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THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1850.
V. D. PALMER, Psi., N. W. corner of Third,
and Chesnut streetsi Philadelphia, and 109 Nes•
sau street, (Tribune Buildings,) New York, is
our authorized Agent for receiving advertise
ments and subscriptions to the Lehigh Register
and collecting and receipting for the same
The Telegraph
We learn from the "Morris Jerseyman," that
Mr. Gooll of WashingtOn city , is now in thOt vi
cinity, surveying the route for a Mogi] clic 'rel.
egrapb from New York to Easton, to connect
with . the. Philadelphia and 1V ilk esba rro, and
_Susquehanna River, and North and West
Branches, to Western New York, Pittsburg, St.
Louis, &c.
Keep your Promises
We have often been shocked at the reckless
disregard which many persons manifest for the
fulfillment of their promises. They are ~e ver
ready to make engagements for the future, but
when the time arrives for the fulfillment - they
seem to have forgotten them entirely, or at
least to treat them as though they involved no
obligation whatever. Such conduct is highly
injurious in its influence on society, inasinnelt
as it necessarily tends to destroy that confidence
of man in man, which is so essential to the
happiness of the community. It is especially
detrimental to the interest of the individual
hipself who is guilty of it, as he thereby for.
feits the confidence and respect of his fellows.
His word accordingly is not relied upon : and
he is obliged to suffer all the unhappy enure.
(ponces. This singular and injurious. habit is
one of the most inexcusable of whit:Wally one
can be guilty. in ninety•nine cases out of a
hundred there is no absolute necessity what
- everfor - any - one - to - break -- Iffs ord: No one
should ever make a promise unless he looks
well into the ciieumstances beforehand, and
has every reason to believe that it will be in
his power to fulfill his promise. And when
ever a promise has once been made, it should
be his fixed determination to keep it; and will,
a particular reference to this his suLseettent
.conduct should be shaped. Wcie this cotose
to be faithfully pursued, not only would the se
rious evils resulting from a .li-regard to one's
word be avoided, but also the tat lid ore e of
those around speedily pined and enjoyed, and
a character thereby eventually estalAished that
will be of more value than "ermine, go:d; or
princely diadems."
Our Country
The political agitation, rays the Two Worlds,
which have of late shaken to their venire the
social, as well as the financial systems of na•
tions on the European continent, have !keen un
felt by us. We aro out of reach of these con
vulsive movements, which have 'sprung up
from the new discovery which men have made
of their rights, and their determination to as
sert them. For we as a people happily enjoy
a free constitution, and it is so firmly seated in
our hearts that it can fear no essential change)
and can defy the assaults of time. While the
nations abroad, priest ridden, subjected to heavy
taxes to support standing armies and to main
tain expensive courts, are grotmd to the dust--
while they groan under the tyranny and abuses
of the old feudal system, and oppressive mon
opolies, and are just waking up to a sense of
their misery and degradation, America presents
to the world a magnificent spectacle of human
happiness. She has been the pioneer of liber
ty in modern times. Well may she be respect
ed abroad, for she has won renown by her arms,
and shown wisdom, firmness, and constancy
in the support of the great principles of ft cc
dom. She is burthetied by tin II:Mortal debt,
which desolating wars 113%13 entailed upon ihe
older governments of Europe. No rich com
pany of merchants can dictate by arbitrary laws
With what nation you may trade, what column.
dities you may import ;.but all the seas arc
covered with our ships; every commercial
right, every privelege civil, political and social
is enjoyed alike by all. There can be no des
titution; for the field of labor is an exhaustless
one; there can be nn ignorance, fur the spread
of education is co-extensive with our territorial
limits; there can ho no discontent, for we can
pass on from one region and climate to ;moth
er till we reach the western ocean—the dimes
Of the Pacific with their golden promise are Our
own. There may seem to be radical differen
ces and changes in the Constitutions of the res
peetive states, but there is an aegis that pro-
toots them all—it is the broad principle of free
dom symbolized by the proud banner that floats
upon their walls. The country may suffer at
times from.commercial reactions, there may be
a temporary stagnation in agricultural or man
ufacturing industry, the ,political horizon at
home may be lowering, but her resources are
infinite, the elements of prosperity and union
aro widely sown, scenes of renewed growth
and vigor will soon re-appear, and the bow of
promise will bo more bright than over, as the
troubled waters subside. Views like these
should inspire every American with a love 01
his country, a pride in hm ad vaneing greatness,
a glory in her noble institutions; but above all,
With a deep and fervent spitit , of gratitude to
Divine Providence for having Cast his lot in a
land, hallowed, by the blessings of plenty:, se•
curity and peace.
