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TICKNOR & FIELDS, Publishers, TO PATRONS AND CORRESPONDENTS. We are under many obligations for the continued and increasing favor with which our visits are received. Nothing can so stimulate one to effort as the consciousness that whatever he may do will be taken for what it is worth, and be appreciated accordingly. We come to you still in a plain and unpretending manner; but don't think any the less of us for that. We flatter ourselves that you'll find many a common-sense suggestion scattered through our pages. Some folks think that, when a man gets beyond his prime, he is apt to fall behind the times, and become an old fogy; but the man who is always looking about to see what there is that's new, and sifts the wheat from the chaff for the benefit of a million of readers, does n't grow old so fast; and you know the Chinese have a saying that there is a world of wisdom at the root of every gray hair. We always intend to give many times the value of what you pay for our little annual; and if you find it falls short of that, just let us know. We owe our acknowledgments for communications, answers to problems, etc., to many friends in all parts of New England, and only feel sorry that our limits do not permit us to express our obligations to each. We thank them all very cordially for their numerous and welcome favors, and trust they will continue them. The stanzas at the head of the calendar pages are all selected from LONGFELLOW, which is as much as to say they are worth committing to memory. We wish you all a happy new year, -requesting you to bear in mind that communications should be addressed to the undersigned previous to July 1st of each year, and bid you good-by for the present, with the assurance "that no efforts shall be spared to make the Almanack useful, pleasing, and worthy the continued patronage of its numerous friends. Ant. Phomas." AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. THE Agricultural Exhibitions of Massachusetts, for 1864, will begin as follows: Essex, at Andover, Sept. 27th. 20th. Worcester, at Worcester, Sept. 22d. Worcester West, at Barre, Sept. 29th. Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden, at Hampden, at Springfield, Oct. 4th. 20th. 65, Nov. 8. Gift of Hone CATTLE MARKET,............ at Cambridge, every Wednesday. 66 66 GENERAL MARKET DAY,...... at South Danvers, last Tuesday of every month. YRABLY AND QUARTERLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS IN N. ENGLAND. ECLIPSES OF THE SUN AND MOON FOR 1864. In this year there will be two eclipses of the Sux, and none of the Moon: I.-A CENTRAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUM, May 5th, visible in Asia, Australia, and the north-western part of North America. II.-AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, October 30th, visible in South America and Mexico. THE longitudes of the following places are counted west from Greenwich, while the differences of time refer to Boston. (+) added to, (-) subtracted from, Boston time. Augusta, Me....... 440 19690 50+ 5 Boston, Mass..... 42° 21′71° 3 Place. N. Lat. W. Lon. Diff. Place. N. Lat. W. Lon. Diff. Eastport, 44 54 66 56 17 Worcester, 42 16 71 48 23 Bangor, 44 48 68 479 Springfield, Portland, 43 40 79 15 3 Pittsfield, Brunswick, " 43 53 69 55+5 Hartford, Conn.. Concord, N. H...... 43 12 71 29 2 New Haven, " Dover, " 43 13 70 54+1 Newport, R. I. Montpelier, Vt.... 44 17 72 36- 6 New York, N.Y..... 40 NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE ASPECTS. 8 Opposition, or 180 degrees. *ロ△ Sextile, 60 degrees. Quartile, 90 degrees. Dragon's Head, or Ascending Node. A Trine, 120 degrees. NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. DEFINITIONS. [Continued from last year.] JULIAN PERIOD. - A cycle of 7980 consecutive years, invented by Scaliger. It dates from 4713 years B. C. The Julian Style related to the reform of the calendar introduced at Rome by Julius Cæsar, and used in all Christian countries till it was reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582. The Julian Epoch is the commencement of the Julian calendar, January 1st, 46 years B. C. The year adopted in the Julian calendar, called the Julian year, - equal to 3651 days, - was used in England till 1752, when the Gregorian year, or new style, was adopted. ZODIAC. - An imaginary zone or belt in the heavens, within which the sun and all the larger planets appear to perform their annual revolutions. It extends about eight or nine degrees on each side of the ecliptic; contains twelve constellations, and is divided into twelve equal parts, called signs, which anciently coincided with