fuse islitial Pi.
AIMMAL 02 TIM AILAILTA AT EALIIPAZ.
Om 'noir Wow fruit itaropc
Ibaisfax, February 4.
Tim Lod Mall steamship Arabia, Capt. Jill-
Ms, fins Liverpool at, noon on -Satnrey, the .
!Lt ei January, arrived hers at 121 o'clock this
elbsridtm, bringing seventy-nine through paasen
rm
Tits Timms WAIL—We have further se
estate c the battle of Tshetal, confirming the
Takla ratelseses. It appears that the Russians
were eosaratreting a force at Tshetal in order to
attnek &Wet on the 13th, but on the 6th 15,-
000 Turks marched out of Kalefatc attacked a a r
etenaed Tshetal, had a conflict with the Rossi s
in the field on the 7th, and renewed the bat le
on the Bth, ending in the evening with the total
discomfiture of the RUMillaiwho confess to 4,-
000 killed, and Ili& generals, Aurep and pik
e/at/ itosaded.
On the 9th the Turks, having remained dyer
sight on the field . beyond Tshetal, attacked the
reserve of the Russians, and drove them back
spa Krajova ) with the loss of cannon and hi:l
-mam slaughter on both sides. On the 10th
this Turks, Laving razed the Russian fortifications,
mimed to Balefs.t. The Turks were comniand
sd in this action by' Pasha, Zodlinaky, and
liar* Pasha—one of whom, probably Mehm
ed, is reported killed. The above vietoriee_were
eficially announced to the Preach and British
Timbassies.
There is very little news from Asia. Letters
from Trebisonde of the 6th December say that
Shanty/ had organised a Polish rifle regiment,
1,200 "rig. He has plenty of provisions and
and is organizing an army in Dag
-1 The Abassians are in alliance with
Ida.
The Rungarials and Poles who had been wait-
Ealkst Coastaetioople for employment were shirr
= .ere 2d of January for the Army in Asia.
declined an Asian command, but offers
to serve in Europe. -.-
On the 25th January the whole of the allied
_La were in the Black Sea.
Two ships had been ant with the follpwing
to the Rusin Goveriment at Sebastopol,. con
fononly with the orders 'of the British and
Preach Governments: ' . - •
"The British squadron, in- concert with that of
Prance, is on the point of appearing in the Black
lea. The object of this movement is to protect
the Ottoman territory from aggression or hostile,-
seta We apprise you thereof, with a view to
prevent all collision tending to disturb the arui
selli relations existing between our Govern
ante, which we are desirous of - preserving, and
whin, no doubt, you are equally anxious to
asintaitt. To this end we Should feel happy to
lean that you, animated by these intentions, had
deemed it expedient to give the requisite instruc
tions to the admiral commanding the Russian
*nen in the Black Ses.;lso as to obviate any oc
current aleulated to endanger peace
"REDCLIFFT,
' . "BAZAOCAT D'HILLIZILS."
It wee fret intended to send a portion of the
Beet only into the Black Sea, but a rumor was
. anent that the whole of the Russian fleet had
• sailed from Sehastopol, consequently the whole"
of the allied fleet entered. It was further ra
gweed that Russian ships of war wens off Rm.
i rum, probably expecting to intercept the Turk-
igth convoy, (which was under the protection of
the allies,) carrying 15,000' men for Asi tl ti.
Merchantmen at 'Constantinople on the 9 re•
port not hexing seen the fleets; they are oon.se.
Tandy supposed to have sailed toward Batun
where it is surmised the Russians have alit;
gone.
- Anna Sebastopol and the coaskof Crimes
the Russians are erecting batteries, and have ex
tinguished all the light houses. '
On the 31st of December the'Potte made the
following modifications to the note of the Four
Powers. Tuet--Instead. of the evacuatiot of the
Principalities as soon as possible, say within fif
ties to twenty days after the acceptance by Rua.
, • - e•' 1 :Line lorate its
••
•
adatiaistrative system alone and spontaneously..
O• the receipt of this at Vienna the English,
trwark, ♦aetrian and Prussian representatives
met and drew up a pro wool, stating that the
pone's taw were:good sod satisfactory. They
were immediately sent off by courier to St. Pe
tersburg, where they would =lye "bout' the
The Porte's demand is, that the note shall be
delinitely accepted or rejected within forty days
from iest. 2, and the Principalities evacuated
within from twenty to thirty days from the date
of the Czar's letter of acceptance. This demind
ii on the way to St. Petersburg.
On .the 12th of January, the British. and
?Mich Ministers at St. Petersburg also comma
eicited to the Russian Minister of Foreign At the entry of the allied fleet into the Black
see; The Czar's reply was not kuown when the
Arabia sailed, and all Eur Ope wax anxiously
waiting it, MI indications had already transpired
that he would at once withdraw his Einbassadots
inns France and England and formally (leapt.
war. Nothing else is looked for. .
Tau VIIRY LATesx.-t-The signalpf Admiral
Nudes on entering the Black Sea was: "Our du
ty is to protect the Ottoman Marine andlertitory
from ihremiona in the Euxine."
A mar was circulated on the Paris Bourse,
that the lest had returned to the Bosphorus
from atrasi:of.weatiter. but it previd to be tin
true. 41)
GIJAT BRlTAlN. — Parliamentary prepara
. ikons are beginning. Lord Aberdeen was to
read the (Nevi's speech to a private meeting of
Government supporters on the 30th January,
the speech being previously revised by the Privy
Council. Lord John Russel': has :ient.e. circa.
lag to members of Commons, requesting a fiftll
attendance at the opening of the tfoust.
England is actively recruiting herrn volun
teer artillery and coast defense guard. 'Ten
thousand men 'are wanted. Exertions are also
making to man the navy, and more ships are lit.
intuit., but appar , Ltly to i4d forces.
- ]utter.—The Bank of France hal raised the
rate of discount to five per cent. It was mid the
bunk would loan the tiovertunent from two to
three hundred millions of francs an treasury
beads.
