The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-28

ANoTHxR SNOW wsToRx--INYEDIMENTs TO RIVER AMI
AAABox ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO TRs sOUNI
sTkAAx1S, PILOT AND YERRY BOATS, ETC.
Hereafter tho first month Of the year 1866 will bo knowr
~ the ''snowy January" title justified in sus
sessAs for It, ~ the ssghns has boon continuous this
city snoe tho 9th inst-ovsr three weeks-an uuprece-
oented event. and moro has fallen than BE-
'ore noticed In any month In these lattudes. L.
began TO snow yesterday about 10 o'clock, and by
o'clock the air was filed with the gstening fakes th
came down slowly and steadily, whitening and bright
ealing every OBJECT they touched and covering our grea
dTzy city with pure garment to hide its imsour
from the eyes Of laen There little wind stirring
snc 'hat WAS iroa the northeast and scarcely per-
cepsbe Towards evening the stopped bus the al
loohsd AZ though 1t Eta full Of Icy moisture
wanted but slight wind to bring it the ssrth The
CITY cars not ntopped the had not fallen in
sufficient quanty to fill the tracks while ths cars were
Aspr running This snow has had most disastrous eff
fec the sce walks which, being covered With hard
ice are rendered slippery aud uncertain by The snow.
suwe! asy S<ereneed Sonae remsrka circumstances
lbe kt river is seill filed with ics Buttermi,x Chan
nsl - saen over and people were passing to and fro
from BrooSyD to saai The boys vera having
good tni. and during the day induged In, skating
sleigbns, playing base ball. and siiiar youuul vani
The Hamilton avenue ferry boats have been Withdrawn
since last Friday il there any probability that they
WIZ commence running again until the Ice becomes
II il seevsc that greater impedlnnents to navigs.
en In the bsroor and through river were hnown
foI severat ears pat than have been
thus iar CARING the present winter season and yet
not much Of the severity durannity of
Cured sing Ice that formed o this fresh water
o. the Hudson and in the bays and other shoaI parts of
the East rvsr ~ break loose and drift channels to-
wards the ocean suca before passing through
tho Narcws these broken are backed
up aod collected tgether by adverse wn.is when night
oil severe cold sufficient to form for the time in the
parrow of thu river mpasssble BARRIER to
most the steamers Of the usual Ice thus
formed is always difficult for a OF anv dsser,n
toD to through such may be- OF euual bnt
uporm tnicxness for instead Of breaking dirsc
course she with more readily follow the between
od pieces, which Is made by breskng the newer aud
thinner ice between them. Instances have been known
but recently IN whch large STEAMERS have IN ashore in
this way, N the Vicinity Of Throgs Point and Rkers Ia
Land
l, is thought there would be no difficulty in keeping
open the navigation tn this direction with boats suitably
prepared for 1t after The fashion of the old
Utica and Columbia, vessels Of ordinary sze and DO xer
thai we're kept running the North river in the
and Albany railroad These boats had attached to them
what IL termed false bow shesthed with iron to resist
the cutting and abrasion Of the ce and formed with
gradual sreeve SO as to enable th.m up on the
zee and break with their weight In this way the
ice broken for considerable distance ahead and on
either side SO that they would thus rds 1t down for
several times in succession without losing their he I'd
way when working through ice and twelve inches in
ncknesS ana was only the very thickest and hardest
specimens toat wouii compel them to back and Alp IN
order to break II down.
Inc steamboat Transport of the Camden and Amboy
line went ashore yesterday the West Bank where she
.i les with signal Of distress fying. rhe steauyuQ
Hercules Capt. Duval, vent to her assistance,
lhe pilot boat Nettle, NO 20 returned TO the ook
yesterday, sfsr cruise Of fifty miles to sea- aud re-
ports having seen inward bound vessels She had two
of her men hsoy fozsn while taking the bonnet off the
ub The NJ was comp etey covered With ice.
Tie steamtug Huntress, Capt. Morrren returned to
Quarantine yesterday aer cruise of thirty miles out
ce, and reports sewing but two fore and scheoners
inward hound Capt NJ also reports the lower bay full
Of ice out to the bar.
The s'ssmg Alex Mason, Capt Foo ntain came up to
,he cry ye-te 1 from below, aud reperls seeing this
brig sarah a. Buck port from Pensacola ashore on tn
MUD Flats. near Yellow Hook
On saturday night last, between eleven and twelvs
o'clock one of the Fulton ferry boats from being i'm
properly govenea from becoming In the
ice came soui Of the pilot boat william j. Romer a. she
laid noored Ia ths Black Ball slip the foot of Beemss
streef, which damaged the ". j. r. by carrying away
sarboard, main rigging and chain plates with
huwarks and three sice timbers.
Steamer Champion, which left her pier at Peck sip on
SatuIosy morning last, in company with the steanec
iraveltr, tboh for New Hsven) after an Intellectual at
empt to break bsr way through the ice above Rksrs
sond rnt back and arrived here at r. NJ of the
day The Traveller while working in the ice, the
control Of her ruddsr, and taxing rank shear was no
sr diverted from her course that 1t found necessary
to run Der int Clawsons wharf two miles above Rkers
Island She wss expected 70 return time in the
course ct the next day. Sundsy) The Champion brought
BACK her passengers aud Of her freight She came
In Win the loss OF five arms Of her wheels