BITSINEMS CARDS .,. U & 1. W., Commission, Provision

14d araedy Mlloh.M., 9e sad 9 New L~se

CAIR LL, D. R., Cotton Factor and Cono-misel' MslfatR b9 Uido.ow, Csroadelet street. eep9

(ADE-; S:,Repalrer of all kinds of FurnitureHevf stirt i( ner eorner of Cirl. myt lylp

C ONVERSE & CO., Grooers and Dealers inW..IW • Prodoto, 91 Tehooptoulo eoste, eeir of Lafette|tree,, _ mtyl|

IARRELL, EDWARD J., Attorney st Law,•C re , Tm, Nee1,o. 81 Grr eIrt•.t, NeoOwIeo,Loo. 6 tf

iKAtY, J. W. & 3. A., Brick Layers andsiohlde, N.. 9s9 Btoennotret, NewOrlaut.uo 1ooOaett wilh the aboveb boosneu, wiwll 1.ild BRIIC

C IRIN4'td gmtanythe . ommudoarlons through the Pw4eRI(I w ma pt FBdi h.grathD.~ loRe.r Tus-e05ond 5aH0y~~. cotojutilo. DF orth., ii,,l & rv..t

J. A:B d& Jtly. JPoO ph ' 5* , ,i t

SUNBAR & CO., A. F., Commission Bootsad shoe Wshsos, 54 and 58 Conmmd9ol tut Now Orlesa,EICRELBERGER, J. K., Builder, Nos. 46 and

.IUdsolstreet, betwen Coodt utld Bro.onea tret,, NowU•ial & "KING, Storeaittige, don. with asst.... andtilptob on Clo mat .o,,s,,uo tnn,. ooao ly

-. n. nnrs. T -- t e.XtA.ITTH & KING, Storage, Forwarding andtl' bmmlmion Mrhrbnt., and Geneerl Dole r In Gmexraes od,PrJoss ForeiAo and Donlesti Lquonr, No. O Soulth Leve, St.

L.Ot, Mo. .tl9p`ENCING ACADEMY--By Messrs. 0. & A.

,0RO•lo/i aolo.m0.f om one *da S. Ch0rloestrleetNO. ,Pro.orena of h ~aou An~trtr of .Dofene*. * •(

REENWOOD & CO., MOSES, CommissionU ad Ponudr dl er eo t., e6 gror ereet, silyl, r, 41tnrip .L, s l•, t, w, M* onllrwoo ,

( _RIEFF & CO., A. D., Wholesale Grocers`JddCoomtnlioMoorOrhtadlo shebnoo Al., d Woatnd cor,aoEt heeo, 0d *Imt for Taylor' AlbAy le, po,,rtr and Newark(•lder, OTs, 1, 403 .d 42 .d Leee, sa No. 10 rot Leve, 'ewOhlIe,. nhi

ARALSON, F. N., Notary Publio and At-,1 orela tLw, U. 8. Commlionoe r fit Meippi and Araos,,5o, I aeto n•eh s Plaes, oppodte th P0et.-0,.. f.9 t1

Y. J. weer. t. Y. Yxnr n. Y. nar'ART & CO., E. J., 79 Tohoupitoulas street,

SWholetle De•Ien Grocrlies, Drug Cemb.lse, Paper, ee.,

JONES, SAMUEL, JR., (late TALBOT, JONESa Co., 01eirm,) ,oecer nd Forwl4iooI Meceesto. 40 Poydr.

Sntret, Nswrdea,. c1 ly

ONES, J. R. & J. D., Attorneys and Coun-selorsat Law, No. 3 St. Cholea. stre,t NeOr1 ,., and at

TOHNSON, EDWIN, Auctioneer iand GeneralBookolr nneWtE .lo, Soave, Stak, sno Not,., No. 0 Comtoo.ott l P,,. .007 ' ' " J

KELLY ISACKS, Attorneys asd Counoel-.L on oat Law Alerendrhy pnrhs of Rnpihl, La. por.ties in therlthte of R(ide. Avoy.lle., Nakhitoehee,. Ctnla u.. and Wluo.Itilr ro--Aa.. Fiona Soule, Diggns, S~c Kaorer & Ca.. ]. B. Plan.

.he a Co.. 'Okay.o. Schmidt, Kit", ]" S. alsey EnyyMuil, KingIltooor o, 1.C1. ooatd j . .,El., 6 .ml ? oeko, P.o., LoiiOLEma P, R;. dwadJr Cllll.~, kaq., Carmms & Co., Ne

_b jr:,e if

K ENNETT & CO., FERDINAND, No. 935Magaine ttret0 1Afesla tho st. Louis ShotTower, bre 0-

tnu1 h 0d ootaopl|t.o.ortraetof DROr and BUCK iHOT, andBAR tAD, from ha st. Lnal Shot Tower. dl4 tf

L EONARD, SAMUEL, Produce Broker andPubl, %Vigher, 96 Benk pire, Ne vet n s. S ri t pernnantlentiap pniJ to n1 Yllason all kinld. ol~sest. Prollurt. aysl i?

MASSEY, P. L., Wholesale and Reotail Apoth.o.cr1 lld Dr ogptn,, ( e .eornr.r Caml .,d Gra• ier trv,:t• )10o. 0 ( xt door roror o ltrvteitr) St. hlt r a o Iorb . t. .1pi itf"IOrOREAU, TH., 151 Rloyal street, corner of171 .To•ouw, ie,' aodGenti luet.''l Fancy ....Artlcl ud _Pelfumers .Ira. jel IL

,0. 0x0. A w. o .r .ytoli

"IARR & ROBERTS, Attorneys at Law 27.IL Comp Itl,-, ,nnwOrWe,. thi

P H. MEYER, No. 100 Camnp street,Wetnhma and dealtr JOWcLOY, 000- GOLDe AnTIC/ _ s And WATCHE AUJewelryl is rdees rewire at moderate pnre*. '_ m3l -

1ITICHOLS, B. F., Architect, Office 27 CampArsibUe up to -9ioo .to falomih Plowtfor roblt, B5.0di0.

lo.r,nwl a , .'., e., sotlto teolrinoled thir..o.tbo, ad -ifo*dtanvsr tod", s ,•- a •totry ,eryie to all whe nmy avor him withtl~~tryoaeo to.1

Oooto.1bit 010

.- i.0 X. 00-00. L000. --. tss()LCOTT & SMITH, Attorneys at Law, NoIsst. clurt ,.1.rl, .s1 ly

I7ERSON, J. 0., Real Estate, Note and Ex-1 rhagI Broer, No. 4 Dunono Row, boh,,ue Aio h A loW0-olo,hoooo e00,0. 0.0lp10

p (.,,I1t2 I EDW. II. & CO., Comotisaon otd1 Forwarding 21 ercha L , 5a lrmvier • eel. s.p•nl+

