tric arttitig tobotrutr.
18Gf.
,1;1E, l'A Rl' 15,
e hoe put our paper to press this week a
eseier than usual, in Order_to obtain as
Nuoity to attend the editorial conven—
e' tichossenables at Meadville on Thurs
sfterooon
be piaratch claims to have discovered the
t ,
of the singular occurrences described
o r last issue, and judging by its stite.
t . they are accounted for by simple
reasons. We have had no oppor
o, to visit the house since the ocouion
, r e mentioned, but, by what we learn from
jo the secret,•we are led to believe that
zanifestations," from whatever source
10 . 1 , 4 i tt tea; have ceased. Oar to t empo _
says that the owner of the house
ur c i t ing a public explanation of the
tit i a a short time. We have no doubt
ofinents will be interesting and entirely
,focry•
•
, j ,,rg EXIIICLISNS AT 'DIINiIiIIC.We
try a young man, who, in nom
cl, L ine other young converts, went
11 , T gr- Hammond from Brie to Don
, the revival - there, that the
•
~T.;:rosing.finely and mbre encour
iy .„ r , n this city. The young converts
;;.ei dicne ferric° in that place in the
sna worked zealously for the cause
we recently espoused. After the ser
i:
:he churc h was over, they repaired to
! e rt ft the purpose of returning home
hirpcnol that the carp were detained
:: e hour, and in the meantime the
opuiblei in one of the rooms of
1 , p , ; : sal began singing severil tunes.—
~: n attract° i a crowd, composed mostly
.... , ;7e , 3 of the rnilroad.. Mr. Hammond
•
:::n an inoßromptu meeting, beseech
-1;) : 1 2e from " the wrath to come," and
~; u p prayer. He was followed in
'log by a number of the converts. This
uncoil as interesting, is said to have
i wonderful effect upon the hearts of the
thee, nal it ii hoped will be the source
ring good. X.
Rind Tab!e, in an , article justly de
;:g the beggarly returns which so many
to make to their presiding clergymen,
deserved tribute to ministers as a
• e think it will be 'readily conceded that
is no class of professional men wbioh
score laboriously or-confers more dig
upon the nation than its clergymen.—
j, 3 cot a city, town tr Tillage in the land
e they I) not tate a prominent position
try good word and work. In season and
t !aeon their toil is never ended, Their
nee terer exhausted, their, good deeds
withheld. Every local matter of into
is made strong by their aid, and there is
re hut in me way receives counsel,
urt or friendly attentions from these
ful paators. I y night and by , . day they
them.elvel in readiness to minister to
UT may call. A. 131 all the whale their
d of stu ly and writing must continue
%goes. They are never masters of their
time. They can never feel that their
i. finished. In fact they work more
intly and less ind.tpendently than any
class of men :They are an honor to
..la'ry and the cause they uphold. No
a has absorbed, so many men Of talent,
:r end worth."
fedora every word of the above, 67.-
3 fo far as it my refer to that class of
'ets who have forgotten their holy call—
preach politico
cs leg Har sc.—The ice house eon
ti by Messrs. Sidney Kelsey and Jacob
:haler„at the little cascade, in one of
rgtit l aod most complete buildings for
pee in th? United States. It is 170
;ength by I SO in width, and the part
Tog the ice is 20 feet high, giving the
^,; capacity to hold 12,000" tone, or en
that would cover seven acres te the
;fa toot. The scanner of securing the
lo co g el as ingenious. The ice, 14
thick; is cut by a plough into nirrow
considerable distance out the bay,
there floated through a channel to a
ear the shore. Here it is carried up a
dined plane by means of an endless
) the mouth of the house, where the
!etacbed from the hooks holding it to
e. and propelled to the place where it
A. The rope is moved by a windlass
y four horse , and delivers the ester
's:ks of ice at, the rats of about five a
By this plan, tire expense and in.
ate of loading the Ice into wagons is
i, and it is secured at a much wore
rrt than by the old method. An idea
r►piiity with which.the ice is taken
ttnilding may be obtained from the
ttittalv.s retell meo, working as hard
, tto, to pack away the cakes as they
Teti Oa Saturday, when we iisited
A'Alt a dozen and a half men hed
p'myel some eleven days at filling the
f.th sll the advantage of the labor
ziehinery, and it was expected that
f.ur more days would be required to
etha }oh. Messrs. K. &D. have re
at or citizens shall not suffer next
'.rlhe want of a complete supply of
it.:lbe prepared to furnish it in any
'1 .141. may be ordered. Especial
•tltbett taken that it ihall be a puro
ul rather than have any of an info
''7 they cut a channel some distance
tiT, , orhere the ice was of the thickest
tit kind. '
I 'lt E i cIILImS To TEI RIDICULOUS.
Jl . ..ng the following verses, the Buffalo
tuzuted that four lines more beauti
written:
"kvletes murmur in tie soul
of _the world to be,
%Ttfers hear the billow roll!
Pe:re they reach the sea.";
C' ct Herald adds a Terse and ray'
: :!itnore truthful are rarely writ
!slue no doubt of the veracity if the
I::ell,bnt =COI spoak from expsri.
reetan butting in the ear,
en you retire to bed,
7%1 that swilling lager beer
It dreadful for the head."
4111 TO THE STATI CONYCITION.—.•
..:e4icCoucty Committee met at the
on' Monday afternoon, and
Lite following gentlemen to .represent
of Erie county in the Forth
t&to Convention : •
'l4! Delegate for Erie end' Crawford
• IVi.tiono A. Galbraith. •
De'egatra :--B. F. Sloan, Erie ;
' 4l lsr, Carry,
'•itsilomen are all pet : sons of ability,
ti tono;stoticy In their adherence td
-,%:?prieciples. Their aelectiow will
t-itze unanimous endorsement of the
Lltzi county.
Levey presented in the State Senate,
e t , s petition from citizens of Plana
jitlizst the violation of the fourth
"'w• The Senator's welt known
timers him an eminently appropriate
Itrocila which to seek thepassage of
,*Ploutotiag the purposes of the pa—
EXIOIITIOW AT CLIVILAID.—Dr. John W.
