Marvin, Belden 1,358
Newberger, 3 W :.::: 1 -" - ------- 306
Nicholson, Ales . --------------- 5
Netter, Samuel E 307
Nick, Wm -: -- - ------- _ 600
Neeley. Joseph 304
Noble, Orange 38,420
Noonan, 3 - ere - nil:h.— . _ 324
Ottioger. - Danglai - 1,005
Olds, L W - 1.400
O'Brien, s
lieliard- - 2 175
Osborn, D - C - - - - , 258
Ostheinzei.loah... -------- _ 045
Ormsby, DO:— - 1,400
Pierce, W W 500
Pierce, Dexter 928
Pelton, R % T„....„. .............. 9,260
Pelton, E L..— 935
Patton, Roderick 557
Rosenzweig, John 300
Rosenzweig. Isaac 2,115
Rued, Ed W 4,036
Riblet, J H . 288
Russell, R W - 799
Riblet, Win_ _ -,........ 109
Ross, W L I,SBti
Rtblet, Geo W 376
Res, Samuel Jr l,OlO
Reynolds. John
Rlblet, J E -
R9ynold9 J W ....
Record. Geo J 538
Reed, Wm W 4,112
Rogers, H. C 751
Rinderneoht, Wm F 4 381
Ramie, Henry , 20,975
Richards, J 8. 7,234
Robinson, John
Riblet, 3 E 45
Reed, Outs II 98 211
Selden, Gao 9,709
Spencer, 11 A.. 30
Sitniord, Myron 7,771
Spooner, it W 152
Spencer, S S - 761
Stoddard, N E 154
Seigel, k' L.. 686
Selden, John C 7,048
Sehlaudecker, M.._ 4 049
Skinner, Jea 3.003
Schaaf, Goo 550
Smith, S 2 629
Sanner, John • 304
Shannon, J W 2.281
Shirk, David 8,978
Seymour, N.._ ... 165
Schumaker. Louis 300
Sterrett. J S \ 1.172
Smith, E H 1,547
Stevens, E 11 200
'
Snyder, Jacob 31 400
,
Stearns, E H 900
Scott, Wm L -,_BB 017
Spencer, J C 8 099
.
Seigel, Claimer ' 2 711
Scott., Andrew 3,746
Spaulding, J F 708
Sterrett, Joseph 31 dl
..
Sterrett, Wm 400
Schlauclecker, F 1,048
Schaaf, Peter 480
Sprigue. Wm B 85
Schaaf. Phillip__ 150
Smith, a M 2,000
Smiley, P E b 9
Shirk, Chas C... _ . 235
Schneider, Fred 282
Scott, Walter ' 1935
Suerkin, B J . 241
S uith, Snerburn, 1,180
Stearns. 11 S 1 989
Tracy, Copia 442
Todd, W W 634
Thayer, 0 C'
__ • 400
' Thayer, R if 1,865
Tracy. John A..-- - 6 113
Thompson, V 31 30 972
Tibbals. Cons 31 9,035
Town, J J-..... ' 3 09:4
Van Tassel. IL W____ 2 (100
Vosburg, Chas 259
Van Scoter, J C..--- 14 410
Vincent. John P 3 24 i
.
Viers, F J 1 350
Vincent, B B 7,141
Vincent, T B 2 514
Wallace, Win AT 2 230
Wetmore. J W 309
Walker, John 11-- • 2,700
Whitman, Benj 2,480
Witherell, B 5... ........ ._. _ 14
Warfel, Ilk' • 1,896
Walton. L R 130
Walther, J F 876
Walker, Wm 3 124
' Warner, W -S --- 1,557
Warren, Win C "767
Warner, E L ...- - 2 609
Wilson, E C
... ......, 2,472
SOLDIER CANDIDATES.
The Democrats everywhere are acting
upon the maxim that to the brave belong
the honors of victory.. In every county
in theiState soldiers are given prominent
pieces 'on oar county tickets, and in some
counties every Democratic candidate is a
" boy in blue." The following, for in
stance; are the nominees o; our party in
Allegheny county
District Attorney—Major JAMES A
LOW RY. .
eoul4ty Comptroller—Major JOHN H
CASSZLL.
Treibi:urer—Major JAMES KERR.
Stilt Sonata—Cot.GEßGE S HAYS
Assernbly—Ctpt. A. LARGE Major
THOMAS 0113-:ON. 344j , 1r ANSEi F.
RYAN, Private - HENRY B. M CURTLY.
Private GEO . . EWALC, Private FRANCIS
IerCLURE -
C•tonly Commissioner—Private JOHN
CO N NOR. -
Coat:icy Sarveyor—Capt. E. J. HEAST
ING*
Dirieetor of Poor—Private SAMUEL
moa'ros.
The s Pentocratio party in thus manfully
responiling to the claims of the soldier are
but following their natural
Throughout the war we labored to enlarge
the soldiers pay, to mitigate their burdens
and to bring their duties to a speedy close,
and now that their efforts have been
crowned with glorious success, we intend
continuing our manifestations of friend
ship by honoring them with the official
rewards to which their valor entitles
them.
AN enthusiastic Republican editor ral
lies their rank and file "to the rescue;" in
the following vivid manner :
" Now is your time ; the eyes of all are
upon you—your enemies are watching for
yotir halting; your friends all over the
land, whO are hourly increasing. stand in
an agony of hope and doubt, and fearing
you may falter in your course. Let your
conduct dispel all their misgivings—let
there .be no 'Judas Icariot's in your MD ka.
Stand firm and erect as the pillars of the
Andes. You have nothing to dread; you
wilt not be bribed, coaxed or driven. The
Rubicon is passed—to go back is impossi
ble--the broad banner of Equal Rights is
once more spread-to the winds—the voice
has gOne forth, pealing over lake, moun
tain and river,-that 'sink or swim, survive
or perish,' our motto ihall be—' ON
WARD r The hopes of the people of all
the State` are centered upon you—and
well persuaded are we that•they will not
be disappointed. What remains win e .
corn plighted. Ibis year, will most surely be
completed next."
