grit Mattip Oftbserbtr. BRIE, PA SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 10, 1855 Topics of the Week. The most impcirtazit political event of the week 4 the re-election of Wm. H. Seward to the Uni ed Stabes'Senate, by the legislature of New 'ork This event seals the fate of the old Sil er Gray faction of the whig party, which, for a rief hour, has shown a little life under the guise f Know Nothingism. Silver Grayism never had auch real life; and as for principle, w hy that was n "obsolete idea" long before it fell into the tobrace of spurious "Americanism." It, there on, hadllittle capital to commence with upon *fuming its new name, and hence has met the ate every careful observer of events, since last election, expected it would. It has prou d itself totally inoperative for either good or vil, and it will "now die, and make no sign."— 'nee to its ashes; though we say so as one that aottrutth not. Mr. Seward's vote was 69 in the louse, and 18 in the &nett. The opposition tattered their votes upon Know Nothings, Dem ents, Hards, Softs, and Abolitionists. So eddy he great contest in New York for Senator Another attemrt was made on Saturday at, before the Supreme Court, by the Cieveiand n d E r i e road, to ~ L ita:u r special injunction gainst the city of Er, We annex the action f the Court• "S: Get` T Campbell, 1•:,q , produced a certi ed criv of the record of tt. , C )urt of Common 'less iit Erie county of a •liscmiinuance of the .receedings between the parties in that Court, ud moved anew for a special injunction in this :ourt George Griseotn. Esq appeared for the defend mite, and -.resisted IL' n.'q! , ,111. stating lits resdi iess to show, on various grounds, that it ought tot to be granted The Curt said Lb 1: tu q prc..ent m2tion had al itacly been d.lapaus i ~!* in their decision if last Saturday: that a in ,:prn for a preliminary minction wits d, an I ch. cause must go on o final hearing on the us now fi;ed. W M. Merolich, W L Hirst. 4nd S,•• George r Campbell, Esqrs . then made the following notion, to vri --For .r, ex:tus,on of the time o comply with the ord.•• and decree nt . the Court if September 7th. 11354. - in tea 7ase .f the Com monwealth of Ptunsy:vani4 ez tel The Attor tey General vs: 'II , - Eri. , sod EAst rail rod Company in Equity. hear lon next Satur lay Gorge Grigenn, for the F.Alutiff, op posed the motion and elntond that at least three weeks notie , . a ;l owe 1 t h e pl a i n . tiff before it is argil I C. - .urt ordered the 'motion to be enterol, arid •re 1 Saturday, the 17th - of February, 1 1 55, as the tune Ea tho Lear .thereof." —We patillh th , following, sent to us from Harrisburg, to show %hat "bast use'' the tel egraph can put when in the hands of men who have no mr,re ri sp e e• for the truth than the persons who father this jolsehood But there is another reason why we ,item its publication im portant, via: to show the absolute n , c,:ssity there exists for our cit:zeto to be elrcum?ect and care ful, so that these mea, who show much a procli- pity to ev4;erate, no grounds to wan ufactur=• such despatches as this. to injure us at Harrisburg ; One of our members writes that this cock and bull story emitted gnat, a furor among the members Ilurr,,biery, Feb. 3, 1855 The following enmmun:oati .n 11 telegraph was received to-day by n ;Nu: le man at this place: Erie, FI. 3, 1.855. Yesterday afternoon, while curt was in ses sion, M B Lowry and a on-enhor of others of his aasociate ruffians came Into the Curt House arm ed with clubs, an I threatenin2 attacks upon some of the attornios Tiwy remained until the instant of adjournm-ot when a rush was made in the presence of the C at Walker it, Wetmore. The Judges themsek.e., (-fluid not have prevented violene,. acid bl(ywl.-bed Lad it not been for Mr. Keyser, anclotlfers with him, who promptly in terfered The moot active ruffian.; wire M. B. W G Ardbuckle, ~ elect councilman, Boss Thompson, s‘ n of Judge Thompson, J W. Douglass, and a number of others of that class. Mr D. B. McCreary disc Aercd the plot in time to call in aid Jotis H WALKER J. B. JOHNSTON, J A TRACY Ai some may h.: unacquainted with the facts out of which the above was c.ne4x•tell, we will may that on the afi, )on Int:heated, an alterca tion of a private ascot.. took pia'.. between Wet- more and Lowry, grJwing rui iif certain suits against-the latter, in which the firmer was the attorney, and out of that, this infamous fabrica tion is manufactured -Ina aent oat into the world. Shame! A more has been made upon the political "chess board" at Harrisburg, indicating pretty clearly the policy of Pollock . 4 administration We refer to the f.Arow log app)intrnent. by the Governor: ' Tho mas J Power, of Bearer county, .eljutant General of the State Christian Myer , i, of Clarion county, Whiskey inspector of PLiladelpliti C L Magee, inspector of Weights and Mea- SnrCa for A..liezheily c.uinty Mr. Culp, Flour liiipect,.r for Pittsburg Two of these app .Intineuts, at least, are new recruit' in the ranks .t whle•ery This is the first public intimation we have ha.' th a t Tom. Power had gone over t ) wh,gery, though we always knew him to be ••fishy Myers' seat in the sanctuary, it is true, is n little warmer than Power's, though he has unt been a Whig long enough to become naturalized lie is the same man, our readers will recollect, that the Whigs refused to elect rp Aker of the Senate, though by all rules of precedent and courtesy, be was en titled to it. That: refusal, we suppose, was based Upon the knowledge that ht• was not qualified by edurarion and exper,:rw, C. , r the post—this ap pointment`upon the ground that lie as We think that the Governor is right: But, as we said be fore, these appointments indicate the policy, poin ted out to us soon after the Governor's election, as the one he would attempt to itutugurste--the policy of a "no party" administration! Better men than Pollock have tried to sit upon two stools, and fell between; and that will be his fate ere a F=l The above was hardly in type before we began to hear the "groans of the wounded." The Pittsburgh Journal is the first Jeremiah. Hear "Gov. Pollock has taken a bold and most extra ordinary step in the appointment of Thomas J. Power to the Aloe of Adjutant General of the State. The Governor u the nominee of the whit' party, and- it is a striking fact, that he should single out a oonspicuons Democrat for one of his (spud appointments." r The Journal thinks Pollock's course is extra. ' ,f ordinary, and intimates pretty strongly that there T! is some other motive for the appointment than a - I. "purpose to obliterate old party lines." That motive, it thinks, is to secure the Senatorship for an "Eastern man," and as Ex-Governor John. • sum is the Asynekslostsissies,Jereidsh sweep in this wise: , (Did the eoverner mai to glow eompleist on the part se the Deesonents that rim y have set received their sham of the loaves mid fishes, by offering one of the highest ofwes in his gift to a Democrat? Did he mean also to ktiftlie dam of the West fora Senator of the West by making a Western man, Thomas J. Power, of Beaver county, Adjutant General of Pennsylvania? h looks exact ly so." Having delivered himself of this, the Jeremiah of the Journal finds comfort for his bruised and broken spirit is the thought that the attempt to "obliterate party lines" is a game two can Ph , at; so it 'eines its edict to the effoot that if the members from Allegheny cannot carry Ex-Gov. Johnson, there is a good Democrat, In the pers on of Gen. Moorhead, who "will oome before them strongly backed." Says the Journal: "It is easy for us, who recognise Gen. Moor head as a personal friend of many years, to pro claim our readiness to advocate his election to the United States Senate. But since Gov. Pollock has appointed Thomas J. Power, we do so v‘ . 