actl4 Obstrbtr., ERIE, PA SATURDAY MORNING, DEC 30, 1854 /Er Owing to circumstanc(s beyond our con trol, we have been unable to d e vote that atten tion to the columns of this week's paper, that we think I newspaper is entitled wi Perhaps, how ever the "scissors" hare been more successful than the "pen " Whether this is so or not, we leave our readers to ju lie; if they decide in fa- Tor of the "scissors," why then we're all satisfied! se- We notice that our friend, C I WainitT, of the Banking House of C. B. WRIGHT S Co , of this city, has e4tablished a Banking and Ex change office at No. 37 South-Third Street, Phil. atielphis. Those of our friends having business in that city, will find him on hand and " all- Wright:" OPENID —Our friend Dr A THAYER, lte opened at No. 4 Wright's 13l.iek, one of the choicest lot of Drugs and Moileines to be found in the country. As his st .;•k was selected by himself, with an eye .rogle as to quality, physt clans and others will d ,uhtless find at this estab lishment an assortment at once pure an 3 reliable. And as to variety, from a personal inspection, we can confidently state, he has almost crery thing to be found ui first class establi-bments of this kind D9uLtl ,,, s the Doctor's friends and patients in th.• r. - untry, where he Las so long practiced, ix ill pleasure iu givinz him a call, if they want any thing .n his late lir The Philadelphia rapers k.l Friday con win an announcement of the Firll.ll death of .4 enator Levi Fulkrod, of that cite. pl• Mr F. was elected to tlic State S. rytte one ye tr aga, last October, and acc-rd.ui:ly this w ) 11 11 have becro his second w:nter at liarrisburc. Th. , vacancy cauge'by his dcath 1.• ave. ti S ..f Pennsylvauiar a tie, the Whigs end Know Nothings vie toget....r A , peclal elec tion will be called for the purpose ~f filling the vacancy srn m rrabahly in February, and very much fear that a Ku w N d i g will tali, the place of Mr. Pouiliro I, thus g.ving the S.;n ate to the Whigs and their natural atileg, the Know Nothings Wo see it stat-. 1 that Mr. Buckalew, the Democrat .c S•tritc. , . wli . is abroad still on a tcmporaty f grneral gov eminent, Will not ti 4t. 1.,..(ne in time to to• pr. sent at the organizatain of iii...: S_nate on next Tue., day. Things in very much if we were fail :ng into the haud.s of rh. Pi ii+tine sig n , We shoulA hj 2C1:111/td"d;fs , 1 last the receipt, from ~ tir ti 1, G._ 1:1 KI LLPATRICK, Of a lot Of very nip zAJ ofl t . r . iog. May Ilia shadow ~ gr,K /ear' erope either.- —"'Every day hrttip abet:ilia,: new," is a true sayin4; but who wou. t h,Lv th..u;,h.. when the Gazelle wa...4 lulling an i eu un, the Buffalo Commerria/ durin4 Mr F,lirn.re's Alin,uistra• tion—(that paper was t b. n /0 . ; hen" orzaia, and now)—that ere the year five, it w i t t ;d, uounce it uan "erratic. wing paper?" But so it is, and such, ret us add, is whig hutnan nature: The living Brutus is na.,re powerful than the dead Caesar Fiat FV WAREI.F.S WeduNday rarTning, the 20th, a fire hroko , ut ; In the huildme occu pied u a Cornrul,•:. , n, (ffiee, Warren:Warreti eounty, and bef are eatingu -hed it destroyed all the coutiry Tho Pr th9n• Lary, Recorder aril Trea , urer, save , l all thetr books and paper 4, hut ! the p Ter= In the l'qrn miaaioners' wor (1.!,,tr 'ye I ex. , 7 , .pt what were coutained to ,Afe SPZAKER of SENATE —The Phil.t‘h Iphia North A rnertean, prc.suln,tig that thc wi have a inaj 0,, S nu.e, pr p,a,e that, the num)) 11,)).) 6EO 1)Alt-IE,of Pittsburgh, in connection with th.) o ff ice of sp ea k er Ti le Whigs treated him ••) Lin .n:oly when they ran him fur Canal C anuossi r, h. rolzht cer tainly to allow them t.) exhibit the s.tul-2 kind. nese again. PIEITT Gout) —ln rt f r:n t") t h.. con' - plaints made by same of • pap-.rs against the authorities i.f t .r not giv ing the "Excur. onisr: it put,,:,: r, eery - i." 1.1., allow gets off the f •ne Of e ,- iur.e, there is no truth iu it, Le Luse we k our visitors never get "cloudy;" stili it .s goad rupuzla for a joke: While on this sub) , set, s'' ,sr us to •uggesi, that one more "i• irllll anu.d ha%e - :kteen a little too mn tr f ,, r t ht. g n keuit.o of the expedition That gen utp ,, ring at ' Cleveland was a pretty rzooil r ,, un , l t,% go home L.- on. A friend of ours, A tioiel pepriet teils ra ther a good on.• of a memb e r of the partt.. It , seems he is a C-uns.ilrui,n in the gluier City After registering his name, tho rk did hiva the honor of per , onally sivo,v,ng loin Li s ro•itia, an , l remarked, on the way , mg up, "1" , •u we hal pretty extensive t , ur r il, ,I. "Yes," said the Couuelinoin, mk, "ae w•went to the other sole. : Er said the cleric, "a L, it did y , u Cr, ••WlO. - said the 2oune I Int ki ,, ,,:11 , L(.1 at ignorance of th, , l , t, " ,, t1 the I:tev-lau I 6 bridge, of course ' oe Forest City, may have vim , : r c ilivet:,ll of L., part of the road hulk %%lieu to a in , ,n seeing doubi,, wou!d pr baby D'lt!( Inc edne2p don of the tourist _ The Columbus S/ate.sm 4/1 parades up , n be walk at Newport, a dre , sed Ing marked 525 pound. nett, an indicates an ipinion that that hog "takes the salt." When - Alp - Ai the Chre :and Pjaindeuler puts one along r•ile weighing 42 pounds, and calls fur another show, or a con cession. ge. David I, Yu;ee ha 2. been tleete , l by the Legislature of Eurich rt pre, ut tLiat io lye Bet t ite of the I.Thited States, for s'a )ears ifoal the 4th of Itirtb, ggr Congress has voted double rations to Gen. Wool for his twelve years's service as In spector General. A "runic" is counted as 20 *esti a day. The In4pect,r General has six. eroald make about b 5,000 for the twelve yam Is. The Legislature; of lowa met in joint con. vossion on the 14th, and made an ineffectual ef- Art to elect a United States Senator. The Dem aerate all voted for Dodge, but the Whigs and Pasioaiita, who are in a considerable m a j or i ty , eooW pot agree upon a common candidate. wo., Near Amherisburg, Canada, a few days ago, a man was eloping with a young woman, when their