Mtteal and General News. Preach Nevi—lei:idea% &o. From the very Interesting Paris correspondence dike New York Courier 4. Enquirer, written by one who had excellent opportunities of observing the progrese of events, we make a brief extract: Arcioad all the public buildings, in all open spa see, at many corners of streets, were Masses of in frustry -cavalry principally on the Boulevards; ar tillery posted in commanding situations; the bridg es eompletely enveloped, and 5 or 6000 men guard log the Chamber of Deputies. The troops were in a sort of semi bivouac; many with their arms piled, taking breakfast, which their own kits or knapsack', or the busy, gay hearted vivandieres supplied them. The sly gibe pasted among them, .ludicrous repar tee, fan leaking of various kinds, but all in a sUb -460 Leine; not a word about politics; no mention of the President, no.iasult to the people. In one in stance a riotous crowd, shouting and singing, came down a narrow ationt near the Palais lloyile, they seemed to intend rn•••chief of some kind, • A.coupte iMplatoons closed their rooks; an officer went for ward and said a few words, only to receive for an an min' a blow or a push that brought him o 6 his knees. lesumtly the line shouldered arms, took aim, but be• Sleuths word fire, the crowd retrograde:l in-quick olden and were out of sigbt. Jo passing through chi Rue de Bouragien near the /lute' des Invalidev, * feet a party of et ht or nine polic'emen, With cock ed-bats and swords, conducting a prisoner. He was a tall, elderly man, with the air of a gentleman, and walking at ease between two, while the roheri pro- Weird and followed close in couple.. Seddekly the oeptive precipitated himself with desperate force on hie tight hand man; bis long arms swayed in the air, sot as if striking blows, but as if catching' at something. In a moment he seemed to have an en emy fixed on every th - trincbes of his body, and 'one lagging custodian, finding every other part occupi ed, leaned on the ground to take possession of a kg. Ha struggled violently, po'• ring out, in- a shriekinu voice, very foul abuse on hi oppressors, allite, the expression of his face was Ii . that of an enraged tiger. The official only, repli • 'n words, and to this erect:, --"Mail Monsieur, c eat a nom de la toil" They aUteapted to make him wa , but he would not. He-bit, he ecratchedonti roi: end cursed in such a way, that I was nigh losing .dignation fur his wrongs in horror at' his wickedn- s. At last one took from his pocket a roll of inn.• thing, like What is used for saddle girths, and holdin • blip firm ly in their multitudinous grasp, they pro eded to wind it round him, as surgeons wrap a f ctured limb, beginning at the ankle and ending at th eck, ellitlarit soon he seemed to hove no arms, and • sly one leg. They then shouldered and carried him If like a cotpse; but his tongue they failed to I.:mate • I-asks,: a hystander who it was, and received for an swer "c'est le General Rideau!" Throughout the day ihe principal, shops in pll the streets s ere clos ed; not so much from apprehension of n:jury; per haps, as because master. and men wished to attend poblinevents. Some time after noon I encuentered the President on horseback, surrounded by a numer ous stair, preceded and followed by strong bodies of cities:niers. It is plain that he has but little bold on the affections of the people—net so much even, as so useful a pis slier might be expected_ to pos sess. Not a cry was heard by me having personal reference to himself,—no vies .Yepoieon—no 'fee is Presideet--no approbation—no enthusiasm in his 'favor. The only cry was tire /a itipubliquel and this, but a short time since, was considered anything but faiorabie to him, and I believe it has not since absurd its character. He was booing god similing is all sides, in true McSycopliant style. •"il cruet ' sloe ce wit lui," remarked one; "Ni son- uncle non plus," said another. In a short time I repaired to Minister'S house, and found there two-thirds I think, of all this Americans at present in Paris. The col, teal is certainly complete, though its • immediate results are not yet uncertain. St. Arnaub, the new Minister of . War, is said to have been the prominent ' cause of the stroke. tie is esteemed to know noth ing about politics, and to care less, and to be with ore patriotism. His country is the army, and sol diers the only branch of the human family he deems L.rthy of consideration. He feels and hal expres- , sed great rivalry of Caysignac and.Cbangarnier, and a strop, desire to show them that there are other generals who know hew to wield the French army as well as themselves. Doubtless, on occasions he will use his power with energy. The President, it is said has been for some time casting about for sod ~r nis kind, sod now tbiuks himself secure of being Emperor for life. This result, at least in its com plete fulfillment, is perhaps doubtful. France/ is governed by the army. There is no principle; no virtue, no loyalty fur the past, nor regard forthe !e -lute, of vigor sudlcient to usurp its plop& But from tbe mere went of something to oppose• it, it is like, shortly to fall into division itself. it serves.the Pree:deot now because he is the head ofthe State, bet it would serve any other head jolt as willingly; or any master, in short, that will feed it: - Scams AT TUB BARICADa.