CUCISLHIUIU llCjJUUllCaU.
Tlimxluy, September 2, 1852.
For President,
(vBftrWIKFIELD SCOTT
of m:w-jcrsev.
For Vice-President,
WILLIAM A GRAHAM
OF NOItTH-CAUOLIN'.V
For Judge of Supreme Court,
JOSEPH BUFFIN6T0N
OF ARMSTRONG OCNTY.
For Canal Commissioner,
JACOB HOFFMAN
OF DKRKS COUNTY.
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FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SENATORIAL.
E Brown. James Tollock.
Samuel A . Purrionce.
REPRESENTATIVE.
) William F. Hughes,
u. Jnm-K Trxqnair,
3. John W. Stokc
4. J'lhn P. Vence.
5. Spncor Mclh-nine,
C. James W. Fuller,
7. James Penrose,
S. John Shaeflbr,
U. J tccb Marshall.
J '. Charles P. Waller,
II. D.ivis Alton,
It M. C. Morcur,
1 13. Xer MiilJlesnaitli.
M. James, H. Campbell,
' 15. James D. Paxton,
i 16. James K. Davidson.
! 1". Dr. John McCullock,
IS. Ralph Drake,
: 19. Sohn Linton,
21. Thomas J. Bighain,
22. Lewis L. Lord
23. Christian Meyen,
24. Dorman Phelps,
Barnej Andrew's Sentcuee.
The 'Eastonian' sas Barney Andrew's,
who was found guilty, of 3Iurder in the
Second Degree, received his sentence on .
the 26th ult. from Judge McCartney in
the following words'' "that you undergo an
imprisonment in the Penitentiary for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania in the
County of Philadelphia, hence to be kept
in separate and solitary confinement at
.Labor, and be fed, clothed and treated as
the law provides, for thc period of 12
jcars to be computed from this day.
That you pay the costs and stand com
mitted till this sentence be complied with."
aTThere are about 25,000 Norwegi
ans in the Milwaukie district of Wiscon-
r
mono: them, in charge of Ttev. Messrs
Willerup and Agrelias, for some time,and
Mn. A mission has hPPlI in nnprntinn 1
150 persons have gathered-iu. The mis- .
sion has had the effect of awakening a j
general inquiry among them about the re- j
ligion of the heart, which is a strange
thing among them. Wr. Willerup has !
commenced and completed a church at j
Cambrigde, Wis., of stone, 44 by 46, j
neat, plain and substantial, at a cost of
over S3,000; S2,000 of which has already
"been paid, the remaining 81,000 is now
due.
-JG? The Lexington
ther
now living in Holmes countv. '
o . utJ) !
jll Miss., a woman who married her first"
S n , , 1 . j
uusunuu iu oupuituuer, ioo, one SUD-
sequently parted with him : and from
time to time" married three others, with
all of whom she separated. On the day
twenty-five years from he first marriage,
she parted with her fourth husband, at
tended the funeral of her second, was mar
ried to her first, and the marriage cere
mony was performed by her third hus
band. She is now living with her fifth,
or 'rather lier first husband, and doing
well ; and is some woman yet.
The Fishery Difficulty.
The New York Exprfss says : " We
have received some information of a de
cisive character concerning the matter in
controversy between the two governments.
Letters have been shown to us, from high
and reliable authority, which give the
most positive assurances, to their corres
pondents Here, that Hie fishery question 1ms
been satisfactorily adjusted between the
American Minister and the British Gov
ernment, and that dispatches to that effect
were transmitted by the Asia."
