the people, and the Government was tal and established himself at Innspruck menaced so threateningly that the King in the Tyrol. A revolt broke out in Prague sent his treasures to a vessel of war in the on the 12th of July, between the people harbor, and held himself in readiness to fly and the soldiery commanded by Prince at any moment. This disturbance finally Windischgrätz, which continued three subsided, and at our last advices from days, and was only quelled by the bomNaples there was some prospect of a set- bardment of the city. Communications tlement with Sicily, on the basis of the passed between the Austrian Diet and Constitution of 1812, being successfully the Emperor, which resulted in his return accomplished. to Vienna on the 12th of August. The The theatre of Revolutions, since the measures adopted by the Government suppression of the June Insurrection in proved unsatisfactory, and the capital was Paris, and the unsuccessful termination of far from remaining tranquil. No serious the Irish Rebellion, has been transferred disturbance occurred, however, until the to Central and Eastern Europe and the 6th of October, when an order of the Em movements which are going on in Ger- peror was issued to march several bodies many and among the Sclavonic nations, of soldiers against the Hungarians. continue to excite a deep and universal The National Guards joined with the interest. The Federative Diet of Ger- people to prevent their departure; the many, which met on the last day of March, troops fraternized with them, and a battle gave place on the 18th of May to the Ger- commenced, which raged fiercely the man Parliament, whose members were whole day and night, until the morning of elected by the people, according to a regu- the 7th, when the Arsenal, which was lar system of Representation. This body, strongly garrisoned, surrendered, and the constituting a Central Power, and possess- city was in possession of the people. ing a controlling influence over the nations Latour, Minister of War, was seized by which constituted the Union, resolved to the mob and murdered, during the fight. commit the chief executive authority to The Emperor fled to Olmutz, while his a Regent, elected by its members. The army, commanded by Gen. Auersperg, enchoice fell upon the Arch-Duke John of camped near the city. Jellachich, the Austria, who was installed at Frankfort, as Ban of Croatia, advanced with his forces Regent of the Empire, on the 12th of July. to aid the former; and Windischgrätz, Some difficulty was experienced in ob- with another army, afterwards joined taining the acknowledgment of his authority them. Vienna being thus surrounded, an in Prussia and Hanover, but the matter attempt was made to come to terms. This was finally settled by compromise. An- failed, however, and the bombardment of other source of trouble was the armistice the city by the combined armies comagreed upon between Prussia and Den-menced on the 28th of October. After a mark on the 10th of July. The opposition great deal of severe and desperate fightto its ratification by the Central Power ing at the gates, and the defeat of a portion was so great, that the Ministry resigned, of the Hungarian army which had marched and the Regent had great difficulty in to the assistance of the besieged, the peofinding substitutes. The measure was ple were finally overcome, and the city finally ratified on the 17th of September, capitulated on the 30th. by a bare majority, and the opposition The government of Windischgratz has among the liberal members and the popu- thus far been signalized by tyrannous and lace of Frankfort and the neighboring cities bloody acts. Robert Blum, a Deputy of was so great, that the next day a large the Frankfort Diet, and