Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-02-01
SELECTIONS.
COLD WEATHER.

years The James River has been frozen over
many miles below this city-navisa;ion in it has
peen completely interrupted by the floating and
stationary Ice. - There will scarcely be want of
Ice this SUMNER for, all the ice housss have been
hiied with the finest ice.-rhe cold. however, is
giving way Vessels are arriving at Rockets; and
the temperature OF Sunday that Of spring d,y
Early In the morning the blue bird was nhsiling
his merry notes.
From every quarter that we have heard. we
have similar acsounts of the severity of the win
ter, as appears By the following paragraphs we
nave selected rom the hundi eds that are before u.s.
Eng.
CHARLEsroN, Jan. Cove have had A longer
continuance OF cold weather this season than is
within the memory of Oldest inhabitants Fa-
rehheit thermometer last night at O'Clock stood
at il degrees, and there has been no abatement of
the cold ,his morning: the same glass stood this
morning at halt past o'clock, at 10 Degrees,
which is two degrees colder than we have experi |
enceI the.coldest day this seas n
SKATING NEAR CHARLESTON!
wo ponds near the liues, some 2 OF feet in
depth. ere frozen last nigh, 10 s,,ch ti,ickne :
that The novel sight was witnessed BY many per
sons OF young gentlemen skating Tor some time
much TO their own amus snl and hat OF Others
[Ciy Ga-.
NORFOLK. Jan. 25.-Tha weather has modera
ted consider ably since Monday, which has cleared
our harbour OF ice, and permitted the outward
bound vessels to get 10 James River and the
bay are still much i,npefed by ice as TO render
The icrmer inaccessible, and the navig. inn of The
iauer danger "A passenger from Richmond
oy Tie sou n side OF James River, states tht that
stream Is closed with ice many miles below CITY
Point ~
The Stear-Boa, Virginia, which lief, here on
MONDAY afternoon Tor Annapolis, put back after
prosecuting az i"r as the Rappatannock, where
she learned iron the light boat tina, thsre was
oody OF ice several mies in extent, Iiule hisher
up which had cu' through a schooner that .oon
alter sunk. They cid not know what was he fate
OF The crew. Pa.o,,
JAM 1t In mentioning in our last the unusual
circumstance OF cur hlrbor having been closed by
Inc Ice so as 10 render it difficult ir boats 10 pass 20
ana nom Portsmouth, stated il to be our belief
'ia' ms ,ad not been the case during the last 81
years; we have since been reminded tia, The same
'h'h5 occurred IN January lSS which, as we " ere
not In town al the time, did rot see and the
iact was not therefore impressed on our meu,orv
We 'ninH' however, we may safely say that there
ia- MOI been so great degree cold Tor an equal
length OF lime in any winter during that perioj. n,
we have experienced the pre.e.., season.
t.N3IfaH Herald.
The Raleigh IN. C.) Star says that the stage
crossed the Roanoke (near Wsr.en.nnl on the ice
OF TIE "a Inst. Circumstance which has not oc
CURED before since the year 'S3 We learn N I
me Cape Fear was i,ozeh over at Ave:a.bonsh.
"'Ho i"' the H!si lime since So.
Oar hsi0or is completely closed 10 the forts. and
the ice even extends mile or -syye below den,
ies'eriay. small pilol boat was despatched f,o,,
town WI stores and provisions, on runners To
lake the water al the outer ir-t OF the ice. and
rehder assistance to any vessel tia MI ht be com,
ing mo port. no vessel was in sight from the
city. During the day, many persona w ere cross.g
ga ",S &C III '"ious directions, some !
walking and others skating Bosf Pc,
REV YoRK, jan % The cold was m ne in |
tense ON Saturday night than we have esDetience1
This winter. Yesterday it moderaed a ii,tle. and |
tins morning al ii o'clock, tie thermometer stood
at 20 deg. above zero. We have had no a,,;vai
from sea since Thursday last. Two fore and ait |
schooneLs and sloop, were in the Ice at the Mar |
IoNs all yesterday Schr. Wssiington's BARGE |
RoswoTh, f,on Norfolk, got up to Jersey CIV On |
Tuesday Two small schooners, one with nire
wood got into the Quarantine dock on SATURDAY
morning; the pilot boat Gratitude is also at ,bs, |
whsfi. me vessels before reported aGchor /
OUTSIDE the Hook, emainei there at sunset on Sa
tuTdsy. The pilot who took the ship savaona,, IN |
sea on Thursday, came up yesterday overland. |
having been laken oil by the pilot boat Gratitude |
and walked TO the Long Island shore on the ice
lie states that the brig rontine came in Yesterday
as Tar as The 5. w. SPIT, but Stood out again lie |
could not see yesterday from the bluGs lhe vessels
which ere at anchor outside on Saturday, and i I
thought they may have moved further south 10
avoid the ice. IL was also stded that thev re-
m"ined yesterday afternoon az before.
wood carts were employed yesterday in dis
iIibutinS supplies. The Jersey City and Ioboken
FerTy boats have continued TO IIy TO WbiiehaU
slip, but the river Immediately a owe iIoboken is
closed entirely across. The Nanows are clicked
With ice al every change of the tide. The ice At
the Quarantine grouad has become fixed aud The
steam boat has no; been able 10 come out since
Friday The Amboy By is said to be almo,
entirely frozen over. we hear also that Lore
Island Sound is frozen entirely arross little above
Hui Gate.
At Moiil's store, in Columbia county. the ,her.
mometer on "Wednesday last, stood at % deg. be-
low zero.
Postscript, ~ o'clocb.-- Our boan,en have
inst communicated the following: The inward |
bound vessels still remain below. There is an
opening OF the ice from the city to s. alien Island.
one schr. is now above the Nanows coming 90, /
The Pawlus' Hook, AMI H,boken SEAN Ter, /
boats, have made several trips this mornii z 10 and
from Whitehall. COo, .Ady
NEw YoRK, January al The United States
ship HORNET, in which Mr. Sergeant, Minis err
to the South American Congress, embarked for
Vera Cruz, landed letters at st. Jago De Cuba on
he 18th Dec. ten days out from Phiiadeiphia.
All the vessels that hid been at anchor several
days outside The Hook, came into the Bay ye.ter
day afternoon at o'clock, where it is probable
they are liable TO injury from the ice. Some OF
then are in distress Tor FRO visions II hoped that
The Helief vessel viii be sbls 10 proceed to their
aas.sisnce ibis morning.
Yesterday afternoon. about 8 O'Clock large
field Of ice brough, by the food tide 10 The en-
trance of the East River, & completely blocked or,
the passage between the Battery aud Governor 1
Island. The ice was about II inches thick, and
althorgh there was but light wind, It came with
f,r 81. IL. -.