National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-05-14
The American Year Book for 1853.

The American Year Book and Ma
tional Register, published by y. u.
Case & Co, Hartford, condenses IN
to S24 pages large amount OF I'M
portant information respecting our
own land and other countries.
Besides very full and complete
calendar tables, it includes all the
important celestial phenomena for
1869; tables of Latitude and LOngi-
tude, and difference of time for $40
of the most important places on the
globe: list of the presidents, vice
presidents, members of the cabinet,
judges, &C., since 1889: and of the
governors of the states and terrific
rieS from their organization.
There is an account of each de-
partment of the General Govern
ment, with its bureaus, and chief of
ficers and their duties. In the state
department, under the head of In
tercOursc with Foreign Nations,
there is full list of ministers, diplo
matte agents, and consular officers,
with their official residences, embrac-
ing all the places at which our gov
eminent is represented; and OF the
foreign legations in the United
States with the cOnsuls of foreign
countries, and their places of bust
ness, including, in all, more than
fourteen hundred names.
The full account of the Treasury
Department, Coast Survey and Light
House Districts: the Army and Ma
w, the military and naval acade-
mics. with lists of army and nava
officers; the operations of the Post
, Office Department; the Patent OF
, flee and the Land Bureau; the De
5 partments of Agriculture and Edu-
? cation; the lists OF colleges, colleg
late institutions, medical, law an,
, normal schools. will be ofinterest t.
= many " no have not access to larg
a number of pnblic documents, AM
who could gain the information on
~ by long aud laborious investiga
{, ton.
- There is a condensed account {
a the proceedings of Congress, includ
n ing the Impeachment Trial, Recon
II struction in the Southern State
d and other Important matters; til
he national debt at different periods
ii. receipts and expenditures Of tt
ne government; sales of merchandise
RS National Banks, and Abstracts
Is the Public Laws.
re \ brief historical notice is give
II of each state and territory, with
F" list of the executive and judicial o
1t ticcrs: the number and term of sc
1. vice of members Of the legislatures
D. an account Of the finances, sta
Il debt, educational, charitable an
l. penal institutions; and the popul
ton, wealth and industry Of eacl
There is also summary OF all Il
foreign governments, with the ru
~ crs, expenditures, revenue, arm
~ !" and navy, and other important f,"
=, regarding each country.
40 40 The statistics of the religions
~. ~ the world give not only the gencr
" classification of different nation
r. but a detailed account of the nun
M Der connected with each denomin
=, ton in each state, and in other po
;" tons of the civilized world.
!, There are miscellaneous essa,
~ upon Agriculture; Currency an
:, Finance; Mining; Literature, an
:" the Literary Influences Of the day
y and full tables of Presidential Gle
- ton returns with the vote in cat
y county for Electors since 1886
;" More than 30 pages are occupi,
a with the Record of important Even
~ in 1868, and the Obituaries inclu,
- notices of l4O of the most eminc
40 persons deceased in 1868.