scarcely knew he t . she looked almost _ like the Agatha of ten rears before. and THE OBSERVER. not like the pale-faced women. with sad eves and hard hues about the mouth, and hair beginning to whiten, that had last looked in that glass. Then she began to brush the hair to see it' the silver threads -could not be hidden—for his sake—end as she did this she blushed at her vanity, and I laughed a laugh so happy that it startled 'her. The little chamber had not heard such a laugh for years. With what a thankful heart she knelt by her bedside that New Year morning, saying no words probably, only giving up a full heart to her heavenly Father, asking a blessing on the New Year and the new duties that she was to assume, anti then she layed down and went to sleep as happy as a child In less than a month from that time, Agatha Holmes became the wife of Dr. Lee. Poor Emma had been dead for a year or more, so village gossips could make no objection, though Agatha was not as beautiful as the first wife had been: but it was won4rful, they said how young and pretty she had grown; may be because ...the had left off those sober-colored dresses: b u t we know that it was heotubs of the light reflected from loving and loved and iatti,tie , l heart "IKEA( 1.1 4,U Nu 13. Carpenter. of South Boston, has been held to answer Miss llenriettit Richardson. in an action for ilatnages for breach of promise of marriage. l'irpenter is a rarpenter by trade, possess ed ot a tan share of this won lira goods. and la. ‘t I , hal. t• eiw,s,sing in his person lie i= a %%Mower by previous bereavement. and forty year-, of age. But it seems that -eighteen" had 11,, objections to "for ty,' and, when the match was broken, nothing less than s3.ots.) would heal the wounded affections of the comely Henriet ta. The counsel for the plaintiff engaged the cur of the jury by a plaintive statement that his client —young and lovely—had I eroine in the early bloom of youth—just ei;lit. en • -.a:qualmish pith the defendant -dark .01,1 designing—till the fulness of age--ail,l that the acquaintance grew into intimacy, trutn that into fondness. and from that into the (1111 fruition of fully blown love that iirornises of marriage were made AO passed on loth sides that the plaintiff --always young and lovely—made all the usual preparatainu, for entering the holy date. a nd exi.,eete , l to enter, until some time in Marcli, when the defendant, then her lover. now her opponent. then and there -,, refit-ell to enter, deserted her tiou•e, tor-ook her s , )ciety, left her bruised urai t anti, in short, up and ruarrie,l anoth er lady. For tin-, 3,11-0 , Richardson thinks she should receive 3:3,000, and certainly the demand seems reasonable. To support this view of the case, several young ladie , , and the mother of the plain. tiff were called to testify upon the subject, and very much light was thrown thereon. The mother had seen, beyond all doubt, what things were tending to, and in antic ipation of an early consummation of the young folks' happiness, had purchased a quantity of crockery ware and a bed, as a commencement for house-keeping. A young lady named Stair, who was the near est and dearest friend of the fair plaintiff, testified that frequently she had called at the fair Henrietta ' s house, where she used the to see the defendant and her friend sitting lovingly together in sweet converse, and that, on these occasions, be the evening never so pleasant, and a ram ble ever so agreeable, she could never in duce her to leave the house. She would not leave her comforter. Another lady— this time a married one—had seen the par ties walking in Broadway, with the gentle man's arm around the lady's waist, and so forth. What the "so forth" means, however, we cannot say to any degre of certainty. The defendant, when his turn comes, will deny all the allegations of the plaintiff, and, also, endeavor to show that tho fair young lady's character, was such that, when she appeared to him in her true colors, he could not do otherwise than leave her.— How he succeeds remains to be seen. on. The Bangor W/ug relates an instance of female pluck as follows: By the last steamer from California a young lady who went from Bangor six or eight years ago leturned, and came to Maine b e y yesterday's kiltViku4lti":"Cittitir4C - CCia t rity. When the great defaulting banker, lietgs, ran away from San Francisco, he had in his posses sion about ::1,2.00 of this lady's money. He went to South America, as at is well known. When the lady got ready to come home, she proceeded first to the South American port where Meigs landed, but found he was residing about three hundred miles up the country. Nothing daunted she started off with determined pluck found her man, recovered S-100 or the money and proceed ed on her voyage home." TIE FORREST S:lT.—The great Forrrest (livorce case, commenced six years ago, has just been brought to a final deter mination in the courts of New York. The New York Herald says: lie (Forrest) declined to pay her any thing whatsoever in the shape of alimony, having, like the Jew of Venice, "and- oath in Heaven" to contest the case to the bitter end. The only moneys retired by Mrs. Forrest from her husband were some small allowances while the cause was being tried. And now, when the final issue is leached when the Judge who presided at the trial, and the most important witnesses who testified upon it, are dead—we have an award which compels Mr. Forrest to pay at least double the sum given to Mrs. For rest by the jury, and three times what it could have been settled for previous to the trial. The referee awards to Mrs. Forrest four thousand dollars per annum from the time of the trial, and compels Mr. Forrest to give bond and mortgage security for its prompt payment. What with counsel fees. costs, incidental expenses, the sum total to come out of the great tragedian's pockets, to say nothing of the wear and tear of