Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1848-01-15
From the North American.
Review ~ 'hr WEATHER.


l4'h from IL to o'clock, the mercury in per.
feet shade was SO, and being placed facing the
ttreet where the sun shone the opposite bull.
dings, II rose TO 70 which circumstance has not
occurred before, in the month Of December, since
1928 :he medium Temperature Of that month
being So. which s six degrees above the freezing
point. December, 1898. go, '27, and 1928, were
the miIdest months of December that we have on
our record their medium temperature being 36,
81 and SO The past month was 80
The last morning in November, isi7, at sun.
rise the mercury was only l2 above zero in this
city, which is 90 below :be freezing point. At
the same hour on the is, December, the mercu.
~ was 81, but during the day the wind .outhed.
and at sunrise on the Cd December the mercury
had run up TO so, making difference Of 90 de.
prees in 2, hours, and 3s degrees in as hours
With the exception ofa very few days. the wea.
ther continued mild until the 18TH which was a
clear, cold, bracing day, and almost every one
hailed it as the hsrbinger Of more seasonable wea.
ther. The 10th, however, brought with il rain,
hail, snow and chilly easterly wind. The nth
was overcast, damp, and drzzly, with the wind
raw east. ...
The 18th commenced cloudy, but the atmos.
phere soon became clear and cool, with the wind
N w The 10Th was alternately clondy and
clear The Goth was clear and mild The els,
and 22d were overcast, chilly and damp. The
23d was clear A. NJ. but cloudy p NJ, and abou,
a halfincb OF snow fell in the evening The oath
was clear and splendid day The 25th Christ.
mas it showed moderately all day, and to
inches fell. The 2Gth and 27th were clear and
cold. At sunrise on the 26th, the mercury was
10 above zero, and it did not rise above % du.
ring the day. At sunrise on the p7th, the ,ner.
curry was only II above zero, and it did not rise
above 81 during the day, On the morning of the
2sth, the mercury was 25, and at mid day 80,
On the 29th, it was 2s at sunrise and 40 at mid.
day On the 3Oh it was 80 at sunrise ana IS a,
midday; and there was dense fog during the
whole day. On the 3lstst sunrise, the mercury
was &c, and at mid day SO.
There were, during the month but seven clear
days. Five that were alternately cloudy and
clear. Twelve in which some rain fell Four
in which some snow fell making in all about
four inches. And seven that were either hazy
or foggy. or both
The medium temperature of the month was
The quantity of rain that fell was three and
three quarters inches.
Remarkable Foci.-November, ls47, pro
duced the coolest day in Philadelphia for No
vember month for SO years, viz: the mercury
was only l2 degrees above zero. And Decem
ber 1877. the warmest day for a December
month for the same period, viz 10 degrees.
CosTLEy UNIFORM Gen. Valencia, who
was SO b,dly whipped by Gen. Smith at Contre.
ns possesses one requisite, and the chief rcqui
site, of q great Mexican General: he has
most splendid and costly uniform. Ii s said
that when IN full dress he bore upon his distin.
guished person a. least 100000 worth Of god
diamonds, and precious metals. What splen
did capture he would have been to some @: our
ragged boys! No wonder he ran SO fast when
Riley charged his batteries. lie had something
TO run tor though how he made such good time
under such heavy loud. was wonder to every.
body. We understand. however, that the Gen.
eral was in very bad spri,s-ws mean nothing
against the quality Of the spirits with which he
quenched the valor Of his soul, and kept the cold
of his sioma' h-cn the memorable night Of
the l9th August last but he was disheartened
by the absence of magnificent jewelled sword
which cost $1,000 and which, under money
ed pressure. he htd left "in coax" at the Monte
Pho. This sword is now TO be seen in Mexico
and was pawned for $500 lie absence at
Contreas has been assigned by Valenca's friends
as one OF the causes Of his defeat at Contreras.
II would be an interesting contrast 10 esti.
mate the comparative value of the respective
uniforms of Gen. Valencia. the conquered. and
Gen. Smith, the victor. at Contreras. The re.
suit will throw much light upon the great lead.
ing distinctive traits Of American and Mexican
char Withou, meaning 10 imrugn the
richness and extent of Gen. Smiths wardrobe,
We DO not think il extrsvagant to estimate the
value of the old dark blue Goa, and lieh,isb blue
pants, sixbit glazed cap, cork solcd boots, and
service sabre. worn by the Hero Of Con,reras on
that memorable day, ss of the value Of $i5.
We doubt whether any OF our little Jew tsilors
would not think that smoun, enormous.
But the "inwsrd man" nt these Generals ia
moi less striking in confirms, than their ''outwsrd
man." The snowy and costly exterior OF the
one covers vain, isithless. cowsrdly heart
whilst the plain, simple, and unpretending sp-
pearsnce of the other aiyes token of the dnunt.