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RESOLUYioif Relative to an Amendment of the Constitution, RESOLVED by the Senate and lloute of Repre sentatives of the Commonwealth, of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the Constitution of this Commonwealth be amended in the se cond section of the fifth article, so that it shall read as follows : Tiie Judges of the Suprfeme Court, of the several Courts of Common I'leas, and of such other Courts of Record as are or shall be established by law, shall be elected by the qualified electors of the Commonwealth in the manner following, to wit: The Judges of the Supreme Court, by the qualified electors of the Commonwealth at large. The President Judges of the several Courts of Common Pleas and of such other Courts of Record as are or shall be established by law, and all other Judges required to be learned in the law, by the quali fied electors of the respective districts over which they are to preside or act as Judges. And the Associate Judges of the Courts of Com mon Pleas by the qualified electors of the coun ties respectively. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall hold their offices for the term of fif teen years, if they shall so long behave them selves well: (subject to the allotment hereinaf ter provided for, subsequent to the first elec tion :) The President Judges of the several Courts of Common Pleas, and of such other courts of Record as are or shall be established by law, and ail other Judges required to be learned in the law, shall hold their olficcs for the term of ten years, if they shall so long be have themselves well: The Associate Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas shall hold their offices for the term of five years, if they shall so long behave themselves well: all of whom shall be commissioned by the Governor, but for any reasonable cause which shall not be suffi cient grounds of impeachment, the Governor shall remove any of them on the address of two thirds of each branch of the Legislature. The first election shall take place at the general election of this Commonwealth next alter the adoption of this amendment, and the commis sions of all the judges who may be then in of fice shall expire on the first .Monday of Decem ber following, when the terms of the new judges shall commence. The persons who shall then be elected Judges of the Supreme Court shall hold their offices as follows : one of them for three years, one for six years, one for nine years, one for twelve years, and one for fifteen years ; the term of each to be decided by lot by the said judges, as soon after the election as convenient, and the result certified by them to the Governor, that the commissions may be is sued in accordance thereto. The judge whose commission will first expire shall be Chief Jus tice during his term, and thereafter each judge whose commission shall first expire shall in turn be the Chief Justice, and if two or more commissions shall expire on the same day, the judges holding them shall decide by lot which shall be the Chief Justice. Any vacancies hap pening by death, resignation, or otherwise, in any of the said courts, shall be filled by ap pointment by the Governor, to nitinue till the first Monday'of December succeeding the next general election. The Judges of the Supreme Court and the Presidents of the several Courts of Common Pleas shall, at stated times, receive for their services an adequate compensation, to be fixed by law, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office, but they shall receive no fees or perquisites of office, nor hold any other office of profit under this Common wealth, or under the government of the United States, or any other State of this Union. The Judges of the Supreme Court during their con tinuance in office shall reside within this Com monwealth. and the other Judges during their continuance in office hnll reside within the dis tri< t or county for which they were respective ly elected. WILLIAM F. PACKER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO. DA RSI E, Speaker of the Senate. In THE Senate. .March 1, 1849. Resolved, That this resolution pass. —Yeas 21, Nays 6. Extract from the Journal SAML. W. PEARSON, Clerk. In the House or Representatives, ) -Ipril 2, 1349. $ Resolved, That this resolution pass. —Yeas 53, nay s 26. Extract from the Journal. WM. JACK, Clerk. Secretary's Orrice. Filed April 5. 