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Its own privileges and elections, and the members
thereof shall have, possess and enjoy. In the most
full and ample manner, all the privileges which
members elected to, and attending on the general
assembly are entitled to and moreover shall be
allowed the same pay for travelling to and attend
ing on, and returning from the said convention, as
is now allowed to members of the general assembly
for like services. And said convention is hereby
empowered to appoint such officers, and to make
them such reasonable allowances for their services
as il shall deem proper, which several allowances
shall be audited by the auditor of public accounts
and paid by the treasurer Of the commonwealth
upon proper warrants.
II. In the case ofany contested elections to the
convention, the same shall be governed in all re-
speeds by the existing laws i'll regard 10 contested
elections to the senate.
IS. The executive of this commonwealth shall
have power to award writs Of election to supply
vacancies which may happen in the convention by
death, removal or other incapaclty of any member
elected TO serve therein, according to the provis
ions of this act, previously to the meeting of the
said convention but if any such vacancy shall
happen after the meeting Of the said convention,
the presiding officer Of the same shall award the
said wrts, and the election under such wris shall
be conducted In VI respects as the elections herein
before provided for.
IA. 1t shall be the duty of the presiding officer
of the said convention to certify copy of the con
stitution, as the same shall be amended, to the
general assembly, in order that provisions may
be made by law for submitting the same to the
good people of this communicable, and ororgan
izng the government under the amended cons IT'LL
lion, in case it be approved and ratified.
IS. The expenses incurred in providing the
poll books required by this ac, for the several coun
ties, cities, towns and boroughs of this common
wealth, and in procuring writers to keen the same
shall be borne by said counter, cities. towns and
bofonghs respectively; and it shall be lawful for
county courts to detray the same by levy in the
same manner that existing charges upon their
counties are now betrayed, and for the corporate
authorities of the counties cities, towns and bo-
roughs, to levy for the same in like manner.
Is. The sterifls or other officers shall receive
the same compensation, and be paid in like
ner for attending and comparing the polls under
this act, as in cases Of senatorial elections.
II. This act shall be in force from the passing
thereof.
Passed by the general assembly March d, 1850
GEORGE w. MUNFORD,
c. Fl d.
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Trust; Sale,

pY vistue ofa Deed of Trust executed 10 the
~ Undersigned by Peter Linn, and Esther Linn
his wife, and Archibald NJ Linn, {and Tor the pur-
pose therein spesiaed) which deed is Of reeo1d i'll
the County Court Of Augusta, and bears date the
l4h day OF November, 1913, l shall on Thursday
the 18th day of February 1850, in the Town of
pishersrille in Augusta County, proceed 10 sell TO
the highest bidder Tor cash. the following Real and
Personal Property embraced in said deed viz:
A Lot in said town of Fishelsrflle, containing
IA OF an and 20 poles being the same pnr
chased by the said p. and A. NJ. Linn 1T sale
made by John L. Arnal as Com, undes decree
OF the Circuit Superior Cout Of Law ami Ghancery
for Augusta County.
Also the following personal property II the pos
session of said Peter Linn, TO wit: head of lior-
SEES, head OF Cattle and their increase, rs lead
OF Hogs and their increase, l Wagon, and 3
pair OF horse Gears, Shovel Ponshs, fbig Plough.
Beds and Furniture, ] Clock and all the other
Household and Kitchen Furniture Of the said Peter
Linn.
Also all the right, title and lttercat now held by
the said Peter Linn and wife and Archibald ~
Linn IN and 10 certain tract OF Land devised orig
ilially to the said A. III. Linn BY James MdCunr.
lying neartse town OF Fishersville whether the IL
tie to said land be in the said Archibald nj Linn.
or in the said EstEer Linn or in the said Peter
Linn and wife
Acting ss Typste. shsil convey such this as is
in me.
". II. HARTMAN, Tra.tse.
Feb. 1, Is5o.--St
ny- TIE above saia is postponed anti Crjdsv
the 2sh day Of March next
Mara W, H Harlan, Trustee.
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GONG M II IS.
Reported for the Baltimore Sun.
WASHINGTON, March Is, 1850.
SENATE,

