%\% f tnt' MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1865. A glance at the map, and a careful reading of the telegrams of to-day, will chow that the victory claimed by one of the Richmond papers is not worth the boast. General Fosteb had not advanced 4n strong force on the 9th, and the construc tion corps he had sent to repair the rail - toad was not sufficient either to win or lose an,important battle. Gem Bragg, if he defeated this force, has not retarded SaEß mah one day in his march, nor in any way, sffianged the situation. In aseumingrfrom nhe result of this skirmish, that Sheb v»v cannot advance through North Caro lina, the rebels merely otter a boast which the North can hear with indifference. Far more important is the announcement that Sherman is expected to reach .Goldsboro on.the 17th inst, This fact the War De partment would not publish if any rebel force could prevent him. Goldsboro is about eighty miles north of Wilmington. History Vindicates Honesty. In the early part of the war the embar rassments of the Government led to many abuses, particularly in furnishing supplies to the army and navy. A committee of the Senate, under the chairmanship of Mr. Grimes, investigated the subject and made •a report involving many of those who were in the service of the Administration. Among others, Capt. R. F. one of our most patriotic townsmen, was charged w'ith having taken advantage of the au thorities, to the injury of the service and Ms own gain. The blameless life of Capt, Lo jeeb. ,and his identification with many of OUT.CltyebcSV 4 for us to accept even the condemnation of a committee of the Senate. The decisions of these committees are too often imperfect and even ex •parte, and require the just re vision of the people. Capt. Lopeb has re ceived this vindication in the most gratify ing anc( triumphant manner, as will im seen by tMs correspondence: Washington, Feb. 27,1868. Captain B. F. Leper DBab Sis: As you desired, when I s&w you In the early part of the month, I addressed a note to the Solicitor of the War Departinent,Mr. Whiting, and received his answer, under date of the 9th Inst., a copyof whloh I enclose to you. . I never elalmed Infallibility for the aommlttee of the Senate on army transportation, of which l was a member. The testimony taken by the committee -was necessarily mostly of an ex parte charaoter.' The conclusions reached by the committee wore honestly drawn from the testimony before them, and 16 woulo seem from the letter of Mr. Whiting that he attained the same conclusions with the commit tee, 1 ‘ on the fads as presented to them.” I am happy to learn that yon have been able to present to the Solicitor other facts, not In evidence before the committee, which, in hie opinion, wholly exonerate you from all blame In your transactions with the Government. Tour obedient servant, Jambs W. Gbikhs, Washington, Feb, 9,1868. Hon . 3. W. Grimes, United States Senate : HCt Dbab Sib : I have just received year note lui quiring whether 1 nave examined into the transao tloßß of Oaptain R. F. lioper, with and for the Go vernment In connection with army transportation, and requesting me, If willing, to communicate the result of auoh examination. Oaptain Loper’a transactions were brought to my attention through the Quartermaster’s Department, tto which he had presented Claims for adjustment, and also by a report of a committee of the Senate, referred to me by the Secretary of War. As great frauds had been committed by certain persons In 'that department, suspicion had fallen on many others, and the Government was anxious to protect Itself as far as possible from injustice by a searching examination of all transactions relating to the char tering of vessels for transportation. ' From the great respect I entertained for the committee who Investigated and reported on these subjects, and with whose conclusions, on the facts as presented to them, I generally agreed, I was led to believe that Captain Doper’s conduct had been cen surable, although not snob as to subject him to legal liability to the United States. Bat daring my Investigation of the oase, a large mass offsets was disclosed, which had not been known to the committee, nor till then to the Department From my examination of all the facts in the case, I was brought to the unhesitating eonoluslon that Oaptain Doper’s conduct In his transactions •with the Government had been, honest, honorable, and patriotic, and that he was entitled to the ro speot and confidence or the Government and of the country. With great respect, your obedient servant, William Whiting. The Chronicle, in commenting upon this correspondence, states, as an act of justice "to John Tucker, Esq., also of Philadel phia, who, we believe, was censured by ■the same committee, that he was as free from just blame as any : man who has been connected with the Government since the beginning of the war. It is to such men as Lofer and Tucker that the War De partmentwas indebted, when the rebellion broke out, for invaluable assistance and counsel. We can never forget, says the Chronicle, that it was John Tucker who accompanied that ever-to-be-lamented pa triot and hero, General James Wads worth, when he carried a cargo of provi sions to Annapolis at a time when the com munications were cut between Baltimore and Washington, in the spring of 1831. Men like these, who are ready to make sacrifices in the hour of the Government’s peril, are the very men who ought to be per mitted to share in the prosperity of the Government. . The Late Sheriff Thompson. "We regret to have to announce the sud ■den death of John Thompson, Esq., late Sheriff of Philadelphia, •which occurred on Saturday morning at his residence in this city. He was in his sixty-seventh year. His death is a severe shock to the commu nity in which he so lately moved, and in which he was so widely known and re spected. He was taken ill, we believe, on Monday last, with an affection of the heart, which rendered breathing difficult, but on Friday was thought to be improving, and on the morning of his death had arisen and dressed himself as usual. Lying down again shortly afterwards, he passed away without a struggle, apd almost without a premonition. Sheriff Thompson had filled a number of public positions. He served with reputa tion in 1887 and 1887 in the State Legisla ture, and afterwards performed, with un usual credit and acceptability, the duties of Alderman in this city, for over twenty suc cessive years. Such was the general esti mation in which he was held that for years his political opponents made no nominating against him. In October, 1861, he was elected Sheriff of Philadelphia county, from which office he retired in Hovemher last, upon the .expiration of his term. _ There was no man, perhaps, in this en tire community, who possessed in a . more marked degree the implicit confidence and real esteem of his fellow-citizens. His life and character were so pure, his integrity so strict, his. manners so gentle, and his charity so wide; that it may he truly said that he was generally beloved by all with whom he came in contact—by high and low, rich and poor. Few men leave be hind them a more honorable name, and few die more sincerely mourned. m IBOM **OCCABIOSAIi.»