MARRIAGE -LICENSES. 



entitled " The Fifth of May," in which he 

 eulogise*! somewhat extravagantly the Fn-nrh 

 Emperor. Hut the work by which Mim/.oni 

 will be best known was his romance " / /'/- 

 mji Spotf (The Betrothed ), published in 1 -J7. 

 This novel, under the guise of a villago love- 

 story, gives a complete and beautiful picture of 

 Italian life in the seventeenth century. In the 

 perfection of its portraiture, the vividness of 

 its creations, and the exquisite beauty and 

 chastened of its style, no fiction of Continental 

 Europe compares with this charming story. 

 It has been translated into every language of 

 Europe, and is as popular to day as when first 



Eublished. To an illustrated edition of it pub- 

 shed in 1842, the author added " The Hi-tory 

 of the Infamous Colonna," in which, like his 

 grandfather, he discussed some of the highest 

 questions of social economy and criminal l:.w. 

 After the success of this great work was estab- 

 lished, Manzoni never attempted any thing 

 more in the way of fiction. A most tender 

 husband and father, he refused for nearly thirty 

 years to be drawn away from the delights of 

 home, the society of those dear to him, and his 

 favorite studies. Neither political station, 

 peace nor war, fame nor glory, had any attrac- 

 tions for him. But during this period he was 

 visited with severe afflictions ; two wives and 

 all his children (four in number) were succes- 

 sively taken from him by death and in 1856, 

 at the age of seventy-two, he was left alone. 

 In 1860 he was appointed a Senator of the 

 kingdom of Italy. He had not in his latter 

 years written any thing except an " Essay on 

 Some Points in the History of the Lombards," 

 but in 1834 he had been roused by what he 

 deemed an miju-t imputation on the moral 

 influence of the Catholic Church, in Sismondi's 

 "Italian Republics," to defend it in n tract 

 entitled "Observations on Catholic Morals." 

 So pure was his diction, and so thorough his 

 mastery of the best forms of Italian speech, 

 that when eighty-four years of his age he was 

 appointed, with the assistance of Signor Roger 

 Bongui, to report on the best menns of establish- 

 ing a unity of language in the new kingdom of 

 Italy, taking the Florentine dialect as a basis. 

 MAKKlAiiE-LICENSES. The laws in 

 force in the several States and Territories of 

 the United States, in relation to births and mar- 

 riages, have been collected by the State De- 

 partment at Washington, and present the fol- 

 lowing results : 



Alabama. There must be a license to marry 

 from the Judge of Probate; certificate of tin- 

 marriage returned to him and recorded in hi- 

 office. No registry of births. 



Arbinto*. No license ; but the person 

 solemnizing must return a certificate to tin- 

 clerk of the court for the county, who shall 

 record it. No registry of births. 



I'lilifornin. No license required; bat per- 

 sons solemnizing must keep a record and trans- 

 mit it to the county recorder, who shall re- 

 cord it. No registry of births. 



Connetticut. License must be had from 

 the town clerk; certificate returned to town 

 registrar, and by him recorded. No registry 

 of births. 



Delaware. A marriage-license must be had, 

 or bans published in church. Persons solem- 

 nizing must keep a record, and once a \ear 

 transmit copy to recorder of county, who 

 records it. No registry of births. 



Florida. License for marriage to be issued 

 by clerk of county; certificate of, returned 

 to him, and he records it. No registry of 

 birth*. 



Georgia. ^License for marriage issued by 

 ordinary orthe county ; certificate returned 

 to him, and he records it. No registry of 



births. 



flliniiii. Bans must be published two 

 weeks in church, or license obtained from 

 county clerk ; in either case certificate to be 

 returned to him by party solemnizing, and by 

 the clerk recorded. No registry of births. 



Indiana. No license required ; but certifi- 

 cate of, must be returned to county clerk, and 

 by him recorded. No registry of births. 



loir-n. -License must be had from t he county 

 clerk, and party solemnizing must return cer- 

 tificate to clerk, who records it. No registry 

 of births. 



Kitntnt. No license is required ; but certifi- 

 cate to be returned to the county clerk by 

 the person solemnizing, and to be recorded by 

 the clerk. No registry of births. 



A'i iitni-ky. There must be a license, or pub- 

 lication notice, filed in clerk's office ; certifi- 

 cate to be returned to the registrar of births, 

 deaths, and marriages, who is to record it. 

 While there is provided in this State a mode 

 of registering births, as there is no provision 

 requiring persons to report birth, the law is, 

 to a (.Teat extent, a dead letter. 



Louitiana. The parish jink'e issues a license 

 and the certificate is returned to that otliccr, 

 and he records it. No registry of births. 



Maine. The town clerk issues license, or 

 publication of bans in church ; the party 

 solemnizing the marriage keeps record, and 

 makes return to the town clerk within a 

 year; clerk records it. No registry of births. 



Mnri/1'ind. The clerk of Orphans' Court 

 is-ues license ; the certificate is returned to 

 him, and he records it. No registry of births. 



MoMafhtaettt. Parties intending to marry 

 must file notice with the clerk, alter which lie 

 issues license; and certificate is returned to 

 the town registrar, who records it. Inhabit- 

 ants of this State going out of the State to 

 marry, in order to evade law, marriage de- 

 clared void. No registry of births. 



.Wifhiyiin. License issued by county clerk, 

 and certificate ret nine 1 to him ; clerl, 

 cords it. No registry of births. 



MimifKofii. No license; but the minister 

 or magistrate who performs ceremony must 

 examine one of the parties, on oath, as to 

 whether the proposed marriage is such as the 



