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Year: 1860

The oil fever is raging in pOrtionssof Western
Pennsylvania. An exchange published in that
section says that in Crawford county, and especially
IN the vicinity of Oil Greek, the fever is epidemic
Every body is more less affected, and the atten-
tlon of the people is pretty generally directed to
the reservoirs of wealth that have been discovered
or are supposed to exist, in that section, Near
Iltusvile, great subterranean reservoir of oil is
being tapped, and in another place, ten miles dis
tant, oil is being raised from well, with q small
hand pump, at the rate of fifteen gallons per hour.
The indications of oil at the place are said to be
very fine. 1t may be seen raising in many places
from the bed of the river, and by digging the
shore three four feet below the level of the river
the water in the excavations soon becomes covered
with oil. Many of the wells dug for domestic use
contain so much oil as to render the water unfit
for use, and from some of the wells oil flows con-
tinually day and night" Numerous companies
are being formed to bore for the oil. and land sup
posed to cover the reservoirs are in great demand,
SOFT is said. This discovery promises to revolution
lze the oil business of the country. Professor
Silliman has analyzed the article, and pronounced
1t one of the best materials in existence for llumi
mating purposes. 1t is also said by many to be
excellent lubricator. Is has been tried with salts
factory results on buggy axes. When subjected
to high heat it yields parane in large quantities,
and from that material beautiful white candles
manufactured. 1t is, besides, So uneQualed as q





relief in cases of asthma. Physicians pronounce
it valuable in scrofuous diseases. 1t relieves the
nervous sick headache. 1t cures consumption and
minor diseases '' too numerous to MENTION" If
all these things sO great indeed is the discovery,
and tremendous will be the effect upon the oil mar
ket and the physical condition of the world.
Whales will no longer be valuable. except for their
bones. The. manufacture of lard oil will be suspen-
ded the value of lard will consequently decline.
Pork packers, candle makers, &c, will make note
of this. Then it will efectually use up the coal
oil business.


1t is fortunate for the pork trade that the start
ling and important announcements have been made
thus early in the season. If they fail to be warned
and prepare for the revolution that is approaching
they will have nobody to blame but themelves.
The Petroleum or rock oil of Pennsylvania, if we
can believe the reports, will take possession OF the
markets. Ten cents per gallon will cover the ex-
pense of pumping barreling and transportation to
New York, where for present it is being refined,
and the article ready for consumption, will be sold
at very low figure compared with other oils. 1t
will illuminate, lubreate, make candles and cure
most diseases from which humanity suffers. Here
will, therefore, be but little use hereafter for
the whale the hog or the gravedigger. Let the
world rejoice, and let pork packers and doctors
take Misunderstanding Telegraph
Year: 1860

The moon had climbed the highest hill
Which rises DER the source of Dee,
And from the eastern summit shed


Her silver light on tower and tree;
When Mary laid her down to sleep,


Her thoughts on Sandy far at sea;
When soft and low q voice she heard


Say, Mary, weep no more for me.
She from her pillow gently rais'd


Her head, to ask who there might be
She saw young Sandy shivering stand,
With pallid cheek and hollow eye.
Oh! Mary, dear, cold is my clay,


1t lies beneath the stormy sea;
Far, far from thee sleep in death,


Sc, Mary, weep no more for me.
Three stormy nights and stormy days,
We tossed upon the raging main
And long We strove our bark to save,


But all our striving was in vain;
Fen then, when horror child my blood,
Ny heart was filrd with love for thee;
The storm is past, and I'm at rest,


So, Mary, weep no more for me.
o maiden dear, thyself prepare,


We soon shall meet upon that shore,
Where love is free from doubt and care,


And thou and shall part no more.
Loud crew the cock, the shadow fed,


No more of Sandy could she see;
But soft the passing spirit said,


Sweet Mary, weep no more for me.
Year: 1860

They have clearly another ideal, towards which


they develop as their own Law of growth and pro


gress. The Prince of Wales is q bit of the true
stsck, and shows then what they have all come
from. The quieter he is the better he shows
what the English gentleman ought to be, and the
American also. Nobody can quarrel with him
there, even on the score of Obtrusive talents or
SNOWY service. The Prince of Wales has made
many friends in the New World and evidently
not one enemy. That alone would be worth .
Royal visit to the United States. 1t may prove
to that touchy race how lite we wish to quarrel
with them. Within the limits of reason there 10
not point that England would not gladly con.
cede TO secure her from a quarrel with her own
flesh and blood. One look at the Prince Of Wales
ought to convince the citizens of the United
States that England of 1860 and England of ITO
are very different things.
Year: 1860

