In. hun.
July27,Shower,0. 11
 28 & 29,Rain,0. 32
 30,do.0. 36
 31,do.0. 35
Aug.1,Rain,0. 50
 5,Shower,0. 20
 11,do.0. 07
 14,Rain,0. 48
 15,do.0. 46
 16,do.0. 20
 17,Shower,0. 07

PRICES CURRENT.—Aug. 29, 1820.

 PerD.C. D.C.
Beef. Philad. Mess, (pl.)bbl.13.00
Butter, Freshlb.0.12"0.20
Cotton Yarn, No. 10,lb.0.36
Cotton, (Louisiana)"0.18"0.22
Flax, Clean, (scarce)"0.16"0.18
Firewood, Hickory,cord,5.00"6.00
      Oak,"3.50"4.00
Flour—Wheat, P. S. F.bbl.4.50
Rye,"2.75
Corn Meal,"3.00
Grain—Wheat,bush.0.85"0.90
      Rye,"0.45"0.55
      Corn, Pa."0.48"0.58
      Oats,"0.20"0.30
Hams—Jersey,lb.0.11"0.13
Leather—Sole,lb.0.24"0.30
      Upper, undrs'd.side,2.75"3.50
Plaster of Paris,ton,4.75"5.00
Wool—Merino, Clean,lb.0.75
      Do. in Grease,"0.40
      Common,"0.50

Should any of our subscribers wish any particular articles noticed in the above Prices Current, he will have it attended to.


STATE OF THE THERMOMETER.

  9 o'cl.12 o'cl.3 o'cl.
July24,717376
 25,747381
 26,798283
 27,798381
 28,798183
 29,798178
 31,788481
Aug.1,798283
 2,757881
 3,777880
 4,777881
 5,777978
 7,747775
 8,737779
 9,757983
 10,798387
 11,818589
 12,848992
 14,767979
 15,747478
 16,737576
 17,747981
 18,737577
 19,717676
 21,737576
 22,747879
 23,757780
 24,747676
 25,757880
 26,77

ERRATA.

In our last Number, page 320, for "John Byron," read John Byrom.

In page 317, under the head "Rules for Milking Cows," for "ten gallons of milk at a time," read TEN QUARTS, &c.


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FOOTNOTES:

[1] Ode to Truth, from Mason's Caractacus.

[2] Proverbs ch. xxviii. 22d verse.

[3] 'Farmers and country labourers, on the contrary, may enjoy completely the whole funds destined for their own subsistence, and yet augment at the same time the revenue and wealth of their society. Over and above what is destined for their own subsistence, their industry annually affords a neat produce, of which the augmentation necessarily augments the revenue and wealth of their society.' Smith's Wealth of Nations, Vol. 111. p. 178.

'Farmers and country labourers, indeed, over and above the stock which maintains and employs them, reproduce annually a neat produce, a free rent to the landlord.' Ibid, p. 186.

[4] Letters on the Eastern States.

[5] "Qui est-ce qui solicite des prohibitions ou de forts droits d'entrée dans un état? ce sont les producteurs de la denrée dont il s'agit de prohiber la concurrance, et non pas les consommateurs. Ils disent, c'est pour l'intérêt de l'état; mais il est clair que c'est pour le leur uniquement.—N'est-ce pas la même chose, continuent-ils, et ce que nous gagnons n'est-il pas autant de gagné pour notre pays? point de tout:—ce que vous gagnez de cette manière est tiré de la poche de votre voisin, d'un habitant du même pays; et si l'on pouvait compter l'excédant de dépense fait par les consommateurs, en consequence de votre monopole, on trouverait qu'il surpasse le gain que le monopole vous a valu." Traité d'Economie Politique par Jean-Baptiste Say, tom. i. p. 203.

[6] An arpent is to an acre nearly as five to four.

[7] Frederick Accum, Operative Chymist, &c.

[8] Death in the Pot.

[9] Mate.

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