Hughes, the murderer of Miss Tamsen Par
sons,, of Bedford, Ohio, was hung in the jail
yard at Cleveland, ou Friday of list week.-:--
He manifested little emotion while he stood
upon the gallows, and prooseded to deliver an
address which " exhibited not only a wicked
and rebellious disposition, bats nature at once
and forever depraved and beyond reforms,
tion." "He continued to talk until the sheriff
indicated to him that no farther time would
be allowed him, when be immediately stopped
and divested himself of his shirt collar and
cravat, which he threw down to the people
below him, and turning down his coat collar
he bared his neck for the rope. During this
time his nerve did not forsake him. He an
nounced himself ready with a smile, and
standing firmly before his auditors he ex
olainvd--, Ohl delth, where is thy sting!
Oh grave, where is thy victory ' Soon the
noose was adjoeted, his legs and arms pin
ioned, the cap drawn over his face, the trigger
Of the gallows sprung, and John W. Hughes
went into eternity. The dull twang of the
rope, as the body of the man stretched it
down to a sudden tension, scot a throb to
every heart. Eight minutes after his fall his
pulse beat at 75, and in ten minutes it ceased
altogether. Ahanging twenty minute.
the body was tall! dawn and delivered to kis
fellow countrymen, and thus ended the exe
otaioa." The particulars of 31iss Parsons'
murder created much sensation at the time,
but have mostly been forgotten except„by
the people residing is the vicinity. It seas
committed on the "evening of Tuesday, Aug.
Bth, 1865; Miss P. was the person whom he
had won, seduced and married, while he had
another wife. He visited Miss Parsons for
the purpose of pomading her to again live
with him, and upon her * refusal to comply
with his request, he shot her through the
head. with a revolver. He fled toward Cleve
land, but was pursued and captured."
SIR MOITON Pero.—Our readers have Weird
much during the last
,few mdnths of Sir Mer.
ton Pete, the great "railroad king," and the
leading spirit of the A. tr.. G. W. Railway. Rim
- extended reputation will cause the following
sketeh of his life and character to be read
with interest:
Morton Peto commenced his life a mechanic,
and by dint of honest industry and enterprise
has gained the title of " The Railiay King of
the World.". He is represented as being a
talkative and agreeable person, careful in his
bearing and speech, and a devoted member of
the Baptist church. He heads the railway
interest of England, and is largely interested
itt several American lines, prominent among
which is the Atlantic and Great Western. He'
controls' the employment of one hundred
thousand men, and his speculations embrace
the United States. Canada, itneeie, Austria,
Peru, Italy, New Zealand and Australia. The
laborers en the lines he regulates are said to
really outnumber the fighting British army.
He is largely interested in the operations of
subterranean London, where his workmee are
" picking " night and day, and his engines
rumbling under the fonndations of quiet
houses. It is said that in the empire of Ans-_
tile alone eight thousand men eat his bsconl
and this is but a small portion of his army of
laborers. His late visit to the United States
will likely result in still larger investments.
He is certainly entitled to the name—railway
king—though his habits during his visit have
been of rigid republican simplicity.
Items of Local Interest.
-A well ',baited counterfeit en the new
twenty five omit currency has just been dis
colored.
tt is very easy to be popular—have no
opinion of your own, and appear to agree
with everybody.
.'banking firm if which Mr. M. M. Moore,
of this city, is one of the members, has opened
an office in Tldionte.
Youngsville touts of a rare curiosity—a
full grown RepUblican (dive) who cannot
support aegro suffrage. Bo a correspondent
informs us.
The Girard Union supposes that in ease M.-
B. Lowry is a candidate for governor, COL
Dan Rice will be hit opponent. We will bet
on Rice, provided they stump the State to
gether.
- Giles Sanford, E - 4 . q., one of our oldest and
wealthiest citizens, died on Tuesday morning,
of pneumonia, at the, are of 82 years.
The SabbathSohool Convention which con
vened in Park Church last arctic, resolved
to hold annual - Meetings in this city on the
*mud Tueaday of December.
An exchange says Ben Wade is a " regular
radical fire eater." Ilia neighbors in Ashta
bula county say they know nothing about his
st - Jility in eating lire coals, but that he has
few equals in the feat of storing away " fire
water."
A man named Hannolds, and hie tone John
and - Robert, all living near Fairview, were
committed' to jail last week, charged with the
abstraction of articles from the care of the
Cleveland & Erie R. rt.
Hon. Thomas Hoge, of Franklin, writes to
the Citizen that he has closed a contract with
parties in Pittsburgh to erect on the public
square in Franklin a monument on which
shall be engraved the names c f all the officers
and men from Yenango county who were slain
in battle or diecrin the army during the late
rebellion.
The festival of the , Universalist Society, in
Farrar Hall, on Thursday evening, was largely
attended, and resulted in a most gratifying'
manner to all concerned. A liberal stun of
money was realized, which, we understand,
is to be applied to the repairing and improv
ing of the church edifice. 1 •
The ball'of Perry Fire Co. No. 1, in Farrar
Flan; on Tuesday evening, was largely at
tended, and passed off in a pleasant manner.
The hall was elegantly trimmea with flags,
pictures and evergreens. All the arrange
ments were in capital style, and reflected
much credit on the enterprise and taste of
the committees hitving them in charge.
The temperance society connected with St.
Patrick's Church now numbers over a bun.
dred members. • A public, pledge is to be ad
ministered to all who will accept it on the
Sunday preceding Bt. Patrick's Day. A sop
per for the benefit of the orphans connected
with the church is proposed to be held on the
evening of St:Patrick's Day:
Dr. A. G. Egbeit has subscribed one / hun
dredl,thousand 'dollars, and proposes to / /10mm
fifty thousand dollars more from another quar
ter, toward the building of the New Castle
and Franklin Bailiray, and be proposes furthcr
to go ahead and grade the road front Mercer
to Brownsville at once, if. permitted to di so
by the company. Would that we had a few
men. of h's stamp, in Rrie.
At the session of Cour*lut week billevere
found by the Grand Jury against a large
number of saloon keepers in the pity for sell
ing liquor in violation of law. Bills were
also returned egairist several constable*, on
the allegation that they bad failpd to make
returns of the violations of the liquor law,. as
required by act. The oases will come tip at
the next session of the Criminal Court, and
are likely to create a great deal of - interest,
as we'understand that a considerable number
of leading clams are to be called upon as
witnesses. We , are not informed who the
fotaplelasat with the parties is.