That thappy'r friends should take
charge of brim • Re is a dangerous man to
be left at large.
Tim DZMOCIUTIC PArrr.—The Lawrence,
Mass., &mina says "the Democratic par.
ty can entitle itself to the gratitude of the
Republic, by upholding a broad, national
and constitutional policy, which, while it
resists the fanaticism of the political rev
olutioniati,- still encourages awl wisely
promoteat.the progressive. tendencies of
the age." The Democratic party has done
exactly what theSemiulaaka of it, during
all the days Of ita'exhttenoe.
erie hstrhir.
THURSDAY. SEPT._2I, 1865,
iftIVIAL rlOll4llOl UT tits I'VersA /4 TIM ARMS Or
ASINR/CAS Llama _4ldra✓
PE'DIOCRATIC STATE TICKET
1 UDITO R GIV4ZRAL,
Coy.. W. W. II DAVIS,
.Bucis Co:
SLIWITOR GIN %RAU
COL. JNO. P. LINTON, Cambria Ca.
Democratic County Ticket.
.i.utist.T.
Cr I. W. 0. COLT. at Waterbed Bersagli.
!Woe'''. J. HOSlLlttiel, IMe City.
CONY I ItIIOICZA.
EDWIN HILL, Girard Miradip.
room ota•C?O*,
Private W 3. C. ILECLUIL, Jr., Zvi, City.
93
2.15
Capt.‘GEO. W. littrOill, Girard Smolt.
80111 , 1Y014, _
rapt. JOU IL lIIILLRIN 11111 cr.&
EEO
TRINITSIII OF PRIV ACAPIIST.
Rev. Jos. 111. Pressley, Dr. Thomas H Short,
George W. Moor.
gier'Election Tuesday, October IOth.,,ME
The Tickets.
The tickets for the voters of the
county will be printed and circulated on or
before the let of October. Allst of the persons
to whose hands they are committed In with
district will be published in theOnssnviß, a*
all may see whom to apply to far a supply.
As it is not fair that the candidates should be
asked to pay for the tickets, we shall pursue
the plaa adopted by us last year, of charging
each township with those supplied to it, and
sending a bill for the amount along with the
tickets.
THE COUNTY TICKET.
The C.stivention on Monday last-was a
highly creditable . and successful assem
blage of the representatives of the De
mocrscy of Erie county. In spite of the
'discouraging political events of the past
few years, and the almost overwhelming
Abolition preponderance in -the county,
nearly every district sent out full delega
tions and there was a spirit of determine
lion on the part of the members,of zeal for
success, of attachment to principle and
confidence in the ultimate triumph of our
party, which we have never seen surpass
ed. The DemocTats of Erie county, the'
often defeated, are neither cowed nor dis
heartened. They are firmly convinced
that right is on their side, and so•believ
lug, intend keeping up their time honored
organization, defending its creed, and
rallying around its banner. under all cir
cumstances. If there were any evidence
needed to vindicate the integrity of the
men who compose the Democracy of this
county, it would present itself in the de—
votion they display on every necessary °c
ession to the cause of which they are sup
porters. To be a Democrat here is to be
cut off from all hove of political promo-
Lion, to be maligned, misrepresented and
injured in reputation and business, to put
up with every sort of taunt and insult,
and to labor year after year with the pros
pect of certain fail ure. _Yet,notviithstand
log 'these facts, our party friends never
fail to keep up a bold front, and always
stand prepared to attack the enemy when
ever an opportunity presents itself. Our
tna..s meetings are as largely attended and
our conventions conducted with as much
care and regarded with as much interest
as those of the other side. Can it be that
men acting in this manner, under such
circumstances, have other than honest,
manly motives ? Let the candid reflect on
these thiags for themselves, and however
they may disagree with us in principle,
give us at least credit for straight-forward,
unselfish and patriotic intention of pur
pose.
The ticket presented is one of the best
ever offered for the support of our voters.
The candidates are mostly young men of
unquestioned integrity and fitness for the
offices to which they have been nomina
ted. The convention acting in the spirit
of its resolutions, with but one exception,
has tendered its honors to " bays in blue
who have earned by their bravery in the
field a title to the gratitude and rewards
of their fellow citizens. While the organ
ization in the county which makes such
lofty pretensions to being exclusively the
soldiers' friends has nominated only three
returned soldiers, and one of them against
the desperate opposition of some of the
party leaders, the Democratic convention
has placed no less than five in nomination,
all at leant equally capable to their com
petitors, just as meritorious, and all given
the position without a dissenting voice !
With so excellent* ticket to labor for,
our friends should go to work with re
newed zeal. The day of election is close
at hand, and there is no time to be lost.
Perfect the local organisations and see that
not one Democratic voter fails to do his
duty. We have no means to spend in
meetings, and must depend on quiet, per
severing and resolute .working. Remem
ber that every vote got cut for the county
ticket, assists to that extent our State
nominees, of whose election, if a lull
Democratic vote is polled, we feel a nearly
certain assurance.
The New York Traulie is responsible for
the following :
A correspondent, who evidently thinks
no mall beer of himself; puts us this ques
tion :
"Do you think that twelve ignorant ju
rors are better able to.decide upon a man's,
guilt or innocence than twelve educated
military officers t"
Of course not! There never should have
been any trial by jury. It is all a mistake.
So are civil courts and judges. "Twelve
eaucated military officers, should dis
pense "military justice " everywhere and
to everybody. How could we have been
so start , ' as not to see It from the first T
N If Tribune.
