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PROSPECTUS
SHERIDAN OIL COMPANY,
OF CHERRY RUN.
Capital Stock, $650,00.
Far Value Of Each, 50.
Price Two Dollars

THE SHERIDAN OIL COMPANY incorporated
under authority Of an Act of the LEGISLATURE of
Pennsylvania passed April 18th, ls54 with capital
of SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOL
LARS divided into one hundred and thirty thousand
shsrrs, the pur value of which is Five Dollars per
teen Thousand Dollars a developing or working
fund to purchase Engines and such other necessary
materials will enable the Managers to at once fully
dcvelope and render productive the two desirable
tracts of territory selected and purchased Tor the
Company
No. Is q tract of land in fcesimpc, clear Of all
lncumhrance, containing twenty acres, situate on
Cherry Run. near the post-town of Pltmcr, i'll the
county Of Vcnango, Pa. and surrounded by devcl-
known the Cherry Run Territory !: in one of the
desirable localities of such property is the area
belonging to the Sheridan All wells sunk to the
Ordinary depth this territory have proved success
ful thus far consequently 1t can hardly be considered
risk to bore on any part Of this Company's lands.
No =. Is choice tract of fory-ive acres, situate
o. n. extension of the same Cherry Run flats above
above described, about t!iree-andone-half miles from
The village of Pumer, and to which the same char
.cteriscs fully apply, both in trnhfuness and force;
derics, escape steam and smoke from working en-
gnes are to be seen far above and below this pro-
pcrty for miles on the fats or low grounds.
The oils obtained in this particular district are of
fine character. and well adapted to lighting purposes;
they are now in active demand at s2 per barrel at the
wells for refining the purchasers furnishing barrels,
and carting the oil therefrom fast as ii can be pro-
duccd.
- The undersigned is authorized to dispose
of limited number of shares of the above Com
psny at Two DOLLARS share.
SAMUEL b. FOARD.
Vlktdn Mar 4 1S65-tf
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LOCAL MISCELLANY =

