Abstracts of Public Laws Additions and Corrections ... 135 Dist. of Columbia, Act to codify Laws of 152 American Obituary.......................................... 348 Eclipse of Moon, April 20.......... Arkansas.................... Apportionment of U. S. Representatives 215 Elections, State. Appraisers at Large.. 98 Electricity, Atmospherical.... Appropriations, U. S., for 1855, 1856. .... 138 Elements of the Eclipses of Sun Army Appropriations,.. Army List ... ........ 152 Engineers, Corps of, &c. Army Officers, Pay of.................. 115 Envoys Extraordinary, &c. ......... Cabinet, Officers in the ... 98 European States .. 122 1855. 223 Executive Government of U. S... Calendar: January, &c........................ ... 8-31 Exports to Foreign Countries California Gold.. ................ ..... California Land Claims, Commission.... 100 Festivals of the Church Celestial Phenomena, Signs, &c. ........ 3 Flowering of Fruit-trees in 1855 Chronicle of Events................... 366 Foreign Goods imported in 1853 -54, 168-171 ..... 218 Government, Seats of, in different States. 204 Colleges, Annual Expenses in .......... 211 Illinois..... 168 Imports, Value of, in 1853-54 Commissioners, U.S., in Foreign Countries 126 Imports of each State for 1853-54 Military Commands. Military Posts ... Militia Force of the U. S. ..... 182 207 109 Public Lands, and Sales of......... 232, 233 ......... 222 .... 219-222 120 Receivers and Registers of Land-Office.. 105 204 282 Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 202 Ministers of U. S. in Foreign Countries.. Mint, Officers of, Coinage, &c. Naval Officers...................................... Navy, Act to promote Efficiency of Navy List (Officers dropped). North Carolina.. ........ 158 .... 159-168 112 Revenue, U. S., for 66 Years............ 166 339 Rice, Exports of, since 1820. 130 School Fund of States... ........... 216 Seasons, Beginning and Length of ...... 175-179 Smithsonian Institution... 99 State Department.. ......... 255 175 41 207 4 126, 131 299 Senate of the U. S. ... 198 329 Senators, State, No. of, and Terms....... 205 214 213 290 ........ 344 116 State Elections, &c.. 117 State Finances, Debts, &c. 118 Steamboat Inspectors 109 Sun, Ephemeris of the 116 Sun's Parallax in Altitude.............. 238 Surveyors of Land-Office............................... 340 Tennessee ..187-195 Texas........ 262 Texas, Act to pay Creditors 348 Tides, Height of Greatest, in 1856. 351 Titles and Abstracts of Public Laws...... 138 Observatories, Latitude and Longitude of 41 Tonnage of the U. S... Pamphlets and Magazines, Postage on 187-195 Treasurers, Assistant 178 174 Pension Agents, Army and Navy.... 108, 109 Venus and Mars, Discs of ....................... 3 Vermont 53 Vessels and Tonnage from 1815-1854 Pennsylvania. Planets, Signs of the. Pole Star, Apparent Places of the Population of the Globe Population of the U. S. 214, 215 Virginia ......... 152 Washington Territory, Population of Chief Cities in U. S....... 216 War Department. ..190-195 Winds and Clouds Postage to Oregon and California, Foreign 190 Wisconsin THE AMERICAN ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR 1856, Being the latter part of the 80th, and the beginning of the 81st year of the Independence of the United States of America; the 6569th year of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 5616th, and the beginning of the 5617th year since the creation of the world, according to the Jews; the 2609th year (according to Varro) since the foundation of Rome; the 2603d year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been as signed to Wednesday, the 26th of February, of the 3967th year of the Julian Period, which corresponds, according to the chronologists, to the 747th, and, according to the astronomers, to the 746th year before the birth of Christ; the 2632d year of the Olympiads, or the fourth year of the 658th Olympiad, which begins in July, 1853, if we fix the era of the Olympiads at 775 years before Christ, or at or about the beginning of July of the year 3938 of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 1272d and the beginning of the 1273d year (of twelve lunations) since the Hegira, or flight of Mahomet, which, as is generally supposed, took place on the 16th of July, in the year 622 of the Christian era. 6 Conjunction, or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension. Quadrature, or differing 90° in 8 Opposition, or differing 180° in .66 The ascending, & the descending node. |