-..- --------r— -# . -• re. t , I Division of the dobsol Flit 1 Jain Ball vs. linther Jonathan. 1 -It ts eras rit ( 1 _01cf.1111) ObscrOcr..t ...___ by the can't lase be greed, their preparsg meremem m e...=,...=l.- sew ERIE, PA _ SATURDAY )1016' IN , :;, FEB. 3, 1855 News of the Week Legislatively ti e n e w s of the week is "stale, IM and unprofitabl, " The Know Nothings at Harrisburgh don't app , . .1r t) kaoto what to do ant. Every one has a net .‘r ,, t.irin," but un like the celebrate.l Sim l'i'cu, they find "some Wogs" can't "Va done as well as others." The Ihsatorial question app :t+ to et 1 0 .033 most of the *Mention of the p‘iloicians, and the friends of Jamison, and Curtain, and Cooper, and the Bested Mr. Ti&nev, and Dr. Patent Medicine Jayne, are ebb working their best cards, and each one is sure he has all the trumps in the Kann Nothing pack Tni rei.ult is easy seen. When the deal is mad^, as it will soon be, there will be some tali swearinz; and the death blow to "tliam" will be given In regard to rnattlr, ~ f a I , es: character, little. progress has been male ,in o9r favor. The bi.l p; repeating the charter ot the rie sod North East rood, end restoring tip , e^rn ny its rights upon moth' conditions, ha, 1. ten reported from the Judiciary Committee in the iuuse; but if we understand the record correctl another bill le galising the road in its prose t location, has been reported trlm the Railri:lA Committee.--- We annex the prief.e.lings 1.14 rcprted: Yr. Roo.. a supp'ecort-tt t, t•to act to incorporate the Ilebe and Northeast ft.)„,- c I C afro, a ha to ex lam the jurisdiction of Jt..tt es ..f tt,e Pester.) A debate sprung tt. set -r rice of the stipple- Wet to the I r.•. 0 ;v.; Railroad Oompezy, ‘t , •-•• • . c` .uabs, tir Lavnlines. Ejetur, Enc. CJA(I3• of Beaver, and F r. I• part The Judie c-y C - tto n a;-eo tas :be proper Ilifilfancle of 1. tot' vvr:„ I n'i , r „ g it; ques tions, and the R.s.••r• -, 11. - r, r ••••, ••• t' c otr.or hand, as ty tb• proper referreLett • I e u t trig upon the sub )imit of railroad! , Ar t,et e ,L n tr., rn ngtert in the ditist. WIN the fa , t Ja• • r t •ti had under c ,n• 1•• e..• In •is in .ruins reported • bill to reps..: the c! • • c ; v complained of. Tb• supplement .- • 1-1. • 3 lr it r ,:e,,e.s'..zo the wits of the Compin •• 1r .• •.• t I,* Jn.1:1,-tvtlettes, wide!' was not C '', '. he appcos. ttf 641 Judiciary refer- • z tar hill to the Judiciary Cvitimi;•,,,, 06 • bare 32 The only other Its ‘.l L g , I.ttive news we aotioe, of ft 10.nd c'.lr, icter, 1 , the In•roiuctiott Of a eupplement to to.‘ r'l4rt Erte Coun ty Ifttoal Insurar.c , C-mphy What its pro- Timone are, we are to In the Supreme C Arc:, .qo Satur LIN , last, the iajusetion asks.' frr by thr 111::r C , lmpany, oidast the city-of Ent nolo.- 1. W copy from the News th , nr hismetion Refu.e'l —T Ira 7 •4 for in tad ~ti, Ashtabula Itadr , i Whom oa the run i •„ s • 1n , se MOM of aotl9n It w• lino County 0 . • • - Jekst.iess }Lae, i F , alit bold that r)e moo Please f c met motion Bottso citscession p.sco o ••••r•and the Seettt, Le to the eff , ct f r 111014(11Wa' ..! t /11/ it now pen& lag in the oourt at L-,e, w,LI a L .r another twoliow for a *recta: • t t hey ~„.„e to hire the m , t r —wheth. at Itai two eouipsop - i I •noct t r Ene. Counsel fur renew Ite !loton for a sp4c • .1 •It, pr 4 r,ded lb* 0111 penduag to Er,r cr,u- Lef.ro Cart Musk, J.—We cannot gr.rtt t.,18 T'arr it no reason Irby yes should not writ uno; (; , 0 urt e rt, decttla it MAI Or St say time h, fore " WTI - creel, of the t.itti• tee tors, would bard .lair sr, N t.y n to eeei t y of t h e eueset. Le the meat cc rc tor ptr tn tt.at you go •at with your wit at E. tcat D s:rtt.t tms ecy delicacy shoat ttitttC. • . 11.••• I ty• elle% rt hi true wee,,, , rit. m pre s Sea 107 the 00n3Itirlti , ,, y tu••• • n thx• toe cantpaatas = be greatly injar...i •, t •rfo• 'net• t he :Ity lean peoperationi G.r a • c‘e , •••ur,•-•••,, , , a- 1 whateret may a s d m right s of either root, 1.. r • a c'eaf fault no the pert dile city t • ~•-e , y rtnlrnrs lawteed of haring l , , tir•• Ist there 10 anw•te• • -5. •:• t•ttlF,',:i. rn with your ea, t ft! , t r • I', 27. and :.• - t• - .e ty ref urea it• • new connec,, n tc.. .1... t.erbape we wt:;, on it pro 18°11°n belch rr 'x'e '"!- , Tp• ...xten.i the :arm azeeating the .• • , ,‘ a-, i E com ps?, sod thin ynu can Ty ct t. t• ttreStlrtt •,,tnnectlCalf, if Lou 040001 Cultic* 50 at- Lou, J —1 c , ,ara• Lewis, C 3.—1 We are not ‘qc.rr: I .11 th. , :' w. ' or very well posted in regard t. , of the Judges of t • &Tram! C.,urt; strikes tui as t It little out of the u•urti pr ,ctiN• IT the Court to insider questi. , l. n, , t i, , w, the ques. Lion of a tteonne,:ti 6 , t11, eu tip; Erie and North East roan an t th.: Western road, was not OW of the 'Minty at i- 7 11- to t t • prayer f)r an injunction agaito. c.y Why then should Judge 131 , ek trav‘il sphere to express an opini In up n that matter. Equally feign to the qu'ste,ti, , his lutimation that if the city prevent' a e. , rin , :tilon..r, , n if in a legal tray, the Ciurt 4". e; ~ .xt, ,n d the time tithe decree in r , to the N rtL &Jost road, arad thus, u he .ay,,,••pt... ,, rc, i.ae , r present con nection, if they cane z et a new one' Judge Reek has said the Eie and North East Company built r .11 IN hn? 1. 1:- at deflAuce of law; now we wall: • Ll'. Qa ;1' Ju lg.? Black to tail as if Judge 8f.t,.1: c,u;:••• p it them in defi awn of law! If hA,In r.,rinre•l n I,,th hi, cot can d r: it w. Face the Coin imboewealth Elite ••C r nue, if the Lt‘gi,k.lB - would adjourn cn.• members aea not wanted .1 , LI it r, have no sore duty to rp.rf ., ••J SplrP:n.• C , urt is the law • , L L nc rrp?arining payer: We have anothcr arru..o fr on Europe since ow last, but then , w- !,tri ‘ficrenst. Se beetopol is still am • n ‘t t.llten, while the army of tll‘.; A', s, n ,14', prafesQed to ba strouipsr, is evld‘..n ••,..ght place. - Peace prospects remain ab int t nos stni but still it is nt the questilns At I::.nr iletw,-en the bell 'smuts are mon• t bes : Ly diploma ey than by p.w b.r and ba':l .)1--ivetn,nts have been made in Pra:.b:a evolent:y towards derWitig the Itty,i-in sdr of the rin,•stion. In gslland the war is fist I.)