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 530 ANNAPOLIS navy, and who discharge the duties of instruc- tors in seamanship, naval tactics, and practical gunnery ; and the professors of mathematics, of steam engineering, of astronomy, navigation, and surveying, of natural and experimental philosophy, of field artillery and infantry tac- tics of ethics and English studies, including in- ternational law, of the French and Spanish languages, and of drawing and draughting. The academic staff consists of the members of the academic board as heads of the different departments, assisted by 64 professors and in- structors. The grounds connected with the establishment are extensive, having recently been considerably enlarged. Across College creek 114 acres were added in 1869, andin 1870- '71 a large naval hospital was built upon this ground at a cost of over $150,000. The grounds immediately surrounding the academy contain buildings for recitation and lecture rooms, mess rooms, dormitories, officers' quarters, a phi- losophical hall and laboratory, and an astro- nomical observatory. The observatory has an equatorial telescope constructed by Clark of Boston, with a fine achromatic lens of 7J inches clear aperture, and 9| feet focal length ; an ex- cellent meridian circle by Repsold of Ham- burg; and a very complete collection of the minor instruments used by the travelling astron- omer, the surveyor, and the navigator. The academy has a carefully selected library of ihout 15,000 volumes, to which additions are made annually. Fort Severn, to which the grounds formerly pertained, is now enclosed and covered with a roof, and used as a gymnasium and ball room. Two sloops of war are attached to the institution, used during the summer months as practice ships, and for sailing upon an ocean voyage. At the beginning of the academic year 1870 the whole number of mid- shipmen in the several classes was 253 ; 68 graduated at the end of the year, and 100 were admitted. During the civil war, the academy was removed to Newport, R. I., but soon after its close was brought back here. An- napolis was settled in 1649 by puritan refugees from Virginia, under a ruling elder named Durand, and was at first called Providence. The next year Brooke, under a commission from Lord Baltimore, organized the county under its present appellation, and called the settlement Anne Arundel Town in honor of Lady Baltimore. A few years later it was again known as Providence, and was the seat of a Protestant council, disputing the legisla- tive authority with the Catholic council at St. Mary's. The latter was finally abandoned in 1694, and the government was established at the settlement on the Severn, where a town had been regularly laid out and called Annap- olis after Queen Anne, who gave it some valu- able presents. A city charter was granted in 1708. At the close of the revolution Mary- land offered to cede Annapolis to the general government as the federal capital. During the negotiations for a permanent site, it was re- ANN AKBOR solved in 1783 that congress should meet alter- nately at Annapolis and Trenton, the first ses- sion to be held at Annapolis. It was at this session that Washington surrendered his com- mission as commander-in-chief, Dec. 23, 1783. N MI'OMS. I. A W. county of the prov- ince of Nova Scotia, Canada, bounded N. W. by the bay of Fundy ; area, about 1,700 sq. m. ; pop. in 1871, 18,121. The principal river is the Annapolis, which flows S. W. about 60 m., through an expansion called Annapolis basin, to the bay of Fundy. The surface is varied. The elevated ridge of the North mountains ex- tends along the coast, with flanks of excellent soil; the uplands of the valley of Annapolis river are well adapted to fruit culture; and the region S. of the Annapolis valley is broken but generally fertile. There is a valuable bed of iron ore near the Moose and Nictaux rivers. The chief employment of the population is ag- riculture, and the exports of dairy produce are considerable. IF. A town (formerly Port Roy- al), capital of the above-named county, situated on Annapolis basin, in lat. 44 40' N., Ion. 65 37' W., 95 m. W. of Halifax, with which it is con- nected by railway; pop. 2,127. The basin is a capacious and sheltered harbor, but the en- trance, through Annapolis strait, is narrow and difficult. The first European settlement on this .part of the coast was made here by De Monits in 1604. Under the name of Port Royal it was the capital of the French colony of Acadia, after the conquest of which by the English in 1710 the name of the town was changed. The capital was removed to Halifax in 1750. ANN ARBOR, a city of Michigan, capital of Washtenaw county, lying on both sides of Huron river, in lat. 42 15' N., Ion. 83 43' W., 38 m. by railroad "W. of Detroit; pop. in 1870, 7,368. The Huron river, and a creek which empties into it from the south, supply valuable water power. There are within the limits of the township 2 woollen mills, 4 flour mills, 5 breweries, 2 factories of agricultural implements, 2 tanneries, 2 printing offices, nu- merous saw mills, planing mills, and workshops for wood and iron, 10 churches (2 Baptist, 2 Methodist, Catholic, Episcopal, Congregational, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Unitarian), and 6 school houses, one of which has accommoda- tion for 1,000 pupils. There are numerous fruit gardens, and the streets are thickly planted with shade trees. Two railroads pass through the town, the Michigan Central, E. and W., and the Toledo and Saginaw, N. and S., and the city is the centre of a brisk inland traffic. 1 There are five mineral springs in the city (over one of which has been erected a large water-cure establishment), an opera house, concert halls, and a ladies' library as- sociation. Of the resident inhabitants, about one quarter are of German descent, and the German language is taught in the schools. The most important interest of Ann Arbor is the Michigan university. (See MICHIGAN UNI-