ERIE WEEKLY OBSERVER.
h.
rz 11. r 'a 0/156ATEN. BrILDLIICI," STATlSnuirr,
TUE 1'03? OFFICIL
rya DeLLALs, .I.ND FIFTY C. naTa ler
:f pad In a lcaace ; Tunis DOLLAUS it not
: expliat:ea of tLe scar. Subee-ritiurs
rar ricr wol be charge 1 ElltrY C4T3 a
,A,'NTS.-0130 Fquere of Ten Lines one in
• '0)0 ; t le , eft , on4 $1,70: three. infer:
, 0 01 m natl. ; two tnot.the
months s7,oo;one year $11; 00,
slrerti.enat tits in proportion. Them rates
:1, ert;t:y aj.liirra to, unless changed by ipecial
e the option of the publishers.' Aral
,tier
Str..ys, Dirorces end like advertise-
N,vo ; kholoistrator's Notices $3,00; Loc a l
Tl‘
cut lino; liarrin ge Notices
phituary Notices (over three lines
p
- line. Original poetry, no.
❑:❑ , rk, t.:«ar North West corner of the
1. 'EI' 0 01.'SNETT.
4.T'CI , ¶l , l PXACII. °TIN. prennt,
• Deli Stre, t, between Ftrib an..
ju.nelb-th
111,'I1 Mile.
ATTo , :sETB A? LA R. Ridorai, Pa
(:,,,,,ron and .teirergon cot: n
, 1't1.5-Iv•J W. W. 1511.K.11.
ME
JrATICE Or THX PXACTI, Paragon Block,
of Farrar Hall, Erie, Pa
1`4(1 , 4,
,• •,s T AT I /1E AND JCSTICX OP TUE PE/CA.
. r ent, Conveyancer and C,llector
, utlok eat corner of Ftfth and
pin.s t
ME
•TPiil
czonitNIISRGEN., at the new
•' • VII.t •. 1 , 19 n hand a lame
•, Pr 71, , ,01114, Wond and Wllinw Wore.
• ••ezarr, Sc . to wh•ch he re-
• t' l oof the public. Fat:riled that
I,rraing of can be bad to Nov part
mar30135-ly
1:'1,1-.1.1.."Ei, DEN & 111.14 V,
of Eurriuen,Roilerr,
lzr,•le-I,utt, Railroad Carr,
'NI. 4. cUr,HILUtTH. •
iTTORNET LAw—Ocoee on flthetrtet,
- E' Sne, Pa.
II:A:1W.,
lt I.f DE.T GOODP, GROCIIRIZA,
Al2O, Glapt, Seed, Plaster, et , , car
i'uhae •ztitts 'P. Ent., Pa. jt 17;1.
If HI t vu %HI, ES,
•, • r FROWN AND 7TH STRI'FTM. ELIF
•, z
vine. H riei and rirr•n;ee
t• !e:-.4te
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) ('A St . T4)IC.,
A• 111 HRTAIL I'PLI.PRE. IN
••• • nod Feed, Wood
7 ." , n • Tot a...:,' 4 e,csrt,
• •• Furnishinz_Fmrn on
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r:',ls-tf
, i 1 li! ‘TI k s i K
•
o e u' r e iu lie P^e...ttee, PreTi.in•••,
V;" an! 4 tonn Ware. Liquura, ,
• •• emv , it.• the Pelaolliae, Erie, i'a.
trt trS
".311"1 D 1 r ' . 1 41e7, Office s i„ Reree-fM
-3
• ~de of the Park, :He. Pa
11.1.1.5• s 311zuppi. II11U•iI{ Di Ns: I
tI.I .—DIRF.I'TLT 1 irrn ,,, irr TIIL PASi.r..C•rt. '
v, P A Heinz newly I up to the
roqr op• rt, th.. putA;c. Menl4 ' 1
th• arriral of Nii—PL•,. ,00r Teqloq.
, :xy n IKI,RY ,Propri f ••
I.E.
nor•Il TIV.InTR. TIT A 110.14 VIC7ICT(*UVH
,! <tor,: of Rintlern , cbt'A Bock, Erin, Ps.
ME iityrtm, Waterford. Pa
RoNICHT I.CSI IX, PROPRIET IR.
I +oeomarnla • iona, sod csietul attenthn uireu tr
..:1(1.1t. 0r pl.:, ■po'Bi-ly•
PLINCS
IN AMERICA
•
S. DRUCKER .s*. CO
song Tbe©.
ITV WHILLDIN, NI. D.,
IrTSIr/V , AND Olnik
noojty'rt Block, Wr.t Par:. Erie, Pa.
• tan 6 : tutlA 'tore. Ee.ioenc.
i•.: • , C h tlrly, FilthS'treet, F:net of Freuch.
.• to 10 L. 31., and 2 to 3 r.
P.. 11. Y. PICKERING, PENTI.T
• - Nnoxylrmals College of Dpotal 911 r
(orer Piers L Elliott'.
:,Z , }1 . ,:5r.0 NY PERMISSION.
N9rt4 Seventh strort, Philad.;
vz,l. D. 3., No. 213, North Nin ti:
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7 0 11!1 l'Eli
11, U. S. Trei.arr Deptrtroent an , !'
• Soldlere, Wa•hing.ton
k` 1 gene, w,tlt Benjamin 6ralt, F:sq
- WI% Ile Erte, Pa. !Haar,
cltim• collected with fidellty and d.
' , :one Nbteined and collected. Applicatioo
• - 73: ••-,0. gr. 111. havint had •s•
• in the clotarli or the varioun tie
ren ler mot: a Itistactcr
• •• • .1 Government claim•.
nov.lo'ir-tf
rtii:ii. 3: liti'LNG,
krrovinTs A.4f) CnrN.ltt.i.nnv AT I.Au
0,,p.5..e Cratendoi flal'
-•
• c..llecti..os and all other 'err.' biz.
IvenanT,,. Erie. Warren and Forr.
-ern!? r . and prom ply.
k. Galbraith, Whitman At Brecht
• "' & Marvin, Fri.., Pa.
u - 1'...h.h1.11013, W. D. Brow. ,
V:Arr..n, Pa.
II T I t;
CM!
oal M 7 W. P}•rr•'r are no lone •
t. ¢44,14 or rpt i ii , rwom, nor am I. rr
Ir;re•rtitati or ae'iroe uliatrror
I..ea lo n O, l f w , iti to say that the FM . r
lloirk•r it Co. ' s l'iAnon an 1 ilo
n t Or,rl,l4iW W.leetl3 P..11011%141
• Allszlieur mulniitios, is in
W at any othrr j ereon may say.
.•t en-5 intro Denis nr any othrr
or, 1,4',10. to Le ca+l•d "upon for m•
Ctt , i'dl.'StCS ‘t, (701.1.E4E.
• FACULTY:
ss • l'ont Is .:••• Gro. W. GrX xiscs
Pro' ~[Commeretal I air.
'•••.• Ch.ol•seition of 4.
s.t . S:•so •• Ornamen'al an! Istur
• • . •'..•.•-n. , ••••;k1 I.am, romm , risi Arlo,
•• • for lid.irnt and geot.i . 11,
•ss•cumpre nd the 'who, liltl4 iif
•'in I every portib', virl•
: :of tr:4 bo,A4. So expervic will , e
..;.•,e Int, pTactical and porn,*
• ; " rn.• c,ty of schoon• " Proctlell
'7 •s • etop nled. Terms—Tniti. n
' • • r • ne.t fill'ottes and gretrat iu
'eotd for Cif utarg.
T COnK.
