Brown. Old Barney will ud big way
across the ridge fir me, as soon as I turn
him into the track, by the sense he has in
hie toe-Mils, if it is as dark as Egypt
There is a good fire in my office ; you can
fin J a plank in the floor soft enough for
you to sleep on, and you may eat my
breakfast for me ia the morning, and get
Lome at your leisure by daylight."
In ten minutes I was mounted, and
Barney and I were swinging down the
ralley road, with such confidence and
a'.aeiity as notuing animal or human on
feel, in the deep darkness of a starless
night, exc pt a country physician and Life
burse. But, I must not indulga in the
rehearsal of a night ride along thi monn
taiu foot, the frequent fording ' of the
Talley stream, and the thick palpable
blackness of the ridge before me. AVhat
of it ? My faithful horse had tha strength
cf a steam engine, and the clastic action : Republic into Departments, answering to lw tt drive of six miles an hour on any of
of a leopard. Ah ! ws nnl.tood each ' our State;, each one of which u to have ur turnpikes, and we are satisfied that a
ether perfectly ; and, while I adjusted J its independent Assembly invested with ! team would be able to haul double or tre
myself ia the saddle, and he took his first j powers over its own affairs, like those of blcthe weight it can on an ordinary road,
long breath to ease the girtbs aud rr pare Legislatures. The Departments he sub- The balance of the road from Petersburg
for hli Crst playful spring, I could feci ' divided into communci, 4c., as we do our to Manheim, a distauce of five miles,
that bis heart swelled to welcome the j Sutes, Couutics, Districts, &c., each one "'U be completed next summer. The en
sympathetic pressure of icy kneea. And j oi these to have the management of its tiro cost of tho road, including grading,
when, in the sileuce end vastness of the j own business, uuintcrfered with by the planking, and damages, we understand will
night, I dauced in tie stirrapa for very ' Departmental or General Government, j be about 30,000, or 83,000 per mile.
joy, the little difficulties and tha lowy To legislate fur the whole country within Lancaster IntJUyexccr.
croi7f.r f.f tliA nmrliivmr surviitl nnltr t .1
fraai'j in the dream, and define it into fact, tion, he proposed to Congress precisely
and give its enjoyment firmer reality and j similar to our own ; a body of ileprecnta
(ber edgedcess. Why, bless your cautious j tives to be elected in Districts by the
indolence, I was but twenty-two, and had people, and a Senate to be elected by the
not lost a single patient in six mouths'
full practice ! I was in love with nature
an J ail the world just then ; for I bad
convalesced from my last attack, with the
trouble all gone, and the tenderness all
Lft, sweet and fresh ; aud was just hov
eri.ig ou tho verge of another aud deeper
jajiion, without exactly knowing or fear
iig it. So, hurrah for the night, tha
mountains, and the sky of heaven that I
teu:ii now iu the vibrations of these
stooping clouds!
" Ho, Barney ! step a little gingerly ;
my hatisdiwn, but it wasn't your fault,
my fiua fellow ; and that blow of tho
bough in my teeth closes my talk." And
so, settling into the proprieties of the
occasion, I ride a little more warily, and
soon reach the rivulet,find a hitchiug place
for my horse, near the stile, and the cabin
door is reached with a spring or two, b
the light flashing from all its windows.
and showing the agitation of its inmates, j
Ay, fever it is, and ferocious oue.Jg
-WsTftn W'lth sacn'i kOtOi Tgencr-
disturbance, that my best judgment can
not predict the result I see it a l, all
but the issue. A long desperate struggle
weeks of battle between this vigorous
lifo-forcaVsnd the avenger of tLe much
wronged organism. JEJiaabath Ithe very
glory of thy beauty is upon thee now.
Saiittan, as the swooping mountain wiud
dashes down upon a sleeping valley lake,
arousing its billows into answering mad
ness ; and, with the terror of the s'orm,
too, this liberated life has come ; for there
is daolation in the wake of all its grand
comaaotion ! Dreary, dismal, chill, and
hop Jess, the winter that may folio ; and
the flowers of the coming spring how sad,
iu their fresh gaiety, will they bloom to
- ms, if they nUed their sweetness on thy
grave ! a
Condudtd next vsttk
Latest from France.
The President has put forth a new pro
clamation, in which he iavites the people
to vote freely, and declares that if the ma
jority be agaiust him, he will resign every
tuing. However, hays tho corrcpouueut j
of the Globe, the indications are that he .
will have a very large majority. I
The exact bss sustained by the army,
in the hile em-aemeuts. is uot knowu : one
6-iDuior officer and fifteen eoldiers were '
V:'!n.! anri tl,rA ofiwiers and cue hundred i
ml ft, to'';, .u!,.l.,?mi.nv thJ
latter vey bcrwu.,!y. The loss ia Consid-1
: .. 1...
