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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. The troops Itehaved most handsomaly, and Ma
jor Generals Hill and Hoke exhibited their usual zeal
andenergy, < B».R LEE.
** Kinston, sear where the fight oceurredy is situated
on the direst route from. Goldsboro to .Newborn, and is
about twenty miles east of Goldsboro, and thirty west
of Newbern. Ills supposed that tMs force of tbe.enemy
was advancing from Newborn against Goldsboro,’tor
the purpose of cutting the railroad at.that point.
1 'lt is not probable after this repulse that the enemy
will attempt to advance, and it is likely we shall next
hear of their falling back upon kewbem, or changing
their course to some other point of the compass;
“This movement -of the enemy was evidently de<?
signed to be co-operative with Sherman, and in tMs
light, and at this juncture, it may be of great value to
us in embarrassing S&erman’s movements. ”* .
The rebel papers chronicle the passage of the negro
enlistment act, saying that it is a measure of necessity
not of choice. „ . :
: Senator WlglUl, during the debate, denouneed the
Virginia Legislature, and demanded the resignation of
JeSEavis.
A (harp correspondence has taken place between Gen,
Sherman and Wade Hampton, in North Carolina. The.
letter from General Sherman states that In donsegusnee
of foraging parties having been murdered by the rebels
after belngcapturcd, and labels attached to their bodies
of ’’death to all foragers,'’ that ho hasordered.a simi
lar number of prisoners to onr hands to be disposed of
in like manner. That he holds one thousand rebel pri
soners, and can stand it as long as Hampton.
The rebel General responds that ha knows nothing of
such murders, and that for every soldier executed by
Sherman he will execute two Federals, selecting offi
cers as the firat victlms. He makes a long story about
barbarities alleged to bo practiced by Gen. Sherman’s
army, and concludes by stating that he shall hold fifty
prisoners as hostages for those ordered to be executed
by Sherman. : :
Desertion'of a 'Whole company of Rebel
- Cavalry.
Newbbbn, N. C , March 6 —Yesterday Company B,
6th North Carolina Confederate Cavalry, raised in the
western part of the State, .earns into our linos in a body,
with two lieutenants, horses, and equipments, num
boring over sixty men, and. delivered thenuelves up to
onr commanding officer, at Camp Palmer.
After partaking of a bountiful feast they, with the old
fiag at the head of their column, entered the city, the
hospitality of which they now enjoy. When they were
informed that they would receive pay for thelr homes
and arms, and would be furnished employment or be
allowed to go. North, they remarked that if it was gene
rally known in the South that such a reception awaited
the Confederate soldiers in our linos, the entire army of
the Confederacy would follow their example.
The arrival of tha remainder of this regiment within
onr lines is dally looked for. They say that Kinston
Is bring evacuated, and that the South Carolina troops
are the Hist to give up, and acknowledge that the' South
is whipped. : . _ , ■ !■
", DETROIT.
Dbtroit, March 11. —The Democratic State Conven
tion mot yesterday, but made no nomination in opposi
tion to Judge Christianey for Justice of the Supreme
Court. Bhonoier Weils and - Oliver C. Comstock were
nominated for regents of the University.
All the regular passenger trains will boresumed on.
Monday on the Grand Trunk, Great Western, and Ml
chlgan Central Bailroads.
Tbe Condition ofKetnrned Prisoners at
Am it i*{(Oils.
Baltimore, March 12,—Another lot of Union pri
soners an ived at Annapolis to day. Most of them wore
very sick, and many have died To-day a sad spectacle
was seen at' Annapolis, when no loss than fifty-four
dead soldiers were carried to their graves from the
hospital at ons time. „ .
Homicide at New Haven, Conn.
New Haven, Marohll.—Absnt 6 o’clock this evening,
John Eslay. a returned soldier of the 16th Connecticut
Volunteers, was killed by John Donnelly, at the Btoro
of Joseph Paries, on the corner of Day and Martin
streets. Thorn was a dispute about the payment for
some liquor, when Donnelly seized a butcher-knits and
plunged it through the heart of Briny.
