s TM JOURNAL. CLEARFIELD, PA., SEPT. 23, 1857. Lcran' came too late for this week's paper. Host. Jakes T. Leonard, of this borough, fcis come out as an' independent candidate fur tbe Legislafnre. lie is now in the Held, as will be seen by a notice fo be fouud ia another column of this paper. Robert Matson, of JeSl'iso county, ia also announced a; an independent candidate for the AstTubly. The regular Democratic noniirccs are TV. P. Wilcox, of Elk county, and Joel Spykcr, Of Jetferson county. StLECT School. We direct the attention of the public to the advertisement of Mr. J. Bu cl.anan, who proposes to open a school for youth, on tire 12th day of October. Mr. Bu chanan, we have every reason to believe, is a gentleman in every way well qnalilied to con duct a school of the higher grade, and we trust lie will be liberally patronized by onr citizens. Ho Bsc Stolen. On last Saturd.iy night, a fine H.jre belotsririg to Mr. William L.Wilson, of Boggs towns'iip," this county, was stolen from bin pasture field. The nure is a dark brown, in good condition, and Mr. Wilson was ffll-rcd $200 for her a few weeks ago. The thief also took a good saddle and bridle out of the stable. Om R eph kskxtative Distkict is composed of McKean, Ebi, Jcficrson and Clearfield coun ties, and v.e arc entitled to two members of the Lcg:slatiii-e. The district was changed last winter, and it may not be generally known that we have now two members to elect where as heretofore we hal only one. 7::r. Sale of the Real Estate of YYm. Clea ver, late of Penn township, dee'd, should l on Saturday the 2Cth day of September, instead of Thursday, as it read heretofore in th advertisement. rr . .M I backers Wanted. the Directors ot the Public Schools of Carwen&ville borough want to employ two competent teachers, as will be eeun by a notice in another column. 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Kasbas papers to the 12th instant represent that the resolution of the Free State men to rot, if permitted, at the pending Territorial Election, teems now almost unanimous. It is hoped few will be repelled by their natural re pugnance to paying the tax imposed upon them by the Border Rufiian usurpers The ".Nation al Democracy" are making de."p3rate exertions atml will- inevitably have , some thousands of Missourians orer the border on the day of e- Ieetion.'v. Whether these shall vote or not; de pends on the facilities for voting which shall then bo found to exist- At Leavenworth and Lawrence there Is not much of that sort of thing to be apprehended ; but at other points, wbcro the settlers are few and in good part slavery wen, thej will hare little trouble to do at they pleaee-- " ; ' .' ' Gen. Aniliaiu Walker suppose lie is oh the of a frosh invasioc of Nicaragua, and has tclecraiiied hU confaJerateu to join him at a designated onthern port.!'- He gives out that be is amply supplied with men, money an munitions," and has assurances of the conni ricce of t.e Federal Administration. If there are aoy Z'U rt j et used up who want to lux uriate on untivoiy mule steaks and horse car rion, and He for week with a shattered ankle unattended and unfed in a 6wampy chapparal, iow Is -.heir chance. Don't all speak at nco ! Walker is out iu a new manifesto, purport ing to prove that he did not purpose ttoe estab lishment of Slavery in Nicaragua until obscr Mm and study convinced him that "the pe rn liar institution" was needed to develop the resources of that coui'try. Unluckily tor kira however, ail the arguments he adduces in favor of Slavery in Nicaragua are I ased on altegedl tacts in the history of llayti,- Jamaica-, Sc.,' which were just as well known to him atd as conclusive five years since as they are nor. But Walker wants money from the South and dopes from th North, and will probably .ic mar btb. -.V. Y. Tribune. , " " CLIPPINGS AND SCHISBLINGS. JjpTIome again, from the west Ocn. J. Pat ton. V'Potatoes aro selling it Louisville tit a dollar per barrel. 5rS"viho was it that died for warn of a wig? Can anyone tell ? J"i.'iep those radishe" presented ns by our friend Hob ou .Monday t?it id a degree of impurity in a woman to love w sensual man. 0Finc the "hop"' at our friend Alien Mitoh cll"s on last Thursday evening. snook's wife loves to make bread, because it cleans her banda beautifully. i!2r"What utility is there in killing hogs, if they are cured directly afterwards ? L-JErPleasant to be caught in an 'ortur' rain and wind storm on the way to a party. iUDiwt forget that tic.i members are to be e locted to the Legislature from this district. '."Excellent that corn soup at tbe '-Mansion" the other day. It id rather agreeable to be rovi-ed in that way. El?'An oven which will cost $40,000, and is to hake 500 barrels of flour per day, is being erected at Chicago. OThe total population of India is stated, by a Parliamentary return just published, to be 1SUSS4.7&7. i-irThe man who was l;moved to tears" coin plains of the dampness of tbe premises, an wish es to be moved back again. OPrepare the griddles The prospects