Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-03-05

EDrroRs LEADER ;-BV" ,--s...
a, =. -. .ne above GATE you
a'N 'S'.'' 4r humble servant has again
PFo. out" Cuba lie a village entrenched
18th small mountains" on the New York
and Rrie Rail Road about seventy miles
east Of Dunkirk. The entire country, how
ever, aiteF leaving the nat ground Of Dun
kirk, few miles behind, IS decidedly noun
tainious upon small scale till you reach
this place. Hft
Cuba has some sixteen hundred inhabi-
tants and is place Of considerable thrift and
enterprise, containing more wealth, by far,
than most villages Of its population. 1t lies
upon the continuation Of the Allegheny
Valley and Its immediate surroundings re-
sembls considerably the bold bluffs Of the
Allegheny River. These facts coupled, have
induced many Of its deniEens to entertain a
rather enlarged ''oi" idea Of their locality.
And since the ''oil fever has prevailed 50
alarmingly in Pennsylvania, 1t has taken in
its travel up the valley q very strong hold
here. have, since my sojOurn here Of
twenty-four hours, seen some decidedly criti-
cal cases of this epidemic. Being physician
by profession, may have watched the symp-
] TO ns perhaps rather mors closely than most
| individuals-but the indications are very
marked; quick pulse-red cheeks-wild, roll
! ing eyes-great nerVousness-unablet to sleep
till otter midnight and any amount Of incO-
herent talk constitute the main symptoms
and no one Of observation can conclude
otherwise than that there is great tendency to
/ the brain. There may be no Organic Diff
Guilty Of this Organ-and probably is not I;
yet there Is Certainly marked fever within
the caanium and undoubtedly ''oil upon the
brain"
Cubans nevertheless, may have some
grounds to predicate their opinions upon re-
specdng oil resources, that are entirely ab-
sent in many other places when the oil ex-
ritsment is at this time prevailing. There
has been large oil spring for years about
/ two miles north west Of the village. Barrels
Of oil for various medicinal purposes have
been annually gathered here since the re-
membrsnee Of the Oldest settlers. The spring
SO far has proved to be e1haustless. We
visited this spring, and were it situated in
the oil regions Of Pennsylvania, 1t woul b
regarded as an unmistaknhle indicat'. ON Of !
large oil vat underneath. ARp',u. a large
number Of water wells IN the village hay,
been long since abandoned ID oonseo1enoe D
q taint Of some kindi thu Is also charged &
oil impFegnation and Eossibly with reSsona-
bic Plausib'lity, fSock, likewise, taken from
quarry Withih mile of this spring, hav'
the smell aud when placed in FIRE, burn
or shoot forth a blue blaze from varioui
posnts upon the surface, and this is deemed
no small indication of an abundance of oi
somewhere In this Deighborhood.
ALI this summed up has created consider
able excitement, Lands far and near haVl
been leased. Three wells are now beinl
drilled, and some half dozen viii be undel
way by special contract within \ month.
We meet here the Hon. g. A. Baekus
brother Of the Hon F. T., Of your CITY,
While the latter is now at the federal cit!
upon an osensihle peace mission, the forme
has retired fOm lie 1eEtical field, and !
mere smelliEg geITc4C.,. d conversation wiz
ann tins MS 80 IS sanguine IN ID
eality
POlitics n L Eme grade ss L
most PLACES ais time. In pass
lpg through si.o ,..--s.... vse ind but rev
comparatively who pretend any sympath.
for the revolving States. Some, indeed, tall
strongly OfoomprOmisS-yet In the alterna
tive of Submission to the outrageous de
mands of the Vtrginia resolutions even, o
fight, the entire masses will shoulder th
knapsack and gun" The great body do no
tail to see in the movements Of those hre
cate, q principle which, should 1t prevail
VIII be the sure prelude TO the utter doWnial
, of this dearest right.
Very general satisfaction obtains tOuchin
the recent Senatorial election. Mr.. Greeley
as a Journalist, is highly appreciated, but 10
the position Of United States Senator, IS nc
deemed in all respects as just the man.
: And while Mr.. Evarts being not very gener
ally known as q politician, but backed >
, strongly BY Mr.. Weed, whose cOmpromisin
procliyities lust ct this time are anything bu
palatable to the mass Of Republicans Of th
? State-the election OF Judge Harris, from hi
J sterling qualities as q man, and hrmnsss as
Republican, is under the circumstances bale
as / grand result
q Your structures in the Leader Of Wedue!
! day morning last upon the Tribune's assel
tion of cowRrdice on the part OF CassiuS .
Clay are in my opinion remarkably we
timed. All with whom have cOnversed n
: gard this attack of the Tribune upon th
I I veteran who has displayed more eouTogs tha
{ any man In the Union By ten fold in beha
Of the principles OF the Republican party,
: !. decidedly ungenerous and far fetched.
i WILLARD.
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