his temper, w hich must have been something awful, wni not be much less than a hundred thousand dollars; and, withal, he has a fair prospect of paying alimony for many years yet to come, Mrs. Forrest's being considered, in the assurance iew, a good life. In fact, annuitants, like office holders, rarely die, and never resign their claims. Viir :Napoleon's Court at Compeign amuses itself with parlor theatricals. in which the Empress is very charming. only she has a chronic difficulty with the letter The behavior of the Empress at the :ouncil of ministers is worth observing. lfhe most abstruse and driest questions are listened to by Her Majesty with the great est apparent attention. She always comes Armed with pencil and with paper, and takes down notes with the prettiest pe iantry in the world. It is true that the lair and snowy hands, as if rebellious iounst the thankless office, are continu kAlLV occupied in sliding to and fro the rings apon her fingers, and in turning and twisting the bracelets on her wrists, whose pretty little Chinese jingle formed so fun ny an accompaniment to the reading of the report upon the Peiho expedition the other day.tkiat the grave seignors all laugh ed aloud, and the Emperor seizing Her Majesty's hand, kissed it rapturously, making the funny bells with which the bracelet was hung all around ring out a more joyous peal than ever. So you see all is not prose and dry discourse at our t'abinet Councils; thepmence of a woman enlivens even these pedantic meetings. NIL, An extraordinary case of wholesale poisoning has occurred in London. Five boys, three of whom are in custody, s tole a quantity of ls'lhiloua from a hamper left outside the ..hop,of Ifiert4. Butler e. Me t "herbalists," and thinking it was liquorice, mixed it up with water and sold the liquid to boys-"for pins." The thieves tasted the poisonous mixture, but not lik ing it, they did not drink enough to pro duce serious results. It was otherwise, however, with some seventeen or eighteen boys who readily drank it off, and who suffered more or less severely from its ef fects. I I'. S I . 1 :(11,.., . $1 /NI PNR YXAR IDI ARYA N(' ERIE. PA.. SATURD.AV. DE( Their Fangs Extrseted There is seldom any positive evil is it hou t some positive good--or, to use that (Lid eLmsmon-place remark, it is an ill is and that blows no good. The ill wind that blew up the Republican balloon. and +poured a preponderance of that party in Congress, has pretty effectually purified the Demo cratic party, by stripping the mantle of Democracy from the shoulders of such men an Forney, and Hickman, and Swartz. and Haskins. The first. as alneet every one could see. has been ready to sell him self for some time to the Itepublteans for the Clerkship of the House. but there were honest Democtats. who, reeolleeted less former devotion to the party. could not be led to believe him so lame and mereenai v. They thought him honest in his war upon the Administration. They conceded that lie wet. actuated by principle, and when lie talked about the "great national issue.' involved in his attempt to divide the Dem ocratic party in tie, State, they s him sincere. When he denounced, a sit that bitter infective he so well know. how to use. "office-holder," and - oflest seek ers. ' they looked askance at e% ory f.-. 1.1 .1 official, and contrasted their spoil. -oiled garments with the pure ranueut tit eilisit hoes,: ).1 oho Foes Eli pn etendisi to at ray himself. But the hurrying on to Wash ington of the "gallant" Colonel to tradeoff his three followers in Congress, klicktuan, Haakins, awl Swartz, to the Repuhlicaus for the Clerkship must effeetuay dispel every such illusion we have t netated from the minds of the few Democrats who still belie% e lam sincere. Protes4ing to be a warm Amite' and e.trile-t triond of Judge Dot ,isss ht"eciired the kontotele.e of ni.inv wlou (ahem eal and halt:} undet . but tlie oh, Ject for %%Melt he plit)eit the roll is now apparent. It was only to increase his stock in trade, and tender hum a more serviceable tool of the Republican pests.. But his race is run—his fangs eex tI —and with him are those of In. compatri ots and fellow conspirators, Haskins, Hick man, and Swartz. They have placed them selves within the ranks of the enemies of the party they professed a desire to uphold and purifye-the one by endeavoring to secure office at their hands, and the others by voting in Congress for that notorious Abolition Republican, JOHN SHERMAN. of Ohio, for Speaker Henceforth they are known! Henceforth their police' relations are defined ! Henceforth we shall not be called upon to meet them as Democrats, "contending for a great principle," but will meet them as Republicans striving for spoili. Their fangs are extracted, and by their own acts, and henceforth under the guise of Democracy they can no longer in ject the virus of' their disappointments, their hates, and their ambitions, into the veins of confiding Democrats. It is an ill wind, indeed, that blows no one good in politics as in every thing else Let us all rejoice ! esse HON. JOHN C. BREMEN RlLX.E.—There 0, something significant of the future honors in store for this distinguished man, in the fact that the CICIIV, pr day. I t ..a,l U aim, una De..M nimousiy, to the seat in the United States Senate which will be va cated by Mr. CRITTENDEN Oil the 4th of March, lBtil. There e, no man in this country. we believe, who, at In , age. has filled su many responsible positions. or few of any age, who have filled them ,o Kell On the 4th of March. 