FARMERS' AND PLANTERS' ft G. Ifi & GlftS FOR TIIE YEAR FHP Being the Second after Bissextile or Leap Year, containing 365 Days, and until the 4th of July, the 82nd of our Independence. 'la'J *X9 m SAL3G3H, Iff. C. PUBLISE1ED AND SOLD BY L. V. BLUM. PRICE TEN CENTS 2 Remarkable Events gftt 1812. War decjared by the United States against Great Britain, June 18. The British repulsed from Sacketi's Harbor,July 19. The-British sloop of war Alert taken by the Unit¬ ed States frigate Esse?, August 13. Foi t,Detroit, with the American army commanded by Gen.Hull, surrendered to the British, Aug. 16. The British frigate Guerrier sunk by the American „ frigate Constitution, Captain Hall, August 1Q. The British sloop of war Frolic taken by the Amer¬ ican sloop of war Wasp, Capt Jones, Oct. 18. The British frigate Macedonia taken by the Amer¬ ican frigate United States,Capt. Decatur,Oct. 25 The British frigate Java sunk by the American fri¬ gate Constitution, Captain Bambridge, Dec. 29. 1813. Gen. Winchester's defeat on the river Raisin, Jan.23. The British sloop of war Peacock, sunk by the American sloop of war Hornet, Capt. Lawrence, February 24. Capture of York in Canada, April 27. The American frigate Chesapeake taken by the Bri¬ tish frigate Shannon, in which Capt. Lawrence ^pft^^uesapeake was mortally wounded, June I. The British brig Boxer taken by the American sloop of war Enterprize, in which Lieut. Burrows of the Enterprize was mortally wounded, Sep. 6. Capture of the British squadron on Lake Erie,by the American squadron under command of Commo¬ dore Perry—In this action the Americans took more prisoners than they had menr—Sept. 10, The B ritish army commanded by Gen. Proctor taken by the American army commanded by Gen. Harrison, October 5. 1 Gen. Hampton invades Canada, October 20. Gen.Wilkinsondescendsriver St.Lawrence,Nov.3. Battle of Williamsburg,, in whieh Gen Covington was killed, November 10. Fort George-blown up and Newark burnt, Dec. 10. The British take Fort Niagara by storm, Dec>19. Lewiston Youngston, Manchester, and the Indian Tuscarora village burnt by the British, Dec. 20. Black Rock and Buffaloe burnt by the British and Indians, December 31. ie Late American War. ~ 1814. Gen. Jackson defeats and disperses the Creek In' dians with great slaughter, which terminates the Creek War, March 27. The U. S. frigate Essex, Capt, Porter, captured after a dreadful engagement of two hours, and fifty minutes, by the British frigate Phoebe and sloop of war Cherub, March 28. The affair at LaCoIle Mills, March 30. The British sloop of war Epervier, .taken by U. S. sloop of war Peacock Capt. Warrington, April 29. Capture of Fort Erie, July 3. Battle of Chippawa, July 5. The British under Gen. Drummond, attack Fort Erie, and are beaten off by the Americans un¬ der Gen. Gaines, August 15. Capture of the city of Washington^ August 24. The British squadron on Lake Champlain taken by the American squadron under Commodore MoDonough, September 11. Gen. Macomb's victory at Plattsburg, Septem. 11. Peace between the United States and Great Bri¬ tain signed at Ghent, December 24. Ratified by the Prince Regent, December 28. First attack of the British on the American lines near New Orleans, December 28. 1815. Second attack by the British on the American lines at New Orleans, January 1. Third attack. Brilliant victory of Gen. Jackson, and death of Gens. Packenbam and Gibbs, Jan.8. The American frigate President captured by a British squadrou, Jauuary 15. Fort Boyer, on Mobile point, taken by the British, February 8. Peace between the United States and Great Brit- tain ratified by the U. S. Senate, February 18; The British frigate Cyane and sloop of war Levant^ both captured in 40 minutes by tfie Un. States frigate Constitution, Capt. Stewart, Feb'y 20. War declared by the U.S. against Algiers, Mar. 2. Corner stone of Washington Monument laid at Baltimore, July 4. Corner stone of the monument in memory of those brave men who fell in the defence of Baltimore, laid September 12 Explanation of Characters and Terms, New Moon. First Quarter. IFull Moon. Last Quartcy. jpSfc Aries, or ram. Taurus, or bull. Gemini, or twins. H£8 Cancer, or crab-fish. THE TWELVE CONSTELLATIONS IN THE ZODIACw Leo, or lion. <31* Virgo, or virgin. Libra, or balance. c$0 Scorpio, or scorpion. <$$.S agittarius'or bowman; Caprieornus, or go^t. $^Aquarius*or waterman. JSS Pisces, or fish.es. b 2J- r Harnett > James G Shepherd, J Stuart and L Bethes Chowan J C Badliam Columbus T D Williamson Camden D D Ferebce Carlerett W Rumley Cherokee CM Stiles Caswell William Long and E K Withers Chatham R C Cotien,^D Hackhey and T Br num. Caldwell C W Clark Currituck S B Jarvis Cleaveland W M Blanton and F S Ramsour Davidson J M Leach and J P Mabry Davie W B March The Farmers' and Planters' Almanac franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Greene, HOUSE OF COMMONS— Continued. Duplin, B Soutlierland and W R Ward Edgeeombe, R R Bridgers and J S Dancey Forsyth, John Masten and Jesse A Waugh Dr. L A Jeffreys Richard Rankin T L Hargrove, J.M.Bullock, T B Lyon D F. Caldwell, L M Scott, E W Ogburn A D Speight Gates, H Parker Haywood, Dr. S L Love Hallifax, William Hill and J W Johnson Hertford, J B Slaughter Hyde, Joseph C Jennett Henderson, John Baxter Iredell, L Q Sharp and A B F Gaithtr Jackson, John R Dills Jones, W A Cox Johnson, B H Tomilnson and Asa Barnes Lenoir, S W Bright Lincoln, A P Cansler Madison, Dr. John Yancy Martin, S. W Outerbridge McDowell, J C Whitson Moore, W B Richardson Montgomery, J W Crump Macon, D IV Silcr Meckleuburg, W M Matthews and W F Davidson Nash, G N Lewis * New Hanover, T H Tate and S A Holmes •Northampton, M W Smallwood and J Mason Onslow, L W Humphry Orange, W F Sirayhorne and J F Lyon Pasquotank, W E Mann Perquimans, JM Cox Pitt, Dr. William J Blow and Edward Moore Person, R H Hester Robeson, Giles Lcitch and Mr Morrison Rockingham, A M Scales and Thomas Settle jr. Rowan, NF Hall "and W A Houck JRutherford, Edward Toms and Amos Harrel! Randolph, II R Elliott and A G Foster Richmond, Mr. Little Sampson, O P White and J M Mosely Surry, R E Reves Stokes, J F Ilill Stanly, M P Waddell TyreII, John A Bcnbury Union, D Rushing Wakc,.N G Rand, A M Lewis and MA Bledsoe Warren, W A Jenkins and Dr. Thomas Prichford Washington, H A Gilliam Watauga, G N Folk Wayne, E Sauls and E A Thompson Wilkes, A W Martin and Peter EUer Yadkin, Col. WH A Speei- Yancy, Isaac A Peaison Democrats 80—Americans in italics 40—120 Vote for Governor. 1854. 1856. COUNTIES. ft Alamance Alexander Anson Ashe Bertie Bladen Brunswick B unccmbe Burke Beaufort Cabarrus Caldwell Cat well Carteret Camden Catawba Cherokee Chowan Currituck Chatham Columbus Cleaveland Craven Cumberland Davie Davidson Duplin Edgecombe Franklin Forsyth Gaston Gates Greene Granville Guilford Halifax Haywood Henderson Hertford Hyde fredell j Jackson 690 235 255 550 410 620 435 462 333 572 425 219 2201607; 211 403; 399; 402 461j 125j 473 739 427 283 544 597 441 902 671 490 426 416 775 751 901 624 620 645i 916j Johnston 411 466j Jones 750i 326jLenoir 734jLincoln 469i Macon 608|Madison 404jMartin 708 545 461 468 767 505 833; 665 425 158 574 230 146 539jMoore 426;McDowell 310 584 2451 108| 1137 j 1017! 1162 3041 512; 306| 336; 9781 1381109 599 638 545 784 904,1473! 950,J155 486' 353 493Nash 107jOnsIow 968|Orange 556;Pitt 1166. Person j p 1 r 6101 364 1292, 679 225,1061 1551404 339| 713 802 897 138 808 351 422 392 351 358 289' 432 9951078 9941225 1615 528 20591 571 551) 5841 584,' 736 .350 345 254 537 687 243 447, 665 306 237: 303 335 397 303 5011 392 1256: 392 1349, 351 255! 366; 1061 572 Randolph Richmond Robeson Rowan 1199} 823jRuiherford 155 1113|Stanly J 891563 Surry 3341 744,Sampson 9261080 Stokes 133; 759|Tyrrell 459,Union Wake Wayne Warren Washingt'n Watauga Wilkes Yadkin Yancy 1854. 1856 a w 0 M ** 0 f r* >■ M. a 3 a •<* 0 w" 0 744 936 817 1036 229 230 18C 261 274 394 263 499 296 573 252 614 390 229 396 367 i. 311 428 250 575 299 696 340 706 g 652 1023 623 1024 y 741 145 725 211 752 605 677 733 674 217 295 536 r 4241109 5701522 1 490 641 428 695 95,1115 93 1107 238 596 108 771 1080 963 1045 1119 496 331 502 330 334 343 348 304 708 725 716 775 331 601 324 678 310 1036 439,1168 1378 4031281 566 < 70p 113 556 246 679 782 669 773 976 933 90b 885 1019 621 781 1070 874 95 797 166 464 797 579 877 , :S9 860! 497 990 437 636, 49t 769 275 109, 309 124 472 729, 273 835 1110 i541,1124 1693 .304 1145 274 1333 163 ■ 54 101 819 388 215 377 261 428 157 394 257 1261 325 1263 609 758 650 888 633 349 639 320 810 Bragg 48,705 Dockery, 46,620 maj 2,085 Bragg 56,769 Gilmer 44,175 maj. 12,594 The counties of Harnett, Polk and Wilson voted with the counties from which they were formed ; and as the votes of these counties arc thus included, they are not named in the above table. The election for Governor and members of the Legislature will be held on the 1st Thursday (5th day) in August & The First Month, or JANUARY—1858, Week Days. j I Moon | Moon -Moons) Aspects of Planets [Hr| Sun's | Sun ) Sun ) 0 (RemarkableDays. South iR.&,S. place. ' and Taideclinai rises.1 sets 1 (b. m.|h, m| s d | Miscellaneous Matter. jblejSouth. [h m[h m| £ Ifrida Satur 1 New Year 2 Abel Seth 1 24! 