Hew Governor of Louisiana
' Cairo,March 10, —New Orleans advices of the 4th lust,
have been received. -
J. M. Wells was to have hem. inaugurated Governor
of Looisianla on the 4thinst., in placsot Michael Hahn,
resigned. .
East Sailing: from tbe Sandwich Islands,
New Bedford, Conn., March 11.—The ship Dread
nought, Gapt. Cushing, with oil and bone on freight!
has arrived,ln a trip of eighty-two days from Honolulu.
This is the host time on record.
The Latest KewjYorh Stock Board.
New Yore, March 11 —Stocks were firm to-night at
the Evening Stock Exchange. . Gold was firm on the
call, sad eaUs*were made at 132 After tha call it sold
atuox. - .... -
Tub Great Republic Mutual Oil Comp any.—
This is an association based upon the same principle
as the People’s Equitable Oil Company, andothers,
differing only in this respect, that the capital stock
represented Is larger, and the: subscription prioe Is
jyty cents per shore. The amount retained as a
working capital Is also proportionately increased.
This is done to enable them to develop properly a
larger extent of territory. They oover with their
operations a. bract of eighty acres on East Sandy
Greek, adjoining the Adamantine property, in fee
simple; five acres on Cherry Bun, also In fee simple;
a twenty y ears’ lease on Slippery Bock Greek, in
which they have a seven- eighth Interest, and a lease
for fourteen years entitling them to two-thirds fir
the oil obtained from throe leases on Flthole Bun.
These, if energetically worked, are a sufficient basis
for a first-class company.
The books open at the office, No, 20 South Third
street, this morning. _■■;-■
Ms. Mubdooh’s Bbadino.— Mr. Murdoch has
generously volunteered to give one of his fine literary :
entertainments for the benefit of the Working Wo
men’s Belief Association. The Beading will take
place this evening, at Handel aud Haydn Hall, and;
the speoialabjeot in view Is to enable this worthy
association to open a store where women may ob
|aln work, at living prices, and to connect with their'
registry office a lodging house for the reoeptlon of
industrious women until work is -furnished for their
support. This charity Is amost excellent one, and -
we hope that a large sum will be realized by this*
evening’s entertainment.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1865.'
Gw£ FnAncrre Tbai», E6q.—Thls famous orator
trill lecture at the Academy of Musle.to-morio w
evening, for the benefltof the disabled soldiers and
soldiers 1 widows, and orphans, under the oare.ofthe
Ladlee’First Union Association, : ' f S i
A GbABD COMPLIMBNTABT OOJIOBRT Will be
given on to-morrow evening, at Concert Hall,for
tbe benefit of James Harkins, late of tbe 119 th Be.
glment, of Pennsylvania, who lost a leg at the bat
tle of Frederloksburg. Air, Harkins la wall worthy
of assistance. . ■ ~...
Ftowiwo Srams On. Oompahx.—We may di
vide oil companies Into two classes; one foriped to
benefit speculators, tbe other to benefit tbe people.
In every company tbere Is a ” ground floor,”, by
means of wblob tbe favored lew an enabled to buy
stock much less than the people. In the Flowing
Spring Oil Company the people are enabled to en
ter the “ ground floor.” This Is a groat advantage.
The property of tots company is all in -foe aimplo.
It owns no leases. It owns 204 acres in Athens
county, Ohio, on JVfargaretta Greek, a tributary to
the Hooking river, and the presenoeof oil on the
property Is indicated by several oil springs, which
have long existed on the grounds of theoompany.
The stock of the Flowing Spring Is 26 cents per
share. Theoffioe Is 241 Market street. Books'of
Bobsoriptlon will be opened on Tuesday, March 14th,
at 9 o’clock. '
Bebt Quality Shibtb aitd GaHTLBMEB’S Foa
sisßiKs Goods.-—As the season of the year is now
at band for gentlemen to Replenish their linens, we
take the liberty of Informing them that the best
place to doBO Is at Mr. John O. Arrlson’s, Nos. 1
ahdS North Sixth street (formerly Mr. J. Barr
Moore’s), whose name and fame'ln this department
of trade and manufacture Mr. An Ison has richly
sustained.