E5?Gen. Franklin Vtornr
:,i u ix,. x ivr t t e nr i
w jr w wx-jkuwu, oi iv asu- ,
wgton City, that he ever uttered the Anti- '
El Slavery sentiments alleged to have "been
spoken by him in a popular address at
JNew .Boston, JN. H., m January, 1851
f S the editor of the Mannhester (N. H.) '
icu-uwatjuius msue wiiu mm, disputes i w lease oi it, py terminating existing ar
il bis veracitv. and adduces thr. nffii-rtvifi. nf Miir!r at II.Tprcr.i. : r-in. m. nfs t.n omnt n mnnn-nli, e
seventeen respectable citizens of New Bqs-
M r.n on. flnffcf.Trm . xU-x 1. - J.l I
w. xxvx wMvii- -u uxuvc tuu uk uiu : ... - .. i T,- x i x i x I w"xuiy ior tuu uuuuut oi ciate, Due real
utter the very sentiments which he now I viue nve mHes Delow Gaston, last night at lsit;snlWfifl to
i denies and repudiates! The editor furth-,
. xL.i xl J 1 , . '
mi fcaja mui, mure are ueveiopements yet ,
f to come which the General will not like
" l
M to look m the face. i
The Hartford Couranl states a ;
ew enemy to the potato, a black bug.htis
made its appearance in Simsbury Conn.-
i is in engm irom one nan to an men, this morning. The murderers have not '
-lxl- 1. Xl -1.1. lit 1 - - i
Mvith a somewhat large, body, but small,
I? .v. 1, fr A 1 .-.-.I An - X 1. - .. 1
jpx-xxx ucau ttuu ucu&, jxa aCMU Oli V 1 11 L ,
t'.L X- t- - x- 3. 1 1 V
ii appears to oe stnpea; its DOuy is asn
Jolor. In that town it is confined to pie
rces on or near the mountain. It strips
Ithe potato tops of the leaves, taking the
whole piece in succession, in some cases j
iiiearly an acre while other pieces in the
vkiuity are untouched. It.has appeared
Kajso in Granburyr.and on .the-.mountain.
Iocfoco State Couventlon.
This body reassembled i Hamburg, j
on Thursday last, for the purpose of nom
inating a Canal Commissioner, in the place
of Mr. Searijrht. and a candidate for Su-
prcme Judge, in place of Judge Coulter.
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Almost one halt ot the delegates were sud-
,
stitutcs. Judge Woodward was nomina-j
ted unanimously for the Supreme bench.
And on the third ballot, William llop-
kins, of Washington, was nominated for
Canal Commissioner. Resolutions endors
ing the Baltimore platform were adopted.
No enthusiasm was manifested, which
may be accounted for from the fact that the
Buchanan men had ifc all their own way,
are not at all pleased with the treatment
received by their leader at the Conven
tion in Baltimore.
jCSrSecretary Robert J. Walker, when
the tantt of 1840 was proposed, nasea his
j argument m favor of its enactment upon
xue grouna a. P.u
il. 1 'M. 1.1 "... I
Dort ot our domestic proaucuons dv iur-1
;eL;tLnmn mnrVnf in F.iifrlftnd nnrl
c 7
that our exports
In 1848 would be '222,898,358
" 1849 " " 329,445,056
" 1850 " " 488,446,054
Walker was a false prophet, for the ex-
j ports, instead of reaching the fabulous
sum, he predicted,
In 1848 were S132. 904.121
" 1849 " 123,606,925
" 1850 136,946,922
The tariff of 1846 has thus signally fail-'
ed to produce the result which its friends
confidently predicted, and upon which !
they mainly relied, namely, a large in
crease in the sale of American wheat,corn,
&c, in foreign markets, to counterbalance
the largely increased purchases we have
made of English manufactures. Yet, in
view of this failure, Locofocos still insist
that the tariff should remain unaltered,
although its tendenc' is to cripple domes
tic, and benefit foreign, industry.
