(frit Obstrbtr. SATURDAY, FEB. 28111, 180 ?to Gram =t2ts • Om Asa OBBIOCRATIC CLUB. A meeting of the Erie City Demoorstie Club, will be held at their room, opposite Brown's Hotel, on Thursday evening next, the sth of March. A full attendance of the Democrats of the city is earnestly solicited, as busineils of importabc• is to be transacted SELDEN 9 MARVEN, Pre4 t Erie, Feb. 27, 1863 —.4._ Tait Washington corespondent of the New York Evenini P.'si says the rumors that have been paraded in come of the public journals, to the effect that a war was imminent with France, are mere speculations, without any foundation Tel publication of • the new Democratic daily paper to be staiteil in Philadelphia, has been delayed, is appointment on the part of the ' , re..., manufacturer. The publishers reque.i to announce that the first number 'Ain not be issued until late in March. A NovEmtNT, we notice i- on foot in the lower part of the State, to induce the Central Committee to iLsemble the State Comention at an earlier day than that nosktfized for it, the 17th 'of June.— Against this proposition we enter our ear nest. pi ote.t. hel;eve that ;nothing could be gained, while much night to lost by such a course, and we are satisfied that' the general sentiment of the party is adverse to it. We fully endorse the views of the If arriiburg Parug that tt any chanje i made in the time of holding the 'fate ('invention, it had better be to a liter than an earlier period NE60.0 SOLDIERS —We :putill-h ull %Pt!l fir-t page an article showing; the:results of the negro isolilier expeliu.tent at New r earin, an , „confirming all that we have ever alleged 'about the injudiciousness of the measure. It appears that the troub les there related a•e"not eonflies'rto the immediate locality spoken of, but In every portion n" th 0 department rfispateh'from New York, under (late n February Vid, is as follows • - The (Republican) , a). have private advices confirming to some extent the rumors 01 trouble in General Banks' command. growing nut of the :n trnduetion of negro troop , : Four7or five oflicers'of the I' o ,l N N' volunteer have resigned." niE tOVVII ,11 I the StAta 01 New York, at, far as w. have seen, show surprising Democratic gains. the New Vorl: !braid, sty calcula tionion the returns received up to Satur day lirt, Think the combined , Democra tic majorkixiVwili not fall short ofa - 11 — Tad thousanct. it We have 'iaine4l in almost ei ery town over the vote for tiny. SEYMOUR, and in several cases the change has been almost too extraordinary for ti;•liel. -7 Oswegatchie, for instance, where the Re pubboani had t,.i7 maim ity in 14t,1, the lieMocrait have cal i their ticket tv sii averagb majority . uf -u 2.1 n Chemung co. the Democratic,majority is,7nowhile Gov. Strew:ries was 32 • In - Delaware the Dem ocrats elect eight supervisors where they only had three last year. These are but samples of the general returns, and our readers may ,depend upon it .iliat the great Empire State is f•trongly and relia bly Democratic. The Abolition organs at • tempt to deceive their readers by copying pretended victories where there were no partisan issues made, but they will not, and dare not, itithout convicting there selves of talseticiod u publish the Lull re turns. THE CONSCRIPTION BILL Mr. Wilson's bill, which passed the ate on Monday night, provides as regards conscription, iu suhstaticeas follows All able-bodied male citizens, and those who have declared their intentions to become such, or have exercised the rights of suf frage, between the ages of 20 and 45 year •, constitute the National forces of the United States, and. are liable to perform military duty when called on by the Pres ident% The_ exempLn :are those, who are physically or mentally unfit, the Vice President, heads of the Executive I►e partmenta, United States Judge,, clovern- ors of States, only son of an indigent widow, or infirm parent, or one such soo, f. where there are two or more, to be ,elect ed by the parent, also the only brother of orphan children under twelve years, also the father of motherless children of the same age ; and where two of a family are in military service the remainder of such family not exceeding two, shall be exempt. No person convicted of felony shall be enrolled or permitted to serve. The National force not now in service is to be divided into two classes,' the first pities embracing all between 20 and 35 years of age, and all unmarried men be tween 35 and 45 years of age. Tbe sec ond class embraces all the others and will not be called into service until after the first class. For convenience of enroll ment, districts are made corresponding with the Congessional districts , in each of which the 'resident appoints a Pro vost Marshal with rank and pay of cap tain of cavalry, or he may detail an offi cer of similar rank who shall have a Bu reau in the War Department. and shall make the needful rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this act. These marshals are to arrest deserters, report treasonable practices, detect spies, dc. In each district there is to be a Board of Enrollment, consisting of the Provost Marshal and two other persons, appointed by the President, one of whom is to be a physician and surgeon. This board must divide the district into convenient sub districts and perfect an enrollment once in each year, each class to be enrolled separately. Persons thus enrolled are subject for two years to be called into ser vice to serve three years or during the war, on the sane footing of the present volunteers, advance pay, bounty money, &e., included. When necessari to make a draft, the President shall indicate the.: number for 'Pilch district, taking into con sideration the number already furnished since the beginning of the war, so as to sef i r , daqualise the burden ; enrolling offi- Oer cent. 