, 1864-01-20
If WHIPPED NO MORE COTTON TO Be PLANTED
FOR YEARS.
THE GREAT Sycw S-OR%Y.
Intensity of the Cold Three Hundred
Miles South Of st. LcuIS.
OK Board or THE SrE.uEc IpaHo. -
At TIE FooT or ISLAND Il,

On Board or THE SrE.aEr IDAHO.
At TIE FooT or ISLAND II,
EDITOR MISSOURI Republican: ' ''''''
On yesterday morning the 31st nit, at half
past Z =. M, VIC lett New Madrid, Mo, bcupl
Tor Memphis. At that hour it was raining;
at 811 II commenced showing; at 911l It COM
menced freezing, with high wind; b l01S the
would be impossible to keep, from being
blown ashore ! stood on deck nl1 Of this
time, and had the boat held quartezing to the
wind until we had blown within 500 feet Of
the Missouri shore. At this point We cast
anchor, and were fortunate enough to have
held Us stern up stream for twenty four hours.
After the anchor was made fast and the ex-
citement was over with nc, started for the
cabin. At this mornont found that my
clothes, mT fnee ana hair were one solid cake
Of lcr- But this was Of but little Importance
to me, as the boat was yet surgfng like mad
bull or =" ounded tiger, and the temperature
growing colder and colder. The wind now
Ind fair md unmolested sweep Of over ten
miles at us. We had fears Of being tom loose
TO- HON lou our anchorage so We kept Up steam I'LL
eitr Of tht cold. Our machinery is SO arrans-
cd that the engines exhaust steam into the
chimneye, but before the steam would or
conld reach the chimneys 1t al1 turned into
water {bcing condensed) then the water
WGulu run GOWN OFcf the preechinE and over
the fire doors. In doing this 1t ftoze, and
cnkcs Of Ice as large as . mans body made In
the breeding, and iceberg6 seven feet long
BY ten inches thick closed up the fire doors.
All this time 1t was growing colder and cold.
cr. During the night, our starboard engine
f:oze up and bnrsted the head out The stand
pipes TINT stand under tho boiler, and are at
ill times filled with hot Water, froze up and
lursted: On Friday morning, January 1st,
the weather became calm but the cold was
intense. The fog would freeze and turn into
frost, and blow as thick as snow and would
stick to everything it touched: Now, for
beautiful sight; an iceberg in the Mississippi
llvel. Ihe ehimneys stood like pyramids Of
fine snow. Each guy rod wns from four to
eix inches in diameter, and not breal or
dark spot to be seen On any part Of the boat,
as this frost penetrated every part of the del del
lcon and every air hole about the cabin. It
would have been impossible fora man to have |
lived one honr on the torecast1e Of the boat.
At Charlottesville, five miles below us, the |
thermometer stood twenty-five below zero,
and ct the Point y here we were exposed to |
the blast, with ten mile sweep, 1t certainly |
must hare been forty degrees below zero.
Tn plantation near where we hy, every |
bog on the place froze to death, and a great /
many cattle, The ice is now fast making all |
around u.s.. 1t frozc during the night solid, |
from our boat to the shore, distance of 500 |
feet; but thank heaven, we are all safe once
more. Suffering will certainly be no name |
lor the intense distress TINT viii be brought |
upon the people Of this country where sup |
pines cannot be had. Respectfully, ;;,
G. H TYIEB, -.
Cnnt Sfeamar Tdnhn