The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-03-05
REGISTRY Lawn Hyams has introduced

e REGISTRY LAWN Hyams has introduced
j into the senate, il accordance with tue require
ments ofthe constitution, bill preTiding for tin
j registration of the legal voters in the parish
u Orleans. and, whiehitis 70 BE- hoped, will prov.
t beneficial to tire community, and put an end t
the corruption which has of late made such ra
i pid strides. The bill provides for the appoint
ment, for term OF four years, Of register TO
the city of New Orleans, who is 70 receive
salary Of $4,000 per annum. He is to registe
in proper books, prepared for the purpose at the
: expense of the city, the names of all qualified
voters; and in case Of naturased citizens there
must be furnished either the naturalization Ger
tcate, or an affidavit Of its loss or destruction
II If the naturalization has been made in any 0
: the courts of the parish of Orleans, the certif
cate of the clerk of such court will suffice
4 Upon the voter registering his name, he is tc
! receive certificate from the register to thai
effect. When the voter changes his domici
the fact must be endorsed on the certificate
and entered in the original registry, which is tc
be kept open every day in the year, Sunday and
holydays excepted, from 9 o'clock, A. M, till
3. P. NJ, and closed the three last days preced-
ing an election. The election commissioners at
each precinct are to be furnished with a copy
of all qualified voters and their places of resi-
dence, and as they vote the fact is to be noted
on such copies The register may be removed
by the governor for any violation of the law.
| The Commercial Bulletin, in an able article
on the bad policy now pursued of emancipating
slaves and allowing them to remain in the State,
says, ii strikes us as most strangely paradox
cal and incxplicable, that while we, in this slave
State of Louisiana, are passing laws to facili-
tate and expedate the emancipation of slaves,
and then converting them into an integral part
of our resident population, the free States, such
as Indiana and Illinois, should, in their organic
law or constitution, adopt stringent provisions
prohibiting the introduction of this class of peo-
pie within their limits. Our readers are little
aware Of the extent to which this Improbable
population has grown upon US. 1t will appear
in a striking light, when we classify and con-
trast it with the population ofother slave States.
In South Carolina the slave population is put
down at 334, 934; free colored, 5000. In Geor-
ga there are S8i ,68l slaves, 1881 free colored.
in Alabama, SAG. 844 slaves, 1856 free color
ed. In Mississippi, $685. slaves $50 free
colored; while in Louisiana we have 44.8O9
slaves, and 1882 free colored. II we come
down to specialities, we find from the census of
1850 that the city of New Orleans had zoos
free colored persons in her aggregate popu1a-
ton, and 1901 slaves. This presents the
subject in an unfayorable aspect. 1t affords
matter for reflection to the phiIanthropist, the
statesman and the political economist 1t is a
serious evil, and becoming more so, for it is a
growing one. We trust that the attention of
he legislature will be attracted to the subject,
md that they will give it the consideration it
deserves.
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WAR RUMoEs.-The Bee, of the goth ult.,
avs the citzcns of N Orleans were startled yes
erday by the European dispatches announcing
he prospect of a war between the United States
md Great Britain. The quidnuncs were all
tgog with the news, and credulous people were
eady to believe the widest and most mproba-
] rumors. A little cool reflection would have
pared a vast amount Of speculation and no
mall share of anxiety. The dispatches them
elves are as vague and unsatisfactory as they 6
sualy are-perhaps a little more so in this in
ance, precisely because clear and crcumstan- 6
al accounts were greatly to be desired What
their purport? That excitement prevailed in
ngand in consequence of rumors prevailing
the immlnence ofwar with the United States
was rumored (rumors AGAIN. that Mr.. Buch-
nan had demanded his passports, and this
rave act was attributed to the alteration which
ad taken place some days previous between
i'm and lord Clarendon. The tone of the Bri- /
sh press was insulting towards America, but
le people were friendly and the commerce of q
ngland deprecates war. This is the condens-
outline of the news, and, as the reader must
erceive, it is composed of nothing but rumor
he many tongued jade figures in every line of a
'e dispatches.
As there exists a possibility that the duty of :,
loosng the next president may devove upon =
re house of representatives, the following Ia
e, showing the States which voted for Banks,
ack republican, and Aiken, democrat, at the +
cent election for speaker possesses no little J,
terest: ..* --v. +.- :
BANKS STATEs-Maine, Vermont, Massachu- :,
tits, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Is r
nd, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania c
hio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wiscon l
MA States. +s s s. o
ANT1-BANks SrArEs.-Deaware Virginia, Il
orth Carolina Maryland. So. Carolina, Geor :
a, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana,
exas, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ken d
eky and California.-l6 States. b
Iowa was divided Banks, Aiken. Re-
,pitulation: Banks States, l44; anti-Banks
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