The New York Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1875, Page 7

NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. 7 TAB AMERICAN CARDINAL, The Papal Messengers Out from Rome for the United States. BEARING THE BERRETTA A New York Priest Fetes His Holiness’ Couriers ([sPmctAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. ) Rome, March 19, 1875. Mgr. Roncetti, the ab-legate of His Holi- ness the Pope, who has been intrusted to take the berretia to New York, and Count Mare- toschi, of the Pope’s Noble Guards, the bearer of the official notification of the elevation to the purple to His Eminence Cardinal McCloskey, will leave the Eternal City at half past nine this evening for Paris, on their way to America. THE DAY OF DEPARTURE FEOM EUROPE. The day of the sailing from Europe for the Onited States will be fixed at the residence of the Papal Nuncio in Paris. & NEW YORK PSIEST ENTERTAINS TES MES- SENGERS, The Very Rev. J. T. Hecker, of New York, member of Cardinal McCloskey’s Council, ave a dinner to the Pontifical messengers to- day, which took place at the American Col- lege by courtesy of Mgr. Chatard, President of the institution. - SPAIN. ALFONSO'S CAUSE BECOMING POPULAR If THE CARLIST RANKS. Panis, March 19, 1875, Cabrera’s convention with the Alfonsists pas produced s deep impression on the Carlists. Several oMcers suspected of favoring King Alfonso have been arrested at Estella, FRANCE. THE ASSEMBLY COMPETENT TO DECIABE 4s LEGISLATIVE DISSOLUTION. Panis, March 19, 1875. ‘The Ministers stated at 4 meeting of the Bureaux to-day that the question of dissolution was sub- fect solely to the decision of the Assembly, but that it would be dangerous to foreign and domestic Felations to Nx the date long before the event. GERMANY. PRUSSIAN LEGISLATION AGAINST ECCLESIASTICAL PRIVILEGES. © BERLIN, March 19, 1875, In the Landtag to-day all the clausesof the Boclesiastical bill were adopted, and the bill passed its second reading. GERMANY AND CHINA. BERL, March 19, 1875. The German frigate Ariadne has been ordered to Swatow to support the demand for indemnity for the plundering of the bark Furst Bismarck. ENGLAND. 4N EXTENSIVE AND DESTBUCTIVE FIRE IN LONDON. Lonpon, March 19, 1875. The perfumery factory of Eugene Rimmel, at Wo. 96 Strand, and several adjoining butldings, were destroyed by fire at an eariy hour this morning. THE POSTAL CONVENTION. Lonpox, March 19, 1875, Belgium and Portugal have ratified the postal cenvention. JOHN MITCHEL. THE IRISH PATRIOT REFORMER AT THE POINT OF DEATH. Lowpon, March 19—Midnigbt. A despatch from Newry states that Mr. Mitchel is worse. Be 1s simking fast, and his Itfe is despaired or. CUBA. SPANISH ARMY REINFORCEMENTS LANDED. Havana, March 19, 1875. General Carbo, the new Segundo Cabo, and 700 soldiers arrived to-day from Spain. HAVANA MARKETS. Havana, March 19, 1875. Spanish gold, 224 a 225; American do., 226 a 227. Exchange weak; on the United States, 60 days, currency. 88 a 89 premium; short sight, 90 a 93 premium; 60 days, gold, 115 8 116 premium; short sigut, 113° 120 premium; on London, 141 a 143 Bremiom; on Paris, 117 4 119 premium, Sugar rma. A NEWSPAPER EDITOR SHOT. VINELAND, N. J., March 19, 1875. The most intense excitement prevails at this piace over the shooting of Mr. Carruth, editor of she paper here, by Charles K. Landis, well known es “Father of Vineland.” ‘It appears an article Was published in tne paper, in which, however, no names were mentioned, which Landis believed referred to him, and at ten o'clock this morning | he went to the office of Carruth, and, after angry words, a shot was heard. Investigation disclosed the fact that Carruth was mortally wounded, Landis was immediately arrested. inst him ts very great and threats of lynching have been made, To avoid trouble the authorities have removed Landis to the jail at Bridgeton, Carruth was alive at Sail-past twelve o’ciock, but she doctors liave given up all bove of his recovery. Mr. Cariuth was alt at three o'clock, but his puysicians say he cannot last over night. The following 1s the article which appeared in the /ndependent:-- A prominent Vinelander sat down by the side of his loving wile va the sola, and looked up into her eyes and calied her “a duc id ‘a birdie” and “a rabbit” and All the other endearing names. Then he told her he Wanted her to learn the use of @ revolver, so that in his absence she could protect their home and sil anddetend the honor of Vineland. Then hi apd ought av elegant seven-shooter and a nice target. Then be set up the tarvetin one end of the parior, and gave her a first lesson in shooting. Then he told he wanted sie shoud practice every any. ne went away for a week. When he returned he fund tle revolver on the other sido oi the jweking-giass, ‘The parlor door resembled a Lad case of smalipox, and the furniture looked xs thoagn i had been foduiging iu a wrestle with a Burlington county hail storm. Did he walk wo to his wite and sicken her with the endearing Names of all the