Tar following is the resolution indorsing
President Johnson which was tabled by
large majority in the Minnesota Republi
can State Convention :
.Resolved, That we recognize in the civil
and military acts of Andrew Johnson, as
they stand out before the world during
the darkest period of the nation's trial,
the fearless patriot, the able statesmen,
the honest man; and that we pledge to
his wise and patriotic measures for the-res
toration of the Union, our cordial sup•
port.
WILL some one hold the Maas man f
He is in a bad condition. and may
. st Any
moment butt his brains out (if he has IM/I)
Against the walls of the place from which
he gathers his sweet-smelling editorids.
ArbITOL,
THE GAZETTE MAX.
The teachers of phrenology advocate
that a mates disposition and character are
a l wa y s to be told by his countenance and
appearance. If we bad ever entertained
Say doubts of the theory, we should be
firtnleoonvinced after our experience's it h
`the editor of the Gw..eite. A. little, wither
ed, contemptible creature, with a hang
dog look, he is just such a man as you
would pick out of ten thousand as the in
carnation of ingratitude and depravity. A
stranger meeting him would involuntarily
put his band on his pocket•book until he
bad puseel. If you were to come across
hint in an out-of-the-wsy place, and had
not a revolver with you, it would be na
tural to look about for a bludgeon and
keep it constantly at hand, until be bad
got out of sight. If ever villain was writ
ten plainly ori a man's fat*, it is on his.
It stands out in filming characters, so that
" he who runt may read."
This concentrated heap of dirt and
meatiness, this compound of the whiffet
and the imp, came to our city something"
over a year ago. At first our citizens
avoided him. His repulsive, sneak-thief
appearance led men instinctively to judge
his nature, and he was shunned like a
skunk, By degrees, however, he succe4d
ed in gaining a little confidence, and he
had no sooner obtained the acquaintance
of a few respectable citizens than - be set
about andeavoriog to injure the employer
who had befriended him. Ile circulated
stories prejudicial to that gentleman's re
putation, putrad up his own importance,
and by . one means and another succeeded
in gaining the confidence of an unsus
pecting few. The consequence was, that
when the present sweet of the Gazette
purchased it, he was called to its editorial
control; an act which we are_ assured . has
been regretted many times since.
Since he has been in charge of the pa
per, his real character has been unmasked,
and he stands out in all his filthy naked
ness before the community. The Gazette,
once one of the most influential papers in
the State, has become a common by
word of contempt throughout the place.
Its imbecility is only exceeded by its ma
liciousness, and its maliciousness by its
mendacity. Its columns are the recepta
cles of all the sewerage of the city. If
anything is too mean to be admitted into
either of the other papers, it is sure to
meet with a hearty welcome there. The
editor not only is not tiA),amed of his fal
len condition, but actually boasts of it.—
He does not hesitate to retail all the pri
vate gossip which by hook or crook be can
gather up in the streets, but adds to it to
suit his own convenience. His falsehoods
are so unblushing that we are convinced
if he could tell the truth, he would prefer
not to do so. A toady by dispoeition,and a
corrupt scoundrel by practice, he has be
come the fit vessel through which a set
of the worst men in the county spew forth
forth their venom. While they can be of
benefit to bins he will fawn before them
and eat the crumbs they throw to him ;
when he imagines he can do without them
he will smite the hand that fad him. He
is no more to be trusted than a viper, for
bis heart is so rotten that if it could min
ister to his interests, he would sell his best
friends for a farthing.
We don't know where be came from,
but if be is not an escaped penitentiary
bird, then we are more mistaken in our
judgment than usual. He looks so much
like a New . ► York pickpocket that we will
bet on it he has seen the inside of a
cell more than once. -Too cowardly even
to ply that trade with success, he has come
to Erie, and seeks by his slanders and
falsehoods to attain that position in the
world, his imbecility can never procure.—
Too insignificant to kink, and too vile to
touch, be will probably be permitted to
eke out the balance of his short existence
in the miserable way in which he delights,
a living oommentary on the depravity of
the race, a scorn for all respectable citi
zens, a laughing stock to boys, and an ap
propriate tool for the work in which be is
engaged.
Ta■ Odearimpr should remember that
"Brick Pomeroy," * * was smoked
out of Ls Crnsae for his infamous lan
guage. The Observer lives and thrives be
cause the Union men of Erie are more
forbearing than those of Ls Crease.—Ga
zette.
The impudert knave who could write
a paragraph like the above deserves the
contempt which is entertained for him by
all decent citizens. We have met with a
good many small specimens of conduct in
oar time, but this is the meanest, most
uncalled for, and meet infamous. Ever
since the present editor of the Gazette has
been connected with it, we have never
failed, previous to the appearance of the
above, to treat him with all the protean
innal kindness which any one could ask.
After all this, to have, without provoca
tion, the moat Insulting epithets flung in
to our teeth, and to find him publicly
suggesting mob Interference with our busi.
ness, was something as unexpected u it
was ungenerous, malioious and despicable.
We can always respect a manly political
opponent, but a sneaking imbecile, who
has no regard for neighborly courtesy, and
who will blindly permit himself to be
made a channel for spewing out the ex
crescence of villains too cowardly to do it,
in person, we despise from the bottom of
our heart.
"The Coasters" lives and thrives because
the Union men of Erie are more forbear.
than those of La Crosse." Does it indeed?
We always supposed that it lived because
the Constitution granted freedom of the
press throughout the entire country, and
that its thriving condition was due to the
appreciation felt by the real Union men
of Erie county for our industry and devo
tion to the principles of patriotism, but it
seems that we were mistaken. " Forbear.
ance," forsooth ! We owe it to the " for
bearance " only of the Abolitionists, do
we, that our establishment has not before
this been mobbed and. destroyed like
hundreds of others before it ? How forth •
nate for us that we reside among such
" forbearing " neighbors. We can tell the
editor of the Gracia and his like that it is
welt for them they " forbore" to earry out
the plan, he suggests. If they bad, the
"forbearance" of the Democrats of this
city would not have been great enough to
induce them to "forbear " visiting the act
with such summary justice that its like
would never have beeriattempted again.