'ken make the draft with 50 * - -%d within ten days serve notices upon the drafted men. Sub stitutes may be furnished, or commuta tion made not to exceed three hundred dollars, at the discretion of the Secretary of War. Any person drafted and failing to report, or furnish a substitute, or *Ay Flow ura Foa his commutation, shall be deemed a de. serter and subject to immediate arrest.— The bill provides for the proper surgical examination of drafted men, and the pun. ishment of surgeons who receive bribes.— When the draft is finished, all those not taken are allowed traveling aiy to their homes Those who furnishnbbstantes are exempt for the entire time of the draft, and the substitute has the same pay, as though originally drafted. Any person who resits a draft, or noun- eels others to do so, or dissuades them from performing military ',duty, shall be summarily arrested, locked up until the draft ig finished, then be tried by a civil Court, and fined $5OO or imprisoned two year, at both —Excite:nye. CIPTI: al OF THE, QUEEN or THE WEETr— The telegraph brings confirmation of the report that the Federal Steamer Queen of the West, which recently ran the gaunt let of the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, has :gnowinouslyfallen into the enemy's hands at Fort Taylor, Red River. Such an in cident. following so closely on the Harriet I..kne disaster, will tend greatly to strengthen the rebel cause in the South west. The Confederates are steadily ac cumulating a navy at our expense, and grow stronger every day of our inaction.— We look anxiously for a stroke either at Port Hudson or Vicksburg which will turn the wavering scale in our favor. INTELLP.LNLE: from 'the, Army of the Potomac gives no indication of activity on our part. Up the other side of the river, however, the rebels appear to be earnestly Mgt wink at their breastworks, which they are Itiruwmg up on the river fistsopposite Falmouth and iu front of Fredericksburg, ~0 ‘,., to result the crossing of our troops, .1,0u141 Buell an attempt be made. The lorces of lien .Jackson are said to be lo cate,' two miles south of Fredericksburg, lyhin(l the first range of hills. Its• A despatch from the Army of the Potornac . we learn that the sale of news paper.; to the soldiers has not been pro hibited. (len. Hooker issued' an order limiting the number of newsboys to one for each divisinn, and the newsdealers have struck in consequence, and refuse to sell any papers at all. TEE I ttipiois.—The Legislature of 'lllinois has finally adjourned. 'fhe' Peace' Res olutions which passed the House were },revented from passing the Senate by the withdrawal of enough Abolition members to prevent a quorum Tin sentence of the court martial in the a,e (if Lien MeK instry is dismissal from the Aeiviee,, We are not told what was done with Mrs. Grit:inlay and others who participated in the apoila. Elms are now waiting to be reported approvrleting iHNI,OOO for Emancicht ti2!.n in Maryland, 51,500,000 in West Vii ginia and it 50,000 in Delaware. .1n exchange paper apelike of Lovejoy u the notorious Lovejoy ' lie cannot be no tor) 0119 . 110 is all tory ous - The election of Hon Edwin 1.) Morgan to the Uniteij Stilt tql Sellat r, by the Legislature of New said to be a bitter pill to the radical Republicans of that State. - The editor of the Fulton Democrat was arregied week before hut, by order of the Gov ernment at Washington, for the crime of acting as counsel fk:r iv drafted soldier in a habeas cor pus Case The New York Expreu threatens that If the administration shall kidnap any Democrats from that city, Greeley will be kidnapped by the people and held as a hostage for the good treatment and safe return of the prisoner. -4 The largest number of officers ever em uloyed about the New York Renate, whoa the Democrats were in the majority, was fourteen. Nuw there are twenty-nine. A similar increase has been made iu all Republican Legislature*. The Owensboro, Ky , Monitor says that Col Shanks and most of the officers of the Eighth Kentucky Cavalry, have resiped their commissions in the service. No cause known beyond the general one of dissatisfac -11.)13 with the Abolition war programme. - Tu► DIFFERENCE —The difference be tween the Northern traitors and the Southern tratturs a, that the former ara for the destritc• tiou of slavery, even et the expense of the Union, and the latter for the destruction of thr Union, cren at the expense of slavery.— Lc'tort II Aurnat How IQ 8711tAllitiliiii A Nauso's WOOL The New York Tribute states that Fred. Doug lass gave a lecture or speech, at the Cooper Institute, iti New York, on Friday night, oil the President's Praulamstion. Among other things he said . "Since the uttering of tide Proclamation I Lave grown taller, felt whiter, and comb wy hair with much less difficulty." "Ncoaoss P1111111111UID."--The HMSO of Congress recently made an appropriation of $5 . 2,0(x► for medical attendamie and medicines Or the contrabands now in the bands of the Government. How happy many s poor white man and woman in the North would be if their doctors and medicines could be provided by Uncle Sam. The committee eppointed by the Legisla ture to investigate the attempt of Simon Cam eron to buy a seat in the United States Senate are holding secret sessions. They passed a resolution that the name of no witness *Lim- Lo.eml,sor the facts testified by him be divulged. This strictness, it is said, is absolutely neces sary, in order to elicit the truth and secure a full and honest investigation, but our impres sion is,the committee had better have left their proceedings open to the public. WHAT COXTRABANDS Cosv.