THE OBSERVER.
13. F. SLOAN, Editor
TERM: `l6O PER YEAR TN ADVANCE
SATURDAY MORN'O, OCT. 8, 1859
State Democratic Ticket.
TON ♦VDITON OWN/NAL,
RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT
FOR lIIIRVICTOIt GINERAL
JOHN BOWE.
INDEPENPENT CANB49.4TES
COAIAIMS/ONER,
virTo itte lodlopeadest Electors of Erie
Vosist7.---Gmruntss-1 offer azyr.if .a a can
dtilata fur the °Nice of County Connetesiotier at the onee
tug election. oetit.'6o. JOS HENDERSON.
ASSEMBLY.
r:lr PLEASE announce Wn.80:4 Lento, Erg , as aa
independent Candidate for Ametnbly Mr I.aletl
a y and &RIAU, represented this County at the last
ilefudon of tbr lopyialatorr, and well merits the eonhdenee
and support of the voters of Erie COUPII
Erie, Sept. 141.169.-15. MANY CITIZENS.
For Whom to Vote,
tur Democratic friend. throughout the
cqunty will find ticket. at their different
place, otung pot 3.fes-r, and
l i ‘ E. our candidate , for Auilitm general
:mil Sun e) or t loneral. We 11,041 not urge
upon them the propriet seeiii...! that tio
I)emoerat vote , without these ta•ket., for
the liemocrac‘ of Erie county art' reliable
and know the necessity adhering to their
organization in voting for all purely polit
ical Itiives, such as t hose namei t)n coon
matters they have a wider range. 'We
have no ticket in the field, our County Com
mitteee diving failed to call u contention
to put pne in nominatiu t. We are not
about toidiscuss the wisdom of such a course.
but sally to say that it leaves every Dem
ocrat free to adopt or reject such volunteers
as are in the field. Of such there are but
two—Wasos - Limn, Esq.. for Assernbly,and
Jos Iltsor.ftsov, Esq.. for Commissioner.—
Both gentlemen bait• tilled the office, to
which they aspire with credit to themselves
and profit to their constituents: anti it is
but the part of wisdom when a public ser
vant has been faithful to his trust to con
tinue to confide in him. In this view we
shall ',Tote for Wlt.sos: LIIRD and JosePtt
HENDERSON, and we earnestly urge the pro
priety of the same course upon our Demo
cratic friends throughout the county. By
this course we can secure capable and hon
est men in two important offices, and at
the i:..ttiat‘ tittle help to break up that system
at political log-rolling which has more or
less been the bane of the Mituint , tit party
in the county.
The Republican Address
Last wei‘it's Get:ette. us also the America,,,
contained an address to the Republicans of
the county from the pen of the Chairman
of their County Committee. Strange as it
may appear, from the cool atmosphere
which pervades the political parties of the
county, we have read that address. It
* harts out with informing the "Republicans"
that they will soon "be called to sustain
the state and county nominations" of their
party. Now we beg to inform this worthy
-Chairman" of a small political fact to which
he appears to be perfectly oblivious—name
that .t. he Ranublican natty. u such. has
no state ticket in the field. Even the Ga
it dare not, and does not, christian its
state ticket "Republican." This is a small
matter, but the "Chairman" of a Commit
tee should be right„even in small matters.•
Again, we are told in this address that the
Democratic party is "disorganized by in
ternal dissesnions growing out of the dis
honest practices of the present National
A dministration,"and thiat"hon est members
of the party are deserting it by scores." If
this is intended for clap trap, to keep up
the flagging spirits of his party,it is all very
well; but if the "Chairman" puts tit forth
as a sober, earnest truth, we beg to assure
him that lie was never more mistaken in
his life ; and this he will ascertain on the
second Tuesday of October just as sure as
the sun sets. The "honest members of the
party." instead of "deserting" the Demo
cratic ship, are rallying around it, and will
make short work of the deserters—the for
,ry.tandthe Catneroul, mark that Again,the
address proceeds to say that the Democrat
ic party "is now but an office holder's party,
held tngetlier by the cohesive power of
public plunder." This assertion suggests
to us the query--how long the Reputacan
party of Erie county would hold together
—and how many such addresses would the
Chairman of the Republican county com
mute write—if the "public plunder" in
and about the Court Iluiase was renewed?
Why. if we are not mistaken, the "('hair
man- himself has an itching for some of
this -public plunder." It is the shearest
',wet , of bald hypocntey. then. for men who
are office-seekers themselves, and sustain
an office-seeking organization, to set up the
cr) of "office-holders." It is very much
like die pick-pocket raising the cry of
stop thief. - Full grown 1114'11 4101.41(1 not be
guilty of it. (If the same piece of miser
able clap-trap is the Chairman's assertion
about the Democratic purty "yielding more
and more, year by year. to the imperious
demands of the slave-holders." The Dem
ocratic party yield, "year by year," the
undoubted rights "slave holders" possess
under the constitution—no more, no less.
The Democratic party has nothing to do
with the morality of slave holding—it has
nothing to do with slavery as a question of
political economy—but it has to do with
the taanstitutional rights of the slave states,
pea as it has with the constitutional rights
of the free states. And this one political
fact demoustrates it. When the necessities
of the times brought the Democratic party
into life in the early days of the Republic,
almost every state was devoted to slavery.
