THE OBSERVER.
B. F. SLOAN, Edit 4r.
MUM SI OE PIER YEAR IP ADVANCE
SATURDAY, PEBRCARY 4, iftilo
Dem=;SU° County Convention
A Diltitemalle County Convention will be held In the
OW alb* Os Tuesday. the Mb day of February nett,
at 2 seseopp. P. K. for the purpose of appointing detegatee
19 tam ludo Oonyinstioa, and to taussaet each other bu•
Maw id ow aces' balbte the Convention, appartaialai
is thafiltom4 of the party.
pis oill bo held In the severs! Tounahlps,
Wards in the County of Erie, at the nese'
the Township and Boroegh eleotionst
*a Owaeity, sod at the Seket and Couttooe Council
Loom is law Bast and West Wards for the Ctty of Erie,
op thitarday the 4th day of frobraarY, A. D. me, between
die beers of II sad 4 recta*, P. V.. except the City yr
Lxts whisk wilt ha at T echerit. P. M.
JAMES C. II ARAM tI.L,
Chu Co Con,
Cris. Jr. 7, IMOD
♦ GIKKRAL BACK DOWN.
A few nights since there was a strange
SCUM 011.11114240/ in ROW . Mr. BRACHIA'SChurch
in Brooklyn—an edifiee. as our readers
will recollect, which was very appropriate
ly called the "Church of the Holy Rifles."
during the time when it, pa.stor preached
the doctrine that rifles were better etire.-
!Augurs than the Bible in Kansas Fmw
the New York papers we githet the -par
ticulars of this strange scene. It appears
that poison Beecher. like some of the Re
publican lenders, is inclined to a retrogade
movement upon the slavery sue-t ion. end
that certain of - his congregation, Mr. The
odore Tilton at their head. wrsh to bring
him into Itneagain. Th.. particular Lune ol
of contention on the night in ,inie-tion was
the Foreign /dission Societ t , w bi-ti \ Mr Til
ton declares to be the parent of daviivi: the
question was, whether ecilleetions should
be taken in the church for the Ameridan
Board of Foreign Missions. Mr. Tilton
made a speech two hours in length. His
chief point was that the whole Amerlean
church was in complicity with slavery, and
its clergymen and members hold 600.000
boudsmen':, and it was their high duty to
cut it away whenever opportunity offered,
—obeying the apostolic injunction ofavoid
ing even an appearance of evil. Slavery
neutralized the missions in the Cherokee
district, and he would have the missions
neutralize slavery. Southern politicians
were now plotting the establishment of
slavery in the Indian Territor% . where the
Cherokees lived, under the auspices of the
Board of Missions. He wanted the power
of Plymouth church exerted against thomi
machinations, as was done in regard to
Kansas, when twenty-five rifles were pur
chased and sent there to be used in
of freedom. To give additional foie to
this hard blow at the reverend Mr, Beech
er he produced one of the identical twenty
five rifles which had so long be!rre been
sent from the came church amid profane
acclamations. Some one nemously in
quired_if it was loaded Mr. Tilton replied
that it was not, but that it had been used
at the battle of Ossawatomie. This state
ment created a great sensation end gave
food for thought to some of those who furn•
iahed the money for the war. Mr. Beecher
replied that he still considered slavehold
ing a sin, and a slaveholder stnfit for a
communicant in church : but if he could
make it appear he held the slave for the
slave's good, and not for selfish gain, but
with a view of giving him freedom, he was
purged of the offence of slaveholding as
generally understood. He would not at
tempt to say that such a min was not a
slaveholder, for he did not believe in that
circuitous route of refinorneut, Wl:deb WM
the peculiar logic of Mr. Cheerer The
American Board, in recent reports. had
kept up with the times, Jed written de
ninusisiion of slavery.zr he anti-slavery
spirit had become so great that it was fac
tious. He also repudiated Garrison and
Phillips, and hinted his desire to stay in
the Union. Finally the meeting sustained
Mr. Beecher, and voted to contribute to
the funds of the Foreign Missionary Socie
ty, in spite of the assault made by Mr. Til
ton with his gharpe's Rifle. If Mr. Beech
er's murderous gifts are to be prennted at
his own head in his own meeting house,
he will probably be more cautious for the
future in their selection. It will be re
membered, in this connection, that the
eulogy on John Brown, one of Mr. Phillips'
moat recent and most abominable ha-
raugues, was delivered in the Plymouth
Church, in Mr. Beecher's pulpit! Yet the
latter now finds it necessary to throw the
orator overboard, just as the Republican
party has found it necessary to throw John
Brown and his Virginia crusade overboard,
and John Sherman. and his Helper book.
BIISCILINIIIDGE IN LOCISIANA.—The New
Orleans Crescent—one of the ablest. largest
and most influential opposition journals in
the whole Southern country—thus speaks
of the eloquent and gifted BasexINRIDGE,
in connection with the PreLidency :
"John C. Breckinridge is one of Ken
tucky's noblest sons, and is an intellectu
ally great man, as well as asplendid orator.
We' Wiese him to be a truly honest and
patriotic citizen ; and if elected to the chief
magistracy, we think he would discharge
the functions of that high office with fidel
ity, ability and patriotism. The rights of
all sections, under the Constitution, would
be faithfa e maintained while he remained
at the h affairs ; and the Southern as
well as the Northern people might repose
implicit confidence in his integrity. judge
ment and firmness of purpose. At all
events, such is the estimate we have played
upon the clarecter of the man "
MIL. The Trenton American says that on
the 21st inst. an abolitionist named Coates
attempted to deliver an Abolition lecture
in Haddonfield, Camdon county. and ad
vertised his intentions by handbills on the
mane day. A large number of citizens cesl
lasted at the place of meeting and inter
rupted his harangue by hooting., yells and
hisses ; andupon hiisiersisting to be heard,
they took hold of him and threatened him
with a coat of tar and feathers. After of
fering him a number of indignities he eon
seated to leave, promising never to return.
If this had occurred down in South Caro
lina, or any other slave State, what a howl
would have went up from every abolition
throat in the country.
=EI
Or A fire occurred at 113 Fulton street.