After the presentations Of the petitions, the
Senate resumed the consideration of MIR. Clay's
resolutions, and MIR. Badger addressed The Sc
nate on the subject.
He argued that dissolution of the Union was
possible III certain contingencies, and therefore
great care should be TO guard against such con-
tngencies.
The South had right to ask the enforcement
Of the provision for the recapture of fugitive
slaves. This was question Of right if there
was anything i'll the Constitution to be relied on,
it was this. Without the enforcement of that
provision, there could be no permanent pacifica-
ton between the North and South.
He replied to many points in Mr.. Stewards
speech, and showed from the Scripture, if slave
ry was an evil, it was not a sin.
If the sentiments of the Senator from New
York (Mr. Seward) were those of the Northern
people, or any large portion Of them this Union
could net stand.
MIR. Badger gave way to motion to go into
Executive session, without concluding.
The Senate spent some time in Executive ses-
sion, and adjourned,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Bayly gave notice that he would to-r1lor-
row ask the House to go into Il committee Of the
whole on the state of the Union TO take up the
deficiency appropriation bill.
Mr.. Boyd, of Ky. presented the memorial
and credentials of the delegates elect from Cali
fornia, and the constitution of that state Which
were ordered to lay OH the table and be printed
Mr. Brown, of Miss objected to the reception
of the papers
Mr. Speaker ruled that It was too late that
the papers had been received and ordered to be
printed
On motion Mr. Thomas, of Tenn, the rules
were suspended and the House resolved itself
into committee Of the whole (Mr. Boyd Of
KY, in the Chair,) and resumed the considera-
ton of the bill 10 admit California as u State in
10 the Union.
Mr. Williams, of Tenn, was entitled to the
floor and spoke for an hour in discussing the
questions involved in the admission OF Califor-
mia.
Mr.. Casey, followed and spoke his hour.
Mr.. Gddings next obtained the floor, and
made personal reply 10 the recent speech Of
Mr.. Winthrop. He was followed by
Mr.. Thurston, of Oregon who yielded the
floor to motion that the committee rise.
The committee rose and the House adjourn
ed
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-03-25

Mr.. WxBsTER's PLAN OF CONTROVERSIAL
gentleman who left Boston on Saturday evening,
informs the New York Journal of commerce that
while some Of the hot-heads profess to be great
ly scandaliked by Mr.. Vebster's 'sconcessons
to the South" the great body Of candid, reflect
ing men, approve of his course, aud are prepar-
ed to sustain both il and him.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-03-25

~ Gen. Cass, in late speech, said that be-
fore he penned the Nicholson letter, he had a
conversalit with Judge Mclean, who concur
red with him in opinion that the Wilmot Provi-
SO is unconstitutional. We think that will take
a good many Ohio wings aback, who had thought
the Judge was all right on that question.
en- ENQUIRER.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-03-25

SENATOR Houston has improved upon Senator
Stewards project for giving all foreign refugees
quarter section OF land each, by proposing
that the gilt be extended to all creation,
who have not land already, or are not worth
$1,000. 1t will probably be suggested next, to
divide the peoples cows, furniture, hats, boots
and breeehes, share and share alike among all
mankind Congress has about as much moral
right to portion out our wardrobe al to alternate
our land.-Noeh
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From the Enquirer.
THE PRINCE OF DEMAGOGUES.

No one can see the sinister, virtue-like coun-
tenance of Senator Seward, without pronouncing
him to be {; bad man, demagoSue OF the
blacklist die. He was the agent OF Gen. Taylor,
with Ewing in defeating the settlement Of the
slavery question at the last session of Congress,
and is now with Truman Smith, the most eff
cient champion Of the Administration in the
Senate. A few days since, he declared his con-
fidence in the practical Ffee-so principles OF the
Administration, and asserted that the Democrats
at the North were allies of slavery and the Wings
the genuine friends OF Free-soil, and that Taylor
never would have received the vote of New
York, had lie not been regarded, as he was rep
resented by the Wings to be- as committed 10
the sanction of the Wilmot ProYiso We were
by no means surprised at his recent incendiary
and infamous speech in the Senate, wherein
forgetting his oath to support the Constitution,
he declared himself ready to support the ex-
tremest doctrines OF abolition, in the teeth of the
plainGst mandates of the Constitution. His in.
famous sentiment is that the compact OF the
Constitution must yield to his anarchial notion
of the abstract rights of man. Much less are
we surprised to see his course cordially sustain
ed as follows, by the free negroes OF New York,
whose proceedings are fully reported in the He
raid
s. Resolved, That the noble & manly position
taken by the Hon VIM. H. Seward Senator
from New York, in declaring that the newly
acquired territories should remain intact 10
freedom, and denouncing the Mason and Web
ster project for the purpose Of augmenting the
slave shan1bes Of the South, by capturing the
flying iugitives and kidnapping the eolored
treemen, merits our COMMUNICATION, aid should
receive our warmest gratitude.
9. Resolved, That inasmuch as large ma
jority Of the legal voters OF Massachusetts are
inimical to the existence Of slavery, and have
used and are using every possible means TO re-
move the foul blot OH the escutcheon of the ma
ton; therefore, we are firmly Of the opinion,
that the Hon. Daniel Webster, in speech re-
Gently delivered by him before the Senate OF the
United Stptes, did, @wilfully, willingly and
knowingly,n violate the sacred trust repossd in
him by his constituents, by giving utterance 10
views which he must have known 10 be utterly
at variance with their sentiments, by adyoca.
ting the doctrine that new slave States must be
formed out Of the territory now claimed by Tex
as aud, in fact, giving the weight of his power
full name to sanction and egalize the spreading
and increasing OF the inhuman traffic in human
flesh and blood, and which must have tenden
cy to lessen him in the opinion of those " no
have heretofore viewed him as the "God-llkeu
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-03-25

