The New York Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1865, Page 8

3 4 a OllL., awe THE WEST VIRGINIA Of, RECION. EXPLORATION OF ' PROMINENT POINTS, Suppressic , of the Business ay .d Its Revival. ' Remar’ sable Resultg of Four Months’ ,Developments. Meplorable Effects Rebellion, anangen OLD WELLS AND NEW OPERA'PORS. of the Eastern Speculators and East- ern Hambugs. Sixty ‘Millions ‘of Dollars Now Invested. ‘WISTBRY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS. ¢ REAUATS OF PERSONAL INVESTIGATIONS. WOINDERF UL MINERAL DEPOSIT. ‘SOLIDIFIED PETROLEUM. ‘SA SCION OF THE HOUSE OF MONTESQUIEU. BIg TITLE 10 “ROYALTY.” Geoldgical Formation of the Country. : XWCIDENTS BY Way, &., &., &e, Pannenswonc, Va., Jaly $1, 1865. DOWN THE ONO, The best way to get to the oil regions of West Vir. ginia from Western Penosylvania is to go by rail from Meadville to Wheeling, which is accomplished after making various changes on the route. At Wheeling, if you arrive by an evening train, you can either take the Baltsmore and Ohio road, at eleven P. M., and by a tri, ‘engular route reach Parkersburg at twelve o'clock the mextday, if nothing happens; or you can lie over in ‘Wheeling until ten the next morning, and take a packet @eamer down the Ohio to Parkersburg. The latter, at ‘thie season of the year, is the most pleasant route. Two f the packets, the Bayard and the Eagle, have very @eo0d accommodations. It was my unlucky chance, however, to get on board the Eagle when she was crowded to excess by returned Union soldiers, Delonging to disbanded Virginia regiments, They were, ef course, in the highest possible spirite, and the way they fred their revolvers off was very amusing, I assure you. About the most entertaining incidents of the trip ‘were the uninterrupted eccentricities of a young gentie man belonging to the Pirst Virginia Veterans, who, with Dloody hands and the glare of a maniac, was punching ‘the eyes and ribs of some and welcoming others to his hospitable embrace. He was finally folded in the arms @f @ huge companion who laid him flat on the deck, ‘where he lay like a log, bie conqueror remarking, “I’m @othing but a Hoosier; but I'll chuck that boy overboard if he don’t behave himself.” With regard to the views of these returned Virginia ‘Wnion soldiers, it may be said that as respects negro gaffrage they are to a man opposed to it. They are wil- ling the slave should be free, but they object to giving Bim political rights with themselves. If that be ‘attempted, they say, “Some men will be hung.” Gambling of various kinds was continually going on on ‘board, chuck-a-luck being the principal pastime. But in ‘the midet of these interesting “‘gambols,” in, which sharp- ms ficeced the disbanded soldiers of their greenback ‘with the most undlushing effrontery, rowdyixm was kept ‘@p until some time into the night. The ladies on board ‘were in terror; and at times it seemed as if a mutiny ‘would break out and the boat taken possession of by the Serbulent characters. I inquired if anybody bad com. mand of these men; if anybody was at their head, ‘‘No- Body bat old Ned,"? was the reply, The officers of the Beat did mot seem to be much concerned. They raid these occurrences were not £0 bad as whep the Virginia troops were allowed to come home, some time before, on @ thirty days’ furlough. Then three men were killed on ‘board the Eagle, and the lives of the officers repeatedly endangered. On this occasion, it must be mentioned, a Jarge number of young Virginians, who were in the Union Srmy, expressed their dieapprobation of the riotous fondnct of some of their companions, and @id all they could to maintain order. It is to be regret. ded, however, that so many disbanded soldiers return to hele homes laboring under the impression that they can +o ag they please, and that acts of violence committed By them will be overlooked. Three soldiers are now in fail im Parkersburg, and will be hung 1 a few days, for .ecting ander thie impression. PAREERBOCRG—BLENNRRUASSETI. Reached the Spencer House at twelve, midnight, and @uccended in getting a room, although scores were sent sway by the indefatigable guardian of the night, Vos- Surgh, formerly of New York. In the morning 1 en. foyed from my room window a full view of the head of B Island, in the Obio, the scene of Aaron Burr's weacherous, avd some say lecherous, intrignes. The island i now the property of Virg ivian, and simply a Virginia farm not unlike all others. The entire island is four miles long, though Blennerbaseett never owned more than one hundred and seventy acres at the ‘upper end of it, The elegant mansion, the splendid gar. don, the well tended graseplat, Mowers and sbrubbery— all the evidences of wealth and refinement which the owner established with such lavish expenditure of money sre goue. Scarcely a trace of the owner's greatness is Heft. A well, the walle of an old wine cellar, a little hollow on the site of his once stately mansion, and a canal, in which were secreted the boats and barges to be teed in conveying the wen and material on their trea. sonable expedition down the Mississippi, are all that is left to show that such s man ever lived om the island. $t te 2 beautiful little gem, a quiet little retreat upon the bosom’ of the “Beantiful River.” Parkorsburg is situated at the junction of the Little Kanawha with the Obio river, and contains about six Shourand inhabitants, with three pretty fair hotels— the Swan, the Spencer and the United States— ond several indifferent ones; three banks, six -phorches, two indifferent machine shops and a Catho- Weweminary. Though a small city, st is quite enterpris. ing, 404 is destined to become in time a business place. Meny ements are progressing; among them are the ts of the roads and the introduction of $04, He buildings for which sre being erceted and tho walpa laid. The piace has been a government supply (poet daring the wer, and ‘Battery Boorman” was mann- 4 by a fow companies of volunteers, The battory war 96 @ biaff on the south ride of the Kanawha, and though pever heavily manned, yet it pretty thoroughly com- manded the Obio pp and down for several miles. Oppo- wi Wo Korkepeburp, @ Ohio, the lie town of “+ elon) the terminus of one pranch of the Cincinnalt and Manetta Rattread. ANTI CORRMIONISTS DAULING IM. aati ‘The Mayor of thejcity, Mr. Gibbons. was inclined prevate the arrival of Colonel Hosburg, of the Seventy- fourth Pennsylvania, with additional troops ‘Do, you expect to browbeat. us?” be aske “No, sir,” replied the Colonel. “I expect, oq protect you and your citizens from violence fei apy quarter,” A night or two afterwards a Very handsome row ovearred in a saloon between some TQvurmed seldiers and old residents. The dif@eulty became #0 fomaidable am to overwhelin Uve Mayor's police, and C¢lone} Hosburg, wax ‘called upon to lend assistance. Tum he promptly did. ‘The next day Mayor Gibbous my, suitable ack now- edgments to the Cotowel for bis timély-aid in restoring order. The down-tredden rebel may goon find Parkersburg, and elsewhere in the west that Uncle Sam's arin Bs equally strong to protect ug it is to punta. Farkersbury is the resideuce of Governor Arthur I. Boorman, who has large family connections here. It is tu» intention vo make this city the futere eapital of West Virginia: and 4he tlk of feanmexation to the Old Do- ioion is utterly repudiated. A dail; is to be im- mediately started in Parkersburg ir. James E Wharton, fermerly of the Brooklyn Transcript. The Varkersburg and Burning Springs