birds and four-footed beasts? Not mach! He marched out fnte the street in his shirt sleeves with but one boot on, and that patched over the liv toe. Ihen he went gal loping up and down, teillng every man he met, cont: centiatly, that lis wife was craay. then he went off end tried to get her into « private insane asylum. Yes, he did, the wreteh,”" In this article Mr, Landis considered that refer- ence was made to hum, and hence the shooting. Landis, aiter reading the article In this week Independent, visited Mr. Carrnih’s oMce, and the latter, being absent, was sent for, As he caine in the di Yan from the ofice into the workshop, fullowed by Jandis he door ieading down stairs. ‘Tie oull entered ne back of the head and fodged in the brain. The Intends of Mr. Landis here assert that tuere was Go wtLempt or disposition to lynen him, as was stated in some of the papers, and it 1s claimed Lat there is a ided reaction im public senti- ment Uve to the distressing occurrence ot this Morning, 1 being generally acknowledged tiat me cessan nd vitter attacks by Mr. Carruth throug the columns of his paper, the Ld dent, opou Mr. Lacdia and ats family during the past tree yeara wero a yreat provocation, At the latest ancouu @ Mr. Carruth was sul alive, The teeing | = oY Landis presented a pistol, when Carrnth | Who shot him as he was trying to get out | FURIOUS FLOODS. More Towns Inundated and Partly Destroyed. The Ordeal of Port Deposit, Bain- bridge and Marietta. FLEEING FROM THE FRESHETS Men, Women and Children Spending a Night on the Hill Tops. THRILLING ESCAPES. Touching Heroism of a Lit- tle Girl. THE WORK OF RESTORATION. Rising of the Current of the Father of Waters. THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. ‘THE MISFORTUNE OF PORT DEPOSIT—A FEARFUL INUNDATION—ESCAPE OF THE INHABITANTS 10 THE HILLS, WHERE THEY SPEND THE MIGHT UNSHELTERED. | Post Derosit, Md., March 19, 1875, Raflrosd communication within five miles of this town both on the Port Deposit and the Baltimore Centra: Railroads has been suspended. The oMce of the Western Union Telegraph Company has deen abandonea, and all messages are despatched from the house of the operator, which bas not yet been reached by the flood. PORT DEPOSIT AND TUE NEIGHBORING INUNDATED DISTRICT. ROWLANDS PT.DEPOBIT PERRYVILLE THE COMING OF THE FLOOD. The dreaded ice gorge at Sunburg broke yester- nigh ‘The main bridge at safe, and no danger is at Havre de Grace, THE PATHWAY OF THE DELUGE—A TOUB ALONG THE BIVER—AOTION OF RAILBOAD AND BRIDGE COMPANIES, Perryvitle is considered present threatened to Prrrston, Pa., March 19, 1875. To-night this town appears like a bemeged city awaiting ap attack. The people move about seri- ously, as though they felt that some aw/ul and im- Pending calamity from whicn they cannot fly w: upon them. The ominous look of each person who arrives from the upper districts, where the débris Of the food still remain, fringing the banks with their disordered gnd frigid presence, 1s suMctent to arouse the gravest suspicions and to scatter to the winds the theortes of the more nopeiul regarding an easy dissolution of the gorges. The agouy of suspense seems even more terrible than the anticipated trouble. As the peo- ple who have had some misgivings concerning the truth of the stories afloat about the immensity and formidable strength of the ice dams return from individual observations and examinations of | them, bringing back the wildest tndorsement of | the reports, the feeling of anxiety grows apace | and creates a universal gloom, which is very ap- | parent. About four o'clock this afternoon a re- | | Port gained circu‘ation that the upper end of the gorge was moving, and that it was quite likely that the whole mass would be loosened to-night | and come down the river. This rumor had the | effect of keeping a large number of our merchants | on the east side, because they did not care to run the risk of being caught by the food on the other side. | THE DANGER OF WEST PITTSTON. | In the event of a sudden and rapid rise of the Tiver overflowing the banks again with threaten- ing force, it is believed the means of transporta- | tion now provided for instant fight will be found | adequate, and that no loss of Iife will resuit, how- | ever furious the treshet may prove. Ever since | the food of Tuesday night telegrams have poured in at the office here, inquiring about the safety of | friends in this locality. It is well, therefore, to | State that unless something far more terribie than | 1s anticipated sbould occur the anxiety regarding the deliverance of the people residing in West Pittston may be set at rest, as every precaution has been taken to prevent any serious aMiiciion of this nature. ‘rhe weather continues very cold this morning. The suriace of the river even, swift as itis run- ning, was coated with thin ict Of course, walle such a frigid state of things exists, it is not at all likely that the great gorge will move out, and, therefore, the reports circulated