cm atantitocmcOrr.- tr)olvertlFeinent.q, to fl.egurc In9ertion; must in by 9 o'clock. oo Tbutsdns , morn .ltl a dVertlsoment,l, will be ciultinued; at ,etiQe of the advertlqer, unte•p; onferOd '11 • ti Moo, pr 'PO. I • GEO. A. 'IeLLEN , ' .„23 Attorney nt Cor., fltare , nnil 7th'Sts., Niele4 lirAgSrore, Erre; Pa. . ‘lnitEC9-I.f - ORPTiAN f°r elon,iay and Tue~dny ,' tUero teas e ; a h n u c t i , re-opened co , Linnue k. v ery nl.4it until further nalce. " The fe 4i f tiVing articles are to be voted for and he, g iven to there having the higlrea nuna t.Jr,of v otes: . A sPLENTIIIT SILVER TEA ,SERVICE, wet.Henn- Ttawiti" and P .l% g‘' p r t l .las .: onett, Com maiidi ng •. - • ' Michigan. nt Magnificent Silver Trunipet, k 1,31111;0 1 d, between the'Nalte !rose and McLane Fire Comp - ant - ea. • BEIUTIFU.L , DRUM MAJOR'S STAYF, -,eueen tile Fattier 31ailieiv.Vemperance,So ' eirty and Irish American Society. "i• • Code one—cotue all—Vote •" early and vote „ROL —lt makes no :natter whether' yon are tituralired or not. Woman:s litghp Mum rdit—t o r Ohio ea n vote. ihat iorget kiting the Art Gallery, on lite of fun, clog dancing; Singing; Sic. .vintisqlon to the Fair, flfteen tents., dt.e ' = New York, Aug. Pitftls67. Anew .; ine to call your attention 'to inv pIiF:PN It ATIO.N OF COMPOUND iENTRAter The component parts - ate tgisoCEBEBS, JUNIPER, lIERIDEs. WIDE PRF.PARATDIN.—Buchu. - M yacuo. j u mper Berries, by distillation, to form a line to Cubeia, extracted by displacement by hoot' obtained from Juniper Berrie, captain. l ,',,,ary little sugar, a tonal) proportion of spirit, and more -pitatablethan any now In use. The active properties are by this maile.extracted.• nacho as prepare(' by Druggists generally, is Jidda: color. It is a Want that emits its Ira „owe the action of a !lame destroys this Mg; Zen-E. prlnel oleo leaving a dad; and glutinoop decoction. Mine - is the color of Ingredients, The linclin 'in my preparation predominates •, !tie smallest quantity of the other ittgredient are added, to prevent fermentation; Upon in. ,pectift, it will be found not to he a Tincture ai mule in Pharmacop ea, Mir is It a Syrup—atoi therefore can he used in cases where fever Or tailwind ion ex is ts. I th is you have the know!. geof I be ingredients and mode of preparation. ti ping that you will favor it with a trial, and that mem Inspect ion It will meet split' your ap pro , d With a toellita of eontliletwe, I cwt, t t ry 11. lIELmpoLt). cho.st and inuFcbd 4,f 11, Year, Experi nce in Phi helei tibia, and now !ovate.] at hl , Pasta root Chemical ... \\,:arkil.puse, 591 Broadway, New York, From the largest Manufacturing Chemist in the World.l -lota acqtialtitc,l with Mr. IL T. lielmbold g he tie:Laded the Drug Store opposite my real denee, and was succissful ht coninicting the where others had not been equally so f..te ilia. I have been favorably Impressed se!, his character and enterprise. WILLIAM wEiGurmAs, Firm of Powers A: Weightinan,Mmitfactur Ina l'la„mists,Ninth and Brown Sts ,Phi''. ilri.mile.rdo• Leto Exrgaer Brent-, aor irraklit,s arising tram Indiscretion. The eX • txt.re 1 powers of Nature which are accomPa ,.ed by so many alarming - symptoms, among will be found, Indlsposi t ion to Exert ion, L,s,of Niemory, Wakefulness, Ilorrorof ese, or Foreboding , of Ertl, in met, Duiversal Lassitude, Prostration, and Inability to enter .nta the enjoyment, of society, The Constitution, once affected Vali Organic requires the aid of Medicine to strengthen and Invigorate the ai'stent, which Heimboirs Extract Buchn Invariably does. If no treatment is submitted to, Consumption or Insanity ensues. ffEL.II/101.D'S Ft.rinExrnacr, Brunr, in affee tionspecullar to Females, is unequaled by any other preparat ion; as in Chloros is; or Retention, Painfulness, orSupprossion of Customary Evac. uanons,Tlceratcd or Lchirrus State of 'terns, and all complaints incident to the sex, whether arising from habits of dissipation, imprudence in, or the decline or change in life. HF.MIIsoLD'S FLUID EXTRALT BUCIIr AND IX PROVED psis will radically exterminate from thesystem diseases arising front habits of disdpation, at little expoooe, little or no change In diet. nn enionce• or exposure; cora pleteiy idipercetllng those unpleasant and dangerous remedies, Copaiva and Mercury. ie. all these diseases. HELMBOLD'S FLUID ExTnAc - r Brent - in all diseases of these organs, w hether ex ist ing In ante or female, from whatever eari , e origina ting, and no matter of how long standing,. It i s in taste and odor, "immediate” In action, and more strengthening titan any of the preparations of Bark or Iron. Those suffering from broken-down oralelleate eenstautions, procure the remedy at owe. The reader must beaware that, however slight may be the attack of the above diseases, it is certain to affect the bodily health and mental posers. Alinf the above diseases require the aid of a Plaretlr. Helmbohis Extract Itychu is the great Diuretic. Sold by Druggists everywhere. Prise—s!.Z per bottle, or It bottles for $6.50. Delivered to any address. DeSCHlie symptoms In all coin municatlons. Address H. T. II ELMISOLD, Drug and Chemi cal Warehonse..2)i Broadway, N. Y. None are Oenntne unless done up In steel-en grayed wmpper,with the fete-si mile of my Chem :cal Warehouse, and signed dect3'iS-2m HELMBOLD. MARVIN4S PATBDIT Alum & Dry Plaster FIRE PROOF :SAFES, Are most desirable for quality, finish and price. MARVIN'S SPHERICAL BURGLAR :4,- . T. .- -o„. -. 4 ~...,...i _-,-..:: ... --.-. 