STATE OF NEW JERSEY. Population 489,555. Density to square mile 58.84. Area 8,320 square miles. Strenuous efforts have been made in this State to secure the passage of a prohibitory law, and they at last have been successful in the House of Assembly by a vote of 35 to 22. The Senate, however, in hope of reaping a rich harvest from the enforcement of prohibition in New York State, postponed the consideration of the bill till next session. The Carson League has been doing good in Jersey City in enforcing the license law against unlicensed sellers. A prohibitory Sunday law has been recently more rigorously enforced, with some advantage to the city. Newark and several towns in this State have refused licenses. STATE OF NEW YORK. Population in 1850, 3,097,394. Density to square mile 65.90. Area 47,000 square miles. The Legislature passed an excellent prohibitory law in the early part of 1854. Gov. SEYMOUR, however, thought proper to refuse his assent, and wrote a long veto message, which caused great disappointment throughout the State, and drunkenness and its accompanying evils went on increasing throughout the year. At the last fall election the most vigorous efforts were made by the great rum party of the State to sustain their champion, HORATIO SEYMOUR, who declared himself a candidate in the rum interest, in order to test the question with the people. The capital of the New York city wine and spirit merchants was used in abundance to influence the elections; all the tactics of adroit politicians were resorted to; the great" Know Nothing movement” had its champion, and "the Hards" had theirs in the field, so as to weaken, if possible, the temperance ranks, and avoid the election of the prohibition candidate for governor, MYRON H. CLARK, who had been most zealous in supporting the prohibitory bill in the Senate. Before the official result was |