Jabbd’s f.mait, dk Pabis changes a roughened
or grated skin to the texture and color of freshly
pollshed alabaster, effectually removes all unsight
ly blaok worm, specks, and discolorations of the
skin. Sold by Druggists, Perfumers, and Coiffeurs.
Jakbd’s Email dh Pakis Is especially endorsed
by Mdlle. Testvaß, MW. D. P. Bowers, Luetlls
Western, and many ladles In private life, whose
commendatory letters, for obvious reasons, cannot
be published. Sold by Dragglsts, Perfumers, and
Heir-dressers. j ...”
J abed's Email de Fabis Is used by tote most, re
tiring and sensitive ladles, It being no vttlgar paste
or paint. Orders by mall , should be addressed to
“Jared A.Bone, Phllada.”
Thb Nbw Atlahtio Cable.—The submarine
cable that is to connect the old and New Worlds js
now Snngly oolled away In the hold of the steamship
Great Eastern. As soon as the weather will permit,
the wire will be laid, and itis arranged that the first
despatch sent through It will be somethlng compli
mentary concerning the elegant garments made at
the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of KookhUl * Wil
son, Nos. SOS and SO6 Chestnut street, above-sixth^
Nearly oke-salu the Stock, 200,000 shares,
at 26 cents per share, of the “Fubllo petroleup
Company,” were taken on Saturday morning last,
within Jfonr hours after the announcement of tse
opening of the books. . y
A Ohahcb fob Evbrv Okb tolitvbst ih Oil.
—Bead the prospectus of the Great Republic Mu
tual Oil Company, in this paper. Shares fifty
oents. mhll-tf
Fbaobawt Sozodoht hardens and Invigorates
the gums, purifies and perfumes the breath, clean
seß, beaut’fles, and preserves the tooth from youth
to old ago. Sold by all druggists. mi&ihwlSf
Tbe Gambbob Pbtbolkom Oomeaey or Peek,
svlvakia.—The present apd prospective value of
the stock of this oompany may be inferred from the
fact that It owns a fee simple lnterestin 473 (four
hundred and seventy-throe) cores of the richest'
tested oil territory In Venango oounty, believed by
the moßt experienced oU men In that reglon to be
oapabieof produolng a net annual Income to the
Company of one and a half million dollars, or three 1
times the entire cost of the stock, whlbh would he ,
equivalent to twenty-five per cent, a month on its i
subscription price, or me hundred and fifty per cent.'
per annum m itt par value. Books of subscription
open for a few days at the offices of-E. G. Jamas,
No.lol Walnut street, and A; Douglas, S. E. corner
Seventh and Ohestnnt streets., "mhll-at
Choice property on Ohorry Bun, Flthole, and
Slippery Book Creek. Bead the proßpbotas of the
Great Republic Mutual Oil Oompany. mhll-tf
Bead the prospectns of the Great Republic Mu
tnal Oil Company. Shares fifty cants for full-paid
stock. • - . mhll-tf
Every Shareholder onthb Ground Floor.
—Splendid property, on Ohorry Bun, Fltholo, and
Slippery Keck deck. Bead'the prospectus of
the Great Bopublle Mutual Oil Company, in
another column of to-day’s' paper. Shares only
fifty oents. . mhll-tf
Fibty cents for full-paid stock. Bead the pro
spectus of the Great Republic Mutual Oil Gem
pany. . mhll-tf'
yESTiBDLE Curtains and Gilt And Silver
Bods.—All goods sold are put up gratis by careful
workmen, at W. Henry Patten’s Curtain Store,
1108 Chestnut street. - mhll-2t
Bed Chairs, suitable for Ihvallds, atW. Henry
Patten’s, 1408 Ohestnnt street. mhll-2t
Speer’s Sahbtoq Port Wins—Parties fwta
London and Paris order :4t, appreciating It above
French wines. It la saldtobe unsurpassed for sum
mer complaints, and for weakly persons. Our drug
gists have obtained some direct from Mr. Speer,
The price Is low for so excellent a wine, and every
family should have abottie lnfhe house. mhll-2t
Fob extbkbivb bams or Baal Estate see Thomas
*j Sobs’ adTortlsemwite wia pamphlet.