New York on Sunday last, and destroyed
the building occupied by Wynkoop, Hellen
beek & Co., job printers, and Mr. Robert
Bonner as the press room of the Ledger.—
The building extended from Fulton to Ann
street, and was filled with paper, premier.
and other printing material, steam engine, 4
ke. Building 115 Courtland street, occu
pied by Ward Close I Co.. was almost en
tirely destroyed. The aggregate loss of
Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Co., and Ward, ;!
Close & Co., was about, 8175,000: under- 1
Mood to be hoed.
A Speaker Elected
The events of the past week have pretty
nfrActivelv demonstrated tha( tbadisoe
ganjzation whi,th existed M Cl:ingress., slid
the failure to elect a Speaker for night tar
nine week., elm catered solely by the d 4.
ged obstinacy of the Republican leaders.
Without a perceptible reason, other than
a desire to exasperrite the South, they put
in nomination a ealndidate. in the L arsen
of Sherman, whasi xlection would have
been considered as insult 13 . y one half of
the confederacy !They were tohl repeat
edly they never keibl elect him—they
were told ghat, if thtly would put any von
servative man in nomination, no !serious
opposition would be Made, and hie election
cheerfully actal/aced il . But for eight
weeks they heldiout, Ind for eight weeks
their organs htilre reiterated the charge
that the non-orianizatiirm of Congress lay
at the door of t l;tr , Democratic minority.—
On Friday. tour ur five of their number
from this State, Men who had made great
prolesaions of ckiservatiam, unaittingly
took a step tHat revealed the cloven
trot of the hasty clearly, that they
were compelled to abandon
. Setaa AN, and
concentrate their hirers upon PENS INGTO• ,
of New Jersey, a eonservative flit the das
named. 'Morris. Scranton, M'Pherson.
Junk m. of this State, toted for s ei re .
troliti, to old line wing Th.
Dpmwra,.,„ 4:&a that by throwing their tote
in solid co'ainin for SMITH he would be
elect, I Tto.i did U, the infinite die.
may the lour Peris)lvanutirs nitine.l --
Bfore the vote was announced. the lour
gallant Peteisylvanians changed their
votes, and talus prevented the election of a
man they bed Just s cited for. But the deed
was done. The fact was demonstrated that
it was not. Democrats, but Republicans,
Nut prevented au organization ; and so
theuuly course! left to retrieve the defeat
which stared them in the face, Berman was
withdrawn, and Ex-Liov. PENNINGTON put
in nomination, and on Wednesday Ilexes
elected. Ytir. P', character may
lie judged by-the !etc irks of Mr. Keitt. of
South l'arolina;,c.bile the vote which elec
ted him was being taken We (pito from
the telegraphic report
-Mr. Kett made A Apeech, in vb liieh he al
luded to Mr. Sherman 's remarks accom
panying the withdrawn' of his name as
a i.‘andaiate. as a mournful valedictory
to hi, deserting troops. That gentleman
had said the Democracy was demoral
ized by seeking affiliation kith the el
ements of opposition to the Republican
party. Pray, gentlemen, how do ye stand?
For eight weeks you have made an effort
to elect your nominee and failed. You
failed in your effort to adopt your plu
rality rule , you were obliged to take
down your man whose name ea.s connect
ed with the Helper pamphlet, and adopt
as your candidate a m.u, alt. c .ft fat'Or Me
filgil4CE slave lair as a mane stands Let me ask
these same gentlemen whether they think
by going for a man who favors that law,
and who was an Old Line Whig, as he calls
himself, they do not demoralize themselves
by the affiliation? The successor of Mr
Giddings supports hint.'
The vote oil the election of Penrungton
was as follows . Whole number, 233 nec
essary to a choice, 117 Mr Pennington,
117: Mr. .114(rlertinna. : 4 5: Mr. riilmer, 16;
Scattering 16
TAlh. ENG THE BACK TRAIL. --Cow. STOCL-
ToN, who carries New Jersey in his breeches
poctet, has, as our readers are aware, been
"fishey" for some years. He has been an
American, and him ec.o t uatiod somewhat
with the Republicans ; but the "impend
ing crisis" has compel/lid him to take the
bat i k track, and once more enroll himself
in the ranks of his ancient party, the Dem
ocracy. As a matter of course he has writ
ten a letter, and has published it. In it
the Commodore contends that the invasion
of Virginia is the direct result of such
teachings as those of Theodore Parker,
frot whose recent letter dated at Rome,
hetnaks liberal extracts : and while excul
pating the 'great body of the Republicsn
party from responsibility of Brown's acts,
still holds that that party has been led "by
its twister-spirits" from one stage of excite
ment to another, "until it has reached that
point in which II further advance must be
over the broken and dismembered frag
ments of a once glorious Union. - The
Commodore then draws a horrid. picture
of the eeils which impend over the South,
thin •
"Against these designs and results the
South stands as one man on the defensive
—they clearly perceive and fully appreci
ate the impeding dangers which fling their
awful shadows over the whole breadth of
their beautiful country. The horrors of a
St. Domingo tragedy threaten to make des
olate their homes : to drench their peace
ful plains with blood--to light up their
midnight skies with the cloilagnition of their
cities and plantation villages, and to con
vert their faithful and contented domes
tics into incarnate fiends. inviting tarter
riven.. of blood have flowed) their own ex
termination."
In this defensive attitude of the South,
he says :
"I. for one, will stand by them as a
friend, to the last gasp of my existence,
and if a dissolution of the Union is inevi
table, then I would have the lines of sepa
rations drawn along the Hudson and the
lakes, rather than the Potomac and the
Ohio. I have no doubt that in such an
event the Northwestern States would unite
with New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the
South I will stand by them, because they
are right ; I stand by them because they
have the Constitution and the law on their
side. On these bulwarks we will plant our
standard, and defy the hosts of fanatics.—
The questions at issue now between the
South and the. Anti-Slavery party seem to
be few but of great importance. The South
demands that the decision of the Supreme
Court of the 1 . nited States shall be recog
nised as Supreme law—that the Fugitive
slave law shall be executed—and that they
shall be free te take their slaves into the
Territories qhlch are the common property
of the United States."