M 'i'l,i.r h.K hern liberated bv the i
Pr-.-sideut on account of id health, but
v.'ith the proviso that he leaves the country.
Paris, Wednesday no jn, December 10.
Paris, Cd Tuesday morning, was quiet.
Il is i-aid that Marshal Jerome LJona
rr.rtc has written a stormy letter to the
President, entreating him not to establish j
J . .1 1 a . -t! 1.- k
cesponc auiooriiy, nut iu can ii'gciuei tuc
Constitutional Assembly to frame a new
constitution fir Frauce.
Carrots for Horse.
It is admitted by every one who is at
ill acquainted with the great nutritve
(j jJiti.-scf the carrot, that as a winter
f oit f( r horses, to use in f niall quantities
caih say ba f a peek to each horse, with
their dry food,aud especially in the absence
of trecn provender it is of tho utmost
value. It not only possesses fatteuing
properties equal to oats taking bushel for
bushel but it secures to the hcrse, in
winter season, fine health, a loose skin, and
a glof.y coat of hair,which it is impossible
to produce except by the use of the carrot
To those keeping horses, who do not
raise their own carrots, we would hint that
now is the time to procure a supply, while
they are being harvested. About twelve
bushels to a horse, we think, would bo
eufikieut. They should be buried in the
usual way, and taken out, a bushel at a
time, as they may be wanted. They will
in this way keep plump and fresh as the
day thty were taken from the field. Ger
nutvuwn Telegraph.
Kossuth on Government. ' I to take a ride upon it To say that we, in
During his imprisonment, Kossuth j company with the rest of the party, were
sketched a code for Hungary, which gratified, is but a faint expression of oar
proves him to be a republican of thf purest opinion in favor of the great utility of this
stamp. He starts out with the idea, VhicL improvement the first of the kind in Lan
he seems to have warmly cherished , thro . caster county, and among the first in the
his whole life, that the centralisation State. The road, is almost as smooth as a
of power iu a government, such as floor, and so nearly level that in no nlace
r
is now the baneful principle of;' the dees the grade exceed two and a half de
Prcnch llpub!ic, is pernicious in all its grees. It is built of plank eight feet long,
effects, and destructive to liberty. Upon from four to ten inches wide and three in
this basis he erected a philosophic,' and ches thick, laid cross-wise on sleepers, and
practical system like the government of covered about an inch deop with sand,
the United States, but varied somewhat ia . We traveled the entire distance in about
its minute details to suit the psculiar , naif an hour, and the horses were not iu
composition and circumstances of the
constituent parts of Hungary.
Ilia great fundamental principles are
universal suffrage, and the sovereignty of
the puorld constituted as a Democratic
Kfpablic. He divide the territory of tho
' tha liinitc rtr.wn'rihit l.w . nrrWft. rncti I
Departments, two from each. Education
is amply provided for, und in regard to
Religion, he says, "the men of tho same
creed associate, aud there is the church
a free and independent association, gov
erning itself at will according to the
principles of its worship aud it3 religion
It has nothing to do with the State, andjlru;
the state has nothing to d 3 with it. Hero
is libertv.
Fire in the Capitol at Washington.
A lire broke out in the Capitol, at Wash
ington, on Wednesday morning in that
portion of the building occupied as the
Congressional Library. A telegraphic des
patch to the orth American says it was
fir.-(( discovered by the watchman, and the
fla'iies were then at tho centre-table,
sveeping around to the northwest shelving.
V hen the door was burst open a few buck-
'jcts of water would Lave suppressed the
s7l fire ; but very shortly, and by the time the
alarm had been sounded, the entire Libra
ry was in flames. The liLrary contained
5djjj00 volumes. Of these about 0,000,
ia an adjoining room, were saved. All
the""buSb, paintings and elegant fixtures
were destroyed. The roof of the building is
all burnt oit, and the exterior of the
building ou the west blackened bv tho
smoke and flanes.
The Plxsileit and the members of Lis
Cabinet were 01 the ground. An engine
was placed in the ivlnda. F:rypassage
in the building was flooded with wat-r, as
most of it had to be conveyed in buckets.
There were many thousands of people
present.
The dome of tho Capitol was at one
time considered iu danger, but this and
the two chambers of Congress are uuin
jured. The flames were got under about
12 o'clock.
The loss on the library is estimated at
over $200,000. Many of thes woiks were
exceedingly valuable, aud can not be re
placed. The firemen were at work all
day. A guard of Marines had been de
tailed to watch the buildiag during the
j night.
TuJ or;gin of th(J fire is arparcrjtjv con.
jeeture uothins certain is known.
-
.riiuiiuon.
