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NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



NEW JEESEY. 



ecution of the war. The Democratic Conven- 

 tion assembled at the same place, on the 8th of 

 January, and nominated the above mentioned 

 candidate, and adopted a series of resolutions 

 expressing a firm and uncompromising spirit in 

 favor of sustaining the Union and the Consti- 

 tution, and opposed to all departure from, or 

 violation of the latter. The Independent Con- 

 vention assembled at Concord, on the 6th of 

 February, and nominated their candidate, and 

 adopted resolutions declaring that the mainte- 

 nance of political organizations at that time 

 was out of place, and that every patriotic cit- 

 izen should rally to the support ot the Govern- 

 ment. 



The votes of the citizens were cast as fol- 

 lows: Berry, 32,150; Stark, 28,566; Wheeler, 

 1,709. 



The majority for Lincoln over Douglas for 

 the Presidency in 1860 was 11,638. 



The vote for governor in 1861 was as fol- 

 lows : Berry, 35,487; Stark, 31,452; Bart- 

 lett, 181. 



The votes for members of the Legislature 

 produced the following results : , 



Senate. House. 



Republicans 9 203 



Democrats 3 120 



This Legislature, at an extra session near the 

 close of the year, adopted the following reso- 

 lutions as expressive of the views of the ma- 

 jority on public affairs : 



Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 

 of the State of New Hampshire in General Court con- 

 vened: That the contest now existing between the 

 Government and the disloyal people that have com- 

 menced an unjustifiable and treasonable war upon its 

 constitutional authority, should be regarded by all loy- 

 al men not as a sectional war, not an anti-slavery war, 

 nor a war of conquest and subjugation, but simply and 

 solely a war for the maintenance of the Government, 

 the suppression of rebellion, and the preservation of 

 the magna charta of our liberty and national unity. 



Resolved, That the State of New Hampshire pledges 

 her resources for the integrity of the Union, for the 

 support of the Constitution, and for the enforcement 

 of the laws of the General Government. 



Resolved, That the Constitution is the supreme law 

 of the land, and that no State has the right to secede 

 therefrom and dissolve the Union which that Constitu- 

 tion was made to secure. 



Resolved, That the duty of the General Government 

 to suppress all attempts to dissolve the Union is im- 

 perative, and cannot be evaded. 



Resolved, That neither the President nor Congress 

 can constitutionally entertain any proposition which 

 has for its object the dismemberment of the Govern- 

 ment or the dissolution of the Union. 



Resolved, That, in the language of Andrew Jackson, 

 "The Federal Union must be preserved." 



The troops which have entered the United 

 States' service from New Hampshire amount to 

 18,261. Of these, one regiment volunteered 

 under the first call for troops in April, 1861 ; 

 seven regiments of infantry, one battery, three 

 companies of sharpshooters, four companies of 

 cavalry, and several small detachments volun- 

 teered under the call made in July, 1861. 

 Under the call in July, 1862, for three years, 

 six regiments of infantry volunteered, and 



under the call for nine months, three regiments 

 entered the service. 



The receipts into the State Treasury for the 

 year ending June 1, 1862, with the balance of 

 the former year on hand, were $190,649. The 

 expenditures for civil purposes, during the same 

 period, were $172,685. The expenditure of 

 the State for war purposes, up to the same peri- 

 od, was $953,649. 



The length of railroads within the limits of 

 the State is about 656 miles, and the cost of 

 construction over $23,268,659. 



The institutions for education in the State 

 consist of Dartmouth College, with which is 

 connected a medical and a scientific school. 

 There are also three theological institutions in 

 the State ; one at Gilmanton (Congregational), 

 one at New Hampton (Free Will Baptist), and 

 one at Concord (Methodist Episcopal). There 

 are in the State 2,352 common-school districts, 

 and the number of children attending school, 

 44,787. The amount raised by tax for the sup- 

 port of schools during the year was $239,014. 

 From other sources sufficient was contributed 

 to make the total amount $274,623. The num- 

 ber of incorporated academies in the State is 

 seventy-three. 



NEW JERSEY. The population of the State 

 of New Jersey, according to the national cen- 

 sus of 1860, was, distinguishing the leading 

 cities, as follows : 



The number of dwellings in this State was 

 108,144, or 1.09 to each family of 5.7 persons. 

 The number of males 322,732, of females 

 323,966. There were 25,318 free blacks, and 18 

 slaves. 



The further returns of the census of 1860 

 will be found under UNITED STATES. 



The political character of the State Gov- 

 ernment was changed during the year 1862. A 

 considerable sensation was produced by the ar- 

 bitrary arrest of James R. Wall and his incarce- 

 ration in a Government prison out of the State. 

 The people, while refraining from every form 

 of open opposition to the Government, ex- 

 pressed their strong disapprobation of this ac- 

 tion by the subsequent election of Mr. Wall to 

 fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. 



The State election is held on the 1st Tuesday 

 of November. The election in 1862 was for 

 State officers, members of Congress, one third 

 of the Senate, and all of the House in the State 

 Legislature. The voters of the State were di- 

 vided into two parties, the democrats and the 

 republicans. 



The republican, or, as it was called, the 