-qing what little pop 'idarity it at frost Ptij Fur instance, the Thus, in a kad:ug, Art ik d'..aws a most deplor ibis picture of the state of tio• arms- in the Cri mes. At the beginning of January they could meter 14,000 bayencts Th e artillery and en own have been reduct d in tLe same ptoportinn sad the cavalry no longer Lcited as a force. The thaths amounted to Go per day, and the number &shied by fatigue and sickness was 1000 a week. Tin ratio, the Times thiLlo. aril rapidly macre". in It is computed that ( f 14,Uu0 men nom inally lit for service uniy :LOW are in good bealth. The army was an army of invalids at die beginning of the month, although the Crimes rester had not set in. The Ton.% com es to t h e sonehnion that, unless some extraordinary stroke diadem intervenes, the allies are about to lose Asir only army, the object of so much pride, of so arp affection, of so much tender solicitude, mid mks if the nation is prepared for this disaster. MI6 The French Sp°lmitni Bin passed the R eiss pi Saturday laiit by a vote of 110 to 76. It had previoattly passed the Senate, sad ally awaits the signature of the President to begone a lac The amount of mocey involved is vari ea* estimated; some say five, some twelve, soma hat i r eiii 7 ,6l of dollars will be required to pay it udder it. Somehow we have an iteking desire to imp the prominent points of thin,Govertires loonge nl before our redden. Perhaps this is because I 1 it is such an out-spoken, truthful •document ; (?) and then again, perhaps it is because it bent.— Let us eiamine one point, not, yet treated noon in our columns, and see: The (iovetnor says, in speaking about the school fund, that "no di vision of this fund for political or sectarian per- , poses should ever be made or attempted." Wel, agree with him; but does the Governor mean l • to impress the idea upon his constituents that a division of the fund is threatened, and that, too, ,by those who opposed his election? If he does ' not mean this, what does he mean? Evidently some party has threatened it, or else why allude to it at all? Well then, a "division of the school ' fund"has been threatened, and that, too," for wow rian purposes;" and we deny that it is, or has been, 'by those who opposed Pollock's election. Who then is the guilty party? Why don't the Go vernor, or some of his friends, tell us? But for fear they won't, suppose we look into it ourself al little. We did so during the canvass last Fall, I and we believe the following are the facts we arrived at. On the 13th of Jane, 1836, an act was passed by the Legislature, and signed by the ; Governor, whioh provided that "when a school is or shall hereafter be endowed, by bequest or otherwise, the board of directors of the district ' in wlaidh such /who)l is located, are hereby an : thorizee to allow such school to remain under the immediate direction of the regularly appoint. ed trustees of the same, and to appropriate so meek of the district school fund to said school as they may think-just and reasonable." This was the first attempt to "divide the school fund;" and singularas it may appear, in view of the position of Gov Pollock now, the act was passed by the votes of the very men who now support him, and received the- signature of a Governor who belongs to the same party—Ex-Governor Rrress! Ano ther singular fact is, that in all the time inter ' vening from 1836 to 1854, neither Gov. Pollock, nor any of his supporters, discovered that this act was dangerous. This is singular again for another reason. In 1846, when Wm. F. John ' ston was Governor, an act was passed, and re ceived his signature, which provided that "when , a free school of the common grade, in any district, shall be maintained under the care and direction of any religious society, it shall be lawful for the directors of such district to cause to be paid to the proper person or persons, for the support of such school, any portion of the school funds of the district which they may deem just and rea sonable, not exceeding the rateable share of the inhabitants whose children, wards or apprentices, shall be taught in such school." Here was a di rect "division of the school fund for religions or sectarian purposes," passed and signed by Gov. Poilock's political friends, and yet he never dis. covers that the "school fund" is in danger until the year of grace, 1855. Now, why this oblivi ousilesseto the danger of "division" from 1836 to 1835? And then, how comes it the discovery was so suddenly made? Perhaps some histori cal facts may throws little light upon this point also For years it has been a standing complaint against adopted citizens that they vote the Dem ocratic ticket. In season and out of season, this charge . has been rung; and various have been the devices resorted to by the opponents of the Democracy to wean them from the support of that party As a good many adopted citizens are Ca tholics, the acts referred to above, were passed whig Legislatures, and signed by whig Gover nors, for that very purpose. Whether it had any effect or not, we will not say; we think, however, it had not. Such adopted citizens as were Dem ocrats still adhered to their faith; while such Catholics as saw in the creed and precepts of the Democratic party, that which seemed to them to be for the true interests of our country, remain ed in the Democratic fold. This being the state of the case,—these various acts having proved insufficient to secure to the whig party the "for eign and Catholic vote," as each,—that party in 1852 made another effort to that end, by nomi nating Gen Scott. He took the stump, and from town to town, from hamlet to hamlet, the country heard his appeals to the "rich Irish brogue," and the "sweet German accent" to save the whig party. The newspapers in his interest made constant appeals to the sectarian feelings of Catholics to !Jot: for Sc, tt, because General Pierce's native State excluded Catholics from of fice. Well, the reseult is a matter of history.