Pec.ple are beginning to ventilate public
h1U s lhat
one can souetimes Lear a
; being obliged to inhale
"ture wituoUt
"tlH'r people's cast-off breath, its foul I
e358? but cLurcnea generally hold close
cuinuiumou, aud with a most brotherly per-
t'iJ tbesame mouthful of air is breathed i
by the whole congregation. Sister down '
tliroas ii out of her lungs with a few seeds j Dgure reached in this viciuily in very
of consumption in it, and then brother ' niaDJears if ever. The very next morn
Jones takes it into his chest, and gives it i ,DM' bowevcr, rain fell, and tho previous
back with a tobacco flavor, and soon around, ; ew aJ8 passablo sleighing are already
each one supplying from his or her stoic-! Pedaway.
lioue some animal matter to make the Dre
.... .
.. . 1 1 ,
. ' : , r , 7UL uf "Itu i morning last in Philadelphia at the N. E.
in the four wdls, good and thick for fan,- eorner of 6tU and ches .
ly consumption. If their uiinds do not ! Hart Building, Shakspeare Building, Eagle
become assimilated by a communication of , Hotel and others adjacent were consumed,
faith, their bodies might be the general Three or four lives were lost, among them
umon, and communion, and mixing up of . Wni.W. Haley, a member of the Bar, and
gasses and vapors of their mortal port, ! .bout 1847 one of the City Representatives
People who would not eat out of the same , i the Legislature at Ilarrisburg, where he
dish with auother, or sip out of the same ' married Miss Haldeman.
.poon, vhiiik nothing of taking into their j The same d Jestructive fires broke
nS,a iuciaungw.ththc blolOBt in and New York, rendered
the particles ot ioul matter which have m -e,, u . ,t, , , .,
passed off from that of other's system.
Wc would much rather submit to an indis-!
criminate use of tooth brushes, than breath, j The Legislature will meet on Tues
It would not appear half so disgusting to J day of next week, and members are al-
put another person's tooth brush into one's j
mouth, as it would be to take Lis cast-off
breath into one's lung. Pittsburg Visitor.
Tbe Flank Road.
On Thursday last, notwithstanding the
bitter cold weather, we accepted a polite
invitation from the Managers of the Man
heim, Petersburg aud Lancaster Plank
Koad, which is now finished and opened
for business from this City as far as Peters
burg, a distance of four and a half nules,
JiEWISBURG CHRONICLE & WEST
the least jaded, nor were they drove near
j as fast as th.y might have been without
injury. We should think, from what we
witnessed, that on such a road a horse
' might be driven ten miles an hour with
'ess fatigue to the animal than would fol-
H. C. HICKOK, Editor. O. N. WOBDEN, Printer.
At$l.Orh in avIraiK. $1.75 In three months, (2 paid
within tlic jenr, mad at the end of the y-ar.
Aprnte in Philadelphia V B l'alraer and K Vf Carr.
JLcwisburff, Pa.
Wednesday, December 31, 1S51
DVERTIZE ! Exix-iiton, AdminiitratnrK.
I mcHrs, Citv iin.l rountry Merchant... Manuf;
all who wiih to iitocurf or tn
oulil do well to cVf noti e of th
fame through the -Lrwi-tUurg Okronidt" Thi pai-cr hA
a pood ana mcrea'in? circulation in a community roni.-u-mn
afl laro a proportion of actirt.. golvfat producer,
oiuumr-r-. and ucalt-rs, at any ollitT iu the latc.
8a.The Union County Court adjourned
at a lute hour on Saturday last.
fcaJ"Wiih the commencement of Vol.V.
of the 'ChronWe" onj-r th. pnwent rul.li-hsr.we Would
acknowledge the acquisition of many new patrons. Any
cneAy eettiug a n ighlor or friend to cnd alaiiT bu $1
(new uocri!er) with bim. can bare bis own paper also
fur one year for C.ti'h in Advance.
.The next Lecture will be delivered
on Tuesday the 13th Jan., by Prof. Bliss.
Subject " Chivalry." (Xext Tuesday
evening is the regular appointment for a
Temperance Meeting.) .
The Regular Monthly Meeting of
the "Society of Inquiry" will ba held on
Sunday next.at 2 J o'clock P.M. on "Uni
versity Hill." A Report on the "High
ways of our Country" will be presented
Hbj Mr. D. F. Carnahan. - "
fPres. Malcom will deliver TKew
Year's Address to the " embers of the
Un i verity, -j- me Baptist meeting-house,
at 101 o clock A.M., of 1st January next.
This is chosen in the place of College
Chapel (as was first announced) both on
account ot the walking, and that all citi
zens who feel disposed may attend.
sJThe communication of "P. Q." in
another column, is peculiarly appropriate
t) the present time, and will explain to
many of our readers certain ambiguous
terms, &e., in their Almanacs. The
History of Time Reckoning, has itself an
interest, as well as the events which have
crowded into its brief six thousand years
on this globe.
aSyVTe rarely intrude a long articlo
upon our readers, but that of Dr. Elder's
(commencing on first page) is too rich h
portraiture, and too true to human nature,
to De rejected or curtailed on account of
its length. The Dr U m .1 .. .i
orator but we LaJ no inus ;,;,
, of ,he poWcr and felicity of his pen. Read
' nn.i ii.
