THE AWl'OMY OF MAN'S BODY- As supposed to be governed by the S?Wg&¥g ACCORDING TO ANCIENT ASTROLOGY. Aries, qp the Head The Feet, X Pisces. To Know whkbe the Sign is.—First find the day of the month, and against it you have the sign or place of the moon, then find¬ ing the sign here, it shows the part of the body it is supposed to govern. The idea that the moon's place or the signs have any ®£Fret on the human body ought not to he believed. Names and Characters of the Signs of the Zodiac. Aries, the Ram. Taurus, the Bull. n Gemini, the Twins. <® Cancer, the Crab. Leo, theLion. 1TJJ Virgo, the Virgin. «& Libra, the Balance. Scorpio, the Scorpion. f Sagittarius, the Archer. V? Capricornus, the Goat. X Acquarins, the Waterman. X Pisces, the Fishes. Explanation of Characters. Planets—^ Son. lj Saturn. $ Mars, ® Moon. 2{ Jupiter. £ Venus, $5) Farth. $ Mercury. Jjl Herschel. © New Moon. 5 First Qr. 0 Full Moon. ( Last Q Q Dragon'silead—Ascending Node,. A Conjunction. 23 Dragon's < ail—Descending Node. Q Opposition, apogee.- At the greatest drstance irem the Earth. Peiugee.—At the least distance, or uearest the Earth ALMANAofPOR. 1868. 3 ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR 1863. Dnring'this year, only two Eolipses'will take place, and Well* will be of the Sun. . ''The Moon her course doth so wisely steer, That she runs in sunshine all this year." The first will be of the Sun, on the 23d of February, at 8h ,*50m, A. M., invisible in the United States. The-Sun will rise centrally eclipsed, in latitude lid. 28s., and in longitude 94d. 33 West Central Eclipse at noon, will be in latitude 5d. 49s., and in longitude 32d. 24 West. He will set centrally eclipsed, in latitude !?!. ii.M. S. Apparent time of iDgresr Nov, ft (l 5 S, A. M, Nearest approach of came;1!,, " ft I fto 29, " Apparent time of egrets, '' ft 3 3ft 60, 4 Duration of Transit, ...3 30 40. Distance of Mercury from center of Sim, 12m. 20s. south. The/Transits of Mercury and Venus,nro very important phenomena, to the practical Astronomer, eince by proper onsesvations ol'thorn, I toon various parts of the Globe, the mean distance of the Earth from the Sun may be accurately determined. This Transit will be visible itt Asia, Africa and the Eastern parts of Europe. EQUINOXES AND SOLSTICES. Vernal Equinox (Spring begins) March 21st Summer Solstice (Summer begins). June 21st Autumnal Equinox (Autumn begins) .Sept'r 23d Winter Sefsttee (Winter begins) . .. Dec'r 21st almanac for. 1865. MOVABLE FEASTS OF THE CHURCH. 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These unbound miscellaneous packages include single transient papers, proofs, manuscripts for books, raids, samples, cuttings, roots, and all similar articles allowed in the mails. Rely tirow Yourself.—Never ask a favor. It is better to suffer than to supplicate; and asking a favor even from your dearest friend, •r your nearest relative; is only a mild form of supplication. Get what yen want by your own unaided exertions, or go without it. There is mure dignity in penury, no matter how abject, coupled with indepcn«t«aca, than indolent comfort gained through the grant of a fevor. ALMANAC F'®R 186S. 5 TH1 FARM AND THE GARDEN, "There's no wea.^th without Labor,"—for without Labor, well directed and assiduous labor, the primeval forests would still spread over the face of the Globe, and Man would still be but a savage. Agricultural Products form the chief source of Wealth of all Nations.-. What are Towns and Cities—brick and mortar,—without the teeming prod nets of the land, which environs them ' Labor, well directed, pays better on an average, when applied to Agriculture than to any other occupation. In the present condition of our country—it becomes every one whe has an acre of ground to till, to see if he cannot ''make two spears of grass grow where but one grew before." It's the wealth of the Nation —it is Independence.—Reconstruction—Peace—■Prosperity. Lot us all go to Work—mind our own business—Congress has as ¬ sumed the care of Politics, and relieved us from all concern on that score. Let us improve the land we till—improve our stock, and mice more of it. The old system of Farming is done with. We must chauge our practice. Less Cotton, more of the Products that sustain life, more stock, deeper plowing, more manure, Rotation of Crops, and rest to our lands. In the annals of agriculture, the raising and fattening of animals have always occupied a prominent place—the growth of bread crops and cattle being inseparably connected, for while the land feeds the stock, it is conceded the stock in return feed the land. It is to the manure of the farm yard, the Southern farmer must mainly look far the improvement of his soil. No portion should be lost. The land must be plowed deep in .order to retain the manure and fertilizing properties of the rain that falls upon the land—as these are the chief sources of fertility to the soil. Our space is top limited for a general detail of all the operations ef the farm and garden; but we subjoin a few hints for each month, which will be generally found applicable, making duo allowauca for difference of season, and latitude, which must ever depend upon the skill and judgement of the Farmer or Gardener. Facts for Vegetarians.—It is indeed a fact worthy of remark, aud one that seems never to have been noticed, that throughout the whole aniiftal cr ation, in every country and clime of the earth, the most useful animals that eat vegetable food work. The all-powerful elephant, and the patient, untiring cornel. in the torrid zone : the horse, the ox, or the donkey, in the temperate ; and the reindeer i* the frigid zone, obtain all their muscular power from nature's sim¬ plest productions; the vegetable kingdom. But all the flesh-eating animals keep the rest of the animated creation in constant, dread of them. They seldom eat vegetable food until some other animal has eaten it first, and made it into flesh. Their own flesh is unfit for other animals to eat, having been itselJ made out of flesh, and is most foul aud offensive. Great strength, fleetness of foot, useful¬ ness, cleanliness, and docility are, then, sal way sjjcharact eristic «f vegetable eaters. ALMANAC F®Jt 1868 WORK FOR JANUARY. The Farm. — Prepare all your Farm Implements for *■«. Repair Fences. Break up heavy lands—take care to plow deep— Bsaswre well, and turn well under. Subscribe for the Southern Cultivator, Published at Athens, Ga. The Garden.—To realize the sweets of summer, autumn and fftH, th" foundation must now he laid. Work ever;*thing in the shape of decomposing manure into the garden patch that you can lay hold on. The coarser the manure the better. Cover it under. Apply all the ashes, hen manure, &c, about your premises to the garden grounds before it is leached away and wasted. Turn it under and you have it safe. Plant out the onion, leek and garlick, and put the ground in order for February planting. Sow eary varieties of English Peas during the first fortnight in January, and continue to sow a succession every week during the spring and early summer. Cabbages, Lettuce Radishes, Salsify, Spinach, Parsnips, Beets, &c., may now he sown on ground properly prepared. Choose a warm exposure—spade, manure and pulverise your beds well, and do not plant year seed too deep. Prepare all your garden implements for use this month. Press Asparagus beds with compost and salt. This is generally the best Month in the South for transplanting trees and shrubbery. Fortune Telling.—There is a disposition ver prevalent amw; the human species to look into their future destiny: to endeavor t® ascertain beforehand what is to he their condition—whether rich or poor—fortunate or unfortunate—happy or miserable. That they majT learn alt these things without'going to a fortune-teller—and thus save both time and money, we have, with great care, study and observation, concocted for their use the fol owing infallible rules, which will he found under the head of their respective month. All that is necessary to the correct understanding of them is for the reader to recollect the month in which he was born, especially when applied to the latitude and longitude of this widely extended Repub¬ lic. N. B.—To be especially read when the moon is in perigee, and near the full—hut will answer upon a pinch, for any other time. Januarv.