The Democr.itie party has controlled the
iovoninient almost interruptedly ever
-ince : and yet, to-slay, how -tanils the iiii
mercial strength of the free end the .have
stat•-• : Why, within the political esisteuce
of the Chairman of the Republican eoni
inittee the Democratic party has added
threefees states to the Union—California,
iregnn. and Minnesota, and only one slave
state, Texas: and it is an equal matter of
political history that the very man, as well
a'. the party he represents, who is now so
emphatic in his charge that die Democrat
, party -eats the dirt thrust before it by
its southesn masters." opposed the acqui
aition of the free state of California—that
his party in the senate and House voted
against the admission of the free state of
‘.)resort : and re have yet to hear one word
o 1 condemnation from him on that snbjeet:
,dare than this, when hes the Republican
(arty, the 1041 Whig ioarty, thl k tem
Nothing. party, the "opposition . ' parts, .1
member of all of whichi this - chairman"
ha, been at different tittio,over addeila foot
of lend to this country eihieli has been am
i(,,mmt to freedom," or s state to "free 11-
bor." Never! Th. Republican part• has
now, aa those who compose it have had, in
times past. a great deal to say about th
encroachments of the southern states iii6n
the rights of the north ; hut this. like Their
efforts in behalf of the slave, has all been,
for effect—a feather, as it were. used to
tickle the ears and nostrels of simple 14'11-
ph. W 114) have been educated to look upoti
slavers as a great curse. And it is un
doubtedly a great curse- -more so to the
Master than the slave, we verily believe---
but it is a matter of history that the He
publican party, and those who write its
addresses, never have, and judging by their
actions, never will do any thinf for the el
evation of the slave. From GIDDMIS down,
with all their loud talk and all their pro
fessions, they have never freed a slave, ex
cept by stealing him from his master, or by
running him offby the Under Ground Rail
road, And here let us remark, that amost
capital illustration of this is now exhibited
in their isdicy in the neighboring state of
()hi°. The candidate of the Republicans
of that -tate for Judge of the Stiptenic
Court relit• Wm Y. Uoutsnx, a native of
itiel the uwiter, helore he
lett that Mute, of sr vend
those,laves'f Not hel lie sold them
them, too, and trayie hill- of --11,
warranting them, not only Hound in Is• 11).
but "-laves for life " Now• he sets ••n the
highest seat in the synagogue of Repubh
euni-ni with Cyni,lings ; he will receive the
Republican vote of Ohio, aid if elected,ls
success will be rejoiced over by the author
of this address, and while' he counts his
heads be will thaiik God he does not be
long to a parts that "eat' he dirt thrust
before it by its southein ma-sters with a
more abject mean than ever " He will
forget that neither the party he repre.ents,
nor the politicians he affiliates with, have
ever made a rout of slave territory free or
ever will: but on the contrary hail it not
been for their incendiary course. several
the border states now slave would y 5 ago
have been free
There are several other mutters in this
address we intended to notice, but time and
space forbid. We pave said enough, how
ever, to show our readers its character,and
that is perhaps sufficient.
air=
in. HORACE GIUMULT'd journey to Cali
fornia does not appear to have produced a
very large harvest of political fruit. Hor
ace went out there for the purpose of patch
ing up a compact, offensive and defensive,
between the Broderick bolters and the Re
publicans, and by that means bringing the
state into line for 1860. He accomplished
his mission partly. One Broderick candi
date for Congress withdrew and one Repub
lican, leaving the field open to M'Xibben
and Baker—brit when the people came to
vote, they knocked the coalition, Horace
went so far to patch up, into "eternal
smash." Tbey completely "wiped out"
Broderick and 14"Ribben, and gave the
Republicans such a drubbing that they will
never organize again in the golden state
under that name. Alas! for the mission
of Horace ! Alas for the. lah".• of Qopooloy I
war The Gazette is in a "peck of tribula
tion." Things are not working just as it
would have them. Last week it was so kind
as to announce our good friend STRONG as
the Democratic candidate for County Com
missioner, and urged all good Democrats
to vote for him. This was really kind on
the part of our cotemporary, and we have
no doubt STRONG is duly grateful ; but, alas,
just as the matter was arranged,the
Repubbian announced Jos. HallosasoN,
Esq., of Millcreek, for t'ommissioner, and
a corr es pondent of the Observer brought
out his name prominently before his read
ers. This was a "gray horse of another
color," and this week the same unselfish
Gazette is in great tribulation for fear Dem
ocrats will drop STRONG and vote for HEN
[ARSON. Now, in view of khe fact that the
former is not a candidate eiither by his own
consent. or at the solicitaition of any body
but the Gazette, we should not wonder if
the Dotnocrats woad vote) for LIENDERsoti
Wait and see.
-BAkxiss is Wittis'."—The Washing
correspondent of the Taose. telegraphs
that papur the following •
••It Is said Cul. Forney's personal
friends here that he has consented to he
supported by Antii.Lecomptoti Demo
cratic friends kir the klerkship, with the
understanding that they will go with the
Republican• for Speaker, the latter, of
course, to vote for Col. F. lie does not ex
pect approval by Judge Douglas,
Do•'nt he ?—how strange! By the by,
dia.+ nor the above explain the milk in the
following cocoanut, which we find in the
last Ga.:rue:
"The Philadelphia Press of the 1 inst.,
contains a finely-worded and magnanimous
notice of John C. Fremont. In spirit and
sentitnent it is highly creditable to the
writer, Col. Forney.
Magnanimous Forney ! gallant Colonel!
when shall 3 our numerous friends, and
especially Simox, have the pleasure of see
ing your hair parted in the middle, a la
Fremont!
SW' We are requested to say by Is.tec
R. TAYLOR. Esq., whose name has been
announced in our columns for the legisla
ture, he is nol a ernidulait. He is duly grate
ful to kind friends who hare urged him to
run. but he deems it quite improbable that
himself and Mr. Letts both could!be elect
ed. and henco he does not wish to throw any
obstacle in the way of that gentleman's
ella'tire4,
IMMI.. tisitatar, of the Tnbune, is rather
short in announcing :the result of his pil
grimage to California..: Here is all he says •
Letters overland from San Francisco to
!ht I:2th ult., inform Us that the entire Le
eolupton State ticket and both candidates
tor Congress of that stripe have been elect
ed The Legislature is the same way in
both branches. The People's Reform ticket
was ~occessful in San Francisco.
