AM _ efIfXTAH: Jl Tale ofjr :, cj^rfoli, the word of the Lord “I talldark- waters shall cover has gone earth; and man and woiiian the taco shall be-destroyed, for the nnt * SXth repented him' that he made man; that huge fabric which my.-father Jtso industriously employed upon? ■ It is ' said he holds communion with God, and that Jehovah ins yarned him to prepare for the flood which shall overflow the earth." “Well Japhet, it may be BO.but methinks if the flood you speak of, comes not till your good ’ father, has, completed, the great ship wliich he has .but now-begun, weshalihave a merry life of it yet, before-, we igo down to our graves beneath the deep, and I -do not intend to trouble myself about the chi meras of an insane old man,”. •, .J “Shuali! Noah-never yet was so calm, and in such full possession of his intellect; look at the complicated building which-rises so fast beneath'his,hands! No, Shuah.thc day the ark is completed, that same day the heavens will, open, andi the floods will de scend. ' Oh! Shuuh! I beseech you, believe me, be_jny wife, and you shalkbe- saved; for the flood will coine as sure ds“the golden rays which the sun now sheds ontlie.western lulls, will be changed to darkness.crb'nn hour passes away.” . _ ••-‘r “Well, pray heaven then, it be summer when it comes.” ■ ■■’ • "Oh, Shuah! will you be mine?” “Ycs„ when you are Japhet again;'and have forsaken the mistaken notions of your foolish father; those were happy daysV-Japh et, when you was the noblest in the'fsghti nnd brilliant in the dance, —when your "Jo vial song made the wine cheer us threefold, arid'who like Japhet could pursue the mam moth, and bring home the mlephant on his Ins back; —by the way how is your father to find room for a pair of mammoths in,his ark; for methinks you said he would save a pair of every living thing—fie, Japhet—it is im probable;. I’ll never believe it: come! lotus join the dance by the rivtfi- side; oh, how 1 love the deliglitful dance at sunset’s golden hour—see, there comes I’ilcha—will you go with me, ‘ ’ “Nu, Shuah—farewell.” " ' The giddy girl was. yet in early youth—■ a hundred years had just ripened her into maturity.. Of all the damsels who sported on the banks of the Euphrates, who was like unto Shu ah? Who could wake (he moun tain echo of her native jand like Shuah?— Her eye was like the soft gazelle’s and, her hair flowed round her ivory neck in such graceful clusters, that the soft evening wind loved tostay its course, and clustcringamong her raven curls, sport awhile in its beautiful home, ami leaving nil the sweets .which it had.gathered, as it passed over the last gar den, upon her youthful brow, with "a soft kiss, reluctantly it wuuld'leavo its pleasant resting place.- .Kecciving the proffered as-, sistance, of the youlhfuL Pilcha,. she-gaily darted forward to the dance, while the sun of NoatV'sloivlyjoined his aged father.- Just entering manhood, J.aphet combined all the beauties and graces which make the perfect man. Ilis lofty brow was the seat of ijoble thoughts, and his eye was that of deep blue, which, while it exhibits every thought of the soul, and embodies every wish of the, heart, is also such a one as woman loveTogaze into, and search out the faith .of the heart told through the eye. Ilis form was like the mountain pine, straight as the sycamore; and his sti'o*iigth exceeded that of the ele phant. As his eldest son approached him, the old man raised his mild, blue eye, and greeted his noble boy— “ Behold my son,” lie said, ,‘,'the work of the Lord gees on; |iappy nui 1 that you also have embraced the-belief of mfiT’and ybur brothers, 'otherwise the wi-alli of God would have swallowed up my eldest born, and the pride of my soul would have been lost, and my aged heart would have' waxed sad with sorrow. Choose out a wife my son, for the flood will not last forever, and when the ’waters depart from off