The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-23

WALKING ACROSS THE EAST RIVER -BREAxINa UP
OF TIE ICE.
Yesterday morning, there was An immense guam
ty Ice floating In the East and North rivers and
also in the bay. The ferry beats between New York
and Brooklyn could not make their customary trips from
six O'Clock, except with great difficulty From this
time the shoss Of Ice began to increase and were ui
mately jammsd into uninterrupted sheet 80 that
from the foot Of Fulton Ferry Brooklyn they formed
Although Il easily that the os vas uo
substantial as 1t was Tuesday yet eight
or ten ysuDg men were seen vending their way from
Brooklyn; and when about half way there was ao seen
about the number starting the foot OF Roose
welt street After the two parties met Of course others
for time, and small parties going aud COM
ing, for perhaps half an hour, when the Zoe began
to and then, those who had the best legs came
of the most victorious. or course caught.
They consisted Of two groups Of two other
OF three the party Of two made for Brooklyn, and
vko started for Brookiyn, after being unable get
off there, started of to join the other three afser
apparently holding consultation they all started back
| for Brooklyn. when the second head went in with
one leg, but was soon seen again pursuing the first
| one these, after good deal OF lodging backwards
and forwards succeeded in getting of safe at Brooklyn
whilst the other three, being afraid at the time whsn
they saw the seoond a head slip in, started back,
6nd kept going one way and then another all the
time. Shortly after, the towboat Tempest started
in pursuit Of them, and would probably have
they were but FROM some mistaken idea, they started
of again directly from the boat. They ran down the
|
rived wha had spy glass with the aid OF which he in
| ferued Us, and those on the neghboring piers VINO
or thew as S AeoS THIS time h
tow boat tts-ted again in pursuit. and after fifteen
OF twenty minutes hard padding, broke her way, and
succeeded in rescung them. When 1t was announced
that they were safe, every seemed to be relieved
from the greatest anxiety and united in general
preston Of ptaise to those having charge Of the
boat Tempest From six O'Clock until nearly eleven,
| the Fulton and Williamsburg ferry boats could not
reach heir decks on this ride TIE Fulton ferry boats
i he'll q n he dry
dock foot II Pike street Towards IL o'clock the ice
began TO move one Of these ru ,ceeded, after many
vain attempts, IN forcing passage after which there
was but little difficulty impeachment in making the
regular trips The South Ferry boats managed to
pretty regularly By making circuit until about eleven
O'Clock when in of the floating oice
they were frequently obliged to put back into tns dock
morning from the island The Jersey City and the No.
boken Ferry boats experienced but very little impede
ment. they constantly performing their regular trips
The ferry boats since the breaking Of the ice
regular their passages until late in the afternoon
when, in consequence Of the ice accommodating again,
they experienced much difficulty in crossing.
Last evening all the Brooklyn ferries, the boats
we're put hors Ne combat The only boat that in
tion any the three ferries was the Transit of the
South ferry and she made only one trip from FIVE
o'clock until half past nine oceck. The othe- boats
were locked up in the ice, and some Of them carried
away with 1t. The engine of the Whitehall being
caught its centre could not be oved and she drift
ed with tie tide and stove in her side against the
anchor Of a schooner About thousand persons were
waiting for the Trau, at esch Of the trips between nine
| and eleven O'Clock. There tha greatest cheering
|
ladies the ferry houses that they could not find &C
conmodaticn for them, and they We're sending to pro-
pariors here and there for them to sit in The
Transit was very nearly sinking in trip having
up with full head OF steam upon cake Of ice. which
forced her down by the stern The scenes on board of
the crowded boat were OF the most curious description
THE WEATHER.
The temperature Of the atmosphere was, yesterday,
moderate in comparison to the two days previous. In
y sns q the fore
became overcast and there decided ch in the
atmosphere which would have induced to believe that
thaw was about to Get in had it not all Of sudden
commenced showing, which continued for upwards
hour Shortly after it began to clear up raising at the
came time, the temperature of the weather.
RANGE OF TIE THERMOMETER.
The following is the Of the thermometer taken
FROM Delatours meteorological observations
IA. NJ 12M 3PM SPIN.
Jan lZ.... ..........l3. ~. "a. Il.
THE sLEleHINa.
The tleighing was kept up yesterday with as much
numberless vehicles Of every form and shape which
to commend much patronage on the .
make the most ef it, as long as it lasts
| DAMAGE TO THE SHIPPING.
Captain Rieey Of the smack John NJ, Noyes, came up
ing and reported that the ship Pumg1stick Of Ports
mouth, from New Orleans the cutter and re.
lieving fcnooner NJ. NJ. Freeman were ashore on the
East Bank but were got OF and anchored in the bay
The Freeman towed to the city in the evening There
was no perceptibe damage done except to the Freeman
ported new he, maphrodie brig having gone ashore
on the East Bank but got OF and anchored in the
The ship ssxony, of Bath, Me, Captain Melc her from
New Orleans anchored on Monday above the Quaran-
tine and while lying there, large field Of ice drifted
against her As the ice touched she dragged
her anchors and dried down to Coney Island, where
she lay all day Tuesday with signal Of distress flying
She had hole cnt in her bow by the ice The steam
boat Hercules Captain Otis went to her assistance and
succeeded in towing her out of the ice and bringing
her to the dock at the Quarantine Yesterday morn.
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her rail- her decks entirely under water, and all Of
her cargo damaged She is now lying in the mud. Her
crew had left her. and gone ashore at staten Island
We learn from Capt Morrel Of the steam tug Her
cues that the pilot boat Sarah Francis ashore on
the East Bank, supposed to be bged The six in
number left her In the small boat about four O'Clock on
Wednesday afternoon and succeeded in getting board
the city yesterday morning later account says ne
thing visible but her masts Capt Morrell also re-
ported chip and two schoonors ashore the Sarah
Francis one Ct the schooners being loaded with pine
wood.
The steamers Bay State Worcester and Massac
were ti remaining In port and no others running in
connection with them have since arrived. The runnisg
Of all the steamboats, yesterday was suspended until the
breaking up ofthe ice.
TELEGRAPHIC.
VESSELS ICE BOUND AND AsnoRE-cREw FROST BIT
TEN, ETC.
Providence, Jan. %, 1852.
The following has been received from East Dennis by
the journal dated 21st instant The schooner Louisa
Sears, (of pymouth) Captain Wright fifty days from
Havana via Holmes Hole, with cargo of moasses tor
foston was boarded yesterday by of the ice in
which she Is enclosed within mile Of the shore. Her
rails have been blown away, and the frost Bit
ten The L. 5. was off ecituate on Monday morning
Should the wind come from the South she may be re-
lieVed; II not she will be ashore, as size at the
mercy of the wind and drift Of the ice.
The schooner Daniel Porter Captain Hail. from Dennis
for New York went ashore ut the entrance Of Chatham
IaIbor on Sunday afternoon with cargo Of nackcrel
which she has discharged. The vessel Is tight.
There is aso ashore, near the place schooner
loaded with lime, name unknown The crew has been
saved
rANTCckET BLocKApED BY ICE.
PosroS, Jan. q, 1852
All communication with Nantucket has keen cut of
eiectually by the ice ever since Wednesday last
The schooner Manson, from Cape Iayten, has been
iorcedas at Georges Island by the Ice
ICE AT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SUSPENDED.
NoRrolK, Jan. q, 1862
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