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of German Reformed Church, and nearly
opposite the "Priedenikothe Office,"
RESOLUTION
're to an amendment of the. COntiffillfien.
Res .ell by the &nate and House of
.Repres datives of the Commonwealth of
Penn Ivunia in General vissembly
Thal the Constitution of this Comthonwealth
be amended in the second section of the fifth
, art?cle, so that it shall read as followS : The
JUdges of the Supreme Court, °idle several
Courts of Common Pleas, and of such other
Courts of Record as are or shall be establish
ed by laW, shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the Commonwealth in the manner
TheJMlgesof the Supreme '
Court, by the qualified electors of the Com
monwealth at large. Thegresident Judges
Of the several Courts of Common Pleas and
of such other Courts of Record es are or
shall be established by laW, and all other
Judges required. to be learned in the law,
by the qualified electors of the respective
districts over which they are to preside or
.act asJudges:' And the Associate Judges
of thd - Court.4 Oftommon Pleas by the qua I
-4E4 'Vlectiire of the. counties respectively.
:The ju'dges'Of the Supreme Court shall hold
their affiCts for the term of fifteen Fears, if
' they shall so king behave themselves well:
7 •(iiibjebt to the allotment hereinafter- proeid
' for,'subsequent to the first election :) The
President Judges of the several Courts of
~ C ommon Pleas, and cif such other courts of
Record as are or shall be established by law,
and all other Judges required to be learni.d
in the law, shall hold their offices for the
term of ten years, if they shall so long, be
have themselves well : The Associate Judg
es of the Courts of Common Pleas shall hold
theireffices for the term of five years, if they
shall so long behave themselves well : all of
whom shall be commissioned by the Gover
nor, but for any reasonable cause which
shall not be sufficient grounds of impeach
ment, the Governor shall remove any of
them on the addreis of two-thirds of each
branch of the Legislature. The first elec
tion shall take place at the general election
of this ComMonwealth next after the adop
tion of this amendment, and the commis
sions of all the judges who may be then in 1 ,
office shall - expire on the first Monday of
December following, when the terms of the
new judges shall commence.. The persons
who shall then be elected Judges of the Su
preme Court shall hold their offices as fol
lows : 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
cacti 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 issued in ac
cordance thereto. The judge whose com
mission will first expire shall be Chief Jus
tice during hiS term, and thereafter each
judge whose coot uission shall first expire
shall in turn be tie: Chief Justice, and if two
or more commissions shall expire: on the
-same day,•the judges holding them shall de
cide by lot which shall be the Chief Justice.
Any vacancies happening by death, resin- .
nation or otherwise, in any of the said courts,
:shall be filled by appointment by the Gov
ernor, to continue till the first Monday of
'December succeedingthe next general elec
tion.' The Judges of the Supreme Court
:and the Presidents of the several Courts of
'Common Pleas shall, nt stated tithes, receive
for their services nn adequate compem talon,
Ito be fixed. by law, which shall not be dimin
ished during their continuance in office, but
they shall receive no fees or perquisites of
office, nor hold any other office of profit en
der this Commonwealth, or under the gov
trnment of the United States, or any other
State of this Union. The Judges of the Su-,
Kerne Court during their continuance in
office shall reside within this Commonwealth.
and the other Judges during their continu
ance in office &bell reside within the dis
trict or county for which they were respect
titiely elected.
WILLIANI F: PACKER,
Speaker of Use House of Rrpresentarives,
GEORGE DARSIE,
Speaker Of the &nide.
irt Tut SKNATR, 141IrCh I, 1849.
fiesolved, That this resolution pass,—Yeas
21, Nays 8. -
gxtmet from the Journal. • • •
§Ant i , W. PEAIIBON, Clerk.
Is TIIF. HOT:RI:OF REPHERENTATIXFS, April 2,1849,
hooked, That this resolution pass.—Yeas
Nays 26.
Extract from the Journal.
WM. JACK,' Clerk.
•
OFFICE.
Filed, April 5, 1840. 1
A. L. RUSSEL, Dep. Secretary of the
Cdmmonwealth.
_
, Pennsylvania, •
I no CERTIFY that the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the Original
Resolution of the General Assembly, emit
led "Resolution relative to an Amendment
of the Constitution," as the same remains
on file in this race.
