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SATURDAY. OCT. 17 11, i 863
Eniuroz. Viourson sr tan Pitons is sax PIMA or
un Um as Lamm —Andrea Jackson.
Rem tit in the State.
We have delayed our • paper,in the hope
• of being able to give our readers same re
`liable intelligence in reference to the re
sult in the State, but the returns come in
so slowly that, oven at this late day, we
are unable to tell the actual situation of
matters. The Republicans, who were quite
positive of electing Curtin, by majorities
ranging fr )m 'thirty to sixty thousand, ac
prding to the temper of the individual,
on the night of the election and the day
following. begin to look more sedate, end
a few of 'be less sanguine acknowledge
now that his majority will not go beyond
fifteen or twenty thousand. We are of
the impression that Curtin's majority will
stand in the neighborhood of from ten to
fifteen thousand- g ust about,two-thirds
. the number of Republican soldiers and
office holders sent into the State for the
parpose of carrying the election. Tho
Trikin e gives the following table of ma
jorities, obtained, 'we presume, from the
Republican headquarters at Philadelphia.
Many of them must be merely estimated,
but we have no expectation that further
intelligence will reduce Curtin's majority,
as here given :
Wooded. Curtin
Erie
Wayne
Northampton..._
Lehigh
Philadelphia
Berks
Lancaster
Bradford.-.- -
Chester
Monroe
Allegheny
Armstrong :..,..
Bedford -
Blair
Bucks
Butler _
Cambria
Carbon
Crawford
Cumberland
Dauphin ..-
Delaware
Fulton -- .....
Franklin .... ...-
Juniata‘
Lebanon
Luzerne
Lycoming ..... • -
Mifflin ...... _
Montgomery. - • -
Ifontour
Northumberland
Pike .. _
Snyder
Susquehanna
Schuylkill
Venango
Wyoming
Westmoreland_ 10w
Wayne 900
York 3300
Total
The Repußlicans' have obtained a suc .
cess, bdt a victory purchased by such
means and in such a manner 'as leaves
theta !light cause t 9 boast over. They can
depend upon it, that, while the Demo !.
cratic party is defeated,, it is far from be
ing crushed out of existence. It has made
a gallant fight, against the most discour
aging proipects that ever a political party
had to contend against, and its 250,000
...voters in Pennaylvania will enter the
Presidential campaign next year with just
as much spirit as they did this, and with a
firm resolve to maintain their principles,
under all circumstances. Instead of being
disheartened by the result of Tuesday,
our wotider is, that, considering what the
Democrats bevelled to battle against., they
were able to do .r so much.
Result in tl►e County.
The election throughout the county at)•
pears to have been everywhere conducted
in the same quiet spirit that marked the
day in this city. The majority for Curtin
will reach about 3,000, being a few
less than be had in 1860. . A larger
vote wiae cast than was ever before polled,
and the increase, compared with the re
turns Qf 1860,, has been slightly in
favor of the Democrats.' Taking into ac
conbt the enormous odds that we Ijave
had .o contend against, we do not think
the Democracy of Erie county have any
reason for discouragement over the
result.
Below we give a table of the vote as
far as . received; together with the actual
and reported majorities in the .several
elegtion districts. We will publish - the
full official result in our next issue:
Woodward.
Vote. I.j. Vote. Maj.
112 . 167 65
196 •192
98 249 151
155 - '249: 94
403 37 :172 •
Erie, let Ward,
Erie, 2d Ward
Erie,'3d Ward,'
Erie, 4th Ward,
• Mill Creek,
Harbor Creek,
Me/Lean
Middleboro, .
Washington,
Edenboro, .
- Girard borough,
Girard township,
Fairview,
North East bor.,
II It tp.,
Elk Creek,
Conn4ut,
Albion;
Springfield,
Scmusi
Waterford tp.,
Waterford bor.,
Le Beouf,
Concord,
Corry,
Wayne,
Union borough, •
Union township,
Greene;
N—Venango,
- -Wattsburg,
Amity,
Greenfield,
Lockport,
Franklin,
Woodward's inaj'e, 118 qs nays, 812
The whole Republican Bounty ticket is
elected, by majorities ranging about the
,same as that for Governor.
Obit. Election.
The Ohio election has gone overwhelm
ingly in favor of the Republicans, as we
expected it would. Brough'a majority is
estimated at from sixty to a hundred thou
sand. Our friends there
, mada a mistake
in. their leading nomination which itas
not only. damaged- their cause at home,
but done us incalculable harm in every
Northern State. The lessoni of Tuesday
is a, costly one, bilif it will jbe received
in its proper spirit by the radical men in
our own ranks, it may become an insten•
meat of permanent advantage, for our
cause and that of the tuition.
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In times like the present there is
a tendency to extreme views on public
questions, and that tendency produces
now such a broad andylecided line between
various persons and parties. that it cannot
•but be regarded as one of the most dan
gerous features of our difficult and dark'
position as a nation. The radical' party
encourages the Most violent treatment of
its opponents, and those opponent* are
in many instances induced to rush to ex
treme views against radicals and radical
ism. Looking to the future, to the great
effects of the war, to the end which ought
to be brought out of our present troubles,
none can doubt thitt'tt reunited people, a
nation ‘lalmly 'pursuing iti.old course of
prosperity in peace, is the point which
ought to be reached. The divisions of the' ,
nation ought to. bo healed. Bu t thv ra
dicals insist on exterminating the evil
which they think dwells in the very con
stitution olSouthern society, and therefore
their method of restoring union is simply
to compel the enemy to submit, and ac
knowledge themselves thoroughly and
hopeless,ly whipped. Here,. then is the
first great division L-not only that between
the rebels" and MI Northern men, but that
hopeless division between the radicals
and the inhabitants of the slave States.