Railroad has been char- tered, am@ three hundred thoasand doHars subscribed therefor, It will be about ‘eighty milvs in striking the Central Virginia @t Charleston, on the Kanawha. As wp evidence of the value of real estate in Parkers- borg it may be meationed that the land on the siteof the jwlo Je Hotel is beld-at three hundred dollars per foot, HOW RASTBRN SPECULATORS HAVE A¥FRCTED WEST “VIR- GINIA OIL TERRITORY. ‘The sentiment is universal here that the country wants opening; and Eastern people are welcomed when they practically undertake its “But, re piace; “our ‘country’ "has Most weavily by. come of e, ‘our coun! a8 tome Eat ern speculators, Parties have Going bere from few York, Philadelphia and Beston, engaged tracts of dand, contracted debts, returned Eastward, got up com- punies, pocketed the proceeds, and we have never re- ceived pay for.our lands, nor have had them developed. The speculation Eastward has tended realty to retard the development of our territory. fellow by the name of Tuylor, from the Eastward, swindled a number of people under the most shameful circumstances. with others, has fled to parts unknown—gome say Texas, Another party of two, one a State Senater, and another @ member.of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, came out here for other parties at ten dollars per day, bought one hundred acres for Ove thousand three hundred dollara, paid one thousand upon it, eeturned to Philadelphia, and, representing that they had paid fifty-three thousan dollars for it, cleared and pocketed forty-five thousand seven hundred dollars by the operation, and all their expenses paid. There is also the case of one McDowell, who swindled his best friends, But these instances of raseality are too numerous tv mention. At the present time parties are coming out for the purpose of going to work in earnest to open the resources of our country. Property is now one hundred per cent lower than formerly, the roads are getting in good repair, and a substantial spirit of enterprise is gradually growing upon us, accelerated by the infusion of Yankee energy and judiciously invested. ”? VESTED—EXTRAVAGANT REPORTS OF STRIKES. now sixty millions of dollars invested in oil terrilory in West Virginia. Much of this at thie time is {nactive; but when it is remembered that it 18 écarcely four months since peace was restored to this region and operations resumed, you will find that ‘its progress in development has been rapid and satisfactory. There are many extravagant reports about larze strikes of oil, but upon examination you will find ghem to be much exaggerated. You will find no thousai@ barrel wells, as we had last year, and the five and three hundred barrel wells will dwindle down to from one hundred to twenty, find perhaps as low as ten and five. A number of par ties from the West, particularly Chicago, are around here for the purpose of purchasing, and property, although still comparatively low, is lookingup in some quite remote calities. OFF FOR BURNING SPRINGB. A gentleman from Parkersburg agreed to accompany me to Burning Springs, but when the time for departure arrived he told me that he had just heard of the escape of a noted desperado from Wheeling jail, who was known to be lurking in the vicinity of the Springs, and had sworn to shoot him ou sight. He'therefore deemed it imprudent to go there at this” e. I was fortunate, however, in procuring ae a guide Major Caleb Page, of Boston, Mass., who knew something about the region, having an interest in @ steam saw mill away upon the Ka- nawha, and who, with Mr. Ed. @ Hunting, lately of A. T. Stewart's, of New York, and Mr. James G. Shaw, of Philadelphia, made the trip through these re-opening wilds one of pleasure instead of labor. INCIDENIS ON THE WAY. About four miles and a half from Parkersburg the eyes of the Union lover will be greeted by the sight of the American flag flying from the topmost branch of an apple tree kc the roadside. This flag was the first hoisted in Weet Virginia during the rebellion, and it has been flying ever since with the exception of a brief interval, whea some secessionists tore it down ; but it was immediately re- placed on a still higher branch’ by the loyal lady who first raised it. This lady’s family reside on the furm, and have beon noted as well as hated by the rebels for their staunch loyalty under the most trying circumstances. ‘Six and a half miles from Parkersburg you will, if you ave not in great haste, turn to the right and proceed about a quarter of a to the Mineral wells, which have become quite celebrated in this locality for their medcinal virtues. The place is the Sat a of Went Vir- ginia, and is the resort of many of the fashionables of this and other States. Mr. A. W. Goi the proprietor of the wells, made a large fortune out of West Virginia oi] lands, and invested it in this property. Mr. Bosson, one of bis principal assistants, is from Boston, where his brother is one of the oldest of the newspaper fraternity. At the Ten Mile House (Butch you will obtain a good dinuer, for Mrs. B. is renowned all about for her “ Indian flappers.”” Farther on, at Baker's, you will find Maryland party (from Frederick City) at’ work sinking an oil well, but t! have their wols stuck at a depth of two hundred and forty feet, ELIZABETH. This is the principal, if not the only town you will meet on the route. It is twenty-two miles trom Parkers- burg, and eight (rom Rathbone City, or Burning Springs. Elizabeth has been subject to many vicissitudes during the war, having been visited and despoiled by both par- ties, the bushwhackers and horse thieves doing the most mischief. The principal houge is the Virginia Hotel, form- erly kept by J, Weaver, but now owned by Lanning F. Oakley, late of + nciseo, and Wm. L. Beaumont, of New Jersey, who are go well content with their business and prospects that they have sent for their families to joi them. They have a very clean and snug hotel. Upon-the arrival of a Heratp representative being made kvown, a handsome American flag, which had been witb- drawn on account of @ threatened thunder storm, was tung to the breeze, anrid a salute from heaven’s artillery that inade the earth tremble. Elizabeth is well supplied with lawyers, the California bar being represented. As the business of these oil regions revives the services of the disciples of Blackstone are brought into requieition; but the lawyers who are mi in favor are those who understand the practice of “standing stone.” BURSING OR RATHBONE CITY. After fording the Little Kanawha at Elizabeth, and nearly Josing ali our floating by the height of the stream, a romantic rid rough Burning Springs woods by moots and mm | on board one of our Horseback guards, who had and nearly fell aorta jurning Springs, at ten o'clock at night. It was here J inhaled petroleum since my arrival in ‘me of the Oi! creel the first strong odor of West is poe remindit and Pit- ir any point on Oil creek, byt it was not so powerful as at the United States well and vicinity on Pithole. SOMETHING ABOUT THE REGION AND ITS BARLY OCOUPANTS. ‘The oil ion of Western Virginia was surveyed and entered iv 1; Philip McCall, of bio tenegeg ant Coe pad of General MoCail. Mr. McCall, who was a merchant in Philadelphia, sold it out in various quantities to different parties, who either settled upon it or in turn sold it to other parties. Among the purchasers of the largest tract were the Pettys, a numerous family. The next large parohseer was bir. William P. Rathbone, who