important ilottrts inverted under this head , at 15 cents per line of 10 words for the tlrst ort nvt, iC eenta for the merond, and 10 (—nits .üb,equent insert ion. El .•or 'tellable Insurance of all kinds apply Agent, No. 2.lNorth Park, Erie, • Jyl7't •nr Imonraner In well known and mokt re lop t'inn pnnlec, 1411111 Y to R. W. RAI q.ell, agent, .treet. "feb211.7-Iy. m ovial.—The Stove and Tin Wore More of Lac been removed to No. 1.•i64 sac rcot, near the Buffalo Road. where will Wlll'llo a -complete stork of goods in line, n loch the public aro invited to roll , q 110 1( .. opi-tf... Erie 'Lodge No. 211. 1. 0. of (lood Ten, on every Tne.4,lav evonlint, in the I"tize Room, nn gtat eitt reet, over ...welry store. fitrnncerT.'mplamclN dly aro c.oratallv Invited to he nregent. Gvo. IC:crotrr, W. C. T. m} - -11. .V117T.. NV: R. {hoot the 15th nit., a packaze of pa:- 0,, a a Th , e.l for prapo•rty on Staten I, V. }'. Th. , retnrnin¢ them tothe ,v,il 111.erally rownrd.l. G. W. DECAMP. • A ♦mart hing '.Yew.—The greatest thing et. .lu.t out. It teil%- vou everything. nt,hfur-hearinzanltnnis, tish..to. How ,-- , to.iter•-. and earl the lint?... Fifty great „•, ~it free for 25 rents.• Achirt.o. F. 1.. WOODJInx.:O77, N. Y. City. EEK LY OBSERVER ill:. PENN'A, NOVEMBER 2r, 18E17 Important Notice. kervcn pi.; date and the I , :t Of January. onr int.'ntion to senirollt MIN arsairist indehte , l to the office. We do weoraauee with a lone •ziMtled rule to ol to ...Mlle up our aceounk ti; nearly at tit- termination of every year. , of the ollire are very heavy: r., ,t r A rr uvrrrt kern up a ,yr.r:em of w • earni.stly urce anon ivv " ! r iltereoimr little billet s' t'1”1" 'will L'll%• hem a.: prompt at- We will not object to p T.ons• ply the :1111mMt 411 e v. till!) , 10 he NI.Ac P Cr . 14,“ i 1111. name_ Denmeratie journal (Ntablished at tan , e,t% We. Cr,iNs ford county. the first owr of %% liic l , j,:ljud on Friday last. G the editor. and 'neatly written andlihrli rc i rnahwtion. The nee‘l of qound Can ,. i,0 1 , 1 1 ,h,etrirle ill that - rezinn must he alndtle(P: and -ch. , Crisis'' - cires prom •,,. 1 , , in , ' a valuable auxiliary in the cause 0 ) - le our wishes eould aceptarlielli it, .1 1 )- Field, uotild soon.liare . a large anti pa!inna!4e. 11,--. Pratt, Gaßeiter & Scott, late pub t- of the Union Mills Star, Laic re : - aheir t.tahlisbment to Corn-, and .mtenced there the publieation of a new c 4 I called The 'orry Republican;' to he ~ ,e d every Saturday. As its name indi it it to he the advocate of Radical :•;,1p1e , ," and those of the most kinky .olol ,trt. The Republican is a vig,a,rous lo,,l and handsome paper,-antl, being in lhat 1 , live men, cannot fail to obNin trze p ltmnage. Personally, we wish the 11 , 11.11. every success politically, may , the doz.: a , ftst possable: COrIISE OP TUE Y. M. C. A.— ~ i n hist weeh' , . 01Herver the iirrangea by the Young A— , iriation, and thi= week we are en ;. give tilt• lit of lecturers engaged by ..rizin tl literary iirtninization, the Young Chri , thin As:riciatdtn. The course i. ~ ted‘a or ten leitturt.s.to be given in the ordhr, commencing ou the with rile.. Stilikrt—"the American Nn argument for Permit. Sur- EOM Dr. J. 41 I.Vaubl S'tillject —"The N 5 .0- in Quo AL!,llll , t F(.111:11t. I{llpll . Wablo Emers o n. - .Subject to - be 4 ' '`.The Dr E L Younian,. Suld(;ct—' munie, of )find." 'John 11 Gough Subjcot—••T(•:nper ; T. T.t2,slor. Subject = - The Liters t'Lettev-elot .trail; Letter , : Irktorical : the Letter of Bu..;hte , v4. of , 1 , 1-tiro. of Love." ;bua Ifenry Wikon. Subject :to be icedice,l • .I.lnic-: Ntiirklock. Sekvt Roadinzs. 9 IV S9N(9.t—"Thi•Lnn.l • ,11,• lo Wen lell - Skihket— .. Daniel It aaill he perceived that Mr. Phillips has , T1 . 12'3E101 by both Assoeia tions, and that of his Imqures is announced to be of p-11;ie.,1 character. We ,u-set, however, n• 1 .11 Phillips will exercise the privilege he usually assumes of selecting a sub . • h. wit himself, and will be agreeably • , Into lif he r loes not ev:iil himself of ~p portunity to devote at' least one eve, toiords the ventilation of his peculiar dap .al ideas. The committee appear to iSi ipate something of this sort, fur in their \ , rti,nint they say, "it is possible that of these soilijects ot" the lecture hi !,.. changed, but generally' they will be als , ie stated." They further announce XantiPpe Dickinson, who "1% as en -1 for the Course, has found it impossible I,c in Erie before the '2'2d of March—near months after the intended closing of Cwlrse. Her lecture will therefore be an ! , :j , Tident.,)ne, and at the time named k 11.7. Is well known The s; . .1011 Shore Wine Co. , at North e ben:: bieen maturing their plans to ‘a tile on the market which should 0. , anmend its way to the public fa - wiq , of genuine character and in nu•lit. The,company, have been f.;7 a con:Mc:rabic period, but e, , a g -tarte.l oot resolve to sell a ti rile or they have not hereto al.ol‘ attempt to give their wine a i! Some ~ noples, how , , %hieh have at times been sent to differ -1 , ecared a wide reputation, and in to uNtanees where the wine has come in tizion with that from other sections, at exhibitions, it ha, taken the first 'll inth. Mr. John E. Mottier, under whose ry . l-i,,n the Company's operations are i, known far and wide: as the '` I III- King of America,' and his name • Illici; , rrt guarantee of the