4 S Aft s C:nnot: be Sledged! Cannot be Wedged! Cannot be Drilled! BANK VAULTS, VAULT DOORS, • EXPRESS BOXES, FAMILY PLATE SAFES, COMBINATION LOCKS pi, u , send t,t a tatalogue to MARVIN & CO., (oldvft -raft. mannfactarem.) Principal 205 Broadway, lii•w York. ( • liestnut St., I Lila. Os Bank St., Clevi•land.o And for sale by our agente in the principal cities throughout the 'United States. WARRANT IN BKUPTCY. ritz4 'N))O N IVE N OT IC E t R hat, .on the irdh day of Sok.; 41. D. 116%a warrant i ank rnptcyp wea Issued against the estate of tHatt I). Mot, cl_Corry; M. the county of, Ede, State Of Pennsylvania, with has beef) adusw. a hanksmt outits ownlyttitton; That the • - anent Of anreetita loot Cielivew of aay.prope Y belonging to 'l9OO, bankrupt, to hint aid Ibt,_itis use, and , the transfer-ofartY POWAILIff ouu are forbidden by law - .that a meeting of the creditors of the said banse n t. to prove their L debts and to choose one or " A ,,,,i g . n ,„„ o f 61s estate, will be held at the Conrcet Bankrupt ee to be holden at the office of the Be -mate? in t 6, city of Erie, in the contity of Erie atm slide of Penn's., before S. E. Woodrnff, Itegister, the 7th day of.ranuary. A. D. 1869, at 11 o'clock, THOMAS A. ROWLEY, U. S. Marshal, Sfessenger. By a. P. Davis. Dept. U.S. Barshal. •• 4 declo-llw NOTICE. sl s„,c 4 tEOULAR MEETING OF THE STOCK- I IOLDERS of the Erie County Agricultural !....oele • will be held at the office of the Society, In the ourt House, on the 2d Wednesday of limitary next, at 2 - o'clock, F. itl., at which meeting (Alters will be elected for the ensuing Year, and amendments will be offered to the following articles of the Constitution and liy- Laws, to wit: Numbers 3, 5 ,12. ia and 14 nt ilia Constitution, and land 4 of the By-Laws. .1. C. BURGESS, Secretary. div24-2vr • To the '.Ladles. T lIDIES who suffer from weakness across the back and of the limbe r with bearing-down a it Is with difficulty Mkt they can 'Laud or walk erect, can be relieved at once, attd radically cured by wearing the FRENCH S UPPORTER, a new and elegant device, never t?efore known or used In this country For For full a formation, call upon or address with stamp, E. J. FRASER,H. D 02111 JOB PREITLYO 'of every kind, to large or (mantillas, plain or colored, done In _wined style, &Jul at moderate pries., at the vaerrer ohm • - •-•x•-1 . . • Eh qt 49BSERVft F,V4g, e PEI;I;TA,"DEC43tI3EIt . 31,1868. • pmicatEiT.clitCtlATioN., .The Observer hairthe Large** elronlittlon of air •papiw fn N. W. Femur., Hither ' 4 Dully or Weekly. 'On Ml* point we Challenge contradletlon., , It* circuit*. Hon extents to all places of Importance In Erie, Crawford, Warren and Venan. Igo atlantic*. IMM=II ' . taitor Wanted: - ,• gentleman wlio has had' experience as co,lduc,tor'qf a !dog DeMocratie paper, and can good' recommendations in ,t - esitect to character and ability, can' secuie situation by. addressing L. M., care of the - editor of the Observer. : To Di , LiNquusTs.—We,.nititin send bills to a number of subscribers Ncho ;litive - given no response to our previous courteous re quests. Those of tltem Who fail, to pay, after suffleietit•time has elapsekwillimat•frorit us. in less delicate terms than , we have ad: dretNied Ahem hitherto.: • ATteithe hard lyprk we have done in .the Democratic nanse; it seems impossible that 'tiny, ni6Mbers' of our party eati•he Mean enough tti cheat us'out of out just deserts: but. if Such there be, we , in: tend to find them out at once.' - • . FfnE.--.=Tlic most d structivc fire qt the seasombroke out on 'Cli is thins Morning,in the upper story of a fra e building near:the 'depot, occupied above by Mrs. Hunt as .4 boatding house, and bel4w by A. W. Van Ta.sti to a billiard salonn. Thd wind was bloWing strMigly anethe weather was bitter cold, so , that it was impOssibleforthe firemen to work to advantage. ' The. entire row. of wooden. buildings on' the Eat side of Peach street to. the railrold. was burned, with one exceptiom.leaving an..u,gly gap whick,will doubtless be filled' with• substantial llick structures early in the spring. The Parties. whet lok by the fire .are Mrkfrtait, A. Mr: VanTaSsel;'..T. P. Althof, J ... . 01111 Fli9t,'l.,Eliot S; Co,:Jolin Abel, and .l'olin -Anthony; most o r wh o m i i n v:e insiiiape e thht icilicAer abut two-U*l6.lQ albeit lozs. : .. TIT.EY HAVE been iskting a fair at F.rie, for Vie.ostensible parpose of raising a fund for the erection of a Soldiyrs' and Sailors' coun ty munumfr-nt." We have not referred to it before, ill' the reason that we preferred not to. aid advertising what we knew to be an unnecessary scheme, that could only result in tie misapplication of funds sadly needed elsmliere for the alleviation of misery and want; and, furthermore, because we , regarded d as' the triekY effort of a special clique - 1A cheaply advertise itself in the patriotic line, at public exprnse.—Girard areiwpolier. We regret to nod our, ctiremparary ng such n sweeping charge against the mo ivei of the ladies who conceived and have thus far pressed forward so successfully the project of erecting a monument to perpetu ate the memories of our soldier and sailor dead: In regard to the movement itself, there may properly be differences of opinion, and very likely arc, but here, where the leading participants aro known, the purity and triotism of their purposes will be defended by all. They have made no attempt trk" ad- vertise" themselves, "at public expense," as our cotemporary suggests, but have labor ed - with a modesty, assiduity and tirelessness that entitles them to all praise Wo.are sat isfied that our friend of --- v` nm IS too fairly ,v,,pused to be Willing to - do injus tice to the ladies who have struggled so hard in a cause which they at least belieye to be a noble and deserving one, and hope to tee it withdraw the unjust aspersions on their mo tives which