Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-21
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

THz Snow SroRx AND ITS EFFEcFs.-The
late great storm undoubtedly deserves to he
recorded among the memorable events Of 1857
IL commenced in a mild, insinu ating sort of
wsy, about midnight on Saturday night and
by daylight Of Sunday MOI ming had got a
pretty full head Of steam on. To the ,st of o. r
belief the churches were thinly attended on
Sunday. In the evening ssme crazy attempts
were made to go sleighing, but the ambi-
tious youngsters who undertook il speedily
concluded II would Mt pay, and returned to
their holes. All through Sunday night, the
storm continued to rage, piling up the snow,
ratsing shutters and signs, - Dg down chin
neys, upsetting liberty poles without regard
to persons and politics. twisting the white
drifts into thousand fantastical shapes, and
playing the very old Nick generally.
On Monday morning " the face OF all nature
looked graz and the appearance of things
about front ,ors and back yards indicated
fall of snow to the astonishing depth OF some
thirty feet but closer survey showed con-
siderable inequalities in the surface. In some
pIaces the ground was swept bare as house
door, and again the snow was thrown up in
drifts ten, fifteen or twenty feet high, takiog
various singular shapes, assuming az one time
the outline Of a.mountainOus sweep, and at
another the waves of the ocean, and anon
curiOusly carved like the exterior If an Old
World cathedral The roofs of buildings were
heavily burdened with drifts which every now
and then dropped without warning upon the
heads of such people as were with difh,ulty
forcing their passage upon the sidewalks, add
ing considerably to the Inconvenience Of loco
motion
The citizens Of Washington on Monday
presented the appearance Of remarkably
quiet, domestic, stay n home people. Coffee
and tea were partakon of with wry faces, as
the milk mon had concluded to stay at home,
with the rest of mankind. The supplies Of
ut of tno he hak -
home INDUCING the JOYS Of the domsstic fire.
side.
Almost ali city intercommuDicstionw was cut
Of; Omnibuses, hacks and ether vehicles ne
cessaTily suspending operations During tho
day an attemp: was made by some of the col
Ored cart drivers riding their horses in pro-
cession to break a track in the streets but the
light snow drifted in again almost inmcd!-
ately, rendering their labOTS useless.
On yesterday the wind fell and the snow
was sufficiently got under to allow resump-
tion Of city travel, and today there is high
carr. al upon the avenue, with the myTiads
VI brilliant sleighlDg equipageS abroad.
INTERRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL.
Travel by river or railroad Vas, Of course,
suspended by the storm.
The Sunday evening train from here to Bal
tImNre ct 4 p. m, proceeded as far as Bls-
deusburg and was obliged to turn back, be-
cause Of inability TO force way through the
was attached, and the two engines arrived
with the train at the Relay House lite be.
fore midnight, and reached the Locust Point
junction, about two miles from the Camden
Station, about one o'clock, at which they en-
eOuntered very heavy drift, and could pro-
coed no further. Tho passengers were made
comfortable as possible, and early Monday
morning arrangements were made to send re-
lief from Baltimore city. The first attempt,
however was unsuccessful, but finally the
efforts Of three engines, with Stow plOws, and
an army of laborers with shCyels, opened the
track to the stalled train. The engines were
literally dug out Of the drift, the forward one
being completely covered. The train reached
Camden Station at q o'clock Monday after
noon, having been twenty-five hours on the
road.
At ~ o'clock, on Monday afternoon, the ex-
press train left Baltimore with FIVE camel en-
gines local burnersl and n number of snow
Plows for this city, and yesterday morning at
o'clock another train with two engines, all
arriving here at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The Il P. N train, which left here yester-
day, arrived in Baltimore at S o'clock last
night
Between the Relay House and Baltimore the
snow in the cuts is from ten to fifteen feet in
depth.
The cars on this line will to-day, it is ex-
rected, be able TO resume their regular run
ming time
Latham's omnibuses came through this
morning from Alexandra, and the turnpike is
reported to be in good condition.
INCIDENTS, Erc
number of stray cattle, caught abroad
and houseless by the storm, repdezyoused
about the market house, and some drolI acct
dents have happened in consequence. Last
night young man passing through the mar
ket building found himself suddenly astride Of
acow lying in the gaDgway The frightened
animal dashed of with her burden at a break
neck pace, treating him to a first rate COW
ride, finally throwing bin upon pile Of snow
with no bones broken.
Attheicorner Of SeventhE r ct and the ave q ,e
the boys gathered last night, according 10
hme-honOred custom, peltiDg with snOwoalls
all sleigh-riders who failed TO duck their heads
10 the young autocrats Of the pave.
A great deal Of amusement was created
yesterday By the exploits Of an amateur bus
ter in yaller' sleigh Through the top.
hesviness Of the vehicle or the driver, there
was a perpetual series Of upsets, and the boys
corgregated about the establishment in crowds
rendering "a usual, great deal of imperti
Ient advice to the unfortunate proprietor
The horse was a sensible beast aad after each
catastrophe. stopped cOmposedly IL his tracks,
while his master picked himself M, shook out
biz IUffed feathers and TIghted his yaller
sleigh
AT the city post office, crowds were gathered
HcctcIuaJ dIternOOb5 "dltIuS toe scrtlng OF
the ponderous accumulation Of back mails
brought by the train which reached here at 3
O'Clock, ?. u. Nothing later than Saturday
was however received by this mail.
PUI SMILING FACE 0S Notwithstanding
the gloom attending the late severe storm, "a
storm "a Is storm, as Capt Cutie would Iy,)
those who visited Philbrick, and passed an
hour IN examining his choice collection OF
books, comprising almost everything from gay
TO grave, from lively To severe, found IT Just
the thing 70 drive dull care away; and those
who purchased and received beouti|NL
present invariably went away with smiling
faces. We would say to our numerous read
eTs, 20 there and do likewise
SMITHSONIAN LE'T UREs The second lee
ture Of the very interesting course on Poten-
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