqu'a leur expiration.
40 Thomas Sect, Negro, bon charretier ct
iaboureur, age de Al ans;
SO Tom, snegre egalement bon charretier
ct laboureur, age de "a ans;
60 James Rinker, bon negfe de champ,
age de so ans;
10 Antoine Congo, bon negre de champ,
age de so ans;
80 Grand Joe, negre de champ,gayant NAL
a une jamie, age de As ans;
90 Augustin, Negro dc champ, ayant NAL
a une Jamie, are de SO ans;
100 Justin, negre creole, bon character ct
labour, ur, age de 40 ans;
flo lacko; Negro creole de champ ayant
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a VENDRE DE GRE A GRE.

I'm moroccan de terre mesurant quarante-l,uit
d cInquante arpents de superfcie, situc sur lie
Canal des AttaFap"s, a environ hut miles de-
Napolconvllle, avcc une bonnie maison de ri.
s'dencf, CUISINE, ccurlcs, magasiu a msIs ct
autrcs batisses qui en- dependent.
La tcrrc est richemcnt boisce.-u stv trouye
I'm F.rdin en- p~arlait ordre ct dun excellent rap
port.
Pour les Conditions (qn:on tera libcraleS) s:a.
dresser d.
CHI. A. BESSIE,
Washington Hotel, Napoleonvillc.
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LANDS FOR SALE.

Fine farming and cypress lands, situated
as follows:
On Grand Bayou above plantation of Nor
bert Lanve and below FrancoiSM Nc enc. 2
On Bayou Corne, near the fery-on Bayou
Pierre Part above and below ferrr:aen Belle
River road leading to eros & prayans
plantation: - on Bayou Creuy; on Bayou
DToit:-in Brule Labadie:-in New Texas
Double concessions of Guiliot. brothers,
Barber and others. In BruIe St-Vi4ceGt &
Oh the Opclousas rail road route.
Terms moderate.
Apply te, ,.& -
$3.50 A. j. POWELL, :
L. $: Dep. Surveyor & land agent.
DoraIdsouville. La. ..4s mir
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30. William negro m an, 10 years old, good
ill hand, and good cart and coach driver.
TO. Sylvie negro woman, 81 years old,
washer iron and cock woman together with
th @ child, lG months old.
70. Clarissc, mulato woman, 10 wears old
house servant, and her infant child 10 months
Old.
SO. A carriage, together with h%arnescc ;
80. a carriage horse; 10. A crcolo mare;
LA. A COW and calf; l2o. House furniturcs;
Terms and Conditions !:
The plantotion and slaves payable in 5
equal instruments one third in all march 1854,
one third in march 1855, and the last third in
march 1856. The purchasers to furnish their
notes with security at satisfaction. Said notes
P~ayablcs at the office of the Recorder of parish
OF Assumption, bearing after MATURITY, interest
at the rate OF eight FER cent per annum till f.
natiy paid.
The movcab]c property payable all sums of
ten dollars and under, cash, and all sum over
ten dollars in marcl next: the purchasers to fur
nish their notes with security at satisfaction.
Said notes bearing interest at the rate of eight
per cent per annnm.
Tie acts Of sale to be passed before Andre
Leblanc. Recorder of said parish of Assump-
ton, at the expenses Of the purchasers.
Parish CT Assumption, dec. 20 1853.
&. LINOSSIER.
10 AucficDrnr
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ETAT DE la LOUISIANE.-Cour
du Cinquieme District Judiciaire.-
Paroi>se Assumption

