Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-03-02

~ UyArT, AMBRetpE JitTRiut. v. vi, bRuRpl atl
Iaf,s iitsNu Elertitr,: in Arril ileSt
ITDr. Jennings will preach to-
morrow morning 1T The Methodist u.
Church.
Corvrsrloa.-Ne sec viii, salts.
faction that the bsll lately passed by
the House of Representative 80 take
the sense Of the people Oh tle r&pe.
dicncy of calling o Convention 10
nmend the Constitution" is met with
general dissatisfaction from all parts
ofthe State-By what authority. u
under what instructions trott their
constituents have those members Of
the Legislature. Nhu voted for the
bill nctel I W. know not. aud would
like to he infotmed. No primary
meetings have been held any where.
We do not believe that the question
was even mlooied before election, and
the passage Of the bill by the House
Of Representatives. came like Il thun-
derbolt OH their constituents. The
people are ii favor Of some amend
ments 10 tile Constitution. but they
wish those amendments 10 be made
in accordance to}the manner pointed
out by the Constitution under which
we live and under whose provisions
the present representatives were
elected. and which they swore tosup-
port. The people look upon the
Constitution M u sacred instrument,
M the bulwark Of their State rights,
to be4carefully at,d maturely revised,
and not to be term to the winds by
tho whim or caprice of every lcgtSla-
turc, without reflection OF the mature
and deliberate convictions OF the peo-
mic ofthc State nit large. Woboli6ve
tho bin IN unconstitutional and hrnr
it will remain where IL ts-wc conf
IDENTIFY believe that il will never be-
come "a law. the people arc not pre-
pared for hnsty action "a the tune OF
another Si60,o0o. the amount we be-
1licpe the Last Convention cost. Let
the constitution be regised, but let
such revision be- done constitutional
ly. mu
SnEntrr's SALrp.5 We are glsd to sct
thattle bin of the Hon. y ns &. White, au.
tho'ising the publication Of Shetia's sales
has Leca rcpo ted on "a sorn y by he com'
mi,tec 10 which il wss referred. We have
NJ doubt i, viii pass b tn houses Of The LeEis,
l,turc Without opposition. l~tislust n benz
eftial, as under Tho present system, a roo'
man's property la oltou sacrificed and sold
without any thing being kn,wn about il, b,
the com sunity at large, Mr.. VIII G deserve
mueh, credit for h + oxoftians in the matter.
LKoruRr,-By the request IF a large nun
Der Of respectable citizen, ur, J. NJ. JIM
hines will deliver a Lecture thIs evening
Sa,u day, tho "a March, 1850, at 7 o'clotk
at. the Methodist Church, on interested facts
connected with The Anatomy and Physio'
logy of the Human skin, sustaining princ,
~ zl..i =. IL. Is.t A., In,k al bfs 10
thor. who Was Tor more than twenty years Z
professor in the Washington University o.
Baltimore. The subject is All important one
particularly TO residents of the South. and
Doctor will endeavn 10 make it entertaining
and Instructive, #...
7i The apparatus (Which is very simple in lis
construc,ion) will b exhibited and the mode
OF it's application explained.
The subject on which he iectat es is of the
highest Importance, and We hope to see a large
attendance OF our citizens on the occasion.
SALE OF VARIABLE PRorERry.-Tht
eligible and pleasant residence O
Mfr. James McNay, situated tear thu
town ofBaton Rouge, with six acre.
of land attached will be sold at Sher
ifs sale this day at the Court
House.
Also eight lots of ground, the pro-
perry Of Of. Mr.. Montgomery Sloan
49, 80 &A~ Nt a ~ - =. =. #
situated opposite the Catholic gray.
sard. bordering in Church and Flori
da Streets. d