for plenty of buckwheat are good. Can't some one of our subscribers bring us "a few?" fj?There is a girl in Maryland who weighs o verfour hundred pounds. A nice armful for some body, but rather too much wuis: flush for us. L'Sr-A conservative," says Douglas Jcrold, "is a man who will not look at the new moon, out of respect for that ancient institution the old one.'" l""Xwo Chicago ladies went to a ball the other evening in a furniture wagon no ordinary car riage could contain the immense dresses they wore Uir'X Detroit paper mentions the arrest of a wo man in that city "with nothing on her person but a love letter and daguerrotvpe." Rather a cool arningcm nt, wc should think. IT" A late number of the San Franciso Advo cate says that ex-Governor John Cigler and fami ly left Sacramento, on tho 2Gth July, for Chili, to which place he goos as American Minister. IHjI t is estimated that the decline in the mar ket value of I In i I road Stocks in the last 3 months, amounts to an aggregate of sixty millions of dol lars. And yet the country is no poorer for it. LV'Correct the solution sent us by Mary W. D. of an inscription in a Welch church, viz : pasvRvrKveTvx, vrkpthsprcptstv. '-Persevcro ye perfect men, ever keep these precepts ten.' TOut Robert Matson, of Jefferson county, for tho Legislature. '-Iiob" is a good fellow, is in the squar i timber business, and will, if elected, make a good Representative. S?ec advertisement ITt-Call that a kind man?" said an actor, sicakiu of an absent acquaintance 'a man who is always from his family and never sends them a farthing! Call that kindness T" ' ITur emitting kindness," chuckled a wag. t c"-Gen. Packer, the poor man's friend," is the heading of an article going tho rounds of the Dem ocratic papers. Judging the man from "his past career, we suppose he wants to keep them poor, especially in Clearfield county. ffiAn ill-humored wife, abusing her husband fur his mercenary disposition, told him that if she was dead he would marry th d-l's eldest daugh ter, if ho could get anything by it. "That is true," replied the husband, "but the worst of it Is, I can not marry two sisters!" SiCy way of Cleveland wc have the following from Buffalo. The Plaindealcr says : "The break ing of Backs, bankers, and business men in Buffa lo, is terrible. Last Sabbath, two churches were shut up, the officiating clergymen finding them selves unable to meet their engagements." I i'X. V. Jackson, of Coudersport, Pt tter coun ty, Pa., shot a young grey eagle within tho bor ough limits on the 4th. It measured 5 feet 4 inch es from tip to tip of wings. A few weeks before, Mr. J. R.ltandall, of the same county, after wound ing, captured a young eagle'of the same species. t l"A German priest was walking in procession at the head of his communicants over cultivated fields, in order to procure a blessing upon the crops. When he came to one of unpromising ap pearance ho would pass on saying, "Here prayers and ingiog will avail nothing nntil it have ma nure." - . Ii' Gen. Haskell, a prominent politician of Ten nessee, announces through the Memphis papers that he intends assuming the character of s lito rary lecturer, giving a portion of his proceeds to the Mount Vera n fund. : If liberally encouraged, he says he means kt lecture in England,' Austra lia and the Sandwich Islands." ' , , Lx"Tb.c man who is living beyond his means, and who is in fact squandering the money of oth ers that he may gratify a silly vanity and keep up appearances, is a foot, and a very nnhappy fool into the bargain. The wretch knows that the smash mustcoiuo that just no sure as he lives long enough he will see his eastlo tumble down that Le ht walking, in high style to be sure, to the poor home. ' , . . ':,.!. V ' . : Bloodt Tragedies ix Texas. Tho Pallas Herald, of the 2'Jth August, gives an account of John Robinson, of Tarrant county, on the 21st, deliberately shooting dead George and James Anderson, brothers of his wife, then at tempting the. life of his .wife, and failing in that, proceeded to an Old man named Sublett, a distance of 2 miles, and while the old man was pleading for mercy, shooting hira dead. Returning nearly home, he placed the muzzle of the gun against his own forehead, and push ing the trigger with the ramrod, put an end to his own life.' The whole, tragedy occurred in less than an hour. Boblason had previously had a difficulty with his wife, and had agreed to a separation, and her brothers were assisting to remove her things, when he shot tbeni both with a rifle and a musket. - I The Washington, Arkansas, Telegraph, of the 2d, says it learns by a gentleman from Tevas, that in a difficulty which occurred at Palestine, Anderson "count, Judge Reagan, member of . Congress elect for the Eastern Dis trict of Texas, his brother, and three other per sons were killed. - - Lettes from Syria report tli tetal destruo tion in tbe Desert of & caravan. I be latter consisting ot ww persons u. laden with merchandize, started1 fron Damas cus on tbe 2Cth of June, and by some mis management