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ALMAM.C

FOR THE YEAR

y

Being tbe Third Year of the Independence of the Con* |
federate States of America.

IB

H. O. CLARKE,

,ER AHD Pli

VICKSBlf&G. MISS.

-ALMANAC.^ — 1663.

STGNS OF THE ZODIAC AtfD IKFLBENCE OF TEE MOGU -
The Moon is supposed by some to have, a special influence upon differ-
ent*p«n.!r- <>l the bodies of men and animals, as it passes through the signs of
the Zodiac. The following cut is inserted for the Make or*those whq. be-
lieve in this imaginary influence, and is intended to ippresent the part of the
body aflvctsd by tlie Moon when it is in any paiticular sign of the Zodiac.
Byiindingthe Moon's place in "theproper column of the calendar pages,
and comparing it with this cut, the particular part which is supposed to be
afleetrd, will be at ouce seen. Thus, when the Moon is in Aries (^P), it
is pupp< sed to influence the head and face; when in Capricornus (V?)
the knees, etc .

cp Governs the Face and Head.

n
Arms..

a

Heart.

aft:

Tkigks.

Legs.

Neck.

Breast
SI Bowels

to

Secrets

V5>
Knees.

X Feet.

NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. '

<V> Aries, the Ram. & Taurus, the Bull, n Gomini, the Twins. 2>"
6anc«r, the Crab. &\ Leo, the Lion, N$ Virgo, the Virgin. =~= Libra, the
Ba'ance. 1TJ, Scorpio, the Scorpion. £ Sagittarius, th« Archer. V? Cap-
cicornus, the Goat. C& Aquarius, the Waterman- X Pisces, the Fishes.

~~r "chronological cycles.

Solar Cycle, 21

Roman Indiction,.. tJ

Julian Period .... 657G

Dominical Letter, D.

Golden Number, 2

Epact, (Moon's age,) Jan. 1st...... 11

MOVEABLE FEASTS OF THE CHURCH.

Septuagesima Sunday Feb. I j Rotation Sunday,

Quin. or Shrove Sunday, Feb. 15 Ascension Day,
Ash-Wednesday, ; Feb. 18 1 Whit-Sunday, ' ,

Palm Sunday, Mar. 29 j Advent Sunday

Easter Sunday. April 5

Mav 10
May 14
May .j4
Nov 29

1803— almak&c— ! SHI.

x KCIilPSKS FOR 1863.

The first will be of the Sun, on the 17th of May, at lib, 15m. A. M.,
invisible in America.

The second will be a tfetal Eclipse of the Moon, on the 1st day of June,
partially visible, and is calculated to apparent time, as follows :

PAT. H'b. MtN. 8F0.

The Eclipse begins on June - -' * -
Beginning of total darkness »» - - -
End of total darl ...*«.-

The Moon will rise at Augusta - -

h 7 2-10 digits eclipsed on her
Western limb.
The33elip»e> will eud ~ ■< - « - -
Duration of visibility ------

The third will be of the Sun, on the 11th of Nov., at 2h. 3Gm. A. M., in-
\ fisib e in America.

The fourth will be of the Moon, on the 25th day of November, visible
and nearly total throughout the continent of America, and is calculated
to apparent tim*, as follow? :

i,

4

17

3S 1
36. '

«l

5

24

If

6

31

18.

i.

7

I

o,

la

(«

7

33

1G.

'.•

0

37

16. .

Beginning at Augusta, Ga«, Nov.

Middle of Eclipse

Ecliptic Opposition

lOiid of Eclipse

Duration

DAT. h'r. Miff

8EO

25 1 57

14.

« 3 37

53.

<< 3 43

21.

« 5 IB

32.

" 3 21

18.

Digits eclipsed 11 1-2, «i the Moon's north limb.

At the protest obscuration, about 1-24 part of the Moon's diametery
will remain uneclipsed.

EQUINOXES AND SOLSTICES.

Vernal Equinox, (Spring begins) March 21st.

Summer Solft.ice, (Summer begins) June 2lst.

Autumnal Equinox, (Autumn begins).. ,- Sept. 23d

tice (Winter begins) ....Dec. 21st.

ASPECT3 OF r, <ETS.

The Planet Venus will be Evening Star till September 29th, then Morn*
fear till the eud of the year.

Jupiter will be in opposition with the Sun, on the 12th of April, when ho
will shin? with his greatest brilliancy.

Saturn will b^ in opposition with the* Sun, on the 20th of March, when,
he will be Bright) *

Mars willbe too near the Sun to afford any favorable opportunity of view*
in."; him this year.

THE TWELVE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC.

Spring Signs, 1. X Pisctss. 2. <Y» Aries. 3. « Taurus

SiumiM ., 4. n Geminii, 5". S Cau«»r. §. £\ Lee.

Autumn Sign?. 7. TTJ? Virgo. 8. ^ Libra. 9. IB Scorpio,

Winter Signs, .....10. $ Sagittftasll. V? Capri' us. 12. *CC Aquarius.
The i\- railed Northern Signs, and the other eix Southern

-boa — . , ^

'TABLE OF~THE PRINCIPAL BODIES N THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

• 1 1

Ve oci-

Size— %ke>

Pecsi-;

Mean

Mean Dis- llevolu-: li^volu-

tv per

ty« |L1ght,

NAMES.

Diame-

tance from tion ar'd tion on

■m. in

■ Earth *

a rib

ter.

the Sun. the Sun. Avi.s.

being 1.

b'ng 1 Vng 1

Miles.

Miles, lyrs. daysld h. M.

Wiles.

The Sirs..

883,246

, 25 9 £3

1,412.921.; 01

0.252

rnfin-

Mercury..

3,224

36.814,000.... 88i 1 0 r-

V-

i.120

6.680

Venus

7,687

* 68,7^7,000

.. 221!.. 23 2!

0,909

0.933

1.911

The Eafth

7,912

95. 103.0! >0

1 ...

.. 23 56

I.U0I

1.000

The Moo a

2,180

95,103,C'I!0

1 ...

' I

1.000

Mars

4,189

144,90:5.000

1 321

1 0 o7

0, 1 $

0.431

Jupiter ...

80.170

494,797,000 11 215

.. * 56

493

1,4

Saturn . ..

79,042

G07,l68.<!l)0l 29 1G7

.. 10 29

368

771,('Q0

0.0ft

JJr-inus ...

85,112

1,824,290,000 84 6

1 13 33

89,000

Nepnne..

41,500

3,854 0

164 223

»

208

Note. --There are more than fifty small Planets oi . i, between the uibftof

Mars and Jupiter.

MEAN AND APPARENT TIME.
Mean Time is the time indicated by a well-regulated clock or watch ran-
ging without variatiou, so as to niske the day, or 2A hoars, equal to the
Mean Time at which the Sun comes to the meridian daring the year. Ap-
parent Time is the time which makes the Sun cpmeto the meridian every
day at l2 o'clock. On account of the ehpticity of the earths orbit, and
i*s inclination to the equator, the sun does not always eorae to the merid-
ian in exactly the same time ; and hence, Apparent Time is irregtflar, and
either gradually falls behind Meap Time, or gains oh it, sometimes to the
amount of more than sixteen minntes. When the^Sun comss to the merid-
ian earlier than the Mean Time, it is said to be fast: but whea'it coaies to
it later, it is said to be slow ; and the amount by which Apparent Time
differs from Mean Time is called the Equation of-Ti^pe. In order to set
a timepiece according to Mean Tim©!, it is necessa; y to have a dial, or noon
saark ; and allowance must be made for th« Equation ef Time. This
Almanac is in Mean Time.

EWLANATION OF THE SIGNS DrttD 1\" THIS ALMANAC,

<$ New Mot-), and Moon generally,- <? First Quarter, QFuIl M*m, >
Last Quarter Q Moon's ascending ne'e, or dragon's head. ^ Moona
descending node, or dragon's tail. In Apogee — Moon farthest from the
Earth " In Pkrigee- -Moor nearest th - eaith, {§£ Highest —Moon fai
thest !.s;onh $ Low est -Moon farthest S< nth. 9 Saturn. $ Venus
^ ne^f together. U Jupiter. $ Mercuiy D 90 deg. apart, § Oppo,
sition or 180 degrees apart $ Mars. 7* Stars. ^ Sun. ^ Hersehel.

Complete Court Calendars, &c. for the States of Alabama and Tennessee, wHi be
inserted in orders of 10 gross and upwards from d*alars ordering tor circulation iu
those states respectively. *

Xots. Any person solving ten of the Problems contaijgjjd in this Alma-
nac, and sending to me at Amerieus, Ga., by the I5tb of May .nex£ the cor-
rect answers to the same, shall have the same acknowledged in the Almanac
for 1864.

