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The Syracuse Home Association, incorporated in 1853, is an asso- ciation of ladies for the purpose of systematically visiting the poor, and furnishing a home for indigent and friendless females. It is lo- cated temporarily at the corner of South Salina and Onondaga streets. Great good has been accomplished by the benevolent and self-sacrificing ladies of the Association. The report for 1867 shows that 137 were received and enjoyed a temporary home during the year. It is proposed to erect a fine building upon the corner of Burnet, James and Townsend streets, as a permanent home. Maj. Moses D. Burnet has generously offered to donate the lot, worth $12,000, on condition that the citizens increase the amount to $50,000. The citizens are subscribing liberally, and there is very little doubt the amount will be raised and a permanent home estab- lished.
There are several cemeteries in the city, the largest of which is Oakwood, situated on the south line of the city, a part being in the Eighth Ward, and a part in the town of Onondaga. It contains many fine monuments, and other improvements, which are not sur- passed by any other rural cemetery in this part of the State. The South Salina street cars run to the entrance of the cemetery.
A new building for the High School is in process of erection. It is expected to be completed for the fall term. The following
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description of it is taken from the Annual Report of the Board of Education :-
"The building is located in a pleasant part of the city, not far from the center, away from the noise of business, on the corner of West Genesee and Wallace streets. Its length is 123 feet, and its width is 96 feet. The rooms are large, well ventilated and well lighted ; and the wardrobes on each floor are to be furnished with cold and hot water, and all other conveniences; so that it will not be necessary to go down the stairs, after entering the school, till the labors of the day are completed. The entire building is to be heated with steam by the latest and most improved system. The basement is to be used for heating the building, storing fuel, &c. One room is intended for a laboratory, for chemicals and chemical experiments, and a large room, 37 by 70 feet, for a gymnasium.
"The first floor is devoted to the Central Library rooms and of- fices for the Board of Education, a reception room and a cabinet. The second and third floors are school rooms, with recitation rooms sufficient to accommodate all the pupils that can be seated, and each floor will furnish suitable conveniences for 400 pupils. When fully seated, the school will require from 16 to 18 teachers.
"The Board of Education intend to make this school equal, at least, to any similar school in the country, and to spare no pains in furnishing proper conveniences for the pursuit of all the higher English studies, the modern languages, and a course for fitting young men for college."
From the report of the Librarian we learn that the number of volumes in the Central Library is 5,870, six hundred and ninety volumes having been added the past year.
TULLY was formed from Fabius, April 4, 1803. A part of Otisco was taken off in 1806, and Spafford in 1811. It is the cen- ter town upon the south line of the County. Its surface is an up- land, level in the center, but hilly on the east and west borders. In the south part of the central valley are several small lakes, known as the Tully lakes. Two of these lakes lie but a few rods apart. The smaller is 800 feet above the canal at Syracuse, and gives rise to Onondaga Creek, flowing north; the larger, a few feet lower, gives rise to Tioughnioga river, flowing south. In the immediate vicinity of those lakes is considerable swamp land. The soil is a sandy and clayey loam.
Tully, (p. v.) in the south-east part of the town, contains three churches, a school, a grist mill, a newspaper office and about one hundred houses. Vesper, (p. v.) on the line of- Otisco, contains two
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churches, a butter tub factory, a grist mill, saw mill and thirty houses. Tully Valley is a post office.
The first settler was David Owen, who came into town in 1795. Immediately after came James Cravath, Wm. Trowbridge, Phineas Howell, Phineas Henderson and Michael Christian. The first child born was Peter Henderson, in 1796; the first marriage was that of Timothy Walker and Esther Trowbridge, and the first death that of Timothy Walker. Ruth Thorp taught the first school, in 1801; Nicholas Lewis kept the first inn, in 1802; Moses Nash kept the first store, and Peter Van Camp built the first grist and saw mill, in 1810. The first church (Baptist,) was formed in 1818; Mr. Hurd was the first preacher. Amos Skeel was the first justice of the peace, in 1803.
The population in 1865 was 1,583, and its area 15,600 acres .- There are nine school districts in the town, employing nine teachers, with an average attendance of 186 pupils. The amount expended for school purposes in 1865 was $2,333.86.
VAN BUREN was formed from Camillus, March 26, 1829. It is an interior town, lying north-west of the center of the Coun- ty. Its surface is level, or gently undulating. Seneca river forms its north boundary. The soil is a clayey, sandy and gravelly loam. It was named from the Hon. Martin Van Buren, then new- ly elected Governor of the State of New York.