—He that is bom in January, and lives to be a hundred veara old. will see many a cold day, and meet with maify a heart equally as cold. His nose, unless well protected with fur, or some other warm commodity, will become as blue as a red potato every time be ventures to face a northeaster, when the mercury is below zero: and both his ears and his feet will stand a tolerable chance to he frozen on the same vocasion. If he Is close-fisted, he will know that be can't spend his money and have it too. In love matters it will, in all probability, go hard with him, should he chance to woo an icicle,, and marry a mustard pot. Should he happen to fail in money matters, he will, ten to one, be as poor as Job's turkey, and finally, wliether'i ich or poor, he will certainly die for want ef breath. Epitaph on $ poi traits painter—1Taken fro* life, lit Month. JANUARY, 1868. 81 Days. 1 MOON'S PH4SJSS. Be _o EQUATION OF TIME. ; D« H, M. First Quarter 2 9 52 eve. OQ NOD(MNMCOOO COOT-—« 11 48 i 2 Thur £ 6 [Perigee. 7 3.4 57 Mo n. 3 Frid JJt rises at sunset. Cold, and 7 3-4 57 8 0 38 4 Satur Princeton Bat. '74. cloudy. 7 3i4 57 1 48 5 s. Radetsky died, 1858. Snow 7 24 58 n 2 58 6 Mon Epiphany, or sleet. 7 24 5& 4 5 7 Tues d highest. Windy and 7 24 58 & 5 10 8 Wed Bat. N. Orleans, 1815. cold 7 14 59 6 10 9 Thur Col. Lubbock died, 1802. 7 14 59 Rises. 10 Frid Moon in Perigee, weather. 7 0 5 0 a 6 0 11 Satur Linaaus died 1778. Rain 7 0 5 0 7 1 12 S. S sets, 6h 50m. with wind. 6 59 5 1 w 8 2 13 Mon Cherokee Mis. estab. 1817. 6 59 5 1 9 12 14 Tues Bat. Bayou Teche, 1863. 6 58 5 2 10 14 15 Wed Aldebaran souths, 8h 48. 6 58 5 2 11 21 16 Thur (ribbon died, 1794. 6 57 5 3 "I Morn. 17 Frid I? rises, 2h 15m. Frosty. 6 57 5 3 0 31 18 Satur Pres. Tyler died, 1802. 6 50 5 4 1 20 19 S. d d b. Rigal sou. 9h Om. 0 55 5 5 t 2 15 •20 Mon enters Cold, cloudy 6 55 5 5 3 8 '21 Tues Moon lowest, and rainy 6 54 5 6 V? 3 56 •22 Wed St. Vincent. weather. 6 54 5 6 4 46 •23 Thur d d A .Capellasou.Sh 53m. 6 53 5 7 5 37 24 Frid S 6 superior. Cold 6 52 5 8 Sets. 25 Satur Moon it| Apogee. and 0 51 5 9 6 10 •20 8. 2/ sets, 7h 52m. jreezing. 0 51 5 9 7 1 27 Moil D d ? and 1|at lib 6m A.M. 6 50 5 10 7 52 28 Tues Peter the Great died. 1725. 6 49 5 11 °p 8 50 29 Wed ? p 21. W. C.Bondd., '59. 6 48 5 12 9 41 ,30 Thur 2 and 21 set, 7h 30m. 6 48 5 12 10 38 31 Frid Sirius sou. 9h 56m. Rainy. 0 4715 13 8 11 25 8 ALMANAC FOR 1868. WORK FOR FEBRUARY. The Farm.—Continue the preparation of your laud, by deep plow¬ ing and heavy manuring. Sow Oats for spring use. Plant Irish Potatoes, and bed Sweet Potatoes for "draws" if season is tavorable. Sow Turnips. Have your implements in order, and your plans for the year laid. The character of your soil has much to do with all your arrangements. Subscribe for the Southern Cultivator, published at Athens, Ga., if you have not already done so. It will be worth an hundred fold its cost to you in practical suggestions. The Garden.—The operations of the gardener must now com¬ mence in good earnest. In order to secure a regular and abundant supply of good vegetables, the garden must be put in thorough condi¬ tion at once. Let it, however, be remembered, that the soil should never be stirred, nor any seed planted while the ground is wet; in fact it must be dry enough to crumble easily when raked over. Plant a few Melons, Squashes or Cymblins, Cucumbers, Snap-beans, &c., protecting the young plants when needful. They may, possibly, be cut down ; but to have early vegetables, we must plant early, and risk the result, using what precautions we may. Plant all sorts of aroma¬ tic and pot herbs ; Carrots, Parsnips and Turnips intended to produce seed—they should have been hung up in some dry place in December. Another sowing or two of spinach may be made in soil rich enough to force it, as it will quickly run to seed. More Peas should be sown for succession; the same varieties sown last month, as also any of the taller sorts. Sow, also Early Corn, Radishes, Lettuce, Early and Summer Cabbages, and the main crops of Beets, Carrots,. Parsnips and Salsify. Continue to set out early Cabbage plants. Set out the Peach, the Plumb, the Apple, the Pear, the Quince, the Pomegranate the Grape, the Strawberry, the Raspberry, and all other desirable kinds of fruit aud ornamental trees and vines. Examine Peach tiees for the worm, and Apple trees for the borer, and dig those depreda¬ tors from their hiding places with the sharp end of your knits. Heap leached ashes around your Peach trees. <) February.—Those who are born in February will, for the most part, never know which side their bread is buttered, net because they will be stone-blind or devoid of taste, but because the butler will be spread so thin. Many of them will fail in their own specula¬ tions, and more still will speculate upon other people s failings, lie will be honest whenever there is no temptation to dishonesty ; w ill esteem himself, if there's no one he likes better. Those who have one quaker toot will never make good dancers, and those who have two, in all likelihood, will not dance at all. And every stm and daughter of them, unless they get married, or die .in season, will be old bachelors and old maids. Do not be bora in this month if you can help it. An old bachelor probably wrote the following : " ' Twixt women ami wine, man's lot is te smart; 'tis wi»« make a his head aehe, and woman hi§ heart." [2d Month. FEBRUARY, 1868. 29 Days. 1 MOON'S PHASES. D. H. M. First Quarter, 1 0 58 eve. Full Moon, 8 4 20 mo Last Quarter, 15 3 46 mo. New Moon, 23 8 50 mo. i>i D. of of M w. 1 Satur 2 S. 3 VI on 4 Tues 1 5 Wed 6 Thur 7 Frid 8 Satur 9 S. 10 Mon 11 Tues 12 Wed 13 Thur 14 Frid 15 Satur 16 S. 17 Mon 18 Tues 19 Wed 20 Thur 21 Frid 22 Satur 23 >S. 24 Mon 25 Tues 26 Wed 27 Thn 28 Frid 29 Satur EQUATION OB TIME. OQ OikOOOCDCOCOCC — ^ —I (M OJ-I W (M U5 O W N ■—i lO 0> . —< —i . Cold wind from 6 4 Lowest., # enters ■*{. 6 i? rises, 3h 40m. the N. W. 6 <1 6 $■ Moon in Apogee. 6 Washington-born, 1732. ■ 6 Shrove Sunday. eclipsed|6 d d 2f. [invisible.] 6 If Sets, 6h 40m. changeable 6 Ash Wednesday, d d ¥• 9 sets, Sh 58m. and 6 Sirius sou. 8h 24m.unsettled U sets, 6h 38m. weather. 46 45 44 44 H. M. 5 5 5 5 43|5 4215 41 40 39 38 37 36 36 85 34 83 32 31 30 29 281 27 26 25 24 23 22i 21 21 n 14 15! 16 16! 17:53 18| 19| 20 b 21 22™ 23! 24|-= 24! Moon ri&sts! H. M. Morn. 0 20! 25] 26 27 28 29 301 31 32 83 34 35 36 37 381 251 28! 3 31 HI v? K °P 39 50 Rises. 6 36 7 32 8 38 9 48 10 48 11 50 Morn. 0 42 1 38 2 26 3 35 4 15 5 0 5 45 Sets. 6 40 7 501 8 581 10 11 21! Morn, I 10 ALMANAC. FOR 1868. WORK FOR MARCH. The Farm.—You must now commence work in earnest. "It' there's 110 seed time in Spring in the Autumn there'll be 110 harvest." If your ground and season permit, put in full crops of Corn, Potatoes, (Sweet and Irish) Cow Peas, Oats, Chinese Sugar Cane, Turnips Subsoil deep all'your land. It will pay in the end. Better be early than late in getting in crops. Tme Garden.— During a backward spring most of the work direct¬ ed! to be done last month should more properly be done in March. If any earl/ Cabbage plants yet remain in the beds, set them out the first favorable weather, the Buttersea will succeed the Early York. Deep culture and highly manured soil are required for fine heads of Cabbage. Okra must be got in by the middleof the month. If seed is plenty, sow in drills, four feet apart in rich ground, if scarce drop a half dozen seed in hiils three or four feet apart. When large enough, they must be thinned out to a single plant. In fact, its cultivation is precisely the same as that of Cotton. Sow more Cab¬ bage seed to head in the summer. Flat Dutch is the best. Thin out Turnips as soon as they have four leaves, leaving them at the dis¬ tance of six inches apart, and sow more Turnip seed. Early Dutch and Red Topped Dutch are the best for spring use. If you did not sow Onion seed (black) last month, do it at once ; they will come into use in the latter part of the summer, when all that were raised from sets or buttons are gone. If you aid sow Black Onion seed in September, it can now be transplanted. Sow Carrots, Beets, Pars¬ nips, Salsafy, Lettuce, Radishes, Thyme, Parsley and Rape, (for early greens.; Plant all in rows fifteen inches apart. Sow, also, a little spot with Celery, and protect them from the sun. Sow Mustard and Cress. When Cherry trees are in bloom, plant Snap Beans ; and' when Apple trees are in flower, plant Squashes (Scallop Squash is the best) in hills three feet apart ; also Cucumbers and Muskinelons, six feet apart ; the Nutmeg and Citron melons are very tine, and the earliest; Beechwood Melon is very superior, but a little later. All the vines are greatly benefited by guano or poultry manure. At the Same time, also sow Tomatoes and Egg Plant. Asparagus will now begin to sprout; don't suffer auy to run to seed, but cut all dbwn. Cabbages which have been set out, and are starting to grow shou'd. once a week, ljave a watering of liquid manure—a shovelful of chicken manure, dissolve in ten gallons of water, will be found an excellent fertilizer for them. March.