Another important rumor prevailed, that ar
momenta were making to effect a fusion of the
of France with the Credit Mobilier, and by
a bold anpansion of currency to prevent the
ne
eseeity of a loan. Tax Iteeeiver4generally would
• lift bi suppressed, and the whole revenue be
Smisivad by the agents of the Bank. It connec
tion with this, it is said, M. Fould would retire
sa d be esemeiled by M. Persigny. The above is
believed to be authentic.
The Afouiteur publishes a decree extending the
free admission of breadstuff, between France and
Barito the 31st July.
ffteDUS from indirect taxes last year
shows an Mamie of four millions over the pre
of Orleans, on the 10th Deceit
seira=sesThe
llst dishe d a letter to the Duke d'Nemours,
one* 'vely to join the recent fusion of
the family, and holding firmly to her
set's tit to the French throne.
Kr. Mame, the American blinister, had arriv
ed at Paris, but bad not yet been received by the
li r r gressest activity prevails is the French
yards. The operatives are ordered to work
an and emery ship is to be hued for sea
lauestrately. A, levy had also been made of all
the swam between twenty and forty years old,
sad all the Newfoundland fishermen are drafted
into datum. Stores for forty thousand moldier,
see may for shipment at Toulon.
MilllW--Trance is understood to regard it
as Mika that Austria shall prelim the MAW
asultinty in the sweat of war, and .that Paw
tbss usstraliq.
Oftit
ttkil ebsattr.\'
IRIS, PA
SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 11, 1854
Do not Fail to load this Special Notioa
In three mouths the present volume of the Ma Obeervic
wilt olook and as there is a large amount due upon oar
Books, we deem it a proper time to oil the attention of those
who are so indmited to the necessity of a settlement. To
•large number of ikisede eke have promptly p&4 daring
the poet nine monttui we are mainly indebted fur being
able to melt thus far the Liabilities we entered Into in order
to enlarge our paper last taping; bat as we maid before,
atre are many wAo mete.. To those we especially ad.
divas ourselves, said earuestly urge them to call and settle.,
We are now posting our Books to the end of the present
,tams, and will endeavor ere It is oat to send to, or dull)
upon each of dote Indebted with a bill for the amountdmi
us. To all who will save us the trouble and expense of
eating personally, or by agent, we shall charge at the rate
of 01 50 per year; otherwise it will be $O. We wide this
explicit dedication that no one eon have jut moue to
grumble should $0 per year be charged.
Elnainuy and Erie Bslfroat
We publish, as a part of the history of this
great enterprise, the very able and • ii.
dress of Hon. J.upts COOPER, President of the
Sunbury and Erie road, to the citizens of Phila
delphia. ,The renney/scution, in noticing this
document, says: "it shows that New York owes
htr. superiority over Philadelphis, both in popu
lation and trade, to the monopoly she haaaoquir
ed, by means' of her gigantic railroads and canals,
of the immense trade of the fruitful Vest; and
he pertinently inquires, 'Why should not s great
thoroughfare of commerce, such u the Sunbury
and Erie Railroad, do for Philadelphia what
like work has done for New York?' We verily
believe that.the opening of this channel (the Sun
bury and Erie Railroad) will give an impetu to
the ssade of Philadelphia, which. will cause . her
to regain, in a shorten period that has elapsed
since she lost, her position es' the first city in
America. We are glad to find Mr. Cooper tak
ing hold of his new duties with so much energy,
and we trust he will be supported by the whole
strength of our people. We have the fullest
confidence in his capability to successfully ad
minister the affairs of the Company, and the
strongest faith in: the rectitude of his intentions
towards all interested, either directly or inaireet
ly. All attempts to embarrass the tiforts of Mr.
Cooper and his coadjutors to push this great work
forward to speek . completion, by bringing pert.
sonal grievances to bear against them, ought to
be indignantly frowned down by this whole com
munity, as an attempt to retard the growth and
cripple the prosperity of Philadelphia."
sor The "war" being over, and our. "inaig
nificant hamlet," as the N ! Y. Tines calls our
city, having whipped "all the world and the rut
of mankind," particularly Alfred Kelley and
the New York Central Railroad, we hope to de
vote oar paper more to general news gum we
have been able to do for the past three months.
We have had a stormy time, truly; but we have
got our opponents - upon their knees, and putting
our faith in the Supreme Court, the Governor
and the • Legislature, Se can look with a good
deal of confidence to as ultimate triumph in ev
-4 particular.
• ,••
. mar We are pleased to record the app;iintnient
of MURRAY Witaucia, Esq., of this city, as . As
sistant Superintendent of a,. Western road.—
With such a head as Col. PAOLKIL, and such an
assistant and co-worker as Mr. W., we have no
wuutnXINCP! znc partite id electively as she
d`id wa
der the management of Kelly, Stone & Co. .
Mr The Pennsylvania Patriot is to, be the
title of a new journal about to be established
at Harrisburg, by Andrew Hopkins, Esq., for=
merly of the Washington Examiner, but' more
recently of the Pittsburgh Union. The first
number is to be issued on the 22d inst., and we
hope tc sees journal worthy of the seat of gov-,
erament, and of the Democratic party.
The Plot tuttookee
,Two weeks since, in noticing one or two points
in the "unwritten history" of our railroad diffi
culties, we briefly alluded to a plot we had reason
to believe existed on the part of the railroad mo
nopolies to form a combination of interests and
enter into' a grand banking scheme, the securities
~ f which were to be the stocks of their several
mprovements - The existence of inch a scheme
might haie been doubted by some perhaps, but
that it actually existed we are as certain as of
anything of which we are not actually a partici
pant.. The Philadelphia North American ii al.
so of the same opinion. In an article under the
head of the "Plot Unmasked," the Editor says:
"'We have said that the New Yorkers, in ask
ing _permission to extend their road to Erie,
sought the privilege merely as a stepping stone
to more important advantages. We go further,
and say, that it was but a part of a grand plot,
which, hadsii not been frustrated at Erie, would,
in hs ultimate development, have given just oc
casion for alarm and resentment throughout the
country. The programme of operations, as com
municated to us from an entirely reliable and re
sponsible source—a person to wliwn it was con
ies* by a New Yorker, was as foilowr.
