The Erie observer. (Erie, Pa.) 1859-1895, February 22, 1866, Image 3
I rriE Arcady Obottur. ni I:ENZITARY :22 • Railroad Mallen". .overal TrekOs for giving in Erie irEn-rtl.on with the oil re• being selife'y discussed by press r:e tab ogler raillonds are rapidly ~oir co mpletion, which RlO,OllOl exert a most marked and fator upon our trade and commerce, ~r , c,, for some reason to obtain but little pt of these, the Jamestown & Frank.. r9 l l, extends from the Erie & Pitts— i:roga to Franklin, and connects goo , nil Creek & Pithole railroad, ors will be sent through without free Erie to the very centre of oildom, ,e2ger s will be carried to Pithole in h 3 .0 !. This road will be completed, et a by the month of June next. tte , De l route is the Warren & Irvine connecting with the Nils it Irvine, extends down the Val klle;beny to Oil city. The work being pushed forward with tvliend rapidity. It will be in f:limte by April or May next, s eltu pieted its whole length by tr py e gusto will be uniform with }t p9iie t,lphta S: Erie, - am:twill give rest from Erie to Tidioute, West 7 ,, iss -ta. President and Pithole, jeint.l.? points on the Allegheny. i 1 nr liffiett't to exaggerate the• , e ! : tbe.e new lines to the growing c f cur city. Heretofore, although on the very edge and threshold ri ream, Erie hes, from the enperior fie;l`,ties enjoyed by Cleveland and t'eri compelled to see the rich itth with equal facilities,, would in t hoe rtritstea hit herwards, carried tioie mere remote but more accessl• we have had, ostensibly, a line of t..) Oil Creek by the Philadelphia Sr. I),i Creek railroads, but we might i 4 well hare had none. Nobody needs of the intolerable and utterly delays, exact ions and imposi !.,re I 11 the public, from the inexpli— wperating mismanagement and 'al:fferenee of the imbeciles and incom tcntofore and until within a few chlrze orrailrovi matters on this rart;cularly at Corry, the point of r. All this will now very 8005, by the ;cf these new lines, be changed, and a porin of the trade heretofore to rievelAnd and Pittsburgh, will be is this direction. Cleveland to Oil Creek by the Atlantic t Western is 14 miles. Erie to Oil Creek, by the Erie & Pitts. and Franklin & Jamestown, Reno, Oil and Pithole railroads, is 93 miles, n ace in faster of Erie of 51 miles. l'itt;burgh to Oil Creek, by the Erie burgh, j4me3town St Franklin, Ste , is dithrenee in favor of Erie of 91 slance from Buff do to Pithule by the s nre, Cross Cut & Oil Creek railroada, hoe should ever be opened.) will he les. Difference in favor of Erie 97 nst all the disadvantages and obstacles which we have heretofore labored, and but the mere drippings of this trade. 11 grown rapidly in population and s with the grcwth of population and •I in the oil region. What will our .1 be with the opening of three new t of trade; and still more what would wed here in the way of rapid growth e have a direct line of railroad between .v 4) i thatregio 1 ? 'tree road • only needed now to se same , which cannot possibly be by any of the rival points named. at the map will satisfy any one of is what is wanted, and in our jude • we are not likely to get an indepen. sd beginning here, the next best thing to construct the road from Union to ale and Pitholel By this means, and section with the thiladelphis& Erie, a line would be had which would en— s to reach Ulm points in , the !holiest 'e ti©e and with the fewest miles of all= note from Union to Titusville has been ;iiiy surveyed, and found to be remark Ivorible in every respect. The distance re io Pith°le by this route will be only 'n, taking the diffirenee in favor of irßaffalo 74 miles; in favor of Erie sre:cal 81 miles ; and in favor of Erie ,:lturgb 61 miles. !far hal been made by responsible con to do the entire work of grading, furnishing the ties from Union' (Cie for the'sum of $B,OOO per mile. terti subscription has already been :a the stock of this road at. Union and !if remainder 'of the amount required' :::e enbecribed here, and after the full lode up—nof before—let there be an , f manager", by the stockholder?, Clrirethe work through to comple the very earliest possible noineat.— z!n‘iness men eee to it that there be delay in securing the coin - -mt ef this—to Erie—immensely im— ;rack; and while congratulating our t:.l the cheering certainty of very ht.t.ithe two new rputes referred to in r•tteinetit of this , article, let us net l'iefar greater advantages to be re .l7::e direct route, by which the great teeming with populational:id wealth, tilr:zght to our very doors. lllt. Coevrsrrom.—The Lake Erie A . totistiou held its second meeting at :Cr, on Thursday, the 15th inst , and antis considerable amount of business rtn,e to the interests of the craft in of the country. Some twenty z;re members were in attendance, 'Pined the 'association by letter. 1 ::Itty now numbers forty -four rim ttpre.enting nearly all the papers in •1-Itstero Pennsylvania, Western New t=i a few is North-eastern Ohio, an 1 : ' l //ettly believed the' before the elate tit yetr every editor and publisher living lied within a scope of a hundred miles tt the lake shore will have become the organization. Its objects ;t:ty to Promote the business interests -0, <lot:meted with it, and to cultivate z!intte .relstions between oho mem ' tti in the azcomplishment of these h promisee to become a very auc ,, a: , l heat ficial opal t,t!.l6‘tion accepted of an invitation .. Lt . Taylor, of the far famed McHenry to Partake of a complimentary supper oclock in the evetieg. and all who treaent unite in pronouncing it tf the moat bountiful and drlighiful as they ever participated in. The tables were literally loaded down with every seasonable luxury that the palate could de sire —game, fruits, nuts and sweet meats-- the wailire were prompt and obliging, and there was that spirit of geuuiue hospitality withsl which makes a mail feel at home in etaatly, and leaves an etquring impres?iert of gratitintion upon• his Mind. Mr. Taylor's reputation as a first-class landlord, and genial, liberal minded Wan, is by no meats limited, but it will net be the fault of the editorial fraternity present upon this °env. Bien if it does not hereafter become vastly more widely extended. Mr. James G. Clark, the poet vocalist, was in attendance during the entire preceeding3, and added much to their interest by the charms of his rich and well cultivat d voice. In brief, (lest we should extend that article bryon•l its appropriate limits,) we were pleased with everything—pleased with the liberality and sociability of the Meadville. people—pleased with our own personal treat ment at the bards of Mr. Grayson, of the Democrat,and his estimable hidy, whose guest we were—pleased with the highly respectable character of the association—pleased with the action it ,adopted—pleased with ourself for oeing in attendance ;-tind we shall look forward to the next meeting in Cleveland, on the first Thursday. of June next, with an anxious interest such as we have rarely felt. Tug Bnamiso Watx.