The New York Herald Newspaper, March 21, 1875, Page 7

JOHN MITCHEL. Death of the Famous Irish Patriot Yesterday. STORY OF A STRANGE CAREER. Lonpoy, March 20, 1875. John Mitchel died quietly at eight o’ clock this morning at Dromatane, near Newry, county Down, Ireland. SKETCH OF MR. MITCHEL. Death has ended the struggle between Jobn Mitchel and the Englsh government, Hw Strength did mot prove equal to bis enthusiasm, and the excitement and fa- tigue consequent on his contest with the London Parliament wore rapidly out a consti be forgotten, and among his own people he will be revered as a man who never flinched from any danger or sacrifice he thougnt would serve the cause of Iris independence, which found in bim one Of its ablest and truest advocates, ‘Ihe return of Jobn Mitchel to Ireland, in defiance of the sentence pronounced against bim by the law officers of the Crown, drew him irom the partial | obscurity into which he had fallen and restored mm to a commanding position among the leaders of the Irish people. Yet the position in which he found himself was far from enviabig, It had been his misfortune and that of the people whom he thought to serve that he could not long agree or work ip harmony wich even his associates, His f@ppearance tu Ireland caused almost as much | alarm in the national ranks as it did annoyance bo the Ministers in London, and there can be litte douvt that had he lived he would have created disorder and disupion in the national party in Lrelan, The avowed opject of his presence in his native land waa to break up the constitutional home rule agitation; for, wml? he was ready to admit that tuia organization had been productive of much good, he could not be persuaded that the ume Jor more extreme measures bad arrived. Unwise speeches by English members in the House of Parliament gave joint and utensity to his denunciation of constitu. Monal action, which he always regarded With suspicion and contempt, and denounced with the fleice audacity which distinguished his attacks on politicil opponents. Avsulute separa- sion irom England was the very corer stone of dis pOiliical belief, Otners mignt temporize und endeavor to gain instalments of justice by agita- tion and parliamentary representation, but he looked on every such gain with suspicion. Catho- lie emancipation he knew had separated the rich Catholics and the upper clergy Irom the mass of the people, who have ever been true and constant vo the faitn of nationality. Aud Mitchel feared English ministers’ dona yerentes more than when they came in anger with halt unsheathed sword, Tnis was the true explanation o1 bis dislike and hostility to the home rule movemect, Although he was a very pronounced apos- tle of physical force, he was not at any time a Prominent or influential leader tn any oJ the secret conspiracies which suc- | arrested ou tue charge of having committed tie | ‘This was in part due to | ceeded the 43 movement. dames Stephens’ jeaiousy of Mitchel’s popularity. When urged by some of his associates in tae irish organization to secure Mitchel’s adhesion, James Stephens used to say that “he was one of the mea who had tailed and should not therefore be trusted Lo lead again.” When, alter a quarter of @ century of exile, Mitcnel returned to bis Ireland tn defiance of Engl.sh law, he was surprised to Und evidences wherever he went of the existence | ofthe Irisn revolutionary organization which he | Imagined bad been scattered by the events of 1865-7. For the most part these young men dishked tie home rule programme as too tame and opening the door to poutical corrup- tion on the parc of their leavers, In Mitct they joand a inan willing to second tue most desperate programme, and be Jound at his hand au organization ne uever ve‘ore could ve per- suaded had uny real existence. ven the men who nad built up the Irish republican organiza- Mon regurded with apprebensiou Mitchel’s advent Ww irelana, because, While 0 one who knew him Goubted tue sincerity o7 his patrio/ism, he was re- garded as@ wan capable o: precipitailog 2 con- Hict witn the government without waiung to ex- @umine what re Chances of success might be. An iMstance of this peculiarity O1 his character Was svown in Lis odermg bimsel: a8 a candiaate for the represeotation of Tipperary at toe same time | that he proclaimed his veuel that no justice could be optuined irom Eugiish that be would never consent to take the oath Of aiegiance to the Queen. The angry Aud unconstitutional action of the House of Parlia- Ment iu refusing to receive him on the ground tuut be was iegaily disqualified, when eveu the law officers of the Crown wre in douvt as to Whetuer any legal bar to Mr, Mitcnel’s admission eXisied, Was resented 43 un attempt Ou the part oi We London Varuament to dictate to tue iiish People Who suould be their represeutatives, and tae resuit was the triumplunt return of the coa- Victed patriot by an overwheiming majority. Had Mr. Mitchel lived it ts difficuit to see Wiere tus struggie Wou.d have Jed; put bad a conflict been provoked there can be no doubt tuat it Would Nave seriously retarded the progress of the Irish people toward that equal ireedom to reach | Which is tue aim of thelt present political agitu- ton Jonun Mitebel was born tn tue year 1914 at Dun- given, in the county of Londonderry, witbin tne upcient domain of the O'Nells, He was the son Oi @ Presbyteriau ciergymau, whe had himself been a wiember of the “United Irishinen,”’ who siruck lor jreedom in 17#8, From uls lather he early imbibed ideas hostile vo the Englisn con- nection, aud ail bs surroundings were ca.culated to deepen mis dislike to the foreign domination which Weighed so heavily on bis country. Within sight Of UIs house O'Cauan’s ruined custie stvod @ monument o: the subjugation of lreiand, and Qo doubt the old ruin, With its crowding historic memories, exercised on Mitchel’s mind @ strong | tofuepce. Born on the territory oi the O’Neils, ‘bas Hist important lerary work Was an inteliect- ual tribuce to the greatest prince of their house— bis ile of Hugh O'Neil, who battled so long against the power of Bligabeta, a work remark- ule for its research and the lotimate knowledge 4b Gispiays O1 the men who LOOK part in the events of Walon, tf In 1830 he was entered ag student lu Trinity College, and tive years iater, baving completed bis coliegiate studies and legal | Parliaments ana | 1 | i | ten could not Understand such a repartee. indicted. Mitchel undertook to couduct the de- Who he Knew Would not finca irom the cause of chenis whose principles he neid. ‘The army in ireland was employed im seizing the crops ior rent, as it had been for tithes some years beiore, The cotncidence led Mitchel to advise the peasantry | to consider whether they should not re- peat the antictithe tactics and organize a genera! strike against rent until they bad secured @ suitlciency of ood, Tnese views he suggested in the Nation; but ftnding that Ject Of passive resistance, with an occasional conflict, he leit the journal in company with his friend Devin Rétily. They advocated this pro- gramme orally in club and committee, until Smith O'Brien, hastening to Duoiin, introduced ceriain resolutions into the Conseaeration dis- avowihg tueir views, and