-AYM.OND, W. C., Fa&mily Grocer, 71 Camp_ stret. _ _ n 'l

R ACE & FOSTER, Attorneys and CounsellorsR at_ olleo-000o, 14 .,ohoott P~lo,, NeOrOonoo, 100.0 ly

MbLITH &' FIMISTER, Commission and For-wr-ling i O.h 10t , and

S.l o0.Jm o0nteo tp.. o Poylr,,-1. _ ,

TH.,enI n U. r ,- .. _ I -- YY II I ( .I. r,_

No1.or PolLir0 AttooolyoO LI..STARII & CHRISTY, Office No. 10 Banks

Arcade, New*OII.n. __ _ plo

XVA OLFF, SAMUEL, Importer of Wines,SBra.mdie, ie., and Gue.el Commlo.io ll, oerhalt, No. 0Camp streot. 00n

ILDE, JOHN P., Attorney and Counsellor" t LLOw, g0 Oreter rrest, NewOrlouo .__ dOto 0

W RIGHT A. 3., & CO., Cotton Factors andClm+_1.tMn,o nod Fo2w.rdilmtecl..lO t•_T oli

e r et.- 101

la. N w0'0 001 000,0.00 Y0. 0xre. 0W ATERMAN & 1RO., 3., Importero andW b Whotle oDealtlln, lt rdware, Culdry, r aSteel, Nais.

0t0. (0nig of the Avil), No. 14i M.atLeoios 1t, 1orn.rof ,ommon NewOrd f.. u14i tItW

MEDICAL CARDS.

DDOCTOR A. C. !w& L. HENSLEY, 40 Canslstreet. _ _ no IF

K rK. F. FRYER & W. A. WILLIAMS," INDMAN DOCTORS, corn ell Eurnble chronic and .cute

dilse- of mnu, women not children.gttf Reeidroce and fme, No. 88 FRENCHMEN STREET, ThirdDiLtrict, 1103rlnn,. La, jO97 de 03

?N EDICINES.-P. L. M1IASSEY, Druggist 1"111 1 ntbiccarg, No. 59 Rt. Cllarlrr tt-t-Inet i7x

r, vine n full and bheab rallpt of 3L1iDLCIIN N~S x iclrrd w nh I I.I r ullmrfull a rt, "A i.J" nlraf. ylcnlitg ni L .l-bfb

I'("III1 as. P. L. MAl.SAY, AI.l.Etlisoy3I -I.3g.L., nex.3.t 3. 3,ll,4r M TelI ,aph 30.., cu. SI.Chnr3I.,33l (A,33"r eta.

1-I'EDICAL NOTICE-lDR. LOCKWOOD, whot has outnin ec o greet. repolp!ion in Louiasrilo, K., andnnL the towns1of the uth., in BILIOUS, YELLOw s.31 TYPHUS

FOVEB,.u well ,.tll theIIllotiL, di.1

.3 RhSumat31m, 1A.A , Fitl,Tic DIsloures,31. 511113l. Pledl, li, ati3 " or Liver CIII lamt

Parienrditte cad si the [nsammntionn of the lnlumal Viscera. HisP,1k.d1II .,31no s last tot i the des.B3, College,, :with hi. 53qq 3*visit to the C13.lgy H31.33.1, sed t3, number of W333rmwVB ofM31orbid Anat.oy,3. hLAi EA~ elbiteI.ble 1 im toII -EB 3Ed

theuydil~uiprolirlothe ~a~, srl toIecllltate teir cure mad'ell VmereLDilrsla l such U Sy "R. w i its wee!ore- .n67"an

Omre N 63 atpo eraer btwee Poyd.asnnd per'~ idoereets.SO. oes SI IBD'e BPECLFIC, a crl.lu Purty ,EP for ,bdie3

I,Eonol.a, tc.L asnbe obtsineI at the o1333 ,. I l, e do1l,3s13 r bytle.3 the r33lpt sflI doll3s., ps.1-pAid, ti wll0e sent to a3y psrt of theUnited States. T3,.11,35.I.331,.y..III3,. observed to 13,,,,.kDSOr 3S,,.boor haml .. B, to .'Ls ILL.

['RUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, ETC.1JTosbcrbr ol respectfully call the altuntion of ate~n' yalc-anndd Fnmili.s t his reeo'.fy rneeiued stork, compruingnverg

1,131. 3, 31s A3.s uiL.; nit of 3,5111, ou ,i3na31an- 1133 befoun31 FP533

end GBEUIAE; h, w.old ppr3,Aul,3ri33 tIA 5toi1,ibg,vis: Englih qi3ie, 1133313'. BI'e sln.., SIpS. 13.., SlorpbS.all the ,o le e' Co Lier gennejphophae o Lune R nhd]lsInsfrr'mr Htnlelnst ait w

tenni.sp .,S33uy.I,,,I3n. tic. THEA. B1iS~ ilif

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* 13L3Lle 3.BEdy for3nl Ui,3.1, pet !.tne t1 the

(4Op' lthuIBI. B ive ey.3'.B g, 331.3 m .lav'. oweek.; theT 1, to tO. E 3.3.thr3w rae, cured Ln ten we.ek; a . mn of this 1 ity,being stone blind for ettgtt months, win restored to theta pht of one ey-I. three weks; a genleutam ho always used a or. for Itly-ai. year.

4Ib33SBS,33 13,3 EyIssEU ys3.liSL,13p OY.IIg311YllTI~mninof three days erred by one single drop. It givesbrllwcy o the ere, and w etle.gtlt. l th ight.

CgI'O I84C RCUS T. etyfl IFR EMOVAL-DEN'TPISTRY.--A.,I L. P1,0301, Br., reI3lrt13lly iu 3,, th.mbhn in gz and Lis I,,r.l. in 33.3133313, tha,Ito lots overtd from Carondslet Brelut to n mIore333, lionas3l 335133, No. 83 LANAL STREET, 33,3313or3 from 3he 13333r of IL 3IL street.CamIlavilg IIInt,,3d pe'r3 3331131 NewOrlEan,, h .wll1 313331. 1333.

