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The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22
Assessors Notice,

Having been prevented from attending at
the Rising Sun and Brick Meeting House on
the days previously fixed upon, the present
week, for receiving assessment lists, | will
attend at the following places on next
week for the purpose of making assessments
of Income, etc. At Cherry Hill. Monday.
24th; Otho Nowland's, near Gilpin's Falls
Tuesday, 25th, (but not on "wednesday as
heretofore advertised); at B. NJ. House. on
Wednesday and Thursday, 26th and 9th; at
Rising Sun, Friday and Saturday, 2sth and
18th. Persons liable to assessment will
please make rritten detailed statements of
their receipts from all sources daring the
year 1864, and also of their expenditures.
other than personal, for the same time
These statements may be made either ON
blanks they have received from the Asses
sor, or on separate sheets. All persons arc
also requested to have with them their tax
receipts and bills and receipts of all other
expenses and sales of produce for the wear
1854; and persons neglecting to produce
such written statements will not be attended
to, as the Assessor has not time to spend
while they study and guess over what can be,
so easily and accurately ascertained by a
slight effort on their part. Parties wh,
appear with lists made up will be attended,
to, and none others. All sales. of produce
in the year 1864 must be accounted for
whether raised IN that on the pyepious year,
and none others. +. L. EWING,
Assistant Assessor,
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22
Union Lodge, No. 4S, ,A.F.F.t NJ.

WHEREAS, We have learned with unfcgncd regret
of the death of our late Brother lanes ~ Moxw.u
Esq, the junior Warden Of this Lodge and b, this
SAD event have lost worthy friend and Brother and
the chain by which are united man to man has
thereby been weakened: therefore be it
RESOLVED. That we submit with deep humility to
the dispensatlons of Providence and sncerey de-
plore the loss of departed Brother so suddenly
called away from our midst.
RESOLVED, That we tendery sympathize with the
aifction, and hope they may find solace and comfort
from that Power who alone alleviate their sor-
rows, and give resignatan when death summons
those VIC love.
RESOLVED, That as slight testimonial of our love
ana respect for our departed Brother. the bodre
room be draped in mourning and that we wear the
badge of mourning for thirty days
RESOLVED That the above preamble and resolutions
ne published IN the Cecil Democrat and Cecil Wing
ana q copy OF the same he to the family of the
deceased By order of the Lodge
April %, 1S65-1t Secretary rro lem
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22
The Registry Law.