The "forbearance" of our community is
very large, but it is put to its severest test
when it sees papers like the Erie aesette,
that bttytk nntotionsly. atitsoct4o,,nyery
" treasonabhi" attack neon the
tion for thirty years, biatting about their
"loyalty," accusing others of grant of 64.1-
ity to their country, slandering some of
the best citizens in the - county; and urg
ing mob law against rival presses. _
Gov. Cuarry ham been on a visit to
Scranton. in Luzerne county, and when
there, as a matter of course, was called
upon for a speech, He responded in a
few remarks, which, according to the
Register of that place, bad a decidedly
coppery hue. He is in favor of a " speedy
reduction of our armed forces and nation
al expenditures, and the restnration 01
the} rights both of citizens and States
under the Union and the Constitution,".
In all of which he agrees, almost word for
word with the Pennsylvania !Democratic
platform. Although it is well understood
among the public men of the State that
the Governor has long entertained views
of, this kind, this is the first occasion, we
believe, in which he has given public et
pr scion to them. The Governor is at
heart not far from right, but his excessive
timidity and love of popularity, have led
him to follow the party discipline in spite
of his decided antipathy to the party
policy. What a pity it is that a man of
his natural good judgment should not
have had the courage to declare in a plain,
straight-forward, manly manner his,con
demnation cf the illegalities and uncon
stitutional acts which have made his party
name the synonym of all that is foul and
unenviable in our system of politics. Oh,
for a half-dozen public men in Pennsyl
vania, who, like gallant, Harry Clay, could
stand up and declare in all the conscious
ness of personal integrity, and firmly sus
tain the sincerity of the declaration " I
had rather be right than President."
IMPORTANT TO ALIENS.
By the 21st section of an act of Con
gress, approved July 7, 1862, the Phila
delphia Age says, it is provided t h at any
alien of the age of twenty-one years and
upward, who hu enlisted or shall enlist
in the armies of the United States, either
the regular or volunteer forces, and his
been or shall be hereafter honorably dis
charged, may be admitted to become a
citizen of the United States, upon his 'pe
tition, without any previous deCoration
of his intention to become a citizen of the
United Statek, and that be shall not be
required to prove more than on. year's
residence within the United States previ
ous to his application to become such
citizen. In addition to proof of residence
and good, moral character, it is required
that the court admitting such alien shall
be satisfied by competent proof, that the
alien has been honorably discharged from
the service of the United States. This
act materially alters previous laws, but
does not In any manner do sway with the
necessity of procuring regular naturaliza
tion papers. •
COL. DAVIS, our candidate for Auditor
General, has published a letter in reply to
an article in the Harrisburg telegraph,
charging him with being opposed to the
amendment giving the soldiers the right
to vote. He says that he always was in
favor of the proposition, advocated it
through his paper, and cast his vote in
favor of it, as is proved by the following
extract from the Doylestown Intelligent r,
the Republican organ of Bucks county
General John Davis. of Southampton,
and his eon, Col. W. W. H: Davis, both
_voted openly for the amendment."
The Colonel clears himself 'kern the
charge handsomely, but if be knew the
Harrisburg Telegraph as well as we do, be
would not deem it necessary to refute
anything which appears in its columns.
Of all the journals published in Pennsyl
vania it is at once the moat mendaelour,
and depraved—eteepting, perhaps, the
Erie Gazette.
Tax Dispatch, referring to the counts of
Gov. Brownlow, of Tennessee. in proposing
retaliatory measures by the Unionists of
that. State against! their fellow citizens,
lately in the rebel service. says, and •we
endorse every word that it utters oh the
subject, that " such seen" as he "are
doing more today to prevent and hinder
the pacification of the country than a hun
dred guerrilla bands. He is encouraging
and inciting men to deeds of violence,
whose stinging remembrance of past
wrongs is sufficient incentive to ants of
cruelty. Instead of urging to the com
mission of crime and egging on a mob, it
4 his duty to allay the angry passions of
the people, and, by a calm and just . ad.
ministration of the law, and the exercise
of his power for protection, insure to all,
Unionists and ex-rebel alike, the aafety of
life, liberty and property."
Col. A. J. Herr, District Attorney of
Dauphin county, has recently retired from
that position, after w term of six years
hard service. Tile office in that county is
one of great Importance, as our lawyer
readers will admit, when we inform them
that at the last court nearly four hundred
cases were disposed of. Col. Herr has
filled the position with a degree of ability,
courtesy and fidelity that have won• the
approbation of all parties.' He is one of
the ablest young men in the State, and
just as liberal and enterprising as he is
able. We don't want to see any Repub
licans in the next Congress. but if the
fates should - decree that the Dauphin dis
trict is to be represented by a political
opponent, we should prefer to tee Col. A.
J. Herr that man.
The N. Y. Herald is an infallible political
barometer. It has the shrewdness to al
ways foresee the " way the catjumpe," and
rarely fails to be on the winning: side.
Acting on its well understood principles,
it is now gradually shaping its course to
support the Democratic candidates. In a
late issue it says "The Democracy must
be the basis of the future party of the
Union, and those who take their places
in its ranks can alone be sure of eventu
ally being with the President and the
restored Union."
-A Smoonot.—A copperhead is a person
who opposes the Government, according
to Republican authority.
The President is the Government, claim
the Republican leaders and papers.
12 it i tess of the kepablioao party do
not Mb.' tti Ytarresideot's pcaloy ; Aera
tors, it is op - paling the Geveratnatt, and,
ergo, must IS a copperhead organisation.
