v
JOHN P. Euitoii.
AT UliD AY 3
March, nth, : : : :!:: 18f?8
FOK rnESIDENT IS liGS,
GENERAL GREENBACKS.
POIl VICK ME8IDENT,
GENERAL LOW TAXES.
DEMOCRATIC STATU TICK&T,
For Auditor General,
CHAS E BOYLE,
Vf layette Count.
For Surveyor General,
GEN W H ENT
0 Columbia County,
The , Motive of Impeachment.
Several of the Radical journals com
mcnt, half fcoastingly, but with sup
pressed wonder, on. the tbo apparent
apathy of the . people in regard
to the impeachment of (heir President
It appears that they are somewhat dig.
appoiutcd in not having a greater sen
sation by their bold revolutionary
movement. Let them have patience j
the popular sentiment will in duo time
find its expression with sufficient visor
and earnestness to satisfy the conspira
tors in their utmost craving for excite
ment and convulsion. The fiercest
storms have the gentlest prelude, and
iho deepest and most powerful currents
flow with the least noise and calmest
surface. The present crisis is fraught
with so much importance to the general
welfare that the masses, realizing the
presence of a great danger, are concen
trating their energies for action, not for
talk. Not that we belicvo that there is
nny disposition on the part of the peo
ple to resort to violent measures in their
antagonism to the Radical programme.
The popular intelligence too well appre
ciates the situation, and too justly esti
mates the rcsourses that are available
against the purposes of Congress to in
voke a trial of physical strength in this
emergency. The strength of the Radi
cals lies :n tho oppoitunitics afforded by
their Congressional majorities ; outside
of Congress they are weak the senti-.
mcnt of tho pcoplo gives them no staff
to lean upon, and at tho ultimate tribu
nal, the ballot-box, their defeat is but a
question ot time, and of time so close
upon the present that it '13 hot worth
the while to seek a sterner remedy in
the intervening space. Still the people
are fully conscious of the consequences
that will follow if the Radical plot
should be consummated. With the ev
idence before us of the ruinous results
of Radical legislation, it is not difficult
to foiesee the calamities that would be
fall the Republic then no longer a
Republic if the President Bhould be
deposed and the Executive authority,
as well as tho legislotive, should be ex
crcised by a faction without principle,
without hopo of popular support, and
aiming simply at the perpetuation of
their party supremacy. With Uon.
Wade in the Executive chair, a Cabinet
composed of niero tools selected for
their subserviency of Radical interests.a
Radical servant at the head of the army,
and a Supreme Court rendered iusigoifi.
cant y Radical legislation, there would
be, for a time at least, such a condition
of despotism and misrule as would ren
der our nationality the shame of Amer.
icans and the scoff of the world.
We must admit that the Radicals are
maneuvering with bolduebs, and in the
only direction that can possibly lead
them away from fcrrty annihilation.
We are upon the eve of a Presidential
election. The evidences of Democratic
superiority at the polls are conclusive.
But Radicalism is still supreme in Con
gress, where the representatives of a
minority of a minority of the pcopb have
full sway. The time is fast approaching
when, ander ordinary circum.-tinco ,
that Congressional supremacy must pass
to the Democracy. Why not then, by
their legislative absolution, create ex
traordinary circumstances ? The Exec
utive patrouage, especially in unscrupu
lous Lands, is a powerful engino ot sue.
ecss'atthe Presidential election, How
simple the process! Depose the Presi
dent, assume the Executive authority,
admit the negro vote and cxcluda the
whito man's vote in the South eru States,
defy tho popular will, declaro the Rad
ical candidate elected and, if resistance
be offered, transfer the issue to tho field
of war, with their cause in the charge
of a General whoso firt venture in tho
political arena was marked by his be
trayal of a trust, llow easy to read
the programme, and, let us hope, how
easy for ui intelligent and determined
people to defeat it. ' j
HEW TOBS COEBESPOKDEIfCE.