—Those who enter this world in March, will seldom meet with too much either of love, friendship or compassion. Tliey will many a time fall down and bump their head in infancy; will fre¬ quently beg in vain for dimes, candy, gingerbread, and playthings, in childhoodwill have more conceit, than either knowledge or good sense in youth, and have cause to complain, in a greater or less de¬ gree, of the many hard rubs they will meet with during the rest o{ their lives. If they are good-natured, as is very apt to be the case, they willoftou find themselves victimized by their supposed friends, and enjoy the pleasure of paying other people's debts. '3d Month. MARCH, 1868. 31 Days. MOON'S PHA. d. u. M. First Quarter, 1 11 50 eve. i Full Moon, 8 2 57 eve. Last Quarter, 15 10 7 eve. New Moon, 24 1 9 mc* First Quarter, 31 7 34 mo. ► o In S3 P CO EQUATION OF TIME. rA 1 OONOTCOHQOTC [ ca co co co cm —i ro m 1 OtrtOOQONIOsf 1 —< —1 —T i -finGC0N>- 20 40 n 0 20j ! 2 Mon U sets 6h 20m. Pair. 0 19 * 41 1 18; i 3 Tues Moon highest, ant I frosty.\ 0 18)5 42 25 2 12: 1 4 Wed Pollux souths 8h 44m. 0 17 5 43 3 0 ! 5 Thur Castor souths 8h 40m. 0 18 5 44 a 3 50! ! 6 Frid Moon in Perigee. Rainy: 8 15 5 45 4 45;. ! 7 Satur Bat. Pea Ridge, 1862. 6 14 '5 48 5 25 ! 8 S. 2d Sunday in Lent. 8 13;5 47 nU Rises.! 9 Mon £ 6 inferior. 6 12 15 48 7 0i 10 Tues 11 6 ' . Changeable. 0 U!5 49 8 5! 11 Wed Surnames used, 1072. 6 10 j-> 50 9 2lj 12 Thur Ft. Brown taken, 1861. 6 95 51 r\\ 10 35 13 Frid Regulus souths lOh 32m. 8 8 |5 52 11 38; 14 Satur € 6 b. Procyon sou. lh Inn 6 7 5 53 t Morn 1 i 15 s. 3d Sunday in Lent. 8 6 5 54 0 21, ! 16 Mon i? rises at midnig ht. 8 r. ;5 55 1 21 17 Tues Moon lowest. St. Patrick. 8 4 I5 56 Y? 1 45) 18 Wed Vega rises, 1 Oh 26m. 8 j ■5 57 2 25| 19 Thur Stormy and cold. 8 0 5 58 3 5 20 Frid (£ in Apogee. [equal. 6 J '5 59 3 45 21 Satur Renters T. Days & nights 0 0 0 0 X 4 18 22 s. 4th Sunda\ in Lent, <[ 6 if 5 59,0 1 5 1 123 Mon <1 6 $. Unpleasant. 5 58'0 2 op 5 28 j24 Tues Vega rises, lOh 2m. 5 51 ;6 3 'Sets. ;25 Wed Hudson River discov, 1009. 5 56 0 4 7 25 26 Thur Pair and' some 5 5 5; 8 5 « 8 35 : 27 Frid € 6 ? ■ frost may 5 54 8 G 1 9 48 128 Satur ? sets 9h 20m, be seen 5 5 3; 6 i C 10 58 29 S. 5th Sunday in Lent. 5 52ifi S t 1 11 56 60 Mon Moon, highest. Cold, icinds 5 510 O ;s> Morn '61 Tues J. C. Calhoun died, 1850 i 5 50,6 101 0 40 19 almana6—1868. WORK FOR APRIL. The Farm.— Finish planting C®in, if not already dona. Get your land ready for Cotton. Plant out Sweet Potatoes, sow Cow Peas broadcast. . Plant Cotton if seasonable. The Garden.— Attend to all evoik not performed list month without delay. Set out all Cabbage plants you may have, and sew more Cabbage Seed to head in the summer- Flat Dutch is the best. Thin out Turnips as soon as they have four leaves, and sow more Turnip Seed. Early White Dutch and Red Topped Dutch are the best for Spring use. Also sow White Norfolk Turnip, it will grow much larger than the former, and succeed them. Plant a full crop of English Peas for a succession. For a late crop we think the Blue Imperial and the Prussian Blue the best; when planted at the same . time as the extra Early, they will come in three weeks later. Sow Carrots, Beets, (Extra Early is the finest,) parsnips, Salfiafy, Rad¬ ishes, Thyme, Parsley, and Rape, for early greens." The White Bel¬ gian Carrot stands our hot summers best. Also sow Mangel Wurtztl; it will bp found very good for late use, when the other beets are gone. Plant all in rows fifteen inches apart. When Cherry trees are in bloom plant 8nap Beans. Early Valentino is an excellent variety, and we are inclined to recommend it in preference to all others— When Apple trees are in flower plant Squashes—Scallop Squash is the best—in hills three feet apart: also Cucumbers and Mnskxuelon six feet apart. Common Corn and Chinese Sugar Cane, for gutting green and lor Winter forage, should also be sown plentifully'during the present and the next month. Sow also Egyptian Millet, but do not let it come near the Chinese Sugar Cane, or you will ruin the latter as a Sugar plant. Sweet Potatoes—Plant your main crop of sets and draws this month. Try the level system. Reason and experience both teach its superiority. But if yorr pl&ut in hills and ridges, plow the soil very deep, and throw them up broad and flat on the summit, so that they may catch and retain as much moisture as possible. Potato " draws," or auy similar plants, may be safely set out, even in dry weather, by dipping the roots in a thick batter ef black woods-mould, er surface soil, and water, which is easily done. The vigilant gardener will keep his eye upou the weeds. An hour's work now will equal a day's when the ground gets foul. This is the month to thin eut the vegetables. Thiu well at first, and then ge ever and thin again and again. —o Apr^l.—-Those who are born in April will presently begin to cry; and should they live and grow up, will shed a great many tears be¬ fore their life is finished. The females, when they have the hyster¬ ics, will laugh and cry iu the same breath, and the males will gener¬ ally have cause enough to weep without an onion. Many of the wemen will have elegant heads of hair, if they do not spoil it with eembs and curling irons, ; and many of the men will be in the habit of getting shaved—out of their money at any rate. Most of the women will get married if they can, and the gray mare will frequent¬ ly be the batter horse. As for the men, some ef them will be rich, and the rest from peor to middling. |Si a Month. APRIL, 1868. 30 Days. MOON'S PHASES. | EQUATION OF TIME. »• h. m. Full Moon, 'i I 36 mo. Last Quarter.' 14 5 51 eve. New Moon. 22 2 42 eve. First Quarter, lit) 1 O eve. eH m 3 50 o> a •Vtt CO CI 01 CO 5 25 6 35 9 05 26 S. 2d Sunday after Paste \ i _ !;> 24j6 36 as 11 - oj 27 Mon Bat. Sillery, 1700. andfr 22!6 37 11 53 j ! 28 Tues Wolfe killed, 1759. 5 22|6 m\p Morn. 29 Wed $ sets 9h 30m. < 'aim, 5 216 39 0 42 ] Thor Moon in Perigee. Rainy. 5 '206 40 1 28! i ! 14 almanac for 18SS. WORK FOR MAY. The Field;—Bring Cotton to a stand, plow and he« Corn. If land has been plowed deep, and subsoiled, the chanceft for a crop are much better. Keep the crops clean. Cut Rye, Oats, and "Wheat if ripe. Plant Sweet Potatoes in their place. Sow Corn and Cow Peas for fodder. The Garden.—Do not fail to secure large beds of Drumhead, Savoy, &c, Cabbage and Brocoii plants, sowing during showery weather. These will stand in the seed-bed until August, in the mean¬ time the ground intended for them should be thoroughly dug or plowed and manured. Continue to set out Sweet Potato sprouts or cuttings of vines in favorable weather. Transplant Egg Plants, and hill up Bush Beans. Work carefully around Melons and Cucumbers with a pronged hoe. Continue to plant Okra, Squashes and Melons, of the different varieties, Cucumbers, Lima (or Butterl Beans, Sweet Corn. Transplant the Tomato, Pepper, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, &c. Plant Carrots, Beets, Salsafy, Parsnips, &c., for a suc^ cession. Work your vegetables carefully, and he sure not to injurs the roots with the hoe. Water in dry weather, removing a portion of soil just around the plant before watering, and replacing it after¬ wards to prevent evaporating from the surface- The Strawberry patch should receive a good working with pronged lioes, to avoid in¬ juring the roots. After thus loosening up the soil replace the. mul¬ ching, and there will be little trouble with the weeds tor the remainder of the season. If cultivating solely for fruit, the runners must he scrupulously kept down. Weeds will now begiil to infest your gardens, and must he ruthlessly destroyed at their first appearance. Destroy caterpillars' nests wherever fouud on your fruit trees. It the branches are crowded or overladen with thickly set fruit, thin out one- half of it, and the remainder will be enough, better to pay for the trouble. Dust over the Plum and Nectarine trees with a mixture ef quicklime, ashes and sulphur, while the dew is on the leaves, to destroy the curculio. 0 May.