The Sun (New York) Newspaper, January 21, 1865, Page 4

« - Ne a ee eee (Condnaed from the first page.* ed wars perfet annint ur of much sample all. ments we rheumatan and asthma —being equally whom tn eaterpal and internal appleations, This yom atull won Mionply er ite petroleun, ep! that 4 wan cekidated to “either kill or cure,"* when taken interaally, noboty will mow deny, The apparendy mexhaumtible supply of the oil at Jer ot atten ted the ateestian of sxeaulic mem, ood fu IMS ts propertion and uses became more gener- al “A few barrels of the erado o'! re telto Fag wl, where lt was partially + Aas ike Conmmerial Ropertance began to be wndersvood, Yauee eateepreo having been at- trasted be the madieut, the naturel remile followed, A tetlod of refining wae hovested, the iduainat- tug and lubriettin ys veces of petroleum were discov: ered, aod the ron stroll comomenced, TAY CRRECIION OF BOMAR@ PLANS f off beds having brow clever. Youkee enterprise having been «t- tracted thereto, the ext queestion that uaturaly arome how to determine where ty eink a wel); for it won dacovercd that there was something of a ‘ottery la etmking od Gieologivis and cter ecientific men, whe emntarked in theod trade, car ried out their theories in thia respect, but were not alwaceanceeail, Toe larger clans who flocket t the OW Dorada, bowevwer, bad wo iaith in geolovy, Ond acoonmlinuly “ore at randemn Btitious class, who ara peuerally the majority, re- Led, and mii Bard inen where dey r oil me: Dy meansofalitle stick, su this manuert They cut @ trisngelar of hasel, hold twe of the prongs tightly io the banda o@ walk losty ateout la th wity of where is is de- wired & aiik the well, Whon ther come directly over the proper spotfor borin, the “witeh hazel" turusin the hands, despite their power tw bold Mt, end the third prom points downward tr word the spot fr bering The old settiers of the country almost invariably eraployed *witah kaze!" wen to Jetermame goul localities for digg rer water welts “that wouhin'’t go dey.’ [t tnay be m- marked, however, thatat all sins are aad! to Gil in ary weather, the prophecies of the * witch Lael" tuen fail when they deu't fied vil The wore Beusible wauuer of eboosximg localities far oil wella {a to bore where the geological formation wlke that where good wells bave been fowl! At Lost «ok- joy oll wee ie wlottery—if a an etande one chance (u twenty of crawing a prize, be is lucky. ware retiae The existepee « mined an! The eiper- rely upon the usraculous “witch maon profeds to tell precisely ite of water, sali « be feund, Thess twig ‘\e th. manner HOW OF WELLS alr bi The procers of A derrick, sting of four upricLt tersbers pla @d ten or twelve feet apart aud fustened together Dy cross piecos ia erceted directly over the spot poected for This de k ia uscea ly from forty to wxty foes high, aud is wring au ol) well ia very situple ow boring uate very stable in erderte suyportthe borwg machinery, A steam enyine of si or eiyht horse power ie now used for the werk of drilliu., alibengh many welle of not very great depth have teem bored by hand An irop pipe, about ait inches $o dint eter, is fret driven down & the first stratwm of rook, Wh reth'a te found wt a coussiern distance from the surface, the Ope 's teserted in sections ; that is, @ piece iv fret @r.ven down, then another section is fastened turn. @ w ibatthe top; thie ia in turn driven down, sud so on untilthe rock isreache !, ‘he drill is then introduced into this tube, reachiug dowao to @he rows the on rod suspending it Leiag longu- pind by the fastening of additonal pleses at the Bop as the Nvorke lta way through the rock Tbe dri!) ta ebout two wud a bal inches in diame aud dows The proserss of drviing is of course dy upon the hardvegs of the stra- ter, and ts workei up @ugine abuve slow, and depi means of the tum Ab averaye day's work of drilling (« from @x to eight fees Lut sometimes tan y twiive foot laaccomplished. The first stratum theeuy s which the drill passes ts slate or soap-stone, then cones ® stratum of sand stone, which is usually Dot more Btn tev or twelve fretin thickness; next is an- mher layer of sute of bluish appearance, about Swenty fect tn thickness, after which