TH t PILCS/IDINCT.—At a DeffIOCTSLIC Con
17ention, hail in Jonesborough, Tennessee,
on the 6th 104., the Hon ANDILMW Jens
sox, of that State, was recommended as the
Preference the Convention for the tt Pres
idency of th United States. The editor
4 the Joasslifroupil Linos endorses the pre
ference warp:4y. and in doing so. pays a
high complpifent to the Hon. WILLIAM
IIICLI.It. of Pinnsylvania, by naming him in
connection +ith Governor Johnson. as the
choice of th4t section for Vice President.
The Ciskei says •
", of Pennsylvania, has many
of Gov. Johnson, of Teazles
ra both self-made men ; built
dation up of cemented ma.
own merits., and their fried&
bat to rely. As we propose
hj i ma tt er S i we will at
-Joy annotme our- prefer.
in the antisl min
.., of 'Johnson and Bigler,r
"Gov.
of tbe_gueli
see. They
from the f.
telial of the
know upon
to revert to
present c
01100 for
ress in the
The other Side of the "Sickles Afihir
in Warren."
Wattarn. dta.. JiSin 241889.
B. F. IPsoss. Eng.-4De r re. Set -1 re ih
the Oftsteeer of-dsi igt a copied
Atom the Warren Lesfeer idatitiird. Sickle*,
'Affair inilVarren," which! believe, calculated
to do great injustice both to Mrs. Whitney,
and to the people of this plece.,
Judging from the article, the bitter of the
Ledger must have been mimadvised in retail=
to the affair. I Walt ; spank witbiti balluA
when I say that a very lard majority of our
citizens believe that Mrs. Whitney is the vic
tim of the most disgraceful conspintey ever
perpetrated, and in which her own husband
was the principle conspirator. The limns its
bristly these: Mr. Whitney sent his wife with
her alleged seducer to Warren,—efter having
induced her to sign away her rights to the
property under fa/se pretenses---secreted him
self, and procured the services of several of
the basest and most shameless creature, to act
the spy, and after the driver entered the room
where she was Bleeping—no doubt by previous
arrangement with the conspirators—they burst
open the door. and a scene ensued which
has no parallel for fiendish brutality. Whit
ney tore the garments away from his wife, and
exposed her to the view of the crowd, stripped
her of her rings and clothing, and indulged in
a strain of impious obscenity which would dis
grace the lowest den of vice at the Ave points.
Exulted over his wife's ruin, declared himself
a 'happy man," drank whiskey and cham
pagne by the quart with his associates, and. in
short, gave every evidence of a depravity, at
which the heart sickens and revolts
He hits since held a jubilee at his owh house
with his portarular associates, and made merry
over the ruin of his household: lie had once
before tried the same plan to ruin his wife. but
had not succeeded. and has been . for weeks. as
he declares, devising his hellish scheme. He
had even brought an old tattered gown to town,
intending to put it on his wife as he scut her
away from the place These are but a part of
the cruelties perpetrated. The facts were
smothered up for a time, and Mrs. W. was per
mitted to leave, although so anxious was she
to stay and clear up the matter, that she of.
fered to stay and work as a domestic. if permit.
ted But the wretches were too much elated
at their success to let the truth remain hidden,
and when it was made manifest to the com
munity, a cry for jostler burst rot th which will
not soon melt into a whisper. Murk tiiot '
I. have nut given you the facts which prove
beyond preadventure that the whole matter is
a conspiracy for the reason that it will be sub
jected to judicial investigation, though you
might infer from what has been stated, that
such is the case
I tun not acquainted with Mrs Whitney, but
she is very highly spoken of by those who
know her as a woman of intelligence and re
finement. Among the most unfortunate fea
tures of the case, is the fact that she has child
ren, three I am told, from whom she has been
driven in disgrace—betrayed and ruined, so
far as be could accomplish it, by him who bad
sworn to protect her
I stu very truly yours
Pa. We are indebted to Adjutant (lon
ers" Wtt.sos, for a copy of his annual re
port to the Legislature. It is a valuable
contribution to the statistical history of the
State, and will be read by our "citizen sol
diers'. with much interest. From it we
learn that "the whole number of effective
Militia of the State, is 350,000—0 f which
17,500 are uniformed and organized into
volunteer companies"--a force, let us add,
sufficient to take Cuba, Canada, and Mexi
co. and leave enough at home to take care
of the women and children. The Report
says the supply of arms is entirely inade
quate to the demands of the military spir
it of the State, and as evidence of the fact
it is stated that "the whole number of arms
issued to volunteer companies during the
past year amounts to 2,740 muskets, leav
ing requisitions unfilled amounting to
12,370 muskets. The quota due to the
State from the Government, for
1860, amounts to 860 muskets."
Speaking of the State Arsenal at Harris
burg, the Report makes the following sug-
gestion, which we doubt not will meet
with the cordial approbation of our citizens:
"The arsenal at Harrisburg contains a
t. 4 7)
few old arms a d accoutrements that be
long to the Stet , that are not of much
use, except t -tents. This building . is
sadly in w of repair : the floors are giv
ing out, t "
doors are dilapidated for want
of pain and other protections, and many
other repairs are necessary to make It a.
proper place for the safe keeping of arms.
I would suggest to the Legislature the pro
priety of tearing down this building. It is
of but little importance in its present con
dition, and it is scarcely worth repairing.
Indeed, I cannot recommend it being re
built at the capital of the State. The one
at Philadelphia, in case of necessity, would
be ample in which to store the ammunition
necessary to maintain a large army iir the
eastern portion of the State. I would rec
ommend the erection done at or near the
city of Erie, which is the frontier city both
of our State and Nation in the west. The
Cana/Lis. governed by a foreign kingdom,
are within a few hours' ride, and should a
collision unfortunately occur with that
countryoan arsenal, in which safely to store
ammunition to supply a force in the field,
would he much needed at tho point."
Tut aro Oslo DIONIL—Oar readers are
no doubt Rivera that the Legislatures of
Kentucky and Tennessee were invited by
the Legislature of Ohio to the capital of the
latter State to haves little spree ; and that,
the business being dull with the former,
the invitation was kindly entertained.—
Well, they went, and all got—home again,
we suppose. Though there was a strong
odor of Old Bourbon about the proceedings,
we pipsome that to participator in the af
fair will regret it—after he is once well
over his headache. The Indiana /40014-
ture joined the melee at Cincinnati, and
the four States thus represented were mag
nified and glorified with no end of 'poach
er, sky-rockets, serenades, suppers, milita
ry parades, md big squirts with the steam
fire engines.
