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ItaSroad Meeting.
At a meeting . of citizens of Chantanque end
Cattaraugus counties, N. Y., and of Cite, Pa, held.
in the village of Ja - mestown on the 24th inst., pur-'
suant to previous notice, Joseph the,
of James
town, was chosen President, and T. S. Sheldon of
Randolph, Secretary.
The purpose of the Meeting being fully stated,
remarks were made by Messrs. R. • P. - Manle,
Robt. Owen, jr. A. Hazeltine, Samuel A. Drown,
Chas. Williams, and others,i regard to the feasi
bility of a Railroad from Erie,'Pa to connect with
the New - York and Erie Road at :Little' Valley, in
the county of Cattaratigns. The subject, was die'
cussed at some length, and all conctirred in the en
tire practicability of thcr route, and the importance
of taking it - mediate measures fir the construction
of such a road.
On motion,it was Resolved, That a committee of
ten be appotided to communicate with the inhabitants
of Erie, Pa., the'New York and Erie. Railroad Co.,
and to take such other measures, and call such (a
lma meetings as shall be deemed practicable by
them, with the view of obtaining the constrdetion
of a Railroad from Little Valley, to _Erie, through
Randulph,'Jamestown, Ashville and Panama.
Resolved, That said committee be also nuthoriz
eil to take iminediate, measures for accomplishing
an actual 'survey of said route.
• The following named gentlemen were appointed
as said Committee: Samuel Ewino.: Rt.bt. Owen,
jr., T. S. Sheldon, Randolph; A. drown,
5. 1 Jones,
jr., Chas. Williams, Jamestown; Daniel Williams„
Ashville; A. Lewis, Pennine.
I On motion, Resolved, Thut a report of the meet
ing be published in the seveial newspapers in Erie
county, Pa., and in those of Chauteuque and Cat
taraugus ceutitice, New York.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
JOSEPH , WAIT, President.
T. S. Suer Sedretary.
At !is subsequent meeting of the Committee, the
folloWing sub committee was appointed, for the
purpose of raising funds to accomplish the survey,
ltc.: T. S. Sheldon, Randolph; P. H. Waite, A.
P. Allen, and S. Jones, jr., Jamestown; I)—Wil
liams, Aeiville; A. Lewis, Panama; J. H. Williams
and John Galbraith, Eric, Pa.
The ioomed Men. '
Henry Leander Foote and James McCafrrey are
confined in the New Haven county jail for murder,
having been respectively' convicted, at the proper
tribunal, of that capital crime. The days of these
unhappy men are drawing rapidly to a close. .1"ex1
Wednesday, Oct. 2, they are to be hung, by order
of the law.
leeaffrey was convicted of murderinwin old man
by the'neme of Smith, -together with his wife, at a
hovel on East Rock, near New haven, last winter.
/The chief piece of evidence leading to his convic
tion was the fact that a bullet taken out of the old
man's shoulder-blade wa's found to be of the same
size as a bullet mould which the prisoner admits he
had with him on the day of the murder. ,This fact,
'if it proves anything, proves that the bullet was not
cast in rat niould; fur it would have changed its
shape an lessened• its sits in being fired intoa
man's shoulder, or into almost anything else. This
truth is proved every day, and is known to every
one who knows anything about lead and gunpow
der. 111cCafrrey declares tltat ho is innocent, and,
for all toe proof to the contrary that has yet been
adduced, he may be. He is in a very dejected state
of mind, but says he is prepared to die. -
Yoote was convicted of murdering a young girl—
his sister by adoption—Only 1:2 or 13 years of age,
after hating enticed her into the woods and outrag
ed her person. . The circumstance of his crime
were of the blackest character, and it any man ever
deserved to be choaked death, he is undoubtedly
entitle , / to that fate. Os vendeet in jail is some
what remarkable fur one inshis condition. We learn
that the jailor allows the public to look nt him thro'
the grates of his cell, for the trifling consideration
of twelve-and-a‘half tents (Yankee—gnittepence").
To those who are curious etkoug,ll to go and see him,
he manifests the utmost sang-froid, apparently, as
to his rate r -being: actually engaged a good share of
the time in cutting put pictures of females from the
fashionable magazines,- and 'selling them to verdant
visitors as likenesses of the in:indent victim to his
barbarity! Ile talks freely with his visitors, and
yesterday, we learn, on one of them rponestiog, a
big man to stand a.ide a little, so that the light
through the grates might strike his face more fair
)y, he retorted by saying--- ,, You had better bring a
chandelier the next time you come.". lie has made
money enough since his imprisoilment to buy his
tomb-stone, tie imcriptimi on whiCh lie has already
dictated! Us whole demeanor presents a picture
of the most easy and impudent assurance.—Llart
ford Daily-Times.'
"An Atrxwann Ftx.—A 'few days' since,, a gen
tleman from Buffalo made the acquaintance of n
rather good looking lady, who had an 'infant, and
was alpassenger on the'cars frpm the- west, and is
supposed to have left home to apnoeal 'the evidence of
improper conduct, from the following circumstances.
The gentleman was very attentive to her, and svas
soon on the most,iutimate terms with the lady and
baby. The tveman had an uncommon degree of
assurance, whikli induced the gentlemen to propose
that they should pass for husband and wife, to which
she readily assented.