But there is a large Piety in the North
full one-half, probably three-fourths of
the people of the Northern States—who
are willing and anxitma to repair the
breach and have the Southerners return
to their old Union peacefully and quketly,
as heretofore. Against this position o the
Northern population the radicals fight'
with more ferocity than against the rebels.
For the radical party would Willingly. if
it dared, give up the contest and say to
the Slave States, "Go in peace;" but they
are mingled hopelessly among the conser
vatives, and must live in the same towns,
-villages and houses with them. Yet they
contrive to cultivate a most bitter hatred
to them, invent opprobrioui names -to
apply to them, and ethaust the catalogue
of billingsgate phrases in expressing their
intense animosity to them. - Thift of course
makes great, divisions, and opens almost
hopeless chasms between political parties.
A radical can hardly keep his temper in
conversation with a conservative. He can
not omit, telling him that he is a sympa
thizer. withi rebellion. He regards it as
a duty to insult him; and is astonished if
the insult is resented. Radical 'newspa
pers say "Served him right." when-they
publish accounts of mobs ill-treating con
servative editors or politicians, but they
howl in ' astonishment and dismay when
the mobs attack their own friends. It has
been for two years a received doctrine
among the abolitionist politicians that a
conservative had no personal and political
rights which they were bound to respect,
but that radicals were under all the con
stitutional and legal protections which
ever existed. Witness the amusing in
dignation with which they. zecorded the ar
rest of a radical Mayor in Kansas the other
day. Hiving heartily approved the arbi
trary seizure of conservatives, and having
Mirde Fort Lafayette and other like for
tresses subjects of joy and rejoicing for
two years, they are shocked inexpressibly
when the generals in the West apply their
weapons to radical disturbers of the peace
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Now
. it would be well for all radical
politicians to think calmly and seriously
a few minutes on these questions. Is not
a conservative, a Democrat or a copper
head, an American - citizen.? Is it not
his right to think as a freeman for him
self Is it not possible that conservatives
and other opponents of this present Ad.
ministration may some day elect an Ad
ministration? Who then will be traitors?
Who then will restrain them from return
ing in kind this foul abuse and ill treat
ment?
It is devoutly to bo hoped that this
country is not to be always ditided in the
way it now is, by extreme views at the
North and rebellion at the South. The
oscillations of power would, if this extreme
styli; of political difference continues, give
the reins alternately to men who hate
their opponents with burning hatred. Can
we ever have a peaceable Union in that
case ?
'ladiesls will not convert all the people
to their notions. Let them dismiss that
idea. from their minds. The majority
against them among the people of this
country, re-unid, will be a million. But
we cannot have a quiet and peacefUl coun
try again until extremists' on both sides
cultivate the habit of yielding somewhat
to the views of their neighbors. We must
compromise antagonistic views. It cannot
be otherwise than that we shall fall out
with each other in the very heart of our
own States, if radical men, on either or
any side, insist on epressing their oppo
nents;by opprobrium and every vile weap
on of the tongue and pen ; forgetful that
we are all kmericans,with common rights,
duties and'reeponsibilities:
Mr. Everett—who was as unqualified,
three years ago, in his opposition to the
doctrine of coercion, as his fellow citizen,
Gerry, .was in the Federal - Convention,
when he argued against giving the Gener
al Government any such right, and denier . -
. ed that "he Would never consent that its
Mirrzniitons should overrun the people of
his State"--has written a letter,. in which
be attempts to sustain the old fallacy that
in time of war there should be no such
thing as an opposition party. For one so
familiar with English and Artiirican histo
ry se Mr. Everett, such an effort is simply
disgraceful. Mr. May, in his recent Con
: stitktional History, enunciates no novelty
when he sums up his chapter on "the evils
d merits of party" by asserting that
. ment without party is absolutism
ere without opposition, maybe des
: pots ;" but it is . a striking illustration of
Burke'a sagacity that all - the arguments
• employed in this country during the was
of 1812, and that with Mexico, to sustain
this position, are anticipated and.surpass
ed by him in his letter to the Sheriffs of
Bristol. In reply to the theory which Mr.
Everett undertakes to defend, Burke said :
"On the principle of this argument, the
more nibs:bids, we suffer from any Ad
ministration, the more our trust:in it is to
be confirmed. La them but once yd u s iato a
wax, and 44 their power is safe, and an ad of
oblivion passed for all their misconduct." !
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The Danger of Extreme*,
Edward Everett ea Party.
The argument is unsaswenible, sad the
illustration which he offered besathinhis•
eery or the tunes iif Charle. 11. is just as
applicable now as it was then.' "But is it
really true," he asked. ”that 4lovernment
is always to be etrengthed with the itistra
meets 'ol •
war but never furnished with
the . means of peace? Informer dines min
isters, I alloW, have been sometiinea driv
en by-the popular, voice to assert by arms
Me national honor against foreign powers.