lhe most important Dill passed by the
Legislature of Maryland last winter, was the
Act relating to the registration of the voters
of the State. A good registry law is always
necessary as safe guard to the purity of the
ballot-box, and can never work wrong to
any legalzed voter; but at the present time
it is particularly necessary, in order to pro-
tect the rights of the loyal, and to prevent
those who have been endeavoring to destroy
the government, from participating in its
future administration,
Disfranchsement is but lenient punish.
ment for treason; and if the object of the
Registry law was to punish those who had
plotted, and sought, and desired the over
throw of the government, by disfranchising
them, we would consider it lamentable
failure. But it contemplates no such object.
| Its primary aim is the security of the loyal
citizen; and this it seeks to accomplish by
guarding with jealous care the purity of the
ballot-box. Under it the Governor is re-
quired to appoint for each election district,
from among the citizens of the State most
known for loyalty, frmness and uprightness,"
three persons who shall register all free white
male persons claiming, and entitled to, the
right of elective franchise in said district
And in order that these three "loyal, firm
and upright men may ascertain, and be
satisfied of, the qualification or disqualfica-
ton of every person claiming the right of
suffrage, they are invested with power to
summon witnesses, and collect all the evi-
dence for, and against, the right of such per-
son, before they decide whether or not he is
a qualified voter, under Article l. of the Con-
stitution relating to the elective franchise"
That such benefcent enactment should
meet with the bitterest opposition, and re-
cei7e the harshest denunciation, from cop
perhead editors and orators is nothing but
what is expected. 1t would be unnatural for
them to do otherwise than condemn it.
These dsloyal demagogues see that along
with the shoulder -hitters, ballot box suffers,
! and renegade rebels many of themselves will
be forever disfranchised by it. They see and
know that it viii prevent the colonizing Of
thousands, and thus break down that corrupt
and pestient organization mis- called the
Democratic party" Hence their abuse of
it,-abuse that can avail nothing with right
thinking, sensible men, no matter to what
party they may belong.
Ifwisdom and justice were ever combined
in one law, they are combined in the law for
the registration of the voters of the State of
Maryland. 1t is in every way wise, benefi.
cent and just. There is not provision in it
that can lessen or dimish single privilege
Of the loyal citizen; nor section of it that
can be excepted to by an honest man with
the good of his country at heart. Let us
see to it that we have the right men appoint
ed as Registers, so that the law will be en-.
forced without fear or favor.
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22
The Lesson.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN is dead but the Nation
still lives. Struck down in the prime of his
life and the midst of his usefulness by the
hand of a dastardly assassin, his death will
intensity the hatred of the American people
for that accursed system, which delights in
styling itself the Peculiar Institution. -
For that Slavery was the melting cause of
his assassination is as evident as that his
death has sealed the fate of Slavery through
out the world.
The leaders Of the rebellion may not have
directly instigatcd the murder of President
Lincoln +; but the infamous cause they are
fighting to establish begat and cherished the
spirit that did it; and they are therefore
responsible for the act-morally, if not
legally. But while holding them to strict
accountability, let us ask ourselves if zoe are
altogether gultless?
Nations like individuals reap according to
what they sow and the seeds of Slavery
that our fathers so carelessly sowed in the
country's infancy, and that their children so
carefully guarded through all the after years
even unto the ripening of bloody har-
vest, are now yielding their legitimate fruits
Treason, Rebellion, Assassination!
Abraham Lincoln is sleeping in his bloody
shroud-the victim of Slavery-a Martyr for
Freedom and free institutions. Yet if we
heed the automatic, but startling truth utter
ed by him eleven years ago: "The Union
cannot permanently exist half slave and half
free" he will not have died in vain. Each
and all of US will in the immediate presence
of the horrible crime that has filled our
hearts with anguish, realize more fully that
our chiefest duty now is the total extirpation
of the Nations giant curse-that prop and
main stay of the Rebellion-that sum of all
villainies-the iniquitous system of Slavery.
Will we fail to perform the duty imposed on
US by the murder of our patriot President?
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22

HoLLowING BEroRE OuT OF LIE Woops.
"A paragraph Of Baltimore news went the
rounds of the press on Monday last, headed,
1.-The Last Official Act of President Lin
coln," which stated that an entire change
had been made in the Federal offices of that
city, with the names of the newly commits
stoned officers appended. 1t turned out,
however, that the statement was premature,
no such removals and appointments having
been effected by the late lam sated Chief
Magistrate as his last official act
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
SHERIDAN OIL COMPANY,
OF CHERRY RUN.
Capital Stock, SG50,00.
Pan. TnIur of Encb S5
subscription Price Two Dollars,
Par Value Of Each, S5.

Subscription Price Two Dollar rs.
THE SHERIDAN OIL COMPANY, incorporated
Aundrr authority of an Act of the Legislature of
syivania passed April 18th. 1S5i with capital
Of SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND Dol
LARS divided into one hundred and thirty thousand
shares. the par value OF which is Five Dollars per
share. The Company reserves cash capital of Fif-
teen Thousand Dollars developing working
fund To purchase Engines and such other necessary
materials ,s will enable the Managers to at once fully
deyclopc and render productive the two desirable
tracts of territory selected and purchased for the
Company.
No l. Is a tract of land in fec-simpe, clear of all
inrumhrancc, containing twenty acres, situate on
Cherry Run, near the post-town of Plumer, in the
county of Nenango, Pa, and surrounded by devel-
upcd and partially developed lands, so favorably
known as the Cherry Run Territory :; in of the
most desirable localities of such property is the area
belonging to the Sheridan. All wells sunk to the
ordinary depth this territory have proved
ful thus far, consequently can hardly be considered
- risk to bore any part of this Company's lands.
No.2 Is choice tract of forty-fve acres situate
above described, about three-andonehalf miles from
the village of Plumer and to which the same char
acerstics fully apply both in ruthfulness and force;
derics, escape steam and smoke from working en-
pines are to be far above and below this pro-
pcrty for miles on the flats or low grounds.
The oils obtained in this particular district are Of a
fine character and well adapted to lighting purposes;
they are now active demand at S2 per barrel at the
wells for refining. the purchasers furnishing barrels
and cartng the oil herefrom as fast as it be pro-
duccd.
sly'The undersigned is authorized to dispose
of limited number of shares of the above Com
pany at TWO DOLLARS share.
SAMUEL B. FOARD.
Flkton Mar L. 1s65--tf
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22

