111 I= Political and General News. Prohibitory Liquor Law. The following is the preamble and resolutions in troduced into the &Gate, on the 7th inst., by Mr. Quiggle, proposing to submit the nestion et a pro hibitory liquor law to a vote of the people: Resolutions referring to a tole of Ike people of Skis Commonwealth, Atiobjeel ofa prokiiieory liquor law. Wassmas: In a free Commonwealth, all We, to be efficient, and to secure obedience to the same, should obtain the sanction of the pellple and aim• mend their approval; and no law should be passed which is repungant to their wishes, and none am• stitutionit in its provisions, be withheld, which Is the subject of their request: And whereas, The passage of a prehibibitury liver law is a measure of magnitude, in a mural point of view, as well as one affecting, to a great extent, the interests of cit izens and the rights ofproperty: And wherea , It is represented that a large majority of the people and qualified voters of this Commonwealth arj favorable to the passage of such a law, but by means of peti tions and remonstrances, it is impossible lo obtain a proper indication of popular sentiment on the goes tion;snd that, if an opportunity were afforded the qualified citizens of this Commonwealth to vote up on the same at the ballot-box, it would appear a ma jority of the said citizens are in lavor of the passage of such a law and that such a result would give to its enactment a force, power and efficiency which it would not otherwise have: therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, That for the purpose of ascertaining the sentiment of the people of this Commonwealth in reference to the passage of a law entirely prohibiting the manufac ture and sale of intoxicating liquors, except fur sac ramental, medicinal, mechanical and artiatical pur poses, it maybe lawful for the qualified voters of the city of Philadelphia, and of the several counties of this Commonwealth, on the second Tuesday of October next, at the place 4 authorized by the law for holding the general elections, to express their approval or disapproval of rich a law, by voting written or printed tickets, containing on the outside the words "liquor law," and on the inside "for the law," or the words "against the law:" and the re turns of the said ballots shall be made in the man ner provided by law for the election of Governor; and the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall trans mit said returns to the Speaker of the Senate on the second Thursday of January next; end on said day the two Houses shall meet in convention, when said votes shall be counted, and a true record thereof be .entered on the Journal of each House; and "if, on counting the votes so cast, it shall appear that a majority of the same are "for the law,' the same shall be recommended to the Legislature at the ses sion tiver.eof, to pass such'a law. And the said bal lots than be received and' counted. and the returns thereof made by the election in October next, ac cording to the election laws in other eases, and the county commissioners shall furnish all n ballot- boxes and blank forms for the purposes afore said. YourusoL ;AMY* L 3.1 n the New York City Crifiina! Court on Saturday, three boys under nine 'feet; years of age, convicted of highway robbery, were brought up for sentence. Judge Beebe, in passing sentence, remarked that it was a melancholy sight to behold three yoong men, just branching into manhood, convicted- of a crime next oaly to murder. The Court could, said the Judge, imprison you all for the term of your nat ural lives. Bat the Calla does not feel disposed to imprison you for your life time. The lowest term within the power of the Court will deprive yon of your liberty fora long time; end the probability is that you, Kehoe, will never behold your aged mother again, who i 3 cm' , in Court so sorely affl 0,4 at your departure. The sentence of tke Court is, that each of you-be confined in the State prison at Sing- BitiLs.for the trm of ten years and oae month.- While the officers were in the act of removing the _prisoners to their cells in the city prison, a heart rending scene was' witnessed. The mothers, and other relatives of Ore feldns, rushed through the ee. trance, screaming and lamenting. They clung • around the necks of the convicts, and it was with difficulty the police officers could get them-to retire and allow them to perform their duties iu remand ing the prisioners. STATA LIINATIC ASTILVIC—From the Annual Re pert of the Trustees of this Institution, locate,' at Ibrrisbargh, we glean the following: The buil ling contains rooms for more than 300 patients, and at the close of the year ha./ 106 in mates. 