New York, March 4th, 1863
So thoroughly aroused and feverishly
excited has New York labored under
this week.jovcr the startling intelligence
from Washington, that the better class
of our citizens have become prttnfully
alarmed about the unhappy condition of
the ooun'ry, and tho dangerous aspect
wuicn public allairs have taken. It
Bccincd as if we were to be plunged in
to another internecine s'rue, more ca
lamltotis than the Rebellion, in which
every interest and even the country it
self were to be sacrificed upon the bloody
Moloch of partizan vengeance. The
soencs transpiring in and about the
City when the teleeraph announced the
passage- through the Lower House of
Congress, of the impeachment resolu
tions against the President, were indeed
a mournful spectacle. Impromptu meet
ings were held, and men commenced or
ganizing nl once for armed .resistance.
Business for the time being was sospen
ded and it was with the utmost difficul
ty a financial panic, which once started,
would hhve been contagious in every
remote section ot the country, was hap
pily frustrated. The police, too, in
their excessive zeal to preserve order,
came Dear provoking riot and bloodshed
by their omcious mtermedhngs with ex
cited knots of men, who were taking
counsel of each other in puhlio discus.
eion. At one time it was reported that
the city was placed under martial law :
newsboys rushed to and fro, doing a
lively business in "extras," which only
contained the most absurd reports, but
all having a tendency to add fresh fuel
to the excitement. It would have takeu
but little urging of the party leaders to
have assembled together an armed host,
ready at any hours notice lo repair to
Washington upon toe slinhtert pretext
Happily since better councils have pre.
vailed. A gr cat deal of speculation is
indulged in by everybody Revolution
ary or violent measnres of any kind are
generally deprecated. Recruiting offi
cers however, are in full blast in differ
ent quarters of the city, the ostensible
object of which is the formation of
Johnson clubs, and the emigration of
recruits to Maryland to respond to any
cull that is made upon the.u. About
ten thousand names it is ascertained
have already been enrolled. The better
class of our citizens, however, agree that
the Supreme Court is the only proper
tribunal next to the ballot box, where
the question at issue can be legally and
justly decided.
Both Johnson and Stanton are as
much amenable to the laws, as the poor
est wood sawer in the . country, and it
would indeed be a strange condition of
allairs, it Congress use It could simply
resolve itself above the Constitutional
limit of power to set at defiance the ex
pressed will of the people.
How to pay off the national debt.
place the credit of" the government up
on a sale and permanent foundation.
and relieve in a measure the people
from oppressive taxation, affords our fi
nancial writers at the present time a
prolific subject for making editorial ex
cursions into the realms of fancy. Of ull
the new ideal and exploded doctrines
which have been advanced recently on
the foggy theme, but one has been pro
posed which, from its very practicability,
bers upon its face tho stamp of leal
genuine merit, and which more than any
other pluu offered has attracted the at
tention of our statesmen and financiers.
It is nothing more than for CoLgrees to
authorize a bond bearing interest of one
cent on f 100 a day, to be exempt from
taxation and to run thirty years, and be
legal tender at par. Being exempt
from taxation, it would be equal to a
six per cent, real estate bond, aud save
four per ceul. on the present mode ot
funding the debt. Hud this plan been
adopted in the first place, it would have
saved the nation S380.000.000 which
have uow to be paid by the industrial
classes to money brokers and bankers.
Credit is subject to the great law of sup
ply and demand, which causes lunctua.
tiou with it. It a high price is desired,
a good article must bo produced to be
couvcrtcd iuto the best credit. The
best credit is the one universally known
and the easiest convertible into any oth.
er thins. Thcso bonds would effect
that object with the greatest facility to
taxpayers, and largely benefit the pro.
ducicg interestt generally.
