Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-03-05
shaken down. A. tina, moment the ,hermem.

shaken down. At that moment the thermom'
eter fell TO - degrees below zero.
According 10 intelligence from Province,
Languedoe. and Dauphiny the cold appears TO
have been more severe there than even al Mar
settles. At Grenoble the Isere has been com.
pietely frozen over. as has been the case with
the Durance. AT The ferry Of Mirabeau, tra-
vellers have crossed the ice on foot. Serious
apprehension are en'et aimed for the olive trees
in the department of The Lower Alps and the
northern par, of tie Bouehes do Rhone.
Extract OF private letter of The 4th instant
from 3sgnere. de Lnchon GPyrenees
Since Sunday we have suffered from intense cold.
thermometer hung upon ttee in the Alice du RI
quet, marked 1911 deg on Tuesday night and since it
has been constantly at 10, H. and ~ deg The nha-
b'ants 81, that they experienced such severe
frost, which has taken them by surprise and destroyed
their winter stock of fruit and vegetables The mills
stopped, and there br ground TO make
bread The poor greatly distressed at the loss of
their potatoes with which they fatten their pigs and
poultry during the winter; no alternative is left them
bur 10 STAY their young live stock The torrents are
frozen, and the water from the mountains has
flowed streets, fields and highroads, which are
now covered with thick ice, continually accumulstng.
There is however, easy sport for chasseurs, as the
birds cannot fy on account Of the cold. We are liv-
ing upon game, which is extremely plentiful tiares
come down from the mountains, nearly into the town,
and people dare leave their houses after dark for
fear of the wolves, which seen lurking about in
search of food. in the nsighborhood of the baths"
The Mayor Of Bousca,, near Bordeaux, was
found dead in his bed, having been suf"cated
by the vapor Of some charcoal in a chafing dish.
| which he placed in his chamber the preceding
night, on accoun, Of the severe cold
The cold has been even more severe in the
Cantal than in the Puy de Dome. At Auril-
| lac the thermometer Reaumur exposed TO the
north east, marked 900 on The 9Th ult. n
o'clock in he morning; al noon, IS deg; and
at in lhe evening, ls; On the 23d, oath and
25rh. SO srea, quantity Of snow fell that q
circular vase 22a inches deep, placed in the
open air. was completely filed
The ezra expense occasioned to the city Of
Paris for breaking and carrying away the ice
from the streets and public places, was 10000
| fr. in January and February, 1875; IN January,
February. and March 1897, il was 10000 r.;
in The following year there was no winter; in
January. February, and Mach, 1899, the ex
pense was 10000 fr. The present severe wea-
,her began on the 9Th Of December, and The
cold continuing 10 augment, and grea' guam
,i,y Of snow having fallen, no less sum ,han
| !46 900 fr. was expend in the end Of Deem
Der alone, for labor and transport in clearing
away the ice.
| Accounts Of the 4'h Of January from Madrid
announce tina, the weather IN Spain continues
so excessively rold that the country people IL
env,rous of he capitol have discontinued bring.
| ire ri o,isens 10 The marker. The King and
Queen of Naples lf Madrid with The inen-
ion Of visiting ne diff'ren royal Palaces in
the country, but upon reaching the Escurisl,
they had suffered so severely from he extreme
cold that hey Abandoned the proJecr CT pio-
ceeding to 81. lldephonso. Some Of the B"dy
Guards who formed iheir escort, were frozen
| and ale now seriru sly indIsDosed.