Accordingly on reaching Albany, they took lodg
ingS at a respectable hotel in town. The gentle-,
man called for supper, but the lady, (it ho nsed ev
ery precaution to keep the child concealed from the
view of any one,) refused to eat supper, saying that
she was unwell.—flovvever, the gentleman made a
hearty repast, and excused the woman.
Supper being enied, the ge ;flews!' desir er bed
to be prepared, which being done, they immediately
retired' to rest. Some time in the night, the lady
eloped from the. bed, leaving the infant to the care
of her pretended husband.. Soon after her depart
ure, the infant, missiow.ita,mother, began toscream
mast tulifulty, yni t ph disturbed the.gentlernan's
pose, and Awakened. all the people •in the house.
At length the landlady gut op to see •what 'ailed
the child. The gentleman, with his adopted infant
in his arms, endeavored to quiet it by saying, "hush
my dear—your Mamma—will Boon return again."
Little did he think that she had departed to ,return
no more. Mr long absence, however, at length
excited Suspicion in firs mind, that its mother would
never return.
The lady proposed taking up the child, to see
what wits the reason of its incessant cries; she ap,
proached the bed and requested' the man to give her
the citild,,and tell whether it was a son or daughter;
but this gnestion redoubled his consternation, as he
was entirely ignorant which sex the child belonged
to: however, with some dilliiculty ho made 'OM dis
covery, and informed the landlady, it was a son.
Tim wreehed mnn having no excuse to offer, im
mediutely divulged the whole matter without reserve.,
Immediate search wan ado for the mother of the
child, but in vain.—:-:2lb. Enick t.; •
07' A nice Wall street scheme for ninking a
large amount of money was knocked on the head a
few days ago. In the expectation' that the bilk in
laid of the. Mobile and Chicago railroad would sue-
I need, a body of speculators had purchnied land war
rantsc to the amours o about a million of }acres,
which they intended o locate the moment the bill was
passed; and for tili3 spas° they kept an agent in
Washington to telegrop / the passage of the bills to
* Ntarties in Illinoia. Senator Douglass discovering
the plot, immediately got up a protest or petition to
the President to stop its mischievous design. At.
;Idingly Mr. Fillmore authorized the Commission
''' s - - the General Lurid Office id telegraph the Land
Agent—
, .11_11,10 State of Illinois to make no further
Vitrie il'' the .State shall have selected her lands.
By this P ir° "' 'and efficient action Alio spectflatinz
party in Now I.. ic • 1
is rat ter non -plusted.—Thipto
Erprees.
Cot. nwr oll .—Th° is Journal of Commerce
copies the-letter addres=cd Y.
Benton to a gen.
tleman in St. Louis, wink° io ,he projected es
tablishment of a now democratic at Wash
inglon. and adds: "On several grounds I, „ ems • to
--apilt for publication; but 'being now y.r ore t h e
, we cannot do less than to copy it, We
at the day wilt never come, when this,crustY
gentleman willaccupy the exalted position to which
he seems to aspire. lie has little chance .of a re.
election to the Senate at present."
Tr Edmund Burke, formerly Editor of the Un:
ion, has prircliabed the establishment in connectioti
with Mr. Overton,•one of the present editors, Mr.
Ritchie retires to private life, after having-or - copied'
the chair cUitorial mule than 45 years. '
Eric. Oljoertret.
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!SATURDAYMORNINO, OCTOBER 5,1850.
-- DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR cONGRESS.
CARLTON B.
OF WATCREN coU•
CANAL COMMISS
WM. T. MORISON, of i
AUD4)ITR GENE
EPHRAIM RANKS I
SiTIIVEYOII GEN 0 ,
• J. P. BRAWLEY, of,
FOR ASSENDD Y.
G.EO. 0. CUTLER. of Girard,
I - C. MI TIBBALS, f Erie.
,
FOR COUNTY COAIIV ISSIONER,
HENRY ALLISON,Id Fairview.
FOR DEPUTY ATTORNY GENERAL.
I. .ENJ. GRANT, I
of Erie.
k FOR COUNTY TRA URER.
HENRY CADWEL, of Eric.
FOR COUNTY AU ITOR.
HENRY GINGRICH, 4Millereek.
FOR DIRECTOR OF TI. E POOR,
MAJ., A. MALLORY, o;,Springfield i
FOR' DEPUTY Mamma GENERAL,
.. IRVIN CAMP, of Erie.
o[7'' This• week ends the political campaign, for
this fall. Hereafter we shall be enabled to give our
readers more miscellaneous and general new!,
though we think they have not much to complain of
as it is. -We have not occupied many weeks in the
canvass, nor devoted all our space to political dia
cussion.
Voting for the Amendment to the Constitution.
The Gnzette sayri the "Amendment to the Con
stitution, is to be voted for in a separate ballot.".—
We think .this is not correct, and we would caution
election boards against r e lying upon such authority.
We have consulted with 'Messrs. Johnson and Reid,
whose votes were cast in our legislature for, thjs
amendment, and they both concur in saying that it
is optional with the voter whether he votes the tick
et on rt seperate slip of paper, or with it and the
State and county ticket on one slip. At least, no
Election Board tvirldnie to throw them out because
they are not voted separate.
An Old Project Revived,
- We ask attention to the proceedingsof a meeting
held iri Jamestown, N. Y., last week, fur the pur
pose of taking into consideration the propriety of
building n.railroad from this city through that place
to Little Valley, N. Y., and there connect yiith the
New York'anyl..crie road. This is an old loojeci,
nevertheless it is.etninently feasible, and worthy the
attention of our citizens and tho'se along the route.