Texas.—ln Texas, choice tracis.of the fittest
soil, adapted to. the growth of the sugar cage,
can be purchased at from three to four dollars
per acre. Cotton lands. can be purchased from
fit l'y cents to two dollars per acre.
Officers of the United States.
President—Zachary Taylor.
Vice President—Millard Fillmore.
Secretary of State—John 111. Clijyl..zn.
Secretary of the Treasury—W.ll.Alvtlith
Home Department—Thomas Ewing.
Secretary of the Navy—W. B. Preston.
Secretary of War—Georgo W. Crawford.
Attorney General—Revertly Johnson.
Post Master General—Jacob CoHamer. F
State Officers.
Governor—William F. 'Johnston.
Secretary of State—A. L. linssell.
Assistant do A. W. Benedict.
AndPor Gencral—J. N. l'urviance.
State Treasurer—John Bickel).
Canal Commissioncr,i—MorriA Long,:lieth
kael Painter.
John A. Gamble.
County ()racers
Sheriff—Chillies Ihrie.
PruOionoiary—Nathan
Begister—Ethvard Beek,
Ileermler—Nlehan Gelman.
Clerk of the tlifrei cut Courtn--J. 11. Lawall
Tica,iiror--Cliarles 11.
Lie alner.
Benjamin Breitii.
Samuel .
Conimissinnerl; Clerk—.lPc. , I\l. Line.
Poor 1../ireetors—Joliii lliank
' Hem). Shaw,-
Jonas Brob,.t.
Poor House Ste...yard-1101:mi; Faust.
t: Treasurer—Charles S. I_4),i!
Anditor6—Cliaileß L. :\:tnvliaril.
George Blank.
Jelin K. Clifton.
Congres.;—Titomas Ross.
Lee.islature—Samuel I\i rx.
Robert Klotz.
President Judge—J. Pringle Jones
Associate Judges—Peter Haag.
Jahn F. Mille.
P.m:Tenting, .Attorney--Chati e.;A Al. Runk.
Time of holding Court,4 On the
day in February, being the .1111. ..011 the filth
:11unday in April, the •29 , ,h, nit th e th-,..t 'm u ".
day i:i Sep!e.iiFer, ttlii 2nil; limb - on flit lii
Monday in Devembei, the t-ecord.
The Pennsylvania Senate
The iffelnbcrA fhe Sona.:o ;el
ni:1)
art! to bbl Wiled :It die Ilt`M rdo
11011:011111 ci'y of . I'lfihttlelphla.
11. t'in4ylify, cylnify of
‘Vni. AWf.ns efunfly.
Alex Ki , r_r, ‘llol.lvoilok.
:`,lLrok:tit enim:v.
'Xi. P. Bratvley, Cray. l .ol,l vothity.
pavid
Omni, Indiana cordoy.
(;,). county.
R. C. Sterrett ; Conibeilard eouuly
Six 4 Detnocralc and .live frhigs
The term of and three Denlo , lat•
is Setiators,'exrires at the end id tiic beseimi
The feria of ciulit Demovrarto and three.
IVIII2 Somilors, LllO cod of the FCS
: , 1011 Of 1557.
