On Monday the 28th ult. at Smith Town (L.I.) by the Rev. Mr. Hart, Mr.
ELKANAH SMITH, merchant, of this city, to Miss MARY ARTHUR, of that
place.
On Tuesday evening last, by the Rev. Dr. Moore, Mr. JAMES PARKIN, to
Mrs. REBECCA CLARKSON, both of this city.
At Boston, on the 11th inst. by the Rev. Dr. Thacher, EZEKIEL BRUSH,
Esq. merchant of New-York, to Miss SALLY SHATTUCK, daughter of Wm.
Shattuck, Esq. of that place.
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_METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS._
_From the 20th ult. to the 10th inst._
_Thermometor observed at 6, A.M. 3, P.M._
_Prevailing winds._
_OBSERVATIONS on the WEATHER._
deg. deg. 6. 3. 6. 3.
100 100
Nov. 20 54 75 55 ne. do. cloudy high wind rain
21 48 50 52 25 e. do. foggy light wind do. do.
22 46 50 45 ne. do. cloudy rain do.
23 36 36 50 nw. do. clear lt. wind do. high wd.
24 30 50 35 50 nw. do. clear lt. wind do. do.
25 28 50 32 w. do. clear lt. wind do. do.
26 22 50 29 w. do. clear lt. wind do. do.
27 21 50 27 w. nw. clear high wind do. do.
28 25 33 75 w. sw. clear lt. wind cloudy do.
29 27 50 37 n. nw. clear lt. wind do. high do.
30 33 40 50 sw. nw. clear high wind do. do.
Dec. 1 29 75 29 50 sw. nw. cloudy light wind do. do.
2 22 50 32 50 n. do. cloudy light wind do. do.
3 30 75 37 n. w. clear light wind clear do.
4 32 37 50 sw. w. cr. h. wd. cloudy lt. wind
5 36 44 w. do. clear high wd. do. do.
6 36 45 75 w. do. rain light wind do. do.
7 35 50 34 nw. se. snow 3 inches deep
8 28 50 31 nw. do. clear light wind do. do.
9 26 50 33 nw. do. clear light wind do. do.
10 29 34 w. do. cloudy light wind do. do.
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RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
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FOR NOVEMBER 1796.
Mean temperature of the thermometer at sun-rise 38 74
Do. do. of the do. at 3 P.M. 45 60
Do. do. for the whole month 42 34
Greatest monthly range between the 19th and 27th 35 25
Do. do. in 24 hours the 17 21 50
Warmest day the 19 56 75
Coldest do. the 27 21 5
It rained a little, or rather misted four days.
14 Days it was clear at sun-rise, and 3 o’clock
8 Do. it was cloudy at do. do.
Two days it was foggy
16 Do. the wind was light at do do.
4 Do. the do. was high at do. do.
23 Do. the wind was to the Westward of north and south.
7 Do. the do. was to the Eastward of do. do.
The 9th, 10th, and 11th, the Atmosphere was darkened, with apparently
thick smoke, which for most of the time, obscured almost the sun, and
caused the sky to be very dark, a very uncommon phenomenon, and 8 days
the Mercury at sunrise, was below the freezing point.
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_For the +New-York Weekly Magazine+._
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LINES
ON THE LATE SCOTCH POET.
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“Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
“The dark, unfathom’d caves of ocean bear;
“Full many a flow’r is born to blush unseen,
“And waste its sweetness on the desart air.”