The Erie Observer need not ALA that that
wooden-headed decision relative to the Cross
cut Railroad troubles Corry people at all.—
Thcy know tro well the gn.ahead nature of
the Company which has it in band; and the
decision cannot legally effect them any way
The Crosscut Road is making great progress
with its construction, .and we do not think it
will deem it necessary to ask the Judge of any
court in Pennsylvania where or what to, it
shall make its connections in New Yerk State.
The ()tessera will be built, even It does leave
Erie cut in the cold.—Corry Telegraph.
The Telegraph do Well to know what
it is talking about, before it indulges in any
exhibition of its spleen. The Observer has
always spoken is the kindest terms of Corry
and its interests, and in referring to the de
vision relative to the Crosscut Road, simply
stated what is the fact, and what it is but
natural ehould be so, that the people of Corry
do not receive it with favor. A. paper must
be -hard pushed to make . capital for itself,
when, like the Telegraph, it Is compelled I.
misrepresent the views of its ootemporaries.
The Washington correspondent of the Dis
patch writes as follows : I think the people
of Erie can rely, with a good dial of certainty,
upon an appropriation by thie session of Con
gress for the improvement of their harbor
Mr. Scofield has made an application for
850,090 for that purpose ; but whether he
will succeed in getting the entire amount" is
little uncertain, in view of the fact that ap
propriations for some five or six other lake
harbors have been asked for, and Congress
will hardly be •Inolined , to grant very large
sums for them. Mr. Scofield is pushing the
matter, however, with a great deal of seal,
and if he does ■ot secure the whole amount
asked for, I think he will not fail to tenure
the greater portion of it." We are gratified
to know that Mr. 8. has found time, from his
arduous services in the cause of the negro, to
give a little attention to the interests of his
constituents: It is sincerely lobe hoped that
his efforts will be continued with more pine
veranee than they have been heretofore, and
meet with better emcees.
The Warren Ledger comments upon Mr.
Scofield's radical position, saying :
U We can only express oniregrete that our
honorable member has been so violently at
tacked with the malady that has nearly shat
tered the Government in piece., especially, at
a lime when the epidemic seems to, be on the
decrease in other quarters. When people are
attacked and suffer from contagious diseases,
we pity them, and refrain from all unkind
remarks or anything that tends to irritate. It
is thus wewould have the people deal with
Mr. Scofield. That he heti committed a great
error, we certainly feel. That the people of
this District are being represented unfairly,
•nd ageing what they would vote for were
they i■ a condition to do so at the poll., we
fully believe. We must leave him in the hands
of those who sent him, expressinggrief rather
than auger in view of his late speeches and
votes."
We perceive by the Ifarrisburg papers that
Col. McCreary's bill for giving additional
powers to constables and railroad eondueitors
in this and Crawford counties has passed the
Rouse, and will probably soon become a lite.
It makes it the dray of constable' to ascertain
the names of persons engaged in the Illegal
sale of intoxicating liquors in their respective
localities and furnish due returns fe the courts
of quarter sessions. The second and third
seeder!, empower constables, polies officers
and detectives to arrest any professional
thief, pickpocket or burglar found in any
public place, and gives railroad conductors
the right to arrest any one found picking the
pockets or stealing from passengers, and de
liver them to the constables or police author
ities at Erie, Corry, Meadville or Titusville.
A good joke is teld by an exchange in con.
notion with Rev. E. P. Hammond, who has
recently been on a visit to our city, which,
although somewhat escriligious, we cannot
resist the temptation to publish. At Bing.
hampton, N. Y., some time ago, in his cus
tomary tours up and down the aisles in search
of converts, he came across a large sited
African, who was evidently under conviction.
Saluting him cordially, the reverend gentle
man asked : " Have you found the Lord?"
Sambo turned up his eyes and in a voice and
with a look of astonishment, exclaimed:—
" Golly„ Masser, is de Lord lost? " Our co
temporary says the story is literally true, but
we confess to a slight doubt on the point.
A cry comes up from all the cities and
towns for more houses. There seems to be a
wonderful scarcity of dwellings in all the
centres of population Nortk and South. Cape
italiets refuse to build on account of the high
price of labor and material ; nor will there be
any temptation to invest money in that way
until we return to specie payments. When
that time comes we do not believe there will
be so Much need of houses ; for the specula
tion fostered by
,greenbacke has gorged the
city with an idle, fortune hunting population,
who will be compelled to take to mother earth
again when pay day comes. - • ,
Our statement that the Union dr. Titusville
Railroad would certainly be built, we are
gratified to learn, is about to be confirmed.
The shareholders have held a meeting end
elected .the following directors, who ilre
pledged to push the work forward as rap*
69 possible : E. H. Chase, President.; R. D.
Fletcher, Oliver Reese, titusville ; P. G.
Stracahan, Earn Cooper, R. H. Frisbee, dos.
Sill, Union. The contract to build the road
was awarded to Messrs: Mclntosh, Noble and
Winn, who are to commence it by the let of
March, and hove it completed in 150 days.
While this railroad will be of especial benefit
to Union, it will scarcely les3 promote the in
terests of Erie.
In the lecture of 'Rev. Dr. Forrester upon
the "" National Situation," which be has been
delivering in a number. of the towns in this
vicinity, he takes ground in favor of 4 . nal :
versal education, freedom and suffrage.”—
•‘ ignorance," he argues, is makes persons all
one color'} ' so does education." Not by any
means, Doctor; we have seen some ignorant
men who were quite good oses, and some
educated men who were about as wicked as
they well could be.
The recent borough election in Titusville mu
hotly, contested, yet the whole amber of
votes cast was only X 376. For a town claiming
to have from ten to fifteen thousand popula
tion, it strike, us this rather a slim show.—
Supposing the average to be one for every
ten inhabitants, which is a very liberal esti ,
a
mate, it would give the place but 3760 of
population. ,We cell upon our brethren of
the Herald to explain.
We are informed by Col. Camp, engineer of
the proposed railrtiad to connect Erie with the
A. & G. W. Railway, that the survey of the
route by way of Edinboro has resulted much
more satisfactorily than be expected: The
line, he says, affords a great deal easier grads
than the one to Mill Town, but is two or three
miles longer. From what he informed us, we
infer that the Edinboro route will be selected,
in case the road is built, as now seems' prob
able.