Could'ut the Democrats hire Horace to
make a pilgrimage to Maine and Vermont
next veer!
Mi.. It is no novelty to have snow in win
ter, yet the newspawers rarely fail to eb?on
icle .ueh an event. Here. however, is
something worthy of record •
"There was a severe snow storm in the
White Mountain district last Wednesday,
and the snow is a foot deep in some places
above the ledge, on the path from the glen.
The old residents say dolt never. since Isl 6
and 1817. has there been weather of equal
severity at so early a period in the season."
The Electian on Tuesday
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Very little tyfiere-t appviu'• to be felt by
the peoplir , nin IN in the v.-it -Ilion 011
n1(444.14) 7 / A .111,1nothe effort bas nom
sionaikrhtten znatb. by the Republican press
of U 44 county t , t infii44 , a little interost into
t eon teat, but it has availed little. The
rank !old file of the party will not awake.
The trump that u , ed to call then' to arms
when they answered to the name made
sacred by the devotion of a Clay and a Web-
er cracked, and there is neither music
in its call nor potency in its warnings.—
Verily, how are the mighty fallen ! The
regular and well orgamted forees that used
I orally under the Hanle of whig is no longer
(..76 4 telwr. Its plat, is occupied by a
broken and a scattered faction, with new
leaders and new aims, but with the same
insatiate love of office, only made more in
tense by the infusion of the "soldiers of
fortune" the Democratic party has driven
from its ranks. Party is a necessity in this
government it serves to keep in cheek
corruption, and purify the body politic ;
hut a party that has no higher aim than
the disposal of few offices in and about the
Court House—that parcels out official
vors without regard to fitness, and strikes
down good men becau.e they are not "on
the slate." though they are the choice of
the people, has ceased to perform its prop
er functions and become a mere machine
for oppression. And this is precisely the
with the Republican party of Erie
county.
Look for example at the Legislative tick
et pr,Nented by the party this Fall Will
au) matt pretend to say that Messrs. (CN
stsuv an.l TELLER art. the choice of the peo
ple of the county. True, they may be
time ee ever saw him was in a Democratic
convention advocating the claims of Col.
Dies Jouxsos, of Kentuck). The next
time we encountered him was in another
convention as the special friend of "Penn
sylvania's son," dines llcen•xszt ! At that
time the enormities of an affiliation with
slave holders had not dawned upon
his mind. The iniquity of the principles of
the Democratic party had not been revealed
to him ; but since then he has discovered
them all—has been born again—experi
enced a new political birth--and is now a
leader in the Israel of Republicanism. He
was defeated last fall, and he can be again.
Let us hope he may. Of his colleague up
on the ticket we have but little to say. If
his legislative career is to be judged by his
career in our city council, then far better
would it be for Erie county to have no rep
resentative at all than he. Illiberal and
narrow views have ever found an advocate
and exponent in him. In all things rela
ative to the welfare of our city, his course in
council has been of that kind so happily
burlesqued in Dickens "Little Dorret"
as "how not to do it." He has emphatical
ly strove, in his career as Councilman, to
do nothing for the city, unless he could see
some way it would inure to the benefit of
that part of the town in which he resided.
In saying this about the Republican can
didata we cast no reflections upon them
as gentlemen and citizens, for we appre
hend nothing can be said against them in
that light ; we refer to their public acts and
-public life, and on that ground we think
the election of neisher will prove beneficial
to the interests of the county.
The only other important county office
to be filled this fall is that of Commission
er ; and here the Republican convention
appears to have totally lost sight of wisdom
in making a selection. We understand
that their candidate, Mr. Ditoctwsr, has
actually no interest in common with the
people of the county It is true he is an
old citizen, but some years since he sold
off his property, emigrated to a western
state, and invested his means there. Be
coming disabled by an accident, he return
ed to this county, more for the purpose of
medical treatment than anything else, and
is only seeking the office now as a specula
tion for the time being. In this state of
the case, it no wonder that some of our
prominent citizens of both political parties
have deemed it due to the interests of the
tax payers to bring out a volunteer candi
date in the perv.on Jos. IlEsnlitsori, Esq.,
o f Millereek. Mr. If. is well known to the
people of this county —he has served them
in the same office h e is now named for, and
with satisfaction. Ills interests are all here,
and his election will be, not the triumph
of a part), but of the people. We shall
vote for him, not because of his political
principles, but simply becati:.e we believe
it is an office that should be taken out of
politics' We hope every Democrat will do
so too. We have no candidates of our
own, but we can make our power felt, and
our votes respected in the future.
Me Here is a ":.ensation item - which
we find in our exchanges. It is this—the
first and only railroad in Africa, was com
pleted a few months ago. It connects Al
exandria, the chief Egyptian sea-port, with
Cario. The most remarkable fact connect
ed with this evidence of progress in Egypt,
is the use of human kxlies for fuel. The
locomotives are fed with this novel food,
and actually derive their strength from the
burning hones and flesh of men. Lest our
readers should charge the Egyptians with
cruelty, it may be, stated that the bodies
thus burned are dead ones. In short, they
are mummies. The eatacombs contain an
inexhaustible supply of them, and, after
reposing in peace forty centuries, they are
torn from their resting-places by the pro
gressive Egyptians and made to supply the
place of wood an.tlenal. To what base uses
do we come at la-t of riding over
the historic Delta of the Nile, behind a lo
comotive driven by a fire made of the ho. -
-h-s of kameee4 and the Pharaohs !
gar- on the 17th of August the Express.
in an article the. Editor "borrowed" for the
occasion, declared his determination to
henceforth havenothing to stay or do to the
observer. This week thierame editor com
mences to lie about us again like• ery
drab. This is about as long as the Editor
of that paper can adhere to any position he
takes. Within a year he has professed Re
publieanism and Democracy, and within
six months has repudiated the Democratic
tate ticket and endorsed it. Verily, when
weathepsgocks cease to turn with even• i*ss
ing breeze we :diall know where to find the
Editor of the Express, and not before
Moat and Pang.
lir The second trial of Foamy is to take
place in November, Judge OALIMAITII presi
ding.
ad• The Sunbury and Brie road is now
completed to Columbus, Warren county, and
cars are running daily to that point.
