The New York herald., 1866-05-09


The D.teAsss County IN. VI "On DO
rsao"-Pennsylvania Oh ON New York
soll-How Surface OIL IL Found.
TO THE EpIroR OF THE HERALD.
How many petroleum Companies, both real and bogus
have made folks sudden hchi" Cotton no longer wears
the crown or welds the sceptre. Petroleum Is king
We repeat old story when assert that onethird or
the fashionables who visit tho various summer resorts
nowadays their position the ladder Of fortune 10
the fact that dad has struck ile" Even that ubquh
tous lady who while dining at Saratoga one day, sud
denly exclaimed, by golly poppy, I've dropd my d.
ment In tho gravy" knows she procured said diment
In no other way than from transfer OF petroleum into
greenbacks by hor patcrnai "parient," who formerly
kept twopenny shoe In obscure town, whih
transfer however could not, did not, raise tho fort
nate family from the slough o. ignorance. Ar ~
money, 80 with petroleum lands. Both eager
sought after and countcrfeted
Dutchess county, N Y, shor, time ago was foycr
OF excitement over the widely disseminated that
thrre splendid show Of oil ON certain farms
living near Genham Fishk township on The east side
OF the Hudson river, nifty nine mes IRON New York
Full particulars In regard 10 the matter freely dis
cussed In tho Poughkecpsic and Ncwburg daily papers,
and all tho country papers and all al once tie subject
became tho theme Of general conversation
People throughout tho county of Detchess talked Of
nothing else for tho time being but "ilo. ~ag o.
sid ing In Poughkeepsie by some means other pro-
cured tho insertion OF article In both of the rough-
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scientific manner OF IA show OF surface oil IN High
street, In that city, whercupon owners OF property
whereabouts became greatly excited ,heat anu without
ono hundred per cent on their land tho cNenmcnt
in Poughkeepsie at fever heat IL was red bot At
Genharn, whero 'ile'' had been struck In earnest
Everybody there went their length on petroleum An
auspcious day that for Glcnbam and vicinity Those
who resided pear tho lands wherc le had been found
stuck nAcs up those who lived further on Tho
old young of tho town gathered about the doos
OF the village inn evenings and talked petroleum, sur
fura ile No until thQv ere
est inhabtant' didn't know "what under Hcsings aud
nir,h tho world coming to-" Everybody was about
TO become rich. Maitcawan was Ia be moved nearer
New York, and plain old FishkD Landing was 70 bear
the more dignihed aame of Fishkii (ndson.
Hundreds Of people visited the spot whcre OIL Nd been
discovered and goated the sgnt Of the precious
fluid lay the surface Of poob of water IN marshes
II about with their hands, and declared soooc.s'
was the ''rae stud" The reached New YORK
city and immediately thereafter long article appsArd
IN daily paper describing show the affair came TO be
made public Spoke OF a man named Hisgt, whom u
styled M tho -wamp Angel and who conducted visit
to the "ilo district, 1t also gave description oI
the SITUATION OF the oil lands treated OF he tests Of
petroleum, stated oIactly ''whcre the oil was found
paying wells DO sunk ~ descanied ~ length
upon what Is an oil rcgsn - the geological requisites,
| 6c, told "how petroleum was produced" and made
dive into hc different OF wells, hxed tho most
favorable Sites for wells described he village II Fish
kill asserted that there was "a rngng OIL fever there
published IA geological report upon The oil region oi r,n
kL nearly a column In length, dcscantcd upon tho
popular excitement In fishki township forchbad-
| owed gigantic spccuiaions, and wound up with
| beauties OF tho Fishkill region Add 70 tho
| papers report tho fact that toon after ~
appearance Rav Mr.. John delivered lectnfo On pc
troicum Fshkili Landing 10 crowded auditory w,nd
Ing his remarks with positive assurance tbht nc hAn
visited the oil territory Fishkiil and found nne
show OF surface on and the readers OF this paper VIII
wonder that tho good peopi. % Fshkni, 0lenha,
Matteawnn and vicinity wcro In n high state of excite
| ment.
| NUMBER Of New York gentlemen formed themselves
Immediately into the Hudson River Potrolcaissompan
aud purohased the oil land spoken Of going 10 work Ia
good earnest TO develop the soil All the necessary ma
chincry purchased dcrrcks erected aud ~eiis
sunk, but alas for human hopes no "e' w~ reached o.
found other than that good show Of suraoe 10 Work
suspended tho New York looked glum, the pro
pie generally became doubtful. and they daily pa~sed
| the soon after deserted lands wbereon nothing sas
visible but the huge skeleton derricks, woald cxcLn
with shrug of the shoulder and knowing wiaks, u
| know'd twould be So"
| Now for the dcnoucnent AfidAvir already nIed
tho lc found in tho district crude pciro
loum taken there or bottles aud eilpted into the
springs marshes aud pools OF vater there sioubdinG
Tho afiavIis also show that the who enpt cd The
oil above related cousummAicd bf nrri lot 10 The fH
| lowing mAnucr with hatiot Ou his arm containing
bottlos of crude OIL and nahpole on hls shoulder "a
avoid ausp con he accompanied nno.hcf o am adj
accn farm. and there poured the crude OF % petroleum
into tbs spring. ponf aud Darshee and apo made On
oayaopt at different 20 nu surng TIC crude PETROLEUM
| therein.
| Those two men, with o,heu continued the dosiug Il
the land with Grade petroleum uni aal' Vas Effected
II IL bcant nj amir u Htauds and nhnf oIop read
| irg this article will cscaim, 'yust a. csrfeteil p
Tho Hudson River Tcirulenm COMPANY fle Aggr ~ ed
psrtos havcneady entercda tuit HgaIEI tLe Ie stfk
| err, - laying their damages at slto COO