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. CONTENTS. PAGE 3 Latitude and Longitude of Places, Latitude and Longitude of Observatories, 54 Additional Latitudes and Longitudes,... Indian Superintendents, &c.,...... 113 Officers of Corps and Regiments,.. 115 Military Geographical Divisions, 116 Military Geographical Departments, 116 METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION:-Tables for Biddeford, Cambridge, Lowell, Wor- cester, Providence, Mendon, New York, Lambertville, Rochester, Chapel Hill, Sa- vannah, Muscatine, (and for Monterey, Alphabetical List of Representatives, 130 District Courts,................ 132, 134 8. Intercourse with Foreign Nations, 137 Ministers, &c., in Foreign Countries, 137 Consuls, &c., in Foreign Countries, 139 Foreign Ministers in the U. States,.. 141 Foreign Consuls in the U. States,... Revenue, &c., under New Law,.... 147 No. of Post-Offices, &c., since 1790, 157 10. Revenue and Expenditure,.. U. S. Revenue from 1789 to 1849, 163 16 U. S. Expenditure from 1789 to 1849, Imports, Exports, &c., for 59 Years, Commercial Marine of United States, 166 Imports from and Exports to Foreign Tonnage of Vessels in Foreign Trade, Imports and Exports of each State, 175 ...................................... 215 20. Texas,....................................... 263 .............................. .................................................... 227 23. Kentucky,....................................................... 6. Connecticut, ........................................... 229 24. Ohio, ............................................ 232 25. Michigan, ......................................... 238 26. Indiana,. 13. North Carolina, ......................................... 250 31. California,.. Coinage of the Mint for 57 Years, Statistical View of Principal Public 24. Governors of States and Territories, 203 25. Railroads in the United States,. 204 26. Immigration into the U. S. in 1849, 209 28. Population of the United States,. Georgia,....................................................................... 254 33. Minesota Territory,. 255 34. Utah Territory,.. 256 35. New Mexico Territory,. ......... 259 | 36. District of Columbia, ............ Governments of South Amereca,... 298 West Indian Governments, ........ ....... ...... Titles and Abstracts of Public Laws,.... 331 | Additions and Corrections, 176 176 Animal Electricity.. Animals with distinct Electrical Organs.. Apportionment of U. S. Representatives Army Officers, Pay of.......... Arsenals in the United States....... Brazil, Claims against, Act concerning Calendar: January, &c......................................... California Gold............ Chronological Cycles ............................................ Circuit Courts. ... ........ PAGE 331 Eclipse of Sun, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 ....... ....... ........... Consuls, Foreign, in U. S... ....... 117 European States 301 321 66 66 325 134 Events, General, in 1849............................ ••••••... 165 5 .210, 211 64 255 141 3 Flowering of Fruit-trees in 1850 ............ 173 83 Coal, Statistics of... 254 166 German Railroads 138 Government, Seats of, in different States. 202 125 Illinois. 302 229 Immigration to United States in 1849.... 209 350 Imports of each State for 1849.. ...... 167 Countries whence Goods are brought 149 Indian Superintendents and Agents...... 113 Delaware. Department of the Interior.............. 106 Iowa... Departments, Officers in the....... .......... 288 132, Disks of Venus and Mars 132 134 Jupiter's Satellites, Eclipses of.... 34 Kentucky, Constitution of....... 269 34 Land-Office, Registers, Receivers, &c. 111 179 ........... PAGE 34 36 202 74 298 Electricity, Animal... 74 86 209 115 74 Electricity, Muscular Current 122 56 ............. .............. ...... ..135, 136 Franking Privilege 135 Free Mail Matter, Quantity of......... ........... 178 General Events in 1849 66 ........ ............... ........ 3 157 Latitude and Longitude of Observatories 54 | Post-Office Statistics since 1790. Laws, Abstracts of Public 331 Property of States....................... 211 179 184-188 Public Lands, Sales of... 187 Public Lands, Surveyors-General of.............. 112 49 Receivers of Land Office........................ 111 72 334 Legislatures, State, Meeting of.. Libraries, University. Louisiana... Mahometan Calendar Marine, Commercial, of the U. S. Marine Corps. Mars and Venus, Disks of.. ....... Massachusetts... Massachusetts, Railroads of Matteucci's Researches in Animal Elec- tricity.. Medical Schools .......... ...... ............ Naval Officers................. Navy Officers, Pay of...... Navy, Vessels of War in...................... New Hampshire New Mexico Territory New York, Railroads in..... 202 Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 130 127 Meteorological Information 201 Representatives, House of, Officers of.... 130 347 277 Revenue and Expenditure.......... 158-164 Military Geographical Departments...... 116 Revenue, U. S., for 60 Years......... 116 Rhode Island.. Militia Force of the U. S... Mint, Officers of, Coinage, &c. ....... 137 School Fund of States. ........ 141 Seasons, Beginning and Length of 221 Registration of Vessels...... 166, 174 Smithsonian Institute....... 105 South Carolina.... ...... 298, 336 State Finances, Debts, &c. 156 Statistics of Coal... 117 Satellites of Jupiter, Eclipses of, in 1851.. 121 Southern Railroads 122 Sovereigns of Europe 121 Stars, Fixed, Apparent Places of... 215 State Department.. .... 232 Sun, Ephemeris of the ..... 207 Sun's Parallax in Altitude.......... .... ..... 163 227 48 50 211 137, 141, 142 8 Supreme Court, U. S....... Obituary, American, in 1849.. 268 "6 1850.. 263 336 Observatories, Latitude and Longitude of 54 Texas Boundary Law........... 200 46 Theological Schools.. 74 104 62 Treasury Department. 297 49 219 123 334 246 Postage to Oregon and California 1849...... 155 Vessels of War in U. S. Navy 107 War Department ...... ................. 62 64 104 ... 210, 211 ......... 3 4 212 201 251 208 300 Young's Refractions........................................... ....... 56 73 134 111 90-100 72 105 209 299 |