sleigh was overturned. The girl's neck was broken, causing her instant death Alie man suffered a fracture of the leg, and was takes to a hotel in Amherstburg, where his wife .4 sort kindly attending him, in fulfilment of her twartisie vow. If he is not overtaken with re pentance and contrition, his wickedness must be lasp-asstacl. We cow beard of a man down East, 140 was said to have accumulated a totopatemm, if not riches, by minding his own business; and if na• Lions, as well as individuals, would be a little more particular to mind theirs, there would be a much better prospect for peace and advancement in national prosperity. Our American policy, from the beginning, has been non-interference--at least, professedly so— in the affairs of other nations and governments. This is right, and should be strictly *dhow' to, if we intend to be free from all "entangling alli ances," and safe from charges of favor or preju dice that give offence and often create quarrels. England, France andtSpain—tbe latter a cy pher in the trio, but associated with the other two powers, from the most sordid motives—have entered into an understanding—perhaps a treaty —as there is much reason to suppose—for the protection of Spanish interests on this continent, not only, but with an unmistakeable intention of preventing the annexation of any more Amer ican Territory to the United States. The tone of the English press on the subject of the Grey town affair, the conduct of the British Consul at Honolulu, the appearance of British and French naval forces about the West Indies:and along the Pacific sea-board—all indicate something sus picious, and require the attention of our Govern- went, as ominous of their policy. By the Clay ton and Bulwer cunvention,it was agreed, as the puboe understand it, that Great Britain was not to set up any exclusive claim to dominion or soy , crLignty in any part ot" Central America, or at I a,t over what is ca,led the Mosquito Kingdom. What right, then, have Great Britain to com , plain , f the protection afforded our citizens and their pr,)p..rty, a, Greytown, so long as we do not us.unie any exclusive authority, as a nation, in that country? hu,t! Eastern Powers are emboldened to say 50.1 oo msny things that are insolent and arbi trary, by the caviliing and anti-American spirit tii.o.fcsted by many of our public journals. The anti-Annexation party cannot brook the ad. v. - inc.! , wade t ,wards Americanizing any part of this c-utinent, not under the jurisdiction of the United Sate Government, and they are often found, u )t ouly casting reflections upon oar poli cy in ttrit re.pect, but hinting at the danger of provoking the English or French, or some other newer to come down upon us fur the purpose of crippling ~ur commerce- or deranging our domestic ,•hanucls of trade. This British spirit among AinLnean, rhould bo resisted by all who value h , nix ~f the nation and the eventaal,snceess of R •Intblicanism and should be met and rebuk. (.4 f , ts is just and prudent, by the Govern nt, in taking a stand that is open and deter .u, d. Lot the consequences take care of them selves, but under no pretence should British, French ur Spanish interference, or domestio Brit ish partialities, expressed in newspaper articles, exhibiting real toryism, hinder the Administra ticu froth pursuing a policy that will convince the Powers on the other aide of the Atlantic, that they will, lu the end, be better off, if they mind their own busineem and not meddle with Ella It is gravely propo*d in Congress that the Prepllent be authorised to offer the mediation of th,. United. States, in the settlement of the East ern War. It is argued that we are disinterested and impartial, and it would therefore be a mag nauituous interference in their affairs. There is certainly some reason to believe those powers now engaged in that frightful struggle, would be glad of a n ex -um' to make a draw game of it and quit But should the United States interfere? is the queiti Ju. Whatever may be said about the evils of war, and the immense misery flowing from such an , 'no as is now raging, it is by no means e , rtaln that the result of this contest will not pr << f me .en ice to the cause of liberty in the wori, and a check to the lofty bearing and di, t a tonal assumptions of the very titled nations whiLli are manifesting the same disposition to wards us that they have demonstrated in the case now trying before the world. If they have un dertaken a job that is beyond their means to aceompiish, what reason have wo to interfere? and would it be good policy to attempt the ex tri at- th• m fr•,na the difficulty when the discover i in iutention to turn their forces upon us, for the same cause that led them to make war upon lits.,ia—jealousy of our growing influent* and strength? No, let them fight their own battles and man age tbL:r own affairs, and we hope our govern ' mcnt will attend to its own business, and stand aloof froth a quarrel that must be settled to the - advantage of England and France, if done by negetation, and which, if left to a decision that is the result of hard knocks, may prove a salutary lesson to an unhallowed combination, at present more in the way of the spread of Republicanism I than all the other nations of the earth. It ha' , bef. , re been proved, that war and blood t. bed is a grand purgative for the chronic disease of E Late: n Ninny, and nothwithstanding a mul ti•u ~1 :roubles to result from its use, it is the ~o il rewely that has turned out to be efficient prew_at we think there is no danger of over- American Sympathies. Tie London Times has made the discovery that not much sympathy is to be expected by Great Britain, in her present war with Russia, from eitizers of the United States. Remarking upon the recent defeat of the allies at Petropaul oval, the Times says: "The fleet appears to have trusted some Amer icans, who are to a man friendly to the Russians in that part of the world, so far as regards the present contest, and sent a considerable detach meut of