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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-10-03

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Main-st., ksokuk, lows. lscES-dswl
ASSIGN M ENT.
DROWN LOWE, Of Keokuk, Iowa, have thi.
- day assigned to me for the benefit OF eli thsi,
cred tors all and singular their personal property
ana real estate. Creditors will present thsiI
claims, under oath or Affirmation, within three
months as the 4" TeS z s;i1rscs ...,
Keokak, Iowa, Oct. !, '5I-oet2d3m
NOTICE.
INIE partnership heretofore existing between
L fhos. smith, X. e. Fuller and III. G. Refner
under the firm Of Smith, Failer 1 Co. Is dis
solved by mutual consent, and Thos. Smith il
alone authorized to sign firm name, and settle all
FULLER.
Sept, 80, 1857. NJ G. REFyER
ootidlw by II. Scot. Howell, her Agent.
Roy wanted 10 Learn shs Drug
Busbness.
A SMART active boy, about IL years Of age
"A wanted in Ottcmwa, wspello county, Iowa !;
must come we'll recommended some know edge oil
the husiness preferred. SALARY frat year $50 u
$iau year and board. Further particulars On.
quire of BARTLETT, KAYE CO..
octid3ta Main ST., H oku k.
NEW GOODS
FOR AUTUMN AND WINTER!
IU received ct the New Tailoring House, on
y foarih street, between Main aud Blondsau.
ovEn totrisGs. DREss AID YRocK
Pre.tlent Cloth, Mulberry, Brown
Meow Coating, Green, Olive,
Labrador do Blue, Dahiia,
Freneh Ribbed, and Bronss, and
London MeItons; Block;
VI the best French and German manufact ure.
Rich herman and American Fancy and Plain
DSessin, for Pants. Velvet, Cashmere, Valencia
and French sabroidored Cas-. 0rensdiBe and eth.
or French Silks and SAtins for Vssts; together
with beautiful assortment of the finest and most
durable trimmings, which will be made into gar
ments Of the latest and most approved styles and
haest workmanship.
Gentlemen IN want OF easy fitting and gentssl
gxrins nts arc invited ~ call.
N. b,--ParticUlsr attention paid to cutting gar
insnts for others to make.
ELLIOT r. SMITH.
izS-Vest Makers wanted. [ostldl
MsfARLAND HOUSE,
j A. PATMOR, PRoPRIKroR,
Formerly Of the Sherman House, Chicago, Ills }
FRoNT-ST., BET. CEDAR 4 PINE,
Opposite Steam Ferry Landing,
sep2SdAw As3.&
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PIKE Co. BAsx, ILt..---fu,s Institution has
suspended. It's notes are secured, under the
late law, and doubtless amply
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-10-03