18th, his term of of fice as Vice President will exptre, on winch day he will step out of the Presiding Offi cer's chair, which he fills with so much dignity and ability, to a seat on the floor of the Senate ; unless, indeed, he should be called, in the meantime, ; as is not at all unlikely) to the higher position of official occupant of the Whitehouse. The intelli gence of Mr. Breckemidge's election to the Senate, is received with the highest degree of gratification by the Democracy of the whole country. The record ol his brilliant career, which became public on the occa sion of his nomination to the high office he now holds, has made the people well ac quainted With the events of his live. As a gallant officer on the fields of Mexico ; a. the eloquent champion of the Democracy in his native State , as the faithful Repre sentative in Congress of the d,hlat,d Les trim in Kentucky ; and as an accomplished Presiding Officer of the Senate, lie has won rare honors for one so young, and proved himself worthy of the high distinctiun which has been conferred upon him. lie is it statesman of comprehensive views, and truly national feelings ; and his past course is a guaranty, that, in the new sphere of duty ou which he will enter when Mr Crittenden's term expires, his fine talents will be devoted to a maintenance of those principle, that are essential to the peace and welfare of the nation. This election makes Kentucky, in all the branches of her government Demotnati, such i. the character of her .Executn e, her Legis lature, mild of the majority of her Congres sional Delegation. Such a position. at such aerials as this, is worthy of the land of that true friend of the Constitution and Union, Henry Clay sir the Supreme Court ot I quo, on Tuesday, decided a case brought up from Hocking county, in which the question of the right of colored children to be admit ted into th• common schools of the State, was decided. The decision of the f 'curt was adverse to the right. Justice' Peck, S,ott and Oholson held that they were ex cluded, Chief ,Tustice Brinkerhoff and Jus -dee Sutliff dissenting. Justice Peck held. with the majority of the Bench 1 That the statute of March 14, 11'153, "to pnwide for the re-organisation, supervision and maintenance of Common Schools." is a law classificatioh and notiof etc/lawn, providing for the education of all youths within the prescribed ages, and that the words ••w hite" and "colored," as used in the act are used in their popular and ordinary signification. thus excluding children. 2, That children of I African and I white blood, but vi ho are distinctly colored, and generally treat ed and regarded as colored children by the community where they reside, arc not, us of rtyht entitled to admission into the corn mon schools, set apart under said act, for the instruction of white youth-. 1 ;4 ,P.on, as our readers doubtless will recollect, is the recently elected fiepubbcoo, 'IN h o sold his plantation and negroes in Mississippi to become a compatriot of Giddings in (trivial the negro team in polities. Lefter from Gov. Wise. in ) , Wise., of t. , the thp, paper, in con tradict itkttl crtain -tatemonts in relation to itint4, It 4 44 t forth in the account of a mit to Jim \ ftrown br M. B. Lowsr. Esq.. of tit] • ttit v. woulfthavo appeared last week. but aLictice from lame prevented it. We .ttlatut it without a wiatt4l of comment. for it nce , l•4 none It .pettlita,t)r itself • L 1r.1.0 ii/(11 MON D. CA., Dec\ 10th, 1g.59. I•o ft I•' Stove bui.—Deas r : Yours of the 4th was received the 6th t., and \ at my earliest convenience I reply say ing . That the printed •tatement of M. •I Lowry which you send me is incorrect.—' When at Charleston, the 20th Nov. last, I retired, late in the evening, to the house of a friend (Mr. Hawkes) where I saw this p er so n , Mr. M. B. Lowry, who presented a letter purporting to Le addressed to me by the :Mutant General of Pennsylvania. The professed purpose lie Mr. Lowry was to visit John Brown, to identify him as he said: ••to AMP whether he was the same John Brown whom he had known, at some time, in Pennsylvania." I understood, in deed, then or afterwards. that his object wits to decide a wager as to the identity of Brown. :supposing when presented to him that he hail not visited Brown I tendered to him my permission to see him, but he informed me that he had already been al lowed to see him and that he had identi fied him as the person whom he knew in Penteelvania. I s.ter him but a few min utes that evening• and supposed him to be a clergyman. •l'he next morning (of Tues day. I think, I went to Harper's Ferry, and he wis in the cars. He stood up near m.• .iii.l in the noise of the train, down to the Ferry nom Charlestown (only 8 or 9 miles ) o b truded several inquiries which roused in) suspicions of his motives, and I, therefore, an-veered him very curtly, but net in either the sense or spirit which he pi etend, to describe. I can't attempt to ; ay. the e utile tor my purpose at the time was= 1 ;•I,il t,, rebuke his inquiries by a al.ghttng 1 epul.w. He had, perhaps, just toundatmon enough to make his statement •'colora6ie " For example, he says . "on the train I met Gov. Wise, &c." This would -eon to imply that. he had not met me herore yet he say,- "Ina previous con ver,atlon with me the evening before, &c., lt:•," without having stated that he had seen the the evening before or that he had been at Mr. Hawkes' house at all. Again: what he says I said about the Surgeons' claiming the body of Brown is already con tradicted by the orders which I gave to protest Mr• Brown and to hand over the body to her under a military guard. When I got to Harper's Ferry I learned from the superintendent of the arsenal there, that Mr. Lowry was anything else but a cler gyman. To me, certainly, he professed to be a conservative and anything else but a sympathizer with Browh and his associ- But what he really is, is now very apparent, and I can only add in brief that in its general scope his statement is obvi ously mischievous in meaning and untrue es to the facts pertaining to me. Yours Respectfully, I= BLAt —À Washington letter writer thus speak, the Hon. J. S. BLACK, presPnt Attewney general of the United. States fililiirftra i n die Attorney General. Ile is physically 'and mentally a man of