Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-05-19
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to the publishers, 0. D. CASE Co., of
Hartford, for copy of their American
| Yearbook and National Register" for 1859,
which condenses into S24 pages large
amount of important information respect
ing our own land and other countries.
Besides very full and complete calendar
tables, 1t includes all the important celes-
tial phenomena for 1863; tables of Lati-
tlde and Longitude, and difference of time
for 375 of the most important places on the
the globe; list of the presidents, vice
presidents, members OF the cabinet, judges,
&c, since 1888; and of the governors of
the states and territories from their organ
ization
There is an account of each department
of the General Government, with its bu-
reaus, and chief officers and their duties.
In the state department, under the head of
Intercourse with Foreign Nations, there is
full list of ministers, diplomatic agents,
and consular officers, with their official res
dences, 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 Depart
ment, Coast Survey and Light House Dist
riots; the Army and Navy, the military and
naval academies, with lists of army and
naval officers; the operations of the Post
| Office Department; the Patent Office and
Land Bureau; the Departments of Agricul-
ture and Education the lists of colleges,
collegiate institutions, medical, law and
normal schools, will be of interest to many
who have not access to a large number OF
! public documents, and who would gain the
information only by long and laborious in
vestgation.
| There is I. condensed account of the pro.
| ceedings of Congress, including the I'M
| parchment Trial, Reconstruction in the
Southern States, and other important mat
tiers: the national debt at different periods
receipts and expenditures of the govern
ment sales of merchandise National
Banks, and Abstracts of the Public Laws.
A brief historical notice is given of each
| state and territory, with list of the exec
utive aud judicial officers the number and
/ term of service of members of the legisla
/ lures; an account of the finances, state
/ debt, educational, charitable, and pena
/ institutions; and the population, wealth
/ and industry of each. There is also a sum
mary of all foreign governments, with tn,
rulers, expenditures, revenue, army anC
navy, and other important facts regarding
each country
The statistics of the religions of the
world give not only the general classified
ton of different nations, but a detailed &C
count of the number connected with eacl
denomination in each state, and in other
portions of the civilized world.
There are miscellaneous essays on Agri
culture; Currency and Finance Mining
Literature, and the Literary Influences o
the day; and full tables of Presidential
election returns with the vote in eacl
county for Electors since 1886. More thar
thirty pages are occupied with the Recor,
Of Important Events in 1865, and the Obit
uaries include notices of one hundred an
forty of the most eminent persons who die,
/ in 1865