7 1 2 13: 8 9 <$![ 6[j rises 6 8. rs 20I4 south 7 23 0123 0)7 12 4 48 20 g-|22 547 12 4 48 21 »•) Sunday after New Year. Matthew 2. Day's length 9 hours 38 minutes. Mond Tues Wedn 'Thurs Frida Satur 4 Methusalra 5 Simon 6 Epiphany 7 Isador 8 Frhard 9 Julian 59 41 23 2 43 28 10 11 18 23 &* 4 ||17 % 0 %12 12 22 £$$25 1 2ljc#g 7 2 2 3 rap 19 morn. £ rises 111 Altair sets 7 2. 6th. $ in^j* $ rises 6 16 . $3 south 11 29 ,Jp22nd. c/([2}.. ^ rises 12 38. 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 427 30 7 18 *5 52:7 3817 24 6 3 3 2 1 0 C 59 57 57 58 59 0 0 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 4.) 3rd Sunday after Epiphany. Matthew 8. Day's length 10 hours 4 minutes. Sund 24 Timothy 7 42 2 It 0 Mond 25 Paul's conv 8 44 3 22 $$15 re* Tues 26 Polycarpus 9 50 4 32 HIS 0 Wedn 27 F. Chrysost 10 55 5 39 MI815 Thurs 28 Charles 11 55 6 33 M§29 Frida 29 Valerius morn. ([rises <^13 Satur ■30 Adelgunda 12 49 6 4-9 <^27 Iligel s. 8 41 § rises 6 30. ([ in per. rs □40* Sirius s. 10 0 IfTiaWCt)* l||k/29th.Ald.s7 40 Orion sou. 8 56. 1219 13|l8 13jl8 13 18 13 18 17 17 9(6 546 39|6 246 8,6 526 36 6 58|5 57|5 57 5 56i5 55(5 54 53 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 5.) Septuagesima Sunday. Matthew 20. Day's length 10 hours 16 miuutes. Sund |31 Virgil 38) 7~55|^lliD^0.7* sou.,6 45|14jl7 19)6 52)5 8|1© Has 3 1 Days. MOON'S PHASES, .. kast Quarter the Gth, 'at 7 o'clock 19 minutes -ill the evening. /Zm&L New Moon the 15th, at 12 o'clock 1 minute in Hie morning. First Quarter the 22nd, at 11 o'clock 23 minutes in the morning. Full Moon the 29th, at 3 o'clock 36 minutes in the morning. CONJECTURE OP THE WEATHER. The 1st 2nd 3rd fair, 4th 5th Gth variable, 7th 8th 9th cloudy, 10th 11th 12th clear cold, 13th 14th bois¬ terous, 15th 16th rain and snow, 17th 18th 19th clear eold, 20th 2lst rain and snow, 22nd 23rd 24th varia¬ ble, 25th 26th cloudy, 27th snow, 28th ,29th varia¬ ble, 30 th 31st fair. T REMARKABLE EVENTS. Jan. 1 Montgomery fell, 1776 2 Cannonade of Trenton '77 3 Battle of Princeton '77 5 Richmond destroyed by the British '81 6 Dr. Benjamin Franklin born '1706 9 Sunbury taken '79 17 Tarleton defeated at the Cowpens '81, 20 Preliminary Articles '83 21 King pf France beheaded '93 , Pope Gregory reforms the Julian Calendar—New style introduced into the Catholic countries—October 5th being reckoned October 15th, 1582. The Chinese Sugar Cane. Description and Habit of-Growth. The Chinese Sugar Cane, when cultivated on ordinary land in the United Stated, somewhat after the manner of broom corn, grows to a height of from eight to sixteen feet. Its stems are straight and •smooth, often covered with a white bloom or down, haviog leaves somewhat flexuous, falling over and * greatly -resembling in appearance those of Indian corn, but more elegant in form. When cultivated ia "hills, containing eight or ten stalks each, it puts forth at its top a conical pinacle of dense flowers, green at first, but changing into violet shades, and finally into dark purple at maturity. In France the central and northern sections of the Unit¬ ed States it has thus far proved an annual j but -from observations made by M. Yilmorin, as'well as some experiments in our Southern States, it is conjectured that, from the vigor or fullness of the stalks in autumn, by protecting them during the winter, they would produce new plants the follow¬ ing spring. It stands drought far better than In¬ dian Corn, and will resist Hie effects of considerable frost without injury, after the panicles appear, but not m its younger and more tender state. If suf¬ fered to remain in the field after the seeds have ripened and have been removed, where the season is sufficiently warm and long, new panicles will shoot out at the topmost joints, one or more to each stalk, and mature a second crop of seeds.— The average yield of seed to each panicle is at least a gill. Cultivation. Since its introduction into this country, the Chi¬ nese Sugar "Cane ha3 proved itself well adapted to our geographical range of Indian corn. It is of easy cultivation, being similar to that of maize or broom-corn, but will prosper iu a much poorer soil. It does not .succeed so well, however, when sown broadcast with the view of producing fodder, as it will not-grow to much more than one half of its usual height. If the seeds are planted iu May, in the Middle States, or still earlier at the Sonth, two crops of fodder can be grown in a season from the same roots; the first one in June or July, to be cut before the panicles appear, which would be green and succulent, like young Indian corn; and the other a month or two later, at the time or be¬ fore the seedis fully matured.. One quart of seeds are found to be sufficient for au acre. If the soil be indifferent or poor, they may be sown in rows or drills about three feet apart, with the plants from ten to twelve inches asundor, but if the soil be rich they may be planted in bills, five or moro seeds to each, four or five feet apart iu one direc¬ tion and three or four in the other.' The plants flaay be worked or hoed twice in the course of the season, in a similar manner to Indian corn. An j 8 The Second Month, or FEBRUARY—1858 Week Moon | Moon |Moonsj Aspects of Planets Jlirl Sun's I and iTa'declina Sun rises. ■jrv iRemarkableDaysJ South.iR.&S.lplace. ] and( lla declina i x/ays. | ^ m J|j m| s d | Miscellaneous Matter. |ble| South, fh mjh ___________. ^ 3 8|lO 2[j$s 82JL sets 12 2. 14 16 45 6 5015 Sun! p sets. I ® ml sr Mondj Tues [ Wedn' Thurs Frida Satur 1 Bridget 2 Candlemas 3 Blasius 4 Veronica 5 Agathy 6 Dorothy 9|20 1021 3 4911 0]$&21,"|? south 10 31 jl4 16 27j6 49 5 4 30 morn. !c§g 3 Orion south 8 36 114 16 9:6 48 5 5 14 12 2c$gJ5/^Ts5th. 14 15 51 6 47 5 6 0; 1 4 c^27|\5|^Siriussou. 9.19|l4 15 33|6 46i5 11 12 13 14 22 23 24 25 6.) Sexagesima Sunday. Luke 8. Day's length 10 hours 50 minutes. Sund Mend Tues Wedn Thurs Frida Satur 7 Richard 8 Solomon 9 Appolonia 10 Scholastica 11 Euphrosina 12 Gilbert 13 Castor 6 47 7 37 8 30 -9 22 10 14 11 4 11 2 3 3 4 5 6 50 insets 5\m 9 l!jif02O 53j^ 2 46 j^gl 4 32^27 7;s& 9 •i$ss22 (£ in apo. £ greatest el. W. cf rises 12 11. ^ 21 sets 11 30 t> south 9 56 ipkAldebar. 6 44 13 th. 1415 14 14 14 14 15114 15)13 15113 14:13 14,6 45:5 55 6 44 5 36:6 16 6 566 36j6 16|6 445 43,5 42-5 41:5 4015 15 16 16 17 18 19 20 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 7.) Quinquagesima Sunday Luke 18. Day's length 10 hours 42 minutes. Sund 14 Valentine 12 38 6 21 SS 5 □ WQ.Arctu.r.9 17 14 12 56i6 39,5 21 2 Mond 15 Faustina 1 24 7 27 3R18 Ccft-^pica r9 58^@ 14 12 35,6 385 22 3 Tues 16 Sit rove Tu 2 10 8 32 m* 2 Regulusso. 12 l.rfcg 14 12 15:6 3715 23 4 Wedn 17 Ash Wedn 2 56 9 40 g rises 11 56 1411 54:6 35 5 25 5 Thurs 18 Concordia 3 44 10 5t ^29 2J- sets 116 14 11 336 345 26 6 Frida 19 Susaiinaji 4 35 morn. <£€13 ent- ££ 14 11 11,6 335 27 7 Satur 20 Eucharius 5 32 12 2 4^271 sjP20th. 14 10 506 32|5 28 8 8.) 1st Sunday in Lent. Matthew 4. Day's length 10 hours 58 minutes. Sund 21 Eleonora 6 33 1 12 mi Spica rises 9 30 14 to 28 6 31 5 29 9 Mond 22 Wash. b*rn 7 36 2 24 ^26 (£ in per.ljs 9 11. r> 14 10 6 6 30 5 3010 Tues 23 Serenus 8 38 3 26 HBio / rises 11 45. 14 9 44 6 28 5 3211 Wedn 24 Emberday 9 37 4 20 Hi<24 J<$|i3} 7 52|6 23|5 37jl6 Venus ia Morning Star until the 28th of February, at 7 o'clock 43 minutes in the morning; from thence Evening Star until the 13th of De9ember, at 10 o'clock, 48 minutes m the evening. Venus is above the Sun on the 28th of February, and below the Sun on the 13th of December. It can therefore never come in opposition to the Sun, because its orbit lies inside the Earth's orbit round the Sun. Has 28 Day »r 9 MOON'S PHASES. Last Quarter the 5th, at ~3 o'clock 41 minutes En the evening. New Moon the 13th, at 4 o'elock 37 minutes in the evening. First Quarter the 20th, at 7 o'clock 23 min¬ utes in the evening. Full Moon the 27th, at 4 o'clock 30 minutes in the evening. CONJECTURE OP THE WEATHER. The 1st 2nd snowstorm, 3d 4th N. W. blows strong, 5th 6th coldest days, 7th 8th 9th variable, 10th 11th 12th mostly clear, 13th 14th changeable, 15th 16th rain, 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st fair, 22nd 23d 24th variable, 25th 26th 27th 28th fair. REMARKABLE EVENTS. Feb. 6 French Alliance, 1778 22 George Washington born, 1732 27 Tories defeated in North Carolina, 1778 Raleigh discovered Virginia, 1484—Hudson's bay or river dis. 1607—Colonies sent to Va. from England, 1608—British colony established in Virginia, 1614. suckers or superfluous shoots which may spring up may be removed. The seed should not be harvest¬ ed before it acquires a dark or black hue. Should the plants lodge or fall to the ground, by the ex¬ cessive weight of their heads, during storms of wind •r rain, before the seed matures, they may remain for weeks without injury. In collecting the seed, a convenient method is to cut oft the stalks about a foot below the panicles, tie them up in bunches of twenty-five, and suspend them in any secure airy place, sheltered from rain. If intended solely for fodder, the first crop should be cut just before the panicles would appear, and the second as soon as the seed arrives at the milky stage. It may be tied up in bundles, shocked and cured, like the topi or stalks of Indian corn. If not intended to be employed for any other economical use, after the seed has been removed, and the weather be cool, and the average temperature of the day does not exceed 45° or 50° F., the stalks may be cut up close to the gr#und, tied in bundles, collected into shocks, or stowed in a mass in a succulent state, for fodder, in sheds or barns, where they will keep without injury, if desired, until spring. In this condition, however, the lower parts of the stalks will be found to be quite hard and woody, and will require to be chopped into small pieces for feeding* Precaution.