118 were admitted during the year, and 43 dischargeJ, of whom 13 were cured, 16 improved, 10 stationary, 7 died, and 2 eloped. The total rev enue during the year, was $3B 3345,21-4 which $23.000 were from the State.. The Ptlmentd were $33,335,01, a c tnsiderable portion of which was for expenses incurred' in 1831. The trustees ask an anpropriati,m this *ear frspa the State, of $lO,OOO, to be applied as foftows: Towards the maintenance of Hospital, $10,000; nece ssary building, and n u t door expense 3, 01,000; to meet deficiencies of for mer years and provide furniture necessary upon the increase ofpatients, $6,000. With this amount, they think that the increase of revenue from the Hospital will enable them to meet ail expenses and have the institution free of debt at the close of the year. Of 'lwo admitted since the opening of the inati• lotion, 58',were married, 11 widowed and B 6 single. Of the males. 21 were larmors.-15 laborers, 4 tail or., 3 . cer"Penters, 2 merchants, 2 lawyers, and 2 to• bitcconista. 1 wee a l hvpician, 1 a clergyman, Ere. 9 had no occupation: Of the female•, 9 were the wives and three the dauftwers, or farmers, 2 were the wives of carpeuters,',2 of merchants, 2 of clerics, and two of blacksmiths; 2 were domestics, 2 teach• ere, Er:. 27 bad no occupation. Of the males. 69 wero barn in Pennsylvania, 10 in Ireland, 3 in Wales, 2 in C ••rnaany, 2 in Maryland, I in Ohio, and lin Massachusetts. Of the females, 50 were born in Pennsylvania, 8 in Ireland. 3 in England, 2 iu Germany, I in Wales, I in Virginia, 1 in Mary. land, and lin New York. Total admissions, to .the emit of 1852,155-67 males, 88 females. STAIR AGIUCULTViIaL Savior. CoNVICITIox.....A convention of the Mends of a State Agricultural School, assembled in the Senate Chamber, at liar risborgh, on the 9Lh ihst. Thirty-eight counties were represented, and John Strohm, of Lancaster county, presided: Messrs. G. B. Brown, A. L. D wyn, F. M. Watts, Simon Cameron, Ben)'. Herr, Algeron S. 4:aerie, El. N. M'Allister aid John Strohm, were appointed a committee to. prepare business, who subsequentt; presented a revrt, in which they urge, -with much ,orce, the practicabili ty bf thu establishment of en institutit... whic:l boys may receive not only a thorough English edti ,cation, but also be instructed in the various branches of scientific end practical hisbandry.' "To com bine pinc,ice with theory," says the report, "to Warn the reagens of things and to acquire, by ex perience, the *hole routine of a farmer's life, are the great purposes ia the establishment t.f . this schnnt." . , It is proposed that the institution shall receive legislative sanction by an act of incorporation, and that the funds necessary for its maintenance an.l support be the capital, which shall hst divided iota four thousand .hares at twenty-five dollars per share, ami.untiag to one hundred thousand dollar.. But . to raise in amount aufficient fur the early re quirements of the institution it is designed to pro cure ten thcvatad dollars from individuals, five thousand from thoeState Aviculture! Society, and so solicit an a•propriation of ten thousand dollars from the pieta.. Prior th the adjournment of the convention, a corn wiittee wiva appointed to drat a bill in aceg• r d snce witivitheobjicts of the report, and submit the lame 1 0 the Legislature fur its action. , .7' The Syracuse Star of Wednesday, announc ed its intentioo,for the future, as follow,: 4 -the administration of General Pierce. in so far as it may be conservativa and just, shall be upheld with tied our might and nolo. We acknowledge no (*.party fealty or obligatioan to "Higher . Law' whig-; our shill we shako hands with Soft or Free, Soil Democracy, but we do bow to National Whi, gory and National Dlonocracy...-eas and Lit o ) To Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce, stand, we can look with pride sad hope; *I them we crave our CAMItryIIII4IIMI to ratty, aervaion untusistieJ, of the Natlon'l honor " batik Wilmot of has Obrisig, v- Of themeny interesting relic. Amid frisoments of antiquity, which have been brought to Hitt by the persevering researches o f modern philosophy. none coeld have been more interesting to the philanthro pist aniPbeliever, :ban the one we publish below . !