9 51 10 24 4 37 011 36 5 43 10.10 P.M. h rises. 6 195.71.-A.M. Sag. oc. by S. Portugal, Pekin and Natal, 80 deg. Australia and Scotland, 75 deg. Italy, Venezuela and Madeira, 73 deg. Switzerland and Hungary, 66 deg. Bavaria, Sweden, Tasmania and Moscow, 65 deg. Patagonia and the Falkland Isles, 55 deg. Nova Zembla, 34 deg. THE Public Ledger contains all the news of the day in a compact form. Its leaders are marked by sound sense, and its financial department has long been famous for accuracy and fullness of information. The Ledger never contains a line contrary to morality or unfit to be seen, and its universal popularity is shown by its enormous advertising patronage. All our societies insert their notices in it, and hardly a death occurs or a marriage is celebrated but the public is informed of it through the pages of the Ledger. As regards the unemployed, few lines in the Ledger can procure them a situation if one is to be had.-Catho lic Standard, Philadelphia, January 17, 1874. P.M. h. m. d. Low Tide. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. h. m.h. m. h. m. h. m. O 9 6 55 7 28 O 41 I 9 8 O 8 28,6.1 2 32 3 24 [1875. PHENOMENA. (Per., 1d. 8h, A.M. Apo., 13d. 9h. A.M. (Per., 29d. 3h. A.M. I 10.46 A.M. 3.06 A.M. 8 54 9 24 6.3 0.26 A.M. 2 5 2 59 9 51 10 18 6.5 3 48 10 43 11 76.5 4 33 11 30 11 52 6.5 1 31 6.0 4 35 3 317 31 2 25 10 26 6 26 28 183 2 F 184 S 186 M 4 38 Tu 4 38 4 257 31 8 18 4 35 7 30 9 26 4 10 10 53 4 o 13 6.4 36,102,921. Diminution, 12 persons per thousand. In the census of 1866 were included Alsace and portions of Lorraine and other territories not included in the census of 1872. In 1866 these portions of France, according to estimate, contained 1,597,238. This number, added to the decrease on the figures above (366,915), shows a gross decrease in the population of France in six years of 1,964,153. In 1857 the national debt of France was $1,606,000,000, about $44 per head of the population. In 1872 the national debt was $4,600,000,000, about $128 per head of the population. LARGE STEAMERS. THE seven largest steamers in the world are the Great Eastern (owned by the International Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company), 678 feet long, 77 feet broad; the City of Peking (Pacific Mail Steamship Company), 6000 tons, 423 feet long and 48 feet broad; City of Tokio (same owners), about the same size; the Liguria (Pacific Steam Navigation Company), 4820 2 112 33 9 30 9 52 6.4 2 55 3 17 10 14 10 36 6.5 3 37 3 57 10 56 11 16 6.5 4 17 4 38 11 36 11 57 6.5 o 18 6.4 0 38 I 06.2 I 21 1 45 6.0 2 9 2 35 5.7 63 40 5.4 4 56 5.3 6 11 5.6 6 46 7 22 5.8 0 33 I 0 7 52 8 19 6.1 4.48 A.M.HC. 5.39 P.M. Oinf. | 11.42 P.M. Spica sets. 9.40 P.M. Reg. sets. 9.11 P.M. Ant. S. 4.51 P.M. 4«. 11.14 P.M. Vega S. 6.04 P. M. south. 9.13 P.M. h rises. 7.23 P.M. Fom. rises. 1.42 P.M. 0. 7.41 P.M. gr. hel. 1. S. 9.07 P.M. stat. [~ 3.23 A.M.rises. 9.32 P.M. South. 1.09 P.M. 09. 10.47 P.M. Spica sets. 8.45 P.M. Reg. sets. 10.58 P.M. Y sets. 8.12 P.M. Ant. S. 8.07 A.M. stat. 7.06 A.M. OWO. 7.02 P.M. gr. el. W. 3.27 A.M. r.ab.27°N.of 8.07P.M. hris.. [ 8.35 P.M. Ó C. 4.49 A.M. tons, 460 feet long and 45 broad; the Britannic (White Star), 4750 tons, 455 feet long and 45 broad; the City of Richmond (Inman), 4600 tons, 4531⁄2 feet long and 43 beam; the Washington (British), 4600 tons, 450 feet long and 44 feet wide. A WORD as to the workshop where 91,000 copies of the Public Ledger are printed each day with a thousand little editorials for which their thousand authors pay twenty to thirty cents a line for the privilege of having them printed. The employés regard it as a palace built for them to work in a printing-house which is unparalleled in the world; a printing-office which in all its departments is the most healthy, comfortable and spacious on the American continent.