Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-11-19


of greatest excess from Lower New Hampshire North
ern New Jersey varying from seven to twelve inches in
depth Of water fallen.
At the South the of rain was not far from the
average, and very well distributed through the month
Some portions of Georgia deficient and there was
more than the usual amount in South Carolina.
The unfavorable points of the month damage
from excess OF rain at the East prolongaons of
the drought in the grazing districts of New York. and
slight injury at the West from frost and absence of rain
September above the normal mean temperature in
oil parts of the United States to the Of two or
three degrees in parts of the West and one two
degrees the entire North and East Its character
IN this respect favorable though extremes of
perature become very important to descriptions of
cultivation in this month"; and notice of its frost
required to complete the purpose of this statement
The first frost in Maine and New Hampshire occurred
on the l2th the second the 25h the last of which
was the decided check Of vegetation In Vermont Bur-
ington and in the stern nars af the
first frosts were on the 2, and varssbly to ny S.h
In the elevated portions Of & E is.arr taa
first frosts the 10Th. In Northern New York
light frost the l2th and the first killing fros"
the 25h In central New York vegetation not killed
before the 3oth, though there light the
18th and 25th. At Buffalo the first frost was on
| the 30th.
In New Jersey the first fross were the 30th. In
most parts of Pennsylvania the first frost the 30h
though elevated districts had light frosts the 18th In
Maryland and the mountain valleys Of Virginia there
also rosts destroying vegetation the 30th but no in
jury done the low plain of Virginia southwark
though slight frost appeared in some places.
In the hilly parts of Southern Ohio there light
frost the 2Sh and on the lake shore at the North
In Michigan there light frosts on the l0th with
| " killing frosts" the 23d, 25th, and 2Sth.
In Central Indiana the first frosts the Goth and
3d. and the in Central Illinois In most parts of
Iowa and Wisconsin the first frosts the
2lst though the most elevated places had frosts
the sth
September is less important than other months in the
influence of its amount Of rain producing interests.
The amount again very large at the East and in the
South, amounting to fifteen inches at Cedar Keys
and Pensacola, and to inches from Jacksonville to
Charleston Some damage was done by these rains in
retardng the development of the cotton boil and by food
ing low lands From the important localities in the
Southwest which might be Influenced in this our
information is meagre, and it is only known that some
complaint is made of this result generally By Southern
observers.
In parts of the Northwest, and especially in Michigan
il continued dry.
OF the remaining portion Of the affecting vege
taton it is only necessary to give the extremes which
close up at the South The temperatures Of 0c
tober unmportant except to semitropical cultiya
or grazing interests in the decided degree which
mean temperatures of other months are, and extremes
which bring the killing frosts" peculiarly impor
tant to American and American staples.
At Charleston (S C) there killing frost the 2lst
October and universally the entire South the
morning of the 2oh This probably the first damage
to planting interests any where though in the
uplands of several States there frosts early
4 the 14th.
The retarded cotton crop doubt suffered much inuJ
at the Last The rains Of September and the generally
w skssseter Of the later parts Of the Ogethe'
added considerable item the first Of failure In
the early droughts.
Some injury was done by ross early in October to the
tobacco crop Of Virginia To this staple the
generally favorable however, with slight exceptions
The whole summer much warmer than usual on
this continent At all places in the central and northern
portions Of the United States the temperature for
the six months was two degrees above the deter
mined by series of observations Of twenty to forty years
The uniformity CT this is remarkable through all
the comparisons At the South this difference fell of
gradually to less than degree on the Gulf coast
1t is difficult to give summary in single statement
Of the resulting character Of the producing season for
the whole country 1t may be said, however, that the
growing districts were generally unfortunate in
all their staples though the and the Of the
extreme Southwest scarcely shared in these dsadvan-
tages The grazing districts Of some portions Of the
Northern States also suffered heavy losses These not
all are the most considerable enumeraons Of injurious
results from the extraordinary conditions Of summer
unusually favorable to most agricultural interests.
brief comparison with the character Of the summer
in England and in Europe may be given in conclusion
An English statement brought down to the close Of Sep
ember gives the following differences for each month from
the mean Of twentyseven years at London. The same
comparison is given for Philadelphia, Marietta (0ho,)
and New Orleans The signs indicate the excess or de-
fciency Of mean temperature in degrees and tenths
Temperatures Of 1853 compared NTH Constant Means.