it has been led into making. OUR NElorrucTs of the Dispatch, to cover up their notorious blundering, have adopted the "stop thief" principle of picking out the little errors in the Observer, which they par ade.before their astonished readers with a grin of triumph most comical to witness. Two of these they had the, good fortune to "gobble up" in our lust edition, which were duly presented, with the sagacious comments ',peculiar to our cotemporary. kinoderate sample, to show what these comments are like, will do for the first installment. Says the Dispatch : "If he wishes to injure the favorable opin ion many have formed of the new German paper, he has taken a very good method to do so. lie states that the Dispatch office has issued a new German weekly, and that it is Republican in politics. Both are misstate ments, as the Dispatch Company have noth ing at all-to do with it ; and the publishers, Messril.'Bret*l 4.5:, Atkinson. defy Mr. W. to find a word about politics in it, or anything that says it will take either side in political questions." We were not aware before that it was such a damaging thing to say of a new pub lication that the Dispatch office issued it, or that it is Republican in politics, but as we have our neighbors'- word for it, of course there must be truth in the statement. The circumstances of the case naturally led to those conc i lusions, and if .we were wrong, parties concerned will please consider our meekest apologies tendered for innocently taking such !'s good method"."to injarethe favorable opinion many have formed of the new Ger Mari paper." It is too respectable looking a journal to,be loaded down at the start with such a terrible calamity as our neighbor represents, and we hasten to re tract the foul and Unwarranted assertion. ABOUT VELcterespEs.- , -.Tbe vel*pede, of which sq much is lately: slid in the papers, consists of two ordinary wheels one before the other, ,(the two wheeled ones are the best) connected by a steel or iron reach, bearing a saddle in whiCh the rider sits. It is driven by pedals attached.to the fore wheel +hid' keep the rider's legs pretty busy. On perfectly-.smooth track, such as a board 11 - nor, a new Nicolson or asphaltum pave ment, or hard earth road in the country, it , can be driven at the rate'of fifteen or twenty miles an hour, without very gretit effort; but on a rough road its propulsion is tearly im possible. A crank is attached to the front wheel, syhichisu.sed ter the double purpose of guiding the machine and supporting the rider. Considerable experience is required before it can be ridden to advantage, and it isn't best to get confident too soon of one's ability •to manage the concern, as we can testify fiont personal knowledge. Severs young men of ourzitv have clubbed together, and sent to New York for , one of the finest velocipedes there, audit is not unlikely that when the Nicolson pavement is finished on Peach street, it will soon become a favorite means of locomotion on that thoroughfare. WE WAVE examined a specimen of building material outdo over a year ago by thoproeess _employed by the Eric Building Block Co., and found it nearly as hard us granite. It is one Of the peculiarities of tit is material that it becomes harder the longer it is exposed, and if the tests continue as satisfactory as they have been to this tune, we see no reason to prevent it froni rapidly taking the place of the ordinaytelarbriek.v•Cest, to c its stabilit joy onostiandijapnvertittirittay,be seen Cn _abundaiite - fh 4 nrsorae Of the most eminent osechaitica in this country and Eu rope. The Erie Briilding Block Co. have ar ranged to enter upon its manufacture exten sively in the spring, and feral gue etrue tures.have already been contracted for, The affairs of the Company are in the hands• of the following hoard of officers, whose 'mines are an ample guarantee of the character of the eer/0 1 Pki '" t 4 e S. Hipler • ; -•• tors, Coc 40et'almovikti P. Senger, Jos, Eicbiniiiub, den ahein'ler, Jos. Serr, F. Schlandetkor, John Miehl, H. Sixth!, Geo. Behringer.. Tets.Onsr.dvin Jontudo Onion is turn ing out some of the neatest specimens of work ever done in the city.' Those who want any kind of Printin4. can have their orders Ailed promptly, and in a style that cannot be sur passed. Stealing ead .Bodine:tn Cleieland On • On'Sunday evehin,t the 201.11 hist:, the nit: lon of theEritS•streeteemetery, Vleyeland, _ discoveredlOnle ,Markcd, which fed him to.'belinve that, parties intended robbing theni for - uieln the dissecting room - Of the Medical College. Re coiqd. his.assistant, t and, proVidifigtheraselves with ma r kets, they resolved 'to wateh for the bbd - y -snatchers. A.little after two o'clock, .two young •men appeared, closely '''muffied,/ And ' stealthily Creepingmp to one of the graves, ccimmeneed digging into it., • The Watchers fired at them, ,when- they began miming away, but were * brought to a,halt under threats of death. For , , some reason, they' ,to go Near, and the phblie are ; lett' in the:ll - ark 8o to who' they are, though it islunderstoott that they behing,tolhe best families of sae city. The Cleveland 'Herald pUldisties the folioWaltx" traordinary statement: i ee Sir:be - Alio doings et the bodyniitchers et `the Eric street cemetery have recoliertan airing liy the 'city press, certain parties have been mov e d "to stake Partial. revelations of transactions Q•cre that .are, to say ~the least, b o r t -Hyi ng , It appears that ati- Organized s y s t em o f tody.stealing htia been going on for some nme„under the very eye of the sex ton, ani in some instanceS the perpetrators of br crime have been' in direct collusion win t -the eeinetery 