Imagens das páginas
PDF
ePub
[ocr errors]
[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]

LISTS OF PRESIDENTS, CABINETS, JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT, FOREIGN
MINISTERS, GOVERNORS OF STATES, &C., WITH SUMMARIES OF ACTS
OF CONGRESS, AND OTHER POLITICAL STATISTICS.

TOGETHER WITH

POLITICAL ESSAYS, ADDRESSES, PARTY PLATFORMS, &c.

MAKING A CONNECTED POLITICAL HISTORY FOR THIRTY YEARS.

VOL. II.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE,

No. 154 NASSAU STREET.

1 9 AUG 1935

KIBRARY

INDEX.

The Paging refers to the Almanaos of the Different Years.

State

[blocks in formation]

Page.
of

Maine....

[blocks in formation]

Governments-List
States, Capitals, Governors,Sal-
aries, Time of Election and of
meeting of Legislatures, &c....2
Popular Vote for President and

Population of each State in 1850.2
Government of United States-Ex-

ecutive and Judiciary, Thirty-
third Congress; members of....3
Thirty-fourth Congress, as far as
chosen...

The War in Europe-Historical

Sketch of War of Allied Pow-
ers up to Jan. 1, 1855........6, 8
The Know-Nothings-Rise, Pro-
gress and Probable Destiny of
the Political Party called......9
Statistical View of America-

Name, Size, Population, Cap-
itals, Chief Executives of Coun-
tries of North and South Amer-
ica...
..11
Slavery Legislation-The Acts of
Congress which Mark the pro-
gress of the Slave Power in
Legislation of the Govern-

12, 21

ment..
Fugitive Slave Law of 1793....12
Missouri Compromise of 1820..12
Fugitive Slave Law of 1850....13
Kansas and Nebraska Act of
1854...
...15

Speech of Wm. H. Seward on

.26

..28

the Nebraska bill........21-26
Speech of the Hon. Jos. Quincy
on Fugitive Slave Law...
The Public Lands-Act to Gradu-
ate Price of Public Lands to Ac-
tual Settlers...
Act to Establish Offices of Sur-
veyor-General of Kansas, Ne-
braska, and N. Mexico to Grant
Donations to Actual Settlers...28
Reciprocity Treaty with Canada.29
Treaty with Mexico [Gadsden
Treaty]........
.30
Treaty with Japan-Summary of
Treaty..

.32

[blocks in formation]

Connecticut
New-Hampshire.
New-York State..
New-York City..
Pennsylvania..

Ohio......
Missouri..
Indiana...
Illinois..
Iowa...
Michigan..

Page.

.37, 39

Modes of Weights and Measures
in Use in Europe and Amer-
ica...

40
.40
.40 What Shall we Eat-Prices of Ar-
ticles of Food and their Propor-
tion of Nutritious Matter..... 39
40 Election Returns.

New-Hampshire

.40, 51

.41, 42

Maine...

.40

.41, 42

.40

...43

Massachusetts..

..40

New-Jersey.

[blocks in formation]

California....

[blocks in formation]

North Carolina..

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

New-York City.

.41

[blocks in formation]

Governments of Europe-Form of
Governments, Name and Title
of Rulers, Square Miles, Popu-
lation, Religion, etc....
.5
Kansas-Extent, Character, and
Climate, its Settlement, Legisla
tion, etc.....
.6, 17
The War in the East-Critical and
Historical Review of War be-
tween Russia and Allies....18, 22
American History in Brief. ..22
Origin of Plants...
.22

Laws of Congress-Titles and Ab-
stracts of Important Public Acts
of Thirty-third Congress; Rights
of Citizenship; Diplomatic and
Consular Systems of United
States; Rates of Postage; Ap-
propriations; Carriage of Pas-
sengers in Vessels, etc.... .23, 36)
Reciprocity Treaty.
..36
Measures, not Men-Different

Government of United States-Ex-
ecutive and Judiciary.. .......16
Members of Thirty-Fourth Con-
gress....
.16
Members of Thirty-Fifth Con-
gress-as far as chosen........18
Kansas and the Extension of
Slavery....
.19-28
Governments of Europe, Form of
Governments, Religion, Popula-
tion, etc...

