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Ear An American State Convention will
meet at Harrisburg on Thursday next. The
Opposition Convention will meet at the same
place on the 9th of June. Double sets of dele
gates have been selected by two or three coun
ties to the latter Convention. There is evidently
something in the wind—a storm brewing in
the ranks of the Opposition. Occupying an in
dependent position, we shall feel at liberty to
keep our readers booked-up in the political
movements of the several parties or factions
in this State.
RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS.—There was a
_great gathering of Lecompton editors from
Western Pennsylvania at Pittsburgh, two
weeks ago. They Lad been summoned there
as United States Jurors. Bigler was also
there to give them instructions. The pur
chase was so plain, that many editors were
ashamed to admit that they were of the craft.
Brother Traugb, of the Hollidaysburg Stan
dard, was there, of course—his last paper is
evidence that he received fresh instructions
from head quarters.
The Somerset Democrat and the Hol
lidaysburg Standard, have pitched into us
because we will not support the rotten plat
form erected by the Buchanan faction on the
16th March last. Keep cool, gentlemen—af
ter a little while you will be knocking at the
door to get into our ranks, You will have
discovered that your "organization" was not
the Democratic party—that you had been
mere tools in the hands of desperate and un
principled men—and repenting of your evil
works you will beg to get back. Perhaps we
may take you in.
CAN IT nE Taut?—We have been credibly
informed by several gentlemen, that Ron.
Wm. Bigler has sent into this county, pack
ages of franked envelopes, to be used as the
persons having them in possession may see
proper. A number of these envelopes have been
used, thus cheating the Post Office Depart
ment out of the amount of postage it should
in justice receive for conveying their contents
over the post roads. This is but a small
specimen of the economy practiced by the
leaders of the Buchanan faction. To make
up for such losses to the Department, it is fair
to suppose that another effort will be made
to tax the people—the outsiders—with a five
cent postage. It is also fair to suppose that
Bigler has extended his franking operation
to every county in the State—making the
sum•total saved to the faithful, quite an ob
ject—though not any more honest than man
ufacturing bogus three cent pieces.
The Democratic Party.
, When we consider the good which has em
anated from the Democratic party, we can
not but desire its continued ascendency.
When wo speak of the Democratic party,
we mean that bold and honest Democracy
which, in the earlier periods of the Republic,
represented the ideas and principles upon
which our Government is founded ; not that
bastard aggregation of folly- and corruption
which, under the present National Adminis
tration, claims to be the Democratic party,
merely because Federal influence has given it
control of the organization.
It is a vital Democracy of which we speak
—a Democracy true to the principles of popu
lar freedom and sovereignty, which form the
bases of all institutions of our country—a De
mocracy living honestly up to its professions,
ans having an eye single to the liberty of the
citizen, the purity of the Government, and
,the honor and prosperity of the nation.
Such a Democratise•-party, adhering strictly
to its professed principles, would be forever
successful, because it would command the
sympathy and confidence of the people.
Such a party was founded by Jefferson and
his cotemporaries, and it was never defeated
except when, through the agency of dema
gogues, ambitious of ephemeral distinction, or
from worse motives, its principles were per
verted or disregarded.
TheattBchmentofthepeople to the principles
of true Democracy, is not only sincere, but ar
dent ; and nothing but the plainest violations
of them by those in authority, or the vilest
hypocrisy, or most flagrant corruptions of ad
ministrations, can drive them from the sup
port of the party professing them.
But yesterday, as it were, the Democratic
party occupied not only a proud, but a defi
ant position; Every other political organiza
tion had crumbled away before their success
ful assaults•—there was nothing, apparently,
to trouble or make them afraid. The firma
ment above them was unclouded, and they
basked in what seemed to be eternal sunshine.
Now, " shadows, clouds, and darkness rests
upon it."
Why is it so ? Must there not be a cause ?
New Hampshire, the Granite State, was
once the. strongest and most reliable Demo
cratic State in the Union.
Maine, the "Star of the East," was an ally
in the
_glorious cause—so was Connecticut,
.2Vew York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin !
Now nearly all, if not every one of these
States are arrayed on thiside of the opposition.
