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Washington telegraph., 1850-06-26

son as the next and each subsequent enumeration
of the inhabitants of the several States directed
by the Constitution of the United States to be
taken, shall be completed and returned to the
Depa rtment of the Interior. it shall be the duty
of he Secretary of the Interior to ascertain the
aggregate representative population of the United
Sttes, by adding to the whole number of free
pesons in all the States, including those bound to
service for term of years. and excluding India ms
moi taxed, three-f of all other persons; which
aggregate pcpolation he shall divide by the nu IN
bertwo hundred and thirty-three, and the product
of uch division, rejecting any fraction of an unit,
if my such happen to remain, shall be the ratio
rule Of apportionInent Of representatives among
the se.era! States under such enumeration; and
the said Secretary Of the Department Of the In
terror shall then proceed, in the same manner, to
ascertain tie representative population Of each
State, and divide the whole number Of the repre-
sentative population of each State, by the ratio
already determined by him, above directed; and
the produciof this last division shall be the number
of representatives apportioned to each State under
the then las enumeration: Provided, That the loss
in the numhr of members caused by the fractions
remaining il the several States on the division of
the populatbn thereof shall be compensated for by
assigning toso many States having the largest rac-
tions one additional member each for its fraction,
as may be necessary to make the whole number of
representatives two hundred and thirty three: And
prOUldd, dLSo, That II alter the apportonment OF
the representatives under the next or any subSe-
auentc census, a new State States shall he admit
tel nto the Union, the representative repre-
sentstives assigned TO such new State States
shall De in addition to the number Representatives
herein above limited; which excess of representa-.
yes over two hundred and thirty three shall only
contilme until the next succeeding apportonment
of representatives under the next succeeding cen
sus.
SEC. 26. And be it further enacted, That when
the Department of the Interior shall have appor-
toned the representatives in the manner above
directed among the several States under the next
or aIy subsequent enumeration of the inhabitants
of tie United States, he shall, soon as practical
BILE, made makel out and transmit under the seal
Of lis office, TO the House of Representatives, a
certificate of the number of members apportioned
to each State under the then last enumeratlon;
and shall likewise make out and transmit without
della, to the Executive of each State certificate,
under his seal of office, of the number Of members
appotoned to each State under such last enume-
ration.
SEC. 81. And be it further enacted, That the
SECRETARY of the INTERIOR in his instructions to the
marslals, shall direct that the statistics in regard
to all other descriptions of hemp, not embraced in
the denomination of dew and water-iotted, shall
be taken and estimated in the returns.
Washington telegraph., 1850-06-26

BREAKING ALIVE ON THE WHEEL
In Marienwerder the old sentence of
death by breaking alive on the wheel,
:'from beneath, upwards" has just been
pronounced on a woman, named Lem
peck, for the murder of her step-daughter,
child five years of age. She delibe-
rately buried her alive, though as she
says in her confession, "she resisted and
shriked dreadfully." Neither on the tri-
al nor in her CO fession did the woman
exhibit any signs of arrangement.
English paper.
The New York herald., 1850-08-18
The wasers ng Places.
ouR rAssIosaHtE coRREsrorpKNcr
m. A.

