••I
CII
Mobens, Pt* m fotitind Nes.
bean aad the laden Ilaastiaa.
The Euiperor opened the Legislative Column
111 Then4ity, the 2d inst . After referring to
eureka domestic qutations, he thus alludes to his
holis Polley respecting the Eastern Question :
" ranee has gone as far sa honor permitted to
avoid a collision, but must now draw the sword.
So has so views of a disetnent. The days
e t ee ogeee t are , never to return. The
senates of the frank and unselfish policy of France
sre,—lfogiasd, her former rival, is now in ani
mism, and bosom daily more intimate; Germany,
a &trestle! remembrance of former wars, and
hem hitherto paying too much deference to the
emote
dee & ae
Petenbu.rgh, has already received
of action, and considers freely. on
what side lies her true interest; Austria, above
all, who 'could not see with indifference the events
whisk were in progress, will enter into an
sue, as will thus give her testimony to the jet
ties at the war. Here; then, stands the ease—
ifineer, reassured by the moderation of the Eat
=
Alexander, of 1815, - and of the Emperor
of the present time, seems to doubt
danger in which it stood from the colossal
cotri wbieh by successive encroachments, em.
the North and the entire of Europa, and
which poteesses almost, exclusively two, internal
moo, whence it is easy for armies and flee
ee hanek forth splint civilisation, and its nit
lessided demesnd in the East has awakened En.
INIPL
"Tb injustice of the act by which a powerful
moan* demand new concessions from a weak
er OM, and because he cannot obtain them, in.
Vida two of his provinces, is enough to put
arms is the hands of those who revolt with in.
but France has also an Neil Interest
with in preventing Russian supremacy
Ulm sisiending itself indefinitely over constan-
Gnarls, for to be supreme in Constantinople is
la be supreme in the Mediterranean. To pro
test this right, has been for skin the policy of
national government in Frans*, and I will
est desert it.
"We are going, therefore, to Constantino*
le defend the cause of the Sultan, protect the
rights of Christians, defend the freedom of the
mme, and France's just right* in the Mediterra.
ton,---ere going with Germany to aid Germany,
with Austria to aid in preserving the rank from
width they wish to degrade her, to secure her
hastier against the preponderance of her too
powerful neighbor; are going, in short, with all
Nose wbo desire the triumph of right, of justice,
led of civilisati on.
"In this solemn conjunction, gentlemen, is it
that I *all be obliged to appeal to the country.
I rely *sly upon you, for I have always found
hi you the generous sentiments which animate
the is!ion. Strong, then,•in this security—in
thwatoblesees of our cause--in the firmness of
Mir reliance, and the protection of God—l hope
Ma to arrive at a peace which shall no longer
4 eread ‘the power of any one to disturb with
this speech was received in England with de
menstotrons of joy.
• Who Shall Ihathla
Ths New York Time' says that the President's
Cube Message "lacks.ccourage and evinces no en
emy." The editor adds:
"WS learn from a private source, entitled to
tdl audit, that the Courts of Law , at Havana
Lava decided against the 'legality of the action of
r ibs authorities in confiscating the cargo of the
Bleak Warrior, The ground taken is, that inm
ost& as they concede to the captain of the ship
the right of altering his manifest at any time be.
Jere reaching port, they cannot deny him the
peivilage of cosirtisig it within a reasonable
doe afterwards.'
A Washington. eorteepoodent of the Neer York
&,aid takes quite a different view of the Mes
sage, and says that every body in that city "is
binding the President for the decided stand he
his taken."
The Washington correspondent •of the New
York antler also says:
"The President's Message on the Black War
rior difficulty, is considered warlike in tone, but
is throws, as it ought, the respontliblility . of ac
- ties upon Coo_ grew There are active iprepara
. l ikes the Navy Department for an engine:at
tame of forth in the West Indies."
The editor of the Herald densities it as a, sort
ef War Message, and remarks:
"Jo this document the President intimates to
Spain that Katie does not make full atonement
fur pest insults and injuries to our citizens and
sonsieros, and provide security for her future
Jrbehavior, she must abide the consequences;
in other w ords resign herself to the loss of Cu.
ba.. Such, if it means anything, is the con
striction that is to be placed on its language."
4 A Bouscoo Gliti:—Miss 'Rosins Delight
Richardson, according to a writer in the Roston
Jawrnat, is a delectable atinfull, , belongfog to
She State of New Hampshire, where she resides
-with her tither, a substanti al farmer. She is
time dsseribed:--
"Mks Rosins is nineteen years of age, is five
lost three and a quarter inches in height, mea
n/WI five feet four and a quarter inches stymied
the waist, six feet two inches around the hips,
Misty-two inches around the arm above the
bow, 'Mot. en inches around the itnn below the
elbow, sad two feet ten inches in a straight line
amass the shoulders. At birth, else weighed six
punk as five yes* one kindred. and forty
light rink at ten years, two hundred and
4M2it Pounchs at fifteen years, three bun
siatrfive pounds; and now, at nineteen
yam, she weighs four hundred andseveuty-eight
17whIr
On estimating the quantity of cloth
1 clothing when dressed for a ride on a win
kris day, we found it to contain ninety-eight and
a half yards of three-quarter wide cloth. She
has brown hair, dark blue eyes,, is of fair imm
olation, and has what phrenologists would call
a well balanced head, the preceptive organs pre
dominating. Bye Mn knit, spin, weave, make a
shirt, or abatch of bread, is a g ood si nger and
*ye the piano with taste and skill; is amid
ma ewe ef the best scholars in the town where
as midge, is courteous, affable, and lively in
asavenation, and evinces a general knowledge
ban add& "
night raise a blush on some of .our city
BONATIC Man—MATLIIIAre roe_ A Nov..
Thursday morning, a LSpanish boy,
Gloat 18 years old, named Joseph Edward EDO
Pak* passed through this city es route for
Weilliogton city, in charge' of Adams it Co7s Ex.