Will any one be fool-hardy enough to say
that it is because the people have repudiated
Democratic principles, that these changes have
taken place ? No—such a cause for the de
fection of the Northern Democratic Common
wealths will not be assigned. The rea
son is too plain to be hidden. The men
placed in authority by the Democratic people
HAVE PROVED TRAITORS TO THE
CAUSE, abused the powers given to them in
confidence and arbitrarily undertaken to IN
TERPOLATE NEW IDEAS, DICTATE
NEW CREEDS, and IMPOSE NEW AND
MONSTROUS TESTS—and for these rea
sons, the people have withdrawn their confi
dence, and determined not only to punish but
to politically exterminate the TRAITORS.—
They have not withdrawn from Democracy—
but they refuse to associate in organization
with the hypocrites and traitors, who, profes
sing Democracy, ARE ITS WORST ENEMIES.
Every State we have named is as truly
wedded to Democracy now as she ever was—
and when the Organizations and Administra
tions professing Democracy show by their
actions that they have repented of the in
iquities which they have done and attempted
to do, and return to the practice of the true,
orthodox creed, every one of them will again
- wheel into line, and the Democratic banner
will soon float, triumphant, over the Union,
and in almost every State of the Union.
The mischief which we are now suffering,
did not commence under the present Nation
al Administration, its sins have been so fre
quent, monstrous and unblushing—so entirely
gratuitous and so superlatively pernicious,
that none but those entirely ignorant, or those
as treacherous and profligate as the Admin
istration itself, can sustain it. It has dragged
down the Democratic party and the nation
to a "lower depth" than they ever before
reached, and from which nothing but the
virtue and determnation of the people can
rescue them.
We implore the Democracy of Pennsylva
nia to look at the naked facts which we have
laid down—look at the defection of every
Northern Democratic State, brought about
by the iniquities of our rulers, and then say
candidly whether you would not better serve
Democracy and your country, by deserting
an infamous organization which will only
lead you on to more disastrous results?
In this matter your choice is limited. By
supporting that traitor, Buchanan, and the
organization which sustain him, you ruin,
forever, the prospects of the Democratic
party—you can not carry a single Northern
State, not even Illinois, and a Republican
President will be elected in 1860. By de
serting Buchanan, his Administration, and
the rotten organization which sustains them,
you may save the party from destruction, and
elect a Democratic President in 1860.
As Democrats, we appeal to you earnestly.
Which of these two courses will you pursue?
desert Buchanan and save the party, or sus
tain him and overwhelm it with ruin? Both
roads are plain and open—take which you
please.—llarrisburg State Sentinel.
The Opposition State Convention.
Holding ourselves ready to do justice to any
organization that may assume a disinterested
position, we feel bound to resist and expose
all attempts to ignore or to destroy great fun
damental principles ; and if the State Con
vention which is to assemble at Harrisburg
on the 9th of June shall squarely march up
to the expectations of the people, it will give
us pleasure to honor it for so doing. But is
it not clear that an organized movement is
making, in the ranks of the so-called Opposi
tion party to the Democracy, so to put prin
ciple out of sight as to bring every ism and
rally every prejudice under the flag of a com
mon antagonism, looking only to the patron
age of the General Government ? Is it not
evident that certain partisan managers fore
see that they cannot assert devotion to great
principles without imperilling their political
prospects ? Now, there are few measures
more endeared to us than that which looks to
the protection of the interests of Pennsylva
vania, and to the general welfare of the sec
tion in which we reside; but there are far
greater issues than this. There are princi
ples which lie infinitely deeper than the ex
pediency of raising revenue, and the questions
growing out of its consideration. It would
be folly to deny that the public mind is much
more concerned upon other doctrines - ; and
that the tariff' question, however important to
us; must be of transient consideration in com
parison with that fundamental truth which
may be said to lie at the very basis, and to
vitalize the very heart, of our republican in
stitutions. The leaders of the Opposition
party are expected to meet this issue and
they are expected to meet it by the mas
ses of the Opposition party. We can
well conceive how gentlemen, anxious'mere
ly for success, should be desirous of avoid
ing a declaration upon a question which may
dissipate some of their hopes of success.—
To capture the offices and patronage of the
General Government has addled the pates of
partisans before this ; but the day has come
when the American people look less to the
defeat of an unpopular Administration than
to the protection-and establishment of endu
ring principles. . ° F.he idea, for instance that
the Convention wh . ch is to be held at 1 lar
.