value of mumfactured. The public will be I to knov, that the wine has now attained a I ...waty . that arrants the Company in lilac apoa the market, and we suggest to all. a tine article that they can,be as -11,1.0f such by procuring the South Shore Dealers can be supplied by Messrs. , rt"li w Gr : illith, of this city, who have ithe pfiVkli•ge in that respect. The l ' ...II 04ail, but arningements will anon ''t•' le \\ dealer , in the city for supply . , ALo may wish tin buy in small quan- =EMI '''! Nl.lll Cute —We are informed that ti: „• enploy.l by Col. James •Inkin: , A shalt for ore or coal, on or lho line of the Erie & Pittsburgh Ri j ito liere , t county, lately struck n vein of rock •t-r,Tgly intermixed with a substance at first ' l Pposed to he sulphur. Upon the examina , nof the rock by Col. 1-lemphin and his l'-'rintendent, Mr. Mills, and after severe 7 1 li"Y Pronounce it to be gold of a supe- Pi qo dity, and capable of yielding tiVe ;' 14 4.4 , 1 dollars to , the ton. The rock is tht rVillle as that in which the Greene :rola is said to have been found, and "font one hundred feet below the coal '.el In this basin. Should the results prove 4 ' l ' l ' l to the anticipation, we may sobnhave ," imp h excitement over gold in this section '4+ once had about oil. We confe s s, to being a little dubious as to the ex :l/41 •ind richttess of the gold vein. 1t r ar , indebted t.. 3lr, Israel Waidley, of for a lot of fine uppleii—tlie largest tie,t flavored We have seen t/ is l'eas°ll. The Canal Enlargement. We are informed by good anthority * that a concerted attempt is to be made at, the next session of the Legislature to secure the aid of the State towards the desired enlargement and extension of the canal. A. large amount of bonds Whkit the State obtained from the Pennsylvania li. It. Co., as payment for the public works are now lying idle in the Treasury, anti it is proposed that a suffitient number of these shall be exchanged for bonds of the Canal Company to enable it to make the necessary enliirgeitunt. The State could in no sense be a loser by this transaction, as it would simply be giving one kind of secur ity lbr another equally good, it being one of the:intended stipulations in the canal bonds that times- shall be a first mortgage on all the property of the company. The canal. \then thus enlarged, would be worth douple the =omit of bonds needed, and the Suite ln• lending them to the aid c r the company Puultl •as;ure the completion of one of the greatest improvements of the age, and help to build up poi increase of population and wealth in the Western counties that in ten years time would more than double its reve nues froth that source. The eiremnstances attending the concep tion of the enlargement project wJre of such a (diameter as to gcvc it a Susideion4 appear ance in the eyes Of many persons, and have restrained some of our most enterprising and influential citizens from giving it that hearty co-operation they would otherwise have done. It teas untbrumate that it should have been broached on the eve of an intensely exciting political con'est, and still . inure in the fact that Its leading public- advocate should Ica ve - dkussed it in his speech in the Senate in a avower that enabled Ins person al enemies to turn it to their advantage and Make ira butt daring. the campaig - n. But let the idea liave originated w here it may, it is one that should commend itself to the serious at tention of our citizens and of the wind,. people of Western Pennsylvania. A - movement. that promises so much good to the entire community ought not to he twg lertca because of outside motives that in no way convert the project itself. We prefer that- thing.) should hecn °them i.e, but mils that they have passed, we do not intend that personal or political hostilities shall divert us from lending what slight nil we can to the accomplishment of a measure . fraught with more benefit to our citizens thiin all the other public enterprises devised in this rt gion. High _scientific authority assures us that the canal enlar).Tethent is entirely feasi ble, and no person who sits down and calm ly reflects over the subject can doubt that if suede is the case its accomplishment ought to be the subject of the !most energetic- efforts on the part of our citizens. We Call upon all who are in anyway, directly or indirectly, interested in the prosperity of Erie-and the Western tier of counties to give it at once their earnest and active influence. It must not be expected that the measure can:be se cured without hard labor and determined, harmonious action. The West has claims upon the State that cannot justly be delayed, and we feel convinced that if the press and people, with one voice, and in the appropri ate method, should make known our wishes to the Legislature, it could not fail to grant •the legislation sought. m,',11 ff. THE Philadelphia Ledger, a piper which displays more care in making up its news-it& par;ment than any 'other in the country, A few days :Igo published the following Curious 'paragraph. It seems hardly possible that Mis , Dickinson, with :dl her spit efulpess and bravado, could he guilty of such indelicate and discreditable conduct, and we shall be glad to learn that the story is incorrect. If she was guilty of the course charged upon her, the plan of rebuke adopted by Captain Matthews must be generally acknowledged to