—Tne burning well, says the Reno Times, twelve ' miler below Franklin. on the Allegheny, still attracts a good deal of attention. • It continues to burn with unabated fury, lighting up the conn , ry for many miles. Each night its brilliance is noticed at Franklin, Rene, Oil City, Clarion, and all the neighboring towns.' 'The steady heat which it produces has caused singular effects in its immediate vicinity. At the die: tance where the terrperature is suitable, a circ'e of green and beautiful grass has rapidly grown up, and is now from two to four inches high. Some hickory trees, standing within range, have commenced budding out in all the luxuriance of summer. 'The scene is one of the most ma7nificent, sail at the same time most interesting which can be conceived The well is owned by parties at Rochester, N. Y., and 1 , 1,13 strtek some four years ago. It com menced flowing oil and water with a very strong force of gas, and the owners were confident they hail got a good welt, bat several weeks ago, while the workmen were at supper, the well took flre 7 —it was supposed from the engine —and has been burning ever since.— The flame, when first discovered, was coming out of the driving pipe, and was not more than three or four feet in diameter, but, after burn ing two or three days, the driving pipe was melted off two or threefeet, and thus allowing the gas and oil to separate before reaching the top, spread over the surface thirty or forty feet square. It his burned ever since with no cessation. Sometimes the flames will reach to a height of one hundred feet, and enlivening the trees which crown the summits of the sue. rounding hills, and the reflections against the sky produce an effect which no pen can des• cribe or pencil do justice to. REDUCTION OT TAXES.—An important bill has just passed both branches of our State Legi.lattue, repea'ing the act which taxes real estate in the Commonwealth twenty five cents per hundred dollars for State purposes. The special act imposing , an additional tax of five cents on the hundred dollars would est) have been repealed, had the proceeds not been specially hypothecated for the payment of a loan of three millions due by the State. This was held to be a contract which good faith with our creditors proteOted, and hence this tax was allowed to rettain. But the repeal of the first act is an important matter for the holders of real estate at this time, when taxes are pressing heavily upon them. The attm which the, lax payers of the North• west will save by the passage *of this bill in the amount of their taxes, is as follows : Erie $11,480, Crawford $10,350, Warren . s3,- 852, Elk $2,433, Venango $4,040. The deficit made in the revenue of the State by this re duction in the amount received from taxation will Fe more than met and covered by the provisions of the new finance bill just passed, which prOposes to tax bank stocks and the gross receipts of certain corporations. The amount received from these sources, added to that realized for licenses and through the various other channels by which revenue reaches the State Treasury, will, it is claimed, pay the interest and current expenses of the Conlaonw?alth, and besides,altow the authori ties ti annually liquidate a certain per cent. of the State debt. Thole are oheering indi. cations, and they will hive a wholesome in• fluence upon the prosperity of the State. POLITICS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY:—The Re publican Committee of Crawford. county met at Meadville on the 13th, and after a stormy eession, selected two renegade Democrats to represent them in the State Convention.— Among other resolutions adopted was one of denunciation against Senator Cowaa, charging him with Copperheadiem, and handing him over to the tender mercies of Democrats, in whose company. he , will unquestionably feel more at home than with the men who elected him. The following is all the reference to the President which we find in the published • proceedings : Resolved, That in our judgment the policy' of the general Government should fully coo= form to those high principles of freedom and franchise inaugurated and foreshadowed by the political administration of Mr. Lincoln and that we emphatically condemn and repu diate the affected patrillism of the Copper head party of the North, in their eleventh, hour espousal of a Republican administration. in the hope that Andrew Johnson will betray the alteri.hed hopes and expectations of the Republican party. The coolness of these Crawford county Re publicans is peculiarly refreshing. They have. not the courage to either endorse or denounce Mr. Johnson, but condenin the Copperheads for doing -"bat they dare not do—giving his policy an outspoken support. It is evident that the party of " great moral ideas " down that way is not in the most blissful condition imaginable. It the Crawford county Radicals aro net more coniageous than those of Erie, they are in one reapeot haat a little mire honest. They boldly announce and speak of them selves as Republicans, and do not seek to conceal their party identity under the mask of Union, like their -political allies here on the Lake shore. DONATION.