The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-09
The Erie Railr DAD War.
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

The Erie Railr DAD War.
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Eais, Feb. 8, 1884,
Tie War Ended-Dpar,ue Of The Governor and karshal-
The Excitement on the Wane-kr Lo,ory " Deputy Mar.
skG Sprotsle.
There very little {, write about In Erie thu. the
railroad excitement LIS the wAns The Governor and
the Marshal left Erie this afternoon for Harrisburg via
Cleveland he escorted to the by few of the
leading men hire; but no demonstrations Of public
kind Like that which attended his reception marked his
departure. understand the arraugensut he has ma
with the Western company that General Packer shall
have temporary charge of the road and that change
will be made In the pre- Ulcers. The stock-thAt is
the locomotives cars, &c.-belongs to the A,hsnbula
and gainesville road which receive, Tor it,
forty per cent from the FRANKLIN Canal Com
psny This arrangement 10 still to continue until the
whole mattsrs eefnitivsly settled In the courts and
Legislature. 1t ia supposed that the termination Of the
Western road will be removed from the depot the hsr
Dor; but premise, believe, has been made by the
Governor to that effect since his arrival Some Of Nh
people Apgsar to be dissatisfied with the 10 which
has been arranged and say that the Northeast and
Erie Com ANY have Obtained al they asked forgetting
Gus, unbroken track from suhAlo to Cleveland,
has been defeated BY the State taking posses
ns 10
laying their track through Harbor Creek CITY,
while tbs people have succeeded In preventug them from
expressed their Willingness to allow the question to be
settled legally and have promised to abide By he dsc
sion OF the courts whatever that be- That the read
running through their township is nuisance and dan
gerous to travel therein, some Of the railroad
admit but the question is had they right to make use
OK the means they employed TO remove it. and they
justified In the they alters ards pursued S,ms
Of the opinion that the four fooen track should
allowed TO main down. and threats have be.n n ADS
tn. the very ment the Marshal and tho Governor
leave Il will be torn up again; but think from thu bet
ter state Of eei.s that has prevailed during the last few
days there will be further breaks desruc on Of
that the Sudbury and Erie Railroad viii soon bs com
bleak Of gauge So think no fears need DO entertained
Of any more violence.
my last letters. in connection With the Deputy A.rsh.
Mr. sproule has sent tie follow wing nunicato
correcting some mistakes which, he lays na Q in my
account Of the affair between him and the Deputy
EsIz February 8, 1854.
TO THE ooRREsPo. DsNr or YORK HERALD
DxAR SIR :-Promped by the belief that your missou
With and growing out OF 1.-THE Erie difficulties"
and believing that the which you have
PASSED upon As ladies' Of on our city 70, ths. ss
perIerated BY the Deputy AArihal towards the sick
vie Of NJ B Lowry, WAS from ; want Of reliable
information rather thar di, sion to oensuis mi ast
from personal observation, well ~ from legal test
nopy nov in my possession which ssa be forth coming
to- reading this statement yeu wall agree with me that
the lscies OF Erie have had just cau.e for resentment
Some time 10 December last the Deputy Marshal
t. city he met Mr. Lowry At Browns Hotel cooversed
with him general subjects, and 1alroaa difcais,
N particular; he WAS Informed BY NJ Lowry that his
n' p was s 20. au.. mt IT.
10 had any personal business with him, bat
rcceeded to Mr.. LIS hou,s, and met At the door
Lie uquired for Ms Lowry and was Informed that .hs
sick AM could at be seem he insisted strongly
on seeing her that the nurse made his rsqae known TO
Mrs L., Who from his importantly, supposing that he
war brother some reativs mig TO visit her
sented to having him admitted Mr. sproul on gaining
adnitince and finding her bolssrsd up apo gsed for
coming iLtoa sick 70 official business BY Saving
tia in ar Lowrys aaepce it essAry for him to
make per sonal service Of which he had Mrs u
and iDsissd her receiving them In her hand order
to make the fe vice legal Add here permit to say
that Lowry was not absent from the city ~ any time
The next time Mr. sproul visited Erie, he WAS In the
csmpany Of Aarsha Frost the 10th day OF January
Reed Jackson, Tower King aud her gen lemsn Wait.
ed Mr. Frost at Browne HOTEL and ound Mr Sproul In
bis company. and spent from ons to two hours with
them, curing which time railroad difficulties Wits. &C.,
were the suf ject II frequent remark aud M Sproul
served paper Mr. King in presenc, M Lowry Do
ring the evening" MI Sprou asked Mr. Lowry concerning
the health Of his wife. He BY Mr. L. that
she low but that he hoped that evening she
WAS little bstsr On the next morning Mr. Lowry uas,
Mr. spIoul the street and spoke with him. but neither
at that lime the evening" previous did M Sprou
intrinsic that he had any writ paper for Mr. Lowry
Japrny, Mr.. sproul went to Mr.. Lowrys honss He,
arriving 1t the hall door, notes requesting vstsrs
kitchen cor where he met b, tue girl pho bad
previous occasion admitted him Into Mrs Lowry's sick
room. She recognised him He, = ter sskiss for Mr..
Lowry wished to be again admi ed into Mrs Lepry's
bedroom The girl assured him that il
the doc'or had given orders that but her
immediate sickroom attendants should be permitted to
eptsi her room win say here tas, my wife who vss
the adopted child Of mrs Lowry and lad visited the
house lntst daily to inquire about her. and fearing the
l4aFeo
ard to that time had OF allowed herself TO 60 nto
her room Mr. sproul SIN ipsised on setirg her for one
emit an not until he had beea refused tarse four
times cid he relnqu!sh his deter nina ion
he then left house. and on passing up the street. to
the hotel he met Mr. Lowry, and served on him not,e
TO appear before the CT cult Court Of tn. Uasa states at
P tNurg the 'oo .ing Monday TO snow auss way he
shonld not be committed Tor contempt Of court
1t viii not answer for you to say that ths rs quarrel
which ladies had right TO take and make their
It'll believed BY the majority of this community that
the .bsot Of the railroad men in whose employ ~
make per soDal attach the Off err they wished for
something more bDsibls, all that they could sweAr
inst him VIXEN the trial Oh that he had d.
Weed bi. clothes sitter Geld night with the brave
Harbor Greek boys who had bren from their families
by M Sprou assttsd appeared in svje snos by rail
n I'D men from four different Slater. Re- pcttuliy
a. c.. R)GEs5
Itwil be seen that Mr. Lo~rys signature Is not written
at the end of hs uuicAticn, Dat pre- pa ed
With his kpovledse and he THINKS he has bees wrong
cd send 1t to you for ppblisation. The public, how
think, will agree With in the opinion that
huitK WAS the proper psson to Avrpgs insult to his
wife any was intended BY Mr.. Sproal which d, not
behave in
The Steam Marine OF the Lakes.
In November last the Supervising Inspectors OF
Steamboats, appointed under the act Of August 80,
1852. met in convention at Cincinnati. The report
OF their doings has just been published. 1t contains
statement Of the number Of steam vessels that have
been inspected and certificates ranted, the number
of pilots and engineers licensed ard the amount Of
tonnage inspected, in the several districts. From
fha f,tlnr Il,