'Should the-New York, and,Erie act succeed ih Pro
curing the right of way along the shore from Dun
kirk up to the line, the proposed road will undoubt
edly be made. To Erie it would prove muchlmore
beneficial than any other connection which. l pould
be made with 'the New York and Erie road, inas
much as it would open a large section of country to
an easy ,and profitable market. We trust the move
ment will not be allowed to go to sleep.
Adjoimment of Congress—A Warning.
The first session of the present Congress closed
its labors on Monday night, after a session of near
ly ten months. Much complaint is made by the,
people, or a portion of them, that while the session
has been one of unusual
_length, but little hats been
accomplished in the way of useful legislation. '‘tre
think otherwitte, but if the fact is as alledged, whOse
fault is it? , Not the working members, who went
there wining to settle the vexed questions whichla
natics, north and south, have been fomenting for
years.' Not the Democracy, fur had Gen. Cass been
elected in 1848, as he ought to have been, the prin
ciples of the compromise now adopted, would luive
been recognized then by the people, and the long
Ond protracted debate in the two houses entirely
avoided. No, the fault rests not with the Democ
racy—they early proclaimed their position on the
questions.--nominated candidates pledged to their.
support, and called upon the patriotic' to come
up to the eescue. They saw the cloud afar ofF, and
as prudent mariners prepared for the storm. But
the warnipg was not heeded. The safety of the
country was forgot in the eclat of military renown,
and the ark of our Union endangered that success
might crown the efforts of hungry partizans. aft
we need not recspitulete—the history of the past 1
two years is deeply engraven on the hearts of the
people. They know *that after the whig party re
pudiated the Democratic ttoctrine of unon-interven
tier)," by the election of Gen. Taylor, and the sub
sequent advocacy of his do-nothing aplan," -the
country, has at last only found quietness—the Ter
ritorial-questions here alone been settled—by the
adoption of the very dtictrine of Gen Cass' Nichol
-1 son letter. Should not this fact be a useful warn
ing to usobe Voters of this Congressional district?
If we wish to contribute ourinite towards a renewal
lof agitation—.lf wo wish to stir-up anew the fester
[ ing pores which are now healing—if we want to See
our national barque once more at sea, with unskil
full and reckless pilots then go up the polls on
Tuesday next and vote fu John H. Walker! Send
him to Congress, and -.you will have all this—nay
more! ' You will, by such an act, condemn the la
bors of •your present able and efficient member, for
his votes have been cast,'"and his voice has been po
tential in the settlement of the questions embraced
in the Compromise! But if you are tired of agita
tion—if you wish peace once more to reign between
the north and the south, and your representatives
enabled to look to your local and State. wants—if
you believe that Judge Thompson's votes dpon these
questions are in accordance with the dictates of pat
riotism, and the requirements Of the constitution
you will not fail to deposit lour wotes.for. the Dem
ocratic nominee, C. B. Curtis! These are-issues of
far more importance than Tariffs or Banks, or all else
besides, for it is the :question of the Union of the,
States! - •
~. "Wright's Block."
. ,This is' the appropriate mane diver) to the Flem
ing Bloch, in, this city, recently purchased bildr.
C.-B.:Wright. Since this splendid.property has fell
into Mr. %V.'s hands, he has- improved its appear
once externally very much—not the least showy and
ligantirul of which is the tasteful gilt letters used ill
re-christening it. `ire hope to see the day when
l
ai
' ll "..e such property will-fall into the hap of those
of ntonterprise and taste. it svotild.cer 'nly he
Iletter for Ao gown.
TheFt:e.ho a Censor haent heard a word
about the ‘ttittopikar in the New York Whig State
Convention!' Hai* Cutoff: •
A Few Words_ in
WO Ana n the Jest Pritiehri
of good things, ah "Address to"
CountyL" 4 purports to haie b'
witigs," thiph the Edith in oh' i
note tive• p putties omits their ru
iful plea of 1' weptrof room ? , 1
at the prediction is, however,
as the eentrent and soul of ou
ttie t in" ,, cou ¶p ty , bound to git•
candid cone ',eration. We shal
the Cbronic ? we are sadly pr
rootn" -
lIRTIS,
:ONE It.
Thia "address" opens with aW all . upon the peo
ple to "Vote fin; protection t. ho manufacturer,
whichis equal protection to thi i :former,7 Strip-
foiltgomery.
of Minn.
ILAL, ,
Crawford.