But the wisdom of the nation' has been
far more clear when those ministers have
been compelled td consult its interests by
treaty; We all knew that the sense of the
nation obliged the Court of Charles 11. to
abandon the Dutch war—a war, next, to
the present, the malt impolitic which was
ever carried on. They paid but little respect
to Me Court jargon of that day; nor were they
inflameil by the pretended rivilship of the
'Dutch t rtt It"; by themusacreat Amhojna,
acted on the stage to provoke the public vengeance;
nor by declarations against d; ingratitude
of the United Provinces for ;the benefits
England had conferred upon them in their
infant state, They were not moved from
their evident interests by all: these arta ;
nor was it enough to tell them ,that they were
at war ; that they must gekthrough - with it ; and
that the cause of the cliirpule was kat in the conse
quences. The pecple of trig land were then, as
- they are now, culled upon to make Government
neon°. They thought it a great deal better to
make it wise and honest."
If Mr. Everett thinks that, it needs ar
gument, to dmonstrate that in it free coun
try men have at all times the right, and
that it is at all times their sacred duty, to
speak the truth boldly and frankly, he
must. know very well where to find it ; but
it will not be space wasted if We shall have
put some of his !admirers en the. right
track. The people of Pennsylvania are
called upon to Make the Government
strong. If they have not greitlY degene
rated, they will think it "a great deal better
to make it wise and honest."
A Letter troxii Gen. McClellan.
Gen. McClellan has _written the follow
ing letter, called! out by the persistent
use of his name by the radicals in Penn.
Sylvania, and their invention of false
hoods about him to aid their ticket :
ORANGE, N. J., Oct. 12.
on. CIIARLE3 J. Binntr.—
DEAR SIR: My attention has been called
t.B an article in the Philadelphia Press,
asserting that I had written to the man
agers of the Democratic meeting, at Al
lentown, disappro4ing the objects of the
meeting, and that,' if I voted and spoke,
it would be in favor of
_Gov.;Curtin.
am informed that similar as,ortions.tetve
been male throuzhout the 'state
It ban been my earnest endeavor here
tofore to mold p irticipation ; in party
politics, and I had determined' to adhere
to this course ; but it Li obvious that I
Cannot lone maintain silence under such
Misrepresentations; • I therefore
.request
you to deny the. I have written any such
letter or entertained any such views as
those attributed to me in the Philadel
phia Press. I desire to state elemly and
distinctly that - having some few days ago
had a full conversation with Judge Wood
ward, I find that our views agree, and I
regard his election as Governor of Penn
sylvan la called for by the Mteresta of the
nation. I understand Judge Woodward
to be in favor of the prosecution of the
war with all the means at the command
of the loyal States until the military
power of the rebellion- is destroyed. I
understand him to be of the opinion that,
while war is waged with all poisible deci
sion and energy, 'the policy direct 4 ing it
should be iQ consonance with the-Triti
eiples of humanity and civilization, work
ing no injury, to private rightS and pro_
perty not demanded by military neces
sity and recognized by military law among
plyilized- nations; and finally' I under
stand him to agree with me in the opi=
nion that the sole great objects of this
war are the restoration of the. Union'of
the nation, the preservation of the Con
slitutien and the supremacy of the laws
of the country. Believing that our opi
nions entirel7agree upon theie points, I
would, were it iu ray power, give to Judge
Woodward my voice and vote.
I am, very respectfully; yours,
Ceo. B. McbtEmtN.
Opposition to an Administration.
Thei everlasting moaning of the radicals
over the impediments which they pretend
to find in the course of the Derhocracy to
the suppression -of the' rebellion, was
justly stigmatized before they Were born.
Daniel Webster, in December, 1814, 'de
nouncing the manner in which the war
with England was prosecuted,' said :
"When we ask, sir. for the cause of these
'disappointments we are told thist they are
owing to the opposition which the war
encounters in this house and among the
people. All the evils whiCh afflict the
country are imputed to opp'osition. This
is the fashionable doctrine, both here and
elsewhere. It is Said to be owing to op
position that warbecame necessary, and
owing to opposition that it has been pros
ecuted with no better success.
~ . This, sir, is no new strain. It has been
sung a thousand times; it is the constant
• of every weak. or wicked, arintissistration.
What minister ever yet ailinhwledged
that the evils which fell upon' his country
were the necessary consequence of his
own . incapacity, his own fo ll y •or his own
corruption What rof political
power ever yet f • ed to. charge the mis
chief resulting from his own measures
upon those who had uniformly opposed
those measures ? The people of the Uni
ted States may well remember the admin
istration of Lord North. He last America
to his country. Yet he could find pretenses
of throwing the odium upon hieopponents.
He could throw it upon those who had
forwarned him of the consequences from
the 'Gist, and who had opposed him, at
every stage •of his disastrous policy, with
all the force of truth end reason and talent.
It Was not his own Weakness, his own am
bition, his own love of arbitrary power
which disaffected the colonies. It was not
the Tea act, the Stanip act, or the Boston
Port Bill that severed the empire of Greet
Britain. Oh, no! It was owing,to no fault
of administration; it' was the work of
opposition. It was impertinent .bold
ness of Chatham; the idle declamation of
Fox, and ' the unseasonable sarcasm of
Buie! These men, and men like them,
would not join the minister in his Ameri
can war. They would not give the name
and' charapter of wisdom to - that which
they believed to be the extreme of folly &
They ,wohld not pronounce !those mea
sttresjust and honorable which their prin
ciples led them to detest. They declared
the minister's war to be wanton. They
foresaw its end, and pointed it but plainly,
both to the minister and the country.
He pronounced the opposition to be sel
fish an• factious; he persisted in his
• - and the result is in history."
per Warrewis sported to_ .have pas 860
'Vraihrt29oo for.Curtii6. , .
Vice President Elamite.