—Particular care should be observed not to cultivate this plant in the vicinity of Dou- rah corn, Guinea corn, nor broom corn, as it hy¬ bridizes or mixes freely with those plants which would render the seeds of the product unfit for sowing. Pruning Trees in February. The pruning of small twigs and shoots can be done at almost any season of the year without ma¬ terial injury to the tree; hut when it is necessary to take off large limbs it can be attended to with advantage in February or the early part of March, in which mouths the tree is not so full of sap as later in the season, when the tree is in vigorous growth. Large limbs should be taken off with a fine smooth saw, after which the corners of the wound (where the bark meets the wood) may be trimmed smooth with a pruning knife. When thewoundis left ragged and torn so that rain will settle in, it will often rot and injure the tree materially. Some experienced horticulturists recommend that the place left by cutting off a limb should be touched over with some cheap paint to prevent the destruct¬ ive effects of air and moisture. Tar,jpiteb andrWet clay are often applied for the same purpose. It should be the object of every tiller of the-lpl, to leave his land in good condition after the refliov- al of a crop, and at the same time, obtain as remu¬ nerating returns as possible. This can be done only by husbanding all the sources of fertility up¬ on the farm and adding therto in every available, manner. The greatest pleasure known, is to do a good action by stealth, and have it found out by accident. 10 The Third Month, or MARCH—1858, Days. I | Moon J Moon IMoonsj Aspects of Planets {Remarkable Days] South. It &S.iplace. and | I h m |h m| s d (Miscellaneous Matter. Hrj Sun's j Sun j Sun Taideclinai rises | seta hle| South j h mjh m Mond Tues Wedn Thurs Frida 1 St. David 2 Chad 3 Samuel 4 Nestor 5 Frederick 6 Fredolin 1 0 1 42 2 26 3 9 3 56 7 48j^ 3;^ rises 11 30 S 49j^l6;t) south 8 40. 9 51*£0&2 8jajL sets 10 26 10 53'CfglOl Mrius south 7 39 11 55 cfg22|cA^. 7* set 12 5 n 4 43lmorn.^ 4:Orion sou,6 40. ►f.g 13i 12; 12! 12! 12! 11 306 76 44 6 21 6 58|6 3516 22 21 20 IS 18 17 3817 39 40 41 42 43 18 19 m 21 22 1G.) 3d Sunday in Lent. Luit ell. Day's length 11 hours 28 minutes. Sund 7 Perpetua 5 831 12 54j^$I6 /^fN7th. (Jin apo.ill 5 lljb 16,5 44123 Mond 8 Philemon 6 24 1 50j#)28 rises 11 14 111 4 48:6 15 5 45 24 Tues 9 Prudence 7 15 2 461^10 21 sets 10 9 ill 4 25 6 14 9 46 25 Wedn 10 Rosina 8 9 3 301^22 t, south 8 7 !10 4 16 12 5 48 26 Thurs 11 Ernestus 9 0 4 9 A 5 Arctur.r.7 43. rfcgilO 3 38 6 11 5 49 27 Frida 12 Gregory 9 49 4 43^.18 Regul so. 10 31 jlO 3 146 10 5 5028 Satur 13 Macedon 10 36 5 12138! 0 Spica rises 8 14.,f<^jl0 2 506 95 51 1 II.) 4th Sunday in Lent. John 6.. Day's length 11 hours 44 minutes. Sund 14 Zachariah 11 22 5 37 wl 4 11 17 9 2 26 ;6 8;5 52 2 Mond 15 Ghristoph 12 10 ([sets. ^27 W15-(/C?- O tel. 9 2 316 6 5 54 3 Tues 16 Cyprianus 12 56 7 36 A*" rises 10 36 1 3916 5 5 55 4 Wedn 17 St. Patrick 1 47 8 '51 ^25 south 7 41 9| 1 156 4I5 56 5 Thurs 18 Anshelmus 2 39 10 5 d([2].. 2| sets 9 46 8i 0 53i6 3J5 57 6 Frida 19 Josephus 3 34 i i 17 ^24 £ in per. . |f$24!(£ in apo. 1) sets 1 48 m G'z}. sets 8 54. ^18/gN 6th. 7* $h 0 sets 7 8- th\* Sirius sets 10 44 ^26 Orion sets 10 57 3 3; 2 2 2 2 355 91c? stationary, tftSj 1 8 Day's length 12 hours 34 minutes. 5 vj! s.9 52| **\ 5b;D 96 32] 5 5 45 17 5 39; 5 15 4 5,6 17;23 42 6 18 24 41,6 19:25 40]6 2026 39 6 21 27 3P;6 22i28 37 6 2329 15.) 1st Sunday after Easter. John Day's length 12 hours 48 minutes* Stmd Mond Tues Wedn Thurs Frida Satur 11 Julius 12 St. Ambros 13 Maxim us 14 Tibertus 15 Olympia 16 Calixtus 17 Rudolph Cin^-DbO i1! c? rises 9 33. £££ Ij p^!3th. 7* s.9 27] 01 ^VCcT-Ssets 7 26|0j T in perigee. (TV^ sets 1 4 ] 8 8 9 9 9 10 !lO 23 5 45:5 7 5 29j5 5i)\5 lip 325 366 35 6 336 35*6 3116 30:5 296 2430 25131 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 16.) 2nd Sunday after Easter. John 10. bund Mond Tues Wedn Thurs Frida Satur 18*iEneas 19 Anicetus 20 Sulpilus 21 Adolarius 22 Cajus 23 St. George 24 Albert 38 42 39 32 22 7 49 morn. 3 12 1 2 2 3 3 25 22 3 36 6 30 Rigel seis 10 47. ry s.12 57 20tb ^ gr. e. E. $ sets 7 50.Q en :$ sets 7 46 If i2j(llf 4 sets 8 8. rises 8 49 H^17 1 «15 Day's length 13 hours 4 minutes. 286 32 27 6 33 26]6 34 25 6 35 2316 37 22:6 38 2116 391! 190 1:11 111 ijM 2] 12 2:12 2i 12 52|5 14;5 35:5 565 16|5 36j5 56|5 17.) 3td Sunday after Easter. John if). Day's length 13 hours 20 minutes. Sund 125 St. Mark Mondi26 Cletus Tues }27 Anastatius Wedn'28 Vitalis Thurs29 Sybilla Frida |30 Eutopius 10 31 3 50 11 13 4 14 11 57 (J rises morn. 7 44 12 43 8 46 1 31 9 47 t> sets 12 36j 213 ^20]Aldebar. so.9 3.:fc^i 2jl3 2^27th.$sets7t59 15|5 35 5 'Antar. ris. 918 C$027 | 9!Sirius sets 9 20.^9! 213 3114 3:14 314 54 13 32 50 206 196 18]6 176 166 15(6 40 41 42 43 44 45 13 14 15 16 17 18 Has tf() Days. 13 MOON'S PHASES. . L,»st Quarter the Cth, at g o'clock 20 minutes m the morning, ' ^ New Moon the 13th, at 5 o'clock 53 minutes % m the afternoon. " _ First Quarter the 20 th, at 9 o'clock G min- ^ utes in the morning. JL Full Moon the 27tn, at 9 o'clock 3G minutes .in the evening. CONJECTURE OF THE WEATHER. The 1st 2nd cloudy, rainy, 3rd 4th 5th mostly clear, 6th 7th rain, 8th 9th 10th 11th fair, 12th 13th ra n, 14th 15th 16 th variable, 17th 18th thunder she vers, 19th 20th 21st fine clear, 26th rain, 27th variable this country to turn upon the globe I myself occu¬ py, all the moles from their farms they can bring, e, Jum mm tnuncierstiowers, heing convinced that they would do me no injury, r, 22d23d 24th fine warm, 2otli *>ut, if I happen to have a wire-worm, they would, e, 28th 29th 30th fair. by destroying him, do me good." REMARKABLE EVENTS. April 4 "William Henry Harrison died 1841 4 John Tyler his constitutional sue. '41 15 Fort Watson taken 178 L 17 Dr. Franklin died '90 19 Battle of Lexington '75 25 Second battle of Camden '81 26 Petersburg destroyed '8L 27 Stares burnt at Danbury '77. Utility of Moles. "Some years since I had two fields, one of which was full of wireworms, and the other was infested with them to the extent of more than one-third part of it. My crops failed for the first two or three years that the land was in my possession, but every year afterwards they improved and at length rapidly. I bought all the live moles I could ob¬ tain, first at 3s. a dozen, then at 2s. and turned them down in my fields; and one year in which I had 8 quarters of barley on an acre, and nearly 7 quarters of wheat, the moles were at work ail the summer, and in such numoers that as I walked a- jnong the growing crops, the ground under my feet was like a honeycomb; but that was the last year I had a mole on my 'land; their work being done, their food, (the former pests to my crops,) being all consumed, the little innocent workmen, who had performed a service beyond the powers^ of all the men in my parish, migrated to my neighbors, to perform for thorn the same kind of benefit they had done for me; hut of course death met thorn at every move, and soon the whole colony was destroyed. I will add that now I will allow all the farmers m Slow to Increase your Manure. If you have not hitherto done so, permit us now to"prevail on you to take this our advice; have as many loads of rough materials hauled and spread over your cow-yard as will make twelve inches in depth. In spreading, so fashion the materials as to be basin shaped, the lowest point being in the centre. While the rough materials are being plan¬ ed in aud spread on the yard, dust each layer so spread with plaster, ot with pulverised charcoal, and when completed, dust the surface with either of the substances named ; then roll the yard to con¬ solidate its contents ! the heavier the roller the better. Occasionally, throughout the yardingjjjea- son, spread plaster over the yard, and from tim$ to time add more rough materials. Saw Saw dust is very convenient to litter stables, es¬ pecially in places where it is requisite to use articles of as little bulk as possible. It is somewhat valu¬ able as a manure, hut is chiefly useful as an absorb¬ ent of the liquid excrements, in which capacity it is even better than straw or forest leaves. Saw dust and all the accumulations which gather around the wood pile, if properly saved, w.ould make a val¬ uable addition to the compost heap in the course of the year. The first ingredient in conversation is truth; the next, good sense; the third, humor; and the fourth, wit* 14 The Fifth Month, or MAY—1858, Week Days. I I <*- Remarkable Days' Moon I Moon I Moonsj Aspects South iR.p® 4 16 525 9|6 51 25 Satur 8 Stanislaus 8 2l 2 16 ^16;^. Spica so. 1017 4 17 9|5 86 52 26 19.) 