ped'of all disguise—all extraneo pcntring—it will
be seen that this is nothing , )1 , e nor less than a
reitet4tion of the old federal dem l e of "let the gov
eiminent take care of the rich and 'the rich will
take c are
,of the poor." The fa mer asks no "pro
tection," except equal laws—he wants no aid, ex
cept The priviredge of buying where be can buy
cheap l est,, and selling Where he can sell to theAest
advantage. Thin what hypecraey to tell him that
laws which enable the "rich to become richer" at
his expense, "is equal protection" to him. It is the
"protection" which the vulture gives the lamb, or
the hi g hwayman the , unprotected traveler. Noth•
1 •
ing more, nothing lean. But, says this address, in
a note at the bottom, "seven furnaces in Clarion
1
i county have already gone out of blast." Very prob
ably—some of them stopped even before the tariff of
'42 was repealed. "Others will close as soon as
they can work up the stock on hand." Just so—
like those that have already stopped, the oar has run
out, and they can't make: iron without it! So the
blast furnace here found, and we presume such will
be
,the result everywhere. But ,"lifessra. Vincent,
Himrod & Co. are now landing on °yr docks 400
tons of pig metal, which is imported froth England,'
says the "addreas." This is an,astonis ing dis
closure, for which the author ought tahav a "leath
er medal." Probably he thinks ' the people tlOn't
know that Messrs. Vincent, Hitnrod & Co., era
compelled to u 4 a certain proportion of soft Scotch
pig in their manufacture. They can't get along
without it, (since they have run t i tt of oar here td
manufacture the same quality,) and i could'nt, let'the
tariff be what it night. But it is Waste of time to
notice so ridiculous and bare-fated a humbug. The
facts are as we state them, and it is placing a very
light estimate upon the 4ntelligelce of the people to
endeavor to cram such nonsense down their throats.
The allusion in the "address" to the foreign iron
used in the construction of the Ohio roads is
off' the same piece. These companies sent their
bonds to Europe and sold them for railroad iron—in
other words, they conld'nt find capitalists here who
would I take them, and' furnish the rails, so they
went to Europe for a market. They were compel
led to do this to raise capital. If they could have
raised the capital they would have purchased their
iron at home no doubt,
,fur they could havo-purcb
ased a much better article for tle same money.
"Vote for river and harbor improvements," says
the "address" Just sol—end when you vote for Mr.
Curtis, you will be , voting for as warm a friend
of dm measures as Mr. Walker! -But the slur
at tho Democratic party beceusa there were no ap
propriations for such improvements when we were,
engaged in a war to maintain our, notional honor,
and redress the wader, and pillage of our citizens,
comes with exceeding bad gruce from the whig par
ty. A session of Congress of nine months has just
closed, and is'nt it a little strange that in that time
these exclus 've friends of river and harbor improve
ments have ! been as silent as death upon the sub
ject: No executive veto stared them in the face,,
yet we have not heard a whisper! On the contrary
the entire whig delegation from Pennsylvania, with
one hog erable exception, Mr. COMM of the Senate,
who is threatened with expulsion from The party in
conseqUence, have been untiring in their efforts to
keep up sectional excitement and prevent a settle
ment Of the slavery questions, and thus Feterd all
useful legislation. Seven whigs of the House from
Pennsylvania voted against the• measures of the
compromise—measures sanctioned, too, by a Clay,
a Webster, a Cooper, and authoritively - approved
by a Fillmore! The balance dMiged, while' the.en
tiro Democratic force, including our present able
member, united with the Democracy, north and
south, and these national whigs, and voted to end
sectional and fraternal strife, that peace might once
more dwell in our eouncile,'and useful and necessa
ry legislation again resume its sway! How
stands John HL Walker.upon these questions? and
what cdurse would he bevy pursued'had he been in'
Congress? These are peitinent questions, for fa
naticism has not done its work, nor agitation be
conie an "obsolete idea." He is identified with
these agitators— T hel is one of them in body and in
soul, and should ouch a — dire calamity befall this
district, as to return him to Congress, he will he
found check by jai vl with his old political mess
mate of United Sates Bank memory, Thaddeus
Stevens, "higher-I w" Seward, and others of that
ilk. Are such fun' a the men to be trusted with
our harbor improves mots? Are 1 they the men to
IoA to for appropriations? The history of the seal
sion just closed answers in liinder=tonea in the
negative! , , ,
But. as the saying i s, we must "burry up t
But t
cakes;" and here is a beautiful one, done brown to a
charm. Listen!
"Vote for freedom. The whig party in this disirlitt stand
pledged to suotalli every mewnire tv hieh shall truly aid the cause
oflibertyl Standing on the constitution we recognize it ns a re
.publican 'platform. Our glorious Revolution, our Declaration of
Indopeorience. our entire history and the spirit and genius of the
American people condemn with us those who revile the !Wool
pies of liberty or circumscribe the area of freedom."
How -are ,we to understand the above?—in its
"freetboil" meaning? or in a national point, of view?
y the former, what means thettlitor of ,the Chron-
We, in speaking of the question. when he
says: 1 ,, Let! the -nortb thell mind !heir own &Wares
on the subject of slavery, and leave the south to take
care of theirs. Let us 'not ferment discord, by in
termeddling with the domestic institutions of other
States. Let us award the south their rights, and
reserve our own. To bicker and quarrel upon the
subject of slavery can do the cause of the uni o n no
good: it never did—it certainly 'metier will." Does
he intend to •carry -Fillmore water upon his .
shoulders for the Cooper men to drink, while,
the candidate, for whose benefit this eddresswas put
forth, is to have ,his gourd filled with the slime of
Sewardism to bait "free soilers". with. If that is
the gape, it won't take—"yon cannot serve God and
onnmon," for there is a deep ditch betwen. But
if this paragraph means ihatOe whig party stands
upon the - "manifest destiny" platform, as its lan
guage seem to imply, what an unmitigated falsehood
is here put forth! It is true "our gioriousßevolu
ticinitour Declaration of 'lndependence, our entire
history, and the spirit and genius of the American
people, cbndemn those who revile the principles of
liberty 'or .circuutscribe the area of freedom." This
condemnation rests with the weight of a mountain
upon the whig party, and its candidate John H.