its men in a position where they were masaaered by the Russians. It is very clear that we have to learn, not only the art of war, but a little experience, which is proverbial ly dear. Little confidence must be placed in any supposed sympathy of race, of religion, of con stitution, or anything else, between us and the Americans. They have nothing to fear from the Russians, and a good deal to fear, or rather to be jealous of, with ourselves, as they believe. We may as well therefore make up our minds to their following their interest, as they think it, and letting sympathies alone. Of course, they hate no particular pleasure in seeing our frigates roaming across the Pacific, visiting the islands, tampering with the chiefs, prowling about the coasts, sailing into harbors, and otherwise ma king themselves at home." Commenting upon this extract from the Times, the New York Herald says : "The Times has uttered most true words; nei ther England nor France can expect from us, in the straits to which they are fast being reduced, either sympathy or support. No instincts of race, no similarity of religion, nor assumed simi larity of constitution, can blind the American _people to the true significance of the war in the Esse. Public opinion here is undoubtedly fa vorable to Russia. There is so necessity fur dia. raising the fact, and England is welcome to the admission. Not that we love Russia more, bat because we hate her War lir Our Philadelphia visitors appear to have left Erie with a most lively mass of the hospi talities Mid attention extended to them by oar eitisens. Their papers are full of details, des. oriptions, and high-wrought eulogies of our city and its importance; and above all, of our Ladies. In regard to the latter, we are very much mista ken if they hav'ut made several of their visi tors captives, and we shall see them beak again ere many months. The following are some of the notices elicited from the press. We copy from the inquirer. TB? EXCURSIONISTS.—The members of the City Councils and other invited guests, who par ticipated in the excursion to Erie, returned Id the city at an early hour yesterday morning, after an absence of nearly a week. They enjoyed them selves in the fullest manner throughout. At every town' and city, going and corning, they were received in the most enthusiastic manner, with the exception of the City of Pittsburg, where no demonstration was made. At Williamsport, the reception was truly triumphant. The citizens turned out in a body, and vied with each ether in generous hospitality. So also at Elmira, at Niagara Falls, at Erie, and at Cleveland. We learn further ' that great preparations were made for a cordial fbeeptiou at Buffalo, but in conse quence of a misunderstanding, the excursionists did not visit that place. The trip throughont afforded the fullest satisfaction, and oonvinoed all who participated in it, of the importance of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad. It will, when com pleted, be worth millions per annum to Philadel phia. For example, a distinguished citizens of Cleveland, Col A. Stone, President of the Cle veland and Erie Railroad, informed us the,. "if the Sunbury and Erie Railroad were completed to the harbor c,f Er.e, we (that is the citizens of Cleveland) could send to the warehouses of Phil adelphia, three hundred tons of merchandise per day, and guarantee a constant yearly iucrease. ' A fact like this speaks volumes. The Bun. James Cooper, and Philip M. Price, Esq., the Pre sident and Secretary of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, accompained the party throughout, and won the thanks of all, by their unremitting cour tesies, kindness and attention. We will only add that the Reception Ball at Erte was a truly magnificent affair, and was brilliant with beauty and fashion. The ladies did honor, not only to the Lake City, but also the Keystone State; and we fear that some of the bachelors among the excursionists must have left their hearts behind them. And this is from a correspondent of the fame paper As I stated in my last letter, the dinner and ball at Erie would conclude the ceremonies in cident on the visit of the Philadelphia City Coun- cils to that city. The proceedings of the dinner having been sent you by telegraph, I pass over that agreeable entertainment to the grand Re• eeptiou Ball, which was given at the Reed House, on Thursday evening It was decidedly a party of much interest. Free from that haughtiness which characterises the ladies of the other cities, (and I do not exempt our own Philadelphia,) and singularly agreeable and pleasant as the ladies generally were, I can safely say a more popular ball has never been participated i6--I have never seta as much real beauty as was there exhibited in the pretty faces of the ladies, taking the Lame number together, and their manners and conver sation were at once pleasing and instructive. The music was excellent, the dancing generally good, and the appearance of the assemblage gay and interesting. The ladies of Erie have coutributed largely to the delightful trip enjoyed by the Sun bury and Erie Railroad excursionists, and to them are, the members of the Company indeptod for much pleasure. The ball was concluded at 4 o'clock Friday morning i At A.ltonis the excurtionis3, ou their way from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, hei.i a meeting, and among other resolutions, p.,ssed the follow ing: Resolved, That in viw of ~ ur p. rts , n4: itpepec• tion of the busioess and 'clues of the port of Erie, we hav, icutv ed and increased our confidence in the iwp !rtauce. to Philadelphia of re& hing at that point the immense and rapid ly increasing trade of the Lakes, and that in our opinion try caunot u e tt e r subserve the best inter ests of our city than by promoting, to the utmost of our abilities, the completion, at the earliest possible period, of the great Pennsylvania high way, tilt! Sunbury and Erie Railroad. Resolved, That our sincerest thanks are emi nently due the authorities and citizens