D. MORN P. M. P. M. P. M. H. M. D. H. M. H. M. H. (DAY OF MONTH. SIDEREAL NOON. MOON SOUTH, SUN SUN RISES. SETS. SETS. SETS SETS. Venus Mars PHASES OF THE MOON. Jupiter | Saturn Sun at Noon South, South. South. South. mark MOON Boston. N. York. Wash'ton. M. 1 11 58 1 37 9 23 2 37 11 49 42 1st Quar. 5 1 33 ev. 1 21 ev. 1 9 ev. 7ev. 1 1 19 8 581 2 16 11 47 53 Full . 13 8 40 m. 8 28 m. 8 16 m. |13 ev. 6 1 11 8 33 1 55 11 46 19 3d Quar. 20 4 33 m. 4 21 m. 4 9 m. | 19 ev. 10 1 4 8 9 1 34 11 45 3 New. 27/ 8 19 m. 8 7m. 755 m. ||25lev. 151 0 68 7 46 1 13 11 44 11 Boston ; New England, New York City, Phila- Washington ; New York State, delphia, Conn., New Maryland, Virg'a, Michigan, Wisconsin, Jersey, Penn., Ohio, in-| Ken'ky, Missouri, lowa, and Oregon. diana, and Illinois, and California, SUN SUN MOON H. W. SUN SUN MOON H. W. MOON Even'g Boston. RISES. SETS. N YORK | RISEB. SETS. H H. M. H. M. H. M. 1 T 11 18 2 535 5715 421 8 10 1 265 56 5 43 8 13 10 4815 555 43 8 17 2W ||11 14 3 4115 58 5 40 8 50 2 615 5715 41) 8 53 11 33||5 56 5 42 8 57 3T ||11 10 4 295 595 391 9 33 2 4915 58 5 39 9 37 morn 57.5 40 9 41 4F ||11 7 5 176 05 37 10 19 3 3515 595 38 10 23 0 215 585 39 10 27 5 S ||11 3 6 41|6 15 35 11 8 4 2516 05 36 11 12 1 125 69 5 37 11 16 64010 59 6 51 16 25 33 morn) 5 176 15 35 morn 2 316 05 35 morn 7 M 10 551 7 386 35 32 0 1 6 166 25 33 0 5 3 26 15 34 0 8 8T |10 51 8 256 45 30 0 57 7 1316 3 5 31 1 03 57116 25 32 1 3 9W10 47 9 116 65 28 1 55 8 816 45 30 1 58 4.5216 315 31 2 0 10 T 110 43 9 586 715 27 2 54 8 596 55 281 2 56 5 446 5 29 2 58 11 F 10 3910 456 815 25 355 9 47 6 7 5 27 3 56 6 336 55 28 3 57 12 s 110 35||11 34 6 9 5 23 4 58 10 326 85 25 4 681 7 1716 615 26 4 58 1341||10 31|morn. 6 10 5 22 rises 11 1716 9 5 23 rises 7 596 75 25 rises 14 M 10 27 24 6 11 5 20 6 23 11 67|6 106 22 6 26 8 42||6 8 5 236 28 15 T |10 23 1 166 1315 19 7 5 ev 42 16 11 5 201 7 8 9 28 6 9 5 22 7 11 16 W||10 19 2 11|6 14 5 17 751) 1 29|6 125 19 7 5510 146 10.5 21 7 58 17 T ||10 15 3 8 16 15 5.15 8 43 2 21|6 13 5 17 8 47 11 36 11 5 19 8 52 18 F ||10 12 4 66 165 14 9 41) 3 13||6 14 15 16 9 45 11 586 12 5 18 9 49 19 S | 10 8 5 5 16 17 5 12 10 43 4 11|6 15 5 14 10 46 ev 586 135 16 10 51 2042||10 4 6 216 18 5 11 11 47 5 15 16 16.5 13 11 61 2 1|6 14 5 15 11 54 21 M ||10 0 6 58 6 20 5 9 morn 6 236 18 6 12 morn 3 916 15 14 morn 22 T 9 56 7 516 215 8 0 52 7 2916 1915 10 0 55 4 116 165 13 0 58 23 W 952 8 436 225 6 1 59 8 28 6 20 5 9 2 1 5 136 18 5 11 2 3 24 T 9 48 9 336 23 5 5 3 5 9 216 21 5 7 3 6 6 716 19 5 10 3 7 25 F 9 4410 226 24 5 3 4 11 10 10 16 22 5 6 4 11 6 5616 2015 9 4 10 26 S 9 4011 916 265 2 5 14 10 546 23 5 4 5 13 7 37||6 2115 8 5 12 2743 9 36|11 576 275 1 sets 11 35 16 24 6 3 sets 8 176 225 6 sets 28 M 9 32|ev. 45 6 28 4 59 6 7 morn16 266 2 6 10 9 1|6 23 5 5 6 13 29 T 