There are IVhigs and 11 Dt , :nottraisot the
ti'..!Senators holding over, and the political com
plexion Of the next Senate dopentk, therefore,
upon the result of the next pmad election.—
Under the apportionment of the last ses, , ion,
elections for senators nem fall will he held in
the following districts :
I. City of l'itiladelPliia elects
2. County of Philadvlphia elects
3. Count it's of Adams and Franklin,
I. Cimilmrland mid Perry. 1
1. Blair ; Cambria mid Iltimitiudim, 1
I.o.;erne, Columbia and Montour, I
13iatllord,1nel:initial! mitt 11)-o-
WWI
R. 111eicer, Veil:lngo and \Varren,
1). Ilwler,.lieaver, and Lawry:ie..:
A!legbeny,
Arir):twng, Indiana and I
IVlontour County
•I'hi.s county, erected by the late I.e4islatine,
tal;es the southern hall of Columbia county ;
that is to say. the townships of Danville, An
thony, Deny, Limestone, Liberty, Alahoning,
and Franklin, about half t f rho townships of
lklatlison and IZoating creel:, anti about a thiol
of the townships of :Moonlit( and I letrilook.--
Its territory is a I,:ti lOW F:11 . 11 , , of a less num
ber of square miles than that of any other
county in the State. Danville is the pistive seat,
Siker Mine—at least. nar readers Will recol
lect ihe tumor (41'a gold aril silver discovery iu
Windsor township, Berks county. The Ham
burg Selita;llpost says," we undeistand that an
agent of a company in New Volk visited the
mine of Wm. Focht of NVindsor, in order 10 pur
chase it if it really contained valuable metals.—
After having satisfied himself as to the value of
the mine he offered Mr. F. $lOOO for every acre
of the land on. which the mine is. The owner,
howeyer, did not accept the offer, intending to
work the , mine himself."—Journal.
Editor Pronsoled.—Bdw in W. llntier,l:
merly editor of the nLaneaster Intclligencer," a
staunch Democratic paper, has bec . oule pious,
joined the Church, and is now a great preacher.
Ile is a gentleman of flinch talent, has fought the
federalists with zeal and ability for many year,
which he has now abandoned to light the devil
and his imps. We hope he may be as success
ful in slaying his new enemies with the weapons
of peace and truth as he was his old ones with
his powerful pen and profound logic. lie is about
to assume the charge of the Lutheran Church at
Lancaster.—Duyie.sluten Democrat.
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Young Mothers.—lt is not uncommon. in Texas i Maryfiol.—Tho Whigs of Maryland held their
and Mexico that a girl becomes it mother at the i fitthernatoilal Convention, at Frederick, on the
age of fonrtceh . In Galveston , Texas, the Wife 7111 inst.; and nominated William 13. Clark, Esq.,
of a merchant had
t er first child when slit was for Governor. ,lle was nominated on * the third
less than thirteen. • I Ballot, and received sti rotes.
The Customs of Death
Why should death be horrible ? Why should
our associations with death fram calhood up,
be associated with everything that is terrific?
Why is it that the body which we loved so
when living should become a frightful spectre
to us when dead ? The same features are there
—the same calm, lovely expression as in life—
nay, calmer and more lovely, for there is a
betany in death. Why is it that the boy who
_hung, around his mother, and slept upon her
bosom, and followed each footstep, should look
noon her as a repulsive object-as soon as the
breath left her body ; and fear to touch her, fear
to 'kiss her, and tremble if left alone ohti ate
mem, with the cold and hartnless clay? The
chill bay , . an inductive mind--his life is made
of exinuiences, and we may well doubt if a
child left to himself, to his own natural instincts,
would argue that a mother, who was so lovine,
and kind to him when living, could halm him
when dead. gut these feclingi are not con
fined to childrett , they grow stron,ger with their
year.:, and strengthen -w their strength. rcw
indeed of grown persona, in the present age,
could - befolinkthat'wonhi-sit-up-elone- r even
xvith a sister or brother, without strange feel
ingz allied to fear and trembling. l‘lany can
not even slew in the same bud or in the same
room whew one they loved had died. In fine,
death amongst us in this country, and in r:onic
others, is connected from early youth %yid]
F spectres, goblins, "ghosts, raw bones, and a
thonsand other phantasies which a sickly ima
gination call raise to frighten itself into terrors.