"A new packet line is now running from
Elk Landing to Baltimore. This will be a
great accommodation to our merchants and
farmers.
A Basket Pie Mic will come off near
Battle Swamp, on Saturday, the Odd inst.
The Glee Club of the neighborhood of
Perryville, will hold their last Social Pic Mic
on Wednesday next
Cummings & Bradbury, engaged in the
Bread, Cracker and Cake business, have
dissolved partnership. Mr.. Cummings will
continue the business.
The President of the Public School
Board publishes notice that is very import.
ant to the people, both old and young
Read it.
The fine large farm, belonging to the cs-
tate of b. W. Harris, Esq, will be offered
at Trustee Sale, at the Court House door,
on Tuesday next. Also, on Monday, the
Real Estate of the late James Bolton, in the
village of Warwick, will be offered at Trus-
tees Sale, at the same place.
We have had hot, foggy weather for the
past two or three weeks, and as a conse-
quence there is considerable sickness in this
usually healthy neighborhood.
The gunners are ''popping'' at the rail
on the marsh; but they are quite poor as
yet.
Two suspicious looking characters were
arrested at the FELTON, House, by deputy
sheriff Janney, on Monday last, and lodged
in Jail. They had in their possession a large
amount of cheap jcwclry, consisting OF
watches, chains, &C., which they offered to
dispose of at such low prices, as led to the
supposition that they had been gotten lille
gally, and consequently their arrest. They
had hearing before Justice Torbert on
Thursday, but as no one appeared agains,
them, their property was restored, and they
were rel eased.
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"A delegation representing Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas. Vir-
ginia and Tennessee, visited President John
son, on Monday. The Hon. w. H. Macfar
land, Of Virginia, assured the President that
his policy of restoration would be sustained
by the entire South and that it was the pur
pose of the delegation to support and sus
tain him and his Administration. "What
ever might be said to the contrary" Mr.
mcfarland assured the President, '.the pur
poses and objects of the entire South were
for restoration and peace upon the basis of
the Union of the States" President John.
son said he was surprised at meeting such a
large delegation, and expressed his gratifca
ton at their patriotic remarks. He spoke
of his position before the war, when he urged
his Southern brethren to remain in the
Union and there contend for their constitu
tional rights. He himself had been slave
holder, but had made up his mind that if the
issue ever narrowed itself down to the Union
and Slavery, that Slavery must go and the
Union be saved. He believed in the ex-
pressed sentiments of the delegation that
they were in favor of the restoration of the
Union, and in their disposition to aid in
building up the waste places of the South,
and restoring peace, happiness and good
will, and did not believe the sensational re-
ports that there existed in the South disaf
lection and dissatisfaction. He had conf
dence in the professions of the Southern
people, and of their purpose to restore the
Union upon the principles of the Constitu.
ton. The feud lately existing was family
quarrel, and now that it was ended the ties
Of friendship he trusted, would be stronger
and more enduring than ever. In the Union
only could the high and holy mission OF the
American people, the extension of free Gov
eminent, be administered. In conclusion
the President expressed the hope that men
thoroughly loyal would be elected to Con-
gress in order that the South might again
be admitted to the Councils of the Nation.
His remarks were frequently interrupted with
applause, and all seemed grati6ed with the
interview.
Returns from 208 towns in Vermont
establish the election of 1913 Unionists and
IL Democrats to the Legislature. In three
places there has been as yet no choice
Last year these towns elected 1873 Unionists
and Is Democrats. Governor Dillingham; s
majority will be nearly 10000 against 49,
977 given to the Republican candidate last
year. In Maine the Senate will be unanim
ously Union, and the number of Democratic
members of the Legislature, which was last
year 20, will be considerably reduced. Al
though the vote cast is much smaller than it
was last year, the majority for Cony will this
year be larger than it was last.
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INTERESTING To CONSUMERS OF GAS
-PRICE REDUCED TO s. PER NJ FEET The
business enterprise of several gentlemen in
duced them, several months ago, to erect in
our town works for supplying our citizens
with what all must conccde to be a luxury
in a town of the size of Elkton. viz, illumi.
mating gas. We fear the enterprise has not
been fully appreciated by our citizens, as we
learn from tie officers of the works that the
limited number of consumers does not afford
an income more than sufficient to meet the
monthly expenses of the works. even at the
price heretofore charged per NJ feet, viz, 81.
withstanding this fact, in order to in
ducc others to introduce it into their dwell
ings and places Of business, the managers of
the Company have determined to reduce the
price per NJ feet to So, on and after the first
of October, next. At this rate there can be
but trihing difference between the cost of
gas and ordinary coal oil, Notwithstanding
the con- anience of use and cleanliness of
the former.
We hope to see, from this time, an in.
creased consumption upon the part Of con
sumers and its general introduction into
dwelling houses. Between gas and all other
means of illumination, there can be no com
parison, while its increased cost is but a tr-
fling item.
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Maryland recommends Point Patience,
in the Patuxent river, about four miles from
the junction Of the river with the Chesapeake
Bay; as the most suitable place in the coun
try for the great naval depot proposed to be
established by the Government. 1t has a
fine harbor, large enough, one of our ex-
changes asserts, ''to float the whole National
navy and of great depth of water.
The War Department has issued orders
for the mastering out Of all the colored
troops now stationed in North Carolina who
were recruited in the Northern States, and
also for the reduction of the number of white
troops in other DEPARTMENTS
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HAVE You BEEN REGISTERED a.

Tuesday and Wednesday next are positively
the last days on which the names of voters
can be registered. The time then closes ac-
cording to the law. No man who is not reg
istered can vote this fall, no difference how
many papers, &C., he may have. Every
man who desires to exercise the right of suf
frage should not fail to go and be registered
Those who know these facts should interest
themselves in getting their Union friends out
on Tuesday and Wednesday next.
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"THE WINCHESTER JOURNAL" is the name
Of new paper published in Winchester,
West Virginia, by A. M. Crane, the second
No. of which we have received. The Jour-
nal, although an independent is strong
Union paper; presents very neat typo.
graphical appearance; and its selections are
such as cannot fail to please the most fas-
tidous. In short, it is frst-clas country
newspaper, and we gladly welcome it as an
exchange, and wish it much success.
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THE SECRET SERviCE-THE FIELD

THE DUNGEoN-AND THE EscAPE.-Mr J.
X. s. Lodore is now canvassing for the sale
of this popular work. 1t is written by AL.
bert D. Richardson, Correspondent of the
N. Y. Tribune. and gives very interesting
and thrilling account of his four years Of
secret serviqs in rebeldom; his imprison-
ment; Ills escape, &C., and is book every
one will want. 1t is sold only through can.
wasting agents, and those in want of the
book would do well to give Mr.. l.. their
names, as he is the only agen in the county,
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Notice to Farmers.

