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Montreal, Lower Canada.—Thermometer at 7 A. M. and 3 
PR. Me: July 9th,76, 85.) 10th, 75,91. 1th, 77,93. “22th 
81,90. 13th,69,91. 14th, 70,89. 15th, 73, 89. 
Wiscasset, Maine, July 15.—During the present week we 
‘have had uncommonly warm weather. By a thermometer 
kept in Edgecomb, it is stated that the mercury stood on 
Monday, 9o’clock, A. M. at 103. Tuesday morning, 107— 
104in the shade. 
It has been much warmer however in the interior—at Gard- - 
ner, on Sunday, the mercury stood at 130 degrees in the sun. 
Baltimore, Maryland, July 19.—The heat in this city on 
Sunday and yesterday was again very oppressive. The 
thermometer at the Exchange ranged as follows :—Sunday, 
at 8 o’clock, A. M. 81; 2 o’clock, P. M. 88; Monday, (yes- 
terday) at 8 o’clock, A. M. 82; 3 o’clock, P. M. 89. 
Norfolk, Virginia, July 16.—We observe from our northern 
papers received during the last week, that the excessive heat 
of the weather is not confined to this section of the country, 
where the thermometer during the last fortnight has ranged 
far above its accustomed temperature, and for many days in 
succession from 88 to 92 degrees of Fahrenheit, in fair ex- 
posures. Still our town continues very healthy. Copious 
showers of rain within the last forty-eight hours have much 
mitigated the intensity of the heat, and reanimated the droop- 
ing vegetation of our fields and gardens, but it is still very 
close and sultry. 
Windsor, Vermont, July 18.—The temperature of the air by 
a well situated thermometer, on Monday last, was 96 degrees 
F. and continued near that temperature for several hours.. 
Tuesday at 1 o’clock P. M. it indicated the same, but fell 
much more rapidly. ‘The Dew Point, was also unusually high, 
on the latter day it was 95 F.; quantity of water in the at- 
mosphere such, that if wholly condensed would be nearly nine 
inches deep. 
Poughkeepsie, New York, July 20.—After three of the hot- 
test days we have felt this season, our village and vicinity 
was visited, Tuesday evening, with an uncommonly severe 
storm of thunder and lightning. 
Itis believed that the present is the warmest summer we 
have had for the last fourteen years. The summer is but lit- 
tle more than half spent, and yet we have had more extreme- 
ly hot days than we frequently have in the whole season. 
