Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-18
EXECUTIVE DRrARfMENT,

hold election tue daerent precincts in your re. spective counties, on THuRsDAY the ttVsAtistA da ef Mag neat, for the election o five members to rep resent the good people ol this State in the Congress "i The United states And you, and each 0f you, are further required tn put ap written notice of said election each of the election precincts in your re. l spectves counties, before, and on the day of said eectlon and to conduct the same in all esnccts ac- cording to law.
 And you, snd each of you, arc further directed and required, under the penalties of the lan within ten days after said election, make due return of the re suit of the to this department by causing said returns to be carefully cnSeoped and sealed, and sent by special messenger, to be by you seet ted for hit purpose, addressed to the Governor of the State In Testimony whereof, l have hercunto set my
 hand, and caused the seal of the State To be
 affixed, the twenty day of April, in the L. $. year of our Lord one thUusand eight hundred
 and forty one, and sixty fifth year of American
 Independence.
 A. P. BAGBY. By the GorsnOr:
 w. GARRETT, Secretary of State
 AN ACT for special election for electng members to the twenty-seyenth Congress- and for other pur- poses.
 WHEREAs, the Proclamation of the President of the United States has required the Congress of the United States to Assemble at the Capitol in Washington city, the 3lst day of May next: And whereas. the term of office of the members from this State, to the last Congress, ex- pred tae fourth day of March last: And whereas, there is law authorizing the election of members Congress, prior 10 the first Monday in August next, which, unless remedied, will leave this State presented in the approaching session of Congress, l cDnyoked as aioresaid-Therefore,
 Sec. l. Be enacted byfhe Senate aud House of Re- preSentotes i1 ths State of Aiabama General Assem- biy conreed That the Governor shal forthwith issue his proclamation ordering election to be held for five members to the Twenty seventh Congress- by the ,f fho in less than twenty days after the date of such pro- clamation; which said election shall be held in the same nanner and the sheris of the several counties | in thus shall be subject to the duties and penalties, if the election had been holden for sand members of Congress under the existing laws, at the next general eection-eXcept in far As the provi- sions of the inconsistent with the provisions l of this act.
 Sec. 2. And De i fiuther enacfed That the Govern shall his proclamation to be published in all the newspapers printed the city of Tuscaloosa ,and in one newspaper in each county in this state, where one is pubshed and shall therein direct the sheriifs of the several counties in this to put up a writ ten notice of said election each election precinct in their respective counties.
 Sec. 3. And be Il futher enacted, That the sherifs o the several counties of this shal within ten days after the election for members of Congress shall be held, make their respective returns of such cleo tion by sending them carefully en,eloped and sealed, by special messenger, addressed to the Governor oi the State: and shall respectively, they and their curites, be subject penalty of thousand dol lars recoverable by action of debt to he prosecuted by the Attorney General the proper Solicitor, il, the circuit court of the proper county, in they fail to do so, within the time prescribed aforesaid. Sec. i. Aud be if farther enacted That as all the returns of said election for representatives Congress received or at the expiration Q! ten day from the election, it shall be the duty of the Governor in the presence of the Secretary of State Comptro Ter, and Treasurer, any two of them, to open the of the election, and count them; and it sl,a be his duty to declare by proclamation, with all ycnient despatch thereafter, what persons have been elected representatives to Congress. He shall also cause to be made out and published, statement o | the names voted for, and the aggregate number s votes which each person received; and it shall fur ther be the duty of the Governor to furnish member, elect with certificates of their eection under the grea seal of the Stae and in of tis vacancy, b, death, resignation otherwise, he shall order aI election under the provisions of the existing law.
 Sec. 5. And be a further eaacted, That in all case, of vacancy in the representation of this Stae whcl | may hereafter occur, the Governor shall issue hi, proclamation, and the election shall be holden u | ing to the provision of this act
 Sec. 6. And De further enacted, That the election h. den under this act shall in all respects, be subject to and governed by and conforned to the provisions of an act entitled and act establish the Geuera Ticket System in elections fnr representatives il Congress from the State of Alabama, approved January lst l84l to which this act is an amend l ment.
 Sec. '. And De IL further enacted, That at the nex general election in, August, the managers at cleo tion precincts throughout the State, shall inquire each voter, he hands in his ticket, whether he i, for or against the General Ticket System in the cleo ton of members of Congress from this State; an, that thay shall endorse or cause to be endorsed oI the back of each ticket the words ' For Me Genera TYcka, or District Svstem, the voter may answer and that thereofbe made at the time and ner herein provided.
 Approved. April P, Is4l.
 STATE OF ALABAMA-CLARKE COUNTY
 ORPHANS COURT, May Term, 184l ATHEREAS MATHEW COX, administrator w de bonus non, on the estate of Henry W aiie filed his petition at this term of the court for the sat of the land now remaining unsold belonging to the tate of said decedent, and it appearing to the sats faction of the court that Eldrdge Summers who in termarried with Mary Ann Waite and Galley c 5nnnerc who intermarried with Dorcas Waite ars egatees in right of their wives to the estate of thu said decedent and reside without the limits of tn, State of Alabama is therefore ordered by the court that publication be made in the Mobile Commerca Register and Parrot. paper in the city of Mob' for forty days, that Saturday the 10th day of Jun' next at the Court House in Clarke County Alabain; be set as the time and place for hearing the said pc ttion. 4 true extract from the minutes. Attest,
 TERRELL POWERS. Clerk.
 mayl7 260ti0iys
 vUyHE ART OF DRESS, OR, GUIDE TO THi J ToILEr-witb directions for adapting the yari ous parts of the female costume to the complexion and figure; Hints Cosmetics, &c. enbelshe, with Engraving from designs by Frank Howard, Esq for sale by DOUBLEDAY & SEARS,
 nmyl3 50 Dauphip-st. TUDD'S PATENT SPERM CANDLES.-2 aD boxes, for sale by
 mayi3u D. C. LOWER, 5s commerce-st EyLOUR-50 barrels superline, received pc Il steamboat Echo; 200 bbls superiine, to arriv per schrs Melissa and Sarah, for sale by
 CIRODE & WHITE,
 mayIl corner Commerce and Dauphin-sts HERMAN COLOGNE WATER.--i0O dozel " genuine Farna Cologne, for sale by mayl5 MOSELY & CO, Druggists. nENTISTS' GOLD FOIL GOLD LEAF,- D Just received, for sale by ss- mayl4 MOSELY & CO.,, Drug, ,ists. TlHE YOUNG LADIES EQUESTRIAN MAN back for Ladies, for sale by
 DOUBLEDAY & SEARS,
 mayls 50 Dauphin-st, TUyO COACH MAKERS.--A small invoice superl 1 or Top Leather just received on consignment an for sale by. t. ID. .. LOWbEh'
 april If No 59 Commerce st. EOR SALE,-That valuable lot of land, having N front on Royal-st. of l60 feet by depth of i2 feet, situated opposite the State Press.
 TERMs.-1-5 cash, the balance in three equal an Aual payments with interest from date at per cent per annam. Notes to he secured by mortgage on tn III st.a