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" A Weakness in the Knees."
The last iyeoming Gazette raises the names
of the nominees of the 16th of March Con
vention.—and says :
"We accept the candidates, but repudiate
" every other act of the Convention.
"We put up the names of the nominees,
" because WE KNOW that John Rowe and R,ich
" ardson J. Wright as strongly condemn the
" disorganizing portion of the proceedings of
"tire I.6th, of March Convention, as we do our
" selves."
These assertions are simply ridiculous.
The candidates' and every other act of
- the Convention' are one and inseparable.
Rowe and Wright, in accepting the nomina
tions, accepted every other act of the Con
vention, and placed themselves as fair and
square upon the Platform of the Convention,
as James Buchanan placed himself upon the
platform of Convention that put him in nomina
tion for the office he now holds. After James
Buchanan had accepted the nomination of the
Cincinnati Convention, he was no longer James
Buchanan—he was the Cincinnati Platform,
and as such he was elected. Rowe and Wright
are no longer Rowe and Wright—they are the
platform of the Convention that placed them
in nomination, and every vote cast for them
will be an endorsement of every act of that
Convention.
If Rowe and Wright strongly condemn the
disorganizing portion of the proceedings of
the Convention of the 16th March, why do
they not ask to be heard in the press of the
Democratic party? The truth is, if they
dared to express themselves as is asserted by
the Gazette, the Buchanan faction would
strike them down with the same bitterness
as they are now attempting to strike down
every independent Democrat in the State.—
Wright and Rowe cannot expect to got the
votes of men who cannot endorse the plat
form upon which they stand. The cowardly
"weakness in the knees" of tho editors of
the Gazette, mad all others like them in the
State, will not be sufficient to crush out the
determined Democracy.
Retrenchment Demanded
The following resolution was adopted by
a large Democratic Convention in Greene
county, Tennessee. It is certainly signifi
cant, as coming from the Southern Democ
racy :
Resolved, That the expenses of the Feder
al Government, under improvident legislation,
have grown beyond the just demands of a
plain, simple, and republican administration,
and that reform in the legislation of Congress,
and retrenchment in every department of the
Government is imperatively demanded by the
best interest of the people.
The object of this resolution is plain and
palpable—it was intended as a rebuke to the
Buchanan Administration. We must con
fess, coming as it does, from a section, for the
peculiar ideas and interests of whose people
James Buchanan has sacrificed his manhood
and his honor, that it is rather a hard blow.
Such a resolution, passed at a _Democratic
meeting in Pennsylvania, would subject all
its participants to ex-communication.
EARNING THEIR WAGES—The editors of
the papers in the employ of the Buchanan fac
tion. Show us a paper justifying the treach
ery and, proscription of Buchanan, Bigler,
Black & Co., and we will in every instance
show you a paper bought up by Govern
ment patronage. All other Democratic pres
ses are denounced by these tools of power, as
out of the Democratic party. As we have no
desire to be classed with the white slaves,
when the next census shall be taken, we shall
continue to rejoice in the independent posi
tion we now and. hope ever to occupy.
nap— Th e differencs-in the Democracy of
the two men, (Mitchel of the Somerset Dem
ocrat, and Lewis of the Globe,) is somewhat
striking."—Hollidaysburg Standard.
Somewhat striking, that's so—and we may
be permitted to hint the "difference—one
lives in Huntingdon, and the other is a near
neighbor of Judge Black. Do you under
stand ?
Zer. The City of Reading was visited by a
violent hail-storm on Friday evening last.—
Nearly all the windows in the Fourth street
Methodist Church looking north, were bro
ken, and many windows in private dwellings
suffered in a similar manner.
SE4 - The American State Convention held
at Harrisburg last week, was a slim affair.
Some seventeen delegates met, and adjourn
ed.without transacting any important busi
ness.
What's the Difference ?
The Republicans contend that Congress
has the power to exclude slavery from the
Territories in opposition to the wishes of' the
people.
The Buchanan party hold that Congress
has the right, or the Executive has, under
the Dred Scott decision, to protect it there
against the wishes of' the people.