risburg on the 9th of June should fuse itself
into a party bound simply to oppose another
party, or to put down an offending Ad
ministration, is neither more nor less than a
new preparation for the success of men, not
principles. No less short-sighted would be
the alternative of attempting to make the
tariff question the only issue in the campaign
of eighteen hundred and sixty. We perceive
the difficulties of the Opposition party as clearly
as those who belong to it. Its calamity is, that,
more or less, it is a sectional organization,
and that it has few or no influential connec
tions in the Southern States. This calamity,
heretofore, has been one of the necessities of
its very existence, and without its peculiar
Northern proclivities, it could not, under any
circumstances, have survived to the present
moment. We are no less aware of the fact
that there is an eager spirit at work among
the leaders of that Opposition so to stretch
their creed that others may come under their
flag. But all such men deceive themselves
in the belief that because there is a strong
protective tariff feeling among their associates
in the South, and in most of the free States
of this Union, they can therefore make that
the main basis of a national organization,
and under the clamor thus excited, ignore
grave and important issues. They deceive
themselves, too, in the belief that because
there is a wide-spread feeling of disgust and
disappointment against Mr. Buchanan's Ad
ministration, they may organize and marshal
this feeling so as to succeed at the polls, in
eighteen hundred and sixty, upon the ex
pedient of "any or no platform. All such
leaders have failed to read the si g ns of the
times intelligently. They are the sheerest
of Bourbons. Do they forget that the Re
publican party of to-day holds in its ranks
thousands and tens of thousands of Demo
crats of yesterday ? Have they forgotten
that the war made upon the General Admin
istration by Democrats has been made in the
name of violated principles—made too, by
men who did not stop to count the cost of an
assault, which had become inevitable, upon
a power which they had created with their
own hands ? 'Do they not see that, while
there has been a dislocation of parties and
of organizations, there has, at the same time,
been a wonderful enlightenment of the public
mind, and that the day for more expediency
has passed away forever ? It has doubless
been a source of supreme enjoyment to the
mere leaders of the Opposition, that Mr. Bu
chanan's Administration should be so steadi
ly assailed by independent and upright men',
in the Democratic ranks, and thus far these
leaders have had the advantage of this as
sault ; but the very example by which they
have profited in the elections, has raised a
spirit in their own ranks which will be con
tent with nothing short of equal integrity
and intrepidity on their own part. That
there is a controlling portion of the Opposi
tion party which has always stood ready to
overlook the delinquencies of the General Ad
ministration because that Administration has
pandered to the fire-eaters of the South, we
have no doubt ; and that this section will at
tempt to conciliate Southern support by ig
noring everything like an assault upon the
Territorial policy of the General Administra
tion, in the coming Convention of t 4 Peo
ple's party at Harrisburg, is equally clear.—
, Nothing is so abhorent to the men in this in
terest as any attempt to discuss the slavery
question. Their whole idea consists in what
they call the assertion of American princi
ples ; in •attempts to revive the animosities
that existed during the days of the old
Whig party ; in appeals to the protective in
terest, and in violent assaults upon the Gen
eral Administration. These men are ready
for any candidate who can be elected against
the Democratic party. They will take Bell
—they will take Crittenden—they will take
Banks—or they will take Seward—provided
either can succeed ; and they have deter
mined, in their own minds, that they will not
risk the success which they conceive to be
certain by asserting doctrines which may
lead to division and to defeat. • Hence it is
that in the State Convention to be held at
Harrisburg on the 9th of June, it is expec
ted that an effort will be made to pave the
way for such a repudiation or ignoring of
great principles as will suit those who have
these objects in view. The only real, living
question in issue to-day, is the - Territorial
question, however we may talk about Tariffs,
or about Americanism in either of its phases,
or about the foreign policy, or- about the de
linquencies of our public servants; the only
vital question is, whether the people of our
Territories, those organized to-day, and those
certain to be organized hereafter, shall be
permitted to control their own affairs in their
own way. The South appreciates the impor
tance of this question, and accepts it, putting
its own direct and practical construction upon
it. The Democratic party of the Union is in a
state of intense agitation in regard to it, and
will continue to be so until some practical
settlement has been attained. No party can
evade an expression for or against this prin
ciple, and least of all, any party which has ar
rayed itself against all that portion of Mr.
Buchanan's policy in regard to Kansas. The
People's party in Pennsylvania - will have an
opportunity of taking its position on the 9th
of June next, and those who have the manage
ment of that organization may be well assured
that if there has been a general revolt against
the attempt of Mr. Buchanan's Administra
tion to lose sight of principles for the sake of
expediency, there will be quite as indignant
denunciation of any attempt in any other
quarter to purchase popularity by imitating
the same dishonorable example.—Forneys
Press.