'auftiorities. Grayea have bees" opened. and, the bodies removed,ind the Imoivledge of the fact which the se n po e ssed has • been', withheld ft.f rest ns ankh are knofrn, only tn him,self and the iespicable robbers:. No longer ago than ten clays the sexton, or one of his assistants, dis- I Tovered• that a - certain grave had been-dis turbed., and an, investigation, revealed that the body which it once contained had been remoyed. Inasmuch as the missing corpse was thht of one .who in life-moved in influ ential Society , and 'belonged to a respected family, there was a chance -for unpleasant revelations if t the theft should be discovered by others than the sexton, The Medical Colleges in. the city were' accordingly not'. Iled•to return the body, and on.tbat evening, at I uclock, one of the attaches of, the col lege which had Procured it. took the body in a buggy, and placing it in a 'Sitting posture on-the seat with him, drove to the cemetery and threw it over the fence, where it was*re ceived by one of the-assistant sextons, put.' in a wheelbarrow, wheeled to the grave from which it had been taken,'dumped into the hole, and buried, -.This is not the nest time that a similar thing has been done at this same cemetery, and, we- have no,doubt if the graves were , all to be examined in the Erie street cemetery, it Would be found that a very large per emitage of them containe d nothing, but, a collie,. The invalgations which the 'police are 'finking has as yet only reached a starting point, but • enough has beetrascettained to afford the belief ,that an organized system of robbery has been carried on there for several months past,' and per haps longer. That there is a Collusion be tween the cemetery authorities is proved by an occurrence which took place on Wedr nesdax. A search - warrant authorizingtthe searching of the rie Street College was, sworn out rif the Police Court, and DetectiVe Schmitt was lent to execute' it. But before this was' dyne, the authorities of the college had been - notified If the intention to search the place;•and on the arrival of the officer had got their things into ship-shape, and, of couise, - nothing suspicious was discovered. Why this was done remains at present a secret to those who did it, but it looks rather suspicious, and also points to collusion on the part of the sexton and his assistants with those whq are believed to be guilty of one or the gravest crimes known to the statute book. , ' ti - Obituary. ==f= Dr. Usher Parson, the venerable and emi nent physician, died to-day, aged 80 years. He was the last surviving commissioned officer of Commodore Perry's fieet.—Tets gram. • rl Thus another link is broken which bound us to the past. There are now but few survivors of the ever memorable 10th of September, 1813, and soon - they will all be "gathered to their fathers." Dr. Parson was held in. high esteem by our citizens, more particularly those of the olden class, and early residents'. Every tew years since those exciting times of the war of 1812, he has made - us n visit, when his old friends would vie with each other in pleasant greet ings and attentions. On taking leave at his last visit, he did so with much feeling, hav ing a sort of presentiment that it would close the scene; as 16 truth it has. He was a native of York county, Maine, entered the .13. S. service in 1812 as Sur geon's Mate, and was attached to the U. S. Sloop of War, John Adams, at New York, when the war broke out. Most of the offi cers and crew of that ship volunteered for tho Lakes, and joined Com. Perry, at Erie, in June, 1813. Dr. P. was attached to the Law- rence, and was most honorably mentioned to the Secretary of the Navy by Com. Perry, in hiS, official report of the battle. . On the 15th . of April, 1814, he, was commissioned Sur- Aeon. fie 4terwards served with Perry on board the Frigate Java on a cruise to the Mediterranean, in 1816, and subsequently with Corn. McDonough, in the Frigate Guer riere, on a similar cruise, when, by leave of the Government, he visited the hospitals and Medical Schools in England and France : obtaining much valuable information for the benefit of that branch of the service. Ile shortly after resigned. In civil life, be was distinguished for his ProfeasionUl skill and classical attainments, and held several high and important posi tions in our institutions of. learning. Dr. Parsons not only combined eminence as a protssional man, but all the virtues and graces of a Christian gentleman. Peace to his ashes. D. THE MERCIIANTS' EsP,ltEse CO.—The New York Sun, speaking of the consolidation of this corporation with the American, says "the idea of an Express company, 'to be owned entirely by the class which chiefly patronize such a corporation—the merchants —was conceived in some , one of the busy brains of Ross, or Beardsley, or Seward, of Auburn, N. Y., in 1865. The project was nois6d - abroad, subscriptions were obtained for the stock all over the country, and on the Ist of October, 1866, the company began the business of carrying. For some time it did well, and continued to extend its branches, until finally it made use of more lines of" railroad than any other company. But this was done at a great expense ; in tact, there does not seem to have ever been any approach to economy in the manage ment, and call after call was made on the owners of stock, until 35 per cent. of the sub scription was called in: The enterprise might possibly have succeeded had it not abandoned the original plan of being a com pany. independent of all others, and in the early part of this year; made an arrange ment with the American, Adams and others, to divide a certain portion 'of 'profits, the Merchants' Union