UNITED STATES.

I. PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

II. EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT.

THE 17th Presidential term of four years, since the establishment of the government of the United States under the Constitution, began on the 4th of March, 1853; and it will expire on the 3d of March, 1857.

FRANKLIN PIERCE, of New Hampshire, President,

Vacancy,t

Vice-President,

THE CABINET.

Salary $25,000

8,000

The following are the principal officers in the executive department of the government, who form the Cabinet, and who hold their offices at the will

ROBERT MCCLELLAND, Michigan, Secretary of the Interior,

8,000

↑ Hon. William R. King, of Alabama, the Vice-President of the United States, died on the

18th of April, 1853.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

William L. Marcy, Secretary.

A. Dudley Mann, Assistant Secretary, salary, $3,000.

Salary.

William Hunter, Chief Clerk, $2,000 Augustus C. Gillet,

Abel French, Claims Clerk,
Francis Markoe, Princ'l Clerk,

2,000 Wm. E. Stubbs,

2,000 Charles V. Gordon,

Robert S. Chew,

do.

2,000 C. G. Baylor,

1,600 Henry D J. Pratt,

1,600 George Bartle,

1,500 Wm. J. Bromwell,

1,400 Edward Stubbs, Disburs. Agent, 1,450

1,400 Louis Fitzgerald Tasistro, Trans

Robert S. Chilton,

do.

1,600

William C. Reddall,

1,400 of Statistics,

2,000

George Hill,

do.

1,400

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

James Guthrie, Secretary.

Peter G. Washington, Assistant Secretary, salary, $3,000.

Gilbert Rodman, Chief Clerk

Geo. F. Emery,

of the Treasury Department, $2,200 G. W. Pomeroy,

Appraisers
at Large.

$6,000

3,000

2,000

3,000
2,000 I. W: Beard,
3,000 John J. Cisco,
2,000 Daniel Sturgeon,

Thos. L. Smith, 1st Auditor,
David W. Mahon, Chief Clerk,
Philip Clayton, 2d Auditor,
William Mechlen, Chief Clerk,
Robt. J. Atkinson, 3d Auditor,3,000 B. C. Pressly,
Samuel S. Rind, Chief Clerk,
Aaron O. Dayton, 4th Auditor,
A. J. O'Bannon, Chief Clerk,
Steph. Pleasanton, 5th Auditor,
Thomas Mustin, Chief Clerk,
Wm. F. Phillips, Auditor of
Treasury for P. O. Depart.,
Thos. J. Johnston, Chief Clerk,

2,000 John M. Bell,
3,000 Isaac H. Sturgeon, St. Louis,
2,000 Jacob R. Snyder, California.
Register's Office.

Richard Gott, Chief Clerk, $ 1,800 Geo. Bender, Chief Clerk,

NAVY DEPARTMENT.

James C. Dobbin, Secretary.

Joseph Smith, Chief of the Bureau of Docks and Navy-Yards,

William Sinclair, Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing,

do. Med. and Surgery,

Lieut. M. F. Maury, Superintendent of Observatory at Washington,
Daniel B. Martin, Engineer in Chief.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Robert McClelland, Secretary.

Geo. C. Whiting, Chief Clerk, $2,200 Chas. S. Frailey, Chief Clerk, 2,000

Pension Office.

1,250

Loren P. Waldo, Commissioner, 3,000 Wm. W. Turner, Librarian, 1,200

Samuel Cole, Chief Clerk,

Patent Office.

Charles Mason, Commissioner,
S. T. Shugert, Chief Clerk,
George C. Schaffer, Examiner,

2,000 Superintendent of Census.

POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

James Campbell, Postmaster-General.

1st Assistant Postmaster-Gen., Appointment Office, 3,000

Horatio King,

Wm. H. Dundas,

John Marron,

2d
do.
3d do.

John Oakford, Chief Clerk P. O. Dep't, and Chief of Inspection Office, 2,200

Wm. F. Phillips, Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office,
T. J. Johnston, Chief Clerk of the Auditor,

3,000 2,000

POSTMASTERS IN THE CHIEF TOWNS AND CITIES.*

[Corrected in the Post-Office Department, October 10, 1854.]

Postmasters.

Cities.

Augusta, Me.

Bangor, Me.

Bath, Me.

Brunswick, Me.

Calais, Me.

Wm. S. Badger.
Isaac C. Haines.
Joseph C. Snow.
Robert P. Dunlap.
Edgar Whidden.

Cities.

Hallowell, Me.
*Portland, Me.
Robbinston, Me.
Saco, Me.
Thomaston, Me.
Waterville, Me.

Postmasters.
T. W. Newman.
N. L. Woodbury.
J. W. Cox.
Charles Nutter.
A. Lermond.
H. Barrett.

Charlestown, N. H. C. Messinger.

* The offices marked thus (*) are the distributing offices.