While gold is booming, and the 'bulls'
rampant under the startling rumors
from Washington, the gamblers outside
of the Stock Exchange are having their
new seusation as well as those of the
Micawber politicians, the "gutter
snipes and operators for a rise. The
latest bulletin from the club houses in
forms us that the followers of King Fa
ro are bewildered ever the discovery of
8 ' system, ' bo called, receutly iutroduo
ed iu this city by a sporting man named
rettiboue, by which the king himself
can be impeached and rendered power,
less for harm hereafter. Tho secret is
only known to a few persons, aud these
bavo succeeded in winning several hun
dred thousand dollars in u many weeks,
" breaking bunks" and creating dismay
and consternation among professional
blacklegs. Already many of the poor
dupes wliOjfrequent these " bells' temp
ted by bis seeming success, the noise of
nhieh is spread abroad, trying the
new device. It is only the same ion us
fatus in auoihcT aspect, luring thorn to
destruction. Miw? of the Broadway es
tablishments and " up -tow b elub-boos
es have closed their games against
the discoveries of tho ' new Kystcm,' aud
uudcr no nroteiuo will allow them to
enter their doors. Several leading hous
es in the trade are doing nothing.
Among other that may be mentioned
that one in the region of Fifth avenue,
known as Morrissey's old place. It saw
its best days before an Ex. Hon. quit
$130,000 winner atone night's setting,
besides recovering 8GO,000 lost a few
nights previous. A "bank" is some,
times owned by several " sports," who
divide their interest in shares propor
tioned to the amount of Capital they
put in. Evefy month they declare a
dividend -after deducting running ex.
reuses. Sometimes the bank breaks,
like other moseyed institutions, but 'de
falcations' are not very common. Rents
in this line of business range from S$5,
000 to $10,000 per anuro. A well
known gambler owns a house near Un
ion p?noe, in which he could realize the
handsomo proOt of $150,000 over its
cost a fev years sicce. It is impossible
to speok of gambling without calling
Wall street to iu:nd : and do treatise
about faro banks could be considered
exhaustive whbh omitted a description
ot its highways and byways. Wall
street is a conglomerate of the oldest
kinds ot fossils, and the latest unclassi
fied deposits a mixture of money kins:
and " lame ducks," sharpers and gulls,
" regulars " and " outsiders j" in a word,
brokers, merchants, oleiks, politicians,
and what-nots. There is no doubt the
number of outside operators was greater
during the war than now, but certainly
their name is still legion. Stories aie
indeed told of ladies who, during that
critical period, pawned their diamonds
and other valuables, and of clergymen
who pledged their next quarter's salary,
to raise a " margin," to Bay nothing of
the nearly "strapped " individual who
deposited his last stock, a spavined road
ster, with his broker; but if its secret
ohronicles were made public, Wall street
could every current day exhibit more
desperate ventures in the pursuit of un
righteous Mammon than all the gamb
ling bells in the couutry combiucd.
What a melancholy sight it is to wit.
ness tho thousands of poor unemploye 1
people, men, women and children, flock
ing in droves to the various station
houses and prison of the city daily, to
keep from starving. At these places
they are furnished by the authorities
with warm breakfasts, from I to J 1 A.
M., and dinner of bread and meat, from
to 0 r. M , gratuitously. They are
not of the class called paupers, but most
of them hard working people, who find
it impossible to obtain employment these
hardtimcs : only too willing to labor, if
labor could only be had from some one
who would pay them enough to keep
body and soul together. It is rather an
unusual thing to see so many gaunt.
poverty strirken crowds, in utter desti
tution among Amencaus, and that, too.
in au American city, noted for its wealth
and enterprise. A prison atmosphere
would not give au honest mechanio
much relish for his food, be he ever so
hungry, at any other ,ime. It has been
shown, too, that the growth of indigence
in the city dunng the p:ist ten years, is
six times greater than the increase of
population.
MISCELLANEOUS.
There was 5,770,000 gallons of oil
shipped from this country lust month.
Uver 1,001) buildings were put up in
Detroit l ist year.
In Cbienne they " warn an idle to
leave tho place, and if he don't they go
hang him.
Two young women in Cleveland havo
been committing highway robberies. It
is Leap Year, you know.
Mr. box, ol the American theatre,
Philadelphia, makes a weekly distribu
tion of bread to the poor.
In 181)7 thero were published in tho
United States, 1,773 new books. Not
more than a tenth of the number paid
expenses of publishing, so far.
Jhckins sails tor Kngland in April.
Governor Marshall of Minncssota, ur
ges the legislature of that Stste to sub
mit the question of equal suffrage to the
voters for the third timo.