1 ) "" 1 1! 1. 4 1. V. POTTERY,
‘` , V, THIRD STS.,
F i.i , PzniA.
niirvtier. I th ' errovdv., nn der
t' • 1.• •V,Y, & Chit !Fi n !be
i'••• the ctr.al, b,tweet, See
• • ''• , n._• of the eugito.nera of th• cid
' gsnerally, pr•tmtciur
lose porfeet as Isf.e•tan.
44E0. F. Wq.ql.l,
JAY 8.CH11.0.4.
1)::41, ENT S II
L.
lt
4 Y • ',a, n.s4 gotes on State Streit, tm
-31,1 F 1,10.1.1 -trees, F..it nid• nor of
.‘ si.rr reomieJle terms, if n;,,p1e,1 for
Lf
W%. A. GALIMAITtI, Ag.nt.
\ O.SISOILNE,
1.1 TRAY .1,15 SaLS STABLZ, on Elrhtb
er. 4, ••- Floe klornes !Car
.
my:SW.4y.
V E ARE OFFERING
B,„
a l ?tom taro , rtraent of Robb. ?good% Combs,
0 al, Dull Heads, Gamed and dmasomonto for
1 0
'ns Porto htoll/14Wal Nrfamerk64.
164 a, 11X111 EMU
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VOLUME 36.
TO TIII NICIIV4II: 4 t, 1)1 , 1111.1TiTI AND
1PE , 1 ., ) , :,/!.:NT OF ittri I itEXI::•.-4 veld gut
r n t•ri t , t .Ith in a f.a •7I y. after
"Ii"" .T'tf• 'f ink z to tug•eit Isis iinfrering•
fel h. lAN:. /lice.) on the en-1;4 rt a
• t • ;•-, the formula
cant Lutiirti Oii t •
JOHN II , it.•x 1 , 3 POPI Office,
Itrenhlso, Y. Y.
TFVol' WANT T:) KNo•yr A, LITTLE OF
EVERYTiiING rr t/tlce to itutn l n xreettl, male
and Grade; the C.11.e.1 act. t.115t1.0 4 It 0: 110.e160.1; th«
m.rr .4 ze ru-t , ,,n« of t:lt. Wort I t bn v to _.arry 0.41, and
• tl/0 , 1.%n , ! th•ngs putilished 3r•, real th. re—
yjspd nod e ni or , o ,d e.dc ti In or C0.1:3"v 0:18x,
S cnrion b int tor cur NUS Tivapin, and a g.tod book or
pv.. i yp 0 • hi,trat one. I'r,, $1 r.O
Coat' nt. :•he ir•« to nit" w Mr•• Ca. Rook, may bn
had nt thy honk s!oiva. ~r sent LJ m,tl , post
paid, on I'k:cc:lA of the prkzr. Address,
(\LU E 10.4 :51.11' NE‘V.—n. tunphlet direct
-1.,g how to Apeedi'y roatote 111 Stye op doc
tor 04 :la uictne. t-rnt Ly mltl , frgr. on r(colpt of 10
cents. Al-Irony! E. Dion.: M
ota liro \psi York.
A etR DTO INV 1, D Cleran L 12.0, 1117:0
reading in Such Amelia. s a innry, direct
eJeil a ea`e ell t rin le r..inee'3 for the Cum of Nervous
Week. , lienas, Inb ets.e of the Urinary and
, 'eminel and the whole t ail of disorders
brou..ti ten by rielouß babble. ilmat
tiers line lien elretily eared lit tide noble mitre iy.
Prompt:4i try Made=ire In le.ro.ht the rill c'eil ab.:
will ee.cl tie' rein, o t." pre,rinng and
tlii. to .0 :mho! eq.% t bay (.1.1. M jet,
nude it, k rev of ChiV‘i• Ph 4a! s-ia iitottli Lid
envelciei, a id it -.1,1 to }runnel:
Adt:re , r,
sn',•3ma •ztattnn 1), Ilibie Iluuee, Saw Wrk
rl ups MOTHER'. 11E1.11:Ft
Ti•li r ,. rit , aT TlA.Tbc , en ee'e . rat,tionnoz Fern3loo •
r, r p,• a , sd ga:dltu•r,
and it, C. r a ft•ty Ren n pro.r.,..ti to connntrnoot li
t , 'T i,\ `Us lit• P. 'lle Out r ntinezn, nt, I
PI t T.' " :TT tt , n_:
can now h., in•! co rA0:11. prn.arrt co-ar,3l^:z to the
f , ,r,ntt o—tr,, , the Extr - oet- tidgo berry
via • 4 :ratop til:, Cialophi !turn. sic «tr, Thou! .Ig6l
- b 3 i'ro; vr,!l d.• mueh • t.etter to
morurt• lb, than 51, 0n,10r., be Pi ,ell 7 in , to urriot•e it
th- , necit er, as tilt. rirati a fr.:l vtrtn,•'.
e: the iuyted•en a to a vont:, otra'ett tonal
Prise per trot t:e too doUcre. I'r•, are,: aunt r ole. by
tu 3 l-11 - J. CICT : :r.t.r. Pa
o , 4WAitt
rltt. t CAT I :Ott, ...NI'L:F.-111.a
b ha+ thorOurthlt 1 yore.) 11,el( to h. the her)
tutl•le knoa n (or curtu t r 21 r:+ u, cuLr. Tit !Ir D
and IlrAt, /tent. It ham bean fon,: an er.cellent r, medy
In many ea.' , or son. El N. 1)H. has been re need
by It, and lIKAILING h 4 .•1:. it n ereatly Improved by
0.3 11. r. It i. trigraut and rzrreahl F., an 1 r.ires P.IMEN
tTE 11E1.12 to the d. 11: hear, prate tilted by divesaea
o' tn. Heed. Ti,. Ft.n.fttinr = a`t,r t• de.tittful
.to f turtg,rattnz. It 01 eti and par,: ot out all oh
strurteots terrne:th n t l e „ , .:ant:s and gives a healthy
ne el,ln to no psi to arit•CLO I
' More thsn t wry yelts sl!e and no. rt nr M-ashall's
est trth at.') liesalsrhe Stota bets provrtl its grest value
(or all the entarn,l I/ t 1 al.r.td, and at this .x.n
rtent it stand. higher than ever la.'• , re. It...re:ton:me ad
ed by mane of the bete ; , 11 . 7 , iel:n+, anti it lord Pith ,teat
.tisf , ettan °ten r the Certite , ata
or Wladerstle Drup t :lsts in 1,54:
Tbe on 1 .1-.1 , 111 t: having rot inane sea, 'erten actin:in
tad with Dr Ntarett dr a tnr•h and Hco•7a he
.0:,1 in or Wl,lait Cheer ., l,ll• riate that tr..
Here it to be eqoat, iu ett•ry in Fpr t, to tile re,,tornen.'a.
bone grvrn of It for the eureoff Citairlt Affectinne, and
that it I. dt.Cle., , ily the h,••t attic • we Late ever known
fir All common ti e,si r of
Burr lorry. auatiii t Brown, !Aragon te
Co., t'at,ern Co., Seth R. r uwle it door , rairi,Dk
k Co.. fit, don ; 1..1113.12 to Az Co., H. Ii Hay,
HorTand, \le.; Hume. & Park, 1 It & t, Saria. , t • phen
Piaui in Co., irraei ginor it to. , i'o):' , or, t.
I. SN,EI K. Ward, Close ,'„: Co , ;tuk Cale,
New York.
For rale by rt. , li)rtigitirta. Try it. repttres-Iy.
IMMIIEMN
CURE TIAT FIVI, BY 1 . .11%; - ;
Carter'< E•c'rnct ,f 1)1, and Ihttrt Sz.f+et,
AND C.tIITER'-: 1E1.1.9W DINT:I6NT.