INSTALLATION OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON
On Saturday, the 18th inst, Hon. Andrew
Johnson was installed as President. At II
o'clock, the oath of office was administered,
by the Chief Justice of the United States in
his usual solemn and impressive manner.
Mr.. Johnson received the kind expressions
of the gentlemen by whom he was surround
cd in manner which showed his earnest
sense of the great responsibility so suddenly
devolved upon him, and made brief speech
in which Ne said:
The duties of the Office are mine will
perform them. The consequences are with
God. Gentlemen, shall lean upon you.-
| am deeply impressed with the solemnity
If the occasion, and the responsibility OF
the otS;nc ! am assuming"
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22

GopEY's LADY's Book for May is rich and
beautiful as the month Of flowers, in designs
and patterns for the toilet and work table.
The colored double fashion-plate for the
month is in keeping with the season, and
will not fail to please and attract every one
who examines it. The Book has its usual
variety of literary, domestic, and miscella
neous reading, all of which is furnished by
L. A. Cooley, Philadelphia, for the low
price of $500 per year.
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22
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the residence of his father. IN
Friday, l4th inst, JAMES ALFRED, fourth
son of VIM. NJ. and Lucinda A. Reed, in
the 10th year of his age. ."
GOOD? EAR:-On Thursday morning, ;ire
10Th inst, MARGARET, wife of X. B. Good.
MS SeaTi VWiE,d n '4e 'ga @ year E,' OF her age.
MAA "ELi..-in Elkton, on Tuesday, 18th,
inst, JAMES W. MAXWELL, aged 80 years.
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22
A. J. WEIDENER,
3 s Sou hse conds stree,

q y y U u Z II . e z U II u . Z L e q Z )
between Market and Chestnut Streets,
PHILADELPHIA
Wun1yacturer Of Coal Oil Lamps, and
Wholesale Dealer in Glass TumJlers, Patent
Jars and Gtassrare generally.
DEALERS will find it to their advantage to examine
Dour stock and compare prices before purchasing
their goods for the spring sales
We would call the attention Of the public partcl,-
larly to our
NEW STLYE OF PATENT JAR
FOR PRESERVING FRUIT WITHOUT SUGAR
We can refer to hundreds of respectable persons
VINO put up peaches and other fruit in our Jars last
season without the use of Syrup, and found upon
opening that the Fruit retained its natural flavor and
i'll fact was just the same when pn into the Jars.
A. J. WEIDENER,
No 3S South Second Street.
April Is, lS65-3m PnILADELpIiA
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22
PROSPECTUS
OF me
SnsnY GROVE OIL COMPANY.
CapjlM S5oo,00o
Par jIalue Of each Share, Fire D"lta's.
pssOSPETTES
Subscription Price Five Doiiars.
F;piidl S5O0.O
I,I II,

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on "r 're,. Western Riroad passing directly through
la, ALREADY constrncteda a switch on the premises
UP N "}ch tho oil when harreled can be Pl.esa'ifce
fron nE hlorlal r"tGe lor a 49, or u.,t, en
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nlorric0.

WISWELL--GREENWOOD-AtN New
London, Chester CO., Pa, on Thursday,
18th inst, by Rev. Robert P. Dubois, Mr..
ROBERT A. WIswELL, of Elkton, and Miss
SARAH NJ. GREENWOOD, of Chester county.
STAPL LES-SHARP.-On Tuesday even.
ing last, in Elkton Trinity Church, by Rev
r. H. B. Mitchell, Mr.. E. W. STAPLES and
Miss KATE SHARP, daughter of DR.. S.
Sharp, e. S. N, both of 1Ekton.
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22

