efit ► hstrber. .TITURSDAY. AUGUST 17, 1865. Cronus. Vistusas sr iril Norm ut m Max 0, /maw Liu:Err —hoot Jadiadril- OBSERVER FOR THE CAMPAIGN. lllily Eby casts tor tine Mosaic The Ossinvsa will be furnished to sub Bribers desiring to receive it during the campaign at the low rate of Fifty Cents for three months. These terms are considerably lower than onr usual, rates, and can barely be afforded by us, but we are induced to offer them,. in the hops of promoting the cause which all Democrats believe so earnestly to be that of their country and truth. Campaign subscribers can commence at any date they set proper (the earlier the better) and will receive Thirteen i;sues of the paper. • We want, if possiblii, to obtain five hundred campaign subscribers. , It depends on our reloads whether we shall succeed. Let each of our present patrons procure a copy to be sent three months to some aeighbor or friend, and much good may follow. Who will be first to send us a club' au3•tf IN view of the short time for prepare ton and work allowed between the meet ing of the State Nominating Convention and , the election, the Philadelphia Age recommends that hereafter the duties of the Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee shall commence on the lst of January of each year. The idea is a good one, and should *be adopted. A more thorough organization of the party, and consequently more effectiveness would be the result. The Abolition managers of Franklin- Marshall College, at Lancaster, have in flicted upon ex• President Buchanan the most ungraceful indignity to which he hug yet been subjected, accustomed as he has been of late to such things. They have removed him from the Presidency of the College, and selected John Cessna, the little, squeaking, insignificant and con ceited renegade of Bedford county, for the place. The mere removal from office, we presume, will not be regarded by Mr. Buchanan with much regret, but to be succeeded by. Cessna is a humiliation bard to be borne. •airn an •(Mary Vilma&la. The New York Tribune, which among all the Abolition journals is the one that exhibits the most frequent gler.rat of practical good sense -and statesmanship continues its war against the system of trials by military courts of persons not in the army or navy service, with unrelent ing earnestness and refreshing honesty It points out their illegality and impro priety, proves that their costliness is many times more than that of ordinary courts,' and rrotests against their continuance. In its issue of Saturday last, referring to the Doubleday Commission, which is now, and has been for many Ermaths, sitting, in Philadelphia, it used the following strik ing language, which we respectfully- com mend to the attention of those persons in this part of the country who stand ready to endorse every arbitrary measure of the men in power : We object to the system that tampers ?lib justice, does violence to the rights of the people, creates scandal among the nations, and places in the bands of any person who may be War Minister as much power over life and person as is held by the Czar of Russia. We denounce it on every ground ; but in this case we con fine our argument to its econoiny. Penn sylvania has courts and officers of, law Whose duty it is to decide these questions "Officers of the army," our correspond ent coolly remarks, are also receiving pay, and may as well attend to this as to any other duty." We have always been under the impression that officers of the army were commissioeed to fight, and that it did not require men with swords on their persons th sit and hear lawyers squabble for 190 days about the shrinking qualities of duck canvass. ,If these men tome served their time, let them go home. If there are military duties for them to perform let them be assigned to them. It they have been wounded, let them be pensioned, or assigned to some civil em ployment if places can be found ; but do not keep them administering justice at a cost of nearly $l5O per day when there are courts competent to do the work and receiving pay. PLIINBYLITAYIA A nesn.—The recent meeting of the Adjutant Generals of the loyal States has elici the whole num ber of troops put into the service by the respective States during the war. Penn sylvania footii up the handsome figures of 360.000 men, exclusive of the colored troops raised for the United States and the - number of volunteers enlisted and placed to the credit of other States. The whole number of troops raised in the brawling New England States only ex ceeded that of our own noble Common. wealth by 6 945. With the exception of one, we have contributed in a larger ratio than any other Eastern State. Kansas furnishes a larger proportion of men than any other State in the Union. By taking all the figures, we think they may chal lenge the attention of all, as mowing the immense strength and resources of this noble Commonwealth. We know of no European kingdom, of the same popula tion as Pennsylvania, which can exhibit such a military record as this. In former times churlish remarks were apt to be made by writers in other States of the Union repecting the demands of Peast; Sylvania; but these statistics may serve to illustrate the fact that we can respond to the demands of the Republic in much the same ratio that she has been generous to us. Tas KetrucKr Eascrion. —The result of the election in Kentucky is five Demo crats and four Radical Congressmen. The Legislature is Democratic, thus securing a Demiicrstic tr. S. Sens tor. A delegation from Kentucky, are on their way to Wash ington, with sworn documents, to lay before the President an accouof the