Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-04-27
The american Year Book for 1867.

The American Yearbook and Ma
tional Register, published by o. d..
Case. h Co., of Hartford, condences in
to eight hundred and twenty-four pa
ges, a large amount of important infor-
nation respecting our own land and
other countries.
Besides very full and complete calen-
dar tables, it includes all the important
celestial phenomena for 1863; tables OF
Latitude and Longitude. and difference
of time for 375 of the most important
places on the globe; list of the Presi-
dents, Vice Presidents, Members of the
Cabinet, Judges, &C., since 1883; and OF
the Governors of the States and Terri
tories since their organization.
There is an account of each depart
ment of the General Government, with
its bureaus, and chief officers and their
duties. In the State Department, I'M
der the head of Intercourse with For
eign Nations, there is full list CT Min
listers, Diplomatic Agents, and Consular
Officers, with their official residences,
embracing all the places at which our
government is represented and Of the
Foreign Legations in the United States
with the Consuls of foreign countries,
and their places of business, including
in all, more than fourteen hundred
names.
The full account of the Treasury De-
lartment, Coast Survey and Light
House Districts; the Army and Navy,
the Military and Naval Academies,
with lists CT army and naval officers;
the operations of the Post Office Depart
ment; the Patent Office and the Land
Bureau; the Departments of Agriculture
and Education the lists of Colleges,
Collegiate Institutions, Medical Law
and Normal Schools, will be of interest
to many who have OF access to Large
number of public documents, and who
could gain the information only by long
and labOrious investigation.
There is condensed account OF the
proceedings of Congress, including the
impeachment Trial, Reconstruction in
the Southern States, and other impor-
tant matters the National Debt at diff
ferent periods; Receipts and Expendi-
lures Sales of Merchandise Matte ia
Banks: and Abstracts of the Public
Laws.
A brief historical notice is given of
each State and Territory, with list of
the Executive and Judicial officers
the number and term of service of Mem
bers of the Legislatures; an account OF
the Finances, State Debt, Educational,
Charitable and Penal Institutions; and
the population, wealth and industry OF
each. There Is also Il summary OF all
the foreign governments, with the rul-
ers, expenditures, revenue, army and
navy, and other important facts regard
ing each country.
The statistics of the religions of the
world give not only the general classifi
cation of different Nations, buta detailed
account of the number connected with
each denomination in each State, and in
other portions of the civilized world.
There are miscellaneous essays upon
Agriculture Currency and Finance;
Mining; Literature, and the Literary
influences of the day and full tables OF
Presidential election returns, with the
vote in each County for Electors since
1885. More than 80 pages are occupied
with the Record of important events in
1868, and the Obituaries include notices
of 14O of the most eminent persons de-
ceased in 1868.