IS 
Richard Frotxcher’s 
Almanac and. Garden Manual 
12t 
li Month. 
DECEMBER. 31 Days. 
Calculated for 
the Latitude of the Southern States. 
MOON’S PHASES. 
New Moon . 
6d. 7h. 56m. Morning. 
First Quarter. 
14d. lh. lm. Afternoon. 
Full Moon 
21 d 2h. 38m. Afternoon. 
Last Quarter 
28d. 7h. lm. Morning. 
DAY 
Sun 
Sun 
Moon 
CHRONOLOGY 
OF 
rises. 
sets. 
r. & s. 
— OF — 
Month &Week 
ii m 
h. m 
h, m. 
J Ml* OUT AST E VESTS. 
1 
Tuea 
7 5 
4 55 
1 32 
Princess A. Comnena, Historian, born, 1083. 
Wed. 
7 6 
4 54 
2 34 
Hernan Cortez, died 1547. 
a 
riiurs 
7 6 
4 54 
3 36 . 
Robert Bloomfield, Poet, born, 1776. 
4 
F rid. 
7 7 
4 53 
4 43 
Pope Joliu XXII. die’d, 1334. 
0 
Sat. 
7 7 
4 53 
5 44 | 
Carlyle, born, 1795. 
40. 
2d Sunday in Advent. 
Matth. 21. Day’s length, 9h. 46m. 
6 
Sim. 
7 7 
4 53 
sets. 
St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra, 342. 
t 
Mon. 
7 8 
4 52 
6 1 
Cicero, Roman orator, assassinated, 43 B. C. 
8 
Tiles. 
7 8 
4 52 
6 54 
Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin. 
9 
Wed. 
7 8 
4 52 
7 53 
Milton, born, 1608. 
10 
Th nra. 
7 9 
4 51 
8 55 
Louis Napoleon, elected President, 1848. 
11 
Frid. 
7 9 
4 51 
9 59 
Louis, Prince of Conde, died, 1686. 
12 
Sat. 
7 9 
4 51 
10 59 
St. Columba, Abbot in Ireland, 584, 
•50) 
3d Sunday in Advent. 
Matth. 11. Day’s length, 9h. 42m. 
13 
Sun. 
7 9 
4 51 
11 59 
Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862. 
14 
Mon. 
7 10 
4 50 
morn. 
Washington, died, 1799. 
15 
T nes. 
7 10 
4 50 
12 30 
David Don, Botanist, died, 1841. 
16 
Wed. 
7 10 
4 50 
I 20 
Great Fire in New York, 1835. 
17 
Thurs. 
7 10 
4 50 
2 18 
Ludw. Beethoven, emin. comp., born, 1770. 
18 
Frid. 
7 11 
4 49 
3 24 
St. Winebald, Abbot and Confessor, 760. 
19 
Sat. 
7 11 
4 49 
4 30 
Capt. W. Ed. Parry, Arct. Nav., born, 1790. 
51) 
4th Sunday 
in Advent. 
John 1 . Day’s length, 9h. 38m. 
20 
Sun. 
7 11 
4 49 
5 28 
Secession ord. passed in S. Carolina, 1860. 
21 
Mon. 
7 12 
4 48 
rises 
St. Thomas, Apostle. 
22 
I’ues. 
7 11 
4 49 
6 6 
Emp. Vitellius, beheaded at Rome,- 69 A. D. 
23 
Wed. 
7 11 
4 49 
i o 
Newton, born, 1642. 
24 
Thurs. 
7 1J 
4 49 
8 5 
Treaty of Ghent, 1814. 
25 
Frid. 
7 10 
4 5) 
9 4 
Nativity of our Lord. Christmas Day. 
26 
Sat. 
7 10 
4 50 
10 1 
Battle of Trenton, 1776. 
52) 
-- —---*- 
Sunday after Christmas. Luke 2. Day’s length, 9h. 10m. 
27 |Sim. 
7 10 
4 50 
10 49 
St. John, Apostle and Evangelist. 
28 1 Mon. 
7 10 
4 50 
11 52 
Macau ley, died, 1859. 
29 jTues. 
7 9 
i 51 
morn. 
Union repulsed at Vicksburg, Miss., 1862. 
30 | Wed. 
7 9 
4 51 
12 30 
Titus, Ronmn Emperor, born, 41 A D. 
31 Thurs. 
1 
7 9 
1 26 
Battle of Murfreesboro, 1862. 
Jewish Festivals and Fasts.—5646.—3. Chanukah.—8. Rosh 
Hodesh Thebet. 
