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NEW YORK TABLET.
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HOME MISCELLANY.
A Bra Fawn.-A fraud has recently been
perpetrated near Franklin, Pa., that involves the
sum of 875,000. An oil well was evidently
pumping one hundred barrels per day and was
sold for $75,000 cash. On the day that the new
owners took possession it was found that the
old employees of the concern had left, but
others were promptly installed and the pumping
resumed. Judge the astonishment of the pur-
chasers upon discovering that notwithstanding
the continued pumping and flow of oil, it did
not rise in the tank !---in other words, there were
“ surface indications" of a big leakage. The
pump was stopped and an excavation commenc-
ed at the side of the tank. .w feet below a
smaller tank was found, commuhicating with
the upper by a small tube through which the
Oil was conducted. From the lower tank an-
other tube descended diagonally to the well,
about eighteen feet below the surface, and at a
still lower depth the well was plugged. This
device for securing an inexhaustible well could
not easily be improved on. You pumped and
there was your oil, and you kept on pumping
and no more tanks were required! But the
victims “couldn't. see it." They went back to
Franklin in search of the sharpers, but the lat-
ter were non at. The police detectives of city
and county have been brought into requisition,
but thus far without success. The rascals hav-
ing disposed of their oil, greased.
Lrscnavso, Vs.-The city of Lynchburg, to
which General Lee was retreating when cap-
tured, and which has since that important event
been surrendered to a small force of our scouts,
under command of a nameless Lieutenant, is
situated on the south side of the James River.
It is well built upon a high bluff, the streets,
which run parallel with the river, being built
upon levelled benches, and presenting a very
picturesque appearance. It was connected with
Richmond by the canal lately destroyed by
Sheridan, and also by two routes of railroad.
The trade and manufactures of the city in to-
bacco were very great, there being in 1860 not
less than thirty tobacco factories. The L
burg water works is one of the largest in the
coun y. The population in 1860 was twelve
thousand. For a long time past the cit has
been an important depot of supplies for laws
array. in December, 1863, General Averill
made a raid upon the city, but failed to reach
it. General Hunter also failed in the spring of
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was lately strongly fortified by General R. E.
Colston, and could have probably withstood a
serious siege. The capture of this position
leaves Danvil-in the only city of importance in
Virginia now in the hands of the enemy.
Tr-In Russ). Carr-ran.-Richmond, previous
to the revolution which is now in its d
throes, was one of the most beautiful cities in
the United States. Although not quite solsrge
as Washington, it was more tastefully and com
ctly laid out, and possessed advantages of
location such as could not be found elsewhere
in the country. Like Rome, it was built upon
the hills, and commanded a most attractive
view of the surrounding country. It was the
-most prosperous inland city in the South, and,
‘being on the direct railroad line between Wash-
ington and the extreme Southern States, a con-
stant stream of travel was passing through to
and from the North. All the public men of the
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made that city their headquarters while on their
way to the national capital. At one time its
population consisted almost exclusively of per-
lons of American birth, but since the war com-
menced a large number of foreign mechanics
and artisans were attracted thither by offers of
us
the last four years Richmond became more like
l.Northern city than any other in the South;
machine shops, arsenals, founderies, &,c,, hav-
ing been established there by the Confederate
Government. >
Danna or res: Baa.-The soundings effect-
ed with reference to the new transatlantic cable
have enabled comparisons to be made of the
different depths of the sea. Generally speaking,
they are not of any great depth in the neighbor-
hood of continents; thus the Baltic, between
Germany and Sweden, is only 120 feet deep, and
the Adriatic, between Venice and Trieste, 18
The greatest depth of the channel between
France and England does not exceed 300 feet,
whilst to the southwest of Ireland, where the
sea is open, the depth is more than 2,000 feet.