Iaroisse Assumption.
Dams l'~;tlftirc dc la succession dc Al:
gnste TGtc.
En- vertu dun dccrct de la Cour dl 5m.
district Judiciairc dams ct pour la paroiss,
Assumption, sous la date du 8 noycmbr,
1853, il scra otlcrt en- vcntc Fubliquc, a Ia
residence de vcuvc Auguste Tete, lie
ltme Jour de fcvrier 1854, a dix hcu.
res du matin, par Alfred Tttc, encan-
tcur pour Ia p~aroissc Assumption, les pro-
prittes ci-apros docrites, appartcnant a la
susdite succession, SAVIOR
10. Unc habitation situcc en- cctte pa
]roisse, rive droite du Bayou Lafourche, me-
surant dcux arpcnts dc face SUI quarantc
arpcrts de profondour, entire Iignes parable
les, hornet en- haut par IL terre de Bap-
tiste Henry ct en- bias par celle de A. Ictc,
avec une Gtenduc de terrc adjacente aux
q%uaIante arpents, mcsurant sept arpcnts de
face sur quarante a%rpcnts dc profondeur,
bornee en- haut par la 1crro dc Bite Bourg,
ct en- bas parccIIp de veuvc Jourdan. Les
esclaves suivants, savoir Henry, negrc
age dc 80 ans; Barber, ncgre age de IS
thS Altitt, i!ltICiot, az NC
ans; Elizabeth, he ssrcssc agee de 30 ans,
atfligee dune hernie ct dune fracture 4 la
Jamie; Nary, negresse agee de 81 ans, az
tiiscc;A Anne, negresse agec de 80 ans. ma
ladive, ct SEES deux c%nflnis, Octave, age de ,
ans ct I'M cnfant 4 la mameIIc.
Conditions de la Fente {: La terrc ct lcs
c~sclavcS payablcs un tiers Ell mars 1854,
un Tiers en- mars 1855, ct le dernier tiers
en- mars 1856. Les acqutreurs fournisSant
DIES bi!iets avcc cautions solidairtS resi-.
dant dams c"tte paroissc, a la satisfac-
ten DE- MISUNDERSTANDING, payab.cs a
Ieur propre ordre au bureau du Re-
corder de cette paroisse, avcc hypothcquc
spectacle sur les dr'es propritIcs ainsi qu'in-
tcr5t a raison de luit pour cent par an apres
l'ochtance. Aucnne des prophecies ci-dcs-
sus decri'cs ne scra dellvree. aux acque-
reurs, a moihs que les forlnAIitts exigGcs
d'aprcs l'avis dc vente ne soicnt toutcs rem
plies. zs
Paroissc Assumption, lie 30 dec. 1858.
ALFRED TETE,
Is Encanttur.
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a VENDRE