receiving about 26 per cent. This was the fatal blunder which per hapi caused and certainly hastened Its down fall. From this point, in fact from an earlier period, the business - of Carrying was con ducted at a loss, and at last, on December 1, the Merchants' Union was consolidated with the Americamriuml its capital of $15,000,000 was taken Into the last named company. At one lime the stock of the aetlinct , corpora tion was at a premium, but bad management has brought it low." COMMESCIAL EDUCATION. - Every man should know how to do business, and how to keep an account of his business cor rectly, else there is no certainty of his suc cess. Ignorance le the cause - of, - nine-tenths alba failures. Let a young man be tho roughly educated for business; and he is al most sure to succeed. A scholarship in the Bryait & Stiatton Buffalo Business College can be had at a very reasonable price, and Till secure the most thorough and practical instruction by eiperientkd business men and _ . teachers. • . Taz United States District Court, Judge 3lCCandleas presiding, will meet in this city 912 Mondity . next,,Tanuars 4th. A large atten dance is' anticipsted,,inclading many of the most prominent citizens of the western part of the State. CIES LOCAL WEESITIES: . ' • • Carr. IV. 1 ) . matall at thvtteed Irou'Se, has some' chbice bnuads•of - ° . • . ThE. Bin° forms of Leases, ,S t creements, Deed's and Notes in the city tit theoElobservo °Mee: • DUNKIIIK has been visited by burglar!, who did not get enough to pay 9,torri for thet? trouble. • • TEE 'CAM() Sim has been rioltporled to the Bth of Jz!nuary, the anniversary of . .Tock- Oa'sylctory,'when it will come off wit/Ont Wnnj Goyim was here last , year h o said it was his last lecture season. • We notice :than he Is now making another farewell tt;de. at s2o,per night: • LEARN from thelihard.tosmopolite that the fist, joltrand Popular shovrinan, 14 Thayer, by the death of a maternal uncle - in Leeds, England, has come intd a, snug lift income, payable ih gold. • A . DECEA§ED millionaire iiett Western city has inscribed on his tombstone, always . paid cash." With the loose blisineM)ded that now .prevail, such an. epitaph 'is the *lost honorable that a, roan could claim. EyEuv , citizen before sending his money' abroad should b4'!'surc that he. cannot be ac commodated at home with the articles he may want: The only way''''to build. up a town is for its eitizens to help each other. Wrlm TUE present issue we bid faretrell la -several scares of dead-heads who leave re ceived the paper at our, eXpense• quite as long a we can afford it. :We are resolved to have none but prompt payin. Subscribers' The . . lost OF our cotemporarles in the sur- rounding counties announce, that no,papera will'bc issued this week, and our list of local exchanges promises to be reduced to a xnea,gre number for the time being. From time immemorial the printers have Leen al lowed a holiday. - week between Christmas and New Year's. . ennis'rst.,6 was observed iu our city in a very quiet manner. Aside Rol:1)4i, few church and Sabbath school exercises, there were no public demonstrations, and most of the day .fhe streets showed no more life than on Sun day. ,The trade in holiday goods, however, was quite equal to the previous year, and we presume there was quite as much etir joyment as. on sny previous Christmas. TAXE pleasure .in introducing to , the favor of our readers, Geo," A...Alfen, Esq., Attorney-at-Law, lately of Edinboro, who has opened an office over Nick's drug, store,' with the object of becoming a permanent' resident of the city. Be is a young gentle. man of more than usual ability, and comes to us with the best reputation for integrity and zeal in'his profession. We feel assured that those who secure his services will find him all that they desire in a legal adviser. THE ORPHANS' FAIR, in Farrar Hall, after a suspension of two days, in the commence ment of the week, owing to a prior 'engage ment of the hall by other parties, resumed on Wednesday, and will continue without interruption as long as the patronage contin ues encograging. The visitors tzt i lieF t ffi s Vy r to a goodly •number without any—and the noble purpose to which the proceeds arc to be applied renders the public in general dii posed to lend it a generous assistance. TWENTY-FIVE cents a week Hid by and de posited 'in a Sayings Bank, and continued for ten years, will produce in one year $13.18 ; in trio years $27.03 ; in three years $41.58; in four years $5G.81; in five. years $72.91. Laborers, mechanics, clerks and others who depend on salaries or day wages, try the plan of depositing one dollar per week for a year in some Savings Bank, and you will be sur prised at the result. It will encourage habits of economy that too many neglect, and lay the foundation of your future prosperity. SAXE'S HEAD was clear when he wrote "There's no friend in need like a dollar or two." There is so much selfishness in hu than nature that -human friends can seldom be relied upon. In time of prosperity a man never lacks for friendship, lnit let him get down to a low point of adversity, and the chances- are that his friends will disappear. But, the greenback friend that Saxe talks about can always be depended, on. Let a man have a little money at -Ins cenuriand, and he has a feeling of independence, even under the most discouraging circumstances. MERELY TO show what bad government will, bring a community to, we copy the fol lowing from the. Vicksburg Timei. Let the warning be heeded in every locality where the mania for improvement overbalances the dictates of sound judgment : • "City scrip has gone far below par, the Corporation is badly in