tnis aiternoon re not CO be credited. g THE BUINED BRIDGES. The river for the past two days has been dotted with small boats, ierrying passengers across. The rates Ol lare, Which began at $1, have settled to fifteen cents. ‘lo-day the directors of the Pittston Ferry and Bridge Company, which owned the old bridge, have advertised for proposais to run a Jerry lor teams and passengers. This company also give notice tuat they will construct a new bridge on the old piers, which are still standing. CLEARING THE TRACKS. James Archbald, Culef Knygineer of the Deia- ware, Lackwanna and Western Rajiroad, was in town yesterday, making arrangements to com- mence the repuliding 0: the raiiroad bridge at the earliest possiple day. ‘Vhis will connect Scranton again With the Pennsylvania Central Raliroad tor | Pittsburg and points jurther West. at fiiteen minutes past six o'clock this evening, Superin- tendent Packer, of the Pennsylvania and New York division of the Lenigh Valley Railroad, came through wito a passenger train. He has been en- | @aged‘since Wednesday morning with hundreds of } men at work clearing the track of the solid ice boulders that covered it for two miles to a depth of from three to fliteen feet. To-day 300 men cut through three-quarters of @ mile of the heaviest ice, To-morrow the passenger trains will com- | mence running north...com Pittston to Hl- | mira, but will be unabie to make through | connections with New York and Philadelphia until next Week, as the ice and water on tne track between Pittston and Wilkesbarre are several Jeet |} in depth, ‘The gorge of ice in tne river above here commences at a point about two miles portnh and continues up the river for nine miles, to @ point in the Le- high valley known as Falls Station. The ice in | this gorge is thought by the Superintendent to be heavier and thicker than any that has yetcome | down the stream, As the water in the river falis the cakes of ice become more compact and freeze, making them more solid than might otnerwise be the case. Where the road has been cut through the “Nurrows’’ the excavation is so deep that tne passing train is entirely hidden out of sight. The spectacle ig 80 grand and imposing that several enterprising photo-vperators took views of the scene to-day, Above this last mentioned gorge 18 another ice dam, but of small dimensions. There- fore, about a handred miles up the river it is cleared of large bodies oi ice; but at the place koown as the big Isiaod is ice which has been checked by a large jeeder dam tor the Cnenaugo | Canal. his point the ice 1s always very thick, | ana this year it is still more heavy. 1018 esti- ; mated by Engineer Stedman, of the Penusvivania Railroad, that 1t will takea rise of five eet more water to move the gorged ice, To-morrow morn- | ing your correspondent will start via the Pepnsyl- | | vania Raliroad, with a special car furnisned by | the Superintendent, to make a personal observae | | tion of the gorge and the damage in this locality. | ‘A TOUR ALONG THE RIVER, Gay afternoon and came sweeping down with locomotive velocity. Its stated that the current was at the rate of at least fifteen miles an hour. The tce formed itself in hillocks and soon became compact, causing a sudden rise of about eighteen feet of water in the river. About seVen o’clock all the wharves were sub- merged, and while members of families had scarcely Mnisbed their evening repast the flood forced itself into Main street, covering tue street and sidewalks, So sudden was its effect that those who were !nundated bad scarcely time to vacate their residences and to secure such articles of furniture as tney desired to pro- tect, Women and children rushed from the houses to seck any shelter, while the men endeavored, as fr as possible, to aid their more unfortunate neighbors, In several of the houses inundated there were sick people, and in one a lady eighty years of age was dangerously ill. These were all removed with afety and taken to other quarters. Numbers of people flocked to the adjoining hill, known as Mount Ararat, where they remained ali night, striving to keep warm with tne aid of bedquiits and camp fires. The main street is about one and | a half miles in length, and its entire distance was within a short time completely covered with CASES OF RESCUE. The boats of a number of fishermen were quickly brought into requisition and paddled along the watery highway. Mr. Anthony Davis, a lumber merchant, procured boat, and, with the assist- ence of his bookkeeper, manned it and went to his | ofMce forthe purpose of papers. They endeavored to return, but their boat became unmanageable, and there was danger | of tts being swept om by the current into the blockade of ice in the river. A gentleman, ov- serving their danger from a neighboring hbduse, | threw out @ clothe’s ime, but it snapped | as though it nad been a watch chain. Anotner | gentleman, who nad been standing on the top of | a high flight of steps, procured in the meantime a | | | large coil of rope, and with ts assistance the two men were rescued. A dry gooas dealer, named Abrams, was in bis store at the time te water began torise so rapidiy, and Ms cries attracted the attention of several men, and with some diitl- culty he was taken out, ‘The rattroad depot, from appearances at the | present time, is situatea in the middie of the river, and tt would be difficult to discern tn what locality the railroad track 1s situated, The tracks on boih the Baliimore Central and the Port De- posit roads are Liocked up tor considerable dise tances outside of the town witn blocks of ice washed up irom the river and atlowed to remain, | GOOD SAMARATANISM. | The population here is avout 2,200, and it is es- | timated the freshest has driven at least two-thirds of thas number {rom their houses. Many are well cared for, however, and not the jeast destitution exists. From the situation of the town the rest- dences on High street are in no danger of being visited by the inundation, ana the people who occupy them are caring well far their afflicted townsfolk. The upper stories of the acudemy and churches were converted mto dormitories, but scarcely an mbhabitant passed an hour in sleep during the entire night. THE LOSSES. ‘The damage thus iar exverienced by ousiness | men and householders cannot at this nour be salely estimated. The principal losses are those ot the lumber dealers, whose stock has been al- most -entirely destroyed. The trms are:—J. H. Rowland & Co., Davis & vugh, Bund Brothers & @o., and T. J. Vaneman, J, J. Buck's sawentl), and J, Jome’s grain warehouse, one of the most | extensive in this portion of the State, are badly damaged. ‘Two houses in the upper part of the town, occu- Rea respectively by families named ‘Hens and veir, are enurely demolished, and a bridge over | a creek Known as Rock Kun has been swept | ‘ay. THE SITUATION TO-NIGHT. All day the ‘emale inhabitants lave been compelled to remain wit doors, and men desirous ol reaching either end | of the town are compelled to do so in} boats or to climb over rough and dangerous nills. | The gorge is supposed to be at least seven miles | im length. To-night the water has tailen about | two feet, but the ice along the roadway loading to | town ts piled up in some places almost torty feet water, which had attained a deptn of several feet. | ving some valuabie | | mules, Your correspondent made @ tourof West Pitts- | | ton and tne west side of the river from the “Nar- | rows” opposite Campbell's Ledge along tue ; loot of the mountains fo a poimt near | Forty Fort, seven mules irom _ Pittston, | where the three spans of the old covered ferry bridge and four spans of the new combina- | ton bridge now lay. At the hignest point north © that we ascended, which is some two miles from Pittston, we iouna furtuer progress protivited by reason of the tce that has been leit on tne moun tain road, irom six to fliteep jeet in thickne: ‘This, We are authoritatively iniormed, ts the con- dition of the road lor several miles up the river on the west side, and tt will require the united influ- ence of the Townsnip ‘Treasnrer ana the genial | ays of the monaren o1 the heavens several mnths | to clear the roud so that the farmers can get to market with tueir produce. It ts just this side of this point that @ depression in the jand running to the might and back of West Pittston that Carpen- ter’s Creek flows. The bridze on the main road over the creek has been washed away aud throngh this cuannel large quansities of water pave flowed, overflowing thousands of acres of the low lands, and jeaving huge boulders upon the plains which wili uave to be vlasted or removed by some agency before the farmers can till the soil. Ibis is the cause trom Which so much anxiety was telt by tue citizens, lest the dam of ice suould cause a turn in the chanuel of the river. The ice thrown upon either bank of the river now would seem to give assurance that the course of tne river will not be materially changed, although all signs aud | prophecies relative to tne floods have Jailed taois spring. A WARM STORM NEEDED. As reported above by the best authority, it will require a rise Of several jeet Of Water to move the niue mhe gorge, and there 18 no probability ot tis | rise taking plice until we have some warm weather or a peavy, Warm rain. ‘he latter is the | more provbabie. Rather, we stould say, we nave Une assurance of “Qld Probapilities” that a heavy | | storm 18 coming East, and we base our prognos. lication somewhat upon this statemeut irom | | the Weather Bureau. But, in either event, witie the softening influences are at work | | upom tne gorge they must have the same | elfect. upon the snpows that cover tre mountains and plains from two to three ieet deep, | and then will come what the old raftmen call the | ‘severe freshet,’? which they aver is even larger | | than the first flood, and which always removes | the ice ledges of the latter, and it tue nine mile gorge starts beiore the