The dwelling of Mr. Carpenter, in Franklin
totr 'ship, caught on Are from the store pipe,
on the Bth inst., and was entirely consumed,
together with most of its contents. The loss
is about $BOO,
which falls with peculiar hard
ship upon Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, wits Ste
advanced in years.
_ A bill has bona. offend* In the Hoes• at
risbnrg for the prevention of clandestine mar
riages. It makes any judge, mayor, alder..
OM, justice of the peace, clergyman, notary
public, or other person, who wilfully pirforms
the marriage ceremony between any persons
under twenty one years of age, liable to a
penalty of one hundred dollars. The recent
clandestine marriage of the daughter of a
high dignitary at Harrisburg, gossips hint,
baa led to the introduction of the bill.
The nuisance of corner loafing is again get.
ting into vogue. Two or three of our street
corners are so much obstructed by rowdyish
young men, on every mild day, that ladies
find it difficult to pass them. We should try
the effect of shaming them late a sense of
their conduct, if we thought it would be of
any avail. As we prim* it would 'not;
though, we commend theMte the tender mer
cies of the police.
Wtn. Blabach, convicted of burning the
Walnut Creek Honee, and sentenced to soli
tary confinement in the Western Penitehtiey
for the space of four years and two months,
has i üblished -a card avowing his innocence.
He nye, though, he intends bravfng his "sea.
tence like a man," and coming out of the
Penitentiary "with flying molars."
A bridge on the Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad,
across the Shenango Rirer, below Middlesex,
was carried away by the freshet Sunday night
T i he road hes suffered some by the washing
away of embankments. The running offreight.
trains was stopped for some days. We hear
of no damages on the lines of other railroads.
Messre.i3ead:e It Co., New York city, have
published Gans. Grant and Sherman's reports
in nest pamphlet form, at the low price of ten
cents. Every person desiring to be fully
posted on the events of the war should have
a copy of each.
The office of the weekly Union, at Dunkirk,
is effered for sale. The paper is a Democratie
one, is the official village organ, and is claimed
to enjoy a fair patronage. Tar any person
ambitious to assume editorial honors, we
should judge the chance to be a good one.
The Mercer Press,says Culver, the member
of Congress from the Crawford, Vassar) and
Mercer district, is the youngest of that noto.
rious assemblage of scamps. Stevens is the
oldest iu years as well as in Iniquity and sin.
Meadville has applied for s city, aharter.—
Her people will soon find, if they are success
ful in their application, that the Gnat of keep
ing up a city government much more than
counterbalances the "honor."
CRIMINAL Conar.—The following cases were
disposed of at the Court held last week :
F. P: Liebe'. For selling liquor to minors.
Nolte pros. on payment of costs.
Thomas- Gehr. Fornication and bastardy.
Jury not agreeing were discharged.
Oscar Chapman. Larceny. Guilty. De
fendant sentenced to poy a fine of $lO to
commonwealth, and undergo imprisonment
in penitentiary for one year and two months,
at d pay costs of prosecution.
Samuel Quay. Larceny. Nene pros. en
tered on motion of District Attorney.
Nicholas Grim, Adam Grim, Peter Grim and
Peter Knapp. Burglary and larceny. Not
guilty.
John Antisdale, B. B. Atwater and R. H.
Fry. Nolle pros. ertered as to the two first
on payment of costs. Fry was' remanded to
Crawford county for trial.
Frank Ward. Aggravated assault and bat.
tery. Verdict guilty.
Charles Zeigler. Fornication and bastardy.
Guilty.
Lorbo Finals:it. Larceny.. Nolle pros. ea
payment of coots by defendant.
John Kassel. Keeping disorderly house.
Guilty. Defendant sentenced to pay a fine of
$75 to the Commonwealth and costs of prose
cutioti:
Wm. Schlabach. Indictment for arson.—
Guilty.
Frank Ward. Assault and battery with - a
deadly weapon. Guilty. Defendant sen
tenced to pay a fine of $5O and costs and be
imprisoned in county jail 30 days.
Francis Raymond. Assault with intent to
kill. Not guilty. Defendant sentenced to
pay two thirds the costs, and the prosecutor,
C. T. Aviry, pay one-third.
James Raymond and Jackson Raymond.
Assault and battery. Cage settled by leave
of Court.
Louisa Myers. Larceny. Plead guilty.
Sentenced to pay a fine of $lO and be impris.
oned in Western Penitentiary one year and
six menthe.
Ephraim, Moses, William and George Magee
and Stephen King. Indictment for riot Not
guilty, and the prosecutor, Milo E. Green,
pay the costs.
John Heibel. Assault with a deadltweapon.
Not a true bill, and the prosecutor to`pay the
costs.
John Allen. Assault with intent to kill.—
Not a true bill, and prosecutor, Patrick Kiln
her, pay the costs.
Dewitt A. Lee. Larceny. Guilty. Sen
tenced to pay a fine of $lOO to Commonwealth,
the costs of prosecution, and be confined in
eounty jail ten days.
A. 11. Williams, Matthew Hendricks and C.
C. Kelly. Assault and resisting an officer.—
Guilty.
Moses Stone. Lar any. Pleads guilty,
and is sentenced to pay a Sae of $lO, the
costs of the Court, and be imprisoned in
Western Penitentiary for one year and six
months.
Mandeville. Fornication and bastardy.
None pros. on payment °roosts.
J. T. Mills. Selling liquor without a license.
Guilty.
Joseph Shattuck., Horse stealing. No
bill being found the defendant was dis
charged: -
Edmund Hull. Indicted for horse stealing.
Not guilty.
Joseph Crew. Indicted for rape. Not
guilty.
A. L. Rouse. Obtaining goods under false
pretenses. Not guilty. Defendant sentenced
to pay the costs.
Jerry O'Donnell. Aggravated assault and
battery. Guilty. Sentenced to pay a line of
$2O and be imprisoned in county jail for 80
days.
John Dunlap. Assault and battery with
intent to kill. Not a trua bill. Prosecutor
to pay costs.
George . Carroll. Highway robbery. Cue
continued.
The Grand Jury returned true bills in a
number of cues, which we have not thought
necessary to report, as no positive evidence is
furnished thereby of the guilt or innocence of
the parties. A half dozen or more cases were
continued until the next Court. The above
cited cues were all that met with a final de
cision.
