The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-07-28
DOMESTIC.
EYcEsSIYE Hcar.

EXCESSIVE HElT.
The hest in Boston for three days wa
excessive ; the nights nearly as hot as the
days. Tba mercury in the coolest sltua-
tons ranged from 80 To 81 deg. and even 10
| 100 OF farenh.it ; aud when exposed To
the sun, il has risen TO i20. On the first
uf these y.,y oppressive days Sunday the
10TH ~ 10 O'Clock, II was al OF al 8 L. NJ.
80, and shutdown 80 next day III 5 7. VI.
IT was ut 100 aud on Tuesday, sunrise, 30,
II O'Clock at 08 and 2, =. NJ. 100 aud at
,, il was 80. This excessive heat, neon
yeHirnt To all classes of people, has proved
highly injurious To the ~labouring c~lass.-
The deaths from exposure 10 the heat, aud
part, uiarly from drinking of cold water,
are estimated at ftom % To 80 and a. ma
jority of these, victims are the unfortunate
SONS Of Erin, lately emigrants from their
oppressed country. Most of these crowd
ed in close cellars, and breathing also in-
pure atmosphere, have sooner fallen VIC
tins TO the sultry Climate. Most of the
workmen in Boston, employed IN building
stores or houses, Were compelled To QUE
their work, and seek safety IN the shade
Some skaters became SO paraiyZed by the
influence ola burning sun, that they requi-
red assistance to get down from the roofs
OF the buildings. At the Mayors request
the master builders bad consented TO alb
stain from labour, during the prevalence OF
tins warin wehtlter IRON IL NJ. To ) O'clock
l.. Nj. On Sunday, ! OF the Marines, who
formed the military escort at the internent
Of Lieut.. Ward, tainted in the street under
the violence Of the heat. One ofthe Phv-
slcians states, that he was called on To visit
on one day IL patients, who had been sud-
denly attacked, from the i%mprudent use of
cold uater; 3 of them proved fatal, and
some others were doubtful. Cooling the
body before you drink IN any way, rlnsiug
The mouth, washing tue face and hands, are
precautions not To be forgotten.
Al Salem, on Sunday, the thermometer
placed in the shade ranged from 80 to 81
deg. On Monday, one or two degrees
higher, and on Tuesday, betn cen ! aud s
o'clock, It stood in the shade on Essex
Street at 100, l02, and even lO4 deg. A
~tiiereInometer exposed To the sun on Mon
day, rose IN Il few minutes To 1856 deg.
At Providence, Monday is SAID to have
been the warmest day which had been ex-
ptrienced for several years. In the shade
tive l aud 9 o'clock the mercury stood
dt SO Ia. A colorcd mao lost his life by
drinking too freely of cold Mater. The
heat proved fatal 10 the fish ut Brush Pond
neat NJ ashapanB Point, in Cranston about
3 acres in surface, and between Q and 8 feet
deep, Yet all the fish were suttucaled. Sc
veral hundred perch, pickelel, &c. so,ne
weighing IA pound and u half, were found
boating on the surface Of the water, and
large numbers were taken from the bottom
without any siSns ofiifc.
AT Abdny, five persons were killed by
cold water. On Tuesda, the heat was 81.
In n. l FORK, on the same day > or 3 deaths
occurred from the same cause. In Pnila-
d''phia, 8 persons persisted an the same
DAY from the lmPrudrnt use OF cold water.
In Baltimore, the thermometer ranged from
50 to 95. In Richmond, the heat was not
as great as it had been tree weeks before.
Whence lslt, that a few degrees further to
the Worth should occasionally experience Il
50 much intenSer degree Of heat2
Rich. Eng.