SEPTEMBER, 1849. ... Vol. III. No. I. Philadelphia: THE NEW YORK ASTOR, LENOX AND Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by JAMES STRYKER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. WM. S. YOUNG, PRINTER. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Stanhope Smith, CONTENTS. HISTORICAL REGISTER or 1849,- United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala, Hayti, Argentine Republic, France, Great Britain, Ger- many, Prussia, Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Italy, Venice, Russia, QUARTERLY CHRONICLE, for June, July and August, with an Appendix *for September: containing a great variety of interesting and im- Fairs, American Institute, &c., &c., Smithsonian Institution, its Organization, &c., Public Libraries in Europe and the United States, Immigration to the United States, Proportion between Foreign and Native Population, Growth and Commerce of Milwaukie, Public Moneys, Treasury of United States, Next House of Representatives, Extent of the British Colonies, |