J5rThe best thermometer of the Uni
versity stood at 11 below icro on Satur
day morning last, and others were at 15.
Jay morning last, and others were at 15.
" e are tol(1 tuere uas not been as hwh a
I tflgX na.lr.,l 1 0..1 J
ulv wtuuvu, cuiuruuy
... " . " . j mi. .1.11.1,1311 ui 1 ue euiu,
which prevented the free use of water.
ready on their way thither.
The prominent candidates for Speaker
of the Senate are Dr. Benj. Malone, of
Bucks, and Mr. Matthias, of the City,
Whigs, and Gen. Packer, of Lycoming,
and Mr. Muhlenbnrg, of Berks, Demo
crats. Mr.Hamilton, Native of the Coun
ty, holds "the balance of power."
In tho House, Judge Gillis, of Elk, Mr.
Bookain, of Cumberland, aud Mr. Rhey,
of Armstrong, are the Democratic candi
dates for Speaker,
Kossnth
lias at length reached Washington, the
goal of his pilgrimage and hopes; and in
his progress thither has developed his great
miskiou, and enforced its claims upon the
American people, with an irresistible elo
quence that Las taken captive the hearts
of the masses, and a force of logical de
monstration that has carried conviction to
thousands of the most cool-headed and cir
cumspect among the leading minds of our
country. It remains to be seen what ac
tion Congress will take upon this impor
tant subject. The people Lave already
spoken ; and not only from Kossuth's im
mediate presence, but from almost every
quarter of the Union where his stirring
and powerful appeals Lave been borne on
tho wings of the press, they have sent back
a resolute and enthusiastic response in be
half of liberty and the vital principles of
international law he so truthfully aud elo
quently advocates. It is evident the great
majority of the American people are with
him heart and hand ; and the potential
public opinion of the Union ought to be,
and no doubt will continue to be, brought
to bear strongly upon their representatives
in Congress to favorably influence their
action in his behalf. When, in a matter
of this kind, constituents take the respon-
sibility, the representative need not long
haaitata n tlio wofn lin 0K011I.I nut
There does not appear to be any good
reason why Congress should refuse to re -
affirm the well established principle of
non-intervention; especially from so abject
a motive as fear of offending any of the pi-
.irl Vnnrr nf Knrnn. hn h r,rf,t.
Iv reckless of everv iust principle of irov-
J ... - . .
ernment tnat stands in ths way of their re-!
mnrsekus ambition, except when they find
I it backed up by authority
hich they dare
; not disregard. There are National duties
curn
a nat
clothes ofouriufanoy, and already rejoice
in the robust vigor of national manhood ;
and in a just cause can soberly and success-
fully encounter any responsibility, howcv-1
r mr.mnnfAiiQ that flirt PTicpnmpa.
.e i
T .. i I
times mav cast unon us. Is it becomtntr.
ui iuu
then, that wo should now begin to falter
in the fulfilment of our high destiny, and I
1 ' ,
falsify tho cherished bone, of th world ?,
That we should suddenly exhibit to man
kind an emasculated political manhood,
that has neither the sagacity to perceive
the merits of the impending crisis, or en
ergy of purpose to meet the full responsi
bilities it may Impose.
The Americnuvpeople can not, and will
not, remain indifferent to the stwogglea of
Eurojx"w nations for freedom and indepen
dence ; and we are persuaded they will not
readily submit to the idea that our Gov
ernment shall look on with supine indiffer
ence, while essential principles of interna
tional law, in which we are directly and
deeply interested, are violated and annul
led. The moral iufluencepf our example,
upon which so rcueh stress is sometimes
laid, has already done all that mere opio
ions can do, aud the efforts of the gerniin
atmg principles of liberty to blossom an
fructify on the soil of Europe, are contin
ually mi t and crushed by brute fijree, and
tbe contest has become one, that in the
very nature of things, can only be settled
in favor of the right, by an appeal to
arms; a sad alternative, but inevitable,and
immeasurably preferable to the frightful
submission which is demanded. The
crowned demons of Europe care nothing
fur principles or opinions ; all they value
or fear isoirr. This being the case the
opinions and sympathies of our people,un
less embodied in some authoritative action
of the Government, are but as water pour
ed out upon tho sand, and make no im
pression ou the other side of the Atlantic.
No one asks or expects Congress to rush
into a crusade of republican propagandism,
or even diverge from the line of safe pre
cedents ; but the people do ask that now,
when the occasion justly demands it, the
constituted authorities of the Union, in
the legitimate exercise of the powers with
which they are invested, shall promptly
and decisively declare in favor of endan
gered principles of international law, that
all the world, republicans especially, have
a right to dera-.nd shall be maintained.