of the Borough of Williamsport, the citizens of Elmira, the authorities and citizens of Erie, and the au thorities, and citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, fur the kind receptions and generous hospitalities extend ed to one and all during our late trip. Resolvedrlhat to the Ladies of Erie we are under many obligations, for their kind considera tions—the favor with which they received the P z. rsi oni s ts, the gratitude expressed for our visit, their enthusiasm' for the success of the great iron chain which we hope will soon connect Philadel phia with Erie; their brilliant Reception Ball, and, tia short, for their unremitting etention to all the guests, while in their midst. CoL Benton and Repeal On Monday, last week, Col Benton sent in, by his friend, Mr. Oliver, a brief speech in rela tion to the notice of Mr. Mace, of a bill repeal ing the Nebraska-Kansas Act, and for the resto ration of the Missouri Compromise bill—both of which measures Mr. Benton opposes. He says Kansas will be ripe for admission into the Union by the time the next Congres assembles, and adds : "The member from Indiana then proposes to resist the adinis-ion if she has established slave ry. This, in my opinion will be resisting a right, holaing as I do, that the State will be en titled to admission (having the other requisites) with or without slavery, as she pleases. Aud this not by virtue of the Constitution—l mean an inherent right of State sovereignty, possessed before the Constitution was made, not surrender ed to the Federal Govi_rnutent when it was made; and therefore, retained by the States; add to this a treaty right to the same effect. Kansas is it part of the former province of Louisiana, acquir ed by Jefferson, and has • right under that trea ty to be incorporated in the Union as a on as it can be done secnrding to the principles of the Federal Constitution. The third article of the treaty is explicit to that effect The right of the State to admission will be absolute under her sovereignty and the treaty, without any regard to her Constitution in relation to slavery." He says he thinks it likely enough that some Missourians crossed the line anti voted at the re ' cent election—an act induced by the doings of the emigrant societies in the East. He says: "A stranger cannot interfere in a family dis pute without uniting the family against him, nor to a state dispute without uniting the state against him. What has hsppened, then, in !Ulnas was obliged to happen, and was foreseen by some and deprecated at the time. I con demned that society emigration at the time; and there are members now present to whom I fore told its bad effects, such as have been seen by everybody. If any emigrants came from the free states in the usual way, they would be kind -1.7 and respectfully received; but, sent by socie ties; they would meet with ill will and opposi tion. And I think the recrimination of my col league is but a fair set-off to the crimination of the member from Indiana, and this is all I have to say, confining myself, as I do, to the two mea sures proposed by the member from Indiana, and condemning hie remedies, while applauding his desire to put an end to agitation, and restore the House and the eountry to the happy state of tranquility and fraternal feeling which prevailed twelve months ago, and which has been so la mentably, and, I fear, so durably impaired." We wonder how the Conneantvilla Courier-- a paper flying the Colonel's name at its head fur President, and at the same time about half craz7 in favor of "rieseal"—likes its candidate's asap meats! We shall see! putts Irma Sto/FIL aorlirtaigiso oi the irk OM/row Nur TOM. Doc no Isl 4. Christorta• Benevolence and Destihitios— The Healy Fund--Jesuit CUR - aiag—"Fanny Fern" Speculationa— The Broadway Fire--Paxadilloes and Peculation The holidays are coming. Cartloado of ever• greens in the streets, floods of fierce wooden war riors and festinating rag babies in the shop-win dows proclaim its advent. This year, there is an unusual number of Ladies' Fairs, institutions which turn consecrated buildings into shaving shops, and fair ladies into relentless sharpers. Money is too tight inst now to be extracted by any common means, for benevolent purposes; no thing will do it bat the magnetism of woman's bright eyes; under otat magic influence, .the dire apparitions of Failure and Famine, vanish from the sight, and the devotee is ready to empty his purse for a pincushion or a bon-bon. No small amount of money is realised by these undertak ings, for worthy ends. A Fair is being h-Id by uptown ladies, for the purpose of presenting a chapel as a "Ladies' Memorial to Bishop Wain right." Individual churches are doing a great deal for the poor at this time of extremities, $2,- 500 was taken up at one collection, in,Dr. Smith's church, Fourteenth street, for the use of the Church Missionary Association, which operates among the poor of the city. The number of un employed laborers has now become so large, and their necessities so urgent, that a meeting was yesterday held in the Park, to consult as to what measures could be taken for relief. It was re solved to hire a room for meeting, and to solicit subscriptions from the business men of the city, to be distributed among applicants according to merit. There seemed to be, in the minds of some present at this meeting, a bitter feeling against those who were able to live in unabated luxury, while many were in danger of starvation. I lately happened to become aware of the ex istence of a munificent provision made for the poor children of Brooklyn by a former citizen, now deceased, named Heany, or Healey, He left an immense estate, the annual income of which was to provide the poor school-children of Brooklyn with shoes and other articles of cloth ing during the winter three months The estate is managed by a Board of Administrators in which Catholics have the majority, and by their efforts the bequest has been diverted almost entirely to the benefit of their donominational