Arkansas. ....... 315 Events, General, in 1853. .................................. 336 285 66 66 1854................................ 346 Appropriations, U. S., for 1854, 1855.. 127, .. ................. 152 ... Army, Act to increase pay of rank & file of 141 Exports for 63 Years. Flowering of Fruit-trees in 1854 274 84 168 .... 120 ...76-83 Foreign Goods imported in 1852.... 153-156 Clerks of Circuit Courts of U. S......... 113 Great Britain. Clouds and Winds in 1853 Coinage of Mint since 1792 76-83 Imports, Value of, in 1852-53 Coins, Fineness and value of certain foreign 217 Imports of each State for 1852-53 319 301 153 152 162 153 93 imports paying ad valorem Duties...153-156 199 Indian Superintendents and Agents...... 97 296 Commercial Agents in Foreign Countries 117 Supervising Inspectors of Steam-vessels. 99 Consuls in Foreign Countries...... 117-120 Judiciary, U. S.. Debts of the States........................................ 194, Department of the Interior. Engineers, Corps of, &c. ........................... 100, 105 Mail Service for 1853 Marine Corps. Mars and Venus, Discs of.. Marshals, U. S... Maryland. ..... 168 Public Lands, and Sales of......... 208, 209 143 202-204 202-208 39 Railroads in New England.. Massachusetts...... Meteorological Information.......... 76-83 Religious Denominations .... 95 142 Michigan Militia Force of the U. S......................................... Ministers of U. S. in Foreign Countries.. Mint, Officers of, Coinage, &c. Naval Officers............................................ Navigation....................................................... 160, 164 Senate of the U. S. Navy Department............................... Navy Officers, Pay of............................ ......... Navy Yards, Commanders of ........... 89 Senators, State, No. of, and Terms....... 193 41 195 107 Smithsonian Institution.......... ....... 187 ... 201 99 Southern Railroads.. Nebraska Territory, Act establishing.... 132 State Department.. 222 State Elections, &c.. New Jersey. 226 THE AMERICAN ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR 1855, Being the latter part of the 79th, and the beginning of the 80th year of the Independence of the United States of America; the 6568th year of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 5615th, and the beginning of the 5616th year since the creation of the world, according to the Jews; the 2608th year (according to Varro) since the foundation of Rome; the 2602d year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been as signed to Wednesday, the 26th of February, of the 3967th year of the Julian Period, which corresponds, according to the chronologists, to the 747th, and, according to the astronomers, to the 746th year before the birth of Christ; the 2631st year of the Olympiads, or the third year of the 658th Olympiad, beginning in July, 1853, if we fix the era of the Olympiads at 775 years before Christ, or at or about the beginning of July of the year 3938 of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 1271st and the beginning of the 1272d year (of twelve lunations) since the Hegira, or flight of Mahomet, which, as is generally supposed, took place on the 16th of July, in the year 622 of the Christian era. Venus. Ceres. 2. Jupiter. Herschel or Uranus. A fixed star. 6 Conjunction, or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension. Quadrature, or differing 90° in 8 Opposition, or differing 180° in 66 66 The ascending, & the descending node. แ |