emigrated ither from New Jersey about twenty-four years ago. As the name of Rathbone is more intimately associated with the oil regions of West Virginia than any other, a little farther reference to the family may not be unin- \eresting. The elder Rathbone had four sons and three daughters. The sons are named John V., John C., Samuel , and William Van Allen. One daughter married Peter Van Winkle, now representing the State of West Virginia in the United States Senate. Another married Colonel Frost, of Virginia, who sacrificed his life in the cause of his country in the Shenandoah valley. The third married Mr. J. P. Atkinson, a. respected citizen of New York. The widow of Colonel Frost sury.ve., reaid- ing in Parkersburg, and is the only daughter liv)... The Rathbone and Petty tracts amount to about one thousand acres, end comprise the centre of the West Vir- ginia oll region. Rathbone paid from one to fivo dollars per acre for his tract, and his heirs have realiyed splen- did fortunes from it. At the time of his death the prop. erty was not #0 valuable; nor has it been since, owing to the rebellion. In addition to this valuable tract, Rath- bone purchased largely in other places, to the amount of eight or ten thousand acres, Upon the division of the estate the two cidest sons obtained a deed to a part of the lands upon which oil had not been discovered. After its discovery they disposed of Jeases to different partics for from one to two thousand dollars each—altogether Fealizing about 8 million of dollars. The other members of the Rathbone family have handgome fortunes, inde- pendent of their interest in tracts of land as yet unde. veloped. Colonel John C. Rathbone, in company with his nephew, Dr. Atkinson, Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army, are now visiting the region, looking after the family estates, and making preparations to de- velop territory on their own account. The Poitys realized very moderately trom the sale of their lands, perhi not over sixty thousand dollars, which was divided between half a dozen families, Oil was strack about the sume time (in 1860) on both the Petty and Rathbone tracts, About the time of the dis- covery one of the Pettys (John F.) leased his whole in. terest in the olf territory for ten dollars, and subsequent- ly Inecame #0 c! ined at his error that he epent most of hie time cogitating as to the best manner of putting an end to his existence—whether by shooting, drowning, or cutting bis throat. The successful purchasers fin- ally presented bim with sum of twelve thousand dollars as a donation, upon which he is now living near Pojnt Pleasant, Ohio. Another of the family by mar- riage (W. R. Buffin, Who married one of the Petty girls) did better, held on to his ion of the estaic until after the discovery .of oil, and realized some fifty Ail the terPiory north ead south of Burning fpr the terri out rning pope es yon a hundred — aan wie et oi! purposes, former 01 nearly every care, gone 40 tome of the more. fertile lends in the Wentern ten, where they purchased and settled down, like (hose of the Ott creek region, upon large and productive arma, 4+ LITTLE MORE ABOUT THR OPENING OF 18K RRAION. Some time during the fall of 9669 General 8. D. Karnes, from York, visited the country, and, hear. ing of the old aait we in finding it and in I, succ@eded secerlaining whot sryKB there was w@ the Feporie regayd- > At that time the rebel ——— went through the pennire we his command on a and veins the ses prings. was depriving the government ‘out of sheer malice, he buraed all the oil every kind that could be found. amount of oj] stored in tanks and larger quantity in flathoats upon the on fire, and a magatficent sight it was. munieated to the boats heated the oil in barrels the gas por one after another, parted their fast floating ‘out upon the river, burned their way down through the overhanging foliage of giant forest trees, searing and blasting as they went. The-oil, escaping from barrel and boat, spread out upon the water, soon the Kanawha ‘ecame literally a river of fire all the way down to Eliza- ‘beth, a distance of eight miles. Such a calamity co pletely stopped all operatons, and all the horrors of a | border State warfare, ouee inaugurated, raged unchecked until nearly the close ef the war. Atleast no further developments were attempted until a few months ago, Some idea of the productiveness of West —_ oil territory may be obtained from a catalogue of the large wells om the Little Burning Spring ran put down before the war: CATALOGUE OF LARGE WFLIA ON BURNING SPRING RUN BR- YORE THE WAR, ‘There wan, Samm, old Salt well, which attained a roductiveness of y barrels per day; then the J, C. bone flowing well, three hundred; General Karnes’ second well, one hu barrels per day ; well, two thousand; the Weir well, two hundred; Burns or “Eternal Centre” jwell, two thousand; the Hop- kins and Williams well, one hundred and twenty-five barrels; the Shattuck well, three hundred for two years; the Gambrille and Braidon well, one hu: and fifty; the Conolly and Gilfillan well, cighty barrels; the Smith, Trotter & Co., seventy-five; the Mackerson, one hundred and fifty; the ‘one hundred and fifty, for twe years; two Mattingly’s wells, thirty each; the Gracie well, thirty; the Vosbridk and Wilson well, one hundred and twenty-five; the Jones well, three hundred per day, for two years; the McFarland well, four hundred and eighty; the Charles Shi sk well, three hundred; the McCresh, two hun- dred; the Karnes and Rutherford, one hundred and sixty; the Waite, one hundred and ; the Keener well, one hundred and fifty; Gordon and Stiles, one hundred; Gordon and Newcomer, one hundred; McLain well, two hundred; two Van Winkle wells, ome eighty, tne other one hundred and fifty; the Rathbone and Camden, one hundred; the Griffith and Altice, one hundred; the Wetzel, seventy-five; two McFarlane wells, at the upper Burning Spring, one twenty, the other seventy-five; the Harper flowing well, one hui ; the Cochrane ‘well, one hundred; the Washington well, two hundred and fifty, and several smaller ones which in these days would be termed paying wells. ENGINES NOW AT WORK AND WELLS GOING DOWN. There are now abont one hundred engines at work, and the came number of wells going down or in process of boring on the Burning Spring tract. Among the most prominent weils struck at first, as we have mentioned, was the Eternal Centre,-the most famous of all the oii wells in West Virginia. The oil burst forth in immense quantities at a depth of only one hundred and thirty-nine feet, and the well regularly pro- duced for a long time as high as seven hundred to one thousand barrels per day, occasionally two thonsand. It now produces twenty-five barrels per day, and bes been sunk to the depth of three hundred an hty feet. It is owned by the old Burning Spring Oil Company of Philadelphia. The next wells of importance are the Rathbone, Shat- tuck, Ltewellyn, Ware, Washington, Gracie, Gordon, Patterson, McFarland, Waite, McLane, Clouston, Jones, Weitzel, White, Vosbrink, Cozzens, Reed, Hazlitt or Martin, and some others. I nave stated that the Big Llewellyn well flowed two thousand barrels per day when first struck. It could not be collected or barrelled until it redaced to about fourteen hundred. Oil was struck in the Little Llewellyn well about January, 1861, flowed until March, then pumped from three hundred to five hundred barrels per day to December, 1861. In clearing out the well the working parties got some tools fast, and were still trying to get them out when Sam Jones made his raid (June, 1862), and all business was of course suspended. The last da} it was pumped it produced five hundred and forty barrels in six working hours. There is oil now in it at the depth of forty feet, and from ten to fifteen barrels obtained per day. General Herman Biggs, fermerly quartermaster at Fortress Monroe, has just made a visit to Burning Spring to look after the Llewellyn well and other inte- rests of the company of which he is president. ‘The Rathbone, the second well bored, is still flowing at long intervals, and produces perhaps two ‘barrels per day. Oil was obtained in this well at the depth of one hundred and forty feet; but this well, like all the old wells, will have to be sunk deeper. The Cozzens well is the newest well at Burning Spring. 