" Thirty-four colored persons, liberated I'M
der the provision of the will of James Duff, Esq,
late planter of Lincoln county, Tennessee, ar
rived in New Orleans recently on their way 10
the new Republic of Liberia. A similar number
was expected soon from Kentucky.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-03-25

~ The newest political feature in N. York,
is the phantom Of ,lisunion, which, in the form
of a hideons monster, is to be burned in eligy
in the Park on day not yet named. The idea
originated among the sixth ward denocra-
cy. The figure will be of tremendous dlmen-
sons, suspended inthe air from scaflolding e.
geeted for that purpose. 1t will be eneircled
with enblemalical devices of the Union, which
will remain unscalhed, whilst The smonster'
being of combustible material, will burn till mot
wreck is left behind IN. Y. atlas.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-03-25

Four members of Mr. Folks Cabinet, viz:
Messrs. Buchanan, Marcy, Walker and Mason,
were at Washington together last week. and at
tracted much attention.
The correspondent of the New York Globe
says, that 'the respect which has been paid 10
them, though stripped of all official aud influence,
exceeds that ever extended to the present Cabi.
net clothed in its brief authority, and is a Just
tribute to ripe talents and heightened public
seryice,o
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M a r RED.

In misplace, on Thursday morning last BY
Rev. ] hos. d. Bel, Col. john N. HILL Of
Woodstock, and Mrs: JANE Pollock, widow Of
the late VIM. w. Pollock Of 1IarrisonbuIg.
Register.
On Tuesday the 26th ult, by the Rev VIM.
Pnkerton, MIR. JoHN b. RA.LowE, to Miss
SARAH e. WALKER, beth OF Rocktish Valley,
Nelson county
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-03-25
he MAR KET S.

Reported for The J''na'eafor,' ly U'm II. Brcua
Commission Merchant
RICHMOND, March %.
FLOUR. in store, 81 81 SIS 90
NHEA I.Red, log white los 10Y.
BACON. Hog round, c.
COFFEE. lisa l6 c.
WOOL. .25.to 81 cts.
CORN--47l. zto SO
CORN MEAE-55 cts.
SHEEP sI1 y; 81 so to 50. as IN quality.
;HOGs-$5 So
REEF..., weight; 81 so 50 90 gross.
Reported for the Yindicator bv D. REAMrR. Com
mission Nero hant-Cash prices.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-03-25

PoLlre-'Well, John," said doctor 10 a lad
whose mother he had been attending on during
her illness, chow is your moiher7e "she's dead
thank Non sir.n
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-03-25

Receipts for the indicator, for the Week ending
March %.
William Davis, Esq, 81, Jno. Montgomery, 81
Henry B. JONES' So, Richard johnson, So, and
one gentleman left the State without paying-the
amount due us, goes to his credit, Of course.
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" Mr.. Thomas S. CoALTER is an authorized
agent for the indicator
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w M NJ /, L. & r. s
Confectionery Store.