=Company Messengers. The story of hi s
is essentially romantic. It appears that
orase ten years ago, while bathing on the coast
sat the city of Campeachy, Mexico, be, with
be other boys, was stolen by a gang of Pirates,
who kept them four years, and then sold them to
merabastaran, who kept them two . years, took
them to the city of New (Mauls ) , and there sold
diem to a Louisiana planter for the term of their
tidy '
Their owner was about to re.eell them to a
ditipsraoter, to make sailors of them, when the
boy, Pobalo, made his escape, and wokked his
way to Lisette, Indiana, where he attracted the
notice of a gentleman who corresperaled with the
/Mintiora Minister at Washington regarding him.
s The Minister became interested in the story of
di boy, and wrote to hare him forwarded that
is might restore him to his parents, g they were
Surat The boy will probably reach the Mexi-
Ile Minister this evening. and be sent bone, if
theca yet remains a borne for Inn. The Burris
iendesta of the various railroads over which he
bow traveled since his history became known, have
oves him free peerage, and the hotel
line kee pers
&clu t
ed his bills settled on sigh
ins eery good condensed novel.— C.Ve. N ew s,
Aiwa M.
at. The Walston of Tear have pored a
to establish a Chriotiao Sabbath,' providing
IN the posiehamot, by foe sad iseprieuest, of
nth pow as may paws soy lake, or pro
oitoroxy to belong to Small,.
Tb• Maelr Warrior Ottrivi
• The New Qrleiins Picayune, by no maw a
fillibuiter prail, has the following comments on
the proceedings at Havana:
Without knowing exactly what obsolete Span
ish regulation it is which is the ground for this
act of violence, it is safe to pronounce the act
tyranioal and oppressive. If it be true that a
letter of a discused law could be construed so as
to make illegal that which bad grown into an
unvarying custom by the tolerance and partici
pation of the government and its agents, it was
simple equity towards the parties, and only an
act of decent courtesy to the government in
whose service they are, that imaicient notice
should be given of the intention to discontinue
the practice and put the law into strict execution.
The surprise of a sudden change of policy, and
the seizure of the boat or the cargo without no
tice, is an act of injustice as gross as an open
confiscation would be.
But there does not appear to have been a cam
plianoe with the letter of their own law. The
seizure was premeditated, and the vessel was
trapped for the purpose of confiscation. There
was time, after the notice of the new require
meat of the custom-house, within which the cap
tain had the right to alter his manifest, and he
was not permitted to do so. The inference .*
plaid that the act was committed deliberately,
with the premeditated and prearranged purpose
to seise the vessel, without notice, under cover
of an obsolete regulation, to which eastern had
given unvarying sanction.
We do not doubt that our government will
take a similar view of the subject, and require
ample atonement of the injury. Bat such oc
currences,
and the temper of aggression and in
sult they display, have a wider signification than
concerns the mere present incident. They look
like a premeditated &system of hostility towards
us, in-consonance with those systems of internal
policy lately inaugurated. there ,
. of which the
moving principle is at war with the social peace,
and the leading inducement is opposition ..to the
national growth of the United States.
Awful Steamboat Disaster.
The telegraph a day or two since, briefly re
ferred toihe explosion'ef the steamboat Caroline,
that left Memphis on Saturday. evening, March
4th, for White River, and burst her boilers the
sueeteding afternoon, killing fifty of the passen
gers and wounding and *cabling many others.—
The Louisville papers furnish us the following
particulars : "
"Capt. Po'ger was in the office preparing to
lie down for a while, when his attention was ar
rested by the kicking of horses and the &Maga
the wood pile on the lower deck. He then heard
the passengers ranning forward, • but thinking
they were attracted by the kicking of the hor
ses, paid no further attention to it. •
About one minute after the rush became so
general accompanied by cries, that he looked out
to see what was the matter. At this moment
the steward came running forward and told him
to save himself.' He went out forward and dis
covered that the whole boat was in dames.—
John Trice who was on watch st the wheel, im
mediately run her for the only place not covered
by water, that was visible, and run her out on
the bank some 20 feet.
The scene that followed is indiscribable.
About fifteen persons took porwession of the
yawl, and crowding into it, sunk it, and every
one perished. Capt. James Creighton . was seen
to let himself down from the boiler deck on to
the lower guard, and deliberately draw his boots
and coat, and let himself into the water. He
was then seen giving the Odd Fellows' signal of
distress, and immediatelyinnk.
John Trice left the whaal but once - and that
was to run down into Texas and awaken Capt.
Taylor, after which he resumed his pleat, where
he was last seen.
Capt. Taylor was saved by the Stewart of the
boat. Mr.,Ewing, the bar-keeper, was also sav
ed. A lad who came in Mr. Ewing's employ,
ran down to the forecastle, but becoming bewil
dered rushed .back into the fisrnes and. perished.
Out of ten on deck hands that Capt. Folger
brought with him from St. Louis, eight were
burned.
There was about $5,000 of money in the safe,
belonging to passengers, not one dollar of which
was saved. Mr. Penn, who was a passenger on
board, lost between 3 and 4,000 dollars.
The remains of Mr. Willbank, who died slew
days since at the Comm'crcial Hotel, were on
board, and were lost. A package of .money be
longing to Mr. Willbank, which was being sent
home to his wife, was in the safe, and conse
quently lost with the balance. Capt. Folger in
forms us that those that were saved, were prin
cipally those who went forward on the forecastle.
There were many deck passengers, almost all
of - wborn were lost. The principal sufferers were .
women and children, who, not being able to get
spout with the same alacrity as the men, per
ished, either in the lames or in the water. This
a*utit is necessarily garbled, as it is almost
iblixissible to get at a full and distinct account
during the present excitement.
The Caroline, after burning until the water
rushed in at her stern, slid off the bank and
sunk to the bottom. In about a minute she re
appeared and raised herself out of the water i bow
foremost, about 25 feet. She then broke and
settled down gradually until she was entirely put
of sight. So rapidly did the whole occur that it
was scarcely known that she was on fire before
she was a shapeless and unsightly mass lying in
the bottom of the stream over whose bosom she
had so often glided in beauty.
Love sad Lareepy.
Under the above beading we find an account
in the Pittsburgh Post, of a man named Joo.