,Walker! Who opposed the acquisition of Louisia
na, and ihusendeavored to "circumscribe thetarea of
freedom"? The whig party! Wbb opposed the
acquisition of Florida? The whiit party, again!—_l
,Who,Texas? The Whig partyronce morel ~ Who ,
California and Now Mexleo, and:pronounced theta I
"not worth a dollar"? The whig party, still!' Who, ,
surrendered a rani nr the "area of freedom" Into the
hands of Great 'Britian in settling the North East ,
Boundary con!tuvertyl This ',time r ' wtttg :party,
"sigitio! In short, wherever the Boger freedom has
been unfurled, either upon this continent,,or among
the down-trodden millions of Europe, there the sym
pathy and aid of the Democratic masses hai been
fplt and appreciated, while either silent indifference
or violent denunciation bay been the response of
the whig party. ForeTost in such denunciation
has always keen John 11. Walker! An advocate
for srprotecth for protection's sake;' an open and
avowed fri d of, and believer in the Constitution
ality of a cited States Bank; an adherent of that
infamou 'stem of State bribery, the distribution of
the proceeds of the public lands . ; a believer in en in•
discrimttlate system of internal improvements, by
GeneiOovernment, in opponent of the acquisition
of Tertel' N 'ew Mexico, and California,`and a sec
tional., ator in 'its worst sense, he stands before
the pc , of thiadistrict'as a true representative of
4
whig t' iment, and as such must be defeated!
- _
.:, -ply. .
dethat reaeptacle
ho Whip of Erie
• n signed by f:.'inaci
thy for their weak
men upon the pit-
S , iculoua and weak
it cornea before us
.pponente, and we
i it a respectful and
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' ---- 41 ,1,' 1 Whigery in New York.. •
The,,whig party in New York are now realizing
the sitiitien the Democracy of that State have so
recently and satisfactorily recovered from. The
Ifunker and Barnburner schism has changed its
' , habitation. and horne";and taken up its abode un
der, the wings of the Seward and Fillniore sections
of 'the,"unlversal" party. What the Democracy
have went through in the Empire State, whigery
has now before it. What the Democracy hove en
dured,'Whigery has yet to endure, and the poisoned
chalice we haveso recently torn from our lips,
must now be pre sed to theirs. iNho shall say it
i ts nut just?.—who shall say.it is not deserved? They
'have been feasting on the agitation of the slavery
question for some time, and it is right they should
now fact front the same cause, While the Demo
cratic', Convention at Syracuse, a few weeks ago,
harmorped ,upon one platform and one set of can
didates,the whirl Convention that met at the same
place likst week, "agreed to disagree," the fiends of
Seward numbering about 75 to about 40 of the friends
of thi President. , Tho convention nominated a
State' ticket. Mr. Fillmore's forces in some cases
refuses to vote. It was organized by giving the
Presidt;nt and the officers of the convention tokhe
friend ;of Fillmore. Mr. Frank Granger, a ‘4.11
1,
know4l nti-Seward man being president. He op
pantie ;the committee on resolutions; the ,report bf
I •
which' , • ems not to have been entirely satisfactory to
the co: ( cation, and a substitute was moved for sev
eral t: L tontine; reported and adopted by a vote of
72 to ;' `whereupon the President resigned his of
fice, atv• with the rest of the Fillmore men bolted
the co spation and organized another meeting,
adopteSfint address and resolutions, and called a ,state
convention, to be - held at Utica on the 27th Oct.
The bolt of the Fillmore men, of course, secures
the defeat of the Whig ticket, and the probable re
turn of D. S. Dickinson to the U. S. Senate.
A Good Chance to Go to California.
We call attention to the advertisement of Mr.
;rm. 7'ruestrail, of this city, for Axmen, Hewers'
and laborers. Ile has been appointed by, the Pana
ma railroad company, Superintendent of the con
struction of same twelve miles of that road, As
we understand'it, the company propose to take their
workmen free of charge, and employ them at liberal
wages for six months—that is, during the coming
winter and 'spring—at the end of which time they
will either send ithem home free of charge, or to
Californi‘hy steamers at a nominal price, say one
half, or less, of the ordinary cost. If taken sick,
they p re attended by a physician and nursed free
of alfexpense, and sent home as soon as they are
able. To those wishing to go to California, and
have not' means, or to any wishing to engage in
profitable labor, this affords a first rate opportunity.
Mr. T. has had a good deal of 'experience in work
of this kind, and we can assure those who have a
notion of engaging, that they could not enter the
employ of one - who, will take a livelier interest in
their health and contfort than he. We are aware
there is in impression, and perhaps a just one,
that the ountry around 'the, mou t h of the Chagres
river is .unhealthy; bit no ;part of this work is at
Oittioint. Part of the force under the direction of
'Mr. T. will bo stationedtit Navy Ilay, a point some
distance'down the coast 6om the mouth of the riv
er, and the balance at Gorgona, at the foot of the
mountain's.
7 The ,October number of fillolden's Dollar
Magazine" is already on our table. It is one of the
best monthlies in the country, nod as the price is
within the reach of all, it certainly ought to have a
large circulation. As we have before remarked, in
noticing previous numbers, it is not filled with the
trash usual in Aerie publications, but comprises
within its pages much that is solid and useful, as
well as,entert 'ng. Win. 11. Deitz, 109 Nassau
St., N. Y., üblisher.
'a Comity Agricultural fair.
