New Orleans spet:ch, and tin. overwhelming
reasons which support it
it is an agreed point among all Democrats that
Congress cannot interfere with the right. of
property in the Territories.
Tt is also acknowledged that the people of a
new State, either in thetr constitution or in
an act of their Legislature, may make the ne
groes within it free, or hold them in a state of
servitude.
But we believe more. We believe in submit
ting to the law, as decided by the Supreme
Court, which declares that a Territorial Legis
lature cannot, any more than Congress, inter
fere with the rights of property in a Territory
—that the settlers of a Territory are bound to
wait until the sovereign power is conferred
upon them, with proper limitations, before
they attempt to exercise the most dangerous
of all its functions. Mr. Douglas denies this,
and there is the new issue
Why should such an issue be made at Quell
a time! What is there now to excuse any
fritsad of peace for attempting to stir up the
bitter waters of strife' There' is no actual
difficulty about this subject in any Territory
There is no question upon it pending before
Congress or the country. We arell
ea..ts. upon
to make a contest, at once unnecessary and
hopeless, with the judeial authority of the na
tion. We object to it. We will riot obey Mr.
Douglas when he command. u. to assault the
Supreme Court of the United State.. We be
lieve the court to he right. and NI r Douglas
wrong.
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ACCIDENT To Tug GUEAT EASTEUN.—Wr
find in the New York papers the following de
tailed account nf the explosion upon the Greta
Eastern.
On the afternoon of the 9th, when the tireat
Eastern was off Beatings, a feed-pipe casing
in the forward funnel, which hail been intro
duced on the ground of economy in heat, and
to keep the bent of the funnels from the
cabin, exploded with terrific force, blowing
the funnel into the air• and tearing to piece+
the grand saloon and lower deck t‘tsbin.,
through which the funnel pas.c,l, mid oth
erwise doing damage Iu the internal fit
tings-
Greet consternation prevailed in hoard, but
prompt efforts were made to getat the unfortu
uate men in the engineering Aleparliiieur who
were either buried iu the rubbish or prostrated.
by the steam. Three firemen sere found in a
dying state and soon eipired. while - eight
others were injured,two of w him subsequently
died flue fireman was lust ot orboard, having
either fallen into the water or jutuped into tt
to esseape :scaldiuz. The injured men were
generally progressing favorably, tilt ough two
or three of them were in precariutt cunditou
The tumorous guests uu board h d fly i 'fled
the grand saloon, through wh funnisl
passed, and in which they hail I dining, a
tew minutes before the ex.plo, uu to o k place.
But for this the consequences would have been
must serious. The explicuon is,toted to hav% .
probably been one of the tlio.t terrific which a
sessel has ever survived, amt which none in
the world could have withstood, sate a „ true .
lure of such marvelous strength as the I:rsat
Eastern. She nut only resisted it, her "frame
sustaining no injury whatever. but so little
ditlerenee in the movements of the tCSSC I that
the engines were never once stopped till she
reached l'ortlana.
It is asserted that great object eon had he‘
made to Ihe ensing routpl livluttn..l , , Imt io• I
rector, per.o•ted w adopting the 1.1.111, le
vklthstalt.littg it luta been trie,l utot Alt:W.loth
In the eollin4 are! other .teallien•
The Coroners inque , t Coin Men regi
11 e ymauth in the 12th, and the evidenee dear
lv showed the cause of the explosion to he-
Firstly. the supply of the laiilers through tin
water-jacket of the funnel wa..toppeilheean.
of a failure in the auxiliary pumping power
.erondly. a slant pipe which arts 11. a .afet .
valve had in it a tap when the easing was hy
draulically tested, and the tap was turned. ap
parently intentionally, so that the pipe wil
useless. The inquest was adjourned till thi
17th.
Prior to the accident the performance of the
vessel was most sattsfactor), and she was al
most without motion, while large vessels in
ber vicinity were pitchttig and t o ssing on a
stormy Sell.
A survey of the vessel bad been had, and es
timates sent in to forthwith repair the damage,
at a cost of not more than £5,000, the injur y
being far less considerable than was at first
supposed.
Little, if any delay, would take place in the
departure of the on her first voyage. hut
a rumor prevailed that she would not proceed
to Holyhead, but sail direct from Portland
The accident caused a slight decline in the
snares of the Lotupany, but did nut Influence
the general conAdetice in the ship.
Scott Rusgell uudertakes In hate the 1;1.
Easton ready for sea in three weeks.
Taa Gaa>•A'.s of Can Francisco have
held a meeting to take meal,ore. to .top the
importation of dancing girls from Germany.
Large numbers of German girls. front 12 to Is
years of age, are now employed in California at
low dancing houses, which are open every even
iae and free to all. These places are frequen
ted by men of coarse manners. who dance with
the girls, and at the end of each piece each man
t, required, by custom, to take his partner to
the her and treat her, the two drinks costing
cents During the day tune the girls go
about the streets, usually in couples, playing
the tamborine ur aooordeon. and singing at the
doors of grog-shopwor inns, where they demand
"two hits" cash payment of every bystander.
Their employers make contracts with their
parents in Germany to pay a larg price, var) lug
from $1 to per day. for the girls during a
period of several years, and to pay their passages
to California and back. These contracts are
usually faithfully kept by the employers; and
the girls rarly break their part of the bargain.
Most of the girls come from Hanover and the
vicinity of Bremen.
I=l
IMPORTANT I)tscovesv.—A San Francisco
rorrespondent of the New York ?Imes
%rites
I learn that Capt. Simpson, of the Topo
graphical Engineers, has discovered a route
between Carson Valley and the Valley of
t treat Salt Lake even shortslr than the
route which he had been sent up to ex
plore. lie states that the new route is
q uite straight, and as equally goOd, if not
a superior road, in almond every respect, to
both the old immigration line and the new
line just discovered by himself. The facts
of the Surveying Expedition have been re
prted to Gen. Johnson, and it is probable
that hereafter the bulk of the travel be
tween California and Salt Lake will go by
the last discovered route. There is good
grass and water all the way. There will
he no trouble in taking stock over it. lie
says that it is equally as good as the North
ern route. Every one says that cattle can
be driven over it as far as Carson Valle so
late ns November—that is. n.s.ar t t b ur, In
S,reinbrr. The longest drive without water
'.. one day with cattle.
