The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-26

ANOTHER Snow SroRM.-The snow, which had
well nigh left US on Tuesday, commenced to fall
again on Wednesday night and kept up merry
pelting until quite late yesterday afternoon, so
we are once more in the enjoyment OF excellent
sleighng, which is being improved to the utmost
1t is not quite so cold as it was on Wednesday,
yet cold enough to preserve the snow from thaw-
ing; and young men and maidens, widows,
wives, husbands, fathers, bellies and beanx, in all
sorts OF comfortable attire, making the very
most of the glorious, but necessarily short lived
"spell of sleighing." We find we are by
means alone in eur winter sports. Livery keep
ers elsewhere than in New York, are happy fell
lows; and cold toes, fingers and noses abound in
other parts. Some delays have occurred to the
mails on the Eastern routes.
The following extracts will show something
how the weather was at the time Of writing, in
the several places dated from -
From the Boston Courier, February "a
The storm Of Sunday and Monday has sadly dsar
ranged all mails as it extended beyond all the points
with which we have communication. The Albany mail
had not arrived at late hour last night. The New
Monday, arrived yesterday morning, and furnished
the only intelligence from that city which we have had
yesterday says by far the largest body Of snow is on the
ground that has fallen during the present season
From the Boston Transcript, Feb. AL
The suspension Oh Long lSlana
and ne mail by that route was expected last evening
The New Haven train due last evening did not arrive
until this morning. ON account OF the drifting Of snow
the Western road between Springfield and Wor
cester
The yesterday afternoon train for New York via Nor
wich did not reach Worcester until after midnight hav
ing been detained by the breakage Of part of the loco
motive about three four miles this side of Worcester
After leaving Worcester and proceeding six miles,
they obliged by the drifts, and by being out
Of wood and water return and did not leave again till
The steamboat mail due this morning has not yet ar
rived. Thermometer this morning at sunrise, l0A. Ba
rometer 80 44-sky very clear and calm. The coolest
morning of the season.
From the Providence Journal Feb GAL
The sleghing is excellent both in the city and in the
vicinity The snow fell level and there has been
wind to blow it into drifts The streets throng::
ed with sleighs yesterday.
IFrom the Norwich Aurora, Feb o4J
Itcommenced showing Saturday night, and continued
during the whole Of Sunday-the wind north.eas A
dismal winters day than last Sabbath have not
this season On Monday it continued showing hes
Willy most OF the day. and we have now the best osegh
The storm of Thursday night caused some delay with
obliged to put back to New London; and the Wor
cester bound the river was detained at New London
till morning.
[Trom the Hartford Times, Feb. GAL
The sleigh bells are juggling merrly. We have good
hotels in Hartford and seghng parties from the neigh
boring towns will here find all the good things of the
season.
From the New London Morning News yeb. a41
On Monday we recorded the fact of goodly quantity
Of snow having fallen on the previous day. and to day
we have to announce a still further addition to mother
earth's blanket The snow. which ceased falling Sun
day afternoon, commenced again Monday morning at Z,
and continued to fall without cessaton-at times very
brisklyuntil late at night The wind, which light
the day. and towards night blew with considerable vio
lence, and the falling snow was much drifted. That
the be
writing AZ o'clock, A. M the stars twinkng in the
sky, giving promise Of beautiful day,
The Mercury in Exeter, N. H., fell this morning to
| thirteen degrees below zero !-24th.
From the Portland (Me) Advertiser, Feb %
For the information of distant readers it may be Of in
erest to state that Storm yesterday afternoon
put the sleighing IN this city In excellent order.
INTERRUPTION THE TELEeRAPnIc CORES
PoNDENcE-INDIsNATIoN OF THE PRESS 1t is q
shame, a crying evil, that the greatest invention
of the age,S the use of the magnetic telegraph,
should be wrested from its legitimate use just at
the time when it is capable of subscribing the
public interest; that it should be made to answer
the ends of bad men, while from the nature of
things the public must suffer from their criminal
proceedings. Are there not men engaged in
these wire breaking enterprises, whe would start
at the idea of being called thieves, and yet how
much less criminal are hundreds Of the larcenists
who fill our penitentiares, than these trafiickers
in starvation.
The Rochester Daily advertiser Of Monday,
says
think is the editors an publishers along the line Of
the telegraph not OF the operators but Of the mscreans
%sS tns Of one a arrival from
Europe that the wires would be broken at some point
along the line, and thus all correspondence cut off
when the Sarah Sands arrived private communications
for several hours, from New York, west, but
when the time arrived for the regular report for the
press, the wires we're broken and without doubt nten
Another instance Of the kind occurred on Saturday
evening About half past o'clock we ., Teceivs ca, note
announcing the Cambria, at Boston, at o'clock When
the hour Of arrivedthe time for the usual report for
the preserve confidently anticipated report of her
news but ardy had the announcement been made that
she brought sixteen days later intelligence, when the
wires were snapped somewhere below Poughkeepsis
and the press public again left to wait the
regular course of m all for the news!
That these Interruptions the arrival of almost
steamer ars the result Of accident will be credited by
no one Unless in Of violent storms, our other
ports come regular but as soon as news from foreign
port received and private communications have been
spectators, the line is broken If done inen
tonally-and Of this there Is not the least doubtthere
should be punishment invented for the
In comparison with which hanging would be mere play
SPELL
The SroNINeToN BoAys.-Thc steamer Governor
arrived here yesterday morning att O'Clock, being
her first appearance since Saturday. She has
been lying at Stonington waiting for the passen-
ger and freight trains, which were detained on the
Stonington Railroad some "a hours beyond their
usual time.
The passengers who left Boston on Monday after
noon, came through to Providence with but little
delay, that road having been kept clear OF snow.
After arriving at the Providence depot Of the Sto-
nington Railroad the passengers were kept near
y twelve mortal hours before the cars got ready to
start; and seven hours more before they reached
Greenwich, a distance oil only thirteen miles,
without any thing to eat or drink except snow
most of the time, till few daring adventurers,
led by Mr.. George w. Williamson, left the cars,
and after visiting several farm houses, returned
with divers great quantities OF gingerbread, le-
mons, and fried pies.
The cars arrived at Stonngton about p M.
Tuesday, and the passengers came to this city in
the steamer Massachusetts, which returned on
the arrival of the cars from Boston.