TYNE undersigned is prepared to furnish
Il or make to orde CASTINGS for all tho
Plows in general use in the neighborhood,
ODD CASTINGS for Stoves and Machinery.
And having good Blacksmith, is also pre-,
pared to do Horse-Shoeing and country
smithing generally.
A good assortment of PLOWS and CAST
INGS aIways on hand, at the Elkton Foun-
dry, corner of Main and Bridge streets.
THOS. J. JONES.
ElktOn, april %. 1865-3m
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22

Run OvER.-A small child, son of
Mrs. Rhoads, was run over on Main street,
on Wednesday last, and for a time supposed
to be badly hurt, but soon recovered, having
only been stunned. We do not know that
the team was moving rapidly at the time !;
but we have noticed frequently lately fast
driving through the streets with horses not
noted for gentleness. The town is certainly
not the place to exhibit the speed and quail
ties Of such animals, and the town authoriti, s
had better enforce the ordnance against fast
driving before some child is killed, or Grip
pied for life.
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22
A HORRIBLE RoAD.-The road from

A HORRIBLE RoAD.-The road from
Elkton to Cherry Hill-formerly the plank
roads now in a horrible condition. 1t is
almost worth a strangers life to drive over
it. The old planking has been taken up,
and the large teams travelling over it this
spring have cut itup in a shocking condition.
The road is out of the hands of the county.
and late session of the legislature, we be-
lieve gave the company who have control of
it, two years in which to turnpike it.
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22

An official bulletin from Secretary Stan
ton confirms the unofficial accounts publish.
ed on Tuesday OF the capture Of Fort Span
ish and Fort Blakely. Gen. Candy says
that in the two forts he capture1 2,963 pris-
oners and ffty.ive guns. On the 18th inst.
our troops took possession Of the city.
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22

Raleigh, N. c., was captured last Thurs,
day, with very little fighting, by Sherman S
army. After Sherman left Goldsborough,
he at once struck out for Johnstons army,
hoping to induce him ro give battle The
Rebels, however, kept retreating, and Shcr
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22
The DEATH O. JAMES w. maxwell,

: The DEATH O. JAMES w. MAXWELL,
Eso.-James W. Maxwell, Esq, son of Mr.
j. l.. Maxwell, at Port Deposit, died, after
a short illness, at the Howard House, in this
Gown, on Tuesday afternoon last. Mr.. Max
we'll was by profession lawyer, and had
been resident of Elkton many years. The
deceased left large circle of relatives and
friends in this county to mourn his early and
unexpected death. He inherited by nature
those rare social qualities which win their
possessor many personal friends, none of
whom received the sad intelligence of his
sudden and unlocked for demise, without a
feeling of sadness or tear to the memory
Of the deceased. He was subject to erysip-
elias, an attack of which is believed to have
caused his death. His remains were laid in
the family burying ground, at West Noting
ham Presbyterian Church. "In the midst
of life we are in death"
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22

LAND SALE.-Mr. Jos. p. Jordan
has purchase of Mr.. William Meredith a
small farm, near Providence paper mills,
for $1,000.
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22
Mackerel,
ASTR AY.

CAME to the premises Of the subscriber,
O(on ]. Tones farm,) on Monday, the
10th inst, a pale red COW, with wide horns.
The owner is requested to come forwa I'd,
prove property, pay charges and take her
away. J,J. SMITH,
april 10, l6GjSw
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22