PIKE PEAK EMIGRANTS.-A private letter
dated Pacific City; lowa, May 23, states that a
report had just reached that place, that a-par-
Ly of starving Pike's Peak emigrants attack
ed and captured an outward-bound train near
Offallons, Bluffs. During the melee D. C.
Oaks, the conductor, was killed ; and Mr.
Griffith the newly appointed Postmaster for
Ausaria, who was en route to take charge of
his post, was hung by the desperadoes.
ril&r. All the stories now circulating in the
press to the effect that Senator Douglas has
made certain peaceful proposition to the Ad
ministration, and that he is on the eve of
being reconciled, &c., are fabrications.—
Judge Douglas has nothing to compromise—
nothing. lie will maintain the position ho
assumed in the Senate, and in the canvass in
Illinois to the end, and if the Administration
comes to it, so much the better for it.
vB-. The Emperor of France, the Emperor
of Austria and the King of Sardinia, all in
tend to head their respective armies in the
coming campaign. This was the character
of the campaign of Austerlitz in 1803, at
which battle the Emperor of France, the Em
peror of Russia and the Emperor of Austria
were present.
The Three Fighting Men of Europe
As many of our readers may desire to have
their memory refreshed, as respects the three
sovereigns who have plunged Europe into
war, we shall rapidly sketch as much of their
public and personal history as will do this,
without causing weariness by over-minute
ness of detail.
FRANCIS JOSEPII, EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.
Francis Joseph Charles, Emperor of Aus
tria, was born _August 18th, 1830. His un
cle, Ferdinand I, abdicated on December 2,
1849, and this young gentleman ascended
the throne, as next heir. As is too common
in Europe, the young Emperor commenced
his reign by issuing a proclamation to his
subjects, full of promises. Under this rule,
Austria was to have freedom and a constitu
tional government—the monarchy was to be
reformed—the people were to have equality
of Government, on the basis of true liberty,
and on the basis of their equal participation
in the representation and legislation. Scarce
ly was his signature dry on this document,
when he clbsed the national representative
assembly met at- Kremsier ; cancelled the
ancient constitution of Hungary, substitu
ting a new charter which, being a dead let
ter, was withdrawn in eighteen months;
called on the aid of the late Emperor of
Russia to crush all vitality of Freedom in
Hungary, and, under Radetsky, suppressed
all attempts at liberty in Lombardy and
Venice. Thus fulfilling the memorable say
ing,
"Ho made a solitude, and called it peace,"
the Emperor of Austria showed, his real mind
by asserting for himself as much autocratic
power as the Czar has ever exercised. He
made his ministers accountable, not to the
law, but personally to himself. Some few con
cessions he appeared to make to the masses,
but, in Austrian Italy, his will is supreme,
and in Austria, he has substituted his own
personal command for the wholesome restric
tions of the law. He has maintained an im
mense army, even in time of the greatest
peace, at a cost so vast that the national re
sources have been greatly injured. Loan
after loan, each at ruinous rates, have kept
Austria in difficulties, and under a great
weight of taxation. His latest financial
measure, since the war with Sardinia com
menced, was to suspend the payment of spe
cie by the Bank of Austria, and to create
fictitious money by the issue of assignats.--
In 1854, he returned the service done to him
in the suppression of the Hungarian rebellion,
by taking part with France and. England
against Russia. Ever since his accession to
the Throne, he has treated his Italian sub•
jests with great tyranny. In their discon
tent, they looked for aid to free Sardinia, and
the appeal, which has once more made France
combatant on Italian soil, and will probably
drive the Austrians out of Italy, has to be
decided now by force of arms. Francis Jo
seph is said to be well informed, bold, sche
ming, and unscrupulous. In April, 1854, he
was married to a Bavarian princess. In
the private relations of life, his conduct is
said always to have been highly moral and
exemplary.
VICTOR. EMMANUEL, KING OF SARDINIA.
Victor Emmanuel II was born March 14,
1820. His mother was an Austrian princess,
and his father was the late King, Charles
Albert. Brought up under clerical instruc
tion, Victor Emmanuel, then bearing the
title of Duke of Savoy, went largely into so
ciety, bore a commission in the army, and
was well known as a keen lover of field-sports.
