MARK. 





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.lily "I' all Auicriciui cili/rn-, witli- 

 .'iil ivu'.ifl In OOlor, in iill ri\ il ami poU 



;.H-liiiii ami mi-' 



nxMii i finii'iit i'" enable every man ' 



.IT [Misiiinii IMS virtues and intelligence 

 .jtuilily him tn hold. 



An important decision, in reference to the 

 <idercd in the Court 

 ions in the October meeting. 

 In the ca-^e of the State against Mo-.-s Cash, it 

 being- proposed by the prosecuting officer to 

 nt the evidence of the complainant, Sam- 

 uel I'. "ivd man, objection was made 

 by the counsel for the defence, that the laws of 

 I >(.la\varedo not permit colored testimony when 

 there are competent white witnesses. 



Chief-! usticc Gilpin ruled that the testimony 

 should be admitted, because he had said it had 

 been customary in his court to permit prose- 

 cuting witnesses to testify, even though they 

 were colored ; hut he gave as his opinion from 

 the bench, that the Civil Rights Bill of Con- 

 gre-s. so far as it assumed to regulate and con- 

 trol the admission or rejection of testimony in 

 this State, which was regulated hy the laws of 

 was inoperative and void. Judge 

 Wobh-n concurred, and Judge Wales dissented. 

 In the case of a decision to this effect by the 

 court, the above would doubtless be sustained. 



The Legislature consists of 29 members, di- 

 vided as follows : 



Senate. Jlonsc. Joint Bal. 



Democrats 6 15 21 



Republicans 3 5 8 



Dem. majority 3 10 13 



The State is entitled to but one Represents- 

 ;:i Congress, who at the present time is a 

 Democrat. 



DENMARK, a kingdom in Europe. King, 

 Christian IX., born on April 8, 1808; succeeded 

 King Frederick VII. on November 15, 1863. 

 Kvir-apparent, Prince Frederick, born June 3, 

 1843. Area of Denmark Proper, 14,698 Eng- 

 lish square miles ; of the dependencies, Faroe, 

 Iceland, Danish settlements in Greenland, the 

 islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John in 

 the West Indies, 40,214 English square miles. 

 Population in Denmark Proper, according to 

 the census of 1860, 1,608,095, and in the de- 

 pendencies 124,020.* Minister of the United 

 States in Denmark, George II. Yeaman, ap- 

 pointed in 1865. In the budget for the year 

 1867-'68 the revenue was estimated at 22,029,- 

 637 rix-dollars, and the expenditures at 23,114,- 

 372 rix-dollars. The public debt, on March :; 1 , 



1866, amounted to 131,116,340 rix-dollars. The 

 army in 1*07 was composed of 34,000 infantry, 

 1,900 cavalry, 7,700 artillery, 1,160 engineers : 

 total 44,750. According to the law of July 6, 



1867, the liability of every citizen for military 

 BOrvioa begins at the twenty-second year of age 

 and la-ts for tivo years, for the standing army 

 and the reserve (first call), and until the thirty- 



* For further statistical Information, see the ANNUAL 

 AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA for 1866. 



right h year of flf?e for the second call. The- fleet 

 in |si;7eo!i-i-t.-d of thirty steamer-, inclu- 

 tive iron-rlad-i, with an aggregate of three 

 hundred and eighty 



commeree of the kingdom was cstimat. 

 1863, at i;-j.ni7,r,:.'i; thalers (89,415,2<i:5 i;, 

 and 'j-J,i;:;-J..!'j:{ exports). For the foil- 

 yenrthe olh'eial statements give only the weight 

 of the merchandise. In the year 1865-'66, 

 the imports amounted to l,742,42fi,403 pound-, 

 and the exports to 1,040,808,188 pounds. The 

 moremento of shipping from 1864 to 1866 were 

 as follows: 



The merchant navy on March 31, 1866, con- 

 sisted of 3,649 vessels, of which sixty-five were 

 steamers, together of 80,139 commercial lasts. 



The present constitution of Denmark is a 

 revision of the fundamental law of June 5, 1849. 

 It was sanctioned by the king on July 28, 1866, 

 and superseded the Constitution of November 

 18, 1863. According to the new Constitution 

 the legislative power is shared by the king and 

 the Rigsdag. The Rigsdag consists of the 

 Landsthing (first Chamber), and the Folkethmg 

 (second Chamber). The first Chamber con-i-is 

 of sixty-six members, of whom twelve are ap- 

 pointed by the king, seven elected hy the city 

 of Copenhagen, forty-five by electoral districts 

 in the remainder of the country, one by Born- 

 holm, and one by the Faroes, by indirect elec- 

 tions, for the the term of eight years. For the 

 Folkething, one deputy is chosen for every six- 

 teen thousand inhabitants, for a term of three 

 years. The members of both Chambers receive 

 taper diem pay of three rix-dollars. The Rigsdag 

 votes the taxes and controls the public expendi- 

 tures. The draft of every law is subjected to 

 discussion and vote at three successive diets. 

 The Lutheran Church is the religion of the State, 

 to which the king must belong ; witli this excep- 

 tion, there is complete freedom of belief and 

 of conscience. The fundamental law guaran- 

 tees freedom of association for election, of the 

 press of assembling, of person, and of private 

 residence, and the autonomy of congregations. 

 All privileges connected with rank, title, and 

 birth are abolished, and the establishment of 

 majorats and feoit'inents is prohibited. 



In November the Danish Government con- 

 cluded a treaty with the Government of the 

 I'nited States respecting the sale of two of 

 the I>anisli West India possessions, namely, tin. 

 Mauds of St. Thomas and St. John. The 

 price fixed upon for these islands was $7,500- 

 000. The Danish Government was willing to 



* One commercial last equals two ton*. 



