Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, September 12, 1816, Image 1
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CAMDEN
Number 24.
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4^ PQ$M3ST1C.*
, CLIMAfli OT THE V. S I ATLS.
H is well knowfl that the clitnate of the
souHteru ?c central ports of Europe has not,
for sprpe centuries, been the fame that it
waft trv^he da^a of the old Romans. In
deed there is some reaspn to believe that
the whole of it has changed, and that the
parts ofAfrica^adJaceWto h haft changed
also. Not only did snow fall in Italy* abun
dantly, in its seson, wtare .none falls now,
buteveh the deKgbtfw region of Crimea
was described as having % climate like iba(
of Siberia at the present day, The warmeat
provinces of Frfcacc WC re thought too cold,
for comfortable living, and Carthage was
then th t garden t>f the world. whether
these changes from cold to warm may be
permpneifff it ii impossible to say? It is
evenL very questionable* ;lt seems ihai
some places have been colder for the Ia*t
fifty years than they had bten previously.
With' regard to our own country it has
been observed by ibe most catfless obser
ver, that since 1812, the seasons have bean
very unlike what they had formerly been. # i
We do not pretend evtn to conjectM?|M
to (he duration of the cauq?S that produce
this weather? our present business is to epP
quire what changelfus takcgi jwace, what,
are its present elects, and mn be the pro
bable consequence of its ctovitt nuance* This
summer has hitherto bean extremely cold.;
with the exception of a very few days that
extrefnel? waritu The |iir has bten
overcharged with vapors for the principal
part oftbe tb%l?|tt;OS rain ha*
been felt almost every wherf* but,pariicu
laiiy in the central parts < f P:ntuy\vania
and through the great range of ^ppal
achUn mountains. Tins is evidently owing
to the dullness which has ret Allied nature's
great process ofevaporation/Wld depreq*cdt?
the ran^e of the clpuds. m.
As to colt!, I should imagine'that anaw*
in June and frosta -pr <July might ' well be
lP>atterof remark* At Quebec, in the be
ginning of June, the papera h}d just time
to announce the appq^rance of summer
weather/*nd inform ur that ort account of
the backwardness of ve^etatfois, t WW lalt
frosts ha<} done little damage^ when* ?**odfr
bepran on the 6th of that month, whictj^f|fc?
tinued to- fall, at jsttrV^W three
and lefttfre to the depth of
a foot and upwat|)* in some places. Great
numbers of birds fled from the forests to
the houaes, and in'|$tgtbec many were
found dead in * he streets. Some kinds of
-trees shed their leaves which were then
only about *ha*f grown . The eropa were pro
tected by snow from the very severe frosts
that followed}' fend the orchard (reel tvete ?
little affected as their bud* tad herd)/ been
opened ; but the wild fruit treea which *ere
in blossom* as wtU aa several kinds of gar
defoliants, suffered severely# The Cana
dfarts remak that the last summer was very
brf^kwurd, bat that the present is the oold
estj^at they have ever seen.
In thJLilistrict of Maine* very heavy
^o>m dmein and snoWcame from N. N.
W. at ? same those (6th of June.) and
waft tucEveded by frosta every night until
the Lit h. It it supposed that the snow
would have been about si* inches deep had
it not tfecffl Aieltcd by the rsln that fell at
the same time. The corn which had been
planted wW totally destroyed. The swal
lows and marttn birds were Sound froaen
on their nests^ jfrl ^ven of the sheep that
had been ehoils frtahy petisftrd, though ?
they we*n*<p<*4Rr heuees. Vhe cuctrmbera,*
me lons attd most of Jhe garden p'ants were
lest- In some places the ice whh half an
inch thick; and it wns observed generally,
that the oldest in habitants had never seen
?o cokl and backward a spring. i
In Vermont the sno* of the 6th melted
|* it fell, but on the 7th and Sth it fell in
such quantities that some of tfc paptn ?y I
it lay eighteen inches ^leep in tome- parts |
of the country, yet by the 9th it appei Era to
have been all gone except on the mountains.