De bonnesterrcs cultivables ct dcs cypric-
res Sltuees CONNIE il suit ::
Sur lie Grand Bayou, au dessus de l'habita.
ton de NJ NORBERT LAuvE ct au dcssous de
la residence de NJ. +. MoLLrEE:
Suf lie Bayou tornc, pres du ferry;
Sur lie bayou Pierre Part, au dc>sus ct an
dessous du ferry; . .,.s. ."aayass.
Sur la Belc-Riricrc, sur Ia route conduiSals
SIR Polarization eros ct Pagan: 49,,
Sur fe bayou Crcur-sur lie bayou Drou:-
dams lie Brd6 Lcbadie dams 10 Noureau
Texas. .. .ft ..ls.. ....
a vcndre t]2alement DIES doubles conces-
SONS SltueeS derriere les labitations de NM.
Gullot, Barber ct autres;-dans lie Btule St.
'tnecnt ct sur lie railroad des Opelodsas.
Conditions avanta.euses.
S'ddrcsscr i -.r.. .'ult ..'-f.E
A. J.. POWELL, .t.r.
q: S. Dep. Surveyor j. land agent.
DonaldsonviIlc. La.
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une hernie, bon character 4 bnufs ct lahou-
reur, are de 40 ans;
12o Manuel, bon palefrenicr, ayant mai 4
unc jamie, are de so ans;
-13o Fictorine. creole, bonnc domeStiQur de
maison, eXcellcnte blancliSseuSe ct rcpas-
! scusc. aree de 80 ans, ct scS deux cntantS !:
Jean Pierre, 8 ct Charloe 6 ans:
lilo Aspasie, creole, domcstlque dc m%aison,
ag6e de 81 ans;
Is. Nancy, domestique de maison, bonnc
rcpasSeuSe, bIanchiSscuse ct b~oulangGre, l.
gee de so ans;
100 Louisa, mulatreSse, eycelente cuisi-
Mere ct tres bonnie domestique quand la bou-
tcille est hors de sa portee, ay6c de 80 ans;
10 Clara, bonnie cuisiniere, igGe de % ans.
lSo. Jane, n~egreSse de champ, agte de
% ans.
100 Chevauy. bGufs, varhcs ct Ieurs sui
wants, cinQ charrettes %ncuvcS, III lot de char
rues de toutes dimensions, quelques meubleS.
III buggy, un lot dc mals ct environ $4,000
bIiQues.
Trente matelas de magniiques cannes Qui,
CONNIE la machine Ell fer. doiyent Gtre vclI-
dus st~paremcnt davec l4labitatiou.
Tcrmcs ct conditions
L'habitation scra vendue payable: un quart
compliant ct la balance en- troIs termes cga'tX,
cchcant dams les mois dc mars des, annGcs 1855,
1856 ct 1857; les ntgres: un tiers compliant ct
la balance en- dcux terncs egaux, cehtant
dams les m0io dc mars dcsannGes 1856 ct 1856.
Torte la partic mobiIitrc compliant.
Assumption, 7janvicr 1854.
e.. IlNOSSIER
II EnCanteur.
~. 81 De ce Jour 4 cclui dc la vente toutc
proposition de gre a gre, sera bienyenuc ct
imInGdlatcmcnt prise en- consideration par lie
ALBERT HARBOUR.
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cent per annum after maturity until paid,
mono Of the above described property will
be delivered unless all the foImalitIcs re-
quired arc fulfilled.
Pardl1 OF Assumption, this 39lh dec. 1853.
ALFRED TETE,
10 A~uctienccr.
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lot dc pallIc, cbarrues, pioches, harnais, cou-
teaux a cannes, machine a filler, lampes, Ian
~ternes, IN iusll a dcuX coups, &C.
Icrncs ct Conditions
La terre payable En- quatrc tnrmcs 1gaux,
I'm quart en- mars 1855, un quart Ell mars 1856.
un quart Ell mars 1857 ct lie dernier quart en-
mars 1853. Les esclaves payables en- trois
ternes 6@auN, III tiers en- mars 1855, IN tiers
en- mars 1856 ct lie dernier tiers en- mars 1851.
Les acquereurs deyront ~tournir des biIlcts
avec BONES ct solvableS cautions deneurant
Ell cette p~lrotsse, avec hypotheque spectacle
ct privilege de verdeur snr la dite terre ct
les dts esclaves, payables au bureau du Re-
corder de cette paroisse, portant interGt a raj
son de hut pour cent par an apres pecheance
Placement.
LIE mobilier pour toutcs sommes au-dessous
de dix plaStres payable ell mars 1855 ct toutes
au-dessu: de dix piastres payable Ia
en- mars 1855, ct Iautre MOTE Ell mars
1856; les acquereurs tourcissant Ieurs biIlets
aVec bonhes cautions, demeIrant en- cette pa
Iolsse, ct portaut inter9t a raiEon de hut pour
cent par an, a partir de Techeance jusqu'au
Placement ct pay able an bureau du Re-
corder de cote p%aroiSse.
Assumptions, !c 81 dtccmb'c 1853.
\. F. HICKMAN,
Is Shtrifct Encantcur.
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e.. IINOSSILR,