In testimony whereof I have
@
0 7.1 q,
43 . 1 7 l f_ hereunto set my !laud, and caus
ed to be a ffi xed the seal of the
•: , :e. 4 $ Secretary's Office at Harrisbufg,
41 0 ,11 this - eleventh day of June, Am"
Domini, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-nine.
TOWNSEND HAINES,
Secretary of the COltlmonwealth
"JOURNAL OF SENATE."
"Resolution, No. 188, entitled "Resolu
tion relative to an nmendment of the Consti
tution," Was read a third time. On the ques
tion, will the Senate agree to the resolution ?
The Yeas and Nays were. taken agreeably
to the Constitution, and were as follows,
viz :"
"YEAs—Messrs. 13klias, Bram;ley, Crabb,
Cunningham, Forsyth, lint's, Johnson,
Lawrence, Levis, Mason, Matthias, Wens.-
Bich, Richards, Sadler, Sankey, Saverv,
Small, Smyser, Sterol and Stine-21."
"NAVS—Messrs. I3est, Drum, Frick, Ives,
Konigmacker, Potteiger and 1 - )arie,
Speaker-8."
"So the question was determined in the af
f+rtnati ye. '
"Journal of /lie llousc tplyresenlalires,"
"Shall the resolution pass? The yeas
and nays were taken agreeably to the pro
vision of the tenth article oldie Constitution,
and tire as follow, viz :"
"YEAS—Alossrs. Gideon J. Ball, David
J. 13t•nt, Crai t t• Biddle, Peter D. Bloom,
David M. Bole, Thomas K. Bill I. Jacob Cort,
' John 11. Diehl, Nathaniel A. Elliot, Joseph
Emery, Day id U. Eshleman, William Evans,
John E"ausold, Samuel Fegely, W . Joseph
Fisher. llenry M. Fuller, Thomas Grove,
Robert Hamson, George P. Ilenszey,Thom
as J. Herring, Joseph Iligg,ins, Charles
Hot tz, Joseph 13. Flower, Robert Klotz, I lar
rison P. Laird, Abraham Lamberton, James
J. Lewis, James W. Long, Jacob Wean
' ney, John F. M'Cullock, Hugh M'Kee,
John M'Laughlin, Adam Martin, Samuel
Marx, John C. :Myers, Edward Nickleson,
Stewart Pearce, James Porter, Henry C.
Pratt, Alonzo Robb, George Rupley, Theo
dore Ryman, Bernard S. Schoonover, Sam
uel Seibert, John Sharp, Christian Snively,
Thomas C. Steel. Jeremiah B. Stubbs, Jost
J. Stutzman, Marshall Swartzwelder, Sam
uel 'Taggart, George T. Thorn, Nicholas
Thorn, A runith Wattles, Samuel Weirich,
Alonzo 1. Wilcox, Daniel Zerbey and %I'd
liain F. Packer, Speaker.-5S.'
"NArs—Messrs. Augustus K. Cornyn,
David M. Courtney, David Evans, Henry
S. Evans, John Fenlon, John W. George,
Thomas Gillespie, John B. Giirdon, William
Henry, James J• Kirk, Joseph Laubach,
Robert R. Little, John S. M'Caltnont, John
M'Kee, William M'Shcrry, Josiah Miller,
William T. Morrison, John A. Otto, Wil
liam Y. Roberts, John W. Roseberry, John
B. Rutherford, R. ,Rundle Smith, John
Smyth, John Sunder, George Walters and
David F. Williams.-20."
..*) the question was determined in the
affirmative.
• Sr.CILLTA It T 9 S OFFICE,
Harrisburg, June 15, 1849.
l'emzsylvattia ss:
11alt Ino CERTIFY that the above and
I?`' .
foregoing is a true and correct
is pz flik.: copy of the "Yeas and "Nays,"
taken on the "Resolution relative
raysi to an amendment of the Consti
tution," as the same appears on the Journals
of the two Houses of the General Assembly
of this Commonwealth, for the session of
1819.
Witness my hand and the seal of said of
fice, the fifteenth day of June, one . thousand
eight hundred and forty-nine.
TOWNSEND HAINES,
L.vecretary of the Commonwealth.
June 21. ¶-3m
HATS! HATS! HATS!
Lockman OP Brother,
'Have just received a large and Fashion
able assortment of Moleskin, Silk and Bea
ver Elms, also Leghorn, China Braid, Palin
Leaf and WoolElats of every variety, which
they %krill sell cheap for cash.
