The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-04
Inalilmore American. resicrday.I


The weather Yesterday moderated con-
siderably-sO much, In fact, that we really
had a little thaw-a genuine, BONA pde
thaw without the aid OF salt, and the SOFT
new snow which fell on Saturday night was
reduced considerably. That same snow, by
the way, which busted the ground TO tue
extent of m inch and one-eighth completely
DESTROYED the hopes of those sangulne low
| ers of the skatOrial art who bad lald tnei
,laus 10 fracture the Sabbath and rehearse
| their feet on the beautiful ice which lbe
whole barbor and river offered yesterday -
or rather would have offered had rot The
snow covered 1t. The temperature yester-
day was delightful as compared with the
last four days.
ALA. NJ. the thermometer registered Is
J degrees at II. % degrees; &C L. NJ, Is
degrees; at 1902. 30 deg ees; at .. - de-
grees; at HOP. 30 degrees. II viii be
readily seen from this that the thermome-
ter did not run at oil low. and the tempera.
ture was exceedingly pleasant. "A few OF
the exhibits OF the thermometer at Inc
principal cities may be quoted as follows ::
| Albany, 16 degrees; AIprna, 29 degrees :;
Boston. 90 degrees Buffilo, - degrees;
Burlington, w., II degrees; Cnicsgo. 30
degrees; Cleveland. 81 degrees; Cincin'
natl. 81 degrees; Detroit, 80 degrees; Mad
son. % degrees; Marquette, 10 degrees :;
Philadelphia, % degrees; New York, "a
degrees ST. Paul, l. degrees; Norfolk,
Va, - degrees; LeayenwOTlh. "A degrees.
GOOD TINE TO STAY At HOME.
To refer again to the snow, it may be
enough To state that it was just enough 10
make il decidedly unpleasant under foot.
! nv. 10 70 hpgp al
make any impression Oh the frosted and
thoroughly .beaten.down fall OF last We'd
nesdav night; but il had power enough to
convert The new snow in o Just 50 much
slush and mire, and unhappy were the feet
OF him who went out without gOlOShcs.
The reaction. however, from The gaielieS Of
| Ncw-Ycal's day had the effect OF keeping
many in the house who would otherwise
have shown themselves. The young men
had worn their stalWarl limbs out traMping
around, and their constitutions were some
what the worse for wear on account OF the
boned.turkey and bouiIli, anC-but no,
ItVould not be right 10 give them away.
Whatever the reasons be, therefore, the
streets were utterly deserted yesterday. and
a person, though he had walked from The
| extreme northwest 10 the extreme south
! easl-from the corner Of Pennsylvania and
| Boundary avenues to Clinton and Boston
strecls--taking in all the highly and lowy
sections OF The city, be could not have
counted a. many people aS might have been
seen on any'diy OF a similar cali1rc. New
| Year had used them up, and they were
taking advantage OF sunday to Tccuperatc.
II was day Of rest. and there was very lii
tie going on OF any kind. Even The
churches, which should certainly be always
patrouiZcd. were SHINY attended morning
and night, and the young men generally
were delighted that Sunday followed New
Year or obvious reasons.
ICE AND Snow.
As il did not moderate much until sun
day morning. consequently the ice cOntin-
ucd to lhickcn until about O'Clock, and
Sunday morning found the haIbOr and
river. and indeed The entire bay to \ cOnSid-
cradle extent, with an average Of nine inch
eS Of ice, topped of by an inch Of snow. i
was fair to look upon, but not particularly
pleasing, ii may be imagined, to those who
are interested in marine circles. 1t was Il
stOIid and frgid prospect, and to casual
observer, say from The Light.>treet bridge,
il was difficult TO Distinguish where the
river stopped and the land commenced. All
was alik" covered over with soft, powdery
snow. From the aforesaid observatory on
the Ligh,-slrePt bridge one could see far
down beyond Fort Carroll one vast eXpan>e
Of white, with here and there the horizon
blurred with the sharp outline Of the snar>
Of some ice.hOund vessel, or faint stream
Of dark smoke from some helyiy-laboring
tug IN the channel looked like Il dirty >mudgc
against the white background.
TIE LATROBE FAST AGROUND.
The ice.boat LatrObe came to grief on Sat.
urdav night. She went down IN the morn
ING and did not return, and every one was
wondering and SurmiSng where on earth
she could have betaken herself To. y re.
port from Annapolis Yesterday clears up
| the matter, however, by stating that The La
trobe ran aground on Saturday night on
Horn Point, which is Just inside the mouth
of the Severn river, on the south side, above
! ToIy's Point, aud is stuck fast there. SeVc-
! raj tugs went out 10 Try aud yet her Cif, but
on account OF the ice and the force with
which she ran on The point, they have not
| been successful.
Other reports say that just below Sharp's
Island there are several schoOncrs and an
oyster pungy or two which are ice-bOund
| and are unable to proceed. 1t is probable,
! however, tIat The Maryland will be able to
get them of.
COLD TINES IN VIRGINIA.
4 gentleman who arrived in this city tie
other day from lIungaT's Whaif, AccOmlc
county, Eastern Shore Of Virginia, states
that everything is frozen up around there
to the thickness Of a foot, ana the weather
has been something fright;ul. Three or
four CriSfeId oy>ter-boats which were
dredging on the bar about bali mile out
side OF the creek have been caught and
froz zen up completely, aud will have 10 re-.
main there until 1t haWs.
A gentleman just from Fredericks burg,
Va, says that the James and RappahanuOck