W spent but a 4 momenta upon the Fair
gr, nd on Thursday—in" fact, but a very short time
as required, as the show in no departmerttwas
I
equal to previoutr years. The mechani al (''part
meat was very bare, and we are pursue ed ‘ ill be
so hereafter unles a different course is adoP ed by
the manitgeri in regard to premiums. lAut e ough
of this far the present—the Fare was dvide tly a
failure l and there must be a cause, for .it. . hat
,that cause is we won't pretend to say, 10. re pect-
Ifuily suggest to those interested - to extiEnine the
;thing to the bottom and find the rotten appf.; I t is a
1 shame that a county so rich in agriculture. ind all
the other elements calculated to bring together no
annual exhibition of productive industry, alike hon
.orable to .our county and people, should produce
so Pitiful an evidence of our productiveness as last
Thursdays exhibition.' The official particulars, of
, course, will be published hereafter.
,07* We have written several articles lately: and
especially one in our last week's paper, which bas
made our dear friend of the Observer jump up and
bite his-navel.—Chronicle.
We Ova the abhce thrk "ail the world end the
rest of mankind" may appreciate the egotism, wit,
and refinement, of the - new editor of the Chronicle.
Of course, a young gentleman of such refined and
chaste language, will Soon find himself greeted in
the "best society." We should Snot wonder even if
he soon became quite a favorite in "upper, tendom."
Ile certainly will if alch genius is appreciated.
The Whigs were to have held a political meeting
at Elenboro on Saturday last. John IL Walker was
to bay,' addressed them, but unfortunately Juba did'nt
come-neither did the people!
07 , David - Wilmot has declined a renomina
tion to Congress, having made an arrangement with
/eines Lowrey, the Democratic candidate, by which
the latter withdraws. A Mr. Grow is now sup
ported by the Wilmot and Lowrey men, which ren
ders his election certain. • •
A Good Joke.
MEN AND THINGS ni BOtrolf.-aro. 6.
Corteopondene; of Me Erittibierven
BOSTON, September 26, 180.
,
The. Custom lions° in this City goes'aheitd, in
point of architectural grandeur and beauity, of any
thingtof the kind I have ever, been favOred with a
view of. It was finished in 11349, Ammi B. Young.
architect, and cost a "pile" of Uncleßam'a money;
the neat little sum of $1,070,000, but li Is a valua
ble and noble • fabric, and is destined to do battle
with Time fur ages to come. It will outlive many
a'President, and many a Congress. It . will Bee, ere
its foundations crumble, many new faCes; it will see
parties Come in and go oat; aye, will see them die;
but may It not survive the Republic. or the Consti
tution. It in - built of granite from 'the Quincy
quarries. It is in the form of a Greek cross, the
opposite sides and ends being alike; an immense
dumo rises, from the centre; the cornices around
the whole building arc supported by magnificent
Doric: pillars, 4 feet 5 inches in diameter, and 32 feet
high.'each being in one• piece, and weighing 42
tons. Pretty well for he "Model Republic." To
collect duties too! Oh, the fit revenue that rolls
into the Treasury from this is house. It makes
the importers groan. it drains them of their had dol
lars, fur a "shinplaster" is trash to Uncle Sam. 'Were
I to attempt to describe the Boston Cuitom Ifouse
from "donjon keep to topmost fewer," to speak of
its inmates, of its buisiness, its en 4 Ormons receipts, to
tell of its . hundrel rooms and 4)0'6, and the myste
riesi w,rappe& u in them, I should need to know
more than an "outsider" can; should need more
time and ink and paper, than 4 t, can ever hope to
spare, on one subject at least. 1145.F.0 it to aIY that
it is a great granite tax house, t'h'e wonder of igno
rant passers by, the especial delight of the United
States Treasurer, the goal of would-be collectors,
and needy understrapping politicians, and the bug
bearof dealers in foreign merchandise.
The Post Office being one of Old Sammy's estab
lishments, deserves some slight notice. It is in the
Merchant's Exchange Buildingo wither stately gran
ite edifice. Wm. II Hayden, formerly editor of
the Boston Atlas, an occasional scribbler of verses,
and a fat comfortable looking old fellow, presides
over its duties. The clerks are "too numerous to
mention;" though you may bet there is a troop of
them, and mostly good looking polite young men}
there is : lone gruff', black old monster among them
however, who, if 1 , were Piesident, should be kicked'
out in telegraph time. A cross, bearish man ought
not. to be tolerated in any public
,station. As a
whole, things are done in the Boston Post Office in a
mariner 'fery satisfactory to those who have any
thing to do with it. It is kept open a few hours every
Sunday 'horning. When any important mail arrives,
the Post pine.° building is 5. goad place to study
human nature, and the 'spirit of t;:o age. What a
huddling together of human beings. The brisk
mon of business, anxious fur orders or Invoices; the
feeble old woman, the gay young girl, sailors, for
eigners, negroes, and mires of satanic urchins,
wide awake for news of home and friends; 'for all
aortal:of tidings, good, bad, and ,indifferent. The
Yankees are a letter writing, people—when the post
.
age rate is reduced they wilt-be more sh. Over the
Post office is the Merchant7s Exchange reading
room, the head quarters for mercantile intelligence.
and the resort of our principal business torn,
The Boston Athenaeum was founded ift 1806, by
a few gentleman desirous of building up an insti
tution of Literature and Art, sorthy of the. Athens
of America. They have dope so. The association
has been eminently successful. Within a • short
time they have erected a splendid building on Bea
con street, for the accommodation' of their library,
reading rocim,_ periodicals, paintings and stationary.
