I. PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

II. EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT.

THE 18th Presidential term of four years, since the establishment of the government of the United States under the Constitution, began on the 4th of March, 1857; and it will expire on the 3d of March, 1861. An election in each State throughout the United States for Electors of President and Vice-President, for the 19th Presidential term of four years from the 4th of March, 1861, was held on the 6th November, 1860, and resulted in the choice, by the people, of Abraham Lincoln of Illinois, for President, and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine, for Vice-President.

The following are the principal officers in the executive department of the government, who form the Cabinet, and who hold their offices at the will

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

Jeremiah S. Black, Secretary.

William H. Trescot, Assistant Secretary, salary, $3,000.

Salary.j

William Hunter, Chief Clerk, $2,200 Hugh C. McLaughlin, Super-
Edward Stubbs, Disburs. Agent, 2,000 intendent of Statistics,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Philip F. Thomas, Secretary.

Philip Clayton, Assistant Secretary, salary, $ 3,000.

Gilbert Rodman, Chief Clerk
of the Treasury Department, $2,200

Comptrollers.

Appraisers-General.

New York.

Salary.

$2,000

Wm. P. Williams, New Orleans.
Geo. F. Emery, Boston.
Moses F. Odell,
Chas. V. Hagner, Philadelphia.
J. W. Baughman, Baltimore.
Richard Roman, for the Pacific
Coast, San Francisco,

$6,000

Treasurer's Office.

Benj. F. Larned, Col., Paymaster-Gen. I. C. Woodruff, Capt., Assistant.
W. D. Beall, Principal Clerk, 1,800 Geo. Thompson, Principal Clerk,1,800

Richard Gott, Principal Clerk, 1,800 Geo. Bender, Principal Clerk, 1,800

NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Isaac Toucey, Secretary.

Joseph Smith, Chief of the Bureau of Docks and Navy-Yards,

Commander M. F. Maury, Super. of Observatory at Washington,

Samuel Archbold, Engineer in Chief,

Act. Commis.,

R. R. Rhoades,

Henry Baldwin,

do.

Henry King,

do.

James S. French,

do.

2,000 Alfred Herbert,

John Robb, Chief Clerk,

S. T. Shugert, Chief Clerk &

Examiner, 2,500 A. L. McIntire, Draughtsman, 1,600 2,500 T. G. Clemson, Agricult. Clerk, 2,000 2,500 Samuel P. Bell, Machinist, 1,600 2,500 W. E. Jillson, Librarian,

Public Buildings.

1,600

2,500 John B. Blake, Commissioner, 2,000

United States Insane Asylum.

1,800 C. H Nichols, Superintendent, 2,500 1,800 W. P. Young, Jr., Ass't Physician, 700

POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Joseph Holt, Postmaster-General.

1st Assistant Postmaster-Gen., Appointment Office, 3,000

Contract Office,

Finance Office,

3,000

3,000

B. N. Clements, Chief Cl'k P. O. Dep't, and Chief of Inspection Office, 2,200 Thomas M. Tate, Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office,

H. St. George Offutt, Chief Clerk of the Auditor,

Place.

POSTMASTERS IN THE CHIEF TOWNS AND CITIES.*

[Corrected in the Post-Office Department, November 5, 1860.]

Abingdon, Va. Adrian, Mich. *Albany, N. Y. *Alexandria, La. Alexandria, Va. Alton, Ill. Amherst, Mass.

*The places marked thus (*) are distributing offices, and those thus marked were all the distributing offices, November 1, 1860.