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HUNTINGDON JOURNAL.
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CAUSE OF DYSPEP.V.I.
This diseas2 often originates from a habit
of orerlo 'ding or distending the stomach by
excessive eating or drinking, or very protrac
ted periods of fasting, an incluient or snien
lacy life, in which no et , :ercise is afF , rded to
the muscular fibres or mental faculties, fear
grief. and deep anxiety. taken too frequent
ly str ng purgingmedicioes, dysentery, mis
cart iages, intermittent and sr.stoodic affec
tions of the stomach and bowels; the moo
common of the latter causes are late hours
and the too frequent use of spirituos liquors
LIVER COWL MT
Cured by the use of Di:tfarlich's Compound
Strengthening and German Anavient Yells
Mr. I.Vm. Richar.i, Pittsburg, Pa. entirelr
cared of the :0)3,2 distressing disease: Ins
smuptoms were, pain and weight in the left
side, loss of app , tile, vomiting, acrid eructs
6mis, a distention of the _stom sch, sick
headache. furred tongue, countenance cluing
ed to a Litron color, difficully of breathing, I
disturbed rest, attended with a cough, great
debility, with other symtoms indicating great
derangement of the functiens of the liver.
Mr. Richard I ad the advice of several pity
sicians, but receirod no vela, until using Dr
Harlich's medicine, which let minated in ef•
fecting a pertect cure. •
Principal aides, 19 North Eight street
Philadelphia. [don Pa.
For sale at has store Hunting.
LIVER COMPLAINT'.
This disease is discovered by a fixed ob
tuse rain and weight in the right side under
the short ribs; attended with heat, uneasi
ness about the pit of the stomach ;—theve is
in the right side also a distension—the pttient
lass Ills appetite and becomes sick and trou
ble with vomiting. The tongue becomes
rou,;11 stud black, coun:tnance changes to a
title or citron color or t•ellow, like those • af
!hetet] wit's jaudice—difliculty of breathing,
disturbed rest, attended with dry caagh, dif
laying on the left side—the undy
beelines weak, and finally thedisease termi
natos into another of a more serious nature,
which in all probability is far beyond the'
power of human skill. Dr. Htrlich's cern.
pound Pink strengthening mid German ape
tient pills, i taken at the commencement of
this disease, will check it, and by continu
ing tile use of the medicine a few weeks, a
perfect cure cure will be performed. Thou
sands can testify to this fact.
Certificates sit many persons may daily be
seen of the efficacy of this inv duable medi
cine. by applying at the• Medical Office, No
19 North Light street, Philadelphia.
Also, at the :tore of Jacob Miller, Hun.
DYSPEPSIA AN!) IIYPOCHON
DRIAISM.
Cured by Dr. Barlick's Celebrated Medi ,
h in -s.
Mr. \Vm Murr:son, of Schuylkill Sixth
S:reet t Philidelphia, afflicted for several
yeArs with the above distressing disease-r- •
S . ckness at the stomach, headache, palpita
tion of the heart, impaired ppetite, acrid
eructations, coldness and weakness of the ex
tremities,
emaciation rod general
disturbed rest, a pressure and weight ut the
stomac after e.iting, severe flying pains
in the chest, hack and stiles, foistiveness,
dislike for society or conversation, languor
and lassitnee upon the least occasion. Mr.
Morrison had applied to the most eminent
physicians, who considered it beyond the
power of human skill to restore him to health
however, as his afflictions had reduced hint
to a deplorable condition, having been in
duced by a friend of his to try Dr Harhch's
Medicine, as they being highly recommen
ded, by which lie procured two package, he
found himself greatly relieved, and by con
tinuing the use of them the disease entirely
disappeared—he is now enjoying all the bles
sines of perfect health.
Principal Office, 19 North Eight Street,
Philadelphia.
LIVER COMPLAIIVT,
Ten years standing, cured by the use cf
tlr Harlich's Compound Strengthening and
German Aperient Pills.
Mrs Saral► Boyer, wife of William Boyer,
North Fourth Street above Callow hill,
Philadelphia, entirely_ cured of the above
distressing disease. Her symptoms were,
habitual costiveness of the bowels, total loss
of appetite, excruciating pain in the side,
stomach and back, depression of spirits, ex
treme debility, could not lie on symptoms in
dicating great derangement hi the functions
of the liver. Mrs. Boyer was attended by
several of the first Physicians, but received
but little relief from their medicine—at last,
A friend of hers procured i. package of Dr.
