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d into New Court party......Dec. 24, 1824 Henry Clay appointed United States Secretary of State......March 7, 1825 General Lafayette visits Louisville......May 8, 1825 Old Court have a majority in the legislature, but Senate remains New Court......1825 Legislature restores the Old Court......Dec. 30, 1827 Natural gas-well discovered on Green River by Samuel White......1828 William T. Barry, of Lexington, Postmaster-General of United States......1829 American oil-well near Burksville on the Cumberland River discovered in boring for salt, spouted 50 feet. The oil, imagined to have healing qualities, was bottled and sold through the United States and Europe for medicine......1830 President Jackson vetoes a bill directing the Secretary of the Treasury to subscribe for 1,500 shares of the Maysville, Washington, and Lexington Turnpike Road Company......May 27, 1830 First rail Lexington and Ohio Railroad laid at Lexington......Oct. 22, 1831 Henry Clay candidate for