The popular sovereignty Democracy, repu
diating both ideas, take the ground that "the
people of the Territories, like those of the
States," have the right to determine for them
selves, whether they will have slavery or not.
So far as Congressional intervention is con
cerned, there is no disagreement between the
Buchanan Federalists and the Black Repub
licans—and the doctrine of either party, if
carried out, could result only in continued
and increasing agitation for a time, and fi
nally in civil war and disunion.
The popular sovereignty doctrine allays
all agitation, deals justly between the con
tending sections, and restores peace to the
country.
Those who reject it seem to us nothing less
than traitors, and little less than madmen.
On this subject, the Democratic Advocate,
published at Lewistown Falls, in the State of
Maine, has the following true and sensible
remarks : " The Democratic party has, at
divers times, committed itself, without reser
vation, to the doctrine of popular sovereignty.
It did so, together with the Whig party, in
1852, when it adopted the Baltimore plat
form, and pronounced in favor of STRICT NON
INTERVENTION WITH REGARD TO SLAVERY IN
THE TERRITORIES. It did so in 1854, when it
passed the Kansas Nebraska bill, with the
express 'understanding, as the record shows,
that it was the intention of the bill NEITHER
TO LEGISLATE SLAVERY INTO ANY STATE OR
TERRITORY, NOR TO EXCLUDE IT THEREFRO3I.
It did so in 1856, when it adopted the Cin
cinnati platform, REAFFIRMING the Kansas-
Nebraska bill. And Democratic leaders ev
erywhere, South as well as North, declared,
in 1854 and 1850,that, even if Congresshad the
power to protect slavery in the Territories,
as some of them think it had, yet it would be
a MORAL WRONG thus to force the institution
upon a people opposed to it.
" Let the people rule; that is the doctrine.
Away with Congressional despotism. The
popular sovereignty party is the right party;
for that is neither pro-slavery nor anti-sla
very, but stands between the two extremes, and
concedes to every community the power to
regulate its local affairs in its own way."
gerEvery Buchanan faction paper, from
the Pennsylvanian down to the Harrisburg
Patriot & Union, denies that Rowe and
Wright condemn the disorganizing portion
of the proceedings of the Convention that put
them ‘ in nomination. The editors of the Ly
conting Gazette should strengthen their knees
and face the music with any evidence they may
have in their possession.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GLOBE.
lOWA CITY, May 25, -1859.
EDITOR or THE GLODE:—Supposing that a
number of your readers, as well as yourself,
would like to hear from this region, and know
particularly how myself and family have
fared, since leaving Huntingdon, I send you
this letter, intending to write occasionally,
when I have anything of interest to send.—
We had a very pleasant ride, agreeable
weather, and reached this place last Satur
day, about noon, without the least accident,
or anything to discommode us—thanks to a
kind providence. The prairie country through
which we traveled for more than three hun
dred miles, is very fine, especially that part
of it between Davenport and this city. No
one who has not seen it, can realize the beau
ty of the deep green verdure, or the various
brilliancy of the flowers that cover the plains.
Perhaps the region that, on the whole, at
tracted me most, is that lying between Rock
River and the Mississippi. It has rich roll
ing land, well watered, and set with valuable
timber. I cannot, of course, in a short and
rambling letter, give you a full account of
the many interesting things I have seen since
leaving your town. I must content myself
for the present, by referring to that marvel
of all places I have ever seen—Chicago, and
close my note by giving some account of a
wonderful providence that startled the people
here, day before yesterday.
I have said Chicago was a marvel of a place.
So it is—the most wonderful affair I have ev
er seen—a city of over one hundred and thir
ty thousand inhabitants, on a spot where fif
teen years ago, you may say, there was noth
ing, or at most, an inconsiderable town.—
Some one says Chicago is only one vast rail
way station. And this exactly describes the
place as to its business, and the people, as to
their motions and spirit.