debt, the gas is shut off kolyi every public lamp in the town, and a judgment against the city, which was com promised, provided a certain amount be paid' by a given time, will put every dollar's worth of public property under the hammer, unless h something is speedily done." Tau Westfield Enterprise says a little girl, about eight years old, living five or six miles south of North East, on Wednesday of last week, about four o'clock, started fiom school alone for.home in the midst of a snow storm, accompanied by strong wind. Since that hour nothing has been seen or heard of her, and the residents of the neighborhood have been diligently digging in snow banks and looking everywhere. The poor little girl doubtless became fatigued and benumbed with cold, sought shelter behind some tree or bUsh, and was buried beneath the snow. A GENTLEMAN of this city has devised a system for funding the public debt and secur ing its payment, which, with the limited in vestigation we have been enabled to give it, seems to possess some noticeable features. It provides for paving off fifty millions o f the debt per year, and authorizes persona holding bonds to exchange them for cur rency at any time, thus securing what seems to us an essential feature of all national finan cial operations—an elastic currency which can be increased or reduced, as the necessities of the people require. Circulars giving the leading: features of the proposed system have been enclosed to many ot the , noted men of 'the country, and it is probable that before long it will he a topic of general dis— cussion in financial circles. TUE BASEMENT walls of the Lake Shore Seminary, at North East are completed, and the brick and other material for the building I are on the gri'und ready for the commence. ment of operations early in the spring. The Star calls upon the people of North East to forward the enterprise by liberal contribu tions, and we heartily second its appeal. We know of no more desirable location for-a first-class institution of learning =than North East, and now that its citizens have made so much progress towards attaining one, it will not do to stop short of the desired end. The people of the city and other parts of the county have an interest in the matter scarce ly second to those of North East, and owe it to themselves to furnish the enterprise all the enconrageMent in their power. • , Tire Rxrumacsx rejoices that President Johnson baa issued his amnesty proclams , Lion, saying "no further need exists of laws distinguishing between any class of citizens at the South ; all are free all are fully pro:: tected by local law and:the strongarm of the general government, and so we can safely trust even Jefferson - Davis among his ohce deluded followers." In taking this* position, the Republican is sustained by- the New York Tribune, and all the abler and more independent organs of its party. It is only "the little creatures whom God for some in scrutable purpose" has taloned to become connected with the newspaper press, (=ord. ing to Greeley) who seek to advance parti zan ends by perpetuating the wrongs - and memories of the war. TUE ItaVntirrev of .thli watei.;:wortui-was & -mOttoli °lsit, Week, and .considerable pregress triad in filling the pipesaround r tfie chi.. On Sittulayan aecidtnthapPeped which. put am end to oierations tein i poraiilV e Owing, it Is thought, to the heavy 'pressure, fietn . the stand-pipe, a section of the main just at the edgo of the'lako 'bank Ithete the' 'iv r aterlworks burn , releasirfir, the watei in a Volutne'sik strong that as - it went, rushitig •doWn the everything was Exvept .beßn'ti? , It. 'Several partie.i'who weraexamtaing the' . works, inducting an ex-oublishetlff‘ the 9g-, server; found their legitimate'line of retreat staldenly cut off,„and were obliged te , exennte: a flank movement up the •:fg - b anic in manner nilrie • fierpic ;than .graeetul.. Inn broken pipe was nian'uniotured at Phtsbur4ll, 'anff•op examination, prove!, to. have ,heert, made of 'defeedie a - aerial. - Tig..lY.Punlican , asks."lfavc Wd• a Ghoit among ,us ?"• and: tells a iworalerful story ,that alinnit leads us,to belleFe , thal /ayr. We trust it will tarn 'out to be geopuine ‘ iigle, not4ind, like the one of o couple years ago—in Terries ,Had our .friend, the local' pro tem. of• - the Republican, been here it that time, ho would not risk tile dangerous experintent of getting up another ghost sen sation in Erie. We bare a dhitincCrecolle&- tion orseveral editots.keeping.a. sharp ltkills opt abound the corners for several days, in anticipation of a'yigit from the officers Orthe law. • . :11AV,E never' seen a i)erio'd" . since ~our residence in 'Erie, not even excepting ibe first yeati of the 'War, when mony's'eetnell as scarce as at thp present time. Men, wlio never complained before say they.fing. ftcult idpay;and celleeting is next to' inipot sible. Judging bithe tone of our exchanges, -this section iknot suffering alone from finan cial stringency; 'trade is ,dull`nearly every where,and all classes of people are - troubled with the "shorti." What lies at the bottOm of all•this, we 4 leave for better-philosophers than ourself to ex,ulain.. , TIIE Fredonia - Advertiser and Dunkirk _Union have been consolidated, under the 'title of Advertiser and Union, the proximity of the two towns rendering itlaelther •neces tiary nor profitable, to have two Democratic journars. ' The resitlt is a neat and' well edi ted paperoinine columns, bearing the indi cations of - long life and prosperity. Mr. Bentori, of the Advertiser, retains the edito rial manageinent, and tol those who-know his success in the Past, no assurance will be 'required for the