EDUCATION.-Delaware has two colleges, Delaware College, at Newark, of which only the preparatory department is now in operation, and St. Mary's College, at Wilmington, a large and wellconducted institution under the care of the Roman Catholic Church. There are, we believe, no professional schools in the State.

Commm Schools.-The State has a tolerably efficient school system, though varying in effectiveness in the different counties. There are 304 school districts organized, and in 1861 there were 296 schools organized. 15,036 children attended school; the schools were maintained an average of 6.97 months,-viz., in New Castle county 8.53 months, in Kent county 7.65, and in Sussex county 4.74 months. The whole amount received for school purposes was $86,850 57; the whole expenditure was $85,333 03, of which $59,495 55 was for tuition, and $25,837 48 for contingencies. Of the whole amount received for school purposes, $33,355 49 was from the school fund, and $53,495 08 was raised by contribution. Of this sum, $37,731 80 (more than two-thirds) was raised in New Castle county. We have no statistics of the amount of monthly wages paid respectively to male and female teachers; but the average wages paid to teachers, without distinction of sex, is quite high. being $29 41 per month throughout the State, $40 65 in New Castle county, $26 in Kent county, and $21 60 in Sussex county.

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS.-The Constitution of the State provides for an equal number of Representatives in the Legislature from each of the three counties of the State; a provision which, though it may have been just when the Consti

tution was adopted, is now manifestly wrong, since, in consequence of it, one voter in either Sussex or Kent counties is practically equal to two in New Castle county,-that county having twice the popu lation of either of the others.

CENSUS STATISTICS.-The population consists of 90,589 whites (45,940 males and 44,649 females), 19,829 free colored (9889 males and 9940 females), and 1798 slaves (860 males and 938 females). Of the slaves, 1341 are in Sussex county, 254 in New Castle, and 203 in Kent. The entire population of the three counties is-Kent, 27,804; New Castle, 54,797; Sussex, 29,615, In area and population Delaware stands thirty-second in rank; in density of population, ninth, having 52.93 inhabitants to the square mile; in mean ratio, thirty-third, and in absolute increase of population during the last decade, tenth. In products of industry she ranks twenty-fifth, her aggregate manufactures amounting to $9,920,000, the most considerable items being flour and meal, steam engines and machinery, carriages and cars, lumber, cotton and woollen goods, and boots and shoes. In the amount of improved lands she occupies the twenty-eighth rank, and in the quantity of un improved land in farms, the thirty-third. Though twenty-ninth in the cash value of its farms ($31,426,357), the small extent of the State must be taken into the account Its valuation according to the census ($46,242,181) gives nearly $420 as the average amount of property to each inhabitant. It ranks twenty-third among the wheatgrowing States, and the quality of its grain and flour is excellent.

The Governor is elected by the people for four years; a Secretary of State is appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice of the Senate, for the Governor's term, and removable by him; the Comptroller is elected by the people for two years, and the Commissioner of the Land Office for six years. The Treasurer and the State Librarian are chosen by the Legislature, by joint ballot, for two years; the Commissioners of Public Works, &c., are elected by the people for four years; the Adjutant-General is appointed by the Governor for six years. The State Reporter is appointed by the judges of the Court of Appeals for four years. He

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| receives a salary of $500, and is entitled to the copyright of the Reports, and the State purchases two hundred copies of each volume at $5 each. Senators, twenty-two in number, are elected for four years, one-half every two years. Repre sentatives, seventy-four in number, are elected for two years. The pay of Senators and Representatives is $4 a day during the session, and 10 cents for every mile of travel, the presiding officer of each house receives $5 per diem. The sessions of the Legislature are biennial. The last session was held in January, 1862.

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The judicial power of the State is vested in a Court of Appeals and in Circuit Courts. The Court of Appeals has appellate jurisdiction only. Its judges, four in number, are elected from districts, by the voters therein, for ten years, unless they shall, before the expiration of their term of service, reach the age of seventy. They must be above thirty years of age, citizens of the State at least five years, residents of the judicial districts from which they are elected, and have been admitted to practice in the State. The Court of Appeals appoints its own clerk, to hold office for six years, and may reappoint him at the end of that time. When any judge of any court is interested in a case, or connected with any of the parties by affinity or consanguinity within the prescribed degrees, the Governor may commission the requisite number of persons learned in the law, for the trial and determination of the case. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, designates one of the four judges as Chief

Justice. The office of Attorney-General is abo lished by the new Constitution.

The State is divided into eight judicial circuits each of which elects a judge of the Circuit Court to hold office for ten years. The qualifications of the judges are the same as those of the Court of Appeals, except that they must be citizens of the United States, and residents for two years in their judicial districts. There is in the city of Baltimore a Court of Common Pleas, with jurisdiction in civil cases between $100 and $500, and exclusive jurisdiction in appeals from justices of the peace in that city; and a Superior Court, with jurisdiction in cases over $500. Each of these courts consists of one judge, elected by the people for ten years. There is also a Criminal Court, con, sisting of one judge elected for ten years. Clerks of the Circuit Courts in each county, and of the Baltimore courts, are chosen for six years, and are re-eligible.

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