~. 81 De ce jour 4 cclui de la vente toutc
proposition de gre d gre, sera b!envenuc ct
lmEnGdlatcmcnt prise en- consideration par lc
pro?riGtairc ALBERT HARBOUR.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA. - Fifth
Judicial District Court.-Parish of
Assumption.
In the matter Of the succession Of Az.
gustc Tttc. #..
BY virtue of decree of the Honorable
Fifth judicial District Court in and for the
parish Of Assumption, dated tho 9th day of
november 1853, Will bcHoflered at public
auction, at the residence of widow Au-
guste Tttc, on the 4th day Of February
1854: at ten o'clock a. NJ, by Alfred Tete,
au%ciioneer for the parish Of Assumption
the following described property, belon-
ging to said succession to wit -.
10. A plantation situated on said parish,
on the right bank of the Bayou Lafourche,
measuring two afpents rontb by forty arpents
in depth, between parallel lines, bounded
above by lands ofJcan.Baptiste Henry and
below by those of A. T'cte, together with
another tract adjoining said plantation, ST.
tuated az the forty arpents,said tract measn-
ring seven arpcnts front, by forty arpents in
depth bounded above by lands of Bite Bourg
and below by those Of widow 1yourdan; 20.
The following slaves, to wit: Henry, negro
SIS years; Barber, aged 35 years; Al
fred, aged years; Elizabeth, a negro wo-
man, aged 35 years, sickly; Marie a negro
woman, aged 81 years, sick]y; Ann. a negro
woman, sickly, aged 80 years, and her two
children, Octave aged two years, and an
infant child;
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Terms and conditions

3 The landed property and slaves, payable
one bird in march 1854, one third in march
1855 and the remaining third in march
1856: purchasers to furnish their notes with
rood ioiut and several s%urcties residing in
the parish of Assumption, and to the salts
faction of the administrative of said sue
c@ession, payable TO their own order at the
Office Of the Recorder Of said parish, with
special mortgage on The property sold and
bearing interest at the rate Of light per
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OBITUARY.

! Died in this city, ar s o'clock p Nj. Sundav
/ 10Th instant, Mrs. ELIZABETH BENToN, wife Of
the Hon. ThomGs H. Benton, aged sixty year-.
| Her protracted illness of several years, which
from the first was known to o beyond remedy,
was borne with patience aud property Cf
demesnor that proves how the noble faculties
ana affections may survive the wreck of the
mortal frame. Deprived Of utterancs, Of all
her energies, Mrs Benton still preserved the
bearing Of one whose mind would not allow the
most prostratiDg sfiliction to overthrow the fire
character it had formed. No part Of i5 gave
way under the long trial TO which it = as sub
jected. The simplicity Of manners. the d1mes.
tic and social virtues, tho generous high toned
well-regulated feelings the religious faith, Sc
we're TO herself liberal TO all the rest Of tho
world, in which she was nurtured in her Ia
ther house and among the Virginia Puritans Of
Rockbridge, stood The test OF thirty years, spent
amidst the fashionable life Of Washington and
the prejulces of lis political strife, without re-
proach. Her exalted character bore the moreS
trying ordeal Of malay which ocnquels the
viii, and often breaks down the pobler traits Cf
the most happily constituted natures. The rli-
hing feeling IN Mrs. BentcD's heart and stronc-
Get to the last, was her devotion - her husband.
OF late she has sat constantly ~ bis ride when
at his labors at home, and indeed tn..:- lives
may be said to have been inseparaole. Ter she has
made her home wherever his business called
him. She was reconcied to part with him On
his late return to Missouri, because she was too
weak to accompany him, and knew that bis
duty oquired his presence at his home When
she felt the approach of the crisis which ter
minated her life, sire led her daughter to the
vacant chair in which her husband worked
and, by look and gestures made it apparent
that she required his recall. 1t as too late
She walked to the bed in the next apartment
from which she was never able to rise again.
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LOSS OF LIFE BY STEAMBOATS,.