In Massachusetts the snow began on the
8th; and tH?; Boston papers remark, thai
from the 1st of June until the 12th. there
had been eight nights of frost. On the 5th
the thermometer stood 82 at Boston and
Boston to 53, and at Salem to 43. At the
latter-place it waa 93 on the ? efd (June),
10 1 on the 23d* 100 on tlie 24td and 6 ? on
35th. Such changes have' probably neirmr
be out been witnessed*
It does not appear that any snow fell
near the city of New- York during the pe
riod 1 bate mentioned but frcoi #*Mioftced
in many places, and in the western end of
the state, Ssno w fell to the depth "of seve
ral inches* I cannot discover k extended
further southward than to the neighbor
hood of Pittsburg, and there appears to
have been very tittle in Pennsylvania cast
of the mountains. ?? What seems rather
strange, a totter Irora Erie dated the !4ih
of June, makes no mention of snow there,
but says" the season has been dry and froa
tyibr weeks together, it appear* asif we
should have no crops in these partsathe
corn has been all killed by the frost of the
navigable for the '
?.We have seen no mention made of the
cold any further south than in North-Caro
4 na, for in the southern states the general
|: complaint has been the want of rain, which ;
though it has , been cause of alarmed
over the United ^statea^ sppeers TwiSv
been felt meet severely in bouth Carolini
Georgia and Ixiuisiana. This stat?
1 (fttfeland) while it has been little aifoeti&i!
byme cold, haaupe believe sustained but
litUe damage from the drought* The co?
pious rains thai fcH in most places towards
the end of June and in the beginning of
July, hate given great relief, particularly
in the eastern states** Considerable quan
txirMba of hail felliri' several parti of Peitnsy
vania on the 2d ami 4th of Julju At West
Chester it is reported to have rained sfttne
k.nd of meteoric
\mrt qftmrtx And frid fifiar.ffte hy\\ Was
an large as common heirs' eggs fit many
places, and near Pittsburg it fell in afctfo
quantities that it was carried into the City,
^a distance of three and evenfofer lor
?ihe purpose of making pun<;li;
* 1 here is an aeco*A*?$f * v severe hail
.storm av Richmond on ttte 2fth of July,
accompanied *wtth wind, which* it tl feared,
'has dene much damage to their wbaceo,
and com,
I The fconsecquences of the unusual wea
ther we b*W egnerienoed bev* beeervei f
i various isilBtftl plsct^ but in general
they have bee# injurions. In LoriftiKil* i
appearances Were very alarming during
itjb??4ttt pa* 4T July, but Uid crdbi ?r#l
Istnted to be as good a* ustUO in theirs t of
( the southern states^? ?la this stttil the
;?rihi4ei*w*k good and fruit plentiful. _
In Pennsylvania, among the niudeihW*!
they will have very little grain and vet#]
imlsitiL hr ihe wetter** part, the wTMil
is generally not good, but Hi Washington 1
county, on some farms^t is much better
than usual* Cori appears rttf utt favorably
Muh toM very deficient, Especially towards
fthe Mes* In tlie< 10mm part of thftt shge
liwl nefltrstand tirat rtje crops are thin.
I Jn kM the aistcife state* the crops of
i," wheat and rye are reported^ to be as good
vas usual : potatoes generally look well, but
Hkheve is little bay? and tbeif corn looke un
promising. We believe there irllttle fruit
to the northward c&Pennsytvania*
% With regan) to Hie effect v upon the hu
man aystem that have rettilted Horn the
changes we have noticed, it to tte observed
that the low nervous fever (Typhus mil lor
or febris inerritativa) a disease hardly
known in former years, has now became
common amongst us; and not only so, but
'almost every disease is now liable to as
sume a typhus cast-? a depression of pulse
and prostration of power often taking piece
in cases that had never heretofore ^beeh
thought liable to such symptoms* We
cannot conceive a more complete proof of
the change of climate than the' fact th*t the
S. physicians of the United States have been
' compelled to adopt a new practice* The
typhus fever first made its appearance in
the New England states, in the course of a
long period of unusually cold damp
I weather. !t cxtenriferi itself gardually west
| ward along the northern parts of Nejr
)ial toil or elitnato,
of one bodies be ckn
it ??**? Bf thU mn
MM*. This doe*.