Until the recent canvass in 'Maine, we
do:not remember to have seen the nine
of the Vice• President mentioned, elesept
at. the time he left his seat as presiding
officer of , the •Senate to greet Witist.
Pamirs. The other night, honorer, 'he
made a speech in New York, in the coarse
of which he said—
"We have a class of men aniongs to
Maine who very much want the ConetitOon
as it is and the Union at it was. • Have Lyon
got:theta here? [Voices; 'Yell I am Very
sorry indeed that they cannot Acme it. Iris
mere demagegueion, mere clap-trap; it is ;non
sense—it is not very good nonsenee.• Why
the Union as it was? If there are men in
this goodly city of New York who have
any tears over such results; I am inclined
to the opinion that they are crocodile
tears. If you have got those here who
have tears to abed over the Union as it
was. I think that would form a very good
sketch far a picture." •
As Mr. Haulms is sworn to support the
COnstitution as it is," those old-fashioned
people who have scruples against perjury
mua be highly' pleased to learn "id is
nonsense" to expect that their rulers !trill
obey it..
Abolitionists Calling the President Dis
loyal.
• At a meeting of the "Republican it- '
• i l l
Lets," held it] New York, to give cud and
;
comfort to the Missouri radicals, re tolu
tiong were adopted denouncing Presi enl
Lincoln for "endorsing and Mutaining Midis
/oyd and oppressive course of Gov., Gamble,
Gen. Schofield, L - c." The same policy was
stigmatized as "disloyal and taackdffying,"iand
its "endorsement by President Lincoln"lw_as
deplored, scolded over and condemned.--
Yet these men who adopted these resolu
tions are "unconditional loyalists !"
From these proceedings we may consid
er this principle settled t That the I Ad
ministrption may' be condemned when it
tails to carry out ultra-measures of fana
ticism, but when it violates its cons , n
tional obligations, the least criticism upon
it is treason. Outside barbarian Demo
.cratd will plea4e take a note. and set in
obedience to the new doctrini, of ••un i ronr
ditional loyalty." 11 '
TOE TOTAL number Of UMW, - prininers
now in Richmond is given in the tollotOng
article, from the Richmond Enquir,i of
Wednesday last, which also fixes the tim
ber captured by Rragg ai Chattanoogi : •
Tue. palsos.s AND TtIFIR INDADITANT .
From Ihl Rlchmochl lioquDer,bet ,7.
"The Libby record on yesterday display
ed a force of 8,55 G Federal prisoners; in•
eluding B',Z general, regimental 'and other
comissionecl officers . Of this number
4,85 were received from
.Chickamaitga,
whi b, including 1,500 siekAvounded and
in
played out, paroled on the.tiOld, wake the
total number of captures on twit frictions
field,as far US ascertained, ;459, including
298 officers., Besides the combatant offi
cers in the prison, :are 29 surgeons and 9
Chaplains. In Castle Thunder there I lire
900 prisoners, of whom 50 are Confederate
deserters and straggler.,, 90 negroesbud
the rest Yankee Unionists, spies, traitors
and other prisoners of the same stripe."
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—At no time eitiee the beginning fie
war has there beet' a fiercerdetermination
displayed in the rebel counsels to make_no
terms with the North thin "novv,,=City
Paper• , •
This remark is called out by the .4corn
ful rejection in the Virginia Legislatetre;
of resolutiOns relating to peacesentitnents
at the North. 1.1 u; whit else coil•/ iex
pected ? Under the policy upheld Fn• 'the
Administration. , the n•he!y thir: they
have no alternativt; but reit q , ince to , the
last extremity of , hit &I I,j Lig ,lion.'
I •
PRoGRE4.Op: IAIRNTIA 4 ITV—We extract
the lollowing font the sport of the pro
ceedings of a relligtcku- body now in sestlion
at Springtiel 1. llt . 'published in the Chi
cago Tribune :
"In the Illinois Methodist . Canfeninco
to-day, the case et Rev. W. Blundell,
charged with being a Copperhead antilop
posed'to the country. was taken up, and a
committee appointed to prefer cha ges
against him."
kW The latest news from Virginia' is
that our force .0 'under lietide have fallen
'back to the lAeighborlioal of Washington,
closely purnueil , by Lee. Several sciiall
fights have taken place in which our den
erals claim to have, been vietoriomt. ;We
are in hourly. expectation of a great battle
between the main armies.
,
nacos Fxstuto s Soura.—Our well kno l wo
correspondent in Diansaide's army has written
as a lengthy account of the occupation; of
Knoxville, &c,, but the letter having, throngh
some canie,heen detained for a couple of weeks,
most of the incidents to which he refers have
been familiar to the Northera public for slime
time. The preialence of to large a Union
feeling in that section as he describes is not
so generally known, however, and we there
fore copy the portion of his letter relating to
that subject : ", "
..We did nut. anticipate meeting so,larg l b
a
Union sentiment as prevailed here on the ar
rival of our floes. When we, entered the
city the streets and house-blips were crowded
with people, who had assembled to greetthe
Union forces, give vent to their loyalty and
weloome. the indefatigable soldiers of the
Union. Old men and young men, old women
and very pretty young women,--all had as
sembled to greet our soldiers and welcome the
brave old flag which had been a stranger; to
them for over two years, Ido not think I
exaggerate a particle, when I say that three
fourths el the citizens of East Tennessee are
as loyal filen as ever assembled at an election
poll. They do not, of course, cherish thOse
hotheaded, nigger-molesting; abolition matt
ments which too many of our citizeturat bolas
cherish, but they cling to those intl. old /n
-omad° sentimsnts—the Union, the Costal it.
tion and the enforcement of the Lawi. '' None
but themselves know the extant of the wrongs
which have been, inflicted' upon them whlii
under the ansplets of rebel tyranny ; every
thing near and dear to them has been either
disturbed or-destroyed. Fathers, brothers and
sons have been driven from their homes and
compelled to join the rebel army; their once
comfortable homes - have been burnt to the
ml e
ground ; wives and children have been e
homeless, and their property confiscated."