Wiir The contract for bailding the Depot
House of the flusbnry and Eris road in this
city ham bees let to How's'. &Pismo ; thatst
Waterford to W. G. Assoccas, and that at
Union to B. P. Basis, all of this city.
lir The Bon. Tunas) B. PLoatasca, M. C.
from Philadelphia. is about starting at. Wash
ington, a Denaerahe Quarterly Review, upon "a
substantial basis," and intends to employ a
corps of first-class writers. He declares that
it is to be the organ of no particular man, but
a faithful review of current political events.—
The first number is to appear in a few days.
Fir Under the head of "signs of coming
events," the Buffalo papers announce that
Heenan, the Benecis Boy, has arrived in that
city. A "mill," to use a term of the fancy, is
to come off next Tuesday on Long Point, op
posite this city. We hear that some of •the
dock fellers" think of being on hand.
afar The Westfield Republican says a young
girl, named Julia Ann Hatchkiss, about "16
years of age, left her father's residence in Craw
ford county, Pa., about a wee ' ce, and was
traced as far as Dunkirk u company with a
dissolute young m d her friends fear she
is decoyed into e disreputable house. At
the time she she was partially insane."—
Runniu l .. with a young man is not evidence
of nity, certainly.
Or The Detroit Free Prey states that an
unsophisticated German arrived in that city a
day or two ago;by way of the Great Western
Railway, with tickets for Erie, Pa. He had
been cheated by the ticket-sellers at Buffalo
into buying tickets which took him to Detroit,
thence by boat to Cleveland, and from there to
Erie. by railroad. The distance which be
should properly have traveled was about ninety
miles, at a coat of $2,75. Buffalo and Erie are
both on the eastern end of Lake Erie. llewas
sent almost around the Lake, some fire or sir
hundred miles, and charged for tickets accord
ingdy. "
iPlor The Gazette records the fact that there
are some intensely mean men even in Erie
county, and as. evidence tells a story that a
clergyman living a few miles below town was
recently compelled, by the threat of a prosecu
tion, to pay the father of a young man ruzsrr-
Elva IXILLA RI for marrying said young man.
The young man proved to be a minor---a fact
of which the clergyman was not aware—and on
this account the money was exacted. The fath
er then was satisfied, evidently caring much
more for the natant-rtra DOLLARS than the
loss of his son. Such meanness deserves uni
versal execration.
oar Rowdyism continues to exhibit itself
in this city upon all occasions. There appears
to be a perfect license for all sorts of petty
crimes, and what is the worst part of it is, that
then is, in reality, no redress. Tile city au
thorities are absolutely powerless, simply be
cause the charter of the city is such burlesque
upon the word government that there is no
means provided, nor authority Oren ht it, to
suppress the lawbeaseess of whisk every body
complains. We believe our city fidliers have
the disposition to order thing differently, but
they leek that essential to authority—ptutish
anent of offenses oommittell. For example, a
parcel of rowdies Mlalldi an offense against the
peace and good order of the city. They are
arrested and bound over to appear at the next
Quarter Sessions of the County Court. This
is as far *sour city government can go. When
Court meets the accused parties, through their
attorney, asks for a postponement until the
next court. It is granted. In this way, three,
six, and sometimes nine months elapse before
the case can be reached ; and in the mean time
where are the witnesses In nine cases out of
ten they are gone, either hired not to appear,
or left the 'city ; and the result is the offense
goes unpunished, and the guilty parties are
let loose to commit similar outrages. Now,
there is no fault in the Court or the City Gov
ernment. It is simply the fault of the law.—
Offenses such as we are continually complain
ing of should be met with trial, conviction, and
punishment at once, when they are fresh in
the minds of those who complain, and of those
also upon whose mintia punishment is calcula
ted to have a beneficial effect. What then we
want is, not an amended city charter, but an
entire new one, with ample power given to
somebody—Court or Mayor—to meet, try, and
convict the guilty without allowing them the
benefit of the present law's delay.
sir Since the famous St. Louis breach of
promise case, damages "rule the roost" in these
matters. We have just learned that Miss 'Mag
dalene Hardy of Delaware County, N. V., has
just recovered 1500 damages from Freeland
Cochran, who had been "her friend from child
hood," for a breach of marriage promise. The
offense was aggravated front the fact that "he
very often took breakfast at her father's house,"
and then married another girl. What a brute
to forget his bread and butter in such a way.
ser- What s slight circumstance will be pro
ductive of great results ! The fact is awful to
contemplate. Our lightest word, our most
thoughtless act, may bring about we know not
what terrible occurrence, or may be the means
of warding off an event the most terrible. it
is related that, upon the occasion of the recent
explosion on board the Great Eastern, the es
cape of the passengers from injury was the
result of one individual's unpremediated move
rents. A gentleman among the passengers
abstained from desert and went on deck, whith
er he was followed by the others who titers on
board, and who, but for his example, would, in
all probability, hare been the occupants of the
apartment which was injured by the explo
sion, in which ease the loss of life must - inevi
tably have been very great. The mere act of
omitting desert—the fact that one man omitted
a portion of his daily routine--saved so many
lives. We wonder whether there was no feeling
of vague responsibility upon that man's mind
—whether he was utterly unconscious of his
act, as he led those who followed beyond the
reach of destruction. A few grapes, a glass of
wine, might have lost every life at the table.—
A I tiger*: in that fatal cabin would have been
death to all. Strange thoughts arise as we
ponder on the subject. Was it chance only, or
was it designed that that man should be on
based to save an ale rent 1 Did the thought of
leaving the table OWN to him as a warning of
danger, or would his actions have been the
same In any case ? Incomprehensible enigma!