4
A WAIL FROM 44NORLAND."
Colonel A. - K. MeCture, - the shrewdest
and beat informed Republican politician
in the State,' virtually gives up the im
pending political contest. The leading
editorial brut paper, the *Charabersburg
Repository, of Alai weelk s _ hes a loud wail
over the deiOing fortunesand the ruined
hopes of ,tbe•great~ A.bolitido party. The
Colonel giadry rays :
Immediate and thorough organisation
only will save Pennsylvania the fall. Oar
opponents are well prepared for the con
Met. They will poll their full vote. In
the Northeast they will do, quite as, well
as tail year. " -
In the Southern ewe ties-;-theste South
of the Juniata and Susquehanna and Etat
of the Alleghenies, we cannot materially
Improve the 04tober vote of last year. It
is possible to reduce the crushing majori
ties of York. Cumberland. Adams, Fulton
and Bedford a thousand ; but more is not
to he expected—less may be the result.
Philadelphia must fall off essentially in
bee vote, because the smelt manufacturing
for the army has been. almost wholly at
rested, and thousands of government em
ployee!' and , operatives on government
work of various kinds, bare been scattered
in other channels of industry over the
country. Their reduction must diminish
the large Union majority of last year from
2 500 to 3,ooo,'and the adjoining county of
Delaware can scarcely fail to be similarly
affected by the same causes.
We never knew. Cot. McClure to rriake
false predictions. Ile is by long odds the
best informed Republican politician in the
State, and knows be has good ground
for the alarm which fills him with terror
and foreboding. Courage tben,Democrats!
Your foes quail before you, and tremble
with the dread of coming defeat. Perfect
. your local organisations ; get out every
vote; push the contest with vigor and
victory will assuredly be yours. But you
must work like men who deserve success.
Democratic County Convetntion.
The Democratic County Convention met on
Monday afternoon, the 18th inst., at 2 o'clock,
in the Court (louse, and was organised by the
selection of Watts B Lloyd, of Waterford, as
President; G. W. Howard, of Wayne, John
Moore, of Waterford, and Robert Cochrane,
of Mill'Creek,,as Vice Presidents; and C. B.
Steeper, of Corry, sad W. W. Lyle, of Erie.
as Secretaries. The List of delegates wan call
ed over, and found to consist aa follows :
let Ward, Erie—B. F. Sloan. W. W, Lyle.
21 Ward—P. A. Becker, C. Seigel.
34 Ward--David Zl•' merman, Wilacn Laird.
4th Ward—Win. A. Galbraith, J. L Tanner.
Mill Creek—B. B. Dunn, John Burton, a
Cochran. D. C. Thomas, Christian Thomas,
C. W. Brown.
Harbor Creek—T. A. Greenwood, Wm.
tialtitataa. D. C. asett, A.. Martin.
North East borough—Dr. W. C. Evans, Z
M.fireen.
North East toinship—aennie Heath, E. H.
Davidson. Robert Marshal.
Greenfield—A. B Beeman.
, fleummit— L. A. Hull, Hear, Ebenbouse.
Fairriew--Joel Heidler.
Girord borovgb —Oleo. W. Arbuckle, John
L. Hart.
'Girard towciblp---Geo. C. 4►llsgber, Ed
win Hall, Albert Fletcher.
Lookport—E. C. Maynard, Win. Tyler.
Cootteau,t—Ald•o Pomeroy, Robert 13r)wo.
Elk Creek—David Baird, D. M. Wood, Hy
Cbureb.
Edinboro—laaao Van Tassel, Win. P. Burch.
Washinatott--S. EL Ellis, Chu. Sweet,
Jacob Boys.
Waterford—Robert Leslie, John 3 ) loore.
Waterford toweship--Watts B. Lloyd, Wm.
Davis, Wilson Moore,
Colon borough—Wm. P. Evarts, C. 11
Webber. _
Union towaehip--Chia. E. Parker, L. 1.1.
McLean, Solomon Shrum,.
Leaner—W. C. Ford, H. Barger, Wm
Hunter.
Corry—C. B. Sleeper, Isaiah Place.
Wayne—D. W. Howard, Chu. E. Flitch,
P. Miller.
Concord—Tae. R. Moffat, M. IL Heath
Chas. Wilkenson.
The delegates for the second ward of the
city not _being present, Benjamin Whitman
was, on motion, unanimously admitted as the
representative from that ward:
A committee on resolutions war appointed,
as known: Bevra Whitman,. - Oeo. W. Ar
buckle, B. P. Sloan, D. C. Thomas, Dr. W. C.
Evans. The Committee, after a brief absence,
reported, through Mr. Whitman, the follow
tog, which were unanimously adopted :
h'erso!stot 134, Tbat the perpetuity cf the
Union, the msintainance of the Constitution,
and the prosperity and happiness of the peo
ple, are now, as ever, the leading objects of
oar political action.
_ y 2d, That we rejoice over the victories of
Our army and navy, which bare restored to
no the blessings of peace and Union, end re
turn to the brave men whose deeds of endue
once end valor have won the admiration of
the world, our congratulations upon the coo
teas which has 'crowned their exertions, and
our heartiest thanks for their noble services.
3d, That the Democratic party plants it.
self on the broad platform of devotion to the
whole country—that in its views of the policy
of government it knows no North or South,
but one glorious Union—that it regards the
bonds of mutual respect , and attachment as
the strongest ties that can hold the States to
gether—and that so believing, it will continue
to advocate the doctrine of equal and exact
justice to all sections—no unfair disCrinona
tionn against any,
4th, That the frauds, corruptions, illegali
ties. extravagance, misery and despotism ex
perienced during the four years or more in
which we have been under the rule of the mis
called Republican party, demonstrate the un
dicers of its lenders to control the destinies
of a free government.
sth, That the Constitution of the United
States is the sheet anchor of our safety as. a
•people—thst the events of the past few years
have more than ever confirmed the wisdom of
its creators, and increased our attachment to
its Prigoiniet.sod we view with alarm and in.
digestion the frequent end illogical attempts
to palliate by one form of excuse and another
the most palpable violations of its provisions.