Memphis, ( p. v.) (formerly Canton,) on the Erie canal, in the south-west corner of the town, contains a church and about two hundred inhabitants. Van Buren Center, ( p. v.) Warner's Station, on the New York Central R. R., near the south line, contains a church and about a dozen houses. Van Buren (p. o.) and Ionia are hamlets. Baldwinsville ( p. v.) lies upon the Seneca river .- That part in the town of Van Buren contains a marble factory, a paper mill, a large flouring mill and another one building, and a population in 1865 of 646. Manilla, straw and printing paper are made here. W. S. White's carriage factory turns out about 100 annually. In the same building is a shop for the manufacture of pumps.
The first settlement in this town approaching to anything like a village, was at what is now called Ionia, where the first post office was established, in 1816. Charles H. Tull was the first postmaster. The first lawyer who established himself in this town was Theo- dore Popell, in 1818. The first physician was Jonathan S. Buell, in 1815, at Ionia. The first at Canton, and the second lawyer in town, was William Laughlin, in 1812. The first town meeting for
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Van Buren was held at the house of Ebenezer Dunham, 26th of March, 1829.
There is not much water power in this town except on the Sene- ca River; the streams being small and the surface level. Dead Creek is the largest and is a sluggish stream. On the banks of the streams of this town is an abundance of marl and calcareous tufa. The population in 1865 was 3,031, and its area 21,600 acres.
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THEIR SETTLEMENT, ADMITTANCE TO THE UNION, POPULATION, SUFFRAGE LAWS, ETC.
ALABAMA was settled near Mobile, in 1702, by the French; was formed into a Territory by act of Congress, approved March 3, 1817, from the eastern portion of the Territory of Mississippi; framed a Con- stitution August 2, 1819, and was admitted into the Union December 14 of the same year. Area 50,722 square miles, or 32,462,080 acres .- Population in 1860, 964,201, of whom 435,080 were slaves. It is the chief cotton growing State of the Union. White male citizens who have re- sided one year in the State and three months in the county, are entitled to vote. An election for a Convention was held December 24, 1860, and a majority of over 50,000 votes cast for secession ; the Convention met January 7, 1861, and on the 11th passed the ordinance of secession, by a vote of 61 to 39, which was followed on the 21st by the resignation of its members of Congress.
ARKANSAS was settled at Arkansas Post in 1685, by the French, and was part of the Louisiana purchase ceded by France to the United States, April 30, 1803. It was formed into a Territory by act of Congress, March 2, 1819, from the southern part of the Territory of Missouri ; its western boundary was settled May 26, 1824, and its southern, May 19, 1828. Having adopted a Constitution, a memorial was presented in Congress, March 1, 1836, and an act for its admission into the Union passed June 15 of the same year. Area 52,198 square miles, or 33,406,- 720 acres. In 1860 its population was 435,450, of whom 111,115 were slaves. It is an agricultural State, its staples being corn and cotton .- Citizenship and residence in the State for six months, qualify voters in the county and district where they reside. January 16, 1861, its Legislature ordered a State Convention, which assembled, and on May 6, voted to secede, 69 to 1. January 4, 1864, a Convention assembled in Little Rock, which adopted a new Constitution, the principle feature of which consisted in a clause abolishing slavery. The Convention adjourned January 22. This body also inaugurated a Provisional Government. The Constitution was submitted to the people, and 12,177 votes cast for it, to 226 against it. The State was re-organized under the plan contained in the Amnesty Proclamation of President LINCOLN, in pursuance of which an election was held March 14, 1864. The vote required under the Proclamation was 5,405. About 16,000 votes were cast.
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CALIFORNIA was settled at Diego in 1768, by Spaniards, and was part of the territory ceded to the United States by Mexico, by the treaty concluded at Guadaloupe Hidalgo, February 22, 1848. After several inef- fectual attempts to organize it as a Territory or admit it as a State, a law was passed by Congress for the latter purpose, which was approved September 9, 1850. Area 188,981 square miles, or 120,947,784 acres. Population in 1860, 305,439. It is the most productive gold mining re- gion on the continent, and also abounds in many other minerals .- White male citizens of the United States, and those of Mexico who may choose to comply with the provisions of the treaty of Queretaro, of May 30, 1848, who have resided in the State six months and in the county or dis- trict thirty days, are entitled to vote.