The City, as you know, is on a prairie.—
But if you were set down in it, and commen
ced your walk, your gait would be like that of a
sailor on deck in a storm—at least, this would
be the case in a number of the principal
streets. They are grading them, so as to raise
the level of the city. And with the necessa
ry excavations, filling in, arid the screwing
up of whole blocks of buildings, and the
trundling of houses through the streets, (I
saw them, roll along a dwelling nearly as
large as the one you are now living in,) the
pedestrian is puzzled to know how to regu
late his motions. He must get out of the way
of this big thing and the other big thing—
now he must go down two steps, and then up
five—now he must walk over a gangway, three
or four feet above the level of the street,
and then he must descend and walk a rod or
two, or many feet below it. Now he walks
up a little inclined plane, and then down
with a jerk on- the opposite side of the curb,
so that it has been remarked that a Ch icago
ain's walk looks peculiar when he is abroad.
The finest things I saw in the place, were a
block of bui (dings (private residences) front
ing on the lake, said to exceed anything in
New York or Philadelphia, and the Court
House, with the view from the dome. This
latter, taking in the city with forty or more
miles of the lake, across, is indeed superb.
I think it the most interesting view of the
kind I ever had. To say nothing of anything
else that may be worthy of note in a trip of
more than eight hundred miles west, it is
worth while to go that distance to see Chi
cago alone. With regard to lowa City,
must reserve a description of it for another
, letter, and refer, in the conclusion of this, to
I the event to which I alluded above. As I
was going to tea, day before yesterday, a
gentleman pointed out a singular looking
funnel shaped cloud in the west, that was
going round with fearful gyrations, and
travelling rapidly in a south-eastern direc
tion. It crossed the river a few miles above
town, proving to be a terrible tornado. When
it struck the water, the sound was like that
of canonading. Three miles from town it
demolished a brick house so completely as to
leave nothing but the lower floor. Seven
miles out it struck one of the largest barns
in the country, and tore it instantly to shreds.
The house adjoining was also torn into frag
ments—literally so—scattered in splinters
that they were stuck in the ground like por
cupine quills, in all directions. You may
judge of the violence of the storm from the
following facts : A stick of timber belong
ing to a barn, six inches square, and four
teen or fifteen feet long, was carried half a
mile. Wagon tires were straightened out
and forced into the ground like fishing
spears. The spokes of the wheels were
twisted off like straws. A pond of water
covering half an acre, and two feet deep, was
cleaned entirely out. A common boiler, of
a cook stove, of tin, was twisted up to the di
mensions of a hat. I was told last evening,
that one man was blown at least half a mile.
Seven persons were killed, and others are not
expected to live. The destruction of life
would have been immense, if the tornado had
swept over the city, instead of the country,
which you know is not densely populated.—
Persons who visited the scene of disaster, de
scribe it as fearful indeed. One poor fellow
was found sitting on a log with a wagon
spoke driven through his breast. The event
has cast a gloom over the city, especially, as
one of the most respectable citizens is involv
ed in it. Ile was killed in his barn, and his
son so injured, he cannot live. This Provi
dence has greatly solemnized my own mind,
and made me feel more, not only the impor
tance of being personally prepared for death,
but of commencing and carrying on my min
istry among this people, with diligence and
earnestness. I will probably write you,
shortly, again. Yours truly,
0. 0. McCLEA-N.
Letter from Nebraska Territory.
CoLumßus, May 19th, 1859.
DEAR Gr.onn :—I have delayed writing
for some time, on account of the unsettled
state of the news from the mines, and at
present, find myself as incapable of giving
you any reliable information, as three weeks
ago. About the first of this month, news of
a favorable character, had become decidedly
scarce, though nothing of a discouraging na
ture, had as yet reached us ; thus, things re
mained several days, while thousands of ea
ger miners were wending their way west
ward, some on foot, with nothing but a few
day's provisions on their backs, some with
wagons, and some with hand-carts.
On Saturday, the "ith inst., we received the
first unfavorable news ; two days afterward,
both the routes, North and South of the
Platte, were lined with returning miners,
and up to the present date, I think it would
be a fair estimate to say that three thousand
wagons have returned from the Plains during
the last two weeks.
It is not my desire to write a sensation let
ter, but the news that we receive, if correct,
are certainly appalling. It is said that hun
dreds of miners at Cherry Creek are almost
destitute of clothing, and their only means
of supporting life, is begging from their
more fortunate neighbors.
