, 1864-01-03
Colored Men Paying their
Respects to the
President.
REPORT OF THE REBEL SEC
RETARY OF TIE NAVY.
NEW YEARS DAY At FORT
RESS mCNROE.
FROM MICHIGAN CITY.

The snow storm commented lerc On
Ihureday morning the G1st ult, the dakcs
falling lightly but steadily until about r.
M.; when trcmeoduous gale from the North
set in. This listed nearly ell Thursday
night, ringing furious1y end drilling the
SNOW until the railroads were completely
blockadcd. We hare heard more than one
ancient in1abitant soy 1t was the scycrest
storm ever Witnessed in these parts. The
bas1ess Of the r1i1roads from here arc COM
plxely suspended with the exception Of re-
lief trat1sMhich have been using all possi-
bic means to clear The Track between here
and Chicago, and to extract the trims which
were caught IN the storm. We have Ind no
trains from Chicago or Lafayette since thu
evening express Of Thursday night
Ar. Marten, Government Agent Of the L.
A. d C. Z. Z with the Road Master, started
with IN engine from here at0 a. II. yester-
day, and at noon to-daJ were reported
B-ookstown, t. which place Mr. Martcn 1ad
come on feet, having left his engine snowsd
In come miles hack, which could not be er-
tricated without help.
The mercu1yt4is morning stood at twen-
ty-four degrees below zero. aud las ~-sngea
from six to ten below all day.
:: .Wehnye heard Of no loss Of life, but quite
q nzmber lave teen badly frost bitten.
: FN0M KALAMAZOO.
,lEpecial Dispatch to the Chleago Tr,bune.1
KALAMAZOO, January 9. 1854.
The sevcrest storm ever known in tais re-
gion, has rIsltsd us. The thermometer on
Friday was twenty degrees below zcro. Snow
has fallen to the depth Of eight or ten inches,
and the wind having blown q gale, it haa
badly driftcd. Trims Of the Michigan Cen
tral Railroad have not attempted to run west
Of kalamazoo. Ercry c1crtion, however,
las been made to get the road open, and COM
mencing to morrow, Sunday, trains will run
regularly. Passengers who left Detroit On
Friday and Saturday, arc ir comfortable quar~
tcrs at ka1anaoo, and will esumc their
journey on Sunday morning, All trains that
have left Chicago have reached Detroit safely.
The Canada RAILROADS are not at Ill obstructed,
aud trims arc II tnning regularly.
FROM SPRINGFIELD.
Especial Dispatch to tho Chicago Tsibunc.l
spH1SGEIE1.u, ILL.,, Jau- :, 1e8&.
All raifroad communication is suspended
several days. No trims have arrived here
eluGC 4uuIkuA3% VT AlE C1A1pAEItl} sAVHIA
in. Tie weather Ia bitter cold. Several
soldiers have frozen to death at Camp Yates.
It is reported that tic Hospital is In very
bad condition The stagc driver On the route
between here ard Virginia was found dead on
his box to-day. Supposed to have frozen to
death.
FROM N1uLWAUKEE,
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t0iee'8A D'Tf4'en ~ Wuw.nr1s 14.e . j,n % = ia
| The vca+hc, e,r .1,e INST foTtv.e1rht 1,oura
/ I,,s been pcrfcc.1y d,oho1,cal and Business is
in conscnnancs ,,nast s1sncndcd Thc
thermometer t,s ranred from, thirty to thir-
ty-dre degrees degrees below zero, With
driving wind most terrible to encounter.
Frozen ears, hoses and feet orc tnnumeraole,
and many persons wc7c yesterday picked up
insenslble On tie streeta. Ears and fectwe
frozen while going but few blocks. Many
employees Of the railroads were badly frozen
and crippled fer life No trains have arrived
or departed yet In any direction In fact, We
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