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ECLIPSES for the YEAR 1793. I. Of the Moon, on the 25th of February, in the afternoon; partly visible. H. M. Beginning of the eclipse, - - 4 42 Greatest obscuration, - - 5 59 End of eclipse, - - - 7 18 Duration, - - - 2 36 Digits eclipsed, 5 2-3, from the fourth side of the earth's shadow. N. B. The Moon rifes 4 3-4 digits eclipsed. II. Of the Sun, on the 12th of March, at 8 minntes past 1 in the morning ; invisible. III. Of the Moon, on the 21st of August, at 57 minutes past 9 in the morning; invisible. IV. Of the Sun, on the 5th of September, in the morning; the sun will be 9 1-2 digits eclipsed at London; but a very small portion of it can be seen here; the western limb of the moon abandons the eastern limb of the sun 7 minutes after sun-rise. ------ These calculations are according to Ferguson's Astronomy, explained upon sir Isaac Newton's principles. B.B. -------------- The CENSUS of the several States, so far as returns have been made into the office of the Secretary of State. No returns being yet received from those marked thus*, their numbers are stated conjecturally, in order to give an idea of the aggregate amount of the whole. [[column 1]] New-Hampshire, 141,885 Massachusetts, 378,787}475,327 Maine, 96,540 } Rhode-Island, 68,825 Connecticut, 237,946 *Vermont, 85,000 New-York, 340,120 New-Jersey, 184,139 Pennsylvania, 434,373 Delaware, 59,094 [[column 2]] Maryland, 319,728 Virginia, 747,610 Kentucky, 73,677 North-Carolina, 393,751 *South-Carolina 240,000 Georgia, 82,548 *S.W. territory 30,000 *N.W. territory, 5,000 Total Number 3,919,023