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THE OBSERVER.
B. F. SLOAN, Edit,)r
TIMM et do PIM tielAtt IN ADVANCE
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SATURDAY ItiORN'O, SEPT. 3, 1859
State Democratic Ticket.
Ml Axarros MIXIMAL,
RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT
FOR SCHVILTOIL
301114 ROWE.
The Fall Elections.
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The attention of politicians, north and'
south, has been very generally directed for
a month or two to the result of the August
elections in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama
and Texas; and the result has been all that
could reasonably be expected All these
states have rendered an unmistakable ver
dict for the Democratic party. True. }'rota
local causes, the Democracy have not man,-
tamed their number in the Congressional
delegation from the south, hut it is cvtdcnt
that that section of the Union p. as firm in
ut
the faith, u, enunciate , t at t'ineitiiitin
It.(st). as it mei when it went in t uthroken
phalanx for Mr BeIIiANAN Tlik being
propcfte. for the information of our
the jxlok. " for the rlet•-
Vermont holds her election next Tues
day. the WI. It is hastily to be expected
that the democrats 1%41 elect then ticket.
rot Vermont is too inveterately republican
to allow it . but it to expected that the re
publican majority will be very eisentially
reduced. lint only on account of the great
popularity of the democratic candidate for
Liottn . nor, .ions ti. SAxE. but front the still
greater popularity of the platform upon
which he has planted himself. In lsf,b
Fasidoss had 25,9 4 .4•2 majord)Xer Bt H A.N
AN in that State, while last yew HALL, the
republican candidate for Governor, and'a hu
is now running again, had but 15.92'2. The.
will be still further reduced it the coming
election.
California held her election list Thurs
day. the Ilth--of this month She has a
three-cornered fight, the ilemiicratshavii.g
an unfortunate division in their ranks and
supporting two distini t take ts.
LATH IR is the nominee for ilivernor up
€lll and JOHN CURRY Upon the 01110'
pOSSIHo tills split in the ih•unicratio
'ankh will secure the gectionot the repuh
lican ticket, but it ni not at all probable.--
lii Brut %NAN polled 53.365 votes in
the State, while FREMONT polled hut 2u,6 4 ,41.
In It•t:i7 WELLER was elected lio% ellior
an overwhelming majority over STAN Li, the
republican nominee. In Isl* the anti-
Lecompton and republican vote was united
upon a candidate for Supreme Judge, awl
still the democratic nominee, BALaw IN , had
more than eight thousand majority over
the combined vote. Since the democrats
were s ictorious last year by this large ma
jority of el both the disaffected democrats
and the republicans yorubmed, it is nut at
all probable that thifF tt ill be beaten now
that these are divided.
111 Maine the election is to be held ou
, Ihed V i i ii iki: a Governor and Legislator.- -
e- . nominated MAN AS -
H. anditt.
ate._
much
- b
'e cOilltbilrats shall make
'
Ao
I s' upon the republican tuts
they did during the two preceding elec
tions, they will succeed In the le
publican majority was 2/..099, !tug
year it was but 5.942. The tigui
show that during those two ) ears the &M
-ot-Tittle vote increased more than ta elve
thousand, and at the same time the repub
lican vota..decreased eight thousand. The
democrats, at their nominating cote ention,
planted themselves fairly and squarely up
on ispular sovereignty principles, while
the republicans were forced to lease their
intervention doctrine, and, in a sort of
skulking way, acknowledged, the very la ua
ciples for which the democratic party has
always contended. This gives the democ
racy an advantage that they are using to
good effect, as the result will prove As
showing the tendency of democratic prin
ciples in that State, it is worthy of mention
that one of-the delegates appointed to the
Chat lestou convention by the democratic
State:convention was four years ago a repute
lican member Of 'ongreas. He has already
discovered the evil tendency of then ways
and left them.
In our own state, the election which
takes place i tctober 11th will not decide
definitely the strength of either party ----
J tid gin g from the tone of the press on both
sides, there has not been for years a contest
in which so little interest is taken . not
withstanding this we think we shall carry
the state ticket,and secure a =kit): in the
legislature. Should this expectation, how
ever, not be realized we do not think it in
dicates that the state will not be found ar
rayed on the side ofa Democrat for President
in 1 6ii. The treason of FORNEY has abotil
lost it, effect Before it was known that
he was using his influens fur the purpose of
revenge, by playing into the hands of the
Republicans, as he evidently did la_sc fall.
alert. were-many who believed in lus
man. and voted as they thought in a man
ner to carry them into etTect—but a year of
calm reflection and inve,tigation has ohlit
crated much of this, and con\ kneed them
the utter unworthineviot cau.e We
s look therefore with a good drof of confi
dence toi the Keystone State m again re
sume her pomtion at the head of the pp m .
ocratic column.
ohio the democrat- itre making a
.plendul rontel.t,with thechato e- or a fit‘ or
able result decidedly in their favor Two
rears ago Governor ( 11 A '4, was re.electe4l by
only twelt e hundred maiorit). and DEN N •
, the present republic-An nominee. i.
confessedh not so strong as he was. He
-ides that, the republican. hake la-en un
fortunate with their nominee for Supreme
udge—unfortunate that they proaerihed
Judge SwAs. and unfortunate that the)
I rought out GHOLSON, an ex•slaveholder,
his stead. The Oberlin abolitionists control
the party organization. and will drive hun
dreds and thosand, of conservative men
from it.
