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The resolution was read for information, but 

 objection was made to its introduction. 



The first session of the forty-second Con- 

 gress was adjourned on April 20, 1871. 



CONNECTICUT. In the following table is 

 given the entire population of the State, ac- 

 cording to the census of 1870, together with 

 the attendance at its schools : 



The following table shows the population of 

 the chief cities of the State : 



New Haven 50,883 



Hartford 37,810 



Bridgeport 19,876 



Norwich 16,653 



Waterbury 13,639 



Norwalk 12,122 



Middletown 11,143 



Meridftn 10,521 



Stamford 9,738 



New London 9.580 



New Britain 9,480 



Danbury 8,754 



Derby 8,027 



Greenwich 7,672 



Enfleld 6,322 



Stonington 6,320 



Killingly 5,712 



According to the above census, there are 

 29,616 persons of 10 years old and over, that 

 cannot write, of whom 5,678 are native, and 

 23,938 foreign. Of those who cannot write, 

 8,990 are males, and 13,683 females, 21 years 

 old and over. The assessed value of real 

 estate is $204,110,509; of personal estate, 

 $221,322,728 ; true valuation of real and per- 

 sonal estate, $532,951,061 ; total taxation, not 

 national, $6,064,843 ; public debt, county, 

 town, city, etc., $9,813,006. The number of 

 acres of improved land is 1,646,752, of wood- 

 land, 577,333, of other unimproved land, 140,- 

 331; cash value of farms, $124,241,382; of 

 farming implements and machinery, $3,246,- 

 599 ; total amount of wages paid during the 

 year, including value of board, $4,405,064; 

 value of all live-stock, $17,545,038; of orchard 

 products, $535,954; of produce of market- 

 gardens, $599,718; of forest products, $1,224,- 

 107; of slaughtered animals, $4,881,858; es- 

 timated value of all farm products, including 

 betterments and additions to stock, $26,482,- 

 150. The State contains 34,935 horses, 98,889 

 milch-cows, 39,639 working-oxen, 79,485 other 

 cattle, 83,884 sheep, and 51,983 swine. The 

 productions were, 38,144 bushels of wheat, 

 289,057 of rye, 1,570,364 of corn, 1,114,595 of 

 oats, 26,458 of barley, 148,155 of buckwheat, 

 13,058 of peas and beans, 2,789,894 of pota- 

 toes; 8,328,798 pounds of tobacco, 254,129 of 

 wool, 6,716,007 of butter, 2,031,194 of cheese, 

 14,266 of maple-sugar, 32, 158 of honey ; 27,414 

 gallons of wine, 6,253,259 of milk sold, and 

 563,328 tons of hay. 



The births registered during the year 1870 

 in Connecticut amounted to 13,136, which 

 was 665 more than the largest number re- 

 gistered in any previous year. Of 13,057 

 births, in which the sex was stated, 6,876 



were males, and 6,181 females. There were 

 105 births reported as illegitimate. 



The deaths reported for the same period of 

 time were 8,895, of which 4,899 were males, 

 and 4,183 females. As to colored persons, the 

 total number of deaths returned was 196, males 

 105, females 90; the sex of one was not stated. 



The number of marriages was 4,871, an in- 

 crease of 117 over the preceding year. Of 

 these marriages 91 were contracted among 

 colored persons, and two among parties re- 

 spectively white and black. 



There were 408 divorces granted, or in the 

 proportion of one marriage dissolved for every 

 11.9 marriages granted. Yet the number of 

 divorces last year was less than it had been 

 for several years preceding. 



The general State election, on April 3d, 

 caused a very animated contest between the 

 two political parties, both before and after the 

 voting. The Democrats held their State Con- 

 vention at New Haven on January 17th, and 

 without a dissenting voice the State officers 

 were renominated, as follows : for Governor, 

 James E. English, of New Haven ; for Lieu- 

 tenant-Go vernor, Julius Hotchkiss, of Middle- 

 town ; for Secretary of State, Thomas M. Wal- 

 ler, of New London; for Treasurer, Charles 

 M. Pond, of Hartford ; for Comptroller of Pub- 

 lic Accounts, Seth S. Logan, of Washington. 

 The following platform was then adopted by 

 the convention : 



Resolved, That the present Federal Administration 

 is unworthy of the confidence of the people : because 

 it has failed to establish and sustain a proper finan- 

 cial policy, and thereby^ restore the currency of the 

 Constitution: because it has failed to reform the 

 abuses of the tariff, permitting still the principle of 

 protection and favoritism to override the idea of 

 revenue : because it upholds and maintains taxes to 

 an extent onerous to the people, and largely in ex- 

 cess of the amount necessary to protect public credit, 

 and pay the expenses of the Government : because 

 its foreign policy is weak and vacillating, and un- 

 worthy the past history of our Government ; and, 

 because, by its improper interference in the elec- 

 tions, it seeks the utter destruction of the rights of 

 the States, thereby subverting the principles upon 

 which the Government is based, building up a great 

 central power, which, if unchecked, will override the 

 liberties of the people. 



Resolved, That the Democracy of Connecticut, fol- 

 lowing the footsteps of their illustrious predecessors, 