A few original problems for 1864, are solicited. They must he thorough-
ly solved and explained, in order to meet with attention

T. P. AsKMORK.

list Month,] JANUARY, 1863. [31 Days,

1

PROBLEMS.

iviooi^s phas

l.'What must be the diameter of a:

D. H. M.

Full Moon, 4 9 46 eve,

Last Quari. 5 eve.

■ oou, 19 9 54 mo.

iuarter, 26 -3 45 eve.

balloon, in order that it may ascend wilh
four persons, weighing each 160 pounds.
and (he balloon and bag of sand weigh-
ing 60 pounds.

Sun j Sun

^sa

Moon

Fipb nde

'•!.' Various Phenomena.

rises sets

ri &sts

Savannah.

W i

H.k.

' 456

2^
n

H. M.

Thur '^zw jfea'r'a Day. ,6Vd

4 5

5 55

2

■ Perigee orr?.d

7 3 4 17

5 0

7 10|

3

Satur 4 highest entity weather

7 3 4 57

2B

* 50

8 8]

S. Prineeten Battle, 1777.

1 4 57

rises.

9 d

A on Cloudy and

7 2 4 5*

a-

6 15

It.* J

billies Epiphany. . co/J.

7 2 4 5*

7 8

10 26

ad

•4 5^

np

8 20

1] 2

bar Bat. N. Orleans, 1815.

7 1 4 59

9 13

n 3s;

9 Frid . Fair and frosty .

7 1

4 59

10 18

E 14

Satur Aidebaran ' sou. 9h 8m.

7 05 0

->\.

11 25

(1 47

11 S. Ala. 4b PI '., '61.

7 05 0

1 24

12 Moil Now'thcrc plea son!.

6 59 5 1

"t

0 30

2 *|

Tues Richard IJ.kiUeU 1490

6 59 5 1

1 40

fifed xY- £. Wi*»is!6 58

2 50

8 4'

■15;Tkiir •• -^ (<"

3 46

* O

j 1 ^> Frid ([lowest arjfe

6 57 5 3

V?

4 46

€ 21

17gat«r Bat. G< 178

6 57

5 3

7 30

$. flying clouds.

6 56

5 4

6 81

8 id

19 Mow Capella sou. 9h. 11m.

6 55

5 5

/V

i sets.

9 2!

■B

Tues # enters ~ Geo sec '61, 6 55

5 5

: 6 30

9 4*1

Wed High winds from 6 54 5 6

X

7 34

10 25

22

Thar Rigel sau. tk- 48m.

G 54

5 6

8. 25

11 5

P

Frid N. W. and cold.

6 53

5 7

; 9 21

hi 45;.

24

Satur Augusta arsenal tak 'Hi 6 52

5 8

10 10

Mom .

-*?

S. . Cold and 6 5 1

5 9

11 8

0 28

26

Hon- Sirius sou. lGli. L6m.

6 51

5 -9

tf

morn-

1 13;

;27

Tues : CI'

0 50

5 10

0 7

1 59:

2S

Perhaps snow

6 49

5 li

n

1 ft

2 57 j

•29

F. C. Bond died 59.

6 48

5 12

2 2

4 9^

6 4»

5 12

a

2 56

6 34j

or sleet.

6 47

5 M,

3 Of

H

iSd Month.] FEBRUARY, 1863 28"J9Ey>al|

MOON'S FHASES ~' ^ tue mercury i" a barometer, at j

i the

bottom of a tower, be observed to I

D H M ! stand at 30 inches, and, on being curric J;
i to the top of it, be observed 29.9 inches,!

[Full Morn . 3 4 "39 .eve. . wha

t is the height of the tower :

■ Last Quarter 11 1 51, mo.

3

Suppose a piece ftf marble contans'l

| New Moon 17 9 30 eve.

8 cubic 'feet, and weighs 1,353^ lb-..]
what is the specific gravity ?

! First Quarter 25 9 16 mo.

»

D.

D.

Sun

Sun j«H-

Moon

High tide!

of

of

Various Phenomena.

rises

sets|2

ri. st.

SavtanaliJ

M

W

~s7

/

H. M.

8~46

m.m.

5Ti

H. M.

\ »7|

jSeptuageskha S.

4 20

ei i

Mon.

Purification B. V. Mary.

6 45

5 15

5 15

8* 49

Tue.

j . Fair and frosty.

6 44

5 16

^

5 47

J) 32)

Wed.

[1780

6 44

5 16

rises.

10 9

5

Thu.

i Earthquake at Sicily,

6 43

5 17

-y\-

8 30

10 43

6

Fri.

Damp and

IT 42

•5 18

9 14

11 14

7

Satu.

iSifius sou. 9h. 25m.

6 41

5 19

HI

10 25

11 46

S

a;

cloudy weather.

6 40

5 20

11 0

E ln|

9

Mon.

■'■

6 39

5 21

*

11 SO

| 0 44;]

-Tue.

Pro. Gov. Con. Stat/61.

6 88

5 22

»

11 59

! 1 25

Wed.

i R e v oluti o n ' i n 'Domingo,

8 37

5 23

morn.

12

Thu.

q lowest. [1807.

6*36

5 24

V?

0 36

;- -

Fri

Wind and

6 36

5 24

1 48

4 e!

•t 14

Sat,

Valentines cold.

a 35

5 25

2 43

5 29

9.

Quiquag. Sim.

6 34

5 26

3 36

6 47

Mon.

:Melancthbn born, 1497.

6 33

5 27

4 50

1 52

Tue.

Sirius souths 8h. 50m.

6 32

5 28

sets.

3 37

Wed.

;Asn Wednesday.

6 31

5 29

7 30

9 2 2'

•

Thu.

jSun enters X

6 30

5 30

8 41

10 3|

Fri,

Much cloudy.

6 29

5 31

9 39

10, 44

Sat.

weather and

6 28

5 32

10 25

11 27

I

•5.

Washington born, 1732.

6 27

5 33

«

10 49

morn.

Mon.

some rai%.

6 26

5 34

11 20

- 0 16

Tue.

jSt. Math i as.

6 25

5 ^5

n

11 56

0 54;

Wed

Now more pleasant.

8 24

morn.

1 41

Thu.

<r highest.

6 23

P '.7

SB

0 5*6

2 30!

Frid.

Proeyon south 9h. 3m,

6 22

1.47

8 49

Satu.

\at the end of this month.

;

JJCT^CTaa>L.- , u,.:^., ,. ■ ... ., ,..„v^

8 21

5 39

a

...

2 36

5 10

3d Month

,1 MARCH, 1883. [31 Days.

MOON'S PHASES. 4. The diameter of a balloon is 2,665!

D H> M | feet, what weight isj it capable of raiisng?

Full Moon 5 9 21 mo ! ^ What i»the solidity in inches of!

First Quarter 2. 3 14 mo 1 6

I>.

• D

S\m

SunU ,.

Moon

Hiplrti.lo'

of

of

Various Phenomena.

rises

sets ^ §

ri.&sts

Savan'&h

|

M

W

H.M.

H.M.P ^

H. M.

1

s.

St. David.

620

5T0|

3 35

2 Mon

Procyon Sou. 9 h. 48 m.

6 19

5 41 'in?

4 6

7 43:

$|Tues

Fair and frosty.

6 18

5 4*i

4 44

8 20

4 Wed

Pollux Sou. 8 h. 44 m.

6 17

5 48j=Cb

5 19

9 10

5!Tkur

La Place died, 1827.

6 16

5 44

rises.

9 43

rid

Cloudy and damp.

6 15

5 45 !tt

7 7

10 17

latur,

Regulus Seu: 1 Oh. 56m.

6 14

5 46

8 0

10 46

'

Cold winds.

6' 13

5 47

8 53

11 17

9 Mon jgegulus Sou. 10 h. 48m.
10|T from the N. PP.

6 12
6 11

5 49

9 45
10 87

11 48
Ey.18

ed D lowest.

6 H*

A 50 Vjj

il 29

0 59

12;Tnor

6 9

5 51

morn.

1 30

lBFrid # discovered 1781.

6 8 5

0 20

2 19

r4iSatur More miZtf.

5 53

1 10

15 S Jackson horn. 1707.

8 8 5 54

1 57

4 51

on Regulus sou. 10 h. 21m.

6 5 5 55;?/,

2 43

6 ll'

17|Tues St. Patrick.

6 4 5 56

3 27

7 18;

" 16 Wed

Stormy and

' 51 v

4 9 8 8;

roJThOT

unpleasant weather.

6 2 5 58 ...

8 58

•20 Frid

J? 8 % h rises 5 h. 59 m.