1*49. A. L. RUSSELL, Dep. See. of the Commonwealth. Secretary's OrFict. TI.YANJA, St I no certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Original Resolu tion of the General Assembly, entitled " Reso lution relative to an Amendment of the Consti tution," as the same remains on file in this of fice. In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my Ihand, and caused to be. affixed the N. seal of the Secretary's Office at Har -R l-J* n&burg, this eleventh day of June, nno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and •oitv-nme. TOWNS END HAINES, Secretary of tlu Commonwealth. " Journal or Senate. " Resolution, No. 133, entitled ' Resolution " rdative to an amendment of the Constitution,' " was read a third time. On the question, will " the Senate agree to the resolution ? Ihe Yeas " and Nays were taken agreeably to the Consti " tution. and were as follows, viz : " Yeas—Messrs. Boas Brawley, Crabb, C'un '' Mnghani, Forsyth, Hugus, Johnson, Lawrence, 44 I- vis, Mason, Matthias, M'Caslin, Rich, " Richards, Sadler, Saukcv, Savery, Small, "Smyser, Sterrett and Stine—2l. '* Nays—Messrs. Best, Drum, Frick, Ives, " King, Konigrnachur, Potteiger and Darsie, 44 Speaker—B. " So the question was determined in the af ' firmative." JOURNAL Itr THE HOUSE O? REPHRSEn'TATIVES. " Shall the resolution pass : The yeas and IFIESSFIFIIiIIS) JLSTS; " nays were taken agreeably to the provision of " the tenth article of the Constitution, and are 44 as follows, viz : " Ycis—Messrs. Gideon J. Ball, David J. " Bent, Craig Iliddlc, Peter D. Bloom, David .M. " Bole, Thomas K. Bull, Jacob Cort, John 11. 44 Diehl, Nathaniel A. Elliott, Joseph Emory, " David G. Eshleman, William Evans, John 14 Kausold, Samuel Fegcly, Joseph W. Fisher, 41 Henry M. Fuller, Thomas Grove. Bobt llainp -44 son, George P. llenszey, Thomas J. Herring, 44 Joseph IJiggins, Chas. Hortz, Joseph B Uovver, 44 Robert Klotz, Harrison P. Laird, Abraham 44 Lamberton, James J. Lewis, James W. Long, 44 Jacob M'Cartney, John F. M'Culloeh, Hugh 44 M 4 Kee, John M'Laughlin, Adam Martin, Satn -44 ucl Marx, John C. Myers, Edward Nickleson, 44 Stewart Pearce, James Porter, Henry C. Pratt, 44 Alonzo Robb, George Rupley, Theodore Ry -44 man, Bernard S. Schoonover, Samuel Scibcrt, 44 John §harp, Christian Snirely, Thomas C. 44 Steel, Jeremiah B. Stubbs, Jost J. Stutzman, 44 Marshall Swartzwelder, Samuel Tu rgart, 44 George T. Thorn, Nicholas Thorn, Arunah 44 Wattles, Samuel Weirich, Alonzo I. Wilcox, 44 Daniel Zerbey, and William F. Packer, Speak -44 er •—53. 1 " Nays—Messrs. Augustus K. Cortiyn, David " M. Courtney, David Evans, Henry 8. Kvans, " John Fenlon, John YV. George, Thomas Gil " lespie, John B. Gordon, YViliiam Henry, " James J. Kirk, Joseph Laubach, Robert it. " Little, John S. M'Calmont, John M'Kee. " William M'Sherry. Josiah Miller, William T. " Morrison, John A. Otto, William Y. Roberts, " John W. Roseberry, John B. Rutherford, R. Rutidle Smith, John Smyth, John Souder, " George Walters and David F. Williams.—2(. " So the question was determined in the aflir " uiative." SKCRETAKT'S OrricE, ) Harrisburg, June Ij, 1649. ) PLSTJSY LVANU, SS. I no CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a true, and correct copy Y* of the " Yeas" and "Nays," taken on " Resolution relative to an Amendment of the Constitution," as the same appears on the Journals of the two Houses of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, for the session of lt-4'.). YVitness my hand and the seal of said office, the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. "TOYV N SEN D H AIN F.S, ju23—3m Secretary of the Comnowttiith. SS* @> © S 0 22 0 Tlifllin Coins!}' s*. In the case of the Estate of John Riden, dee'd In the Orphans' Court o! said county. WRIT OF PARTITION. \-OTICE is hereby guen to cl! the heirs and devisees, S:c. of JOHN 111 DEN, Sr, late of Derry township, .Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, deceased. that a VVtit of Parti tion and Valuation has been issued < bt of the Court aforesaid to the Sheriff"of said county directed, commanding him to summon a Jury of twelve ir.cn, to value and appraise th- lands and tenements of the said John Rideti afore said, deceased, situate in said towinhip of Der rv, containing 4(1 acres, more or less. And HI putfusnce of an order made by the Court afore said, I do hereby give public notice to all such heirs and devisees a- reside out of ihe county of Mifflin, that I will bold an Inquest on the said premises and execute said writ of Parti tion as therein 1 am commanded, on TiICRS DA V, the 4 'h day of October , .4. J). 1849, at winch time and place they and every one of them may attend, if they think proper, t 2 o'clock in the afternoon of said day. D. Mclv. CONTN EK, Sheriff". SHERIFF'S OFFICE, / Lewistown, Aug. 23.1849. \ ot. IT 0 3? I Cr 33* To the Heirs and legal Representatives of. John C.inj bilt, late of Dntmart tnirn,hip. I.tine as 0 r county. r Pakc notice that I will hold an Inquisiti n to j I divide, part or value the Real Estate of s-■ id j deceased, on FRIDAY, September 14th, 1 -49. at It) o'clock A. M., on the premise*, at which i time and place ycu may attend if xou think j ro per. JACOB Hl BER, Sheriff'. Lancaster, Sept. 8, 1849.—td* •XT n T T! A i v/ turn mm XO? -v- • r PHE undersigned appointed by the Court of A Common Pleas of Miifltn county Auditor, to distribute the fund arising from the - !.: of | the real estate of M. & J. V. CRISYY S.LL, notifies all persons to present their claims uj n said fund at his Law Office, in Lewistown, i S.ITURD.I Y, the 2 2,1 of September , 1849, or be i debarred from sharing in the same. GEORGE YV. KNOX, .hide .. Lewistown, August 23, 1849—4t. Auditor's .Notice. rpilE undersigned, appointed by the Court of j JU Common Pleas of Miiilin county Auditor, l to distribute the fund arising from Ihe sale of the Real Estate of.T. it J. POTTER, notifies ! all persons to present their claims upon said fund to him, at his office in Lew istown, on l'ri l day, September 28th, 1819, or be debarred front : sharing in said fund. ♦ GEO. W. ELDER. Auditor. LewUtown, September 1, 1849—ft. Audilor'* iYolici*. rpilE undersigned, appointed an Auditor by ! JL the Court of Common Picas of Mifflin coun ty, to distribute the proceeds of the sal< of the personal property of FRANCIS A. YVJUTA KER, notifies all persons having claims on said proceeds to present them before hint, al his of fice, on MOMTM Y, the Bth day of October, 1849, or be precluded from sharing in said proceeds. GEO. W. ELDER, Auditor. Lewistown, Sept. 1, 1849—4t. Auditor'* Aotice. rpHE undersigned appointed an Auditor by J the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin coun tv, to distribute the proceeds arising from the ; real estate of ADAM GREER, notifies all por : sons having claims upon saiu fund to present I them before me, at the office of R. C. Hale, i Esq., on MONDB V, Stp'einhtr 17fh, 1849, or he forever debarred from coming in upon said fund. C. SPOTSYVOOD, Auditor. I.ewistown, August 25, 1849—4t. Sufltirs, } EXCELLENT SUGARS for 4 and 5 J cents. Best l'orto Rico Sugar nelliiijfat fty cents. Beat crushed Sugar tor 8 antl 10 ' cents per lb. Good Molasses si cents per quart: beat at 10 and 12$ — to be ttad at the ! store of NUSBAUM, BROTHERS. • Lewistown, SATURDAY, SEI'TKYIIIEtt 15, IS4J. ! CENTRE NIRIRV, BSoalsbtirg, Centre Co. I';i. ("T AKDENEU.S and ore hard ists who desire JY to plant only thn very best kinds of hardy . fruits, are respectfully informed that they can obtain trees here of all the most estimable va rieties. including all those which have received the especial sanction of the American Congress of Fruit Growers. (N. V., Oct. 184*.) The TREES offered this season are of beau tun! appearance, extra size, (except "l^fii 11 ? u ,ow rH;w rre sorts) and from the elevated locality in which the Nursery is established, have all the essential advantages of hardiness and ear!)' maturity, for which trees grown at the north have been deservedly preferred. The advantages possessed here are being improved to the utmost, with the view ot mak ing this Nursery, in merit, second to none in ! the State. Every tree is indelibly marked and warranted correct. They will be deliv ered in Lewistown or at intermediate places at the low catalogue prices, and warranted ! sound on delivery. If to be shipped, they will be well packed tor the purpose at a moderate charge. It is advised flint orders fie sent direct to the .N'ur.