* W ashington, ' March 18,1866. The executive sdfeion of the United States Senate closed its. session on Sa turday. . An immense number of nomi nations, military and civil, have been confirmed, and it is possible that the President may make appointments for certain of the Federal offices, the com missions of the incumbents of which Will expire during the recess; but of this I am'not positive. What policy will be adopted in regard to these offices is not definitely known; but from what I can gather there is not much disposition to dis place an officer at the end of four years if he is competent and honest. If the extra ordinary pressure upon President Lincoln ffc to be intensified by throwing upon him the wearing and rusting responsibility of deciding between swarms of con tending applicants . for his patronage, he may well be appalled at the effect upon his health. Indeed, I'understand that this is his own opinion. That there will be, and must be, many changes ip the course ■of eventß, is natural; hut there will be no -Sweeping removals of tried servants. In tegrity, loyalty, fitness, these are the great pre-requisites. And never before were ■they: In essential as at present; never has the Government been so resolutely exact ing in demanding that without them no ahan can long hold place. He who, in such an hpur, übcs his position for himself, Or for the purpose of speculation, is . not only false to hie vote and his country, but is sure to he caught. Talk as we may,of “ military arrests ” and “militdjy trials,” (andl Uaveiny own strong feelings on this subject, and sometimes think the law of necessity is stretched to too severe a tension,) yet it is only'by this process that the terrible frauds in the great cities, includ ing the system of bounty jumping, have been unearthed. In such cases, the Go vernment respects neither persons nor parties. Let those, then, who now and then find themselves sudden ly transferred to the Old Capitol prison and other equally benevolent insti tutions, console themselves that if. the remedy is severe the disease demanded it. Where injustice is done it is equal ly repaired, and it may be accepted as an axiom that very few arrests aie made, very few military trials are held, without some reasonable cause. The recent exposures growing out of the draft, in New York are startling proofs of the truth of this remark. No honest official will complain of what deters some, detects others, and punishes all who are guilty. The nomination and confirmation of James Harlan, of lowa, as Secretary of the Interior, on and after the 15th of May, ; is one eminently fit to ’be made. I have known Senator Harlan well within the last two years, and he has strongly im pressed me. He was a Methodist clergy man in his.earlier manhood, and rose ra pidly to distinction by his natural elo- ; quence, tact, good temper, and unwearying: industry. He will have a fine field to work —a broad arena for a Western man like himself. It is not unjustly claimed that the Secretary of the Interior should be a Western man; but in Senator Harlan’s case we have a citizen of one of the farthest of the Northwestern States. His know ledge of: our public-lqpd system, and espe cially of our outlying Territories; his thorough experience in educational mat ters, acquired when he was superintendent of the public schools of his State, and his . experience in the Senate, in cluding MS nC.Tn.. dian Affairs, will enable him to . make the Interior Department second to no other in, the Government. Occasional. WASBUNGTON. WASHisoioir, Marsh 12. ADJOUItgMENT COT THE SOTBEMB COtTKT— IMFOBTANT ACTION. ' Stations to the adjournment of the United Kates Supreme Court, on Saturday, an order ru promulgated requiring an oath to he taken by all practitioners at that bar that they have never voluntarily borne arras against the United States, and hare not volustarily giren aid, counsel, or encourasement to the rebellion, and that they will support and defend the Constitution, and will demean themselves as attorneys, etc., accord' log to law. TICE PBHSIMOT JOHITSOK. The Chronicle of to-day says Vice President Johnson appeared in the Senate yesterday in company with his friend, the Hon. Preston Kino, of Hew Pork, who is staying with him; at the residence of onr hospitable fellow-citizen, Francis P. Blair* Sr. His health is entirely restored. He was as cheerful as any man could be after having recovered from so severe an in disposition. We have no doubt he will folly justify the warmest anticipations of his countrymen. During Mb stay in the Vice President’s room, a large number of Senators called to pay their reßpecfcs, and we ob served with much satisfaction that they were pleased to see him well. SENATE CONFIRMATIONS. John M. Nioolat, Eiq., the private secretary of Pre sident Lincoln, was nominated y esterday for consul to Paris , to fill the vacancy created by the promotion of John Bigelow, the late incumbent, to the post of charge d’affaires at the French Court. The nomination was unanimously confirmed. Hr. Nicolay is a fine scho lar, speaks French and German fluently, and will be able to bring to bis position a thorough knowledge of American poliiica'and a full insight into the workings of the Administration of Hr. Lincoln since the beginning of the rebellion. Hr. N. will not proceed immediately to Paris, but continue for some time yet in the discharge of his duties as private secretary. The President, there fore, does not contemplate appointing his successor im mediately. The following were confirmed as judicial officers for the United States District Court of Nevada: Alexander W. Baldwin, judge; Bobert H. Clark, attorney, and Ediound Irwin, marshal. The commissions of a large number of Federal officers, Who were appointed for four years in 1661, will expire in a few days, when these commissions will be re newed by the President, or other appointments made in place of the incumbents, leaving the Senate to act upon them at its next meeting. Special Session of the U. S. Senate* OLOBK OP THR EXTRA SESSION. The proceedings of the Senate to-day were entirely of an executive character. POSTHA&TBRS, ETC., APPOINTED. Among the confirmations of a large number of post masters, were ihe following for Pennsyivgnia: George Bergner, of Harrisburg; David A. JBuchler, of Gettys burg; Calin Layer, ox Bedford, and also william if. Brown, at Harper’s Ferry. John Lowell was confirmed as United States District Judge for Massachusetts. - . . * , ADJOtmNMHHTSINB'DIB. / A committee, consisting of Messrs.; Lane, of Kansas, and Sprague, was appointed to wait on the Presidents and inform him that if he had no further communica tion to make the Senate was ready to adjourn. Hr. LABE subsequently reported that the President had nothing of a sufficiently important character to longer detain the Senate. . - The Senate then adjourned sine die. MABBISIIUBG. [Special Correspondence of Tim Press. 3 Hareisbueg, March 11,1896. LBGIBLATIVB INDUSTRY. Both the Senate and House are hurry ing* up matters With the idea of adjourning on the twenty-fourth of this month; but, although they eash have three sessions a day, your correspondent nas every reason to believe that they will be unable to adjourn finally before the first or second week in April. SXTBNSIOX OP THE LOMEABD AND SOUTH-BTBBBT PAB&BNGBRttAILBp AD. ■. ;.r ■- Xa a former letter I referred to a Wllwhleh was pend ing here supplementary to tbe act incorporating the Lombard and Boutk-streefe Railway Company. Thefol-* lowing ia a copy of tbabUl: Be it enacted » £c.. That the Lombard and South street Faeienger Railway Company are hereby author ized and empowered to extend their said railway track nexth by Front or Water street to Walnut street; thence down said Walnut street to Delaware avenue; theses alosr said Delaware avenue to Dock street; thence by double track to Third street. * Bec. 2 A?i4 furthermore* That the said Lombard and South street Passenger Railway Company are hereby authorized to extend their said railway ;by single or double track from the wharf opposite South street on the almshouie property of the city of Philadelphia, west to the Darby road, at or near the Woodlands Ceiu e ter j, by such route as the engineers of the said compa ny in ay select, butin such manner as to avoid passing through any building of said almshouse; and further to continue said railway from' the