5th Sunday alter Easter. 'Sund | 9 Job Mond 10 Gordianus -Tues 11 Maraertns Wedn 12 Pancretius Thurs 13 Ascension John 16. Day's length 13 hours 46 minutes. Frida Satur 14 Christian 15 Sophia 8 47;2 43;^9;h sets 11 44 9 33; 3 4|^13:Sirius sets 8 41. 10 22; 3 30 ^28 ^Qinferior LI 16; 4 2^13!^^ Arc. so. 10 53. 12 16;(£sets.;^28|1^13th. 1 21 j 9 !2i 6|fcC5|37th ? sets 850| 12 16! 8 40j#ai8;lg/t?set.l0 34-r^® 1 7: 9 10 ,^ Oj(£ in apogee ^ John 3. 1 5b it) 6;^L2jSpica so. 8 50 20 "20 20 21 21 21 21 37 48 56 10 20 30 39 57 56 55 55 54 54 53 311 12 13 14 15 16 17 Day's length 14 hours 14 minutes 3 21 4814 53.7 7 18 6 3 21 57K 52\7 8 19 Has 81 Days. 15 MOON'S PHASES. Last Quarter the 6th, at 1 o'clock 22 minutes in the morning. New Moon the 13th, at 2 o'clock 30 minutes in the morning. First Quarter the 19th, at 5 o'clock 2 minutes |l|| in the evening. Full Moon the27£h, at 12 o'clock 40 minutes in the evening. fm CONJECTURE OF THE WEATHER. The 1st 2nd 3rd fair, 4th 5th 6th cloudy rainy, 7th 8th fair, 9th 10th thundershowers, 11th 12th fair, 13th 14th 15th variable, with thundershowers, 16th 17th 18th 19th fair, 20th 21st clear warm, 22d 23d showers, 24th 25th 26th fair, 27th 28th 29th 30th variable, 31st cloudy, REMARKABLE EVENTS. May 5 Treaty with France ratified 1778 7 Siege of Quebec raised 1776 10 First Congress met '75 12 Charleston surrendered '80 15 British burnt Camden '81 20 Arnold joins Cornwallis '81 23 Battle near Savannah '8*2 25 Federal Convention '82. (But almanac ®ak THE MUTE WITNESS, OR THE DOG AND THE ASSASSIN. "While travelling in 1787, through the beautiful! eity of Leipzig, I observed about a league from the j gates of the town, a few rods from the highway, a j tfheel and the bones of a chained corpse exposed j to the gaze of every passer. ^ J The following is a history of that criminal, as I i learned it from the lips of the judge who conduct- j ed the trial, and condemned him to be broken alive. I A German butcher being benighted in the midst | of a forest, lost his way, and while endeavoring to , gain the road was attacked by three highwaymen, j He was on horseback, accompanied by a large dog. j One of the robbers seized the horse by the bridle, j while the two others dragged the butcher from the I saddle. The dog leaped immediately upon one of j them and strangled him but the other wounded ! the animal so severely that he rushed intqltbe thicket uttering the most fearful howls. The bat¬ cher, who by this time had disengaged himself from the grasp of the second robber, drew Bis' knife and killed him. But at the same moment he received a shot from the pistol of the third, who had just wounded the dog, and, felling, was dis¬ patched by the thief, who found upon him a large sum in gold, a silver watch, and a few other arti¬ cles of value. He plundered the corpse, leaped1 upon the horse and fled. The next morning two wood-cutters happening in that path, were surprised to find three dead bo¬ dies and a large dog, who seemed to be guarding them. They examined them and endeavored to restore life, but in vain. One of them dressed the wounds of the dog, gave him some food, and sought some water for him, while the other hastened to the nearest village to inform the magistrate of their discovery. The officer accompanied by sev¬ eral attendants was soon on the spot, a surgeon ex¬ amined the wounds of the three bodies, they drew up a,verbal process, and interred them. The dog dragged himself in the course of the ■ night, when all was quiet, to the corpse of his master, where he was found the next itfbrnlng.— He allowed his new friends to dress his wounds, and as if foreseeing that he might one day avenge the murdered, he ate and drank, but would no-t leave the spot. He looked on quietly while they dug the grave, and allowed them to bury the bo¬ dies ; but as soon as the turf was placed, he stretch¬ ed himself upon it, howled mournfully, and resist¬ ed all the efforts of the bystanders to induce hidi to move. He snapped at all who came near him. He bore his caresses, but no sooner did the man attempt to take his paws to remove him from the grave, than he gnashed bi3 teeth, and would have- wounded him severely, if he had not quickly fled. The $ixth Month, or JUNE—1858, in w » I I Moon I Moon I Moons] nJLI "BjemarkableDaysl South, R. & S.'place. ^ " Ih m h mis d Aspects of Planets and Miscellaneous Matter. |Hr| Sun's | Sun | Sun Tal declinai rises i sets bIe||North. |h m |h . ** ml r Tues 1 Esther 3 40 11 2 Wedn 2 Marcellus 4 27 11 37 Thurs 3 Cor.Chist. 5 11 11 51 Frida 4 Darius 5 54 tnorn. Satur 5 Bonifacius 6 38 11 16 6]^in per. $ s. 858.^ sets 10 14 :f:g 0 $ south 10 17. 3S12igN4th. ([ in 3^251 vJ, Spica so. 8 25 3122 514 52 222 13 4 2 2 22 21 22 27 51 4 51 4 50 2122 34 ;4 50 8'20 921 9 10 7 1024 22 23 23.) 1st Sunday after Trinity. Luke 16. Day's length 14 hour3 22 minutes. Sinid | 6 Artenius Mondj 7 Lucretia Tues 8* Metardus Wedn 9 Edward ThurslO Flavius Frida 11 Barnimus Satur 12 Basilides 7 22] 12 40 8 ?| 1 4 8 57j 1 32 9 52| 2 9 10 54j 3 4 12 3|(£sets. 1 111 8 55 * * m e mi m e 5^21 6 £ rises 3 41. £ gr. elonga. W. ? sets 9 4. c^Ct) t> sets 9 49 §S longest day c$g21 ^ s. 3 49. Sum.com. 3j$ sets 9 12 ►js® ^015 g stationery #^27 in apo. ^ 8 %&/26th. Pro. 7 28 1 ]23 123 2;23 223 2]23 223 2!23 27 4 28 4 27 4 27 4 26 4 254 23 4 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 v26 ) 4th Sunday after Trinity. Luke 6. Day's length 14 hours 2$ minutes. Ssund Mond Tues •Wedn 27 Sevensleepi 28 Leo ] 29 St. Peter j 30 Lucien i 12 42 3 31 2 19 3 4 8 42:^20^ sets 8 43 9 17!t 9 45,^.14 Regulus sets 10 10 Spica sets 10 20,:fc® 10 12]$%26[Antar. s. 9 44. 323 23 23 23 20 17 14 11 4 47 4 47 4 4817 4 487 1315 13 12 12 16 17 18 Has 80 ~ MOON'S PHASEST Last Quarter the 4th, at 3 o'clock 2 minutes in th evening. New Moon the 11th, at 9 o'clock 26 minutes in tl: morning. First Quarter the 18th, at 2 o'clock 52 minutes in tl morning. * Full Moon the 26th, at 3 o'clock 54 minutes in tl morning. CONJECTURE OP THE WEATHER. The 1st 2nd variable, 3rd 4th 5th fair, 6th 7th showers, 8th 9th 10th fair, 11th 12th thundershowers, 13th L4th 15th fair, 16th l7th warm, 18th thunder, 19th 20th 21st fine pleasant, 22d 23d 24th 25 th most¬ ly clear, 26th thunder, 27th 28th cloudy, 29th 30th fair. REMARKABLE EVENTS. June 1 Boston Port shut 1774 15 George Washington appointed Gen. '75 17 Battle of Bunker's Hill '75 18 Philadelphia evacuated '78 20 Siege of Ninety Six raised '81 24 Treaty with Great Britain *05 25 Battle of Charleston '76 28 Battle of Monmouth '78 28 Battle of Sullivan's Island '76. Every one admired the fidelity of the dog, and when the woodrpan offered to carry him food and drink every day, that he might not perish, the magistrate proposed taking up a collection to re¬ munerate the man who was poor, and the father of a large family. With difficulty he was induced to ueeept the money, but he finally did, and from that uroment burdened himself with the care of his new pensioner. The details of this horrible event were published In the principal journals of the country. J. Meyer a brother of the butcher, reading sometime after¬ wards the advertisement of the magistrate, hastened instantly to his presence; he had fears which he ladleved to be too well founded, that his brother bad fallen into the hands of robbers ; as he had left home with a large sum in gold for the pur¬ chase of beeves, and had not since been heard from. suspicions were only too sadly confirmed when the magistrate related to him the singular conduct g{ a dog which he described. Meyer, accompanied by the officer and several others, repaired to the Days. 17 grave. As soon as the dog perceived his master's brother, he howled and licked his hands, and evinc¬ ed other demonstrations of joy and grief. By dif¬ ferent parts of his dress, M. Meyer recognised the body when they disinterred it. The absence of his watch, the wounds of the butcher and his dog, those of two other bodies, together with the disap¬ pearance of the horse, convinced the magistrate and the witnesses that the deceased had not only been assailed by the two, but also by one or pever- al others, who bad fled with the horse and plunder. Having obtained permission, M. Meyer removed his brother's corpse to his native village and iuter- ed it in the adjoining cemetery. The faithful dog followed the body, but by degrees became attached to his new master. Every effort was made by the most diligent search and the offer of immense rewards, to discov¬ er the culprits. But in vain; the horrible tragedy remained an enigma. Two years had passed away, and hopes of solving the mystery vanished, when M. Meyer received a letter urging him to repair without delay to Leip¬ zig, to close the eyes of his maternal uncle, who desired to see him before he died. He immediate¬ ly hastened thither accompanied by his brother's dog, who was his companion at all times. He ar¬ rived too late His relative had died the previous evening, bequeathing him a large fortune. He found the city crowded, it being the season of the great fair hold regularly there twice a year. While walking as usual one morning on the pub¬ lic square, attended by his dog, he was astonished to behold the animal suddenly rush forward like a flash. He dashed furiously through the crowd and leaped furiously upon an elegantly dressed young man, who was seated in the centre of thejnpiare, upon an elevated platform erected for the nse of those spectators who desired more conveniently to 18 The Seventh Month., or JULY,—1858, Week I Days | Thurs Frida Satur Remarkable Days Moon j Moon |Moons! Southlft. & S.lplace. i h tn h ml s d Aspects of Planets |Hrj Sun's I Sun and ITajdeclina'rises.. Miscellaneous Matters. |ble] North. |h m|h m| Sunt 0 sets. W 1 Theobald 2 Visit V.M. 3 Cornelius 3 48 10 36 4 30 10 59 5 13 11 20 ^|CcQ>- $ sets 9 12. ^ 3X21|c?Setsl 5. 