UNITED STATES ARMY. According to Official Reports, the United States Regular Army in January, 1840, amounted to 12,577. The principal organization is as follows: The total non-commisioned officers, musicians and privates are 11,804. There are two great Military Divisions, divided by a line commencing at the mouth of the Mississippi-following up the river to Cassville, in Wisconsin Territory, thence north to the boundary line between the United States and Canada. All west of that line is called the WESTERN DIVISION, all east of it the EASTERN DIVISION. The total number of the militia of the United states is about 1,400,000. The militia comprises all able-bodied white males from 18 to 45; and when called into actual service, they receive the same pay as the regular army. Offices POST OFFICE. The following table exhibits the general condition of the Post Office Department, at different periods from 1790 to 1839, inclusive. No. of Rec'ts, being] Extent of Miles annual Post Roads mail transportin miles. ation. The extent of mail transportation stated in the above table, is exclusive of the distance it is carried by steam boats and other vessels. The business is conducted in the Fost Master General's office, by himself, his three assistants, and fifty-six clerks and messengers, whose aggregate salaries amount to $79,000. And in the Auditor's office, by himself and fifty-two clerks and messengers, whose aggregate salaries amount to 64,980. The communications received in the different offices, excluding the Auditor's office, amount to a daily average of about 900 for the working days, equal to 281,700 a year; the communications sent, to about 500 daily, equal to 156,500 a year; and the cases actually decided by the Post Master General, to 50 daily, equal to 15,650 a year. 64 VALUE OF FOREIGN COINS-STATISTICS OF THE PRESS. Value of Foreign Coin in money of the United States. Number of newspapers, magazines, and periodicals, published in the United States on Of the above, 116 are published daily; 14 tri-weekly; 39 semi-weekly; 991 once a week. The remainder are issued semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly-principally magazines and reviews. Many of the daily papers issue tri-weeklies, semi-weeklies, and weeklies. Thirty-eight are in the German language, four in the French, and one in the Spanish. Several of the New Orleans papers are printed in French and English. Hunt's Magazine. PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY OFFICERS, FOREIGN MINISTERS, &c., OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH DATES OF APPOINTMENT, SALARIES, AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE. Presidents. Salary, $25,000. George Washington, (Va.,) 1789 to 1797. James Madison, (Va.,) 1809 to 1817. James Monroe, (Va.,) 1817 to 1825. Vice Presidents. Salary, $5,000. John Adams, (Mass.) John C. Calhoun, (S. C.) Henry Knox, (Mass.,) Sept. 12, 1789. Salary, $6,000. W. H. Crawford, (Ga.,) Mar. 2, 1815. J. C. Calhoun, (S. C.,) Dec. 16, 1817. Joel R. Poinsett, (S. C.,) 1837. Secretaries of the Navy. Salary, $6,000. [The Navy Department was not established until the year 1798.] George Cabot, (Mass.,) May 3, 1798, (de- Benjamin W. Crowninshield, (Mass.,) Dec. clined.) Benjamin Stoddart, (Md.,) May 21, 1798. Benjamin Stoddart, (continued in office.) 19, 1814. S. Thompson, (N. Y.,) Nov. 30, 1818. Post-Masters General. Salary, $6,000. S. Osgood, (Mass.,) Sept. 26, 1789. Chief Justices. John Jay, (N. Y.,) Sept. 26, 1789. Associate Justices, J. Rutledge, (S. C.,) Sept. 26, 1789. 1806. Thomas Todd, (Va.,) March 2, 1807. R. J. Meigs, (Ohio,) 1814 to 1823. Salary, $5,000. John Marshall, (Va.,) Jan. 27, 1801. Roger B. Taney, (Md.) Judge Taney was nominated 28th Dec., 1835, confirmed by the Senate, March 15, 1836. Salary, $4,500. Levi Lincoln, (Mass.,) Jan. 3, 1811, (de clined the appointment.) John Q. Adams, (Mass.,) Feb. 22, 1811, Attorneys General. Salary, $3,500. E. Randolph, Va., Sept. 26, 1789. Wm. Bradford, Pa., Jan. 27, 1794. Charles Lee, Va., Dec. 10, 1795. Levi Lincoln, Mass., Mar. 5, 1801. J. Breckenridge, Ky., Dec. 23, 1805. C. A. Rodney, Del., Jan. 20, 1807. Wm. Pinckney, Md., Dec. 11, 1811. Richard Rush, Pa., Feb. 10, 1814. Speakers of House of Representatives. F. A. Muhlenberg, Pa., 1st Congress, 1789. Henry Clay, Ky., 16th Con., 1819. James K. Polk, Tenn., 24th Con., 1835. 1839. MINISTERS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. SALARY, $9,000. OUTFIT, $9,000. Envoys and Ministers Plenipotentiary. Thomas Pinckney, S. C., to England, Jan. 12, 1792. James Monroe, Va., to France, May 28, 1794. William V. Murray, Md., to the Netherlands, March 2, 1797. John Q. Adams, Mass., to the Netherlands, May 30, 1794. Envoys and Ministers Plenipotentiary. Charles C. Pinckney, S. C., to France, June 5, 1797. George W. Erving, Mass., to Spain, Aug. 10, 1814. William Eustis, Mass., to the Netherlands, Dec. 10, 1814. Thomas Sumpter, S. C., to Portugal, [in Brazil] Mar. 7, 1809. Hugh Nelson, Va., to Spain, Jan. 15, 1823. John Graham, Va., to Portugal, [in Brazil] Jan. 6, 1819. Henry Dearborn, sen., N. H., to Portugal, May 7, 1822. H. Clay, Ky., to Prussia, Special Commissioner to conclude a Treaty, 1823. George W. Campbell, Tenn., to Russia, April 16, 1818. Henry Middleton, S. C., to Russia, April 6, 1820. Richard C. Anderson, Va., to Colombia, Jan. 27, 1823. Cæsar A. Rodney, Del., to Buenos Ayres, Jan. 27, 1823. Heman Allen, Vt., to Chili, Jan. 27, 1823. Rufus King, N. Y., to England, May 5, 1825. Albert Gallatin, Pa., to England, May 10, 1826. James Barbour, Va., to England, May 23, 1828. Alexander H. Everett, Mass., to Spain, Mar. 9, 1825. Albert Gallatin, Pa., Agents upon the Umpirage relating to the North Eastern Round. Wm. P. Preble, Me., Sary of the United States, May 9, 1828. William H. Harrison, to Colombia, May 24, 1828. John W. Forbes, Fa., to Buenos Ayres, Mar. 9, 1825. Joel R. Poinsett, S. C., to Mexico, Mar. 8, 1825. Richard C. Anderson, Va., To the Assembly of American Nations, proposed to be held John Sergeant, Pa., Sat Panama, Mar. 14, 1826. Joel R. Poinsett, S. C., to the same Assembly, Feb. 12, 1827. Condy Raguet, Pa., to Brazil, Mar. 9, 1825. William Tudor, Mass., to Brazil, Dec. 27, 1827. William Miller, N. C., to Guatemala, Mar. 7, 1825. John Williams, Tenn., to Guatemala, Dec. 9, 1825. Louis McLane, Del., to Great Britain, 1829. William C. Rives, to France, 1829. William Pitt Preble, to the Netherlands, 1829. Thomas P. Moore, to the Republic of Colombia, 1829. John Randolph, Va., to Russia, 1831. Edward Livingston, La., to France, 1833. William Wilkins, Pa., to Russia, 1834. Andrew Stevenson, Va., to England, 1836. |