47- lens now to party relations, in urging the elec tion of Gen. Moorhead as a political move, which our delegation at Harrisburg should agree upon as the very next best thing they could accom plish, if they fail to carry Gov. Johnston." From this it will he seen that the "sorrows of Werter" were nothing in comparison to those which now fill the breast of the whig followers of "Sam." A good deal has been said the past week in Philadelphia, in some of the papers, about the Sunbury and Erie railroad. It has always been the fate of this project to have a good deal said in the papers about it, but very little done. And, if we are to judge from the present aspect of af fairs, we should say, "the past is to be the fu ture!" The cause of the present flurry, is the evident desire on the part of those who will, in the end, have to furnish the means to build the road, if it is ever built, to oust Mr Cooper and replace him by some other man. The North American, for instance, earnestly calls for the election of some other man, and bases its call up on the grounds of Mr. Cooper's incompetency! Partly we suppose as an ofset to this attack, and partly in reply to the report of a committee of investigation, recently made to the city Councils, Mr Cooper has a letter of defense. In this doc ument Mr Cooper says "the rand object of the company is to tap the heart of the North West ern trade, at the Harbor of Erie." And the News_ declares that "the managers of the Sunbury and Erie Company are determined to build their rood in spite of all opposition, no matter from what quarter it cgrnea " We put these declarations upon record, not because we think they amount to any certain sum, but to show that Mr. Cooper, and his orgain, the News, deem it obsolutely necessary to their own moiety to still avow that ' the original aim and objects of the enterprise shall be carried out. PLEAse EX-PLUMP—The Pittsburgh Com. Journal, in speaking of Senator Arlie, says that he is "a man who for sixteen years, has 'done dil l State some service' in the Halls of Legislation—a man of unimpeachable integrity, against whom slander never wagged its poison ed tongue." All very fine, Mr. Journal, and true, too; bat is'nt it a little singular that such a man, after receiving the nomination of a Whig Convention, should have been defeated by over one hundred thousand, while his collegue upon the ticket, Gov. Pallock, was elected by some forty thousand a majority! Why is this discreditable fact a historical recored, Mr. Jaw-nu!? Pleaseexplain! Was it because Mr Daraie, though endowed with all the attributes of a gentleman and a man, of talent,—though true and faithful to the doetines of the Whig party—was yet unacceptable to the secret cabal that now controls the destinies of the State of Pennsylvania! Was it because he first saw the light beneath skies the of Burns, and Scott, and that first hero of the American Navy, Paul Jones! Was this his crime? Again, we say, please explain' WHAT'S IN TRW WIND?—The New York Times, the New York Tribune, and the Even ing Post, u well u a good many other North ern journals, are apparently falling in love with "old Sam" Hove Ton: What's in the wind?— The Times, for instance, had a long leader the other day closing thus: "His qualities as a soldier, his generalship, marked by prudence and caution, as a leader, and his humanity as a victor, are as proverbial in his own State as the signal battle of which he is the unquestioned hero. His habits in so cial and domestic life, if not the best at one time, afford an example of thorough reform, en tered upon with penitence and determination, and persevered in, by the help of an iron will, which is entitled to commendation and respect, if not to the restoration of entire confident* in the moral phase of his character." And the Evening Pose has this notice of the old General and his intentions: "Gen Sam Houston declares his intention of resigning his seat, irrevocably, after the pre sent session. He assigns as a reason the con dition of his private &Sirs. The General mar ried late in life, about fourteen years ago, and has a family of children between the ages of sit months and eleven years whom he desires to train up as hard-working, industrious members of the community. His oldest boy, he says, can hoe his row with any boy of his ar, and his mastery of the plow is truly surprising The other children are all to be accomplished in the saute arts, and in order to attend to them properly the father's presence is required at home. The health of the old hero is exeellen‘ though he still infers from the wound received at the battle of San Jacinto, in the ankle of his left leg. This injury now extends its effects to his' knee and hip, leaving rods for the appre hension that the entire limb may yet be disabled. Another wound of forty-one jean' standing still forms an issue on his right shoulder. Glen. Houston still retains his erect and majestic bearing, and his well-known suavity to all whom he meets, from the negro hackman to the fair ladies at the dinner table of Willard's Ho tel, make him a univeaaal favorite. All aspira tions for the Presidency he ut r w o rz i diagonal, though it is by no means imp e that he would, like other popular favorites, postpone his own wishes to what he may deem the exigencies of the country." mar Justus Hurd, who has been senteneed for seven years to the penitentiary of Masies sippi, for killing one of his slaves, is a wealthy citizen of Amite county, and an emigrant from New England. A feet that prone the saying tree that a renegade Yankee always sakes the wont slave muter! ft, Father Mathew, the Irish "oath, of Ten. posses, is said to is, at the Island of illidaria, is distress, sad is woad at sasses to psy his board. His Tight bead is pssalyssd. ow Oefttia Salm Rieke, the last of the ,Aissiesee whit where is the loth el Dessiar sop, died is Elesdatiesd, Verreses, sr