said Darby road west ward along such streets andlby such roads opened or to be opened, lor public use, as the said engineers m»y select, to Fifteenth street* or any point ease of Fifteenth street as the s&id company may deterprine, with power to use any street or streets running tforth or South* for the purpose of making a circuit „ „ Sbc. 3. And that the said Lombard Mid South-street Passenger Railway Company are hereby authorized to establish a public ferry across the Schuylkill liver by steamboats or other conveyance* from South-street wharf, opposite, on the almshouse property, hut in no manner to Interfere with the free navigation of the earn river,.or the right of the oltjr-of Philadelphia to con struct a bridge aeroes fire Schuylkill at South street, and to charge and receive such tolls as are customary, and are allowed bylaws and furthermore ars hereby au thorised and empowered to make an additional railway track on Passyunk road, thereby making a double track on said read; and that the said Lombard and South street Passenger Ballway Company can make a eiroutt on any streets west of Sixteenth from bombard to South stieet. DESIRED EXTENSIONS. The Union Passenger Bailway Company is alse .desl rons of extending Its-traek; the HeatonvUle. Mantua, and Fairmount asks "to he allowed to run their traok down Front street to Dock from its present! terminus,' and a well-known railway srwoulUtor has been here during the present week, urging the occupation of Six teenth street and of Broad street, from Liagus Island to its northern limit. .Snrely such a schema at thtelast will hot be permitted by your citizens without at leas! a protest. * SUNDAY OAB BIDINS. Among the numerous hills upon the House file is the following: -c BeU enacted, etc.. That it shell be lawful for all passenger railway companies within the county.of Philadelphia to run their care upon their, respective railways upon all days of the week, and all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this act are hweby re pealed,' provided a majority of the voters at the next ■tenoral election shall so determine, and for that pur pose tickets chair be voted headed ‘•for Sunday cars,” and " against Sunday cars. ” What the House will do' with the above It Is impos sible to . know, hut tbe views of. the Senate have bean so frequently expressed in relaiion io the matter, during -the present session, that it cannot receive even'a-eom plimentaryyote. . qa'AUgt E.skCfifiAMOE, ABKIVAL 071,300 RELEASED PBIBONBBB—STOBMV Foxtbess Monroe, March 10.—The steamer Georgs Leary arrived here at -noon to.-.day, from Varina, the base of the exchange of prisoners on the James river, with eight hundred and forty of our men, most of whom were sick and wounded.' She left this afternoon for Annapolis. The steamer Mary ‘Washington arrived hero at four o’clock this afternoon. She was also from Varina, with five hundred released prisoners, and will leave immedi ately for Annapolis. . The weather still continues stormy, with .very little prospect of abating A heavy hall storm commenced here this afternoon, whleh, together with rain, has been falling all day. - - There have been no arrivals from the Sonth to- day. CAIRO. Cairo, March 11 —Five hundred and forty-live halos of cotton passed hero to-day for St. Louis, and 120 hales for Evsnsville Over *2,000,000 worth of Government property Is said to have been destroyed at Eastport. Hiss. ■ by the Hood in the Tennessee river. The rebels hold possession of Hickman, Ky. New Orleans papers of March . 6 contain no military nows. The steamer Best Boy was totally destroyed by the busting of her boilers, twenty-five miles above New Orleans, on tbe 6fh Inst. Two lives were lost. HOBIKE. REBEL BErOBTS 07 AN INTENDED ATTAOX. New York, Haroh IS —A rebel despatch, dated Fe bruary 26th, says that -twenty, two steamers and six Mississippi river steamers were in the lower bay below Mobile, and a large number of troopß were on Dauphin Island and at Pensacola, indicating an early attack on the city. . ' *.. HEW ORLEANS. EXOHANQBD FBISOHBBB PBOM TEXAS, New Tons, Much 12. —A New Orleans letter of the 27th ult. announces the arrival there of 1,200 exchanged prisoners from Texas, toolnding nine naval officers. PBOyiDFKt®- Providence, B. 1., Marsh 12.-Major T C Jamssou, sth Rhode Mud Artillery* who was lately tried hy comt-raartial and seateDcedto three years Imprison.- meet, audto pay a lisavy fire, Is at ones to bo released, by order of the President, who bas exanjlued the ease and disapproved the flndinis and sentence of tha court. BOSTON. Boston, March 12.—Governor Andrew! publishes a special appeal to doiertera from Massachusetts ,regi ments, entreating them to report to the nearest provost marehal, and thus save themselves the rights of citi zenship. . GENERAL (SMUT'S IRMI. AX.X. QUIET AT. THH -FBOS®. A nVTIST AHONO nXSEBTEKN. Report of More Successes!,by Sheridan. WASBreoTOK, Mar*h 12 —InUlIlf«BO» fiom tke Army of the Potomac represents *ll Quiet. Two deserter, were executed on Friday, one of whom made a speeeh, ac knowledging the justice of his punishment. A report was current at the front that a mutiny had . takes place amon, a large batch of deserters who were sent up the James river os Friday morning. Sharp Bring was hoard in the direction of “ Brewry’s Bluff," and .it wa. believed extreme measures had to be re sorted to in order to qtieU the disturbance. Another report prevailed that a force of Union caval ry bad made their appearance on the north side of Rich mond and were having,n engeg.ment. Deserters who came in yesterday say that two bri* gades of Fieiett’s division bad bees lent from Peters burg to reinforce Early, and that Sheridan has captured 1,000 of them, in addition to those before reported. 88881 RAMS OH THE JAMES. Nnw Yohk, March 12.—A despatch 1 from the SSth' Corps, dated-on the 10th, statealthat the rebel rams opened firs on ths9th, but stopped firing after explod ing several shells oyer their own works. REBEL NEWS. REPORTED DEFEAT OF ORE OF GENERAL SHERMAN'S COLSMNS. The Union Force a Small Part of Foster 9 # Army* SHERMAN* EXPECTED AT GOLDSBORO. CBpccial Despatc -o ThePress.l Washington, March, 11.—Biohmond papers of the 10th are received. The Associated itass sends the most Important matter. The, IDispatch says the force which. General Bragg attacked and whipped was Foster’s, which was pushing up to co-operate with Terry, who is advancing on Goldsboro from Wilmington. It is thought that another fight took place yesterday. The Examirter. of March 10th, says: '“The day set apart for public worship dawns upon us somewhat more auspiciously than any day for the 'last three months. One of the columns of the enemy, which was to form Sherman’s advancing force, has been defeated with he avy l css at or near Kinston, If. C!, and though the affair is a minorons—resulting In the capture of three guns and fifteen hundred prieoners—yet it may be j&irAn &ft an earnest that our commanders are on the alert and our troops in fighting trim once more in that direction. In fact, Sherman is only beginning to feel the difficulty of Ms enterprise. So long as It was bat burning defenceless towns and. robbing citizens’ unprotected wives and children, he . has had brilliant success, but now he will have to fight. Grant’s present grand converging .campaign seems now, to promise the same kind of termination as that ,of last year. He ean do nothing here unless Sherman eomes up to join him from Nor{h Caro lina, and Sherman cannot come. Another essential part of his programme sine qua non is the eapture of Lynchburg, and by lateit accounts from that di rection Lynchburg is safe enough. Meanwhile Gran* stands patiently deep in the swamps waiting tor some thing to turn up. So there is something to be thank ■ fnl for this day, as well as reasons of