The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-03-31
EAsTEIiN news

Ton gOrwIa, IL rs late spee.s Il !,
hcpss q Representatives. decIof 4 lhs
the United States ACQUIRED n. v natl
heextrcrne South. II which ~ 4, l.gy y :
conld not work, Tint ne Corr ~ We Iaea
allow owners Of sIayrs IA IS n. Iould
their slaves and. II necessary " wllll
vote TO protect them there you'd
speech Corwin. who claims is Il. x ~ 'lI
of the Republican party n 1lIIa .lead
llizes the power Of Concrezs VIZ " Ieeog
slavery In the Territories. ana v l'01est
iiency IN certain eases. sAls
\ Il said that Cassius III el., Il I.
recent speech at Frankfort ~ I. y ~
that he would just as soon vots ~ ~ss ~
President breckenridge for the ps.. -
cy, as any man living 'salasa
The expenses Of taking tie ea,.,l ].
year throughout the Union viii IS 80 :, 'la
q million Of dollars. y N sp 9st5
The new dime has been issued t. 4,
mint II differs from the old s, ,iga lae
several respects Tie GOODIES n n
y inn sitting position as Oh Ia IA il, VI,
but instead of the encircling star' , ~
are the words United States = UT .
erica The words Zone ilis'ss y I. A II
other side are Iii a wreath of cs,o ~ s y
stead Of the old fashioned wrsa.1 Y !.
leaves. The new coin Is VERY pess az 81
pretty. 80 20
SHocKINs MuRpER The RSchm,.,
Despatch says, that recently rs W;l
liam Croxton, d highly intelIirent ei ins
Of Essex county, Va, had occasion h. +
correct q seryant woman for some oITs,, 81.
but did soin q mild, gentle manner 81 T n
fact eniageda negro man who vowed i
have revenge, but at the. time ravs h, T
muster no iHtiInatiun Of bis intcntion m,
"Wednesday, while one 81 the ser,,s,. ]
was engaged in grinding q cutttinr.t1iIs
DR. Croxt0n walked 10 where N sra. !.
and while looking on, without sIIspec,ilg
danger, another servant stepped beli65 !.
him, gave him d violent IIlow. lpoll rs
backof the head, which feIIed linn Is I'M.
ground, and then dispatched him af
two then dragged him behind the barn
and kindling d fire, pIaced his body on i
and harAedit They next cut the skirl.
#of the saddle npon bis riding horse sSt
then turned the horse loose, expecting i
create the impression that lie had been III
tackled gu the road aud murdered Whea
the doctor was missing, his friends instiiu,
ted q search Tor him, and in the pile Il
ashes near The barn discovered two or.
three Of his fingers and d portion d one
.of lis feet The murder has caused great
excitement Id the neighborhood III which
it was committed.
TREasoY. The Louisville .lopr4
says: We hare not vet read d soIiiafy
Message Of a southern Demoeratictioier6
or In whichthere wasn't an odor oil Treason
.ils. strong as the stencil of assafoetida
Hon 81 S. cox, Of Ohio, III 4 lsts
speech ID Congress, held forth in the I'll
laasiug lAet5, ~: Il Lock 10 the greet
northwest, and 10 its power as il II non.
and as il will be- She has a lake AMI
river tonnage Of -four hundred Thousand
tons, and five thousand miles Of river ind
lake coast She hos and must have ever
the Mississippi river as her outlet. Has
she nothing at stalker She win be abIeta
protect herself and the Union besides. ii
1860 she will have as many rcprcsenta-
tiYes upon this floor as the whole south
will then have, and three members TO one
from New England. Yon will find inher
q conservative element which viii say Is
the north, with ifs extremists, thus iaf
shalt thou 60, and no farther; here Shall
the waves Of disunion be stayed You
viii find the northwest q conseryatiye
element, which, il we have the Cincinnati
platform iinaltered, will rise to the sup
port of the Democratic party, as the only
safe repository Of that constitutional power
bywhich this government Is 10 be Carried
on ai #s.s :
THR On EXCITEMENT. Thereisa great
oil fever now raging in northwestern
pennsylvania, produced BY the recent dis.
corery Of wells OF oil, which only require
tue pumping to produce All article said II
be equal TO manufactured coal oil Far:
nlers are getting rid Of their unprodlclife
lands, or trying to produce d crop 81 oil
from them. There is probably d great
deal OF speculation in the whole hnsiuesS,
but stillthe fact seems well established
that oil for burning and for lulrirating
il obtnined III great quantities
BY the simple process Of pumping itfron
the wells where it is naturally produced
Along the entire length Of OH Cred, III
Crawford, il Is obtained largely With
profitable results, by boring from one 70
Que hundred and fifty feet Drakss
Spring. about one and q half miles from
Titnsyille, yielded about eight hundred
gallons, and McGiintock Spring, At the
mouth Of the creek, about twelve hundred
gallons per day. The indications Of OIL
Hong the Cussawago valley arefGlly equal
% those on Oil Greek. Ii is believed that
.he oil may be found in all this regiol
where there is bitum.nols coal. SPRING
its existence are knownil many
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