Plarlich's Strengthening and German Ape
rient Pills, which, by the use of one pack ige,
i.nduced her to continue with the medicine,
which resulsed in eifecting a permanent cure
t.evond the expectations of her friends.
Principal Office for this Medicine is at No
7.9 North Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Moo for sale at the store of Jacob Miller,
v; ha Is spat for kilmtingdon county.
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: NEGETABLEI- -
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CIITIZENS of Penns)lvania, you
`Lioave now before you Do. PETERS'
CELEBRATED VEGITABLE PILLS.
clos , P' --
'These l ills are no longer among those
id. doubtful utility. They have passed
away !rum the hundreds that are daily
launched upon the tide of experiment, and
now stand before the public us high in rep
utation, and as extensively employad
all parts of the U. States, the Canadas,
Texas, Mexico, and the west Indies, as
any medicine that has ever been prepared
for the relief of suifering man. They have
I been introduced where: Grit has beentound
possible to Larry them; and there are but
lew towns that do not contain some re
markable evidences of their good effects.
The certificates thaa have been presented
to the proprietor exceeds twenty thousand
upwatds of five hundred of which are
frou► regular practising physicians, who
are the most competent judges of the
merits.
Often have the cures performed by this
medicine been the subject of editorial
comment, in various newspapers and jour
nals; and it may with truth be asserted,
that no medicine of il.e kind . has ever re
ceived testimonials of greater value than
are attached to this.
They are in general use as a family
medicine and there are thousands of fami
lies who declare they are never satisfied
unless they have a S upply always on hand.
They have no rival in curing and pre
venting Bilious Fevers, Fever and Ague,
lyspepsia, Liver Complaints, Sick head
ache, Jaundice, Asthma, Dropsy, Rhe-n
matism, Enlargement of the Spleen, l'iles,
Client., Females Obstructions, Heartburn,
Furred Tongue, Nausea, Distension of the
Stomach and Bowels, Incipient Diarrhoea,
Flatulence, Habitual Costiveness, Loss of
Appetite, Blotched or Sallow Complex
ion: and in cases of torpor of the bowels,
where a cathartic or aperient is needed.
They are exceedingly mild in their opera
tion, prutlucing neither nausea, griping nor
debility.
Extract of a letter Written by Dr. Fran
cis Bogart, of Providence, R. 1. Dec. 17,
1828. Peters' pills are an excellent ape
rient and cathartic medicine, those effects
being produced by the differences of tee
quantity taken, and and are decidedl; su
perior to Lee's, Brandreth's or Morti
son's Pills.
Extract from a letter by Dr Hopson of
Bangor, Me. Jan. 9, 18S9. They are a
pecullarly mild, yet efficient purgative
mediaine, and produce little, of any grip
ing or nausea. l have prescribed them
with much success in sick headache and
light billions levet%
Extract of a letter by Dr Joseph Willi
ams of Burlington, Vt. July 9, 1837.-1
cordially recommend Peters' Pills as a
mildly elective, and in no case dangerous,
family medicine. They are peculiarly in
costiYenenss and all the usual diseases of
the digestive organs.
Extract via letter from Dr - Edw. Smith
of Montreal, U. C. Sept e. 7, 1836-1 nev
er knew a single patent medicine that 1
cou1:1 put the Least confidence in but Dr
Peters Vegetable Pills, o hick are really a
valuable discover.. 1 have no hesitation
in having it known that I use them enten
sively in my practice, for i,ll complaints,
(and they are not a few) which have their
source in the impurity of the blood.
Extract of a letter from Dr. Dye of
Quebec, L. C., March 6, 1837. For bil•
lions fevers, sick head-ache, torpidity of
the bowels, anti enlargement of the spleen
Dr. Peters' Pills are an excellent medi
cine. '
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Extract of a letter from Dr. Gurney N
Orleans, 1.a., Oct. 9, 1837; 1 have receiv
ed much assistance in my practice; espe
cially in jautlice and yellow fever, from
the usl of Peters' Pills. I presume that,
on an average, 1 prescribe 100 boxes in a
month.
Extract of a letter from Dr. Prichard of
Hudson N.Y. June 3, 1836; I was aware
that Dr. Peters' was one of the best diem
fists in the U. States, and felt assured that
he would some day (from his intin ate
knowledge of the properties of herbs and
drugs) produce an efficient medicine, and
I must acknowledge that his Vegetable
Pills fully respond to my expectatio,►s.