jtne face of the earth, .it must be my son* have any of ■■..lhe.daughters of men pleased thine eye?” • “I.had chosen Shuah, the daughter Of 15a nhra, for the wife of inv heart, oh! father, but tlie damsel scorns' thy prophecy," and wilh not believe thy prediction,’she speaks lightly, of the drcadfu| visitation of God, which I, as well as yon, oh,'father, know will coinc upon thO. earth, and though per chancc the damsel loves me, she refuses to listen to my love, unless I forsake the in structions of thee, father.” a ‘“I would, Japhot; theglrlmight be per suaded, for she is’comely to the sight, and would,'be like; the green tree of Lebanon, springing around thy fireside."’ “My heart cleaveth unto Iter and I will not forsake licr without another trial; know est thou, my father, when the flood will’de scend upon'the earth?!?’.;:-,-'--- ; , “The ark increases fast, and ihyislble bands help to create-4he.house, of ervation. Long have I foretold the destruc tructiun of the human race. .Years have 'rolled byrand, each morn has. heard my re-; newed warning to the . sons of >inen. .Aly, boy, ere another year is -past, Ihe-ark slmlf ride upon the waters.”. . HetJowed' Ids -head and departed; .and again he sought Shuah, blooming and beau tiful as the last blush of the dooming; the damsel had finished the, dance, and-rested; On the bank of tlie Eupinatcs. She greeted Japhet with a.joyous eye; for her heart loved the youth and grew Iwht as he approached. “Welcome, Japhet, have young,lift leturni cd to the dance, and does tlie soiiml of the harp again seem pleasant-to thee?” "Nay, Shuah, I come to repeat iny re-' quest;, will you be.ftiy wife?-for' another year passes not upon the 'generation, of man; be. mine, and I shall not sec the destroyed with 'thy.kindred.” -—“r prhy.you. iTip not with ' thy oiil iliky anil (hy imaginary you dance, or shall 'lt give in v hand to young Filcha who again seeks me.?” * •?**“; “F beseech you, Shuah, ■ ' "r bcaaecli you, Japlief. dance.” ' - [' Sorrowfully the y mth turned away, anil l)is soul felt;deaij within him, for’ he- knew his Shu ah was lostfdrever to him;hcsought aoong the damsels Of-the laml for a wife, and alone Achsati, the beautiful." 1 . Uwaßrinightofreaatingjhthepalnceof thcking-r-like Veiius nrounililrtr nttcndant train of the * bcautifdf Sh'dali. Unabated;Vvas the song and dadte^tiU’the harbinger ofdav streaked, tlie cast; sudden': ly a peal of thunder struck- terror into the hearts of the boldest—in torrents fell the 'rain from,the clouds, and every one reineni bered die prediction of Noah. ■ -r; : ; V r ; ’ .“Noah’s flood has come,”; tiaid a-spruce young dandy of. ninety, With a palid lip arid quivering cyeli'd.' - "The flood.?’ “The .flood’’ was orr evcry lip; sickly at tempts!. to -smile rendered more. pale the' countenances, Of those who , had; made the aUempti-aiid •sefioOsheSs’ took the ■ place of gaiety in' that brilliant assemblage". \ For a moment the rain ceased,.which illu mined every countenance. y . 1 “I know he was an old fonl.”V y ■ “Tlic carth looks all the better for Noah’s florid,” and many such ajest wasrin the lips bf every ope; hut .their’merriment - was; hush ed,twJjieAlndgkt^spake again in lhe clouds, and-tltßltohes of his voice -filled the' whole c.irtfij liie flash of his eye \vas ; very dread ful as it told his anger against the children of men. • ■ Day after,.day the'rain descended—the flood had increased, the face of the,; partli was covered even like to the sea.’ 