ALABAMA. 



1 In 1877, part to Cullman. 



2 In 1877, part from Montgomery. 



3 In 1858 name changed from Ben ton to Calhoun. 



* Since 1870 name changed from Baker to Chilton ; in 1875, 

 part from Dallas. 



6 In 1877, part to Talladega. 



6 In 1877, from parts of Blount, Marshall, Morgan and Win- 

 ston. 



"> In 1875, part to Chilton. 



Included in the total are 4 Chinese and 

 213 Indians. There were living in the United 

 States 1,319,189 persons born in Alabama 

 (708,904 white and 610,285 colored). Of the 

 total population 622,629 were males and 639,- 

 876 females, 1,252,771 native and 9,734 foreign 

 born. Of persons ten years of age and up- 

 ward, 370,279, or 43-5 per cent, could not read, 

 and 433,447, or 50'9 per cent, could not write. 

 Of the latter, 111,040 were native whites, being 

 25 per cent of that class, and 321,680 were 

 colored, being 80'6 per cent of that class. 

 There were 141,461 white and 118,423 colored 

 males twenty-one years of age and over. The 

 number of horses on farms was 113,950 ; 

 mules and asses, 121,081; working oxen, 75,- 

 534 ; milch-cows, 271,443 ; other cattle, 404,- 

 213 ; sheep, 347,538 ; swine, 1,252,462 ; manu- 

 facturing establishments, 2,070 ; capital, $9,- 

 668,008; hands, 10,019; value of materials 

 used, $8,470,205 ; products, $13,565,504. 



POLITICAL CONVENTIONS. The Democratic 

 State Convention met in Montgomery on the 

 7th of June, and on the second day nominated 

 the following ticket : 



For Governor, Edward A. O'Neal, of Lau- 

 derdale ; for Secretary of State, Ellis Phelan, 

 of Jefferson; for Attorney-General, Henry 

 C. Tompkins, of Montgomery ; for Treasurer, 

 Isaac H. Vincent, of Chambers; for Auditor, 



In 1877, part from Montgomery. 



9 Since 1870, name changed from Sanford to Lamar. 



10 In 1877, part to Cullman. 



11 In 1877, parts to Bullock and Elmore. 



14 In 1821 name changed from Cataco to Morgan ; in 1877, 

 part to Cullman. 



13 In 1877, part from Clay. 



54 In 1850 name changed from Hancock to Winston; in 

 1877, part to Cullman. 



Jesse M. Carmichael, of Dale; for Superin- 

 tendent of Education, Henry C. Armstrong, of 

 Macon, 



The following is the platform adopted : 



Resolved, by the Democratic and Conservative 

 party of Alabama, in convention assembled : 



1. That we re-affirm our devotion to the time-hon- 

 ored principles of the Democratic party ; a strict con- 

 struction ot the Federal Constitution ? obedience to the 

 laws of the General Government within its constitu- 

 tional limits, and maintain the right of the State to 

 regulate its local affairs by its own authority. 



2. We are unalterably opposed to the continued acts 

 of the Federal authorities tending to centralization of 

 all power in the General Government, to the destruc- 

 tion of local self-government. 



3. We present the record of the administration of 

 the State's affairs while in the control of the Demo- 

 cratic party as an earnest of the fidelity of the party 

 to the principles of economy and good government. 

 We invite immigration and capital to our State, and 

 pledge full and perfect protection to all such as may 

 come among us. 



4. That public education should be fostered and 

 encouraged by the State as far as the means of the 

 State will allow_, having at the same time due regard 

 to thepreservation of the public credit. 



5. We recognize the necessity of protecting and 

 preserving the purity of the ballot-box as the safe- 

 guard of free institutions, and condemn any attempt 

 to interfere with the free and full exercise of the elect- 

 ive franchise. 



The nominee for Governor was born in Madi- 

 son County in 1818. He was a general in the 



