Democratic banner., 1849-11-05
OLD TIME WINTERS.


Thames was coversdewith ice sixty in.
chss thick. Almost ell the birds persisted.
In 1892 the cold was so excessive that
the famished wolves entered Vienna and
attacked beasts and even men. Many peo-
pie in Germany were frozen to death in 16
95, and the winters Of 1897 and 1899 were
ne arly as bad. ~ obs vi yer
In 1909 occurred that famous winter call
led, BY distinction, the cold winter. All the
rivers and lakes were frozen, and even the
sea for several miles from the shore. The
ground was frozen nine feet deep. Birds
and beasts were struck dead in the fields,
and men persisted by thousands IN their
houses. 10 the south of France the wine
plantations were almost all destroyed nor
have they yet recovered from that fatal
disaster. The Adriatic sea was frozen, and
even the Mediterranean about Genoa. and
the citron and ernage groves suffered ex-
ltremely in the finest parts, of Italy.
In 17l6 the winter was SO intense that
people travelled across the straits from Co.
penhagent to the province of Sonia, in Swe-
den. F.'a aa5.li alai'@ ~ 81
To 1925, in Scotland, multitudeS Of cattle
and sheep were buried in the snow. 5'fsH
In 1740t the was scarcely inferior to that
of 1909. The snow lay ten feet deep in
Spain and portugal. The Zuyder Zes was
frozen over, and thousands Of people went
over it. End the lakes in England froze,
In l744 the winter was very cold Snow
fell in Portugal to the depthoof2S feet on a
level. .-s 3 -, fsii ilvi53ra-
In 1854 and l756 the winters were very
severe and cold. In England, the, strongest
ale, exposed to the air in . glass, was COW
cred in 10 minutes with ice one-eighth Of
an inch thick. baHose ali HiEjdiaa I9ai Jar
In It'll the Elbe. was frozen tONths bot
tom. , .,,r.,, -. -, ..-,, ,.y.,q, s
In I77S the Danube bore ice. Eve feet
deep below Vienna. Vast numbers Of The
feathered and 6nny tribes persisted. - q
The winters Of l774 and 8 were ubc6fu
monly severe. The Little Belt was frozen
over. .~,zgo., T.fr watssV "a .ogias4if.
From 1900 to 1912 also,the winters we're
remarkably cold, particularly the latter. in
Russia, which proved so disastrous to the
French army 1a ID sf"'a't 81 'd''
seig FL, ...c---; ,sZGiTEsu ef
PusH.-Keep pushing If you run against
, snow.bapk or a rail fence, don't GO back,
but push forward, or TO one side, and 90 on,
It is Of mo use to cry and lament ; it viii not
help the matter in the least. Tears never
leaped q stream or dug through . mountain!
Push ever, and keep pushing, and your for
tune is half made, and your Immortality Sc
cured.
The REMAINS OF GEN. WoafH.ACol.
Darling, of this city, arrived at New Or
leans on the 18th inst, ON the steamship
Galveston, from Texas, with the remains OF
the gallant Gen. Worth, The N. O., Plea
Iyune Of the 18th says that those Of the late
Colonel Duncan were to be forthwith
brougt from Mobile, when the two lafien-
ted officers, so often partners in victory, but
at last united in death, would be conveyed
to their final resting place in New York,
according to resolutions passed at a meet.
ing of the City Council via the river.
Newspapers in Europe are not quite as
cheap as in this country. The London
Times costs $40 q year. The same rate is
charged for the Morning Chronicle, Daily
lXNeWSs OIOOos l1eTalu anu rust LIE bOh-
don Evening Mail is published three times
a week, at 1895 a year. The London semi
weeklies SIG so per .snum. and weeklies
$l2 and 50. The French daily papers, the
large ones, are about the same price as the
London prints ; those about the same size
of our penny papers cost 800 and $25 per
annum. The German dailies costfrom $22.
to $36. d. 1.far &th'9I
In 4 HuRay 70 BE Orf.-Yssterday pas
sage tickets we're sold for the new steam
ship 10 San Francisco, and a curious scene
was exhibited. Some staid all night, and
at four O'Clock in the morning the steps Of
the Office Of Messrs. Rowland & A~spinwall
were occupied by about twenty persons
waiting to make sure Of early admissions
Before the dours were open hundreds we're
Ecrowdins around. The BsluStrsdss and
windows were broken BY the pressure
Five hundred tickets for the Dscem6eT
steamers were sold, andt o satisfy the Oliver
Twists of the party One hundred ssmote''
wers disposed of for the January steamer.
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