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n tirlartion wvbichu tll -,1 ru hlu, n u+ D f ntibll ruin.. lirn .ia0

JyRBULLOCK, DENTIST, Eratoe ,1, cor. un, oI f Pryuut!.,~jUst niwv theGm

3U-L 13, llluto \otk done for the trade. Allark g nrnnilcd" _ _ an10l ly

T'R.A'FOUX,3,7 A PSCTICAL ELOT IST

P 8Haruut at oqner Ornnl stirteDlpn

BBS Ss O. 3L3B3,3~0I333lIBLASAYETTE ENUAMIpME\sT No.7-Meets atJuiano. Hlll A13,1L, t, the FIRST and3 THIRD BIER.IDAYS of en31j th3,1. 3, 003-U. II Vi,,13. C. P. R.liine~aId, Ile P.; J. 3' 33rr331, S. W.;

N3 T.Siillman,

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I. 0. 0. F.-HowAR LODoE No. 13le 3333l I THURSDAY EVENINB in the 133nd

Lodge Hutl cone oT Prhoupituonlea nod Po drmo-tretE-, at {y{ 'clock. Tf3333--Gl 3o H, Bo33dltebLNO a George G. Lesi, V_ O.; Ur. S33 uol 1

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* LORE STaR.-The General Assembly will33edIt nInso 13,3 IRUARTL T

HURBBDAY 3L,.8hmonth, altaruately .t Cc.... iinil, cuor of u Camp etrrct13d C33,31i3L ALey, 3333 31t 3nll of Divi,3n 3o.3

8,p113331.. s333,1, be,1een J3ck3u 3ed IPhilip l1333l., (Intioy1 ofytieI hofnt sea-lon toning bald at Cresraol Fell on the k'ourtbn 1313. By order of 0 3 Proeident.

onl",p A. W. JOURDAN, Secretary,

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0100503317 Dl8100 Na 55. S. of T.-The following are theo 5, 0this31 01ion to, the 3 recant term: 11 e 03.33, W. P.;W S. S.; w s ! . Honwnso.,A. R, C." Jun. Bva.P e 8,1 Ilu l aum BBT.; 03,l,5133la, 3 ,."l. .TIE3 , A.

7:: Y l{ONDAI EVENING, at Temperance Hail, 9!,8t

W ORLEANS DAY RE ESCENPUBLISHED EVERY DAY, SUNDAY EXUEPTED, AT NO. 93 S. CHAltLEB STREET, BY 3. H. MADDOX.

VOLUMIE V. SATURDAY MIORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1859. i nUvmsR 37.

DAILY CRESCENT.OFFICIAL JOURNAL

0 TIII CONSOLIDATED CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

OFFICIAL.

DEBATES OF THE STATE CONVENTIONOF LOUISIANA.

We.•sanua, July 14. 1852.Till CONVEVNTION 1IN'10PIN(I.

Mn. FAITuM:a moved to take up for considera-tion the report of the committee to whom wasreferred the compensation of oflicers of the Con-vention, presented on the 10th inst., and whichwas made the order of the day for last Monday.Which motion prevailed.

The report being then before the Convention,Mr. Sandidge offered the following as a substi-tute:" Resolved, That the Printer elect of the

Convention be required to execute whateverwork may be ordered, in the manner prescribedby law."MlR. Sax-NDDrcE said: With due respect to the

committee, ihe would offer a subst,tute to theirreport. It had been his lot to have had a gooddeal to do with regulating the rates of pubhlicprinting. In 1847, his duty on the Printing Com-mittee in the House of Representatives requiredhit to make a full investigation into the sub-ject of printing, and the rates that would givea fair compensation. The report which he thenpresented was adopted by both Houses, and therates established by that report are now thelaw of the land. The Legislature has been act-ing on that report ever since that time. Now,ihe was not disposed to give the Printer to theConvention more tihan vwas paid to the PublicPrinter. IHas it ever been known that we re-quired to go a begging for a printer at theserates ? On the contrary; it is well known thatwe have a number of applicants, here, for thebusiness, every session. Such being the case,it could not be presumed that the rates werenot fair.

lie did not expect that anything of this kindswould have been brought before the Convention,but believed that the Printer would have beensatisfied with the fees allowed, and not requiredus to act on a new proposition at a moment'snotice. Who knows about Nonpareil type, andabout "ems," and such other terms But he knewthat the table of charges in this report willmake every item, except two, 400 per cent,higher than the law allows. These rates willbe from 10 per cent. to 400 per cent. higherthan ever were paid in this State, and are from10 per cent. to 800 per cent. above the law as itnow stands.

MlI. JENxINos said that the report of the com-mittee was unanimous. None of the committeewere practical printers, but they had consultedthose who were, and received all informationon the subject that was available to them.From the estimates and tests made to us, it wasclear that the Printer could make no more thana fair profit, according to the rates of charge inthe report. In 1847, the estimates of about adozen practical printers in NewOrleans were re-ceived. These estimates disagreed very much,an average of them was made. From the bestadvice that the committee could obtain frompractical printers, the average, which was littlemore than guess work, and which was made thelaw of 1847, would not compensate the Printerto this Convention. It would occur, at once, toevery gentleman in the Convention, that therates of printing for the Legislature could notregulate, with any degree of fairness, the print-ing for thle Convention. The Public Printer hasan immense amount of matter which goes intothe paper a number of times, when it is knownthat the whole expense is incurred in the firstinsertion. Besides, the fact of being lublicPrinter in this State, gives an addition of from1000 to 1500 to the circulation of a paper.That is worth from $5000 to $6000. There aremany other advantages possessed by the PublicPrinter which are not available to the Printerto this Convention. With these views, the com-mittee, in their report, have given to the Printerthe thick with the thin--have moodified somerates and increased others. and with the Act ofthe Legislature before them. and with informa-tion derived from practical and sensible men,have made the most just report that their judg-ment could direct.

,Mn. S.aNclroE: answered that the best direc-tion they could have t•;en, would have been toadopt the present report with 25 per cent. higherrates.Ma lHi~i moved to lay the substitute on the

table, and would briefly give his reasons. Thegentleman who has offered the substitute mayhave had a good deal to do with printing in theLegislature, but he has either had bad informa-tion given to him or has arrived at wrong con-clusions from some other cause. In all legisla-tive bodies there are many varieties of work.Among these there are a great many kinds ofjob work, such as bills, reports, blanks, etc.These form the profitable parts of the Printer'scontracts in Congess and in the State Legisla-tures. Especially does the Printer look to thebills introduced, ordered to be printed and laidupon the members' desks every day, as his sourceof profit. In printing the laws and journals,the Printer expects to incur a loss, but lie makesit up on the job printing. This may be a fairor it may be an unfaiir mode of making esti-mates, but it is certain that the contracts of allPublic Printers are framed in this way, withthe knowledge of the Congressional or Legisla-tive bodies who are the contractingparties.