oojecting to the use of such language lu the urgauization. Joun Martin presided, and the resolutions were passed after two days’ deoate, in which ail the Young Irelaod chiettains opposed the two Iriends, with the ex- ception o: Eugene O'Reilly, aiterward a Turkish coonel, In cousequence of tae decision Mitchell and bis udherents, to the number of 200, withdrew irom the conieaeration. ‘Iuus the Sec2ssion Irom the newspaper, which took place in December, 2847, was toilowed two mouths later Sth of kebruary, 1848, Mitchel resigned bis office of Inspector of Clubs tu Ulster, where numerous repeal organizations had been Jormed among both Protestants dud Cathoics, On the iollowing Sat- urday appeared tue first number of the United Irshinan, The excitement 1¢ caused was ex- treme, the demand for it enormous; for, as Lord Stacley stated tn the House o1 Lords, copies were eagerly purcnased for nalf a crown apiece, Nor cie Was in the form of a letter To the Right Hon, the Earl of Clarendon, Englishman, calling uim- self Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of ireland.” That Vice- | rey had not iacreased tis popularity | by his employment of a notorious hack to vituperate tue youug Irelanders. ‘Ihe scandal of jue quarrel between employer and eupioyed noised the secret far and wide, Mitchel chal- jenged nim to open strife, mystuy tim vy candid speech, coalessed the creed | Of minety-eight in ali tuings, but rejected secrecy | Which gave occasion lor spies. He was willing LO | adit any detective whom the Viceroy should send, provided the Man Was “sober and bonest.’? | in‘flae, he aeclared he would make the Viceroy abandon the pretence of voustitutional form aad puck a jury to try tim, or eise he would have ao acquittal. triuapa, by exurpating the last sured of “con- sutational ugitation,”? aguinst which be now resolutely set pis face “and shot est shaits, To cap the climax of excite- ment, belore the third number had appeared hews came that the French had dethro their King, Louis Philippe, aud soon tie whole Conti- hens of Kurope caugnt the contazion, and cue sever flush oO} revolution quickened the popular heart wad set every eye astare with anticipation, Sictly hud risen, Lombardy had risen, the grave Jeutons were going wild, The Austrian Kaiser and toe Prussian King bowed trom their bal. ones, Uncovered before their excited citizens, ana none coud tell Whut the €ad might be. iv lieland this lutelugence vrougnt the Mitcvell party and the Confederauon together. O’Brien, in the middie of March, moved un address to tne xyrenca Republic and proposed the organization Of a “National Guard.” Meagher supported him, and for the ibeu made they were indicted, visit to France iollowed; the Irish tricolor of green, white and ‘orauge was decreed, marual clubs were organized, und the laik Was of pikes and barricades. It was a tine Of hot speecn; for even the staid Recorder of Dub- jin haa declared deflance to any government which snould mutilave the Bible, and wus ready to , “To your tents, UO Israel!’ The first trial of O'brien and Meagher (ior sedition) resulted in divided juries, @nd as the trial of Mitcbe: ap: proached several journals opeuiy urged the gu | ernmeut to destroy the constitution in order to eopvict, There were ramors of an iteution to aevede tO tis plan, and the proceedings were watcned witn jealous care and sharp sus: picion. When it Was tound that tis juries drawo were even more favorable tan the seuition bus were vy on ne was | tam — for sun of dropped May; the evening new offence known as “treason teloay,” ‘This in- famous uct Was passed at the instigation of a hire- | the Custie to aelame the leaders of tue popular | movement, Birch was a noted blackmailer, and very conclusively in an action which ne took agaimst Lord Clarendon to recover tne wages of hs imamy. ‘fhe expected day had arrived at lengtu. Mitchel siood in the dock where Ruvert,Em- | me. had suwood and spoken uls memorable speecu. | His counsel Was toat patriouic youtn’s brotner-in- law, Robert Holmes, Who had never entered tiat se day Wuen iis relative was borne thence tol .e scadold. Almost tne first worcs of | tus counsé’é was a comment on the three mdict- | ments, -1@S 1oreman of the Grand Jury,” lie suid, “baying béun asked of the jury bad iound bills aguiust the prisoner, replied, ‘Uh, yes; we Gud him guilty of sedition.’ ‘Gentiemen,’ said the omicer. 0. the Court, ‘he 18 not indicted tor sedi- j Won,’ ‘Well,’ said the foreman, ‘we fod um j guilty of treason.’ ‘But, geutiemen,’ ugai inter- rupted the officer, ‘the Charge sgalust Mr. Michel | is ior teioay.’ *Oh, uo matier,” said toe loreman; | ‘sedition, treason or telouy—it 18 ail the same to us’? And so it would be with the Attorney General, provided ouly you find him gute.” A Vigorous Speech followed, and Koman rose alter | responsivie lor every sentument ne had uttereu as | counse.., The vereict Of guiity, aulicipated from the jury, Was pronounced amid’ proiouud silence ; but’ tne severe sentence was loliowed by mur: mur2 that were sulled suddenly, as the voice of the prisouer Was beard. “tne law has done its | court sum Ciarencon, and have conquered; joc | have shown Ubat Her Majesty’s government sustained itself in Ireland by packed juries, by parusan judges, by perjured itts.? Baron Leiroy mterrupted lim, He declared he repented of nothing, “Tne Roman woo saw fis aand ourning to asnes promised tuat 00 should iollow ou: his enterprise. Cau t uot promise Jor One, Jor two, for three ¥? he asked, indicating bis frieuds—KXeilly, Marun aud Meaguer. Butacry arose, “Promise for me—and me—.nud me.” Amid ascene Of iniense excitement the judges hastily withdrew, and the prisoner was carried back to bis ceil. Speaking Of his trial and conviction in hig “Jail Journa”’? he sums 16 up in toms wise:—“Ou tof May, 1848, 1, Joan Mitchel, was kid- Dapped and carried off from Dublin iu chains as a convicted Jelou.”? Scarcely had the sentence peen pronounced When he was hurried on board 2 suip- ol-war and sent beyona tue seas. The govern. Ment Was afraid that a rescue woulu be attempted, parcy exercised their tufluence to prevent it bivod would lave m shed. Mitchel consivered that the attempt ought to pave been maae. He was ready Lo be sacriticed and equally ready to sacrifice others tor the treedom of his country, While | on board the hulk» at Bermuda fe heard that O’Brien, Meagner, McManus ana O’Donoghoe had been sentenced to death. He writes in his diary, “‘Tais, We Will Say, 18 loss to tne bali-dozen gentlemen and their imends, Bat the question 1s, bas tae Britisa government in Ireland been damuxed by the collision or otherwise ¥ Has | @ breach been effected? 