The New York Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1857, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7447. MORNING EDITION—TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1857.1 THE GREAT SNOW STORM. ‘The Effect on tho ity Rallroads, Ferries, Telegraph Lines, Shipping, Mechanics, Malls, Merehants and Theatres, THE METROPOLIS IN A SNOW DRIFT. INTENSE COLD HERE AND ELSEWHERE. NECESSITY OF CLEANING THE SIDEWA' «8, a, &o., ze NEW YORK IN A SNOW STORM. AN ARTIC VIEW OF MANHATTAN ISL4ND—SUPFERINGS OF THE POPULATION WITH THEIR GAS AND WATER FROZEN—GREAT S1AGNATION IN BUSINESS—PERIL OUS PROMENADE DOWN BROADWAY—CONGEALMEN OF THE OPERA—THE THEATERS UNDSR A SNOW BLANKET—TERRIBLE STATS OF THINGS GENERAL- LY, Erc., BTC, People who have not reed Doctor Kane’s excecdingly ‘nteresting Arctic explorations, cannot be supposed to . know what winter really is, or how cold we can really bo i) * gard one,” without congealing together. We make this little bit of pret & warning to those grumblers who make such terrible fuss over the Jittle flirt of a storm which we bad yesterday. Why, up at Smith’s Sound they would consider it the greatest fun im the world, Toe ungrateful Manhattaners make a terrible fuse over it, however. Up to Saturday they had en- joyed a pretty respectable style of woather, and wero flattering themselves that they wero going tc have a nico mild winter, Even the Sage of Brooklyn, with that Buneby tke wisdom for which he is so emiaently distin. guished, said, “If 20 be there will be @ mild winter. Why so? But if not, why you bad better get ready fora But they didn’t doit. They ato, drank aud were morry, and the result has been all sorts of petty » amnoyences, and turned every man into an Arctic ex- plorer for the nonce. Even as we write wo may say tho end ie not yet. Every great storm is |{ course the worst that was ever known, even as every baby ts the fattest, the hand- - somest, the cleverest and the best that was over bora {oto the world. We will only go back ® year to the «storm of Saturday, January 6, 1856. It was a fitting introduction for the now year, It commoncea on Saturday evening, and was over on Sunday morniag— certainty = more comfortable style of storm than that which nas lately visited us. More snow fell in 185, but the storm in other respocts wasn emallaiair, The storm * of 1867 rises to respectability ia comparison, and wiil be considered the greatest ever known—till the ‘tone. Apy one who happened to be out last Sunday night, can testify to the violence of the biting northeasterly wiod, aad the peculiarly and decidedly allectionate properties ©! the snow, which was iiner than any impalpable pow- dor ever group: by a chemist. The stroets wore almost deserted. Even the accommoisting gentlemea wno in- quire the timo of night in dark places, and thon garoite you, were forced to shrink away to low barrooms, and thero drown their disgust at the duliness of trade with Potations “ potile deop.’’ The celd was #0 \atense that the gas p'pos refused to do their office. Many of the ‘Stroet lamps stepped out altogether, and direful were the Jameniations in pumerous modern improvement houses ‘when {t was ascertained that the water woulda’t run aud the gas wouldn’t burn. We are speaking now of those woll to doin life. The ‘Suflerings of the poor are beyond description— reg wreiches, wheresoc’er you are ‘the of this piciiese storm, low shal) ch apa cheb beads, aod anfed you Your loop’d and window 'd raggedness, defe From seasons such as these. * © © * Take physic, ‘That thou nuke porting dep aoy » And show the heavens more just. Jn pinin prose, ye that have the good things of this life —Who toast your toca at the glowing anthracite—wh ‘onwrap yourselves in furs—who have doable windows and patent beators—who fare sumptuously every day—re- membor the poor ye have always with you, Returning to our muttons aad ovr snow storms—albeit the storm commenceu on Sunday, but few suspected its intensity. Everybody, except journalists and firemen, ‘tuck {ast to the chimney corner, and concludod that it would be all right in the morning, which it decidedly ‘wae not. The moraing opened even more gioomily than the night had closed im. Av.'mmense snow cloak covored the city from King’s Bridge wo the Battery. The wiad swopt acrons the island tn (ierce gusta, and drifted the snow in some places to the depth of three or four fest. Up town residents looked in vain for early stages or city cars. Gentiomen residing above Thirtieth street, with notes to pay down town, ‘flattened their nosos gloomily against the snowed.up window panes, reluctant to go out, and ashamed to stay at home, The denizens of Harlem Morrisania, Carmansyilic, Fordham, and other olassioa! Jooalitics in the “syliabubs,”’ exportenced the delights of rural felicity in ® most pointed manner, How the gentlemen who came to their business by soa fared is told elsowbere. Broadway, below Fourteenth sircet, usually so light, 2) gay, 30 cheerful, presented « moet dismal aspect. The wind bad « ciean sweep from river to river the fine particles of snow were whirled into your oyos, Your wostrile, under your gloves, invide your shirt col- lar, while pedestrianism, without some knowledge of the science of rope dancing, was almost a physical imp2s- aibity. The shops were blocked up with enow and looked deserted by all the world—the theatres and hotels pre- vented qually woe begone appearance. A small nom. ber of omuibuses were running with double teams of horses, and drivers rolled up tothe eyebrows in fare and blankets How they can discharge their multifarious dutier— involving the care of s four.in hand, looking out for people who want to get out and those who waut to get ip—exohanging money—avoiding al! sorta of obstruc- tone, in the torth of a snow storm so thick that the sharpest eyes could not discern any object half a block ahead, passcth our comprehension. We are of opinion that they must have the tn- ‘vulnerability of Achilles, heel and all—theyhands of Briwreus and the head of « bank teller—all for ton sbil- linge © Gay, and long days at that, Decidedly there should be a grand testimonial gotten up for the omalbur drivers. Pheton, Jehu and all those other ol: coachoes ‘wore nothing to them. They never would have driven Pharoah's chariots into the Red Soa we'll be bound. They would have landed him safe st the South ferry conte que coute. Some fow sturdy pedestrians orsnyed a Rroadway promenade, ehie ily to oo how it seemed nader unfavora- ble crowmstances, [)iMoult was the task, The wind was almost strong enough to take one off his foot, and the cold was eo intorse ae to make the mont brisk exercise necermn-y to keep np the cir. culation in the extrem tun made @ moet disreputable fi to bara ® bole through the sky, which color of ten lead, Bat few of the fair sox ventured forth, but they Atood the storm with much more fortitude then tie mon, ‘The sex bas any amount of Intent fortitude, and we bave often thought that & women’s expedition after Sir John Franklin would be apt to find him ifhe is findabie. Some o/ ‘the atrong minded women might find the open polar seas capital piace to cool off In, and they could found a repub lle of their own, without the slightest difouity. ‘The storm was too revere for young New York to bring out Bie feet trotter, with the new sleigh, whicd he has deen so long snxious to parade in the Fifth avenue. No Private equipages were to be seen in Broadway, the dry- foods clerks leaned lazily over the counters, the police- ‘men sheltered themselves in the warmest nooks, °F shivered over barroom fires, ® few rowdies in the stage slcighs made desperate efforts to how! out a drankea choras, but the weather was too hard even for ‘that insane jollity which is tnoited by bad whitkey; ail- together it wasa desperate, villanows, snowy, blowy, toy, muloidal, nasty, windy, shivery, freezing, disgusting, arecefal, melancholy, absurd, vile, ridiculous, ‘Agrecable, unmitigaied hambug of a day. Down town be merchants had ‘change as osual: nothing could sus- end the worship of Mammon, but tho retail trade was done up. Tho Opera congealed—not to be thawed ont till ‘Wodnesday—everybody that bad a home and a fire clung folk, There were no arrivals, no oars, no mails, no 140%, 80 news, me nothing. Ii wat & sort of saturmalis was the for Jack Frost, an ill wind that blow nobody any good, and everybody more or less harm. Even tho sleigh bells, the music of which makes a snow carpet bearable were not to be heard. doubi about the existence of any such thing as a Fourth of July, and belleve that the Declaration of Independence had been superseded by a decree of the Ice King, Suoh storm ts an immense drawback to city, and it will take us several days to got all straignt again, In the mean time we urge upon the police the ne. cersity of seeing that the sidewalks are cleared. 1% 1s thelr duty to take care that the ordinance {s enforced; and we would also say to the shopkeepers in Broadway aad elsewhore that they will flad thelr trade tmproved vy clearing away the great snow drifts in front of their stores. pipe and an Irishman atteched, may keep a stout fellow out of the Almshouse, and bring back several dollars to the capitalist. . business, causes intense auile people, and isan immense nuisance to everybody, but much of tts horrer may be ameliorated by the liboral use of common sénse and snow shovels. fry them. P. almost an impossibility; stages were ridiculous, even wiih four horses, and sleighs found too much and too soft ‘snow in many places, and none at all in others. TI It was a day to make any one ie business of the Afow shillings spent for a snow shovel, with a A grea! storm is bad enough; it arrests many kinds o” ig to thousands of poor THE TEMPERATURE. This storm bas not only been the most violent within the memory of the present generation, but is also vapa ralleled im the severity of the temperature. Years we have not had such weather. cold soaps and severe ones, but none so continuous as this one; we bave had violent hurricanes, but none so protracted; we have had snow drifts, but none so un- Pleasant as the one that now nearly b urics our city, For thirty There have beon This cold speli properly commenced at 10 o’olocx ‘M. on Saturday, when the mercury marked 10 degrees, and by the following morning had fallen 6 degrees velow zero. It ran up to 4 degres above zero by 10 A. M.,, Sunday, and continued at about that point for thirty hours, mot varying over two degress dur- irg all that time. During Monday afternoon the weather moderated slightly, and at 11 o'clock last night the mer- cury marked 15 degross, with the wind blowing a gale from the west, and the stars shining brightly in aciear table of the temperature. - 10 degrees above zero. + 6 degrees below zero. +. ZOrO. 4 degrees abovo% ero. 4 degrees above z co The snow, whieh feel in the afternoon heavily, stopped shortly alter nightfall, and {i cleared up wita a cold dry weeterly wind blowing. THE CITY RAILROADS. New York wasin a terrible condition yesterday for want of vehicular accommodation. Railroad cars were Pedestrian could move along faster than any of them, particularly where the wisd came rushing round the corners of bye streets, laying hold of his coat tails, and sending bim sailing swifily over the snow. But the cars began to get out towards noon, with six horses, and tn some cases eight barnessed to them, and suvw ploughs going before to clear the way. FIRST AND SECOND AVENUE. This lire ram cars every five minutes on Sunday after. neon until the track was blocked up with snow, about 6 PR M., when they ram four horses to esoh car uat!l twenty minutes to 1 o’clook In the morning. Yesterday they ran five cars instead of thirty, their usual number, and six horses were harnessed to cach. Several hundred men were em) lyed in clearing the track, which, passing through various narrow bye streets, required the snow to be carted of). As much as $5 a cart was offercd yes- terday afternoon by the company, but with few takers. This line deserves praise for its ondeavors in keeping the track open against such obstacles as the rarrow stroots furnish, THIRD AVENUE. Only a small number of cars were runing on this route yesterday, nearly all of these stopping at Pear! or Chambers street. Tho sleighs, however, became {re- nent, particularly towards evening. FORTH AVENUE. The iate complaints against this company have appa. rently waked them up. A little after noon, yesterday, they sent a snow plough along the track, followed by » car with eight horses, and this was kept up every hour until midnight. We trust such determination will be an earnest of future amendment. SIXTH AND EIGHTH AVENUES. ‘These cars kept running all day at intervals, with six, horses to each car, RAILROADS OUTSIDE THE CITY. ‘Two trains were embedded in the snow in the Harlom Railroad, botween that place and New York, and several trains were also caught in the same predicament between the Harlem river and Morrisania. On the Hudson River Railroad we learn that owing to the severity of the storm no trains left the city yestor- day, nor were any upon tho rosd. If the storm abate evory exertion will be made, today, to despatch the 140A. M, Albany train from Thirty Oret street—not from Chambers street, as usual. THE NEW JERSEY CENTRAL RAILROAD. All operations om tals road have deen suspended si noe Saturday evening, cavsing much inconvenience to thou. sends residing in Elizabeth, Plainfleid, Kasten and many other towns along that section of the country through which the Central Railroad rams. The ferry between this city and Elizabethport hes ceased, so that it is im. possible for persone to travel on this railroad even though the track should be cleared of the vast heaps of snow that encumber it. The steamboat Wyoming, of this route, attempted to Proceed to Elizabethport in the face of the storm yester. Gay morning, but the weather was found to be too severe, pilot was obliged to + ‘bout ship’? and return to New York. Aathe Wyoming proceeded down the bay, the beavy mastes of joe floating bere ana there, in im menee Golds, prevented much headway being made, ‘The wind, too, increased with terrific violence, and drove the tee with fearfal weight against the hull of the yoesel. The Wyoming bad proceeded about halfway betwoon tis city and Robbing reef, when the danger of founder. ing Amidat the jee became 80 ANpArent to the officers in command and the passengers on board, that it was de. termined to pot back for pier No, 2 North River. But even this was not accomplished without much danger and trouble, So strong was the wind, and #0 heavy was the ce, Uhat It regired mil the skill and energy of the crew to keep the boat from going ashore at Oyster island. The combined forces of the wind and ice well nigh proved ‘ianatrous tovhe Wyoming, hor pastongers aod crew. However, the danger was wenthered in eafty, end the beat succeeded in returning to her pier in safety, The result of the Wyoming's attempt to reach Kilsabethport Put all idene of recommencing operations on the New Cental Railroad ont of the question. An effort will probably be made to communicate with ili zabethpor to-Cay. Moanwhile such residents of New Jersey aa are unfortunate enough to be placed in embryo, will have to remain satisfied with hotel fare until thoy can reach their more comfortable homer. THE CAMDEN AND AMPOY RAILROAD. ‘The John Potter hae remained at hor wharf, Pier No. 1 NR. sinoe Saturday evening ; « fact which has led most pertons to believe that all operations on the Camden and Amboy Railroad have ceased for the present. The severt ty of the storm, together with the pregonce of an unusual quantity of ice in the bay, prevented the steamboat on thit line (rom making any trips yesterday. From present appearances there is little prospect of any communication being bad with Amboy for the next two days. The strong ‘wind from tho sorth and north west bas driven large quantities of thick joe into the kills, amd rendered navi- gation a mort hopeless tusk, We understand an effort Will be mace to got the Johm Potter of today, but it ie thought the attempt to reach Amboy will be fruttiess, ‘Tho dock of this railroad company, at the foot of Battery piace, If covered with buce piles of freight which have ac. cn me lated since Saturday afiernooy, The pier was visited by anxiout hundreds yesterday, Who were shut ont from their homes, but they received bet little encouragemen; from the employees of the gompaay. of the city was the most Arctic imaginable. NEW YORK AND ERIK RAILROAD. ‘This road is also blockaded with snow. No tiains Joft the Jersey Oy depot during the day or evening, ‘Thet rain whioh left Patterson a} 8 o'clock ysstorday morning did uct reach Jeasey City until 714 o’cloek P. M. ‘The Cincinvat! express due at 010 P.M., om Sunday reached Bokokus, 24 miles from Jersey City, at Go’olock yesterday ovening, with their locomotive attaobod, and got fast inthe smow. No train left Jersey City on. this road yesterday. There would be no milk tral im this moraing. THE NAW JERSET RATROAD. ‘This road is badly blocked up with snow, espscieily in the Bergen cut. The train from Phtiadelohia known a the “ Ow! Train,” due at 6 o'clock A. M. Jersey City, did wot leavo Philadelphim, The first train which reached Jersey City from Newark yesterday wa at 3% o'clock P.M. Two trips were afterwards made be tween the two places, The usual trains did not leave Jersey City yesterday during the day. The 6 o'clock P M. train for Pbiladelpbia left as usual, and whon \ast heard from had reached Newark. yontorday, at THE FERRIES. ‘The appearance of the dooks yesterday on either silo South aod Wert streets were almost entirely desorted; hore aad there one or two men might be seen standing at the door of a liquor store, and staring at the solitary passor by, 98 though questioning his right to bo out in such weather. Doge, which generally have busiacss injthe neighborhood of the docks, stayod at home yesterday, and but fow horses were seen fulfilling thew destiny. The shipping was frozen in and immovable. The snow haa drifted into the dooks and piled itself ngainst the vessels’ sides; the decks were covered, the spars and rigging thickly frosted, and not a being appeared to break the rolitude and melancholy of the scene. Wherever an open space could be found, there was a field’ of ice; for the wind whistled over it, gathering up the snow in its course and hurling it Into the side streets. These were impassable te avght but seven league boots. All business was at a siand-etill, An entire city seemed shroaded im Arctic death. ‘Tho North and Kast rivers were des orted, save tom fow ferry boats We say afew, because most of them are laid up, having either damaged themselves in the ico, or the state of the river preventing their putting off. The following is the list of the ferries, and the number of boats rupping yesterday. FAST RIVER FERRIES. BROOKLYN, FROM CATHSRINE 811. On Sunday, one boat was run every half hour. Yor terday two boate left every quarter of an bour, until 10 P.M BROOKLYN, FROM FULTON FERRY. ‘The boats ran pretty regularity on Sunday. On Monday, they left either side as quickly as porsibie, but at half- post two in the afternoon, the moat powerful boat of the company, the ‘‘Nassau,’’ broke her sbaft in the ice, Sho was fortunately close to the pier and bad but little dif culty in landing her paseongers. ‘This forry 1s the only cer means of reaching the Long Island shore at such Umes as the present, BROOKLYN YROM GOUVPRNEUR STREET ‘This line is now closed, ard bas been £0 siace int saturday week, BNOOKLYN FROM ROOSEVELT STRERT. Only one beat is running, makivg ax frequent trips as the state of the river will permit, No poat rau yentorday afer 9 P.M. BROOKLYN FROM WALL STREET, The approach to the joot of Wall street, gencrally 10 full of life, was (be most derolate imaginable. Not a per- son was to be seen, and it was with diiliculty tbat our ro Porter reached the ferry houso, The wind nad blown the snow down Wall street, and piled it op againat that building and the approaches; there wae po paiuway ii tho IMerally untrodden anow, and the lege penetrated t the keen at each step. The building when reached war found to be deserted, no boais running either yosterday or the day before. WROOKLYN FROM WHITRMALL. The walk from Wall street to South terry was anything but pleasent; no open doors, no rencontres by the way, all silent, snowed tn, and cheerless, The snow {s untrod den tm the neighborbood, for the eatire traffic of tho line ROW patronizes the Fulton ferry, The Battery is an awful object to contemplate, Tho occupants of the va ricus fruit stalls about the railing were absent, and the Storm King has become tevant, filling up the sheds and rolling the snow against them in groat heaps. Tho en- closure is impassable, and nobody soems to have at tempted entering it. A field of ice stretches from the shore {ar awsy isto the bay, and the snow toe lics thickly upon ff, making the white field appear illimitiess. The Battery bears a melancholy aspect, and the locality would be entirely deserted but for a few omnibus sleighs which arrive there from time to time—no donbt out of reapect for ar old custom ; there oan be no other reason. WHLIAMERURG FROM GRAND STREWT. One boat only was runing yesterday and Sunday. On the Division ayenve line two boats ran as frequently as the too would permit them, WILLIAMSUURG FROM HOUSTON #TRBET, There is but one boat running on this line, WiNKAMENERS }NOM PECK OLR. Four boats occasionally ron, but thres of them are now iaid up repairing—iwo at the Novelty Works, the other at the company’s dock. These throe were all damaged by the ice. The Oneeta war the only one ranning yee terday, at long intervals, vutil 11a. M, when her stop cock burst, and she war unable to suii unt 4P.M. We are informed that this ferry, at this season of the year, is suspen dod about two thirds of the time. NORTH RIVER FERRIES. On the North river all the ferries have been obliged to Mop rapning, with the exception of the Jorsey City and Parclay street to Hoboken. West street wears the same dererted, melancholy lock a# South—the vory joa‘ers, even, being removed awsy from the corners, und grog shops baving apparently disappeared from the neigh- berbood. STATEN ISLAND FERRIES. Govprocr Rodman Price’s proposition to annex Staten Island to New Jorecy, eceme to have met wi oreble consideration from Jack Frost, for the wind which gen- from the North river into East Socbange and now blows it towards the signaied by Koesuth az ‘that lovely put exposed island" On Saturday night last the wind changed from north. Went to northenst, rotting all the drifi tee in the bay to. warde the eastern shore. A strong gale, backed by tho thermometer at four degroes below zero, held it there #0 firmly togetber, that ali communication with our city on Sunday became an impossibility. Several accidents o0- ourred om the shore of the \riand: amenget oubers, ice parted the moorings of a brig and & schooner, both of which were lying at the Pebiic Store dock and carried them along the thor ‘ar down as the steambont do x at Quarepting landing, both vorsele being damaged At the present time there i a large pumber of outward boend vessels Iping of the veriour wharvor on the ieland, and three or tow. boate are f steamboat Huntress Bae ran into the ferry fm ing tn the Josephine alto: eantward for some time to come, it l# I boats will suecsed In keeping im their present ood The sicamboot Henchback attempted to leavo Vader. Divs landing ‘at 8 A, M., on Sunday merning, but the tide being out, the wind and loo pressed bor #0 close | thore, the wan obliged eventually to take the back track At bigh water abe was & little more sncoeseful, for afte two hours’ herd Mghting with the packed joe, she reached the Quarantine land'n; From this point, as far as the eye covld reach the bay seemed tobe & solid mage of ee, and and af a snow storm was about commencing aptain decided on pot vemturing ont farther until the following morning. This wee asad misfortune to the Staten Islanders, for they jately been crowing loudiy about their regular tion, every hour and« baif, with this city, ghing at the reporte of ferries to Rrookivn and Williamaburgh being clesed up by the ice, But it is thetr toro now. Jack Frost bas got them on lee shore; and tf be continues to bold the wind east, and the thermome- ter at zero, af it wee Sonday and part of yesterday, he will soon clos mouths about Brooklyn, Jorsey Oly, &c., and force them to wee thelr lege instead of steembents, The oldeet inhabitants declare that such ‘weather was never belcre experienced upon the island in their recollection, nor was the thermometer known to slay at vero all day, with an cast wind, whilst a snow storm occurring onder such cirenmetances upset a!! pre vious catoviations. ion. Tho Staten Islandere were indebted to Captain MoLane for their Suypay’s Hmratp, He mado two trips in the Huguenct, a Port Richmond boat, on Sunday, one up and One down, landing the passengers at (Re Public Store Dook, On the evening of tha, day, the imhabitants were seriously thinking of walking to thie city om Monday and faving thelr sixponces, The same snow storm which fillod Our et: cets pave them a benedt also, and individuals inform Us that the drifts on the roads aro in many places seven feot deep, One gentleman, residing at New Brighton, says that flading no boats left his part of the island for Now York, yesterday morning he started for Quarantin> Janding with a horse and wagon, but socn found th Snow drifts ware too deep, and he was foroed to return. ‘Twelve individuals then started for Quarantine on foot, Several gave in bofore gotting half way, but efter ono hour of what our informant describes as ‘the hardest walking he ever experienced,” six of thom arrived st the boat, but only three ha (ho courags to leave in her. This was th Hunchback, and abe put off with about thirty passongors 9110 A. M. yestorday morning. Among those on boar’ were three patent-safo men, let out of Richmond jail yes- terday morning, after undergoing six months imprison. ‘ment. The trio were in full susamer costume, white hats, Nght inexpressibles, and minus ovorooate; they wore protty woll known to all on beard, and wore given as wide a birth as possi! After sailing about the bay Ourlpg some two hours and a half, the Hunchbaoi ap- proached Whitehall, but a dense snow storm came on, which eee the pilot even the bows of tho r against Bodioe’s Ta ®pot they reached at about one o'clock. moored toa of tor ts, and the passengers bad to cross them to reach the shore. The change in the wind, howe: is rapidly clearing the ice out of the course of the boats, and before long they will be enabled to resume their regular hour and a half trips. AN ARCTIC JOURNEY FROM SPATEN ISLAND TO NEW YORK. On Sunday inst two residents of Staten Island—tho one ‘| member of the press, the other a member of tho express (not Express newspaper, but express businese)—started from that lovely but exposed island to go tothe city. The hour of departure was about baif-past 2, P. M.; the con veyanoo——. It was fondly hoped that the Hunchback, which bad been firing up all day, would go off at last; ‘and the travellers went to look at her, and just arrived in time tosee her ten yards from the wharf. Tho agent ‘was on board, apparently agitated; there was a melan- choly consolation afierwards in seeing her fast in tho ico, between Quarantine and Stapleton. Next bope was the line on the north ‘Through @ protty hard storm the wayfarers drove to New Brighton, where the Mugue. not was due, but where she not, On inquiry, tb turn- ed out that Captain Charlie McLean, skipper, bad said he would go up at any cost: and Captain Charlie Mclean being reputed a man of great courege and determination, the travollers waited patiently. Just as their patience became exbausted, in came a gentioman with a yellow beard, the end much trosted; be said the Huguenot had Jeft him behind, and would soon be here. More patience, efter this, and a good deal of interest in the man with the yellow beard. But 4 o'clock came, and the Huguenot did not; £0 the travellers resolved to go to her. jw, at her own dock at Port Richmond; with three incher ef snow on her deck, her crew with their wives, and Charles Mclean bearing up ‘against the cold at « red bot tavorn stove with a whiskey rkin. £0 nothing was to be done with her, Here the travellers raiged their voices, and strove to tempt the Richmond chivairy to ‘erry them across to Bergen. The Richmond chivalry recived the travellers’ ciler with severe goorn and an accumulation of negatives, No boat couldn't never cross there noliow,”’ was the genera! rense of the assem >ly round the red bot stove As A¢am was tempted with an apple, so the Rich. monders were tempted with cider, or something stronger. They became argumentativ: they reasoned with th» travellers, and warned them that their lives would surely be Jeet im attempting to cross. The gentloman of the ex prees raid he would pay anything. The gentlemen o ‘the press, being practical, anid five dollars, Captain Charles Mclean twisted a red shaw! round bis throat and went out, it blew the words down one’s tbreat, snd the ruow fell at the rate of an inch a minute But two Jade, of eighteen or twenty, in a skiff used for svmmer ishing, sang out: *'All right, come along, we'll take you acrose.’” In the North, the travel through snow, ice, water, and sludge is easy enough: everybody is used to it, aod canoes voyagewrs, paddies, boat-hooks sro all perfect Iteannot be dessribed asa warm amusement; but it is ente. We set out bravely enough, cach holding the boat, aad making ber siide briekly over the snow-covered ico. After a few momen is travol, tbe co broke, and the member of the preta put bis foot ia it, and bis leg teo. He was vp egain directly, and the party dashed on, the snow and sleet being severe when down wont the member of tha express. He bad scarcely recovered himaolf, when bis companion went down ag ‘and the crew lookod round rather dismayed, both travelers being wet to the middie, 4 not half the journey lo « fow moments our and dragged himself out with difficulty. The chief boat- man falling in too, It was decided to abandon the ice, and ail four yoyagers took to the boat. New dificulty, The ice made a potnt of breaking when it was wanted to held, but was as tough asa rock When we wanted to bronk It. Of course the juvenile doatmen bad no axe, Alter some exoeriments, the most efeotive inetrument was (ound to bo the heels of the head boatman, plied aiteruately wpon the ise ahead. Rate of progress, the other three men pushing, » foots ad reached the edge of tho hard ice, and wore ‘eto the slush, which the wind bad driven into retty dense mare, ce night eet (0, A tow morestrokes and ould be safe. But to our horror, the boat, which hed moved more slowly tham ever, on approsching the slush, refused t» move et all when jere init. A ferious wind biew directly im our teeth, and jammed us agsinet the edge of the harder ice. Neither paddies nor Dost book bad the least effect upon the ice or upon the kit, Some one shouted justly for help. hal iog distance of the Jersey # After @ moment, answored—<Aye, aye.’ But wouli anybody Out on such a night’ Cowl they elp us It was necepsary to keep moving io order to evry! the ball hour that we mes; wali at all @ven ed at the paddies aud boat hooc, and *plaeh, and frore ovr Sngers; then At firet the answer came ae before “ aye, eye.”’ But iatterly there wae no answer. Siorm apd night bad bid the hore (rom ue, | wae plaia wo ibought that tbe shore poopie had poue home. Wo were within borewarce You going to cave peope 1 .freexe to death bere Ne X e boye eat down = T pever tnw a fece ro full jo anguish end terror. [he member of the ex erved & galino ae, bad worked " CVOry one, did not speak now * migh ATmple: When & loed, w shore. Jove! bow w 4nd om they came, pubing like bray Invi Riccay ahead—cos truating tnemselves tn tho alush, hot creeping round opposite to where we were, and throwing wea rope, Ii wae ail they could do to got us answered them follows. ur alterwarde we Wore In the warm parlor of hergen Point, to whore extreme kin’ tha: we wore able to pursue our journey. 4 warmed, we made the ree we owe Clotbed, fed hes an bard work to carn every earn that, be will never rom any risk of being im the Predwoament of bis Biblical namesake After the uavai detention at the Jersey Oity forry—an bour and a balf—we arrived in the city balf an hour be- ' idnight; making pine houre from Clifton, Island: very profoundly im with the advantage of reaid ing im the rural } THE STORM AND THE TELEGRAPH. 1, was expected that the violence of the storm would Hop telegraphic communication, as ihe wires suspended o@ poler are at el! times lable to derangement from ex- treme sintes of the atmosphere. The tolograph can never be wholly depended opon until the wires are laid ‘under ground, and a little arithmetic would casily prove to the companica that the money spent in one yoar for Tepaire, would be gufficiest to permanentiy locate the wires under ground in manner as to provide ‘againat al) accidents for years to come. We learn the following fhots with regard to the tele graphe f The New Yok oud Boston (House) Telegraph, No. 21 Wall street, worked slowly during the day, but sone of the po'es were broken down, though the storm was very violent along the route, The America’s news from Hall- fax came through without much trouble, Hovse’s New York and Washington Printing Telegraph also worked well during the day. The Merchants’ Marine Telograph to Sandy Hook and the Highlands did not fare so weil. Being ox- posed to the full fury of the storm along the ceast, the poles were biowa down, and to make matters worse thero was no means to get at thom to repair, as the New Jarsey railroads found 't im. Possible to run their traing, This state of things con- tinued til! a inte hour last night. It is generally supported that several ships are upon the shore, and it was very desirable that communication should be had. The line will probably ba repaired to day, ‘The New England and New York Union Telograph, No. ‘23 Wail street, war in goo: order to the cast: ‘The National telegraph to Washingvon, No. 23 Wall street, though {? worked slowly, transmitted ail neces- sary messages. © New Yor's and Erie also worked woll. The New Ycrk end Washington magnetic wat also stopped froin the time the line opened in tho morning. It was impossibte to tell whore the line was broken. No moesage was gotten through until late tn the ovening. It could easily have been remedied during the day were the New Jersey Railroad ruaning. As this is the great Soutbern line ali the cities below Washington were cut oi, The New York State I’rinting Telegraph, No. 23¢ Wall street, was open during the day. TOTAL STOPPAGE OF THE MAILS. Up to midnight yesterday, not a single one of the groat Northern, Kastern, Western or Southern mails due on Sunday night and yesterday had arrivod, with the sing!o exception of the Southern aud Washington mati, which camo in at 1\}; o’olock on Saturday to Jersey City, over the New York and Philadephia road, an hour anda half bebind time, Tho conductor reported that he had the om- gine Pennington, and five passengor cars woll filled, with which he oame through drifts five and six feet doop. The Eastera mail due at + o'clock yesterday morning, over the Now Haven roads did not arrive yesterday at all. Great eflorts were made toclear the track, with but Mitle success, as the wind drifted tho snow back upon the eleared spots and the work had to bo done over ogsin, Laat evening, at 5 o'clock, a train left the depot in Canal sireet, but what success it bad we could not learn, ‘The train on the Erie road due at 11 o'clock on Sunday evening bad not arrived last night, nor any of the four trains due yesterday, Most of the locomotives were out on the road snowed in, A passongor train was at Patterson at noon unable to preceed, and a number of locomotives were sent out on the road, and fipaliy succeeded in bringing the train to Jersey City. No trains were sent out during the day, nor will any leave be/ore this evening. A large force of Inborere will be put on to-day. yZhe telegraph is down across the river, and messages have to be sont to Jersey Cty. On Sunday there was no trains ran on the Hudson River Toad, snd conscquently no trains were detained. An at- tempt was made to clear the track yesterday, but tt was found not to be feasible. This morning a large force of laborers will be put on, and it possible the 11:40 A. M. train irom this city will leave the fhirty-tiret strect de. pot. No veins 8 through, c Long Island Ratlroad stopped running, and it is doubtful matter whother it will get started again in & month. to cave A’bany untii the Now York Torcum cS regerd tho malls, there wore none arrived or left the city yenterday ‘The following matla had not been reosived up to half past ten pight:— gt From Boston, due about 6 A. M., and 63 P. M. From Philadelphia, due about 63¢ A. M., noon, 71°. St, 4 944 P.M. From albany, due about 11:60 A. M., 3:10P. M, 5 P. M., apd 10:46 P.M, Prom Chatuem Four Cerners, due at 4P. M dine 18th, at 3 P.M; 19th at 7 A. M., Ene Ral!r . 104 P.M, 7 P.M, avd LOX PM, THE THEATRES LAST NIGHT. THY OPERA. ‘The Malin Opera season at the Academy of Musis war announced to commence last evening, under the direc tion of Mr, Strakosch, with Parodt as Lucrezia Borgia, and « very large number of placos had boom secured in advence, but on accourt of tho severity of the storm tho initial representation has been postponed till Wednesday. ther as we bad yesterdey. BROADWAY THEATRE. Perhaps no stronger proof could be givon of the popu larity of Mr. Forrest than the crowded house which at. tended bis representation of “‘Macbeta’’ last night, Toe ippeared to bave no terrors for amovg whom wae a large repre- The pley selected is one of Mr. sentation of the fair sex. Forrest's favorite pleces, aud it i# sufficient to say that he fully sustained the reputation he bes acquired.) by bis periortancs of the principal character. Hia firat appoar ance ca led forth an enthusiastic welcome, and he wag frequently applauded throughout the play.’ The stato of ibe weather and the iarge aadience tiken together, wis, Paget one of tho mort gratiiying compliments which © covld have received, particularly ae ono balf ine places of amusemente in the olty were closed for want of Apectators, NIDLO'S GARDEN, ‘The performance for the fret time in this theatre of the “Mountain Syiph’’ was attended by « rather small audience. Thit, however, did not intorfero with the ruc: conn of tbe piece itaelf, which, #0 far as the ropreseatation ‘Wen concerned, was deserving #f all the applause it re. ceived, Tho “Mowniaia Syiph’? ts, as tho bille inform ur, romantic grond"opera, in throe acte, by Joba Bar- Bott, and depende to a great extent for Its success upon ite ecenic effects and trassformations. The scenery is very brilliant, and the transformations were sccom iabed with a repidity that bad something lite magic in it, Mire Louira Py: or and pang the part of holia, tbe “ Mountata Sy!pt ‘wilh ber usual success, and wae woil -oriained by Mr. Guilmete, Mr. Hornoastic and the whole comy any. BURTON'S THEATRE. An adeptation of the “Marble Hoart,’’ entitled “Virtue and Vice,"’ was announced to be performed at this theatre last night. In consequence of the storm Mr, Burton con cluded not to open bis theatre, and the ploatore scokers Vice” is announced WALLACK'S THEATER, In consequence of the closing of the other places of tmurement on Broad tis bayou theatre secered aa audience of some four hundred persons, about (ify of ‘whem were formales, ‘‘Hinwatha’’ and a pretty burietta entitied the “‘Mirchief Maker’ were performed, alsoa {arco with the suggestive title of “Coo! as a Ove ” ‘The actors all ebivered through thotr parte very credita- bly, and the audience at one time mustered force enouga to encore & song of Mrs. John Wood. BOWERY THRATER. Jobn Brougham had a capita! Doate Inet evening, sidering the state of the weather, the attractions being Maro,’ and the Guemakor of Movcow.'’ The par- tog of ladies in the dross peatre ty Wierably dled. The same programme for DAMAGE TO n main p ROTON MAIN PIPE Dird avenue burst yoaterday d the water came rash 8 email river, watt Ww near Jones’ Wood, where it ran of ke’ distance below Righty: (irst strest, tho Ard ice wore cighteon inches doep, affording moecroent fer the small boye of the neighbor The Crot morning a' 2 down ACCIDENTS. FOUND PERISHING FROM COLD. An unknown man, about thirty years of nage, was fourd iste on Sunday night, iying inronsibie, tn Twenty-fourth street, near Third avenue. His fase froen, and be was anable to speak. ed bim to Bellerue Hospital, whore , De died at noon yerterday About 12 o'clock the tame night, an eideriy man, | bamed Joseph Swift, was foond by the Fifth ward police, exbansted and perisbirg, in am area in West Broadway. When diseovered bw G8 and feet were frozem, an! he was taken to the station house and properly cared for THE SNOW STORM IN BROOKLYN. The snow drifted in heaps of two to four and dive feet in depth In some localities, whilo other portions are bare, and cobble stones aud fiagging of tbe sidewalks visible. Pedestrianiom wae arytbing but pleasant durieg the morning hours, and ridirg not any bette Vebioles bad hard work to get aloug with dovble teame, aad wore fre quentty stalled in the heavy @rifie, The raWroads are so ‘The Opera is too delicate a plant to flourish in such wea-_ i PRICE TWO CENTS. compactly covered that it will take a day or two's hard work before the cars can be placed ta ranning order, Stages and sloighs were substituted, which wore filled @ thelr utmost capesity. The whoeled vobicles ¢ xovedod the sliding ones, boing more easy to drug over (he bare spota. Somo Iittle damago was done by the wind, but noth ag of serious {mport. The roof oi” a shed 1s Fulton avoaug ‘was blown acrors the street, and several signs wore de- Molished, while some chimneys were divested of thote tope. ‘The night previous goveral persons were injured by thocold A soldier named Timothy Grady, was picked Spon the ice in Buttermilk channol, by oflcer Hum- phrey, of the Third district police, He was om the way to Governor's Isiaad, when be wan prostrated by the im tense cold; his face, hands and feet were badly bte- 2, soseph McCanning was picked up tn South Brookiyn tm & similar state, by officer Lowdell; aod Amos Paul wag found benumbed in Court atrect, near First piace. They were alltaken tothe Third district station house, and provided for. REPORTED LOSS OF THE SHIP JAVA INV THE LOWER BAY. There was @ report in town yosterday that the ship Java, Capt. Taylor, from Glasgow, which arrived in the lower bay on Saturday last, and anchored near tho Kast Bank, ere ehe remained until Sunday aight, wont ashore during the gale on the cast end of Staton iniand, and weat to ploces, The officers and crow were reported saved. Tho Java was owned by Mozrs, unhom & Dimon, of this oity, and bad « valuable cargo on board. She wise good vessol, and is insured in this city. THE STEAMERS DUE FROM EUROPE. No lews than four steamships aro now duo at this port from Europe, and all of them are probably off the coast, waiting an opportunity to get in, viz.:—The Washington, from Bremen and Southampton, Deceraber 31; tho 10+ pold First, from Southampton, December 27; the Tom- pest, from Glasgow 28th, via Greenock 28th; and Ham- monia, from Hamburg, 26th, The steamship Biasck War- ior, from New Orleans and Havana, ts alo duo. THE WEATHER ELSEWHERE. Mowruxat, Jan, 19, 1867. ‘Tho weathor yestorday was tho ooldert of the the thermometer marking 22 degrees below zoro. Te day the thermometer stands at 15 below, and it las boom snowing violently and blowiag a terrible gale frors i At Quebec yesterday the thermometer was 30 de grees below zero. Bacon, Jan. 19, 1367. A furious snow storm commenced early