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Astronomical Observations fur the Coming
Year.

The year 1876, VIII be leap year, its Dom
inical letters being = A. The epact is the
number # days between the last new moon
and the first day OF the new year. The epact
is used to tell, Easter Sunday. This year
he enact is 4, and Easter Sunday falls on
April 16 Ash Wednesday being March l.
There are Two eclipsts of tae sun during
ths ensuing year. The first is an annular
eclipse March %, visible only in its perfect
phenomenon on lire from Nancouyer's Is
land to the northwestern shore of Hudson S
Bay Outside that limit it will be visible
| throughout the United States as partial
| eclipse. total eclipse of the sun occurs on
the afternoon of September II, not visible on
any part of the American continent.
The eclpses of the moon in 1876 are also
two. The first occurs shortly after 10 o'clock
on the night of March 8. It will be visible
in every part Of the United States and Cana
da. The second eclipse of the moon will take
place on September g. 1t will be invisible u
this country.
The earth is in perihelion, or nearest TO the
sun, January 2, and in its aphelion, or great
est distance from the sun, July l, The earth
is again in perihelion December 81.
THE sun.
The veneral equinox. or suns entrance
into Aries, occurs March 20; the Summer SOL
stice, or suns entrance into Cancer, occurs
June 20; the sutumnal equinox, or suns en-
the winter solstice, or suns entrance into Cap.
| ricorn, occurs December 81.
THE PLANETS
| Mercury will be at his greatest elongations
| from the sun January %, after sunset, and
March 10, before sunrise If the weather Is
clear he may be seen as small disk like bur
nished silver for one or two days after these
dates.
| Venus will be an evening star till July IA
and rise before the sun during the remainder
of the year. She will be at her greatest bril-
liancy August 20.
Mars will be an evening star till August II
| and rise before the sun during the remainder
of the year.
Jupiter will be a morning star till May Z,
and an evening star after that date. till Deem
| Der IA. He will be stationary in the head Of
| Scorpio nearly all the year. At l o'clock on
| tie morning of February 2Sth will pass SO
close to Beta in Scorpio that the distance be-
tween the edge of the planet and the sta
will be only one ninth OF the apparent diam
eter Of Jupiter.
Saturn will be an evening star till Februar,
| 18th, when he will rise before the sun til
! August 9th, when he will be on the meridian
| at midnight, and again an evening star (lr
| Aquarius) during the rest of the year.
Uranus will be on the meridian at midnight
February 9th. He will be on the head O
Leo.
Neptune will be on the meridian at mid
! night October 26th.
CALCULATIONS.
February 3rd, from go minutes to P.
N. to about half-past IL P. NJ, the moon
being near her first quarter, will pass over
| the Pleiades, occulting in succession all
| the prominent members of the group except
one She Will again pass through the Pleia
des November I'd, from II to 20 minutes pas
II in the evening, occulting three OF the 81!
that are ordinarily visible.
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| spirator and the revolutionist. This gigantic
Golgotha, this mighty magazine of death, is
arranged with frightful regularity and system.
1t seems to me that it forms a sort of CHASTITY
complement to the city overhead.
The great passages are named after the
| streets and boulevards whose course they
| follow, and suggest, by the contrasts OF still
ness, darkness and immntabllity. the uproar,
the brightness and the rush Of the busy day
| above. They suggest with more oVerpower-
ing force, the great dread mystery OF death
which forever underles our life. Here, be-
meath beautiful churches, fragrant with IN
| cense, gorgeous with pictures and marbles
| beneath affairs bright with tapers, and glea1n /
ing with golden vessels and cruclhxes,
are chapel-llke chambers, cut IN the rock,
| whose air is heavy with the odor OF mortality,
whose ceilings are darkly frescoed with smoke,
on whose rough columns are solemn lnScrp-
| lions in black lettering, whose walls bear
crosses of skulls, set in mosalcs OF bones.
There is even shown here singular coliec-
| ton, arranged by a celebrated surgeon, OF DIS
| eased bones-a sort OF osseous hospltai'
| The catacombs were consecrateG as a
| burial place before the first revolution,
but the bones-brought from the various
| cemeteries by night in funeral cars, with re-
lipious rites-were shot down shaft and left
in mighty indistinguishable heap. L was
not till the time of Napoleon-the man OF
men to bring order out of chaos, and to dis
cipline even death-that the present system
was adopted and the mass of ccmmlDgled
mortal remains ranged into ranks Since then
inscriptions have been placed over every new
section, telling when and from what cemetery
they were removed.
This is all the distinction now. Here only
is real equality and fraternity. Here, side by
side, are heads which o. ce toiled at the great
problems of science and humanity, and heads
| that once plotted small thetts aud assassina-
tons; heads that once wore coronets, heads
| that once fell under the knife OF the gullo-
tine, heads once pillowed o. the breast OF
princes, heads that have lain on the black
slab of the 3lorgue.
Here are skeleton hands that were once soft
aud fair and glittering with jewels; strong
hands once dripping With blood; cunning
hands If musicians rade han Is of execution
ers; feet which marched in all the campaigns
of NAPOLEON. feet that trampled the weary
ways of want. feet that have gone on weary
pilgrimages, feet that have danced at the Ma
billie Pompadour may here have mingled
her bones with those OF some gentle Sister o.
| Mercy.
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Several Southern newspapers, Democratic
as well as Republican, are advocating the
passage of bill by Congress to reimburse the
6epositors of the Freedman's Savings Bank
for the losses they sustained by the failure of
that institution. In other words, they would
have the people Of the whole country taxed
to replace the money stolen from the defunct
bank by the special friends of the Admins
tration, many of whom are now in the pos
session of valuable property, which is subject
to attachment.
A better way would be to institute civil and
criminal suits against all concerned in the
atrocious robbery OF the poor freedmen by
their professed friends. If this should be
done in good earnest, no coubt large sums
might be recovered for the benefit of the de-
luded depositors, and some of the most guilty
thieves might find their way into the peniten-
tiary. If thorough legal Investigation
should result in tracing some of the missing
money unpleasantly close to the White House,
it would be nothing new or surprising.
York Sun.
Warts and tn Rent aer ted i'm tne RIrTI ErIN for
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NeU Orleans Dental College.
FREE DISPENSARY.
Corner of Canal and Baronne Streets.