MnI. ItosK referred to the gentleman's remarkabout Nonpareil type, and about the " ems" bywhich the Printer measures his charges. Mr.I. then gave a clear explanation of the amountof printing matter that would be comprised ineach page, with the use of Nonpareil type, com-paring it with the lesser amount that would begiven by the use of Brevier, Bourgeois, or othertype. He also explained, much to the interestof the Convention, the mode of measurement ofprinters' work by " ems."lie said that ihe had the honor of being a

practical printer. That fact being known tothe committee who have now presented their re-port, they consulted him on the subject ofcharges. Hle had given them his views, and itappeared that his views had received their com-mendation, for they had adopted them. liewould add nothing more, here, than theremark that the rates will afford a profit,but not an exlravagant one-such a profitas the printer is fairly entitled to. The gen-tleman who offers the substitute has statednothing in the shape of a tangible objection tothe report. Ile (Mr. i.) could not find any-thing in the gentleman's rather wild objectionsthat affected in the slightest degree the fairnessof the rates which the committee hadl agreedupon. The views which he had felt called uponnow to give were founded on experience. liegave them to the Convention with a full know-ledge of their truth, and, therefore, with entireconfidence.MI. SaxDIDuont called for the yeas and nays.Mn. IIEnnox explained the reasons whly ihe

would sustain the report. lie had consultedwith practical printers, and got not only theiropinions but their reasons for their opinions.These reasons and opinions made it conclusivein his mind that the rates allowed by tile re-port to the Printer to the Convention will yielda fair but not unreasonable profit. The workusually most profitable to public printers, asexplained by thle delegate from NewOrleanus,Mr. Risk, is that which is laid on members'tables front day to day, for their consideration,as ordered by the Ilouses. There is none ofthat here. lie was convinced that the rateswere reasonable, and hle was always willing toallow a reasonable profit for work done.

Mit. Bes.srcrox corroborated the informationlaid before the Convention by tile delegate fromNcwOrleans, Mr. Risk, and said thalt he be-lieved it to be the wish of the Convention togive the Printer a fair remuneration. Ile sug-gested, as the best means of ascertaining whatwould be a fair remuneration, the appointmentof a committee of five, a majority of whomshall be practical printers. .

Mn. COLLENS said : Permit me to add mytestimony to that of the delegate from NewOr-leans, Mr. Risk, and to express my convictionthat the rates in this report are reasonable andfair. I am not a practical printer, but havehad much experience in the prices of printing,and know all about a printing office. I willadd that Mr. Weiss, one-of the candidates forPrinter when here, stated to several membersof the Convention that if the rates of1847 wereadopted, the Printer would lose Iaoney.

Mn. HisK gave it as his opinion, in referenceto the suggestion by the delegate from Jeffer-son, Mr. Besancon, that if all the practicalprinters in the United States were assembled incommittee, they could not give this body a morelucid report than had been presented by thecommittee.

MA. PRIcE presumed that the committee haddone full justice to the subject. It is evidentthat they have had a very important labor toperform, and the report shows that great carehas been bestowed upon it. If the Conventionbelieved this, it was its duty to the committeeto adopt the report. lie did not think that thedelegate from Jefferson desired to impugn themotives or action of the committee, in his sug-gestion that another committee by appointed;but that gentleman would see that such a pro-ceeding would be a constructive, if not direct,censure of the committee. The experience ofpractical printers in this Convention had shownthat the rates are not unusually large. Thecommittee had acted with caution and goodjudgment, and had taken all the advice thatthey could get, and it was due to them that thereport be adopted.

IMu. BEs.xscox explained that his object insuggesting another committee was, that such afull report might be presented as would savediscussion on this floor. lie certainly did notdesign to impugn the motives of the committee,and now withdrew his motion.

On Mr. tisk's motion to lay on the table thesubstitute offered by Mr. Sandidge, the yeasand nays were called, and the substitute waslaid on the table by a vote of 93 yeas, 18 nays.

The report then prevailed.IMPEAC1IMENT OF STATE, AUDITOR.

"Impeachment of the Governor, LieutenantGovernor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,State Treasurer, and Judges of the DistrictCourts shall be tried by the Senate. The ChiefJustices of the Supreme Court, or the SeniorJudge thereof, shall preside during the trial ofsuch impeachment," etc.

MIt. IDWrSTI offered to amend by inserting" State Auditor" after " State Treasurer."

Mn. Dul ori opposed the amendment becausethe office of State Auditor is not created or re-cognized by the Constitution.The amendment was withdrawn.MhA. Bleascox renewed it. It was well known

that we had the office of Auditor. All the offi-cers would now be elected by the people. Theyought to be placed together.Mr. RwnIltnstox, of Ouachita, moved to lay

the slbject on the table. Which motion pre-vailed.

THE OV:FCIAL OATII-DUELLING.Article 89. Members of the General Assem-

bly, ond all officers, before they enter upon theduties of their offices, shall take the followingoath or affirmation :" I (A. B ) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that

I will faithfully discharge and perform all theduties incumbent on me as - , according tothe best of my abilities and understanding,agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of theUnited States and of this State. And I furthersolemnly swear (or aflirm) that since the adop-tion of the present Constitution, I being a citi-zen of this State, have not fought a duel withdeadly weapons within the State, nor out of it,with a citizen of this State: nor have I sent oraccepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadlyweapons with a citizen of this State, nor have Iaided or assisted any person thus offending, sohelp me God."MR. P'E.atr. offered the following substitute

to the above article :" Article 89. Members of the GeneralAssem-

bly, and all officers, before they enter upon theduties of their offices, shall take the followingoath or affirmation :

I (A. B.) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that Iwill faithfully and impartially discharge all theduties incumbent on me as - , according totie hest of my abilities and understanding,agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of theUnited States and of this State ; and that I willsupport the Constitution of the United States.And 1 do further solemnly swear (or affirm) thatsince the adoption of the present Constitution, Ibeing a citizen of this State, have not fought aduel with deadly weapons within this State orout of it, with a citizen of this State : nor haveI sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duelwith deadly weapons with a citizen of this State;nor have I acted as second in carrying a chal- Ilenge, or aided, advised or assisted any personstlhus offending. I do further solemnly swear,that I have never knowingly provoked any fel-low-citizen to send me a challenge by strikingliml or by gravely insulting him or his mother,sister, wife or child, nor by any other act cal-culated to provoke a duel : So help me God."Ma. I'PRarx said tllat as a man Ihe was op-

posed to the custom of duelling, and he believedthat there was no sensible man who was notopposed to such a barbarous custom. But,although opposed to it, le had lived long enoughin society to know that there were wrongs, manytimes, inflicted upon men which it was out oftihe power of the law to redress--wrongs whichthe law could not even touch, but which sodeeply wounded the feelings of a man that whilethey were rankling in his bosom, life was of novalue-life was an agony.

The Constitution of 1H4l , article 130, has pro-vided that " Any citizen of this State who shall,after the adoption of this Constitution, fight aduel with deadly weapons with a citizen of thisState, or send or accept a challenge to fight aduel with deadly weapons,either within thisStateor out of it, with a citizen of this State, or whoshall act as second or knowingly aid and assistin any manner those thus offending, shall bedeprived of holding any oflice of profit and ofenjoying the right of suffrage under this Con-stitution."

By this provision of our Constitution, the citi-zen who sends the challenge is disfranchised,while the person who provokes tile challenge isnot touched. The one who sends the challenge,tihe one who has received the injury, meets withall the punishment. while the one who inflictsthe injury, however great, is not punishedat all.

