The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-12-19

TIN Parkersburg, West Virginia, Cd
sette, of last week says: The Jones well
at Burning Springs struck oil on Friday
last, and is now throwing over 200 bar
rels day. We understand it is entirely
owned by Mr.. Jones and another party
living in this city. We consider this
among the best wells at the Springs, and
the great merit is that the depth is over
700 feet. This we'll when tubed had no
show of OIL The Phillips we'll, struck
on Thursday previous, was pumping on
Friday at the rate of 200 barrels per gay
Newberger and Braidon's we'll bids faF
to be a big thing. 1t flows daily aoont
800 barrels of oil and water. we learn
that other parties from Packersburg
have very flattering prospects. VI the
twentv.seyen wells bored at Burning
Springs since last Nay, twenty-one are
successful.
RRAGG's PROPERTY CONFISCATED.-ln
the case of the United States rs. the
Greenwood plantation property of Brax-
ton Bragg, the granted delay having OK
pired and no defense being filed, the
court ordered, on motion of the district
attorney that all persons interested In
said property be considered in default,
and the property be condemned and sold
for the benefit of the United States.
CHoLERINE-A letter from Paris
correspondent says that down to Novem-
Der ODD, the date of his letter, there had
been $500 deaths from cholera in that
CITY. 1t also states that milder form OF
the disease, known ia Paris by the term
sholerine, had attacked nearly everybody
during the damp, sultry weather that
had been prevailing for the preceding
five or six weeks The favorlte medical
remedies for the latter form of the dis
ease were laudanum and sub-nitrate OF
bismuth, and they were administered
with excellent effect.
RESTRICTIONS REMOVED The Mobile
Tribune congratulates its readers on the
removalIof the restrictions under which
the Episcopal churches labored in Ala
bama, and expressed thankfulness that
"the members of that denomination will
hereafter be allowed to try TO save their
own souls.
REpUDlAnoN.-The State Senate of
Mississippi has passed a resolution repu-
dating all debts, whether on account OF
salaries of officers, treasury notes, bills
of exchange or otherwise, that were in
curred by the State between the 9th day
of January, 1861, and the 10th day of'Oo-
tober, 1864.
THE Titusville Herald tells the follow
ING story: On Tuesday last clergyman
of the Baltimore conference was riding
on horseback from Pithole to Titusville.
He had nearly reached Pleasantville, and
was trotting quietly along humming a
psalm tune, when man stepped into
his path, and Selling his horses bride,
presented a revolver at the parson and
demanded his money. Nothing discon-
certed, the traveller remarked that he
was only a poor Methodist preacher, and
had but little money, but would give up
all he had The robber made no reply,
but maintained his threatening position,
patiently waiting for the conference man
to disgorge. The dominic eyed the free.
booter pretty earnestly. and remarked
with great solemnity: "You can have my
money, friend. but for Christ's sake, and
YOUR own souls sake, give up the bust
ness of highway robbery" The freeboot.
er dropped his pistol at his side, and in a
voice trembling with deep emotion, ex-
claimed GfYnu pan poSS on