, 1860-09-25


Aesara. a. L S. A. Bennett, the oil forward
Ing agents at Union Mills, furnish the following
statements OF the amount Of oil shipped by them
IN the months of July and August:
~; Hns;,s 1:s; bazsis
august @Ao"'''''.'..'.......... ...-... ..--..elo3
1oal.. .-.....-+..................-s ss=d
Nearly all Of Whi.h WINS received from Titua-
T1llo and forwarded to New York, while nearly
- much mora found its way, MA Oil Creek and
the Allegheny, to Pittsburg.
r, ~ private letter received LAST week learn
that the monster we'll on the Tidioute, on the
AAeghany, did not continue long to flow orer
the top, but that, after throwing over some two
hundred barrels, the gas wss sufficiently e1-
hausted to allow the oil to rest in the pipe. A
pump has since been inserted, and 10 far dis
charges but about thirty barrels per day-much
less than wss anticipated from It's entecsdea:s.
Iae same letter rays that tho Williams we'll, At
1ltusT11ie, is SO far the banner well, constautly
yielding 2 daaiY average Of about one hundred
barrels Of nearly pure oil
The famous crossley well-one of the frs.
opened, and which last March yielded from six-
y 10 seventy bsrsels per dsy-has now dwiedlet
down to a1x Or seTen; but, as before stated, the
owner is confident that this appa1ent ,ailure ID
In consequence Of the filling in Of bis pump. aud
Is soon a. here moves il and rims out the we'll as
u customary and necessary in salt wells. be
Will again obtain an abundant flow of oil.
one OF TWO hundred and sixty. ssven wells On
the creek abaTe Titusv,lle, only thirty four ara
JET pumping oil, and many Of the oil seekers
arc Just DOW in state Of very anxious sps-
Feose. Many Of then, encouraged by tbs fact
that some Of the earliest -diggefs found oil al
depths VARYING from sevcnty-tive to ore hun.
dsed and ht1J feet, went to work with very lir,-
tied means, and haring gone as deep As their
'unds will allow, with neither oil ror money to
grease their wheels, are now obliged to suspend
operations. snd With heavy hearts cast abou.
again for the vherewi.hat 10 20 a little deerer.
The facs stares them in the lice that some in.
dl'ldusls have found good veins Of oil over i've
hundred feet deep, End, CT cauzss, the7 must
6nd !, too if they but psrseysre Some haYa
!9und tue fmei Of gas, which surely indicates
that there Is oil not fer sway, while others h,ye
seen lev drops Of tbs real crticta Il 1tt,rc
upon the watee which they are sure to ind in
ABUNDANCE Bat the drul must stop to- tho
wan: Of money, and many poor dr;uer viii
probably soon sink his hopes witt bis spi, its IN
Tho bottom OF bis well, and turn away with lie
disappointment that gold Or fortune. bun,era
oftea feel, to some employ ment which. if no, ~
promising to the Imagination, Is more sure Of
yielding livlihood- There is great cispo.
s1tion among the ollseeEers to crowd tbtir
are otteu p4id for leases in sns nei,hporhood If
ot.er promising or producing wells, Ons sao-
gnlne individual offered fo7 lot of serenity i've
feet front three-fcrrths Of the oil he might oh.
tam IN barrels fer the privilege Of sinking end
~ofk1ng well People ar: just beginning to
as well as IN every other worldly enterprise. |
and taat "taey who make haste to be rca fsji |
into many SNARE" shoutl any Of 5our read |
e1S desire to enter upon this search for oil let
me adTiss that they take with then, pIerty If |
money, and, ii gifted With ordinary prudence. I
they can nuke AZ wise and payinx investments
now a. at any time since the ercisement ecn.
uaenced. And if any one wishes to escane fro,n
the noise OF politics, and 10 retire for will.
where the people hare oil for breakfast. dinner
AID supper, whore they talk CT oil b7 daY and
dream OF it By nj gat, let him go to Uil Creek
and spend week, and be viii bo turnrissd
short time. 40 ~
!, They hare their oga jok:s, ho=eyer, eyea in
tacse reR'ons, which will bear repeating at
home. will give you specimen. one thai va.
current Then Was IL Titusv1Iie In ne;oh,
noEhood D on the creek lived aud labo1ed a sou Of
ulcap, who, with his limited means, haa bare.
70 70 obta'u s:a7:7 living to- his rising family.
Tho ideas Of his children bad been taught to
'!oos bat lit.!o il any direction roEarl knowI,
edge or refinement, and he ii:sls expec:ed ia he
annythIns y nore than t:e Ei:l:ge Black smith,
sat when tic oil feser b:ok= ou., learning of
ne ancc=ss OF his neighbefs IN tnding oil, he
houRlis that hs might ,;h.le axay his snars
aou's II drilling hcle upon his own honcs;-ad
OF; AMI, having tools co1Fenient he vent to
Vork, snd after few weeks Of patient iadus.rv
vas successful ia Obtaining u good shox Of o,l.
: ! W. SON noisea about lie village, and The
'lss was sant6ody ut once. Hs had =
laughter, ALSO, who had bioAsamsd into maid
ahcod almost anuo:lced and untno.ro. bu.
Fho now became more an ohjec. at interest to
ne :eW young men in tha: tmal community.
at once became question how to break ,fo
70 o. tofmer indifference, a:d to secure q r.
orabie acquaintance with this hyi,e>s Of tn,
II well. Far while the natural ,io:idi,y ct
he boy kept them alact; bu. u: last o.4 ai he
oldest, oes favored aucrE them t.ete zuiuti
. try his luck, aud on y Sunday essniux. A.
lred u 1's best, res5lu:els marched TOT ward |
nd offered to escort tie dxmscl hone. INN.
l5e us clagsin, when she. ruruios UPON him
look OF lofty independence that x,nid hay.
one donor to broadway belle. replied IN Ian
aass more sercrs than ehas:e: ''No1 scnse.
oung 1nan: you can't cone that, .DIf A..
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