EXECUTION OF GORDON, At PIKE & PEAK.-The
telegraph has already announced the execution
OF this noted murderer, and now we have the
particulars by mail. On the morning of the
execution, Gordon expressed himself a. willing
to be shot, and hoped some friend would shoot
him; he did not want to be dragged to tho
gallows and hung like q dog. "lf some one
will only shoot me ! can die content" he said


Religious services were held in his cell, and he
appeared TO take q deep interest in them. On
entering the buggy to ride to the gallows, b.
stood up in il moment, gazing around upon
the crowd. On the way he recognized friend
on The sLcrt lie waved his hand towards him
and attempted to smile, but burst into tears
He besought the Sheriff to attend to the hang
ing himself, and not leave il for another. The
Sheriff complied with his request. On the plat
form Gordon knelt in prayer with the clergy
He then addressed tho people, thanking his
friends for their kindness, and hoped they would
take lesson from his dreadful fate, and all
stain from the nse of all intoxicating drinks
assuring them that he was reformed man, and
If he could have lived he would have proven il
to them; but as it was, they could only have
his word for il. Turning TO the Sheriff be beg
ged of him to he sure aud iix the rope ~ il
would dislOcate his neck Immediately, exclaim-
ing, 20 my God my God! that some friend
would shoot met" The rope was adjusted,
the drop fell, and James A. Gordon was NJ
more A confession made by the deceased le-
fore execution, is published, IA which he attrib
utes his resort to strong drink TO disappoint-
ment in love affair
Year: 1860

mus closes the wonderful prayer com.
posed by God himself, for the use of those
whom he allows to converse with him
blessed privilege to converse with God
For thine is the Kingdom = God made
US, therefore we are his. This world ia
his also, Tor he made it. His omnipo,ent
word called into being with like ease a
whole creation and a single star lie
spake The earth self balanced on its
centre hung Light, etherea! first Of
things, pierced the dark abyss where
hitherto darkness had ruled supreme
Inc mountains were clad in a gorgeous
array OF mingled snow and verdue the
valleys reJolced in the song of the forest
birds, and the waters were alive with a
matchIess variety Of being. All this is
Gods for he made it. His is the king.
dom. Shall a man rob God Shall a
man consecrate 10 the use Of his own
Iusts those portions of his Creators king
dom, given 10 him to use for the benefit
OF himself and his felow.men ? For
thine is the Power J. Oh, then let us be
AFRAID III the presence of tue Omnipotent
Let US trembling in the sight OF one who
aOhors sin, and who is able to avenpe
himself, and who will avenge himself
speedily. AllpowerfuIl Amusement, ter
ror, should fill our souls. Speaks he the
word a thousand worlds are born -
"A thousand worlds There's space for
millions more ; and in what space can
his great fiat fall And as surely az can
his word call into being world of life
ana activity, so surely can his eye search
out the inmost workings Of the most de.
based soul. Surely


he who through vast immensity can pierce
see worlds on worlds compose one Universe,
"hat other planets cilcle other suns,


observe how system into system runs,


hat varied being peoples every star,


IS able to search out our inmost thoughts
and bring to light our best concealed &C.
tiUis.