The democrats of lowa are making one
of the most gallant eontets that will be
Witlefs , ol,l in any state this tear eeeuruel
A C.,,lhum.it it the ear:did:tie for twv,o
atPI he. With nearly all the other d emoerat
te nominees, has taken the stump. ata,l 1•••
following up the evil doctrine:, of repuith.
eanism in a manner that will open thee) 1 , .
of the people to the truth a.% it tenth ex-
1 , 1- 111 I ' . .fd Purim. T ., illawril %,n that iPosk...l t ioi.:o o'. Pil trr, in a communication
SI Ile was ;.7*-1, is itile 1.1 , 1 Neat the :nap! 1 " the St. Paul Ton", "V%. "1 was at Y l ' l ''
Vow Medicine during the recent payment
It \ I.AI then •pullooan notninee for Seen* •
01 the Upper Sioux. About one hundred
tats ~f Stat., w:t- I.ut 8.337. and th.. sent of t h e re d men ii ere sheared and dresaed
1n.t..1.. Ow 1 1 13 1" 11 tN for o4ivernor via, .4131 'in the al. poirel of white men. Previous to
le—. the operation. Sup*.rintendent Cullen ad
aresAeti them through an interpreter, arid
I-
.he iteat
In Minnesota the republicans have non Aat" that be wished to have them vot ,,
mated It tasEv for governor. anti the deco- the next election, and vote the Pewincratic
ocrats BEL IL ER. The t letn ac rat.- have held ti,-4 et Ilarruburg Telegraph •
their nominating convention so recently And we hope they will obey him. If
that no opinion earl he formed as yet of black men are allowed to vote in Massa
the prospects nr probable result of the elee- chusets two years sooner than a white man
tier —if the negro is made the equal of the
An election is to tg. hell in Kansas in white man in Ohio, by allowing him the
(.k.tober fora Delegate in t otigress. 'SAN- elective franchise—if we are to have a "nig
um. W Jonssus t-• the democratic none- ger" in every platform, and have him
nee and M A ItCV, PaROTT the republi- thrust under our nose at every election—
why in the name of sense should not the
copper colored natives be allowed to take
a hand in, and enjoy the glorious privile
ges of citizenship We tlpe they'll vote,
and Ott' right in Minnesota.
can.
None of the StateAwhich hold their riots
mil, in November have yet entered the
campaign In Ne York. New Jeraey.
Mits.saAnsetts and Wi,eonsin. both partiea
have eiaukd calls for. then nominating con
ventions. brit none of them have been held
its !, et In . .Nis- York the prospects of the
Democratic paid whs never better, and if
they but remain n't4ited we look for a splen•
li,ltu•tort IninalPi of the other northern
St:Lt.,' wIiICh tint obtu enomerace4l,
tie
tlo• han e for the democrats to
be Just as for the 'rt!pullieans, awl
although I.e do not anticipirte a victor)
the wive ,tt tiohn. et we `thall
hr ui.-
taken if -..111t• .1 . them to not exhibit
,eout ate tUICin the pre
ceding ) ear
ate- There wn.s, tt Douglas meeting m
Pittsbutgli the othei dii), In ‘N 1/101 :•ornt
of a o • pat heti 434 utterede(ltl[uent, am{
th.elareii then dettlimnation n. to the fu
ture, whieh. in the present ,tat.• ot the
part). nr.• hat nignifiettllt
the -I.oakers we tu tuce the uawe, or Bar
net t. Dr: , Keyser hod .Wi'ook. All thr.4•
ut 1.1.11•-V gentlemt•h acre prominent in get
ting up the Fulu Bogu- State Corn ention
1111,1,ring—the !Atte/ gentleman making
111 ,t -pee. :wting %'..
helieve a., the Prokicient of the l'onvention.
At the meeting rtiferred to in PittOtingh.
Barnett, hAving irigni, de
(larva purl Illtentrans ut fUrtilWr
mg the movement to he not the di-ot gamta-
tion the Democratic party, Lot simply
the advocaty of the nomination ~f
D oug , l a 4 tln i 4Lx riesidency Ile tihOUlt.l
irt the actelii of the united I tonlocr.tt
1, party, in the Comity. State and National
Dr:lie thought all Demo
crat,. wore a elcorie at tile meeting—wheal-
Dought- men dr not He,lel not VOMe
to oppot.e the gallant Douglas. 'alio had re
ceived threJhun(lred and twenty-twos ote,
in the la ,t National conveutton Harmo
ny and tinatunint) war a bsol u t e ' ) neee.sAry
to sneces- Whltes or the elaitn ot differ
ent D,lnocruti, ' whoever the i'anibilatc.i
preferre , l, there!youid Ipe no harm in -.7t
pres.ilig u preteri.nce for I kaiglas lie was
not in favor of 141-h-whacking oi denounc
ing any vile Or M't look ttxpies-ed di--
appointment at the eViiielice of a fatal
nece—it‘ us hi , 11 S'alled .rof many Demoerat-,
together lie ef pres, , ed ht- ',reference f.,r
Mr. Douglas-----14 di"-ati,faction with the
ac t i o n of the loc,i 14..1110er:tut; 'ounty Con
% ention—aMi IN•ilri (with Mr. Bat nett)
that any I 4 moetat was hct ter than a Black
sail that he rumemliere•
pre:"; preference, a e.hould denounce none
Th e thi n e Democrack- - meant the got ern
meld of laptilar , ouereign4 .1-
,',,,,,r, 1r 417, gal Stat
4 ., 'e. f. ~%•••
4, • The-,r prew.iii:4 of t 011611(1,41 h
alt% 1., ale thlate. the pal ,coming
34 they (L. ti, to thter prnruittent actor , in
the Foriloy'- rtp , %onient ha-t THE ) : to de
fent the State ticket and di:Nal:tinily the
taut e‘,ll, Iti-kl•IN that thi - ,! attempt
ha, I,tut eti 3 failure. At till- rate that arch
ti,, f , .11rn%e1., in
tNi - -6terti Penn-y Ivuuia but the W A ren
Ledger awl the Erie
Tio• followlng telegram /cc- hee
sent all ovet the vountr If it is not
..ensation mamilaettned fe r the
run. it w. , tild appe:tt that Nfi lire< kin
riage doe, unit intend to Candid/II f• at
the present time for the L'restkletitial 11.111-
it,lition. Mr lAreckinn,lge is one of the
mren hrilleant -tatesmen in the country,
;;oung talent.. .I. ardent 111)11 ,Thtlue,ta.sti,.--
fi e . DeinocrHtie reenid e. pure, ana he hits
the eonfnienee of his enuntr),lnen who
would delight to do him Honor. now or
hereafter. It has hefore Leen Intimati.,l
that the V WI- Pre , ldellt was it ntent to
drank to the future 'rxid would leave the
press-iit battle to he fought Lt older eon
te,tant- longer in the field Although not
accustomed to take for pi...p..1 ever) thing
which appear, a., telegrams We have reason
to relieve that Its information isitituined in
the tollowing dispatch, is correct
. WAsnisione.: Avg. Dit,
Attorney-General Black, in eonveriation
with ti Democratic editor in Penn•} lvania.
said that Ile was in receipt of a letter from
Vice President fireckinridgeg in which he
said that he wan not, and would not he un
der an) en-cum-taller-4. a candidate for the
Prenidency. P. , hum it atict entirely
tru-t%%orthy.
