Acts of Congress...... .15-17 8. Senator. "American" Platform. American Vessels,shipments in .. 22 21 House of Representa- Arizona. Election in.. delphia by wards. Civil List, cost of... Coin, trade in.. Coinage, U. S.. 32 Indians, payments for... 97 Iowa, Con. Amdts PAGE Philadelphia, pop. of.. PAGE 97 95 96 96 17 16 .23, 95 15 Presidential candidates 18-21 30 Prohibition Platform... 21 29 Public Lands, laws OD.. 28 Public Lands, rev. from 21 Railway Mileage, &c.... 21 Rebellion, payments on account of. 15 Senate. XLVIth Cong. 33 Silver Coinage... 31 27 31 .32-33 Soldiers' pension-law... 22 South Carolina's Cons. 15 96 of 96 31 28.29 31-32 Kansas, Con. Amendts.. 15 amendment. Spirits, rev. from... 21 Star-route," law on.... 17 13 .26, 93 St. Mary's Canal, law on 27 Michigan Con. Amats..21-56 19 Montana, election in.... Navy Pension Fund.. Pensions, amounts of. 22 Trade, tables of... 31 Vessels Built...... 17 32-33 16 .27-30 32 Vessels sold to foreig's 60 Washington Territory, 72 election i 78 West Virginia, Cons. 97 amendment.. 79 94 .24-27 Wyoming, election in... Election Returns. From each State and Tet 23 ritory-New-Jersey and New 31 York being at the end of the 17 tables. ECLIPSES. In the year 1881 there will be four ec'irses, two of the Sun and two of the Moon, and a Transit of the planet Mercury over the Sun's disc : I. A Partial Eclipse of the Sun, invisible at New-York and at all places on the Atlantic Coast, or south of Latitude 35° N. At Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Des Moines, Virginia City, and other Western points, one or more of its phases will be visible just before Cunset. II. A Total Eclipse of the Moon, June 11-12, visible throughout the United States as follows: The p. m. in the table refers to the evening of June 11, the a. m. to the morning of June 12. Magnitude of the eclipse = 1.365 (Moon's diameter = 1). III. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, November 21, invisible in this country. The cen tre line of the eclipse passes near the South Pole. At Cape Horn it will be seen as a small partial eclipse. IV. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, December 5, invisible in the United States. V. A Transit of Mercury over the Sun's disc, November 7. The beginning of the transit, or ingress of the planet, only will be visible in the Western part of the United States, as follows: Morning Stars. Mercury. until January 25, and from March Mars, until September 21. Jupiter, from April 22 to August 17. Evening Stars. Meranry, from January 26 to March 11; May 17 to July 17; August 31 to Nove. ber 7. Venus, until May 3. Mars, after September 21. Jupiter, until April 22, and after August 17. Venus will be brightest March 27 and June 9; Mars, December 27: Jupiter, November 13; Saturn, November 1. Jupiter will be in conjunction with Saturn April 22, but the planets will be so near the Sun as to be invisible. Mercury will be in conjunction with Saturn Mav 6. and with Jupiter May 7; Venus with Saturn June 6, and with Jupiter June 19; Mars with Saturn July 6, and with Jupiter July 22. Mars will be in opposition December 27. Venus will be in conjunction - a near approach-with Regulus September 25, and with Beta (1) Scorpii December 10. Mercury will also be in conjunction with Beta (1) Scorpii December 8. Venns. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will cross the meridian of Washington in 1881 on the 1st and 15th of each month, as below, in Washington mean time. The same figures will also be substantially correct for any other meridian in the United States: H. M. MARCH. H. M. APRIL H. M. MAY. H. M H. M. Venus...1st... 2 57.1 a.m. 3 06.7 a m. 2 59.5 a.m. 2 19 5 a.m. 0 01.4 a.m. 15th. 3 04.1 a.m. 3 04.9 a..2 48.4 a.m.1 30 8 a.m. 10 40.3 p.m. Mars....1st.. 10 33.4 a.m. 10 11.5 a m. 9 51.3 a.m.9 24.2 a.m. 8 52.9 a.m. 15th. 10 23.2 a.m. 10 01.7 a.m. 9 39.9 a.m.9 10.2 a.m. 8 37.0 a.m. Jupiter..1st...555.5 p.m. 4 08.8 p.m. 2 38.6 p.m. 1 03.0p.m. 11 32.3 a.m. 15th. 5 06.3 p.m. 3 23.2 p.m.1 55.0p.m. 0 20.5 p.m. 10 50.0 a.m. Saturn..1st... 6 38.8 p.m. 4 41.6 p.m.3 00.5 p.m. i 11.9 p.m. 11 28.3 a.m. 15th. 5 45.1 p.m. 3 59.6 p.m. 2 11.1 p.m. 0 23.5 p.m. 10 39.9 a.m. |