The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1865-03-30


has left for ClcarGeld aud he is obliged
to wait until next day-the evening Of
which hc arrives at home; thus losing
one week, in the transaction Of business,
which nc now can transact in three
days at most. The same may be said Of
those residing in jefferson county, while
the citizens Of Forest could not possibly
20 to Eric, transact their business and
return il less than ten days. fWe say
nothing Of the Rc'irioss fried mush
a week old, and tho oo;feo which stands
up only through tho all OF the butter
to be found in hotels not a thousand
miles from Erie city.) The same facts
viii apply TO Warren, were the Office
located in that county. Suppose, fur
thcr, tha, resident Of Ridgway, THAT
den Of iniquity.) should desire to trans.
act some praft business at Erie or War;
ren; he would leave Ridgway in the at.
ternoon, arrive in the evening, be COM
PEELED 10 wait until the next day to COM
plete his business, and pass another
night-doing valiant duty against tho
bugs-beforc he could rc;ura homo
thus losing at the lowest calculation three
DAYS. whcrcas citizens Of Erie couuty
take ihe train in the morning from
their homes and arrive at Ridgway at
, p. M. and 90 not start for home until
next day at p. m,, arriving the same
day. giving them one day TO transact
,hcjr business and one foF going and
coming, losing caly IRA aaya lnnlesS,
indeed thay had not recovered from the
fra, &c efforts Of insist u; on going to
hsl boo,ol,l There is no better loca,
ton in the District for the sato keeping
Of the drafted men, and the substitutes;
were either in Erie, they Womb be
most unmer,iiuliy cheated, and imposed
upon BIZ c0rt,jp classes inhabiting cities,
and of which Erie has her share. They
here, are all comfortably lodged, in the
Court House and School Houses, with
everything at command necessary Tor
thcii comfort and well being, far repioved
from the manifold temptations the city
Of Erie parades.
Ne have stated simple facts.
When the celebrated Captain WragGe
wished, once, to impress his wiie with
an idea lie remarked lit was a Meao
question ef hammcring,' but we doa1t
whether pounding would be powerful
enough to impress our neishbors Of Erie
with stubborn facts; no glimpse Of the
blessed truth, could ever penetrate their
sordid brains, They arc strangers toit
evidently, and do not Ike to deal With ii ;
probably awaiting an introduction
Were the question of,emoval submitted
to a vote Of the people the proposition,
apart from Eric and Warren counties,
would meet what it deserves, unqualified
coudamnati5p, Decidedly, while the in
stitution of Provost Marshall is in cxis-
tcncc, the Office should be located at
that point most coavcnient to the clti-
zans Of the District. This has been
done in the 10Th, ani no greater act Of
flssrant injustice coald be pcrpctratea,
than its removal to Erie, Erie is mo1
the I9th District her iGtcrosts arc not
paramount 10 the Interests Of tho other
seven counties. llo2 selfish advance
ulent must aOt take precedence of Jus.
tice. Her God mammon is Not the
God of all, We trust, indeed the time
Is not distant when the office Will nc
longer exist between Maine aud Cali,
tornia; the dark forests Of the North,
ani the blooming savannas oftha South;
as yet it does exist aud ia tsossanS
aame, let taaaxeroisc Of its terrible 6auc-
tions be tempered with humanity, Is
the poor man to be dragged from the cen,
trc of the state to its extreme north ives.
tern limit, merely to crafty the cupidity
of Erie sharks, and substitute swiud,
lcrs
Because, the aow cf GOLD, fsars not
in to the lap of EFie sharperS must in
Justice be done ? We opips not
Thore is no cloud but hath a silver
lining amidst thorns hsocms the rose ;
these things mast pass away Soon We
trust. the blessed lay Of peace will break
over our homes, aud war, with all its at
tendsnt calamaties be a.thins buried in
the eternal Iast.