cording to population; and the 23d, 24th, 25th, and 26th Congresses have been elected in accordance with an act of Congress of 1832, one representative being returned for every 47,700 persons, computed according to the rule prescribed by the constitution; (five slaves being computed equivalent to three free persons.) The present regular number is 242 representatives, and 3 delegates.

Since the 4th of March, 1807, the compensation of each member of the Senate and House of Representatives has been $8 a day, during the period of his attendance in Congress, without deduction in case of sickness; and $8 for every twenty miles' travel, in the usual road, in going to and returning from the seat of government. The compensation of the President of the Senate, pro tempore, and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is $16 a day.

Votes for President and Vice-President.

The following table, which we have prepared at the expense of some labor, will be found useful for reference. It exhibits the electoral votes given for the most prominent candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States, at the different elections since Gen. Washington's retirement.

1796-President, John Adams 71, Thomas Jefferson 68; VicePresident, T. Pinkney 58, Aaron Burr 50.

1800-President, Thomas Jefferson 73, John Adams 64; VicePresident, Aaron Burr 73, T. Pinkney 58.

1804-President, Thomas Jefferson 162, Charles C. Pinkney 14; Vice-President, G. Clinton 163, R. King 14.

1808 President, J. Madison 152, C. C. Pinkney 45; Vice-President, G. Clinton 118, R. King 47.

1812- President, J. Madison 127, De Witt Clinton 89; VicePresident, E. Gerry 128, Jared Ingersoll 58.

1816- President, J Monroe 188, R. King 34;

D. D. Tompkins 113, opposition scattering.

Vice-President,

1820-President, J. Monroe 218, no opposition, except one vote given from New Hampshire; Vice-President, D. D. Tompkins 212, opposition divided.

1824- Andrew Jackson 99, J. Q. Adams 84, W. H. Crawford 41, H. Clay 37. J. Q. Adams chosen by the house.

1828- President, A. Jackson 178, J. Q. Adams 83; Vice-President, J. C. Calhoun 173, R. Rush 83.

1832- President, A. Jackson 219, H. Clay 49, John Floyd 11, Wm. Wirt 7; Vice-President, Martin Van Buren 189, John Sar geant 49, William Wilkins 30, Henry Lee 11, Levi Ellmaker 7.

1836--President, Martin Van Buren 170, W. H. Harrison 73, H. L. White 26, W. P. Mangum 11, Daniel Webster 14; Vice-President, R. M. Johnson 147, Francis Granger 63, scattering 84.

1840-President, William Henry Harrison 234, Martin Van Bu ren 60; Vice-President, John Tyler 234, Richard M. Johnson 48, J. K. Polk 1, L. W. Tazewell 11. [Harrison 19 states; Van Buren 7 do.]

The electors meet at the capitals of the respective states in which

they are chosen, on the second day of December, and give in their ballots for President and Vice-President.

Population, Square Miles, &c. of the United States.
2,257,374 sq. m.; 17,357,226 INHAB.

Capital, WASHINGTON, 23,346 inhab.; lat. 383 N., long. 77 W.

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New England States.

New York ..46,000 2,428,921 1614 Albany......33,721 387 New Jersey....7,800 373,306 1624 Trenton. Pennsylvania..47,000 1,724,033 1682 Harrisburg.

78,085 1627 Dover..

4,035 167

.5,980 100

.3,790 100

Southern States.

469,232 1634 Annapolis

.2,792 33

.20,153 123

Raleigh

.2,244 288

Delaware

.68,000 1,239,797 1607 Richmond

N. Carolina.. .50,000 753,419 1650

...

Georgia.. .61,000
Alabama

S. Carolina.... .32,000 594,398 1670 Columbia.....4,340 490 691,392 1733 Milledgeville..2,000 635 52,000 590,756 1783 Tuscaloosa ..2,000 880 .48,000 375,651 1716 Jackson......1,000 1190 Louisiana .49,000 352,411 1699 N. Orleans..102,193 1260

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Tennessee. .43,000 829,210 1765 Nashville. .6,929 720 .40,000 779,828 1775 Frankfort .1,917 565 .45,000 1,519,467 1788 Columbus.. 6,048 418 ..63,000 212,267 1670 .36,000 685,866 1730 .59,000 476,183 1749 ..63,000 383,702 1663 Arkansas ..55,000 97,574 1685 Territories.

.9,102 556 Indianapolis ..2,692 603 Springfield...2,579 850 Jefferson City 1,000 950 Little Rock.1,000 1000

*Oregon. 600,000

.548,000 108,800
.190,000

Inhabited by Indians principally.

† Settlement commenced by John J. Astor, Esq., 1811.