The New York hfer,ilimmotince filename
'act In the iolborinv tvordn
Judge Black has received a letter from
Viet , President lireekinralge, deprecating
any use whatel cr of he• name in connection
w•tth the iiinnhiation
tie the >i'rexuienc~.—
It t. -aid that he profer. it sow in the Stell
ate. The teti•ently elected Logiadatilie of
Kentucky will elect him •uccos,or
to Mr t ritten4len. whose term expires
Jtar,•le, IvA).
The devotes
se, en f , the is - wrests inilenee and
onstiltations. inei•
11111 :it tt•riding the IViw-(11,1 duel. It is
tin• drum lest a tibinsh that the mind finnan
can eoneeive The NMV Vurk Ere , 0111 1 Po,s/
well .at s of it :
"If the "'met publish the
of thi precious narati%e , it would
have 4 greater effect against duelling than
any formal treatise upon it that was ever
written. It is the most inconuoivaLly nau
.4,46lli:salmi-ft, that wa4 ever put together,
and must turn the of Honor,' a, it
e t i,11, 4 1, into everlasting ridicule :mil con
tempt."
mar The Pittsburgh ma): "the
Democratic track in It‘GOwill lie knee deep
in dirt," The Jilar-ria/ man e vid en tly t i mi k,
the Democracy are going to reie over hip,
party rough-shod !
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*dr Deputy Sherif, Jon.; Pi irT, of Ly
coming l . tni Illy, was tined eek #4l l an, I
en -t., and required to give bail in .1 1, :;do for
; , •)%vitidwg thy, ediior of the NV illiatreport
Prru. Cheap enough
lair The anniversary Or the Battle of
Lake Erie is at hand: and this time it is
to be celebrated at Put-In-Bay by the lay
ing of the corner stone of the Perry Mon
ument, with imposing ceremonies, a de
scription of which we give below : Shall
not Erie be fully represented at this great
national festival ? Erie, the Port where
the gallant Perry built and, equipeti his
tleet,l and v. here many of his officers and
ere% n . . 11 -sleep their last sleep." Let
t n e - i ,t i mp b •tirev4.: tort, not and let nu take
From the Sandusky Daily Register
We are gratified to learn that the Exec
utive Committee of the "Battle of Lake
Erie Monument Association," have adopted
the appropriate and significant design by
T. U .loses, Sculptor of Cincinnati, to com
memorate the hrillutnt victory achieved by
li. Perry, near Put-in-Bay, on the 10th
of Member, 1,513. The design is a naval
eolurun, as ranch so as the lines of naval
architecture will permit, one hundred and
sett) gist high, and to be erected on the
Inglie-t point of the Island of Gibraltar,
where Perry had his look-out. The ex
treme height of Gibraltar above water is 40
feet--making the whole height of the col
umn above the level of the Lake : - .)00 feet
—where one of the greatest marine views
in the world may be seen. The greatest
breadth of base—including three courses—
twenty-seven feet by four feet six inches
}nail , breadth of dad°, or (he of ',edema},
1. 2il feet by Is feet high ; breadth of cor
nice over pedestal, twenty-four feet by five
leet rashes high ; diameter of shaft of
column, lit base, 12 feet six inches; length
o f -h a ft of column ..10 feet height of cap
ital, twelve feet six inches ; height of ped
estal for statue twelve feet ; height of stat
ue of Perry—crowning the whole—eigh
teen feet. The three base courses of stone
are as plain as could be desired. The die
of the pedestal is—as though a section of
a man-iil-war had been taken from amid
ships—pierced with ports to receive the
guns used in the Battle of Lake Erie, pro
\ ifb-s1 they can be procured. In the cor
nice of the pedestal all ornament is dis
pensed with. The shaft of the column is
without flutes or ornament—plain as the
- mast of some grand admiral. The cap
ital, like that of the Curinthian order, is
the principal feature of the column, The
capital, though in three parts, forms a com
plete whole The first, or lower section,
is formed of boldly curved marine shells,
instead of Acanthus leaves. The second,
or middle t.eetion of the capital, is composed
of tour prows of ships boldly projecting,
surmounted with four figure heads—the
-rails" terminating on the bows—" Haws
holes" i e the bows, &c. The upper, or
third section of the capital, forming the
abacus, in composed of the bulwarks of the
four prows and "cat-heads" sustaining the
weighed anchors. The pedestal surmount
. 11 . t ae 111:1111210
will Cw eighteen feet high, suitable to the
whole height-20u feet from the Lake.—
The panel over the door, (entrance to the
spies' stair-ease to ascend the column) will
he of white marble, eight feet long by five
feet hieb. Sculptured in bold relief, (alto
is a group of five figures in a boat,
rep •senting Perry passing front the Late
to the. Nbrgant to complete the battle.
Except th.• panel over the door, the whole
of the monument is intended to is? erected
of the hest of lime stone.
The landscape surrounding the. huge of
thy• culuuui, and all the necessary aecesso
tht• tree.., the neighboring ialanda,
the lake•, the bussing vessels, art• perfect
transcripts froth nature, all beautifully
drawn in nater.eolors by the accomplished
artist, Heim Lost., ot• Cincinnati.