— The sectarian appeals—the constant stream of "blarney" about the braiery of our "foreign" soldiers in Mexico—had as little effect to save whigery as the passage of the acts "dividing the school fund," alluded to. Then it was that the love of Pollock and his friends for the "rich Irish brogue" and the "sweet German accent" of our adopted citizens, turned to gall and worm-wood; and the hand that but two 'short years ago was lovingly patting them upon the back, was rais ed io plunge the political dagger to their hearts. Then it was that Pollock discovered the "school fund" was in danger, then it was that the "for eign element in oar population" became danger ous; and then it was, and not till then, "eccle siastical authority" and "ghostly intollerance" became the humbug cry of such paltry dema gogues as James Pollock: .1l .ur •M, 1 to • l'1:11:ta,01:1 tt• I. Pt net e and ! 3 • • 2* , and , Z I 7th the Paine c n / elka ~ f • t‘ • 1 .er , .l by L 4 : ..r. n 1,1: .n uir C.).0 1. t. t o (tie pre rl now mrie A Possible Plan. A proposition is before Congress, submitted by senator Gwin, to establish n weekly express for . the conveyance of a nisi/ matter, across the plains to San Francisco. It is supposed that the trip can be accomplished, by hone express, in about ten days. To this end the bill reported provides that the Post Master General shall, af ter ninety days notice, contract with responsible parties to "carry an express mail weekly, each way, between St. Louis, in Missouri, and San Francisco, in California, in ten days from city city. No letter sent by such mail to weigh more than one tali outwe; all letters sent by it to be prepaid, and to be charged fifty mats post age wherever mailed in the States. Theoontrao tors to be subject to the laws which govern other mail contractors; bat a failure (from any cause whatever) to complete a trip within fifteen days shall work an absolute forfeiture of the compensation for such trip." This plea is doubtless perfectly featibl44 at least it is womb the experiment, and we hope it will lid tried. • 416 ' The spacial election for State &Wei. bun Phila., to newly the mangy canoed by Mr. Foolkrogi's aim* will be held on the 13th at loebniary. There ire a ban of candidates in the wt. Is. A tow its book ; esooelltag to the Lysoit ourgh Iteptablieste, the Wl4h pest, Aimee to Lagoa the isteitionoid she mow". Now, they ste maid to be Zoos libilehpt. It is not often the English peels is diato an do even partial justice Lathe enterprise an pub- lie spirit of "Brieher Jonithan;" but the vents of the war in the Crimes, and the necessity the 1 failure there has evoked to seek for sympatny up on this side of the Atlantic, has caused a partial though reluctant change in this particular of late. Been the "Thunderer," TA. Times, finds occasionally something to praise in Brother Jonathan. True, these concessions are grudg ingly given, still it is evident the hard knocks the Allies have recieved before Sebastripol, have been productive of good fruit; and if they would receive a few more we think it would not come amiss. As the pugilistic Irish would say, the failure in the Crimea has taken "the oonsait out of 'em;" and that in more ways than one. They now see, and some are disposed to acknowledge it, that Jonathan can do some things even better than John Ball. "Conquering a Peace," as was the case with Mexico, for instance. In that war we fought more sanguinary battles—displayed better generalship—exhibited more of the sci ence of war on the part of our officers, and more endurance and courage on the part of our soldiers, than the most favorable picture of the Crimean campaign can exhibit. Add to this the fact that our army was composed or raw recruits, men who ; had never "smelt powder," many of them officer ed by those equally as unskilled in the science of war, and the contrast is still more flatteringly 1 iin our favor. And yet, with an army thus con ; stituted, we met with no reverse from the open- i ing of the war on the Sabine by Gen. Taylor to the evacuation of the city of Mexico by Gem i Scott. On thu other hand, the EngLiskartny in the Crimea is composed of the standing army of England—men whose trade is war, and has been i ell their lives. Its officers end men ere not vs -11 ken from the Lawyer's office, and the meelaanie I shop; from the Doctor's study and the tail of the 1 plough, as ours were! Its officers, as we said I before, are the chivalry of England, and the sol diers are men paid and taught to fight. With all these advantages, the impartial historian can not but give Brother Jonathan the credit of su periority. Bat it was not of the warlike side of the pic ture of Brother Jonathan's superiority that we set oat to call our readers' attention ru us there is a more gratifying one; and it is exhibi ted in the following contrast drawn by the Lon. don Times itself. "In the intelligence from the gold eouotriea on Tuesday there is one little paragraph, which re flected with no small aiguificance on affairs iu the Crimea, and which will auggest, we think, some conclusions not altogether agreeabl., to Elriti,ti pride. Our California correspondent, writing from San Francisco, observed that they now bad a weekly mail to and from the Atlantic St a te s , and he further added, that on the last uccasi n the transit of this mail from New York to San Francisco had been accomplished in 23 days 13 hours. Even this, however, was not enough to satisfy American notions of velocity and enter prise, for a certain "express house" in San Fran. cisco had been making arrangements to carry the mails express, by relays of horses, across the whole Mexican territory from Acapulco to Vera Cruz, by which service San Francisco would be brought within sixteen days' post of New Orleans Now, the reader will no doubt recollect that on Monday morning last we thought t ureelves i.,ler ably fortunate in being able to lay 'lie public detailed intelligence (ruin &has ep up to the 7th instant, and in point 4 fae• vr , may say that if mails arrive in Lender, lisle B in less than three weeks' tune pretty g.sel pest. Let us compare, then, .. ••-er..c e be tween San Francisco and Ne.i. k uu ue side, and Balaklava and Loudon e.i L . :lu other. New York and San Francisco are ....perste,' from each other by