Some of the letter-writers have fled to the
mountains, while others have left for parts
unknown, to escape the fury of the disap
pointed gold hunters, many of whom are
willing to work for one meal per day.
Flour is selling here, and at Fort Kearney,
for two dollars per hundred ; heretofore, it
has never been less than nine dollars per
hundred ; everything else in the provision
line, goes at the same reduced rates, while
picks, shovels, rockers, &c., are a drug in the
market.
Among the bad reports, we occasionally
get news more encouraging ; four men ar
rived here last Friday evening by stage, for
Fort Kearney - ; they bring good news from
the mines, having came through from Cherry
Creek to the Fort in nine days; they say that
the whole emigration was turned by one man,
who was driven away from the mines for
horse stealing. Ile met a party of emigrants
about two hundred miles west of Kearney,
who were a good deal discouraged by bad
roads, and disagreeable weather; he told them
a poor story, and succeeded in turning them,
as they returned, they met others, who also
got frightened, and so it went on, until a gen
eral stampede occurred. The excitement ap
pears to be subsiding; but from what I saw
and heard yesterday, it is hard to tell what
may happen, as Nebraskians, in general, are
to be the victims of these disappointed wor
shippers of Mammon. I have no doubt,
that it is well that this has so happened.—
At the rate the emigration was pouring into
'Western Nebraska, in three months hence,
there would have been, at the least calcula
tion, ninety or one hundred thousand persons
thrown together in the mining regions ; this
is populating a country too fast, even allow
ing that all should be good citizens.
Whether the mines will ultimately prove a
failure, time alone will tell ; but for my part,
I can't believe it until I have it from persons
more reliable than straggling footmen and
horse thieves.
It is but fair to say, that among all this
ranting, crest-Erten crew, I have not yet seen
one, who will say that he has been at the
mines. These people have, no doubt, suffer
ed a great loss by buying their out fits at
high prices, and selling them again at a great
sacrifice ; but for all they know, they have
been frightened at a shadow.
I will write you again, as soon as some
thing reliable can be obtained. S.
The Virginia Election.
BALTIMORE, May 30.
A special despatch received at the Ameri
can office from the office of the Richmond
Whig, says that the returns from 112 coun
ties give Letcher a majority of 414. The re
maining thirty-six counties gave Gov. Wise
a majority of 1,200. In these there are con
siderable gains for Mr. Goggin, the Opposi
tion candidate.
Kanawha eight hundred, and Mason one
hundred and fifty for Goggin. Putnam--re
ported small majority for Goggin. Harrison
official—three to twelve for Letcher.
RrerrwoND, Va., May 30.
The Richmond Enquirer considers that
Letcher has been elected by a small majority,
not over 5000, and the best informed parties
estimate the majority atbetween 2.000 and 4000
Discouraging News from Pike's Peak.
The Omaha, Nebraska, correspondent of the
New York Herald, writing on the 12th inst.,
says :
The latest news from the gold fields of Kan
sas and Nebraska is of the most discouraging
and depressing character. Mr. James Brad
ley, of Racine, Wisconsin, came in here to
day, direct from the mines. He went out
in January last, as the pioneer from Wiscon
sin, and the company were to meet him at
Omaha, and if his report should be favora
ble, they would go forward ; if not, return.
To-day, Mr. Bradley arrived, having left
Auraria on the 17th of April, and reports the
gold mines as being a humbug, and that there
is not even the " color of gold there," to use
his own expression ; that the whole thing has
been gotten up by town speculators and land
sharks, and that it is a gross swindle upon
the people. The Wisconsin Company impli
citly believe his statement, and are trading
off their outfitting goods for buffalo robes,
preparatory ""to returning home. A great
many persons, meeting Mr. Bradley on the
road, have concluded to turn back, and give
up the idea of going to Pike's Peak. The
emigrants held a meeting at Elm Creek the
day before yesterday, and some three hun
dred were in attendance. Inflammatory
speeches were made, and a disposition was
evinced to wreak vengeance on the Missouri
river towns.