June 7. . t--13w
Sliouldefs and Hamsa
A lnrize supply of Shoulders and Hams,
cured hi Philadelphia, ju=t receivrd and fiir
sale by • • . Mii d'c LANDIS.
. .••
April 5;
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 13, 1819.
`Wit 41 hi: 0114 (il) s. itl
Pitrcleasin Goods
AT THE
New'York Store,
where you will find every variety and the
latest styles, just received from New York
and Philadelphia. Every body wonders
how they can
_
SNCILETAIIT'eI OFFICE
Among this tremendous assortment of
goods may he found a rich selection of
AlOncs, Alpaccas and Bombazines,
also-a large variety of the most beautiful
colors of new style •
De Lains and Silk Goods,
10 pieces of French and German Mari
noes.
5 Cases Prints and Ginghams, of all styles,
colors and qualities.
4 Cases of (grass bleached) Cambrics,
Shirtings and Sheetings.
50 Dozen . Gloves of every color and de
scription.
_
75 Doz. Silk and Cotton Hose, from 0 cts.
to S 2 per pair.
100 pieces English, French, Swiss and
German Linen, Wraught and Cotton Lace,
Inserting and Edging.
Broad Cloth, Cassinares and Vestings,
that can not be beat for quality and cheap
ness, together with almost every other arti
cle now consumed or used in a family.
KERN & SAMSON.
Aug. 30
' A large stock of allNinds and the bes
qualities, now in store for those who wil
give us a call. KERN & SAMSON.
Aug. 0.
Hhds. of winter I-lam, cured in the hes
possible manlier, just urr acked at the New
York Store by KERN & SAMSON.
Aug. 30. t—t
4 crates of superior style and quality o
Crockery and Glass Ware, opened for in
spection at the New "York Store.
KERN & SAMSON.
2000 bushels ground and fine Salt, which
will be sold very cheap for cash, at the N.
York Store, KERN & SAMSON.
A I/ g. 30. t—i f
• .2.te:
1000 cords of good Wood, wanted in ex
change for goods in the New York Store.
& SAMSON.
Aug% :30. t—tf
The highest market price will be paid in
goods, for all kinds of produce, at the New
York Store. KERN & SAMSON.
Aug. 30. t—tf
6 3ornenincit Scgarinhker.9.
The undersigned, residing in Wescoes
ville, Lower Macungy township, Lehigh
county, wishes to employ 6 Journeymen Se
ga rrnak ers, to work on Spanish, Hay Span
ish, and Common, to whom he will pay the
highest wages, and give permanent einplop
ment. if application be immediately made.
WILLX4I3I D.'Finvktt,
Wescoesville, August 3124. • ¶---kitv •
CLOCK. STORE.
No. 23S 11:Aided St., ab . ove.7lll, south ?We,
Although we can scarcely estimate the val
ue of 'rime commercially, yet by ceiling at
the above Este blishinent, James Barber will
furnish his friends, among whom he includes
• all who dulmilippreciate its•fleones.s, with a
beautiful atiePerfect Index for making its
progress, of Whose. value they can judge.
His extensive stock on hand; constantly
Changing in confoinnity to the improveMients
inleste and style of pattern and workman
ship,. consist of Eight-day and Thirty-hour
Breese 'Cotsiding House, Parlor, Hall,
Church and &atm Clocks, French, Gothic
and other fancy styles, as• well as plain,
which from his extensive connection and
correspondence with the manufactures he
finds he can put at the loweet - rash figure
in nekt‘ quantity from one to a thousand,' of
which he will witriant the aceuracy. • •
''Clocks repaired and warrinted.•,•Clock
trimmings on hand. :••
Call and see me ainong them.
• JAMES . BAUDER, 238 Market St.
Augus!. 8(.)
GREAT RUSH!
Another Gold Mine
Lumps of G9ld..
OBTAINED
-BY
BB SOLD SO CHE.dP
(3\roccries.
lid JL
CI?Oe KER.)" 4- GL3 SS WARE
SALT.
troop.
Prederce.
WANTED.
WHOLEMLE RE.r.fill:
PEI ILA DELPH lA.
poetical Mepartment.
From the Daily Sun,
To-Day and To-Morrow.
Don't tell me oZto•morroly !
Give me the man who'll Say;
That. when a good deed's to be clone,
Let's do the deed to•day.