Messenhauser, body of people collected before the gates, Commander of the National Guard, have and penetrating the city, began to erect been secretly tried and executed by his barricades. A sanguinary conflict ensued, order, and the conquered citizens are still and after two hours' cannonade the insur-treated with great severity. An army has gents were beaten. Order was speedily been organized for the war with Hunga restored, but the struggle cost the lives of ry, but its operations are now suspended Prince Lychnowsky and Von Auerswald. by the season. Russia is concentrating In Austria, after the successful issue of her troops on the Hungarian frontier. Such the Vienna Revolution, the hostility be- is the present aspect of Eastern Europe. tween the two parties continued to agitate The principles which are involved in the country. The fierce civil war raging these Revolutionary movements between the Croatian and Hungarian pro- been silently developing for years. The vinces was favorable to the hopes of the final issue is not doubtful, but the interliberal party, and its opposition to the vening struggle must necessarily be long Government rose to such a pitch that on and severe. the 18th of May the Emperor left the Capi December 24, 1848. have 22 THE EXECUTIVE ELECT. (March 4, 1849, to March 4, 1853.) President.-ZACHARY TAYLOR, of Louisiana. Major General Taylor was born in Orange County, Virginia, November 24, 1784, and is in his 65th year. John Taylor of Caroline, Zachary Taylor, and several other eminent citizens of the Union, are descendants of James Taylor, who emigrated from England to Virginia, toward the close of the 17th century. Vice-President.-MILLARD FILLMORE, of New-York. Mr. Fillmore is the son of a New-England Farmer, who settled at Summer Hill, Cayuga County. toward the close of the 18th century, where the Vice-President elect, who is a distinguished lawyer, was born on the 7th of January, 1800. XXX Ist CONGRESS.[Incomplete.j Assembles Dec. 3, 1849; Expires March S, 1851. IOWA.-1,Wm. Thompson; 2, Sheph'd Leffler. MAINE.-1, Elbridge Gerry; 2, Nathan'i S. Littlefield; 3, John Otis; 4, Rufus K. Goodenow; 5, Cullen Sawtelle; 6, Charles Stetson; 7, Thomas MASSACHUSETTS.-1. Robt. C. Winthrop; 2, D. P. King; 3. James H. Duncan; 4, Chas. Allen, (F. S.); 6, Geo. Ashmun; 7, Julius Rockwell; 8, Hor. Mann, (F. S.); 9, Orin Fowler: 10, Joseph Grinnell. When this Almanac went to press last December, only 138 members of the House of Representatives had been chosen; 93 remained to be elected from Alabama, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New-J. D. Fuller. Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Only 45 Senators are as yet chosen, some of whom are but temporarily appointed by Governors of States. We annex a list of the returns. EXPLANATIONS.-Whigs in Italics; Locos in Roman; independents in SMALL CAPS; (A. R) antirent; (F. S.) free soil; (*) Taylor men The figures denote Congressional Districts; the seats thus marked (†) will probably be contested. MICHIGAN.-A. W. Buel; 2, William Sprague, (F.S.); 3, K. S. Bingham. MISSOURI.-1, Jas. B. Bowlin; 2, William V. N. Bay 3, James S. Green; 4, Willard P. Hall; 5, John S. Phelps. NEW-YORK.-1. John A. King; 2, Dav. A. Bokee; 3, J. Phillips Phoenix; 4, Walter Underhill; 5, Geo. Briggs; 6, James Brooks; 7. William Nelson; 8, R. Halloway; 9. Thomas McKissock: 10, Herman D. Gould: 11, P. H. Sylvester; 12, Gideon O. ReyR. Andres: 15, J. R. Thurman; 16, Hugh White; nolds, (A.R.); 13, John L. Schoolcraft; 14, George 17, H. P. Alexander; 18, Preston King, (F. S); 19, Charles E. Clarke; 20, O. B. Mattison; 21, Hiram Walden; 22, Henry Bennett; 23, William Duer: 24, Daniel Gott; 25, Harmon S. Conger; Schermerhorn; 29, Robert L. Rose; 30. David Rum26, W. T. Jackson; 27, W. A. Sackett: 28, A. M. SENATE-61 Members. Newell; 3, Isaac Wildrick; 4, John Van Dyke; MICHIGAN.