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ii:; party. In 1843 ho was once more re- 

 I t.i Congress. At the next election ho 

 liy H small vote, but in 1846 was 



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rotuniod to thu Maryland llmi-,,- 

 ami mad.' Speaker. In 1852 Mr. Kennedy wan 

 appointed by Mr. Fillmore Secretary of the 

 Navy, an office in which two of his literary 

 brethren I'aulding and Bancroft had pre- 

 ci'dcd liiin. It was mainly to his efforts wliilo 

 in this position that the success of Coimim- 

 d.nv I'- -rry's Japan Expedition, and of Dr. 

 Kaiu'\s second Arctic voyage, was duo. On the 

 accession of Franklin Pierce to the presidency, 

 Mr. Kennedy retired finally from political life. 

 At the breaking out of the war, true to his 

 record, ho warmly espoused the Northern 

 side, and, after the close of the struggle, ac- 

 tively advocated the election of General Grant 

 to the presidency. At the time of his death 

 he was provost of his Alma Mater, the Uni- 

 versity of Maryland, Vice-President of the 

 Maryland Historical Society, and a member of 

 many scientific and literary associations. Ho 

 u as also chairman of the Trustees of the 

 Peabody Academy of Baltimore, and a mem- 

 ber of the Board of Trustees of the Peabody 

 Southern Educational Fund. His principal 

 literary works were "Swallow Barn; or, a 

 Sojourn in the Old Dominion," a sketch of 

 Virginia life and customs, published in 1832. 

 "Horse-Shoe Robinson, a tale of the Tory 

 ascendency," 1835. This was an historical 

 novel, giving the experience of a soldier in the 

 Revolution, and it achieved a decided success. 

 "Rob of the Bowl," a novel detailing the an- 

 cient troubles between the Roman Catholics 

 and Protestants in Maryland, followed in 1838. 

 "Annals of Quodlibet," a political satire, was 

 published in 1840. "Life of William Wirt," 

 1849, an exceedingly valuable work, as it con- 

 tains much of 'the political history of the time, 

 which the author was specially qualified to 

 record. Among the minor literary produc- 

 tions of Mr. Kennedy were numerous dis- 

 courses delivered on public occasions, and a 

 host of contributions to periodicals. Many 

 excellent political papers issued from his pen ; 

 among them his " Defence of the Whigs " in 

 1844, and a review of Cambreleng's report on 

 commerce and navigation, in which he pre- 

 sents able arguments in favor of a protective 

 tariff. While he achieved great success in his 

 novels, ho will be longest remembered by his 

 "Life of Wirt," his "Defence of the Whigs," 

 and his other political and biographical writ- 

 ings. His stylo is remarkable for its simplici- 

 ty, vigor, clearness, and elegance. 



KENTUCKY. From the returns of the 

 Federal census, taken in 1870 (see table on 

 the following page), it appears that Kentucky 

 has a population of 1,821,001, which shows 

 an increase of 165,320 since 1860. This gain 

 is distributed among about eighty counties. 

 Of the remaining thirty-five, six are new coun- 

 ties, formed since 1860 out of territory then 

 included in other counties. Their formation 



will account for the decrease of population in 

 some fifteen others. About fourteen have 

 fallen off from other causes. Some counties 

 have decreased becanso the abolition of slavery 

 has induced many negroes and not a few whites 

 to migrate to the cities and towns located on 

 rivers and railroads. Paris, Lexington, Frank- 

 fort, and other cities, have grown by accessions 

 from the rural population of their own and the 

 surrounding counties. The net increase of 

 Jefferson County, including Louisville, is 29,- 

 531, but the population of Louisville was 68,083 

 in 1860, and is now 100,782 showing an in- 

 'creaso of 82,699 while the population of 

 Jefferson County, without the city, was 21,871 

 in 1860, and is now but 18,203, showing a de- 

 crease of 8,168. 



There are 20,563,652 acres of land in the 

 State, valued at $217,672,826, and 61,535 town 

 lots, worth $93,546,957. The number of horses 

 in the State was 851,205, and their value $21,- 

 125,808; mules, 83,472, valued at $5,850,314; 

 cattle, 620,718, value $7,911,460. The amount 

 of taxable property owned by negroes is stated 

 at $2,528,671. 



The State debt of Kentucky at the end of 

 the fiscal year, which falls on the 10th of Oc- 

 tober, was $1,424,394, of which $68,394 is 

 over-due. The past-due indebtedness is repre- 

 sented by bonds of the State, as follows : 



Bonds bearing 5 per cent, interest, due May, 

 1865 .....; $5,00000 



Bonds bearing 5 per cent, interest, due April, 

 1867 5,00000 



Bonds bearing 6 per cent, interest, due July, 

 1868 15,00000 



Bonds bearing 6 per cent, interest, maturity not 

 given , 394 00 



Bonds bearing 6 per cent, interest, due Novem- 

 ber, 1870 43,00000 



$68,894 00 



That portion of the debt not due is 

 represented by the following bonds : 



Bonds maturing in 1871 340,000 00 



Bonds maturing )n 1872 230,000 00 



Bonds maturing in 1873 319,000 00 



Bonds maturing in 1874 138,000 00 



Bonds maturing in 1875 20,000 00 



Bonds maturing in 1878 2,000 00 



Military bonds, bearing 6 per cent, interest, 



due in 1895 309,00000 



$1,424,394 00 



The Sinking Fund resources to meet this in- 

 debtedness are : 



Balance in the Treasury October 10, 1870. . . $403,805 21 

 Amount belonging to the Sinking Fund, but 



not transferred 32,558 81 



Amount loaned by Sinking Fund to Ken- 

 tucky River Navigation Company 10,000 00 



7.789 shares Bank of Kentucky stock, at par 778.890 00 

 400 shares Bank of Louisville stock, at par. . 40,000 00 

 200 shares of preferred stock of Louisville, 



Cincinnati, and Lexington Railroad 26,000 00 



2,178 shares, stock of Lexington and Frank- 

 fort Railroad, estimated at 50 cents 103,900 00 



Bonds of Louisville and Frankfort Railroad . 74,519 60 

 Turnpike road stock held by State in va- 

 rions turnpikes in Kentucky, amounting 

 to $2,544,359 65 estimated at cash value. . 254,433 96 

 Amount loaned by Commissioners of Sink- 

 ing Fund under several acts of the Legis- 

 lature to Revenue DeDartmeut proper 815,179 98 " 



$-2,539,897 46 



