ANDREW H. REEDER, of Fort Leavenworth, Governor, Term ends. Salary. 1858, $2,500 Daniel Woodson, Secretary, 66 2,000 JUDICIARY. Saml. Dexter Lacompte, of Ft. Leavenworth, Chief Justice, 1858, 2,000 XXXIX. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE District of Columbia is under the immediate government of Congress. The city of Washington became the seat of the government of the United States in 1800, and it is the residence of the President, and the other chief executive officers of the national government. By an act of Congress, in 1846, which was subsequently accepted by the people of Alexandria, the city and county of Alexandria were retroceded to the State of Virginia, and the District is now confined to the Maryland side of the Potomac. Russia Sweden and Norway July 4, 1799 Mar. 8, 1844 45 Lutheran Holland orNetherlands Feb. 19, 1817 Mar. 17, 1849 32 Reformed Oldenburg Brunswick Denmark Victoria I. Queen Great Britain William III. King Leopold I. 66 Belgium Fred. Wm. IV. John George V. Prussia Hesse-Homburg Hesse-Cassel Fred. Francis Grand Duke Mecklenburg-Schwer. Feb. 28, 1823 Ma 7, 1842 19 Lutheran Frederict PrinceRegent Baden MaximilianII. William I. King 66 Fran.Joseph.I. Emperor Isabella II. Queen Lichtenstein Wurtemberg Bavaria Austria Napoleon III. France Spain Pedro V.S King Portugal Vict. Eman. II. King Sardinia Leopold II. Grand Duke Tuscany Robert Francis V. Modena and Massa Hospodar Moldavia Sept. 27, 1781 Oct. 30, 181635 Lutheran *The King of Belgium is a Protestant, though his subjects are mostly Catholics; the King of Saxony is a Catholic, though the greater part of his subjects are Protestants; and the King of Greece is a Catholic, though most of his subjects are of the Greek Church. Of the 15,500,000 European subjects of the Sultan of Turkey, 11,370,000 are of the Greek Church, and 260,000 are Catholics Only 3,800,000 are Mahometans. †The Grand Duke of Baden is Louis, born Aug. 15, 1823, who is under guardianship by reason of insanity. 1 Dec. 7, 1849. These two princes abdicated in favor of the King of Prussia. The regent of the kingdom is Ferdinand, husband of the late queen, a prince of Saxe Coburg. Under the sovereignty of Turkey, and the protection of Russia. STATES OF EUROPE, With the Form of Government, and Square Miles, according to McCulloch's Geographical Dictionary, with Corrections; and the Population (chiefly) from the Almanack de Gotha for 1853. Andorra, Pyrenees, Repub. With two syndics and a council, *Anhalt-Bernburg, Duchy, States having limited powers, *Anhalt-Cöthen,t *Anhalt-Dessau, *Austria, Empire, *Baden, Grand Duchy, *Bavaria, Kingdom, Belgium, *Bremen, Free City, Republic; senate and assembly, Limited monarchy; with prov. states, *Lubec, Free City, 66 *Mecklen. Schwerin, G. Du. Limited sovereignty; with one chamber, Limited sovereignty; one chamber, *Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, " Lim. sov.; one chamb. for each duchy, 588 112,175 2,120,397 60,362,315 *Saxe-Mein.-Hildburgh." Limited sovereignty; one chamber, Saxe-Weim.-Eisenach, " 66 *Member of the Confederation of Germany. United to Anhalt-Dessau and Bernburg, since November 23, 1847. ! Including Poland and Finland. 405 69,650 1849 358 60,002 1849 41,521 8,681,289 1851 1849 176,480 14,216,219 S170,715 3,433,803 (121,725 1,328,471 1849 1845 15,261 2,390,116 1850 189,920 15,500,000 1844 8,712 1,761,140 1851 455 58,219 1850 7,568 1,802,252 1850 3,768,506 263,517,521 $ Including Wallachia, Moldavia, and Servia, containing respectively 2,600,000, 1,400,000, and 1,000,000 inhabitants. a Exclusive of Iceland, with a population of 60,000, and an area of 32,000 square miles. b Exclusive of Algeria, which contains a population of 246,531, and has an area of 100,000 square miles. |