humiliation. ’ ’ The reported reverse to Fester, near Kinston, if true, is not“ considered important by the War Department.. It is said the force attacked was a construction corps> With ' a small covering force, engaged in repairing the railroad between Newbern and Goldsboro, preparatory to the arrival of Sherman, who Is to make a new base there. It is also reported that he will be due In the neighborhood of Goldsboro about the 17th Inst, f By Associated Press. ] Washington, March 11. Fall files of Biohmond pspers of Thursday, March 9th. have been received. They contain no news from Sherman or -from the valley. HBAOIC PHILOSOPHY, ' The editorials. are unimportant. The Sentinel has a long editorial on the loss of coast-wise cities, In the coprse of which the following passage oooorred: ** We are now delivered from ail the disadvantage of our locality, and exhausted and gotten rid of what was there un propitious, and vulnerable In our territorial position We have exchanged weakness ef position for strength of position; .the vulnerable for the invulnera ble; the accessible and exposed lor the inaccessible and impregnable.’' GRANT’S SITUATION, The Bichmond Examiner of the 9th cays: “All re mains quiet along Grant's lines/ In fact, for the last week everythinghas been rand-bound; and the rain, which fell almost incessantly yesterday,, served only to male matters decidedly worse in that respect. It Is not probable that Grant will attempt any movement until there is a change of weather, and the country and roads are in a better condition. Our military authorities should be none the leas vigUant, however, for he may attempt to advance his lines when least expected. *’lt is reported that Suffolk Was again occupied by the enemy on the Ist instant, with a force of about 1,600 cavalry and a regiment of negroes., They were at the time under marching orders, but it was not known what direction they would take. It is surmised that a raid may be intended by this party in the direction of the Weldon railroad. BUSINESS IX CONGRESS. . “ Both Houses of Congress agreed yesterday to ad journ next Saturday. The busutess of the session is pretty well closed up. The only important bill now pending is the one putting negroes in the army, which was passed yesterday in the Senate by one majority. “The bill was slightly amended in the Senate, and necessarily goes back to the House for concurrence. The amendment not being materia], it is supposed the bill will pass the House without difficulty, and proba bly to-day. “Congress will have been in session one hundred and five days next Saturday. ” Washington, March It —The Bichmond Dispatch of. Friday, March 10th, contains the following despatch from General Lee, giving the particulars of a battle near Kinston, Forth Carolina, between General Bragg, ,of the Confederate army, and the United States forces, which moved from Newbera to meet Sherman in the direction of Goldsboro: “ JSBApqpABTEBB, MaTob 9,1855. “iTon. *T. C. Breckinridge, Secretary of War: •* General Bragg reports that he attacked the enemy four miles In front .of Kinston* and drove him from hie position. He disputed the ground obsti s uately. and took up a new line three miles from Ms - first. We captured three pieces ol artillery and 1, *OO prisoners- The number of the enemy's, dead and wounded left on. the field is large; curt is comparatively small. 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Bsq., all rw-«HeOUi lest, at the residence Of thebride’*lh«b»t Dr. ThoxQ*a S. John«ton, Pastor of Sa Jolra B Kotormoa Cltv.enth. i aughter of John ghtrving. Etq . of Germantown, Pa.» DIED- THOMPSON-On the momlns of the llthlnst., John -Thompson, late Sheriff of Philadelphia, In the 67th services at his late residence. Be. 1703 Filbert street, on Tnesday afternoon at S o’clock. “Interment at Preebyterian Church. Middletown. Delaware conn- OB^t>n l< thelathinst..Harriet Thompson, wife of Oscar Thompaon, In the 48th yetr of her age.. . The relative* and friends of the, family are rsßpeotral lv Invited to attend the funeral from the residence of her husband. No. 326 Wash In gtonave nne, on Thursday afternoon, 16th Inst., at 3 o’clock.To proceed to Onion —On the Hth inst, at Philadelphia, Isabella W. Gteen, widow of tbelate James 8. Green, of Prince. *°Her relatives and friends are Invited atjfelher funeral, at Princeton, N. J., on Tnesday, the llfft lnat., at 1 o'clock P. H .without further notice. * VBBRSB —On Wednesday, Febrnarv 22i, at the re sidence of Ms father, at Georgetown. D. O.._JohUP. 8., son of James verree and grandson of John H. B g«i4S d S John Gib aon, lnthe?2dvearoniiaage. - / Due notice will be given of tbe Inner*!. _„,**** COLBODN.—On the 10th in*t., Humphrey Golhoun. late of Londonderry, Ireland, aged 43 years Funeral from Ms late residence, 115TT South Twelfth street, on Monday* 13th inst ,at 2 o’clock P. M. - m BABTOB.-Of coDmtopUoD.on the 10th instant, S. Douglas, youngest son of Samuel atfd Maria Barton, In. the 20th year of hlaagd.. . ' .... The relatives and friends of the family. jure to attend the funeral, from his fathers residence, so. 632 North Fourth street, ou Monday afternoon, the 13th instant, at 2 o’clock. To proceed to South Laurel Bill. . * SOS ASF —On the 10 th inst., Valentine Boraef, in the 46th year of his age. , , ir ' „ The relatives and friends of the family are respectful ly invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, southeast corner Uxth and Master streets, os Monday afternoon, at 2 o’clock. Interment at Laurel Hill.. ** KITE —On the morning of the 10th last., Blizahsth O Kite, daughter of the late Joseph and Deborah KUe. Her relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral, from the jeMdence of her uncle. Dr. John L. Kite, No. 46? North Fifth street, on Second-day, the 13th. inst., at2o’clock F M, STEIN METZ —On the 10th Inst. • Theodore Steinmetz, son of Adam and Margaret Steinmetz, in the 24th year of his age. Mis relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from the residence of his parents. No. SCB4 Wallace street, on Monday afternoon, wX m o'clock. ** CAMPBELL —Onthe9thlnst., Patrick Campbell, in, tbeflethyearof his age.- • ’ _ „ ■ ~ The relatives and friends of the family are Invited to attead his foneial, from the residence of Ms jmn, N. Campbell, 80. 1118 South Twelfth street, eu Monday morning, 18th inat, at 8% o’clock. Services and in* torment at St Mary 3 s Church. *** LEE.—On Friday moraleg,Marchlfith,Emma.Lonlss, youngest daughter of the late Joshua Lee. The friend s of the family are requested to attend her fa- * nersl, from the residence of her mother, 1189 Pine street, oh Taesday next* 14thinst., at 2 o’clock. ** J^UPIN’S; PLAIN BLACK GOODS.— liupla'» Trnmlties. w Bombariuen. *■ All-wool Hap*. *• Empress Olothu . " , Herluoes and Cashmere*. '* Houeeellue De Laluee. •• 8-4-wide Bareg. HernmU. „ , '• 8-4-wlde Baregee and Crape Marti*. •* ThlbetBhawl*. &e. , a. ‘ BJKBBOH * SON. Mountlug Store. - fetl-tf No. 918 CHK3TNPT Street. EYBE & LANDELL ABE BE CEIYINB a STOCK of nperior BBT GOODS adapted to tie DAILY WARTS ofBVEKI PAHIDT. Full Stock of Staple Goods. Fine Stock of Fancy Goods. . „ NewQoodsdaiiyrecelved. teSB-tf |3S» »4 o’clock. The proceeds to be devoted to a benevolent purpose. . Tichete, 25 cents; to be hid at the door of the Church the evening of the Lecture. ? mhli-21* I®* LECTURE BT BBT. COL* JACQUEBB, at CONCERT HALL, on WEDNES DAY EVENING, March 15th, 1866. Subject—* ■My Experience in Richmond: or* Conver sations with Jeff Davis, Benjamin, de Co. 1 * The late peace mission of Col J&eqness has excited much attention. Various accounts of his visit to the rebel capital have been made, in which mueluflefcion WBs mingled with a few fsets In (Mb lecture *fie pro poses Ito give the particulars of his interview with the rebel authorities, and the impressions received there-- from. * Tickets, admitting a gentleman and two ladies, one dollar Single- admission* 60 cents. For saleby T. 8,. Pugh* 8. W. corner Sixth and Chestnut streets; Per kinpine & Higgins, 66 N. Fourth street, and Thornley & Chism, N. E. cerner of Eighth and Spring Garden streets. • • * The entire proceeds will be devoted to a benevolent enterprise. mhfl 7t EOUCE -THE ALDERIRE OF 9Z5& . the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA are requested to meet at the WETHBRILL HOUSE, BANSQM Street* above Sixth, on THIS (Monday) EVENING, March 13. 