Mahony, who was recently discharged from the
county prison under the following circumstances:
The aforesaid John is a handsome specimen
of the young Irishman as can be found; his red
cheeks, "ilegant" brogue, and youthful appear
ance made _ a decided impression on Mrs. Mary
Fennerly, a widow, with the three qualities of
fat, fair and forty. John prosecuted -his snit, and
under the auspices of the widow it thrived rer
markably well. He was not a bashful lad, but
on the contrary, was well calculated to carry by
storm approaches to a fair Lady's heart. 0 •
evening after John had retired from the do ; •
of his love, Mrs. Fenerty was made aware, that a
pocket book containing twenty dollars had been
abstracted from the bosom of her dress; and 0,
horror! she remembered that John had een par
-1 ticularly affectionate that evening. We won't
pretend to say how John got the pocket book,
bat it was found in his possession, and Mrs.
Fenerty, her love changed to hate, had him lock
ed up in jail! After the lapse of a week or two
the fair widow grew disconsolate for the absence
of her lover, and on condition that he would mar
ry her she agreed to quash the prosecution.
John glad to escape from jail, consented. But
man is deeetiful---so the widow thought—and a
police officer wait the constant attendant of John
yesterday, until Mrs. Fenerty bad changed her
dame and became Mrs. Mabony.
The moral of the above is evident.- there is
a place for everything, and everything should be
in its place, and Mrs. Fenertfa pocket book, if
we are to believe the proverb, was entirely out of
per.
MOlll BLAND/Ma ABOUT Eau.—The Buffalo
and New York people have started a villainously
false story to the effect that the railroad at Erie
has been again torn up to the extent of half a
mile, and we presume that the horde of incompe
tent Western editors that adopt New York news
and New York ideas, for the want of any of their
own, will be spreading the libel through the
country. There is no truth in the story what
ever, the track has not been torn up and travel
and ft:importation have net been interrupted at
all. Although the editors of Feveral of the lead
ing New York journals of today knew this to be
the ntse, as may be seen by 'despatehes in their
own columns, they yet assert editorially that
again yrevads at Erie and add to this
nosy fa unsteriatie ezabellisiumsts.—Phs7. B.i
ktirs. •
01 , 4 1 4 lii)a P •Li V pip II ;II 4
mi The proleet of a bridge over the Hudson
at Albany is being spin agitated in New York.
go. The latest labor saving machine announo
od is one for soloing mid oats.
ay A judge in Cincinnati is said to have 20
much real estate on his hands, thatnothiug Awl
of soap and water can relieve him.
18. 1 11'wo white men, Motley and Blackledge,
weretung last week, at Waterbm, 8. C., far the
murder of a-negro.
far Is none of the consolidation of
last week, Philadelphia will take rank *soft the
half doses largest cities or the world.
The Gardiner Gold Mining Opseputy of
Virginia, it le said, can be made to OM s profit
of 112.85,000 per year.
I. Since the new divorce bill has gone into
operation in Ohio, mania/pa are placed under the
head of limited partnerships.
• lie` A paper has been started in Lowell, Maw
to advocate the view that Christ's second advent
will be made at Nome time during the year 1864.
Ohio paper states that the Supreme
, urt ottbat State decided that a jury composed
of left than twelve men is unconstitutional.
Mir At Pi t tsburg, s few days sine% two llo•
mcepathie pystatass, who attended Mn. Margaret
Singer in her last ill's's, were Arrested for alleged
mal-practice.
1 The Bostonians have reeintly opened a
Free Public Library of 12,000 volumes. Two
thousand volume' were to be added in slew
weeks. Well done, Boston. .
no. The peat Nereus ummination of Dr. Gard-
Der's body, proved that he had taken strychnine
and bruins in greater quantities than were no.
oessary to destroy life.
10.• A Chicago company of emigrants, mostly
Irishmen, are now leaving that city for Nebras
ka. They have been strongly advised to dis
countenance slavery in their new homes.
stir Editors it California are highly apprecia
ted. Him of the Stockton Journal was lately
presented by a friend with a live rattlesnake with
:ten rattles, as a Christmas pip.
. The Polynesian, (Sandwich Islands,) says
that the enter side of Maui is being overrun with
indigo, which grows large and rapidly, and is need
very generally for ire wood.
IS. Mr. George W. Kendall, the able editor
of the Prey Orleans Pfccoliuse ' is on his way to
Europe with the intention of locating for a time
at Constantinople, and 'watching from thence the
course of the war.
Wit' Dr. Kip, the newly made bishop of Cali
fornia, had his combativeness greatly excited in
crossing the Ishtinus. • He writes back to his Al
bany friends, jt is 'said, that no utatishould ven
ture that journey without a revolver.
tar What s terrible profane people they must
be over to Albany. The Nteming Journal,of Sat
urday, says that the ice on the +river made anoth
er move on Friday night, bet was dammed up
again some distance below the city.
ler A decree has been issued in Mexico con
demning all persons taken in arms, or convicted
of belonging to a corps of invaders, to be shot.--
A circular issued by the Minister of the interior,
directs Governors of provinces to treat u .conspi
retort; exiles entering there without permission.
war Dr. Mitchell, of New York, has recom
mended the increased cultivation of pumpkins,
partly for the sake of the oil which may be ob
tained from the seeds. Ile states that a half a
gallon of excellent limpid oil may be pressed from
a gallon of seeds—that it has no disagreeable
taste or smell, and burns well.
i Last week, two clerks, white men, were
publicly whipped in Charleston, g. C., for 1-41-
lug from their employers. They were to receive
by sentence, thirty-nine lashes laid on at three
times, at wash awl Mutt ..votIIICIA should
have time to heal. flow their "colored brudren"
must have sympathised with their "sufferinkL"
Mir Mr. Smith O'Brien will be released by
the English Government, and permitted to go to
Ireland. His brother is Sir Lucius O'Brien, one
of the oldest and moat loyal baronets in Ireland.
No doubt Mr. Martin and O'Dougharty will also
receive permission to go home. There is no long
er anything to set fire to in Ireland.
