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Show Tiie New York papers of the loth and 14th mst. have copious details of the great ice blockade in that city, which prevailed for several days. The World says there was more ice in the North and East rivers and in the harbor har-bor on the 1:2th than most people had ever Been there before. The ferry boats which ventured were almost . completely at the mercy of the ice. j People crossed the East river on a ; field of smooth ice. The sound steam- 1 era had to stop running, and several of those caught out Treredamaged. In many parts of New England the J weather on tho loth was tho coldest of 8 the winter, ranging from 30 to 40 de- greea below zero. To the people of f Utah, who have beeu enjoying a I spring temperature, dry streets, and delightful promenades, these accounts u fratn .the arctic regions seem almost J fabulous, but as New York journalism d ia modeled on the G. Washington vir- 3 tues, we are bound to believo that iu-atead iu-atead of falling into the sun, as tho World predicted, Manhattan island has been annexed to the north pole. U |