11 80, We wno were in the Jrout rank at the assault have no right to com piain that we only helped to Mil up @ ditch with | our bodies for other meu to pass over, Let us thank God if there be men to pass.” At this ume he was suffering severely, aud the aocturs were of Apprenticesnp, he married the daughter of Sir | Richara Verner, ana estabiisued bimseli as a suucitor in Newry. When U’Couueil was arrested the bearer oi au address irom the men of county Down, one of the must Protestant dis- trict#imdretaud, His first interview wiih O’von uel tok piace iu the prison. It was u strange Beene, lu the midst of tie garden ruse a fand- some tent, surmounted by a green flag. Here tne \verator received the thronging deputations arriv- ing trout all parts of tue country bearing addresses oF sympatny. brain, while tue mobile features and brillant eye Marked the uwiao upt at repartee, gutea witit might to cail @ slave to mabhood and ihe greater ower of wlluyilg u passionate peopie’s wrat The rigid Northerner’s reserved manner an Baturnine humor Were in strong contrast with the geuial bonhommie ol the popular wis ‘This Was their Grst meeting. Tuet last didered in every circumstance, 1his Visit was a turning point 1 Mitchel’s lite. It drew cluse tie bonds ui Nis acquaintance with Davis until the Irtendsuip and admiration thus jormed new- Shaped his existence, Constant counsel in- creased theit juumacy aud ther feelings went togetuer, Wuen, Wearied Of paraues, Davis gave nits ny they shouldbe: 1545, Thomas Davis died. Seems tu Lave Won the affection Of is lellows, Whetuer opponents ur acquaintances, The great tribune wept ior him among tke mountain soit- tases of Kerry as for a bun. wourned him’ a3 One mourns an oni and dear brother udmired for his genius and joved for tis Kituness of heurl, the editorsinp of the ation, ava Mitcnel was Chosen to succeed his departed friend. | It tue Jouruul justin Some qualities, It lost nothing in lwree, Most young writers ol that day believed tue ciouk oF Carlyle bad fallen upon them, vue Mitchel was saved Jrom any undue influence tensity ol purpose and sic humor Which Wuetted iis incisive The consequence of this change soun be- we mane: Ine Ulsterman, voru ty rights bot fccorced to all, bred up in privileges irom which the Catnohes ‘hud long been devarred, had not been trained to cautious cence wud ul Waiting, When an beghsh ter denounced Ireiand le rewurced with a de- Luuciation Ol kugland, His spirit Was as proud, bis Voice as Iree, as the best of them, aud ne fei) it iitolerabie that thei reckless vilupera- tion of ali things Irish should be vassed over in silence, The Loudon mioisvertal journal, when thas eXpounding the wickedness of Irisninen, advocated cuercion, and took troupie to Siow That ihe rauWays tien oeing made Weld brag every part or the isignd within a lew nous drive of DuviD aud Make Its provinces ol easy eye tu Ur ops. Mitchel, worough tue Nation, ietorted that raliroada could ve made impassavie, Loops intercepted om them, and that rails cou De hammered inte pike du, Tue government yin to stud.’ But suddenly, in No man more taan he oy Origiuusity of mind, a sare, id imprisoned John Mitchel came from the North | tue | there Was au litinite capacity of | thougut revealed vy tis broad brow und deep | ne. | warm Aruilerists’ Mangal,” saying “tuis is what | | ners be was alowed Co goat large va parol Mitchel im the North | But the void sould be filled in | | | ofthe Abbe the enjoyment of | opinion that unless released from his close con- fnement ve would not last long. His state ts best aescrived in this characteristic sentence:— | hough of books. I would give ali the books I ever read Jor a pair of lungs toa would work,’? Me is delighted to learn by’ the Queens | Speech toat although ‘peace bas happtiy been preserved Mere = Bull, existe a | spirit of disuifection iu that couniry’ (Ireland), “What,” be exciaims, “even stili! After so much amelioration veg done lor them; aiter the very DuiWarss 0. the COasxtitunon—havers corpus aad jury tr 1—being destroyed ior them, and all to in the law? Alter the laud appropriators ng strengthened by ali the powers of govern- ai cotamissions and a viundering ermiate and transport them, ana all | jor their own good! And diwitection suil! Weil, | there 18 no gratitude'in siniui man.’? Notwita- Standing bis delicate state of nealth he was Kept io close Continement jor ten Montus on board the Vromedury hulk; but he would uot oblige nis enemics oy dying. At last pe was trausierred | to the Neptune aud sent to the Cape ot | Good Hope, company with 300 our- wlurs aud murderers, ihe colonists, however, relused LO receive the offscuuring v1 Englanu, and, | alter a Spirited contest the yoverameac was ovliged to yield. Iu 1860 Mr. Mitcuel reached Van | Diemeu’s Laud, Where be met with w number of | his oid ussuctates, Who had arrived beiore him, | Here Ue remained Wutil 1402 in the enjyyment vi | cowparative livery. In common witi other prise | . But Ulls Lie became Loo Irksowe to be borue, and the | appearance or P. J. Surythe wita projects olescape | decided Mitchel OU maKing the allempt. The plan | aller CONsWLutION With his (riends, Was ould present uimsell Le the pouce uiagis- trate and surrender tus parole, aud then, aided bY his iviends, wake bis Way to a suip that lay om the coast. Lhis was essfuliy carried our, aud in 1563 Jobn Mitchel lugued in Sao Francisco. io Noveniber oi tue Same year he cuine to New York, | where be published the Citizen. In witen lus “Jalil Journal’? lirsi appeared, hese works were tol- lowed by iis “History oF ireiuud’—a continuation MeGeognegan’s Volumes, His “Lasu Conquest of Ireland (Perh ips)" toliowed, te also colested and eutted Clarence Mangau’s poeticai works. ‘Tue grea mistake of lis lie was Dis taking Sides with the southern States im the late war. cis symputnies early taantiested uuemsel ve: and so shocked Is 1nigh Irieads that his tuduence rapidiy dectined. Bevore the War ne weut south acd bougot @ larm at Tucaleechee. Aiterward | he moved to Knoxville and ‘startea the | Southern Citizen, with which he was con- | nected up to 1860, He then went to Parts, were be corresponded for several irish aud Aimerican papers unth after the breaking out of veturued to America im iséz and ron the blockade Ou tue Potomac, aod, with his three suvs, tiveW aimsell mto tue Soutuero rank: During the war he edited (ue Richmond Laguirer, the ablest organ of the Conieaerucy, His attacks on the Irish wao supporced the Union cause were co. Crediagiy bitter, w iy iy incensed bis) couu frymed boul iu tue Nord abd the w uh Dafty was aud retained the venerable Rovert Holmes, | Datly, 1t3 proprietor, could not endorse nis pro- | by tus secession trom the Confederation, on tie | Was (he sur Unaccountauie, for the openiug arti- | He declarea be wouid | In either case he should obtain a | his sharp. { | 1ormer the two prosecutions entered agaist | te | | og sertue, Damed Birca, woo was employed by | | lis connection with the government was proved | tne ‘stern oia | the trial to deciare himself | part,” be suid, “and 1 mine; [have challenged Lord | Then gazivg round he exciaimed, | “kor one, 1or two, for three ’—aye, for handreds!” | and had pot the leaders of the Yoang Ireiand | | whom disunguished bimsel! by bis gallant defence of Fort Sumter, Alter the war he lost all his ploperty New rk soon aiter and joined = the editorial corps of the Daily News. Here ne cou- Unued his attacks on the North. By order of Gen- erai Dix le was arrested and sent to Fortress Mon- voe, where he occupied the casemate next to Jel. Davis. He was pardoned by President Johnson, and on bis arrivalin New York was appointed by | the Fenian organization their agent ut Paris. He lived teere until divisions broke out in their sell to either party. He returned