CONNECTICUT was settled at Windsor, in 1633, by English Puri- tans from Massachusetts, and continued under the jurisdiction of that Prov- ince until April 23, 1662, when a separate charter was granted, which con- tinued in force until a Constitution was formed, September 15, 1818. It was one of the original thirteen States, and ratified the United States Con- stitution, January 9, 1788. Area 4,674 square miles, or 2,991,360 acres. Population in 1860, 460,147. It is one of the most densely populated and principal manufacturing States in the Union. Residence for six months, or military duty for a year, or payment of State tax, or a free- hold of the yearly value of seven dollars, gives the right to vote.
DELAWARE was settled at Wilmington, early in 1638, by Swedes and Finns; was granted to William Penn, in 1682, and continued under the government of Pennsylvania until the adoption of a Constitution, September 20, 1776; a new one was formed June 12, 1792. It was one of the original thirteen States, and ratified the United States Constitu- tion, December 7; 1787. Area 2,120 square miles, or 1,356,800 acres .- Population, in 1860, 112,216, of whom 1,798 were slaves. It is a grain and fruit growing State, with some extensive manufactories. Residence in the State one year, and ten days in the election district, with payment of a State or county tax assessed ten days prior to an election, gives the right to vote, except that citizens between twenty-one and twenty-two years of age need not have paid the tax.
FLORIDA was settled at St. Augustine, in 1565, by Spaniards ; was formed from part of the territory ceded by Spain to the United States by treaty of February 22, 1819; an act to authorize the President to establishi a temporary government was passed March 3, 1819; articles of surrender of East Florida were framed July 10, and of West Florida, July 17, 1821, and it was then taken possession of by General Jackson as Governor. An act for the establishment of a Territorial Govern- ment was passed March 30, 1822, and by act of March 3, 1823, East and West Florida were constituted one Territory. Acts to establish its boundary line between Georgia and Alabama were passed May 4, 1826, and March 2, 1831. After several ineffectual attempts to organize it into two Territories, or into a State and Territory, an act for its admis- sion into the Union was passed March 3, 1845. Area 59,268 square miles, or 37,930,520 acres. Population, in 1860, 140,425, of whom 61,745 were slaves. It is an agricultural State, tropical in its climate and products. Every free white male citizen, who has resided in the State two years and in the county six months, and has been enrolled in the militia (unless exempt by law,) is qualified to vote ; but no soldier, seaman
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or marine can vote unless qualified before enlistment. Its Legislature called a Convention, December 1, 1860, which met January 3, 1861, and passed a secession ordinance on the 10th by a vote of 62 to 7.
GEORGIA was settled at Savannah, in 1733, by the English under General Oglethorpe. It was chartered June 9, 1732; formed a Con- stitution February 5, 1777; a second in 1785 and a third May 30, 1998 .- It was one of the original thirteen States, and ratified the United States Constitution January 2, 1788. Area 58,000 square miles, or 37,120,000 acres. Population, in 1860, 1,057,286, of whom 462,198 were slaves. It is a large cotton and rice growing State. Citizens of the State, six months resident of the county where voting, who have paid taxes the year pre- ceding the election, are entitled to vote. November 18, 1860, its Legis- lature ordered an election for a State Convention, which assembled and passed a secession ordinance January 19, 1861, by a vote of 208 to 89, and on the 23d of the same month its members of Congress resigned.
ILLINOIS was settled at Kaskaskia, in 1683, by the French, and formed part of the northwestern territory ceded by Virginia to the United States. An act for dividing the Indiana Territory and organizing the Territory of Illinois, was passed by Congress, February 3, 1809 ; and an act to enable it to form a State Constitution, Government, &c., was passed April 18, 1818; a Constitution was framed August 26, and it was admitted into the Union December 23 of the same year. Area 54,405 square miles, or 64,819,200 acres. Population, in 1860, 1,711,951. It is the chief "prairie" State, and the largest grain growing and second largest cattle raising State in the Union. All white inale inhabitants, who have resided in the State one year and election district sixty days, can vote in the district where actually residing.
INDIANA was settled at Vincennes, in 1690, by the French, and formed part of the northwestern territory ceded by Virginia to the United States. It was organized into a Territory May 7, 1800, from which the Territory of Michigan was set off in 1805, and Illinois in 1809. An act was passed to empower it to form a State Constitution, Government, &c., April 19, 1816, and it was admitted into the Union December 11 of the same year. Area 33,809 square miles, or 21,637,760 acres. Population, in 1860, 1,350,428. It is an agricultural State, chiefly devoted to grain grow- ing and cattle raising. A residence of one year in the State entitles males of 21 years of age to vote in the county of their residence.
