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PROSPECTUS
OF THE
SHADY GROVE OIL COMPANY
Cupiial 100000.
Far Faluc Of each Share, Fire Dollars.
Subscription Price Five Dollars

THE SHADY GROVE OIL COMPANY" incor-
polHted under authority of an Act of the Lcgisla-
tre of Pennsylvania, with Capital Stock of $5o5ooo
divided into one Hundred Thousand Shares the par
value of which is s,Fivc Dollars for each Share; a
Working Capital of 10000 is reserved for boring wells
and otherwise developing the territory.
The Company has purchased, in lee simple and
clear of incumhiancc, tract of choice land in Oil
trrrk Valley and in that portion thereof known as
On Crock Flats short distance above Titusvile of
- acres 1t is most ilvorIhiy located for extensive
OIL opern"nS The entire area is fiat and adapted to
through portion of the plot furnishes an abundant e
al wafer: and the Franklin branch of the Atlantic
and Great Western Railroad passing directly through
mas already constructed switch on the premises,
upon which the oil when barreed can be placed free
from any material charge for carriage or other ex-
pcnIe than the railroad charges for transportation
market.
An oil Spring. and other indications Of the exist
oncc and abundant supply of oil. prevail upon the
surface and well satisfied is the previous owner
'ftht production Of the desired article in abundance
that he agrees 10 bore well or wells until twenty
barrel Of oil per day are produced and free of charge
until such result IS attained; the Company furnish
engine. and necessary tools and structures In adj
diton to the above assurance he has executed bond
Gy $4,000 which is already filed against him in Venan-
30 'ony as II guarantee Of the production of such
result. The numerous wells, both above and below
are Icing sunk with energy, and some already
yielding flow of oil at much less than the ordinary
dcu.h of wells
4 ir,t-cll., engine has already been ordered and
exp r.ed to he delivered on the premises in the month
Of December; the lumb Der for constructing n deric,
eagine-house, &c, has been ordered; and the tools
and machinery necessary to commence sinking q
well 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 the spirit
of instructions and wishes of the Company.
The entire production will belong exclusively to
the Company, there being no leases other ncIin,-
brances upon the premises which, the perseverance
and determined energy with which the enterprise is
To be carried into effect will afford at early date
the most satisfactory return for the capital invested
me web. yielding twenty barrels per day, at pres
ent prices wpfd III gross realize about $4,000 per
annum; and the expenses for such production would
he small. There fifty
wells on the land, without probable danger of inter-
fer,ng with the product of either.
~ The undersigned is authorized to dispose
of the limited number of the shares of the above
Company at Two DOLLARS per share.
SAMUEL b. FOARD.
No- 4
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Notice to the Public.

