Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-03-24
The weather at the south.

Monday opened cool and cloudy and towards
evening it commenced to rain and came down in
profasion until two or three o'clock in the morn
ing, when snow storm-a most unusual visitor
for this latitude-elosed up the programme. Our
citizens were not little surprised on waking in
the morning to find the housetops covered with a
white sheet to the depth of some two inches. The
weather cleared of soon after breakfast and gave
yesterday quite fine day.-SdUGuadh Republican,
March 20.
letter to the Savannah Republican, dated, Cor
don, Ca, March 1S, 1oA O'Clock, says: 1.-THE ground
is covered inch with snow, and it is still falling
If it continues at the same rate the remainder of
the night 1t will be foot by morning. Good bye to
young vegetation
Monday was a raw. cold, rainy, sleety, snowy,
dreary, disagreeable dsy-& regular March affair
but out of ranks and not in uniform with its fellows
Rome (GG.) Courier, hGrch 10. -
The cars by the State Road last night were thickly
covered with snow We learn that heavy fall Of
snow occurred at Milledgeville yesterday.
(Gd.) Co1federQcy. March 10.
At 10 O'Clock Monday night it was showing here
quite briskly. Thought had been damp and drizzly
for day previous, sufficient quantity fell to cover
all objects that could retainit half inch
Madison (Ga.) Visiilr, March 81
Snow fell to the depth of one or two inches in this
place on Monday night last Greensboro (Gd)
Weekly, Mdrch q.
Snow storms are very rare visitors here, and par
tculary as late tn the the 18th of March.
Without any particular "premonitory symptoms"
the rising sun of yesterday presented the most daz
zling and beautiful scenes that we have witnessed
for many years. Snow had fallen during the night
to the depth of two three inches. As the degree
of cold accompanying it was very moderate, we do
not think any particular injury is done to the grain
crop, which is not sufficiently advanced, to fruit
We have much more to fear from such injuries du
ring few days to come than from what has past
Macon Gd.) Journal, March 20.
1t is not often that the weather in Charleston gives
US occasion to report snow storm, but such was
the case on the morning Of Tuesday. The cold
change began on Monday, and in the course OF the
evening there were some very heavy showers In
the night the gave place slee and at an ear
ly hour of Tuesday the snow began in earnest, and
soon showered a mantle OF two inches. The lowest
point the thermometer reached was 81 deg We
apprehend unfavorable reports concerning the fruit
and beg our friends to send Us prompt accounts
Charleston Courier, March 20.
A business letter to the Augusta Chronicle aud
Sentinel, dated Gordon county. Georgia, 18th inst,
says: Z" The peach trees have been In full bloom ia
this section for week. and the wheat fields look
green and beautiful, with better prospect for 4
good crop than there has been for years. but to-day
it is showing and sleeting away as if gloomy old
Winter had set in anew
SSow SroRN-As we went to press on Monday
night last, the falling thick and fast; and
yesterday morning it was thickly spreBd upen the
ground the house tops and the trees. Our citizens
generally seemed to enjoy the sport of snow-balng
amazingly well, and many shout of laughter and
instrument might have been heard as some iuckless
wight received the shock of the frozen balls This
amusement was kept tup the greater portion of the
morning and even, in shady places till late IN the
day; but the sun which shone bright and warm. put
a stop to it in great measure.
Some persons were of the impression that il was
unusual occurrence to have a snow storm so late
in March; but on recurring to our files, we find
that there was snow storm here on the 18th of
April, lS49 which was followed by a severe frost,
killing vegetation, injuring fruit and causing con-
siderable fears for the safety of the cstton crop.
On the 18th of January, 1851, there was consid-
cradle snow storm in this city; and the thermome-
ter on the day following fell three degrees above
zero. -
On the 9th of March, 1858, there was also a fall
of snow here; but it was slight, and mingled with
rain and snow
The weather, yesterday, was not very cold; but
we fear that fruit will be very much injured, not
entirely destroyed as the trees were blooming finely
IN this section of the Augustd Constitutional
iSt, March 90 ~
The snow storm which commenced in this lattuae
on Sunday night last continued with but h.te ln.er
mission until yesterday forenoon Most OF tns .nne
the wind blew with great violence, the temPsr1sse
intensely cold and street walking was ohe u ,e
dissgreeabIe operations that our citizens eOuao oe
called upon to perform. But for the danpness "
the earth caused by drenching ram just previous
to the snow the latter would have been tne deepest
that has fallen in this section since 1900 IL was
some six or eight inches despite the rain-fetes-
5urq Ta.l cypress, 1IcTch 20