-The American Journalist, Philadelphia, August, 1874. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. ELECTIONS BY THE PEOPLE. Act of 1788: elected by General Ticket. 1789-91.-Frederick A.Muhlenberg, Henry Wynkoop, Thomas Hartley, George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons, Thomas Scott, Peter Muhlenberg, Daniel Heister. Elected Nov., 1788; took their seats March 4, 1789. Act of March 16, 1791.-1st Dist. City of Philadelphia and Delaware County. 2d Dist. Philadelphia County and Bucks. 1791-3-1st Dist. Thomas Fitzsimons, Fed. Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Fed. 2d 66 Act of April 17, 1792: election on General Ticket. 1793-5.-James Armstrong, William Findlay, Thomas Fitzsimons, Andrew Gregg, Thomas Hartley, William Irvine, John Wilkes Kittera, Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Peter Muhlenberg, Thomas Scott, John Smilie. Act of April 22, 1794.-City and County of Philadelphia to be each a District with one member. 1795-7.-City of Philadelphia, John Swanwick, Anti-Fed.; county, 2d Dist., Frederick A. Muhlenberg. 1797-9.-City, John Swanwick, Dem.; county, Blair McClenachan, Dem. 1799-1801.-City, Robert Waln, Fed.; county, Michael Leib, Dem. 1801-3-City, William Jones, Fed.; county, Michael Leib, Dem. Act of April 2, 1802-City and County of Phila delphia and Delaware County to be one District with three members. 1803-5.-Joseph Clay, Dem., Jacob Richards, Dem., Michael Leib, Dem. 1805-7.-Joseph Clay, Dem., Jacob Richards, Dem., Michael Leib, Dem. 1806.-Dr. John Porter, Dem., in place of Michael Leib, resigned. 1807-9.-Dr. John Porter, Dem., Jacob Richards, Dem., Joseph Clay, Dem. 1808.-Dr. Benjamin Say, in place of Joseph Clay, resigned. 1809-11.-Dr. Benjamin Say, Dr. John Porter, Wm. Anderson, Dems. 1811-13.-Wm. Anderson, Snyder Dem., James Milnor, Fed., Adam Seybert, Dem. Act of March 20, 1812.-City and County of Philadelphia, one District, to elect four members. 1813-15.-Adam Seybert, Dem., Wm. Anderson, Dem., Charles J. Ingersoll, Dem., John Conard, Dem. 1815-17.-Jonathan Williams, Fed., Joseph Hopkinson, Fed., William Milnor, Fed., Thomas Smith, Fed. 1817-19.-Adam Seybert, Dem., Wm. Anderson, Dem., John Sergeant, Fed., Joseph Hopkinson, Fed. 1819-21.-John Sergeant, Fed., Joseph Hemphill, Fed., Samuel Edwards, Fed., Thos. Forrest, Fed. 1821-23.-John Sergeant, Fed., Joseph Hemphill, Fed., Samuel Edwards, Fed., William Milnor, Fed. Act of April 22, 1822.-City and County of Philadelphia divided into three Districts, each to elect one member. 1823-5.-1st Dist. Samuel Breck, Fed. 2d. Jos. Hemphill, Fed. 3d. Daniel H. Miller, Dem. 1825-7.-1st Dist. John Wurts, Fed. 2d. Jos. Hemphill, Fed. 3d. Daniel H. Miller, Dem. 1826.-Thomas Kittera, Fed., in place of Jos. Hemphill, resigned. 1827-9.-1st Dist. Joel B. Sutherland, Dem. 2d. Joseph Hemphill, Fed. 3d. Daniel H. Miller, Dem. 1829-31.-1st Dist. Joel B. Sutherland, Jackson Dem. 2d. J. Hemphill, Jackson Dem. 3d. Daniel H. Miller, Jackson Dem. 1831-3.-1st Dist. Joel B. Sutherland, Jackson Dem. 2d. Henry Horn, Jackson Dem. 3d. John G. Watmough, Jackson Dem. Act of June 9, 1832.- City and County, three 1st and 3d District, one member Districts. each; 2d District, two members. 1833-5.-1st Dist. Joel B. Sutherland, Jackson Dem. 2d. Horace Binney, AntiJackson, James Harper, Anti-Jackson. 3d. John G. Watmough, Jackson Dem. 1835-7.