•We have frequently asserted the existent
of a large Union Sentiment in the South, and
here we furnish the testimony of a reliable
eye-witness to confirm our views. It has ill
ways appeared to ns,--and this is the dot:trine
of the Democratic party, and the mAin differ
ence between It and the Oppoeition-"-that th e
policy of the Government should be so sitapi
as to strengthen the Union man of the tweed 1
States; instead of disocturaging them'. a'd
driving them away altogether teem their nib
giauce. The coarse of the Athnbilatraticin
we believe to be one of exasperation raltir
than of conciliation, and calculated far mane
to uniti th Southern people in resistance to
the Government, than to win them back ' into
the Union. The North may not yet be read
to accept of Democratic doctrines, but we kris
fall confidsnee that the end will vindlcete Q 4
as having been the only trne path to Pe ,
happiness and National pmeirvation. . 1
a ir Capt. Lyagib, of this city, haa lona
protected to the hhijorebip of the Mak
illoreabont the Republican 'Plank Move:'
most" in the Ansy pf the Potomac.
[From the Philadelphia 40.3
We have been permitted tor:Mice the follow- I
hag eitract from a lotto written by a ',Oldies
who las been lithe Minjr ever Mace the com
mencenieit of this wit. and par ticipated i with
gallantry end credit every battle in which
the Army of the Potpie was :engaged: Ile
is amember of one hi the mobst respeotable
families of this city, Ind addressed the letter
to a lady relative:
131101113111121 BAZILILCP, Washieeton, D. C., 1
t • \ • - t October 1, 1803.
Deis Avir. * * To day
there !was something happened in the camp
such a I never hatted , !tell of, TJtere is to be a
squad':of men from n#r battalion who are to
leave camp to-morroi , morning for Philadel
•
phia, 'for the purpose \
of voting the Repnb-.
lean ticket: gat 1 irilistell you of a dirty
and mead trick upois our "men, by our corn•
mender, 'especially itpon till\ the Democratic
men. Our officers proceeded thiNtugh the bar
racks:ordered the men into line then asked
the 'min whether they were lezid >t,oters ; if
they eSid yes, they were Shen asked how they
stood end what party they were for ; ii< they
said 'ittemocrat," they were teld ".we deal
want 7),au--we want nothiuz but.
or Curtin. men." They , afterward formed_
a equt4l of " nigger-kends': in i.be battalion,
only filnr out of out company and one cor
poral-finot allowing one Democrat to go. This
is what I call a couiplete swindle, showing
that a imin that was a Democrat Was not good
enough!, to go nor to Tote. It critates...a great
disturlience around camp; and ;I would net
be a at. surprised if it would retie., something
•
worse. Any.man thit would promise to vote
for Ctirtin would .be i , picked Out. to go, but
thank !fled, they did not make' out as well as
they ti,apected, because the majority of our
men are Democrats td the backbone ; but they
are.alOevilish mad that the Ibir-lived flair
ger-heads" are considered better than they,
and cell' have the privilege of going to their
homeviand voting while we 'have to stay
here. I—, who ie a good Democrat, feels
very 19ich offended Ito find that others can
go at 4 he have to stay behind. He is pre
parinethe particulars' of this work, and they
will 14published in the -which I hope
yOu will send me. Get it and read it. Our
commanding officer'4_, clerk, Rho has always
been tillepublican,Yetele disgusted with these
proceedings. lle gitive up. his position and
then stint into the ranks, declaring that' he
would pot go now iflhey would give him the
chonee r He says he, will never vote the Re
publican ticket again.; be 'II now & Democrat,
and will always be one. He is, also writing a
nice history of the whole affair; which ° will be
published. in one of the DeMoCratic papers.
Affectionately, t• •
tall
Pattrivot Alauct.;;--.-On Saturday last, when
a party of horseman ;from McKean were corn
daginto tie city to take put in the "grand
cavalcade" in honor f Gen: Sigel, they spied
at, the house of Henri/ Akerman, in Bill!creek,
One of the banners! used in the late Dem
ocratic procession, with the words "Wood -
ward I Lowrie" • uptin it. Severg of them
dismkunted, and tearing dawn the distasteful
banner, they disfigured it somewhat and.then
went on their way - rejoicing. The people at
tke house immediatelY raised it again. On
the return of the saute party they were des
perately enraged to end the blaster in its old
place, and several of "; diem undertook to des
troy it. A plucky German girl living with
the family, met theta at the gate, however,
and, picking up a stone, said she would
smash the head of the first mad who entered.
The cowardly ruffians hesitated for some
time, ' and finally left, muttering mingled
curses against Dutch women in particular
and Copperheads is g,eneral. . •
An outrage of almost a similar, nature oc
curred in
. an_o_ther part - of Mil'creek, but we
have notjearned the full particulars.