'The king and the guests' looked out of his; palace windows; they 1 saw the' inlunmoth und the elephant die before them, and the fierce tiger, swept from his woodland haunts, growlpd his last khclV’as he passed by them. Men and women turned up their dying eyes; in agony asphey caught the sympathetic .gaze of the demizens of the' palace; the brdsof the air lit on the towers of the earth, the eagle with the hawk, the raven and the robin, and-;the ■ mourning -dove gtogethcr.,,-Shuah stodij al.one’.by a window, as the ark of Noah Japhet’ saw her, and with an in ydiuntirj; >)otiori, J opened bis arihsto her; with a cry 'of delight she sprang to him, but even as she. sprang the ark was turned one side,'and Jajiiiet (Ted away, for he,would not see her.die, Dreadful were the beseeching cries which : followed Noah’s course—rlhe high and smooth sides of the huge building, forbade all attempts to scale it, and sullenly as the victim of-deSpair-saw his last hopes depart, would Ctp'se Noah and his (Sod. It was the thirty-ninth day the palace of the great.king was covered. ,It was a time when, all distinctions.wasJeVellcdi though the.kihg prolonged his owpjate, and that of those who wererwith hiirignpd they had the melancholy satisfaction; of being among the last to die. At length the Ark of Noah rode alone on the vast deep;;the world of human beings had long leased to mingle with the murmurs of the waters, and ihe rain was ov er. 'The raven went forth and rcturned not; .the dove fled -back yviffi ihe olive branch, anil the ark rested oh Mount Ararat. Noah and his sons and his sops’ wives pent forth', and though Japhet lorig remembcrcd Shuah, he was happy and thankful to God-for his own preservation—being wonderfully dis tinguished among men—and as his sons and daughters grew around, him and listened, to the 'tale of the fluod which fcdl from Ills lips— he gazed upon their beautiful laces, arid his heart acknowledged, that God was right. From the Philadelphia Inquirer; The lW*oieldbe MSegicide. The Paris papers arc full of curious and interesting details in relation to the various . atteniptsu pou, the life of Louis Phillippc.— Ilis stilled ,t!iat,,ifthe .carbine of liarmes had; |mLbvrst,tt:would have dune execution 1 ii- The. opinion is de liberately' expressed, (fiat the assassin was instigated and 1 tutored;'4nd provided with the 'arms which.lie’.hore. . Probably;-in the opinion of an intelligent' letter writer fas the choserf instrument of some of (he--secret societies, whose patriotism had been wrought to the highest pitch by the belligerent up-, roar. The French press; or rather more ullrp-or, radical portion of it, is justly chai - -- geable with much iof the odium that exists in the public mind against Louis Phillippc. Certain Journalists assail him with every ’description of vile and violent epithet; and thus induce the opinion, that huf for his treachery to the principles ofthe revolution, France \vould , enjoy,a far greater l degree' Of national liberty, and the people a much larger' amount of general.hnppiffcss. Madmen are thus goaded on—-fanatics are infuriated—and the spirit of pour Charlotte Corduy is reviv-- ed, but under circumstances much less ex cusable. We- rejoice, however, to observe that this last attempt to assassinate Louis .Phillippc, lias excited a deeper degree, of indignation in the popular.mindthan ordina ry, and has called forth proper - animadver sions from several ofthe leading prints,— The Journal dcs Debuts observes: “The enemies of:oi;der_a'ntl“ptiblrc J pcacc may be satisfied.- The proceedings of radi .caltsin have produced their fruit. The party of insurrection and anarchy have just had their sixth rcgicade. \Vc do;,not know, whilst we are writing, whether our'grief.or. our indignation.be the strongest.’’ . , .The Constitutionel; says: - “Fanatical demagogueisih has;,-,again arm ed one of its stupitrSectariaiis—aiid at what nmo ment,- grcatGudlwhcn France - has so much need of-internal concord and union in' order -to nicet foreign 'danger—when the force of;,the’Government could be the’ only, salvation, of the .country. The wretch who fired upon Jhe king, may be said to have fired upon France itself. If his ball had told, who knows- whether 'it would,not have', been ilie signal for-the first’blow oPthe coalition against France? Blid lhe poor creature who made the attempt reflect on the dangers to which he exposed the; country? Our Bru tusea.iire fuund in the lodge of a porter,— Sudoarc martyr.stvlro'afferent? ed by (lie odious propaganda of anarchical liberty? W e' ; shudijci- lit the-idoa that, the f«te v oV'a gi-eiitempire may depend oh'the madness with iwlych 1 such' ignorant inen’are inoculated,.;- ■ : La France'{nnc of die chief '’Legitimist organs)-makes these,ibniarks: - , : 1 ; i_“lt \rill; not bo : possible to make' use of this event as a pretext for turning' .public Bttentjon-frofh .llievgrave: question ' of peace ?*>•' e j i til bfesi fl.ea, ;cnfi'- notmttempt to ittti ibutothis crimnalnfternpt tu the revolutionary party without drawing uptm ÜBelfUhei’^(teuMtldn^of‘tKe tive: patty; wiifcW inayjreproabh fit With:hav ing improperly:exeited a passiun fbrhvar ami: anarch jy.'at the Same time: tbttlJitfh'tfakbheS tlife lear hml su3pici6n'>vhicli werpvtxt,ibitetothe:TankeeeVwhO;6Up pliOdUHsolibeiuliyvvith’mirdLfiiSccdaiast '■ ."-‘Mf.TvF.TliSUgtSri^ I Brasses, where you stopped last winter, Has gone into the Culture of the Cuba tobacco and manufacture of- cigars, : which good judges speak well of. -T don’t, see what , should: prevent TObacco-froni’ becoming a great staple with us, as.wcll.as wilh Cuba. Fron thc N, O. Fee, Oct'. 20. . TEXAS. By an arrival from Galveston .we have receivedpTexas papers of a late date. : The'stcam ships Savannah anil New York, are expected at Galveston about the begin ning of’.next month; They wilt ply reguf larlybetween that port and New Orleans. ■ Col. Love’s plantation on the , Bassos-will, produce SOO-bales of .cotton 500 lbs,'each, with drily SO hands, and the assistance ot eight-others in .picking; and- the‘regular hands have; in addition already, raised and housed 5,000 brnHiels of cord.", Can Louisi ana or Mississippi show any thing equal to this?-, asks the Galveston Gazette. 'Our readers are, perhaps, not aware that by a law of the last Congrcs, a system of direct taxation has been instituted in Texas. By this law, half of one per cent, is impos ed on the property of citizens, and one per cent, on that of non-residents. Theatres, race tracks, race horses, carriages, slaves, clocks, watches, jewelry, money loaned at interest, trades, professions, &c., &c., are all taxed. We shall see how this .system will work. .- GOV, I'ORTER. The of the l*eopte. ■\Ve, to-day,, commence (lie publication of resolutions adopted at various county meet ings and conventions held during the recent contest, approving of the administration of our present excellent Chief Magistrate David R. Pouter, and urging his re-fiomU nation and re-clectisin' in 1841. It is im tant.that public attention .should be early drawn to this subject. " '’ " >s.■ JPcrry County . ' Resolved, That in R. "Pouter, we have a man in whom we can place the most implicit confidence, and we predict his pre election by such an overwhelming wave, pf popular suffrage,"in.' answer to services, Us 'willilhrowHbe man who dares to oppose him in oblivion. ■- J’orlcCoumy. _ dissolved, That we have .entire confidence in the 'firmness and ability of our distin guished democratic Governor, David ’ll. Pouter, and the measures of his. administration. As democrats we cheer him onward with’a v’well dune thou good andlfaithful public Servant.” ‘ Pike County. Resolved, Thal w'e still entertain the ful lest confidence in the, honesty, talents, pat nolismandgenuinedemocratic principles of David K. Porter, Governor of this cuni ' niuiiweahh, and must'heartily concur in the recommendation by the l.uncaslcr Demo cratic Convention, of his rcnuminatioVi on the 4th of March next. k; Wayne County. . Itesoivcd, That w«j entertain increasing confidence in-the-man of our choice David R. Porter, able administration of the affairs of the commonwealth have caused his enemies to hide their diminished heads; that we cheerfully recommend him to the 4th of, March Convention fur rc-nominallon, and to the democratic party in 1841 fop re election. ' Clarion County. Jlesolvcd ,. That in the firmness, integrity and uprightness of our present Governor, David - it. Porter, we have the greatest confidence, and as a token of otifgrnlitude, wc : will leave no honest measure unresurted to to secure his re-election. ./ .