Widow day, the 24th int., 40 sisety4eise yam, live soothe mad two dap. hair" ibilll l o oll lli . ' His 'videos the poi& shed. .iis w;11 as the &states at mad polity, demand the pimp et ease steloseat his to prevenithe pressitatsiek. ed principalities of Europe from emptying their poor-bosses cad 'prisons upon our shoves,— Soem) such law would be just, not only to the country that has heretofore, and we hope still will be, an asylum for the oppressed of all na tions, but to our adopted citizens themselves, and also to those that intend to become so. No one ems has oostributod is swell the complaints spinet adopted citizens, and consequently the ranks of intolarant Know Nothingisin, more than the facility with which European paupers and malefactors have found an asylum upon our shoes, and thence a habitation in our prisons and poor houses. Let an Liebman commit-a crime, and forthwith our entire Irish population, the good as well as the bad, are denounced by the unthinking. Lets German pauper, fresh from a German poor house in the "old country," become a public charge, and loud anathemas are rung by men who do not stop to reason upon cause and effect. or balance the account of the good and evil re sulting from German immigration: Such politi cal economists (we call them so, for every voter ought to be one) do not think that for every Irish pauper and criminal, there are hundreds of hon est, intelligent and industrious laborers--men whose bones and muscles have dug our canals, built our railroads, and fought our battles. All this they are entirely blind to. They see only the fact that one Irishman has committed a crime and another has become a pauper. Equally blind are they to the fact that for one imported Ger man convict or pauper, we are receiving the flower of the wealth and industry of the German states, and that this wealth and this industry is build ing our cities, and peopleing the wilderness, and making it "blossom like the rose." All this, we repeat, the unthinking and unreasoning do not see; and if they do see, do not heed, but jump ing to a conclusion from false reasoning, imagine the country is in danger from "foreign influ euoe" operating upon adopted citizens. To remove this cause, then, and prevent the industrious immigrant from meeting the fate of poor Tray, who was caught in bad company and suffered in consequence, is the true policy of the country. We notice that various propositions, looking to this end, have been introduced into Congress, and some one—we hope the best— will doubtless ere long become a law One of these, introduced by Mr. Wentworth, of Maeda chusetts, the Washington Star thinks will by no means care the evils that should be eradica ted—that it will be likely to operate to keep out desirable emigration, while proving not the least check to the ingress among us of the emigration to which our shores should, properly, be forbid den ground. Mr Wentworth's bill recognizes the certificate of the American Consul at the port , of emigration, as proof that the emigrant is not a pauper or a criminal. Now, as most of the emigrants complained of start for the United States from points from one to five hundred mirs distant from where they finally embark, it stands to reason that the Consul at the port of emigra tion can have no means of verifying the testimo ny on which he is to be called on to attach his seal to a certificate that the person in whose fa vor it is granted, is neither a pawl nor a crini• intl. As the Government is to pay no charge for making the due investigation, and he is to get some five dollars for applying his seal to a printed certificate, it is to be expected that he will seal as many of them as posaible,-with as little labor as possible in connection with them. The honest poor, who would, perhaps, do best among us, will not take a dishonest certificate, and will, therefore, be kept out by the proposed new law. Another proposition, and one that strikes us a good deal more effective, is the plan of the New York Board of Emigration, viz: to hold the American ship owners responsible, peculiarly, I for bringing improper emigration upon us for gain. These commissioners also define the pan per emigration differently from the definition in the bill of Mr. Wentworth, of Massachusetts.— Thus, they call that person a pauper, who has re oeived aid from any public (government) author ities whatever, within the year previous to his or her emigration, or whose passage is paid wholly or in part, directly or indirectly, by the authori ties indicated above. They do not hold a person, who has not been a charge to his or her fellow citizens, or who has money enough of his own, or given by his personal friends, to pay his way over to this country, a pauper, antes from some evident physical debility it is clear that on an ar rival here, the party in question will not be able to earn a livelihood by honest labor. These dis tinctions strike us as ootrect, and worthy of the attention of Congress. he New York board of emigration, by the by, estimate that *20,000,000 in money has been brought into the country in the last year by German emigrants. Yet they regard the worthless German emigration as being a far more grievous injury to our country than any other it receives. They my that it is the custom in Germany for able-bodied inhabitants of a village to club together to come out to the United States, leaving the infirm of their village population to be a tax on their original neigh borhood, which (through its government) raises the funds to pack the disabled after the able-bod ied. They say further, that after getting here, as a general thing, the Irish, even though desti tute of a penny on landing, if in health, at once become profitable to the country. That is bard workers. They keep such of the destitute emi grants in their charge as can work, employed on Ward's Island, N. Y. The Irish labor as faith fully and cheerfully while supported at the pub lic ooet as though receiving wages, while it is rare to find a German thus employed, who re ceiving no wages, does sot leek to give as little labor as possible in return for his meagre sup port. They say, still further, that the German emigration into New York harbor, is now larger than the Irish; and that 50,000 Irish come over annually through means forwarded to them by relatives in this country, a very much larger share of which is sent over out of the hard earnings of bungle domestics, than from those of the other sex. This trait of true filial piety—that of la boring in a far distant land to imprqire the eon ditioa of loved relatives left behind them--is, to say the heat of it, a oomniesidable ones noble trait, indeed. i s. Tim Craw-trope are sot all moaned to Peouriimais, sad here is die sr/idiom. F. W. PAIXII4 lit, tithe Jassestown Journal, writes to that peter, from Alias', that a Bill, similar