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PROSPECTUS
oP THE
SHERIDAN OIL COMPANY,
OF CHERRY RUN.
Capital Stock, s65o,oo.
Par Value Of Each, SIS.
subscription Price Two Dollars

f:,HE SHERIDAN OIL COMPANY, Incorporated
under ,lthority Of an Act of the Legislature of
Panns yivan!a passed April 12th, 1854, with capital
u SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOL
LARS divided into one hundred and thirty thousand
shares the PAL value oil which is Five Dollars per
teen Thousand Dollars developing or working
fund ia purchase Engines and such other necessary
materials will enable tn" Managers to at once fully
,.cvelopc and render produntiv. the two desirable
tracts Of e.ri.ory selected and purchased for the
Company.
>. |, is tract Of land in fec-simpe, clear of all
incuinbrance, containing twenty acres, situate on
Cherry Run, near the posttown of Plumer, in the
county of Vcnango, Pa, and surrounded by deve
known the Cherry Run Territory - in of the
most desirable localities of such property is the
belonging to the Sheridan. All wells sunk to the
ordinary depth on this territory have proved success
fu thus far consequently it can hardly be considered
risk tn bore on any part of this Company's lands
90 2, Is choice tract of fory-iye acres, situate
O. tho .xtension Of the same Cherry Run flats above
above described, about three half miles from
the village Of Plulner, and to which the char
d"roS c5c' pc =tean and smoke from working
g!lIcs, to be seen far above and below this pro-
pcrty Scr miles the flats or low grounds
The'oils obtained in this particular district are of
fine cAara ter and well adapted to lighting purposes;
they are now III active demand at s12 per barrel at the
wells. for refining, the purchasers furnishing barrels
and carnS the oil thcrefroin fast as it can be pro-
duccd.
~ The undersigned is authorized to dispose
Of limited number of shares of the above Com
rany g. TWO DOLLARS share.
SAMUEL B. FOARD.
Elktcn Mar. l. lsG.--tf
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Plot TO BURN PnILADELpHA.-On Sun
day afternoon a telegraphic despatch was
received in this city, from Washington, that
a plot had been discovered for setting fire to
Philadelphia on Sunday night. Soon sitter
the reception of the despatch by Gen. Cad.
walader and Mayor Henry, measures we're
taken to notify proprietors of hotels to keep
an extra watch during the night, and to scan
closely persons seeking lodgings. Military
guards were placed around all the govern
ment buildings, and every other precaution
taken to defeat the ends of the incendiaries
if they should make their appearance. In
some of the churches the congregations were
notified of the contents of the telegrapbc
despatch, and in one place the worshipers
became so excited that it was found neces-
sary to stop the service and close the doors
No attempt, however, was made 20 fire the
city. The guard and precautions instituted
on Sunday night will be continued by the
authorities. -Phila. Ledger.
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Gen. Halleck has issued an order re-
CURING all persons in Richmond and Peters
burg engaged in any trade or business, or
claiming any protection from the United
States, to take the oath Of allegiance. No
marriage licenses will be issued until the
parties desiring to be married take the oath
of allegiance to the United States, and no
clergyman, magistrate, or other person au-
thorised by State laws to perform the mar
riage ceremony will officiate in such capacity
until he himself and the parties contracting
matrimony have taken the prescribed oath
of allegiance.
Our captures at Mobile include two hun
dred and fifteen heavy guns, two thousand
five hundred stands of small arms, and
twenty thousand bales of cotton. 1t is esti.
mated that there are one hundred thousand
bales of cotton, and seventy-fve thousand
barrels of rosin on the line Of the Alabama
river, within reach of our forces. Over ten
thousand stragglers from the Rebel army
have given themselves up. The report is
repeated that Gen. Dick Taylor has offered
to surrender his army.
= Some additional interesting particulars
of the capture of Selma and Cahawba, Ala
bama, by Gen. Wilson's cavalry are given.
Among the Rebels captured at Selma were
NV my pulccIS.
Dick Taylor, Forrest Roddy Armstrong
Adams and Grassland, who were all there,
managed to escape; but the members of
their stats were taken. Forrest was said to
be wounded. AT Cahawba about seventy
Union prisoners were released.
The authorities at Washington are en-
gagged in most thorough investigation of
the assassination plot sending out in all di.
rfEoa h.,
reporters, to take testimony, so that in the
end we shall have full history of all that
has transpired since the flight of the assas.
sin Booth and his accomp.ice Harold -
Harold is reported to have made confess
sion.
- General Grant since his return to Wash.
ington has been busiy engaged in making
arrangements for the contemplated heavy
decrease of our military force, and the con.
sequent immense reduction of the Govern.
mert expenses. 1t is thought that the army
will soon be decreased by the number of
four hundred thousand men.
The cavalry with the Army of the Pc.
tomac has been sent South. into North Car.
olina. About 1000 men of Sheridan S COM
mand are still at City Point waiting to be
mounted.
ALL the funds required to pay General
Sherman's army in full will be ready by the
middle of next week. 1t will require about
S1l 100000 for this purpose.
- Some of our enterprising naval opera
tors made fine strike at Mobile. Going
up the river in launches they captured a
blockade runner loaded with four thousand
bales of cotton.
- Nine hundred Rebels surrendered to
our forces at Cumberland Gap, on Thursday
of last week, and were paroled.
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Going to Pieces.