-Lewis Cass; Alpheus Felch.5, N. JERSEY.-Wm. L. Dayton; Jacob. W. Miller (F.S.); 3, R. C. Schenck; 4, Moses B. Corwin; OHIO.-1, David T. Disney; 2, L. D. Campbell, 5, Emery D. Potter; 6, Rodolphus Dickinson; Jonathan D. Morris; 8, John L. Tailor; 9, Edson B. Olds; 10, Charles Sweetzer; 11, John K. Miller; 12, Samuel F. Vinton; 13, W. A. WhitPENNSYLVANIA. Daniel Sturgeon; Jas. Cooper. tlesey; 14, Nathan Evans; 15, Wm. F. Hunter, RHODE ISLAND.-Albert C. Greene; J. H. Clarke.(F.S); 16, Moses Hoagland; 17, Joseph Cable; SOUTH CAROLINA.-J. C. Calhoun; A. P. Butler. 20, Jos. R. Giddings, (F.S.); 21, Jos. M. Root, (F.S) 18, David K. Carter; 19. John Crowell, (F. S.); TENNESSEE.-Hopkins L. Turney; John Bell. TEXAS-Thomas J. Rusk; Samuel Houston. VERMONT.-Samuel S. Phelps; William Upham. VIRGINIA.-J. M. Mason; Rob't. M. T. Hunter. WISCONSIN.-Henry Dodge; Isaac P. Walker. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 231 Members. ARKANSAS.-1, Robert W. Johnson. DELAWARE.-1, John W. Houston. FLORIDA.-1, F. C. Cabell. GEORGIA-1, Thomas B. King; 2, M. J. Welborn 3, Allen F. Owen; 4, H A. Haralson; 5, Thos. C. Hackett; 6, Howell Cobb; 7, Alexander H. Stephens; 8, Robert Toombs. ILLINOIS.-1, W. H. Bissell; 2, Jno. A. McClernand: 3, Thomas R. Young; 4. Jno Wentworth; 5, William A. Richardson; 6, Edward D. Baker; 7, Thomas L. Harris. PENNSYLVANIA-1, LEWIS C. LEVIN; 2, Joseph R. Chandler; 3, Henry D. Moore: 4, John Robbins, Jr.; 5, John Freedley; 6, Thomas Ross; 7, Strong; 10, M. M. Dimmick; 11, Chester Butler; Jesse C. Dickey; 8, Thaddeus Stevens: 9, William 12, David Wilmot, (F. S.): 13. Joseph Casey; 14, Charles W. Pitman; 15, Henry Nes; 16, James X. McLanahan; 17, Samuel Calvin; 18. A. Jacks m Ogle; 19, Job Mann; 20. R. R. Reed; 21, Moses Hampton; 22, John W. Howe, (F.S. W.); 20, James Thompson; 24, Alfred Gilmore. SOUTH CAROLINA.-1. Daniel Wallace; 2, *J. L. Orr; 3, J. A. Woodward; 4, John McQueen; 5, A Burt; 6. Isaac E. Holmes; 7, W. F. Colcock. VERMONT.1, William Henry; 2, Wm. Hebard; 3, George P. Marsh; 4, L. B. Peck. WISCONSIN.-1, CHARLES DURKEE, (F. S.): 2. Orsamus Cole; 3, James D. Doty. (NOVEMBER 30, 1848.) THE EXECUTIVE. JAMES K. POLK* of Tennessee, President of the United States...... THE CABINET. JAMES BUCHANAN of Pennsylvania, Secretary of State. X X X th CONGRESS. 23 Assembled Dec. 6, 1847; Expires March 3, 1849; The 2d Session commenced, Monday, Dec. 4, 1848. SENATE. GEORGE M. DALLAS of Pennsylvania, President. [Whigs in Italics; Locos in Roman; Free Soil in SMALL CAPS. Before each Senator's name is the year when his term closes, and after his name the State in which he was born, where known. The wages paid to each Senator who attended, was $2,021 for the first, and $696 for the second session of the XXIXth Congress.] ALABAMA. IOWA. KENTUCKY. Term expires. ARKANSAS. LOUISIANA. 1851.. William L. Dayton....N J. 1853..Jacob W. Miller........ NJ. Mileage, 2 Senators, XXIXth Congress, $329 and $451. NEW-YORK 1849..Solon Borland........Ten. 1853.. W. K. Sebastian......Ten. 1849.. Henry Johnson... Ambrose H. Sevier, late Sena-1853..Solomon U. Downs..Ten. tor (native of Ten.) sent Commis- Mileage, 2 Senators, XXIXth sioner to Mexico; salary and outfit Cong. $3.766 and $4,149. Pierre 1849..JOHN A. DIX..........N H. $18,000. Mileage of two Senators, Soulé, (France,) elected for six 1851..Daniel S. Dickinson... Con. XXIXth Cong. $3,520 and $3,400. years from 3d March, 1849. General Dix was the Free Soil candidate for Governor of New1849..John M. Niles......... Con. 1851..Hannibal Hamlin......Me. York. Mileage, 2 Senators, last 1851.. Roger S. Baldwin......Con. 1853..James W. Bradbury...Me. Congress, $640 and $921. Mileage of two Senators, last Congress, $600 and $640. CONNECTICUT. DELAWARE. MAINE. [Mr. Hamlin succeeds the late Mr. Fairfield. Mileage, 2 Senators, last Cong. $960 and $1,088.] MARYLAND. 