military outrages in Kentuck y. When published, these documents will show a series of most infamous and Unprecedent ed interferences with the elective fran chise. The Worlds Washington special says Another case of insane impulse boa just occurred here. A young lady, arming herself with a pistol, of the same pattern as that used by Miss Harris, deliberately shot a soldier, who had become an inoon• stout lover, and severely, if not fatally, wounding him. Canned Iliedpiei if dIS Illamerads rally. hat UTZ4CT non ainssem;swwarzau ♦DDttY About to enter, fellow.citiseUe, on the e xercise of duties which comprehend everything dear and valuable to you, it is proper that you should understand what I deem the essential priacip 'es of our gov ernment, and consequently those which ought to shape its administration. I will compress them within the narrowest com pass they will bear, stating the general principle, but not all its limitations. Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace,• commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administration for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tenden cies; the preservation of the general gov ernment in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad ; a jealous care of the right of election , by the people—a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedial are unprovided ; abso lute acquiescence in the decision of the majority—the vital principle of republics —from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle• and immediate parent of despotism ; a well-disciplined militia—our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encouragement of agricul ture, and of commerce as its handmaid ; the diffusion of information and the ar raignment of all abuses at the bar of pub lic reason ; freedom of religion ; freedom of the press; freedom of person under the protection of the Wear corpus ; and trial by juries impartially selected—these prin • ciples form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through in age of revolution and reform ation. The wisdom of our sages and the blood of eta heroes have been devoted to their attainment.. They should be the creed:of our political faith—the text of civil instruction—the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moments of terror or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the • road which alone leads to peace: liberty, and safety. GREAT RZDUCTION OP THE Aaxy.—lt has been ascertained froni official sources that on the first day of lest May there were one million and fifty thousand men enrolled in the army and on the pay rolls. Since that date there have been discharged a little over seven hundred thousand, !ear log in round numbers about three hun Bred and thirty thousand still in the army and on the pay rolls. Of the number dis charged about three hundred thousand arc now en route and at their several ron dezvous, to.be paid off and mustered out The funds sufficient to meet this demand are in the hands of the paymasters. The others who have been discharged, or °vet four hundred thousand, have been fully paid off and mustered out. The rapidity with which this part of the work is per formed may be inferred from the fact that the official figures in the departments at Washington show that there have been paid off and mustered out in the last thirty days over two hundred and sixty thousand men. A VISIT TO ALTA. H. STIPEIZNS.-A gen tleman, now at the Astor House, says the Journal of Commerce, has just returned from Anton, where he *succeeded in ob taining an interview with Mr. Stephens late rebel Vice President, in his place of confinement at Fort Warren. The apart meat is described as partially under ground and so damp that fires are built in the after part of the day, without refer once to the external temperature. Mr. Stephens is said to have appeared patient. ly submissive, expressing himself as taxy ing never been an enemy to the Govern ment, but as having accepted public office in the Confederacy with hopes of contrib uting more speedily to a settlement of the national difficulties. His health is preca rious. Shame iiPEACHNIIINT OP 11311 writer in the Anti-Slavery Standard, Wen dell Phillips's organ, calls for the im peachment of President Johnson by Con gress, because he has violated the law for bidding the appointment to' office of any person who has been engaged in the re. hellion. It is asserted that day by day the fruits of our vietoriee are taken from us, And that there is no remedy unless Congress has the courage to liberate us from Johnson. NtGRO VOTING IN CONNZOTICIM—The law providing for &vote by the people of Connecticut on the Constitutional Amend• ment striking out the word white, so as to admit negroes to the privilege of voting designates Monday, October 2d, as the day on which the vote shall be taken Those in favor of negro voting will vote "Yes," and those opposed to it will vote "No by either a written or printed bal lot. Says the New York Herald's special of Thursday: "Judge Black, of Pennsyl vania, and Hon. Montgomery Blair were observed promenading amicably together to-day, and Visiting the President in com pany. What nazi, ?" ' Judge Black was Mr. Buchanan's At torney General and Secretary of State; Mr. Blair was Mr. Lincoln's Postmaster- General. Duurrwriox ix °rm.