Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-01-14

We extract from exchanges further psrtieu-
lars Of the great suffering in the West from the
ampled severity Of tho in that region Here 10
Washington we believe the lowest point which the Their
noneer has reached this winer eight degrees above
zero.
st Paul despatch 81 the 81 says: TLo range
the mercury during theta three
below Zero and Of Tho time il between 20 aud 30
below. 1t 30 degrees bsow ut nine O'Clock this
mornings and ihirly-eieh during the night The army
register ihrrmnmeter At Fort Sneng which is high
bleak buff, NAKED fifty degrees below yesterday
regstr ho has been kept since that fort estab,
shed ~ 1921 shows that this degree OF coli has bsen
reached but twice during that time Several fatal
81 Freezing have occurred and any quantity OF nps" b
despatch from Milwaukee. Wisconsin,, I'd Instant says
fpr forty eight hours the Thermometer has ranged from
thirty to thirty five below Zero with driving wind
most terrible to cncnuntcr Frozen ears nosss aud feet
are and many persons yesterday picked
up insensibe The srr-ts Ears and feet were frozen
While gong hut few blocks Many persops working on
the railroads were badly frozen and crippled for life No
ains have arrived or departed yet In any direction la
fact We are completely frozen in and must wait patiently
for deliverance, though there is little abatement yet"
From Madison. Wisconsin, it 10 reported that on the Ist
the thermometer stood at "a degrees below zero; on the
II stood at 80 degrees. and ut the Harvey Hospital the
mercury congeasd Every thing is frozen up bore The
telegraph has been for seyeal days The Mississippi
is frozen perfectly solid t, lis junction with the OHIO ana
ds Point accessible only To ped1srians Ststing 10
AT Oshkosh Wisconsin, the mercury fell TO 80 below
ze,o Friday and Saturday it &c below. Busi-
ness was entirely suspended.
AT Dubuque Iowa. all railroad travel was stopped from
Wednesday until Sunday The wind blew terrible gsis
AMI the piled up in high piles tho TRACK On
Friday the mercury 80 below aud remained between
~ and 30 below all day. sa tGlf FtIll.sg III &
The st Louis Democrat OF the 9Th Says "A lat of all
tho persons who have been frostbten within the past
three days would fill Volume We have heard Of about
hundred IN this city who or less Injured by
the severe cOld.' 8tiN asl'
Wn,5 Bartlett nephew Of the Hon. j. r. Bartlett Of
st Louis youth OF been, who went hunting ex,
cursion, was frozen 10 death Thursday night within
hearing of the residence Of gentleman whom DO hsd been
Visiting His comrade had hs frog A. and with liz
Guilty preserved himself after the aduous but in
effectual tf rts 10 save his companion F i
At Rockford, Illinois, the mercury was 49, Several
persons frozen h death and busne was suspended
At Lafayette, indiana, ut o'clock A. NJ on the Let
instant the thermometer indicated % degrees below Zero
and ut time during tho day it above ten There
was great suffering, especially among tho stock many
cattle being found rozen to death Pers00s venturinR out
without mnflsrs had their frost bitten The La
ayete Journal o the 4h mentions the 0ss at Re, noss
Of five hundred turkeys and geese by freezing.
At Evansville, Indiana the Thermometer fell 60 degrees
in twelve hcrs reaching ~ degrees below Friday
morning.
At Toledo Ohio the greatest change the Thermometer
ever known there took place between p M. Tnursday
and the same hour Friday-bsing 81 degrees