issued to-day. ; . .. 'v,:;,;-
Oahbbon Fetboleuk Oombaby, OSloes 101
Walnut street, E. G. James; and southeast corner
of Seventh and-Chestnut, |A. DoriglaSjWhera full
particulars asm be obtained and subscriptions re
ceived.' Boohs open but days longer. Sub
scription price $2 50 per share. -
Orncs on Butotbmbed’s Ovbblaivd dSjis
patch removed to No. to South Fllth street, felT-tf
Etb, Bab, ahd Oatabbh, successfully treated
by J. isaaos, M. D., Oculist and AnristfSll Pine st.
Artlflolaleyes Inserted. Nochargefor examination.
Ohoiob' Oil Tract bob Sam.-Oil companies,
about organizing, see advertisement else tyherei TX-ut
' Bxtba I.ABSB Sale Rual Estate, Gbouisd
Rests, Bonus, Stocks, &c., Tuesday next; See
Themaß & Sons’ advertisements and pamphlet cata
logues. \ V ■ . •
Fubmtubh —Old furniture oarefully taten apart,
mended, reupholstered, and made to look equal to
new, at Batten’s, ltos Chestnut street, mhi3 3t
Ladies BECBrra Instruction in Book-
KKBPIN G, Business Writing, and Commercial Arith
metic, lh O’DOHHELL’S BCOKKJSEPIJtG INSTI
TUTE, TENTH and CHESTNUT Ste mhlS-Ct*
Bull-KinGs, Ox-Balls and Wrenches,,
sad Patent Bope Cow-Ties, and Cow-Chains, for sale
by TRUMAN A SHAW, N 0.835 (Bifht Thtrty-flvs)
MAEKET Street, below Ninth. It
A Large Variety of Keys And other
Locksmiths’ Hardware may be fonnd at TRUMAN A
SHAW’S, No. 835(Eight Thirty-five) MAEKET Street,
below ninth. Philadelphia.. ; : It
To Pxjrify, Enrich the Blood, and
BEAUTIFY the complexion, use HELM BOLD’B. HIGH
LY CONCBHTBATBD FLUID EXTBAOTSARBAPA
EILLA One bottle equals In strength one gallon of the
Eyrnp or Decoction. j
WOT INJURY THB COMPLEXION BY
POWDERS AND WASHES which ehokeor fill up the
pores of the skin, and in a short time leave it harsh and
dry ? It i« la the blood, and if>ou went a smooth agd
soft ski* use HBLMBOLD’S iXTBAOT 0?
PARILLA. It gives a brUllanly to the comi’sll*
A Clear, Smooth &in and Bs ioti-
FUL COMPLEXION fellows the Use of HBLMBULSIB
CONCENTRATED FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARIL
LA. It removes black; pots, pimples and all eruption*
of the skin. .
l. .■ ■J. ' i
Not a Pew of the Worst Disorders
that afflict mankind arise from cerrnptlons of the blood
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT 01 »*R«***KTT.l,a is a
remedy of the utmost value.. '
Helmbold’s Concentrated Extract
BUCHU tithe oreat Diuretic. HELMBOLD’S; CON.
CEB TEAT ED EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA isthe Great
Flood purifier. Both are prepared according to rules
of Pharmacy and Chemistry, and are the most active
that can he made. 5 i
A Thing of Beauty is a Joy For-
EVER—Those who desire brilliancy of complexion,
must pnrifv and enrichthe blood, which HELM BOLD’S
COBCBNtRATED EXTRACT'‘SARSAPARILLA Inva
riably dees. Recollect It is no patent medicine. Ask
for Relmbold’s. Take no ether. mhl-wfmJm ...