RKsuAED.James Carter 4 Ca, bankers
.. G-,e1.a, T-s suspended Il co1sa, 4elae .;
the failure Of the ohio Life and Trust Co.
have resumed business.
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Hot EOR THE FAINT
rlsn steamer BEN CAMPBELL, Capt. III \
l Dodge, will carry passengs.S and
dtdu ton Of p per cent on the usual charges. -
The boat will make one trip, leaving Aontrose on
Monday, Oct. 75th, and remain st Muscatine
during the Fair. NJ. A. JUDD,
Ticket Agent. =
A SPECIAL TRAIN Of the Keokuk, Mt. Pleas
ant and Muscatine Railroad will leave the Packet
Depot at keokuk, running in connection with the
steamer Ben Campbell, and tickets 70 andfrom the
Fair yer the Railroad will Be sold 1t half fare II
purchased beforehand, fur the round trip. This
train win Leave ksokuk 1t half past o'clock VI
the 9th Of October, Tickets for sale ct the Packet
Depot. JN0. ADAlk MCDOWELL,
sep30d Engineer and Supt.
nIeas AaplIN Is q n 4 IN FIN - uTrTxa - /
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MESSRS. KIMBEL 4 FkEDIN
E,pRCTFtI.I.y ,nfo,m THAR fr,.n.a. .>d tbe
II nuhlis That they hxv. estsAl,.hsd Il
paa SnuTu cI..pr.sr cuIcAuo 1,1
Eso swim oAn nA-OA., 1nAOAou, iLh.,
A Branch Of their p.ri. and New York House, for
the manufacture and sale OF the most
elas.n, styles Of
fs n 49, sense Ds y :. =, ms.
nosiss AZ .,1.,. -, A''o p'Ss~1 y 40 = 'AV''
-
French Carpets,
French Miffors ana Frames.
A FINE SELECTION OF PIANOS
F,am ths h..t hou... NJ N.v York and A,b.r,
.ilibs o1ns,,nt,y s",t On M
pe..osI ss boz Al2s. Chicago. Iii. [sepa7dsml
:. s-.s. = :. -. = @-.-1
~ ~ MA9m sC.OO
possS q ssShh Is Sprii.S ~ css,.e. I
oaooa =. Iscn cns,sotct NJ MN y snss. pIsce y
IN INC n'grsN rsnI s1enk ~ seseose % oar
4as Iosnc - - oecsps.. y W. s0noo.
=: eona - - ~
P.sIs. ~ sa ~ ~. - q 10y 1s.I'1s
wrs al ~ afpalaA =, 81 nfss $500 senooL
The rsosrsi dexr, = ri, ..hoo, iii, be "a
...,I,. a. .ass.sE-.s - 49, ..n.-.. n -
;nsI msn,.i ara ,ro,., t..;nin. .ish ;s.srncs H.
!. * ~.,;an. Sa,-s.,.. - 4, .ss.s- S.Isn.~
aud %s Ar. =, ! ....,. ,-n -.
i, ..,n,.,sn, ,.."n.rs :, -. ...s..s 80 ~,
o. e,@pe.en, .sacnsrs g 'ns sne'sa. ana Moass
and nj tss Irssshss 81 . sho,orsh fns,sh "a.
cation. -
"a Eic..sian :.
T,h.,. vtil ~ th,.s a.r.,tm.nt.rp, ,,..,v n.
lar eAi.ts snd Acsiemic'
TENNIS.
Prim ,ry D.partmcnt. psr onaytsr 4 4 90
I - a. SS-.s =. SsesssAss's.''ss''''~,~ ~
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hssHw hennsts blsachsd Of dyed. esy
plsd ID Is, spring, Which have besn is.sd " !.
nodsgA style az pfsssy for this psrposs.
!s.Sihssssst, betsesn Main ana Bio.dses. kes-
&OA0 40 90 sToLEN r LtLLnT
=. 5sslss I.lss.sy. a ~ ssssS. =. IA 81
81, I'D; August. 81 -. fsiei S3isiie.
fks psAlSs viii notice - sxantsias ~ hsbbssy
s s:'l =: taa. sv:T ~ pr hes.. 49, ~.
year y sAstSasIsd from Sheet lssa eAla. Are ~
shsss saesnoafsans plundsfsl By burglars lsonth
diGssas saslsties e Sheet 1son 6a1ss sn1sSeat u
dstes basines nss fspo asastiset their sslsAhls v
them.
AossssY AZ CeLunsus.-B usghs sntsrsA ~
stew u 2. y. Castle, and drilled > hsls tAsoseh
sons s1plestvs sshstsnes, ks~A spes sAs 1ais,
aad ssels ihsrsfroa aheut el1S ~-Qainsg AspSk
HsAvT aoas sar n a.xnAs-s.--oa % sses.
the llth iast., the Safe In the saess - Lswssn.
Goodwin c.. msrehaats Aoing Aasiasss q ~
bseknaa-se., wes spsaea II ssly nanassJ an113eeo
n bills - 6Aslbssns kalis naak. nass., ssoass
tAssfroa-- n. r. Tsthans. 4
ADrThs Rosk Island Adysetlsss, Of Ar! lYth,
says: "A lsses sAes weighing ehsat tus g. and
standing n the grocery stsrs q IN. nAeeeD, No
lins. vs. blown open - Ihspeeay Hishs - rob
- Of 9ile. e wss 30 e Dssyss . 4esgytAs
robhss allisa hols % one aide u ~ issk ,iaso
which thty poured the powasr. !"
Bass 1qppssI A. .LyosC. The BaakiAg sAss
d LoS6e , Boyd, Lysns, Iowa, was hsel ~ spsn q
Ssn1ay Aisht, the i7th inst. and rehhsd = 11ee
Z 49, e ~ !. "a 4: :. W.. =. N.Y. 4s ssi: M !.
frane bsil1l.s, snA ~ ssfs lees y pssyss )
vbsqA AnaAs) - opensd hv.bisUiag - loGkta
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-10-03

