The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-18


misson The shipping in port sustained damage. as
the water was rendered comparatively smooth BY hS
zee 10 ths docks, which formed barrier against the
swell The schooner Challenge which sailed on Satur
brgs were at anchor in President Roads and her cap
tain believes that the other vessels which sailed on
saturday would also return and anchor below before
the storm commenced schooner arrived yesterday
morning having sailed from Provincetown on Saturday
evening, and reports leaving vessels there and but
few in the bay Vessels in with the land, during the
height OF the storm would have but poor chance to
warning Of its approach, vessels would either make
port or stand to sea before It commenced Tho bark
ct Cod she had
this storm She was ane strorg new vessel and would
have been saved had the weather continued favorable.
assistance supposed would put into Provincetown.
and there wait the ulng Of the storm Whom paper
was put to press last night the wind continued blowing
abated.
From the Boston Courier, Feb. ISL
Tbs great storm Of the season, visited yester-
day. commencing between four and ivs o'clock in the
strong northsrly wind throughout the day The snow
nearly impassablo. The barometer fell in twelve
hours from 70 95 to 30 l6 The railroad tracks Of
~ .S Of S
The storm probably commenced at the South and
neither the Norwich Stonngton trains had reached
the city when our paper went to press.
From the Boston Transcript Feb. I6, PM
We were visited on Saturday night with what Cotton
Mather, he alive, might characterize again az "An
creating such whzsins and whiting Of snow astes.
a. to fill the air with what looked at the first glance like
sheets OF ascending vapor We do not remember such
to the hight feet and the snow in some directions
owing to the caprces OF Borsas looked in form like the
fearful night for vessels on the coast and for the
freezing in their crannied novels" The task Of shovel
ing out doorways, against which the drifts had beaten
to dissmbowel them Thousands Of men and boys were
at work this morning clearing the sidewalks and il the
The %sos ss force 81
connected with the Office Of superintendent Of streets
was out at early hour, leveng the huge drifts in
The railroad tracks are Of cours all blocked up and
good deal of labor will be required to free them from
their heavy incumbrance. Extra engines, with snow
upon ali the roads.
The storm at Salem was very severe. The Resisie,
the exception Of the great storm of Feb and Of last
year, when some of citizens passed memorable
night in the cars on the railroad, and intercourse with
Boston was interrupted for - hours We rather in.
clined to think that the storm Of yesterday surpassed
that in the quantity snow that fell in the same time
and made almost impossible by the huge drifts
The mail train due from Boston did not arrive herein.
deed it must have been impossible to make any head
way against tina storm Drifts Is 30 feet in height
said to be piled up in the vicinity Of Castle Hill
The telegraph this morning reports few disasters.
Ship Sarah Of Portland, from Mobile coming up with
loss Of fore and mantop gallant mas She must have
been in the bay during the storm.
ME-. We learn from Lows express that schooner from
toes went ashore last night about o'clock Chelsea
Beach. near Point Of Pines The crow, three mum
Der, were saved Vessel high and dry.
Since the above in type. learn that the schoon-
was the HARRIET of Hull, from Portland, via Pro-
vincetown for Boston She will BE- total loss the crew
saved themselves by surf skin, otherwise all hands
would have perished Schooner Abbsthua, Crocker Of
end from Provincetown, with whale in tow, came out
off in company with the Harriet, and has not since
From the Springfield (adass) Republican, Feb.l6l
Sunday last witnessed snow storm Of severity
being pre-eminenty the snow storm Of the season It
commenced Saturday night. and continued without in
from the northeast and 80 drilled the snow as to block
up the streets and walks to almost impossible de-
gree. On level IL not much than foot deep,
but in drifts. il psasss sansst sny Imaginable height
From the Boston Journal, Feb. l6th.]
furious storm from the northeast, commenced
tnusd through ths day The fell In considerable
quantities, probably foot on lsveland a. the Their
was sSw u: sss,S u:
and around the corners BY sudden and violent gusts Of
wind rendered the travelling rather awkward for the
pedestrian The churches Of course, were but thiny
attended, indeed, Of them closed throughhs
day.
the stage roads In every direction for appears to have
from New York have not yet reached the city;
than appeared in paper Of saturday The railway
train Great Falls reached the city this forenoon in
its usual time and we learn that the fall Of snow has net
The storm did but little damage to vessels at the
wharves-but must have been terrible in the bay and
on the coast We learn from the E0ge that the schoon
or Pioneer, Capt. Daniels which arrived here in the
morning from Weldeet reports having passed. about
o'clock schooner or shore on the north :ds o. spsota
on board by the crew Of the Pioneer The
schooner was fore-snd after with two topmssts,
square storm and keel, boat drawn up at her stern
Captain D. judged she was Of about 70 tons burthsn.
schr Harriet, (of Hull) Mitchell from Portland Wis
rrovnceowp with cargo Of hay and potatoe. for Bc:
o'clock, A. NJ Chelsea Beach, and has gone to pieces
Crew saved themselves BY surfskin which fortunately
The attendance on the two branches Of the Legs
ture this morning was unusually small. The Senate
were unable to proceed to business until twenty minute
after eleven o'clock, which il the appointed hour Of
meeting and in the House, out Of two hundred and
sixty members, there were but one hundred in their
bly, 90 much mpeded BY tho quantity Of dri snow in
the roads, that members who went homo Saturday "a
spend the Sabbath unable to return in season to be
in their places to-day
SUPREME CoURT-Special Term-Feb. A-Pres-
eAt, Mr.. Chief Justice Bronson.-Sandford Impd
&C. adj: Cooper; motion to change venue; granted by
debtor; motion for ceriorsr granted sx parte. Moss
ads. Msginnis Of ali motion for judgment a. in Of
suit; denied with costs Currie ct al ads Prince;
motion for Judgment Of non pros granted with costs
unless sufficient bill Of particulars shall be served, &C.
In the matter OF Pnckney vs. Easland motion Tor
torar granted parte Clark ads. Bragg; motion for
Judgment a. In case Of non suit; granted BY default
Smith ads Ostander do do Wright ads. Lovet; motion
to change venue; granted by default Mcknight ads.
Ames Gunnison ct al motion that plaintiff be allow
ed to recover COSTS denied with costs Reynolds ct al
Davis ct al motion to strike out frivolous the plea
Of de endant in granted without costs In the mat
ter Of the ofthe poor Of Grssnve Bishop
motion for q certorsr granted exparte. Moses ads.
Motion; motion for leave to def to add notice Of jus
fcaton to his pleas granted on terms smyth ads kane
motion for judgment of suit granted with
costs Omstead Sny der; motion ordered to stand