Thu ' Kett' et runs. all n . Itdt , Fry•ip;laa,aalt
P.heum, `raid W.4!FAI,C, n(
r.trbone ' eo, Liver at d 'ney Cotephvati,
.11.-tunat;stu and a l l other No tree from an un
p r ,u , n 11 . "
re teat i' x at,d Pu - duck, ("re...ea r f T.rtar and
phut . . d Prt , rf,o.Pt.- and Fr n str re, all (.1: to rare
to „ ' ern 111 ,n,zrel Itelt nou An lorrAfrf.t throlphout
the r, Lsty, rut the F.Atraet of Intn,folion sr.! [toter
14
. 1 , 1. t the rerne Is tot it. , it art? on tie I.lr-r,
`tinff . fleq Fl,, ,. lly`it ...11 the pouch of the
111 't natal , ' a thr nut all this
, roux or itnpar, m...ter. an' :rl - ea 'he rir
ol'attne true, t , r 1 , 1 ,o , ) rue, th. skin &est], tl e tom
plelion •r at,tl the whale e'em !rep f , 0ri,11,.e. , F0. ls
is, a rnetlicine that ettnnot le , II I'd orlthent le . todit, and
Cdrter l a Yellnu • nn l nunit is tine , ' tUe 1 en ether
tretment in the wtrl I for the rp•Ard v and eff•ctnal cure
of the it •11 unit all n'her Re iv eruptions. Als,
ottas e tl iu ' -' e - ofuloos Sr re:, 1 . 1 - era, I , ••vri and O'd .4,1 , 111
that are hard t • heat, and of In o.:ie,tl tegieaea it, the cu u
of It onli nerdstrit ' to e approved.
Pyle. of Extraes, $l. Of YellosiOtuttuent, :IL eta. oe
taken to...'et her, $1 1:5.
stoldt)y a r t rett:te - tab ' e 1 1 rn.tgt•t . ..
T 1 1ar.04 PEILIODI.I:7 DILOPS.
THE GREAT FEMALE REMEDV FOR
IRREGULARI'I'IE•i.
nu 1 0 .65 ly
Th•pe f).opn or• a nentihrallr cool oonnind fluid
fr , pnration, and better th i r.nr p.iin, ;modern or one.
tritroa Ilione, In oli, th.or altion in di rent an: tvinitire,
renderir g thorn a retie' Ir, eri.e,le an • eerfarn 'll - c-fir
(or t,. cure oral( ofiltruofroen and imppronrironn of na
ture. Their pnoulnriff in indi-ated bi the fact that
over 101.V0) annually r and C05.41,71,l bn
Vie 14 , !,11 i f fonefici, every one of whom creak in
t o ,roost terms r f nil ire of their great merits
'hoy are raphllr Lakin: the place of erery other femole
remedy, ar d are pone ‘l..red ho ahn know an..:bt of
them, AR the s Irogt, pare.t an.l moo' iuftltible pre,.ara_
Iron in the word, for the rnee of all (a-.talc enni lain's,
tier
Cl' of a.l obit iv!! '
inn of tratu-e, Lind aro pro
mot-onof health, ao I i.tren:t-. Fatilloit di
rections, woen the: may hi If re-1 echlairi
r•,: u h - rt and why they ehriii'd Oct. an I c old not ho
used ,‘1 hoot ix - wincing electn encteare to nature's clio
•en -f fo , 4.1 ar am l earh
hhtee, with the writ'en e•Jrna'ure of John 1.. Licn,
;ithrint %filch ry.nei air rnwoo.
Prepared; J i - t'; Ptree , ,
Cow dare:, Coon., who c , n he N4,111'01 either per
soir.ll • or Lir lett r, (.no'on roz cinc•rning all
'1111:r. v.,C.CCeI",. P.
by pri4,:t.t; VCCIf
41 cl, k El: .k!
n .4 , 7„r0.'y 'o • 17..4 a.olCanadan
1 ) . T IS UT
PTIC
ti nap. rl n' hit . / y CA-cla'rite I Fla'racts from
Route and liersi of the ,r-eatdet r One prepare t
from the orszast p-e•tript,n of th e ,e'elra.ted ths.
t, 131 tarel by him with resnaskable aere..en for
twe sty year,. Ass rem° iv in all
of the I.IVER, or any de-wog-so: tit ••: th •
OPAANS
Tale onr • ill ‘re..re 1. IPr .f_! J a c ,
i3.lionane•a Liven- Complaint
Th•• w. I-known fir a 1 sit it is of these R1:01 • "1 hn' - e
aped the firm its from which your PIP., are ma-le, in
ray . 0 , 11:114 fu• over
y v-a-e; •y h sire th • fineit et
felt up" the 1.1•-• r ant „:•.tiee 7r{ ins of an; rue
rine in the war d, and are, the moat perfect Purzat:ro
which has ever set been male by nosh...ly. Tiles ar«
pate and pleas ant to tedre, has powerful 'a cure Toner
rinet•evug pea;,erfiese I , tliuttlUte the vital Pctirituat n 1
n ip .,••etracti-os of eta urrtaue ,osrite
the Is enfi, and earl The: 7 ,, 1 rz, out th e f ou l
loura , ra wields Lit td nod grow dist , roPe", stimulate
elts, , ,ri,th or da.er r4ar..t into their rilL•Us AI action,
and Impart a 1.1-41 thy 'ono with its , 's th t , the u hole
•13,tern. Not • hi, di the: c...re the every ray c
&Int.. reveryte , le, but f tt'tt 111.114Irs:ut
11, and heing, purely r'et.ble are free from any
rok or Litln."
They cr •a'e p=re h'es and rem , re ail irnpuritien
from the tye , esc,ll-nt. are a n's,"t'sai ca-i• for e'lrer;,
II arhache, "er or vi life and 11•• re iit try
Duce—' , •r a one in the mornang ;
h.r roler S ve , •p, half a ri".
Price One Dollar per one Tea le cis n;01 , 11. or pent hy
po,t paid. t any tort rtrnited -.fates er
Cluad, Ti [VIA of I r-.,Von. 711,1t1'1e witlaaat the
e i, i n L tsire of V `dot! TatSoV, M
Ir. MUTT T Laorr co., Pr'imrt.t.-4,
f a*reet, New York._
I=l
WIT .111.1.1 fl
o,iinonstrito that their! 'l4-.
oin via° th. hi .11e , t iin,inivem-nats in the semi- g
Atach 4 no A rt. •te:
1. Enc.:, Stivihine to :tiro better .-Alcfle
thin art' other Se win; in Nlittket, nr money
ttiPy hare taken twiny of a. , 113:11^*t remium. at
tl.e mart imp ,rtAat r alatbitioria and fell* PV`r Held in
the Cci led 'gat,.
3. They :nate the loc: etltch : l ike on bath hag
saying half the threld in 'he raveling
rlze-seam* of tie loch st.t..:lt and single-thread Ma
c:Ana
4. Thor aro alahtel to the w:de,t range of heavy and
light torine
5. Vier hove no rattliug wires of delicate attach
ments to get out of order.
6. 1 hey requ're no takin: a-lit to C 194, or oil, and
no 4 ' l.ere in..' to set nee:le, relulato tenilon, or nor
ate 11.1..htne
7 Our New liaiettirfin4 Mathin.• is especially
ad,ptiel to Sao* Fitting, Ilinufmtnriog,
, ao lit not e,02111.1 by any Machine in market.
idease and cilllrrile and iienann, , trato for otir
relf, or send f Cir ettar with sample of Sewing.