MESSRS. WITT* AND MORTEROP,LFOM MOMS
time put the Republican papers of the State
hue been publishing copious extracts from a
report ludo by Mr. Lowry to the State Senate
regarding an alleged corruption case during
the last session of the I,..gislature. In his
statement Lowry t °idly charges Messrs. Witte
and Northrop, two prominent Democrats, with
haring been concerned in the attempt to bribe
the Legislature. These gentlemen ere known
to many of our citizens, having each visited
Erie, in the - capacityrof publie speakers, dur
ing the political campaigns of the last two
years, and the ease, in consequence, has as—
assumed something of a local interest. W 4
have waited confidently in the belief that Mr.
Lowry would ti run. against a snag;" is his
attempt to destroy the reputation of Messes.
Witt. and Northrop, and at length find oar
expectations realised. In the Legislative
proceedings of last week is given the follow
ing letter from Mr. Tatlow Jaakson, 'upon
whose testimony Lowry mainly relied for sus
taining his sensations, which fully exonerates
both these gentlemen from any illegal action :
Pan...annulus, Jai. 24, 1868.
Gorr Northrop, Est.:
Due flas—ln loek/ag over as repute of
the committee appointed by thiAegislature of
the Stile to inveitipte illeged corruption in
the passage of a bill (last March) supplement.
ary to en set cosusolidating railroads in this
Slate, I wts . sorry to note that the tenor of
the reports Implicate you as endeavoring to
extort money from me by false representa
tions, that after pretended officiousness around
the Capitol in aid of the bill, you, with others, ,
intended to divide the money amongst you. I
now address you with the wish to relieve yeti
from this charge. I fully acquit you and Mr.
Wm. 11. Witte of this design, and am confident
that in no case would either of you have re
tained any part of the $25,000. The high
appreciation I entertained of your ability
caused me to retain you, and I believe you
acted in good for the interests of me,. your
client. As to the $5,000, I have already ap
proved of the,disporition you made of^ as
proved by the additional - payMent I made to
you. With sincere regret that you have been
subjected to annoyance on this subject, I am
yours, truly, TATLOW JACKSON.
We trust that in t justice to Messrs.-Witte
and forthrop, the journals which have given
circulation to Lowry's report will also publish
this letter.
Excitement at Plthole City.
PITHOLV CITY, FICII. 9th, 1866. ,
011 Thursday morning last, the late sleepers
of this quiet and orderly city were aroused
from their slumbers 'by the cry of fire, end
found that two of. the hotels now so much
needed here to accommodate the vast throng
ofVisitors and citizens were in flames. The
Sp*use House and Tremont House aro now
no 'more. .The United States, the pioneer
hotel of the place, where the hungry were fed
and the weary lodged in the' early day. of
Pitholian excitement, was saved only by the
greakist exertions: The burning of the hotels,
though a great misfortune, is not the greatest
calamity that befel connected with the fire.—
All the water wells lathe vicinity were pumped
vigorously to supply water to extinguish the
fames and save adjacent building!: To •the
setonishment and mingled horror and delight
of the people s • it 'was observed that, in the
course of an. kz.lr the excited firemen were
throwing pure oil upon the flames ! The
water having been exhausted in the wells, the
pumps were throwing oil!
The wells are about fifteen feet deep, and
have never been suspected of containing any
thing but pure water. They are situated on
the side of the hill opposite and above the
United States Hotel. The springs in that
locality aro also beuoming strongly impregna
ted with oil Some three or four barrels have
been taken from the first well struck at ten
O'clock L. M. A new well is just reported in
the same locality, sixteen feet deep, and
pumping oil the full size of the spout, the
pump being a common wooden one.
Fears are entertained and were openly ex•
pressed that the remaining Pitholians, who
bad fondly dreamed to pass their days in
oleaginous contemplation, are doomed to a
similar fate to that of th,mythological person.
who suffered by.roceiving the long prayed for
power of turning everything into gold. So
we denizens ,of the 'oily metropolis may be
forced to abandon the, still prolific field of our
labors, because we non find nothing to drink
bat oil. This danger is rendered more terri
bly imminent by the Burgess having closed
by proclamation all'epe-drinking saloons.=
Whiskey is contraband, and strong waters
interdicted. A melancholy crowd , still haunt
the thirsty Free and Easy's, and strive vainly
to find satisfaction in sour cider and sourer
beer. Disconsolate waiter girls find their
charms no longer aided by rifle whiskey, and
are retitieg to the suburban villages around—
such ad Tiensville. The Court of Quarter
Sessiens is our only hope, and if they fail to
license some establishments where parched
Pitbolians can imbibe. according to law, it is
proposed by some capitalists to ioimediately
begin the construction of an aqueduct from
Lake Erie to Pithole city, to commence at.the
foot of State street in Erie, and run South.
wardly along up Brown's Hotel and the Park.
Dryly yoursi Bsx Zllll.
Letter froth Creentleld.
[The following was received at too late a
day far publication last week. Our corres
pendent will confer I. favor by sending his
communications hereafter so that_ they may
reach us by Monday or Ttiesday
ORSCNIPIIILD; JAN. 27th, 1866.
The teachers and scholars of several schools
met at Colt Station, in Greenfield, on the eve
ning of the :Atli ult , for the purpose of hold:
ing an exhibition. When it was time for the
exercises to commence, the rostrum, entries,
closets, windows, and every available place
possible where a person could possibly cling,
or stand. was filled with interested spectators,
who had come to see, what was going to be
done. No room for speakers' or actors—they
Weref in despair. But through the influence
of Mr. Peck, their able manager, the crowd
was quieted, and by using a table for the
4peakers to stand on, the crowd was enabled
to see and listen to a few orations and single
pieces: But the programme, as originally
drawn up by the teachers, wag thought im
possible to be carried; out. The paper by
Miss M. E. Morgan and Mies Shattuck was
listened to with great attention and satisfac
tion. Many pieces were highly applauded,
and the good order and attention that was
preserved throughout he entire evening, show
the great interest fele in such literary enter
prises. Three ladies and a little girl had to
be carried out, and it was. a long time before
they recovered their lconsciousness. Candles
at one time would hardly burn—some went
out. A ' Farrar's Hadl might hays held the
crowd, but not our common school houses.
We need a larger room. A SPECTATOR.