institutions, especially the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum The testator was a poor boy many years ago, so.. ving on a farm in a mental capacity, and suffered himself the hardships of poverty. He bought a large tract of wild land in the ancient town of Brouklin, as he grew up and accumulated a little money. He was laughed at for wasting his hard earnings on such worthless land, but, reprilless of the world's opinion, he built a little hut iu the centre of his possessions, and lived on con tentedly many years till streets Logan to open and houses to spring up, and till, finally, his proper. ty lay in the heart of the city of Brooklyn, and WSJ worth money incalculable He died, at last, as all men must, leaving his fortune to be a per petual Poor fund, under the control of eleven ad ministrators, six of whom were Roman Catholics, sad five Protestants. Eighty five per cent of this sum goes to a Roman Catholic Orphan Asy lum; the rest should be distributed among the poor indiscriminately but Priest craft has thus far succeeded in keeping it within the limits of the "True Church." This is altogether contrary to the intention of the tesator, who was a Roman Catholic, but of liberal views. Know Nothing ism is coming into power and will turn its inquisi tive eyes upon this and some similar matters. The curiosity of newspaper, and other critics, and busybodies about here, is considerably exci• ted as to whether Fanny Fern has introduced do mestic matters into her new and facinatiug work, "Ruth Hall." That she intended it, in any de gree, as an autobiography, is quite impossible.— The description of Mr. Ellet, does not in the least answer to the character of her excellent fa ther, who is well known to the Newspaper press of Boston and elsewhere. But, on reading the book, one is strongly tempted to believe that the authoress intended to caricature under the name of Hyacinth, her gifted brother, who united in hie person the incongruous functions of poet and man of the town. The description of Hyacinth's country place, is the description of "Idlewild." Yet one cannot entertain with pleasure the thought that a woman of so much talent and feeling. should direct such a bitter attack against a bro ther who is said to be in a decline, and whose best days are most assuredly numbered with the past. The scene of the late Broadway are, is a most doleful one. Not since the burning of the old Metropolitan Hall, has there been so large a gap made in our great avenue. It was an appropri ate night for a fire, on which this conflagration took place, the coldest by far of the season. 6o Fire and Ice, the deadly foes, contended; yet not against each other, but against man. Flame mel ted away one building after anJther in its over powering embrace, while Jack Frost, ugly friend, laid his grip on the hose, and bound the Craton fast. Geo. Christy and Wood's Minstrels were burnt out, sad to say, for they were great promo ters of good humor, Thich is at it low ebb in these blue times. An ezaminantin of the warden of Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, Mr. Keen, has brought out some curious facts with regard to the deportment of Government officials iu the localities where they reign with power supreme. Mr. Keen is accused of making himself very agreeable to the young ladies who are , xinslgned to his care for various peccadillos, which are frowned upon by .-the City Fathers; also with appropriating to his own use, the Penitentiary stores, and the labor of the female prisoners. The well known Ned Buntline, author of piratical novels, and leader of patriotic mobs, was imprisoned here for a time, and the keeper is charged with having treated him with a degree of oonsideration dm neither to his personal character nor to the nature of his offence. Ned seems to have been quite a gentle. man of leisure in jail; had his carriage and bran dy-smashes, and seems to had no inoonvesienoe anent that of infrequent communication between the island and the Mi ll ed saloons under the charge of the "foralipi population," in Cherry street, and like latitudes. The Brooklyn Rail road company has been obliged to advance its rate of fire to five instead of four cents. Four cent fans were& loss, though the cars were crowd ed. The St. Patrick, *shone at Banegat, will prove a total loss, though all the passengers and crew were saved. XRIE. -. Josue[ arum' graadaon of ex-governor Rimer, was meetly embed to death by the se 'ideate! falling of a lead of boo* from a eart sear Crineest City, Catmint. Fn. the Ai* Ter* now. The lita'tittle* of the ♦s We are informed by the Preaidemi, in his see sap, that treaties with Uruguay sad Paraguay assure to as the free navigation of the great Ls Plata, and several of its tributary streams, but that our efforts to open the Amazon to our com merce have not been attended with similar sue ;vas. However, Mr. Pierce refers to the argu ments he set forth in a former message, in favor of free transport along the magnificent Missis sippi of South America, and expresses the hope that our cordial relations with Brasil may yet i ns ure their acceptance, and bring the negotia tions still pending with that Empire to a favort►- ble termination. In order to urge the importance of the privi leges we desire :a a nati.m, to our own commer cial wealth and influence, as well as to the de velopment of South Amu' iean presperity and ci vilisation, we here briefly review what hu already been done towards procurfing them, and present a few rt flesltions ef general bearing upon the whole question at imen, between ns and onr sister States of the Southern Continent. While, in some quarters, tiler,• has been an al most wilful blindness to the mighty benefits that must result from the free nat igatiou of the Ama son to the country through which it flows—New Granada, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, at an early period of th,ir history, aiJuife , ted a desire to draw thither the capital, Intelligence and enter prise of other lands, and were ptiepared