A Plain Question
For Free Traders to Answer, and Work
ing 'Men to Ponder on.
from Schuylkil County to New York or
Knctrm i fho qhtiip in f;ipf n littln mnrn
w, .
than thc expense of sending a ton of iron j
from England, Scotland or Wales.. Now,!
if labor iu England is only fifty cents a j
day, and one dollar here, how is labor to j
be kept up here without putting a tariff i
of duties on the foreign article to make up i
the difference! Or how can the price of j
labor be kept up here above the rates
paid in England, or on the Continent,un-;
der the Free Trade system? Let the Free
Treaders answer these 'questions. - :
The same questions are applicable to
every other branch of industry. ,
Since the above was in type we have
seen the following table of wapes naid in
- i ur i. j cc u n
liplfTinm nnhliahpn ornpi.illw hp thp (-J-rtr
J rn t n
eminent. They are appropo to the ques-,
tions asked above:
" European Wages. The correspon
dent of the New York Tribune gives the
following official statisticts of the rates of
wages paid in the kingdom of Belgium.
This last embraces the whole mechanical
operations, as well as common laborers:
MEN.
5,352 men earn from 58 to 78 ctsperday
180,440
113,950
(i
30 to 40
2V to .10
a
wAirv
" u.'iii.i.
152 womenearn 40 cts& upward pr. day
3', '21 " 30 to 40 cents per day.
y,62U IU to z)
13,612
t CC 4linr TO ,lfin(a
BOYS
51890boysaarnfroin20to30ctepr.dav.
12.459
- '
IU tO iii
"
17,531 boys earn less thaifcLO cts. pr. day.
,.., f on . a '
l,285girlsearnfrom20to 30 cts. pr. day.
6,346 10 to 20 l-
. . .. - -
22,538 girls earn less thin 10 cts. pr. day.
"The above figures do not represent
the whole working population of Belgium
of course j in fact they exclude the whole
agricultural class, which would have made ,
the statistics still more melancholy : but
they represent, without doubt, a fair av-
x. X - r X xt 1 x
- '
erage estimate of town wages throughout
the -Mngdom.
-wWr nrrttv fn.r .n )L Tt'
gions this year, but next year, when the
markets will.be glutted with coal again,
fwages must inevitably go down under the
present tariff system. Pottsville Journal,
Easton August 23rd. At Uhlers-'
O
11 o'clock, a man named Jeremiah Thatch- J
tl 1 -.1 1 .1 n
er, DiacKsmitn Dy traae, a native or
Bucks county, was drafted from the
CO
house into the road by two men, and '
there pounded with a club or kicked with j
a heavy boot until he was dead, then ta-
ken about a Quarter of a mile and thrown 1
in the woods, where he was discovered !
been heard of.
Ten Thousand Men Wanted. The
Superintendant of the Illinois. "Central
Railroad has advertised for 10,000 men
to work on that road. As there are orer
700 miles to be completed, and as the com-
pany has ample cash funds in hand, an
excellent opportunity is offered for em-
ployment for two or three years. :
jFVww the Westchester Ecaminer.
LcUer fr0Dl Ja.Ob. HoffmaU, Esq.
Whig Candidal? for Canal Com-
niiSSiOHCr
rh fnlWin.. w.Ar frnm .Tacob Hoff-
Esq our candidate for Canal Com-
' ' q' t-auumau' 1Ui y
:..-:.,:..,. :, : tn n nnvntft Intter
O
u.iociy..., .o i. w r-..-
in which the present miserable manage-
ment of the Public Works was freely te of supcrintendence ; and, on the : him to tlie Sravc" X then Ses on to
discussed and to which Mr. Hoftman, oue 1, by the introduction of a system ' remonstrate against all abuse of candi-
as will be seen, lias given a reply, ex- of 1.11 and -practical economy, dates for office. In order we suppose to
hibiting in a masterly manner, the wretch- cu-,tail the a'ctual espeudit,urcs to the low. ffluat to itg sincerity and decency, in the
cd fruits of Democratic misrule as com- , standard -consistent Tvith the success- , v 1 TTr TToff
.,.rl)j w;th the immense dfckfcsincurred r3, tt . ' fll , , very next column it denounces Mr. Hon-
pared wnn me lmmcust. unuutu ful operation of the works ; and the oth-1 J , . ., . . n
in theirconstruction, and the business cal- i er bJ cxacting fr0m the employers, strict . man the WhlS candidate for Canal.Um
culatious of profit by the very men who acC0Uutabilitand an honest and faithful missioner, as "a vicious, pettifogging,
nave uuu iuum uuuui iutu uuuuui as
members' of .the Canal 13oard.
