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IX. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR KNOX HILL, FA. Lat. 30° 30' N., Long. 1860 W. 148 feet above the Sea. Barometer corrected for 32° Fahr. By J. Newton.

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1850

1851

1852

1853

1854

Mean of three daily
Observations.

Barom. Ther. Rain.

inch.

inch. 1.8489

29.848 74.5

29.903 78.6

December,
3.4545 January, 1854,
29.910 79.8 7.5198 February,
29.860 79.9 6.1003 March,
29.855 76.8 5.1398 April, .

29.900 67.0 2.5193

29.955 62.9 0.9774

The coldest day, mean 35.60, December 8.
The warmest day, mean 84.60, July 17.

1st quarter.

6.720

7.960

5.065

5.635

8.500

Inches.

Oct. 2.945

Nov. 0.920

Dec. 1.160

July to December 15.985
January to July 12.815

Total rain in 1853 28.800

5.025 10.960

Months.

1853.

X. RAIN AT POWHATAN HILL, KING GEORGE CO.,

VA.

Inches.

1854, Jan. 2.580

Inches.
1853, July 5.280
Aug. 3.335
Sept. 2.345

Feb. 4.255
Mar. 1.665

10.960

8.500

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16, 320; 17, 290; 29, 370. and 30, and April 17, 1 in. March 19, in.; 24, † in.;

Mean of three daily
Observations.

4th.

7.190

4.550

10.470

5.025

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Inches.

April 3.265 May 2.255 June 3.790

9.310

8.500

January to July 17.810

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Rains of half an inch and over in 1853 and to July 1, 1854.

1853, Jan. 12, 0.635; Feb. 6, .875; March 1, .825; 17, .685; April 3, 4, .965; 16, 17, .875; 24, 25, .595; May 24, 25, 1.60; July 6, .875; 10, .60; 11, 12, .61; 20, 21, 1.385; 26, 1.30; August 3, 1.26; 17, .555; 18, 1.12; Sept. 9, 10, 1.675; Oct. 24, 1.375; Nov. 9, .50.

1854, Jan. 11, 12, 0.755; Feb. 8, 1.045; 15, 16, .595; 20, 21, .92; 26, 1.65; March 22, .82; April, 14, 15, 16, 2.315; 28, 29, .595; May 22, .65; June 7, .50; 19, 1.47.

In 1853, thermometer highest July 1, 950; Dec. 24, 180. First frost Oct. 4. Snow, Oct. 24 and Dec. 29, 1 inch; Dec. 30, 2 inches. Ice, Nov. 26, of an inch thick.

In 1854, thermometer highest June 28, 910; Jan. 9, 180; 24, 150; March 29, 230; April Snow, Jan. 1, 44 inches deep; Feb. 20, 4 to 5 in.; March 22, 28, Ice, Jan. 4, 3 inches thick; 5, 4 to 5 in.; 24, 2 in.; 25, 3 in.; April 3, in.; 19, crust. Latest frost, May 1.

XI. RAIN AT CHURCH HILL, JEFFERSON CO., MISS. During the Years 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, and to July 1, 1854. By Dr. F. B.

Coleman.

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Places.

1850.

Cambridge, Mass.,
Woodstock, Vt.,
New Haven, Ct.,
Lambertville, N. J.,
Perth Amboy, N. J.,
King George Co., Va.,*
Savannah, Ga.,t
Muscatine, Iowa,

inches.

7.37

4.95

2.41

6.87

5.49

8.09

3.55

3.78

0.70

0.20

2.47

11.52

57.40

Plum.

April 30
May 10

1851.

April 30

Feb. 15

May 3

inches.

2.35

9.85

2.83

1.61

0.96

1.03

1.91

5.16

0.46

3.27

8.09

6.64

44.16

Pear.

April 30

1852.

XII. FLOWERING OF FRUIT-TREES IN 1854.

April 8

May 6

inches.

1.57

4.57

3.08

3.89

1.31

0.24

3.38

0.89

2.27

1.89

5.10

8.81

37.00

Peach.

May 3

April 25
April 24
April 25
March 17-22

1853.

Feb. 15

May 3

inches.

0.75

7.92

5.23

2.08

4.75

1.97

7.92

9.13

1.37

4.19

2.58

4.83

52.72

Cherry.

May 5

May 15

April 24
April 27
April 5

May 1

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*The fruit was generally killed by the excessively cold weather in April after a very mild March. Snow and ice April 15; frost May 1.

† Frost early in April killed the early fruit.

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UNITED STATES.

I. PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

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II. EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT.

THE 17th Presidential term of four years, since the establishment of the government of the United States under the Constitution, began on the 4th of March, 1853; and it will expire on the 3d of March, 1857.

FRANKLIN PIERCE, of New Hampshire, President,
Vacancy,†

Vice-President,

Term Ended. March 3, 1797. March 3, 1801. March 3, 1809. March 3, 1817. March 3, 1825. March 3, 1829. March 3, 1837.

March 3, 1841. April 4, 1841. March 3, 1845. March 3, 1849. July 9, 1850. March 3, 1853.

New York,

Kentucky,
Mississippi,

THE CABINET.

The following are the principal officers in the executive department of the government, who form the Cabinet, and who hold their offices at the will of the President.

WILLIAM L. MARCY,
JAMES GUTHRie,
JEFFERSON Davis,
JAMES C. DOBBIN,

North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy,

ROBERT MCCLELLAND, Michigan, Secretary of the Interior,

JAMES CAMPBELL,
CALEB CUSHING,

Secretary of State,

Secretary of the Treasury,
Secretary of War,

Salary 25,000

8,000

Pennsylvania, Postmaster-General,
Massachusetts, Attorney-General,

$8,000

8,000

8,000

8,000

8,000

8,000

8,000

*Died in office.

↑ Hon. William R. King, of Alabama, the Vice-President of the United States, died on the

15th of April, 1853.

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