Mr. Holladay issatisfied that by this new
\
r ute the stage travel between Placer% We
and Salt Lake City can easily be made in
four and a half or five days.
AV Ex-Ftwut mita lAN( DEP AT VENTER.
A man named VAllover, a native of Ken
t uck y,,and a follower of Walker in Nicar
agua, was lynched at I tenver City the other
day. lie had indulged in the dangerous
pastime of making targets out of a unrulier
of both males and females, for sonic time,
when his conduct finally aroused the inure
courageous of the citizens, and caused
them to arm themselves with rifles and
tOrce the bully to seek refuge from their
shots in an open log cabin, which was part
ly used as a sort of storehouse. The build
ing was speedily inclosed by arnted men,
to pretent the escape of the aspirant to the
gallows. A court, consisting of the people
of the town generally,' was then convened,
as the most proper way of ridding the com
munity of hint, anti atter a protracted
it was finally resolved, without
dissenting vote, to bang the wretch. He
hail tlitteoveretl, during the proceedings of
the people's court, some kind 'of a vessel
emitaiijong a quantity of peach brandy,
and lufd gulped down twine three quarts
of it when the -committee of execution"
appeared to take charge of his body. The
enormous quantity of liquor he had imbib
ed produced a state of stupefaction frmn
which the doomed man died notwake Be
fore ii.ii.wearthly career was forcibly endt
by dint of a rope and a branch of a tree.
We" The N. Y. Pad asks this too person
al question: "l'an a Miss be said to play
the piano in a matter-ly manner?" We
think the inquiry is thoroughly iHnise.
THE OBSERVER.
1 t. F'. Etlity.r.
TERMS : $1 50 PER VIDAR IN A DVAN CE
sAIT 'MAY p(71% 1, 1559.
State Democratic Ticket.
POR Ar1)1Tolt. 4.IFAERAL.
RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT
FOR tri*Kros ORNRRAL.
JOHN ROWE.
PLEARIC sannunce the BMW. of IPI•Ae R. T•T
ILO/4 of Washington township, as it candidate
or to °lice of Assembly. subject to the
,inclependent
voters of litie county
Sept. 16 1869.—1 A. 'EDINBORO.
aSrpLIKASK announer W wine Lamp, Esq., as an
independent Caw Dilate tor Miserably. Mr. Lain'
1 :faithfully represented this County at the last
Stessina of Ate Legulaturs, and weir merits the confidence,
and support of the voters of Erie enuntv.
:Erie, Sept tS , ISLIL—IS. MANY CITIZENS.
Our State Ticket
We ate not, about to inflict a political
-ermon 'upon our reader., with the I)emo
ocyartie state Ticket for a text, nor )et to
surfeit them with a highly colored eulogi
um of the many virtuerl and qualifications
posse-sed by Heir, WRIOUT and RON K to
serve them in the othces to which they are
named. The day for that sort of political
nPtrimeut ha , pas-ed. It used to be the
pros ineo of a political ijournal to "harp
upon thi ono string " front the day a can
didate receive, I a nomination until the
••leetion : but a better era has dawuelli,
and neither the reader nor the publie e\-
pect ft) •Pe the vellum., of a new-pryer
es
clu,itej) devoted to poltttiotd disquisitions.
Neverthele. , it i, right *fa proper that. as
the election draws nigh, the names of those
tt ho seek the stifling.) of the people for int
iron/tut OtheV, should be brought to the at
tention of voter. In this view of the ease
we present thesubjeet of " Stu:,
to the lieta,wratw party, of Erie t 'minty,
arm we beg they will not permit themselves
to 10411•••4. "ight of the importance of the
State eleetem bee :new there IS liothing lo
cal to aroiew their attention. }ben tins..
I. WilliatT and JoIIN fION E. the nominee.
of the I), umeratie)•artt are gentlumen in
et et.) way worth) of our-upport tune confi
dence, and t hey should lie heartily mei en
thu.tasticallt ,ustsiinetl by the entire Dent
,•eraey of Penns) lvania. Mr. Wright, our
eamlidate for Auditor I :-eneral, ha...erved
for a long locoed ib the Logi , lature of this
wheru hy I. untiring indu+try and
unbending in tegri,tt • lie even the respect
of his enneairtie,, 4nll the warm approval
••I his ron,titueni-. The unanimous re
notnsnatsnn o f Mr. Rowe, a, Surveyor
Heu
ertl. e• a high tunl,well merited tribute to
the talent, of an rinent and useful pub
lic ,•Ilios•r. ilities have given him a
wt. le—proal I mei d erred reputat ion—and
hi, -crew,— ct?•ntril•uted much to the
prosi•eritt and pr gross of the common
wealth of Penn , yl •anni. Here, then, i, rt
ticket fati.ly 11l our In-ogle -
and it inwe,sary in order to preserve the
organization of our !may, to elect it by a
hanils•ime majority. A defeat might open
the way to future ilisa..ter., and plaeo, the
good old State of Pennsylvania under the
malign influence of the enemies of f)emoe
rac.r.. The t ket e. worthy, eminently
of the eonfi•ienee of evert true Democrat ;
and certainly it should be triumphantly
-tt.tained by the indomitable Demoeracy
of the K&' stone State. In phi, section of
the Mate, we are confident, it will roceiNe
the eiwiltal support of our party. and that,
.ati•tied is all lliat is naeessary to
seenre both gentlemen a triumphant elec
tion.
