The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-03-08
Cold weather :. II. s.u,h.

During the past winter there have bee
numerous cases of people freezing to deaf
in the Southern States, but not one cas
that we have been able to authenticate
Minnesota, although our people have bee
constantly travelling all over the Territor,
and camping out during our coolest weather
The fact is that our cold is not the sam
kind of cold they have down South, NO
hall SO uncomfortable or dangerous. Gu
cold is dry, electric and exhilirating. l
gives man an appetite, and resisting rigo,
so that as long as one has enough to cal
there is no danger of freezing to death il
Minnesota or as we are generally wei
equipped, of feeling any serious inconve
nience from the cold.
The cold has been very severe all owe
this continent-colder here than for man,
years past, yet VIC have no doubt suffered
less from this cause than the people of any
State south of us.
The following notices of the weather arc
from Southern papers:
EIGHT NEGROES FROZEN TO DEATH IN
TExAs.-The Shreveport (La.) Gazettee oil
the 18th January, says: Mr.. James G. Cox
for many years a citizen of this parish, SET
out with his negroes some time in December
for Western Texas, where he had determined
to locate. We learn that while crossing a
prairie forty miles wide, the cold northers
attacked his party, and eight of his negroes
froze to death, and two of his wagons were
cut up and burned for fuel to save the lives
of himself and the balance of his negroes.
PALArKA, FLORIDA, FEB. 1O.-Our wea-
Their still continues cold and disagreeable ;
and last Monday the cold was so severe that
one of our citizens, being upset n boat on
Lake George at several miles distance from
the shore, was frozen to death before he
could succeed in getting his boat back to
land. Only think of such horrible catas-
trophe in Florida!
The Tampa Peninsular states that so Sc
verely cold weather has never been expe-
in Florida until this winter. Capt.
Bontes Dc Oca informs us that sharks have
been frozen to death during the late cold
spell, in Charlotte Harbor. Such an event
has not transpired, to his knowledge, for the
last IS years.
COLD WEATHER IN TExAs-The late cold
weather, says the Galveston News, was very
severe on the upper Brazos. A letter from
Fort Belknap says the norther set in on the
23d, suddenly, when windows and doors
were open on account of the heat, and in a
few moments the cold was paralyzing, kill
ing horses, calves and chickens, and FROST
biting several persons exposed to its merci-
less fury. The Brazos froze strong enough
to bear up horse.
THE Charlestoniaas are putting up their
own ice from the ponds surrounding Charles
ton. They usually import it. Other South
ern cities this year have their ice supply at
their own doors, which will affect the trade
in that article next season.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Petersburgh
South Side Democrat, writing from Amelia,
says: If this weather continues
much longer, fear that half the stock will
actually freeze to death; many of them have
already died, and the balance of them have
their tails and ears frost-bitten 1t will take
double the usual quantity of provisions to
SCANC Ihio NihtCl.
Ice AND FRosT IN New ORLEANs.-The
New Orleans Bee of the Goth ult, says: To
our hypcrborean friends, who, at the North
and West, are CONCEALED into an icicle, it
may seem rather pleasant and comfortable
for the denizens of the Crescent City to
SILVER during thirty days under tempera-
ture either barely above, or positively below
freezing point; but to the said denizens
themselves such succession of cold spells
is utterly unexampled, and particularly dis
agreeable. When it is borne mind that We
are within six degrees of the torrid zone, tie
fact that since Christmas we have enjoyed
but two intervals-each few hours of mo-
derate weather-it must appear rather sur
prising. The old Creoles, whose heads are
silvered by the frosts of age, are literally
astounded at the continued cold. 1t lis some
thing to which their experience offers no
parallel. For thirty days we, children of the
sun, have been visited by almost uninter.
rupted frosts. The ice remains undisturbed
in the streets-:he portion melted by the
sun during the day is again solicited al
night. ..-
A RARE SIGHT IN LoUIsIANA.-An unu.
sual sight presented itself to the people Of
Lafourche on the morning of the 22d ult
The shores of our beautiful bay were mar.
gined with sheet of ice some six feet in
width. The coolest inhabitant was inn
mediately consulted, and he asserted that OF
no former period within his memory had
such an occurrence taken place. The infer
ence, therefore, is natural one, that the
22d Of January, 1856, was the coolest day
In 80 T
We were shown ice two inches in thickness
which, all will admit, is pretty fair speci.
men for single nights operation.
WINTER IN NAsHv1LLE.-The Nashville
Advocate, of January 3lst says: The old.
est inhabitants say they have never witness
ed so continuous and uniform period of cold
weather as during the present winter. We
have had very little variation since the 90
of December. At the date of this writing
(Jan. "a, there is scarcely any abatement
of the cold. A snow fell ON Saturday night
10Th, which yet continues on the ground
and the mercury on the mornings of the
23d and 9th was down to zero, or below
Since the above was written we have haG
another great fall of snow.
WEATHER IN MoBILE.-The Mobile Ad
vertiser says: We had hoped-and the hope
and subsequent experience are but an illus
tration of the fallicy Of human hopes-tha
we were finally through with the cold of tn,
season. This was on Saturday, but on Sun
day noon the mercury had fallen to an un
comfortably low point, and yesterday ant
the night preceding were exceedingly sew err
Ice was formed plentifully and the grount
was frozen to stony consistency. Vege
tation has suffered severely during the re