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Show SKKTOUES 01? C3AXDJPATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY. For tho information of pur tcadcra wo publish tho following short Wogrnliieul sketclies.ofcandtdates'for.thc chief. magistracy magis-tracy of the Union. We nleo gfvp hio-grapbfcai hio-grapbfcai notices orch Vice. Presidents ais have heen nominated. PEOPLS'SCANOJIWTIJ. , BinHGCPTONV 6am Hduitpn ,WU8 -horn on tho 5nd of ; March, 1703, near Lexington, Rojtbridgc whciniltcyoniikand his:hHerrGHyiired ifoR herVfttji,4t1io.b4tikV "pf;'lho 'ftix . trtsseo"fivcVat.thE:tltiio-tlf4 llzatfw. .slite JiiswfetvedaJlmUed . ciiti6ii;iin(i, jtasqd sfcral year Apipug - serv'd.;for'a:timo tis 41erT:'4o a county tra' aiHp'cp : intlitf 'ivtiriy'lintlqf' UftiutnJ -JneliAoiviti ; ilriir;wHt thefV indtsit 'ilistlis.tiiv , itnsld 'ftHnselfCoit, scvrjU: occasions, nud ; Aitli'j ibrielufeton bibownii H Hat arisen, , inVot li'criycHautjIintjepTe-sfgked li'criycHautjIintjepTe-sfgked hlifioinmiisionrattdcbm tlo. Vtitfy;of;l(3.rf atasln'iljbt JutfeVlSl UfUf'h .'fCwj';m6uUis -of .severe .stiidyy he 'was odmSttedl .totlie'-'berf in7 "Octibert iSlOrAe ) WftB-.eKcted, District. Attorney fof .idsonistribfVin'lSH hb'watf clcctiid ilftjbr .QcrtcTal'or Tenh'ejs;coj in .1 $2$ -lid 5plfercd,ttlmdlf 'aslaTRndidal for,Csijgrfs. rind "wn9,elcctcdMth,;ut..op' jp6Hio;tfiln 1 S5;hc;,w'as:ret5rHCd a" eccond timo.to '(Jougf jess, almost Uy acctaniaUon id. w'tt saiislTcdw.creiM conslitpnts Tyith; iilsidbrsofii .thotnbiisoCRcprescntauvcs fin 12i;h!?'wa.ibticted Q pviirneir.Pf Ten,. nesseQ by'Knibycr whelmlng njajprityfo: sTgncd:lpfe nd".fcmov'ed.to'Arknnbs,!-400 miles no'rjh' .wcaVHif jLittlb'-XlOck Xa ilppMl paire(lB 5V!nshiogtpn:nn;lKlu ; Presideriiiiihc.iclearcst; -pM toP'at; Ptj .wltetmin-pvfd'cjfce of tlie'cpnduc't; ofi-th'o .gpvcrnnieniOaiits:id?tlgirVdcffi , "th&-iiiultnand!"tjhttm ; mlssalX p'rl'ttcSpfifs :vjstt vio TexasHic wfti-rqbestcd'Vo-ailb Iiis,4i"ome' Ube Jusd con.viUibn a pr lortbltf adnnssip 't7toirJ -il-bitsiteilhnndt aubusly:clci;teaii5 ThVicbnstitntidpv wis i'ub'mjttla. tbtPresideiiirSduta Anna Tom nfras;f. Thcyi;dc'tcrtnoi'ed ,up;bufxcsis fanc.p A m'Tirtia'ivasfbfanlzcd.'alnd' Austinthe fbundorof hb; coloBy- i'nffndcrjin-chjef, In; Vlitch bJlVcc; chb jHyasr shbrily; afteratieccc'dddlly Ocif, llons'tbk jt'o cortdncted tho ,w"4r" Svith vigor; ,and; finally brought it. to a?8cc$fnV terhwuaJ lion bv- lira; hattle of Jacinto, il Afrt;-Ct o0 n-aylwnioVifir4 jscaiy acknowledging the independence; of TVxa"aii:d4n Octolet' of tho Saittb ycai: he ivcsnfiaugPratedthoifirstPmidM : the.reputrllfc Aihcnd'lofna iermibf ollie;e,.iis;i3ie; smcer ,fie . cnstitutioiiallclfecte wcceVsion, lioccamb.. a .?0je"ml)ecF ;tje, ToxasxCbiigreslSf lit 51&4"rhe,w'flSiaga"ri eleyatfidHo