They are indeed a superior medicine, and
reflect credit alike upon the Chemist, the
Physician, and Philosoper.
"ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY."
A. W. BENEDICT PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1840
Extract of a letter from Dr. Wains of
Cininnati, Feb, 2, 1838; you r I ill s are
the mildest in their operations, and yet
most powerful in their efrecst, orally that
1 have. There action on the chyle. and
hence on the impurities of the blood is ev
(lordly very surprising.
Extract of a letter from Dr• Scott of
Hal; (*more, Dec. 17, I8:;6; lam in the daily
habit of prescribing them (Peters' Pills)
and they in nearly all cases answer my
purposes. I have directed other medi
cines, some of them very good ones, in
their favor.
Charlotte, N.C., June, 1, 1837.
Dear Sir: I have frequent use of your
Pills in the incipient stage of bilious fever
and obstinate consumsron of the bowels,
or, in the enlargement of the spleen,
chronic disease of the liver, sick head-ache
general debility, and in all cases have
found them to be very effective. J 1) Boyd
Mecklenburg Co, Vu. Feb. 7, 1837.
Having used D - r. Peters' Pills in my prac
tice r the last 13 months, I take
. pleas
rein givin toy testimoy of their good ef
fects of cases of dyspepsia, sick headache
billions ferers, and other diseases, produ
ced by inactivity of the liver. They are
a sate and mild aperient, being the best
ar
ticle of the kind I ever used.
G. C. Shott M. D.
These much approved and justly cele
brated Pills, are tor sale by the following
agents
JACOB MILLER, auntingdon, Pa
J - J MILLIKEN, Mill Creek. Pa
GEO DREHMAN,lVaysburg,
11WIERESTING CURE PERFOR
MED BY DR. SWAYNKS COM
POUND SYRUP OF PRUNES; VIRGIN
lAN A, OR WILD CHERRY. Having
made use f this invaluable Syrup b my fam
ily, which entirely cured my child. The
5 . . - "iwtoms were Wheezing and choking of
Plegm. difficulty of Breathing. attended
with constant cough, Spasms, Convulsions,
&c. of which I had given up all hopes of its
recrverv, until I was advised to make trial
of this invaluable After seeing
the wonderful effects it had upon my child,
I concluded to make the same trial upon my
self, which entirely relieved me of a cougi
that I was afflicted with for many years.
Any persons wishing to see me can call at
my house in Beach street, above the market
Kensington, Phila. him WILLcox.
on Cleo- er creek, two miles (veto Wl
ittinsburg, where they are now prepared
to execute all orders in their line, of the
best materials and workmanship and with
promptness and despatch.
They will keep constantly on hand,
Stoves of every tliscription, such as Cook
ing, Ten Plate, Parlor, Coal and wood
stoves; Ploughs, anvils, car rings, ham
mers bed plates, hollow ware, and every
kind of castings necet.sary for forges,
RICHES NOT HEALTH. ( kind
or . tnacrunery of any discription
Those who enjoy Health, must certainly
feel blessed when they compare themselves wagon boxes of all descriptions de. which
to those sufferers that have been afflicted for can bebe had on as good terms us they can
years with various diseases whirls the human be had at any other fou inky in the county
family are all subject to be troubled with.— :or State Remember the Rockdale Foun-
Diseases present themselves in various forms d
and from various circurnstanc-s, which, in
the commencement, may all be checked by
the use of Dr. 0. P. Harlich's Compound
Strengthening and German Aperient Pills,
—such no Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints,
Pain in The Side, Rheumatism, General De
bility, Female Diseases, and all Diseases to
which human nature is subject, where the
Stomach is affected. Directions for using
these Medicines always accompany them.
These Medicines can be taken with perfect
safety by the most delicate Female, as they
are mild in their operation and pleasant in
their effects,
Oasi.nvE—The only place where thismcd
icinc can he obtained, is at Jacob Miller's
store Huntingdon.
Principal Office for the United States, No.
19 North Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Also for sale at the store of Jacob Miller,
who is agent for Huntingdon county.
DYSPEPSIA! DYSPEPSIA ! I
More proofs of the efficacy of Dr. ii;rlic h's
ifedicines.