6 1 5 59

9 35

21jSa

Days aDd nights equal.

10 21

S. Fair and more

5 59 6 1

9 ell 4

23 Mon

Regulus sou. 9h. 58 m.

5 58 6 2 n

10. 0 11 51

24'Tues

pleasant.

5 57 6

10 4$ Morn.

25 Wed

Annunciation B. V. M. 5 50!6 4!

11 25 0 :J4

26}Thur <[hig] 5 55 0 5

si

11 59 1 31

27JFrid

Cloudy an$& 54 .6 6

mow . 2 21

28Satur

War with Russia, '54% !5 53 6 7

ill

3 29

89

Palm Sun. some ra?n.5 52 G 81

1

5 4 54

hm

ilus sou. 9h. 20m. 5 51 6 0

JK

2 20 6 11

rues

Calhoun died, 1850. ,5 50;6 lo!

3 45l 7 16:

1th Month,]

APRIL, 1863.

[30 Days

MOON'S PHASES.

J). II. M.

Full Moon 3 11 3 eve-.

last Quarter 10 9 14" eve

New Moon 17 9' 47 eve.

I First Quarter 25 8 22 eve.

G A rniller has n head of water four'
feet above the sluice, how high must the;
water bo raised above the opening so that;
half as much again water may be dis-j
charged from the sluice in the same time ?'

p.

rx4

| Sun

rious Phenomena, rise:

u.m.

Sun

sets

MoorjHl^,l)de
oiri&sts SavaH*ah

li'Wed|Regulus sou. 9h. 18m. |5 49 6 11-

2|Thur

Pleasant weather, ,5 4H6 12|

pifrid l^outl Frida

/br»5 47 0 l:irr[

ML.

4 35

5 a

rises.

4fSatur w'« H. Harrisojs d'd '41J5 46 6 I4j
5 g !?ast- Sunday [planiing.fi 40 6#«i5 ?
6JMon lEaster Monday. . 5 44 6 IB

TjTPues !d lowest. • 5 43 fj }.7.y?

ilWect'l R*lki with Thunder. 5 4216 18!
dThuL-'|EJward IV. died 1483.15 41J6 19
lOFrid Bat- lA' Toulouse, 1814:J3 406 20jcx
nSatur!pit&blirg burned, 1845.5^915 2)

7
7
8
5)

10

11

H.

8
8
9
91

5SJ10 io|
36 10 48!

42f:

16

48,

21 11

1| £.'
1 l%on
j UjTues
! 15j Wed
i l?Thur

HlFrid

>atur

S.

i-^'Mon

pli'Tuw

i $4Wed

:U£# K fises6h.

m. 5 38 6 22 >$

Fort Sumter taken, '01. 5 376 23!
Embargo repealed 1814|5 36>C> 24!
Spica sou. lib. 39m. |5 35;6 25 ^ j

. Warm for ihis\5 3416 26
'Virginia seceded, 1861, 5 33 6 27 y

in or*

0 1

1 2

3 35

4 50

5 52
sets.

months 3216 2S;
0 enters <f . . [near,!5 31J6 2«fcl
d d ? at 2h 8m aft. very 5 30 6 30,
CZotuZy a«rf|5 2916 31'
d highest. wi?idy,'5 28

23 Thur [St- George. 5 27

24 Frid Brazil discovered, 1500,5 26
25J6atii [St. Mark.' Fair and\& 25
26 \ $. ISpica sou. 10h; 56m. 5 24
27;Mou ; A returns sou. lib. 44m. 5 23 j6
28Tues j Wolfe killed, 1J59. |5 ?2J6 3
2y|Wed j pleasant ueaiherM 21|6 39

Thur [Washington iuaug.. '89J5 20,6 40,1*1

6 32;=5
6 33

"7.

7-

8

9

9

10

11

11

i
6

7

8

9

WHO
010 47
42111 32
SllMorn

30
18

20
42

27

57
58.

ii(

33
■43
37
29
31

14!

58

morn.

40

31
22
11

J5i,

17
5

1

2

IS
20

32:

251

||5th Month,] MAY, lb68.

[31 Dayfc|

MOON'S PHASES.

7. W7fat is the Yelocity#ef water is-
suing frein a' head of* water 5 feet Jeep?

B. II. M.

Full Moon 3. 9 43 mo.

8. What is the difference batwea'a the

Last Quarter .10 5 lfiirao.

length of a pendulum,

which titrates

New Mdon 17 11 15 mo.

half seconds, and eiae

whieh swings 3

J First Quarter 25 11 23 aio. seconds r

\P D"

Sun Sui

Woo

[of

of

Various Phenomena, riaeq fcelsg %

ri.&a

M
! 1

W

*

U.M. IliM.F ?

M.

6

Frid

St. Philip c

Satur

Warm, and dry 5 19 6 41 £

5 4|

a s.

Tennessee seceded '61.15

ritetJ 5 20!

4 Mom

Robert Gfler died, *4 S. 5 1 "J 6 43,

8 0 9

5 Tues

Moon lowest. />#/ 44 V?

8 5010

j 6 Wed

Humboidt died 'of.*.. 5 L5J6

9 4110 59

7MThur and muchfr I 5 6 1

10 3

! 8 Frid cloudy wealhtr.lS 146 41

11 21JE.

atur AFcturaa sou lOh 66m. 5 136 47 X

u .:•:> o 5a

10 S. Rogation Sunday. 5 126 48

morn., 1

ill Mou RatfT4t«A;5 12,6 48

0 40 2 3$:

12Tues, Antares bou lh Ota. 5 lift 49 t

' $ 46

13 Wed thunder.^ 108*50

2 25 4

14Th' ■ asionday. ■ 5 9.6 51! a

3 36 i 0 4

15 Frid ATcae ioe »iayl5 9 6 51

4 41 7 I

1 16 Satur ; 52

5 58 3 1

17 &

Sun eclipsed invisible. 5 76 5:> rj

sets. 8 1*1

' 18 Mon

u fine growing^ 7,6 1

8 2 9 44,

19 Tues

Moon highest.

8 51 10

20 Wed

Sun enters n *ca

9 40; 11.

21Thur

• •

10 36 M

22 Frid

o/" / :

1Q r

23 Satur

Irish rebellion com.* '98. j5 4'6 5

il 31 0 59

N.

VVhif Sunday. 3 0 07

11 58 I

Mon

Whit Monday, month. |5 3J6 57 1 a

morn. 2 30

26 Tues

John Calvin died, 1564.15 26 58j

0 52 3

27 Wed

Fatrj5 216 58

1 47 4

2^Thur
29Fiid

nd pleasant. 5 I

6 59 nt

2 35 5 37;

Gen. rum am died, '90. 5 1

6 59

3 21 6 36!

80 Satur- U lex. Pope died, 1744. ~~> b

7 0

4 15| 7 31

Trinity Sunday. *'/ 0

7 0

5 20; 8 1 1

•

ffth Menth.] . JUNE, 186S. [30 Days.

MOON'S PHASES.

9* I observed, that while a stone

was falling from a prseipie*, a string.

Full Moon 16 1 ere.
Last Quarter 8 1 13 eve.
New \M eon 10 1 54 mo.
First Quarter M 0 19 m

with a hullet at the end, which mfeasur

ed 25 inches to the middle of the bail.

i

height of the precipice? •<

. u>.

D ' SuhrjSunto;; jishti*.

ioi

ef

Various Phenomena, irises! sets jgg|ritsts|s>av"*Hab

M

W

|Br.K.[aR3^.|§^ II. M.JH. 2if.

M

"Mon

Woon eclipsed visible. |4 59J7 1 VS

Irises. j 8 54

2

Tues

Moon lowest. Pleasanh 597 J

.8 0 9 29

1 3

Wed

Transit. of ?• in 1760. 14*58,7 2~

i s

i 4

Thur

1 ^elfe 4 58|7 2

9 42|lCL 43

|; 5

Frid [Dr. Worcester dfed '21.'|4 58J7 2

110 33111 11

6 Safari Claudy and sopteh t>7\7 3JK

|il 22

7i m\

1 7 &

Aliases sou llh 13m. j4 57 7 81

'11 50

E. 39,

j 8 Mon

Gen. .Jackson died "'45.^4' 57J7 3« *V»

jMorn,

1 26

! 9|Tues

S. L. Southard born '87.J4 57 7 3

0 43

2 19,

! lOjWed

Victory at Bethel, 1861. 4 50 7 4 »

1 37

3 *G

HThur

St. Barnabas. ram. ;4 567 4

! 2.25

4 30

l2Frid

Warnii 567 4j

8 25

5 35

i 13JSatur

and! unpleasant.^ 567 4 2

4.35

6 43

14

ar.