thc PridcntlnUclVair;" ibgilhef tvhoie "time, tliat-hoheldi thnfcotj ; fica'ju5,fiif otepolicy was tlte iihne'xallon LPB Texas ta the tfojtcd,.Stalc biit . ) retired,-! befprO. iho'-bbnsumraatiou ,pt hs f wisUm. Ih lljTxusbeiiame one of tlfb States. of the Uriibhand! "Ckn, Itpuiton was elected" 4o-. tlio; e'iiatci Jjlfe "whole public, career has heeii that, of an old j Mhtoned: Jackson 4enwerat. lib is pn of the few remaining personal ri'iefida,ytfd; supporters of J'01d Hickory;" his Ilfij'has'i been a life of romnh.tte, and jitrofe adren-' tiires, luoro rematktiblo than those which; contributed so much -In 18S4 to the popu' larity of jpremonl. He has always heeii im inflexible? champion, of the Union and the peace of tho tTniait. lie is opposed, i to opetirngr'the slavo traffic; aud ho now i stands Uppn the hrpad Union platform of Mr. UuetiauauTft administration, with a i slight spriiad,i.Onthstavd. . CVKItl?ATr NOSipJATED JXY 11115 : J)6ua.LA$ DEMpOttATS.OX. JOKE 23RD. "SIEPHKN ARJfOtJJ O0-COr.A!,O ItUKOlS. The subject of thk paragraph was bbvn In the towiitfllraiuio, iff the State of Yermorit,on the 93d of April, IS13, ojid. is now fnHbc fortyrotghth year of hls ngo. llis"fatter, "whoe name' hb bears, was a; . natlf btbf Rcn5Solaer County Xcw York,, wherff-lfo. vva'5 a . practicing physician. 11& died leaving two cliildrei), one. Of theni tho, suliject oftltlrj notice, wlio wn? huViwo" months o.Id'otr thai tune. Siephcn- Arnold : Douglas, at the ago of fourtocii years, i apprenticed himself toleoru thetrarte of a aUiuctimaker at Milbury, At thlstnidc hg f -wrought, for two years;, owl getting wearied of it, hefiought thc'mcansof pro-coring pro-coring nn. education. Ho was admitted as n. .pupil in the Canandaigaa Acndemy, an entered, upon a course of classical ! studies, and at thesaino time studied law;j ; with an. attorney of that Village, and j while .there evinced a fondness forpolifics, j (In iS33 ho moved to Illinois, and fori some time taughtscuool in tho village, of "Winchester; In that Stale. While en-J gaged In tcochjng school hcetili continued his legal studies, bnd vas admitted to the bar in 1834, In tho following year, at tho ago of tweqty-two years, ho' was appointed ap-pointed State Attorney by tho Legislature, Legisla-ture, which ofiica'he resigned in 1S36 to ttako his seat in the Legislaturo'. DTq was j tho youngest- incmbce of the House, "but Mooii was retnarJced for his industry in le-JgUlativo le-JgUlativo matters. , Thp. first position f llipportahco-which ho. took In legislation twai in opposiug. .thbi extension of thp : "wild Cat" Jbonklng,. eystcm" bat the tna-ijorlty tna-ijorlty was opposed ttt his .view?, and. the 1 eitctislon nreusure wa carried, lie, wa,H jtii. faypr of ft. rnopsuro ,pu itf nfrthb' rnirbiids ; cbfn'pletcli