The Library contains 40,000 volumes, choice and
well selected. In the reading room, is to be found
all the valuable magazines and newspapers, foreign
and domestic. In the gallery of Art is a fine col r
lection of paintings, many of them by the beat mas
tetsof past, as well as modern times.' The Cock
imam Water Works should be mentioned. • They
were commenced in 1846 and finished in 1848.
The water is brought from Long, Pond or Lake
Cocliituate, 2O miles from 'the city; it is soft and
pure, and is at all times a suitable beveragelor a
teetotaller. The reservoir at Brookline, a few miles
from Boston, covers'abont 22 acres, andivvill contain
100,000,000 gallons of water. It is a lovely spot to
look upon. The reservoir on Beacon 11111, in the
city,
, is a. massive stone structure. It somewhat
resembles in external appeararice the Celebrated
Tombs of New, York It will contain nearly 3,000,-
000 gallons i of 'sparkling Cochituate. No man need
go thirsty in tha "city of notions." Five dollars
yearly, is the usual sum paid by intilies for this
water. Hotels, and similar establishments of course
pay more. The estimated cost of this great benefi
cial work, is . five millions of dollars. Worth the
money! The present generation will not, be able to
pay 'tile whole debt ., contracted. Posterity will
doubtless be willing to pay their share; and there is
one consolation—they must. •
The Harbor of Boston is one of great beauty.—
To those who like me, are fond of the "briny deep,"
-who are in love with the white mane of Old Wean,
who delight to faiten their eyes on white winged
vessels and determined steamers, on the 'light skiff
and the sturdy rovers, on all the beauties of a busy
hartnir scene, where man's sublimest art, and Na T
"tare's _grandest works are brought together; the
broad and noble harbor of Boston would be an un
ceaeingsource of pleasure. He who should attempt
to porady its loveliness on paper, would make him-.
seßabsurd;.the pen and the pencil are alike une
qual to the task. But here are some facts—stub
born things that men without a. spark of genii* can
deal in well enough. Boston harbor.contains about
75 square miles. :Itstentrance is scarcely large
enough to admit two sh ips abreast., yet it has depth
and room sufficient to allow 500 ships of the largest
clays to anchor in security. It receives the waters
B l om Mystic, Charles,_ Neponset and Manatticut
rivers.. In its embrace it claspi oue hundred
i
island?, small and great. The most noted a ong
these are Governor's and Castle, islands; on
former stands Fort 'Warren; on the latter, Fort
Independence. These fortresses mount some heavy
guns. They would make a seivc of a "seveßty
four" in about no time; a minute or two over that
would suffice °to riddle a fleet. `Brother Jonathan
is prepared to get his "hal up" at short , notice'.---.
More shipping enters Boa on harbor, than enters
any other port in the Union, save Now York.
It would be quite useless for me to particularize
the Carious lines of packets; the Cunard steamers,
the "Down East" steamers, the floating crafts of
every name an& description, that swarm about the
wharves of the Emporium of Now England. They
are a. sight to behold. That's true, and easily said.
'Your, SCItIBO.
'What a Humbug.
The Gazette says • the New runtime company, in
this city, haTe been compelled to reduce the Wages
of their workmen because of "the foreign competi
tion induced by the operations of the tariff of '46,
flooding the country with stoves at ruinous pricee."
What-en attempt at humbug is here!, The coun
try flooded with stoves brought from Europe, indeed!
We venture the; assertion that the • Editor 'of the
Gazette, nor any of; his friends, never saw an Im
ported stove. What an 'intelligent set of readers he
must.think be has, when he ventures to attempt such
huttibugs as this. Were it not so IntitliCiallei it
would bo truly laughable! ' -
LETTERS PEON PAR/S.
but H
tha ta
ilkontenderoce of
l Et as ie t OE Tieri:
rAR/S, SiitTEMUER 12, Imo .
Dear Fraale:—Sjnee my
has taken pface; Indeed there is but little thst—'
new occurring in the Parisian world, and 'scaresa,
know what to say that will be interesting to y o ,
your many friends. You ha ve doeht less heard of 1 4 4
death of Louis Phillipe. The event has furniehti
the journals of the whole world with a (maul t en
for :moralizing, and, so far as I can judge, ?'Jut
brethren of the "gray goose quill" hare improrti
the opportunity pretty generally. One cab reed
sorts of sermons ingested by the same text, Th; i
shows the yersatility of the human mind, since e tc '
one draws nferences solely to uphold his own
conceived opinions _ - Political and religious sects
are somestifiat alike; in this particular, each stani ut
at the same point but ending as farapartastLepo!ei.