-"V. . Kortluimtcrland' County. .. Resolved, That we heartily approve, of itlic!course pursued by 'pur talented aiid worthy Chief Magistrate, David It. Pouter. The high and responsible station he occu pies, was assumed in the midst of .perplex ing difficulties, conflicting.interests, and se rious State embarrassments. .Experience has proved him true to the principles of de mocracy and a statesman sufficient to. the exigency tff the times. • i^J Effcrccr County. , / Resolved, That we cannot too warmkytgx press our approbation of the. policy3 - of|otir state administration, and our undimiiullied regard for our. worthy executive. . We' recog nize in David K. Porter, the able and firm statesman and true, patriot.* i Olfearfiold Comity. i?eso/«ed, Thatyvo have the utmost-con fidence in the talents'.and integrity; of our -present Chief Magistrate, David 11. Pouter, that we cheerfully respond .to the resolution of the Democratic .Convention at-Lancastcr, recommending him. fur re : ilomiiialion;, and that we will use all honorable ineaus to carry out the view's of said Convention’. Warren County. Resolved, That we'view with; feelings of pride and admiration, the firm and uhdaunt-. ed course of policy., pursued by udr : Demo crat ic.. G oveoioi;, _s D avid 11. _ Porter; mid that'wd: take'pleasure, in uniting duryuiqes with those of our Democratic' brethren ■throughouf Pennsylvania,- in- testifying -to his unexampled courage and ability in liieetr ing,■ \ ‘,; We learn from flie Lafayette Gazette -of yesterday that, on Sunday histj Dr. Luzen buig, of -this city,; operated on a little girl, nine years of age, who was' sufleriijg from ir large eanCcrimstuuiorofthecye.Thewhole eye. says 'the Gazette, Was: completely disy ojgauized.'nnd scarcely a vestige of it re iilalnedr. The tuinbr waa exceedingly large, projecting tronilbhsocket abuutllu-euiocliea, ■nriJ-cx(en(lirtg/laterallyßonstDCiiyeroue; : &idfi.of'thei hoseV’and ,pni;t|ie “J'l® beyond the' line of the face.,-; The ijperation vvaslpeiformciPsucSessfully.inSpr^enceiir several •eminent 'physicians ■ of; tHfeiciJy. by Drif li. arid v»e have.since learneuSbat-'.tljj? little ; tumofp.\vhbnrremoved,:weighed'‘:five>tLnd.n haffouiice^c— iV. C, Execution of Robert WOonahy, the Murderer of Brown's Family. wretched .man Buffered the awful .penalty of this law, on the 6lh inst.' He wafi executed in 'the Jail yard, a. few, minutes before three o’clock P.'M. ■ Although the execution;could nqt.be witnessed, by those curiuu# to see its novelty, and the unparal leled enormity'of the cfiine which caused it, attracted a very large crowd, which sw'arnl •> around they ail, until the wretched being atoned for the blood of his kindred with his own. The scene without, impressed us firmly with the belief, that the recent chatige in the law upon the subject, was a change tor the worse. Nor are wc singular in this; Many who had been opposed to public exe cutions, seeing and: feeling that much of the awful solemnity and time of the .scene was taken away by the change, aml_ no ajleged evil remedied, were ready to join us in our opinion. No one, in fact,.we believe, thought or felt otherwise, excejit the culprit— who, we are credibly informed, rejoiced in- the fact, that the wall'liud been raised so high as to-shield him in ; his'lgnominy from the piercing gaze of ’the,iriullitude! , , Down to tjie hour Of Ws execution, nay to tlfe very* moment the drop fell; lie stubbornly persisted in asserting Ins innocence. All hope of his making aiiy'acknowledgment was entirely renioved by his dogged conduct. He was taken upon the scaffold—everything .