and irresponsible authority. Especially is this the case, at this late period, when its publication will be useful to people generally for reference rather than for information. The Titles and Abstracts of the Public Laws and Joint Resolutions have been carefully prepared, and are sufficiently full, except for professional use. Among those this year of special interest are the acts relative to the new coinage, to the fees and costs in the Courts of the United States,-to prevent frauds on the Treasury,- to establish the Territorial Government of Washington, -to the classification of Clerks in the Departments at Washington, to surveys of Public Lands in California and Oregon,-to offences against the Post-Office Laws, and to the printing and binding the returns of the Seventh Census. The tabular view of the railroads in the country is continued from the last volume; and the comparative view of the debts, property, and general financial condition of all the States, has been corrected with great care from the latest official returns. The list of Senators and Representatives in Congress from 1843 to 1853 inclusive, will be found correct and valuable for future reference. The information concerning the Individual States is as full as in former years. It is believed that nowhere else can be found such full details respecting the Executive and Judiciary, the finances, schools, charitable institutions, and pauperism and crime, of the several States. Should any one note inaccuracies or deficiencies therein, he is urgently requested to correct them. The European part of the work, revised from the best authority to late dates, gives the several States of Europe, with their form of government, the name, title, and date of accession of the reigning sovereigns, the area and population of the several countries. It also gives the Royal Family, the Ministry, and the Judiciary of England. The Ministry of France is added. A Foreign Obituary for 1851 and 1852 is given, which it is intended to continue hereafter. The obituary notices and Chronicle of Events have been prepared with care. The space is so limited, that many names and events which otherwise would be given are necessarily omitted. The thanks of the Editor are particularly due to the heads of Department at Washington, and to his many contributors and correspondents, to whom the work is indebted for a great part of its value. A continuance of their favors is respectfully solicited. A work embracing such a multitude of facts must necessarily contain errors; persons who may detect any are earnestly requested to communicate them to the Editor. It is particularly desirable that these communications should not be anonymous. It is frequently a source of regret to the Editor, that he cannot suitably acknowledge the valuable hints and assistance of anonymous correspondents. It is a matter of some public interest, that a periodical which circulates so widely, both in Europe and America, and which is so universally trusted as a manual for reference, should be rendered as accurate as possible; and this end can be obtained only by the coöperation of many individuals. Communications should be addressed to the Editor of the American Almanac," Boston. Boston, Mass., October, 1853. 289 European States ........ 52-57 Apportionment of U. S. Representatives 201 Events, General, in 1852....................................... 344 Appraisers at Large. Appropriations, U. S., for 1853, 1854.. 136, Army Officers, Pay of........................................ .......... Arsenals in the United States... Assistant Treasurers 1853. 346 97 162 198 137 Executive Government of U. S........... ..... 164 ..... Calendar: January, &c.............. 10-33 Florida.. California Gold.. California Land Claims, Commission .... 100 Foreign Mail Service... 277 180 120, 121 Clerks of Circuit Courts, U. S........... 337 325 ...... 344 202 Geologists, U. S., with Land-Office...... 107 123 Government, Seats of, in different States. 196 Clerks in Departments, Classification of 148 Governments, Annual Expenses of State. 199 Colleges in United States..................................... Consuls, Foreign, in U. S. Consuls in Foreign Countries...... 127-130 Iowa. 351 Jewish Calendar 299 Costs and Fees in U. S. Courts.......... 141 Judges of U. S. Circ. and Dist. Courts 120-125 Darkness of the Nights....... Debt of the United States Debts of the States .......... ................ ... Delaware. 193 Land-Office, Registers, Receivers, &c. 105 211 ................ Departments, Officers in the........ 98-100 Latitude and Longitude of Observatories 46 Eclipse of Moon, May 12... Eclipse of Moon, November 4 ...... Eclipse of Sun, Annular, May 26.. Eclipse of Sun, Total, November 20.. 122-125 Latitude and Longitude of Places.... 47-51 196 Louisiana 39 Lighthouse Board... 109 .............. 283 70 Mahometan Calendar 6 Marine, Commercial, of the U. S.. Mars and Venus, Dises of... Marshals, U. S... Maryland. Massachusetts... ........ 178 Presidents of the U. S.. 180 Printed Matter, Sale of uncalled for, by 97 ... 183 175 Public Lands, and Sales of......... 211, 212 Massachusetts, Railroads of. .......... 205 Railroads in Construction in New England 207 ... 205-211 Meteorological Information.......... 83-92 Receivers and Registers of Land-Office.. 105 Michigan Military Commands. Military Posts .. Militia Force of the U. S. Ministers of U. S. in Foreign Countries.. Mint, Officers of, Coinage, &c. Missouri. Naval Officers................................. Navy Department. Navy List ...... ...... ................ ................ Navy Officers, Pay of... 114 Representatives, State, No. of, and Terms 197 156-164 202 Revenue, U. S., for 63 Years............ 163 281 Saturn's Rings.... 307 School Fund of States. .......... 243 45 199 4 105 Seasons, Beginning and Length of Navy, Vessels of War in..................................... Navy Yards, Commanders of ................ New Jersey. New Mexico Territory ........ ......... 99 Senate of the U. S. ...... 126, 130 116 Senators, State, No. of, and Terms....... 197 ....... 200 118 Smithsonian Institution................ 195 272 116 Southern Railroads ............ ....... 209 See Imports. Newspapers, Postage on............185-189 State Elections, &c..... 249 State Finances, Debts, &c. ......... Nights, Darkness of the, in 1854........ 8, 9 Sun, Ephemeris of the 319 98 196 198, 199 109 52 69 120 106 290 ............ 286 194 7 270 Sun's Parallax in Altitude.............. 41 Theological Schools.. 315 Titles and Abstracts of Public Laws... 136 69 Tonnage, Comparative View of, for 37 Years 175 Pension Agents, Army and Navy.... 108, 109 Treasurers, Assistant,.. Pole Star, Apparent Places of the Population of the U. S. 3 Treasury Department.... 171 98 98 58 United States, Seventh Census.. 201 316 .... 199, 201 Venus and Mars, Discs of 43 Population of Chief Cities in U. S..... 202 Vermont.... 233 Postage, Foreign 182 Vessels and Tonnage from 1815-1852 172-176 118 .......... Postage to Oregon and California, Foreign 185 Virginia Post-Office Distributing Offices......100-103 West Indian Governments.............. 318 ........ 83-92 311 68 ....... 4 |