1t has been sunk four hundred feet, and pro- duces abont seventy barrels per day. Mr. Cozzens seems to be a hard working and judustrious man, and truthful withal, When he says that his well produces seventy- five or eighty barrels he doubtless comes pretty near the truth. If you don’t credit him, look at his well and his tank. Ag the Cozzens well will probably be the centre of the new developments at Burning Spring, I have been thus particular in referring to the veracity of the owner, The Hazlitt or Martin is near the Cozzens well, and produces about fifty barrels. The Reed well ix also a new well, Coazens, and producing about thirty barrels, It beiongs to the Burnings Spring and Robb Farm Oil Company. Mr Reed informs me that he will immediately put down in his well one of Carver's double action pumps, an agent of those pumps having just arrived at Burning Spring. Reed is a lucky,name for an oil well. The Jones and Clouston weil produces twenty-five 8. Another, belonging to the Wirt County Oil Company, produces from thirty to forty barrels, Other wells mentioned are producing, when worked at all, from five to ten barrels. All the new wells have been sunk within a space of three or four weeks, and arg all bored at a greater depth than formerly, with satisfactory results. None of these wells are yet down to the third sand rock. When that is reached larger and better yields are expected. ‘The Salt Lick Oil Company of New York city and Pittsfield, Mass., are sinking a well one hundred and fifty yards from the Cozzens well. It is now three hundred and twenty-five feet deep. The work has been 2 little delayed on agcount of the drilling apparatus getting out of order. Another well, to be workea by the same en- gine, is going down near by. Mr. Rose, of Pleasant Val- ley, N. Y., superintends the operations of thig company. ‘A New York party has just bought two parcels of land, fifty and sixty acres each, one of which lies,immediately in the rear of the Eternal Centre, and a short distance from the Cozzens well. Mr. James M. Currier, of Parkers- burg, is the purchaser for these New Yorkers. If proxi- ‘mity to good producing wells be any criterion, this land must prove of much value as oil territory. Most of the wells I have mentioned are located on a little stream called Burnt and a half in he ig I think-[ may hazard the that, for its length, it has furnished mere large wells than any other stream in the country. WHAT THE LAND IS BELLING Spring ruv, only one mile i ion lucing is selling at one thousand dollars per acre. A farm of sefamen tie deca hays is al an oil te bat a great deal of it # undev Oil is sold ot the wells at Burning Spring, in ordinary 80) at Burnin, ordi times, at $6 50 to $7 per barrel. Ie ie stexmmed 4 to pete gy ing the water is at a proper stage, cost of $1 26 per barrel. Ithas been taken as low a: fifty © per barrel. There are probably two thousand barrels on hand or on flatboat, submet or covered by boughs, on the river. Three steamers ply between Rath- bone City (or ages Spring) and Parkersburg during the season—viz, the Eglantine, the Argo and Thom} When slack water navigation on the Little Kanat is perfected, arrangements for which are in progress, the transportation of oi! and other merchandise will be much facilitated. RATHBONE CITY ited on the Little Kenawha river, thirty miles by thirty-nine by water from Parkersburg. It con- tains, within a space of two miles square, a population of about two thousand. Mechanics got $3 to $5 per day, Jaborers on the road $2 50. Board isto be had at from $5 to $7 per week. Retail prices at Rathbone City—Beef, mean kind, 12}¢c. a 15c. per Ib.; pork, none in market; flour, $15 per bbl. ; corn, $1 50 per bushel; butter, lubri- 45c. to 60c.’ About $5,000 has recently been ex- on the improvement of the roads between Rath- y and Elizabeth. The money was raised by sub- scription from parties interested in oil, It contains two hotels—one the Pierpont, kept by Mr. J. C. Johnson, and the other, which was formerly known as the Union, but is now styled the Shaw House, kept by a firm named Pyg There are several other houser—the Chicago, for instance, and numerous primitive boarding houses on stilts, The Pierpont is the nearest and most frequented hotel. Charges three dollars per day. Good tables. It is located near the best wells and hard by the only STRAM SAW MILE in the region, that of Stedman, Gill & Co. a party of young Massachusetts boys, some of whom have been tn the war and know how to rough it. As thie saw mill is one of the features of the locality a little more about it may not be out of place, It has been going about two months, and saws about six thourand feet per day. Oak and poplar are the staple timber, with hickory and ash for special purposes. Forty dollars per thousand is the rate. The business is thriving, and all the young men interested work with creditable zeal. One of them— Mr. J.T. Wilson, of hton (formerly in Burlingame’s hotel there)—had both legs accidentally broken a short time since; but an army surgeon being fortunately on band the limbs were set, and Mr. Wilson is now doing well. A raft or flat is being prepared to float Mr. Wilson down the Kanawha to Parkers! LA tee to bis m ys departure homeward. The saw have erected 4 commodious ran two stories high, and an open attic It is all open as aie no windows having been placed in the structure, The principal bou- doir is ornamented with a banjo, an ori; fox’tail and a bottle of the tincture of native yellow root, dug up in the rear of the ranche. Tho boys aro allowed to stroke the fox tail once a week to remind them of the silken tresses of their sweethearts at home, and the banjo in the evening resonnda through the woods as an secompani- ment to the song:— id sins Sacha, ramp, tramp, tramp, my bdys, we’re mi ing, &e. Rathbone City in seat of churches—-the policy’ *wf ite earlier settlers having probably becu im the Hines of one of ite earliest poets, a member of the Dry Well Club :— jow, sons of Lazarus, gather round, dea sink yont wells deep in the ground; Bend on your ropes and sharp your bitn, 14 give this liquid Ophir fits, Come, all Jame ducks, the fan's begun, But don't lay eggs on Nettle run; Vor if you de you'll all get flece The Diy Well Dlab have got it leased. Alibough thpre are po churghes ip Rathbone City, in- situated near the | ‘Tract Company of New York hold the fee of # majority of this oil territory. Next to this company, in regard to and wanes Bae, is the old Seen ing Company, of Philadelp! ‘This company, Ww’ 34 Wirt County Oil Company and the Wirt County Burning Spring and Standing Company, whic! are controlled pretty much by the same ‘are very Dnsily