`Chance,l l says the Courier des Etats Eels, "has lust put into our hands the most imposing and inter esting judicial document to all Christians, that ever has been recorded in human annals:" that is, the identical Death Warrant of our Lordews Christ. The document was faithfully transcri - by the ed itor, in these words: Sentence rendered by Pontius Pilate, acting Gob ernor of Lower Galilee. stating that Jew of Nazareth shall stiffer death on the cross. In the year seventeen of the emperor -Tiberius and the 27th ,'ay of :March, - the city of the holy Jerusalem. Anna and Caisphas being priests, sacrafiscaturs of the peep's of Gs.id. Pontius Pilate, Governer of Lower Galilee, sitting in the Presideo tial Chair, of the Prietory, condoms Jesus of Naza reth to die or. the cross between two thieves—the great and notorious evidence uf the people saying— I. Jesus is a seducer. 2. He is seditious. 3. Ile is the enemy of the lAA-. 4. He calls himself falsely the Son of God. 5. He calls himself falsely the King of Israel. 6. He entered into the temple, followed by d mul titude bearing palm brioches in their hands. • Orders the first Centurian, Q iilius Cornelius, to lead him to the plsc of execution. :• Forbid's any person, whomsoever, either poor or rich to oppose the death of Jesus. The witnesses who signed the condemnation of Jesus, are: • 1. Daniel Robani, s Pha d rises. 2. Juannus Roroinble. 3. Raphael 'Mani. 4. Cape!, a citizen. Jesus shall go oat of the city of Jerusalem by the late of Strueuus. The above sentence is engraved on copper plate; on one side - are written these words: "A similar plate is sent to each tribe.'! It was found is an an tique vase of white marble while excavating in the ancient city of Agititla , in, he kingdom of Naples, in the year 1810, and was discovered by the Com missioners of Arts of the French armies. At the expedition of Naples, it was inclosed in a box of eb ony as the sacristy of the Chantal. The French translation was made by the Commissaries of Arts. The original is in the Hebrew language—Phil. Gazette. Tux PRICK or liton.—The Hartford Tines says: In less than a year the pike of rail road iron in Great Britain has advanced front £.5 or about lik/5, to £lO or $.50 per ton. It will probabably not stop short of £l2 or £l4 per ton. At least 25,000 miles iron railroad are now con structing in Europe and America-14,000 in this country. They will requiie for their sompletion 2,400,000 tons of iron. To make this will occupy all the rolling mills in the world, which are enga ged in the manufacture of rail road iron, at least sic years—those of Great:gritain furnishinE three fourilts,and the United States, France and Belgium the remaining fourth. The best authorities do not estimate the -largest quantity of railroad iron made in any one year siren as high as 400.000 ions, yet even at this rate it will take is years to furn:sh iron for the roads already" begun. The necessary consequeitce of this elate of things is, that the prlce of railroad iron will not only beep up but further advance, and be maintained at. very high pr:ces for a long tiftie. This will -make the manufacture of railroad iron the best manufacturing business that can be undertaken in this country fur aquae years, fur it is affirm on the best authority, that the article which is 1101, selling at $7O, with every prospect oradvancii.g to at least SSO per ton, ply' a fair profit to the wisher at $5) per ton. The advance in iron will nearly double the cost of many of the railways at the west and south, for the c•ust of grading upon rsitme of thorn watt testa per mile than the e ►st of the iron, even beft.re it advent. ed. The profit to a few of the companies which hale secured their iron at; low price.. will be tag large. The English railroad eumpat►iee are com penal to pay $lO per ton more for their iron at home, than the price at which our raiiromi times- Lilies were enabled to obtain it &both a .)ear ago, freight - and duties included. FCITURB. Saws TIMM . LIBICIRIA —The national Intelligencer save tho knierican Culin.attion Sati ety hats received letterer from Monrovia sod Buch man, in 'Aerie, to ths.isa. January, which, con tain encouraging intelligence respecting the condi tion and prospects of the new republic. President Roberts had returned from his visit to England and France, and the settlement of Fishingtion territory had been resumed with encouraging prespectr. Besides the bark Shirley, from Baltimore, two other imigrant vessels which sailed last November the Joseph Maxwell from Wilmington, N. C., and the Linda Seward from Norfolk, also the Ori ole, which sailed from New Yurk in October—had arrived to safety, with three hundred and sixty em igrants. The steam saw-mill at Buchman was in success ful operation. Mr. Benito says, •‘lts worth to Li beria in general, and this county in particular, is indescribable. It gives new life to the c we hue plenty of. lo4s (111,nber not used befits) brought duwn the river*. The mites of the coun try base heanily entered into the spirit of getting timber. Rafts are seen almost daily Busting down three ricer.," the St. Jobtil, Mechlin, and Benson. A accident had °mired at the saw mill. Ha was acc.dently caught by the circular saw, and was so.much injured that he died in a few hours. His place, is engineer, has beta supplied by George L. Seymour. II a deatb, husrevey, lizs deprived Lebe rim of the eervic. , s of cmit of hie mist vslusble citi zens. Bane or CUICAOO.