It was arranged that as soon - as the through
track of four feet ten inches, crossing Erie coun
ty,, was sturcessfully laid down, the whole twins
of railroads reaching from Buffalo to Cincinnati,
should be consolidated, and a mail contract for a
fast line entered into with the government for a
term of years, by which mans the chinas of
Pennsylvania for the trade of the Lakes were to
be absolutely and utterly cut off. It bad also
been concerted that the Western, the Hudson riv
er, and the Albany and Buffalo railroads shoed
be consolidated with the roads leading from
Cleveland to St. Louis, and with this coalition
=I, a bill was to be pasted through the
of New York amending the free bank
ing law of that State, so as to make the stock
and bonds of the above named railroads the bank
ing basis. Buffalo was to have been the mat of
the'great banking house of the companies, whose
means and energies were to be concentrated, with
the aid of the State, in the event of the
of Sensor Seward'. bill, for the purpose of bi lm ni l
ing the Pacific railroad."
le. NOT AT ALL COMPLIMINTART.--Gefo
ral Houston, in his beam at Providence on
Tuesday evening, said—" From early boyhood I
have lived on the borders of civilisation, and
have seen much of lodise life and character,
and I never knew an Indian treaty violated lest
what, when sifted to its bottom, it was found
that the first violators was the white suea."—
This is not over ocimplimentary "to the homely
of the boasting. AngWilazon nice.
air Our friend, Cowut, Lab late of the
Cossnaniat, of this city, bee hexane one of the
Editors and repneten of the Rep% Nate, is
Seale; seeennetisa,./ea at add, fe: Am how
arab in aver 7 pectiesbr that; *ease Warned
in Brio, ad we hopes sosi4•l pea**.
dmi 111,11,
The most haportaat meemue of the session is
thskintrodueed by Senator DOMAN, of Illinois,
for the origami:sties of the Territories of Nebras
ka and Kansas. This bill answers, in effect, the
query at the head of our article. - It rays, in so
many words, that the people are capable of self
govevemment—that they shall rule; that in all
things relative to the future of these territories,
those who settle them—the hardy pioneers from
the States, both North and South--shall have the
same right to determine upon the form of gov-i
mama they shall establish when they . seek ad-,
mission as States as their forefathers before them
in the other States of the Union. In a word, the
bill for the establishment of these territories is
based upon the principles laid down by Gen. Coa l
in his Nicholson letter, and subsequently estab
lished as the future policy of the country by the
compromise of 1850! But, say those who op
pose Mr. Douglas' bill, the proposed territories
.are NOrth of the 86th paragel, hence by the pro.
visions of the Missouri compromise slavery or
involuntary servitude is prohibited in dose tern-
Caries. Now, while we are as much opposed to
slavery as any one, and were we a eitisen of either
of the proposed territories, would oppose its in
troduction is an established institution, we must
be allowed to say that we deem it a vital and es
sential principle of our form of government that
the people gall ride; that Congress shall not in
terpose any restrictions to prevent the people of
a territory from establishing just such a form of
government as they please, not inoospetible with
the Constitution of the Union. Slavery is a lo
cal, not a national institution, and hence should
be left, as we do all such questions of local le
gislation, oi the . disposition of the population of
the State or Territory wbidh is particularly inter
ested is its existence or 'imbibition. This rule,
belied upon an affirmative salwer to our query
above, is the only one consistent without national
safety under our vast sad varied congesting inter
ests. This is what we call "freedom of opinion,"
"freedom of thought," "free soil," sod "free
speech," for it in effect gives to the people for
ming a State the privilege of aping their form
of government to nit themselves. There should
not he, sad the bill of Senator Douglas says there
shall not be, any restrictions upon them, except
such" as are imposed by the Coastitution of their
counts).
We are well aware that this doctrine is unpal
atable to the free 'oilers of the country: They
"claim to be sticklers Tor the largest liberty, yet
are unwilling to allow the people of a territory CO
enjoy it. They claim to adhere to the doctrine
'that the people are capable of self-government,
yet dolomites the practical application of the prin
ciple in the case of the people of the territories of
Nebraska and Kansas. But this antagonism be
tween precept and practice is nothing new. It
has been their policy from the beginning, and we
1 rappoee will be unto the end: As an instance,
Senator Douglas says, the first time that the
principles.of the Missouri_ Compromise were'ever
abandoned, the first time they were ever rejected
by Congress, was the defeat of a provision he in
troduced in; the Senate to extend tkeillissouri
Compromise indefinitely westward to the Pacific.
By whom was that defeat effected? By northern
. votes with free-soil proclivities. It was the de
feat of that Missouri .Compromilte that reopened
the slavery-agitation with all ite fury. It was
the defeat of that Missouri Conapromire that ere
aud the tremendous struggle of 1850. It was
the defeat of that Missouri Compromise that ere.
ttt fB5O. elfair we been faithful to the principles
of the Missouri Compromise is 1848, this
tioll would not have stun. Who was it that
I was faithless! We undertake to my it was the
I very men who now hoist that the 3filmouri Cow
promise was a solemn compact, and should never
be violated or departed from. Every man who
is now mailing the principle of the bill tinder
oonsidsrition, so far as we are advised, was oppos
ed to the Essouri COmpromise in 1848. The 1
very men who now arraign Senator Douglas for
i a departure from the Missouri Compromise are
the .men who successfully violated it, repudiated
it, and mused it to be superseded by the compro.
mist, measures of 1850 It is with rather bad
grate that the men who proved false themselves
should charge upon others who were ever faith
.fnl the responsibilities and consequences of their
own treachery.
The Compromise of 1850, remarks Mr. D. es
tablished the principle of Congressional non-inter
yention, and set aside the goegraphical line as no
longer practicable. By the act of 1850, fixing
the boundaries of Teias, a portion of that State
/yirtg worth of 36 ° 30' was taken off—a portion
nearly as large as New York and Pennsylvania,
and which portion was included in the bounds of
New Mexico; by the act creating the territory of
New Mexico, it was expressly declared, that she
might be admitted.* a State, with or without sla
very, just cut her people should tietertnine. Hence,
the epeitirer argued, the Missouri CoMpromise
was annulled, by the act establishiiig New Mex
ico as a territory—which territory was devoted
to Slavery, if the people therein should so deter
mine. If the Nebraska bill repealed the Missou
ri Compromise, why did not the New Mexico bill
of 1850? The senator insisted that the Compro
mise of 1850 was not intended to be, nor was it,-
confined to the territory acquired from Mexico;
for by the Nee- Mexico bill, that bill actually co
vered territory purchased of Texas, lying north
36 ° SO'. New Mexico was made up of a por
tion of the old territory. of Louisiana and the
portion taken from Texas as beforesaid.
