Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-01-22
Coolest Weather in Seventy Years
IN NEW YORK.

IN NEW YORK.
The cold snap of yesterday took us all
by surprise, for the change in the weather
was not only very sudden and very great.
but the temperature of the atmosphere was
lower than it had been before in this citv
in seventy years. At least we have the
word of the Sage of Brooklyn Heights for
the fact, and his thermometer and weather
tables are not to be disputed The stran-
gestipartof the phenomena was that though
the sun was shining brightly the intensity
of the c>ld kept gradually increasing from
sunrise until noon, when the mercury in
the thermometer touched nine below zero.
People suddenly began to discover that
their stoves, steam-pipos and registers did
not give any heat, and business men, as
they hurried down, didn't know what to
make of the icicles which hung from their
moustaches like the pendants from a glass
chandelier
There must have been terrible suffering
among the poor who were not prepared
with suit ,ble defences against the unlocked
tor-rigors of the season and we fear that
there will be reports of great distress on
board of ships on the coast. Several cases
ofsuttering have already been reported, and
one OF an omnibus driver having actually
frozen to death. The most remarkable ef-
fccts of the cold were seen OIL the Bay and
rivers, where thick cloud of steam was
seen all day looking as though thousand
boilers were letting their steam escape
The temperature of the air was so much
lower than that of the water, that the va
por assembled from the surface as though
the Gulf Strcam, with it's tcpid pillows,
had suddenly made divergence through
Long Island Sound into our harbor. There
was but little ice in the river during the
day, but plenty was found last night, and
vt viii not require many such days as yes
terday to put an entire stoppagc to the nav
igation to the Sound.
The docks along the East and North Riv-
ers were frozen, making it difficult, and in
some cases impossible, to move vessels ".
ing in them without the aid c steam tugs.
The prospect now is that the steam ice.
boats will soon be required to keep the
channel open.
Among the number of cases in which
people were badly frozen during the day.
was that of a man named Webb, who was
driving one of the Broadwayand Sixth and
Seventh avenue stages. He was taken
from his seat on the stage in helpless
condititSa, and Carried 10 drug store
where stimulapts were Administered, and
be revived His hands aud feet were bad
ly frozen.
AZ near nightfal ncwsboy went on
board one of the Fulton ferry boats, where
he soon became helpless lie was noticed
ny some passengers, who took bin down to
tne cugiue-room and rubbed him until he
recovered. lLe hid frozen his feet, and
hands, and nose,
In Fpltop-strcet, Brooklyn, maa who
bad been drying his horse rapidly, left
bin standing for time without blanket,
while he had some pqrchases in store
When he came out his horse was SO stiffen-
cd by the cold, that he could not move un-
til he had been rubbed for long time.
THE CoLD TERM--The present cold
Term commenced here in TIC night of Fri
day. Saturday last, about midnight, it
was immediately preceded by rain, aud com
mcnced with snow. AZ III a. NJ. and IL
NJ. to-day, tho temperature, by thermome-
ters exposed to the north wind, is nipc de-
grecs below zefo--the lowest temperature
recorded during period of seventy years
Thus far in the term, the most intense cold
has beenat mid day. h. MERRIAM
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