1851..John M. Clayton.......Del. FLORIDA. NORTH CAROLINA. 1849.. George E. Badger......N C 1853.. Willie P. Mangum.....N C. Mileage, 2 Senators, last Congress, $460 and $512 OHIO. Mileage, 2 Senators, XXIXth 1849..William Allen..... ..N C. Congress, $67 and $208. Pearce 1851.. Thomas Corwin....... Ky. 1849..Jas. D. Westcott, Jr...N.J. is reelected for six years from 3d 1851..David Levy Yulee....W.I. March, 1849. Mileage-2 Senators, last Cong. $1,863 and $2,381. A Whig Senator will probably succeed Westcott. MASSACHUSETTS. Mileage, 2 Senators, XXIXth Congress, $766 and $1,146. A Whig Senator will probably suc.N.H. ceed Allen, for six years from .Ms. March 3, 1849. 1851.. Daniel Webster.. 1853..John Davis... Mileage, 2 Senators, XXIXth 1349..Herschell V. Johnson..Ga. Congress, $704 and $848. 1853..John McP. Berrien.....N.J. GEORGIA. MICHIGAN. Mileage, two Senators, last 1851..Thomas Fitzgerald... TENNESSEE. TEXAS-(Continued.) VIRGINIA. Term expires. Native State. Term expires. Native State. Term expires. Native State. 1851..Hopkins L. Turney...Ten. session, $2,496, or $4,992 for his 1851..James M. Mason...... Va. 1853..John Bell... ..Ten. traveling charges during a Cong. 1853..R. M. T. Hunter........Va. [Mileage, 2 Senators, former Mr. Rusk, $4,694 for 2 sessions. [Mileage, 2 Senators, XXIXth Congress, $1,586 and $1,736.] Congress, $264 and $358.] TEXAS. 1851..Thomas J. Rusk.... 1853..Samuel Houston......Ten. Mileage-Samuel Houston per VERMONT. ..Ms. WISCONSIN. 1849.. William Upham..... HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ..Ia. [Whigs in Italics; Locos in Roman; Natives in SMALL CAPS. After each member's name is placed that of his native state or country. In the XXIXth Congress, every member, eighteen excepted, received for wages $2,024, during the first session, and $696 for wages, were paid to those present during the second session. Speaker Davis's wages, during both sessions, amounted to $4,948 and $1,392. Each member of Congress receives $8 for every twenty miles he travels between Washington and his own residence, both coming and going. The mileage paid to a number of the members of the XXIXth Congress is stated below, and those conversant with the routes, can judge whether the compensation is an equitable one. Speaker Winthrop was elected on the third ballot, thus: Members present 218; for Winthrop 110; Boyd 64; McClelland 14; McClernand 8; others 22.] ALABAMA. MAINE-(Continued.) Native State. Members. 3.. Hiram Belcher.. 4..Franklin Clark..........Me. 5..Ephraim K. Smart.......Me. 6..James S. Wiley. ILLINOIS-(Continued)[ Dist. Members. Native State. Dist. Members. Native State. Dist. 1..John Gayle. Ala. Mileage-Hoge 2 sess. $3,084; 2..Henry W. Hilliard.......N.C. Douglass 2 sess. $2,564; Went3..Sampson W. Harris.....Ga. worth, each session. $1,445. Mc 4.. William M. Inge.... .N.C. Clernand, Wentworth and Rich5..George S. Houston.....Ten. ardson, reëlected, to XXXIst Con6..W. R. W. Cobb.........Ten. gress, with-1. Wm. H. Bissell; 7..F. W. Bowdon.... ...S.C. 3. T. R. Young; 6. Edward Mileage-Dargin 2 sess. $2,063; Baker; 7. Thos. L. Harris.] Chapman 2 do. $2,080. INDIANA. 1..Elisha Embree.... .Me. 7..Hezekiah Williams.......Vt. .Con. 5..William W. Wick... Ky. Md ..Del .Md ....Md. Mileage each session-Ligou $36; Perry $184. MASSACHUSETTS. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. ...Ms. .Con. .Ms. ..Ms. ...Ms. Ky. Mann succeeded John Quincy Ky. Adams. Mileage each session.Ky. Winthrop $366. 1..Linn Boyd.. 5..John H. Lumpkin. 