The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-08-11
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In long speech at Douglas meeting in
New Orleans, the Hon. John FORSYTH de-
seribes Mr.. Breckenridge as "sired by YAM
eey, and got by did Spawned Disunion. y
A Omar On WELL.-The Pittsburg
Dispatch says: "We learn through DR..
VIM. d.. Kern, of this city, that his father,
Peter Kern, Esq. of Philadelphia, who has
been prospecting in the oil region, struck a
vein IN Franklin the other day, at the depth
of twenty six feet, which surpasses all other
oil wells in that oily country for its abund-
ant yield. The excitement was so great
that hundreds crowded around the well to
witness the astonishing outgushing of the
oil. It is thought that fifty barrels of oil
per day can be pumped out without difficult
zty. Not an inch has been bored as get; of
course this win add to the yield when done.
All IN all, Venango county surpasses any
section of country In the world, and is If
more value than the Washoe gold and silver
mines
ERRORS OF ToBAcco.-Dr. Solly, an en-
inent English physiologist, and the author
of an excellent work upon the brain. says,
at the close of one of his lectures 81
would caution you, as students, from excess
in the use of tobacco and smoking, and |
would advise you to disabuse your patients
minds of the idea that it is harmless. l
have had large experience of brain disease,
and ] am satisfied that smoking is most
noxious habit. know of no cause or agent
that tends SO much to bring on functional
disease, and through this IN the end, 10
lead to organic diseases of the brain, as ex-
cessive use of tobacco" No man in Great
Britain is so competent to speak on this sub
ject as DIR. Solly, and it is strange that so
many young men at the present day should
indulge in this pernicious habit of smoking
tobacco.
A correspondent Of the Journal Of Com
merce gives, with due formality, a little af-
ter-dinner speech of Mr.. John Van Buren,,
in which that distinguished politician de-
clared his adherence to the cause of Brock
enridge and Lane. "Gentlemen," said the
Prince to the jolly company at the table,
Gentlemen, there is one family has got
back safe into the Democratic party to stay
for life. It is the Van Buren, family and
if Senator Douglas only knew the long,
dreary road he has to travel, he would, in
my opinion. take the straightest route back
into the Democratic camp"
The publishers of the La Crosse, Wis, Union
and Democrat challenged the proprietors of
the La Crosse Republican to bet Office against
Office, each valued at from $4,000 to $4,000,
that Douglas would carry the States of Hi
nois and Wisconsin, and also $1,000 worth
of real estate that Douglas would be the
next President. These bets have been
promptly accepted by the proprietors of the
Republican, and they further offer $500 in
cash to go with the printing office.
The Cumberland (Md) Telegraph, an
American organ, referring to a statement
in convention, repudiated Bell and Everett,
and declared their purpose to support Brock
enridge and Lane, says:
''We prefer Lincoln before either Of the
Democratic nominees, and, if driven from
our support of Mr.. Bell by the treachery of
our leading meu-if our party is to be sold
out to either wing of the Democracy-then
we are for Lincoln, with tens of thousands
of others in good old Maryland"
The Rev. Dr. Daily, who, Parson Brown
low says, was expelled from the Methodist
Church on account of improperly of con-
duct, appears in Indiana. The Chicago
Press and Tribune says:
s'The morals of the Democracy are mend
ing. On Wednesday night last, after the
torchlight procession of the Douglas De-
mocracy at indianapolis, the ReO. DR.. Dali
", the Democratic candidate for Congress
in the third district, undertook to address
the meeting, but was Missed from the plat
form and not allowed &c speak. Mr.. Ryan,
the man who introduced him 70 the audi
ence, announced him as the man a0AO a0as
expelled from, vile and corrupt church on
account Of he's politics ="
The following challenge appears in Por-
ser's Spirit, the editor of which says that if
$500 is paid in to bind the match for
$4,000, it is probable that Heenan will
accept:
ALBANY, Ga, July 4, 1860.
To The Editor Of POrter's Spirit Of the Times:
DEAR SIR; purpose to match a negro
boy named Shadrick, belonging to me,
against John G. Heenan, in ring fight, for
any sum eff money ranging from one to ten
thousand dollars, the fight to come off in
twelve months from this date. The boy
weighs 1924 pounds, six feet two inches
high, and 81 years old.
If Mr.. Heenan sees fit to accept the above
challenge, propose it be left TO you the
precise time, place, and terms on which the
fight shall take place.
will deposit with you check for the
amount, if Mr.. II. consents to wager, pro-
vided that amount is over one thousand dol
lars. Yours, &C., JOEL BELvIEw.
In Alabama, there are between seventy
and eighty newspapers, and the Montgome-
ry Advertiser, Breckenridge and Lane pa
per, Classics them, as follows: For Brock
enridge and Lane, Sc; for Douglas and
johnson, Q; for Bell and Everett, Is: on
the fence and of no account any way. g.