He would suppose the case, that he, a peace-able man, was slapped by another man, andthat he desired to punish him-what would thelaw do to solace his wounded feelings? Whatpunishment would it inflict on the man who hadgiven him such great offence ? This has beenso often tried that the extent of what the lawwill do for the injured man is well known.The greatest punishment inflicted upon the of-fender is one month's imprisonment or a fine ofM25. Such punishmlent as that, so disproportion-ate to the offence, the offender could well affordto laugh at.

But, in the meantime, what would be the con-dition of his feelings-what would be the effectof the flagrant insult offered to hinm-what in-fluence would it have on his social position ?If he did not challenge the man who had slappedhim, Ihe would be stigmatized as a coward: yes,even by those who approve of the article againstduelling in tlheConstitution of the State. Evenhis friends who knew that he did not approve ofthe practice of duelling, would think that ihehad not the self-respect and pride of clharacterwhich they believed hism to have before. Andthe person who was most attached to him, hiswife, would be ashamed that persons should haveit in their power to say that her husband was acoward. There would, therefore, be nothingleft flr hiin if ihe was possessed of the right feel-ings of a man, but to challenge the person whohad slapped him and be disfranchised, whilehis aggressor would escape from the dillicultywith one month's imprisonment or a fine of $25.He would ask if thiis was fair ?

lie would take another aspect of this law.Suppose that a vicious and unprincipled man,who is nevertheless recognized by society,should commit such an indignity upon him aswould make him the subject of ridicule if hedid not resent it and that the law would notgive any satisfaction. And that he, althoughopposed to duelling, felt it necessary that hemight maintain his status in society to sendhim a challenge; and that the person who hadinsulted him, instead of accepting his challengeinformed on him and he was disfranchised afterhaving been mortally insulted, while the reallyguilty man went free. What is fair in that ?

By this operation of the law, it is impcribleto restrain the practice of duelling. The lawto be effectual, must go further; it must strikeat the party who provokes the difficulty. Byno other means can challenges be prevented.And that is the only thing which will turn pub-lic opinion into the right channel.

The attempt to proscribe the practice ofduel-ling has been made by all civilized nations.But nowhere has it been entirely successful. In

France it is punishable with death. In Eng-land it has been the same, to a full or modifiedextent, since the time of Charles II., who, afterhis restoration, gave testimony against thecustom. In modern times Russia has visitedduelling with the death penalty. And yet, wehave recent instances such as that of the son ofthe French Minister at the Court of Russia,who seduced the wife of a Russian General andwas killed by him, where the parties, parties inhigh places, with the death penalty before them,have appealed to the duel. There has beenonly one enactment against duelling which hasbeen, in any degree, successful. He referred tothat adopted by both French and English tri-bunals since 1829, refusing to make any speciallegislation on the subject of duelling, and try-ing cases of duelling as ordinary murders.

lie would advise this Convention to adopt someprovision to punish the person provoking diffi-culty and thus go at the root of the evil. Itwould have a great effect in lessening the recordsof crime. It would make persons pause beforethey committed assaults and batteries, and it isproved by the records that four-fifths of themurders committed originate in assaults andbatteries, although intent to kill can seldom beproved, and therefore persons continue to com-mit assaults and batteries, relying on slightpunishment. lie knew that it was ditlcult toimpress this view on the Convention; but ihewould press it, nevertheless.

MR. lIAYs moved to postpone considerationof the whole subject until article 130 shouldcome under consideration-which was agreed to.

TilE AI'I'OINTIN POoltR.MR. CARTER moved a recousideration of arti-

cle 87, where, in the suspension of ic•estrs underimpeachment, the appointing power may makea provisional appointment, etc. lie proposed tostrike out the words " appointing power," andinsert "Governor."MR. DFOU:I opposed the reconsideration for

that purpose, because the appointing power wasnot always the Governor. In some cases theJudges were "the appointing power."

Motion withdrawn.DISiRAN('IIrISEIENT OF CONVIw'TS.

Article 92. Laws shall be made to excludefrom office and from the right of suffrage, thosewho shall hereafter be convicted of bribery, per-jury, forgery, or other high crimes or misde-meanors. The privilege of free suffrage shallbe supported by laws regulating elections, andprohibiting under adequate penalties, all undueinfluence therein from bribery, tumult or otherimproper practice.Mn. liars offered the following as a substi-

tute for thle same :Article 92 No one shall be eligible to any

office, or shall be entitled to the right of suf-frage, who shall hereafter be convicted of anycrime or offence punishable capitally or by im-prisonment at hard labor.MR. PuiaLi.trs moved to amend the substitute

by inserting, at the end thereof, the followingwords, " for aL period of five years or more "

Mi. R .iamRui,soN, of St. Mary, could not see theforce of the gentleman's reasoning. Those whowere sent to the Penitentiary for a long term,were, in many instances, men who committed arash and unfortunate act in the heat of the mo-ment, but who had never forfeited their charac-ter for honesty in the transactions of life, whilethe hordes that were sent to the Penitentiaryfor six or twelve months, from the purlieus ofNewOrleans, were such cattle as ought never toharve possessed the right of suffrage, and cer-tainly ought not to have it restored to them.The distinction, if one were to be made, oughtto be the other wsay from that proposed by thegentleman from West Feliciana. But the truecourse was to make the exclusion general.

The motion was lost.Me. Pt.itwars then moved to amend by adding

that pardon shall restore competency.tMu. ROSELIEr- S said that there was no occa-

sion for that amendment, as pardon always re-stores competency.

Mit. Pt'iii.PS was glad to have the informa-tion from so high a source; but it is considereda point open to dispute. The Supreme Courthas recently decided that persons pardoned maybe jurors, but their restored right ought to beacknowledged by the Constitution.M3. Duvlrr said that the question belonged

to the penal laws, and ought to be left to theLegislature. We ought to let the Legislatureframe the laws. Ile moved to lay the subjecton the table, which prevailed. fThe article iwasthen adopted without amendment.

DISTRICT AND PARisiH OFFICEnS." Article 05. All civil ollicers for the State at

large shall reside within the State, and all dis-trict or parish officers, within their districts orparishes, and shall keep their offices at suchplaces therein as may be required by law. Andno person shall be elected or appointed to anyparish office who shall not have resided in suchparish, long enough before such election or ap-pointment, to have acquired the right of votingin such parish ; and no person shall be electedor appointed to any district office who shall nothave resided in such district, or an adjoiningdistrict, long enough before such appointmienor election to have acquired the right of votingfor the same."'

Mo. Snaw moved to strike out the words, "oran adjoining district."

Ito. BExoasI•i said that this clause was thesubject of much deliberation in the last Conven-tion, and its insertion was the result of compro-mise. Ile was of opinion that it had been cor-rectly inserted. lie did not know why the peo-ple should not be at liberty to take a Judgefrom another district if they thought him a bet-ter lawyer than they had within their own. lIehad seen enough to satisfy himselff that thisclause ought to remain in the Constitution,while in the parishes of Plaquemine and St.Bernard, recently; there was a marked scarcityof lawyers, and it was quite necessary to applyto " an adjoining districtl" The people oughtnot to be restricted in their clp,•i'• such nsat-ters. The words " adj trict" surelygive scope enough for 1i on .on.