—The correipondeut of the London Times gives the following account of i the fighting at the "monster" barricade of the Rue St. Denis, on Thursday the 4th. It was the 72J regiment of the line that advanced ' first to the "monster" barricade of the Rue St. Den is. They had detachments of lancers at thei front and on their flanks; and were supported in the rear by two battalions of Pendarmerto Mobile fro foot, and two re l i.ments.of cu.rassers and' dragoons. As they reaches a ong that part of the Bruterard hat ions between R.:o Lepelletier i.o - the left, anti the Rue Favart on the f . gilt, they advanced guard of hump was fired on - bi "Insurgents" who had estab lisbedithentseiv es—by force no doubt—in the high est apartments of the houses on both aides. You may judge of their rage as they were unable to use their most formidabble weapons, and their pistols produced but =ail effect.' Several carried carbines, and with them they did some execution. • ' Willa was poWerless in the cavalry was,fhowev er, amply made up for by the infantry draith up in line on both itiooks, From the end of the Boulevard . • Poissoeier to beyond the rue Taitbout and the Cafe de Paris, from which, as well es from the Cafe de Aagiais and the Morison Doree, at the corner of the Rho Lotfiti-?., it is stated that shuts were fired upon thee. Th., ,firs began at the fewer end of the Boul evard Puiuoniere,and con inued, Without ceasing .for an instant. on oth sides f the street from one extremity of the line to the her. It was au appal \iL /iog sight; and in a few m nutes the eye beheld nothing but two walls of flame, in the centre of which was the 72d Regiment, with its Colonel and Liecursant-enlonel at the head, musing onwards towards the barricades. The 711 delivered no shut till they reached within some pace" of the Porte St. and then they stool m to face with 'the 11111011120 US barricatles---ail I eA , c-sci netrY on be% sides. The C4 , lJnel and his Isieutenant Colo nel advanced on horseback. The latter took °lib's chake,"fixel it on his iswors's point, held it up end weycd it in 'beak., calling on hi men to advance—au invitation which was Su perfluous. The tater in the very act of cheering on his men, received ',bullet in his heart—his bead crepped to his saddle, and hie body fell lifeless to ' ti earth. The• Colonel, stilt cheering on his men , received a bullet ib the thigh, but still keptins seat, and .vas still at the bead of his men, who were drop ping beside him. They delivered one mutilenoua volley--charged with the biyonet and dislodged the inellrgeMe. The barricade was soon won; 130 "in -inirgents" were either shot down or bayonetted on the defences, and about as many more taken on the ether side never lived to return. While all this wasgoing on the fire from both sides of the barri cade continued uninterrupted, and was responded to the two lints. The assailants, however, fled by the side streets immediately sifter the liking of the barricade of the Porte St. Denis aid thi sweeping of the lateral stittts; while, as I bare already men - aiooed, cannon was brought to play_ point blank en those houses where the insurgents seemed to have established themselves. Several of those houses were of modern construc tion, sad bad terraces in front. Three artillery men were killed at their guns. The walls were perfora ted through and through, and the windows on the other side of the passage completely destroyed ow . ing to the reverberation. The storm of grape was 'as thick as bail, sad no one dared to show Meisel( at the window. Grope continued to be poured in epos the “insurgent." wherever they were fovea established in houses; and it is to its rapid and dead ly erect that we ewe the extinction of the most for midable part of the resistance. Yoe may judge of the execution done, when you learn that the mutant fired point bleak at these houses, and scarcely n a distance of 30 yard.. In every place in fact, where He resietsooe was acreesteaceJ is abuses, 'Wavy shuts was used, ', The st en earned the illetrieetle !n par de charts, and so rapidly that thg elnaurgeets" had no time to retreat behind their i ekond herrleedet but were all bayonetted, During the afar *hich took place in the rue de Clury. several persons totally unconnected with the insurrection lost their lives, in coasequenee• of • butcher's boy having cried out, kitty. Is Republique! • tuts Napoleon!" as a detachment of lancers and in , fautry Bred and the lancers charged. The boy es caped unhurt, and several persons standing at their shop doors were wounded. A wholesale cotton imer chant, who went up to a, garret to see what was pitying. was shot through the b d. Another, a wealthy ,tperchant, whO Was in the et °frying or ders to his amcierge to shut the gams, was wound ed by a Pincer. who singly pursued the mnb into a court yard. Four Nativist Guards were slot dead by the Chasse crs de Vinitennes. • From Washington. -C4rresponJetiee of the New York pally Thum WAstrourroct Dec. 24,1861. The .Library cf o:lngress was utterly destroyed by fire this morning. The kill itself is in black and smoking ruins; volumes of smoke are still, at three P. M., pouring front the windows and roof of the edifice. Not a book nor picture—absolutely nothing of the collection was saved. The fire was discovered just. before eight o'clock 1 1 this morning, by ne of the Police guard. It could at that time have een easily subdued. bailthere been' water at hand in he building; a small reservoir near the building was roan up., Water was not got till the library was Wrapped in dames. The morning was intensely cold. ! Water :was poured orufusely into the Library, bY hose laid across the Rotunda, after the damage we's done, and the ruin complete. The Library. as every one knows, was the pride and ornament of the Capitol. It was the most agree -able lounging-plice for.visitors and strangers te the city; its tors, evati though, It be but temporary, will be a great public! inconvenience. I suppose that most of the books Of value can be replaced, many of them, however, valued from associations connected with. them. Mr. Gales estimates the loss of the li brary in money at 5200,000, anJ the cost of repairs to the edifice at *MOM :he Congress library was destroyed by the 'Brt•ist. when they burnt the Capitol, in Angust, 1814. The library was partial ly injured by 6re in the year 1827. Thiti Sre is said to have originated from defective flues. Mr. Allen F. Owen, late Consul at Havant, is soon to visit this city. He has proclaimed war against President Fillmore, and threatens touzpose him to public censure for having recalled him. lie says he was the best Count the United States could hare bad, and that he done as much,for the prison ! ers as any 'moan did—only that what he did was in secret. It was so secret, by the way, that no Amer 'can resident ever found it out. Ile ssysTfitardier was guilty, and ought to have b: . garroted; that he had a narrow escape from his just .eserts. 