the constellations, but now occupy very different positions. Each sign contains thirty-two degrees. The first begins at the point of the ecliptic through which the sur passes at the vernal equinox. They are counted from west to east. The names in their order, and the characters by which they are indicated in almanacs, are given above, as Aries, &c. The signs derived their names from the twelve constellations with which their places coincided in ancient times (above 200 years B. C.), but owing to the westward motion of the equinoxes, the constellations are now each about thirty degrees east of the sign of the same name. From Worcester's Quarto Dictionary of the English Language. COMMENCEMENTS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND VACATIONS, OF COLLEGES AND THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS, IN NEW ENGLAND. HARVARD, AT CAMBRIDGE, MASS.-Com., com.; 4 w. from Thurs. before Christmas. 3d Wed. July. Vaca., 1st, from end of first WESLEYAN, AT MIDDLETOWN, Соми. term, 6 w.; 2d, from end of second term Com., 4th Wed. in June. Vaca., 4 w. from (commencement week), 6 w. ; the academi-com.; 8 w. from Dec. 1; 2 w. from May 4. cal year being divided into two terms of UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, AT BURLING20 weeks each, and beginning at com. TON. Com., 1st Wed. in Aug. Vaca., com. CAMBRIDGE THEO. SEM., AT CAMBRIDGE, 4 W.; 1st Wed. in Dec. 8 w., and 1 w. MASS. Vaca., same as Harvard College. TUFTS COLLEGE, MEDFORD, Ms. - Com., 3d Wed. in July. Vaca., 1st, from end of 1st term, 6 w.; 2d, from end of 2d term, 6 w. Col. year divided as at Harv. Col. AMHERST, AT AMHERST, MASS. - Com., 2d Thurs. in July, Vaca., 6 w. from com.; 6 w. from the Wed. before annual Thanks from 2d Wed. in May. MIDDLEBURY, AT MIDDLEBURY, VT. Com., 2d Wed. Aug. Vac., com. 4 W.; last Wed. Nov., 8w.; 1 w. fr. 4th Wed. April. DARTMOUTH, AT HANOVER, N. H.-Com., last Thurs. in July. Vaca., 4 w. from com.; 7 w. beginning in Nov., and 2 w. in May. BROWN, AT PROVIDENCE, R. I. - Com., giving; 1 w. from the 1st Wed. in April. 1st Wed. in Sept. Vaca., from 2d Wed. in WILLIAMS, AT WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. Com., 1st Wed. in Aug. Vaca., 5 w. after com.; from 4th Tues. in Nov., 6 w.; 3d Tues. in Apr., 2 w. ANDOVER THEOL. SEM., AT ANDOVER, MASS. - Anniv., 1st Wed. in Sept. Vaca., 7 w., and 5 w. preceding last Wed. in May. July to com., and from 3d Wed. in Jan. to 3d Wed. in Feb. BOWDOIN, AT BRUNSWICK, M. - Com., 1st Wed. in Aug. Vaca., at com., 3 w.; from last Wed. in Nov., 8 W.; from 3d Wed. in April, 2 w. WATERVILLE, AT WATERVILLE, ME. NEWTON THEO. INST., AT NEWTON, MS. - Com., 2d Wed. in Aug. Vaca., at com., Anniv., last Wed. in June. Vac., 9 w. from 4 w.; from 2d Wed. in Dec., 8 w.; from anniv., and also 3 w. fr. last Wed. in Jan. 1st Wed. in May, 1 w. YALE, AT NEW HAVEN, CONN. - Com., last Thurs. in July. Vace., 7 w. from com.; 2 w. before 1st Wed. in Jan., and 3 w. before 1st Wed. in May, when the terms com. TRINITY, AT HARTFORD, CONN. - Com., Thurs. before July 4th. Vac., 9 w. from MAINE WESLEYAN SEM., AT READFIELD, ME.- Two terms, of 15 weeks each. Fall term com. 1st Wed. in Aug. Spring term com. 1st Wed. in March. BANGOR THEO. SEM., AT BANGOR, ME. Anniv., last Wed. July. EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ABRAHAM LINCOLN, III., President, $25,000 Salmon P. Chase, Ohio, Wm. H. Seward, N.Y., Sec. State, 8,000 Caleb B. Smith, Ja., Gideon Welles, Conn., Navy, 8,000 Montgomery Blair, Md., Edw. M. Stanton, Pa., War, 8,000 Edward Bates. Mo., AMERICAN Where Born. Date of Birth. Vac., fr. do., 12 w. (JUNE, 1863). Sec. Trea., $8,000 Inter., 8,000 Post. Gen., 8,000 Att'y 8,000 46 Geo. Washington, Va., John Adams, Mass., Oct. 19, 1735, 1797 to 1801, do., July 4, 1826 Thomas Jefferson, Va., Apr. 2, 1743, 1801 to 1809, do., July 4, 1826 James Madison, " Mar. 5, 1751, 1809 to 1817, do., June 28, 1836 James Monroe, Apr. 2, 1759, 1817 to 1825, do., July 4, 1831 John Q. Adams, Mass., July 11, 1767, 1825 to 1829, 62, Feb. 23, 1848 Andrew Jackson, S. C., Mar. 15, 1767, 1829 to 1837, 70, June 8, 1845 Martin Van Buren, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1782, 1837 to 1841, Wm. H. Harrison, Va., Feb. 9, 1772, 1841 69, Apr. 4, 1841 John Tyler, Mar. 29, 1790, 1841 to 1845, 55. Jan. 17, 1862 James K. Polk, N. C., Nov. 2, 1795, 1845 to 1849, 54, June 15, 1849 Zachary Taylor, Va., Νον. 24, 1784, 1849 to 1850, 65, July 9, 1850 Millard Villmore, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1800, 1850 to 1853, 53. Franklin Pierce, Ν. ΙΙ., Νον. 23, 1804, James Buchanan, Penn., Apr. 13, 1791, 1857 to 1861, 69. Abraham Lincoln, Ky., Feb. 12, 1809, 1861 |