engaged in developing the territory at this point. It is asserted that they are spending more money than all the other companies put together, Other interests are owned by individuals or smaller associations, who are putting down one or two wells each. Goin, gaihibone City. south, 1c is best to from Rathbone City sou! is on icine ft Trat en did United Basten iroopest wits the ominous ‘C”—condemned—branded on his tore- shoulder. His name was “Gossamer,” and a true beast he proved, tor he carried me safely all through the precipitous ravines and turbulent streams to be encount- ered on the way. ‘The first farm you strike after iouring, Rathbone City ix the John F. Petty, on which you will find five wells ing down. ‘The work of development is ing foes, with P monk Wy oe ir. feag th bese ington City, formerly of yuisiana, OWNS 0} walls which has bea, sunk about two hundred and fifty feet. ‘The next point of interest 1s the upper end of the James Petty farm, of fifty acres, owned by the Dividend ‘Oil Papvory ‘of New York, ‘One. well going down and work steadily progressing, ‘The next 18 what is palled the Phillips and Hon- chin farm of one hu acres. The tand lies mostly along the river, is undeve except for farming pur- poses, the soil being well ted for agriculture as well as being well situated for oil purposes. It is principally owned Ne Pa., y the Phillips Brothers, of Newoast'e, Pa., who have in all some three miles of territory Tying dn the Little ‘Kanawha, and a short distance back. Lying back of this is what is known as the Burner farm, or Badgely tract, of one hundred and forty-five acres, a eter — sd a, if they may 80 of Burning run, Simpgpn’s run, Little Two run, and other maces are Ricovered: ‘The tract is owned by Mr, McFarland, of Parkersburg, who has amassed a considerable fortune in oil land spec- ulations. He is one of two or three brothers who operate in land in different parts of the country. The indica- tions on this property are more ing than at any other I have yet met outside of Burning Spring. Oil springs are to be found. ‘We next reach Buell farm, of two hundred and fifty acres, where we find the property of Mr. Eastman, of Manchester, New ire, and Mr. J. G. Shaw, of Philadelphia, with six wells ready to be put d and one just commenced in a ravine at the mouth of Mill, or what is now called Douglas creek—named after parties interested in New York. Mr. Varian, of New Yor! superintends the putting up of the works, and expresses much satisfaction at the condition in which the tools and machinery for the business were received on the ground. PUNCHING FOR Om. Ashort distance from this point one of our compapy slighted from his horse, and, calling my attention to what he was about to do, took a sticl ed it into a soft, springy spot.’ In less than a minute he with- drew the stick, and oil and gas followed it, clothing the pools of water around with the bright, prismatic hues of petroleum. This farm is owned principally by a New York pomnens he Dividend, I believe—who have a development fund of fifty thousand dollars, which will be expended for that purpose on this land. SHAW CITY. Passing on through the Buell farm we come toa point which forms the junction of the West Fork with the Little Kanawha, where we find a echoolhouse, and « be 4 eligible site foratown. The land is high and lies at the junction of two considerable streams, like, on a miniature scale, the battery end of New York city. The Douglas boebipined at New York, and Mr. Shaw, of Phila- delphia, are making preparations to erect a sawmill, machine shop, store, &e., at this point, and ax the tend oncy of the oif interest is now farther up in the interior ‘than hitherto, ering up the West Fork and its tribu- taries, and the Littke Kanawha and its tributaries, the enterprise is likely to meet with success, The new town to be laid out on this site is to be called ‘‘Shaw City,” after one of the most untiring and public spirited citi- zene in these regions, 4 YOUNG OTL MONTESQUIED. We next come to the Depue fai where we find a very buxom, and hospitable old es at the spin- ning wheel, who invites us to partake mente from the old iron-bound bucket, as well as her lar. der. The Depues are of French descent, The head of the family emigrated from France to the State of New Jersey, and thence to West Virginia, many ycars The present elder Depue, who was born in Green! county, Virginia, came in from sheep-shearing as were Tonching, aud was quite talkative. He said farmers thereabout had stopped raising grain and were now spending the money boo received for their lands from the oil speculators. ir. Depue receives thirty- ‘three thousand dollars tor his farm. He hasa son ten Nears old, who isa natural orator and philosopher—a ee oil Monterquien. He was educated at the rd bead West Point, but West Fork), where a daughter of ¢ Depue teaches the young idea ese. Depue bas « wonderful faculty for eloeution. He p Btray stamps and pennies by reciting pieces at ry stores aud other places, What a queer position for # scion of the house of the philosopher Montesquieu! But he is an oil philosopher, although of a miniature pattern, and the claesic stores of ancient ‘Grease’? ought ‘to be at His fingers’ ends. His title to “‘royalty”’ is beyond question; but from present appearance he will be satis- with the successorship to the “Dewdrop inn.” I observed in passing that the schoo! referred to was quite full of children, of both sexes, and that everything was quite neat and orderly. Madame Depue is very happy at owed mts. There is no wonder ber son isa wit and x genius. ‘Yor or Wier FORK. All the way up from the mouth of West Fork for a distance of ten miles the surface indications of oi) are apparent. How much farther they extend I am not per- sonally cognizant, for I was already satisfied with my day’s peregrinations, and we were svon afterwards on our way back to Oi] Town, Burning Spring,or Rathbone City— as it is indifferently called, the latter being thre proper post office designation. WHAT SfOULD BE REMEMBERED. In forming an estimate of the condition of affairs in the oil regions of West Vircinia it should be borne in mind that the business has only been revived for the space of some four mouths, or since the surrender of Lee, During the war nearly the whole country wasin the hands of guerillas or under continual apprebensions of more matic raids from the regular Confederate troops. But it will not be a long time before the count is restored to its ordinary repose, and the work of devei- ment be continued as heretofore. Tn the revival has already commenced, and is exhibiting itself on every hand in the immediate vicinity of Burning Spring run, and expanding iteelf into more remote localities. CLangasonc, Harrison County, West Va, August 7, 1865. I will tarry bere a whileand recall some of the in- cidents that have occurred since 1 left Parkersburg. Eaton’s tunnel, a few miles from Parkersburg, being somewhat damaged, passengers bad an opportunity to walk over the hil) and refresh themeelves by a four hours’ rest at Kelly's store, where everything could be bad except what was wanted. A lady, occapying a log house, cald she would give me something to eat if 1 would acknowledge myself to bea rebel (she bad two sons in the Usion army). When wid there were no rebels now sbe graciously consented to furnish meals for half a dozen, leaving a score or more out in the cold, among them a half millionaire, of New York, who was out in West Virginia “punching around.” I took