LATEST FOREIGN ITEMS.
The whole of the Egyptian cavalry
have been armed with Cult's revolvers.
They havo penny lectures in England.
Ijouuou is to have street railways.
Brazil is enjoying the luxury of a
draft.
Victoria has failed in a recent attempt
at ropal match-making.
Bismarck has been taken to task lor
not attending church.
Sir Frederick Bruce had personal
property in England to the amount of
$350,000.
Charles Kcan, the actor, is to have a
monument at Westminister Abbey.
General Hooker and wife arc in Rome
There are 02(3.003 paupers in receipt
of relief in all England and Wales.
Lord Chamberlain ot England has
put a stop to dancing the French rem
ain receutly imported iuto London.
Admiral farrnuut has been hob-nob.
bing with the magnates of Venice. He
will ultimately call ou tho Pope at
Ronra.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Produce and mercoandise m arkcts
have been moderately active. Flour a
shade firmer. Wheat and corn a2o.
higher.
Provisions dearer. New Mess Pork,
$24 75a 24 80o ; 0!d $23 50a 23 2 ;
Bneon 1 Halle: Dressed hogs, lOJa
lie Groceries steady.
Beef steady, sales at $10u?l8 foT
commou to good Mess, and 81a21 50
lor extra dm
LOCAL INTELLIGE X C V. .
Var Time at Ilidira:;.
Erie Express East '. 10: ir. p. 1,1
do do West :i;."iL! a n,,
do Mail East .l;;;s n, ,.
do do Wost 2-.4"t p. m.
Local Freight East tii-lOn. in.
do do V, out "j n. ,.
OCrThere has been a new Post Oilice
established in this county, to be called
Earley. Dr. C. R. Earley has been ap
pointed Postmaster.
t&"Aa wo go to press the fog is
climbing tho hills, which is an ulnios.'
indication of more ruin. So, look out
for a big fJeshct in the streams..
ICfc.Suow to tho depth of about 12
inches fell in this section during this
week, which drifted tho roads badly.
To day (Friday), however has every up.
pcarauce of a general thaw.
B"iThc St. Mary's Hardware Store
are still doing a heavy business iu their
line, notwithstanding the stringency ot
the times. Our readers need not won.
der at this ivlie.i it is known that they
sell the BEST kir.d of goods at the very
LOWEST figure thus retaining every
customer who once buys a bill of theui.
An Owner Wanted. In Mcndo.
ta, Illinois, reside otic Dr. Edwards, a
loyal man, we are told. In pc?scssin
of this super. loyal Edwards is a jeweled
Masonic apron, worth several hundred
dollars, which apron was stolen by some
one from a lodge room in the South.
Tho lodge that has lost this article ol
so much value, can now take measures
to recover it, knowing where it is.
Dead Puck Fokney hath un ur.c'.e
named Wagner, who bus been disburi
ing clerk of the Scuatc, of which intel
lectual body the renowned D. D i- Pi c.
rotary. Wagner hr-d tigoed thing cf it
uutil last fall when ho undertook to
steal $30,000 at one haul. This exci--t:d,'the
jeulousy ol the Senatorial thieves
who have turned him out and are buy
ing his accounts examined Tlioy
havo the fellow in chancery and wiil
coiujclu handsome division on the part
of tho culprit and his sweet scented
nephew.
Restaurant. Messrs. Jackson if
Maliphant uro about starting into this
business at the lower end of town in the
bouse formerly occupied by James Mc.
Closkcy. They propose building a how.
ling alley, putting iu a billiard-table,
and keeping all the delicacies of the
season. Both of thcso gentlemen will
do their best to keep a quiet, c,rdcil
place for exercise and amuseinen, an.!
we havo no doubt it' rightly cnrjnrt-mi
such an institution would pay tin in
handsomely.
Democratic State Cn v knti"
This body met iu the hull of the llon-e
of Representatives on Wednesday last.