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*ATI LISIBAWN.-Thfk Senate of this
State have unanimously confirmed the re
appointment of Rev. WILLIAK R. DiWITT,
D. D., as State Librarian. Dr. DsVfmr has
already fined this office for six years, and
in that time hits completely re-onpsniar 1
the Stain Library, making it one of the
very best in. the country. His fine schol
arship and peat literary reputation have
given him facilities for 'acquiring rare works
and procuring odd volumes to complete
broken setts which Sew persons possesses,
and the Governor and Senate deserve tht
thanks of the people foroontinuing in pow
er such an oflker.
M. A few days ago Orin•Carpnitsr, *shoed
+ ( soother in Baldwin township, ;um pluabusk
felt dead addle punishing ante of Ma pupils fir
'atiseentlast. The dessanad wee SO years at
age, and Ms death is supposed le hare been
caused by pastel esoitsaeat•
hia stkertinesont "Otani Aaesiudon I" Prob
ably in order to sttrset the attention of those
who wish to "set high."
lir The lOW roootra of the trio Cool
i:for At, fhpai tolls; intiiii-rembi,
Aro., wmlll4llollll - 44; and the total expel:n
tiles wee ssB,9l2,7l—leaTing a Wawa, et
$39,018,88.
7 ill. Tits Niro Haupsides /twister *aye that
in Ave [tie &nuts In which ele et4ons have been
held since the Joins Brown raid on Virginia,
the ;black republican strength has fallen of
over thirty thousand votes.
illir Horse ti ask anti roamers had • rest teat
week, but the snow witieh fell this, set them
ping gam. MUT* for good sleighing—for
fast horses—plenty of robes—and pretty girls.
May the sleighing and the horses last till
spring—and the girls forever.
sir The Sons of Malta are going to have a
grand Re-Union Ball, at Farrar's Hall, on the
21st of February—the proceeds to be given,
part to the Mount Vernon Fund. a d part for
benevolent purposes in the city We antici
pate a grand time. 'Tis welt:
Ns . When you go to North East. always
stoLat the "Brewley House"—our friend Al
lison. who superintends it, keeps "things all
right, and is always op hand to show you the
elephant" behind • two-forty nag.
sir There is • men in Reeding, in this
state, who made one day last week, tweamosdred
wed tresty-fies horse shoes, in nine hours and
three quarters ; and he wuts some one to
beat him, if he can His name is Thomas
Rambo! We guess he is the "champion."
ger- It has boas legally decided by Judie
Bolcom, of Tompkins county, N. Y., on an in
dictment for selling liquor to a person "guilty
of habitual drunkenness," that a man who gets
drunks once a month for a year or more is to be
deemed guilty of habitual drunkenness.
mod` A western editor has received sixteen
offers of marriage since leap year set in, but
he has'nt accepted one of them, the answer to
this invariable question, "how mach property
have you in your own right r not being satis
factory in either case.
I One of the handsomest papers publish
ed in this state, is the Miami/ Record, at Potts-
It is edited by Wu. B Strsi, Esq., a
gentleman who knows how t , makes good pa
per, and we are glad to lee he exordia that
knowledge on the columns of the Record to the
full extent.
se- The Board of Revenue Commissioners
met at Haniaburg on the 2d of February.
411 the appointments have been made, and the
members are gentlemen of ability and much
practical information.
B. W. LACY
f'• Among the members of the Kansas
Legislature, are Mews. AL/RID OLAT and
Witman D. BLAOII/OAD, both formerly from
Girard, in this county, and both representh,
tires from Douglas *aunty in that Territory.
Or The Council of Buffalo recently voted
themselves one copy of the &press each : but
the Mayor, like a sensible man, vetoed it. He
doubtless thought the members of the Council
could, with equal propriety, vote themselves
copies of the N. Y. Lodger, or meet out of his
stall (be is a butcher) each morning fbr their
breakftst.
CArri or Bxtrutits.—A writer in the Amer
ican Medical Gasette, furnishes tbsefollowing
lucid description of the cause of blushes in
young ladies : "The mind communicates with
the central ganglion ; the latter, by reflex ac
tion through the brain and facial nerve, to the
organic nerves in the face, whh which its
branches !aciculate." Clear u mud
mar The Jamestown Journal says "the Erie
papera eomedaln of dull times." We wish our
Jamestown cotemporary, and others who sin
in the same way, would designate the particu
lar papers in Erie, when making statement"
upon the authority of "Erie papers." We are
oonstitutionally opposed to croaking, conse
quent)/ do not wish to have the odium of it
when not guilty.
air Boss. of the Polo (Ma.) dalsertiser, has
been Waisted ► oorrespuuling member, of the
Wisconsin Historical Society. This is as it
should be. Boss is an inveterate "historian,"
as we know from observation. and as his meta
°fable "Ristorie of 0' GnU Combo" abundant
ly shows—only we don't think its is rate re
liable on questions pertaining to "our rail-road
system !"
MIL There are two things that have not
taken place, sad yet the Republicans have
abandoned Sherman. First o Tom Corwin said
he would continue to vote for Sherman until
Oshriel's trump should sound. That trump
has'nt sounded, we believe. Another member
said they "were going to vote for him, if nec
essary, until hell freezes from shone-to shore."
Well, at last accounts no such "freeze" had
taken place ; sal yet every mother's son aban
doned him. What has Weenie of that "back
bout" we have heard so much about.
sir The Neff&lo and Cleteland papers are
sonsiderably dhappointed at the result of the
award of the eoutraot for repairs of U. S.
