If now we look at the condition of things, _west_ and _north_ of the curving line of concentrated trade, from Fort Brown, at the mouth of the Rio Grande, in South-western Texas, through that State, the Indian Territory, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, and Northern Pennsylvania, to the Atlantic, we find the thermometer every where in January below the mean. The following table will show this, and the precipitation for that month and February:-- TABLE III. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | JANUARY. | FEBRUARY. | MARCH. | |-----------------------------------------------| | 1854. | Mean. | 1854. | Mean. | 1854. | Mean. | -----------------------------------------------------------------------| _Western Texas._ | | | | | | | Fort Brown | 59.34 | 60.41 | 62.45 | 63.63 | 71.87 | 68.95 | " Ewell | 50.47 | 52.92 | 58.12 | 57.61 | 70.34 | 67.00 | " Inge | 47.24 | 49.46 | 56.04 | 55.39 | 67.54 | 62.63 | | | | | | | | _Indian Territory._ | | | | | | | Fort Towson. | 36.32 | 43.14 | 49.29 | 45.97 | 59.55 | 53.40 | Forts Gibson, Washita, | | | | | | | and Arbuckle, in much| | | | | | | the same proportions.| | | | | | | | | | | | | | _Arkansas._ | | | | | | | Fort Smith. | 33.92 | 40.18 | 47.01 | 43.89 | 57.01 | 51.58 | | | | | | | | _Missouri._ | | | | | | | St. Louis Arsenal. | 25.47 | 31.44 | 36.66 | 33.43 | 46.10 | 42.30 | | | | | | | | _Kentucky._ | | | | | | | Newport Barracks. | 31.75 | 34.04 | 39.60 | 36.94 | 46.74 | 45.46 | | | | | | | | _Pennsylvania._ | | | | | | | Allegheny Arsenal. | 29.08 | 29.25 | 33.49 | 31.16 | 40.36 | 39.02 | | | | | | | | _Delaware._ | | | | | | | Fort Delaware | 32.38 | 33.67 | 34.56 | 35.84 | 43.18 | 42.90 | | | | | | | | _New York Harbor._ | | | | | | | Fort Columbus. | 28.71 | 30.18 | 28.17 | 30.44 | 36.17 | 38.28 |