MIt. SBlaw-If we allow an officer to beselected out of the district, but in the adjoiningdistrict, why not allow one to be selected fromany part of the whole State ? If we can sup-pose any parish in the State so destitute as to bewithout persons qualified to fill its offices, it isjust as likely that the adjoining district may beequally barren. If, therefore, the words " ad-joining district" are not stricken out, he wouldmove that the whole State be included.

Mi. Gt-roN was surprised at the motion of thedelegate from Concordia to strike out. It wasnot right to restrict the people in the choice oftheir officers. The people felt both pride andsafety in good officers, and they ouasht not to belimited in their choice, and compelled to takean officer in whom they had not full confidence,merely because lie resided in the district.MIn. IlosErts-o felt much surprised at hearing

the proposition from the gentleman that thepeople should be limited to keep within theboundary lines of any particular locality, par-ish, or district, in making their choice of animportant officer. Why should they be thusrestricted ? Because the people do not deserveto be trusted with this choice ? or is it becausethe people are usually anxious to go out of theirdistrict-forget their friends and neighbors, andchoose strangers to fill their offices for them ?

In considering this matter, we are naturallyled to the old inquiry, what are the qualifica-tions for office ? What says the great father ofdemocracy, Tlhomas tlefferson, on this point ? Islie hones -is lie capable ? etc. These are theonly questions that ought to be asked in refer-ence to all such offices as those referred to inthe article under consideration. Beyond thesequestions, the people should not be limited intheir choice; especially they should not be lim-ited to any particular parish or district. If thepeople of a parish or district have to makechoice of an officer, and an individual residingtwo or three rods on the other side of the divid-ing line is known to be much better qualifiedthan any one on this side of the line to dis-charge the duties of the office-if the people de-sire to select him, and lie, to respond to theirwishes, it is preposterous that a dividing lineshould be allowed to trammel their choice

It was but yesterday a number of gentlemenwere confounding two things that were totallydistinct--had no affinity whatever-qualifica-tions for office with restrictions. To-day, gen-tlemen are setting up restrictions over quali-fications. The correct view in the one case isthe correct view in the other. It is this : Quali-fication for office is always a paramount consid-eration. Where the qualification exists, theroad to the office ought to be unobstructed.Offices are not created to be partitioned off forthe benefit of individuals on acoount of their

mere local position, but to promote the ends ofpublic justice.

MR. WAnna.i, was in favor of the amendmentoffered by the delegate from Concordia to strikeout the words "adjoining district." He tookthis ground because experience had shown himthe propriety of it. lie did not consider thatthis would he any restriction of the rightsof the people. It would only be markingmore satisfactorily the lines within which theirchoice lay. If we do not confine the choice ofofficers to the district, there is no objection toour going over the State line, and selecting aJudge from Mississippi or Alabama, when wehappen to believe that a certain lawyer in eitherof these States is better qualified than those whoare candidates in our own State.

Ms. PAsHAMn, in reference to the remark madeby Mr. Benjamin, that the insertion of thisclause had been the result of a compromise inthe Convention of 1845, was reminded that atthe time of the sitting of that Convention, muchill feeling existed throughout the State on ac-count of the disregard that had been paid to thewishes of the people in the appointment of Judgesand District Attorneys by the Governor. Butnow things are to be changed, and the peopletbhemselves are to be the appointing power, andlie agreed with the delegate from NewOrleans,Mr. Roselius, that Young America ought not toblow hot and cold in the same breath. Thepeople are now to get what they have been longwanting, and the only questions to be asked are:is lie honest-ishe capable? That position hasbeen correctly given by Mr. Roselius, and he(Mr. P.) only regretted that Young Americahad not the weight of that gentleman's judg-sment on his side all the time. Let no ,-ikeaway the restriction, and leave the people un-limited in their selection.

MR. IiaiIUlo said, that in order to show thathe was in favor of taking away restrictions,both yesterday and to-day, he would move thatall after the first four lines of the article bestricken out. This would make the article standthus:

" All civil officers for the State at large shallreside within the State, and all district orparish officers within their districts or parishes,and shall keep their offices at such places thereinas may be required by law."

Which amendment prevailed.FORFEITUiRE OF REBIDENCE.

" Article 98. Absence on the business of thisState, or of the United States, shall not forfeita residence once obtained, so as to deprive anyone of the right of suffrage, or of being electedor appointed to any office, under the exceptionscontained in this Constitution."

MR. Grtos offered to amend the article by ad-ding after the words, " United States," the fol-lowing words: " or on a visit or private busi-ness."

MIn. Guomx, in support of the amendment, re-marked that the forfeiture of a residence was avery grave consideration, and ought not to beincurred, unless where the party shall haveshown an indisposition to retain it.

MR. Dt'erot' suggested that the gentlemanfrom Lafourche should state in his amendmentthe length of absence. A gentleman might beabsent on a temporary visit a year. Would notthat lose residence? Undoubtedly. IHe wouldremind the Convention that absenteeism is oneof the greatest evils under which our State la-bors, and we ought to provide against it in thefundamental law.

Mr. Gr.ON said that he could not take alimited view of this question. Hlie believed thatthis was an important point, in which the rightsand interests of the citizen demanded protection.Travel was one of the best means of education,and ought not to be restricted or visited withany forfeiture. Fathers of families frequentlyfelt it their duty to travel, as a protection tomembers of their families. Sons were eager totravel, in their desire to see the world and in-crease their stock of knowledge and information.But wherever they went, their home was stillthe sacred spot on earth to them. Should theybe restrained by the fear of a loss of residence ?lie thought that the most simple statementwould suffice to show the injustice of such athing.

Ma. B13E•Aes~. moved to strike out the articlealtogether. It could never have been contem-plated in the brain of any human being, thata man shoud ftorfeit his residence by ab-sence on the business of this State or of theUnited States: neither was it ever intended thata citizen should forfeit his residence by a tejm-porary visit. We struck article 11 out ofthe Constitution to leave the Legislature to acton this subject, and this article ought to be dis-posed of in the samse way. By article 11, it isapparently clear that if a man chooses to spenda summer across the Lake, or at the North, withhis family, he forfeits his residence; whereas,we know that it is no such thing. This isthe way in which mere legislation frequentlyengenders disputes. An article such as that,which means nothing and has no tendencybut to confuse, ought not to be retained inthe Constitution. So it is with the presentarticle ; it raises the question whether amember of Congress may be considered absenton the business of the State or of the UnitedStates, when he is attending to his Congressionalduties at Washington, when le would be con-stantly in the habit of meeting constituents inthat city on their way to make a European tour,and no supposition as to their forfeiting theirresidence would be entertained. lie moved tolay the whole subject on the table. Which mo-tion prevailed.