BaA.. ,4•tirtant eharge of the " oppo
sition " all summer has been that the Dem
oer %tic Marty South, through its leading
men and I open, w the LlAlvoente of a
congressional Slave Code for the territo
rie,; :ti yet \%.• scarce)) take up a pa
per that we do not tint' evidence disprov
ing :MN such st'llt inlet) t For example,
the lionioeratie to‘,•lli“r of Kentucky.
elected iii .kugust, in his inaugural address
speak., .oineivhat at length on this very
anti ileclares that in the recent
election for goiernor the people of Ken-,
tuck have spiken out decisively in favor
of Ile , ll or, 1 , (1 tedh I/1(
Idt MI! , • (Ind T, -
lie was somewhat emphatic in his opposi
tion to the ultra opinion of the Kentucky
-44 N seition," and said :
"4 it her States :away otf in the South may
take ultra grounds and talk lightly of the
breaking up of this glorious R 41414114% Pol
iticians and presses there may ativotx‘te
the opening of the African slave trade, and
upon pretexts, gremt or small. may appeal
to prejudices or to reason, in ordei to pre
late the mind fin. a Southern Republic,
hut we are thilerently situated. We have
a different position- in the sisterhood of
States. Kentucky, - ealling not in question
the motives or the morality of other sec
tions. is firmly united in resistance to the
re-opening of the slave trade. She is stub
bornly opistsed to the introduction of any
such tests of political orthodoxy : anti she
a ill go 44 no countentimee whatever at this
tinn•, come front what quarter it may. to
any movement that looks to a dessolution
of the Union. With seven hundrts4l miles
of her territory bordering on free States,
we must think more calmly and act with
more discretion lot% in the event of a sep
aration of theseAtutes, then indeed would
her towering mountains and peaceful vat
lry now glowing in all their verdure and
beauty, be the scene of conflicts horrible
to contemplate. Then indeed would she
Is re-baptise4l in blood nll4l fire, with the
signitiennt title first won by our heroic.
fathers of - the dark and bloody ground."
iod grant it. may never be realized ! tfod
grant the day may never come when this
glorious sisterhood of States, now so free,
r prosperous, and so happy : now resting
upon each other's contnience, and still
strengthened by the dearest ties of friend
ship, cemented by the blood of the Revo
lution, consecrated by all the associations
of the past, and hollowed by all the sacred
memories that could bind a people togeth
er, will be broken in fragments."
M.. We gather from an exchange that.
Ibirrison I'. Ilobart, the Democrat i candi
date for Governor of Wisconsin. vommenced
life, an unfrendeci orphan as an apprentice
in a printing office, and worked his way
up through a university education to a pc,-
sition and a nanle at the Roston Isar.
An exchange 4leclares " that Rarey,
the horse-tamer, has a rival in a young lady
of Westchester County, who has recently
been exercising her wonderful powers on
vicious horses with great success." What
can he insinuated by Hint ? Is she n donk
ey 'Amer too ?
*sr The New inleguts De4d, referring to
the illustrious " Dr. Madtkay, says he
has no more wit that a beefdeak, no more
humor than stale porter, and no more en
thusiasm than cold plum-pudding." If
this be not personal, will sotne one tell ui
what it is?
I Ilk I 01 %TY 11111 Y IsmoNcit,
Joseph Henderson, of NlHerm*.
A. sa il
in
Indeed:, I notice a goad deial sail
papers i referep
in theW- to Ole : ti.
of Commission the frall. Illlis •,,, 'igh
i
it is an nffiqe in fehibh weak aStin : '. ,
it shotild comniand the tillist'ialent and
business qiutlifications in the county ; and
hence it is, I presume, that there was a gen
eral feeling of disappointment manifested
at the result of the nomination in the Re.
publican conventkm. 'I, fbr one, at - • .
hoped for a different result. 1 expected
that some regard would be paid to qual
ifications in the selection of a candidate
for this office ; but I was disappointed. The
gentleman selected is, doubtless, a clever
and an honest man ; but the interests of
Erie county and het tax-payers have be
come too momentous to be entrusted to
"clever" "honest" men, no matter how well
m caning they may be, or how anxious they
are to do right. It requires a man for
commissioner at this particular time who
is not only honest, but has the nerve to do
right, as well as the knowledge to do it,
without being prompted in the discharge
of his duty in that particular front any out
side source. In a word, the interests of
Erie eouty require a thorough, practical
business man to be elected Commissioner
this Fall—one who, having managed his
own business, the people will have confi
dence i u his ability to manage theirs. In
looking about for a candidate to answer
this description I think I have found one
in .)0:41•11 HENDERSON, Esq. of Mlllcreek
township. Mr. H., as you are aware, has
served - the people once in this office, and to
their entire satisfaction. It 'is very true
Mr. Ilende.rson is not a:successful politician
in the modern acceptation of the term,
though his political principles are as well
defiued us those of any man in the county,
and we, his neighbors, always know where
to find him on election day ; still he doubt
less does net know how to manage a cau
cus ; he has never packed a Convention,
and hence has no acquaintance with the
sublime theory of looking one way and
rowing,another ; still I have every confi
dence that, having managed his own affairs
with distinguished success, he is just the
man to manage those of the people with
N i tial success. Now, Editors are supposed
to know every thing, and my object in
wilting this communication to you is to
ask your opinion of the feasibility of elect
ing niq candidate. What do you think I
Is'nt there enough Republicans who have
the welfare of the county more at heart
than that of the party who will gladly join
On equal number Democrats in taking this
~ffice ~,,t of politic:, by placing such a gentle
man in the Commissioners office? The
office is not necessarily a political one—in
deed. I am well convinced that the less it
has to do with politics the better it will be
for the tax-payers of the county. And in
in choosing a Commissioner common sense
would seem to teach every one that the
people should only look to business quali
fications and not poli tical opinions. Do the
directors of a Railroad, or Canal Company,
or any other public or private enterprise
ask the political sentiments of a person be
fore they employ hint to manage their fi
nancial affairs? Hardly. A merchant
would be considered as good as insane if
he enquired into the politics of a Clerk be
fore he entrusted him with his goods and
his rash ! Still there is not a merchant, a
Railroad. ('anal or Bank Director, but will
say that political considerations are all
right, in (Asir platy; but they have little to
do with managing successfully the business
of a private individual, a public corporation,
or a County ! In view of these considera
tions, Mr Editor, it seems to me that when
a political party hes disregarded all the
essential qualifications in selecting a can
didate for so responsible a public office as
that of Commissioner—and in addition to
that, has disregarded the ex pressed wishes
of the people of one half of the county—
an independent candidate, with qualifies,
tents such 344 all acknowledge Mr. H.