This, whilo of itself no more than an act
of national duty, will do more for Kos
suth and bis cause, than all our popular
contributions of money and arms ; and
will at the same time place us rectus in cu
ria; right before the world, arrest war and
bloodshed, hasten the prevalence of uni
versal peace, and place it upon a durable
foundation. For ourself, we fervently
hope, upon principle as well as from sym
pathy, that Kos.-uth will be fully success
ful in bis efforts to procure from our Gov
ernment an official endorsement of the
groat principle of his mission.
Philada, Dec. 30, 8, P. M Barnum's
Museum was totally destroyed by fire this
evening. The fire caught on the stage,
about 5 o'clock; the front nd east walls
fell out and it is rumored several were
buried beneath tho ruins. Tbe Columbia
House is now on fire. The roof is burn-
ing. The opposit cornet- is also or fire.
I as wen as individual imperative as toey c- -- . - j ;- r - - r---
' are important; and they cannot be evaded ,ullint'J ""own, or at least the error was day, the following Sunday will be Easter. '"'"'ly that Uo. acoti be the Wh.g
I or shaken off. without sooner or later in-' not rectlCt1 "ntil the tiluu of 1,f,Pe rcg- As a common year consists of l2 weeks j Crt''- ,,,;,'e- . ,
ng corresponding penalties. We, as , XIII., A V. 15!. Gregory inwted and 1 day, it is evident that it w,U always
ion, have outgrown the swaddling "" -"";"- " v,e6.u Y - "J '"" .ml "at li jif.lt, on ttr. ZH, ar.
BRANCH FARMER.
For th Lcwubsrg Chroniai.
DIVISIONS OF TIME, ETC.
l i i llL - .nil . it
The lengtk of the year, as woU as U
divw ons, was, amongst the anoient?, very
i ., ;m f Jnlina
various. Previous to the time of Julius
LW, the length of year was generally
reckoned to consist J 12 months, of 35
. . .. . . .v
days each. This was the mode of the
Egyptians and of some others. The The
bans improved Upon this, by adding 5
days to each year, and they claim the
honor of discovering that tho true year
consists of 365 days.
Vben Jui.us Lrcsar ot.ta.nea tn. sov-
eretgnty m Rome be found that the
mouths had receded con,.derably from the
at..lb.ldU.W
fore ad i us ted them bv improving upon and
adding to tho year of Romulus M days,
L Mrl nf mi
nu.vu J
To bring the months furward,Ju!ius formed
a year of 15 months, which, on account of
its length, and the changes which it made,
was called the "Year of Confusion." This
i t; t
year leruiiuaieu to years utioru .uhb.
J
He then gave to each month the number
of days that tLey still retain as they ,und
in our almanacs. He also ordained that
every fourth year should have one day in-
tiftu1?itwl Tliiii im Anna liv rprLnninir
-
th ?U,h I,, nr tU ,ix,K ,,f th ralend of
j ,
February, twice over, and this year was
! thpr.'f.irp f ailed Lixxr.rtile or lean vear."
' At present, this day is intercalated by ad-
1 ding one day to the second month of the
common year. This ordinance still left
things imperfect, although very much iin-
i proved, for as the true tropical year con-
1 .ists of 3fi5 d:.vs. 5 hours. 4S minute, and
51 seconds, instead of 305 davs and 6 hrs..
. , i ,
in a course of years it was found that the
sun arrived too soon at the equinoctial
: Points-
; it was apparent, men, mat, mere was
astronomers oi uis age, to liorac, iur me
purpose of investigating this matter. Af-
ter ten years speut in the inquiry, it was
f . .i . p
luuuu ' '
treat ieuiu. iuc uaiu, ciueu iuu iimu
w -
of Cwsar, amounted to 10 days, and Greg
. . r ' . . ,.
tW.f.n r . nut I ul ihl 1th of IU
, , Z , T , , i i
tobcr "boulJ lc tLen CaIlcJ he Uthni
luat ninn c"rJ Jcar tU3t was Ulvis-
luio oy t buuuiu euusisi. ui us,
I except those centuries or years not divisi-
m.i- i -i i.i : r vr.a .1
I Lie by 400, aud these aud all other years
ish.-mlii punAKt nr .1 i.a dnva. J ho vpnrs
j j
i..,.. .-.I.. a c .i e ... i
ii.ii. I null A nrp i rminni ri'nn w.irn
vv., .-v. ..j. j ,
bt tho years 1700, 1S00, 11)00, UlUO.&c,
efltl in dirci. i 1 1 h i ... rrli tlm h.iica i.F il tl... ,.f M..-..1. ft... st-... I.o Sin,.- . lu'.'un in nilh t-.ai... n...(..