Stammering, Hesitation of Speech,
Hispronunefatten of Letters land Words, enred by
PHILIP LAWSENCE, Professor of Elocution, 3019
LOCUST Street .. - ~ . . . mhll-St* '
Grover and Baker’s
Highest-premium, ‘ ■ '
Blaslle’Stltoh.and Lock-stitch
SEWING MACHINES,
With latest Improvements.
mhl-Im No. 730 CHESTNUT Street
Jones’.
THE LOWEST
BELLING PEIOS
is marked In figUres
on each article,
AMD NEVER VARIED,
ai •
JONES’ . .
Crescent One-priee
CLOTHING.HOUSE,
MAEKET STREET,
above Sixth,
No. 604.
Ap Prices reduced to salt the times.
A line assortment of READY-MADE CLOTHING,
suitable for all seasons, constantly on hand.
Custom- work made to order at short notlse. Cmh7-3m
Itch, (Wheaton’s) Itch.
SALT RHEUM. (OINTMBBT)t SALT RHEUM.
Will cture the Itch in 48 hours; ’Also muss Salt Rheum
Ulcers, Chilblains, and all Eruptions of the' Skin.
Price SO cents. By sending SO cents tcNWBBKS k POT
TER, BOSTON, Macs , Will be forwards! free by mail
For sale by all Drnggtots. * mhl3-lm
Hair Dye I Haib Bybl
BATCHELOR’S HAIR DYE ta the best in the world
The only true and perfect Dye^-harmless, instantans
ons, and reliable; prodnees a splendid Black or Natural
Brown; remedies the 111 sfissts of Bid Dyes, andfrs
unently restores tbs orirtnal color. Sold by all Drug
gists. The genuine Is signed W-A BATCHBLOB, »
BARCLAY Street, Now. York, I jai-mwfrlr
HOOD—BIOKAED. —On thoifid inrt., by tho Nov.
Richard Eddy, Mr. George Hoo>d to Mlsa Mary 8. Klck
‘^iMPSnN-JACKSON.—Mandi Sth, by : Rev} J.- 0.
Gibbs, Sergeant J. WcilCy Simpson,~24ih U 8, C, T.,
oftbiß cUv. to Miss Mary 8. Jackson, of Boston. ... „
fSS?TraJ3^SMtjIf.T!!-3?n ir tl«'9t£ Intt. at the real
deuce of the btide’s parents, WO North Eleventh street,
CITY - ITEMS.
SPECIAL, NOTICES.
3Wt^h-H,E,3CEX3_'
by the Bev. A. M. Jelly, Kr. Bdwlo H. Coaue. to Ifim
Mery 8., eldestdaughterof Qeeiseß. Berrel. 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» »<ODB COUSTRT-ITS MBS &9D
MEASURES ” Lecture by Hoh. JOHN W.
FOKHE7, FRIDAY EVENING, March 17th, at
MUSICAL FUND H*LL,
at 8 o’clock. Tickets 25 oents. For sale at Pack’s,
Sixth and Ohestnnt; at The City Hem oflee, and at the
door, on tide evening. It*
ry CONCERT ASD CELEBB&TIO7
by the SUNDaT-SCHOOLSof the FIRST BAP
TIST CHuBOH* in eonneitiou vrlth the Choir of the
Church* and others, on MONDAY EVENING, the 13th,
to beheld at CONCERT. HALL, at-quarter before eight
o’clock. Tickets for sale at the door on the evening of
the Concert. mhli-2t*
RET, JT. B. CLARK, D. D,, LATE
K" Colonel of IBd Begiment Fennsylvanfa Volun
teers, in response to the invitation of a* number of our
influential chizene, has consented to deliver a Lecture
upon the FBEEDMRN. We strongly recommend all
interested in the Freedmen to give this Lecture their at
tention.