—Those who are born in May, if they have light hair, will very often have blue eyes and fair complexions. Too many will spoud their money before they earn it, and too many will never know how to earn it. Many oJ the males will be nearly six feel high, and many of the females will be much inclined to fall in love, especially between 1 he ages of lti and 25, and should they make prudent matches, enjoy good health, possess a good temper, have obedient children and plenty of money-, they will be apt to lead a very comfortable life. To Ascertain the Length of'the Dav and Night—At any time of the year, add 12 hours to the time of the sun's setting, and front the sum subtract, the time ot rising, for the length uf the day. Sub¬ tract the time of setting from 12 hours, and to the.remainder add tho time of rising next morning, for the Unylh ef the niykt. These reft* are equally true for apparent time. 5th Month. MAY, 1868. 31 Days. i * MOON'S PHASES. ! D. 11. M. j Full Moon, 6 0 54 eve. | Last Quarter, 14 11 29 mo. i New Moon, 22 1 1G mo. I First Quarter, 28 7 25 eve. i>. EQUATION OF TIME. I iootoco-iaiO)« c o in io co us CO CO CO-CO CO CO CO Of CS D I of! of ' M j W. I Fiiil" 2jSatur B\'S: 4 Mon STues OjWed Thur Frid Satur 6. Mon Tues Wed Thur 15 Frid ! 16 Satur 17' 8. 10 ill : 12 113 |l4 Various Phenomena. J Sun jrises If. M. Sun sets H. 9J. St Phili[> & St James. Spica souths 1 Oh 38m. 3d Sunday after Easter. Calm and cool, Bat. Wilderness, 1864. f? rises, 7h 53m. Rain 5 20 5 19 o 18 5 17 5 16 5 15 „ iMoon § 8 ri&sts H. M. "t'iofl Tues Wed Thur 22jFrid .23 Satur i'24 i 25 1*26 ,27 128 Men Cues Wed Thur 29|Frid 30 Satur 31 S. Sfce-M d <4 i?. with thunder, 5 15 Spica souths, lOh 14m. 5 14 ?'s greatest elong. East. 4th Sunday after Easter. Moon lowest. Pleasant Bat. Spotsylvania, 1864. Moon in Apogee, weather Arcturus sou. lOh 37m. ? superior. Cloudy d i If. Bat Faker s (Ik.'(53 5 R.ogat.ion Sunday. and, 5 If iises, lh 10m. damp. 5 Cuba discovered, I '9 1 d d 56 "'jo 57 3 6 57-CL 2j« 58| 2|6 f8| . 1 ;6 5 9, ttp l!fi 59| 0| i 0j a£ir 0,7 o! 2 14 2 45 3 I 3 32 4 25 Rises. 7 55 8 45 9 25 10 12 10 56 11 43 Morn. 0 21 0 42 1 2 1 31 2 0 3 37 4 35 Sets. ! 8 20 j 9 3l! 10 43: 11 52 i Worn. 0 42 1 21 2 1 2 38 i 1,6 ALMANAC FOR. 1868. WORK FOR JUI^E. The Farm.—The growing crops of Cotton and Com will keep the;farm hands busy. Keep the crops clean. The Garden.—Little ean be done the present month in the garden, with the exception of mulching, weeding and watering. Irish Potatoes can be planted and heavily mulched ; they will give a fair crop in October. Plant Watermelons for a succession, Juke.—Those who are bom in June, and escape disease, will be as blooming as the rose, and will scarcely know what pain is. They will, for the most part, be ardent lovers—the men of good eating and the women of fine clothes. The men will generally be as happy as circumstances will permit; and they will contrive, by hook or crook, to live out all their days. The women wiil be exceedingly pleasant, when they are in good humor; and, with very few exceptions, will live as long as they can, and never loose an opportunity to catch a beau, especially if he is good looking and ha3 plenty of money. They will, a majority of them, get married, and leave plenty of heirs. Some of thorn wil i leave estates, and some will not ; and where there is nothing left to quarrel about, there will be the less litigation. 0 True Time.—Two kinds of time are used in Almanacs; clock or mean-time in some, and apparent or sun-lime in others. Clock-time is always right, while £M»-time varies every day. People generally suppose it is twelve o'elock when the sun is due south, or at a proper* ly made noon-mark. But this is a mistake. The sun is seldom on the meridian at twelve o'clock ; indeed this is the case only on four days of the year : namely, April 15, June 15, Sept 1, and Decem¬ ber 24. In this Almanac, as in most other Almanacs, the time used in elock-time. The time when the sun is on tho meridian or at ttie noon-mark, is also given to the nearest second, for the 1st, 5th, 9th, 13tb, lltb, 31st, 25th and 29th days of each month, at the right hand of the top of each calendar page This affords a ready means of obtaining correct time and for setting a clock by using a noon- mark, adding or subtracting as the sun is slow or fast. o Old-fashioned Almanacs, whieh use apparent time, give the rising and setting of the sun's centre and make no allowance for the effect of refraction of the sun's rays by the atmosphere. The more mod¬ ern and improved Almanacs, which use cZoeAistime, give the rising and setting of the sun's upper limb, and duly allow for refraction. The practice of setting time-pieces by the rising and setting of the sun or moon is not strictly correct, as the unevenness of the earth's surface and intervening objects, such as hills and forests, near the points of rising and setting, occasion a deviation in every place, from the time expressed ia the Almanac, which time is adapted to a snaoeth, level herizen. 6th Month. JUNE, 1868. 30 Days.; MOON'S PHASES. I). II. M. Full Mooh, 5 1 26 mo Last Quarter, 13 4 10 mo. New Moon, 20 9 38 mo. First Quarter, 20 11 36 eve. D •4-3 - CO GO a £ GO ft M ocfcT cr> CM —i ? CM CM 1 00 <—i CM CO io G co n >-h in © —« —« CM CM CM D. of W. M on Tues 3 Wed Till! 1" Frid 6 Sat a r 8. Mon Tues Wed Thur Fnd Satur S Mon Various Phenomena. sets o g O « K* M.pa Whit Monday. J? sets, 4h 34m. and ■warm S 's. greatest elongation E I> d, v>. Spica sou. 8h 25m Moon lowest. Pleasant.^ 4 l SupiSun rises ii. ... Fair 4 4 4 4 Moon ri&sts H. M. 59:7 59;7 fts'7 58:7 58 7 16 Tut 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Wed Thur Frid Satur S. Mon I'ues Wed Thur Frid Satur S. Mon Pues jCappella seets 9h 27m. j'Prinity Sunday. (Andrew Jackson d., 1845. | Moon in Apogee. Rain with loud thunder, and 4 [ 7 brightest in the evening.4 jd d 1(. N. York incor. '05. 4 i 1( rises, Oh 40m. much 4 jlst Sunday after Trinity. 4 € 8 $ ' wind may he 4 jCapella sets, 8h 45m. 4 now expected. 4 Hat. Waterloo, 1815. 4 Moon highest. A fine season 4 Qu'n Victoria crown'd, '37 4 2d Sunday after Trinity. 4 3$ enters ye. Longest day. 4 . H. .v; i Fall Moon, Last Quarter, New Moon, First Quarter, D.nY~ [of*I of jM w ; 1 4 3 11 eve. 12 7 26 'eve. 19 4 30 eve. 26 7 28 mo. EQUATION OK TIME. CO CD CO 6 (O Ct O) cc a co ^ io w ^0 o I, , I ■ o (18 jl9 20 21 oo 124 125 26 27 28 29 SO Various Phenomena. rtinocoN-iinoi —■■ est or or Sun I Sun I u iMoon rises] sets i § g ri&sts lo ec\ ir. >i.!h, m-. n Frid Satur f. Mon Lues Wed 23 Thur Frid Satur' S. VI on Tues Wed Thur Frid <1 6 ? . Confed. Congress, Vega souths, lOh 36rn ■Vfoon in Perigee. Bat. of Centers,VI, [Manassas, 1861 Roger Sherman died, 1793. Ve«ra souths, lOh 20m. St. James, Warm and Sr. Anne. dry weather. Cab Strike, London, 1853. Dog Days begin. d 6 b. ¥ visible in Morn. Vega souths, 9h 56m Moon lowest. Sultry 56|7 -TO Sun in Apogee. a d b sets, 3b 32m. Warm Moon lowest,, weather with }ll 6 %. Independence of 4 57 .S.A. '76. some rain and A 4 4 57. Wed Thur 3 Frid Satur A'. Mon jAltair sou. Oh 43m. windA 58 'ties Moon in Apogee. Sultry,A 58 Wed 2 disappears in the 'Wastjd 58 Thur Pres. Taylor died, 1850. 14 59 10 Frid a 6 2(. Columbus b., 1447. 4 59 Satur John Q. Adams born, 1760 4 59 12 S. A hair souths, Oh 19m. 5 0 13 Mon If. rises, lib 52m, Cloudy 5 0 Pnes ^ interior. ami a Wed <1 6 $ • fine rain may Thur 4 highest, Degira b'gan 622 5 ? d^S1, iifferior, fall 5 Fair and warm, [met, '61.;5 4 t 4| 3 V? *1 3>r. 21 X op 8 6 59jd 6 591 6 58 H 58 3 6 57 6 -v/|U 6 56i 6 55 IIP 6 55 6 54 6 54 5 7jo 53 rr[ 5 816 52 5 8 6 52 5 9 6 51 5 ioje 50 5 11 6 49 yy 5 116 49 20 ALMANAC FOR 1868. WORK FOR AUGUST. The Farm.—Continue cultivation of crops—by light plowing and the hoes. Sow Turnips. Cut and save hay and fodder. Hoe the Potatoes and set out vines for seed next y^ear. The Garden.