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THURSDAY, DEC. 7; NO
Pillifill DENT'S al EMS.% G te.
We have delayed our publication a day,
in order to be able to present the Presi
dent's Message in full. The document is
one that will be read with more than cus
tomary interrst, alike because it is the
first message of its author, and on account
of the many and deeply important sub
jects which it was expected to discuss. As
a literary production it possesses much
merit, and presents a favorable contrast to
the Messages of Mr. Lincoln, but as an
effort of statesmanship it is woefully dea:
elent. The questions on which it takes posi
tive ground are mainly such as there is little
or no diversity of opinion among the pea.
ple, while the great, all pervading topics
of discussion are almost entirely evaded,
or met in such a way as to leave a very
unsatisfactory impression in regard to the
President's views on the mind of the read
er. Mr. Johnson's reputation for courage
or statesmanlike ability will not be in
creased by the document.
NB. BUCHANAN'S %INDICATION.
The long looked for book of Mr. Bu
chanan, in vindication of the acts of his
administration for which he has been most
severely denounced by the Abolitionists,
and in defence of lhe charges which have
been made against his patriotism and
efficiency, has at length appeared, and
may be found for sale at every respectable
book Store. It is a volume of considera T
ble size, neatly printed and modestly
written. Commencing with the history
of the antislavery agitation, it traces it
down to the eve of •the rebellion, in a
spirit of research and candor which' will
not fail to impress every one who reads it,
,and furnishing facts and figures that can•
not be truthfully denied. The price of
the book (two dollars and a•half) we re
gard as somewhat exhorbitant, but its in•
trinsic worth as a reliable narrative of the
important historical events upon which It
treats, renders it a volume that no intel-
ligent person, much less a Democrat, can
well afford to do without.
We publish in this issue of the Osszayss
the eighth chapter of the book, giving the
situation of affairs at Washington upon
the eve of the rebellion, and shall follow
it up with the ninth and eleventh chap
ters, embracing nearly all the points which
are most directly interesting at the pres
ent period. In these extracts Hr. Buch
anan explains ' most clearly acd satis
factorily the difficulties which beset the
close of his administration, and places the
responsibility for many things with which
he has been blamed upon the i ight shoul
ders. He shows in the most distinct pos
sible manner that if there was any want of
energy on the part of the Government, or
any imbecility in the treatment of the re
bellion, the fault lay not with the Presi
dent, but with the Republican majority in
Congress. .
We have no opportunity to make an
extended comment on the work, and con
tent ourselves with referring all who may
read our paper to the chapters we copy,
feeling well assured they will prove both
interesting and instructive.
Gen. Sherman, while in Lawrenceburg,
lad., was asked what be thought of Gen.
Palmer's course in Kentucky. 'He re
plied z " Well, I don't know. If it's mon
archy or consolidation we're after, be is
right; but it we want to preserve the old
form of government, he's all wrong." And
still Gen. Sherman will cast his influence
with the party which sustains 'Gen. Pal
mer's course, and even insult the one that
holds his own views of that officer's ac
tion. If the General were as consistent as
be is able, it would be cause for congratu
lation.
The Springfield Republican says the test
oath will answer a good purpose as long as
it is desirable to delay the admission of
Southern members, but as soon as it be•
comes an object to admit the Southern
States to their former position the oats.
wilt either be repealed or essentially mod
ified. As•it stands it excludes some of the
best.men the South has, and the most re.
lied upon to complete the political and
social renovation of their tection. A man
of brains, who has sincerely resumed his
former loyalty, Is worth forty fools, about
whose loyalty or disloyalty nobody cares.
Washington gossip insists " that Con
gress will pasi a bill granting the right of
suffrage tci the colored people of the Dis-
trict of Columbia. The old residents hope
that President Johnson will veto any bill
that does not refer the question to the
vote!e of the white inhabitants." What a
beautiful illustration of Republicanism
A people toting against negro ,suffrage
and their Senators and Representatives
crowdbig it down their throats. Russia vs.
Poland was no circumstance.
president Lincoln, during the last Pres
idential campaign, silted a friend if be
remembered the text which had been ap
plied to Fremont, and'read it, from first
Samuel, u follows:
"And every one that wu in distress,
end every one that wu in debt, and every
one that wu discontented, gathered them
selves unto him, and b became a captain
over them, and there were with him about
four hundred men"
The people of Minnesota have voted
down negro suffrage by a majority of
2,500; Wisconsin do. by a majority of
8,000; Connecticut do. by a majority of
6,000 ; Colorado by a vote of ten to one.
The only State which has sustained negro
suffrage is lowa. Can it be possible that
they+, will be men in Congress base enough
to insist on forcing upon the South a
measure repudiated by nearly every North
ern State!
. Tax Legislature of North Carolina kiive
elected Hon. Wm. A. Graham, Whig can
didate for Vice President on the same
ticket with Gen. Scott, a United States'
Senator from that' Commonwealth. Mr.
Graham was a member of the Confederate
Congrea, and has not yet received a par
don from the President.
Gov. Bradford. of Maryland, has offered
a reward of $5OO for the arrest of the is
candiaries who set fire to the "colored
Methodist church at 'Millington, Kent
county." The Cecil Democrat wonders how
large a reward the Governor would have
offered had the church belonged to the
;Mitt Methodists.
itairrula or comusgss.
The first session of the Thirty-ninth
Congres•, began at 12 o'clock noon, on
Monday, the larger proportion tit the
members of both Houses from the North
ern States being in attend.ince. In the
Senate a protest wad presented against the
admission of Hots. John P. Stockton,
Senator elect !ram New Jersey, signed by
the Republican members of the State
Legislature, and claiming that, on account
of the absence of some of the members of
that body at the time of his election he
did not receive s constitutional ntimber
of votes. The protest did, not meet with
, much favor, and was ordered to be laid on
the table for the present, and Mr. Stock
ton was duly sworn into office. Mr. Wade
presented a bill giving the right of suf
frage to all male citizens over twenty-one
years of again the District of Columbia.
