The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-25


Has Grinnell 1t New York; formerly owned In THU
city, but Il believed TO be owned In Bath, Ne now.
The Storm and Its Effects.
TIE SNOW oARNIvAL-sLsIGHNd AND SNOW
BALLIHG-RIOT, ETC.
From the Baltimore American, Feb s21
The yesterday laid strict embargo the rail-
roads II buried the track out OF hght allied the deep
cuts placed embankmsnts the levels and proved
copqueror Of the iron horse.
mani On sa s:s sepsss
pssfeDgers TO many anxious hours, Is well - much dis
From Washington no trains arrived yesterday. The
train that left Washington ct Hvs O'Clock Monday
evening 60, fast In the near Badens surg whore 1t
csedsd 10 gsttir back to Warrington The which
left Baltimore Monday afternoon arrived at Washing
ton at seven las, evening" having been twenty SIX hours
From Philsdsphia NO train has yet succeeded In get
ting through. The train which left Phlaselphia st
p Monday, reached the Susqueharna early In the
evening The severity Of the storm however, prevented
the boat from crossing and the passengers spent the
both from cold and want o. food. 10 the morning the
boat pasfed HAvre de Grace but WAS found In
possible 10 through to Bal imore By railrosd the
snow beirg SO deep ~ to passage Of the train
As anal resort the passengers were put ON board the
ste IN ferry boat MARYLAND and brought to BAIT
by way OF the Bay arriving here 1t seven o'co,k
last night after tedious passage Of twenty nine hours
between the two cities
Ont Of tho city tho storm still worse, and .
sequence mails reached last nj ut from any quar-
ter any sent out from the oily. The express
tram which left Phade phis At O'Clock r. NJ, hal not
reached the river 81 10 O'Clock last night
and there Of tho boat being able to cross
the train did succeed in reaching the river This TX
p. n train for Phiadslphia did not go ont. Beyond
Canton stated the railroad s covered In many
places Ave and six feet deep with snow Ga the B,t
the having dted into the outs In the vicinity OF
the Relay Hou,s completely n'hrg them up:
At about o'clock yesterday morning the watch OF
the western district found man lying Ia Pratt Ea
taw entirely covered with SNOW, and nearly rozsn
to DEATH An effort made to take him to the station
house but the depth Of tbs prevented It, and he
kindly received by the proprietor Of tbs Americas
House. where he vas attended to and made a. comfort
The che iron roof OF TIA depot Of Msssrs Lsche Co.,
in North street. Monday afternoon under the
heavy pressure Of which fel upon It, ehsrs wers
escaped serious injury.
from the Philadelphia Bulletin Feb 22l
conSto. A. At present The sno! ia M nervous plsoss
has drfeh into high banks which are made st higher
by the from the yards and sidewalks OF the
buildings opposite thsm Many of these hills Of SNOW are
absolutely ipsurmountable for vehicles and conso
qusp,e the entire line Of travel OF the principal
confined to the centre Of the cArssowsy where
there is scarcely room for two vehicles pass abreast
This passage and the precpio1' banks either
frequent cob ions and the utmost cautien is
Streets to prevent beiDg entargied with those coming
from opposite hecton At several poiots there Is
barely for single carriage to get along and even
then the occupants are In danger OF a espsize
The streets and alleys are piled breast high
by b. necessary prevent low in the event Of
sudden thsw or rain. Most citizens have adopted the
premires while others have neglected this necessary
duty only the negligent the sufferers BY this
spsees Of neglect would make less diasrsnoe bat all
the strong necessity OF clearing out the CUTTERS to allow
the water 10 drd its way to the sewers
quantity Of which has fallp, and the bells have
been jinslipg merrily AL Day. The mammoth omnibus
sieighs are particularly we'll patrorizsd
Ps.dep has borne for the pas: 20 days the mixed
appearance Of carnival and sege As soon - the
streets became :. all pass.b yesterday every species 81
carry atty sixty passengers to the impromptu jump.
err, sde Of crate couple Of hoop poles WAS out,
was psrlous. trip along Chestnut street Was like
Trip through 40 Alpine pass Huge Irregular banks o.
as Il the street s.,ss but nsrros specs on the
other side for tlsighs TO In, and collisions and
srsIls we're Of continue. oecuvIsnos ssod many per
had limbs and heads brussd BY the sudden lurcaing
the vehicles against other slsshs .nss brick Piles
| and some persons we're quite seriously injured.