Like an old hulk on storm beaten coast
prey to the angry winds and tide, the &c.
S. A." that great fabric composed of sla
very, secession, tyranny, rebellion and trea
son-the sum of all villanies-is rapidly GO
ing to pieces. Army after army has surren
dered to Tie national forces, till there is
scarce shadow of the once arrogant slave
power, which placed itself in battle array
against the most powerful nation on the
globe.
The marvel is now how any sensible man
could have brought himself to believe that
such conspiracy as the shareholders rebel,
lion could have established itself among the
nations OF the earth. The very doctrines
and theories of government they set out to
establish, held in themselves the seeds of
dissolution. The right of secession and su,
premc sovereignty of individual States over
the general government was so manifestly
absurd, and at variance with common sense,
the wonder is that any rejecting mind should
have been the subject Of such a delusion.
But the ingratitude and folly of those who
were led away by the syren song of treason,
from that native love and admiration for
their flag and government which have been
SO marked a feature of the American char
acter, will be one Of the anomalies of the
history of the human race.
In a few short months, men whose love of
country and its traditions seemed strong a"
the instinct of life, were found ready to tear
down the banner they had SO lately venerat
ed, and set up in its place the black flag Of
slavery, and declare crusade against the
peace and free government of the world
Conquest and spoiliation was the leading
principle with which the plotters and plan
ners of the rebellion set out. They boosted
Of slave empire, which was to extend to
the tropics and embrace in its sweeping
conquests the West Indies. Vast regions of
country were to be subdued and planted
with slavery. A war of conquests was to be
waged against freedom, the advance of civil
ization to be checked and turned back again
to barberism. How such wild, hellish in
fatuation could have taken possession of
men s minds, without a plea of excuse, will
ever be a marvel.
The war has revealed the bouhdless re-
sources of the American people, and settled
all doubt that may have existed as to the
ability of the people for self government.
Though 100000 men have persisted and
the people and section Of country that at.
tempted this wicked thing have been scourg-
ed with fire and sword, the war is worth to
mankind tenfold its cost and reign of
prosperity, peace and progress is before this
nation that is destined to revolutonize the
world in the presen. century. The debt of
the country, which has served as a bugaboo
to brighten Copperhead tories, will vanish
before the advancing wave Of improvement
like snow beneath the summers sun, while
the names of those who plotted the foul
treason in favor Of slavery, will be kissing
and by word of scorn to the world. As
Cain they flee now wandering vagabonds on
the earth, and the indignation and curses of
the people will follow them and their ex-
cusers to the verge of eternity.
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The foreign news indicates how rapidly
American credit will rise in Europe, under
the influence of the restoration of peace in
this country, under the basis of the integrity
of the Union. The last several steamers
have reported quite an advance in American
securities, and the advices by the steamer
Scotia, up to the 23d ultimo, show that Uni
ted States 5-2O's have reached Sc! and 66a
This is an improvement of about 20 per
cent. on the rate at which for long time
past they have ruled. Cotton, which had
for some time been declining, has taken
turn upward, and the market has become
buoyant. The English papers consider the
war over, and this would indicate revival
Of manufactures.
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SOLDIERS BOUNTY Certain " claim
agents in Baltimore having been engaged
in creating the impression that every Mary
land soldier discharged the years 1861, 1862
and 1868, as we'll as the families of such as
have died and others, are entitled to a
bounty of $500 under the provisions of an
act of the General Assembly of Maryland,
passed at its recent session amendatory of
the act of 1864, chap. Is, Richard King,
ESQ.,. Military Relief Agent for the State of
Maryland, has issued card on the subject.
in which he says:
81 am authorized to say for the informa-
ton of all concerned that such representa-
tons are without foundation in law and in
fact; that none are entitled to the Bounty
referred to except such as were enlisted
under the call of the President, dated Octo-
her II, 1868, and subsequent calls or Gre
dited upon the States quota Hereunder
All enlistments in 1861, 1862, and the early
part Of 1868, were made and credited upon
the State quota under prior calls of the
President, and consequently by the terms Of
the law no soldier enlisted during the period
referred to can be entitled to the Bounty in
question, nor is any soldier entitled who has
been credited upon the States quota under
the call Of October II, 1868, and who has
already received the Bounty provided by the
act of 1864, chapter To-"
This false impression prevails to some
extent in this county; but the above from
Mr. King fully sets the matter at rest. 1t
will be well for discharged soldiers and
others to beware of these "claim agents."
as the greater part of them are nothing more
nor less than Gland sharks" Those having
claims they wish collected from the State or
National Governments should employ only
those whom they know to have regulations
for fair dealing,
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FRosT.-There was quite a heayy

