Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-02-22

yielding we'll right here, only a few
fsteps from town. Others are making
preparations for sinking wells in this
immediate neishborhood The work
goes bravely on.-N C5nne1seaWe En-
quirer
A LITTLE LEAKY.--Some persons
have been sorely puzzled, of late, to ac-
count for the presence of oil in so many
springs around Salem. Some give it as
their opinion, that the atmosphere has
been charged by the large amount of
sgas' that escapes, hoarly, from those
who are under the influence of the 'soil
fever. There is, doubtless, a true
cause for this phenomena. A good ma
tured gentleman, who enjoys good
joke, hailing from away down East,
procured a half gallon Of ''ile" from
Venango. 1t appears that the ''pesky
stuff has. been evaporating. When
questioned about its disappearance, his
answer was, he guessed it was still
around!" Who has been sold?-iSalem
|
Republican.
A correspondent of the Salem RepuJ-
ticda writes thus of the Trumbull county
wells:
Mecca is situated-as stated in for
mer letter-about eleven miles from
Warren, Trumbull Co., o., upon a plain,
or fat, as it is generally termed; and
previous to the discovery of oil was a
place of no Importance. Mecca no,c-
although still located upon "the fat
is far from being called of no impor-
lance Coming in from the west, [ saw
quite number of wells at which no one
was working, apparently deserted ,ac-
count of unprofta bleness, but as [ drew
nearer .''the corners" such wells grew
very scarce, and at nearly every one
were workmen engaged; either in drill
ing or in pumping out the oily waters.
The number is somewhere in the. vicin-
ity of 1000, but no man knows certain.
About 600 barrels of water and oil are
pumped from each well during each.
twenty -four hours, which is run off into
large vats, the oil rising to the top, and
the water being drawn off at the bottom
of the vat a'- '''&a g '5.F.a 1l's.s rs.
The quantity of oil obtained from the
600 barrels thus daily pumped from tie
paying wells varies from thirty to forty
barrels, which sells in the crude state,
delivered at Warren, at twenty five cents
per gallon, and yields about 20 per cent.
of refined oil.
Hon. John c. Wright, 2 - ( :
One of the Commissioners from Ohio
to the Virginia Peace Conference, died
in Washington last week, from stroke
of paralysis. The Cincinnati Gazette
remarks: + @
t'Knowing him as we did = his fue1
social qualities, his thorough knowledge
of the Constitution, his great political
experience, his we'll Learned reputation,
the purity of his life, his incorruptible |
integrity and the influence which all
combined would give him in the Con-
vention now in session-we had hoped |
much from his appointment and look ed !
for his return to the city of his resi-
dence, an honored instrument for good 4
in adjusting the affairs of the country |
But he has. passed away. and while we
sympathize with his afflicted family and |
mourn the loss of a much valued and re-
speeted friend and adviser, we can butt
feel that he has died as who would not |
wish to die?-standing firmly at his post,
manfully onward in the path
of duty, with all his armor on
Judge C. =. Wolcott has been ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the decease of Judge Wright. j
nA-H. C. Carr, of Union Springs,
New York, has challenged the world for
a trial of speed on skates. His friends !
claim that. under favorable circum-
stances, he can travel mile in two min =
utes, and that his strides, when under
full motion, are about twenty-five. feet.
Philadelphia justly boasts, We believe,
of having some of the finest skaters in
the world, and if any of her "cham-
pions'' wish to immortalize themselves
in vindicating her ancient fame, Mr.
Carr appears willing to give them a {
fair opportunity for doing SO. 80 ar
Capt. ". T. Sherman, brother of |
! Hon. John Sherman, and son-in law of !
Hon. Thomas Ewing of this city, who
was formerly in the army, and has spent
some years IN Louisiana, and there had |
charge of Military School, resigned /
his post on the passage of the Secession
Ordinance of that State, and is pre-
pairing to come North, preferring to +
maintain his allegiance to the United |
States to renouneing it for the Pelican
nation. 1t is we'll known that Mr. s. |
ranks among the first military men in |
the U. S. Army.-Lanoasfer Gazette,
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, Feb. 19--The I
election is being held. "A large number
of votes have been cast against the, Con-
vention.
Upon the. raising. Of large Union
flag the old Stars and stripes-over
the Court House, the enthusiasm of the
crowd was unbounded, and cheer after
cheer went up from more voices than
ever greeted it before at one time in
Washington county. stss'..' .
Parties are now parading the streets /
with the Union flag. ''aeie
Missouri Election.
/, ST. Louis, Feb. 19.-The election
passed off quietly. there being no dis
tarbance of any kind. This city will