have been the Most Appropriate that he could have devised.: " A 130- , ton paper relates that Miss Anna Dickinson, while on board the school-ship in Boston Harbor, on Sunday, after writing her own name in the visitors' autograph book, turned to ; the signature of President John son and deliberately erased it. Captain Mat thew,., on returning on board and learning the tact, added opposite to the erased John son's name, that it had been done In• Anna Dickinson.". Since the above was in type. we tind an extract going the rounds of the press, from .716 s D.'s harangue in Boston, in which she attempts to explain her conduct as follows : "That going down to the school-ship and having a pleasant morning there, a little while before I left it, the teacher of the ship handed me an autograph book exactly like thousands of others in which I have written, and supposing it to he a private autograph book belonging to him, I wrote my name therein. Turning over the pages, I came to one soiled by the name of 'Andrew Johnson, and holding my dry pen in the air, made a little playful flourish over it, when he (whom I supposed to be the owner of the book) said to me: 'lf you will mark your pen across that with ink, it will - add greatly to the val ue of the Book and I doing what I suppOsed would gratify the man, supposed to be the owner or book, did to Andrew .Johnson's name whiif the w hole loyal nation would gladly de with his infamous record and him -self—blot it out. [Applause.] So much for that. I wish the man was as easily ended as his name was in that disc ; and I believe, nay. I know, that the great tnas,s of the loyal people in, the country say amen to any such desire." We canuot perceive that Miss Dickinson helps her case by this extraordinary story. The plea that she believed the autograph book was private property is no excuse fur her unladylike demeanor. The act was one of those indications of petty malice of which Miss Dickinspn's_ clover has furnished so many examples, and will,. bring her into more discreditable reputiftbm than ever. And :is for the teacher whom she seeks .to s.tddle wiikd part of the odium, the sooner the service is rid of such creatures the better. " Piti's•rott Sult..”—Mr. r lt. L. Perkins, or the Manchester paper mill, communicates to the Dispatch a long account of the myste rious light which has been seen upon the L o,le in that vicinity at various periods. lie says it makes its "appearance generally, if not ahvays, in the fall of the year, and usu ally in the month of November, and almost always during or immediately after a heavy blow from the southwest. The most brilliant exhibition of the light was during The night of the 24th or 25th of November, 1852.'; The light bears a resembhince to a burning vessel, and has frequently been taken for-such by persons who are not acquainted with the phe nomena. It appears to be some 200 feet in length, and as high as the upper cabin of a steamer, and irradiates the sky and water for some distance. Flames seem to leap up and sway front side to side, the same as in a fierce 'conflagration. The light was seen by mariners as long as 50 years ago, and the ! matter has often been one of speculation, but no perstln has heretofore given a plausible theory to explain it:_ Mr. Perkins Presumes that the "shifting of the sands cansed by the continued and heavy winds' of the autumn, has opened some' crevices or seats .in the , rock of the Lake bottom, thrOgh which a gas escapes, and that this gas, owing to some ' peculiar condition of the atmosphere with which it comes in contact, becomes lumin i ous, or, perhaps, ignited and burning with a positive • flame. That there are what are called 'gas springs' in the water all along this portion of the lake shore- is a well known fact, and that - a highly inflammable gas in large quantities exists at a comparatively shal -1 low depth on the shore, has been sufficiently proved by 'the boring of wells at different 'points, as ut Eric, Walnut Creek and Lock 1 Daven, and by the natural springs at West field and Fredonia." We feel a natural ell qiosity to obtain further particulars of this Phenomena, and will thank any of our read ers who may have witnessed it to furnish us with such particulars as they may possess. Does.it appear at any other point than the one named, and, if so, what is the character of the manifestation.? LOCAL BREMIES. WErroN says he is •w•niking for money to pap oft his debts. Ho is not the first man who has taken to bls legs to escape BM TILE first ice of the season thrilled in our city on' Monday, The winter king is rapidly stealing a march upon is, and we have prob ably had our last expel knee of real pleasant weather thr the-year_lBGi... THE Orlin, of the Oh.erver should keep the fact in remetnbranee that our business room has been removed to the beeond floor, adjoining the telegraph take, and immedi ately in the rear of the stair. leading to the old location. 'Pots large circulation of the ObserVer, and the inerea,ing impularity of it. prineiplt•s, renders it the hest advertising medium in the tumniy. An advertisement in our col umn, reamhe, doable the number of people Medium' by one in ;my other paperpubliAlt!'d in the city. •11,41 ti prIoNS for Harper's Monthly, I tar per', Weekly Itazant of Fle:ltion, Harper', Illustrated Weekly, Godey's and Peterson'. mtazine4, Rural New Yorker and New York Weekly- Tribune, can he had upon very fa vorable term. from Jmiep ft Sterrett, at the Pu-t °Mee. 