N. R.—Agents wanted.
it:if:l2 5: LYON S. If. CO ,
se2.l nro No 634 Rroadwer, Few York.
nFAYE... O A:111111 (I 4 1 AL Fait TAB II 111.—
The Original and Gonnine A ol , roala la prepared
ha J. Allen Reel', II cad to the heat hair .Ireosing and pre.
eereative now In Inn.. It ator• the hair fel.ing
ea .,aea It to grow thick sad long and preventa it frtuu
turning p-otnatarely gray. It era lie Oen dandruff, eloan•
,e4,heautlfies and an t ra tila It ir g'n•ay and cur—
ly. Bee It. try It by convinced. I) •ia't be put ofT
Wlth • spur lUUS flrtittn. Rp,s. tarns!
take no other. For tale by DrugiiatJ and Dealers in
I , limey doer& everywhere.
Vrtse 25 cents per bottle—St per d-een. A dare.",
REEO2 VES' AMBROSIA DEPOT
YaltonBt., New York Oity.
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Special I.VotiCes.
. I: F OUT F, 1L 1).,
II 11l ttr..:,•:n ay, Now yt,rl:
UR CI)PJ)I 1L 1 , ,) 2 CoNTINEMEN?
TWO DOLLARS AND A-HALF PER YEAR, IF PAID IN ADVAN
13 II 11 E
GOLDEN BITTERS
A PURELY VEGETABLE TONIC
IN VIGORATING k STRBNGTHENING.
rtlter the sy stem against the evil effects of lumbar,*
C=IZZI2
Will cure Dy , pers'a.
c ure t% rektor...
• A
care General Debility
Wul cure tleartburn.
$4 ill cur... Headache.
ill cure Liver Complaint.
Will esmte and errata a basin!) , appetite
Will invigorate the organs of dlgaattoo had moderate•
increase the temperature of the body sad the tonne o'
cliculttien, heti , gin tact u a general eorroborant of IA
system, eoutatoiag co poisonous drags, had is
Tkia BEST roNic arrußs IN Tax, WORLD.
A fair trial is earnestly solicited.
GEO. C. HUBBEL & CO., Proprietors,
Hudson, N. Y.
rpltral•Depnt, .trarlican Esyrasa Building 66 HUD
Sti qT.. NEW YORE.
I,• by all Druggists, Grocers, ac.
ILV" iliNNltl ..:110ADLEY, Erie, Wholesale Arent%
and fur sale by Hall Warfel, Carter & Carver and Wil
kie. b
oelVrs.
TIIE GREAT STRENGTIIIININ4I TOMO
(sot a Whiskey Preparatlec,)
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
will cure
Pebil.ty r•sulting tom soy cauae whatever, Prostration
t.f c "W. rn, cau.ed by eevere hardship', esposures,
feerre or elkeireeot camp life. Soldiers, citizens, male
Tr :sin , le, adults ur youth, will find in this Bitters spare
oni:, not de pendent on bid lig aors for their almost mi•
rs.:u uu. • ii•ct.
DYS PEPSIA,
And diseinea resulting from disorders, of the Liver and
Disesli‘e organs, are cured by
1100FLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
Th's itiltera hag ccrformed more cures, tires better
aetu!ec•imy has more tebtitnocy, hu more respectable
opb• to v each for tt ti.an any other article in the mar
-IVe fy any one to contradict tide ruirertion, and
t,u 0 to acy one erLo %111 produce a certificate
lu6ashed _•y ug [hit to not riencilne. .
1100FLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
Till
cure every eime of ehron:c or oetvons debility and
disci, ft of tLe kid L.V.! , ge Ule•rre the following 33 roptocos
reoultlng frau' Lilorders of ;he digestive organ, :
Pon•tqAt:on,lnward Piles, Fullness tf Blood to the
lieu% Auditi of the Stomszh, Nausea, Heartburn, Dis•
gu t f Fulness or (- right in the Stomach, Soar
r:aurt ,Inkirrie or Flu•terlng at the Pat of the
Stenii h, Sieinim•ng; of the Held, Hurried sad dittimilt
!treadling, Fflttle. tor :it t'iv Heat, Choi ins. or ittfacat•
Sennnt 'arm when in a lying posture, Dimprgi et Pie•
ion it is or Nets before the • fight, Fever er! Dull Palo
to llin Head. Deficiency of Perecirstion, Yellowness of
ttie : sad Eyes, Pain to the Ride, Back„ Chest, Limbs,
Jae., Flu,lvoi of Five., Burning in the Flesh, Con.
aunt Imagtuingi of Evil and great Depression of:4lrits.
iiaxevnxa, that thig flitterttio not alchollic, contains
nu I u u or whi• kay, and cannot inake drunkard; but
ILe beat tunic in the world.
READ WHO SAYS SO
Flom Fey. W. I). Selerie/, ra‘to! of Twelfth Bapt`st.
Church, ithilada
G. ntlrmen —1 hare recently Leen laboring under the
d au,e toe effects of inilige.it ion, ■ec a npanied by a pre.-
tr %lion of the nereout system. Numerous rem-die, were
recouti.lendeil by Mende, acd xems of theta tested, but
without relief Yr ur lloofiend s Gereen Bitters were
recoinni-u I d by persona who had:clod them, and whose
favorable me .t ou of three Bitters induc d me to try
t cm I must cont. es that I had ao aversion to Versa
lb-Ault:oe from the "thousand sad ono" quick "Bitter."
a-honer:oily aim seems to be to palm off sweetened a d
drn:;• , i liquor upon the ennui city in a sly way, and
the to rd• tier of which, I feat, ie to make many a coo
t tined druokard Upon learning that • ours was really
a :mb , " nti preparatioil I took it with happy effect. Its
action, not only upon the .to rash, but Ilona the nervous
t, et-cm was p-ompt and gratifying. I feel that I have
crest and permanent benefit from the use of a
Is* bott'e:. Very reap •etlu ly r ours,
W. D SEIG/BIED, No. 25. it Tbackatuaron Ft.
From the 1;e , .. E. D .. Fr0 . a . 11, 41pqAttit Pclitor
Chronicle, Philade..
I Lave derived derided benefit from the use oillooflumcra
G 71.1 n }LW rs, cud I feel It my privtlege to reeoroMend
them a. a moat valuable tonic to all who are suffering
fr,,m g.uvral •iel.ilay or from diseases arising from the
Ilerang.o cot of the liver.
Yours troll', E. D. FENDALL.
From Rol% 13. Nlerrlge : `actor or th • Pa/sap:ink Zaptist
- Chnte;, Pbllada.
Frotn the many respeetab'e recnmocendtlinne elves to
Dr, Ho , flancreGermau Bitters, I waslnduced•to KIT* them
a trial. .'.f•er vxinr several bottles, 1 f.untl them tube a
F•vd rrm•dy for deoillty, and a most excellent tonic for
th e atornach. D hIERRIGE.
From Her. Wm. qmith, formerly Pastor of the Vincen
t ism and !trifle f 1) naptiet Churches.
Haring used to ray •amity a number of bottles at tour
Ilm•d.nd'e Gcri: an Ritter*, I hare to say I regard them
ev an excellent medicine, srecialtr adapted to remora'
the ditAMINI they are rec ended or. They strengthen
end inrig rate the is, stern when debilitated, and are use
ful la disorders of the liver, ion or appetite, Ihr.. I have
also rec a mended them to were. al of my friends who
hate tried the..., and foi ad them great', beneficial in the
res'o-atiln f heattli. Yuurs truly,
WM. smart, 961 Hutchinson St., Phdada.
BEWARE OF COUNTEREITS
- -
See That the migotatore of C. M. JACKSON" ig en the
rrraop•r of each too' tie
.u r 'd )0 ,r nearest drucgiat not have the wilds do
not 1, pu• off by any of tht intoxicating preparations
that may b., IT-trea in It place but send to us and we
wdlfo . orard stecarely packet, by expreas.
r:p." Principal Once and Maaufsctory, No. 631 As+
Stree , , Philadelphia, Pa.
JONES & F.VANA,
iocceotaora to C. M. Jackson & Co.,] Proprietors.