-1a accordance with bis an• nouucement, yesterday mornirtg, at a few minutes after 8 o'clock, Mr. Seth Paine commenced redeem ing the hills of the Bank of Chicago, rhea present ed in sums of less than five dollars. A row of per sins soon formed at the atx,r of Geo. Anderson's Tobacco Store, and marched up to the counter io single file, ■ccnidin: to Post Office regulations,— Each party that (►resented a bill was questioned whether tie had taken it for its face or bought it at a disdount—Mr. Paine's intention being only to 'pay what parties gave. For two hours the file nal long, but Shen some hundred ant eighty persons had re ceived good bills for what they held—tinder $5 of the Bank of Chicago—the applicants became less numerous. After redeeming $3)O, of 280 persons, Mr. Paine's pile of current b:lls was exhansted, and lie announced the fact, —at the cams time express ing the hope that he would-be able, in a few days, to redeem every nutetanding dollar of the Bank of Chics yo. Tan ASIE:RICAN EXPLORING EPPADITION 01 TOR RIVER, 'SWAZIS:I.—The Panama Echo learns from Captato Thomas, who arrived in tne Nueva Grana da, that the day before the sweater sailed an ex press arrived, overland, from the American explor ing expedition on the Amazon. The expiators bad reached a point on the river, in nearly a direct line, tome three hundred miles distant, but, by the circu itous route which the express was compelled to take was •bout three hundred and seventy-five miles distant. There they had fowl! a magnificent and, be -1 • and . maw_ ..gnes, insludiag a bust of the ianooo, to be exhibitod..- ; The Emperor of the Froosh, the Pope, and she Bul -1 tan ars emus, tho cootribatarP. &gland sends 642. object,. ?Haas 696, the Zullvarefa 600, Hal -1 bind $412. and Italy 100 statse•. C6l. Hagboe will aboitly Nome Latedeor‘r Pala, sad paned se the i le* eral Europese 000ssi,opoo:his isportaat sisoioa. th MOW orthe pre igiviknegit Erie Mtltlq thertitr. ERIE, A. lIA.TURDAY HORNING. APRIL 9, 1853 Rkuovet..—The office of the Obstrver will be retort. Aid to-day to Mr. Cade*ll's now building, fourth story, COMM st Skate sad Fifth Streets. wham we shall be tooled hereafter, ready to serve our Meads. Many oth ers are takiag ap now abodes •s this first •f April.— Merrick & Davis seccesda Mr. Knowlios is erespancy. & Norton occupy N•. 10 Brews'• block, and John Sweeney has rousted his stock to No. 1 Perry BMA. The basks sag beebsees of the •ise of the Ob. surer sill still be at the Book Store. No. 9, Brown's block. whore we should be happy to give receipts for about $2OOO, between this and the first of May. Er We hassle's. presented with *overt! 800 •agrar isgo from the lets Americas Art Union. through Isaac Mem:head Esq.. duer goatlomesly flowery Societal for this city. for which tb• donors hare our thanks. It will w reeteollocted that that Institution was closed by legal psecoodiuge some tins' since. the quietists having boss submitted to tho marts for.docislea by the meal gers. Ede Canal Appointments. The Beard of Direators of the Erie Canal Compsey met at their *Mee in this city on Tuesday week tad made the following appointmeets: Reperiateedent of the Line—T. G. Colt. Socretary—M. W. Caoghsy. Treasurer—David WAlaster. Collecter. Erie—W. P. Gtlanu. •• Conneautvilli—C. Cnertright. •• Meadville—Sidney Celt. • Gnsaviile—Jame. Mills. •• Newcastle—Alex. Newell. •• Jonetion—Wm. Newell. Supervisor Beaver Divisila and Collector at Bridge. Water—David Bois —Gazette. 117 The Steamer Booth hal at {smith succeeded in (oilier •loag side the deck at Dankirit when she will andoebtedly remain earn the tiled Mimes hard enough from the west to drive the leo below that point. The America is in the too its the viciaity of Silverereek sad will most ;likely be the first boat late Buffalo this season, basing et tate the' Ise aad drifted from above Penltirk to bar pment position. She is loaded with life hogs, bat how they will fare remains to be seen. azr Orsstat• et, NAV 101710O.Tb• bike ban biros •early free of ice opposite our city for a weak. sod :wo sail remote departed from bars •p the !site laat Tuesday. Summers will dad no difficulty i■ getting in here. and if we had what freight is laying at Dunkirk and Boffelo a our docks. it would reach• its destination much soo•er t than it will new. IV' are always open a. weak or two boner• ear ino;g1•6•••• I.6her ac lied when 111. Muni:wry and Erie Railroad le completed. Dods willirot bs detain ed. es thol an daring this spring. for dm timmilit.of steamboat owneromid favorites. MT The receipts e( the Erie sad North East Railroad fer the Month of February, were $19.357 92, boiog an inerseee over the month of January of $2.005 27, a pret ty good mouth's work for 19 mild., of Railroad. 