TTIE OBSERVER.
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B. F. SLOAN, Editor
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I . ERMS: $l5O PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
P4ATURDAY, MAY 19, irltoi
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
FOR GOVERNOR,
HENRY D. FOSTER,
uF WESTMottELAND
THE PROSPECT
It 1- to be lamented that the National
I Cony , ntion find it elf
to untstanci.d tut to be able to
nomination at Charlesiton. We are un
-I.iiihtedly on the eve of a mo , t :momentowi
ii. nhieli calk for the a.. 1 0! ptinlenee.
tat riotism and n t,dom, on the 1,-irt of
1%110 are. for the Can.; IKvna, intrusted by
tin h.aphr with tlii• at
-i•leeting eanilidate= 1.. supliotted for
tile two tint go, ‘ernment
I :stake drat I- twill!! ',laved tor Ot
(0 bv ' 10111(1) til'illE/1 With.
, n , l Ili•nce we feel r tllr4l upon to depreexte
,ou t flit to
..•1 ith i. tiot ,tivotv.i.lerai.ic port 101 l Of
'1,•• I li.tuocratic pat t‘. that thrri• t. but
In kn our peopltt will 11,10' tlwir
-I,ut • r ;ntvih t t notl.ol
-I Ivut
mighty tut and devi-e
1-ur.-• to plotect thrtst at home and
Therei , lntt lath' prolwet 01 any
..0 Ow Ow
to Ow Or the Malt
• .• th, t
11 ith Uir I..preKentati‘e , owli".:(atc
Int N.ot.. -.1.t11 , 1• 311(1
k 7! 5ig..1111.4 hint and fur I,t runic.
tate.l that 111 C.4.-a• ',lli 111Rit chaltvkle4
, 111101 , 2 . , V \ \ 1,1 hurl. mid lu F
~• i • .1 e lieXt ple.lVed
t •Itidge I t• Ilnu N Ii
NA.. Philadelphia. .niett,i to
s -It the 'Baltimore t an, uunu, but
-eipl .ithc.titute te4l tic Tll
We 1.10 not mean to ath 1, , e that aut
nitti !.liould Le nominated at Baltimore
I\llll,l mumnation would be eoutalered a
I , ,rsonal npl. , Judge lharm.ts, or hit
tr.eitth, hut wt• ./ s.ty. that lit rtttttt. (.f
Kcittukky presented more claims to the
•tt •nt tof the Demoorac) of Perm-) Ivatua.,
t halt all) other eautlidate heiore t lit• 1 'hat la,-
' .11 t onvention t ) n the vexed luestlon
..t -tavet) . he occupies V . :strong - elnsen 8-
' \.• 110.:l'on lie has neither eint•raced the
-tiatter -01‘.!eiLnity low, (.1 I ),11:4.1.1 2 , nor
Ili.' -Lt i-co4le. iloctrinv , of tlu• extrerne
I, a man of grant intellect. In
rruptil,ilit of liaractc!, of / , •t Mina
purpo.e of gloat
Ile t wholls and .it,solutely
wmitttti to the prim Tie , . of a tariff. and
committal. lie was at the 4 . on 4. en
pte-eminentl) the canaelate t the
ion men of the comm.) Ile , no .1. 0 1,1 en
IMEM
I,‘ . in public and pri% ate lift: 1/t,
hts•ti the unflinching. a.k. , rate of pro.
t...-tion to American indu-tr. the yue.-
:i a eat a tariff, to the people of l'enns 1% a
: I: liota minor qUez4.loll i ( 1,1.1 t.% nor
-wk into insignificance compared with
-lacers .mtl therefore it war,
11,0 duty that delegates from Pennsylvania
o‘red to themselves, to their constituents,
to the t ommonwealth, to place a Mall,
upon that question, upon a national
platform. there any I kit 0t...t.s men in
'lie Mate ttho will pretend to uiy LLat
L 111111 E ttoUlti not, ,f elected President,
.1...111-tledio part) and to the country'?
they ao e .11.pettl to record,
.Li..l .L.-k them to tint Any :ttt In at Img
p,litical hfe. ttherein he hug 14• ON ed tee
IL .111 i to the principle- of hi- party or this
.1,t01,-k of hi- constituent.- We, howe‘,-
L , L (Laid say again, .4 au have freiUtqltil
1..1 heretofore, that we have
. ••••y, and that the ir nominee will
-LL ii 1 o ue eltserfully
oote upon, and triumphantly elet-t
x'l'6.• New York Leg,islatur , , :it 114
, ini.x..eti a hill which hilt await.*
-,:nature of the (im prim! to Leetlmo
!Ai% for the "rehof of I t1:4,11% ent I Ict.,tors."
provides that any in,01% via debt
may obtain hr. discharge from debts
!ding a schedul. of hi, debts and
et tab certainiudivill officers named, and
property for the benefit o f
t•retlitot-. I lie only condition impose.!
csthirds debt.: -hall be of a
standing. With this (ondition in
11, t tvor and no fraud proved against him,
;h. in-olt eta conies out :as good as new.''
It 1-
. 111 , 41 remarked that the greatest suf
ter cc. by the measure, if it becomes a law,
.t ill be the large eit) Jobbers and the
b.ink- The former 'have hen nursing
their .lebtors ew er since the crisis of
and lt) a Judlcious prture for money. have
ing to reduce each season the
.i,onint of their debts ; while the banks in
I.lso manner have been carriing no light
ain , )unt 4e.1 , 1 paper in the hope that a
!utnio era 01 prosperity might gall anize it
.nto lite again The insolvent act will
make short work of chests spurious assets.
and may make a riKitiction in the loans of
, me of our banks which wil astonish their
.11-tomers. indivitinals and institutions
% ho have been carrying along,,conn try debt
,.r- -Aloe 15:%7 will -ee the wisdom of think
.ng at%out a compromiswhileit I.,yet time.
law is very similar in its operation to
;1,, old insolvent Laws of this and adjoin-
`tates, in force some twenty years ago.