the found stratum of sand stone je reached Winn this is accomplished -the depth reach- wd ranging from two bundred to six hundred, amt in some jastanwes, ao thousand feet BBe ofl ia struck, provided the borer ia luck A @ew process of driiliny bas lately becu Invented, @uwever, which bias falrto grestly fasilitate the Mokivg of of wolle dt te this: The drill is @ Blender subs, the end of which ly set with @ species @ diamond, Tide drill is commectet with r pry ot th rfac wb yg vole @hich ls rome ved on pieces, by clan ps les down in Qbe bole By tha imehod a well of five hundred fevt iv depth may be bored in two weeks, which, yach'n- by meane of which it revolyvca cutting out the r ok in ws core, My the old process, would recuse two months. Aa goon asthe dell pacsoe through the lest etree Sum, and reaches ibe rowereir below. shere comes muswoy up to the gurfece a conburtible gay tol- & misture of welt water snd petroleum jnvariably aecomnacied by the walt are separate as will be heoreulter Thus ie the realvation of “yreas ex na," the flading of the El Dorado, the acme eroleum esmbiion, for every spurt from the igacrvervace, Ifthe borer has been @nough towtrike w flowing we'l, BXpasined ee lucky be has oothing few todo batto etand atl amd see himsell grow fabulousiv rich; that is, he has only to secure the Oil and wen Lee cvarkot @ crow Potroiia, pees auch boumdless good for tune malt water aud petroleum to Bho surface, therefore ty « in flowing wells, ol very short durat god the noxt work to be done is the preparatoa for pumpin the bore of the well ir next enlarged by whag termed « “rimmer,' and a. iron tube, fay torether in ecctions of tea twel feo, 49 run down to she depowit. A flax seed bag, which exp iode when wet, is (xed at @ certmin distance trom the surface within the tube in order to pre- Vent the surface-water from rusimg down A Piaucer or valved piste ia next inserted in the Tube, amt this being atimched to the engine the Work of pormpang commences. TA PkOCRSB OF PUMPING OIL, The oll inethod gevera) f Water puuptuy, and feguires vo explay but Yankee invenuity Das lately Lu routed a new proceaa, which wil! prob. ably eoun be gen rally mdopted fueerted in the we wud by « powerful force: gpourp the air te forced down one of them, and the oi, ib consequence of she preasure of to adr, is reed up the other tube in set The Rat fowing wells are , and the most sanguine disc not rarit mie of hoes xveptin, oil Two tubos are @vewer vovulnw than by the pumpiay process, and bas Dory succowmUlly Mwliad Ky Wany wells shag hwd failed to yield of) im the old mauner, The petroleum, ae before remarked, je invaridly ac. companied by salt water As it reaches the wur- | | | | | of pumping oM is on the sane! face, thie mixture i@ carried by condulte (nto (ar woolen tanks, in which tLe oll rise to the surface | of the water and ia drawn off jute barre)4 when we have crude petroleum —the vil before wader going the refming process, BRPLORIONS AND HURAING WELLE When the ol ja ‘ats | to prevest ncoidenta, Tue was which te the first | neceraary k"* greut care indication that the reservoir bes been reached, rushes up with great force, and being bivhly eom- busti bee, it iadangerous t) have fire anywhere noar the wel! ms pipe or sogat has of nome Cases caused the explosion ef the was, causing te dr- struction of life and propery i To a few instances and burned for weeks, converted Into a minty uw Whiel @ Sarce rises many feet in Only a few dags eo, & gentioman by the mane of Jerome OChowm was ainking « well on Gourzas Creek, Payeute County, Pemmaylvania, ood when the jail! struck the «4! teposit, a powerful voiume of hydrogen gas easeon iet tothe wirface, phere, and coming im eontact with aateve ino ehanty some dimtance from tho wrll, a terrifle explealon eowuel end the fame darted sate the tr rixty feet bivh, Fortunately uo one wae lnjured, and the flames were finally subd but experienced borert mever permit tire Oho gae hae Dees eerie the mote cf the well beir was burner, %& beighs. dant clem of petrolewm, yet to-day they are dry a8 " a pewder-horm, And in the Mocca es regiun of Onto “hich three or four years ago was the centro of abiraction, Were is po, at the