Steamer .ificAvest. They indignantly Inquire
if the Contracting Board "did'al know there
were machieists and boiler-makers nearer
Lake Erie than those of New York t" Ofoonree
they did ; and they knew, too, that the Erie
City boa Works made slower and more favor
able bid than either Buffalo or Cleveland ; and
that neither of the latter places stood any show
whatever, ',bother the Novelty Works had re
ceived the contraot or not.
ixsolance.—A biU has been introduced in
to the Legislature, requiring as exhibit of the
business and wets of each lemma.. Com
pany doing business in the city of Philadel
phia and twiny of Allegheny, in saoh manner
as to afford an opportunity to diserimitate
in
telligently between companies worthy of est
&lents, and those termed "Bogus." The bill
hes been weiblly prepared, and will provide
a much needed regulation in the insurance
business. If the provisions of some such ad
ritual be extended to the whole state, it might
Pre , * sdvpttageors to ell parties eonseimed.
ma. The Ball given by the Wayne Guards,
at Farrar's Hall on Thursday orisiag, was, by
all accounts. a nlardlioaat stair. Owing to a
domestic lietkm, whieh the reader will see
elder ow ..ketqary Wad. we were not Pralimar
ettaaegaently cannot speak et it in detail ; bat
we learn that the beauty sad elite of the elty
wore meat la all their story--that the pre
situation of the Bag, on the pert of lbe lidlea
of Brie. by Mrs. GAZA, was dose ;woo:ding to
the *Ode islittery." sad that e're7 bd4Y sit
jlltemakela sad were ambled. la the
opeay was a goodly sprisigliaig at thr Waal
sad 'Whim of Warren, heeded 17 ourPliddi
Mead. G. Saws.
lir We publish below, for the information
of those interested in the Lake trade, a 'shed
s!. of BU the vessels lath up st and belonging
to Ws port; to e pnweid winter, togethew with
those wa up at the *Went Lake pirts of
Ohio. It Irak be seen tit the shipping of Erie
is speeded lcr only ono port in tiie list. The
solsidale was prepared by Messrs. WifilT
Cal or, Attorneys and Proctors, Cleveland :
1!!5
PORT .0? ERIE
grZAZISaIt- —*IND City, U. S. atr. Wahl
pa. ?ca.—L. C. Brooks.
8000oisms.--Bt. James, St. Andrew, Cla
sen, Gao. - Weirtkington, Cones.
Colombia,' Melon, Illinois, E. C.
rrkt lik eis, Armada, Poet Boy, L. D. Comae,
Mary Seott, Arta:elle, Mary Merton, Matt
Root, W. Adair, S. J. Eason, Washington
Etwirs.--Osorge Neville, Pacific.
Bate.—Paragon.
Ramos Corres.--Jeretaiah S. Black_
CLEVELAND.
STrAniss.—North Star. lieschiek Hudson.
PaotaLLlllll.—Mohawk, Elmira, ,lersey City,
New York, Oswego, Jefferson, Northern Light.
Granite State, Evergreen City, Galena, Nile,-
Iron City, Forest Queen, Gov. Cushman, Cali
fornia, Genesee Chief, Bay State, Priirie State,
Akron, Vermont.
Raggill.--inviucible, Illinois.
Batas.—lsabela, Iroquois, Gen. Worth. Am
ason.
Scnoonaas.—T. P. Handy, Sergeant, Shook,
E. C. Roberts, Cuyahoga, Fortune, M. Court
right, A. Handy, Samuel Andrews, St Paul,
Tracy J. Bronson, Yorktown, Valeria, Willing
ton, John F. Warner, R. H. Harmon, Marsh
field, Flight, Twin Sister, Dream, Middlesex.
Vermont, Golden Harvest, T. Baker, Star of
the North, Berlin, Summit, Cifion. Fidelity;
Twin Brother, Watts Sherman, D. R. Martin,
Lowland Lau, S. Robinson, L. J. Farwell,
Speedwell, Midnight, George Davie.
Scows.—Juno, Rescue, I. C. Pendleton, R.
Rays, A. Frederick, Ellen White, May Quven,
Albion, Mary 4 Lucy, Free, Mason.
lilioors.—M - onitreh of the Glen, Orr.
Taos.—S. C. Ives, L L. Lyon. D P Rhodes
Maria Martin, Peter Smith
ficackrezas.--Caroline E. Bailey, New Lib
son, Onedia, Flub, America. Arctic, Madison
Scows.-I:nion, J. H. Hill.
HURON
Scaooxsas.—Eaho, Clara Atlaino. Spy Cape
Horn, Restless.
Scowl.—Brat, E. 11. Taylor
Suflooitsas.—Mary Collins. Wild Rarer
Marsisiliott, Wm. Ross.
Scows.—Nebraska, Freruaut, Mellen. High
Land Chief, Pilot, Valley, Riteh. Lien `Stet:
CONNEAUT
Balo.—Ludy A. Blossom
Bcsoosia.—Lewis Cass
Scows.—Times, N. d , Red 110. et
SANDUSKY
Itatos.—Aeadia, S. C Waibridiga.
ticitOonsas.--Condor, Leader, R- B. Hub
bard, Fame, Rush. H C Post. C schr
Watchful.
Stasiszas.-Islatici Queen. Swan
Stooes.--Gaselle, Harlequin
Scows.—Wm. R. Henna. Almina. tt rtz , il.
Eagle, -Liberty
SCHOO.IIIIItI. —Queen City, New London, B
Parsons, Challenge, C T Roeder. John L.
Gross, Australia, F T Barney, A. Bradley,
LucL Long.
Scows.--Mountain !thud Spanker. Comet,
Sioux, Fly. .
Smut Tuns —Witch of the West. Defiance
Ontario.
PaoraLtaa —Orontes
&wow:cals.—Wm. Mathews. Freeman, A.
Buckingham, Waurecan, Richard Mott, J. C.
Fremont, Myrtle, St. Albans, Josephine Wil
son, Miami Belle, Maize, Levi/Wells, Pticenis,
Hiawatha, IL J. Skidmore.
Scows.—Sea Lion. Mark %cll. Sarah Jane,
Somerset, Pontiac, Lime Rock
BLACK -RIVER.
t3canonaas.—Resolute, Alice Curtis. Mary,
Return, Planet, Ontario, Held.
flicows.—Roetto, Orleans, Prince of Peaee.
Cousin Mary, Black plum. Leo. J. P. Hale,
Fair Play.
Bato.--Gladiator,
sr Ice is a good •institution." It is cap.
ital to skate on. It is first rate in sherry
cobblers. It is not bad to use in the manufac
ture of ice cream. It is said to be good to allay
thirst, especially if mixed with a little Brandy
and water; and we have heard it said by phy
sicians that it can be used with effect upon the
craniums of hot-headed and feverish minded
politioisas. Notwithstanding this we assert
our line conviction that, take it all in all, the
good with the bad, it is opposed to morals,
and an enemy to pure and undefiled religion.