IMODE OF VOTING." Art. 101. In all elections by the people, the

vote shall be by ballot,snd in all elections bythe Senate and House of Representatives, joint-ly or separately, the vote shall be given vivavoae."AIR. GAooEsRE offered the following substitute:" In all elections by the people, and in all

elections by the Senate and HIouse of Represen-tatives, jointly or separately, the vote shall begiven voea roce."AIR. Duceora moved to lay the substitute onthe table. Which motion prevailed by 80 yeas,36 nays.

aIR. cHnrtAtasox, of Ouachita, offered toamend by inserting the words, " until the Gen-eral Assembly shall otherwise direct." This,Mr. Richardson remarked, would givefullpowerto the Legislature over a law'which belonged tothem.Mi. DU-roLa said that there are certain prin-

ciples that cannot be surrendered, and if weallow the slightest laxity of vigilance over them,it shows that our faith in these principles iswavering. That members of both Htouses shallvote viva vace is a thing never to be surrendered.If we throw thatprinciple into the bhands of theLegislature, the first, second or third Legislaturewill return to their old vote by ballot. Thisthe people do not want and will not have.Hie therefore moved to lay the gentleman'samendment on the table.MRit. PAtl.stl-If you give the Legislature the

power to establish tie viva vore system of votingby the people, you must abolish the law for one-day voting, which the people most want. InNewOrleans and other districts, it would be im-possible for the people to vote viva voee in oneday ; and you would be virtually disfranchisinga tportion of the people of the State.

The motion was laid on the table. , The arti-cle was adopted without amendment.

THIE tiANGUAGE:." Article 104. The Secretary of the Senate

and Clerk of the House of Representatives shallconverse in the French and English languages,and members may address either House in theFrench or English language."

Ali. IlEsowro moved to amend by striking outso that the article should read thus: t" AIem-hbers of the General Assembly may addresseither House in the French or English lan-guage."MR. AIu•xT moved to lay the amendment on

the table, which motion prevailed.AIR. PEARk E moved to refer the whole article.MR. PlEAux hoped that the motion would not

prevail. lIe hoped that the Convention wouldremember that when the cry of liberty wasraised in this country, it was raised in two lan-guages, the English and the French. If theAmericans and French were united together bylove of liberty and fraternal sympathy then, thesame sentiment ought to prevail now, while alarge number still speak the French language.Let us not, then, war with those who are to usa son, a countryman, and a brother. If youstrike out this article from the Constitution yousurely will hurt the feelings of a large portionof the people of Louisiana. There are manyassociations which are obliterated by time and

change, and the French people of Louisianamay have partaken of the changes of time andcircumstance; bat he did not believe that anyone had a right to ask them to forget the lan-guage of their fathers, and thosedearest amo-ciations which their language guarded in theirmemories. He believed that nothing of the kindwould be required. He had faith that theAmericans looked hack to the time when Franceunited with Amerie, in the fight for liberty;but he had faith also in the same love of libertythat still dwelt in both France and America.If America should ever be in trouble she willfind on the other side of the Atlantie a nationthat will always go for her. He trusted,there-fore, that no ill feeling would be excited by theConvention abolishing this very proper articlein the Constitution.

Ma. Nictror.•s hoped that the motion would"not prevail. He represented a constituencywhose language was the French language; andwhen that constituency sends a delegate here,.she expects him to advocate and sustain her 1right to have the laws framed and promulgated,and the intercourse between her and her sisterconstituencies maintained in all State assem-blies, without insult to the language which sheadores and which she treasures as a sacred in-Ieritance. What necessity is there for abolish.ing, this clause in our Constitution? It willonly awaken and quicken feelings of distrustalready existing to a too great extent in differ-ant portions of our State. Why should feelingsbe thus embittered, and enmities thus engen.dered? We all fight under the same banner.We all look up to the stars and stripes. Althoughwe have no obiection that the language of ourcommon country shall be the American lan-guage, yet we claim the privilege of speakingour own language-of addresmng our State Itribunals in our own language, and of readingthe laws that govern us in our own language,IHe trusted that the Convention would-not' enter-tain the motion.

IR. PEARCe said that, as this subject hadcome into discussion, he would remark thatthose of our citizens who adhered to theFrench language had gone too far. When Lolu-isiana came into the Union, we thought thatthey spoke the French language alone, and asa courtesy, we agreed that the French lsanguageshould be in part adopted, for a reasonabletime. But after they came in, air, we found'them publishing books in the English languspage,and under the impression that the Englishlanguage would soon be learnt by all of them,the anomalous condition of the language of ourState has been allowed to continue. There isno necessity for this, farther. Every person inthe State, who has not learned the Englishlanguage, ought now to learn it, wherever thecommunities can boast of the lights of educa-tion. TheEnglish language ought to be addedto their education, at least, as one of dhe sc-complishments of educated persons.

Ba. ST. PAUL called the gentleman to order.When he speaks of Louisianians, at least those ofthem who claim to be native born citizens, he'must speak with more respect. We are equalsinthis State, and when all are equals, there canbe no such difference as the gentleman alludesto. American blood flows in all our veins. "e;would take it from no man-he would allowr'•:man to tell him : " We gave them a country?'etc. You gave us nothing ! The maintenanceof the French language is a right which wethen guaranteed ourselves, and which we stillwill vindicate and claim, etc.

Mn. PEARCE did not intend to insult the gen-tleman, but he meant to state his position. ifewould state it now. The time has now comewhen only one language should be adopted inour State. Make it French, or English, or Span-ish, or German, or Italian if you will; but makeit one language. He understood that there wereparts of the State where the 'nglish languageis not taught at all. French alone is spoken.This ought to be inquired into.

MnI. GUIos moved to lay Mr. Pearee's motionon the table, which motion prevailed by .109yeas, 9 nays.

nIR. RIcuAnasox, of St. Mlary, moved to strikeout that part of the article which says : "Mem-bers may address either House in the French orEnglish language," because it assumes the rightto deprive members of a privilege which the Con-stitution cannot deprive them of.

The amendment was lost, and the articleadopted.

iMOtE O1 PRIOte(lrOon.o." Article 107. Prosecutions shall be by indict-

ment or information. The accused shall have aspeedy public trial by an impartial jury of thevicinage; he shall not be compelled to give evi-dence against himself; he shall have the rightof being heard by himself or council; he shallhave the right, unless he shall have fled fromjustice, of meeting the witnesses face to face,and shall have compulsory process for obtainingwitnesses in his favor."