Mr. Sumner presented a series of bills, as
follows:' One punishing any attempt to
control the service of slaves in the South
contrary to the Constitutional Amend
went with a fine not exceeding $l,OOO or
imprisonment not exceeding ten years;
one providing that one tall of the mem
bers of Grand Juries shall consist of per
sons' of African descent in sections where
a sixth of the populatior are negroes, and
the same proportion on petit juries where
the case involves the legal privileges of
black men ; one prescribing a new kind
of oath, to the effect that the person
taking it will forever maintain a republi
can form of government, will recognize
the indissoluble unity of the Republic;
will discountenance all attempts to sub
vert the Union, will sustain the national
credit, will resist all laws making distinc
tions of race; and one making the number
of voters the basis of representation in
Congress instead of population'. He also
introduced a set or joint resolutions de
daring that no State lately in rebellion
shall be permitted to resume its relations
in the Union until five guarantees are
given, viz : " The complete re-establish
ment of loyalty," "the complete suppres
sion of all oligarchical- pretensions" and
the enfranchisement of backs, as well as
whites, the rejeetion of the rebel debt,
the organization of-an educational system
for black and white alike, and the election
of none to office except those of undoubt
ed loyalty—in the radical sense of the
term. Other bills and resolutions of
nearly the same tenor were introduced
by Messrs. Wilson and Wade.
The House was called to order at the
same hour by Mr. McPherson, the old
clerk, who, on reading the roll, omitted
the names of the Representatives elect
from the States lately in rebellion. Mr.
Maynard, of Tennessee, a gentleman who
has been a firm friend of the Union from
the first, rose to speak, but was uncere
moniously crowded down by the Clerk
and the Republican majority. Hon.
James Brooks, of New York. as the ex
ponent of the. Democratic side of the
House r , made a speech in favor of the ad
mission of Mr. Maynard, but it bad no
effect •on the majority, who conducted
themselves in a spirit of intolerance that
put to blush all the charges - they have
made against the Soulbern Congresimen
on that subject. An election for Speaker
was then held, when Schuyler. Colfax, of
Indiana, the Republican candidate, re
ceived 139 votes, to 35 for James Brooks.
of ICew York, the Democratic candidate.
Mr. McPherson, of Pennsylvania, as a re
ward for his subserviency to the radicals,
was re elected Clerk. Mr. Stevens, of this
State, the acknowledged leader of the op
position, introduced a resolution for the
appointment of a joint committee of both
Houses, who are to inquire into the con
dition of the late Confederate States, and
report whether any of them are entitled to
be represented in Congress; according to
the radical standard, and until such time
no petson is to be admitted. Tho resolu
lution was adopted by.a vote of 133 to 36
—all the Republicans suttaining it, and
all the Democrats voting against it. As
this committee will be composed of par.
time of the Sumner and Stevens ichool,
it is plainly to be seen that none of the
Southern memberswill be admitted this
session without their States comply with
the Abolition programme. The Southern
C3ngresemen elect, we are told in the dis
patches, have already given up all hope,
and most of them have returned to their
respective homes.
A Vora TOR PEPPIA •rco Tat.—A clever
correspondent sends us the following. We
will not vouch for its correctness, but true
or not true, it is worth printing :
A staunch Abolitionist from Springfield
township, that section where genuine Ab
eatioLists flourish in unmingled purity,
had been requested by his wife, before he
voted,•to bring her some pepper and tar,
for the purpose, we believe, of oonctocting
some medicament for colds. Lest he
should forget it in the excitements of
election day, she pvehim a memorandum
of the articles on a slip of paper, which
he stowed carefully away in his vest pock
et. He drove to the polls, served his coun
try and went home in the evening. On
his return his wife, of course, inquired for
the articles she had requested him •to
bring her. Notwithstanding the precau
tion of the memorandum. he had forgot
ten them. He reached into his pocket
to show his wife the slip of paper that bad
lain forgotten there all day, and pulled
out—a Lincoln ticket! He had unwittingly
deposited the "pepper and tar" in the
ballot box! Horrified at the dreadful
mistake he had committed, be mounted
his horse and hurried back to town. Ar
riving at the polls, he plead earnestly to
get his vote oat and make it over again,
but it was too late; "mail bad closed."
and his missive had gone to its irrevocable
destiny. There had been an unusually
large turnout of electors, but amongst
them all, " Pepper-and Tar" got only one
vote!
A Vovsa.--The negroes in New Orleans
were much puzzled with the elective fran
chise. A letter from that city says:
Today is election day. So I do not hare
t 3 leave the levee to talk with the sable
laborers of these fields,Jor they are *truer
along, returning from the “polls.” sober
and thoughtful, with the puzzling alsocia
tionsot a franchise, which they fanny they
have today, in sincere practical reality,
exercised in company with their masters.
Of course it is to be expected many Of
them "go it blind." • -
"Yes, mama, I done voted." .
"Well, who, did you vote for t"
"Diinno, masts.. I done jis as the Mint
told me dat gub me de peas. I put ft in. o !
"Pass ! what pass I" Oh, he means the
"ticket." It looks like a vats to him, of
course. He sees my smile, and, after a
moment's silence. adds, to show the hon
esty of his intention--a good will, capable
of good work:
"I put, (fat papa in, masts, for trade
84112 ► (304 bless him, whoever be
items of Local Interest.
The Baptist congregation hove resolved to
procure an organ, at a cost of $2,500.
Our thanks are due to the Dispatch office
for the use of the type in which the Prcei•
deet's.hicessge is frt.
William Dom a yonogmaa working st the
Sty Slats Iron Worts, had ono of his little
lingers cut off•by s circular saw, on Saturday
The Common Council on Monday esening
elected B.": 11. Lynn, Seq., proprietor of the
Dispatch, a member of that body, to 511 the va
cancy occasioned by the resignation of R. J.
Pe ' -
Messrs. Cronin St Greens have opened a
Furniture, Auction and Commission Store,
adjoining the Fleet National Bank, where
theyintend carrying on the business in an
extensive manner. Auction sales will be
be held on two evening of every week. .They
are both men of enterprise and deserve to
secure a large patronage.
Dr. J. Humphrey, of Union, has associated
with him in the practice of medicine at that
place, Dr. 0. 8. Abbey, of Wattsburg, a young
and skillful physician. The people of Union
are to be congratulated upon having two such
able medicatmen in their community.