On theZnight previous to election, a Dem
ocratic pole in front) of Ernst fitrech's gro
cery, in Jerusalem, Was sawed down. , The
Democrats in• the vicinity, 'oil 'discovering
the malicious act, immediately got together
and raised' the pole',again, where they vow
that it shall remain until after :the next Pre
sidential election. 1
It would be hard to believe that any persons
could possess such an intensely bitter psi-
Linn feeling as is displayed in these acts,
were it not that the pioof is too strong to be
doubted. And yet ttie men who are guilty
of this kind of conduct have the assiftance.to
deplore the wint of I.a unity of Sentiment
among the Northern piople ! During the late
canvass hardly a Democratic Meeting was
held in this or the adjoining counties, which
was not more or less d isturbed
_ by persons of
opposite politics, whil e none of their's, to our
knowledge at least, were interfered with by
Democrats.
Artputus Ward on Ghosts.
The. showman is delivering a lecture on
Ghosts in the princi pal Eastern cities, prepa
ratory to his startioe ; for the West.. His ad
vertisement in the New!York papeis is unique.
He is , " permitted to infer" to a number of
persons, among whom are James Buchanan,
Wendell Phillips, Efilr. l l Cur' of Russia, syi.
'nuns Cobb, Jr., the Hedouin Arabs, "Young
Albert. Wales and wilb," &c. The following
certificates also appear :
AILTritrIS WARD :--
DEAR Sin-I have skiver heard say of your
lectures, but fronywhat I can learn I should
say that for people who', like the kind of lec
tures you deliver, •theY ere just' the kind of
lectures such people like. Yours, respectably,
0. ABE.
ARTEYIII WARD
Rieencran thi--Sty i wife was eillicted with
the pipeywipsy in her : headfor nearly eight
years. Tbu doctors all, pve her up: But.in
a fortunatk moment she *rent to one of your
lectures, and commenced recovering very ra
pidly., She is now in peribct health. We
like your lectnies very mush. Please send
me a box of them. They are purely vege
table), Send .me another five dollar bill and
I'll write you another certificate twice as long
as this. Vous, Ac., AMOS PILKINS.
- And 1,000 others. • •
We:hope that ' , Argenta," may be induced
to visit Erie once .more l , before he starts on
his proposed journey tal i the "land of Gold."
We want to have another Shake of his honest
hand,: and. crack our ',tidbit withliaten.ing to
his real hamor. What say you, old typo?
Can't you "give us thi blooming light of your
countenance" in Erie lieln 9
Octoper.
God's finger touch bon the hiller • -
The heavens beneath it gleam and glow,
Till the strange spLinitor;overfilliv,
Their . trembliiii life, afid lays them low.
-
&nil!? t soul,, by fire 41Tine •
Eniindle 6 4 lie"
A littlewidte'litdbili uriebbei,- s
• *in. -11 Pealrith . 010i Pan
I
Eitiouires.—Theee I int, need or &metopes
will do well - to Sall utoe Mr. IL W. Merrill,
Rho bah been appointed agent, for the cele
brated' firm of E. R. Jewett I S; Co., Buffalo.
Me stook Is one of the best ever offered in
this stakes,. and consists of 'limit every
variety in use. He Was only by the ben.
1• ' '
ELICTIOS DAY.—..The election,
on Tuesday, contrary to all expertatinna. wns-1
the most orderly we have seen for many
years. Both 'parties appeared to vie with one
another iu endeavoring to avoid any difficul
ties, or disorderly conduer. :t4 a gen eral
thing, the voting was done good oftturefily
and quietly: A spedial police fore.. Wai on
duty for the day. but we at's glad to record
that no necessity for their acrvicee occurred.
They consisted of Democrats and Republi
cans, in equal numberA. rhe Mayor, by au
thority of City Councils, ordered the cluing
Of all places where liquor war sold, tram ti
o'clock of Tuesday, to the saute hour of the
nest day, and, his proclanuition appeos to
have been strictly obeyed. a con.equeuce,
Orin was no drunleunebi, arid the day will
live long In the memories of our eitiien2 as
the quietest of its character - we hive pro
bably ever had here. We--•liwo it to M.Cycr
Metcalf, political opponent though he is. to
say that to his energj und rliicie urn ere the
community largely indebted tor
tying results.
!The proteges Uuard, or a portion f it,
irks seat over frinn Waterford, early in the
•
morning, "by order of the Government," it
1.11 said, to preserve the peace-. Their set- .
vices were. happily, not required, and they
'remained daring the day at theit bead-gnat -
ters'in Wayne Hall. It is creditable to them
that\they made no attempt to overawe . the
voteri \ in any manner whatever, and their
conduct was such as to win the hearty appro
val of our"
Ticizens.
Another
,
!Stunner" for t the Gazette. _
\littera EAST, Oct. 7, 1843.
Editor of the Eqe Gazette: I am an old rub•
scriber to your pap r, who dropped oil when
you deserted the old Whig principles of Clay
and Webster, and am to take it again
when'you return to the teli you preached in
those days. As such; allow ste to ask you a
few questions. - You say riaw, that the
ministration is the Government—that to de
nounce the former is treason to th latter. I
was led, in timei past, by reading rektir paper,
to believe that President 'Jackson,\much
praised, now by you, Was a bad man, nil in
I connection with all my fellow Whigs, Pcon;
fess, to my regret now, that I was much \krt
the habit of abusing him. Pray wore all wo,,
anti Jacksoti men traitors • 1 denounced
Martin Van Buren't AdministrAtion. Was I
a traitor! I deimuneed Polk's-Administra
tion. Mit was when we were engaged in
war, and you will remember that neither ()f
-ug thought much of the war. Were we trait
ors then? Coming down later, you were op
posed to the Administrations—bag pardon,
the Governments—of Presidents Pierce and
Buchanan, and I joined with you in cOn•
derailing them. Were we traitors '• Please.