to throw open the resources of their be,iutiful regions to emigrants from Europe and the United States. During the year 183, t vaits transptred which have in some degree < c a t 'caw. retard ed the fulfillment of those intoitions In that year, Brazil cone;udeel v "soh Peru, stip ulating the contribution of 110,000, by each Government, for the purp a (if establishing a line of steamers on the Amaz '1.4 This scheme was afterwards iLturnleicd Tie American Gov ernment stepped ,u, and 1124 , 14: A similar treaty with Peru, securing to :r the same advanta ges accorded by the Lite r to Brazil. At that tune, Amorinn had already obtained contr. , i of nearly all the c ,, totiaerce of the Ama son, and in demanding t he e-our...a-ions they re quired, were merely ,ust.iiiiing a just claim, and asserting the pre, tuim•uce enrage and their 41111 Tue s wbe etc )uutered in the wa:, of regular ro:“lliz.iti were such as the Aug!, Saxon tm.irae! , r al ou.;,t, m d able to cope with Not only w.i4 the rude luxuriance of na ture a qubboru ..pptn tit of the pruuiug hand, but the ludo' , hec A! Aeru upon the soul has, until he th trued incurrgi• bio earls as 1551. 'h. r cis a :reaty granting the right of u the stre..tics tilbutary to the Amax 'l3, aul it were theuiselves of lis I) t.) an extent that spo.dily alarmed Brazil The latter p iwer Lop. iug to counteract au theueuei which seemed to her so tormelable,“: ~t.c. granted to a certain Mr. DeS.tiza theexcluate right to the free. navigatiou of the river IT a is-ri .1 of th:rt) years, along with a subsidy of BSO,OOO It r dill:11n in addition to the 82U,09U turuisued Pe,ru It ii evident that this arraugtuieut stu , urrted In au exclusi(m witvery comm. rLuie u:7 iu the world, parti cularly the Cuited S'ates, Iron an inestimable privilege Our Go truLp:ut could not, of vmrsc, submit to this policy in but immediately appealed to the tn(...y wi:;1 B livia and Peru, and claimed tue riali.a:te the upper course of the Arneitou, The &h du Pwviyu.... :t pap r well inf9rin• ed upun the prebeut poe. ture of th.s arguweut thy_ U ul t e d St a tes and Brazil: "Has Brazd, within wliose limits the mouths of the Amazon tire eaitrrac Ow: right to shut out the United Suites fr nu ;liC o f th a t river, when the etalutriea wah•ltd by it and its tributaries have granted the l•-tred privilege/ This questien ha, Leen pending tar a year past without any aatisiactory solution. The Ameri can Government, La,f, witfi,.ut reasuil, pretends that Brazil, as proprt.:t...r (of but a portion of the river, teas uo rigut to art :shale in a matter which equally concerns Pet u, Ea:no:ha, Bolivia and New Granada, watered as 11 ,, y are, by the Ama zon and its tributaries On. of the greatest di plomatists of the Unittai l ess a per . sou than Henry skiotally urged the right of free navigation, but uis efforts failed be fore a fresh obstacle quflueueed by the eaasup,e and the pressing repreaentatious of th Peruvian Govern ment acceded the. terms ,f the Souza Treaty, and made common eau4e ag.,,h-t. tto. Americans.— Should the Valet spau.sti R accept the same conditions, there .an t.. ho doubt that the Souza scheme, if inalh , aintd a. .t tan nopuly and free from tonspett ion, aid turn out to be cum pleteiy uuproduetii.; it is only by the energetic and situuttaueeus cu-oper woo : the Spanish Republic:, and the great c o ma: rrial that the cultanzation of ti:,. AttA z 111 . 4 hanks can be effected. The Braz,iiau G .v, ruin, tat has nei ther the will nor the energy to eas-ary to the so. complishinent of great 14,d ' r .•,Nt-, but in vain, the advance of eisi:iz vi Licit loudly calls for the opening of :IL. :lima! al and its trib utaries; those Nast Lust fertile. pains but await the hand of min to yield it, v:iir:e:at effort, the most abundant products iat• succe.s of the United States, in such a qta.sto tt, wiii be the success of the tut:re wort.., it v.tll open a new era to the trade; lands of tau inagined wealth to the tide of tmmigratiuu, and t, the Spanish Re publics, elements of national upuleuee hitherto unknown." This grand consummation. we tnay add to the above eloquent pica, ei. ill Ecarc-ly have been thus long delayed, had the u-ws of the discovery of gold upon the banks. , :f the Amazon becu con firmed. Commerce w.a.i-t I„tie t act,' its way thither by inuumerabne inhe is, an], ere long, Bra zil would have fe e„mp t ii, dto zeimquish her exclusive position. Yet, the remaining +/vitae:lp lit, are sufficient ly great to attract !lie eves of the world, at a moment when capital earl tri ii;ariued in their ancient citadels, and lan,.ui-i.iiig upon even our hitherto favored Shore art new regi ins to beautify and comp, r 'lnc exploring expe dition conducted uudtr the cof our Govern ment, has keenly excited putt...! curiosity, and but a glance at the Ripori ..f Mr. Herndon is needed to convince any reader el the profuse fer tility and luxuriance that disi,nguish the vast legions laved by the rat.' on the globe. Taking its source iu Peru, a: a short distance from the silver and qt.chstiter mints of Cerro Pysco, the Amazon waters Pt2lll, Bolivia and New-Grenada with its branch. -; rolls majestical ly through the whole breadth of Brazil, and at length mingles its stream nit!, Ili,• titles of the Atlantic, alter a euut-c ot u. sly 3,700 miles. The boundless furi.sts that ever its banks with their virgin growth, and only be re and there, at far intervals, cleared ha ay around s. me wrt tch ed India mission, under the dr. Aaiun of Spanish priests and goveruarS usually of Indian lineage. Population t.i scanty, cultiva.i ai next to nothing, and trade confined n a few aitieles, such as Va -1 nilla beans and sarsap it i.;a, hicl, the s,.il pas-it:- cot without whip:, and %Me', the Indians ex change fur CoLUZULA:tiii.. of the :est necessity Yet the Amazon is navigable neatly to its sources, and during certain seas , .ns of the year is open that far up to ?vessels cf consaderble ton nage. Pending the negotiations be . ..seen Peru and Brazil we published an article atiungly