NEVADA. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE.' 



\\liirh well ni-rli ruined the legitimate 



" nf the pi-opl... have jn\cii place to more 



I permanent pui-MiiN, :mcl at tho 



prose' i d'.-partriu-nts of labor are con- 



>nomy and 

 -<. that development 



will insure wealth in mining pursuit-, and 

 that there i> a permanence, ami value, in tho 



il wealth of t! Mining has be- 



t JstemAtized ; M-ieniv anil invention have 

 tlu- ai'l of lahor, and a pursuit 

 once < ~;>ccul:itivo and hazardous, has 



beoome legitimate and protitalile. During the 

 Miurli larger quantities of the pre- 

 cious in. t;i!s were taken from tho older mines 

 tlian in tho preceding year, and tho develop- 



madu in new districts proved much moro 



..tory. Tlie agricultural lands <jre grad- 

 ually becoming occupied and cultivated, but the 



indispensable necessity for the State is 

 railroad communication. The Central Pacific 

 from the west, and the Union Pacific from the 

 east ore, however, rapidly approaching. The 

 former is ox ported to be completed some twenty 

 miles within the border of the State during the 

 MMiimer of 18C7. This will afford a speedy 



tirtaiioii to and from tide water. The 

 progress of tho Union Pacific has already greatly 

 shortened the time of transportation to the At- 

 lantic it it is expected three years 

 more will be necessary for its completion. Tho 



ior (JUaisdell), sent a message to tho 

 heirislaturc soon after tho close of the year, in 

 which lie thus speaks of national affairs: 



In this connection I can but justify and commend 

 the action and the policy of the late Congress, while 



t fully disapprove that of the President. The 

 former, prompted by a spirit of fidelity to principle 

 mid patriotic devotion to the whole country, ear- 

 n.-*tly endeavored to reunite it upon terms just and 

 equitable to all. The latter, seeming to forget that 

 Congress were the immediate representative of the 



. having tho right to devise and adopt measures 

 other than such as he might originate or personally 

 approve, vainly endeavored to thwart the will of the 

 people by the immediate restoration of treason to 

 power, without the exaction of sufficient guaranties 



I future security of the Republic. But Con- 

 gress, with firmness, maintained its legitimate pre- 



. <', carried out its policy to the extent of its 

 authority, and the results or the recent elections 

 show that the people the final arbiters between 

 them have decided against the theories of the Presi- 

 dent and ratified the views of Congress. 



By an act of Congress approved May 5, 1866, 

 the limits of the State were extended so as to 

 include nil that extent of territory bounded by 

 a line commencing on tho thirty-seventh degree 

 of north latitude at the thirty-seventh degree 

 of longitude west from Wa.-hingtmi, and running 

 thence south on said degree of longitude to the 

 middle of the river Colorado of the west ; thrnco 

 down tho middle of tho river to tho eastern 

 o State of California; thenco 

 northwesterly along the boundary of California 

 '.> the thirty-seventh degree of north latitude, 

 and thenco east along the degree to the point 

 of beginuitii:. 



An election for State officers and members 



of the Legislature was held in November, at 

 which the total vote cast was 0,162; of which 

 Hlaisdel, tho Republican candidate for Go% 



cd 5,120, and Winters tho Conservative 

 candidate, 4,086. The Republicans have a largo 

 majority in each branch of the Legislature, 

 receipts of tho State treasury during the fisca. 

 year, were $425,000, and the disbursements, 

 $820,000. The total debt is $278,000. At tho 

 session of the Legislature commencing in Jan- 

 uary, 1867, tho amendment of the Federal Con- 

 stitution forming article 14, was passed by the 

 lower House; ayes*84, nays 4. 



The bullion shipped from Virginia and Gold 

 Hill, by express in 1866, exceeded the amount 

 of the previous year, $2,074,174, aid was for 

 each month as follows : 



Tho amount shipped during tho same time 

 from Carson City was $341, f f66 ; from Reese 

 River, $400,587; from Aurora, $171,534; sent 

 otherwise than by express, $350,000 ; making 

 the total shipment for 1866, amount to $16,171.- 

 381. The bullion product and dividends of 

 some of tho mines during the year were as 

 follows : 



NEW H \ M 1 'SHIRE. The Republican State 

 Convention met at Concord on January 3d, and 

 unanimously adopted the following resolutions : 



Retohtd, By the Union Republicans of New Hamp- 

 shire, in convention assembled, That we rejoice with 

 great joy that the dark cloud of war no longer over- 

 shadows our land, that the old flag of the Uiiion 

 utr:iin floats over every foot of the national territory, 

 from tlu> Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Lakl-j 

 to the Gulf of Mexico, without anywhere smiling 

 upon a master or frowning upon a slave ; and we 

 reverently thank the Almighty Huler of the world 

 that a most gigantic ami wicked rebellion, to perpe- 

 tuate and strengthen human bondage, has been over- 

 ruled to the establishment of universal liberty. 