Fore do by .Irugilata and deniers in every town ie the
[Mite.] .: , tatos detl'6s ly.
F URNITURE.
AUCTION COMMISSION STORE!
Cronen and /no. ll Greene. bar• formed a part—
nership, under the title of Crone r k Greene, to carry on
the Furniture, Auction and Conmiesion business, in the
store leele recupie I by Greene & Hendricks, on the
F •t !Ed • of the Park, adjotniag the let National Elank,
a here they will keep alwaye on hand a large aripp'y of
arniture of every kind, which will be sold t n tonna as
low a can I e obtained anywhere.
Spe fist at'en•irn will be siren to the Acrettem
and Commie non bwit.tae, and public auction sates will
he etd on two ere. n,z •of every week. Parties t eying
bode to be chap, sad of wit tied it their advantage to
eat Oct it to to fo: diepoital. Old Furniture of every mart
le nigh' nod cold.
dec7 t stt. CRONEN & GREENE.
N OTICE TO PERSONS II %MENU PRODIVt.
FOR. SALE
We are now runnin: 4 Market Line from Erie to 111-
nova, on the Philadelphia as Erie railroad, a•id wish n g
secure all kinds of
VEGSTARLE3 AND COUNTRY PRODUCE
To carry it ou, hive estsbNatied a Dir,,ot on
FIFTH STRT,ET,
In the rear of the 'old Reed Rowse,
BETWEEN STATR AY a FRENCH STREETS.
Where re trill he at a l l times nrady to naive and pay
the
HlGaEr.' MARVET PRICE
f'r the ■ame. All larloir rroduee for sale are request•
sad to glee ns a call . Inquire for Market Depot, Fifth St.
'm00,11;65.1( MAY & JACKSON.
G UOCEIU f S 1 GROCERIES
AT
WI:.OIESALE AND RET A fs
P. SCHA AF,
Weak! reepecttei ly Inform the public that heliz.soyeaett
a Store in •
NO. 2 HUGHES' BLOCK, ERIE, TA.,
Where he will always keep on hand • large Ca 4u`
GROCERIES !
CROCKERY AND WOODEN- WARE.
WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS,
An l everythin; aerially for rile in an utak:Len
m it
the kind.
rP" Terms se rmuionable as any other t ge. ,3
I t t a •'.
G. NV . RLI.SEY,
Ur
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENT!
obtain. Onuses end Utoree fur tbnpew AtUng,and rents
wtorec lintel. and Dwellings, with er without their
furniture. fnr those giving up honseker ,ping. Also, buys
all LW di of
STOCK IN TEAnii:, liEncruao , zic, HOUSEHOLD
FURVITURE, OARPEr NTovg,s,
PICTURE 3, MIRRORS, MUSIC, I N AND DuTooog,
ILFFKUTS. &C & c .
Thnse 4 i.hing to sell by prir a t e ea a rse t. an d ' drum.
mono, on any useful proper' , l l o t oo grg f or ooro orred
sale by auction. Thole buy/ ag or Wars ran how to
their advantage by applying to me, at the
lINIF 1 N TURNITUSX s i
nsiol6l:l6tt , Ps.
ERIE,- PA., TI-lURSDAY4ItY
yowdo mEtes CHIPM AtimOCIATION,
REGULAR LECTURE COURSE AT FAR
BAR HALL.
The Ant On Lantern will be • areas by the Odle.
guished Histories' Lecturer, Rev. John Lord, LL. D,
of Coop.. on the general subject of 4 1tesresentatlre
To
men The satire tonne will consist of fourteen or fif
teen lectures. u follows :
1. Noy. 18th, John Imni, LL. D. , anbJect—'Paula, the
Roman Ma.roo—Friendship" .
2 Nov. 30th. do do. do soNeet—
"Helots*, the ll•dr.seval Woman—Love."
3. Dee. 61h, do do do subject—
"E•umbeth—Womsa as a Sovereign "
4. Pes 7th, do do do subject—
" Madame de Ilaintenon, the Woman of Roddy."
5. Der. Bth, d 3 eo do mabieet—
"Madame de Stasi. the Literati Woman."
6. Dec. 14th, Rev. 0. H. Tiffany, D. D.,
Chleulf
jeet—"The New Civilisation—Work and Worth.' sob
-1.7
7 Dec . 21st, Rt. Rev. Ththmaa 11 Clark, Providtants,
R 1 ; stitiect—"Habit. of American Life."
8. Des. 27th, John 13. Gongh, Worcester, Mass.; g u y.
j-et—" Habit"
9. Jau. 4th, R. L. Youmans, IL D., New York; riskiest
—"The Dynamics of Life." (illustrated.)
10. Jan. 11th, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Concord, Mess.;
stibleet—"Desonyoes," or "Table Talk."
11. J.n.15111, Mc Louts. H. D.. B o l l l 4 ln, Male.; rabject
—"He.ith and Physical Education"
12 Jar. 25th, INT Henry Giber, Quincy, Num.; subject
—'•The Jere in History.'
13 Jan. 30th, B. P. Taylor, Chtesgo; subject—"Tho't
•.d her Chariots."
14. Feb. eth, VII. Anna E. Dielcemeor, Phila.; midget
—, iloll34lThrues."
The Committee intended to emanreametheir worse on
the 23d November, and there L s probability of engag
ing a lecturer for that date. If cone be neared, the
wine will proceedu iodinated above, and •hey will en
dearer to arrang+ for in additional lecture at some other
time.
Veleta for the esurse, with IiZZRYILD OATS, at the
following rata :
One Ticket $3 691 Four Tickets $l3 00
wo Ticket5.......... 0 54 Five do (tail settee). 16 00
Three 'I lasts 976 Eseh add. Ticket—. 800
Tickets for sinile lectmes, 40 cents.
No advm ers, it will beaten, has been made in the prl
cee of the Course tickets over there of last year, though
two and psihsve three more lectures will be given In the
course.
EV" After Thursday. the lath, the Diairuro of the
Sat will be foood at the book store of Csughayle•
Crary & Co.. where ticket+ way be premed and oasts
ref erred. colett.
WLIOLIDIALE AND RETAIL
STOKE.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER,
NortA-East Owner a/ the Park y Prasck strut,
(orwathaj
Would respectfully all the Weedlos of the coausuaity
to his lure Rock of
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
SUGARS,
COFFEES,
TEAS,
SYRUPS,
TOBACCOS,
FISH, &C.,
Is not surpassed In the city, as he is prepared to prove to
all who g iv. him a all.
Be also keeps oonstantly on hand a superior lot of
PURE LIQUORS,
for the wholosale trade, to which he directs tke attrition
of the public.
ma motto IN "Quick Sales. Small Profits and a fail
Squirelent for the Yowl•" aM/1118te.
$/00 SAV ED
/V unamhect from the foUrmrlog celebrated Memohmturers
Steinway & Sons. New To*,
PRICES AT A LARGE DISCOUNT
• or I.lt persons desiring etret rate Plano or Ifvf.odo
on are invited to call and IMILIIII.OII oar Instrumento be
fore pa:cheats, elsewhere.
No. 426 State Street, neatly opposite the Post Mee,
Erie. Pe.
n 030150.
W A /y I , F. D : -
APPRENTICES FOR THE NAVY !
None need apply tat thew of sound health and good
moral character, who can read well, spell correatly i writa
legagy and who can cipher in whole numbers and frac
tiony and are not lea. than 13 nzr more than 111 yew o
age. Naval apprwatices aro
NAVAL ACADEMY!
