Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-05-20
The American Yearbook for
1869.

The AMERICAN YEAR Book and Ma
T1oNAL REGISTER, published by o. D.
Case & Co., Hartford, condenses into
s24 pages large amount of impor-
taut information respecting our own
land and other countries.
Besides very full and complete
calender tables, it includes all the
important celestial phenomena fer
1869; tables of Latitude and Longi,
tude, and difference of time for 375
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 terri
tories 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 Inter
course with Foreign Nations, there
is full list of ministers, diplomatic
agents, and consular officers with
their official residences, embracing
all the places at which our govern
ment is represented; and of the for
eign legations in the United States
with the consuls Of foreign countries,
and their places of business, inclu-
ding in all, more than fourteen hun
dred names.
The full account of the Treasury
Department, Coast Survey and
Light House Districts; 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 the Land Bureau; the De-
partments of Agriculture and Edu-
cation; the lists of colleges, collegi
ate institutions, medical, law and
normal schools, will be of interest
to many who have not access to a
large number of lblic documents,
and who could gain the information
only by long and laborious investiga-
tion.
There is condensed account ol
the proceedings of Congress, inclu-
ding the Impeachment Trial, Recon
struction in the Southern States,
and other important matters; the na-
tional debt at different periods; re-
ceipts and expenditures of the gov
ernm ent, sales of merchandise; Ma.
tional Banks; and Abstracts of the
Public Laws.
/ A brief historical notice is given
of each state and territory, with a list
of the executive and judicial officers;
the number and term of service ol
members of the Legislatures; an &C
count of the finances, state debt
educational, charitable and penal in
stitutions; and the population, wealth
and industry of each. There is also
a summary of all the foreign govern
ments, with the rulers, expenditures
revenue. army and navy, and othel
important facts regarding each coun
try.
The statistics Of the religions o
the world give not only the general
classifications of different nations
but detailed account of the number
connected with each denomination il
each state, and in other portions o.
the civilized world.
There are miscellaneous essay
upon Agriculture. Currency ant
Finance; Mining; Literature, and tn,
Literature Influences of the day; ant
full tables of Presidential electiel
returns with the vote in each county
for Electors since 1886. More thai
80 pages are occupied with the Rec
ord of Important Events in 1868, ant
the Obituaries include notices of 14l
of the most eminent persons deceas