The editor of the Tidionte Chronicle evi
dently has not the fear of railroad companies
before hie eyes, as witness th e e following :
WAJTID.-A man with at least as muck
brains as an ordinary ass, as Freight Agest
at. Irvine. Apply to the Superintendent of
thi P &At. railroad, with certificates of good
moral character.
The Times is the.title of a new paper es
tablished at Reno, Venango ociunty, of which
8. D. Page, Esq., is the editor. Its typo
graphical appearance is more than ordinarily
attractive, and it is edited with a vigor that
is cot' often met with in journals outside of
the largest cities. The • number before us
contains 'event articles upon the oil trade
that have interested us very much.
The Crawford Journal says Artemus Ward
was tt greeted by a very full house" in that
place—" much larger than would be the case
again. • Artertus may be a 'big injun ' in
some places, but the people of Meadville are
■o unaccountably stupid that his wonderful
wit is not more than half appreciated." Poor
fellow
Judge Sterrett, we are gratified to announce,
has recovered from his late protracted illness,
and resumed hie duties as city postmaster.
The Judges' politics are of the very blackest
and worst sort, but his amiability and accom
modating official spirit render him universally
popular among our citizens.
The fence around the East Park has been
completed, and the grounds present as tasty
an appearance as esn be met with anywhere.
The West Park will have a similar fence
placed around it next spring, when the mar.*
kit-house will also be removed.
The Buffalo Courier learns that Mr. Bateman
pays Parepa, the famous lady vocalist who
sung here last Monday evening, $4,000 a
month, and Levy, the cornet player, $2,000 a
month. His expenses. it saye, are about
$5OO per night, and yet he le making money.
We guess, though, the Courier's figures are a
little too big.
Our readers will perceive by the advertise
ment elsewhere, that the celebrated actor,
MoKean Buchanan, &compacted by his tal
ented daughter, Virginia, will appear with the
dramatio company to perform in Farrar Hall
next week. The Troupe. we are assured, con.
stets of *formers who are throughout much
superior• to the clue which usually appears in
places of this rise. The reputation of the
Buchanan's will ensure them crowded houses
during the whole time of their gay in Erie.
Capt. M. J. Cronin bee retired from the
naval service, -and is about to establish a sew
inc machine agenoy in our city. Capt. J. H.
Welsh will also leave the service• in a short
time.
A man named Nathan Todd, residiarnear
Middlesex, was killed near Sharon on Monday
evening of last week, by the train from Pitts
burgh. He was stupefied by liquor, and ley
asleep on the track. His body was literally
cut In pieces, so that it was almost an im
possibility to identify it.
On Sunday evening we bad a rarity for this
season of the year, in the shape of a regular
midsummer thunder storm. The rain fell in
torrents, and the way the thunder rolled and
the lightning flashed was perfectly amazing.
The I, elerit'of the weather," it is evident, has
got out of his reckoning all around this DU
The Crawford Democrat , is of the opinion
that the late destructive fire in Meadville was
the work of incendiaries. It .says there are
creatures about that town "who are capable
of perpetrating any act of fiendish malignity."
The numerous friends of Dr. Robert Faulk.
nee will be gratified to learn that he is recov
ering from the spell of sickness which has
confined him to his bed for a long time.
A New York correspondent writer to the
Indianapolis Journal that : A report is in
circulation that Anna Z. Dickinson is to to
married this winter, to a journalist of this
city, a young widower, who first advised her
to uoirad the rostrum, and to whom she as
cribes all her success. They hare been en
gaged , privately for four years, rumor says,
and inasmuch as he loved her when she was
a poor, laboring girl in the Philadelphia
mint, she no dcubt feels assured that his af
fection for her is none the less genuine since
she has grown wealthy and fainous." Happy
man ! how heis to be envied !
The Titusville Herald advertises Robert
Hendon and Phil. Diefenbach, two one-horse ,
showmen, as having cheated that office out of
bills contracted. We always believe in giving
that class of customers as much fame as they
deserve, and so help them along to the extent
of this notice, free of charge. By the-way, is
there not some plan that we publishers ban
unite upon for self protection against these
traveling concerns I - Is it not about time
Mit a , mutual arrangsessue should be hid
among the publishers throughout the States,
to compel all kinds of ceneerfs and stows,
ao matter what their pretensions May be, to
pay tor their advertising and jobbing is ad.
mile?
?be building of the Warren, & Franklin
railroad, which is to be completed next spring,
is a movement of . more importance than ap
pears at first sight. Pittsburgh is also build-
lag a road to connect with this at Fraakiim
'mid when 'the two are finiebed, as they us..
'doubtedly will be next year, that city will
have • direct communication, not only with
the oil region, but with all the backwood
cm:atlas new receiving their supplies from
Erie. The people of Pittsburgh Satter them.
selves that their city will inpereede oars to a
considerable extent, in securing the trade of
these eiotione, and we fear with only too good
reason. With a direst road from Buffalo to
the oil region, one from Pittsburgh to the setae
Point, sad the new route of the A. & Q, W.
railway completed. Erie will be cut of from
all her nude inland source* of trade, and
mast depend for her prosperity on the few
miles of country adjacent, unless some mains
are devised for, beidieg off her competitors,
not now under, way. Will oar people wake
op b efilaipat aglow Warta 4 too late
We have now completed, or in course of,
building, a reries of railroad improvements
at : this city that would be creditable to any
locolity in the Union. The Philadelphia &
Brie buildings, at the junction, are on an ex
lenitive &este, and calculated to cost upwards
of $200,000. Tho Round MIMIC of the Mail° ,
& Erie railroad is acknowledged to be one'( f
the very best edifice, toe its purpose veer
*reefed. It is built in the most enli , l manner
possible, and is a 'model of substantisbility,
convenience , and architectural ability. The
roof is of slate, lnid upon ire% rafters, anci we
are Informed that. it is Ilin i largest of ita ohms
IC the world. The Union depot, built at a
cost of nearly 41100,000, by the Buffalo &
Erie railroad, for the joint use of all the roads
centering here, is not as imposing a structure
externally as many, but has few superiors in
the taste and 8101 with which the interior is
arranged. Everything about it seen* to be
in the right. place, and it is very generally
admired by all the railroad, men who bare
examined it. The dining room of this edifice
has an appearance of substantial tastefulness
which we do not remember of haring seen
equalled.
