The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-11-05
TEE PRESIDENTIAL ELEor1os.-The following is a
urinary of the laws and constitutional requirements

TEE PnrsrpEs11A1 ELEorIos.-The following is
summary Of the laws and constitutional requirement,
in the election Of president and vice president:
l. Electors elected on the first Tuesday after til
first Monday in November.
2. Electors meet ON the first Wednesday in Decem
Der and cast their votes. They then sign three Ger
tficates-send messenger with one copy to tn
president Of the senate at Washington before the frs
Wednesday in January-another by mail TO the saSe
person. and the third deliver to the United
district Judge where the electors meet. nv va
3. Each State provides by law for fllipsbs
cancy in the board Of electors oceasoneaors as are
presentare generally authorised of he cleo
4. The governor gives notice tsS Hecember.
ton before the first Wednesday Decelne, con-
9TH. On the second WedY ope1 the II. returns The
gressa sa u Dg e sseae a Of the
aaf renrasensat;,ss open the certificates OF re-
turns. and count tbsvotes The person having .ne
greatest number votes for Presiael1, - a1oo+ars
Der be malodty 81 tHe NHoto ~
shall be The president. !,
g r. ne person had majority as above, the choce
70 tn he made from the three highest returned The
members of the house, by States, form themselves
into electoral committees, and the majority deter
mine which is to be the choice OF inc stare each
State having only one vote.
I. If neither Of the candidates get majority OF
the States before the 4h Of March then the vice Presl
dent shall act as president.
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vice president then the senate Of the United States
shall make the election from the two highest eandl-
dates returned to them by the electors:
To PoLIrrcIAss-It has recently been decided by
the supreme court in Connecticut, and also by the
supreme court il South Carolina, that the losing par
~ in wager may recover from the stakeholder the
money he had deposited with him, though the latter,
after the determination Of the wager, had, by the
order Of the deposition paid over the money to the
winner. ~ I'm s#T#45 4F y W 4gss#z Esg
A machine has been invented which takes hold of
sheet of BRASS copper, or iron, and turns off com
pete hinges at the rate of gross in ten minutes
hinges, too, neater than are made by any other pro-
cuss: ALSO machine that takes hold Of an iron rod
and whips it into perfect bit pointed screws with
wonderful rapidity, and single process. By means
of machine invented by Mr.. VIM. Wickersham, al
most any given numbers of thcknesses Of the stoutest
leather may be firmly sewed at once, wax thread of
any size desired being used with perfect facility
There is awl that first pierces the leather and then
the needle follows. girl using one of these ma
chimes side from eight to twelve Of boots
per day. Mr.. Naylor the eminent locomotive build
er in England, has patented steam hammer said
to have remarkable advantages for all sorts Of male
able iron manufacture A new slide-rest has been
patented the popularity Of which relates to the ad
justing Of the cutting tool the edge Of which can be
elevated and depressed with great facility 50 as
bring it in proper relative position angle with
the article to be turned BY simply turning a hand
wheel.
In the county of Prince Edward, Virginia, only
three clerks Of court have been elected since 1884,
period Of hundred and two years, viz: John Lee
neye, elected 9Th January, 1854; Francis Watkins,
elected Dist April, 1888, and B. j. Worshman now
clerk Of the court, elected 2lst September, 1876
b. J. Worshman commenced writing orders in the
clerks Office on the 9Th Of December 1906 was APP
pointed clerk pro tenn on the 9TH September, 1859,
and was made deputy clerk the 18th of February,
l8l0-making period of fifty lone years in which
he has been engaged in tile clerks office, and period
Of forty years. in which he has been the clerk ofhe
said court. Gz@ . .ysrsgar zrrrt
David Ralpe, negro. belonging to VIM. H. Moss,
died in the town of Corinth, in Tishemingo county,
the 22d ultmo at the advanced age of II years.
The Corinthian Pillar says: He was a remarkably
obedient and polite negro, all attest who knew him;
and evidence of his good conduct, he was
never chastised in his life. He had remarkable pow
ers OF endurance, was fine carpenter, and built a
large frame dwelling for Mr. Moss at the advanced
age of ia years. He has, during the present sum
mer, drawn between three and four hundred shin
giles day, and has frequently walked to Corinth a
distance Of two miles, after hard days work, to
supply himself with sugar and coffee for the month
He was never sick IN his life. nor did he take
dose of medicine. mississippi Star
We regret to record the fact, says the Richmond
Dispatch, that several of ourwestern exchanges an
nounce q considerable emigration Of Virginia farm
ers to the west Our emigrrnts are generally men of
substance, and carry with them very considerable
amount of worldly goods, which, with their personal
enterprise and fine intelligence, goes to enrich and
build up other communities Their departure is
serious loss to the good old State. But unless our
system of improvement is pushed on to the Ohio, or
guarantee afforded for its prosecution we may
expect this emigration to be vastly increased
The violences and crimes Of northern cities in
crease fully in proportion with their population The
whole number of arrests in Brooklyn for the quarter
ending July LIST, were 2,562, being an increase of
7S6 above the previousquarter z, No..
They are making paper at Cleveland out Of lake
Superior moss. F l# ..r s..