TIME subscribers have constantly on hand
L and for sale, the following valuable Fer
Ill zcrs, viz:
Moro Phillips Super Phosphate.
Baugh Il Sons do.
Hemon e. Co.'s do.
Fine Ground Bones (best quality.)
ga A" Mexican Guano.
Lodi Go. G. Poudrette.
ALSO
Salt by the Sack, Fine and Coarse,
together with a large stock of
Prime Herrings, Nos. 2 and 8 Mackerel,
at very low prices.
Grass Seeds of al kinds in season.
SEED BUCKWHEAT.
Orders for Farming implements
filed at Manufacturers prices.
d. SCOT1 u BRO.
June "a, 1864
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PROSPECTUS
or THE
SHADY GROVE OIL COMPANY.
Capital SSo0!cO0.
Far Value Of each Share, Fire Dollars.
Subscription Price Five Dollars.

Subscription Price Five Dollars.
THE SHADY GROVE OIL COMPANY" incor-
p"ratcd under authority of an Act OF the l1Slols
TIRE OF Pennsylvluia with Capital Stock OF sVooo
divided into One Hundred Thousand Shares, the par
value OF which is s5--rivc Dollars for each Share;
Working Capital OF $4,000 reserved for boring wells
and otherwise developing the territory
The Company has purchased IN fe" simple and
clear of incumbrance, tract of choice llnd IN Oh
Creek Valley, and in that portion thereof known as
Oil Creek Flats. short distance above Ttusyic, of
- acres 1t is most avorably located for extcnsiv.
oil operations The entire area is fiat and adapted to
boring or pnrposss the creek passing
of water; and the Franklin branch of the Atlantic
and Great Western Railroad, pass ing directly through
has already constructed n switch on the premises,
upon which the oil. when b3rrcled can he placed FIRE"
from any material charge for carriage or other cx-
pense than the railroad charges for transportation to
market.
An Oil Spring and other indications of the exist
cn"r and abundant supply of oil. prevail upon the
surface and well satisfied is the previous owner,
f the production Of the desired article in abundance
that he agrees to bore well or wells until twenty
barrels Of oil per day produced and free of charge
until such result is attained the Company furnish
engine, and necessary tools and structures. In ad-
cltion 10 the above assurance he has executed bond
$1,000 which is already filed against HIM IN Nenai-
20 County, gitnrante" of the production OF such
result The numerous wells, both above and below,
are being sunk with energy. and some are already
yielding flow Of oil at much less than the ordinary
depth Of wells
expected to h. delivered on the premises IN the month
Of December; the lumber for constructing a derc,
engine house, &c, has been ordered and the tools
and machinery necessary to commence sinking a
we'll will he complete by the time that the engine is
delivered; when the work will be prosecuted with
energy. both by day and night TO carry out the spirit
of instructions and wishes OF the Company.
The entire production will belong exclusively to
the Company ther" being leases or other incum-
brances upon The premises which, the perseverance
and determined energy with which the enterprise is
20 he carried into effect will afford, at an early date
the most satisfactory return for the capital invested.
One well, yielding twenty barrels per day at pres
ent prices would in gross realize about Sl5ooo per
annnn: and the expenses for such production would
I've comparatively small There are sites forever fifty
wells the land, without probable danger of inter
f.ring with the product of either.
10 The undersigned is authorized to dispose
Of the limited number of the shares of the above
Company at Two DOLLARS per share.
SAMUEL Is. FOARD.
Elkton, Mar !, 1S65--tf
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~ Die0.

IRWIN.-Cn Friday evening, the sh inst,
at Havre de Grace. Captain jesse IRWIN,
in the Goth year Of his age.
GILES,-Very suddenly, in Elktor, on Fri.
day night, the sth inst, MARY, wife of
William Giles, aged about 70.
SCARBOROUGH the morning of the
18th inst. after long and painful illness,
which he bore with patience and resigna,
ton, JOHN I. SCARBOROUGH, in the Both
year of his age.
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IMPORTANT NoTrcE.-Our friend, b.