9 28 1 336 29 4 57 6 45 0 156 2715 1 6 481 9 436 24 5 4 6 52 30 W 9 24 2 2116 31 4 57 7 26 0576 28 4 59 7 30 10 24 16 25 5 2 7 34 31 T 9201 3 9/16 32/4 55 8 121 1 39||6 29 4 581 8 16 11 3116 265 11 8 20 An Irishman asks a Long Island woman the A LADY at Columbus, in Ohio, inquired of the price of a pair of fowls, and is told, spirit-rappers how many children she had. “A dollar." “Four, rapped the spirit. And a dollar is it, my darlint? Why, in my The husband, startled at the accuracy of the country you might buy them for sixpence reply, stepped up and inquired, How many children have 1?" “And why didn't you stay in that blessed “Two!"answered the rapping medium. cheap country?” The husband and wife looked at each other, “Och, faith, and there was no sixpence there, with an odd smile on their faces, for a moment, to be sure !" and then retired non-believers. There had been An old darkey says & mistake made somerohere. " Woman's lub is like India-rubber How do you arrive at the height of a church It stretch de more de more you lub her.” steeple on a hot day-Per-spire. zpiece.” P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. H. M. D. H. M. H. M. DAY OF WEEK. SIDEREAL NOON. MOON SOUTH. SUN RISES, BETS. BETS. SETS, SETS. Eveng H. 6 W Venus PHASES OF THE MOON. Mars Jupiter Saturn Sun at Noon South. South. South. South. mark. MOON. Boston. N. York. Wash'ton, D. 1 0 22 0 501 7 18 0 49 11 43 42 1st Quar. 4 9 43 m. / 9 31 m. 9 19 m. 0 29 0 44 6 56 0 28 11 43 49 Full .. 11 8 26 ev. 8 14 ev. 8 2 ev. 13 0 36 0 39 6 33 0 711 44 25 3d Quar. 18 0 22 ev. 0 10 ev. 11 58 m. | 19 0 44 0 34 6 12 A. M. 11 45 31 New.... 26 0 27 m. 015 m. 0 3 m.||25/ 0 531 0 29 5 50 11 26/11 47 8 Boston ; New England, New York City, Phila- Washington ; New York State, delphia, Conn., New Maryland, Virg'a, Michigan, Wisconsin, Jersey, Penn., Ohio, In- Ken'ky, Missouri, Towa, and Oregon. diana, and Illinois. and California. SUN SUN Moon H. W. SUN MOON H. W. SUN SUN Moon Boston. RISES. SETS. N YORK RISES. H. M. H, M. 1 F 9 16 3 57|6 33 4 54 8 592 206 30 4 57 9 9 311 49 6 275 097 2S 9 12 4 44|6 344 53 9 51 3 4 6 31 4 56 9 54 morn 6 28 4 59 9 59 314 9 9 5 316 36 4 51 10 45 3 506 324 54 10 48 0 36 6 29 4 58 10 52 4M 9 5 6 17|6 37 4 50 11 41 4 40 6 34 4 53 11 43 1 27 6 31 4 57 11 46 BT 9 11 7 36 38 4 49 morn 5 33 6 35 4 52 morn 2 19 6 32 4 56 morn 8 571 7 481|6 39'4 481 O 39 6 28 6 36 4 51 0413 14 6 33 4 55 0 44 7T 8 53 8 35 J6 414 47 1 39 7 23 6 37 4 50 1 40 4 8 6 34 4 54 1 41 8F 8 49 9 226 42 4 45 2 40 8 18 6 38 4 49 2 40 5 216 35 4 53 2 41 9S 8 45 10 116 434 44 3 43 9 10 6 40'4 48 3 43 5 55 6 36 4 52 3 42 10 45 8 41|11 316 44 4 43 4 48 9 596 41 4 471 4 471 6 45 6 37 4 51 4 46 11 M 8 37 11 586 46 4 42 rises 10 50 6 42'4 46 rises 7 34 6 38 4 50 rises 12 T 8 33 morn.16 47 4 41 5 43 11 