The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-08
From the n. Y. Journal Of Comm. cree
THE SEASONS.

We have Just passed through season that deserves
to be chronicled as full of vicsstudes of weather
and exhibiting unusual abundance of meteorologi-
cal phenomena. As whole, the past summer has
been COOL The month of June brought succession
of chilling blasts from the Northeast, relieved now
and then by warm days. Almost every man turn}
ed into philosopher, to calculate the of such
singular weather in the month If June The preva-
lent hypothesis was, that it occasioned by the
large masses of ice which were then known to be
passing constantly off the banks of Newfoundland
Whether this the real cause, has not yet been
satisfactorily ascertained.
While we were visited with this rainy weather in
cessantly, accounts from England and France repre-
sented that they were experiencing protracted
droughts. The elements upon our border seemed
peculiarly disturbed, and the atmosphere was charged
with an unusual quantity of watery vapor Indeed,
it was common complaint among the farmers, at
time, that they had too much rain for their crops
to ripen.
These cold blasts from the Northeast no longer
felt, but still subject to frequent changes
in the weather Thunder-showers, accompanied with
vivid and appalling discharges of lightning were I'M
usually frequent The effects of these thunder storms
manifest in the accounts from every portion of the
country, telling of persons killed and property de-
stroyed In month in this century, probably, have
there been many violent thunder storms resulting
in the destruction of SO much property, and the death
of so many individuals, in July last. During that
month alone, there were not less than thirty persons
killed by lightning in the United States.
But, If we include the month of May, it will be
called to mind that have recently heard of other
and more awful exhibitions of the manner in which the
powers of nature act. The earthquake that was fell
many of the West India Isles, and upon the nt-
nen at the same, nearly the instant of mean
time, OF the most full in It's effects which
history has recorded Thc same shock felt ever
an exten, OF more than 800 miles extending from
Porto Rico to about the middle OF Louisiana. Al
lowing for the variation of time, find the sane
shock was felt at the two places, at nearly the same
instant Of mean time.
But amid all these vicssltudes in The weather. the
bountes of Heaven have been a,ishrd upon oul
land in unusual abundance The produce of The
Ids is Unprecedented almost, through every section
ofthe country We have enough to feed all own
population, the lowest rates, and large surplus for
other countries. 1t may be regarded great bless
ing that while many emigranis are pouring upon
country from abroad they find the necessares
of life cheap The dry and warm weather,
which has been uninterrupted now for about week
will be very favorable to mature the crops of Indian
and fruits, which short time since seemed
backward.
Thus far the country las been exempt this sunni er
from all dreadful scougcs in the form Of eidemics
From every quarter of the country, we have accounts
of the general prevalence of health. With the adj
ustmeni of most questions that have caused internal
agitations among us, and the settlement of foreign
causes Of difficulty, may hope that our country
will once a subs anal prosperity