-ery, in preference to purchasing illy as sorted trees, from often irresponsible dealers, at high prices. Sueh orders, if received in time , have the first attention. ►Season for fill planting. October 20. A choice collection of the most admired or namental plants, vines, evergrt crjs, Ac. has been added to the Nursery Catalogues, sort to ail post paid applicants. VVM. G. WARING. Roalcburg, July 7, 1819—tf. j Dent, copy ORPHANS' COURT SALE. PURSUAN T to an order of the Orpheus' Court of Mifflin county, the subscriber, administrator, Ac. of SAMUEL MATTER, late of Armagh township, in the said county, deceased, will sell at public sale, on the pre mises, on B' 52 I 5> \ Y , the ICali day of Octaher next, (1-49.) aii that messuage and tract o UNimproved mountain or WO'HI land in the SET! township of A rmagli, bounded by land i f John Aikena, flnyh S*moFe. and others, ar.l cop. i taming I'OCR HUMORED AMD FIFTY acres, more or less. TERMS OF SALE.—One half of the pur chase money to be paid on the confirmation of the sale by the Court, nod the remainder in one year thereafter, with interest front the time of the said < onfiruittiofl, and to be .secur ed by bonds and mortgages on the premises. The 8ti;l tract of land will be sold in lots or parcels of fifty or one hundred acr< s, to suit purchasers lur woodland. WILLIAM RAMSEY. Administrator, <Ao\ J. L. MCII.VUNE, Clerk U. C. August 25, 1-19—td. TOR SALE OR RENT. , rmllAT n-ll known MEKCHA YV' MILL, situated in the Kishacnqoil las Valley, 8 miles front Lewistown, Mitffin county. Pa. The Mill is tilty feet square, four stories high, with three pair French Burr®, one pair country do., two Water \\'heels 17 feet high—the walls running from 31 to 22 inches in thickness. There is at'ndied to the Jh&h. " PLASTER ietfinpm MILL, Two Dwelling Barn, Coe;> ;s'§& Simp, &c , and Six Yti*t* Lniifi, w til It "2."> A errs oj f Vomliet nrl, within mdo of the mil I. Possession can be given on the first day of April next. F r further particulars, apply to GEORGE Hf.YMV i.R, Lewistown, Pa., or to St i i.t. <V lit Mi' n. No 17 North YY'uter tt., Phnuoa. Auguat 18, 1- 19— itnw .l. M W \oi.L:.tt; IF ITTT: SCIEATi LfC AMERICAN. Tc liivt'iiicrs. Mcflifiiiics tui.i Artizaits. rj'ilF. puliL-ht rd of the Scicntlfir *.: m rirrwi in rctuiniiif! * th ir think* to tlie roininunitv for the lib -ral *u|; -m and t ncoiingi iitt ,i n tiK'h lias I- - n extemled to them 'luring tf ■ |i.it focr vear-. Tv ..it : r--eerift.lly pi-,e ii.i lac th it the urt loonier el' Vultoue will he Isa-koI on lie- '2'.M of 11.'.r, ur!on!iii_ u f i-. i rah!e opp fu. iiity r J all to (ttiltucrib •, w tio nun u ! ii to av\iii theiust-Ivi-n ..1 tle v i! nibte inf'.niialion always foiim! In its cntuiuiis. Tin tew volume will tie commenced w .ill new* type, prii.t -ii on citra tine paper, inanurartured expresnly fii tin* put.lt aiion, mid emhlli*litd w itn rliaste untitle .- :i tln T Itr. Il v. 11l h" puMUh'-tl a* hernlefore in quaito f inn, t Imp ntr .Till .g at the end of I In: year a UFA I, ft IT I. BOOK of ever I'M pag>', coiit tiintiß bettvt-en 5 antl I (X) Original Enyravit j:- of new 111vt iitinns, dmcribed l.y letlers of rtTt'reiit e, btuidd i great nitiuunt of reading matter, valuable to every man in tin- country. An increased amount of tare and expense will be In;- stow' d upon this Volume, to render it more fully what it htiii been termed, " Tin; best Mechanical Taper in the World." Its columns a* usual will l>.< lilted with the mo-t re ialile and corrr. t informal inn in rei'nr i to the progress of B( IIJNTIFIC aiiit MKt'HAMrM. lin;noveiiit-ul*, Clieinisiry, Architecture, H tiaox, Mauufat lures, Kail road InKlligence, and the \VI.F.KLY LIST OF I'ATIiN I prepared expressly for tiiia Journal at tli Patent Olln e in Washington. As an evidence of th: estimation in which this puhliea tiou is held by the tjcieutifit and Alet haniral portion of the coiriinunity, it is only nee saury to Mate, that u cir culation hue increased within the Inst three years to up wards of ih,oo<i copies, already exceeding the united cir culation of all Ihe Met Itanfeal and Scientific publication* in this country, and the largest of any single one in the world. TERMS ;—Two dollar* a fear in advance, or if desir ed, one dollar In advance, and the remainder in six months. TO (.'l.l'll.