For thine is the Glory Surely to him.
TO whom belongs all thaLks, who is ON,
nisclent, omnipotent, ompresent, belongs
the glory And do we give him all the
glory Is every secret thought, or word,
or deed, done, spoken and thought for
Gods glory DO we in all things ack.
nowedge that it is only by Gods grace
that we are what We are. Who can saw
that be does, and yet it is the duty Of
each one OF us to be able to say it. And
then IN token of our desire and assurance
to be heard in our prayer, we say,
Amen This is little word, but con.
veys great meaning. 1t is the Verify,
verify so often used by our Saviour, and
means literally, Let il be So 1t is a fit
conclusion then 10 this beautiful PRAYER,
a fit sym Dol Of faith. For unless we be.
lIeVe that God will hear our prayer and
answer 1t in his own way, We cannot say,
Amen = ...
Year: 1860

President Edwards and the celebrated
Erskine Of Scotland were correspondents
for many years but they never met on
earth. Their frs: interview was in hesy.
ell. Ii was doubtless a JOY for them 10
meet in the presence Of that Saviour, re-.
specting whose cause they had taken
counsel together when on earth, across
the bl!ows Of the ocean.


these will be many joyous meetings in
heaven for the first time. The man of
benevolence who has taken the roor lad
from The abode Of poverty, and aided
him IN gaining an education, will NEE.
with many in heaven who will give him
hearty welcome. That boy, it may be,
goes AS missionary to the heather, and
many beDghted souls are converted
trough his instrumentality. In heaven,
the causes and connections Of events will
doubtless be more clearly known than
they can be in this world. A band OF
converted brothren, may give a grateful
welcome to the man who trained I'D and
sent forth him from whose teachings they
learned the way to heaven.


The writer Of good book which has
reached the heart Of some distant reader
and led to bis conversion, may learn in
heaven that his lsbors were not in vain,
by the welcome OF some who would not
have been there but for him. Let US la,
Dor 20 prepare for ourselves joyful greet
ings in heaven.
Year: 1860

The only instrument necessary is a
measure with feet and inch marks upon
it. The girth is the circumference of the
animal just behind the shoulder blades.
The length is the distance from the shoul.
der blades. The superficial feet are oh,
tained by multiplying the girth and length
The following table contaius the rule to
ascertain the weight Of the animal:


In less than one foot in girth, multiply
superficial feet By eight.


II less than three and more than one,
multiply superficial feet by eleven.


II less than FIVE and more than three
multiply superficial leet by sixteen.


IL less than seven and more than five,
multiply superficial feet by twenty three.


II less than nine and more than seven,
multiply superficial feet by thirty.tbree.


IL less than eleven and more than nine,
multiply superficial feet by forty.two.


Example: Suppose the girth Of bul
lock to be six feet three inches; length
five feet six inches the superficial area
will then be thirty four. and, in accord,
ance with preceding table, the weight
will be seven hundred and eighty Two
pounds.


Example: Suppose a pig to measure
in girth two feet, and length one foot and
nine inches. There would then be three
and a-hslf pounds as the weight Of The
animal when dressed. In this way, the
weight Of The four quarters can be sub
slantially ascertained during life.
Year: 1860

AURA KEKNES THEATRE
IL SECOND WEEK
OF the New aud Beautiful Drama.
Irish Construction and Character


Entitled


ALIEN AROON


Al1.EEN AROON,


AIIEEN AROON,
TALE OF COUNTY CORK.
READ READl READ
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS


on the company.
vRon SATURDAY PRESS
The Play d tAe Bese
The Play d The Bog


Produced this Season;
The COMPANY ON PAR
THE COMPANY ON A FAR
YHH COMPANY ON PAR
fH1 COMPANY ON PAR
WITH ANY WE UAvH HAD
WITH ANY VIZ HAVE HAD
WITH ANY WE HAVE HAD
WITH ANY WE HAVE HAD


IN NEW YORK FOR YEARS.