Bth, That an immediate and thorough cur
tailment of public expenditures is required
by all the dictates of governmental prudence,
and as speedily se practicable it should be
come the policy of the Administration to m
eant any further• accumulation of debt, pro
vide means for an early and honorable extin
guishment of that sow in existence, end re.
turn to-the old time habit" of rigid economy.
7th, That, reiterating the sentiments of the
'smutted Douglas,
we regard this as s white
man's government, to be controlled and sus.
tained by white men forevert;and to none
other than the race which has built up the
nation to greatness and glory should be en
trusted the scored privilege of auffrage.
Bth, That the only correct system of taxa
tion is that which rests on a basis of equal
and exact justice, and the establishment of
class interests, founded on the idea cf exemp.
tion from a share in the burdens of govern
ment, is unjust In principle, dangerous in
tendency, and contrary to the spirit of repub
lican institution".
9th, That freedom of speech, of the ballot.
of the press and of religion, and impartial
trial by jury, are among the plainest guarau
antees df the Ccestitntion, and we denounce
the repeated and flagrant interferences with
these precious rights, especially in times of
pesos, and in districts where the civil rule is
unimpaired, as atrocious and unjostillable
crimes against liberty and law.
10th, That the harmonious working of Our
great federative system requires a mutual re
gard for the rights, guarantees and intsysts
of etch of its parts; and all attempts to array
the States in conflict with one another, or
with the General Government, by aggreisions
upon. their respective constitutional preroga
tives, should be sternly discountenanced.
11th, That the claims of the brave soldiers
who fought in defeats* of the Union are sup..
tier to those of of les.seeking politicians,
whose pretended siloyalty " consisted
. ehiefiy
in /wise at bane, causing bad fealiD4 among
their neighbors, and making money wit of the
wail.; that for all positions of a publics nature
where civil and e , ildter e tmli.late , , of equal
qualifications, eater , nto competition tte latter
should be given the preference aw l hit we
urge up n the v trious Whose hol.leri in this
city andeourity, who remained in :vti lift
during the rebellion, to sat' once 1.-ig.l th. it
profitable place". in order that the ‘• I, iy a in
blue" may receive the rewards syliieh q cunt;
fill people are etisiosis to confer
12th. That is the Lingu.tge of one brethren
of New York, we demand as seine of the es.
senile! fruits of the triumph of our arms, " (11 , !
subordination of military to civil rule, the
restoration of the authority of the tour's and
the recognition of the equality of the States.
That we regard all dims, either by prolong•
military rule Cr by denying the right of re.
presentation to Statei in order to compel them
,
to adopt equality or negro Buffetee ns an ele.
meat of their constitutions as tending to delay
and prevent the pacification of the country,
to subvert the principles of the government
and endanger the liberties of the people.'
Ala calculated, unnecessarily, to continue the
system of eztravagance and corruption which
has diegraced the nation for the last four
years, to increase the burdens of the people,
and retard the general prosperity of the
country.
13th, That the frank and generous accept.
once by the Southern people of the condition
in which they have been left by the recent
war, including the abandonment of slavery, re
moves the main difficulties in the way of a res.
(oration of amicable feeling among the States,
and should be met on the part of -the Federal
Government in a spirit of conciliation, meg
naniniity and justice.
14114, That we receive with unbounded
gratification the assurances given by President
Johnson in his late speech, that he intends
administering the goveroment in no spirit of
enmity or resentment towards any portion of
otr common country; that be stands now
where be " did of old, battling for the Consti•
(mien and Union" in antagonism to all see.
tionaliits and monopolists ; that he is "equally
opposed to consolidation or concentration'
and disintegration : that in his entire course
be will be guided by the well established
principles of our system as laid down by the
founders of the Republic ; and that' bani•hinz
alt minor party considerations, and noting in
the spirit of an enlarged and genercus patriot.
ism we pledge ourselves cordially to support
him in the policy which he has avowed to
enable the States lately in revolt to put their
governments in practical operation, and in Mt
enck proper coostitu•ional mea'ures 69 he
may inaugurate to harmonize the country,
cement the Union of the States," and promote
the happiness of the people.
15th, That ice endorse the ticket adopted
by the late Democratic State Convention, and
promise to give it our heartiest support,
Major T. J. Hopkinson, of Erie, and Cot. W..
O Colt, of Waterford, were nominated by P.C.
etiolation for Assembly.
Amos heath, of Wayne, and Edwin Hall, of
Girard, were named ae candidates for County
Commiesioner. On a ballot being taken Mr.
flail received 41 and Mr. He th'..).9 votes. Mr.
flail having obtained a majority of all the
votes cast, was, on motion of Dr. Evans, made
the unanimous nominee of the Conveution.
The following candidates were, on motion
of 31r. Galbraith,, nominated by acc'amasion :
Director of the Prior, Private W. C. jr ,
of Erie; Auditor, Capt. George W. Arbuckle,
of Girard; Surveyor, Capt. John 11. Miller,
of Mill Creek ; Trustees of Eric Academy,
Rev. Jae. H. Presley, G. W. Starr, Dr. T. H.
Stuart.
The President was authorized to appoint a
County Committee for the enuirtg jeer, which
be did, as follows: E. Caraphausen, Mill Creek,
Vhairman); Serf!' Whitman, Erie ; Capt.
