The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-28
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THE EATHER.
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NEW YORK IN A THAw.
THE CITY IN AN ICE swAMP-SHE STREETS FILLED
wITn Snow, MUD, ICE. ASHES AND rHrH-0vKK-
FLOWING OF THE GUrTERs-DHPFICULTY ON THE
CITY RAILx0AD6-RElHsSNKsS or THE AUrHORI-
TIES, ETC., KTC.
New York II apt 10 gel excited whenever storm
in this city There srs visions Of noe
In the avenues, In which fancy seshs and pretty girls
form conspicuous fes'ure and jolly rides Broadway
in huge omntbus sieghs where a classes aAd ranks
jumbled together, and the young tst frequent
them become very Prench snd rsiernai in thar manner
toward the other sex. Then the city looks 30 npeshe
pavement covered with virgin snow wtthnougaa 10 do
ract from is whitenes but the hurying segas the
hilarious passengers, mon and women, who now and
hen tumble just for the fun OF the thing" snd every
one seems TO have good time generally.
Now this 10 oil very nne while lasts,
which il not very long In iatitudss thawing time
comes and goodness, don't have to pay for raui
In this respect the last CREST storm has ended like
al others. New York hss beenIhlasious, jOlly-had
carnival-bus yesterday commenced thai most In
tolersble Of aii winter nuisanoes-& thaw.
In despite Of the warnings and cautions Of the HsRALD,
sort Of attention paid 10 the sdewalks and the
snow WAS piled heap uesa hesp over the cutters In
addition 10 this the snow thrown by several Of the
city railroads the sides Of the street. and then the ssh
carts round, ond the ashes were piled day
aer day top OF the drifts by the housekeepers.
The culvers were stopped up and with usual metro
potan stupidity, both citizens aad authorities did oil
Jhey could to make the thsw do ~ much mischief ~
possible when il did come.
Yesterday the Thermometer wss above the freezing
point all day. and the water freely and ~ might
easily have been forseen could not aow In the CUTTERS
aud consequently flooded the sidewalks, and many
good housewives basement diisd with the unwel.
come fluid During the afternoon light rain fell, lay.
ing bare the cs and makI impossible TO walk besides
Otherwise agyrHvasns the mseres Of the shaw. In the
principal thoroushsres hundreds OF borers were en-
pioyed clean the sidewalks, but in the side streets
thing Of the kind DONE and they remained last night
Ia awful condition.
The slsiThing entirely cut up and The payerasnts
covered with thick ooze composed Of ali kinds OF mas
tinsss alike unfit for the transit Of either wheels or
runners.
1t seems to be very strange thing that city great
and powerful New York, possessed Of unbounded
and wealth. should yea be completely aihs mercy
Of snowstorm Trade s tmpeded the ssreets running
with fIth every one il complaining; but, ka the
chanted city In the iairy tale, absolutely spell
bound, and can do nothing 10 rid ourselves Of cvio
Il evident 70 svery that ihs state Of
things imminent, yet no measures were taken 10
save from the pollution.
The railroads throughout the day with ths utmost
difficulty, and there danger late night If the rain
continued, that The city would DO flooded.
NEW YORK BAY IN WINTER.
THE EFFECTs OF THE LATE COLD TERM-l780, 1921,
ls67-IcY EPISODES OF BY-GosE rMEs-oUR HAR-
BOR DURIE0 THE FRO6r-wHAT OUR MERCHANTS
WILL HAVE TO DO II SUCH WINTERS oOSrISuE.