~ There vas rumor al Chicago, On the
Lat, tina; the State Bank at Shaw ee.own,s
Z Illinois, had failed. II wants confirmation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-10-03

ST.. Louis. The iateliigencer Of Thursday
says that everything is quiet, and there is en-
tire confidence that the worst is over. J. j..
Anderson Go. arc making arrangements
10 resume, and will be followed BY Others.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-10-03

CTR. Wright publishes . card in the N.
y. Tribune, In which he says he is informed
BY one Of she men employed 10 repair and
IL the Central America for sen, that there
was NOT pump IN working order on the ses-
sci; that nevertheless, the owners hurried
hsr to sea, and gave them no time TO pu. her
u order, and make her safe and seawortby.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-10-03

TN WATCHES. Jewsify, Clocks, 40, a. prices
i lower than ever before offered In this state fo1
cash, NJ U.H. DOUBLEDAY : WILSON'S,
tcr9id Eeeond.et.
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Gle r HING BT01 =,
~ M0tUsOt.s Aoo0 m >
'l,KUTM WILL our-Iispse nay = vsii =
/ ksovlsd tbs fact thai / have Jest sseokhs1
from New York with the bsst stock u GLAZING
end Fusnishiss GScds EVER bros sLtto ,his naskst.
whsn say tho best, Aon Z nean ths lar4ssA, ut
the best nsatssiai and hettss nsAs. asd got erin
better style. In order to prove this fsxt ~ yes,
vosld merely add that an tbs only mss in
Ksoksk who purchased Clothing Of u. DsvIin =
Co., jos. Wilde, jr, , Co. and Iauford Brothers,
who, everybody knows, sfs the best and most t.
vosaAle houses In New York, and warrant ths sake
and 1t Of all their CIn4Aing. Give me call, gen
tlemsn, and nee Tor yosrssisss.
ssplS-d A. W GKiFrfTu.
A FINE assortment Of superior Bss.er Pslis.
"A sisTs for sale 1T ~ Msin-st.,ty
sspls-d GRITY.
e1VA1 finest black Doe Skin Cashmere Pants n
! the market. for sale 1t ~ Aain.st., BY
A LARGE assortmont At tssts, all sesss AID
"A sises, for sale II ~ Aain-strest, BY
seplS-d dKtFY.
ENXTkA Ans Cloth Coats for sale cheap, and =
r warranted, ss No. ~ Aain-s.sset, BY Y
ssele~1 DRIP.
4 ND the largest and best selected stock Of
"A Youths. Dcys' and Children = Clothing In this
market. for sale at 70 Aain-st. Call 10, Lsdiss,
and sss them. A. ". 0RIFRIrH.
Sspl8-d
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NEW FALL MlLL1NENY.
IA lSS WARNER wishes 70 notify her former
Nx patrons, and the pabiie gon, rally, that sle
has sstssasd from New York with very shsiSs
sessk Of Bonnets and Millinery GoolA, passhsssi
frp0 ~ lasssss New York importers, rad wAish
- SOY ready for sale or inspection.
All oadsys executed With dispatch, sid vasrant-
"a 70 give sstisfaetios.
htssv Rssasts bisachsd Of Died.
CyStis , baildlng, one door below rooas Sees-
pl1d ii ~ spring, which have been Attsd Up ts
nodssA Ityie expressly Tor this psrposs.
lsuYthstssst betwesn Main and BioAdsas. Kss-
kuk. lOVn. fnnu4iAef
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OraMgcsJ OrAngesIy
0S BAS. beautiful HHoSrento' Ovxpass. il
~ prime order, just resolved By
KING { TAYLOR,
AugS-d No. I Aain-st.
n third story Y building eos1sr et JoAnsos and
Filth strssts. Inquire q City Clarke a1Bss. q
ssps5lm JOHN B1ANIO6.
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Az Error. The St. Louis Republican, Of
the LIST says
The Banking House Of Moore, Hollowbusl
Co., at keokuk, suspended last Monday
There was run on the banking House Of
fAAoe j SAVAGE at Quincy, on Monday, but
they met everything. Since then We hay,
beard nothing of any further run.
Messrs. Moore, Hailowbush 4 Go. are ii
Quincy, not keokuk. For the credit Of Ke
okuk bankers, none Of whom have failed o,
met with any trouble at att, will the Repub
iicdn correct the error?
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Carpess, &c.
RRUSSRLS, Ingram, Hon, Cotton and Rag Csr.
D.pets; Floor Oil Cloths, Stair Carpets. Stair
Linens and Oil Cloths, Stair Rodsj kugs and n ats
in great variety. A good assortment for sale on
reasonable terms.
sepy0d3m J. G. PARROTT 1 CO.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-10-29
For the Journal
Changes.