present tano & fingle wellthat ig much more than pay.ny ex- penses, and not one iu abumdred of those that at ope tme ¢ Withan the eutly * wrest prowlae, le 8b year, Lowever, 8 number of appar now pumping played out! wells—to use the expresdve cabouts have been recuperated by processes and patient labor, and are now abundantly term iu use b ingenious repaying them. Asan tance of what may cornplisbed tn thie way, ne well ae to show the per sateu y and deterianation of the work expended up be m il teekers the lowing ctroumstance may be mentionet Mikheil & Ader * ladelphia oil firm, obtained the leases known e@ the Comet Wells, on the Buebenan farm Thia wel bed eireads been trio! and abandoned br several practiced 04 unced worthless, Tre Poladelphiana, however, thought ditlerr fearchora and waa prow wont to work with a wil to demcnstrate ther the ory, Veeys labored #ix months ly efforts to etlate Abe Comot, » lke tangible could be found la it, At last, after havo, te-tulad the weil twenty-seven times, they © in starting the mi), and freun thet time they have hed s peruianent tlow of about ily ay. Aw another tustance « ia #iven to aman by the he regus ott ouber comets, coed lerrels o ity which ing @ yood Mr, P, Hasves + Dor.ng @ weil, alao on the Buchauan farm, an every prospect of a lucky atri when joing through the last » well, the following la rela as bad Unfortawately, m of rock, his the rock severa. An Was never rd became detached, atuck in hundred feet frem the surface, more completely ina ** drill, Bat be was plentifully eu and a" than Leo was the wed with pure Yankee perseverance sud work the task For fftaen montha Mr industry, and weet tc to remove drill--a eeesingly | Lsines assiduously with this object, aud bis patience and industry were at last rewarded by success —b troubles were healed by the geutle southiog uf a hundred barrels a day." WHERE PRTROLEUM t8 FOUND Since the yreat commorcial tuportance of petre len evure known, the discoveries of oil have been wonder! .l. Western Peunsylvania was the and otill is the greatest oil produciug region, but the cieawinous componnd has since been found toecxistin pearly Lall t how within the Union, States aud Territories aud probably willales be tommd in those new under rebel domint » when Je Davis and his clan ero made to see he folly of chasing the tynis fatuue of tudepenience,and go to boring for tangible petroleum The Od Creek region is the favorite with practical od men, for the reason that the chances of success in borlag bere are better than ju apy other locality vot discover- ed. But throughout all Western Penuaylvanta the petroleur excitement has reacted fever Leat, Wells are being bored, Jand bought up at fabulous prices, and t)# people, who for years have Lesu coutent tu plod along as frugal and industrious farmers, lo Cisrion and Fayette Counties rich we ls bave beer obtained, aud iu Washington, Hater, Crawford, Eri Green, Ludisnn, Clearf and Eik counties, ol bas already been obta.n or the stinking of are dazcled by the prospect of “sbuious wealth Lawee ce Beaver 4 wols.e in In these counties the farmers bave al put extravagant pric- es upon teir laud, and even then are careful to stipulate that certain percentage of the prospec. tive vil is to go into their pockets, Donbtleas uine- teuthe of Khem will be alieto Mieraliy pusall they get Wo their Woetern Virgwie, next to | Western Penusylvania, is the admiration of oi! \ men, The war end the oil fever browe owt simul. | taneously in this region ; progress, pockets but notwithstanding the | greasy appearance of the rebels generally, there seems to be but little affinity between rebell on aud petroleum, and the r slave @ dinarreesble way of makin pemodical raids into the Western Vir- | | ernts oi] regions therely suddenly suspend. oleaginous research, is thought, how. ‘ that w “this or war is to use ae strictly ortginal expreesion— the ot! regions of Western Virgyuia will be found | to be at least equal fu richness to those of Peunsy!