—TherP will be a donation for the benefit of Rev. T. D Blin, at the Parson age in Wegleyville, on•the afternoon and eve— ning of Tuesday, the 27th inst. A general attendance is respectfully solicited. By order of the Executive Committee. Wm P. Tntxnt,n, Wesleyville, Feb 20, 1866., Beo'y. A Fenian society, numbering thirty or thirty-five members, was organized in the old Temperance hall, above Crouoh's store, on Tuesday evening. The following officers were elected : Head Centre, Patrick Maloney; See retary, John H. Welsh ; Treasurer, ,John McCloskey. Items of Local Interest. A column of interesting reading twitter *ill be found on the fourth page.. 4 Venduo bills printed in English- and Ger into. on short notice, and et the Lowest terms, at the Obeerver office. The reciial the Baptist etch bits re salad in the conversion 1.1 nearly - nue bun drcd persaus. 1s an instance of ndran'cing the Adrertiecr Gaye there are now two white women in Fretloais married to eogroes. Meadville hay been incorporated as a city, with Wm. Reynolds, Esq.. present Burgess, as Mayor. During the war, an excited Republican orator on The stump said the women of the country could churn out the public debt in a fO r year!. Judging from the price of butter. they must have commenced upon the business already. The article on railroad matters, in another column; we trust will be generally read, and especially by the people of our elty. It con- Was facts that cannot be disputed, and of the gravest interest to all who desire the prosper. ity of, Erie. The first ball of Perry Jr. Fire Company will be held in Farrar Hall, on Tuesday evening, March 13th. The young firemen are making preparations for an unusually large and pleasant gathering, and we do not 4oubt that they will be successful. A supper is to be given at Farrar Hill on the evening - 9f Bt. Patrick's Day, this pro. ceetls of which are to be devote to the benefit of the orphans of the Fourth street Catholic Church. These suppers are given annually, and are generally very pleasant. We presume the occasion this year will not be inferior in interest to those of previous St.,'" &trick days. Me. R. W. N. Taylor, of the McHenry Ilnuip, at Meadville, has purchased for the E tefait fire engine company of that place a Complete set of hose apparatus and uniform, arid donated them to the organization free of expense. If Erie bad a half dczen citizens like Mr. Taylor we would soon have a differ ent sort of place from what wo have at pres— ent. - In thelltate Senate, last week, Mr. Lowry called up an rct to authorize the Erie & Alle gheny railroad company to purchase the Erie & Waterford plank road; to repeal the act to connect the road with the Atlantic & Great Western railway; to fix the number of direc tors at seven, and to extend their road to"the Allegheny river. The •hill reseed to third reading, and was laid over. What new dodge is Lowry up to now' The Titusville Herald replica to the charge. that Artemus Ward "never by word or deed signified his synaptxtby .ist. the Unien cause," that to the personal knowledge of its editor he gave three lectures its Cooper Institute, New York, for the benefit of the Federal side. It doubts the truth of the story now circulat ing in the northern papers that Artemne lately gave a benefit lecture in New Orleans for the family of Jefferson Davis. The Herald is a Republican paper. ,We are gratified to learn that the members of our County Agricultural Sicie!y are mak ing an active effort to secure the bolding of the next State Fair at this city. - In order to succeed, it is necessary that the sum of $l5OO be raised, which it is proposed to secure by obtaining one hundred and fifty life members at $lO apiece. The advantage of having the next State Fair here is too apparent to need argumeat, and it seems to us that there should be no difficulty in obtaining the required sum to induce its location at our city. In a note from * Mr. Scofield to the editor of the McKean Miner be says : "Far one, I do not care whether the Legislature endorses our actiotconthe Dieted. Suffrage Bill or not. I voted for it because it had the sanction of my own judgment, end I thought of my donstitu ents If Mr. Scofield would visit his constit.. uents for a few days and consult with them as .to their views upon negro suffrage be would find occasion to soon change his mind upon the subject of their opinions. We run no risk in asserting that three at least out of every five men in the district are opposed to giving negroes the right to the ballot. A hill has passed the House at Harrisburg, and will come up• for consideration in the Senate next week, which authorizes the Pt ii afielphia & Erie railroad to "survey, locate and construct one or more branches of rail road, extending from any point or points on the main line of their road to any point or points in any county through's or iu which the sail, line imam or in any adjoining county, wither view to the development of theterri tory within said limits ; Provided, The con. strtotion of the road shall be commeneed within two years thereafter, and be completed within Sve,years." We presume the main object of this bill to be to permit the Phila. & Erie railroad to construct branches into such parts of the oil region, and into the coal fields of Elk and Jefferson counties, as the company may deetk conducive to its into rests. , Messrs. Whitlden & Gegen, agents for the American Life Insurapoe Company, of Phila delphia, have fltte•l up offices in Beatty's block, on tie Northwest side of the Park, which for neatness and convenience have no superior in the city. They were formally opened " on Tuesday evening, when a num ber of gentlemen participated in the enjoy meats of the evening, and a good time all around was had. The enterprising hosts, with a forethought truly commendable, had laid in an ample supply of the good things essential to such an occasion, and the rapidity with which they disappeared was the best proof of their quality. A unanimous vote• of everybody present decided that Messrs. W. & G. are capital fellows, and deserving of all the encouragement that' the public, osn bestow upon them. We announced, seine time 'ego, the ostab lishment of the Citizen. a new paper, at Em porium, Cameron county. The paper was started by a oonple young n•en, who agreed that it should not be political in character, but solely a representative of the business interests cf that section. Only a few copies were printed . until it was converted into a rampant Radical organ, and it soon became one of the meanest journals