Much excitement exists here among the
large number of emigrants in town, and all
are in doubt about what to do—whether to
push on or return. I have investigated, as
well as I could, the real cause of this "panic"
and the foundation of the various startling ru
mors that are flying from mouth to mouth,
such as that mob violence had commenced at
Auraria and in the mines; that the corres
pondent of the St. Louis Republican in Cher
ry Creek had been hung for writing gold let
ters ; that others had been hung or shot for
similar offences ; and I find the stories all
originated with the same man. That he be
lieves there is no gold at Cherry Creek, and
honestly imagines the whole thing to be a
swindle, I have no doubt.
His report will deter many from going out
at present; but still the tide will move on
until other and more satisfactory information
is received. We cannot believe, in fact, we
know the mines are not a humbug, and we
know there is gold there, and think in pay
ing quantities. We all have friends and re
lations there, and a large number of our
own citizens have gone there in proportion
to our population than from any other point.
Still I have wondered at this gold excitement
—wondered to see the thousands toiling on
ward to the Rocky Mountains, with horses,
with mules, with oxen, on horse-back, on
foot, drawing handcarts ; old men whose
sands of life have nearly run out, young
boys, old ladies and young ladies, all rushing
forward to the unknown region, risking life
and health, deserting comfortable homes and
friendly faces, upon the, as yet, too uncer
tain intelligence that gold exists out there in
Toying quantities.
Suppose gold does exist there, which is un
doubtedly the case, does that warrant all this
excitement? No, the real cause of it is the
restlessness of the universal Yankee nation,
aided by the hard times and the spirit of ad
venture that prevades our people. There is
novelty in such a trip across the prairie, up
the beautiful Platte valley and among the
Rocky Mountains ; gold is only an induce
ment and excuse for the trip. All would be
pleased to make their fortunes ; but in case
they should not, they would, with a light step
and buoyant heart, march on to take posses
sion of Sonora. We must wait to know the
development of these matters, and in my
opinion, gold or no gold at Pike's Peak, So
nora will soon be ours.
Hon. Samuel W. Black, Governor of this
Territory, arrived at the capital last week, and
was warmly welcomed by the citizens of
Omaha. The evening of his arrival bonfires
blazed upon Capitol Hill, and a large crowd
of citizens, accompanied by the Omaha brass
band, serenaded him at the Herndon House.
On 'Wednesday evening a reception ball was
given, which was a grand affair, even though
it took place thus far west, and it would have
done credit to 'a much older city. Governor
Black has a place in the affections of our
people which no other man in the Territory
enjoys.
The European War
Opinions of the Military Correspondent of the
Augsburg Gazette— On the Movements, Com
parative Efficiency of the Hostile Armies in
Sardinia, and the Probable Result of the
First Encounter.
[Translated for the Morning Pennsylvanian.]
The next event of any importance will be
a great battle fought in the plains, with little
success for the Austrians. The latter cannot
count upon any numerical superiority, even
if they keep together all the force at their
diSposal. The French will have the advan
tage of greater military experience, of moral
strength, and of a self-confidence surpassing
all bounds. With the Sardinians the contra
ry is the case. They have no reliance upon
themselves, they really fear the Austrian
arms.
The French will not be much affected by a
little loss, or even a defeat. All this must
be reverted with regard to the Pieclmontese.
The army which they have now is all they
possess. A defeat with them tells directly—
cannot be hidden, and the political conse
quence are almost destructive to the Italian
cause. The confidence in Piedmont at least,
will be to shaken its foundation.
The existing circumstances lead us to be
lieve that, inasmuch as the French and Pied
montese are not strong enough to attack the
Austrians, who in their turn are not in a po
sition to assail them, a more decisive event is
not aimed at by either party, and both will
look for larger reinforcements. This, how
ever, cannot, of course, last long, and will
come to a termination on the arrival of the
Emperor, Louis Napoleon. • *
The Austrians are in possession of the coun
try, and Napoleon's primary object can only
be to expel them. Nothing compelling the
the Austrians to take the initiative, and the
defensive being the stronger mode of fight
ing, the better chance for success, speaking
in a general sense, is to await the assault in
defensive position. Combined operations in
detail by the allied armies, would be disad
vantageous to their common cause, they will
consequently be made to fight separately.—
It is most likely that the French will attack
first, and that the Sardinians will be kept
back. The Austrians, in consideration of the
quality of their troops, have evidently an ad-
ditional motive to keep on the defensive
when assailed by the French, this being the
less difficult part of the fight. They will on
the other hand, seize every opportunity to
attack, if opposed to the Sardinians alone.
