and the tables connected therewith, and, with the Post-Office and Mint, show the receipts and expenditures of the government under their several heads, the public debt, the imports, exports, and tonnage, the operations of the Post-Office Department, and the coinage of the Mint for each year since the adoption of the Constitution. The rates of postage are believed to be complete and accurate. The articles upon Statistics of Coal, Public Libraries, and the Census of Charleston, S. C., each give valuable information. Owing to the protracted session of Congress, it has been necessary to place the Titles and Abstracts of the Public Laws, and Joint Resolutions, at the end of the volume. They have been carefully prepared, and are sufficiently full, except for professional use. All that are known to have been printed are here. If any have been omitted, they will be given next year. The tabular view of all 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 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 has been thoroughly revised, and is correct so far as it goes. The Obituary Notices and Chronicle of Events are extended, and have been prepared with care. 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 some errors; persons who 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., Sept. 30, 1850. 181 14. Census of Charleston, S. C.,.. 15. Statistical View of Principal Public Libraries in Europe and America, 184 158 U. S. Revenue from 1789 to 1849, 163 U. S. Expenditure from 1789 to 1849, 164 17. Colleges in the United States, Imports, Exports, &c., for 59 Years, 165 18. Theological Schools, Commercial Marine of United States, 166 21. Smithsonian Institute, 167 22. Religious Denominations,. Imports from and Exports to Foreign 24. Governors of States and Territories, 203 25. Railroads in the United States,..... 204 Tonnage of Vessels in Foreign Trade, 174 26. Immigration into the U. S. in 1849, 209 Imports and Exports of each State, 175 27. Finances of the States,.. Vessels built in U. States, and their 28. Population of the United States,.... 212 INDEX. Abstracts of Public Laws PAGE 331 Eclipse of Sun, Jan. 31 and Feb. I ...... Alabama. Arsenals in the United States........... Banks. See the several States. Brazil, Claims against, Act concerning. .............. 256 Elections. State. ............ PAGE 34 36 202 74 74 86 ...... 209 ...... ................ 137-141 56 3 ................. 301 134 Events, General, in 1849....................................... 321 ........... 175 165 California, Constitution of ............. 138 Foreign Goods imported.... Charleston, S. C., Census of........ 181-184 Foreign Ministers, &c., in U. S..... 255 167 321 Foreign Nations. Intercourse with...... 137 Chronicle of Events. .... 141 173 5 France... Clerks of District Courts of U. S.. ..135, 136 Franking Privilege Coal, Statistics of....... 135 Free Mail Matter, Quantity of. ..... 149 83 .... ........... 339 Clouds and Winds Coinage of Mint for 57 Years ........... 178 General Events in 1849 196-199 Geologists, U. S., with Land Office..111, 112 Commercial Agents in Foreign countries Consuls, Foreign, in U. S.... Consuls in Foreign Countries......... Countries whence Goods are brought Dead Letters, Number of.. ... 166 German Railroads 254 319 Debt of the United States...... 161, 165, 166 Indiana Delaware... Department of the Interior. .... 104 Jewish Calendar ....... 210, 211 Intercourse with Foreign Nations....... 137 288 5 104-106 Judges of U.S. Circuit and District Courts, 134 132 Departments, Officers in the ....... District of Columbia ........ Eclipses in 1851 Eclipse of Moon, Jan. 17 Eclipse of Moon, July 13 Latitude and Longitude of Observatories 54 Post-Office Statistics since 1790.. 157 187 Public Lands, Surveyors-General of... 112 349 ....204-207 Marine, Commercial, of the U. S.. ...... 166 Railroads in Construction in New England 206 Marine Corps. Mars and Venus, Disks of.. Marshals, U. S... Maryland Massachusetts Massachusetts, Railroads of .................... 124 Railroads in the U. S.... ... 135 Refractions. Dr. Young's Matteucci's Researches in Animal Medical Schools Meteorological Information 204-208 111 72 111 334 202 Elec- Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 130 127 201 Representatives, House of, Officers of.... 130 Mexico, Commission on Claims against Military Geographical Departments...... Militia Force of the U. S. ......... ........ 117 Satellites of Jupiter, Eclipses of, in 1851.. 137 School Fund of States...... 177, 178 Senate of the U. S. ........ 259 Signs of the Planets........ 347 158-164 163 227 48 50 211 4 137, 141, 142 125 3 4 212 201 251 208 111 Slaves in the U. S. 166, 174 Smithsonian Institute..... 121 Southern Railroads 298, 336 State Finances, Debts, &c. ......... 210, 211 232 Sun, Ephemeris of the .......... 8 Supreme Court, U. S................. 310 Texas ........188-195 56 73 134 111 268 263 336 200 7 331 165, 175, 176 Observatories, Latitude and Longitude of 54 Texas Boundary Law.................................. 274 Tides, Height of Greatest, in 1851........ 212 Venus and Mars, Disks of 150 Vermont Postage by the N. Y. & Bremen Steamers 155 Vessels of War in U. S. Navy .152-156 Vessels, Recording of Postage to Oregon and California........ 152 Virginia.... Postmasters in Chief Towns and Cities... 107 War Department Postmasters, Compensation of Post-Office Department..... 149 Western Railroads Young's Refractions. Post-Office Distributing Offices...... 107, 109 Wisconsin 74 173 104 297 49 149 Zodiac, Signs of the.......................... |