I RETURN my thanks TO the citizens of Staun-
"a ton and vicinity for their liberal patronage 10
me SO lar, and give them a cordial invitation to
received and offer for sale cheap for cash at
Wholesale and Retail consisting Of Fruits and
Colsefsionarles Of every variety; Fine Fresh
Figs; Ralsins; Stoned Rasins; Currants Ci,Ton :.
Malaga Grapes; Lemons, Sc, sc.
WIN. MILLER,
Opposite the Spectator Office.
Staunton, March 4, 1850
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$50 &C. XET q. B I'd,

V@S.y III living near Waynesboro' on Fri
~ day the 18th inst, Negro Boy, named
~ ! S Q NJ
azzsza.. about IS years old. feet 8 or . inches
hlgh, very near black, bushy head of hair, his
two first fingers cut off the lett hand very 20
lite when spoken to; had on when he left James
Pantaloons, Of brown color, White Wool Hat; and
Coarse Boots. l believe he is aiming for free
State, g. as he is acquainted with tIe road to Lew
isburg, he may take that route-he has relations
living near Brownsburg, Rockbridge County |
will give the above reward If taken out Of the
State, and secured in Jail that may get him
$50 il taken oat Of the Couuty-and Is 10 if I'M the
County, aud secured in Jail that may get him.
March rs, 1s<e.-tf.
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JAMES HEARING

MI MANGUM offered The following amendment,
stating ha, upon full deberation had met the appro-
baton oi the Committee on Naval Affairs;
Tha, the same amount Of .aay as is provided for 70
VIM. ]. Me and VIM. j. s. Sanger be paid 70 Jsmes
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-01-31
Poetry of the Revolution.

The following Ode written hs Nathaniel Niles of Nor
witch, Conu afterwards citizen of Vernon; Member
of Congress during the administration OF John Adams The
ausion the burning Charestown indicates The period
which written d called 81 Bunker.
Hill"
Why should vain morials rombln a the sight
ofieaih and destruction in the field OF battle,
Where blood aud carnage clohe the ground CRIMSON
Sounding with death groaus
Death viii invade Is the time appointed,
Aud We must all bow TO the King of Ierroufs;
nor am 1 ANXIOUS If prepared
" hat shape he comes in.
Life for my Country and the cause of Freedom
Is but ifiae log part WITH
AID If preserved ia - arest a contest,
Life Is redcullcd
Indiie goodness teachas -u5mton-
BIS H. be quiet under ali hi, dealil-,
Never reiuhus but forever pr4isias
Ood Cur Creator.
Well may we praise linn al his ways are .rcc,
Through a re.pigad,noc iufuite, glowing,
b. zzlys glory Oh the sight ofmorta.s
struck ui by lu-,ra.
Col Is Jehovah ia be.towing sunshine,
Nor his GOODNESS in Tie storm, aud tlundcr;
MercI== und Judgments both proceed from kindness,
lndait' kindness.
0 then onul, tlmt ,.cd forever 1srcth-
Clouds tl,4i SUR, ani hin hinder our pcrc piion-
Tut Yet bee ieye The darkness shall be - tteIeJ,-
aud -hout louder praises
Then to tie wisdom my ord aud '.s-ter
Iw.l commit adj iln, have and wis for
s,seeuy as blbes sleep viii COVE my life up
Nh,n called 10 PIE it.
Now Mas dare, rlid 10 smoky Piilars
Bursting Ut ion q, sl,,ii-rnas'ns ct the
Ra,1ns of graPe shot, like storm Of hai.-s,.nes
orturng ether.
Up the bleak heavens 1T thu spreading flames rise,
Iroas ing lie lta4 through the snok, columns,
Lowering like Issp, Ger Ma. fal rg city
Nautouy burnt donu.
- line having lecn Quilted he copy, tbs supplied
a venture.
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CHAPTER XII.


Curious as was the concurrence Of cir
cumstamces Ich had pr, duced nay appar-
ent death aud real burial, the confederation
of events which terminated III my dislnter-
ment and my restoration to life, was by no
means less extraordinary. Among the sub
ordinate causes contributing to the latter
result, was the fortunate fact that Doctor
LinneI, reaching his horne at a late hour,
and having an accumulation of letters TO
read, had not retired 20 rest when Hodges
rang the night-bell aud gave him hurried
statement Of what had occurred SO that he
was enabled to hasten back, and to be
kneeling by my side in very short time
after the despatch of my messenger.
DO not speak word, was the first in
junction; you have no strength for talk
ing. Leave everything to ne; ] will take
care of you.
Ordering mattress to be brought and 10
be spread before the fire, he placed me upon
il; bottles OF hot water were applied TO the
soles of my feet; he poured into my mouth
a renoyatlng cordial; after which prelImIn-
aries | was rubbed with warm flannels until
both my operators were thrown INTO a pro-
fuse perspIration, and | myself felt vital
Glow throughout nv whole frame
All NOS well' sand the doctor hrt
INNS, have Won :, my own bouse and undar
o,,ne,, ar cannot answer far vo,r
,ecoverv We must remove Won btf,.re
vli,Lt Drug me a couple of blankets
immediately
These beng found and hung before the
fire tail they we're qal:e hot, were carefully
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iloetrpp.
THE UNION.

