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 acknowl edge 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. 14. Census of Charleston, S. C.,... No of Post-Offices, &c., since 1790, 157 15. Statistical View of Principal Public Libraries in Europe and America, 184 U. S. Revenue from 1789 to 1849, 163 16 Statistics of Coal,.. U. S. Expenditure from 1789 to 1849, 161 17. Colleges in the United States,...... 196 Imports, Exports, &c.. for 59 Years, 165 18. Theological Schools, Commercial Marine of United States, 166 21. Smithsonian Institute, ............ 201 Imports from and Exports to Foreign Tonnage of Vessels in Foreign Trade, 174 Imports and Exports of each State, 175 24. Governors of States and Territories, 203 25. Railroads in the United States,. 204 26. Immigration into the U. S. in 1849, 209 21. Arkansas,............................................................. 266 22. Tennessee,...................... 263 227 23. Kentucky,........................ 269 Titles and Abstracts of Public Laws,.... 331 | Additions and Corrections, Abstracts of Public Laws Additions and Corrections. PAGE PAGE 331 Eclipse of Sun, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1...... 34 American Obituary........................................ Animal Electricity.. Animals with distinct Electrical Organs.. 36 202 74 74 86 ........ 209 298 Electricity, Animal...................................................... 1850. 56 3 301 325 Barometrical Observations...... 90-100, 296 Executive Government of U. S........... 103 Brazil, Claims against, Act concerning Cabinet, Officers in the Calendar: January, &c.... 175 103 Exports, Value of, in 1849-49...... 171, 172 California, Constitution of .............. 291 Exports for 59 Years................... 165 ....... 177 Festivals of the Church ........... California State Government............ 293 Finances of the States..............210, 211 3 Flowering of Fruit-trees in 1850 ........ Clerks of District Courts of U. S......... 135 Free Mail Matter, Quantity of......... Coal, Statistics of.. .......135, 136 Franking Privilege ........ 90-100 Frog, Animal Electricity of............ 152 149 83 339 Coinage of Mint for 57 Years ........... 178 General Events in 1849 ............................ 321 325 Colleges, Annual Expenses in ......... Commercial Agents in Foreign countries 109 229 Immigration to United States in 1849.... 209 Debt of the United States...... 161, 165, 166 Indiana Department of the Interior.............. 106 Iowa.... 258 5 Departments, Officers in the....... 104-106 Judges of U.S. Circuit and District Courts, 134 Disks of Venus and Mars.... District Courts.. Eclipses in 1851 104 Jewish Calendar 49 Judiciary, U. S... 132 District of Columbia ................................... Eclipse of Moon, Jan. 17 Eclipse of Moon, July 13.............................. Latitude and Longitude of Observatories Latitude and Longitude of Places Laws, Abstracts of Public Libraries, University Louisiana Mahometan Calendar Mail Service for 1849 54 Post-Office Statistics since 1790.. ........ 200 Presidents of the U. S.. Marine, Commercial, of the U. S.. Mars and Venus, Disks of.. Maryland Massachusetts Massachusetts, Railroads of. 184-18 Public Lands, Sales of.. 157 ..147, 149, 157 103 211 179 163, 180 187 Public Lands, Surveyors-General of...... 112 ...... 334 Matteucci's Researches in Animal Elec- Medical Schools Meteorological Information 201 Representatives, House of, Officers of.... 130 Mexico, Commission on Claims against Military Geographical Departments...... 347 158-164 116 Revenue, U. S., for 60 Years............ 163 137 School Fund of States.. 141 Seasons, Beginning and Length of Mint, Officers of, Coinage, &c. .... 177, 178 Senate of the U. S. 50 ......... 210, 211 56 73 134 111 263 263 336 200 7 121 Stars, Fixed. Apparent Places of........ 215 State Department.. 298, 336 State Finances, Debts, &c. ...... 232 Sun, Ephemeris of the Observatories, Latitude and Longitude of Occultations Ohio...... Oregon Territory Parallax in Altitude of the Sun.. ..... ..... 207 Sun's Parallax in Altitude.. 310 Texas 274 Tides, Height of Greatest, in 1851.. Pension Agents, Army and Navy.... 113, 114 Torpedo. Electricity of the..... Planets, Signs of the.. Pennsylvania. Postage by the N. Y. & Bremen Steamers 155 Vessels of War in U. S. Navy Postage to Oregon and California ...... 152 Virginia Postmasters in Chief Towns and Cities... 107 War Department.. Post-Office Distributing Offices...... 107, 109 Wisconsin. Post Office Receipts and Expenditures in Young's Refractions......... 212 Venus and Mars, Disks of. 49 219 1849..... |