"'Two or three prominent politicians of
this district" have been treading on Cart,
Roe's toes again. Why can't these people let
the sensitive Captain alone!? He is rpreju l .
diced enough egolt!ist Erie, from some tint
known emus, without the politicians inter ,
tering to make him more It must gratify
all• lovers of extraordinary patriotism and
uncommon modesty to learn that when they
waited upon the B:oratory of IVar, to request
the dismissal of the valiant hero of the Mich,
igan, "they were met with 'a rebuff which
they will not soon -, forget." Furthermore,
they " were advised to return home, and se.
tend to their business, " as the heroic subject
of their complaints is doing. Nobly said, most
excellent Stanton ! Triumphant, es ever,
thou much wronged eon of Neptune,. Ros.
Long live the War Minister of the Republic!
Long live the gallant commander of the Mich .
igan. and may his enemies be thus signally
routed on every occasion when they display
their venomous fangs.
The Crawford JoUrnal; destroyed by fire on
Sunday night cf last week, will be issued
as a half sheet until the Ist of January, when
the regular publication of the paper is ex
pected to be resumed. Until that period, it
will be printed with the materials of the
Democrat, an instance of good feeling be:.
tween the opposing political editors of that.
county which we are gratified to witness.
What some of the malignant old Abolition
patrons of the Journal will say to the idea of
their county organ being published in a Dem ,
°erratic office, we are curious to learn. It Is
des to Mr. Nichols', editor of the Journal, to
say. however, that in spite of his bad politics,
he has always published a courteous and
manly paper; and discountenanced the un
generous spirit which has reigned rampant in
•
his party.
The list of lecturers perambulating the
country at the present time, and discoursing
their stale productions to crowded audiences
nightly, ought to satisfy Democrats that the
whole system is what we have always charged
it to be, an Abolition scheme in disguise.—
Think over the names of these men, and tell
us if any of them are such as you would be
willing to trust as proper moral or political
teachers. Yet because it is fashionable to
attend lectures, thousands of Democrats yearly
encourage these mountebanks by their pres
ence, aid them by their money and give them
the means of disseminating their mischievous'
•doctrinei more widely. This is essentially
the age of humbug, and soma Democrats ap
pear peculiarly susceptible to it.
The suggestion is published that en effort
be made to obtain the location of the nex t
State Fair at this city. With the railroad
facilities we now possess, Erie is as eligible
a point as any in the State for that purpose.
and we have good reason to believe thtit If
our citizens will offer proper inducements,
the officers of life State Society would loOk
with much favor upon the ides of bolding the
next Fair here.
The Westfield Republican speaks of the
railroad from that place to Union as a " fixed
fact." The Corry Telegraph, on the contrary.
claims to have information that the movement
is all "moonshine." "When doctors disagree,
who shall decide."
The 20th district of Pennsylvania, embrac
log the counties of Crawford, Vennogo,
Clarion and Mercer, pap a yearly revenue; to
the Coital States Government of not less than
$3,000,000. Nine tenths of this enormously
large return is obtained from the tox.on oil.
The Corry daily Telegraph now rejoices in
two editors, friecd Baldwin having made an
addition to his "staff," in the person of J, A.
Pain, Est", late of Clyde, N. Y. The new
editor gives promise of keeping the paper up
to its well established reputation.
A writer, desoribing fashionable costumes
as he saw them on Chestnut street. Philadel
phia, says, di I observed that the prevailing
style of garters was blue. The late sty!tk of
hoops are whet enabled me to mike the ob
servation."
Mr. J. C. MeCoMom, s young actor-inti
mately known la Brie, is playing a "star"
'engagement in Baltimore. , The papers of
that city speak of him as " one of the leading
men In hie professlen in this country."
$$ The holiday, are °lore at band and
our dealers are preparing to meet the wants
of the season. The largest and best stock of
pods for this trade will be found at Better St
Burgess' confectionery establishment, Erie,
Pa. They manufacture and keep everything
in the candy llamas well lig a general assort
ment of Notions, Toys. Stc.
Everybody knows them.by the reputation
of their popular Cough Candy—Moss and
Elm. It proves itself the hest article of the
kind ever introduced. The immense quanti
ties they ship every day in proof that the
public appreciate a good artiole. Thelare
prepared to till orders for it in any quantity
Everybody who tries it rays it is jnet the
thing. (novl 4'08.1f)
HOLIDAY HOODS —Our readers turehesing
goods for holiday presents should bear in
mind that Webber,* Uhr, on State street,
near the Union depot, have on hand one of
the bast assortments in that line ever brought
to the city. Thea.'siock embraces China, Tin,
Wooden and Sugar Toys, Candies of all kind',
Dolls, Boys' Sleds, and in short, any and
everything calculated to please the litte ones .
These articles they are selling at prices as
low as they can be bcught ist New YOrk city.
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A 011100111ATIC Autasso.—The pnbliehere
of the New York Day Book, Van Evrie, Nor.
ton A Ce., announce that they hare in preps
ration A Democratic Almanac and Politi
es! Compendium," for the entire countri.—
A publicatiOn of this kind will be very valua
ble, irnd ie la sometliing that is greatly needed.
It will take the place of the Tribune Almanac,
which on account of its extensive pinkies!
statistics, found its way into many Demo
castle hands, and done much totraidi al
nada(AbQUtiwt docitrines, •
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Ax rvn‘RIIAESING STATE. OT e
daily News ftlrnishel , an nrceirli
cf the de ~1 Rev. William 1.; , a Li, 3 , elle et
the oldest and writ itopu!qr Enini t zter m of h..