Moon highest. 4 56 7 4

5 40

7 45

15

Mon

i^am ia«& thunder. A 56 7 4.j ®

6 *£

8 40

16

Tues

Pres. Polk died, 1849. 4 55,7 5

sets.

9 32

17

Wed

Bat. Bunker Hill, 1775.4 55 7 !

9 5 10 20

:18Tliur

Bat, Waterloo. 1815. 4 55 7

9 111 4|

! 19JFricl

More pleasant

]A 55 7 5 rrg

!9 50111 4M

: SolSatur

Q. Vict, crowned, '37.

4 55:7 5'

0 20 Morn..]

]2lj S.

Sun eiit. 25. Longest clay.

4 55,7 51

lu alj 0 2*j

122 Mon

Antares sou. lOh 14m.

'4 557 5^'

I.J 10, 1 • 6

„

! 23 Tues

Akenside died, 1772. .4.55 7 5

11 56 1 54

\ 24 Wed

St. John Baptist.

-I 55 7 ' 5 in. !

Morn.j 2 40

25iThur

Bish. Gadsden died, '52.

4 557 5

0 43 3 3 3

■rid

Bat. Fort.MouK 1776.

4 55 7 5. f i

1 3)' 4 S±

27 Safar

Monmouth Bat. 1778.

4 507 4

2 33 5 42

|2SJ s. !

Warm and

4 56 7

3 411 6 44;

|29Mon I

d lowest. St. Peter.

4 567 4y? :

■•■' 7 40

30lTues 1

dry weather.

4 56 7 4: ; 6 0< j

! 7th Month.] JULY, 1863.

[3rDaysl

1 MOON'S PHASES. 10. There is a sluice, '

i».v h. m. which- is 2 1-2 feet lower

ttan the other.

;Full Moon 1 1 6 ino. what is tkt

velocity of the stream per

Last Q wart er 7 10 17 eve.. sereiid ?

New Moon 15 5 3 It- If a

ball fall through a space of

First Quarter 23 10 58 mo. 484 feet in

5 1-2 second*

, with what ve-

Full Moon iiy will it strike?

D. 0 Si

in

Sun -0 \

Moon Hi?ll tide

af of Various Phenomena, rises

sets | %

ri.&^t* ^a^anna'1

M W • h.

M.
56

r. X.

fc 1 Wed . Sultry weather. 4

7 4

j. 9 7

2Thur Vis. of B. V. Mary. 4 56

7 4-

8 31 9 46

gFrid Fort Erie taken, 1*14. 4 57

7 3

9 2110 26

4 Satur U. S.Dec. Indepem'76. 1 57

7 3X

10 2,11 si

5 S. f^at. Cheat Mount, '61.J4 58

"

10 411 42

■ 6 Mon Ram with loud 4 58

7 2

11 6|E. 2 J

! 7]Tues thunder avd ! 56

7 2'<P

1 8

Fed Antares sou 9h 12m. 4

7 2

0 32

1 57

! 9|Thur Pres. Taylor died 1850.4 59

7 1§ :

lOFrid Columbus'borri, 1&7. 4 597- 1

2 17

Ll Satur 5. Q. Adams born, H<>7 4 59|7 1

12 S. .Hull invad. Canada,') 2. 5

0 7 0 n

4 0

6 30

13 Moii : * vivicf lightning. \&

07 0

4 38

7 37

HTues Moon highest. 5

1 6 59 25

5 p

8 33!

15 Wed Antares sou 8h 44m. 5

1 6 59

sets.

9 23

16*Thiir Hegrra begins 622. 5

2 6 59 ft •

7 38

io e

17Frid ElbridgS Gerry b. 1739.15

2 6 !

8 26

LS Satur Bat. Bull Rua,'I861. 5

3 6 57TIR

9 15

11 24

19 S Congress met at Rfch'd 5

8 8 57

10 '0

11 59#
Morn.;

20 Mon Vega sou lOh 36m. ['61 5

4 6 56-

10 48

21 Tues Bat. Manassas 1861. 5

50 55

11 21

0 36

•22 Wed Sun enters ft. 5

5 6 55 nj,

11 59 1 J*

;28JThur Warm 5

6 6 54 *

morn. 1 53

j4 Frid <m<Zj5

6 6 54 f

0 48 2 34

25 Satur St. James. . dry 5

7 6 53

1 38 3 35

26 S». St. Anne wen

8 6 52'

2 40 4 49

27 Mo a Moon lowest. •">•

■'2 V:?

3 44 ' 6 2

28 Tues D<>£ days begin. 5

9 6 51

4 5fi 7

2$ Wed Rainy andfi

10 0 50 ex

6 0 3 1

SOiThur stormy. 5

11

6 49,

rises.

8 45l

[wlFrid Fomalhaut sou 2h 13m. 5 11

6 49; K

8 21

9 2C|

8th Month,]

\UGiJST .1863

[31 Days.

MOON'S PHASES.

0. H. M

Last Quarter 6 9 28 mo.

New Moon 14 8 27 mo.

jFirst Quarter 21 8 12 eve.

Fall Moon _ 28 3 1 9 eve.

D. D

12. If a ball strike the ground with a j
velocity of 56 feet per second, from what I
height did it fall?

13. In what time will a musket ball, ,
droppod trcm the top of a steeple 484 !
lest high, come to the ground?

ol

W

Various Phenomena.

un Sin; 1***1 Moon T0B»hTidJ

Sets o "|ri & sts Savannah,

iSatur jLammau Day. 5 12

2 S. Sweltry weather. 5 13

SMon [Burr's trial com. 1807.15 13
4Tues iBrownstown Bat. 1812.5 14

rises
■i. nr.

5 Wed

ojThur

7;Frid

SjSatur

Fomalhaut -sou Ih 53m.

Bat. Hang. Rock, 1780

Rain and thunder'*

Cloudy and

9; S. iBat. Oak Hill, 1861.
lOjMon Moon highest. zaindyD 19 (y 41 ^

II.M.j"

6"48l~"

6 47
6 47| cp
6 46 ■
3 15 6 45 y

5 16;3 44;
5 17 6 43;

5 17 6 43! h
•%18{6 42]

II. M.I.

9 .io;io

9 57 10

10 47,11

11 2i£v

42!
.23

Morn.

HTues

weather^ 20,6 40

12! Wed George IV. born, 1762.J5 21 6 39k),
lafThur Now we may 5 22|6 38

HJFrid Altair sou lOh 9m. 5 22|6' 38 .1$

15JSatur Bonaparte bom, 1769. 5 23|6 37j
16| S. Bat. at Camden, 1780. 5 2.4 6 36
17|"Mon j czpect a heavy 5 25

1 8|Yues Altair sou 9h 53m. 5 26

19 Wed I storm of wind and ,
20;Thur iBat. in Mexico, 1847.

4.1!
36J
25;
35

45

en.o

0 .4?

-1

21jFrid LWm. IV.-b
22 Satm* \% enters irg.
23

1765.
rain.

d lowest, [from N. E.

? brightest in the eve.
Bp. Bowcn died 1839.
]>r Adam Clark d. '32.
Fair and mild.

S.

Mon

Tties
26jWed
27Thur

28|Frid JHatteras taken 1861.
29j8atur St.- John Bap. beheadedJ5 37
30J & Paley born, 1743. ! 5 38
3llMon Bunyan died, 1688. 5 39

6 35
6 34
6 33

6 10
Sets.
8 1.10

8 50 10

9 31 11

58
20
30

23!

£(.#

59
32

Tit 10 22 Morn.

5 28
5 29
5 30

6'32||

6 31
6 30
5 3l|0 29;V5»
5 32j6 28
5 33 6 27 £
6 26
6 25
6 24JX

6 2;:i

6 22: T
5 21

5 34
j 35

5 36

11 101 0

11 50: 0
Morn, 1

0 40

1 31

2 21

3 25

4 15

5 16
Rised 8

1

51

0

44i

3

57

17

(i

32j

7

31

7 31i

8 15;

9 010

! 9th#Month,j 2PTEMBER, 1863* « [30 Days.

BIASES.

14. If the WHhctioii of the moon raise
a tide cu tirti^rth five feet high, what

S. D. H. M

j L^t Quartor 4 11 13 eve.

will b© the height of a tide, raised by the

INtirMoon IS 11 29 eve.

earth on the surface of the moon, under*

\ First Quarter 20 4 41 rao.

similar circumstances.

: Moon 27 0 : i

i Sun ) Sun

*

HI. Tide

-

of Various

1:

ri &sts

SAVAN-
NAH,

M W .