D. W. Hutchinson, Girars ; Dr. W. C. Evans.
North Etat ; C. B. .Sleeper, Corry; Alden
Pomeroy, Conneaut ; W. IV. Lyle, Erie ; B.
F. Sloan, Erie ; P. A. Becker, Erie. "
The OonvenCion then adjourned.
A Mit to °lidera.
Ben:, Sept. 11, 18,6,1.
Ma. Entreat — Last week the uuderstgued
took a jaunt to the famous ci'y of Pith , tle.
Nothing of moment occurred Worthy of note
until we reached Miller Fermi, where the over.
crowded train commenced its discharge of an x•
bowl oil seekers, speculators, gamblersabieeee,
etc., and the "'tramp, tramp, tramp," was
forthwith commenced for the great metropolis
of mild and petroleum, in the most ludicrous
and grotesque matinee imaginable, over a road
upon which the mud was from four inches to
several feet deep • up hill and down hill, over
rocks and through ravines, into by paths and
over fences, through creeks and bru.b. thorns
and briars, hater ekelter, pall melt, went the
one hundred. Thus plodded ye oil seekers,
foot sore, drenched in sweat, besme ireet with
mud, and now anti then some hicklees cuss, in
trying to evade a puddle by climbing a log or
atone, would lose his footing, and kereplasb
he lay clothed in a brand new suit of the na
tive "yaller'• and sundry variegated spangles.
" D---n the luck!" says Luckless. " Nlay
the everlasting curses of an outraged soldier
feeever haunt this God-forsaken, de, 1-berid
den gambler's den of mud and filth :" chimes
in an honest " boy in blue." " Young man,
beware! Curse not, lest ye be cursed," ad
tuoniehes a sage deacon in white cravat and
muddy boots. " Hould yer tongue, ye ould
divlre prod ; what's the use of yer prayer
meeting in sich aggravating cases ?"- bursts
firth an indignant. Hibernian. In this vehe—
ment retort to the deacon, Pat was not on his
usual guard. and his luckless feet went off a
rock in a jiffy, while the head of Paddy went
splashing into the mud like a porpoise. "How
ly mother of Moees, I'm kilt intieely, and ai l s
it a friend near to sit at me wake, and light
me bliesed sowT through purgatory'. Och,
hone ! och, bone ! and why was I demised into
this divil'a march! Be me sowl eo never a
step furrier to (he bog trottin hole I" " Hoo
ray !" shouted a dein voices, "and we will
keep ye company in going home.. Come, Pat,
homeward march !" " Faith, and I'll do that
same, d—d quick, making Biddy and the
chiller all glad wilt me pla=in prisence " And
aatqued of 10 or 15 turned their faces home
.ward, with Pat, wiser if not better men, leav
ing the fortunes of petroleum to those more
deeirons of mad and the soft side or a slab to
sleep upon. -
Thus we podded on, the tramp being be.
gulled by innumerable j ya-m 4, in uen
does, curses, etc , until we came within a mite
or two of
_Pithole, when another !lull turtle
about fade and toolinp their march homeward,
sick and diegulted.
Reader, have you ever been to Pith ale ? No,
Well, the road that Banyan's -Christian Pd.
grim traveled woe never more tirtnoul, bee
saieered, befuddled, behrimb/ed, brooked
and bed--d than the read from Miller Farm
to the city of Pithole. My pen is inadequate
to describe it. Painter could not do it justice
qn canvass. But seeing is believing and makes
tban'e faith strong. Well, we reached Pithole,
and a more God forsaken "hcle " we never
saw upon the face of earth's kingdom!
Here is a city, which is sprung up
almost as fabulous as the palace in'etHad
in's Lamp and as proliti as deneh'e G uar d.
Mud is the staple production, interepererey
with petroleum, nth, "1
-16th and li•32:1
shares, innumerable derricks, tanks. engines,
tool shop:, men and big beets., and teamsters
swearing with such volume and deptheite to
raise the fabled "seven sleepers" from _their
last nap.
Here are to be found men of all tongues,
creeds and seT,ts, each trying to sell thewthr•r
and make his " pile " .and leave the acenrsed
place forever, while hundreds flock there dai
ly, stop for an hour or two, and leave in ut
ter vehemenCe and disgust. Hundreds are
sick from the filth of the place and cannot get
away.
The famous U. S. Well is pretty numb played
out, and another, the name of which' no one
seemed to know, has ou per , e(led it. Several
other wells - have struck oil in smaller quanti
tier, while hundreds of. wells are down' that
have no oil at all. Of course of these noth—
ing la said by interested correspondents b - ' - f
stock jobbers.' It is not these hundreds of
dry boles which entice hundreds there. .15.1
therefore very impolitic to mention. An the
we lls going down. say these fancy sketches of
nice oil maps and dry territory, are basing o
splendid show of oil! Splendid it is. indeed!
None but a lease bolder can see it though ;
and there are a hundred dry wells to one that
isyielding, even in the ratans kingdom of
Pithole.
When we examine Pithole upon the beituti.
tally painted and engraved maps, showing its
Pplendid loco/Go, and tlione ul in3l
lowing wells, who Oast has ever ea
teoleuiz t that is not eneh toted and IN
nays. "I'll go and make my ftrtu,,,„
bow falls the nr,le.c,t.
lured palaces, etc , no fondly
tto remoettele4o/v brought In a satin,
ant
gh hotel fare and lit. p kt ' t , ,
why the divil won I e
Pittinle let me womb thy bill, f 0,..;
hoots, and never more will I
chanted abode.