The seas to the south of Europe are much
deeper than those in the interior. In the nar-
rowest part of the Straits of Gibraltar the
st it is 3,000. ,
depth is no rly 6,000 febll. At 260 miles south
of the Nantucket (south of Cape God), no bot-
tom was found at 7,800 feet. The greatest
‘depths of all are to be met with in the South-
.. To car 2:82;:
16,000 feet. r. oung es rm
,..‘.’2;. depth of the Atlantic at 26,000 feet,
Ind of the Paoldc at 29,000.
A small force of national cavalry left Norfolk
W the 1st inst., and mconnoitered the country
southward to within a short distance of Weldon.
. 0.; tore up the track of the Roanoke and
Setboard Railroad for I. considerable distance;
bed after a severe light, a partf 0‘ 5'1
fen
i llllndredcavalry by whom they were attacked :
Glplurrng several prisoners and a considerable
lmount of cotton and tobacco; gained muc
‘limb information, and returned safely to
mine rout?" in!‘-
They have had a revolution in Panama‘ a
State revolution. It was a brief and compala
tively bloodless affair. The usnrper, or re.
former, or new man, one Senor Jil Colunj an-
nounced his intention to assume the reigns of
power, and the lawful Fusident, Senor Calan-
cha, ran away and took refuge on board the
United States sloop-of-war St. Mary. An un-
fortunate Captain of the Government forces on-
deavored to be faithful, but his troops deserted
‘m and he surrendered. Four or five sol-
diers were killed, more by accident than de-
sign, and thus this famous revolution was ac-
complished. Colunjo made a demand upon the
ship St. Mary for the body of his late adver-
sary, but the commander refused to give him
up. Calancba has since left this ship on board
of a small vessel, for Busnaventura, and so this
revolution has ended. Panama, being one of
the United States of Columbia, it would be
thought that the Central Government would in-
terfere, but they manage things in Central
America in their own way, and revolutions are
reoo nlzcd as among the permissible amuse-
ments of the people.
At least dye thousand of the white people of
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Government and Northern charities for their
daily supply of food, and but for these would
starve. The Government oflicers are now issu-
ing twelve thousand rations a. day to these des-
titute dupes of secession. The work of clearing
up the city and taking possession of mills,
manntactories, and rebel government and aban-
doned property of all kinds, and putting them
in proper order, is being vigorously prosecuted,
under the direction of General Shepley, and in
number of negroes are employed. The amount
of property thus secured to the Government is
enormous. Muc secreted property has been
discovered in the dwellings of citizens, includ-
ing, it is said, vast quantities of articles sent
from friends in the North to administer to the
wants of imprisoned Union soldiers. The re-
mains of Col. Dahlgrenhavebeen disooverednear
Richmond, exhumed and senttowashington.
The Newark Advocate records the death of a
young lady of Newark, Ohio, from accidentally
swallowing a thim er name was Maggie
Elliot, and on the evening previous to her de-
cease, Maggie left her father’s house in com-
visit at the residence of a. neighbor. While
amusing themselves in “ hunting the thimble,"
Maggie became possessor of it, and placing it
in her mouth to hide it from the others, acci-
dentally swallowed it. Every exertion by her
‘Y kind associates proved unavalling. She breath-
ed her last in fifteen minutes after the occur-
rence. The young companions who took her
om her home joyous and happy, in a few
hours afterward brought her home a corpse.
Congress, at last session, passed an act pro-
viding that any person, whether an inventor or
asslgnee, for whom a. patent was ordered to is-
sue upon the payment of the final fee, but who
had failed to make payment thereof, shall have
the right to make an application for a patent.
the same as in the case of an original applica-
tion, provided such application be made within
two years after the date of the allowance of the
original application, and nothing herein shall
be so construed as to hold responsible in
damage any persons who have manufactured or
used any article or thing for which the patent
aforesaid was ordered'to'issue. This act ap-
plies to all cases now in the Patent Olhce, and
also to such as may hereafter be ii .
