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The Bev_lTerk World.
Those who are accustomed to compare,
the several New York dailies as news -pa
pars, says the Buffalo - Cbuvisr, cannot fail•
to have observed thet the World is eon;
shindy publishing later and fuller news
than any of its contemporaries, The Her
di, which is living upon its reputation for
♦arises and fresh intelltenes, can no lon
ger claim its former preeminence, and
w e learn that it is rapidly going out of
eculation in the interior of the State.
lemmata are_ no longer compelled to
.my it, as they have a better newspaper
and infinitely better editorials in the
World.
;Are Paper Next Week.
We have for some time been intend hag
to make a number of: important changes
in our office, which our large and rapidly
extending business renders necessary. Wit
find it impossible, however, to complete
them and cOntinue the' regular' issue of
the Observer, and have accordingly conclu
ded to avail ourselves of the usual privi
lege among weekly journals, by suspend
ing the publication of one number of
the paper , during the - holidays. It is.
with reluctance twat we i do so, for we are
well . rovaie of the eagerness of our patrons
-to receive the Observer, but we are obliged
I, either to .follow this course, or, continue
talabor under. a series of inconveniences
which' considerably affect the interests of
the office. , Under the circumstances, we
do not question that our friends Will read
ilyexcuse our not printing a paper next
week.
linputsat Suggestion to Denoeroti.
Zorros ERIE OBSERVER : With tu
the last thirty-years the world li,ts seen in
this country a small and inmi 3 Oilicant fac
that of enthusiasts bocome a large and
powerful political party, controlling the
policy of the Northern States and success':
fully revolutionizing their government,
while with a despotic power at its com
mand, and a barbarous determination
that :f nO•restraint, it is propogat
ins Its religion and its politics in thatlec-
Una where it was unable to obtain peace
able ft•othold. -
Flow 7 as ouilile for the Abolition or
Block Repo .' • ?trt p - rty to accomplish so
much ? It yvss '..one by superior num.
burs, for even vow, in thi. height of its
...power, it does rht- tramber more than,
Conit4l:?;f:'. of the `9} ole people. Not by
superior intslligee a hr their opponents
tan count in their
, ranka await whose
_statesinstiship and s'Ality, me acknowl
edged rot only by their countrymen but
by the world: Neither can it be said that
the success of this party arises from the
power of truth, for, in - tha first place, the
main idea of its political philosophy is
unnatural and revolting to the white race,
Wl9O themanner in which they prosecute
•- thew crusade is abhorrent to the benevo
/Isaac 'the Christianity and civilization of
the weld; and, second, if it were indeed
t 'the truth of their doctrine, its opponents
and mankind would recognize, 'Submit to,
acquiesce .and rejoice' in its triumph;
whereas, we still see the same proportion
of the 'people, both at home and abroad,
decidedly and bitterly..ag,ainst it.
It seems to me that the success of the
Abolition party can be accounted for in
only two ways, nob considering, of course,
the vast amount of deception practiced
by is leaders upon the people--
First, These men had an idea, e princi
ple, a faith that engrossed their minds, to
propagate which they were willing to en
dirt hardships and make sacrifices of
time and money. They believed in negro
equality and centralization, and they went
to work with energy and determination
to make their theory practical.
Beyond, They have systematically used
the press, the pulpit and the lecture stand
for the propagation of their,polatics. They
have snisAe et themselves a class,and have
their literature and religion.. They consi
der it treason to their cause
. to aid in the
circulation of Democratic papers and pal
*limb, or to swell the audience that.lia
- tens to a Democratic speaker. Who has,
seen a notice of a Democratic publication
in their Papers, unaccompanied with the
charge of its being "pro-slavery" or "Cop
perheld t" On the contrary, the oppo
nents of this fanaticism are more liberal
in their ideas. If an association attempt'
- to have s course of lectures, Democrats
attend as regularly as their opponents,
MCI though they bear themselves abused
. by the hour. They pay money to Aboli
tion preachers, who will stand before
them sp d hurl down imprecations' upon
then. 0 . For the Rake of ' increasing the
business of a place by an additional news-
paper, they give their patronage to
the vilest pi. Abolition sheets;-frequently
to the exclusion of their own. They will
reed the Allanlie ..ifonthfy,than which there
is not a more treasonable and revolution
• ary publication within the limits of either
the Northern or Southern States, and
allow the conservative American Monthly to
Osseo under difficulties and perhaps
perish for want of support.
Now., this, kind of generosity to an ad
'
ternary is commendable, so?..liong as it is
appreciated by him. _But when he con•
tinues his kicks and abuse, it becomes
cowardice.
Therefore, let Democrats bestir them
selves, and: show that they can organize
and support literary enterprises by their
own unaidfxt strength. Let Democrats
patronize pePisdicspi, nekwapapers *la leo
tures that it will -be a pi..mare ann 401 a,
pain to read and hear. and acme .o give
the is of their presence and the
bale t ( of t. eis money to those who use
thai(on4 - .:sap more abase and -mis
represent& 545-us those whose liberali
ty they ev-. • • qivr.
It is the Wen . t.f -- Ilorsoe Greeley that
twenty eilia cgoate declared he would
educate t genust*.i of Abolitionists, and
he hss -$0004 4 1 4 d o.yond his hopes.. If
be,worbing is the cause of evil, can be
thsseugrose4 why mt. not the DIIOOO-
'My rcepaaratai - their eantry by similar
seem t flirs-Dargeos.
When year Mad diee, 'on•Ault no loner
4 -tlAms• to hie ski I . ' it I* trposaable
a• 0 1 1104, - ' Waal be sailed WV's.,
par
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"The Demottratiti partY,diltr. Seward
;Mist Auburn, "throughout „the United
States has virtually held dardwor.eov
ernment for half a centiarj." With'what
effect on the nation? " Was it.peliper*
Did the people enjoy domestic tram;
. quility ? Might not the Afnitatt -States,
under the leiderahivol the ilostrions
I men w ho were the ornaments and expo ,
nents of this party, ask in the - ‘se of all
the Statei and of all men : •'Whose ox
have I tairen, - Or whom hive I defrauded?