to less ens, cannot fail to receive the suffra
ges of the people. Ido not know whether
Mr. 11. will readily acquiesce in the use of
his name in the =niter indicated, for he
is not an office seeker, hut I do know that
it is the duty of every man to serve the peo
pie when called—send Mr. 11. is hereby
, s /Ssi by his neighbors and friends of—
=az
b a r A s %%e have not inflicted many long
political articles upon our readers in the
past, and we do not intend to in the future,
we trust there is not one but that will ex
cuse the space devoted this week in mak
ing room for the article on our outside,
entitled "Oikeervai;eiss nn , Venainr Douglas's
leto.r (g . Popular Swerrignly." There is so
much political information in these "06-
serratonm," the arguments are so well' put
and pointed, their conclusiveness so irre
sistable, and the subject in all its parts
treated so ably, that we are very certain it
will be extensively read and admired. Even
those who do not concur in the conclusions
of the writer, cannot but acknowledge, we
think, that he has treated the honorable
Senator's production, of which it 6 a re
vide , in a most courteous and gentlemanly
manlier. It is said to be from the pen of
.ludge BLS& but of this we cannot say,
except that it might have been written by
that distinguished gentleman, as it possess
es all the clearness, force, vigor and power
of which his writings so abundantly abound.
We can only add—read it, and judge
16r The Erie Erpress has done one sen
sible thing--the first one since its birth—
it has run up the Democratic State ticket,
and urges the "States' Rights Democracy,"
(what's that?) and "the rest of mankind"
to support it : This will add, possibly, One
more vote (that of the Editor) to the Dem
ocratic vote of the county. Let us give
thanks!
11IgL. A bully, named McCabe, went into
the office of the New York Daily Newt, an
l'uesday morning, and beat, in a brutal
manner, an editor of that paper, a Mr.
Thompson, on account of an article pub
lished in the NrICA. respecting the Syracuse
convention. MuCalie was subsequently ar
rested, and bound over to answer the
charge of assault and battery.
be" Mr. William H. Hooper, the new
delegated to Congress from Utah. e 1 , for
merly a tnerehant in Galena, lit. Ifs is a,
native of Maryland, and went to Galena in
1834, but was unsuccessful in busineaa,and
for some years ran a steamboat on the Up
per Mississippi and the Missouri. Eight
or ten years since he joined the Mormons,
and has been latterly a leading man among
the Sainte in Utah.
CAM MID Erriter.—A "Republican" pa
per in *. en tami an some
recent . • - ' develop
ments in " • :1 ' wants to know
•• what tea . sof *violable
a city • -
should be more asiders. 14heriell, incen
diary Area. brutal aosults and crime in all
its Phases, than can be found on the same
nuniber o( wee, qt poky of rel seoden of
jhecouripuounthopelritaitx•
To this &it qttestion, Th e op Post,
makes fair antum...4lma:
"It Isamu many yaps ammo the okra
-
men of thateominasouttellh Ala sudortook
to control its paid^ and during these
years they have persevered with a seal
worth of a better onus& They here gone
warmly into every smeidng political con
test. Them. fads hat been in abuse of the
South, abuse of the liquor dealers, abuse of
everybody who did not believe just am they
did—in Yen Liquor laws and Personal
Liberty enactments--iii Wilmot Provisos
and Preiddential aretions.ft e harc
preached an entirely, new e
gos and
according to Joshua 11. and
Amos Burlingame, and Henry Ward Beech
er, and Theodore Parker, all of whom have
more filth in Sharpe's rifles than in the
Christian's GlizxL
'• Of mum the have had to neglect the
care of their moral or spiritual
care, we mean. They hwy. given all their
time to instructions bow to vote, and hare
had *one to devote to the moral conduct
of their people. Instead of inquiring if
men oommenoed the day with a prayer in
their families, they have only had ti,me
inquire if they were devoted to the " Re
publican " party. "Do you reed your Bi
ble?" has seldom been asked of the aura
member. But, " Have you read yester
day'h New York Train's" or " Burllppme's
lait speech 1" has !answered instead.
" Who wonders that vice flourishes—
that crime abounds—in Massachusetts
What can you expect of the people when
the clergy desert the cause of the Master
to dabble in politics?"
sigi. The Chautauqua Democrat relates
that Judge Chamberlain of Randolph, re
cently received a package from some place
in Pennsylvania, by mail. The package
looked as though it might have contained
miniature likenesses, but upon removing
the outside wrapper, the Judge became
suspicious of a certain string that seemed
to be connected with the contents of the
package. He called in a neighbor, and
the package was carefully opened, and
found to contain two pistols loaded with
powder and ball, capped and cocked, the
string communicating with the triggers.—
We understand the Judge has strong sus
picions as to who was the friendly &nor
of this valuable present.
sir The state of morals in Dettol t Must
be at a rather low ebb. For exaMple, the
Free Press says :—'• The extent to which
amalgamation is carried in this city is really
beyond the knowledge of nine-tenths of
the inhabitants. There are hundreds of
families the parents of which are of oppo
site colors, and, althought the marrage of
whites and blacks is illegal and void, yet
they live together and bear children. It
is a remarkable fact that, out of all this
number, no instance exists where a white
man lives with a black woman, They are
all white women and generally the black
est kind of men."
The Leigh Chronicle states that there
ware recently interred in that place the re
mains of a very ingenious, useful, but some•
what eccentric person, named Hallwell,
who, for half a century, practiced dentist
ry, along with many other descriptions of
business. He willed, in due testamentary
form, that the whole of the teeth extract
ed by him should be buried withhim. In
deference to hi wishes, his executors saw
that done, and in the grave in which he
lies were deposited 30,000 human teeth of
his own extraction, in the period mention
ed.