nWING to the unparalleled demand for the services of
the undersigned he is compelled operate exclu-
sively by engagement. Appointments for ordinary
operations be made by mail but those Of difficult
protracted nature the patients will have to present
themselves for previous examination Persons falling to
keep engagements v III not be operated for at all.
INDECENT persons will be operated for by students free
Of charge.
N. ban letters must pass through the post-ofns.
~ b. j. BING,
Mar II, 1856, psntal Surgeon.
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PROLIFIC SHEEP.-J. Nelson Black,
Of Charastown, in this county, has flock
of superior Southdown and Cottswold sheep,
eleven of which have had "a lambs this
season. One of the same ewes, last season,
had 4 good lambs.
Farmers of Delaware and Maryland can
you beat this? If you can let's hear from
YOU,
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-Adviccs from Baton Rouge La. inform us
that General Bailey started from that place, OF,
the LIST instant, on cavalry raid into the in.
terror; but the results of his expedition had not
been learned. Rebel guerras continue to fire
on passing steamers on the Lower Mississippi
river, doing however, little damage The ex.
change of prisoners at the mouth of Red River
was still progressing on the Sd inst. General
Mexican has relieved General Ullman of the
commend Of the district Of Morganzia, La
The Rebel Senate has finally passed the bill
for arning three hundred thousand slaves by
one majorty-nine to eight The Richmond
Enquirer is out in another editorial on Congress
and says Wigfall, of Texas, admits being en-.
gagged in conspiracy to dchrone Davis, and
claims that it is being done in legal way. He
dency by legitimate process. 1t threatens them
that if they are successful in this scheme that
Lee will wrest the sceptre from the conspirators
aud proclaim himself dictator.
AN important legal opinion of United
States Attorney General Speed decides that in
adjusting the quotas of men to be furnished by
States and districts, on the calls of the presi.
dent for troops, the AmendatOry Enrolment act
of Congress requires that credits shall be given
for the number of years Of service of the aggre.
gate enstments as well as for the number OF
men furnished.
Vermont ratified the Constitutional amend
ment prohibiting slavery, at a special session OF
her Legislature on the 9th inst. The bill. pass.
ed the Senate unanimously: the House by 217
to 2. Vermont is the eighteenth ratifying
State.
= is said that several army officers OF
high rank whose terms of service have ex.
pired, have yielded to overtures to engage
IL the Republican armies in Mexico, in a
new and vigorous campaign which is about
to commence against the lmperialists.
- Congress has passed the amendment
to the Army bill, increasing the army ration
from thirty to forty cents 1t adds about
twenty-five per cent to the pay of line Off
GERS, and fifteen per cent. to- shat of other
officers on active field duty.
The quickest passage on record is said to
have been made by the ship Drcadnought,
which arrived at New Bedford, on Saturday, 81
days from Honolulu.
Generals Kelly and Crook, recently cap.
tured at Cumberland, have been exchanged
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FILLED ITS QUoTA.-The 9th district
has again been successful in filling the quota
assigned it in the last call for 100000 men E;
having obtained fifteen volunteers and two
substitutes in Baltimore, through broker.
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DRAFTTNG.-The draft is proceedin,

NDRArTTNG.-The draft is proceeding
in some portions of this Congressional Dis
trct. At Easton, where the Provost Marsh
ais Office is established, the draft for Dor
chester was being enforced on Wednesday
last. Deputy sheriff Janney, who took a
squad of six men from Elkton as volunteers
for the Sd distrct-four of whom passed
and were mustered in-rcports on his return
that the draft will soon be enforced here, if
the district quotas are not filed promptly
SO our people had better be moving.
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D Cmnherlnnd Ma Eoh oi., ,sc e.
1''"'' iop' ~'s'r 'ooo'
General Orders
No. 30.
Before General Court
Martial, which convened at Cumberland. Mary.
land, on the 22nd day of December, 1864, pur-
sllant to Special Orders No 70, dated Head
Quarters Department West Virginia, Cumber-
land, Maryland, December DIST, 1864 and of
which Colonel w. S. Lincoln, :}4th Regiment
Massachusetts, Volunteer Infantry, is President.
1S. Private Elijah Reynolds, jr., Battery Is,
LIST Md. Light Artillery.
Charge.-" Conduct prejudiciaI to good order
and military discipline
Finding.
Scntence.-And the Court docs, therefore, SEN
tence him, private Elijah Reynolds, ir Batter,
pay and allowances now due or that may be-
come due, to be dishonorably discharged and
drumed out of the military service of the United
Ias, ANU 'l,a. .ha SER ~ M r "'neu ~ u,
se paps,' ,h necs e. rss;d.m % ~ Ia anu ~
one h ne 'he place u is''oe"'e Oh The pr's-
49, Private Granville r. Shank, Battery B,
LIST Maryland Light Artillery.
CHARGE" Conduct prejudicial to good order
and military discipline"
Finding-Guity.
Semence.-And the Court does, therefore, SEN
tence him, private Granville r. Shank, Battery
b, LIST Maryland Light Artillery, ITO forfeit all
pay and allowances now due or that may be-
come due, to be dshonorably discharged and
drumed out of the military services of the United
States, and that the sentence be published in
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PROSPECTUS
OF THE
SHERIDAN OIL COMPANY,
OF CHERRY RUN.
Capital Stock, S650,00.
Par Value ,?f Each, S..
vNc 4 p: VwuySN n~vun


