The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-03-31
City Intelligence.

last Mr. James Chapple clerk in the Registers Of
flee Of this city, who went on in company with No.
H. was severely injured by an accidental fall There
was break IN the procession, which the company |
desired to close up, and starting suddenly Mr. Chap
pie slipped down and of his knees coming in |
contact with the axle tree of the engine, it was so
forcibly wrenched TO deprive him of the power
of speech for several moments. He was brought to
this city last evening by the Rail road cars lit
ter, and fears are entertained that he will lose the
limb.
ETHIOPIAN MUsIo.--A somewhat novel exhibit
ton is given this evening at Cars Terrapn Lunch,
corner of Ann and Broadway, at o'clock.
KILLED BY FALLING COFFEE BAos.-A colored
man named James Hepburn, known as a Baptist
exhorter, while engaged on Wednesday morning in
hosting coffee In bags at the store OF Grnnell az MIN
turn, ~ South St. was so severely injured as to cause
his death yesterday. He wasstandlng on the ground
floor when the moose attached 10 the purchase broke
al the second story and preeipltated five bags con-
tanned in IT upon his body, MASKING him against the
granite wall OF the store with great force He was
conveyed to the City Hospital, where he died yes
terday morning. Upon post mortem examination
OF the body 1t found that his death had been
occasloned by the breaking of the sixth cervical
vertebra OF the neck bone. COroner's verdict ac-
cOrdIngly.
OLIVER JOHNSON ROBBED AeAIN.-On Wednesday
evening Nathaniel Hepburn, Street Inspector OF the
Thirteenth Ward, arrested man IN the street UNI
der suspicious circumstances, he having In his pos
session segar box containing l40O red cents The
suspected gave the name of William Collins, and 1t
has since been ascertained that they were stolen
from the store Of Oliver Johnson, 81 Market street,
on the night of Wednesday last, by burgarous en-
| trance. Collins was fully committed.
FEMALE THEA woman named Elizabeth
Hunt was lodged in the lock up house OF the Upper
Police yesterday, charged with stealing quantity
OF female clothing, valued at $36 20, from Ann Van
Buskirk, of lS Downing street, and also a small
quantity, valued at SO Is, from Mrs. Van Buren,, Is
christopher street. A portion of the clothing was
found In her possession.
STORMS AND FREsHETs.-As we anticipated, the
accounts of the severity OF the rain storm of Tues
day are coming in. Had not frost made its ap-
pearance on Tuesday night, in time to check a
second flood, should have far different, far more
devastating news to publish than is given below.
That frost was a Godsend.
We have received from Adams Il Co. and Harm
den IL Co. the following particulars from the east:-
from the Boston Transcript, March 29]
The storm yesterday was very severe Rain fell in
torrents during the day evening and many of the
streets Of the city flooded II Is feared much dam
try We learn that Pawtucket great damage was done
to factories bridges, dams and roads by the food
se' 1 l9I
evening" not being able to reach Providence The rain
and thsw had aoOdsi the track in many places to the
depth Of two feet In Of the deep large quant
ties Of earth have falen completely covering the rails
large number OF hands put to clear the road
who worked all night and it is Free The storm has
washed away some portions of the track the Stoning
ton railroad to render impossible for few day
The railroads east much injured by the storm and
flood Of Tuesday. The sonngton railroad pass.
able, account Of the rails being covered with large
quantities sand would be remoy ed in or DAYS
On the Norwich Railroad, Pomfret about seventy
eighty feet OF embankment thirty feet high, washed
away At Plainheld an embankment ten to twelve feet
much injured. Between Jewett city and Norwich
fvp Ipue tfcv md nj
hemmed n one with passengers the other freight train
in less than fortnight The Norwich steamboat train,
which LETT Boston Tuesday afternoon, returned We'd
nesday with the not being able get through
No steamboat mails from New York had been received
in Boston this week. up TO four O'Clock this afternoon
From Hartford Courant March sol
Connecticut river has risen about five feet since the
late Storm but the change in the weather viii probably
prevent any further RISE and the ice will remain firm
| for the present.
From New Haven Herald, March Isl
After very long series of freezing cold weather, with
heavy body of snow upon the grouRd storm of rain
set in last night about IL O'clock which has continued
streets and sidewalks flooded with water, while the
lake in the centre OF the city has overlooked its banks
and executors Of our public improvements From Tenn.
pie street to Olive through Chapel street there regu
lar Lapaun sea-"one wide water all around u.s. az we
this species Of navigation In TRUTH from present
appearances and the great body of in the interior,
we have reason to apprehend most disastrous food.
From the Hartford Courant, same date
We had fall of three or four inches OF snow on Mon
day night and during esterday It rained with scarcely
any ntermisson-he wind from the south east. In the
western part of Asylum street, understand the cu
vert passing under the became INSTRUCTED in the az
ernoon and the rushed into two three engs
tho north side rapidly that the barely
time to escape to their chsmbers where of them
Little River, above the bridge, broke and passed off
below the saw mill The Connecticut has risen three
feet last evening" and rising the rate of
the hour. the rain should continue the will proba
bly, start in the course OF the day.
| From the north we have very few particulars.
Pomeroy & Co. give us the annexed
The express of Pomeroy & Co. left Albany at seven
o'clock the morning of Tuesday and did not arrive at
stockbridge till o'clock in the evening" being de-
tanned by the drifts the road the storm, instead
of turning to rain, did here Monday continuing
with Albany to the hour Of the departure Of
the railroad train on Tuesday. From Stockbridge Ca
man. Bridgeport the fats and frequently the rail-
road track. were completely inundated and the train
several times passed through water more than sufficient
exti5gush the hre IN the engine owing 70 in and !ns
| at Bridgeport till Wednesday evening. From the
counts received the rise of waters in the valley of the
Housatonic very great and the damage done by the
reshet must be immense large factory in the imme-
di ate vicinity Of Bridgeport completely destroyed,
ton between bridgeport and New Haven is stopped in
consequence Of the bridges the read being carried
away by the flood. Passengers from New Haven to
Bridgeport compelled take the steamboat from the
former place The Housatsnic railroad we understand
the track entirely clear and the trains making
their usual trips In the regular time.
Werefer our readers TO the letter from our Alba
ny correspondent, Tor an account of the storm al
that place.
We have the following from the SOUTH
From Philadelphia Ledger, March 2ol
The rain Of Monday evening has caused great rise in
the schuyk river, and at high water yesterday some Of
the wharves covered with water to the depth Of
three or four iee still farther rise may be looked for
as the in the country would be melted by the rain
The water-works stopped by the tide at o'clock
NJ at which time the water in the dam was only inch
es deep A. M the water had increased at the same
place in depth feet inches, and rapidly rising
This will do for a.beginning. II is estimated that |
the damage done, as far known has been but
little short of quarter of million OF dollars Full
a ouarter of a million will probably not more than |