unwilling to wniewnat ne ia unwii -
ling to publish, Mr. Hoffman has anticipa-
Unwilling to write what he is unwil-
ted the retiuest we most certainly should
; have made and has authorised the
Pub"
lication of this letter; of which permission
,
, f , . contained in
. V
, Reading, August 12, 1852.
T-. o i- t.. t.. t a: .
' V ... .2..... r... -i.-.r.
i am in rcceipi 01 your lavor, aua uiaiiit
y0u kindly for the interest you feel in the
! approaching election. I fully agree in
! the importance you attach to the success
; of the Whig ticket at the State ; election,
no .mueeu, on acuoum- ui any suppusuu
aid it might afford us in the election
of our distinguished candidate for the
x icsiucnu, uui, ua yuu tuny rciiiin n,. iu
! nnnnnrinn with f hp infp.rp.ist. nf our State
affairs ; which, under their present man-
; agement, loudly call for reform and econ-
oniy.
The question at issue between the two
parties, in respect to the internal Iprove-
ments of the State, will be presented and
brought within the comprehension of ev -
ery intelligent voter, by a recurrence to
the manner of their construction and sub
sequent management, by (lie party, who,
with the single exception of an interval 6f
three years, had the control of them du
ring the entire period of their existence.
The original costot construction, exceed
ed Ihe amount by, at least, one third for
which under practical andv economical i ot public agents, and that offered by them
management they could have been built, as intended lessees and private individu
Bv reference to the last report ' als.
by the Auditor General and
the State Treasurer, it will .
be seen, that the original
cost of the public works,
The amount of expenses
for keeping and re-
$31,476,245 36
" pairing, to the 1st ot
Nov. 1851, was
And the further sum of
interest -paid on loans
directly applied to the
same time, was
15,506,089
58
30,635,243 32
Total outlay to Nov. 1st
looi, was
Gross amount of revenue
877,717,547 36
to Nov
1st 1351, was 21,162,812 49
Deficiency,
From this deduct, also,
the value of the works
at the original cost,
856,553,734 87
01,0,0 oo
Total loss since
their com-
$25 077,33951
pletion,
And upon a closer and more detailed
examination, it will further annear. that
AX
during the last nine years, the average
annual net revenue, from the entire pub-
"c "works, has been only So3,842 20 ;
aunougnu e income irom a single year
during that period exceeded the sum of
1,700,000 00 j while the annual interest
on the present debt, is a fraction over ,
2,000,000 00j leaving a deficiency, (after
applying the net revunue from thc works,)
of 81,750,000 00, to be wrung from the
l J ? .r ii i. i
nam eannnirs oi ine tihohir. nv .1 swnrin
of taxgathers, at an Snuual commission of j
90,000 00 ; an amount sufficient to sus-
tain a small army of their tribe. I
T r xl ..X-x x r il " I
, x.u ixuit ui ixiio ciaitiutjiij in iuciu "ilj
unprejudiced man in the community who ,
will nretend to affirm that the nnblin i,n. .
. r- .
pavements have not been erosslv mis- '
managed ? The fact is as clear as the '
. ....-.
umvcal hSht ot da.5 aT1(L even 13 ad" I
mitted by manv prominent Democrats t
Another fact is eaually evident- which !
' '
is, that instead of improving, according
to all practical experience, the manage- J
ment of them is becoming worse j and if .
the present system is to be continued, they '
had better be sold or in some way dispos- j
ed of to relieve the people, a Thev are an
. . ... i
enormous dram upon the Treasury, and
xl. n . lxl. --. I
the sooner thc Commonwealth is rid of
them the better.