A breach of promise case has re
cently been tried at Catlin, Chemung
county, and the defendant, D. C. Kimball,
has been adjudged to have disappointed
the alighted lady, Miss Amanda M. Mast
ers, to the extent of $l,OOO. The ease has
made much scandal, for the defendant
testified that the fair Amanda had volun
tarily become his wife, defiedo if not de jure.
As the parties are what is call " respects
able," the affair furnishes ample food for
the village gossips.
tor It appears by statements received
from Washington, that the &IMMO of the
post-office department are in better condi
tion than might resonably have been ex
pected, from the omission of Congress to
make the necessary appropriations at the
last session. The vigorous system of re
trenchment adopted by the Postmaster
General will enable him to carry on the
operations of his department without se
rious embarrassment, till Congress can sup
ply the means of relief.
MI LLCREEK
air Speaking of the Warren Ledge, the
McKean County Democrat, says it " has
raised the State ticket end is laboring, in
its way, for the candidates nominated by
the Democratic Convention of that county.
It is an open question whether the efforts
of that paper will add to the success df the
ticket, or have the contrary effect.
11111-A man named Michael July, now in
jail in Cincinnati awaiting execution for the
murder of of his wife. is making a desper
ate attempt to starve himself to death, and
thereby chest the gallows. He refuses to
eat, and has become so attenuated that it
is thought he cannot survive much longer.
MIL. It is hardly possible that in these
days superstition holds so strong a grasp of
people as this would lead us to expect :
" A Mrs. Prescott Lawrence, of 'Wham'',
Vt., died a few days since ;of consumption,
and as a member of the falnily had previ
ously died of the same diMase, the family
went through the stipenititions farce of
burning the lungs, heart 4nd liver of the
deceased to present any More from dying
of the same disease."
goy- The Caliibmia papers have been
treating Horace Greeley in theirownunimat
yet wholeeouled style. Desiring to pm
sent his phis to tbeiXesselaw, but not hav
ing the facilities of getting an accurate
likeness, they hare employed for the pur
pose such wood eats as they happened to
have on hand, sad testend of adapting the
portrait to the ovigiksl, have oontented
themselves with adapting the description
to the portrait. It was hound
one case to snake him a "stout=rt
complexioned man, with black heir and a
good deal of black whiskers."
w 4... Sorb of our readers as want to vote
this year—and we he they all do—and
are not awned, - *WWII to attend to that
duty to day, Ootober lit, or they win be
too tea.
C=lllll
peal and gittrarg.
r----4
r pa l
. • . nearly '.. dada olrjfain and storm,
the -. . , or , . tiro], and the
i .. i 1 are e . ingly good.
.4..... -
%. C. i. Sit ' MIL reefgit ed the Neel
dewy of tile Bank of Crawford County. Sorry
to hear it 1.
',The "Atlantic Monthly," for October,
Is' otthad on our table. * The contents are
an
sir The recell)6 l--- i7 111 4 7 ,)in lair last week was
only $686, Simi this, considering the weather.
WAS Men! thIP2I tome ably'. have been ex
pected.
air We learn by the Wsterfod Enyuirrr
that the Depot of the S. & E. Railroad near
that village has been located on the farm of
Mr. Samuel Brotherten, at the intersection of
the strict that crosses the centre of the cil
iate-
afar Alettes from the Secretary of the Nary
to•the Editor of this paper and others, in re
lation to the'pentemplateti repairs on the Stems
& Elichiven, says therepairi will be done here if
the male done al cheap as elsewhere. This
knives tie held open to the competition of our
tasehanitn, and in Inch a race they are always
ahead. ,
aor The pundiao, by a gentleman from
Cincinnati, of a location in our city for the
orection of a Jiburafkotury of machinery and
4 14 ealtuild linplesoenta, spoken of by the Ex
press this week, wakrarn is a fixed fact. lie
had visited Cleveland and iluifitio, and after
Carded exalnirration, came to the conclusion
tlyit Erie ofereid more inducements than either.
Ur We invite tie attention of the public
to the advertisement of Britsea & Co. whole
sale &deers in °boleti Wines and Liquors, Ci
gars, Brandied and Preserved Fruits, Ilekles
&a. With the increasing trade of our city, and
the large extent of country which our Railroad
improvements are rendering trihutary to that
trade, such an establishment its this will end
an ample Bad for operations. They have fa
cilities for furnishing country dealers with
goods in their line as cheap and upon AA iroo.l
terms as ry Buffalo or New York House (live
them a
sar The Waterford Esqwwer been re
vived under the editorial management of
R. LI-Lruit, a practical printer. who annottn
can that he intende to do hitt own editing aw
kin own printing. That is the way to tell it
and we predict he will Pucceed At all event.
here is our hand!
Air A woman was found guilty, the
day. in the Quarter &elisions of Philadelphia.
of passing a counterfeit $5 hill on the Lank .it
Commerce, of Ibis city in expert testitiod
the trial that the note in .itiet , tion bad been
"Altered from one on the Oliictue Bank. Ne
braska Territory. which was a broken hank '
Broken batiks or any kind or hank. in Netira-
ka, ezcepi river banks, arc certainly something
new and we.
kr The Crawford Jmernal relates that a
"new lake is said to have been recently discov
ered in Pymatuning swamp. shout three wiles
from ilartatown. it is about the size of the
Diamond, in Meadville, sad a canoe was foutol
there which is said to have been put in thtrt, -
five years ago. Through all that time it ha: ,
lain undiscovned and unknown to the people of
that quarter." Well, if a "canoe" was found
in it, "Out in thrity-five years ago." and it (the
lake) has been "laying out in the wet - all that
time, how can it hes "new lake
gir Poterh perforates CIIARLEs MACICAI,
the peat Returned (from America.) in the
following style, for attacking
"Idyls of the King :"
•'The Idyls rhymester aspersee
-0 Public), rejoice and he glad
If he were not abusing good verses,
He d be busily writing some list'.
gar We notice by the 1.e./inn/p..4,444n that the
Milting &med. of Pottsville, Into gassed into
the hands ofour old friend, WIN E. g .
