The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-07
City intelligence

OrILNUANUE Of TIN GUILD SNAF-iCk IN EHE
RIVERS.
There yet appears TO be abatement 70 the
cold her have experisrced fer She last week The
creates. difficulty has been encountered by the ferry
boats in their attempts to navigate through the frozen
masses of Ice that fill the rivers and bay. TGere
numher OF stories about, respecting persons who,
1t IS stated have crossed the North liver foot
he ice; but of them substantiStd nor do
believe that feat has been accomplished this year
Yesterday rivers and bays were completely 6e5
with drift ice The ferry boats have made thefr trips
very regularly consc erng the immense masses tney
were compelled to work thro gh In the evening veey
large eid completely blocked up the mouth of the East
river om Governors Island to Cas- lie Garden, aud
sired stationary preventing other ice from gtting 10
the river, and leaving 1t comparatively clear above
that the ferry found little difficulty ia cros,irs
According to accounts which were yesterday given y
pcts and captains OF vessels who baa just cme from
City Island and vicinity, tse ice nithe river Hu
Gate is abundant ard solid than IT has beu tor
beneep Tents ron above he Gss to anss
Point distance of about eighteen miles Near Tarogs
Point the ice Is foot thick, and much oft covered
with of equal deph Teams can pbss oysr from
Morrisport, the west tide 70 Sands Point oo t.s
Long Island shore No De by person
looking in the direction OF the Sound from vesse
head at Hart bland About thirty vessels--bry,,
schooners, sleeps, &c-are ice bound between Sands
Point and Riker's sard smong which the folio Tics
that not reported the 23d utt:-Bcitish brig
Ellsworth, norton from Nova Scotia British schooner
Enna, from st. Johns, N B schooners S;art, f,om
port; Delaware from Rockana Lion, for Providen,e;
eloop Empire, from Southport, Conn and schooner
from Saco (nRne not kncwu) which sy6 beYonf sand
Point Also th1ee propelers, the Pelican and We5chea
ter from Providence; aud the Westernport, fcom Port
land Schooner Vulcan, with coal bound 10 Norw,ca
cut through and sunk at the pier Just below hroge
Pcint Beside the captains, who have thus iis tnoir
vessels the Of ths sea Plymouth Rock ct City
leland, having 6espeired Of getting her st present.
have dcned her. leaving her 10 charge Of but one
Two IA boat keepers
FIRE WEST TwESTYsIxrH SraxET Between IL and -
o'ct OK on Nor day night fire discovered in the
dwelling house NO 80 West street, occapisd
by Ar. l.. NJ. Walden. NO bell sisrm was given. Tho
6remen promptly bo epot, and . short time
the fre put out. The damage cone to Mr., T. NJ.
Waldens furniture otsd TO $50. He has
Of 81 600 In the Bowery Insurance Company. The
building telor Mr. John Brewer 1t is damaged about
$o and insured In the East River Insurance Company.
FIRE IN LEWIS SrRNr.-Aoout eleven O'Clock on Monday
night, Are disc e,ed In The wire railing works OF
J. B. Wickershaw No. 81 Lewis street 1t appears that
the engineer during the forenoon tina we'd out the ses
wbis le and in doing It is supposed he dropped
spark inso some tan contained N box around seini
pipe the spark set the tan fire, which kept shoulder
ing during tfe day unperceivd is timely discovery at
light doubt saved the promises rcua Destruction II
was extirgrished before 1t cid any damage
THIRD AyKs,R-Between Eve and six O'Clock on Non
day evening" xpiosion o surrounding the meter
took place No. 362 Third avenue In shoe store 20
oupeo ty Mr.. William Dittner. Mr.. D. was trying 70
tnaw out the frozen ppe and ncautiousy used an open
light which ignited the gas.
TO THE EDITOR OF THR NEW YORK HERALD
noticed In your paper os the Goth ult. in an ertice
rela ing to the nre IN the Common xesth Book BatdnS
pipe WAS nserted In the ue for ventilation We beg
to state that had not been consulted aud had
no knowledge Of such an arrangement. .,-
WlTHEauP ARMSTRONG.