1866. at?K o clock/in reference to the death of the late JOHN THOMPSON. By order of the Association. li* DAVID BEITLER* Secretary. SIXTH WARD. #S3ES? . . TBE LAST CALL TO THE, 360 DRAFTED MEN SIXTH WARD. A HBKTIHG WILL BE HELD IN CHOWH-STEBBT BCHOOL HODBB, ON MONDAY BVBKIHG, AT 7)4 O’CLOCK. ON YODB ACTION DEPENDS THE EEBDLT OF FILLING DP THE EEQDIEEC NDHBEE OF MEN. The Committee have been untiring In the work of try tag to. fill up, and save you from “Marching, to the Front. ’ ’ Ton have been in the same proportion as In different about it. Ton may wake up with a knapsack os your back, and you deserve no better fate, because you refuse to dp your duty. You can subscribe and pay the small amount asked to save you, but you de pend upon others not in the draft to pay for you, while you hang back, not eves attending the .meetings (which are held nightly) for fear you might have some little work to perform, or be placed on a Committee to save yourselves. Yon depend entirely upon the few who have hereto lon dragged you through on their shoulders, a perfect “deadweight.” The funds in the treasury arenow Shout exhausted, and unless filled up on MONDAY EVENING, tad Com mittee will abandon the work and leave it to your eelves. With a hearty co-operation on your part, and liberal subscriptions, theentire-qudfc* might be filiedin a few days, By order of Committee. - It rg W- CXTIZENfB OF FIFTH WABDII— THB !!! fifret, TO BIOHT. at the Court House, SIXTH and CHESTHUT Streets, and show by your presence and contributioiis that you are inclined to help those who are willing but not able to help themselves. Gome with your hearts full of sympathy, and hands full of something more substantial, to the relief of those who at some future day may be able to return the favor. By order of the Sxseutive Committee. JOS, B. GOAD, M. D.» Chairman. J. F. Bybubb, Secretary. . N. B.—Every man in tae Ward is expected to be pre sent. . It, FOUJHTBFNTBI WABD WILD PAY SUO CASH AS WARD BOUNTY!! $50,000 ON HAND TO CASH WAHBABT8!!! i£ply between 9A. M. and iP. M. , to the Heeruitiag Committee, S. E. corner of THIRTEENTH and GREEN Streets, where the Treasurer will be in attendance to pay the Recruit as soon as mattered. THOS. THOMPSON, Treasurer, NINTH A^SO CIATION.—A stated meeting of taeNinth Ward Lincoln Asaociatlon will be held on * THIS (Monday) EVENING, March 13th, at 7>i o’clock, at National Hall, MARKET Street, below THIRTEENTH, , JO&“ THOMraON. fl Esa. 1116 dalth * f 24tfa of Mat.afore said, after which time, only, will the new certificates be issued. Stockholders not paying as above, wllllose their right to the new stock. Those who deßtre to anticipate pay ment will he allowed discount on the whole amount of their subscription, at the rate of six per cent per an* "num. SOLOMON SHEPHERD, mhll»6t Treasurer. youkc hsn prepared for THE COUNTING-HOUSE AND BUSINESS LIFE at ' CEITTERDEN’S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, No. 63F CHESTNUT Street, comer of Seventh. Practical Instruction in ... . BOOK-KEEPING In all its branches; ; . PENMANSHIP, Plain and Ornamental; COHMSBCIAL CALCULATIONS, * In the shortest and most approved method; - TELEGRAPHING, By Sound and on Paper, taught by a first-dags Opera-) tor; alio Commercial Law, Business Forms* Detecting Counterfeit Votes, Mathematics. Ac. . . ' * Students instructed separately, and received at any ttmo. mhll-St OIL COMPANIES. PHQBPECTPS OF THB EQUALITY OIL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA. CAPITAL STOCK— —— —.5J60.000. 160,000 SHAKES, PAK YALDE *A SDBSCBIPTION PRICE CENTS PER SHARE AND NO FURTHER ASSESSMENT. WORKING CAPITAL 80,000 SHARES, OBf3»,000. The bad. upon which this Company 1. fon»4 an! ib. character of It. interest should commend itt. those abont lnveatlng ln OU Companies. The plan adopted in thlt Company la that army per eon who anbecritw. can miter the Company on the ' '* GROUND FLOOR;” that is, he.omes a of the property, and .hare, all the profit.; therefor*, in order that both RICH AND POOR may hay. a chance of participating, the Stock will be mid at the Tory low pri.e of TWEE TY-FIYE CENTS PER SHARE. Thereby enabling Mechanics and people of limited means to aecnie an Interest at little cost, and eyory prospect of a quick and profitable return.. The property consist, of 130 ‘Acres of good land, situate on Hemlock Run, in Warren county. Pennsylvania, within fly. miles of the town of Warren, and abont on. quarter of a mil. from the Allegheny river, well tim bered with good oak and pine, sufficient for fud. The property in this locality has been sold very rea dily for 6260 and *3OO per acre, and well, are going down rapidly in the vicinity. The turnpike runs by the property—lt is only three miles from the Philadel phia end Brie Railroad. One well will be down immediately. The engine and boilers have already been attended to. JUS* The SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS will be opened on MONDAY Morning, March 13, and will remain open one week, at SAMUEL LEE’S BTORB. No. S North SECOND Street, and at No. 3R North FIFTH Street. ROBERT H. KANSLEY, PRECEDENT* P. T., 2356 DOCK STREET. SAMUEL LEES, TREASURER, P. T., 5 NORTH SECOND STREET. O. F. FOLWBLL, SECRETARY. P. T.. 3R NORTH FIFTH STREET. AjfOTHRR Oil Strike. ~A new well has just bssn s truck on the property of the Tideouto and W&rrsnOU Company, near Tldeoute, Warren county. Pa. , which is pumping one hundred and fifty barrels per day. The uprarAUegbuty will, before long, vie wish OU Greek ln its amount of the precious liquid.— THE FLOWING SPRING OIL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA. C A PIT Air - ....$BOO,OOO. PAR VALUE, *l. Snbseriptlon Price Twenty-fire Cents. Poll Paid up and no farther Assessment. 100,000' SHARES RESERVED. FOB WORKING ' CAPITAL. * ‘THE FLOWING SPRING OIL COMPANY” otha In fee simple (we have no leases) two hundred and four (204) acres of land In Athen« county, Ohio. -The introerty lies only two (2)miles aontheasf &em Marshfield Station, on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, and abont four (4) miles southwest from Athene, another station on the same railroad. Good wagon reads rim from this property to both stations MARGARET!" S .GREEK, a tributary of the B OCKING BIVER, runs through the land from east to west. The presence of several OIL SPRINGS on this property is ample testimony as to its value. About two- thirds (ft) of the land 1s first-elass boring territory. - . . The Cincinnati .Gil Company’a land; which adjoins this on the west, has a flowing oil spring upon it. and the company are developing their property with the ut most diligence... . Immediately below the property ol “ The Flowing Spring Oil Uompany” are the landsof “The Fuller Petroleum and Refining Company,” of Philadelphia, on which are oil suziscs The .Flowing Spring Oil Company’s lauds are sur rounded by those of the following companies—viz: “ The Kattonal Oil Company, ” * ‘ The Athens Petro leum Company,” and * f The Harper Oil and Mlnlug Company, T% & Philadelphia; ‘‘The Sagar Creek OU and Coal Company,” of Kew York city, and “The* Columbus Oil Company,” of Ohio. The excitement in Athens county, Ohio, and the de mane for oil territory, is equal to that on Oil and Sugar Cheeks* in Pennsylvania, and property has advanced in value severs! hundred per cent, xn a few months. THE FLOWING SPRING OIL COMPANY Will undoubtedly prove to be one of the best. The subscription books will be open on March Uth, at the Counting Boom of '- • . E. ROBERTS & OO.i HTo. 241 Marltet Street, at 9 A.M., and on other days until the sale in complied. A map of the property may be seen at the Office of E. BOBBBTS * CO. pnssnmirr, W. S. KINGKJOI*D, . BSOSBTAnr, WM, MoDAMIEYr. TBBABtrngS, JE. SPYSOM. Counsellor—W. D. OOMEGYS. 