Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-02-06
was damaged by the ice on her trip to N.

wv ulC ltluSDtGQ 10 IGdHudll n. 0TSeU,
Esq, who came passenger, for the Sunday |
Morning News, and also for sundrv add
tional particulars of most violent hurri- |
cane. which occurred at New York, on !
Saturday.
The storm commenced about half past |
z O'Clock, A. NJ, and increased, in force
till about in the afternoon, when it blew |
perfect hurricane
On the North River side, the cellars in
Washington market were overfowed. the
same In West street throughout its whole
extent.
The steamboat Hercules and two or
three periaguas at the foot OF Whitehall
street, were considerably damaged. The
bridge was torn up.
All the cellars IN South street, were FILL
ed with water, as were also those in Maid
en- lane as high as Pearl street. Large
amounts of property stored in these cellars
must be more or less damaged. People
passed in boats from South street up as far
as Pearl street. Castle Garden MAS
overfiowed, and bridge and houses inun-
dated to considerable extent. The same
with the South Ferry bridge and houses,
to the depth of about feet.
| Large quantities of timber barrels, ice,
&C., were foated up Broad street to Pearl
street, the tide flowing up as far as Mark
etfeld street in Broad. --
Several houses were unroofed, and ma
ny chimneys blown down. -.....--
The roof of the larg. tobacco inspec-
! tInp h,,il .ol ~ ,Ieo
the roofs of several buildings on Long ISL
and, opposite Blackwell's Island.
The south ferry boats and the steam
boat Sampson to Staten Island had TO sus-
pend their trips.
Two or three sloops sunk on the East
liver side, and heavy damages were done
to the shipping. The ship Louis Phil
Iippe was supposed to be injured to the ex-
tent of $1,000. The tin roofing in some
places was loosened, and rolled off like a
piece of broad cloth.
] The whole city, at the time the boat
left was a scene of havoc and confusion.
Two or three lives were reported to have
been lost, and several persons had been Sc
riously injured by the falling ofchimneys
and roofs. 80
/ OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA(
GAZETTE, Jan. 81, p. NJ.
We are entirely without mails TO day
The Southern mail d1e yesterday after
noon at o'clock, has not yet arrived
There has been the greatest freshet in the
Schuylkill last night, that has ever occur.
red. The water rose seventeen feet above
low wafer mark. The new Rail Roac
( Bridge Of the Wilmington and PhiladeI
phia Company, at Gray's Ferry, which
has been completed but few months, ha:
) been rendered impossible Two of the
spans, with part Of the abutments, have
been carried away. This has not occa
stoned the failure of the Southern Mail
, the cause lies, probably, further south, nj
: account of it has reached the city. Tn,
: Eastern mail, due at FIVE o'clock thi
morning, is likewise missing; the lette
: mail has arrived. The failure of the pap
er mail is owing to the overlooking of tn
water on the rail road in the Jerseys, as
: understand. The heavy rains yeslerda,
:. and the night before, have almost entirei
t removed the ice and snow from our street:
r aud the Delaware, in front of the city, j
: open, with scarcely a particle of f1oatin
v Ice to be seen. The water in the Della
S ware is the color Of mud, owing to tn
e freshet probably. There is nothing ne,
d from below.
l. Similar accounts Of damage by the storm ha,
been received from New Jersey, Connecticut an
Maine. The Greenfield Mercury states that nun
= Der of bridges across tho Connecticut have bee
swept away, by the great rise of the waterand ais
,ofi,ar m yiPItIf hrIti0 Svvp
II carried away in ColEain.- Christian Waterman.
. In Senate, "Wednesday, Jan. 23.-Nr
!" merous memorials were presented.
= A bill abolishing Imprisonment f
y y debt in certain cases was finally passed.
~ The Anti Duelling bill was finally pas
ie ed, ayes II noes 9. Both bills were Sc
: to the House for concurrence.
:. In the Senate, Wednesday, Jan. %. :
~ Mr. Williams, of Maine, presented re
W olution, which was adopted, calling upc
- the President Of the United States for /;
- the information in his possession, receiv,
- since his annual message, in relation
. the North Eastern boundary.
On motion of Mr.. Prentiss, of VT, Il
rs Senate took up the bill 10 prevent the 81
ay ing or receiving of challenges in the D
ais trict of Columbia.
lis The main question discussed was whet
er the fourth section should be strick
an from the bill
TX, The discussion closed by ordering t
OF bill to be engrossed. Tomorrow it W
'm be put upon its final passage.
r. STATE OF MICHIGAN The curr,
receipts for the year into the treasu
:, have fallen short OF The expenditures, i
IA der appropriations By law. The recei
~ ;,h were Sl77,662 20; the exPendhu