—A private meet ing of radical Republicans was held in Columbus, on Wednesday last, to consider Gen. Cox's letter to the OberUnites. It was determined not to give Cox their support for Goya rnor, and a circular to that effect is to be issued to the people of Ohio. So great is the feeling of the " earn est men " of the Republican party against Gen. Cox, that, it is believed by many, another candidate will be brought out. The wife of Peyton Langley.of Fulton. Mo., dishonored him. He talked the mat- ter over with her. when she agreed to let him kill her, - if be woald himself commit suicide. This strange and horrible arrange meat was carried out—Langley shooting his wife through the heart while she laid in bed, then placing himself beside her, and blowing out his own brains. THZ BRA OP CRIME. AllVeet's Recourd the at the BOutal.iiiie Vicious mt Horrible. ! A ?ATM AND 3101711111 MOILVEREZI BY TIMM RON Darrtown. a atnall• village nine miles from Hamilton, Butler . county, Ohio, was ,the scene of a terrible affray, on Friday, August 4th, in which a young man named Sylvester Irwin killed his father John Irwin, and his stepmother Jena Irwin. .A statement of the affair is as follows: At dinner time. the father, mother and son were seated at the table, discussing at length family affairs, when the conversa tion-became fearfully exciting, and harsh gad violent language was indulged in. Fthally the mother, Mrs. Irwin, rose from her seat, and with the carving knife in her right hand, rushed toward her con, who, raising from t is chair, fell back from the table, and drawing a revolver, warned her not to make another step toward him. else he would shoot her. At this juncture. the father, enraced and excited, rose and took the part of hie wife, and seizing a hatchet, rushed toward the young man. wbo immediately fired at his father and then turning toward the mot her, also shot her, both parents falline lifeless at his feet. The young man. Irwin. who is un married, and aged about thirty years. then informed the neighbors what be had done, and bunting up the constable of Darrtown, gave himseif un for trial, de claring that he committed the deed in self defence. BRUTAL OUTRAGE ON A YOUNG GIRL Another brutal outrage has just taken place in Pittsburg. The victim was a young girl twelve years of age, daughter of a respectable German living on Spring alley, in the Fifth ward. The girl was; on a visit to her uncle's family. in East L;b arty, and while there started, in company with two other children. one five and the other seven years of age, to gather ber ries in the fields. While walking along the pike they were accosted by a man, a stranger to them, who inquired where they were going. The children answered that they were looking for berries. He told them to go with him and he would show them where the berries were plenti• ful. Thu children not suspecting any harm followed him, and after going a abort distance be took the eldest one into Winebiddle's woods leaving the other two in the road. Here be outraged her person in the most brutal and fiendish =inner, letkving her greatly prostrated, and hardly able to reach her uncle's house. 3111,NDLIU OUTRAGI2 AS CLLVELAND We learn from the Cleveland Plairuiraler of a most revolting outrage committed on the person of a beautiful young German widow at that city on Thursday last. The young widow resides in Painesville. Ohio, and bad been to Columbus op business connected with her husband's affdrs, who had been a soldier and killed in battle. On arriving at Cleveland. whore she was a stranger, and ascertaining she could not pursue her journey home until night. she appli• , l to a ilacktnnn In be conveyed to a hotel up town. The hackman. after speak ing to some friends near hy. bade her fol low him to his carriage. The unsuspect ing woman followed and was conducted under the piers at the depot. A terrible suspicion here possessed her and she at temptid to return, when she was spited by the ruffian that 'had brought her thither and the three "friends" be had been seen to speatr with. Hei head and face were covered with a coat, her mouth stopped with a handker , bief and the brutal purpose of the assailants succea aively accomplished. When she recovered consciousness. late in the evening, the villains had fled. *l' • N LLE 8 . SO r A returned soldier. - named Cunning ham. late of the 142 d Indiana. returned to Fort Wayre on Saturday last, and found that his wife, in his absence, hrd turned his pescesble home into a den of iniquity, and was living a life of shame. Judge of h•s feelings when in the house he found his wife and her two slaters and several men at one o'clock at night After a few momenta of prompt action be cleared the house of his lewd sisters-in-law snd their dissolute companions. and told his wife that hereafter he would conduct the house as became an honest citizin. On Saturday afternoon. Frank Fisher and others went In the house, hut were denied scimissiotv. Fisher initiated on going in. hut he was warned by Cunningham that if he did, he would shoot Cunning ham - 6red a revolrer at him.. the ball, striking him in the back, passing through his body and lodging in the skin in front. inflicting a mortal wound. As soon as the news of the killing of Fisher became known down town, a num ber of his companions repaired to Cunning ham's house, vowing vengee.nce and threatening to take Cunningham's life. As they approached the door. Cunning ham warned them that be would kill the first man who entered. hut the caution was unheeded, and the door forced open. One of .the assailing party, named Tim Murphy. attempted to enter, but was shot by Cunningham from the top of a flight of stairs . leading to the second story, the hail striking bim in the neck and pene trating downward. inflicting a severe and mortal wound. Cunningham. immedi ately after the shooting, appeared at the second story window, and was fired at by one of the outside party. but escaped unhurt. No further