We may all command the present
If we ad and never wait,
Burrepentance is the phantom
Of ihe past, that comes too late. !
Don't tell me of to-morrow!
There's much to du today,
That can never be accomplished
If we throw the hours away ;
Every moment has its duty—
Who the future can forte!! ?
Then why put off till tolnorrow
What to-day can do so well
Don't tell me of to•morrow !
If we look upon the past,
How much that we have left to do
We cannot do at last!
Today ! it is the only time
Fur all on this frail earth;
It lakes an age to forM a life,
A moment gives it birth. •
Illisrellancous Zelrctions.
The Bridegroom's Probation.
A young Englishg,inan, from gaining, love
allairs, and Other such gold scattering enjoy
ments, had so nearly reached the dre g s of
Ms great graudfinher's hereditary portion,
that he could calculate the departing hour
o. Li, last guinea. As one evening he was
returning twine from cite of those haunts of
dissipatium which he habitually frequented,
feebie iu body and in innid;und lot; the first
Lime in his hie casting a lirin look upon the
ruin ol his lortune, he could not well deter
inin,! whether he should end his troubles by
drawing a trigger, or by throwing himself
into the 1 haute:.
While he thus wavered `between fire and
water, the very profound idea occured to
Hun, not to lay violent hands on himself, but
' to allow hiniselt to be conducted out of the
W4111(11 of poverty by the fair hand of
some wealthy bride. With this consoling
tnought he went to bed; and already in his
not;turital visions the rapid racers flew, the
lair girls frisked around him, both of which
he was huppy is thinking he might main
tain in future upon the dowry of his wife.
CM the following morning he reflected
anew upon his plan, and !Mind it unexcep
tiLn.ible in every point, excepting a very
snot eirethustun,:c of not knowing when or
h here he was to find the rich heireSs he
wanted. lu London, where all the world
regarded him as a spendthrift, it 'was not
once to be thought ul. He sew that, for
tae future he must throw his nets out e6C
wuere.
Alter much cogitation and searching, he
at last hit upun an old rich colonel, living
upon his own estate, about twenty Wiles
Iruw the capital, who fortunately had no cc
quallstaliCes ill Luuduu , and was the father
ui au only daughter.
Into the house of this gentleman, by means
of a friend, to whom he promised half the
booty, gut himself introduced and receiv
ed:. The daughter of the colonel was an
awkward country girl, with round chubby
cheeks, like tieuben's cherubim, and look
ed particularly odd in the hand-me-down at
tire, of her sainted mother, which did not at all
tit her, amid was of course pot of the most
fuslounahte cut. Her mind, too, was as at-.
tractive as her attire. She could only talk
of hens and geese, and when any other top
ic came above board, her copversation was
limited to a "yes, yes," or a ~ no, Ho;" all
beyond this seemed to be sinful.
This wooden puppet was indeed a mighty
contract to the sprightly, gay, and lively •
nymphs with whom the young Briton had,
until this period, been toying ; but he care
lully consigned to .the solitude of his own
bosom the disagreeable feeling of this hea
ven mid earth distant difference. His flat
tering tongue called the . girl's silliness ee
-1 lestial innocence, and her red swollen cheeks
he likened. to the litia t uty of the full blown
damask rose. The end of the song was, he
turned to ..thu father and sued warmly for
his daughter's hand. •
• The colonel, during his sixty years' co
leer through the world, had collected this
much knowledge of mankind himself, that
however slily the young man had masked
himself, he could, nevertheless, discover the
fortune hunter peeping thrbugh the disguise.
At first, therefore, lie thoualit of perempto
rily refusing him permission to woo his
daughter; but on the other hand lie thought,
the youth is fashionable, and perhaps 1 may
be doing him an injusticet. lie as yet betrays
no anxiety about the portion, and why
should the Or', who is marriageable, remain
longer ot home. His request shall be gran
ted—but 'his apparent disinterestedness shall
stand a decisive trial.
The suitor was then informed that the
father had no objections to the match, pro
viding his daughter would give her consent,
and she —poor thing—replied as irt duty
NEUTRAL IN POLITICS,
bound-"My father's will is mine !" Indeed,
could anything else be expected.