future. • SATtinniv, Capt. ,Jonett, of the Michi gan; sent to Bishop 3lullen art order for fif teen tons of coal, for distribution, among the poor of the city. It' is •to be given out in half ton lots, and several applications have already been received. The, Captain, with becoming modesty, sought tp have the act kept quiet, but such things will leak out, and he is entitled to the credit generosity always secures. • Tue. Christmas, Festival of the four Sab bdh schools, numbering 475 Fholurs, under charge of St. Paul's (Episcopal) congregation, took, place on !Thursday afternoon in the spaCions edifice on Sixth street; anti is rep an Ynteresting 1713 — T. .17) 'se had its management are entitled tp much credit for the good taste and energylthey exhibited. TIIE Parepaitosa troupe, rho were adver tised to give a concert at Wafther's Hall, : on Christmas evening, had their aristocratic sensibilities angered by some petty cause, after their arrival here, and left without ful filling their engagement, to the disappoint ment of all who had secured tickets. Tlielr conduct will not add to the number of their friends in this vicinity. , A GOOD Way to spend New Year's Day— Pay up your old debts, and start the year with a clean balance sheet. Then resolve:to incur no expense without paying the cash down, and you will find yourself a great deal better off:at the close of 1809 than it is likely that you are under the system of credit pur sued in 1868. - -. Tim ;mon. important question which con cerns the people of Erie at present. is to know the reason Why the ordinances are not en forced requiring sidewalks to be cleaned after a fall of snow. For' the sake of person al safety rind public credit, we. demand - that the matter Shall bo neglected no longer. GtkvaT distress exists among the canal drivers and poor, persons temporarily stop ping in Buffalo. The police justice daily. commits numbers of them as vagrants to the work-house, at their own solicitation in most instances. Tim stockholdeis pf the Erie Co. Agricul tural Society will hold a meeting at the Court housb on the second Wednesday in January for the election of oficers. Amend bents to the ConStituilon and By-Laws will be offered.' CIURLES Sraw,:Esq., formerly connected, with the Buffalo press, has assumed the edi torial-chalr of the Girard Cosmopolite, suc ceeding 31al. T. G. Field, who has engaged in another calling. • / • • THE BAY is in good skating conditiiin,and is_ visited daily by hundreds of merry lads and lasses. A livelier or 'pleasanter Scene than it presents at times is not met with' anywhere:. forett 'Wonast - azi.—air. Wells, U. S. Rev enue Nmnissioner,says he has, been more struck in the course of his investigations into the condition of American industry by the rapid decline in .the quality of the skilled labor than by almost any other face; the cause being-partly the eagerness of the bet ter sort of young men to get into commerce, or some kind of etnploytnent in which the labor is clerical; or at all events is not In the strict sense of the term productive; and. probably to the growing disinclination of young men to submit to any course of train ing. Ad apprentice who has served out his full time in any handicraft, and has learned it thoroughly; is getting to be a rare bird. In some trades, ship-building fOr one, 'print ing for another, he is almost unknown.. Plenty of boys are apprentices in. all- trades, but hardly any remain apprenticed long enough,to learn their business. Either they tire of the restmlrdalid drddgerY which meet the novice at din entrance;of livery and go a-roving,the authority 'of the parents being now too weak to prevent them, or they find that they mitt readily getemployment as journeymen long before they have attained. real proficiency. The result -is, that, the workshops swarm with inefficient workm who only half know their business, end only one-third do it, to the great 'detriment of their own character, the great diminution of the national production, and to the despair of employees. The imperative need of, the times Is a system which shall require young men to serve an apprenticeship until ,they obtains thorOugh knowledge of the occupa tion they propose to follow, and make it an object for employers to glvdthem all the ad vantages their establishments afford. - NIARRISDi Lints—Cokonort.--20n the 24th inst.; by John ThoMpson, Jr., Esq., Mr. Clinton Ames, of' Union, Erie counroci Mrs. Bally Congdon, of Bloomfield, Crawford Co. Bnoons---BLawson;-?In Fredonia, xlv. Y., . Dec., 21st, at, the residence of the officio ink -elergymin - , , Rev. R. it .Roberta, Mr. • James Brooks, of Concord, Erie co., Pa., and Miss PAL Stawson, of Fredonia, New Hoomv—Lovum..--On Wednesday, Dec. 23d, 1888, by the Rev. A. S. Dobbs, Mr. John' J. Hogan, to Miss Minnie S. Lovell, all of this city, - DIED. • LEL.e4D.—On Dec. 24,Inant son orD. and M.E. Leland, aged two weeks and six. daYa• • - ' • • . Laws; and-Geats',FdraveiTehesp. Hats, daps and Furnlidank, goodis. alta übidn'bi the best manner by Jones & Lytle.'oc2o-tf _;._. ..., . 7 p • t , ' EtiClbjecet rricee. ' -'," 1: '- . filit7ll33 AND VEGETABLES. , llging. \, Selling Tithed Apple*, lit 1nifi11e1..;...,' 2 • '2 73 Green " -" . .", ' ' 1,00 '1 23 Potatoem,. ".- -4 . , .......; - ‘,55 ~ • . 75 ' Bette, - _" " 50 • 76 jlaspberriel„. V113.:.....i. " ........ ''' 30' •, .45. Blackberide4,l4 1b....2.•«)... ) ... • 13. .: 18403 Cnbbag9ichead, 8 SPIIOVISIONS. ~4 Thit-ke7,0.—.J.:.. - ...7.......-...... 30 • ,40 Cheee, 11 lb 4.... 