New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-08
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Coue,pcnden nee Of Tn. De ,roit Inquirer
sAUT STE. MARE, saturday, Dec 90, le5i.
Az we no longer have n newspaper ~ the Saut. 10
Keen The ifi.uts below al istd OF msttors Transferring
here conclude that fe~ lines, occa~io ally, IN GIT
not 1e unacceptable To your readers. The last boa
the North Strr-en here OH the .-il nit, barely n
tine 10 escape The clutches oi the ice hlIg n the
river al axe George fiozc the 80 ul' ist
wear tiis did not OC until December -. Every
hing thus far, promises early anu seye-e winter.
DUNG the pat week, he mercury has ranged about
zero ard has been, OF one or two occasions, O. be.
how. The snow is Sbou, one foot deep, snd the ice,
in still parts Of The river, is ten ioches thick.
On the 3oth ult.. the schooner seaman, t1en With
pcwd,r got into the river and became wind bound
some thiy five miles boloN THIS place. A. there
very great need Of her cargo shuve.the Canal Com
p6ry tug Dari wss at ,nsiderahle iucrlven nee,
sen, down 10 tow her mp. Having discharged her
eart o. 1t hoped that The high wines had broken
the ice 60 20 LEI Der out ~ The river. Blu she
failed to get through, ard IS now rozel in. in dam
gerous position just shout the Nebss Tue miocs,
whose supply oi poa sOe br'ush t have been per
harry unioItuI ate this season IL getting this article
forward. During the summer vessel had of hNe
thousand kegs lest by the sinking 81 i1o weasel -
thu De Tour. This was replaced. ard got AZ far
Eagle River, ktewona point, then e. be lost "a the
unfortunate propeller PeonsGls std It VIII nov r.
Quife extraordinary tXesiion and hazard To- Ct tts
third lot 10 The mines. AMI tc any OF t1em this is
matter Of Almost vital importance. Several, indeed
which have progressed 20 Tar az 10 nearly pay ~
ptnses the eisunc stascn would be almost utterly
min, in credit 10y ts lpss. The il hat spotner lus
frston Of the meal ulsble beneh which u 10 accrue
to the Upper Peninsula 10y the completion Of the
canal. The propeller Napoleon howcv r isengagod
to take the powder OrSarc for the of - 600
About one hundred men are lett here Tor the srisr
10 finish up the canal under Mr. Hsrvev ;ue gentle
~ho has held the position ~ genera agent 10 Il
the Commencement. There Is not great ceai to 60.
sHd II the months Of October snd November hsi
been anything lie the CORES pondius u'hs Il last
yttr, II would have been coma an ali nands gone
down b, tiis. There Will be 90 ditiicutg 10 o4,s-
Dg boat, as eafy IL he spring s. they oose. Nsre
is lule bptoming out A. the head II tn cut some
dIo6grg IL the river auc topping on; the piers aud
materials are al on hSnd f'r The worry
small schooUey, the Heur, Se.bg. lefi Msrgg,tts
10 return 10 this psc- three steks ag1 ana Ia, rot
been Heard Of since. bur S probably lost There
were several persons on board
A. are shut up IN cur PRISON house here for The
next half wear. likely TO have enc advantage
never before enjoyed h.re-thst Of regular weekly
mails The contracts haVe been AWARDED 10 NJ :.
Mcknight Of your city 10 VIII IN the Ugper PENN
suls is so much indebted Tor his enterprise IA the
tr.nspor,s,ion business aud from he, hsar OF
his pIeparu tious IN cutting out roads AMI hgug cat
carriers led 20 couolu3o h Il bis Characteristic
energy vii not flag here
IS supposed that a vessel Cortalnug supple' for
tht bruce Mines on the Canada shore has beeu lost
f@'0nH',iy uey are furn shed with tple-able share
OF nee. Tor miHag during the NInteT, snd con-
tctrebie Provisions SO that iheir operations viii not
be suspended. Nours truly \