- | van & Iu Obie the oil seems t>) “lay around loo and itis said, with undoubted truthfulness that farmers alniost fear to go to elcep ater fore morning the petroleum beas wh to exist uuder their furme bounds and fas flood el er, over"! — abt leat be- 1 thew know all burst their earthy | cute the surface with an olessinous The Moves exciternent as previously atated, proved a devidel bumbug, bet more stable wells | have been etruck in other paris of the Stato, In | south-eastern Ohio there is every indication of te undlesa petroleum deposits, In Washington nla, the borinws Lave proven biy cessful, and in the Vicinity of Zanoavil'e, Maricita, New Lisbon, and Warueshurvh, ofl has alrewdir been tour Columbiana, Preble, Muskingum and many other cuuntivs have aro reached she height of oll fever, and the bowels of the earth are being ef foctually sirred up, The contagion of oil excites | count | toularize the oi! uy where near the well upon wlush they are Working. RRATBONT ATION OF O11 \TRLES Aw before mentiogs!, there's pot one chanee in a dozen that the borer will strike eH, and we pro- portion of valia that give e permanent flow, even when miceessful for a while, may safely be esti. mated in alike manner. There are bundrets of wells dong G1 Cresk that at firat gave an abun- | evening rent hae aleo broken out iu Inéiene end the ‘Hlvo- siers" are industrioumy trying t bore themselves riot, with apparently good success, Put tw par- jocallties would take too mueb foace Ruffice it to aay that petroleum has alrerdy Leen discovered, In addition to the sbove men- tioned lcalities, m Reotucky, Liinota, Missourl, Michigan, Kanasa, Califenia, Colorado, New York nod claewhere in thie countéy, and yet the d scoveries cre apperentl, aly ta their infancy, 1 foretyo countries to, the old ell wella which nave exmied for ayes have been hunted up, in ram y inatances by Yankees, sud petroieum (the word, not the substance) ly in the mouth of the whole world. Ase case in point, ome of the Boston prypere mates thas Col, Gewan, of thatcity (the Yaakeo who took the contract ty) raise the sunken rena’la in the ha bor of Sebastopoh MoT mlstoke not) wae lately en route from Bt. Petorsbure, Risa throngh Georyia and Circassia, In the nalghberboot of the Bea of Azof, he stumbled upon surn) old off well bought them for @ song, and now delights the yaping natives by drawlug grease out of the earth with steams. (0 TRE OUPULY OF PETROLEUM BAHACETIOLE ? This qrestion te solely thuoreftcul, sud can te detucnatrated only by time, Phe ‘em ovmnions are, however, Wat petrolewen is inexhaustible, thas the irensformeation which se earth is coutinually un- hercotmag Causes & perpetual deposit of vogetation beneath the surface of the earth, amd the fiatille- ton ef this vewetable matter farming commituents of petrolouro, the yeologieta eryte thatthe supply ts OL men are quite willing to leave this antfect to the eavans. Li is qaie enougte for the dieaplea of Petrolia to kuow that the ofl now ex- ists ju vast quantities, and the: are determined that while the gool gists thecriae, (hey will pump, VROVCOTION OF THE Of. WELLS. The petroleum interest 14 of course, only to ite jufaney, but the product of last year shows the commercial impertauce which the oil ie rapidly attainiow, There are no means of estimating, even approxitoately, (be quantity of of] ¢ nsumed in thin country during 154%, aud the only way to wich an idea of the gross prodaction can be formed Is by referring to the exportation The " + show the qmaniity of petroloum bound) see 1804. Callone. 21, 258, 400 BL 728,ST8 Increase in 1344 a 2th dud Ol. STOCKS Altmough of! stocks ore bouglt ead sold daily io New York, with thu exception of those iasued by very few cor ica the value of them is wholly ie Lhe formation of vil stock companies Lecome s monia : the sharpors have succeeded tug the Leiiof to the credulows vat te own stock jp wn cle ny is culy preliminary to the ab ot fabulous wealth, Not ome in e dozen of the petreleum companies that Sgure so largely iu the advertisements of your city papers and in the Petr loom Exebange, bas any foundetiop what- They are fonued by & few of the shrewd nea who buy @ tract of land, no matter where, 60 the within @ day's journey of Ol Creek, and by o great foursh of trumpets they sel the stock of embyro wells at qmtravegant figures, and iu tho end ihe bollers of said stalk, temtead of striking th are struck