of its class. The history of the paper, front its inception to its demise, a few weeks ago, is thus pathetically recounted by the McKean Miner, a Repnbli can journal: The bigness men Not only'in Emporium, but all over the county, tilled its columns with their advertisements at the publisher's rates. More job work was given to the office than could be done, or at least was done, and every effort was made on the part of the people to make the office a paying one. But how did the young men who controlled the office ap preciate such generoeity By proving false to every principle of honor and decency. They neglected their business by spending their time in billiard saloon's and drinking plumes, end took advantage.of the kindness extended to them by borrowing all the money they eciptid of their friends, running la debt to dery man who would trust them with goods or board, and then sneaked front the county like the guiltiest criminals. They better a !vie show themselves again in Cameron county for they could look for nothing but harsh treat • meat from a community they have so grossly outraged. It welter in beilnton wett-set acoonnt of a remarkable . discovery *Tully made in that vicinity, which puts to bluch all other disoovoics mad° in this part of the fitste—nit not excepted. We vuspect„ though, the tiartylind been indu`giug in something rtrorcer than coffer. Hear him : 21:11 more remork:ble discovery hart Int('ly been matio in this vicinity. I t is th a t of a Coffee mitring. Our informant, who is a gentleman of undoubted veracity, says that a short time slate, 'white traveling in the woods, a Ph ort distant* Boni town, he became con scious of an intolerable thirst, sad sought wherewith to allay it. After searching settle he discovered **prim; which he at first sup posed lobe filled with water; but, wondstful to relate, the liquid hsd the appearance sad taste of the real old Mocha, when trimmed with cream and sugar. AS might be expected. he refaces to reveal the exact loettion of this valuable spring, until he can secure the fee Isimple of the land. He then intends to bottle no the liquid, and ship it to all parts of. the United States. Ile will doubtless realise an immense fortune. Rev. E. P. Hammond, whore ministrations here are fresh in the minds of our readers, is at present in Williamsport, Pa , where a series of Union meetings are being hell, with great success. ThS Bulletin, of that place, says : "Never, perhaps, in the history of the present generation, has there been such a general interest upon the subject of religion as pervades this community. Within the past few weeks, there have been over one hundred and fifty conversions " !The Buffalo Express is edited by the Buffa lo Postmaster. The Buffalo Postmaster wants to keep his place and keep in with the rcdi cm,a. He therefore treats the President's recent speeches by saying that, they are of course all wrong, but that the President .ilofsn't know what he is talking about, and as soon as he comes to his senses he will be all yight. Ingenious Postmaster! B. F. Morris, Esq., of the Warren Ledger, has been elected delegate from that county to the Democratic! State Convention. Thos. W. Grayson, Esq., of the Democrat, and Lymon Hall are the delegates from Crawfoill county. 4)ur friends in Warren and Crawford could not Vivre made better selections than those of Messrs. Morris and Grayson. Buffalo is jealous of Rochester, because the latter boa a ghost and she hasn't. Nt:k' place is of account any more unless it is possessed of a ghost. Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Erie and all the enterprising cities have each their ghosts, and Buffalo must se cure one instanter, if she does not wish to lose her prestige. The annual city election occurs on the 3d Friday is March. Up to this period no osudi dates for local offices have announced them selves, and we have heard no names men tioned in connection with any position. Nine months ago Pithole °unshod of two houses. Now it supports a daily paper, re ceives 50,000 letters monthly, and sustains twelve hotels, a couple of which are equal to the best In cities like Buffalo and Rochester. A series of interesting religions meetings have been in progress- in Park church since Monday and hill he continued to the ()lois of the week. &moons aro delivered every eve ning by Rev. Mr. Lowery, of Beaver. A friend atAfeadville, writing to us of the ° late Editorial Convent: on, remarks: " Taylor says it was th beit party' b c ever enrained. Don't you fe 1 flattered?' r Indeed :.:iie do. Taylor is aju ce. if any•m9.n. is_ ._ John Goal ipg, tailor, has remnsred to a room on Free% street, over Croacles &tar store, where he invites his friends to call with their ftvors- i , Mr. G. has the reputation of being a very good workman. The spring tirrn of the Edinboro Normal School will open on the 28th of March. The school, under the management of the indom— itable Prof Cooper, has obtained a, popularity unsurpassed by any in the Slate. Written for the Observer.) The Late Giles Sanford. The Sanforde were originally from_Massa chusette, but being Quakers, were, in 1630, driven out of Plymouth Colony by the Puri— tans, on account of their religious creed, and, like scores of others, took refuge in Rhode Island, then called Providence Plantations, where they were safe from their persecutors. Giles Sanford was born on the 18th Sept., 1783, at what was then known as "Norwich Farms," now as "Franklin," New London Co ; Connecticut, and removed with his father's family to Herkimer Co.. New York, in 1801, and in 1810 came to Erie to reside. After serving as clerk for the late 11 8. Reed. a co partnership in the mercantile and shipping business, under the name and style of Reed & Sanford, was formed. and for many years done the heaviest trade in Erie. In addition to their regular trade, they were heavy contractors for supplying the Western mita% 4y posts. In his palmy days, Mr. Sanford was con sidered one of the most intelligent business men in this part of the country. But for many years physical debiTy forced him to abandon active pursuits, and for a long time he has been confined to his house: where, altho' his decrepit state confined his body, yet his active mind was ever at work. He was