New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-06

TN Fs,snAr IT AIBAsy-OPEsiso of IbE mo-
,.y,s RyER-DAsA6E TO TBE ERIE RhLhoAp'-
We Team ffom Albany that the weather onrhg 'no
neg, few days has been very warm-sunday unNoA
sortably TO- Rain fell in large quantities on 0un'"y
afternoon and night, and this, assisted Oy .uo ""
weather and prolonged tbaw, completely "'V"' ~
noha,yl and the surrounding creeks anu streams
,h water ,o rise 10 fearful hight, oSer'iowmg
The hanks. carving away destroying 'he o'iuges
end ;nnndsug the country for eonsiderapie uir1"nSe
around.
re- h,;doe over the Mohawk at Fonda is completely
-. way and il is feared that, unless the water
aha,es other important bridges will share the same
t,e Up 10 Yesterday, there was no connection on the
Csnt,al Road with the trains that leave Albany, as the
sach was overlooked in many places to the depth OF
tyo aud three feet. At Albany the water Is also very
high reaching over the docks and mp Maiden lane 10
,le Office OF the Hudson River Railroad Company
Passengers are landed from the feiy-boals oil The mar
lem and Hudson River Roads by means OF planhS
Abou. I2l o'clock Yesterday afternoon, the water
begsn gradually TO subsde and It is hoped that the
freshet will not do any further damage
Below Albany, the flats are once more covered WIN
water TO a considerable depth. in many places the
feuces being submerged. We glad 10 state that the
river is not near high as was two weeks ago, ana
that the damage will be small compared 10 that caused
nv that <esbe as scores feared another rising oil the
river, and werc accordingly prepared. lnIermingled
with the floating ice below Albany are thousands Of
feet Of lumber, sticks of timber, Ogs, uproced trees
and rubbish.
From Stuyvesant TO Albany, our reporter noticed
Yesterday morning 10 lees than hundred persons IN
boats, busiy engaged in picingup what was valuable
From twenty to thirty Of these RATS ere already col
lected many being quite large and vausble some are
made of logs and heavy timber and the lumber thrown
ON top while others promiscuousy made up OF eV
ery,hpc in the shape Of wood which could be picseo
M Several sunken vessels were also observed
A short distance below Castleton, canal boat lies
on the fats near the railroad track, completely sno'
merged except one end and further north IN the rver
il snken vessel with nothing visible but her stern
A. Cestle,on another canal boat is almost entirely SUB
merged, lying nearly aongsde the dock; and about
quarter Of mile below Greenbush canal boat lies on
the land high and dry some distance from the river
The latter boat has been in this situation since the last
ffeshet-
The river all along is very high and rough. Yester
,say change took place in the weather. At H. a. NJ
snow fell at Stuyyesant, and in many places The
weather was very cold, and freezing hard
The damage done to the Central Railroad has beer
repaired sufficiently to enable the trains to make then
regular time.
Gangs Of men were employed all yesterday clearing
fhe track Of ice and repairing the road The MohawA
nats are flooded from fifteen to twenty miles along the
river between Little Falls and Fonda.
On the Erie Railroad the freshet is very severe
Several bridges have been carried away the most I'M
por,apt of which Is the susquehanns Railroad Bridge