Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-08-10
THE WEATHER.
BALrIMoRE, AVG. 6.


The Thermometer, on Saturday, at 8, 7. NJ.
,ood at g. dcnrecs in this Office III the shade, out |
Of doors. at 400 degrees Exposed to tn. luil rays
ol The sun, the mercury rose to Lao degrees. les
tertlav Sunday was The waticst day we nave eX-
lpeyienced for long time. AT the Exchange, at
lnclock the thermometer stood at % ~ lat the Pa
yilion Baths, at 5 O'Clock, F. NJ. at W ana III
lnnr 0N r. Al % clock, f. NJ. at 1O3, III the shade,
PORTLAND, JULY b.
.yoo,n--On Thursday last we were visited ID tins
vicinity bv "A cold rain storm. We have been told,
that at the distance of twenty four miles, in the town
| of New Gloucester, the atmosphere presented the
nnye aspect for the season. oi being ed with Snow
none of which, however, retained its form long
enough to reach the earth
mir Season in the S0uth.-SAvANNAH. July q
The last Macon Telegraph, after stating the very
ateriNg prospects oi lie PLANTER, lew days since,
| save "'rhc scene is changed. From almost eve
nv part of The State We hear the most melancholy
counts Of the extensive andong continued drought,
and the utter prosraton OF the hopes of the farmer
the structure which the prosperityo OF the whole
| community Is passed.
With lew exceptions, the drought is very general.
In some districts, rain has fallen for many weeks
the earth has become fairly baked, and vegetation
tentirely suspended Whole corn fields entirely
DESTROYED; the corn blades, cont0rted aud scorched,
fall to the ground, aud The slNeiled stalks smoke
with heat
4 The cotton plant, from its slower growth, and
deeper root suffers later than corn but it also be
gins to feel the effect of the drought. The leaves
burn up, and flowers wither and fall leaving NJ
n ball in their place.
! The animal, as we'll as the vegetable kingdom
pants with the excessive heat and draught. lnhab
tants of ponds aud streams are boiled III their owl
eIemeats, or perish by its eyapuratio. Cattle crol
the iulceless heritage, and look to man IN vain TO
. succor: their enaclated carcasses and sunken ey'
balls as they watch the reluctant clouds, speak IN
!. keenness Of their suffering. Large streams hay
= sunk to narrow rls, aud fountains are drying up
l. Instead Of dnw lmpal pablo dust, lifted into the al
by its dryness and buoy ancy, fails on the thirsty her
= bage. Indeed the atmosphere in many places, tray
elers assure US, is SO filled with dust, that respra
" ton is extremely difficult"
! a st. Francisvllle Q-ou.) paper of the Esd June
! also speaks OF long continued drought in that SCI
u ton Of the country. The editors say
ave do not remember ever to have known S
> severe drought in this section of Louisiana, and
50 early period in the season, as we are now su
=, terlng. 1t will be SIX weeks Tomorrow, since "
=. haze had rain to lay the dust, during which pero
" the heat has been excessive, the thermometer ram
ing from 80 to %. Vegetation is literally parche
!; up--thc crop ruined, aud that OF cotton grea
-, Ily injured. We now witness what was never beiol
seen IA Louisiana, whitening III the fields, Il
- CHARLESTON, s. c. July so.
The weather has Of late been most prolific sui
ljcct OF remark. Such have been its varieties thu
n week alter week, oldest citizens have been r.
~" marking upon their popularity and unusualness.
the latter part OF Spring, had almost the scvcr
: OF Hhter--hen, as ii about to force equilibrium
us the sun poured down its beams with erccr intens
s' ness than usually marks the season-and last of al
M the elements have been dissolved in delu.ing an
VI nces,an showers. For the last three or four day
po it has been raining violently, almost without int
of- mission.
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