strength. His 1 eat ures are strongly marked, and yet indicative of both benevolence and firmness. His rugged constitution, which I.y a life ..f Atriet temperance ha*i been pre served in its original vigor, scents to hold in contempt all usual precautions fur the preservation of health. lie appears to have utterly repudiated both overcoat and um brella. Ile- is as sound in reputation as in Ixe4 . During his official term, repeated encounters in the Supremo Court with many of the leading lawyers of the country, have fully tried his abilities and he has come out of the ordeal with an increased farpe. HIS ex traordinary originality, fresh ness and power as a writer, are on all hand' commended. and his integrity is unques tioned. Rut neither one nor all of these qualities will fully account for the popular ity which ha- thus far attended hum, and which has made ht, public career a series of successes. It is probably owing more to his unaffected simplicity of manner, to his natural and perhaps unsophisticated con tempt fur useless display and formality, and to his frankness and openness of heart. lie is slt.d to be a politician, probably be cause he always says what be means; but don't be surprised if his straight forward slncerity should prove to be more effectual than all the best laid schemes of more art ful but less gifted minds. His name is very favorably mentioned in connection with the Presidency. No Northern man stron.:er at the South. and in Pennsylva nia his name would be a tower of strength." * ta r \V. 'lase no organization of Con gress yet. and con4equently are unable to give the Presnlent's Message to our readers. When we shall be able to do so is uncer tain Pi 06,tbly not till after the hollidays —unless the President should conclude not to watt for an organization and send it to thr senate sek.. }Amur' Jackson, who attempted to rob time mail while in the cars of the New York mind Erie Railroad, in May last, by admintstering chloroform to the conduc tor, has been tried in Philadelphia and cons me ted, with a recotnmentlation to mer cy from time Jury. J The National American Central Committee convened at the American Hou,e, Philadelphia, on Wednesday. Hon. Jacoi. Broome IVAN appointed Chairman, and Blanton Dunean.Secretary. A commit tee was then appointed by the Washington meeting, on Monday night, to cont ra plan of organization for uniting the op position to the Administration, consisting of A. H. If. Stuarts of Virginia; Anthony Kennedy. of Maryland: Eraatus Brooks, of New York; Blanton Duncan, of Kentucky; and .lacol Broome,. of Pennsylvania. A committee was also appointed to prepare an address to the American peo ple. No other action was derided upon. • The session was chiefly devoted to a private discussion of the claim* ne a number of prominert men to l're..idential Chair. s a l- Mr. Du . the Sequestrator, ap pointed to take eli of, and control the Pittshurgh, Fort \Vsvn. and Chicago Rail road. appeared in the District Court yes tnrday. and through his counsel, presented a petition to the court, praying the court to grant such an order:l,9 would enable him to pay the emplot nes of the road, their earning• for the month of November, out of the earnings of the road coming into his hand- = The matter was postponed until Saturday next, when it will be argued and decided. Many of those employed by the road. are suffering from not having received wir earnings Rt the usual time, and Mr Puy. with a churwteristic regard for those under him made the application as stated. HENRY A. WISE A Naw COSDCCTOIt.-A. J. Dummies late of the Williamsport & Elinint R. R., assumed the duties of conductor on the Mail Train of the S. & E. Railway on Wednesday, and promises to be an excellent appointment. We regret to lose our old friend Spofford who has hitherto officiated in that capacity, but his physical condition was not equal to the severe demands a new road always makes upon that class of of f icers. The Dr. takes a position in the office of the Superintendent here. gond and Cittratu. RantAi lizirrui“.-11•Tival meetings still continuo in program in of the Methodist churches of stas vicinity. TIM hII.I4IIIIIIMMILt CONFLICT. —The conflict between tit, "Powers that be," and the "Pow ers that treat to be." anwoval.—The Free Pres., newspaper estab lishment, at Meadville, is to be removed to Ti tusville, The Free Press is a very good paper except is its "almighty Digger" proclivities. -Ctrissx's atec."—Look out for counter feit Fives on the Citizen's Beak of Pittsburgh. Do not take any fives on tht bank, unions first k Weli scrutinized,:so as to avoid being taken in. NAVA CovarT.—This minty sent two enipr to the Penitentiary at its last term of Court, t being the Grit for many years that bays been Meted in Venango of any eonaid emble erime.\ Buststa.—Alo-topped and thick-soled boots are worn by flisbionable ladies this win ter. A sensible 6441141 k and one whose um versal adoption would skew a gratifying de crease in the list of deathiltom eonsumptiiin air The Meadville fouvactijs assured by parties interested in the "Atlantis \ and Great Western" Railroad, that the arrangetrato are concluded and the money ready to prosecute the work ; and further, that it wiU,at once, be commenced. war Hut, of the Half-way House, Harbor Creek, gives a Christnoui Party on Monday evening. A fine time is anticipated. m There will be a New Year Party at the Amer lean Hotel, Wettaburg, on Monday evening the 2d of January. NNW GRA:Mani ♦ND PROVISION 6vozz.-11. J. WRALLON has opened a new store in No. 1, under the Reed House, formerly occupied by JUDD & CO. The location is a good one, the stock is good, and Mr. W. is a good man to deal with. Give him a call. NawContrr PIOPOSID.