The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-09-21
MARrNGo, McHENRY Co. Ill,

Sept. 4, 1854.
To the Editor of TIE National Ere:
DEAR SIR: The opposition to party tyranny
is strong and decided in this section OF the
country, and the leading men Of all parties
are laying aside party trammels, and uniting
their efforts in opposition to the Kansas and
Nebraska fraud, and to rel establish the princi-
pies of the Fathers of our great Republic. In
this district Republican" party has been
formed, taking the ground of no more Slave
Territory, no more Slave States, repeal of the
odious Fugitive Slave Law, and to abolish Sla-
very wherever Congress has the constitutional
right so to do
At mass Convention of the people of this
district, the fret dstrict,) held at Rockford On
the 3Oth August, the Hon E. B. Wsshburne
was unanimously nominated for reelection to
Congress. Mr. Washburne meets with q
hearty reception by the people of his district,
for the manly and digui6ed course he has
taken on the Slavery question in Congress, and
beyond all doubt he will be reelected by an
overwhelming majority by the great Repub-
Gcan" party.
Mark the contrast. You have probably
learned the result of Senator Douglass attempt
to address the people of Chicago. Although
strong efforts were used to gather in the Ne
brasksites from the city and country to endorse
MIR. Douglass measure, the meeting proved a
future and after long and strong effort to
speak, he was obliged to leave tho stand, amid
! the Kisses and jeers of the crowd.
| No ScARcIrY.-Panic- makers and specula-
tors have been trying to frighten the public
into the anticipation of a great scarcity of
bread during the ensuing twelve months; but
daily accounts reach us In the newspapers,
showing that not only our own hsrvests are
| on the whole abundsntly sufficient for the
wants Of the country, but that the harvests of
Europe are so great as to promise surplus for
export We add the annexed paragraphs to
the favorable accounts given In Our columns
within tho last week or two:
"The Chicago DAILY Tribune ST Monday
says, advices from the corn crop throughout the
West and South are coming in mora favorable
" In the western portion Of OhiG, including
the Miami and Scioto bottoms, End all the
northwestern part of the State, th<1 corn crop
promises well, and will yield an Average crop
In the northern portion of Indiana and Illinois
the crop is also good and the safNe remarks
will apply to Michigan, Iowa, MiD Aesota, and
the northern part Of Missouri. From the
Southern States the advices are We y encoura-
ging; 60 that taking the whole West together
there ia no cause for alarm nor is here much
safety in speculations based upon failure Of
the corn crop. We hear of no place. how
ever, where the potato crop is good, or even
middhng."
THE ERIE RALRoAD.-The lawsuit which
had it's origin in the dficulte< az Erie PA
some months ago, In consequence u the deter.
mination Of the people to prevent he running
OF railroad cars through the toy, q, has just
been decided by the Supreme Cou t Of Penn
| mi hot hoa n hat h.
railroad is public nuisance, as It lies part
upon certain streets in the borough Of Erie
and part upon public road, in violation o.
the provisions of its charter. Tbs Phiadel
phia Ledger thus sums up the decision of the
Court:
@They order that the defendants 1.-The Erie
and Northeast Railroad Company shall, on o.
before the expiration of four months from thii
date, break up 80 much OF their road as LEI
upon the said streets and upon the BuffalC
road, and remove the material thereof 80 al
to leave the said street and road in as gooc
condition as they were in before the construc
ton of said railroad. They further adjudgt
that the company shall within four months
change the route and construction of Their
railroad accordingly, and make taeir wes.ers
terminus at what was the eastern line of said
borough In 1912, or within the SID borough
the defendants to reconstruct thoit railroad, tC
supply the parts hereby ordered 10 be broker
up, according to plans and specifications to b.
by them made, and 10 be submitted and ap
proved by the Supreme Court The defend
ants are also to pay ell lawful costs"
INDIAN HosTILITIEs AND MURDERs-St
Louis, Sept. s.-A Special express from For
Leavenworth states that on the 18th ult. the
Sioux Indians killed an OK belonging to ar
4 - k,ai - I'll
was given notice of the fact, and offered t.
give up the offender. Lieut. Flemming wa.
despatched with ID Lieut. Grattsn, an inter
prefer, Sergeant Favor, Corporal McNulty, anc
twenty privates, to bring in the oifender. In
telligence had been received that the whole
detachment had been overpowered and muir
dered. The chief was among the numbe,
killed. The Indians are extremely hostile
, and are menacing the fort. Another party
had been sent out and endorsements have
. been sent 10 the fort.