In 1842, he married the Arch Duchess, Ade
laide, o Austria, since dead. When the
French Revolution of 1848, caused political
commotion in Italy, the Pope actually taking
the lead as a political regenerator, King
Charles Albert raised the banner of Pied
mont, and, a few days after the Austrians
were driven out of Milan, proclaimed the
War of Italian Independence.. All through
the campaign which followed, Victor Em
manuel spiritedly fought by his father's side,
and greatly distinguished himself, on March
24, 1849, in the battle.of Novarra, when the
Sardinian army was defeated. That very
evening, Charles Albert abdicated, and Vic
tor Emmanuel became King of Sardinia—
which kingdom really includes not only the
island of Sardinia, but also Piedmont, Savoy,
the Lomellian, and Genoa, all in Italy. Chas.
Albert retired to Portugal, where he died soon
after.
Little was expected from Victor Emmanuel,
the pupil of Jesuits, and son and husband of
Austrian Princesses. His subjects rather
distrusted him, and, for a time, he had to en
counter many internal difficulties. Austria
offered him the Duchy of Parma, if he would
repudiate the Constitution, to which he had
sworn, with his father, in February, 1849,
but he refused the bribe. Genoa proclaimed
a Provisional Government against him, but
he speedily put down the Emeute. After the
beginning of 1850, when the Sardinian Par
liament tardily ratified the peace with Aus
tria, public confidence began to rely on the
wisdom, patriotism, and boldness of the King.
He broke with Rome, asserting the national
independence of his kingdom in temporal
matters, and may be said to have become in
dependent of the Papal See, in spirited mat
ters also. In January, 1855, he formed that
alliance with France and England, against
Russia, which led to his sending a Sardinian
army to the Crimea. At the close of the
war he visited France and England, and was
warmly received in both countries. In the
Congress at Paris, to adjust the terms of
Peace, tifter the Crimean War, Austria
strongly !objected to Sardinia being represen
ted there by a Minister. This was over
ruled, on the ground that having fought,
Sardinia had earned a right to have a voice
on the terms of peace. It is known that, in
the discussions, Sardinia sided with France,
which desired to give favorable terms to
Russia. It is probable that in this lay the
germ of the present alliance between France,
Sardinia, and Russia—which was consolida
ted, as far as France and Sardinia were in
volved, by the recent union of Prince Napo
leon with the Princess Clothilde of Sardinia.
Victor Emmanuel, a bold and dashing soldier,
commands in person during the present cam
paign. He has, no doubt, encouraged the
cry of disaffection in Italy, partly to obtain
additional territory, on a division of " the
spoils," and partly to be avenged upon Aus
tria for the defeat at Novarra, in March,
1849.
LOUIS NAPOLEON, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.
Biographical particulars relating to Napo
leon 111 are so well known by newspaper
readers, that it seems nearly superfluous to
give any here. Louis Napoleon, born at the
Tuilleries, in Paris, April 20th, 1808, was the
second son of Louis Bonaparte, King of Hol
land, and Hortense Beauharnais, only daugh
ter of the Empress Josephine. After the fall
of Napoleon I, the Bonaparte family had to
live out of France. Louis Napoleon, with
his elder brother and mother, lived in Swit
zerland when the Revolution of July placed
Louis Philippe on the throne of France. In
the following year, Louis Napoleon and his
brother went to Italy, where both took part
in an insurrection at Rome. The brother
died the same year. From 1832 to 1835,
Louis Napoleon, who by the death of his
cousin, King of Rome, had become head of
the Napolen family, devoted himself to study
and produced several works, political and
military. His." Manuel sur l'Artilierie," has
been highly spoken of by military men, and
we believe that it is now used as a text-book
at West Point.
In 1856 took place Louis Napoleon's un
successful attempt to get up a revolution at
Strasbourg. He was sent out of the country,
and was recalled from the United States by
the alarming state of his mother's health. In
1838, being driven out of Switzerland, on the
demand of Louis Philippe, he went to reside
in London. In 1839 he published "Des Idees
NapoHennes," a fine translation of which has
just been issued by the Appletons, at New
York. In 1840 he made that unsuccessful
descent upon Boulogne, which consigned him,
a political prisoner, to the Fortress of Ham.
In 1846 he escaped to England, where he re
mained until the Revolution of 1848 recalled
him to France, and soon placed him in the
Presidential chair there. On December 2,
1851, in consequence (his apologists say) of
a knowledge that his opponents meditated a
heavy blow at his authority, he executed the
coup d'etat, which overthrew the National
Assembly, and caused his election, first as
President for ten years, and next as Emper
or, with succession in his family.