.28

The Contest for Speaker. ...29
Nicaragua,
Walker's Expedi
.31-33
.34

tion....

Europe in 1856..

Laws of Congress-Synopsis of
those of general interest....36-40
Pay of Congress..
New Guano Islands..

.36

.36

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

Page.

Grants for Railroads in Different
States...

.38

Bounty Land Law Amended....36 National Platforms..........33-37 Kansas in 1858..
Diplomatic and Consular Service The Case of Dred Scott......37-44 How they elect Bogus
-Pay....
.37 Minnesota Its Organization as
Territory and State, and rapid
growth
44
Oregon-Description of State, Sy-
nopsis of Constitution..........46
The East Indian Revolt......47-49
Republican Congressmen-Decla-
.40 ration of Principles

General, Civil, and Diplomatic
Appropriations, etc., etc.....38

Proclamations on-

Boundary with Mexico....
Disturbances in Kansas...

.39

Calling Extra Sessions of Con- Governments of Europe..

gress..

.40 Election Returns....

Jeffersonian Ordinance of 1784.40-42
Party Platforms in 1856-Republi-
can, Democratic, and Ameri-

can.....

Election Returns.............44-64

Maine.....

Page.

.33

United

States Senators in Indiana..35-37
Utah and the Mormons.......37-42
Governments of Europe-Names
of Sovereign, Title. Form of
Government Square Miles, Pop-
ulation, Religion, &c. ....
Election Returns...

Maine.

New-Hampshire

Vermont..

43

Page.

44-63

.49

.44

.50

44

.51-63

44

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

..64 United States Government-Ex-
..64 ecutive and Judiciary.

Popular Vote for President by Members of Thirty-Fifth
States in 1848, 1852, and 1856....64
State Governments-Governors, gress....
Capitals, General Election,

Con-

Country, Capital, Salary, etc...16
.64 Members of Thirty-Sixth Con-

Members of Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, as far as elected.....

gress...

.17-19

Postage Rates, Domestic and For-
eign....
...20
16 Land for the Landless-Action of
Congress on Public Lands..21-29
16 The Foreign Slave Trade....30-34
Kansas..
.18 The Italian War..

Meeting of Legislatures, etc....65 Laws of Congress; Abstracts of
Population and Wealth of United
States...

[blocks in formation]

...34
.36-38
The Constitution of the United
.39-44

States...
Treasury Estimates of Appropria-
.44
tions for 1860..
Appropriations made during the
second session of 35th Congress 45
Governments of Europe-Sover-
.20 eign, Title, Form of Govern-
.21 ment, Miles, Population, Relig-
ion, etc....

the Important Acts of first ses-
sion of Thirty-Fifth Con-
gress...
..19-24
To issue Treasury Notes......19
Admission of Minnesota... ..20
Land Claims in California.... .20
Archives of California..
Frauds in Land Titles..
Texas Boundary Line..
Appropriations

.21

.22

Compensation of Congressmen.23
Difficulties with Paraguay, &c..24
Kansas-Lecompton, and Lecomp-
24-31

ton, jr..

The Lecompton bill, and the
Crittenden-Montgomery sub-

Election Returns...

.46
47-63

[blocks in formation]

.25

[blocks in formation]

.26

[blocks in formation]

.27

.24-25

[blocks in formation]

Reducing the Tariff.

.27

Appropriations

.29

Swamp Lands, etc., etc..

.30

Act for the Admission of the
State of Kansas into the
Union.

Maryland...

..50

North Carolina.

..51

.29

[blocks in formation]

Congress thereon...........31, 32 Morrill......

Proposed Relief for Kansas......31 The Public Lands-Agricultural

Mr. Grow's Bill, and the action of

Colleges. Bill introduced by Mr.
......31-33

Georgia...

...52

Alabama

Mississippi..

...53

..53

stitute

« AnteriorContinuar »