wth the fact thas they have beeu tk conve attains ever, evreyioudy duped PRESENT RTATH OV THR OFF FEVER At the present tiine the oll excitement is at the sbest pitch that ithas yet attuined, 4 er the country it seems to prevail asad epidemic, and to iv wtill the reas ceutre of at- tracticu, Fpecu turers are coming antics e me before, Capitalists, farmers, merchants, mechanics, wanfscturera al) eager to meowrulate wealth ; and following them come law- yers, sharpers, gamblers, end other disreputable characters to filch it from them, In conclusien, a word of advice to persons having symptoms of the i) fever, will be very appropriate, You can always Jotect the approach of she fever by au itwbing of the palios wakeful visions of # Fifth avenue rem- dence, aud @ disposition to attend the Petro- lowms Exchange, Wheu these sywptome ap- pear, rememb@ this: When «a man happens to be lucky and becernes # petroleum million. wire, the of] companies and oil land proprietors sre fulto publish tt far and wide— is ap admir- able alvertisement tor them, and tence w throw dust in the eyes of the people;—tut the uinety- nine other men who embarked their tortunes sim- ultaneously with the millionaire, lost all they pos- sasel their expemences never wee the light—it would injure the “oil interest.'’ In short, do not read of @ inas's acquielug rapid wealth ip conse- quence of e.ceess in the petro.eurn business, with+ out considering that avother, who started out with equal? good prospects, ended his boring expert- ences by putting a bole through bis bead with » pistol Lal! Naptwa. this locality, vw bch store aud adve over car LOCAL NEWS. NEW YORK AND TUB VICINITY. The GRAND Dudley K: urh and Wiliam Gol’thwatte for a thousand dollars and the Championship, 1,500 Pointe up, tox place laut night at the Academy of Music, tn presence of a lar ¢ audience, and reeule ed in tho sc ccess of Mr, Kavanach by 94 pointe Tur Faw. i Gotp.—Goki had tumble yesterday, having at one tine got down to S01, but it aubsequentiy rallied and closed at 200% Phe excitement in Wall street way wtense, SPURiO’Ss BILLa.—Ones altered to fives, op the Mechenics' Bank of Newark, N.J. Also fivesonthe Fairtiad County Bank, Coun,, were reported by the police to be im circulation lags Brenrann Maren between | ther | } Wost 12th street, named Carl Bess and Joseph Mr. Whitebead, of 127 East Broadway, driven Jobin Finley, aod bad three of ber ribe fractured. Bhe wastaken to Bellevne Hosp tal. Finley was arrested but @ubsequently dievherget Au oid lady mmed An» Carr, Livi et 113 Eichti atreet, was rauover by car 19 of the i avenue lnm, af the corner of Lat evenue and Sth street, and bad both Hospisal by the Police. NAVAL APPRERTICIS.—Many perevus bav- fog sppite’ at the Box offce aa to the system of naval eppronticoship, the following may be con- sidered as the rules in wich matters: The bog who in intended as ap apprentice must not be under frteen years of accompawed wo the rendesvous by, at least, ono fieir cousent for win to hecorme an apprenti +, aod that they will not cinnm him wll be fe twenty-one ebip Savanwah, st the Navy Yard, where he re- clotaed, His fret promotion is to ordiner® wea. ee te amar: ond shows 8 diepordson th learn, and from that Le can rise to the highest rauk. AMCSEMENTS, Bass —"The King of Fa‘e'' will be per- formed to«lay for the last tim. On Mon- day will be prodaced a new national domestic drama, written by Mines Loviek, Esq, entitled tor," with novel etfecm, jowal scenery, Urilliny tableanx, &e, To-day the Cadets of the Soldiers Home aud Schou, near Niagara Palla, will give an exbibition dedi oe the emyge in the lecture rou at 10 A. My under the direction of Col, Young. These young gentlemen are well drilled, and & will certainly Lea treat w witness the exbibition. VA® Awpruon's Manacraim 829 and 64) Broad. way —-Thin excelient place of amusement ts open from 10 A.M. to 10 PM. Now additions of ani- male are continualty arriving. end indeed the col- jection is now greater and more complete than any {n the world, Three performances tuke place daily atlly AM end SandSy P.M, Reoapwar Tagarae —The most extraordinary success of modern times has been that of Mr. dobn EK. Owens, as Solon Biringle in ‘I'he Peoples’ Lawyer," # character which bas been played for nearly two trandred nighta to crowded houses, Whicb stil! protest ageinst {ts rewoval. “The Live Indian," another of Lis droll pieces, hae also bad @ereatrun, Paul Pry will soon be produced, Hoousy anv Camrnrit's Mtxernere.