ECLIPSES IN 1844. There will be five Eclipses this year, three of the Sun, and two of the Moon. Beginning, Total immersion, 4h. 20m. 5 28 Middle, Appar. time, eve. 7 44 11. The second will be a partial eclipse of the Sun, June 15th, 7h. 42m. evening, invisible in N. America. III. The third will be a partial eclipse of the Sun, November 10th, 4h. 52m. morning, invisible in the northern hemisphere. IV. The fourth will be a total eclipse of the Moon, November 24th, partly visible, V. The fifth will be a small and partial eclipse of the Sun, December 9th, visible, as follows. THE NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE ASPECTS. 6 Conjunction, or in the same degree. *Sextile, 60 degrees. Quartile, 90 degrees. A Trine, 120 degrees. Opposition, 180 degrees. Dragon's Head, or Ascending Node. Dragon's Tail, or Descending YEARLY AND QUARTERLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS IN NEW ENGLAND. Yearly meeting, beginning with select do., 7th day after 2d 6th day, 6th month, 9th hour, morn., at Newport, R. I.-Public meeting for worship 1st day following at Newport and Portsmouth, 10th hour, morn. and 4th after. Meeting for business at Newport 2d day following, 9th hour mora. This yearly meeting comprises the Quarterly Meetings of Rhode Island, Salein, Sandwich, Falmouth, Smithfield, Vassalborough, Dover, and Fairfield, held as follows, viz., Rhode Island-On the 1st 5th day, 8th month, Portsmouth; 1st 5th day, 11th nonth, Somerset 1st 5th day, 2d month, Providence ; 1st 5th day, 5th month, East Greenwich. Salem-On the 4th 5th day, 5th month, Saybrook; 3d 5th day, 8th month, Lynn; 3d 5th day, 10th month, Ware; 3d 5th day, 1st month, Salem. Sandwich-On the 1st 5th days, 4th and 12th months, New Bedford; 1st 5th day, 7th month, Nantucket; 1st 5th day, 10th month, Sandwich. Falmouth-On the 5th day before the 1st 6th day in the month, at Windham, in the 24 and 9th months; at Falmouth in the 6th, and at Durham in the Hth. Smithfield-On the 21 5th day, 8th month, Bolton; 2d 5th, day 11th month, Northbridge.; 2d 5th day, 2d month, Smithfield; 2d 5th day, 5th month, Northbridge. Vassalborough-On the 2d 6th day, 2d, 9th, and 11th months; and the 4th day before the last 6th day, 5th month, Vassalborough. Dover, N. H.-On the 4th 5th day in the month; at Dover, in the 4th; at North Berwick, in the 8th; at Sandwich, in the 10th; and at Rochester, upper meeting, (Meaderborough,) in the 1st. Fairfield-At Hallowell, on the 4th day before the 2d 6th day, in the 11th mouth; at Fairfield, on the 4th day before the 2d 6th days in the 2d and 9th months, and at Hallowell on the last 6th day in the 5th month. HOME QUESTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR. Last year we asked some "home questions" in regard to balancing accounts, insurance, newspapers, schools, &c., which we presune may be profitably referred to this year. We would now ask whether you have made any real improvements in your business the past year? Were there any books or tools in your house on the 1st of January, that were borrowed of neighbors, and should have been returned? Did you show your thankfulness for a good harvest, by dropping a few bushels of potatoes, or some wood, at the poor widow's " down the lane ?" If you forgot it in the fall, it is not too late now! Do you avoid running into debt for articles that you can do without? you cast up your receipts and expenses, so that you know whether it has been a making or losing year with you? Temperance, you know, is as fashionable now-adays, as it is reputable and profitable-you encourage this of course by precept and example! Did you ever see a man who was prompt, honest, industrious, economical, satisfied with regular gains, courteous, energetic, moral, and temperate, who did not succeed in whatever he undertook, whether as farmer, mechanic, or merchant? Did you ever see a man, the reverse of these, who did succeed? Have COLLEGE VACATIONS. Harvard College.-1st, from the end of the first term, six weeks; 2d, from the end of the second terni, to Friday after Commencement; the academical year being divided into two terms of 20 weeks each, and beginning at Commencement, the 4th Wednes day of August. Amherst College.-Commencement on the 4th Thursday of July. Vacation four weeks from Commencement, six weeks from the Wednesday preceding the annual Thanksgiving, two weeks from the 3d Wednesday of April. Yale College.-Commencement six weeks. First Wednesday in January, two weeks. Last Wednesday in April, four weeks. Burlington College.-Commencement, four weeks. First Wednesday in January, eight weeks. Dartmouth College.-Commencement last Thursday of July. Vacation, four weeks from Commencement, four weeks from about the 25th of November, 14 weeks for such as are in schools, seven weeks for others; and from the 2d Wednesday of May, two weeks. Providence College.-December 10th, three weeks. March 31st, three weeks. July 21st, till Commencement. Williamstown College.-Commencement, four weeks. Wednesday after third Wednesday in December, six weeks. First Wednesday in May, three weeks. Middlebury College.