Apportionment of Representation.

By an act of Congress passed June, 1842, the States are entitled to one Representative for every 70,680 inhabitants. This will give a total of 223, besides three Delegates from the Territories. Each State is required to be divided into districts, corresponding in number to the representatives to be elected, each of which shall choose one.

Residence.

Roger B. Taney,.. Maryland,

Supreme Court.

Appointed. Salary.

..Chief Justice.......1836 $5,000

Joseph Story, ....Massachusetts,..Associate Justice...1811..4,500

..1823..4,500

John McLean,........Ohio,...

66

66

..1829..4,500

..1830..4,500

John M. Wayne,.. Georgia,

..1835..4,500

John McKinley,..Alabama,

John Catron,

.Tennessee,

..1837..4,500

Peter Y. Daniel, .. Virginia,

66 ..1841..4,500

Hugh S. Legare, .Washington, ...Attorney-General.

Richard Peters,... Philadelphia,
William T. Carroll, Washington,
Alexander Hunter, Washington,

The Supreme Court is held in Washington on the second Monday of January, annually.

Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island...Story.

Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas........McKinley.

The Circuit Courts are held in the several districts of each circuit,

the district judge acting as associate justice.

There is a local court held in the District of Columbia.

Catron.

Ninth Circuit.

Districts.

Maine,

N. Hamp.
Vermont,

Mass.......
R. Island,

N.Y.

Ashur Ware,...John Holmes,
Matth. Harvey,. Joel Eastman,.
Samuel Prentiss, Charles Davis,

J.D. Kinsman,. [John Mussey.
J. W. Kelley,.. C. W. Cutter.
Wm. Barron,.. Jesse Gove.

...

Peleg Sprague, Franklin Dexter,. S. Lincoln, F. Bassett. John Pitman,... R. W. Greene,... S. Hartshorn, .J. T. Pitman. Connecticut, A. T. Judson, .. Charles Chapman, J. B. Eldridge,. C. A. Ingersoll. N.D. A. Conkling,... J. A. Spencer,.... C. Robinson,.. R. B. Miller. S. D. Samuel A. Betts, Ogden Hoffman, . S. M. Stilwell,. F. J. Betts. N. Jersey,.. P. Dickerson, J. S. Greene,. J. S. Darcy,... R. D. Spencer. (E. D.. J. Hopkinson,.. W. M. Meredith, . Isaac Otis, F. Hopkinson. Pa. W.D. Thomas Irwin,. Cor. Darragh, H. C. Bossier,.. E. J. Roberts. Delaware,.. Willard Hall,... J. A. Bayard, D. C. Wilson, .W.A. Mendenhal. Maryland,.. Upton S. Heath, N. Williams,. N. Snyder,.. Thomas Spicer.

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E. D.. John Y. Mason, R. C. Nicholas, E. Christian,.. R. Jeffries. Va. W. D. I.S.Pennybacker W. G. Singleton, James Points.

..

Wm. Crawford,

N. Carolina, Henry Potter, W. H. Haywood,. Bev'ly Daniel,. W. H. Haywood
S. Carolina, R. B. Gilchrist,. E. McCreary, ....T. C. Condy,.. James Jarvey.
Georgia,.... John C. Nicoll,. R. M. Charlton,.. W. J. Davis,.. George Glenn.
George W. Gayle, R.L.Crawford, D. Files.
Jer. Clemens,
.... B. Patterson,.. C. R. Clifton.
S. F. Butterworth, A.K. McClung.
R. M. Gaines,. A. Miller,..... William Burns.
H. Taylor,
Bailie Peyton,.
M. Marigney.

S. D.
N. D.
N.D.
S. J. Gholson, ..

Ala.

Miss.

S. D.

E. D.

La.

W. D.
W.D.

Abner N. Ogden,

C. N. Garrett,. J. Lessassier.

H. W. McCorry,.. R. I. Chester.

Ten. M. D. B. Brown,......R. J. Meigs,.

E. D.

S. B. Marshall, N. A. McNairy.
J. A. McKinney,. R. M. Woods, W. C. Mynatt.
Kentucky,.. T. B. Monroe,..P.S.Loughborough J. M. McCalla,. J. H. Hanna.
H. A. Leavitt,.. Israel Hamilton,.. J. Patterson, William Miner.
J. L. Holman,.. C. Cushing,.. R. Hanna, Henry Hurst.
Nathaniel Pope, J. Butterfield,..

Ohio,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Missouri,.
Michigan, Ross Wilkins,.. George C. Bates,
Arkansas, Benj. Johnson, . Absalom Fowler,.

Dist. Col...William Cranch, Francis S. Key, ..Alex. Hunter,. W. Brent.