Mettintli,t tienonainati.in, vitti , ll r tit Lc rel.l
pith dnri ltitp, !tut :4er.• oil n e . - , llt Coe
singtilt.r nroluee - in which he ni.t hip denth t
than by the retnarkattio legik Tint brought to
tight k connection with_ eis tita. ; After gir
inga brief P tvtometit of Mr. 11,1rne..' car. er,
the :Veva concludes AR follows:
On Friday night the old divine dirt' from
one ( t the most Ilinvilar eke/tin/4 inces itt
eerleal history. Ail old /lir in PVIIIIIIII.IIIIJ,
enacted in detTairtlkat banns ofinarriage
must be published in public meetings and p;e!•ei
on the meetini /mute nee month Gefure the cere
mony can be !gw•lly performed. For 3 ear, the
statute ins let n null. It filled n place in the
records of commonnealth law, but its term•
were never heeded. Mr. Bsrnes jsinril in
lawful holy wedlock two lovers wno blush
ingly, came to his house and - asked t he sacred
fulfillment of their heart's desires. ' The bride
was the daughter of a resident of this city.
lie cbjected strenuously to the union, but his
anger toward th'e •children was impotent
They. were united in marriage, nui he could
.not divide them.' iiis daughter' wlm of full
age, but he husband Wl9 not twenty.one.
Poweiless to separate them, the father priise_
cutcti the gray-haired olcra's - mon fir violation
of the antiquated act of 17i1. The torsi' of
ti father el/Awed the vengeance of the fos-il of
the Inw.• iNfri. Barnes was brought bd . -re the
District Court, with Judge Sbars wood on the
beech.
The defend-nrs, counsel contended that
proof of the n pupliCation of the banns
should be made ; that the plaintiffs wituesle^
had not gone to the court-house 9r' meeting
hciusa doors to examine; and, inasmuch as
this wag a anal action, the proof should be
positive as to the non-performance of the re
quit emontirof the cot. Fie said that the en
ft:l-cement. of ti e act would leaf to may di
vorce., to the breaking of many family ties;
and that the father (the plaintiff hod done
wrong in ca'ting a doubt upon . the legality o
the marriage of his dauglitce, united in holy
matrimony by a power recognised by roeleei
agtical liw as well as custom.
The plaintlfre counsel urged the enforce
tnene of the !lona*. Ja4,o Sharswool
ia
atrucied the jury that the liw w ts. Ftill in
furcel that no one could join in warria.-.e a
miner without consent of the parents and
publication of the banns; and he •in.tructed
the - jury that if they found such c,ti.ont had
act been obtained and such publication made,
the plaintiff was entitled to rcc,,ver. The
jury could not agree. On the opening of the
court on Saturday mornin , z, the ur.o.ancholy
fact was announced by the Judge, in di.4-
charging the jury, that Mr. Barnes ha-d died
a few, hours after leaving the court house.
The eaue cf hit death w os - the 'excitement
consequent on the trial of the case. W:th the .
penlalty of a hr keu law pending, death en
tered a stronger plea, and the renorabic di
vine was called to the bar of a God who
makes the cause of his servants his own."
The existeoca of this old law, heretofore
unknown to be in farce, will be npt to create
a sensation _over the State. It, as the
judge decided, its provisions are still binding,
there has hardly been a marriage performed
within the last hundred WO fifty years that
was legal. The consequences of such a situ
ation of affiirs, to use," new "and trikitig:y
original expression; may easier be imagined
than described.
Cosr or Ln•tsc.—From being one of the
cheapest ccuntries' in Ithe world to live in,
taking the rate of wages into consideration,
the United States has become one of the dear
est. Five year° ago all articles of prime ne
cessi:y were within the reach of almost every
hmily in the land wi ile taxes of every kind
were so light th,t the burthen of them was
scarcely felt. What a change has taken place
since then ! Now every imaginable thing is
taxed of the fool we consume, the fuel that
cooks it, the liquids we drink, the clothes we
wear, the houses we live'in,.the income tha t
we receive. We are taxed on the raw m At—
rill and taxed over and over again on i a
manufacture rind Fate. The busineas we do,
the receipt we give, the covenant we enter
into, tue , c.ir IC rile in, the watch we cc•rry,
the chair we it in, the window we look
thro•sgh, the nail that we drive, the match
th,u we light, even the very stones of the
street and the bricks of, the sidewalk are in
directly taxed. Everything, in . sho'rt, is taxed,
except the air 1141 bres the."
MATRISONIAL isrettcurtes.—We tin not
remember any period of ear social history
when even half AS many divorces have been
recorded as d9ring the few months past. No
section of the country appears exemp: from
the disease, (sr..' nearly al! theAauses moy be
traced to hasty and se:tieh marrilges., No
email part of the business of courts arises in
grafting 17nrces, very ofkoa the , e
erants oppAar to be made through the con
nivance of bath parties. lufi lelity is charged
by the wife or husband against ono of the
parties, and one of the_ two consents to re
main silent under the false imputation,, for
the sake of securing the divorce, and often on
both sides, with the intention of =typing a
second time. The roaritnl bonds sit sn loosely
upon some married couples, that this most
solemn of all earthly unions is thus often
treated with the utmost levity:
Home is HWIP%PERS.—GentIe reader, stick
to your home newspaper. No matter if yon
lie poor, none are so poor as tho ignorant
except it be the depraved, and they,too often
go together. Keep your home taper, though
it may not be so large or so impoaiog as some
city weekly, but remember it ie the advertiser
of your neighborhood. an d daily•busin s', and
tells you whaLis going on around you, in-
stead of a thousand miles away. If •it is not
printed on as nice paper as the others, and as
good as yOu wish to have it, pay the enbicrip
Lion promptly, and rely on it the natural
pride of the publisher will prompt him
im
prove it as fast as possible.
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia,
Nervous Dtipbility, and all 'dipespes arising
from a disordered . Liver or Stomach, such tus
,eonstipatinn, Piles, Acidity df the Stomach.
Nausea, Heartburn, Fullness or Weight. b the
Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking- or Flut
tering at the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming
of the Mead. Hurried and Difficult Brenthing,
Flutterinz of the Heart. Cht•ltinz SenPation
when lying down, Dimness: of Vision, Dots or
Webs before the Sight, Yellowness of the
Skin and Eyes, :Su Idea Flushes of il•mt, and
Great, Depression of Spirits, are epaedily and
nernasneutly cared by .11er .dint's Germ in
Bitters, sold by all draggists. Not en sloo
hone preparation.
If you nre trouble 1 vriih n Chronic Dinrr—
lace t. try Cirter's Extrfot of Sinnv Weed'.
If ycu aro trnab:ml with a Chronic Cough,
try Carter's X ztract of Strwt Sliced.