to the wee introdocad hj Sr: Clapp, into the Palm Home of Idepresamatheo, lee bees mew tad by a Mr. Ilieseheirdi, is the N. Y. Asesakir. It is for do esimbilehaest of a "Court of Ckm. eilialfas." Firr" l7l l time is cam mom igtiesaty" iR 0.. Pot. root's bangers' AU we Emir' • le all ger reader's attendee te, and *ea we till be it pass. Here it is: "A kind Providence has bestowed upon us, with a liberal hand, all the elements of wealth and patsies. Our inexhaustible coal tilde; our nob iron deposits, limestone sverireAtre, dad just where wow rersired; the interminable for est, and our rushing strumnr, all invite the an ew and enterprise of mu eitimns to the de velopment of their treasures, and pnalliall a rich reward to their lakes." This is equal to Gen. Taylor's famous dedus lion that the country was at "peso with a/1 the world and the rest of mankind." Here, in Pennsylvania, according to "geological" Pollock, we have "limestone everywhere, and just where most required;" a feet, by the by, if it be a feet, that ought to be peculiarly gratifying to os in Erie county. We, in our simplicity, bad sup posed, there was no limestone here, "just where" a good deal of that article is "most required;" But we suppose we have no right to dispute the Governor, especially when he so emphatically declares that it is "everywhere, and just where most required." This being the ease, the wee nie engaged in the "limestone trade" betweea this and the Island at the head of the Lake, w ill find their "occupation gone." They may as well trim their sails for another port. But as the Johnstown Echo says, "How grateful we ought to be to Providence for being so kind as to furnish "limestone everywhere, awl jowl where most required!" Bad "a kind Prerfi; deuce" distributed "limestone everywhere,". and left none "just where most required," the basi -1 newt would have been beautifully botched. The people in Pennsylvania owe a debt of gratitude to Providence and Gov. Pollock—especially to Pollock. What would it have profited if Provi den‘Nt did give "limestone everywhere, and just where !Oat/ required," if Pollook had not bees gifted with wisdom to make the secret knosts? Waica SHALL Ws Bisitzval—We notice that while the Gav►► urges it as one of the reasons why the people should Hoke at the re tirement of Gov. Blount, that he was "unable to control friendly Legislatures," the Editor of the Philadelphia Be/kali, who is a member of the House, asserts that "had it not been for Gov Bigler, who came into the Legislature and controlled its action, a prohibitory liquor law would have been passed last winter." Here we have a beautiful illustration of the consistency of the opposition J Murray Rush, son of Hon. Richard Rush, has been Nominated by the Philadelphia Democracy to fill the vacancy to the Pennsyl vania Senate, occasioned by the death of Levi Poulkrod, Esq. He is an eloquent speaker and popular with the masses. lir Rev. F Yates has disappearedfrom Leb anon, Illinois, not so mysteriously as he in tended; for, iinet.ead of taking his word that he had drowned himself, the good people have dis covered that he has eloped with a lady. Tbeßev. gentleman will, no doubt, some day or other be sent to Congress—that is if Know Nothing ism continues to flourish. se., The Sheriff and his Deputies hare broken up a gang of counterfeiters, claming on a large business in the city of Cleveland. The money was not used in C., but agents were traveling in all directions of the country. The oounterfsita found were mostly upon Eastern banks. as, John W. Maury, ft-Mayor of Washing ton, D. C , died at 1 o'clock on friday, univer sally regretted. He was President of the Bank of the Metropolis, and it is said, spent in chari ties, while Mayor, double the amount of his sal ary. He was defeated a few months since by a Know Nothing. (I- Fargo, of Buffalo, on Saturday last, gave the President of the Belief Amooiation, an order on one of the principal bakers there, for one thousand loaves of bread, for distribution among the po )r. TIENT DID NOT WANT HIN.-It is stated that the Boman Catholic Bishop at Hartford, Con necticut, sent a German Priest of the faith to New Haven, to look after the Germane . there, and to forma Parish. This did not meet the views of the latter, who met and resolved that they did not want any interference with their religions matters. Kir Gen. Bailey, the late State Treasurer, it is said, joined the Know Nothings to noun his re-election. They afterwards expelled him from their order and the Democratic caucus also re pudiated him. Served him right! tos. A correspondent of the New York Even ing Post suggests that Congress obviate the evils arising from one thousand little institutions is suing small notes, by levying a heavy impost. He says it oan be done under the eighth section of the first clause in the Constitution. This is "something new under the Bun." - We observe that Guyon M. Irwin, Req., editor of the Alkghany Enterpri se , has received from Gov. Pollock, an appointment as Aid to his Eseel:ency, with the rank of Lieutenant Colo nel. Military honors are towing thick and fast upon the Editorial fraternity. Ns. The Cleveland Herald repo r ts that Mr. and Mrs. Jsoox, elderly people residing is Avon, Lorain county, s few sights ago went to' bed with burning charcoal in their sleeping room, and suffocated from its fumes during the night. Mr. J. was found dead, and Km J. survived but a few hours. They were aged about 60. A DI=P Fusnow.--Judge Coulter, of Virgin. is, when first appointed to the bench, had dictionover one of the mountain countries. district was made up of many w il d and nn fellows. One of the Judge's fret seta was to impose a heavy fine, b way of example, upon a rough and hardy, for disorderly conduct. As the man was lea ' the eau* room in charge of an offieer, bead the Judge—" Your came is Coulter, is it Deer 4, Yee." "Well, all I have to say is, that you are setting your conlier rather too deep for a ass who is ploughing new ground." It is recorded that the fellow's wit saved the be. Lazass.r.—A fast punks* jest ready to graduate frost a 11p-top fierausaty, ..at bar Goa alp the following literary spender; "Dear Luria that !Fedor Theo we is air kaki as I suppose where you la air keider we is all well and mother ha got do bia Tordska aid brother bill has got the Koh Ng altar sum boo goer a baby sadthaw fa DIM will lad you fie lbo MN tile was your othassilas kiwis" "p 8 I will be to ss you sad Tame thas 101' do hart. of the boar 11=11 ,* Law his tik• . Perak lkierisg Glad 'WOW,* eike 4 , * wows. Nal ia se. feet. *min Ilkik" et um, led lac We eonverssd, this morning, with , a gentle men, a lithos of St. Louis, who ante down last =in Springfield, and who . gee e us some 'on of the condition of affairs on the railroads. Our informant left Bloomington last Saturday, and by dint of severe labor, in which all the pillage • toiled heartily and laborious ltullighietrain succeeded in making its away . At one drift the snow was so deep that it oventipped the eels, and the train had so root its way through, completely hid from view, and enveloped in the,bleak shroud. To aid the engin; the passengers turned out, end having a lot of shovels prepared for an emergency, worked for several hours, in throwing the snow off the track. The intensity of the cold may be imagined when it is stated that the thermom eter indicated thirty degrees below Dern.