Pnoor.—ls there a single Republican in
Pennsylvania who still refuses to believe that
the leaders of the party with whom he is act
ing are in favor ortinrestricted negro suf
frage; of allowing negroes to vote in Penn.
sylvania and everywhere else ? If there be
snob a one we would ask him to read what
Senator Lowry eilid in reply to Heiner Cly
mer. He boldly declared in the Senaa of
Pennsylvania:
I am not afraid to vote to allow the negictes
of the District of Columbia to vote for mayor
and school directors. I pity the Republican
who cannot vote for this. I can pardon the
Deinocrits, because it is their hobby. Boston
votes her negroes, and it is the beet governed
city on the face of the Union. Between the
Senator and me there is a wall as high as the
battlement of heaven. ram in favor of letting
- every Man vote who is competent to do ao, without
regard to color. And the men who, in this en•
lightened year of 1866, , vote against this are
heathens.
Is it possible tliero hire man so stupid as not.
to know what is meant by that language, or
so' dishonest as to deny its tn:o 'intent and
meaning? Certainly not one, unless he be
either, a fool or a knave.—Laneaster Inielli r
"ewer.
INTORMATIOS WANTS% -My daughter,
Anna Dowley, a girl of 16 years of age, left
Westfield, Chan/awn County, N. Y., the
morning of the ith of November last, on the
Toledo Express train, fot her 4tome in Wiok
life, Ohio, since which no intelligence has
been received from her. Anna la of medium
size, light complexion, with blue eyes, full in
the face, retiring in her disposition and bear.
jag; when she left Westfield wt dressed in a
plain woolen dress, a grey' woolen sack,
plaid woolen shawl, with a Leghorn hat
trimmed with black.. Any intelligence in re
gard to my daughter, will be most gratefully
received. addressed to me, or Alvin Plumb,
Esq Westfield, N. Y. ; Hon. Abner Hazel-
tine, Jamo;stown, N. Y. ; or Belden Marvin,
Erie, Pa. MARY DOWLEY
Wickliffe, Lake Co*, Ohio.
CLAIN Acmscr.—S: Todd Perley, Esq., has
removed his claim agency from Wayne Hall
to Olark's building ? Northwest corner of the
Park, directly opposite -the Ist Presbyterian
church. Mr. P. has had much experience in
the departments at Washington, and has been
eminently successful in the branch of business
to which, he has given his particular attentioa.
We heartily recommend him to any wholiare
claims for collection. (hn.113.1m.)
Nir D. W. HutchinsonoUnited States Claim
Agent, Girard, Penna. Pensions, Back Pay,
Bounty, end all other claims against the Goy:
ernmeat attended to with promptness. Charges
reasonable.'' Applications by mail attended to
the same is if made in person. - (ja18 Gm.)
Ladies who are suffering from certain Isom
plpints known only to females, should at once
gdt Dr. Velpan's Female PIUS. They produce
a most charming OWL &ad by all drunists.
CARPETS,- CARPETS, CARPETS 1
A NEW ASSORTMENT OF CARPETS!
English Brunel; Ehurszt Patterns, New styles 3 ply Ingrain; Good all Wool Ingrain at st,3o V y'ef ; Floe
(limed& and Felt Cloths. amp Carpet* of the Beautifol Daman Pattern, Cocoa &fittings, Floor 011
- 'Cloth; all priers, styles and widths; stair Oil Cloth, heavy: Oil Cloth by the sheet. large 1 ,
enough to corer a large,rootn without piecing, ltalret Rasa and Hato, Coosa
and Vanilla Poor Nat; Stair Carpet.. arid Rod; Al! styles Gilt
. • and Fiala Window Shades. Budand Green English -
•
Sonia& for Shade; all widths,
,
c. - xithes new
PATENT SPRING BALANCE CURTAIN FIXTURE !
The anted llama out. Come end see it. Elegant Gilt mid Bronzed Window Cornices, Cartels rooks. Picture
Nail., Tussle, Cords, lett. le. Eree7tblng in this line min be found here. • Bp'endid assortment
NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS !
NOM:IOWe Lad by the yard. Elmr.iot Designs for 85 oeata—eheeper than Emb. Munn. Kolb. Mulls ahm. Leom
Edg. Handsome Lace for Vortibnie Windows, with rods and /Warm The largest assortment of
Wall and Window Paper lb the town.
LINENS, LINENS, LINENS.
The Largeet assortment of Linea Goods in this market at prices that defy competition. Elegant Bleached Table
Linens, 13iyarde wide, at $1.15 per yard. lVe can show these goods in all gradts, from the soonest to the Ilsisat
Doable Duna.k. Napkin*, all aisles and priers We hare a job lot of these goods at $3 per dozen, all Liirn
.
which we madder the as plat ultra in the market.
'.; '‘ T• 0 W E L I N 0 8
Ilookibeick andThuniek Linen. Rplenlid Flachabaek To yeti at $260 per doe, all Linen. Elegant Riches:eh Tow•
eling i bleached, by the yard, X's wide, at the very low price of Mesita. Inch Linens, Sheeting Linen;
Shirting Linens, Pillow Chess , Etc.. Etc . G ents '. Late? and Children's Linen liandher•
&ids. A good, all Hies, Ladles' Handkerchief at 12a T' doz.
Gents, Ladle, Mises, Boys and Children's Cotton and Wool Hose. 01 prises. The best slosh In town. pod
Cotton acne at 25 ets. per pair. Winter Gloves for 'Everybody.
YANKEE NOTIONS AT WHOLESALE !
Elladled Sheattata, Shirting*. Pillow Unslin are also, ago x/ stock of Domestic Goods at low pima. We
keep no Dross Goods, webs enabling uto keep a larm stock of Patnialuag Goods.. Cal before all Sae bargains
are taken,
No 7 Reed Rouse Block, Brie, Ps
rir The above is ander the supervision of Er. B. S. oariwoLto, who Is well known In this vicinity.
n 09135.
CENGLICUART,
M 3323133
BOOTS AND BEIOEB,
ALSO, AMICPICTIIIIXI or
CUSTOM MADE BOOTS AND SHOES,
Would take this method of returning his thanks t i
his friends and the pnblic generally for their liberal
patronage heretofore extended to him; and hopes to We
a continuation of the same. I take pleasure in informing
the public that 1 .m still selling
READY MADE BOOTS AND SHOES AS CHEAP.