.11e was proclaimed Emperor on December
2, 1852, and immediately after married Eu
genie, Countess de Teba. His recognition as
Emperor was immediate on the part of the
United States and England, and rather tardy
by the German States, influenced by Nicho
las of Russia. Napoleon had his revenge,
soon after, when he persuaded England, Aus
tria, and Sardinia to make an alliance against
the Czar, which caused the Crimean war,
and the defeat of Russia. That alliance was
as unexpected as the more recent compact
which France has made with Sardinia against
Austria, which is said to include Russia also.
It remains to be seen whether this new con
dition of anirs will not disturb the friendly
relations hitherto existing between England
and France. - That great changes are on the
tapir We cannot doubt. Austria
"Cries havoc, and lets slips the dogs of war,"
and no one can say where or how it will end.
The sympathy of the nations goes strongly
with Italy—so long crushed, so wretchedly
misgoverned. Justice demands that Italians,
not Austrians, shall rule North Italy.—T ice
Press.
New Engines of Destructiveness—The
Suicide of War.
Dr. Dionysius Lardner, whose scientific ac
quirements are known the world over, writes
to the London Times a communication sug
gesting, in view of the coming war, the em
ployment of more effective means of destruc
tiveness to lifo than have hitherto been in
use. It is horrible to speculate so coolly upon
new devices for the extermination of man
kind, and yet war is, after all, only the pre
determined shedding of blood, and its suc
cess a science in which slaughter constitutes
a chief element. We quote from Dr. Lard
nor's letter:
Hitherto the offensive engines of war de
stroy the enemy by mere mechanical effects,
cutting or piercing vital parts, tearing off
members, and destroying life either instan
taneously, or disabling the enemy by maim
ing and mangling his body. The class of
destructive agents to which I would now de
mand attention' would produce totally differ
ent and much more destructive effects. If
an objection to what I suggest be raised on
the score of humanity, it may be answered
by the fact, that in proportion as the destruc
tive power of warlike agents has been aug
mented, the proportion of life lost in war has
decreaSed. The invention of
,gunpowder has
been the means of saving thousands, even
millions of fives.
Compounds are known in chemistry which,
when exposed to the air, spontaneously ig
nite, diffusing through the surrounding at
mosphere gases or vapors of odors so insuf
ferable that men forced to-reii - pire them would
be rendered utterly incapable of all effectual
action. Shells charged with such compounds
exploding in the gun-room of a . vessel, or
anywhere between decks, would, without de
stroying life or limb, disable the enemy.—
Compounds having such properties are very
numerous.
But there are others of a much more for
midable character, which chemistry can read
ily supply.
There are certain compounds called in
chemistry by the not very euphonious name,
"kakodyles," of which arsenic is one of the
constituents, which, exploding, not only dif
fuse exhalations which render the surround
ing atmosphere so fetid as to be absolutely
insufferable in respiration, but impart to it
also qualities which are poisonous in the most
deadly degree. These compounds being em
inently volatile, explode spontaneously when
exposed to the air. Tin burning, the metallic
arsenic, one of their constituents, combining
with the oxygen of the air, forms fumes of
white arsenic, which, being diffused through
the surrounding air, kills all who breathe it.
What the effects of shells charged with such
compounds would be, bursting in a ship, or
in a besieged fort, or in the midst of closely
packed ranks, need not be described.
The chemist can supply many compounds,
having these properties in different degrees.
But the laboratory can furnish agents still
more destructive. There are compounds into
which the gas called cyatiogen enters into
combination with arsenic. A shell charged
with such a compound, upon exploding, would
produce terrific effects. The humidity with
which the surrounding air is always more or
less charged would be decomposed; its oygen,
combining with the arsenic, would form the
vapor of arseneous 'acid, which is the sub
stance commonly called arsenic, and known
as deadly poison, while the hydrogen, the
other constituent of the decomposed moisture,
combining with the cyanogen, would form
the still more fearful poison called by chem
ists hydrocyanic acid, but more familiarly
known to the public as prussic acid. Thus,
by the explosion of such a shell, the surround
ing air would be instantly impregnated with
two of the most fearful poisons known in
medieine..
It is easy to perceive what formidable mis
siles might be produced by such shells thrown
into towns or among crowded bodies of men
from a distance of six or eight miles by the
artillery recently invented. Before such
agents gunpowder would "pale its ineffectual
fires."