a greet lover of ht,rticulture, the study of geology and other sciences. He was also quite an anti quarian, and collected many interestiug relics and facts, more particularly in connection wi. h this section of country; and tot le records and well stored mind his daughter, Miss Laura Sanford, warn much indebted in writing her valuable ":History of Erie County." Ile was always a zealous advocate of internal , im provements, and in foot everything tending to improvement. particularly in the section of country where he lived. About a week before his death, he took a violent cold,.wbioh terminated in pneumonia, and on' Tuesday, the 18th inst., 4 , bid adieu to earth." He retained the full possession of his mental faculties until the last. His funeral on Thursday wee attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends, notwithstanding the storm and cold. and the funeral services by the Rev Mr. Cain, of the Park Church, of which be was a' member, were truly impres sive—were spoken in that solemn yet eloquent pathos peculiar to Mr. C., and will long be remembered by his hearers. Thus. the pioneers are rapidly paving sway. Within the last two months no less - than four of the seven or eight left have been taken from -- and All br - aotogen arians, the Wr tten ter the Oheerrer ) The U. S. S. Michigan. This vessel has, for the past three months, been under extensive repairs at the ship yard of Mason & Bidwell, in Buffalo ! Last week the repairs were completed, and the vessel turned over to Lt. Corn. Roe. • A new and, elegant cabin lumbeen erected on the spar deck ; new decks and Spars have been put in ; the ward room and steerage k ie have been enlarged and mat hilly improved, and the engine, under the eta I supervision o f lot Assistant Engineer, e aft, has been then uglily overhauled and repaired. The cost of the repairs will not exceed thirty thousand dfalars. The citizens of Bantle have been profuse in,their marks of attention to the officers, and these gentlemen express themselves delighted at. the treatment they have received from the hospitable Buffalonians. , As material changes have recently occurred. in the personnel of the officers, we give below a full and comet list: • Lt Com, F A Roe; Lt and Ex Off, F 0 Dav— enport; Faymaster, Edwin Stewart; Surgeon, Michael Bradley: Ist Mat Engineer, J W Da Kral; Masters, Wm (I Morris and Reward Moffatt; Ensigns, C C Eddy and Lew R Ilam merely ; 2d Asat Engineer; J B Kelly ; 341 Asst Engineers, Jones, Pales end Smith ; Gunner, John It Grainger Carpenter, Geo W Elliott; Mate, Wm Leonard; Paymaster's Cie*, J 3 Odell. Ornals.. *view ler no Oirieverj , • .Festival at Edinboro. The friends of Rev. R. W. Lloyd (M. E held a festival for the benefit pf himself art lady at the Atio:mbly Hall, Edinboro, on i day everting, the 11th last. By the kind pot-- misoion and Ls-hloance of Prof. Cooper. .1 table of refreshments ROB served up at the lio.trling P.itl hr the ladles for the numerous gur,ts of the fi. , tire rec./rim A vein of harmony and good frelizg pervaded the spark- ling throng, cud the nfla , r bestowed great erc4llt ripen all contrived with the undo.rtik .ing. At the :AGM', the-proceeds (•:13C,) were 'formally prerentod to our worthy pastor, which he modestly accepted, with appropriate re. 'antics and after the assemblage had joined in singing the Demise, he dismissed us with • the benediction. This Is the second ewes sion of this kind Mr. L. has received from his present charge, showing how frilly appreciated are his lablre, and he i e the right man in the right place. J. C. W. Written for the Obstiever.l • Eleetien 'hi Wayne Township. Warts, Fen. 19th, 1866. . EDITOR Onssierse :—The election in this town went off last Tuesday. The town - usually has erne three-fourths Republican ; at this tip., in some offioes it has been a tie—the largest majority being seven. There was a general turnout on both eider. If Congress should sit until - the next election Ili Demo crats will number Iwo thirds of the voters. The people begin to think that a white man is as good as a nigger—if he behaves himself.— There is one out of about five in favor of ne gro suffrage, but even they don't want *nig ger to marry their daughters. I should like to bear from every town le the county: Yours, Foaxsitty A REPUBLICAN. Literary. Datsipine's GOLDEN READY RECKONER Calculated in dollars and cents, beings useful assistant to traders in buying and selling Val rious sorts of coinmodities, either. wholesale or retail, showing at once the amount or value of any number of articles,. or quantity of goods, or any merchandise, either by the gal lon, quart, pint, ounce. quarter, hundred, yard, foot, inch, bushel. Sr.o , in an easy and p'ain manner. To which are added interest: tables, calculated in dollars and cents, for days and for mortir, at six per cent. and at seven per cent., per annum. alternately; and, a great number of other sables sad rules for calculation near& before in print.-. Price a 5 cents. Dick St, Fitzgerald, Pabliabere, N. Y. .CRRSTRBVIRLD'S LITTER WRITER AND BOOK or ETIQUETTE ; OR ? CONCINE SYSTINIATIO Dl RECTIONA FOR ARRANDIRO AND WRITING LS?. Tags —Also, msdel correspondence in friend ship and bosinesi, and a great variety of model love letters.; If any lady or gentleman desires to know how to begin a love-corres pondence, this is just the, book they want.— If they wish to speak their minds to a tardy, a bashful, or a careless or indifferent lover, or sweetheart, this book tells exactly how it should be 'done Price 40 cents. pick Fitzgerald, N. Y.,;pablishers. BEADLE'S Morrni.v.—We are indebted to the publishers for the March number of Beadle's hlenthly. It contains the usual amount of interesting reading matter, several original stories. mgt-rent notes on books, sciences, per sons, &c. It is well worthy.of public patron age. Price 23 cents. Medical Notices. SMUT; QUANTITY.