The city authorities of Philadelphia are hav-
ing bird boxes placed in the public parks and
routing out the squirrels. The squirrels were
an interesting object in the parks, and if they
could have been satisfied with enjoying a home
at the public expense, without interfering with
their neighbors, they might have continued to
have the free range of the parks. But they
could not enjoy these privileges without mis-
chief, and committed so many depredations
upon the bird's nests and the eggs, that the
birds-sensible creatures-would no longer
stay in the company of such aggressive and
troublesome neighbors. ,
There is a clock at the Union Volunteer Re-
freshment Saloon, Philadelphia, made by sol-
diers who have just returned from the rebel
prisons. The mainspring is made from
blade of a sabre which once belonged to Stone-
wall J sckson. The hands are made of a toast-
ing-fork taken from the kitchen of Vioe-Presi-
dent Stephens. The wheels are made from the
mountings of carriages that belonged to rebels.
The pillars holding the frame together are
made of ramrods. Nearly all the parts are
taken from same article or other picked up in
the so-called Southern Confederacy.
Petroleum is as old as Alexnnder’s day. In
Plutarch's life of the conqueror we are told of
a Macedonian. named Prnxetuus, who had
charge of the king's baggage. W110. 011 OPEN“:
the ground near the Oxeis in order to pitch his
master's tent, discovered a spring of a gross,
oily liquor, which, after the surface was taken
off, became perfectly clear, and neither inrsete
nor smell differed from real oil, nor was it lil-
ferior to it in its smoothness or brightness of
color, although there were no olives in the
country. Strabo refers toasimilar phenomenon.
An old gentleman fell dead lately in the
highway of a town in Massachusetts, on whose
person was found from 320,000 to 930,000. In
bills, on one bank-many of them much Worn
and mutilated. They were om-mi at the bank,
and the oflicers were obliged to call :1 meeting
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1:. of the directors,(rn order to ascertain (so old
were some of them) if the bank had ever made
any such lessen,
Richmond are now entirely dependent on the ,
the necessary labor which this involves, alarge S
pany with her young associates, for an evening '‘
A small wagon, with a placard on it announc-
ing that rebel money could be i
tously, was driven about the streets of Philadel.
phra on the llth inst. Occasionally the horse
would be stopped, and the rebel notes would he ,
scattered about the streets, to tho no small
amusement of a crowd of boys who followed‘
after. The notes were not genuine, but had
been got up as me slrnilss of rebel money.
They were quite as good as rebel currency md
almost as valuable.
Journalism on the Pacidc coast is pros-
perous. California has seventy-three weekly.
two semi-monthly, six monthly, seven semi-
wrckly, Ihree trl-weekly. and eighteen daily
publications. Nevada has six weekly, and eight
daily papers. Oregon has three daily, and nine
weekly papers. Washington Territory, live
weekly; Utah, one weekly, two ally, and one
monthly; Vancouver, three daily and weekly,
and Arizona, two weekly.
Gen. Granger tel aphs from Nashville a re.
port, which he i ‘clinvd to believe true, that
our forces under Gen. Wilson captured Selma,
breastworks, and swept everything before them.
The men who bring this report say also that
Montgomery has been captured.
City of Mexico dates to March 28th were re-
ceived by the Morro Castle, from Havana,
this port, on April An insurrection broke
out in the city of Mdxico on March 18, but was
speedily quelled, and five the insurgents were
executed on the Zlst. out 12.000 French
and Austrian troopswere on the way to Sonora.
everal leaders of the Juarist army had been
captured and shot.
It is under consideration by the Becretary of
the Navy to retire about one-half of the vessels
now in commission, and use the surplus sea-
men and landsmen employed on board for land
service. This will add about 25.000 to the ef-
fective lund forces. The capture of all rebel
ports will enable this important reduction to be
made in the naval force, and :1 large saving in
expense of that branch of service.