to New York aud started the Jrish Citizen, Which at frst was very popuiar, but owing to the appearance of ar- bitterly attacking the Fenian movement 1t u jel r. tion was suspended, tation in treland ‘rhe seemed home rule to have agi infused to hig country belore his death, and the Tipperary campaign Was & proo! how deeply his unfincniag devotion to the national cause had won the aftec- tion of the Irish people, who readliy forgave ull his fauits because of his unselfisa patriotism and munly courage. He nas leit to mourn his loss a widow, two daurhters and one son. His eidest daughtet, Henrietta, became a Catholic aud en- tered a convent in Paris, ner novierate, His eldest son, John, was killed to surviving 300 accompanied Lim to Ireland. In reviewing tne Cheqaered life of Mitchel tt is impossiole bot to Jeei that with his tncellectual gbt3 and jeariess spirit he might bave achieved fircater, things. Quick of understanding and reso- u which make successful leaders. rigut be sought to accomplish directly by over- throwing uli opposing obstacies. He seems never expediency. Although learned in bistory, and the lesson th geleat, The earnesvdess ofhis nature incitmed hint toward violent measures; but be never shrank from sburing the dangers to whien he invited Otuers, ‘there was in Mitchel’s character a vein of Roman fortitude that raised him above the petty ambitions of the age ip which ae lived. He had a@ yrand ideal that he worsnipped—an inde- pendent Ireland. But even this tol ne would worship only as he Jiked hinse't, He was alone in them. He quarreiled with the peopie whom he loved and abused them sometimes roundly; but, whether he viamed or praised, he wus in earnest. jelt that he was drawing them toward a precipice Jollowed because they could not desert tue man who had stood by them in the presence of the enemy. In she darkest hour of deieat Mitchel never despaired, conquered. itis bitter, uncompromising, undy- img hatred of Hngiand made him the representa- uve of Irish nationality, and the love the people he Was 4 Protestuur. Mad be used this power with greater wisdom he might have leit behind Was not wasted. ple to come out ol the terrible ordeal torough wich Ireland passed from the reign of Elizabeth to Catholic emancipation witb- out losing their coufidence in their own power and courage. Had it veen otherwise the Jervid appeals made by Mitchel in ‘47 and ’48 would have been answered by the sturving people. It was the sight of those fainishing wretches for which Mitchel could never forgive Englund. He saw in the famine of 46 aad ’47 not a visitation of Divine Providence, but a deliberate attempt of the British government to destroy the irish people. How well 1ounded his belet is well atresred by the offictal reports of the government, for while the people were dying lor Waut of food by thou- Engiand was immense—more than suficient to ec — double tue population, Against this assassination of a people ail that was bold, manly and generous in his nature re- volted and nated the malign power which did 80 greata wrong with a a Tituaic bate wiica ts only paraileled im history by Hannibal’s natred to Rome, Mitcucl served Ireland with his whole heart, and in return the Irish people all over the worid loyked to itu as mariners look to the Polar Stur—the one fixed thing in ail nature that was ever Constant and ever stood as a guide and vea- con. His place in Irish lustory will be beside Emmet and Wor Tone rather than with bis con- temporary revolutiouists, There was in him much of (ue “thorough” spirit of 98. He was earnest, disinterested and devoured, and his memory will remain green in the land be loved so well until time has been lorgotten. WASHINGTON. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, WASHINGTON, March 20, 1875. THE EXCITING DEBATE ON LOUISIANA IN THE SENATE—SENATOR BAYARD, AS THE LEADER oF THE DEMOCRATS, DELIVERS ‘A FOUR HOURS’ SPEECH—THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT GRANT REFERRED TO BY SENATOR EATON— SENATOR JOHNSON TO SPEAK ON MONDAY. In the Senate, to-day, after the close of the fifth caucus on the Frelinghuysen resolution, ail doubt was removed at its meeting as to what would be the course of the republicans in giy- ing legisiative form to their expressions ot approval of the course of President Grant. Immediately on convening Senator Fre- linghuysea flashed the question, and thereupon Senator Bayard, ever ready to be 1n tiie demo- cratic vanguard tooppose the advance of tne re. | puclicuns, took the fore front o/ the battle, and, | in view of his many and lengthened thougn able speeches, performed what may be regarded at this stage of the session the herculean task of Then for the democrats, half hour upon their further action, moved tion to that effect, Senator Randolph acting as spokesman, and iv was carried. Besides not jeeling well Senator Bayard labored under the severe ordeal of speaking to an almost deserted Senate and # bandiul in the galleries; put bis spirit of chivalry and championship of the demo- | cratic faith seemed, under these adverse circum- stances, to buoy him up, and he gave way after another haif hour’s address aiter the reassem- bling of the Senate, to Senator Maxey, of Texas, | who was followed by Senators McDonald, Kernan, of New York, and Eaton, of Con- necticut, the two latter making effective and desiring what to confer should be a | | | | well sustained arguments on the Louisiana ques- | tion, The last named Senator made the startling announcement toward the close of bis remarks that President Grant had acted the part of a usurper in Louisiana and Arkaneas, and said that i thut isto be the wayin future the sooner we | know it the better. In making the charge he said, | “and dare anybody deny it. He deserves tobe impeached for this,” Mr, Johnson, of Tennessee, | at the termination of Mr. Eaton’s remarks cb- tained the floor at a quarter after eleven o’clock, and, owing to the lateness of the hour, it was agreed tnat he should bold over and speak first | on Monday. This is the great looked-for event of the session, and will undoubtedly crowd the Sen- ate in every part to hear him, itis singular that be should have followed a Senator in the debate , the burden of waose jorcible attack on the ad- ministration Was “impeachment,” which makes the second time the echo of this has been neara in the Senate ag relating to President Grant. The attempt to-migut to limit the de- bate by agreement to take a vote iailed, as the Senators on whom the repuulicans desire to place the responsivility displayed an unwillingness at Uhis stage to obiigt themseives in this respect. The democratic Senators have not yet decided When they will consent to a vote being taken on the resolution, peading which 1s now the substl- tute of Senator Authony, varying little in essence | trom that whicu it replaces, except that Presi- deut Grant, rather than the government of Kel- logy, 18 championed, GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, ’ — WASHINGTON, March 20, 1875. DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES ON THE LOUISIANA QUESTION—A DEFINED COURSE OF ACTION ON BOTH SIDES DECIDED ON—THE DEBATE IN THE SENATE—FUTILE ATTAMPTS TO ADJOURN—DEMOCRATS TALKING AGAINST