lost its way. - :Tho entire caravan perished, with tho exception, of some 20 persons.:.,--: J-- 1: UP-RIVER SCRIBBLU CPTim to see a 'Sicker' kill 'bumblebees.' BS"Good with a whip the landlord who drives the I'ale Horse ya Rock. OQuery Where is the 'artist' that didn't like to pay a 'levy' for a j;atch Uyin for it tho man who bet ''fifty cents" that Jacob wouldn't get his boot dune. C7Swore some the 'fisherman' who gigged at the "big black eel' on Thursday night. rx7Left very suddenly, for Chest crock the man n-of drives the 'Palo Horse ya Rock.' CAfraid'of powder the man that "spir ts" away his neighbois' wood. Verily, stoves aint powder proof. KyGetierous the man 'wot' went to camp meeting, bought 4 pies, displayed them on a log, and iuvited all to partake. Poetry as is Poetry. The following pa thetic poetical cfl'usion, which we received a day or two since, we cannot refrain from giv ing a place in our Columns : M CRACKES S LAMKNTATIOX. I once was happy, and owned a hound, Who was ever at my side; AVith head erect, and tail so neat, lie was my only guide. Now '-Driver's" gone how ead I feel; .No more we'll be together ; I dearly loved the dear old hound, As ne'er I'll love another. With him, when I went out to hunt For ground-hoc; squirrel, or di-er, He'd run before, but oft looked back, To see if I was near. In an evil hour wo ! be to me lie howled just onre too often ; When for two dollars nnd fifty cents, I sold him to "Put ilcMahoa." Hut now he's gone the dear old Pup No more bis voice I'll hear; How oft for mo he's shed his blood, Now for him I'll shed a tear (Buo-hoo-hoo .') Oft times up to his old home he'd go, And aa often as he went. He'd find the landlord of the house A craving for his re nt ! But one word more, now I must say Although it ni y not bo proper Had it not been for mother , "Driver" would'nt have been worth a copper. DEEADFUL SHIPWKECK. Loss of the Central America 100 Passengers Saved 500 Persons Mi ssing $1,500,000 iu Specie Lost. Again, says the Tribune, we are compelled to record one of those terrible marine disasters which, from the immense loss of human life they involve, seem peculiar to the age in which wc live. After much anxiety, our painful doubts are changed to a tragic certainty. The steamer Central America loundered at. sea on the evening of the 12th inst. Of all her orli cers, only one survives. Of 52- passengers, only about 100 are at this writing known to be saved. It is impossible, until we obtain ac curate lists of the passengers and of the saved, to estimate the loss of human life. Secondary, of course, in importance to this, is the loss of treasure, which will amount to $1,500,000. We are not yet sufliciently informed of the de tails and particulars of this event to say wheth er or not those who were intrusted with the custody of so many lives did their whole duty, and are wholly guiltless of criminal neglect. The fact that so many officers were lost would seem to iudicate that they were faithful to their trust and stuck by the ship to the last. The Central America is said though we have heard grave doubts expressed on the subject to have been in excellent order, and in every respect staunch and seaworthy. The storm in which she foundered was one of the severest of a season unusually perilous to navigation, and we trust it may be satisfactorily proved that this was one of those accidents which it is impossible for human reason, skill and fore sight to prevent. A dispatch received just be fore we go to press, says that all the Ladies and Children on board the Central America were saved. At Glasgow, Maine, week tofore last, a man named Tucker was confined for horse stealing. A mob assembled and it was voted to hang him. . Meanwhile the culprit, interpreting the object, tried to hang himself with his hand kerchief, which, however, broke, lie then took a slrong linen towel and succeeded in hanging himself before an cntrauce could be effected. A trunk containing $10,000, belonging to the Worcester Count y Bank, Slackstonc, Rhode Island, was stolen from the conductors safe ou the East Thompson Railroad on the 15th. Married On the 1st Sept.; by Rev. N. S. Conklin, Mr. Samuel Hacerty to Miss Eliza Asx Bower, both of Woodward township, Clearfield county, Pa. AMFNDMENTS TO THE CONSTITU TION: PROCLAMATION . Whereas, 1 have been directed by tho Gover nor to give notice that a joint resolution, propos ing amendments to the Constitution of this Com monwealth, has been agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House of the Legis lature, at two successive terms of tbe same, and thaf it is provided by the Constitution, that any amendment so agreed upon, shall be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection. There fore, for the purpose of ascertaining the sense of the citizens of this Commonwealth in regard there to, I, JOSIA1I R.REEO, High Sheriff of the coun ty of Clearfield, do give notice 'and proclaim to the qualified electors of said county, that an elec tion will be held in each of the townships, wards and