FRosT.-There was quite a heavy
frost on Thursday morning, being the fourth
of May. We hope, however, that the fruit
was not seriously injured by it. The weather
continues quite cool, although vegetation
appears to be nearly two weeks earlier than
in usual seasons. The wheat looks fine,
tie rye is already comming ont in head, the
grass is luxuriant, the farmers are planting
corn, and everything has promising and
encouraging appearance. Indeed the pros
poets were never brighter, and there never
was greater reason for thankfulness to the
Giver of all good, than at the present time.
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TADv.7

The Results OF ADvERrIsIYG.-The pro.
pretors of the Pacific Monthly are pursuing
a liberal and extensive system of advertising,
and the result is an extraordinary and un-
precedented demand for the Pacific Monthly.
The fact is, no magazine offers the same in.
ducements as this. Every subscriber is the
recipient of valuable present, as we'll as a
magazine for year, alone we'll worth the
price of subscription.
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THE MCCLELLAN QUARTETTE

The MCCLELLAN QUARTETTE. The
readers Of The Whig will remember the
Quartette which figured somewhat conspicu.
ously in the electioneering campaign of last
fall in this county. How their efforts in the
cause of Little Mack were worthy of better
fate as well as better cause, and how their
sweet minstrelsy to the unterrifed :" was
duly reported through the columns of The
Wing. Having been the historian of the rise
and progress of the Quar.ette, as well as of
its decline and fall as an acknowledgment
of cur services in assisting it to Immortality
we received beautiful photograph of the
silver-tongued four, taken by our townsman
and artist, Mr.. B. E. Lodore. All friends of
the young champions of Slavery and the
right of Secession should preserve copy
that generations yet unborn may look upon
the likenesses of those who stood up in the
nineteenth century and plead with the men
of loyal Cecil the cause that placed slavery
above freedom and drenched the land with
fraternal blood, in the vain effort to stay the
advance of civilization and the elevation of
the human race.
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DEATH OF A SENArok.-Daniel Jones.
ESQ.,, State Senator from this county, died
at his residence near Kennedyville, on Sun
morning, May 23d, of paralysis. Mr.. Jones
was frequently detained from his seat in the
Senate during the late session of the Legis-
lature in consequence of affection. lie was
a man of strict integrity, of fine sense and
good business capacities. --kent News.
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Cofol affairs.