—The Dunkirk Jour nal some time since proposed that that place should be erected into a county by itself. on the ground that the commercial interests there required it, andtecause it has to pay two thirds of the county taxes. By all means let Dun kirk be set off by itself, if such be the case. WHA? DAT I—A "subscriber" wants to know what day of the week will be retarded as the holiday for Christmas and New Tears, those days falling on Sunday. We suppose it to be the custom to celebrate Monday in such cases, and we had heard it spoken of as a matter of course. We "go in" for Monday. s ir Parker, of the Jamestown Democrat, brags that he wasintroduced to Capt. WEAX., of the Wayne Gnarls, at the Warren celebra tion. As the pliant captain is Sheriff of Erie county, the introduction does not surprise us a bit—he - Is "introduced" to a great many just such fellow, in the course of the year. A Torsn'e SOLILOQUY. —The following toll oquy of • toper deserves to be perpetuated• Leaves have their time to fall, And so likewise have I, The reason, too's the same—it Comes of getting dry. But here's the difference 'twist leaves and me I falls "more harder" and more frequently. Passau rot CURISTX•S !--CHESTIM will sell at his Auction Store this afternoon articles imitable for Christmas presents, such as Ladies' and Children's Basques, Comforters, Gloves, Hose and Rubbers, Elegant Bracelets, Bar- R bags and Cape* Setts. All must be sold wit/mat Loss 4. • • ••-- __ o'clock ! Ond Lawyer's Desk at the same time. Mir The Warren Nail, in speaking of the Wayne Guards, of chiccity, says: -Their gay uniforms, waving plumes and soldierly bearing, were something new for this place and elicited the praises of all. We have heard several who have seen the military companies of Boston, New York, and other cities on parade, say that they have none finer I( oking than the Wayne Guards of Erie." "TASOLL FOOT WHISKEY —Strychnine, or "tangle-foot whiskey" has lately been celebra ted for its certainty to kill soon after drinking. A man whose stomach will not resist aqua fortis, cannot safely risk his life with this ar ticle. Hard drinkers will be pleased to learn that there is a good reliable substitute offered. "Minis-rifle brandy," killing two hundred yards, off-hand, must yield in potency to •tangle foot whiskey," a drink now in general use. It is made of diluted alcohol, nitric acid, old boot-legs and tobacco, and will upset an individual at a distance of four hundred yards from the demijohn containing it. jar The Concert, announced in our last to have been* given is this city during the pest week, by Mr. HURT Sumas* and troupe, we regret to say was unavoidably postponed.— Mr 8. after making arrangements for this city, ascertained that be could not procure a suitable Mall in Cleveland. where he intended also to give a Concert, during this week ; and as his southern engagements would not allow of his stay in the North longer, he had to forego the pleasure of appearing before an Erie audience for the present. When he returns from the South he will give our citizens a touch of his artistic qualities. CLAI7II.--This old man with the team of "eight tiny reindeer," sad a sleigh-box (unless this year be comes in • wagon) full of good things for the little folks, will soon be here again on his annual round. lie is "S right jolly old elf," strewing blessings in his path way, and carrying joy to many a household by his mysterious offerings. Long may he lire to quicken the affections and gladden the hearts of his subjetts. H• has already commenced to make up his budget for the Holidays, and has on deposit at not a few of our city stores supplies for replen ishing. Announcement of his places of deposit will be found in our advertising columns, _ _ ler Parson Brownlow, 'in the last issue of the Knoxville Whig, thus explains his flight through the Federal metropolis : "Since our return home from the North, we have been frequently inquired of as to why we did not call at Washington and witness the organiza tion of the house ! We have given the same answer in every instance. We had in our poeket $2O in money, • through ticket to Lynchburg, six good shirts in a small carpet_ rack, and a new overcoat worth at least $2O and this was more than we were willing to risk in that (hoof tames. Stealing has become an epeder•ie in Waahisous, and no man would be wife ' .ewitb.thiouneh in his possession !" PoLITICAL DCTr Of VOVNg, M EN —An ea teemed friend. a Ito considers himself an ortho dox ••republieso. but who hold, 11 the way, that to he orthodox implies only th e maa nt e nonce of that "one idea - with which hie pliable organisation is infected, attempt. , to prove to us that it in alike the der'/ and inte., , e of the young own of our country to blend their fortunes with that of this pie-balil party Ile will nor do it 4, We cannot so torture n conception of "duty," as to render MR attempt, plausi ble to our understanding but suppose we concede the point of our friend's argument, and we some to the subject of which we had intended more fully to speak Would the ac quisition of the young men of our day to any party in a majority of cased, taken with a view to political influence, he icon 1. th. , ( ; The fact is as notorious as it 0. I I Ile, that large numbers of our young most. first attaining their majority, look upon the working. , of our poll' ical system, in utter indifference rhey im agine_ their duty to he simply not to bother their heads about it It is their ' , rout' how that they know nothing shout polities. 111,st - everinowledge they chance to possess . js care fully concealed. All the great social questions which agitate the minds of thoughtful tool— the conflicting sentiments of sect tons—nitil pecially the grand problem of self-governnieTh. the central idea of the system under N hid, they lire, is banished from their imagination 1 peculiar responsibility rests upon them not to admit these and kindred Corks into their coo. venation. True wisdom teaches them not to Meddle with things they do not understand Of what little moment to them are the tumults oF,opinion and struggles of uuet ests Whit h are nowvionvulsing their country troth c,otte to clrcumarence ; and how lightly they heed Ow storm of passion and prejudice which is gath ering biacklx in the horizon and already ro, k ing the national foundation. , to toe,cry base and how little attention they pay to the voice that calls beseechingly upon them trout the graves of the fathers. and the rapidly empty ing seats in the high pliefs.of uotst and con trol, while meerschatoniiiPes, late nipper, the latest styles of neck ties, the tits of (.