The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-02-12

CHANGE IN THE WEATHER, &c.-Mild, melting
weather has set in upon again, and the snow is
| rapidly disappearing. The sleighing is beginning
10 be disagreeable to those who take "sxpenny"
rides in Broadway and the Bowery,n conse quence
the up and down. they receive in going over
he numerous capots. The sidewalks are becoming
"watery ways" and we shall too soon hear of the
overflow the cellars. If the weather OF yester-
day continues, omnibusses will have to be again
Introduced in the course of week According to
he following paragraphs, the storm Of Tuesday
was very severe at the west
[From Albany Argus, Feb. lo1
Our frs. papers from Buffalo, during all the last week,
was by yesterday stternoons ran and these were OF
Monday evening and Tuesday morning. With this
cepon this is the only newspaper intercourse between
that city and this in eight days The
unprecedented extent and severity in all the western
Of the State An endorsement the Rochester D.
constantly for SO hours You may expect interruption
fthe nails The Rochester Dem Of the same date says
It had been then showing since Monday night and tina,
racks from Auburn to Rochester, and thence Buffalo,
literally showed under and had been at the last
dates dug out The mails and passengers
Rochester to Auburn sleghs; beyond that do
not learn that either cow syed in any
nothing having come through from Buffalo since Tuesday
From Rochester Advertiser, Feb. 81
mas been falling rapidly for forty hours with scarcely
moments cessation. Il commenced Monday night, the
wind east, which point the Tues.
morning when the wind veered northery, end with
greatly augmented force-throwDg the snow into drifts,
nterposng embargo between city and country. 1t ia
10 affirm exceeds any one fall for
closely approxmst,ng two and half feet Asa
matter the transit OF the the railroads
temporarily suspended deep cuts lying side TO the
wind, being literally damned full From an early hour
Yesterday two locomotives had requistion for
Of opening the way Eastward but SO dense and
leep the of snow that they had not made hsf
mile by o'clock Al the time Of writing, the wind is
from he Ire aspd wi
ing pile up the snow to unprecedented heights. When
the blockade will be removed, present aspects indicate
not.
SHIP AHoy!-We find the following in the Ma.
rietta huclligencer: The barque Muskingum
single deck vessel of $50 tons burden custom house
Measurement launched from the Marietta Ship Com
pany's yard the Gath ult. The Muskinsum beau
uly modelled vessel nearly hundred feet In length
twenty five in BREADTH and twelve feet hold. She is built
Of the best quality of oak and black locust timber Her
plank OF clear white oak and her ceiling IL also
irey white oak three inches in thickness Her wales
sc. OF white oak four by inches sixty feet in
length Her treenas are locust and she is very heavily
copper fastened The deck floor is Of clear white pine
This three lower Of white pine eighteen inches
through and her spars of hard pine. The bull
der Capt Ira Ellis Of Portland Maine, employed by
the day. and bis instructions to have equal IN strength
and finish the best vessels built at eastern porte he has
endeavored faithfully to observe All the men employed
construction have been hired by the day. and thus
all temptation to slight any part of the work has beer
removed. The manner in which their work has been
DONE gives CRAFTY evidence Of their skill and fidelity
Her Triggers Messrs. Francis and William Lowe, OF
Boston. Her rigging ~ OF the Dest nemp
at Marietta nnd Pittsburg, stremlaid The MuskinRum
will leave Marietta about the first of March, under
mand OF Cant VIM r. Wells, of Portland, Me. She will
be fregh,ed at Cincinnati for either Liverpool Boston
The vessel Is owned by half dozen business
Of Marietta, and SO fering Is the promise Of proha
for their enterprise that tina company contem
plate building MORE and perhaps larger vessels, during
the present year
HoRRIBLg MURDER One Of the most horrible
murders that have ever been called upon to re-
cord perpetraed in this city last night The dead
BODY OF Mr. Lucus P. Osborn. about 80 years Of
found lying the Railroad Bridge GSout SUM-
rise this morning. his head exhibiting most frghtiul
wounds evincing that the unfortunate man had met with
volent and untimely death The body VIXEN found was
completely frozen and the blood that had f,wcd from tn
wounds had dtiuged the head and frozen to
,sch extent that IL with great difficulty twasse
parated from the ground upon which itisy
We learn that Andrew Potter, son OF Jabtz fotter
Who resides in Hamden. snd Charles Coe keeper OF
the head of Long Wharf in this city, have been
arrested suspicion Of being concerned IN the murder
and committed for further exsmina,icn.N Harsn H'ed
FED. 10.