Our FASHIONABLE CoRREsrornKNcr.
WILLOW SPRrSos, PA y Aug. o, 1850.
Hoe Strsugos al Saratoga Springs are TfsIt.d
by Tho~ who ar, Infussted ir Bcftiing Mineral
Waters.
A Circumstance took place al the Saratoga
Springs, while the writer was there, few weeks
since, he facts Of which he thinks ought to be
placed before the travelling public. They were
given to an editor Of that village, who acknow-
ledged the grievance to exist, and to be one Of
frequent occurrence; but, the people Of Saratoga
were very sensitive as to anything touching their
Pecurisry interests, be declined publication Of
the facts Knowing that you do not lock for your
clique, and are ever ready 10 expssc error or i'm
position, have concluded % give you an article on
the facts OF the case. After travelling some two
thousand miles from the southeast, for the benefit
OF the health 81 my sick family, reached Sa-
rstoga about tn first Of July, and put no At the
United States Hotel. A physician was called 20
see my wife, who prescribed that she, after twcn-
w.T sbo" nine sSGSs ssi' Of Congress
in the mcminR I had been rrpe eatedIy al the
spring-saw hundreds drink of the watcr-s.w
many carrying " away In pitchers, and had two
OF three tInrs carried away botfe full st time,
and dIank all wanted. In fact, Go all human ap.
pearance, the water ssemsd 20 he as free to the
public ss the waters OF the Mirsissippi to its
navigators. Finally, having been there a few
went after my bottle Of water immediately after
tea. Having filled Il, (oply one quartz started
across the street, and was accosted by man con-
ing from over the way, (~here an told they
bottle the water for expertatou,) "What are you
going 10 do with that watcTP replied, 81 was
about to carry IL TO my room" lie said, must
not carry u away-thst carrying the water away
in bot''es was not allowed. | demonstrated telling
him had come two thousand miles TO get the bene-
tit Of the water, and was with my family at the
hotel paying five dollars per day for board, d5c II
all would not do. had to co away without the
water.
Now, what I complain OF especially is this that
while thousands are using the water daily, with
out restriction, that there should be tolerated
person. having powers on the spot, 20 discrmu ate,
and insult strangers would also suggest III Al the
liberal owner Of the water, place at the Springs. in
large letters, and keep Il in the papers publishrd AT
the springs, the terms on which vis,ters can have
the water II he would do this, think ~ hkely
the number of vieifers wyod fall short Hs wosld
thereby probably b. shfr 70 mske fe ~ more dimes
BY sending them The water TO their dcYs
A SorrvRoc
The New York herald., 1850-08-18
Iksiipiaus InieIIiuence.

CstENDsp Tor hUoUsT.-1S. Tuelftb Sunday sftsr
Trinity "a 81 bartholomew the Apostle; IS Thir-
teenth Sunday after Trinity
A camp meeting will be held at Bergen Point New
Jerfey On the grounds belonging To Mr u n saiterx
commsDoipg ON Monday, the 10Th, and containing
over the following Sunday.
Rey. Mr. Msebeth's Evangelical Lectures Consti-
tuticn usl, GO Broadway, every sabbath, 10y A. NJ.
and y M. Subjects, Aug. IN. The Christian PHI
erims and the Sin against the Holy Ghost"
There are thirty Acn 1eniss Ia existence unAer
lily. and located as follovs:-Tvo of them In the
State 81 New York, eve In Penusyivsnis. seven ia
Ohio three In Virginia three In Indiana In North
Carolina three In Tennessee, one In New Jersey,
In Illinois, one in Alabama one in Mississippi, and
one IN Kentucky
The Blrtists have in tho Island Of Jamalcs thirty
Eve thousand church IN berH-the kethodfats twrn-
~ four thousand The number Of ehlldrea Ia schools
is estimated st forty thousand
Rev Bsbpister aud family, Rev y. slmonSs
aud She Rev Hoyt and wife Rev " Briggs
and Rev John fhnp, will sail In the Cherokee the
13tb ofseptsmber for the Methodist missions In Calf
fornia and Oregon.
A. the North Ohio snsuai conference of the Metho-
dft Epscopsi Church, In session at medina %, all the
puipits of churches IN the toen including the Proe
tant Episcopal, were nned ~ Methods, clerrymen.
Rev william and Mrs. ~ A. ssndsr.cn Ashmare.
niisouaTst of the American baptist Missionary Unon
90 the Chinesc Of Siam, ssed yesterday In the ship
Claiming Capt, Johnsen, for ucne Kong
IL is aied that the " hole number Of travelling
preachers IN the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South, Is 1,6i2, of whom eot are suIerannuated
local feachers, 3.scz members. 3s55S2; isi, III
co.o.ed, :, PIG lndians-Totsl. 5Oi, SO.
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