—Mr. Cox, of Ohio, in the course of a recent scathing and able speech in the House of Representatives at Waehington, remarked: -The House, this afternoon, voted down the resolution of inquiry as to the cost of the con traband business in Carolina. I aseert here that the report of the quartermaster al Beau. fort, 'youth Carolina, wilt show that for the month of September, four general euperin teudeets received SIGA.O per month, and sixty. four other superintendence received $5O per month for taking care of 93 ategrom I This vreport. shows $3,900 per mouth, being at the rate or $44,00u per, annum for the cars of 93 big aced little, male and female, free Ameri cans of African descent." $l,OOO per peer would astoaish a western farmer for each mortice. But we sea caused all information as to chin and all similar infamous abuses." POLITICAL ITEMS MAIM Of TB■ NATIO/lAL CAPITOL ?ix Us A Washington dispatch to the Herald says "Rev. Mr. Cheerer delivered a characteristic politioal sermon to-clay (Sandy) et tile Capi tol. There was much applause oa the occa sion." And the Washington correspoadest of the Co— ereisi writes: .?be anti slavery men earnestly and . actively weeole with rn1.1.4- sentiment here, reticTiu; e.icit other. iter.• Dr. Cheerer, of the Clime:it of the Puritans in your city, is now hero, sad will preach to day in the Senate Chamber." VicelPresideat lissaLinAs °hind, responsible for slieerisg the Senate Chamber to be used by such incen diaries as Cheerer & Co. • 131 7 1./EP 1 3 A.14..ACil A.PHS. war The session of as Supreme Court for this county, will consinesce in Philadelphia, on as 4th Monday of March. ger A darkey's instructions for putting on a coat were, "Fast de right arm, den de left, and deo gib one general esswalsitun." sir It is estimate' that nearly two mil lions of hernia of ends oil have changed hands at Pittsburg, Pa., during the put year. fir We call %Mention to the Administra tor'efiotiee, in the cue of the estate of J. B. Johnson, Esq. Col. Truesdell, formerly of this city, is acting as "Chief of the Army Police," at Nashville, Tenn. s i r Wood, stove length, was sold in Dun kirk, last week, for $1.621 6 cord, the pre vions price having been $2.50. Mir Pennsylvania has more miles of Rail road than say other State in the Union, Th. : 3,184. air we sn glad to announce that Rev. Dr. Lyon's health has been restored sufficiently to hate enabled his to occupy his pulpit on Sun day last. glir A tire wormed in Titusville, on the evening of the 28d, destroying Culver's bulk ing house, two stores and the GeseUe printing office. =The Carter Zouave Troupe have been ins during the present week, to good addieneee, in Farrar BAIL Some of their feats are alike novel and entertaining. xer We learn that Hon. Daniel 8. Dickinson has changed his mind, and finally concluded to deliver a lecture in tkia city. The time has not yet been announced: stir A ball, for the benefit of a paroled member of the 88d regiment, will be given at the Walnut Creek Holum, this (Friday) even ing. Ifir The old maxim says : ." Hire one boy and you get considerable work ; two boys and you get little ; three boys and you get less ; four boys and you get none at all done. lir Arrangements are making by the M. E. Congregation of Meadville, for building a 'new church edifice. The building is calculated to cost about $16,000. Papa--Well, sissy, how do you like school? Sisey—Oh 1 so mute. Paps—That's right. Now tell me all you have learned to day. llisey—l've learned the names of all the little Doi. ! M. Eighteen Pennsylvania colonels have lost their lives during the present war. Six teen of the whole number were killed in bat tle, sad two died in camp of disease Con tracted in the service. wel.. The Spring Session of the Crawford County Teachers' Institute will be held at Stegertown instead of Rockville, as heretofore announced, commencing Monday, March 9, and continue during the week. rir The Phila. &Erie IL & Telepsph till be colipleted to Warren during the next ihne placing the citizens of that pretty Tillage in electric connection with the rest of wink it'd. ger The brokers of this city are now tak ing Crawford county bank notes at 2 per cent. discount on the dollar, at whisk nite only they will be received at this office, until further no tice. air The next lecture will be delivered by Anson 0. Chester, Esq., one of the editors of the Buffalo Oomiarrnal, in Farm Hall, en this (Friday) evening. His subject is "014 Boys and Girls." sir The dation for Bupervieon la the adjoining county of Chautauqua N. Y., shows a Democratic gain of two or three officers, as compared with last year, and an Astonishing Democratic increase in the popular vote. ma. We see in the columns of one of our ootemporaries the announosnient of the mar. riage of Mr. Samuel Hogg to Miss Annie G. Hoc/. We presume the result fill be a litter of little pigs. Mir The Cleveland !Jerald having stated that the daughter of Col. Dan Rios rut away to get married, the latter gentleman publishes a card saying that it is not true, and "thanks God" his "son-in-law is a gentleman." jar We are glad to learn that the people of Meadville have finally secured the location of the A. & G. W. R. R. Co's machine shops at that point, the subscription of $40,000 re quired for the purpose having been obtained. NIP- James Onslow, formerly of Meadville, bit for some time past oonneoted with the PlUaborg Press, is writing s Life of the gal lant soldier and unsurpassed orator, Col. Sam W. Black. NO. WincheU, the humorist, once a great favorite with Erie audiences, died at Lafayette, Indiana, on Wednesday last. " Alas, poor Yorich! w.here be your jokes now ? your pm. bola ? your soup ? your Sashes of merriment, that were wont to set tables in a roar ?" adir The Anniversary of Washington's birth-day occurred en Sunday last, and was appropriately alludel to by several of our ministers, in their sermons. In some of the large cities the occAgion was celebrated with more than usual fervor. la, We are glad to notice the return of Capt. Austin to his home In this city, after an absence of over a year, in which he has taken part in most of the battles