— Ibe com- bination of these two excellent companies took piace on Mowday, and the house wae weil patron. ized Curing the week Hirroramation —The “Clrous'’ tn Lith etreet ell attracts large crowds, nor is there the least abatement in the toterest to ances, THE COURTS, Prooxres or tim Mitieracon Case Eviperce vou tar Devence—Caauacere ov tTiu PLautine. Muued yesterday iu the Buperior Court the day being oceup'ed malwy with evidence for the d fence, to prove the alleged intemperate claracter uf Mr Davis, a witness for the defeuce, test fled that he was acquainted with Milispangh and his whilom en attachinent Letween defendant and Mrs. Mills. paueb, 'ebore her separation from Ler husband ; she lady bad told hina that she was going West to procnre a divorcee, in order to marry Adane; when she returned from the West, Mra. Miligpaugh in- formed witness that her compluint Lad Leen filed, nd that the divorce would be granted In the Octo- ber following. Mary Dean, another witness vestified thet she had Leen o purse with Mrs. MW spout: remembered that one night plaintiff? bad four hot whiskeys brought & tae room; bad aren detendant at the house very often; he was with the plain. sie wife wack whon she was sick, Mre Jule Ovffio, wlso fer the defence, deposed that Mills- paugh emme tw ber house drunk on the 4th of July, 1900; Mra, Milapaugh bad told witness ehe ould uot stand it with ber husband any longer ; had beard plaintif® call bie wife a d el fluence of |. qoor, and never Mrs, Milspaigh had told witness thas abe bed to put Pientie to bed with his clotbes on when drun’ A great (eal of sfmilar evidence was ad- duced by the defence, after which they rested the case, and the plait! replied with rebuiting testi- mony. Henry 8, Terbell, partner of plainsit! in the dry goods trade, testified that be had never seen any evidence of intemperance in the plaintiff, who always attended puuctually to business Court tee adjourned until to-morrow, at ten oviock, Cocur or Gewmual Sesusoxs.—Yeaterday, Luther C. Tibbetts, who was convicted in December of an assault ou Cornelius Vauderbilt, at the Corn Ex- chanre, appeared bofere Judge Russel, who told Mr, Tibbets that he understood be bad made threats ageinet severa! persons in reference to bis recent troubles The court mqured Tbietts to give bell tu the suum of $1,000 to keep the peace, and warned bim avainet making any further throats. Tibbetts will be senteneod on Friday next for bs conviction of au assault on Mr. Van derbilt. Win, Higzing, copvickd of an as- sault on Wa. Kol, with a dengerous Weapon, was 1 $26, and reeset to give $500 ball to oep «...Mury Miller was sentenced to the re for an attempt at grand the Btu Prison for 3 y larceny, J@ues H. Barkbardt was sent to the County Prieon for tour months for grand lar- ceny ou the Raritan & Delaware B.C Barbara GroseLe was seus to the Staie'a Prieon for 2 yeare gad iby d larceny..,,.. George Brown was sentenced to the Gounty Prison tor aix mouths fer petit lareeuy ++» Anu Chapman, indicted for yrand larceny, in steahug an overvost trom Poster Stone, of No 16 West street, on the lat of November, pleased guilty of an sttewpt at grand lorceny, aud was sdmvtted to bail ...... He: Btole, tudicted tor ulting Daniel Conne'!, ou the d1st of November, waa coavicted, and renand- oa for sontence....,,., Jobu Corin waa convicted of) aeauuls on John Daniel of the sth Procine | on the ot of January, in Thompaon #, Kemand- 1} OB yers Jamos Spencer, indicted for an assault on Jobn H. Po.ley, of the /1si Precinct, ou she 11th of Apeh was tr end acquitted, Votiom LyTeLLigkace.— Attempted Murder, Early yesterday morning, two men, Living at 81 Doinbek!, became in ed im @ quarre!, durin, whiet Dow!laki, as al d, drow @ piste! and fred three shois at Bess, one of the show takluy effect in Lie leg, Dom>ek: was arrested, Forging Trade-Marks.