The southerner., 1863-11-21

-. ao up yo.
lent wind Storm attended with ,,;" '''
which broke the tobacco leaves, and ',''
stroyed most of the fodder, A. a0 de-
commenced to rain on Sunlsv ;, It
9th of august, bcforo, aud ,g,Daa n' Tue u
eight days. u 'H
April 5th, TIT 1T showed III
this morning. Most Of the ncs,. ~ O'
were killed the succeeding uisht' Ds'
May 2sth, 1777.--This uieb.
had a hard frost; most of the : cot,.' w.
peas, coru, and wheat, in many n,,s' vD'
| where the ground was light, was k;n,, ',
totally. Some corn killed on eras sa
kind Of land; 10 short, it was a v;o's.y' s'y
frost none like it ever seen befora u' :.
the Oldest man now alive.
August llth, l77S.-A v;o,,.
storm of wind and rain laid the aS' ss.''
fat to the greand. and broke ,u,,v s''a
pie trees ). destroyed quautitv u r.
bacco, and all of the fodder and son" "
corn.
October 10th, TVS. Gu til, 5;.t,..
a violent wind storm arose, with CIV
hard rain, that Flat Creek and A.
pomattox river were as high as evp.
known; the former two feet h;,h'
than it had been for twenty years, T an,
the latter six feet higher that it h,1
been for fifty years before. All Of ths
bridges on Appomattox, and most o'
Flat Creek, were carried away bv ii.
high water.
This year, 177s, the crop Of tob,c,,
sold at 81 to Ell! per cwt, and co,,
sold from Se4 to 9l0 per barrel in Anna,
liza, and wheat from el to 81 per bush,
lei. OTIS at the same price.
The whole month of February l77q
WIS 6ne weather; the psach trees w.,s
in full bloom the Goth of this month
and grass plentiful for sheep; but
everywhere severe frosts succeeded anil
killed every kind Of fruit, and We hads
dry cold sprirg.
April 18th and 10Th, l779-Op
these two evenings We had severe fr~s
killing all kinds of fruit, and corn that
had come up; injured the tobacco
plants and ga -den peas; drought sue.
cceded, which prevented our havia.
any cabbages or any peas, save one
small dish. We had but few Light
showers of rain till the Goth of Juv
following; from that time to the LIST d
September, we had constant rains;
very fne crops of corn, but very grs.
sy! This crop Of corn sold at e3O per
barrel aud upwards
Oct. sIst, 1779,--Betwcen the set.
ting of the sun and the shutting in d
daylight, a star seemed to fall to the
earth; from the tail of it brightues
appeared like what I never before saw;
from near the tops of the trees to he
height of the sun, when two hours his4
in the evening; there was long, broai
zigzag line, as red as fire.
! December 14th, 1779-We had.
severe frost, and violent cold AMI hi,b
north winds. The rivers all becans
blocked up; wagons, as we'll as ma
and horses, crossed all the rivers IRON
the James to Amelia on the ice; The
ground not op,ned for nine weeks
This was the coldest winter ever knoEn
in Virginia.
March I'd, 17S0.-About one hour
after the close of daylight, was seen
, from the east to the northwest .
brightness in the sky, great way
bove the .horizon--0ike nothing eVa
saw)-it resembled large streaks Of fire;
at the east point aud at the northwest
point like a large blaze of fire, and un
derneath it remained sometime an o.
pearance as the daylight at the break
ing Of day.
April 18th, 17SO.---On this might
was hard black frost, which destroyd
, all the fruit and killed the leaves Cd
, the persimmon trees, aud many hlesr
ries and oaks.
April 18th, 17S1.-It showed tf
nearly half the day; the snow eoVeF''
the groun1; severe frost at night
July 10Th, 1871 Col. TaEltt'l
commanding the British Kings c'','
ry, lay at Amelia Court House, Ta
l between four aud five hundred u'l
all mounted. They carried with tbsa
t a great number of negroes and many !
prisoners; among whom were VIII
Archer and Joe Royal, my neIsh'',,
whom they confined at Portsmouth ar
), York, on board prison ship. ~"
t Archer died in ten daysafter be va
released, which was October, l70I'A
: Williamsburg. !.
: lis, vita Iar1v,Jlzat I'D c"rn1s I'm Al
t bers, wore captured at York, '''
'e Excellency, General WashIns'oD, ,s,
June 4th, 17s7.-We haa :a;.,i a
of white frost, this morning, when NV ii.
it the cucumbers and watcrmelonS -,a
S, ry dry and corn very lew. ~ u, ID.
b from 10th of March this year u. ~ Vi
OF Isl day of Adgust-that i, non1 ~ toh,
We fthe earth two inches. Corn ana .s
It. co both make a very poor app'': tss