Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-08

away lhelr arms and seeking safety IN flight
LIVERPOOL MARKET
The market for cured provisions has been firm
since our previous notice. Pork has been freely
TAKEN and Bacon has advanced from to 3s per
ewt Lard is in fair request and although lower
IN the early part OF last week has since recovered.
Cheese is in less active demand
The imports OF Foreign grain and produce into
Liverpool, London and other leading ports of the
hlngdom are increasing and this combined with a
pretty tar quantity OF home grown. keeps the mar
ket on the whole well supplied In the absence Of
speculation, the trade exhibits total want OF ami
nation.
Buyers only purchase for the supply of immedi-
ale or pressing wants. At Mark Lane. on Monday
last, Wheat was sold at 81 a 81 for red, and s. a
90 per quarter for best English winter, The fol-
loving rates were paid for American descriptions.
Canadian free red, IS Cd IS Sd per bushc white
Is led SIS ID Both United States and Canadian
had dull sale but prices were maintained
Indian Corn brought 81 IS per quarter for
red and white
The sale Of American -four was dull, but the
prices quoted varied from 2S Cps per barrel for
United states, and p SOS for Canadlah
a Snoyy Storm.
Extracts from the report OF Lieut. J. W. Albert
on New Mexico The Lieutenant and his partv
had lett Bents Fort on their return to ST LOUIS on
the goth January Such suffering as is here detail
ed has seldom been exceeded
February 2.-AH night the storm ragged with
fury as awful as that of the 'tormentes" OF Mt
Blanc. The particles Of snow beat with wild rage
against my tent, while the fraH structure quivered
and the poles that supported it creaked and groaned
SO much that 1t was impossible for me 10 Sleep
Nuch was the force OF the wind that it drove the
snow through the canvass walls Of my tent and
lound my bed and papers covered with it. Daring
the night heard one OF the men, who had got his
ieet wet IN attempting to the river. lmplorng
some OF his companions TO let him get into the
wagon with them. The night was terribly cold
and feared that all of our animals would ne frozen
20 death before morning. At length morning came
but when looked out the snow was drifting along
IN dense clouds OF hard icy PARTICLES that flew along
with extreme velocity AS the sun began to APP
pear the storm ceased and It was most fortunate
tor us that it did cease | now forced my way out
OF tie tent which was banked with snow. When
looked around, scene OF utter destruction pre-
scented Itself; most OF my men had lain down on
the ground 10 sleep, but now no one OF them could
be seen. called aloud; they heard me not being
covered beneath the deep snow. | now went to
the wagons; IN one | found PiIka and LANG: in the
other, two or three men, one OF whom had been
very III ever since leaving Bents Fort He came
rushing towards me hall distracted. his shirt COW
my feet he lmployel me to take him to a house.
-, Lieutenant, take me to a house" he exclaimed,
i shall freeze TO DEATH I'm freezing I'm freezing!
Ills arms were drawn up and sufcned his body
almost paraIyzed with cold. took the poor fan
IL - - ~ -,,.,,, l,.st all coufGlAlth
~. - az 1Dout and found the men by
the aid OF tic cracks on the surface OF the snow,
caused 10y the movements OF the restless sieepcIs
covered by the heavy mantle OF snow they had kept
@ warm AMI uDlV the chill felt O Them
more lntoIerabe.
February 2l.-Ihs morning is the first time for
thirty six hours that any one has Ncutured out
My men had their provisions ready cooked, and
shared them with Mr. Browns party; of all the
tents that had been pitched Friday night, mine was
tie only one which still remained. The snow had
hcapeJ up around the rest 50 that the inmates were
obliged to desert them. and take refuge III the way
ons. About mlue the wind had swept in such
way as to keep open path around It, although ths
snow was on level with the ridge pole eff the tent.
We now broke up some boards that were in the
wagons, and kudied little fire. Soon the sun rose:
hnt, instead Of one sun, we had three; all seemed
Of equal brllanCy, but, as they continued TO ri.e,
the middle only retained It's circular form while
the Others shot into huge columns OF fire, which
blended with the air near their SUBMITS. The
breadth of the columns was that OF the sun appa-
rent diameter and their height about twelve times
tae same diameter: they were between twenty and
thirty degrees distant from the sun. Before the
syn had risen more than ten degrees this phenome
non entirely Disappeared Some OF the men called
my attention 10 tins strange appearance, bat so en-
crossed were they with their own cdltml!es. that
they hardly seemed to be in the least astonlshcd al
what they saw.
Alter some little while VIC missed Preston and
the sick man; We inquired, but one knew any
thing about them. 1t was now evident that they
had been buried beneath the snow DRIFT which. Tor
some distsnce around bad filled up the nook IN which
we had cncrmped 10 the level OF the prairie; as the
DRIFT was of considerable extent. mgch time would
he wasted in examining it, unless could find
where they had pitched their tent. At last ! notI-
ccd one poor fellow dragging away 10 ind his boots
he shoW ed me where the sick man had been.
called the men, and Immediately set 10 work The
snaw was six feet deep, and we bad only a little
piece of board TO dig with, and the cold was SO
great that 10 one could work a great while he;ore
his hands became perfectly rigid. After good
deal OF hard digging We found a pair Of boots
winch were recognised by the men as Preston ;
property. Tins urged US 10 renewed eXcrtiOns; at
ie"gth we cleared the snow from portion of his
buffalo robe and lifting ii up, we got sight OF the
poor fellows face he cried out iii weak voice,
begging us for God sake not 10 leave him to die
We assured him that would not iorsake him.
ana again covered MS lace UUIIl we COtjIN remove
more OF the snow: having dug as far as his waist,
live ncu caught mold OF him to drag him out bat
the snow had been most aud was packed very hard
aud he was held tight by the tent which had been
broken down by tie pressure OF the SNOW; ho"ev-
cr We dug little more until We could get al the
ridge pole of the tent which we cut in two with
oar axes. We now drew Preston out Of the drift
watch had liked to have proved his grave. Iii. bed
fellow Who had been much reduced by sickness was
already dead he was the man whom he had drag
ged from Jackson grove 10 "Pawnee fork" where
he had been picked mp by Mr. Brown since which
time lie had been reco' ering fast Poor fellow II
was his destiny TO leave his bones the desert
praires where wolves how! BIS requiem. caused
the men to dig HIM also out OF the dtit and TO put
his body into a wagon, in order that might bury
him al he cotton wood fork.
Severn! mules had already been frozen TO death.
As we proceeded, mules that had started off IN ap
plrentiy good condition, would drop down in the
harness and their limbs would become perfectly
rigid Even one OF the oxeE fell down benumhcd
with cold. In few hours we lost six mules and
one OK. 50 that road was marked out with dying
animals. As we approached our destined camp
ground we saw a vol that was so badly frozen as
to be unable 10 move Ont the m n put an ead
10 its suler.ngs by a ballet from bis rife.
Az OrraAGE-A scoundrel in TIcnton a night