New-York tribune., 1877-01-06
THE TRTRUNE ALMANAC.

IHE TRIBUNE ALMANAC 1Or lo|i VIII po
published on Monday, the 18th inst. Unusual
care and labor have been given to its prepa-
ration, in the hope of insuring accuracy and
completeness; and we have little doubt that
the old friends of the Almanac will be more
than satisfied with the results
Besides the full returns by counties of the
late election in the States and Territories OF
the Union, alphabetically arranged and COM
pared with votes of previous years, there will
be found in it the vote by towns in the
States of Connecticut, New-Jersey, and New
York. Tables are also given presenting all
the known facts respecting the election in the
"three disputed States "-FlOrida, Louisiana,
and South Carolina-including the face of the
returns, the final returns as counted by the
Returning Boards, and the returns as the
Democrats claim that they should be counted.
We think this collection of facts will be found
of the highest value.
The tables giving the full electoral and pop
ular vote of each State, from the foundation OF
the Government to the present time, have been
prepared after great research into original
sources and present, in compact form, infOrma-
ton of special interest at this moment. These
tables are accompanied and explained by copi-
Gus notes, which exhibit the working of the
existing system of choosing the President and
Vice President. No compilation of equal COM
pactness and value on this subject has ever
been made.
A new Administration comes in on the 4th
of March, and whether it be headed by
Hayes or Tilden, there will be ten thousand
office hunters seeking for place. These inter-
esting gentlemen will find in the Almanac
summary of the number of offices in
the Government in the various branches of
the public service at home and abroad, with
the salaries attached to each. To large and
enterprising class of our population no such
juicy information has been presented in sta
tistical volume for at least four years.
The tables showing the operations OF the In
ternal Revenue System from 1862 to 1876,
and of the National Banking System, and the
effect. upon CURRENCY, of the provisions of the
Resumption act of 1875 the Statistics of the
Foreign Trade of the United States, and the
special interests of Iron and Steel. Cotton and
Wooden Manufactures; and the accurate hg-
ures showing the ordinary revenues OF the
Government and the ordinary expenditures,
wear by year, from 1860 to 1876 (including
tho payments as interest upon the Public
Debt), will with other like data, prove to be
the precise facts which every intelligent citizen
desires to have for reference and information.
As the provisions of the Constitution of the
United States are undergoing more or less
discussion, its full text, with the amendments,
is properly among the contents, together with
the principal amendments recently proposed
to it. The party platforms of 1876, the lists
of the present Congress, and of the next as
far as chosen the regular and special COM
mittees of the two bodies, together with other
details not necessary to enumerate, make
up one of the most compact publications
known to our political literature. All the
matter has been carefully prepared, revised
and re-revised by the Hon. Edward McPher-
son, for many years Clerk of the House OF
Representatives, and one of the most accom-
plshed political statisticians we have ever
had in the country. We feel sure that pOiti-
clans will find the work accurate, cOmprehen-
sive, and Indispensable.