the whole breadth of the North Ameri can continent. By sea the communication in volves a lung voyage from New York to Panama, a painful and uneertate p_. sage across the isth mus which divides the two oceans, and a second long voyage from Panama to San Francisco. The entire seapaasage we should think, cannot be much short of 4,560 miles, besides which there is the transhipment and the risk of a land journey, if not very long, is liable to interruptions of no ordinary kind Nevertheless, New Yurk, it ap pears, is within 24 days of San Francisco already, and is likely enough to be brought nearer still To comprehend the truly American scheme of 'expressing' across Mexico, the reader must needs turn to a map, for no words of ours can otherwise do it justice It will there be seen that the points to be brought in connexion with each other by this new postal service, are not situated on the oentral isthmus, where the Atlantic and Paci fic are separated only by a few miles of land, but on the shores of the old Mexican kingdom, with some hundreds of miles of territory between them. To get across from Vera Cruz to Acapulco the couriers mast toil up the mountains leading from the hot low countries on the shore to the high table-land on which the city of Mexico stands, must traverse this vast plateau, and then descend again to the Pacific ocean on the other wide. This journey the Americans expect to ac complish in sixty-six huiirs. It is related of the Aztec monarchs that when, in all the pride of power, and with all the resources of what, in some respects, was considerable civilization, they , reigned in Mexico, they accomplished the extra ordinary feat of getting fish up fresh from the sea, by means of trained runners who in the space of 24 hours could bring loads from the coast to the capital. Now, as Mexico stands nearly about midway between • he two oceans, this would make 48 hours for the journey across the conti nent, at a period when everything was in favor of the exploit, when roads were good, runners abundant, and the whole service skillfully orga nised.' he American projectors reckon upon 66 hours being necessary for the passage; but the country, instead of being a populous and well ordered State, is now a prey to every kfild of disorder. Civil war is raging throughout the land, and the plague itself, as we learn by the last accounts, is working havoc in the interior. Such, in fact, is the condition of the country that the project, though regarded as perfectly feasible in itself, is said to be postponed for a season. Now, look at the journey from London to Balaklava. The whole sea voyage, though it may be some 3,000 miles or more, is perfectly easy, and we have stations at Gibr altar and Mal ta to facillate all our operations. But for postal service there is the cut across the continent of Europe by Calais and Marseilles, which reduces the distance to 2,675 miles, and there is an ad ditional saving of time to be effected by Varna and Bucharest. No doubt the Turkish provinces are in a disturbed etate, but they are at any rate the provinces of oar own ally, and as such their resources should be under our own command. Look, too, at the interisle at stake respectively in California and the Crimea. At the former place the whole matter is a mere speculation of business or convenience—an attempt to bring the market news of New York more within reach of the merchants of San Francisco. At the latter spot two mighty governments are engaged in deadly grapple with a third, and the hopes, fears, and interests of nations depend upon the event. Bat what have we done to compare with the American project! Nothing, or next to nothing. There is no reason whatever, as we here often shown, why we should not twice ewe& get in telligence only tea or twelve days old ; but th e thing is not done, sad, with all Mir deft, our I enterprise, sad oar eseripes, ~the &pm of Bassin bests as hollow. - Of eons% we see that the ohm* far ea *sprees sorest Meador is bet a @shears, age do we heital that • mesa amstat at 'Nose snot be awed dre it orik leetied. dohs." "Bat tiara Go of with ?gm, eity refuses to will. on • proper teed the time and N. Z. tha present am Mr. Editor from the opinion of Judge Black, of the Su preme Court, delivered on last Saturday, at Philadelphia, in the case in whit* the OW* land, Painesville and A.sbtabnla Company were refused a special injunction &Oast the Guty et Erie. This language sounds strange to;a:read- ' er who has seen the able opinion of eke None I Judge in the case of the City of Brie against the Eric and N. E.,Co. and chose mipd bad been captivated by the strength of the doctrines there in advanced, and whose feeling* were deeply stirred at the apparently well founded horror which that eminent functionary professedly felt at the violation of "chartered powers" by that Company. Some were even afraid that the learned Judge had overstepped the bounds of propriety in the expressions of his supreme hate and patriotic fear of lawless =Bernie.— When it was urged by the Counsel for the Com pany, that the city of Erie, by means of cer tain conditional ordinannes, had indirectly knowledged the propriety of the Company's se - - tion, Judge B. replied with great effect, that if the people of Erie had connived at the Com pany's offence, the best evidence of their peal ten,* and reformation wall their present worthy efforts to abate the wrong. It would'nt do to talk to him of corporations taking anjrthing..by . construction. They must show an express grant of the powers exercised, or be driven in confusion from his presence. Nothing short of the letter of their charter was to govern in a Court where he could speak the judgment.