•

6 21

* 1

If. M.

i Tues

i i warm

9 41

Wed

Jon burned, 1006.. |5 40

6 20

110 20

11 44

Vliur

Cloudy, iind some 5 4]

6 If!

ill 10

Frid

AlLiir S. >3 h'rs 46 min.

6 18

n

1 morn.

1 15

Satur

77ti« 5 4

0 2

| . 6 &

, horn, 1757. 5 44 6 16

0 58

Mon

a]) high .v77i //«m-

Si

4 -

Tues

Eutaw, 1181. rfer.[5 4«;

2 50

Wed

Fomalhaut sou.ltii 32m 5 4*3

3 <>

7 i'aj

thur

Bat. Lake Erie, 181.'}.

4 15

8 8

rid

5 496 11

W

5 25

8 49

. •'.-.'wj/j. 5 50 6 10

sets.

Douati's Comet, 185rS. 5 5]

=~

7 0

9 59

Man

Moscow burnecj, 1812. 5 52

7 54

10 30

TUGS

Surreii! of >T. Y., 1776.

1

8 43

Jl 1

ifi Wed

Fomalhaut sou. llh 4 m. [5 54

9 31

11 32

H Thur

Changeable ■ 6 5

2

morn.

Frid

i 56 6 4

13 5

0 10

Satur

; lowest, J5 5',

if 50

0 36

S.

■ay and boisterous.

5 586 2

morn.

1 10

2]

Mon

St. Matthew.

5 59,6 1

Ow

0 43

2 5

22 Tues

Weather may note

6 00 0

J 32

3 10

28lw,ed

Sun enters *±. Days and

6 1 5 591

2 37'

4 36

[flights equal.

5 56

X

3 40

5 54

Fomalhaut sou. lOh 29m

5 57

atur

be expected fair.

qp

5 29

fif.

4rtic lo-t. 1854-

9 55

Mon

Detroit retaken, 1S13.

» 54

7 21 ;

9 12

! 29 Toes

? d> Sun Inferior.

__L _ ...

0 t ■> 53

»

8 10

9 55

30|Wed |

l?#dSua. * St. Jerome.

3 52

9 0

10 40

10th Month.]

OCTOBER, 1863.

f31 Dap

MOON'S PHASES.

Last Quarter
|New Moon
[First Quarter
Full Moon

D.

4
12
19
36

II. -u.

3 27

1 27 eve
1 .34 eve.
0 .31 eve.

' 15. Supjw
J long and 4
jhuaieolar pre
'^TWIed with

Suppose a vessel 3 feet wide, 5 feet
feet high, what is the perpen-
essure on the bettom, it beiug
water to the brim ?

D.
of

M.

D

of
W

3
4

I 5

Various Phenomena.

SimiSiui| ^Vioonw^

• _ _ . 1 . _ a. ■ l~ ?? - • . _ .. :So^qi

H.M.in.M

3£

Thur j
Frid j
Satin' I
S. j
Mon
C'lTues
7;Wed
SlThur
9Frid
lOlSatur
11 S.
12|Mon
13Tues
14

11 d ? Cloudy and\6

Major Andre exe. 1786.6 10
damp weather. \6 11

95 51

i*j &st.s

H. M.

n

5 50
5 49
d 'highest.- |6 12 5 4*

Brainard died, 1747. |6 13 5 47
Fomalhaut sou 9h 46m. 6 14 5 46 £1
Bac King s Mount. '80J6 155 45

Cool nights and 6 15 5 45 H#
Battle- gchleitz, 1806. |6 16;5 44^

mornings AQ 17j5 43j=~:
Bahamas discov'd 1492.16 18J5 42';

e„ tide
Savannah

H. M.

9 56
10 43

ill 86

j morn.

0 21

Fair and

mild weather.
Wed | Fomalhaut sou 9h 14m.
15 Thur Bank Panic, 1857.
*|j 16 Frid j Raining and

1 17 Satur JBurgoyne surrend 1777.

118 S. [St. Luke. stormy.
19 Mon ICornwallis sur 1781.
20Tues
21 Wed

6 19 5 41! "U

6 20
6 21
6 22
6 23
6 24
6 25

5 40
5 39
5 38
5 37
5 36
5 35

V?

11
E.
0
1
B
4
5
6

sets.
6 21

22!Thur

23;Frid
24Satur
25; S.
26Mon
27 Mies
; 28iW|d
! 2SjThur
I 30jFrid
'31 Satur

6 26|5 341

Windy and cool.\$ 27 5 33j

Fomalhaut sou 8h 47m.j6 28 5 32

Nora v;e may expecifi 29

0 enters r\. '. 6 30

frost. 6 31

T * sou lh 23m. ;6 32

Changeable and 6 33

(Fomalhaut sou 8h 23m. ;6 34

St; Sim. and St. Jude. 6 35

" unsettled. 6 36

U highest. 6 37

7

8

9

10
11
morn.

24
11

58
55
4
27
49
55
44
25
59j
32!

34

6

37

■21 6®

weather.\6 38

A

T

5 31
5 30
5 29

5 28
5 27 y

5 26J
5 25i
5 24jn
5 23!
5 22125

21

28
41
rises.

7 1

8

9
30
10
II
11
42'Morn.
50 0 16

0

I

2

3

6

7

42;

7

ft

9

10

5g

42
31
14

30

35
34

53!
p

21
W

[4

35
21

7
54

Iljth Month,]

NOVEMBER, 1863.

[SO Bays.

MOONS PHASES.

P. Hi M.

3 9 28 mo.
11 2 35 mo-
17 1 3 29 eve.
25 3 29 mo.

Last Quarter
'New Moon
[First <

omena.

All

16. With what velocit1/ will an iron
; ball begin to d*se«nd, if raised 3,000
miles above the earth's iUffa

17. How high must a ball be raided,
to lose half its weight?

NAB.

a

d ? brightest in the m&\
tfthm

d Leonard.

tur Bat.' Belmont, 1£61. * ro 4<i

. urn

d, 1674. • ' 6 46
• 5 18 I

hw; • 12

Moon Lowest. ir.p 49|5 11 y?

•as. Carroll d,,
S. !Wi. . ti d., 1794 • • 5 10j~

1
2

11 57

Worn.

0 48

i S7

r

^17Tues
lQThur

Tea d( ^515

52 j 5

i. llh Urn. |6 53;^>

6 54 1 5

6

7

9

10

3<ijl0
36! H

15
11

18

59'morn.

7

0 8i

24lTues

• ■ d visible. (;
atur idy Weather.

P

«

mdrew's Day.

7 05

I
1
0

0

]

2
3

4
5
6
7
8
«. 10 Q

7 0 10

8 48 U

10
25

rises.

131

1 5

7

S

2

9
42J

Si ! 9 39eve.2H

12th Month.]

DECEMBER, 1863.

[31 Days.

MOON'S PHASES.

D. H. M.

Last Quarter 3 3 53 rno.

New Moon * 10 2 43 eve.

First Quarter 17 H5 39 mo.

Full Moon 24 9 0 eve-

18. If die velocity of a stream of water
spouting through the bulk head of a mill
be 16 feet per second, what h«ad of water
is there ?

D.

of

W

D

of
|M

i llTues
j ;2,Wed
! 3Thur i
4'Frid

Various Phenomena.

Sun

rises

H.M.

Days "f 0 hours long. 7

7 Stars souths lOh 50m. 7

Fair and, Frosty. \7

Sun fast, clock 9m 19s. 7

raSatur Rainy and Cool. |7

6| S. VanBuren born, 1782. |7

7iMon Windy and'"/

8;Tues 7 Stars souths lOh 26m. |7

9 Wed unpleasant. Weather. [7

10|Thur Moon lowest. ' 7

lljFrid Gt.Fire Charleston, '6 1. 17

12Satuir Cold enough!

13 S. Bat. Valley Mouiit.,18617

14|Mon Washington died, 1799.17

15|Tues | for Tech

]6jWed Gt. Fire N. York, 1835.J7

17«Thur ; Rainy and. vnplcasa all

ISJFrid Sun fast, clock ,2m f Is. 7

l&|Satur Wea<A€r.7

20i S. S. Carolina seccd. '60. 7

21] Mou Sun ent, Y9 Shortest day. 7

22|Tues Land, of Pilgrims, 1620.17

23 Wed Sir L Newton born,1642j7

Tli'ir Sun & clock agree. 7

Frid Christmas Day. Clearpi

Satur ! D highest. St. Stephen. 7

S. |St. John Evang. andl

28JMon jlnnocents, cold weather 1

29Tues The Java taken, 1812. 7

24

25
■ 26'
27

30 Wed 7 Stars souths 9h 0m.
3llThur i for this Climate.

Sun
sets

H.M.'

in U Moon
o ^;ri.&sts

* *<H. M.

n$

5 0

4 59

4 59;

2 4 5SU

2 4 58| '
2J4 58| )lj.