TIME. Both parties caucused to-day as to their action in the Senate in rejation to the Frelinghuysen res- olution sustaining President Grant. The demo- cratic Senators, in anticipation of the action of the republican majority, determ-ned vo raise a point of order on the Louisiana resolution, and if over- ruled to interpose sundry dilatery motions and thereaiter to debate tt as long as any hope ol deleating 1t should remain, Aili the re- publican Senators, with two exceptions, pledged | ip Burope, Dunog A tesolution and 10 Vote fof ite adoption Whedl | the struggle he lost two of his sons, the eldest of | in the fire of Richmond. He came to | rauks, When he resigned, refusing to attach him- | apidly into disfavor and finally the publica- | iuto is heart the hope of doing something useiul | where she died during | Fort Sumter; his younvest tell at Gettyspurg. His | ute Ol purpose, he Was wanting in Those qualities | What he thought | to have understood tue exact value o1 the word | more especially that of his uwn country, he missed | i divided counsels lead to tatlure and | his aims, or rather 1a his method, of achieving | He might be mistaken; but mo one who | | knew) him ever doubted for an instant | his honor, bis sincerity or the purity of bis motives, Hven in’ Dig last campaign against Engiish domination in Ireland, meu who | He was overthrown, but nov | bore nim jor this quality was intensified because | him more tangible results, out for all thac nis lie | It was lmpossivie for a peo- | sands the exportation of aliciasses of tooa to | speaking irom noon until five in the afternoon. | resolu- | Tuesday and then | democratic | themseives to Vote jor taking up tue Frelinghuysen | | modified, 80 ag todeciare the approval of the Senate of the President's action ia protecting the existing government of Louisiana from domestic violence, ‘The two Senators present who did not give in their adhesion to this understanding were Messrs. Christiancy, of Michigan, and Robertson, of South Carolina. The republican Senators have agreed to refrain from discussing the caucus Louisiana resolution in the Senate, and have also determined to vote against any recess or adjournment (except over Sunday) wntil the final vote snail have been taken, ‘This course of action will in al! prooability insure the termination of the session within the next five or SIX days, and many persons think it will close by Wednesday. Jn the Senate, immediately aiter the reading of | the journal of yesterday’s proceedings, Mr. An- thouy, of Rhode Island, moved that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the resolution sub- mitted by Mr. Frelinghuysen on the 17th instant, approving of the action Leretolore taken by the President of the United States in protecting Loul- siana from domestic violence, and expressing the opinion that he should continue to recognize in | that State the existing State governmeut. Mr, Bayard, of Delaware, raised the question of order, that the resolution, ir not legislative in its charac. | ter, was equivalent to legislation. It was intended to have legisiative efect, and, therefore, was not proper business lor this special sion, The se: sion was called by the President of the Unitea States for the purpose of considering such matters of an executive character as he mignt see fit to Jay before the Senate. He (Mr. Bayard) under- stood that the President, in reply to a resolution sent to him yesterday, announcing the election of President, pro tempore, of the Senate, and the re- urement of the Vice President for the session, said he had no further business to jay before the sen- ate. ‘There was nothing now for the Senate to do but to act upon the nominations upon the calen- dur and then adjourn, He reterred to the recent debate upon the resolution for the admission of Mr. Pinchoack and said, when the Senate was on | Uhe point of a decisive vote it pleased tne majority to postpone the matter iill next December. Mr. Conkling, of N. Y., raised a question of or- der, and, alter a short discussion as to this, the question was submitted whether the Senate would irom New Jersey (Mr, Frelinghuysen), and it was agreed to—yeas 28, nays 24, as lollows:— Yras—! | Burnsiae, Cameron of Wisconsin, Conkling. Cragin, bd) munds, Ferry of Michigan, Frelinghuysen, Hath Hitchcock, Howe. Ingalls, Jones of vevada, Logan, Me Millan, Mit Morrill of Mame, Morrill dr Vermont, Mortoti, Oglesby, Patterson, Robertson, sherman, speu: cer and West—Z3, N . Bayard, Bogy, Booth, Caj voper, Davis, baton, Gorcou, Hannal ot Tennessee, Jones of Viorida. Kelly, Kernan, Me creery, Maxey, Norwood, Randolph, satitsbury, steven- son, sherman, Wallace, Whyte and Withers—24) i Messrs. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Hamlin, { Sargent and Windom, who would have voted in the alfirmative, were paired with Messrs. Ransom, Merrimon, Vennis and Jobnston, who would nave | voted in the negative. Taose not voting, and not announced as paired, were Messrs, Alcorn, Christiancy, Clayton, Cono- { ver, Dawes, Dorsey, Ferry, of Connecticut, Goid- | thwaite, McDonald, Paddock, Wadieigh and Wrignt. The resolution being before the Senate, Mr. Anthony submitted the following substitute :— Resoived, That the action of the President in protect ing the government in Lousiana, of wach Wiliam P. Kellogg is the Executive, and the people of the state agaist domestic violence, and in enforclug the laws of the United states in that state, is approved. Mr. Thurman said he wanted time to examine this resolution, and as there was some executive business to occupy the attention of the Senate, he moved that the Senate proceed to the considera- Uon of executive business, Rejected—yeas 22, nays 33, After the defeat of.severa! motions to adjourn, Motion jor a recess was that the Senators on his side of the Chamber might have an opportunity tor conference. Hé moved tnat the recess be until \ six o'clock P. M., Wich was agreed to, and the | Senate at filty minutes past fouro’ciock P. M. took @ recess till six o'clock. Upon reassembling at six o’clock Mr. Bayard resumed bis argument, and commented upon mat- ters@hich have transpired in Louisiana during NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1875—QUINTUPLE SHEET. “THE RUSTE OF THE WATER Allison, Anthony, Boutwell, Bruce, | Much smaller than it was believed to be on the | | day of the food, the consequential damages are | | incalculable, The destruction of the two bridges | * | cuts off all communication with sections whitch | |,gurnished the main part of the basiness to the | town, ‘he loss of the railroad bridge will throw | Mr. Randoipt said his sole object iu making the {| # majority of cases, do not settie with them until Seenes and Incidents in the Delaware a and Susquehanna Valleys. | mM i ™ n um- he Whe ae + vas mense Losses i L rade. er Narrative of a Railroad Journey Through | the Ice. EXODUS OF FASHIONABLE RESIDENTS. Port Deposit Still in Fear and Trembling. THE DELAWARE VALLEY. A SECTION OF A BRIDGE PICKED UP TWENTY- | THREE MILES DOWN THE RIVER--THE WORK | NOT DAMAGED—THE DAMAGE NOT SO GREAT | AS EXPECTED—THE LUMBER TRADE AND ITS LOSSES. Vor? JERVIS, March 20, 1875. One section cf the Barrett bridge was found to- day lodgea in the river