Va.. See advertisement of Prof. Wood's
Hair Restorative in another column.
PIKES PEAK GOLD!
cannot rival in attraction the superb stock of SPRINt
and SUMMER Goods now being received and opened by
FISHER '& X' NUB TRIE.
This stock has been selected with great care, and Hui
public are cordially invited to call and examine it.
It comprises all the late styles of Ladies'
Dress Goods, such as Foil De Chevre, Itobes A'Lez, Organ:
dies, Jacconets, Lawns, Challis, Plain and Figured Berages,
Crape Marets, Plain and Colored Chintzes, French and
English Ginghams, Amaranths, Valentias, Alpaccas, De
Bage,Prints, &c., &c.
beautiful assortment of Spring Shawls;
round and square corners, all Colors. A full stock of Lit;.
dies' Fine Collars, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, such as
Collars, Cravats, Ties, Stocks, Hosiery, Shirts/ Gauze and
Silk Undershirts, Drawers, &c.
We have a fine selection of Mantillas;
Dress Trimmings, Fringes, Ribbons, Mitts, Gloves, Gaunt ,-
lets, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Buttons, Floss, Sewing Silk,
Extension Skirts, Hoops of all kinds,
Also—Tickings, Osnaburg, Bleached and
Unbleached Muslins, all prices; Colored and White Cam:
brics, Barred and Swiss Muslins, Victoria Lawns, Nahi- -
sooks, Tarleton, and many 'other articles which comprise
the line of WHITE and DOMESTIC GOODS.
French Cloths, Fancy Cassinters, Satinets, Jeans, Tweeds;
Denims, Blue Drills, Flannels, Lindseys, Comforts, Blank ,
ets,
&c.
Hats, Caps, and Bonnets, of every variety
and Style.
A Good Stock of GROCERIES, HARDWARE, QUEENS
WARE, BOOTS and SHOES, WOOD and WILLOW-WARE,
which will be sold Cheap.
We also deal in PLASTER, FISH, SALT, and all kinds
of GRAINS, and possess - facilities in this branch of trade
unequalled by any. We deliver all packages or parcels of
Merchandise, free of charge, at the Depots or the Broad Top
and Pennsylvania Raffia:lli:
COME ONE, COME ALL, and be convinced that the Ilk
tropolitan is the place to securo fashionable and desirable
goods, disposed of at the lowest rates.
FISHER; & M'MURTRIE.
Huntingdon, April 6, 1859.
$lO9OOO REWARD
MOSES STROUS,
Will risk the above sum that he can Sell Goods, to every
body, at prices to suit the times. His stock has been re
newed for SPRING and SUMMER, and he invites all to
call and examine for themselves.
His stock consists of every variety of
LADIES' .DRESS GOODS,
DRY GOODS, OF ALL KINDS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Such as Summer Coats, Frock Coats, Dress Coats, Jackets,
Vests, Pants, &c.
BOOTS and SHOES, HATS and CAPS, of all sizes, for
old and young.
GROCERIES, of the best; QUEENSWARE, &c., &c.
The public generally are earnestly invited to call and
examine my new stock of Goods, and be convinced that I
can accommodate with Goods and Prices, all who are look
ing out for great bargains.
All kinds of Country Produce taken in exchange for
Goods. MOSES STROUS.
Huntingdon, April 6, 1859.
iAIUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
of any kind, will be furnished to order at lowest
Cash Prices.
Violin and Guitar strings, Bridges, Keys, Rosin, &c., &c.
Also—lnstruction Books for the Piano, Melodeon, "Violin,
&c., &c.. for sale at
LEWIS' BOOK. STATIONERY & MUSIC STORE.
NEW GOODS I NEW GOODS I I
D. P. GIVIN'S CHEAP STORE.
D. P. GWIN has just returned from Philadelphia, with
the largest and most beautiful assortment of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
Ever brought to Huntingdon. Consisting of the most
fashionable Dress Goods for Ladies and Gentlemen; Black
and Fancy Silks, all Wool Delaines, (all colors,) Spring De
lains, Braize Delanes, Braizes, all colors; Debaize, Levella
Cloth, Ducals, Alpacca, Plain and Silk Warp, Printed Ber
ages' Brilliants, Plain and Colored Ginghams, Lawns and
Prints of every description.
Also, a large lot of Dress Trimmings, Fringes, More-An
tique Ribbon, Gimps, Buttons, Braids, Crapes, Ribbons,
Reed and Brass Hoops, Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs, Neck-
Ties, Stocks, Zepher, French Working Cotton, Linen and
Cotton Floss, Tidy Yarn, &c.