— Twentpoeven miles beyond Bloomington, a train of cars was frosen up in a drisl, not able either to proceed or retreat, in . consequence of a lea of fuel. The can were filled with passen gers' many of whom are women and ohildern, and their sufferings may be conceived, when we state that they had torn three can to pieces for fuel. While our informant was at Bloomington, an effort was made to reach the Efferent. Sleighs were started off to the spot, but after s day of weary labor, in which the hones were broken down sad exhausted, they returned to Bloom ington, having gone only twelve miles. The great depth of the snow, the difficulty of get ting through the huge drifts, lying at frequent intervals along the prairies, the terrific force of the wind, whichfilled the air with whirling snow, and the almost insufferable severity of the eold—made the attempt to retch the ears with sleighs, a hopeless and futile task. So much for dui-suffering on the Chicago and Mississippi Road. On the Illinois Central, affairs are worse still. A train is frosen up near Decatur, and the wretched passengers suffer, not only for lack of fuel but for want of food, and, shocking to re late, were compelled by the bitter necessities of their condition to eat dogs to keep frost starting. This fact is reliably stated in the Bloomington and Springfield papers, and is further confirmed, says our informant, by the testimony of indi viduals in Blooinington. Indeed, it was a sub ject of conversation in that city. We can image how deplorable must be the situation of persons, and to what extremities they are reduced, when they have no other alternative than to eat dog flesh to drive off the demon of starvation. A Mr. Morgan, nephew of the Superintend ent of the Chicago and Mississippi Road, had both his legs frosen, and it is feared that many others have suffered similar calamities. A like condition of things prevails on the Rock Island Railroad, though no detailed accounts from there have reached us. Gov. Matteson had sent de spatches to Bloomington to have the track clear ed, that the trains might come throught, at any expense. It was supposed yesterday in Spring field that a sufficient number ot . absent Legisla tors would get in today to constitute a quorum in both houses. We doubt very much, if the tracks will be entirely cleared for several days longer yet, un less human efforts are aided by the melting in hence of the sun. There are business men of St. Louis at Bloomington, anxious to get on to New York, and others at Chicago, who are anx ious to return home. A dispatch from Chicago, yesterday, gives little reason to hope that the track will be clearn as soon as we expected The delayed mails will hardly reach here before Sunday or Monday. Front the Lake Superior Country From the Detroit Laquirm A party of four gentlemen left Marquette, on Lake Superior, on the 10th of January, and tra velling on the overland rout via Bay Noquet, , Green Bay and Milwaukee, a portion of them ! reached Chicago last week. The party consisted of Peter White, Esq., Postmaster at Marquette, G. W. Barr, of Erie, and F. C. Brooks, Esq. , and Dr. J. G. St. Clair. They came through with Indian guides and dog trains, and furnish some interesting information ihich is published by the Chicago Tribune, at considerable detail. The weather, up to the time of their departure, had been mild, and less snow had fallen than at Chicago. Indeed, the gentlemen declared that it was much more difficult to keep from suffering with cold in the latter place, at the present time, than it was at Marquette. On their way, before they reached Bay Noquet, the party met the mail train. This was the only mail that bad been seen in that vicinity for two months. During all that time the entire country from the Sant Ste. Marie to the St Louis River, embracing the entire southern shore of Lake Su perior, had been entirely destitute of a mail. The mail which this party mat was in charge of the contractor, who had engaged to carry a weekl y mail from Bay Noquet to - Marquet• e ' and this was his first attempt at doing so. The mail con• slated of 76 bushels of matter--all of it of a valu able description—letters and papers. Marquette is now the only town on the Lake, between the two points, the Sault and the St. Louis River, to which a mail is carried at any season. There are fifteen other points along the shore to which no mails are sent at all, and the inhabitants of which are cut off for half of the time at least from all communication with the civilised world. More than this, the contractors who has agreed to take the weekly mail before spoken of, will have to give up his contract, as the expense of transport ing it is much greater, then the compensation al lowed by the Department. The Postmaster Ge neral seems to labor under tie impression that the Lake Superior country is a desert, inhabited only by Indians, traders, and a few copper min ers; whereas, the country has already a popula tion which is large and entitled to some of the benefits of civilization. The facts of the ease have often been repre sented to the Department at Washington, but they have as yet done nothing to secure mail facilities to the Lake Superi9r region. Upon reaching Green Bay, Mr. White left the party there to return to Marquette, and the re maining three pioneers pursued their journey southward. Travelling through the storms of Saturday and Sunday, they reached Chicago on Tuesday morning. They fbund• the snow to be deeper nearer the Lake, and think that the fall of snow at Milwaukee, and north of that place, was full as heavy as it was here, although back from the Lake it was much, lighter. Mr. Barr informs us that the copper mining interest is suffering, in some degree for the want of powder. Two vessels loaded with powder were wrecked this fall upon the Lake, and the late ness of the season prevented a new supply being obtained. Some descriptions of provisions are also becoming scarce, and the poeple will be somewhat "out of sorts" before navigation re opens, but there is no danger of a famine. Horse feed was very scaroe. Corn was worth four cents per pound, and Mr. Barr sold what bay he had, just before coming away, at 150 per ton. Pork was rather seatoe, but with careful ness and economy, there would be enough to last during the winter. The mining operations were going along well with the exoeption of the difficulty arising from the want of powder. The docks which Mr. Barr bad constructed at Marquette had been swept away by a storm, but bad been nearly rebuilt, sad the Railroads which be had constructed to the Iran mountain was all ready for the oars. The miners were at work at the mountains, sad the ow w" raPidlY produced. It is exceedingly pure. h ea l t h of the po o l was good, and the. weather up to the time of his &whin, 4a been very pleasant, with but few exemptions. 