ari common years. Under thia arrange- i.;tii lre jCot, aua tiivM'mual
u.jnt, the error is very slight, amounting iutter for ycar wii t,e tua 6eVeuth
to less than a day in LU00 years. lettert or G. The next ycar will have the
Tho Eugliah did not adopt this correc- grst gunday 0n the sixth and its Domini
tion of the Julian year until the year 1751. cai ietter wili i,e p amj g0 on a rcTer3e
By this time it was necessary to set the orJer Eyery Lcap Year has two Domin
calendar forward 11 days. They therefore icai etterSj tne Crst ia th(J reTerse
called the 3d of September, the 14th, and j f t aDi.ai.ei mark;n!r the Sun-
also uiauetueir year, w..ie..,.ICwUun.jf
commenced ou the 25th of March, to be-
gin on the 1st of January, thus making
thai year one fourth shorter.
Thcre arc several cycles, or circles of
. ' years, in use in chronology. The Solar
d . '. . , . o . : ,.
j Cycie is a periou oi years, in. wuicu
1 tl.e Kim haa the same r.laea in the ec-
l
liptic upon the same day of the year the
Biisextifc
Venturiet.
Centuries that are
common yiars.
nboo. uyuu.aouuioioo
2400u5UCj:GUO-700
SOOUj'ilUOj-JitHipSOi)
1GOO 1700 1800 1'JOO
Odd Years.
BJAJ j C E
ir j
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Dominical Litters.
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Suti Sat Fri jTburjWed i'l'ues Mon 1 8 j 15 22 '29 Jan. Oct.
Mon SulT SoT Fri ThiiriU edjfneT lT 9 1 G 23 30""Qlay.
Tue7 Mon Suu" Fn" Thur) Wed 3 10 17 24 j 31 Aug.
Ved Tlleli MTmiSuiT Sat Fri Thur 4 1 1 IS 25 Feb. Mar. Nov.
Thur Wed lues Mon Sun Sat Fri 5 12 19 i6 "june.
Fri Thur Wed l ues Mon Sim Sat 6 13 20 27 SeptPe7.
Sat- FrTlThur Wed H ues Mou iSun 7 14 21 'M April, July.
1. Find the century above, and the odd
ycar to the right, in table I. aud in the
angle under the century and opposite tbe
ycar sought, is the Dominical letter for
the year.
2. Find the Dominical letter in table
II. and in the angle under it aud opposite
Lcwisburjr, Dec. 1851.
i-i-
The CAPll-The February No. of
Sartain'. M"Izine" .ill contain a steel
, - -. . , . . . iu me d'l iuu., wnicn siaie mai urn. i ar
engraving of rwe New Capitol at Wash-
n a ai vaial allHr.ked lhe Mstii.an l.nfr:il I irr.
inton, laiten fn the authentic Govern-
nient plans. Tbe contemplated additions
to our National Head Quarters, it is said
will make it one of the most magnificent
structures in the world, and altogether
.k -r . . a .r..i
J . . '
we continue to lurmsn tne cnionicie,
and either
lVM'S, SARTAIN'S OR
rnni'VC Mtr t7TVl
UUUEil O ilAUAALi.Xi,
for one year, for 83, SO, Cash in advance.
A single copy of either Magazine is 93.
Boston, Dec. 24, 1851 The third trial
to elect a Mayor of thia City came off to-
dav. and resulted in the choice of the Hon.
Benj. Seaw Whi), by a majority ol 14.
game days of the week rail upon tne same
day of the month, and the dominical let-
ers return to the same order again.
n
ll.wln" J. . 8 .. '
Metonic cycle, from Meton its inventor,)
. ' ' . ,
Fnod 19 7 "hicb tLe
?rT ZTthl
the moon fall upon the same day of the
month and within an hour and a half of
the 6ame time. . The Koman indiotion is
a period of 15 years established by Con
stantinc, A. D. 312, with reference to the
payment of certain sums of money by the
tributaries of Homo. The Julian l'eriod
tho oduot of tlies0 tLrec cjclc3, rnulti-
V ft &
V commenced
c ' fc.
wjv w ' ,?
P"'nt f tbrL'e W"U 'J
begin together. That is, thefirst year of the
begin together. That is, the first year of the
world was the 710lh of the Julian 1'cnod.
To find the Julian l'eriod, then, for
any year, add together theso three quanti
ties, viz., the year, 4001, and 709.
At the birth of our fc'avior, the Solar
r 1 ft 4 .1... I I'rr.tn I T.I
W J"" "
Solar Cycle for any year, add 9 to
the year, aud dmde the sum bjr 28 ;
udev is the solar cycle If there is
. : . . I .-,. I . lt. v I
To find the Lunar Cycle for any year,
to the vear. aud divide the sum I
the remainder if any is the cycle ;
li none thQ ccI 13 10; . . ...
