Illinois State Hospital for the Insane, Jacksonville. ANDREW MCFARLAND, M. D., Superintendent. Number of patients in hospital, December 1, 1864, 301. Number admitted during the two years ending December 1, 1866, males, 232; females, 214; total, 446. Discharged within two years,-recovered, 146; unrecovered, 167; improved, 53; eloped, 15; died, 48; total, 429. Remaining December 1, 1866, 318. Supposed cause of insanity in cases admitted -domestic trouble, 33; religious excitement, 32; business anxieties, 16; death of friends, 13; puerperal, 22; disappointed love, 15; over exertion, 13; vicious indulgences, 25; epilepsy, 12; hereditary, 19; miscellaneous and unknown, 248; total, 446. Occupations-domestic duties, 191; farmers, 135; laborers, 40; students, 32; carpenters, 8; teachers, 7; miscellaneous, 33; total, 446. Civil condition-single, 198; married, 211; widowed, 37; total, 446. NativityAmerican, 312; foreign, 134; total, 446.

Illinois Institution for Education of the Blind, Jacksonville. JOSHUA RHODES, M. D., Superintendent. Number of pupils December 1, 1866-males, 40; females, 40; total, 80. Illinois Institution for Idiots and Imbeciles, Jacksonville. C. T. WILBUR, M. D., Superintendent. Number of pupils admitted since organization of institution, 34. Discharged, 8. Remaining December 1, 1866, 26.

Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet. B. DORNBLASER, Warden. Whole number of convicts December 1, 1864, 586; number received during the year, 1,226; number discharged-by expiration of sentence, 516: by pardons, 168; by order Supreme Court, 1; delivered to Sheriff on indictment for murder, 1; died, 29; escaped, 24; total, 739. Number of convicts December 1, 1866, 1,073; of these 762 were born in the United States, and 311 in foreign countries. There were committed-for larceny, 703; robbery, 76; burglary, 69; assault to kill, 37; murder, 31; manslaughter, 29: rape, 28; passing counterfeit money, 19; burglary and larceny, 13; forgery, 12; receiving stolen property, 7; arson, 9; miscellaneous, 40; total, 1,073. Whole number December 1, 1867, 1,043.

POPULATION.

In this state, a census is taken every ten years by commissioners appointed "by the County Courts. The last census was taken June 30, 1865, when the population amounted to 2,141,510, a gain of 429,056 since 1860. The population at different periods since its organization as a territory, was as follows:

The population of 1865 was classified as follows-white males, 1,093,111; white females, 1,033,059; colored males, 9,112; colored females, 8,228. The increase of population has been more than 100 per cent. for every decade, except from 1840 to 1850.

This state extends through more than five degrees of latitude, presenting a variety in climate and adaptation to different products. Its soil and situation are peculiarly favorable to agriculture which has been the principal branch of industry pursued. In 1860, it surpassed all other states in wheat and corn products, yielding nearly one-seventh of the entire crop.

It is also rich in minerals, the coal fields being estimated at 44,000 square miles, and the lead mines are among the most valuable in the world.

The Illinois coal field stretches from the Mississippi near Rock Island, eastward toward Fox river, thence southeast through Indiana, and southward into Kentucky, occupying the greater part of Illinois, the southwestern portion of Indiana, and the northwestern part of Kentucky, measuring 375 miles in length from northwest to southeast, and 200 in width from St. Louis eastward, estimated to contain 1,277,500,000,000 tons of coal, sufficient

to furnish an annual supply of 13,000,000 tons for nearly a hundred thousand years. The present annual product of the state is 1,500,000 tons, the amount increasing every year.

Iron

The great lead district of the Mississippi river occupies a portion of northwestern Illinois, southwestern Wisconsin, and northeastern Iowa, covering an area of 1,000,000 acres, one-sixth of which lies in Illinois. ore has been mined in Hardin County, on the Ohio. Copper has been found in several counties; also marble, crystallized gypsum, quartz crystal, and silex for glass manufacture; salt also exists in the southern counties, while small quantities of gold and silver have been obtained in the lead district. The value of real estate and personal property for 1850 is reported in the United States census at $156,265,006, and for 1860 at $871,860,282, being an increase in the ten years of $715,595,276 or 450 per cent. In 1866, the governor estimated the whole wealth of the state at not less than $1,200,000,000.

The railroad system is on an extensive scale. At the close of 1867, 3,160 miles were completed and in operation, and 812 miles more were in course of construction, making in the aggregate 3,979 miles, or one mile of railroad to 14 square miles of territory.