The Ninth Regular Annual Session of this Insiitu
ton commenced o. the 18th of November and
will continue till the 18th of March prox. unner the
direction OF the following able Profess viz: WM
5. CHANDLER d. ID. s., JAS S. KNAPP, ID. ID. S,
CHAS. E. KELLS d. D. s., J. R. WALKER ID, ID
s. ALFRED w. PERRY. NJ. d., FREDERICK
LOBER NJ D., MARTIN WET, ID. D. s., and A.
T. MCLA1N, NJ D., ID. ID. s.
Whilst conducting FREE, PUBLIC CLINICS, in
connection with of lectures for the purpose
of peIfecng its pupils in the pact al depa tments
of the College, the Faculty have thought proper o
benefit at The same time the poor of this city by
extending general in tation to all those who have
not the of paying regular fees for dental op
erationa to apply at the Inhrmary, where they can
have teeth extracted, diseased mouths, etc, treat
ed tree If charge; and where other operations;
requiring he of expensive materials performed
i'll the latest and most approved methods under the
immediate supervision of members of the Faculty
for very little if any more than actual cost Re
spectacle persons not hesitate about applying
for dental treatment, as they will be received as
con- teousy "a at the best dental offices in the city
~ Clinic hours are from clock a. NJ 10 IL N. g,
every day, Sunday excepted.
A. f. McLAIN. NJ, D., D. d. S.,
Dean of the Faculty, l67 Canal street. opposite the
College hall. do ~ tmh6
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Grace Greenwood writes from Paris to the
New York Times: Our party entered the
catacombs at the old Barriere dEtfer, an en-
trance which seems little like reverse Of
proceedings. At this point each visitor, after
being provided with candle, descends nearly
a hundred steps of dark winding stairway
to o narrow passage, damp, and OF course
utterly dark.
From here we walked through perfect
labyrinth of other narrow passages, all doubly
somber from the heavy coating OF candle
smoke on the rock overhead-walked for
nearly half an hour before coming to the
great depository of bones. On each side, all
the way through the old quarries, opened
other arched passages, leading off into awful
distance and darkness = ways barred by
chains or marked dangerous" We passed
caverns like drifts in mines, and once
whose gloomy depths we vainly sought to
sound with the trembling light OF our candles
To those in the rear the etfsct Of the long
line of lights Pickering, waving, passing in
and out Of the dark arches, winding and doub-
ling, was something strangely weird and aw-
full All, am sure, except those brave young
Frenchmen, who kept up their courage with
cat-calls and cock-crowing, felt oppressed by
the very darkness and silence which We were
so boldly invading. FOR our part, we were
inclined to speak low, and to watch anxiously
each her bit Of candle, for no friendly echoes
of our voices came back from the gloomy
passages, only dull, warning roar; and the
heavy night, beaten back for little space by
our tapers, seemed about to rush upon and
overwhelm them and US. Surely there is q
difference between the darkness Of ever 80
somber spot, which at some time has known
daylight, and that of place which no ray of
sunshine has ever reached. The darkness
here was of the kind which scan be felt,
something menscing, sullen, almost savage
hopeless blind night, which never dreamed
OF the day.
So somber and solitary, so unearthly,
though earthly, was all this weary,
winding way, bordered with gloom
and mystery, that it was a positive re.
lief when we reached the great ossuary Here
at least, were the representatives of what had
ouce been life; for in these long, wide gal
leries, these subteranean streets and courts
are gathered the bones of 100000 human
beings-the yellow harvest of time of pest.
lence, and of revolution. In these dismal
colisses stand silent at last the actors of
many fearful tragedy of French history; but
out of those eyeless sockets stares such q
strange look Of watching and waiting and
fello wship that it almost seems as though
they are ready to rush back on the stormy
scene and take up again the roles Of the con
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Dir. III. N. SiebrecHt,
40 ROYAL STREET,