In this transitory wnrIl, that we inhabi,
we almost daily are witnessing or under
going changes. Slowly but surely change gives
place to change, till we scarcely recugniz
persons and objects, that once We're fresh and
grt,n. in the love unl memories OF our haarts.--
Nuis'lcssIy, but not the less certainly, tim,
writes his impress upon ali things earthly We
leave the house OF chilLhno |. tossed lone wall
upon LIES tide; battle with its storms an
waves; endure its roushn5S anl disa ppont.
m auts, anl return after many days" 10 the
loved ab1ie, buoyant with the hope of finding
oil things cen as when we first blle th.m fare
we'll bat change has doom-i US to experience
disappnintneuts, chilling to tn. loved memo.
ries We have cherished of hnme.
We wander down in the old meadow, where
once it was our delight to roam but no longer
find it the grassy plain we loved so WELL The
| pluwmIn has been there. with his sturdy team,
and burrows of bare ground meet our gag .,whrrr
once the home OF the violet, AMI the laugh
ing buitercup. The oil blrn-yarI, too, ha:
changed. 1t don't seem lh4 same place where
We used to search for eggs aud deal out gratis
lectures 10 the staid old hrus il We failed TO find
a supply sufficient for our demands. Sober look
| ing old bidIlrs, long since they ayed their las
egg, and found their way into the dinner-pot
''wh re all tn good hens co. anil with theil
comrades have baen usurpsd by great stalk!
fowls, that with all th.r glory and long legs lack
the hom quiet grace of th.ir predecessors. Tn
old biz gate has disappeared AMI new one o
more m Idrrn Style swings where once we ant
the old gate swung. fist friends on those lon,
summer days. The woods have mostly vanish
ed The woolman has not spared the tree an
their shady bou,hs, under whose shelter W
used to play "coine to se'," aud gather tn
acorn's cup for our fairy dishes, has long ag
bern hewn down. The dear old monarcht
trees around that old farm-hous are still stand
ing. and friends dear aud are they true, to Ou
disappointed home yearnng hearts; their bough
have taller and farther spread by manyinches, bi
we are again under their kin lily shelter anI tn
glorious autumn sun is sening his rays softl
glmm ring through their leafy branches, sport
/, ing aud dancing in 4 20 Is of ripping light a
our feet, jus: as they did long tmasgo. With
in the hom ,stea1, change has ruthlessly been a
work we no longer see the fre-paca and il
halo of rully light and the pleasant associs
: lions of the firr-sile exist but in memory. Th
/ old fashioned furniture has too Disappeared
Chairs, setiee, hln9-m lil carpets, AMI the ol
red-paintad cradle (,vh-re we each in turn hay
barn hlshe,i tn sleep by lips that long since wei
. hushel in deuth) have been carried up garre
5 with other relics and "hns-beens Of foru
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-10-29

Don't they though who do you spose saw
coming out with laughing face, when | was try
ing to get in to the President? ?
don't know, DO tell
Yes, do impored Dolly, for the first time
showing interest in the proceedings here related.
1t was the last time went in, and the first
time he went in,anl he was successful and wasn't
There's the difference! He'd sent on petition
and first rae signsrs, before he went himself Well
he has the best consnIshp in the Presdentss gift
and he's managed 10 get the mGst lucrative clerk
ship for his son. He didn't have to ask me how
I'd made out--he could tell by my Iaco--
You hav'nt told who it was.
Well. it was only our neig.bor Larker he'll
start soon and Will too.
He got in, and you didn't said bis wife, bit
tTly.
Now Dolly as can't get President for you,
I'm willing you should marry Will.
should If you lUasHtI was Dolly's undu.i-
ful reply, which none OF the party had spirit to
resent they were all, with the exception of Dol
eria. in wtcd state.
I'll take the watch, father
o. gentleman borrowed that, to see if tine time
agreed with hiSn and that was the last saw OF
it,
Was there ever such dolt as you air said his
vile, angrily
Just 20 in search OF an office yourself Mrs
Ganage, and see if you'll make out better than |
did.
| will, soon as woman's rights are aclnowl-
edged, said she
Ho, you needn't wait for that met Bloom
er coming out ut the Malsion one day.
VIII Darker and DJleria were married forth
with, and took up their residence at Washington,
where they lived very happily. Ann tried to WOO
Mr.. Brock back but be would not come She is
d present unmarried, though she passes much OF
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From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
QUEER BITS.
OMNIBUsrING

