The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-02-11
Erie.
ERIE.
rCorrespondence of the Herald

IS ERIE, Feb. 6, 1874
Death OF a Worthy Lady-Business- Suits
Boarding Schools otas-Iron Steamers.
Since my last a number of events have taken
place, interesting in themselves, though not of any
marked importance in social or political point Of
view. Death has been very busy and has been car
ryiug off one or two persons, and amongst them the
wife of our excellent minister, the Rev. Henry
Tulleage of st. Paul's Church. In the death OF
this excellent lady, our community has sustained
no ordinary loss and it is doing injustice to her
virtues to allow her to terminate her earthly pgr-
mage, without any tribute OF respect and affection
not that she is now gone to reap the rich rewards OF
the "good and faithful servant" Be yc also rea-
dy!
from my sleep by the merry jingle of the sleigh bell
Every appears to be taking advantage fit. Our
markets for the few last days have been flooded
Produce is ~ very low-aour $s 5opeI barrel pork
to5 cents per lb turkeys % cents; geese l2t CENTS
chickens 81 cents; and vegetables In proportion.-
Withal, times are hard" and money, a commo
dty no longer visible the majority Of business here
being done on the trade system.
So far this winter we have not had any very cold
weather The mercuryhas not yet got SO low aszero;
however the lake appears to be frozen oyer as far
twenty inches. About forty miles from this place
vessel has been discovered fast in the ice; she is
about ten miles out in the lake, and smoke is daily
seen to rise from her She is probably the schoon-
this fall with all hands on board.
Our excellent friend and citizen, the Hon. Charles
NJ. Reed is expected here daily from Washington.
editors whom he prosecuted during his election for
libel The nature of the libel is that the edi-
tors charged the General, with being the cause OF
the burning Of the steamboat Erie, and the loss Of
y <1~ -
the turpentine which caused the fire the General
was fetching to this place 10 paint another of his
boats Now, the General is rather clever sort OF
a business man, immensely rich, but not much oil
as many men at once as was lost in the Erie.
The work on the steam brig Michigan progresses
slowly; however, the cabin, wardroom and steer.
age, is nearly finished; her quarters are very SMALL
there is only six state rooms in the wardroom. il
is thought her engines will not be entirely set up
before August; she will have three masts, the fore
mast square,. and the main and mizzenmast fore
and aft rugged.
We have now one of the best boarding schools
for young ladies in the State. The principals and
teachers are two young ladestr from Canada, and re-
commended to the citizens OF this place very high
ly by the present Governor General of Canada
They have quite large school already, and occupy
a marble palace which once belonged to Nick Bid
dies bank
There are some five hotels here, of which the
Reed House Is the largest, and is built after the
style of the Aston house, in New York. beg you
wouldn't mention il However, il is good for
country hotel Colonel Roswell Rowley is '.mine
host" He is fine little lat man, and has always
good joke on hand, But here is a redeeming
quality; this house the daily Herald can be seen,
which, I assure you, causes general rush every
morning. This house is the Exchange Of Erie, all
congregate to hear the news from Washington,
and Harrisburgh and chat about the affairs of the
nation. Amongst the rest Mr. Reed, who occa-
sonally comes to his inn to take his ease, and BET
squirt at the Herald, and see what his son Charles
is at in Congress; He is fine, Roman-nosed look
ing chap-withal very clever: The house is about
full of Naval officers and their families, civil engi-
neers, merchants, lawyers. clerks, &c; Another
Major keeps good house, is full of fun and always
ready to take sugar IN his! Amongst his boarders
is an officer who belongs to the iron steamer; he i
a fair sample of the rest on this station.
Our excellent Postmaster, and gentlemanly Col
lector still have their Harrisonian appointments,
having withstood the Punic wars.
Lieut.. Geo. Hurst, u s. NJ, has arrived here,
and is to be fret Lieut.. of the Michigan. Lieut. T
built at Buffalo, for the Typographical Engineers
She is to be used in the survey Of the lakes.
Respectfully yours, WING AND Vino.