lie only, who knoweth all thing
.may know
the truth.
thtober came in on Saturday • tittle
elt.tuti , and damp; but a few hours served to
I L e Nnal, and every day sine has been
,(1 6 , & ‘•L .ye to those grand and radiant hours
. t high twine tint ones in life--those boyish
days, memorable with Ititsking scenes, apple
pearing bees, sweet cider, and sweeter erino
line—only crinoline_ was not then itt vogue ;
hoops were not fashionable ; ice cream was
unknown, but in their stead we reveled in cal- ,
hut and esrls, , pulapkin pies and kisses, round- I
ed of with moonlight irate in the grand old
weeds, with jot enough of fear mingled with
confidence to induce that trusting commingling
of hands and arms Indulged In by all country
"lads and lassies." But it was not of "old
time" reminiscences we "took our pen" to dia.
course, but to say that the gorgeous phase of the
season has not quite developed itself. 'natty
weeks, the luxury of autumn, with its musical
doziness, poetical wealth and natural exuber
ance of everything generally, will amply repay
the present yearnings of the romantic and the
splendid anticipations of matter-of-fact indi
viduals interested in the crops. Spring brings
with it feelings tender and grateful ; and sum
mer (counting out the boat) floats along like a
very dreamy, holy, rich and pleasant thought ;
and winter, unloosed in- its mighty power and
terror, becomes sublime and brilliant to the
eye. But who will not give the palm to Au
tumn its sunsets are the portraiture. best
fitted to compare with the light of that other
country whence no traveler returns. Itsevett
ings are monitors of memory, reviving In u'
the recollections of all that is good, end by
their subdued and mellow influence, erasing
with repentance the errors of the past Hail
then to the meltacholy moments, for they are
moments dispensing that sadness which does
not sicken upon the brain, but touches the
heart with the tenderness of requited love and
lifts the soul in thought to that home erected
for it before there were winters, springs, sum
mers or autumns, and only one season of God's
blessing and tenderness filled the world.
1111‘..The Boston correspondent of the rriLitne
concludes a phillipic against Webster and his
statue thus :
"He was a first-rate judge of chowder, the
English classics, and old otard. Ile was an
expert fislterm*n, (though timid in a boat, ; a
poor shot, and had the bent bog in Plymouth
county. He attended church with considerable
regularity, a and his respect for the Methodist
eery was great. Ile hated a lean ox, an un
filled can, and Abbott Lawrence. He loved
brook trout, Peter Harvey, and his country.
He left to his family a splendid legacy Of un
paid debts, and a sincere love of good liquor.
He was a good looking MIIII3. Powers to the
contrary notwithstanding."
'Po finish the picture. he should have suit/
Daniel Webster had the misfortune to be born
in New Hampshire, and to serve the state of
Massachusetts, Had he been born south of
Mason At Dixon's line, or served the great west,
he would have lived a civic hero, died only
after having been President of the United
States, and the reverent homage of men-faith
ful to the Constitution and the Union would
have richly embalmed the memory at which
fools and fanatics now snarl and cavil. When
Webster lived, we were no Webster man: hut,
being dead, we, and all just and sane men, ac
cord to the man who acted as Webster did in
1860 a patriot's name, and tell the yelping
pack of sectionalists who aim to wreak upon
his name a late and cowardly revenge, that,
rave as they may, he
.Shill quite comma:motion bare
Aed renovibed be Us relive."
Jam` The Gaunt states that the railroad
station at Columbus is called —Faries - in com
pliment to the Chief Engineer of the Road,
Robert Parks, Esq. We certainly have no ob
jection to have the company pay all necessary
compliments to the Chief Engineer, but we must
stay that a compliment conferred at the expense
of cot veniesee and common sense. is just no
compliment at all. The village of. Columbus
is a line and enterprising town, end the sta
tion should have been called-Columbus, not only
04 account of the convenience of people doing
business there, but -also on account of those
doing business with that town.
Stir Blondiu will have to cave. One ••Pro
fessor•• McHornell Price walked across &street
in Bloomsburg, in this state, on a line, one end
of which was fastened to the cupola of the
court-house and the other to the top of the ex
change---a distance of shout one hundred and
sixty feet, at an elevation of sixty feet slave
the ground. He stopped ell rout. to clew a dish
of oysters.
QVALITICATIONs or Voraas.—The law re
quires a person who claims the right to vote.
to have been a citizen of this Commonwealth
"at least °ail TSAI, and in the Election Dis
trict at least :TEN DAYS immediately preceding
such Election, and within Two' TCAns to hare
paid a &ATI OR Corm TAX, Which 'than have
been assasato AT LKAAT TEN DAV.' BEFOlts
Twit 11.tictiOti. But* citizen of the United
States, who has previously been a qualified
voter of the State, and removed therefrom and
returned, and who shall have resided in the
Election District and, paid taxes as aforesaid,
shall be entitled to vote after residing in this
Statezt.r month,. But citizens of the United
States, between the age's of twenty-one and
twenty-two years, who have resided in the
Election District ten days, a, foresaid, •hall
be entitled to vote, although they shall not
bare paid taxes.