in Virginia. A tried patriot and a good citizen, his safe re. turn, after so long an absence, will be hailed with delight,by all who know him. .. gill. The following promotions in the 111th regiment are additional to those given by us List week : Limit. Peter flashed Bancroft, to be Captain of Company Z ; First Sergeant Frank 0. Guthrie, of Company R, to be First flatten ant ; Second Sergeant William L. Patttrson, to be Second Lieutenant of Company Z. IS. L. W. Savage, Esq., our able and effi cleat County Superintendent, delivered an address before the Girard Teachers' Institute. on the 81st ult., which has been published—. A mong other views, he takes the ground that the Constitution of the United States should be made a textbook for study in the schools. W. The sixth meeting of the Union Teach ers' Institute was held according to adjourn ment, at Wattsburg, Saturday, February 21st. The exercises were full of interest, and the subjects presented were discuseed with much spirit and animation. After miscellaneous business, the Committee on Programme repor ted a list of enrolees for the next and lest ustio* for this term, and‘he Institute adjourn ed to meet again at Wattaburg, in two weeks. Prat I. A. Austin has been engaged to lecture at the next session, on March 7th. war Not a few of the people on the Frank lin Breach of the A. & 0. W. Railway have painful recollections,: George Heti la soh t ont rietor, who snoesedei b nwintatily, people along the line to a pretty heavy extent. get field finished his terser in this region by hiring out as a sidaditnte tit the time of the .Ir.fi, and getting his prineipars money "skedaddled." All eforts to disarm his whereabouts were unavailing until this week, when a letter to die Dr!tft Commissioner ap prised him that, Betlield was arrested at Buf falo, when deserting, for passing counterfeit money ; was tried, convicted, and sentenced to the State Prison for 5 years and 2 months Crawford Journal. eis. We have heard great complaint of the disorderly conduct at the entertainments in Farrar Hall. The proprietors tweit to them• selves and toqie public, that some exertions should be made to prevent in future the die gusting exhibitions that have taken place in the Hall, for some time back- If nothing else will stop th4m, let an example be made of a few of the leading rowdies, by promptly ar resting and punishing them. Their conduct is a disgrace to themselves and to the whole community, and a universal demand should go np from our citizens that it be no longer tole rated. lINS.The Erie Gawk —the same paper which has over and over again declared that there should be no parties at this time—recommends that the next local election in this city be con ducted on partizan principles. We should pre fer to see our city officers elected on the grounds of merit alone, and without any regard to partie., but, if the election should be forced into a partizan nature, we wish it to be remem bered that the first movement came from the organ of the oppositioa. Ng. If the present open westher continues, we presume that Lake navigation will soon be resumed. There has not been a week during the present winter, in which vessels could not have navigated the Lakefront one end to the other, without say serious °bat:notion from ice. The managers of the canal, we are in- formed, intend opening it as soma as possible, and we would not be surprised if trade would open at our harbor at least a month earlier than usual. NIT " Bo b," said a tormenting friend to a bachelor acquaintance, "why don't you get married':" "Well, I don't know. I came very near it once—just missed it." "You did? Let's hear it. Why, I asked a girl if I should see her home from a party one sme lting, and she said no ! If she'd said yes, I think I should have courted and married her. That's the nearest I ever came to getting mar ried." Now, if Bob had promised to buy the young lady's bonnets and other `•szeaa" at. E. H. Smith's fashionable Millinery store, we havn't a doubt that she would have said yes, and he been a happier man, • COW AND Atrt-Cote —Petition% ere Gettig circulated iu this county, or at least in this end of the county, says Ahe Girard Owe, praying the Legislature to enacts law prohibiting, under suitable penalties, the run ning at large of all cattle, hogs, horses, sheep, mules and other animals Remonstrances are following yhe petitions, and are being as act ively circulated Mir Charley Nutty o t e iiymit tds moving his res taurant, on the Ist pril, -to the new block ....... fronting the Park, ere ;he hopes to be able to entertain his gu is in better style than ever It any saloon keeper knows how to get up eatables in a elishable manner, it is that same Charley. ea. A tremendous rush of Joh Work du ring the past week has required sit ekeeesieur cit. of our establishment, and being unlit le to get extra help, we are obliged to put our pat roue off Whh less Lima thine_ usual amount o reading matter The some cause prevents the usettion or several communications Co. F., 109-ru Reur.—A correspondent sends us the following list of officers and men in Co. F., 169th Penna. regiment, which is en tirely made up of conscripts and substitutes. The persons in Co. F. are mostly from the south-eastern part of the count' Capt.—L. A. Dodd. lst Lieut.—George Proud. 2d Lieut.—James D. Gourley. Sergeante—B. N. Akerly, Hiram Forsyth, M. J. Rounds, C. J. Baxter, A. J. Marx. Corpoials—D. A. Davis, W. B. Moore, J. R. Thompson, G. M. Hawk, S. J. Van Dorn, D. F. Davis, D. V. Preston, 1 1. D. Runnels. Privates—John Ash, George H Bennett, C Bennett, H Burghei, J Birgher, Wm H Bil lings, H Bunt, A Cory, Geo Culbertson, 8 Cole, W P Campbell, E W Estes, Geo Emling, Wm Fritts, W A Green, Levi Gearin, H George, W B Gifford, H C Hillyer, W 0 Helene, S W Hare, M Hail, H Herbert, H P Harriger, R 8 D Johnston, A C Johnston, W B Jaoquins, Wilson King, Kamerer, W P Lloyd, D Longstreet, T Liar, 0 W Martin, E hicOahen, R McGahen, W McPparren, 8 Maben, P F Neyland, I Port, A Parker, P J Quiggle, Robert Riddle, Stephen Reeling, D P. Simmons, G W Sisson, 8 Sedgwiek, M Bipps, Ai Behlintwine, J Smith, 8 B Shored, M White; J E Wart, Silas Wright, J. Piffer drummer ; W H Iffottelough, drum major. Payaotsum.