6..Howell Cobb. 7.. Alexander H. Stephens....Ga. 8.. Robert Toombs... Ga. Mileage-Jones 2d ses. $787; Toombs $612.-[Members of the XXXIst Cong. King, Haralson, Cobb, Stephens, Toombs, reëlected. with--2. M. J. Welborn; 3. Allen F. Owen; 5. Thos. C. Hackett.] LOUISIANA. 1..Emile La Sere........ 2..B. G. Thibodeaux.... 3..J. M. Harmanson... 2..John A. McClernand.....Ill. 4..Isaac E. Morse... 3..Orlando B. Ficklin.......Ky. 2..Charles E. Stuart..... 3..Kinsley S. Bingham....N.Y. Mileage each session-Chip Ky. MICHIGAN. Ky. .Ky. 1..Robert McClelland...... Pa. .N.Y. man $953. MISSISSIPPI. N.C. ....Ten. Mileage each ses.-Harman4..John Wentworth..... .N.H. son $1,840; Thibodeaux $1,944. 5..Wm. A. Richardson... Ky. MAINE. 6..Thomas J. Turner......Ohio. 1..David Hammons.... Me. Mileage each session-Roberts $1,600: Adams, (2d ses.) $1,408; Jefferson Davis, (ea. ses.) $1,520 MISSOURI. 7.. Abraham Lincoln..... .Ky. 2..Asa W. H. Clapp........Me. 1..James B. Bowlin........Va. Dist. MISSOURI (Continued.){ Members. Native State. Dist. OHIO. RHODE ISLAND. Native State. Dist. Members. 2..John Jameson... Ky. 1..James J. Faran... 3..James S. Green.. Va. 2..David Fisher.. 4..Willard P. Hall.. Va. 3.. Robert C. Schenck.. 5..John S. Phelps.. Con. 4.. Richard S. Canby. Mileage, 2 sessions-Sims $2,- 5.. William Sawyer... 804; Relfe $2,443. [Elected to 6..Rodolphus Dickinson... XXXIst Congress-2. Wm. V. 7..Jonathan D. Morris.. Bay; Bowlin, Green, Hall and 8..John L. Taylor... Phelps, are reëlected.] 9.. Thomas O. Edwards. 10..Daniel Duncan... NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 1..Amos Tuck [Free Soil]...Me. 11..John K. Miller.. 2..Charles H. Peaslee.....N.H.12..Samuel F. Vinton.. 3..James Wilson.... .N.H. 13..Thomas Richey. ...0. .0. SOUTH CAROLINA. .Ms. 1..Daniel Wallace.......... ...O. .Va. 2..Richard F. Simpson.....S.C. ..Md. 3..Joseph A. Woodward...S.C. .Pa. 4.. .Pa. 4..James H. Johnson......N.H.14..Nathan Evans. $422. NEW-JERSEY. 16..John D. Cummins.. 1..James G. Hampton... .N.J. 18..Samuel Lahm.. 2.. William A. Newell......Ohio. 19..John Crowell Vt. 20..Joshua R. Giddings. S.C. .O. 5..Armistead Burt........ 3..Joseph E. Edsall.. 5.. Frederick A. Tallmadge..Con. 5. Emery D. Potter; 9. Edson B .Ireland. 25..Harman S. Conger.... S.C. 6..Samuel A. Bridges. 34.. Washington Hunt.......N.Y. 22..John W. Farrelly.. VIth Dist.-Horace Greeley was elected, vice D. S. Jackson, declared unduly returned. XXVIIth Dist.-E. Blackmar, do., vice J. M. Holley, deceased. Mileage-Lawrence $188; King, $480; Strong $512; Smith $522. NORTH CAROLINA. Pa. .Pa. Vt. Mileage each session-Foot $432. [Wm. Henry elected to the XXXIst Congress, 1st District; .Pa. 3. Marsh, reëlected; 4. Peck,do. Vt. .Pa. VIRGINIA. .Pa. 1..Archibald Atkinson......Va. Pa. .Pa. 23..James Thompson. 5.. William L. Goggin.. 9..John S. Pendleton.. 10..Henry Bedinger. .Va. Va. Va. .Va. .Va. ....Va. .Va. .Va. Va. .Va. .Va. .Va. .Va. The present members for Dists. 1, 5, 9, 11, 12, 15, 19, 21 and 23, are elected to XXXIst Congress. 1..Thomas M. Clingman....N.C.-Also, 2. Joseph R. Chandler: 3.13..Andrew S. Fulton.... 2..Nathaniel Boyden..... Ms. Henry D. Moore; 4. John Rob-14..Robert A. Thompson. 3..Daniel M. Barringer....N.C. bins, Jr (contested;) 6. Thomas 15..William G. Brown... 4.. Augustine H. Shepperd..N.C. Ross; 7. Jesse C. Dickey: 8. Thad- Mileage each session-Hunter 5..Abram W. Venable......Ky. deus Stevens; 10. M. M. Dimmick; $80; Brown $264; Hopkins $369. 6..James J. McKay N.C. 13 Joseph W. Casey; 14. Charles 7..John R. J. Daniel. .N.C. W. Pitman; 16. Jas. X. McLana8..Richard S. Donnell......N.C. ghan; 17. Samuel Calvin; 18. An9... David Outlaw.. ......N.C. drew Jackson Ogle; 20. Robert R Mileage each session-Boggs Reed; 22. John W. Howe; 24. Al$218; Graham $400. fred Gilmore. |