IOWA was first settled at Burlington by emigrants from the Northern and Eastern States. It was part of the region purchased from France ; was set off from the Territory of Wisconsin and organized as a separate Territory June 12, 1838; an act for its admission as a State was passed and approved March 3, 1845, to which the assent of its inhabitants was to be given to be announced by Proclamation of the President, and on De- cember 28, 1846, another act for its admission was passed. Area 50,914 square miles or 32,584,960 acres. Population, in 1860, 674,913. It is an agricultural State, resembling Illinois, and contains important lead mines. White male citizens of the United States, having resided in the State six months and county twenty days, are entitled to vote.
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KANSAS was formed out of the original Louisiana purchase, and or- ganized into a Territory by act of Congress, May 30, 1854, and after several ineffectual attempts was finally admitted into the Union in January, 1861. Area 78,418 square miles, or 50,187,520 acres. Population, in 1860, 107,- 206. It is an agricultural State, with a soil of rich and deep black loam, except the central portion, which is partly a desert. The western portion is a fine grazing country, well wooded. Residence in the State six months, and in the township or ward thirty days, confers the right of suffrage on white male citizens. It also abounds in minerals.
KENTUCKY was settled in 1775; by Virginians ; formed into a Territory by act of the Virginia Legislature, December 18, 1789, and ad- mitted into the Union June 1, 1792, by virtue of an act of Congress pass- ed February 4, 1791. Area 37,680 square miles, or 24,115,200 acres .- Population in 1860, 1,155,684, of whom 225,483 were slaves. It is an agri- cultural State, raising more flax and hemp than any other. Loyalty, a residence of two years in the State and one in the county are the require- ments to vote. "Any citizen of this State who shall enter the service of the so-called Confederate States, in either a civil or military capacity; or into the service of the so-called Provisional Government of Kentucky, in either a civil or military capacity ; or having heretofore entered suclı ser- vice of either the Confederate States or Provisional Government, shall continue in such service after this act takes effect, (March 11, 1862,) or shall take up or continue in arms against the military forces of the United States or State of Kentucky, or shall give voluntary aid and assistance to those in arms against said forces, shall be deemed to have expatriated him- self, and shall no longer be a citizen, except by permission of the Legisla- ture by a general or special statute."
LOUISIANA was settled at Iberville, in 1699, by the French, and comprised a part of the territory ceded by France to the United States, by treaty of April 30, 1803, which purchase was erected into two Territories by act of Congress March 26, 1804, one called the Territory of Orleans, the other the District of Louisiana, afterwards changed to that of Missouri. - Congress, March 2, 1806, authorized the inhabitants of Orleans Territory to form a State Constitution and Government when their population should amount to 60,000; a Constitution was adopted January 22, 1812, and the State admitted into the Union April 8 of the same year, under the name of Louisiana. Area 41,255 square miles, or 26,403,200 acres. Population in 1860, 708,002, of whom 331,726 were slaves. It is the chief sugar producing State of the Union. Two years' residence in the State and one in the parish are the qualifications of voters. Decem- ber 10, 1860, the Legislature ordered a State Convention to be held, which assembled and passed an ordinance of secession January 26, 1861, by a vote of 113 to 17. The people voted on the question, and on March 28 the following was announced as the result : For, 20,448; against, 17,296; a majority of 3,152. The Convention ratified the 'Confederate' Constitution March 11, 1861, by avote of 107 to 7, and refused to submit it to the peo- ple by 94 to 10. On the 11th day of January, 1864, Maj. Gen. Banks issued a Proclamation for an election of State officers and delegates to a Constitutional Convention, for the purpose of affecting a reconstruction of the State Government under the plan suggested in the Amnesty Proclama- tion of President Lincoln. The election was held on the 22d day of Feb- ruary, 1864. The officers thus elected were installed March 4. The total vote cast was 10,725. The vote requisite under the Proclamation was 5,051. The Convention amended the Constitution so as to abolish slavery. The new Constitution was adopted by the people by a vote of 6,836 for, to 1,566 against.