Whom,have I oppressed, or ofwhese hand
have I received a bribe to blind mine eyes
therewith?" Supposethethirty-fOurStates,
one by one, in 1880; had, been brought
into court to make' - charges against. the
Dentocratio party for injuries done to'
them, what could they say ?
Suppose New York should epeak, and,
recalling her life front the days of her il
lustrious George Clinton, a Democrat, to
Wra. L. Manly, another Dean:mat, whit
charge would she, oe a calm review of
things, while the Democratic party had
rule, bring against it ? Did the United
States, thus hided on;stay her progress
onward npward ? Let her make an
swer in the words 4i its jesuitical,
scrupulous, as calumnious an enemy of
this party as the nation contains, William
Seward, and what does he sail Let
the words just uttered at Auburn attest :
"Fifty leers ago I first saw and ascended
the dltidson river. For forty-six years' it
wits a constant study through the agency
of diet river, and artificial extensions of
it to the lakes and the Mississippi, to for
tify the Union and develope the greatness
and prosperity W the American people: 7 -
Every succeeding year revealed new, ea
•larged and gratifying succeits of thai
policy, until,the year 1860.. Then, on my
way to the National Capital, 1 descended
the Erie Canal and the Ilutliton river: I
surveyed the cities that had grown tip on
their banks with wonder, and the vast
commt4ce that floated on their waters,
with . admiration." "Phis is the reply of
New York teeny such calumnious allega-
tion as that. tile Democratic party dealt
unjustly by her ; that the 'United Stated,
under its guidance, marred her pros
perity. There was ne word but "admire
tion'.!litted-to eheracterize the wonderful
development of the arts of peace in New
York, under the beneficent administra
4iori . of &Liu by the Dembartitic party 1 ;
which was simply principle applied to' the
Circumstances and wants of the country.
,And in 1860, when Mr. Seward, who, up
to that time, had maligned the Democ•
racy Ip4.erms which knew no boundii, de
scended the Rndson„whit state,. non
slaveholdiog 'riavenolding, could say
serhing by:, the Imoilth of her sons, be:
cause of injury done to it, against the
Pernocratfo party, or againit the United
States? Could the words justly be other
wise than similar
r words,Mr. Seward uses,
pi wonder, admiration and praise at the
progrtss of each, as all, co-equals in rights,
mooing forward in the race of solid pros
perity and glory? and as the achievements
of each„in the special line of natural
re
sources, became the pride of all 'WAs
not each State in- ; affairs peculiar 'to it,
well lel aloxe,by the United States"? When
did the central power of the nation.proi
some to interfere with the Mayor and Al
dermen of any city, or the Selectmen rof
any for fn s in theif local affairs Were not
the inciiiidatE-energy, and "ertivity,
enterprise,•and public: spirit the rich and
uuextumatible fountains of the greatness
and glory of the country ? And is it not
the Democracy of the illustrious Repub
lican fathers, thus to leave each individ
ual, end town, city, 4o9city and State, to
let freely in the orbit of local, law sol
emnly recognised and guaranteed in' the
Supreme Law of "the land, the Federal
Constitution ?..to leave to each the noble
work of educating its various deseriptions
of people; up to &seas for self-govern
ment? Was it net this non-internsoddling .
policy that gave the nation the sweets of
peace and the pride of power ?
When such is the record, what is the
explanation of' the present condition of
this national party when New Jet* is
left as the only Democratic State? We
know no' other solution :than this, that
the misrepresentations of its enemies have
Irroved too much for truth is the hands
ofits_frienda Mr. Seward has uttered one
at Auburn.. He said : -
"The.Democrstio party throughout the
United States, which has virtually held
the salmi of Government for half a dia
fury, has been overthrown by a constitu
tional majority in the election. In the
name and in behalf of that party, its dis
appointed chiefs have refused submission
pad resorted to civil war."
- What rank injustice! What foul false.
hood ! pfhere is it in the record that the
Secessionists acted `,14 tl. same and in be
half" or the Democratic party ? Every
candid 'and intelligent observer, ~every
party man, in whom. partizanship has not
`put wholly out the light of truth, 'knows
that this is monstrous calumny,. The civil
Asmileaders acted as secessionists; and they
did not add the guilt - of shameful lying to
bold murder of -our country. We press
hotne the question - 'to the Secretary of
State—when and where, sod how did
they act ^in the name and in behalf „ of - the
Democratic Party 1; Is this the way Jeff.
Davis and Wm. C. Rives, Whig—William
L. Yancy and William C. Graham, Whig
—and hundreds and thousands of the po
litical partyiWilluun H. Seward belonged,
to—and Democrats---went into rebellion?
Let • facts •answer ! How absurd f They
left the Democretie and Whig parties land
made a new party. TULL statement
Seward is a piece ofebutder - Whiia 'candid
and truth•loving people,tannot but stamp
as wretched partizan perversion Unworthy
any time, and at this awful hour delete
rious to the great cause of ' the country.
But let the great- Democratic part . ) ,
calmly bide its time and trust to a return
ing sense of justioe in the people. It is
now required -to lift; even above official
slander; the pararaciunt duty it owes to
the flag, ttnct, labor on hi the confidence,
that as nothing but comprehensive
principles and patriotism carried • the
country up,to its pitch 'of greatness, so
the popuint judgment must be, that the :
same pnne)plee and patriotism are tweak
sary to-lift the land from the , horrors of,
this terrible *sir to the haven of peace;
with the Union and the Constitution ert
tiret.—.Bastnt Pad.
Why ahead& more marriages take Owe is
We ass la spumes ? Inoue is *Moe
balk stassaielfire osemistsix" - •
The Ilimeminitie Piety awl the Ceastey. --;
1 , WAR OE:I4R
EMU&IOW) Age's salareazi.j
, Ifetinnneii, Dee 1.4, INC
- 2be izpeihioii which . left Gm& Grist's
camp in Ttteidej of lie: ireek, SW go or Wel •
don, Wooed. •
eircentander,fonad when fielapproashed Dais:
ford, hrenty•two miles smith of Weldon, that
the Confederates were strongly intrenoted en
the southern bank of liehervin river He
tried to drive them off, but failed: He these
diserperod Wit GssaraLLie was sending
large bodies of troops-4'watt along the Wel
don railroad to interrupt him, 8o Warren
deed to retreat. - He • turned back,
leavElsg fhb, Weldon railroad! Ind malting a
long circuit over coasting nide. The enemy
attacked his rear but did hint) bat little dam.
age, and under the Protection of a division 'of
the Ninth Corps, thst4as Ant out to meet
him, he made his way safely ?ikok to
H. did but little damage, haring burned oaly
a fen depots on the railroad. He reached
camp on Sunday.
