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The subdivisions are designated as quarters of quarters, thus the northeast 40 acre subdivision is known as the N. E. qr. of the N. E. qr. Madison is situated at the corners of sections 13, 14, 23 and 24; it is therefore on the S. W. qr. of sec. 13, S. E. qr. of sec. 14, N. E. qr. of sec. 23, and N. W. qr. of sec. 24.

MISCELLANEOUS.-The District Court of the United States for the district of Wisconsin, ANDREW G. MILLER, Judge, holds one term at Madison, and one at Milwaukee, annually.

HENRY DODGE, of Dodgeville, Iowa county, and ISAAC P. WALKER, of Milwaukee, are United States Senators in Congress, from Wisconsin.

The following are the officers of the Wisconsin Militia:

LEONARD J. FARWELL, Commander-in-Chief, Madison.

BENJ. F. HOPKINS, Madison, C. C. WASHBURNE, Mineral Point, COLES BASHFORD, Oshkosh, CHARLES CLEMENT, Kenosha, Governor's Aids.

WILLIAM L. UTLEY, Racine, Adjutant General, salary $300; DAVID ATWOOD, Madison, Quarter-Master General; JAMES B. MARTIN, Milwaukee, Pay-Master General; JAMES RICHARDSON, Madison, Commissary General; JOHN W. HUNT, M. D., Madison, Surgeon General; N. BISHOP EDDY, Madison, Judge Advocate General; WILLIAM DUDLEY, Madison, Military Secretary.

ANDREW PROUDFIT, BENJAMIN ALLEN and LUCAS M. MILLER, are Commissioners; R. P. EIGHME, Register, and JAMES MURDOCK, Treasurer of the Board of Public Works.

H. S. ORTON, is Private Secretary of the Governor, also Reporter of the Supreme Court. WILLIAM DUDLEY, State Librarian.

The following are the names of members of the Legislature: Senators by Districts.-1st. H. N. Smith; 2d. James. S. Alban; 3d. A. M. Blair; 4th. B. S. Weil; 5th. E. M. Hunter; 6th. D. C. Reed; 7th. J. W. Cary; 8th. J. R. Sharpstein; 9th. Geo. R. McLane; 10th. M. H. Bovee; 11th. T. T. Whittlesey; 12th. E. Wakeley; 13th. Charles Dunn; 14th. Alva Stewart; 15th. Levi

Sterling; 16th. Joel C. Squires; 17th. Ezra Miller; 18th. J. R. Briggs, Jr.; 19th. Benjamin Allen; 20th. Bertine Pinckney; 21st. Coles Bashford; 22d. Judson Prentice; 23d. David S. Vittum ; 24th. Thos. S. Bowen; 25th. James T. Lewis.

Timothy Burns, President. John K. Williams, Chief Clerk. Members of Assembly by Counties.-Adams and Sauk-Charles Armstrong.

Brown, Kewaunee and Door-Randall Wilcox.

Bad Ax and Crawford-H. A. Wright.

Calumet J. Robinson.

Chippewa and La Crosse-A. D. La Due.

Columbia-O. D. Coleman and J. Q. Adams.

Dane-Matthew Roche, H. Barnes, H. L. Foster, P. C. Burdick and S. W. Field.

Dodge-Whitman Sayles, W. M. Dennis, P. Kelly, John W. Davis, Edwin Hillyer and E. N. Foster.

Fond du Lac—J. S. Tallmadge, Charles D. Gage, Querin Loehr and N. M. Donaldson.

Grant J. E. Dodge, J. A. Barber, H. E. Block, H. D. York and T. Hayes.

Green-Thomas Fenton.

Iowa-H. Madden and P. W. Thomas.

Jefferson-Patrick Rogan, W. W. Woodman, D. Powers, J. E. Holmes and J. H. Ostrander.

Kenosha-J. McKisson and C. L. Sholes.

Lafayette-Eli Robinson, P. B. Simpson and Nathan Olmstead. Marquette and Waushara-Ezra Wheeler.

Marquette E. B. Kelsey.

Milwaukee-H. Haertel, E. McGarry, H. L. Palmer, Richard Carlile, H. C. West, J. Meyer, J. H. Tweedy, W. A. Hawkins, and E. Chase.

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Outagamie, Waupacca and Oconto-A. Resley.
Portage G. W. Cate.

Racine-H. T. Sanders, W. H. Roe, T. West and P. Belden.

Richland-Henry Conner.

Rock-C. Stevens, H. Stebbins, W. D. Murray, and H. Holmes.

Sheboygan-C. B. Coleman and D. Taylor.

St. Croix and La Pointe-O. T. Maxson.

Walworth-John Bell, James Lauderdale, O. T. Bartlett, T. H. Fellows, Joseph W. Seaver and T. W. Hill.

Washington-C. E. Chamberlin, C. Schutte, W. P. Barnes and J. W. Porter.

Waukesha-Orson Reed, E. Lees, W. D. Bacon and E. Pearl. Winnebago-Curtis Reed and Lucas M. Miller.

Henry L. Palmer, Speaker. Thomas McHugh, Chief Clerk.

The settlement in Wisconsin at the organization of the Territorial Government, will be shown by the following statement of the number of votes given at the first election under the organic law, in 1836:

Brown County-Green Bay, 118; Howard, 32; Mason, (Depere,) 34; Sheboygan, 36; Menomonee river, 15; Little Butte des Morts, 9; Manitowoc, 20; Portage of Fox and Wisconsin, 61.-325.

Crawford County-Prairie du Chien, 68.-68.

Iowa County-Elk Grove, 28; Van Buren, (Potosi,) 97; Diamond Inn, 35; New Diggings, 77; Platteville, 90; White Oak Springs, 106; Hamilton, (Wiota,) 64; Hardscrabble, (Hazel Green,) 48; Wingville, 57; Gratiot's Grove, (Shullsburg,) 43; Mineral Point, 226; Menomonee, (Jamestown,) 24; New Mexico, (Monroe,) 47; Cassville, 150; Paris, 12; Belmont, 76; Bois Prairie, (Lancaster,) 18; Dodgeville, 90.-1288.

Milwaukee County-Pike River, (near Kenosha,) 108; Milwaukee, 449; Louis Vieux, (Waukesha,) 60; Moses Smith's, (Rochester,) 13; Racine, 92; Rock River, (Watertown,) 23; Upper Fox River, (Waterford,) 25.-781. Total, 2,462.

The following Table shows the Census of Wisconsin, from

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11,683

18,130 30,945 44,478 155,277 210,546 305,566

From the above census return, it will be seen that the population of Wisconsin has increased in greater ratio than any other State in the Union. In 1825, the population of the Territory was only 1,444.

An Abstract of the Census Returns of the Territory of the United States, from 1800 to 1850.

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From the foregoing table, it appears that the greatest ratio of increase of Ohio was, from 1800 to 1810, 409 per cent.; Indiana, from 1810 to 1820, 506 per cent.; Illinois, from 1810 to 1820, 350 per cent.; Michigan, from 1830 to 1840, 570 per cent.; Wisconsin, from 1840 to 1850, 890 per cent.

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