before the front OF tne DOX against back
ground of lace.
THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE PARTY.
President Lincoln took one of the arm
chairs and seated himself in the front of the
box, in the angle nearest the audience, where,
partially screened from observation, he had
the best view of what was transpiring on the
stage. Mrs. Lincoln sat next him, and Miss
Harris in the opposite angle nearest the
stage. Major RathboHe sat just behind Mrs.
Lincoln and Miss Harris. These four were
the only persons in the box.
THE PLAY.
The play proceeded. The audience at
Ford's, including Mrs. Lincoln, seemed to
enjoy it very much. The worthy wife of the
President leaned forward her hand upon
her husband knee, watching every scene in
the drama with amused attention. Even
across the Presidents face at intervals swept
a smile, robbing it Of its habitual sadness.
THE AssAssIN's PRELlMINAKIEs TO FLIGHT.
About the beginning of the second act,
| the mare, standing in the stable in the rear
| of the theatre was disturbed in the midst of
her meal by the entrance of the young man
| who had quilted her in the afternoon. 1t is
presumed she was saddled and bridled with
exquisite care.
BOOTH ENTERS THE THEATRE.
Having completed these preparations, Mr..
| Booth entered the theatre by the stage
door; summoned one Of the scene-shifters,
MIR. John Spangler, emerged through the
same door with that individual, leaving the
door open, and left the mare in his hands to
be held until he (Booth) should RETURN
Booth, who was even more fashionably and
richly dressed than usual, walked thence
around to the front of the theatre and went
in. Ascending to the dress circle, he stood
for a little time gazing around upon the au-
dience, and occasionally upon the stage, in
his usual graceful manner He was subse-
quently observed by Mr.. Ford, the proprie-
tor Of the theatre, to be slowly elbowing his
way through the crowd that packed the rear
of the dress circle, toward the right side, at
the extremity of which was the box where
Mr., and Mrs. Lincoln and their companions
The Cecil Whig., 1865-04-22
LOOK HERE.

April 90, 1s65-lt
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-10-06

A Copperhead paper casts a slur upon
Gen. Sherman for drawing his sword
against "his ancient friends" Bragg and
Beauregard. We presume, according to
this reasoner, it was all right for Bragg and
Beauregard to draw their Swords against
the Union, friend that educated, fed, pro-
tected and supported them.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-10-06
What has been secured.
. Wnsh;nn.tnn Hhnnn;cLe sauS !.

The Washington Chronicle says:
In less than six months after the surren-
der of the rebel armies, three important
measures for indemnity for the past and
security of the future, have been almost
consummated, and may now be regarded
as fixed and unalterable. These measures
and objects are as follows: a
l. The ratification, by all the recent in
surgent or rebellious States, of the joint
resolution of Congress amending the Fede-
raj Constitution, by forever abolishing Sla-
very in the United States.
IL The abrogation and repeal of all
laws, codes, or provisions, State or muni-
cipal, for the protection of slavery, for the
oppression of the colored man, and for the
withholding from him the rights secured
to all of his race, in most of the free States
of the Republic. a
Ill The authoritative avowel that none of
the debts incurred in the prosecution of
the rebellion against the national authority
either State or national, shall ever be paid
or be made apretext for taxing the people,
or for claim upon the Government of the
United States,
These measures are in accordance with
the Ohio Union Platform, but Democracy
hates and fights them.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-10-06
rs THE WORK ALL DONE g

Union men of Sandusky, is all the work
done in this county that can be! Do you
know every Union voters Do you know
that every Union man is positively going
TO the polls on next Tuesday. Do you
not think of one in your neighborhood
who is as likely to stay at home as be is
10 90 and vote? If SO, see that man
yourself, and if it is nOtpossible for you to
see him, be sure that some one sees him.
Do not lose the vote because the man was
a little luke-warm. If there are any such
see TO it that they are at the polls
Much may be done in this way The
election may be lost by lack OF ZEAL or
it may be won by firm determination to
win. If we carry the connty 1t must be
done by labor, and with that labor it ca"
be done. If all is not done, then, that
can be, let every friend to the true prlnci-
pies of the Union Party put his shoulder
to the wheel and help push forward the
car of truth and right principles.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-10-06
OHIO DEMOCRACY.

Referring to the Ohio Democracy and
its platform, the New York Evening Post
makes the following happy hit:
These people remind us of the patient,
dull pertenacity with which a mud-turtle
teased by parcel Of school boys, tries to
get back to its hole The stupid animal,
blinded by the light Of day, choked by the
fresh, free air, wretched and out of place,
seeks only to get back to its dark hole, and
turns all its efforts to that end. Providence
has given it hard shell, SO that blows do
not hurt it much; and in the last resort
the poor creature shut its eyes and pulls
in its head, and thus, denied the darkness
itprefers, envelopes itselfin artificial gloom.
These mud-turtles politicians call themselv-
es s'democrats"-jjust as the same silly tpr-
tie might get inscribed upon its back,
srThis is a sky-lark." But that would on
ly provoke the laughter and ridicule of the
| BOYS.