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communicated to Capt. Hull, in the morning
by Capt. Maig. Capt, Hull Immediately
cleared his ship tor action, double shotted
the guns, hoisred the broad pendant and the
American colours, and said to his chict Off
GERS: IH see if he will fire into me, The
frigate was soon under way, with tomkins
out and matches lighted, and sailed close to
the Castle without receiving shot. But a
boat was sent by Gen. Rodl to Capt Hull,
with an ahology. which he accepted, and
the frigate returned to her former anchoring
ground. No doubt existed in the minds Of
any of the officers of Capt. Hull, that a se-
verc engagement would ensue, if the frigate
was fred upon.-- 1homasftn Reg.


O6acrUationS on the heat ofths Atmoshhere.


1t ltappears from various observations re-
peatcd in the NJ sspapers, that the heat has
been extreme, and even intolerablc in vari-
Gus parts Of the United States, from the 1st
to the 10th Of the present month Of August.
In New York, on the 9th, the thermometer
rose, in the shade, to 98 degrees Of Fahren.
heit, and did not vary much in the night,
and from the 1st to the 9th it had f1uctuated
from Sc to SO at noon, and from 78 to 81 at
night.


This uncommon phenomenon may be at
tributed to the following concurrent causes


1st. To the opposition Of the whole disc
Of the moon, or, in other words, TO the full
ness of that planet, during the above men
toned period.


:. To the more vertical position Of the
sun over the equator during the same peri
od


8. To the moon being in her perigee, that
is several degrees nearer to the earth dur
ing the same period.


As the moon shines with no other light,
but with the radiant matter she reflects
from the sun, and as that from the moon to
the earth, is made sensible not only by the
light it diffuses but by the caloric it con-
tans, attested by optical experiments, and
by its known operative effect on vegetation,
it follows Of course, that more abundant
quantity Of that matter having been reverb
Grated on tho earth at night, aud the rays oil
the sun having fallen almost vertically upon
us, during the same period, it is not to be
wondered if VIC have experienced an un.
common degree of heat in the day, and We
ry little refreshment while the sun illumcd
the other half of our tcrraqueous globe.


At the decline OF the moon, that is, when
the opposition ceases, and when the earth
overshadows the moon, our good citizens
and their amiabe companions may expect
more comfortable days and pleasant nights


NJ X. Courier.