If you are traublel with % Thrnst or
Bronohitia, try Carter's Extract of Smart
Word.
If you aro trouhltd with Wi'rr Brash or
Weakoesi Of the S: int 'oh, try ()weep Ex
tract of 9mlrt Woo!.
Brcoso—euAret-1, Cr!lleira, ()MO, Ntrem
bcr 29. hr C."K 11;chruor d , Mr Geo.
.1. Rta.;kl, of Erie, Pa.,.to Mist Mary S.
Chapel. of the former ithce.
BA ILN El —ftIDDE3I-411 Girard, November 21st,
by 11 , v21 1 1. Hollister, Mr. G. N. Ilarnei, of
Crawford otiuoty. and Mici Lucy X.
of Ede! ea only, Pa.
lIARTIN—In diem], Yrturnhor 27, niter
long Ain," illne4s." Slra. Mary r.
Nlartio, mitt of Agibipp% Martin, agc d 41
yearg sod 7 (lily
Beene—ha Pliflodelptrin, on the: 21 ineta aft.r
ft lingering Mai* Dr. A. Beebe, %ell 71
y
=
IsIAEILIED.
DIED_
ir e `ew"s7; ,..i_ r (hp Virook.
fund for t I.e fto of .L f 1 r- I) vw
ie LO be rai-s'l in the S.tititli lay utte dollar
eeription9.
Duping trtiteo it! ('Eth t,
for t e Rea , lit of l a id i a .,..1
Sltfei wall conduct the Exectit.ve bu-t
• •
Ashocking railway accident occurred
near Warrenton. 17a., on the Oratote hurl
A Icx indria . railway, 10-t. we - ok IV the.
breaking of a rill, a ti;led with
froops was precipitated doalt an emit
ment, ground to iinwder, and two goltii ,, rs
BO a brakestr.art inst tnCy
a lady and tuntity-seven soldiers wcre e -
ver4 , ;y wountied. •
Itihert 'f Jambs his escaped from Geor
gia u - nd sAlled for Ea .ne. I t will be rr-
E ripmhpred Ora the Givernruent officers'
attempted to arrest him at the same time
Stephens and C. C ehy were nabbed.—
They proceeded to Toombe house, but he
disapparei out of ono Boar as they en•
WO at another.
In northeast Nevada, on the 171.11 No
venaber, a-ti Oat took place betwo .11 a Party
of Calif -rnia volun te , rs and a b.ind of In
dians. 120 of the Indians were killed...-.
Of the volunteers one was kiHed and two
wounded.
Great sztiferinz for want of toed is an
t'cipttell in Ainhatal during the winter.
200,000 thousand 'pet Eons in that State are
-destitute.
The railroad depot at. Milford, Masa ,
MO broken into one right last week, and
the safe blown open and robbed of $lOO
One cf the -burglars wns found on the
floor tvi.h hir4kull Irs,•r•ire I
• by a piece
blown from the safe. The man hag not
been klentin.d, nor have any traces of his
accomplices bet - n disco.ered.
A family of three persons were murclAr
ed P t 3lir,heim, Herkimer county. N. Y.,
on Motiday night of lam. week. No clue
to the murderers has been discovered.
President Johnson hsa is , ued a proela•
!nation reqtrring the writ of habeas corpus
in all the Northern States and Territories.
writ is no; restc red in the District of
Th. Republican majority in Minnesota
is cfficially stated at 1 490. a logs of 5 000
airs'• fo-t year. Negro suffrage is defeated
by 2 -500.
Laic A. Van Anilv.irg, the farnnu4
tatnee, died last. week in Philadelphia end
&nil; and unPxneeted!y. He was a native
of Fishkill, N. Y.
A party of 200 Cayenne and Apache Ir.-
dial's, on the 2Gth ulfT, attacked one of
the stages co. the Cillifornia Overland
Route, near a place called Downes' Spring,
killed seven persons, burned all the build
ings in th , lt vicinity, with the stocks-of
good. they contained, and committed oth•
er outrages.
-f arrn"-'
A party of armed negroes from a plan.
tation near Mobile, Ala.', recently attacked'
the whites utotys neighboring plantation.
The negroes were driven off with the lore
of their liver/polls and their leitder, who
was
The pubjie (1,-I,t, en November :10th,-
shnountett to $2,740 :t,14.7.58 Sti. a decreaFe
of $7,-119,173 tine.; the previous state
ment.
BAPTIST CAt•rcn.—The ceremonies con—
nected with the dedication of the Baptist
Church and the ordination of the pastor, Rev
Mr. Bainbridge, will take place on Thursday
and Friday of next week, and promise to be
very interetting. On Thursday foretoon Rev.
Dr. Jeffrey, one of the leading ministers clf
will preach, aed a sermon will
be delivered by Rev. Dr. Bell, of Pittsl urgh,
in the evening. On Friday evening, Rev Dr.
Robioson, Principal of the Rochestsr Theo
hgicil St.minary, acknowledged to be one of
the Most eloquent puipic orators iu the coun
try, will deliver a sermon. A general invita
tion is extended to the public. and we advise
all our city yellers, who can, to be !resent..
G ter. \S TP n.--To do grneral itoll2lll work
Inquire vf - Nfre. B F. Sloan, Fifth tit. tf
"Tt•e Prof. ?el land!.
The Pr se. the Pre , s w hting
All :a- (I* to }liege ;"
By making knnwn the wnrld the benefits o
using l)v. a. lflid Catarrh item
edy. S••ry
New Advertisements.
F A It 31 V 0 It SA 1. V.
The nu fe a au. d otters fir sa'e hia Farm in Harbor
Cr. , * t,... innty, situ eed oa the Jake road,
ab..n• a ini'itan • ..earter from the Harbor Creek depot
t.- ru Kris , city. It cm:aline Fi't• Four
&s r, e is, weli c drred and hay.n.r npm it
sn •t r tinite..• with cellar. g vie' Barn
and xll t try outbui Then to • r r: fin*
ti.chard en illy p.e. in' es. - lercas of sale one la d iwn,
the talaac• in uu, psymenty, secarei by note with sp..
pr.," d cud .
id-er 4 s I. J nig MARTIN.
D O NOT PAY TOO 11111111
DR Y GOO I) 9 !