Bar The following causes are set down for
trial at the Conn held on the Cult :hands) of
this month •
•
City of Erie vs McNamara. k issue, )
Fox mid Van Hook vs. Erie Csnat C 41.. l isi tie.
Tobias, use DOTI6OII VA Clattin. Co.
I issue. I Fe Fn
Peck Te Wittick. tissue,l
City of Erie re Brown.
Lavery rs Culver,
Waterford Sr. Marviu's Mills P. It 1-4 BO)hitt
Burdick vs Road tont'rs North Eitel Tp .
Ensign vs Killpatrick et al ,
Kendall k Bon vs Btrutheri.
Same vs Irvine.
Phillips vs Davis,
Wilder, admr., &e.. vs Ware.
City of Erie vs Sharon Iron Company.
Benson's Ezra. vs Usher,
Worth vs Erie & North East K. K. Co..
Thatcher vs-Sterretr,
Sennett, Barr & Co. TS State Fire & Mu. Ins. Co
Com't.h, el. rel. Rebecca B. Znclc vs Goodhan
Gamin & Smith vs Meyer.
Gregory & Co. vs Grace g Whitney a: Maygar
Morton vs Tibbsls,
Shelden vs Starr,
McGloin vs King,
Taple et la TS Titus et al.
per- List of Traverse Jurors for a Court of
Common Pleas to be held at Erie, on the last
Monday in Oct. 1859.--Sherman Wright. Wil
liam Yost, Greenfield ; Clemens Busick,
Schulte, Samuel 4,endig, Mill. k 11. C Hay
nes, Jerry Sanborn, North Es Moore,
Noah W. Jewett, Wm. Ju rford
Henry )1. Jena* Amos Mil' s ; Na
thaniel Ames, Concord; All9Oll I. c Kean:
Wm. A. Lewis Edinboro; A. K , Dean, Oliver
Gilmore, Jr., 1). W. Patterson, Wayne ; H. A.
Mead, P. M. Keep. Abijah Barns. Conneaut ;
Virgil Shattuck, Summit ; Cyrus M. Reek!,
A,lonso Wilson, Springfield; Wilson Himebaugh,
Leßoluff; Asa Wellman, Washington ; Caleb
Thompson, 2d, David Carroll, Union ; Sherman
Keeler, Wm. Sherman, Adolphus Spaulding,
Elk Creek ; Joseph Bannister, John Zimmerly,
Anthony Knoll, 1). P. Ensign, Erie; Wm. W.
Davidson Harborcreek.
air Tuna are at present in the -world about
one blutdred and twenty-one thousand Mor
mons. Eighty-three thousand live in Utah, of
whom tour thousand sii hundred and seventeen
have rizteen thoesondfive hundred wives,
ft., The English system of franking, in
We since January 10, 1840, providte that each
public department shall pay the postage upon
eyery letter and document it sends out. Even
the Queen's privilege of franking was abolish
ed, by her own consent in 1840.
An old gentleman name(' David Rus
sell, living in Fairview, killed on Tina
day night last week in the fo,'..wing singular
manner: In the early part of the night lie had
risen, as is supposed, for the purpose of going
out doors. Intending to go one of the front
door, be mistook the cellar for the hall door,
and stumbled front the top to the bottom, ap
parently falling head foremost. Mrs. Russell.
heard the noise, and Instantly rose to see what
was the matter. listing lighted a candle, she
discovered the cellar door was open, and upon
looking down saw Mr. R. oa the cellar door.
Help was immediately called, and the body
taken up, but there was no apparent conscious
ness, except a slight pressure of his son-in
law's hand when requested to give that sign,
if able. Death ensued in the course of a few
hours
Apice" Some of the news mongers at Wash
ington having given currency to the rumor
that Dot:tail intended to publish a
reply to 'Judge Bticc's "observations,"
whe'h we gave to our readers last week,
the New Yolk Tintea correspondent con
tradicts it, And, says .Judge lkoccuis has not
authorized, supervised or sanctioned any
reply to the rev tew of his article in Harper.—
lie is eontent to let the public form their
partialjudgmen t on the essay and review.
Should be reply. it will be over his own
signature; therefore, any anonymous pub
lication will be the individual act of the
writer, without the authority of Judge
I)ocaLts.
Ls Morsrus.--The news of the safety
of LA MOUNTAIN and themes has relieved
a heavy anxiety. They landed about 150
miles north of Ottawa in the great Canadian
Wilderness, at a point about 50 miles west
of Lake St. John, at the head of the Sa
guenay River, and about midway between
the St. Lawrence River and James' Bay.
The place is about 300 miles north of Wat
ertown, so that they must have had a north
erly current. LA DfoctirAiN telegraphs
that be lost everything. They were four
days without food, and without the means
of making a fire. They were fortunately
discovered by Mr. C.tassoN, who was look
ing for timber probably along the head
waters of the datinean River. Indian
guides weir found, who brought them down
to Ottawa in bark canoes. They were leas
than five hours in the air, and must have
landed about 10 o'clock at night, having
traveled at the rate of a mike minute, the
balloon being from tour to five miles from
the earth. This extraordinary voyage due
north strikes a hard blow at the favorite
theory of a steady easterly current in the
upper strata of the atmosphere. Ten hours
further travel in that direction would have
brought them to the point where Sir Jour
FRANKLIN is supposed to have perished.—
The public will await with lively interest
the complete details of this most extraor
dinary and perilous adventure.
Tilt C 1146 Dirrict - t.riss.—The Rochester
Union pub hes the following extract from a
private letter, by W. L 0 SMITH, Eaq . Consul
at Shanghai. It is of a later date than any
newspaper accounts:
SHAYGEIAI, July 14th, 18.59
The several Ministers with their respective i
fleets reached l'eiho River, (about MU miles '
north of Gus ) to proceed up the river towards
Pekin on June iOsth. They found the mouth of
the river guarded by two formidable forts on
opposite sides. and the channel (about half a
mile wide) obstructed by four lines stretching
across it. . The English fleet was in front—and
the English minister demanded that the °bet acles
to his progress be removed.
