ANNUAL ELECTION RETURNS BY STATES AND COUNTIES,
LISTS OF PRESIDENTS, CABINETS, JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT, FOREIGN
MINISTERS, GOVERNORS OF STATES, &c., WITH SUMMARIES OF ACTS
OF CONGRESS, AND OTHER POLITICAL STATISTICS.
POLITICAL ESSAYS, ADDRESSES, PARTY PLATFORMS, &c.
MAKING A CONNECTED POLITICAL HISTORY FOR THIRTY YEARS.
PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE,
No. 154 NASSAU STREET.
Michigan......
Wisconsin...
Arkansas...
Fugitive Slave Law of 1793....12 State Governments-List of Capi-
Missouri Compromise of 1820..12
Fugitive Slave Law of 1850....13
Kansas and Nebraska Act of
1854....
Speech of Wm. H. Seward on
the Nebraska bill.. .21-26
Speech of the Hon. Jos. Quincy
on Fugitive Slave Law.... .26
The Public Lands-Act to Gradu-
ate Price of Public Lands to Ac-
tual Settlers..
Act to Establish Offices of Sur-
veyor-General of Kansas, Ne-
braska, and N. Mexico to Grant
Donations to Actual Settlers...28
Reciprocity Treaty with Canada.29
Treaty with Mexico [Gadsden
Treaty]....
Treaty with Japan-Summary of
Treaty
National Finances, &c.-Abstracts
of Reports of Secretaries of
Treasury, Navy, and Postmaster
General..
32, 36
Agricultural Facts for Far-
.....36, 38
"United States Navy-Name of Ves-
sels of War, with Rate, Guns,
when and where built, Com-
manders, where stationed......38
Formation of States and Territo-
tals, Governors, and Expiration
of their Terms, Salaries, Time
of Holding Election, and of
Meeting of Legislatures..
Popular Vote for President-Pop-
ulation of States..
Government of United States-
Executive and Judiciary...
Members of Thirty-fourth Con-
gress.....
Governments of Europe-Form of
Governments, Name and Title
of Rulers, Square Miles, Popu-
lation, Religion, etc......
Kansas-Extent, Character, and
Climate, its Settlement, Legisla
tion, etc.....
....6, 17
The War in the East-Critical and
Historical Review of War be-
tween Russia and Allies....18, 22:
American History in Brief........22
Origin of Plants...
..22
Laws of Congress-Titles and Ab-
stracts of Important Public Acts
of Thirty-third Congress; Rights
of Citizenship; Diplomatic and
Consular Systems of United
States; Rates of Postage; Ap-
propriations; Carriage of Pas-
sengers in Vessels, etc.... .23, 36
Reciprocity Treaty..
ries, and when admitted........39 Measures, not Men-Different
gress-as far as chosen.. .18
Kansas and the Extension of
Slavery...
.19-28
Governments of Europe, Form of
Governments, Religion, Popula
tion, etc..
The Contest for Speaker..
Nicaragua,
Walker's Expedi
Laws of Congress-Synopsis of
those of general interest....36--40
Pay of Congress..
New Guano Islands.
Grants for Railroads in Different
States...
Bounty Land Law Amended....36 National Platforms..........33-37 Kansas in 1858..
Diplomatic and Consular Service The Case of Dred Scott......37-44 How they elect Bogus
-Pay....
.37 Minnesota Its Organization as
Territory and State, and rapid
growth
44
Oregon-Description of State, Sy-
nopsis of Constitution..........46
The East Indian Revolt......47-49
Republican Congressmen-Decla-
.40 ration of Principles
General, Civil, and Diplomatic
Appropriations, etc., etc.....38
Proclamations on-
Boundary with Mexico....
Disturbances in Kansas...
Calling Extra Sessions of Con- Governments of Europe..
Jeffersonian Ordinance of 1784.40-42
Party Platforms in 1856-Republi-
can, Democratic, and Ameri-
Election Returns.............44-64
States Senators in Indiana..35-37
Utah and the Mormons.......37-42
Governments of Europe-Names
of Sovereign, Title. Form of
Government Square Miles, Pop-
ulation, Religion, &c. ....
Election Returns...
..64 United States Government-Ex-
..64 ecutive and Judiciary.
Popular Vote for President by Members of Thirty-Fifth
States in 1848, 1852, and 1856....64
State Governments-Governors, gress....
Capitals, General Election,
Country, Capital, Salary, etc...16
.64 Members of Thirty-Sixth Con-
Members of Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, as far as elected.....
Postage Rates, Domestic and For-
eign....
...20
16 Land for the Landless-Action of
Congress on Public Lands..21-29
16 The Foreign Slave Trade....30-34
Kansas..
.18 The Italian War..
Meeting of Legislatures, etc....65 Laws of Congress; Abstracts of
Population and Wealth of United
States...
...34
.36-38
The Constitution of the United
.39-44
States...
Treasury Estimates of Appropria-
.44
tions for 1860..
Appropriations made during the
second session of 35th Congress 45
Governments of Europe-Sover-
.20 eign, Title, Form of Govern-
.21 ment, Miles, Population, Relig-
ion, etc....
the Important Acts of first ses-
sion of Thirty-Fifth Con-
gress...
..19-24
To issue Treasury Notes......19
Admission of Minnesota... ..20
Land Claims in California.... .20
Archives of California..
Frauds in Land Titles..
Texas Boundary Line..
Appropriations
Compensation of Congressmen.23
Difficulties with Paraguay, &c..24
Kansas-Lecompton, and Lecomp-
24-31
The Lecompton bill, and the
Crittenden-Montgomery sub-
Act for the Admission of the
State of Kansas into the
Union.
Congress thereon...........31, 32 Morrill......
Proposed Relief for Kansas......31 The Public Lands-Agricultural
Mr. Grow's Bill, and the action of
Colleges. Bill introduced by Mr.
......31-33
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