• eertain number holm selected paarlp from among
abet 1 for these appointamm's.
fichoolinasters are assigned tie eaeh school ship to
re►•h the rudiments of adecatioa,iaciading navigation,
aryl their morale are earefally eased for•
•pprentleee are
To discharge the duties of semen. and at the expiration
of their term of apprunticeehip, which is when they ar
rise at the age of glof found octal Vied. Mee the prefer
ence in the appoontmente for warrant and petty ofloes.
E ir For further tathrusation. apple
H B. o
t
T. STEVCKS,
Conimazmier 17. S. Navy, Iris. Pa.
rends:mans Erie, ?a, in Farrar 1341.
Clemons, Cane:Lay Jr:Burets'. naLiK.
166.5-66. RRIE, PINN'A
P. A. BECKER,
Which he Is desirous tosell at the
VERY LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICIIS
His esiorttoest of
ON A PIANO FORTE!
s`—'s to SU)
ON A- MELODEON OR ORGAN 1
By pnretualag et
%. OF ERIE,
Instead of seadiniorders to Na• York.
PIANO FORTES AND MELODEONS
Wm. Boob, & Co., Baltimore, lid.,
Wm. B. Bradbury, Now York,
Grotesteto & Co., New Turk,
Beards= k Gray. Albany, N. Y
Geo. A. Prices & Co , Buffalo, ?LT,
EL 15 pang. Symuso, N. T.
Ja . welt A: Goodman, Clinoland, 0
BELOW MANUFACTURERS' PRIM t
l'ianoa Ere= $2OO to $1,600
Every lostraisent warranted for TO plus.
ELIGIBLE TO APPOINTMENTS
1231:1
CARTSULLY AND THOROUGHLY !EDUCATED
D u Y ti 0 01) 8
A large bed well selected stock of
FALL AND WINTER
DRY GOODS!
.11131'
AT JOHN C. BEEBE'S,
601 FRENCH STREET ;
ect26-2=.
MANHOOD: liow Lest, flow Restored.
Just Potoltsbrd a new 'dittos of
Da. CIMTIO , FILL'S CILLIBILAITD Ys
act' ou the rained airs (without
toodlaino) o.f EIREVATOIII3OII.4I. Of
Seminal Wetness. Involuntary Berathal Losses. hno
mar. Be eel and Physical Incapacity, Impedhomits
to Worth ge. etc.: also. Commurriox. Irrixrev and
!the. Ind need by esti-Imialgenos or sexual eztraya
genre.
rr . P rice, in a smiled surstops. owl oswits.
the eel 'bided author. is this le meg. clearly
dirooostruteo, trout a thtrty years mmemeallid premiss,
that the alarming oonesqualthee of mli•ebsee malts rad
ically cared without the designee um of internal med
ides or the application of them' sting not amok
of curs at once simple, certain end istaal. lit me as
which *my sußsrer. no matter whet his soaditioa mq
teircan cure himself cheaply, printely and raiimdly.
TMs UMW , should be la the heads of sway
youth and every mlna the Lod.
•
Bent under mil. ?lath wolves. to any addiney
l b . te thceipt of gig Milk or two grata ge stems. Address!
h publishers, KUNZ 6 00.,
Bowery. Saw Tort.
Pest Oar Box 4,116.
uw3wea-it
ANT AND IMMIX TAOUBLID
With liver Comphist or oak say dhow srhp
jug frog% lUiptlfity ot the blood. small se Itch. Both. Car
bail alas, Pimples oil the hes or sack. Erysipelas. Belt
Rhesus. Seroluis. Ithosiostins.Pals is the Ms or la
the hack. eta. should sot fall to lass Carter's Ears*
of floidolos sad ititterieset. There is setbleg
to it is such sees sad It smooths used without Wapiti.
tag bseeet. Mee ass &Du per bottle. IMO b dru i .
lista evorywhero.
$3.00 IF NOT PAID UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
ON, DECEMBER 14.-1866.
President Buohanan's Vindication.
It is now necessary to recur to the con
dition of 'the forts and other public prop
erty of the United States within South
Carolina, at tie date of the President's
annual message, on the 3d December,lB6o.
In regard to • that property the message
asp " This has been purchased for a fair
equivalent, by the consent of the Legisla
ture of the State, for the erection of • forts,
magazines, arsenals,' and over these the
authority 'to exercise exclusive legislation'
has been expressly granted by the Consti
tution to Congress. It is not believed that
any attempt will. be. made to expel the
United States from this property by force,
but if in this I should prove to be mistak
en, the officer in command of the forts
has received' orders to act strictly on the
defensive. In such a contingency the re
sponsibility for consequences would right
fully rest upon the heads of •the assail
ants." Tbus, if war must come, the Prey
ident bad determined to fix the whole rel . .
sponsibility for its commencement upon
_South Carolina. In order to estimate cor
rectly the wisdom of this defensive policy
it is necessary to revert to the condition of
the country on the 3d December, 1860,
when it was announced. At this period we
may divide the Southern States into three
classes, holding opinions variant from each
other.
1. There was South Carolina, which had
been the avowed and persistent advocate
of disunion for more than a quarter of a
century. She had, already called a con
vention for the purpose' of seceding from
the Union. Her leading secessionists were
ever upon the alert to seize upon play ac
tion of the federal government which they
might wrest to the purpose of alienating
the other slaveholding States from their
attachment" to the Union, and enlisting
them in her cause..
•. H. CAL'OHICY.
C. C. SHIRK.
C. X GUNNISON,
E. L. PIiLTON,
♦ZRO GOFF,
H. P. SEAMAN.
Leetim Committee
•2 The second class was composed of the
six other cotton ,States. The people of
these, although highly excited against the
Abolitionists, were still unwilling to leave
the Union. They would have .been con
tent, notwithstanding the efforts of seces
sion demegogues,wilh a simple recognition
of their adjudged rights to take slaves into
the Territories, and hold them there like
other property, until a territorial conven
tion assembled to friimeli State constitu-
tion, should decide the question. To this
decision, whatever it might be, they pro
fessed their willingneLs to submit. Indeed,
as has already been seen from the state
ments of Messrs. Douglas and Toombs: in
the Senate, they would have consented to
abandon their rights in all the Territories
north of 36 deg. 30 min., leaving what
should remain to them little more than a
name.
3. The third class consisted of the bor
der slaveholding States, with Virginia at
the head. A large majority of their peo
ple, although believing in the right of
peaceful secession, had resisted all the el
torts of the extreme men in their midst,
and were still devoted to the Union. Of
this there could be no better proof than
the, result of the election held in Virginia,
February 4, 1861, for the choice of dele•
gates to her State Convention, even after
the cotton States bad all seceded. (Apple
ton's Annual Cyclopcedia for 1861, p. 730.)
This showed that a very large majority of
the delegates elected were in fav9r of re
maining in the Union.
CONDUCT TOW/RD TURN AND REASONS FOR IT.
imagine what would have been the effect
on the other Southern States of sending
a feeble force of ,United States troops to
Fort Moultrie at this critical conjuncture.
Had collision been the consequence, and
blood been shed immediately. before the
meeting of Congress, the other cotton
States, from their well-known affinities,
would have rushed to the support of South
Carolina. She would thus have accom
plished her long-sought object. Indeed,
it was the current report of the day that
her leading disunionists had declared the
spilling of• a little blood would be neces
sary to secure the co-operation of other,
Southern States. Besides, in the Presi
dent'a opinion, there was no necessity, at
the time, for any reinforcement ,to secure
the forts in the harbor of Charleston. He
was convinced that while the other slave
holding States were ready and willing to
compromise with the North, South. Caro
lina would not dare to attack Fort Moul
trie. This conviction did not spring from
any confidence in her spirit of forbearance;
it arose from' a certain knowledge that
such an outrage would be condemned not
only by the border but by the cotton
States. It would enatrange and separate
them from her, at the very moment she
was most solicitous to conciliate them.—
Whoever was in Washington at the time
cannot fail to recollect the denunciations
in advance of leading Southern men against
such an unprovoked attack- The public
property stood within her limits—three
forts, a customhouse. an arsenal and a
post office, covered by the flag of the
cow try. From these she knew she had
nothing to fear unless she should first
make the attack. Such an outrage as the
seizure- of a fort of the United States by
any State bad never before been imagined.
