| Show arost rosty vcr A letter by the last bast mail from the east gives ives a deplorable account of the severity seventy of the weather in the vicinity of the south pass some fourteen or fifteen mules at the S sw station have perished and seventeen men badly frozen mr ashton writes t io 0 peter K dotson esq the mail agent here that his hands are badly frozen and that he would start for fort bi bridger adger in a a few days to have some of his fingers amputated the letter is is dated dec 13 th and states at that time timed and for four consecutive da days s the I 1 thermometer stood at 28 degrees below zero if this will not compare H with ith arctic if bealh er we v e should like to krow know what would greenland and the country cent thereto is doubtless a very cool locality but for good old fashioned storms that would stiffen an Esqui Esquin maux or a laplander commend us to the region of the south pass |
