708, (over half colored), which gives her four Members of Congress.

By an act of 1866, South Carolina was located in the fourth judicial circuit; it is divided into two judicial. districts, called the Eastern and Western districts of South Carolina.

There are three collection districts in this State, and four ports of entry, to-wit: Georgetown, Charleston, Beaufort and Port Royal; but no ports of delivery.

The capital is Columbia. The State elections are held on the fourth Monday of November. The Legislature meets on the third Wednesday of October.

The enacting clause of the laws is as follows: "Be it enacted by the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by authority of the same."

South Carolina made herself conspicuous by taking the lead in the recent rebellion against the United States government. She first seceded, and was the first to commence hostilities by firing on a government vessel in the harbor of Charleston, and then on Fort Sumter, one of the United States forts near the city.

South Carolina being one of the seceding States, has

been, since 1861, in the same condition as Alabama.

XVI.

AGRICULTURE.

COMMERCE.

TENNESSEE.

Tennessee was admitted into the Union, June 1st, 1796, and made the sixteenth State. Its area is 45,600 square miles, equal to 29,184,000 acres. The population in 1860 numbered 1,109,801. It has now eight Representatives in Congress, is in the sixth judicial circuit, forms three judicial districts, and has two ports of delivery, Memphis and Knoxville. Before Tennessee was admitted it formed a part of North Carolina.

Nashville is the capital. The State election is held on the first Thursday in August; and on the first Monday of October the Legislature meets, once in two years.

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

Tennessee was one of the seceding States in 1861, but came back in 1866. Between these two periods she was unrepresented in the United States Senate.

TEXAS.

The history of this State is unlike that of any other belonging to the Union. It is not one of the original States; neither was it first formed into a territory and afterwards changed into a State. Down to 1836, Texas was a part of Mexico; at that time the people of this Mexican province or colony revolted against the Mexican authority, and, after a short war with that power, gained their independence and established a government of their own. This they called the "Republic of Texas." But it was a small and feeble power, and could not sustain itself as an independent nation. In this helpless condition she applied to the United States government for permission to unite herself with it. The request was listened to and favorably received by the United States. The proposition was accepted, and in 1845 Texas was admitted-making the twenty-eighth State-and became a part of the