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XIII. VIRGINIA.

Bettled in 1607. Former capital, Richmond. Present capital, Alexandria. Population, 1860 (exclu» sive of West Virginia), 1,261,397. Area (exclusive of West Virginia), 38,352 square miles.

Since April, 1861, a large portion of this State, has been under the control of insurgents against the Government of the United States, the insurgents being aided by the State authorities in office at that time. There is, consequently, but little accessible information of the character usually recorded in these pages. The people of that portion of the State which maintained its relations with the national Government assembled in convention, at Wheeling, on the 11th of June, 1861, and organized a new State Government, which

continued until the organization of the State of West Virginia, after which it was reorganized for the present State of Virginia. Within the territory under the actual control of this government a new State was erected, called "West Virginia," which was admitted into the Union by that name on the 20th of June, 1863. [See title West Virginia, ante.] The remaining counties adhering to the loyal State organization have their capital at Alexandria. The Government is as follows:-

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The following report of the State Debt was made at the same time:

Condition of the Public Debt, 30th September, 1863.
Amount of certificates of State six

J. P. Kencaster.
Jos. Millard.

A. Jameison.

W. D. Massey.

Chas. A. Ware.

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Brigadier-General J. P. Slough.
Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Wells.

Amount of certificates of five per
cent. registered debt....

108,000 00

Total registered debt............ $22,172,798 38
Amount of Virginia six per cent.
coupon debt upon which interest
is payable.......

Virginia State coupon bonds said to
have been lost at sea in steamer
Arctic.....
Amount of Virginia State five per
cent. sterling coupon debt, pay-
able in London......

Total coupon debt..........
Aggregate public debt, 1st October,
1863........

10,963,000 00

145,000 00

1,865,000 00

$12,973,000 00

$35,145,798 38

What is called the "Act of Separation" of Virginia from the Union is alleged to have been per cent. registered debt........... $22,064,798 38 passed in convention on the 18th of April, 1861.

Now West Virginia.

XIV. NORTH CAROLINA.

Bettled in 1650. Capital, Raleigh. Area, 45,000 square miles. Population, 1860, 992,622. Valua tion, 1860, $358,739,399 (including 331,059 slaves).

North Carolina has been in a state of insurrection against the United States since the 21st of May, 1861, when a so-called act of secession is alleged to have been passed. The local authorities being in collusion with the insurgents, and the greater part of the State being under their control, there is no reliable information concerning the affairs of the State within reach, nor is there any State government in North Carolina now recognized by the United States. Nearly all the seaboard counties adhere to the national Government. The following is said to be a correct list of the State officers recognized by the insurgents:

Governor, ZEBULON B. VANCE, Buncombe.
Aid, Col. David Barnes, Northampton.

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Col. George Little, Wake.

Surgeon-General, Dr. Edward Warren, Chowan.
Secretary of State, John P. H. Russ, Wake.

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XV. SOUTH CAROLINA.

Population, 1860, 703,708. Valua

Settled in 1639. Capital, Columbia. Area, 24,500 square miles.
tion, 1860 (including 402,406 slaves), $548,138,754.

[In a state of insurrection since the 20th of December, 1860, when the so-called act of secession was passed by the South Carolina Convention. There is no State government recognized

by the United States. MILLEDGE L. BONHAM is recognized as Governor by the insurgents. The whole seaboard of the State is occupied by the national Government.] (January, 1861.)

XVI. GEORGIA.

Settled in 1733. Capital, Milledgeville. Area, 58,000 square miles. Population, 1860, 1,057,286. Valuation, 1860 (including 462,198 slaves), $645,895,237.

[In a state of insurrection since January 19, | 1861, when a so-called act of secession was passed by the Georgia Convention. There is no State government recognized by the United States, nor is there any reliable information within reach concerning the ordinary public affairs of the State. The entire seaboard of Georgia, and some of the

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northern counties also, are occupied by the na tional Government, but the greater part of the interior has been since the spring of 1861, and is now under the control of the insurgents, who recognize JOSEPH E. BROWN as Governor, under an alleged re-election in 1863.] (January, 1864.)

XVII. FLORIDA.

First settled by the Spaniards, in 1580. Purchased by the United States in 1819. Admitted into the Union, March 3, 1845. Capital, Tallahassee. Area, 59,268 square miles. Population, 1860, 140,425. Valuation, 1860 (including 61,745 slaves), $73,101,500.

[In a state of insurrection since January 10, 1861, when a so-called act of secession was passed by the Florida Convention. There is no State government recognized by the United States, nor is there any reliable information concerning the ordinary public affairs of the people. Every place

of importance on the coast is occupied by the national Government, and the greater part of the State is under its control. JOHN MILTON is recognized by the insurgents as Governor.] (January, 1864.)

XVIII, ALABAMA,

Bettled in 1718. Admitted into the Union, Dec. 14, 1819. Capital, Montgomery. Area, 50,722 square miles. Population, 1860, 961,201. Valuation, 1860 (including 435,080 slaves), $495,237,078.

