The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-10

by . cold map, with the eher0eOeeer q -four d.
the occasional addition Of noh or two Of nov snow
the sleighing continued excellent until the middle
of last week for seven weeks Since then Il has en-
tirey disappeared under the infection Of dense ogs
for three or four days, and heavy rain for the past
| eighteen hours. Yesterday Sunday morning the
thermometer indicated so degrees, wind sohthery.
This morning It stood at 81 ut SUNRISE and now (ten
O'Clock A. ND at a. Merrimack river Is considera-
bly, swollen, and the ice shows signs of breaking up.
II cannot be more than ten inches in thickness,
and the serious damage to bridges. &o., usually
tanned by winter treshets, is not now apprehended.
rain OF this kind in the winter season, however,
always causes considerable damage to our New
England railroads. bridges mills, &c.
The icecrop OF the present winter unless we have
more cold weather speedily, must be failure to
great extent 1t is said that the iceestablishments
in the vicinity Of Boston have thus far secured but
q limited supply. At no time since the winter set
in, has the mercury fallen below in this place.
Ice in " Horseshoe Pond" pretty sheet OF water
at the north end OF Main street, has formed only to
the thickness OF II and Ia inches where it averaged
from Is to Is last winter. Thus far we have not
had so cold weather was then experienced as far
south as Washington city.
The quantity of produce, lumber, &C., brought
down through this place over the Northern New
York; Vermont and Canada, Vermont Central,
Northern New Hampshire, and Passumpsic rail-
roads, route for Boston, is immense and con-
tnually increasing. Sometimes q hundred cars are
embraced in a single train, and frequently two or
more trains are run daily through Concord gen.
tleman connected with the Northern New York
lOgdensburg) railroad informs me that about three
thousand barrels (thrty car loads) of flour alone
are daily loaded at Rouses Point for Boston. About
two thirds of it comes this way, and the remainder
over the Rutland route. An immense quantity OF
Hour and wheat has been brought to Rouse's Point
since the harvest Of last fall, from Ogdensburg and
Canada, which the freight trains have been constant
ly employed in conveying Boston-ward. There still
remains IN the large depot at Rouse's Point about
10000 barrels of flour and 900 900 bushels of wheat
to be brought down.
considerable quantity of -four has been carried
this winter from this place to Portsmouth. (forty-
eight miles,) over the new Portsmouth and Concord
Railroad, and thence to Maine. Until the completion
OF the Atlantic and ST. Lawrence Railroad, from
Portland to Montreal, this is the cheapest and most
expeditions way the Down Casters can procure their
supply OF flour during the winter season. Three
years ago. all the flour consumed in this portion of
New England was shipped to Boston. Now, -four
Is brought down through Vermont and New Hamp-
shire, by railroad to be shipped from that port.
Some Gen. Pierce's liberal pars0na friends in New
England determined that he shall go to the White
House handsomely equipped, albeit he is as modest
and unpretending In his habits OF living as the ave.
rage OF " mankind in general" The Bostonians APP
pear to be veng with each other in this matter The
| newspapers have already announced that some
friends in that city will present him with elegant
coach and span of horses on the 2lst inst. learn
that others are now preparing to donate elegant
suit OF clothes, to be completed Thursday of the
present week. friend who has obtained peep at
the programme DIES integu7nens has furnished me
with description, which | shall transcrbe for the
HERALD and the ed6cation of the " tom in New
York and Paris The suit consists of six garments as
follows:-
l. fine black dress coat, made from the same
cloth which took the premium at the last Worlds
Fair in London Coat superbly lined with satin de-
chene; sleeve Innings also of satin Style about me-
dunn between the gravity Of age and the foppery Of
"nppertendom'
q Undress waistcoat of plain black silk; back Of
satin dechene, and lined throughout with white
| satin.
E,,n -xoP,y -. .:l1-
ings Of white SATIN On the satin lining of the right
side are thrtyone stars representing the States of
the Union forming circle, wrought in silver With
in this circle of stars is the Anchor Of Hope worked
In gold. Outside OF all is endless circle. Trans
lation of these emblems In the Union of the
States is only hope. God watches over the re-
public-eternal be its DURATION" On the opposite
white satin lining is wrought chaplet Of bay leaves
tied at the bottom with golden knot. outside Of
which is another circle of gold.
4. Pants of plain black doeskin, Of the finest mate
rial that can be procured.
s. Undress pants of plain black, very fine, silk
and wool mixture.
6. Overcoat Of plain black, superbly lined, and
made in the form 81 saEtogt .;.. ca Nv Mr. up
who is to ".aas s .a. street rsehh VAS
among sculptors. The embroidery is being executed
by lady Of that city. 1t is intended that the suit
America If H Gem Fierce visits sits your New York
Worlds Fair, next summer, it Is expected that he
will appear in as much Of it as he can conveniently
put on at once and thus show the public what our
Yankee taors can do.
Hon. Richard Hazen Aver, prominent citizen Of
this State, died at lis residence in Manchester last
night, at the advanced age Of seventysix He was
native OF this town, and an extensive owner Of real
estate and manufacturing establishments In the city
OF his late residence, now numbering nearly 1000
inhabitants, which he has done much towards build
ing up since its first formation by the Amoskeag
be was an original proprietor. Although strictly
speaking business man. Mr.. A. has participated
much in public life, having been frequently men,
her Of the State Legislature, Presidential Elector,
DC. In politics, he was democrat Of the true "na-
tional' stamp, opposed to 'isms and political hum
buggery in every form. Mr. A. was one of our
weathiest citizens At the time of his death he
President of the Amoskeag Bank He was the old
est brother Of the widow Of the late Ex-Governor
Isaac Hill
annex a list Of arrivals at the Eagle Hotel since
my last. General Pierce having tarried in town
Sunday, yesterday be and Mrs. P. attended the
South Congregational Church, despite the weather
usual Of course, that celebrated resort for polit
cal pilgrims has had unusual number of customers
for its Sundays dinner. The consumption Of baked
beans, l learn, "a Sunday dish which Is famous
among our Yankees) has been particularly ter
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ARRIVALS AT Gn.ox's EAGLE HOTEL
SATURDAY Feb. 5.-AJoha q. Townsend Troy N. r.: Cy.
Gage South Newbury, Vt Thomas Francis Meagher,
New York; b. >. Treanor Borton Hon. D: A: smaley,
Burlington, W.. :. Sweet Onondags. N. Y ; z B. Stet-
son, 60 r RI Rouses Point, VT; W. Watson. White
River, Vt.
MONDAY, Feo TX A fheips, Cobebrook, C0nn.i }. IL
Torrance, Portland, Ne; Z. oppenheimer New York.
81 O'Clock p. M.1Fhe ice In the Merrimack has
broken up since l commenced writing, without da-
mage thus rar to either of three bridges There
are immense jams OF ice above each Of them. Above
the Federal and Montreal railroad bridges, one mile
north of the State House, it Is jammed that the
water is now pouring down over the intervals be-
tween those and the Free Bridge, mile below,
emptying into the river again near the latter Ali
the bridges are impossible. The Northern Railroad
bridge across the Contoocook river, at Baskerville.
where 1t empties into the Merrimack, six miles
above here is reported to be in considerable danger
the water being up TO the flooring. The afternoon
downward northern trains have not yet arrived but
learn by telegraph, that they reached Enfield /" on
time at Enfield sixty miles above here, at one
O'Clock. Therefore the fresh cannot be very severe
on the Vermont Central and Passumpsic railroads
P.S.-They reached Franklin sixteen miles above
here, at about twenty minutes behind time