But the Ex-King:is*ad! His life, and his des*
and all the public &Cis of his eventful career, v ,. 1
henceforth be matters of history, and, as such, affil
doubtless lbe interesting; but the great qaesties
What effect will the event have upon the politics:
world? Of course opinions vary. Some sty e„,
Orleaniste and Legitimists will unite their forces
and endeavor to seat the Count of Chamboard up c ' t
the throne, tinder the title of Henry V. Others
again say that the Orleanists will renew theireffons -
alone, and with brighter -hopes of succes; ssbia
there are many es lin [ stssert that the President will
find big poiverstrengt hener3 and enabled to hold his
seat fur another tent. Which is right it is hard to
determine. Both tbe:Orleanisis and Legitimists are
powerful factions. The President, too, has hi s
ty, and no inconsiderable one it is, for the pet.
ronage of such a country as Prance will at all times
bring an army of followers; but there is oce little
circumetance which proves very embarrassing to the
would-be Emperor; and that is the fact of the com
mand of the army - of Paris being in the bands of his
enemy, Gen. Clunigainier. The General watches
his troops with a very Aloes eye, allowing no oce
to intervene between him and his soldiers. The
Minister of War transmitted an order some months
ego to one of the garrisons of Paris which wiebbey
ed; but,as soon as Changarnier heard of it, he plac
ed the officer in command under arrest, had him tried
by a Court Martial, and severely punished. He also
wrote a very spicy not to the Minister, telling him
he had the honor to command the troops, and that
thrcugh him all orders mutt be communicated.—
Every means has been tried to head him, but he est
neither be intimidated ; or rt. j- led. Uefortunately
the President cannot ,diSiniss hilm, for in such it
eVent the National Assembly will withdraw its sup
port, and the "Prince President" is not quite strong
enough to do without that body. By the by, thi s
game Assembly is made up of strange elements.—
Left to themeelves the/ would no more unite than
oil and water. What Constitutes the bond of union,
then, The existence ' , Of "the 'mountain," and that
"mountain" is Republiertnism. That is ;the alkali
which 't::ichles leanists, Legitimists, and Imperi
alists to unite :n one common brotherhood. Repub
licanism was making too rapid strides, hence this
coalition was formed. pant ) ON union has result
d the new electoral law', by which several million of
Frenchmen are dielonchised; from this union 1.3 s
resultel the law against ) the 'press, by which any
journal which speaks too much truth may be crush
ed. These, and many other aggressions upon pep
ular rights, have growls Put of this unholy
But do the parties to this union !eve one another be
cause they act together? No! on the contrary they
hate each other with even more virulence than they
do the republicans, and an opportunity only is want
ir g to make this - hatred apparent in acts. They
are certain to get by the t. ears some day, and then
there'll be "the good time coming, boys," and no
mistake, for each knows the weak points of the oth
er. As for there ever 'being perfedl harmony be
tween them, it is impossible; and this the Republi
cans know perfectly Well, so they remain quiet,
waiting far the storm and hoping to gain something
in the war of elements: jWorae their condition can
not well be, while ft; :may be bettered. Things
cannot remain- as they now arm longer than 1852:
then the election for president takes place, and
something (what?) will happen to add another page
to the eventful history Of France. All parties ex
pect a change, yet all are unwilling to commence
the strife, the end of whiteh no one can foretell.
Three years ago, the death of Louis Philippe was
looked forward to with anxiety by all classes; some
regarding it as an event - which was to restore the
throne of France to the Count of Chambord, to
whom it beldras as the heir of the Bourbon dynasty.
Louis Napoleon hoped :to regain the seat occupied
by his uncle, three unsuccessful attempts not being
enough to discourage him. The Orleans family
were in uncertainty whether the nation would ar
rogate to itself anew the right of choosing its own
rulers, or whether the Count of Paris would at once
be proclaimed King. All parties were calorie, and
all were preparing to Marshall the forces they could
command, to aid them in the struggle. The peo
ple, however, did not wait for the dissolution of-the
monarch; they became weary of a government which
prostituted itself to the base purpose of advancing a
family at the expense of la nation. They took back
the power they had delegated, and said to the world,
"we will rule ourselves.! 'ln anlevil hour they el
evated Louis Napoleon ;o the Presidency, not for
his own good or bad qualities, but because he is the
nephew of that man who achieved for France some
of the most brilliant victories recorded in history.
Not a thought was given to the rivers of blood, and
gold drained [from the state, merely to satisfy thel
cravings of an unhealthy ambition. Not a thought
was given to all this, or I I that the nephew might
prove like the uncle, amere incubus to the pros
perity of his country. They only thought, "we are
free and can govern cura t ives; let us once more
show our love .for the name of Bonaparte." The
lustre of the name dazzled them, and if they do no
get their whigs scorched In the flame it will be no
fault of the "Prince Presidebt."
Louis Napoleon •is 'now' absent froin Paris on a
tour to Clerbonry, *here he` s been revie wing the
navy; probably with an ei to secure the coopera
tion of that branch of t iniblie defense. Three
weeks ago he visited Lyons sta Strasbourg, and the
journals have constantly beep filled with bulletins of
his daily movements, and with ,theleception be has
met with on his route. , peakimg of hi's visit to
Havre, one of the journals of that city sap, "we
were very willing to receive him as our President,
but his friends wished us tO trett him as a Prince."
Another journal, speaking of hie claims to the throne,
says, "he ought nut to forget bow France treats her
Kings;" and truly, monarchs have not been very
fortunate in this quarter, of 'late.
Decidedly the moat popular man in Paris at pres
ent is bloosieur Poitevin; the man who navigates
thb air on horseback. All Paris flocks to see his
*window, (se it does to see anything new) and be
' and his horse will henceforth be able to "live in
closer." Last Sunday, however, Wires not a horse,
but to have a novelty, he rode a jackass. As the
balloon rose from the ground Monsieur Long Ears
blew, his horn, and the brayiiciused the faubourgs