late of the Arsru , Philadelphia Our impres
sion is,though we don't exchange with it, that
the Record has heretofore been a sort of gurril
la sheet : hut with Steam at the head of it, it
will be all right in the future. that's certain '
Give us your hand, Williatu, for ninety days
gar Local items are rather Pearce this week
The only one of special interest we have to re
cord is a fact, related to us by one of our -dock
men," that the nurses in t his ei ty have adopted
a reerw way of quieting unruly children. You
know, said he, it has been the habit of that
useful and necessary part of the household, t o
tell unruly children that if they did'nt behave
the bears would come sad git 'em ; but now.
continued he, they have invented a shorter and
more effectual antidote'forcrossness ; all they
have to do to obtain perfect quiet and obedi
ence on the part of their infantile charges
to ten 'em if they don't behave they'll give 'rot
to "them dock fellers;" And if that is'fit inr
uusdiately effectual, just say, ••11ush: hush:
there comes the rugs from the dock," and t bey
subside at once.
w ar A man by the name of Ware, living in
Conneaut township in this county, attempted
to kill his wife on Friday last. Armed with a
loaded gun or pistol, he went into the room
where his wife was, and, remarking to her
that as they could not live together in peace
perhaps they had better die together, he shot
at her two or three times. Thinking, doubt
less, that he-had killed her. be fled into tle
woods and remained concealed until Monday—
in the meantime attempting to let out his own
life through his throat by means of a small
knife. But overhearing sonic persons, who
passed near him, talking about his act and
saying that kis - with was but slightly hurt, and
pressed no doubt by the demands of hunger, be
came forth from his hiding place, and was soon
afterarreisted and duly committed to jail. What
a glorious chance for some of our Attorneys to
make out a case of insanity, and relieve the
poor fellow from all -responsibilities for the at.
tempted murder!
ger A new daily joint-stetek nowspaper. to
be ealled the Dial, which i- ' to smash
up the Mier, is still talked on. The
share-holders, says an Eugh.., . `re grad
ually though slowly increasing, and there is a
prospect of its appearance with the new year.
The Aloes rules the Government and the peo
ple of England with a rod of iron, and it is
high time that Its influence should he divided
Ind its power held in check by some worthy
air The Gawk says it expects the Obser
ver will supportJudgs Dor °Las if Dominated at
Charleston. The Gazette's expectation will he
realited : lie Observer grill support kw! The
Ofmerver has not, sloes trot, awl probably never
Will agree with some of Judge Dovoumen posi
tions
in relation to territorial ntrairvi, bat that
is no reason why we do not admire many trait,
Jib tiro saws sharneter, nor is it nay reason
why we should regime so support his in the
*seat of his aominatioa.
stir we have no disposition to annoy and
tease the managers of the Erie County Agri
cultural Socieff * account of the untoward
tr esti* t titte their Annual Fair butt
'reekye e thi it but right to say to them
imp the fact, by repetition,
pon eitininds memories, that a storm
.f wthd 65d rain orally occurs about the,
time of the Autumnal Equinox. We do not
pretend to state the cape of this regularly
recurring phenomenon: certainly we do not
allege that the "sun's crossing the liner brings
tirrein—nor drwe •allege that ft dewiest ;
we only say, with the ahlawne-stakere,' ••lityin
may be confidently expected from the mai to
the 22d of September. the day before or the
day after." Common tradition and general
belief are usually correct as to facts, however
erroneous they may be as to principles egad
ceases ; and ?key pronounce for en .equiset
list storm." Perhaps it is because traditions
are wearing out among us, and peintlar no
tions are, 41111)1 shoed aside pr, Fowled out by
science and book-farming" theories, that ? 4he
equinox and its plurial concomitants haver teen
ignored :by our ;smart young farmers, on ae
looting a time for the County Pair. If such is
the case: let us see if we cannot revive their
faith a little in the popular notion by mention
ing a few theta. A friend, who lass takisnibe
trouble of making a note of the weigher or a
few years pest. has allowed us to look into his
ntemorsathuu hook. We find from this inspec
tion that, in the year .1&54, there was rain on
the llith; and again on the 2lith of `September;
and in ISM, there was rain on the 18th of' the
sahsei nion - fli. In lgrir, he hies noted a big rem
on the 11th of Septetaber, *kW is 1858 it
wouldaWat !here wan no 'rain at' the7time of
the Equinox. For the present year. our fijend
hats agaids noted a "big rain," on the 2lst tap
tetnbet, and we think the members of the Ag
ricultural Society will not claim that he bee ex
aggosplad ; for if we have any idea - whisk it is
constitutes a big rein, the one that descended
upon this coturnunity, the ?Mid Society mai,
their Fair included, on Wednesdgy afternoon
and evening last, was of that descriplionr-
Within the past five years. then, only one Au
tumnal equinox has passed over without rain,
the storm also, in two or three instances, being
severe and long-continned. Even if the Society
therefore, in their wisdom, disregard popttlar
tradition and belief on this subject, certainly
they may be expected hereafter to pay some
attention to well ascertained and authentica
ted facts founded on positive experience.
AtiSice.ooAts nothing, and like matt Gamow
and cheap things. is slightly regarded. Vet at
the risk of making them an unwelcome ting
ing, we will say a few admonitory things to the
Erie l'ounty kgrieulturnl Soeieft. In the Grit
mrleet :11w ty% your most prudent and
ni4 intelligent men :44 officers and managers,
tot regiirding itltother they merry long purees
.r Short ones. are Democrats or Republicans.
uc Forher., or Nona of Msha. Then, fix on
...we I 1111 e. 4:ty the ti'ret week in innolier or the
si,otel in Septetolier for your hiunial Fair,
whenever it 'nay .rent best for ihtt es and
LillerrianCpClCiltlloLl t hold it ;,sad l Ized
it time, .rich to it, and sat'
-110161 eitunee to lie nkfiki(ase e
that there will of itturse be fou . l4Bllfier
the nest year date, wad soappoint
an earlier Iw a later ‘lay Let all pAri+ lit the
t'outity that lake uu Interest in your :I , :iieiety be
fairly representeil in your Committees for
:Awarding preinium , , ho t4t there inuy be no
jipit ,• cruse of complaint that Erie anti the Iv].
