strings: It having been charged in some of the public prints that Harry Wilton, late United States marshal for the district of Illinois, had used his offce for political effect, in the appointment of deputies for the taking of the census for the year 1840, we, the undersigned, were called upon by Mr. Wilton to examine the papers in his possession relative to these appointments, and to ascertain therefrom the correctness or incorrectness of such charge.