Tllllll/DATi Dee. 15, 1884. - -
The city of Savannah, which General Sher=
man is approaching, is On :lb' south side of
the Savannah river, eighteen miles from the
sea. It stands in the midst dries plants-.
Liens. The low, swampy grounds extend for
some distance all sides of thircity. Be
tween Savannah and the sea coast, the entire
country, is
,out up- by ?Isere, creeks and
swamps. Various bayous from the ocean el-
Id up tolhe Savannah river below the city.
o of these eminent the river with Warsaw
sonndi•and one onnnecits'it wiih Pert Royal
entrance. All these l e4rances from the sea
are strongly defended, ot 4aly by batteries
but by obetruetions in 014j:channels. Two
Confederate iron.clads, and:a great number
of torpedoes moist in this defence: On the
land side, the rice swamps sees, series:of
earthworks, which, under the superintendence
et Beauregard and Hardee, have been build
lug for nearly a month, protect Savannah.—
The number of Confederate troops in the city
ii large. They have been gathered for several
weeks from ail quarters, and there is little
doubt that in ,ntimeric4l strength they equal
the tinny Sherman comm‘nds. .
Sberman's progress doWn the peninsula,
between the Ogeochee and Savannah rivers,
can be gradually traced. , On Saturday last,
Sherd:ante advance was at Bloomingdale, fif
teen miles west of Savannah. He advanced
through a dense pine forest. The Confeder
ates were in force In front of hint, - sad twelve
thoupand' regulars, besides militia, was re.
ported nitheir number. Sherman gradually
pushed along' towards Savannah, until he
reached .Telfair, 7 ten 'miles from the city.—
Here,the Confederate works were found to be
very strong, and a gradual movement along
them was made towards the southward, until
Sherman, though still outside the works,
found himself five - Ai:ilea south of Savannah,
and the way to Warsaw sound unobetructe4.
These movements were not made without
fierce confide and heavy losses, but the num
bers of killed and wounded, or even the posi
tions of the battles, cannot, at this early date,
be ascertained.
General Foster captured Foootaligo bridge
on Friday last, and out 'be communication
between Savannah and Ciariestoit. i held ;
the position, and marched alowlisonthward
along the rani' lad • towards o*...arnsville,,
tearing up the read as he advanced.- The s
Confederates retreated before him, and some
skirmishes were fought, the details of which
have not yet been reported. -
From the army under General Grant, we
hats intelligence that constant demonetra
tions were made on Saturday last against the
Federal lines on the north side of the James.
These attack's, however, were merely romin
noisanaes, and the enemy retired without
inflicting much damage. The losses in
War
rea's recent reconnoisenoe were about fifty.
.11e captured thirty prisoners. He destroyed
eery tale property, the principal artiote bet
log one ham:tree and• twenty casks of api
brandy. lie bad twenty litontand men and
twenty-two cannon.
the Federal gnablat Otsego has been det•
stroysa bj a torpedo on the Roanoke river,
North Carolina, Mx miles aboyi Plymouth.
FRIDAY, Deo. 16, 1864.
, General Sherman has passed to the south
of Savannah, and on Monday his eastern
flank, under command of General Howard,
came out to the Atlntl° eoiit; pear Warsaw
sound. This sound is a large harbor abotit
twenty miles southwest of the mouth of thq
Savannah river. It rune some distance up
into the land. Sherman's troops had com
municated with the Federal fleet off Warsaw
sound, aid General Howard has sent. an of
ficial despatch to Admiral Dablgreen =noun
lug his proximity to the_coastr,,: So the great
problem is solved. General Sherman has sue
eeeded in reaching, the Atlantis coast - is
safety. Heltill new lose no time in supply
ing his army with food and ammunition, and
in securing thole reinforcements which muss
be greutliuteeded.' There is no evidence that
fiavatinahlasUen back or even, invested,
or seriously attacked. _There are plenty of
rumors of all three, but none of these have
any foundationi r , Tho city is still in Confed
erate possession:, with two Imes of railroad
connecting it with Virginia yet unbroken..:....
From Savannah le.Columbia the railroad, is
uniejured. FroitAtvannah to Charleston the
r a ilro a d is gip raising,. for Foster halt not
ant . •
it, lions of the riiports that harked done
so being Confirmed ; and there being direct
Southern intelligence that his latest attempt
to reach the railroad by an advance from Po
footage to Coosavhatchle, on: iastrEriday,
was repulsed. The probability is Woes-that
Sherman, for some time, at toast, will not at.
tacklivannab. He will first make his posi
tion 1511011111, on the sea coast south of ',give:l
ash, and then be may attempt to eapitire — the
city. ,
The Confederate expedition'which crowed
the Tennessee, near Clarksville, aid bee in
vaded Kentucky, is , marching quickly north
east towards Louisville. Its objpok pp doubt,
is to_out the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
But a few insignidant skirmishes have been
fought with it, and the indicitions are that
there is but a slight Federal forcer . is position
to oppose it.
Everything Is at Petersburg. Oen.
Lea had made a report of Longstreetlf reoon.
noisanoe on-The mirth bank of the Js es. Ile
lost one man killed and five wounded, and
captured thirty fedora prisoner... iConfed
erste ~reports
_of the first dicys of Warren's
raid are also being received. the bridge over
the Mehervin river was not. binged: It does
net appear that the donfederatee captured
any. prisoners from Warren. •
°aural Dix has Laud s proclamation with
reform* to future raids frost Canada, "Vet
.111 that, IS farther raids are attempted; the
United Beat . osoustanden are "to shoot down.
the perpetrators, if possible, while - in ttfe
tonsailasion of Weir attach or if •it.be loess
-
eery, with nr7i. ow to their saptire, to Grass
thibenadary betweett the United States and
Canada; said sontnindenr an Jarrell division
ii pasima:_diamiliammu dip' ay Minn&
. . ...„ ,
uge, aid if 'eaptated, thei, srasesta me
enekstaime to be sarreadered;"
Ports Federal cavalrymen were eaptarad 4
Stinitood. vireda. re "weber ltlt.