GO TO I
BELL 3: WARN-ERS,
Now receiving (ram Auction,
GREAT J 1 EDWCT 1 0 N .
Prints,
Dehineq,
Oloakings,
&0., &o , St.c
F ALI M FOIL SAI.E.
,•
Ihe undersigned offers his Farm br sale. situated In
Hiram. Creek tp males from F.-ie and OEIO hal mils
POM the ztation Rosi. Said farm contains ur, acres rf
laud uuder good improreu2e t, with good frame hinge.
two Dams sm: o• her cowl ea' le °ottani:doge Also, a
tunas orchard, betinning In b•ar, and go ,d watek. t•ald
!Ardis well ad •pted t a paw and spring grains w:th go .1
e:rhool amal t near br. And also aea usble
isocd al. co:gaining 2.81,‘ acres, near hr, wilt small
cloarinz up , ra it For Furth •r inforaataort inquire of the
unders‘gned on the premises
Oec7ol
A I. 1. TIIIE FANCY GOODS
AT WILLING :S
MUST BE SOLD , vITITIN TEN DAYS,
IVITIJOUP EI:'I.IRD TO COST!
MINI
RUKNITUUB
AUCTION d• CONINIESiION srom!
IL , . Croton and Jon. 'I O-e toe bare formed IC part
nership, under tLe titre of Cr,. , ie • . 1 . Gree.e, to carry no
the rutedtere, Auction and entnnalesino bosintee, ie the
atnte la'elv (erupt° I. b are, tie k Fleadr.eits, on the
Vast std • of the Pa , k, adj , inlng the lit Sett mil
where they w:11 keen always nn Lent a !trio gam, y of
Vnrotture o' every k tni n hob will be sold t n tettu.
low a cant a nbta tied an).rhere.
`'penalat linwi I t.e riven t the Acct on
and Cnw.:nie lon bu,l , , a+, and auttieu awn win
be 'o ,l d on tie ev, nf • vi r ..7..e . Porta laving
to Le .I.ln. se! of wit lt-d It their advatvap to
• it net it to us re: dwaaah Old Fa rt aura or every sort
b ugh a d ...dd.
the: 1.51 f. CRONRN & GREKI4g.
'lt F. Sloan, 110 the Court of romm nPI re
V/ of Km Cu. , P Ict Nu I.
11„ floors Feb 4• , m, 1839.
Aod OUT/ to 1/ito , s 3), IISS„ ei mof pla;ntll
b puunt,y,,the Court appo Tat Geo. W Gonel.•,u,
Aud•tor, to make dattihntlon and appropri.Wm I the
tre:e In tills ogee. per C ar . ail p,r,oon 'nter , sted
t.,e &tem stated else are hereby nottflel that I leaf 11-
tend t tho dn'hee of my appointment, at my ofßoe, le
Er e, on Witicesday, the 3d day Lf January, A. D , leek
at 2 'clock". m.
42420.1 r. GUNNION, Auditor.
THE GREAT 14TRENGTHIN
(Vot a Wig,ftey rr.o.
IIOOFLAND'S (ir.lll[AN
,1"
rrhult4vg L..ra pu•
ri t , • gait raU thr f•r•• a 'n . '" "
ni
filrr r M.llOl
400! ntmt,.
0- .sott• or y,
o
Tonic, nol,lepeadent c it, r , t ot ,
rit-u ott. ct.
A Di , 1 fumes rnt'lt t R f , .,
Metallic or4aLa 4-.4
, at.
1100FLAMYS ERMAN
TL's Bitten ha. te , h•rm.fl ‘ rzo., ,
soulful lon, has OFR te.tui,,,,
tO v”vich 147 it az,
tat. W. d. fy any 0t.4 t ,
.111 pal 110,0 t, any 4De
übliaLed '4l u, that la n4:7., act..
110AFLANLi'S
will cure every e•se o • •hrun e "
Geese s of the kidney.. u..
swatting from ebtor :e•I cf
Connlpittma, Inward
limo!. Acidity of the Stoma. 1,,
ga.tLr Food, lalates or '
tiok:oz or Flu 'e,kt
9t.5:130h, tt•lnveloi of tt.r 14,4 ,
Br..arbing, I ittit'ina t It t
g SeDvtli Wh .n a lyvq•
lou IA or Wptit bf re the
10 the Itetcitn..y
Vta It n and Efell. Pain la tr,
ke ,34,1!en Flu-hes or , y , ,,
twat luiagtaings of t>ttl mud s,tt
rtFxr.unwn, that VII. !:,", •
no 4 'Fla kwy, awl (Antic,: payi,
the be.t write t• the wur
• It , •-•.LKs t).
Frown ',lrv. W. D. :••••4.n.d,
v ,
T.
I 1,.4.
Glntinmen • I 1.,•• Ltl•
Zara. .tf eta, iu.l.z. • lon,
tratinp i 1 the c.r., u• t, et•m.
recommer ac , : • ,
without tette( Y. ur
men:tam - n:ld by pers tn. wt, i g, 4 ,;
favoratgleme ou g t Otago, f; ; ,„,
t etil I must entaftos, , 4 ,,
ilwticines fr.gua the - lbouga-,1 0 , 4 ,
whoa/0: ly a In semi to to
drugged Itioor upgto g :'s
the tagad•uer of wbl-h. I f•tl. Ifi
Armed drunkard 12{,0u wa•tg r ‘
a medic:nal preparacogo I tag k
button, aut.cuty upuga ate' ag t
efat•ru, was p opt au I gra'
dggr.rol grLat and p.m Lt.,' a.g.:at
tot butt ea. Vary rvrn J ,
W. D. Shall. :‘ 7
From the Re.% E. D F.n ill , Ae...4;:
It are derived decide: n•ct I
G-rman Batton, and I C l•
theta a% a 1:100. vs, ua..e ,c, e
from geteral debilite or 'rocn
dersogan-ent of •Le bro..
From P., 1.. of f.•
• ,me
i t : I :e.f •C't /P 8 1:0C:1,11.13•G4
D:.uLrt.n r
/7 .•rer4, bottle. I f , uc.:
• :..te• amle molt excel.
