New-York tribune., 1876-01-24
TIGTRE,9 For 1879,

TIE TRIBUNE ALMANAC for the current year
is published this morning. Under the respect
i've names of POLITICAL REGISTER, WING AL
MANIAC, and Tribune ALMANAC, tins manual
has been issued from this establishment an
nually during tho past thirty-seven years,
and during that long period has been de-
scryedly regarded as high and trust
worthy authority on the subjects of which 1t
treats 1t is perhaps sufficient praise to say OF
this number that, in the varied useful lnforma-
ton il contains, in its accuracy and Its full
ness of detail, it is not inferior to any of it,
predecessors. The merchant will find in this
compact little volume carefully prepared sta
tistics of tho trade and commerce OF
tho United States and Great Britaii.
for series of years, showing ut
a glance tho effect upon the trade and
prosperity of tho respective countries of the
manic of 1878, as also of the commercial crises
of 1857 and 1866. He will also find here a
complete statement of the growth and present
condition of the iron manufacturing interest
in this country, of the cotton production, the
business of the canals and trunk railroads, the
revenue and expenditures of the United
States, Of our export trade in breadstuffs,
and ultlcu OlUtT "hi'h
can nowhere else be found in 80 compact II
form and ut such trihing cost. in the contents
of the Almanac will also be found Il complete
statement of the Public Debt of the United
States; an abstract of the more important pub
lie laws enacted at the last session Of Con-
gress; the appropriations by Congress
for tho years 1875 and 1876; state
ment showing the effect in the way of
currency contraction of the existing acts
of Congress providing for resump-
ton of specie payments; table showing the
monthly range of the gold premium from 1862
to 1875; list of the members of the present
Congress, politically classifed list of other
members of the National and State Govern
ments, officers of the State and of the several
counties of Now-York. and much similar in
formation.
But the point to which all citizens will first
turn this year in THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC will
be to the figures bearing upon the Presiden-
tial election. They will find first summary
of the popular vote for President from 1924
to 1872, q summary of the electoral vote for
tho same period, and fifty closely printed
pages of election returns from all the States
Of the Union for the past year. The vote
Of New-York is given by counties and
by towns, while the votes-are also separately
given for congressman, Senators and Assembly
men, with the other details also of the city
vote. These returns are unusually full, and
have been prepared with that close attention
and scrupulous accuracy which long experience
has secured, and under the same supervision
AZ for the last ten years. few years ago
the election returns in THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC
were compressed into II or Is pages. This
year they are extended to four times that space
The Office has never issued more compre-
hensive and accurate compendium, and has
never sent out one likely to be 50 widely
sought or so carefully studied. In the early
months of Presidential year nearly every
able bodied voter comes to find the perusal Of
election statistics fascinating; and there has
not been time within the memory of