3 4 571

3 4 57 $
«3l4 57

3)4 57|Y?
4|4 56

4 4 56
4 4 5(*

4 4 56
4;4 56
54 55
5|4 55

5 4 55
514 55
5;4 55
54 55
5/1 55
54 55
5 4 55]
54 55|35
54 55

4 4 56| a
4[4 56
4;4 56 15
44 56j

4i4 561=2:

X

op

10 fc5

11 21
morn .

0 15

sets

5 m

6 40

7 2*

8 45

9 40
10 5:3
morn

0
1

M.|
1

s!

i

12;

18
24
20

3
43
21

56
31

5!
40

morn. \

0 17

12

2 21

3 42

4 56

6 2
rises.

5 58
.6. 48

7 37J10

8 2611

9 13eve.26

10 14,1 1 19

11 12[ 2 10

1863— almanac— 1863 17

2d

do

C. J. Munnerlvn

3d

do

Hines Holt,

4th

do

A. VI. Kenan,

5th

do

D.W- Lewis.

GOVERNMENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES.

Executive Cabinet— Jefferson Davis, of Mhs., President; Alexander
II. Stephens, of Ga., Vice-President ; J. P. Benjamin, of La,, Secretary
of State; 6. G. Memrainger, of S.C., Sec. Treasury ; Jas. A. Seddon, of
Va., Sec. War : R. S Mal.lory, Sec. Navy ; John€J. Reagan, Postmaster-
General ; A. T. Watts, Attorney General.

GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA.

Capitol — Milledgevilie.
Area— fttf.000 Square Miles: --'--• Total Population— 1,082,797 •
Slaves —467,46 1. •
Executive and Cabinet. — Joseph E. Brown, Governor ; H. II. Waters
and J- fc. Campbell, Secretaries Ex. Depar't ; N. C. Barnett, Sec. State ;
Peterson Thweatt. Comp. Gen'l ; John Jones, Treasurer : II. C. Wayne;
Adj'nt aad Insp'r Gen'l.

REPRESENTATION IN CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
li. II. Hill, \ Senators. \ 11. Y. Johnson.

RBFRESENTATIYrs.

.1st District, Julian Hartridge, 6th District, W. W. Clark,

7th do R. P. Trippe,

8th do L. J. Garlrell,

9th do Hardy Strickland,

l'Oth do A. R. Wright.

GOVERNMENT OF ALABAMA,

Capitol — Montgomery.
Area— 50,722 Square Miles ; - - - - - Total Population— 935,917 ;

Slaves— 435,473.
John Gill Shorter, Governor; P. H. Britton, Secretary of State: W J
Green, Comptroller ; D. B. Graham, Treasurer.
Clement C. Clay, | senators. j William L. Yancv

GOVERNMENT OF MISSISSIPPI,

Capitol — Ja#kson.
Area— 47,156 Square Miles : - - - Total Population— 8 5 '< . I 5£

Slaves— 479,677.
John J. Pettus, Governor; Charles A. Brother, Secretary of State
A I Gillespie, Auditor of Public Accounts, M. D. Haynes, State Trea-
surer ; T. J. Wharton, Attorney General.
Albert Brown, | senators. I ' James Phelan.

GOVERNMENT OF LOUISIANA,

Capitol — Baton Rouge.
(rea 41,4136 Square Miles ; » - - - Total Population— 666,431

Slaves— 312,186.

Thomas O. Moore,- Governor; H. M." Hyams, Lieut, Governor ; P. D.

Har©]y, Secretary of State ; Thomas J. Seramea, Attorney General.

18 1863---ALMANAC — 1863.

DOMESTIC RECIPES.

I'ortK, Beef or Mutton— How to Preserve' — Take water, four gal-
lons, coarse sugar, one and a halt pounds , 3altpeter.-t.4vo ounces ; common salt,
eight pounds; put the whale into a clean pot and let it boil, carefully taking
off the scum ; and when no'more scum w'll rise, pour it into the vessel- you in-
tond to keep it in, anft when cold, put in your njaat T his is all that is neces-
sary, if you head up your cask ; but if kept as a house piekletn an open ves-
sel, when fresh, is put in weekly, or from time.to time ; then in thatcase, the
pickle should be reboiled 'every six weeks. ,

Curing Hams and. Bacon. —Use equal quantities of common Soda and
Saltpeter — one ounce and a naif of each to toe fourteen pounds of Ham or
Bacon, using the usuak»quanuty of salt, The Soda prevents that hardae.^ in
the lean of the Bacon which is so often found, and keeps it quite mellow all
through, hasides being a preventive of rust.
-.

Substitute for Soda. -A lady stands the following, which we publish for
^fche information of house-keepers:

To the ashes of corn cobs add a little boiling water, After allowing it to
etand for a few minutes, pour off the iye. which can be use 1 at onco with an
acid [sour milk, or vinegar] It makes the oread as light almost as Soda.

To Save Pork. —Mr! John II. Taylor, gives through the CVninbus Enqui-
rer the following recipe for saving pork in an economical manner. He saya
several gentlemen have successfully practiced it the past year in Harris county..
1 ■ To 5 gallons of water add 7 pounds of salt, 1 pint of syrup, and 1 tea-
spoonful of pounded saltpetve. After the pork is cooled in the usual w»y,
pack in barrels and cover with the above mixture — let it romaia four or five
weeks, and hang and smoke in the usual manner."
Thus twenty pounds of salt are made to save one thousand pounds of pork.

Confederate Dye— To Make a Beautifvl Blue.-- -Take elder berries,
mash them and.press out tho juice To two gallons of juice add. about one ounce
of copperas and two ounces of alum. Dip the thread in this thoroughly, and
air, and the dye is set

Sausage Meat. — After several years experieiu-e, I have found the follow-
ing reciDe to be the best for preparing sausage ingot I have ever see* :

To 50 lbs. of chopped meat, add Ik lbs of salt, 4 oz. of good black pepper,
14 table spoonfulls of sage.

How to Make Tallow Candles Iiasd.— Take the leaf^ of the Prickly
Puar, say four or five, cut up and boil .with one pound of tallow, and your
candles will surprise you for hardness.

To Preserve Butter. — Take two quarts of best common salt, one ounce
of sugar, one ounce saltpetre, all finely pulverized amVd.y : the*h thoroughly
mix the whole together, and take one ounce of the mixture fox*eaoti pound of
butler, work well into the mass and close it up for use.

It should be remembered that butter thus prepared requires to st
month before it is ready for use. If it 13 sooner opened the salt is not sum-,
oiently blended >ith it, and sometimes tho coolness of the saltpetre will be
perceived, which totally disappears afterward*.

Butter being prepared for immediate use, had better be. put up without the
saltpetre, but the sugar in the proportions above given, may be used with
• great advantage, as the sugar gives butter an extra good flavor, and has a
tendency to'<ksep it sweet, and prevent ita becoming raneid

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RECIPES FOR MAKING DIFFERENT KINDS OF BREAD WITH
RICE FLOUR.

TO MAKE LOAF RICE BREAD.- Boil a point of rice soft, add a pin
of ioaven, then three quarts of ric3 flour, put it to rise in a tin or earthen res
sel, until it h:<s risen Fiifficiently ; divide it into thre^ parts and bake it as
other bread, nnd you will 'Mjye throo large loaves. Or scald the flour, arid
when cold, boix half wheat rrour or corn rueal, raisedwith leaven in the usual
way.

Another — One quart of rice flour — make it into a stiff pap, by wetting
with water, not so hot as to make ic lumpy; when well wet add boiling water,
as much as two or three quarts, stir it o mtinually until it boils ; put in £ pint
of yeast when- it cools, add a little salt, knead in as much of wheat flour as
will make it a proper dough for bread, put it to rise, and when risen add a lit-
tle more wheat flour— let it stand in a warm place half an hour, and bako it.
Th;s same mixture only inado thinner and baked in rings -makes excellent
muffins*

JOURNEY OR JOHNNY CAKES.— To three spoonsful of soft boiled rice',
add a small tea cup of water or milk, then add six spoonsful of the rice flour,
which will make a Johnny cake, or fix waffles. *

RICE CAKES — Take a pint of soft boiled rice, a half pint of milk or wa -
ter, to which add twelvo spoonsful of rice flout, divide Into small cakos and
bako them in a brick oven.

RICE CAKES LIKE BUCKWHEAT CAKES.- Mix one-fourth wheat flour
to three-fourths superfine rica flour, and raise it as buckwheat flour ; bake it
like buckwheat, cake?