Mvrurn on BoAHD rmk u s FRrsArr BRANDy-
wINk.-A tu.r, dated on board ". y. fngste Bran.
d, vine, of honievdso o, June T. states That one OF
The crw nsu~d Frsntsop, stabbed another 81 me
cis~ nsnrd Reed, In several plscrs, 80 thai NJ
a., d IN = e. - pp,putrs There had heen some bsA
feeling h,twven the parties Frsnkson ws- cnnhHed
,s double iIons, sud wcud BE- seri 10 he tniied
Ssps Tor trial
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

ouR SrRoiAL TELEeRAruIc CoERKsroSDxScE.
wssHssorss, Aus. IL, 1850
The sssahsa Press publishes savage letter Of Gen
wallace against Gen Houston, aud another South
carolins attack upon Gen Poo;e. Pistols aud coffee
are spprehepded.
There are stories sacat that portant changes
win soon he made among the heads sf naval bureaus
Measrs. Conrad and McKsnnsn we're sworn In zee
ksrdax
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

l.cgrolNe. - during the storm on Sunday. the
ID int we had most remarkable illustration OF
Dr. Frankbu's theory, that the lightning VIII no.
rgss tbroaeh = roof covered with metal, but will
aiause iisslf on the metallc surface, and " there
he water spoui, will pass of through that TO the
earth. The house h covered with tin. and has
tin piPe leading ron me fnot 70 'he cissern' snu
has NO lightning rod. The Hash was great ss 70
sisftle persons at a distance, yet, beisg directly
over the hcuse, was not seen or felt by the m
mates. Al they knew of the shock vas from me
yered No, shock was telt IN the houses--
lk1yfrsfop Ccu ts1
The New York herald., 1850-08-18
Murder and Suicide OF the Murderer.

fREDEkIoxssuhG, Va Aug II, 1850.
most heart rending murder has been perpetrated
at white Oak, this place, which has caused the
greatest excitement named VIM. Brown at
cked Mr.. John fugot and severed his head from his
body with when the murderer after took
his ew n life by committing suicide
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

IH- Curr1s prtsoNsKs.-The United States
h.nm Aur fuey tl Mobile has addressed the new
cc'i-iar II q .ie-by telegraph-for instruction
WhHt ir 81 with the tontoy prisoners now In Mo
bi.. lie fgs no eva. .Bce ci eny act % cnmnaly
sn1 h7 >. We asO upd, rstand, written 10 this city,
90 hn - whcsher there Is any evidence here, upon
whrj fo.oht-m Indictment against then-N o.
~ elasas. dsg O.
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

IRoS MOUNTAIN IN WIsCosTIN few deys
since, says the Mineral Point TStbpne, Of July II,
we were shown specimen Of ore brought from
Black River, Crawford county, the quality OF which
supssses any iron ore we have ever before seen.
so pure Is Il thai II Is thought by good judges that
smelling furnacee will he unnecessary for obtaining
the pure metal, u yielding about ninety per cent
The amount of ore IL said 10 be very great, Il COW
crng nj least forty acres Other veins sayc been
discovered near by, and, II our informar are not
very much deceived, this discovery = sure 20 add
much to the already extensive mine. vcJth OF
Wnccnsin. Specimens have been sen 60 cxseri-
enced iTon-masiers AT The East, who p,snounoe Il
OF a superiorq quality. An sbundsrcc OF nm1rr and
water dover are near at hand for carry,r. fur
naccr, and ~ u s near navigsble water, h iaust
very soon become source Of profit 10 the enterpr
surg gentlemen who bave surveyed and located the
land tor the purpose Of erecting iron manufactures
at no very distant day.
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

mted by the rules of your counry,is nevertheless
a just reward for the humanity of Captain Denni-
sCn.
The law on the press was executed this morning.
and you will notice among the newspapers send
10 you that every one is marked with the g stamp"
have already augmented the price Of their subscrip-
ton but several of them have not changed it, with
the hope that thus they would entice the subscribers
of the newspapers, who have augmented their price,
TO leave them and subscribe for their sheet.
Ii. III. II.
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