7, We hereby certify that we haveheen on the land of the ** Flowing Spring -Oil Company. ’* and that it is of the highest order of oil-producing territory. The state ments made' above are not exaggerated. This property is thought tb be of as muchiaXueas any'oil land in Pennsylvania . > ■ Tieoil/ouml bereia inbrioatlnsr oil, andcommand, in price #S6 per harrel at the wells. The title U indisputable. s. r. saira. : , B. I>. HAULER, mhlMt 1 - Continental Hotel, j*sap° THI PUBLIC ■=»., PETROLEUM COMPART. CAPITAL STOCK, 9400 000. . 400,010 SHARES at 25 GENTS each. 400,000 SHAKES at 85 GENTS each. 4C0.C00 SHAKES at 25 GENTS each. 400,000 SHARES at 35 CENTS each. 400,000 SHARES at 35 GENTS each. > 400,000 SHAKES at 25.C8NT8 each. RESERVED WOBKI*O_C>PITAL* 100,000 SHAKES. f 45.000. VaHJE, $t Bach and ©very subscriber to the stock of this Com pany becomes part owner of the lands and wells, there by reeeivingan equal share of all ths profits. *rwo wbllsjrow goibg dowst, both, of which are nearly completed and five everyin* dication of being BIG WBLLB, as already SEVER ABTIEEYBINBOF OIL HAYB BEER STRUCK. It is confidently belleyed that within thirty days the company will be receiving Oil from both these wells. ■4 Zt is a matter of congratulation to be able to state tbat nearly one-half of the stock has already been se cured since thefirst announcement on Saturday morn ing, leaving bnt a little over 360,000 shares yet to be taken. The lands and products? interests of the Publio Pe troleum Company axe situated in the heart of the oil region of Venango and Clarion counties, including por tions of the-well-known localities of. East Sandy Creek* Cherry Bun, Cherry Tree Bun, the Clarion river and Bchull’s Bun, now under process of successful develop ment. ' EAST SANDY CHEEK. 80. 1 consists of a tract of 100- acres, in fse simple, known as the Signorth Para, situated on East Sandy Creek. There are two runs, both tributaries of Bast Sandy Creek, passing through It. A great portion-of it is fathering territory, and there is room enough for over one hundred wells. This tract is bats short dis tance from the last Bandv well, which Is said to flow two hundred barrels perday. There are two large coal veins opened on this property, and fifty aerds Is heavily Umbered with oak and chestnut. A well is t j ha sank* immediately on this property. & SQHULL’S BUH. 80. 2 consists of 124 acres, in fee simple, in Rockland township, Venango county, Fa. It is one and a half miles from the Allegheny river. This au abundance of bitiiminonfi coal on it The greater part of it is fiat boring territory. Schull’a Bun passes directly through it. Stveral oil companies are orga nized near this farm, and are now developing their lands. On this tract leases can be given to responsible parties, and several walls will be sunk immediately without expense to the Company. CLARION RIVER. Ho. 3 consists of four acres, in fee simple, in the great Oil Basin of the Clarion river, about one mUe below the Beer Creek well, and a short distance above the Alum Bock Wf 11. TMb is a very choice piece of land, and it is all susceptible of being operated upon. Wells an to be sunk immediately on this property. CHBRBY BUH. Ho. 4 consists of a one-sixteenth, working Interest in a lease on the Lamb Para* Cherry Bun, Venango coun ty, Pa • on which there is one well going down. -Ithas already reached tMF depth of .360 feet, and has struck some fine shows of oil. Thera is no doubt but that this will be a good well, and the Company* in a short time, be receiving oil from this interest. The Lamb Farm is between the Seed wail and the Humboldt Refinery, and is the best territory on Cherry Bun. CHEERYTBEE BUN. Ho. B'consists of a one-sixteenth working interest in a lease on Cherry-Tree Bun, Yenango county. Pa * on which there is one well going down. It has reached the depth of three, and promises to be a gocdwell. In a short time the Company Will be re . ceiving oil from this Interest also. There are good pro ducing wells both above and below this lease. The Books for subscription will open TO-DAY (Mon day), March 13th, at the office of the Company, ■Ho. 533 WALHTJT ST&BET. BOOM Ho 1L Subscriptions, by letter through PostOffloe. should be directed**) the office of GEORGE YOUNG. Ho. 48 South TBIBD Street, and will receive prompt atten tion. ■ - Remittance* can be made by draft, express, or regis tered letter. Government Bonds and Securities taken in payment for stock. •* GEOBGE YOTJHG, President. J. Pabby ScHBAOir, Ssc’y and Treas. It* EOXICE OF BMBMD Ho. 4.- The Directors of the OHIO PETROLEUM COM FABY have declared a Dividend of TWO PER CENT. , payable at the office of the Company, Bo- 4 BROAD Street, Hew York, on and after the2othofMarch. The transfer books will be closed from the lOih to the 20th of March. The Directors have resolved to make their dividends quarterly for tte future , • - . mhl3-10t ALLEN D. COBCE, Secretary* KS* TBE AHEIJAL BEEVIHG OF THE *2» STOCKHOLDERS of the BOCK OIL COMPANY will be held in accordance with the by-laws, at the office of the cojnpany, Ho 409 WALHTJT Street, on MOB DAY, the thirdnf April next, at U o’clock A. M.. when an election will beheld for Five Directors to serve for the ensuing year. . JOHHF. GRAFF, mhl3*tap3 Sec’yand Treasurer. Kg* NOTICE -IHE STOCKHOLDEBB AND RIFFLES BUH OIL COMPANY will meet at their office, 417 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia, on THURSDAY, March SO, 1865, for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors to serve to January* 1866. JAKES H. FERGUSON* mh!B-m2t ’• ' , , Secretary, THB WJBIHEL BUM Oil COMPA* MS’ * HY; 134 Sonth THIRD Street —A Meeting of the Stpekholden of the WBIKEL BUH OIL COMPANY will 1>» held at 4 the Office of the Company.-Ho 114 Street, second story, MONDAY AFIE&- NOQN, March 18, at A o’clock. mhll-St* LEWIS C. CASSIDY. President, A MEBFIKG OF IMS STOCK* of SPRING AND GOOSE ORBEK OILOOMPAHTTwiII be held at the CompanyAa Office* Ho 311 WaLNUT Street* first floor, back building, on THURSDAY, March 16. 1865, at 3 o'clock P. M., to eleot Directors, make By-LaWs. Ac. - By order of the Corporators. mhB-frmw6t* CHARLES BLAKISTOH, Sec’y. ■SB* OFFICE OF THE PIP HOLBGIIi I® COMPANY* No. 1348 THIRD Street , Philadelphia, March 10, 1865. H --A'speeial meeting of the stockholders of the »*e held at their office e& MO ?E A X‘ March 13. IBM* akUo?cUxfc M* mhll-2t* S. D. BOSS, Sec’*__ * J 9t F fJGSIIwS¥ JPsoiADELPm J^SE 8811 ** 5 6AB COAL" COMPANY, Ko. S t reet* March 9, 1896 „ , ~a DIVIDEND NOTICE —The Directors havft'thia day •declared a dividend of FOUR PSB CENT; out of the ntt earnings of the Company for January and February, payable at the Office on and after March 16,1865. The transfer books will 1m closed from 12th inst- w . • - JOHN MoMAKIN. mhll-61*, , _ .... Secretary. KSS* 1 HISIOBICAL SOCIETY OF PE»N« WF- SYLVAHIA.-A Stated Meeting wUi be held at th« Rooms* Athenxtnm Building* THIS (Monday) BYE-. HING* at e o’clock, SAM'L L BHBDLSY. * U Recording Secretary* on COMPANIES- PHTTADETuPHIA LUBRICATING OUi COMPART. 