Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-01-31

| 4, is said that at one time the water
was into The second story OF buildings on
Washington street.
Two or three hundred bales Of cotton,
much wood, lumber, and other merchan-
disc, were drlled down the bay and will
be lost.
AT eight o'clock in the evening, we
again visited the lower part of the city
the waters had receded to their usual
level; but the wharves, South street and
all the streets running into it to some
extent were encrusted with large masses
Office that had been left high and dry by
the waves The moon and stars shone
in lustrous glory. All was calm and
beautiful.
Some anxiety is felt in respect to the
Royal William. Should she have been
on the coast however, she could doubt
less have cleared of. The packet ship
Sheridan, for Liverpool, and the Eme-
raid, for llnvre, were detained in con-
sequence Of the storm.
From the New York Express OF Monday.
ROADS TO THE NORTH BLOCKED UP.
A gentleman who reached here yester-
day noon in u box Wagon from the north,
states that the stage route is impassa-
bic. He left Fishkill on Sunday morn
ing in private Wagon and fine pair
ofhorses, and after having been day
and half and one night travelling a
distance of only seventy miles, reached
here. He informs us that it has been
the greatest freshet ever recollected in
that part. At Mattowan the water rose
four feet higher than was ever known.
He states that all the small bridges on
the road are carried away, and some of
the large ones, particularly that at Red
Hook All the mails are piled up at
Fishkill, unable to get them on. The
stage and horses going up from here
on Saturday night got into a stream near
Sing Sing, and three Of the horses
drowned. The passengers were saved
almost by miracle, after great suffer-
ing. The ice is all broken up from
Newburg to West Point, but fast in the
Highlands. From Pcekskill, between
for many miles, the ice is floating, but
Is tight below.
AT ALLENTOWN, PENN.
A letter to the Post Master at Phila-
del lphia states that the freshet was new
er known to be so high ut Allentown.
The Lehigh was very much swelled,
and small creek which runs near the
town was half mile wide. No mail
was received from the West on Satur-
day, and that from Philadelphia was lost
in the food. The driver and one of
his horses were di owned. The damage
to property is said to be great.
The correspondent of the Boston At
las at Concord, N. III. says-The wind
and storm on Saturday afternoon and
evening were with us more violent than
any since the memorable gale of Sept,
1915 and the destruction upon our
rivers greater than at any time since
February, 1924. SO far rs we can
learn, erery bridge orer Me JMerrimack,
no'thrard 10 Plymouth, a distance Of 40
miles, as in part, or whoUy carried apay!
We have not for several years had
so great n rise Of the Merrimack. In
this case it is very much like the des-
tructvc one of 1924.
From the Hartford papers we learn
that the gale was as destructive in that
region as in other parts of the country.
All the bridges near that town were
carried away, houses unroolcd, vessels
driven ashore, sc. sc. The river was
twcnty-one feet above low-watcr mark
The WEATHER.-Wh our paper
was put to press last week, the thcr-