'NE Meadville Journal says the "Cm wford county (Radical) system of nominating can didates is a preventive of the sl:lection of had men. - The Meadville Democrat retorts that "in view of the history Of the p•tst tw•o years, the Journal's idea would he worthy of Mts. THE Democracy of Titusville, North East and Spartansburg each held demonstrations of rejoicing l.•tst week in honor of the late Democratic - victories. We have received no rvport - frotn Titusville and Sparnmshug. but feel assnred that they were bulb pleasant and well timed atraint. Now, as 'the evenings are getting longer, we w.:ggest to our young men the propriety of forming debating clubs, to meet one or two evenings a week during the winter. We have plenty of material here front wide!) to form tx o or three societit, and the eseicises c•ouhi he made of suc•lt a character as to prove hi•fhlv : in.tructive ami etitel Tifv..evening rme ender the control of Capt. Wells, ix m.eeting with even mom snece,t.than was an'ticipai&l for it. The :Iv erage attendance is a hundred and ten, and the school Lid; fair to grow still larger. The generosite which prompted the establishment of this useful enterprise will be rewarded by the gratitude of those who secure its bene fits. Tut: Meadville Republican thinks " there is really nothing to discourage Republicans in the elections that have transpired." Well, if there isn't anything to discourage, there is certainly not a great deal to encourage them. This whistling to keep one's courage up is a tough business, isn't it, brother White 9 We tried it during six long years, but with all, our experience could never get thoroughly reconciled to it. • TILE application of Mrs.. Mary Prestley for a divorce fromher husband, Rev. James T. Prestley, has been granted by the court at Pittsburgh. The parties are well knawn in Erie, and; as usual in such eases, - each side has its friends, who declare that the Other i, to blame. The reverend gentleman is a person of extremely tine oratorical talents, who made-himself somewhat notorious dur ing the war by his violent Radicalism. WE observe that our friend Clark En ing,T Esq., of Titusville, has by stimetmean.i., !linen into the -bad graces Of the -,Herald of that city, and that it seizes every convenient ON casion to give him a "dig." We take the liberty to remindille Herald that it will find Ewing a fireman worthy of.its'Steel. He is lull - able to take care of himself, aoel if he doesn't jive u " tit" for every " tat" he re ceives, he-k not the man we take him to he. k THE Meadville Democrat takes us to task for speaking of ex-Congressman Culver as the CraWtbrd county financier." It thinks that as " the great bulk - of his pecuniary in terests were located inyenango county," and as that -was "the place of hi: residence," " whatever credit, or vice versa, attaches to the abiding place of the 'notorious financier belongs to Venango- rather than Crawford." The public, who generally know the whole circumstances as well as we do, can decide thit question:to suit themselves. - . A taIIIETER and milder set of men were never seen than oar Erieltadicals mince the late elections. Like the man who was turn bled.over by an unexpected whack on llie ear, they have ever since been inquiring "Who struck Billy Patterson ?" The wicked Copped eads are not half as mean men as they were when in at . apparently hopeless minority. The elections of '67 were a good deportment teacher—they have converted a number of rampant individuals who could scarcely speak of a Democrat respectfully into sober minded and decently behaved citizens. TUE "Republican S Democrat," published at Greensburg, Westmoreland county, comes to us With the following at its mast head: "For President in 1868, Col. Dan Rice, or Pennsylvania." It appear; as if a genuine movement were being made to bring flu; dis tinguished showman into the field as a can didate for the Chief Executiie chair in -the next campaign. The Girard Spectator, pub lished at• Col. Rice's home, says clubs are be ing: fotmed for this purpose, in different parts of the country:A great many curious things liappen on this mundane sphere of ours,and it would not surprise us in the slightest td see a large and formidable party organized in the Colonel's behalf. • • JOHN B. Gotmu and Wendell Phillip:6n : fess that they have never got over their first timidity on rising to address an audience. The hardest thing for public speakers to over come, as a general thing, is this nervousness nt the commencement of their efforts. Could every man arise before an audience as. com posedly as he would converse : in his office, there are few persons of average intelligence, possessing the necessary power of voice,who could not become as favorite speakers as a majority of those who now attract the popu lar attention. Want of confidence has ru ined more amateur orators than want of brains. TUE 'Democratic candidate for Senate, Mr. Morris, of Fredonia, is elected in the adjoin ing district of New York, composed of Chau tauqua and Cattaraugus counties. •The dis trict is one of the blackest in the State, and' Mr. Morris is the first Democrat, elected in it for many years. The regular Radical candb date wag a notorious public plounderer,und the honest men of the party got up an inde pendent candidate, who divided the party vote