Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-03-29
From the Augusta Chronicle, March 2O.1
A Novel Scene In Georgia-snow Eight Inches
Deep on the 10th Of March Fun In the
stsets-A Perfect Carnival.

One OF those sights which deserve special
mention for their rarity in this Southern lati-
tude, dawned upon our vision yesterday morn
ing. The earth was robed in mantle Of snow,
to the depth of from six to eight inches. The
feathery fake. as they silently fell the night
previous, did not all melt; and whom the sun
arose, and took his course through the uncoud-
ed blue. the scene was one of dazzling brillian-
cy and beauty. Every tree was robed in ermine;
and what was lovely spectacle, (and per-
hapse as fatal as lovely,) was to see the deli.
cate purple and crimson bloom on the fruit trees,
peeping through this unnatural covering, and
contrasting finely with its intense spotless white
ness. Let US hope, however, that the snow
storm has not wholly destroyed those delicious
fruits which Pomona had in store for US.
But. "a sight to make an old man young"
was to witness the excitement-the delirious
joy, which the advent Of the snow created in
the old and young. The earlier portion OF the
this evanescent element. Boys fought mimic
battles with 1t; girls (and some who had seemed
to become 30 for the nonce) showered down snow
missiles on the heads of passers-by; old men
renewed their youth and took several rounds for
fan; clergymen and grave matrons participated
In the SPORT limbs OF the law, court, counsel and
WITNESSES were all together BY the ears; and the
merry laugh from the assailants when the ball
bit the mark, or from the assailed when it
didn't, made new and strange yet not un-
pleasant mueic. A walk along the pave when
the carnival was at iis height, was matter Of
serious moment; and this subscriber scknoWl-
edges, that while pedestrianizing up Broad
street, all unconscious Of danger, and absorbed
in meditation as TO how the local column was
10 be filled on the morrow, SNOWFALL, sent with
unerring aim from three story window, struck
his tile, and made what was already shocking
bad hat a spectacle for tears and lamentation,
and sent 1t from his head with whiz-z.z,
The nonchalance with which he gathered its
remains, tndeavored to restore its symmetry,
and place it smiling on his head, doubtless fully
compensated the enemy for the work she had
accomplished. Such shouting-such laughing
such hurling Of the snow about, was indica-
tive Of good feeling, at least; and We have only
heard Of rare instances where the assailed let
their temper get the best of them. It remind.
ed one Of old Rome during the carnival, when
fair women, saucy girls, and little children
shower the street passengers with bon-bons. 1t
was indeed a season of unrestraiued hilarity:
and if It prove hurtful 10 sense which toncbes
our palates or our pockets, depriving US Of some
OF the promised fruits of the earth, Il has serv.
gu tho Bvou PurPoeo VI unuenuipB our uiBnuy
for little space, giving us good as well as
novel exercise, which has planted fresh bloom
on the cheek, and strengthened our faith in the
inherent good nature and social instincts Of our
kind The H'soft white silence" Of the snow
may not have been sent in vain, after all. .bs
Our Savannah and Charleston exchanges
make no mention of snow in their respective
sections on monday night. We learn from
naaaenger from Savannah that no enow had fall.
en- there up to II o'clock. a33 56g ID