Ahorrible murder is reported near Phillips-
hurg, Md. A farmer had received a thousand
dollars, and in his absence three persons came
o the house, murdered his wife an
daughters, and took his money. ‘
met a pedlsr who had a pistol, and discov-
ering the murderers, shot two and killed the
other with a. spade.
Ciprlan Risuud, of Philadelphia, is worth over
B. million of dollars, und is the richest colored
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An oilicial dispatch from Secretary Stan! l
announces that bolh drafting and recruiting PW
to be stopped in lhr- loyal Stale t a War
establishment to be greatly reduced; all super.
duous stall‘ and general officers to be IIIlIlAY(‘ll
nut, and all restrictions on trade and cnrumorrc
to be removed as far as compatible with the in-
terests of the service.
Although still suffering from his injuries, ills.
Seward has been able to dictate dispatches HI
our Ministers abroad. lie takes lhe groun-l
that the War is over, that lhr Rebellion iv
crush:-d, and that it is expected that fnrv-ivgn
Governments will no longer allow rebel pirates
to enter their ports.
The supply of cotton on hand in the rebnl
Slatesis a monled qua.-lion. Some parties ru-
timule it at 1 200,000 bales. And others put
the amount as high as Z 000 000 bales. A Mem-
phis paper thinks that 1 500,000 bales a liberal
estimate.
ltls ascertained that 800 hngshl-ads of lo
bacco. belonging to the French Government,
were destroyed by the fire at Richmond. The
rest was saved by the exertions of the Unio:
troops.
II has been ascertained since Charleston was
evacuated. that the relwls lost two of their ves-
s-ls-tlie Kanawan and the Marion-bv the ac-
cidental explosion of fheir own torpedoes dur-
ing the time of the blockade.
The Governor of Illinois has received from
the widow of Senator Douglas, for $25 000. 1
deed of the lot in Chicago where he lies buried.
A magnificent monument will be erected upon
The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
have decided to rebuild those portions of the
building destroyed by fire, and to make them
dre-proof, at a cost of SWO 000, which will be
paid f'rom the surplus fund of the institution.
When Adam Blake, a restaurant-keeper on
State street, Albany, heard the news of Lee's
surrender, he threw open his doom. inviting the
passers-by to take lunch, and refusing to receive
any pay.
Large quantities of pure white alabaster, of
the finest qualilv. are being taken from the
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and manufactured
into ornaments of various kinds, such as neck-
laces, breastpius, earrings, crosses, charms, kc.
Special advices from Goldsborough to April
10th state that positive information has been
received at (lnldsbomugh that Johnston's arm;
was within 15 miles northeast of that place.
It is said that Weitzel’s colored soldiers just
dropped into Richmond to ask Jed‘. mm
man in the United States. in Philadelphia
there are, out of four thousand colored families
nearly three hundred living in their own hon.
Among the rich men are Vidall, Presser, White,
and Stephen Smith-the latter is said to be
worth over $500,000.
The aggregate value of the property de-
stroyed iu Richmond foots up $2.146 240. Im-
posing as these figures appear, they are far
short of the truth, for the reason that real as-
tate was before the war invariably assessed
much below the value which it would have
commanded R: the market.
About five miles from Hartford, Conn., there
is a spring, the water of which is continusllv
coated with a substance resembling tallnw. It
will burn like beef or mutton tullow. Why
don't some enterprising individual get up a
mine of good table butter or a mountain of
prime roast beef’!
Miss Sarah Sherman, a niece of lllai.-Gm.
Sherman, made her drbnt as an actress at the
National Theatre, Cincinnati, on the 10th inst.
She played Lady Gay Spanlw in “ London As-
surance," and her performance is very well
spoken of.
Dispatches from the War Department on-
nounce the occupation of Lynchburg by n
scouting party from Grant’: army. No resist-
ance was mad . A brigade of cavalry has
been sent there to hold the place and protect
property.
