The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-13
The Fre.Aes, a, ,he North, Easr and West.

damage along the gunpowder tails, and tue des-
traction of the dams owned by Messrs. Patterson
& Sons, and Robert Howard, and dam No. 5 on the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. A good deal Of dam.
age was done in Maryland, and water works of III
kind were greatly damaged.
| The rise ia the Delaware, At Trenton. n. ]
took place on Sunday. The Trenton American Of
Monday says:
| 1t continued to rise from three O'Clock until abou.
fifteen minutes before five In the afternoon the
rate of three feet per hour and then the rumbling
noise of discomfort and loud threats to shake off
the chains began to be heard for miles up the river
| The people fiocked from all parts of the city, ex.
pecting every moment to witness the grand exo-
| dus ofmonstrous cakes Of ice and snow which fill
| cd the Delaware
At half past four a mighty crash was heard. and
| in a moment IS If by magic, there were heaved
up to the height of fifteen twenty feet on the
gravel" and near the bridge, huge and massive
cakes of ice, said by the Oldest inhabitants to be
| tie largest they ever saw.
But still the monarch held his captives, as If
10th to SURE nder bis reign. Loud and deep nut.
| tering continued, and At ten minutes before hve
| there was crssh-a shout went up from the hun.
| dreds the bridga and on either iank, and away
went the " hole mass, moving with gigantic power
towards the bridge. Here it was broken into
| pieces by the admirable piers of the Delaware
| bridge, The sight was majestic. The cakes Of
| ice would sometimes tower up fifteen feet, as
though determined to oust the piers, which, for
half century have bid defiance to every power
| that has attempted to test their strength The
| scene continued to delight hundreds, until the
darkness closed uponit
After night, the water rose at fearful rate. At
II O'clock it rose 2! inches in 10 minutes, and as
| feet higher than in l64l The greater portion OF
| the city was over1owed. la Ferry street, occu-
pants of houses were rescued in boats and landed
| at ths Jenny Lind Hotel. Fair, Warren, Wash
inStop and other streets, were all overfiOwe1, Gel
| lars filled. and several frame houses swept OIL
The damage Is very heavy.
| At Philadelphia there was great rise in the
| Delaware, but ne serious damage done. The rail,
road trains for New York, however, wers detain-
| ed on Monday on account Of the track being COWS
| cred with water
A dispatch dated Oswego, N T., February 9th,
says
| The ice in the river above this place broke up
| yesterday morning, and coming down with great
force tore six schoouers from their moorings, aud
carried them into the lake, besides doing much
damage to others laying in the harbor. Several
| canal boats are also loose in the lake. Seal
| boats, ell manned and prosisioned, started yes
| terday in search of then but have not since been
| heard from.
| Another dispatch, Ct the same date, from Chica.
| 60, says:
| We are in the midst of the greatest food expes
| rienced here since lS49 All the railroad bridges
| are badly damaged or entirely swept away, AID
| no trains running. The railroad bridge owe.
| Du Page river moved by the ice on Friday
night. pre- rfcptating the locomotive and six cars
| into the river. The fireman and brakeman were
drowned.
| The New Yolk Express of Monday evening
says:
The Hudson River Road is in good working or
der as far Tivoli, doing its usual business. and
no material interruption is expected portion
of the Stockport bridge, nea- Hudson, is carried
away-not over 200 feet.
The Erie Railroad is under water in Fart. No
through passenger trains 90 through. The first
train that went out was telegraphed to come
back.
The Harlem Railroad is also obstructed, and
al commun un'catien with Albany is thus suspended
There are Iumors of several bridgesbeing carried
away.
The food is terrible in the Mohawk and is bring
ing all its ice into the Hudson. Over 200 feet of
trestle work of the railroad bridge south side of
| the city OF Hudson is carried way.
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES
The following dispatches by telegraph give ad-
ditional accounts of the damage:
ROCHESTER, Feb. 10-A serious freshet has
| occurred on the Genesee river, in which several
bridges and buildings were carried over the falls
| Only one bridge is now remaining in the centre
of the city, and pedestrians are using the Canal
| Aquedact.
ALBANY, Feb. l0.-The waters are not yet re-
| cediug, although no perceptibe rise has taken
| place since o'clock yesterday. Huge masses OF
| lumber, Offices houses etc are pouring down the
y "
i, still impossible to conjecture Some days will
pass before . correct estimate Of the loss can be
| made, as the ice in the piers are piled up twenty
feet.
K. H. Pease's machine shop has been denolish-
| ed, aud valuable rnacf i1ery destroyed The Cen
tral Railroad frs light house, which is filed with
large amount Of -four and provisions, il surround
ed with water The Canal Line warehouse, on
the pier has been cut open by the ice and the con-
| tents have been carried OF
The Mohawk river is clear of ice to Schenec.
| tady.
The Hudson river was never open 30 early, but
| twice before.
The ice ia piled about fifteen feet on the Troy
and Greenbush railroad extending the entire dis
tance.
The citizens and officials here are acting ener
| geticaly 10 relieving the suffering
| ALBANY, Feb. 10-The water receded consider
| ably last hight, but it is still high. No mail bad
been received by the Hudson river railroad 1t is
reportt that two families on the Island opposite
| the city have peiished.
st Johu's church in this city is badly damaged,
| the pews having been ripped up by the water and
otherwise injured.
There Is mu n suffering from want of drinking
water. All the pipes in that part Of the city are
| eitt or frozen or submerged Large quantities OF
grain stored in the second stories OF warehouses
were flooded
State street bridge has been raised several feet
above the iron columns.
The relief committee are actively engaged in
striving to alleviate the wauss ct the destitute and
| soup houses have been opened near the flooded
Districts
| upon the recent thaw has done immense damage
la this vicinity to railroads, bridges, telegraph
wires. mails. &c w
On Friday at Aurora two bridges, saw mill, pla-
ming mill carriage factory and large quantities OF
lumber were swept off. Ii is feared that several
lives have been lost.
The Rock Island Railroad bridge and the Morris
hrf5 fha MichiY Central KALI