Ans-ros,iEST or roAr IlalI. Ac The Ohio Sfsfss
rea gives the fcuoSing letter from Fort Laramie
dated July The express from oregon, With de-
tpatehes from Major ssnderson arrived hsr is@t
niDg IL appears that Port Hnu has been sbsnd0nrdL
The troops it that poet the 10Th Of NAY taking up
the line of march for the palias This h saii 20
have tsen made Tor the want 81 provisions. The mp
pig train Int ndtd Tor Fort Hail. viii be stopped nj this
iort also the recruits under Lieut. McCiunc FORT
bail The breshing up Of that post even temporarily,
viii bc vy grsat disappointment to the many thou
fsud srigttnts that have taken that route for The
pires l. IL not little strange that n command nf
lees then ono hundred could not have been sub
stto at Fort nall until the regular supply train ar
rived from the states, There 81 this time. four
teen migrants sick In hehuspita four died In one
DAY Last week The troops sre remarkably healthy.
The surgeon of the pest reports that The siehoess
smcng The .mErsnts i not the chos N We aitfiea,es
their sickness te drinking - much bad wa r rom tne
many dues on The plains. The whole number oi smi
atapts that have pssstd up TO last evfninE - loa
Iovs .-s6Gis men Tsl -omen, e63 children. sI7a
wagons ~ asa hofses, 7tgT mules. 29t2i oxea tss
! cows aud 45 fhrsp Tho emigrantion ms fsien ON
rsplaly vithn the last vcck The wagons cannot en-
e,ed q q thou -eni
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

Dnaor BAscon The LorusvAr J~rnai Says
We understand that Bishop Bsscom - noe con
hped in The city, Mt the Rev Mr. Stevenson's, BY
severe sitach of blions fever, contracted, as u
ie supposed. b, the fssigues aud eIpcsafes oi hs
late tour to the 81 LOUIS conference, ~ lodep IN
dence, Mo. He is recsrving every aitenuon from
he ply sicisns aud nuucrous ffisDds thtt c>uld b.
detfet. u w-s fho.gn, I've, evrniog IN ,ts favor
sb'e chsnge had tshsn place IN hs tonifior We
ccoIiden.ly bop u may oe 90.
The New York herald., 1850-08-18
nhr Canada rt usnfss.

H.LIras, August Moan
The steamship Canada, from New York, arrived hero
elock lsst pisht she took In s's'y ehsisrons
eo.l sol saUs5 VI tveye oc,oeA -iaa ysst f'r Liver
pod
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

ForEor ImNIeRAIfoN TO NEw ORIEASs.-Tbe
nunIher ~ passcngrrs who arrived Al this Guy aud
Lafayette, during the month Of July last, as for,ign
smigtsnts, is ryoIied at 2,isg; this number sil-
braces both children and adults. The Germsn
sngrsnis arrive chiefly in the month Of NAV, bit
TIE arrivals Of this year, compared with tnae "
1919, show a great fslhss of. During tbe runfh
81 May lest year. the Gerfnsn eniRran's NJ N'-eret
1000, While the arrivals for ,hat nonN iunoF llo
pr.sent year, show a list ~ bit SO. rh.e .s
caused, as we lesrn, by the dc Guilty ~ d,sposng
Of properly in Germany -Neg Ovitaas DelI.
The New York herald., 1850-08-18
Total TO this date SOL


This shows a total mortality for period Of about
seven weeks, sf two thousand and thr,y-one, Of
which good deal lefs than onc-half was classed
by the Board Of He ith cholera. The other
Diseases were chiefly bilious, and in great part DIFF
ferd but little from the ordinary summer diseases
OF the city. Last year, the total numjer Of deaths
here, of all diseases fora period ofseven weeks end
ing on the 9th Avg was four thousand four hundred
and sighty.eight Lestyear, the cholera appeared
here early In May. On the 10Th of that month. O.
III. Brough was attacked with the disease, IN its
vcrcsi form and died afer few houts This ere ,ied
something like general panic. and tbe d'--as-
almost immediately became .ri.nnr From thh
time to The 18th Of June, howtveI the numbsr Of
deaths ssceItained wa hui - Frcui The l0.b OF
June 20 the 10th Of Juiv the GusrheI vas2 80 srd
Gom the 17tb To the 23d ~ Jply u wrs ~ ThtB
makes On sgRrt gate, from tlc tnt sppfHFtEcc Oi
tie disease Ia the date last uAuied, ~ s deaths.
The enife mortality Of the citJ lizi season, iof
live weeks, commencing on the I5,o OF June. and
ending cn the 2sS Of July, (cholera and all other
dst0ses,) was 3,9B2. The first decided sbatsmeni
in the rsvsges of the epidemic here las; summer and
improvement IN the general health OF the city, was
shown by the report Of the 10Th July In the course
Of the next sixteen days, the deaths by cholera de-
cressedrom 81 10 nine per day. and the mortality by
all diseases from 10: 20 81 per day. The fetal
mortality Of the city last season, for period ef
eight weeks ending on the l1th of August (when
the cholera ased to be regarded as "a eridemic),
was 4 ,62S - Circirnafi Gaseffe. dvgwf IA.
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

