The total number of religious organizations in 1870 was 2,969, having 2,696 edifices, and property valued at nearly $10,000,000. The principal denominations were the Bap list, Christian, Protestant Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic. The school system of the state is not as efficiently managed as it should be. Colored chil dren are not allowed to attend the schools provided for the whites. The number of children of school'age in the state in 1879 was: whites, 400,000; colored, 50,000. About 200,000 white and 25,000 colored children do not attend the schools. The total receipts from. the school fund in 1879 were $826,426. The state is divided into 7,000 school dis tricts, and the available funds are not sufficient to keep a school in operation in each district three months in the year. In the eight years preceding 1879, 1800 school-houses were built. The state superintendent, however, says the school-buildings in Louisville are alone worth almost as much as all those of the rural districts. Louisville spends upon her schools $250,000 annually, almost one-third the whole cost of education to the state. The colored schools are so feebly supported that in many cases only incompetent teachers can be employed. Wise men are laboring energetically to improve the common school system, and with good prospects of success. There were in the state in 1870 4.2 colleges, having 223 teachers and 5,864 students. The numberof academies was 95, with 286 teachers and 6,224 pupils; of private schools 195, with 302 teachers and 7,948 pupils. The principal collegiate institutions are the Kentucky university at Lexington, embracing the agricultural and mechanical college established by the congressional land grant; the Kentucky military institute at Frankfort; Berea college at Berea; Bethel college at Rus sellville; Cecilian college (Roman Catholic) at Elizabethtown; Center college (Presbyte rian) at Danville; Georgetown college (Baptist) at Georgetown; and St. Mary's college (Roman Catholic) at St. Mary's station. There are also 8 or 10 institutions for the edu cation of women, each under the direction of some Christian sect. Instruction in theology and medicine is afforded also in several different institutions.
Frankfort is the capital of the state. The governor is chosen by the people for four years, and receives a salary of $5,000. He is ineligible for two consecutive terms. The Iieutenant-governor is elected for four years, and presides in the senate for $8.00 per day. The legislature, consisting of a senate of 38 members and a house of representatives of 100, meets biennially in the odd years. Members are paid $5.00 per day and, mileage.
The court of appeals, which has only an appellate jurisdiction, consists of a chief-justice and three judges, each of whom receives an annual salary of $5,000. The circuit and county judges are elected by the people. The general election occurs on the first .Monday in August. A large majority of the people of Kentucky were opposed to the rebellion of 1861, and gov. Magoffin endeavored, but without avail, to keep the state in a neutral position and exclude both the union and the confederate forces from its ter ritory. But the geographical position of the state—to say nothing of other circum stances, rendered this scheme impracticable. Of course the United States claimed the allegiance of the state, and sent its armies there as it found occasion, and a considerable number of Kentucky soldiers volunteered to serve the union cause. The confederates made a desperate effort to set up a state government in the interest of the confederacy, but with small success. Several battles were fought in Kentucky, with the final result of driving the confederate forces out of the state. The majority of the people, though dis approving of the armed rebellion, were yet in strong sympathy with the south in the political matters at issue, and made all the opposition in their power to the emancipation policy of Mr. Lincoln. A large number of soldiers from Kentucky served as volunteers in the confederate army, and when the struggle was over the state made a stout opposi tion to the reconstructive measures of the government. The electoral votes of Kentucky forpresident and vice-president of the United States have been cast as follows: 1792, 4 for Washington and Jefferson: 1796, 4 for Jefferson and Burr; 1800, 4 for Jefferson and Burr; 1804, 8 for Jefferson and Clinton; 1808, 7 for Madison and Clinton; 1812. 12 for Madison and Gerry; 1816, 12 for Monroe and Tompkins; 1820, 12 for Monroe and Tomp kins; 1824, 14 for Jackson, and 7 each for Calhoun and N. Sanford; 1828, 14 for Jackson and Calhoun; 1832; 15 for Clay and Sergeant; 1836, 15 for Harrison and Granger; 1840, 15 for Harrison and Tyler; 1844, 12 for Clay and Frelinghuysen; 1843. 12 for Taylor and Fillmore; 1852, 12 for Scott and Graham; 1856, 12 for Buchanan and Breckinridge; 1860, 12 for Bell and Everett; 1864, 11 for McClellan and Pendleton; 1868, 11 for Sey mour and Blair; 1872, 8 for Hendricks and 4 for B. Gratz Brown for president, and 8 for B. Gratz Brown, 3 for T. E. Bramlette, and 1 for W. B. Macken for vice-president ; 1876, 12 for Tilden and Hendricks; 1880, 12 for Hancock and English.