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that they would not pay the expense of preparing the ground 

 and the cost of reaping. Indian corn was in many places 

 re-planted, in consequence of that first planted having per- 

 ished. At Charleston, S. C. the drought was peculiarly 

 distressing, no rain having fallen for eight weeks, previ- 

 ously to the 29th March. 



The changes in the temperature of the air were also re- 

 markable for their rapidity during the months of May and 

 June; and the heat of summer of one day was often sue- 

 ceeded by cold weather.* At Boston, the thermometer rose 

 to 82° on the 5th of June, and fell to 52* next day. Changes 

 equally great took place in New York, Philadelphia, and in 

 almost every State in the Union. It is generally agreed that 

 these vicissitudes in temperature have been greater than 

 ever were known in the United States. In general the de- 

 ficiency of rain continued throughout the autumn, but at 

 New York and Philadelphia it rained for several days after 

 the 12th September; on that day snow fell at Springfield in 

 Massachusetts, and the mountains of Vermont were covered 

 with it.f What adds to the extraordinary character of the 

 season is the fact, that the winter, which by reason of the cold 

 spring summer and autumn, we had probable grounds to 

 believe would be unusually early, did not on the contrary 

 make its appearance in Philadelphia, until the 11th inst. 

 On the 5th of December, the Hudson was passed with teams 

 on ice at Albany, but mild weather succeeded. A few cold 

 days were experienced generally throughout the United 



* At Quebec, between the 12th and 19th of May, the Theniiometer wa* 

 at 75° and on the 29th there was ice a quarter of an inch thick. The spring 1 

 was said to be more backward than any for the last 25 years. 

 f At Hanover, N. H. the Thermometer was on 



Thursday 25th Sept. at sun-rise, at 23* 

 Friday, 20 



Saturday, 20 



Sunday, 25 



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