sufficiently to give the above-result. If the dissatisfied element of Radicalism in our county had equal boldness with their Clum tauqua county brethren,. they might long ago have rid themselves of the fetters which set upon them so disagreeably, Ortt frlend Benson, editor of the German Free Press, is not Inclined to permit himself * to be made a cats-paw in the hands of the Radical politicians, In the last issue of his paper be discusses at length the organization, object and probable results of the two Grant Clubs in this city, and thus pointedly de clines the position to which one Of them chose to elect hhq : "The editor of this paper feels it devolving upon himself - to resign the honorable place of a Reconling Secretary, for the following reason Unconditional Surrender Grant, United States Grant, and us the balance of the sycophantical terms may be called, has, indeed, rendarad considerable service to the country as a military man, and has thereby merited the respect and admiration of poesy patriot. Nevertheless, he has done nothing but his duty. According to our opinion, no one but a thorough statesman hasi any claim to the Presidential chair." WE have good authorityfor the statement that the common idef4revailing among our liolitlelaits That Mr. Scofield has - decided to keep off the track as 'a candidate for - Con gress, is a mistake. It Is Stated that he be lieFes himself able to secure a renomination, and is actually scheming to accomplish that mutt. In this tolmty he will have the co -1 operation of a number of very active and in fluential gentlemen, and we understand that some lime .since one , of these premised him the endorsement of the next Radical Con vention. The appearance; of Scofield upon I . the arena will be apt to disconcert the plans of our local politician's, and we shall not be surprised to sec some curiouaresults giow out of *Wu same. Our announcement, sever. al weeks 'ago, that Mayor Noble will be pre sented Luta candidate has been fully verified. his friends are preparing to make strong ran va-s for him, and are confident 'of same., 'The othereandidatesiviU be Messrs. Walker and Wiudion, each or whom will receive a liberal snit - port, but the chances are decided ly best for theformer. The hatred exist ing between the several faCtious in the coun ty can he readily understood, wheh we say that it is not long sinCe We heard a promi nent gentleman of thq '' , .traight-out" wing declare that it' Mr.,Walker becomes the nom- - hive, lit nnt.t be th at any and * every hazard. The "bow-backs" cordially recip rocate this feeling, nut' between the two fac tions This not improbable that Scofield may again.obudn ' nomination, or, if not him, some gentlemen from (utt.; l ot the other coun- REM THE N. V. Times inclined 'to look upon the Weston furore as ja gOod deal of a nui sance—in which, strange as it may appear, a great many . eit izeits of matilly sound. judge ment agree with it. In one of its issues of last week, it gave way to its feelings in the following ghastly manner : 'We hope soon to announce that 'Weston the pedestrian,' has leither got through to Chibago or has brokeh down hopelessly- in the attempt. He has already occupied so large a share otpublie, and particularly tele graphic attention, that we shall be pleased some morning to take up any paper withoin 'Weston the pedestrian', first striking our eyes in its columns. We say we wish him speedy success—that he may do it -or him self be done—we don't care which. Let him gallantly win the wng.er, or else promptly drop 1w the wayside. ' It is worse than 'an other Fenian raid on Canada.' The walking time was to he thirty days—a telegrant r each .night and morning !- Ten days more,, per haps, for reception in Chicago. We hope, at least, that nobody will tempt him, on t wa ger, to walk back to Portland." Tin: editor of the North East Herald says he "had hardly time to get out to see" the Democratic jubilee at that place,. and, we presume, thin extraordinary rush'of businmi will account for the meagreness of the re port which the Herald publishes, He seems, liiiwever, to' have given the MN' . enough thought to "believe". certain things occurred, and "probably'' Some others of a mysterious nature. We sincerely hope that when our friends at North East attempt another dem onstration they will take pains to arrange it so,that the Herald editor may find "time to get out and see," or, what would be better still, hold it in some location where' it will come before his august-presence in so direct a way as to-save him the trouble of walking a few yards to afford him the-honor of seeing. It may be that hy such means they can in duce him to thrdw off his peculiar ideas of "neutrality" long enough to enable him tit give a respectable report of the proceedings. Tme Curry Republican intimates to the gentlemen who are engaged in bringing out , Radical candidates for Congress, that it would he as well to drop the 'subject until a more appropriate sea.stin. "The party," it says, "has already suffered enough in the way of discussion ; and the time of these in tensely patriotic Congressional aspirants might he employed to good advantage in pour ing oil on the gaping wounds of local broils, b' ^akin peaCe to the many troubled publican household." The mbliean might be better a'p not well known ' that all of 'hat o f its friends ,will be nliw and the time for nom ination, to