districts therein, on the Second Tuesday of October, A. D. 1857. for the purpose of deciding upon the adoption or rejection of the said amend ments, or any of them ; which said election shall be held at the places, and opened and closed at the time at and within which tbe Genoral Elec tions of this Commonwealth are held, opened and closed ; and it shall be the duty of' the Judges, Inspectors and Clerks of eaeh of said townships, wards or districts to receive at the said election, tickets either written or printed, or partly writ ten and partly printed, from citizens duly quali fied to vote for Members of tho General Assembly; and to deposit them in a box or boxes, to be for that pnrpos provided by the proper officers; which tiekets shall be respectively lvbeled on the outside, '-First Amendment?' ,uSeeotvt Amrud vunt,'" "Third Ame.ndttuut," and "Fourth A vitnt" and those who are favorable to said mendmentg, or any of them, tnny express their de sire by voting each as many scperate written or printed, or partly written and partly printed bal lots or tickets containing on the inside thereof the Words uFor tint Amendment." and those who are opposed to snch Amendments, or any of them, may express their opposition by voting each as many seperate written or printed, or partly writ ten and partly printed, ballots or tiekets, contain ing on the inside thereof the wards,' "Against tks Amendment." . t . And further; I do hereby girs ntiee direct and proclaim, that the election the said proposed Amendments, shall be opened and closed at the same time, and in all rapeets be conducted, as the General Elections of this Commonwealth are now conducted, as well as respects the qualifications of voters, the time and manner of making returns, as in all other parttcalars. . : -V v . ' Givon under any hand and sea, at Clearfield, this ninth dar of September, A. I. !Si7. JQSIAIi R REiilV Sheritf. - X THE mrRT OF COMMON PLEAS 0 CLEARFIELD COUNTY. In the matter of the application of the Cnrwens ville Methodist Episeopnl chnreh fr incorporation. And now, August 21 t. 1S57, nrfielc of P?soei.i t:on tiled, and on motion of L. J. Cran. Esq., atf-y. for petitioner, publication directed. iE. Walters. Proth'v. -All persons interested will t;ike notice that the above application lor incorporation has been mad an.l action will be taken thereon at November Term. 1,. J. CHANS, ep-' Atty. for Applicant. 4 DMIXISTRATOKS' NOTICE. Letters -i w of Administration on the estate of James M. Kelly, late of tilen Hope, Clearfied county, Pa., deceased, having been granted to the subscri bers, all persons indebted to the said estate, are re quested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands against the same, will present them propcrlv authenticated lor settle ment. MARY KELLY. Bell tp. JKS.SK 111 TTON. liurnsido tp " Anprust 19. J 857-0 1 ' Administrators. T MIE 10 AM) 15, SINGLE ANI DOLKLE THREADED. EMPIKK FAMILY SfEWINti MACHINE. An Agency for the sale of these machines, for this and tbe adjoining coun ties, can be secured by a personal application to the subscribers. Cth A Arch streets. Philadelphia. No one need apply without capital sufficient to conduct tho business properly, and without reffer ences as to reliability and capacity. We positively assert that these machines, for all purposes of family sewing, are in every respect superior to any Sewing Machine in market, (no matter at what prices they may be held.) and wherever they are offered for sale they must com mand a ready and unlimited demand. JOHNSON A UOODELL. Philadelphia. August 19. 1S:"7. T HIE TRUTH ABOUT KANSAS! GOV. GEARY'S ADMINISTRATION IN K A NU A S. Ijttre Vlmo 348 page WITH A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE TERRITORY. UNTIL JUNE. 1S57 Embracing a full account of its discovery. Geography, Soil, Climate. Products, its organization as a Territory, transactions and e vents under Governors llcederand Shannon, polit ical dissensions, Personal liencounters, Election frauds, battles and-outrages, with Portraits of prominont- aetors therein, all fully authenticated by JOHN H. GIIION, M. D., Private Secretary to Vioveruor Geary. Carefully compiled from the Of ficial documents on file in the department of State at Washington and other papers in the possession of the Author, with full account of the INVASION OF KANSAS FROM MISSOURI ; the capture, tri al and treatment of the Free State prisoners, the character and movements of the Missouri ISorder Ruffians, tbe murder of liuffum and others. The Controversy between Governor Geary and Judge I.ecompte. Tho proceedings of the Territorial Le gislature, of the Pro-slavery convention, and the organization of the National Democratic Party, with a Sketch of Kansas during the early troubles under Governors Keeder and Shannon. Its Inva sions, Rattles, Outrages and Murders. A copy will be sent to any part of the United States, by mail, free of postage, on the receipt of retail price. A liberal discount to the trade. n? 1000 Agents wanted Price in Cloth SI. Taper, DO eta. CHARLES