'Americans resident in Cube bear wit ness .et Owen, after learning that Thrasher had compla ed Of his neglect of the prisetiors, openly and re. - tedly threatened that revenge,,but is no ' yet satirfi .. The Captain General Of Cuba, in e letter to : . Calderon, states that' the Atne 'An residents w- • of, the opinion that Thrash was 1 1 deeply impl'ca din the revolutiotiary movement,— 1 understa th I , is authority for this stement was Mr. 0 en a • the small clique a ad him[ at Morton's. It is al— well krnen, and an be peov ' ed, that 0 n suite • sed Thrasher' appeal to his own Goiter ment,! the. • h he had / firomised to ;all Thrashersrienda to.t trait itoind finally declar ed to him at Its lead sea •4i by Prometheus:— He did not tend it s . X. Y. • • - Tye As*: intivion.— , After 'are. 'ire ism nivel he re: ----.IKRIA i YORK. HOTI l • received r__ —meg 1... __ ___ r .i 'this evening, of which you are the Chairman. , . "After the ire inaccurate report published in the ,newspapers;, bea ng the signature of yourself and ,cohets, and the t ry gross in Hamilton square on the 48 Is inst., I gni acre that I should fail an self-respect w re I to have a private conference -with any body o men (however respectable) whz fseve already pro ounced themselves hostile to me. Young ke., _ W. It. Puiturs, Patentee. Alfred Carson DN." The Commits• , in publishing this letter, append to it a stamen of the result of the experiment at tiatnilton-aquae in which they prove conclusively that the insinua ions .made •by Mr. P. are totally Unfounded, and hat be had every opportunity affor- Jed him, had hebein disposed to make his experi ment in good faith. The Committee,,whora Mr. P. denonneNl as hiking publishbd a false report, is com posed of ,Ilfre.l Carson, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department; 7, iphar Mills, President of the Fi re Department; It. B. Colombo, of the Astor house; Alichaei Eichal!, John P. Lacour, and Moses°. Al len, Assistaiit Engineers in thi. Fire Department. This Committee seas eminently gnitli§ed to judge of the merits of the Annihilator, and all of them were exceedingly aniions for the success of the experi 7 ment. From what they witnessed, and from the ex planation given by Mr. Phillips, they made up their minds, and -frankly stated their opinions, and the Patentee will find our citizens disposed to place im plicit reliance on the statement they have made. If be has suffered therefrom, it is because his inven tion -does not: meet the public expectation—does not do the work for which it was designed, and is not to be relied upon. `THE PIaaTH BBLt.Axfs Mosey.—ln the year 1717 the famous pirate Bellamy and his Ifleet were wrecked on the back'side of Cape Cod, opposite the village of Wellfleet. The relics of his vessels may be distinctly seen - on thle"outer bar" during a lot course of tides, and occasionally small sums of Rif ver arid copper money of the reign of W lliam and Mary; are found along the opposite the wreck after the contioasoce of a few , day( of a hard easter le storm. A friend recently returned from the. Cape where tie resided during the.two last sonimers, has soown us some skeimens of the ptrate'a supposed treasure Whicn he was so fortunate as to obtain from persons living nre , ..-c ti, tack, and who Ilnd re cently !Wad them. These coins are t'al in number, and are what ij celled "cob money," being of silver, irregular in shape end weighing severally. 95 grains' and 32 grains, Troy weight. Tne larger one is about as big as a cent, nearer square than round, and by the test of nitricacid is believed to be of about the same fineness as the old Spanish pistateens.— The other is a thin remnant of the original coin; It is, however, quite bright, and of pure silver. They are bn undoul.tedlylSpanish pieces—the dates not being distieguishablut the stamping is distinct, and on one side resemlttes very nearly tne stemp of the old pivtareecs. 'Oterit coins aro supposed by dome to have been buffed in the sand bluffs, and to roll thence as thee are undermined by. theieurf in the storms. Bit this theory is,incurrett, because they are never timid excepting jut at high water mirk, in the santridges sage by the great ator&e, no un der the WO lands.•-•Beekcr Hill Aar' &arca , Lovats QUICILLT DIMS, 0r.,-The Nashville 4inerieva gives an account of A. recent at tempt at a konawkw watch is that city, , The young lady, after descending to the arms of her lover, by means of a rope-ladJer, from her bed-room window, 1.4 n was in the ' tof starting from the paternal mansion, when the fr nt door burbt open, and nut rushed the father, and ether , and the balance of the children, with fund ' derbies, masculine and feminine, ail in diskattille. , The father stormed and the mother en treated; bah the lover only presented a pistol and the Miss declited her intention to stick to him. The father thetii:proposed to let them marry at home, which the Inver assented to, that the business should be done up 'without waiting for daylight. This hav ibir, been agreed to, a minister was aroused from hie member., end got to the scene of operations. Ile goon fairly noosed the young ones, and all parties re-, tired to Olaf eliambers once more. The American adds, that the rope-10de remained hanging at the ypang lady's window until morning, ent,ne farts otiompt ties - toads to catipd. t • ' mee' iem, I 4ote fc seen b TM," iii brie Steitt4 ithrentr. ERIE. PA. SATURDAY SK1111:419121 JANUARY 3, 1952 County Convention. Thy Democratic electors of the county of Erie are re= queotsd to aura at their several