Utah, when organised as a territory in 1850,
was left to tolerate or exclude Slavery within her
as her people might see it; and yet
Utah was formed out of territory-acquired from
Texas and from the former Louisiana territory.
If the Compromise of 1850 was not a repeal of
the one of 1820, and also a final settlement that
territorks hereafter formed should be admitted
without the Slavery test, why then it amounted
to nothing; as Slavery agitation would arias ev
ery time a territory was organised, and nothing
was definitely settled.
The Senator also argued, that the ordinnace of
1787, never had a practical existme---the ordi.
uses was pained, but never enforeed--as illus
trative: Illinois, when formed into a territorial
government, established Slavery at once and
maintained it, in admen of the ordinance d'B7
—When she wu admitted as s State, she of her
ow* semi abolished 'Manny. The territorial
set of lowa did sot prohibit Pinery, and some
slaves wets to he toendialhat onantry seats as.
1850.
laamaimiam, the apealoor ha , was wills(
to gaol bz the aogramila at HMO, if it azist.
ed, bat he isoiriarai it day that aospirnas
tosawmihoi ti do arid MO.
yf Ohnewer.
may artheadlbiwe yeentridoh r %Po read ilia
eitidems of yam emempondent 1 feet," mp i g
sea mush inursoit Mlihttain coleeing Broffrilirta to Ilse
promedings of the seethag of oltiriehe ofSolorford comity
an itanarday 28th alt
In the remark* attributed to me as the meeting, kind
which were merely incidental to • few esplanatory observa
tions made relative to the probable' effect of the uncondi
tional repeal of the Franklin Canal isompany'a charter up
on the Railroad Warms of oar county') I made no per
sonal attack upon you whatever; and I can scarcely un
derstand the writers object in this attempt to disturb the
friendly feeling heretofore believed to eziet between na.—
It is true I expressed ea strong distrait of the morel hon
esty of the paean who meld really esteetaili melt sett
meet of the heart as had been that moment exhibited to
me from an Brie paper by a person present. But I h ave
yet to learn that your views of the moral doctrine of Ali OM
and mow are of Ghat desoripdon.
The allegetion that I originated the call made for
"groats' for Governor Bigler" is entirely destitute of truth.
Peritsyst as Loewe mistake of your informant. After the
proceeding of the meeting andibe passing of the rerolu
tiOnd, but before the excited crowd Lod dispersed, a-tele
graphic dispatch from Harriabarg wee read by Kr. Heide.
toper to the effect that the repeal met bad passed and was
immediately signed by the Governor. Some other per m , 1
in the crowd then called for the "groans." The only pa r t
that I took in it was to join in the general laugh of those
around me, excited by the very amusing efforts of some,
and the hideous bons fide groans of others. On the oon
mazy I said that Governor Bigler had scarcely within the
commonwealth a more sincere personal Mend than my
self. The anxiety Weems understood to have been Ulla.
ifested by him for the immediate passage through the
House of the repeal bill ru it came from the Senate, with
the (to us) odiou 6th section in it, (but which it seems
now the House negatived) was to me anaccountaVle, and
mere especially as it was said be was making tt his admin.
titration measure, and for tune reasons that he declined
giving to a member of a to-ordinate branch of the guy ern.
went on request. This I ventured to say indicated that
his ~OW W.fe unsound or diehoneet For I cannot con.
mire of an honest, Bapablican Governor having honest
reasons for an avowed. administredsoa measure that he a
eedutared or refutes to give when asked for ander such Mr
cornstanom , I am now assured however that our eitiseni
were under a misapprehemion altogether respecting this
and the Governer' supposed hostility to our med. But
time may afford the evidence of it. We felt then and so
moat every true friend of the prosperity of our *WON, In
dignant at a Governor who, alter receiving such "Matta-
Mal evidence of favor and support from us, would bring
his ollieialialuence forward to debt the preepteity we had
been etruggiing so long to maintain. I bops however this
may prove otherwise.
I ewe nothing about the ecuriloas elusions to myself
If wholly cuseouneeted with others hitherto
deemed friends. Believing them as Ido to be the dicta
tion of thaw byezus charameriatki of those whose comma
nications of like order have been recently refused a' place
in the columns of respectable prints at boas where their
real position Ls better known.
Yours truly,
Erie, Feb. 7th, 1854. G. CHURCH
We cheerfully give Judge Clinua the benefit
of the above disclaimer. He of course knows
but whether he used the language attributed to
him, in regard to us, or not. For our own part '
we care very little whether he did or not. We
have been too long in our present position, and
have been compelled too often by our sense of
duty and Of right to differ with min of all degrees
of greUness, to care much whether the man who
saws wood for a living or he who has worn, the
Judicial ermine, assails as publicly or privately.
The fact is we have got shove censure or praise
from those engaged in Railroads; for we know
full well, by dear bought experienoe, that so
long as we pander to 'their interests we are the
"prince of good fellows," but the moment we
hesitate to endorse all their schemes, and our pen
and time ceases to be at their service, we are just
as loadly o condemned by our heretofore ardent
admirers as we were before praised. Reece
we say to Judge Church •in all candor, we
did'rit care a "row of pins" about the remark
attributed to him, sad are willing to take his
denial that it was never made. Nay, we belies"
it never was, thole our ourespendent was
akikilv*Eirty t ifi i keoralrudklil
by the Judge in the remarks he acknowledges
he made.
But Judge Church also disclaims having
called for "three groans for Gov. Bigler" in the
meeting alluded to upon bearing of the passage
of the bill repealing the charter of the Franklin
Canal Company. The Judge is truly unfortu
nate. both in being misrepresented by our corm- .
pendent, and in the explanation above. He ac
knowledges that the 'groans" were given, and
rather exultingly, we think, claims that they
were "bona fide" groans,at which he "laughed."