—A good winter garden will depend much on what is started this month ; therefore grudgo not a little labor in watering and mulching. Save the seeds of all earliest and best vegetables., Remember not to dry melon or cucumber seeds in the sun ; it destroys their vitality; spread them in thin dishes and dry in the shade. €)nions that have not yet been pulled should now be taken from the ground, dried in the shade, spread on a cool floor, or tied in bunches and hung where the air can circulate around them. Pot and inedi- einal herbs should now be gathered ; dry in the shade and put a way in proper bags for future use. Seeding weeds will now demand the gardiner's attention. One root of purselane, now full of seeds, will keep a whole garden next season full of weeds. Remember the old adage, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." All plants of the Cauliflower, Brccoli or Cabbage family may be set out the latter part of this mouth for fall and winter use. Continue to transplant Celery. Full crops gf the different kinds of Turnips should be sown during the month, as directed above. Sow seeds of Beets, Salsafy, Carrots, &c., for winter use—shading the ground by a slight "brush arbor," from the hot sun. Radishes, Spinach, Lettuce &e., may still be sown, and Snap Beans planted for pickles Plant, also, Melons and Cucumbers for mangoes and pickles. Keep down all weeds - use the hoe freely. Plant a second or full crop of Irish Potatoes and Peas, mulching both heavily with leaves. The Purple Egg Plant, Tomato and Lima Bean, may be planted for a late crop, and will come yet, with "lavurable seasous." Seed directed to be sown in this and preceding month it may be necessary to defer until next, by reason of drought and heat. Where water ia of easy applica¬ tion, it may answer to apply it—it hardly overlays the cost of the labor. 0- August.—Very few persons would be born in August, if they could help it, and of those whe are born, very few are either wiser, health¬ ier or happier than thev should be ; (some had bettor not been born at all.) They are generally subject to sad disappointment, and hardly ever attain to the full height of their wishes. Those who lay plans to get immensely rich, will mostly fail in their schemes; and these who marry for love will be very apt to 'wish they had married for money, and vice versa. The sons, unless they have a particular regard for truth, will many of them be liars ; and the daughters, not a few of them, will be notorious chatterboxes. Many of both sexes wdl die of cholera morbus, fever, or some ether com¬ plaint , and not one in a dozen will live to be a hundred years old. •" What a fine bead your boy has !" said an admiring friend. '■ Yes," said the fond father, " he's a ehip ©f the eld block, ain't you sonnyf " I guess so, daddy, 'ettuse teaeher said I was a young blockhead." Stli Month. AUGUST, 1868. 31 Days. MOON'S PHASES. is EQUATION DF TIME. D. H. Mr GG 1 © co co >—i oo no • Full Moon, 3 6 38 mo. © w CO O ^ CO Last Quarter, 11 6 55 mo. /■H - O O ^ CO (N H O j New Moon, 17 11 40 eve. First Quarter, 24 6 52 eve. 0 1 gg. ft 1 ( 115 C5) CO N, -H in O) r-f —f Ci Ci D. Sun Sun oa Moon of of Various Phenomena. rises sets 2 ® ri&sts M w. H, M. ir. M. © c Set H. M. 1 Satur America discovered, 1492. 5 12 6 48 V? 3 45 2 S. Warm and disag reeable 5 13 6 47 4 88 3 Mon Crown Point taken, 1759. 5 13 6 41 Rises. i 4 Tues Bat. Brownstown. 1759. 5 14 6 46 7 40 i 5 Wed Moon in Apogee. A heavy 5 15 6 4C 8 21 | 6 Thur Ship Aikansas de-s' d, 1862. 5 16 6 44 9 4 1 7 Frid le. 5 '25 6 35 Sets. 18 Tues Altair souths, 9h 4.3ii l. ■i 26 6 34 7 .5 19 Wed Moon in Perigee. weather. 5 •27 6 83 it). 7 56 20 Thur Fomalhaut souths, Oh 53m. r, 28 6 33 3 34 21 Frid LaFayette taken 179 > I 29 6 31 ==: 8 58 22 Siti iir 2 brightest in the morning. 5 30 0 30 9 32 23 8. Sun enters t'lb A great 5 3] 29 "l 10 41 241 Mon 2 rises 2h 50m. N. E. storm 5 3*2 0 28 IMorn. 25 Tuefl Bish. Bo wen died, 1 839. 5 33 . 27 0 1 ! 26 Wed (I 6 b • Adam Chul ;e d. '32 34 fi .26 t 0 42 27 Thur b sets, Oh 45;n. may note 5 35]6 25 -1 28 28 Frid $ 6 superior. O' cur. 5 36 i 6 24 V? 2 12 iso Satur Moon Lowest. 5 376 23 2 55 j 30 8. 2d Bat. of Manassas, 1862. 5 '38 22 8 '46 jai Mou Bunyau died 1688. 5 397> 31 4 48! — -4 22 ALMANAC VOX. 1868. WORK FOR SEPTEMBER. The Farm.—The season of Cotton picking is now upon the Farmer and will probably absorb all attention. Avoid picking after a shower. Gather in Cow Peas and Corn- Winter Oats, Barley, Rye, Lucerne and Clover may be sown the last of this month. Look to rbtation of crops, and turning in of clover to enrich land. A new era begins in Farming. However proper it may have been in the past to wear out land and buy new, the policy wilt no longer answer. Earth's teeming million's will soon render rich new land scarce. If you have even tolerable land now, improve it, let it have the benefit of tilage—let it no longer be said your land is worn out, but be able to praise it by saying it lias had the benefit of so many years of cultivation and improvement. Raise stock to feed the land. Plow deep and subsoil deeper, that the soil may retain its fertility.— Don't let every heavy rain leech your land of all its fatness and rush it off to the nearest branch, the rivers and the ocean, to foed the myriads of fishes that swarm in the great deep. A single rain en shallow plowed land often carries away more of the soluble food of plants than would be used by the growiug crop. The Garden.—We can only refer to the instructions given last month, to be continued during the present one. After the first week it will do to risk large plantations of Peas, Wweet or other Corn, or Snap Beans Sow Early York and other Cabbages, to he set out in January. They may require a little protection during severe weather, in soma localities. So of Lettuce. Sow Turnips, Mustard, &e. 0 September.—This is a very clever month to be born in for thoie that live and do well, and mind their own business. The men, with luck and good management will get as rich as Croesus ; and the women, let them have their own way, will generally marry agreea¬ bly to their wishes. The men will be the most obliging of husband*, when it suits their interest and inclinations ; and the women will ba the kindest creatures in the world, when it comports with their humor. A number of both male and female will live to a good old age, a large portion of them will die in their beds, and the rest will rarely, if ever, be disturbed by the wrangling of their heirs. o Ventilation of Bedrooms.—Two pei'sons occupying a bedroom will weigh at least a pound less in the morning than at night. This is owing to the escape of matter that has passed ofi in the meantime through the skin and lungs. The exhalation is carbonic acid gas, which is poisonous. This is diffused iu the air or absorbed by the bed-clothes. The fact suggests the necessity for ventilating sleeping- veoms, and airing bed-clothcs in the morning before making a bed. A well known hotel keeper, hearing of the whereabouts of a guest whe had decamped without going through the usual formality of paying his bill, sent hitn a note : " Mr. , Dear Sir : Will you send amoaat of your bill, and oblige," etc. To which the delin¬ quent made answer—"The amount is $80 62^ Yours respect¬ fully." 9th Month. SEPTEMBER, 1868. 30 Bays. MOON'S PHASES. D II. M. Full Moon, 1 10 29 eve. Last Quarter, 9 4 10.eve. New Moon, lfi 7 24 rno. First Quarter. 29 10 15 rno. D EQUATION OF TIME. GG X »0 CO ^ N (JI O 00 ® •h CO U3 — CM • —> cm - ft U5 (cs rise 9h 40m. U rise* 8h 30m. warm. Doji Days end. Cloudy LaFa/elte born, 1767. and, Fomalhaut. son. lib 32m Bat, Eutaxv, 1781. some rain with thunder d 6 t. Moon highest, may 7*s rise 9li 8in. fall. Donali's Comet, 1858. Moon 6 ¥ , at 1 h 55m A.M. 1 lies Wed S hur Frid Satur S. Mon Fues Wed Thur Frid Satur S. M on 'Fries Wed 'Fbur Frid iQuebec Capitulated, 1759. Satur jBat;. luka, 1862. Another S. [Bat. Shepherdstown 1862 Moon in Perigee. Cloudy 5 51 Duke of Wellington d., '52. and, damp weather. Bat Slmrpsburg, 1862. Sun | SunlOT risesI sets I § 2 H. II. H.M.pft 5~396 2F>? 5 40 5 41 5 42 5 43 5 43 5 44 5 45 5 46 5 47 5 48 5 49 5 50 cy> a Moil iMoon St. Matthew. Tues |T? sets 8h 50m. great N. E, 23 Wed |Sim enters Days and Thur Frid Satur S. Mon Tues Wed 5 52 6 5 5316 5 546 5 55 6 5 56 6 5 51 6 5 58 6 5 59 6 (I lowest [night? equal. 7 sjcs vise, 8h 12m. storm 6 Bat. Mesilla 1861. may now[6 ? rises, 2h 45m. occur. 6 ? 's Greatest elonga. W- 6 Moon in Apogee. Fair, 6 St. Jerome. and mild, ft 6 20 6 19 6 18 6 17 6 17 6 16 6 15 6 14 6 13 6 12 6 U'Sl 6 10 6 9 it# 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ij o: v? 5 59 5 58, 5 571 5 56 5 55 5 54 5 53 V H Moon ri&sts h. it. 6 50 7 25 7 48 8 10 8 42 9 12 10 11 11 24 Morn. 0 28 2 38 8 17 4 11 5 1 Sets. 6 40 7 11 7 41 8 10 8 52 9 41 10 56 Morn. 0 4 1 12 2 18 3 21 4 33 M almanac for. 1S68. WORK FOR OCTOBER. The Farm.— Push Cottou picking vigorously. House the Cera. Gather in the Fodder, Pea-vines, Hay, Pumpkins, &c. Sow Winter Oats. Dig Sweet Potatoes. Put up in banks of 25 or 30 bushels each, let t ke banks be 12 or 18 inches above the surface level of land. Prepare comfortable quarters for all your stock. Have receptacles for all the manure—solid and liquid. Tub Garden.