With adults even of the sire:rest minds
and of the most benevolent feelite! ,, , it is asso
ciated wiih the dark, damp and crowded grave
yard, enclosed with stone or brick walls, in
ihe midst of the populous city, so thick ‘1 jib
dead that the very grass grows rank aninall
from the licit and fostering soil: Every wind
that blows tells the passer by the horrors of
death. Why is it'? Whence, come these feel
ing‘? Is it part of oar nature, or does it
mice from the ohjectimiable customs of our
• times?
Heaven forbid that carne of the most melan
choly and pleasing associations of our mind=,
connected with the memory of Modem] should
ltmtles.troyed_by_the_citstonts , of men. To
Iris point the minds of men of thought a n d rc•
Ilection have been awakened, and death for
the last lon or filieen years ha., in a measure
chatigctl its grim initt ghastly visage to a more
;tlca-Mc espres-ion. 1,•2t tin look at some of
thi-e cm,iotris.
No tint doe: a dio, in a 1a1 2 .:
ci•y, thm ihr fatliq bt.t.ahe ilo•tn,ttivt..4 to ott
o;I.11 . to t‘ ;Ito body is It•it N. tilt
care 01 ~ i ari:zer,: umirrutker poinvs in with
mei! : and mea,turil,
gppr.ar ! Thal 1:11•C ihat \l'aA or all invrri
mocking death, is arrayed in still
biased or xviii:e flannel. The ie is a
1ii .2 n0.! an l pleated kind meted the waist ; the
cotlin is lined with cold while satin : the head
enveloped in a cold white handkerchief hides
the ti, h tic.;,:lets that wolild othem ise cluster
over !hit ', t ow. The delicate whi,e hand is
we.1.,,eil in a pair of %%line kid. gloves, whil-t
ilie appalling winding . :-heel hangs cn either
side of thin gloomy black rclvet coffin. The
room it darkened and thin weeds and
haLilli
meld.: of grief complete the scene of horror—
one is calculated In make a lasting int
pref.sion upon yonili—robliing death of its beau
ties and tilling the glace with terrors. Tn follow
then] to the glace yard (hateful word) finishes
thin Scene.
I)cliglit (111 indeed is it : Co change this Italc•
inl grave yard for the beautiful cemetery--to
change ilto tall raid: grass for beautiful exotic
flowers—to have 4lte spare ‘vliore rests the son
or daughter enclosed, as if consecrated froin the
voulact of other mortal dint —to civil each
=pring and to plalt new flower,—to take to
your hew h-stotte the first flower that blootns
told I.ttow that it derives its Iragrattee from
the ashes of your chili. Beautiful attil
irtany resprets were the burial
en,tottis of the ancient Greeks
—their Irtueral urns, their chaplet;, &c., which
plc,:crved the tr•.emo:). of the (lead.
'Elie customs and prejliticos of people are
changed mily by slow degrous, but them is a
change inaturiog is frati,Jit with import-
ant results
Pri,;:lr;7; Liifftwleri.—liiielligetice front llaran
tia as late as the lOth instant, slates that the
Spanish government hail yielded to the represen.
tations of our Cutsnl, aided by other American
atottorinio., and after passing, through the forms
of a trial, hail lit rated all the Anierivan prison
r:;, who were free to retort) to the United `rates.
A New Enterpr:sr.—A party of Germans.have
erected in Steubenville, Ohio, an establishment
ror the manufacture of Soda. Ash and Chloride
or Lime. It is the only one of the . hind in the
l'aited States, and it is estimated that during the
first year it will produce betwen $.10,000 and $ 5 0,-
000 worth of Soda Ash, and about $20,000 in val
ue of Chloride of Lime. /
The Divpuird Sr:rd.—The Committee en Elee 7
!ions in the J. s. nolo:e o r Reffescolativc,,h as
decided Mat Daniel I'. :11111e r, whig, the eenterd.
