Senators and Representatives in Congress, with mileage, per annum. Speaker House of Representatives, Secretary of the Senate, Clerk House of Representatives, Assistant Secretaries of Departments, Superintendent Coast Survey, Heads of Bureaus, Judges District of Columbia Secretary Smithsonian Institution, Ministers Plenipotentiary to Great Britain and France, Ministers Plenipotentiary to Russia, Prussia, Ministers Plenipotentiary to Chili and Peru, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Dragoman and Secretary of Legation to $25,000 00 8,000 00 8,000 00 6,500 00 6.000 00 5,000 00 Consul General to British India, With regard to the Postmasters, Collectors of the Revenue, Territorial Governors and Judges, and other officers employed throughout the country, they are too numerous to be designated in this place. .... .$1,500 00 to 2,625 00 1,000 00 to 7,000 00 LEADING GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. Everything in the shape of a book or pamphlet ordered to be printed by the United States Senate or House of Representatives is called a public document, and can be sent through the mails free of postage by those entitled to the franking privilege. To give a complete and analytical list of these documents in this place would be impracticable, but we submit a synopsis of the more important publications which possess an interest for the public generally and are permanent in their character: Agricultural Reports.-Though forming part of the executive documents, they are published annually and separately by the Department of Agriculture, prior to the organization of which, in 1862, they were issued from the Patent Office. The annual editions of this work range from two hundred to three hundred thousand copies. American Archives.-A documentary history of the Revolution Compiled by Peter Force. 9 vols. folio. Authorized in 1833. This work, as originally designed, would have made some thirty volumes or more; and, although its publication was suspended, the materials for its compilation were transferred by purchase to the Library of Congress. American State Papers.-Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1831 to 1833. 21 vols. folio. This work was carefully compiled from the annually published executive and legislative documents of the governinent. Analysis of the Federal Constitution.-By William Hickey. Although not actually printed by Congress, it was purchased to such an extent as really to become a public document. Army Regulations.-Issued from the War Department. Octavo. Army Statistics of Sickness and Mortality, 1839 to 1864. By R. H. Coolidge. 1856–60. 2 vols. quarto. Army Register.-Issued from the War Department annually. Octavo. Army Meteorological Register.-1843-54. By T. Lawson. 1855. Quarto. Army of the Potomac.-By Maj.-Gen. George B. McClellan. 1864. Octavo. Art of War in Europe in 1854-55-56.-By Major R. Delafield. 1860. Quarto. Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere in 1849-50-51 and 52.-By Lieut. James M. Gilliss. Quarto. Astronomical Observations.-Issued from the National Observatory occasionally, and in quarto form. Blue-Book.-A Biennial Register of all the officers and employees of the government, commenced in 1816. Though formerly compiled in the Department of State, it is now issued from the Interior Department. Octavo. Catalogue Congressiona! Library.—The last edition was published in 1866, since which time the books belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and the very valuable library of Peter Force have been added to the national collection at the cost of $100,000. Octavo. Census of the United States.-Published in quarto volumes under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior Department. Coast Survey.-The annual reports from this branch of public service are published in quarto form, and illustrated with elaborate charts. Colonial Trade.-By Israel D. Andrews. 1823. Octavo. Commercial Relations.-Under this title are annually published in quarto form, by the State Department, information connected with commerce, obtained chiefly through the Consular Bureau from foreign governments. Congressional Debates: Annals of Congress from 1789 to 1824.-44 vols. octavo. Compiled and printed by Gales & Seaton. Contain the public laws. Register of Debates in Congress from 1825 to 1837.-27 vols. octavo. Compiled and printed by Gales & Seaton. Contain the public laws. Congressional Globe from Printed by John C. Rives. 1833 to close of Thirty-ninth Congress.-78 vols. quarto. Contain the public laws. Dictionary of the United States Congress.