—Dr. J. B. Edwards, in the Pharmaceutical Journal, remark's that the flow of oil from mineral sprints. is by no means new, either to science or cotninerce. Herod°. tun has recorded that the Island of Zante fur- Wiled large quantities, while Pliny and Dio scorides describe the oil obtsed from Agri gentum, a small town of Sicily. The Persian springs, at Bakoum, have yielded to the value of $BOO,OOO annually ; and the earth oil from Rangoon, in Burnish, has been exported to the extent of 400,000 hopheids yearly. The streets of Genoa and Amiens were formerly Lighted with a petroleum obtained from Parma. In 1847, a spring was discovered in Yorkshire, which was successfully worked by Mr. James Young, of -Glasgow, until exhausted, when he turned his attenti 311 to the distillation of evil and discovered paraMne oil. gams FLAx.—Every farmer, says an ex change, should turn his attention this spring to the growing of a few acres of flax. The exorbitant price of cotton goods, and the ion poasibMty of a speedy decline in prises, rea ders it important that we turn our attention to the growing of this crop. The prices of cotton goods have by no means reached their highest standard yet, and even if the war were immediately closed, it must be some time ere the South will again procure a full crop of cotton Thm are facts that should be borne In ova I i c y the prelim:sing classes, and acted upon before tucy are overtaken by ruinous prices. droves —Our readers will see, by the ad veriisemeat is anositer e“lutaut, that the Ann of Vincent, Tibbals, shirk m Co , who were bussed out in the great tire last fall, have re sumed the manufacture of Stores, and are now prepared to supply any demand that may ,be madslipon them The members of this Ina are soma of our most reliable and enterprising business men, and anythiag that is entrusted to them, we will warrant, will be done right. Horn. Eirazialsotzwx.—Prof.lLlNT and daughter gave two entertainments, in Park Ilan. on Thursday and Saturday evenings of last week, whiieh have been Hie *abject of con siderable disolpsion amongst those law were present. rhii Professor 111111101UNCIPS that his salibitioas ate iateade4 to demonstainie the fallacy cif eke ao-oalleir 4 ,apiktual maalfesta tioos," by priming that the same result* that are produced in spiritual circles, can be Oleo ted without any assistance from the dwellers in another world. His first experiment con sistie movies a small block of wood 4 many timed as the audience wishes, while be is in a different par. of the then invitee any one up to the stand, and giving them a pencil and paper, allows them to put suck a figure down as they wish, and makes the block tell the figure marked. Another feat consists in fastening two pieces 'of wood together, by the alleged simple exertion of his will, In such a manner that they cannot ire separated by a person over whom he obtains the influenee. After this performance is concluded,the daugh ter is bliadfolded, and in that condition tells what articles persons sitting in a differeit part cf the room bold in their hands. This portion ut the performance was carried out with as ton►shing success, the audience swing with each other to produce the most unusual arti cles, and the )uung lady teluug their natui e with but slight hesitation. and scarcely ever tusking a mistake. To test the daughter's powers still further: - it pack of cards was given to a stuill boy, who 'lit not know their names, and after being well shuttled by a gentleman in the audience, the boy was planed in one corner of ibe Rail. As fast as he could sepa rate the cards, and fix Inc mind upon them, the young lady repeated their names. These feats were all done in stick a manner as apparently to prevent any chance of collu sion, and it is - difficult to understand how the latter could have occurred. The Professor closes his performances by allowing his hands to be tied, and releasing himself almost in stantly, while two persons are holding on to the ends of the rope. We understand that he intends giving one or two more ethibftions in our city, this week, and suppose that the novelty of his performance wal draw him a large audience. Tau OILIAT Itassiecitee, by J. T Headley, 2 Vole., WO pp., published by Hurlbut, Wil (isms 8t Co., Hartford; E. B. At H. C. Treat, Chicago. The above entitled work is just now hotted from the press of Hurlbut, Williams & Co., Hartford, Ct. It is by one of the most emi nent authors of the present age. The publish ers have spared no pitins in making it a supe rior work, and it is upon a scale of liberality exceedingly commendable Everybody will want a book that will tell concisely, but graph ically, the incidents connected with the histo ry of this War It is a royal octavo of over 500 pages, beautifully illustrated with engrav ings upon steel, from designs by barley and other eminent artists,-embracing military and naval engagements: The work-is sold by subscription only, and can be obtained through - authorized agents only The people of Erie and vicinity will now have an opportunity to procure it, as the publishers have an agent here with both Eng lish and German editions. New Flax —Our readers will see by the advertisement in another column, that Mr. F F. Adams has disposed of his establishment to Messrs. Benet & Burgess, two of our most active young bueiness men. Mr. Burgess is well known to the people of this section, and hie name alone would be an ample guarantee for the standing of the new firm. Mr. Boner came here about a year ago, and in that short period ;has won a reputation as a careful, re liable had enterprising business Dian, sur passed by few persons of his years. We have known him since boyhood, have watched 'closely his career, and recommend him with the utmost earnestness, a• one fully deserving of the confidence and patronage of our com munity. A mon clever companion, a truer friend, or a inure honorable.mintled man does not existanywhere under Hod's canopy. The new firm are having large imprpvements made to the store room, and will make.such addi tions to their stock of geode as will render it a first class establishment of the kind Here's success Co yoqys: MOTH RIGUOINT.