I soon became disgu Jed with
jogged on down theicreek, tbre..,6
Woed'e Mills, where I nut as
compcinion and spent a day and t
him. picking up the roArte nperiu,j, l
a well. (tette a number of veal
down in this vicinity, tri.iie mlby 4,“„
bee* tested and abaodonei cif
been struck on the cre., It below
except near the mouth of the creek , ,
well was tested a few days mince 16 44
pumping about bbls. per day •
Frain Wood's Mills we fitrock
Plumor, and from there to the \I;
Farm, by way of 801 l Bun. 0(1011;
eras good wells are now in operation,
worthy of mention beinr the
phichis flowing about WO Lbic, peril
the Craft 'Well, flowing 27,4 bt):4 pe r ,h,
On the McElbeony Farm Are
wells reported to ue : Noble Well 1 3:
ing ; Sherman Well flowing 80 bb: sl
Mt. Vernon Well Ito 8. 80 tNe y ,i ty
pion ; Well. month of Foster Roo, pu t;
flowing SQ bble. per day. 1,,,e
the finest and best welt in that.
though there are larger produtiaz ~,s •
i. the Jenkins Well, flowing
and the Briggs We)l9, (two in ro j ,,A4
pumping GO bbl . per day. On t 4 .1
Farm a well of oil was struck at.f. , rt
the level of the creek, whicc it
bbls.'per day.
The wells on Sheffer Farm I
were all about played out, and
train Itereour report ends. plfte:,:i
ful that our life was`epared' whi l e
Creek train, I remain, very re.pectft
• Your humble scribe,
The Hawley, Wayne county, F,;,
edited by C. B. Cotter, Eig., 'egg;
H. B;Beardalee, of that county.
next Democratic candidate for '
It refers in complimentary-Iw,
his abilities as a 'legislator and
a mw
Tun CASIC DP Ma. SEICIMAIt.,n,
gave a prominent ?face in it< t •:,
week to a one aided and tinrent't
of the caea of R. Sherman,
tains the following sentence
Sherman had been a so'divr to t 6.
erase array, but since his rettremsnt f.
rebel service has purvuecl tht. stub ,
tart in the office of Wm. A. lillbru.sl
in this city.
This is about as near the truth is
Bible for the Gazette to get whe n tv
a political opponent. Mr. s'os Taa ,
law for a year or over in the ace
Sill, Esti., one of our foremost It t p u b;
sena. At the end of that perul,
braith needing an assistant, he wit
in his office, carrying with him ft t:
the most complimentary en leremett
character for'morality, ict eitigeact tt;
tlemanly conluot.,
The Gazette says further :`
It is stated that he frequently eltnt
sympathies in behalf of the South. st,
lime has been known to monies: se
tence for hie part in her terrib e ecz. l
• We ask every candid man to reatt,
it is likely that if Mr. Sherman hal
Aympathiser with secession toot a Re;
of Mr. Sill's positive character ►,;;
retained him in•his office for the ur.'
On'the contrary, we have persnalkt.
of the fact that he is not now nor Est.
been a secessionist. Ile never te::tle,
right or policy of secession, ant ra.:e
dent of Arkansas acted a coniplca:
with the small but zealous bmorin
citizens of that State who opp)sel iz
tuition in rebellion. While Gen.. Gs:
is now an Abolition idol, ICI3 CV/liiLg
speeches in favor of secessi:in,ati
the people to mob obnoxious I.7aiJa:
Sherman- was among the faithful
nobly stood by the old thg . and
We hove in our possession's copy e
cerdings of a meeting at Osceola, .1
in which Mr. Sherman was an an
w' euresolutions of the
factory and unmistakable UniOrt
adopted. Ms chief 'crime appears
been, in the sight of the self style!'•
men " who objected to his a lci pion t:
bar, that Since his resicienv :a toe Nor:
has acted with the Democratic Tatt7.
had come here, and, like Gantt, Hi
oaters, joined bands with the tr. - Outer
section, stultified all his poet tea•
shrieked "eopperbe►d " like a tai
would have been welcomed by the al
ties who now denounce him, with op:
A FeW lluestions.
Ma EDITOR :—A9 a citizen or./
holder, I am.deeply interested in the
election for the State Legislature nit
is one of more importance 11:9D
seems to be regarded, and 1 1.1111..: we vi
of Erie County have been tau ette,et*
letting men for the position Thete st
or four issues that are e-prcially vx.)
just now, and as I am not personal'y
ed with any of the candidates, I st.
permission to print them in your coluz:
Iloakinson, MeCie'ary., Colts l
ward he kind enough to answer the f
quegions
Do you sustain President Jotinsot'
of reconstruction !•
•
Are you in favor of negro
.auffrsg
Southern States or in our own Stale'
Rill you. if eleeted,.labor to re 3,
exrenses - of the Stat, and the
thereto, urge the reduction of the
paid to members of the Legislature
li a United States Senator is etime
Bev session, would you support
eron for that position Y.-
Upon the answers to these queA!em
the manner in which I sha - li cos,
*ro many others like 'me.
The Observer of yerertlay £14:015 0
number of the Gazette with bens?, ^©,
customarily venontou4," while it
t'rj hag, we judge, to out to the
let . yoar angry passions rise.
Frfilay..
- We simply reiterated, thott;.h
stronger language, what. the
two separate occasionsi asserted, %nil
mass of our cititens) end,ree To
made 'a mean, naslicitins
tack upon us, and re liated in vhil
an appropriate?institter. It t is not c , .‘
be obliged to speak thus plainly,
perionce has convinced us that then
one way to deal with a certain c:55,4
mere, and that is to show hem that
1.
petty act of meanness thtly. are
must expect a prompt and approptis: t
ation. 4.‘
la ,Ite ca;e of C. B. Wrigbt vs. Ey.
enri.)rt, aseiguet of the Bank of 0;
toe jury; on Thursday moroisig,ro
Nerdiot in favor of plaintiff for
aSome men nobly versa ttlr CJ':.
dying upon the battle fiell (Oat- ,
it by dying anywhere,"—the itlotrQau
D. C. for ezazople.
WI Itten [us the