attempt to molest him was made. and. taking the unfortunate llifurnhy with them, the party left, carry• ing Murphy borne. Shortly after the last hoo ting affair occurred. the Sheriff and City Marshal repaired to the scene of the tragedy, when Cunningham immediately rave himself up in their custody, and was by them taken to jail. where he now-re mains awaiting an examination. A HEARTLESS SEDUCES. A few weeks ago a youne woman named Matilda James went to Chicago to obtain employment. Leaving her trunks at the Ingramkie depot, at the suggestion of a casual acquaintance who bad learned ber business there, she set out to find an in telligence office in Monroe street. On the way she was met and accepted by a fellow aimed Alfred D-Costa, who claims to have formerly been a captain in the U. service. Taking advantage of her sim plicity. he proposed to befriend her, and it is no wonder that the young wanderer alone tin a great city should be glad to find a friend, even in a stranger who bore the semblance of respectability. So php accepted his escort, he promising to find her a place. He took her to a number of -places of bad repute, obtained the chicks for her bacgsg e , then made love to her took her to a low resort to lodge all night srd effected her ruin under a promise of al:liege as soon as be should receive his nick pay, amounting to $lBOO, from the army. On the following morning, as might have been anticipated, be basely deserted her. leaving her to the tender mercies of the landlord. She attempted to find him, and met with much cruel treatment in her efforts, when her cue came to the attention of the police, who arrested rtCosta. He offered to marry her, but it was discovered that be had n wife living. and he was committed to jail on a charge of adultery. The girl is meanwhile receiving good care. HERDER OF DR. CLARK, OF mut:mitts Information has been received of the b ru t a l murdering of Dr. William Clark. formerly of Meadville. on his farm in Mis• sissippi. Daring the latter part of Lamb last, two of Dr. Clark's negroes absconded and connected themselves with the Fed eral arwy. Sometime in the month of April tb y •eturned to their master, and Professed t+ be sorry for whet they had , done. In a few days after their return, the negro.a induced the doctor to tempi. ,parirtbem to And on bis 'plantition,-preL they wished to be directed sit ), of some timber. 8s soda u he arrived at the place be was seised. stripped of his cloth ing. tied to a tree with a rnpo, and then whipped almost to death. ' This, however was not cruelty - enough for the black fiends to inflict. Their kind muter mus , be kilted, and they at once. began beating him with clubs, sad continued until hip bead was literally crushed and bis brains mad out. Dr. Clark not returning to lite house, hie family and friends became alarmed. and the following day, upon searching. found his dead body in the condition above described. The people of the neigh borhood were fired with the spirit of yen• seance toward the perpetrators of so foul and bloody a murder. The negroes were ruspected, accused, and confessed the crime, when they were .ivarched to- the place where the murder had been conf milted, and there suspended to the trees Dr. Clark is universally spoken of as hay in g been an intelligent and accomplished gentleman. NEGRO CRIMES IN LOUISVILLE Fora long time there has been situated on Preston street, Louisville a negro eat ing and drinking saloon, where free ne grope have been in the habit of congre gating and nicking a great noise, to the. annoyance of the neighborhood for sever al squares around, and so boisterous has their conduct been of late, that the place ; has become an intolerable rruistince. On Friday they became more bold in their operations, and numbers of them were seen running through the streets With drawn pistols, threatening.to kill the first white person : they should meet, and defy ing the officers to interfere with them. They took entire possession of the east aide of the street. and..form time, no one was safe in passing on that aide. In the afternoon a difficulty occurred between a white man and two negro men. the latter making the attack and firing two shots at the for Mer, who drew his knife and stabbed one of the negro men, who is now - in the hospital. The other negro was arrested and placed in jail The excitement on Preston street was in tense, and so strong is the feeling of the ; residents there, that unless something is done to put a stop to the recurrence of these outrages, we may he called upon to chronicle more scenes of bloodshed. POLITtCAL QtARSIEL-M.ili KILLED. The Redford Gazeue give the following version of an affair which the telegraph men bays undertaken to distort for politi cal purposes: On Tuesday morning last, our usually quiet town was thrown into , a state of in• tense excitement, by the shooting of Jacob Crouse by J. P. Reed, Jr., both of the place. We wilt try to narrate the cir cumstances under which this unrortunate affray took place. as accurately as we can gather them from those who were wit nesses of the occurrence. Mcneel Reed, a student of medicine in Philadelphia. and a brother of J P. Reed. Jr., has been vi: c.at 1.1: f-thor's tru:'e fra• on a visit. Whilst Mengel was gifting' in front of his father's house. and frequently when walking with ladies on the street, Crewe would call bim "rebel," "traitor." and accost 'him in this .wise. "How ere you. 