Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-03-05

'"o' Neu IL ueSISSs Octo" bciS, Ncauu'u'S oH
Sunday morning, at 7 o'clock; Al Laon on the
18th, l3 deg at Beurg, on the 18Th, lo3 deg
at Dion, the same day, 9 deg. IN the depart
ment Of the Ccfreze, on the 28th ult. 10 deg.
a, Roeez, on the 3oth, IL deg, at Aurillac,
on the 2sth lsa deg. 1t is believed tina, the
snow with which the ground is covered will
protect the corn sown; but II is apprehended
tha, mncb misc ief will be done by torrents Of
wafer, in the event Of a sudden thaw. The &C
counrs from the provinces respecting the efforts
making, BY differen, societies and private in.
dividu ais for the relief OF he poor, continue 70
be gratifying. In many places the high author
tiles Of the Catholic church unile with the Min
listers Of other religious ereeds in the work Of
benevoence.
A le,,er from Mon'rejeau, in The depart
ment Of the Upper Garronne, ahhonncrs hat
scvera! persons in hat neighhorhood have di
ed through cold, & others have had their limbs
frozen. In many places the mills are unable
10 work SO furious are The wolves that they
d. sccnd into the towns and villages to seek for
prey A servant in The vicinity has been de
youred by them. and several persons who es-
capped with their lives, are dreadiully mauged
In the neiehborhood Of Faux Bonnes, Low.
er Pyrenees, the curate of the village, return
ing on hor seback, from WISHING sick person
was attacked BY several wolves, who killed
both The horse and Clergyman: The latter was
nearly devoursd
The position Of diligence from Toulon to
Marseilles was so severely frozen that he died
soon after he reached his destination. Three
soldiers in state VI ,ntoxic alton, being unable
to find their barracks upon quitting wine
shop, were frozrn Ia death in the street. A
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gardens, and q cusiom>houss officer persisted
d, his post in the night
An apo,hecary Of Sos in the department, Of
the Le, and Garronns, has written TO NJ. Che
yalier,tba in hat town the thermometer maj
ed IA deg. Below zero on the 2S,h ult and 9
degrees in the nigh, Of The 8,h instant. A
erea, quantity OF snow having IalIen. the Their
mometer rose to 4 deg. II subsequently fell
again and there was every pros ecl Of the cold
being As incense as it was in December The
ice on the Garonne and Dordogne is SO thick
hat persons are able TO cross both rivers GU
foot. A considerable quantity OF wine ha:
been lost, as, having been frozen, il burst Che
bottles aud casks In the country the HICKS and
HI rds are perishiny for want OF fodder and wa
ter, Many large trees. even oaks, had spill
through the severity of The frost. Al 81. Scin
Dire and o, her places, birds fell dead upon the
fields. The lasds are peopled by immense
flock, of wild geese and ducks, which suffe'
the mselve. TO be approached, and so plen,ifu
is game Of ali kinds, that tits sold for little OIL
nothing
Our correspondent at Bayonne informs US
tina, com,nunitions with Spain become ever!
impra c cable on account Of the ice and snow.
The cold is So severe in the Peninsula, tha
nearly all the rivers are frozen over 10 such I
degree mat loaded carts pass Them in safety
even in the hottest provinces, This severity
tic temperature occasions iDcaiculaole disas
rers. The Srgura, river which flows unde
he beautiful sky OF Mprtia, is almos, enterel
frozen over, q circumsg snoe thai has no, occur
rcd for As years. Several persons in that pro
vince have been frozen 10 death. Al Saragos
"a the cold has caused such a scarcity OF wool
and water that alarming symptoms of discon
ten; began 10 manifest themselves among III
lower classes. To satisfy them The 'rcrs oil TIT
promen AIDES hav- oe, frlled, and wood disiri
b.ted 10 the poor The British Minister a
Madrid and the Russian Prince Czarewinski'
Il The la',er braring dispatches from the EN-
prror Nicholas to lhe King of Spain, arrived
Bsyonne on he 9 h, but they deter mined not Il
continue lhe1T lOuEUey W SPoi" oh oNNoou' "
The wreiched state Of the roads /, is su 1ha
the dilgrnces cannon pass the de6Ie OF Gsad
arrama, and the passengers are Obliged ,'
eros. il on foot, and take another conveyance
at the issue Of the dehle.
Commune a,ions have b'en entirely interrupt
during fortnight, by The heavy fall OF snow
in Caen. in Normand, Id he villages si'ua'et
ON ,be sea shore. The snow has been drii1eo
eight, and even ten fee' in depth in some pla
ess exposed 10 the North, and above one hun
Gred men have been several days employed !,
making tho road practicable between Luc and
MAJ, leu, distan, absu, league and half, ane
wing in the direction from Carn 10 i've Sea.
We learn from Copenhagen Jha' The soune
was so completely frozen over towards The enc
of December. that slrdges came over from Ian
scrona.
On the ninth Of January, numerous work
men were employed 10 cutting ice upon 'hs
Seine. IS fears were entertained OF The bridges
4 Paris paper Of The 18Th says, that 'ht le'
in the Seine, the day previous was so soild,iha
700 persons exercised themselves with skatng
near the Piac, de Greve. Stalls were estab
6,bcd on the river, aud several sledges draw
hy horses enIivened The winrry scene. The &C
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