In addition to the facilities thus afforded to commerce, a canal has been constructed from Lake Michigan at Chicago, to La Salle on the Illinois river, 100 miles in length, affording communication by water between the lakes and the Mississippi.

According to the State census, the value of manufactured products for 1865 was $63,356,013. The leading city in the state is Chicago, which had in 1837, a population of 4,170; in 1850, 29,963; in 1860, 110,973; in 1865, 178,539, and in 1867, over 200,000. Twenty-four lines of railroad connecting various points in the state, center here, and 200 trains of cars daily arrive and depart. It is now the most extensive grain and lumber market in the world. The number of buildings erected in the city in 1867 was 7,500 at a cost of $7,500,000. The receipts and ship. ments of Chicago for the same time, were as follows:

Products in 1866. Indian corn, 155,844,350 bush.; value, $67,013,070. Wheat, 28,551,421 bush.; value, $55,104,243. Oats, 30,054,370 bush.; value, $9,917,942. Barley, 1,037,753 bush.; value, $705,672. Potatoes, 5,102,035 bush.; value, $3,265,302. Tobacco, 17,546,981 pounds; value, $1,631,470. Hay, 2,340,063 tons; value, $21,692,384.

Assessment. The assessment of 1866 gave as the value of miscellaneous property-goods and merchandise, $21,237,683; bankers property, $330,337; manufactured articles, $2,211,981; moneys and credits, $21,912,979; bonds, stocks, etc., $3,369,756; miscellaneous property, $488,727; unenumerated property, $18,827,432. The number of horses was 828,628, valued at $32,090,687; cattle, 1,464,866, valued at $16,961,592: sheep, 2,550,850, valued at $3,457,686; hogs, 2,581,481, valued at $5,178,830.

Banks. There are eighty-three National Banks, with an aggregate capital of $12,070,000.

9. INDIANA.

Capital, Indianapolis. Area, 33,809 square miles. Population, (1860), 1,350,428. This State was settled at Vincennes, by French emigrants from Canada, about 1730. It was organized into a territory, May 7, 1800, from which Michigan was set off in 1805, and Illinois in 1809. Its constitution was adopted, June 29, 1816, and the State was admitted into the Union, December 11, of the same year.

The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction, are chosen by the people at the general election, held on the second Tuesday in October. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor hold office four years, and the others two years.

The Senators, 50 in number, and Representatives, 98 in number, are chosen at the general election in October. The regular sessions of the Legislature occur biennially in January 1869-1871-&c.

The right of suffrage is extended to every white male citizen, 21 years of age, who has resided in the State six months, and to every white male of foreign birth who has resided in the United States one year, and in the State six months, and has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States.

JUDICIARY.

The Judiciary consists of a Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, and a Court of Common Pleas. The Supreme Court consists of four Judges, chosen by the people at a general election, for a term of seven years. Its jurisdiction is distinctively appellate, but its judges may award and determine writs of habeas corpus.

The judges of the Circuit Court are elected for six years, and the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for four years.

Circuit Judge, David Davis. Marshal, Benjamin J. Spooner.

UNITED STATES COURTS.

District Judge, David McDonald. District Attorney, A. Kilgore.
Clerk of Circuit and District Court, J. D. Howland.

SUPREME COURT.

Judges, John T. Elliott, New Castle; James S. Frazer, Warsaw; Robert C. Gregory, Lafay ette; Charles A. Ray, Indianapolis.

Clerk, Laz. Noble, Indianapolis. Reporter, Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis.

* $3.00 per day during session of Legislature.

CIRCUIT Courts.

Judge-1st Circuit, John G. Berkshire; 2d Circuit, George A. Bicknell; 3d Circuit, John Baker; 4th Circuit, J. M. Wilson; 5th Circuit, John Coburn; 6th Circuit, Delana R. Eckles; 7th Circuit, Joseph S. Buckles; 8th Circuit, John M. Cowan; 9th Circuit, Andrew L. Osborn; 10th Circuit, Robert Lowry; 11th Circuit, H. P. Biddle; 12th Circuit, Charles H. Test; 13th Circuit, Silas Colgrove; 14th Circuit, William F. Parrett.

TERMS OF COURTS.

The Supreme Court holds sessions in Indianapolis, semi-annually, on the 4th Monday of May and November, each year.

Two terms of the Circuit Court, and three of the Court of Common Pleas are held annually in each county.