pianos of holding elec. ilea*. OR Saturday the 31st day of Jarsasty. inst.. at four o'clock. P. bl• in !Assayers' townships; and at bar-past. ail o'clock, P. M. in the beyond Bwonghs and the Wards of the city of Erie. to appoint two Delegates - frogs each Election District to represent said District in a County Cwosatiat to assemble to itho city of Foie on Monday the 2d day of nobiliary next Fo yppoiat two Del states to represent this county in the Atonable's! Con senting on the 4th day of March nest to nominate au Electoral Ticket, to appoint Delegates to the Degisieratia National Convention. to netnivats a candidate for Ca nal Coentaissioner, and to appoint three conferees to most like gooferees appointed by Crawford Wenuty to silent Benalarinl delegate to topmast this District in tbe se!d Harrisburg. Convention SMITH JACKSON. l • C. M. THIBAI.I3. r n_ • c Whl A. GALBRAITH. . R. B. BRAWLEY. C mo ougly. C F. W. MILLER. owlitantee. • 1. R. TAYLOR. Erie. January 3. 1852. , A CARD, _ We Orel there Is net apology doe to the readers lit the Observer for any omission this week. for by mangling to the proper department they will see that since we +joked their doors last Sue/lay. PEATir has visited Um; and t a k. en our only Boy. On Ssturd iv night health sat apprirently upon his brow. and whea•he laid his rosy cheek mime his pillow. and bid us and ours good-night. no one c mai have Imagined that ere'the Sabbath's sun rose. be would be writhing in the certain embrace of the destroyer. But so it was; and New Year's day. to which he was looking for ward with each bright auticipationaolow him bond to his last resting place beside the two that had gone ibefors him. To those friends who have clattered around us in this host of our greatest 'Schou; and who. though they could up heal , hive poured the brim of kindness and &yam*, upon 60r bereaved heart, we desire to return our war gratitude. They-have taught us the 'mean t ing of word nutting: and should it ever be their pro vince.again, VI many of them have. to pass through a similar trouble. may they find those to minister. to them us they have 10 es. 71 • • teen Hundred and Fifty Two. In th luggage of toe soldier in the old play, With a slight teratioU, we may devoutly exclaim, •!%iru have see the beginning of this year, pray Gad it's may seb the end ou't." We will not innss on the piss% its cycle is accomplished.' ured what therein has been doh* will retrials so forever.' 1 What of good has baits accom plished will bring to its authors consolation, which will travel With them, side by side sod shine along alai, path way a light, that will grow brighter sad brighter auto the perfect day.. To the authors of Evil. there is left still a chatietforconsolation lit genuine repentance, the prom ised fruit of which is full forgieness. Let them try this oniiezpedient. and resolve to do Salter in Eiglitasa Hine. stredeAd FIN noel - But who can anticipate what, id thelgreat wotld. of general interest to mankind will take place within the Breit' of this year? If' we mistake not the irignsl i f o the Itimen, and appearance of things. it is destined to en epoch la the history of the world. When we look emus the Ocoee' we can, without the aid of fancy, behold the old world. standing in lent and fearful anticipation, and awaiting the approach o a crisis near at hand and !nevi- Lahti, winch must doom 'forever its usurpations over the rights of man. All may not be accomplished within one year, bat the "begtoning of the end" is at hand. This, in our opinion. is the year-in which the contest for lib. erty will begin in earnest vii Germany. Italy, Prussia and France. It is no longer prophesy 10 inticipaie such a struggle. It is only nesersary to regard cause end effect: to kr sarnrod of It. Pb. 11.• imam powilhoololog issioin for the last three hundred years. It has at last ived at a point of strength that tyrants can ne longer con . I it. It has aroused the benumbed instinct of man into •e, sod infused into him a desire for raoosiess This ire is the offsparng of Knowledge. and Knowl edge is , or. All these elements are at work. The fires are be . lug ;and' unable to occupy in the light, the position oeco • .d in dark and barbarous periods long gene by, a change-to Iland radical suited to luau as he tinniest follow. Whale t e literary. artistical and mechanical world is changing a d daily iniprotriug, will mankind be contest to stand still • the political world? To believe this possible, would be • deny tendencies as cartaia as that light shines from the en. or that the laws of gravita tion eaist. The great pow , of the north, Russia, is not insensible of this; already is he arming and preparing for the struggle. not to aid the .•rit of progress, but, if possible. to eatiaguials it in blo. • The republicans in Germany and Italy are organizing i whines. Hinge re. ill-fated Hungary, will be in the Id again; 'France has mach to reform. The iffinities of nation ere too strongly drawn towards freedom to cab •'t to the semi despotism that rules them. Ruins mast ree herself from MO domination of French arms In sh• . all ,Eu rope-gives most uniittetaii“h!.. signs of a great To' vs.. happy people o f America. thrice happy d se cure moor rights. what a spitetscle will not these t up prissintl• The aspiration of every heart will be for a i vine blessing on the efforts of man every where for free dom, ,We think munch will be developed in a short .time to shove that oar anticipations are not , fanciful . Consti tutional freedom mast follow intelligence. It woold re quire a newCisinese wall.high enough; and thick enough. to exclude every ray of the political light now Olen/Ma ting the weld, to SITS its antiquated dynasties from being overthrown. -It:will co Ine, and it cannot COORS too soon: and we behave it will take place iu Dghteen Hundred and Fifty-two. In our owe peaceful century too. the year 1852,wi1l be an important cycle Before its cod. the signs of the times we think