ice dam between bere und Wilkesbarre there 1s every reason to believe that the Water will be backed up in West Pittston even lilgher than It was on Inesday evening. ihe several houses inundated at the north end of the town, near the junction, have not been retnnab- nd the banks of the west side ure watched iy Dy @uxX10Us citizens CO give the aiarm of | any change tu the coudition of the ice and water. | THE SCENE NEAR WYOMING. | Below West Pittstou lor two mies to Wyoming | the avenue is clear of ice, althongh the plains be- tween the road and the river are covered witn watel and acres of cakes of ice and the new for- | mauon ofice. Inthe midday sun the thousands 0: acres ol ice presented u most. lovely view to the eye and fliled the heart with admiration, not- withstanding the undisputed fact that in the | passing away Of the scene disasters were sure to follow. Immediately below Wyoming, on the | | direct route to ‘submerged’ Kingston, or miles the road and piains, irom the | channel of the rivers to ihe foot of tue mountains, for a mue in width, the land is covered ice and Water. Your correspondent was forced to pick his way through banks oi snow and ice and water at the base of the mountains outil he arrived nearly opposite Forty Fort. At this point from the eastern to the western flow of waters (he distance cannot de jess than three | Forty Fort has one of the handsomest meteries im the interior of the State. It 1s lo- cated on arise of ground, and, whne the waters flow entirely around it, tie cemetery 1s iree irom damage, and the genera! press despatches created | an unjustifiable spirit of anxiety as to the tact of ube cemetery In the hearts of those having Iriends buried here by reporting it swept away. DEBRIS OF BRIDGES. Abandoning the venice in which we had come 80 Jar, Your correspondent took to the felds of ice, over which he passed fora mile to the chan- nel of the river, where lay lodged in tne tce the spans oi the combination bridge and three spans of thecovered bridge. Here he ound wunareds of workmen employed by the bridge companies in saving ironand vmver available, Tne policy of the Covered Bridge Company is to bura tie wood and by tis means secure ali the iron in the same. and LWo spans Were sending up to the clouds vol- umes of black smoke, which called to the scene hundreds oi curious men and women, who darea the hazards ol a trip over the icebergs to witi the destruction o: débris. The policy of ti Combination Bridge Company to save their iron by unbolting and aisconhecting the rods and | carrying them to the plains, beyond tae current | separato it from the susquenanna River, | the flood was unprecedented. | habitants grow. Of the river, where the laborers have out beies ia the ice, and shoving the iron stringers through sink them ir ni at the flood w’ w e barre Toll Bridge Company Visited Pittston yesterday, and made arrange- ments witt the Covered Bridge Company to their bridge, securing the latter a sul reported to” be 000. The work of destruction was begun ernoon, It ts hoped that this purchase by the Wilkesbarre Bridge Company of the right '0 burn the Pittston Covered Bridge will give addi- tional security to the Wilkesbarre Bridge. The new Iron Bridge Company did not seli the right to burn their bridge and the labor of saving the iron structure ig Carried on day aud night. CHANGE IN THE RIVER. At midnight it is snowing very iast. The wind 1s blowing strongly. At Ransom the river has Jallen two feet since dark, and at Pittston it has The supposition is that the annel througn the Ral gorge, and, rushing down, are again obstructed by the gorge below Pittston, damming up and sending the tide back to Pittston, What is to Joliow? What shall we do to be saved? is the prayer of saint and sinner. GREAT DAMAGE AT BAINBRIDGE—NABROW ES- CAPES FROM DROWNING. BAINBRIDGE, Pa., March 19, 1875. This town was the scene of the most violent and Gestructive flood yesterday that has ever visited this locality, the water exceeding in depth by six feet the remarkable freshet of 1865, which caused an immense destruction of property along the Susquehanna, Bainbridge ts located about nine miles west of Columbia, and has a population of a few hundred people. The Pennsylvania Raliroad and canals The Pennsylvania Ratiroad tracks are covered with ice for a distance of about ten miles, in some places to the depth of filteen feet. At Collins’ Station, a few miles west of this town, the destructiveness of the food is shown in the demolition of several buildings. At the upper end of Bainbridge the tauroad track is com- pletely obstructed, the ice burying it out of sight. A similar condition of things exists for several miles down the railroad, the depth of the ice varying from four to fifteen feet. Nearly alithe houses in Bainbridge skirting the main street have been damaged by the huge cakes of ice, four of them completely wrecked, Several buildings in the upper section of the town were saved by four or five canalboats, which