The progress of the United States of America, from the earliest periods, geographical, statistical, and historical . Railroads at the New Orleans Convention iu1S51, and such must be the response of every intelligent resident of the State. With her increase of population andreviving prosperity, however, it Is to be hoped that so magnificent a State, one so richly endowed and so blessed with apropitious climate and soil, will take heed and redeem itself from the just opprobrium of the enlightened among them-selves, and of the world that is observant of its progress. Succession of Governors.—Terr
The progress of the United States of America, from the earliest periods, geographical, statistical, and historical . Railroads at the New Orleans Convention iu1S51, and such must be the response of every intelligent resident of the State. With her increase of population andreviving prosperity, however, it Is to be hoped that so magnificent a State, one so richly endowed and so blessed with apropitious climate and soil, will take heed and redeem itself from the just opprobrium of the enlightened among them-selves, and of the world that is observant of its progress. Succession of Governors.—Territorial Governors : James Miller, 1S19; George Izard, 1825; John Pope, 1829;William S. Fulton, 1S35; and—Constitutional Governors: James 8. Conway, 1S36; Archibald Tell, 1S40; SamuelAdams (acting), 1S44; Thomas S. Drew, 1844; Thomas S. Drew, 1848; John Selden Roane, 14th March, 1849; Elias , 1852. Little Rock, on the south side of the Arkansas, is the seat of government. It is 300 miles from the mouth of thatriver, and astronomically situate in lat. 34° 40 N., and long. 92° 12 W. from THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. occupies all that portion of California Alta* westward of the following line, to wit—beginning at theintersection of 42° north latitude, and 120° longitude west from Greenwich, or 42° 5S from Washington ; thence southin a direct course to 39° north latitude; thence south-east to where the Eio Colorado intersects the parallel of 35° northlatitude, and thence down the mid channel of that river to the boundary between the United States and Mexico. Withinthese limits the surface measures 18S,9S1 square miles, or 120,947,840 acres. This grand division of California (the only part, indeed, to which the name properly applies) is traversed from northto south by two principal ranges of mountains, called respectively Sierra Nevada, which divides the region from thegreat basin, and the Coast Range, running almost parallel to, and at a sh
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