The olions beautiful and patriotic gem, from Longfc
Ow's volume OF poes very appfopf, At this time
Thou, too sa;i OF! ship Of state:
Sail ou, o Union, 81 ons and gieat.
Humanity with all It's far,
With at The hopes Of future years,
l. ha g,ns GREATNESS thy fate
We know what master laid thy keel,
What worsmen wrought tn, ribs of steel,
Who made each mast, each sail, each rope,
" hat anvis rang what hammers bent,
In what 70 &c und what heat
We're f.uHca the anchors OF thy hope
Fear each sudden sound aud shook
Ills of the and not the rock;
IT'S but tho 1upping Of the sail,
Aad a rent made by the gale,
Ii spite ofrock OF tempest roar,
S,il Oh, nor fear o breast the sea,
Our hearts, aur hopes, all with thee:
Ou hearts, hopes, our prayers, our tears,
Our faith triumphant DER fears
Are all with thee, all with thee.
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Ito be sofening Of the brain, a defect
which gradually undermines the reasoning
powers, and usually terminates in Imbeclli-
iy and idiocy. On my limiting that his pa
tient was by no means harmless slmpleton,
but had recently been harboring heinous
designs, he replied that combination of
cumming and contrivance with great wick
edness frequently characterized the incIpl-
eni stages Of this peculiar lunacy; and that
from the present condition of your son, he
had no hesitation in declaring he must have
been in an unsound state of mind for sever
al months. depend upon 1t, such were the
PHYSICIANS own words, that this uniOrtu-
nate young man, though he may have been
competent TO the ordinary purposes of life,
has long been utterly defective in the moral
sense; has ceased TO know the difference
between right and wrong, and cannot, there
fore, during this period of morbid mental
alienation, be fairly deemed an accountable
being
| have placed poor George for the present
III a private lunatic asylum, and await your
orders as to his ultimate disposal.
CHAPTER XIV
Sad and affecting as it was, have said
tina. this letter was not without mitigating
suggestions. 1t is great, deplorable, a
heart-rendIng calamity to be the father of
an ncurable IDIOT; bu; it is infinitely more
terrible to have son who could contem-
plate, while in the possession of his reason,
the diabolical crime of parricide. From this
horror and disgrace was relieved. My
heart was enabled to throw off the incubus
that had darkened and crushed it. All was
now cleared up, every thing was now intel
ligible, and my misfortune, though still d
heavy one, was not tainted by the unuttera-
bly, hateful associations with which | had
been previously haunted. My sons dab
bhngs with the poisonous mIXture-the
monomania which stimulated his horrible
purpose-his reckless conduct--his heart
less levity of tongue, when he should rather
have been overwhelmed with shame and
sorrow-and the vacant, misplaced, often
sive laugh BY which had so often been re-
voited-all had now received a solution
which showed them to have sprung from la
tent insanity, not from prcmeditated and
conscious wIckedness, not from the iriyoll-
not from the deliberate suggestions of an a.
blndoned nature. From an object of una
voidable disgust and hatred, my unfortunate
boy was converted INTO a claimant for the
proloundest pity and compassion. 1t was
something to feel that still had son, ey-
en though he might be a little better than d
final statue.
Although Hodges, the foreman, had
strict moral justice been awarded him, de-
served punishment rather than reward, had
made him promise which held myself
sacredIy bound to perform. Removing
hln, accordingly, from a neighborhood
where he might have been tempted to Il re-
newal of his unhalowed practices, pur-
chased for HIM i'll provincial town long
established and respectable business, By at
tentIon 10 which he cannot fail to realize
moderate independence.
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From abe New &onshly Magazine
Posthumous Memoirs OF Myself.
BY HORACE SMITH, ESQ, AUTHOR OF BRAN
BLETYE HOUSE. &c. &c.
ConcIuded from our last.