Tf, is Imf. -i fw rlnva s'mo a, n--i
Commissioners have, under a fearful re-
sponsibility, and in opposition to sound
policy and uniform practice, assumed the
exercise of a doubtful power, to sav the
Pasenger business on the State Road; os-
x ..-l. C xl. 1 !x -X. Ci . . . .
0f a favored few: and, and, that too, in the
n n n . . .. f .' .
iace or reiusai Dy the legislature, to sane-
tion or even entertain a snmAwhnf.s.m;ir.i.
--.-..-.,.--.
proposition. This act. is of a character.
which, under all the circumstances, can-
not be justified by the Canal Board ; and
which has received, at the hands of ih
late President of that board, and recent
candidate of the Democratic party for
. -x
uovernor the most unqualified condemna
tion. He says, "During every year of
my official term, attempts were made to
induce the Canal Commissioners to create
a monopoly of the passenger business on
the Public Works. My opposition to any
such proposition from any quarter, was
founded upon the conviction that it was 1
beyond our jurisdiction, so to circum-
scribe business and fair competition and
that it could jaot be justified by any au'
i ISlTZ.S
policy in closing the business of carrying
: passengers on the great highway of the
State against all Bave a favored few."
Ti .V. .... ..I-it -l, rlnn .. Jx 1. 1.1
, At manircst.y tne auty, as it should
)je the pleasure, of those entrusted with
.. 4 .i TI -1 1?. nr .
the management oi me x-uunc orics.i to
.nan th raMnt , , -
t .1..: : i- -
uuuua, iuuiuii?u uic ucu icvuuuc iu uu u-
1 mouut approaching, if not equal, to that
reQairedr the t 0Ahe interest
1 m. tli TMiWif. Aoht. anil iiifif.fT7 f,A nnnli.
r"j w a.w.wu
pnH'nn nFn lnrrro -n.irf if nnf. thn nrlmio
mount derived from the collection of the
, state taxes : to the speedy extinguish
. IIIL'UL ui Lilt: uuuiii; uuul
rm i. i r
inn this Hiirrorfsnnn. m tnvnr nf a mrn?-
' ure so ardenflv to be desired.is found in
oo
;j ;,,.,7i i.i
i..: lx. L A- T i
uunug iuu .iuuuul ouaaiuji ui im: xiL-gisiu-
, ture, a powerful effort was made by an
associated company, composed of two for-
mer Canal Commissioners, (one of whom
'had just retired from office,) a practical
x,U6.uU, a oupciiuiisuuu.il, uuu
transporters, to obtain a lease on the Pub-
lie Improvements for a term of ten years,
u u ii icuu ui uuc uiiuiuu ui uuuuia pci
annum. And. it will scarpplv hp. nontnn
J ded, that these gentlemen were not fully
j informed of the value and productiveness of
j the Public Works, or, that they were not
equally confident of realizing a profit, un-
j der a proper and economical system of
management, equal to the rent proposed
; to be paid to the Commonwealth; as, it is
not likely, that they would be willing to
encounier the risk and furnish the heavy
capital required for their successful ope
ration, without receiving a corresponding
benefit. It is for them to satify the pub
lic in respect to the extraordinary discre
pancy oetween the annual amount ac-
j counted for to. the State in their capacity
I have thus given you an outline of
my views in respect to matters contained
j in your letter, in the same spirit of frank
j ness and freedom in which they were soli
cited. You are at liberty to make such
: use of them as, from your greater experi-!
; ence and belter judgments, you may
deem proper. T write notiing in regard
! to public matters, which I am unwilling
; should meet the public eye.
i I remain, dear sir, with great respeorf,
' your obedient servant.
- HOFFMAN.
