New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-10

| The vin>cvs that ccmnn1ed q view az the river
yee ttrcpssd With ladies' sad many lAiies sere
driven down In bvsyies to view the eIciing scese
A. incidents ocrurrd here or there, bosts were
s'rnfk The multitude dashed through tie mud 10 ths
tpot With deaft airg shouts and yels General ~
inert prevskd. No ore oou.d calculate ho= rAry o.
the btar,ifol craft lying q; the landing mgh. sooa be
icoUce6 10 rIeeis.
Nor was the more powerful Stimulus OF persor.l
jeopardy wattirg to throw 8 nelo-iram.tic effect into
the sctpe for the ice ps1sed e. intervals 10 ia oro
Rrtss, which at times was eHtr ney rapid, dArns-or
Ttter fooiherdJ would cross or s;'enP'
70 cfcss from shore 10 the other Such sdventu
were wacbed wrh t,ea'hess interest as they stepped
from cake o. ice 10 another, struggled rervous
snorg tie snaler bz; closely packed mss:es Cries
Ct vspg and shouts Of encouragement sI1.ed the q
every tam. II comptped By dagger TO retlIn, the
sughCr Of ridruIe or II the journey was successfully
competed, the hurrah OF triumph, told how deeply ths
multitude were interested. Tie dramatic etsc, o. the
whole rss bigbtened By the accompanying musi, Of
str Whistles Changing bells, orders hoarsey vocer-
aied by the boat officers the hsrsh grating OF the ice.
AID the rattle Of hng paDks and falling spars when
tie boats were struck.
STEAMBOATS, wRICKTD.
Tie ice started from point near Sportsman Hall,
ard n6vto a distance OF q mile, when II egsn gorged
II rubted the steamers a. the wharf pretty severely
but more Of them were seriously injured. Al Fulton.
below the maine railway, there were numbr OF
steamers lying up in the bend. The ice raked these
beats te riby sinking three Of them and forcing sey-
ersl on the shore. The sunken boats are the Gypey,
aIce. She will prove total wreck. The A. W Qqs'-
rier, owi ed BY CAPT. Johnston ard valued at ysOW,
ard rsJred 70 al Co., She had on board about 100
ups Of groceries for inswa River, all OF Which badly
auaged. The steamer may be saved but she 10 II q
very dangerous position with the ice gcrged up around
her TIE little steamer james Watts was ling next
beo~ and stove in by tie guards OF the Quarter
She Is an old boat ard wo'th alb - 900; insur-
asce. The steamer Nat Holmes WAS forced on shore,
ard We think is not at al damaged.
MORE BOATS WRECKED.
TIE uext movement Of the ice was about II O'Clock
yesterday when it went eff in cold body rsk ng the
ttesmeis at the wharf and sinking the Yorktown No.
9 DuDleith, and Thom4s Shriver.
Tie yorktown No. bad large hole stove 10 her
sfaIboard at of the wheel ard in fev mit u'es was
filed with water. She was partially loaded for New
Olesns but her freight will be taken out without
'e,is damage. She was recently purchased for the
Mobile and Alsbans River trade by Capt. Deshon
who paid gil coo for her, and expended 5000 In re-
pairing and equipping her.
The Dur leith was living next below the Yorktown
bnd stove in by that steamer Her cabin was par
tally upset AID her hull twisted aud broken. She
was purchase last Summer by David Gibson Co.,
for $4,000. We understand there was no Insurance
on Der.
The Thomss Shriver, Capt. Coulter, was forced by
the Yorktown alIst the guards Of the Cambridge. by
broken by the ice and is rul of water. She will
be probably lost Valued at 81 COO, and not insured
She was Owned BY Cspt, Coulter, Terry and Guthrie.
The ttesmer Cambridge was forced on shore, but Is
not seriously damaged
The Fifth. street Ferry boat, belonging to Capt Reilly
su1k in the morning and is a complete wreck. Capt.
Reilly is taking out her machinery.
The Gonvpgton fen y-boa's Kentucky and Qneen
CITY, ard the Newport ferry boat Cincinnati, each lost
their sIboard wheel.
Quite q number Of the steamers at the wharf had
their wheels broken, guards smashed, &C.. but were
Lot seriously injured, although at tunes the ice would
rake them badly.
The boats that are lying below Millcrees have, We
under stand, sustained no IL Jury.