The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-01-27

70 deg; 9th, 40 deg; 7th, 80 deg; 9Th, 81
deg; 9th, 40 deg; 10th, thunder storm with
hail; f1th, 30 deg. 12ih, 50 deg; 18th, snow
storm, mercnry "a deg. ats A. NJ, Is deg. g
10 NJ; Nth, 90 deg; 18th, 46 deg; 18th, 80
deg; 18th, 36 deg; 18th, 40 deg; 18th, 3s
deg, and % deg. at half-past6 p. NJ; 10th, IA
deg; 2lsi, 81 deg; Odd, % deg.
The 10Th of February, 1923, and the 9th Of
February, 1886. were both colder in Charles
ton than last Tuesday. On the FIRST Of these
days the thermometer stood at IL, and on the
second at degrees above zero.
We suppose our readers, If they had any
doubts before, are by this time convinced that
the weather has been quite cool. We shall,
therefore, wind up this article by congratula-
ting them upon the glorious sunshine of Satur-
day and Sunday, and by giving them little
touch Of philosophy, conveyed in the following
extract from the New York Courier and En-
quiier. 1t is proper to remark that gentle
man OF this city, told US that being few miles
in the country during the Christmas holydays,
he experienced, very sensibly, the shock of an
earthquake. We forgot 10 mention it at the
time, and il is recalled to our recollection by
the article before us:
"The cold is travelling in new path. New
Orleans, on the 18th, was visited by snow
storm, and on the 18th the temperature of the
city of Washington was twenty-seven degrees
below the freezing point. A convulsion at
some point on the ea!th's surface, not often
visited by terrestrial tremors, has produced
this result.
ain previous communications, we said that
the long cycle in Dec. which commenced the
night of the 18th and 18th, and ended the night
of 9th and 28th, was connected with earth
quakes. That the commencement, termina-
ton, and fluctuations on the Doth and 25th
were the result Of earthquakes. The New
York Commercial Advertiser of January 5th,
states an earthquake was felt at ST. Thomas
on the 10th December, (hour not stately and
the Bradford (Vt) Intelligencer of the 9th of
December, states that an earthquake was felt
there the morning of December 25th. The
Goth and 9th, or 18th, now only remain to be
heard from.
ave are examining the arctic records in con-
nexion with the narration of Sir John Richard.
son. Sir John states, that on the Odd Of Au-
gust, lS48, he encountered great storm, latti-
tude Is deg. North, longitude lib deg. West.
and that on the same day severe shocks of
earthquakes were felt in the West Indies. On
referring to our records of terrestrial pheno.
mena, we find a record Of an earthquake at
Antigua on the 22d, accompanied by thunder,
lightning, and q hurricane. The day previous
hurricane and lightning storm at ST. Kits
was attended by three shocks Of earthquake.
The Doth the city of Paris was visited by a
fearful thunder storm, during which the light
ming struck eighteen different places in that
city. The day previous to this lightning storm
in Paris, an earthquake visited Montevideo,
and two days previous viz: on the 18th,
shocks of earthquake were felt at st. Lucia,
and on the 18th shocks were also felt at Mon
teyideO. Thus We connect the changes of the
atmosphere with the disturbances of terrane
crust. 1t is that which is forced into the atmos-
phere from the earth's interior that changes
the condition of its atmosphere and produces
all the sudden changes Of temperatures
These changes affect everything that has life,
and those who breathe the changed atmosphere
both ply sically and mentally.
"Since the termination of the cold cycle on
the 18th of December, other cycles have fol-
lowed.
"A warm cycle followed the cold cycle, and
was attended by a dense fog, by aurora, and
by thunder and lightning when it had reached
ninety hours, the fog was expelled by free
rain, that fell aboundantly over great extent
OF surface in the northern hemisphere. The
warm term en0ed al L. NJ. on the lSt OF ia
nuary, having continued for a term measuring
6ye-sxteenth the circle of $50 hours. From
9 p. NJ. of January LIST to the present hour,
A. nj. of 18th, there have been but three move
ments of temperature above the freezing point,
viz: on the 5th, at P. NJ. 81 deg; 9th, p.
NJ, "a deg; 10th, P. NJ, 81 deg; and 11th, l
P. NJ, 36 deg; The temperature is now, at
9! A. H., - deg; having been at rest during
the entire night at "a deg; and 25 deg.
"Since writing the foregoing, the cold cycle
which commenced at 2 P. M. of the 1lth, has
terminated. AT s this morning the tempera.
ture on the magnetic and meteoric wires was
at % deg; at O'Clock, 90 deg; at 10, 80 deg;
and at IL, SO deg. The duration of the cvcle
from P. III. of 1lth to past 10 A. Nj. of 18th,
is ninety hours, or four-sxteenths the circle.
The whole atmosphere gives testimony to the
conclusion Of the cycle.
January Is, 1852. E. NJ"