Governor Packer.
Governor Packer's position on non-inter
vention and Popular Sovereignty, so fearless
ly taken and so ably maintained, while it
meets the frank approval of the people of
Pennsylvania, has drawn upon him the whole
vituperative power of the Federal Adminis
tration and its hireling presses. Despite the
denunciations and threats of Federal minions
—nay, even against the personal entreaties
of Mr. Buchanan, he has remained firm and
held fast to the faith of the Cincinnati plat
form. This sturdy honesty was too much for
the sensitive stomachs of the Southern dicta
tors to the President. It was determined,
therefore, that the Democratic Governor of
the native State of the President, must, if
possible, be sacrificed to the insatiable Me
loch of Southern sectionalism.
The shallow pretense, that the course of
the Governor, in reference to the sale of part
of the State improvements, bought by the
Sunbury and Erie Company, was not consis
tent with the true interests of the State, is a
miserable sham, which was not thought of
until his destruction was fore-ordained at
Washington. This is evident from the fact
that in every County Convention held in the
State for the election of Delegates to the gen
eral Convention of March 16, and in which
any resolutions were passed, there was also a
resolution passed, endorsing and complimen
ting Gov. Packer' s Democratic Administration.
The Federal office-holders and their friends,
sang dumb at the primary meetings of the
party, or cried for `•conciliation," and in the
County Conventions the same pleawas reiter
ated and emphasized by complimentary reso
lutions to our patriotic State Executive. It
was not until the Convention met at _Harris
burg that word or action indicated any inten
tion to smother the expression of popular con
fidence in Gov. Packer or his Administration.
Then and there met an assemblage of indi
viduals such as had never before attempted
to represent the true Democracy of a Sover
eign State. By means of intrigue, threats,
denunciation, bullying—and, in not a few in
stances, by means of bribery, over forty regu
larly elected delegates were driven, or induced
to resign, and their places were filled by
those who were office-holders themselves, or
whose friends or relations held office from the
Federal Administratian. And Joe Baker,
the Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, was
there—and Hiram B. Swarr, Postmaster at
Lancaster, was there, to deliver the decree of
their master at Washington, that "the passage
of a resolution complimenting Gov. Packer's
Administration, would be an insult to the old
man at Washington, and would be so remem
bered by him."
In a Convention thus packed and ruled by
the minions of Presidential power, as a mat
ter of course, the popular will was ignored
and the popular voice was stifled.
But it was an unfortunate day for the po
litical prospects of Tames Buchanan and his
hirelings when they thus attempted to crush
Win. F. Packer. if they bad not been blind
as well as corrupt, the experience of the Illi
nois campaign against Judge Douglas might
have warned them of the result of persecu
tion in Pennsylvania. But the Southern lash
was circling around the head of the Presi
dent, and he did the bidding of his Southern
taskmasters.
Governor Packer now holds a place in the
hearts of the Freemen of Pennsylvania, where
he can laugh to scorn the impotent efforts of
his enemies. At best the terms of James
Buchanan and his office-holders can curse the
country but two years more, and then their
broken pledges and festering corruptions will
sink them into the merited graves of disgrace
and dishonor. Had it been suspected or
known at the primary elections that an at
tempt would be made to injure Gov. Packer
in the Convention of the 16th of March, there
would have been such an uprising of the peo
ple as would have terrified the conspirators
from their base design. As it is, Gov. Pack
er can proudly and fearlessly ask for his Ad
ministration the approval and the sanction
of the people—the real sovereigns in this land
of freedom—and unlike the Despotism at
Washington, he need not and. he does not
dread their verdict. —Lancaster Inquirer.
MOST DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF THE PIKE'S
PEAK EMIGRANTS.—The regular correspon
dent of the St. Louis Democrat, writing from
Denver City, on the 9th inst., recounts the
most deplorable condition of affairs on the
Plains.
