The American Almanac and Repository of useful knowledge for the year 1857

McLeod, and Stephen Fulton. The Legislative Council consists of 21 members, and the House of Assembly of 53 members. Arthur Woodgate is Postmaster-General; Joseph Howe, Chairman of Commissioners for Construction of Railways; James B. Uniacke, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

JUDICIARY. Supreme Court, with law and equity jurisdiction: Brenton Haliburton, Chief Justice; William Blowers Bliss, Edmund Murray Dodd, William Frederick Des Barres, Lewis M. Wilkins, Assistant Judges; James W. Nutting, Clerk.

Court of Vice-Admiralty, including Canada, and having prize jurisdiction over British North America: Alexander Stuart, Judge; James Scott Tremain, Registrar.

NEWFOUNDLAND.*

John Kent is Colonial Secretary; Philip F. Little, Attorney-General; George H. Emerson, Solicitor-General; W. Solomon, Postmaster-General; Edmund Hanrahan, SurveyorGeneral; Thomas Glen, Receiver-General; Ambrose Shea, Speaker of the Assembly. JUDICIARY. Supreme Court: Francis Brady is Chief Justice; A. W. Des Barres and James Simms are Associate Justices. John Nugent is Sheriff of the Central District.

Dist.

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECT OF THE 35TH CONGRESS.

Maine, 6. 3. Abbott, N. 6. Foster, S. H. 2. Gilman, C. J. 4. Morse, F. H.

Dist. 25. Morgan, E. B. 19. Morse, O. A. 10. Murray, A. S. 13. Olin, A. B. 16. Palmer, G. W.

5. Washburne, I., Jr. 27. Parker, J. M.

1. Wood, J. M.

Vermont, 3. 2. Morrill, J. S. 3. Royce, H. E. 1. Walton, E. P. Massachusetts, 11. 7. Banks, N. P., Jr. 2. Buffington, J. 5. Burlingame, A. 10. Chaffee, C. C. 4. Comins, L. B. 3. Damrell, W. S. 6. Davis, T. 11. Dawes, H. L. 1. Hall, R. B. 8. Knapp, C. L. 9. Thayer, E.

New York, 33. 29. Andrews, S. G. 21. Bennett, H. 31. Burroughs, S. M. 8. Clark, H. F. 18. Cochrane, C. B. 6. Cochrane, J. 14. Corning, E. 15. Dodd, E. 33. Fenton, R. E. 22. Goodwin, H. C. 24. Granger, A. P. 9. Haskin, J. B. 32. Hatch, I. T. 23. Hoard, C. B. 4. Kelly, J. 28. Kelsey, W. H. 5. Maclay, W. B. 20. Matteson, O. B.

26. Pottles, E. B.
11. Russell, W. F.
1. Searing, J. A.
30. Sherman, J. H.
3. Sickles, D. E.
17. Spinner, F. E.
2. Taylor, G.
12. Thompson, J.
7. Ward, E.

New Jersey, 5. 3. Adrian, G. B. 1. Clawson, I. D. 4. Huyler, J. 2. Robbins, G. R. 5. Wortendyke, J. R. Pennsylvania, 25. 16. Ahl, J. A. 7. Chapman, H. 19. Covode, J. 11. Dewart, W. L. 25. Dick, John 13. Dimmick, W. H. 18. Edie, J. R.

1. Florence, T. B. 24. Gillis, J. L. 14. Grow, G. A. 8. Jones, J. G. 6. Hickman, J. 5. Jones, O. 10. Kunkel, J. C. 3. Landy, J. 12. Montgomery, J. G. 20. Montgomery, W. 2. Morris, E. J.' 4. Phillips, H. M. 22. Purviance, S. A.

Dist.

17. Reilly, W.
21. Ritchie, D.
9. Roberts, A. E.
23. Stewart, W.
15. White, A.

Delaware, 1.
Whitley, W. G.
South Carolina, 6.
6. Boyce, W. W.
4. Brooks, P. S.
3. Keith, L. M.
1. McQueen, J.
2. Miles, W. P.
5. Orr, J. L.

Arkansas, 2.
1. Greenwood, A. B.
2. Warren, E. A.
Ohio, 21.

21. Bingham, J. A.
14. Bliss, P.
15. Burns, J.

3. Campbell, L. D. 6. Cockerill, J. R. 12. Cox, S. S. 20. Giddings, J. R. 2. Groesbeck, W. S. 9. Hall, L. W. 7. Harlan, A. 11. Horton, V. B. 17. Lawrence, W. 18. Leiter, B. F. 10. Miller, J. 5. Mott, R. 4. Nichols, M. H. 1. Pendleton, G. H. 13. Sherman, J. 8. Stanton, B. 16. Tomkins, C. B. 19. Wade, E.

Michigan, 4.

1. Howard, W. A.
4. Leach, D. C.

Dist.

3. Walbridge, D. S. 2. Waldron, H. Indiana, 11.

10. Brenton, S.
9. Colfax, S.
7. Davis, John G.
2. English, W. H.
4. Foley, J. B.
6. Gregg, J. M.
3. Hughes, J.
5. Kilgore, D.
1. Lockhart, J.
11. Petit, J. U.
8. Wilson, J.