lNCoMEssAND LIcENsEs.-All returns
of Incomes must be made to the Assessors
by the 18th of the present month, otherwise
they are liable to an addition of twenty five
per cent for neglect.
All licenses under the Internal Revenue
laws of the U. 8. should be applied for
without delay. E. E. EWING,
Assistant Assessor,
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VIEWS OF GEN. BUTLER-Gen. Butler, in
an address before the Union Club in New
York, on Monday evening, discussed at con-
siderable length the essentials of reconstruc-
ton. In his view. they are four: No more
slavery constitutional acknowledgment by
each State that there can be no right Of
secession under our government; repudia-
ton of the war debt Of the rebels and the
complete Acknowledgement of all who have
held civil or military Offices under the rebel
government.
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Major General Banks has arrived at
New Orleans and assumed command of the
Department of the Gulf The assassination
of the President threw the whole people into
mourning. There was a report current in
the city that the Mexican General Cortinas
had captured the town Of Bagdad, on the
Mexican side Of the Rio Graude,
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Town ELEcTIoN.-At the election for
Town Commissioners of Elkton, on Monday
last, the following gentlemen were chosen
W. j. JOKES, Jacob Rambo, James Mercy,
Lambert G. Foard, James Denny, Nicholas
Hiss, and Joseph p Cantwel.
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PROSPECTUS
on fRI
SHADY GROVE OIL COMPANY.
rfptiOn Price Five Dollars.
CAPITAL $500, 600.


subscription Price Five Dollars.
THE. SHADY GROVE OIL COMPANY" incor-
porated under authority Of an Act OF the Legisls-
ais!sa into One hundred Thousand Shares, the par
yalue OF which is 4-Five Dollars for each Share; a
rnd othSrwise developing the territory.
The Company has purchased in fee simple ani,
clear Of REMEMBRANCE tract OF choice land in Oil
Creek Waller, and in that portion therec auown as
tN Crock Flats. short distance 'ecye Ttusville of
AZ acrea It most fav"-1l located for extensive
oil operations. The entire area is fat, and adapted
boring or vel, init.ng purposes, the creek passing
through po,non Of the plot furnishes an abundance
a, ,.:te western Railroad passing directly through
mas al. eaty constructed switch on the premises,
upon which the OIL when barreled can be placed free
from cny material charge for carriage or other ex-
pense .hau the railroad charges for transportation to
market.
orar Mi atnna2rt supply Of oil. prevail upon the
.,rice and so we'll satisfied is the previous owner
Uf the production OF the desired article in abundance
tnt nc agrees to bore well or wells until twenty
tarols of oil day are Produced and free OF charge
uGl ouch result IS attained the Company to furnish
jton to the above assurance he has executed bond
!or 10000 which is already filed against him in Venan
q County. az guarantee Of the production of such
result. The numerous wells, both above and below
are being sunk with energy. and some are already
yielding a aow of oil at much less than the ordinary
depth Of wells.
! first .ass engine has already been ordered and
expected to pe delivered on The premises in the month
Ct il .ecmber; the lumber for constructing a derr
cnginchousc, &c, has been ordered and the tools
ari machinery necessary to commence sinking a
well vii! be complete by the time tnat the engine is
delivered; when the work will be prosecuted with
both by day and night to carry out the spirit
OF il,struc tions and wishes of the Company.
-'sine entire production will belong exclusively TO
III" Company, there being leases or other incum-
hrances upon the promises which, the perseverance
nd d, tormrnd energy with which the enterprise is
he earried into effect will afford, at early date
the most satisfactory return for the capital invested.
One w:ii yielding twenty barrels per day, at pres
rt prices would IN gross realize about $4,000 per
a!lln; and Tie expenses for such production would
b. nolnpa:a ;vely small There sites for fifty
wells ~ n" land, without probable danger of inter-
fern. with the product OF either.
~ The undersigned is authorized to dispose
OF the limited number of the shares of the above
Company III Two DOLLARS per share.
SAMUEL q. FOARD.
lliton Mar l. lStJ--tf
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Road Notice.