C RHODES. Publisher, Inquirer P.uilding. July 23. lS57-4in. Thiladelphia, Pa. EN I '.UAL ELECTION PROCLAMA TION. Whereas, by an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled '-An act to regulate the general election witbin this Commonwealth," it is enjoined on the Sheriffs of tbe several counties to give public no tice of such election, the places where to be held, and the officers to be elected ; Therefore I, JOSI AIl R. REED, High Sheriff of Clearfield county, do hereby give public notice to tbe electors of the county of Clearfield, that a GENERAL ELECTION will bo held on tho Second Tuesday of October next, (being the thirteenth day of the month,) at the several election districts in said county, at w hich time and place the qualified voters will vote For the Amendments, or Against the Amendments, and will elect 'One person for Governor of this Commonwealth ; Two persons for Supreme Judges of this Common wealth ; One person for Canal Commissioner of tho Com monwealth ; Two persons to represent tho counties of Clear field, Jefferson, Elk and M'Kcan in the House of Representatives of this Commonwealth ; One person fur the office of Commissioner of Clear field county ; One person for the office of Treasurer of Clearfield county ; One person for the office of Auditor of Clearfield county. The electors of the county of Clearfield will take notice that tbe said Goncral Election will bo held at the following places: At the Court House in the Borough of Clearfield for Lawrence township. At the houe of William Hoover for the town ship of Bradford. At the house of John Goss for tho township of Decntur. At the house of Samuel M. Smith for the town ship of Ucccaria. At the house of Isaac Bloom, jr., in the Eoro' of Curwensville. for Pike township. At the house of Jacob Maurer, for the township of Covington. At the house formerly occupied by William C. Foley, for Brady township. At the house of Samuel Smith, for the township of Penn. At tho school house near Simon Rorabaugh's, for the township of'Cbost. At Congress Hill School house, for the township of Girard. At the house of Thomas Kylcr, for the township of Morris. At the house of John Young, for the township of Burnside. At the house of Ascph Ellis, for the township of Bell. At the school house in Ansonvillc, for the town ship of Jordan. At the house of Jesse Wilson, for the township of Huston. At the house of Thomas B. Davis, for the town ehip of Ferguson. At the house of John L. Bundy, for tho town ship of Fox. At the house of John Whiteside, for the town ship of Woodward. At the public school house for the township ot Goshen. At the house of B. D. Hall t Co., for the town ship of Karthaus. At the house of R. W.Moore, for tho township of Union. At the house of George Turner, for the township of Boggs. At Turkey Hill school house for the township of Knox. At the house of Jacob Ilublcr, for the township of Graham. At tbe Conrt House for the Boro' of Clearfield. At the house of Isaac Bloom, jr., for the Borough of Curwensville. NOTICE IS FURTHER nEREBY GIVEN, That all persons, except Justices of the Peace, who shall bold any office or appointment of trnst, nnder the government of the United States or of this State, or of any incorporated district, whether a com missioned officer or otherwise, a subordinate officer or agent, who is or shall be employed under the legislative, Exocutive or Judicial Departments f ibis State or of tbe United States, or any city or incorporated district, and also that every member of Corgress and the State Legislature, and of the common or select council of any city, or commis sioner or any incorporated district, are by lw in eapable of holding or exercising, at tbe same time, the office or appointment of Judge, Inspector, or clerk of any election of this Commonwealth ; and that no inspector,' judge, or other officer of any such election, shall bo eligible to aoy office voted for. And the Return Judges of the respective dis tricts aforMaid are requesiod to meet at the ennrt house, in the Borough of. Clear field, on, the !-7-t Fritfay next after tie said- Second Tuesday of .Oh-" tobcr, then and there to'do' those- things required of them by law. ' '. GIVEN under my hand and seal, at Clearficld.this ' ninth day of September, ia the year of our Lord ' 4n thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-first. : i JS, REED, Sheriff. 15 V AUTHORITY. I"ESOM TION TROPONINS AMEND V .M CMS TO Til E CONSTITUTION OF THE COM M O N W E A LT 1 1 . Rexti-vl. by lUc iciU!t mid llott of Kepr.tf: tfitive of the C'Uim-tiireiltJi of Pe-nt.