-0111) teaspoonful of that world renowned remedy, Cee'a Dyspepsia Cure, taken after meals, will enable the most confirmeddyspeptio to eat anything he ',Uwe', without fear of any distressing effects. It is able.aing to all who sie troubled with diseases pertaining to the stcmuh and bowels. The proprietors of Coe's Oongh Balsam say, take little and often. Doctor the throat and bron chial tubes, not the Metall:lh. This is the secret of its success. It will not harm you to take it often, and every time you take it, you will see its beneficial effects. SIDONTAIIT FlADlTe—There is no class of the community more subject to disease of the digestive organs than Motile whose business compels them to be continually within doors, either seated at ,s, desk, or.standing behind a counter. HoofisnWs German Bitters will prove a true blessing to_ these persons; and enable them to fulfil the duties of their sta . . Con with a spirit and alacrity unknown to Iberia before. -These bitters can be had of any druggist. They are not a substitute for whis key. ' feb. 9tal--11 is true that the poeulai• remedy known as Coe's Cough Balsam does' net-dry Or 1 cough, but' loosens it sotthat the patient can expectorate freely. Give it to your chil dren freely, and take it yours& f for bad colds. It does not fake a week to receive benefit from Coe's Dyspepsia Cure. It will immediately r gieve pain in the stomach, souring or rising o f 1 :Nod, and care the worst oases of Dye— .e . _ ser . ci ,sor & Brother, Wholesale and Re— tail Dealers in Confectionery. Oysters, Canned Fruit, St .tione) 4'. Yankee Notions, Bakers' Goode, Toys, dig,*, Tobacco, Pipes, lo._, West Side of Peach ' greet. 1 Square South of the Union Depot, En a, Ps. Also. Dealers in all kinds of Country D :odttcs. Particular attention paid to fi lling Conn try orders. • • (Jay.2B.tf ) liiirD. W. Hutchinson, United b; 4441 5 ut b ial Agent, Girard, Penna, Pensions, Bounty, and all other claims against thi s soy ernmentattended to with promptness. Chat,. l , l reasonable. Applications by mail attended t. the same as if made in person. (jalB Gm.) • FTAm.'s Coron Rr orsoy.—The public attention tuarsln eallyi to themerits Uf this old and pointer medicine— WHIM! ASTIR - TUX ISOST 2/101Dir011 TRIAL DCRIIIO A PR RIOD Or TWITTY•OIR TEARS IS A OXITTID 7 tIZSIOST Brill- DT ASO CRETAIS cu,il. %SOWN 7021 TIISOAT AND Lola croutt.Atzrra. Every considerate verson knows the importanee'of resnovinz long affections in their early stages and many from rad experienci have learned the danger of delay. Hall's Cough Remedy is lot recommended as a WWI *AL rAMACII• TOR ALL IiCHAN ILLS, but only for a speed & class ofDrilleini located In the same stryetate, Inci ted by the same entities and requiring much the same treatment, varying with degrees of violence. • It is pleasant to the taste. safe In Ste ortsialiola, thorough and speedy In lii action. Long experience ptovea it hu no Forams. or goat. in merit or efficiency for enrinz oocars, NOARSICIINS, BRONCHITIS. catirr •srtrea and WHOOTING corae:• It removes irritation, causes free and easy exoectora• tioo, loosens the tight ard full sensation in the lungs, restores the respiration to its easy, natural condition, imparts health ,and vigor to the lung:and also clearness and strength to the voles. Cno bottle Is generally anßetent to cam •n °Tatum,' cough Retail pzie9 60 cents toll per bottle Liberal inducements offered to the trade Sold wholesale and retail by Hall & Warfel, proprie• tors, a t their drug store, C3O State atreet, Erie, Pa, and by dealers Reverent. ji.Z.tn HaLneoLo's 11101ILY CO.TOILITIATID 00XPOCID FLITID 422 ACT 8re1117.-12 a certain and rate remedy, pleasant in tut• and cdor, and immediate in Its action in al die eases o f the bladder and kidneys, meet s dram, female entePlaints, organic weakness, obstruction of urine and all dieeases of the Urinary organ", In every form, wheth cr etsislog In malt; er female s and no matter of how long staii4 ng. ' For medical properties of Bodin, see Dispensatory of the United States.' Fee Prr lessor Deicer's raluab'e works on the Prattle • Phygc. Fee remarks made by the late celebrated Dr. Phyalek, Philedelphia. See reccetrks nude by Dr. Vphralui NeDowell,a tele bre'ell physician and member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, end pubilabed in the transactions on the King sad Queen's Journal. See Med!co-Chirorglcal Ferierr, publbheS by Denjee tedut Traverse, Fellow of Royal Colleges of Surgeons. See most of th white Standard Works of lirdletno.. Thysicians pima make no - secret of lug re dienta Elrlatbold's Convutrated Compound Flu Extroet o Durbin is composed of burial, thobabo and Janiper bor lie", prepare d ramp, by n; T. MELMBOLD, and sold at bin Drug and Chemical Warehouse, 44 Droodnay New York. STATIC AGEICVLTOBAL SOCIETY. At a meeting of the Per.napirants. State Agricultural Soristt, held at Hantrbnrg. on the 10th of January. 1881, it was resolved to told an annual szhibitlen thie year, on the 28T11, .17TH tHD 24T11 OR Sr:PTtIIBER NZXT. and %committee appointed to reef ire proposals 1. Om towns of societies of the State, offering induce =soli for holding it at the different points which their proposii ions will designate. Raid Committee are Kema l. Amos .f. Kapp. Northumberland; Woo., Biwa * Rms. burgh; Daniel 13: Driest:ash, Beach Hares; John B. Rutherford. Banishing; A. B. Unmake; Stare v arr. Nrrideovn; and the undtreignod, at Harrisburg. All communications thus addressed will be laid bit er . the Executive Committee on the pow day et Marsh mt. until which Mr ectrapstillon for 1001Z01 Is belted. leb6.llt. • • A.. BOYD HAMILTON. --CARPETS, CARPETS, CARPETS I A, IN E W rtslilei 01.1.1.4011 t. t felt •rel, ply IngrAtit 1 ;104 Sll Wool et $1.30 i y'A : FOP ['rug Cloth 4, 1 1 , ..r,Cui . te 1. , ”. lie vi.,114 I Ila.tutlt PaltPro * Coent Hellinre, Flnta 011 o.k.Al:s, 3 1 1 poor. stele. end aidthal wfier nil eqoh, t'y the ebe.t, large enti,„lh Cl - cr n 10.rc...• , ,0rn ai..hnut Velvet :tug And Mate, Pu. • `•!ati.titair, 0 .9.41e:1d Nude. All atrlee Gilt and !lain Window Shade.. , turlatut Green Kugl ih Hollands for all "Lillie. LI lees 1.11. r • PATENT srum BALANCE • CURTAIN FIX' URE The - lieLisit thing out. Come nod see It. Elegant Gilt Lad Bross4ll Window Co:ninon, Curtain Ilooks. rictut / Nails, Tassels, Corea. &e. Everything in this lino ems 'be Grand bete. ♦ Splendid A asortuunt NOTTINGHAM- LACE CURTAINS I Notting%am Late by the yard. -bl•c tot Nairn tri. 65 cants—obupsr than Kmb. Yaalln. go*. blaslin also, Lams - Edx. Hand,ome Lam for Vestibule Windows, with rods and Fixtures. The largest amortment of • Wall and Window Paper In the town. LINENS, LINENS., LINENS} The largest assortment of Linen Gv. is in this muirei at priced that defy competition. Elegant Bleached Table Linens. 