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Baconh Castle, Va. — Eaiii, hail, snow to 6tli ; martins 7tli ; apple blos- 

 soms 9th, pear 13th ; corn planted loth, up 27th. April mild and wet. 



Comoni, Ta. — Frosts heavy Gth, light 20th; corn-planting 13th. 



yienna,Va. — Two inches snow 4th ; maple blossoms 11th, jjeach 15th; 

 whippoorwill 30th. Season ten days forward. 



Piedmont, Va. — Five inches snow 4th, ice 6th, frost 8th, 26th, hail 

 18th ; peach full bloom 20th, apple 30th ; aurora 25th ; thunder-gust 28th. 



Snoicville, Ta.— Much melting snow 18th ; thunder 28th, 29th. 



Wytheville, Va. — Five rainy days, ended in snow on 4th ; ground frozen 

 5th ; severe snow storms 17th, 18th ; peach blossoms 23d ; cherry 25th ; 

 apple 27th. 



Oxford, JV. C. — Slight snow, melted as it fell, 4th. 



Cha2)elSill, J^. C. — Hail, then snow, then rain, 18th; unusual cold and 

 wet. 



Albemarle, N'. C. — Apple blossoms 15th; thunder 17th, 27th, with rain 

 28th ; snow sprinkle 18tli ; a dry month. 



Statesville, N. C. — Snow whitens ground 17th; light frosts 18th to 20th. 



Aiken, S. C. — Hail, thunder 3d ; white frost 4th ; hail 17th. 



HolknuVs Store, 8. C. — Whippoorwill 2d; slight hail 3d; martins 11th; 

 snow, sleet, hail, rain 17th ; ice 18fli. 



Gou-dcysinUe, 8. C. — Light frost 4th; thunder and rain 9th, 10th, 27th 

 to 29th ; rain, hail, sleet (and snow in places) 17th. 



Bluffton, S. C. — Month dry, smoky ; cold about 18th ; ice some places. 



Berne, Ga. — Frost bit early corn, cotton, &c., 6th ; thunder shower 29th. 



Penfield, Ga. — Frost 5th ; snow 17th, just like one in April, 1849. 



Columbus, Ga. — Dogwood 1st ; light frosts 5th to 7th ; heavy thunder 

 and lightning 8th ; cicada (locust) heard 11th; fire-fly 28th; tree tulips 

 and roses 30th. 



Rod- V ill c, Ala. — Fire-fly 10th ; whii^poorwill 12th ; snow flurry 17th ; 

 humming birds frozen, fruit killed 18th ; frost, ice 19th ; wheat heading 

 26th. 



Carloicville, Ala. — Ice 18th, kills early fruits and vegetables ; cotton 

 up 30th. 



Coatopa, Ala. — Heavy frost 18th; thunder showers 28th, 29th. 



Greene Springs, Ala. — Light snow 17th; cold to 19th; killed all the 

 peaches. 



Jacl-sonville, Fla. — April comparatively cold and dry; delayed growth. 



Pilatlxa, Fla. — Month cold and dry; breeze on 18tL prevented frost. 



Ocala, Fla. — Ground dried eight inches deep, till coijious rain saved 

 crops 30th. 



Gilmer, Texas. — Mouth cool, six frosts, seven thunder showers. 



Houston, Texas.— Frost 15th; thunder, lightning 14th, 24th, 25th, 26th. 



Oaldand, Texas. — Wild geese 2d : whippoorwill 11th; fli under storm, 

 hail 15th ; frost 16th ; heavy thunder, with showers, 23d, 26th. 



Clinton, Texas. — Frost 16th ; thunder storms 25th, with hail 27th, (some 

 as large as liens' eggs,) ten miles west of this place, destroying crops, 

 fowls, &c. 



New Orleans, La. — Martins 1st; tire-flies 6th; thunder storm, with 

 gale, hail, deluge 8th ; fires comfortable 16th. 



Natchez, Miss. — Frosts, light 1st, 17th, 18th, heavy 16th; tremendous 

 thunder-storm, with hail and gale 9th. 



Brookhaven, Miss. — Frosts 1st, 2d, 16th to 18th ; whippoorwill 1st ; 

 thunder showers 8th, 9th ; fire-flies 17th ; rix^e strawberries 21st ; peas 

 27th. 



Enterprise, Miss. — Planting corn 3d, cotton 30th ; chuck-wills-widow 

 9tl!; frost and ice 17th, (same, exactly twenty years ago;) fire-fly 29th. 