I'HOLIABLE liit RDIRR.—The Thoro '. \V.)
says that on Tuesday, the 19th inst.,
a carpet lag, apparently plundered of its
contents, and one or two articles of apparel,
were found in a wood near Beckett's Bridge
on the Chippewa river, by a youth—a son
of Mr. Roam CeAxerati—whilst gathering
ild cherries The traveling bag was in
identified as the property of a pedler named
Atintr, who was seen somewhere in the
vicinity on the previous day. Search was
immediately made for him but no trace of
hint could be found. It is generally sup
posed that he was murdered, and that the
perlietrator of the deed concealed the corpse
in some place where it will not soon be
discovered. lie is a native of Ireland, from
44 to 51) yearti of age, and is said to have
left a flintily in Buffalo.
M. TIP. N. V. Exprms, an American
paper, 40e% not think there is any danger
of the Democratic ('onvention at Charleston
breaking up It ways, very sensibly:—
"I lemocratic Conventions seldom or never
burst up, and never burst up on negroes.
saints), a realy reality in Republicanism, is
only a myth in Democracy."
MEM=
se/r- Henry I'. Wright said, at the Wes
niba emancipation celebration in Abing
on, Sias.4.,
•'lie wished that the day might not be
far distant when every man and women in
Massachusetts Rhould become slaves, to be
bought and sold like beasts in the market,
or that ever• slave in the land should be
set free : and that way the only alternative
before them."
Kind gcntleman. "this Mr. Wright! Ile
exhibits a wte for slavery which amply
qualities him for the African coast trade.
El) W IRU .J.t.litoss, a printer, 21 yea
of age•. whose father is a clergyman resid
ing in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, com
mitted suicide in Philadelphia, on Saturday
night last, by blowing out his brains with
a pistol. 11. was studying law during his
leisure hours ; and it is supposed that over
application caused temporary demrigeme
ment. lie left a note• simply stating that
he was tired of life.
11=Ell
wk. Stories of discoveries of rich silver
mines, by a party of Americans, come to
us from Arizona. It is said they have
found the long lost celebrated Vega mine,
whose richness wa, , renowned even upon
the mining records of old Spain. It was
worked by the .iwuit. explorers, who, when
compelled to leave by the Apaches, destroy
ed their works, and flocked up the mouth
of the main shaft.
ski.- Ws. L. 3fostesx, of Pottsville, War
ren county, Indiana, nays that seed from
tiFe butt ot an ear of corn will ripen it spro-
Inct all at the same time, and ginnw
weeks earlier than seed from the little cud
of the same ear. lie recommends farmers
likways to break their seed corn ears in two
in the middle, and use only the but ends
for seed.
stir one unquite and preversc dispooi
tion di.teinporq the peace and unity of a
whole family or society : as one jarring
instrument will spoil a whole concert.
Iliseass.
actioso Narrative.
%
reeeda.
narratives
One of the most
e to relate has
that we have had the
just come to ourni t : was told us by
the hero himself, most se aching
investigation falls to the truth of the
story, astonishing as nay seem to be. If
there is any deceptht is the case, we fail
to see its object.'
yaw ago some Canada
Indians At
w tw e r i y n etia ciev
Lod,
and did some
trading with the peotq_ In the course of
the trade the Ind pled they had
been cheated, and, er to revenge
themselves, stole* old boy from
the city and carried to Canada. As
far as we can be 1 e child was sto
len from a smaji broil' joule, but in what
part of the city, or an pether particulars
of the the ft , cannot I Weed.
The captors kept Joy in Canada for
a few days, and then ing his recovery
by ' the whites, sold to a party of Pot
ki
tawatamies, who ke about a month.
By these he was n sold to the Paw
Paws, in which tribes , remained a month,
but, as there were soshat's that he would
be traced and takeni he whites, he was
traded off to the Vtbagoes of Illinois
and Wisconsin.
How long be remies in the keeping of
this tribe has not be*certained, but be
was eventually t from them to
the Chippewaa of nsin, who again
sold him to:the Siou lens of Minnesota.
Twenty-Ave years he was sold by the
Chippewes to the S and Copperheads
of lowa. When tit' removed to Mis
souri, he accompan them, and iitter
wards went with th their migrations
throuigh California gon. That por
tion ot um trine wi ich he remained
finally proceeded north as the Rus
sian possessions n 'ng's Straits, and
there with portion e Creeks, Utalis,
and other large bat Indians, they at
present remain. principal point of
settlement is about hundred miles
from the North P Ocean, and about
2,200 miles to the nortest of Mt. Paul.
one of the pointstet Russian Territo
ry where the tribe (*tonally visits is
"Russian Fort," whieh4aid down on the
map as near the Coltilliver. The hero
of this strange adventuays the Fort is in
the vicinity of a small er, the name of
which, other than t even by his tribe,
he does not know.
The snake and CO ad Indians t ra, le
with St. Paula, havi semi-annual train
to that place. Them ha's about '2,(X)O
Indians. One partyFts from St. Pauls
about the same timint the other starts
from their hunting Inds, thus meeting
about half way. The are packed on po
nies, elks and dogs.
on their last senamal trip, the hero
of these adventuresteived a pass from
one of the Chiefs-4co-chew-a-wa"—to
seek out his relativtod, if found, to re
main with them alit ] The pass requires
his presence in Stiais at their next trip
in 1860. Seventh, tribe accompanied
"Mo-kos-e-sue-qe—br that is the Indian
name of the yount-to Chicago. From
that place helooted it most of the
way, and arriv yesterday. At Fre
mont his featuwere recognized by a
man as bearingttrong resemblance to
one Josien Toerlio is said to have re
sided in Clevelasbout thirty years since.
For some timuu the young man has
been diligently aged in tracing up his
hLtdory, and whip have given above is
the result of his iiries. He says he has
no desire to lea Indian associates, as
he has a wife and children among them.