prevented the ice irom dashing against and breaking them to pieces. NARROW ESCAPES, The sudden rise in tue river came on the people while some of them were at dinner, and they had scarcely time to retreat to places 0! safety beiore the ponderous blocks of ice commenced to dasa against their bouses. In twenty minutes the river rose about eight teet. On part of one or the demolished bouses the ice ia piled up tu the second story windows, On the island opposite the village 1s located a house and barn, the latter prooably 100 yards from the tormer. A family occupied the house, and when the water and ice commenced encroaching on them the members ascended to tne second floor. The baro was dislodged, turned completely around and carried to Point near the house, whico was also slightly removed from its founda- tion. ‘The situation of tne occupants Was perilous and they expected to be carried down the stream every minute. But the food soon receded and they were saved. The oldest inhabitant here, who has resided jor fifty-five years the village, says That of 1865 was considered immense, but it was not comparable | with the ice flood of Thursday. No one was killed, | Or even injured, yesterday, those in the most dan- gerous positions fleeing from their houses or op- portunely seeking refuge on the upper floors. THE DAMAGED RAILROADS, Tne Pennsylvania Kailroad Company has prob ably a thousand men employed in removing the ice from the tracks between a point above Batn- | bridge and Columbia, but (rom the progress made to-day it is doubdtiul if double the number Wil be anle to clear tne track sumMiciently to en- able trains to pass over it for a w The telegraph poles and wires Stroyed and rendered useless, and ile cation between Harrisourg and this place and potats beyond 1s completely cut off. In consequence oi the ice flood tne Pennsylvania Railroad Company experiences much inconven- jence in the abipment of ireight, aud every posst- ble effort will be made to restore the old order of things at the earliest possible moment. Tue Pennsylvania Canal Company has also suffered muca loss by tbe flood. The thick stone Wall dividing the canal trom the river from Ked Hill to Bainbridge, a distance Oo! iour or five miles, has been dem»lished in many places, and the tow- path is padly-damaged. ‘The scene at Bainbridge and vicinity 1s indeserib- able, Tne ice rises in mountains, and some of the blocks are six feet thick, and tne average is two feet in size. Some woula cover a quarter of an acre. DESCRIPTION OF THE HAVOC OF THE RIVER NEAB MARIETTA AND COLUMBIA. MARIETTA, Pa., March 19, 1875. The scene which marks the tce gorge on the Susquehanna at this point beggars description. Here several gorges followed each other in quick succession, and the havoc made is fearful to behold. The first gorge formed at the steam saw- mill of Miller & Musser, and in the twinkling of an | eye carried away the entire mill and all the lam- ber, &c., in its neighborhood, Another gorge was formed opposite the upper depot. Here immense piles of tce are thrown up on the bank and In the canal, almost rivalllog in magnitude the York Mountains, whose snow-covered sides rise ab- ruptiy irom the opposite shore. in this neighvorhood the greatest damage has been done to the Pennsylvania Railroad. rge blocks of ice, weighing many tons, have been forced bodily under the track, and rails ties, tele- graph poles and wires lie broken and twisted up ina sbapeiess mass. Communication by rail and telegraph was entirely cut off, but the telegraph wires have been rigged up on the trees and are working to-night. All the houses along the river were in immi- nent danger irom tue immense blocks of ice which were torced, with irresistiuie powe: ainst their foundations and fronts. Tne velial and lower stories are flooded with water, and tl denizens have taken reiuge in the higher parts of the town. Several canal boats have veen carried iromthe canal and thrown topsy turvy Upon the ratiroad track. One les snagged against atree, with beams parted and ruader broken, Between 2,000 and 3,000 laborers have been em- ployed to ciear and repair the railroad track, and es resumed travelover it will be resumed on jouday. At Columbia the railroad bridge has been injured to some extent. afternoon, and upon examination it was found that nearly every span had been injured and that travel over it was unsate. THE BIVER FALLING AT WILKESBARRE—AMEND- ING DISRUPTED RAILROAD COMMUNICATION— FEARS OF THE NEXT BREAKING OF THE ICE. WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 19, 1875. The water continues to fall slowly here, but the ice remains in the same condition, no change at | this point being perceptible. Communication across the flats to Kingston is still cut on. The Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad, however, 1am passenger trains across the Delaware and Hudson Bridge to-day, three miles down the river, thus bringing the Har- risburg and other mails here. This ratiroad com- pany connects