lucent to% 10.1111 , 1 monor,lize Loth ibe judges
and the awurda--•r Cutup/ 1111 C wfidebt we hotve
heard from more than one mouth Select +onn•
arger, more level, and much wore convenient
,lace on which to hold your faire • than the
ire:tent ground.. Ito everything in the best
Mintier possible anti at the proper that': Rau
ploy an agent, if necessary, for a few weelFsiin
he latter part of August, in bringing the In•
ereete of the Society before the attention of
lie people of the county, and urging them to
. j .,tiirihute of their prieducts to the makelliAion
Agricultural Fairs, wt.& believe, it,peoj ids
managed and fairly' gorilueted, are ot gnat
utility, exciting to how** oottapititke pro
lucer. and 'manufacturers, sad bringing peo
ple together to ace and consult with each other,
and compare the results of each others indus
try. But if allowed to degenerate into mere
catch-penny ouncerna, controlled by a score or
s o of people who 'mike all the contributions
and get all the premiums, they become grist
public impositions, and should be rated in the
same category with mimntebank shows end
one-horse circuses of the lowest character
skir Thaekeray'a •• rays:wow - is about
drawing to a close, and will he completed, we
believe, in the neat number of lbsrper's Maga
ztnv. It seems rather ludicrotw, and even
shocking to one's sense of propriety, to see
such historical characters as (leo. Washington,
Benjamin Franklin, Sc., introdneed intiia ro
mance and made to figure among factitious
personages : yet we Cannot but, agree with the
Phila. Bulletin in the remark, that "no writings
of an Englishman, with which we are acquaint
ed, give such an American view of the causes
of the struggle (our Revolution) and the mode
in which it was conducted. i► is, indeed, Mr.
Bancroft's account condensed and incorporated
into a romance, and it is easily to be seen that
the English novel it has studied the American
history faithfully and trustingly. Full justice
is done to the characters of Washington and
those under him : and the blundering English
politicians a nd soldiers, the weak English gov
ernor 4 and the timid unworthy loyalists, whom
we - prefer tiu call -tones." are also treated as
they deuerfe.
_ _
Ike- Stupendous results sometimes spring
rant ire+igaiticani. causes. The greatest events
,tied take their beginning from •trifles light.
air." The grvat Indian mutiny, which has
outing England nu muck Lloewl
and tresure,-leas occasioned, it is said. by the
on the cartridges of the Sepoys, at which
their Mohommedan superstition took offence.
The great i French and English war, of 17:Xi.
was.. as Goldsmith says. "all upon account
of one pidef,s desiring to wear greater quantities
ofiurs than the other''—the furs being obtain
ed front Canada. But should a war between
Great Britain an4l the United States grow Out
of the pres'ent difficulty on our North Western
boundary, 'which. Lieut. General ticorr and a
high English olbeer have been sent by their
respect ivegovernments to settle, it will be found
to have had quite as insignificant an origin as
any other. An Atuerican, it is said. shot ahog
belonging lo a British resident. Gov. Douglas
sent hie son to arrest the offender. lie refused
to he arrested, but offered to oompromiite Qy
paying twice the value of the hog. The offi
cer, stiU persisted. nnJ was informed by the
American that if he attempted to make the !w
-rest he wouldahoot him. The dinpute widened,
till it has now become one of territory and Ju
risdiction, and the governments of the great
nations have taken it up. And, if hog's groan
has occasioned one bloody war e why may iot
the hog himself prove the cause of another!—
Truly.
"Telt mike from little Aeons grow.'
- Nor The lifeless body of.larnes Stewart,
of the firm or W. & J-Stewart, of Wheel
ing, Va., was fnund lying on the pavement
on the evening of the 18th inst. fie had
been killed by a stab with a knife. His
brother William was arrested on suspicion
of having oommitted the murder.
AL Cik4o Sambie
I==2ll
gorT ua; The pursuit of a favorite mud,
as well as a desire for it day ' s
reerem,
among fading Woods and moss-grown meat.
duced us to take a trip over the Suobury
Erie Road the other day Swiftly tt o
bear as away from the emerald waters u(
sparkling lake, and we are among the pop.
and scarlet hails of woodland hill u l d
mold. There is a serene beauty in ',A y
tumn that Wong* to no other season i t.
weird elemints of decay seem to vlamt, e ,
every teat The Pone of Summer are hu s h,
•
and the cold clouds gloat sullenly corer bet,
While the engine is toiling up thu in,
grade we have a fine opportunity to notic e
surrounding formation. A glance It the ed
hankmente tells us that it is drift
theory we accept in regard to their origin ih.„.
vast bed' of gravel, water worn . pebbles. 4ir
and boulders of every variety of e0ta1„,,, t „,,,
these broken fragments of limestone, the.
striated rooks will ever remain en inesph t ",
wonder.
How vast, sad beyond comprehension, m u ,
have been the forces that heaped together . 4 .
hawrogeammas MUM of easterials ! If a um ' ,
coespasited through glacial agency, thou lt
is hates adequate to conceive of those it
mense fields of ice which must Wave
thousands of years before the advent of me
If it was deposited by means of icebergs•
Cca
tunes must have elapsed ere the work eutillt
have been socemplished.
As we look upon the records of get,log"
mutation and distribution, imagination Lair.
us back among the moraines •anti &Nieto
the diluvial period. Instead of verdant Lem
looks and grassy plains, the level sun tha ne ,
on the glittering pianadeaof ice. lost e .„l „ r
the soft sighfug of autumnal winds, we . rem
hear the hoarse crackling of the freeling
No animal, not even man, may be seen ea th e ,
broad glassy fields that are moving on, tetp.r
ceptibly bearing with them the huge beui,lort
scattering the grooved rocks, ploughin g Lt
rows, piling up ridges, disturbing, tolling in,
dislocating strata of sand and clay
Of all the departments of geology thu
the surface is most difficult to underuaul
explain. It is easy to classify the rock!, ho t
stratified and unstratified, and conipanuus q
easy to identify species of petrified plant. at,
animals, but satisfactorily to explain the pep
molten!' of the drift, and to account fm. a.
transportation of huge rocks for hundred. •
miles, is a more diffieult task.