TO MAKE WAFERS. — Take a pint of warm water, a teaspoonfui of salt,
add a pint of the flour, and it will give you two dozen wafers.

TO MAKE RICE PUFFS —To a pint of the flour add a teaspoonfui of salt,
a pint of boiling water, befit up four eggs, stir them well together, put from
2 to 3 spoonsful of lard in a pan, make it boiling hot, and fry as you do com-
mon fritter-;.

TO MAKE A RICE PUDDING.— Take a quart of milk, add a .pint of the
Hour", boil them to a pap, beat up six eggs, tc which add six spoonsful of Ha-
vana sugar, and a spoonful of butter, which, when well beaten together, add
to the milk and flour, grease the pan it is to baked in, grate nutnleg over tho
luixcure and bake it.

RICH FLOUR BLANC MANGE —Boil one quart of milk, season it to your
teste with sugar and rose water, take 4 table-spoonsful of the rice flour, mix
it vim y smooth with cold milk, add this to the othei milk while it is boiling,
stirring it well. Lot all boil together about fifteen minutes, stirring occa-
sionally, then pour it into mou^s and put it by to cool. .This is a very favor
tie article for invalids.

PICE GRIDDLE CAKES.— Boil one large cup of whole rice quite soft, in
milk, and while hot stir in a little wheat flour or rice flour, when eold add 2
eggs and a little salt, bake in,small thin cakes on tho griddle;

In every case in making rice flour •read,, cake or pudding, a. well boiled pap
should be first made of all the milk and water and half the flour, and allowed
to got perfectly eold before the other ingredients are added. It forms a sup
port for them and prevents the flour from settling at the bottom, stir the whole
a moment before it is sot to cook.

PfiEsEavfNG Meat. — To preserve meat for a few days fresh in warm weath-
er,wash it lightly over with a brush or sponge, with a mixture composed of
two-thirds of pyroUgneoos acid and orie- third water. The rcid, whigh is a
kind of vinegar, gives it no flavor, and tho meat requires no washing before
: cooked.

To Make Mutton Sjet Candles, in Imitation of Wax. — 1. Throw .
quick lime in melted mutton-suet ; the lime will fall to the bottom, and carry

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along with it all the dirt of the suet, so as to leave it as pure and as fine as
wax itself.

2. Now, if to one part of the suet you mi^hree of reM wax", you will have
a very line, and to appearance, areal wav cWidle ; at least trie mixture cou'd
never be discovered, nor even in the moulding way of ornaments.

To Make Soap.— The following recipe for making soap, has been tried
and approved of by several persons :

Take one gallon of strong lye — add a half poun 1 of shucks, cut up fine.
Let the shucks boil in the lye until they are reduced to shreds Then ft* h
the shreds out and put a half a pound of erakling grease in, or six ounces of
lard, and boil'until it is sufficiently thick to make good soap.

To Sweeten Rancid Butter. — An agriculturist, near Brussels, in Europe,
having succeeded in removing, the bad smell and the disagreeable taste of
some butter by beating or mixing it with chloride of lime, he was encouraged
by this happy result to continue his experiments by try?ng them upon butter so
rancid as to be past,use ; and he ha? restored to butter, (he odor and taste ol
which was insupportable to all, the sweetness of fresh butter. This opera-
tion is extremely simple and practicable for all. It consists in beating the
butter in a sufficient quantity of water, into which had been mixed 25 or 30
drops of chloride of lime to two pounds of butter. After having bro ight all
its parts in contact with the water, it may be left for an boor or two ; after-
wards withdrawn and washed anew in fresh water." The chloride of lime
used, having nothing injurious in it, can safely be increased ; but after having
verified the experiment, it was found that 25 or 30 drops to two and a half
pounds of butter, were sufficient. '

Corn Beer —A Good Drink.— Boil" a small teacupful of Corn till soft
and string it like beads to pt event pouring it out of the bottle v Put this into
a thick, strong bottle, which fill with molassesrsweetened-water — rather sweet
to drink. With a long smooth cork of soft white pine, cork air [gas] tight.

Keep the -ottle at a temperature of 60 to 80 deg., and before using set the
bottle in c'old water.

The first preparation may require several days, before fit for use. If it
-ours, replenish the sweetened water. The coin will last for several months
without change, and even then a few of the old grains should be retained for
a nucleus.

It does not requive to be warmed ; and If warmed loses the fine flavor.

When once it is under way [which sometimes requires a new beginner .a
week or two] it can be made in three or six hours-

This Beer is superior to any Cider or Beer I have ever drank ; innocent for
a child, if taken so soon as the gas forms and not permitted to sour.

From roine cause, I cannot tell wfcat, when the old corn is lost and you be
gin entirely new with new corn, it may be days and perhaps weeks till it gets
right, and then no trouble.

It can be flavored with ginger, sassafras, &g." Don't allow it to acidify, or
it affects the head as does hard cider or vinegar,

A Substitute for Foreign Tea.— MEssrs. Editors: Absent from t hoi
city for some days, I have taken occasion again to test t.e New Jersey tea
tree, [Ceanothus Americana ] as a substitute for. foreign tea, I hid before re-
ported it as an indifferent substitute. On this occasion Ian: glad to report
it as a most excellent article, to be used in Avar times, in place cf a high
piiced commodity, which, in every respect it closely resembles, if it docs not.
equal. All of us find the flavor of the indigenous plant to be most excellent
and without that peculiar taste peculiar to most teas made of herbs.

Without any desire to exaggerate, I commend the substitute. It grows
abundantly in our pine lands. The tea prepared from this shrub, drawi

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imoj) tea, ia certainly a good substitute for indifferent .black tea. Prop-
ter! v un- <I ar.d prepared, it is certainly better than none.
' St. Johns, S 0. October 9th, 1861.

A Si*bwti -''ute Ton Hyson Tea. — Deliciods Tea. — Ladies, gather your

raspberry leaves and you will have the finBat substitute for hyson tea in the

fv.orld — ;>.nd when vou can't get raspberries— take tbc blackberry— it will do.

I .several days before frost to gather them--seo

"to it ! ave your money.

This recipe I obtained from an old doctor, a resident practitioner in South-
a Texas.

ic ago we promised to pro-

re and publish this tnctho I of running, which is the shortest and cheapest

know, and having tested it, know ii, to be good. Having at length pro

le recipe we redeem our promise The drugs enn be procured at al-

■ ost and pork barrels will answer as well on

y plantation as anything else. We give for fifteen large hides, and for

enty cal , door or sheep Bklmi — of course the sane proportion will answer

• a Bma LI ;er number.

For 15 lar gum catechu, 15 lbs. sumac, (ground is the

[best,) 8 lbs, common salt. G lbs glauber sanlts, 2 lbs. alum, 8 oz. sal. nitre.
i For 2U calf or other skins — 32 lbs. gum oiteehu, 10 lbs sumac, 4 lis. com.
mna salt, 3i lbs. glauber sails, lj alum, G oz. sal. nitre.

When you use bark, only half the above quaotiy of catechu is nesessary.

DIRECTION'S. — 1st. Soak your hides well and work them over a a beam

ntil they are soft. 2d Dissolve thoroughly three bushels of lime in asuf-

ciouL quantity of water to cover the hides ; draw them up every day until

hair slips, work off the hair over the beam ; rinse them in clear water;

ork over th; beam. 3d. Put them in tbj drench. To make the drench, take

or 9 gallons of wheat or m^al bran, (scalded,) i bucket of salt, 1} pines of

il of viriol to a barrel of water, or to cover the hides; leave them ihroeor

ur day- — work them well Over the beam, and when

inch is woll worked out<pat thorn in the fan. 4tb. The Tan — Dis-

Ivc half the quanl • (warm is best) sufficient to cover

hides. Cn the 6th ot 8th day add the remainder. .11 ndlc twice a day

hen in tan, scour twice during the process of tinning and when half tanned

arry yodr leather I quantity of oil of vitriol, may be used *n tue

ren;h when yflguai a the process, and a small quantity

the tan will^asten the process. By taking your knife and cutting the

ge of the hide one can : mued. if you wish to produoe

ftneFS add a little salt; if hardness thre nces borax to ten hides,

(When in drench handle evory day. By not handling and robbing over the

ften, the process is slower, and by following directions strictly, the

process is hastened.

TO FINISH LEATHER.— Work the wafer out on the beam or table ; oil
them on the grain side with tanner's oil, and hang in the shade ; when
two-third? dry, oil again on the flesh side with oil and tallow mixed;
when t'ry, work th«m on the beam or table and they are ready for use. By
this process eve*} man can have his leather mide at home in his pork bar-
els .

