returns have been received, are given. The titles, Commerce and Navigation, and Revenue and Expenditure, published each year in the Almanac, are complete abstracts of the public documents of the same name, 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 PostOffice Department, and the coinage of the Mint for each year since the adoption of the Federal Constitution. The exports for the last four years are given in detail. The rates of postage are under the new laws, — and these, with the inland and foreign mail service, are believed to be complete and correct. The Census of Great Britain and Ireland is from the official documents, and can be relied on as sufficiently exact for all practical purposes. It was hoped that the seventh census of the United States could be given, but it has been impossible to procure other returns than those published in this volume. The Titles and Abstracts of the Public Laws and Joint Resolutions have been carefully prepared, and are sufficiently full, except for professional use. 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 information concerning the Individual States is more full than 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 is somewhat extended, and is correct so far as it goes. The Obituary Notices and Chronicle of Events have been pre pared 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, 1851. 243 23. Kentucky,........................ 292 7. New York,....................... 249 25. Michigan, 12. Virginia,. .................. ....................... 256 26. Indiana, .................................................. 302 14. South Carolina,......................................... 272 32. Oregon Territory,. 275 33. Minesota Territory,... 16. Florida, ............................................... 276 34. Utah Territory... Abstracts of Public Laws PAGE 143 Eclipse of Moon, Dec. 26... Additions and Corrections.............. 352 Eclipse of Sun, Jan. 21 Alabama..... .......... 278 Eclipse of Sun, Total, June 17...... 319 Elections, State. 289 Emigration to the U. S. in 1850 70 European States 3 66 Events, General, in 1850................................. 344 1851 150 66 cerning 347 145 .91-102 Executive Government of U. S........... 105 .......... Calendar: January, &c.............. 10-33 Exports to Foreign Countries........... 176 130-132 France. Clerks of District Courts of U. S......... 131 General Events in 1850 Clouds and Winds 91-102 66 Coinage of Mint for 58 Years ..... .......... 176 326 194 Geologists, U. S., with Land-Office.. ... 111 Government, Seats of, in different States. 208 134 Great Britain and Ireland, Census of 209 323 195 307 Commercial Agents in Foreign Countries 218 Imports for 60 Years.. 181 ....... Consuls, Foreign, in U. S. Contested Elections, Evidence in, Act con- 245 Imports of each State for 1850.. 179 170 Indian Superintendents and Agents...... 115 cerning... 145 Indiana 302 Corrections and Additions..... Debt of the United States.......... Countries whence Goods are brought .... 176 Intercourse with Foreign Nations.... Darkness of the Nights.. ................. 210, 211 Ireland, Census of............................................................ 195 Denmark, Ministry Department of State Department of the Interior....................................... 108 Judiciary. U. S.. Departments, Officers in the....... Disks of Venus and Mars 326 Judges of U.S. Circuit and District Courts 130 128 40 292 Legislatures, State, Meeting of.. .... 105 208 Presidents of the U. S... Lighthouses, Act concerning. ......... 149 Prussia, Ministry ..................... Mahometan Calendar............................................ 6 Public Lands, Sales of... ................ 326 190 191, 192 Mail Service for 1850 Marine Corps. ........ Mars and Venus, Disks of.............. 212-215 .............. 207 Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 223 Military Asylum, Act establishing ...... Militia Force of the U. S. .............. Ministers of U. S. in Foreign Countries.. Mint. 182 243 326 .................... 318 Sardinia, Ministry 326 133 Satellites of Jupiter, Eclipses of, in 1852.. 40 42 Mint, Officers of, Coinage, &c. .... 193, 194 School Fund of States... 170, 177 Ship Owners. Liability of, Act concerning 154 3 125 Slaves in the U. S................................................. 201 124 Southern Railroads 229 Sovereigns of Europe 256 Spain, Ministry 318 Specific Duties. See Imports. Newspapers, Postage on.......................... 161, 167 Star, Pole, Apparent Places of New York, Railroads in..... Nights, Darkness of the, in 1852. Obituary, American, in 1850.. 66 1851. ....... ... ...... 272 216, 217 321 326 54 249 Stars, Fixed, Apparent Places of........ 56 8 State Elections, &c.. 106 270 State Finances, Debts, &c. ......... 327 Sun, Ephemeris of the Observatories, Latitude and Longitude of 46 Supreme Court, U. S.............................................. 130 33 Surveyors of Land Office.. Pamphlets, Postage on.... ......... 161, 167 Theological Schools... Pension Agents, Army and Navy.... 116, Pole Star, Apparent Places of the ...... Population of the U. S............ 65 Three Cent Pieces 258 Tides, Height of Greatest, in 1852.... ... 147, 193 7 143 67 Tonnage.Comparative View of, for 35 Years 180 176 320 Treasury Department. 106 146 Value of Foreign Coins 199-201 United States, Seventh Census.......... 198 318 225 41 233 126 .......... ........... 268 ................. Postage Law, New Postage, Rates of Inland.. Postage by the N. Y. & Bremen Steamers 161 Venus and Mars, Disks of...... 163 Virginia Postage to Oregon and California. 160 Western Railroads ......... 217 Post-Office Distributing Offices.... 108-111 Winds and Clouds.......... Post-Office Revenue......................... ..157, 159, 160 Zodiac, Signs of the.................................. |