Prof. Jas. Callaghan, a graduate and former
professor of Georgetown College, and for many
subsequent years a political writer, and latterly
one of the editors of the Constitutional Union,
died in Washington on April 8th, in the 60th
year of his age.
A young man in Winsted, Ct.,narued Church-
hili, undertook to put a cat in a barrel. for the
purpose of sending it to Hartford. While in
the act the cat turned upon him, and
teeth and claws literally tore his hands to
pieces.
The taxable property of Oregon is $75,000,000
for 1864. This is $5,000 to each voter. Cali-
fornia returned $l80,000,000, which is less than
$1,700 to each voter. From t 's it appears
that the agricultural State is about three times
as rich as the mineral State.
A gentleman who hasjust returned from an ex-
tended trip through Erie, Cattaraugus and Wyo-
mingCounties,sLatesthat ho neversaw anywhere,
sttbisseason of the y ear, thewineerwheat looking
and promising more finely than it does at the
present time, throughout the counties named.
In the garden at the military hospital at
Chattanooga there were grown one thousand
and eighty varieties of flowers last year, and
whether he was really in favor of the policy oi
, arming negrocs.
The Philadelphia coal-dealers are dellverivv:
(‘mil to consumers in square iron boxes holdiuil
76 pounds. which are emptied into the cellars
without dirt or confusion.
The bill to prevent the defacing of rocks in d
fences by advertisements of quack rnedlclvww
has passed both branches of the New York
Legislature.
A package. containing bogus fifty cent cur.
roncy mm, representing the amount of crown,
was seized at llianclwslor. N. K, recently. it
had come from New York by express.
A National Bank of the United Slates is in
be lmmcrliatslr r-x-tablisbed in Richmond, where
shares in the Unllv-(l States stocks will be sold
at the rules I-stablishevl in Northern cities.
Gen:-ral Wm. ll. Adams. a well-known CIt.lZ"fi
nf Western New York, died in Albany on tin-
7th in. . lie was one of the original blllldws
oi‘ the Erie Canal.
A collector of internal revenue tax laiielv
found a man so dirty in his appearance on‘.
West, that he put him down on his tax list us
rs nu:
Poor Brigham Young is I widower. One of
his wives died on the 22d of last. month. Sur-
was the handsomest of all Brighsm‘s wives, er
cept six.
No permits to buy tobacco in Richmond or
permits for purchase, shipment or trade of s v
kind for that place, have been granted by the
War Department, nor will any be grant!
The telegraph office just opened in tbest. Law-
rence Hall Hotel, in Montreal, is in direct com-
munication with the American Telegraph Com-
pany of this city.
Mr, Rarey, the celebrated horse-tamer, is
now living on his farm at Groveport, near
Columbus, devoting his attention to building
and beautifying his place.
Former odicehulders under the United emu
are said to be arriving from Richmond and
already becoming applicants for fat berths ll
Washington.
Phil. Sheridan is only thirty-three years old.
He received his early education at one of the
public schools of this city.
The lumber trade in Wisconsin is unusually‘
lively. It is estimated that at least twenty mil-
lion feet are now in the Neshoto River.
Good men have the fewest fears. He has
but one who fears to do wrong. He has a
thousand who has overcl-me that one.
Barnum has been elected a member of the
Conneciicut Legislature from the town of Fair-
el .
from these floral beauties nearly 6,000 papers ,1 d
of seeds were put up and given to the soldiers
to send home.
A learned coroner, in a neighboring county,
being uskcd how be accounted for egreu
mortality this year, exclaimed, " I cannot tell -,
there are people dying this year that never
died fore." , 1"
The price of substitutes has fallen in Warlr.
inglon to 8500. It was $1,000 six weeks cg,-.
A vein of gold ore has been discovered in
Baker lllountain, Moscow, Me.
The report that Mrs. Gen. Lee was seriously
disposed in now saidto be without foundation.
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