Also, the best and cheapest assortment of Collars and
Undersleves in town ; Barred and Plain Jaconet, Mull Mus
lin. Swiss, Plain, Figured and dotted Skirts, Belts, Mar
sallies for Capes, and a variety of White Goods too numer
ous to mention.
A LAIWB AND BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT of Bay
State,Waterloo and Wool Shawls, Single and Double
Brocut Shawls. Cloths, Cassimeres, Cassinetts, Tweeds,
Kentucky*Jeans, l'estings, bleached and unbleached Mul
lins, sheeting and pillow-case Musline, Nankeen, Ticking,
Checks, Table, Diaper, Crash, Flannels, Sack Flannels,
Canton Flannels, Blankets, ke. Also, a large lot of Silk
and Colored Straw Bonnets, of the latest styles, which
will be sold cheaper than can be had in Huntingdon.
HATS and CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, the largest and cheap
est assortment in town.
HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, BUCKETS, CHURNS,
TUBS, BUTTER BOWLS, BROOMS, BRUSHES, &c. CAR
PETS and OIL CLOTH. FISH, SALT, SUGAR, COFFEE,
TEA, MOLASSES, and all goods usually kept in a country
store.
My old customers, and as many new ones as can crowd
in, are respectfully requested to call and examine toy- goods.
All kinds of Country Produce taken in exchange for
Goods, at the Highest Market Prices. D. P. G WIN.
Huntingdon, April 6, 1859.
NEVI GOODS,
NEW GOODS,
NEW GOODS,
NEW GOODS,
AT BEN JACOBS'
AT BEN JACOBS'
CHEAP CORNER,
CHEAP CORNER.
BENJ. JACOBS has now upon his shelves a large and
full assortment of
SPRING AND SUNIMEIL GOODS,
comprising a very extensive assortment of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS. DRY GOODS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING, GROCERIES, HATS & CAPS,
BOOTS S: SHOES,
His stock of CLOTHING for men and boys is complete—
every article of wear will be found to be good and cheap.
Full suits sold at greatly reduced prices—panic prices—
which will be very low. _
His entire stock of Goods will compare with any other
in town, and the public will do well to call and examine
before purchasing elsewhere.
AR I am determined to sell my goods, bargains may be
expected, so all will do well to call.
Country Produce taken in Exchange for Goods.
BENJ. JACOBS, Cheap Corner.
Huntingdon, April 6. 1859.
WINDOW SHADES,
CORDS,
TASSELS, &C.,
and BAILEY'S FIXTURES,
A handsome assortment just received and for sale at
LEWIS' BOOK, STATIONERY d; MUSIC STORE.
THE NEW BOOK,
STATIONERY
AND
MUSIC STORE,
NOW OPEN!
The subscriber respectfully informs all concerned, that
he has fitted up a room in the "Globe" building, and that
he has received and is now opening a good assortment of
BOOKS, STATIONERY and MUSIC, which he is determin
ed to sell at fair prices, and he invites the public gener
ally, to give him a call.
Having
made the necessary arrangements with publish
ers, any Boot: wanted and not upon his shelves, will be
ordered and furnished at City prices.
As he desires to do a lively business with small profits,
a liberal share of patronage is solicited.
Huntingdon, Doc. 15, 1858. Wllf. LEWIS.
HYMN AND PRAYER BOOKS.
Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Metbor
dist and German Reformed, for sale at
LEWD? BOOK, STATIONERY AND MUSIC STORE.
NVELOPES-
By the box, pack, or less quantity, for sale at
LEWIS' 1300 K AND STATIONERY STORE.
ONTHLY TIME BOOKS,
For sale at
LEWIS' BOOK AND STATIONERY STORE.
pOCKET MAPS
OF TIIE WESTERN STATES,
for sale at
Lewis' Book, Stationery & Music Store.
•
- FOR THE LADIES.
A superior article of Note Paper and Envelopes,
suitable for confidential correspondence, for sale at
LEWIS' BOOK & STATIONERY STORE.
QCHOOL BOOKS,
Generally in use in the Schools of the County, not on
hand, will be furnished to order, on application at
LEWIS" BOOR' ANDSTATIONERY STORE.
A.LMANACS FOR 1859,
For sale at
LEWIS' NEW BOOR & STATIONERY STORE