ABOLITION ExcfTkNENr AT SAVANNAH, ETC.
BALrrsorx, August ~, 1870

ABOLITION RxcrTkmESr AT SAVANNAH, ETC.
BsLrt~osx, August ~, 1850
Tho Southern mail has arrived.
highly patients admitted into the New Orleans
charity Hospital, nine Of which intermittent
fever There !. cholera yeo- fever there
There vas considerable excitement at ssvsnpsh on
Tuesdsy last an consequence Of number Of hsndbnis
having been posted. notifying the citisens that
abotionist was TO be tsrrei and festhered the Ees
tlemsn having msde offensive remarks In the oompany
II several ladies and gentlemen lie first ordered
leave the city. but having made q written state
mcut dissvcwipg the offence, the excitement after
tiuie tubsided
The Weather at chsrieston is unusually hot The
q t.hcrmometcr, on Wednesday. vas %
The brig josephine, from Boston, arrived Of New
Orleans the 9th the bark Vernon. from New York
arrived at Savannah the 18th. and also, on the
came dsy, the brig zenobis from Boston.
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

PickgU UP ON SABte ISLAND. "A letter from the
pupcrin', ndept Of Sablc Island cacloses the follow
ing pup,rp, which, with other articles, watch
key, a slate pencil, niece Of turned ivory. two
cUpp,r snd two iron pumps'scL1, aad n besbcl
meeting notice, was contained IA n sealed bottle,
picked up .on the south bescs of Sable Island,
about half WY from the ives 70 the east endt--
Monday, April 29n--1 p kat ~ IAN baron
80 V g. air f6--ssa ~ Ion 80. ". Wind = W.
compass sea smooth and sh< vesther fine This note
Il love overheard rom the Blsek STAR packet ehip
Msrmon. of aud irom New York hound TO Liverpool
sx days out II ary psSsop shouid ever pick thi.
hotti" p~a-r ttvs pns'c notice OF the IN Mes
yUrt lDnu'u 90 liverpool aud ohlige yours truly
TUDhaH tEEMAN, Master hsrmiou
NJ Nthenoa. NJ supstbiendsni, adds, 81 have
DO ooum hui The shove meunon, paper was writ
fen or fhc 19rh ,,il ISTO. as that date was ON I
MtBfHF '-fflf, ,far NYa
The New York herald., 1850-08-18
odd teIiows' Convensson-Rsiiwsy Acct
dent, Sc.

urea, August ~ 1850.
hbOst one hundred and hfty delegates 20 the Odd
U,Ilows Convention Of the Northern District Of New
YORK have arrived here.
A dirt train the Utica and Syracuse Railrosd ran
81 the line near Utica, killing man, and dan
srerousiy injuring several others.
A boat esptain has been arrested here fer sesiins
aour beiopring TO nottingham Co, Buffalo
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

SWCfDT "a yOutP Lughsbu.An nined George
monthe, coD.uutted suiCIdc aluuf M O'Clock last
night, at the house ~ John Perkins, No o. Hani-
ten street, by shooting hin,rsii through the head
with double barrel fowing pirce. rhsfe' was
found in the house after he committed the deed
the following
This is my last viii and testsmcnt. hereby give
and isquesth 20 my sister, Mary Ameiis Taylor. of
Drniuld, fottshirc) rpgland. two hundred pounds
also ri and beau, sih 20 Mary wither~cA ofGriuF
ey Urcolnsbirel sixty pounds to be paid after
m death as possible. GfOl NICHOLS
No good cause has been assigned for The deed
II II said that for three months he hrs been uyng
to procure work, and that all his efforts have
proved wnavsiinR, ard that this ssappcniment
caused him 10 commit suicide. The coroneTs
Jury rendered verdict of pfefncsststcd DEATH
fisqry yorrnaf, d.r 10
The New York herald., 1850-08-18

