The New York herald., 1846-03-21

More OF the Freshets.
From the Albany Citizen, March 10
The ice having broken up clean through, the watsrs
have abatsd. and there is prospect Of the immediate
commencement of business on our wharvos. seneca
Lake syolen high with the freshet on Monday and
damage spprehended The rain OF Friday night was
accompanied BY thunder and lightning at Schenectsdy
me s o. cs abou
o'clock p NJ saturday but damned at the bend near
the lower ferry this caused reAux OF the water which
inundated the south estern Of the cy and forcing
way over the canal hanks tho hrst sck two miles
up the river the entire fiat lands for that distance
% %a building 1s oseup.d @ By ooIos.3 family Il Water
st. the island ferry, and tavern sheds belong
part ofcty the water was from three to feet deep
the first floors Of the buildings and considerable damage
was done to cellar and store goods.
fCorrespondence of the Albany Eve. Journal
BiNoHAMroN, March lo, ls46.
We have had the highest freshst ever known. The
new bridge miles above Binshsnton across the Che
there not other good defeat the bill
pending n the Lsgssturs to divide the town of Che
Mango Members cannot this matter 10 fully explain
ed do the people Of the north part of the town the in
justice Of voting in favor OF division The bridge
the bridges at Great Bend, Windsor. Ninsvah, South
Banbridge aud Bainbridge across the same nver are
m All o osss.1 lost
their contents. Peter Shear, Mordecai Corsaw. and
Erastus Agard J three notorious offenders. escaped
from the jail Of this place on Saturday night
NoRwicH, March l6-7P M.
The Guernsey BRIDGE the Canasewocta, 10 car
the Oxford vlsge bridge. The bridgefour miles be-
low Oxford the Chenango, gone, a. the one
Ave miles this side Of binEhsmton: Inc waite S1ore
da, are gone So is the Bainbridge new bridge. and
several others across the Susquehannah All the bridges
across the Otselic river from Oselc to Willet are
swept away is the case with large number Of small
bridges the smaller streams The damage BY the
freshet in this section must be immense
From the Albany Atlas, March 1871
The ice opposite Hudson started Sunday afternoon
carrying away all the spiles in the dug way" across
to protect from ice The tree which has stood at the
east end Of the dug way" for more than twenty years.
wa: swept away with the rest The steamer Fsirhsid,
laying at the dock, was somewhat injured 10 her ma
chinery which was undergoing REPAIRS by the ice ior
cling her wheels around
From the Springfield Republican,
During the rain Of Friday night last the ice in the
Connecticut river broke up and passed on without eau
sing any damage, the water not being very high and
wsatSss we % On Saturday and Sunday, much ics passed
down from above and the river b probably open from
Ssua n,psy both ds. but
q dangerous height The rain of Friday night and Sa
% the balance q the nva nGw ~ :ns
left March, thus far has been favorable ana mud
From the Newark Advertiser, March l01
The ireshet on the Delaware was more destructive
than first reports The Trenton NtOs says 600 men
sion Of the Psnnsylvania canal navigable order from
Easton to Reiglssvile. The canal e almost entirely
snd is place.
New Hope to Taylorsve the canal 10 also very much
injured Three dwellings have been carried on at
Reglesvile and another from Harveys island, above
Yardley vile.
Correspondence Of the North Amedcanl
HARRisBuso, March III have, just minute before
the starting OF the staxeto that was with the state
Treasurer the Governor and that they stated to me
that competent engineer had just passed over sns ine
mated the whole damage on the line at sixteen nousano
dollars and the Treasurer thought that In three weeks
the line would be passabls throughout The Governor
thought It might be longer.
From the Harrisburg Argus Of the 18th
The Board of Directors OF the Harrisburg Bridge had
meeting yesterday, and resolved to establish steam
ferry to the island with the remaining part Of
the bridge which i SAID 2 @ % Pns S1sh s ws.sr .n
We learn by gentleman from Columbia, that the or,oge
that place has not been injured The spans Of the
Harrisburg Bridge struck In their descent and passed
turnpike at McAllisters has been carried away aso
of the arches of the stone bridge over Clarks
Creek at Emene Furnace, and all the bridges up to
the Halifax road the Hon. William Clarke and the
new bridge Powells Creek on the north side OF
Peters Mountain and every bridge a. far AZ MierDufg
[From the Pittsburgh American, March l6]
The flood reached its highest mark between one and
two O'Clock on Sunday morning At daylight showed
in the afternoon it had fallen to sa feet and at II
been entirely from the Allegheny, the Mcnongshsla
being at the time on the fall The ice came down early
on Sunday morning. and continued running throughout
the day The water surrounded many OF the houses 70
the lower part Of Allegheny but we hear OF no serious
damage done The Monongahela remained an apparent.
ly calm spectator without current commoton OF the
raging Of its sister stream she passed IN her strength
The passage Of such column Of water, with motion
rapid aud power resstless, has much in 1t Of
grandeur and sublimity