--By Charles Lanman. Published by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Thirty-eighth Congress, and by the Senate of the Thirty-ninth Congress. This is the only work belonging to a private individual which was ever published as a public document. Octavo. Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution.—Compiled by Jared Sparks. 12 vols. octavo. Diplomatic Correspondence between 1783 and 1789. Compiled by Jared Sparks. 7 vols. octavo. Diplomatic Correspondence.-Published annually by the Department of State, although forming a part of the Executive documents. Octavo. Executive Documents.-Under this title are arranged and published the messages, reports, and other state papers emanating from the President, cabinet ministers, and other officers of the government, all of which are numbered in consecutive order. Octavo. Executive Journals of the Senate.-These volumes are published from time to time after the injunction of secrecy has been removed. Octavo. Explorations of the Valley of the Amazon.-By Lieut. William L. Herndon and Lieut. Lardner Gibbon. Illustrated. 2 vols. octavo. 1853 and 1854. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana.—By Capt. Randolph B. Marcy. Illustrated. Octavo. 1853. 1854. Exploration of the Zuni and Colorado Rivers.-By L. Sitgreaves. Illustrated. Octavo. Explorations among the Rocky Mountains.-By Captain John C. Fremont. Illustrated. Octavo. 1845. Explorations from Fort Leavenworth to California.-By Lt.-Col. William H. Emory. Illustrated. Octavo. 1848. Exploring Expedition.-By Commodore Charles Wilkes. 5 quarto volumes. Illus trated. 1846-49. Several supplementary volumes on scientific subjects have been printed, but the work is still in an unfinished condition. Explorations for a Railroad Route between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean.13 volumes quarto. Illustrated. Exploration of the Colorado River of the West in 1857-58.-By Lieut Joseph C. Ives. 1861. Quarto. Illustrated. Explorations of Salt Lake Valley, Utah.-By Capt. Howard Stansbury. Octavo. Illustrated. 1852. Expedition to Japan in 1852–53 and 1864.-By Commodore M. C. Perry. 1856. 3 vols. quarto. Illustrated. Finance. From time to time volumes are issued by the Treasury Department, con. nected with the finances of the country. Octavo. Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota.-By David D. Owen. Printed by J. B. Lippincott & Co., for the General Land Office. Quarto. 1852. Indian Affairs.-History of the Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States. Compiled by Henry W. Schoolcraft, and illustrated by Maj. Seth Eastman, U. S. A. 6 vols. quarto. 1857. Illustrated. Indian Affairs.—History of the Indian Tribes of North America.—Compiled by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall. 3 vols. folio. With colored portraits by Charles B. King, 1838. Indian Treaties.-From 1778 to 1837. Octavo. 1837. By Indian Office. Indian Affairs.-Annual reports published separately by the Indian Office, though included in the Executive Documents. Octavo. Journal, Acts and Proceedings of the Convention which formed the Constitution of the United States, 1818. Octavo. Journals of the House of Representatives.-Published in octavo at the close of each session of Congress. Journals of the Senate.-Published in octavo at the close of each session of Congress. Madison Papers.-Debates in Congress and the Federal Convention. 3 vols. octavo. 1840. By James Madison. Mexican Boundary Survey.-By Maj. Wm. H. Emory. 1857. 2 vols. Illustrated. Quarto. Military Commission to Europe in 1855-56.-By Alfred Mordecai. 1860. Quarto. Mississippi River: Hydrographical Report on the Upper Basin.-By I. N. Nicollet. 1843. Octavo. Navy Register.-Published annually by the Navy Department. Octavo. Patent Office.-Annual Reports published separately and also with executive documents. Embodied in these volumes are outline engravings and full descriptions of all the articles which are patented by the government. Octavo. Public Lands.-Annual reports published separately and with the executive documents. The more recent issues of this work have been accompanied by maps of great and peculiar value. Octavo. Reports of Committees.-This is a series of volumes containing all the reports made in the two houses of Congress, whether the same have been favorably received or not. Octavo. Seat of War in Europe in 1855-56.-By Major George B. McClellan. 1857. Quarto. Illustrated. Smithsonian Institution.—In addition to its annual octavo reports this institution issues volumes in quarto form of a scientific character for exchange with foreign governments. Statutes at Large.-These large octavo volumes consist of all the laws passed by Congress, and are arranged and printed by Little & Brown for the government. 37 |