There must be a fearful suspense between
the conception and the commission of
such an act. It was the supreme object of
the President to proinote, by all the means
in his power, such fair and honorable
adjustment between the North and South
as would save the country from the scourge
of civil war. It was, therefore, his evi
dent policy to isolate South Carolina, as
far as possible, from the other Southern
'States; and for this purpose to refrain from
any act which might enable her to enlist
them in her cause. If, after all, she should
attack Fort Moultrie, this act would have
met Itiseir universal condemnation. Be
sides, ;nothing short of such an attack
could Anse united the people of the North
in suppressing her revolt. They were then
far from being prepared for civil war. On
thoconsuay, they were intent on a peace
ful solution of ourdifficulties, and would
have censured soy act of the administra
tion which migia, have defeated this pur
pose and precipitated them into hostili
ties. The true policy was that expressed
by President Lincoln to the seceded cot
ton States ifs his inaugural months after
ward, in which he informs them, " You
can have no conflict without being your
selves the aggressors." Although the,
President believed (and this , with good
cause, as the event has shown), that under
the existing circumstances, South Caroli
na 'would not attack any of the forts in
the harbor of Charleston while he suffered
' their stztus quo to remain ; yet in this it was
possible he might be mistaken. To guard
against surprise after the secession of the
State, which was then imminent, he had
prepared an expedition as powerful as his
limited means would afford, to send rein
forcements to Major Anderson, at the first
moment of danger. For this pupate the
Secretary of the Navy had stationed the
Brooklyn, a powerful war steamer, then
completely ready for sea, is Hampton
Roads, to take on board for Charleston
three hundred -.disciplined troops, with
provisions and munitions of war, from
the neighboring garrison of Fortress Mon
roe.
Z. SMITH
CHAPTER IX
7112 POIITS IN CIIARLICSTON &ARBOR
Under there circumstances it is easy to
INSTRUCTIONS TO MAJOR ANDERSON.
Having thus provided for the reinforce
ment of the forts, in ease of need, the
Secretary of War dispatched Assistant
~.
Adjutant-General Buell to Major Ander
son, at Fort Modltrie, with' instructions
how he should act in his ores:Alt; posi
tion. These were communicated to him
on the 11th December, Bed. Whilst they
instructed the major to avoid every act of
aggression, they directed hiqi, in cise of
an attack upon, or attempt to take pos
session of, any of the three forts under
his command. to defend them to the last
extremity. Furthermore, he was author
ised, as a precautionary measure, should
he believe his force insufficient for the de
fense of all three, to remove it at his dip
cretio,n from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sum
ter, whenever he should have tangiblo ev
idence of a design, on the part of South
Carolina, to proceed to a hostile act. We
say to Fort Sumter, because the third fort,
Castle Pinckney, was' wholly indefensible.
From the important bearing• of these in•
structions upon subsequent events, they
are entitled to textual insertion. They
are as follows : " You are aware of the
great anxiety of the Secretary of War
that a collision of the troops with the peo
ple of the State shall be avoided, and of
his studied determination to pursue
cenriwwith reference to the military force
and forts in this harbor, which shall guard
against such a collision. ge lias, there
fore, carefully abstained from increasing
the force at this point, or taking any
measures which might add to the present
excited state of the public mind, or which
would throw any doubt on the confidence
he 'feels that South Carolina will not at
tempt by violence to obtain possession of
the public works or interfere with their
occupancy. But as the counsel and acts
of rash and impulsive persons may posed
sibly disappoint these expectations of the
government, be deems it proper that you
shallb,e prepared with instructions to meet
so uchappy a contingency. He has, there
fore, directed me verbally to give you such
instructions. You are carefully to avoid
every act which would needlessly tend to
provoke aggression, and for that reason
you are not, without evident and immi
nent necessity, to take up any polition
which Could be construed into the assump-
tion of a hostile attitude, but you are to
hold possession of the forts in this harbor,
and if attacked you are'to defend yourself
to the last extremity. The eresllnsss of
your force will not permit you,perhaps, to
occupy more than one of the three forts,
but an attack on or attempt to take pos
session of either one of them will be re
garded as an act. of hostility, and you may
then put your command in either of them
which you may deem moat proper to in
crease its power of resistance. You are
also authorized to take similar defensive
steps whenever you have tangible evidence
of a deign to proceed to a hostile act."—
(Ex. Doc., H. R., vol. vi., No. 26, p. 10.)
The President having observed that
Major Buell, in reducing to writing.at
Fort Moultrie the instructions he had ver
bally received, required Major Anderson,
in case of an attack to defend himself to
be last extremity, immediately caused
the Secretary of War to modify this in
struction. This extreme was not required
by any principle of military honor or by
any rule of war. It was sufficient for him
tc defend himself until no reasonable hope
should remain of saving the fort. The in
structions were accordingly so modified,
with the approbation of Gen. Scott.
NTIIIEtZW WITH BOGER CAROLINA CONGRESS
MEN.
The President having determined not
to disturb the status, quo at Charleston so
long as our troops should continue to'-he
hospitably treatedhy the inhabitants and
remain in unmolested possession of the
forts, was gratified to learn a short time
thereafter, that South Carolina was equal
ly intent on preserving the peace. On
December 8, 1860, four of the represen
tatives in Congress from that State sought
an interview, and held a conversation with
him concerning the best means of avoid
ing a hostile collision between the parties.
In order to guard against any misappre
hension on either side, he suggested that
they had best, reduce their verbal commu
nication to writing, and bring it to him in
that form. Accordingly on December 10
they delivered to him a note stated on the
previous day, and signed by five members,
in whichhey say : " In compliance with
our state m ent to you yesterday, we now
express onr
strong convictions that neither
the constituted authorities, nor any body
of the people of the state of South Caroli
na, will either attack or molest the United
States forts in the harbor of Charleston,
previously to .the action of the convention ;
and we hope and believe not until an !,of
fer has been made, through an accredited
representative, to negotiate for an amica
ble arrangement of all matters between
the State and the Federal government,
provided no reinforcements be sent into
these forts, and their relative military sta
tus shall remain as at present." (Ex. Doc.,
11. R., vol. vi., No. 90, p. 9, itc.) Bothtin
this and in their prevjous conversation,
they declared that in making this state
ment, they were acting solely on their
own responsibility, and expressly declaim
ed any authority to bind their State .
. They
nevertheless expressed the confident be
lief that they would be sustained both by
the State authorities and the Convention,
after it should assemble. Although the
President considered this declaration as
nothing more than the act of five respect:
able members of the House from South
Carolina, yet he welcomed it as a happy
omen, that by means of their influence
collision might be prevented, and time af
forded to all parties for reflection and for
a peaceable adjustment. From abundant
caution, however, he objectcd to the word
"provided," in their statement, lest if. he
possibly should accept it without remark,
this might bikconstrued into an agreement
on his part not to reinforce the forts.—
Such an agreement, he informed them, he
would never make. It would be impossi
ble for him, from the nature of his official
responsibility thus to tie his own hands
and restrain his own freedom of action.—
Still they might have observed from his
message, that he bad no_present design,
under existing circumstances, to change
the condition of the forts at Charleston.
He must, notwithstanding, be left entire
ly free to exercise his own discretion; ac
cording to exigencies as they might alive.
They replied that nothing was further
from their intention than such &construc
tion of this word ; they did not to under
stand it, and he should not so consider it.