From the tone of the above letter we shOuld in
fer that the "laugh" ie indulged in was a most
hearty one, and that he approved of l ike gross
dignity thus offered to the Executive as hear
tily as he joined in the "laugh." Now we say with
due deference to Judge C. that we do not dispute
his right to "laugh" when he pleases; but really
it does seem strange to us. that one who had
just eidorsedit preamble in which other citizens
as honorable is himself were denoneced as reit , -
'dies and "rioters," should have so nearly played
the rowdy as to have even "laughed" at she row
dy and "riotous" efforts of those he had just ad
dressed to cast an indignity upon the Executivei
especially when he professes so much friendship
for the per thus assailed. We give' Judge
Cnuacit, we repeat, the benefit of his denial—
we emphatically say that we do not believe he is
the man who proposed the "groans," and that
our correspondent was mistaken—but we have
him here upon paper, over his own sigriature,
acknoirledging that he encouraged others by his
smiles and his countenance to the gross indigni
ty then and there offered to Gov. Thome
In reference. to the hopes and wishes of Craw
ford county iu regard to Railroads, except ea far
as relates to the Pittsburgh road, we have noth
ing to say. Nevertheless there is one thing we
cannot exactly understand in their course.—
Judge Church, and other eitiesus of Mesdville
appear to think that the repeal of the charter of
the Franklin Canal Company, is a direct stab at
their Railroad interests. How, the Judge does
not see ..fit to tell us. Will somebody explain
this. We call for light. If we understand the
matter correctly, the road in which Judge
Church is engaged, and in which through his in
fluence Crawford County has embarked amid
erable means, runs, or is intended to run, from
East to West—in short, is intended as a great
through Railroad to connect New York with
Cincinnati. Now, how such an enterprise can
have been injured by the repeal of the charter of
a rival route is beyond the keen of oar phileeo
phy. To a superficial "observer," not rand in
the laws of and MOM," it would certain
ly appear that the more obstacles thrown in the
way of the Lake shore road--the more breaks of
gauge there were in it--the better it would be
for the enterprise of our Meadville friends, and
of their able advocate, the Judge. Viewing the
matter is this light we have always bees st a
loss to conceive the motive of hostility to Erie
which seems to balm with peculiar vehemence
is the ,hearts of a porlime..—o o t all—of the *i
sms of Meadville. ()melody it causes be the,
bans of Meadville to have the break et geap
awl Nab* if see suet be, seines
Ibex •A is* of the eolauery is it sal, tebieg
far pealed that their aweigh red in to he beat,
OdidivelimemOmmissolpideWmusio
high It at Erie iatber the** Buffalo iii 14
kb* We may be mistake., but it di, op*
to to tbat thia prepopition is tee plaiettrer eigu-
Ma 1
A few words upon another matter and wi
leave the subject. It is a matter of history that
the Railroad bridge, and trick across the public
streets of Erie were removed by the constituted
authorities of the city. This assumption of au
thority over the streets of Erie by the Mayor and
Councils, the preamble of the meeting of the
28th, in which Judge CHURCH was an active and
earnest participant, denoinces as a "riot," and
stigmatises with a great many other epitheti
equally as ungenerous, and, in Judge CHURCH'S
cue, uncalled for. We sly uncalled for, because
we intend to show that Judge CHURCH, while
upon the Bench, decided the illegality of the
claim set up by the Railroad men, and for resist
ing which he has chosen to denounce our Mayor
and Councils as "rioters." In the Coiirt of
Quarter Sessions of Erie County, on the Bth of
August, 1848, before Hon. G. Cnvzcn, then
President Judge of this District, Col. DAVID S.
CLARK, one of our most respectable merchants,
was indicted for causing a nuisance. His place
of business was - yn French fineet, and he was
in the :habit of using a portion of the side
walk in front of his store for the display of the
different articles he kept for sale, and had set
awning posts along the walk. For this an in
dictment was prepared against him at the in
stance
of another eitisen who complained of it as
an obstruction and nuisance in the public high
way. The cause came on for trial on the day
above mentioned, and was argued on behalf of
the Commonwealth by Wm. A. Gemuurrn,
Esq., thee District Attorney, and by John IL I
Walker Esq.; on part of the defence. The de- /
ifence set up was two fold; namely: Ist. That
the boxes, barrels, posts, and other things in
front of Defendants stare, did not make such ob.
structimn as to constitute a nuisance, ample room
being left for free" passage along the side walk
and in the street. 2d, That by an ordinance of
the Borough of Erie all citizens were allowed to
use and occupy four feet and six inches of the
sidewalk for cellar doors, or for display of goods,
storing of salt, he. The ease was very fully in
vestigated and thoroughly argued by the so...gn
i sel before named. 'Judge Church, in givingthe
lease to the jury—this same Judge Osumi, rec
d olletst--charged strongly against the Defendant
lon all the points raised by this counsel. - He
said, in substance, that the acts of assembly
erecting the town of Erie and fixing its streets
had made those streets public highways in the
broadest sense of the term. The street in ques
tion, French Street—one of the very streets over
I whichthe Railroad company had erected abridge
only nine feet high, with a bent in the centre
of the street—was by law sixty feet in width;—
the entire Space of sixty feet,-therefore, was de
voted to public sir for the free and satobstracticl
passage to and fro of the citizens on foot, or with
carriages, wagons and other vehicles. He
charged that no part of that space would be le
gally wed except for the purpose designed by
ithe act of incorporation; and that the placing tbf
boxes, barrels, - posts ho., on the sidewalk, al
(though it might not be a serious obstruction or
public. inconveniences was nevertheless an in
dictable offence, it being at least technically, a
nuisance. He charged that the evident intim- -
tioa of the set of assembly wan to provide s
highway sixty feet wide, the whole width to be
dear and free frost ebstrzction of every kind.—
As to the ordinance giving and a half feet
wea inoperative and void, the law having in ex
press terms made:the" whole sixty feet 'a public
highway, hence the borough authorities could
not legally pass an *ordinance allowing the use of
any portion for another purpose, and in
. effect
narrowing the street to fifty one feet. If there
fore the jury believed from the evidence that the
- defendant had kept boxes he., in the street or
on the sidewalk, even if piled - up close to the
wall, and had set posts it the edge of the walk,
as charged in the indictment, it was the duty of
the jury to convict, and find the defendant guil
ty in manner and form as be stood indicted. On
this charge and under the direction of Judge
CRvnoa do the law, the jury rendered a verdict
of guilty and Cot. Clark was sentenced to pay a
fine and costs.