--11, letter written to us from opposite lorktown, Va., informs us that the drafted men from this county are in the 169th regiment. Co. F. is mostly made up of persons from Waterford and vicinity, sad Co. G. of persons from the western part of the county, though there are men from this eity in both. The report that the regiment was in the late fight at Blackwater, it appears, was incorrect. Our correlpondent sap they have not even seen a rebel yet, although they have several times been routed out of sleep to repn reported attacks. The regiment was in very good health, and had only lost two men up to the time that the letter is dated, Feb'y 16th. " A MOOT KIMARILISLI Cast."--From a respectable and well known citizen of Warren, Pa., we learn of a remarkable case of cough (almost in lie drat stage of consumpthm,) performed by the Extract of Smart wed. The facts; as related by the gentleman him self, are as follow): His wife bad $ very bad cold, which ended in a cough, and produced such distress as to make it almost Impossible to breathe—sometimes being compelled to sit up in bed for the most of the night. The Smart Weed being recommended, a small bot tle was procured and used with good effect, a second bottle effecting an wire cure. It was both applied ezternally and taken internally, and is, as the gentleman remarked, "a most remarkable case." We recommend it to all. BAAL EJITATI TOIL BAIL—We 0611 the at tention of our readers to the advertisement in another' column;olfering certain valuable real estate for sale. The property is well located, sad every way desirable, and at fair prices should meet with a ready sale. In this connection we may add that Messrs. Downing & Oaggin have opened a real estate agency, at the corner of State and . Fifth streets, where those wishing to buy or sell property can receive important assistance. They are both good business men, and will no doubt succeed in their new occupation. GODLY'S LADY'S Boors.—This favorite pub lication for March has Wen received. Our readers all know our opinion of the Lad 3 Book, and to show that we It. not It woe . we give the views of some of - our exchange. : We ere confident, if the public appreciated it as hie/1y as we do, no bitly Would long be without it. It should have the grit place in every domestic circle.—Patriot, Quincy. Ahead of all other magazines, not in the time of its arrival only,-but in intrinsic merit. --oPit6/4c. Clinton. This is certainly the beet inegfizia • for the ladies published in the Utute4 States —s eri _ told, rdort. _ Ix Lock --41 co. W. Bone, Felix McCann, Wm. Bloam, John 0. Dakar ind Patrick Don nelly, all of this city, have each received the appolatmeat of Ensign la as Navy, and been ordcrod to report .at Cairo,lU. They are--every oar-"•bnUy boys," sod we oongratiaato Lima on their good luck. AITIIIII WARD 01 THILA011.1•11tA racruse.—Artemus Ward Writes satirically oesoeralag Philadelphia marble and white paint. He says: "The artist I spoke of in sky last ham returned to Philadelphy. Before he left I took his lily white bend in mine I =to hits that if be could induce the st Philadelphy to believe it would he a pod Idea to have white winder shutters on their imams, ui white door stones, he sight make a fortis'. It's a novelty," 1 added, —and may startle 'em at fuel, but they way eonelood to adopt it." Artetuut should employ his time to better effect than in ridiculing the Phi ledelpkiass. for instance, let him write a pub of the store of Jas. A. Blies, where people eau buy groceries and queetrsware it the •r y lowest prteee. • Murrain Ftowtsu WELL—The 'Mes.lville Reptabluan says soother flowing well Iris struck on Oil ('reek, lest week, on'the Miller farm, two miles above the Sherman w.. 11, which hse been ,the only flowitia well of soy would withia some six or eight miles of Titusville. The striking of this new well, two utiles higher up, and in s territory which has been givea up as of no account, has giveu quite an impetus to the- oil cperations in that quarter The all was struck at a depth of 500 feet, and Bowe some 200 barrels per day. Este HARBOR —ln 1773 -t.), the State of Penaaylvauie purchased of the Clitteti ti•ntes 262,1157 serve or land—the northwest pats the State, inclnkiing the gaud harl..r, at throe quartep of a duU per acre, at three per cent interest—in tktog $l - .1 ~4 1 ,1 The completion of the Suuhury and Erie Rail way-75 years 4fierward"—will wake that ear ls anti sagacious investment really, ft,r the first ittne, full avallattle . —Phsio. ifullet,n LCIIIICIV—ThWee who have lumber for sale will do weir to consult the advertisement td J. H Griswold. Mr. Or is probably the largest dealer in that line in Erie, and has won an excellent reputation for promptness and reliability IA his business transactions. He intends buying on a greater scale than ever this year, sad will pay the highest market pi lees. BtEtlrter's Mintraati —lt will be seen II the advertisement is another column, chat this favorite troupe will perform in Farrar Hall, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings next.