„ i t.. billiards, balls, interview , atilt pretty ;:trl.. French engravings, the loony I.i..tore. to the back of Harper's Magazine and whole elt ,- logite - of fancy 4ritiki, detottiol ii. tio•tr over - gies' The fact that the -hip ot the Republic. to which their destinies ale ~, t 0.0.- lag with rent sails and nu rudder on In ogry %eq. and threatened to strike on a r and go down, doe. Not :tug: hull .t their delicate IL1011+1:401... Their .111 t.-pott , e to the creaking% ..f ofn att•l 'lt •tithlig of the timber is ss eon.- ..- nod "Let 'er rip '• Need a.- eueoortge Hon', the conviction that O w „r the ,•„„„ try" is a great bore. to he lsti ontineil r., Congress and the political newspapers ' \ ee , l we urge them not to he .leee7reil or , It-tartar' from their tritnvility I.y the t lea ,•1 the old fogies that the hove , •t \111..1101 111 her young men" Need we beg thew A 'ailment reflection to the fact that a bile the Republic is more than eighty years of i, mailmen are -ay ing that it t a "lista ' The principal. 4.f Academies, and the Profe-s..ir- ren der our yOtihti , men inci.brinio :41 , 1 in ihe .li: charge of duty such fl/16 r. 0111111 11 ,/ out, by •tgorously Ftni,hing from their enure of ctiuly, • fil).,‘P all. by discouraging all lit terupt. t,, !. o -collet long ,•" the history of. their own huh' i'oe•tito Lion of the United iitaie% a place in the ettersettloto Laid upon the importance et !he ..lot , l languag e'', and mathematical :it., put it el with an ardor hert-tofore unkt,wn Et tr. occasion Is taken to worn tto• •a hp precept and exam' le, 3 t f1,11.1 e ti te riliF 311.1 age, they are a•lvi , .•l ..1"1;,•• .ttett tek,l , tv •tt, grace which tin• pr., • ,J! this way ,alua‘de c into their ruin .14 "/RREPREs.IIII 1, •11.1. t sit - 71'1.i LAur ---We 11,n t ~ f the flash jlliti.trtlieit riper, lit weer_ Maw. .. v u i,.• it the abort• title. thiii ttiii • he e, , •1 ..1 en paper-, It r. pr -em• groes, Heil- lei, Ile Is stripped to lip' , we .In; undergoing a 1..7.ul pt.,.-- and hair , irnighteutng io , g-oes , l ~ f the very best whitewash, iteerL z i or,i4 Howadjt, is ilrftwing • Nit/. l•rvi the pure white 1i1111.11V1 , 11VC..1 inp It face and body with an en.l g:. w nth -, .faI;.•o•I range while the e I.lri.cr Thttrlow We.. I is manipulating the heal and. with a pr we , " peculiarly hiq own, ttning rl i kink+ 411te Foul—anil he, it • , e`.l If , IN- heel) all adept at thkever h•sh i‘ the whiskeN off of poor Tint \lnn.,le - 1.1. e .nalse hint a good enough Nlorgan /Wei the(_ The picture iv a laughable one. an.l wni t ;1% At! being trained anti sippendo , l neighbor of the There might Lc .t • mat, 11 t•tct lit litr with Fred Dougla'ss apply In/ tl lan.pldaek t. the same white part if.% afort•-tti.l Th woitl , be even more truthful tlt tit , ' r)1 , • of the case, - fur thi,,•1‘..4 ~f • vtin iti . ill s . will be found on a level Willi it,• twgrtt. long 1.,•1 .re they can raise the I.laeks t t This lore; 111 nity of the whites Their 11.-irt. , are already of the blackest hue polit jean% . if ri..t ut..rtoll Bar The Meadville Jorrr-rot' .1 -e of forgery in that t own It , ay4 that ..n Wednesday of last week a ni to named : , au.tiel Logan, of Fairfield tp . .lrea di from the Banking office of A Dertekiion, , a forged note to.whieh were •••igneil the Jacob Smock, Henry Ilan iti I Hugh ttittli -- The next tiny it was discoviit 01 that their n twee were forgeries, ond 1 oniitaid, wa. de. spatched with a warrant to itrri-d Li - igan - On Saturday night he hrouirlo lulu before 'Squire Tucker, haling aNtrolrended hint in Mercer county on that Wit 11.. an taken an hour or two hetore- (vv.. 1 , .t %11..111 this Logan .teetn‘t to he tuett•ly the ea: paw, being a .inirlo i.t ire meet with hit] . ) to idi• the iiiiinii) i o names are Jewel and lt.r ,111.1 a 311 . 311: • ' lnv,. been Domed for thorn Two litindrod find one dollar* hare been rocovo 0.1 Logan n t com mitted to jail to atomer CRANGS toP —The regal tr .1 lily p.t..en. ger train on the Sun'olry •,n.l Pt will hereafter leave the lof VC. street. for Warren. at NI tug at tlio lattor place at 12 V. P NI r. lung. learn Warren at *...! I' M :teriving in Erie at r. ;(I P. M A tri•weekly Pr ey yr, e t rain ;v.!! be run user the runt, t',.llOA Erase Erie on Mondays, Wednesday. and Fridsys at I P. M.. after the arrival of the Lake Shore ear+ and arrive in Warren at 10 11 itm itrn i ng. Tuesday., Thurßatty. and •:ttritr.lay... !eating Warren at BA. \I., and arTis tog in Elie M., in time n;r ears Ea, t not We.t See no_ . tire in another colutian. DEATHS. Soddenly, in Washington township. Dee 11;th. WILLIAM ti., son of Samuel and Bustsass Cn4se.r. --Mr. J. II St msiot has* 1 Reeder, aged •ty. one tuntith and ten bought out the entire stock and fixtures of Per- ds‘s. king' old Confectionary Store. otiratk In New or . leans Nov ISth. recently from Iltrard Sflll. 1- . lie advertises a elrotee wisortmunt of .lloltday I; FM. aged years In Springfield. on the I I 0; inst , HIRAM P Presents. The services of Mr Perkins are only Mon of Porter and Louisa Warn in his 4th retained in the manufacturing department. year. %I it F: h 1 TUlt I Rill illtlebteil 1 ,, ....or it it u•I 11 student re-ident nt s• , nt thclecent number of tho et ...mint:iota I Itearaplue "Jottings in Northern New +tied from Washington t'... 1 "or eorrespostlent vields a vivacious slut Ipt I.