The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-09-10
A prominent and intelligent citizen of New

to the Commercial Bulletin, SAYS: ~ GU know,
7 colonel, that when Your correspondent left \
: Orleans he was undetermined as to whom he
!. should vote for, feeling i his duty as south
i, erner and lover of the Union, to vote for the
: man, be he Buchanan or Fillmore, who stood
a the best chance Of beating Fremont, and there
!, by defeating the pnholy objects which the sec
: tional disorganisers Of the north have in view.
+ | am no longer undecided upon this point. Fill
t more, who few weeks ago | thought stood
not the ghost of chance Of being elected, l
now perceive is gaining ground with araplditv
that astonishes his most sanguiae friends, and
furnishes abundant grounds for the hope that
the popular verdict will be in his favor. 1t is
the prevalent opinion up here among men who
do not look at political signs through the spec
tacles of party prejudice, that Buchanans in
luence is fast waning and sagaclous democrats
are terribly frightened lest heshould fail to car
~ even Pennsylvania. There aFs but few who
are rash enough 10 predict that he will carry
any other northern State. Fillmore can alone
cope successfully with Fremont. l will say no
more concerning the general aspect of the can
vass, Of which you are already acquainted, but
will con6ne myself to \. York, Of which State
extended travel and intercourse with many OF
its most intelligent and distinguished citizens,
enables me to speak knowingly. In the En-
pire State, Fillmore is acquiring strength every
/ day.. There are also thousands Of national
democrats in this State who, Disguised with
their own party, especially al its endorsement
OF the imbeeiie and corrupt administration OF
Franklin Pierce, have ayowed their intention OF
voting for Fillmore, and there are thousands OF
lothers who will follow suitif Buchanan pros
poets do not grow brighter by November than
they are at present. Their ruling motive will
be to defeat Fremont, EVENT. they have 10 aban
don their own candidate That democrats, usuz
ally SO welded 10 party, should evnce SO much
liberalty, will no doubt astqnish you, and can
see now increduous smiles on the countenance
Of some Of your readers; but learn that such
will be the case from the most reliable sources. |
The fact is that Buchanan stands no earthly
chance of carrying the great State OF n. York.
The democratic papers have made much OF the
recent coalition at Syracuse between the hards
and softs, bat it is well understood here that it
was only coalition between the oAice-hoders
and old WORKOUT political hacks of the respec-
tive wings, for the purpose of elec;ing their
State officers and having another pull at the
public pabulum--not union of the masses Of
the party. The feud between the hards and the
softs is as bitter and irreconclable as ever
That Mr. Fillmore will carry New York You
may rest assured. In conversation in the cars
a few days ago with distinguished democrat
"a supporterof Buchanan-whose name, were
I at liberty to mention it. YOU would at once
recognise as having been long Connected with
the political history Of New York-he told me
that he had been Oh a tour in various parts Of
the State and that New York would certainly
give Fillmore a handsome majority" The
writer adds that "bets are freely offered tina,
the State will roll up 10000 majority for tic
ticket"
IMMIGRATIoS.-Mr. w. S. Bromwell of the
department. Of state, has published statistical
history of the immigration to the United States,
from the 3oth September, 1919, TO the 3lst
December, 1855, period Of thirty-six years
and quarter. His figures are derived entire
y from official data, on file in the department.
and according to his Statement the total num-
Der of arrivals in the United States during the
lime mentioned above amounted to i ,481, 1877
persons; of whom 4,212, 642 were of foreign
birth. Of this last mentioned number, 2O7, 492
were born in England TAT $50 in Ireland,
3d. $50 in Scotland, 4782 were born in Wales.
and ,3J8,682 others were born in Great Bri-
ain and Ireland, the division not designated. t
70 the 4,212, 624 passengers of foreign birth
arriving in the United States since September
30, 1919, may be added, according to Mr.
Cromwell, $4,000 as the number of imlni-
grants who arrived prior to that date, making
he total foreign arrivals from the close of the
evolutionary war TO the 31st of December last, {
:, 462,6 These figures are the most COM {
ic from official documents.
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Theodore Olshausen, OF St. Louis, Mo, has t
published in the German language, history !
If the 'Mormons, OF Latter Day Saints, in N. 7
America" He asserts that the United States s
low contain $1,000 Of that licentious, unprin- s
lped sect Of fanatics, OF whom Sc, 600 are in /
Utah, 5000 in New York, 1000 in California. :
There are 5000 in Nova Scotia and Canada: :
nd 1000 in South America and the islands in /
he Pacific. Europe contains SO, 600, of whom t
z, 900 are in Great Britain, 5000 in Scardna- I
ia, 1000 in Germany and Switzerland, 500 in l
rance, and 500 in the rest of Europe In Asia +
here are said to be. 1000, in Africa 100, in r
Australia and Polynesia 24oo, on travel 800
there are besides, $500 schismatics, including ,
'trangites, Rigdonites and Wightites The
umbers amount in the aggregate to 16, 500, r
nd II Is SunnOSed that the while sant does MT