- j copies, ; lhr.ipies, fIS: 20 , copies, frit*. All letters must be post paid and diiectrd hi MUNN At C 0., Publishers of the Scientific American, New- Yofk. I \ P. Paten!* secured an I mechanical drawing* exe- j cutcd on the most reasonable terms, at the Scientific American office. August 35,1819 —ft. | Leather, Morocco, and Shoe Findings. A large assortment always on hand, and for jl. sale by F. J- HOFFMAN. Lewistown, June 23, 184 U. W A A T E I). A COMPETENT lady, to take the dwelling of the house at JONES' STORE for a Boarding House, sor G per manent boarders can be had if application it made soon. A rare chance for a person wish ing to engage in the business or any one want ing to change location. Applv to C. L. JONES' New (-heap Cash Store. I.ewistown, August 18, 1848 Glass and Queeixsware. Ys7 HI F'E Stone W are Tea Setts, flowing * v Blue, mulberry, &.C., tfce., large size Bowls arid Pitchers, Mantle Or naments, Decanters, Stone Jugs and '•C-& Jtirs, Demijohns, Pudding and Pie Dishes of yellow ware to stand the fire. Glass pre serve Dishes of various patterns, ('up Plates, 'I umblers, Wine Glasses, common Cups and Saucers, & c., <scc. The stock and assortment of the above goods is very large, and offered for sale at a very small advance on the cos? P> ices. C. L. JONES, aug 25. New Cheap Ca.-lt Store. BONNET RIBBONS. jb'Si received, a large assortment of desir able Bonnet Ribbon*, embracing everv quality of the newest styles. The al to' tenlion of Milliners is requested to this a -ortineut of IIIMiONS. They will be sold by the piece or yard at a very small advance. C. I, JONES, Aug "do. Neto ("heap Cash Store. k BRAfIA.M'S Highly Improved Patent, . \ Manifold Writers, f(>r copying letters, invoices, drawings, plans, &.c. This invention will produce a letter with its copy at one oper ation ; or, if required, a letter with two fac sunih sto send abroad, wit ha single pen (style) which is so durable that it will last for centu ries without repair. For sale at the book store of C. C. SPOTS WOOD, f evv:stown, June 1 -J, 1849 —3t. cs. \T my store can ho bad any quality, size* or pattern of La-fie>'. Misses' and Chil dren's Sit es, at very low prices. C. L. JONES, New Cheap Cash Store. f owftnwr, \tigusf 1-, 1549. t FEW pieces m-ire of those superior 4-4 1 % /: t lILSTOM UIM'CHA MS eft. uur ranted fast colors, and equal in quality to any which have been so'd at 'JO cents. Mr,d/e --41 ork Collars, very hsnd.-ome, selling for 12$ cents a niece, at 'he of ju!y2B. NUSBAUM, BROTHERS. <['arp e I s ! fppIIE clietipesi and be>t Carpets are to lie had nl JON ICS' Mew Cheap Cash Store. Lewistown, August I*, 1849. A LARGE lot of good READY MADE J\ ('LOTIII S(S selling iff ver\ cheap. juiy2S NUSBAUM. BROTHERS. TINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS I for 6] cents. Do. for 10 OH. Extra bordered do. f>r 12$ cents —some very fine new s'vfo selling low at jti'>2*. NUSBAUM, BROTHERS. J.\ 8 w is- Jaconet! and Cambrics selling very low; some 19 inches wide fir 12$ cents per Tan.', at NUSBAUM, BROTHERS L< wi-'.owi , .1 ii 1 v 2*, 1-49. g PAI.IAN Soap for removing Freckles a rid R any eruptions of lite sktti.fur sale by Dec. 23, IMB. !•:. ALLUN. 2 S ILES' Embrocation for Morses for sale x t; at GREEN'S Medical Depot, No. 11. Lovvi>:uwti l August LS, 1-19. Iran !flroti VN extensive assortment of ail sizes, for . sale !o\v for cash, bv Fune *23 '49. F. J. HOFFMAN. 