The Mandarin-in command( uncle to the Empe
ror of China) replied that his orders would not
tdmit this; but that the Minister would go from
there overland, 120 miles, to Pekin, and with
en escort to- protect him if desired. The
distance from Tun Sin (40 miles up the river)
over land to Pekin, is 70 miles, The English
Minister insisted on proceeding by water, and
gave the Mandarin until June 25th to remue _
the obstructions The Mandarin remained
passive, and oriWkfteruoim of the 25th, the
English fleet proceed & to pass the barriers,
and two of the eleven vessels actually passed
the first, when at 2 o'clock and 40 minutes the
gnus of the fort were unmasked and opened a
fire tipon - the English, which was taunted from
the fleet unceasingly for three hours, when the
English decided to scale the walls.
It was now dark. the ground very soft, and
the guns froielhe fort made such draws among
the Euglish, that the order to retreat was
finally given, and they returned to the ships.
Three iessel. were sunk, and most of the
others badly (tested, but hare been repaired.
The wounded, of whom Admiral Hops is one,
returned here , he is severely wounded, if not
fatally. The number of killed and wounded is
reported at 41.1. The entire number engaged
in the action was about 120).
In the meantime the American Minister and
suite were aboard the I'owhattan, and on the
2nth received intelligence that a kith Mandarin,
specially deputed by the Emperor, was waiting
to receive hint a few miles off, to escort him to
Pekin. Mr Ward, of course, availed himself
of this civility of the Chinese Government, and
on the roll of July proceeded under an escort
of Tartar cavalry to Pekin, where. I presume;
he now is, and has ere this exchanged ratifi
cations of the new treaty in the Imperial Cap
ital. The Russian Minister has been in Pekin
some days, and the Secretary of the Governor
General of Siberia ( Russian) also reached bete
on the 9th inst, with a letter to me from the
tiovernor General, saytng that their treaty
had been ratified. I hear that the British and
French 31inisters return here ,c(i),,ut exchang
ing ratifications
Arrival of the Overland Mail.
ST. IAYV 19, Oct. 5.
The I tverland Mail has reached Jefferson
4:it) with San Francisco dates of the 1 6 2 th
Sufficient returns have been received to
insure the election of the entire Democrat
ic state ticket.
The Democratic candidate for Supreme
.fudge and State Printer, and the two
I lemocrat ic randidat es for members of Con
gress are also elected. There was also a
very tarp% Democratic majority in both
branches of the Legislature.
Just previous to the departure of the mail
()I the 9th ult., ludge Terry challenged
Senator Broderick, which the latter seems
to have accepted, as a meeting between the
parties WAR prevented on the morning of the
11:th by the police.
Business at San Francisco continued dull.
with a light country demand. Quotations
were nominally unchanged, but for the
few goods selling buyers obtained
,better
terms.
The silver mines of Arizona were doing
well, although the people there wercb great
ly annoyed by the depreciations ,of the
Apache Indians.
A note received here last night frnm the
postmaster at Santa Clara, Cal., says that
I Messrs. Broderick and Terry fought a duel
on the morning of the 12th ult.. and that
ferry was shot in the throat. The wound
was supposed to be mortal.
Mr. Jarvis, Treasurer of the Sonora Min
ing Co., anti Edward Woodman and E. E.
'Croft, late editors of the A rt:zonian, arrived
here last night direct from Arizona.
Capt. Smith, Superintendent of the 3d
division of the Overland Mail Line, arrived
from El Paso, having charge of WO pounds
of silver bullion consigned to the Philadel
phia mint. There was upwards of a ton of
silver bullion at El Paso, awaiting shipment
to the States,
WASIHNGTON, °et. 6
But little information has been received
in official quarters in addition to what
telegraphiadly stated yesterday relative to
the filibuster mo%ement. As to the re
ported departure of a party of fillibusters.tbe
only authentic account in the possession
of the Government is that the lett in a tug
boat about 10 miles below New Qrleans o
but which could not convey them to the
place of their destination, They doUbliaor
expected to be taken on board a larger and
more eatable eteamer. In the meantime.
Collector Hatoli.and his deputies and other
federal officers are, aceordluc to their in
structions, retorting to ei—ry iodtituate
means to intercept the filhbusters.
In addition to other in. .i.cure , ,, vesteis
have been detkpatehett for that purpose.
POlll7 Ounce seunp
ing no regard for "Uncle Sam," brake
Poet t>tfiee at Itoebeeter,,ays the li.ot. r
o n the night of the 24th meet .
and carried off about bil letter,
article, were X/ItO taken
übfamma," exclaimed a beautiful fie
who had suffered affectation to obscure
tle intellect she possessed. 'what is the rot
green thing, lying on the dish before py,
"A cucumber, my beloved Georgeana,'
ell the mamma, with a bland smile of *sprit:.
tion on ber darling's commendable eunose,
"A cucumber ! Gracious goodness, my d t ,;,,
mamma, how very extraordinary!
imagined, until this moment, that:th ey
in ices !"
During the summer that ban just p,„
serarway, thotutands of sufferers from iy
tery and diarrhoea hare been relieved by
use of HOSTETTER'S BITTERS, a med u .,,„.
which is evidently destined to maintain s lo . ?
manent place in the public estimati on
Nous diarrhres is one of those duleasea 1 4,„,
Wiest the skill of the physician. The Me.j
eine they administer to act upon the bolt..
never seems to reach the source of the etti
The difficulty is to get &remedy that will rear..
all the digestive organs, anti give them-p a „,
taneonsly a rush of vigor, to rid !hematit e . , t
this disease. This problem is solved
Btrraas, which never fails to conquor the to w
stubborn eases. It is only fair to say, tor
during the season just closed, this northern,
bait achieved more cures than any other ever
presented to the public. and during the fa,
while that terrible scourge, the fever and 'sue
is 10 p r ev a lent, the litrtaas will gain fres:
fame. Sold by all druggist, and dealer. pi,
erally everywhere.
sir See advertisement in another colunit
Zolap's 4dl•trtisnnrnts.
