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March 17. — Beaufort, South Carolina. — Ice of the tliickness of a silver half 

 dollar formed last uight. 



March. 20 — New Lisbon, Ohio. — Ground frozen eight inches deep. 



March 20. — Waverlj, Illinois — Ground frozen five and a half inches deep, 

 the greatest frozen during the winter. The weather was much colder in Janu- 

 ary, but the ground being covered with snow prevented the frost from pene- 

 trating the earth except Avhere there was no snow. Tlie weather generally for 

 the last two months has been dry and cold, killing nearly all the winter wheat. 



March 20. — Iowa Falls, Iowa. — On the 13th the river was clear of ice; now 

 it is nearly all closed. The frost was out of the ground in many places ; but 

 now it is about eight inches deep. 



March 21. — Skaneateles, New York. — The lake frozen all over the first time 

 this winter. 



March 21. — Passaic Valley, New Jersey. — Morris canal opened. 



March 21. — Bellevue, Nebraska. — The river closed with ice and snow on the 

 night of the 21st, and broke up the night of the 23d. 



March 22. — Tioga, Pennsylvania. — River frozen over again. 



March 25. — Saint Paul, Minnesota. — The Mississippi open to the head of 

 Lake Pepin. Depth of ground frozen three feet. 



March 28. — Tioga, Pennsylvania. — Iliver clear from ice again. 



March 30. — Lisbon, Maine. — Ice gone, so as Androscroggin is crossed at 

 SW. Bend Ferry in a small boat. Some ice is above the ferry. 



March 30. — Jamestown, New York. — Frost disappeared about the 12th. 

 Afterwards the ground froze again to the depth of twelve inches, but is now 

 about out of the ground. 



March 31. — Harrisonville, Missouri. — The depth of the frost in the groimd 

 this winter did not exceed six inches at any time, as before the severe cold set 

 in the ground was covered with sleet and snow. 



March 31. — Embarrass, Wisconsin. — Ground not frozen. Snow yet deep, 

 except in a few spots; average depth one foot. "Wolf river opening in places; 

 Embarrass morcvthan half open. This station is located on the dividing ridge 

 half way between the rivers, and is mostly heavily timbered land. Towards 

 the north there are openings often three miles ; to the east, south, and w^est 

 heavy timber for miles, (unknown.) 



Kelley's Island, Ohio. — The lake in this vicinity was nearly clear of ice on 

 the 7th of March, so much so that the sloop Gazelle crossed from the i^^land to 

 Sandusky without encountering any serious obstruction. Continued open until 

 the 10th, when the channel between the island and the main land was filled with 

 loose ice from the u])per end of the lake. On the 12th nearly clear again ; 

 Gazelle crossed from Sandusky to the island. On the 20th the lake was skim- 

 med over with new ice, Avhich continued to increase in thickness, and on the 

 22d was sufficiently strong to allow of crossing on foot. For three days the 

 crossing was good to Johnson's island from Sandusky, and on the 23d several 

 persons crossed on the ice from Marblehead to this place. On the 25th the 

 ice had become so weak as to be unsafe, and on the 26tli the steamer Island 

 Queen succeeded in getting through the ice and reached the island in the 

 evenhig. Instances have not been unfrequent when old ice has continued to a 

 much later date, occasionally until the first week in April; but this is the only 

 instance during my residence in this locality — a period of more than twenty- 

 five years — when new ice has formed at so late a date, and, after navigation 

 was once open, of snfficient strength to allow of crossing on it to the main land. 



Dubuque, Iowa. — March 17, ice in the Mississippi river broken up and 

 floating with the current. It was partially broken and moved somewhat on the 

 15th, so that the ferry-boat made a few crossings inanop-ning in the ice. The 

 cold of the 19th, 20th, and 21st closed it up tightly; 24th, ice in the river 

 broken up again sufficiently for navigation by boats. 