lei :me know, Mr. Editor, whether. I have
been a traitor two-thirds of my life, fur if so,
I wis led into it by the Gazette, and went to
set about repenting immediately Do, and
oblige, Yours respectfully,
Comczar.—Our readers will find, in another
column, the advertisement of Varian s Hoff
man's ,Concert Troupe, which will give one
entertainment in this city on Tuesday evening
of next week. We are unable to speak of
their merits from our own knowledge ? but
find that .they have received warm praise from
the press in many quarters. , One of our most
reliable and author:pave cotemporarieq —the
Ibiston Port —says :
* * * The reports or her friends end
admirers had raised our expectations respect
ing MadaMe Varian to a high pitch, and they
were not disappointed. Her appearance alone
is greatly in her favor; her graceful carriage,
beautiful features and most winning smile at
once conciliating the audience; while her vuice
is sweet, flexible and of great compass. * *
* While we were greatly pleased with two of
the Italian selections=vspecially that from
Somnanibuli,:we ware delighted with the pow
er and expression with which this talented
lady rendered the Scottish melody on her first
encore and even more so with the . .laughing
song" from Auber's ••)anon Lescaut" which
we last heard sung by Jenny Lind. While the
Swedish Nightingale was probably superior
is the power of her performance, we decidedly
prefer Maclaine Varian as to manner. It was
living, laughing music. 3. * _
rtOCß.tir Scirnti9.! American
Gas from Pettoleum and Hard Wood.
Mosses. Ennuis :—lt is generally supposed/
that the gas, oils, and . residum, or tar, dis 7
tilled from petroleum 'are not adapted to gaS
making. To correct this impression I send
you the following statement : The Aubin Ose
Works are now arranged to make gasfrifm the
above tar and hard wool.► From 40 gallons of
the one and 1,800 lbs. of the other, they make
(in ordinary operations as now used by many
village gas companies,) 12,000 feet o£ rich gas.-
Mich of this great. yield, of course, 'comes
from the wood; but as the charcoal is worth
what the wood costs, the entire yield is justly
claimed for the tar. When I add that' so ex
haustive a proceu prevents clogging of either
pipes or retorts, it is evident that whatever
may be the•objections to the use of petroleum
and its distillates in coal and rosin gas-works,
they apply to the works and not to the oils ;
which when treated according to their condi
tions, are the richest and 'cheapest gas-making
materials known. H. Q; HAWLEY.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1863. '
Faiaros:r ifAsnos..--Sam. Butler, Esq , an
old resident of Fairport, Ohio, is in Buffalo
for the purpose of raising, among the mer
chants and vessel owners of .that city, one
thousand dollars towards digging out and pro
tecting the' harbor of Fairport, to make it
navigable as in years past. Grand River, for
many years, and at early day, was one of the
few harbors upon Like Erie. It was the re.
sort of steameis and propellers for wood; and
quite& trade in butter, cheese, apples, lumber
and grain, was carried on for many years.—
The filling up of the mouth of the liarhor•by
sand hu stopped all this. Mr. Butler has
raised $2,059 towards it. He needs $l,OOO
more. The GoverIIIIIIIIII , has undertaken to do
the work, conditionlupon raising $3,000 by
private means, and furnish the balance of
the needed money to put the harbor in condi
tion again for vessels to enter it safely.--
Cleveland Plaindealer.
A Card.
The;Committee of the. Yotmg Men'e Chris
tian Association of this City, would beg leave
to express their sincere gratitude for the
very morons patronage received by them on
the occasion of the Concert and Festival at
Farrar Ball, on last Friday evening. To the
ladles and gentlemen whe so kindly vOlun . -'
teered their personal services,- and upon
whom the entire management of the enter
tainment so successfully depended, we would
return our,haarty thanks.
By order Of the doom" itte,e,
• -
Am.H. CACCIIIST,
Erie, Oct. 13, 1863. - Pres
DS. A correspondent of the Clereland
neindoger asp that while the steamer Mich
igan lay at Detroit, she was moored in the
middle of the river,“with her grim and spotted
thiNgreint batting fall upon the bed-room"
of Mr. Ifellandigham, situated in the town In
Canada opposite the former city.
in tilim city
money rerei.,l in this Congroi,L,
lur .•...ri enu ut the drrifte:l
ttay- fitaleS. 'O4 OE 4
rty, undoubtedly. that all d rafte,
have rid commutation money in thi
tuakitigilio sum of $275,100.
Lim an interesting article from th e .
Prot'. 11s,, June,„ of Oita city, u p r ,,
lietti MOW/3 lu Arilhinetie "
l i ot er the Republican' fired EL
litre, rufg din i!ourt If ou4e nell,
a l i
bon-firk on IVednelday evening,
ttreu't of their reported victoh i
Simi. . that,.
Na.,'Nlr..foltu I. Lteehe Imi
stock new gem's, to which he e ; , i
tentioquf the public. It embraces
usual( Yo 1 d in a dry good, store. att.
di41,0- I of at reduced prices.
4 4 1:" The following tune been. eh./
0 ern n the Ladies' Aid Society I .
fru 7 :t
inn ye :, President, Mrs. f;rore 11.
Vice-Ldpsident, Mks Kate Nlason;
Mrs. Ittsid S. Clark; ; Secretary, Mu!