THE SHERIDAN OIL COMPANY, incorporated
S>Hader authority of an Act Of the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, passed April 18th, 1so4 with a caaital
OF SIX FINbRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOL
LARS, Divided into one hundred and thirty thousand
the par value of which is Five Dollars per
sGafc The Comrany reserves a cash capital of Fiji
trcp 1hciisand Dollars developing or working
fund, to purchase Engines and such other necessary
materials vii! enable the managers to fully
Envelope and render productive the two desirable
tracts of territory selected and purchased for the
Company.
No J. Ia tract OF land in fee-simple, clear of all
incumhrance containing twenty acres, situate on
Cherry Run, near the posrtoWn of Plu,ner. in the
county of Nenango, Pa, and surrounded by devsi-
oped and partially developed lands, so favorably
known the Cherry Run Territory !; in one of the
heftngng to the sheridan. All wells sunk to the
ordinary depth on this territory have proved success
fl nus far. consequently it can hardly be considered
risk to.Sete on ANY part of this Company's lands.
No q Is a. choice tract of forty-tve acres, situate
the extensoh'o tile same Cherry Run fats above
above described, about Nree-and- Onehalf miles from
the village of Plnmer and to which the same char
dcf,rs. escape steam and smoke Som working en-
gincs. arr. to be seen far above and '.ow this pro-
perry for miles on the fats OF low grounds.
The oils obtSined in this particular district are Of q
fine character AID well adapted to lighting purposes;
they now inactive demand So per barrel ut the
wells orrehning Tn purchasers furnishing barrels,
and earring the oil theefrom as fast it can be pro-
duccd.
szD'The undersigned is authorized to dispose
of a limited number Of shses Of the above Conn
pany ut Two DOLLARS share.
SAMUEL B. FOARD.
Elllton, Mar s 1sss-tf
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~ APPoINTED.-The appointment of
David Way was confirmed as postmaster at
Port Deposit, by the United States Senate,
last week,
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D0- In next weeks issue we will publish
an analysis Of the English language, written
by one Of the pupils Of the High School.
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RECRUITING.-Wea announced in our
last issue that 20 men had been mustered in
to fill the quota of the Sd district. When
the men were taken to Baltimore, however,
they were tempered with by those sharks,
the substitute brokers and their agents, till
dissatisfaction was engendercd among them
and they refused to be sworn in. The gov:
eminent officers and substitute brokers APP
pear to be in partnership for the sole pur-
pose of cheating the government and the
people. The exposures made by Detective
Baker, recently, prove this fact pretty con-
clusively; but Presidential leniency encour-
ages all such rascality, and of course it will
continue to the end. The substitute brokers
and their agents didn't make much, how
ever, by their efforts on the squad of men
who went from here last week, for in few
days they were back in Elkton, ready to 20
on another like expedition. So ON Tuesday
morning last six of the men were taken to
Easton, where they were to be sworn in and
then returned to Elkton to finish recruiting
the quota of the district.
In justice to those who have taken an ac-
tive and disinterested part in filling former,
as we'll as the present quotas, we will state
that they have come in for their full share
of SANDER by the foul tongues of those who
sit at home and give little when money is
required, and do less in the way of personal
exertion to have the quotas made up.
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PUBLIC SALE

Ny virtue of an Order of the Orphans
u Court Of Cecil county, the undersigned
as Administrators of William Patton, decd,
will offer at Public Sale, at the lats residence
Of the deceased, near Port Deposit, on
Tuesday, the 2sth dag Of March, inst,
commencing at 10 O'Clock A. ", the follow.
ing Personal Property, to- wit
~ 4 HORSES, 10 head of ssE7-1A
LLN Steers, 8 Mich Cows, % SA2U
AA head of SOuhdown Sheep, IN "
l Yoke of Oxen, / Sow and Pigs, scye, u
Shoats.
FARMING UTENsILS.-l Buggy and
Harness, Ok Carts, Wagon, Dearborn.
J two horse Power and Thrashcr. IIusscy
Reaper and Mower combined, Corn Shell.
err, l Hay Press, | Fan, Flows, Ilar, ows,
Hoes, and a large assortment of Farming
Implements too tedious to mention.
Also, a valuable collection OF Household
and Kitchen Furniture, consisting in part of
Tables, Chairs, Carpets, Stoves, Bureaus,
Bedsteaas, Beds and Bedding, Washstands,
Looking Glasses, Glass and China Ware,
Desk, &C., &c. Also. five barrels of excel
lent Cider, and Il lot of Wheat in the ground.
TERMS OF SALE.-All sums Of $50 and
under to be paid in cash on the day Of sale {;
on all sums over S2U, a credit Of six months
from the day of sale will be allowed, the pur.
chaser giving note with approved security,
bearing Interest from the day of sale.
SARAH PATTEN,
ROBERT EVANS,
S. Burns, Anctioneer. Administrators.
Mar IL, lS65-2w
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EXECUTORS SALE.