114 yards wide, at $1.15 per yard. •We can show thesegoode in all grad - s, from the soonest to the finest Double Dams•lt. Mephitis. all eines hod prices. We hare a job lot of tlitivi cowls at $3 per dose; all Lin e, which we foosider the cc pies "'Ural In the market. . Iliiekabacli and Damask Linea. gploodiAlluelabark To wel at .t. 1,50 par de a all Lippe. Elegant Iluckabuek Tow bleached, by the yard, Wa wid*, at the very low pries of 55 ante. frisk Linen; Sheet/ or Mama, I : 4 111rtioa !Anew, Pillow Etc.. Et.. Greta'. I.silee acid ChUdren'a Lloen Haalker chiefn. A good, Haan, Wien' Handkerchief at 12a V doz. • Gents, Ladles.Bisees, Boys sod Chi C.ott:n sod Wool Here. all price*. The, but stock In town. • good Cotton Be., at 25 et,. per Intr. Winter Gloves for Everybody. YANKEE NOTIONS AT WHOLESALE.! - • ~......, , - , Bleached Sfitelings, Shirtlogs, Pillow Unsling, .ket Also, a sold stock of Dottiestle Goods at lowprtoss. W keep no Dress Goode, diereby enab li ng no to keep a larger stock ut tint ofsb,ng GOO4ll. CZ.I i :A' fore all the barrons are taken. ' _ No 7 Eked nom Block, Erie, Pa. re Tha }itoys is unler the sararrision of Sfr. S. S. G ftf.3Wol.ol, whc Wen known In thla Tickilts. a 09115. I C AMU LIG IR 11. T, 'IIEALBB IN T 8,..00T1S AND SHOE'S, MAO: 11AsrrAcTriza CY CUSTOM.. MADE BOOTS AND SHOES, Would take this method of returning his thanks t . Ws Mends sad the publie generally for their liberal patronage heretofore extended to him, and hopes to tare a continuation of the same. I take pleasure is lnioranng the public tl•at 1 ..m still selling 11.1CAD'E MADE HOOT! AND SHOES AS CHEAP, -IF SIOT L LITTLE CIISAYINL- • ,r Tilan any Homo in this place, and I am Mill making the Wid qualities of Gouta• Boas and Shoes, for ♦htrh I em ploy none but the D gn of WORKllini,under the Super intendents of 0. MILLER. Baring obtained sin:nom to am the P LIIMER PATENT BOOTS, I am now prepared to make the Plumer Patent Boole andNitou in a manner not to be surpassed in Style and Morkelasuilifp. riralarm. keep on bend a selection of the but Brands of tench and American Calf and Kips. ,P. B.—Repalrinc attended to. mrl764t.f. MLitt PI.ACE I. , TO GET YOUR HONEY BACK EOM • E. COUGHLIN'S BOOT AND 8110 E STORE, State Street, Nearly Opposite the Post °Moe. S. Caughtla. Boot and Shoe Dealer, respectfully informs the Public that he has removed his Mend to the Store Boom on State street, nearly oprtsite the Post OM*, where he Writes all his old friends sad onitomers to give him a eall. Particular attention elven to REPAIRING! gating nada! workmen, and superintending all his busing.' himself, habanero' he can gire as good satisfac tion and sell at as low prices u any other person in the city. Good Pita Warranted. • aprifB4tL KEYSTONE STOVE WORKS. L - TIBBALS, SHIRK & WHITEHEAD, irmwricrcaum or STOVES AND HOLLOW WAKE, Have a large and exteneive assortment of Stoves at Wholesale and Retail. TIIE IRON GATE a first-class Coal Cook Stove with or withotil reser- VOir, for hard or soft c al, or wood, and is BETTER THAN MR STEWART'STUVL We al o manufacture the WHEAT SHEAF AND NEW .ERA, Both low even Coal Cook Stoves—wits wood grates—• - cut be used either for soul or wood. THE - FOREST - JA.'K. We are still manufacturing this cs'ebratsd low oven Stove for wood—with or without reservoir. THE MENTOR, A Low Oven Stove for Wood This is a new Stove, beautiful design and now for sale—togetrer with a large assortment of elevated Oven Coo , , Pariry Cook for wood or coil, and Parlor • and Once Stoves, for woodor coal. 0. 'I'IIIRALS, D. SHIRK., WHITEHEAD Erre, Jan.l2. 1852—ta. Elal•E ALB EILEWEEY, CORNER OF PARADE AND BrFPALO STREgT3 ERTE'CITY LAGER BREWERY, CORNER OP POPLAR AND RIDGE STREETS ERIE MALT ANDBARLEV,WAREFOUSES, CORNER OF 7TH STREET AND CANAL BASIN., Pale and Amber XX and XXX Alas, • The Beet Qnalitt and Usual Varietive of I ager, Mile Selected k, astern Hops. /The Choicest Qualities of Malt and Malay, On hand and and fo r lee by igeatfotf. FUUNITURE MTORE, NE' RIBLET-& CO. Would respectfpU3* info o m th i e s pubtle that they have De FII RN ITU i;!.E VI,A'RE-R,OOll, , IN GABLE'S BLOCK, BETWEEN OM AND 917 STREETS, ON STATE Where they intend to keep • utstult/Y ott had • full assortment Dr NEW AND WELL BELECYED FILYRNITUII.3 .Be metpactlully so L lteit a aluov nf tfiehibliopat. rotate J. H. RIBLET. A. Of. IiPtIOVIIIR. N HAY Iv•EILEIe IrUR3ITURE AND UNDERTASINM W AR E—RO •IA S On State St, between Seventh and Eighth. The Subscribers 4 am entered into the Cabinet Makiog sad FURNITURE TRADE, And propore ruakb tg to order and keeping eonitantly oo hand all Undo of Furniture. Orders will receive prompt attention. Repairing done cm abort notice. UNDERTAKING The subscribers will Rive special attention to this de. mrent or their bulimia. They will manufacture and keep constantly on huld a lag,' assortment of Metallic Cases and Caine and bold themselves In veodlueell to meet orders In this Hoe, promptly, trom say part of the country. Determined tempers no *Worts to give es • • Mon both in the quality of their condi and prices, y hope to 'secure a liberal share of paidie patronage. moo= h FOIBLE% aprllll2-tf. Bucesmors to J. H. &UM CRAWFORD, RUTH A: CHRISTIAN, Donlon :n GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, Deit4 and Sealed Fruits, Paints sad Oils, Ship Chandlery, Boat Stores, dm, NO. 7 BEATTrS BLOCK, PARK ROW, Alto, Public Doek, foot of State street, ERIR, PA MC A. CRAWTORD. R. J. CHRISTIAN, fan2if6s-tf J. BYRON ROTH G ua ID 'Art's HALE.. - By virtue and In pursuance of an maim boning rut of the Orphan's Court of &le.:minty, to medirected.Tehall expose to sale at public vendne or outcry. at the Court House la the city of Brie, Pa., at 2 o'clock p. m., on MONDAY, the 12th day of MABCEI next, the equal undtvided otie-balf part of the following described lard, to aft All that evrtatn piece or paroel of laud Waste in Wayne township, In the county of Erie, and bounded sr follows, r a: commencing lathe west lids of tract No. 45, where the road crosses the same. thanes by add land and by the west I ne of tract No. 24, south one bundled and mighty caches to a post; thence by th e m ed iae of tact No. se welt 81 perches - to a. post; thews by said midge of tract No. 21. aud by the residue of tract No. 5, north 167 perches, to the centre of said road; and thence by the same north 193 i degrees, Slit g 0 perches to the Aye of beginning, eontaining BO scree and 122 perches. teflaodi and - Allou nuns, be the same more or Ice, being curt of larger tracts of had Nos. 6 and 2$ on neap of Holland Land Co. Trams or Anti--One-third on' continuation of sale sad the balance In two equal annual payments. with in. tenet ea the whole sum unpaid, to be paid annually. to be emoturd by aludiernent bend and a snort/tags on the premiss: or at cub, at the option of the purchaser. BENJAMIN GRANT. Guardian of - WILLIAM D. WILDED,, LINN I. WILDER. 