3^I,ASTER, Fish and Sail on itattd cod for 2 sale by Dec 30* WALTER ULLFY. A FIF is a smnil piece of money, yet it wili il pay fur a vatd of excellent Calico or Muslin, if taken to theslore of NUSBAUM, BROTHERS. July 28, 18-49. jf 1 INGHAIVISI-'Good Manchestet Ging 'v; 45 lifints, at only 0$ cents per yard, tu be had at the only cheap store in town, t. r. july'2B. NUSBAUM, BROTUERS. Rcdifiiies, &c, OILS, FAINTS, vYc. Bf.ANK BOOKS colli) YCU, COTTON LAPS, &c. SI'KFL SI'RINGS I'IIRK WHITE LEAD, at 82 per Keg For sale bv F. J. HOFFMAN. Lewistown, June 23, 18 49. Co(thing pa YVe have now on {l®—hand n large stock of Cooking Stoves, such as we C:ul warrant to give fA -—>> entire satisfaction We 1^^ have the Laubach, two sizes, trout 820 to £22. rSI OCT"We invite Far yX mers and all persons i needing a Cooking J Stove, to give us a call before purchasing elsewhere. F J. HOFFMAN. Lewistown, Funo 23, 1849. IJocfry. EXCLESIVE LOVE. Go—court the glance of every eye, Invite the touch of every lip, Be free to all who flutter by— I sip not where the many sip; The blossom of my heart must be A flower that bloom for one alone; Divided charms are not for me— No, ALL its sweets must be my own. Go—spread thy charms to every sight, Impart to all thy favors sweet, lam not like the bee, to light On flowers where ALL a welcome meet! The blossom of my heart must be A flower that blooms for one alone; Divided charms are not for me— No, ALL its sweets must be my own. iH tgccllaiitou#. COOLNESS. Jake, a little buck negro, w ho belonged to Dr. Taliferro, was said to have had in his little frame a heart as big as General Jackson's. Jake didn't fear even our respectable fellow citizen, Obi Nick, and as for coolness, he was cool as the tip of the North Pole. One day I)r. Taliferro, upon the occasion of the commencement of a medical college, of which he held the chair of Anatomy, gave a dinner. Among his guests was a well known ventriloquist. Late in the evening, after the bottle had done its work, the conversation turned ori courage, and the Doctor boasted considerably of his fa vorite man Jake, lie offered to bet that noth ing could -care him; and this bet the ventrilo quist took up, naming at the same time the test he wanted imposed. Jake was sent for, and he came. j ' Jake,' said the Doctor, ' I have bet a verv large sum of money on your head, and vou must win it. Do you think you can." 'Berry well, massa,' said Jake, 'jistelldis nigger what lie's to do, and he do itshure. ' 1 want you to go to the dissecting room.— You will find two dead bodies there. Cutoff the head of one with a large knife, which you will find there, and bring it to us. You must not take a light,.and don't get frightened.' ' Dat's all, is it k' inquired Jake. 'O. berry well. I'll do dat shore for sartiu ; and as for bein' friglit'd,dedcbilain't goin' to frighten me.' Jake accordingly set off, reached the dissect- j ing room, and groped about until lie found the { knife and the bodies. He had just applied the former to the neck of the latter, when from the j body be was about to decapitate, a hollow, ; sepulchral voice exclaimed— Let my head alone!' • Yes salt, 1 ain't perticular—tudder do jist as well.' He accordingly put the knife to the neck of ! the other corpse, when a voice equally as un- ! earthly in its lone, shrieked out— ' Let my head alone !' 'Look a heahr Massa Toliver say I mu* bring I one ob de heads, and you isn't gwine to fool me, i no how Jake then hacked away until the head was ! separated from the body. Therupon more than haifa dozen voices screamed out— ' Brmg it back ! bring it back !' Jake had reached the door, but turned round j answering— ' Now, now, see heah! Jist keep quiet, vou i fool, and don't wake up the wimen folks. Mas- j sa's only gwine to look at de bumps.' ' Bring back my head at once!'said the voice, j 'Tend you right away, sah,'replied Jake as : be marched off with the head; the next moment depositing it with the Doctor. ' So, you've got it, Jake, I see,' said his mas ter 'Yes, sah,' replied the unmoved Jake, ' but | please fit- done lookin' at um soon, kase de gem man tole me futch um back right away!' Flood in Red Ritcr. A most overw helming flood occurred recently i in the Red river, an account of which we copv from the Alexandria (La.) Republican, of the 21st ult. The extraordinary and unheard of flood of. Red river has put il altogether beyond ourpow- i cr to continue the regu'ar weekly issues of our j paper To print this extra, giving a brief ac- 1 count of the calamity, terrible, awful and over- ' whelming as it most truly is, it will be necessa ry for us to work in water three feet deep on ' one of the highest first floors in town. The oldest inhabitants of the country, men of sixty and seventy, who were born and raised : here, say that the water