li tlio itow erort tJie Bta tc Hi ? fofeefjuetitly licW,.roj5. -.sllbri 1tme,,",too'.' ; ppst of;Recter' Ot-thtf .Lftn'iOuleOf ati Lrlngfifild, Illinois,; yrili?s,timC'hbi-Lea yrili?s,timC'hbi-Lea met it .promlneiit pliycianai-d' tan ;roft jCongfOSS in, I0aS,bhti'ra. h'eati'ft by 'fiyo; vpfcSf ' Ilf slntnpetl fiti StatpfoK' ypn. ; ilbren' fbr tli6.cPricsdcyolrtlS'i0; . """M Ipeccmbcr iS-t'o; hb ?wau eleetwl SQcre 'fory;bfS,tstliV-si!dn?if!&;fbllpwhigl pry "was. uCkcted'fby -the ijg&latujo; i .Tn'dgc o ihb 'Snprcmo;(?our.t -;I'ib was 'subjeguotftly' Hwicb'eii'cfctt' akAniewbcr Pt CbngrRj-jbht Sny 'MviYjpi tcrltf, . whett lios'r?;Iebt?t,t O',tlo JUhited: Sffttbsf Senate, ln;i8.i;t,Wlilb;n inbmhe"?;C,llhfc Ipwcr::h.pusb ho 6sKtrWwtta"'W question ofi oim(OrcgOn:;: boundary,, and .belonged tf 0tat'timo -tb tli4f;itf party. :1J4 liaAalvvayahdciiihdfbcate of inifor-iial. inifor-iial. lniprpvcmciifej favosa thoV-Mciicjn WnepVo'tcdfoK.ihp Itidepcnde'nt ftVensttPy.. hm; and hn nlways"rVp"u ,bf ,jt-bitgwesh theqiiesiiVnfcl.tfiscnshtp', jn" Uip jjfat ppbsfid-. llrpV'iJwptf Prb. ' vlso,; n1nd,.ospricd;hifos6if 1 JiCfavot-bf ihb' ejnc'i t, ,Hnsi"t'b'cpVa'. friend' to, '.tho' .llojpcfeod';riiciisure" bilC Daring 31iV ;PibrbXpWinlsCVti . '-ka hill.iSafhe'iVjp.- Cilf; Idnglai wa Olmip, nvanf;ibfj tbbi'Sbtuito Uoiuftitttec bniler' ' ,wJicUipo,'Wl .moj.nuft finally cnginf;.: ;ccrccl Uippasab.of-thJ' measimii , .This: jdocfrlnb, 6'T''nbpmar:r'VpyCrel witlt other, -thingsiinld tagctljerdtotjnted ,hy "Mrf D.uglarnj-o; qucs'Ubng.pfi'the'"'day' "w?lf :,iiripwn' toolbar- readerf. . ;ju? tho Tlirty.tlfthlCou'grcs he array pA, hUsil pgaihst'PresiachtlllucliaHa adnjfHril .Mlinjthb'matte'r of .tlffe d,mkljpir:of .Kflnsasftttde ' W HaU irptlncgd la tsehlsib"in 4ipth " jibusi:S 'fttibittjpn feaCtlj'b nicasnr5 ,M(,Dpnglbft,haa";hQpn; inbst'hfttcflyKbHfil&t'S aaininistratiotf.1 Ai 'the fa$4 'SiH(e cleb-ton'lnllinolahbtampfd.llib cleb-ton'lnllinolahbtampfd.llib and Ida narivfirter Metcrmined ftifhUnfahist the. opposjtipp. cajjicti thff'dy ,11c was shbseriuentll fff-ctcctcd for another Sena-for)alf Sena-for)alf term. Since then liO' hna, been con wUcrafily before :t"Ho pjibllc in -etoinectioif with tho question ;ofsiavel-yfn tho Tarrf-- fMm$MhijHrpftk-t op" a'CavamL i . jfo I'topafrick, tho candidate for, Uib; , Victs Presidency, wi'bQrn InOieoiucouii ft renijbf- 402i ;-tlf e-AvaS;lt!rt fiJo'rl&ni:IIcit,fe ryyonpgirnni) "in; ll 5 ; renjprod'Wltlf-'n nVelderBroUVcV.to llie,3lis-: llie,3lis-: sj?sipj? fitttffcitftiMi iii i lf valleytbf ;sthe;JA larn'iifcnVbfi h'taf - "Wliere; K(io";city pf rMbntgprncry,' iiilftb'ama)jr 'stapid'sv Hereceived .b j.;gppil fnp. ,c4nea-:i ;tfpii1,a,.mw cduntrieSj I ifiludieil-iattvniid wSsroitftd to practfecj intl'gSlJ'Hk'Wbs fibOH-aftftwapd-elected 1 