—As frosts are to be expected about the last of this month, few seeds can now bo sown with safety. Among the few that n ay be sown mo Onions, Leeks, Parsnips, Turnips, Mustard, Radishes, Early York and other spring Cabbages, iii beds in which they may be protected, as also Lettuce, Cress, Celery, Parsley, &c. If any Drumhead or Savoy Cabbage. Brocoli, Endive or Lettuce plants not yet set out, attend to them first showers. Celery, planted in August, will now require to have the earth frequently stirred around it, and a little earth carefully drawn around it, when dry if wet it will rust. During the first two or three earthings the leaf stem must be held together and erect with one hand whilst the earth is pressed to them with the other, Haul plenty of manure on your garden, have it well spaded, burying under all enriching animal or vegetable matter. Transplant Brocoli, Cabbages, Celery, Uollards, &c Work and manure your Asparagus bed, not forgetting to give them a liberal top dressing of salt before spring. Save all old bones, soap suds, dead leaves,. decaying vegetables. &c , and make up into com¬ post heaps for future use. Bushes of Egg Plants and Tomatoes may be taken up before frost and hung up Under a shelter—they will con finue to ripen the fruit set upon them when those left in the garden are blackened and rotten by frost. November, December and Janu¬ ary are the best months for planting trees, vines, &c, 0 October.—Those who are bom in October will be imbued with a great variety of passions, feelings and appetites. Th® men will he ambitious of distinction, and meet with many rebuffs. The women will be ambitious to be thought handsome, and many will try to make themselves attractive. Their persons will be various ; seme will be tall and some short, some thin and some thick, some will be brown and some fair, some will be sweet and some sour, and the rest, will be just as it happens. As to their fortunes in life, they will differ no less t han their minds and their persons ; some will get ex ■ cecdingly rich, and some will remain exceedingly poer, and nonp of them will carry a cent, out of the wo»ld with them. o A Jerseyman was very sick, and was not expected to recover. His friends got around his bed, and one of them says : "John, do you feel willing to die?" John made an effort to give his views on the subject, and answered with his feeble voice, " I—think—I'd lathcr stay—where I'm better acquainted." A Desperate Threat.—Wo lately heard a desperate throat from a mau who was short of funds. He said he would have money—if he had to work for it. ] loth Month. OCTOBER, 1868. 81 MOON'S PHA. b. it. m. Full Moon, 1 2 18 ev». Last Quarter, 9 0 14 mo New Moon* 15 4 28 eve. First Quarter, 23 5 8 mo. Full Moon. 31 5 35 mo. EQUATION OF TIME. N-iOONOOO-i- CI CO Ol lf» —I to cx> co —i vn o» o* Qi D. D. 1 Sun Sun Moon of of Various Phenomena. rises sets a "3, •i&sts M w. H.M. a. M. • a H. M. * Liises. 1 Thur d 6 If. Cool mornings. 6 8 5~ 52 cyj 2 Frid % rises at sunset. 6 9 5 51 6 20 3 Satur Bat. Corinth, 186'2, Windy. 6 10 5 50 b 7 84 4 s. Ba4, Germantown, 1777. 6 11 5 49 7 13 5 M.on Brainard died, 1744. 6 12 5 48 n 7 49 6 Tues g visible in the West. 6 13 5 47 8 20 7 Wed £'s greatest elong. Fas'. 6 14 5 46 SB 9 25 8 Thur d 6 t • Moon highest. Cool 6 15 5 45 10 36 9 Frid Galveston taken, 1862 6 16 5 43 11 52 10 Satur Bat. Warsaw, 1794. and 6 17 5 43 a Morn. 11 S. perhaps frosf, will he seen. 6 18 5 42 1 3 12 Mon d d ? • Moon in Perigee. 6 19 5 41 »j? 2 16 13 Tues Fomftlhaut sou. 9h 19m, 6 20 5 40 3 48 14 Wed ? rises, 3h 28m. Cloudy 6 2] 5 39 5 25 15 Thur Bank Panic, 1857. and 5 22 5 38 Sets. 16 Frid Raid at Harp. Ferry, 1859. 6 23 5 37 in 6 10 17 Satur Burgoyne surrend'd, 1777.jo 24 5 36 6 44 18 s. St, Luke. damp weather. |6 25 5 35 7 13 10 Mon d d b. Many dark flying G 26 5 34 t 7 58 20 Tues V sets, 7h 55m. clouds^H 27 5 33 a 3i 21 Wed Moon lowest, andN.E.win<1 \6 28 5 32j Yf 9 22 22 Thur Sun enters TIL- perhaps will\6 29 5 31 10 16 23 Frid now bring anotherj6 30 5 30 7X, 11 12 24 Satur Dan. Webster died, 1852, 31 5 29 Morn. 25 s. 7 jfcs sou. lh 47m. slorm\s 32 5 28 0 14 26 Mon Moon in Apogee. Pleasant 6 33 5 27 X 1 12 27 Tues Ida PfiefFer died, 1858, 7 34 0 26 2 18 28 Wed Q6U. Locke died, 1704 6 35 5 25 cy 3 v:l 29 Thur Bat. Freyburg, 1745. 6 36 5 24, 4 32 30 Frid 21 sets, 4h 36m, weather 6 37 5 23: 8 5 35 31 Satur 7 5jcs south, lh Om. 6 38|5 22: Rises. 26 ALMANA* FOR 1868 WORK FOR NOVEMBER, The Farm.—Theremarks'of the preceding" month apply equally te this. Pick. gin, bale, and forward Cotton to Market. The cereal grains may he planted for winter. Get in Clover. Look after the stock, and their comfort. The Garden*.—Sow Cabbages, Turnips, Parsnips, Lettuce, Carrots "Radishes, Joe. Haul plenty of manure on your garden, have it well snaded burying under all enriching animal or vegetable matter. Transplant Brocoli, Cabbages, Celery, Collards, &c. Dress- and manure your .Asparagus beds, not forgetting to give them a liberal top dressing of salt "before spring Save all old bones, soap-suds, dead leaves, decaying vegetables, &c., and make up into compost heaps for future use. Plough and subsoil your ground for the plant¬ ing of young orchards and nurseries, and provide a supply of roots and slocks for the propagation of all new and desirable varieties of fruit adapted to our Southern climate. In transplatmg trees, before taking up, mark the side that was at the north so as to place it in th? tame position. If all would give strict orders to mark the north side of trees with chalk before tliey were taken up, and when set out to have the tree put in the ground with the north side to the north in its natural position a larger proportion would live. Ignoring thi» law of nature is the cause of so many transplanted trees dying. If the north side is exposed to the south, the heat of the sun is too great for that side of the tree to bear, and therefore it dries up and decays. 0 November.—Many of those who are horn in November, if there he any truth in signs, will have occasions to laugh out of the wrong side of their mouths. In their speculations and plans, they will often get the cart before the horse, and night will come to them when (hey wish it was morning. Their heads will often be where their Meet should he and vice versa, Those of them who have the hypo, will he gloomy and desponding, and those who get tired ef life will hang aud drown themselves, if they can muster courage. A great part of those who dislike matrimony, will never fget,,married and several of thosa who wish to get married will live and die single. A hungry traveller who had lost liis way on one of the western prairies, stopped at the house of a good parson, who gave-' him a hearty welcome. Supper was soon announced, and the stranger was asked to "sithy," which he at once proceeded to do ; and, without waiting for a second, invitation, he laid hold of what he could reach. "Stop! stop !" said the good man of the house, "we are in the habit of saying something here before we eat." This hint to wait till a blessing was asked, the rough customer did not understand, but with Lis mouth full, he muttered, " Go ahead f say what you like ; you can't turn my stomach now." " Don't f rouble yourself to str etch youi*- mouth any wider," said a demist to a man who was ext'nding his jaws frightfullv. "I iu- lend to stand outside of it to draw your tooth." 11th Month. NOVEMBER, 1868. 30 Days. MOON'S PHASES. D. II. M, Last Quarter, New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, 7 14 22 29 8 51 mo. 5 12 mo- 1 47 mo. 7 42 eve. EQUATION OF TIME. n —i O CM -«+< -V CM 1 o ® w in ^ co r>i I ^ y-t 1—4 1-^ D. of w. s. Mon Tues Wed Thur Frid Satur S. Mon Tues Wed Thur Frid Satur S. 16 Mon Tues Wed Thur Frid 21 Satur 22 S. 23 Mon 24 Tues Wed Thur Frid Satur S Mon Various Phenomena. All Saints' Day. Cloudy All Souls' Day. and Moon highest. windy, d 6 $. i rises, 9h 45m. Transit of S, invisible. St. Leonard. Fair and Bat. Belmont, 1861. Moon in Perigee, frosty. ? rises, 3h 45m. Milton died, 1674. Moon A $ . Changeable Montreal taken, 1775. Meteoric showers, '33&37 Moon d h • an'i unsettled i? sets 6h 11m, weather. Tea destroy'd, Bost'n, 1773 Moon lowest. Cloudy, and Sirius rises 9h 45m. disagreeable weather. 7sjcs south llh 57m. Sun enters :/ « Fair and, Moon in Apogee, windy. St. Clement. Fair, frosty £ 's greatest elongation W. Moon d If. and agreeable O, Ellsworth died, 1807. sets, 2h 15m. weather. Washington Irving d., '59. Advent Sunday. Frosty• b 6 St, Andrew's Day, Sun I Sun riscr\ sets g § c ct II. Ill III. 6 395 6 40:5 6 40 5 6 4115 6 42-| 5' 6 43(5 6 44'5 6 45 5 6 46 5 6 47 6 48 6 49 6 49 6 50;5 6 51 6 52 6 52 6 53 5 6 5415 6 54 8 55 6 56 6 56 6 57|5 6 5715 6 58 5 6 59 6 59 6 59 7 0 a n# ill VJ cp n 25 Moon ri&sts II. 31. IfTo 7 -18 8 5 9 45 10 28 11 12 11 54' Morn.; 0 56 2 17 3 35 4 38 5 51 Sets. 6 10 6 58 7 46 8 32 9 18 10 12 11 5 11 48 Morn. 0 50 2 12 3 25 4 46 5 58 Rises. 