He speaks Engliell, having learned it,
Ihe says, in hisplig at St. Paula. 'He
says that his hail' cut, and his clothing
changed to conflto white usages, before
leaving St. Paull
We have gives narrative as he told
it to us this mor;. t seems extraordi
nary,n but a closed ri "d cross -exination
failed to shake hlory the least. As
far as we can leae i e sccount of numer
ous minute detailictelnkitry and man
nersia for deception we can, see at
of the far tie" fat motive there
present,
as he only desists isferf.ion as to his pa
rents. He is slight.l7ve., speaks rapidly,
and is at present curies from Opthalmia,
occasioned, he sass, I , e, ping without his
customary blankets. hys thetas soon as
he can get into thew *o search for roots
he can cure himself. '
.AN Arrsta or lloNoA somewhat lu
dicrous episode of - liffArashington" has
just transpired, and aim no little mirth
among the few to whole particulars are
known.
It seems that smile employees of
the United States Ca are two gentle
men alike distinguish the most impet
uous courage, and witl'ndowed with no
moderate share of theater part of valor.
on Tuesday morning ht quarrel arose
between this rash andiant pair, one of
whom hails from theiders of the Key
stone State, while their proudly claims
the Old Dominion astrl i place. Du
ring.
the difficulty wormed derogatory'
to the social standing s4nental acuteness
of the Virginian. Mterested friends
mildly suggest to him tl the honor of his
State (not to speak >l* own honor) de
mands an explanatim. Their urgent ar
guments prevail. Tb Vfinian authorizes
his "fnend" to pen inciasking for an ex
planation. Friendpannably solicitous
for the honor of his urilpal. pens a chal
lenge instead. Isnalvania, a little
alarmed at the sudda it, in his adversa
ry's eoura,ge, wonder4id to get out of his
"fix." Finally decide tfface the music."
Sends a note acceptig chalenge, and
chooses rifles at thin lies. Virginian,
terrified to learn thatMname had been
actually affixed to a callige, and imbued
with a Christian horw shedding the
blood of man, protestahe there waist; mis
take. lie never desirt eiuel, but merely
an "explanation." Ftibylvanian grows
ferocious as Virginian pis relenting. Vir
ginian finally eonsentayexplain." Penn
sylvanian thinks it not go farther,
lest Virginian should desperate, and
a duel actually ensue, pis the amende
FORGtitY AND BIGAt--A VILLIAN UN
111ASESD,—Wm. K. Evaouvad convicted of
forgery in Sciotwcount,May, l$ 4, and
sentenced to the PentOalary at Columbus
for four years. He war leased in 1t356,
and commenced work ti Columbus as
1 a master carpenter. i wad a superior workman, a man of finitpearatice and of
it :
considerably more tha ,-. Ucoon intelli
gence, Ile oonductec .e = f properly,
and won friends fast. is femme aequaint
ed with a teacher in .re of the public
schools in Columbus, antcomplished and
estimable young lady BM Lorain county,
'and after a short courts t they were mar
ried at the house of her f ,inWellington,
by the Rev. Mr. Tunnels some two weeks
since they went to Welinton on a visit.
One day, about awe go, Evans show
ed her several drafts on hoes in St. Louis
and other places, and tait he was going
to Cleveland to get thempashed at the
Bank of Commerce. It, sbuld have been
stated that his wife was direly ignorant
of his having been in tb Penitentiary.
Shortly after their man* they joined
the church together, and i had apparent
ly ever since been a devat professor of
reliiion. Evans left Welligtuu for Cleve
/141c6 glanivinll to return the following
day. ti borrowed his wits gold watch,
and took his brother-in-he's silver watch
to have it repaired. Mn Evans waited
anxiously for his return, ad as he did not
come, she set out for Clevesnd to and him.
She could not learn of him bare, and
returned to Wollington. le bad not been
there in her absence, antfahe 'proceeded
to Columbus. On leavintt city for Wel
lington, they hadked furniture,
pac
intending to go V, t reat and 'ye after they
had finished their visit to Vtellington. On
t eu
arriving in Columbus, Mrs.Evarts learned
that her husband had beenthere, sold the
ru ri4 .t u 1., A rultne no one knew where.
She learned, also , or the *tit time, that
vans had been a convict., Ind that he had
i" . li .. f . t and several children living in Lewis
wttry, Kentucky.
goal and gittrary.
sr Tha waashey, that constant\ theme of
conversation, was altogether too cool during
the Irst of the week, either for pleasure or
tar The Wayne Guards were out drilling
the other morning at five o'clock, bat as we
are not quite green enough tort up that early
we did'nt see them !
air A regular daily train will commence
running on the Sunbury and Erie road, as tar
as Union, in a short time—the Gazette says on
Motiday, but this we learn is premature. 0.
D. SrArroso is to be Conductor.
ger The Erie Academy has got out a very
neat Catalogue, wMeh the imprint mile um was
printed in Buffalo, and thiseuggeate the query,
"can't there be just ea neat a - job done in Erie!"
We rather think there enn, for the same money '
$111" The Gasettz states that LLDDILL, Mutsu
& CO,. have received an order from the Sun.
bury and Erie Railroad Company for twenty
three more burthen and platform can.
bar- About I o'clock on Tuesday morning,
a fire broke out in a frame dwelling house
owned and occupied by a German warned Lay
ilt[ll, on the corner of Merman and Eleventh
Streets, and spread with such rapidity that all
efforts to extinguish it proved unavailing
The building was consequently totally con
sumed, with' all the furniture iu the upper
story. The origin of the fire in unknown.—
Mr. Lsysasx was insured in the Erie County
Mutual to the amount, of s6B3,oo.—Gazette.
ifir" The Conneautville Coarser says that
Dared Prussea,:lately on trial for murder in that
county, has received, since his discharge from
custody and return home, numerous anony
mous letters warninghim to leave the country,
under threats of severe penalties. lhiring o last
week the Courser it told he disposed of what
property was left him, and on Saturday even
ing quit the neighborhood, with the avowed
intention of going to Utah. Innocent or guil
ty, public opinion is to strung against him in
that locality to make it desirable, or even safe
for him to remain.
kir The Editor of the Fredonia Censor mays
there has been left with him "four apples of
the variety known as Fall Pippins, or Risley
apples, which .grew upon a single twig, and
weighed 2 lbs. 0x.," and then exclaims,
'!who'll beat this" Listen to the greedy—he
evidently wants some chap to furnish him with
his winter supply of apples, for nothing'
kr" Jack Casement, acid his "band of bone
and sinew," are putting down the iron On the
Pittsburg and Erie road at a rate that makes
all the people along theline laugh at the near
approach of that time spoken l 'of by the poet,
when all shall ride on the rail, from-the least
to the greatest
gar On Sunday night last, the first chill of
The Fall took a crisp bold of our atmosphere.