portend a revolution. Peacefel it will be. and "bloodless" too. bat potent enough. The '•barren scep tre". now iu the hands of our opponents. the fruit or an accidental ascendency, i 3 destined to be “wreitched ti: envoi' - bf an "unkind hen& no heir of theirs' enc. ceedini." Into:her words, we are determined to elect a democratic President this year. What democrat may be ultimately settled upon to restore the ship of state to its true moorings is not yet settled. There is plenty of ad mirable material to select from. This duty is yet to be . performed, and it will be well performed. The choice will fail upon the man who deserves most—is the most capable and hottest, and the Mostaiailable withal. No matter what his geographical locality may be. poly let bit public positiolt be right—then )go ahead; and go ahead of all competition he will. Now;readar you have tier anti. cipation in, geeeml way; preserve our paper during 1852. for of course you take it, and if at the 'end of the year pig 6ad as wrong. 'and, are tired of it, we will take it back again att 'the same price it cost yon. Wishing yon hee~th and happiness daring all the year to come, for the pros= cot we bid you adios. . We acknowledge the receipt from oar friend. Raw. V I J. Findley. of Wilted:Wit of a Bee fat Vitt'''. for Anil New Year's dinner. Thwegip circumstances ocearriiltcs mar ths..ajnyment of the gift. the kindness is as deeply appreciated as though oar dwelling had be ►a a he... of feasting instead of a lame of nsorrn'ing. • Tim Norte EAST AUL Vats RAM Reaa.--The coatothres.wer• to be bent ea New Year's day. Tkey did sot toms.. Whoa will they be bre? I. it a bliffer- It. advent ease. that nobody ems tell Mims It k to tio place? Speak comfort. male* thiamin episk It. - Flan Derr or .CoNews —Comptes should at elm repeal the Ste coat unpaid grist* skew, a ee logger ohoishi be united epee which the postage is impala. Not ea* in twenty Wets apes psoisp h sepia is ink.. 'ma tin Pont Wis.. Nvery nee nuppbsos dud a Me *it bgpi in a dossing lettint 'Ws* telinnst to it& it vet. ' On. ZING= sat Sask. root*. A muerte? Oa pretty spicy chancier has emomed in the Senate of the Gaited States bemuse these two gen- demon. hour opinion it ended rather In the diatom& tun of the Mississippi champiin. The latter had intro duced. on the first day of thus present session, a unties of resolutions approving of the compromise measures of the last Congress. and seemed desirous to Snake thins the platform of a party organization. Geo. Houston disap proved of the resehitions and their *ems, very wisely reaseeiag, that if they were to become, the platform of sue party. they would be opposed. in all probability by its opponent, thus creating a wider ditratinee of opinion, en accountof party feelings, i i regard td them than new exists. He was right in this. Let them stand es gene nl stand. open their !steads's*, with the constitution and institutions of the +Gatti. Patriot ism hes Gerry where aseetiosed the annegement is re. rialto thi vexed nutter, and the country wants repose me the isbj t. It was therefore. is ooh opinion, an un necessary. ugatery. and aselessuimente to epee anew the divers ea and discord so rebseily and so happily adjusted. enator Foote had bees 1/S1 4 2 011110 Y *ode's" titanic sus Used in Mississippi. agaiiset, the eallifiens who disc ved of his support of the compromise tau sues. and is election to the office of 4 30111 Thar of that State. wean sanetioe that needed no Unatorial endorse= meet erns, propriety of his centre and the concerned of his constituents therein. He is - • givattied patriotic, mere bet in resewing the 'agitation of this question he is wrong. and we are pleased that a iflonthine senates has had the &mous tasay so. and boldly give 19s rea. sons therefor, as did Gen, Houston. Let es have quiet en the solfeet. It was not gaits agtesable to seesaw Foote, thit Gen. Houston-could say, that be wee the only &althorn Sumter in that body that had voted fur oath* conspromine measures. He reciprocatel.to the full ?Vent. the spirit'of 'compromise that war so lobly exhibited by the Northern Democracy on thatlryingociiasion. *tale it required! great fitmnerja.en theiepOrt ie. vote for car. tarn ordain* measum, it required as much on the part of Gas. Eliasion, as a Southern men, no Cote for the abo lition of the slave trade is the District 14 C:011,0314'. This it. did, and this did very few of his *nether's associates. This set shows the men in his true dhsracter. firm and fearless whether in the camp Of in di* senate. Senator Foots might well have remembered. and conceded to him, that if hi ;was not a better. he was an elder-soldier. and, spared some' personalities indrged- In by bim, which alrieys serve to show that be w o loess his temper feels that he has him his cease. Important Cases in Court, •We leans that the case of the exceptions to the report of the appraisers of damages an the Frilnklia Canal Cunt pany's Suilroad. horetofore filed * wss determined this week; befoXi his honor JUROR Kane cif the 18th District. holding thiS Court in this County, In ithe place of Judge Galbraith-.' The decision was in favOr of the Company. and removes the last obstacle to italautire right of way as far west as the roadie at retest ti nder contract. . - Ifi Counsel for the exception. esern sasuaLL 4 BAR.. srrr. For the Company. Hon. ci, . !CHURCH. of !'