The Executive power is vested in a Governor and a Council, which consists of five members. The governor, council, senators, and representatives, are all elected annually, by the people on the second Tuesday in March; and their term of service commences on the first Wednesday in June. The General Court meets annually at Concord, on the first Wednesday in June. The right of suffrage is granted to every male inhabitant of 21 years of age, excepting paupers, and persons excused from paying taxes at their own request. The number of representatives in 1841 was 350. New Hampshire sends 4 representatives to the United States Cougress. Governor's Salary per annum, Adjutant Gen. do. do. 1,000 dollars 800 do. 800 do. 400 do. The Supreme Court of Judicature consists of a Chief Justice and three associate Justices, who hold one term annually in each of the ten counties of the State, for the hearing and determining questions of law, &c. This court is also vested with chancery jurisdiction, for certain purposes described by the statute. The Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature are ex officio, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. This Court, before whom all actions for the recovery of debts, and the enforcement of contracts, and all jury trials, are brought, consists of one of the Justices of the Superior Court, who sits as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and of two county judges, generally appointed from among the yeomanry, whose principal duty it is to attend to the ordinary business of the county, its roads, expenses, &c. Terms of this Court are held semi annually in each of the counties. Salary of the Chief Justice of the Do. Associate Justice, do. Do. Attorney General, do. Do. Justices of the Court of Common Pleas from $1,400 per annum. 1,200 1,200 $100 upwards, to $150 The Poor in this State, as in the other northeastern States, are supported by a direct tax, by the towns to which they severally belong. The larger towns generally have poor-houses, to some of which a farm is annexed, where the poor are collected and supported, and in other places they are supported by private contract, or disposed of to the lowest bidder. Principal Items of Expenditure, 1844. Salaries of Executive and Judiciary Members of the Legislature Loans repaid To several towns from Railroad tax For deaf mutes and the blind Military appropriations New Hampshire Law Reports State Printers Orders by the Legislature Total $18,792-46 15,444-80 55,673-86 4,949-68 1,950-00 3,080-58 2,063-71 1,643-65 3,993-89 1,773-99 $109,366-62 Vermont is bounded on the N. by Lower Canada; E. by New Hampshire; S. by Massachusetts; and W. by New York, from which it is separated, in part, by Lake Champlain. It lies between 42° 44′ and 45° N. latitude, and between 3° 39′ and 5° 31, E. longitude from Washington. It is 157 miles long from N. to S., 90 broad on the northern boundary, 40 on the southern, and contains 10,212 square miles. The principal rivers within the State are Lamoile, Onion, Otter Greek, Missisque, Deerfield, White, Black, and Pasumsic. Besides Lake Champlain, which separates this State from New York on the west, there are three other lakes of minor importance deserving of notice. Lake Memphremagog, forty miles in length, and three wide, lies chiefly in Canada, and communicates with the Saint Lawrence by the River St. Francis. Willoughby Lake, six miles long and one wide, discharges its waters into Memphremagog by the River Barton. This lake furnishes fish resembling bass, of an excellent flavour, weighing from twenty Bombazine Lake is situate in to thirty pounds. the township of Castleton, Rutland county, and is eight miles long. This State takes its name from a range of high mountains, which being covered with pine, spruce, hemlock and other evergreens, have obtained the appellation of Ver Mons (Green Monntain,) hence the name of Vermont. They divide the State nearly in the centre between Connecticut River and Lake Champlain; and extending through Massachusetts and Connecticut, terminate at New Haven; their whole length not being less than 400 miles. These mountains are generally from fifteen to twenty miles in breadth, and the height of land from twenty to thirty miles distant from the river, and about the same distance from the lake. Kellington Peak, the highest of this range is about 3,454 feet above the level of the ocean, and is sometimes covered with snow to the beginning of June. In the township of Tinmouth, in Rutland county, on the side of a small hill, is a very curious cave. The chasm at its entrance is about four feet in circumference: entering this, you descend 104 feet, and then enter a spacious room twenty feet in breadth and 100 in length; the angle of descent being about forty-five degrees. The roof of this cavern is composed of rock, through which the water is constantly filtering, and the stalactites which hang from the roof, appear like icicles on the eaves of houses, and are continually increasing in number and magnitude. The bottom and sides, are daily incrusting with spar and other mineral substances; and on the sides of this subterraneous hall, are tables, chairs, benches, &c., which appear to have been artificially carved. This richly ornamented room, when illuminated with the candles of the guides, has an enchanting effect upon the eye of the spectator. At the end of this cave is a circular hole, of a conical form, fifteen feet deep, and at the bottom a spring of fresh water in continual motion, like the boiling of a pot; its depth has never been sounded. The climate is considered healthy. The earth is generally covered with snow from the middle of December till the end of March; but the winter season may be said to continue from the beginning of November till the middle of April, during which the inhabitants enjoy a serene sky and a keen cold air, the ground is seldom frozen to any great depth, being covered with a great body of snow, in some high lands to the depth of four or five feet, before the severe frosts set in. In this way the earth is enriched and moistened, and in the spring vegetation advances with great rapidity; but since the country has been cleared and cultivated, the winters are considerably milder, and spring commences sooner. The heavy growth of timber, which is common throughout the State, evinces the strength and fertility of the soil; elm, black birch, maple, ash, and bass wood, grow in the moist low ground, and the banks of the rivers are principally timbered |