36 6 43'4 45 5 47 8 18 6 39 4 495 50 13 W 8 29 5616 48 4 40 6 34 ev 24 6 444 44 6 38 9 11 6 40 4 48 6 42 14 T 8 251 1 566 49 4 39 7 311 1 16 6 46 4 43 7 35 10 2 6 41 4 47 7 39 15 F 8 21 2 5616 51 4 39 8 34 2 9 6 47 4 42 8 38 10 516 434 471 8 42 16S 8 17 3 566 52 4 38 9 40 3 3.6 48'4 41 9 43 11 486 44 4 469 47 1746 8 13 4 546 53 4 37 10 46 4 06 49 4 40 10 49 ev 476 45 4 45 10 52 18 M 8 10 5 496 54 4 36 11 52 5 0 6 50 4 39 11 54 147 6 464 44 11 56 19 T 8 6 6 41 6 56 4 35 morn 6 3 6 51 4 39 morn 2 496 474 44 morn 20 W 8 2 7 316 57 4 34 0 58 7 3 6 534 38 0 59 3 486 48 4 43 1 0 21 T 7 58 8 1916 58 4 34 2 1 7596 544 38 2 1 4 44 6 49 4 43 2 2 22 F 7 54 9 66 59 4 33 3 4 8 53 6 55 4 371 3 4 5 38 6 504 42 3 3 23 S 7 50 9 537 0.4 32 4 6 9 42 6 56 4 36 4 5 6 28 6 51 4 42 4 3 24 47 7 4610 4017. 24 32 5 8 10 27 6 57 4 36 5 6 7 12 6 52 4 41 Õ 3 25 M 7 42||11 27 17 34 31 6 711 10 6 58 4 35 6 4 7 5216 534 40 6 1 26 T h 38 ev, 157 4 4 31sets 11 516 59 4 35 sets 8 346 55 4 40 sets 27 W 7 34 1 3117 54 30 6 5 morn 7 0 4 35 6 9 9 186 56 4 40 6 13 28 T 7 30 1 517 64 30 6 52 0 31 17 24 34 6 56 9 596 57 4 407 0 29 F 7 26 2 3917 74 30 7 42 1 117 34 34 7 46 10 3616 58 4 39 7 51 30 S 7 22 3 267 84 29 8 35 1 547 4'4 34 8 39 11 18 6 59'4 39/ 8 42 “I'LL bet you five dollars," said Macarty, “Well, I give up, beat," said Macarty, pay“you can't repeat the Lord's Prayer, now, if ing over the money ; I wouldn't have thought you try.” you could do it." “Done!” said Kolloch, “done !” and, as- A pair of them, to be sure; for neither of suming a decent gravity for the moment, sum- them knew it. moned his memory to aid him in his novel, but certainly very commendable, effort. “ Ahem “Do you think I shall have justice done a-a-hem ! ah ! now I have it: me?” said a culprit to his counsel, a shrewd Kentucky lawyer of the best class in that “elo""Now I lay me down to sleep, quent State." I pray the Lord my soul to keep; “I am a little afraid that you won't,” reIf I should die before I wake, plied the other; “I see two men on the jury I pray the Lord my soul to take.” who are opposed to hanging." “There! I told you I could." THE Merchant's Patron Saint-St. Leger. [31 Days, UNI 12th Month.] DECEMBER, 1867. Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Sunat. oonPHASES OF THE MOON, South. South. South. South, mark M. 511 49 12 1 1 2 0 24 5 29 11 M. 1st Quar. 4 5 36 m. Ő 24 m. õ 12 m. 7 1 11 0 20 5 9 10 45 11 51 38 Full ....11 7 26 m. 7 14 m. 7 2 m. 13 1 21 0 16 4 48 10 24 11 54 22 3d Quar. 17 10 50 ev. 10 38 ev. 10 26 ev. 19 1 30 0 13 4 2810 311 57 17 New.. 251 6 55 ev. 6 43 ev. 6 31 ev. 25/ 1 3E ( 94 8 9 4212 0 17 H. DAY OP MONTH. SIDEREAL NOON. MOON SOUTH. SUN RISES. BETS. SETS, H. M. H. M. M. M. H. Boston ; New England, New York City, Phila- Washington ; New York State, delphia, Conn., New