The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-07
GENERAL ELECTION PR0CLAMA-

therein "lhe officers 10 the elected - and to
designate the place al which The election is
10 be held" Therefore, I, STEPHEN III.
MILLER, High Sheriff of Columbia county,
do bsteby make;known and proclaim 10 the
| qualified electors OF CoiUmh;a county, aba,
general election will be held tbtoughou. said
county, on TUESDAY, the THIRTEENTH
DAY OF OCTOBER, being The second Tues
day said month, a, the several Districts
within the county 10 witt
Benton township, at the house of Ezekiel
Cole. .r ... .....
Beaver township, a, The house Of Christian
| Shuman.
Bloom township at the Court. house Blooms.
burg.
Briarcreek township, at the Town House,
Berwick
Catawissa township, al the house OF the late
Stacy Margeram, Catawissa.
Centre township, al the house OF Jeremiah
Hess, deceased.
tishingcreek township, al HE house of
Abraham Kllae, now occupied by William
Long.
Greenwood township, al the house of Jos.
+. Patton.
Hemlock township, at the Buck Horn.
Locust township, al the house OF David
Reinbold.
franklin township, at Clay,on's School
house. ..
M,f1in township, a, the house of John Kel-
Ter.
Madison township. at tue house of John
WeIliver, decd. r....
'Mounlp pleasant township, at the house of
William Hutchinson.
Montour township, al the house of John
Richards, now occupied by William Holings-
head.
Main township, a, the house of Isaac Yet.
Ter.
Roaringcreek township, at The house OF G.
w. Dnesbacb, now occupied by Franklin
Shunan.
Orange township, at the house of Peter P.
Kline, Orangeville.
Pine township al .he house of Albert Hun
Sugarloai township, al the house of Ali
mas Cole.
Scott township aithe house Of Enoch How
ell, Espy,own.
Conyngham township, a, The house Of F.
r. Woliouh.
Jackson township at the house OF Joshua
Savage.
Il Is further directed tina, the election a,
the said several districts shall be opene d be-
tween the hours Of anc 10 o'c!uck in the
forenoon, and shall continue opeE without
interruption or adjournment. until O'Clock
in the evening, when the polls shall be clos
ed.
The officers to be elected a, the time and
place Aforesaid are -
A GOVERNOR, =
2JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
A CANAL COMMISSIONER,
A MEM Der OF CONGRESS,
A STATE SENATOR,
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY,
A COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
ONE PERSON FOR PROTHONOTARY,
CLERK OF THE COURT OF QUARTER
SESSIONS. OF THE ORPHANS COURT,
AND OF THE COURT0F OYER AND TER
MINER
PERSON FOR REGISTER AND RE.
CORDER.
a COUNTY TREASURER,
A COUNTY AUDITOR.
And the said election OF Congressman is
held in pursuance of writ TO me directed
by the Governor OF the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, wherein il is dIrecled that be-
cause vacancy has happened in the repre-
senlalon of thist State it the House OF Rep
resentaiives of The United States, in conse.
luence of the death OF JOHN G. MONT.
GoMERY, Esq, elected a member Of the
Twenty Fifth Congress. from the Twelfth
Congressional District, composed of The
counties oil Colambia, Luzerne, Montour and
Wyoming, that Stephen H. Miller, High
Sheriff OF Columbia county, shall hold or
cause 10 be held, in each township, at the
time and the places aforesaid, an election for
choosing Representative of this Common.
wealth ~ the House OF Representatives of
The United States, to fill the vacancy afore.
said.
And, whereas, have been directed by the
Governor 10 give notice that joint resolu.
lion, proposing cerlaIn amendments to the
Constitution OF this Commonwealth, has been
agreed 10 by majority of the members
elected to each House oil The Legislature, al
Two successive terms of the same, and that
it is provided by The Constitution, lhal any
amendment SO agreed upon, shall be sub.
miiled 10 the people for :heir approval or re-.
leclion. Therefore, for the purpose o. ascer-
tanning the sense of the citizens of ibis Com
monweallh in regard thereto, !, Stephen H..
Miller, High Sheriff oil Columbia county, do
give notice and proclaim 10 the qualified
electors OF said county, that an election will
be held 10 each of The townships, wards and
districts therein, on the second Tuesday of
October, A. d. 1857, ior the purpose of deci.
ding upon the adoption or rejection o. the
said amendments, or any of them; which
said election shall be held al The places, aud
opened and closed at the time al and within
which lie General Elections of this Com
monweallh are held, opened and closed; and
it shall be The duty of The Judges, Inspectors
and Clerks of each of said townihips, wards
aud districts to receive al the SAID election.
tickets either written or printed, or partly
written and partly printed from citizens duly
qualified TO vote for Members OF the Gem
eral Assembly, and to deposit them in box
or boxes 10 be for that purpose provided by
the proper officers; which tickets whall be
be respectively labelled on the outside,
"First Amendment, ""Second Amendment" !"
"Thire Amendment, n"Founh Amendment, ;"
and those who are favorable 10 said Amend
ments, or any of them, may express their
desire by voting each as many separate writ
ten or piirted, or Psrly written or printed
ballots or tickets, containing on the inside
thereof the words "For the Amendneri,"
and those who are opposed 10 such Amend-
ments, or any Of them, may express their
opposition by voting each as maGy separate
written or printed ballots or tickets ontain-
ing on tho inside thereof The words "Against
the Amendments" eva .r4r
And further, do hereby give notice, di-
rect and proclaim, that The election on the
said proposed Amendments, shall be opened
and closed at the same time, and in all re-
so eets be conduatad as tha (se ne tal Electione