The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-05-07
The American Year Rook for 1859.

The American Year Book for 1859,
The American Yearbook and National
Register, published By o D. Case ts Co.,
Hartford, cOndenses into s24 pages large
amount of important information respecting
our own land and other countries.
Besides very full aud complete cslerdsr
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; a
list Of the presidents, vice, presidents, men,
bers of the cabinet, judges, &c, since 1883;
aud of the Governors ofthe states aud terri
tories from their organization.
There is an account of esdh department Of
the General Government, with its bureaus,
aud, chief officers and their duties. In, the
state department, under the head of f-Inter-
course with Foreign Nations, there is full
list of ministers, diplomstic 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 coun-
tries and their places of business, in all,
more than fourteen hundred names.
The full account of the Treasury Depart
meRt Coast Survey and Light House Dis
tricts; the Army and Navy, the military
aud naval academies, with lists of army and
naval officirs; the operations oithe Post Office
Department; the Patent Office and the Land
Bureau; the Departments of Agriculture
and Education; the lists ofcolleges, collegiate
institutes, medicsl, law and normal schools,
viii be Of interest to many who have not
access to large number of documents, and
who could gain the information only by long
and laborious investigation. af:
There is a condensed account Of the pro-
ceediugs Of Congress, including the In
peachment Trial, Reconstruction in the
Southern Statas and other important mat
ters; the national debt at different periods;
receipts and expenditure of the government;
sales of merchandise; National Banks, and
Abstracts of the Public Laws.
A brief historical notice is given of each
state and territory, with a list of the ex.
ecutive and judicial officers; the number and
term Ofservice Ofmembers ofthe legislatures.
an account of the finances, state debt, edu-
catiOnal, charitable and penal institutions;
and the population, wealth and industry of
each. There is also summary of all the |
foreign governments, With the, rulers, ex-
PeDditures, revenue; army. and navy, and
other important facts regarding each country. |
The statistics of the religions Of the world |
give not only the general classification of
different nations, but detailed account ofi
the number connected with each denomina-
ton 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 1863. More than 80 pages
are occupied with the Record of Important
Events in 1863 and the Obituaries include
notices of lao of the most eminent persons
deceased 1867.