11.-414 other half of the laid will be sold ea ad. nations brew at private .Just orogd, A.isultTnENT oF CAILPETS': 0 W,E L I N G 3, GLOVES AND HOSIERY! THE GREAT ENibILISH REMEDY. CELEBRATED FEMALE PILLS PROTECTED LEITERS 23Y ROYAL •••••• 40 PATENT ! -- -• Prepared from a Prescriplon of sir. J. Clarke, L. D., Physician Extraordinary to the Queen. Dia invaluable medicine is unfailing in the care of al those painful and dangerozs diseases do which the female constitution Is subject. It moderato* all exams and. re move, all obstruction.", and a speedy can may be relied on TO MAREI.ED LADIES it la peculiarly suited. It will, in a short Urns, bring on the monthly penod with regularity. . Each bottle, price One Dotter, bears the Government Stamp of Great Britain, to prevent counterfeits. CAUTION. 79411 Pills "amid not be takes by Females daring Oa FIRS? THREE NOIYTHS of Pregasiaty as tAey an rare to brief ow Miscarriage, bat at any stAtr tut. they are soft. In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections, Paine in the Back and Limbs, Fatigue on elightexertion,Palpita - lion of the Heart, Hysterics and Whites, these Pills will effect a cure when all other mesas have failed: - and al though a powerful emedy. do not contain iron, calomel. antimony or anything hurtful to the constitutlini. Full directions In the pamphlet orotund each package, Which Should be carefully preserved. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Sole Agent for the United States and Canada, JOB MOSES, 27 Cortlandt St., New York. N. and 9 poetage,stamps enclosed to say au thorized agent, will insure a bottle, containing 60 Pills. sep2lll6-1r . ♦. KING W. G. GARDNER, SIR JAMES CLARKE'S • HEADQUARTERS NOR _ CHEAP GOODS! 'WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE; WINES A - LIQUORS. F. it M. SCHLAUDECKER, Are now receiving at their old stand, Amer toss Bloc g.....tStats rot, a large and superior stock of H rer,ct, Provisions, Want, Liquors, T ' iilow, Wooden and , Stoae Ware, u ts. No te. Ay, to. Together with everything found in a Hogue of this kind, which tbey will sell as cheap as any other estan- UtbmentJq this city for Cash or most Ittudi - of country produce. They have also on band one of the largest and toast Stocks of Tobacco and Scors ever brought to rate, to which they invite the attention of the public. - Call and see us--a nimble sixpence la better then a slow shilling, consequently Cash buyers will finality/A - bargains by culling 'Mille GROCERY HEADQUARTERS, —AMERICAV . BLOCK, STATE STREET.L June 3.1350-62 P. k E. SOELAUDAILER. ' =I NEW GILOCHILY STORE. The undersigned have opened a new Groom" , Store, on • the JUST SIDE OF STATE ST, 3d HOUSE NOR'IN OP RAILROAD BRIDGE, Where they intend keeping • full supply or GROCERIES; PROVISIONS, FRUITS, NUTS, CROCKICRY WARE, Yankee Notions, Willow Wire, Confectionaries Thbaeco and Cigars.- And everything usually on band in an establisbmant of the sort. Alwaya an band a stock of Froth Oysters of the Bast Brandi, at low. st mulct prices We are detazidned to afar as good Adamson in Rae other dealers in the etty, and turtle the üblio,to call, eantdent that we can giro entire saattaraetion, n. deel4ls4f, r. •. WEBBILIt j °mum' EICHENCAL(B, 3LUIFFACTLIREC OF 13.00T5: AND 8110E8 NV 110LES&LE AND RETAIL I take pleuure In armour:eine to the public that I have added to my nrmer laoilities • complete anti of 8110 E SfACII.INERY ;- Which will enable ma to manufacture and sell Boot: -lel Shoes CHF. 4.PER THAN FtERSTOFORZ. Having had love experience a to the wants of ee., men, I shall take gimlet pains in prototring tug Iter R.:lt them. I here the =chutes right in this ell, io m oo the PLIMIEB PATENT BOOTS "A SHOES„ for the beneiti of my castomme, end mar ask tri th em, t o m aw, say one as to their imparter comfort yr.), then:it:nada in the oLI way. The Planar Hoot oftedJ no breaking in; tt L ea mug tram the Mart ae one wank for shine time. CUSTOM ow/lawn? • will melee my own and lir. I. 00rrittil *special at tenth:in--combining workstien which cannot be swelled In the country. Boots and Skoea repaired on short notice. CU natant!, on hand • large stock 91 LEATHER, LASTS AND FINDIRGS. Tendering my thanks to my friends and cnatomars for past patronsgri I hope by just and honorable dealing to merit s -ontinnsnue of the sane, end cordially Invite-ail to call and emumine my stock before purchasing 'else wiuire. . toarG'64ll. p. B. LIONEVSLEg, CARVER & HOIitECKER. infoiSJJJAI s RITAIL DIM= II LEATHER q WES, No. 3 Parry Block , tete, Erie, Penn's. Coultantly on Imail•lugo stock of SOLE LEATHER, MORQCCO, LININGS BINDINTS, FRENCH L• AMERICAN CALF SKINS, KIPS, UPPERS AND. SPLITS, LASTS, pagi, Laitinia, Galloons, &e ♦ MILL ASSORTI2I:3 I T OF SHOEMAKERS' TOOLS, Aso( which be offers low for CASH OR PROMPT PAY. MylB.66—tf. CGIIIIIENs, CaIIGUSIV & ICIRWD:;I4, NV 11 OLESJJ.E GROCERS AND PROVISION DEALERS, •LSO DrAIMIN IN WOODEN WARE, NAILS, GLASS, ROPE, REFINED OIL, WATER LIRE, wiIITE LIME, OIL VITRIOL, CAUSTIC SODA. oLus;kc., NOS. 25 .1; 2G NORTH PARK STREET( ERIE, PA deell'6stf. • NOTIUR TO BI: Proposals Tin be reeeired by the wader! „nei the 'abrading of school bowie Me. 2. oa tas 'Aar :w,,,,ti,, throe miles west of Yrie, lately deetr,y.s s. Arr. unlit Saturday, Feb 24, 166. Plan and "este& Was as seen on and aft*r February lath, at the house of the tor derslined, oa Federal W . Kull Overt tp. arbl-dtt F. W. KOZIELIS. goer et loud EMI