' Now, if this was law in 1848 it is law now;
and if individuals had no right' to occupy a por
tion of the "sixty feet" set apart by the begin.
lature for a "public high-way," the railroad tont
pany has no such right moue and our Mayor and
COuncils, were doing no more than their duty in
!removing such obstructions. Catahthey were
not "rioters," as asserted by the r 4ble adopt"-
ed by the meeting of the 28th, in the proceed
ings of which Judge Cannon was sutdi an active
participant. We have alluded to this matter with'
no unkind feelings towards Judge clrvaca as su
man, but simply to, show the world/the - gross ini.
consistency of at. least one whose legal decisions
show that the Owns of Erie were not "rioters,"
but were simply contending for their legal rights
when they removed the bridges of the railroad
company from their public highways. Ws al-
lode to it, too, in order to braid:the preamble of
that reetin as a.falsehood--egroae . .and wiper
dortetile. fatenhood, b
. uranded so by the Judicial
decisions of Judge Caliaca itimmdf.! :,
Oar The Buffalo Room* Notsir threatens to
bring down upon Pennsylimois 'a tesseendoos
44 outsicle pressure" if a break of pugs here is
prO • sted in. We know our goof friend of the
/Coifs 1841 powerful with these "outside pres
sures," hence iy really seems to us that if he is a
friend of the railroads kelt stop 'ens. 'The pres
sure from without has been so great that it has
forced our Legislature to abrogate one charter,
and that, too, almost unanimously; and it may,
if pmisted in, force the Abrogation of another—
the Erie and 'North East. These railroad men
have got their arm in the lion's' month, and
the sooner they get it out the more unlikely its
amputation
Sir' The Girard Express thinks that if the
citizens of that village wish to rillify t _ heir
neighbors, wme other pines is more proper than
a public newspaper; nevertheless t<fe mlitor ex
presses his willingness to slow all who wish to
"vilify their neighbors" to do so throng h his
commons by "paying for it ss an advertimms ent."
That's considerate and neighborly, truly. :-"Put
money in thy puree, Horatio."
BIZIND THE Asa—The Coseeeeeeilie Qs
ler wants Sewer Cameros is sad it psi lit
dosamesttpartitoLsly the Attest Me re
ports. Oar ootestpotsry is soot years bolds d
the sp—tise Seassem 'Sea this Betts hin t g
Breedlsesd, sad Roe. ham Omer .
thieese benches in ele Sews he most
reik
Datosnitio &mai
The Delegate* appointed by the various town
ships and Boroughs of the County to onset in i
,County Convention to send Delegates the State
'Convention to be held in Harrisburgh, on the Bth
of March next, for the purpose of nominating
Candidates for Governor and Canal Cortoni.sAon
er, met in the Common Council Room in the city
of Eric, on the 6th inst., at o'clock P. M. The
Convention was organized by the appointment
of JOHN TRISSLER, as President, and on
motion; hi. Itaigeeiz. and D. Blum, were elect-`
ed Vice Presidents, and Wilson Laird and 11. H.
Alliscm, as Secretaries. There being some vacan
cies from different townships, on motion, M. Ran
dall was admitted a delegate from Girard, D.
Brown from Union, A. Saltsman from Milkreek
and E. W. Gerrish from Edenboro.
Mr. Durlin nominated B. Grant, Esq. u can
didate for Delegate, Mr. Saltsmaia nominated
Murray Whallon, seq. , and Mr. Whallon nomi
nated Wm. A. Galbraith said Wilson Laird,
Eaqrs. The Convention proceeded to vote, and
on the result beingannounced it was decided that
Murray . Whallon and Wilson Laird, Esqra.iwere
elected Delegates to represent 'Erie • county in
State Convention at Rarrisburgh.
On motion of A: Batsman the delegates were
unanimously instructed to vote for and use their
endeavois to procure the nomination of WIL
LIAM BIGLER as a candidate for Governor.
Gen: John Killpatriek, E. W. Gerrish, H. H.
Allison, Wm. A. Galbraith, and J. S. Barnes
were appointed Conferees to meet
.a like number
of Conferees from Crawford county to nominate
a Senatorial Delegate to represent this Senatori
al district in Harrisburg..
da motion, Conuntion adjourned. , .
The Gazette says the Supreme Court of
this State is after the Erie and North East , road
"with a long pole , --and the Legislature not far
behind.': ' Our information is that the instru
ment in the hands of the Court is a very "sharp
stick," while the Legislature ie disposed to fol
low up the prescription of the Court with very
uncomfortably "warm blocks."
The Bentell7 aad Brie Itailrosi—Addrattrom
the President
To the Citizens of Philadelphia: '
. Haying been elected, without any desire on
my own part, to the office of President of the Sun
bury an Erie Railroad, and having assumed the
agues and responsibilities of the station, I feel
gund to exert all the energies I possess in car
rying forward the enterprise to a successful ter
mination. To accomplish this, I need the aid of
the citizens of Philadelphia, who are Eo deeply
interested in a channel of oommtinication to unite
the waters of the Lakes with those 9f the Atlan
tic.
Toover-estimate the value of such a work as
the Sunbury and Erie railroad to Philadelphia,
would be difficult Hitherto. New York, by the
wise and judioions policy of her statesmen, and .
the enlightened liberality and energy of her peo
pier has in effect monopolized .the immense trade
of the Lakes, and the fruitful country lying south
of them and north of the Ohio: To secure this
trade, New York has constructed, at an expense
not very short of $100,000,000, three great chan
nels of intercommunication between Lake Eric
and-the Hudson. The firm - of these was a Canal.
finished in 18244 - the second, the New York Cen
tral Railroad, completed in 1838, and the third,
the New York and Erie Railroad, completed in.