17 The Oissreer @WORM. WE the so-called indepen dents (Democrats roally)elected RIGHT out of the TWELVE Common Common Conncilmon at the late charier elec tion. This is capping the clime: of fallacy. How was . Ole afereaptid feat achue wed? Why by platting two whiffs on their ticket in ih• East Ward. and adopting two of the 'velar Whig nominees in tho West Wisrd. Thif poli tics of thi, branch of the Connell nand, stem. Whigs to ram Dsmnerate. The other branch elands three to three, with the Mayor en this %Vhiesido. The 0/warear's attemptoto draw consolation from each a result is rather oterstratiled.—Gaults The"Oirserrer"doei net attempt to"draw consolation" from the result of the late election. The editor of the Gautts knows that the election was not a party test, but that by making pledges for improvements in Cl* western part of the town, the whig candidate suedesded in car rying a large portion of the Democratic votes of the" west ward. while many of the whigs in both wards vo ted for Mr. Whitton. We only stated the facts of the revolt without any reference to polities 0111 the part of the Independent ticket, and the Gazette admits their truth. If the Gazelle contends, however, that they have bat 22 whig majority in the city, we are not disposed to quarrel with them about it. but lot it go so. The councils last year were of both parties, and they are so now; and we presema the people are satisfied, whether they were elected by Whig or Democratic votes. LT Mr. Woodruff, the Engineer. a:m*6nm that the Welland eanariiill be epeoed througheet and ready to paw vessels. ea the first of April. Er We learn from this Mercer Pram, that Mr. Wm: Tanner. who had lately gone from Merest , county to Or• egos, was shot by a ma■ Named Stuart, with whom he had a quarrel about some land. Mr. Tanner had wailed a piece of land, lived ou it for some time. and Improved it. Beim absent from it for a short period, on business. on his return, be found Stuart on it, when he attempted to compel him to leave. In the quarrel Stuart shot Ten• nor In the abdomen, saucing death in a few hours. TT The Buffalo Courier, in reply to our 'nick of last week ippon the Gauge Law, says: '•The 'change of gauge' here is quite a different affair. If it were advisable that freight ears should non four or five heudred miles without ehang• ng. thee there might be some fere* in the remarks of the Observer." That is acknowledging the earn in a sensible way. We had all the while suspected that Net. but have been un able to draw out its. acknowledgment before. Laok at the consistency of the thing. liere we have a uniform gauge from here all over the State of Ohio, and cars come here from all parts of that State. even "four or five hundred Miles." a distance which the' Courier" says it is not "advisable that fright ears should rue." sad yet .ager policy for you 17 to pt would ha a different thing alai. %Vimid yen for a moment suppose that your mere throwing "impediments is the way of Commerce" by approving sash a move? Undoubtedly not. You would only be trying to prevent a aisles. break between your city and the market. which wield be perfectly right.— W• issiot that s long as the law. of the asvoralStates re main as they are, a chug* is inevitable. and that that change should be made in Pennsylvania, for the p ro mo. Usu. whatever it may be, to oar ewe State, improve ments. Are ws right in this sr net. Mr. Courier. The Courier is entirety mistaken about our "bottom ing mato" Gads, the "onisitigated nnisasert." it is a "nuisance" pet in thy way by the Central Railroad Compeer. sad when they get tired of it they can re move it. unless they cam. through false ota•monts and mietrepreseatathms of the press each side et mt. sad the operations of • set of moaner boom. 