—tr NOT A LITTLI CIEMPIII—
Thu any Home la this place, and I am still staking the
I
best 'pain of Gents. Hoots sod Shoes, for which 1 em
ploy none bu the ezn of WORKMEN, ander the Super
intendence o O. MILLER. N
Having ok nod a license to use Gut
PL liIER PATENT BOOTS,
lam now pared to make th e Plume? Patent Roots
and Shoal la manna not to be =passed in Style and
Wean:math" .
Eir 1 always keep on hand a selection of the best
Brenda of . reach and American Calf and Ripe.
P. B.—Repairing attended to. mrl76ltf.
TIRE PI.ACE
TO GET YOUR RONEY BACK
EOM
E. COUGHLIN'S
BOOT AND SHOE STORE,
State Street, Nearly Opposite the Post Once.
K. Coughlin, Boot and Shoe Dealer,
respectfully informs the Public that be
has removed his stand to the Store Room
on State street, nearly opposite the Post
Office, where he Invites all his old friend,' and customers
to give him a call. Particular, attention given to
REPAIRING:
Rev-to metal workmen, and stiperintending all his
Madness htmeetr,hebelieves he can give u good esthete-
Bon and sell at as low prices aa any other person in the
city. Good Pits Warranted. apz9'64tf.
KEYSTONE ?STOVE WORKS:-
TIBBALS, SHIRK & WHITEHEA_D,
XLVIEPACTCELIMI OP
STOVES AND HOLLOW WARE,
Have a large and extensive aasortment of Stoves at
Wholesale and Retail.
THE IRON GATE
laa Irst-elass Coal Cook Stove, with or without rimer
voir, for hard of 'oft @mil, or wood, and is
BETTER THAN THE STEWART Sion:.
.
We at o num:Actium the
WHEAT SHEAF AND NEW ERA,
Both low oven cola Cook Stores—wita w 06,1 grates—
elm be used either for coal or wood.
THE FOREST JAIL.
We are still manufacturing this celebrated low oven
Stove for wood—with or without reservoir.
THE MENTOR,
A, Low Oren Stove for Wood. This is a new Stove,
beautiful design, and now for sale—togetoer with
s large amortment of elevated Oven Curia,
Patter 4303 k for wood or coat, and Parlor
and Ogles Stores, for wood or coal.
C. N. TIBRALS, D. SHIRK, , W. H. WHITEHEAD
Eno, Jan. 12. 1863—ti.
ERIE 'ALE BREWERY,
CORNER OF PARADE AND BUFFALO STREET,3
ERIE CITY LAGER BREWERY,
CORNER OF POPLAR AND RIDGE STREETS
ERIE MALT AND BARLEY WAREEOUSgS,
CORNER OP 7TR STREET AND CANAL BASIN.
Pale and Amber XX and XXX Alea,
Th. Beat Quality and Usual Varieties of Lager,
Prune Selected blatant Hops,
The Clamart Qualities of Malt and Barley,
On hand and and for sale by
A. ICING
deetretl.
NEW FURNITURE STORE.
J. H. RIBLET & CO
Would respectfully inform the public 'that they have
opened a
FURNITURE WARE-ROOM,
IN GABLE'S BLOCK,
BETWEEN MI AND 9TII STREETS, OK STATE
Where they intend to keep eoutantly on hand • fall
amortment of
NE* AND WELL SELECTED FURNITURE
tirws respectfully solicit a thus of thePutairtpat
J. U. WELL%
lenl4l4.tr y. sponmig
N SW EIII.III.
FURNITURE AND 17NDERTAKINS
WARE—ItOOK•BI
On State St.; between &moth and Eighth.
The Subscribers have entered into the Cabinet Making and
FURNITURE TRADE,
And propose making to order and keeping constantly on .
hand all kinds of Furniture.
Orden will :smite prompt attention. Espairhig done
on short notice.
UNDERTAKING 1 -
The subscribers will etre special 'Mention to this, de
partment of their business. They will manufacture and
keep constantly on hand a large assortment of Meta ll ic
Cases and Coffins, and hold themselves in readiness to
meet orders in this line, promptly, from any part of the
country. Determined to spare no efforts to give satisfse.
tion both In the quality of their goods and prices, they
hope to mon a libstal sham of public poi
MM Ar t 2, 5 1:11 MT,
sprll62-tt. Snowma O n to J. R. &atm.
CRAWFORD, ILUTII dc. CtiItISTIANt
Psalm In
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
'led and Sealed India, Potato and 0114
Ship Chandlery, Boat Stores, &c.,
110. 7 BEATTY'S BLOCK, PARK BOW,
Mao, PubUo Dock, foot of State street,
suit, PA
mi. A. eßAirroaD. K. 7. CBRISVAIIIr,
jan2765-tf J. BYRON RUM .
G II A - V. DIAN'S SALE.
13; virtue and In pursuance of an craw twining out of
.llte Orphan's Wart of grho county, to modlrected.l shall
- noose to tale at public vendor) or miters. at the Court
Hour in the city of Iran, Pa., at 2 o'closk p. nt., on
MONIDAY, the 12th day of MARCH next, the equal
undivided ona.half part of the following described laid *
to wit t All that ordain piece or parcel, of land Meats
in Wayne township, in the county of WI,. and bounded
follinre,via : couuneueing at the west line of tract No.
2, where the read crosses the sum, thence by land
and Vie west 1 na of tract No. VS, month OM hundred
sod b perches to s vet; thence by the residue of
tract o. 28 west til es to a poet; thews by aid
"sedan of tract Nod by the resides of tesetlio. 6,
north 157nm:hes, I. the centre dead, road; and them
by the rams north iting degrees not 90 perches tq the
plate of beginning, containing 80 acres and 280 posslios
atland and - slloe sue% be the same' more or leis, bang
part of larger tracts of lard Noe. 5 sad 511 on step of
Holland Land Co.
Trans or razes—Oneghted on onlmnatlon of ads
'and the Wanes In two equal annual pesmens. with tn.
..terest on the whole sum unpaid, to be pad annually, to
be secured by &judgment bon and e suntan* on Ile
prendmet or en eaa_ll, it the Winn Otte nu:slimes.
D=JA3l= GRANT, Quardin el
WILLIAM D. WILDVI,,
LUCY L. WILDIR.
P. 11.-174 alba half of th• land will be saki oat ad
nalopoad tam MOM, dais.