—Dr, Willlam Gebbard, druggist, at No, 8 Second avenue, was arrested yesterday, on a charge of counterfeiting Flolloway's trade-marks. Joseph Haydock, agent of Mr. Hol- loway, entered # comp!sint ayaiust Gebbard, aud HitnamM Hisnen was yesterday appointed Schoul Trustee for the Fourth District, vice Barry, regigue. Peusonat,—The following ofivers from Sher- man's army are at the Astor Liouse; General Win- | | chester, Captain Thayer, Captain Jones, bearer of BL GH: 1 ‘aptain Paine, Captain Ketchum, Lieut. Miller Casvarrine.—Andrew Fin stantly killed v was almest in- by fallin, a sestfold while house 38 Pe street, Ils rewains { late residence, 264 East 14h er Wilder notttied to hold en tn- ques’ rine Kearuey, living at 424 West 1A) ntally fell down s fight of stairs one rn, dislocating the other, and trac her skull, Bhe taken to Bolle vue Heep! + + An elderly lady named Mary Hull, residing at 1657 Elizabeth street, wae run over last evening at the corner of G wirew) amd Browdway, by @ coach Justice Ledwith required bim to give #600 ball to uswer the charge. BROOKLYN, Desrroctive Finu,—The extensive piano forte menufectory of Mr. J. E. 1, Linstedt, occupy- ing Nos, 64, 6b and 70 Water at., near Main st, was totally destroyed by fire last evening. The loes on stock aud machinery |s ostimated at ebous $50,000, and on buliding, (belonging to the estate of the late Mr. Bensom,) 616,00 ; partially covered by inguy rance, Origin of the fire unknown, Cotorapo Jewerr MULcTED,—The suit pending for some time against William C, Jewett for the payment of a steam engine for mining pur- poses, sold by Henry J. Stevens, was yesterday decided in the Supreme Court. A verdict of $350 wad costs wae returned sgeinst the defenc any legs crisbei Ble was taken w Bellevue | my and meat be | pareat or guarwan, who must sign papers giving | Years of ng. He is then taken on board the sohool | cetves @ “boro: esucadon, and is boarded and | tusnte rank and pay, which he can soon ertaly if | ‘The Unieo Prisoners; or, The Patria’a Daugh-. Witness the pertorm- | The cree of Mi'ispaugh ayelust Adams was cou- | ° the plaintiff end bie brutaliiy towards his wife. | * wife ; had seen the plaintiff drunk ; wos aware ot | foo’, in | company ; he was always somewhat under the in- | ted his wife well ; | tool, iste | most competent to judee an | rured the tuithators | Portionsc: the remeiocer as bave already bewo | Ceived tigm ). aucher in Ti, ADVANCED SHEETS Buch, too, ss the ivelim undoubtedly, of ube ty | o@ bend, thas it hi WILLIAMSPURGH. Drate oF aN UNKNOWN ENGLisa Lapr | Some two months nom an Englieh lady, oink. | her gene as Esiber Drown took spartmente « ’ | A1T Be uth Sd street, ED. She wae very lacy diy to ber manner, of abundant mesna and reserveh« in her habits and ccoversation, Mis Brown medex 5 but few firieudsand lived in considerable mywary.), On the 34 lost, however, some ladles in the neighe | borhood, #ith v bom she had some slight sequaine’” ance, Macovere | that she was seriously sick, end t fent for Dr. Hanford, That gentleman came ané found the lady in coprulsiong and taboring #!!’ give birth toachld, fhe was unconscious at tm | time and he feared to do anything more t Y awaitevents, For nestly forty honra Mias Browen remaine! in ths cou lition, when abe gave birth ®: 7 ® femalo ebiid in an mivanced state of decom po@ (+ Hon tmmmediately after which she expired. Dr or Hanford, ber attonding phyrstcian, it appeared « po On inquest held last nyu: ly Coroner Barrett, eemype for an undertaker before the lady had ceased to Live)!" The Doctor explained thie by saying that be ney © slout when ahe would die, and he wanted to a \! the Surrop t acertain hour, bawng previous)! | | opened the strong and tesen possession d hor valualfes, 1 . howerer, were eubequent’ | ly delivered to © + Barrett, Who will adminis; tor the estare. The Jory atirture! the action 4 the Doctor to ignorance of the Jaw im such cagm and returied @ verJictof “Death by convuluons; JN MARINE NEWS. hy ir Jan. 21K. Risea 7 10-8. Beis 6 US —M'n rises.01 4 | CLEARED ines BTEAME'L | Chessponte, Willetts, Portland M BHIPS -Lonacia Bak en; Chincha B * o- bila A Barvadous, Lucy F trea Bouoding Li te | Cadie, Com Anderson, Av mliz, Ibis. Cette, Ml u Juan, Nie: Milo, Cardenas: eolm Pott Petre, Guad, Volan, haroaworth. 