[In a state of insurrection since January 11, 1861, when the so-called act of secession was passed by the Alabama Convention. There is no State government recognized by the United States, nor Is there any reliable information concerning the erdinary public affairs of the people. The northern

counties are mainly under the control of the national Government, but the greater part of the State is ruled by the insurgents, who recognize as Governor THOMAS H. WATTS, under an election alleged to have been held in the fall of 1863.] | (January, 1864.)

XIX. MISSISSIPPI.

Settled in 1716. Admitted into the Union in 1817. Capital, Jackson. Area, 47,156 square miles. Population, 1860, 791,305. Valuation, 1860 (including 436,631 slaves), $607,324,911.

[In a state of insurrection since January 9, 1861, when the so-called act of secession was passed by the Mississippi Convention. There is no State government recognized by the United States, nor are there any accessible official reports of the ordinary public affairs of the people. The Gulf coast, the Mississippi River counties, and the northern counties are under the control of the national

Government. The insurgents rule about one-half of the State, and they recognize the following as State officers under an election alleged to have been held in November, 1863 :-Governor, CHARLES CLARK; Secretary of State, C. A. Brougher; Auditor, A. J. Gillespie; Treasurer, M. D. Haynes.] (January, 1864.)

XX. LOUISIANA.

Settled in 1699, by the French. Purchased from France by the United States in 1803. Admitted into the Union, April 8, 1812. Capital, Baton Rouge. Area, 46,341 square miles. Population, 1860, 708,002. Valuation, 1860 (including 331,726 slaves), $602,118,568.

States, and which remains until the new civil
government shall have been chosen, is as fol
lows:-

LIST OF OFFICERS OF STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Brig.-General George F.
Shepley..

A.A.G.....

Capt. Chas. C.G.Thornton,
A.A.A.G..

[In a state of insurrection since January 25, 1861, when the so-called ordinance of secession was passed by the Louisiana Convention; and there is no State government recognized by the United States. On the 25th of April, 1862, Flagofficer Farragut, having destroyed the fleet of the insurgents in the Lower Mississippi, and having run by Forts Jackson and St. Philip, ap-Captain James F. Miller, peared before the city of New Orleans with a portion of his fleet. After negotiations continued over the two following days, the city was surrendered to him on the 28th. From that day the authority of the United States has been in progress of restoration over Louisiana, until now the greater part of the State is again under the Union flag. General GEORGE F. SHEPLEY is Military Governor, with his head-quarters at New Orleans. Efforts are being made to re-establish the State government, and candidates are nominated to be voted for at an election to be held carly in 1861. A convention to alter the State Constitution is also to be chosen. The Government as estab- |

Military Governor.

Act'g Mayor of N.Orleans.

Acting Secretary of State. Thomas J. Durant..........Attorney-General. Samuel H. Torrey. .......Auditor of Pub.Accounts. T. C. A. Dexter............. Treasurer.

Edwin White...
Wm. H. Knight...
J. H. Thomas
L. Lombard.....

JUDICIAL.

..Judge 2d Jud. Dist. Court.

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In that part of the State where the insurgents lished by the military authorities of the United still exercise control, HENRY W. ALLEN is recog nized as Governor.] (January, 1864.)

XXI. TEXAS.

Settled in 1687. Annexed to the United States, March 1, 1845. Capital, Austin. Area, 237,321 square miles. Population, 1860, 604,215, of whom 182,566 were slaves. Valuation, 1860, $365,200,614.

In a state of insurrection since February 1, 1861, at which date the so-called act of secession was passed. There is no State government recognized by the United States, nor is there any reliabie information concerning the ordinary public affairs of the people. The Gulf coast is blockaded by the naval forces of the United States; the Rio Grande counties up to and beyond Brownsville, and some of the northern territory of the State, are occupied by the national troops. BrigadierGeneral ANDREW J. HAMILTON, who formerly re

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XXII. ARKANSAS.

Purchased (as part of Louisiana Territory) by the United States from France, in 1803. Admitted into the Union, June 15, 1836. Capital, Little Rock. Area, 52,198 square miles. Population, 1860, 435,450, of whom 111,115 were slaves. Valuation, 1860 (including slaves), $219,256,473.

[In a state of insurrection since May 6, 1861, | when an alleged act of dissolution was passed. A loyal State government has been organised in Arkansas. Isaac Murphy, of Madison, is Governor; C. C. Bliss, of Independence, LieutenantGovernor; and R. J. T. White, of Crawford, Secretary of State. A State Convention has remod

elled the Constitution,-prohibiting slavery; and an election for the adoption of this Constitution and for permanent State officers is appointed for March 10, 1864. In the limited part of the State remaining under the influence of the insurgents, HARRIS FLANNIGAN is recognized as Governor.j (February, 1864.)

XXIII. TENNESSEE.

Settled in 1765. Admitted into the Union, June 1, 1796. Capital, Nashville. Area, 45,600 square miles. State erected from territory ceded by North Carolina. Population, 1860, 1,109,801.

Government, 1864.

ANDREW JOHNSON...... Military Governor.
James Lindsley......... Aid to Governor.
Edward H. East....... Secretary of State.
Joseph S. Fowler...... Comptroller of the Treasury.
Alvan C. Gillem....... Adjutant-General.