-1st Dist. Joel B. Sutherland, Dem. 2d. James Harper, Whig, Joseph R. Ingersoll, Whig. 3d. Michael W. Ash, Dem. 1837-9.-1st Dist. Lemuel Paynter, Dem. 2d. John Sergeant, Whig, George W. Toland, Whig. 3d. Charles Naylor, Whig. 1839-41.-1st Dist. Lemuel Paynter, Dem. 2d. John Sergeant, Whig, George W. Toland, Whig. 3d. Charles Naylor,* Whig. 1841-3.-1st Dist. Charles Brown, Dem. 2d. Joseph R. Ingersoll, Whig, George W. Toland, Whig. 3d. Charles J. Ingersoll, Dem. Act of March 25, 1842.-City and County, four Districts, each to elect one member. 1843-5.-1st Dist. Edward Joy Morris, Whig 2d. Joseph R. Ingersoll, Whig. John T. Smith, Dem. 4th. Charles J. Ingersoll, Dem. 1845-7.-1st Dist. Lewis C. Levin, Native American. 2d. Joseph R. Ingersoll, Whig. 3d. John H. Campbell,Native American. 4th. Charles J. Ingersoll, Dem. 1847-9.-1st Dist. Lewis C. Levin, Native American. 2d. Joseph R. Ingersoll, Whig. 3d. Charles Brown, Dem. 4th. Chas. J. Ingersoll, Dem. Ingersoll was returned as elected, but Naylor was admitted on contest. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. THE nucleus of a national museum intended to commemorate the signing of the Constitution of the United States in 1787 and the history of Pennsylvania during colonial and Revolutionary days is now on exhibition in the judicial hall of the old colony of Pennsylvania. This hall is in the Statehouse building, opposite Independence Hall. It is open to visitors from 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. of each day. Among the many interesting relics in the museum are the following: Original charter of the city of Philadelphia, dated October 25, 1701, signed by the founder and bearing the great seal of Pennsylvania; a fac-simile of the non-importation resolutions of 1765, with the names of the signers; the strong-box of Robert Morris, with his appointment as Superintendent of Finance; specimens of china used by Washington; a copy of 2 8969 27 6.3 2 49 9 48 10 86.5 28 10 48 6.5 911 30 6.5 6.4 0 36 6.3 I 26.6.1 4 52 5.3 6 38 7 10 5.7 O 44 38 8 36.0 I 25 8 24 8 44 6.2 I 45 2 69 49 256.3 4.23 A.M. 8.50 P.M.H 2 4.56 P.M. gr. H. 1. N. 8.49 P. M. Spica sets. 11.22 P.M. Arc. sets. 0.29 A.M. C. 2.18 A.M. in per. 6.10 P.M. Ant. S. 8.58 P.M. 2 sets. 8.13 P.M. Vega S.A 9.21 P.M. Alt. S. 11.11 P.M. h south. 5.10 A.M. C. 4.46 A.M. 8 6. 11.10 A.M. & C. the first Philadelphia newspaper; flag of the First Regiment Pennsylvania Militia; a complete set of the money of the Revolution; a volume of Pennsylvania bills of credit, containing the orig inal draft of the Act in the handwriting of Andrew Hamilton for the issue of £30,000 in bills of credit, and for the erection of the State-house; a piece of the Charter Oak; an original stamp of the is sue required to be used under the Stamp Act of 1765; three chairs once occupied by the chief justices of Pennsylvania; a brewing-mug brought over with Penn in the Welcome; a sofa which once belonged to Washington; and a dining-table and looking-glass once the property of William Penn. Among the portraits are those of King William, Queens Mary and Anne, "the three Georges," Gouverneur Morris and other signers of the Federal Constitution, William Rush the sculptor, William Bartram the botanist, Robert Fulton, Chief Justice Chew, and others. THE Public Ledger Almanac, Philadelphia, is a marvel of industry and good taste, containing a mass of information which can be found in no other volume published in the United States.The London Bookseller for January, 1874. I 47 rises. 2 29 3 9 3 29 10 3 50 4 II II 4 32 4 55 11 5 17 5 42 51 O 14 6 7 9 33 10 10 46 11 19 5 28 6 55.6 |