The iiumea of the candidates nominated
foithe different offices will be found at
our mast head. Great enthusiasm and
unanimity of feeling marked t ho pro
eeedings throughout. The ticket i-e-lectcd
is an unexceptionable our. and
will surely triumph. Able and iloqiiuiit
speeches were mndc by Ex Gov. Bigler,
llona. Wm. M. Randall, Win. A. V'-J.
lace, O. O. DeUe, and others. I'nr.vod
iugs uext week.
Down amo.no the dead men, nro.
at this moment, thousands who might
have been alive und well had they used
that great lite preserver, Plantation Bit
tors. Let the living lay it to heart that
they are tho best knowu remedy for ull
dyspeptic complaints, stomach derange
and general debility. As a delicijiu-,
cordial, combined with great tonic vir
tues, their equal cannot be found.
Delicate Females, Clergymen, Mer
chants, Lawyers and persons of tcden
tary habits particularly those who are
week and suffer with mental depression,
ere greatly benefitted by these Bitters.
Magnolia Water. A delightful
toilet article superior tocu!o;;uc and at
half the price.
Ben Wado swears that I. is party
intend to "run this Government " to
suit themselves. Tho people wiil have
something to say about that.
The observance of b't. Valentine's
Day is becoming obsuleto iu th'u coun
try and Canada.
Jmpcachnicnl was started in the
penitentiary and tho penitentiary will
end the career ol Feme of its advoeatN.
Tho Democracy of Mnir.e ac mak
ing largo gains at their 'pi ing elections.
Baruum's mu.-tuui wui di..;tioj cu by
Crc ou Tutbuiiy uioruiug.
:irs i Tigris.
i'lie ' 'lil. river is rising.
('Inn h- 'Jickcns is wek. f :
'i 'l.o J'Niladelphia tailors are on as
. . I:
j !) .' i pyernor of Michigai is very
sick.
There is a first class revolition in
ronuL'ul.
L;ir;:o numbers of negroes tro com
inj North.
Scarlet fever is raging in NTiw Eng.
hind. 1
A Ficneh frigate is watchiig Far
nig ut. '
Lively sniuggliug is carrie on ou
the Canadian frontier.
Meade has subjugated the Jlorida
Black and Tuns.
71 e Congressional library is the
la"; i i i lie United States.
: t, editor of tho Dublin Irish
)"' '-'ecu convicted.
I'm i. r meetings arc held in bil
iiard .saloons in Miehigau.
Louir-villo is bridging the Ohi riv
er ;it a cost of 8100,000.
Lady Fitz Maurice is said tc c
the best looking lady in England.
Thu Philadelphia Germans r
erecting a Magnificent theatre.
Lare quantities of fur are coiung
lo market in Minnesota.
- Mn eh .-ufleiiug exists amongst the
Maiiio t!)ij building operatives.
Three new bishops for tho United
Mates lave been oppoiuted by the Pipe.
Massachusetts refuses to dUbuid
its eoustubuli'.ry till alter election.
There is a prospect of immcoso
eaik-rati jn West uext spring.
Cj.iecn Victoria aud the King of
Aby-siiiiu di.lu't marry, but they fight
just us much us if they bed done so.
" Tliioiiuli from New Jersey to Hea
ven.'' "oi pa.-sage apply to Boggs &
Htubbs, sole proprietors of the only line.
H. 1'. Kl.iilaher, Esq., who is af:
ilietrd with th 3 very unliiorary disease,
the ;;otit aver:; tliat he iuherited it froun
his wile's :ie.stors.
Bismnrtk has found it necessary ti
abstain f ioiii church. going on account
of bis he. l We know iiotnc folks
that mu.-t keep their health iu primo or
d,r. A fiirrr-'jinridont wants to know of
ha ihe liiopertv Consists that thrt
Aniokc! Jans nro quarreling1
It consists mainly -of Great Ex-
aio'.if.
'J had. Frowns' n.!ivo pluco is
Teac h im, Vermont. We mention it to
aniioii: ii somidiiidy'a 'n- vitablo and
piMi' pun. But, as Byron says: "Ho
too!; his pas.ii n from his pluco of I irth."