'Johnny?" "How are you, Reb?" This was borne silently by Mengel until lost Saturday. when sitting in front of his' father's office, Crouse, passing bim, said " Row are you. Johnny?" Mengel replied that he would cane him. if he would con tinue to insult him. J. P. Reed, Jr.. hearing the altercation between his bro. ther and Crouse. stepped between them and asked what was the matter. • Mengel replied.," This creature has 111%11h/t me strain " J. P. asked_groitp,, " Did you ?" The latter replied. "Yea,rdid!" and came menacingly toward J P., who struck him and knocked him down. Crouse, being a powerful man, rallied, when he was again knocked down by Reed. At this junc ture, the peace officers interfered and the parties were teparatecl. On • Saturday night. as Schell W. Reed, a brother of Mengel and J. P. Reed. Jr., was going from his' uncle Jacob Reed's house to wards his father's, Crouie leaped upon him. struck him to the ground and was beating him terribly, when J. P. Reed Jr., came to the rescue and knocked Crouse down several times. At this crisis a levee crowd had gathered in the street. and for a few minutes there seemed to be imminent danger of a riot. Through the exertions, however, of the constables and Captain Adams. of the 187th, order was restored. Thus matters stood until Tues day morning, when J. P. Reed, Jr , and Jacob Crowe met on the street. Crouse said something to Reed. and the latter told him he wanted to have nothing more to do with him, at the same time turning to walk away. As Reed turned, Crouse struck him with a stone, nearly felling him, and was in the act of striking him with another stone, when Reed fired upon him, killing him almost instantly. Mr. Reed gave himself up to the authorities and was placed in the county prison. A CRAZY MAN BETOOTS TWO PAgBINGERS ON A xtserestret tyreaunt. A Minnesota correspondent of the Chi cago Trilune gives the following narticu• Inn; : Ye:terday afternoon (July 27) about 4 o'clock, seated, in company with a boat of other psweengers, on the larboard side of the steamer Annie Johnston, watching a crane that was standing in shallow water near the Shore to which we were at that time running in close proximity, we were suddenly startled by the reports of a pistol on the same aide of the boat. in the forward part, fired four times successively, which effected a complete consternation among all bands, and caused an excited and hasty retreat to the cabin. Further developments proved, howo.er, that the firing was done by a maniac named George C Stocking, of Hutainson. Minn.. with nut the least provocation, and resulted in the depth of Nathan S Roberts. of Canes tots, N. Y.. and the wounding of a re turned soldier in the right arm, near the shoulderl-named Hower. of Minneapolis, Minn. The maniac had previously exhib ited conclusive signs of insanity, and. a few minutes before, was seen looking wildly through a window on the crowd upon which he soon after fired. The shot which proved so fatal entered the cerebel. lum near its base, and came out under the chin.' The victim lingered in uncoil acioneness nearly fifteen minutes. and died without having uttered a syllable. On Thoraday of last week, Ned Brott. a your g loafer of this village. was arrested on a charge of attempting to violate the person of a girl abodt twelve years of age who lives in Troy. The girl'r father is a dealer in medicines, and had left ,his wagon in the shed at the City Hotel. kept by young Brott's father, while his &doh ter who accompanied him was permitted to pay a short visit to a friend in the vil lage. After: being absent from the wagon about an hour, she returned in company with another girl about her own see. and enquired of young Brott if her father had come back. fie told her that he had, and was in the barn after hay, whither she started to find him, but as soon as she en tered the barn young Brott seized her,hy the throat to prevent an out cry and then used every effort to accomplish kin object, hut failed through the girl's desperate struggles to resist him. The young villain was taken before 'a justice, wnere ha gave bail in the sum of WO to appear before 'he grand jury on the 11th of October.— Waterford (N. Y.) Sentinel. A most disgusting case of incest same to light in Armstrong township, Lycoming county, last week. A daughter of John• Gray, Sr., a girl about eighteen years of tge, became a mother of a child, and the loctress, who bad attended her on a pre vious occasion of like character. about eleven months ago, refused to keep this matter secret. and 1 , /iZTtcfw""nsbiri anthort• ties instituted en Investigation, 'when the h orr ible fact r a, discovered that the girl had bier the victim of her own E'ther's lust The yarns was the fact. in the former case. but that was aprematuro birth. The 'Clerk of Armstrong towimhip and the overseer of the poor entered complaint against Grey, who bed decamped. taking with him a considerable amount of money which be had been preparing to use in cas of exposure. Gray was a Justice rf the piece, having bees elected to that office last spring. At a spiritual pic-nie near Weehawken. the other day, seven women were brutal ly outraged. two men killed, five wounded and fourteen robbed. not only of their watches and forte monnaies. but of their clothes, so that they were compelled to hide in the worlds all eight. In the morn ine they contrived to communicate with certain persons pasting in the vicinity, who furnished them with raiment enough to get home.