About 9 o'clock the sky presented a strange
appearance, and toward the north was streaked
with "beam shafts" which were variously ac
counted for. The most general opinion of the
attracted spectators referred them to the
"northern lights." The air }WWI after (settled
so considerably that all who had been abroad
with the vesture of Summer were chillingly
surprised by a Wintertsh breeze. This strange
appearance continued through the night, and
has been repeated several nights since. Two
hours after midnight the whole face of the
iiiol 4 w t ai it`ne of the very
hubli
meat. The Shetlanders who call these lights
•the merry dancers," gave hail much reason
to adopt that homely title, although to us they
seemed too often to assume an appearance like
the grac4ill fluttering of •the great white
angel's wingst; - " which some pious poet has
somewhere or other described . and if some
pious poet bad not dune so, the imagination
were dull that could have contemplated these
resplendent flickering' without some such
thought
NO- An attempt was made in Buffalo on
Saturday night last to burn St. Luke's Church
The C'oitintercia/ says se entry had been effect
ed by the vestry door in the rear, the Bible
and Prayer books used at the altar purloined,
the rails of the altar and the reading desk torn
down, and a quantity of Sunday school books
were torn up and heapetrupon the vestry floor
to make a pile of combustibles These had
been ignited, but, probably to cover the light
while effecting his retreat, the incendiary had
spread over the pine - the surplice of the pastor,
which being of heavy - linen, smothered and ex
tinguished the fire. In order to make the work
of destruction sure, the gas was turned on from
all the burners, so as to cause a sudden and
general ignition when the edifice should be
come filled.
*Fir Among the defeated Republican can
didates in Crawford, at the recent county con
vention, is Mr. Hama C Jonsson. Mr. J. was
formerly a Democrat, but when that county
became Republicanized, Henry became repub-
Resulted also Like our friend of the Erprew
he had a vision of the delights of a winter in
Harrisburg : and, to carry out the simile, he
went into win, and, like the aforesaid Editor,
he came out squeezed Alas'. for human
hopes ' Alas ' for human greatness ! "Re
publics are ungrateful," and so-are Republi
cans! And ..this, too, when we are gravely
told by the Meadville Journal, which sheds
several crockodile tears over his defeat if not
more, that Henry only "consented to run after
several days deliberation." What a pity all
these several previous days should be wasted—
that his anxious thoughts upon the momentous
subject—his inward oottinsunings—the political
problems evolved la his mighty mind—all, all,
should be cut down by the untimely frosts of
the ungrateful Republicans! Henry, we feel
for you front the top of our tallest beaver to
the end of our big toe nails! Yea, verily—we
could shed "briny tears" over the untimely
blight that has fallen upon your young and
sprouting ambition ! Indeed! indeed! Henry,
when we think, to use the language of the
-Journal that "nature and education (especially
the "nature," Henry) has qua!ultstl" you for a
legislator,—for one ot those coliqi•trslors of th e
public morals, those incorru, t, 3rrupt
ables,—we feel almost as ba, defeat
_ J and the nut. Otek fac
tion all combined. ood-bye, Henry: when
you him your political funeral, send for our
neighbor of the Gazette to, enact the part of
chief mourner'
tor The Republicans of Crawford held their
county convention on the 26th, and nominated
the following ticket : Col. Hiram Butler, of
Spring for Assembly, in connection with
H. R. Rouse, of Warren county ; G. L. Smull,
Req., of Meadville, for Treasurer ; Horace
Wetberbee, of Rome, for Commissioner ; D. C.
McCoy, Esq., of Meadville, for- District Attor
ney ; and Mr.-Kern, of Venango, for Auditor.
Among the resolutions passed was one declar
ing the determination of the party to "resist
the arbitary influence of slavery within our
own state." No resolution was passed, how
ever, against an early frost, or Noah's flood!
REPUBLICAN CONVENTN►N, I
COURT UOVSS, E&►i, Sa►t. 1, 1869. f
Dearly Itelored Reeder'—Here, within the bar
of the Court Boonaibeside one of the counsel
tables, and surrounded with the saints and the
sinners, the wheat staid the chaff, of Erie coun
ty Republicanism, gloriously -mixed up," we
propose to address you, 0, faithful friends and
readers of the Obsereet, a pen picture of this
great and gl-e-orious assembly. Here upon our
right and upon our left, behind us and before
us, we hear it whispered that such is our inten
tion—and, as our benevolence is unbounded,
surely we must not disappoint the "little ones"
even though their polities may be of sable hue
and their patriotism surrounded by "wool."---
Over there, mingling in the crowd, sad calm es
a summer's morning, is our venerable friend of
the Gazette; may he live a thousand years, and
.