Ihe effect will be to increa-4 rogues and
.diriiigc legitimate credit. The latter
ould be better effected without encour
,,,iing the former by a direct abolishment
of civil courts for the collection of delit-
E Fi.aci or Pot ITlCS.—Republican
state Conventions have recently been held
n 3lar land and Virginia. in either of
Mates that party cannot poll one
hou.sand votes. These Conventions have
delegations to the Chicago Conven
•,,l3. ar 1 the object is to control the action
tiist Convention. It is a matter of no
ilference to us what the Republican Cu
u
enticm does, hut such efforts to•control
the action of the Convention may justly be
•tvled the farce of politics. In the Mary
land Convention held at Baltimore. the
• • Houghs" of that city cleared the Hall.
111(.1 =tithe fifteen or twenty persons elected
tie deleption in the back office of some
that city.
A I !LEJLN Sirup.—The town of Cedars
t.urgh, Washington Co.. in the State of
Wl..(x)u,in. at the recent election, in that
••tat, (or Thief Justice of the Sup
I
':)urt; gave lkixon, the Democratic
three hundred and fifty rotes, ead
slckati Republican Abolitionist, "nary one."
FROM CI-II
Ye Editor Visite** Yr lyre.
pr4•o4l4lble Conßiot.
1 .-••••
We apprehend' that ;the men Who will
deny at this day SAL this is st great 00110-
try. with a considerable of sprinkling of
people to the acre, has not traveled—es
pecially over that st4&peadcus artery of
commerce and trade, the Lake Shore road.
considerably ahead - ..0f time; the excur
sion train from Buffalo, which had been
advertised to leave that city at f, o'clock.
came rattling across the bridge. Leas than
two hours and a half from Buffalo to Erie
••,oine :" but then what is time or dis
t•lneo when there is a -nigger" in thecaso,
and the -irrepressible conflict" hi going on
in • . ve•great Republican part) '' Speaking
or he • • irrepressible: just ma we were step
p ng from the platform into the cars,.one of
the •;rrepreqsibles" 'came:rushing 'ouflike
mad.and voeiferating at the top of his voice
f, .r an officer Policeman Butterfield re
sp.n eled to the call.!w hen the:excited indi
vidual pointed outa couple:of "lean, lank
and e:hlaverou," specimens of John Brown
vilioni he alleged had relieved 14s pock
et of ik ell-tilled . wallet. Butterfi4d took
po..ei r .on 01 them, and proceeded to search
111,411 and was revrardeti. as teas afterwards
on the caN, by finding a N. Y. 'Al
anil Ilelpt•i!., I • CisiS on one, and 11..4)-
1 er's Crisis and die ilutlain Express on the
miler • but ••iint, red. - I And hence. very
pi (Teri) we might drat a comparison not
ergt p
eomhinonutry to the -ritigod
and striped" gentlemen who con
i• t ion I aboard the ears.
11 t.ll t I t•-4. two young teen were so MI
ct-tetinuousl. and without a parttele of
authottt, lyrk.sl nut of the cars. the -ir
ropircip,,:c.' -at holt upright in their seats,
;v1111.411 ~.. much .t. liimlifetiting a particle
s. i
Ile it- .on was manifest
t ii,- a c , .• -Ill) two/. d of !Stealing a pock
.-; h... 1. II IA it ltetat a - nigger, - every
nun' "I thew would litty t t been in arrus for
.. rtt-. ur • And tliatis the difference be
ween t - tugger" and pocket book.
4.1 Llitel4,l
Mi "All aboard."
, says Mr. Conductor
Murray, and away slid goes. Let us look
bout, and take a survey of faces. Ye
i;ods; is this 1 funeral procession, or a
New England prayer meeting' We have
att4nded -everal Democratic conventions,
and every man appeared jolly, good na
tured. and ready to sing anthems of praise!
But here—(eriousnet (loth abound: Long,
lank. ,lolaveroui faces' and when they
open their moutfts )nu almo.t involanta
ril expect to heiir come forth, with that
na-al than} w hia betokens the, Yankee.
i' me e siutiers, poor and needy.
1.
I,
w e uud woiluded. .ick and 4ore,
but 1 t 'id ll' t —ityt s stead, however, a chap
who hioked verb much as though he had
iti..t eorate from ~ viritual meeting, or a
woman . - t ight. oonrontiOn, commenced to
rlng
They come. they come, a gallant host
kat brawls' Jok, Le 121141113 theft chaps';
he ,lioven guard of freedom's van,
Frim ,Ily, !Ism and sea-girt coast,
1,, 1, 4 ,- 4 . and (norti the coming man
and much mote of the same sort, which
was !!ill) eut -hot t by the trair dashing in
to the t leveland depot in just two hours
and tivt.iit), -three minutes from Erie.
I In bbar!l the Toledo train we found Su
pc- ri tentleti t Norri xi:a Aa. of the ('leveland
and Erie, :11.d lm t 11.E.R, of the Cleveland
and Toledo ; Ma) or CENTEILE, of Cleveland,
and several other gentlemen who have not
yet Joined the - serious family," and re
nounced the good things of life. ;1122,
and at the tap of the bell, off she 'starts,
w.th runt or ten cars in the train. The
cleveland And Toledo road, like th4t pre
sided vier t' our friend NOTTINGHA4, was
in cep!tal. !•r!ler The crowd had got an
influslon of Ponnsylianians and Virgtnians
—the I•'s,4/. delegates from that State
- and hence had lost much of its shrions
asp..i.t. At Fremont. four or hvel"irre
presslblit-,- got gut the -baby waker4' and
gave us a smell of - villainous saltpeter."—
"That', one the guns used in defehse of
Fort --tephent.rin. - said a Republican to us
ti iumpliantl) 14 it, we replied, thin it is
only another in-tan, e of the truth !of the
saying. -To what base use may we came at
last." In the defense of Fort Stephenson.
tha gun si..ke for the entire Union, To
'lay t/si: gun sismiks for a miserable faction
in - . .xteen states. Then it was used by
Kentuckuttis in defense of the Northern
frontier ; to-ila) it L$ used by t thio fsinatics
who have established an underground rail
road to enable them to steal the property
of Kentuckians : And that's the difference
between 1` , 1'3 and WO.
soon after we left Cleveland a fellow
ii it h pencil attol note book in hand, came
along gathering up the names of "distiri
gui,lied igissengers." Are you a delegate,
said he to Gen. Wilson who set beside us.