—N. Y. airrrt. On Sunday nicht the train from .Jeffer sonville to Indianapolis ran over the bodies of two soldiers about two miles from the city. An examination i.bowed that the men had been murdered and planed radon the track. They had been stabbed in numerous places. and neither money nor papers were found upon them. A girl twelve p.n.s of ag' waa brutally nutragodi by a ruffian, on Tursday. near East Liberty, Allegheny county. She is not expeCted to survive. Arthur Donelsom 78 years',,of ago. de• liberafely shot his wife dead ',Bah. Mo , hmt Itiandsy. with a charg4gl buckshot. He is in custody. Surveyor General Ma. Barron :—As the time fn' Dominating candidates for the respective t!, : ste•rfficea is i i epprnaching. it is of insportancct its the high est, degree that the Demecracyl of the State should select men for theptiblie l ervice whose well known renntation for nelifications. honesty and integrity, and devil , ion to the in , terests of the. Commonwealth l'would entitle 1 th e m to the earnest support of i very member I of the party. t At this political crisia in ouk• State it is of Pam , cunt importance that sq'th men eh uld I be chneen whose well known ellments of per sonal popnlarity would concentrate the strong est poweible vole. In kooking'sirnund amolig the prominent men of the Ftak for a candi date for the office of Surveyor General we find no one whose peculiar qualit3citions mere en titles him to , the confidence Scd sunrort of the Dednocrecv than- Wilson l lLaird, Esq.; of the county of Erie. A long preparatory course of study in ‘fathematice and Surveying.' .inrisprudet-ce and practice in his legal prelession. in which his par huller attention has 104n_riiypo t o tie Land Laws of the United States, and his familiarity with that branch relative to his own State, renders him deservedly the Innet popular in Nora; Vice, Pennaelvan:a se a Lend Lawyer—ballot: thin qualification in hitt lecal niactice, his reputation before the Board of Property is of such a character as almost in variably to insure success. , In Tlarri•lvcrp hip qnnliflent;nns epee!. aro even gr«•••ter and better known-than at Erie, him old home.: Mr. Laird is so vary popular in his own county and district, that, if nominated. - he would not only largely reduce the Repuhlican vote, but in all probability would overcome their usual Majority, end, in fact. carry the county by a small Democratic mrjoritv. re ducing thereby the Repuhlioyn majority, heretofore between three and roar thousand; en item of very considerable importance in the popular votes of the State Mr Laird has been elected Mayor of the city of Erie for several terms by large ray jorities, varying from 300 to 700 votes; at !hi , same time the opposition to Democroct- in the city being largely in the majority. lie has also been elected a member of the State Leg islature from Erie conntv, which always has given a Republican majority of between three and four thousand: From these focts it will cosily be seen that If neminaicd. he will largely reduce the Re publican mojority in tho-Nnribwe-t. mind give the State an able !Ind efficient ntificer. ERIE Cot:NTY DEMOCIIker.• The Cepperheeds claim that the blacks nre ignorant and deernded, and not fit to exercise the right of suffrage. Their reasoning is rot without force, hut it is equally applicable to most of the deluded men who coracles° the Copperhead party.--fileadoille Republican. The poor •• ignorant. " and "'deluded " fel lows who "compose the Copperhead party" are deserving of commiseration. What a pity that tiLey cou'd nat have some shining light of intelligence, like the editor of the Republican. to east his effulgent rays upon their benighted minds, and lead them into a paradise of en lightenmentrand patriotism ! As it is, we fear many of them will go down to their .graves under the continued delnsion that the United States is a Republican form of governmebt, with a written constitution, which is the stae preme taw of the land, and in tetaljg,uorance of the new-born truths that " military neces• city" is higher than all laws and constitu tions, freedom a synonym for arrests without warrants anti punishments without. trial, "loyalty" a new name for rascality, "equal. ity to all" the right of a minority having the reins o power in their hands to basely tram. ple under foot the 'rights of a defenceless majority, and self-government the privilege of having a half dozen- States &elate to the others what domestic regulations they shall sustain. It is sad, indeed, to know that people should exist in this enlightened ages() "ignorant " and "deluded ;" but " pity tie, tie true." A. & G. Vi. RAILWM-By the report of the Atlantic & Great Western Railway Com pany, jast published, it appears that the net - , gregate earnings for 1864 were $3 335,491 67; working expenses, $2 025,201 79, learieg • balance of $1,210,28.1 PS to be applied to construction, right•ef way; rents, dividend , 4, &c. The. total number of barres of petrole•:m carried over the road was 675,028. The nun• ber of passengers carried over the road from Meadville was 52,048. These tignres are for 1501. The Press is the name of a new Democratic paper just established at Mercer, in place of the Register, deceased. It is edited and .uh fished by C. W. Whistler, Esq. The Pre , : presents 4 neat and healthy appearance, is vigorously conducted, and deserves to be prosperous. The Democracy of lit,;rovr Should give it a liberal support—not a half way, lan guishing one, lint such as will rnable its cdi• tor not only to make a living, but lay a for dollars aside each year, boaides. Wo call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of a Concert to be given on Tuesday evening, by the Brass band of East— man Business College. The band have been performing in New York and other largo cities, and are now on their way to Chicago, where they design giving a series of extensive concerts. The Press in every place theysvisit are eloquent in their praise, and we anticipate a musical treat of mere titan ordinary interest. Pnesiout lime Lonce Roost, •Erie, August 10th, 1865. *t_ f Resolved, That the thanks of Presque Isle Lodge, No. 107, I. 0. 