The rule for the InJxcbon is eviuent
from what has been taid.
EPM' 13 tho m"m 8 aSc at tte com"
lucnccmeut of the year.
TLe movable feusls of the Rom.sh church
are avuacM upon me iime o. ioe moon .
r.tii.. nnrl fliH tiniH rf Faster which al.
T"8 ana tuu Ume 01 tastir, wnitu al -
waJ8 naPP" " lue Ulsl cuuaay ai-,
l" lue u,ak u" ",uu" 'uu
01 jiarcu. xi a iuu moou uappeu upon
... ..i fi. ' -li i
weeK aua mat tue loiwwiug year win oe-
gin upon the next day of the week. Rut,
us Leap Year contains one day more, this
oruer 18 ueslryej ana lue Je;lr loaowing
a leap vear oeins iwo uavs l.tler iu lue
week than tuc Leap 1 ear did.
Tl. . t t I t . 1 '.
are used to show upon what day of the
year the first Sunday in the year wul fall,
. .. .. . - .
aua tuey are tnerelore callea luminieal
or Sunuav let'ers. Thus, if a vear cm-
wecce on Sundav. and le a common vear.
j : l v... .:m T , Tl...
us uuiuiiueai leuer will uc 11. auc ui&t
. . ..
:ii I l. . ... ..
yCar win, as we uave seen, ueji;u uu 'a:u-
day anj tj,a fost fc'Und:.y wilt therefore K
day until the end of February, and the
otj,er frolu tnat t;me until the close of the
jear.
The following tables will serve as an
Almanac for any length of time by ad-
ding centuries in the same order as those
.
giteu, aim win tuow upon wnai, uay oi
the week and dav of anv month in anv
j j
given ycar will fall.
FERPETUAL ALMANAC.
TABLE I.
17:38,34; 4.5115Ji-, jT.SUt)
y;35'40 40j ;a7i3,lis:74j 85 019;
j41147;52,58 i!l75;sO:8Giilt7
53'o9:t)4 701 i81 S7S12.J
3743;48;54l
0571
i
4J;.").i;G0,t)(;; j77;8318Sl!lt
J i
;61,07;727 183,95
TABLE II.
Caitmlar.
Months.
the month, is the day of the week upon
which that mnth begins.
3. If the year be a leap year, the letter
opposite the blauk immediately preceding
is the one for Jan. and Feb., and that op-
posits the year for the remainder of the
year. P. Q.
New Orleans. Tuesday, Dec. 23, 1851.
are in receipt of Brownvdle p.peis
g(j wh(J bad for(jfled himse. arBs,,y jn
Ceralvo, and after two days hard fighting
took nearly tho whole town, driving the
Mexicans into a fortified house, where they
erB compieieiy pennM up all the.r pro-
vision, n.nuniuon, oic. neing taken oy
Carvajal. The latter had t n k I ed. in-.
eluding Lieut. Graham and Cant Clnul,
(the best we can make of iheuaiwO C'aot. i
W hem was severely wounded. The Mix-'
ican loss was very great, including marlv I
,11 the Seminole Indians and their leader,
. lhe latest accounts say thai Carvajal
was about to attack the Mexicans in their
last position. If successful, he will enter
Monterey without opposition.
Xho Maioe ,iqu6r ,aw pronibl,in(. tff)
.inr.n. nni ,i. ..n..: i
f srple" it adertmi m Bangor.
Franca
TU advices by the Baltic show that tx-
pectation of immediate resistance t the
usurpation of Louis Napoleon by any con
siderable portion of the French people u
altogether futile. He has put down aU
opposition, and is firm in his seat.
That seat may or may not soon be adorn,
ed with the gilding and the name of
throne, but a throne to all intents and pur
poses it is. There can be no donbt that
he aima directly at the imperial title, and,
what is to him of more consequence, impe
rial revenues. n has imiuted his nU
i i usurpation, and lik. him, ha. .ccra.
j hig cnJ by milifcl w
j unlike him, he does not control that fore,
trough the power of his own genius or
..- - n ..
,i . i, ' 7
, that he controlled by ,t S
will sion find
, tuat lie u coutroiieil by it. fcuch is tte
prospec. r rauce is in tae banOs of the
' Pretorians, aud Napoleon is but thtir tool
The preset state of things will be of
brief duratiou, and wh.-n the next down
fall occurs in France, ail the Governments
I.tc,- i r. l i i -
1 Ol If L'TlUl) V ftTlll ItjltV Will tT. K 1 1 fi
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v ;
iCU)5 Hill) iNOilOltS.
mrr-r mtf'Stng yu mm mil known )
K-5
fcvVtrtl y m mutt lotiuj
MwP r whtc tmjito-fwumt
4aT tr nun cblMcr
4 f tT tfmtciitr ml'h
ar 1 yjou trip
Ttie City hotel, ou Ff jnl Street, Saera
mruto, wttieli onee rented for $5,000 per
month, h is recently been let for a many
hundreds per month.