Not by a d—eueed sight, replied W., but
reaching n% or and whispering in the ear of
the man in - search of knowledge under
di . culties,•' that's John Brown, Jr.. point
in at us. Indeed, said greiry—John
B wn. Jr.. of Ashtabula? The tiers chap,
sai NV Thereupon, ;then and ?there, we
ha .e no doubt he would have got down and
IC our big toe if there had been.room
to ouble up his Barlqw-knife proportions
ong the seats. A. it was, he tqok a good
lo g at us, very iouch as we have im
eil an eastern idolater surveys his idols
aft r prayere!
We reached Toledd on time—took forty
milnu tett to discuss a c4pital dinner, or what
would have been dne had there been
servant:, enotikh to itave served it up.—
Here the train was ilivided, and with a
powerful engine attached to each, we were
soon dashing ' oak
openings of t )
sotnetimes at and
never less than
ty miles out,
caught up wit
shied engine.
►tindow. study
crowd of curl
forward and ►atl
to him as a IA
Lott among th,
we acknowledi
—whereupon t
us by the ham
that made it th
us to Williams
here, said he,
raise anything t ... corn.
up here. Anti then be Commenced calling
up his neighbors. and hibi neighbors' wives
an A daughters, and intreducing the Lau of
*1 train to diem :; and we suppose he
would have bee litM it yet, if the engine
Arno.
sent for had not arrived and took out his
honest hand" and us on our journey.
At various towns along the route from
Toledo to Chicago little crowds of 'irrepres
sible conflict!' men, with a large infusion
of women and children, were at the sta
tions attempting to get up enthusiasm. but
in almost every case it was &miserable fail
ure. If what we have seen since we left
home is evidence of the enthusiasm the Re
publican candidate will inspire when nom
inated, we can safely predict that if the
Democrats will hat tuomze at Baltimore a
most decisive victor:, awaits them. Let us
add here, however, that they must har
monise on the platform of I s:)6. Not a
change will be tolerated by the people. tit'
course up here Douglas is the ruling star,
but we do not think the candidate is half
as important to secure the vote of the
masses as a firm adherence to the platform
already adopted. But we wander from
the subject matter in hand. Promptly at
the minute- promised, 9.3 u, our train thun
dered into the depot here. Think of that
—fifteen hours and a halt from Buffalo to
Chicago. As the Chicago Traub< ...apt,
what would the pioneers of less than half
a century ago have thought of that. In
1547. the first and only time we ever visit
ed this city, it took us five days from Erie
Now we make it in thirteen bout*: Awl
here let us record a fact we had well nigh
f j prgot—our train arrived a half hour ahead
df i the train that left Niagara Falls at the
lame hour—proving conclusively that the
Lake Sholreticute is tA,. route for speed. safe
ty and comfort
Rut what of the Convention, and who
:sill he nominated? Patience. dear read
ers: we have not had time to calculate.
having just linishe.l our breakfast. and •it
down to indite the , ou the toi, of ou'r hat,
in a crowd VI here the eo I %lon of halal
wouldn't he a circumstance. When we
look about and -tee the "animal•" we'll
writt•
Well, we have been "oireulating" among
the "irrepressible." all day : and to say
that we have been enabled to come to any
conclusion as to the ean,lidate the) interel
to offer up as a thank offe•ring to -Nimbo,"
is utterly imisissible Ralial never era , so
near being enacted ox or again as iii this
convocation of -plias white, spirits gia),
and spirits black. Meet a Seward man
and he will tell you Nsee YOrk ,woo to
win. A Massachusetts nian down at the
Briggs House, per contra, 'swears that of
they don't give him Banks the whole con
cern may go to h--I. ' nn being mildh re
proved for his prolanitN by a a li.te
cloth delegate from M.i.no,
in.ormed
that the vote of Pennsylvania was neeessa
ry to sucettss, and that Ranks could not
get it, he replied that Penns) lvania ea's a
(3—d d—nd sour-krout eating state any
how, and ought not to he allowed to Note
in a Republican Convention There is'nt
a Republican party in it. said lo• they
have nothing but a miserable People's
party, and what that is none but an addle ,
headed Initeliman could tell Th.. woke
up a friend of the NVinnebago Chieftain,
r. ho responded lo saying that Rani, was
a Know Nothing. a Free Trader, and a
"Slink"—look, said he. how he ",linked"
off to New York when the people voted on
that two year's amendment, after he had
himself twice recommen.led its adoption !
Banks he d—d, continued the indignant
Canteronite, he could'nt get enough ‘otes
in the old Keystone to make pall bearers
to a darker funeral. That's nue, said a
M'Lane man from Indihna—there is'nt a
man in the whole nation can carrot- Penn
sylvania and Indiana, certain , ure, but
M'lsine! Ile is young and spr). •el will
"rope in" all the Methodists' lift .-.11101
' Lane—he's the boy for I'oll • •
said a Vermonter, "I've no oleectains to
M'Lane only he's /4 too young
No-w, when I chuse a man to do business
for me, I general!) try to find one' that . -
arrived at years of maturity—say, 110 or
12.5 years of age ! No' No! a stripling of
SO or 90 will never do," and Vermont sub
sided amid a general titter'
And so it is, in bars ooms, at .beet cor
ners, and wherever the subject is discul.sed:
Greeley is here loading the forces in oppo
sition to Seward. Weed is here leading
the seward forces, and toing ht; best to
check-mate the bran-bread philosopher.—
Gen. Webb is here, "mahogany stock" atrl
all, helping Weed Raymond, of the Ti.'";,.
whom tireeley on, o stigmatized as a - little
villain," is playing r mind the edges. and
watching with the keenness of a fox under
which thimble the "little jak, r"
On the whole it is about the closest fight
we have witnessed for many a day.
