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mman.l of Hri-.-Gen. J. A. COOPER. 

 D. M. NELSON, Colonel and Aide-de-Camp. 



Tht- Legislature of 1807 met on the first Mon- 

 day in o. 'tuber. It consists of 25 Republicans, 

 anil no Democrats in tin- Senate, and 7! Uepub- 

 licans and 4 Democrats in the House. One of 

 tlio li;M hills passed by tbis body provides for 

 :-.-pea! of all laws disqualifying persons 

 holding office or sitting on juries on ac- 

 count of race or color. 



At the close of the fiscal year, September 

 :;ntli, tlic entire State liabilities amounted to 

 $82,562,323.58, of which $23,601,000 is repre- 

 1 by bonds loaned to railroads. The re- 

 ceipts of the Treasury for the year were $2,336- 

 444.94, and the disbursements $1,776,517.33; 

 hut owing to some expenditures of money not 

 credited, the actual surplus in the Treasury on 

 the 1st of October amounted only to the sum 

 of $76, 922.77. 



The common schools of the State are in an 

 unorganized condition, and though a new school- 

 law was passed by the last Legislature, some 

 further enactments are required at the present 

 ii, and it is expected that a liberal system 

 will be organized at an early date. The State 

 lias a school-fund of $500,000 appropriated by 

 an act of 18G5-'6(5, but no benefit has been 

 derived from it during the past year. 



Entire tranquillity has not yet been restored 

 to society in Tennessee. I Borders are reported 

 from time to time which are popularly attrib- 

 uted to the exploits of an organization known 

 as the ''Ku-klux Klan," which exists in this 

 and neighboring States. 



TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 

 No change has been made in the names and 

 number of the Territories during the year. In- 

 dian disturbances have been frequent, and at 

 one time a general and protracted war was im- 

 minent; but the tact and prudence of General 

 Sherman, who was intrusted with the whole 

 conduct of affairs in the Indian country, a\ 

 opc:i hostilities. Occasional outrages were per- 

 petrated throughout the year. (See IXMIA.V 

 \V.vi:.( The ^,-neral features of the Territories 

 have been fully described in previous volumes 

 of this CYCLOPEDIA, All are increasing in 

 population and Importance, while their rich 

 products add constantly to the national wealth. 



Arizona. Indian disturbances have con- 

 tinued in this Territory, mid interfered mate- 

 rially with its growth and pro-pent y. Though 

 -..Idi.-rs HIV stationed at. ditl'.-r.-nt point 

 !ia\e atl'ordcd V.TV little protection to settler*, 

 L a foe so uncertain in movement as the 

 Apache-. The most successful 

 a.'iin- 1 the-e Indians have been conducted by 

 the settlers themselves. 



\rix.ona piv-ents many inducements to set- 

 tlement. In portions of it there ar. 



of agricultural and grazing land-, and, if 

 the country were free from Indian perils, thou- 

 sands of farms would be opened from year t> 

 year. The climate is delightful and salubrious 

 Added to this, there are mines of gold, silver, 

 and copper, found already to be profitable to 

 work, while other sections are known to be 

 rich in deposits, which cannot bo explored 

 or occupied because of the presence of the 

 Indians. 



Recent explorations have proved that the 

 Colorado River is navigable for nearly seven 

 hundred miles, thus affording direct communi- 

 cation with the ocean to portions of Arizona, 

 Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. 



At Buckskin Mountain, about eight hundred 

 miles from the mouth of the river, there is an 

 abundance of the finest pino on each side of 

 the same. The lumber used at the present 

 time along the Colorado is brought from Ore- 

 gon, and commands $290 per 1,000 feet. By 

 the opening up of the Colorado, Government 

 has already saved thousands of dollars in the 

 transportation of military stores, and a fresh 

 impetus has been given to the resources of 

 Arizona, 



Three years since two steamers could do the 

 trade of the Colorado ; now, eight are employed, 

 and are insufficient. Thirty-seven ships and 

 one ocean steamer have gone to the mouth of 

 the river within the last six months of 1867, 

 while the trade of San Francisco has increased 

 within the same time over $1,500,000. These 

 are but a few of the results following the en- 

 terprise of navigating the Colorado. The In- 

 dians along the whole length of the river are 

 friendly and peaceable. 



Nearly all of both branches of the Legisla- 

 ture are Republicans. The capital was removed 

 from Prescott to Tucson on the 1st of Decem- 

 ber. At that time surveying parties of tho Union 

 Pacific Railway were in the Territory. 



Dakota. The population of this Territory 

 has more than doubled during the year, and 

 tho construction of tho Pacific Railroad is 

 rapidly adding to its numbers. Indian troubles 

 have been serious, but have been confined to 

 the western part of the Territory, on the road 

 to Montana. . 



A new gold region is reported to have been 

 found in the Black Hills of Dakota, an outlying 

 group of hills belonging to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. Last spring an expedition of miners and 

 scientific men was organized to explore this 

 country, but it would have been exposed to 