InB^mtick inru
lRHttAiw it feeths at l^st to have pervaded
K % v-"-, \ ,??? ? '
tQh'?|nfr*t thfeSCSr
on? .. n , ; 9T
bat. Mi is foolish to be positive about any
opinion in a question of Um kind. We
think the alteration tdok pike before the
spots were observed, and tnst potsibty it
was produced by the bt e cart bq? takes i tor
it is perfectly uuderstood in South America
that those natural convulsions always p o
y f- v -
duce effects on the weather.* salutary ones
in that Climate* whatever they might be
here. With the following extiact on that
subject we shall conclude.
> THE ALT I RATIO** OF THE SK4SON*.
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J. . It is long since many, of whom "1 was
fcne, have maintained, that the seatont are
i a He red? that it is not so hot now in sum
mer as when we were boys. Others laugh'
Sethis, and Sa? that the supposed alteration
proceeds frortrart alteration in ourselves?
rWom our having become older and conse
quently colder* In 1784, in the course
of a conversation I had m my brtwet,
who is very intelligent and eminent in Ms
Way, he maintained that tftt alteration had
bken place# This ob^Ntion ho matt*
^vrfsJLSsrsErar
attends rain, the tiflmtion in the hours of
labour at the time of sowing barley, which
a great many years ago was a work per for
med* very early in the morning, on account
of tae intensedess of heat after the sun had
been np sometime. He 'added, that for
many years past, the barley did nbt malt as
formerly, and the period he fixed upon fees
the year in which the earth^pake at Lisbon
*Pwas much stt?pris*d*tH|jihtf ^
i v^tion, and did not pay mudh attention to it
till last summer, when I happened to <j^ad
44 Lea Aannales Politique*," of Linguet, a
?try scarci book, which I was sure rtjj
breWer neircr reed? for ^iere? to my Ml
ishment, )1 (bund the very same opinion,
with this additional fact, that in Champagpe
(where be Was born) they have not b*en
able, since that &rthduak*f tn make the
same wine* tie says too that he has sfcen
4he tHWsdeed^f ?svenA>fvtatcS mPicarrlv
which prttagl that at that time, theyMiad i
iirambet 6f excellent vineyards, t>u*
now no Huch crop can be rearyl tber^
*He alto attempts to account philosophical'
J^feMhat - *
Tj*te ai Foreign JYewa.
. my mm |li .^.u .?? i ,4m , uw
?4<?i T?? aioisTaa.
A report has been received at PI#!.1
York, rUl Msdrid and Cadis, that Russia
fhad declared War against Prussia. There
^cannot be any tryth m it* Yet we -so??e*
.times think the tefko* of Europe will bo ,
distuibed ? tfnr British papers talk iAuch*|
about the emfe'tfai of jftpefa V because, wo
suppose, her emperor has molved toetw
icouraget^e n^anufaciures of hisownfso-t
l?r*T j 4 '-.* ? **>' * '*%
Spain b fi ting out a squadron; against
4 Algiers. ?. ' ,
erfirditum to Atgirr #. The British
government seem completely ronserl at the
condflct of Algiers, and determined to
qutet the piratical barbarians* We wish
her the g1+ry of this*? it will be a happy
exercise of the vasfc ^ower she has attain
ed ; and p.obably, save ui the trouble and
expence of battering dowji th^frr cities.
A very heavy squadron of seven sail of
the line* with many smblter Vessels. bomb
ships, kc. were about to leave England un
der lord Exmouth, at our last accounts.
