Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-09
The Wc1fhpr.

Every mail brings us additional accounts Of the
depth of the and the violence Of the gales. The
fall of snow has been almost unprecedented in the
Western section Of Virginia 1t averaged three feet
deep at the White Sulphur Springs But there is
y any physical evil without lis concomitant benefits. 4
Western friend reminds MS, that this fall of snow may
De fortunate for Western brethren for the springs,
creeks, &c. had been greatly exhausted by the last
year drought Correspondent from Wheeling writes
US, that they had Just received mail the first one
which mad reached them for { days "'Thc snow was
also very heavy in the neghborhood of Winchester,
Virginia, the railroad from that city TO lIarpcrs Ferry
being impossible from Sunday the god until Wednes.
day following The Baltimore American states, tsthat
the fall Of the 21st and 22d December had
plrely stopped all travel over the Allcghany mountains
the roads being covered in places to the depth of
four and five feet The Cumberland papers of the 18th
December state that mail from Frederick had reach
ed there for six days. At Cincinnati the 25th there
were five mails due from the East In Rochester IN.
Y the SNOW had been falling about sc hours from Satur-
day the 2.th till Monday midday and it was between
3 and 81 feet deep level: "a more severe snow
storm than before known in This s""iinn "f
country The Postscript to The Madison tAlorrlsvlllc
=. ~ observer OF Monday forenoon says:
"a heavy fall of snow commenced in this region on
Friday night, and continued without ntcrnission for
about d hours. This with the large quantity which
had previously fallen, and the immense drifts caused
by the high wind which prevailed last night has en-
trey blocked up the roads, and prevented comfortable
locomotion for several days to The mails are
impeded from all quartcrs-none from the East having
reached here since Friday evening"
The Northampton Courier (Alass.) states upon the
information OF "Ir Billings, of Goshen, good Wing
Representative, who eager TO reach Boston, and
cane into town Monday night, having travelled
most of the distance between Wilianskurgh and Co
sllrn shoes, drawing his trunk sled, that
the storm of last Saturday more than the
former one, in the mountain townsville snow now
gng three and half if not lour feet upon level
1t is without parallel in the memory of the oldest in
habitans. The Representatives. in Berkshire and the
towns in the Northern part of this county, entirely
shut up, and probably cannot this week reach Boston
The destruction upon the coast from the late gales
distressing. Amongst the shpwrccked vessels is the
slip lyHo, Capt Cope) belonging TO this City and
Petersburg, bound Liverpool with cargo Of tobac
co, -four and cotton and sailed from Hampton Roads
on Monday week. She wen. ashore the same night a
little to the westward Of Cape Henry light The Cap
tain and succeeded in reaching the shore in safe
". The Norfolk Beacon states, g that her stern has
washed out, and that the water was her decks
Her cabin furniture and other articles which hoatcd
from her, washed ashore the beach. Capt. Cope
lost every article he possessed Of except the cloth
ing which he had on
We undcrstaud, that Sunday last the James Ri
yer had frozen over to James Town.
The Reader Will perceive, that the H. of Delegates
Yesterday the 3d inst as the day for clectinp Sc