And why ? Simply because it has the power to
make one rip out the hardest, longest, and most
earnest oath that ever rolled from the tongue
of man. We notieed a case in point the other
morning. A gentleman was about crossing
one of our streets, which one it is not material,
when his fest, encased in something less than
an sere of shoo leather, slipped upon the ice
that covers the whole of that Locality , arid down
he came, squat a posteriori. We stopped, as
if rooted to th% earth, and gazed on the unfor
tunate son of Adam. His eyeballs blazed, his
ruddy cheeks grew white with anger, and his
outstretched hands seemed to be feeling for
straws, or something else to grasp, that lie
might raise himself. and then he opened his
month and epake—no : he hissed it out—one
otambiggest, squarest, deepest, tallest, widest,
heaviest., ten-ton oaths that ever fell from the
lips of a human being. Our hair stands on
end whenever we think of it, and it is no won
der that we fled in dismay Re flatter ourself
that we could stand an earthquake pretty well,
prOvided it young one. but Heaven deliver
us from hearing another such "swear" as we
heard that day—all owing to a few feet of ice..
In view of this fact. we think our case is eon.
elusive ; ice is opposed to moral. and conducive
to "profane swearing."
pjaganc.....Our readers will ret . olirit the
report. UMW a thousand ut her+ ey tinily robe
talons, - that were floating' about the rotintry
withregaid to the execution of Old John Brown.
that the prisoner stepped out of his any while
going to the gallows for execution and kissed•
little niggar Mby in its mother'. arm. Well,
Whittier, the half crazy poet-laureate to the
"Republican"party. heard ()fit. so he straight
way proceeds to "immortalize the act In
verse, which he contribute. to the New York
Independent. The verses are in imitation *film
"Execution of Montrose.' and are a ludicrous
parody upon Aytonris stirring lines The fol
lowing is an extract. which. for blubbering
pathos. it enough to draw tear, front the
most cynical
"John Br o ws of Ogsawat..nii..
They led him out to die ,
And lo!--a poor mlace-mother
With her little child pre.iee,l nigh.
Then the bold, blue eye grew tender.
And the old, her- fee a wild,
As be stooped hetw‘ .11 t l. ring ranks
-And kissed the negro eh ."•
j "Should the Reading Convention be
managed b„7 the Federal officers in Philadel
phia and Pattabargh—by expectant candidates
fbr sasistant marshals to take the eensus—by
supefierviattable postmasters, and by appli
asstst fit valuable contracts in the last hours of
the Osaeral Administratioh, it will be the sig.
nal fir such a revolt in the Democratic party
N hie sever been Witnersed in the State --
Jiwaly's Press.
714 it is tall bragging for a man that, outside
the Republican organisation, hunt got a score
of Mends in the state. The "revolt" against
the atttkin of the Reading Convention will con
sist df John W. Forney, Col. Forney, Chevalier
Forney, and Mr. Would-be-Republictus-Clark
of-t*Rause Forney ! Let 'em "revolt." say
ire !
ASHTABULA
VERMILLIO
TOLELk)
air We see by s tbe Gazette that -Coriductor '
Csssitesr, of the :Sunbury and Erie ron,truc
doh traln.„,llollM times called Lieut 'General
Calsement; .some time, Judge l'aiietnetli, hut
mate freqsattlly Jack Casement, ..eolied' Maj.
Jules Woustt., vhief Engineer of that road,
in Barris' *loon un Monday night. The in
stiniment with which the as+ault ass made,
was manufactured from the wood of the nag
atip Lawreoee, handsomely mounted with gold,
and enscrihed WOURALL, Chief Mit
cham, from the Engine.. Corp.' of the Vre,u
ego .Diriatioa Sunbury tt Erie Railrond, Erie,
1869 ;" and on the sides, -Perry I, Victory,
Sept. 10, 1810 ; wood from the Flag ship Law
ream." At timmoment the assault to, k place,
the following t urt and pointed dialogue em
itted between the beligereoui.
4 :Linut. Des. assewsina-- Mr. Worrail Oaf I
the cane "
Maj. 'Nona*Lt.—"Lieut. General, is that the
QIN
The hrligerenta were then separated by Cor
poral Harris pouting live bottles ort:hampetgne,
three gallon* of Pittsburg ale, and one hund
red and seventy-tire mugs of lager .lown their
throat.. together with the necessary intalree
to mil the fluids. Record it '
tistwrit Cuvrrise.--An "inexperience.' ' cor
respondent of the Fredonia Advertiser, saki the
following ten questions, and requests answers
from those who are ••boated. ‘ie bare tu
Erie County some of the tine , ,, v i n e y ar d., tui d
as Intelligent vine-growers can tie found in
the country: and we should be gla , l to give
the Chautauqua fellows the desired informa
tion. Who sends to the answeri
lst Is it a good investment •
24. What soil is heat `
' Bd. The preparation of the soil '
4th. What •arieucs are best to cultivate
Whieh in the hest, the trellis or stake
culture
eich. Pruning. .tu the spur ...tritt tr
ac nal
ith. The expeoie per net, .erring .ta
Grapes'
Bth. The eon ..f trellis. wit.. ..toices witu:b
is best '
9th. Which is beat to ,et uut , Cut( lugs r one
year old roots'
10th Will tht Unipe growing b e uver
done "
Sor The public should be on their guard
against all kinds of impositions likely to be
practiced by trawling institution, When men
or women want goods they had hewer go to a
regular established store or trading place and
get good articles, than pay large pnci, for
damaged articles et some Wk./W I SP traveling
institution If you want a good pate of riots,
or any other clothing, go to some well estab
lished house and you will not tie ehoated IC
you want boot+ and huet.. the same thing.
If want Watches. Jeweir. or any other
goods. be cute and land a !anise that is a per
manent itastitutiou, and you eau do this by re•
feeling to our advertising column.
gtkr The Buffalo 0/MINI rriut, .la t Wle
reviewing the Barley trade of the pa.t sea.oit,
remarks that - the demand for Barley will be
very much increased during the present season
for malting, owing to thi near itrprom h of the
Presidential Election. He tlippre6ell.l the.
