Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04

miles of the latter place and was brougnt ~
stand. There were forty passengers, ihciuu'ns
seven ladies. The Section Master and one Oh
tho engine drivers made their way on foot 10
the Depot, arriving there at 10 o'clock at neht.
Mr.. Dodamead, the Superintendent, made great
exertions the next day to relieve the passengers,
but without success They remained IN t'e
cars till Tuesday, and finally got TO Richmond
past II o'clock on that day. In the meanwnlie
Mr. Adams. overseer of Messrs. Edmond d I;i-
venport, who lives in the neighborhood. suppLed
the passengers with provisions and fuel. Inc
train was liberated by means of locomotives sent
from Richmond. Messrs. Woodward d Newman
of the St. Charles Hotel. despatched their omnl.
buses to the spot on Monday, but it was found
impossible to penetrate the huge drifts and they
returned Mr.. John P. Ballard. OF the Ex-
change Hotel, sent up several OF his employ ees
on foot Tuesday with baskets of cooked provis-
ions for the furnished passengers. Inc passen'
gers rendered Mr.. Adams purse OF $So, whicn
he refused. 1t was then determined to present
him service of silver plate.
TIE Coin AT THE SoUTH.-The cold at the
South seems to have been intense. The river
opposite Columbia, S. c., was filed Wednesday
morning with masses of floating ice, something
which has not occurred before for twenty-one
wears. The Cape Fear river at Wilmington, n.
c.. for the first time within the memory OF any
citizen of that place, was crusted over with q
thin coating of ice. At Raleigh, N. T., the coia
was intense, and the Register mentions 40 faml-
lies who were rescued from certain death by
charity. The snow in that city was foot deep,
and in drifts six feet The steamer Marion OH
her trip from New York to Charleston, expert
enced terrible weather The cold was SO intense
that five horses were frozen to death and the
deck and combngs masts. sails, rigging, and ev,
cry portion of the vessel exposed, were covered
with ice TO the thickness of six or seven inches:
The steamer Black Warrior, from Havana, bound
to New York, passed tho Marion while she was
living to, and she was literally covered with Ice.
Rich Dis. Of the 9th.
TIE WEATHER SoUrH-The Nai@.-i ester
day morning the Southern mail, delayed by tne
snow, arrived. bringing New Orleans papers 10
tbe 14tl inst. Farther South than Columbia,
s c.. the snow storm does not seem to nave
been of very great violence. In that city the
snow only fell to the depth of 2 1-2 inches
Snow bailing and sleighing were indulged m
A heavy sleet extended rs far South as MONT
pomery. Ala. and the railroads and everything
else were covered with ice. The Wilmington ana
Weldon Railroad is open, and so would be the
Wilmington and Manchester, if it was not Tor
the difficulty in getting water. The snow seems
to have been no obstacle to travel South OF W IL
m;noton. n. c.. though the cold was Intense
Tn Savannah but one steam press in the city was
able TO work-that of the Morning News. LII
Charleston, Sunday night, the thermometer was
ot 20 deg. At Shreveport, La, on the sth, q
letter saws that O terrible storm OF sleet ana
snow occurred, rendering the roads impassaole.
Rich. Dispatch ef26h.
TIE CANAL.-The Lynchburg Virglnian says
the caral there is frozen tight. Boats iaaen
with valuable produce are locked up all along
the line between there and Richmond. Inc
packet boat Link, has gone into winter quarters
under the bridge, and has been there ever since
Christmas. Its crew lead the life of Laplanders.
They keep M a big fire. eat drink and sleep.
A round hole is cut in the ice near the stern Oh
the boat and thence the Linkers draw water,
and percbance fish when the sun is high and
weather little warm. Another OF the packets
is frozen up about thirty miles above Richmond.
Another still. is locked fast in the icy embrace
of the Jeems and Knnorway, near the ancient
CITY of Buchanan The winter has been very
disastrous on boats Many of them have been
cut through by the ice and gone to the bottom
with valuable cargoes. 1t is said that naylga'
ton will not he open until March.
TIE STORM AT FREDERIcEsBuRG.-tre trederlcRs.
burg has had the same experience as that OF all
other towns in the State, viz The "severest
snow storm and the most intensely cold WHO
and weather" experienced there tor many WIN
ters The sufferings of the poor would nave
been intense, as we learn from the News, but Tor
the exertions of the Christian Association
which by laying off the town in lots and visiting
every part of it, supplied the distressed and
needy The streets were blocked up and the
doors of the houses, communication WITH the
surrounding country completely cut off, and all
business was suspended, ''except eating, sleeping
and making fires On Monday, the 18th. at D
o'clock the thermometer at the gas works fell to
five degrees below Zero
FpozEy TO DEATm.-Mr. James Sutton, OF
Hanover county, lost valuable servant man,
James. by the storm, on Sunday night the 18th.
lin and fellow servant left their masters kltch-
en- after supper, to go to their quarters, dis
tauce of three hundred yards. After getting
short distance, the storm was so terrific and the
snow 50 deep that one Of the servants turned
back and reached the kitchen in safety, but jim
beine anxious to get to his mothers cabin, Kept
ON. and when within about fifty yards OF the
cabin. sank Gown and perished. The next MORN
ing Mr. Sutton and his servants turned out 10
search for the unfortunate man, but ana not sue
ceed in discovering his remains until Tuesday
morning.
THE SEApoARp.- Norfolk papers give ac-
counts of the storm in that region. The wealth.
or there was colder than has been experienced
for thirty years past. Elizabeth river IS irozea
entirely across ard down to Hampton Roads.and
the Roads are thickly frozen to Old Point Com
fort Persons are crossing on foot from Norfolk
to Portsmouth, and the passengers OF the steam
er Roanoke were brought ashore in sleghs.-
The veteran editor of the Norfolk Herald says
that the storm exceeded in violence that OF 1885.
During the storm of the 18th the schooner lime,
of New York. was driven ashore on Willough'
by's Point. Most of the crew escaped to land,
but the Captain and cook were frozen to death.
THREE MrN FRozEN.-We understand that on
Sunday night last, near DR.. Cauthorn's farm, on
the old mountain road, in Hanover, three wmte
men-Leander Vaughan, Mills and Askew-
were overcome by the snow storm ana perished
on the roadside. The gentleman who brought
the news to the city, says that he met the par
ties on Sunday evening" but short distance
from where they were discovered the next day,
and that he stopped at house just passed by
them and staid all night. The presumption is,
that the unfortunate men becoming exhausted
by the storm, sat down to rest, and probably
falling asleep, pershed from the severity Of the
cold.-Rich. Dis. Of 22d.
ORANGE AND ALExADNRrA RoAD.--The Alex
andra Sentinel states that snow drifts on this
road were SO immense that it was herculean
task to remove them. 1t cites Hooe's cut for
example, which is one mile long, and was filled
and packed with snow from ten to twenty feet
deep" The path through this DRIFT had beeli
partially prepared by laborers with shovels and
then it was attacked by a team OF FIVE power
ful engines with a running start of mile. They
only entered the drift seventy feet and then
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