This State was one of the original thirteen, and gave a hearty support to the patriot side during the war for freedom.

The surface of the country is, in great part, low and sandy; the climate agreeable and the soil favorable to agricultural pursuits. Her commercial position is excellent, being situated on either side of Chesapeake bay and bounded by the Potomac river on the west. The District of Columbia, containing the National Capital, was located on the last named river within her limits.

Maryland has an area of 11,124 square miles—equal to 7,119,360 acres. The population in 1870 was 780,806, which gives her six Representatives in Congress. By an act of Congress, passed in 1866, this State was put in the fourth judicial circuit, which is composed of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina. Maryland constitutes one judicial district; has ten ports of entry, viz.: Baltimore, Chester, Oxford, Vienna, Snow-Hill, Annapolis, Nottingham, St. Mary’s, Georgetown, and Havre de Grace; and twelve ports of delivery.

Annapolis is the capital. The State election is held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The Legislature meets on the first Wednesday in January.

The enacting clause of the laws is as follows: “Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland.”

UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Charles Carroll, (of Carrollton)from1789to1793.
John Henry,”1789”1797.
Richard Potts,”1793”1796.
John E. Howard,”1796”1803.
James Lloyd,”1797”1800.
William Hindman,”1800”1801.
Robert Wright,”1801”1806.
Samuel Smith,”{1803”1815.
1822”1833.
Philip Reed,”1806”1813.
R. H. Goldsborough,”{1813”1819.
1835”1836.
Robert G. Harper,”1816”1816.
Alexander C. Hanson,”1816”1819.
William Pinckney,”1819”1822.
Edward Lloyd,”1819”1826.
Ezekiel F. Chambers,”1826”1835.
Joseph Kent,”1833”1838.
John S. Spence,”1836”1841.
William D. Merrick,”1838”1845.
John Leidsker,”1841”1843.
James A. Pearce,”1843”1862.
Reverdy Johnson,”{1845”1851.
1863”1868.
David Stuart,”1849”1850.
Thomas G. Pratt,”1850”1857.
Anthony Kennedy,”1857”1863.
Thomas H. Hicks,”1862”1864.
John A. J. Cresswell,”1865”1867.
Philip F. Thomas,”——”1867.
George Vickers,”1868”1873.
William T. Hamilton,”1869”1875.
George R. Dennis,”1873”1879.
Wm. Pinckney Wythe,”1875”1881.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.