4|0inapo. tQ 27.) 5th Sunday after Trinity. Day's length 14 hours 22 minutes. Sund Mond Tues Wedn Thurs Frida Satur 4 Independ. 5 Demetrius 6 John Huss 7 Edelburga 8 Aquila 9 Zeno 10 Israel 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 56111 45 421 morn. 12 18 12 57 1 50 2 50 £ sets 33 29 32 401 49 Luke ^T7^^Ttir.prises 2^29j 4|22~53;4 49 7 M sets 8 13 j 4:^2 484 49 7 ^15 Hegul sets 9 37 4 22 42 4 49 7 Oi^^T. $ sets 9 8 5 22 36|4 49 7 '/©PSjc/OI. super, i 5|22 29,4 507 HUB in perigee^! 5|22 22 4 50!7 Hg15 * ~ 11 11 11 11 30i 10 22 23 24 a* m 27 10th. ]. rises 2 3 5 21 58 4 52 7 8 30 Tues 13 Magaret 2 45 9 29 JPl7. Alt.s. 11 58 6 21 12 4 55j 7 5 5 29.) 7th Sunday after Trinity. Mark 8. Day's length 14 hours 10 minutes . Sund 18 Matenrus 6 28 11 32 m 5 1) sets 7 25 6 21 1 14 55 7 5 6 Mond 19 Ruffina 7 13 morn. 2nd.2J. r. 12 55 6 17 44 5 6 6 54 2P Tues 3 Augustus 6 18 11 33 £ sets 11 28 6 17 29 5 7 6 53 22 Wedn 4 Dominiek 7 17 morn. 7*H 41 6 17 13 5 8 6 52 23 Thurs 5 Oswald 8 20 12 21 ^>24 Altair so. 10 43. A 6 16 57 5 9 6 5124 Frida 6 A of Christ 9 24 * 34 *fg 9 Antar'g. so.7 16.>j<@ 6 16 41 5 10 6 5025 Satur 7 Godfrey 10 30 2 47 ►€24 (£in per. $sets 8 40 6 16 24 5 11 6 49i26 32.) 10th Sunday after Trinity. Luke 19. Day's length 13 hours 38 minutes. Sund Mond To.es Wedn Thurs Frida Satur 8 Emily 9 Ericus 10 St. Lawr. 11 Titus 12 Clara 13 Hildebert 14 Eusebia 11 33 12 30 20 8 53 38 24 (£ sets. 7 22 7 51 8 20 8 42 9 8 9 35 cg£23 7 $£22 5 E%;18 R 1 8th. 21 rises 12 34 $ sets 11 8 f ' I Mooni Moon- [Moons! Aspects of Planets Days !^emar^a^e Days] Soiith [R.& S. [place j and 1 IHrj Sun's 1 Sun I Sun 1 Q iTaldeclinai risea.| sets., £2 VI. Wednj 1 Egidius Xhurs] 2 Eliza Frida j -3 Mansuetus Satur] 4 Moses" |hr ml h . m J s - d.pMiscella&eoiis Matter, jblej North. )h m|h m| ^ 6 17111 32^20i^2{.4rises,1124W| Oj 8 14 5 3616 24120 7 22!morn. HE 4b sets 8. 8. >£$. "rs) 0 7 525 37(6 2321 8 2612 /4lK8l9.|(£ in-pe'r. rises 2 46 1 1; 7 B 5 39(6 21123 36.) 14th Sunday after! Trinity. Luke 17. Day's length 12 hours 40 minutest Sand j 5 Nathaniel |10 Mondj 6 Magnus. 11 Tues I 7 Regina • 12 Wedn 8. Nat. Y. MM2 Thursj 9 Bruno ; 1 Frida. jlO P ulcheria Satur lll Protils - 23U3 ^(gflSlD^O. 7*rise9 32j 151 4 17'^ 2jk||Jk? sets 8 4.( - 4 ([sets. ^neifpmh <£ in : ;J 5i( 6 -49j^s s s. 10 22.4:^1 37 7 16:^134 rises 1059 ■j 2 22 7' 44 ^26 Orion rises 12 14 - j 3 " 8| 8 9|^'9WC$. g sets 8 0 M 46 23 1 08 15 5215 30|5 41(6 42j6 40,6 20) 19 18 43j6 17 45|5 15 46|6 14 47|6 13 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 37.) 15th Sunday after Trinity.. Matthew 6., ,! Day's length 12 hours 24 minutes. Sund !121 Wicldiffe f 3 Mondjl3 Amatus ^ 4 Tues [14 Holy Cross; 5 JWcdn'15 Emberday T 6 Thurs|l6 Micleta ■ J 7 Frida j 17 Euphemia - 8 Satiir ll8 Siegfried \ 9 57| 8 ,45|28 XtfnrO A 7 ^21 1-33|.7 61^-5 sets 10 11 Aldebaran r. 9 47 C^.2}.rig. 10 20.$^ ^22d. $station'y 0^^day&night eq* $s 7 48. Aut'mncom. ^ sets 10 6 • - 6i 1 25 5 71 1 2(5 7- 0 38 5 7 North'5 8; South [6 8j_0 32,6 810 5516 56(6 .41 7 57(6 • 3 8 58,6 2| 9 59:6 1:10 0,6-'.Olll -1(5 59il2' 3 5 57(13 39.) 17th Sunday after Trinity; Luke 14. Day's length 11 hours 52 minutes,... Sund |26 Justin a - ' Mond 27 Cosmus Tues |28 Wmeesla's Wedn|29 St,Michael Thurs|30 Jerome 2 25] 7 44j^l9;t) rises 1 381 i 9 3 2Q 8 34|£ft 3]^^[.RigeI r.l019; 9 4 20i 9 ,43i^l7UC4- if. rises 9 55. ] 9 5 24,10 48!c$g 1 /#N29th. <£per. PijlO 6 26(11 48j^l5j^fJ,£gr.el. W.*t;lO 19(6 42(6. . 5(6 29;6 52'6 '4!5 56 5.5 55 6i5 54 8 5 5217' "9.(5 51 {18 14' 15 10 Has 30 Days. 23 MOON'S PHASES. New Moon the 7thr at 8 o'clock 55 minutes in th morning. First Quarter the 15th. at 12 o'clock in the morning Full Moon the 22nd, at 10 o'clock 5 minutes in th evening. ■ r > Last Quarter the 29th, at 8 o'clock 40 minutes in th .evening. _ . - CONJECTURE OF THE WEATHER. The 1st 2nd fair, 3rd 4th showers, 5th 6th 7th 8th sultry, thunder, 9th 10th 11th variable, 12th 13th 14th fair, 15th 16th cloudy, 17th 18th thunder, 19th cloudy, 20th 21st 22nd fair, 23rd 24th shower?, 25th 26th 27th fair, 28th 29th 30th cloudy rainy, REMARKABLE EVENTS.' - Sept. 3 Definitive treaty, 1783 5 Sea Fight Chesapeake, '81 ■ 6 Groton burnt, '81 8 Battle of Eutaw, '81 , 11 Battle of Brandywine, '77 13 New London burnt, '81 - 15 New York taken, '76 20 Surprise and massacre at Paoli, *77 24 Battle of King's Mountain, '80 25 Arnold's plot, '80 - * •26 Philadelphia taken, 17 27 Major Andre taken, '80 30 Battle, with the Miami Indians, '90. "Then the poor man should take proper care of them.; I gave warning f why didn't he mend his fence?" " - "Well, sir, it was because you sent' him a rough kind of a message j it made him mad, andso^he would not do it." „ "I considered a few minutes, said William Ladd, "and then" I told Sam to put the horse in the buggy." ''Shall I put in the gun ?" said Sam. "No," said I. I saw Sam half smiled, hut I said nothing. I got into my buggy and drove up to my neighbor's. He lived a mile off, and I had a good deal of time to think the matter over. "When 1 drove' up to the house "the man was ■chopping wood; there were but-few sticks of wood and. the house was poor, and my heart was soften* .ed. "Neighbor#' I called out; the man looked ■sulky and did not. raise up his headP' "Come, .come neighbor," said I, "I have come with friend" ly feelings to-yon, and you must p^et me half ways'* He perceived I was in earnest, laid down his axe and pame to the wagon. "Now neighbor/' said I, "we have been in the wrong: you neglect¬ ed your fence, and I got angry and sent you a pro¬ voking message. Now let's both face about, and both do right and feel right. I'll forgive and you shall forgive. Now lets shake hands." He didn't qnite feel like giving me his hand, hut he let me take it, "Now," said I, "neighbor, drivp your sheep down to my south pasture; they shall share with my sheep until next spring—you shall have all the yield, aud next summer we'll start fair." "His hand was no longer dead in mine. He* gave me a good friendly grasp. The tears came into his eyes, and he said, ((I guess you are e Christian, William Ladd, after all." "And that little fracus with my neighbor about the sheep, was," Said William Ladd, "the first step to my devoting myself to the Peace Society." "A Dutchmanfm describing a span of Ihorses which he had lost said, "Dey was very much alike 'specially de off one. One looked so much like both, I could not tell toder from which ; when I went after de one I Al¬ ways caught de oder, and I whipt de one most to death because de oder kicked at me." He thus describes an accident: "Vonce, a long'ago, I vent into mine apple or¬ chard to climb a bear tree to get some beeches to make mine vrow a blum puddingmit; and veil I gets on the topermost branch I vail from de lower¬ most limb, mit one leg on both side of de fence* and like to stove my outside in." 24 The Tenth Month, or OCTOBER—1858, ™ . 1 I Moon 1 Moon 1 Moons! Aspects of Planets iHrl Sun's) Sun 'l^^fhableDays! South.*R.&S.lplace. 1 and, iTa'declina J rises ' *| jh m|h m| s d | Miscellaneous Matter. |ble\South. |h m Sun 1 O sets.! 3. h m| £■ Frida I 1 Kemigius Satur [ 2 Columbus 7 26jmorii. H^29 8 231 1 3 rises 1 20|llj 3 49 6 1015 50 6 1115 49 1§ 30 40.) 18th Sunday after Trinity. Matthew 22. Day's length 11 hours 36 minutes. Sand Mond Taes Wedn Thurs Frida Satur 3 Jaireus 4 Franciscus 5 Placides 6'Fides 7 Amelia 8 Pelagius 9 St. Denys 9 10 10 11 12 1 1 i? 6 52 36 21 ? 55 2 15 3 24 4 30 ([ sets 5 .48 6 18 6 50 gr. elongat'n Kastjll) 4 2:6 125 48 I^lCtj^riscs 9 35.^,111 4 25i6 13:5 47 <1^25 ri 12 4114 8 136 24 5 36 2 Frida 15 Hedwick 7 Omorn.Wlk 0 sets 7 39 4:g'l4 8 36 6 25 5 35 3 Satur 16 Callus 7 47 12 2|.^12 Antaressets 7 36 14 8 58!6 26 5 34 4 42.) 20th Sunday after Trinity. Matthew 22. Day's length 11 hours G minutes, Sund Mond Taes Wedn Thurs Frida Sator 17 18 19 20 22 23 Florentine St. Luke Ptolomy Felicianus Ursula Cordula Severius 1 4'^.24 Orion rises 10 0 ^ 6j£ cQtcT sets 101.^ 3 7,£g£t9j2j_ rises 8 39 4 12 ^ 2!Regal rises 1 43 5 18 :^i6'||^Altairs.6 0.:f:f8 morn. j^risesj,^ Oj|§£/22d. $sets 7 35 12 21 i 5 50;^14|Q enters 32, 16! 59! 441 31 15] $ 206 27:5 33 5 15 9 426 285 32i 6 15; 10 4 6 29i5 31 f 1510 26 6 305' 30 8 15! 10 47 6 325 28 9 15 U 86 33)5 27 IP 16 11 29|6 34 5 26 11 43.) 2ist Sunday after Trinity. John 4. Day's length 10 bouts 50 minutes. sets 10 3 j0&l3|(£ in per.$ sets 7 33 28 2{.ris. 8 10. A ^*^1) rises 11 55 Aretur. r* 4 58 29th.c?Ct>d¥0!16 Sand Mond Taes Wedn Thurs Frida Satur 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Salome Crispin Ainandus Sabina Simon Jud, Zuinglius Serapion 18 18 21 26 29 27 20 6 36 7 31 8 37 9 50 11 2 morn. 12 J2 HIS I* HE26 mo <£|24 11 31 52 12 _ _ _ 32 ^in per. 7* r.6 10| 16|13 52 16!11 16,12 16112 50 12 13 13 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 12 13 14 * 44.) 