uiiv,»*■ y^. ■/ J "j^, WVW V' 1857 JANUARY. Remarkable days. The Congress of the Uni- 1 Circumcision. ;ted States consists of a Se- Clear and nate and House of Repre- 3 Allied fleet entered the , 1854. Cold 4 2d Sunday after Christmas. 6 Epiphany. Snmo. 7 Changeable. 9 Clear and Cold. 11 1st Sun. after Epiphany. 13 More moderate. 14 St. JohnN. B. burnt 1837. 15 Fine weather fori 16 the Season. 17 Franklin born 1706. 18 2d Sun. after Epiphany'. 20 P. E. Island and Magda¬ len Islands granted to Capt. Doublet and others 1063. 23 Weather 24 becomes colder. 25 2d Sun. after Epiphany. • Conversion of St Paul. 26 New settled 1788. 28 Geo. III. died 1820. 29 Look ouljor 30 Martyrdom of K. Charles I 31 a snow storm. ■ U. S. Army .—The au¬ thorized strength of the United States array is 17 - 867, officers and men; the actual strength, 15,752 The number of enlistments for the year ending Sept. 20, 10,546; loss by deaths, discharges, and desertions, 5,500. The. whole terri- sentatives, and must as¬ semble at least once a year: on the first Monday of De¬ cember, unless otherwise directed by law. The Senate is composed of two members from each state, so that the regular number is now sixty-two. They are chosen by the Legislatures of the several states for the terra of six vears, one third beinc eiec- ted biennially. The Vice- President of the United States is President of the Senate, having the casting vote when the votes of the Senators are equally divi¬ ded. In case of his absence or death, a President pro tempore is chosen by the Senators from their own body. The to Read. —When the late Jeremiah Svarts was in the fifth year of his age, he came to his father and asked him for a new book. His father ask¬ ed him if the last book he had given him was worn out. " O no, sir," said toryofthe United States is Jeremiah, "but I have divided into 5 great depart-read all the sense out of it." He meant to say, that he ments in which there are 26 arsenals and 98 forts, had read it thoroughly, and most of which are garri-had made himself master soned. , , of all the ideas it contained.