5 50 ALMANAC FOB. 1868, WORK FOR DECEMBER. The Farm.—Finish Cotton picking. Break up Corn land deep Let it have the benefit of rain and frost. Kill Hogs, as soon as settled cold weather sets in ; get to Market all the Produce you have to sell; pay your debts, repair the dwelling, set out shade trees, and make home generally as neat and attractive as possible. The cattle demand our constant care during the inclement season; and their uopearance is no bad index of the character of their owner. Does not a lean, half starved, unsheltered cow convict her owner of inhumanity ? Dry warm stables are matters of prime importance for horses and neat cattle. If the barn is not already tight it should be made so before extreme cold weather sets in. A few dollars laid out upon boards arid shingles in stopping crevices will be much better economy than in buying extra food. Comfortable stabling will make a difference of five dollars in the expense of wintering a cow. A tight barn saves, one- fourth of the fodder. A cow is often left to seek shelter behind a fence and is nearly frozen in the sleet which is forming a cake of ice upon her hide. In the morning she comes up shivering and nearly dead to get a little fodder, and is expected to give a good lot of milk. One cow properly treated will give more milk than half a dozen uncared for. No animal better repays attention than the cow. The Garden.—But little can be done in gardening- In pleasant days manure, spade and prepare the g-ound for the spring planting, Seed sown now are as good as thrown away. Manure the Garden. Vineyards of Grapes may now be started, Fruit trees and shrubbery set out. December.—Those who come into the world in December, will be born in the tail end of the year. Those of a cold, calculating and selfish disposition, will seldom get married. Some will be crusty old bachelors, and cynical old maids; and none will be so happy as when they can have their own way. In many of their designs and specu¬ lations they will utterly fail, and in others they will be a day after the fair. Those who build castles in the aerial regions will find them vanish away, and those who contemplate them on the solid earth will seldom have the pleasure of seeing them arise. Politicians will be eel fish, coquettes will be foolish, cross wives will he unhappy, jeal¬ ous husbands will be ridiculous, and noisy hypocrites will miss the way to heaven. Retort.—" Excuse me, sir, you are right in front of us," said a gentleman in company with ladies, to a veteran soldier who was sur¬ veying a procession. Bowing handsomely in return, the soldier re¬ plied: '* That is nothing remarkable for me, sir; I have been in front of 3'ou a little over four years." A good deal of the consolation offered in the world is about as solacing as the assurance of the man to his wife when she fell into the river: " You'll find ground at the bottom, my dear." Table ®f interest-—the dinner table 12th Month. DECEMBER, 1868. MOON'S PHASES. EQUATION OF TIME. D. U. IU | M La«st Quarter, 6 3 55 eve. > <75 D 35: 0 co — >0 -- 5]! 2 Wed < 6 t, 7jfcs sou. lOh 50m. 7 1 59 7 58! 3 Thur John Brown hung, 1859. 7 1 4 59 ft 9 11 i 4 Frid $ rises, 8h Orn. frosty. 7 4 58 10 15 5 Satur 7 sjcs sou. lOh 38m, 7 2 4 56 11 25! 6 S. 2d Sunday in Advent, 7 2 4 58 Morn. J 7 Mon Moon in Perigee, Cold and 7 3 4 57 32= 0 21 i 8 Tues Theo. Sedgwick died, ' 59. 7 3 4 57 1 281 9 Wed Father Matthew died, 1856. 7 3 1 57 2 32 j 10 Thur < 6 ?. Dr. Chalmers d. '34. 7 3 4 57 tit 3 48? 11 Frid Gt. Fire in Charleston, '61. 7 4 4 1,6 4 561 12 Satur d 6 freezing weather. 7 4 4 56 * 6 51 13 S. 3d Sunday in Advent, 7 4 4 56 Sets, ! 1 14 Mon € lowest. 5 rises Oh 4m. 7 4 4 56 V? 5 45 * 15 Tues Isaac Walton died, 1683. 7 4 .1 •x 56 6 83 16 Wed Gen. T. R. Cobb, kill'd, '62 7' 5 4 55 7 '18 17 Thur Bat. Goldsboro', 1862. 7 5 I 55 AJV 8 5 18 Frid Cold and Cloudy weather. 7 5 1 55 8 51 19 Satur Rome burnt, 69. 7 P 4 55 X 10 7 20 S. 4th Sunday in Advent. 7 r j 55 11 15 21 Mon Sun ent. v?« Shortest daj. 7 P " 4 55 'p Morn. 22 Tues Moon in Apogee. Fair and 7 5 1 55 0 21 23 Wed Sir Isaac Newton b., 1642 7 5 4 55 8 1 32 24 Thur 4 sets, Oh 21m. fro sty. 7 5 1 55 2 44 ' 25 Frid Christmas Day. Cold 7 Cj 4 55 3 56 26 Satur St, Stephen, and i<*tj 7 5 4 55 0 4 8 27 S. $ rises 7h 30m. weather. 7 4 4 56 5 11 j 28 Mon Moon highest. Cloudy and 7 4 4 56 $ 6 12] 29 Tues cold, perhaps snow or sleet. 7 4 4 56 Rises. , 30 Wed Savannah taken, '78 6? 64. j 4 4 56 6 10 31 Tfcjn- Bat. jy[urfresborQ'? 1862. 1 4 4 56. 7 0 UNITED STATES STAMP DUTIES. Met Passed July 1, 1862 ; Amended Jlvff. 30,1864. GENERAL REMARKS...Revenue stamps may be used indiscriminately, except for proprietary articles and playing cards for which special stamps have been provided. POSTAGE STAMPS, cannot be used in payment of the duty charge¬ able on instruments. It is the duty of the maker of an instrument to affix and cancel the stamp required thereon. Any failure on hi a part to do this sub¬ jects lsim to a penalty of fifty dollars; Duty. ACKNOWLEDGMENT, of deeds er other instruments made before a justice, a notary or other quali¬ fied officer exempt. 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ASSIGNMENT, patent right...... 05 BANK CHECKS, drafts, orders etc. at right or on demand, for all sums of monoy exceeding ten dollar? 02 BILL OF EXCHANGE, [inland] draft or order for the payment of any sum of money (not oxceed tag $100), otherwise than at sight er on demand, and any promis¬ sory note (except, bank notes is- sned for ciiculallon and checks made and intended to be forth¬ with presented, ai d which shall be presented to a bank or bank- •v for payment) or any memoran dum, check, receipt, or other written n printed evidence ol an amount of money to be paid on demand or at a time designated, -hall have a stamp er stamps af¬ fixed thereon denoting a duty, neon every sum not exceeding sieo os For every additional $100, orfrac lion thereef, in excess of $JOO 05 BILL OF SALE of personal prop¬ erty (other than ship er vessel]. 05 BOND for tho due execution or perfesnanue of the duties of any office 1 00 BOND for deed of conveyance of laud. CERTIFIED TRANSCIUPTlS, or judgment, satisfaction of judg¬ ment, aed of all papers recorded, and of papers on file, each, 05 ]N. B.<~»As a general rule, every certificate which has, or may have, a legal value in axy court ef Jaw or equity, will require a stamp duty of 5 cts.].... 56 50 50 Dot*. CONVEYANCE, deed, instrument . or writing, whereby lands, tene¬ ments or other realty sold, shall be conveyed, the actual value of which exceeds $100, and does not exceed $500 CONVEYANCE, exceeding $500, and not exceeding $1,000 ...1 00 For every additional $500, or fractional part thereof. [N. B. In all conveyances of real estate by deed, where the ac¬ tual value of the estate conveyed, exceeds $100, the law provides that the stamp affixed must an¬ swer to the value of the estate conveyed. Where such value does not exceed $100, the instru¬ ment of conveyance is subject te a stamp duty of five cents per sheet. See "Asreemenf." LEASE OF LANDS OR TENE¬ MENTS, where the rent or rental value is $300, or less per annum LEASE OF LANDS OR TENE¬ MENTS,exceeding'$300, for every additional $200, or fraction in excess (N, B..—Each part of an agree¬ ment, contract, or lease, relied on ts evidence, either at law or in equity, must be stamped).... MORTGAGE on lands, estate, or property, real or personal, heri¬ table or moveable, whatsoever,or any personal bond given as secu¬ rity for the'payment of any defi¬ nite er certain sum of money, ex ceeding $100 and not exceeding $500,....: Exceeding $500. and not exceeding $,1000 1 0* For every additional $500, or a frae tion in excess of $1,000.., 59 PATENT MEDICINES, etc.—eOn each package retailing at not over 25 cents On each package retailing at from 25 cents to 50 cts - 02 On each package retailing at from 50 to 75 OS On each package retailing front 75 to $1 ... 04 On pacages over $1, each addi¬ tional 50 cts, or lees 02 PROBATE OF WILL, or letters of administration, where the value of both real and personal estate does not exceed $8,006.... t .yl 08 50 01 ALMANA® FOR If <58. 31 Dotv. For every additional.