By the by, appropos fo the queer things
this Convention has brought, is the follow
ing good story told by the Tines this morn
ing, and which we are assured is a fact.—
It appears that under Republican rule the
finances of this city in•-s been run into the
ground—so much so, in fact,that itsoffieer
have not been paid for several weeks.—
The mayor has kept his employees from
open rebellion by promoss that when :..e
convention met there would be plenty of
revenue collected. din Saturday e% en in e,
after the prcx.eedines at the wigwam w,•,e
over, a large number i the delegate. %.,.rit
out to "'ee the town. and kartt what w
going on in Chicago." Long ,John ca
the police together, toll them there
a 'chance now to get revenue. lie put
them on the trail of the delegate.. • *
• • On Sunday morning the watch house
was filled to overflowing. Relegates up
stairs, delegates down stairs, delegates in
the sawdust, delegates standing up. dele
gates hanging up, delegates laying down,
delegates everywhere. ...erday
morning the eity comptroller pa,.. ..J75
to the starving policemen on a.-count of
arrearages Or sa7ary We venture to say
that the assembled wisdom at Republican
dom has been taught a practkal lesson in
the way of sharp financial policy, that will
not be forgotten. W., nn ,ttforme4 that
the mayor estimates that during this week
he will reelizesix thousand seven hundr.-.1
and eighty dollars trorn the nocturns I visits
of his police to the lodging; of the dele
gates in the city.
Now isn't that glorious '. Here ts the
chief Republican eity bankrupt—the pi
ous, long-faced brethren from New Eng
land, from the Middle States. from the
great West, and even from Virginia and
Maryland, are invited here.--are drawn in
to "evil practices" by this Republican
Mayor—for it. is said he piloted the crowd
in their preambulations and visits to for.
bidden spots—and then time down on
them, and made them -shell out" to re
lieve his dilapidated finaikea. Hurrah!
I lilt Au". 1./1 1 I'. Ji
for Long John, the Republic= .Me • •f
Republican Chicago. • •
Chicago ha's the name, stud juatly,,jelt, or
being a "fast" town, bat weed
anything with such tiOrginkoiropiritity as
it has transformed. twai • Toy
. quiet „young
men of Erie into fWI-fledged odtiOPL Let
us explain. In the.2l4lsene thistmorning,
among the Edam* present we notice tip"
name of A. Vlkinahl Lyon, Ea q., of the
Erie Gaztire; and in the 'journal this after;
noon. we see that 9etf. A., Lyon. Esq., of
the:Erie ..imeruxot, is on ,hand too: We
tip our beay..r to our new brothers of the
t t ipod, and insure them that before they
leave we'll endeavor OS wet their commis-
un- in n mug of lager. And en endeth
titlit day. and the reeond les4on
Ca!Caw). May DaYl
The - irrepressible conflict has been going
on all day. The heat has been intense,
and Republicanism has sweat from ever
pore. But nowhere has the conflict raged
more fiercely, and the sweat exuded more
profusely, than in the Pennsylvania dele
gation. "I cur army alight have sworn terii
bly in Flanders," but could have been
no circumstance to the way the Cameron
men and the anti-Cameron men from the
Kt- stone indulged in profanity towards
one another. Two of them in the Briggs
House this morning almost came to blows.
The only reason they didn't was that one
of them wits afraid, and the other dare not.
As it ••har," --puppy," ••edw
ar,l." "seoundreL" . and every other epitiset
known to the vocabulary of "all the de
iceee]" was hulled at one anothe - r's head
thick and last. We were looking ou. as
complacent :14 a summer's morning.' and
thinking to ourself haw beautiful it was to
-ce brethren dwell together in harmony.
The trouble appears to be that the Winne
bait Chief ist a "dead cock in the pit," and
his backers know it. lie never had ant
chance among sensible people, and et .hl
those without i-ense. like -once tflarl
ie,., begin to see it. ill , chief rllgieltnall
from the North West seeing this an
knot ing he rau.st sone• other
place • . out et the wet," ha- been remark
able elute. We have heard lint little of
him. This shows how the tt ind blows pith
this great Penn,tlyania humbug candi
d ite 'aineton ended. e here will the
Pennsylvania delegatem go to ! This .ene--
ry W ill doubtless be answered before this
letter t, pH!, te.l . but tie enture to pre
dict it will not Is' fur sit!,
The Ite
publietur of Pennsylvania are not brave
men' t t , tntril) they :urea, arrant
t of VOIVrh • 1.4 ,- c‘ PI tttVlllpto . l 3 politi
c to:OM/A[011 This. a- 1 . %
know , . tilt- the ruhtie teilt of the Whit!
party Its eo'svarthee sent Henry ,'!ay to
hi- crate with his ambition unsatisfied
Twice tlie hat, elected but
they W,•^•• OW% aral) g,‘ e hint the
nomination Ihe same .pira of cottsr , ll ,,,
rid.-- tie ):I..ilihean, of Penn -t
and v ruie Lli.- c.invention.
11.0- a nenoiitt of the deleg.ii , • 4 . .01d
respectable intrust' of the -27' 1..•:n
the Kelt s'one—but it ',till noi avail 11.:n
Camelot] is ••detail in the list." rise
Pennsylvania delegation e tote us t find
for 31'Lane, or Lincoln, of Wade tylo..h
ever will promise I.'ansei on a seat the
Cabinet or the Viep Presidency. With
this statotsfAtets itila i oay to see that Sew
ard is doomed Even Massachusetts and
other eastern delegslks are getting weak
in the knees. A het c hat tae have heara
about "back bone." and - pluck." It seems
a good deal like a back lotvii to throw
a-ide their representat it e man —the -no-
Lle-t Boman of them all"---and hunt round
in the byi -paths and bark yard, f.w an un
known piece /if as allab:lity. But :t 1- even
before t' mot rot‘'i• -an ha. set, the 1. -
laical suture th••
•tc.‘ di; tot :n the ear
ha- eirr.e.l ~a nibo on hi- hack—will
,:ten. an.l the leader-hip of the putt he
h.i- made con,gued to other
h. contention to-dAv did little but
tempo. is iii n:,'11117.01m.1 appoint the u-nal
I'onint.tt,- W II Idol. of I+' , n ,-r,-n••-
0
ri,ty is the temporm-3- inurman, and in
to -inning him that place they at Led, wisely.
