The state has an institution for the deaf and dumb, and another for the blind, near Jacks4n, the capital. There arc two orphan asylums at Natchez, both under Roman Catholic control, and there is a soldiers' orphans' home for children of confederate soldiers near Lauderdale Springs. The state hospital for the insane and the penitentiary are at Jackson.
According to the census of 1870 there were in the state 111 newspapers and periodi cals, of which 3 were daily, 6 triweekly, 3 semi-weekly, 92 weekly, 2 send-monthly, and 5 monthly.
The number of church organizations in 1870 was 1829, of church edifices 1800; value of church property, $2,360,800. The principal denominations, in numerical order, were: Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Cumberland Presbyterians, EpisCopalians, Boman Catholics, and Lutherans.
The state is divided into 79 counties. The governor, lieutenant-governor, and other state officers, are elected for a term of four years; and the legislature, meeting biennially, is composed of a senate and house of representatives—the members of the former elected for four and those of the latter for two years. The supreme court is composed of three judges, appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for a term of nine years. The circuit court is composed of 15 judges (corresponding
with the number of judicial districts), appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for a term of six years. The judges of the court of chancery, 20 in number, are appointed by the governor for four years. The salaries of the supreme court judges are $4,500 each; those of the circuit court judges are $3,500, and those of the chancery court judges $3,000.
The electoral votes of Mississippi for president and vice-president of the United States have been cast as follows; 1820, 2 for Monroe and Tompkins, 1 vacancy; 1824, 3 for Jackson and CalbOnn; JiitliOn and Calhoun: 183N.4 fiir Jackson and Van Buren; 1833, 4 for Van Buren and It. M. Johnson; 1840, 4 for Harrison and Tyler; 1844, 6 for Polk and Dallas; 18-18, 6 for Cass and Butler; 1852, 7 for Pierce and King•, 1850, 7 for Buchanan and Breckinridge; 1860, 7 for Breckinridge and Lane; 1864, dad not vote; 1868, 7 vacancies; 1872, 8 for Grant and Wilson; 1876, 8 for Tilden and Hendricks; 1880, 8 for Hancock and English.