XIV. Statement of the number and designation of Passengers arriving in the United States, during the year ending September 30th, 1846. [From a letter of the Secretary of State to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, February 22, 1847.] 1. STATES IN WHICH THE PASSENGERS ARRIVED. States. Maine, Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, Total, Males, Females, Total, 4th quar- 1st quar- 2d quarter 3d quarter 1845. 1846. 1846. 1846. Laborers, Professional men, 539 1,740 12,672 Great Britain and Ireland, 75,587 United States, 4,239 British America, Total, 2,125 3 215 11,108 10 3,855 58,735 1,252 1,916 93 667 5,119 13,551 12,447 10,850 19,609 36,311 155 2 42 5,020 284 29,339 10,925 | 62,299 19,781 4,186 41 4,452 45 3. AGES.* 2,881 15 7,089 11 41,886 2,972 5 2,071 2. THE COUNTRIES REGISTERED AS THE BIRTHPLACES OF THE PAS SENGERS. France, Denmark, Switzerland, 4. OCCUPATIONS.* 2,417 7 4,583 56 39,186 3,057 4,986 33 Mexico, [known, Other countries, or un 110 1,568 70 56,085 Mechanics, Between 25 and 30 years, 66 30 " 35 66 (6 "L 35 "40 Upwards of 40 years, Total. [known, Other occupations, or un 5,930 25 14,079 88 98,863 7,235 6 9,337 82 3 408 22,148 90 354 158,648 90,973 66,778 897 158,648 10,583 551 114 698 222 896 158,648 23,824 14,194 9,313 17,164 1,185 13,584 1,846 33,560 81,520 * These tables include only those who were entered at the custom-house. If those who came to the United States by way of the British provinces and the Canadas, and those not regularly entered at any custom-house, were reckoned, the number would be greatly increased. XV. CONGRESS. THE Congress of the United States consists of a Senate and House of Representatives, and must assemble at least once every year, on the first Monday of December, unless it is otherwise provided by law. The Senate is composed of two members from each State; and, of course, the regular number is now 58. They are chosen by the Legisl turcs of the several States, for the term of six years, one-third of them being elected biennially. The Vice-President of the United States is the President of the Senate, in which body he has only a casting vote, which is given in case of an equal division of the votes of the Senators. In his absence, a President pro tempore is chosen by the senate. The House of Representatives is composed of members from the several States, elected by the people, for the term of two years. The Representatives are apportioned among the different States according to populati ›n. The 30th Congress is chosen according to the act of Congress of 1842, the ratio being "one Representative for every 70,680 persons in each State, and one additional Representative for each State having a fraction greater than one moiety of the said ratio, computed according to the rule prescribed by the Constitution of the United States." The law of 1842 also requires, that the Representatives of each State "shall be elected by districts composed of a contiguous territory equal in number to the number of Representatives to which said State may be entitled, no one district electing more than one Representative." The present number is 228 Representatives, and 1 Delegate. Since the 4th of March, 1817, 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 the Speaker of the House of Represen tatives, is $16 a day. THIRTIETH CONGRESS. THE SENATE. GEORGE M. DALLAS, Pennsylvania, PRESIDENT. [The figures denote the expiration of the terms of the Senators.] John Fairfield, Saco, 1849 1851 William Upham, Montpelier, Massachusetts. 1849 Daniel Webster, Marshfield, 1851 1853 John Davis, Worcester, 1853 Rhode Island. Albert C. Greene, Providence, Connecticut. New Jersey. Wm. L. Dayton, Trenton, Pennsylvania. Simon Cameron, Middletown, Delaware. John M. Niles, Hartford, Arkansas. 1849 A. H. Sevier, Lake Port, 1849 John A. Dix, Albany, John M. Clayton, Newcastle, Maryland. Reverdy Johnson, Baltimore, Mississippi. 