1851. Throne these channels, which span the
State;, the trade and travel of the Likes are pour
ed into the lap of New York in inexhaustible
streaks; sad thii travel and trade, vast as they
are in amount, she has so far.enjoyed without n
valry, t ta r tlajLnait_of
lecoverm island, tying tar ott in un
frequends, aqua, producing a few dye-stuffs, gums,
drugs, or other products, which - enterprise may
convert into profit, becomes au object of rivalry
among iyitions, and such Is the value placed up
, on its trade that diplomacy is exhausted and mil
lions frequently spent in fitting out expeditions
t o secure it. Ar this very moment, in order to
open a new field of enterprise, we have in com
mission a large fleet, charged with the duty of
opening the sealed ports of Japtux to the com
merce of. the civilized world.
But here at home, near our own door*, is a
commerce larger and richer,than all that the most
successful negotiations will ever extort from Ja
pan, and which involves in its acquisition no vio
lence, nor war, nor bloodshed; and this commerce
the city of New York has been permitted, so far,
to monopolize without an effort en the part of
Philadelphia to secure any portion of it for her
self. Why should a trade so large. so rich, so
- desirable, be abondoned to our great commercial
rival, without a irtrugglP on our part to obtain
share of it. •
Let'us look for a moment at the amount of this
trade, and the means which we possess of attract
ing a part of it to P.bibeli,lphia. In 1846, the
Ade of thy , Lakes amointe-i ,to 863,164,910; in
1850 it had risen to the enernaons and almost in
creflibte slim or $170.000,000. In 1847, the
trade of Buffalo, includiug -ex:porta and imports,
amounted to. $C•2,287,818. • Oaring the same
year, it will be found by reference to the books
of the Custom House, the trade of - Philadelphia,
embracing exports and imports, amounted but to
820,571,646, making.a difference in filer of Buf,
fele of $41;715,972.. These kures I have Cti
traeted.' from the able report of John H. Walker,
Esit.,eif Erie, made to the Senate of Penrisylva
t4t4o or three years ago.
the annals of commerce there is nothing
parallel to the growth of litiffidoi Forty. years
ago Buffalo was a. poor and inconsiderable. vil
lage, her trade limited to the businesselone by a ,
few small schooners, tonching occasionally in their
voyages along the Jake coast. Now - it exceeds
largely, as we have seen, that' of most of the AI -1
lantic cities; and her annual t2onage surpasses
that of any of the con:merlin' I cities ofEttrope ex-1
eept, London and tiverptmr. Cities that were,
great Mute of trade before the Christian era, have
been outstripped by Buffalo. And why is this
so? = How, and by what instrument,ditiim has
this immense-trade been built up: The answer
it plain. Great channels of intercommunication
between the Lakes and the Atlantic were cob
oeived by the wisdom and forecast of New York
statesmen, aad.carried into successful operati in
by the energy and public spirit of New - York
merchants. These channels of intereommunica
tiou spanning the State, terminated- at Buffalo,
which thus became the focus to the 'Lake trade,
and the centre Of a commercial prosperity une
qualled in Our own country, and perhaps in the
world. It is the canals and railroads terminating
at her doors, to Which she is indebted for the
means of attracting to her the eontmerce of the
Lakes, and of bearing it afterwards te other and
distant 'markets, to minister in turn, to their
prosperity, M it did in the first place to hers.—
No original superiority of situation has ever help
ed to make her what she is. She had no natural
harbor; no advantageous proximity to any great
commercial emporium, which was not enjoyed,
at least in an equal degree, by other lake towns
Erie bad advantages greatly superior. She
=a fine harbor, and could reach the At
board by a better and shorter route.—
But as already stated, Canals and Railroads,
stretching from the Hudson across the State of
New York, terminated at Buffalo, and attracted
to her the trade of the Lakes, while Erie, being
without canals and railroads, was neglected, not
withstanding
her superior natural advantages.
By this imams* trade, thus concentrated, in lees
than half a oentory, Buffalo has sprig from an
trusgtufmaut village into a oit,y t making assomips
the great commercial marts elan wen d and*,
prosperity, *lath and gmaiseest of New York;
mite whose lap tree mare sad nultads tome
Signed by the (Mem
=irthe myriad producta of the
e first paid tribute to
still more largely augmented !:13•11 ., :b,
time of the completion of the Erie C.itLhl,
Philadelphia was before New York, bf. L ,
ulation and wealth. In ISs:.O, aces.,rli nz
census of that year,
the populaticn
phis was 187,1)97; that of New York IT!.
But in 17730, New York had taken the
population having increased to 20:3,nir
-that of Philadelphia had only rib.. L c, 1..„ „'
That this augmentation, in the popui-L..,„
York, was the result of her inareaxsi
trade, I suppose no one , will doubt; f LT tt
Wing her progress, step by step, it will be E A
' that every new channel of impr,vetint
followed by a corresponding iner-as:
and, population. Ind why shall u,:
causes produce the same effect' •.•
'should not a great thoroughfare r,f cr,tr,z,f ,
such as the Sunbury and Erie
Philadelphia and Brie what a like wit
for New York and Buffalo?
By the Sunbury and Erie ,
nication, shorter and better than
by New York, is opened between 1 ; 1.:
and the Lakes. And-.not only wii;
highway bring Philadelphia into
the immense trade of ' the Lakes..
with the z akree thousand miles of
ways which chequer the fruitful
of tl4r Lakes, and- north of the -04 1 ,,."
railways, uniting at Erie with th.:
Erie, will form continuous and uul
of communication with Clevelan..i,
Cincinnati, Chicago, St LOUI9,
higher up on the Mississippi, an a!
toads now'hastening to completion in Nen:
Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
this manne,r, with all these work.. 11 he
sihle that thiclanbirry and Erie Itos
ter • grades and a shorter actual di.stae , ..l • ,
will not lead off to Philadelphia
amount of valuable trade? In order _
superior facilities of the Sunbury and Er
road over the. New York. and Eric, nu-
York ,Central, let us IOOk for a moment -
respeairo alliances from the markets to
they lead.