has never been as high J as it i now during their existence. As far as I we have been able to learn, it extends front hill j to hill everywhere, covering, except a few high ! spots, al! the alluvial lands on both sides of Red river, en Bayous Robert and Rapides, and per- : Imps Bayou Bo uf. Even a large portion of the \ lands of the Plaisance settlement, which have been considered perfectly secure against high i water, and patiaily inundated. The loss has consequently been very great. In this parish, in the crops of cotton and sugar 1 alone, rstimating the former at 25,000 bales and J the latter at 10,000 hogsheads, with the usual : amount of molasses, it will exceed $1.700,000, and if we include corn, stock, and damage done j to property, it must approximate to £3,000,000. Uur front proprietors leveed against an 1844 rise, and many of them felt so secure behind what they conceived their invincible breast works that they made no preparations at all for moving until the. water, rising as it did with ex traordinary rapidity, completely covered them, j Hence on some places only part of the stock ! was saved while on others it was all lost. The accounts of the suffering above, represent it to be even worse than it is here. Having no high lands to fly to, the inhabitants have had to j huddle with their cattle upon their highest grounds, and either itand in water waist deep, or clttnb up into trees and wait for a boat to rescue- tit em. It is impossible to estimate the loss by the flood in the valley of Red river. Instead of up wards of 2o,UUU, this parish will not produce i 20t)0 bales, in the valley, instead of upward of j 130,000 bales, not 3<UXk) will be made. The ; loss in this one article will consequently be £5,000,000, which is nothing to the loss of lite corn crop, of stock, of farming implements, the destruction of improvements, and general break ing up of plantations. To those too are to be added the loss of credit, no mean item, which we must measurably sutler. Truly it is a sad j fix that this country is in. The damage done to the town cannot now be , estimated, but it is considerable. Many of the houses are partially underminded, and others probably will be before the water leaves us.— Until it docs so, at least until it leaves our floor, i our readers we fear will not again hear Uoqi q 4 ' New Series—Vol. 3—No. 47. RUIRTEEN Ht'VDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.—■ It is important for the tax-payers to know that the appropriation demanded by the Locofoco Canal ("ommissioners for the pnplie works the present year exceeds ONE MILLION THREE Hl'N DP.ED THOUSAND DOLLARS !! For the truth of this we refer to the act of appropri ation published in the pamphlet laws. Here is sufficient evidence of the extrava gance, PRODSGALITT and FRAUDS admitted by the locofocos to be perpetrated on the public works, by which hundreds of thousands of dol lars are annually taken from the pockets of the toiling tax-payers, to pamper party favorites and dishonest demagogues. We ask the taxpayers to remember that now under Locofoco administration, the appropria tion to the support of the public works exceeds §I,OOO 000 a year, while the whole revenue from them will scarcely reach that sutn. This is a state of things that should be made known to all, that the public may be able to see and judge of the fidelity of the Canal Commission- and their disbursing officers.— Harriiburg Telegraph; REBELLION.— AII is not as smooth as oil, or as harmonious as love during the honey moon in the Locofoco ranks. Us peace is slightly ruffled lipon a tender point; and one that, if im itated, will cause dreadful suffering. It appears that all the party are notassured that Mr. Gam ble, the nominee for Canal Commissioner, is true to the faith and in one instance for certain, the Potter Pioneer having asked why the Tioga Banner did not support Mr. Gamble, received the following sharp reply : "Simply because we do not yet know that he is a Democrat. Will the Ptcmeef-rnan tell us why he doei support himr and what evidence he has that he is a democrat, other than that he is the nominee ?" The Banner is a Democratic Free Soil paper, and its conduct looks as if there is an under handed game of opposition to Mr. Gamble go ing on. Those who discipline the party—who terrify, cajole, coax and wheedle the rebellious into the performahce of required duty, will, if such be the case, have their hands mere than full; for Free Soilism has latterly become ts stubborn as a mule, in witness of which New York is prominent.