Down, down, down from zero nearly 70 the solid
mercury, or at ali events TN the dirsctou Of 1T Such
the cry from different parts Of the country. East
west north, SOUTH frozsu ndvisbly together and
disunonss cry throughout the whole country Railroads
in oil directions brought the unvary,.g Intelligence,
ssod. ;" and reiterated from day day. reminding
ofa celebrated witty TOPPER who undertook tokeep ajour
nal OF hs daily dsvoous 10 the botrs imp" Monday
drunk TuesdAy-drunk Wednesdsy-drunk, and 20
10 The bottom Of The page and then was drunk
carried over, ending dnaily with r. Swell rs all
drunk aad IN keeping account any longer" 30
with the Last cold schnap began with the 24th OF De-
cember, and Jack Frost reGnsd supreme until January
ssth, the mercury ssssosy sver exceeding twenty Do
grees above zero during thirty days
The long duration and unparalleled severity Of the
cold torn ssoss matter to In this section OF the
country New Workers. mot used 70 four sx eight,
and ten degrees below In odsn times II We eot
down 10 SIX degrees shove thought t tsrr..
bic; but now 10 % common 70 gss the other side Of
nothing, We think OF q thsw II We reach six degrees
above, and people begin 70 look alter thin clothes
All the theories Of weather wise wssaorss Including
tho immaculate Merriam himself, are, In OrtestA par
iAnce s.kiboshu" The long terms, short tsrma little
circles and great circles turned inside out and
baromees seem 10 require stretching 70 meet the ems
The 'hogsmen' was the only Thermometer and baro.
meter Of Dutch ancestors, and valuable instrument
for after carefully cKamning, t ant basng the
length, breadth ana strength 6 The coming winters Of
,hose DAYS ey iss rrsIsInes ihs Appsraiss was con
tho Oomnuspav natives had sens the Brooklyn Sage
nna pss melt early laai fall what heap Of predictions
would have saved tor he might have told ~ at
hs State Of ,hs wsshsr in advance and snsrwards re
ducsd the article into .wea." Our modern pniloso.
pn sassa mild winter and sas osoy et.ss -: ::
woods frosspg the northwest winds, ~ IN the oldsn
time, .be. NE bowling .inny gale joarnsysa nannss
Winter King has upset this plausible theory. Then
there's Mrs. Gabb.e Ia, deary me, pu, up your sleds
sesa IL snow In such cold weather shs ali my
days. veil you s VOC cold 10 snow Butn spite o the old
ei isss, wa Ne ssss.onsssr degrees ssis~ ssro
and tne Wind n The VINE blowing gale which gale
osrssi boa o. Mrs o.bblss hoops, and turned hsrss
the weather cay made maesrs wosse, or psrnaps, Dr.
Kane and hi psrty, In their haste 70 escape rcn the
ghosts q ost dsooversrs, left some door opsa In ssose
one vSs has spsss nny winters BY the bay shore and
during shs, psriod Who has soled ron dsy dsy he
peeularss and changes Of saasons and thar effect
nosss - ss
carried M bsck 70 hs winter Of is2 ssd told us how ns
had lstsaed whilst sanding % swansduck, ~ Staten
aland 10 the sAss Of The oold winter Of I7s0. Ola Mr.
Tnomas HAzAxd, opcs we'll known 10 The dwsisrs Of
Gosham y he keeper Of the Jst Brdswe Park
wss is11 up Of eighty years aee THAI rear hs
bar wss entirely closed win ce 70 thick that
mesy psrsoss fro sassn 10 Long Island upon H
Arre Parry from the nrSt mentioned isle walked theaoe
TO New Iosk asd Mr.. HAZARDS Robert vas one OF
the party. me old man wN 20 excited NJ the no
velty Of the bay being frozen over, that brought
10 hm recollection ths OF the Revolution and he
cola winter Of 80" he called Getting the high
est point he oeuiu hnd for onssvvaou ne setoaed out
bis long and his old Said ne, There ss New
York Inc British troops ssays wih cansos and
sores from the shore and Hndson rlvw
BERGEN TiAts and down the Kills and
Island and this the only road used lonx tins
By soldiers ana ne crxena of th0oe days. All the
produce u The isrmws and the ssoves from the
chass bad to pass rcm New Ycsh 70 sasea Island