A report has recently been made to the Sec
retary of the Treasury, showing the number of
steamboats, destroyed, and the causes of their
destruction, during the first half of the present
year. Il is set forth in the report that no ad-
ditional legislation is necessary on the part of
the Government to the act passed by Con-
gress, in 1852 to provide for the better security
Of the lives of passengers on board of vessels
propelled in whole or part by steam" except
to extend it so as to include ferry boats and
tow boats propelled by steam.
The report states that from January to
June II, 1854, there were sixty-four steamboat
disasters, involving loss of S2,274 ,442, and
five hundred and forty-eight lives. Of this
number, ton have been caused by collisions,
with less of Sl04 600 and twenty lives. Eight
Of these were fitted up according TO the law Of
1852, and two of them not under the law
These cases are ell supposed to have been from
negligence and inattention.
Eighteen boats have been destroyed By lire,
with q loss of 81, 4sO 500, and one hundred and
forty-one lives These are all supposed to have
been accidental except two. Much the larger
number of accidents were produced by snags
there having been twenty three boats thus lost
with destruction of property to the amount
of S270 900. The San Francisco was founder.
cd at sea, with loss Of two hundred lives, and
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THE EARTEs SECRETS.

The st. Louis Democrat Of late date has G
very interesting eccOuns OF the progress made
by Mr. Beicher of that city downwart!s to-
ward the centre of the earth in search of rurc
water for his extensive sugar refinery His
Artesian well, commenced six years ago. has
now reached the depth Of 2 goo feet being. It
is said, the deepest in the world the one ~
Grenelle, near Paris being sunk g6i feet
and another one III Franco Tea ihing the der th
of 2 $50 feet
The drill has thus for passed through Il CON
slant succession of the most stubborn rocks.
with the exception Of stratum of sofs slate Of
| 100 feet, and 1t is now on its way through vel
low sandstone. A steam engine Of twenty-five
horse power is used to work the drills, the Ill
ameter of the bore being five inches The DEM
| 0Crdt says
"The kinds of drills used are various. some
being adapted for Pulyerzing the ok others
for hooking up soft Cabstanec~, snd sheu tb-ra
Is an instrument, called q trimmer, used for cus-
ting the sides Of the bore 10 m1ke Ii round and
smooth. Tubes arc also used containing valves.
which catch the loose PARTICLES of rock and
carry them to the top of Che we'll Tie drill
ing rods are made Of stout oak wood arc about
two inches in diameter and thirty tWo feet lCng
having iron screws and iasicuings a the ends
by which u continued rod may be formed of
any length.
"The presence Of one or more persons is cen
stantly required for the purpose Of turning the
drill around In the bore, as it's vertical motion
continues. At present the operators are enga-
ged IN enl2rging the cavity at the point whore
the soft slstO occurs, fox the purpose cd iItToi,
cling copper tube to prevent the continual
caVing in OF the soft parcels which are constant
sioughing from the aides. We were told that
this falling in Of the blue slate stone had lcfr
cavity as large as u good-sized house. We
believe it is the intention 30 introduce copper
pipes from the top TO the bottom of the we'll as
soon as it is finished although the hard rocky
sides would seem to mako it unnecessary. The
object to be gained by this 10 to shut out tho
various kinds of waters from the sides. so that
the pure stream from the bottom may reach
the top without any mixture
AT the depth of 700 feet, vein Of salt wa
ter was struck, and at 800 feet an immense
been running ever since its discovery, in a large
stream from the mouth Of the well. This wa
ter is the same as that of the Blue Lick Springs,
in Kentucky, and possesses a purity and freah-
ness Of taste quite superior to that which reach
es us in barrels and casks Ii is carried eff by
large sewer, leading to the river. IL seems
too wasteful that such profGse quantities Of this
celebrated water should be permitted to flow
away, but the refinery needs the clear unadu!-
terated element and it must have il and moth
ing else. O5her medicinal waters have been
discovered, We believe, but they have been Of
little consequence"