EAECUIURS' SALE.
PY virtue of an Order of the Orphans
- Court Of Cecil county, the subscribers
will sell at Public Sale, on
Wednesday, the 18th dug Of March, 1865,
| all of the Personal Estate of John Conclly
| deceased. at the late residence Of the said
deceased, on the road leading from LON.
bardville to Lewisvillc, and I of a mile south
east Of Woollens' Mill, consisting of the fol-
lowing property:
Pisa Heller. = shoats, Rock
NJ. away, Dearborn. 2 Flows IN ~
Spike Harrow, Flukc, Roller, 2 sets OF
| Carriage Harness, Plow Harness, Cutting
Box, Saddle, Brides, Chains, Rakes, Forks,
Shovels, Hoes, &c, &c. Hive of Bees, 4
Patent Bee Hives.
About 8 acres Of Wheat in the ground !;
Hay and Straw by the Ton; Wheat and Oats
by the bushel; Corn by the barrel; Sorghum
Syrup and Vinegar by the gallon.
Carpets, Cnph"arls. Tables, Cbairs, Loo3,.
ing Glasses, Qucensware, Glassware and
Earthenware, ! Parlor Stove, I ten. plate
Stove, and great many articles not EMU
merated.
o. Sale to commence at O'Clock P. NJ,
when Terms will be made known by
ELLIS Il. CHANDLER,
GRACE CONELLY,
Executors OF John ConeIIy, decd.
S. Burns, AuctioDeer.
And at the same time they will offer for
sale all that
Lot or Parcel of Land,
of which the said John Conelly died seized,
containing about
13 acres of Land,
IN the highest state of cultivation, complete
ly fenced and divided into enclosures of
from II to . acres each.
The improvements are new ER
STONE DWELLING, A7AA
rooms on the second floor {;
Kitchen and Pump House attached a new
Frame Barn, % K 36 it., Straw House at
tached also, a new Carriage House and
Granary.
This is one of the most desirable little
properties in Cecil or Chester counties.
The Conditions of Sale for this property
are one fourth of the purchase money in
cash on the day of Salei onc-fonrth in twelve
months. to be secured by Bond and approved
security the remaining half of the purchase
money can lay in the property, to be secured
by Bond or Mortgage on the property, with
transfer of Insurance Policy upon the build
ings. The credit payments to draw interest
from the time posse ssion is given.
~Possession given this spring.
E. G. CHANDLER,
GRACE CONELLY.
Mar IS, ls66-2w
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L. $. $40 Six per cent.
GOl .D-BEARING BONDS

These BOMBS are worth premium of nire per
ccAt. including gold interest from Nov, which
makes the actual profit the $50 LOAN at current
rates. including interest about ten per cent per
70 9,tin besides its EXEMPTION FEos STATE MUNICIPAL
TAXATION WEIGH ADDS ONE TO THREE PER egsr MORE
according to the levied on other PFC perry The
interest s payable semianually by coupons ar-,rhed
t" each note which may he cut OF and sold to any
hnnk or banker
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YIMOTHY SEED of prime quality .for
. sale, and FLAX SEED bought by
Oct 1864 JOHN PARTRIDGE.
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JAY COOKE,

SUBSCRIPTION AGENT, Philadelphia.
Subscriptions will be received by the
First National Bank of Wilmington.
First National Bank of Baltimore
Second National Bank of Baltimore.
Eel, %. 1S,i5-gm
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A New Posi- OFFICE.-A new rost-

