Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-05

Hohen zollerns. The empress and the i'm.
p RAJ pr n p are lot 90 sttu cd IN tltt
4.us , 81 old tr MS q max so u shown
Iolai l"i "a ion Il the enpt G, Al o60 i6
t'r.iT, II Dec m -r. ISL, haviu- SO, 81 in
he bitautsi 70 's~ 4 american residents in The
elnr re. Sfr &c 1852, 1,9is,072 Germans emit
ra "a &C. fore gn ralts-moSily 10 the In ted
) ates Of America The house Of Ior1s con
ssts of530 n FmberS and the house Of depu
ties, 81. II REGULAR active army on a
peace footing numbers T,2lS officers and
i0i Gs9 privateS. on a war footing, l. $40 Of
hceis and 6Ss 5Si privsteS. The navy con-
slkts or a. steam war vessels. carrying 32i
guns-sorne OF which are monsters, 81 sailing
TIE United States somes next. and IL is
well to Sc. wha' kind OF figure they are made
10 cut in this accepted and well nigh official
annual be fore the European world etc in
this centennial year. "Gen. Ulysses s
Grant is President, illinois, March, 1873
NJ. Bobes on, c. Delano, NJ. Jewell, Edwards
PierrepOnt compose the cabinet" Some of
the governors initials are botched, but on
the whole they are duly placed on the roll of
fame population, 81, 925,t9S. (Of course
every American knows IL is more. Thirty
seven states and nine territories. Congress
Is understood and set down right. New York
city is accorded $40, 2S2 Inhabitants. (Of
course every New Yorker knows IL is more
"A creditably large national debt and expense
are allowed us, an army OF q ,525 men, and
navy OF l55 boats carrying ,20S guns.
FACTS ABOUT CHINA.
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, aud other small
states are recorded Is usual. but not very in
tereStiDgly, as they are not I'm the habit OF
changing much from year to wear In re-
gard 10 China there is a valuable and extra
ordinary STOCK of statistical facts well worth
sitting on the part of all whom IL may con-
cern: they have been gathered with that
metbOdic accuracy of research and SurenesS
OF judgment for which German gaJhererS
are noted. The two great bodies OF the em-
pire are the Neiko and the Chun- Chi chu
that Is the state secreiaryShip and the i'm
perial council. The six grand govern ment
departments are al Pekin. where mandchous
ana manoarlnS are plenty. Princes kOuug
and TOun are the most important person.
ages of the government; and there are Is
provinces, with governors over them, each
province having a Chinese general aud some
a Tartar general. who then outranks Joan.
PekiE has 1,6iS,Sii inhabitants; the foreign
diplomatic body residing in this capital con-
sits of Quariermaster b. Z. Avery and
Others. Population OF the empire, i25. 700 600:
army, 100000. China has piled up pretty
high old debt, ard in this she is right
smartly civilized; in fact, the amount OF the
internal debt is not known to outside bar
oarians. In regard to Spain, the cuTtail-
ment of her resources is recorded as the re-
suit of Cuba and Don Carlos. She has
navy OF 123 war vessels, carrying 755 guns
diplomatic body at Madrid; Caleb Cushing
(ScYlCGnO) and others France is ANNOUNCED
as republic, and Marshal MacMahon as its
president. The governor of the Hotel deS
Invalides is marked down as General T.. &.
de MartiEbTey. The French have been
made excessively angry by the faulty spell
lug Oh tUiS gentleman name. winch Is NJ
uOprey; but il is quite an innocent error.
clearly arising from the TeutOnIc habit of
prOLOuDcing b like p or p like b. France
ought tn pass such mistakes freeO Twelve
ptges OF line print are devoted 10 the French
army and its new outcome for La Re-
vancbe.' Great Britain Is set down in all
the familiar details Oh It's immensely OF pom
uiatlon and cOlOSSalneSs of Indian, Austria
ian, and American territories.
AMERICAS MOST NOTABLE EVENT.
Italy has population of = ,IG-' .5j5; OF which
2G.65S ,6I9 are Catholics, 5S sol PrOteStautS
80 $50 Jews, 4S.iCS other Cfeeds-Italy beIng
Loted as the fountain land or via station by
which all religions first entered Europe
diplomatic bOdy residing at Rome, the Hon.
George Il. Marsh, Secretary War;. and
others. Japan, Mexico, aud Liberia are too
familiar. Monaco may be mentioned as the
smallest mO4aicly In existence, near Nice;
l. miles square, with a population of 5III.
The rtignli prince has Il Gen. Boum-aud-
Grand Duchess general management. Russia
Is manly immersed and Swal lowed rp in her
army ana It's details; she has Il war bower of
$50 officers and ! 3,5.lO0 private soldiers.
The Grand Duke Nicholas (faLher) is in
SpectOr general OF engineers; uis son, late
special Inspector general OF diamonds in the
imp rial family, Is now on the retired list m
Caucasus, in TiliiS, which, by the way, is "A
highly fashionable opera bOUfTe and cham
laguc center, too. TIE president Of Switzer-
land X j. Stumpiii; population Of the repuo-
lie III 1870, ., COS, III.