Meato47, Dee.; 19, / 854 _
From the rubies hfeolit deipatalue
lent Us by Eleareiery libinteni end km
other infornistiscut correct locceest
the tattle of Nsahvlllo oast - be wrileert.—
As soon as ,Hood closely atimited the city,•
orders were at ones sent -to Gem' Thomas
by Gen. Grant and Secretary, Stanton, to
attack theCenfederatat. , Thomas replied
. that his erzny was not strong enough. At
once permisalon'wss given to, draw Mary
available man from the entire West.—
it
.it entuoky Indiana, Ohioend Minnie fur.
n shed many regiments'whicih bed pre
vi..usly been' on home duty. "horn the
kLnsissippi river, the gatrisorts at *up.
phis and Vicksburg sent troops. Betsuse
Basecrans did not forward men area
soul as fast as it was thought he might
have done, he was removed from atm
-mend. Steele, in Arkansas, was deposed
for a similar reason. By all these means
Thomas lathered at Nashville a very,
large army.
On Thursday morning ho began his at
tack:, The gimboats on the.river drove,
the
the Confederate western flank back from
the bank, thus allowing the land forces
to get between the•river and the enemy.
The flank was turned, and, after `stubborn:
fighting, borne htok aliout five miles.
The Con federate Ceetre was then attacked,
and_the defeat of the flanks having-ex
paged itilhe attack was bet feebly re
sisted, and the Confederates retreated to
'a new petition two miles in the rear,
where they rested for the night. During
the- night,tbeyithfirew their , eastern
i
flank from the! utnherland river, above
Nashville, to a Rtsition on a , line ; , ..with
their centre.
On. Friday morning the attack was re
newed 14; Thomas. After three unmet
oeuful assaults 'he succeeded in driving
he Confederates from the new position
they had taken on Thursday *eight. They
retreated to a range of hills, one of which
on .the Franklin , turnpike, is - mdled the
Brentwood Hill. Various attempts were
made to drive them from this position,
but all were Unsuccessful, and on Friday
night tho Confederates still held Brent
wood Hill. Brentwood till is six miles
south of Nashville. General Thomas re
ports having lost three thousand men in
the battle. • The number of guns captured
[rani the Confederates is stated at forty
nine, and the number-of prisoners forty
six hundred. Three Confederate generals,
were captured. Thomas' centre was five
miles south of Naahvilie, and as the lines
of the opposing forces ran diagonally froM
northeast to , southwest, Thomas eastern-
flank:was three miles southeast of Nash
ville, and his western flank !eight miles
scUthweet.
On Saturday leaning lien:. Thomas lied
everything prepared to attack the uoarsaeimie
position ea Brent Wood h ilt During the night
however:the enemy had retresied, and the
Federal assault in the morning found only it,
weak picket gukrd, which ugly pro way be
fore it. The Federal troeps at ono took up
the line of march in parnit of the Confede
rates, and the cavelry were sent ahead. Nu
mucus skirmishes were had with their rear
guard, and in the afternoon they passed
through Franklin, and made the Ilarpethyiver
.their line of defense. Tney held this into;
short time and spill retreated. Jeri before
dark a severe skirmish was fought' six miles
south of Franklin, and the armies Tested then
for the night. Thomas spent the Lira"' in hur
rying his troops-forward. We presume Hood
continues his rarest southward." . There has
been no severe:fighting and there are no ;Per
tain reports of the,losses of the Confederates
on the retreat. - ' -
An official dispatch has at length been re
eelved 'from Gen. Sherman'. • It-reports his
march - Across Geoigia, from Atlanta, and ,
states dist a large amount of commissary
stores; and many mules, limes and negro',
were ',soured. Sherman 's army, on Tuesday
last extended across the peninsula between
the Savannah and the Ogeechee rivers; -the
northern flank being on the Savannah river,
three miles above the city, and the southern
flank near Fort McAllister, on the:Ogispchee.
Savannah was in recess of iuvestteant on
the Southern side, brit all the -country north
4i the Savannah river was still open: There
was no evidence that Sherman had been able
to cross any.troops over the river, or make a
land junetion with - Foster. Sherman estithe
ted the.garritim of Bayannakat fifteen then
sand, commanded by Iludie. No fighting
near the, city is reported, not does it appiar
that the operations of the siege had at that
time_begun.
•7ete ftr throb, mai Mete will bs a mere
Mal
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DEMOCRATIC PRIEDIOTIONS P'IIRINTED
CALL FOR ?300,000 'MORE.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, By the act approved July 4th,
1864, entitled "An act further to regulate
and provide for the enrolling and calling
out the national farces, and for other init.
poses ;" it is provided that the President
of the United States May, at bis discretion ,
at any time hereafter, call for any num
ber of men as volunteers for the respective
terms of one, two or three years; for mill.
tary aervice, and that, in case the quota,
or any part thereto, of any, town, town
ship,"-Ward of a city, precinct, or, election
district, or of a minty, not so subdivided;
shall not be filled within the ipso: of fifty
days atter such stall, then the. President
shall immediately order a draft for one
year to fill such quota, or any part thereof
which may be unfilled; and
Whereas, By the credits allowed in ac
cordance with the act. of Congress on the
call for 500,000 men, made July 18th,
1864, the number of men to be obtained
under that call, was reduced to 280,000 ;
and, f
-' Whereas, The operations of the enemy
in certain States hive rendered it imprao
ticeble to procure from them their fall
quotas of troop, under the mid call ; and
Whereas, From the foregoing causes but
250;000 men hate been put into the army,
navy and marine corps under the said call
of Jelly 180, 1864, leaving adeficiency on
that call of 250,000 ; now, therefore, I
Abraham Lincoln, President of the 'Uni
ted States of America, in order to supply
the aforesaid deficiency and. toprovide
for casualties in the military and naval
service of the United States, dolmens this,
my call, for 300,000 volunteers to serve
for one, two or three years.' The qwhie
of the Slat* districts and anb•distriets
under this call will' be Assigned .by the
War Depariment through the bureau of
the Provost rshal,Generill orthe United
States, and in mite or Ile quote or any
part thereof of any town, township, ward
of a city, precinct or election district or
.of a county not so subdivided shall not be
filled before the 15th day of Feuer,,
1865, then'a draft shall be made to fill
such quota or any part thereof under this
sall, which may be utifißed on said 15th
di! Ordialart, 4B o 6 .; •
-1 ' la lidithent iftenol44ll l lo -111111111111i0
est Any hand and caused thi seal
, ef the United IRAN to be of
, Lied. •
Done at the city of ..Wssithajton,
S. ibis—lfith day ,of Deoember, in
the }bar di OUr lord one thou
smut: eight hundred a id 'sixty
fbar, and of the Independesca of
the United Statesof America the
(Bisoad,) e ; R Ralf. LINCOLN.