-Commencement, four weeks. Last Wednesday in Novem ber, one week. Second Wednesday in February, two weeks. Third Wednesday in May, two weeks. Bowdoin College.-Commencement, three weeks. Friday after the third Wednes day in December, eight weeks. Friday after the third Wednesday in May, two weeks. George Washington, Born Feb. 22, 1732 Inaug. 1789 Term exp'd 66th yr. of age. John Adams, Oct. 19, 1735 Thomas Jefferson, April 2, 1743 James Madison, March 5, 1751 James Monroe, April 2, 1759 John Quincy Adams, July 11, 1766 Andrew Jackson, March 15, 1767 Martin Van Buren, Dec. 5, 1782 William Henry Harrison, Feb. 9, 1773 John Tyler, March 29, 1790 1841 The Names and Characters of the Twelve Signs of the ZODIAC. GF 22 French Napoleon, 4 dwt. 34 gr. is $386 100 100 15 58 Half Johannas. 9 dwt, is British Sovereign, 5 dwt. 34 gr. is 853 4 87 Peruvian Dollar, 17 dwt. 7 gr. is 100 100 100 TABLE OF SIMPLE INTEREST AT SIX PER CENT. 1 Week. 1 Month. 1 Year. The Julian Year, introduced by Julius Cæsar, 45 years B. C., made every fourth year, without exception, a leap year. This was an over correction; an error of 7 days in 900 years. As early as the year 1414, it was perceived that the equinoxes were gradually moving from the 21st of March and September, where they ought always to have fallen had the Julian year been exact. A new reform of the calendar was thus required; and it took place under the popedom of Gregory XIII., by the omission of 10 nominal days after the 4th of October, 1582, so that the next day was called the 15th, and not the 5th. This change was immediately adopted in all Roman Catholic countries, but tardily in the countries of Protestantism. In England, THE CHANGE OF STYLE, as it was called, took place after the 2d day of September, 1752, eleven nominal days being then struck out; so that the last day of Old Sty e being the 2d, the first of New Style, (the next day,) was called the 14th, instead of the 3d. The same legislative enactment which established the Gregorian year in England, in 1752, shortened the preceding year, 1751, by a full quarter. Pre|vious to that time, the year was held to begin with the 25th of March, and the year 1751 accordingly did so; but that year was not suffered to run out, being supplanted on the 1st of January by the year 1752, which it was enacted should commence on that day. Russia is the only country in Europe in which the old style is still adhered to, and the difference between the European and Russian dates is about two weeks. UNCURRENT AND BROKEN BANK BILLS IN NEW ENGLAND. Corrected by J. W. Clarke & Co., Globe Bank Building, Boston. MASSACHUSETTS. UNCURRENT.-Nahant Bank, Lynn. Bank of Norfolk, Roxbury. Commonwealth, Franklin, Lafayette, Middling Interest, and Fulton Banks, Boston. Chelsea Bank, Chelsea. Farmer's and Mechanic's Bank, Adams, South Village. Newburyport Bank, Newburyport. Phoenix Bank, Charlestown. CLOSED, &c.-Berkshire Bank, Pittsfield. Essex Bank of Salem. Farmer's Bank of Belchertown. Hampshire Bank, Northampton. Mendon Bank, Mendon. Phoenix Bank, Nantucket. Sutton Bank, Wilkinsonville. Roxbury Bank, Winthrop Bank, Roxbury Kilby Bank, Boston. MAINE. UNCURRENT.-Mercantile, Bangor, Commercial, People's, Globe, and Lafayette Banks, Bangor. Old Town, and Stillwater Canal Banks, Orono. Washington County, Calais, and St. Croix Banks, Calais. Westbrook Bank, Westbrook. Frankfort Bank, Frankfort. Georgia Lumber Co., Portland. Agricultural Bank, Brewer. Citizens' Bank, Augasta. CLOSED, &c.-City, Exchange, and Maine Baaks, Portland. Winthrop Bank, Winthrop. Damariscotta Bank, Nobleboro'. Bangor Bank. Bath Bank, Bath. Castine Bank, Castine. Hallowell and Augusta, and Kennebec Banks, Hallowell. Kennebunk Bank, Kennebunk. Passamaquoddy Bank, Eastport. Waterville Bank, Waterville. Wiscasset Bank, Wiscasset. Oxford Bank, Fryburg, fraud. NEW HAMPSHIRE. UNCURRENT.--Concord Bank, Concord. Claremont Bank, Claremont. CLOSED, &c.-Hillsborough Bank, Hillsborough. Wolfeborough Bank, Wolfeborough. New Hampshire Bank, Portsmouth. VERMONT. UNCURRENT.-Bennington Bank, Bennington. St. Albans Bank, St. Albans. CLOSED, &c.-Windsor Bank, Windsor. Essex Bank, Guildhall. Agricultural Bank, Troy, fraud. Commercial Bank of Vermont, fraud. Green Mountain Bank. fraud. Jefferson County Bank, fraud. RHODE ISLAND. UNCURRENT.-Scituate Bank, Scituate. Farmer's and Mechanic's Bank, Pawtucket. CLOSED, &c.—Burrillville Bank, Burrillville. Farmer's Exchange Bank, Gloucester. Mount Hope Bank, Bristol. Rhode Island Agricultural Bank, Johnston. Pascoag Bank, Pascoagville. Eagle Bank, Newport, fraud. Farmer's Bank, fraud. Franklin Bank, Providence, fraud. 5 Friday 7 30 59 6 Satur. 7 2959 D. M. O Full Moon, 5th day, 0h. 50m. evening. D. W. s.h. m.h.m. s. [A. h. m.[PLACE. 1 Mond. 17 32 58 580 4 411 8 57 arms SOU. s.h. m. 3 45 9 3 7 SUN. 7 29 59 8 Mond. 7 28 5 9 9 Tuesd. 7 28 59 10 Wedn. 7 27 59 11 Thurs. 7 26 59 12 Friday 7 26 59 13 Satur. 7 255 9 14 SUN. 7 24 59 15 Mond. 7 23 5 9 16 Tuesd. 7 22 59 17 Wedn. 7 22 59 18 Thurs. 7 21 59 140 20 10 25 |