>yas adjusted-—the moment arrived-—the drop Yell'!—and not a word confessed. , Uut the dope broke, and instead of hanging, very much to his own astonishment, we suppose, he found himself upon the grohndbnder the gallows! -He thought he was “clear, ? ’. but the allusion was present with him buf a mo jnent. He was immediately taken up on the gillows again—.every thing made ready— the- drop'about to full !—when he begged for, “lime to talk a little”—and proceeded to make a full and .detailed confession of. his c imes to the clergymen present, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Peebles, who. reduced .to'writing in bis own words, as be made it, and who will cause it to be published for the benefit of his wife.and children. His confession, it is sail), casts yet deeper and darker shades of crueiy oyer the bloody affair! He had scarcely concluded his confession, when the last minute 'that the execution could be delayed arrived—and he was again swung oil',.and paid his life a forfeiture for his crimes '.—Huntingdon Mv. Sentinel. Horrid Tragedy. — Wc learn by fetters from Edgefield, C. H. that that village'was on Friday last, the theatre of a bloody ami disgraceful outrage, which resulted in. the' death' of an amiable and promising young mah named Uird«- The facts which led to .this dreadful result, we understand arc the fallowing: - . - - o' ' , ’I It appears that a(1 ifflculty hascxisted for some time between Col. Lewis-Wigfall ami Preston Brooks, Esq. of-Edgefield, .which"' had beeiTparlially hHIcU liy “the TnecliatVon of ihiitual friebds, but that -all imprudent publication opened again'the fountains of bitterness. During a temporary absence of Preston Brooks, his father, Col.'Whitfield Brooks, answered the publication of Wigfall. The consequence was a challenge from \V ig fall, which wa.s,dccllned by Col. Brooks, lor cause Wigfall, on receiving his answer sent a note to Col. Brooks, stating, (hat he would /tosMiim q .s a scoundrel and coward at 4 o’clock,.that evening. Col. Carrol and Thomas Bird volunteered to call on, Wigfall and request him'to defer the pasting till Preston Brooks came home, as he was the proper person' to protect his father; but ,by the time they .arrived ,at the Court House, Wigfall had put up the paper and stood on the Court House steps to de fend it, armcd'with a pair of duelling pistols. Bird intimated lps intention of tearing it down, when pistols were drawn by both him and Wigfall, and botli fired-without, effect. Bird drew a second pistol and fired without effect again. Wigfall then returned Iris lire, and. his hull entered the right shoulder of Bird, taking a direction over the upper part of the chest, cutting his \viudpipe and lodg ing in his left breast v . He lingeied until j Sunday morning, in great ag.my, when his spirit took its flight.:— Columbia, -S'. C. Chron, ’ The German Reformed Church. —Front the proceedings of the late General Synod of this church, we leiirn that the whole num ber attached .to their communion, exclusive, of the Synod of Ohio, exhibits an aggregate of about 200 Ministers, 600 congregations, and "5,000 members. The periodicals of this church, the “ Weekly Messenger” ai\,d “Zeitschritt’l are represented to be liberally -supported, and an effort is being made to Swell’the subscription list of each to at least 5000. Their Literary and Theological In stitutions, located at Mercersburg, Pa. are in ,a' very flourishing condition; and at the late iheeting of.their general Synod, l it was resolved that, during -the centenary year;' 1841 . special efforts should hc-made toraise an additional sum of $lOO,OOO for. the com;- plete and, permanent endowment of: these iinsfitutions, beneficiary educatiohv ~ ■ _ i Surgical. Operation,— -Yesterday. about