22nd Sunday after Trinity. Matthew 18. Day's length 10 hours 36 minutes. Sund |31 Wolfgang | 8 8| 1 20|^| 8|(£<£j\Procy, r lu 49|l6jl4 12|6 42|5 18^9' Has .31 Dap. 25 MOON'S PHASES. New Moon the 6th, at 8 o'clock 57 minutes in the evening. 1 ^ First Quarter the 14th, at 7 o'clock 35 minutes In the evening. 1 Full Moon the 22nd, at 10 o'clock 12 minutes in the morning. _ Last Quarter the 29th, at % ®'«lock 28 minutes in ^ the morning. CONJECTURE OE THE "WEAJTHER. The 1st 2nd cloudy, 3rd 4th 5th fair, 6th Tth $th variable, 9th rain, 10th 11th 12th fair, 13th 14th clou¬ dy, 15th 16th variable, 17th 18th 19th fair, 20th rain, 21at^22iad 23rd fair, 24th 25th 26th fine weather, 27th «lr. 10 51 16 16 16 16 16 16 21,6 495 16117 1617 1617 16(18 386 566 136 296 466 26 50 51 52 53 54 55 11' 10 9 8 7 6 5 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 46,) 24th Sunday after Trinity. 7 8 7 49 8 32 9 17 10 5 10 59 11 56 Matthew 9. Day's length 10 hours 8 minutes. Simd Mond Tries Wedn Thurs Frida Satur 14 Levinus 15 Leopold 16 Ottomar 17 Alpheus 18 Galasius 19 Elizabeth 20 Amos morn. 12 51 1 54 2 59 4 4 5 14 8 prises ^22 M* 1 •Wa* -1 SS27 ^.Regulr. 12 4 2 sets 7 2. g sets 9 48 2\. south .1 41. •ft rises 10 31 7 5 ^"JvRigel rises « &/20th.7*s.ll 18 18 18 19 19 19 58!l4il9 15 15 15 15 15 14 18 33 48 3 18 32 45 56;5 56,5 575 585 595 595 05 47.) 25th Sunday after Trinity. Matthew 24. Day's length 9 hours 58 minutes. Sund Mond Tues Wedn Thurs Frida Satur 21 Off. V. M. 22 Alphonsus 23 Clement 24 Chrisogen. 25 Catharine 26 Conrad 27 Josephat morn. 1 1 9 13 15 11 1 5 6 8 9 11 morn. 15 21 21 44 58 S> 7 ^22 Hti 7 JSC 99 r 7 10^21 5 ©enters £$ £ per. ^4. ^station. 2|. south 17. t> rises 10 1 2 sets 6 26 27th. £ in 14 1420 12 13 13 13 13 12 19 59 20 24 7 20 36 7 20 48 7 21 017 21 117 4 4 4 4 4 4 5k 59 58 58 57 56 55 55 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 48.) 1st Sunday in Advent. Sund 128 Guntherus Mond|29 Saturn Tues 30 St Andrew Matthew 21. Day's length 9 hours 48 minutes. 6 4b 7 33 8 16 12 14 <1*18^ sets 9 43 ^9 1 20^ 1 2 26$sl4 Androm. s.7 40 Arc. rises 2 43 12 12 11 21 2217 21 32 7 21 427 4 54(16 4 5417 4 53,13 Has 80 Days. 27 MOON'S PHASES. jSi$iIi|!i ' Mooa the fith, at 11 o'clock 43 minutes 1 Ml the morning. iiftMillllil ^ First Quarter the 13th, at 3 o'clock 37 minutes in the evening.. _ Pull Moon the 20th, at 9 o'clock 17 minutes in lift the evening. ^ Last Quarter the 27th, at 12 o'clock 25 minutes m the evening. CONJECTURE OP THE WEATHER. The 1st 2nd fair, 3rd 4th 5th variable, 6th 7th clou" dy rainy, 8th 9th fair, 10th 1 J^th 12th cloudy rainy* 13th 14th 15th fair, 16th 17th showers, 18tli 19th 20th mostly clear, 2l.st 22nd cloudy rainy, 23rd 24th 25th fair, 26th cloudy, 27th 28th 29th fine pleasant, 30th cloudy. ~ REMARKABLE EVENTS. Nov. 3 St. John's taken, 1775 4 Gen. St. Clair defeated '91 13 Montreal taken '75 14 Fort Mifflin evacuated '77 16 Fort Washington taken '76 18 Fort Lee taken'76 25 New York eva mated '83 30 Provisional treaty signed '82. t-. even his intoxicated comrades, filled with invol¬ untary admiration at the feat, gave a cheer. But Fink was up in a moment, and rushed upon his enemy, exclaiming: "That warn't done fair, so it warn't." ,lle aimed a ferocious blow, which the preacher parried with his left hand, and, grasping his throat with the right, crashed him down as if he had been an infant. Fink struggled, squirmed, and writhed in the dust; but all to no purpose; for the strong, muscular fingers held his windpipe as in the jaws of an iron vice When he began to tflkn purple in the face, and ceased to resist, Mr. (Jarfcright slackened his hold and inquired, "Will you pray now?" "I doesn't know a word how," gasped Fink." "Repeat after me." "Well, if I must, I must," answered Fink*, "be- -cauae you're the devil himself." The preacher then said over the Lord's prayer line by line, and the conquered bully responded in jfche same way, when the victor permitted him to rise. At the consummation the rowdies roared three boisterous cheers, and Fink shook CartrigHt by the hand, declaring, * "By golly, you're some leans in a bar fight. I'd rather set to wirh an old 'he' bar in dog days. You can pass this 'ere crowd of nose 'fmashers, blast your pictur' !" ^ Afterwards Fink's party behaved with extreme decorum, aud the preacher resumed his Bible and pulpit. Paddy Coon Hunting. Au Irishman of our acquaintance, named Mi¬ chael O'Roger, who settled in this part of dm country some years ago, lately received an unex¬ pected visit from his brother Pat, who was direefc from the "sod." Mick heartily welcomed bia brother, and resolved to do everything in his pav¬ er to make his visit an agreeable one. According¬ ly at the end of the second day after Pat's arrival —which had been spent by them in a general ca¬ rousal—Mick armed his brother with a shillalak, and led off in the direction of a cornfield about ball a mile distant, where he assured Pat they would enjoy a rare evening's sport, coon hunting. Th® night was too dark to distinguish objects of ibeir search at any great distance, but on entering the field, and setting up a wild yell they soon discover¬ ed, by the rustling of the cornstalks ia various directions, that they had been successful in rout¬ ing several of them from their hiding places.— Mick's keen eyes were now fixed upon a large tie® which stood a few yards distant, and he soon bad the satisfaction of detecting an object moving up its trunk at a rapid rate. This he knew to be a coon, and with a shcut of joy he rushed towards the tree calling on his brother to follow up. Ia® moment the two sportsmen were under the tree. Mick prepared for a climb, and directed Pat bov to act when the coon reached the ground: 28 The Twelfth Month, or DECEMBER—1858, ™- j ' J Moon ("Moon iMoonsj Aspects of Planets [Hfj *jRemarkableDayS| South jR.&S.j-place. | and JTaj Sun's | Sun j Sun | © m, h, mi s jdeclina rises,j se|,s | % d | Miscellaneous Matter. |bIe[South.4(h tnjh m| 5- Wedn Thurs Frida Satur 1 Longinus 2 Candidus 3 Cassianus 4 Barbara, 49.) 2d Sunday in Advent $fc27:£ sets 6 5 n\ll}Zl 51\7 7|4 5319 «fgl0V$$. t> rises 9 30 (10j22 0!7 814 52l20 12 24 It),22 9j7 s|4 52 21 g& 4!^setS 9 38* .J,g'l0te2 17|7. 9,'4 5122 Luke 21. Day's length 9 hours 42 minutes® bund 5 Abigail r ! Mond 6 Nicholas Tues x & Agathon Wednj 8 Con. V.M. Thui's, 9 Joachim Frida 10 Judith. Satur 11 Barsabas , 12 9 1 2 1 52 2 41 3 28 4 13 4 56 (£ sets<^16:^9p&i15tht $sets 5 44; 9j22 2517 5 4b<&28«®W©&7*s.l 49"1 922 33 7 g|^28(ip'(£ rises 8 50 . ! 7(23 5 40 6 36 7 36 8 35 39:7 4517 '51 7 577 27 9j4 51123 iOj.4 50,24 10|4#50j25" 10l4 50-26 11 4. 4927 11'4 49j23 1214 4829 50.) 3d Sunday in Adsep.U Sund 112 Otilia Matthew 11 Day's length 9 -hours 3.6 minutes. Mond;13 Lucy Tues 14 Nicasius Wedn 15 J£niberday 16 Ignatius 17 La-zarus * Thurs Frida "Satur 5 34111 30«10 6 17;morn. S2SS22 6 59 7 44 8 32 9 27 18 Arnolds- JlO 29 (l£l4 gr. el.E. 13 th. *8 12 33;^ 5;2\. south 11 34. *1 37^18:1) rises 8 32 2 42 ^ 1 Regulus rises 9 47 3 50^i5jiVldeba.south 10 48r 4i23 23 23 .?|7.12 23 117 12 23 15?7 12 23 isjr 13 23 20*7 1.3 7 13 5 c? sets 9 29 | 3(23 25 4 48*30 4 48 4 '48 4 47 4 47 4 47 7- 13i4 47 1 3 4- 5 r 6 51.) 4th Sundaj in Advent John 1. Day's length "9 hours 34 minutes. Sund |19 Abraham Mond^O Ammon Tues |21 Thomas Wedn 22 Beata Thurs23 Dagpbert Frida ,24 Adam* Eve' Satur j25 Christmas 11 34 morn® 12 40 1 46 2 46 3 42 $g 0%M^20th 6 7«16 7 24 8 41 rises 7$4 ctf- y-so* 1040.*® o 3,23 2617 T 3,4 47 223 27:7 13|4 47 "223 28'7"l3j4 47 9 1|23 28i7 13 4 4710 0^3 27 7, 13 4 4W1 23 26 7.13 4 47{12 4 3XA0 59|^14iSiri'iss south 12 23,^|23 25|7 13|4 4?|l3 *52.) Sunday after Christmas. ■ V ~r- Sund ,26 Stephen Memd'27 John Ev«n Luke 2. Day's length 9 hours 34 minutest- Tues 128 Innocents Wedn29 Noah Thdrs;30 Davi^. * Frida !3l Sylvester 5 18|morn, $ rises 8 25 j 6 2112 "71^5llr^/27th. ^set.924; 1 rises 7 31. . 2 7 a south 10 13. 3 9^gl9|^0 inferior *4 14;J$ l'0ii^ perigee. 6 45 7 30 .8 16 9' 4 1123 23l? 13 4 47;14 123 20ir 13(4 4715 223 177 13i4 47,16 2123 14 7 124 48il7 323 10;7 124 48'f& 3123 6|7 12-4 48/19 Has 31 . JMOON'S PHASES. New Moon the 5 th, at 4 o'clock 57 minutes in the mowing. First Quarter the 13 th, at 10 o'clock 13 minutes jua the morning. ^ Full Moon the 20th, at 7 o'clock 47 minutes in S morning. Last Quarter the 27th, at 12" o'clock 16 minutes in the ^horning. ' -CONJECTURE OF THE WEATHER. The 1st 2nd changeable, 3rd 4th 5th fair, 6th 7th hdy, 8th 9th 10th rain, 11th 12th fair, 13th 14th \ variable, 16th 17th 18th most clear, 19th 20th V rain7v 21st 22nd 23rd fair, 24th 25th 2Gth Vpderate, 27th cloudy, 28th 29th 30th 31st fair. * REMARKABLE EVENTS. 16 Rhode Island taken 1766 Newport taken '7.6 Battle of Great Bridge Virginia '75 ^ George Washington died '99 '14 Jersey overrun '76 15 Charleston evacuated '83 16 Tea destroyed at Boston '73 26 Hessians taken '76 29 Georgia invaded '78. 