this opportanity of learning that, in this neighborhood, on the line of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, there sve some fifty oil wells going down. Mr. William’ Shirtz, New Benes, Beaver county, Pa., has a lease aloueside of the West ‘Virginia and New York Petroleum Com- pany, at the bead of whom is Mr. Mendenhall No oil has been obtained here, ax, according to the theory of some, the territory is out of the oil belt, At Petroleum, on the line of the same road, » number of wells are down. A Mr. Hanlin has fifteen wells sunk, fourteen worked by one engine—a novel sight. Mr. A. bas cleared $280,000 for his company, most of the oil being bought by the railroad company! On Oil run litte stream that pute into Goose creek at This place there are wells that have been in operation for four Fe and new ones are constantly going down. A ton rel well was lately struck here, and still later a fitty barrel one. At Ellenboro there is a good deal of rich oil territory, nearly oll of which is in the hands of +pecutators, with occasional shows of industry in the sinking of 'wetle, Oil property here is held no bigh as before the war. On Ten Mile run there is aleo good on property Any one having such to sell c eur of viy purchagers in Parkersburg. At the California House, on Hughes river, i a welt | that bas flowed for four years, and continues to drop out about a barrel aday Another well, recentiy put down by the Canandaigua Company, is doing quite well, yield: ing about thirty barrels per day. At Horse Nock, before the war, several large yieh wells were obtained, some as high as five buudred rele. works, like others, were rly operations have been resumed, with some su Recently good wells bave been struck in The deepest of these wells is about five hunared and fifty fect. The sinking of wells Velow the ustial depth is atteyded’ with the danger of their caving in. Several of these instances hi curred. In that event the wells have to be cased with sheet iron 1 ead in apetions of twelve to twelve and a half feet. Hs pipe ‘or case costs halfa dollar per foot, and if made he right size five hundred feet can be ea in twenty hours. Many of the wells now ig sunk will be cased in this manne! very good precaution. In fact, all over the country I find improve. ments introduced in Ly ay to obtaining oil, the greatest difficulty appearing to be to get at the oil itself, Of, 18 CLARKBHURG, AS thy special business at this time is of) and oj! terri. tory, I will not stop to inquire anything about the coal wines of Clarksburg, nor to the interesiing gue- Hilla gostip of wy hospitable Dr. §. J. Chilson, of | he event ‘fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, surgeon in cbarge at port. ‘Thie old town ie situated on the west fork of the Mo- ongahela river, one of the man tributaries of the Ohio, at Pittsburg. Itneeme to be attracting the a large number of oil men. Going up the ietance of fifteen to twenty miles you will And we en busy im Cometracting derricke on almost overy Ong company, eyupospd of New Yorkers ATA aH I Hrs FH tll Pa At H i ff i E Fi rt , along the 5 ‘veins ous coal. Several other companies fuer, or bitumin operations, mostly upon Eastero Gapital, One old salt for four | well, having been plugged up for gout fifteen years, be- longing toa Mr. Hoffman, locatr 4 jm the village, was sold to a company a short time sin’ ¢ “phey commenced bor- ing it out, and when down © ou two hundred and fifty feet struck oil in large 4° giotities, They immediately it up again, and ape the torsitary 20 BOW malt te Be Moving ang Fea altho terry The ol esa to bo of with all the “said tod ity, welch is genaraly the case . ‘About new oil wells. Another Company has secure’ , rwelve hundred acres on the tribu- taries of the west! ork of the Monongahela, and are now making TM’ sis to send out engines and machiner: and commence perations immediately, Private indi- viduals, I bear | are more concerned in these movements in thie direct} of than corporate bodies. hi EXTRAORDINARY MINERAL DEPOSIT. On the oute to Clarksburg you may, if you wish to examine ‘one of the scientilic wonder of this region, ‘stop at‘ ‘aira, Ritchie county, to examine what is known as the, vertical bitumen lode, Geologists cull it solid erys' alized Retroloum, or mineral oll, ‘This lode) is sitvated on MoFarland’s run, a small tributary of the Seath fork of Hughes river, about eight miles from Cairo ‘gtation, or about twenty-miles southeast from Parkers- burg. The mineral has been traced one a half mile in a lige running south seventy-six degrees east. The lode is nearly five feet wide, Nes between two horizontal ‘ellow sandstone rocks. It is without the least trace of purity, and is divided into distinct parts by an irregu- dar vertical joint, or one portion of it being fibrous ‘and the other The mountains on the two sides “of McFarland’s ran rise with s ~gradual slope about four hundred feet high, und the fissure in which the minera! is deposited extends bo through them, to within from five to eight feet of the top surface. course there aré numerous theo- ries broached to account for the production of so remark- ables minerul deposit, but the most reasonable one ap- Pears tobe that it is the result of the gradual oxidation of liquid loum that has been forced up and injected into this fissure by some violent convulsion of nature. GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF THE COUNTRY. In to the geological formation of the West Vir- ginia oi beta dl the following are the conclusions.of a "eee cai ai cata is of which i > diately underli ii. coal qoeaenten as far down as the Devonian shales indicate territory favorable to the pres- ence of petroleum. Thats broken surface, consisting of sharp hills and ravines, abounding in fractures and moderate upheaval of are favorable indications of petroleum collected in reservoirs, Third—That the inflammable gas which issues from such situations of strata is the vapor of petroleum (a carbon- ized Rediogen, of the nature of benzine), and indicates ite accumulated presence in reservoirs not far distant. ‘The miners significantly call it ‘the breath of oil,” but it has lost its strong ordor by distillations through the earth and waters. FP ‘That oi) springs, or surface oil, is petroleum itself, present in the external strata, But experience has shown that copious flowing wells are even less proba- ble in the immediate neighborhood of flowing springs than at considerable distance away, as if the fountains, by long flowing, were already near exhaustion. ‘Fijth—That the oil, whatever be is origin, actually abounds in the lower strata of the carboniferous rocks and the upper strata of the Devonian. Appa- rently, on Oilcreek, the wells descending three hundred to five hundred feet reach the latter rock, while in Wirt county the wells descending one hundred feet to two hundred and fifty feet ecarcely penetrate to the lower depth of the former, Sizth—That what is called ‘orable territory” is no Jonger to be confined to the bottoms or margins of streams, but may include also the hillsides, Bautmors, August 7, 1866. HOME AGAIN, To-day I reached the Monumental City, after a tour of four weeks through the ofl regions of Western Pennsyl- vania and West Virginia And I must here state that the best avenue of approach from the eastward to the latter 1 by way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which has, after all the vicissitudes of the war, become again solidly established as one of the main arteries or