}sad villa and,Hea. /suss Twoxrsos, of this city. The Erie and Edinboro Plank *clad case was also heard before Judge Knox. The quetaion involved was, whether • general grant to the Coaipany to construct a plank road from Erie to Edinboro. la distance of, about . twenty topes. by such route as the Stockholders should, deem most practicable and advantaghous. would anthor-: its the company to occupy a townsfiip road. ii did not: seem to tie denied in the argainent.thst the legislature had; the' right to authorize the Company to do so by distinct- - 1y saying so, but it' was earnestly cautended that by an unrestrinted and genera! grant - to Select such route as they might deem most practicable, istsch right wee n'oil conferred. It }seemed to us laymen! that a grant medal within the constitutional power of the legislature ehould: be consid ered equally potent to coufdr i right as ofie of a special stare. where nothing existed to restrain. in thei least such grant. Bet it appearsi the matter was nail quite so Clear. at least so thought tb• counsel against the Company. for he bad much' to say DS .the subject. Eli.: 'jab Bstsiiiit. Esq. was counsel foi! Complainant's, and !rtieurs.Thumpson as. '.9.0 r eis woro! rousse I for the com pany. The decision of the Court is to be filed ie a few days. . , The ammo( the coolest/id electior4 Parley vu. Skinner, or who shall be Prothonotary. was ttie before the court, bat is net yet decided. . It bad begirt determided by the court betretefore. that +operate tite*. voted along with the slip lickitt in use in this county; was illegal. Testi ! moo, rows . takert on this pOint wh'ich showed that Mr.' Pettey had received of this kind of velum sortie eight hun dred. while Mr. Skinner bad oubt received abnut.one httodre4 and forty votes of the earn* sort. lied there been au hing else is the case, this Would, soder the 4de cision o the court herepifore made, have effeetually used Pp our BPerablis cotemporary But he is not easily 'de; molisheri. It was made to appear told's court at the pros.' eat milli g. that sines the last hearing en the ease. liked bees d' oared that the thirty-thres signers% the com plaint. , at being the number required by the Act of the Lassa' y. before say proce , dior trould be had on the subject. did net in fact sign the complaint. That some otMr. gerley's Whig friends carried! round a blank paper oe a roller and got the signatures oh that. which Was at terward• 'matched to the complaint. The testilliolly ta ken on this point is rich. and we mightimy varied. Sours of the witnesses swear that there was • abort - writing on the papeewhen they signed. mar or,twe say it was report ed to them that it•was merely a process to cermet au in formality in the election. but Sot to change the result.— while oaken ewe& right up to the mark. that there was no itincitto the paper when the rill , was signed, id that `aim the Obiert sr.. .- - - ' basin ••,‘ 'Dann Con TO Jenenerr."—A /edge iu Obio, recently decided os ailehei* Coirs case that the cooed titan Stitt* Vaited States was natbiadiagn that State. The gaieties arose ea the .4. of the coneutatioe which 'reetinee tegitives keen j tins to bedelivered op. His How discharged-the prison r. saying, thm.Ohio had not puged any law adoptieg the !coostitetion or the Uni ted Suttee. bet that it was est so fr ith Penesylvania—she was boadrOhio was net«.Drelit The Judge sheeki mown to Swath Carotin, The doctrine of peaceful i p e cesease weeld be 'en& losetatte4 by 11111011 4 8111 acqatai lien. Hi boats chile. • 17-The Trelwhrof ttie Fords fiseeveleat Society acknowledges the receipt et s2s 00. the sett proceeds of a concert by Mr.. Was. Willing lass his pupils' 'Also. from the Associate Reform Church. $ll 112; and dealt: Wombs= several Wields** agievillint is * l s 3$ is Sigi ErNever has the *eel holism of Peaseylvesie has. ser;re sod hoorettro time et the psomeat etoweet; the of the east votriee_ of tkii State embeds._this yrs?. the Iser see at her minim of NNW Cotimpoi4stet at its Zeit Observe" Ma. Iforront-4 have been moth unlined of late sit the 'forts enema politleiuts and others who expect to derive either persolerfor.pelitical advantage from their efforts to dismember' Eris. Crawford. Warren. arid MOP car counties and therefrom to manufacture one or more new counties. One project is to make a now county from puts of Crawford and Mercer comities wi th the 'county soot at Hsristown oisoine other place of which we are not now infistmedt smother protium is to nvales-• 'sew 4:aunty from pares idi Erie l aud Crawford comities with 'the shintownut Witarfofd: last but not blot a project t 4 take four tlownshiits from Erie. four townships from Warren. und six towasbipi from Crawford. sod form a oteiw county with the espitsl at Ai kinsville. If counts- - Wilting is die tp any 4 the 4drurla..it. is to this last. By • "Ireful exasniitation'of the,whole matter and the persons tioncertied therein. we find that the project is formed and Urged on by Politleiensi whet expect to riot on thp spoils cif office tithe expense of their l o ss for:stmte fell*w-eiti mes.'or those who eir.l,ect the tome* , Mist will b at their iiwn doors, aid that their farms will no much enhanced iw valise. iid' they therefore make these projectalsteppinx Stones to wealth and power. The additional taxation that trill be impoied open the - citizens for tneyorposa of twee big comity building* iod other contingent exposes* am. *smeary upon'ths organixatitin of anew municipiality will be of Willing Importance to those who Ii at the county rat compared with the increased value their property end the probsbility ',walling the gnomic/pal offices in the pew county. Bet When the people of the new county 1 tome to balance Ibis profit and loss -accosting they will 1 Ond the latter greedy in the preposderaitae. Their tax- Us will be greatly increased while there is not the most 1 remote probabil . .., iiif any increase is value to their farms except to • very few in the immediate vicinity of the iMat. and thereby ir few will be bancilled it the expense of themanyi Wei op* the citizens iu the proposed new un dotiss will carrifit y'consider the "whole matter before they give thOir coUnitenauc and influence to the dismem bermeat of the promo municipal division" of this portion of the commanwealill. nil iltat our Senators and Repre sentatives will look v.