The Chief Judge of the Circuit Court holds also a District Court.

The Circuit Court for the District is held at Washington, on the 1st Monday in May and December; and at Alexandria, on the 2d Monday in April, and the 1st Monday in November. The District Court is held on the 1st Monday in June and December.

Public Buildings in the City of Washington.

The buildings belonging to the United States in Washington are the Capitol, the President's House, four large edifices for the accommodation of the departments and offices of government, the General Post Office, the Navy Yard, the Marine Barracks, the Navy Magazine, the Arsenal, and the Penitentiary.

The following notices of the Capitol and President's House, and of the Expenditure in Washington, are extracted from an elaborate article in the National Calendar, prepared by Mr. John Sessford.

"The Capitol, a large and massy building of the Corinthian order, is situated near the western extremity of the Capitol square, 73 feet above tide. It is of free-stone, composed of a central edifice and two wings, and is of the following dimensions, viz:

"The wings were nearly completed, when the British army, under Gen. Ross (who was afterwards slain in battle, near Baltimore), in August, 1814, made a sudden incursion, after defeating the American troops at Bladensburg, gained possession of the city, setting fire to the Capitol, President's

House, Public Offices, &c. unconnected with the operations of war, reducing the whole to ashes, together with the valuable library of Congress. The foundation of the north wing was laid, in the presence of Gen. Washington, on the 16th of Sept. 1798, and that of the centre on the 24th of May, 1818, being the anniversary of its destruction by the British. The building covers an acre and a half, and 1820 square feet, exclusive of its circular enclosure for fuel, and elegant area and glacis on the west front. The square contains 22 acres, embracing a circumference of of a mile and 185 feet, enclosed by a substantial iron railing, with very neat gateways, gravel walks, and a beautiful bordering of shrubbery and flowers, forming a delightful promenade for the use of the citizens. Opposite to the west front is the botanic garden ground, well adapted for the purpose intended: it is under the care of the Columbian Institute. At the west front of the Capitol is placed the beautiful marble monument (which lately stood in the Navy Yard) erected by the American officers to the memory of their brethren who fell before Tripoli in the year 1804.

"The President's House is two stories high, with a lofty basement, and is 180 feet long and 85 wide; to each end there is attached the necessary offices, stables, coal and ice houses, &c., with a colonnade front rising to a level with the main floor of the house; the roofs, being flat, afford a promenade. It is built of freestone; is crowned with a balustrade; the roof is covered with copper, and the entrance from the north is through a lofty portico, which is projected from the front so as to leave room for carriages to pass under between the platform and outer columns. The house stands on an elevation in the centre of a large reservation of ground. The view to the south is extremely beautiful and picturesque.

"Expenditure by the United States in Washington City to January 1, 1830. Prior to 1816.

Purchase of ground for public purposes,

38,697.92

Bridges over Rock, Tiber, and James' Creeks, 15,041.99

"The foregoing statement of expenditure, includes the entire expense of rebuilding the public edifices, which were destroyed by fire in 1814, the building of jails for Alexandria county and Washington county, the purchase of a court-house for Washington county, the erection of the United States Penitentiary, and a variety of other items not chargeable to the sales of city lots."

XXVI. FLORIDA TERRITORY.

GOVERNMENT.

WILLIAM P. DUVALL, Governor; first appointed in 1822, term of

office expires April, 1834;

James D. Westcott, Secretary,

Salary.

$2,500

1,500

GEORGE B. PORTER, Governor; term of office expires February,

1835;

Stephens Thompson Mason, Secretary,

Salary,

$2,000

1,000

Judges. Solomon Sibley, David Erwin, George Morell, and Ross Wilkins. Salary of each $1,200. Daniel Leroy, Attorney; Peter Desnoyers, Marshal.

XXVIII. ARKANSAS TERRITORY.

GOVERNMENT.

Salary.

JOHN POPE, Governor; term of office expires February, 1835, $2,000 William Fulton,

Secretary,

1,000

Judges. J. Woodson Bates, Benjamin Johnson, Thomas P. Eskridge, Salary of each $1,500. Samuel C. Roane, Attorney; Elias Rector, Mar

shal.

GOVERNORS OF THE SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES,

with the Manner of their Election, and the Commencement and Expiration of their respective Terms of Office.

With respect to those Governors who have been elected more than once, the commencement of the term for which they were last elected is here given.

In all the states except New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, the Governor is voted for by the people; and if no one has a majority of all the votes, in the states in which such a majority is required, the legislature elects to the office of Governor one of the candidates voted for by the people. In the state of Louisiana, the people give their votes, and the legislature elects one of the two candidates who have the greatest number of votes.

The Governors of the Territories are appointed by the President of the United States, with the consent of the Senate, for the term of three years.

*Samuel E. Smith has been re-chosen by the people Governor of Maine for another year, beginning in January, 1833.

Unsuccessful attempts were made in Rhode Island in April and in August, 1832, tọ

elect a Governor.