noon,: Doctor Duffic, assisted by Doctors Condie &:Duvat, performed.ir difficult ope ration on an aneurism of the arlcry.of the ham. It was ‘finished .in.fourteen minutes. The person operated upon is ajyoungslady .residing in Eighth hear South street. , The enormous tumor detracted .filled the whole space back, of the knee. It throbbed 'Vio lently the.whole time, threatening every in s i ant to .burs t, a ca lai o ity- wl\ i eh wo old have inevitably occasioned the death of the patient. AT the- close of the operation/ thebeating ceased- instantly., VTliis we lire told, is one tif the most critical opeijationslkiiown to the faculty','and the former practice was, to am putiije the limb.! cThe. patient,is doing well. The.calmriess and science oftheoperator are* credilahle at bnce to his assidu ty and uhili-. • Operation /oriSiyutnrtn^.—This'delicate operation • was .successfully performed on a ■young lady on in (tie presence of; l)rs« Wilkes,’. liy-Dr. Curmiclian of Ihis city.^The.opieratidifcoiiK muscle of the eye, a contracted slate which produces dire; deformity. ■ The cHviaion ofrltjia musclc. 'was. no;.Booner( made than straight hnd .proper^ >operatedMU!i T success fur cluli foot in'.the adult.. This gentleman merits high nrnisi for liia <1 exten tf .'~Fh\l a . V. S.' Gazi - Horrible Fate, —-Air, Crovassol, merchant tailor, on the'cornei 1 of Myrtle and Main streets, StVXbuis, Mo. went out on Suiplay, the iSth ult., gunning, in Illinois. Not rcr turning at night, his family became alarmed, and .search was imincdiatoly-cbmpicnceir.- ft was not till Tucstlny that lie wjs found, dead; and half buried ui a marsh which he had '.probably entered, to Jgct some game he had shot. jlt is repor(ed;'ihat : 'the people in the vicinity heard cries ,bf i distress Sunday and Sunday’ night, but- refrained front at tempting to rescue the wretched-man, on ac count of the depth of the imid!; r £■' p RocfiiA ma t r 6 n . pen: In the name and liy the authoii ty of (he Commonwealth of , Pennsylvania. \ DAVID R. PORTER.. Governor of the said Commonwealth* To PAUL MJiUTIN t Sheriff of. the C’oi/ji /;/ of. Cumberland, Jtoquire, Sends Greet- inu: - Whereas a vacancy has happened in the repre sentation of this State in the House of Represen tatives of the United flutes, in consequence of the denth of William S. Ramsey, Esquire, elected a member of. the twenty sixth Congress from tiio thirteenth Congressional ' District.' Now, there- in.pursuance of the provisions in, such case made by jthe constitution of the United States; and by the act of’the General Assembly, passed the second day of July, A. V. 1839, 1 DAVID JR. PORTER, being vested with the executive authority of the. State of Pennsylvania, have* issued this wr.it, hereby commanding you the said Paul Mariin-to hold ah-election-in th« said.county 'of Cumberland, on Friday the twentieth day of November of this instant, for choosing a Represent lativo of this Commonwealth, in the House of Re presentatives of the United Slates,' to fill live va cancy which has happened as aforesaid, and you are. hereby required and enjoined to hold and con duct the said elcction-and make a return,thereof in the manner and form as by law is directed, and rpf qiiired. Given under my harid and the great seal of the State at Harrisburg this seepnd day of Novem ber, in the year of our-Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, and of the, Commonwealth the Sixty-fifth. By. thb Governor. •» - H. PETRIKEN, Deputy Secretary - -. r oflhe‘Common wealth'. In pursuance of the above writ, I PAUL M AR TIN, High Sheriff of Cumberland .count)*, do hereby give public notice that an election will be held in said cminlyrori-FRIDAY THE 20th OF NOVEMBER,- INST, for a. Roprcsentiitiveiii to-fill the vacancy in the 2dtli, or pres ent Congress, occasioned by the death of the Hon. William S. Ramsey. The. said election will bo hold