urging the advantages ofi this great enterprise, and endeavoring to fix the attention of our farseeing merchants upon dim new field of promising adventure. Since Olen, the importance of the subject has been increasing etery moment, and should our intereststu the Suut'a Auit.rican quel- Lion be entrusted td able bands and sustained by the favor of our own peeple, us the active perse verance of Government, we may yet bestow upon the civilization, coMinerce and political progress of the world, benifils, be-:de the rivers of South America, even mitre precious than those fur hick we have tuMetded, in their behalf, the mountaMs of Cadifoituia and the Islands of Japan. sir Have the eon.. ge to prefer comfort and pro. prioty to fsiiiktn iu all thiop. Lour hen Erb. (him tta. psiashipss. n9apir.7 Cirr o Eau, Brown's Hsieh Dee. 21, 1854. Since the Sunbury sad Floe eseunslimista irar ted fres Niagara Falls at 21 o'clock yesterday, we bare travelled 180 miles, via Buffalo and Dunkirk. Before the train reached Buffalo it was agreed upon to remain in that city over night, but as they approached the depot, a mss- j sage was received by Philip M. Price, Esq., in- , forming him that the train for Erie was waiting, , and had been ready 40 minutes. Theo the la. rangeinente were changed, and onward we hur ried, pasaing through Buffalo without touch cer emony. The impression that the train in wait ing was the special train fur the guests, owe sloped ebullition and considerable disappointment to the Buffalonians, whom, I understand, made arrangements for a reoeption. We reached Erie, last evening, at 91 o'clock, and in doing so came upon the aUthurItILEI and citizens of Erie, very unexpectedly. A tele graphic despatch sant to the Mayor by some unau thorized person in Buffalo, announced that the excursionists would not arrive until 2 o'clock, Thursday afternoon. Notwithstanding this, however, there were quite a number of citizens present upon our arrival, who received us in the kindest manner. Soon after getting from the cars, the company formed in procession, with the United States Cornet Band on the right, and marched to Brown's Hotel. At this fine house, Mayor King warmly welcomed the excursionists to the city of Erie. Be assured them that the uncermouiotu manner in which they had been received at the depot was not/ideational—it was the result of misapprehension. This must be re gretted, because it was determined by the Com mittee of Arrangements to give the gueeta a re oeption worthy of their visit. The Mayor furth er said that the best that could be dune would be done, and it should be remembered that al though unexpected they were none the less wel come. Mr. 0. P. Comma, responded in behalf of the Philadelphians, and explained the circum stances under which the party nail oouiu upon the Eriens so unexpectedly. He aliuded to the object of the visit, and expressed the ,Lope that the company would return beam with wore en larged and comprehensive views of the require ments of the city and State, and with a disposi tion to do all in their power to aid the great rail way, the Sunbury and Erie, in which we ail have the deepest interest. The uezt arrangement was the exciting endea vor to obtain lodgings, as the hotels were uscapio ble of accommodating half the strangers, from the fact of their being well patronized beture This was soon fix d, the citizens cuhiiug to the rescue handeenely, and taking persons to their private residences. If I can speak, ut my own feelings, or the members of the company, they all fully appreciate the kit/dues:l of tee Erie peo ple, in securing to them the night's rest—the I first sleep of any moment, we have had since b eying Philadelphia. Prominent among these benefactors may bo mentioned Dr W. Penuteli Johnson, Mayor King, Mr. Lowry, Mr Jackson, Judge Thompson, Mr. Ball, Mr. Gelbraith, Mr. Gaut, I,f the Erie Gazette, Mr. Durlin, of the Erie Observer, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Lane, and ma ny others. On Thursday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, the company began to assemble in aud about Brown's Hotel, while the authorities and citizens of Erie were busy in providing sleighs and sleds to convey the guests around the city and along the harbor, the ducks, Le From that hour until two o clock, the time was spent in this way. At twelve o'clock, a procession was iorined ef sleighs and 'lode, and in it I noticed twenty-seven of them drawn by four, six, eight and ten horses. The effect was imposiug and gratifying, and after visiting the cit.:client natu ral harbor, the best and must secure on either of the great Lakes, passed through nearly all the streets, and complimented the Mayer and many of the prominent citizens, cheetiug the ladies, who extended a welcome creditable to their kind hearts and sweet smiling countenances, returned to the hotels, much pleased with kale, her Lidice, her citizens, her harbor, and all her advaumges for a great manufacturing city. During a leisure moment, I have been furnish ed with information such as suable' me to say that Erie is situated on a high Wulf, eh:vette about fill feet *Wye the Lake and gently rising towards the South fur the distance et I} wiles to the ridge which skirts the South shore of Lake Erie. his the ancient Presque Isle of the Freucu, and claims notice, huitoricatiy, Iron the 17dJ, when a Fort was erected on the bank of tie Lake, which was called Fort Presque tete trete the opposite Peninsula, which exteudiug :thew 3 11111e8 Into the Lake, nearly parallel Nan the main land, forming a harbor which is now the tiueet harbor on the Lakes. Its plan extends 3 miles along the Lake and 1* miles in breadth. There are eighteen streets pareliel with the Lake, and fourteen streets run ning at right angles with the former. In thee Erie was designated as the seat of J urticu ut Ere county. It was mcorpurated ae e.t.a) in leel aud its population is now about eight GI4,,USUULI The commercial importance of Erie is great, an/ ) the additional facilities of cucumuweaueu w