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. U. S. Revenue from 1789 to 1849, .. 163 U. S. Expenditure from 1789 to 1819, 164 17. Colleges in the United States,...... 196 Imports, Exports, &c.. for 59 Years, 165 18. Theological Schools, 11. Commerce and Navigation, ... 166 20. Medical Schools,.... Commercial Marine of United States, 166 21. Smithsonian Institute, 24. Governors of States and Territories, 203 25. Railroads in the United States,. 204 219 21. Arkansas,.................................................. 266 6. Connecticut, ......................................... 229 24. Ohio, 7. New York,................ 232 25. Michigan, ........................ 277 9. Pennsylvania, ......................................... 240 27. Illinois, 10. Delaware, ...................................... 243 28. Missouri, 11. Maryland,.. ................................................................... 244 29. Iowa, Governments of South Amereca,........ 293 | West Indian Governments, Governments of North America,........ 299 | Population of the Globe, 298 Electricity, Animal....... 56 3 301 Army Officers, Pay of............ 66 1850. Brazil, Claims against, Act concerning.. 175 California, Constitution of ...... 103 Exports, Value of, in 1848-49...... 171, 172 173 165 California Gold.. 177 Festivals of the Church ............. 5 California State Government............ 293 Finances of the States..............210, 211 ...... 202 Fixed Stars, Apparent Places of 3 Flowering of Fruit-trees in 1850........ 100 Clerks of District Courts of U. S......... 135 Free Mail Matter, Quantity of.......... 149 Coal. Statistics of... Coinage of Mint for 57 Years........... 178 General Events in 1849 ................. 196 - 199 Geologists, U. S., with Land Office..111, 112 229 Immigration to United States in 1849.... 209 Debt of the United States...... 161, 165, 166 Indiana Latitude and Longitude of Observatories 54 Post-Office Statistics since 1790.. Laws, Abstracts of Public Louisiana................ Mahometan Calendar Mail Service for 1849 51-55 Post-Office Revenue............... ...... 331 Property of States... 202 Public Lands... 157 .....147, 149, 157 184-18 Public Lands, Sales of.............. 163, 180 Marine, Commercial, of the U. S....... Mars and Venus, Disks of. Marshals, U. S.... Maryland Massachusetts Massachusetts, Railroads of... ....... ...... Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 130 Matteucci's Researches in Animal Elec- Medical Schools Meteorological Information ........ 127 347 201 Representatives, House of, Officers of.... 130 Military Geographical Departments...... Militia Force of the U. S. Ministers of U. S. in Foreign Countries.. Mint, Officers of, Coinage, &c. Naval Officers............ Navy Department........... Navy Officers, Pay of... 163 117 Satellites of Jupiter, Eclipses of, in 1851.. 48 137 School Fund of States.. 141 Seasons, Beginning and Length of 177, 178 Senate of the U. S. 259 Signs of the Planets......... ....... 286 Sigus of the Zodiac Navy, Vessels of War in....................... Navy Yards. Commanders of New Hampshire New Jersey. New Mexico Territory 111 Slaves in the U. S......... 166, 174 Smithsonian Institute....... 121 Southern Railroads 122 Sovereigns of Europe 123 Specific Duties. See Imports. 114 Star, Pole, Places of... .......... 121 Stars, Fixed, Apparent Places of... Newspapers, Postage on............... New York, Railroads in.. Obituary, American, in 1849.. 1850.. 215 State Department... 298, 336 State Finances, Debts, &c. ..... 232 Sun. Ephemeris of the Observatories, Latitude and Longitude of 54 Texas Boundary Law 50 211 137, 141, 142 125 46 Theological Schools... 240 Tonnage.Comparative View of, for 34Years 176 Pension Agents, Army and Navy.... 113, 114 Torpedo. Electricity of the..... Planets, Signs of the.. 3 Trade, Foreign. Countries of.......... 299 Utah Territory 212 Venus and Mars, Disks of. 150 Vermont 74 173 104 297 49 219 123 334 246 105 209 299 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 149 Western Railroads 149 West Indian Governments.. 107, 109 Wisconsin Post-Office Receipts and Expenditures in Young's Refractions... |