The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-01-26

Is much drifted-rende ring the roads, in
certain exposed situations, impossible"
a letter from Washington, dated Satur-
day. the 18th, says" For more than "a
nouns past 1t has showed necessarily and
last. There must be nearly fifteen inches
OF snow on the level. The wind has blown
gaze; 1t continues high, and the snow is
yet falling Nothing like it has happened
mere before within the memory Of man."
The Lancaster PENN Gazette SAYS
Such was the depth of the snow drifts,
tnat though between Lancaster and Para
disc, distance of nine miles, fifty horses
were employed to break the road, in adj
vance, yet the stage could not proceed,
though dragged, upon runners, by six of
the finest horses of the line, one of which
peIshed through exhaustion. In some cases
The drifts were six, seven, and even twelve
feet IN height and often, after being forced
by company of twenty or thirty horsemen,
the violence of the wind and the lightness
OF the snow Immediately obliterated every
mark OF their progress, and rendered the
road as impossible as before"
The stage which left Hudson on Sunday
morning, did not arrive at Albany till Mon
day night; the road being almost impassa-
bic ny reason of the snow. The passengers
acor6ed their passage by shovelling away for
the horses and stage-distance 80 miles.
A shoebiack, in Philadelphia, who slept
in his cellar on Saturday night, found him
self completely blocked up on Sunday morn
ing. He shouted murder till some one came
TO his relief.
STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT. The Steam
boat McDonough, Capt. Davidson, left this
city on Friday afternoon at o'clock, bound
| to New London; the wind then blowing
moderately from the N. E. At 9 o'clock,
being about 30 miles on her way, and the
wind and darkness increasing, she was an
chored for the night. About midnight a
violent snow-storm commenced, which con-
tlnueG till near night on Sunday. On Sat-
urday morning it was discovered that she
had dragged her anchors and diifted a con-
siderable distance. To avoid the dangers
which threatened her from this source. the
steam was raised with all possible speed,
and the engine put in motion. But so vio-
lent was the gale, that with as much steam
as it was deemed safe to put on, she only
made three-quarters of a mile Roadway in
about two hours. Meanwhile the air was
SS AliGh Win oHOW, luul IL was ITnDOSSIuIe
to see more than "A very few rods at farthest.
Between and 10 o'clock, at high tide, she
run upon sand-bank, about ten rods from
the mainland shore, and three miles from
Norwalk. When the tide went down, she
was left high and dry. On Sunday, Capt.
Davidson went ashore and procured num-
her OF men to assist him, who commenced
digging in the evening, as soon MS the tide
was sufficiently down, in the hope of being
able to get her off. They had continued
their efforts, ut every low tide, down TO yes
terday noon, but without success. She is
good deal strained, and leaks so much that
at high tide the water in the cabin is five
or SIX inches deep. There are rocks on
either side OF her position, but few rods
distant, OIL which if she had struck, the safe
ty OF the passengers as well as the boat.
would have been greatly endungered.-
There were 35 passengers on board, 16 of
whom were taken off on Monday morninr
by the steam boat Hudson, Capt. Beecher,
bound to New Haven. About dozen more
went ashore yesterday morning, in order
to return to this city by land. The remain
der were taken off about noon YESTERDAY bv
the Hudson on her return from New Haven.
and arrived here last evening. 1t is now
considered doubtful whether the boat will
be got off.-.N Y Journal of Commerce.
DEATHS FROM THE INcLEMExcY OF THE
WEATHER. The Providence Journal states
That Edward Greene, The driver of the stare
between Hartford and Providence, persisted
tTon the cold, while driving from C loucesier
to Ashford, on Monday last. MIR. Crimes, a
passenger, finding that the driver was overcome
ny fatigue and cold, and was drowsy, wrapped
buffalo skins around him, and endea vored to
arouse him and keep him awake, but in short
time he was dead. Mr.. Grimes took the reins
and drove TO Ashford The deceased was
respectable young man 90 years of age.
The same paper states that boy, in Foster
about Ia years old, was sent by his father, TO
store, near Connecticut line, Saturday, to get
some oil. He went to the store, got his oil
and attempted to return. He was found burr.
ed in snow drift, frozen to DEATH holding in
one hand the jug of oil.--BostOn .4drertiser.
Snow, Ice, CoLD, & Co. They some
times have deep SHOWS in England at an
early period of the winter, or rather, late in
the autumn. On the 22d October, 1919,
snow fell in London to the depth of IL inches.
The efforts of Generals Cope, Wade and
Hawley, to suppress the rebellion of I745,
were impeded by snow:-whence the cpl
gram,-
Cope could not cope, nor Wade wade through
the snow,
Nor Hawley haul his cannon to the foe.
DIR. Rotheram {don't let the compositor
say Bofherena)i in his " Philosophical Enquiry
INTO the nature and properties of Water"
asserts that certain quantity of snow, TAX
en- fresh from the surface, and mixed in
flour pudding, will supply the place of eggs,
and make the pudding equally light. lie
considers two table spoons of snow equiva-
lent to an egg. Ifthis proportion be much
exceeded, the pudding will not adhere to-
gether, but fall to pieces in boiling. Let
some notable house wife try the experiment
and if it succeed she may name her day
and dinner hour.
Fahrenheit, with snow and spirit of nitre,
could not make his mercury descend lower
than 40 degrees below zero, as is asserted
by Boerhaave, who thought that no animal
could endure such intense cold. But Pro-
lessor Anon, in letter to Sir Hans Sloane,