FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



17 



12th Month. 



DECEMBER 



31 Days. 



Calculated for tlie Latitiade of tine Soiathern. States. 



MOON'S PHASES. 



New Moon Id. 6h. 25m. Morning. 



First Quarter 8d. llh. 53m. Afternoon. 



Full Moon 15d. 7h. 32ra. Morning. 



Last Quarter 23d. 12h. 18m. Morning. 



New Moon 30d. 9h. 59m. Evening. 



DAY 



Sun 



Sun 



Moon 





OF 



rises 



sets 



r. & s. 



CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



Month and Week. 



h. m. 



h. m. 



h. m. 





1 



Tuesday, 



7 5 



4 55 



sets 



Princess A. Gommena, Historian, born, 1083. 



2 



Wednesday, 



7 6 



4 54 



5 55 



Hernan Cortez, died, 1547. 



3 



Thursday, 



7 6 



4 54 



6 54 



Kobert Bloomlield, Poet, born, 1776. 



4 



Friday, 



7 7 



4 53 



7 43 



Pope John XXII, died, 1334. 



5 



Saturdaj', 



7 7 



4 53 



8 42 



Carlyle, born, 1795. 



49) 2d Sunday in Advent. 



Luke. 21. 



Day's length, 9h. 46m. 



t) 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



Sunda.y, 



Monday, 



Tuesday, 



Wednesday, 



Thursday, 



Priday, 



Saturday, 



7 7 



4 53 



9 55 



7 8 



4 52 



10 59 



7 8 



4 52 



11 59 



7 8 



4 52 



morn 



7 9 



4 51 



12 59 



7 9 



4 51 



2 17 



7 9 



4 51 



3 33 



St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra, 342. 



Cicero, Boman orator, assassinated, 43 B. C, 



Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin. 



Milton, born, 1608. 



Louis Napoleon, elected President, 1848. 



Louis, Prince of Conde, died, 1686. 



St. Coiumba, Abbot in Ireland, 584. 



50) 3d Sunday in Advent. 



Matth. 11. 



Day's length, 9h. 42m. 



8utiday, 



Monday, 



Tuesday, 



Wednesday, 



Thursday, 



Priday, 



Saturday, 



7 9 



4 51 



4 36 



7 10 



4 50 



5 40 



7 10 



4 50 



rises 



7 10 



4 50 



6 2 



7 10 



4 50 



6 59 



7 11 



4 49 



7 58 



7 11 



4 49 



8 59 



Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862. 



Washington, died 1799. 



David Don, Botanist, died, 1841. 



Great Fire in New York, 1835. 



Ludw. Beethoven, emin. comp., born, 1770. 



St. Winebald, Abbot and Confessor, 760. 



Capt. W. Ed. Parry, Arct. Nav., born, 1790. 



51) 4th Sunday in Advent. 



John 1. 



Day's length, 9h. 4m. 



20 



Sunday, 



7 11 



4 49 



10 2 



Secession ord. passed in. S. Carolina, 1860. 



21 



Monday, 



7 12 



4 48 



11 12 



St. Thomas, Apostle. 



22 



Tuesday, 



7 11 



4 49 



morn 



Emp. Vitellius, beheaded at Kome, 69, A D. 



23 



Wednesday, 



7 11 



4 49 



12 10 



Newton, born, 1642. 



24 



Thursday, 



7 11 



4 49 



12 49 



Treaty of Ghent, 1814. 



25 



Friday, 



7 11 



4 49 



2 



Nativity of our Lord. Christmas Day. 



26 



Saturday, 



7 10 



4 50 



3 6 



Battle of Trenton, 1776. 



52) Sunday after Christmas. 



Luke 2. 



Day's length, 9h. 50m. 



27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 



Suuday, 



Monday, 

 Tuesday, 

 Wednesday, 

 Thursday, 



7 10 



4 50 



4 20 



7 10 



4 50 



5 33 



7 9 



4 51 



6 36 



7 9 



4 51 



sets 



7 9 



4 51 



6 10 



St. John, Apostle and Evangelist. 

 Macauley, died, 1859. 

 Union repulsed at Vicksburg, Miss, , 1862. 

 Titus, Roman Emperor, born, 41 A D. 

 Battle of Murfreesboro, 1862. 



Jewish Festivals and Fasts.— 5652.— December 1. and 2., Rosh Chodesh Kisley ; 

 6., Chanukah ; 31., Rosh Chodesh Tebet. 



