The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-24
BY MAIL.
OUR BALTIMORE coRREsroSpEycr.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 49, 1852.
TIE ice and the Weaih~-Narisa,ion Suspended &c.
The mercury continues at about 10 degrees below the
freezing point and not only the Patapsco river and the
basin frozen over, but the rolling and tumutuous
Chesapeake Bay Is closed at some points from shore to
eastern shore Of Maryland visiting their friends
the weern shore on skates The ice Is reported to be
from u to Is inches thick and aoug the bay shore is
| piled up in icebergs twenty feet high.
The poor in this city suffering extensively, and
Of the scarcity of wood and its high price there
10 great difficulty in afsrdiag them relief.
| OUR PHILADELPHIA CORRESPONDENCE
PHLADELPHiA January 20, 1852.
The snOw and Ike Sleishins-Frosen to Death-7he Ma
I'll. weather has greatly moderated and, about noon
to day the gave the FIRST indication Of the melting
mood. Thousands are now taking advantage of the
spor the immense vehicles OF the omnibus trade being
filed to repetion at every trip One Of them yester-
day at single trip, had lo2 passengers. The poor
horses suffering under the effects, and died In
the street last night where it had been left standing by
the rowdy party that it had been hauling at killing
speed.
The Coroner last evening" held an inquest upon the
BODY Of an unknown found frozen death in the
vicinity Of the Frankford creek.
The ice ia river used altogether for travel
to and from Camden. Horses and sleghs will be
used upon its surface, If it is not broken up by the
stea mboats The city ceboat is being cut out Of
the berth in which she frozen in, and to morrow
morning che will commence the attempt to open pas
sage through the ice. Should the weather suddenly
moderate. there would doubt be great many acci
dents 70 the shipping.
NEWSPAPER GLANiNGS.
The snow has caused great detentons to the mails in
every direction The mail from Buffalo, due ut Albany
on Tuesday morning about Fix O'Clock reached there
yesterday morning eight hours behind time 1t is
raid that the train started from Buffalo at the usual
timehye O'Clock Monday sfternoon-vith no appear
ance Of storm They had been out about an hour and
half when the wind rose 70 gale, and ell the
the ground seemed in motion When Batavia the
train brought up ia a bank ten feet deep,
which arrested its progress, ard IL remained
night. On Tuesday morning train started out with
Ewaf rirr akAk u in ba aftar
being out between spe and ten hours 1t had made six
mics when OF the locomotives was broken loco
motive aud sent back TO Buffalo aud large
number cf men brought on, who went to work to clear
the track In TIE meontae the n ouday evening train
1sd wo,kea s way 60 haava where y lad over Tues
there by train from the Fat when It caue 10
Bocbester, and waited fr ~ trsu, a. ru nay, Vbol
arrived here together about 10 c cb ye lerd ~ nm
ing The storm "a tt iQo5t cgtr known
in ia. tart Of the stote.
The srfod le,we't contains accouutsof several per.
who frozcN AZ S"s' ''@i.y aN4lns lie htsG
days OF this week.
Barsor (Me rnrer, OF the 10 inst. says --0ne Of
the otdest SNOW storms ever remembered BY the oldest
inhabtsrt 70 to-day in p'ogre'sN
Az Philadelphia on Wednesday. the Board Of Trade,
In connection With the underwriters Of thai city held
me- Tina a. the Exchange Tor the purpose of consider
ing the and unsafs condition Of the river and
bay 70 the uercs inteTests of Philadelphia and the
neceary steps TO be taken 10 remedy the evils to which
Try always subjected At this Of the year
Tie baltimore .9uo can. q Tbursdsy ays:-he Che
sapeekp Bay is with fer down the Ran
pshsnlock The herbor and river still continue ice
bound. The steamer Relief started Tuesday TO break
passage through the ice for the purpo,e Of proceeding
to Annapolis 10 aid the steamer Mary Washington but
after proc eding short distance mellow Pert Mcuenrv
che became dabled ard was forced to return for re-
pairs We ehould state that the fine steamer Belvdere
which became hemmed in with the Ice in the harbor
her return from Richmond on Tuteday was yesterday
tstricated and brought to her whef In safety
The Savannah Republican Of the 18Th inst states tn 1t
ing the houseops and streets 10 the depth of an Inch
more. This IL the fecond snow storm We have had this