By the President,
Ws. H. SWUM, Secretary of State.,
UAL ILE,II AEI!!
The Greatest Speenlatish of the Age
af frraur 2Zsenteler I , on •
C\ Thrown into the Shade.
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latereettai &moist. Inman Parts of the
Newlin ! Dorado.
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—ln an "Aide on oil speculation the Phil
adelphia Oosuracitii List sips :
There have been undoubtedly very lucky
optrations_in elEstocks by lucky people ; bat
there have been.operatione on the other haryl
which were terribly unlucky; and of them we
never bear. In arising market, it one man
gains another loses. The man whe makes his
profit sells out to another, who does .as well.
Thus everything is prospering until the col•
lapse of bubble, and then then is a gene
era' : old quick descent et every fanciful
in/erect. Then are numerous valuable pe
troleum stooks' *Moll cannot be affected by
any excitement; but there are others which'
are as sensitive as any victims of the fever
aid ague.
In regard to the stories of immense profits
'thieved by th e lucky, we can adduce a few
well known instances of the accumulation of
immense wealth from judicious investments
in oil companies. We know of one gentleman
In this city who, at an early day, invested
$3,000 in the stock of the "Columbia Oil
Company." Us now receives on that venture
an annual income 016;000, and if he were
disposed to sell out his interest, he couldob- .
tain for it $150.000. We know of an operator
in *.litaple Shade;" who bought, it is Said, tea
thousand shares of Meats, at $6 67 per abase,
say for $66,700. He has obtained' dividends
of four per Gent. a month on $lOO,OOO for five
months, amounting . - to $20,000, and his in•
terest in that company, ,at present rates, is
worth tray shoot $330,000. A lady. Heine in
the upper part of the city, the keeper of &-
boarding house, invested some time ago all
her savings, about $450, in the "Curtin Oil
Company," when, the 'mock was selling at
ninety cents a 'hare. She got five hundred
shares and held them until the stook went7up
to $l6, when she sold out for $7,500, s hand
some profit, and itsmall fortune for her. This
case, being well known, has excited great in
tenet in the bonding bottle sisterhood, and
large numbers' are + milieus to ~, g o in," with
perhaps a small.chaies of coming safely out.
We know of a stone-cutter in • West Philadel—
Phis who has made his $50,000 with little
trouble. We know of s cons of. a purchase
"seller 15 days,".of 3,000 shares of "Walnut
Bend Oil Company," at $2, which was dis
pnee4 within fifteen days for $6.50, thus - net . .
Ung to the operator $13,500, he not having
'actually invested a single cont., Three rn •
Semen in Pittsburg have, within tt,year, each
made s million of dollsm out of oil stooks.
The brokers are coining money out of this
excitement. The business Is beginning to be
crowded with ambitious young men, who seri
in the Prevailing furore opportunities of ea
tsbilshing themselves in business,‘whiati is
ordinary times 'would be Impossible. Use
of the brokers are making large, slung by sell
ing shams at from six Ina I quieter to twelve
and a half,cen ! ? each. We knOw of one gen
tleman, who it among the few honest mem
bers of the board, who has lately frequently
made from $BOO to $l,OOO P . er day commie.
sioas.
AU these instances hare theii effect upon
the mind? of excitable person's, and keep up
the furore. Wo have only to say that whilst
undoubtedly there are as ,good opportunities
for making money out of oil stock as there
ever were, there are also more opportunities
for losing it. The old companies were organ
ized upon solid business principles. Many of
those which are new!) , formed will be as well
conducted; but there are ethers that will prove
to lie'gigantio Wadies. It. let the duty of
every, one who
,desires' to invest to examine
closely' for hiutjtel4 to keep hilt wits about
him, and to set with cootjudgnient. In that
case he may succeed, otherwise he will per
haps be Totally "stuck." Hesitate before
you plunge. "Be sure yen are right, Caen go'
ahead."
The Oil City Register says: We have seen
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a business that at the beginning was onlj ,
valued at 1 few thousand dollars, assume di
mensions so !est, that the human mind is
always bewildered when the figures ire truth
fully given. The estimate that the crude and
manafa4ured article produced in the Venango
oil region amounts to , over fifty millions of
dollars, seems to us not much above the true
figures. This; too, the revenue from a busi
ness the, first development of which was
eommenoid slimly five years ago. • The ship
meats of the article of petroleum to torsi&
countries foi the past year has reached oyes
22,000,000 of gallons. A single well, the
Noble and Delameter, has yielded over
sl6oo,ooo,•the first cost of which was about
$2,600! And we suppose that the total expense
of this well since the time it first commenced
tollon, hal pot exceeded $lO,OOO. Thus for
an lavestitient of $12,600, over '51,600,000
has been realized. ?deny Other wells have
bees equally valuable to their owners„ and
throutlay has not been any greater, in regard
to the proportion of oil produced. : 4
Two Yew ago the two acres upon Cherry
Run, as which io the Reed & Criswell well,
oould have been purchased for $1,500. It was
,lately sold for $650,000., The Smith Farm
just above, consisting of fifty acres, was pur
chased about one year stale for $3,500. It
new yields to its owners; the Cherry Valley
Oil Company, three hundred, barrels of oil
daily, is royalty. The company havieg been
at little or no captaise in its development.
'.'Ths . Gest Hama farm, sionsisting bf
1,000 airas,was parblimpsdp $5O for $7,000.