18' " ; 22 I3-ty Oriental rea o_,*oinpaniYo Double Tatum' TEAS. AND COFFEE BY TILE SINGLE POUND, AT CARGO PRICES. A Saving of One-Half to One-Third The Great Tea Company. of Boston, Which is the Largest in the World. Would Melpectrully Inform the zens of Erie and surrounding country, that they have leased the Store, No. 5 NOBLE BLOCK, ERIE, PA., . -• And have lilted 'lt up in Oriental style and are now prepared to tarnish every one with prime Teas and Coffees, at Cargo Prices. Our store in Erie will be known as the WESTERN ORIENTAL TEA COMPANY ! It is generally understood that Tea is retailed for a larger advance on Its original cost than any other article in the long list of household stores . , which may be partially accounted for by recollecting THE GREAT NUMBER. AND IMMENSE AMOUNT 01 PROFITS a:U(2h accumu late on it between the cultivation La Chia find Japan, and the consumers here ' including the American Commtssion House there; the Imptrter, the' Banker who fmnishes the exchan e ; the middle men or speculators: the wholesale grocer, and the mintier. Each of these make land many of them enormous profits, from which it is evident that the consumer is coin polledatge, to pay many times the original cost...for a pure article, or forted to use an adulterated or Inferior one. It is with a view to remedy this evil that our gigantic enterprise was formed over a yam ago which has been a perfect success, and we have ventured to open a Stom in Erie, so that cre may bolter accommodate our customers west of New Yost State. , And in the following lists which we have selected with great care, will be found TEAS which will suit Everybody's 'T'aste and Everybody's Var;se. • • Experience shows that the best are tar the cheapest on account of their great ktrength and flavor. The duty on a pound or good tea le no more than on an Inferior one. In •ordering our customers will please note the annexed SCA.I.E OF PRICES. —Finest Flavor, full strength, very highly - Fair. &the. recommended. 91.40 unenderecommended.Bl. Goou to - Choice Quality 4 1.00 1 N. Hystos, (Green.) Finest Flavor, very highly recommended... 1.10 1 Japan, uncolored. Oolong, (Block.) Fair Good Choice quality Finest Flavor, full strength, very highly recommended English Breakfast, (Black.) • Fair Good Choice Finest Flavor, full strength, very highly recommended 14411543 lirapn, (Green.) Fair ' Good Choke gluditY Our Coffee, Department. This Ls an immense institution of itself, and is undoubtedly the largest in the country. WM a fact generally understood th.at a.larke proportion of the Coffee imported is picked green and the post opened by artificial heat This never so good as that which ripens naturally. The coffeerbny y..s of this Tea Company titoronghly understand thls, and examine nearly every cargo of co ff ee imported to the United states, and select only' the full grown. field-ripened, for them. An the Coffee sold by this Company is ROASTED AND GROOND DAILY, by themselves. Insu ring Its absolute purity and freshness, which they guarantee, The Company are roasting ail their coffee on anew principle, which renders them particularly pure, all acidity being removed by their process of cooking, enabling persons now to take coffee who have been oWiged dia• continue its use. , The Company are doing an louricase business In their Coffee - Dep a rtment , and selling more PURE COFI. EES than any other house in the country. To p assist customers In making up their orders, the following Descriptive List Is offered by the Comany with opene d e pride. coonmbras eing the largest and most carefully selecusl assortment of Coffees ever In this ry. ' LIST OF COFFEES AND SCALE OF PRICES. Break:Pet Coffee Itooste4 nod Gronud Mixed. Dinner Coffee Raw lioanted Ground Pare Plantation Coffee ..... Roasted Me (Ground Pure MALEBERRY. Ground pure Pure This Is the tree Male Berry HANDPICKED OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA. COFFEE, Warranted the richest flavored, strongest and best Coflbe bathe world, of which we have the only lot In the United States. Raw, fd P E4C - X. A I. N As e Matter of conveniezies to =distance cuatortters we are Arranging wfth ignitable person* in al it Mo of thecotilitry West of New York State, to act as height ts and distribrfte our goods in the locality, at oar witrshouse pritieft=by sating the freight from Boston. - We would like to correspond with any gentleman a g ents. who would like to act as our agents in getting up clubs. A fair commission allowed Diroct all orders and communications to & CQMPANY, ' 10S cents. 1214 • 12g. " i /5 " The very best Prints made for only 1314 Ct ~ Cases heavy Gin has, only 112 1 7 " Heavy, Cotton Flannels .2d x " Five eases Cotton and Wool Flannels, half price. 23 . Heavy 3 wide Shaker Flannel 35 PWALith runs; Flannels. -25 All-Wool Grey Flannels.. 25 " MB DRESS GOODS! coLon ED ALPACCAq, 374 eta, 45 eta, 50 eta, and 02}6 eta Three Hundred pieces English Merinos, eight yards for only MM. Fifty pieces Cashmere PIM,Is for 30 coats. Thirty pieces heavy Mohair Plaids, 30 cent' Fifty pieces Empress Cloths, 73 cts, 87% eta, and 81.00 Nos. e and 7 NOBLE 13LOCE, ERIE. Fair.. Good $l.OO ! Choice quality. 1.10 Finest F lavor, full strength, very highly 1.25 ! recommended 1.50 OunDoWder, (Green.) 1 ' 35 : Fair. i Good ‘.. ... lye. Choice Quality ...81.00 i Finest Flavor, full strength, very highly ... 1.10 I recommended. ... 1.65 1.2 A I Nixed, (Green or Japan and Black.) ~. Fair 80e. i Good 90c. ...41.00 , Choice Quality.— ' —.51.00 ... I.lo' Finest Flavor, full strength, very highly .... 1.25 1 recommended 1.10 Ra Roas is• ted . Ground Puro _goo 1 Raw Roasted Ground Pure. .Go I Roasted M i tttrW ORIENTAL TEA COMPANY, *r., Pa., Erie, PRICES ! Oriental Java. Old Government Java. Best Old Nocha. ...........„..eoo ISM .60e B w~ ~ - 81.10 1.25 ..... 1.40 51.25 1.40 1.50 —.5i110 ..._tao