Sperict.
ttaiSpookq says that paper (the
would ot run tip Its colors for the !
less b eyed in politics .Very lit!
Otch.:
partyi .
4
gi l t ; The festival for the fieneit
Y. :lil' i t'. Association, in FarntrEiell,
Frida!eveniug, was - well attended, •
generl satisfaction. The society
snug ti f tn over expenses. We know
comnisatty in the United States that
liber:, towards benevolent enterpri
the fipple of Erie.
Voix Music.—Mrs. Wassemer it,
woe a second term of her Music'
i3chletiecker's Hall, corner of State
'street, his Saturday P. M.,
threeia'clock. This school is very
and "LI deserves 4e reputation
quirt. Mrs. W. is an experic
peten teacher. Terms Sl.
SA 'AC C WEN T.—On Thursday
,worn; named Skields, was light
th eroiene oil,on hoard the:
Curt about four miles from this Cl
the en exploded, burning her in
ronnwr\She was thrown into the
extintaish.lhe fire. Her breast, face,
.sml is were awfully burnt, but it ;
she ley recover.
Prit faclr ok\-- . We recommend
our itrons who wish to procure plate
to ea' on John W. Slinnon, in the
bloc' E 1 has on haute slot cif Eye
of hi own distillation, stkich he •
to bourpassed by any brand it
Thol who aro acquainted le
knot that when he recommet
exady what he claims for it.
g Mr. Coffey, of No.
Ma4et,.New York; is now prepared
-cou ry dealers with any quantity of ,
con Oysters, and at such price! u
male it an object, to purchase of 1111
onl, this, buyers may always rely ulta 1
ingtheir orders promptly filled, se&
Oy e
i i,..
rs fresh anti sweet. Give Mr. C. i
an our word for it, you will be suited
hi Card in another column.—Tinca
I?, er. \
The (la:, tt, has ii confused For.
or le in iL lost iFqUe, charging the
me'ing in Philadelphia, Ex-Goy. Bier
th qaertioti that —the North was res.
fo tit
he war." We know that such
M Bigler's sentiments, and de net L
Meyer made use- of the remark tyribat
h
it
. Ile thinks with us, - that, while
8 th commenced the war by firing
F t. Sumter, the responsibility for our
Oho' troubles lies with, the restless •
belt sections, who forced-'dangerous
ups the country, and refused to coral
wn such a coarse would have saved
liein. . In short, he agrees with'
A.Tiouglas, that F , Abolition and
art twin iillie : Fi, cLildren of the same
bob must be put down, before we
peee and Union again."
AS OLD LME WSIO
FARRAR 'HALL
Tuesday Even'g, 00.20, 0
Grand Operatic & Ballad We
BY TILE DISTINGUISH= MOTS
NADINE CILIBLOTTB rltt
• The Great Concert Prints Dorms, and
EDWARD KOPPMA I
The Eminent Planiat and Composer.
Under the management of Wm. B. Tedireos, d
York.
ADD/181410N SU C Reserved 1300 ,1::
out extra charge. lickets can beitumi at Naafi
-
Store and Ensign's Book store. ;
113 r • Diagram of the Sall may •se m, 104 P it ! '
io
cued. alter 10 o'clock. SA Storting, at Ellgt d
Particulars io Programa:lc Boon open at 7 .
to etgaltaenco at B o'clock.
• . Stray Mare.
CAME a the premises of the od e ;
signed, in Washington_tp . C o, ra l l :Ynt
Ist of August, MM. a BAY MARE, sappom/ to "" be
12 Tears old , hatriog ou marks moo i ii ib bonee 3 „ .
hind feet The owner is requested to row
prove property, p ty charge* and take her sellT.
w Lee elm rrlll b 3 dispowd of amordlag fp /Or' j o,
Weattington tp , Dm. s,'6 3t•
,tlco.
WE ARE OFFERINU.
A largo assortment or Rubber 00041. Cady
Brushes, Dolls, Doll Hands, Dames and Aniasstots•
Chlargy Parses, Porte lionsubles.
BE=2/10.—
,
Brief Paragraphs,
61. Tio' tata . l • ittrwint or
siarThe t Perinsylvalp.: Seh;ol
Thepi;tpdte/t eurly would not ilk
.ruu our ••colors" fof the leadet
BIABRIED.
Art residence of Solomon Weigle,
the t by Rey. J. W. Semler, Kiss
sti. aract. L. WooDuir, of Nein= t
-&-gag's Nvedi
EIWELOPES! ENVEI
At lianolitettireir Prim,
.BY THE BOX
• • ' at the Dry Goods Store of
, V. W. NEM'
ocurt-3w! • •
$76 Reward
on the Bth inst., at
Eri•eounty, • POCKET BOOK, k
S7O in motor ana a number of nimbi*
which wen the following : An oblinstk
Tom; for $l5; one airainst C. Blysto
:for for 8101; one against Wflhlaai'
Sid; end onv Resins; Win. Nash for
Holm other pipers ,•1 mesh value.
pocket book .ad private papers to tht
ender will bspersoitted to retain the
°stir:S.l4o
Fall and Winter goods
D R Y , GOODS!
FANCY DRESS COO
SHAWLS,
Cloths and Caasime
Overcastings and MAIM%
FLAN - NUS AN D LCIDSEYS
AND A LARGy. STOCK OF
Brown an d Bleached
MEETINGS AND SHIRTO
*ST RECEIVED, BT
- JOHN O. SEW
Oct. 17, rlBll3-3m.
S.