•,ttne fill )1 , 1111.! , 1 t/1131 hut his sprightly teletence to the For Felantsl In. is 1:1 ItAtitrol awl so rde fimm the simple trlll , l gutty to discredit the sources of his litho until The paragraph rstals "At Fort Edward i. n seminary of no small preten sions, b u t a litt:e noted f9r the smell of . lar and a strong undercurrent of Phariseeism, which pervade:lllle whale Faculty John Iliowniam awl I.leethrig lvt.il.o.t have 4 , , eelipse4 the liv er.!, 11111 ni , ,lert merit tm.t n. stern ',bri" at . eeent It Wit ton Gm no oilier reason thau that the sttoleot, n Indy. w from the south—while defnrotit II It lonal eliamrter 1..4 VI worm applause of rhr I remark .-- 10.1 ' Flint modest merit at a rei•ent st,abt tiou nisi a -lent rebuke fur nu other nation than that the attpktit, a lady, was fron. 'he utterly anti totally false. Hot liiag that could be turtured into end an lartdrtit tier having ttretirrell in the hirtury It: 4. 1111i (natal- EMI :Id Free speech is tolerated on our within the nholrsoute limits which forbid in decent, profane or infidel expressions The same license in criticizing public men and measures is allowed as IS customary with the acknowledged party leaders :n the United State.. Senate Both sides of -bleeding Kan itall- hare been freely discussed and a single debate ha, occurred as to -whether Brown was endorsed o f not 1,3 any rousitlerable numbers in the North. ull the hartle•t words being used by the proshotuy speaker, who was list. rued to with respet t That popular audiences will evince their applause expressions and points that happen to please their prejudices, is nothing remarkable lutrr yet to hear the - '«s' uspo , •.o-tic rfprrs otot from one ..f our young men 1. 1 ,, nothing a "sum/ IJI J4.1/1/ Brown. where el., w he rune list Ibe Principal of n Sews nnry rct , l , !le entire .peecll.,l E , lnas.l Everett recently •Icltver,hl as Fanetill I nIL. 1,, his WA 11 - 11101 ,'• • : 'l,og:‘ • ..r them. WV. .1 , .14,.• wet. its :hit Phatisee“ Sou,- innry : 4 1r tl .% oat coll. poi •lent 41,1 gotten ht en. •oeort to. 1110 eel er.e.l .tndent or 4onie ta•, %ming t tt, I.4l•olden the prew i-eQ. a , . 111 I 1..1 bier wore onf t.rly I II • it I :he loor xe:', 'Ol IL,. t• , 111 , "11..1'.• 1 9 1 t•lllightenea ! 1)1, 17 It, 4ectarinn enw ~n.l :1.1- the Full 11) -1 .tl.l Ih 1 brik g, If tll in6,rlll through 4 lihet tl and 1,1 3.1%.•rt...nv ..; eN.L.tett , 4. ,!,ftt.• • iuhkeiis -111411 pru tett.l,,n. ‘,.• W;Pil put,: ,„u it ud Li,•nn Ili the flit dc,erve it ith Th at Lit t hitt, Lette,l for the 'nail t.l tar • ~ , t • to allu le to the al„ t .111.41.11 . % rite In uLttute tose , t etheientl T• :teher ~1 14411 W 3. 1341 •L.l.tniCt 4 / 4 , / , 44 .4 I C , 14 - 4/44k ,44 / 4 454 4 . art , rvinri• r. 1.• t • g 441 3 44t; 4 ti .II I 14•1[14. f LutKit N tc I ,11J1/11. i mtat •I, w 11/d, y r „ u l,l t” hrnwl tan r• 1..., 1311 I 'll.,e'inle.l I..tteher 11.. 1.,pr0!.; 11:111 I - (,r,•Nto'r 1-,.r I.•nt I I,•r- , till:1i I•t•ityr •otirre• inn. mat ton Nt. 4111..111V or Teek;e•••‘. t., .Ict 2,- -!; • :11.,.1 I :.• I hiefi c.. n Iwnnr irive giVen th, !"'1 'OA 0pir.,..1011.1 cp•rr,,.lp.l , h,p, lre 11 l •1111...1 Ike ttn th. 1.t.,z.t.0 11.‘1‘1 ..).; Er I , it• i•I .T.2..tt; ;.;-;;;--. • ;;; n ;;; fin I ; •;,;• I ..0", ;•.; I.ltt t„ ii 1 1 1 .1... - ' •or- -I.ttpw , ve .1 ~..yr• II NI , NE \, ;1 , •. 1..11 t: kit-rues wt „fii, t,l ..; \lv It v Hi the al It•-.1.1f1 , /li .11 KLI , 11"t1 l'r .111 , 11i , :ary rh, !. Ir, t• •••rt".'ing eiir Rfl 115 •fol ••.I IV 11;1 I h.• II Ixerary ..! I•r r•re:•erritti •11 .1t the date or thi• pap,. Lim c W9l W1: , 14 I and whero now 4tarvi, our f•eatiti -11.11 el , v wa••• then on'y a feeble frontier Settle ment +OO .n, z ..r tt few don't N lerts.r. was the lather of Dr F A IRt eves 9 prominent and noirti re,:peeted ar rem and who it may not he anu—s t , i menii•m, nom. when ••• much I. being said and written al, •it the :• , inl•ur and Elie Railroad. was !where the tir.t. -n that important worm., he at hi. own risk and to order o +nr lII.' charter graded a rb.,ro the nett- Stati"l in Vanon t•lllnir in the , anon •r ..r the test, 1 stti S E NLvit .tutt..•Gi:muvrs The nee' nn angetuertts nluch went tau., effect ttii this ltoa i tll Wednesitty, t- w e ttre told, contiut,e "pi) uula proper Form- acCOca prcpared at Warren This we are told will he in shout ten when the l'a+senger Trani will leave Warren to the mot u lug In-tea.l of in the afternuQn as at present The promised new order of thing, wdl -utt our Marren friett 1+ alvi the ration-, of Inc rowd generally, ❑ouch better than an:, Aber that could pr,,bahly t , v pr,.puvs.i. Car. will then re•u h Erie at or !tear It, A \I turtling arrive at t\xireu nt time husi-s shy- e hear on el err hand expres•ion —l l Ntn4 :101l at ',hi , tre ttrueur , •eire.l by ?h.. l'h ilvletphia an I Er:t. The recent celettrAtittn amen I.‘ct) e‘c_r isill2ol , t Ilial IuRII r :i it r 11. ...ft.. 'lt t N I rwt. 1(1 , i•Ii. "1113 11 , 1i1 'in 4, N...1 1 11110y IQ TV( .prri lioleing Iroui ihe litilto %mount fit %eft .laily I rnr l 1 [hi- , eprk.-4 %IA „ t h i . rw k e , 1,,e I.lntei- ni-1 ' i.nytng 1. tine lime %1 elne.n.lay 1,0,11 - I.lne we noticed .leigh lnnrl of fine.. t u I... , king leer. prising np Szate--1 reef tront the Sunhury .Icing, 1., g;tublen the heart , toll ttekle the paittte , the tli , teiple. tt f Epkurn, in I ,ur eity t)n the Isth 'fist nt the lotr...ettng.•. h. Ret Gardner Dean. Mr 'f II kl/DErS t., MINI PERSIS M. PAVNE. %It 4 WikOtingt..n. Erie County NI. toil the 1301111.1. by k*..twi.r•l Nir Ji)UN • ,, t F a i rv i ew 10 Xils4l . he ..tine place thi the 7th lost , ut LelLend town hip Erie I'll, by II NI. filinge. Esq., Mr GEIIRGE V. Ti/1 SliEl, ()RESTA \ Hl Pst'lN. ~nth of Nlivltion Co., N. Y I=l Epw %Pi. \ 1~,., t. , ‘ , :rs , • .1( 1 ' , 1:1'11 I, NINI. I Sta..., I • ri 'llO n% it. 1 trUt,“ 14[1 MABR IA G ES oar An v,,,,,r50n. who de ,,, ,r,;.t , o d eel of I rp.it silent D, ulod and ..irtst, had L.