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MAINE was settled at York, in 1623, by the English, and was for- merly under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. October 29, 1819, the in- habitants of the District of Maine framed a Constitution ; applied for ad- mission December 8, 1819. Congress passed an act March 3, 1820, and it was admitted as a State March 15, of the same year. Area 31,766 square miles, or 20,330,240 acres. Population, in 1860, 628,279. It is largely en- gaged in the lumber trade and ship building. Citizens of the United States, except paupers and persons under guardianship, who have resided in the State for three months next preceding the election, are entitled to vote.
MARYLAND was settled at St. Mary, in 1634, by. Irish Roman Catholics, having been chartered June 20, 1632. It was one of the origin- al thirteen States ; formed a Constitution August 14, 1776, and ratified the Constitution of the United States April 28, 1788. Area 11,124 square miles, or 7,119,260 acres. Population in 1860, 687,049, of whom 87,189 were slaves. It is mainly an agricultural State, producing grain and to- pacco. A residence of one year in the State, and six months in the coun- y, gives the right to vote to every white male citizen who takes the oath of allegiance prescribed in the Constitution. January 28, 1864, a bill pass- ed the Legislature submitting to the people the question of a Convention o revise the Constitution of the State. The popular vote on the question vas as follows : For Convention, 32,203 ; against, 18,337. The Convention assembled and adopted a Constitution abolishing slavery, which was sub- mitted to and adopted by the people ; and in accordance with its provis- ons, on the 29th of October, 1864, the Governor issued his Proclamation leclaring the slaves in that State free from the 1st day of November.
MASSACHUSETTS was settled at Plymouth, November 3, 1620, y English Puritans, and Charters were granted March 4, 1629, January 13, 1630, August 20, 1726, and October 7, 1731. It was one of the original 13 States; adopted a Constitution March 2, 1780, which was amended No- vember 3, 1820, and ratified the Constitution of the United States Febru- ry 6, 1788. Area 7,800 square miles, or 4,992,000 acres. Population in 1860, 1,231,066. It is a largely commercial, the chief manufacturing and nost densely populated State in the Union. A residence of one year in he State, and payment of State or county tax, gives the right to vote to nale citizens of 21 years and upward, except paupers and persons under guardianship.
MICHIGAN was settled at Detroit in 1670, by the French, and was part of the territory ceded to the United States by Virginia. It was set off from the territory of Indiana, and erected into a separate Territory January 11, 1805; an act to attach to it all the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi river, and north of the State of Missouri, was passed June 28, 1834. Wisconsin was organized from it April 30, 1836. In June of the same year an act was passed to provide for the ad- mission of the State of Michigan into the Union, and a Constitution having been adopted, it was admitted January 26, 1837. Area 56,243 square niles, or 35,995,552 acres. Population in 1860, 749,113. It is a grain growing and cattle rearing State, with rich and extensive mines of copper und iron in the Northern Peninsula. A residence in the State of six months preceding the election, entitles white male citizens to vote.
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MINNESOTA was settled about 1846, chiefly by emigrants from the Northern and Western States. It was organized as a Territory by act of Congress approved March 3, 1849, and admitted into the Union February 26, 1857. Area 95,274 square miles, or 60,975,536 acres. Pop- ulation in 1860, 172,123 whites, and about 25,000 Indians, many of the tribes being of a warlike character. It is an agricultural State, chiefly devoted to Northern grains. The right to vote is extended to male per- sons of 21 years of age, of the following classes, if they have resided iu the United States one year, the State four months, and the election dis- triet ten days: White citizens of the United States, and those of foreign birth who have declared their intention to become citizens ; persons of mixed white and Indian blood who have adopted the customs of civiliza- tion, and those of pure Indian blood who have been pronounced capable by any district court of the State.
MISSISSIPPI was settled at Natchez, in 1716, by the French, and was formed out of part of the territory ceded to the United States by South Carolina in 1787, and Georgia in 1802. It was organized as a Ter- ritory by act of Congress, April 7, 1789, and enlarged on the north March 27, 1804, and on the south May 14, 1812. After several unsuccessful at- tempts to enter the Union, Congress finally passed an act March 1, 1817, enabling the people of the western part of the Territory to form a State Constitution and Government, which being complied with August 15, it was admitted December 10 of the same year. Area 47,156 square miles, or 30,179,840 acres. Population in 1960, 791,305, of whom 436,631 were slaves. It is the second cotton growing State of the Union. Citizens who have resided one year in the State, and four months in the county, and having performed military duty or paid taxes, are entitled to vote. A Convention met January 7, 1861, and on the 9th passed an ordinance of secession by a vote of 84 to 15.
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