'maws ell fetish tare to repeal the gang* law. by which they.win he ena bled to peas through here sad hood Wail "position to their reed. We lutes& hope AM they may set eseesa. mid that sbe book of gauge Wyse. se sad ON, sky of Nis Tett may be takes 'sop. dor ss as equal shoos be a stakes is the iliessitpteer stew et the Eitnt: rievilfissk t LITTiI IMAII-14111 My last was from Baltimore, and It date wimps may bate been Sendar b fm-it was a lilenday we were there. And why veen we them, the Tessler may sun• tally enquire. For a good sad sufficiadt reason, dear ' reader—oeceesity! Necessity, it is said. is the mother of invention, bet it has never yet invented a way for a traveler to puss through Baltimore without leaving from ens to five dollars. "At least, so says Et-Governor P.. efour State, and he ought le know; and to do him jai. tie*. oar experience bears him oat. Are the ears five Anima , * behind tiara, yea most console yourself as well as you can, and take up your quarters at a hotel, and quietly await the east train. Are the ears there i■ time, yonrOuly coarse is to give a jebew a dollar, sad tell him to carry yen across the city to the other station. Unless you show your dollar—a half won't do it.-ton chasms to ono yen will be too late. Here tb.re is no break of gauge. and harm* no apparent necessity or muse for the awls dlo; yet people submit to it—do not murmur at it—bet take it for grainyd that it is a necessity. which cannot be overcome: Some of oar. BuffAlo neighbors, who are hers now, ought to take this groat wrong in hand, and ' have it abolished. We make the suggestioa—thoy can eikkii it for what it Is worth or let it ales,: Bet what of Baltimore! One cannot see Dahlman, as it is. on a Sabbath day. Its streets. and alleys. and public buildings are thereto be sars•bat its smells want• gag. Trade sad commerce. the hie bleed of a city. bee dormant. Nevertheless one can tell that it is a sieepleg giant—that when the sun rises on Monday meriting. the streets will be alive with Ugliness, the hum of industry will go up from this hire of resting humanity. epithet frivolity and fashion will jostle against usefolle bee. want against wealth. and crime and wniteliedossa 11116111 i tato to face with worth and honesty in these now. quiet streets. Baltimore. 116 e every other great city coltishly all this. yet one can seareely realise it when looking open its giant surface en a bright Sabbath day. with the deep toned_chorch bell, milling the people to prayers. sounding in one's ears. It was with thoughts like these that we took a seat at the window at ••Bar aums!' to watch the Dewing stream of worshippers wending their way t o church. The city is famed in song and story for the beauty of its ladies, and we wished to see whether it was merited. Doubtless both song end story have been exagerated, yet is oar few moments etr servatinn wosaw eatough to cause any ones heart. not pre-eccepied with a quiet home picture, to palpitate.— In comparison with New Ult. the ladies of Baltimore exhibit far net. taste in- dresi..erhfie their style Df been ty• is better calculated to fill that 'trio home comer is the heart around which cluster all , os)\dootestis ties, than to dente the eye. A week is iVashingten: Otte see.os great many things in • week at Waskinglea, sopecity at a time hkeibis, when the government undergoes a emirs rev olution. Offise-seekers are Nero by mires: t y jostle you is hotels. on the A at private botroingoases. at charch---•everywnerel rol;ticiane, bent upon o \ roing their friends provided fur Senators, intent.upon looking after the proper distribution of the spoils in - their partic ular Stotts; gentleman of leisure; and gentlemen of pleisureohe one to vs the sights and mix In the ex eitement of the occasion, and the ether seeking seam "green one" to Beget, are all here, and all are busy.— Between them all the now Secretaries have a ”si oleo time •f it." Campbell and Guthrie appear la be the grand ceatre of attraction. How the latter bears him self. we eapnot say, bat the Judge COONS up to tha work admirably. TheCsbiset hold daily cosiest; after which the Secretaries receive the call, of their friends—and each, bee say quantity of that commodity just now. But moment is devoted to each.vilther. and these- Moments are well employed by most of thee.. The general im preesion here is that Whelk Jodie Campbell gets fairly in harem*, amid is relieved far the present 'maids pressure. he will make a meet admirable officer. Ono word hero, es pommel. as to the impression certain pers.o bays promulgated obread that he 0..w00 into. the o a bi ug t as the re . promintitive of a certain prominent politician of oar State: Nothing, we are confident, is wider of the mark, and the supposition only shows bow little respect those who entertain it have for him. According to their icleUi and hopes the iodate is to halm no mind of hii own—or individuality—bat is le become the mere ia strament in t h e bud* of auother t. reward this favorite and punish that enemy! Now mark it!