Jurt opetact
GLOVES AND HOSIERY!
TITS GREAT ENGLIEU REMEDY.
CELEBRATED FEMALE PILLS
PROTECTED J LEITERS
al* ROYAL PATENT !
Prepared from a Preserlplon of nlr. J.Clarke, M. D.,
Physician Rstraiirdinary the Queen. •
tits invaluable medicine 6 matting in the cur. of al
tnose painful and dangeroae diseases to which the female
constitution is subject. It moderates; all excess and re
move/all obstructions, and a speedy can may be rebid
on
TO MARRIED LADIES
It is peculiarly suited. It will, in a shorttime, bring on
the monthly period with regularity.
Each bottle, price One Dollar, boars the Government
Stamp of Great Britain, to prevent counterfeits.
CAUTION.
These Pitts sbould Not bit takes by Females daring tile
FIRST THREE MONTHS of Pregaareqh aa they ars
awe to bring os Miscarriage, bat at may Oder time they
are Ws.
In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections, Palms In
the Back and Limbs, Fatigue on rlightosertion,Palpita
time of the Heart, Hysterics and Whites, these Pills will
effect a cure when all other means have failed: and al
though a powerful trendy, do not contain iron, calomel,
antimony o r anything hurtful to the constitution.
Full directione in the pamphlet around each pie bags,
which should be carefully preserved. •
HIELA D QUA ILTERS MOIL
• CHEAP GOODS!
WEIOLESALE, AND RETAIL
GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE,
WINES A LIQUORS.
Are now receiving at their old stand, Americin Blocs
‘„_State strve, a large and superior stock of '-
Grocer:err, Provision; Ware, Liquors,
WiMs? Wooden, and Stone Ware,
Anita Nnta. de, dc ,
Together with everything found In a House of this
kind, which they will sell as cheap as any other estab•
lishment in this city for Cash or most kinds of country
produce.
Tiv hue alto on hand one of • the largest and finest
Bt ai of Tobacco and Seprs ever brought to Erie, to
which they invite the attention of the public.
W. Call and see ue—a nimble sixpence is better than
a slow shilling, consequently Cash buyers will end great
bargains by Wilzig at the
JUST SIDE OF STSTL ST.
OP RAILROAD 7115D06,
Where they intend keeping a tall Ripply of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, FRIIITS,
W. G. GARDNER,
SIR JAMES CLARKE'S
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Sole Agent for the United States and C anada.
JOB MOSES, 17 Cottlandt
N. 11.—51,00 and 6 postage stasays enclosed to any an
hotbed agent, will insure a bottle, containing 60 Pills.
- sep2C66-74..
F. & M. SCHLAUDECKER,
GROCERY HEADQUARTERS,
AMERICAN BLOCK, STATE STR,EET.-.
June 21860—b2
P. k K. SOHLACDA.ILER
I OM
NEW GROCERY STORE.
M;=E=
1. ETA, CROCEARY WARE,
Yankee Notim , s, Willow Wore, Confectionaries
Thbaeco and Cigars.
And everything usually on hand to an establishment
of the sort.
Always on band a stork of Fresh Oysters of the Best-
Brands, at low. at market prices.
We are determined to odor &stood stilneeniesta assay
other dealers In the city, and invite the pithile to al4
censdent that we Can give entire satisfaction.
deel4ls-t! P. A. WEBBER it UHL
josErn EICIIICAILAUH,
MANIITACTURSIL 0?
BOOTS AND SHOES
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
I tate pleasure in annouueitor to the public that I
hare added to my former facilities a complete-sett of
SHOE MACHINERY,
Mach . ..lll enable me topaanufaature and midi Banta •nd
Shan
CHEAPER THAN usarroroaz.
Raring had long experience) as to the want. ore , ••
men, I shall take special pains in preparing my Ante ir.
snit them. I have th e ezehuitoa right in this ell) in
Make the
PLUMER PAINT BOOTS 8; SHOES,
tor the benefit of my customers, and only ask a tel.'. of
them, to sediscy soy one Al to their superior comfort user
those made to the old way.
The Plume? Boot needs no breaking in; tt la as easy
!rem the start as one worn for some time. My
CUSTOM DEPARTMENT
Will receive my own and Mr. J. COTTER'S especial at
tention—combining skill as P orkmen which cannot be
excelled in the country. Boots and Shoes rs aitwd on
abort notice. Constantly on bands large ■toel< of
LEATHER. LASTS AND FINDINGS
Tendering my thanks to my Mende and customers for patronage, I hope by jest and honorable dealing to
merit • -onrinnanee of the state, and cordially invite all
to call and examine my stock before purchasing elme•
where. mar 5.6411.
•
P. 8. UONKVKER,
.rte. To
- CARVER & HONECKER,
WROLN3LLI ♦ UYJIL Di3LIA Elf
LEATHER, HIDES,, &C.
No. 3 Parry Block, Static Bile, Penn's.
Constantly on band • bale stock of
SOLE LEATHER, MOROCCO, LININGS
'811111)1.Na 9,,
FRENCH It AMERICAN CALF SKINS, RIPS;
UPPERS AND ULM% LASTS,
Pegs, Lasting', Galloons, ke
J 1.50. ♦ PULL
ASSORTMENT OF SHOEMAKERS' TOOLS,
All of which to When law tbr •
• CABII OR PEOMPT PAT,
MaylW6s—tt
cLEDIENs, CAUGHBY & AURCIEL4P,
WHOWALIC MACIAS
AND PROVISION DEALERS,
&UP Dumas ix
WOODEN WARE, NAILS, GLASS, ROPE, REPINED
01L .WATIR LIVE; •
WHITE LIME, OIL VITRIOL, CAUSTIC
SODA, 01.17 E, &C.,
NOS. 25 A: 26 NORTH PARK STREET,
ZEIZ; PA
doelrelitt
NOMADS TO 131JILDIAL14.
-
Proposals will to loodissi by tin s osiber..',. oil :- the
solssildlag of school hems Nik oa As .0 : , f...,.,
(hr.. Mlles wool of risrdonshOsintronly weak. I
7
ostarisy, ros rs, i m o , to b e puo i ro a by su
woo on soil OW 110
os y o b. or is such weakness coat
dl is si tr i -la • ' aro - wrongly supposed to be I
FM3
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