Tennessee from May, 1861, to September, 1863, occupied a very anomalous position. On the 9th of February the people of the State were called upon to vote upon the question of "Convention" or "No Convention,"-this being a preliminary to secession. The result was as follows: for a "Convention," 57,798; "No Convention," 69,675. There was also an election held for delegates to the Con

vention-" if ordered." At this election the disunion delegates had an aggregate vote of 24,749, and the Union delegates had an aggregate vote of 88,803. Notwithstanding these strong expressions of the will of the people, the Governor of the State called an extra session of the Legislature, at which an ordinance of "separation" was passed on the 6th of May, 1861. A form of election was held on this question of "separation," on the 8th of June, but Tennessee by that time was in the chaos of insurrection, the disunionists having occupied the State with camps of armed men, so that a free expression was not possible, and the alleged result in favor of disunion was never verified. From this time until February, 1862, the State was entirely dominated by the disunionists. Isham G. Harris was elected Governor for two years,until October, 1863,-and Representatives were Bent to the Confederate Congress at Richmond. On the 23d of February, 1862, the Union forces under General Nelson entered Nashville, and on the following 4th of March, Andrew Johnson was commissioned Military Governor. Under his authority the officers above named constituted the government of the State, and exercised the powers of government over the greater parts of Middle and West Tennessee, while the administration of Harris exercised similar powers over East Tennessee. Thus there were two governments, each partially in power, down to September, 1863, when the advance of the Union forces, under General Rosecrans, to Chattanooga, and under General

Burnside to Knoxville, entirely expelled the insurgent government.

Since the spring of 1861, the regular operations of civil government having been greatly interrupted, or wholly suspended, in Tennessee, there are no reliable statistics relating to her finances, her banks, her railroads, her agriculture, her educational institutions, or any of the interests to which the attention of this work is usually directed. Judiciary.-John Catron, Justice of the Supremo Court U.S. C. F. Trigg, Judge of the District Court U.S. Horace Maynard, Attorney-General and Reporter for Tennessee. Horace Harrison, Glasscock, United States Marshal, Middle District. United States Attorney, Middle District. E. R.

[What is here said of the Judiciary of Tennessee relates to the condition of affairs in November, 1863.]

The Circuit Court of the United States, held by Judge Catron, and the District Court, held by Judge Trigg, hold their sessions at Nashville on the third Mondays of April and October. No Federal court had been held in East or West Tennessee since 1861.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.-Three Judges-one from each grand division-compose this court, viz.: -Hon. Robert J. McKinney, East Tennessee; Hon. Wm. F. Cooper, Middle Tennessee; Hon. Archibald Wright, West Tennessee. It is not in operation. There has been no session of the Supreme Court since 1861. Terms by law,-at Nashville, for Middle Tennessee, December; at Jackson, for West Tennessee, April; at Knoxville, for East Tennessee, September.

Chancery Court of Tennessee.-The State is divided into six Chancery districts; but no one of the courts is in operation.

Circuit Courts of Tennessee.-There are sixteen judicial districts, nine in operation.

Criminal Court for Counties of Davidson, Rutherford, and Montgomery, Tennessee. For this court, Hon. Andrew Johnson, Military Governor, has ap pointed Manson M. Brian Judge, and the court at Nashville is in operation.

XXIV. KENTUCKY.

Settled in 1775. Capital, Frankfort. Admitted into the Union, June 1, 1792. Area, 37,680 square miles. Population, 1860, 1,155,684, of whom 225,483 were slaves.

Government for the year 1861.

OFFICE.

Governor.

Lieutenant-Governor, and

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Speaker of Senate......... Richard T. Jacob.......... Oldham co....

Secretary of State............ E. L. Vanwinkle............

Somerset, Pulaski co...... Frankfort.....

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$10 per day during ses sion of Legislature.

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Sept. 1867.

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Daniel Stevenson..

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L. G. Suddarth..

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G. A. Robertson............

Jan. 1864.

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$400 Contract.

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H. I. Todd...

W. E. Hughes...

The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Auditor, | Attorney-General, Register of Land Office, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, are elected by the people for the term of four years. The general election is held on the first Monday in August. The Governor is ineligible for the four years succeeding the expiration of his term. If vacancy in the office of Governor occur during the first two years of the term, the people fill it; if during the last two years, the Lieutenant-Governor, and after him the Speaker of the Senate, acts as Governor. The Treasurer is elected by the people every two years. The Secretary of State

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is appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, during his term. Senators, 38 in number, are elected from single districts for four years, one-half every two years. Representatives, 100 in number, are elected from single districts for two years. Sessions of the Assembly are held annually, commencing on the first Monday in December. They cannot continue longer than 60 days without a two-thirds vote of all the members elect to each branch. The members are paid $4 a day, and 15 cents a mile for travel.

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Clerk Deputy. Reporter.

There are two Chancellors in the State, J. W. Ritter, of Glasgow, in the 4th district, and Henry Pirtle, of Louisville, in the 7th district. In the other districts the Circuit Judges have the same powers as the Chancellors.

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