Mr Jonas Hartman, of Sumneytown, Pa.
entirely cured of the above disease, which
he was afflicted with for six years. His
spmptoms were a sense of distension and op
pression after eating, distressing pain in the
pit of the stomach oausea, loss of appetite,
giddiness and dimnoss of sight, extmme de
bility, flatulency, acrid eructations, some
times vomiting, and pain in the right tide,
depression of spirits. disturbed rod., faint
ness, and not able to puystio his business
witlinut cmusing itrattei:liitte exhawli,
Mr. Harman lshappy to state to the pub
lie and is willing to ON c any iafcrulation to
the afflicted, rripectine the w , e id, yf n i ben
efit he received front the use of Dr. Harlichs
Compound Strolgthenine and German ape
rient pills. Principal office No. 19 North
Eighth street, Philadelphia. Also for sale
at the store offacob Miller, Huntingdon.
IMPORT.9.IO TO I'E.IIALES.
Dr. O. P. Harlich's Compound Strength
ening Tonic, and German Aperient Pills.
Thrse pills remove all those distressing dis
eases which Females are liable to be .affiic
ted with. They remove those morbid bee..
rations which when retained, soon induce. a
I umber of diseases and oftentimes render
I emales unhappy and miserable all their
.fives. Those pills used accoading to dime
:ions, immediately create a new and healthy
ction throughout the whole system by /mei
plug the blood, and giving strength to the
stomach and bowels, at the • same time re
lieving the pain in the site, back, and loins,
giving appetite and invigorating the system
again to its proper functions and restoring
tranquel relate.
Ask for Dr. Harlich's Compound Strength
ening Tonic, and German Aperient Pills.
Principle office, 19 North Eighth street,
Philadelphia.lso for sale at Jacob Miller's
Store Hunting d on, Pa.
TREATMENT.
The principal objects to be kept In view
'are Ist, to free the stomach and intestines
from offending materials. 2d, to improve
'the tone of the digestive organs and energy
of the system in removing noxious matters
from the stomach, and obviating costiveness.
Violent drastic purgatives should be avoided
and those aperients should be used which
act gently, and rather by soliciting the per
istalic motions of the intestines to their regu
larity of health, than by irritating them to a
laborious excitement. 'here is no medicine
better adapted to the completion of this than
Dar. 0. P. HARLICIes GERMAN APERIENT
Pmts. To improve the functions of the de
bilitated organs and invigorate toe system
generally, no medieing has ever been so
prominently efficacious as Da. Harlich's
Compound Tonic Strengthening Pills, whose
salutary influence in restoring the digestive
organ, to a healthy action, and re-establish
ing he,lth and vigor in enfeebled and dys
petic ouniaitutions; have gained the implicit
confid.mce of the most eminent physicians,
and unprecidented public t?stimony. Re
member Dr. Harlich's Compound Tonic
Strengthening Pills, thay are put up in small
'lockets with frill directions.
Ptineiral office for the United States, is
No. 19 North Eighth street Philadelphia,
where all communications must be addres
sed.
Also for sale at the store of Jacob Miller,
whn is agent for Huntingdon County.
lIDEAD THIS!: DR. SW AYNE'S C0M
.4.1 POUND nYRUP of PRUNES VI R
GINIANA, Or WILD CHERRY: This is de
cidedly oiled the best remedies for Cough,
and Colds now in use: it allays irritation of
the Lungs, to nens the cough, causing the
plegm to raise free and easy; in Asthma,
Pulmonary Consumption, Recent or Ch ron
ic Couos, NVlieczing & Choking of Phlegm
Hoarsenesi. Difficulty of breathing, Croup,
npitting of Mood, &c. This Syrup is war
' alined z, effect a permanent cure, it taken
nncording to directions which accompany the
nttles. Fur sale only at Jacob Miller's store.
ROCK:POLL ,n UXD R •
suGscribers would respectfully in
form the citizens of Huntingdon and the
adjoining counties that they have repair
ed, and newly fitted up the •
Rockdale Foundry,
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STEVENS & GRIFFIN
Dec. 25. 839 •
Bargains for Cash
On and after the first day of January
the Subscriber will sell at cost his stock
MERCIMIXDISS.
CONSISTING OF
Hardware, Queenswars.
Dry Goods and
Groceries
at his stand in Petersburg, where the pub
lic are invited to call and, examine lei
themselves.
7m. Walker
N. B. Persons haying accounts with the
Suscriker will please cull and settle tile's
on or before the 26th of March next.
NV. w.
Dec. 26th 1839—St
Administrator's Notice.
A 1.1. persons interested in the Es.