1 lathes til say, John, wii4so did you r g yoar bad" "Maw yaw Wear," aid Job*, uj am at ywas a s aws ilia piv • yeimpeday, when pas ti isass" t TnINIV 4 '; . • C=Cll Mu at o = nde ' pl .. 411 4 1bui A Harrisburg ad, .•• Myth American. gills the **wing *Now a[ the two Me befell, the toopislatiii relatilito Wilier , ter : The WI fralli f ibe inti arr copnium pro vides: • Section 1 rescinds. revokes and utterly and for etrer the rights and en viledset _web*" granted to the E ri e and North East Ridirosi C o n. pang, by the act of April 12, 1842. Section 2 directs the Governor of the State to take possession of the road. Section 3 makes it the duty of sheriffs and all good citizens, whenever required by the Governor, to aid and assist in carrying out this law. &dies 4 requires; the Governor, after taking ps possession of the road, to give notice of the same to the President of the company. personally, or by copy left at the office of the company, that the com pany may be r. stored to the possession of the road on these conditions, which, on accepting. they shall enter upon their books, as conditions of the renewal of their charter, and in consideration of the privi ledges hereby granted to them. Ist. The compa ny shall by a proper divergence east of the limits of the city of Erie. extend their road to the harbor of Erie on such level and in such manner as to permit "Waling, or tracks to the wharves or docks. conve niently for the transportation of merchandise and freight to and from vessels and steamboats. 2nd. That the road so extended shall be constructed by the time fixed by law wherein the Cleveland. I Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company are 'bound by law to extend the track or tracks of their road to the harbor Aresaid, and to be commenced within three mouths from the date of this set. 3d. That the company shall, on completion of the road to the harbor, change its gunge from thence to the New York State hue. to a uniform guage'pf four feet eight and a half inches. or six feet at their op• tion. and maintain the same thereat. Section 4 permits the cowpony to maintain their road at and iu the city of Erie. until the time fixed for the completion of their road to the harbor when they shall move the same, with all bridges, embank ments and superstructures, from the point of diver gence to the present terminus of said road, leaving the ground streets and alleys free an 1 clear fiom the same. Section 5 provides that on the acceptance-of this act, as hereinbefore mentioned. and in a manner satisfactory to the Governor, all the rights. privi ledges and franchises gran them by the act of incorporation. passed April 12. 1642. are hereby re-enacted ,and confe,rred as fully as before ; the Company may. at any time after commencing work to extend their road to the barbo of Erie, in crease their capital stock to the extent of four thou sand shame, but before doing so, the Company shall cause their acceptance of this act to be certified to the Auditor General's office Section 6 provioes that from and after the expi ration of the time limited for the completion of the Erie and Northeast Railroad to the harbor afore said. all connection south of said harbor with any road running westwardly shall not be permitted at any other point than the harbor aforesaid. The othe bill on the same subject, which was read in place on Saturday. by Mr. Ross. of Crawford county. contains these provisions. The Erie and Northeast Railroad Company, as originally located and constucted, is legalised and confirmed and declared in full compliance with their act of incorporation. and the supplements thereto, provided the said company diverge from their main line within the city of Erie at `any point be tween French and German streets, and thence ex tend and construct their road so as to pass North of their original line, and across the depot ground of said Company and Sassafras street. As soon as the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company shall have commented their work within the city of Erie, and prosecuted the same on fifty miles of the west end of their road. or the Erie City Road shall have com menced their work in the like manner, the Erie and Northeast Company shall. either by themselves or in conjunction with one oi both of said roads, con struct a branch from their main line to the harbor of Erie. in all respects. exceptgrades. equal to their main line. diverging from their said main line east of Parade street. or at or near such point as the Sunbury and Erie Railroad shall cross the said Erie and North-east Railroad Provided. the Cleve- laud, Painsville and Ashtabula Co.. shall construct a branch from their main line to the harbor of Erie, diverging from the raid main line west of Liberty street, making a connection with the mentioned branch or branches from the east, north of Second street, and thereby forming a loop line with the main line. and which branch. herein required to be constructed by the C. Painsville Ashtabula Co.. shat be instead and place of the branch of said road re quired to be constructed by virtue of the Act of May 5. 1854. The Erie a-id Northeast company shall make such changes, and pay all the expenses thereof, in the public road called the Buffalo road. in the township of Harbor Creek, between Miller's station and the saw mill, contiguous to the line of railroad built by Lane and others, as the road com missioners of Harbor Creek township may indicate and obtain the location of, under the provisions of the general road law of 1836. Provided. that all switches. turnouts, depots. and their appurtenan ces, shall be so constructed as to avoid the making up of trains ofcars across any of the following named streets of the city of Erie : Peach. State, French, and Parade. For the purposes heretofore mention ed, or any other legitimate purpose. the said com pany are authorized to issue $300,000 of coupon bonds, bearing an interest of not more than seven per cent. All conflicting act.; are repealed. The latter named bill has not yet been reported by the Judiciary Committee. and is understood to come from the especial friends of the Company. It may be considered as embracing the terms on which they will be willing to relieve themselves from the position in which their illegalities have involved them. Whether the penalty is suffieient, or wheth er, in its stead, shall be placed the bill already re ported from the judiciary committee. or whether, a modified bill shall be prepared. it is for the Legis lature to determine. A CARD To TRK LADIRA.