sitting In the omnibus all savage and alone
gnnving at my sorrows like a bulldog ut a bono,
\ ratiling on at midnight towards my lonely hsme,
'hen all at once the stage held up aud n lady CONS
How suddenly the omnibu.
Seemed changed into a bower
For the adj was perf1miied
Like any fancy Hover.
Her very paraso shut up
Just like a what's its name-.-<
Oh shaw---;just go marketing
And you can spot that same.
The lady came climbing up,
helped her in the cart
The driver jerke it OF t,o fLs,
The horses gave a stlrt;
The lady tumbled oil her feet
Aud down she went ker.sllp,
As nicely girl could CO.
Plump over in my lap
Oh my how soon in this here world
Our sorrows turn to fan;
And how when Beauty lends hand
Misfortunes cut and run!
How mislncholic drearim.ns
And miseriic fears
Must simmer down when Love yips out
AMI says dry up, my dears"
How quick we ante of our woes,
And find ourselves a-snap,
When a big load of loveiness
Comes rolling in our lap. .....
needn't tell you nothin' more
About the 'buss that night,
wouldn't talk this way you know,
If all things wasn't right
AL right and nothin' shorter--hoss!
When you go out again,
Pfehaps you'il strike along Broadway,
On me aud Mary Jane
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-10-29
TsgE HAPPY MAN.

FiX'd in u neat, tlougd humble cot.
A saa iy, tlm retreat,
envy NJ on.'s hippier lot.
TnoIsh er 50 risn or great
Screnely calm, secure from noise,
pass the hee ing honr;
Nor fear. nor grief, nor care annoys,
Thanks TO Almighty Power;
Bat rosy health anI bIooming peace
Crown each Successive iay----
In pleasure, innocence, anl ease,
The minutes roll away.
May |. with sweet content Of mind,
Through lie enjoy the stne,
And after death sill leave behind,
\ good and virtuous name.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-10-29

A sitting in the omnibus all savage and alone.
gnnving at my sorrows like bulldog ut a bone,
A ratng on at midnight towards my lonely hsme
When all at once the stage held up aud in lady com,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-09-10

RESIGNATION OF JUDGE CuRrIs-The Bos-
ton Courier confirms the rumor that Judge
Curtis has resigned his seat Oh the Bench of
the Supreme Court of the United States
He has been led to this step for reasons grow
ing out OF his private affairs. Judge Curtis
received his appointment from President Fill
more in 1851, at the special instance, it was
said of Daniel Webster, who had the highest
opinion of his abilities His circuit embraced
the States of Maine, Newhamshre, Massachu-
setts and Rhode Island, and his successor will
doubtless be selected by President Buchanan
from the members of the bar in one of those
States. Mr. Toucey, the Secretary of the
Navy, is already named to succeed him. 1t
will be remembered that Judge Curtis was
one of the Judges who dissented from the dcci-
sion of the Supreme Court in the famous Dred
Scott case.
The Washington States says the resigna-
ton of Judge Curtis has been received by the
President
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-09-10
MIR. Marcy on the Sumner Assault.
(Prom the New-York Examiner.)