alit in the lowa disputed election case, is the
t ightful ineinber from that state, instead of Wm,
Thompson, Democrat, who obtained the scat and
hp: held it since the meeting of Utingresa,
\',r/',
//ntn-.'z rarird.--The M o litor th•lioral
and suite l'rcasurcu ntalte report that the rcvc
tin.. (.1' the R tate will warrant the application of
5.2:(0,090 to the comp!. lion of the Norii, Branch
('anal, ( v, pct. act (nal( nig the appropriation, and
sltll I.:ave a .11 1 1,la.; in the Trr.rittry. or ::::/,789,
alter meeting' the interest killing beau the ptth
lie
Combustion of Water
The late discovery of Mr. Paine, by means
of which Water can be made to answer the
purposes of fire wood and lamp-oil, is one of
I the most wonderful events in this age of Mira
cles. The general effects of the discovery, says
the Philadelphia Family Gleaner, will be ben
eficial to the world—but in particular instances,
this water buying business, will occasion in.
convenience, loss, damage and total ruin. The
coal market will be greatly affected, we appre
heed. The gas companies which have estab
lished expensive manufactories on the old plan
will find themselves superseded ; for every
store, shop and private dwelling will have its
own gas factory in the cellar. The wood spec
ulation will be "done tip," and many other
trades and occupations 'iif suffer for a time
by the use of this new combustable. But these
troubles will be merely temporary, while the
advantages of the discovery will endure to the
end of time. But the burning of Water is sea'
a droll idea, such all apparent absurdity to the
preeepiimis of most people, that it may be a
time before Mr. Paitie's discovery can win
_itzl_way_ to . 7eneraLlay_or—Somo_of_the_old_tc
per,, we fear, will find it very difficult to be
lieve that cold water can be good (or any iv.
pose. Same very good people will consider
that putting the fluid to such a strange use is
sinful, or, at least, a thing unwarranted by any
.precedent in biblical history, and therefore,
somewhat profane. The Ultra temperance men
will be unwilling to admit that there is an in
' !!redient as inflamable as alcohol in the gelid
' element, which has become . an object of their
enthusiastic devotion. Speculators will object
to the aqueous commodity because it cannot
be boag i t up and stored away in the ware
houses to produce a scarcity in the market.—
. The "higher classes" will not relish the idea
of warming and lighting their houses on Paine's
plan, because its cheapness does not accord
with their notions oldie necessity of li:ing be
yoild their income. The young ladies will
not like our Yankee friend's illuminating gas,
because the light is so . intense that it makes the
smallest freckel visible. The old, ladies will
not patronize Paine's apparatus, because "it
•might bust." In short, there is some reason to
.fear iliat Mr. Paine's discovery will be gener-_
ally unpopular at first, especially because dime
so inuch "gas" in the world now, that peo
pre ran scarcely be made to see the necessity
of tumuli:tete,' in. , z it by a more rapid process.
The Census of 1850
The Deputy Alur,liak will shortly continence
their duties ; tinder the new Census Law, of
taking uti ennffieration of the inhabitants, pro
ducts and pi operty Oi theft repcctive Districts:
For the credit of the county, moreover, we
hope a fell and btir exhibit of its popolation and
ind us!: ial resources w Mlle made. Little Lehigh
must maintain her position as one of the chief
;up icoltural and mann factoring districts ol the
Union; and to do so, all that is necessary
is that the whole truth be toll by her inhabi
tants, without concealment or exaggeration.
Itt order that the people of the county may
know what information they will be called
opon to give, me annex the questions that will
be asked them by the Alarshals. Each head
of a family should take the first leisure time to
prepare at to every qnestion applicable
to him. By doing so, his answers will be more
likely to be cotrect, than if made on the spur
of the moment when the Marshal has called ;
aud in case of absence, also, it will prevent the
necessity of another call front the Alarshal, or
of obtaining imperfect information limn some
other member of the family.
SCHEDULES . 1 . 0 THE CENSUS LAW
.`l..eholtdc 1.--I•'rcc Inhabitants.
Name, age, sex and color of every person
whose place of abode on the first day of
June, I 559, was ill this family. White ) black
or mulatto.
Profession, occupation, or trade of each male
person over 15 years of age.
Value of real estate owned.
Place of birth, naming the State, Territory or
country.
Married within the yCar.
Attended schen' within the year
, Persons over 20 years of ago who cannot
read and write.