IN NEW YORK FOR YEARS


IN NEW YORK FOR yRARs


IN NEW YORK FOR YEARS.
Year: 1860

In his elaborate speech on the Pacific Rail
Road bill delivered in the Senate Of the U. S.
on Februry 18th, 1868, (App. Congressional
Globe, vol. &c, p. 226) Mr.. Bell whilst Incl.
dentally discussing the power of Congress in
the Territories uses the following significant
and emphatic expression" Our poOer IS sou
ev'eig'a and plesary in the Territories" If it
were possible then for any candid man to deny
theinference drawn from his admission of the
power Of Congress to abolish slavery in the
District Of Columbia, that he conceded it the
same power in the territories, this brief but
pointed declaration, (cited word for word,
with reference to chapter and verse; removed
every doubt With this broad and unquali-
fed concession of power from Mr.. Bell, what
is to restrain the dominant North from carry
ing out its avowed policy Of utter and total
exclusion Of the South and her institutions
from all participation in the common territory
of the Union? They will hardly be as con-
siderate of our feelings in dealing with the
South as John Bell was of theirs with regard
to slavery in the District and John Bell, as
President, could do nothing to arrest their
progress in erecting congressional barriers to
our admission into every territory we now
or may hereafter acquire.
Year: 1860

The platform which John c. Breckinridge
endorses and to which he stands pledged adopts
the principles underlying the Kausas-N -Nebras-


ka act !; non-interference Of Congress with
slavery IN the Territories or in the District Of
Columbia; the uniform application of this
principle in the organization of Territories |;


admission of new States with or without
slavery the right OF the people Of all the
Territories. whenever the number of their in
habitants justifes it or is adequate, to form a
constitution with or without slavery and to
come into the Union the right of the slave
holder to carry his slaves into the Territories,
and to hold them there, unimpaired BY either
Congressional or Territorial Legislation, and
the duty of the Federal Government, in al its
departments, to protect slavery in the Terri
tories or wherever else its authority extends
Year: 1860

SECOND DlsTRerl CouRr SUCCESSION OF MARY LOUISA


of New Orleans HAAIIETDN-Ne l5ss7
NoHTICME H M is hereby given to the r eresditors OF
show within days from the il any
they have why the account presented by the Curator of
this should be hoologaed and approved and the
funds distributed in accordance Herewith.


By order of the Court
Year: 1860

But to return to my conversation with Prince
Metternich. He related to me several anecdotes
of singular cases of insanity which he had met
with when visiting lunatic asyums in company
with Gall. They once saw two lovers in the same
institution who had become deranged in conse-
quence of a sudden and cruel separation. They
no longer knew one another as objects of mutual
affection, although they constantly raying to
be united. When brought together they acknowl-
edged being acquainted but each said the other
was not the beloved one. Both were insane on
this point. Poor creatures: how different to the
cherished image of former days each may have
become in the others eyes .7A
The Prince mentioned, too, the case of distin-
guished mathematician, whose arrangement con-
sisted in his mistaking the number for an 0 in all
his calculations.


In speaking of periodical insanity and suicide,
the Prince told me that Gall considered all suicides
to be insane. He related the case of tailor, who
had jumped into the Danube, and when rescued
had told how an angel appeared to him and en-
ticed him to spring off the bridge. He had heard
of several instances of similar explanation Of
their conduct having been given by suicides before
their death. One was that Of a woman who had
climbed upon the roof of house, and then jumped
off. She became collected before she died, and
related how an angel had suddenly appeared to
her and enticed her upon the roof. When there,
he hovered before her, and so allured her that in
attempting to reach him she fell to the ground.


In cases of monomania, the Prince considered it
as strong evidence of the truth of Calls system
and in all cases Of insanity hs was convinced that
the brain was either primarily or indirectly affected
by bodily disease.


He told me that it had been proved in Paris that
gambling and politics were the principal causes of
suicide. He added that many minds became un-
hinged in consequence of frequently attending the
debates-a Characteristic idea of his highness.


TFraZerts Magazine
Year: 1860

BACHELORS AND oilers SHORT LIyED.-A recent
work on longevity states that in the long list Of
very aged persons there was not solitary instance
of bachelor or an idler. almost all were hard
workers, but the labor was not of the body rather
than the mind. At the present day, and in this
community especially in our cities, it is notorious
that mental anxiety and worriment makes most
men old at fartY.'i
Year: 1860