throughout the county as follows : . * Tho election in 'the eUi lion disti u l ci mposeil of the Borough'6 Carlisle, and townships ot N. Middleton-, South Middleton,-.Lower UiikiuM n, Lower. Fr.mkford.and Lower..Weslptni'sbovu’ w ill be held nt.the Court House in the boi vugb of Carlisle. - The election in the district composed of SihVr Soring township, vyill he held, at the public HoUhC ol Joseph Grh.p mJlogistown, in suit! township. . The election in the district ct-mprsid of Rast penhsborough township, wiil hi heuhui the Pub lic Uouse’ot Andrew Ivveitzer in said ti wnship. The election in the district composed ol New' .Cumberland'and a pait of Allen l* w i ship, will he* held at the Public House of i.rbeck, in New Cumberland. 'l'he election in the* district compose d nf His* barn and a'purt of Alien township, will he held at the public house o! I\ter MCCann;, in Lis burn. ' .• The election in the of that part I 'of,Alien township, hut’included -hi the New Cumberland ami Lisburn election districts, will be held at the public house ol David 6'heafe.r, in Shephei(tstwwn in said township. The'election in the distrh l composed’ of the • burdugh'uf .Meclianicsbuig', will be held at the public house of J 'Un'fioV.yer, id saidjmrtmj!h,,. 'The elect!'-n in tin* district composed,ol Mom roe township, will be held at the public house ot Widow Puuhn I'hnrclitowii, in said township. The election in me distrht composed ol 'l*p per Dickinson lown.sliip, willbe laid at \\ cak ley*s Schodl in said township. • - , The election inihe district composed of 4he borobgh nf Nc.wvilie,.un(l-tow > nships of Miftlin, Upper FrankfpVd, Upper AVv.stpehnsbomiglu and that part of Newton.township, not imlodt <1 in the Leesburg .election disii u 1 hen inaltt r. mentioned, will t be held at the Brick bt l.bul House, in the borough ui Nin\illy* Tlic election in ihe district composed of .the township d| Hopewell, will he held at the School House in Newb.urg pi said townshij . . The election in ll»l'district c omposed of tin? borough of Shippcnsbuvg, Shippensbdrg tViwn ship,aml that part of Southampton township* not included in v ilu*'.Leesburg election district* will be held at Couucil .Uupsc, in the bo, ruugh-of-Shippetisburg. \ Ami, in and by an actmf the-Gencral Assom hlv «»f this [commonwealth, passed VIU- 2d .Inly 1839,\it is thus provided, 1 ,*-*That tlu quahfud electors of. pavis «t : Nvwton anch. Souihaiivplt'n couni)- t.l CnniUei >d.liy the; following lines and distances, viz:- Beginhiiig J aV the Adanis c.ouiUy line,.tin ni t a-, long the line dividing the townships dt'Dickinstn ahd'Newton to the tnnipilit road; thence; ah ng said, turnpike -to Centre school-house, on said turnpike, in Southampton tow nship, thence t o a point ori the Walnut Bottom load,at Heybuik**, i'icluding'Reybuck’b fai ni, ihetice a straight # di rection to the saw-mill bel«nging to the heirs of George .Clever,- thejice-btloiig KryshirVrunto the Adams county line, thence 1 along the line of Adams couniyjmthc place of.beginning, be and the snnie \$ hereby declared a lit w jVml separate election district, the glic . house now oci-Upb d b> ; \*l f illlnnv -Martwfll.in Leesbui'g, Southampton township . And the several judges, msperu»ra.and clci ks who. attended at -the;pi‘cceding election lor Electors, are required to tttieml,and perform at the said electinii.'thviikeJduiies; and be subject to 'the for neglect .or nuscdnducl, asrthey slialf bc liable to under. the act uf vArtif'flicrreturnJudged districts county, are heVebyfre* roug|il ! Monday pexiafterthe said eleciiort, at’ U o’clock A.-M/, with certificates of the election, m.tfteir djj^ Given under my band[ it .Carlisle; tlifs 4th day of November 1840, andXlifisi3Cly-fifth yeat 1 : ' y 'i v V : i PAUL;M SberilT. ;A bny to learn. tKfe businessirr pnfe frotn the: countiy-wouUl’b«*; preferred.' ; . * - ■ ■ HENRTWaRNER. AT this office. >C