A tow weeks Blass 826 so nlllf this farm sold
for $760,000:
Mr. C. Curtiss bought 400 sores just adjoin•
ing, the !Wilk farm, which is now comprised
in the lands of the Cherry Kan Petroleum
Company; of Philadelphia, for about - thirty
dollarapir acre. The stook of this company
(the par Talus of the shares Wag ten dollars)
is noir gaoled at thirty-ens dellars per share:
This sempasy has never paid a dividend, nor
is their territory hardly in a oosiumnoemint
of derelopreent.
=The Waynesburg Anemia, speaking of
the enelteseent in Greene eounty, says: Two
or three'of the wells in our oeunty, hare re
'ossify had enomusgine hopes of 'speedily
finding oil in win quantities, Theis la
seeable indications are found en Whitely sad
'Middy (basks, if we are sorenotly Worsted,
se WI SS r MDoiciet Cimells. we ars ia
fawn& Iliakthe owner s ofthe Maple 'firm as
reeved, oontraeted for !hies% of Die f
$ll,OOO. The proprietors of the Wiley i
have net yet completed the repairs which tho l
hare in progress far tint granter, productivo4
nosed their - watt: ire hear of leases berg
Laken on twirl," all the streams of the county,
ea will tof WWI ruining into the SiOnonga
he . esthose• reautiaglate the Ohio, and of
preparation being nada for boring in ,different
putter the county by Rival coinpanies. Lem
than another year will develepe whether title
,is rosily an oil region or not. - -.
—Leif, week's Carlos Battler says that the
Indian 011 Company, iutring at the month of
Blysen's Run, struokiiiein of oil at a depth
of fifty-eight, feet. Ii is something remarka
ble that the ell appears so near the surface.
When the vein was struck the tool sank some
siz inches, as though l a crevice - or fissure had
been seached. In another well, a few weeks
sleate,;and In the lane vicinity, a vein of oil
was s4nok at about sizty-seven feet,. We
hare la partial:thus et present, but'eapect to ,
have in dins for-oar next' is sue. The excite
ment Is tepidly spreading, and all that is
required is to reach the "proper depth and oil
*Mte found talastify public expectstior4
. .
—"he Wheeling IstsUfgerteer, in speaking
of the Ohio oil adds, says : The - great (hlland
for petiole= aid the immense fortunes real
iced from the :enectessftil wells in the ;
Penn
sylvania oil. re 'on, have turned the attention
of capitalists practical men in every di
notion where there IS a prospect of find
ing oil. For some time past oil has been
found on Federal Creek, an affluent of the
Hocking river, la Morgan and Athens coun
ties, and several successful wells have been
stink. On Wednesday la:al:oil was struck on
the Joy farm, on the creek, the well yielding
one hundred bangle per day. A rush has
been mode for the place and lands are eagerly
taken up.
—Wear rum OIL LANDS ON OIL CILIUM Ana
Wonrtt.—The - value of the soil
.. alone border;
ins on Oil Creek,-,say two miles on each side,
end vostendug• Nino its mouth to Titustille f
about twenty miles, is' estimated to be worth
in the market at this time—if it could be pur
chased at ail—two hundred and fifty millions
of dollars. 1 Two thins/in/1 dollars was 4
con
sidered a la ge sum four years ago for a farm
of from lii eto four hundred acres. These
farms have te r ipsold at from. six hundred
thousand to one million of dollars each ;'the
parties iho . now 4 own them, principally joint
- stook companies, hold them at a much higher
figure.—Veitango Spectator.
The oil fever in raging throughout the
State. Every paper we ptek up has some.
thing to say about eitisens In its locality being
off to the oil regiois. Companies are being
formed everywhere and thousands upon thou
sands of dollars are being paid for shares of
stock in them. To own the 1921 part of the
12th interest of a good Sowing well is now
deemed a sufßoienoy for the necessary wants
of life. Ifs large proportion of the oil spec;
ulators do not get their urgers burnt they
will be more leek; than, is usual in such
fevers.
,
llatnilton McClintock has sold out his en -
'tire interest on the Creek, midis preparing
to rorunve With his family tt, New Castle in
the opting., Very few of the old tesidente are
now left,,in The oil regions. All soldhnd-gme
to settle new homes and form new associa
tioss, and strangers hare taken' their places,
Men, who-4 few years ago were poer,scareely_
able to.thaintain their families, havo sold
their farms at very high figures, and are now
taring their positions in society as among the
very wealthieen. Thus-the world wags along,
conferring riches- and Welton; on some and
poverty and suffering on - others.—Oil City
Monitor. - ' •
—On. In Jameirows.-i—ll is contemplated
'o form &A extensive stock company and bore
rce oil in this pima at an early diy. Strong
surface indications are found on the banktrof
the creek and everything Proniises well for
the ultimate success of • the attempt to probe
the great petroleum basin from this point. We
shall give details as soon as the organization
iS perfected. It is in the hands of our young
men who will prosecute the work perseveringly
and energetically. Let, it be tried ,by all
means.—,Journal. ti
—ln the early days of oil excitement a well
was 'bored . 300 feet ittep in - the vicinity of
Swgertown, but when the flowing wells were
discovered'on Oil Creek .the 'work was aban
doned. Operations are about to be renewed,
and,our Stegertown neighbor feel confident
of Mims.. In a low weeks we shall knoW
'whether the tipper 'part of French Creek val
ley Is profitable oil territory. ,
-714101 BALI!, 07 On. Lein.—The Marie
(041 - itestitter s aotioes the sale fort $1,3 . 65,000 of
threi-eighttui undivided interest in 257. acres
of itiLterritory. on florae Neok Rue, Pease
county, West Virginia. Tho paper adds :
"One might think this was a hutobtig, hat
the deed bad oa it twenty. sso . oovernment
Stamps, of $l,OOO in stamps, and that was n o
humbug."
7 —Over 'seism thousand sores of land have
been leased in Perry county, Indians, by
wealthy Louisville company,..for the purpose
of operating in the oil . business. The :pros=
peel for oil in various parts of Indiana is , s aid
;elm first-rate.
1 The ligbert farm in the oil region is valued
st twenty-Ave millions. .When we 'consider
that this farm consists ofonly fifty acres, we
'may hsve some notion' of the intmenso wealth
of these regions. I ".