500,000 'SHARES 35 CENTS SACS. fits CBHTB BACH. 33 CENTS EACH. • '35 OBHTB BACH. ICO.OOO SHAKES RE9ERVBD FOB WOEKUTG CAPITAL. FAB •*•**-»»»»»»******♦ )1 WELLS BEADY FOB PUMPING, Engine on the Ground l IMMEDIATE BEAL IZ ATION The almost countless number of petroleum aseooia- Hot*, and the non- fulfilment of promises mads, give rise to serious approhenslons in the minds of the many as to the wisdom of investing at all in an. enterprise of the kind. The profits are ofttimes indefinitely prospeo tire, while the dividend day is too-distant even for hope to dwell upon with pleasing anticipation. Again, many labor under the delusion that only in Venango county oil is found in paying quantities, where enormous prices are paid for a few acres of hllis, with about as many rods of boring surface. Add to this the high figure at which the companies in consequence are compelled to sell their stock, and can any one wonder that the percentage accruing is qnlle trivial, and the investment somewhat precarious? TflE PHILADELPHIA LUBRICATING OIL COM PANY present the lollowing facts for. consideration, and ask the public to say whether or not the shares they oiler at twenty five cents will in value favorably com pare with many in the market at dollars each. The land owned by this company is in fee simple, and num bering in all one hundred and sixty-four acres. Ho. 1 contains sixty acres, situated in Crawford county. Pa. On this property is a well four hundred feet deep, uow being tubed for pumping. Tbeforcsof the gas when boring completely demolished the der ricks, wills the yield of oil following was such as to insure success from the start. This well was sunk in the centre of an old Indian pit, of which there are a number on the land. The natives In primitive times gathered tallens of ell daily from these pits, as well aa off the streams. It was in Craw ford county that oil wax first gathered for medicinal purposes. This one well alone will pay a handsome profit on the entire capital Ho. 2 contains sixty acres in Erie county. There is a well on this property fitly feet down, with a goodly si ow of oil. When sufficiently deep there is no donbt as to Its yield. Ho. 3 contains forty-four acres in Erie esnnty, with the best surface indications. The oil found is lubrica ting, and of the very bast quality, commanding readily $3O per barrel. All the late are heavily timbered with hemlock, ash, and maple, and Is considered very vain- : able, should the Company see fit to dispose of the same. Thereabouts are large ear manufactories, where count less numbers are annually made for the navy. Every acre can be bored or cultivated —no waste what ever. There is a machine shop within six miles, while tbs Pittsburg and Erie Railroad'and Beaver and Erie Canal run dose to the several properties. Adjoining the land Hew I ork and Pittsburg Companies are sink ing wells, while the Noble and Deiamater Company have an interest only a few rods distant A first-class 12-horse power engine, with boring and pumping apparatus complete, are on the ground, which, with the wells in their present condition, are not only a saving to the stockholders of many thousands of dol lars, but a sure guarantee of success, enterprise, and immediate reimbursement.’ Those desirous of investing in stocks should not ever-. loook a fact of such importance. The Company claim advantage’s over most' or .all others now forming, and firmly believe their shares will command a large pre mium inside of three months. - The working capital only—lCO,ooo shares—for sale, the rest being already taken. Early application will be necessary to secure shares. The boohs wilt be open VUE3DAY, March 14th, at the Office of the Company, Ho. 703 CHESTNUT Street. In the meantime, stock to the extent of limita tion may be secured by addressing the Secretary, Bex 2196 Post Office. CHARLES WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT. JOHN F- COMBS, TREASURER. E. LUCIEN RICHIE. mhlS-St SECRETARY. |gp~ THE PIERREPOST OIL COMPANY OF WEST YIBGINIA. 0AP1TAL...—,.............5150,000. Subscription, One Hollar Per Share. TO- DAY (MONDAY, tbe 13th Inst} Trill POSITIVELY CLOBB THBIR SUBSCRIPTION LIST. ODE ESTATEB ABE NOT EXCELLED AS OIL LANDS BY ANY COMPANY YET FORMED IN WEST VIRGINIA. Tbs plan of opoiatlon of our Company will be Oat followed by individuals in the development of Petro leum. It bas been demonstrated that the most money is made by selling-wells at the market rates, as soon as procured. This is the prinoiple upon which we Bball act. Instead of paying continuous dividends, we shall sell from time to time our wells and divide the money in gross among the Stockholders. We have one well alrea dy down 300 feet, one down 100 feet and one down over lid feet, and the development will he pnshedvigorously- Besides, we have applications to grant leased on twenty-five acres of the estate of the Company at a royalty of one-half of the oil. eaeh party binding them selves to sink at least one well at once. It should be remembered that allour estateeareon Burning Springe Bun, excepting three acres near the Eternal Centre Weil, and that this is the only place when Oil In largely remunerative quantities has ever been obtained. Prospectuses, and all Information, will be freely given at the Office of the Company. No. 131 Sonttt'Tbtrd Street. Second Story, Or by any one of the OFFICERS: FBAHKLIH S. WILSON. Esq., President, Nos. 60S and 60S Chestnut Street. GEOBBB H. CHBISTLAN, Esq , Treasurer, No. 248 Chestnut street. . BOBBBT CLABKSON, Esq., No. 131 South Third stmt. JOSEPH D. KOBKBR, No. 419 Walnut street. JOHN P. O’NEILL, Esq., No. 144 South Sixth street. WM. F. JOHNSON, Esq., No. 1336 North Fifth street WM. H. WALtAGE, It SECBETABY, AT COMPANY’S OFFICE. THE (SWEAT NATIONAL OIL AND LUMBER CO. 12,202 Acres all In Fee Simple, and In Pennsylvania. 1,200 Shares, to First Subscribers, On© Tbonsimd Dollars Eacli. *O4B SHARES ALREADY SUBSCRIBED elsewhere. Of THE EEMAIHING 153 'SHAJRSSthc undersignad is authorized to sell a LIMITED HUMBER in. pjriladel phia. „»o. acreß. 8# miles from Tideout and the Economite Wells, lieaoaMdeout Creak*McGee Bun and Andrews* Ron; bounded on the north, by the Pittsburg Oil Company’s lands, on the south by the Oenessee OH Company's lands. -Ho. 2.-1,939 acres on Hosmer Run, EaUlssarGreek, and Fine ox Caldwell branch of Oil Creek, one mile from Hotmer Oil Company’s lands. The Garland Oil Com pany’s lands adjoin on the east. This tract is bounded on the sonth by-the Gnat oil Company’s lands. * So. 3. 3,346 acres on the Bine Eye Bun and Justice Run; bounded on the south and west by theCotterOU Company *s lands, and near on the east Is the Egbert Oil Property. • 'So: 4. 3,309 am! on Big Broken-Straw Creek, Lit tle Broken-Straw Creek, Mead's Ron, Sugar Ron, and Dunn’s Run, all near Big Broken-Straw Creek. The whole embrace 12.203 acres, six flrrt dais Farms under ob the various streams named, autruratari.es of the Al legheny river, in the heart of the Pennsylvania Oil re *TW firet-elaes Saw. ton, nearly new. with capacity, with slight improvement, for ma nufacturing twelve million f«t of Lumber per year; mills connected by raU with Philadelphia and ErSeßall- I 0 Pine and. Oak Sawing Timber estimated striding on propertfr,.beside Hem lock, "Whitewood, Chestnut, &e.» tn large Quantity. On last season » It is believed that the Lumber alone woulopay double the cost and interest of the sub scription price of the whole properly.. The President and Directors individually of thA ColmnMa Oil of Pittsburg (probably the most successful in the world.) HOLD OVER OAR-FOURTH OP THE SHARES in t&fsOreit National. . SHKEGBIPTIONB BEOKIVED. Other partleulam liven, wwhilst of present subscribers, at theOffioe of IX L. MILLER, Jr., Ageixt, NO. 133 WALNUT STREET. Philadelphia. OIL AND MINING COMPj|j jif OH. 