( (..r i irjrn. 1+ he w)11 not take ally palienti 7 h e gpiti.,f3,l , ,rily curl-4 1,, . 44 Buffalo I= adrertieeteent HIM tax tnte Cuak had a ac t , of my cy es which wan generally curable. After I had 'man two J Firmenieh's treatment the migt,. and now I eau see as well Wllll It other eye. JOHN .1 If EN DRI X, L. , „ - This is to ' certify that lit J cured my daughter of Deafnev. four days without pain American Block sigrlT etilikei too many (ovi eL , I woubl have fat toor..,oAd.roi. 'IVN• professing to cure near!, • , recommended (or but one or two frequently made arrainirt Corkr's krtrai by persons who hare been urs.4 8, trial of If Io bowsaw of di.oss. tha •,:'" for not onto r It who is to blame for it !'‘ ;•;,..„.. Proprietors, for when Inc pot up by mended It wanlyas a stainataat, and whic li me = warm up - the ayttent, •Prit then*, .; "it and off cold, prevent Firm •"'ww, good 1441110141 or Extern= applicaties ta "8. "My Sees Tarswit, Iflistwastirea, and 01,, • ro,, thou, h of ~ , ,,,marierid in git for such '*"" Asthma, Bronchitis, Liver and Brice, pepsm, Chronic Diarrhea, dawsies,„ to rocceasfully and extensively usol a,. • a Bottle of it rut Into a holly, the rucme r ti c t. -- Its use in oos mew, led to a trial of ;t to ,:"`u it pained from one lodiridnal aorna,,,. bunny and Delglaborhood % o another, =WI it notary recommendations for almost ere', fain finding a place in every family throaktmal try What better swidenos could be sir i any medicine than recommendation/ obtatit. Let tilt.= that lack confidence in this Extr a , • fair trial la some one disease, and Bo; tbei r o more correctly of its value 2e21 C Afrtul ai" Zo-glam's gtdrettiminits Gifts for the Holidays ! LI /OM'S is this day nemln g a ,!- . did 1046,ga:bent of RICH CHINA VA. , L:, p CUM AND SAUCERS, HUGS, CANDLEIXL., grealvariety of USEFUL AND URNASUENTAL CLE.Sonatable for the 11 , 1,days klegaat late ilift„ Tea Atta, ritchers, rtiver (ropa, }orb., 4000 s, Napkit Wage, btorutilui lattoraa) and lota of ste t wry, %%mu+, and Faze. aodooe tech.; D E A FT , "N Bantamb:uirlan2, Walk, Rolland, Scotland, Russia, Ireland, Way, In De., t tun, Switzerland. T • °mu For sale bey SANFORD k Co , Rapiers, No k Howie, Lrie Dec 24, PAL NOTICE. AVINL, purchased the ontin. 4 1 „, and busloeps of J. H. Perking, I w, pba cui the atten2on of the citizens of Er w, to m y .rock of Holuity Presents and Confect.onery .1 gaged the sere ma cf Me. Perkin■ as a mama/sett:v , will promptly all all orders for lee lieut.,. ,ulec•r.,l - Cake ind all party roods, at the lowestJ rm Erie, Dee. 21, 1869.-Rw29 J STYX/. NEW GROCERY And Provision Store! I No) I REED HOUSE, ERIE, PT rj .1. IV ILA LLi )S, has on lian.l and xi.. lien a. clomp aa an be bought else • leo.' • or Produce., any 01 the following articles, I lour. Fish, Salt, Fruits, Tea, Co One, Sugar, Its, SI rup, Oil, Stone Waes, Wooden-Wara, TO b•C' n, Conte-...ttnneripa, etc , etc The aamirtwent u t. • and of the first quality. I write au esamtsiath, et,,,rk and prices. hoping by strkt attention to isu e . and honorable dealing, to merit a sham of m r motto is ••Quiek Pales and Prompt Retorts Prreltio- of all knpda waisted. kite, Dee H. Wits! Wanted Immediately ! ATRUSTWORTHY AGENT in .1 State in the Union, to introduce new sod at uable /122.1111. O. i:+0,00 per elostA 4ad Expolaa Pad Persnxnent employment given. For as ou'r ktrurti..o4, with sta ,, pa for r•lurt H B C. 4 R 71.1? IPtamontl 111ork., M. CCE SUNBURY& ERIE RAILWAY. annimpaimmos NOTICE. (AN and after Wednehday the 2I•1 1, kja regular pasoorpg""r train LEE: ERIE, AT S A. 31., I .1,•e.1 arr.rlw at Warm!, at 12.413 P. 11, 1.6 E Vli IHItKN. IT '1 P. 11., t• t 6.30 P. U. Uomiar. wi end Fri.la) • st 4 Alter 11... amt 1... I a.. Rosd• •r, •St I a Ir, l'a•seh, ar allartle4 will 14. a . ,. Era , ' " ft rt7r.n'tar46‘uinn^Latv.r"nia”teh!!..::rl.l.w":7ll:l,l.•°4:arMrt.o E AO • k 11 4rrt% %t .! P tin. h, nikr. 1%•• _•\Ml A H1.411‘, . R Vrt, Ist 1.6 r .7. =MEM I.: tIE M'CONKEI q SHANNON'S REED HOUSE' HARDWARE A ' Can be found PLATED KNIVEs. PLATED SPOONS PL .TED Foßks. rAHVERS AND Fußli.s. TABLE KNIVES ATORKs BREAD KNIVES. BUTCHER KNIVES, BUTcHER'S STEELS, BLITHER's SAWS & CLEAVERS Skates ! Skates ! Skates McCONKEY A; SHANNON S Bells ! Bella ! Bells ! 4 :1101 - TIN.; IXES. HAND AXEs, BRu.th AXES. ALSO. A FE ‘k B( 1 1' 4 A XEs :STORE TRUCKS, Saws ! Saws ! ! t. LEI MILL—ANDiCROSS CUT -11'1 , 1.1P AND HAND, nt NO. '2 REED Hilt • TEE IT} SHOES,SPRNGS AM' I RoN, AND NAILS, BELLOWS, ANVILS N \ I:I9 . .NTLII*- I,S, ILIPER: , HARDWARE. LOCKS, LATCHES, sex, FRoNTINO THE PARK, REED Ilot.A. AND NO. 1 FRENCH STRIA f Sign of the ANVIL. WK are al.o Agents for NA 1 . 1.1 4?, VICKKH k Celebrated Cast Steel Chen!, Sheffield Ka t ., rind ablo Mt Kuhl Scythe C.. I S...ythea, Rachenelsltle Conn ==MIME TEETH NVIf. LUrE. thankful for the liberal • patronage given hint, announces that hating proettred the ataistatce of .1 „LITE, he it' prepared .lo all kinds of Dental wort pentoptly and In the latee aoJ most mprorett .t, Ir., and the attention of th• pabir .4 again called to th• CONTINUOUS GUM WORK, whirl, he ham torrn eegaged in waking for the pant yeti., to the entire atilltfaCtioll of hnt patrons, that he it aua prepared to pat up Teeth rut lase the name advantages possessed by the Conlin onus l un Work, leaving no seams or ewes for the as u ambition ot food, nod giving to the fate • perfectly natural vioreanion,ll.oll for dupe It i. preferable to any other vier-rho used. so lt will not wear the teeth. teeth oat on gold or mires for those .ho prelim . in Particular attention paid to filling and primerving natu ral teeth, and alio to the correction of irregnb•HUes i Mee in Betitty's Block, Park Row. En*, Doc '4, 11110-442 1 . N. W. H. LICE A 11111\1, GO TO NO. 2 If you want to buy E E 1) II I r A Large Assortment of kT Y) 2 REED HOUSE No Y HEED HOUSE AT NicCONICEY & SHANNON • A LARUE , Ti It h VULCANIZIKD RUBEISIL,