at last be brought Into the fold of the true de
mocracy• Behind us towers the stalwart form
of Judge Miles, his bronzed features betraying
that he has not yet lost his interest in the game
of politics. Scattered about we notice severe
old party stagers, Democrats as well as Repub
licans—Hart, of Girard; Taylor, of ildenbero;
Greer, of North East; Cutler, of Girard, and so
on to the end of the political antipodes. But
to come down to the work in hand. To-day,
Thursday, his been a busy day among our
republican brethren. The Democratic element
in their ranks was ousy at work and.luul been
for weeks, If not months, from the time the
full orbed". sun rose in the morning until
'lousy eve wrapped her mantle over the earth ;
the old while element was un hand, too, ready
to assert its,elaitos to the -loves and fishes,"
and contest every inch of ground with the
younger and more active brethren ; "Sam,"
too, was about, looking to the interest of his
votaries, and although firmly convinced as ever
that the "office should seek the matt, sad not
man the office," was as voracious as though
such a sentiment was never uttered to hide his
designs Thus animated and thus marshaled,
prompt at the hour-2 o'clock—"might have
been seen," as the novelist James has it, •
mutely congregation of anxious faces bending
their way towards the Court House, that Mecca
of allpoliticiaus, and when the door was thrown
open a general rush was made for the bar—the
bar of justice we mean, which it is said is •
harder road to travel and much dryer than those
kept by * Harris and Pete Goodwin. At the
head of this oalvalcade of "black spirits, blue
spirits", white spirits and gray," we noticed
several old familiar faces—men grown gray in
the cause of the old whig:party, and who, let
us add, an this occasion for the first time bow
ed their necks to the yoke of his sable majes
ty—the . l altuighty niggar." That they were
determined to be "first at the revel and last t
the feast - was evident when one of their num
ber moved that .our fat and hearty friend SKIN
NER should take the chair. This was carried
without a dissenting voice, and was followed
by the election of Loom's, of North East, and
Bascur, of Millcreek, Vice Presidents, and
the appointment of BOLL, of Wattaburg, and
Duxes, of Girard, as Secretaries. The -ma
chine" being thus manned and In working
order, our friend SILL, who had come the "rub
ber" game- in the first ward of the city and
-slipped in," moved to call over the list of
townships, and then and thereupon, that the
delegates claiming seats should present their
credentials. This was agreed tu, and the op
eration commenced, but it was a very tedivua
process, for it soon became apparent that how
ever well educated the reading Secretary was
in pukes and plasters his "resdin' and ride' "
lessons had been wofully neglected. After a
good deal of prompting from the chair he man
aged to get through the list, until he got to
delegates presented their credentials—but
again, at the suggestion of the chair, the ques
tion of legitiumcy was postponed until after
the other townships had responded After this
was satiefectorilykranged, a motion was made
to appoint a commit ilke of five to take into con
sideration the Washin n contested seats, and
the motion having oarri the Chair proceeded
to select five true and lo 1 subjects' of his
sable majesty to determine relative kinks
in the hair of the contest:tate\ It appeared
from what we could gather fro*Lhe creden
tials reed that st the proper hour *e friends
CANPIEMLL, to an indeffinite number, assembled
at the proper place, organised, and eleetml del
egates. After they had adjourned the trine&
of WeNeett (fur be it known Washinginu
boasts of two •favorite sons") assembled at thee ,
same place, and held s regular election of one
hour—uptm the expiration of which time, von
counting the votes, it appeared that between
sixty and seventy ballots bad been placed in
the hat, and all for the gentlemen who contest
edthe seats of the CAR PBELL delegates. With this
state of facts before them the committee retired,
and after spending an hour of anzious thought.,
and bringing to their aid all the information
within their reach concerning the habits of the
African race—after splitting "wool" from east
to west, and from North to Mason & Dixon's
line—they reported that two of each delegation
were -•simon pure," and recommended that the
fight should be "compromised" by their .4.4
mission. ,As there was a large sprinkling
old whigs in the convention, as before intima
ted, why were proud to sustain the "compro
mise measures" in 1852, the motion was carried
unanimously, and the delegates took their seats,
much to the relief of every body, and we pre
sume to their own, for they hatflieen •standing
out in the wet" some time Peace thus having
been declared in "Africa," the convention
proceeded to ballot for candidates for the As
sembly, with the followintresult
Ist `2d.
Henry Teller, nominated
J W Campbell, ail 10
Wm. Kelley,
Jonas Gunnison, nom 42
J. Wendall, 4 0
We rather think the result of these votes as
tonished our friend Kstt.e t , as well as destroyed
the harmony with which one branch of the
convention were puckering their mouths to
sing —The Campbells are coming." It also
demonstrated that "Sam" was really about in
proper person—for, be it known, until, the
convention met the name of tlyaNtsois was not
known to outsiders as a candidate. This being
so, how this nomination will set on the nerves
of the friends of Ksttar and CAMPBSILL is not
for us to say—we can say, however, and we
think the defeated aspirants will agree with us,
that it looks very much as though there watt a
very large sized son of Africa in the fence.
But we must defer comment—the convention
is about to ballot for Commissioner, the only
other important office to be filled; and here
while the delegates are putting in their ballots,
we will explain the nature of the contest. The
west has come down unanimous for our old
friend enoss, and a better disciple of "Africa"
there is not - 1n the county ; the West also claims
the commissioner ; but the East, while they ac
knowledge this claim, insist on nominating H.
DIOCIEWAY, of Springfield. But the tel/en are
counting the ballots—let us see how it stands:
Ist. 2d.
Wm. Cross, 37 86
H. Brock"way, 33 41
Geo. W. Robinwn,
Well, it has resulted just es we anticipated;
37 Western delegates, all they are entitled to
under the present unjust apportionment, voted
for Cross; but they could not stand against tke
overpowering numbers of a united East
Here ended the interest in. the joee,,i,,, r•
and as the crowd commenced to -evvp,ryi.
vie followed snit, and went to tea w e . 41 , ,
that the Convention finished hot
nominating WM. BRACIOLII, if Li. p,,, x
LOreetor of the Poor ; H. H
w, for 2 years, wadJonx L. WA Y. o f
for S years, for Auditors , and
Wet erford, for County Surveyor
*MASA ear and Plailifrivosa,wer, p 1,4,,.,
ajou akoriatiCOureTeell ; and W 8. I.nxr k k ,
it. KlllllO, Congressional Conferees, 1., „
di Notes to the National Conventien, and I!,
sir tiLlalt and JONAS OCEilliluN Aelegmo,
die %ate Convention. "So mote
air The Warren Ledger la
ercised because we have not putlishe:i
numerous addresses of the State Ceutra;
taittee, and also, because our column, ar,
sUed from week to week with eulogiuse4
State ticket. All of which is very
en the part of the Ledger That paper ne:.l.-
aupports the state ticket, nor the bettli, cr y
party. It professes, however, to adi ren
the doctrine of allowing people to manag e
own affairs in their own way—and that a„.
