TERRITORY. 



r.o temporal juriMiaioti ; and therefore an ecclefiaftical 

 judge cannot arrcll any bodv, not even a prieft. It is much 

 ill this fcnfe that Cujas fays, the church has an auditory, but 

 no territory. 



Terki TOKY or mjlria of Columbia, in Geography, a Q'ltr'" 

 of America, ceded to the United States by thofe of Maryland 

 and Virginia, and eftabhihed in the year iSooasthefeat of ge- 

 neral government. It is bcauttfuliy fituated on both iides of 

 the Potowmack river, between 38048' and 38^59' N. lat.,and 

 7' E. and 7' W. long, from Walhington, the capital. The ca- 

 pital is about 77° o' 22" W. from London. It is bounded 

 on the N.E., S.E., and partly N.W., by Maryland ; and on 

 the S.W., and partly N.W., by Virginia : in extent it is ten 

 miles fquare, and contains an area of 6400 fquare miles. 

 The face of the country is elegantly variegated, and affords 

 a great number of beautiful profpeils, of which the Potow- 

 mack river is the leading feature. This diftricl affords a 

 variety of ftreams and fprings for watering the city, and for 

 otlier purpofes : its rivers are the Potowmack or Potomac, 

 the Tiber creek, Reedy creek. Rock creek, and Four-mile 

 Run. The foil is thin and fandy, but fufceptible of im- 

 provement : and the climate is difcriminated by a variable 

 fpring, a pretty warm fummer, an agreeable autuma, and a 

 variable, often very cold, winter. 



Topographical Tatlf. 

 Counties. 

 Wafliington city . . . - 



Georgetown, fituated W. of the city 

 Wafhington county, exclufive of the city and! 



Georgetown - - - - - J 



Alexandria, on the W. bank of tlie river, in thel 



lower part of the dillrift - - - J 



Alexandi-ia county, exclufive of the town 

 Morfe and Melifli. See Columbia and Washington. 



Tebritoby, Illinois, a territory of America, and likely 

 to become foon one of the moil important ftates in the 

 Union, is fituated between 37° and 41° 45' N. lat., and 10° 15' 

 and 14'' 15' W. long, from Waftiington city ; and is bounded 

 on the N. by the North-weft territory, on the S. by Kentucky 

 and Miflburi territory, on the E. by Indiana territory, and 

 on the W. by Miffouri territory. Its extent from N. to 

 S. is 306 miles, and from E. to W. 210 miles : its area con- 

 tains 50,000 fquare miles, or 32,000,000 acres. The afpeft 

 of the country is level in the fouth, and to the north ele- 

 vated and hilly, but not mountainous. The foil is generally 

 fertile, and produces grain, grafs, fruit, flax, and hemp ; 

 and in the fouthern part, cotton. The climate is temperate 

 and agreeable. 



Populailon. 



8208 



4948 



23IJ 



7227 



1325 



Counties. 



* Edward. 



* .Tohnfon. 



* Madifon. 

 Randolph 

 St. Clair 



' Wabafli. 



Topographical Table. 

 Population. Chief Town. 



7275 

 5007 



12282 



Kafkufl<ia 



- 622 



* Laid out fince laft cenfus. Melifh. See Illinois. 



Territory, Indiana, an interefting country of America, 

 lately diflinguifhed by this appellation, and now confidered 

 as a nineteenth fiate, is fituated between 37° 45' and 41° 52' 

 N. lat., and 7° 40' and 10° 47' W. long, from Wafhington 

 city ;• and bounded on the N. by Michigan territory, lake 



Michigan, and North-v/eft territory, on tlie S. by Kentiick/. 

 on the E. by Ohio, and on the W. by Illinois territory. Iti 

 extent from N. to S. is 240 miles, and from E. to W. 138 

 miles. Its area contains 34,000 fquare miles, or 21,760,000 

 acres. The afpecl of the country is hilly, but not moun- 

 tainous ; its fcenery rich and variegated ; and it abounds 

 with plains and large prairies. Its rivers are the Ohio, Wa- 

 ba(h. White -water, Tippecanoe, Illinois, and St. Jofeph's : 

 its minerals are coal, lime-ilone, free-ftone, fait, and filver. 

 The foil is generally rich and fertile ; and its produce grain, 

 grafs, and fruit, and in the fouth, cotton. Its climate is tem- 

 perate, pleafant, and faUibrious. Its legiflature confifts of 

 a houfe of reprefentatives and fenate ; the former elected 

 annually, and the latter every three years : they muft hold 

 no office of profit when elefted. The executive confiils of 

 a governor and lieutenant-governor ; both elefted for three 

 years, and capable of being re -elected once : the former 

 has a compenfation of 1000 dollars per annum, and the 

 latter two dollars per day, while the legiflature is in feffion. 

 Its judiciary adminiftration is compofed of a fupreme and 

 circuit court : the former compofed of three judges, ap- 

 pointed by the governor and fenate for feven years ; with a 

 falary not exceeding 800 dollars per annum : the latter con- 

 fifts of a prefiding judge and two afTociates, who hold 

 courts in each county : the prefiding judge appointed by the 

 joint ballot of the legiflature for feven years, and the aflb- 

 ciates elefted by the people for feven years : fheriffs, clerks, 

 and juftices, are clefted by the people ; the fherift" for three 

 years, the clerks and juftices for feven years. The militia 

 officers are elected by thofe who are fubjeft to mihtary duty ; 

 and all above colonel, by the commiffioned officers. A 

 ftate bank is to be eftabliflied at the feat of government, 

 with one branch for every three counties ; and the branch 

 banks muft have 30,000 dollars in fpecie each, before they 

 begin to aft. Involuntary flavery is for ever excluded. The 

 conftitution may be amended in 12 years : Corydon is to be 

 the feat of government for nine years. The congrefs, in ereft- 

 ing the Indiana territory into a ftate, appropriated, in addi- 

 tion to the fchool feftion, an entire townfhip of land for the 

 fupport of a feminary of learning, and four fe£lions for 

 fixing the feat of tlie ftate governor. 



* Laid off fince laft cenfus. Melifti. See Indiana. 



Territory, Michigan, a diftritl in America, which, irv 

 1796, was denominated Wayne county, has lately been 

 erefted into a territorial government, and organized with 

 the ufual offices and powers. It is fituated between 41° 45' 

 and 45° 35' N. lat., and 5° 5' and 8° 18' W. long. from. 

 Waftiington ; and is bounded on the N. by the ftraits of 

 Michilimaokinac, on the S. by Ohio and Indiana, on the 

 E. by lakes Huron and St. Clair, and Upper Canada, and. 