It will take plate in the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
B.ACE Street* below Sixteenth* March the 13th, at 7>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 <rajrlatep ' esia<s “ t *
The public. Irrespective of party, invited to attend.
It* JOHN L. BILL, Seoretary.
TO AUi WHOM II MAY COM
CERN. : '
. CITIZENS OF THE SIXTH WARD.
Whereas tae Bounty Fund ol this Ward is exhausted,
recruiting has been stopped. The 360 men who have
been and all others interested therein, are re*
qnesled io meet at tae CROWN STREET SOHOOL
HOUSB, THIS EVENING, at 7K o*elGck. .__ w
By order of R. C. WALBORN,
It* - Treasurer.
TWELFTH WARD.—BOUNTY
FUND MEETING THIS (Mondsy) EVENING,
at Mechanics’ Hall, THIRD Street, below Green. Cer
tificates ready for,diatribution.
By order of the Comznittte-
OHAS M. WAGNER, President.
THOB CoyygLite Secretary. , it
TWELFTH WABD IN ORDER
to allow the Ladies of the Ward an opportunity
to eubsertbe to the. fund, certificates of subscription will
be furnished them* aVOne Dollar each, for a few
days, atGBO. M SNOWDBfl’SDrugstore, S. W; cor
ner FOURTH and NOBLE Streets.
By^order of tae Committee.
CH4S. M- WAGNER, President.
Thos. H. Conkelk. Secretary. ~ mhlg-Bt
ra** THE FIFTEENTH WABD WOI
haveno DBAFT If the citizens continue the zeal
tied determination shown the present week;
Onr qnota is being steadily decreased ; we are laving
good success in: reuniting* and are langnlne that our
object will be accomplished The treasury is nearly
exhausted; we xnnst n&ve more money at onee—large
and small contributions; everybody must help; and we
will save the disgrace of a draft.
COMB TO THE MEETING. ,
At the TOmsr ofEIGSTBENTH
and BBARDYWIBB Streets.
On KOB&AT EVBBIHG, mfelnst. .
Xtetibe borne fee filled with earnest men, determined
to do tfeeir whole duty* and render all tfee assistance
possible or necessary in freeing the Ward of a Pr aft. and
fitting tbe army with volunteers. 'A strong poll* a long
pall, and a pull all together, and yon are safe. - ’
* Bt omm*.
Ji B. EEKi A o?° IX, } SgcretariB »- hhll-tt
isr SEW BUILDING ASSOCIATION-
Adjourned meeting of the. HpBKBTMOKRIS
BUILDING ASSOCIATION will he held,on WBDNBB
- EVENlNG,Tfithinsfc,, at IK o'clock, S. W. cor.
FOUBTB and 9KEBN Sts J-to receive farther subscrip
tions to the'Btock._ '-'JOSEPH S. BIDDALL,Jiiec’y,
mhll-4t* •.; ~ liIBBABY street.
rgg* OFFICE OF TH£ X£HXGH GOAIt
W AND NAVIGATION CO. *- •
Philadelphia, March 10,1865,
The Stockholders of this Company: are; hereby notified
that to provide means for completing the improvements
of the Company between wilkeebatre .and Maueh
Chunk, and to be prepared to progred with other im-
f orient Bailroadvconnexlons the Board oLMauagers
are determined to allow to aJI persons who shall ap
pear as Stockholders on- the Books ofthe Company on
the 18th instant, after closing of transfers, at S pTm. of
that day* the privilege of subscribing for new etock, at
par, to the extent of one share of new stock for every
five shares then standing in their names. Each Share
holder entitled to a fractional part of a share sh&U have
the privilege of subscribing for a fall share.
The Subscription Books will open, on the 20th instant,
and close on the 24th of May, at 3P. M The new stock
will not participate in the May dividend. .Payments
will bereq.uifeaa* followsi Ten per cent, at the time of
subscribing, and the balance on the>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
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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*^'