HAS JUST RETURNED FROM NORTH ERN
AND EASTERN CITIES.
His large experience in the selection of articles of
UPHOLSTERY, FURNITURE. PAPER HANG
INGs etc. and the peculiar and exceptional advan-
tages possessed by him in making purchases, has
enabled him to lay in stock of goods which for
ceence, elegance style and prices can not be sur
passed in the South.
To his assortment of Looking Glasses articles of
Fancy Flu niture and his of rich and beautiful
Coverings and Trimmings for Furnitura he especially
invites the par ticuar attention OF his friends and The
public.
His stock of Curtain Stuffs Window Shades, Bob
bnet Curtains COrnices Cords and Tasse's will be
found at @nce extensive and tasteful Gold Silver
Velvet and Decora' ion Paper and cheap Wall Paper
at lowest prices Particular attention paid to making
Lambrequins and Curtains in new styles.
d22 tia1 Store 40 Royal street.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

special Notice to OpelOusas shippers:-
From this date until further notice the regular
Opelousas Packets LOTUS NO 3, BERTHA and
FIETA will take all passengers and up treights at
hall card rates.
JAS NJ. DOWNING Agent steame- LOTUS No 8,
BRITTON 4 FPPLER - - BERTH %.
LORD & MCPEAkE . - FlETA.
Il
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Office of New Orleans CIV Railroad Conn

pary, IL Canal street New Orleans, Dec 81, $50
Notice to Stockholders-Notice is hereby given to
the Stockholders of this company to appear at this
office within ten days from this date, and vote,
First-For the approval approval of the
consolidation of the said company with the New Or
leans, AIetairie and Lake Railroad Company per
agreement entered into by the said companies this
day and date.
Second-For the issuing of one thousand shares
of stock of the consolidated company.
d22 lot G. c. LEWIS Secretary.
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LOST-FOUND.

T OST-DURING THE RUSH AT THE NATL
nee at the Academy of Music on Christmas Day a
Gold Bracelet The finder will be literally rewarded
by leaving same at No $50 Bienville street
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In the trail of Babcock, it wouldn't be a
bad idea to put the President on the witness
stand. One question would be sufficient
Who persuaded you to revoke the order
transferring the Supervisors. Babcock or
Tuition, and if so, how much"
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Office New OrIean. and CarrOlltOu Railroad
Company-New Orleans Dec. %. 1515-At special
meeting of the Board of Directors held this day
dividend of Three Dollars per share declared
payable on and after January 20 1876 making eight
per cent declared out of the profits of the year 1879
d24 l5t p. MCBRIDE, Secretary.
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ATTORNEYS.
COPARTN ERSHnPS.

|tOPARTNERSHIP - The undersigned have
" formed copartnership under the name and style
of BURKE q THOMPSON, for the transaction OF a
wholesale Grocery and Importing business at No. Ct
TchoupitOulas, and IL Commerce street
MIC dOLAS BURKE,
PHILIP THOMPSON.
New Orleans Sept l. 1875. 81 If
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tors will be held by the stockholders of the Canal
Street City Park and Lake Railroad Comaany at
the office No. North Basin street. MONDAY,
January 3, 1876, between the hours of Il M. and ,
NJ. as provided in article OF the charter Of
the company. K. NJ. HARRISON,
llrtI Secretary.
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r EcEprIoS
OF
O'CON NOR pow E z.