Post Oilice Department, Aug. 17,
1852,
To the Erlitor of the Republic
Sir: Please caution the public,through
your paper, against the use or tvax seats
on letters which are to be transmitted a
; cross the Isthmus, either to or from the
ot a r ct a r 1 . '
Pacific
The postmaster of San Francisco reports
; under dutc of 15th JulVj that the j-fchenj
ast ma:i from vew York contained a
large number of letters thus Sealed, which
r A 1M n f!n r f -tr-nx-T 4- ttao
I WIUU Ml U1U UlXLllil ui tins 11 UA I lb
inmnihlp. tn Spn!,Mt TritWin".
portion of them." "
Similar complaints have been received
from other quarters, and particularly from
England, in respect to letters sent sealed
in ftfc in'anner from California.
Editors of newspapers generally.would.
do a public service by calling special at-
tention to this matter.
I am, respectfully, your obedient ser-
"
K. HALL, Postmaster. General
. .
A Grand Mass Meeting of the Whigs
of the City.and County of Philadelphia
willbeheldinlndenendenccSauare.on the
x -i-i
evenino- nf WfidnfiSdn v f.h iSf. StAmlr
Tl,r nhooi ; in r,,. fi.0 w; mam
vwiwvw .W A w S & V V UUU I I JL4 J, . UJIJAL
bers of Contrress on their wav home from
congress on tneir way nome irom
Washington. Several eloquent speakers
...111 !. x J xl. - x-.-..- -II
be Present and the attendance wil.
,,u UUUUL uv tg- ,
" S7 . '
1Iie -execution ot the Liquor law in
Massachusetts appears to be attended with j
considerable excitement. NeitliRr its
t
friends nor its enemies seem very cool in ,
J
the controversy. At Salem, on Tuesday,
the Marshal and his posse roke open by.
fnvfr flii dnnra nf o IXTi- T. Ti CI nvA .nnv
j-, .... .! ' ,,'
and found a quantity of liquors, worth
about 82,600, of which they took posses-
sion. A clergyman named George Ward,
who had distinguished himself by his zeal
in tne eniorcemont ot the liquor law, was, hs or her age, the name of his or her
on this occasion, pelted with eggs by the ' . .i -
crowd i Parents occupation, the cause of death,
An attempt has been made to prevent . burial ground &c-
the transportation of liquors, in the case ,r . Z ,
of one Williamson, an express carrier.- ominatedfor Congress.-J ohn P. San
He was tried at Canton, in Massachusetts, I Person, Esq., one of the editors of the
on Monday, Before Justice SToyes, who Daily News, was on Wednesday evening
decided that, not being a seller' of the j last nominated by the Whigs of the third
.commodity, he was not amenable to the TO.t x PL.,.mifl no fUv B1)M.t
law, and he was therefore discharged
At Newton, a meeting of two hundred
people of the place was held on Tuesday
evening, and speeches made and resolu
tions passed denouncing thc liquor law.
At Watertown, the liquor dealers have
begun to carry on their traffic notwith
standing the law.
In Rhode Island frequent cases of vi- '
olation of the law arises, and numerous 1
seizures of liquors aro made under the 1
law. The liquor. arc destroyed as soon
as the court gives judgment of forfeiture.-;
jgg-'The Wilkesbarre Farmer, in noti
cing the. death of Mr. Searight, the loco
foco candidate for Canal Commissioner,
say3 tbatJ his sickness was partially in
duced and greatly aggravated by the ex
citement consequent upon the unmeasured
citement consequent upon me umn
rjilnmnies heaned unon him bv the Fed
A "
, i wi,;,, Pmca cAnili'lv nnrsnpd
eral Whig Press which steadily pursued
. -
COunty. who preys upon the needy atter
n U p " n(1 o n f
thC Qul? Gammo.n an SnaP fash
ion, in
, ,
lnal anU lUe
neighboring
counties" as
n.an " unprincipled character. steDDed in
stateless avarice, and billious with the reck-
less political corruption which ever ac
companies sucn appetites."
r cr
i ...