the support of one of the candi dates who is already, in the field. ON - Wednesday of last week, as the pro : peller Equator was, oa her way front Buffalo to Cleveland, and when about ,fifteen from Fort Stanley, and some four miles from shore, a large heel: Was gliseovered swimming in the lake. The Captain lowered a - boat and sent a crew in. pursuit. After dodging' around for about an hour, his antlered high ness was captured and taken on board the propeller, alive. But he was not contented in his new and unfamiliar quarters, and made it so lively for those on board that they were obliged to kill hint, as the Irishman says, "to save his lire." The buck had been probably closely pursued by hunters in Canada, and had taken to the.lake to escape his pursuers, 119 it is well known lid; animal will do. - TITE ladies of the Episcopal denomination are pfeparing to hold a festival in Fttrrar hall, on Wednesday, Thursday and Fridas evenings of next week, for the benefit of the new church estalpshed in the Southern por tion of the city, of which Rev. J. H. Black is pastor. The entertainments will he 'varied each evening, the ever popular pantomime of "Cinderilla," being given on Wednesday, in which Miss Dobbins, of Buffaloot general favorite here, will take the leading character. The Festivals given by the Episcopal ladies have always been of the mast attractive na ture, and the object on this occasion is one that cimmends itself to thexeneral favor of the public. A WASiIINOTON correspondent of the Ronester (N. Y.) Express says that Judge Williams or Senator'Lowry, of the Erie and Crawford District, will probably be the choice of the Pennsylvania Legislature, as the successor •of Buckalew, in the U. S. Sen ate.—,Republican. • Would it not be well for our Radical-co temporaries to wait a little while before fix ing up their slate for the succession to Mr. Beckalew ? Judging by present indications, the Democracy may have something to say on that subject. FIEtEIA DouotAss, the noted-colored ora tor, is to deliver the second lecture of the Young Men's Association course, in Farrar Hall, on Friday evening, the 22d inst.' His theme is " Self Made Men," a topicn itself no wise partizan, but which Mr. D. will hard ly fail to turn to the advantage of his politi cal creed. Tuz-Conneautville Crisis commences its career with a new idea—the publication of births. Its first issue contains four notices of these interesting occurrences. That sec tion has long been famous for its marrying' propensities, and it 1- would seem that-it is none. the less prolific in , those peculiar events which usually follow. ' THE Meadville Republican asserts that one-half of those who voted for Mr. Lowry in that county did so under protest, and only because they thought any Radical better than ft "Copperhead." The Copperheads can stand his election, !nit how will it be with the poor "bow-backs?" CIIBNOE In tlodltne tOle- of the Phila. & Erie R. R. will Like place on Monday, when trains will leave as follows: Warren Accommodation iit,non.,•Through Mail 10.2.1 a. nt., Express 4.25 P. m. THE south end of the Peach street sewer is finished, and the street is again open to the public. Clur cconitly friendg, coming into the city from the south, will find Peach street in excellent condition. Mn. C. Komi reminds the - public , that Christmasis•no4 fur distant, and that he has an elegant assortment of articles suitable for presMits. • Tips lie,sty. ( I P4Pn, hpfip *let inanyisp, lavers, are oat 10111 their holiday advertise: nient, to Which we direct the special attention of the web3 - abbrrtiomnitis. MARKS MEYER. CLOTHING ! t'LOTIIIING The in..4t elegant selection for 3ten's, floy.' awl t'hlldren's FALL & :WINTER WEAR ! AT TIIE NEW YORK CLOTHING HOUSE, No. 4 Noble Block 'Mc entnpletest stock of Coatings, Cassimeres, AT THE NEW YORK CLOTHING HOUSE. No. 4 Noble Mork C 14111112: Made to Order, In a style superior to any, heretofore mule In this vletnityott the NOY YORK CLOTHING HOUSE, No, 4 NOble Block Lines In Men's Furnishing, Goods, Prom pi Paper Collar to the finest Sitli Under. wear, at $lO per nett, at the NEW TORII CLOTHING HOUSE, No. 4 Noble Block. An Inspection of our reall}• hmmt Ifni Stock of Fall and Winter Goods ! IM res.l,ertfully MARKS et MEYER. P. S.—.V Wholcsnle Department is connected with thlx Troupe.. .oclo-31n.. Prepare in haste. Your bulb. and paste; Proclaim to all creation Those loon are wise Who fulvertise, In every generation. BRYAN & MeGITERIN 403 French Street. Frilly realize the truth of the above. when the object of the advertiser is not to mislead by Puff advert kements, but to fairly lay before the pub lic the advantages which he offers. ' By experi ence we find that purchasing for cash is an ADVANTAGE TO MERCHANTS AND CONSIM:aItS Having got In a large and well selected FALL STOCK, Purelinsisjel - for Cat►h And•havlng resolved to make nor business, nm much ns possible, n C. 10411 ONF., we are prepar ed to offer to Families, and All Purchasers for Cash, advantages rarely ()dved In our line. Births; who have not yet favored tut with 'a call, will, find this a reality by calling and examining for themselves. Choicest ECM °OFF FES, SPI('F:t PICKLES, PROVISIONS, RTC Daily KappHem of • FRESH COUNTRY PRODUCE BRYAN & McGIVERIN. _ SR; French St, Frie, OEM LADIES .AND GENTLKSF,N, CIIRISIMAS IS COMING! C. TIE 43 IE3 Is still making those e! ,tic Hair