REMOVAL!
MSS FANNY E. RHODES,
33 IL 33 8 8 Id .11. IC. a ,
TIT S REMOVED to Beebe's Block. cor
_Lamm. of Illzth itimt sad tba Pabhe titqw" 4
Stan) into', 161 is WM reativisag bat
Pall Lad Winter Fashions,
And will be happy to "how therm to her custom., wk;
Meads, and mein their orders for nay work lo 6 t
trio, Oct. S, 11189.--11.11.
LIVE GEESE FEATHERS. ---411 1 ,
Warnsatod Lire Gass nether' for Bast e
trio., Ott. 8, MO. RAY= t JORDAN'
CANAL MILLS!
Flows, Chopped Feed, Plaster.
THE CANAL STEAM MILLS,
street, 311irle. Pa.
THE undersigned having rented the
above mills, ere prepared le annonmeodate endow,
and will beep ow band- rolisble brands of !rood Flow of
various trades ; oleo, Rye sad llnekvbeat Floor, Coro
Masi, Shorts, Brae sad Chopped Feed of all kinds of
Wenivastat sap RITAIL.
er The most audit' attention will be pard to castor
worts. .
arThe coviuninity in general arsrespeoMally mine.
to wake an experiment...l test of our OCIC.
Or • Mutat prices will be paid kw 'rhea; Cora hi.
delivered at the Mill. Ts.e,er t CO
Ott. S. 1889.-li. 1m
S FOE BUTTER
C . Iwe li
eau pay Cult for strictly Pm */ Wry both.
Cries, Oet.Ll4-16. IiLUB is 70RD6s
FARM FOR SALE 1
THE undersigned offers for sale, on ros.
Kauai hems, a small bat valaatita bum, la %),,
lowbohiP of Vononto. &i.e.:misty. Mute &boat tan.
and a half miles from the Itonriablog or Rao,
bare. Bald Ibirat contains fifty amen of good Brit a,
meoud bottom land, twenty- re of which is is arm:
date of Improvement ; it bas a young and growing a,
erased, together with a erthstannal barn. The terms et
be made easy. and an uneaceptionabi• title 1,,
farther partiealare enquire of H. McLane, WatutAr t
of the mibeeriber at Waterford, Erie Co. Pa.
Oct. ft. 111211-Il.tl P. S. ESSWURTE
HAYES & JORDAN
WILL OPEN SATURDAY (W 7 4TE
NEW STYLES VALENCIES.
FANCY MoHAllti.
DA' LT DuCH AVERS,
FRENCH MERINt
American & English DeLainet,
NEW DESIGNS,
SHAWL•.
Bought at the recent AUCTIuN clort4
out sale.; et great
OLAIIGIITER
Oct S. lUS
NOTICE.
ALL persons, without exception, know
ing themselves indebted to as, are eirseetly mow
ed to pay the lame without delay, as the late cheap it
oar business renders ea early disposal of amettie4
Imperative, and me trust that the ihdulgeace tweet ,
ranted mill be sratefally reciprocated by a prompt r•
sponse to this notice. net L J JOHATUIt J< BitO
J. 0. BURGESS & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
1116.sorttso !or
FAIRBANIE'S SCALES !
,V o . 10, Brown's Block
Krie, Oct. 8, 1860.
FALL MILLINERY !
Mzss A. B. COLS weal can attentla,
to bon stock at ahltian7 mat Faatry
stating of
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Thirty-one Spring and Matinee HOOP SKIRT .,
HEAD DRESSES,
E.MBROIDERY.
TOURNOUR AND
FRENCH Coma Ts.
ALENOWLXIS
RagBSICLS Aso
THREAD LACEc
UANDECRCHI I / 1 01 1011 4JUALEri.
Bonnet and Ribbon Velvet and Bonnet omen
aliagenerally.
Plaster Bonnet Blocks!
b_. Milliners supplied at wholesa/e, mu.
particular attention paid to °Hera.
aft. Bleaching and pressing and coloring o
Bonnets done in a superior manner.
Erie, Oct. 8, '59-18. Paragon Block
J. C. BURGESS & CO.
GROCERIES,
FLOUR,
PORE, &c.,
AT WHOLESALE.
No. 10, Brown's Block, State`street.
trio, Oct, t, 109.
WHOLES LE.
IMPORTANT ORANGE !
y JOHNSTON &BR hawcing Ziatior
.of their Retire lOUX•wWtrg 4o "'a to
being divots their nth" eiteotios. to Johtdiet
GROCERIES,
FLOUR.
FISH,
SALT,
C Lt
At their spacious sabre ruses,
Corner Skate and 14flA grams, E rie
Our increscent facilities „ tv r,au
pets 'with any JOBB al s wem A
XXIV" - 1 - 0B.31:e YTS,
and au examination of our
STOC7 L K,
is respectfully sobs'
. ted f rom
all who visit this ter
.T k et f or the
purpose of IMlttit* ' good*. !Wring
made arrangements tits t h e
13r411414 f Flour,
Direct trots the head of n owr m „k t . Kr s ,
confident that the VA/ arry
Are now enabird to ai
.er cannot Nu t. Theo
grows of this whoitt! ,ection of ,vontr3.
0ct,8:68-18 J. J01:08TON X BR''
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