This State is one of the original thirteen States, and has an area of 50,704 square miles, equal to 32,450,560 acres, with a population of 992,622, (one third colored,) which entitles her to seven members of Congress. North Carolina, by act of 1866, was located in the fourth judicial circuit, which is composed of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and is divided into three judicial districts, called the districts of Albemarle, Pamlico, and Cape Fear. The collection districts, and the ports of entry and delivery in this State, have been so often modified and discontinued, that there is some uncertainty as to the number at this time. We can only make an approximate statement. There are, as near as we can determine, ten districts, ten ports of entry, and nine ports of delivery.

Raleigh is the capital. There the Legislature meets biennially on the third Monday of November. The

State election is held on the second Thursday in August.

The enacting clause of the laws is as follows: "Be it enacted by the General Assemblyof the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same."

NEVADA.

Nevada was admitted as a State, March 21st, 1864, making the thirty-sixth State in the Union.

acres.

It has an area of 63,473 square miles, or 40,622,720 The population in 1860, while yet a Territory, was 6,857, but had greatly increased at the time of admission. In conformity with the Constitutional provision that every State shall have one Representative in Congress, Nevada has one. ninth judicial circuit, and forms called the district of Nevada.

This State lies in the

one judicial district,

The State election is

Virginia City is the capital. held on the first Tuesday in November; and the Legislature meets on the first Monday in January.

The enacting clause of the laws is in the following words: "The people of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows."

UNITED STATES SENATORS.

James W. Nye, from

William M. Stewart,

1865 to 1871.

1865 " 1869.

Ohio was admitted into the Union from what was then known as the Northwestern Territory, in 1802, and made the seventeenth State.

It has an area of 39,964 square miles, equal to 25,576,960 acres. The population in 1860 was 2,339,511, entitling it to nineteen Members of Congress.

It is in the sixth judicial circuit, and forms two judicial districts, viz.: the Northern and Southern districts of Ohio.

This State has three ports of entry, to wit: Cleveland, Toledo, and Portland; and four ports of delivery, to be located where the President directs.

The capital of this State is Columbus. The State election is now held on the second Tuesday of October. The Legislature meets on the first Monday of January, biennially.

The enacting clause of the laws is as follows: "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio."