Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-02-05
Affairs IN Gesrse,svp.

TIE FREsHET-Breaking mp Of Ae Ice in a.,
fOtomac-Ddmo9c 20 Property Last nig DIT oout
w O'Clock. quite unexpectedly. the ice ln the
Potomac opposite he city began TO break un,
and al ten o'clock the crashing and grIndtng
OF the Ice blocks was terrific. Ii would seem
tnat me water had been gathered above the
dis, ana giving way suddenly. came down
with force that broke mp the ice, though n
wss from twelve 10 fifteen inches thick ms
lew minutes TIE wbarves We're overfowa
anc the Ice pressing against and under them
lifted them from their foundations Their. ~
probably not a wharf between the Aqueduct
and Rock Greek that has escaped injury; ali
are doubtless more or less damaged. The YES
sells al the whlrves. which were locked an by
the sudden closing Of the RI yer, were IN danger
from the ice which was thrown against them
with grea. violence but fortunately none are
seriously Injured. Taking Observations along
the river this morning, we noticed that at higb
water, about 30 O'Clock, the water was higher
thas at any time since lo52. The ice suddenly
stopped moving and the water beg an TO 8 BE- DE-
and for miles the river presented the anp..r
ance OF an immense newly plouehed held
with here and there high banks of ice tnst
seem 70 have caught upon racks, aud in
creased in height until the recedins water Ieft
the ieeberes standing above the rough surface
The scene above the 40 ned uct was attract
ing much attention, and hundreds Of visitors
Were going 70 and from the locality. Much
interest was felt for Mrs Peggy Reynolds
whose residence for years past has been IA the
httie one-story frame house. few feet above
nigh TIDE, just weet of the aQueduct The
crashing of the ice around her d welIiug mus
have been alarming last night, but this morn
ing all was right with her family, Immense
blocks OF ice were heaped within ten feet of
her house, and an icy pyramid some twenty
feet nigh IL heaped against the abutments Of
the mrs. arch OF the aqueduct, near her house
number of hshermen's boats are buried and
probably crushed under the ice Al various
points. The mast OF a pleasure boar be-
longing TO Mr.. Poe protrudes above the
ice AT the aquecuct and q small sioop
was lifted from the river and laid upon IN.
wharf Ii 10 now impossible 70 tell what dam
age bas been done, and the river men are look
ing for q more fearful rush Of ace when the
water sss again this afternoon. There is now
al pare Nv breach in the Virginia end sf the
Long Bridge, near the drawer, bat u is small
The southern mail and passengers were
brought over the aqueduct this morning TIE
Ice seems 10 have been stay ed between Easby's
Point and the mats opposite, and In front OF
The town h 10 this afternoon a. immoyable a.
IL fixed 10 the bottom Of the river A dispatch
from Harper's Ferry, received at the ONCE Of
the collector OF the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
announces that the water there il subsidine
no harm done and the bridges all SAFE Among
me losses we hear reported thls mornsng by
the mecoeants he that of Ridgeway & Shoema-
Ker, whe have several thousand bushels Of
corn under water. Several other houses lost
email lots of gram, -four, &c.
- FLOUR AND GRAIN MARKRr.-There is but
little doing In breadstuffs to- day, the demand
FOR Hour being only OF a local character and
OF city dealers. The price lists for four and
gram are unchanged. r..r. NJ.
PoRK.-The receipts to-day are very lghi.
and sales unimportant. For prime hogs the
wholesale price lie $3.50, and retail $40 per 100
pounds. -' ... ''-s.