N Office is hereby given that application
IN will be made to the Commissioners of
Cecil county, at their first regular meeting
after the 9th day of June. next, for the ap-
pontment Of Examiners to view and deter
mine the propriety of vacating the present
road from Wilson SidweIls MY to the Har-
mony NJ. P. Church, i'll the 7th District, and
opening new road to run through Il valley
adjacent to the present location, through
lands Of Wilson SidweIl. Jane. Graham
VIM Griffec ard VIM. Harris. to a point near
VIM. Harris gate, ON the Rowlandsvill and
Battle Swamp road. [may 6, I865-5w
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CONDEMNED HoRsEs.-The Government
has on hand several thousand condemned
cavalry horses, many of them fit for farm
work, although unserviceable for military
purposes Sales are to be made at auction
in Washington, Baltimore, Wilmington, Car
Isle and Pittsburg, and many condemned
nag, after rest and good treatment, with per
haps little "doctoring,' will be resold at
large advance over what he will be knocked
5o-pn Of
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DlvoRCED.-Mrs. Cornelia Frazier,
of Chesapeake City obtained divorce, on
the 18th of April, from Eben W. Frazier
who Is now confined in the Jail at New Cas-
tie, for shooting the late J. A. Eliason, of
Middletown
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THUNDER SToRM.-We were visited

IHONDEN oIOhN'-Ve WeFe VIsIteu,
on Saturday evening last, by the first thun-
der storm of the season. Dense clouds
arose in the horizon, the wind blew fresh
from the southwest, and rain, accompanied
by loud peals of thunder and brilliant flashes
of lightning, commenced falling early in the
evening, and continued, with brief intervals,
till late at night. At times the fall was very
heavy, causing the streets to run with water,
thus changing them from bed of dust to
one of mud.
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MAN KILLED.-A passenger fell from
the 1920 A. NJ train, on Thursday last, near
the plank road. and was instantly killed.
From papers On his person, it was ascertain.
ed that his name was George Dunn, and it
is supposed he was on his way to Richmond.
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JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.-1n the Court

JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.-Ih the Court
Of Appeals, on Friday, the 2Sth ult., the fol-
lowing proceedings are reported
chesapeake and Delaware Canal Com
pany rs. County Commissioners of Cecil
County. An appeal from the Circuit Court
for Cecil County. Justice Goldsborough
delivered the opinion of this Court. Judg,
ment affirmed
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A. J. WEIDENER,

between Market and Chestnut Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
Manufacturer of Coal OIL Lamps, and
Wholesale Uea,cr in Glass Tumblers, Patent
Jars und G!assacare centrally.
nEALERS will find it to their advantage to examine
-Four stock and compare prices before purchasing
their goods for the spring sales.
We would call the attention Of the public particu-
la.ly to our
NEW STLYE OF PATENT JAR
FOR PRESERVING FRUIT WITHOUT SUGAR.
We can refer to hundreds Of respectable persons
WHO put up peaches and other fruit in our Jars last
season wioqt Fruit retained s n aPd oRna n mon
mas just the same As when put into the Jars
A. j. NEIDENER
No. IS South Second Street
April Is, lsG5-3ln Pur.prIpHt.
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STOPPED " est Amwe,l Roll

ing Mills, owned by Mr.. E. A. Harvey, of
Wilmington, Del, and situated on the Big
Elk, u miles from Elkton, have stopped
work. The cause given is the decline in
iron, together with the high rate of tax on
sheet iron-$6. 90 per ton.
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THE meeting of the stockholders of
the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal Com,
pany will be held in Philadelphia on the 9TH
of June.
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j. e. CRANoR, who was arrested last
week at Middletown, Del, on the charge of
disloyalty, has been taken to Baltimore and
committed to prison.
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SUNDAY next (to-morrow) will be the

DUNDA1 HSNI TVU-HoTrUWT VIII DC tHt
quarterly meeting occasion of the NJ. E.
Church, here. In the evening the Presiding
Elder, Rev. Mr.. Cunningham, will preach
The love feast will be held at 8! clock in
the afternoon, instead Of A. NJ, as hereto,
fore
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THE MISSES HUDSON

HAVING changed their place of business
- will be found opposite tho P. o. and
between the confectionery of Mrs. Hall and
the store Of Mr.. Burton (late Drenne n 81
whore they are prepared to do all kinds Of
Dress Making,
CUTTING, FITTING, STAMPING, &C.,
With neatness and despatch.
Elkton. april Is, 1865
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The Cecil Wing.
EfKTON, MAY 6, 1868.

HAIL to thee nag Of many stars;
Beneath thy shade true hearts will gather,
And still uplift thee TO the breeze,
Though dark and stormy be the weather.
To thee our earliest hopes belong
TO every fold deathless story;
And still with life well hold undimm'd
The starry luster of thy glory