There i, an eternal fitness in it He .hou
have but .1 temporary position anywhere.
'in miaiun is ended. We have ju-t
seen :t letter in this evening's :rotas
l'immoNr neelimng to hate Ina natne
' , rough; before •he 'onven t ion. We came
up, as we told our readers fait week. to
repre-ent - Fremont and .lesse.' kit it a
man will not hate gruatness thrust upon
him why on't. that •, all: heing
, be:ore. our ntision is •11tlel.
anti to-tuorruw we wdi win our face we,,t
wart!. anti ,itetel a few tlay4 in the interior
of t he State
par M - T11...1,1tiu. Hyatt" is la•git,ning
to tire of what he that regarded n, a luxu
-
ry. Jail life loses its attraction. , with its
novelty. lie went there from 4-hoice, and
with a flourish. Now he w•rttc a letter to
the Tethune calling the Jail ito•hurnan
and wantx to know when and how he ts. to
get "tit'
TW,I WuVEN KILLILLIBT A TORNALN).-Stlt
/
urday evening, th '2.Ath ult., one of the
most terrible. hail corms over witnessed
pa.,:d through V vet Ridge. in Tennee
.4ee. The hail-stone:, were of an inconsid
erable size, and after the storm had passed
every indication of settled weather appear
ed: About this time there was a terrible
roaring, when a black cloud was noticed,
which, though small, approached rapidly.
blowing down and tearing up everything
in its path. Mr. Joseph Ackin saw, from
the direduon that the cloud was coming.
that it would strike his house, and with
11:- family, he attempted to escape its fury:
but in doing so, they were caught in the
u int I, and none knew the fate of the others
until the storm had somewhat abated,
%Then Mr. Ackin found two of his daught
ers mangled and torn, and sereral others
of his relatives badh - wounded. The
daughters of Mr. Ackin were the only
persons killed.
Parr AtiE ON FORILIGN Lrrrsas.—The Ger
irum rate of riqtage on letter between the
United Stott • and the Thuru and Taxis
II ostal diltrie' conveyed via Hamburg, has
ben rect- reduced to the uniform rate
Jig same as when conveyed
ti is is, ,•• -AO that in future the single
rate of ! half in ounce ,or under, be
tween 03! Juntry and the German States
tinder the di ••••• • ..,f the Thuru and Taxa
Post t eie, v. :,ether conveyed via Bremeu
or Ila:.,1 rg. fifteen cents, pre-payment
optional.
The single rate of letter postage between
the raked States and Switzerland, by the
Hamburg mail, has been reduced from
twenty-seven to twenty cents, meat
optional as heretofore, which reduction
goes into effect immediately, and is the
result or the reduced rate of German post
age on American correspondence transmit•
led Pia Hamburg.
TRH JAPANESE FORTY ODD YEARS
A gentleman has handed us a copy of
Poasos'4 Aoserietn! - rktily Advertiser, for Jan
uary 12th, 18 - 16, ten - mining a reference to
the Japanese at that period. By a coin
cidence, the old.paper has turned up just
at the time of the arrival of the Japanese
embassy in the 'United States, and the ar
ticle referred to is worth quoting, as show
ing.the change that has been effected in
the Japanese policy sinceComodore Perry's
It is as folloWs
RI:ISAIAS EMBASSIES TO JAPAN,—The em
pire of Japan, which comprises a large in
land upon the eastern coast of China, con
tinues to resist the efforts of commercial
nations to establish intercourse and com
merce with them, and to exclude foreign
ers from their territories. Of all the Euro
pean nations the Dutch alone have obtain-
Ott a limited privilege to trade at a single
port. The Russians have sent two formal
gmbas.-tes t., Japan. accompanied with
tiostly presents to the Emperor, but with
' out success. The presents were refused.
On the pretext that it was contrary to law
for the Emperor to receive presents with
out sending those equally valuable in re
turn. an. I that 1,. ..ut of 1114 power to 'end
an equi‘alent.
"Japan. t says the reply to the Russian
Ambasador, f has no great wants, and there
fore little occasiun for foreign productions.
Tier few real want. as well:as those she ham
contracted to custom, are amply supplied.
and luxuries are things which she .1 0 , 4 no t
wish to ..ee
The -hip %cm -ur
rounded by a guard ‘.l boas, to pievent all
intercourse with the shore. The e r eir
were prohibited all acts of eon
ship while in port, and the commander
permitted only a slight intercourse with
the(iovernor of Sangas.,lt i. E., ery foreign
er entering Japan without the Emperor',
permission is punished with
P""/. 0 . , -- . • A ,"•••••• /,
1 k 1(1.
El II \ I Illk Y.TI , 11 , 1 I\ W1 , 141N , 1.5.
"1 the late election
Got t'llief .111,to e of the Stit.relno I . nurt
W11...11 , 111, s C.11111014 . 1. , 1 at M.1.11:•oto on
the ' , Hi . kind Ow tifirate a ve t udeli
In I.uthel •••••• 111‘ , ,h rat,‘a-,ers carte
the S‘• ii•t trey-orer ana
.ittel 1,,h , ta1. Judge Dixon ii.Nvive , l
of tlif• ‘item anti
Munn x.ll v1t4: * .11,/ ti„' h , t unit Lyn nia
jorit) - It • -t tied t11.,1 .1101120
OD ' S 111:901It%, 1111 1 d 111 1 . 11/.. rapt !or
Ilan Leen propel , eturti.d to tko canva , --
er.4, t‘r ',VI' I" ••n .11 the ti.• rliboritood
a two thott.:lll.; -
Hos.. A H
—Hon, A. 11 :mt•plien- has . w'ritten a let
!er in reply t, -.•‘..r ti gentlemen 4.t
Ga., in ‘lhicli h.• , ustain , tli.• principk ‘.t
Tion-illten , en% k , -!‘ ~1 ;ht.