Fro, Rev formerly l'afalor
t oeu and lltlt.tlle l• . I 7epti.it
lilt in; • 11:•11 . I • number of Et
fog "lc a lint. an Mitten, I bare ;
an an etedleot 11;4 ruble r .
%So Avast:. the. rec min ended
and rung feu thee 110,41 • lirn ac C:nn
bed In dizordvri of the I a. r, lop§
a'ao ree .n mended them to a.... a' tf :
hnie tried tb••e„ and hr nd them ern:
resa.rati,,n t rheslth. Your. te.'Y,
wx. S rri, 901 41r
See that the sigeatnre oil C Jirv ,
wrapp.r °reach bo le •
Sb yo neet dru7irist u , t
not be pu# otf by ally of thy' in ,, t , :et
that rosy b• if-red 'in it, plam out wt:
will f orwatd. fwenrely pack. t, hr .'•
re- Princip‘l O. e. and Ilatti:w4 7 , 5
Street, Philadelpbia, Pa.
[in:lei:essays to C. If k C.,
Fnr by drugiida dr%:erA a t 4-1
Vetted :Stztit
T HEATRE AT YARlttlt lit
J. C. /iTICR3
Th. T rid renownel Tr
S'ciinaN Ana Slims i 4 P;
perforinumee in all the prir.ci , ,ai Tb•a:
alo, A uOr lie, Cal forui, ar,
liter be.c, re•eived with great tr.•!...%
aorl "aahienahli, el:Wieners, and ty
be th• .;reatest Livio,r Art eta, •
Dr.matil Company, select., fr m, the K.
tree of Boston, :sew York led
IfONDAY EVEN I • ci.
'cub, proinitia B¢iwr~i Greet F 6
s:ta., twit; .
RICHELIEU, OR THE: C)N:
Canloll it.chelien, Vcit
Jc:le V &
rr. Adm'svno 59 .ataFt , .... tr.
whicta can to secuitd a: Eu4lgn'
VP Dm a °pita at Z . L
o'clock
IRON CITY CUMMEKCI II
AND
NATIONAL TELEG RA P H
Fri r..; a
F. W. JESKI.III. J.C. SET 1, 1.1
College duilding Co-o-r ' n-.
ltd Col
31C d!..ze , Building% `4 . 33 '2IA
ARICIVALS OR ens Weer I.NI.IIiG
S. A. Hewitt, Linton, Jet Co ,
IC ri. Trout, Sal bath Rest, Blair C , P.
C A. wadovortli,eu.ahoga Pi
C 0. Wood, E.ltlaa , t Co .
W. H. Eisenhart, Grreuville
I. R ",
J. A. R. cell, Wellsburg. Brooks Cs Tall
J Recaraly. l.t atareji, re.
A. Wire!! St. Franetavige, C ark. Cn,C.
G A. Conrad, cl••rniorliam,
IV. 4. 1' t. Temp. ranaeville, " •
W. IL Gth.no, :a. Wig.* talon Laa - 0 , :0
H. C. 41 renal or, Addend, behler.lo.,'
A N. Gliflo, Randal . .. rawford C
4. J. Ra, say. 17 Wi t&netno, I a.:..,.1'
F. H. Green, Learlaturi,, tr.l , ,u ,
D. Huard,
G. W. Aisne,. Franblin,
,j•
Y. F. S. ti Meadville, Cra. ~ P.
J. Wilenn, Youngstow n, it ri Co , J •
J dyers, C,tv PA -
I IL Store son, VA. - . P. kr Co,
G. F. Redman, Finch vra-,
J. E. Bidrnan, SLar r, 1 , -rrr C
D. U. G. imes, l'err t ,kr
G. L. Delver, Coal B'u3, Kash. Co, Fi
.1. Cr.ig., Jr , " "
W. Ito k rt g..or.: r, 0., 0.
R R. Fleming, Curers , l r, Cl. 5.f.r1.1 (*sit
F. Llei-g-tno,
H H. HoJp, New f rros t Palos k
W, Brit b ta, We irrebt: .•,;::...r:set COL
W. T. Nn,
For term an 1 inf.rmltton eLe Ttrtl
a 'Ur,:ee, • Jr;VKI
W.t 'r E
Coatingg,
B 1 ttikets,
DIVIDEND PAVJN3
dee; 4w
noSOZw
E KC [lra TICI
A'RNOLT) JrittnAN
lat.. of cr,k t it ,!
crAn , al to the uud•or.len,!: 0 . ' 0
those knowing thenis,q,,.),
make immediate payment, a,, t thHo
arain•t tits emit will pl•ss. pr seat tw
ticated. to F. W. lineLl.r, Fs, »to
to collect Lod sett , e up th:. a , mt..
nog' O.
F ~SIR_ lsTKk~+ Ob' ('lllR['
A Fair trill bt held at•Far,r
re-nbe.., for the nurp f
Ft. ur'h •t eet, the e Are ••r•
A. the puzuher of intrate, r
they are marrninir arr.! Inc ~.nTe•Ce
iu the building they now 0 —ler
from th• citizens of
z01t341.
0 If. S A I.
Chi Brisk Ilonbo with lot, h v °v . . ;
on Fll•rarras, Wert, an:
(nr "116 rolicoion Forra* •I: t
j
no3l-3y.
ADM NiST:(.I TOIL'4 NOTICE
Letters of admlnirtret n n•; tn,•,• eta: ,
•
late of Le-?oeuff r ' e
b,•el rre Itrd to the and ,i rot
to all i Ide'ued ssla re sve
meat tend all tutting eittrl SC I.L.t tt
sent them duly • .thenicate ee,,xt.l
Lagoon?, 'Nov. 3!, 6,0
1)(IFING
11.10 to rolls ready to ha nail...!
Fact. r.ra and Ehilhlto:a •;
naztcriala that la.ve atoo b-t
intaufacturrtl on All enth..l. ,h:le
than any other cimpooto..3 l, .. [ l l ii
patent. Very durable and at bor
apples seat free qy said. READY
gth
NU'6B.ls No. 73 IlshissiA•
=II
DY3 PI p,it
MOM
BEWARE OF Cf)1::;TEE:
J )V::ts
TO S.XCli.t!;tA
=I
}DEAL Es rATE
IN ERIE CITY OR 1.V.:
In lairy ,
ME