“ In this season of distress, many wretched families must have perished by cold and hunger, had not those of opulent fortunes been inspired with a remarkable spirit of compassion and humanity. Nothing can redound more to the honour of the English nation, than did those instances of benevolence and well-conducted charity which were then exhibited. ”

“ Our Sanquhar correspondent, who possesses the best means of information, says—The loss of sheep stock is not so great as might have been expected. Out of stocks of 2000, many farmers have not a ewe amissing: a few have lost from 4 to 12, and though others are short from 3 to 4 score, the woolly wanderers may yet cast up. As the snow began to fell in day-light, the shepherds were early put on their guard, and in this way saved many a valuable hirsel. ”

“ She had been at Waterbeck, and her body was not discovered till the Monday following. In the course of Sabbath one of her sons passed and repassed the spot where she lay, but the vital spark had previously fled, and from the depth of the snow, no part of her body was visible. Two women, it is said, were dug out of a wreath near Kellhead toll-bar, and there is a report of a woman having fallen a victim to the storm, somewhere between Annan and Lockerby,
The Carlisle Patriot of Saturday states, that "a woman belonging to Longtown, lost her life in the snow. ”

“ A friend who writes from Waterbeck the same day, says—Many sheep have perished; and those who have little fodder, will be put to their shifts unless a thaw come. We are completely shut up, and in visiting a lady the other day, I had to walk two miles over snow from five to six feet deep.
From Gatehouse we have a letter dated Saturday. Our correspondent writes as follows: I have conversed with an old gentleman from the country, who says there never was such a storm seen in his day. Two or three farmers in the parish of Girthon, will suffer considerably from the loss of sheep. ”

“ It is impossible to imagine desolation more complete; we could see neither sun, earth, nor sky; the plain at ten paces distance was absolutely imperceptible; our beasts, as well as ourselves, were so covered as to render breathing difficult ”

“ They marched into the valley of Glencoe, under pretence of levying the arrears of the land-tax and hearth-money. When Macdonald demanded whether they came as friends or enemies, Campbell answered, as friends; and promised, upon his honour, that neither he (Macdonald) nor his people would sustain the least injury! In consequence of this declaration, Campbell and his men were received with the most cordial hospitality, and lived fifteen days with the men of the valley, in all the appearance of the most unreserved friendship. ”

“ Some, from excess of cold and hunger, were siezed with madness, and roasted and eat the flesh of their dead comrades, or gnawed their own hands and arms. In this state of frenzy, many rushed into the flames and perished, uttering the most dreadful cries. In (illegible text) ne it is impossible for any one, who has not witnessed this most frightful spectacle, to form any true idea of these united calamities, unexampled in the annals of the world."
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Power of Violent and Sudden Grief. ”

“ When we meet in history with the records of such horrible deeds, we cannot fail to be astonished that wretches, or rather monsters in human shape, should be found, who would consent to be the passive instruments in their perpetration. ”

“ The navigation was entirely stopped; the watermen and fishermen were disabled from earning a livelihood; the fruits of the earth were destroyed by the cold, which was so extreme, that many persons were chilled to death; and this calamity was the more deeply felt, as the poor could not afford to supply themselves with coals and fuel, which were advanced in price, in proportion to the severity and continuance of the frost. The lower class of labourers, who worked in the open air, were now deprived of all means of subsistence ”

“ Around Mr M———’s park wall, the snow was from six to seven feet deep; but a complete canal has been cut through it, so that carts and carriages may now pass. Mr B———, and three commercial gentlemen, after being detained several days in Dumfries, were again storm-stayed in Castle-Douglas. They arrived yesterday on foot, terribly fatigued, having had to traverse huge wreaths at almost every step of their way. Betwixt this place and Port Patrick, several hundreds of men have been employed for days in cutting the road, and as a thaw has commenced, the communication will very soon be open. ”

“ They therefore got upon their roofs, to lighten them of the snow.
At a little distance from the church, stood the house of Joseph Roccia; a man of about fifty, who with his son James, a lad of fifteen, had, like his neighbours, got upon the roof of his house, in order to lessen the weight of it, and thereby prevent its destruction. ”

“ God, in whom I have always trusted, still hoping that he would inspire you with the thoughts of coming to our relief, has been graciously pleased to keep us alive."
The passage being enlarged, they were taken out with all convenient speed; and being brought to a friends house, were there fed on a thin diet, and in small quantities at a time, as suiting their state of inanition ”

“ A third shepherd, though nearly frozen to death, was found standing in an erect posture, but deprived alike of consciousness and feeling. The same awful day, Mr J—— B———. a most extensive and respectable shoe-maker, in Kilmarnock, and who has many relatives is this quarter, perished, while endeavouring to return home. The coach on which he travelled, from Degan’s Well, stuck fast in a wreath at Drumbog-hill, and being an outside passenger he was forced to alight.. The guard offered him one of the horses, and advised him to return to the Inn he had left ”

“ He fell dead into the arms of his wife, who died distracted next day by the horror of her husband’s fate. The design was to butcher all the males under seventy who lived in the valley, the number of whom amounted to two hundred ”