—be will do no each thing; be will assume no men's rowels, nor never himself with the mantle of any man's friends .ips. He will !real all as Democrats. no matter bow their prefer ences pointed fur Prssidout previous to the Baltimore Convention. He.ee, if soy one has laid the Battering unction to his soul that all he bairto do to obtain office is to come hero and tell Jodge Campbell that was a prominent Buchanan or Cass man. previous to the nom ination of Pierce, he will be most sadly disappointed.— Being this or that man's man, Is not one of the gash& - cations recognized by the Department over which Judge Cainpbell presides! These are our impressions. formed before we cams here. and strengthened and confirmed - iler be 'cake br hetlif but make oat the commission, quick, fer I must be go ing '•Very happy to see yoo," said P., "but you must go to the Post Master General—he has charge of all of , that kind abash:less." "Post Master General be 11-41" shouted 'old Virginia,' "I didn't vote for bim—/ don't know bite, and don't want to; you're this man 1 voted for; and now I want to be Post Master." flare the President look another tack; "But my dear friend the records are al/ kept down at the Post Office Department, there they keep all the names of the Post Masters, and there you must Ale your papers, and they will be dully acted open:" 'His name:—why I knew his name, If that'. all yen want," persisted the woold•be Poet Master; "his name is John Smith, and he's just a little the mean est whig between James Itieer and the Big Sandy " The . President found he had got a "customer," and he wads ahem work of it, by calling &rpm): O'Neil. and walk's; the slit of "old Virginia" oat. This is so fancy:sketch. reader; the eccurreoco did actually take. place daring the past week, nearly in the manner and form as related above. it it? No that Wu have meta good raspy hasty leashing here not unknown to fame. Judge Eldred, Ex-Governor Porter, and Joh. A. Gamble. E4q.. late Canal Commisoiomor. all %Alai to bo Collector of the Pert of Philodolphis.— Whit& will win is yet ameertaia. Col. Sam Black is al so hors. bookie( as Los as ever. aid as full of fun and good fooling as though he were consist of being ap peiated Governor of ono of the territories. which we hope be will be. On Saturday we met our fried. Col. Norris. bout Greens: be had bean eve to use the Presi• deal. and was then booed for the room of the Poet Mas ts/ General. What eiseettso hi ban met with we do not know. but he is evidently oat of bin district. By am of Coupes. of 1836,it is declared that is versos eta be appointed Pest blaster who doss not reside wititis the sity.'yillogs or delivery of the office. A. the Colonel's dolivury is at Hall's Station. and not Erie. of coarse he is inollgiblo. We regret that he has upset his time and mislay on oath a bootless chase, bit that kith* law. aid the law ipnires this moo. Yours. 8. Peika.—k Omits: is a Chestnut' part/ «Amato@ that otiose Perk Mee above *KA a 517 pit MI. ht Plew Irepbealti e times owe to Om thane sin bc)eat as every joirftilletl 11th. blisefeaippi Valivytbkrellea.. • 't Wasitticrov, Maid, 21, 1&211. •r Demearstie Moeda& A Demoeratio muting of Conisisantieceisbip, was bald at the hoes* of Stephen Manger. in this village of Albion. in said towaship, in the county of Erie, Pa., on the 24th day of March. 1E53, at which David Wilco: was elected chairman. and al.ehael Jackson, Secretary. After the eLjoct of the meetwg had been stated, it was moved that a suitable pereon be named to be recom mended for the oppointa tent of Post Mister in the village of Albion. and after a fall vote of the meeting. Michael Jackson was by a large majority, recommended fur that office, and a petition is the Pest Muter General setting forth the objects of the meeting and its results, was draws up. and staanirnously . sigeed be the members of said meeting than present. On motion it was &soloed. That , the proceidinp .f this meeting be signed by the .Irwin el the meeting, and published in the Erie' Observer. DAVID WILCOX, Pres't. M. 'acme. Seer. Democratic Meeting at Lockport. A meeting of the Democrats of Luckport aid vicinity wes held on the 26:h alt., for the purpose of soloctieg: sod recommending to the Post Master General a suita ble pima to be appointed Post Muter at that place. It was en motion, unanimously agreed that the meeting would be guserned in the selection of Post Master by the decision of the nseetiog, and that said desision be in ads by hello'. After the vote wee taken it was found the . 