—Dr. J. Duponco's Golden Pe riodical Pills for Females .lufallible for correcting irregu larities, and retnoiing obstnietlons from whatever cause. All medical men know. as well as many others, that whenever an °het:never' takes plaex, wetber from cold, exposure, or aii) cause, tt.e general health begins inimediatly to derlitie. and the want of such a remedy has beim the cause of so many ecneoMptions among young fe males. Headache. pain in the sole, palpitauon of the heurt, loathing of fo•el, and disturbed sleep, generally arise frqm the interruptoil of nature. and whenever that is the ease, the Pills will invisible remedy all theee Full and explicit directions NeCOLIIIpDy each box, which mast be strictly followed and all di.easeA peculiar to fe males may be speedily cured. Pries $1 00 per box. bold by all the ()runlets in Erie and wholesale and retail. at the proprietors price by EAR TER I BROTHER, No. 6 Reed House, to whom all orders must be addressed. Iy2B. MI A Wonderful I iimover) has recently been made by Dr. Curtis, 01 this eity, in the treatment of Consumption. Asthma and all diseases of the lungs. We re•er to — Dr Curtls'sHygena or Inhaling Hygean Vaporand t•herry ltyrup '" With this new Method Dr. C. has restored many itM feted ones to perfect beejtht s an evidence of which, he has innumerable eartigicat. •. Speaking of the LreaMileill,ll physician remarks:—lt is evident that inhaling—constantly breathing an agreeable. healing va por. the medicinal proprieties knurl coma In direct contact with ltr• whole of the aerial cavity of the lungs, and thus escape the many and varied chances produced upon them when introduced "Maze stomach, and subJeete.l to the process. The Holman* ie for sale at ill the druggists' throughout the commuy —Peen the New revs Llntrawitt a if Jamul 1414. Nee advertisement of Medicated Inhalation In anothercoiumn C this paper TRIM 3311:1 6 0arLDIT unrasummrsost. Dr Joann. one °Abe most celebrated ?Arneson in New-York writes as follows- Ha CCIRTI.—Deirr Sir —Racine witnessed the escelleat ef feet, of your Hte".• na lea, trio H Yana •ne Certain STICP, in a ease of chronic Bronchitis, and being much in favor of counter irritation in affections of the throat, bronchial tubes and lump. t can therefore ebeerfuily recommend your Idedleased A pparatus as being the moat too Yen lent and edbetual mode Of applying ear hint of the kind t have ever seen No doubt Hums a oda of persons may be relieved. sad many toured, by wind Yaw named tea. Yoe are at liberty to use this In an• tray you may think per Respectfully, yours. Re. C. JOHNS. M. lj No Me Hoirssor wrest. New Yort. Prof. S. C NT II wnla to all (0110W11: Germs ha re 'eternity had cveuertp to ten year Chewy Syrupgiad Hymn Vapor IN a ease or arouse wore tarot. that bad Wowed to yield to other imus of weauseet. and the wwwlt ha. alatisaed we. that. whatever may be the eestpolottles Omer preparatioe. it lowa trapositkia. but este:evillest riewsidy. I wish for the sake of of the afflicted. that it "night he barmen within the reach of all. les. Doctor Cuevas writes.— Maw-Yogi, Nov.lll, lOC DEAR SIR —1 tin is h y Dr. Cliftiles 11.1111118111 ill dimwits of the threat and langs. Having! had lOW ficifertlllli ly to WI It. efficacy. I au convinced that It to • most aseetient rt madiaim. db. Imp and the inhaling application of the abo. TM grams* to be saki by MATO"' h 1111111011. Jan. M, XARILISD. On tie litii inns., in this oit7, by J. a CRimPin• Mr. /ILL L OOM MAGILL to Mtn BR ID GMI" GA/LAN both of Oda plaeo. • 141 - 111Poilisf SAMUEL T. BTEB•RETT, itanwArrowns of Tia. Copper sM Shest-hoe Ware. Moir We aid twil, Ootsee of irrewew lad 0101MNO thit ragass, now. sets ilk. swear owe la dos ow. wa• sower ow Alaska. savilier w itit umwswve wwwwwwo lownwo wed amatiati roams.AM bulb assliai wad if speedos owwwwd will mussy all 4 610113414 as Noillable MMUS. PDaIoWD II .- 011 regj or ii 6111•114 4 ibitter dot /ta sity.sia, . Osesmst set liedi tratem, tar Nik• nag Pim* Oil every Wet eft sea be bad bey, - - 1P111111•401411 (ISATIS . 11teMe.844.411611.41. THE OBSETIVKR. 0 .9 I 111 _64 I •1111. • PI& is High Lik What aeau* of intakes Lisbon* or beer-thaw ee G ers aaa, take a "host, * leepeetablitty wiaks ltalewia g i t sag piously says, "Lot 'sue Uhl" Mesa, however, sp. garlosam lses its espy peados. Ass, sad beseivoye e sa d Moody lOW stars tin Judicial lads* out esaa. wawa, Rupeetalraity pats ea its awn esastiesealour look, tarsi up the white of lts eyes, lad in vo k es 41 Judge sod Jary to pet do wreswitug sloes al Haase oad dollars" through the W. So you use , ukseph;atiem s4 sai g a ok mhos DOM dtalloore I. tie void whitlow it Is tersedlie-due that ksoeits dame tweedbeilan, or *k b Pat Korphy that trollops Senate O'Soak! Seamedelag Ilk, this passed through oarliftad os day, whet, said the "swim sad osethisieu" iseidsal le a "tight is high We," wo Waist that thews had bees a 'anal roesoater beiges* ono of ear Wain of the l aw, sad ono of our Beakers, near the Court Hoes& N g' I , aloes matron, the parties to We pagillstio ezhibi l d % were Jots H. WasAare, Seq., Using at Law, sad y ea EL COMA Hanker, u priaalplaa, will a ausiaroa s gas of 'podia-bolder' sal samosa& To may that this "light to high life." is oni of nu It Malts of the insane folly of Walker in pommy ( his fellow citations for their Lamm of opinion with Wi se railroad matters, I. to say what no candid man eas 4.07 . Do not misunderstand se. We do not approve of ai l auk mod* of redress for Wades, or , vexatious legal pm , _ cations, as that resorted to on Monday. But when hi r W. wont into this light—when he inutitutad snits qu o his neighbors, and not only kis noighbors clioaselvea, a ss his noighbors wives,—"aits that his knowledge at • Law yer most tell him he sawn& audatain-410 ought to ho e ozponted personal Mansion: Men aro not all gamy Dow-a-days, any more than they were • hundred pe r , ago, and it is sot to be exported they will, all of Uw e , undo" ',pentad injaries, net or fanged, lisp their !ay • their pockets all the time! Mr. W. hag probably fogy this mit, and we need not online 'wan it. It is said, in this eat to, with his list, Ito was not is successful as of yore' with his tongue, whoa with the vet, MIA who thrashed him on Monday to back and lappl aat hint, he wad to straighten himself ap in the Court liana and open his MINIM of abase upon the "rascally Lo-m-m. nos" in pnorsi, end many 6 bettor maa who honestly dig s al with him in politics, in particular. The foot u, nu m 1.1% tun always boon an *Waive, die Hal *ad °verbatim despot to this community, in all th relations of lAD, sad the only wonder is he has not met me ono before that did not possess the cardinal christian virtue of imiehmw We have ourself salfered in times past somewhat from ne ungovernable tongs., but we generally retnrsod is good a be stint. Whether we did or not, TIMM' is • gran now of wrongs; hence, In this can, we fool like saying with the Yankee poet, Saxe:— "Boesuut you liouriah is worldly afoul. Don't b. haughty, and put on aurs, With hawks% pride of station' Don:t b. proud and oars up your nom At tioonst peopl• in plainer clothe., But learn, for All oaks of your soul'sosw., That popularly 's • bubble, that rotas.