-ion i,l tbc .1, ,i,it•g•ltt--. reolan-
Mend, 111 - it - !.•• the C. o.llillerr
I ‘..10"..nt ion
Flow 1 ...•tttu [tun,
IHE PHIS 1114". T A:SL Illy. EUli. , at tL. V 1•17-
oR. —The ,ketch t.t the
Pretident . - ternark , in reph to Slr
a.ltlre- ut helotit of ate •-htottal ex
eur,ontt•t., eta. .L•-tette.l 1.111,11,W
-ton
>e•tt•rdit) i .tt .1 ti tt r.•to n , t • llt raw n •
•-:ttt - dm Ili.--L-41.1p1A t y4lll Ana
h. • r :t• .1•••••"111 . .i:11:., .1 lit..
t , •.s1 .1/11 Olt if ,
Mt ., / 111311% 1..L1 • :%.1 1.. % , •r
t. , tr-u 1,1.• and lit -
kilt M. ‘1.1.1 t —ll li...trt\
t , I lt.• 1101 i
1, oil 1:te:1-1
mi !t
ou ha..•
palace, 'hut air
people, 311 , 1 lilt. ht . ...tylit • ~:ti) the -,r
%:LIlt Ul Uie pet)l./c, "t• lae•
of no other is,ml• S upon •:0 ~ Loud up
plau-e., The , 1,-, ted I,) tt•
pe o ple of tio• Matte the ••etiettir•••
are chosen by Ili
tins Union. anal Jo inen,i, o: al, I lou-e
ui itepresentii:i%e. i. t.oe of t ho se
several State- but the.Pie-oient is elected
by th tale o, the ii
t',ted 7statee.,
andtft eni alone is he tesisnisti,le. under
the (Aim-::tut/on appiause.!
Any elic.roa , lint, ;a-t
tutional 1 . .!•11 It, iiat•
ter n 111.1\ i,ftll.lk hittent
Upon tnf . 11;41ii , Oh the pe• 1.1.• t
[repeated butt.t- t t api lau--
The tiutti • (4: the . -.et ‘,•le
anal titre tat. I -:t.ill et.,e trout
them , and %Li , c.••••• ,, , 1 , . hap
py on coining in .ts i mm;., .• ~1 1 2 ,, 0h out,
he will l,c the •i :he trot Id.
LAugliter. how t•N t•r.
that, 110t.11V,1 II- :I'. Ili , I. 111. i t...11L;C•
of the pr*--a.i. 1.,. ~th• e. taw? .o .• pl en ty
of
tt) c01111 1 111...11 , 1 dii
ferent ,•./i. b..10.v.ii , 0 , i:1*. , ‘
ter. , Nemertnele-- I .:tai •ont,lent that
the pre% ailing imul I 'Lc 'A 1-h of the
lttie flail I .. r opi e 1.• pr•-•••••‘ an•l
the i Jn9t alltlull as tun 1 . 111011
t 1.0114 M • t fa•• coupe
of nature eat.not be I•tit I.stiould not
deem.° t,, .draw single '•:•••ttli layotol the
ex ',ten. • ••. flit- • 1., I. I, • ••••I I 'Toon :
Deep •••• - . ‘ii-iti,,ll ali ,
I ant tu•t, It I.le.oe‘l ,e.• tin- incet,ng
of many of the ed it• 41.11. ralei nit t . Ycu
can scarcely tail t be yourselves 111 many
respect-. an.i. Anong its i•cio ti. tap etreets. it
will doul ales- ten'i to relieve. your mutual
relations and discus's/0n- it that needless
al/et-it) which haseonietitnt.,clutractertaed
the press. While you tire free. bold and
firm in ex.pres:r•lng your coot anions and
maintaining your prillelrkS. there is sure
ly no necessity lot aeronnonious ox6llll 4s
up on throe M whom y,u are opposed. In
connection with tbis point I am reminded
of an anecdote which. perhaps, I ought
not to relate. Cries of - Tell it. sir:" -go
on While I was Minister to England,
a distaugu'ushe• I nobleman once said to me
"Mr. Ltuclianan, it i were to judge from
your newspapers, 1 should infer that the
different candidates for the Presidency
were the E. , reate-t rascals in America!"
[Laughter and clrevlS., I replied that "it
did look so: but, in it-a:ity, it was Only a
ire A. 1./ of talking 'Monti &soli otliei rt
election time- '" lleart), langliter and ap
plause.
The President eouctitile4 eXpretsin.g
again a cordial welcome to•lii, vistorc and
a wish to take each of Ilretti by the hand.
The lathes and gentleman were severally
presented, and nomy pittiahnt words of
kindness anti good liumcr were exchanged.
This interview was universally pronounced
to i.e one of tile most agreealth.‘ incidents
of the eltcursion . and the ladies especially
were earnest and fluent in their praises of
the affibility an 1 of Mr Buchan
an.
TUE PRIZE 1{0“...-A de
tailed account of the gresOglit, published
in Be Lofr, tells us that the combatants
struck each other withmawley. Mnd bunch
esof fivesupon thehea-; •he the conk,
the bannister, the no- .e, nug, the
knowledge box.; the nom. w. ,eezer, the
snorer, the snuffer, the sutftra) • the nozzle,
the mazzard ; the eyes. the ogles, the op
ties, the peepers . the mouth, the kisser,
the whistler, the oration-trap : drawing the
blood, the claret, the ruby, the crimson,
the home brewed, the gray) ; and in sev
eral instances knocking the unfortunate
knocker oft his pins. hi pegs, his stumps
and his foundation, to say nothing of bor
ing. fibbing and sending to grass.
J Rather a sharp story is -toki of a cele
brated New York railroad financier. He
had a habit of ,wearing on all occasions.,
with or without provocation, and a friend,„
who MIA both a close shaving broker ands
professor or religion, undertook to reprore
him, when Mr. Financier, good naturedly
rubbing - hisnose, rephed,--- - Oh,--, you
doay good deal, and I swear some, but we
n't either of us mean anything."
Defalcation of Poet Nestor Fowlor. 1
The Now York Erelong P. , -tier , that
the deficiency in the loionnt ot Post Mas
ter Fowler of that city ;uncut, trt At At
$150,000. It says .