Tar Muir Ittna.—This fire.srm has become
quite a favorite weapon of the British army board
and several corps have been furnished with them
to operate in the defence of Turkey. It is said
toawry a bullet 1,000 yards, and can be used
with effect at 900. The greatest effective dist•
area of an ordinary rifle is about 500 yards.
as: The London Examiner, as well as the
London Tisses, has suggested to the Russians
some violent mode of checking the arbitrary pro
ceedings of their Emperor. This means that
they should treat him as Paul, Peter, rind other
Curs have been already treated, In past train—
that is--murdered.
us. like emigration from Virginia to Liberia
for four years past, since the re-organisation of
the State -Society, has been as follesrs:--:1850,
107; 1851, 141; 1852, 171; 1853, 241. This
exhibits an encouraging rate of increase, and one
far exceeding any other State. Virginia sent
more emigrants to Liberia than all the free States
together, in 1858. ,
Mnixon.—We learn from the Cincinnati En
quirer of yesterday, that a horrible outrage took
'place at the fourth lock on Licking river, at a
little town called Butler; an Irishman was beat
ing his wife. A young Frenchman remonstrated
with the Irishman upon his conduct, when the
latter drew a pistol loaded with slugs, and shot
the Frenchman full in the face--knocking out
both his eyes. The physicians supposed his re
emery impossible.
eft„ The citizens of Pittsfield, in Pike county,
EL, have held public meetings recently, and rais
ed-a fund for the purpose of buying and destroy.
ing all the liquor in the town. They accomplish
ed their object—got thepledge of the &eters to
sell no more—burnt all the liquor they got, that
didn't have too much water in it to be combusti
ble--and appointed a committee to "take active
measures on any new attempt to revive the liquor
trafic in Pittsfield."
Her The London fines sometimes make very
sensible remarks. Speaking of tbet as
pect of affairs in Europe, it asys— " Let not,
after so many years Of checkered experience; fall
again into the folly of an overweening contempt
for the enemy with whom we are to engage. We
entered into the last American war with this
feeling, and received a severe, and, as far as pre
sumption went, a well merited castigation. The
losses of the Guerriere and Macedonia, and the
sanguinary and dear bought capture of the Ches
apeake, were of infinite service in lowering our
°oaten, and bringing us to a jut sense of our
difficulties."
Norton.—Did you ever sit down and for fiif
teen minutes think of the notions that abound in
this world? •The Miss just "coming out" has a
notion that she is going to create &sensation, and
marry the finest kind of a man fora husband:—
the young man just about to attain , his majority
has a notion that he will acquire fame, honor or
wealth, and live to sunny old age: the old bach
elor, that married life "is not what it's cracked
up to be;" while the old maid has s notion that
none but "silly girls" get married; but, "Oh!
how shiftless" are all these notions.
Ear A serious riot occurred in Now Haven on
the evening of the 17th instant, between some of
the students of Yale College and a party of Irish
men, during which pistols wereduchned and
dirks used freely. A man "named o • Niel was
killed and several others received severe wouads.
The riot was finally quelled by the constabulary,
and the College faculty are busily engaged in ter
ming out the guilq. A number of collisions
barn lately mowed between the collegiates sad
hime, et which this name* amatrapha is
ths rusk
grit Z 3; tchig •bstrbrr.
ERIS, PA.
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCII42S, 1854
DZKOCEATIC STATE NOKLIATIOIL
FOR GOVERNOR:
!Iwo BIGLER,
Of Clearfield COMIty.
MGR OE EVPIRKII court:
JEREMIAH S. BLACK,
Of Somerset OciastY•
FOR CANAL COMMOMM:
HENRY S. MOTT,
Of Pike County.
Do not Pail to Itead thin Spooial Ratios.
la Wee months the preemie volute of the Erie Oitterwr
will elect, and as then is • lute 1121,0 eat this epee war
Books, we deem it a peeper time to all the atentioa of dose
who are el indidtod to the ..witty of a settlings:it. To
a lam stadia of triads who have promptly paid dates
the past nine months we ere Mainly indebted for beteg
able to smelt thu far the we entered Into in niter
to „ amp ow, paper h i m amiss bit as we said Went
there are away who will woo ea To thorn we earielelly ad
thaw earoelvos, and 'Arcady one thou to eon and settle.
We are now posting par Books to the end of the proem
wawa, and will endsavar we it is old to wad to, or eall
opens mob of thaw inSibred with a bill for the ameantilas
as. To all who will save as the tremble and exposes of
eating prrmaly, by ars% we shall anima at the rate
of $1 SO per year; otherwise d will he $2. We make this
capital dectlaration that no an tan have** MIN to
grumble ebeeSi ISO Oer.Nyeer bit charged.
Inidpal gleation.
For the first time in the memory of the "oldest
inhabitant" party, like physic, was lithroin to
the dogs" in our Municipal Election; and the
result was a demonstration of the people against
the railroad powers truly fortsidable. The rail
road men selected their eandidate for Mayor, set
shelr men to work canvassing the city, and sue,
cneded in polling just 19 votes! Their
candi
date was eminently worthy of their suffrage, and
had the advantage of Mayor Kneo in the fact of
being an old citima—one who served under
Perry and Harrison, for which the latter, when
he was elected President, conferred upon him an
appointment under his administration! Under
these circumstances it is presumed hq polled the
full strength of the opposition-19 vans 1
The following are the officers elected,
For Moyer—Urase Km, aujority.6N.
High Cbameable—Josara Wawa.
. Use Wens.
Select Oolieeil-7...1ha1ap.
Cowmen Masai—S. I. Ames, Ads,' WUd, Z. A. Des-
Dom J. W. Duna°, Mathew Taylor. Jobe 4. Catlat.
Sheet Direatere—Jaedb Yelp', J. Towner.
Ardiews—Chae. Smut, Thos. Zeus.
4aweeer-91amael L. Teter.
Judge eJ Biwtios- 4 1 A. Bessett.
faspooders Siewiew-1. Seasedy, W. 0. Atbadtla.
CVM.lto—Jo..pb Moaner.
VINT WI,D.
&gees Cbw■eii—P. einuott.
Cosmos Ceserit—Aiss Striders, W. C. Dram M.
Barr, M. Henry, W. F.Rtedieseclit, Elberton Sul&
kieteat Direetere—Clps W. Holeo..lesese CPUs
deditorr—The.. N. aside, 011112. J. Mertes.
Asseser,—Tlinisse Sews&
Aar of 6t«ri0...-1. G. Landes._
lespretere4/pretios—Jsisee Dobler. Jams llsdrisesa
Amtiev of de Peoes...Jobn Biressey.
CoeseML—Jeetb J.ll.lsdereeelit.