His flag ah n is the Queen Charlotte of
1 10 guns* 6ne of the gnfffesscls is caJK
ed the B t lee bub ? her greatest mortal is 4
feet long* 13 inches calibre, with an ex
treme breadth at the muzzle of a feet i 1
inches, and requires 24 H*u of powder for
a charge. ' The expedition was fitting out
collar service H desHmed - for, and can
J ooess. IF& said toe DuUh
tittflM
shall end ^be pinriN^ 'if
? ^ef it w? in? ^
1,1 " **> Of frhfeh are and
1 5 ooo men* A kodoiMM' M
4rt Julfi UtatHe-famxHng^
On kMd fcfcmouth s visit t<
harangued the ^rews of the ahipa *fc*t ?
longrtHn^ hild^ not %e them two months
additional pay, ln^ their immediate dia*
Charge after Uty hnt^iiaTshed the Alfe*
rinea, ' hk* C MuntetffsMa found m the
wfctotoftta t, and i aElw'frifc Wjhi ? of the
Boyne observed to hit lordship, 44 that if
the A1|?rinN were to be pnlbhetft it
might have been done during the tfcvfen
day a the Btftt lay bcfcwll."1 it la ait*
lattcboly to observe such a general disguat
amongtl our beate
imi beso vitally interesting to thte-?Otm?
try ha a parliamentary inquiry into the
general management of our nitty ? ,??'*
A private letter (HattS Mfc following
anecdote .* On lord Fxn
the palace of the 13ey
he had concluded the tvni^
fated the emtfbctpation of the ch^fatitnT
slaves and the afeoHtfcn el the sytem, and
had neatly readied th M beach on hie retnir#
m huaSr aidpi Uiu mMwiv .
goawl? 1 Kb 'f
, it the piPtpaiwoTn* befog emitted tfc
indulge funher in theiraccuqomed and Hi
human atrocities, conferred with eaA other
fetidta* they tlwoM tiWliiiaiTiii
on our gillttot. chief* We party dte
faing immediately
audi eooflict would
4pWd the fattventeance bf
on their devoted beads* *L?rd E*mouth
wa4 howeV^rf, happily able to take fcfartf
ofcthis sanguinary council with' hit head
>n tta right flat* f 4 'j#'#; f a
'I fade and cthMfffr* V roof alt parts of
Euiopfe we hear, the most grievous com
plaints of the difficulties and sUgnaUotl of
trade and copj^erOe*
BpihW^oPSat gj
perty is said to be /Wort#
??a great deal
L !' invary and
-?rziLsfclS 6?"~
? pro
f.jjned
Smyrna*
&x *y*
captive t r l>r a l) fa m If lU^faiil
td at Madrxu, and been aent.lo IWh <*tr
, Thia U no m?Uer?-a neap thing of infor
mation r but whan the royal family at
waa defiortetil W|t an outc MT %(j
bud! Na?im4*tMrtt tnt Hrftocrtiy of ?? fetf
gitinmt^" " ?
Alexander of RumU i* iaidtw have or
dered Ms ambasaadut at QuamamtmcMe to.
deliver a note to th?wtivafi, ?*nrutuv? 6t?
hi. pacillc #i-?he?? he had no .kaire but to
> tee fctirupe at peace, after hat violent. *{1
tattona. T?7-T^ ,
'applfaratba" thT^^na^^^'utelf
D?et with e**rae*dlnar)r tucitu In Eimeo,
; an island adjacent to (Xtkm.1 The^b*
;Krt\2^e2SrhTveh"b rtt}ounced -
\\L u!^r,vK
, t nt tTllMS V* ?trOyrO ..?vimi'i wmHanaMr*
) rd the altsinypnhd cooked their dinners with
Mhf tnatertJilr Mom than 000' persona,
chiefly adujts, attend the school* of the
> missionaries for instruction. ,M V ^
Srfertl vessel# l ave recently been met
% with hi the Mediterranean without any per
sons on board? aupphsed to have been tap
^ tured by the Ba? barf pirates.
E ' Hiots# with rlotptm proceedings^ of A
greater or less extent, abound In England
(or wsrtt of^ employment for the people.
^ British toleration seems among their ar
t icles for exportation They raited up and
| %npi>ort catholic kings in foreign coUtyUies,
and call upon the people to rally round
their u holy religion," l?eing the cttfhnic-?
which they condemn at home as inintfcal 14
Cion and good government ! * V 4
1 he French poiic^has directed thoJour
nalists of Fans " to compoAn aHirl^ <>n
and (he
plactd.*
The emperor Alex^nd^r haa mucle thO
Russian bibie society association a present
_ >m
\ t|ie great tnnquility of K'
urn i vailed ptosperity in which