A.inovetnt rit ia going with great antttj
in vV'dJh.iilon and elseheri?, having f ir
1 -Jc '" noin.nauoo o: dn. Win. O.
, (()f p jd
B r.ler, of Kentucay, for the Presidency.
I ho tieket is t be Uutier, anJ Pierce, of
: Ne ll.im.isiii.e, wh.. it suj.posed. will
, reconcile the uIim al oolli sections. This
: tt.d , Sul,twr S;riu!s :we mile -est
: this place this afernoon.
j -j;ne 1 1 irn-.tur Union publish i anie
i ir.e a 4 n.reaJy elected 10 :ne ir
c"u- . i" cicu-
its j rfjMrls
ine P.ai'-'e.ic Tie list
tiiichinnn 31; Cass 13;
' sj !. u; thus :
. ,.., ln , lhe U,:er.ea
fium B .lkj 0fc set djwu a fot Buchanan
! ud i douotlul.
A corre-pondent of tho Press mentions,
for tiie bri- lit of young ostrouuiners, that
i ln'! P!ar" 1 dercury. whicli is verv rarely
J VIMIU1C III iy lC 9CI.U I II H 1 W&U.Wg9
. . . . , .
shurllv a'ler sun set, 1:1 tn? Sou h tt
I -
t
.i;i,j.ireiii jlaceu no" Kriro.n v;ou
io jrsrrs it-i. Mercury is n,yruai'h
mg tho ui and in ri lc Jays uill be lost
in i.i rays.
Truj, Dec. 23, 1851. Judgo Harris
ha it-sued an order s aying the execution
oi Charles Qiinn, who was sentenced to
be hung here on the 26. b inst.
Tho Washington correspondent of the
Piniadelphia Ntwa says that the prospects
for n change of the Tariff by ibe present
j Congress, are not very flattering. He
i thinks th influence not sufficient, as the
J Tariff movement originafd in Berk, has
i bten followed up only in two or three oth-
J er couniies.nnd is by no means as strong!"
1 z 3 rennsj.vama
H should I.
j
Louisville, Tuesday, Dec. t3. 1351
i Hon Henry Clay's letter, resicnios his
s- at in the U. S. Senate, was read in the
Senate cf lhe Kentucky Legislature to-day ,
when they p'issej resolutions lo elect n
Ser.uioi on Tuesday neat.
CVngros havn made no appropriation
for the entertainment nf Go. Kossuth and
his C'imjaii'oiH. while on their intended
vi-it to VVii.- hin'on. they in'end, it is up
poed, that ih.! Prsidont shal receiva
them at the White House, as his guests.
Bot9n,Tuesdty, Dec. 93. -In Wollbo
ro N. II., t'"e house of Wm.Tebbeta was
burned, and Mr. Tebbet. Senior, perihed
in the fl imes. Uis wi'e and two twn were
rescued from siiiration in a state of in
sensibility. A daughter and infant were
badly frozen, having escaped from the tire
in their night clo'hes.
Baltimore. Tuedty. Dec. 24, 1851
Tl.e Jacksonville Newt, of the 13'h, says:
W'ehave ju-t learned lhat tlie United S.ates
Court, at St. Augustine, has condemned
the steamship Tampero, of Cuban notorie
ty, under the Neutrality act of 1919. and
also under the Revenue law. She will be
sold on the 20th January.
I have it, to-day, in confidence, (a la
FiK'te) lhat Mr. Fillmore is coming out
with an unequivocal withdrawal of his
name from the list of candidates for
President. Thefirst impressions of things
here is, that t-ifi Presidential course is
riear. Il is old Churuhu-co Cerro Gordo,
and nobody else. Cor. of N. Y. Tribune.
There arc four members of the House
of Representatives who wear the mustache.
They are Messrs. Marshall and MeCorkle,
of California, Price of New Jersey, and
of Ohio all "Democrat. No
membrr of the Senate sports a mustache.
Washington. Dec 27. 1931. The Kos
suth excitement is flat. There will be no
. - 1ST a .
i glorification procession in wasningion.
Hi policy is here regardeo as perfectly
absurd, and hi abolition sympaihiseis in
New York have ruined bi prospects for
finnnrial asisnnce in this latitude.
Met
exn-cied here on Monday.
lr. Ci.iv i uradoallv inini II sat
up a litile to-day, hut hi c is almost
hopeless. Uis resignation d.s not take
effect before September next, so lhat be
must fall in the harness.
Bangor, Drc. 27. A liquor riot occor
itl at Mont Deet yesterday, durog
which the officer was knocked down, and
tbe liquor carried off and -rted. 1't
nuiboftties have sent to E tvortb for as
sisiance, as further trouble ie ppreheBdeity