1851 Henry S. Foote, 1849 Henry Johnson, Georgia. Walter T. Colquitt, Columbus, Facancy. John M Berriow Alabama. 1849 Louisiana. Tennessee. 1851 Faeaney John Bell North Carolina. 1849 South Carolina. A. P. Butler, Edgefield C.H.1849 1853 Lewis Cass, 1851 Alpheus Felch, 1849 Virginia. E. A. Hannegan, R. M. T. Hunter, Lloyds, Essex, 1853 Jesse D. Bright, James M. Mason, Winchester, 1851 New River, Michigan. Asbury Dickens, Secretary. William Allen, Chillicothe, 1849 1851 Thomas Corwin, Lebanon, 1851 1853 1853 Turney, Winchester, 1851 Kentucky. John J. Crittenden, Frankfort, 1849 Indiana. Detroit, Ann Arbor, Illinois. Sidney Breese, Carlyle, Arthur P. Bagby, Tuscaloosa, 1849 Koreaney) ison #Leur's 1853 Two Vacancies. Officers of the Senate. Covington, 1853 1851 1849 1853 Robert Beall, Doorkeeper. 1851 1853 1849 1851 David R. Atchison, Platte City, 1849 1851 1849 1853 Florida. 1849 1853 Vacancy Sam Houston 1853 Thomas J. Rusk, Nacodogches, 1851 Iowa. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 30TH CONGRESS, which will expire on the 3d of March, 1849. [The numbers attached to the names show the Districts in each State from which the members were chosen.] Maine.-7. 3. Belcher, Hiram, Farmington, 1. Hammons, David, Lovell, 7. Williams, Hez'h, Castine. [Four Vacancies. See corrections and additions at the end of the 22. Birdsall, Auburn, Binghampton. 18. Collins, William, Lowville. volume.] Bath. Concord. Exeter. Keene. Woodstock. - - 10. 2. 1. Cranston, R. B., Newport. 2. Thurston, Benj. B., 3. Rockwell, John A., Norwich. 4. Hartford. New York.-34. Andover. Quincy. Pittsfield. Boston. 25. Conger, Hamon S., Cortlandville. 23. Duer, William, 24. Gott, Daniel, Oswego. 32. Hall, Nathan K., Buffalo. 27 Holley, John M., Lyons. 6. Jackson, David S., New York. 20. Jenkins, Timothy, Oneida Castle. 19. Mullin, Joseph, Elizabethtown. New York. Fredonia. Watertown. 2. Murphy, Henry C., Brooklyn. Peekskill. New York. Montgom'y Co. Attica. Troy. Allen's Hill. Bath. 29. Rose, Robert L., 9. St. John, D. B., Newburgh. 11. Sylvester, Peter H., Columbia Co. 5. Tallmadge, F. W., New York. 8. Warren, Cornelius, Putnam Co. 16. White, Hugh, Cohoes. 11. Butler, Chester, 20. Dickey, John, Beaver. 14. Eckert, George N., Pottsville. 22. Farrelly, John W., Meadville. 5. Freedley, John W., Norristown. 21. Hampton, Moses, Pittsburg. 6. Hornbeck, John W., Allentown. 4. Ingersoll, Chas. J., Philadelphia. 2. Ingersoll, Joseph R., Philadelphia. 24. Irvin, Alexander, 1. Levin, Lewis C., Clearfield. 19. Mann, Job, Milton. N. Providence. Reading. October.] Philadelphia. Wilkesbarre. Delaware.-1. Houston, John W., Georgetown. Virginia.-15. 1. Atkinson, Arch., Smithfield. 7. Bayly, Thomas H., Accomac C. H. 8. Beale, R. T. L., 10. Bedinger, Henry, Hague. 4. Bocock, Thomas S., Appotmattox. 6. Botts, John M., Richmond. 15. Brown, William G., Kingwood. 3. Flournoy, Thos. S., Halifax C. H. 13. Fulton, Andrew S. Wytheville. 5. Goggin, Wm. L., Liberty. 11. M'Dowell, James, Lexington. 2. Meade, Richard K., Petersburg. 9. Pendleton, John S., Culpepper C.H. 12. Preston, Wm. B., Christiansburg. 14. Thompson, R. A., Charleston, Ky. North Carolina. — 9. - 3. Barringer, D. M., Concord. 2. Boyden, Nathaniel, Rowan. 1. Clingman, Thos. L. Asheville. 7. Daniel, J. R. J., Halifax. 8. Donnell, R. S., 6. M'Kay, James J., 9. Outlaw, David, 4. Shepperd, A. H., 5. Venable, A. W., 6. Cobb, Howell, "Chapman Maryland.— 6. Chefield [Election 1st Wednesday (6th) of 2. Iverson, Alfred, 4. Haralson, H. A., Guan, 3. Jones, John W., Il cane 370 nan South Carolina.—7. 1. Black, James A., 5. Burt, Armistead, 6. Holmes, Isaac E., 7. Rhett, R. B., Elizabethtown. Bertie Co. Salem. Georgia.-8. 1. King, Thomas B., 5. Lumpkin, J. H., 7. Stephens, A. H., 8. Toombs, Robert, Cherok. Works. Ashepoo. Darling. C. H. 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