-an d goes: And that all Proud Plieb, wberisver it grows, inbjsset to irritation! ' Inuasdiataly attar the affair, Yr. W. swore o ut a gpo Warrent against his utensil, and also soma wage( the by-standen as aoasesormiee; and they wire all *mitt before Judge Agnew, who has him holding COW% tia week, and bound over. So it appears that when Respens bility fights, It is criminal to stand by and look oa W i g, we're glad we know that fact. Hereafter, whip es see a row, the lint question we'll ask will be whether the para. are Lawyers and Bankers. If they 11.141, mm she runcA is the word; but if on the contrary, it is Tagil= ts rags, why Twee ewbe—who earee , —let's see the foe oat A bletz.ir larsimow.—The newly invented Supeura. Purchase of Wm. H. BROWM, of this city, wears glad to else is attracting that attention its importance deserves, not A ly in this country, hot also la England where, sa evil at here, it has been patented. A patent has also beet apply ad for in Friuli's. The report of the British Associatict s. we understand, in the highest degree commendatory of an merits of the invention as being probably the most volute* contribution recently made to the list of labor laving la provements, particularly in connection with the Muldie; Bridges, Aqueducts, The Scientific American, well known for its ahihq , u well as for its reliability, the Editor, Mr. ifehriamvsat Ing among the loading ottiontillamten of the enmity, balm article giving SOON amount of the apparatus sad *rpm tag a very derided opinion that "it is a great enpneerm invention." Such an opinion, from so high setburuy corroborated too by the marked interest and ipprera; ens eed by E. W. Sewell and Chmt. H. Haswell', of N. Y sod Milton Courtright, of this city, and ninny other disuigsak Id:Engineers-4s very emphatic evidence of the mum tl the invention. Its great powers are not only applicable to the Wilda; of heavy bridges and other similar structures. but tai t special applicability to the saving of lives and property from shipwreck. The frequently recurring and fearful din tutors along the Atlantic ;eoast, and the spared l"Sel•De1 of the means at present h use for rescuing passengers and crews of wrecked vessels, has strongly attracted attention to the need of something more slicieut and reliable, The invention of Mr. Brown, it is conAdently asserted by those most competent to understand it, will be the means of May lag thousands of lives. Had his simple but powerful ap paratus been in use when the New Bra was wrecked lest October, it is almost certain that the two hundred byes then lost would have been saved. And ia eonneetiou wy may mantis's that the Secretary of the Navy struck with the simplicity and value of the invention referred it to special COIZIEBiIIIiOa consisting of Commodore Joseph Suitt. Chief of Bureau of Docks and Navy Yards, and John Les than, Chief of the Bureau of Construction, who sitar a careful examination have made a report strongly moo mending an early trial of the apparatus, and a bill is sr, pouding in the Senate making an appropriatign for Os purr. 11. We trust that this bantams project may not be °Tarifa ed in the press ,of business, bat that the worthy ultimo , may have the opportaaity he desires of showing wbei to invention is capable of. Lit the bill be passed. Hownt.a.—Then has been a trial and conviction a Court this week that, for the sake of humanity, we ber never to be called upon to record the like &gam It Cu the case of Bart P. Bleckware, of Conneaut tp., fir tsp» upon two of hia own daughters—girls not over la,or IS— The details are too horrible for publication. Upon the sat ccoint, though the atom was proved to the sausfacties every body, are the Jury, be was acquithid; but upon am second count, he did not cause also lucky, and oil: Joebt less be sentaneed to the full extent of the law—um von la the Penitentiary! 'NS,. we acknowledge the receipt, from Mrs. May, th. popular Landlady of the Valley Hotel, of • "turkey st tarkey;" all dreamed and ready to be toasted. If any of r eaders don't know how Wooly &turkey is "done broom' t he Valley Hotel, we advise instal* give Hay • eve so ft nd out. Au immense amount of snow fell all along the 14th Elhore this week, ham we are entirely behind the timed J n gard to mail facilities. We expect to hear of • good a* f suffering, especially oa the Western railroads .. Ms Pittsburgh Unio44 calls Ossisu Dodge "s Is need singer sod law usu.' " Gusto: may be a "fill ft I mot," bat hs can't riot--that's est. MI. Governor Bigler, of California, io his late sr soups, gives sours interesting foots ooneerniug s ester* for the manufacture of paper, which 'Wands `" 1 ti " stwansp laadt. He is quite sanguine in his hope' abet t nay prove a substitute for rap. We trust his meet emir ism, hopes may be realised: The eld &oily mansion of the ilaidekoperi. m Need rill*, senght. Are last woes, and came near burning Th . bewseerat says the Are appeared to have ortginated et 0e roof, from a stove pipe. The day, however. wee had the Armen ware bold sad active, pad in • short use the Are wan conquered. An immense amount of ,stir was neoesearily thrown into the boas*, which aceseoo4 toneiderable dam" and a quantity of valuable elochAi peeked away io the game was destroyed. The WOO was all carried oat of ties house and saved without wor' l Wary. The roof of the main boddiog was deetrevei otherwise it was sot mach injured by the Are. - Tul Ohio 9tst-Isis &Tor of a Natioosl Cos volition of Dotnoorotio editors, to bo bold in Wutotf w ' City, some tin* Won tko adionnimont of Congrost good soggssoos; yet how all Democratic- e ditors eo•' raise tho mosso to go, is niors than w• eon was. sir Jattits Assiew, ter the Beaver district. bo kolitlag Newt la this ally Ws week. Ile has I pecO ar ihoolty of isakiew Lawyers sow to Woo, and Patting ' asps through. 11116. TN mast will Mid it soot 'twilit' story *WV ° cowl& 10-day. W. sowintead it to our nadirs! ... Swoon liiiitics.—Wo are roquootoll to state iho tip' will Its se serviegs an tlis Universalist Chareli is ilk" ell itaimorsimr (limas, JPoirourr II) Th. Clara ino‘ f r ire nimbi *I.7M lielidted voodoo, is immombri " aid. isarelas till Iniagagy ltilk. lid I
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