New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-29
MARIkE AFFAIRS.
LONG ISLAND SOUND oPEs.


For "a days the water communication between this
cty and boston hos been suspended, and the man.
moth steamb,ats which pass up and down the Sound
have lln idle at their wharves account of the ice
enbrgo at TLrog's Neck. For the same the
smaller steamers which run bct@cen hs city and New
Haven Bridgeport, Norwak New Rochelle, Glen
Cove. and other paccs have been out of service.
This sudden and prolonged suspension of steam COM
nulication with the Eastern States has been severely
felt by the manufacturers whose goods have thus
been kept for more than month out Of market. Vast
oraptiies of freight and merchandise have been ac-
cumuatng at both ends Of the routes, until the de-
Tots are all crammed TO overlooking. Nor have
eclants and manufacturers been the only sufferers.
lost Of poor people, comprising hackmen cartmen,
steamboat hands and laborers, thrown out Of
employment by tie same cause, and many of them
no doubt have suffered considerably from it.
At length, however, the ice embargo hss been
broken Though, and yesterday for the st time, the
stonireten, Fall River, Norwich aud New-Hsven
steanb ats resumed their tips. The excitement and
bu-tle Itch this event created in this city truly
wonderful From on early hour most of the avenues
leading TO the steamboat whsrves wese choked up by
vehicles laden with every description Of freight, bound
s. md the struggles between the drivers for priority
fierce ard dangerous. Ii will probably take several
weeks to get the whole Of the goods on the way
through to their destination. There is one single
Il, use In NowYork that has 5000 packages of tea
waiting to be- forwarded east which would willingly
psy double the usual rates to have taken on at once
But the steamboat proprietors will only take freight
AZ tie carmen bring it, showing Partially to no one.
Tie steamer G. Vanderbilt, Capt Frazee, which left
Soningon at 1890 Wednesday night, arrived at her
dock, in New.York, at o'clock yesterday morning,
being the frs Boston steamer through and the Com
nodore, Capt. Pendeton, left New.York at II a. m.
for StoniDgon, with a very large frelget on board
TLeC. Vanderbilt returned to Stonngton at O'Clock
IN the afternoon with freight and passengers, and the
Commodore left StOnington for New-York, with mails
aud passenger, from Boston and Providence last
night.
The steamer Empire State left yesterday morning at
ocIock for Fall River. The Bay State arrived from
Fall River at % NJ, and left again in the afternoon
Al o'clock.
The Connecticut Of the Norwich Line left New
Yoik for Norwich at O'Clock yesterday morning, and
the Commonwealth wss expected TO arrive here, but
not in time to leave the same evening
The Elm City and the other boats Of the New-lia-
ven line also le port yesterday, with very lars-
amount of freight on board.
OF the condition Of the East River Capt frasee oil
the C. Vanderbilt yesterday reported falling IN win
4 very large field Of ice just below Throgs Neck,
which he had some difficulty in forcing bis way
through. With that exception, he found the channel
op.u. Capt. Frazee met between Sands Point and
the Gate the following steamers in the order az thsy
are ramed: Empire State, Than lsteam-tugj, Cham
pion, Ansonis, Traveller, Cataline, State OF Name,
Ajax istsam-tug) and Connecticut. The propeller
Wan,utta, which went out on Wednesday evening tor
New Bedford, was met further TO the eastward
Sound navigation may now be considered open for
the stasou, and the steamboat lines " Boston have
rt.umed their regular daily trps
MAMMOTH STEAMER.
Tie Iseac Newton is receiving extensive sltera-
tiers eesgLed 10 increase both her speed and accom-
nc Geilos She will be cIs in two and heightened 90
feet thus making her something over 400 feet from
stem 10 iterL-ile longest steamer efoat. Anoensr
sty Of stse.Too lbs s 10 be sdded and the beannui
done Of stained glsss the upper saloon, wan DC
,c.scd TO corpsrond. When completed, she wiz r..
srue her place q night boat betweea tins c'y al"
Albany.
sAyIGArIor AT HI~AEk.
Five steam vessels at present iAd " 10 our r~