-..'1 , 3 . .I) 3 matter before they venture to increase thivtaxes of tilt, c,lizens by the uncalled for divisions of those couutie-. , EDENBOKO. Death of Marshal flotdt • Marshal %mit. Whose illueos was reported coy recent arrival., died at Si, Armand, hie native pima on the 26th of November. In his demise. Fresco loses one of the greatest of those great men, whose glory was absorbed and appropriated so largely by the Emperor Napoleon. There were, perhaps, uo.yery distinguishable traits about Souk to eoliths hint mulch rats.; , s ouly due tea fair. Well-balanced character; a general aptitude for all posit dons and emergencies; and an equability. of personal traits, that Continued to keep him in the ferward rank of his maim'', a. , a reliable. serviceable mans-There w 9 nothing dazzling or meteoric about him. Asa soldier he had eons of the fire of Murat; as a statesman none of the versatility or general acquirements of Thiers or Gni zot; bat possess/It anTmient of each of those attributes, and of the many Oilers of far tn..re practical - value, to make his pOlific4l' career as able. not a brilliant one. His services ss Mloister of Mar and President of the Council oflaisistors. nailer Louie Philippe...slimed the sterliag hosesty. Snansu„ discretion of the sok:ier-sistos - man. a s QT BILLLISONTAINIC AND lentss• Rstutesno—The anneal election of the officers of this read took place at 1110efotitaitie oa the 10th. James H. Goodman was sleeted President.. and W. M. Roberts. Chief Engineer. THE P Posttest:inv.—The steamer Pampero diet conveyed thip fiflibasters on their lest expedition aceinst Cuba, hail been eendetnoed onder both charges, and a decree *ill be issued for the sale of the • esseleist pnblle suctiqn. at Jacksonville, r ET The 'Newspapers of ths United States souther 2,- 800. of which 2.000 ire published in the free or North ern States; 850 :Whig papers are published in the cone try. 750 Diernocrafas. 70 Free Soil or Aati-Slarery. 20 Agriculturil, 40 !Temperance. 230 Religions, awl 870 Neutral lad Mit‘cellatteotte. Now. York State numbers 443 Palm"; Po 0,3 1• Y Ivamire.lB; Ohio 300; Maaaschassua 212. Gen. Sam Houston. BS a police from the ketone committee of the- Young Men's Aseeciatina, it will he seen that Gen. Sam Hous ton, the Hero of Teemi. and the Statesman whose geni us has been an ornament to7th e hills bf legislation and a **bananasl bles.:iig to h s cnontrv. is to deliver the first lecture before the:n , lor. sti on on t,•. first of January . Our citiseas wile be gratified by this an nouncement. amiss en should they b.' prevented from at tending the lecture. will flack in hundreds to pay their respects to the .kcro. Gen. Houston Is pee of the few men in this world wh. bear the gentile!e stamp of ..014 Hickory,' and Math as a civilian' and a military leader is dummying' of the admiration and respict of the public. lei the halls of Legislawn and otrAtia. Sold of ,battle he proved himself the true etiempionol liberty, the friend of the rights, honor and hall:rpm of the country. Few moo of the pr.sent day are Mors worthy of the !attention of thk • Texan flare. His strange end clieguc red ex: hes u peculiar interest in Oaf minds. whilehis manly bt;urinz. and resolute. hlunt determina tion esdeir hilt strongly to a free people. He will main among us hat for a brief period, bit we trust his friends sod admirers will bete as opportunity of taking him by the bend. Those who have' 00000 seen him will have the privilege. now so rare. of beholding one who in form aod l principle is "every inch a man."—Buf. Rep. efr MOANCRICT SUICIDL —We 'regret to learn that Mr. Jeremiah V. Sturgeon, of Fairview township, com mitted suicide by shooNting himself through the heart on 'Monday morning. His wife. bearing the report of a gib in Our stb.h',.. immediately repaired thither and found him stratz'.:lg is the agonies of death. Mental derange. went, occasioned by pacaniary emberraesment, is sup posed to have instigated the oommissfowof the rub act. Mr. Stuegeon was a highly respectablet and much es• teemed citizens. His family congestions are among the most reputable in the County. He was about 35 years Old, and:leaves Li a nd foarchildrea. - A Co'roner's Inr,n •s!. held before David H. Chapman, Esq.. reported, io c-.-11:.-tion with the suicide, intbstatt tially as,above aimed Gazelle. - A fire broke out in t i Til apps: apartment of Mr er's cabinet Shop uninediaOly behind the "Perry tick." about 5 o'clock ou Monday afternoor; but throu h the prompt and s effintire exertions'of a number of 'tisane was.arreated before mesh damage had been don. From , the ninctint of combustible material close by. the , fire.l had A fairly got ouder way. would hare doubtless' dot troyedu laige amount of property. - Too great care can not be exercised by those wn^ '•svo charge of Cabinet shops and simile., establishint.sta.---Garstra. A NALL Liwrinis oe Gm—Harry Messer. of thi caret bilp it. sad it staid for old ileum and aid wbblkey. It in as to be ton sober se um drunk, tsr, sow know • rabid timid aliMODene• man who o w ut iatsmperats in soot* we\t Ober, and we hare one ie. Foes, at lesat. - o(aary ir t in • very saber pe r . ; • • Igoe." tendante of members is eery wilt probably come lip. Erie4Jus. it, lat. o n ; WE hdire received, ripened •of New IkKokia Cail fare >au ale too latq. • Erse J. 3.-34 DARK t.K'S R CA DE Rd.— tbe dozen or aiNk cop, a SANUER•3 81•E4LER3 DRY GOODS, GROCER! GLASS W4RE, 8 0 0 1. Arndt it "Wet Drop" of tha anti Li This hake is not all gamut , kind, but may he relied upon., belbre spews. Erie, Jan. 3, ISM w VVould pay to horse own enure cure of patent ber ofyears practice will be either as a farrier or dune° , ,E a r Please can sit my odic lock of ilieck:rie Exteu.iou Ca Jan. 3, 1831.