Chains, Hair Jewelry, filling Laiden' Nun and Lockets to or der only, and guarantees them to be made of the hair you send in. Our Watch Chains, mule live years ago,nre as good at ever. Wigs, Curls, Bands Switches (some one yard lons hair) made and on hand. Old Switches made over and hair added to It if wanted. Quill paid for raw hair nt my Hair Dressing Saloon, under Brown's Hotel. noi4-dw. Apislgnee In Bankruptcy. T N - THE TIIKTRICT COURT of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, In the matter of Homer T. ('lark, bankrupt. The. undersigned hereby gives notice of his at. paintment as assignee of Homer..l. Clark, oF Hl= rord tp„ Erie Co„ and State of Pennsylvania, within said district, who hag been adjudged a bankrupt upon_ his own petition, by the District t' in of said district, dated at Erie, Nov. 5, A. 17,;1867, HENRI M. RIBLET, Assignee ' No. tarn reachSt„ Erie, Fa, AlasigneC In Bankruptcy. N THE DISTRICT COURT of the United States I for the 'Western District of Penn'a. In the matter of the bankruptcy of Lyman Thomas. The undersigned hereby glees notice of his ap pointment ns assignee of 'Lyman Thonino, of Union Mills, Erie Co. and State of Denns,ylva: Ma, within said District, who has heart &Mugged a imnitrupt npon,litio..own petition by the Die• tract Court of said district dated at Erie,. Oct. LMI no7-3w•. If: L CHURCH, Assignee. TAU SIWUAN HALUS . HAIR 7 t 7"*l .ZWA T AWR • • PERSONS WHO ARE GRAY Can have their lutlr re,tored to Ita natural col, or, and If it has fallen out, create a new growth, by ita use. It Is the best IT AIR DRESSING In the world, making' lifeless, stiff, b,riethy hair heolthF, soft Wier. SI : lqr sate Liir druggtwts„ 'lt, P. IjALL do CO., Nashua, N. IL, Prnprletorw nor 67, STOVE WORKS! CLOTHING Tibbals. Shirk & Whitebeal if If•ESA 141; HOLLOW WARE ! FOUNDRY,. SALDIROOM AND OFFICE, To their New and Cpmmodlouwltnilding • Twelfth and Sassafras Sts„ ERIE et PITTFIRITRGIL (t.VMIVORKS Our inereaxed fuctllUes l rot. Manufacturing will . give ux to; large a variety of • Cooking and Heating As Is to - be found West of Albany - Coal Cooking Stoves, IRON GATE, IRON GATE SMOKE • BURNER, WHEAT SHEAF, NEW . ERA AND AMERICAN ROSE, Low Oven took;Stoves,'for Wood, GOLD STAR, NEA I V FOREST OAK AND ADVANCE, PRINCE & MINNESOTA ECLIPSE AND BLACK -SWAN BELLE,, FAME AN]) SIGNALS FRUITS, MEI Parlor and Office Healing Stoves. BELLE OF • TH E LAKE,, SIGNAL, 1 FAME, COTTAGE, CASKET, GLOBE We would remwetfully invite the attention of the public to an examination of ouT Assortment. or Stowe! Rettig assured that with our ottmorillnarc facilities for manufacturing, we can offer such inducements to the purchaser as will be entlie ly satisfactory. Oriental 'Heating stove LI Tile %mit in the World, for which we hove the VXCillfliNT tittle in the city, noreq, i I elp-itbbtriisentento. KjEtSTONE U,FIIVIOVF11). !Ilititilfi;w(nrcqi of STOVES Bil . i HAVE REMOVED THEIR CORNER O 1 Oppmtte COAL AND W 001) St'T`COVES! • I We.ManiiNfrietrtre for irr: IMI (both plain and extension top,) For Soft Coal, • • I ITIMMII IRON' KING AND' LEADER, For Hard Coal IMPROVED !FOREST OAR, • tplain and nztension'top,) MENTOR Eleysted OvenSteri.x, Parlor Cook Stores, Parlor Stoves for Wood, Coal, ARIZON:i,IDW,kRF, GEM. PEART!KEYSTON4 3 A 'S.3I,OIDER LAIME :AND VARIED We 41,41.4 hare the celebrated Bine Burning Great Reduction in Dry Goods I - NONELL, STEPHENS & ALL GOODS MARKED DOWN THIS DAY! Good Prints, Fos( Coltirit. 10 cents per yard. Hest Prints, Maas( Colors, 12 1.2 cents per yard, Brown Sheeting. Yard Wide.l2 1-2 centairei yard, ALL GOODS SOLD AT JOBBING PRICES. DRESS GOODS, ALPACAS, CLOTHS, .CASSpLERES, Thompson's Patent Glove - Fitting' Corsets, NO GORES—Cut and made nn nn entirely new' prinelple, which obviates the only objectioit hitherto made to sewed corsets, they are not only the most perfect fitting,' hut the most durably Corset ever produced. Duplex 'Elliptic. I3ooli ! ' Sold at Manufacturers' Pricks FULL ANT) COMPLETE! FALL AND WINTER GOODS ! Dress Goods, Dress Silks, Irish Poplins, FRENCH •I'OI'LINS, MERINOES, ALAPACAS, REPS, &C Also, a Great Variety of Cheap Dress Goods ! 111:4:1.4_AAL1i1 4 ;114 _&X_:\ 1-3';IYITr11:14, Good Print% for 12 1.2 Cis. per Yard--Can't he Beat in New York. BROWN & BLEACHED MUSLINS,; Of all Quail:it s'and Prices. Good goods :ts Low as Colts per Yard Blankets, all Qualities & Prices, White & Colors. RED, WHITE . & BLUE. ALSO,.SHEETEIG FLANNELS. Shawls, all Wool, Paisley, Broeha, &c., &e. NOT 13E TINE0EES01.1:10. Edson, Churchill & Co. sepX-tr. Washing:toil Library Co., PHILADELPHIA. Is chartered by the State of Pennkylvandn, anti - Organized !Wald of the Riverside .Institute, For educating gratultowily I.SOT,IDITIMS4' and t4AITAVItfeI• Incorporated ty the State of New Jersey, Subscription One' Dollar THE WASHINGTON LIBRARY COMPANY, By virtue of their Charter, and in neeordnuve • with its provisions, will distribute THUF.E HUNDRED THOUSAND. DOLLARS In Presents to the. Shareholder 4, on Wednesday, Jan'y S, 1868, AT PHILADELPHIA, • Dr at the • INSTITUTE. RIVEE,SrDE, N. ,J One Present worth $ 40,000 One Present worth 20,000 One Present worth 810 000. One Present worth $5.000. Two Presents worth $2 500 each. $5,000. One Present valued at $lB,OOO. 2 Presents at i 15,000 earl}, SWAP: 1 Present at S 10,000; I Presents at 55,000 each. "roan) ; 2 Pres ents at $4,000 each, 00,000; 3 Presents at '31,00 each, $3,000; 20 Presents nt $5llO earl}, SI0,0i); In Presents nt 8:00 each. 53,010; 3 Presents at *"...2111 STin; 20 Presents at eneli. F 1,500; 55 Presents at kfili eneh, 0II,a0a; 50 Present , nt 973 each, I-10 Presents at Slaa each, 11,000; 20 Preselits nt enefi. 