—The Cleveland Lrailer Julys the oil busi
neee is in ita infancy. 'So life many of those'
who are trying to epeculatOti oil, but they
are in a fair way- to get theli eye -.tomb .cut.
Arrsurron Ben CHANOIt TO, MAILIII
Alosar.—Very few persons are aware, that by
a recent invention, newspapers and scraps of
printtid paper, can be converted into material
for printing upon again. The, high price of
paper has made an active demand for old
newspapers, books, pamphlets and-scraps` of
paper for this purpose, and It ie eagerly
bought up by - parties, coaneeted with the pa
per mills. By., collecting Ind saving all the
material of this kind about their houses, sad
selling it, many a family can put' "monoy in
their parses," which would otherwise be lost.
The highest price, in via, will be paid for it
at this office. If.
Wedding and Visiting Cards.
We call special attention to' the' superior
styles of Wedding and Visiting Cards printed
at this office. Having procared several new
fonts of type espeelally for this kind of , work,
we are enable to print cards in a style equal
to those obtained in any of the larger cities.
It is nothing - hen than foolishness for persons
to go abroad and pry extravagant prices for
engraved cards when they can getjast as bend
gone ones at home for legs than one third the
cost.
agar Ws remind our readers that the &cat
tle* of tits Ohs erver office VII not excelled by
any adabßsbment in North Wotan Penn
sylvania for doing Job Printing. Persons in
need of Vends* Bills, Election Tickets, Bill
Beads, Blanks, or nay kind pf Plkin or Fancy
Printing, will ihtd it to their ,adrsotage to
give us o - eall. • tf
Br sitse.—We keep constantly on baid a
large telectloamf Legal Blinks, of approved
forms, suck as Deeds, iefortgages, Judgment
and common Notes, Sammons, Subpainse sod
mini - others, not in such mend use. Those
*Reed of Stew articles, will Ind it to their
4111 r ALPO a 41111.
ITUBBEL , 'S
COWEN BITTERS.
A PURELY VEGETABLE TONIC
INTMOBATIIiO a STRENGTEM4I3IO,
Pow'las the totes spied the evil elliele of eairkele
'tow water.
Will am Dyspapisx
• Will care Weaknees.
Will cure Cenerit .Debility.
Will ergo Rea:thorn. •
W ill curefiesdailliA,
wiU cure Liver Complaint.
Will excite and mate a healthy appetite-
Will tavtgrirate the corona of digestion and moderate
il tnerease the tau.peraturs 01 the body and the fires of
simulation, acting In fact as a general earroborant of the
aptcm, containing no poisonoun drug., and la
TOR BM TO!►IC BITTER. IN TRW, WORLD.
' A fair mat te earnestly solicited.
C. EiuBBEI, k CO., Proprietors,
13oinn, T
Central Depot, Amettean Expreee Buildists 53 CUD
lioll St. - SE W _
Tor sale by_ AU Druirrivt.NGreesrs,
yr Immo 1 / 4 , } 4)AOI,KY. wheleaaaa,,, t i l / 2
And for sale 11 ILII k Warfel,Carter &Carver andWil
iam k Uooth. ' '
ootliTS.S„ •
BANK . NOTICE!
Keystone National Bank * of Erie.
CAPITAL, 8150,000.
DIRECTORS :
BELDEN mAartx, - JOUN W. umitioNn,
ELIIILI HARM, . BEB7ER TOWN,
• 0. NOBLE.
ORANGE NOBLE, president.• •
JOEIN J. TOWN, Cashier.
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Tho above bank will be opened ter the trace:triton or
bash:Leas on
Monday, Dec. 51h, in Hughes' Block;
• West side of State St., between Seventh and Eighth
Satisfactory paper dheouritril.
Honey teethed on Depoalt. '
'Colleetteaa made and proanda steel:yard for lath
promptness.
Drone, Specie and Bank Notes bought and sold.
A share of Public Patronage to respectfully solle(tel
VALUABLE
Store Stand and Residence for Sale
frillE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR
ads hla valuable Property In the village olßeeret
Dam, Eris county, Pa , conxiatiag of in excellent store
ilotiding and Dwelling Howes, with an acre or were of
laud at WM Store Lamborn used for the pnevis
a great number of lean, and is well fitted, beleg large,
convenient. and Laving a good cellar. A erigg actaelnd
teethe building will accommodate a small fatally. The
stand la onset the but in the county, behig eltnatod to
healthy, /srUla and wealthy neighborhood. The mei.
donee he a terp•itory one, having a large; dry cellar, and
being both roomy and convenient. A good Shaer; Well
and Darn are connected with the Bowe. I will sell OT
erchangs for prperty in'Erio, on reasonable tenne.—
Any parson wishing to purchase will address ,
JOHN CUMMINS,
Erie, rt.
Dee. 1,1804-3 t
Administrator's Notice.
LETTERS OF iDMINISTDATION ON
the matte of Robert R. llograri,_deteased, late of
Le Seoul township, Erie eounty,Ta., hating teen grant•
e.l to the tindertiptitui., notice is hereby given to all
knowing them aelvertirOebted to said estate to mate im
mediate payment, and thou baling claims against the
came will recent them, properly anthentleated. tor /et
tioment. JOSEPH - W ALDRON, Admioietrator
Le Boon', Noy. 28, 1881--6 w.
Stray Heifer.
GAME TO THE PREMISES OF THE
Subeeriberiiu Summit .townahlp„ on or bAine the
Itile day of August, 18CA.r. Red ,Yearling !Leifer, altar,
white spot on theback. The owner Ls requested to cce
10. ward, Prove property. pay charges, un4 tats :lor
away ; otherwfre the will be disposed of 3.l,"Onlitt
la*. • ' (30; JANES DJNXELL
Notice.
WIIEREAS LETTERS TES'rA3tEN.
tsrr to the Fatale of JACOR KtiOnLOCki,
late elf Daniels- to a nalsio, deoeesed, hare been h rssio:
to the sabacribers, all persona in,*.ebted to the
are requested to make 'immediate payraent,
baying elainas or denainas against tLe estate of the'. '
deeaslont nip make lit:tont:An /mule witLont
RECK!! iN,
ralryiror, Nor. 30, 140.1 0 . E.1,-;•nt.
Orphan's Court Sale.