-'li.iJjr t, iu iieiitntt AnieiuA't met : That tbe following amnd uieuts are profiled to the constitution of the com monwealth, in accordance with the provisions of the tenth article thereof. FIKST AMENDMENT. There shall be an additional article to said con stitution to be designated as article eleven, as fol lows : , ARTICLE M- OV TUBL1C HERTS. Section I. Tbe State may contract debts, to sup ply casual deficits or failures in revenues, or to meet expenses not otherwise proided for; but the aggregate amount ofsuoh debt direct and con tingent. hethcr contractod by virtue of one or more acts of the general assembly, or at different periods of time, shall never exceed aevenhundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the money arising from the creation of such debts, shall le applied to the purposo for which it was obtained, or to re pay the debts so contracted, and to uo other pur pose whatever. Suction 2. In addition to the above limited pow er, tho State may contract debts to repel invasiou. suppress insurrection, defend the State in war. or to redeem tbe present outstanding indebtedness of tho State ; but the money arising from the con tracting of such debts, shall he applied to the pur pose for which it was raised, or to repay such debts, and to no other purpose whatever. Secnosr 3. Except the debts above specified, in sections one and two of this article, no debt what ever shall be created by, or on behalf of the State. Section 4. To provide for the payment of the present debt, and any additional debt contracted as aforesaid, tbe legislature shall, at its first ses sion, after the adoption of this amendment, create a sil king fund, w hich shall be sufficient to pay the accruing interest on such debt, and annually to reduce the principal thereof by a sum not less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; which sinking fund shall consist of the not annual income of the public works, from time to time own ed by tbe State, or the proceeds of the sale of the same, or any part thereof, and of the income or proceeds of sale of stocks owned by the State, to gether with other fund1, or resources, that may lr designated by law. The said sinking fund may be increased, fronj time to time, by assigning to it any part of the taxes, or ether revenues of tbe State, not required for thi ordinary and current expenses of government, and unless in ease of war, invasion or insurrection, no part of the said sink ing fund shall be used or applied otherwise than in extinguishment of the public debt, until the amount of such debt is reduced below the sum of five millions of dollars. Section 5. The credit of the commonwealth shall not in any manner, or event, oe pledged, or loaned to, any individual, company, corporation, or association ; nor shall the commonwealth here after become a joint owner, or stockholder, in any company, association, or corporation. Suction- 6. Tbe commonwealth shall not assume the debt, or any part thereof, of any county, city, borough, or township; or of any corporation, or association ; unless such debt shall have becu con tracted to enable the State to repel invasion, sup press domestic insurrection, defend itelf in time of war, or to assist the State in the discharge of any portion of its present indebtedness- Section 7. The legislature shall not authorize any county, city, borough, township, or incorpora ted district, by virtue of a vote of its citizens, or otherwise, to become a stockholder in any compa ny, association, orcorporation ; or to obtain money for, or loan its credit to, auy corporation, associa tion, institution, or party. SECOND AMENDMENT. There shall be an additional article to said con stitution, to bo designated as article NIL, as fol lows : ARTICLE XII. OF NEW COUNTIES. No county shall be divided by a line cutting off over one-tenth of its population, (either to form a new county or Otherwise.) without the express as sent of such county, by a vote of the electors there of ; nor shall any new county be estab!ihed,-con-taining less than four hundred square miles. THIRD AMENDMENT. From section two of the first articlo of the con stitution, strike out the words, k-ofthe city of J'ii ladtl plita, and of each county rexyectivvt ,"" from section five, same article, strike out the words, "of Philiultljiltiit and of the nrvrrul coitutic-x from section seven, same article, strike out the words. 'neither the city of Philadelpltia nor any." and insert in lieu thereof the words, 'and no ,"" and strike out section four, same article, and in lieu thoreof insert tbe following : Suction 4. In the year one thousand eight hnn drcd and sixty-four, and in every seventh year thereafter, representatives to the number- of one hundred, shall be apportion!! and distributed equally, throughout the state, by districts, in pro portion to the number of taxable inhabitants in tbe several parts thereof ; except that any county containing at least threo thousand five hun-tri'd taxable?, may be allowed a separate representa tion; but no more than three counties shall be joined, and no county shall be divided, in the for mation of a district. Any city containing a suffi cient number of taxables to entitle it to at least two representatives, shall have a separate repre sentation assigned it. and shall be divided into convenient districts of contiguous territory, of equal taxable population as near as may be. each of which districts shall elect one representative." At the end of section seven, same article, insert