0. F. of Pa., are duo and are hereby tendered to ibe editor'of the Erie Observer, for this truthful and compli mentary notice of. the Odd Fellows' Pic-Nic, on Saturday last. Buolved, That the Secretary furnish a copy of the above resolution to tbe editor of_ said paper. Joan Sweeney, Sco'y. Three candidates for the British Parliament rim temperance prin s ciplee," and all three were defeated. John Barleycorn is a hard General to beat. 10? , et vi • „ ) 5. B. IX It S Roll romtfully an ea utees to the pab tbet this I. qe , econi : , etecm of FittaLlishrrtnt , •1 •a r.ca. en 10 a•nce or ,seen • ears In Europe, bringing tt this cowl try rite Kosr COMPt.ErE CI itCCS Wnrld 'ta Tor o•enmT icing ali Gr•at Equ•••tr • , • e for ttle , i , :n7llnd awl Couttriental Luropc, wint ering nesr 00 MALE - AND FEMALE ARTASTS will F. 12 4 , 1, t 3ATURDA, AUGUST 26T11, ri 1 """ Ateineon at 2, Evening , 7 o'efrci. tpltli,;loK Children under 12 years half price Mfr. Ttowea, with a d sire to ;ratify r"'"::4 l .q 'be nutmeat public, an et:las bar im• „ modiste p.strone, anaounees Crt.llVD GRtUrITOL'3 xx III" ITIOw .-•""l. 1 1 . Yak the centre of Europe tinted by tbo tgandr, from d 'stmt.:es of ten to i twenty Mile 1, to warms. As mu: CITY, PEN:CI, , • GORGEOUS PAGEANT! rn e brilliant than ever beheld b . / C3nr rtocu.th. ds3 nt Chiral!' , or the plendorri of I.lPld g,' th- • lieh of 'had. In this nett pro. e•rinn seltl gap -sr the Grand ilt•tiot ni .Eo {us, with :lre tall Op-ra Pend, fol:u ed b) the ;ram ,1-1 • I ft' pi..‘ BEATITIPEL TABLEAU CAR LIMNS LION IN THE - STP.ECT3 I ' , argeP nd enntainir.g an alleznrical Tableau :.•*"..i.., tf arne•ies. rn-e•en•el -, br a rt up of ol' etutiful Fozi:leo, tl , rac ci ly 'r al,ap-d • .<„,••• - '7 tt tile fe.t or 'h., G 0 , 14 6 MI .)I . Lt. Try ..z... 1.7 1 r ; "3 Cn 4 o d cl;: i .j. ra ....rc, l .Tl 'g ar L e . g " r 'i o . n tr p . e l ,l 6 b "4 .w, b u ' - it,t ',..5., ''' , l iOrl+, tepresrmtsokp z‹ .. „ : \I lit l•: dt ,fl:q ‘.A10.1.:A :: AVERICA, 4., , Qh4 Ith Yttt't and JuPtire Plan.ltn.r hy. 4 -1... ' ewe tanyneent Peripateron 1 inture 6 - 7" --- 4,•:•"1,•••?1•Itl be !Vie died by r-' - , ,- -1 NEP. csi.-s SEA ca Imo: (. .7% , -. , A1a........., 1 RINESE CHARIOT et , coiF(.. - clr3 (. ,z 1( •,'" ' - '4 ........... - ......7.- -- A. Ilast•ive Cage 4 ./.;•;t7'..:,•• `LIONS' ...arf-- . 7,),: -- '- • . '?,•-•4 4 ,.? 'nd oche- Chatiutg, Cs.-.; and .2 erline t...,, - , : . : r•,.-••• •f t.n,iniol•••• wtaktnanghtp drnwn t•y I , •••,-,••*, 1-ti. bin.. to of the Slagz ineert • tnd of \ -.. y, / : • orrign Florn.a;ao.l buere*d-' by the 1.. I / 1 .;;::•, '', wht•le Troupe of Artiro..r s loolutteir the ...2. ,.....t; . ''`i mot ` t. V 1,.. _. BEA ',.. UTIFCL LADY 11l DEES !0.--1 In rho World. A Stud of 1 4 ' 11-1 1 FOURTEEN SHETLAND PONIES! • --- .1.•. . .......... i Dr:win' the (‘-' . •2: i FAIRY cut RIOT Cl' TITANIA t (‘-'. FAIRY ' . .te,N. ~. _ „. v : - 1.,.. 0!,,, - . r ran . : , : the no,: Sit ..14-t,re t••„,? , • l o f .to,,r nis..lay ever witnesoed unthia . 1, ". '""4 oatinert. _ 's. i- - , • L... .. Attanhotito • thts Eatibliehrtent. It t.1.1"'•:‘: '_ -- "Z. l ' . MR. CRO('-KETV. _ • ........-(------,-.z., , 1 , MEM . .. ' . 7 • .-, -: s . I ' ' . '-' •.. ,- - --.1.'„4...:.-7.:-.13, -...-. "-- . ~•,.2.1.... .. ~,, ,r , , - - 7 if -;•.-,..- I — ii. l 4.. 7 4i t ?.....t,'"-- _, s , , °- 7 : -. . - . 4 ' i-I' ' 7.- - ' " -. l l ` e -;4.:- - i - .47, - - - 7• 7 ' _ .7117 - 7, c.RE. IT 1.1 is: TAUF:P.. NM • • I _ Eiiii ii,. i- With a I en I.llna fre•t; from the toren'. nri•ain•il •• d nn• snti rue I—.s.. b. In s Belo , C rrin-rev where flaring IcauloiL Atli , ' n Am phi h•sier, n htm e; d ,ring fon.. lhi• , irinti• ten ae ed In shine tut •a • ; eril e•rita, which hut encripei; i'rnrn th•ir al. nail cc- 'into+ a ro',r ellnw waii tell to tLeir evil I , y hie ea 11% naell z eir Inge Tit orb •d, andfig ilt-mt I.‘ •• 1,• C, •te •4•11 ;•,,•esz at , •••eh f ir=ance. in t! err Nunrr JQR Co e . f-ed the' with row neat Loa' liin cared band and to hi. control veer • th-r.l. bi tun ing 1h- pe I irrn a num ber of uri . n.ufre• and note' ev•lii!ions Dunn.; au iutetv.: in the i iren, En er , taintnect. air. t • o I it- through Ipt, I niinq and WoLi! rf Perlermaneel wlihia :Lt. 1314 E 4lf PE SA. , :r I.D ' to tLe Center of tie Anna, N. 11 , 1 ging ti, the 1141 , , , eV a d•zr-e , •I ete•ling c, 111".3.2,1P Bed lx ii n,, cc never beam 1 , • mortal mac. in adi.: tine to thr.n meat Cm tine and - - • Remarliat hi aura to oa, which . ve-11..C , 1 ben, the row ben the • r,,1) the it., sge , ent t pr.de and pleAeurw nrin un ice tat the lIEDut:tN Alt %BS. ' 'Yin , ' in namti r, Sall appear to their V l / 4 oo er nl and ".; CILARALTF.RIF.TIC YEATS: At ea.h Fxhibition. Thera in an race -2-n of p.op!e nn the tIIoIr, erninl which El El all MEM s - ..,-teentes-s more that is interest ti e, to the P' lll 'n and the r iaturicat r.s s.t.h eut in fast molar, then the race to which these LITHE AND GRICE , - S'OUADi Et,leii.c. t hather -anaidery I in reit tioo to the recoll.r trio they !fad, or he beeuttfol And rranett traettllna 'hi Jr the+ hard their ancient Inct and h-ibsts, as de•ersb-d in the 41 , 17 their preps,' den:- re n p"et.ry &rile° G their r. ,-- • • " s•— btir ERA or Hi Y I •I. ' , NIA...IAN:Ca: And their almrst mirar.u'ou. ekll as Herremen, thee T hal enzo nor warier cd res, ect. Thee- at:itched 'n this. es - t ant are osits'e cimeos cf heir trill and t re t eR the r.t'es• of their pennle , n Liles a. GYM. VAST-s, ER.; ACROBATS, \k's they are w thotzt parallel. • Prom cent somogthe ttem'sre TAlenturtho Arena, are a•mh • - krta's Ml. LUCY TSOS, Eltau &Nl' Vte'ri•nn.. rh ••• ever i n rn r liaPerb ,1 „ l AN . h• (LI ke , l hy A 11.1 I+ A , 00f uphs napreLelented eueuic unuala rr ra : ~! The Wonderful Baro.back Rider. 