51.500; 10 Presents nt $5O each, 0.00). The remaining Presents consist of articles of use and value, appertaining to the intrusion itt Literature and the Fine Arts, $82.000. $300,000. Each Certificate of iitoeli 16 accompanied with a . Beautiful Steel Plate Engraving, WORTH MORE AT META IE THANT THE COST IMO MRIt M! And also ematres to the holder PRESENT in the GRESTDISTRIBIITION Subscription One Dollar ! -Any person sending us one dollar, -or paying the same to any of.onr local agents, will receive Mimi. lately a fine Steel Plate Engraving, at ehole• from the following list, and one certifi cate f stork, instiring fine present in. the great ribution, - ONE DOLLAR ENGRAVINGS. No.l—"NlyCliil,l! Mind!" Nc 3—"Thc , y're ! They'roSaved!" No. 3-,"01,1 Seventy. Six: or, the Early Days of the Devolution," Any person paying two dollars will receive el tbfr of thf following tine Steel Plat,..,at choice, and two certificates a smelt, Dins lict'olnlng en titled to two presents, TWO DOLLAR, ENGRAVINGS —lvo. I-0 washington's Courtship." No. 2 ;`Washington's Last Interview with him Monk-- THREE DOLLAR ENGDA.VINGS Any person paying three dollars will reeelve the b. untl;ttt steel plate of "HOME FROM TETE WAR," Ind three certificates of stock, becoming enti tled to three presents. ' ,FOUR DOLLAR ENGRAVINGS. Any piiiskin Toying four clollnjm.shall' - receive the larggand-utlitil steel plate of " VIEVERILS OF Mt FOREFATIIETtS:' and four eertltlentel of stock entitang them to . four presents. • FIVE DOLLAR gN3GRAVING3 Any person paying five dollars:Shell recelyu the large and ii il it endlid steel plate of "THE 31, lASIE OF POCAHONTAS," And five certificates of Stock, entitling them to five presents. Theongenvinfis and certificates will be deliv ered to each subscriber nt our Loral Atraueles, or Rent by mall, {god paid, or express, as may be ordered, T, I-101[3. 4 47E.' Good Batting 15 cents per pound. A LARGE STOCK OF ITOSITCATY, NOTIONS. Sae. AGENTS FOR AGENTS FOR BEAM, :r CELEREATED Mouell. Stephenm S Wilde3', 6 Reed 1101114 e. nun ov 'ollsiulitig 01 uII C'olon. and Vl, of IN GREAT VARIET\ ORPHANS , APRIL 8, 1867 Now to obtain Shares and F,ngraTings. Send orders to us be mail. enclosing from $1 t,l ,il3). either by Post Office orders or in aregistere4 letter, at our risk. Larger amounts should b., sent by draft or express. , 10 shares with Engravings. 1 7 , shares with Engravings, .70 shares with Engravings, 75 shares with Engravings, 1M shares with Engravings. LOCAL AGENTS WANTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES; TILE RIVERSIDE INSTITUTE, Situate at Riverside, Burlington county. N,'; Jersey, is founded for the purl - am. , of avatutton,. 13 - educating the sor; of deceased Soldierc and Sailors of the United State,, The Board Of Trustees of the Instituteemtststs of the followirm well-known citizens of Penn. sylvania nin . l Ni:W Jersey: HON. D. MANN, District Attorney, HoN. LEWIti IL. 13nn0w.u.1., Ex-Clnef Coiner U. S. Mint, and Heronler of Ileed , , IION. JAMJ M. ScorEr,, New .Terhey. HON. W. W. WAICC, New Jersey. TIEN /CY GORMAN,1 4 :844., Agent Adamq.Expro,K, Plifind'a, • J. E. ron, of Joy, Coe& Co„1.1111na'n." TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, ( April IS, 19r.--Oilice Internal - Revenue ing received sat ihractory evidence that the pro ceeds of the enterprise, conducted by the Wash ington Library ton s ty - , bodes oted to charitable uses, pertnlssion Is hereby granted to conduct such enterprise exempt from all eliarg , ,, whether from special tax or other duty. • E. A. ROLLINS, Commissionet - The Association have appointed a., Iteeei‘ ets, Mes.srs. GEORGE A. COOKE ,S: Co., 33 South Thii,l street,Philadelphin, whose well known integri ty ail business experience will be a sufficient 1 , guarantee that the money intrusted to theta twit be promptly applied to the•purpose stated— PHILADFLPILIA, \lav sl, !MIT. To the Officers and Members of the Wash ingtott Library Co., N. S. READ, Secretary . Gentlemen—On receipt of your favor of the Vith had., notifying vs of our appointment al lteoeivers for your Company, we took the liber ty to submit a ropy of your Charter, with a pluck of your enterprise, to the highest legal author'. ty of the State. and having reecived his favor able opinion In regaisi to its legality , and scot. patbizing with the benevolent object of your Assoelat lon, viz: tho education and unlink, name- of the orphan -children of soldiers and. sailors at the Riverside Institute, see have con. eluded to. accept the trust, and to use our best elinsto to promote no worthy an object. Respectfully yours, • _ GF.O. A. COOKE "t CO, Address all letters anti orders to GEO. A. COOKE & CO., BANKERS, MSouth 3d St., Philadelphia, Pa. Receivers for the Washington Library Co. 313- 1 3 - , 5 , L1.4 , 1,11. 722 !State tit.. - Agents at Erie. aul-3m, CLIMAX 1 CI.II/ A X 1 . ! , Page's Clime..,: tialve, a Family" blessing,- fn' 25 cents. It heals wltbottt td- sear. ::0 family shout] be Wiiltout it. We warrant it to cure Serof,niii. Sores, S: %Putt), Chilblaius., Tetter, Pimples. :Aid all"Eruptio of the Sfiin. For Sore lireal..L Nipples, Cuts, Sti7