jS"tatorA:tlorney,''.an'hcld'linit olllea until ! ; iBS'jf On aceoont,Qf tlecpning -health lift!; thch ibandoacd profession, apd, settled : on farm, in, Antotiga cpanty, demoting his time to thlinpcoyeineiit of his estate' aiid in quiet study "until 1840. In that year lio served njs a' democratic candidate for Presidential elector for the State at largo- In 1841 he was uominatdd for Gveruortind was eJcctcdy jsml wa rb-e'keted.in rb-e'keted.in 143. In KorctAbf.r, 1848, ho received from the GovernmeutUtc appoint -jaettt of United States. Senator to nil thp vacancy jecaonfid Uy tlio death of DixOn ,11. Lewis. He; served during the short session of XB489, and the sptcial executive execu-tive session of tho Senate which was called at tho heliuning of Prcs,:dent Tnylov'a ad- oiinlatratibh, Jn. Januaryj 1833, ho wa appbinted' Senator In place of W". It. IClugt who had boon elected Yice Prfil-dent; Prfil-dent; " Attfe faceting of tho Al-ibania Leglslatur.Cjin ISS3, Mn Fitspntnctwas elected, for tho rclnaindfr of .Afr. King's,; term, which expired March 3, 1855, In Kovcmber of that ycai-'lje Was. re-elected for 'a full term of sit years. Hp-Is, incmbcr of the corainittec; on Territories, Milttary'Alfl,5,'-L on f rin'tiii.. ' 1IoJs a plain, practical, working menjoea' man ofcooljndnent'n.bd'agrccablo'nmnner. CAKDIDATM KOM1NATE0 M TOE 8E jon' c lmncKiKniooE, or tiEKrccitf . Jdr.Brcckmridgo, the candidate for Pre-sideht, Pre-sideht, was born' near Lexington, Ey,, January 16, f2I; was educated at Cen tr.c College, Ky; rfpeut o few months at Prineeton; studied. law ftt the Trannylrn' nia Institute, and was admitted to the ; bar at Lexington, wlicro ho practiced Ins i profestipn .with iiu.cc.!fcv Dnring tho war ' i with fcxtco be scrvbcl-iu ono ol the Ivcn-v rtucky regimenU aa M)0or, find whiftt- in, 'that- conutry mado many warm friends i amongst tho officorR of tho army, nwl es-1 es-1 taulished-, an honorable reputation jisn f soldier and a gcntleWRli. HJs camj-aign-: ing over, he tctnrnBd to tho practice; of Maw in Kentucky, wheto- ho soon made a name for himclC ntrO bat renowned, for thp learning, cloquescp and. nqnmen of its , members. In 1S41 he was elected tb. the State Legislature. In. thi now sphere he at onco -established lor himseir .a disttn-i disttn-i guishc4.ppsUion as , an orator". His style iu.coinpact.cvero.and logical, whilst his .; views on -publift qnesttons are marked by iolidty and breadth. These niplifinuiot!i 4Wilrty;i ihelr ;' eandidnt?':". IS&InH Cpngsslonar -noV mfnation-inopposittoivHoOencrul Leslie Cobmbs, --,slronjpc,,i. maiiatiit.