.tAs ,
'ate, or having claims against the
Estate of Jacob Miller, late of 1% est town
ship, Huntingdon, county, deceased, are
requested to present their claims to the.
undersigned, who' is duly authorised to
administer; and all persons indebted are
requested to make immediate payment.
Said deceased has a brother, Samuel
Miller, supposed to reside in Union Co.,
and a sister, now married, residing, it is
believed, in Philadelphia, oho are inter
ested in said deceased's Estate, and this
is to notify them, that the accounts must
be settled before the coming spring:.
JACOB BRUBAKER, Aiitnes.
Vest township. Iluottogtlon
roun , y, Dec. 4, •IS:19.
AD MI N IS7'R ATOR S' NO:110E
ALL persons indebted to the Estate.
Anthony Beaver, deceased, late o
Hopewell tp Huntingdon county are re
quested to make immediate payment,an.
those having claims against said Hstat.
are ,requested to present them properly
authenticated for payment to the under •
signed.
ANTHONY BEAVER )r. 44
JOHN BEAVER,
Hopewell tp. Dee, 4,1889:
To the Honorable the Bennie and rlionse of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ) in . Veneral As
sembly met.
The memorial of the subscribers, inhabitants of Huntingdon County, humbly
represents that they have learned, that petitions have been presented to your Hono
rable bodies, praying, that a new County may be erected out of the western end of
lluntingdon and norther part of Bedford Counties ; your memoralists most respect
fully beg leave to protets against the dismemberment of this county, and to deny in
most unequivocal terms, that the signers of those petitions, labor under any "incon
venience" for the want of the division they ask. The distance from Huntingdon (the
present seat of Justice) to the remotes parts, susceptible of cultivation or habitation
—the western end of the county does not exceed thirty miles. From Hollidaysburg
—the place whence spring all the complaints about "inconvenience" suffered by rea
son of remote situations from seats of Justice—to Huntingdon, by the turnpike, it is
but twenty-seven miles; and there are two great public thoroughfares leading front
the one place to the other; to wit the Northern turnpike and Pennsylvania canal.
The facilities for travelling on either of these great high ways, are as comfortable and
commodious as any reasonable man, in the present condition of the country, ought
to ask; and your memoralists feel satisfied, no real grievance is felt by the people in
that section of the county, on acoour,t of their "remote" situationror on account of
any want of comfortable facilities for reaching the seat of Justice. Unless time and
circumstances have altered the meaning of words, we are persuaded, places will not
1 be considered "ranate" from each other, when the citizens can enter a handsomely
furnished boat at one o'clock P. M. at the one, recline on soft cushions and downy
pillows, and arrive at the other at ten o'clock that night; or returning, leave the one at
nine at night, go to bed, sleep soundly, and find themselves at the other in the mor
ning, uncuncious of the locomotion exerted in carrying
them there. It places thus
situated are "remote," then we know not how to use the term in the common con
cerns of life. Your memoralists verily believe that the application far a new County
has been gotten up by persoos having an interest and a desire to build up Hollidays
burg, no matter at what sacrifice of interest to others; and that the substantial good
of the people generally of the County, are intended to be kept out of view in this
effort to benefit a few to the great and lasting injury of the many. If the 'inhabitants
of the western section of the County, a large portion of whom have both the canal
and the turnpike roads, on which to travel, are suffering such intollerable evils from
their "remote situation from the seat of Justice;" what is the condition of the inhabi
tants bordering on Franklin and Juniata counties;'many of whom are forty miles from
quntingdon, and have neither the cant or the turnpike to use ? Are their rights ta
ken into consideration at all, by these who ace endeavoring to push Hollidaysburg to
the manifest sacrifice of numerobs other interests ? If the prayer of the petitioners
should be granted, then the seat of Justice of the old County will be within eight
miles of the extreme end of the County—when es before stated, many of the inhabi
tants will have forty miles to travel isreaching it; and it could not be removed with.