" The length of the Sunbury and Er;
Philadelphia to Erie, is 428 miles.
The length of the New York and E.::
New York to Dunkirk is 501 miles.
The length of the is,Tew. York
Buffalo to Albany, and thence by -
River. Railroad to New York, is 5 1, ' ,
But besides the smaller distanec
the Sunbury and Pale ismrother c
advantages over both the New Y
between New York and Duuki-I: -
shipments of all WesterUfreigt:. :,
and the grades are more than ..t til ..
than those on the Sunbury L.n , i Ent
New York Central, three traa4q , a , t.
tern produce are likewise nece , -ar
grades, like those Of the New_ I -!.
are much more difficult than •_1 . .-
1 road.
Another most important ativ.-.u. _ s ,
delphia, from the completion of -_.. • - •
~
Erie Railroad will be Llf'st it w.,` .... . -. it
a large portion of the, poptila:
State, to which she has been laiti..: . •
West of Lockhaven, said` between :t........:
is a large tract of country, full o: a:..•:-.
ces, dory requiring developumn• = • ::,,c.
of the most important and pre4le..l ..,....
the State. Heretofore, the pee, -... , .
have had no intercourse or eonn , -2. :.
fatally or otherwise, with Philz:! .2...
have both bought and sold in• N -.- v., !
whom their relations have e
b
_ _et: tile _
timate than with the coma , --'-' cr.;
their own State. But by th. ~ .- . tet:e• .
Sunbury and
. Erie Railroad, t't-:. 7...11 t.<
into communion with the Eas.,-;rt.
State and their products will Lau :. •
' convenient market in PhiLuielph!.. 11
ing that portion of the rpute lying -A. -.
lianziport, the Sunbtuyaud Erie I::i.: min i ,
pass, for mealy one hn dried miles, th
of the most extensive Autninouf 'c ,, ..
the country ; and 1 of the Su=q -
Tin 'penetrate,,by means of its tee ,, , , , 1 ,
c....., } ho e ." * L, aathrtt.a. ree l,,, .L.
so much tonnage and, wealth t, ..- L , - . ,
, Iprovements. This read will, also. 2„,
vey westward to the lakes not o-,.1 ...: -
ties of coal from the bitntninou, " , 2 '
• traverses, but likewise hundred. ce . •
• tons of anthracite from the reL:
I Susquehanna.
~
' , With all of these proupeos ..t. .
• t many more which I have ut • ...ta ,
r I
should not this enterprise ::...: .. .:
couragement at the hands :-.f::., - ,::- z.r,
adelphia? What their c-.-_-.2- :.:.l r.....rz1.
accomplished for New ierk .an..• Yolf.r.
Sunbury and Erie will, to a great :tn....-
• plish for Philadelphia and Eta. L...
munitvtion, so much shorter in ...,, .-'
and so much better in point .:; ...:_ ' -
lof the New York in:prenatal.,
I to the Lakes, and• united with 'I.
lof railroads south of them, and : 1 ,
1 1 the teeming , West will, be poured 1. , ‘: '
streams into the lap of Philadelphh.
I eign commerce, in which she • has :: •
many yearsso far behind' be. .'.
be greatly stimu lated by the increase of i
tic trade. Her ships will find preltat l :
meld in carrying to other countries the
of those prbducts which her own poptl:
I not consume. Every branch of inde
quickened, and new life and vigor, :•. fused into every department of be- -
cannot be.otherwise than that the co:-.. -
this road will Ottly enhance the' pr, •:
Philadelphia; and I cannot but bel, •
the proverbial intelligence anti enli.:.. - :
lie spirit of4her citizens, I shall ---..• •
with sympathy_ in my earnest en :•-:• • *
mote the succoss of the enterpri , i
cordial coloperation, and prompt
Diary aid.i k The City Councils, .....:•.,
which spe more strongly thlt. r - .
of their determination to see O.:- ..
completed, have authorized
I 8'2,000,000, provided a like • , .aea 1 .. -
other sources. But before an; 1 , '. •
subscription antibrised by Coun , ‘. . :
I available to the wants of the r- i ' - '
of dollars must be raised by., intl. - .1 - ~
1 subscriptions. l
From friends resident nut ;f •:-, -:.
the positive assurance of half a ::, ...IL.; r.
leaving half a million to be rat: .-.• ' . ' 3.
to the first million from the cl'y
I :'• •
will be done promptly; and wiler - _ -
think I may venture to assur. , ;.• - .:
Philadelphia that the enterprt- , , i - i':
OD a footing to insure its - prompt p: -,-.: -
I, nitimate speedy completion.
No ether appeal than a fair r-- =IT
the merits of the enterprise can, irt '. , •
be necessary to secure for it :IL , I'-
essential to its successful prr-.:':l't:''..:l
moo- effort, now, will place tli_ , -...,
Sunbury and Erie Railroad bevel. ,1 1 -
any adverse contingencies; bat :: . -
aid, the efforts now making 313 ,, vii ',
abortive, either through lukev:ftrt..z e- -
part of its friends, or hostility t. , : 112:: -
charged with its management, I ,1:-.ce .
good sense of the citizens of Pi,i1.:.. -- , -
especially to those acquainted w It. .
! difficulties, whether there be not ::--
total abandonment, or at least Oi. - j.--:,:"
I lay?,
In concluding this brief addres:, t - -:--
umress the hope, that the citizen , : i
phia will examine this subject with
of the the care which its magnitude dzr.t.. - .'•
in milting such emunination,ltlqy irti ,
noble info rm ation in the late l, uses NT
!rept:et of the Secretary gf - the rte. , .-a•T
imeroo and navigation, and the ible re: -
sub-oommittee, deperd to'visit En-% w
hence* a kenisefroni aka Tucker, E.., ,
important sail higkly interestilag act-'- '
port of the tiOn Tork and Erie Rail:
1863 sign ikin amen useful informs:
tlisi a' es Lake trade, and the es:
railroads with which the Sumbs:
iiibiltai I* barailst into oonnootion, 1,34
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