The weekly Placer herald., 1853-10-22
Climate of Countries.

AitnOugn ENlnDurSn, IN Ureat BRIAN
is situated ten degrees further north than
the city of New York, it has much
warmer climate in winter, and the heat
and cold never attain to such extremes.
The innate of England is, to the major
ity of our people, mystery The island
is situated between SO and SIS deg north
latitude, and it has miIder climate than
any we enjoy in the latiudes of 90 and IS
degrees. The British isles are situated
in the path of warm ocean currents,
which flow across the Atlantic and beat
upon and circulate around them. The
wild Orkney Islands, which are situated
in SO deg min, have warmer winters
than we have in New York, which ia sit
uated about II deg. further south In the
city of Glasgow, the main temperature in
the month Of January is SO degrees, end
it has never been below zero, but twice in
forty years, and then only 8 deg. for two
days.
In INST, in the Shetland Isles, in latl-
tude 90 deg. min. the mean temperature
in January is 40 deg. In many places of
the United States, ranging from New
York to Maine, in lat. 45 deg. the mean
temperature is deg. be ow zero. Unst
is only one degree colder than CONSTANT
nople in January, and no country in Eu
rope, nor the world perhaps, enjoys the
midness of climate peculiar to Great
Britain and Ireland. This must have II
wonderful effect upon the hea tn and or
ganzatlon of the people. The cause is,
as we have stated, genera ly attributable
to the currents of the gulf stream; one
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nial warmth of moist breezes from Africa
which come over the Atlantic, crossing
the Equator. In Russia, NJ oscow is Oh
the same line with Edinburgh, yet its
temperature in winter is at least Is deg
lower. The climate of England is moist
and wet To fore igners accustomed to
clear skies, it is disagreeable. The at
mosphere is cloudy in summer, and this is
one reason why it is not so warm as in
otl er countries in the same northern lati-
tUde. Were it not for the warm ocean
currents and the warm breezes, the coasts
OF England would he ice bound, and
many of the plants which now flourish h
there as evergreen would he unknown.
On the northern coast Of our continent
| in northern Oregon-the climate is much
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same lines Of latitude in our Eastern
States. 1t s believed, that currents from
the orient flow over the Pacific and wash
the Oregon shores as the gulf stream OF
/ the Atlantic does the British Isles Du-
ring the past winter the thermometer
ranged II degrees above zero, and the
prairies were green all the time, except
when covered by occasional snow storms.
he farmers are not compel ed as in the
Eastern States, to depend for the winter
snstenance Of his cattle on hay raised the
previous season; his cattle can craze
throughout the whole year, ana wild flow
ers may often he plucked in the months Of
january and February. Scientific finer.
PRETTY INcIDFNr.-We heard very
pretty incident the other day, which we
cannot help relating. A young lady from
the South, 1t seems, was wooed and won
10y youthful physician, living in Califor-
MIA. When the engagement was made
the doctor was rich, having been very
successful at San Francisco. 1t had not
existed six months, however, when by an
unfortunate investment, he lost his entire
cheap" This event came upon him, it
Sh'bl' NC hiitIj JUST HS Ue WAS max III y
ready to claim his bride. What does he
do? Why, like an honorable and chival-
rous young fellow. as he is, he sits down
and writes the lady every particular OF
the unhappy turn which had taken place
IN bis fortunes, assuring her, that if the
fact produced any change in her feeling
towards him, she is released from every
promise she had made him. And what
does the dear, good girl do? Why, she
takes lump of pure gold which her lover
had sent her when in prosperity, as n
| keepsake, and having it manufactured
into ring, forwards it to him, with the
following Bible inscription engraved in
distinct characters on the inside:-
"Entreat me not to leave thee or to re-
turn from following after thee; for with
er thou goeSt wi go, and where thou
lodgest will lodge; thy people and thy
God shall he my peop and my God !;
where thou diest will die, and there will
| be buried; the Lord do so to me, and
more also, if aught but death part thee
and me-"
The lover idolized his sweetheart more
than ever when he received this precious
evidence of her devotion to him, both in
storm aud sunshine. We may add that
fortune again soon smiled upon the young
ply sician, and that he subsequently re-
turned to the North to wed the sweet girl
he loved, and who loved him with such
an undying affection. Nay, more, the
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