Governor MARCY was always true to his
convictions on the Slavery question. "Sla-
rpry is YOURS" said he to Southern gentle
man, who was eadeaVoring to commend the
institution to his favor, " and you have the po-
tcal right to retain it as long as you please,
and to estimate it as blessing but we of
the North want none of it to us it would
he an unmitigated curse"
Two weeks before he died, Governor MAR
~ had attended the Second Baptist Church
in Rochester, and had listened to the preach
inc of Rev. GEORGE DANA BoARDMAN. He
was greatly interested in the sermon, and was
strikingly impressed by the preacher himself
From the sermon and the preacher our con-
yersation turned to the occasion Of Mr.. BOARD
MANS leaving South Carolina, and to the as
sault of Mr. Brooks upon Mr. SUMNER d" You
can tell me nothing" said he, " of the sensi-
tiveness of Southern gentlemen on that SUBJ
iect. But" lie added, do not hesitate to
rive them my views in them, who justified the
assault, he paused-Stopped-(we were walk
ing in the street )-and turning full towards
me, he sad with emphasis, told him that
if another man was blackguard, it gave me
no right to be bully You say that Mr.
SrNyER's speech was studied, elaborate in
suit have not read it. | don't know about
that But / tell you that all the scenes in
Kansas will not SO much disgrace US among
the Governments and people of Europe as this
assault in the Senate Chamber of the United
States. 1t will be accounted, and justly, an
Invasion of the freedom of debate. And tell
YOU further, that would he glad to be let off
with the loss of two hundred thousand votes
in the next election, in consequence of this af.
fair And" continued the Governor, 4" | was
right. The State Department brought me the
journals of all Europe. We acerc more dis
craced by this transaction than by the trou-
bes in Kansas, and, as for the election, moth :
ing saved us but the opposing candidate
Once thought the election lost, as it was :;
and if Judge Mclean had been the candidate
it %oud have been lost irreparabIy."
The same writer says that
The Governor did not regard the Kansas
troubles as settled Governor WALKER had
then Just reached Kansas, and published his
promises of the sacredneSs of the doctrine of
Squatter Sovereignty. He expressed himself
ia the strongest terms as without confidence
in Governor WALKERS pacifcation The event
has justified his apprehensionS, and the grounds
on which they rested"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-09-10
Constitutional Amendments.

The proposed Amendments to the Constittu-
ton of Pennsylvania, are again published in
the newspapers of the several counties They
are word for werd the same that were publish
ed last year and having been agreed to by
two successive Legislatures, the next step to-
ward their adoption will be their Submission
TO vote Of the people at the October election.
The amendments are four in number, and the
vote will be taken for or against each one
separately They are all OF sufficient impor-
tance to demand the serious attention of every
citizen, and We think their e1pedency and
prOpriety are so apparent, that the people,
without distinction of party, will be ready to
accept them
The Fist imendmcm relates to the public
debt, and proposes the following salutary pro
visions
l. That the State debt shall never exceed
500, 900, except in case of war, INVASION or
iasartection, or for the purpose of redeeming
the present debt
ii. A Sinking Fund shall be provided sufii.
clent 10 pay the interest on the existing State
\ debt aud to reduce the principal $3.50, 600 q
year
Ill The credit of the Commonwealth shall
not in any manner bc pledged or loaned, or
y the Commonwealth become a stcckhoder in
any corporation
~. The Commonwealth shall not assume
tae debt of any county, city, borough OF town
ship, or any corporation, unless the same was
contracted by the State in time of war.
'. No county, city, or other municipal cor
1oration, shall become a stockholder in, or
loan its credit to any company or corporation
whatever.
The Second amendment provides against the
needless division of counties by prohibiting the
erection OF any new county containing less
Than 400 square miles, and requiring the ex-
pressed assent of the voters of the county. to
authorize any division of such county which
snail cut off onc-tenth of its population.
The Third amendment relates principally
10 Phladelphia, and proposes to amend the
l.Nt Article of the Constitution, by striking
IRON its several sections the words which re-
lcosnlze the separate municipal existence of
'Ae old city of Philadtl lphia
ihlS amendment also proposes some cha ngts
" 'he mode of apportoning of which is one that
Will allow the city Of Philadelphia (and
f'ay other city with taxable population suti-
Elent Tor two Representatives. to be divided
quo Slngle Representative Districts
Inc Fourth amendment proposes new sec
f9a to the Constitution, in which the power
I, tne Legislature to alter, revoke or repeal
r.! charter Of Incorporation, which of course
N possesses, by virtue of sovereignty, although
SIe Affect to dispute it, is expressly declar-
.nis mere outline of the proposed
aaS;Nalnents tut sufficient, we trust to show
,c" Importance, and to induce our readers to
anime them carefully, SO that they moy pre-
,ieu 10 vote upon them with an intelligent
of their nature and bearing
Fs'u our present fundamental Reading