7` .-- 'l-."-- --- WATiO‘; BRorifEß-', ; Th.! popular Sc.°te and Im% acoarom. Artists and Great Ulyru plan Petrol men - • -. JOHNNY MAC AND LITTLF: MACI t the Flacacrone t'ornedlana and Clowns 'nz:l2l/ G•wt Somertmult re,:ormer. WILLIAM HOLLOWAY. Ratout L«sper and GPseral EqueqtrJan, 4 F_ '''' : '' 177 • N THE CONKLIN DROTHEES, tr"....,.t :. ; :i'N ‘ rhe Wobierrut CatinAn Ball retform r''',.:'/ / . ts sad Coc.te P0t...0r/en. 4 : - S'" ::-.., I • \--.,---.-- '.., i MESSRS rnicr. AND tiaNsoN, .. - '- --.;--- ss- ril2 Inl=lLblr, Daring nd Thrilling Trapeze r'er:,,rtners. - ..:7C - - ....: - '' ' l FOUR CLOWNS! _.:= - -----4 l Forming a EJD is Qua: tet te,compi iA ing .. . P.' - -r.-- ----:----(..... 4 , ±. - -: I PETE CONKLIN, The Memos cf the Illni-,. ,i.k 5-- .-- -5 C.; -) i The Porton of the Arena i:',.. 7 .. -......--- •,,-:-. ,nl7 It INS Tha G;eo,t , Arn•ri -sa Clovn JOHNNY MAC, LITTLE MAC. Modern Grimaldi. Brown's Hotel, ttte Street and the Palk, Erie. THE ABOVE WELL KNOWS HOUSE has p.a erf foto the euhlwi of the Etrclerslgued, who are Otterealued to spare no tfrurts that Yu I teed to make it a ul•a•ent olio.. for tt e treve'm g pub lic. A nutoter of , torott-et impre.ether.ta ba•eatieady beets made an.l other* to he r,rov stet at au enrly pe ind wlll rerui.r 0.. e • f the to. hotels it the 4-votary. gereYl-1-yare la taken to furrthb th- table with all the siouPb ,rrictell,Fetted up In hemo. arprurqd end by ae , mmodallog irat.trta We took chare• 01 the Betel ',Rh the resolution to wake it such u the saute of We vo etioo r. quire, and feel con/dent et meeting the appy, , b tt-n of nor vette. LOO/116 RO A o Propr store., W. 1.. Rose. Way 4 44-tt Watches .and 1 : 000 000 WORTii : .10 p, j of 0, ()orlbsr t . L. p 01 urtit %C P. • • 1... IV A. H. ftoa•o r., r , 2 , 40 .18 Reellinto etTt 7 t, !, S cir Reid tit* followint I o, “! Art t . l ONE Lq.1A...% kr.T • 100 Gold hunting wAttti, 100 Gold PRI JJ: 200 Ladies' p. 1,1 watuo., 500 silver wirchP9, 5 000 Lateet.ktatega r. :i.600 Galas! Cul. diuu..:4,; 4.000 Cul. ditiriond e,,r ltur t : 3 000 Miniature ri•• , ilv.r, ! I Inf. 2,000 Cal. dintuoul and , •LaTz t gents' scurf plc.-, Liu .2,060 Nlroonia S. cn bl • ; 2.300 Gold baud bi :3 000 and 111061 2,000 Cuizeo troucui—, 3.000 Coral ear (1:0!.., Ltdies' watch 6.000 Gents' pins, •pit.al.l%m rt , 4 000 Solitaire s 1• eve t • .1 11 ,, 3.000 Sets studs & • lervr tpu.,, at 6 000 Sleeve buttons, p 10,000 Plain I.: erigtai.el r.a,s, 8,000 Lockets, richly gr,„ l. 15,000 Sets j• E A : latest sults, .5 000 Handsome str.l r Z 000 .Sets bosom et u Goic(per ; 2,000 Sets jet & roo rroe z; eu drops. lates ‘ t 2,000 Gold thimbles. 10 000 Gold pens. St !.11ser evti. 10;000 G•id 1 ene, ebw.y `. s, l•rt, Thi• entire list of beg,' tau' • Iv 11 (or one I•nlLv cart. r•.r• ■rack will lr placed In !pt., care ekes ue neat by nail k. ;. t'+ th01e.... tau the fee. 4 t • •bat 0.1 are to have, &hot u.• seLki tLe dc,liAr and tate the .. F I re.tertibestro , can be 0.,; hr : Cult) 4," Carrytnir a $5. 11e sedi seueLe Ring ece•• rev's Agent., cret.ted to te , ..t--; e-nd mite La. Our certinutte•ant &rms. 5 d.l? Ring's Vegetaale. A GREAT RAIR [op T' ,7 region am "Tar: uosoLuLT.7 and has this nen - nary, f.f, t - c •c_ torrr bente cfasf,l,datr • the pr.fprfetois of the ia• au iffuturn, e sat., for I 1.0. It rrsto• - .0 Graf- hf • • • , 7.fi. It inipart• • b<•:..::'l, fa .4 hair. Z 4. It cures all Humors t• 4th. It is an tats 1. r ath. It is a rtchli p••••tr, • fa iea t flu Jun to 4 , aroiclil Front I •ft : f,. • le..tore sour Gray ffal• t Ureters at youth. Gel:TU.l3ler' of Ha!dille It! Th.t.l,- Eunt it which 11. C. 111,02 :,• out a t,fe rn •s not c , chtrUy of tt..trLD • Heoh,rattve. fry if sal 9 •_ • , E - . H Tubbs .t • 'a., er••,• frim., Colon !It north. , Itrrn • etloo , Iva Local Av. Co , ; IV, ff.!, SE caAnuzi Flill, r. JOHNSON, SAM LONG iiiiiM SE 1,1 Leek P O. Box, 270. ISM ERIE AG 7-30 II: S aoacla In cr. ,;;LA $5O, $lO 0, 8500, Am) cilKs, On band for Immediate ' TILE SUB.SCRI EMI Duly luthorized AGENTS JAY COOKE MIMI zr.sylVes.l BANK NG Keystone National CAPITAL, S' DIRECT SELDEN MARVIN, KUM; MARVIN, , 0. Nn2ll. JOHN J. A,( The above bank will b• 0;,.ce.: .1 Monday, Dec. 5111, Welt aide of State St . [—twee: Satigactory paper : Money rezeired La P Collections- , made prompioaea. Drs its, Spiels and v.b A 'hare 01 Public Pa' :. New Music PIANO FORTES 0 ro. thy M A N UFACTI: Steinway it Suns, Nen T., -, Wm Kaaba 6 Co.. Litid•mati at Sons. New Wm. B. Bra,dbur), Nrw V. 'I John B. Dunh New ,T Grovesteen k Co . New Y,,,. Geo. A. Prince k Co , . 0 I Carhert, Needham s•• Prices at a Large Da, cu.' fac 11 - zod PIANOS F1. 0 :1 Also, instra,u, All persons "tithing r on. ire Invited to cell an.• r tir...:l fore purchasing &nowhere. Heed's Mock, State street. : 4:7 Office. P.B.—Eresy Instrns•::n NEW BOOT : ' S T 0,81 WHOLESALE AF; THE UNDERS.I , ;NFD LT taurru thoir tn... •4; • have nprneu the au.• t• o. 'ha rood, pest dour frtrte, there they neer the trade sc.t of engin tamiulactor!.% an I :‘,.• • Hoc ue:.d Y. AND WILL B K TO TUE LA Without their istrousp., may Ires-tt ERIE RAIL CHANGE li. w i' A THL 11•11tY, DEC Trains sill les, • :,uut.tra ste.. Via • Eastward Be Train, o. 14 .... Train No I o ............ True No. 6 ...... .• Train NP. 4 ............. . • The Aoeutamao4etl,•l3 rad/ everl.4d Cali 0°-