these words, the. city o f Philadelphia ahull be di vided into single senaturial distrirtx. of eoutis-tc-ont territory as nearly ey'tal in titrable pnpitlntion ax possible ; hut no ward shall be divided in- tlie formation thereof.'''' The legislature, at its first session, after the a doption of this amendment, shall divide the city of Philadelphia into senatorial and representative districts, in the manner above provided ; such dis tricts to remain unchanged until the apportion ment in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. FOURTH AMENDMENT. There shall he an additional section to tho first article of said constitution, which shall be num bered and read as follows : Section 26. The legislature shall have the pow er to alter, revoke, or annul any charter of incor poration hereafter conferred by, or under, any special, or general law, whenever in their opinion it may bo injurious to the citizensof the common wealth; in such manner, however, that no injus tice shall be done to the corporators. . ' - Is Sex ate, March 27, 1857. Resolved, That this resolution pass. On the first amendment, yeas 2 1, nays 7 ; on the second amendment, yeas 23, nays 8; on the third amend ment, yeas 24, nays 4; on the fourth amendment, yeas 23, navs 4. "lExtraet from the Journal. GEO. W. HAMEKSLY, Clerk. Is the nousK of Representatives, April 29, 1857. Resolved, That this resoluliou pas. On the first amendment, yeas 78, nays 12 ; on the second amendment, yeas 57, nays34; on tbe third amend ment, yeas 72, nays 22; on the fourth amendment, yeas S3, nays 7. I Extract from the Journal 1 JACOB ZEIGLER. C7v-. Filed in the Secretary's.office, May 2. 1857. A. G CURTIX, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Skcretaiv"9 OrriCE, Harbisbubo, June 22, 1857. Pennsylvania, t ; I do certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original '-Resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of tbe Commonwealth,'" with tbe vote in each branch of the legislature upou the final passage thereof, as appears from the originals on file in this office. . ; Id testimony whereof I have hereunto set l. s. my hand and eaused to be affixed the seal of the Secretary's Office, the day and year above written. A. G. CCRTIN, Secretary of the ComMonieealth. Ix Senate. Mrck 27, 1S57. The resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth being under consideration, . , , . On the question. Will the Senate agree to the first amend ment? ' The ysa and nays wers taken agreeably to ths provisions of the Constitution, and were as fol low, vii : . . Yeas Mosr3 I'.rewer, Browne. Coney, Ll?r vans. Fetter, 1'leuniVen, Fr-ief, If.grm Jordan, Killingcr, Knox. I-mbach, Lewis, Myer, Si-t.n!d, Sl!er, Shuman, Steele, Stracb Welsh, Vi ilkin, Wright and Tagart. Zipmicr 21. Nays Metsrs. Crabb, Cre?wclK Finney, Gfeg, Harris, Penro and Souther 7 - ' So the question was dett-rrnict t In the araia tH e. . . . On the aacs':an. - . - - Wilt the Senate agree to the- second anirnet ment I The yeas and nsys were taken agreeably ta the provisions of tbe Constitution, and were as fol low, yit : - Yeas Messrs. BreWer. Browns, CreesweiT, fcly, Evans, Fetter, Finney, Fleauiken. Ingram, Jor dan, Knox. Lavbach, Lewij, Myer, RclUr. Shn man, Sonther, Steele, Stranb. WeUh,- M'ilkius, Wright and Taggart, Speaker ZZ. Nas Me3rs. Coffey, Crabb, Frarer, Gregg, Harris, Killingor. Penrose and Scoficld S. So the question was determined ia the affirmative- . . - , , On the q-ie;tion. Will tho Senate agree to the third amend ment ' , The yeas and nays wero taken agroeably to tho previsions of tho Constitution, and were as fol low, vis : Y'eas Messrs. Brewer. Browne, CraMi, Crests well. Ely. Evans. Flenniken, Eraser, Ingram, Jor dan. Kiilinger, Kuox, Laubach, Low is, Myer, Soo field. SMIcrs, Sbuman, Souther, Steele, fltraub, Welsh, Wilkius and Wiight 24. Navs Messrs. Coffey, Gregg, Harris and Pen rose 4 . Srt the' question was determined in the amna tive ? On the question. Will the Senate agreo to the fourth amend ment ? The yeas and navs were taken agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, and were as fol low, vix : - Ykas Messrs. Brewer. Browne, Coffey. Cress well, Ely, Kvaus. Flcnniken, Frarer. Ingram. Kii linger, Knox, Laubach, l.ewi. Myer,- Scwfield,' Sellers. Shmnan. Souther, Steele, Slraab, Welsh, W ilk ins and Wright 2X Navs Messrs. Crabb, Finney, Jordan and Pen rose t. So tbe question was determined in the adrma tive. Is the Hoi s it of It etreet ti vks, April 23, 17. The teSo'lntinn proposing amendments to tha Constitution ot the Commonwealth being nnder consideration. On the question. Will the House agree tJ the first amend ment ! The yeas and nays were talicu agreeably to the provisions of tbe Constitution, and were- as fol low, vis : Yeas Messr. Anderson. Arthur. Backhocso, Ball, Heck, Bishop. Bower. Brown. Calhonn, Camp bell, Chase, Cleaver, Crawford. Dickey, tot, Ky ter, Fausold, Foster. Oibboney. Oildea, Haiiiet, Harper, Urines, lliestand. Hill, llillcgas. Ilvff mnn. (Ilerks.) I in brie, liinrs. Jacobs, Jenkins, Johns, Johnson, Kauliiuan, Kerr, Knight, l.eisen ring. Longaker, Lovett. Manear. Maugle, M'Cal uiout. M'llvain, Moorhcad. Mumma, Musselman. Nichols. Nicholson. Nunetnachcr, Pearson, Peters, Petrikin. Pownall. PurcHl, Itamw'y; (Philadel phia.) Ramsey, (York.) llcamer, Heed, Roberts, Rupp. Shaw, Sloan. Smith. (Cambria.) Smith. (Cen tre.) Stevenson. Tolan. Vail. Vanvoorhis. ickors, Voeghley, Walter. Weslbrook, Wharton, Williston, Wilberu'w, Wright, Ziinuivrmaii and Uctz. Speui rr 7S. Navs Messrs. Backus: BenSon. Dock, Hamil ton, Hancock, Jliue. Hoffman. (Lebanon. Lebo, Strnthers, Thorn, Warner aud Wintrode. 