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Salaries in the different Departments of the General Government.

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Chief Justice....

Salary.

$5,000 Reporter

Eight Assoc. Justices, each 4,500 Clerk

Attorney-General ........4,000 Marshal...

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The Supreme Court is held in the city of Washington, and has one session annually, commencing on the 2d Monday of January.

Congress.

The Congress of the United States consists of a Senate and House of Representatives, and must assemble, at least, once every year, on the 1st Monday of December, unless it is otherwise provided by law.

The Senate is composed of two members from each state; and of course the regular number is now 52. They are chosen by the legislatures of the several states, for the term of six years, one third of them being elected biennially.

The Vice-President of the United States is the President of the Senate, in which body he has only a casting vote, which is given in case of an equal division of the votes of the Senators. absence, a President pro tempore is chosen by the Senate.

In his

The House of Representatives is composed of members from the several states, elected by the people for the term of two years. The Representatives are apportioned among the different states ac

cording to population; and the 23d, 24th, 25th, and 26th Congresses have been elected in accordance with an act of Congress of 1832, one representative being returned for every 47,700 persons, computed according to the rule prescribed by the constitution; (five slaves being computed equivalent to three free persons.) The present regular number is 242 representatives, and 3 delegates.

Since the 4th of March, 1807, the compensation of each member of the Senate and House of Representatives has been $8 a day, during the period of his attendance in Congress, without deduction in case of sickness; and $8 for every twenty miles' travel, in the usual road, in going to and returning from the seat of government. The compensation of the President of the Senate, pro tempore, and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is $16 a day.

Votes for President and Vice-President.

The following table, which we have prepared at the expense of some labor, will be found useful for reference. It exhibits the electoral votes given for the most prominent candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States, at the different elections since Gen. Washington's retirement.

1796-President, John Adams 71, Thomas Jefferson 68; VicePresident, T. Pinkney 58, Aaron Burr 50.

1800-President, Thomas Jefferson 73, John Adams 64; VicePresident, Aaron Burr 73, T. Pinkney 58.

1804-President, Thomas Jefferson 162, Charles C. Pinkney 14; Vice-President, G. Clinton 163, R. King 14.

1808 President, J. Madison 152, C. C. Pinkney 45; Vice-President, G. Clinton 118, R. King 47.

1812- President, J. Madison_127, De Witt Clinton 89; VicePresident, E. Gerry 128, Ingersoll 58.

1816-President, J. Monroe 188, R. King 34; Vice-President, D. D. Tompkins 113, opposition scattering.

1820-President, J. Monroe 218, no opposition, except one vote given from New Hampshire; Vice-President, D. D. Tompkins 212, opposition divided.

1824 President, A. Jackson 99, J. Q. Adams 84, W. H. Crawford 41, H. Clay 37.

1828 President, A. Jackson 178, J. Q. Adams 83; Vice-President, J. C. Calhoun 173, R. Rush 83.

1832-President, A. Jackson 219, H. Clay 49, John Floyd 11, Wm. Wirt 7; Vice-President, Martin Van Buren 189, John Sar geant 49, William Wilkins 30, Lee 11, Levi Ellmaker 7.

1836--President, Martin Van Buren 170, W. H. Harrison 73, H. L. White 26, W. P. Mangum 11, Daniel Webster 14; Vice-President, R. M. Johnson 147, Francis Granger 63, scattering 84.

1840-President, William Henry Harrison 234, Martin Van Buren 60; Vice-President, John Tyler 234, Richard M. Johnson 48, J. K. Polk 1, L. W. Tazewell 11. [Harrison 19 states; Van Buren 7 do.]

The electors meet at the capitals of the respective states in which

they are chosen, on the second day of December, and give in their ballots for President and Vice-President.

Population, Square Miles, &c. of the United States,
2,257,374 sq. m.; 17,532,851 INHAB.

Capital, WASHINGTON, 24,000 inhab.; lat. 38 N., long. 77 W.

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Maryland....10,000 467,567 1634 Annapolis..
Virginia......68,000 1,231,444 1607 Richmond.

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4,000 167

.6,000 100

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..2,000 33 .21,000 123

N. Carolina...50,000 756,939 1650 Raleigh.. .2,000 288 S. Carolina .32,000 594,439 1670 Columbia.....4,300 490 Georgia. .61,000 620,000 1733 Milledgeville ..2,000 635 Alabama .52,000 479,441 1783 Tuscaloosa....2,000 880 376,099 1716 Jackson ...

Mississippi...48,000

Louisiana .49,000

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Tennessee.. .43,000

.1,000 1190 301,000 1699 N. Orleans..100,000 1260

Western States.

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824,000 1765 Nashville.....8,300 720 Kentucky....40,000 777,359 1775 Frankfort.....2,500 565 45,000 1,515,785 1788 Columbus 6,250 418 .63,000 211,705 1670 Detroit......10,000 556 .36,000 683,314 1730 Indianapolis.. 2,000 603 .59,000 445,475 1749 Springfield....1,000 850 63,000 363,761 1663 Jefferson City.1,000 950 Arkansas. .55,000 95,642 1685 Little Rock...1,000 1000

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*Inhabited by Indians principally.

† Settlement commenced by John J. Astor, Esq., 1811.

Imports and Exports of the United States,

In each year (ending 30th September) since 1820.

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