this morn! and the snow is piled up in drifia, rendering tho almost impassable. The thermometer marks 6 degrees delow zero, Provipence, Jan, 19, 1667. The storm of Sunday night and to day was vory sovere at Newport. Tho bark Lucy Ann, from Matanzas fer Rostow, which put into that port on Tuceday Inst, dragged ashore’ near Fort Adams, and lies in @ precsrious titvation with three feet of water in ber bold. Assist. ance bad been sent to try and sare the vessei and carge. Captain Allen tx ashore sick. The snow ts two fect doop bere, aod all communication is interrupted, No tratea have gone out aad none baye come in, The snow ia stilt drif _irg. New Benrorp, Jan. 19, 1967. This place ts blocked up withanow. No trans Leite The mail from the Vineyard reached here on Satu evening, but nothing from Nantueket The forry boat between New Bedford and Fair Haven ts frozen up in the river. Tho locomotives from Tau: mpled te broek out the road thin afternoon, bat failed, the drifts in tome places being es high as the amoke pipe. Bosom, Jan. 19, 1857. ‘We were visited last night with the most tempostucas ftorm that has occurred in this vicinity for yours. A large quantity of anow fell, was piled upta huge Grifts by the tremendows gale wiih which {twas socom- panied. The streets were blocked up. Tay o'CLooe P.M. Some trains from suburban tows with extra be gd ‘@ made & parsage to the city, but up to 7 P, M. road communication hud not oxte over tht wiles. No train have arrived from Springflold or Port- Jand on the Boston and Worcerter and Erie rosdy. The trains from bere did pot leave, the super iateadants deeming |! usclens to encounter the drifting snow. Maen enxicty is felt about the shipping off the coast, bul se serious disariers are yet reported. Sreuvcrrerp, Maas., Jan. 19, 18967. A tevero snow storm, accompanied by » hurrtcan commenced bere last aight. Tho train for Albany hore abont seven o'clock this morning, aad stuck in the Orift at Weetield, nine miles distant. where |i eull re maine Engines baye been sent from here to : te ite ‘The train for Boston loft hore at half past seven o'vlook thie morning, and arrived at Worcester at quarter past twelve. Tere is no chances for its return, powerer, C3 ‘orth track ts impassable at prevent. No train Boston for New York or Aibeny to-day until balf past one o'clock in the evening; thix got ns far a» Tremoot street in Boston, where \t still remains. Only ono train from Hartford srrived here today, and \t was severa! houre bebind time. The quarter past sight o'clock morni train from Albany bed got but eight miles oo the way Inst accounts. Ii is pronounced the most severe scow —— siuoe the one of 18/9. It lo stil snowing hard aad Naw Haves, Jan. 19, 1897. Tho cold was intense bere yesterday, and iho thor- mometer registored 6 degrees below. The Rev. Mr. Eustia’ church steeple, next to the railroad depot, wae biown down about two o’clook this morning. It went threugh the roof, and crusbed tho galleries and seate om tho first floor. ‘Damage $6,000. Tho Hilihouve Puble Beheol was ect on fire last evening, but was saved Jamage $500, All travel in muepended, Wore Rive J The thermometer yesterday morning fi ene bel and at Woodstock thirty de At the latter pi noon yerterday, whi Aimar, Jan, 19-11 A. M. et kere isterribly stormy and very cold. fell during the night, and tt is stem day stood at 19 and 32 are betworn five and atx fect deep. Am jaa jtet arrived Crom Troy, but uo train yet The rifts of evow are very deep North, Warextows, N. ¥., Jan. 19, 1857. In thi village yerterday ali the mercury thermome- tera congealed at abort 37 degrees below. A eptrit ther- memeter regiatered 40 below Onwaco, Jan, 19, 1857, The weather bere bar been extremely cold for the lags three days. The thermometer st 8 A M. yesterday stood at 18 degrees below zero, and si $ o'clock this morning 3 degrees below. At Opdened: yesterday, twas 36 degrees below, and at Watertown 8¢,delow Unica, Jan. 19, 1887. It snowed very heavily here ali the morning, and the weather was very cold with a strong wind from the west. The weather during the day grew milder, and at dP. M. the thermomotor wee five drreet a Berrave cf Ube season, and tho ther. mo lerated to cay to avoas ight inil of snow, eguine. Creago, Jan 19, 18 ‘ock the moraing \ wae Yesterday waa the role memeter wan 8 below, It Sabove. This morning th ‘The mails frem the Wert are ver By the thermometer at 1 « 16 below. ener, Jan. 19, 1887. At wupr'es, this morning, the (hermometer registered 7 degrees below mvatt, Jam. 19, 1857. Tast mipbot wee the st of ibe seasoa, A oe bis morping it waa 4 This ercoimg be ice in the river isa se 0 snow |: about clghleen ones ¢ a level, and four feet in the ar There are bo trains from the North or likely to be for tome hime. The agent thinks he will start « train for Aa!timore at three o'clock this afvernoon. No omalvusee or backs are cut. There will provabiy bem iran (rom the South. No connection yet With Alexandria, gouth to day, it haw No train loft for the North or hn Mopped snowing, and there is a cold northwost wind ‘owing. A train lenves bere to morrow morning for the North. The train which je/t Haltimore at five 0 clock haw not arrived bere at 9 I’. MM si airiwont, Jam, 101 P. M. Fnow fell vory heavily here all jaat aight, acoompaniod, with « violent sate. The drifts ip some places are x and ton feet deep. On a level the enow is about two feetdeep, The streeta are impareabie (or vebicles. The thermometer edicates 14 degrees sbove vero. The train which left Warhington last night bas just arrived. Pruapecema, Jam, 1919 ull ‘The storm which commenced ef, No travpe bave arrived oF ‘fice yertor- T for Ralimore only got aa far ae os Pvt (ne Daw not yet been heard Novt o'Oroce P.M. The rtorm bee (irarrange’ political affaires at Harrie. borg, The Stave Treasurer was to be elected to day, bes (huriy members, (neloding the speakers of both were detained here: and as tho telegraph wires bade oxiety to learn the resait. 1) is seppoeed thes the ‘* quorum, ravion bali af the Phitadelpbia Acad postponed Wi Mom. cay next joned til Weds needay, a Mr. Placido bes not arrived, President Wit- Cor ANY member. of the Agrevitural Society are detained here, NO trains bad bern sent (savy siroure rive. {0 day, and nome wil) be went anti thoy