- Such, in effect, and partly in words was Judge B 's position at the outset of the legal campaign of the "Erie War." Every intelligent reader was of course delighted with sentimentsso scru pulously careful of popular rights and sover eignty It is, indeed, a rule of vital impor tance, that Courts of law should be governed by law exclusively, and that they should set their faces inexorably against every attempt to wrest from the law of the land either doubtful or unwarranted signilications. The extracts I have given strike me forcibly as arraying them selves in open hostility to these safe and sound principles of juridical;onstruotion. In the first extract the learned Judge is gym pathetically "impressed by the consideration that the Companies may be greatly injured by the in terference of the city with their preparations for a new connection " What does "his honor" think the people of Erie have been contending for? Does be suppose that they have incurred he ivy expense, suffered imprisonment, and borne uustiiited obloquy for the pleasure of the ex citement merely? or have they, as sane men usually do, contended for mouse Can he ima gine that the city enacted and enforced her ordi nances for the sport of the thing, and not for the very pnrp ese of "interfering" with these project ed railroad "connections." These connections were the very head and front of the offending, and for the purpose of preventing them she pros ecuted her suit to judgment. The city said that she possessed certain "legal obstacles" which if thrown in the way of foreign and domestic rail road schemers might defeat them. She present• ed her case to the Supreme Court and asked for judgment upon its "legal" merits, and upon no other. With these, and with these alone the Court had to deal. The question of "policy" in volved in the controversy was for the people or the Legislature. That now, just when the peo ple were getting the railroads into a position in which they could handle them with effect, the Court, stepping out of the ease before i them, and back to an adjudicated case, interfere in behalf of the companies lest the people may sueeeed.— Our second extract verifies this assertion, and sets forth a full length plan, almost insured by the Supreme Judiciary tti accomplish our defeat. In it Judge Black proposes to loan the railroad core parries the use of cer Lain nuisances on the streets of Erie—constantly endangering life and vio lating State sovereiEuty—until such time as the Companies shall have consummated their schemes, and may acquiesce in their (nuisances) abate ment. What parental care and solientudel— What a novel discharge of judicial duty! ped dling the infracted law and deced severeignty of the State, by the month, for the use of freeboot lug corporations Where now is the religious reverence for that glorious old Cernmornwealth that not long since, in the language of the same learned Judge, "stood for judgment against one of her lawless creatures?" What has it availed her that a solemn judgment in her highest Court was entered in her Favor. To this day are the same gross violations of her supremacy sad will in active existence, and the hands that should have averted the blow are seemingly busy in giv ing permanency and effect to its parricidal inten tion. All this for fear that the people of Erie were about to succeed in "interfering with the preparations of the companies." A creditor hav ing established the justice sad legality of his claim is about to have the 'benefit of his exer tions, when he is met by thtl same tribunal that give him judgment, now forbidding execution, upon the ground that if allotted ha would prob ably secure his money or estate. This, in prin ciple, is clearly a parallel ea se. Justice judici ally administered in this styli ► might suit a mil lennial age, but it will herd ly snit the present unregenerate and selfish nos . These are pointed eaves" ion, I know; but when the rights of thoussnc Is and the deelared "law of the land" are being toyed with, if not positively disregarded, it's thi i privilege and du ty of every or any freeman to express his hon est indignation. ERIE. so. The Dikhigto k Soothes n and Michigan Central Railroad an giving the woe of weir ears :Lod roads free, for th purpose of hauling word for the suffering poor of Chico go. Who maYs corporations have no souls! ay, The Washington Star ss;ti, dim tbs Pre sident will soon issues Proclaim doe warning all persons, citizens bf the United Steles, against participating in armed forces dui/mid for set. Wag in Central Amnion Col. Winsay'speojeei it is anderstood, will be coerced Isle di beading by this Proclamation. is. Sleighing anuinnis ezeenent, sad oar dealers in Ice begin 86 we.,. frees sovarad with smiles. The prohibits"? liquor bill s. piaml Aannably of Sew Amon by ..w it Si so St, onabsni being shown In ice,, pm to b• Wed on la the &oats, NM if sasseueill thee, owitted to the pm* b Opititur mit most "'spode an in &trope. Its .territory is more extensive, its population more numerous than Shoo of any other nation, There the Em maus' is dictator, his word ii law. From his deuesearet the weeding of his manifes tos, and from the spirit of hie policy, it is evi dent that be believes he is set{ apart for s pear liar work—that he has a special mission. Be aus he is ambitious and yearning after power; because he tuui a large standing army; because Turkey is weak by his side; he is alike feared by statesmen, by joiamsligits, by priests and people. A superfisial glance at the state of Ithings might justify the existence of this fear. There is no denying that the pretentious of Bassi' have behind them a formidable looking power, that the immense population of the coun try, the geography, the areiyand the hopes and intentions if its ruler constitute a powerful /ores is Europe, d no doubt the prophecy of Napoleon "that Europe in fifty I , will either be Cossukor Republican," has strengthened the position of the northern bear. Though Nicholas is monarch and egler of a great geographical Ration, that has vait, as is said, internal mourns, and etheredespotism finds an unbroken shelter; though his mind is filled "th ides of conquest, mingled with a hatred of the agitations and institutions of the West; though he has a great lauding army, and is presiding dictator over 50,000,000 subjects, yet we do not hesitate to pronounce him a mighty • in, and the asst giganac political impookion in the world. We maintain that there is no neoessity for fear. The strength of Russia in a military point of view, is built on despotism; and its despotism is built on ignorance. The battles of Alma and Inkermann tell, in unmis