$1,000 or frac tional part thereof in excew* of $2,000...., 59 Bond" of executora administrators, trosUas, and guardians are each sebject to stamp duty of 50 REOKIPTS for tiie payment of any But*! sum of money, or lor the pay¬ ment of any debt due, exceeding $20- nc i boincr for the satisfaction of any mortgage, or judgement or degree of any court, and a re¬ ceipt for the delivery of any prop¬ erty 02 PROBLEMS FOR 1868. Problem I. What is the least number, wheu divuh <1 by 999, the remainder will be 888, and when divided by 888 trip remainder will he 777, and when divided by 777 the remainder will be '>66, and when divided by 666 the remainder will he 555, and when divided by 555 the remainder will he 414, and when divided by 444 the re¬ mainder will be 333, and when divided by 333 the remainder will he 22, and when divided by 222 the remainder will be 111, and when divided by 111 the remaindor will be nothin ? Prob. 2. The two lines bisecting the two acute angles of a right angled triangle are 41^ aDd 28-J rods ; what is the area of the Man-* gle in square rods ? Pror. 3. If a circle one mile in diameter, be divided into two parts, by one straight line, so that the less part shall contain just 300 acres; what will be the length of said straight line? And what will be the length of the line that will cut of! just 200 acres? Prob. 4. An ellipse contains just 400 acres, and its longer diam* eter is just one mile ; what is the length of its shorter diameter ? And.what will be the length of the line that will cut . off just 150 aeTeq, if it be run parallel to the longer diameter ? And what will be its length, when running parallel with the shorter diameter, and cutting off just 150 acres ? Prob. 5. If a cylindrical vessel, 10 feet high from its lower head be filled with water, and if a hole bo bered in the vessel at the dis¬ tance of 2 feet from its top, so that there may be 2 feet above and 8 feet below the hole , at what distance from the bottom of the vessel will the water strike the ground, if the hole be unstopped when the vessel is full of water ? Prob. 6. If a rock weigh one pound at the surface of the earth, how much will it weigh at the earth's center? Prob. 7. The barrel of a rifle was held at an angle of 45 degrees wit tx a horizontal plain, and a ball being discharged from it, waa in die air 25 seconds before it struck the ground ; how high did it as¬ cend, and at what distance from the rifle did it fall ? Prob. 8. At what velocity, per second, must a ball be projected from the earth's surface, on the equator, in a perpendicular direction, that it may never fall to tho earth ? I'rob. D. When the moon's longitude is 75 deg , and her latitude is 5 deg, north ; what is her right ascension and her declination ? 32 ALMANACK FOB. 1S68. Pr©b. 10- If the eccentricity of a planet's orbit bs §-396,148, what \yill be the greatest equation of its conter, in degrees, minutes and seconds of an arc ? And what will be the equation, when its mean anomaly equals 15 degrees? Pros. 11. If the moon's distance were one-half of the distance which it is at present, from the earth , how many days, hours, min¬ utes and seconds, would elapse during one of her revolutions around the earth ? And what would be hor velocity per second, in her orbit ? Prob. 12. On what year, day. hour, minute and seeond, will the next visible occultation of the planet Jupiter by the moon, take place ? Note.—Any person solving six of the above pioblums, and send¬ ing their correct answers to meat Americus, Ga., by the 15th of May next, shall have the same acknowledged to their names in the Almanac for 1869. Each rival for mathematical fame is requested to send only one letter, and, to let that letter state all that he may have to say on the subject. T. P. Ashmore. The Poultry House—As every thing connected with poultry now-a-days has a peculiar interest, wo give the following sensible lemarks from an English paper. First of the roost and nest house. The floor should be sprinkled with ashes or loam or pulverized peat or fine charcoal, and the floor should be cleaned off every week. " The yard should contain a grass plat, some fine gravel, slaked lime, dry ashes, and pure water. The nests should be lined with moss, heath or straw- Evidently the Dorkings are the best breed ; they will lay an average of one hundred and eighty>five eggs each per annum. Fowls with blacklegs are best for roasting, while those with white legs are best for boiling. If you want them to sit oarly. leave the eggs under them. Fowls in their native habits never lay more eggs than they can hatch. Remember that no success can be expected from poultry-keeping, if their houses be damp, cold, un¬ clean, or badly ventilated; if their food does not approximate to that which they get in a state of nature, viz : a mixture of animal and vegetable food; if the water they drink be stagnant, the drain¬ age of the manure heap, iek, " What makes my articles grow so thick." " You do not recollect," said Harry, " How great a calf they have to carry." Two cowards met in a narrow way, neither disposed to turn aut of tho road. "Give me the road," said one, in a braggart voice, "or if you don't, I'll do for you what I did for the man who refused it to me yesterday.'' The other scrambled aside in terror, and when he of the braggart voice had gone by, asked him, timidly, " What did you do, sir, to the man who refused you the road yesterday?" "Why," naia the other, " I got out of his way." " How many rods make an acre?" a father asked of his son, a fast urchin, as lie came home one night from the town school. "Well, I don't know, governor," was the reply of the young hope¬ ful, "but I guess you'd think ono rod made an acre, if' you'd got such a taming as I did from old vinegar face this afternoon." Some stupid edi(or out West says, " If there were only a fea of fifty cents charged to see the sun rise, nine tenths of the world, at least, would be up in.the morning." " Oh, mother ! do send forthe doctor !" said a little boy of three years. " What for, my dear ?" " Why, there's a gentleman in the parlor who says he'll die if Jane don't marry him—and she says she won't.'* 34 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. President of the United States, ANDREW JOHNSON,of TennessOg- Vice-President, " LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER, of Connecticut. CABINET. Secretary of State, WILLIAM H. SEWARD, of New York, Secretary of tlxd Treasury,HUGH McCULLOCH, of Indiana. " Interior, ORVILLE H. BROWNING, of Illinois. " " Navy, GIDEON WELLES, of Conneticut, War, Gen. U S. GRANT, of Illinois. Attorney-General, HENRY STANBERRY, of Kentucky. Postmaster-General, ALEX'R W. RANDALL,of Wisconsin, JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Chief Justice, SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio. Associate Justice, SAMUEL NELSON, of New York, " " ROBERT C. GRIER, of Pennsylvania, " " NOAH H. SWAYNE, of Ohio. SAMUEL H. MILLER, of Iowa. DAVID DAVIS, of Illinois. " " NATHAN, CLIFFORD, of Maine. " STEPHEN J. FIELD, of California, .TheSupreme Court holds one session annually at Washington; commencing on the first Monday in December. USEFUL TO FARMERS-WEIGHTS & MEASURES Bushels Pounds Bushels, Pounds Wheat 60 Shelled Corn 56 Corn in the Ear. 70 Peas GO Rye, 56 Oats 32 Barley.* 47 Irish Potatoes 60 Sweet Potatoes 55 White Beans 60 Castor Beans 46 Clovrer Seed 60 Timothy Seed 45 Flax Seed 56 Hemp Seed 44 A box 24 by 16 inches, 22 deep, contains one barrel. A box 16 by 16^ inches, 8 deep, contains 1 bushel. A box 8 by 8^ inches, 8 deep contains 1 peek. A box 4 by 4 inches, 4^ deep, contains 1, gallon. A box 4 by 4 inches, 2£ deep, contains 1 quart. Ten gallons Pickled Onions, 83 pounds. Ten gallons 8our Kraut, 81 pounds. Blue Grass Seed ....... 34 Buckwheat 52 Dried Peaches, 38 I)rie^ Apples 24 Onions , 57 Salt 50 Stone Coal 80 Malt 38 Bran 20 'Turnips 55 Plastering IJair 8 Unslaked Lime 8§ Corn Meal 48 Fine Salt.... ' 55 Ground Peas 25 Almanac for 1868. STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNION, 35 with thb Capitals of each, Time of Holding State Elections, number of Representatives in Congress, Popular Vote for President in 1864, and Population of each State according to the Census of 1860. States. Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, F|orida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, " Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, N.Hampshire. Nevada, New Jersey, New York, N. Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, tlhode Island, S. Carolina. Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, Colorado, Territories. Dakotah, t).Columbia, Nebraska, New Mexico Utah) Washington, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Total. Capitals. Montgomery, Little Rock, Sacramento, Hart'