Maryland, Virg'a, Towa, and Oregon. diana, and Illinois. and California. SUN MOON BOBTON. RISES. BETS, BETS. N YORK RIBES. SETS. H. M. H, M. H. M. H. M. 7 82 14 8 6 27 2 43 7 22 4 28 8 32 1 587 16 4 33 8 35 10 40 7 11 4 39 8 39 15 50 6 23 3 41 17 22 4 29 9 41 2 4917 17 4 33/ 9 43 11 33 7 12 4 39 946 16M 620|| 4 36 7 23 4 29 10 491 3 42 17 18 4 33 10 50 ev 28 17 12 4 40 10 82 17 T 6 16 6 287 24 4 29 11 54 4 37 17 18 4 33 11 55 1 24 7 13 4 40 11 88 18W 6 12 6 17 7 24 4 29 morn 5 33 7 19 4 34 morn 2 19 17 14 4 40 morn 19T 6 7 517 25 4 30 0 58 6 307 204 34 0 58 3 16 7 14 4 41 0 68 20 F 6 41 7 517 26 4 30 1 59 7 297 20 4 35 1 58 4 14 7 15 4 41 157 21 S 6 0 8 38 7 26 4 31 3 1 8 237 21 4 35 2 59 5 87 15 4 42 2 57 22 51 5 56 9 24 7 26 4 31 4 0 9 12 7 21 4 36 3 57 5 687 16 4 42 3 54 23 M 5 5210 1117 27 4 32 4 57 9 501 7 22 4 37 4 54 6 45 7 16 4 43 4 50 24 T 5 48|10 5917 27 4 32 5 54 10 46 7 22 4 37 5 501 7 307 17 4 43 5 46 25 W 5 4411 4717 28 4 33 sets 11 277 23 4 38 sets 8 107 17 4 44 sets 26 T 5 40 ev. 3517 28 4 33 5 37 morn 7 23 4 39 5 41 8 53 7 17 4 44 5 45 27 F 5 36 1 22 17 28 4 34 6 29 0 8 17 23 4 39 6 32 93217 18 4 45 6 37 28 s 5 32 2 817 29 4 35 7 22 0 48 17 23 4 40 7 25 10 14 7 18 4 46 729 2952 5 28 2 5417 29 4 36 8 18 1 2817 24 4 40 8 21 10 49 7 18 4 47 8 24 30 M 5 24 3 38 17 29 4 371 9 15 2 717 24 4 41 9 17 11 307 19 4 47 9 19 31 T 5 21 4 22 17 30 4 37 10 13 2 46/17 24 4 42 10 15 morn|17 19 4 48110 16 " What are you writing such a big hand for, “Flood! what flood ?" asked McLean. Pat?” “Why, you see that my grandmother " The flood, you know, that drowned all the is dafe, and I am writing a loud letter to her.” world but Noah and his family, and his flock,"? A STREAK AHEAD OF NOAH.-A dispute once said Campbell arose between two Scotchmen, named Campbell Pooh! you and your food,” said McLean; and McLean, upon the antiquity of their families. my clan was afore the flood.” The latter would not allow that the Campbells had "I have not read in my Bible," said Campbell, any right to rank with the McLeans in antiquity, “ of the name of McLean going into Noah's ark. who, he insisted, were in existence as a clan since “Noah's ark!” retorted McLean, in conthe beginning of the world. Campbell had a lit- tempt. "Who ever heard of a McLean that tle more Biblical knowledge than his antagonist, hadn't a boat of his ain ?” and asked him if the clan of the McLeans was Be temperate in diet. Our first parents ate before the flood. themselves out of house and home, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, December 1st, 1866. THE EXECUTIVE. ANDREW JOHNSON, of Tennessee, President of the United States .Salary $25,000 LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER, of Connecticut, President pro tempore of the Senate, and Acting Vice-President... Salary 8,000 THE CABINET. .Salary $8,000 8,000 8.000 8.000 8,000 8,000 8,000 THE JUDICIARY. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio, Chief Justice.. Salary $6,500 NATHAN CLIFFORD, of Maine, Associate Justice. DAVID DAVI8, of Illinois, Associate Justice. SAMUEL NELSON, OF N.Y.. Noah H. SWAYNE, of Ohio, ROBERT C. GRIER, of Penn., SAMUEL F. MILIER, of Iowa, JAMES M. WAYNE, of Ga., STEPHEN J. FIELD, of Cal., (Vacancy.) Salary of Associate Justices, $6,000. Court meets first Monday in December, at Washington. 66 66 66 66 66 MINISTERS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Salary. When app'd. Austria Vienna. $12,000....1861 Brazil Rio Janeiro .James Watson Webb, N. Y 12,000....1861 Chili Santiago. .Judson Kilpatrick, N. J.. 10,000....1865 China Pekin 12,000....1861 France Paris. 17,500....1806 Great Britain. .London 17,500....1801 Italy Florence 12,000....1861 Mexico. .Mexico 12,000....1846 Pern Lima 10,000....1863 Prussia. Berlin.. 12,000....1864 Russia.. St. Petersburg... Cassius M. Clay, Ky. 12,000....1861 Spain.. Madrid 12,000....1864 MINISTERS RESIDENT. Argentine Republic..... Buenos Ayres Alexander Asboth, Mo... 7,500....186 Belgium, Brussels 7,500....186 Bolivia La Paz... 7,500....186 Costa Rica .San Jose Albert G. Lawrence, Rhode Island. 7,500....18C6 Denmark. .Copenhagen Geo. H. Yeaman, Ky.. 7,500. . 1865 Ecuador .Quito 7,500....1806 Guatemala. Guatemala. Fitz Henry Warren, Iowa. 7,500....1865 Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu Edward M. McCook, Ohio. 7,500....1866 Honduras Comayagua. .R. H. Rousseau, Ky.. 7,500....1806 Japan Yedo 7,500....1866 Netherlands Hague. 1,500. .1966 U.S. of Colombia Bogota Allan A. Burton, Ky 7,500....1861 Nicaragua .Nicaragua. Andrew B. Dickinson, N. Y. 7,500. .186S Paraguay . Asuncion 7,500....1861 Portugal Lisbon. 7,500....1861 Papal States.. Rome 7,500....1863 Sweden and Norway. .Stockholm. ..James H. Campbell, Pa. 7,500....1864 Switzerland Berne 7,500....1865 Turkey .Constantinople.... Edward Joy Morris, Pa. 7,500....1861 Venezuela Caraccas ......James Wi.son, Ind... 7,500....1866 MINISTERS RESIDENT AND CONSULS GENERAL. Hayti. Port-au-Prince....!enry E. Peck, Ohio....... 7,500....1865 Liberia Monrovia ...... .John Seys, Tenn. 4,000....1866 XXXIXth CONGRESS. SENATE. John W. FORNEY, of Pennsylvania, Clerk. (Republicans and Unionists (in Roman), 42. Democrats and Conservatives (in Italics), 10. For the names of the Senators who voted against the Civil Rights and Freeinen's Bureau Buils, see the vote on those bills on other pages. Senator Patterson, of Tennessee, who was elocted as a Unionist, has been classed with the Conscrvatives. (c.) Seats contested. (A.) Appolated by the Governor of the State to serve until the election of a Senator by the Legislature. The figures before each Senator's name denote the year in wbich his term expires.] CALIFORNIA. OREGON. 