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Practical Directions tor Making Bread. — As most of the ingredients
for rawing bread, as- yeast powders, Ac, arc becoming scarce, I think <-. good
recipe given to housekeepers cot out of the way.

Take about eight or ten middling sized Irish potatoes, pare and cut, them
very fine, then set them on to cook with about throe times as much water as
will cover them. When done, mash them fine in the same water, then add flour
enough to make a thick batter. Eemember the flour must be put in whilo
the water itf'boiling hot, let it thou cool.off until about lukewarm, and then
add a little piece of sour dough, say a, teaspsonful to start with. -Of
after 'the housekeeper has oace wade this yeaifc, she can always keep
of the old to add t> the new. If kept in a warm place, it will he fit for r.se
in about six hours. Add plenty of this to your flour, and you will have the
lightest and best tasted bread that you would wish for.

Preserving Butter; — A patent has been secured by W. Clark, of Lon-
don, for the following method 01 preserving butter. The butter is fir?: well
beaten- in the u3a.1l manner after churning, then pjaced between Itnea cloths,
and submitted to severe pressure tor removing "They and water ft is now
completely enveloped or. co ve"ed with &:ean whtti oapar, which is coated on
botheides with a preparation ot the white oi. egg*, in wh'ch fifteen giauWol
saltis used for each egg. This prepared p ^c is firs di&ed, then heated be-
fore a- fire, or with a hot iron, ?ust nrior to wrapc;n? it bund the batter. It
n stated that buUor maybe nept perieetly sweet withou my ri'trortwo
months, when thus treated, it placed in a cool, dry cellar. The suhnrtting of
batter to pressure as described, is a goodolau, and on i w_j;ch we recommend
to all our farmers. They can easily practice it with a sma' cheese press.

Starch q£ Ho.ms Manufacture. — Ia'"e a peck of unground wheat of
the best quality pick an I oak it carefully. Next put into :• tub; pour on suffi-
cient clear, soft water to cover it, and then set it in the sun- Be sure to
change the water every tfay, Keeping it in tae sun aa much as possible, or
an equally warm place in the house, sfceuld the weather prove unfavorably.
When all the grains of wheat have bscomo quite soft, rub it well in your
hands, and separate it from the busks, which must b>, thrown into another tu!>.
Let the soft wheat settle in a mass, auct ttien pour off the w iter and put on
fre=h ; stir it well, and let it settle again Repeat this every day, till the last
water comes off clear and. colorless. Then pour, the water finally off. T«ke
the starch out of phe tub, collect it in a thin Dag. and hang it for a few dajai
in the .-ran ; after which spread on dishes or a sheet tp dry.

Salting ard Smoking Meat.— The following method, which requires on.lv
tVty-eight hours, may be adopted for salting andsmolcng me>t : A quan-
tity of saltpetre, equal to the common salt that would be required for the
meat in the; usual way, must be dissolved in water. ,In'.o this tne meat to be
smoked must be put, and kept over a slow fire till all the water is evapora-
ted. It must then be hung up ia a thick smoke for twenty-four hours; when
it will be found equal in flavor to the best Hamburg smoked meat that has
been kept several weeks in salt, as red throughout and equal 1 v firm.

Indian Slap -Jacks. —Scald a quart of Indian meal— when Juke-warm,
stir in a half a pint of flour, half a tea-cup of yeast and a little salt. When
light, fry them in just fat enough to prevent their sticking to the frying-pan.
Another method of making them which is very nice, is to turn boiling milk
or water on the Ind>.-;u m*ai; in the proportion of a quart of the former to a
piut of the latter -stir in three table -spoonfuls of (tour,- three eggs well beat
en, a nd a couple of tea-cpoonfuls of salt.

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GARDENER'S CHRONICLE.

JAN UAH . -.spinach, let luce, cabbages, radishes, parsley, beets, carrots, salsafy,

F parsnips, turnips, asparagus. I'l; »b Potatoes. Transplant cabbages and

| lettuce.

FEBRUA I tiacb, ieltnee, cabbage, radishes, corn, beets carrots, sa.safy .

parsnips, turnips, thyme, It potatoes Transplant cabbage

and lettuce.

Reworks.— The same \ e may be sown this month as were directed for the

a*t. The principal crop of beets and carrots should now besown. The common varieties of
pinach should be sown in small quantities once in ten days, as it soon runs to seed.

MARCH— Sow carrots, beets, Swiss chard, parsnips, salsify, cabbages, spinach, turnips

eekv tomatoes peppers. Guint I int encumbers, okra, squashes, snap beant

av,,,sewee beans, New Zealand ipinach. Transplant tomatoes, peppers, Guinea squash

Rf.marks.—Al] the above vegetables should be got in at as early a period as possible. Car-
ols should Bow be sown for a full crop, and from English seed. J-eltuce should remaiu where
t is -own. Nfv Zealand spinach should be sown in hills, three feet aparf each way. Rad
should be sown every three weeks. All Irish potatoes should be planted this month.
APRIL.— Sow carrots, ' tarnips, cabbages, cauliflowers, brocoli, tomatoes,

peppers, radishes, lettuoe, celery, leeks. Plant okra, snap beans, squashes, sewee beans.es-
cumbers, cushaws, melons. Transplant cabbages, tomatoes, peppers, Guinea squashes. Pick
■ lery.
"Rem ' • ofcarrois for summer and autumn, ought not to be

delayed longer than iiy killed when up. The seed should be

from Europe, or they will run to seed in the fall. Cucumbers, squashes, and melons, do not
ill if delayed until now, but a few may be sown

i u: nips, cauliflowers, brocoli, celery, radishe
map bean*. < our celery.

Remarks.-- -There is Imlc probability of eit! nips, oarrots, or turnips succeed-,

ng attl yet if wanted, a. i'ew may be ventured—under very

avor;. uts he sown, the ground shonld be shaded

nd kept moist, and this continued to tl itinae after they are up, or they will be

killed b-

. ibbages, carrots, tomatoes. Plant snapbeans, okr
Transplant c< cauliflowers, brocoli, and celery. *

ipntli is generally very dry and hot, and all the crops recommended to be
sown now, musl be protected from the sun: most oftbem should have Ween sown in April, and
4 it is oniy in case of failure or omission that they should now be sown: the month may be con
sidered ba<l l Is generally.

JULY. — sow early Dutch turnips, rutabaga, en riots, parsnips, cabbages, cauliflowers, brocoli,
inach. Pliintsnap beans, i,' b potatoes, melons. Transplant cabbage t.
celery, cauliflowers, brocoli. tomatoes, and leeks.

Remark* — A few only of carrots, parsnips, spinach, or radishes, should be sown as it is not
very probable that they will succeed, unless well protected from the sun for some length of time,
while young. The early Dutch turnips should also be sown towards the middle and last of the
montl The Irish potatoes will be fit for use in October, and the tomatoes,

will furnish asup;>iy whet, tli spring-grown crop has ceased to bear*, and then eontiuae till
killed by a Irost

AUGUST. — Sew peas «earlv Dutch and other varieties of turnips, ruta baga. onions, cabba
«es. cauliflowers brocoli. black Spanish radishes, carrots, beets, parsnips, saUafy, lettuce, and
endive Plant snap beans. Transplant cabbages, cauliflowers, brocoli, celery, ruta baga.endive.
Remark* — Not much can be expected from peas sown this month, as they will be mucr>
crippled by the high winds and rain which we usually have; but if much wanted a f e m ro»-
be ventured. The beets and spinach are liable to the attacks of the worms, which destro-
r leaves: should they escape these f.hay will be fine.
SEPTEMBER. — Sow early Dutch and other varieties of turnips, rutabaga, beets, Swit-
ch ard, mangle wurzle, carrots, parsnips, salsafy , lettuce, spinach, cabbages, onions, radishes,
endive. Plant snap bean's. Transplant ruta baga, cabbages, cauliflowers, brocoli. celery, le> -
luce, bieks, endive.

OCTOBER. — Soweabbagi's. 'ettuce, carrots, beets, turnips, radishes, spinach, salsafy, pa
tn'ps, rutabaga' Transplant cabbages, cauliflowers, brocoli, oniens, lettuce, leeks, and endive
NOVrc.NHiER.— Sowj-ssas cabbages, radishes, carrots' spinach, turnips, parsnips, lett'ic»
beets, salsafy. Plant loflbn and Windsor beans. Transplant cabbages, lestuce, onions, an
leeks.

DECEMBER. — Sovs^^^Lspinacii , .adishes, lettuce, cabbages, salsafy, carfbt». beets, pai t
snips, . Plant Irish Potaji^Bfeazagon and Windsor beans. Transplant cabbages, lettuce ancl
onions.

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