tion of the federal government to the present time, and the present extent of the public domain, are shown. The connected description of the three great "Water-Works" in the country will be found interesting and convenient, and valuable for reference. The tabular view of all the railroads in this 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 titles of the public laws and joint resolutions are given as last year. The abstracts of the laws have been carefully prepared, and made more full than formerly. They are now sufficiently full for all but professional use. The information concerning the individual States is as full as in former years. Should any one note inaccuracies or deficiencies therein, he is urgently asked to correct them. The European part of the work has been thoroughly revised, and is believed to be accurate. The account of the population of the several dependencies of Austria, and the movements therein, is made interesting from the recent position of that government. The Chronicle of Events and the Obituary notices are more extended than in former years. The thanks of the Editor are particularly due to the heads of Departments 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, 1849. 156 17. Colleges in the United States, ...... 202 Rates of Foreign Postage,........... 157 18. Theological Schools, U. S. Revenue from 1789 to 1848, 168 24. Governors of States and Territories, 209 14. Commerce and Navigation, ........ 171 27. Railroads in the United States, 28. Population of the Principal Cities, 29. Immigration into the U. S. in 1848, 217 Tonnage of Vessels in Foreign Trade, 178 Commercial Marine of United States, 179 Banks. See the several States. Barometrical Observations 272 Election of President and Vice-President 97 306 Electric Telegraph, The.. 136 Emigration to the U. S. in 1848 280 Ephemeris of the Sun ... 110 Engineers in Navy, Pay of.......... 109 Eras, &c... 113 European States 122 Events, General, in 1848. 313 66 1849 Executive Government of U. S.... 208 345 217 46 .. 140 120 3 308 337 341 99 82-94 Expenditures of U. S. for 59 years.......... 169 Breadstuffs, Value of Exports of, for 18 Exports of each State for 1848 .......... 179 226 Exports, Value of, in 1848.. Years 175 170 ................ 187 ........ 5 ..218, 219 ........ 54 94 93 171 Festivals of the Church 3 Flowering of Fruit-trees in 1849... 4 Foreign Goods imported.......... 5 Foreign Ministers in U. S..... ........ 130 Clerks of District Courts of U. S......... Coinage of Mint for 56 Years,........... Colleges, Annual Expenses in Commercial Marine of the U. S. ..... Commissioners on Mexican Claims, Act Commissioners, U.S., in Foreign Countries Consuls, Foreign, in U. S... Countries whence Goods are brought Darkness of the Nights..................... 123 Franking Privilege 193 Free Mail Matter, Quantity of......... 177 309 156 154 120 94 105 Frosts and Snows for 32 years........... 66 1849 205 66 Government, Seats of, in different States. 208 209 220 Great Britain. 309 190, 201 Imports of each State for 1848 179 Simports paying ad valorem Duties... 171, 174 171 ... 108 292 Debt of the United States.......... 167, 170 Indian Superintendents and Agents... Debts of the States............................ 218, 219 Indiana Melloni's Researches in Radiant Heat... Mexico Michigan ..... land.. 227 Railroads in the U. S... 41 Refraction of Heat... 213 211 ... 107 ............. .......... 69 72 ......... 62 .......... 107 208 211 Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 225 64 Researches in Radiant Heat... 82-94 Resolutions, Public, of Congress.. 222 64 149 306 Revenue, Reduc. of Expense of Collecting 143 Military Geographical Departments...... 112 Revenue, U. S., for 59 Years.......... Pension Agents, Army and Navy.... 109, 110 Titles and Abstracts of Public Laws. 37 tion..... 345 256 Tennessee 283 303 Texas... 278 63 Theological Schools.... ............. 206 7 136 178, 179 177 69 100 41 233 ......... 118 261 101 216 82, 94 302 62 4 |