1867 James A. McDougall ....San Francisco. 1867 James W. Nesmith........Salem. 1869 John Conness .Sacramento. 1871 George H. Williams......Portland. CONNEOTIOUT. PENNSYLVANIA. 1867 Edgar Cowan.. Greensburgh. 1867 Lafayette S. Foster ...... Norwich. 1889 James Dixon ......... 1869 Charles R. Buckalew.....Bloomsburgh. ..Hartford. RHODE IBLAND. 1869 William Sprague. Providence. 1869 George Read Riddle .. .Wilmington. 1871 Henry B. Anthony .Providence, 1871 Willard Saulsbury. ..... Georgetown. TENNESSEE. 1869 David T. Patterson.. Greenville, .Nashville, 1867 Lyman Trumbull. .Alton. VERMONT. 1871 Richard Yates. Quincy. 1867 Luke P. Poland St. Johnsbury. INDIANA. 1869 George F. Edmunds ..Burlington. 1867 Henry S. Lane............Crawfordsville. WEST VIRGINIA. 1869 Thomas A. Hendricks.... Indianapolis 1869 Peter G. Van Winkle ....Parkersburgh. IOWA. 1871 Waitman T. Willey .....Morgantown. 1867 Samuel J. Kirkwood..... Iowa City WISCONSIN. 1871 James W. Grimes ........Burlington. 1867 Timothy O. Howe.. Green Bay. 1869 James R. Doolittle....... Racine. NOT YET ADMITTED. ALABAMA. 1867 Garret Daris .Paris. 1867 Geo. S. Houston... Huntsville. 1871 James Guthrie. . Louisville. 1871 Lewis E. Parsons..... Talladega. MAINE. ARKANSAS. 1869 Lot M. Morrill.. Augusta. Batesville. 1871 Wm. Pitt Fessenden.....Portland. 1871 William D. Snow MASSACHUSETTS. COLORADO. 1869 Charles Sumer .Boston. 1871 Henry Wilson........ Natick. Jerome B. Chaffee. Central City .Denver. FLORIDA. 1869 Reverdy Johnson .... Baltimore. 1967 William Marvin Tallahassee. MICHIGAN. 869 Zachariah Chandler... Detroit. GEORGIA. 371 Jacob M. floward........Detroit. 1867 Herschel V. Johnson Louisville. 1871 Alexander H. Stephens....Crawfordsville, MINNESOTA. 169 Alexander Ramsay St. Panl. NEBRASKA. 1071 Daniel S. Norton.... Mankato. Thomas W. Tipton. John M. Thayer... MISSOURI. 1807 B. Gratz Brown... St. Louis. LOUISIANA. 1869 John B. Henderson ...Louisiana. 1867 R. King Cutler (C.).. New Orleans. NEVADA. 1871 Michael Hahn (č.)........ New Orleans. 1867 James W. Nye... Carson City. MISSISSIPPI. 1869 Wm. M. Stewart. .Virginia City. 1867 Wm. L. Sharkey....... .Jackson. NEW HAMPSHIRE. 1871 J. L. Alcorn. 1867 Geo. C. Fogg (A.)........Concord. NORTI CAROLINA. 1871 Aaron H. Cragin.........Lebanon. 1967 John Pool.. .Goldsboro. 1571 William A. Graham .....Hillsboro. 1869 F. T. Frelinghuysen (A.) Newark. SOUTH CAROLINA. 1871 Alexander G. Cattell....Camden. 1807 John L. Manning .Colonbla. 1871 Benjamin F. Perry. .Greenville. NEW YORK. TEXAS. 1867 Ira Harris. Albany. .Tyler. VIRGINIA 1967 John Sherman Mansfield. 1867 John C. Underwood Alexandria. 1869 Benjamin F. Wade.. .Jefferson. 1871 Joseph Segar Fortress Monroe |