3iter is in opposition to the Sun on the 8th, rises ^wtlie Sun sets, and is "nearest to the Earth. bus is in lower conjunction with the Sun. on the \1 goes from evening to morning Star; or from Jo west below the Sun. be after makin' a great noise to get away/ "ick, 'but for ye life don't let him escape ye/H * . be off up the tree wid ye,' answered Pat ing his shillalah, evidently growing impa- r the sport, 'niver fear but I'll put an ind When he comes down.' now commenced climbing the tree with all ^ habfci; and succeeded very well in the as- hntil he reached the first branches, and he- hid from the wild gaze of his brother, when .used a jpoment to ascertain in what part of ree the coon had taken lodgings. While mat- in this state the coon made a sudden among the branches, which so startled Mick e unfortunately let go his hold and fell head- ,0 the ground. . ; supposing him to be the coon, rushed furi- upon him with his shillalah, and commenced the delightful operation of 'putting and end to him/ 'Murther ! murther!' cried Mick, attempting to rise to his feet, "in the name of St. Patrick, don't be after beating me to death !' 'Ye needn't be givin me any iv yer dirty excus¬ es,' answered Pat, 'shure me brither told me you'd be afther making a great Doise to git av^ay, but not a fut ye'll move out o' this alive.' Mick now supposing his brother to be-crazy, thought it time to make a desperate struggle for life) so seizing Pat by the legs, he succeeded in throwing him to the ground, whereupon a rough and tumble fight commenced, which continued until both were exhausted, with bruised noses and bloody eyes. An Old CiitcivEN.—In attempting to carve a fowl one day, a gentleman had consideradle diffi¬ culty in separating its joints, exclaimed against the man who had sold him an old hen for a young chicken. . 'My dear,' said the enraged man's wife, 'don't talk so much about the aged and respectable Mr.; he planted the first Llll of corn in our town.' 'I know that,' said the husband 'and I believe this hen scratched it up. 'I hope you will be able tosupport me*,' sail a- young lady, while walking out one evening witL her intended, daring aslippery state of the sidewalks. ' Why; yes,' said the somewhat hesitating swain; 'with some little assistance frcm youx father.' There was some confusion, and a profound silence 'Sally,' said a fellow to a girl who had rei kair, ' keep away front me or y em will set me afire/ 'No danger of that,' was tLa-answer; 'ym arc ico green to burn/ The Farmers' ^sacl Wig Stories. A lot of young fellows were trying their skill at Celling stories a few! ■ J ' Four shillings,' was the reply. . j 'Four shillings? I'ts an imposition,' exclaimed thdi fiery colonel. 'I never paid over a shilling for&ettiiisf a shoe in mv life.' . ' Werry veil,' nodded Meinher, ' vun shilling for tfe vun shoe—I set de four shoes—dat is four shillhg-^ nichls /' 'Nick! the old Nick!' roared the excited tracer ' who told you to set more than two shoos?' ' 'By doonder!' said the smith, 'you tell me youijf/ 'I? It's a falsehood—a lie—a ' 'Mine Cot! You said de shoos on de four foot-~* 'So I did! the two shoes on the/"ore feet.' 'Cot im Himmel! isli der man crazy? Ttco *g on four feet! Yun hats on dree head as mooch/ 'You dternal f-fifool,' exclaimod the Col., wh.p> tcred when much excited ' I said set the/ore shoSsi| these two feet, you b-b-blundering Dutchman.' I • Set four shoes on two feet, Ha, ha, ha,' laugbl the smith scornfully and angrily. 'Hundred tousan and hlitzen! you tam Yankee.' 'You w-w-wooden headed Dutchman!' 'You!Yankee goose! monkey! vun tam jackass-fboll The Colonel replied, siuttering worse tjjan ever; thi smith struck his fist and jabbered Dutch,, his knowN edge of English being exhausted; and thus they had] it 'back and forth,' until a ihutual acquaintance' came up and explained tho matter. The colonel paid the charge, laughed at the mistake; while Meinher smoked fiercely, cursing copiously the language which made four feet two feet, or two feet four feet, 'any way but der right way—doonder and bliteen.' 'Ah, me!' said a pious old lady, 'our minister was a powerful preacher; for the short time he ministered the word amongst us, he kicked three pulpits to pieces and banged the in'ards out of five Bibles!' ' The Farmers' and Planters' Almanac. 3f MECDOTES. Aitecting.—The following lines are by some un¬ known, but evidently distracted individual: When Peggy's arms her dog imprison I often wish my lot was hisen, How often would I stand and turn And take a pat from hands like hern "Did you go to the military ball," inquired a love¬ ly girl of an old soldier. t4No my dear," replied the old Revolutionary, '.'in those days the military balls came to us." ' An Irish woman who kept a little grocery, was brought toHfier death bed. When on the point of breathing her last, she called her husband to her bed side: ♦Jamie, there is Missus Mal«ny; she owes me six shillings,' she said faintly, ♦Oh ! Biddy, darlirn, yer'sensible to the last,'*ex¬ claimed the husban d. ♦"Vis, dear, and there's Missils McCrawe, I owe her a dollar." •Olt! be jabers, you are_as foolish as iver.' The other day a Jew was quizzing an Irishman and kept at him until he was somewhat aggravated, "when, turning round, he tartly remarked ; •Yes dom yer sow!, if it hadn't been for the likes of yees, the Savior would a binmlive now, and doin well.' A clergyman asked of his scripture pupils wheth¬ er 'the leopard could change his spots?' 'To be shre,' replied Billy, as prompt as might, be; 'when be-'s got tired of one spot he goes to another.' "M^dear Amelia,' said a dandy, 'I have long wish- .ed for this opportunity, but hardly dare speak now, for fear you will reject me ; but I love you—say you •will be mine I Your smile would shed—' and then he came to a pause; 'yeur smiles would shed—' and then he paused again. 'Nevermind the wood shed,' said Amelia, 'go on with the pretty talk.' When Doctor H. and Lawyer A. were walking arm in arm, a wag said to a friend, 'These two are just equal to one highwayman ' 'Why?' was the res¬ ponse. 'Because,' rejoined, the wag, 'it is a lawyer and a doctor—your money or your life.' 'I curse the hour when we were married!' ex¬ claimed an enraged husband to his bptler half; to whieh she mildly replied, 'Don't my dear, ^for that was the only happy hour we have ever seen.' A little boy hearing his father say that 'there was a time for all things,' asked, 'when is the proper time fether, for hooking sugar out of the sugar-bowl?' 'Sambo, whar you get dat wa tch you wear t®- meetin' last Sunday?' 'How do you know 1 had a tvatch?' 'Case I-seed de chain hang out m front.* 'Go way! suppose you see halter round my neck, you tink dar's horse inside of me?' An elpphant once nearly killed an Irishman for an insult offered to his truck. 'The act was rash in thw extreme? but it was impossible,' the Hibernian saidr to resist a nose you could pull with both hands.' A little boy on his return from Suuday school re¬ cently addressed his mother as follows: 'Mamma!* 'Well, my dear.' 'Mamma, the teacher says the peo¬ ple are all made of dust.' 'Yes, my dear so the Bi¬ ble says.' 'Well, mamma, are white people made of dust?' 'Yes.' 'Well, then, I s'pose colored peopte are made of coal dust, ain't they?' Jimicks says that when he wast in love, he felt as it he were being hung, and had a cat in his hat and a peck of bumble bees under bis waistcoat. Jimicks knows the symptoms. Juliana says that she felt, oh my! as if she were in a bower of moonbeams, sinking in a bath of efful¬ gent honey beneath a-blaze of balmy stars, to the tune of slow musie. An old lady, observing a sign over a tailoring es¬ tablishment, bearing the inscription 'Fountain of Fashion,' exclaimed, 'Ah! that must be the place where the squirts come from.' 'What is the reason,' said an Irishman to another," that you and your wife are always disagreeing 1' 'Because,' replied Pat, 'we'are both of one mind; she wants to be master and so do I." At a revival meeting one olcHady prayed ferventlv for the 'young lambs of the flock.' A 'lady in blaclt* determined not to be outdone by sister Walfon, res¬ ponded, and "blandly asked^who was to pray for the 'old ewes.' This set the congregation in a roar. Some unfortunate in dividual who, we presume, has suffered some, thus rails against sundry evils: From a crosfs neighbor, and a sullen wife, A pointed needle, and a broken knife, From suretyship, and frotn an empty purse. A smokey chimney, and a jolting horse, From a dull razor and an aching head, From a bad conscience, and a buggy bed, A blow upon the elbow and the knee, From each of these, good L d deliver me". Little hoy how fliany kinds of fire are there ! Pour marm. What are they called ? Why there is wood fire, coa! fiie, cam-fire, and fire-and-fall-back. Smart little scholar—you may go to the head. S2 SUPERIOR COURTS ©F WOKTil CAROLINA. First Circuit. Tyrrell 1st March 6th September Washington 8th do 13th do Bertie 15th do 20th do Hertford 22nd do 27th do Gates 29th do 4th October Chowan 5th April 11th do Perquimans 12th do ,18th do Pasquotank 19th do - 25th do Camden 26th do 1st November Currituck 3rd May 8th do Second Circuit. Duplin 22nd March 27th September Wayne 29th do 4th October Greene 5th April 11th do Lenoir 12th do 18th do Craven 2 9th do 25th do Jones 28th do 3rd November Onslow 3rd May 8th do Carteret 10th do 15th do Beaufort 17th do 22nd do Hyde 24th do 29th do Wilson 31st do 6th December Third Circuit. Martin 22nd Feb'y 30th August Pitt 1st March 6th September -Edgecombe 8th do 13th do Nash 15th do 20th do Johnson 22nd do 27th do W'ake 29th do 4th October Franklin 5th April 11th do Warren • 12th do 18 th do Halifax 19th do 25 th do Northampton 26th do 1st November. Fourth Circuit. Granville 1st March 6th September Orange 8th do 13th do Chatham 15th do 20th do Randolph 22nd do 27tb do Davidson • 29th .do 4th October Forsyth 5th April 11th do Stokes 12th do 18th do Guilford 19th do 25th do Rockingham 26th do 1st November. Caswell • 3rd May 8th do Persan 10th do 15th do Alamance 17th do 22nd do Moore Montgomery Stanly Anson Richmond Robeson Bladen Columbus Brunswick New Hanover Sampson Cumberland Harnett Surry Yadkin Ashe Wilkes Davie Alexander Iredell Catawba Lincoln Gaston Union Mecklenburg Cabarrus Rowan Cherokee Macon Jackson Haywood Henderson Buncombe Madison Yancy McDowell Caldwell Watauga Burke Rutherford Polk Cleaveland Fifth Circuit. 