— North American. BOSTON- RECIPE TO CURE CHOLERA. —Take two ounces of hen's milk, put it into a hog's horn, and stir it up with a cat's feather; then divide the mass into pills as big as a piece of chalk, about as long as a stick, and swallow them crosswise— frequently. Read the follow ing 1 CERTIFICATE. ' I, Sinion Credulous, of sound mind, and disposing memory, do certify, that I was seized with a violent attack of the Asiatic, Spasmodic j Epidemic, Asphyxiated Cho lera ; so that the back part of my head was lodged against the calves of my legs. In this condition I ran to a barber's shop and got a dose of the Boston Recipe Pills of the usual size, and in one minute was entirelv relieved. SIMON CREDULOUS. FOR THE GIRLS. —How many foolish girls have ruined themselves by marrying young men w ho had nothing to recommend them but riches. 'ls he rich." has been the inquiry, when a suitor has presented himself. Foolish girls! Rather ask, is he intelligent? Is he industrious > Is he virtuous? Let these questions be answer ed in the affirmative, and if he has not a second shirt to his back, we will answer for his course. Wealth may be lost, but the good qualities of the heart will always remain, like the sunshine, 'to warm and bless. Remember this. FATAL RESCI.T OF JCMPIVG FROM THE CARS.— i On Monday morning, on the Concord Railroad, an unknown Irishman was instantly killed by j jumping from the cars while going at the rate jof thirty miles an hour. It appears that he u ished to go to Concord, and got into the down ward train by mistake. About three miles this side of Manchester, upon being informed that he was in the wrong train, he rushed to the door, and, before he could be stopped, jumped off.— He was thrown against a stone with such vio lence that when the train had,bcen stopped and backed tip to the body it was found dead, though no bones appeared to be broken.— Boston Tra veller. EMIGRATION ASP COLONIZATION-. —'Ma,' said a young lady to her mother the other day, 'what is emigrating?' Mother—'Emigrating, dear, is a young lady going to California.' Daughter—'What Is colonizing, mar' Mother—'Colonizing, dear, is marrying there and having a family.' Daughter—'Ma, I should like to go to Califor nia.' There is a man up in our country who always pays for his paper in advance. He ha 9 never had a si.-k day in his life—never had any corns, or toothache—his potatoes never rot—the wee vil never eats his wheat—the frost never kills his corn or beans—his babies never cry in the night, and his wife never scolds. Reader, have you paid the printer in advance? AMERICAN KILLED AT LIVERPOOL.—A letter from Liverpool, per Captain Decker, of the ship William Patten, informs us that on the. 24th Ju ly, an American seamen, named Samuel Wil liams, of Harrishurg, Pa , aged 24 years, was killed on board the shif> Lancanshire, of New York, by a fall from aloft. SAD ACCIDENT.—A son of Hon. James Cooper, United States Senator, aged about 11 years, met with a distressing accident at Pottsville on the 6th inst. He was standing on the train of ears drawn by horses, and in attempting to jump from them, fell and they passed over him, severing one of his legs from his body. SOMEWHAT WHlGGlMl. —Pottawattomie coun ty, Towa, voted at the recent election, as fol lows: \\ 'nig. 555; Loeofoco, 4. This is the country which was defrauded of its vote in the Presidential and Congressional electionts. last year, bv tiic Locofoco authorities of that State. CHOLERA IN- CINCINNATI. —The official report of the deaths from cholera in Cincinnati from May Ist to August 30th. is 4,114; from other dis eases, 2,345; total, 6,450. A heavy hill of mor tality. Cherish a love for justice, truth, self-control, benevolence Be governed by theui in all things. Swerve not from the right, for any present advantage. In all rirrjj instances v ow thyself a man in unflinching rectitude
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