, 



tive country, and resided in Montreal during 

 his remaining days. In the year 1844 he was 

 elected by his old friends on the Kichelieu to 

 represent the county of that name, and was re- 

 elected to the next parliament. He became 

 the ardent friend of the party essaying to work 

 the British Constitution in its fulness in Can- 

 ada. Declining a third election, he was ap- 

 pointed in 1851 an inspector of prisons an 

 ' office for which his professional career and his 

 earnest philanthropy fitted him. In 1859 he 

 became chairman of the Board of Inspectors. 

 During the ship fever of 1847, he had rendered 

 great service to the poor, sick and dying immi- 

 grants, at the risk of his own life, and during 

 the cholera years, as chairman of the Board of 

 Health, he was also most zealous. He has been 

 once or twice elected President of the College 

 of Physicians and Surgeons for Lower Canada. 

 He died on the 17th of June, 1863. Through a 

 life full of adventures as that of a hero of ro- 

 mance, he preserved a name unsullied by any 

 baseness. He carried into politics and official 

 life a heart tender as a child's, excitable and 

 romantic as a woman's. Possessed once of 

 wealth, he sacrificed it on the altar of (what 

 he esteemed) his duty to his country and in 

 his later years, when other men were accused 

 of enriching themselves at the expense of the 

 country, his escutcheon ever escaped unstained. 

 NEW HAMPSHIRE. The election in New 

 Hampshire for State officers was held on the 10th 

 of March. There were three candidates for gov- 

 ernor, viz. : Ira A. Eastman, Democratic ; Joseph 



A. Gilmore, Republican, and Harriman, 



Union. The total vote cast was 66,240. In 1860 

 the total vote was 65,923. The result was ..as 

 follows : 



Eastman. Gilmore. Harriman. 



82,833 29,035 4,372 



No one received a majority, and Gilmore was 

 subsequently chosen by the Legislature, which 

 was divided as follows : 



Senate. House. 



Republicans 9 189 



Democrats 3 142 



The vote for members of Congress was as fol- 

 lows: 



Republican. Democrat. 



1st District, Eastman.. 11,979 Marcy 12,059 



2d " Eollins.... 10,365 George 9,999 



3d " Patterson. 10,847 Burns 10,571 



On the 26th, the following order was pub- 

 lished in the " Independent Democrat," at Con- 

 cord: 



Special Orders, No. 119. 



WAB DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, ) 

 WASHINGTON, March 13th, 1S63. $ 



To the Governor of Sew Hampshire : 

 [EXTRACT.] 



34. By direction of the President, the following 

 officers are hereby dismissed from the service of the 

 United States. * * * 



Lieut. A. J. Edgerly, 4th New Hampshire volunteers, 

 for circulating Copperhead tickets, and doing all in his 

 power to promote the success of the rebel cause in his 

 State. 



By order of the Secretary of War. 



L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Edgerly was a lieutenant of the 4th New 

 Hampshire regiment, which had been in 

 Florida. 



On the 3d of June the Legislature assembled 

 at Concord, and elected not only Gilmore 88 

 governor, but Allen H. Tenney, Secretary of 

 State, and Peter Sanborn, State Treasurer, and 

 other officers. 



The revenue of the State during 1863 was: 

 taxes, $137,065.61; loans, $239,300; total, 

 $376,385.61. The expenses amounted as fol- 

 lows: ordinary, $210,539.32; aid to families 

 of volunteers, $183,810.56; total, $394,349.88. 

 The debt of New Hampshire, at the end of the 

 fiscal year 1862, was $735,100. During 1863 

 additional loans have been negotiated to the 

 amount of $239,300 for the temporary use of 

 the State, and $482,300 for military purposes. 

 The amount paid out by the State on account 

 of the war to June 1st, 1863, was $1,305,835, a 

 portion of which had been paid back by the 

 Federal Government. The number of men 

 which the State had furnished at that date was 

 17,788, being her quota upon every previous call. 

 Gov. Gilmore, in his message, stated that the 

 State banks, with a capital of over four and a 

 half millions, had over a million and a quarter 

 of State and National securities. The railroads 

 in the State had done a fair business during the 

 year which had passed. The mutual insurance 

 companies had proved a failure 'in the State. 

 The State prison, insane asylum, house of refor- 

 mation and other benevolent and reformatory 

 institutions, were described to be in an excel- 

 lent condition. The same was the state of the 

 educational institutions. The general condition 

 of the State was represented to be prosperous. 

 All departments of business had flourished, 

 produce had increased, and industry had gained 

 its reward. 



A bill was proposed in the Legislature giving 

 to soldiers in the field the privilege of voting. 

 The opinion of the Supreme Court was, that it 

 was opposed to the spirit and letter of the State 

 Constitution, as well as the law, which requires 

 the presence of the voter at the polls. 



Some popular disturbances arose in the State 

 during the draft for soldiers. Some of the 

 towns of the State had previously furnished an 

 excess above their quota, and considered the 

 draft upon them under such circumstances as 

 peculiarly burthensome. Upon the represent- 

 ation of the facts to the War Department, the 

 promise was given by the provost-marshal-gen- 

 eral that the surplus men should be discharged 

 in such towns from the number taken by the 

 draft. The governor thereupon promised this 

 remittance to the towns. But when the at- 

 tempt was made to carry out this plan the dif- 

 ficulties were found to be so great that it was 

 impossible to execute it. At Jackson a mob 

 burned the Forest Vale House, half way be- 

 tween the Crawford and Glen Houses, and 

 stoned the agents of the marshal engaged in 

 notifying the drafted men. The loss of prop- 

 erty was valued at $8,000. In Portsmouth a 



