350 QUARTERLY JOURNAL. 



1828 1829. A long, severe winter ; river closed on 1st January 



and opened on 29th March; lowest degree, 6i 

 below zero. Much suffering among the poor i 

 February. 



X829— 1830. Weather generally mild, till 23d January, when tb 

 river closed ; weather then very severe for sevi 

 ral weeks. As much ice in our harbor as i 

 1826-7 ; lowest degree, 3° above zero. 



1830 1831. A very severe winter, with several deep snows 



ground covered with snow from 6th January ■ 

 the 28th February, a longer period than in ar 

 winter since 1808-9. Severe and uninterrupti 

 frost for upwards of five wrecks ; during whi. 

 time, there was but three days in which the mt 

 cury rose as high as the freezing point ; lo\v( 

 degree, 5° above zero. Much distress amoi 

 the poor. River closed on 23d December, ope 

 ed again by heavy rains, and closed again 

 16th January. 

 1831. December 10th : thus far the coldest December sin< 

 1786 ; lowest degree, 14° above zero ; ri>< 

 closed on 3d December. 



[From the Baltimore Sun.] 



COLD WINTERS AND DEEP SNOWS. 



The recent heavy snow storms experienced both east and w 

 of the mountains, have had the effect to bring out, m seve 

 newspapers, some cold weather reminiscences. The United Ma ■ 

 Gazette has accounts from 1681 to 1840, of cold weather at J 

 in the neighborhood of Philadelphia. We take a few of the 

 stances given. In December, 1704, snow fell to the depth of th i 

 feet. In 1725, it fell in one night to the depth of two feet. J : 

 winter of 1737, was intensely cold ; many persons were frozen . 

 death. The winter of 1751, was so cold that many cattle il 

 deer were frozen to death ; bread stuff and provision were so sea : 

 and dear, that many persons in the country had to subsist on : 

 deer found dead. As late as the 19th of April, the snow lay uj i 

 the ground to the depth of three feet. On the 9th of Janua , 

 1773, the mercury was 9^ below 0. 1780 was a memorable c J 

 winter ; the ice in the Delaware was three feet thick ; squiri i 

 and partridges were found in the woods and fields frozen to des . 



In the spring of 1789, fires were necessary until the first 

 June. The winter of 1790 was so mild and warm, that on t 