at Linderman’s farm, twenty-three miles below here, It bas received comparatively litue damage iu its long journey on the wali of ice. Workmen will be sent down at once to take it to pieces and haul it back, The section that landed on Van Noy’s Island, three miles below nere, 1s also being stripped of all ma- | terial that can be used in repairing the bridge, and the preparatory measures ior replacing the structure are making. it will be completed inside of two months and will necessitate an Joss Was at first supposed to be. While the actual direct loss to Port Jervis is now found to be huadreds of ralroad men out of employment for along Ume to come, causing mucu fuancial em. barrassment. GREAT LOSS IN LUMBER, in ordinary foods in the Delaware the lumber that is washed away is never counted us a total | Joss. Each operator bas his private mark, and every stick of timber is pvranded with it. Alter disastrous ireshets men are sent down the river to hunt up the stray logs and lumber, and reclaim them by means of tue owners’ marks, Thus large qWantities are recovere. By the flood of Wednes- | day, huwever, tne loss will be total, especially in | regurd to mantactured lumber, Not a board or | SUCK of the millions of 1eet that were swept away but is broken into Iragmnents by contact with the | grinding ice. Even huge sticks of toggle timber fire spuutered and shattered as if by lightning strokes. The occupation of the reclaimers wiil be goue, as laras the freshet is concerned, and the winter's work Ol Many a lumberman, upon toe | sale of which he depended to discharge the thou- | sands Oo! dollars of indebtedness incurred in get. | ting it ready lor market, has been alljor naught. GREAT LOCAL DISTRESS. The Delaware Valley, irom Lackawanna to the upper waters of the river, on botn branches, de- yends euurely on the iumber trade for its busi- hess prosperity. Over three thousand men find supporc for their lamilies in chopping, sawing, ralting aud moving to market the annual lumber product. ‘The vperators employing these men, in lumber 18 rafted and the returns from it recetvea, Merely furnishing tuem with orders on the sup- piy stores, usually owned by the operavors them- Selves, a3 the household necessities demand them, Consequently the result of Wednesday's flood, destroyig, as 1t does, at least ior tne ume, | the financial standing of many operators, will be great and cause extended sulfering in the Dela- ware lumper regions. There 1s usually an annual | average of 100,000,000 leet of lumber ratied down | the streams; but that umount will ve greatly re duced tunis season. THE MODES OP COMMUNICATION. the past two years, and at a quarter past six again yielded to Mr. Cooper, of Tennessee, who moved that the Senate adjourn. 21, nays 28. of Mr. Keliogg as Governor of Louisiana, and said } | it was that false and spurious Governor tnat the Senate was now called upon to approve ana con- tinue 1M power over the peopie of that State. He ext spoke O! the trouble experienced tnroughout the country on accouut of the panic, paper cur- rency, &c., aud said ull these were not as much cause of trouble to the people o: the North as the beygary which the reconstruction policy of the republican party had brought upon the people of the souta, ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. The democratic Senators, in their caucus consul - tation this evening, unanimously determined taat ; they would refuse to make any agreement or ac- | cede to any proposition fixing a detinite time tor | closing the debate on the Louisiana question. On the other hand they decided that no merely tac- tious Opposition should be made by them, but | that they would insist upon their right to fully de- | bate the pending resolution in the usual way. THE HAWAIIAN TREATY. In the debate on the Hawailan Reciprocity Treaty Senator Jones, of Nevada, after arguing that the political considerations involved were of themselves sufficient to decide the question in Iavor of the ratification, iurther contended that | the commercial importance of this treaty had | { even by its friends in the Senate. He callea at- | tention to the fact wnat the aggregate amount of our commerce with the Sandwich Islands does up in an uncommonly large degree by the cost of } the labor employed, and not by the cost of the Taw material. Thus, tor example, these islands value is to be credited to the raw material. As | another example of minor importance Rejectea—yeas | Mr. Bayard, resuming, referred to the course | crosses the Delaware nine miles below. ) Newbury PM. | arriving av Lackawaxen av 11:02, connecting with | NO CHANGE been generally overlooked or uwuuerestimated | greater volume than before. None of those who | sortunate neighbors. it has been estimated thatat not adequately indicate its real benefit to this | one house as many as lorty people have been cared country, for the reason that they purchase from ! tor, so that shoald the flood continue for alength of } us aciass of articles the valuc of which is made | ume those who, were not inundated will be at A passage has been cut through the ice covering the roud tc Sparrowbush, and tue stage is running between that piace and tms, ‘The Milfurd stage runs down the river on the New Jersey side, and Followmg re the trains now ruu on the eastern division of he Erie and their time :—Morning passenger for Short Cnt, Pine Island and Montgomery und Walikill Valley brauches leave New York at | 5 instead o1 9 o'clock; for Monticeliv branch, ut 10:45, The toliowing trains ere discontinued ‘be- tween New York and Susquehanna depot ior tne | present:—Leaving New York at 9 A. M. and 7 P, ut and Port Jervis at 3:53 and 1 . M. and 4:50 | 115 A. M., | 1 | | i ‘A train will leave Susquehanna at i the trains on the Honesdale brauca, reiching | Honesdale at 2:20 P. M., and leaving at 2:35, and | arriving at Susquenapua at 7:55 P.M. All trains | West O1 Susquevanna are run as usual, | THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE SITUATION AT PORT DE- POSIT—THE WATER FALLING—A SCENE OF SAD DESTRUCTION—BEMOVAL OF WAREHOUSES AND HOUSES. } | Port Deposit, March 29, 187 There has been no chunge in the situation of the ice gorge since yesterday. About one o'clock this | moroing @ heavy rain began falling and continued steadily until noon, adding greatly to the discom- fort of the submerged inhabitants. The water has been falling gradually all day, but a sudden rise may again ensue at aby Moment, and swell it toa were compelled to abandon their homes can yet return, and they are still the guests of tneir more much cost for the unlucky ones as though they had also been victims of the ireshet, This morn- | ing 1 visited tue lower end of the main street, in against houses, telegraph poies and lampposts | he | had been felied to the ground and fragments imstanced the pinchbeck jewelry that we ex- ; of wheels and wagon bodies were scat- | port to these isiands to the amount of | tered in every direction, Several thousand’ | $6,000 or $8,000 per annum, of which at least feet of timber bad been swept trom the eleven-twelfths represent tae wages oi lavor em- ployed in itg manufacture. By these and similar wharves to the barricaded thoroughfare, wiere it | lay wedged in between the huge masses of ice, ihustrations he claimed to siow that the ratifica- | A large warenouse belonging tu the estate of J. J. tion of this treaty wouid afford a great and ben- | Heckart, used for storage purposes, bad been re- eficial stimulus to numerous industries of the | moved several leet, and a board waik 200 yards in country, and especially to many on the Pacific | | coast. Replying also to an argument advanced ‘by Senator Booth that, as tue wages | paid to Sandwich Isianders are only | $12 per month, the native inbabitauts are | of cultivation of commercial relations with them, | Senator Jones argued that, in a poiitico-economic | point of view, this was 4 weighty reason why we should endeavor to enlarge our trave with such people, because in exchanging produc:s with them we get the value of a month’s labor of one of their producers for the cost of tour days’ lavor | of one American, THE RUSSIAN MISSION. 