also at Wilkesbarre with the Lehigh Valley, and a8 soon as vhat road is cleared will run upon it to Pittston Junction, where there {ts access to the Lackawanna and Bioomsburg road again, The Lehigh Val! Uompany succeeded in re-establishing the grapa line to-day, and the connection ts again complete from Waverly to Philadeiphia. A force | 300 Med has been engaged in removing the ice irom the track above Pitiston. The Philadelphia and New York division of that road is cieared 80 that a train came through from Towanda to Pitts- ton Junction at fifteen minutes past 1X o'clock this eventog. To-morrow up trains Nos. 30 and 4 and dowa trains Nos. 7 and 29 will run over that division, aud on Monday all the passenger trains will be put on. THREATENED DANGER, Attention is ugain turned principaliy to tl gorge above Pittston, which threatens danger More than the one at Wilkesbarre. It begins two miles from Pittston and extends to Falls station, a distance of nine miles, and is formed of heavier and stronger ice than that which destroyed the bridge Inhabitants of the that and devastated West Pittston. The latter place are alarmed, they may have @ heavier before. It 1s the general opinion that this gorge must go first and be precipitated uyon the one at Wilkesbarre, and if such be the case Woe be unto the whole Wyoming Valley. The more these gorges are looked ut the greater the danger appears and the more [rigntened the i ‘To add to toe frozen appearan of the valley a ragiug snow storm hassetin. The Woather remains very cold. THE DELAWARE VALLEY. DANGER OF A STILL GREATER FLOOD—PREDIC- TIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF THE WISEACRES— WHAT DESTRUCTION A THAW MAY CAUSE— SCENES AND INCIDENTS. PORT JERVIS, N, Y., March 19, 1875, Although all danger from the breaking up of the ice in the Delaware is over, and the worst that can be done by it is done, it is safe to calculate that the spring food—the natural rise ot the water after the vernal ‘storms—is yet to come. Every thing indicates that the annual flow this cpring will be ons of unprecedented severity. An engine passed over this | ‘There are yet nearly three feet of snow on the ground slong tne upper Delaware, and there has been comparatively little #ain. SO inconsiderable was the rise in the streams caused by the late storm that several of the main tribu- tartes of the Delaware are not yet clear of ice. The Lackawaxen River is yet solid almost from its source to its mouth, and tho Neversiok. at this Place is still unbroken. The warm rains and | winds of the spring months wiil rapidly convert | the snow into water, and itis @ well known fact | in the Delaware Valley that the flood foilowing the ice ireshets 1s always greater than its | Predecessor. It is am accepted rule among lumbermen on the Delaware that alter an ice freshet the water will rise as bigh as the ice left lodged on the shores and obstructions in the Streams. Judge O. S. Dimmick, of this place, who 8 lived on the bank of the Delaware tur twenty- Ove years, and who has observed the action of the jee and water in the stream, says this will prove correct in pine cases out of ten. ANOTHER DELUGE. If Its correctness 1s proved this spring, the food that 1s yet to come will be unprecedented in the history of this valiey. The ice along the shores of | the river, from the nead waters down, is piled up stan average height of twenty feet in a wall at | least ten feet through. The flood that is to take | this of, while it will not be attended with | danger from ice floes and gorges, will be of | such proportions that there is abundant cause for the apprehension which is still felt throughout the valley. The water has been known to overflow the banks of the Delaware at this place in June, when there was no damming up of ice and no outside causes for its great rise, . 1830, 68 being the result of heavy rains. In mach of the district inundated on Was flooded, but the number of buila- @t section was then limited to @ dozen or 80, and the damage was slight. DAMAGE DONE DOWN THE RIVER, The first news from the ice ireshet below this place, onite to the destruction of the telegraph wires over Barrett bridge ana the Interruption of other communication, was received to-day. The ice did considerable damage on its way down the river, damming ou in many | places and flooding the country. t Miliord, Pa., & large dam belonaing to the extensive spoke tac- tories and gristmills of Jacob Klaver, near the mouth of Lawkill Creek, was washed away. ‘The dam nad but qua been completed. The loss is un- Known, bat is undoubtedly ry. About half- Past ten o’clock on Wednesday moruing tne people assemoled on the blu at Milford viewing the breaking up Were alarmed to see a ot the suspension bridge at down tne river in the | at once believed that the | suspension bridge spanning the river at the for- mer village would be carried away by the wreck. Dingulariy, the floating bridge was carried be- tween the pier avd the Pennsylvania abutment, aud) just