THE AMERICAN AROMATIC BITTER CORDIAL. and
Tonic Bers have proved by much and general
that they alike excellent remedies for various and too COM
ailments They prepared from pure and medicinal
substances and many been recommended by the
faculty These preparations are for sale by


given in advertisement to which
Year: 1860

Halls Journal of Health says that the


tendency of Indian-rubber shoes is to make
the feet cold, thus endangering the health !
hence they are useful only in walking when
the ground is muddy or sloshy with melt
ing snow. In these cases they are invalu-
able. When rubbers are on the feet, per-
sons should keep moving, and remove them
on entering the house. If the rubbers
have been on the feet for several hours


both shoes and stockings are necessarily
damp by the condensation and confinement
of the perspiration; therefore all should be
removed, and the naked feet held to the fire
till they are perfectly warm and dry in ev-
cry part. The same rule holds good in re-
lation to leather boots and shoes made wat
er proof For common purposes leather
boots and shoes are the best, if kept well
blacked, with several renewals of dry socks
during the day, if the feet perspire profuse-
ly. If a man begins to cough, as the result
of common cold. it is the result of nature
herself attempting cure. and she viii eff
feet it in her OWN time, and more efectual-
ly than any man can do, if she is only left
alone, and her instincts cheished. What
are those instincts? Sic abhors food and
Graves warmth. Hence the moment q man
is satisfied that he has taken cold, let him
do three things-lst. eat not an atom 2nd,
go to bed and cover up in warm room;
3rd, drink as much cold water as he wants
or as much hot herb tea as he can, and, in
three cases out Of four, he will be almost
entirely well within thirty-six hours. If
he does nothing for his cold for forty-eight
hours after the cough commences, there is
nothing that he can swallow that will, by
any possibility, do him good; for the cold,
with such start, will run its course of
about fortnight in spite of all that can be
dOne,an medicine will only hinder cure.
"Stuff cold and starve fever" is mis-
chievOus fallacy. A cold always brings a
fever; the cold never begins to get well till
the fever begins to subside. and every
mOuthful that is swallowed feeds the fever.
Year: 1860




The London Court Circular thus speaks
of the chances of this obviously suitable vO-


cation for females


There is an Italian proverb which says
that handsome women are born married.
The meaning of this is not, as has been sup
posed. that marriages are made in heaven,
but that such is the power of beauty over
the human heart, that those who are pos
sessed of it can marry whom they please. A
yerifcation of tho axiom took place last
week at BrOmton. A millionaire prrchas-
ed small pocket book at stationer's, in
that fashionable locality. He was served
by young lady of great personal attrac-
tons. So smitteu was Mr.. Scot with her
beauty, that understanding she was single,
he then and there made fair his enslayer
an offer of his hand and heart The sequel
is to be found in the marriage announced
as having taken place at church Of some
Puseyite nOtOriety in the neighborhood, last
Wednesday. when the pretty shOpwoman
stepped into carriage and thirty thousand
pounds sterling year, after a courtship of
only one day."
Year: 1860

The residents upon Prospect, Erie and
Huron streets and that vicinity may have
frequently met in their walks, or seen
pass their doors, a bright, intelligent,
active little girl, with long black cur's,
complexion not yellow or brown, but a
combination Of pure black and white,
she being always accompanied by grave
and digni6cd colored servant OF perhaps
As wears of age. There is family hrs
tow connected with that little girl which
will not be uninteresting


The girl is an Octaroon, and the
daughter Of a very wealthy Mississippi
nlanter, who has a plantation about ten
miles from Natchez, where his family Of
Year: 1860

s~A young chap of our acquaintance
saws that the first time he put his arm
around calico, he imagined the world was
paradise, and himself an angel. Our
friend Bill always wore spike tailed blue
coat. Just imagine to yourself an angel
with such raiment.
Year: 1860

KINDNESS.


BY ALMA 4. CRAWFORD.
Oh, speak u word OF kindness,
til may heal a broken heart;
And to those who group in blindness.
1t may ne" light impart.
In this sad world OF sorrow,
Assist thy fellow man;
Some bliss from heaven borrow,
BY aiding all you can.
Bind up the wounded spirit
The torn AMI bleeding heart
The soul that is sinking. cheer ii,
And bluat fate's poisoned dart.
'Tis but a day we tarry
With those whom God has given,
Then let US try and carry
Their love with Us to heaven.
There's many soul in sadness,
A kindly word might save
From Gark, despairing madness,
Or an untimely grave.