12. So the question was determined in ths affirma tive. On the question. Will tbe House azreo to the second amend ment ? The yeas and hays were taken agreeably to tbe provisions of the Constitution, and were as fol low, vis : Y'eas Messrs. Anderson. Backhouse, Ball,B?ckL Bower. Calhoun. Campbell. Cart v. Let. Fausold, Foster, tiildea. Haincl. Harper, lleines, lliestand, Hiilegas. Hoffman. (Berks.) Housekeeper, Ifnbri. Innes. Jenkins, Johns, Johnson, Kauffuian. Knight, : i i 1 .. & f u i M'llvain. Moorhcad, Musselman, Nichols, Nichol, son. Niinemacher, Peaison. Peters, Petrikin, Pow nall. Pureed, Kamsey. (Philadelphia.) Katnaey (York.) Reamer, Roberts. Ropp, Sb aw, Sloan. To lan, Vail, Voeghley, Walter, Westbrook, Wharton, Zimmerman and Oetx. Spenlei 57. Navs Messrs. Arthur, Angustine, Backus. Ben son. Bishop, Brown, Chase, Cleaver, Crawford. Ey ster. libbouey, Hamilton, Hancock, Hill. Hi no, Hoffman (Lebanon. Jacobs. Kerr, Lebo, M'Cal inont, Mnrnma. Heed. Smith, (Cambria.) Smith, (Centre,) Stevenson. Strnthers. Thorn. Vauvoorhis, Vickers. Wagonsellrr, Wat-ncr, Wintrode, Wither ow and Y right 31. So the question was determined In the affirma tive On tho question, Will tho House agree to the third amend ment ? The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to tha provisions of the Constitution, and wero as follow, v'l: Y'eas Messrs. Andet.iin. Backhouse, Rail, P.ck, Bnson, Bower, Brown. Calhoun. Campbell. Chase. Cleaver, Crawford, Dickey, Knt, Eyster, Fausold, Foster. Oibboney, Haincl, Harper. Hoins. llie stand. Hill, Hiilegas, Hoffman. (Berks.) Hoffman, (Lc-baDon.) Housekeeper, 1 in brie, Inr.cs, Jacob., Johns. Johnson, Kauffmau. Kerr, Lebo, Longaker, iAtrctt, Manear, Maugle. M'Calmont. Moorhcad, Mumma, Mussulman, Nichols. Nicholson, Nune macher, Pearson. Peters, PctriSin, PowurH. Pur cell, Ramsey, (York.) Keatncr. Reed, Rupp. Suaw. Sl ian. Smith, (Cambria.) Smith, (Centre.) Steven son, Tolan, Vail. Tanvovrhis. Vickers, Voeghley, Varonseller, Westbrook, W.iliiston, Witherew, Wright, Zimmennan aud Uctx, Spctuter 72. Navs Mcsrs. Arthur. Augnstine. Backus. Bish op, Carty, Dock.Oildea. Hamilton. Hancock. Hine, Jenkins, Knigbt. Leisenriug.. M'llvain, Barney, (Philadelphia.) Roberts. Strnthers, Tbvrn, 'Walter, Warner, Wharton and Wintridc 22. So the question was determined in the affirms tivo. . On the question. Will the Houed agree to tho fourth amend ment ? Tlie yeas and nys were taken agreeably to thv provisions of the Constitution, and wero a- follow, vis : Y'eas Mccts. .Anderson. Arthur. Backhouse, Backus, Ball, Beck, Benson, Bishop, Bower. Bruwn, Calhoun. Campbell. Carty. Chasv. Cleaver, Craw ford, Dickey. Ent, Evstcr, Fausold. Foster. ibbo nr. Gifdea. Hamel, Harper. Heina, Hiost&nd. Hill. Hiilegas, Ho?uan. (Beiks,) Hoffm.-ui. (Lebanon,) Housekeeper, Imbrie. I hues. Jacobs, JenkifcS, Johns, Johnson, Kauffnian, Kerr. I-Ho. lA-isuti-ring, Lo'nrakur, Lovett, Manear, Mausle. M Cal mont, M i I vain, Mum in a, Mosselman. Nichols. Nicholson. Nuneaacher. Pearson, Peters. Pcirikin, Pownall, Pureed, Ramsey. (Philadelphia.' scy. (York.) Reamer, Kee l. Roberta. Kupp. Shaw, Sloan, Smith. (Cambria.) Smith. (Centre.) i'taveu son, Tolan, Vail, YanvoorcU, ick r. Yoeehley, Wagonieller, Walter, Warner. Westbreok. Whar-! ton, WillUton, Witberow, Zimmerman aad Gelsi" Speaker S-l . Nats Messrs'. Dock. Hamilton. Uaniock, Strnth ers, Thorn, Wintrode and Wrig4il 7. So the question was determined in the affirmative. Se- ketarv's Office. Harrisburg. June Zi, 1557. Pennsylvania. . . I do certify that the above and foregoiusrts true and correct copy of the ' Yeas'' and "Nays" taken on the resolution proposing amci.du;cnU- to the Constitution of tho Coiumonwexltb. as tho same appears on the Journaisof t'us tao Houses of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth la the session of 157. Witness -my hand and the seal of said of l. 8. fice, this twenty-eeeond day of Jane, one thousuud eight hundred and fiff-even AO .CURTIX, Sccrttary of th Cotnmounxjjth. July 1, 1857 3ia. "1I,ASTEUING. The undersigned, havjng a. enu-red into co-partnership in :tn- l'ia-::ering OUDincv. U III, JWlUUpli , ..nt .,' ti mi, w. n..unee to tbo nuh lie that thev are read V to do auT work in tbeir line on the shortest notice and most reasonable terms, and iwectfiillv solicit a ehsr- of patronaa-e JOSEPH WHITE, July 8-4m L. K. McC TLLOUfiTJ
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