Commerrial man ib mistaken in his , pecolat ion
These ••good old time.. isles w!.1.4
lager - done more for the •Treser‘
Union .• than all other :wrack', I , vale
passed away ; that aliele/11 14.1117/M . l ot •
German accent" is shout -played out. Ind
yields in potency to ”tangle-foot whisked,
which is found to be surcharged with patriot
ism, and does more •nting diau twlee tL
quantity of lager trdwif ylorot
Tint VUNANOO oli. lesistiv-
Spectator, says the Company at that place
succeeded in striking oil at the depth of 2::.1
feet. Boring has been continued qiute and
several wore veins have been opened It k
now thought the yield wtU equal to expec
tation. This settles the mooted question of
the existence of oil in that iiritiit a n d along
the valley! of Frenchcreek and the kllegheny.
The well of Messrs. Caldwell 3 Co . near the
mouth of flight street, is regarded lit a paying
institution already, although but 100 feet in
depth. Prospecting in the valleys of Big and
East Sandy is going on briskdy The Welt. nn
Oil creek continue as producing. as ever
Mr' The Armstrong Democrat tuentiohs 14 a
singular circumstance, that ta gentleman of I hat
county while out sleighing, discovered a garter
snake crawling on the snow We admit the
"circumstance" was rather ?singular. i•
related correctly—but we are inclined to think
the relator used just one word too much-- hat
of -snake. Lease ilia' off 'an.l the stoss
probable, because in our younger days we rec
ollect to have seen several -getters in .he
snow, but there were always, legs in them
A daring burglary was cocumut..l a
few days since to Troy, New York lo.ige
room of the Sons of Malta of that !..ace was
entered, and among the articles stolen were . ..!7
pitchforks, 8 grindstones, 7 pistols, muskets.
7 cavalry swords. 33 corn cobs, a bag of vats,
one small bras. cannon. and one family Bible
A reward of I has been offere..l for the ap
prehension 01 the burglars. !Ina ?CO ll for the
recovery of the property
ear .111 exthatige says that a few uigUtS
since some thieve,: entered a female Seminary
14 Wheeling, , administered chloroform to
the pupils, and then deliberately carried off ail
their jewels, money and apparel. not forgetting
to hiss all the pretty girls as the; la; reposing
in bewitching beauty We hope no such mis
hap will befall an) of our school girls
e a r nie \ ork eurrenionile.o the
Philadelphia LeJyyr under date of Jan '.!t‘ ,ays:
"Helper. the reputed author of the impending
Crisis Book. it run) 1,0 worth while t, .sy,
not derived Any pecnntary benefit fr ,, in the ex
traordinary sale Grille work. the prt , n; thus far
having enured to the benefit of the puhlt,lier
But he informed a friend of mine this morning,
that the Erre:lllof Commuter eliarued anti Asion•
asitiitsi s t the Rork, on Waif of th•
r
ig, are to have a meeting thi , t evening with .t
view to securing him 9 4h3r, of the iir..ceed4
So. AO; the Republican part, doe, eniliir.e the
Helper infamy. after all '
Oar - .% Legislati‘e prayer titerling aa. In
augurated in Harrisburg on We.lnemitty !, , rue
twenty or thirty me:niter% of 'loth were
in attendance. The eterci.es..aya Ihe 7 -7. -
graph, were conducted by Ilan Win \I Fran
cis. Speaker of the Senate, who dclicered an
appropriate opening addrees similar meet
inge will be held daily in the same place north
committee room of the Capitol building, com
mencing at half pa.t eight o clock in the
morning
=ES
_. Pending the discussion ofa bill grant
ing a divorce to the Nebraska Legislature, one
of the members related an incident of qlitirp
practice ofa couple resident in that Territory•
They applied to the Legislature and obtained
a divorce, and immediately the than and wife
pre-empted one hundred and tasty acres of
lands a piece, and having proved their title
thereto, were married again the next day. af
ter securing one hundred and sixty acres of
laud by the operation , Sharp practice, that
piitH4psl. We .1.16 .1114•T 1 1lot11 • h i , , h.
at George W ltrnwn t dn•.r „,
4n,1 r'Prrn.,
Tin°, ha , niied for 1
adultery a nd'briit hi t rev in,
•ocsl epixtlo. (rum kr.,wn • 1, I 1
Karr rarkri into 11,,•41 :k.l
caused liar 1.. takes t I,« opp *fee 1,44
an. This may be !rue aril that
1411
has many eneinie, roiti.3.
n t
the ••Saititailip or il.ll
b. glad to injure I,ur, al Ito,
sa., We not le.. tilt!
Al Co., lute hems Bre..ing I -
Feather+ for tteversl p .••
Bailey's uew patent Ste4lll f n,r,,.r1 •
neir the Kaystnne Ilntrl I „ ih‘,
work le rerformwl on an eot tro•!, 4
ory from that of any aitnltar
ntmelueed to the public 4,1
reeommendefl by reveres
have tented the great
feathers which hat.•
this truly valuable r..
are made touch litelier and •
f.rever freed frotA
•troy *lumpy leathers,
IL-cleansed and purified Pr, ,
per lif.l It liberal reduc.i..“ h 1,1
when several he•ls are
or when the beds are deln.•r«; •
Dressing We :.hire 111. r;
Office neat the Key itt,ur
A v rat COMMON I:Ass —Mr L r!
tLICICi Writes se follows \ltt w.:e
in a very weakly 'state for setae, y, ti
latter!y so troubled with lreu4ni.isai : ,
[witching and jerking of the limb,
at night, that she was very mieers , -
. . .
get very little sleep, and that litt,e 5 , )
and uneasy thief she would rise IL tbs.
quite unfrethed, and more nen ., It
cotnfortable than alien she retired
tried Physicians and various laid,
C//10,4 wtthuut any reial benefit. and tr.r.
discouraged about her ease By cur aur a
a friend. some three months or so ag
Eno. I called on Messrs. Carter &
related my wife's cunditiun, took 0n..,
their Female Ren‘ratite and two Loxes
Alit. and the use of these two used he,
done more for her than all else
taken for the past two years. She tea 7
like another person and enjoys ills Lt . ..
she has done for a long time bef,r,
person tit'anxious to know the part.c
this ease they can obtain it
wife (Stir residence te at BERL
Jan 1860 L II firm,
NEA REZA OEB
I In die evening of the 2401 J%c,.,tir,
Rev Edward F. Barkley. r. ctor ,• •
Episcopal Church, St Loui, Mr 14 A.