Many of the emigrants are dying from star
vation, while the others are subsisting on
prickly pears and wild onions found along
the road. The State agent reports picking
up a man, named Blue, who was reduced to
a skeleton from starvation. On recovering,
he gave a most lamentable account of his ad
ventures. lie started in company with two
of his brothers for the mines ; one of them
died on the road, and the remaining two were
so far bordering on a state of starvation that
they eat his body.
Another died, and in turn was nearly de
voured by the survivor.
A man named Gibbs had reached the mines
in a starving condition, and expressed the
opinion that his party, nine in number, had
all perished.
Many graves were seen along the route.
Much property has been destroyed and
abandoned on the road. .
The writer of the letter before referred to,
says the number of departures from the mines
are about equal to the arrivals.
About five hundred of the returning emi
grants reached St. Joseph on Saturday, all
of whom confirm the previous accounts of the
suffering and privations on the Plains.
MORMON HORRORS .—The last Overland
Mail brought us the Salt Lake City Valley
Tan of the 19th ult., which is mainly devo
ted to the evidence elicited before Judge Cra
diebaugh, in his examinations into the crimes
in his district. The murders found to have
been committed by the Mormons are horrible.
The Valley Tan says:
Cutting of throats is the present best mode
of murder by which the victims of ecclesias
tical mercy (?) are invariably sacrificed, and
is the penalty attached to the violation of the
oaths in the first degree of the mysterious and
terrible endowment ceremonies. The penalty
attached to the violation of the oath in the
second endowment degree is, to have the
throat cut and the heart
,plucked out, with
the most agonizing details. In' the third or
last degree, in addition to the above, the most
horrible mutilation of the body, the ripping
across of the naval, and the tearing out of
the bowels in the most disgusting manner,
are the prescribed penalties of a violation of
the terrible secrets of Mormonism.
AED... The official Piedmontese Gazette pub
lishes announcement laying an embargo on
Austrian vessels in Sardinian ports, but neu
tral property on board is to be respected.
]3IKES PEAK GOLD!
Cannot rival in attraction the superb stock of SPRINCt
and SUMMER Goods now being received and opened by
FISHER & N' MURTRIE.
This stock has been selected with great care, and the
public are cordially invited to call and examine it.
It comprises all the late styles of Ladies'
Dress Goods, such as Poll Do Clievre, Robes A'Loz, Organ
dies, Jacconets, Lawns, Challis, Plain and Figured Berages,
Crape Marets, Plain and Colored Chintzes, French and
English Ginghams, Amaranths, Valentias, Alpaccas, Do
Bags, Prints, &c., &c.
A beautiful assortment of Spring Shawls;
round and square corners, all colors. A full stock of La
dies' Fine Collars, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, such as
Collars, Cravats, Tics, 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, Flogs, Sewing Silk, -
Extension Skirts, Hoops of all kinds, &c.
Also—Tickings, Osnaburg, Bleached and
Unbleached Muslins, all prices; Colored and White Cam- -
brics, Barred and Swiss Muslins, Victoria Lawns, Nain-
Books, Tarleton, and many other articles which comprise
the line of WHITE and DOMESTIC GOODS.
French Cloths, Fancy Cassimers, Satinets, Jeans, Tweeds,
Denims, Blue Drills, Flannels, Lindseys, Comforts, Blank- -
eta, &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 of the Broad Top'
and Pennsylvania Railroads.
COME ONE, COME ALL, and be convinced that the Ne--
trapolitan is the place to secure fashionable and desirable*
goods, disposed of at the lowest rates.
FISHER & M'MURTRIE.
Huntingdon, April G, 1850.
*lO9OOO RWARD I!
'CEO S t
STROUS,
Will risk the above sum that he can Sell Goods, to every
body, at prices to snit the times. Ills 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,
Tests. Pants, &c.
BOOTS and SHOES, HATS and CAPS, of all sizes, for
old and young.
GROCERIES, of the best; QUEENSWARF, &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 mho are look
ing out for great bargains.
All kinds of Country Produce taken in exchange for
Goods. MOSES STROCS.