In the course of a few weeks the marri
age ceremony was. performed at the coun
try house of the colonel, arid he instantly
made the son-in-law acquainted with his
wifes Portion, which, in Berman money,
amounted to $30,000. The dissembler acted
as if he wished to know nothing about the I
matter, and solemnly vowed that he had
not, as vet, thought of such things but had
reaarde'd only the noble qualities of his
charming wife, whose pure self was dear
er to him than all the treasures of the
- - -
world. -
Upon this they sat down to table, and the
father-in-law urged and begged that they
would make as much haste as possible as
it was his intention that the young married
people should set off that very afternoon to
London, and that he should accompany them.
The son-in-law was confounded, and be
gan to make some excuses about travelling
' on the first day of his happiness ; but the
soldier mantained that these were futile, as
suring him that he 4d- particular reasons
for proceeding forthwith to the capital, and
that his matrimonial joys would be as well
realized in London as in the country—What
was to be done ? Why, the journey was im
mediately undertaken. The old man secur
ed in a small casket, before the eyes of the
bridegroom, the' portion of the bride, part
ly in gold and partly in bank notes, took it
under his arm, and placed himself by the
side of the young couple in the carriage.
The road ran through a forest, and scarce
ly had they fairly entered it, when two horse
men darted out from the brush-wood with
masks upon their faces, and stopped the car
riage. One of the persons watched the post
ilion, with a presented pistol, while the oth
er approached the coach window, and said—
"We are adventurers, and request you — to
give us the portion of"the bride !"
The colonel and his son-in-law swore and
ranted, but the robber coolly insisted upon
his demand. After some parleying, how
ever, the horseman bent toward the young
man and whispered in his ear.
"That you may see we are most reasona
ble men, we leave you the choice of two
things—give us either the bride or her por
tion ! For certain reasons it is quite imma
terial to us, and, moreover, no one shall ev
er know your decision !"
I'he brickgroorn did not think long abou
he matter, for he whispered,
"Take the bride !"
"Brother," cried the robber to his seem
plice, ,, we shall take the bride."
lathe twinkling of an eye the soldier seiz
ed his gentle son-in-law by the neck, shook
him violently, exclaiming, in a thundering
voice,
"Ha! villain ! So my conjecture was not
unfounded, that you cared nut for my daugh
ter, Kit merely for the fortune ! God be pr.ds
ed that my child and my money are not yet
irrevocably in your clutches. Know then,
knave ! the marr who married you was no
clergyman—he was a brother soldier, in
priest's attire, and-these gentlemen are no
hizhwaymen, but friends who have done
me the service of proving you. Since then
you have laid open your w hole
. vileness, we
shall litive'no more connection.• I shall re
turn home with my daughter and my rnon,
ey, and you may go to London, or to the
devil !"
With these words, he transplanted the
astonished bridegroom with a kick, from the
carriage to the road, and ordered the postii
tion to turn about. The outlaw trudged
back to London, and had, while upon the
road, the fairest and best opportunity of de
termining whether he should now use a pis
totor throw himself imo the river.'
A New Heroine.
A lady once complained of the state of her
health. Even the newspapers had losrtheir
excitement—" She could not relish her mur
ders as usual !" This is not a jeu de' esprit,
but an actual speech ; and it is enough to
make one fear that the publicity of the jour
nals is not an unmixed good. But as the
bad parts of human nature must continue to
be exhibited in the thousand mirrors of the
press,Those who would neutralize the evil
should take every opportunity of calling in
to action the higher and purer sympathies
of the heart. And not rarely does the tini
ly news itself supply us with the means of
so doing, and present in the very same page
an antidote to the poison, although we are
only too liable to pass over the former in fa
vor of the chalice which offers a coarser in
toxication.. That the details of crime, as
given daily in the newspapers, indurate the
sensibilities—just as frequent public execu-
lions' used to breed felons at the foot of the.
gallows—cannot be denied ; but they pre
sent likewise and not unfrequently, details
of virtue, which require only . to be brought
prominently forward to counteract the for
mer influence and mantain a healthy tone in
the mind. Among the latter we have just
observed, in a provincial journal, an anec
dote-of female heroism which merits record
much more than the most splendid deeds of
valor in the field, and we are proud to afford
it a wider circulation and a more permanent
page. An obliging correspondent, who re
sides near the place in question, not only
e tw;~ s;:~~;t,
NUMBER. 49
vouches for the truth of the facts, but drat,
bles us to give the incident with sorrieeoni
pleteness. In a house in Morton-street,.,
Troytown, Rochester, a young girl called
Sarah Rogers, about fifteen years of age,
was in charge of a child ten months •old.- •
She had laid down the infant for some time,
and missing it on turning round, ran out in
the garden to look for it. The child was
not to be seen ; end the poor little nurse, in
obedience to a terrible presentiment, rushed
to the well.. Her fears were only too'just.