L!. MI
ilayee.—Besjafis rinsing, vats 19 ! ! I
Si. The Cleveind Pfaiadealer states it as a
"curious fact" that the and-Nebraska citizens of
Erie , were the leatlug rioters on the railroad.--J
This is scarcely_ astr•ect; for among the "leading
rioters were nv e sent rierce $ l'olltilliatie ana
Custom ROUX/ %fleeter, with their official body
guard; and the* gener ally comprise the entire
"Nebraska forcelnorthern Mdse.—Bat Cont.
It does not re 4ire a great deal of effort on the
part of a mean Inn to show the world that he is
such. Indeed, it e some instances it requires no
effort at all—nat baying - stamped the fact up
on the forehead We never saw the author of
the above, we helm; at least we have no recol
lection of over Wag our pockets picked. In
the first place theman lies when he says there
has been a "riot" i Erie; and then he lies again
when he says Prating PM= has a Postmas
ter and a Collecto4here; then he lies when he
says that the Point:utter and Collebtor were
"leaders" in the oectrenoes he falsely calls 'riots.'
It is well know to h world that the controversy
between the railroatcompsny and the city tam
ed upon a questiew r b o o • i,.... in ._
company claimed claimed ts legal right to occupy and
obstruct the public traits in the city. The City
government, sustaild 14 legal counsel, and the
approbation of hie:Miami*, denied that right,
and by its proper oilers removed the property
of the railroad comity from the streets. The
question, whoher ell railroad company or the
city government light, is now being adjudi
cated before the prey tribunal of the State; and
by that decision th ty of Erie, and her eitisens
will abide.
he
The Postmaster
ment, not President by a good deal—was
note "leader" in tlitottroversy alluded to above.
He never attende4 meeting during the entire
excitemen notbe4me he did not sympathise
with -his fellow a'
duties and private Airs kept him otherwise en.
gaged. The feet is` bewails the Erie Patinas.
ter's duties ap Editor Ind duties as Postmaster,
that individual dott' s t live a great deal of timeto
devote to "leading a notr even if one should occur.
Again, the Erie Pas advocated the prin
ciple upon which the, brisk& bill is based long
before the writer of t tame "left his country
for his country's good' ' and this country's disad
vantage. He advoesseilit when the English cock
ney of the Cbsamercid was shouting "God save
the Queen" at Bow-bells, or singing, in drunken
revelry, "Brittania rafts the waves" at Wapping.
He advocated it then bedtime he believed it was
right, and he does so tout 011sial position has
made no dilemma in. his sentiments upon any
question before the country, as the ooluinSis of
the Observer for the pist tea years moot inmates
tibly demonstrate. ' -
Or Some of the ?inroad tan are oiroolatitig
s petition, to be prorated to the Ll:Lahti" SO
have the Passenger Depot of the Erie and North
East nod remain whore it is, and not be mai'.
ed to the Lake. Theo men see the band writ
* on the wall, aod harciei lir ip this project to
break their &IL It will.do so good, bora
ger; if the Court decides that their toed has been
built as their darter presgribes, then the Dept
will stay whets it LK bat if, on the contrary, the
Court decides that they have no right to obstruct
State, French, tad Pesch streets, then they 11$168i
take up their traps and move! Theses oar asa
ducats.
tar The Editor of the Wheeling name magi
very seer wetting - a uwlialiag" last week. Be
Lad attacked the private character of a Mr. Bas
nn, a china of that town, ii his paper, and Mr.
aosght redress with a cowhide, bat timely in
terference d W.. binskinved his the disgrace
mil the hdlislios.
The Age ef Dm
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Fanny Wright, some few pin ago,
aside bar sect, and mounted the rostrum
public lecturer, the social world stared and
its breath; and no wonder! That wan-not
ge of "isms." Now, however, the case is
eat; the world has "progressed" rightsmartly
then, while the ran of "strong minded we
" and easy brained men, to say nothing of
imposters and arrant knaves, barb incrust
t a ratio, if not alarming, at least etstraordi
'. Physically, this is doubtless the age of
n, hot socially and intellectually, it is as tn
dottedly the age of "isms." Andes& "isms."
Pandemonium itself could not produce such a bet
erogenious batch of absurdities. Here is Brigham
Young with bji house full of griritua/ wives, and
a numerous progeny of not very spiritual looking
children; and then close up.m the heels of this
comes the next "ism" in the calendar,. called
"bloomeriam" and its attendant train of "wo
man's rights." It is this last that the Washing
ton Sentinel hits most severely in a recent arti
cle upon the subject. The Sentinel says, in sub
stance, that the old adage holds good in their
case, that "an idle brain is the devil's workshop." I
It may he added, that when such a brain has a I
slight sprinkling of learning it becomes doubly
dangerous.. With no proper business of its own,
it dabbles in the business of others. Fond of no
toriety, and vain of its imagined superiority, it
T
: elma,
courts attention and invites ark. It loves
praise, but it prefers censure silent indiffer
ewe. To attract attention, it y addicts
itself to some great religious, social, or polities!
principle. It strikes out a theotry that conflicts
with established systems; it thinks it has conquer- '
ed them. • These shallow-brained theorists have
but a smattering of knowledge. They understand
no subject in all its connections and dependencies
They cannot perceive hoir a part, alone and by
I itself, may be imperfect, and yet that, when rd- 1
1 jested and fitted to its Correlative parts, may pre
sent one harmonious whole. Their theories all
look to destruction. Thy cannot build, but
most maliciously seek to pull down what has been
built. They would npreot religious, irtioial, end
Political systems.
1 When they have epoxied in making a few
proselytes, lazy, suisoficial, ignorant, and idle,
like themselves, they begin to call public meet
1,
ings, before which they rave and rant. They
eall their addresses lectures. Foolish see n, mis
chievous boys, slip-shod scholar., unhappy mar
ried women, sentimental spinsters, and, indeed,
all the wanton, and depraved, and crack-brained,
of the softer sex, join_ them. What was under
! taken from 'artiness, at length becomes a busi
ness, and is turned to profit- Next appears a
newspiper devoted to the elucidation and illus
tration of the peculiar tenets and dogmas of the
theorist, Cato dignifies himielf with the title -of
lecturer.