01 ex-Senator Chandler that Le ad been tendered, | and would provably accept, the mission to Russia. | low grade and not worth any special | 0US- } organized a sort o | way provisions were Carried inio «ae nouses of | several | ona It was stateu at the Capitol to-day by the friends | abie length had been very conveniently transierred into a bridge, There are several magnificent resi- dences in this localicy, amony Which is tue hoase of mr. J. tome, banker ana grain mercnan valued at $150,00), It is elevated considerably or elve the damage to it migot have been very seri- In order to reach tue Westera Union ‘ele- graph omce list migut 1t was necessary to cross 4 dangerous wud rocky Nill, almost 160 | Jeet vigh, inis morning the 1votpath on the aii | was rendered so slippery by the faliimg sieet and rain tata pumber o1 peopie Who attempted to | 33 1b Were Compeied to abandon the idea uotil rin the day. Numerous owners of row voats umbauy, Bud, at th rate of conveyed pus-engers irom | Tn thts, | la feh cents per hew one point along the streec to anotuer. jamilies, woo Story of their sill chug to te residences. Cousider- apprebension Was — entertanea a famtly residing at a piace known ag Roberisen’s lsiaud, one mule irom here, up the river, nad been urowned, and tats morning & | Mr. George H. Boker, who Was recently appointed, | Lumber of gentiemeu, who had assisted other | it is Said, Is about to deciine the ove. MR. GLADSTONE A HOME RULER. | (From the Cork aminer, March 6.) Mr, Gladstone's pamphlet upon Vaticanism con- | gt tains an admission of the principle of homo rule, which is not the least important because the | author appears to have overlooked its applicability to the affairs of Ireland, Speaking of the supposed | interference of the Vatican in the affairs of foreign pidfes Mr. Gladstone saysi—“As uw rule che real ihe eXciusion Of foreign influence proper ‘rom their civii anairs. Woerever the spirit of Ireedom, even i ever so faimtiy, breathes, it resents wpa reacts agalust avy Intrusion uf unoiner people or power into the circie of its Imverior concerns us wuke dangerous and disgracetui.”’ | aged. independence of States and nations aeyends upon | Ce Wien tue home rule motion comes next bef | Parhement the to rine passage Will suroden Mr, | Bust With an apt aad sordivie quotation, 1 | lames, weut, by means Of @ boat, to the Island, Yuey ound the lower floors of the house sub- mneryed, but the family stil remained tn au upper | story. [hey nad a pienviul supply of provisions, | and stoutly reiusea to jeave their Watery hacia. | tion. Although the water ts falling the ice 1n tne river | AL TetMaIDS COMPACT IN Vast heaps. Many of the inWabitants imagine that the Worst eifects ot | tue gorge are yec to come, and that Havre de Grace will sutfer more severely | than Port Deposit, As yet nu losses have been ex- | pertenced at Mayre ué Grace, except vy the jum- ber dealers, Whose Siocks were but sligntly dam Yue bridge between Perryville aad Havre | e remains fra. The tresie work ob the | and Port Veposit Railway which wis Gesiruyed Cauuot be easily iepaied, und a month | will p.obauly elapse belore Luere is any dipect | Tatiroud communication with Port Deposit. | ‘HE WATER STILL FALLING. Port DePos!?, March 20—Midnight, ‘The water in the sireets Bhs subsided HS ised balm ; Camp Meeting grounds. |} the spectacle is beyond description. | une ice and débris, and the damage cannot | doubt 4nd concern by the people in the vaiiey | broke through 7 wince yesterday. A storm of rain and sieet nas aef du, With & prospect of coutinuing ail night. 4 GLOOMY LOOK FOR a TER—AN EXODUS TO A CAMP PERILS OF PITTSTON AND COMPARED—NARRATIVE OF A THROUGH THE ICE. PitTsToN, Pa., March 29, 1875, The storm of hall and so0W whicu set In at twelve o'clock last nignc continued at inrervals until moroing, When early pedestrians were f reed to face a furious wind filled with sharp particles of hall, The strects were covered to the depth ot nearly six inches, aud throughout the day there has been very good sleighing, The weather cou- tinues quite cold, and to-night dark, beavy clouda drape the sky and northeast winds are seuding premonitory puffs of a threatening storm, The ade ditional increase of food material on the moun+ tains has caused much alarm to-iay among ta€ residents of the west side, who appear to grow more alarmed with tie passage of time at the situation of affairs. They are iorced to the cons clusion that they must make every preparation to ward off the impending dangers, by arranging for instant aud safe flight whenever the crisis demanding the same arises. Those who reside in the most exposed localities have removed ail their valuable housenold effects to either a dix tance or the upper floors of their residences. ‘The apprehensions now are very generalabout the THREATENED DISAS= MEETING —THB PORT JERVIS RAILROAD TRIB | terrible possibilities of the future; and these jeara are not based upon any frail joundation, reality of the i fields above the town is a serious barrier to the Jaintest ray of hope regarding the final apa from serious Gamage. Tue fact, too, that tuld ig the equinoctial season creates tears that tnd storm of lust might and today, and the threate: ing aspect of the skies to-night are the prelimis nary warnings of the gloomy visitation, Quite @ number of families residing on the west sid@ moved across the river to-day, and will remain om the east side until the trouble 13 over, about tbrea niles pack of West Pittston, A CAMP MEETING, On the mountains are located the Wyoming Very substantial dwelle ings were erected Jast year, aud to-day quiie a | | plgrimage was inaugurated towards this Mecca of take up the resolution submitted by the Senator | OUtlay of about $10,000, some $25,000 less than the | safety, A number of lamilies owning handsome cottages here prefer to take up their abode withizn the clrele of this sanctified and safe retreat rather than risk the danger which may beset them should they remaiu in their old habitations on the river bank. A iddy, woo arrived irom the viciuity of the camp grounds this afternoon, reports that preparations are making to hold dally andevening meetings of prayer by those assembled, at whica special sup- plications to the Deity will bs made for divine help in these days of tripulation. These movee ments illustrate tne very siguificanl aypretiene stons whicu are felt tp the community. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PATROL. To-night a pawroi has been arranged to watch the premises which Nave been vacated, as icars are entertained that unless due precauiious ure tuken depredations of a serious characier may take place, us & gang of su-picious luoOking Med, Supposed to be tramps, have beea attracted ta the locality within t past jew days. The patrol wii algo act as picke's to warn people of any sudden change Which may occur in tue diss position of the Ice and flood. Signal statioas om the adjacent mountains nave been fixed so Laat Immediate iniurmation can be given ol toe break. jug up Oo! the gorges, Lwo miles above. Vaes@ signals are to be in the night by light SECURING STOCK, Several gentlemen, iu order to secure valuable, stock, have driven their horses to Nanticuke, six teen miles distant down the west side, cro-sed the river at that place and returned up to Pitts ton, on the east side. PORT JERVIS COMPARED, The HERALD correspondent was extended the courtesy 0! a railroad trip on a jocomouve up tie j north of Pittston to the ovcinous field of ice tats morning. Much bas been writieu of the Port Jervis lockup, but those wno have been cyewit- nesses of botu Ueids of excitement and upprehen« sion agree tat, Wulle Port Jervis floods shattered the confidence of man iu things earthly, that there was nof 13 nothing in Jervis in com« parison to tae awit calamities We have passed tirough and are still in danger of experiencing. From the very moment we started on tue trip the spectacle was awe-luspiring und attractive. The tracks aud Works oi the devastut« ing elements were to be seeu on every band, Avong tne first Mie We passed the sites of the de- stroyed bridges aud then we entered the pree clicts of the gorge, where the entire force ol @ P cmgate trunk jine of ‘oad, had been severak days cutting througu mountams of ice to cleat tue track. RAILKOAD IMPEDIMENTS, At Coxton, the station of the coal department, Here is & network of sWitches and cross tracks covering acres of land and which are ten to twelve feet uncer ice. Hundreds of men are engaged diggiug out the cars of coal and sreigne and long coustruction trains are — carry« ing oof the ice as it is broken up, Jor the purpose of clearing the yard. The round house bas been smashed 10, and in the shops and the offices massive cakes OF ice had jocced Ut selves, It Wili take weeks of nard labor to re e este mated now. Keyonu Coxtou, horth of the gorge, the river i8 more rus than ever. ‘Tao train, as it passes along the bank of the river, Is at times ene tirely hidaen irom sight, so deep has been the cus. through the ice, and we are notatall surprised, that w good Presbyterian minister organized & prayer meeting on board the last tram toay passed the Narrows on Tuesday eveniny, as the Waters raised and ice jammed against the sides of vhe cars. FEARS AND DOUBTS. ‘There ts not much cuange in tae condition of the stream nor in the ice, out the suspension o! uctivily Of the ice bas heightened the ieviings o: and Wiikesvarre, Kingston and Plymouta are laooring under a more intense uervous excitement than ab any time before the first breakup. With 159 inves ol ice yet to come, with two irightiul gorges im this immediate vicinity und a still larger one om the same stream in New York State, it 13 sim- | cerely hoped that the prayers of the farcotul will be heard. FEARS OF THE INUNDATION OF WEST PITTS< TON—FIVE HUNDRED COAL CARS BLOCKED IN ICE—FLOODING OF THE RAILROAD OFFICE—= A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR RUSHES AWAY, WalsT HIGH IN WATER. WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 20, 1 There has been no change in the waier to-day. 758 | The report this afternoon that jt was rising at and above Pittston caused general aarm; but it wag | entirely unfounded. On this side and just above import irom the United States annually more | the region of the lumber yards, which suffered | the bridge tor several rods the ice has settleg | than $109,000 worth of woodenware, which repre- | most severely. The water has fallen several ieet, | about five feet, but elsewhere it remains frm. sents an expenditure of over $90,000 for wages of , and in some places the ground was again visible;. | ‘Tne water still sweeps across the Kingston flate jabor in this country and $40,000 worth of cloth- , but @ scene of sad destruction presented itself | and is wearing its coannel deeper. ing, of which only one-fourth or one-third of the | Large blocks of ice were piled up in all directions Fears ota | still greater inundation are general, and many families in the lowiands are preparing to move ta higher ground. A merchant on Market, neag River street, has been removing his stock of stoves this alternoon to a safe distance from the water, The City Council have veen askea ta construct @ dam across the caual near the redoubt, so asto prevent the water from flowing dowa by that means and flooding @ part ot the city, Iti probavie that such @ dam will be uuilt at once. ‘rhe gorge, Watch begins two miles above Pittstom aud 1s Mine miles long, 18 & terror vo the entire valley, The river runs between mountains lor @ part of wis distance, and migh water cannot spread out, bUt Must DACK Up anti! has torce enough tu drive ihe gorge beiore it, Por this reas | som it is believed that this gorge will move before the one at Wilkesbarre. Ti tt does the back water will tnundate West Pittston ugain. its reeidenta Jeur this, and @ number oO: removals to Pritsron, which 1s sale from almost aay food, were made to-day. DESOLATION AT COXTON, At Coxton, Oue mile above Pittston, the scene of desvlation caunot ve described. A jarm ot 200 acres is covered With Cakes o1 ce leit by the re« ceding Waters, Fire hundred coal cars on sida tracks of the Levigu Valley road are embedded in and covered up by immeuse boulders, One sida of tae engine house was crusted tn. The offica Was flooded aud a long, narrow cake of ice the door and was janded on tue floor. The telegraph operator had to walk turougm Water Waist deep to get out, ‘nis plaice is close Vo the Jot of the gorge, and the save rush of ice Will probably be repeate: Slee: has been falling ali day, The snow stora did not continue ali inst hight. The weather Is cold aud threatening rain. DETENTION OF RAILROAD TRAINS, Hannissura, Pa., March 20, 1875, The Columbia branch road, though covered for several miles by ive and driftwood washed on the crack, will be entirely clear by to-night, a@ damage whatever baviung been done to the roaud- way, bridges or bwidings. This, however, has caused no detention to travel, the Pennsyivana Ratiroad having @ shorter tniaud line from Diiers ville fo Middletown, over which they ran all their express purseuger trains, sending only tueir heavy ireigat urougd by the river road on ace count of its tighter grades, OF course, during the blockade of wie river itue all rains afte vow rau by the sore cut, without auy detention or incoas Veulence tv tne traveling public, rere has v1 nO damage to tne track or briages of tie line of the Pnuadeiphia aud krie aud Nortnero Central pas aku DO Getention tO travel om theue