NETHERLANDS. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Tin- Fir-it Chamber adopted, on September 

 Kith, flu- bill for the abolition of capital pun- 

 i.-luiu'iif, l>y 20 votes against 18. 



States-General wore opened on Septem- 

 ber 19th, by the King in person. His Majesty, 

 in his speech from the throne, said ho appre- 

 i-iiiu-d the pood-will and patriotism which tlic 

 1 Mitch people had displayed amid the grave 

 cv.nts of the last months. The people had 

 slmvvn a unanimous will to maintain the inde- 

 pendence of the country. The amicable rela- 

 tions which previously existed with foreign 

 powers had in no way been disturbed by the 

 iwar. The King said it was his decided inten- 

 tion to persist in his neutrality. The general 

 situation of the country and the colonies was 

 favorable, and the financial condition was not 

 unsatisfactory. Negotiations were pending, 

 during the latter part of December, for the 

 cession and transfer of British Guiana to the 

 Netherlands. Both Chambers of the States- 

 General adjourned, tine die, on the 30th of De- 

 cember. 



A rupture of diplomatic relations occurred 

 between the Governments of the Netherlands 

 and of the Republic of Venezuela. It appears 

 that General Guzman, after his banishment 

 from the country by President Monagas, took 

 up his residence on the Dutch island of Cura- 

 C-oa, but, at the request of President Monagas, 

 was ordered off the island. On his return to 

 Venezuela, Guzman headed a revolutionary 

 movement against the government of the re- 

 public, and succeeded in making himself Presi- 

 dent. On his access to power, Guzman, in or- 

 der to be revenged for his expulsion from the 

 island of Curacoa, took possession of the Dutch 

 packet-steamer Honfleur, at Laguayra, on the 

 plea that the vessel was in the service of the 

 republic. He also laid an embargo on a Dutch 

 vessel, and forcibly retained her owner under 

 pretext of the announced blockade of the Ven- 

 ezuelan ports. The representatives of the Eu- 

 ropean powers handed in a joint protest against 

 these arbitrary measures, without any favor- 

 able result, and, when the Dutch ambassador 

 threatened to have recourse to more energetic 

 action, all diplomatic intercourse was abruptly 

 broken off. The ambassador thereupon de- 

 manded his passport, leaving the protection of 

 the subjects of the Netherlands in Venezuela 

 to the representative of the North-Gorman 

 Confederation. 'Toward the end of June, the 

 Government of the Netherlands ordered the 

 frigate Wasanaer to Venezuela, to exact re- 

 dress for the outrages committed on its sub- 

 jects. During the session of the Second Cham- 

 ber, on October 13th, the opposition demanded 

 an explanation relative to the Venezuelan ques- 

 tion, when the Minister of Foreign Affairs de- 

 clared that he was as yet unable to give any 

 satisfactory information, the unsettled condi- 

 tion of the republic precluding the possibility 

 of an arrangement for the present.* 



* For information concerning the grand-duchy of Lux- 

 emburg, tee article LUXEMBURG. 



NEVADA. The State of Nevada comprises 

 an area of 88,500 square miles, or 64,184,960 

 acres of land, 882,000 of which are covered by 

 water. Its population in 1870 was 42,491, 

 having increased from 6,857 since 1860. 



The following is the Federal census of Ne- 

 vada, taken in the years 1860 and 1870 : 



The principal city is Virginia City, which 

 has 7,008 inhabitants, a larger number than 

 the entire State contained ten years ago. 



The growth of the State has been due to the 

 rich silver-mines which have been discovered 

 within its limits, and the reduction of their 

 ores constitutes the principal industry of the 

 people. The latest discoveries have occurred 

 in what is known as the White Pine District. 

 Masses of ore known as horn silver are 

 stripped from the veins in large sheets, and 

 yield in some cases from $10,000 to $14,000 

 per ton. Vast deposits of salts of soda and 

 potash have been found in Churchill County, 

 and it is said that pure potash and soda may 

 be manufactured from them in any quantity. 



The election in Nevada took place on the 

 8th of November, and resulted in the choice 

 of the Democratic candidates by small ma- 

 jorities, that of the Governor being 1,001. 

 The State officers elected were : Governor, L. 

 R. Bradley ; Lieutenant-Governor, Frank De- 

 nor ; Treasurer, J. Schooling ; Comptroller, O. 

 K. Stapley ; Secretary of State, J. D. Dries- 

 bach ; Attorney-General, L. A. Bnckner ; 

 Judge of the Supreme Court, John 0. Jarber. 

 C. W. Kendall was elected member of Con- 

 gress over Thomas Fitch by about 300 major- 

 ity. The Legislature consists of 12 Republi- 

 cans and 11 Democrats in the Senate and 20 

 Republicans and 26 Democrats in the House 

 of Representatives. The sessions of that body 

 are biennial, falling on the odd years. That 

 of 1871 began at Carson City on the 8d of 

 January. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. From the census re- 

 turn* recentlytaken in this State, it appears that 

 within the period of the last ten years the bulk 

 of her population has considerably diminished. 

 The returns received from all the towns in the 

 State, except Franklin, show the sum total of 

 her inhabitants in 1870, as compared with that 