takeable characters, that it is impossible for bar -barian hordes, even with fanaticism, and primed with raki, to oope with eivilsed armies. There was no necessity for a coalition to roll back Rus sian aggressions; and it was cowardly on the part of the Western Powers to form an alliance to humble the Cur. It will not readily be for gotten that Hungary, single-hinded, kept Aus tria and Russia at bay, for some considerable time. Yet, Hungary, brave Hungary! with its ten or twelve millions of,-inbabitants, defended itself manfully and successfully against Austria sad Bessie with eighty or ninety millions of in habitants. Hungary was conquered by treachery, and not by the superor forte of Austria and Russia. Georgey did more to defeat the Hun garians than Prince Poekiewitch. Hungary and Poland would be sufficient to defeat Russia; and the Emperor fears them more than England and France. Why then do not the Western Powers declare the Independence , of Poland, and call Hungary and Poland into the field? Echo answers why? Because the murderer on the throne of Prance, and the aristocracy of Eng- land fear Republicanism more than the Cur If Russia bad half the power attributed to her, she would have conquered the Hungarians with out the assistance of treachery. Besides, the Remises have not yet conquered the Cireaasians —their hereditary enemies. The Circassian are few in numbers, but strong in their natural fortifications; and yet they remain year af ter year defying the puny power of the Empe ror. And most singular to' relate, Europe fears a puny power that cannot conquer the Circa,- sisal! There is no necessity to fear Russia, and one reason is because she is poor, and deeply in debt. Its ostentation and 'haw have long been kept up by the aid of loans from other countries. It is beggarly proud, for the finery and splendor of its Court are borrowed froth other countries. The poverty of Russia was clearly exhibited in 1850, when the Emperor negotiated a loan to complete, as it was said, the Railroad between Moscow and St. Petersburgh. But the money was wanted to pay the debts of the Hungarian war and not to complete a Railroad. But even if the money was wanted to complete a railroad, it shows the poverty of a great country, when it is obliged to negotiate $ loan ins country where its name is feared and hated. It has often been said that the silver mines of Russia are sources of immense wealth to the Empire; but this is a great -mistake. If they are rich, Russia would not be obliged to borrow money so frequently from other oonntries. In relation to the loan of 1850, a papnlar statesman says:— "The money was wanted for purposes of vile ambition, and blood brutality, by a power who has the will—who has all the tastes of Peter the Great, wrapped up in the livery of Louis XIV, and without the genius of the one, or the wealth of the other and who wants to play a part in Europe, forgetting that he is in the mid dle of the Meowed century instead of the sev enteenth, and utterly wanting not merely the appreciation of what can enable him to . play a a part in history, but wanting the means even to prusue them tastes which he possesses." The spread 14 knowledge and progress of ideas in Europe are reasons why the Czar should not be feared. He has the sole distinction of ruling over 20,000,000 of male serfs, (wuite slaves,) who are bought and sold like the land on which they live. The ideas of freedom have been marching from west to east, for ages; and slavery and tyranny have been disappearing before the enlightened spirit of the age, which has advanc ed so the oonAnes of .Russia; and before the Czar had attempted to subjugate Europe, he should have destroyed two enemies—one from within and the other from without Increasing knowledge, producing discontent within—s dead ly hatred of oppression . and injustice springing from the soil of intelligence without. Such enemies no monarchy in the world can destroy. AVELHASI. as. o llie I lon. John Slidell was last week re. elected, by tb a Legislature of Louisiana, a Sena tor in Congress for six years front the 4th of March next, when his precast term will expire. Judging by -the large niatarity which Mr. Slidell is report e d acs have rewired in the Legislature, ws presusie %lief, there was no serious opposition to his is.elso Ms. Diu D in Baltimore, was married ow Friday night retired to mot. In about ant kobs afterwards the brills hard him brosibing fou 1* savalar mown; and on arising nd bin an tike , poiat of bath. The Owl m iasmal a mode kof lies* from organis dams of dm boat m ilmossod was in the neighbor hood et sing rums 1 ago. • Snow irt,Qamboo ea oho IStk in was skis laaemp.i booms Of tiwiartioura partioao at Now ifewigi bars is is sia loot bob aid atiil doopudwg. ler We witireildats the peer el Erie!-- They will so loupe inn fur say of the meow arise of IA( As Illarsho Pease odd of sleep, the charity d the eannueity "sovereth then up tiles a meads." 411 e proof of this, take' for instants the followias reeeipte sad expenditures Mr. Cleasmes Lenore at the Presbyterian Church this week, for the ksteflt of the Ladies Benevolent Society: Numbs: present 84, $21,04. Tickets sold, Doi used 51, 12,75. El Total, • 838,75 Paid Lecturer, BlO,OO. Use of the Much, 5,00. Printing bills sod posting, 8,60 Total, $18,50. Total amount realised for the poor, $15,25. The Ladies Benevolent Society can now go on in its work of mercy. Its treasury is full! It can scatter its bend's wisever penury and want show their gamic and haggard fem. But we forbear—the subject, like the awn realised, is too vast for our pen. NIL Hon. James Thompson made a flying visit among us this week. He looks extremely well, and feels a good deal of oon&lenee in being able to whip the Railroad Company yet. Tin [amain, Max.