Tir j m. i ii :Tir:n
-ueuuiiui&uuw now it wuaui iiiit;s-
lwr Tf rln irnnwWwlion fLoiinrvrc
r, - ,
oi iur. oearignt s aeatn was receiveu ntre,
the faceg of thc locofoco ieaders were as
1 M bster8 ,vas 3aid to te
, ' '
; when Gen. Taylor died. Reheard many
( i wwl 0aj '
, him had he lived and that he would have
! i i,,,, w cr tnanrA
W:l. 711".. TT.-CC. r. , -n Lnvnnnln o cKl.f
11 iiu 1'ii.jj.uuiuuu nuuitviiuuij onitu
personal acquaintance, and that lias
left a favorable impression of him upon
our minds. But we know that he has
three or four times come within a few
hundred votes of being elected to the Le
gislature from Berks count', over differ
ent locofoco nominees. Two years ago,
he was the whig candidate for the Sen
ate .against Mr. Muhlenburg, locofoco,
who.is a very reputable man, and stands
well as a politician. In that contest Mr.
Hoffman was beaten only five hundred, in
a county which generally gives a locofoco
majority of near five thousand. This is
the best evidence that could be adduced
that at home, where he is best known, he
is highly respected, not only by his polit
ical friends, but likewise by his political
opponents. Uonesdae Democrat.
The Registration Act.
The Begistration Act, passed at the
lastsession of our State Legislature, con
tains the following provisions:
Section 1
Provides, that the Register
' O
of each county shall keep a record of all
births and marriages.
Section 2. Makes it the duty of every
Clergyman, Alderman, Justice of the
Peace, Clerk ,or keeper of the records of
j tbe religious society of Friends, and eve-
. ry other person or society, betore whom
any marriage may hereafter he solemni
zed or contracted, to make at once a rcc-
ord of the same in a book to be kcPfc for
tne purpose, witmn toe space oi thirty
days after such marriage, to return the
same in the form of a certificate, duly
, J 1 it , ,t
slSned b7 the Pcrson so certifying, to the
j Register of the county in which such mar
riage shall have been solqinnized or con-
; tracted, which said record and certificate
hii pt forMl . fnr m(1 n ,
V'. ' ? th! "T T b
' ascertained tbe ful1 liarae of th husband,
! nis occupation, and the name of his place
of birth and residence. The full name of
! tlm tya
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I names of the narents of said husbanded
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the parents of said wife. Also the color
of the parties, and the time andplace of
ceremony, where and by whom, and if
' Pronouncea Dy an ergyman or other
. . . .
Person as aforesaid, the place of residence
of such person.
' Section 3- Makos ifc the duty of Ph'-
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. slcians to keeP a record of a11 hlTths, ani
' l-n-n-.r. iUn nnmn X xl. T !x. ?xl
' return the same to the Register within
unnj uays, auiy signeu; such record to
set forth name, color, occupation of pa -
renta names of other children Hvjnrr flnd
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Section 4. Provides that Physicians or
Surgeons'hereafter, who shall have been
at the death of any individual, dying with-
in this State, shall make a record of such,
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and retnm lhem duly s,gncd to the R.eS-
ister which record shall set forth the
name, color and sex of such deceased, and '
for Congress.
The cholera is raging at Paris,
Ky., and some of the most prominent cit
izens have died.
Negro Voting. Negroes are permit-
ted to vote in New HamDshire, hub Cath-
olies denied thoT-ririleiro of holdinr office.
General Pierce, sys his Biography, has
command of the state. Why has he not
changed this state of things inJat State?,
Look Out. A Statement in the Na
tional Intilligencer shows that the United
States have already run into debt to Eu
rope, under the tariff of 1846, upwards of
$200,000,000.
Nothing but the gold of California has
prevented a crash similar to thatofl840
But it must come, sooner or later, if the
present stato of things continue.
From the Erie Gazette.
Testimony of a Soldier.