Pursuant to resolution adopted at the me tin
held in st. Patrick's Hall Wednesday evening
ed inst. the following gentlemen are appointed "A
an Executive Committee and are requested to NEE
at the Morning Star Ha |, ZIG Poydras street, o.
EVENING, 18th inst, at Del ok
Thomas Gilmore, James Tmony,
William Hart, II. L. LAWYER,
VIM H. Byrnes Thos A. Flanagan
Charles Macready, a. Wizard,
John Henderson, w. J. Casten
Thos. J. Semmes, DR.. Thomas Layton,
John I. Gibbons.
HIBERNIAN ASSOCIATIONS
Robt H. b riley, President Central Board;
Hugh Flynn, Branch No. l.
P. Bradley, Branch No .;
Philip McCabe, Branch No. B.
j b. Cunnin CHAM, Branch No ;;
NJ. S. Peadergast, Branch No. Z;
n Callan, Branch No. {;
Edw. MCGOWAN, Branch No. 9;
Jas. =. OBrien, Branch No. II.
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANs:
W. j. Kelly, State Delegate;
T. VI Kavanagh, Division No. l.
Robt. C. Davey, Division No. D
T. j. Glea son, Division No. 3.
TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETIES:
Thos G. Rapier, State Union
D. H. Buckley, II. X. Gltfney,
W. C. McCarty, j. c. Butler
Danl Sullivan A. P. Narcotic,
?. X. Hennessy.
DDS 2t JOHN MCCAFFREY, Chairman.
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Office of Crescent Saw Mill Association of
New Orleans - New Orleans Dec. II, 1S75.-The
Stock holders of this AssOciatiOn hereby notified
that in Coz furmity with Article VIII of the Charter
of said Association, the annual elect Of seven ~
directors to the ensuing year will be held at
this office Water and Genera Taylor streets
on MONDAY ID, cember y, 1879 between the hours
of 10 A. NJ. and Z. NJ.
dis td+ E. NlCOLLE Secretary.
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Mechanics' and Traders Bank-New Or
leans December IL 1s75.-The annual election fol-
Directors of this Bank for the ensuing
will be held az the Banking House on MONDAY
January nth 1876 between the hours of 10 A M
and . r. M MOSES HARRIS
dI7 [ ia 1S Cashier
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Office of the New Orleans Insurance COmpa-
nv New Orleans, 18th Dec, 1S75-Notiee Is hereby
given that in cobforAity with article sixth Of the
charter of this comp ny, the annual ction OF
Twelve Directors to serve during the ensuing year
will be held at this office orner canal and Camp
streets on MONDAY 9th December, 1875 between
IL e hours of 10 A. NJ. and , L. VI.
al I'd J. W. HINCKS, Secre airy.
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OGlca of n. w Orleans City Railroad C"m-
panv l24 Canal streeJ.-New Orleans, ID cember
| g. Ie75-At a meeting OF the 30 I'D of Director S
held on the eth inst, videnl ct Thr Dollar
per Ire clared pa able to the stockholders
on and after Januaiy 1876.
The transfer looks will be closed for ten days pre-
vious to that date. G. e. LEWIS.
dlUfia1 Secretary.
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NEW ADVERTISE DEMENT'S
Storage ;!
Storage

Storage! Storage!
WE HAVE STORAGE ROOM FOR 5000 BAR
w Tels MOlasses and other Mercha disc in the
HOLMES INSPECTION WAREHOUSE, No. 159
TchoupiLOulas street and UNION LARD CELLAR,
l25 Tchoupltouas street Coolest place in the city.
JOHN HOLMES & co,
dos st 12e Tchoupitouas street.
ID ECEIVED EN- STEAMSHIP HANOVER
a fresh supply of the celebrated brand of
PIPER HEIDsIECK CHAMPAGNE,
whish we new offer to the trade the most tavOra
terms
SCHMIDT e. ZIEGLER
DDS 40, IL, 50 and 50 Peters street
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Wants and To Rent inserted in the BULLETIN for
fifty cents.
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THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS.