—We published in our paper of Friday last, an amount of the amiss of Mr. John H. Livingston, on a charge of big amy, having married first a Kiss Smith, of New Seotiand, N. Y., and afterward a Miss Perry of Schenectady. Livingston was brought up for examination at Albany on Saturday last, and according to the deins, a most unexpected quie tus to the charge of bigomy was raised when Miss P. was called to the stand. At first she refused to be sworn, bat when told by the Jus tice that the law made it obligatory, she burst into tears, and with stilled'voice confessed that she was not married to the prisoner. An ex planation being asked for, the unfortunate female confessed that Livingston, after becoming inti mate with her, had said that he was marred, but that proceedings had been commenced for a di vorce, and that in a few weeks, at most, the marriage would be declared legally void; that she listened to his persuasion to become his wife in name under promise that when the divorce was obtained, they should be legally united; that they made representations to her mother that they were 'serried! and the fact was so re corded in the family Bible. It appears that a few weeks after this liason, she, with the prison er, removed from Schenectady to a small village in the western part of the State, but that his in dolence compelled her to toil with her needle for their =imminence, and seeing no evidence on his part of a determination to supplrt her, shethat if he would send her home she woul a rnever, in any event, become a witness against him. This he did, and the fact that they were not married was studiously concealed from the knowledge of her family; and it was not until Saturday that the daughter's shame came to the knowledge of her mother. The charge of bigamy was therefore quashed. Jus tice Cole, however, in view of the circumstae ces in the ease, decided ,to hold Livingston to answer the charge of seduction, under promise of marriage. [Prom the Dsbuqe Express •ed Herald 1 Horrible and Didressing,Tragedy. A most thrilling and awful targedy occurred in the vicinity of Cascade, on Friday night. Robert McGinty, residing some two miles this side of Cascade went to the house of his farther in -law, Mr. Clark, residing a short distance be yond Cascade, and commenced an moult upon his wife, who had gone there to, escape his ill treatment, wbenlhe farther, Mr. Clark interfer ed, by drawing a pistol from his pocket, and in forming McGinty that be would shoot him if he did not desist. McGinty seised a flat-iron and knocked the old man down, took the pistol from him and shot him. During the time that this recontre was going on between McGinty and Clark the wife escaped to a neighbor's house; but fearing pursuit from her demon' husband, she left the house and went into the woods, and there secreted herself. Mc- Ginty followed to the house where the wife had retreated, and not finding her there, swore he would shoot the woman of the house if she did not inform him of the place of concealment of his wife. The woman, alarmed for her safety, informed McGinty the direction his wife had ta ken. Bent on blood, he pursued, and found her concealed in the bushes, and, horrible to relate, cut her head nearly off. He then went to his own house, and placing the muzzle of the pistol under his chin, discharged it, the ball passing out of his right cheek. Find ng this effort to destory life ineffectual, he discharged three halls into his abdomen, and then attempted to sever his windpipe by drawing • knife across his throat. He was found, some time during Friday night, at his own house, in bed and still alive, by some men from Cascade, in pursuit of him.— As they entered the house, he pulled the elo‘hes over his head. They placed him in a wagon and started for Cascade, but before they reached there, life had left the carcass of this desperate wretch. McGinty and has wife are both dead, and it is doubtful whether Clark will survive McGinty is the same desperado who, a short time since, bit a rasa's reuse off, in the lower part of the city, and was bound over to appear at the next term of the District Court. Tau SANDWICH ISLANDS.—We recently pub lished a statement made by the Washington cor respondent of the New York Journod of corn. merce to the effect, that the American Govern ment bad made a positive pledge to the British and French Government in 1843, through Mr. Upshur, then Secretary of State, that they would not possess themselves of the Sandwich islands. This statement, if we are to credit the corres pondent of the New York Courier and Enquirer, is not entirely worsts, who writes, "the pledge given by Mr. Upahur in 1843, to the British and French Governments, was only a stipulation that this Government would not seise the islands and subvert their independenoe, as had been done by the squardons of the people and native gov ernment voluntarily sought admission into the Union, or should, without coercion consent to annexation, the United States would refuse or neglect the opportunity of extending its jurisdic tion over the group. The islands had been seiz ed by violence, and the agyesairs bound them selves to abstain in future from such attacks, if we would do the same. Annexation would be no infringement of this arrangement. Bat Mr. Upehnr had no authority to make the agreement which it is conceded be did make, nor could he bind the country to any other, without. The informal understanding to which he consented with the Ministers of Franc* and England, has been respected by this goverment, and is not pro posed to be violated." ANOTHAR MACHINA" CASA AT CINCINNATI.—A diabolical attempt was made on Monday evening to destroy the Emily of Mr. Cyrus Swilthelm, as Cincinnati; the particulars of which the Empirer gives:— "On the evening . in question Mr. Swishelm end fatally, cioneuting of five persona, were seat ed around the Ike, when a huge ball descended the chissaey, and, bouncing into the fire rolled in a bright b lase into the middle of the floor. It was sande of cotton, saturated - with turpentine, and dazing its brief contact with the fire, had be rme ignited. Luckily, a pail of water was standing near, and Mr. Swishisba, catching the burning ball in his hand, instantly immersed it the water and extinguished it. Upon opening tie ban, it was found to be tiled with gunpowder and awl fortunate indeed wee it for Mr. and his family that the water was near, as totheruims he lays he @hong hoe hurled it iato the be, is width wee, in all probability, it would his been We pineal previews to have Amorded *Aber event as horrible in its details as that whisk lmrmpil d as the Moats Hospital." ThrowPaTwv.