le i a tot. modern enterprise has created aud prujeceeu, ii ve secured to Erie a large trade and prompted topes of an enormous and indefinite increase el hueluese there. By the Extol:tin )11 Canal it penetrates the rich coal beds of Mercer county said cuinuittui cates with the Ohio Bever teiough the fertile and productive valleys of the Stienaugo and Beaver. By the Lake and this &thread it cal - ties eu an active trade with the East and 'West, being iiii exporter than enormous amount a Cvai, Wad,. r, and staves, and dealing largely in plaster, dour, &c. By the Erie and Puteburgh Railroad au additional facility of communication with the coal region will be furnished, as the Canal is en tirely inadequate fur the supply of coat there The Sunbury and Erie Railroad connecting this point with Philadelphia by way ot the Jus quchannah Valley, has already constructed eight piers or ducks at Erie from 200 to 400 feet ceee, tor the aceoinwodauon of the trade which wit, pass over that road. As it penetrates a. region rich in mineral wealth, abounding in coal, irou and lumber, and hitherto almost unexplored, the fondest anticipations are indulged as to its effect., upon the busmen and prosperity of Erie: About eighty-five miles from Erie, in the scouts it Me. Keno, are vast deposits of bituminous coal, so vast as to be, it is supposed, inexhaustible. Ibis fact, in connexion with the convenience of the iron and copper ores of Lake Superior, point to Erie, as a great point for melting anti mauulee turing. Nu ether point in the were], will fur nish superior facilities, and the Sharon Ir. n Co , (largely interested in the Iron Mountain,) are at this moment erecting their works at Erie, pre paratory to building their smelting wores and rolling mill, with a capital of 8.500,000. There is already a large amount of manufac turing done there, yet the supply is entirely in: adequate to the demand, and the NV est furnishes a market which would justify an indefinite exten sion of this branch of business at Erie. Three plank roads are constructed and in operation, ter mutating at Erie. There are several oil cloth works and three large foundries which are very important and export largely. The plan of this city is most exact, and the wide streets and apacious squares show a wise re gard for the health and pleasure of its inhabi. taunt. The park has been improved and planted with trees. There are 18 churches in the city. . Prominent among the buildings, may be wee turned the Court House, which is of the Rowse Corinthian order. It is 61* feet wide ant 132 long, and its heighth to the top of the Vatic, 12b feet. The Custom House is similar to that of Pi il. adelphia, and is faced with marble, with pillars and steps of the same material. The city ►Melt is one of the most delightfully situated in the country, remarkatity healthy, and enjoys a com parative immunity from the epidemics which have devastated other cities. Till) breezes of the Lake purify its atmosphere and equalise its tem perature. It is surrounded by a country, apex eelled in the fertility of is soil, and intelligens* sad industry of its 11'18,We:its. Us has the whole West from which to draw its supply o f hod Its sittuktiun has fur ni , kre than a etotn rl dosignated it as s prominent pint, not only for business lint as a pleasantylso_ of resident,. The Latest Foreign liras. The till stereotypes) phrase "S , L , 7sPopol not yt &km"' eau still he utkrea al terssueas. There hail been n, ziesibarlipt ; 014 hostilities were redue.sl to nitre skint - titlin g I. is said that the liu-staus are tit. I, and the ki, e , are to the same condition 13 want Nstiatt. the tsrribte litiguts et the sth of N The west itup .rtaut talking:tuck: by this a m sal is that of the C.)LIBIU.nA 4I IR be of an alliance offcnsirte nod def. n . l „ , b ttites ` Austria and the Western l'ossts It was si gll ,,i at Vienna, on the 2nd of Ute ii.b T, are nut known, but are r , k)rit-u t •! , / t , t.a l a tj , ally as IVII.OAre:— First, That Adivia regards the %Liat,ott the Turki-li Territ,,ry as a war Second, that Austria wil, the Principalities, so asd it, TarKs I . reauwie i•ffensive the deeoatl of France an I El. !, 2.") 11031; ' ALI : striaus will be scut to .0 a p, 4 , 4 France and Euglan l guaraut, , • t i t the 1 t ...„ 0 : rial possession of Austria shal:, r atauces, retuaiu un(liruitii-h , 1 tut, in Secret." &zit's, Pru- i e 5..,•• to join the alliance Seue.,tiit, trea cota. into uperatton on the part ••1 •L' p 414. Ilia not eume to terms before th , . 20,I• L tiltu T is also pul}ltahed a lk.t•,r ti a N; selruelc, sidtiug fuith the t , rru-• u Caar will ace , ut to peat,, riaiu, I): ~ • ~ guarantee by the five piw d pr ' of the whole Chri-tiati plod lu T„rk:„ ovlly, a joint protector , te -,t t u 11\ .• I ' the Pincipalitics subjest to , 1 ,,,,i 1 u t! ihtrfily, the resisi , ,n of the to which Russia will a.s, u , , Ow likewise (10 so; fourth,'y, tlt tro• 0 •.1 - the Dauubt: It it rum , ,red that c. 1!:, • v t a ltr dodge on ui . part of-Au-.A . a !., re, eru powt•rs frow cfeating ri Time ANNEXATION OF THE L'ANDTTICII riTANTA We do WA bet; OD . 14 I. t:." , I I gfiveruie nt can p;oi.- , fer of the II ii4ai,au r Cot'.; State ,, , surely ri ,, t , 'n tween the er the Sandwich u were parti. The 91. 3'l 011 4 one tuat b , between will I? 1 n pr -1 , Englan.l Ana France L.., , had in 01- c 4 if A of the much to be "Jai.] un iug for Eu4lazl iu l I'l,, friendly wi,la wil art •u!Lto!.nz r ne..s \Ve 11)..k •d t,! • !.. intempenvo •p Tt St 1: c d c ,t,tirtusiti.)D ~ f i t , r • : test_ \Ye ',hulk tl.. E . F, 911 , .. tio it nAti , l-; at , f.r c,t f,u'or , 2ut• , • D Ter iu ' • !,y =MCC] GovErocort or Cr err W • of "Observ,—" in I h• - • Le •l'ow•tt:.! rarilrapit I:1 ILI• CAI St, p• • • a- Tll , Sedate add th , uvutwa::,u ` G ,v,rll utuvu; :s ai, • t• %.t , tuti.lo6tly expetit-ta • tt., to,-t and, to - tr tt • .ry Cr tv Pat i Y . irututobt•ut, tiol .• ~- • I•t:eofhtsothcato ttt arit- • ; whit, Kinn.. 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