cleared the roadway of the Miltora ridge. From Milford to tae Water Gap fences, trees and loose property of all kinds were carried ay. | ‘The ice had a terrific struygle to get througn the | Water Gap, ana lor @ time the destruction of Dutchburg, on the Pennsylvania side, was threat- ened by the rising waters. The ice was piled up fllty feet in the rocky pass, but finally broke away with a fearful crash and moved on down tne stream. No news of any disaster from the flood has been received here from below the Gap, except from Easton. At that place nineteen rafts were curried irom the eddy. BURIED UNDER THE ICE. People continue to flock here to see the extraor- dinary scenes tnat are presented. The streets and flats in Germantown remain under water, and there seems no way to reduce tue quantity. | The unlortunate innabitants are to-day jurnished with al! necessary aid by the authorities in bring: | ing acout some kind of order; out with thousands | ot tons of ice piled in every passage, burying cellars twenty-five feet out of sigat, choking up the dooryards and hiding every vestige of gardens or walks, It seems an impossibie task. Matamoras, across the river, is the dwelling place of hundreds of employés of the Erie Railway Company, and.as many of toem were on this side at tneir labor whea the flood came they were un- le to get home until to-day, when small boats commenced running to and !ro across the river. AS s500N QS & passage Can be made through the immense walls of ice on each side of the river a Tope lerry ts to be established. The work of r building the Barrett bridge will be commenced as s00n as possible. | The Erie Railway Company has men at work Tigging up a terry above the site of the late raul- road bridge at Saw Mili Rift, where passengers may be transferred with jacility and but a sught interruption to travel be experienced when the | ferry is running. The river has fallen several feet and is now at the height 1t woulda have been from the thaw and | Taio of last week if there bad been noice in the stceams—iess than a ralting iresuet. A HEROIC CHILD, A touching Incident of the food at Germantown Was that of a little girl, five or six years olu, who bad been ie/t by ner widowed mocner in charge of their house aud the corpse o! her baby brother, aged ten montns, who nad died the pignt betore. The mother bad come from Germantown here to order a coffin ior her dead cnild. Sue lived in a small house on the flats. While she was absent | the flood burst upon the piace. A nelghvor ran in | to get the little girl out o1 the house, but she re- | fused to go until her mother came, althougn the advancing flood was pomted out to her. The neighbor, afraid to longer remain in the house, fied jor his live. The.child remained, | keeping watcu over her dead brother. Seon tne advance waves of the flood struck the house and | carried it along some distance anu then threw it | intact and right side up hign on @ foundation of ice cakes. The little girl then appeared at the door with tne dead baby in her arms and was | rescued from her pertlous position, she refused to give up the corpse until she found her agonized mother in the crowd. The mother aud the brave | little girl, with the dead child, were given snclter, | and yesterday the corpse was buried, | RESCUE OF A CONSUMPTIVE. | Mary Ann Kelly, a young jaay dying with con- | sumption, it was ‘thought necessary to remove | irom ber mother’s house, In Sussex street, to the Catholic Children’s liome, in Ball street. Tne poor | irl, emaciated and suffering greatly, was placed ju a sleigh, Which was driven siowly to the Home A Sister o1 Charity walked hy the side of the con- | veyance, holding the girl’s hand and cheering her | with words of comfort. ‘Ihe touching sadness of | the scene drew tears irom the eyes of all wo wit- nessed it, ANIMAL SAGACITY. A pig swam from its flooded pen to a large cake | of ice that was floating by. He succeeded in | climbing upon it and passed down with tue surg- | ing mass around nim, A nuuber of chickens, their coot filling with water, flew to cakes of ice | and went down the stre: The pig passed sately | down tn® river to Milford, eignt miles below, | e his rait ofice floated into an eddy and he | Tescued. | THE MISSISSIPPI RISING. MEMPHIS, March 19, 1875, ‘The river here is rising steadily. It is now | witnin two feet of high water mark, ana the | planters along the river are alarmed about an | overflow, j SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE, CHARLESTON, Maroh 19, 1875. The trial of Treasurer Cardozo is in progress be- fore the Legislature at Columbia, The argument | of the counsel for the defence was concluded to- day. Speaker Elliott, of the House of Representa- tives, rales that Governor Chamberiain’s veto of | the bill to settle the floating debt of tue State ts | Void, the bill having become law through the Gov- ernor’s failure to return 11 within the specified time. 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