—A good story is toi , i day in our city, who was Entertaining friends in a new how into which "be ha , moved, and of whiOhe was quite prowl had taken them through the vanour ap art from kitchen to_ t, and expatiate•,{ ing term upon the peculiar advatsi r p s At last they reached the bath room she said, "you see we have a bath:ll 4 tul, are - two 611110ete, One for hot and oth , •r r„ Liter." "Here is a shover-bath; you liar, step in so, and the water comes down, w pull the string in this manner," %aid 0,, log the notion to the word, and Rut , c o did eau down in a perfect torrent, i r her to the skin. It is impossible t") more complete picture of bewilderm presented, at the consequence of mindedness! In spite of the sympathy her frip o l, sod, it was a hard matter for them tr) ber faces. The lady was obliged to t, entire vhange of clothing, and lamcv. of a new silk dress, : to say notian g of s from a cold for a fortnight afterwards lave she hasn't repeated the experiwn• AWFUL TILAGIDT.—The 01.1 published at Elisabeth city, N C . Last., says:--- "A most outrageous murder Wu co, last Tuesday, in the upper part of Cumd. t , William Sawyer, without provocatt.ia,d t ly shot a man by the name of Henry ling him almost instantly. Bray the house of Sawyer, helping hitt after the work was Walled, at Ssevi.r, don, he remained all night. Sonic .11 1 .,. the night Sawyer had a difficu/ty and commenced whipping her Buy the noise started to get up, when :44e up his gun and deliberately Ahnt hvn has thus far eluded every effort to gm pitrtistmrus nose none saw. your Mau. TCB received by tkie subscriber, • Family Flom. from Cincinnati, me J., • Wiest, aad warranted to give le po,d . • row wade in air own city. and the Dollar 50 by the barrel, sad ottll lets WS at the Brisk Stare, coma State ar, d _- Erie, F.b. 30, 18.55. p t i.} Auction aid Commis:inn Store Not Quito Cloud, Bu• ( SALE of • lam* enneignneent joit I and larger One Just received, • in the Staple and Fancy Line of Dry le. it lilletloo without reserve or at privat”e, • ate days. Bitter bargains than ever 1t • AU are expected to apply. First 8.et..0 - Afternoon aad erasing, aad to continue Book Sale on Monday evening, Peii The present Consignment u Pueittrti, • will be mowed aad offered fur sal. 1; 9 ~,, 1111 after the let of April nest. • part of parehaaors looking for bargn.n. t the Dimes in their pockets Erie, Feb. 3,1846. J. J NgCu-pattseranip heretofore CIO,' T Illosesswesi &Co.. WlN:expire n. , April nest All persoss having Ufa heghtehlid Wellai and *Alit •. our beim was =wit be elueed before in. t ship. Erie, Feb 1, 183.1-36 CHEAP I.IGUT 11110..4 Erie Feb 3.1141.1 kit I P. k D/L 41. TRAltila'S PANTAOL &KM the cure of amuses to the wr su out, Whooping Cough, branch; .•• Throat, Sunman b. Lungs. Kidneys a . I. Hheustauset both acute and etir 4 t cure the Piles to any state 11 ymet Mo. weak Nerves, IOW nets ,;‘, other delleate Veinal, compliant, pron. Prepared aea told only by Dr A Moe 11, Slate street, Erie. Jeri. W. LW. THE PANIC Now is the Time to Secure Gaol Dal BILLS of the Canal Bank and ( - Ai City Built of Columbus, 'La Banks, will be received for 1:- DRY UOODS, at dos Stores of to. , - days. Brio, Nor. 18, 1854. :REMEMBER the New Wog , where you will Bad an savour., and EittgicU of the ?Aron and hem q , o n , market, a Dicb will be sold cheaper tt.ab c, other wore in town, for cash Erie. Jan. U. ISM, List of Letters TIIIIADITNG la this Post Office JR, 1855. Persons calling for ti:. say -Alivartio•&" Anderson T J Long n 37. Andreas Charles B Lacgt.l: Adam■ Jacob Le. E Allen C M _ Adams J W reeper Barton mrs Maria Lane J,:.. Bowen John mr. .A Burgess Charles Mi: er !fr. I: Butt Admoti Muk rq.,Ar. M Burke tniu Blies If ~,sey 11l •,,, M Bunnell miss C J M.,..duey :r• 1‘ BudeTJAP Nt..q..!-J . Burch tars Mary M. 47 ,,a..i.., \a , . • Boynton JaMOP M.:Ler roue k Bennett Dantel Morgar. kar M , B..mer John jr Sllncr 'Bennett Wm H M,mgar M Bella'. R T Barrett Cb 8 Morgan Baur,. Cornelius Morgan w I. m Baldwin Sibyl Mains rnr Barr risorge D Mauna P ti ' Barnett Richard Main 0 11 Barton J k L Adelina/LI Brown Thos McClure J " Brindle John McCoy I, Brown miu X McLean w V Brown Bantus! C WeCuter!, Brown Daniel MeCre.ar . • Brown T D blieCreltry i , Browning miss Sophia hio — Clu••• , •• Brown D W Nesbit . pi N Blake Pries*lla i Niebuis -• • Blake Samuel - Non tur J Coolie Lafatte Oweo li ‘'. .. Cuttis Chulow Connell John Cuek ion Mariak OA born ;" ; Cotten Ines Martha Antrum Corbin. James 0131-156 .. Curtis Reheat* M: Porth Fr Cook Eleanor E Puprerf J Caldwell Timothy --.244 E % Carey 11 W A J Peak DA. Canty May Plumb 1:• a. Carney Walls= Phettcr • = Carter H M Hichani• Calhoon John A 0 Crime Clarinda Roes J Clark mrs Elms house li Clark nibs Nancy Robert- 1 , • Clark mrs Mary Francis Repot !. Crake'. miss Rebecca Ann It ,1‘ r.i Crook Fernando Ried Croaky John Clark' B Reed h.. 1 ati Dippo alias Blois* kt,,i J "' MUM LOIIIIII, RAP,I . t •u " Davis 0 J 2 Raney b' •, Dow J 8 2 Shutt ca - .' Drury was Schott NV ' .... Devils par Stleak; H Davison Robert T Streator. a.-• Drake Lewis J Stuuety mi.. Davison Joha 8 Stuli m ,ee I Davison George 8 Steel .ass Ns &het mrs I Ste•L'll: IR , • V. Evans Urine SaTury fn.. ~ Elliott P B Seward A -,1 French Nelson Sinrl,l , . - • Forsurr Jonathan sulttnin 1 k Fisher Tomy ,sc"rt n" 4 Foot Warren ,It Perry Slatuofi ":," "- Goodie H B Smit! n..• Goodrich D J Smith L al Gray Georg* W SuLiz , Al .; Hulbert Tars C 8 Smith , 41: -, Hulbert E W Stutth in- `.k . Hall miss H F Saila, A - Hall miss B Bitato• 'A. r Hitaniford miss Ana Teeroe , N Hubbard mrs H II Tityl ,,, 1 ". Hunter John Ca Ts., L"' k ' Hatter mrs J C Tiuctioul •• Halbert mrs H Tom ps • Haut Frankhn Tuwu I. Haniniond,l W Tate J V. ' Hassard Thomas Tulin li Haggard Thomas Thotre , Hamilton Mr A Thayer ' ' Hall C A lint JDO Huss mr L Johnson C Jones ors V V Johnson tars I Jackson W A J 01141411 miss IC A Joaa ar Joao. an A Jaw at A Janda ar J Jones B ' W Alto .t. ~ Jackson D Wirt MOO 1 .. Johnson MUM W WiakY 2 ' .. 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