The criminality corutieta to 111, lislitnir to
depusite at the Suhareasuty Ow full
!amount of postal revenue collected to} the
government. There' tri evidence that there
to now due in such depo4its the amount
above stated It may be found, ti 4 the in
vestigation proceeds that the ileficit
amounts to a much large' sum. Ilk bonl4-
men, G. A. Conovet, and George Law, are
bound in the 'UM of 4eventy-five thousand
dollars, which sill nor rover one-half the
embezzlement.
There were tumors a short time ',MCC
that there mt_ a deficiency in a Trat ter'.
report of Mr. Fowler, but they weie imme
diately set at rest liy hi depositing the
fifteen thousand dollar , claimed I.\ the
Sub,Treasurv.
TI ileparttnont,
advanit haie alwaye Loan made to the
Posttim,ter, now hold full and `tat6fuetAor
voucher, for all i•uni, paid. W Lan, b 4-1• tLat
ycluttevi•r min:malty itttar•hes must hr
placed to the account of Mr. :11.i I I
Ile hail the aliso t lute right
fund, by giving hi, receipt- 6,1 ti.
amounts.
lir. Fowler, :t %‘l,-
',pointed by Franklin P:orr... 1:1 , I , on
inued in ottiee under the pi e,
liaA thw•t•f„tr 1..-en u. h.-
4t rat ion
present position -.even )...t:- I 1..
gatitmittstill going forward, and Mr Fo‘i% lev
At 111 , 1101..1 AW:tit,ng the ttliult.
The Poet g tfliee n the.
hand, ot other agent,' of the ,•I
I'he in an editot comiro•ii, ov.ri
the defalcation, remark •
The numerous friends of Mr Ft..n lot k‘;1!
be pained to hear of tins disgrat , ft , 'h.
a twin of many generou- 1 ...1 u:4l
q ualities, who 11L•t won )u 1111,, tlto
kind regards of those with t►Lutn h I,
ocett••ton to do busing- , the-,
qualities vnfitted him tut the .1-,
the responsthle duties with uhieli he ..•s•
entrusted.
Mr. Fowler I. soli ut It
lieve.l he will rPturn when
tele4l by hi. friend-
Further invc--tigliti4,n :n?4. ,;,.
•how that up to f fetober, I "wk. '•
settlements %Vete lull RII , I
There ;vas then a balance in •
s . 4,outf. l'l,o defalcation. ••1 tir • .••
part of it, h 2 occurred withfn
I...;i..tant . •
signed
PERSONA!. ABI -L.— Ili In, tir-: .
made by Mr. t:urtin alter lie
fed hy the liepublican, for I,..vertp.r, :1,•
implored that the ,:tmp.ugn 1. •
characteriled that per-on *1 , I
defamation which has to-en comui ,, t)
to politu-al contest- , of the pa,..t. I:I e ft
that if c.,tu•-•••
Ivnald by it. for his 11,-too full et
incidents .L w h %%out,' tuuFt
certainly defeat him hr. t• t ,
ceded to t the Item .trae% i , e•
Mr Curtin leading, ti.• th•
ha- vtnlated the apir'i•Wohl
ting nun •t.:4 column- a letter ti -11 ,•:n
erant corre=pondent. ( ~ nlaui.ng. the 1,,u1
est and nt t h tr;•- t.:„ttn.-t t,
Footer. SV here ,
need, 11 ,- ) deft nee t , 1.1 ! I
portment and
much etn.n,,t
have thrnan down t 1 . ,• ' I
ef.:hhat th,v
weapop- let it,
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Three Weeks from Canton!
n If 11.I' 4 lIE-1-
vr \.lll•.,r\ k •'y ••• I
So c..itts y. r p.. ro d, • - •7' • • Cr. , • • •
N !N( ENT. T BR 1:
truly I (pn.mot.«. u. •
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•
NOTICE.
Tii E 1't,.1, t.
au( leas.tel /./t114..1 f 0: It
to th. Kn.. Baal' Hui. z•t ..
11 I.AO. at 4 A M. Trru... f; - ••11 , I. • • ••i. f
per .oarter • 11
clam of s 011 oz 51:.••e* at he. I. • , t
Ter= for .this .
znavl2•l:--49
GREAT SALE
BANKRUPT STOCK !
:7414 )F.• A\
THE ,u6.eribet wouid
form the citizeni of Erie an.t 1:= . 0,1
he has now ral fru ,rry
BOOTS, SHOES & RIIBBERpS !
Which he sr,ll otter a:
tail at prices far lwlow th.•
price of such good- for (.a.-11
Many of the good,' fa,. 11)S/ 1 1111 .1/ 1.1,..` •
ing_the stock of one of the th,t r. (AI; hot,-
in Buffalo, and were de-ign.,.l
for the retail trade
SIGN OF THE RED FLAG !
cox': iN E : i•
And .V ~,‘ .1 •
Perry Block, State Street,
A Few dtvw, uth nt the Palk. Erw. 1.
11. T. WIEITI
May 12, 1e4611
THE LkTERT NEWN %Pi
The Irrepressible Conflict in
BOOTS and SHOES
H (1)1111ENI 'Er P.
Wooden Heels All the Rage !
THE REDFLAi, WAIVE:: FM f , ll-
ANTIS to oppo•tt.ou to tho 10,
Clasper than trer at th...ics rf
SHE RED FLAG
mmi: oNE
And on the Bankrupt Stu. IL Moro pu r .'.,.••
mai you wit amp lootay
' - 11. T. WHITE, Agrnt
PEkRV ~ .I.tiCK. Erie. May, laleio
WOOL ! WOOL ! !
SIOO,OOO Irby. VlTesza.toci
nßwhich we wilt 'my 1 '.1.-u at ~,t it s p ie
om. Eking siesta far Eihatern •-• • 1::
.dabloo ae to pay MI market priers.
VOICENT, MBA I- 4 , SMIRK A t it
arta May 711. IMO. Sulu. between I=ll
. ,
REAL LADLES, •' , 11 , 11
' I ' k 'l • . -. 13rt14. i'll INT:: pRENT--
. 1 l i . -• .1. :.:. at, ,t sty', of patterns, for 10 eta re ,
SUCH as work in their iirtriiew , , n lit iiii,l I i"u,', ' ''''' 1- t'i..` 1 ,7'..N.--r 'MIR AL. sHIRX it
INDIA RUBS= GILAVIDI • gnat protectsoci 1.. 1! -7.' - ' - . - ..—
• ..------"'.