--4 1
When a women enters on these pursuits, she
quits her needle and her domestic concerns. She
reads a crasy hie* or two, attends lectures, and
Ibegins to argue most lifstily. ' She next ventures
i to write squibs for ne4rmipers, and then turns
I either parson, lecturer, doctor, of Bloomer. If
I pretty, men look at her very tenderly; if ugly,
I as is generally the case, she is worried by men
I and laughed at by boys. The good old fashion
ed phials people regard her as a lost sinner, a
straggler from the female fold, a sort of eccentric
abomination. They abuse and pity her by turns.
But with man's pursuits and apparel, she put on
his spirit. Elbe walks with a defiant air, and talks
with courageous dogmatism.
Our country is filled with isms, and with the
advocates of isms. Some have been furnished us
by the old countries, and some are indigenous.
One, and the only thing in which they-are con
sistent; is in their efforts to disturb the peace and
tranquility of the country. It is from this per
dicious school that the agitators and the incendi
aries come. Many of them are infidels, all of
them abolitionists. They would walk further to
attend an abolition anti-Nebraska meeting, than
a Country negro would to attend a funeTal, or a
Spaniard a bull fight. They love clamor, noise,
and confusion ; so well they woold rather en
'muster a hiss than indifferent silence. When
outsiders fail to give them occasion for a quarrel
RE
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• • • —_ fewfm. ,1111WIll• ••••••-,•• •
anoter.
BIGOTS', AND VILLAINT.-If there is any
thing we hate worse than another it is the intol
lerant bigotry displayed by some, the profeised
advocates of the largest liberty. Our readers will
recollect that among the other contributions to
the Washington Monument was one from the
Pope. Well, the other day this
. present was
fonntrdestroyed; and now we raid .with surprise
in several Of our exchanges articles justifying its
destrnotice. It is mortifying that any American
raises shook' give expression to such execrable
bigotry. Some of the bravest spirits of the Re!
volution were Catholics, and none contributed
more to the triumphant issue of that contest,
which woo for the "father of his country" such
i mper i s h a ble renown. Catholics have been sus
taining our free institutions with their blood, and
their treasure ever since they were established.
The. Pope had a right to send-this tribute of res
pect to the memory of Washington, and the des
truction of it was an aot• of unprovoked vil/aiiy.
us, The Camas says there is a "proposition
now before Coogre•l to extend Human Slavery
withis the-borders of the Free territories of Ne
braska and Hama." We beg leave to say that
we 4iak there is no snob proposition. If there
is the Gavotte ean doubtless give us the section
of the bill that proposes to "extend 'Human slave
my within" those territories: To I ntake tuoh a
s weeping assertion as the shove, oni ought to be
able to point to a positive enactment extending
it. Can the Gazette do so? Wf 41 see!
air The Editor of a disreputable paper prin
ted\ here by the Railroad oompan , eills the Su
perintendent of the Railroad be wren this and
the Ohio Line, hi. "old friend." Won. PACE
RS is a "friend" of that rotten scoundrel, we'd
thank Gov. litotsz, in the name of three thou
sand Democrats and four thousand Whip of Erie
E mpty, to loam him immediately: The free
and nnbonght citizens of Erie county want no
“f r ioad" of that WM in the employ of the State
here!
sig;, An Editor out in Indium found 87e nests
in /Facie a fro weeki eines, whereupon be wn-
Damon that he shall soon discontinue his paper
sad start sins beak. From this we rots that
a. basking institution with a dollar capital, is
rvity ip that State.
os. Nieboiu P. :Trig, so srallbumrs as s
dal spat to Maki dozing tits Isis war, is wow
engaged iz ISUiag tabs for a
assidas.
Th. Wide Illombitim
The Whig State Conventicle' last week nomi
nated Hon. ',tuft Pomocx, of• Northumbe
rland, for Governor; Hon. (sows WAHL, of
Allegheny, for Canal Commissioner, and Hon.
Dexter, M. Scram, of Adams, for Judge of the
Supreme Court. These nominations are, so far
as our knowledge ex?ends,emenently respectable,
and show much more political sagacity than weever
before saw the whig party exhibit. Neverthe
less they "can't oome in;" not exactly because
they "are not good looking," but because the
wigs party is, like a United States Bank, an "ob
solete idea." This being the fact, and the candi
dates of the Democracy, Mout, But= and
Marc, having been placed on the course with such
nnparalled unanimnity, we shall not expect a very
exciting campaign. Indeed, there is no reason
why there should be. All the old issues which
divided the whig and Democratic parties, have dis
appeared in the roll of events, and as to there
beiig any new ones, why the most ultra agitator
would be puzzled to find any thing in thepresent
affairs of uur State from which to manufacture.
_ln continuation of the above,- it may not be
amiss to add the following well-timed remarks
from the Pirrusiggercista Patriot:
Tax WHIG CAZDIDATZB.—WeII, the child
is born ,
and his name is"—Pollock. The Hon.
James Pollock, of Northumberland county, ex
member of Congress, is the whiff candidate for
Governor. W.xniting pawns will ascend
from Whigs in different parts of the State! The
big, hoarse voice of the mammoth city daily will
lead in the .hymn, and the shrill small notes of
the Modest country_ weekly will be heard in echo-
ing the chorus. How the types will rattle anus
the heavy presses groan—to tell the people. all
virtues of this new champion. It is not likely
that lithogtaph likenesses, of him :rill be hung
in every bar room, in f.very mill and smith shop,
and upon the moat oonspicuouetree at every cross
road in the State. He is not a military hero—
indeed, his vote in Congress' in favor ()Idle ex
pediency of ordering our troops to retreat-- - proves
him to be • far from brsie. . In a late campaign
the whip learned that military heroes ate not
acceptable to the people—with, their characteris
tic shifting, they have roe to the other extreme
in the selection of their candidate for Governor.
Mr. Pollock's retreating vote would give the lie
to any one who would claim him as a hero, or even
a bold man. Mr. Pollock is reputed to be &gen
tleman- of more than ordinary ability—a good
speaker—and socially very agreeable. But did
ho possess each of these qualities in a much
more eminent degree, he could not be_ made the
Governor of Pennsylvania. The Democratic can
didate, Col. Bigler, has been tried, and unfortu
nately for his opponent, has given general satis
faction to the people of the State. His popular.
ity was attested by the unprecedented unanimity
with which he was re-nominated. Whigeditors
are welcome to all the consolation they can de
rive from the fact, that one delegate voted against
declaring Gov. Bigler the unanimous nominee of
the Convention. If they cannot' provide their
rank and file with better &munition, we . doubt
much whether they will be willing to go into the
contest.