‘Vhether deaf and 'dumb, blind, insane, idi
otic) pauper or convicts.
Scltcdulc 2 .—Productions qf Agriculture.
Name of the c.wner l agent or Illanager of the
lam. •
' Acres ofland—improved—unimproved; cash
value of faun; value or farming implements
and machinery. •
"Lave stock, June 1 : MU—Horses, mules and
asses, tvorking oxen, :Mich cows, other cattle,
sheep, swine; the value of live stock.
Produce during the year ending Jun e 1, 1850.
Schuh* 3.—Products ty" Industry.
'Name of Corporation, Company, or individ,
nal, producing articles to the annual value of
five hundred dollars. Name of business, man
ufacture or products;
Capital invested in real and personal estate
in the business.
Raw material used ; including fatel—rmaati
dies, kinds; Values.
Kind of tootive power, machinery, structure
or resource.
Average number of hands employa—male,
female.
Wages—,
verage mont h ly. runt of male labor,
tvcrage monthly cost of female labor.
• nob* r.sons who Dicd.
Name age, sex and color, of every per Eon
who died during the year ending Ist June,
ItiA, who:in usual piaco of abode at the limo
of his death was in this family. %%nto, black
or mulatto. Free or slave. Married or wid
owed.
Place of birth, naming the State, Teri itory or
coil titr3
The month in which the person died
Profession, occupation or trade.
Disiwo, or cause of death.
An Act
Providing for the Electron of D:strict Attorneys.
Sec. 1. That the qualified voters of the City
and County of Philadelphia and of each and ev•
cry County in the State shall at the general Elec
tion on the second Tuesday of October, next and
every three years thereafter elect one- person
learned in the law, who has been two years ad•
mined-to the bar and who shall have resided in
the County for which he is elected for one year
next preceding his election, who shall be called
the District Attorney. of said county, and the of
ficer so elected shall sign all bills of indictment
and conduct in Court all climinal or other pros
ecutions in the name of the Commonwealth or
when the State is a party, which arise in the
County for which he is elected, and perform all
the duties which now by law are to be performed
by Deputy Attorney Generals, and receive the
same fees or emoluments of office. Provided, said
District Attorney shall in no case whatever have
Authority to enter nolle prosequi in any criminal
case, either before or after bill found, or to dis
charge a prisoner from custody without first-hav
ing obtained, the approbation of the Court in
vriting
—See.-2.-The-returnJudges-of-the-said-City-and-
County and of each County in the State shall,
when they meet as now required by law, faith
fully add up the votes given at said election for
District Attorney, and - he who has the highest
number of votes shall be declared duly elected,,
and they shall make out duplicate certificates,
one of which shall be delivered to the person thus
declared elected and the other to the Prothonota
ry of the Curt of Common Pleas of the proper
County, and on the first Monday of November,
after said election, the person who is legally,
elected shall appeal* in the Court of Common
Pleas of said County, if in session, and if not
then at the next session of said Court, and then
in open Court take and subscribe the sante oath
or affirmation as is required to be taken by the
Attorney General, which oath shall be entered
upon the record of said Court.
Sec. 3. All elections of District Attorneys
shall be contested and decided in the same man
ner as is now provided by law for contesting the
election ofCounty officers, and if any vacancy
shall occur:either by death, resignation, removal
from office, or from the County or otherwise, the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas shall sup.
ply-such yacancy-by the-appointment-ola-eom
potent person to fill the office until the next gen•
eral election. Provided, such vacancy happens
thirty days before, if not, then until the next gen
eral election thereafter, and until a 'successor is
duly elected and qualified..
See. 4. Ii any person elected to said office shall
be charged with any crime or misdemeanor,
which by law is indictable, or shall lie guilty of
a misdemeanor in office, or of gross or wilful
neglect in the discharge of his LaMar duty,. on
complaint being made before any one of the
Judges of tha said Court, in writing, verified by
affidavit, it shall be the duly ()I' the Court, if they
believe there is probable cause of complaint, to
appoint some other competent Attorney of the
Court to prepare a 101 l of indictment against the
District Atiorney, tu • be laid before the Grand
Jury, and to conduct the same to final trial, and
in case the said District Attorney be convicted
of any inlamonS crime rind final judgement ren
dered, it shall be part of the sentence of the Court•
that he be removed from office, and the Court
shall then proceed to appoint another competent
person to all such vacancy as provided in a for:
tner section of this act, and the persoit appointed
to conduct such prosecnt ion shall be paid a rea
aonable compensation for his services out of the
Treasury of the County, the amount to be fixed
by the Court.