Towards afternoon the boys got excited With the
NOUS supplies Of snow apsuDiion yisg around them.
convenient corner where slsghs parsed fsqusnsy they
mustered BY huDcreds and p.tec the travellers unmer
fully the Of Ina ANA c1's'91s , sire ~.
young artilsrsts made distinction 10 the offsets OF
their attacks Women and children wsre fundamentally
ss;ssd DOnDs's were tSs xSsa the asr
and pelioe force was soon collected susnt 70 prevent
| further disorder In that locality.
The weather-which had threatened rapid thaw-
became COL In the evening and the walks which
were pretty generally cleared Ct became very
perry husersas o. p.dss ri,p: measured their lengths
streets at night To-day bright shining and the
thav is resumed bnt Is not progressing very rapidly.
We caution foot paws'grs the north sides OF the
streets running east and vest to
Bow the falling avalAnchei
mo orF thst bang down 70 ths esve are liable TO be
cossnet at any tine aud betide the travs ler that
chances to be passing IS they s Householcsrs should
from their roofs bors an, ssr ,us snsue
We sg,in remind readers OF the Heoesty Of clearing
cut their cutters TO prevent an overflow OF their cellars
Yesterday afternoon the vicinity o, Third and Chestnut
streets the scene OF rioous bA,ang mAtcn,
which came very near ending 10 regular battle, with
something harder than mpressed Tse .~s ,oys
CONNER csd peltDg each other Hrs and presently
engaged In the sport Every sleigh that passed BY vas
selected ta.gst and hundred snov6Alls It time
were thrown At H. regardless Of tie wemsn aud child
who ehancsd to Be indulgDg 10 cheap ride ose little
piece o. Ice that happened to be enclosed ball.
and badly Injured that she may the sight
driver Of asy OF the sleghs attempted inter to
prevent the outrage, the whole party would com
| mon cause Of It, and pelt bin mort numerically.
Mr. Rice, the mail agent arrested boy who ssemsd
vicious than the rest and this next moment nm
dreds OF spow5sa hurled At him, and With uch
remarkable precision that he so'o became of Toe.
humber OF men ipterfeied and general 6ght seemed
inevitable Mayor Gptn and . pos,e OF his men, to-
sethsr with number Of the MARI polics finally
rived at the egrsceful ssne. and eight
ade which had the effect stop the digraoesal pro-
ceedipgs such scenes are enacted the omsibus
routes in AL parts OF the city, to the dstriment OF
the business Of the proptietors and ipary the pas
fepeers
From the Washington star, Feb. 2ll
IL would be superuous Ia inform readers that We
were visited yesterday With heavy fall o. snov-a
from the wndov was Sufficient to tell tue ra,s stivs
CT the state OF thirTs out CT doors Bad however the
weather had been all day, II became tsbfold
wards night rendering travelling aim ps impossible even
from street to street. AMI by the morning the snow lay
| many place, three feet deep and more
| From the Baltimore American, FEB al
NO withs'tnding the CON plim-ns Is accu stoned
70 pay himself he really an ssdcAnt persons &c
wher brought in collision with any great Operation Of
rairn host slseps In hauxnt, anticipation OF DON
guest The cenon OF pestil-nse brushes With his
wing aud the, awake A mishty invader over.
comes the rssi.tapos OF empire makes his Quar-
teri In Its citadel he elements combine against him
one drives him forth. aud another apnhtlsts, him
splendid ship, repsts vith all that scenss could devise
goes forth upon the waters; single brushes her
k. eggshe and she drifts TO obstruction poveylsss