Illinois, 9. 2. Farnsworth, J. F. 6. Harris, T. L. 4. Kellogg, W. 3. Lovejoy, O. 9. Marshall, S. S. 5. Morris, I. N. 7. Shaw, A. 8. Smith, R. 9. Washburne, E. B. Missouri, 7.

2. Anderson, T. L.
1. Blair, F. P., Jr.
7. Carruthers, S.
4. Craig, J.
3. Green, J. S.
6. Phelps, J. S.
5. Woodson, S. H.
Florida, 1.
Hawkins, G. S.
Iowa, 2.

1. Curtis, S. R.
2. Davis, T.

Wisconsin, 3.

3. Billinghurst, C. 1. Potter, J. F.

2. Washburne, C. C.

* Governor Darling is appointed Governor of Jamaica. It is not known that a new Governor of Newfoundland is appointed.

Page 99.James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, will be the President of the United States, March 4, 1857; and John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, Vice-President.

Page 120.- The frigate Savannah is in ordinary at New York, and the St. Lawrence, Capt. J. B. Hull, is on the coast of Brazil.

Page 124. Franklin H. Clark, of New Orleans, is Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana; and Win. Blanding, of San Francisco, for the Northern District of California. Page 133. The 2d Secretary of the French Legation is De Breda. The Mexican Legation is Señor Gen. Don Manuel Robles y Pezuela, E. E. and Min. Plen.; Señor Don Joaquin del Castillo y Cos, Sec. Leg.; Señor Don Joaquin Villalobos, Clerk. Don Francisco Parraga is Secretary of the New Granada Legation. The Legation from Venezuela is Señor Francisco Aranda, E. E. and Min. Plen., and Don Florencio Ribas, Sec. Leg. Sweden has no Minister Resident. C. E. Habicht is Chargé d'Affaires ad int. from that country.

Page 153. The law No. 70 is Ch. CLXX., and not Ch. CLXXX.

Page 160. The Public Debt, Nov. 15th, 1856, was $30,963,909.64. The receipts for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1856, were, from customs $20,677,749.40, lands $892,380.39, miscellaneous $355,301.57; total, $21,925,431.36. The expenditures for the same period were $18,675,113.21.

Pages 164-172.-The Imports for the year ending June 30, 1856, were: Specie and Bullion, $4,207,632; Free, exclusive of specie, $52,748,074; Dutiable, $257,684,236; Total, $314,639,942. The Exports of Foreign Produce were: Specie and Bullion, $1,597,206; Free, exclusive of specie, $3,144,604; Dutiable, $11,636,768; Total, $ 16,378,578. The Exports of Domestic Produce were: Specie and Bullion, $44,148,279; Merchandise, $266,438,051; Total. $310,586,330. Total Exports, $326,964,908. The Exports of Cotton were $128,382,351; of Tobacco, $12,221,843; of Rice, $2,390,233; of Hemp, $28,598.

Page 182. The gross revenue of the Post-Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1856, was $7,620,821.66; and the expenditures were $10,407,868.18. Deficiency of revenue, $2,787,046.52.

Pages 188-190. The single letter postage to Bourbon and Borneo, to Labuan, to the Moluccas, and the Philippine Islands, is via Southampton 33 cents, and via Marseilles 53 cents. The newspaper postage is 6 cents.

Pages 194-199.- -Joseph P Comegys is appointed Senator from Delaware, vice Clayton, deceased. Anthony Kennedy is Senator elect from Maryland, vice Pratt. Muscoe R. H. Garnett is Representative from the 1st District of Virginia, vice Bayly, deceased. Jacob C. Davis, of Warsaw, is Representative from the 5th District of Illinois; James C. Allen, of Palestine, from the 7th; and J. L. D. Morrison, of Belleville, from the 8th.

Page 213. The salary of the Governor of Mississippi is $4,000, and that of the Governor of Texas is $3,000. Madison Starke Perry is Governor elect of Florida for four years from Oct. 1857; and R. F. W. Alston is Governor of South Carolina, his term ending in Dec. 1858.

Page 235.-Samuel D. Wingate, of Exeter, is Register of Probate of Rockingham County, and Calvin May, Jr., of Gilsum, for Cheshire County.

Pages 258, 259. Frederic Townsend, of Albany, is Adjutant-General; Minthorne Tompkins, of Richmond, is Com.-Gen.; James L. Mitchell, of Albany, is Quartermast.Gen.; Robert L Johnson is Paymaster-Gen.; and C. A. Seward, Judge-Advocate-Gen. Pages 299, 300.- A. Duplantier is Assist. Sec. of State; M. Grivot, of New Orleans, Adj. and Inspec. Gen.; B. Haralson, of Bayou-Sara, Register of Land Office; F. M. Kent, of Baton Rouge, Assist. Engineer. Judge Buchanan's present term did not expire in 1855; Judge Lea's name is J. N. Lea. O. N. Ogden is Judge of the 13th District Court, vice Cushman.

POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT IN 1856.

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