Sec. 5. If any District Attorney shall demand
any greater fee than that allowed in the bill for
any services he shall perform ill relation to any
case, or shall receive any fee, reward or present
for the examination of any casein relation to a
no/Ic proyqui, he shall be liable to an indictment
therel'or, and on conviction shall be deemed guil
ty of a misdemeanor in office and be punished by
a fine at the discretion of the Court as well as re
moval rtorn said office.
Sec. 6. No District Attorney shall be eligible
to a seat in the Legislature or to any other office
under the laws and constitution of the State dur
ing his continuance in office.
Sec. 7. If in case of sickness, or from any oth
er cause the District Attorney shall be unable to
attend to the ditties and business of the term of . tt
Court he shall have authority to appoint some
competent Attorney of the County, with the ap.
probation of the Court, to act as Deputy (or one
term, but for no longer period.
See.. S. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent
with. the provisions of this act now in force in
the State be and the same are hereby repealed
.1. S. McCALMONT,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
V. BEST,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the third day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty.
WM. F. JOHNSTON.
Governor of the Commonwealth
SECRETARY'S OFFICE
Pormylpania, M.
...',,,, :t.tr Ido hereby certify the above and
~,..,:•47. 2 0,: . foregoing is a true and correct copy
..I.lei Ir e - t ., of the original act of the General A5„...i''.42"41*4
„...i''.42"41*4 4 4” sembly, entitled "An Act providing
.41111.- for the election - of District Attor
neys," as the same remains on Zile in this office.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of thetecretary's Of
lice to be affixed at Harrisburg, this 31st day of
May, A. D. 1850. A. L. RUSSEI,,
Secretary of Commonwealth.
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The .11int.--The amount el gold bullion re.
ceivrd at the Mint from June 1 to June 14th was
about $1,500,000. The gold coinage during' the
saute petiod was 51,163,187. Depositors of
gold bullion time receive its value in coin in two
or three days from the time of malting, their de•
posits.
Parlitnale.—The Trenton State Gazette, says
that a girl empliiyed in the paper mill of Duer,
mein & Kny, in that city, (bumf among:the rags,
note of the denomination or $3OOO, on• one of
the Vicksburg banks.
Gleanings.
137 - The Commissioners of Washington count
ty advertise for the building of twelve county
bridges.
[a ' The citizens of LeWistown are putting up
a town clock on the cupola of the Courthouse.
IT'Don't drinlc ice water while you are heat
ed. It's dangerous.
L_W'Patent medicines arc now manufactured
in Cincinnati by steam.
{-.2"A live alligator, four feet in length, was
caught in a seine near Baltimore on Monday.—
The varmint was certainly uin the wrong pew."
(?The Whigs of Salem, Mass., have resolv
ed to call a Meeting of the friends of President
Taylor, to give formal expression to the senti
ments of approbation with which. they regard his
course in office. .
rein 1950 the estimated debt of Texas was
in round numbers, $13,000,000, incleing debt
and unpaid interest.
_l.,P7c..ol,ltichard M. Johnson, in a letter tlyihe:
Maysville Ea g le, suites that he will be a muff ,
date for Governor of Kentucky, if his friends (re' ,
sire.
CV'Sotne of the papers are in favor of Con.
-gress.passing-a law that newspapers-shall be - cir , '
I ciliated free of postage in the Congressionar
i Districts in which they are published. Very good'
idea.
CrThe small pox is raging to such an extent
in Columbus, Ohio, that it is-most probable the
State Convention to amend the Constitution,
now in session there, will adjourn to / iome other
place.
