The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-04-26
NEW YORK April 10, 1851.
Mr.. EDITOR ::

Mr.. EpIToR:
How many unfortunate icebcrgs have b.cn
floating down from the frgid fields Of Ia.
brador, know not =: but certain il il that to
some unwontcd visitation of this kind we
are indebted for the unprecedented storm
that has just filled our streets with ten inch
es Of snow. That worthy individual, the
oldest inhabitnnt raises his hands in amuze.
ment, and declares that even his long cxpe-
rience has witnessed nothing like 1t. Snow
commenced falling nbout5 o'clock on The
afternoon Of Good Friday, and continued,
with slight intcrmissiors Of hail, until Mon
day evening. Ii Is sonic consolation, how
ever, To know that We are rot aloac in this
inhiction. The telegraph informs us that
the storm extended in all directions, ns far
west M Buffalo, and even South to Wash
ington. Nor was il, even in the LAST named
locality,a n mere furry, but pierce and
during the whole winter, and which has lcft
tangible aud abundant evidences of its ua.
seasonablc visit.
1t is fortunate for pedestrians in our city
that 80 energetic man Es Gcnin wcilds the
bosom in Broadway. No sooner had the
snow ceased than this indrfatigable manager
had numerous gangs Of men NJ work, clear
ing the abstructions from the CUTTERS, so
that the anticipated tiaw might not produce
n delugc. This having been successfully
accomplished, the water ali day YESTERDAY
kept making its way TO the tomb Of the Cap
ulets with the velocity cf n mountain tor
rent, and Broadway is ngnn comparatively
clear. Genin's successful administration Of
the pave shows what might be done by an
active city government
Our fruit trees not having as yet displayed
any signs Of vernal vitality, IL IL not thought
by the farmers in our vicinity that the snow
will be productive Of much injury. Appre.
tensions, however, are entertained that the
peach and apple crop Of Delaware and South
ern New Jersey will be almost entirely cut
of. Rarely have We had no backward a
aspiring. The trees are as naked NJ In mid
winter; the grass has hardly began to fresh
en- It's color; and, as far as the fields and
thermometer are concerned, we might sup
pose ourselves in January.
Accounts from the Jersey coast inform us
that there the wind has doac m much dam
age rs the snow has occasioned elsewhere.
Several packets arc said to be ashore or
Barnegat and Squsm Beach among thess is
tho Ship Underwriter from LyerposL--
Steam tags have been despatched to the re-
lief Of the distressed vessels.
The protsaeted absence Of the Steamship
City Of Glasgow, duo several weeks since o.
Philadelphia, gives riso 10 seEious apprshen.
sious for her safety. She has been out Cor.
ty-eighs days from Glasgow. and has on
board large number Of passesgsrs. In
Philadelphia they are about eharterinR the
Steamer Granite State, to 60 In search Of
her.
Our State Legislature adjourned at half
past u o'clock on Monday last The latter
part OF the session has been strictly devoted
to business and many Important bills have
been passed some have necessarily beef,
laid over, pad among these . variety efmcas.
ures In which our city h vitality interested.
saeb was The fats Of the biIl au,horlrlha the