out great sacrifices of vested interests. Nor could the old County support the bur
den of the erection of new public buildings, even if a removal could be made wills
justice to individuals. A large r portion of the territory which would be embraced
within the limits of time old County, is made up of mountains and their poor land,
unable of supporting a dense ;population. Your memoralists feel justified in saying
—from a knowledge of the inequalities in the productions of the soil and other local
circumstances—that the geographical limits of Huntingdon County, never will ad
mit of the division sought to be obtained, consistent with a proper regard to the inter
ests of all the inhabitants,
Another argument is urged by the petitioners infaror of the erection of a new
County arising :from the fact, as they allege, that there is a "great interest of litiga
tion" in their part of the County. Your memoralists believe, that a spirit of "liti
gation" ought not to be encouraged; ;and, one of the strongest arguments which can
be urged against the policy of cutting and carving small counties out of large ones, is,
that it produces litigation; all the two-penny disputes between indiriduals, being car
ried through all the stages of the law, from the mere circumstance of this parties liv
ing within but a short distance of the seat of Justice. Here we beg leave to urge
another argument against the policy of erecting small counties, in connection with
what has been said as to the increase of litigation in trifling causes, that it has the
effect of driving the best qualified of the bar, either out of the
. practice, or into the
commercial cities; and to increase the number of lawyers of inferior talents, who will
always increase litigation in the small ware of the law to the great injury of the wholo
people. But your memoralists deny a position taken by the petitioners, that there
has been such an increase of business iu the several courts of Huntingdon County
as to require adjourned courts in addition to the regular terms "each gennerally [as.
they say] of two weeks continuance." This is an error,—many of our terms con
tinued but for one week, and we have adjourned courts but seldom. Had it nut been
for the entire loss of several courts, from accidental circumstances, within the last
three years, there would have been but few causes remaining for trial or our civil list;
and two regular terms will bring the number remaining for trial entirely under the
control of the court at the regular terms. Almost every suit which is now brought
may be reached in the regular course of the court, within a year from the date of its
institution. Your memorialists, therefore, say, there is nothing arising from the res
quirements of the administration of Justice which will justify the erection of a new.
county; but on the contrary, they confidentially say, that to keep the fountains of jus
tice pure, counties ought to be respectable in point of limits. In small counties it is
almost impossible to a have an impartial trial in cases in reference to which any con
siderable degree of excitement prevai:s—or in causes which have been tried more
than once—small counties also require the burthens of taxation to be heavier then in
large ones. For these reasons and many others which your memorialists could urge,
would limits permit, they do most soletnnly remonstrate and protest against the di
vision of the county as prayed for by the portion of the people in the western end, and
they will ever protest.
MESSA. GE
FROM THE GOVERNOR OF PENN-
SYLVANIA TO BOTH BRANC HES
OF TIIE STATE LEGISLA.
TURE,
To the Senate and Home of Representa•
tines of the Commonwealth of Fennayl.
(CONCLUDED.)
There is a marked difference in the lan
guage of the schedule to that instrument,
when speaking of the judges of the su
preme court, and the other judges of the I
commonwealth. The former were to be
grade as to the expiration of their officers
by the date of their commissions upon the
Ist day of January 18,:9. Vacancies in
other judicial stations, occurring after the
adoption of the amendments; and before
the Ist of January 1838, were not provi-,
ded for by that instrument,''as no com
missioners were provided for, or contnu
ed in force by , it, excepting such as were
in being at the adoption of the amend.
molts to the constitution." Consequent
ly all appointments made of such judges,
between the 9th of October 1838, and Ist
of January 1839, only endured until the
latter day, and were then annulled by the
new constitution, Bowing into effect, ex-
Eicgrot. No. 220
cept whence otherwise provided for in that
instrument. _ . .
It is always a subject of regret to see
management' , made use of to defeat the
expressed will of the people, and it is sel
dom successful. Shortly before the Ist
of January ; 1839, two of the president
judges of judicial districts resigned their
'offices, and were re•comntissioned on the
day following their resignations, to hold
their offices so long as they behaved them
selves well." I deemed it my duty to di
rect proceedings to be instituted in the
supreme court against them. One of 6'.em
died pending the proceeding, and the oth
er was ousted by the judge of the ccort,
and his place has been supplied by a iiwv
appointment•.
In relation to the associate judges,
I there were numerous instances of resi
hations between the ad , iption of theaniend
ed constitution and the Ist of January, 18
39. and others were commissioned in their
places to hold during good behaviour.
Accurding to the decision of the espreru©
court in "The Commonwealh vs. Cetlinl,"
these commissions expired , on the letter
day,—and there were two instant•: s
which appuintents were nude on the i•t'!l
of Jaunary, 1839, by and with the e n•
sent of the senate, to fill vacancies —i
sioned by resignations made on or ;
the Ist of Sanuary, 1839. The coin
mons for these two judges were issued to
bold their offices for ;five sears, if they
so long behaved themselv4 well. The
whole proceeding I lepre alwap treated