CirA waggoner, named Samuel Traughcr,
was killed last week. near Uniontown, Pa., in
consequence of his horses running off and the
and wagon passing over his body.
('Phis said that.saleratus hound upon corns
for a few weeks, changed occasionally . , will effect
an entire cure.
IV - The Odd Fellows of Lewistown are about
erecting a new hall.
Ca'The brain may devise many laws for the
blood, but a hot temper leaps over a cold de..
Fah I
Spurious Cold 'Coin.—A spurious gold coin,
purporting to be an American Eagle, has been
detected in circulation. It lacks only one dwt.
of the true weight, is of the same circumference,
and of but little greater thickness than the origi
nal. Upon being cut open, it was found to be•
made of silver, covered with a coating of pure
gold, of uniform thickness--the work beautiful
ly executed, and would pass with nine persons
out often.
Grain and Ca is stated on the most re
liable authority that the entire.exports of bread
stuffs from the. United States to Eagland in 1840,
will nut be sufficient to pay for over one.half the-
Ualicors imported from that country during tin:
same period! In the year 1848 we imported
from Great Britain alone over It:3,000.000 dollars
worth of Calico! Meantime the heaviest cal.
ico manufactories in the United States have
Horrid Accident.—Alen ;Wills, aged nine year?,
was hilted on Saturday lest, at the Rough and
Ready Rolling Mill, in Itnville, Pa., by being
caught and drawn in between the cogwheels at
tached to the turning lathe. The Democrat says
that his hand first caught,.while playing about
the wheels, which drew the arm and head into
their giant grasp and forced the whole body
through the wheels and between the iron support
on which they revolve. The body was dread
fully mutillated and death instantaneous.
Ohio Conreniion.—The Ohio State Convention
have resolved that the Legislature shall meet on
ly every two years. They have also determined
to fix the Senatorial term at two, instead of four
years—living the same length as that of the Rep
resentatives, and to place the eligibility of Sen
ators and Representatives, as regards age, upon
the same footing—the age of twenty•five being
adopted. •
A ,S'uullcrit 17etv.—The "Charleston Mercury"
is not willing to met the compromise, and it
says: --
"The Wilmot Proviso, then, hos been already
enacted for us by Mexico, and Mr. Clay's bill
confirms and continues it. This is what he
claims, and such. in our opinion, would turn out
to be the true effect. And it is the growing con
viction 'that his scheme is a snare, in regard to
the territories, that has proved another. cause of
the growing and strengthening opposition to it Ig
the South,"
In favor of Compromise.—The Democrats of
Schuylkill county, Pa., adopted the following
reslolution at their county meeting this week:
Resolved, That, we are in favor of an holier.
able and final adjustment and settleinenriff the
various questions upon ihe subject of Slavery.
now agitating the Congress of the United States,
and that the report of the Committee of thir
teen, of whom Hon. Henry Clay is the Chair
man, seems to us to offer the basis of such an ad
justment.
Greal age we Live in.—People don't laugh now.
a days—they indulge in merriment. They don't
walk—they promenade. They never eat any
food—they masticate it. Nobody has a tooth
pulled out—it is extracted. No one has his
feelings hurt —they arc lacerated. Young men
do not go courting the girls—they pay the young
ladies attention. It is vulgar to visit any one—
you must only male a call. Of course you wouldt
not think ofgoing to bed—you would retire jo'res v
Nor would you build a house—you would!
erect it.
Liberal.—A country greenhorn; after being•
joined in the chains of wedlock, was asked by
one of his guests if he had paid the parson; 10•
which he replied. "Oh, no; he's owing my fiult.•
er for .a peck of beans, and I guess-we'll make a.
turn.",
Thclautisi Catees.—The two Damascus cattin•
presented by I l ieut. Lynch., snys the “Wincliester
American," to the State, were exhibited by Cud;
Castleman in Winchester, ()tithe 9th inst. They
arc beautiful animals, lightly - and delicately
formed', end standing about fliurteen and' sixteen;
hands high respeetive,y... The bull' is bitt:twen.
tythrce' trionthi obi, and weighs. 1100 Ibs; the
heifer two month:, younger weighs 700, •