In the year 1834 will happen several very important astronomical phenomena in the United States, the most interesting of which will be the eclipse of the Sun, in the afternoon of Sunday, November 30th; which will be very large throughout the whole country, and total in some part of the States of South Carolina and Georgia. Boston, October 4, 1832. R. T. P. PART I. 4 Length of the Longest and Shortest 5 Days in several cities in the U. S. 25 Movable Festivals of the Church in 1833 5 CALENDAR-January, &c. Expenditure of the United States Page Florida Territory-Government; Ju- Flour and Meal Trade, United States 127 France - Table of Divisions and Popu- Table of 232 England; Population of England and Height of Tides 14 156 Halos Elections, Time of 234 Elements of Eclipses and Occultations 61 Ember Days 5 England, see Great Britain England Ephemeris of the Sun Europe Reigning Sovereigns; Statis- Executive Government, United States 81 95 provement 234 224-226 163 CORRECTIONS. Page 115. In the Table exhibiting the "Apportionment of Representatives," there is a transposition of figures in the column containing the number of Representatives in the 22d Congress. They should stand thus; Vt. 5; Mass. 13; Rhode Island 2; Con. 6. Page 156. Number of members on the books in the University of Oxford, England, 5,274; not 2,741. See page 268. Pages 158, 159, 160, and 161. The abstract of the Fifth Census of the United States which is given in these pages, is from the official document. According to the official statement, there are a few slaves in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. This is, however, an error: slavery is not permitted by the constitution and laws of these several states. Page 186. Salary of the governor of Pennsylvania $4,000; not $2,000. Wm. A. Falmer is reelected Governor of Vermont for the year ending on the 2d Thursday in October, 1833. |