The annual compensation allowed to the Commandants of Navy Yards D. C. 3,466 75 United States Military Academy, at West Point, Orange County, New York. This institution was established in 1802, and is supported by the General Government. The State of New York has ceded to the United States, for the purposes of the Academy, the jurisdiction of 250 acres of land. Inspector. Brevet Brigadier General Charles Gratiot, Chief Engineer, (ex officio,) inspector of the Military Academy. Academic Staff. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Sylvanus Kayer, (corps of Engineers) Superintendent and Commandant. GENERAL POST OFFICE. Incidental expenses 68,111 45 Excess of Expense above Revenue The Number of Post Offices in the United States, June 30th, 1832, Increase during the Year ... 1,482,507 22 2,266,100 35 .... d7,530 01 Annual Transportation of the Mail. In Stage Coaches 16,222,743 miles, in Steam Boats, 499,301, On horseback and in Sulkies,* 6,902,977, in all 23,625,021 miles. Post Roads in the United States 104,476 miles, 12,306 of which are in the State of New York. Rates of postage. One single piece of paper, not exceeding 30 miles, 6 cents Over 30 and not exceeding 80 miles, .... 10 .... 182 ....25 Letters composed of two pieces of paper are charged with double the above; three pieces with triple, four pieces with quadruple, ditto. Letters weighing an ounce or more Avoirdupiose, are charged at the rate of quadruple postage per ounce, and in that proportion for a greater weight. Letters or packages delivered at the same Post Office where they are lodged, are charged one cent postage. Ship Letters, if delivered at the Office where the vessel arrives, pay six cents postage; if sent further by land, two cents more than the land postage. For instance if a letter arrives at New York from England, or any other country, for a person at Honesdale, the postage from New York to Honesdale being 12 cents, then the whole postage from England, or else where, to the person addressed is only fourteen cents and half; being only two cents for carrying it across the ocean. Newspaper postage. To any part within the State where it is printed, one cent. Out of the State, and not above 100 miles the same. If above 100 miles to any distance, one cent and half: no duty on the printing it; any one may print as free as they print a hand-bill, * Sulky is a carriage on a pair of high wheels, room for only one to sit. The number of post-offices in the United States, June 30th, 1832, was 9,205. Increase during the year, 519. CHAP. XXVIII. Religious and Literary Institutions. According to a recent publication, there are 22 Theological Seminaries, with at present (1833) 977 Students, or on an average about 44, with Libraries of nearly 60,000 volumes, 4 of these are Congregational. 2 Lutheran. 4 Baptists 7 Presbyterian 1 Evangelical Lutheran 1 Dutch Reformed 2 Episcopal (church of England) 1 German Reformed. The largest number of Students, is at Andover, 145. The number of Colleges in the United States is 36, one third of which are in New England. There is one near Cincinnatti, in Ohio, called Lane College, where young men have a privilege to work at a fixed price, and learn also. An acquaintance of mine, a young man that was coach-maker, studied there. A common labourer has six cents an hour, when at work, and Mechanics, twelve and half cents an hour. They work three hours in a day between their studies, or perchance studying the same time, which is far more creditable than to be at a tavern, or a house of ill fame between their studies. The number of Medical Schools is 17, of which 8 are in New England. Total number of professors, 69, of Students, 1522. In the Brunswick School, State of Maine, there are 103. New York City, 188. Fairfield, N. Y. 190. Ohio School, 110. University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, 308. |