The Kingwood chronicle. [volume] (Kingwood, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-1861, 1861-03-02
barrels Of oil in twenty four hours.

ed abroad by means OF notice III these col
umns, which was copied in other papers, and
attracted to the spot numbers from dis
tancc. Leases were shortly in demand, which
have steadily and rapidly increased, notwith-
standing the corresponding increase in terms,
until now a perfect oil mania RACES, and oil
privileges cannot be signed. sealed and de-
livered fast enough to satisfy those desiring
them.
Lewellyn & Wilson also have a well from
which the yield is perfectly tremendous. A
hole eight o. ten feet square was dug in the
ground around the mouth Of the well, and il
to il the oil was allowed to flow from the con
ductor, which it did without spoutlng and in
d quiet, orderly way. Boards were placed
over this pit, and as many barrels as could be
conveniently made room for set on them.-
Fifteen hands were then employed some in
taking out and replacing bungs others in
placing and removing barrels while five men
were busily engaged III dipping up the pure
fluid in buckets and pouring it through large
box tunnels into the barrels In this way
rour hnuJre! LMrcls reye ,fNel III ten hours.
During this period the well was stopped up
halt the time, III consequence Of the inability
OF the hands TO secure the oil as fast as it
flowed, and even when running, a large iron
plugcr, two inches in diameter, was kept IN
the well Had this been taken out, the yield
Of oil from this single we'll must have been
full hundred barrels an hour.
Incredible a. these statements must appear,
they arc nothing but facts. Other wells will
probably be finished, and pumping in a few
days, which give full assurance Of yielding
fully as much Is those described above Nor
Is the oil region confined to the immediate
vicinity referred to. On Hughes River, and
on every creek or run in the whole valley Of
the Little Kanawha there is an abundance
Of oil. Ia the vicinity Of Palkerslurg. also
and on the creeks above and below, cmptying
into the Ohio. oil Is found
Tue BALTIMORE AND Quo RAILROAD -
The monthly report Of the Board of Directors
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad CoMpa-
ny, read 1T their meeting On W Wednesday ct
last week shows the road to be in prosper
Gus condition The total earnings for the
past month Of January amounted to S3l0,
.j54 o., being an increase Of Ss33l .ql9 - COM
pared with the same month Of last year. OF
this increase 81, 759 II was on the main stem,
and So 442 ~ On the Northwestern Virginia,
while on the Washington Branch there was a
falling off Of So, 22S2 81.
The revenue for the present month, 50 far,
on the main stem and Northwestern road
from rcghts, is largely in excess Of Febru-
AIRY. 1850, and, at the same ratio would show
an increase of $50 900 to S4O, 600 net for the
month In common with other roads, the
passenger travel Of the Baltimore and Ohio
has fallen Of largely, though less relatively
than during the lat few months.
4 GANG Of rascals,a among whom it was
Systematically understood that they were to
steal everything they could get their hands
on were recently arrested near " Wheeling,
and nearly all Of them sent to sdiyice in the
Ohio penitentlary, from St. ClarSville, in
that State This proceeding did ut put a
check to rascaity in that vicinity, as had
been anticipated On Wednesday a week a
man named Gilbert was arrested for passing
counterfeit money. lie turned State ) cvi-
lence. giving the names Of some half dozen
associates, who were also arrested 1t is
IL.
ty persons
The Gov ernor of Georgia has renewed his
repri.als On Friday three New York YES
sells at Savannah, belonging to citizens Of
New York were seized and ordered to be de-
tanned until the New York police deliver up
arms, designed for Georgia, seized IN tran
situ One Of the vessels seized, the bark
AdjHstes. has nine hundred bales ofcotton on
board belonging to British subject. and the
owner has gone to Washington to lay the mat
ter before Lord Lyons The captain had en-
tered his protest against7the seizure.
The eight million loan applied for by the
Secretary Of the Treasury has been taken on
more liberal terms than was anticipated The
was also greater than was expect
ed, the whole amount Of the offerings being
over fourteen millions Of dollars. Four and
half millions were awarded at 90 Is, and
the remainder at rates ranging from got
to 90.
IRIS said that the ultras Of South Carolina
are opposed to the plan recently adopted at
Montgomery Alabama fearing that it may
lead to efforts at reconstruction. Rhett, the
Charleston Mercury, &c, it is believed, do
not want the Border States to have anything
to do with the Southern Confeleracy,'
The Southern Congress have passed an