IMPORTANT NoTICE.-Our friend, B.
E. Lodore, having returned from his trip
with recruited energies and put apparatus
and chemicals in the best working order, is
again ready to supply customers with Pho
tographs and Case Pictures in his very best
style.
We are informed that Mr.. Lodore intends,
as soon as suitable arrangements can be per
fected, to open rooms in distant city, where
a little more scope will be afforded for the
tending to give him call would do well to
make no delay, as the opportunity now offer
ed may prove of short duration.
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Female College,
BOrdentOwn, Nj.

VyVIlIS Institution is situated on the Cam
l. den and Amboy Railroad, % hours ride
from New-York, and X from Philadelphia.
Its location is unsurpassed for beauty and
healtht,,lness. Special attention is paid to
the common and higher branches OF English,
and superior advantages furnished in Vocal
and Instrumental Music, Drawing, Painting,
and French. The. Institution is strictly a
family School, where the most careful parents
may feel safe in placing their daughters
The Fall Term Commences September 18th.
For catalogues address
REV. JOHN Ii. BRAKELEY. A. NJ,
June az l865--3m President.
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RESOLUTIONS.

The resolutions passed by the Union
County Convention and those passed by the
Primary Meeting of the 9TH District We're
mislaid and not recovered in time for this
weeks issue of The Wing. They will be
published in our next.
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internal REVENUE TAXES OF THE

1sT DISTRICT OF MARYLAND.--The following
is the amount of the Annual Assessment of
the First Collection District of Maryland,
composed of the eight counties on the Eas
tern Shore. This amount is shown by the
returns of the annual lists, but there are a
number of incomes and taxable articles that
were not returned on those lists, owing to
the hardness of individuals, which will be
gathered up by the Assessors and placed on
a special list, thus increasing the Annual
Assessment. The monthly assessments will
amount to, perhaps, nearly as much more:
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REAL ESTATE.
BURNITE, MARSHALL & CO.'S
Real Estate Agency,
No. 70 SOUTH GAY STREET,
BALTIMORE, MD.

DEAL ESTATE in City and Country
~ Bought, Sold, Rented or Exchanged.
Those employing Our Agency in the sale
of their property may be assured of its be.
ing thoroughly advertised.
A Register will be issued in October, con-
tanning descriptions of all properties before
that time.
no. Farm Blanks and all information re-
quired willingly sent [sept l6, lS65-3m
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BIG ELK MILLS.

FI1HE ELKTON FLOUR AND FEED
i MILLS, having been thoroughly repair
ed, am now prepsrsd' to. do all kinds of
work. Persons from q distance can have
their grists ground the same day they are
brought to the mil. Flour, Meal and Feed
always on hand at the low est market prices.
July Is, l865-2m MILLER BARTON.
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c;ay"Burnight, Marshall & Co., Real Es
tate Agents, No. y, South Gay street, Bal
timore, publish their business card, in this
issue. This Agencyis highly recommended,
and will give satisfaction to those entrusting
the sale of Real Estate to them.
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DISTRESSING OccURRENcE.-We re

DISTRESSING OCcURRENcE.-We re.
greet to learn that the family of Mr.. J. A. NJ.
Passmore has met with most affecting dis
pensation. Death, a sudden and terrible
one, this week removed favorite child, the
second one Mr.. Passmorc has lost within a
month. On Tuesday evening, the 29th of
August in West Bradford township, Chester
county, at the residence of his uncle, Mr..
James Peirce, Arson Burlingame Passmore.
aged years, accidently fell from an OK cart
on which he was riding, was run over and
instantly killed. The remains were brought
to this Borough and inferred in Mount Laurel
Cemetery. The sad event has cast not only
the family of Mr.. Passmore, but of Mr..
PIERCE, who dearly loved the bright, prom
Using boy, into the deepest affliction. In
this melancholy visitation Mr.. Passmore has
the sincere sympathy Of this community.
Pottsrnte Miners Journal.
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WATCH MAKING We call attention
to the card of Mr. Alrich, who has recently
located on North street, in Elkton, and Of
fers his services to the public to repair
clocks, watches and jewelry; and attend to
all business in his line.
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1flarric0.