—ty31 Wyss • JAUNDICE. DITSPE9 VOUS DEBIII ' THE SING r • Damp Li ►mCtt .14 Co Fruorase Am:wry or TH sr R N. •Duocrr roa F • • groxacit. dors LaUCT43 TII PIT OF TUX ISTO/I*CU.I ., DIFFICULT DIULLTIIOIO, F 11.0 LLXIALTIOXII ono or Vision; then r, FUVINAIL /IWO, th.ri Trot. Ylg (SKIN Is ii!li Ceara, Lune, kc.. Septa. :PLUM. COMTAAT Onlan. eau be efibetuaily DR. 1-1 CELEBR.ITED •• DR. C. AT THE GERM 12/3, Lich Their parer ores' as skip' if say oker perpatmlion is sum, awes wfis►akful Tiifte bitters art ,Ikortily great virtues in tree' iectiticat glands, exert. is ing'the mot' teCtIOUs cf the dissmit , e orgl :pleaiant it LAD AN The editor said. Dec. 21k Dr. Headanars Cinsbrat .Coniplatut, Jaundice. Uys deetsedly unto( the most llluers nave been used by says be bag Mimed' revels Liver Complaint tram the to the me of these strength and Visol . --, fact late pleasant to tail. and Imost delicate 'women , IWe are speaking from W , • '!heir use. `'exure's Ksaaa.l" boe mtd. Aug.—./A 4 -Da. Boorssite's Discus son. are now reeointuended bets of the fsesity as an a - ' weakness. As awls is the obtain a bottle. aqd thus sons ofdebtittased Warms% ous to their health, as we Feet they have upon weak The 4biladelphia Batt; per in the United thaws. DR. Ht/OFLA "It Is seldom that we rev eines, to the confidence a fore when we necctinniand it to bedistmetly 'under* Ulnas ofthe day, that are forgotten afterthey have a medicine long establi met the hearty approval i• Evidence upon evidene from all sections of the Un eat tekimony to tta &Tor. ' practice of the ri fuller Phy, nostrums combined; a rae I) proving that a se triadic, approval when presented That this tweilltatne Will: no one can doubt anal u upon the stomach and how thatasca - the area% la to females, or infanta. tit. l oop. BEWARE . • This medicine Oat vats eery lig all ineciemes t.: teeth spurious artielesat socently deceived. Look well to ' They have the whim wrapper', and has rue • I vonews. ' I For sale Wholesale a • Enazr: No. 120 Arab 'Ogees, o by ropenibie dealers P RIC . To enable all dams of i enati nesioratis e pore 11 Ma& Also for sale by Comer coat Got. Melimos Ca Jeu s. ieet.-44 To she lieharaWe Jetekret TilE petition or klsin said county, respect! with house room and ea modatiwi of strangers am by 'Alvin Gibbs in said Bd bleCourtto grant bun a I and he. as in duty bound We. the su bscribers, e Paul, in which the above he kept, do certify that A repute for honesty -- house toOui and cc gees and travelers, their aceotornodae IVaterford. Ja w Siiphll4-1. Hari $ Vincent, H. 111 dens, 8. B. Ben B=ORE jaw the ship. ou the If thereabouts. one t two as i tiag or Num The wkw has bite of, a dog. 17 thane" sad take Wow.. Vic' curable, u Otanueo• of on B B. VINCENT: nce Preis. Zig." std ate vetting a' , holee plertioa caatuiue While they are gum; be., . J. 13. CUN,1111,0!. , No b, Park Row 47a. 1. x %, 4. uuA J. fur *ale Ly _GUNNISO 133121 It HARD WARE. CROCKERY. I AND S'HOES. WM. pct. - re Comfort ;a Me eAeve Waft S. al Cosi. OA lithe ease with nrny cl the I hare detenn I to LUCIA itl'sf No. I. Wrklf. Glatt. RALEY. Itaac be has the snret of nearly ea bell for bOri*l, and with a null , ie vi give satisfaction generally I the Canal Stable oear the outlet and judge for yourseh es. A. CHlluNie OR NE4. DISEASESuF IDNEY, • ID ALL of t Age -11 rq.up, • It , ItttI'ONLAIM, rtu,ki toy. I Int aita tt BLOOD To ram Haan. NAtssa. . FCILLNItiI 01 ••• EI6JT 14 1 Sir .144, *1! , ONO ITT/AIM. AT 11111110 lor TII HEAD, itt RPM D• 311 Cllll4ll AT TUN 1144111, 1:111.01. 11 • Lil 46 1/1/1• • Oil W SSD ORTullft. Int • ao 1.1:41. ?•rl, IS I.la. • EXT . ! of PC1111.10•• . .o , Kx:us or You Erea,Prao •rz SILT. ! • ..oc, 'l.,rourr litaT.ltvisti t , Tll2 011' •MI,GUAT 41 tell by IFL AND'S ER.V.IN BITTERS, 2:337Z1:1 • • JACKSOI NIEDICIM STORE, et, Philatalphia, tans aa iiptecutiul-1/ e 1t Jlatee at tha cures .utut. ▪ • !mg fialkt attention of Inrahas. Poeselaing •it of a I.Mses of the Liver and lem , ct • aching powers to weakness and af , the) are n 3111.1,16cetuan and BE co* iscen, From ate “Bcaltal Rec." ri craw Mum for the cure of !Ant ii.Chroam or :Setvoua Uttalay, al ; • Inc Memo; of the 4l). -1 am 7 I.l4nda, and a friesfd at our Ow" lan'effeetuel and perulatiebt ewe of agate remedy. We are coot voted a, the tamest constant)) pea • thYll great eoarideratiou Tee! II ant can be used by yt fy.u. na tilt salkig.. under any eueueuteons. .ience, mid to the leafleted we sera the best Literary papers publated. IBtrytakenanufactaredb) Dr. Jack , T *me of the ruo.t prowsneng mew. te , ot.itsuel4 akar> to c.xa uPtemaiir lite would ',hoe, ail owthers to theme's es much ',ldioms. Pei .no will 6ud these little , . IIIiVaLIU4C . ow from espeneacc the salMary, cH tam" ' EVIDENCE. y Gazette." the best family oarspa• he editor .4)• of - .4 GERMAN BITTERS. ...mend what are termed fatentMedr. 1 1 , pa loo tronage of our teaJers; and theft llland's German Bitterawe wit that we are hot speaking of thews • 'red about for • brief period and then I their guilty race of au ireh ief. ballot , . uflivelkally ,priord, and which by • e faculty 'oaf." !has been meets ed (like 'De foregoing ) •D. the lasttlare)cars, airs thr that there is more of it used In the icians of Tbila.l"lpliaa, than all other that C4O C4141~ 1w establittied.and fat equation will meet a Ith their quiet en to Hoe fora. cure Liver Complaint and Dyspepia • it as diteCted. it acts spa. dually I it is preferable to ealo,ael in ea hi mediate. They can be 'mini:metered mkt) , and reliable benefit at any use. COUNTERFEITS. that high ebtraeter 111,6. • moo attain to induce counter :tor , w risk of the tires dtho• e olio art it, • • marks of theentuuter (nature of C. bl.-JACK:- - 0S pro lh" wee to the bottle. wittiest meal Ilty err MEM MEDICINE STORE. door below Stith, POiladelphis. 01l ; Ily throughout the cc:.uttr• S REpUCED, Ide 141e007 the siyantages of Oa - Settle 15 Brothel. shuirgitots, Dor f's.; and J. Curti', tt alert*. h. =2221=1 the Caen k, Whs. of sbe Borough of Waterford. 11 ally ts, that he I. non-tenrs. ini sentences Ifor the taiga's ' er e i Hl d travelers. at the house now oevsple. . He therefore prays tUr cense Ix teem og a pabite ,nn attirig. will ever pray, &c, I,‘• Wens of We Borough Of iV3terfOrd Off" otioned lun or tavern +s i rtoparsdp y in Gibbs the above al pheantide, oaf 1 0 7. W' Wt.