J. H. BEEVES' Salaries of Officers of the United States. President ............$50,000 Vice-President. Secretary of State___ 8,000 8,000 Secretary of Treasury 8,000 Secretary of Interior . Secretary of Navy___ 8,000 8,000 Secretary of War......$8,000 Postmaster General... 8,000 Attorney General..... 8,000 Speaker House Repre . 8,000 U. S. Senators ........ 5,000 Repre. in Congress.... 5,000 UNITED STATES MINISTER TO Peru................. $10,000 Venezuela............. 7,500 Turkey................ 7,500 Norway and Sweden .. 7,500 Netherlands........... 7,500 Denmark............. 5,000 Greece................ 5,000 Uruguay............. 5,000 Portugal.............. 5,000 Switzerland........... 5,000 -" " .......... 4,000 England..............$17,500 Germany............. 17,500 France............... 17,500 Russia................ 17,500 China............... 12,000 Brazil................ 12,000 Spain................. 12,000 Japan............... 12,000 Mexico............... 12,000 Central America..... 10,000 Chili___............. 10,000 Liberia JUDGES. Chief Justice U. S. Supreme Court...................$10,500 Associate Judges................................... 10,000 United States Circuit Judges........................ 6,000 United States District Judges.......... from $3,500 to 5,000 Judge of United States Court of Claims ........... 4,500 HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS. ® Superintendent Signal Service......................$4,000 Commissioner of Pensions............................ 3,600 Superintendent Nautical Almanac.................. 3,500 Commander of Marine Corps.......................... 3,500 Commissioner of Agriculture......................... 3,000 Commissioner of Indian Affairs..................... 3,000, Commissi®ner of Education.................. ,..... 3,000 Director of Geological Surveys....................... 6,000 Auditor of Railroad Accounts..........,............ 5,000 Superintendent of Census.......................... 5,000 Superintendent Naval Observatory.................. 5,000 Commissioner of Patents........................... 4,500 Director of the Mint.................................. 4,500 Commissioner of General Land Office................ 4,000 ARMY AND NAVY. General of the Army. $13,500 Lieutenant General .. 11,000 Major Generals...... ------ Brigadier Generals .. Colonels............ Lieutenant Colonels. Admirals... . . , Vice Admirals .... 9,000 Rear Admirals_____.. 6,000 Commodores......... 5,000 Captains........ .. .. 4,500 Commanders___... . 3,500 Lieut. Commanders .. 2,800 Lieutenants........... 2,400 Masters............... 1,800 Ensigns........._____ 1,200 Midshipmen......... 1,000 Majors___ ____ . Captains, Mounted___ 1st Lieut's, Mounted.. 2nd Lieut's, Mounted . 7,500 5,500 3.500 3;ooo 2,500 2,000 1,600 1,500 Chaplains............. 1,500 First Steamboat and Locomotive in the U. S. The first Steamboat plied the Hudson in 1807, and was built by Robert Fulton. The first use of a Locomotive in the United States, was in 1831.,..