There was due to the following Funds: Saline Fund, $35,492.19; Bank Tax Fund, $24,715.87; Surplus Revenue Fund, $854.93; Three per cent. Fund, $32.12; Funds from Estates without heirs, $16,744.88; Common School Fund, $47,665.50; State Debt Sinking Fund, $44,392.89; Swamp Land Fund, $59,804.17. Total, $229,702.05. Showing a deficit of $84,349.26.

STATE DEBT.

The following statement exhibits the condition of the debt of the State, October 31, 1867:

Of the Vincennes University Bonds, which do not properly come under the head of the public debt, there were

Of the School Fund Bonds

$65,585.00 3,367,082.15

In accordance with an act approved December 21, 1865, notice was given that the State Debt Sinking Fund Commissioners would redeem on July 1, 1867, at the office of the Agent of the State, in the city of New York, so much of the outstanding two and one-half per cent. Certificates of Stock, as the fund at the disposal of the Board would permit.

At a meeting of Commissioners, it was found that certificates of stock amounting to $877,377.60 had been presented, and that there were certificates outstanding and subject to redemption, which would make the aggregate amount $1,183,187.55, while there was of the fund in the hands of the Agent of the State, but $917,381.57. The balance, $265,805.98, was drawn from the general fund of the Treasury.

The Commissioners also redeemed, in 1867, of the war loan $39,000; and of five per cent. certificates $40,450, making an aggregate of $1,295,637.55, or nearly one fourth of the entire indebtedness of the State redeemed during the year.

EDUCATION.

Seven different religious denominations have colleges or universities under their care and patronage, a portion of which are endowed and supplied with convenient buildings, and suitable apparatus and libraries.

The State University at Bloomington has an endowment of $90,000, and

buildings and other property valued at $50,000. A law department is connected with this institution.

The public schools are under the supervision of a Superintendent of Public Instruction, elected by the people, who reports biennially to the legislature.

In each county an Examiner is appointed to examine teachers and visit schools, under the direction of County Commissioners who determine the amount of time to be occupied by the examiner in his official duties. The commissioners also report annually to the State Superintendent.

The law provides for the appointment in each city and township of three school Trustees who have the local supervision of schools, and of a Board of Directors who have the care and management of school property.

Much has been done for the improvement of schools within a few years. The standard of qualifications of teachers has been elevated, school funds have been increased, and the income wisely distributed, and the supervision of schools has been more thorough and effective. A State Normal School was established by an act of the Legislature, approved December 26, 1865, and located in the city of Terre Haute, which contributed $50,000 in money, and a lot of land worth $25,000 for its use. The building, the corner stone of which was laid in August, 1867, will, when completed, be one of the finest Normal School buildings in the country. The plan of the institution provides for a Normal School proper, a Model High School, and a Model Primary Training School, all in the same building.

City training schools have been established at Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, and other places.

A Teachers' Institute is required to be held in each county, by the county examiners, as often as once a year. The Institutes are well attended and are producing good results.

The School Fund of the State, amounting in 1866 to $7,613,490.35, is one of the largest in the Union, and it is believed it will soon be increased to $10,000,000, affording important aid to the Public Schools of the State.

Public Schools. Number of townships, 982; incorporated towns, 95; cities, 32; number of school districts in the State, 8,399; number of districts in which schools were taught within the year, 8,166; whole number of children between 6 and 21 years of age, 559,778. Pupils attending-Primary Schools, 390,714; High Schools, 12,098. Average daily attendance-in Primary Schools, 247,181; in High Schools, 7,358. Average length of schools-in days, 68; in months of 20 days each, 3.4. Number of teachers employed-males, 5,330; females, 4,163. Number of teachers licensed-males, 4,079; females, 3,373. Average compensation of teachers in Primary Schools, per month of 20 days-males, $36.60; females, $26.20; in High Schoolsmales, $62.00; females. $33.32. Average cost of tuition, per month, in both grades of schools, $1.16. Expended for tuition, $1,020,440. Number of school-houses built within the year, 346. Total value of school property. $4,515,734. Number of school-houses-stone, 78; brick, 566; frame, 6,145; log, 1,096; material not given, 346; total number reported, 8.231. Amount of Special School Revenue expended within the year, $666,672. Volumes in Township Library, 265,388; volumes taken out for use during the year, 84,957. Amount charged by Trustees for managing educational matters, $32,289.86. Number of private schools taught within the year, 2,026. Number of pupils attending private schools within the year, 49,322.

School Revenues. Taxes, $910,585.37; interest on Common Fund, $111,425.32; liquor license, $84,225; unclaimed fees, $584.59; State's indebtedness, $50,000; interest on Congressional Funds, $150,043.57; amount of delinquencies, $24,000; total, $1,330,863.79.