— Their reputation is well known to our citizens, and that they will be weloomed by an enor mous audience, we have not a moment's doubt DIED. Oa the lath day of February, at St Anthony, Minn , Wns. Y. Imolai, formerly of North Loot, aged 41 years. Oa the lath of Jamiii g y last, of dropsy on the brain, Herbert Jaeksoa, son of W H. and E. II May. &gut 2 zeors and 3 moult's. go-ging',o 4driltionumts. FOR SALE. Any person deurno• of purchasing • HARP of fins tons, tie, can hear of one on ressonaMe terms by apply ins at this odic*. feb2B-41.* THE PEOPLE'S FAVORITEs; FAR/LAIL GALL FOR TWO N Hi HTS' ON L \ WZDNIIISLIA V tic Ti! Cit-fIDA S , MA KCEI 4 dc 3 -SAM SHARPLEY'S MINSTRELS, ' BRASS BAND AND BERLIN! lirgßA TROUPk; I litidarged and Unproved for the Seau.a of 1983, la the Mammoth Troupe of the world. TN. etitt Star Pet fonspare The Monitore of Minstrelsy, whose tour th• Umtata States has baba a succession of bnlllaot pha,lllll introduce their grail CHALLILIVOIi PRO GRAMME aa above Itmerythltig entirely Dew.) produced In their Inimitable style, peculiar to tivet ETHIOPIAN IRON-CLAD& tr. Admission zb cents. Nu Galt price. Doors open at 7 o'clock, to coma:tom et ti dAll 811ARPLEY, Manager J D NIWOOMIII, Business Agent. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE: I WILL SELL SEVEN FIVE ACRE LO I': 4 , Being Ull• Qrshatda of Repant it Beecher They are *tilted with the eboteeet Trait Trees and Grape Vlore, all le fell bearitig ; will sell loy to a purchaser of fire scree or more, or will sell one acre. I will &he mil ALL THE NURSERY SToCK.t. At a very low price • Diagram of the Lots can 1,« seegr at the o•ce of Doe wog k Gaggift, Wright's 131st Shiite Street. logutre on the preauleee 01 P Beecuta, or Real Latata Agent*, W rlebt'. DOWNING Eilo •k, eor. S& tate & :•th ta ILA*, Plibtaary 2d, 1843-42412. G ROUND CUVV If. C 1 Yoncab awl a Sic* Article of %,iitol:l4D COPYSE, at /VC Id, 20, 23 an& So (-rats, at Übe "banner Stott SLOAN M'CRICARY D ANDELION The Has'West and Chretw.t D Beverage DOW f 8 UAW V tale Put. DAN DE DtLION 00171[14 for sale at tas • Sao ser ." at 90 and 2$ mots per lb. SLOAN & SVCREARY jAraer Another Invoice of Japan Tea, J T 'MC ONLY PURE TEA IMPORTED ICWY CFPIXILD, At the " Ranter" at 111,24 per pound. ffytirjj SLOAN olg M'CREARY • LUMBER' AND STAVES! J. H. GR.ISVVOLD WAITS ASH LIIIBER! 3,•••,••o Feet of ASH LL'IIBIR, 12, 14 and 16 feet Same, bri fi l leh, 1.1 1 4, 1 1-2, 2, 2 1.2, 3 and 4 Moak. WHITE WOOD LUMBER. 1 015015 ,64,•.••• feet of 6-10 White Wood full thieknees. 60. 4-4 46 64 « 40011.1 1 3 41; 4 loch White Wood Plank. 30414••• 0 White Wood Columns, tab, 614, .7xl, ihtB. OHEILEY LIIXELEt. 30111.41.11 feat of 4-4 Boards. 'STAVES. 3,14•044 Bed Oak Rhdf Staves, 44 inch long, 1 inch thick ea Mimi edge, and 4 inch wide. 1,15450,0041 White Oak MU. Staves 34 Inch limg, 1 1-4 loch thick on heart edge, 4 loch wide Meru of syi. Ones tad Docks opposite P. di B. R. R. Depot b 4 41113--9 m .1. ki. causwom.). BENER & BURGESS, (Successors to F. F. Adams,) COWLS Or STATE AND FITTD STS . KILIft, PA DlALins IN CONFECTIONERIES, FILITITS, NUTS, aco. ToYS, FANCY GOODS, YANKEE NOTIONS, &c. BALTIMORE OYSTERS, CHOICE TOBACCOS 4 CIGARS. PARTIES ♦ND FANII.I ES Supplied with Iwo Crew% Soucy Cokes, Vibe Condi", Pyrualls, Fruit. kr ri n e Feepeh Oyuteeth:one and Pore Cowls*, a every Tule tr Lemons, Chsisget, Cocos Nuts, Raisins, Vivi, CRACKERS! CRACKER:4 ! Boston, Oystor, Butter, 9044 subd Saw Cra, tor?. ♦LW•I'S FRISH FRESH CAN OYSTERS Ike*teed nem day, by express, direct felme Bailie:int e WAIRAICTED PROM AND SWEET Will poy pealkleabor alteottos to elMai °l'd,» for any teldtl Goode to *Or lino A DIiuNISTRAToR's NOTICE. WWI of Atinfinistratlon having been g=ot 4 to tato uolsnoinnod loon the Mato ol C oJohn OS lath 6iNsinit, inns of trio oily. to o py as " ; arson is aloft etas to all hariof _slalom against list oniti inittlolli=l than on Of MOM BatUraky. tie =111( UN. sad those koovinn inmost.« Ohs asses sobSimoset. rogeos Dr. N iod J . JOH asksNSON leasorDato . J, Nrs. J. B. JOHNSON, Wisp M. S, U 1 Iw. Adam's Of briessed. 11 ""1:111 " Vo lig i KW. . A VV P. n iiicx ) TFIN PLACE TO HUY YOUR V 4111 Li t-8 ,(iItoW,;KIK" 14 AT TUE AROY Y. NA11):1) • s i -.IISTITUTIto. " 13 41"""1 VitAl 1; 14 1::1; 4 N . 1111112 ARTICLE. • THE. "CITY or NoTtoN2 , , ALWAYA ON IVO AT THE BANAIKA L AToRb. Bs Ca 41,114 N k 11'( FtV.kkY T UE Iif..NUINK K. ft(l.4l'. DIRT KIrRACTIAK u PYLE'S K .f)A P, TO4I I, TAKR RItB O. R. „Tilvm ni0."..1.8„.F.4,At.wayA ' it - AT I •110INKR" 'I. AY k IrCRKAKY I)/L$1 Vita \IW . H lllO4. THE Bit 4 NO)41 OF CH; A 63, H. 1.0. Arcs •N A Li',7 "OLD 7 6 7 "A •ut Xl., "Y•T •CA. AAAAA• ton I rill "a STOMA" 8/. 1 14/4 & arf:FIKARY A V1EH1C.4,4 EAGLE TOISACCO. ..11k. Ayr RICAN LIIGIA" Aso "BANNER' A 1 MILAJDO Or YIRI cry TOBACCO ABA IRA ( PUNT [.TOWN IN TRIO OR ANT O T aaa BARB I?, i i v i.oc u k r• 3 OILY AIAR „ r , , r 4 CX A D N k AT M N ' 2 . ME I A W M A I !" 4 $ i i, Clikk•Att! CIIIEIOIIO GLOVICR'S CHEZSR• G 1 Tut sirs Dear IN Kam Cocw7r, An, IDILCiDEDLT A•1I•D OT TEAT VIANCTACTCASO 1 AT • ..A.lrr OT111111t 1 .4., " ALWAYS oT HAM , a a W BOLIES•LI •NO*NTAIL, AT TUX "BATT it I. Erie, I , rb. 7. 186/-tf SLOAN k IITRIF.4. I A"iO , TTS, J INUARY, 1503. CABH,TH.FAIIeee Veer's kCkeyirie.ec.. OF le IJIISTeI/ZI tee, on bawl and dopnill tc,l oo wll, .n , .0 agents' bands, Ba.xe. pTw tl K, to Nt,of York. Hartford, ttoetuo, %t. LOW", rbileetelpt.in, and other plena" ........ •eo ST•T■ STocllll., In Kentucky. New York. New Jersey, Ohio, litchi im.n and indium, it f Borne, New York, Brooklyn, Hart ford. limebefter, Jersey, Milwaukee, .. •tt.COAP STOMP, Hartford k New Ha rem, Connecticut River, and Barton k Wor ..... 119,006 00 170,426 01 ST•Tn or Co VveCTILTT, Temporary Loan 100,000 00 Rt•r. Revere, Coineurntereel, ...... 97,9611 MI =I LISSA Id 1111113T1110 1 1. Lomita, Uuadjue t •nd a.t due, SIMI= 71 J•NrAIIT lIITIDILVD. Plll.l. . /60,000 00 11320,0= 77 lirty riwour Tn. t Hartford, fee. I, Ikea. $ 2 0 1 4 4 , 0 4 10 91 R.