Indiana Institution for the Blind, Indianapo- | and being surpassed by a number of States of far lis, William H. Churchman, Principal.-This institution was opened for pupils in 1847. Its buildings and grounds cost $100,000. In 1861 it had 4 teachers, one of them blind (the principal is himself blind), and 72 pupils, all State beneficiaries. The annual expenditure is about $15,000, and the charge to pupils from other States for board and tuition, $100. Hospital for the Insane, Indianapolis, J. H.Woodburn, M.D., Superintendent.—This hospital was opened for patients in 1848. In 1862 it had 300 patients. Its statistics in 1861 were as follows: -number in hospital at beginning of the year, 277; received during the year, 203; discharged, 177; remaining at the close of the year, 303. Of those discharged during the year, 95 were cured, 70 not cured, and 12 died. Percentage of recoveries to number resident, 32.76; to admissions, 47.29; percentage of deaths to number resident, 4.14. The expenditures of the hospital for the year were $36,196. State Prison, Jeffersonville.-This prison is on the congregated plan, and is in charge of a Board of three Directors, elected for four years, but their terms expiring at different times, who have the entire direction of the affairs of the prison and appoint its warden and other officers. The average number of prisoners is about 275. New buildings are now in course of erection for it. Census Statistics. In territory, Indiana occupies the twenty-third rank; in population, the sixth; in density of population, the tenth (having 39.93 inhabitants to the square mile); in absolute increase of population during the last decade, the ninth. There is an excess of males over females in the population of the State of 48,092, or 7.12 per cent. The population is more equally distributed thoughout the State than in most of the other Western States; no county had 40,000 inhabitants, only one over 30,000, only 17 of the 92 counties less than 10,000, and only 4 less than 5000. In valuation she ranks eleventh in the Union, and among the free States sixth. As a manufacturing State Indiana does not rank high, standing thirteenth, less population; but in agricultural products it stands among the foremost. In the cash value of its farms it is fifth; in the value of farming-implements, sixth; in the number of horses, fifth; in the number of its cattle it stands seventh, having 1,179,005 neat-cattle; in the value of its live stock it is also seventh; in its wheat crop only Illinois and Wisconsin surpass it, and in Indian corn only Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio. These are its great staples; but in orchard products it is fourth, and produces large quantities of potatoes, oats, tobacco, and sorghum. The Contribution of Indiana to the Volunteer Army.-The President, in making his call for troops for the suppression of the rebellion in April, 1861, met with a hearty and prompt response from Indiana and her patriotic and energetic Governor. Six regiments, all full, were sent into the field by the 26th of April, 1861; under the call of July, 1861, for 500,000 troops, two regiments of infantry for twelve months' service, 471 regiments of infantry, 3 of cavalry, and 25 batteries for three years' service, were furnished, and 6 more regiments of infantry, including two of the Indiana Legion, a militia home guard, were furnished at different terms for special service, as the border was threatened with invasion. Under the call of July 7, 1862, 314 regiments of infantry, 2 of cavalry, and 2 batteries were raised before Dec. 1, 1862. On the 1st of Jan. 1863, the Governor states the whole number of troops mustered into service from the State as 102,698 men. Of these, 3003 were drafted. The Indiana troops have always come into the field promptly when wanted, and, thanks to the exertions of the Governor and his staff, invariably well armed and equipped. Great pains and care have been taken to care for the sick and wounded among them, and a sanitary committee has been organized at the capital to aid in this good work. The war expenditure of the State to Dec. 1, 1862, was $1,979,248 36, which was entirely covered by its claims against the United States. XXVII, ILLINOIS. Settled in 1749. Capital, Springfield. Area, 55,409 square miles. Population, 1860, 1,711,951. Government for the year 1863. The Superior Court of Chicago has concurrent | county has a County Court, with jurisdiction to the jurisdiction in the county and city respectively same amount as justices of the peace, but their with the Circuit Court in all civil cases, and in all business is chiefly probate matters. criminal cases except murder and treason. The Recorder's Court has jurisdiction in criminal cases, and in civil cases to the amount of $100. Each Constitutional Convention.