'JCOMPASIEg, iggp* TBS STAJMJIBtHrisj s«fl,ooo shakks-pak value n % 120,000 SHAKES TO BS 80LB-TEB K JSr , i 60,000 SHAKES TO BB DIVIDED Eati, % M AMOKS THB SHAREHOLDERS, Cost or Property Working Capital , *! ■"Mt Each Shareholders stock Cosij n , I 60 Gents per Share. " ,f 1 35 CENTS EACH. Orikulied on the game equitable , **Vnlcan” a&d *• Government,** whMflnSr < m adjoining thou of the Stahsow Stoss OifS 1 -" -, COMPACT. ““i, 35 CIHTS EACH. Sample of Oil taken from a well on a cm,n.. 3 ports can be seen at this office. - I fßscs *ji Tho Directors of tM« Company, daslroi, , , « the mioai*l rsaonrsea of teeii lenitor. ' eonraa to the BpeoulaUv. spirit now »:■ to plats* their lands In the market on the oh* v »v They desire development, knowing that thi , W prodootion of Petroleum ia of more raise ttaiuSJ *' Since the orgonlantlon orthuc a!#l . information baa been received ikT* Well, yielding: Ilnety Barrels a was Btracb last week In the ylcfnit' onr property, on the Standing St £ Within two days after the aaao2 meat or this fact, and before the Bm’ were opened to the public, Si.otw s)l . were snbserlbed. The Bands of this Company are located at follow, T.&.a* r 5? of land on Muddy Greek, a branch of v_. ,°"ek, m Tyler county, near the great? ■lons of Greene and Payette, on the borders of V ,**“* ?l »?• hundred aij. acres, ia fee *imple, and h*B abundant mineral w waa struck on the Sthof Jaimarr T neighborhood, at the depth of three hundred f*J 5 Is now flowing largely. The Oil la lubricating Z' the land to the Ohio rivar, thTlt transportation will he combatively smalt unusual developments or Coal, Antimony. U d tum, in addition to the abundant indications ofl^ in. A. tract of land, in fa* simple, containing sirtv “»*•,<» Standing Stone Creek, within the Little Kanawha, and In the ImmedintanSJ, the Burning Spiings mid Hughes river tB-rita,,-?, land lain the heart of the oil res ion of We«y\rwC mud although hitherto undeveloped on aecoUtlr? war, the indications of oil are unmdstaksble s»' within two miles of the Kanawha river, the he •• for transportation wHI save a large pircentsgs «; price of the oil and mineral,. IT. Aleaeeof ten acres on little Kanawha river, I, ■ immediate vicinity of the great Llewellyn and ]r - hone Wells, which are the largest ever ■ the history of Petroleum, the first flowing three t"t- *■ sand barrels a day when a truck. For this the Goiapt pays A EOYALTf‘6F ONE TENTH OF THB OH f value of this lease will be understood whan we that a new well, flowing two hundredjb&rxels, t struck in the neighborhood, on the Banting Spr- > Ban, within the last few flays. V. A lease adjoining the above.4br which the C-jiaot gives a royalty of only Oiß-TfiKTH QtttheoiL TILER COOKTV. In presentingthe lands of Trier county to the it:,- tlon of the public, the Directors willmerely repiiai-. following extracts from evidence of the most tn . worthy character: • _ . . _ - rftom the Pittsburg Commercial, j A correspondent, writihgfrom Hew county. West Virginia, says.ttiatoU was struck, oah Bth Inst., on Middle Island Creek, fire miles from i> Ohio river, at what la sailed Hiseam’a Mills, iatjt county. The well Is at a depth of some throe hmsit feet, and the oil was ptunped up by ahaad pamp. ft news flew like wild fire, and those who sold their Uk - optionally for fIOOO per acre some time since, are a* . sorry that they have sold.. 'Nearly all tne kad« bought or leased in the county, and great prevails there. . . *v- From.the Special Beport to Forney’s Press, public December 6th, 1853, and understood to be from th» > of an editor of that journal who was sent by Mr. F*. ney to make a tour or the West Virginia oil region; “ In Tyler county, especially around the count; Mldflleburne, the evidences of oU are very abaci,- ' This ht so near our State that one almost imaitnai bj .. riding on Pennsylvania farms. The people of Tj.? county are an intelligent, busy class, and mema&s prising than any of the other counties 1 have tWM They have taken their own, lands in hand, and do . invite the outside world with as much avidity &$ tlx *■ more humble neighbors on ihe'Little Kaoawh ». Ai» ■„ evidence of their confidence in their own eatarpru*.; know of one gentleman now living near LUtsririi who refused fifty thousand dollars for a tract of lai; . not more than eighty acres in extent. Hewasb >rin?j well at the, time, and the neighbors aroundblm wan also boring wells. The. capitalists 4 0f the Wen, lm Chicago, St. Louis, and Cincinnati, 4 aa well aatb capitalists from Boston, who came rather lata into th new tmsinesß, aie greedily and eagerly endsaromf::' supplant the masters of these coveted lands fhe d temtory that extends from Middleburne, Tyler conatr if the surface indications are borne out, will bs va ' great oil basiu of tbe continent. * * The necessary machinery is mow ordered, and au -5 ’ citni Superintendent already .at work for thapnjt, : development of the lands, so that an early retorami yi be expected from Investments in this Company. 4 = PBBSIDKMT, ■ ISAAC COOP.K, Of the flra of Cooper & CpDMd, & & corner of HIJSTH sad MAEKfir Btrwla ;■ CSAS. H. BIDE BOTHAM. Prospectus, with Maps of the Company’s ostites,« v dered, and will be ready in a few days. Subscription Books open,' at the Office of •« Company, ■ *o. 41T WALStri* STJSEfiT, mhT- tf Boom Mo. 3. Third B»n I3P“ ™* PEOPLE’S UNION MUTUAL FORTY CENTS PER SHARE CAPITA!. 200,000 SHAKES, AT »1 PAS. WORKING CAPITAL, (RESIBVBDFUND.) 135.0 M , SHABBS. OB ,50,000. Our plan differs from that of other organiiatloai, h etmuch as that every person who subscribes oaten tk Company upon the "GROUND FLOOB,”.or, in ote -words, becomes a purchaser of tha property, and (taw all tkeproStss therefore, in order that all may bene bled to participate, it bas been deemed advisable to it - sue the stock at the remarkably low prl<£ of FORTY CENTS, ■ FORTY CSJU> FORTY CENTS, PER So FORTY Stf» FORTY CENTS, o» SHARE. §§ FOBTT CSSK. FoAtY CEHTB. K FORTY CKK Thereby enabling persons of limited mess, to see* an interest at a small cost, with prospect of speedy •** handsome returns. Tkeie Ib no zeason why this §tsck atould not b« | : ♦lperukare In a jj AS energetic ass are at the bead. And but a Short distance from flu lands of the J Th e mutual bails upon which this and the character of its interests, should can®® 1 self to those abont investing in oil company. „ Examine our assets, and after earefnUy tl em with any other offered to TOO, judge for jaw and act accordingly. ts‘ Ho. 1 U a tract 0f194 acres, in/e« simvltt « a CAMP BON OP EDSTH CREEK. And branches; Sts miles from ParkersM* about 1 mile from the Little Kanawha river, a frontage of over 100 rods on the Creek and tw j,. and OTer MO acres of good boring territory, r ttonal Pike passes within SO rods of this place- There is a heavy vein of bltnmlnons coal on this ABOUT® ACRES ABB COVERED WB ®“ Ho. Sis a tract of 60 acres of good Oil land ia pie, and adjoins the above on the north. Tn**' on this tract for® wells, as it is all boring ter. and bas food indication* of Oil. Ho. 3 is a tract of 83 7-10 acre*. In fee Buckeye Fork of Sand Orwk* aiboat 7 soil**** 0 kenlraiff* - i PIYBWBLLS WILL BE PUT BOW2f WI^ 0 ' | BELA*. The Subscription Books will be ope* <> a Morning, the 14th inst»» and remain open ft? oae THE SUNDAY MERCURY OFFICE' And at the Ottos of the Treasurer. tSSF* OFFICE OF IHK obi] *» SCOTT FAKM Oil. COMPAQ !• j*® ; K,i WALNUT Street. Koom Ho. 2, i £®“, l *, o c* of 't MeroK. .886 -Sab-cilbe™ to O®. Terr el d Scott FerniOil Co. n> h«8 “Sion it K oheneedforewtifldetee of ‘ 1 Office, on end <#»***§ »M»St W ■ra^ASTTHKIt, jambs ■«. jrasobsoN, Office of the Company. OIL MINING COBEPAN7 I WESTERN "VIRGINIA. FULL-PAID STOCK. POETS’ CKBTS PEE SHAKE. PEE SHAKE. PEE SHAKE PEE SHAKE. PEE SHAKE PEES SHOBTTIMB. The propertr couslistß of 397 ACRES nr WOOD COBBTS, WEST PIKOIHIA. LIBB CAMP 808 OIL COMPASS’. IB PHILADELPHIA, AT 80. 152 SOOTH THIRD STKEBT. HO. 515 OHEBTBOT BTHKBT. WM. MEESER, PRESIDE® 1 - DAVID B. BILT, BECKETAES AHD TRSASOB 2 *- H. R. EDMUNDS, KO. 3»1 SOUTH FIFTH STBEB T ATIOES*^'