-.pectla 117 aolicit, and will take r,leaatire in attending to lour Inaurance wanta. J F. DOWNING, ftb7-lm Agent 7 ,2 , j/ i tidM M=il MERCANTILE COLLEGE, CORNER Or MAIN & SENErA STREETS, Is an important link in the greet chain of gi t tried4l eingxeirriut coLLenen. Iricateil in the following. Cities, viz •—NEW YORK CITY, BROoKLYN, TROY, DI TRiiIT. ALBANY, CLRVILANI CHITA:I° SAINT AND Ti.RONTO. A s_ se le o Ilarb p bared trona lirillEale Cotiese, eutitle• th• attiß4 •416er or all ttke Colleges for an unlimit,ll.m. The 'Scalar' at thews inattlatissosk Is to =par to youoir woo •o , ! ..lie.,& thororgh, prastscal bunks* ilhieNll.o Throe College. .r. rgantled emtroondoeted epee a La.,• ich mud reeure toe eh 114 mote Institntior tb. 1. ,t 111 inopti tab" a tbotnugh ens eternal edur•ahon, and ndieler tt am a %bole, the toot comprehrinrave mo.l r.rmi Irte eyotem 111 tido country Book.Keeplog in all it departments, Commervu Law, Commercial Arithmetic and Penmainab.{.. V. taught in the nu.% th• rough and priketleal Milner The fegkeneertno Syotem of Peetiostoetettr. taught I y e • mpetent and experience.. teaches. P‘chellinghill. payable in advance, S4O dr) "4 , 111ng —on ;Arai). n. Rreideut PrlDequi at Buffalo, J i flayarr fa- 113 , orrulti .u, at this Collor Rooms, w .a. 4 i r Latawo: a..d Circulat ancloatt. triter p.t•wp AQT Pt B LE ' tELE nit t ED Hoot , yhlftr. t cumplet. s. rtmeett jut retrtred.•t tt M P. HAY ES Cl 1., .O. I.+ REEL) HOGS£% C,.n.toting of lb. lII' Lilly.); ABLE, DOUBLE EX TR4 WE, QU.MER GORE, BALMORAL, 1 , t1R.4 SIZE, AND ol THE WORLD Ala•., Y and Lathes', Yaws: and Chthiteo's rusag Ltdome Skating Skirt. These gooda are conceded to be the best, to every pet ticulor, noo IP the =rest teb6ll TTwo good Stores and Three °Seel' Rooms no Fifth etreet, near Stoke (eV -'it • L ASTI ALL. Au persons indebted to Win A. Grisvuld by note er book account, utast pity op before Mardi Ist. °recite will be made JAS. P. GAGEILH, feb7-1m Agent. Notice of Dissolution. 1, IHE co-partnership heretofore existing beeween the subscribers, under the firm name and style of Alight. tch and Perry, (Refiners and dealers In Oils, ite., at Erie, Pa.,) is this day dissolved by mutual consent, Br Per having sold his interest to Byron B. Persons, and retired from the Brm. The business of the late firm will be settled by M. Aa• /cattle Perry, solely. who Is hereby authorised to use the name of the said late arm for that purpose. Dated at Erie, Pa., Dee. 10, Ilse:. ALLEN WRIORT, IRA 6. llATra u M AI:GIUSTI/8 PERRY. Der 20-42-3aln. EVP FIRM.-TERRY OIL WORKS,' ERIE, PA. The subscribers hors formed a 00-past ership uod..r the firm hod time of Wright, Hatch, ant 1 31 Wrsoos, and will ontlnuc the business el Y4flotog and Dealing in Oils, /cc., at the old staod, foot of Teotb-St. Erne, Pa. °loan solicited. AL Dated Eris, Dec. , 10, llldt LEN WRIGHT IRA G. HATCH, BYRON B. PERSONS. Dee. 20, 62-3 mos D ISSOLUTION. Notice is hereby given that the parts...ratite heretofore exuding between the undersignet was di, indeed on the 15th of January . , 11M, by the drawal of H. W. lioott. from th- firm The business will boo:ann ned, as 111P1111i, by the remaining parts:4m to whose at Notes, Boots and Accounts of the late area hate bees transferred fur put tleoeut, and by whom all the Habeam will be lboulated. B. Y SLOAN, H. W. BOOTH, J. C. IIIoCREARY yBl -mow TO NERVOUS SU FERERs OF BOTII SEERS —A REVEREND GE.NTLIMAN haring been rest, , red to health In a few days, after tinier. going all the usual routine and irregular expensive men* of treatment without sueetell, considers it his sacred date to oommun (cats to his afflicted fellow creatures the mean acute. Hence, on the receipt of en addressed envelops he will send (free) a copy of the prescription tired Di red to Dr JOIN ld Dausa LL, 186 Fulton Street, Broot• lyn, New York. pal ly N EW .1 ERizTY LAN IN FOR SALE, •Eso, GARDEN Olt FRUIT FARMS, suitable for Grapes. Nub es, Pears, Itaapberries, Strawberries, Blackberrlea, Cyr rants, Arc_ of 1, 2)i, 5, 10, or 20 acres each, at the f^lie• lug prices lor the present, via. 7.0 acres for $2OO, 10 errs for $llO, 5 scree for $6O, ;Is acres for $4O, 1 acts for S 7 J Payable by $1 a week. Also, good,Crariberry lands, and idler. lots in Car WOOD, 23 by 100 feat, at $lO each, parable by one della a week The above land and tarns are situated at Cher wood, Waehington Township, Burlington County, Nee Jersey. For further information, apply, with • r 0 Stump, fora circular, to B. FR.% RUN jal7'6Syl. No 90 Cedar Street, New York, Y iris. pilLADELriti& & ERIE I; R This gnat ling traverses the Northers and lifortlisest coanties of Penns, 'Santa to the city v! , Erie, on Lake Kris. It has been leased bg the Pfau,low..., R.a.1,41 iM pomp, anti under their auspices is being rsodir ores , : throughout its entire length It is now to use for 1 saLenaer and Fretgbt buctou Jfrom Harrinburg tot:rot... F tat ,172 mit e .) t h e tltrlsion, and from Sim-di...id on the Vtoeitera P tiptop, (78 miles.) TINE OP PANSbAUAR TO Alll4 ♦T Y~II Mau I.e4Vell A emu:medal kw Ttll 4 1.1 i eal . • Mail Train A rri i t9i Acewaniodation Tv skin Ammer For Information respecting Paarreger buinnerr 6114 at the 8. K. coiner I Ith arid In•rtivt etr , arid lot Frr 4 o ll tautness of the Compaq 'a &gaunt, 8 b KINGSTON, JA,, corner Litt, and Market Philadelphia J. W. REYNOLDS, Fria J. II U_KILL, agentlq C , Baltimor , H. H HOUBTON, General Freiht Agent, 11 ,0 ' ' LIIWI-1 I. FIOUT, General Tic ket Agent, Pbtlaa JOS b POTTS, General Manager, Willsolorporl t alT6 — it I. E T Two Large Stores inn rr,ncti st:rot -2t DOWNIVG G Agts 2OMAN choice Brilllauts, '3OO y e rds,,, , ttonso.i •oci Sod dress goodmst 124 coots 'rot • i IS, ma tatasoV.. a o*. 41.4 , AN a M'CRKAkY IfLalal l7 TALL& $436,t031 I 1 968,401 (14 661,495 IA 2r; 100 04 $i,803,1 I 0 59 K 1 S STRATTON, ‘l2ffAln T JAS. P GAGOIN, Aft OM ESE 5 U) A ' i i s. • ,!, 11 r N