15th Feb'y 23rd 22nd do 1st March 8th do 15th do 22nd do 29th do 5th April ]2th do 19th do 3rd May 10th do 17th do 30th 6th 13th 20 th 27th 4th 11th 18th 25th 8th 15th 22nd August do September do do do October do do do November do do Sixth Circuit. 22nd Feb'y 1st March 8th do 15th do 22nd do 29th do 5th April 12th do 19th do 26th do • 3rd May 10th do 17th do 24th do 23rd August 30th do 6th September 13th do 20th do 27th do 4th October 11th do 18th do 25th do 1st November 8th do 15th do 22nd do Sevcntlx Circuit. 1st March 8th do 15th do 22nd do 29th , do 5th April 12th do 19th do 26th do 3rd May 10th do 17th do 24th do 31 si June 7 th do 6th September 13th do 20th do 27tn do 4th October 11th do 18th do 25th do l3t November 8 th do 15th do 22,d da "29th do 6th December 13th do . COUNTS OP PLEAS & <|UARTER' SESSIONS OF N. C." Alamance March 1 Alexander do 1 Anson „ Jan1 31 Ashe Feb 22 Seaufort Marchlo Bertie Feb 8 Bladen Feb 1 Brunswicfj March 1 Buncombe Jan 11 Burke Feb 22 Cabarrus Jan 18 Caldwell Feb 8 Camden March 8 Carteret 'Feb 15 Caswell Jan 4" Catawba do 18 Chatham tfHTeb 8 Cherokee "#**fiiarcb 1 Chowan . do 22 Cleaveland do 15 Columbus Feb 8 Currituck Feb 22 Craven March 8 Cumberland do 1 Davidson £eb 8 Davie do 22 Duplin Jan 38 Edgecombe Feb 22 Franklin Forsyth May 31 Aug 30 June 7 Sept 6 April 12 July 12 May 24 Aug 23 June 7 Sept 20 May 10 Aug 9 May 3 Aug 2 June 7 S*p 6 April 5 Julyk 12 May J7 Aug 23 April 19 July 19 May 3 Aug 9 June 14 Sept 13 May 17 Aug 16 March 29 July 5 April 5 do 19 May JO Aug June 7 Sept do . 21 do ■do ' 7 do May 10 Aug do >31 do June 14 Sept 13 do 7 do 6 May 10 Aug 9 do 24 db 23 Nov 29 Jones Jan 25 April 26 July 26' Dec 6 I Jackson March 15 June 21 Sept 20 Dec ^ Oot 11 I Lincoln , Jan 11 April 12 July 12 OcW Nov 22 j Lenoir do 4 Mar'h 15 July 5 Sept 20 Dec ■••6 Mpore do 25 April 26 do 26 Oct. 25 Nov 8 Montgomery do 4 do 5 do 5 Oct, 4 Mecklenburg do 25 do 26 do 26 do 25 "11 do 12 do 12 do 11 9 6 27 13 9' Nov 30 do Gaston Gales Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Hertford Harnett Iredell Johnston April 19 July 19 May 24 Aug 23 March 8 June 14 Sept 13 do 15 do 21 do 20 April 19 Aug 16" May 17 do ,16 do 3> do 2 Feb 15 do 15 do 1 do 8 "da do 15 do 15 do 22 do 8 do do do do 10 do 17 do 17 do 24 do 10 do 16 Id 23 9 Mar'h 22 June 23 Sept 27 Jan 4 March 29 July 5 March 8 June 14 Sept 13 Feb 15 May 17 Aug 16 do 22 do 24 do 23 do 1 Dec 6 Get 31 Nov 22 ■Oct 18 Nov 8 Dec. 13 Nov 15" Oct. 4 do 11 Nov 8 Dec . 6 do 20 do 33 ,8 29 Dec. 13 do 6 Nov 8 do 22 Oct, 18 Nov 22 Dec. 33 do 20 Qct.« 25 Nov" 15 do 1 do do do do do Dec" Oct. Dec. 13 Nov 15 dp 22 15 15 22 8 27 4 Martin Macon McDoweW ' Madison Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Person Pasquotank Polk Pitt Perquimans Rowan Randolph Rockingham Robeson Richmond Rutherford Surry Sampson Stanly Stokes Tyrrell Union Washington Wilkes Warren Wayne < Wake Watauga Wilson Yaooy Yadkin do March 8 June 14 Sept 13 yDec." 13 Feb 1 April 25 'Aug 2 Nov 1 Jan 18 do 12 July 39 Oct 13 Feb" j 8 May 10 Aug 9 Nov 8 March 8, June 14 Sept. 13 Dec. 13 do 1 do 7 do 8 do 6 13a 1 du 7 ■do 6 do 6 Feb 22 May 24 Aug 23 Nov 22 March 15 June 21 Sept 20 Dec. 20 * do 1 do 7 do 6 do 6 do 8 May 31 do 6 do "6 Feb J do 3 Aug 2 Nov 1 do 8 do 10 do 9 do 8 do 4 do 3 do 2 do 1 da 1 do 3 do 3 do 1 do ♦ 22 do 24 do 23 do 22 do 22 do 24 "do 23 do 22 Jan. 18 April 19 July 19 Oct. 13 Marco 1 May 24 Aug 30 Nov 29 Feb. 8 do 10 do 9 do 8 do 15 do J7 do 16 do 15 do 8 do 10 do 9 do 8 March 8 June 14 Sept 13 Dec. 13 Jan. 25 April 26 July 26 Oct. 25 do 4 do 5 do 5 do 4 Feb. 15 May 17 Aug 16 Nov 15 do 1 do 3 do 2 do . . -1 do •22 do 21 do 23 do 22 do 15 do 17 do 16 do 15 do 15 do 17 do 16 do 15 da 15 do 17 do 16 do 35 Jqnt 25 April 26 Jtuly 26 Oet. 25 do 25 do m do 26 1 do 25 do 4 do 5 do. 5 *do 4 GOVERNMENT OP NORTH-CAROLINA. * Governor, Thoma9 Bragg, aalary $3000. Private Secretary.—Pulaski Cowper, salary $oOti. . 'Secretary of State.-William Hill; salary $800 and fees. Treasurer.—J), W. Courts; salary $2000-C!erk $7ol). Comptroller.—C. H- Brogaen, salary $1000. Judges of the Supreme Court-Frederick ^h, Chief Justice; R M. Pearson, Wm. H Battle* salary $3,500 Judges of the Superior Courts -David F, Caldwell, John L. Baily, S. J. Person, John M. Dick, Mathias E. Manly, Romulus M. Saunders and John Ellre; sal. $l,9o0 ■ Solicitors-Elias C. Hines, rides 1st circuit—George 8. Stephenson, 2d—Wm. A. Jenkins, 3d—Thos. R"ffiri! J"n* 4th— Robert Strange 5th—Wm. Lander 6th—Marcus Er-^ win 7th. Attorney General.—Wm. A. Jenkins. Superintendent of Common Schools.—Q. H. Wiley. The U. S. CIRCUIT COURf is held in Raleigh, for the District of North Carolina, by Hon. J, M. Wayne, of Georgia; Hon. Henry-Potter, of Fayetteville,District Judge, on' the 1st Monday of June and last Monday of November, in each year—salary $2000. Thp U, S. DISTRICT COURT is-held et Edenton on the 3d Monday in April and October ; at Newborn,on the 4th da in do y at Wilmington on the 1st Monday after 4th do in do. Clerk of our Circuit Court, Wm. H. Haywood, Raleigh* Clerks of the District Court—at Wilmington, A. A. Brown ; Edenteu, J. M. Jones , Newbern, B. Brown. District Attorney,Robert P.Dick. *• The Farmers' aztd 'Planters' Almanac. U21TS OP SOUTH OAROIINA, ourts of Sessions and Common Pleas. Orang 8th Novem. Gillisonville for Beaufort, 2tjih Mar No*. ]. Western Circuit -As Laurens, 8:h March, aod 11th Oct Abbeville, 15ih March -and l-Sth Oct. Andth'S'or), 22nd March and 25th Oct Spaitanbivg. 1st .March and 4ih Oct. Pickens. 29:1) March and 1st Nov. Greenville, 5th April and Sth November. Northern Circuit.—At Union, 1st March and 4th Oct. Fairfield, 29th M«kch and l.-t Nov Chester, 22nd tMarch aad Oct. 25 York, 8 March and 11th Oct. Lancaster, 15th March and 18iii October. Middle Circuit.—Richland, l>t March and 4th Oct Newberry, 15lb do and J8th do. Lexingtou. 22r;d do and 25th do. Sumter 5.h April and 8th Nov'r. Kershaw, 29^h March and 1st November Eastern Circuit.— At Chesterfield, -Is* -March, 4th Oct. Marlboro', 8th do ll:h do Marion, 22d do and 1st Nov. COUNTS OP S. W. Ci/t chit Superior Courts ef haw and Roanoke l8ih Mar L9'h Au. Scott • 2f>lh A, r' ■I" ' SiM do 27th do May 4th 11th do A.pK.,'13 Sep . Montgom'ry 12 h Apr 13 Sep Smyth 5th Apr 5th Sep Cotii>ly Courts. Montgomery, 1st monday in every month Carrol! do do the and Giles 2d monday in do Lee-, Monroe arid Roanoke 3d monday in do Grayson and Washington, 4th monday in do Russell Tuesday after (he first Monday in oe Scott Tuesday after the 21 monday in do Smythe Tuesday after 3d monday in do Tax we'll Wednesday alter the last monday in do Pulaski Thursday alter the 1 st monday in 8o Quaiterly Courts. Giles, Lee, Monroe, Mercer,Pulaski, Wythe,'Washing Darlington 15th do-and 18th Oct. Conwayhoro'foVHorVv-^''^Teli So"l'» S"»yth, -Montgomery, Carroll—in Jlfac. 12 s. Fifth Circuit—Edgefield 7th June—Abbeville 14th do Awderson 28th do—Pickens 5th Jul)—Greenv ille 12th do Laurence 21st June. Sixth Circuit—Spartanburg 7th June—Union 14tb do York 21st do—Lancaster 28th do—Chester, 5lh Juiy.— Winneboro' 12tli July. RATES OF POSTAGE. On Lttters 3000 miles and under, 3 cts" prepaid. Let ters to California and Oregon, not exceeding ha!fan ounce in weight, 10 cts.. every additional half bunco, or less, charged with additional single postage. Newspapers Weekly newspapers, per quarter, prepaid ai cents, any where in the State where published, double these rates if sent out of the State. Transient newspapers, one cent each to any part of the them into a pail arid pour cold suds on, let them lie in Dinted States, if pr paid. soak for 12 hours, then wash them with the same cold soda Circulars. One cent to any part ol tha United States. | and linse in cold water. SHORT RECIPES. Rancid Butter may be restored by washing in lime vvetef«' To clean hair brushes, wash them in saleralus watetw Gum Camphor is the best preventive of moths and other insects. To remove whitewash spots from carpets, and restore the color, moisten with a lew drops of hartshorn. To make Vinegar, take 1 quart of molasses, 3 gal tone rain water, and 1 pint of yeast, and let it stand 4 weeks. A Nail in the inkstand, or_some old steel pens, that the- acid of the ink can act upon, will prevent steel pens in un from being rusty. To make flannels keep their color and not shrink, put Si