PURSUAIiCE OF AN ollDElt%'..i
the tlirpharea Court for the I.:•.uute of ire t?.'te
. - zranted, I will malt at public sale,at the
theelry at Erie, ce the 7th day of Jaa...ry, LI)
1663, U. (showing described Iteal ketat.., to wl.t:
MI that certain piece or parcel of !au] situat , i its
townehtp of liarborcieelc., in the Couuty of Erie, art
State Of Penney!ran:a,bounde.d and described as felines,
t 4 Will Beginning at a post on the ore:1 aide of a large
tract of land , commonly called -Irrin's Reserre, e '
pernbei, iuntbwardly from a beich tree at the
sonthweet corner of maid Iteserce ' north 37 dog
197 6-10 tporchea, thence north 63 dog.. east bra Hue
parallel Wttli the ecuth side of said Reserve 65 perches,
thence - south 37 deg., eut 101 6.10 perches, and thence
wails 63 deg.. west 8.5 perchee, to the place
n! begin
ntnl--eyirahtniog 67 torte and . :l3 per, be the came =we
or Itelo. •
'Also, that certain other lot or piece of greand eltuate
in LIU eity,cd known as the south one-half of in
lota, Woe- and 4, and bounded as follows, viz.: en the
tut by Parade street, on the 'oath by Twelfth street. on
lb. great by In lot No. 5, and the north - by north half of
In lota NOS. I ant 4, having erected thereon a poop
PUKE DWELLING .110USE.1
rouwasion of the above dosaribed pieces of property
to be given on theffrstdayotaeprilnext. Senus of sale,
one-third en hand, balance in two annual Installments,
to be secured by judgment bond and mortgage on the
promisor-or cult on confirmation of sale. a ' the option
of parehrwer. JOHN STELLWAGEN.
Guardian of the minor children dr. Dietz, ,
3w.
Young Men's Christian Association:
RECULAR LECTURE COURSE
FO THE ENSUING WINTER,
T FARRAR J_IALL.
•
I. TAM. Bth- 2 Trof. JAMES IL ANGELL, of ?rm.
deuce, R. 1. • Subject, "The Wit and Unto& of :II Nt
tints.
2. Deo. 13/h—Rev. J. S. C. ABBOTT, 80r,t..z, Mut
Sublet', ...Trance and Her Ktojetor."
3. Dec. TAth—Dr. J. G. BOMAN D,Sprineel3, 3ll.,
Subject, "Coat and Compenentlon."
4. Dec. 21 th—Rev. Wll. A. BARTLETT, Broek,in, N
rY. Subject. ' , Undiscovered Arta."
6. Jan. 34—HENRY GILES, Esq., gamey, No
Babieat, "Woman In Shakepeere."
6. ISO. 10th—ablis date not yet filled .)
7. Jan. ]7th—RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Coe:
Mau. Subject not yet announced.
8. Jas. :lath—Prot E. L. YOUMANS, Saratoge, N
Sclentille lecture.
0. Jan. 31st—B. F. TAYLOR, of the Chatael
"au.
Subject, "Tlio Capture of Lookout Mountain. a r' e :
10. Feb. lath—Rt. Rev. Bishop CLARKE, R. t. ScL
ject not yet announced.
11. Marta Bth—Rev. E. 11. CHAPLN, N. T. Sel"•'
not yet announced.
12. March Mk—JOHN B. GOUGH. SubJect. "FE'
an Fiction."
Ticket' for tho COMO. with Reserved Sests.eill
offered for sale at FARRAR RAM, en MONDAY .1100
lioV.2Bth, at B o'clock, at the folluvrlng
One ticket, kl5O
Two tickets,: 040
Three
roar "
Fite " iEntire ettee )....
Fachadditi anal ticket,
Tickets for single lectures, 30 cents.
Al the Committee can, on no consideration. retette ,
promise to'reserre, Seats before the time desigeet ^
persona desiring to secure seats are respoctfultz
ed not to apply to them for that purpose.
The slight adcrtnee in the price of tickets Dyer tt ,
of last year Is made necessary by the increased cr.'
th e tenures, printing, Lc,
A. H. CAUGREY,
W. R. DAVENPORT,
R. F. GAGGIN,
C. C. RIME,
C E. GUNNISON,
W. H. LUCE,
/MA. Ceimmitt,e
gate. Nov. 16, 1561
F. A. 11111 XII. .pee
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NEW GROCERY STORE.
The undersigned huh opon.d a new Grocery ..?t"^.'"
- the
'EAST SIDE-OF STATE ST., 3d /11)r•sr. .."4/1
. .
OF RAILROAD BRID(.f,
Where they Intend keeping w NIT . uppl•
GROCKII, Nei,
Pitt/1111410:mi.
lUKOCK.KttI
%PIKER NOTION‘ :
WILIAM% 1t
cormarnorouti ,
l'OßACt'll CH. ,
lad everything nuttily on bind in an eitAbWeio:
tlw sort
We ere I.l ,, tertnfoed to offer kageed endue -znAt °'
other dealers In the city, and Invite the
confident that we Ciwg tee entire gal ra3
oet3l'6.3tf. , P. A. NV FRBFIZ
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Army and •Navy!
T R E.CE IV E *another
V • WRIT/Nn TinLET CA:+iP..t, the ti artic,t
that world (or those to the Nosy-and Army: ?b re P'
was who hare rrionda In either leranti of the t er '
should apcni Owen thin scemp t*) and urefulrx , e ltt,
sepls'64. YoUNG'S
Auditoi's Notice.
Jacob Van Ln .n )
, rn
Pow for the use of Ito Ootounoo Plot.. 01E 1 ' ' , i
T. J. Halstead, vs.
.1 Gov,. lA. .f... o. 32, Is ~. o. rrnno
°PAW/. gawAy,nt AL . . ,
lorwillesdairatna.brUitg,:n"nAf utllleitt*DrolloPyPf.roj'a.dt'slobny th'e'seo.„'C'r'lort:
tad writ will attead to the,i4luttre of hie arro,'
his ogee la the city of Erie, on the 17th iteLtr
blli/2P4. et 2 doleek i , F.lll. I. F. JlLLF•wrilv,4 .
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11 00
1500
3 el
Fitt 1T%.,1