The covering of the well was out of repair,
and on dragging away the broken boards,
she saw the object of her search in the wa
ter at the bottom--A distance of about thin ,
ty-three feet. A wild Serene] broke from .
the girl at the sight: but she did not con
tent herself with sreaming, and she knew
that if she ran for aid, it would in all „probe
bility, come too late. Sarah Rogers, there
fore—this girl of fifteen—lowered the buck
et to the bottom, and grasping the rope with
her hands, descended after it. In thus de
scending, without any ono above to steady
her, she swayed against the rough siones of
the well, and mangled her hands to such an
extent, that the flesh is described as having
been actually torn from the bones. She
reacht;(l the bottom nevertheless; and al
though standing in three feet water, con
trived to get hold of the drowning child with
her lacerated hands and raise it above the
surface. She then emptied the buck
et, which had filled, and placing her pre
cious charge in it,.awaited the result. That
result was fortunifte and speedy, for her
scream providentially had drawn several
persons to the spot, and Sarah Rogers had
presently the delight to seethe bucket as
cending with the infant. Still the brave
and generous girl was unsatisfied ; and
when the bucket was lowered for herself.
she could not be prevailed upon to enter it
till they had assured her . of the safety of
her child. The infant was found to be se
verely but not dangerously hurt ; while it
was feared that its preserver would 'lose
forever the use of her hands. But this we
are happy to say, is now not likely to be •
the case. The wounds will in all probabil
ity yield to the influence of care and skill,
and Sarah Rogers will be able, as hereto
fore, to earn her bread by the work of her
bands. But she is a poor, solitary girl,
with no relations able to assist her, and
even no home upon earth but that ofthe grate
ful parents of the child. These, unfortu
nately, are not in a condition to render their
aid of much importance. They have de
clared, it is true, that for the future Sarah
Rogers shall be like one of our own family
but the husband is nothing more than a clerk
on board her Majesty's ship Poictiers, and
is probably but ill prepared to sustain such
an addition to the number of his household.
Would it not be well, in a 'case like this,
in which governments are necessarily pas
sive, for such private individuals as have
nit more pressing claims upon their liberal-
ity, to come forward and do honor publicly
to fidelity and intrepidity, even when found
in a poor, little, friendless servant girl?
Literal Reading.
"I think, mother," said one of three little
boys, "that I'll be a doctor when I grow to be
a man. Doctors all get rich, and ride so
comfortably when they go to see their pa
tients. Besides, they wear such nice gold
spectacles ;—and I do like gold spectacles.'+
"Well, I won't," said another. I'll bo•a
lawyer, and go to Congress, and get a good
office ; for father says, that all good offices
are tilled by lawyers."
"Oh," said the third, an urchin of about
six, I won't be either, I'll be something moro
honorable. I'll be a player."
"A player !" exclaimed his mother, who
was slightly given to modern piety, and held
the stage in proper abhorrence.
“Yes, mother, for the minister said last
Sunday.
•Honor and shame from no condition the,
..9ct well your purl—there all the honor.”
and so I mean to be a player."
They Say.
The words ' , They Say," tells that which
is not true, at least three quarters of the
time. He is about.the worst authority you
can produce to support the credibility of
your statement. Scarcely was there ever
a suspicious report put in circulation but
Mr. THEY SAY was the author of it ; & .ißial
he always escapes responsibility and detec
tion, because, living just nowhere, he can 4%
never be found.
Who said that Mr. E., the merchant, was
supposed to be in a failing condition ? Why
they say' so. On what authority do they
affirm that neighbor F. has been in bad coin
pony ? Why .they say' so. r
Is it a fact that Miss G. is not so chaste
and circumspect as she could be ? Why
'they say' so.
Plague on this Mr. SAY So ' ; 'hoeirti half
brother to ' l .llr. NOBODY. who alivayic does •
the mischiei,'and who lives nowhere, bUt in
the invention of those who, undeserving re
spect themselves, are desirous to pull down
others to their own level. 4 We always sus
pect the truth of a report•grhich comes from
the authority of 'They
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