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night. 16th—General average of snow on ground an inch and a half; about 
four inches fell. 
Atlanta, Ga—March 13.—First pear trees in full bloom. 14th and 16th. 
On these mornings everything, trees, &c., covered with an ice-crust. 31st.— 
Portugal quince in full bloom. 
Moulton, Ala.—The very severe frosts of the 13th, 14th, and 15th of March 
were very destructive of the young vegetation, which was then considerably 
advanced. Peas planted on the 14th February, which were from four to six 
inches high, were nearly all killed. Cabbage plants, mustard, radishes, beets, 
and lettuce were killed; onions, hyacinths, and tulips were very much bitten; 
all the leaves of the rose bushes were killed, and the noisettes and bourbons very 
much injured. All the apples, peaches, plums, and cherries in bloom had the 
fruit wholly. killed, and the leaves very much injured. Wheat and oats are not 
thought to be seriously injured. There was not a perfectly fair day during the 
month, and there was but little high wind. 
Havana, Ala.—March 14, 15.—The severe cold of these dates retarded vege- 
tation greatly; nearly all garden vegetables were killed; the young leaves of 
many forest trees were also killed; the young fruit of peach and plum trees ap- 
pears to be blighted. Some farmers had corn up in time to be nipped; but it 
was not entirely killed. 
Grenada, Miss—March 5.—Sleet in morning; 6 to 9 p. m., heavy rain, with 
frequent and severe lightning. thunder, and wind. 13th—sleet and snow; snow 
one inch deep; it lay in patches until the 18th. Frost on the 18th, and at 6 
p-m. heavy rain, wind, and thunder from northwest. 31st—Peaches and plums 
have been nearly, or quite, all killed; oats and early wheat injured. 
Kingston, Miss—March 4.—Temperature at 7 a. m. 72°, (the highest at that 
hour during the month;) at 2 p.m. 58°; at 9 p.m. 43°; at 7 a.m. the 5th, 
38°, being a fall of thirty-four degrees in twenty-four hours; much damage was 
done to gardens and fruit trees by this sudden change of temperature. From 
the 19th, 11 p. m., to the 21st, 9 a. m., two inches of rain fell. At 9 p. m. of 
the 20th there was a heavy squall, accompanied with vivid lightning and 
thunder. 
Natchez, Miss—March 20.—A severe thunder-storm last night at 10.30 p. m., 
with very loud thunder, sharp lightning, and strong wind; duration of storm 
about thirty minutes. The rain fell in torrents; direction from southwest to 
northeast. 
Fayette, Miss —All fruit destroyed by the hard frost of the 14th and 15th; 
vegetation put back a month. 
New Orleans, La—March 17.—Last night light frost on decks of vessels. 
31st.—This morning torrents of rain flooding the city, accompanied by a high 
northeast wind and lightning. ‘The atmosphere is much affected by the icy 
water of the Mississippi river. 
Vidaha, La.—March 10.—Thunder-storm from 5 to 6 a.m. March 14 and 
15, an inch and a half of snow fell. For several days the weather had been 
warm and beautiful; thermometer on the 12th, 72° at 7 a.m., and 84° at 2 p.m. 
Wild flowers of many varieties were in full bloom, peaches beginning to form, 
and small figs in abundance on the trees. On the 13th the temperature had 
‘fallen to 49°, at 2 p.m. to 42°; and on the 14th, at 7 a.m.,to 27°. The severe 
and sudden cold destroyed almost all vegetation, and locked the ground in frost. 
25th—Thunder-storm from 7 to 9 p.m. 31st—The Mississippi river at this 
point is twenty-four inches higher than in 1865, twelve inches higher than in 
1862, and higher than at any time since 1828. 
Austin, Texas—March 7.—Frost. 12th.—'Temperature at 2 p.m. 77°; mean 
of the day 624°. 13th—At 10 a.m. 19°; at 2 p.m. 21°; mean of the day 
22°; a violent norther; ground covered with snow. 14th—Temperature at 7 
a.m. 21°; mean of the day 26°. 15th—Thunder and lightning. 16th, 17th, 