,what we are doing with this paper
;was a thus in the history of politics th E
'newspaper was expected to devote all its 41,a.
to that kind of thing— tut that day is paw,
Der readers prefer a terse and rigorous p e ,
:graph on politics--a weekly diah of locals •
sip and fact —4 melange of the hews ol
;day-11 pleasant repast of literary matter
few Well put anecdotes—and so on and IR, tor
;to the eternal ding dong song of polite,,
no chorus but a lengthy state addreaa ~r ,
IHon. Mr. Bo and Bo's speech tut the eat., ,
subject. In a word, we aim to make a
that the people will read, irrespective ur par
and then when' we have any thing
politics we are very certain they will rel,l
too.
s t ir Ex-President Plaice and ti-??,.TP , L
Sernotra of Connecticut, late,Minister ?
sia, arrived at Boston on Asturda),
America from Liverpool. In the etetiltie
Pisica received the compliment of 11.1'1 by,
and made &speech, in which he returned ii,s:
for the cordiality of his welcome, Rude, w? , ...?
ed upon the greatness of the country
Jam• The people of Clarion are about r, t.
a meeting for the purpose of consulting 4-
the propriety of refusing to receive ~r
notes of a less denomination than five .1.1. t,
Up here the people are not so particular
pecially Editors—they are willing to take
pay, even out of a good counterfeit of .r
denomination than five dollars.
•Our friends out at Union are goinL!
have "one grand celebration" un the :•th,
they invite all the world and the rest of ur
kind to participate. We have no time fur I•
ticulars, but refer all interested to the htl'•
sued
Jam' A correspondent of the Bona],
sternal "asserts that not long since a cat w
found in the cradle of a child in his
e position which warranted the qui
that it was drawing the little one hr. vi
The child was in great distress and the ,10 1•
alarmed the family very considerab: . ‘
therefore be wants a cat-egoricnl ao , tier tt
the Editor whether he believe.. n 11, i .„ I
theory that cats are capable iif
a child's breath, and thereby taking r. ,•,
To this the Editor replies that he
in the theory, and proceed- to
well-known premises that luthie- ha , ,
stronger power of suctior(A . , N
,
that a cat would be likely t;,.
a mama spot fur a nal , urTurty w,ula t r.,
ing stealthily upon the bream ot the (hi; I ,
lying there. the weight up.ii the t•ii,s , A
be sufficient to cause nightmare and that
as it is known sometimes tu,to, result it
These are our deliberate 11p1171 ,, f/Y t , li
Well, thank g00.1ne., , t•
question
lion is settled
N or One of the best "take off•
for many s day is that in the last T
can, entitled "'Thank-offerings
"good thing," no matter when. where. or
we and it, and the ..irnertran man I.s. re%
struck a vein in this instance It
does any thing worse, oliturinll.%. tt,so
he'll be saved, certain sure '
--i f sr On Sunday morning lart a t.at
lonti t ng to M K. Barr, of the firm t bk:
Brothbr, was burnt in the foll.wing -
caanner.\ The children in the 11,10 A. it
had been *using themselves by Lunk,c,g
fires ln the meets during the weel nn iF .
tle child of Mkß., aged about three cent
carded to the bam on that morning at,
ered a pile of strix , upon the 11uor. nn I v
a match, soon kindlett - a miniature ',Lt. ,
imitation of its elders. \lt is needleb• ••
the imitation soon became'' s reality bs redo ,
the barn to ashes.
'fir Here is a new'sray of 'starling` •
private difficulties," which we colqmend
two beligereot Editors in Ileadvilth„ , r~t
are told, are a couple of walking arsNol ,
In Cincinnati, recently, two laboring ine2l,we
brought before Justice Cletaendanner—
as a prosecutor, the other as a detention
appeared that the defendant had endeavor ,
to split the prosecutor's head with a spade 1.
had only wounded his lip. The defendant $
mitted that there had been a "coldness
tween the prosecutor and himself, and sat
would not have used the aped°, had he I.
well. The prosecutor was so chantte , l witlt t
apology, that he asked the magistrate tt.,
"airy as he could." So the magistrate fin
the assailant $43, and the loving pair went
and ••took something."
Jar' We heard of • woman the whew .1
who, on being chided for not going to set to
husband, who had been badly injured, r ico.,
herself by saying that she only heard of hr u
jury through the papers, and "they did'ut
tell the truth." She must have confute , l 10
reading to the Bzpreze, or other similar rep“'
lican journals.
$ A very remarkable —rprifiklen , •e eou
has just been arrested in New York Ile
his name as Dr. Thomas I'. Ellis, and
Englishman. His exploits have been nom. •
ous, but his principal victim is Mrs.
• housekeeper in New York Represeir
himself as • wealthy widower, he succeedm
securing heraffections, and resided at her b.
as her affianced lottl. , He obtained front
some $BOO in cash:iirvaluable diamond rho.
and other valUables.
/lir "Where shall I put this ',ape! •
U to be sure of seeing it to-morroa • '
sired Mary Jane of her brother
"on the looking-glass," was his primp'
Ply
NIL. One of our loquacious anti Jell)
:ens, approached a Baptist inity.ter
to him, with much seriousness, that 10. , ;
were wholly inconsistent with the4l , ,Kti 111
of his church. The cfergynnin being .tt
kwe to know why, and rather thunders t
at the idea, inquired the reabons for •lit
a notion, when the wag stated to lion t!,
they forbid rioserenonunieri '
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