Mr. Darsie, the whig Senator from Allegheny,
, received the nomination for the office of Canal
1 Commissioner. Pobr Gen. Lorimer was thrown
I aside—and his aspirations for the Gubernatorial
nomination blighted, iu order that his felloir citi
zen might be honored. Mr. Darsie has the repu
tation of being a cunning politician, but he would
not have supposed that his wily propensities were
So strong—ail te s make him supplant a pOlitical
1 brother of his own city, who had spent many
months and as many hundred &liars, to obtain
a distinction for which he was constantly longing,
land about which he has been for a long time—
either thinking or dreaming.
On the second Tuesday, of October next—the
people of the State will convince Mr. Darsie—if
he does not sooner become conscious of the fact,
that he came before the people of Pennsylvania at.
a very inauspicious time. •
Of Judge Smyser, the whig nominee for the
Supreme Bench, little is known out of his dis
trict. Our information is, that he is a pretty
good Common Pleas Judge. Boone, we presume,
will pretend to claim for him qualifications that
will bear comparison with those of Judge Black.
There is as great a difference in the intellectual
abilities and legal attainments of the.latter and
the former Judges, as between Hyperion. and a
Satyr. Should both candidates live until the day
'of election, Judge Smyser will monn certainly find
the honor of a nomination swallowed up in an
inglorious defeat.
ag. Three prisoners escaped from oar jail last
Tuesday. They were confined on a charge of
burglary, and wre to be tried in May. The Ga
zette says they ef f ected their liberation by means
Having filed their irons so se to no maantect
throw them off without much effort, they seized
the jailor, who happened to be inside, and forcing
from him the key, unlocked the door and locked
him in, and then made off as rapidly aa possible.
The Sheriff is on the look out for them.
'- Dr. Johnson. *hen in the fullness ofyears
and knowledge, said:--"I never toot up a news
paper without finding in it something which 1
would hate deemed it a loss not to have seen;
never without &riving from it instruction or
amusement."
A great many people concur, by actions at
least, in Dr. Johnson's opinion, who har'nt the
remotest idea that newspapers ought to be paid
for. They will - take a paper year after'year, and
find every week something to please and instruct
them, yet strange to say the moment the publish
er eends them a bill-they get mad. We trust
none of oar subscribers are of this clue, because
we pride ourself on having the most intelligent
list of subscribers in the State. All such, if they
find a bill in their paper and it is right, will Rend
us the money, for they of course knew - we require
it to carry on business; but if it is not right
then, the first titre they come to the city, they
will call and have the error corrected.
81RVED RIM Rtotrr.-.A. Gernian lady. at
Owensboro, Ky., cowhided a German gentleman
whom she charged with sending her a villanotus
valentine. He protested his innocence, bat she
would not believe him till she had -fully paid the
debt.
Parr IlLairms AND Coutrrr PAPEti—Poet
Masters in Erie county would do well to bear in
mind that they arc ,utitled for every county pa
per delivered by them to retain out of the Post
°See funds ten mid a-hatf cents per year; whilst
their commission on foreign papers amounts to
only from six to eight cents. Postmasters will
see from this that it is their interest to increase
the circulation of their ecatut papers.
Sir All history speaks tinmpet tongued in
orndlrmation of the fact that woman is the steam
engine of life, the great motive power of love, va
lor and civilisation —Routh Notes.
If that ism, we can't see why the Editorrof
the Notes havent been "civilised" long ago.—
They have had the "steam-ougine" hitched on
to 'em long enough, we should think.
The Sandusky Mirror /*lb the Conneaut
Reporter a Democratic paper• A more malig
nant small light does sot exist in the whig fold,
than this same Reporter• It is had bat half
an ides, and that it borrowed hem Giddings sad
Wahl
Float Washington.
torkmormiam,,, of du ;
Walliflonoy
•
iikreb, 21,
Loh " i . Tr w id,„&"„_Done k a Citrk—T;,
rior—Makfas Datiny—The rition on
4.k-2u Clergy a.d cu 14 , •
Yorh--Semitior Pii•tr ma a hireowseor, Ile, 4 . 1
Loot Won I ono sew this "city of aYs tom.
ass," I hod ea k., bead epos eosins r ft ,„
was sera &Wait to limas* aity
imposumma, aside insults durum as the Psi
of the country. Inset lig stow % hers,
afgescot of a limy" Ms boos entirely 04 4 ,
tessly to heir tsy tostlisiosy to the (* tub?.
If the este at which property rests it to by
lades of greataele. *Ma Wallidikeft ii shui,
sorely New t Tork, with all her boasting, on
this pertimisi. £M wet &lose is this City
the eau of nate, bat every ether neem u , f
ly• dear- Go tato oar esaritet of a Inm an
be estealetted et the priest lieseatted fm the
Dosed to ale; sad Boob arti•les, too; ma , 7
people oat so the Lake "would sot t e,; l ,
- -
p-H," each bus pay this Woos hart dmattiti
hopping hawse ia Waahlagtou is o joke, U at::
foal Ms found to hit 110ITOW, who has l b w) ,"
WM* basition elowoltoro to ootao hero tot
amid dollar eteritahlp . io ono of the dola rta ,,
higseClocks, tootle& ma that ioight, ,
log letters from the•eyitol, want all my pu i
friends to beware of the ambition, to o
young politiciaas, of sacraria, places in 2, ;,
Y clerks la the departments. liro ply:, 4
for that dement pay, sad s clerkship main
Aside from the salasios, which u thing,
rarely budwzaste, fear years ursine in one
taints gnats a wan for any ethyl litnd of e x;
looses his ambition—be ceases to be 4
world--b; has bonnie dependent upon a u„,„
word, is transformed tato a mere =daze, 1..;
at 8 o'clock and stooped at three. 1(, Oat Tha t
I say, do any thing,, be anything that „
you value your future usefulases, don't
went Clerk. I spoik from raperianta,
what I know!
et predicted in say but, tbe President i
awe, in reply to a' resoludon cl inquu7,
Black Warrior. In my opinion the Prtlviet.