A VISIT TO VAST UNDERGROUND CITY OF TIL
DEAD.
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FOR RENT.

TO RENTS inserted in this column not exceeding
one square FIFTY CENTS.
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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-24
THE NORMAL SCHOOLS.

Another sensible journal, and this time
a Republican one, land there are not
many sensible Republican journals,)
comes to our help upon the Normal School
question. The Lanesboro Journal, of
Fillmore county, says:
We always inclined to the belief, shared by
many people of Minnesota, that three Normal
Schools in this young State are too many by a
little more than halt With one well equipped
Normal School and the excellent State Uni
versity we possess, we have in comparison
with the wealth and developments of our
State, ample facilities tor meeting the require
ments of our young commonwealth for many
years, if only our graded school system were
extended and strengthened. Take twenty
thousand dollars annually (the cost of running
two of our Normal Schools) and five hum
bred dollars each to forty towns that will es-
tablish frst-class graded schools and see what
the effect will be. Or pledge one thousand
dollars annually to twenty towns that will erect
and maintain tirst-class graded schools, and as
we increase in wealth extend these schools, by
some established system. Twenty we'll con-
Quoted graded schools would he of infinitely
more value to the people Of Minnesota than
two Normal Schools, or dozen Normal
Schools; and the people Of the State will yet
see this matter in its proper light. The two
Normal Schools that could be dispensed with
have cost the State about one hundred and
seventy thousand dollars-enough almost
to perpetually maintain one hundred graded
schools, taking the annual expenses OF these
Normal Schools into account.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-24
HOW CAME TO PASS.

The Lord must have been thinking of
the devil when he made II. P. Hall, of
the St. Paul Dispatch, and SO he mixed
in. with some really excellent hereditary
qualities, some absoluted diabolical sug-
gestions.
Hall insinuated the other day that we
opposed Fisher because we wanted the
nomination ourself, and the Chaska Her.
aid asked us,-'who s0iA you support =
To which we replied by naming fourteen
prominent gentlemen, any one Of whom
we would prefer to Fisher; whereupon
Hall cocks his arrow-headed tail over his
left shoulder, winks one eye with satan
ic leer, grins a sulphuric grin, and says :
s'Mr. Donnelly, in the last issue Of his
paper names fourteen candidates for Gov
ernor. How happy he would be If the
entire fourteen scould u7aite in naming
Dommelly for the fifteenth"
If any man can answer the theological
riddle,-s'why don't God kill the devil =
he will be prepared to explain the exis'
tence Of the St. Paul Dispatch.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-24

STEBBINs, of the Hastings Gazette, has
a long editorial in his last issue to show
how poor and wretched and miserable the
pioneers Of Indiana were in their home
spun clothes and log novels fifty years
ago; and he, therefore, argues that in
comparison the farmers Of Minnesota of
to-day are so we'll off and comfortable
that they should be satisfied and not try
to improve their condition. But suppose
some other Stebbins had, fifty years ago,
told the pioneers of Indiana to compare
their condition with that of their ances-
tors who were wretched serfs. bought
and sold with the land like cattle and
hogs; and had argued that they should,
therefore, be happy and coatented in
their misery, would not his logic have
been as good as that Of this Stebbins!
Why didn't Steb. remain in his log
hut and his butternut breeohes instead
oftrying to become gentleman And
if Steb. has right to improve his condi-
ton, hasn't the farmer Of Minnesota the
same right! Don't the law of progress
apply to farmers as we'll as type.setters!
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JOSEPH A., of the Pied-Press feels
dreadfuIly over the loss Of his little post.
Office; and he is blazing away in sort
of heat-lightning style which hurts no
one.
All! Joseph. it is hard to let 60 the
teat and see the divine Tactical trickle in.
to some other fellows mouth; but when
two ride the same horse one of them
must ride behind. It's your turn now
Joseph.
Initiate the mild patience and the phi
losophical equanimity with which we
have endured, 10 these many years, the
crusts Of honest independence. Remem-
Der what the poet says:
Thy spirit, -Independence,- Jet me share,
Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye;
Thy steps I'll follow with my bosom bare,
Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky
So wipe the slobbers from your lips,
Joseph, unbutton your shirt, and go it
alone.