Cashier of Bank of Corutnerc: I.
Miss .kNSIE . 110DRINSO•N,
In Edinboro on the ::t;th E
Rogers. Mr. HOWER. E PIM LLL
an, PortageCn Ohio to Mi., 111 p, , „ L
of Ed izthoro,
DEATHS.
lu tuia ell), on Sunday eNt
re , .dence of her Kno. B F. , I.tar t.
f the 061,1-vo-, after a
ESTIIER SLOAN. aged
in this city, on the
F.L12.1, daught.•r Guoihr•l-0 ,
reeki. 11 : .red tu.tut h. And I
In i,rrene. • , 11 '2•nh
\ I,R(iW ‘,l I
%ear-
rit.•ll) , it
ITH ~,t , ..cphl;,..,
I)1, .t 11.1111 ..• '
county EDI% .‘I 1 4 In . A•C • •
l.)dty I . ll4l bAs , 41:•• 1 21 • •
1 . 111E41.. I "
GE4P. 11 loll! I:1
1 hr
th. .Innu•tr, :.I•.rzlr ' rll
11\E L•1:1 hl
70-flau's :Adrertisemnits.,
Treasurer Erie Cemetery in Aceou
IE4OO.
J•l3 I •& Tr , v• t 14.1 on Au,: VA
4.. tor".!4 .;: ia'r ,
' ron: A.ll N..tk.•
• ..s.es
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I. 1 a .
1008.
Au( 23. By Cash paid 4.
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; '•
Jew •
L Rost. Dr.--
La-ter Sun, t.i.
F unotlrtch. 11:t. kind
Lsbort•rs to datt.
Low, •cirl
-
Dec 1 4
ha I o
Cub is Laud. rrran,
L ,
r the atolerniursl, a 6.030:11 tier 0; p , .•a•e: F...
t 4 e .C , '"Ubt Of 1. 1.4h14.a5, livery rer et ter twww•
lompan,, Mr erne.. thdt we hare eternal,: ".•
and , regulehr qiiit, aLd II tad the Siihor lh
the L-I.lltace43, ~ at...s • • 'he
Twrn sea F• . En: sets D FL. Lt
)300 -ger : 110
cy BRI.UN •
drat r
Erie, JIM Id, I 5
January Ist, 1860.
ST'A TE.WE.VI' Cen.etery A
Cemetery rmandr, tiouee IA 61/14
" Due Erie ~I,, u idetuy,
" Pahl lutereel.
' Labor, Expeo.es, G. ,
" I.:xpruees,Treee Brut,,t .r - 1,,,, ..
ri Can ev
IDEt.
ay gal.. Lots to ante.
' Graves, Renr,valol.
Wood Sake, kc
FEE 4-211 W
DE FOREST, ARMSTRONG, & CO
DRY GOOD MERCH :
80 &tit Chambers St., N I
WOULD 1101.11% tiie Tr:ult% that the 6 ,
op..nitig We. th. to a... and beautiful
WAMSIITTA PRINTS'
AL 4 . , IRK
AMOSKEAG
A Men Print, •nteh pier. me-, Print in the(
to•rferetwn or elecution an I cn in full Ma • :-• •"
Ow . Print* are ch^ti.er than ‘ll‘ in market
with -itenrire sal.
,/Hero pn.clit•tly t •etitiod 1. , ,4
.
/.(. 1 ‘ AND ll ITH .-}:1
100 fluthelo C'n444. and Tlnad , lll , '44`.1
mr.t:Ka.sx, KE\P! , )
Nn W. 0 • • 5
IffrE
Fl.tatui for Ut. chap Lr
t
frbi
ACTH EI nicv Dri...l 11
band and f..r by
BLOC)! A‘. pt \
FI ELI) rri. l s._loo 111*1. ,
t•t : 15 BECKMAN, KE\I •
Erie Canal Company.
AN 1 . 1 , ..11;oli f.rr St,vrqi Iltreot,rr
h.: rt.. Cana: Cobtpaow loth! be beld at
"f Fair. 0 0 U. Ent blondar 11 v. a D. ,
1.4,4_4•3. A. H. CAI ,Hl,l
MATRIMONIAL !
yt virtuou4. Am..' 10.111
man le•sarous of (annul i ; a initrun , na
• " ,, ne. •Irtuoua, Mud. Ireeltta•
• on tarp, Laing Mumma I suer, u . ral t.
thousand acreti of gram land. N •,. L • • •
tot. tn....tad dollars, I am confidant I mn mak. v•
dtvil and afty thousand do.lars 10 treat , '
rofrrances given and roquinti Addraso untioat , st'
I.E.lfiiT I
Jan.:N-3W.* 3• , ren. • irm-sro . . t '
1660—SOW 1e TUE 'Mr Ti. . 4 1, fiSCHIRF
"HE ( _I)I:NU{ ; ENTLEM
Tntrs the Hon. Joa• tt ir• T. 011711 in tin .
Densocest, is the hank. hr, WITH ItaTiOv. r,4) '
AGRIt 1.11:Ital. I'APKR IN it: i'"
THE CDUNTRY GIENTLEM ‘N Is pat, ,she.!
16 pages ~ uarto, ant entered upon its ) 77 kkk • h
VMI with 11444.1-111.11ticotrWilthg at that too. o
protem. n•e—amon i r them an enlarged poi:, •';'
and an increased amount of Contents
TIIF. I lIUNTRY GENTLEMAN forms iv • n .
' , lsle and practical Journal for the Fanner ,a' . '
Reaktrat, pabllabed in this country. Tura • I . E.'
L SKS. A YEAR. Addnsas With remittance, or' • '"% c
Numbers, LUTHER TCCEER d; SON, Alba° , %
••• ARRANGEMENTS hare Just been cowrie ,
which the pnbllehres ni the Coe, Tat GENTI
abled to oßar TWO HUNDRED AND Finn " 1
BIC-ST STRAWBERRY PIntNTS, as a l'rrails ,, ' •
qubearibore ammenpattiod by the cash ' II
further particulate with Prveyeettusee and Poet,.
k SON. J an
Da.D• -- --
W. W 00D,
Ogee at his maiden.* on Weft etsth stint
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