IIIM•10, takes the true view or the ditScul.. ,
substance, that the seizure of the Black WI T _
lest offensive act of the Spanish whom,
is it likely to be the last, unless Cotipess s.
means to plat* the Executive in a politic,
spew' for, and *bestiaries to the my:area:ens ~
and comity. Re says that while these ostn i .
trued Wader our very nose, mires. f, r
sought /run a gersrasnent in soothe; hez
that the delays of distawee and diplomat, s:
end no redress is ever obtained. cf
hopes Cadres' will adopt such ros,J..tt.
will enable tains to protect our eitilcus
nation. I hops so too: We sball IleTt7
the.. unpleasantoeeartepees until the Ahaez
over the Moro out* and that, let TZI9 tt:.y.
as Slimy years us some papple imagine I. ;
lomat doubt but that you end 1, end En„•
will live to see the Island of Cabs CIL , 4
Union. Imy this, not on acooont of t...:?!., 2
but simply beaus' I know the tenden-y
is to spread, while the inclination of e
e!yte. Imy it become the lasiory
Look et oar accoititions within tie r:•
is Texas, and New Mexico, Lai
that in comparison with the hs,:.! C..)1,
acquisitions, sink into utter itstr..Ea.ate.
but the opportunity—the rapes:, or at nmarr4.:
and the cadre shores ot that ulsti
icee bayonets, and the Spsouh role In
aza no "dllibuster," bat I believe to eia :r
and the destiny of the Islander Cu
wings of the American Ett;:e G,.
dained shall be joined toge:ber.. ne:ther
nor monarchial diplomacy eau ke.i,
!The Ghijoa of Saturday renta.ai n r .: •12
Opole out 'Relations ! with Spam, - I: tap
meager bas been dispatched with Instruct. -I
cater a Madrid to demand, in eteptott.? 1`7::
and ample reparatime for the otterigos e ,ea;
authorities of Cabs upon our eomoiriz;c..,
the article, "if any hesita doe is man::-s-. .;
of Madrid to disavow the outrageous
our flag and the property of our
ungencies,be Dot remored by irbic'l
may be. diessioned, we shall adroem.
sU the power which the Government :an t
port of oar rights aad interests in Cuba. T
costadir as as weak as we would in rea.,:F
were to later area the Ant Power of
insult, edded to injury, as repeatedly a;
perpetrated upon as by Spaia during
ll* time bar 'mired when forbeant,e
rile nation, whose obstinacy or iiagna
to the verge of rain, seams,* tb bea r.-
only receive redress for the past, I=tt:3A
ant security for the future. Its
to be bettered, tor they will hars -!:
regard to the idea, promulgated
tioveruments,that this govern uNu: ra.r.
the Spuaith elvdterily to the leleel of C...)1
equally pointed. To Loots Nsp,:ef,t.
tame of the Twilleriss methwe we.: 6..Lne
his amicable! assuagements with cha..:uar.t7y.
hats almost a paramount isittres: to O.:
lutpathiss with us jam in the seine pNpar..
~ /MPathisc Vault Russia. Test Lattlest
path, their ruler, whoever be may be,
rest. He is acting is ohelenee to it tr. the
/MAP! Somettni...c: , !
through:which a Large proportion
we cannot ecusseut 4s iu exereica; •
over that island. The idea of tor t.i,.D;
wrest in the matter than that of her
the way of oar prosperity is too abtaru t:
fur • moment. She may envy • •
nal close our doom." This is emphoi an.;
and is just the language I like to ro:c.,-1
from the Democratic organ at the seat ,f; v
A Tuber novel and spirited debs:c.
Satiate the other day, the partuntiars
remarks thereon, I cannot retrain 8.121;n;
mutt presented a petition, soots to s s
signed by about throe thousand Clorgym,:
land, against the Nebraska bill This :.•-1 1
inch an extraordinary character—the •
to speak in the name or mush high
once crested surprise, sad in sumo
set out with the doehurstiou that tat -,tairi s,te •
'sea Ofalifterent religious dettominst. , :'‘,"
by, "La the same of Almighty God, war al!
they solemnly protested against the to,a;to`': ,
bill" This is their lanffitege, not utt:.e' is•
say, speskjug by the same high anther ty, I
tf thrbill *mem a law, this tattoo
the righteoasjedgment of the Alaurtt:y."
what Ohm's slay think of this. but it strati z'
near akin to blasphemy. The idea of three ta.
istere—fallible creatures like you aci
themselves the right to speak for the Alm-;. :f
question of Legislation, is the shearest
poems% blasphemy, yet perpetrate I 113 11113
a isul• daPPuse three thousand Catholic C.r.;:=4
send in a remonstrance, in the aim , hip.-5.-:-A
Pie, and basedlepon • similar b tti prtterim
month.piesses of the will of the Deity, aka"''
measures before Congress, what viotil.i elm 3"'
mad petitioners say? Why, they w be
to "ory aloud and two not" against 11. 1.V!‘""
a sectarian dame all over New Engl 01. sto
has never existed since their forefst .
widfped the, Quakers and Baptiste
laws I am in favor Of the largest hi
have no doubt if these three thouis
this petition into the Senate a eiti.
robes of their sacred calling—a ui
Seams respects as mash as soy hot
elastic, I have no doubt it would I
received andifeepectfully coneiderel
state of the ease. They do not elair
but u "Clergpsett"—a part of the
the wisdom of the framers of oar i
Jammu to4hls fivreCitaistit. Hence
received the ezposure it richly •eri
C!!!!!
It Will be gratifying to your Pew
have ao &tuba to leant that the vet.
your State traded with the veer
Wfisoquenee of Eriel position 00
have themselves him with a signal
The would-be great men of New To ,
the Mint removed from Phih.ielph
fadeout oa coal pad iron—and to p
with all 104 ehtigular the intim:a
atone, booms Oho little city of Et
hood la opposition to the siarpalz.
Central Railroad employ of Nov T.
meta &ear zed if they ha►'at axn
Jody. h the DeSeism bill Ira
the Now Test 44.67 owes—thilitsoo l
Took Kim
SEMI