MISSOURI.

This State was first settled by the French, at or near the present capital, in the year 1719. Here a fort was established, called Fort Orleans, and the neighboring lead mines were worked the next year. St. Genevieve, the oldest town in the State, was settled in 1755, and St. Louis in 1764. In 1763 it, with all the territory west of the Mississippi, was assigned by treaty to Spain. This territory was ceded back to France in 1801, and with Louisiana was purchased by the United States in 1803. It remained a part of Louisiana until the admission of the State of that name, when the remaining portion of that purchase was called Missouri. In 1821 it was admitted into the Union, forming the twenty-fourth State. This State has an area of 67,380 square miles, equal to 43,123,200 acres.

Her population in 1870 was 1,715,000, entitling her to thirteen Representatives in Congress.

The climate of Missouri is variable; in winter the thermometer sinks below zero; the summers are excessively hot; the air is dry and pure. The State is quite as healthful as any in the west. The soil is good and of great agricultural capabilities. The great staple is Indian corn. The other products cultivated largely are hemp, wheat, oats, tobacco. Sheep and cattle are considerably raised, and fruit culture is successful.

This State is in the eighth judicial circuit; and forms two judicial districts, the Eastern and Western. It has no port of entry, and but one port of delivery, Hannibal.

The capital is Jefferson City. The State election is held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and the Legislature meets on the last Monday of December. The enacting clause of the laws is: “Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri as follows.”

UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Thomas H. Benton,from1821to1851.
David Barton,”1821”1831.
Alexander Buckner,”1831”1833.
Lewis F. Linn,”1833”1843.
David R. Atchison,”{1843”1849.
1849”1855.
Gratz B. Brown,”1863”1867.
Henry S. Geyer,”1851”1857.
Trusten Polk,”1857”1861.
James S. Green,”1856”1861.
Waldo P. Johnson,”1861”1862.
John B. Henderson,”1862”1869.
Charles D. Drake,”1867”1871.
Carl Schurz,”1869”1875.
Francis P. Blair,”1871”1873.
Lewis V. Bogy,”1873”1879.
Frank M. Cockrell,”1875”1881.