The Portland daily press., 1866-09-22

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IA There are two Democratic papers in Port
land. We call upon them, in justice to May.
or Stevens, out of regard to the good name OF
Portland, nay, in justice to themselves and
the party they represent, to unite with us in
denouncing this Infamous falsehood, and in
calling upon the World to make suitable rep
aration. u % ,ayk8EfFl ~ 5Hi,La1A
.--a6 r,isr---- = In 7-T-7-T u J7T-ss ilLt
N, d, Letter from Canada West. e,,o,i
Ne,os of the Maine LElection-How vie,oed in, its
q sigaifcance-0a successes and uncertainties.
.lst - aso'PETRoIIA, CIV, Sept. II, 1856
To THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS q ~ ihsi
Since last wrote you the bright flashes Of
political lightning from the @Pine Tree" State
have penetrated this remote outside region,
and the reverberations of the heavy thunder
are still heard echoing among the hills Of my
native country. The first news from Maine
was greeted by Union-loving, usurpation-hat-
ing men here with profoundest gratitude, and
the result of your recent conflict is looked upon
as the keynote to as grand a national anthem
as was ever .chanted by a freedom-loving peo-
pie. IA sac tsHf jarpC1' hln hsl gad /
Atii u AIN BfdJtuSu5 w nuLCc tudb pdpCIo bulo
province interpret that voice as it is interpret
ed by you. The Montreal Herald, copy Of
which is before me, regards the expression in
Vermont and Maine as the prelude to a gem
eral reputation Of aMy Policy" and as an in
dication that Congress is to be sustained, and
the amplest Constitutional guarantees for the
peace of the future are to be demanded as
condition precedent of the readmission of the
late rebellious States to their former normal
relations to the Union. The New York Her.
aid, lately so blatant in its .adulation of Mr..
johnson, and SO denunciatory of the. radicals"
comes out in favor of the proposed constitu-
tional amendment, regrets that the President
ever broke with Congress, advises him to re-
! trace his steps before too late, and frankly as
serts that the ground covered by the amend
ment is right, proper and just, and precisely
such as Mr. johnson himself has heretofore
approved. This new development in the
course of the Herald is important as indicating
the direction of the current, for that paper has
the popular f fsesHna warning knowinglY AGAINST
Even the President himself must have felt
the rebuke from Maine-where he had been
promised three members of Congress-for in
one of his speeches made day or two after
your election, he seems to have been afflicted
with unusual sadness, or he would scarcely
have spoken of the bird of freedom taking his
final leave OF the country. Poor mani That
bird will flap his wings proudly and scream
with unwonted freedom, when Andrew John
son and all such as he shall be remembered on
ly for their treacheryt to the principles and par
ty they had Solemnly pledged themselves to
uphold. u ahf @n@75qesI s2i4S 3sii IL ai1fsa
z. That New York and Pennsylvania will fol-
low the course Of Maine scarcely admits Of
doubt, while the great West teeming with its
million Of voters win echo back the strain, and
show to the world that freedom and equal JUS
tice are respected as much on the prairies of
the Northwest as in the mountain homes of
New England iot 9Asi aamfi5n7s sadi
= In my last letter, as iii some of a much earli-
'er date, said some thingsin relation to the oil
interests Of Canada, that may have tended to
beget an impression that striking lie" is by no
means the easiest or most certain thing known
in this region. While 1 have no word of abate-
ment to offer to the remarks referred to, and
insist upon their exact truth and Justice,
would not have it inferred that the oil business
is a humbug, or always losing business Far
otherwise. Like other kinds Of mining it has
proved highly remunerative, and I will devote
the balance of this letter to the statement of a
few cases, which may be considered as the
bright side of too often dark page. 'sii'i biA
The Hillsdale Company of Michigan, own
twenty-five acres ofland upon which they have
several wells. This land probably cost them
eight hundred or a thousand dollars an acre.
Their first well was struck early in February
last, and since that time has yielded for six
days in the week, not less than thirty-five bar
rels per day, or about six thousand barrels
They have three other wells producing perhaps
ten barrels each per day. This Company have
four under ground tanks, with an aggregate
capacity Of from six to seven thousand barrels,
the largest being seventeen feet in diameter
and 6fty-six feet deep, and holding about
twenty-three hundred barrels. These tanks
are covered with earth, and thus are rendered
safe from fire, and by being cool suffer very
little from evaporation. ~ t ttie aHt
- The Badger Company of Wisconsin, with
five acres of land, have two wells completed,
one producing as much as the best of the
above and the other but little less, with third
in process of construction. As an offset to these
successes it may be mentioned that the Ores
cent Company with two hundred acres and
nine wells, have never had but one first class
well, and that has recently been tapped by
another, reducing its production from thirty to
ten barrels. I" r. -,
Within the past four weeks not less than four
hundred barrels daily have been added to the
oil crop of this place. The Elwood well, but q
few hundred yards from the Postoffice, is pro-
ducing nearly one hundred barrels daily; the
Hurontaries, containing full set of lost tools,
is producing as much more; the Hall (fowing)
Wen yields about fifty, and new strikes are
now Of almost daily occurrence; some of them
playing out speedily while others give prom
one OF the most remarkable cases is that of
the BAH well at Pithole-three-fou rths of a
mile from the village. At 258 feet in the rock
the drill struck vein of oil which was thrown
up by the gas-from vein some six feet biob- |
er up-to the roof Of the derrick. The tubing |
was put in on the oath of May-the Queens |
"r'h day-and the well commenced flowing |
pure OIL at the rate oftwenty five barrels daily
So ~ haed to do SO till week ago, when |
- 9''ppeo as suddenly as man ssops breath |
-, wneh the Jugular in his neck is severed-
lhls singular freak was oecasioned by sinking
another well about twelve rods sta,t Ia,o,,o |
ing to the Morning Star Co., Of yon, c;tv Of
which II. .. Lewis, Esq, is the MANAGER NJ
Lewis had struck the same gas vein. and and
ing large shows of oil he tubed his we'll and :,
flowing at the rate of thirty barra,s
but when the seedbag in the Bali well was |
started in drawing the tubing, the gas found |