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Unit liaada. A Jed roamed at the Drug Stwe IONE C. 1i0647 cards., Retnaeat Prints at 111% eta.
al at
it BRA 1 1
• . V ENCZNT, TIBBALS, PINK I CO.
Ne‘s and Fashionable
I. ~,*: p-cemnir a hill awl :rr-I
I nclii•l! ag, every thing kept it. a tie%l dm,
lEEE
tti y- r! t• • I (ASH BUI
cried A p 21;. 10 4 ;4) 4:
U. S. "III3C113311111.!
N y IT" M
I . .t Public Auction, to
t o ,chtoo 1.,•1•1••r+. at F ne, on Friday, tho
Pvt, n . 4,1 tt4 the Olondog, s quar t ty 0r
.n
GOVERNMENT TIZIEBEIt,'
A'. .. ' -11,W° ~,,, a 'O.. t ..lUal to 11.60.11. 100 to 130,t feet
r. s , 11.3•4•0'.. V. ci
,p 1 .1...)5i, Asti, Cucumber and em
tt*:,ile l/a A 4 feet mug, bewo one foot Nome:o U
f. •., .:, :i•••• 1., 1? •• lli I:. Mal and COCUUIt.q . 30 4 d
lo
'-• • I , t.. .. o', ,re f , •••• e, core. do. 20 and 16 feet long,
~.:„.„, .4 In 1 iii.m;•,...k :14::1 and 22 and 16 feet,' long,
I.ee o , ttc font square ‘fo 2o feet long. hewn Iby Ilia
/•• • - n. , or...tazotrwt!, timber lying at the foot o! floe
~, . - • ••-...:N., I al • , tl•••1.1 of tLe BaT.
i ,••a. • ~,., I, il, 11 , ,:a to .nnporeb a ,.... m ',ad will oaea
.r '..,. i,e .• 11. e f -or of Holland Street. Trams,
, :., ~..• p.c.., 1,. Or• paid immediately After the salt.
liv r ..,...- ..f I 1 Co J Ir. uItAHAM, Superiatellbo, r
it . Is,. liar , .. ,t ..ra•
Dissolution of Partnership.
rim ,ERs tr. 8}....NN Err
sw.itt , k hy mutual consent. It.
, irla 1,0 ).• !bond at the oter.
Z. ROGF.II., ;
E. A BEN'irti
V 1 0
-, n ,
• NEW FIRM.
/II 11. I r-,211....1 have formed a l'art
he oacn- '.; A BENNETC & Co, t Lb.
• tie an 1 e•ocivo r ‘Kouneaa, and carry o
..,• ,• t • .: And ~ t ftoirrro At Bennett, to E.no, ha.
. Vot , laao rtrrtee o(8 at*,
(11 A. BIENN
Z. H(X:F.H.S
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0 V ~ ‘• F.: - .. 1 .qillt!. .k.i.:TICUIALTaI SOCit . h
• . ' '. ' i tr,•-••t...4 at the Society's ZOOOB, ... a
W...:t.rga‘r t ti• I,•!..nat , at 10 o'clock, A. Y., sod on tt .
- • , , I Sin: ttea.la. .1 eac lo aa.l every aloath:tio rvatter
1.1•1 .1 141t+,. . _ AA. Cliik.lG, gee'T
!EMI
1'" it 'he
11)1.11.. ALI
ON I's • float 10 to It% mot.
ttrt owl shirtiop, 9 to 1214. et•
'1 sit. • r 1188 ALS, strum kco
, V int. ligttt Bnotra fittortiltirt 6 '.
~t , - Sbee•tingy, I eta.
• , .broungs, Oh eta.
I • ENT. nertAL, SHIRK tCo
t .. I. t•
I MAT .
1860.
SPRING TRADE!'
DRY 6000S1
Wholesale and Retail!!
GEO. W. PdERTUELL,
4). 4,
REED HOUSE,
Fashionable Goods,
Staple and Fancy Goods
For Sale at Auction !
IMIE
ifilEB LlllllOllB STOMICII
Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars
\ I. F. N RET Al I
\\. if i
N., I 1111111 V. ••••••
... tii.lat h, Elitf IC, f'%
1.11V.n Proptb•tor of It.. f tPl+Ol. Cairns
l;n-. • ,n.-nt 4. Pita...OW. 11 *gel
New Opening—New Goods'
•••• • • I tr,,,,•••••; •
T•il, A: Sheet Iron Business,
• . P.I.:FIrq RULDING,
• Is - where ...1m be f.ua..l,
•
• • r • • az, ere—y:hing •','
•
•
COOKING & PARLOR STOVES
. • .-• generally
's. k attended to prompt
, • , , • ,tl. and Condneton
: m♦ 11.04, I V 093.1
IA riPt •w be beat to either
, . A pnl, 16,110!kb
Select School.
. it t,ts'DDA - IN will open a
no Monday, May 7, whir
no.; So' 1• rou taught
• , • , or I I ....rt.
• r•
The Board of Managers
Cash! Cash !
,ZEN EGG::.—We will pay caa/1
at c 0..: fresh ems , ;doelisered I.
• /.
1... t lact/:7 t tt..n on betw►.r
.1 :-•
• E T, TISBALS, satim co
Eft• f;1-1-TEI:
F ST. TIB BA LS, SRNS. it, CO
GI I 0.• "Foltz- Staudt, Blovret
1...7ita• • • 21 J. C. SELDID;
I walnut
1. \ :1!.. \ ,-111....1:1 Z 10d Plank
-41 G W.f ZUSE)
=I
r r ..l' 1 t • IL Tea fe , r 3s to $1 par poem!
isr.penal Tea for .54 tote pr poste
4;eepos der Tea for 150 per pose_'
I, o:of:kir &MI Soneboair . 411 te
• . sst.ste , t.en of mousey refaabed
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