The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-31


steady snow for twenty.four hours That
: what this devoted c,ty had poured upon
II from $50 =. NJ. TUESDAY until aoout The
same hour yesterday afternoon; ana, IN
decd, Il begged sway all day yesterday so
srcadily that IL seemed n II we we're going
10 have our eleven fee, OF snow, alter
all. About $50. however, II suddenly
cleared oil, ana oy 3 O'Clock there was not
| cloud TO he discovered in the sky. But
II was cold All day long Yesterday
! he flakes fell thick and fast, and the city
seemed really obscured In a whirling cloud.
II was dry, crisp snow, although the
ftkcS were large. aud lay lightly on what
ever they touched. Tue constant travel
sIoag toe streets kept II beaten down aud
I trsnlpled c0mpac,lv, 80 that IL really did not
cause a. much inconvenience 10 yehicleeand
5oedcsltisas as bali The quantity would have
ssd n fallen during the night. still. it was
.omc;hing IL a drawback 10 business, and
db,u.ing was rendered more and more Diff
,pR as each hour added It's quota TO the al.
tnady larse quantity of snow on The streets.
In tie business part Of The town the mer-
a,a,nis. wBen forced cut OF doors. appear.
la muified up In their heaviest uls ers,
y end the most fsstidIous Of them all did
l no, quibbe at pair Il high boots. As
4 tie thermometer at no time stood higher
,h,,, 20 degrees, everything was frozen up.
hard and fast, and the nastiness Of sIusDy
| .f,e,,s was not added To the discomforis
I ,uepding pedestriaDiSm. Stil. The wind
| v,s keen and cutting, and drove the snow
4 ,,,o ones face with an excessively dis.
l..,eeablc and searching sharpness, and
I.6,.e who had 10 fare II screwed their faces
Gn,,in,o A ya'Ieiy OF bow. knots and dug
,b,se aforesaid vesges deep down into
E,heir oyercOst.collars. Outside OF the bust.
-. sections there was notable absence OF
a.onIe on the streets. The ladies, as rule,
,seed m the house and toasted their pre-.
.u,osbiy little feet by the registers; and the
II ,,Varen, a. much rs they like snow and cold
vc,iber aud all that kind OF thing, could
l ost summon up The courage to come out on
y No hills with their sled>. Even the tlnkle
a n sleipb-bellS was as scarce as bens' teeth.
1 There were a few sleighs out, but they
acre occupied chiefly by persons who were
m, on business ana chose This Is the easiest
,sans OF travelling around. The clerk
no usualv rusbes forward when the
.e,ebing is good and eXpeuds his last V
Eianlclly for an hour with a single hack
s,d an old basket was not 10 be seen. 10
borf. the city was a. quiet and cool and
urki,e A. II il bad been wrapped in its grave.
u,lofhes; and the snow drove and whirled
hroucb the streets, filling every nook and
ranpv. drifting over every inequality in
h. nayementS, and covering up gently
very smndge and smut and trace Of the
uWheels OF commerce. The most meiln-
,boly sights attending the Snowfall were
NJ unfinished buildings. and notably the
new Corn aud Flour Exchange, the new
sock Exchange. and the Baltimore and
uOsjo building, work on all Of these having
ben hopeles>ly stopped, and the frame
ugork. the scitialdng, derricks, unhewn
,oue and iron grders we're all covered up
n alike in foot and half OF snow.
A WIDESPREAD STORM.
The cold weather, accompanied either
II g snow. rain, or slPet, seems TO have
N,rtpt the entire Uuiied States. and is at
4 tresept pieymlIng from New England 10
n Gsorgia and Alabsma, aud westward, es'
1 pecially In Oaio, Indiana, Illinois, Ten
Il ressee. and the lake region. The signal
II Of5cer reports tina: not Tor two weeks has
nheie come in from any station what Is
known a. clear" report. The heavy
,now.siorms are reported TO have journey
II "a suece,sIyeIy in a northea,terly direction
uifsm the Gulf Of Mexico. The storm
Which passed over the city yesterday is
fpursuing the same course, and has cXpend-
Cd is force along the Atlantic coast. Two
Of the snow-storms have been accompanied
y violent winds. Yesterday we bad CON-
plratiyely little wind, and the snow fell III
Georga and Alabama. and even few
fakes in Louisiana, which Is an unusual
Thing.
OUR SNOWFALL.
The snowfall on Tuesday, December 2lst,
10 this city, was 81 inches; on Friday a0Jut
Il inches fell, and on Christmas-diy The
snow had dissolved into a drZZly sleet,
which was accompanied by violent WIND
90 Christmas night, however, Tue ram
turned again 10 snow, and between u and
eO'eoek Sunday morning The snow came
down 80 rapidly that, despite the fact that thf
list that came down must have melted, theft
were ~ additional inches on The ground
Iis made total OF 8 inches fall since lht
.l.,. and when 80 inches fell again yester'
dy, the total fall aggregates something ovel
lioOr. In Ibis city, however, The snow ha
hien lightly as compared 10 some plhces IL
virginia. Western Maryland, and OHIO an(
tennessee. letter from Loudoun county
Va, written on Tuesday (before the las
Storm, states that the roads are entirely i'm
Iassabe from drifts, and the only mean
:! which pee pie can travel from one pom
10 another is by cutting across the heius
From Front Royal and the region OF Nanas
E Gap the reports give two 10 three feet o
shOw, and in some portions OF western
Maryland the snowfall has been appalling.
The HARBOR.
There are great and weli-grounded ieaf
hat We will have an ice-blockade IN ou
bay, rivers, and creeks, which will serious
u Is impede nayigaiiOD The reports Wbicl
are brought in by the bay steamers ar
iresdy alarming. The Rappahannock /
Iuli OF ice, and the Theodore Weems wa
unable get to Fredericksburg. The cana
) full Of ice, and the Philadelphia boat
have been obliged 10 stop until 1t IL cleare
or. The b. S. Ford reports heavy ice !
Dc Chester river, and has discontinued
iunnins. The steamers from The cboplan
n'er report thick ice, and will probaDl
lSe 10 stop their trips. The steame
peat reports ice in the Big w
'nico. Dividing aud Dymei's ereek'
Tan ice was forming around In
pkrs 10 The Basin yesterday, and IL is pro
lble that the rold weather during last nigh
10 thiekened il considerably. Capital
icggs, Of the ice-bOat Maryland, wen
'wH 10 Seyen-Fo0t Knoll! yesterday an
epOrted no Tee except what was floating
Sm the creeks. There Is ice, however, o
psiHg Gardens. The steamer Helen arrive
iaerdsy morning, aud reports that u
eslher over Cd The Eastern Shore oil vi
MA has been terrible, and ice Is forDin
ht II n probable that this weather wi
9ui0ue, Ia measure, for day or two We
sa sill, keen, cold, lasting spell, ana u
EgBai-SrrYe- observers expect everyth'n
10 be frozea IN ttpbtiy IL Is cold lu-t