-thci.resnlt , ,mi& 't;ie'clectipb.ofthb.)J noni(T -hceJ Jif;ii85s:. Jiol .a'srvkptedkftcr : onc;bf.'thb;hb'tttcniittts .b'vrljnbwp; lu;th4'Stno.''LilIjs'OppUqp IVXefcher;,', (iiotig hlflraiiitncrous . oud btiljlaWl beeches; ilmte, oi ftWbrai WH d.ejiYjstH lafbftiSii; instan'e.cdvna, .ft, lbaSlCriilcbp' 'ol lugh-tbnotf pratbry .and; coticliisvii reasoning. Drr Ing .h&?harahiigtt'atib tcndeVbd to JiibttltSils'slon tfS'pahihut-.dpme?tiP tfS'pahihut-.dpme?tiP nffofrVjroTllua itcsnbcWnceV Evcr:rbady h"pvo jcr;. ttfjilbibattfe tat hk; pattjvJtib fljnot,-, Wst.latbf tbjncccpf tlitf .i)pniiiEitlonfor.yic.c,I.rcsid et wilfv Jntpcs:i3uUi3imnvITb' was eltctt cd. and.ciirteVcd. oppnil,thc'dtles.,bf, his bfCcb in.Mar485l:l;;Ally--virtiipybf his5 ofllco'hols ihbPrestlicnt.bfr thb-tUnltei $tatbs' geni'tb, iVs-'SrtfIciir'-Uik: ; ta'kcs.-. Iiighy ranlt;" Up-jiJias; ju's Vwi ; clt;cl?dj0 :thbflitjJ Stntci: & yearHromrjilieiltK-bKifaVclV'l'SoiV t.bke iwhtstmtltcJC' iridEfaalibnt" Mnrt 4rS:pbssessetl6C7ainpdb "Qbtft oltittin itiUao jfe "Vicj iPraidenlvwns'hbrHlirKdryi 'Cnr'bliua,'1 Dcceiibcr,Il;80?;, "lifhKfihcenXhar; b!$,np,n -clcr0;in a mcfcantirlto'bsb in' Tudlatiai: r. In-;j82 l'J'b;marfteti:nd et' tictlpn thjfJnksf Uie-jOhib?ji"indianaf wlierb hls.femllybpiub :.tf2a- ho-Vbs" chbsmi-membef ,Of"tiib -LTe gialathroservfiTUii Uhatcapacit'y.-wJth occaslpnni.iuterValsVutil.-iam. ! pptlciVGcbi Jnckspilift 1822&!S? j: Van . Lreh In !SS(f-nMaeifrlMlli markl.by n-Wvp,tcdfltuCrlot($in'''aiW ft 'sinl(coc3"fbfnurpMet PtJ' T'Indiauu, ,Hb. vaa mbstlaeiivb in tho. atranirenicnt bv Whicli; tho State wa? saved from blinljruptcy.'.and.herhbuDr, fiW t'hffili'prcpnd'iatioiir KbnbVbut, thoso f ho livefe TewdSbil 'of rhVSif.tb In ;that tryiug tuna can i&fflijrtoritly. veathnt hi In-xWluublo, 6ejrvfceonliis itsipof.Uit -ijocstlbb;'"" Jn- ihn"' jfyr IM&Mf vmffi1 itnembcrof tho State Senntcbnjf retncd ; .hls-Afint w'hen a call yarwid'bn Inms'hn to(tniEh-yplu.iitvers-'f6i iircntered the urnyjiiRa. pYtxaiV) andjliii .actnp'iilhs-nftcrwArds, yfisnppoipted -Btttadfer.u erielaVf llb. erwdivUh;df5-r jlnctibp?durinijthvar; on'dWerca': fifml ! m w(tllVwft54'bJ6bC August :1J"848 he;rcacricdilhdfaha; bproKfttfcctssibHUifi publipi-C-ceiMipnsV we're tjsn'dercd;hjptphnV tp;.flneh;hp' hftd no 'time, to reppnd ;IfbV ; ionlte' ISilvS- AugusCshwasj cbmnii sioricdj'Qornbr-ojP OKbu withbi(f ,hjs; ;w.o.Si;leClea,'delegti tc-1 o;C6ngrE In -1 85 V, 'and 1ki(ow piibbfalie United tateiSeun' Kqrt frbin ttierSfAtb- pf" Qrcgou. In peji--tlca 0cnerM .Lan'O.i$V .dembcrat of (lie! Jefferson and, Jjibkson cliool, andls tlio rougljlyai'qnaiiitcd with' tho f istory a)idi politics, of tho .conufry, His retentive memory and iiuick, neUvj iplelecf cnalde him to turntolmmedial6.ab.d e'tfeuHvtii?: jthc more" linpprtaut facts and incidents .connected with our- institutions. Ho is: more a man of acttoii than worastnore j pjactien 1 than htcrctical and , presents ; Ivuwkelf with n mind, fornied rather by a tucly of things than of thclf inerenaotcFf |