38 votes had beau cast, of which .1 B. Page had recede ad 30: Win. Sherwood, 6; and J. Van Let u, 2. John B. Page was thereupon preneeneed the eand;date for said office. J. C. CurnliN, Seey. JOHN PEASF.. ILT The Bureau of the Treuury it, -pot the Col lowiug official notice in relation to the 5 Der dent stook which falls due oo the i.t of July next: . Notice is hereby given that the eve , deck created under the previsiels orate act of 843, will. in pursuance' of thn terms of i re. deemed at the T y of the United States on the first day et Jaly newt. at whiett date the interest - thereon will • Holders of that stock desiring to receive the •principal ■nd interest seltrued thereon previous to the ht of July next. may traninsit - their /certificate'. duly aseigittid to the United States. by mall or otherwise to this depart ment. sod drafts is their favor for the amulet of the principal and interest up to the date of receipt hero. will be remitted. potable by t , he Astsistant Treasurer most convesiout to item. GUTHRIE. t Secretary of the Treasury. Jesse Lmoi—The tow York Cowin, says it learns directly, and trim the vsry beat authority. that that fam ily difficulties iihtch wire remedy said to bane deter mined this distingoishe`ti artist to return to thie country, do not ixist in Oho leas degree; and there is no present prospest of earl bootie* her again from soy cause what ever. la At the mile of the household furntture of the late Dials! Webster: which took place at Washington on the 18th lost so sisal wee the desire of persons ,to possess meemoriols of him, that as ordinary cans•seat chair, with casters. (geiterall, occupied by Mr. Widener.) was sold for fifteen dollare.und a time piece that could have bee Put into his overcoat pocket, for thirty-nine dollars and 6. cents., 0:7 Charlestoiro (Mass) Adoertiser says the Rev. Dr. Fli ;of Lima city, "concluded • very interes ting and high! 'neu4tive course of Lectures. last Sab bath evening, pi the creation of the h and the earth. the birth of e tfirst parents end their banishment frem Paradise.' Thee lectures hare been very fully at tended throughout, a• d •ay be considered truly an in tellectital feast." r ' Hronivar article in Cham ber's Journal. entit ed "Steam arou the Cape," contains the following explinate re rks: . "Persons who dd not pay s ecial attention to nautical matriws are, , likely insure r prose that, emsidering the large number of este at sea, the surface of the great' ocean mast dolt ever, al= must in evert part, with the sails o e. alumina fleet. This,r however , not the case; the ocean, like the la nd' Imp its frequented highways and its wide regions or loneliness. If an observer, furni,,h ed with a forty-Herechel-telescope power of vision, could be el, vated to a height great ens gb to give him a view of they whole Atlantic, e would be struck by beholding hundreds of v. rig following one another ußna certain lines al..gm *try irregu lar course, while offer a very rge ;portion of the surface not a sail Would be aible. ' "Thus he would see e ships wilich leave this country fur the Cage . India puratie at the first a south-westerly cone, until they reached the neigh borhood of bladei then' keep more Idirectly to the south, at safe 41' ta.ce from the•Afriican coast; ;mil they crossed e line; theta stretch 'away:again to the 'oath eat, in the direction of South America, till they sin the zone of westerly winds; and final ly, ra tog a rather sharp turn into thew: winds, gn bong along before them to the eastward till they ice at the Cape, else, if so directed, passed to the southward of it. '•On the return voyage a similaricircuitous route is pursued, although the courses are In some extent retersei, the widest circuit or deviation from the direct line being made in the northern instead of the southern hemisphere. La the eXtensive spaces on either side of these frequented mutts, few ves sels will be seen. Here and there in African tra der might occasionally be perceived,; dodging -from pert to port; or a slaver scudding swiftly across the ocean—perhaps with a royal cruiser following stead ily upon her track, like a fierce bloodhound in put. suit." Ety. BR. Tr 13133 will be in Erie on Monday and Tuesday, the 4th and 3th of April at Browns Hotel where he may he consulted. roe particulars see advertisement in another col- Ulan. March 3 ti. 33--43. 1853 J. B. GUNNISON, 183 Dr•cctt in Book,. Stationery. :Monthly Maeasi flea, Cheap Publi• eations.Bbeet Musk. Newspapers. Gold Peas. Pocket Cutlery, ke.. ke. First door west of the Reed (louse. Erie. Pa. 3 tl JARECKI, Haan Poonnity, west side of State Street. Erie. Pa • 38 BROWN'S NEW ROTEL. CORNER OF STATE S.TRET