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THE SUNDAY MERC tb De ea OK ROW, Bs the unive eal coorent of all who have enjoym | the perueal ot tte opening cuapters, it ie netly reges: THE FINt SRT ETORY OF OUR , M Vives, abounding in etartline fuctieut. etrik'ng drametic m portavare of .oaiace sod eape, ‘ ey tslent hee alres iw ole snd Ulustriows r vf ou een nevellte, ee in thi \ si MAGNIFICENT PICTURE OF LIFE, r lefty and lowly, eoubre and gay, exalted and debesd’ bad to have exhausted all the resources of weniie, Brir'* s| ing to bea upon the work @ protound knowledge. ! huten ature, log and intimate experience w® the world a it le see: avd the iuost cos 5 every detail necerary ts the design be weaves, 4 Euan hoe here Le-towed upon the world ) A LITER AKY MASTERPIECE, “7 in every phure of Engiish # © tack 1a grumphey, complete fn every par vy While ober ce themee!vea or w ed by their acm) Oc sue special exce thie or that braneh of liverary schievement, w EUAN appears sy ut howe in aii departme: BI “Prom grave we fom lively w severe." He ies ne Lappy int tio delineation oi (HE Bhat TiFLG AND GENTLE LILLAS, & nein Dis description of (ne artifice and eu bing of att MBAR LESS HELENA { 14 The prov eeervet bugil L et of the « 3 powcr and o by | tuluty of touci. in A | HWAVGUE | the Lord of He hand, with eq ease AL € actual lie, (he gay, carelos t RABE AND OBPENUITMRIFD RAVENSCRAR + Again, the pi ‘ graces, but frank 4 manly charact« ONPHAN, ARL INGHAS stand ont is noble relief, contrasted withthe oe ni wily, enake ike Wauoeuvies and Vegomous lossy . tions of ! THE DAKK TEMPTER, DR. VARGAB. ~! and,eveu wie (he reader 's mwueing, spellbou't “ 2 over the treuw, force with wach euch aud ev? actor in these coinpligied scenes is unde to vee! 4 move before him, be i* irresietitiy whirled alc” ‘ by the intensely -enets.ned ipterest ci the plot Ite ALL THE Mori \tHEMENT Passions of the huwan heart coutend together ou these vi | pages, apd if is with BREATHLESS EACERNESS : ¥ that chapter aiter chaprer ie devoured by Bim of hay once Commenced the peruesl of i MOST VAKiRD AND Daas RECITAL The aime of Mr. Evan's noble per.ormance are e deutly of the loftiest sod wot leudubie order tears away the veli fom VICE AND T&EACHFRY IN HIGH PLAC with @ releuties hand, lave baro the «howe # quickeandst < )outo lw coustar’ A000 OF Vila pessiong, & ue rectitude and virtue w ¢ wloqueuce, Ae an INCOMPARABLE WORK OF FicTros, Tr Fain LILUAS i! bd pinieee ofall candid and 4 crlaipating er Ae # ecalcliuy aualyels of ACO PY S0ClaL SYSTEM it mertt+ the appiebation of all who prize sound | reality, wod ae A WARNING AGAINST EVIL Col it mould be pluced in the hande of the eer, wherever the Fovlish laneuwe Such lathe honest o; Meets with whe uni NSELs, hepters ol the story, aud «| rrun she feds the SUNDAY MakCURY #.9 Publiebed eluce Jan 1, S EXTRA EDITIONS and # far excooded the sus een determined To KRECOMMENCE THE STORY, with a comprehensive and THOROUGH SUMMARY of the firet chapters in order to enable ail (te rend & eproy it from the by ning, The unprecedented sale of the inat fortnight har yevely taxed even the resources of THE fakos WEEKLY PREoS IN AMPYICA, but arrangew have been pert tod to Ine. ease the issue by ANY THOUSAND COPIES. ‘Thet all ray Le satiation, ications must be mr atthe vows depots early TO-MORKOW MOKNI For PHP PAIR LILIAR; Or, LIFE IN DEATH __ THE PARAGON OF MODERN FICTION Too Late for Classification. Maude who have .\ TH io queers of the nu. Notwithetanding Laki of the papes, the KF t SALE—A WHITE ARABIAN MAI 6 yeare old, sound and kind in any Larness aL yood trave ley, Can be even at BANPIBLL's Bue) Su Weert loth #t, near sth av, unui sold PAINTERS — THE MPMBERS OF T N.Y. P, Houre Painters’ Association are » fully invited to attend the funeral ot their Lage ! ther meu. ber, ANDKEW FOLEY, on Bunday, * inet, ats P.M. tron Lie ine residence, 264 bk. 1 et, JAS. A. BOUL KKB, Press, W.B. MATHER Kee, Svc, ny QHILTING MUSLTS: rices, at JER. Mi AH LAMBERI"S, 623 On wie! et, jood 4 abisting for obly $ shiliinws, 3 \ ANTED—GIRLS TO WEAVE ON Po: and co'wo winger, a vourt! Ofice in the baseinen anne if AT VERY REDUC