communteation between the great East and the great ‘est. RESULT?. ‘I believe it to be only necessary for a person to make the tour I bave to be satisfled that, whatever may be the ‘operations of stocl on the petroleum exehanges in New York and where,,or whatever may have been the rascalities of swindlers and bogus operators in oi! all over the country, the petroleum intercat is still one of great magnitude aod importance. To say that it is “played out’? is ridiculousiy erroheous. If there has boen a falling of in the product on Oil creck, the yield ere is still a source of immense wealth, What may have been lost on that hitherto grand oil centre is recovered three-fold by the develop- ments on Pithole creek and the adjacent territory. What has been lost during the rebellion m West Virginia is being rapidly recovered through the indomitable ener- gies und the ample fortunes of Eastern and Western capitalists, The interest has suffered iA flood, fire, tornado, worse than ail, by ba@ legislation in Congress. Those who did not avail themselves of the advice given in these columns last year to beware of bogus companics huve aufured. Thoe who have made judicious investments, as a general thing, have had no more cause to complain than if they had risked their money in ventures in California or China, or in bread- stuf or provisions, or i the regular stocks of the stock boards. Speculation in all things and at all times is hazardous, A little oil isa dangerous thing; sink deep or do not sink at all. THE JENKINS DEFALCATION CASE. Recovery of More Property from Cy. prians—An Inmate of a Crosby Street Bagnio Gives Up # Diamond Cluster Ring, Worth $840—How the Defaulter Spent His Il-Gotten Gains—The People of Newark and the Late James H. Earle, de. When a man once’ descends to the level of the aban- doned women of the town, by becoming in any manner associated with them, he is not long in descending to still further depths, and, while the infatuation lasts, may commit almost any crime to enable bim to pander to the depraved taster of bis quondam companions and the appetite he finds growing upon him. In the case of Jeukins, arrested for embezzling the large sum of $300,000 from the Phenix Bank of this city, this dis. position bas been more than csually well illustrated. He first robbed—perbaps to protect himeelf from the importanities of # fair but frail woman whom he had met ata concert saloon, When the ice had once been fairly broken he continued to steal to supply his new made acquaintances with money, and to enable him to ‘wallow in the moral filth he bad once abborred. ‘Jt os stated that Jenkins was « well known Aabitué of such places as Madame Bell’s, on Crosby etreet, and that he was bailed by the female inmates as their best and most profitable visitor; for be always bad bis pockets well supplied with money. While he was spending his employers’ funds aud bis own time in this way, this man, leading tbus a kind of double existence, was looked upon by some persone, who thought they knew bim quite in- timately, at a very slow coach, and the very opposite of what is sometimes denominated a ‘fast mau.” The offi- cers of the bank say that they always supposed him to be # quict, orderly, sedate and very prosy individual. But they did not know how to read ihe secret volume of his inner life. They had not the “open sesame” to the whited sepulchre. But the “pretty waiter girls’ and the frail inmates of various houses of evil repute to different portions of the city did that key, and it would appear that they used it quite as industriously and with almost as good results as did that character in the Arn- bien tales, who, by prouoancing the cabalistic word, was enabled to rob the forty thieves of their secreted trea- sure. A city detective officer, on Friday night last, succeeded in tracing out a girl by the name of ‘Rosa Allen, an in- mate of Madame Bell's upderground establishment in Crosby «treet, upon whom it was said the prisoner Jen- kina had been in the habit of lavishing some of his favors, and, making bimeself known, ones charged her with having in ber possession « costly diamond ving which ehe had received from the alleged embezzler. At first the girl boldly denied ever having had any presents Jrom Jenkins; but after some eonversation the officer revailed upon her to yield up the ring, of which he had positive information, which she did with a remark- ably good grace, b #ame time a bill of sale of the , from Messrs. Tiffany & Co., dated on the 28th of June last, showing that, in the Lame of Miss Allen, Jenk! had paid: eight hundred and forty dollars for it. The ring is a fine cinster, diamond, and perhaps worth all be disbursed for it. After pro 4 the costly bauble Miss Allen further unboromed , aud confessed that Jenkins had frequently made her presents of Inrge sums ip currency, at one time as as five hundred dollat It 1s more thao probable n that kind of fancy stocks ton, TAR SUICIDE OF MR, EARLE. iFrom the Newark Advertiser, August 12.) A large portion of our community were rtartied last ingat the astounding news of the implication of Mr. James ft Earle, of this city, in the defalcation of the Phenix Bank, New York, and his suicide while in rivon—a full account of which is given cleewhere, Thi igh nie whieh be had ie borue and his iment hie had commanded for him the respect of a jarge circle of friends, who deeply lament his shocking fate. Mr, Eagle was a native of Blizabeth, about thirty.one years of ae, end lived with bis mother-in-law at 60 Halsey street. He was about five feet tive inches high, with flowing beard, and gentlemanly maonera. He wae a member of the second Lae tone church, and very regular in bis at- tendance at sanctnary. Hie style of living here was not wpueually extravagant (beyond the owning of a * horse), And his taxable income last year was only thoneand five hundred and thirty-ninesdoliars. Mr. Earle leaves one child, @ boy about six years of age, who ‘is af present With reiatives in Monmouth cownty. His pie about @ year since—having been found dead in or bed. Mr. Karle war morbidly sensitive as to the opinion of the world, and, beivg connected with some of the most respectable families in the State, it is bolieved he pre. ferred death to diegrace, Hie remaing will be brought ty thip pity op Monday eng iakey to Klisaveth for burial Pd TROY VS. WILLOW—THE LAST MATCH OF vat SPRIBS, On Saturday night the Rensselaer Chub, of Troy, ne turned home after five days sojourn in the metropolis ‘and its vicinity, and they left pretty well used up with their week's play. They took with them three trophiet won out of five matches played—the Manhattan Clul | being the only club thui defeated them, the Trojans being successful against te St. George, New York and Willow clubs, and also avinst the Union Club, of New. ark, according to the Troy account, for they say it wat one day’s play only, and as their score mane highess © in the first ini i; course won the hy Te wus dpsciully scccod npou, that it should be. one day’s play, they do uot win, because a game is ak i Rove freuen ‘to be played out ‘unless one day’s play’ is- entioned, The Trojans, i ve which the | five gation mete decided, “csmed a tol OF Cov rane, to! | | 477 by their adveysaries.’ iu the five games a onjy twenty-two byes are cnarged to the ‘Trey long stop- ping, and but one wide to ‘oe0, who ted & ad 27; Giel ’ 24; Oakley, 28; Peerless, 40, and Wright, 2. In the match on Saturday with the Pd Trojans went first to tio bat, and though Crogsley,, the professional of the ciub. was one of the bowlers,. they ran up the score of 63, of which Byron made 21, and Craw Corps 14 each. Byron took Winn’s place, he having to leave wn Friday, ‘The Willows then put out in good siyie for 48, Wright’s 24 be! the best score, and as the game was not comm until twelve o'élook there was uot time enough to, play. the match out. In the second innit of the Wi they scored 118, but before they could put out the eleven again the time for’ drawing the arri the victory remaining with the Troy eleven the score. of the first innings. A feature of the week’s games has been the capital management of these matches by the Troy players. ‘The trath of the old seying that “halt the vietory laya in the managetment of @ match” was: fully shown in this instance. dl Ball. THE GRAND MATCH TO-DAY. Should the weather be fair there will be fully as large: ‘a gathering of spectators at the grand contest to-day on the Capitoline Ball Grounds, Bedford, to witness the: trial of skill between the Mutual and Atlantic Clubs, as: there was at Hoboken last week. The game will com- mance st alt peek oxy 3 M. precisely, previous to hich ir. Bergen, tl rooklyn pl er, w! a picture of the two nines in position, Beats ‘will be specially reserved for ladies, both on the covered plat- forms and at the club rooms. Died. YeaMans.—On Saturday, August 12, Martna eldest daughter of G. W. H. and Martha J. Yeamans,, aged 17 years and 6 months. , In the sweet spring of her day, Must we give her to the lowly clay, ° From our tear-dimmed eyes aw: How we have loved her none can tell ; ‘They who have loved, like us as well \ Loved and lost, atone can tell. Her friends and acquaintances, and those of the fa- mily, are respectfully inyited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her parents, 159 East Thirty-tirst street, on Tuesday afternoon, at one o'clock, without further notice. {For other Deaths see Third Page. SHIPPING NEWS, ALMAMAG TOR NEW yoRE—rut8, DAY. | Moow nisgs’... we 11 5 GR WATER. 20 Port of New August 13, 1865, ARRIVED. US steamer Huntsville, Philadelphia, Steamship Varuna, Whitehurst, cavannab 10th set, with: ise and passengers, to Livingston, Fox & Co. Steamship Constitution, Greenman, Savannah Aug 9, with mdse and passengers, to Wakeman, Gookin & Dickinson. Steamship Alleghany, Flugz, Baltimore, 48 hours, with: mdse and and passongers, to Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. "12th inst, off Cape Henry, saw snip BS Kimball from Baltt- Ship Adele (Belgian), ch Shields, 54 days, with coal, 8 5 |, Clausen, Shields, to Win Schintatte Bonn Vind light’ winds aud’ colme the: whole . Shij yodhurst (of Liverpool), Graham, Bor! 181 days, (rie Peraainbuco July Eee Masoods we: to Napler ae elstord, Brem bark Marie, Meyer. Bremen, 6& days, with mdaq go me sae Hormen. Kooy Oo — water of 1 iantucket, exchanged signais with a whale ship showing @ red, white and blue ewalfow. tall sigan) ateeeing SE ‘Brig Elizabeth (Ham), Schuldt, Ciudad Bolivar, July 34, with hides, &c, to Moller & Tuebaud. Passed Hanoverian sehr Herman, from Hamburg for Augostina, Brig A T Patiernon (of Ti), Pike, Porto Cabello, 4 tary with coffee, &o, to Daliett & Bliss.” 7th inst, lat 3240, lon 40, spoke steamship Kmily B Souder, from'St Thomas for Ne ia aie Ja, 30 days, with Daxoboo, to- ima, Staith, Kingston, Ja, 2, wi Henry DeCordova & C Schr Restiess (of ly), Webber, Palermo June. | ed Gibralter July 2, with fruit, to Chamberlain, Phe! Schr Bertha Hendrika (Dutely). Kicin, Rio Gi os with hides, to Pupek, M: Wendt. Schr Fanny Keating, RB) Lingan, 10 days. Schr Johanna Ward, Ward, Bayport, Fla, 20 days, with ce~ master. Schr Hattie Baker, Burgess, Savannah, with cotton, to @ LCalby & Ce dar, to 0, Sehr Fleetwing, Hand, Geo'fetown, NC, 8 days. Pro nee. bP Sehr Minnie Cobb, . Schr Gloucester, Schr Joseph Hall, Bark Webfoot, 100 days from Chincha Talande, ark Nou} |, Spoken on the b Boston. Brig Batchelor, from Ports Kico. Rrig Emily Fisher, Corning, trom Cow Bay. US sehr Chambers, from Port Royal. Wind at sunset SSW, lignt. Sur ‘ ule, fFomm St John. NB, Oth inst for Liv Was wrecked on the 8th, on Seal Island Rocks. The Q of I registered 1044 tous, built at New Bruns wick in 1869, and hailed frorm Liverpool. Brio 8 Ciavsen (Norw), from Liverpool, at Baltimore lth. inst, experienced heavy weather, and was obliged wo throw: overboard part of cargo of pig tro1 Scur NiGutivGace, which has been ashore at Orient for four or five weeks past, was got off on 7thJinat; she has suse tained no injury beside losing a portion of the shoving of her Somm CHARtes Coormr, Snow, bound for Dighton, Mase, with pig iron, while gowg throug Hell Gate, went’ ashore ‘on Hogs Back, where she now lies full of water, Stoor PLaxter, Williams, bound for Sag — - = load of bone dust, while going throagh Hurl Gate, on Hallet's Poivt and upset, Capt DeWitt C Ross, of Centre Moriches, has voughe sisor "ymin Denniton, of New Haven Ot, ant the wi hereafter hall from the former port under’ eommand of Capt 6. Whe Foreign Ports. Cropa Boyar, July 24—In port, Brem brig Guyana, fev - New Y Payal, Logi—to pert brig Se» Foam, —. (PER STEAMSHIP MOKAVIAN AT FATRER. al Roe ACM RE Se se haat ba iautle ox Bisara Porm: 38in Gest + 20th, Gest Weather Forces do Satis, Baro Daniel Aug 1, off Ca) \ Donham; fa the il: Hheuzzio end ms Bristol; A\ ihe. arr tion Philedelphin rr javen. Sid for New York July 2% Frank Lorat, from Cardiff, Sid for Mobile Aug 1. Wm Vale. from tucenstown, Ship Guiding Star, from Shields for New York, Pt into Queenstown 2th ult, leaks. Ship Eastern Star, do for do, put buck on the 30th, leal been ashore, (Latest via Londonderry.) Arr from New York, South Goston, Leowiek, Daniel Web- ster, and Atlanta, at De Wilberfores, at Bremen. Am m Porte. BOSTON, Aug 12, AN— Capt Waike. Jurenstown dron, NYork; bark 5 ry hie. brig Jennie Cogtiman. ivr Kewanee, NYork; steamer vall, Oloufwegou: brig Poster, C do; bark Augus Phitadetphin.. 18 GREENIORT. Aug 6—\n_ sire Amelia, Beebo, Philadel hia (and sid 10th for ‘cooks, Brooks, do (and fia ith for -——). ‘sid ioe lr Traasit, Welden, NY¥¢ ‘ } HARTFORD. Aug 9—Arr schim Ripple, Johnson; MeShain, Rovertson, and Jayes Diverty, roll Pada oop Emnily Hayden, SYork. Sit iOth, “aches er, Vib A ‘Hayden, Smith, and Mi ut ner. Fxork A der, Boyle, Philadelphia; ih, ‘a clin, Kelsey, : OntENT, Li” Aug 6—Arr sehr CL Bayles, Vroman, Dele ware City, PORT ROYAL, July 28—Arr schrs Charles W Holt, ott, Elizabethport, 30th, brig Wr H Bickmo ‘tagcat delphia; schr R Sawyer. Be peat a, fieias, NYork 3, ect Albers op, Vas er, 0, Bth, jen hr Yorktown, W. Boke ¥ i sehr Yorkiow .NYork. wi tent atn * hehe Gtmtane vm ickmore, oin vl erett, Booth, aut Bertha, Halley, Priot's Distenford, and ‘neusntress, 'Biatehford, Sid 27th, bark ison, Harmon, York; echi Alls: i'd ea Rana Wing, sepa Os We ame, Lyman. do; étb bark Anni clit spo RTLAND, ape rena Fa Worth (or Nore steamer Franono , Sherwood, New York, rig Win Ht Parks, RICHMOND, 1—Arr steamers Al Bourne, and Creale, Thompeba, NYork, schr Jown A ‘Pouler,, “ork. BAVANNAH, Ang 6=Arr brig A B Cook, a al. "Below sche AME eASTide Sand Muckantroas, from Bik: vorhcAte steamers Varuna, Whitehurst, amd Chase, Rod Fe Nore: camer Nevada, Carpenter, NYork; eebr Henry: astof Ibro, LT ie Segnigae D5.» a PRTIFICIAL HUMAN EYES MADE“ TO PAR Re .F. BALCH & P. GOUG! 4 Pk fg NAR Re a Ag way, N. 4 ALLET MASTER DUMARS PRIVATE DANCING Joa eeteady. Deu Pomp, Hedowa, Waits apa oy Danead sonaevery day. Deu a, Wa : aug perigelv ju 61x urivese lespons,