-A convention for revising the Constitution of the State, consisting of seventy-five members, was elected in the an in the State, received a majority of the votes cast, and have been incorporated in the old Constitution. The Congressional apportionment made by the Convention was also rejected. tumn of 1861, and held its session in January, | negroes, the other prohibiting them from settling 1862, but the Constitution prepared by the Convention was submitted to the popular vote in June, 1862, and rejected by a majority of 25,000 votes. Two articles, however, which were voted upon separately, one denying the right of suffrage to FINANCES. The revenue for general purposes during the two years ending Nov. 30, 1862, was........ ...$1,775,239 87 Moneys received for payment of interest on debt for two years...................... Balance on hand, Dec. 1, 1860, and transfer from Revenue Fund................................................................................. Receipts on account of War Fund 1,153,419 36 545,717 05 Ordinary and contingent expenses for two years ending Nov. 30, 1862......... $864,007 04 Special appropriatious.... Redemption of warrants.. Interest paid........ Auditor's warrants on the War Fund. Balance to credit of general revenue, Dec. 1, 1862. There will be due, Jan. 1, 1863, $334,911 97 on interest account, and July 1, 1863, $410,164 92. Auditor's warrants drawn on the War Fund yet outstanding amount to $313,616 52, to meet which $779,998 are due from the United States. From the executive contingent fund the Governor has expended for the benefit of the sick and wounded Illinois soldiers, $49,788 63. The reports of the Auditor and State Treasurer on the finances of the two years ending Nov. 30, 1862, which were to be made to the Legislature meeting in Jan. 1863, had not been published at the time of our going to press, and we are consequently unable to give the sources of income and items of expenditure of the State in detail. State Debt.-The total debt of the State, including $2,000,000 war bonds, is $12,337,381 37. This debt was mostly incurred for internal improve ments, and the payments of a percentage of their receipts by the Illinois Central Railroad in ordinary times nearly defray the interest. The State has assumed and paid to the General Government its proportion of the direct tax of 1861, amounting to $1,146,551, less the 15 per cent. allowed for collection, from the proceeds of the War Fund bonds, and thus saved to the State $171,983. The whole cost of the war to the State, aside from this tax, and exclusive of what is due from the General Government, to Dec. 1, 1862, is less than half a million of dollars. Valuation and Taxation.-The Census valuation 531,271 83 5,263 81 1,338,153 41 3,595,695 26 374,697 19 360,980 00 15,101 33 $7,085,169 87 of the State in 1860 was $871,860,282. Governor Yates estimates it now as over a thousand millions of dollars. The tax collected in 1858 was $750,530 24. The Governor recommends in his message of January, 1863, a three-mill tax. BANKS.-The bank-note circulation of the State at the opening of the war was nearly or quite $12,000,000 (in October, 1860, it was $11,010,837), the specie in their vaults, $302,705, and they held stocks of the nominal value of $12,264,580. The banks of the State were all on the free-banking principle, and soon after the war commenced it was ascertained that the stocks on which their circulation was based were largely those of the disloyal States and had greatly depreciated in value. The Auditor of the State promptly required the banks (then 94 in number) to make up all deficiencies by depreciation, and on their failure to do so placed them in liquidation and sold their assets. On the 1st of May, 1862, the number of banks had been reduced to 15, their capital to $712,351, their circulation to $504,346, and their specie to $4040. In December, 1862, the number of banks was 18, their circulation, all fully secured, $600,000, and amount of specie, $50,000. It is believed that the banks of the State are now on a sound basis, and that the evils of a fluctuating currency, which have heretofore caused so much trouble and distress in the State, will not again recur. RAILROADS OF ILLINOIS. The State ranks as one of the first three in the Union in the extent of its lines of railroad, having, in December, 1862, 3003 miles in actual operation, against 95 in 1852. The cost of these roads was $104,944,561. They delivered in Chicago, in 1862, 70,000,000 of bushels of grain, more than 900,000 hogs, and over 170,000 head of beef cattle. The following table exhibits their condition according to their latest reports: Michigan Central (in Illinois).. Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago EDUCATION.-The State has 14 incorporated col- | cent. fund, $111,012 54; seminary fund, proceeds leges and universities. The State University at Springfield is under the control of the Lutherans. The State Normal University at Bloomington, founded in 1857, is intended for the education of teachers of the public schools. It is well endowed, and its buildings have a capacity for 300 normal and 200 model school scholars. Of the other colleges, one (the North-Western Female College, at Evanston) receives female students only, another (Quincy College) is for both sexes. Four of the colleges were founded by the Methodists, two by Baptists, one, each, by Congregationalists, Presbyterians N. S., Presbyterians O. S., Episcopalians, Roman Catholics, and Lutherans. There are 9 theological seminaries in the State, of which 4 belong to the various Presbyterian bodies, 2 to the Lutherans, and one, each, to the Congregationalists, Baptists, and Methodists. Five of these are located at Chicago, and one in its immediate vicinity. There are two medical colleges, both at Chicago. An agricultural college will probably soon be established. of sales of seminary lands, $50,838 72; township funds, $3,335,680; county funds, $218,653. Total school funds of the State, $4,606,919 75. Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, at Jacksonville, Philip G. Gillet, Principal.-This institution was founded in 1846, and had in 1860 10 instructors, of whom 4 were deafmutes, and 205 pupils, all supported by the State. The cost of buildings and grounds was $200,000, and the annual grant from the State treasury $27,000. 100 of its pupils had graduated since the opening of the institution. Common Schools.-We are in possession of no statistics of the public schools later than those of Dec. 1858. At that time the whole number of public schools was 10,238; whole number of scholars in attendance, 457,113 (males, 243,859; females, 213,254); number of white persons in the State under 21 years of age, 809,879; number between 5 and 21, 470,540; number of colored persons under 21, 2801; number between 5 and 21, 1714; number of male teachers, 7503; of female teachers, 5878; average monthly wages of male teachers, $29 66, the highest being $200 and the lowest $10; average do. of female teachers, $19 48, the highest being $60 and the lowest $5; number of school districts, 8154; average number of months schools have been taught, 6.83; number of new school-houses erected during the two years preceding, 2401; number of teachers' institutes held during the year, 38; amount paid to lecturers and instructors of teachers' institutes, $910; number of school-district libraries purchased, 1850. The amount expended for schools during the year 1858 was as follows:-Two-mill tax, apportioned, $743,000; interest apportioned, $50,871 25; amount raised by tax to extend schools after public money was exhausted, $563,460; expended for school furniture, $31,810; for building, repairing, and renting school-houses, $819,859; for schoolhouse lots, $38,627; for school-district libraries, $45,900. Total amount expended for school purposes, $2,705,052. The number of private schools reported was 530, with 18,571 scholars. There were reported also in the State 21 colleges and 58 academies and seminaries. School Fund. The school fund in 1858 was thus made up:-School fund proper, being 3 per cent. net proceeds sales of public lands in the State, onesixth part excepted, $555,143 17; surplus revenue, $335,592 32; college fund, being one-sixth of 3 per Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind, at Jacksonville, Joshua Rhoads, Principal. This institution was founded in 1849; its buildings and grounds cost $80,000. It had in 1860 4 teachers and 50 pupils. The State appropriation, which covers all expenditures, is $8000 per annum. It had had, in 1860, 67 graduates. Illinois State Hospital for the Insane, at Jacksonville, Andrew McFarland, M.D., Superintendent.— This is a State institution, and was opened for patients in 1851. In Dec. 1860, its statistics were as follows:-Patients remaining Dec. 1859, 214; admitted during the year ending Dec. 1, 1860, 312; discharged during the year, 297; remaining at the end of the year, 229. Of those discharged, 164 were cured, 91 not cured, 42 died; percentage of recoveries on number resident, 73.87; on admissions, 52.50; percentage of deaths on number resident, 19.82. The appropriation of the State is $36,000 per annum. Additions are making to the hospital which, when completed, will give room for 500 patients. A farm of 160 acres is connected with the hospital. The buildings and grounds have been fitted up with great care. State Penitentiary, at Joliet, T. S. Rutherford, Superintendent.-This prison was completed in 1860, and in December of that year there were about 700 prisoners there. It is on the Auburn or congregated system. Census and other Statistics.-In area Illinois occupies the 10th rank, in population the 4th, in density of population the 13th, having 30.90 inhabitants to the square mile; in absolute increase of population during the last decade, the 6th. There is a large excess of males over females in the population of the State, the white males outnumbering the white females by 93,581. The State is rich in mineral wealth, producing coal, lead, iron, and other minerals in vast quantities. The coal-bed underlying the county of Perry alone is estimated by geologists, at the low price of $1 50 per ton, to be worth $3,259,000,000. The shipments of breadstuffs from Chicago, her great port, in 1862, were as follows:-Wheat, bushels, 13,145,155; corn, bushels, 29,761,026; oats, bushels, 2,987,260; barley, bushels, 789,231; rye, bushels, 279,878; flour, bbls., reduced to bushels of wheat, 8,757,610; total breadstuffs exported, 55,720,160 bushels. The receipts of breadstuffs at that port for the same time |