LUFF-CALLAfIAN.-On August list, in
Philadelphia, Ivy Rev. G. W. Brindlc,
JOSHUA y. LurF, Of FELTON,, Del, and
SUSAN A. CALLAHAN, of Philadelphia,
formerly of this county.
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u N / 7 E. y S T A T E s.
INTERNAL REVENUE,

First Collection District State of MARYLAND.
Collectors Office, Elkton, Maryland.
PURSUANT to the provisions of section %,
4 Of All Act entitled IAN Net to provide Inter
nal Revenue to support the Government and to
pay interest on the Public Debt" approved
June Both, 1864, as rne.,d.d by the act Of
March ;hd 1865
Notice is Hereby Given
to all persons liable to pay Duties Or Taxes
under said act, for
Licenses, Incomes, Carriages, Piano Ertes,
Colt Watches, Gold and Silcer Plafe,
in the First District of the State of Maryland,
comprising the counties of CECIL, Kent, Queen
AIMS. Caroline, Talbot Dorchester, Somerset
and Worcester that the Collector Of said Dis
trict has received from the Assessor thereof his
Annual Collection List, pursuant to the provi-
sions OF section - Of said act; that the Duties
aud Taxes assessed by the Assessor have be-
come due end are hereby demanded that the
said Collector will attend to the collection of
sad Duties and Taxes assessed for Cecil county,
at his Office in Elkton. on and after Monday,
the 18th day Of SEPTEMBER until the 18th day Of
September, 1860; and that all persons in said
county, who neglect to pay the Duties and
Taxes as aforesaid assessed upon them, to the
said Collector or his Deputy, within the time
above specified, may be liable to pay ten per
ccntun additional upon the amount thereof,
with fee of twenty cents and mileage for the
service of the notice. These penalties are man.
datorv, and will be enforced without respect to-
persons.
Taxes payable only in Treasury Notes and
National Currency.
JAS. T. MCCULLOUGH,
Collector First District, State Of Maryland.
sept Is, ls6o--2w
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RD- Deaths and Marriages are inserted in this paper
without charge but Obituaries either in prose
must he paid for IN ADVANCE at the rate OF Que cent
word for prose and two rents for poetry, in order Il
secure publication.
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Eofal Affairs.

FALL TERM OF CIRCUIT CouRT.-On
Monday next the fall term Of the Circuit
Court for Cecil county will commence. The
last Legislature changed the time of meeting
of the Circuit Court, as also the number of
terms, which are now reduced to three in
each year, commencing on the I'd Monday
in January, the lst Monday in April, and Sd
Monday in September
We will take this opportunity to invite our
many subscribers and advertising patrons to
call, as we have great many small bills
that we would like to have settled, and
though amounting to trifle to each individ
ual, collectively the sum is considerable to
us. Quite a number Of subscribers are years
behind. 1t is bad policy to let subscription
bills run on, for they have the faculty of
growing. Give us call and pay up.
The following are the Jurors summoned
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

A LII NEGATIVES in my possession OF
IA two years standing and upwards will
be destroyed within one month, unless Sc
cured by purchase or special request.
+. GUTEkUNST, Photographer,
TOl Arch street,
sept le, 1S65-3w Fhiladelphia.
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CASEY, FRAZIER s. co.,
Real Estate Brokers
And GENERAL CLAIM AGENTS.

No. 10 +. STREET, near 13th
WASHINGTON DC
DRlZE MONEY, Bounty, Loss of Clothing
L Pensions, Back Pay, Land Warrants, and
all claims against the Government promptly
collected, and liberal advances made.
kcer by permission to- Hon. !. A. j. Cres-
well. L. 5. Senator, Marylsnd Hon. David
Davis, Judge Of U. 8. Supreme Court; Major
Maryland and Virginia Farms:
Special attention given to the sale and pur-
chase OF Land.in the above named States.
Persons having Farms for sale will please
address, with full description.
CASEY, FRAZIER Il CO.,
Post Office Box SEQ
sept l6, 1S65-2m Washington, ID. c.
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LORDS CorToN Factory, which has
been idle since 1861, was put in operation
last week. Only a portion of the machinery
is running, we understand and if affairs
prove favorable, the factory will be put in
full operation.
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A SAD AFFLIcTIoN,-The news Of

A SAD AFFLIoTIoN.-The news of
the death of Miss Rebecca Magraw, the
daughter Of Hon. Henry S. Magraw, (for
three years Treasurer of the State of Penn
sylvania, will sadden and startle those who
knew that lovely young lady, and her rare
personal and intellectual gifts. We learn
that she died on Tuesday last at her fathers
country seat, at West Nottingham, and that
she had been i'll only short time. This is,
indeed, sad affection, and we most sin
cerely sympathize with the bereaved family
upon what they will feel as an almost ire
parable loss, Press.