We have been favored by our fellow-cU-izen,
J. B. Smyth, Esq., with the follow
ing letter addressed .to him by his brother
Mark W. Smith a soldier of twenty five
years' experience, now connected with the
Ordnance Deparment of the United States
Army, at Fort Griswold, New London,
Connecticut, having charge of the Milita
ry Stores of Government. Mr. Smyth, so
far as we can learn, has never been iden
tified with the Whig parly, and supports
Gen. Scott from a conviction of his emi
j nent personal worth, and superior fitnea3
i for the office for which he is a candidate.
, . ... .
! , 1S, .testimony 13 dl?ect' P01nted ad lQ
the hlSht degree complimentary. Read
it one and all:
"Woat 11852
, "Dear Brother : You rightly con-
jec'ture that I am in favor of the election
. of Gnn. Snnkt. in iha P rpiriprft nt
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Tjjjjjgd tS tGS
If Military tal ents are
a qualification for that office, there is no
man living at the present day that pos
sesses them in a greater degree. But he
1 possesses other qualifications that fit him
for the office. He is not the mere dem
agogue that would pander to the pride of
any men to increase his own popularity,
but in every instance of his public career
the welfare of his country has shone out
conspicuous. But I purpose to speak of
the charge, so often brought against him,
of being proud and haughty. I am a
ware that at first sight he may appear so,
but to those who have seen him as I have
seen him, the mere suspicion of his being
proud and haughty vanishes likd the
morning. It was my fortune, as you know
to serve under him in the Black Hawk
war, and in circumstances calculated tode
velope the feelings of the man, and let me
sa', that while he was strict in every duty,
his kindnss was with us a proverb. The
conduct of Gen. Scott during that time
has been trnlv rrivfin in M.imsfiplrf's T,If
fp , c 15 . T ... . .
At iTpIKir.O Snath Kllf I Tftll ctntn cnm
incidents thut came under my own obser
vation. Day by day, as the cholera raged
in our midst while crossing lake Erie,and
afterwards, he was seen at the side of the
sick, feelingly inquiring into the condi
tion, encouraging and directing, and by
Ins manly bearing, infusing confidence in
to the breast of those who were despond
ing. I bave served in the army seme 25
yearsr and have been undcrmany officers,
and I consider it no disparagement to.
them to say that I have found Scott more
easy to approach than any officer I have
ever served under, and this, to my knowl
edge, is the testimony of thousands in the
army.
Before I close, I must refer to the fact of
a Nevv Jersey farmer, recently in my hear
ing, bearing decided testimony to hia
kindess as a neighbor. Those who ac-
cuse him of haughtiness, I fear, -are gov-
erned bv a rule which should not be tol-
eracca) vlz- inaL mi lsJair pouncs.
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I remain,Dear Brother, Yours, &c,
MARK W. SMYTH.
.
The
Negro Popiilation
Wc-iteru World.
of the
In the last number of the Anti-Slavery
Pepoitcr, we find the follow
ing computa-
tion of the population of African descent
now existing in the New World :
United State
3.550.000
Brazil,
' Spanish Colonies,
South American Republics,
j British Colonies,
4,050,000
1,470,000
1,130,000
750,000
850,000
270,000
50,000
45,000
70,000
35,000
nayti,
French Colonies.
; Dutch Colonies.
Danish Colonies,
Mexico,
Canada,
Total, 12,370,000
Of these, seven millions and a half are
in slavery in the United States, Brazil,
and the Spanish and Dutch colonies; one
quarter of a million in progreess of eman
cipation in the South American Republics;
and the remainder, four millions six hun
dred and twenty thousand, are free.
William R. King, the Locofoco candi
date for Vice President, during hia servi
ces in the United States Senate, voted for
the General Bankrupt Law, and the Uni
ted States J3ank charter.
On Friday, 3,623 immigrants ar
rived at New York from Europe.
1-It is said Mike Walsh will be nom
inated for Congress in New York.
XJjTThe potato disease haa made it
appearand ii Can?!. . .-,,
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