From the st. Louis Republican. Aug. 81

FoEr LARAMIE, July :, 1859.
Ihe great California emigration has az length
swept past this point, ard the praires begin 10 as
sumo their wonted air Of solitude and dreary mo
notony. The few siragglers, some one thousand
in number, still behind, are on this side of south
Fork, and will be here in a few days The final
result OF this years emigration, as registered at
this point, Is ~ $40 men, S2j women, H. .6 chill.
dren, Q, l0l wagons. 2, S75 horses, 1850 mules,
81, ,502 oxen. and 575i cows; making liberal al
lowance OF 2,479 persons and 6l9 wagons for those
who have passed without registering, and by those
still behind, we should have 1900 souls and O. 72O
wagons on the trail at this moment-of this num-
Der from 5000 10 10, 600 are on their way TO Ore
gon, with the intention of settling in that country,
and visiting the gold mines next sc ason.
The character of the emigration of this year is
most decidedly inferior to that Of last. The num-
ber OF difficulties robberes Wc. on the trail, have
far ounumbered those of last season. Not only
have they relieved each other of their properly, but
they have paid particular regard 10 the public and
private property in this vicinity. Several detaoh-
ments have been sent from here in pursuit Of stolen
animals, and their effort. have generally been at
tended with success overhauiing the light-fn-
gered gentry after u race of some 30 10 100 miles
The sickness has been severe between this point
and the frontiers, but beyond here there has been
but little mortality. The pure air of these elevated
regions is more than m tteh for the careiessuess,
want of experience, and want OF cleanliness OF the
emgIans. or the seven hundred who now lie
buiied beneath the prairie sod, between here and
the Missouri, it may safely be ayened that nine
tenihs were placed here from the above causes.
SeNeIsl oetachmeut "a OF troops have passed along
the same road this season, and during the most
Sit kly portion, ard not a man has been lost. This
shows concmsively the advantage of strict atten-
ton 10 diet and water, and camp regulations.
party Of emigrants will pitch their camp along
side of pond, OF an old welt dug in the sand and
dunk their stagnant waters in preference TO the
running water of the Platte. because the former
may he cooler and clearer than the latter. The
graves encircling these pools show the conse-
queDces.
Col Sumner, OF the dragons, arrived at this
post from Fort Leavenworth On the 10Th inst, with
fifty mounted Infantry, ca route 20 the crossing of
the Arkansas, where he is &c join the main body of
his command, consisting of battery of artillery
and one squadron oi the first dragons. This force
is Ia operate the Santa te trail Col. 5. marched
TO this point in the short space Of twenty two days.
He iii leave here in about a week, and will be
accompanied by Col Hoffman, OF 9th infantry, and
Mayors thompson and Carlton OF the lst Dragons.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-11-15

FATAL AcCIDENr--MaA Shot.--Ol
Wednesday. the 23l inst, while mum
ber 0f men were rolling logs on the farm
of Mr.. Jacob Reed. IN Jackson township
some deer showed Themselves SO tempt.
ing'y nigh. that Mis- Thnmas Buldwine,
s"n in,law m Mr. Reed, ran tn tho huuse
"fthe latter for gun, aud in his hurry
tn pick it up, the cock coush, on II chair
aud tho gun went oH. tho ball entering
his brain just above the right cye,and pas
sing o'h ut tho back pan VI his head,
causing his death after struggle Of an
hour. He was aged about twenty wears,
aud he lett wife with little babe. tn
monrnherearly and her sad bereavement.
MdgpWe Oh'o Tribuae
SIN WALTER RALrtau. The illnsl,iouS
navigator aud historian was beheaded in
lle "ld Palnse Yard II, Westminster. ON
the 29'h of Ocl. 1918, 332 years ago. His
rxecnltn was an instance of cruelty md
Injustice hardly parallclcd in the English
annals. Sir Walter inl,oduced the pota.
Ia, which Hawkins had conveyed from
America tn England, iuto Ireland, and
was the frat who brought tobacco int
vUgue.