GIMBAL Ear' AGAIN RICOMIIINtis GARNIBGN
IMO THE FORTS
It wa, at this moment. on the 15th De•
cember, 1860, after the President's policy
had been fixed and announced in his an
nual message t after the Brooklyn had
been made ready to go to
,the relief of
Major Anderson in case of need; after he
hid received instructions in accordance
with this policy ; after the President's pa
cific interview with the •South Carolina
members, and before any action had yet
been taken on the first Crittenden com
promise, that General Scott deemed it
proper to renew his former recommenda
tion to garrison the nine Southern fortifi
cations. This appears from his report to
PresioUtnt Lincoln of the 30th March, 1861.
entitled " Son.hern Forts ; a Summary,"
&c., of which we shall often hereafter have
occasion to speak. It is scarcely a lack of
charity to infer that (3en. Scott knew at the
time when he made this recommendation
(on the 15th December) that it, must be
*ejected.
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f LL PZIMINO. • .
The President could not hive complied
with it, the position-ef affairs still remain.
ing - nnchanged, , without reversing at once
his entire policy, and without a degree of
inconsistency amounting almost to 'self
stultification. Tile Senators from the cot
ton States and from Virginia, where these
forts are situated, were still occupied with
their brother senators in devising meas
ures of peace and conciliation. For' this
patriotic purpose the committee of thir
teen were about to be, appointed, and
ibbf remained teieuidn until the last' day
of the ntonth. • Meanwhile all the South.
ern Senators in Con frees professed their
willingness to adopt the Crittenden com
promise, so much and bo justly lauded at
terw4pis by Gen. Scott himself. If at this
moms t, while they were engaged in
peaceful consultation with Senators from
the North. the President had dispatched
military expeditious to these nine forts, it
was easy to foresee what would be the dis
astrous effect, not only in the cotton but
in all the border States. Its first effect
would have been to dissolve the existing
conferences for a peaceable adjustment.
WANT OF TROOPS.
This, the General's second recommen- ,
dation, was wholly unexpected. He had
remained silent for more than six weeks
from the date of lila supplemental "views,':
convinced, as the President inferred, that.
be had abandoned the idea of garrisoning .
all these forts with " the• five companies
only," within his reach. Had the Presi
dent ever so earnestly desired to reinforce
the 'nine forts in question, at this time, it
would have been little short of madness
to undertake the task with the small force
at his command. Without authority to
call forth the militia or accept the services
of volunteers for the purpose, this whole
force consisted of six hundred recruits,
obtained by the general since the date of
his "views," in addition to the five regu
lar companies. Our army was still out of
reach on the remote frontiers and could
not be withdrawn during the winter in
time for this military operation. Indeed,
the General bad never suggested such
withdrawal. He knew had this been pos
sible the inhabitants on our distant fron
tiers would have been immediately ex
posed to the tomahawk and scalping knife
of the Indians. Our weak condition in
regard'to troops within reach is demob- ,
strated by •the insignificant number of
these he was able to collect in Washington
on the 4th of March following. This was
to resist an attempt which he apprehend
ed would be made by an armed.force to
prevent the inauguration of President
Lincoln and to seize the public property.
The General was so firmly convinced of
the reality of this plot that nothing could
shake his faith. It was in vain Unit a
committee of the House of Representa
tives, after hearing the General himself,
and after full investigation, had reported.
that his apprehensions were unfounded.
(February 14, 1861, H. R. of Com., vol.
No. 79.) Besides, the President rely
ing on his own sources of information,
had never entertained any similar appre
hensions. The stake, notwithstanding,
was so vast and the General so urgent,
that be granted him permission to bring
to Washington all the troops he could
muster to resist an imaginary but dreaded
enemy. The whole number of these, in
cluding even the sappers and miners whom
he had withdrawn from Werit Point,
amounted to no more than six hundred
and fifty-three, rank and file. These
troops with a portion of the District mili
tia, the General had posted in different
. parts of the city.' and had stationed senti
nels °i rate tops of the highest houses and
other eminences, so that all Was ready to
attack the enemy at thb first moment of
their appearance ; but never did an inau
guration piss more peacefully and quietly.
It is due to President Lincoln to state that
throughout his long progress in the same
carriage with the late President, both on
the way to the Capitol and the return from
it, he was far from evincing the slightest
apprehension of danger. ,
Had the President attempted to dis
tribute the General's thousand men, as he
proposed, among the s numerous forts in
the cotton States, as well as Fortress Mon
roe, their absurd inadequacy to the object
would have exhibited weakness instead of
strength. It would have provoked in
stead of preventing a collision. ' It would
have precipitated a civil war with the cot
ton States without the slightest prepara
tion on the.part of Ctingress, and would
at once have destroyed the then prevail
ing hopes of compromise. Worse thag.
all, it would have exasperated Virginia
and the, other border States, then so in
tent on .remaining in the Union, and
might have driven them at once into hos
tile action. •
'Here follows a scorching analysis of
Geu. Scott's report to President Lincoln.
charging Mr. Buchanan with complicity
with the rebellion, in which the ex-Presi
dent distinctly proves the General to have
been in sympathy with the South at the
start, and convicts bin ,of either having
a very poor memory, or of being a willful
falsifier. The way in which he whittles
down the pompous old General Is fearful
to witness.]
TIIE EXAMPLE or ovirat,AL JACKSON-WHY IN
APPLICABLE.
And here it is due to Gen. Scott to men
tion that on the evening of their inter
view, (15th December), he addreas9d a
note to President Buchanan,. reminding
him that Gen. Jackson during the period
of South Carolina nullification, had sent
reinforcements to Fort Moultrie to pre
vent its seizure 'by the nullifiers and to
enforce the collection of the revenue.—
This example was doubtless suggested for
imitation. But the times hid greatly
changed during more than a quarter of a
century which had since elapsed. In 1833
South Carolina stood alone. She had then
the sympathy of no other Southern State.
Her nullification was condemned by them
all. Even her own people were almost
equally divided on the question. But in
stead of in December, 1860, they
were unanimous, and the other cotton
States were preparing to follow her into
secession, should their rights in the Ter
ritories be denied by Congress. Besides,
the President had already declared his
purhse to collect the revenue by the'em
ployment of vessels of war, stationed out
side of the port of ,Charleston, whenever •
its collection at the custom house should
be resisted. He hoped thereby to avoid
actual collision ; but, whether or not, he
'had resolved at every hazard to collect the
revenue. • Such was the state of affairs on •
the 15th of December, 1860. Meanwhile
the forts and other public property were
-unmolested, and Major Ande rson an i his
troops continued to be supplied and treat
ed in the kindest manner.
M r , sehade, counsel of the late Captain
Wirtz, has received an affidavit from Mrs.
Wirtz in due legal form, denying
as altogether false the story that she at
tempted to convey poison to the mouth of
her husband rhile kissing him, and that
Wirtz was prevented fro wallowing the
drug by the prompt intervention of Gen.
Baker. Frequent opportunities occurred
in her private interviews with her husband
for the perpetration of such a crime had
she been so wicked as to meditate it.
One of those instances where innocent par
ticle have been made to suffer from convic—
tions en circumstantial evidence has' just
tranipired in Chicago : Corbett and Fleming,
two murderers under sentence of death have
confessed that they were the guilty parties in
the garroting affair in that city about two
years ago, for which two other men were
tried on circumstantial evidence, found guilty
and sentenced to_ the State Prison far ton
years each, where they are now serving out
their time. Tho presiding Judge and Dis—
trict Attorney have petitioned for the release
of the men thus wrongfitlly imprisoned.
Camel's hair dmb' constitute the latest
rage in dress among the people of fuhioa of
New Tort. They costa trifle of two or throe
tbousand dollars apiece.