Mr. l.'i n'.-rone, Iho English stafes
i'i;:n, is tivir j in the rural districts,
p.-nny reading " from Walter Scott,
'.vi lii a ni'i'iM ij commentary of his own
Only a ..-ni:
I or b il.i i heir thoughts
cheap
l-IM.I!
M .v.:i: i ;. Oil iho -l;li insiuiil, liy llio Hot.
I.. I. ink', Mi!. JAMES BROWN to
Ml;'.. UI.EXDENN1XO, both of
Sliawnoii. 1.1k county, l'u.
s ! ; : i a . ' nT7t it"E.
V.'.-' hr.v.r.--kL it nocesary, ia order to keep th9
fiu i'v I?. : '. r'ment ol tho t dvocatt on a good
les s i J.- t'lciVlewmg tale:
Tr-r1 .'.'. '.'aemtntf must be paid for in ad-
v- ic ; aiiil all Job Work as soon as completed.
3: 1' rn .d c ; an picsr.-jicc t yearly advertisers
a' t'.c- '.-c-i-.n nj cf evk quarter.
iiil'Scnp'i ii to br paid hi iiivaiiably in advance.
niivii .Inns I'. MoioiK, I'uhlislior
'1 It- I.AKI.KV. l'hi-s.cian and ii-v
.', , .) . r.-.-l- v. nil; Cuuuiy, l'a.
.V.r -1: ;, Is; s ly.
V -T r
i y
Itcum-
' !' .V Siimrl, Votive lUiy, a
i i yum ot'nie, In atteud a
i .lli-t-t, r ni'titr to
.l.M'K vi. N ,y MAl.Il'II.VNT,
' . "-'I lli.tjiwny, l'a.
I". M. - To n vonnp mrm who can ent nml
ac iia'i-, au cxeeliunl c!iance will he of
"d. J. M.
rpn: LAxevsTKa ixtki.i.io'kx
J llu' l.ari'i-s! n'ol (Jlieiioi-st Duiuoi
Uemocialie
i) lot! in l'l-nn-i ivauia.
'lii;' I,;:i.' ; km inli llionrcr, Osliililiwlieil
ill IT'.'.1, 1. as :lu .ivs liui'ii known lis n Grst-rla.-s
'u!niral mi.' I'atnil.v iii-n'sjiHivr, Tim
Ki'i-lily !nii'i!i;.-i-in'"i- is now I lit) largest
l.'ii: ratio I''. I t tailtlUiied in Ponnitylva--ni-i.
1 1 lias I: li ly I'iM-u jrii-nily inijiroTeil
m nil i .-- (.--! :-. an. I U jusi sin.li u paper us
ev.-vy lu-isfM-r-il ! !n nid .uke.
'i I,.- i,il. :.- In i s of ilia Inlclligenccr ro
po.l il i.) 1 1 li:iy of every lemoenU lo
Mil ins 4..u:.iy i-uvr in preference lit
an,' .al i i : )r.;t a., u, ire nro many , who
hi!! I c li'o-ly ,.i h ;,!,M;nlii. for mora tliuii
'!' il .r'.ii" in'iiiliii) l'reuiiletilinl
t'.iail aie. I In y !i;.v,- ( ..oaliKled lo uffer The
li'. i-'y li:k!;:r;MaJ ai ihe follow iug low
rates :
'.i!.:.'s. o.K. Ve-ir, $ 2.0rt
i"'v.i r. ., i n.(M
1 i. ; !''-. nut Vi-.ir, 17.(H
Twii y Co;-.!--, t ine Ve.ir, 82.(M
'i'l.hiy (i ii -, 0i.- i.o-, , 45.00
l';t'iv ' din Vear, loonc ud'as, fiO.Oll
lo:.'hi.y l 'op!' 'lo tin 8i).OOi
1 ii i.iiio: M a'-") er nnnum.
i.: ,' I'l l .ii h i !.;m ; lo sell i;ul Ksiaio
can li'oi i .. !. it i in. -ilium llmt
l lie tti'il.!r ! u i i. : '. :.. i'. Ail'Iress
j. i; ;i".irru k ro.
-- L..ucas'er, Ta.