A NEW PosT-OFFICE.-A new Iost-
office is about being established in the 9th
election district, at what is Familiarity known
as "Vinegar HILL" ''Stony Batter" and
"Mount Pleasant" The office will he sup
piled tri-weokly by the Oxford and Port
Deposit route. After consultation among the
citizens of the neighbor hood, the old names
of the place were all discarded, and the new
Office christened Mt. Vista. The new Office
will be great convenience to the neghbor.
hood.
Mr.. James Trimble, who has opened a
new store at Mt. Vista, is to oficiatc as Tn.
Gle Sans agent in receiving and disbursing
the mails
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GONE TO SEA- During the late fresh

GONE TO SEA- During the late fresh
ct and the breaking up of the ice in the Sus-
qtsehanna river, the water rose so high on
the banks in the lumber districts of Penn
sylvania as to float off about five or six mil
lions feet of pine timber in logs. They were
borne down with the rapid current and pass
ed Havre de Grace into the Chesapeake
bay. Parties are engaged in capturing the
logs, and five or six hundred have been Sc
cured, the owners paying one dollar for each
log brought to the shore.
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SEVEN THIRTY LOAN.

These Nots are issued under date Of August 18th,
ls'4, aud are payable three years from that time in
,arr"ney or convertible al the option Of the
holder into
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!. S. 1-30 LOAN.

Ky Authority Of tito Sccreto :; OF tie Treasury the
uad 'rsiG Nl has assumed thu Gcnersi Subscription
Agency Tor the 81. ri urtsd States Trcus,lry Notes,
h'7rin. 'c'"a and srsc cn,s prr cent interest per
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THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET
Great Popular Loan OF the PEOPLE

Loss than S2l"AO000o remain unsosl, which will
probably he disposed of within the next 60 or 90 days,
~,ltis the notes will undoubtedly command prem
nm, a. has uniformly been the case on closing the
subscriptions TO other Loans.
In order that citizens OF every town and section Of
the country may be afforded facilities for taking the
! IAN, the National Banks, State Banks, and Private
bankers throughout the country have generally
as'eed /" receive subscriptions at par. Subscribers
will select their own agents in whom they h.ve com
'encc' and wh" only are to be responsible for the
delivery OF the notes for which they receive orders
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HEAD QUARTERS DEPARTMENT WEST VA.
Cumberland, Nd, Feb 2lst, 1866.
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Notes Of all the denominations named will he
promptly furnished upon receipt OF subscription
T us is
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Good News from Sherman.

The following despatch was received at thu
War Department, in Washington, on Thursda,
evening, being the latest news from Genera
Sherman:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-13

There was further decline M all the leading
items of the bank statement for the last week,
cept circulation, in which there was small in
crease. The legal tender average was reduced
81 342 400 and the deposits 81 1874 1916. Tho loans
have steadily fallen off for the last three weeks in
all, in that time, over $2,000,000.
The Boston Traveller Of last evening says
Money is not only very easy but 1t is steadily grow.
ing easier from day to day. at nearly all the Of
supply The late rates of interest however are with
out any alteration For demand loans. on strong col.
atera the general chargeis per cent and for longer
time seven and three tenths; but the principal
made on call by the banks and private lenders Dis.
counts Of Endorsed paper of the first class made IN
the open market at and per cent, and the inferior
kinds reported at from per cent 10 double interest
with but few transactions Land and mining stocks
firm but not active. Government bonds In quick
demand for large and small amounts. and there is great
rmness in most of the other solid dividend paying
cuTities for permanent holding. ~. ~.
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Broker report the following quotations; Western cornied
hogs per n, hive weight l2i6l3c dead weight i5a0btc.
Hog Market snes last report has undergone but nt.
change. Prices have been unusually steady with snail
owing the Improvement Of the Quality Of inc '9sk
The ady been sbout equal TO the Demand e
opens this morning with 10 sale with an active
demsnd at from ntal3tc Some Prime hsve brought ~;
and are held al l Arrivals for the week amount TO
Corresponding week last year, so9 Corresponding
week preceding year, u, lC0 .t'i CIT.