Huntingdon, April 6, ISSO.
ENTS
NlU of S a tl k A in L d
S be T furnish l ed to order at lowest
City Caeh Prices.
- - - -
- Violin and Guitar strings, Bridges, Keys, Rosin, &c., lee.
Also—lnstruction Books tbr the Piano, Melodeon, Violin,
Sze., &a., for sale at
LEWIS" 1300 K, STATIOKERY fE MUSIC STORE.
NEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS ! !
D. P. G TUN'S' CHEAP STORE.
D. P. GTS'IN has just returned from Philadelphia, with
the largest and most beautiful assortment of
SPRIN'G AND SUMMER GOODS
Ever brought to Huntingdon. Consisting of the most
fashionable Dress Goods for Ladies and Gentlemen; Black
and Fancy Silks, all Wool DeMines, (all colors,) SpringDe
lains, Braize Delanes, Braizes, all colors; Debaize, Levelln
Cloth, Ducal=, 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 rind 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 LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT of Bay
State, Waterloo and Wool Shawls, Single and Double ,
Brocha Shawls. Cloths, Cassimeres, Cassinetts, Tweeds,
Kentucky Jeans, Vestings, bleached and unbleached Mus
lins, sheeting and pillow-case Muslins, Nankeen, Ticking,
Checks, Table, Diaper, Crash, Flannels, Sack Flannels,
Canton Flannels, Blankets, &c. Also, a large lot of Silk
and Colored Straw Bonnets, of the latest styles, which
\ yin be sold cheaper than can be had in Huntingdon.
HATS and CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, the largest and cheap
est assortment in town.
HAR DMA I E, QU E ENSWARE, BUCKETS, CHURNS,
TUBS, B UWE It BOWLS, BROOMS, BRUSHES, &c. CAR
PETS and OIL CLOTH. Fl STI, 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 my goods.
.439 - All kinds of Country Produce taken in exchange for
Goods, at the Highest Market Prices. D. I'. GWIN.
Huntingdon, April (3, 1850.
NEW GOODS,
NEW GOODS,
NEW GOODS,
NEW GOODS,
AT BEN JACOBS'
AT BEN JACOBS'
CHEAP CORNER,
CIIEAP CORNER.
BENJ. JACOBS has now upon his shelves a largo and
full assortment of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
comprising a very extensive assortment of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS, DRY GOODS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING, GROCERIES, HATS & CAPS,
BOOTS & SHOES. &c., &c., &c.
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. _ _
As I am determined to sell my goods, bargains may bo
expected, so all will do well to call.
Country Produce taken in Exchange for Goods.
BENJ. JACOBS, Clteap Corner.
Huntingdon, April 6,1559.
NkT IND OW SHADES,
CORDS;
TASSELS, &C.,
and BAILEY'S FIXTURES,
A handsome assortment jest received and for sale at
LEWIS' 3300 K, STATIONERY 6: 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
ho 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 Book wanted and not upon his shelves, will be
ordered and furnished at City prices.
As ho desires to do a lively business with small profits,.
a liberal share of patronage is solicited.
Huntingdon, Dec. 15, 1858. WM. LEWIS..
YMN AND PRAYER BOOKS..
Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Aletho
ist and German Reformed, for sale at
LEWIS' BOOK, STATIONERY AND Music STORE.
LINVELOPES
By the box, pack; or less quantity, for sale at
LEIG7S' BOOK AND SI'ATIONERY STORE.
MONTHLY TIME BOOKS,
For salo at
LEWIS' BOOK AND STATIONERY STORE
P OCKET MAPS
OF THE WESTERN STATES,.
for sale at
Lewis' Book, Stationer✓ & Music Store
F" THE LADIES.
superior article of Note Paper and Envelopes,,
suitable for confidential correspondence, for sale at
LEWIS' BOOK c STATIONERY STORE.
QCHOOL BOOKS,
1.0 Generally in nee in the Schools of the County, not on,
hand, will be furnished to order, on application at
LEWIS' BOOK ANDSTATIONERY STOI?E.
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ALMANACS FOR 1859,
For sale at
LEWIS' NEW BOOR & STATIONERY STORE