Ms. CoL.ENs moved to strike out the words," indictment or." His object was to strike outthe necessity for Grand Juries. The time hadnow come when Grand Juries were an incum-brance, a nuisance. The Grand Jury systemwas derived from England. It was necessarythere. It is notso among us. Ite would ask anymember of the bar what benefit he saw in GrandJuries. They never make strict examinations.and thus their acts are never effectual. Nonebut the witnesses on the part of the State arebrought before them, and no such information islaid as to form the basis of a prosecution. BeforeGrand Juries, the accused had not the sameprivileges as before a committing magistrate.Before a committing magistrate, the accusedcould always meet his witnesses face to face;but that was not the case before a Grand Jury.Before a committing magistrate, the DistrictAttorney can always investigate the case to seeif it is a fit one for prosecution. The GrandJury system is an unprofitable and useless sys-tem. The time of the jury lists is taken up fornothing. We have no aristocracy or other simi-lar power here to guard ourselves against. Weare fully protected in our rights by our meansof lodging informa'tion before a committingmagistrate, and we can well afford to dispensewith the Grand Jury system. The Grand Jurysystem is a tax on the time of the citizens, anda protection to no man. He, therefore, movedthat the words " indictment or" be stricken outof the article.

MaU. IIurT differed entirely from the gentle-man in relation to the institution and value ofthe Grand Jury system. That was a system ofgreat public utility. In times of public excite-ment it was the safeguard ofthe citizen. It wasa wall of fire against aggression-it was a surebulwark against oppression, and Ihe had yet tolearn that the citizens of NewOrleans had anydesire to break it down; he had yet to learnthat they wished to part with this stronghold oftheir safety. Nor could he agree with the gen-tleman that our Grand .Jury systemn was entirelyof English origine; but if it were, it would be arecommendation to him. lie respected theEnglish law; he admired the true freedom andsolid rights that were guaranteed by many ofthe institutions of England. IHe had seen some-thing like an attempt lately to establish theprinciples of genuine freedom in France, butwhen free institutions had been established inEngland. they were based on solid and durableprinciples. That the Grand Jury system hadhad its origin in England, therefore, was a re-cocmmendation to him. And when he recollectedthat, in all parts of the United States this GrandJury system was still preserved, still respected,he was fortified in defending this English--notonly English, but this American bulwark ofliberty to the citizen. He would, therefore,move that the amendment be laid on the table.The amendment by Mr. Collens was then laid

on the table.MI. COTTON moved to amend by striking out

the words " unless he shall have fled from jus-tice."MIt. CAMPnlE.1. said that there was nothing in

the article which contemplated that the ac-cused should be tried during his absence. Theonly object of that clause was to perpetuate jus-tice, in cases where a party should commit acrime and flee from justice, and where the wit-nesses may have died or gone away so thattheir evidence could not be re-produced. It wastrue that the accused always had a right toconfront his witnesses, but if he put himselfequally beyond the protection and reach of thelaw, it did not lie in his mouth to complainHe had, by his own act, deprived himself of thatright. lie therefore moved to lay the amend-'ment on the table.

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Brantome, wit hisusal p -death of Mademoiselle de •pohonor at the court- of Ft eYoung and handson, she 'pbrated for ready wit pid tiCshe felt the hour of.he dscalled her valet, who lpyedthe violin. "Julien,''violin and continp• tam dead,' the dawell as you peessibly aen. na p11the psesagpsall isla ,;'re $ltimes with 'as much:poin to icnpossibly throw in. Juliet dlas adered, and the dying beanuty accoi swith her volce. Haing twielost," at the proper moment,• eh e tisCtoin her bed, and said tohr heet perdu a cc eoupet aindeed lost .this ttime, nind itsWhile uttering thesep ords :ha Idied.

exploit for the eas6A:ehave been namedi o

" The papers'

meoade on the ts•e .epath ovkirng parao ani

surface o{ the waedespair at seeing heretet a i sson lshaft. of this precites sPsolbthat it was considereds s Y la schorus of laughter, laesyoung dandy prapg re-the

the Countess were soadorers at onoe prgtswtmmers, but the winand whenever the sinswm eithe provoking parsol oul'd dietsreach.

" The three swlmmeg sbound, trimmed ndribbon, common at wac p,briskly among the seletawith the blck eildi,' oSher thagain for theogree. At lengthteof good luck, sonlht .hst etay-ribbon of his hat, swam bhsktosociety of Dleppe ew aesimbled,before the Couuteses, be. estreamid the acclamtions t he twas not fated to end'lr .soarcely regained the kisghbad to be carried bckto hostrmely ill, having plunged gtb4

oariog that he had just etes&scold bath is a very da•gerto gp iAs to the green ribboe,, ho. pser ethe action of onwl 1tnlmd hpwatch-chain, whih -T - pI ,dozen Iuio.d,'or in his wa tcat pcet `ea 4 ethe bottom. Judge of tbs-valtue whiol Itoparasol wilt now have In the bright eyes• o

A oVr nooLo L .t Sore-The Loop -theestttement of a law snit, which wsfish Court of Chanoery more thans a i d"The original plaintiff wes Thomas neekfesd, seieone James Pope, a merchant In Madeida, 0d'Jaoper, also a merehaont. was the oemlia dt.l "per owed Pope 10.000, and Pops dite in 11748 tckford. his exnesutor. filed this billwho died before he could put in sn answer.rsevived against Jasper's esxeutors .as i, twas heard before Lordhtbaaslloriaeto the Master totake accounts. In 17thyr proceedings were tsaken,, and l555 were lodged to the credltt of the asslept until 101, when Mr. J. D,'Wadtassnolistraoion to Pope, the origial ttoidsthe bill against Joasper's peep utetlyveeo.lhe credit of the easus hbady `blonuss etc. amue ated Co `p.taise out administration to int lto pay 778 for stsmp de 4t•b• "- Ia uby an order to pay •he. e'ptpio,,OJ4 ssttodes in sourt; asdio shaerle- i s-,slthe respective righ4t.fo ejof 's . , ., ,

Liro-soar SOnssa,.-A new idea iaing has been stalted I .n A igAn nhobeen pseieetod to rufreim .Osdas ,is o be 2h 1 feet log. s0 fest beam, o,and have an engine of b hore powerIare to he filled witbh fixed air, iken tO 'Oh tthe expectation of the lvnw aiO .tolsiessels 10.lO toas and lOQberwwi apo tstt'built on the same plan. Thyae•ex p to,Lonadon to tholltet Indie 5 c5 Mping on the way, _ , - " "

Prcux..-A good old ICnnoettnutladc, 1

bsssp• tekles" confned ato the ' repssela

which she anuasl O presmaO t s, otlre of oooumbers, says shkoosiwns they'l goet a Ogiyet, thos Uai sax fellows have got tbet tS sereioiwith all that piekdftAh !-

It;lis said that at th lte exh e ia .Vermont elatte Agrac t Sfegatoestyethe"Preach mecplo •soed oeesoa.fo.,btcbebuy, e he stok f rl m wbss~k

to $860 t t" *fOD Q U; s,:e..