But while we are musing on these ingetn,u,
if not philosophical theories shout , the dn'•
formation, we are trough to the summit, slot
t;:.)0 feet above the lake. Near this place,
the side of the road,may be seen trunks of tree
which have sunk a number of feet into the rd
muck Great difficulty was experienced
building the road over this place owing to tL
very unstable condition of the ground;
either side. under a few inches of vegetat,
mould, lies a stratum of bluish clay which
full of minute shells such as are found at
bottom of ponds. It to very likely that tin. r•
gion was once the bottom of afresh water p., t ,,
or lake which spread over a considerat.l”,,
Sukmoluently. the waters were drained ~s
bursting their barriers, and the land ru•ty
been thrown up by volcanic agency
A fewmiles this side of the town ot
we same upon bed ,of quick s:►ad Spent
of water bubble up thrHugh Ihe 'lnd ■twh
sin impalpable p..wder, and the .1 •,:
clay fruw above ark. w3sltell d..vrn
The mixture w came.' mwny I y thy -tr.
mr:tter to fibrin twit dep...lit.
ll.•you I 1 . 111 , .11 we will look at thr itit: .
little more closely. Here, among 'he multau
Among specimens ut sanilstoor rubble sc../
grant Is, is a piece of statly ruck stitch Ls.
marks of shells upon it Ity the' eprcte. ot
molluscs which it contains we know it to he
long to a group of stratified rocks which wire
deposited during the Prtmary or Silurian per.
od —the oldest of the three great tli-tilogicsi
periods. The animal that is now a dint,' stoui
must have lived millions of years ago when
continent was submerged. It was prrseriet
by being surrounded by deposit.. of sitod
soft mud which gradually hardened. and af:.••
many years it was lifted up by earth. t uate•
and broken off by the glaciers. It w firmly
slowly transported hither to be exhume,i n.
the pick age of the laborer of the nineteetrt.
century, and carried away as a fine iipe, rocs
of ancient being Surely this thrift t a iat•t
rinth of wonders. Every step we take. wi
tread on the flinty remains of shell 6,h tha
!Peed and died long before the historical period
Here they have remained, locked up in thr.t
stony cells ever since the ukiest Geological
riod. When the noiseless fish that now mirep
in the Old Red Sandstone were gliding over
head, when the earth was covered with the g.
gantic ferns and club mosses that are now dug
out of the great coal fields of our state, when
the huge herbivorous sauriaus of the Seconds
ry, and the mastodons of the Tertiary, wet ,
browsing in the dark meadows above, here
slumbered these lifeless petrifaction•+ in Inc
solid rock, far from the light of the sun.
But our excursion has made us weary Int
we fear it has made your readers mach more
so. A short ride brings us home akain to
dream over the exploits and sconces of the I 3)
Yours truly, B. s 11
MABRIA DES.
In We Millcreek, on the 27th ult ,by Ito
Wm. M. Blackburn, Mr. JOSEPH R. STER
RETT, of thin city, and Mice LAURA C.
VALMONT, the former place.
On the 13th ult., by Rev. T. LOVE, Mr II
H. WHITNEY, to ELIZABETH HIMBOI'. to
Waterford.
DEATHS.
In Slillereek, on the 16th ult., at the reel
deuce of her grandfather J. F. Wilson, JULIA
II ATTIE, daughter of G. W. k Mary ISM.,
Moore, of Springfield, aged 5 months and 9 dais
In this oity, on the 14th ult., FANNY
ZA, only daughter of Orville and Aleista John
son. aged 1 year, 5 months and Al days.
MKS. WINSLOW, an orpstiebonl mow
aad hanala physician, baa • Sootlidng Syrup (..1.
whk.kb greatly facilllattsa tbe prows. 0
Wattling by malteds( the gar rsdnelsg all initanmw,...
—will allay all gala and I. Dare to regulate the bowels. -
tend • It, mothers, it will giro rest to y0ur...h....
sad health to your What& Pendobtly ode e
all alma Is. advbrumemist la amain' column. ly
WPALLING 1 / 1 144...1" bey Us years old wio
fora loot time torribiy aleleted with Fair/
hysielaos sad Medicine have all tailed to mike,.
kilo—about two await= hs omaierswasst sass for
Rorer /Via sad Ms lamas as that he has net
had aMt sloes, ',bleb s math longer time tiro he has
ever wooed.sine he was first attached with them. a •
have so doubt they will do son good la those awe thus
all other mesas eves lard. Is.
111111. IMP IN TIM YIN UTNB
ha it AWO rut.iiommo icartatA r .
A wag certain and "peal ream* ever dbarosera rr
sll Owns of the Met and Ls*ga Cbsers CVOs /Oh
am, aminsuyinso, Drenehare, beltways, liseressess,
esti Brisstiese. Sere That, 4c
?USSR WAPHRS give the 'noel lastantaneev •
sad perfect relief and oboe pseorerrod with aotonlies
directions, sever fail So oast a rapid sad lastlag taro
Taoamoda haws Iron neatond to parapet loath olio have
triad other mow la imia. Ts all duns aad all roost'
lotions they are aqua* a Werwimg sad awn—Dom bred
deepair, Do matter how lose the Mama manhar• rr st
sy however weer* it suty be, provided the *rpm ,
strostwo of the vital *name is sot hvipolossly decayed
Vol" one afilostod should eve the sa inquirtial trial
TO VooLuova aim Pomo SPIAXIIII, Ibolllll Wldars ate
peeaLiarly ralsable ; they will is oas Doll more Ito
molt severe aoramiaaal boarotaess ; sad their regular vv
for a few days slit, at all those, laerpoilo the pogrom mot
lloillbellty of the woke, portly looproviog Ito too*, coo,
pow awl clearness, for which they an nun. kri
said by =soy proksslonal vocalists.
JOB 11011t3, Sole Proprietor, Beebeeter, N
Price It mutt per bor. for me by Caster is Brit nun
L. I. Baldwin. ttly May 7, 1160.-48.1)