The New York Herald Newspaper, March 27, 1876, Page 3

THE GREAT STORM. {ts Effects Both | on Land and at Sea. STREETS AND HOUSES FLOODED. 4 Steamship Aground on the Long Island Coast. OTHER WRECKS NEAR FIRE ISLAND. Railroads Injured and Travel and Traffic Delayed. ‘The storm of Saturday, which continued down to a late hour yesterday morning, was the most sovere of its kind that has been experienced for many years in this | vicinity. To say it rained scarcely gives an adequate Idea of the condition of things It poured long and unceasingly for about twenty hours. trade was of. the liveliest description, but few people aving the temerity to venture out any distance with- put one, The scene on Broadway during the entire day was of the most novel description. As fur as the tye could reach one black mass of bobbing umbrellas was seen moving along both sides of the great thor. bughfare, beneath which plodded thousands of foot-wet and disgusted human beings. Ot course a groat deal of damage was done to many kinds of property, not only in this city, but through- cout a large area of surrounding country. In portions of Brooklyn, Williamsburg and Jersey City sewers and tulverts were sadly blocked and choked, in cotise- quence of which cellars were unceremoniously con- vorted into weil filled cisterns, very much to the an- boyance of the inhabitants of the buildings covering these places. Back of Williamsburg, in the vicinity of Newtown Creek, the country bore the appearance of an | inland sea, the water covering the meadows and low Inndscompletely. South Brooklyn, particularly in the vicinity of the Gowanus Canal, was very damp, the in- habitants of that neighborhood spending much of their time yesterday in pumping out the water from their houses. In Old Dutchtown, above Twelfth street, Williams, burg, the residents of the houses built on the sunken fots formed by the raising of the roadways and tho filling in of ground, suffered to the fullest from the storm, Many of these oid houses have their second and third story windows level with the sidewalks, and ‘the rain raised sad havoc with these structures, The water washed and opened crevices in the earth, and | then ,rashed tike miniature cataracts down in the | hollows until it welled up through tho floors and win- dows, filling many houses up level with the sidewalk aud driving the inmates to take shelter in the upper stories and on the roois, In several instances iamilies bad to be taken out from the upper windows and be passed over to the sidewalks by meaus of planks and ladders, In South Fourth, between Jhitd and Fourth streets, the waver running in the gutters be- came dammed up, and, overtlowing the sidewalks, ‘undermined the earth in front of a private house, when after a time, by some unaccountable means, tho ground gave way and opened up a large hole, down which sunk the railings, stoop and sidewalk flagging. What caused this singular occurrence no one has been able to determine, for the earth has simply sunk as it might had tne props of a cave suddenly been knocked away; Yet no excavation had ever been made at the place, It is thought that the water by some means gad tort @ subterranean channel and thus under- mined the surface. Many other similar freaks of the Bood are reported. ON THE LONG ISLAND COAST. On Saturday night, about half-past seven o'clock, when the fury of the storm was at its height and a dense fog prevailed, the English steamship Great West- arp, from the Mediterranean for this port, with a mis- vellaneous curg? of oranges, lemons, samach, sulphur And rags, went ashore on the sandbar off Amityville, bn the Long Island coast, The steamer is commanded by Captain Wyndham, and sailed from Messina Febru- Ary 26, via Palermo March 1, touching at Gibraltar on Yer way. Fortunately there are no passengers on doard, As the captain was ill in his bunk, % i# probable that when the steamship ran Into sboal water she was in charge of the Wiree mates, Messrs. Fox, Barnes and Dean. Tho piticers and crew, including a stewardess, number Whirty souls, The steamer was run s0 fast aground at she remained immovable all night, and when day- t broke yesterday she stood there a few yards from e bea , with all her masts and rig- on an even kee ‘and in tolerably good condition. But so furious about the time she struck that soa aiter sea washed over ber, and he officers Yeport the vessel full of water it is believed that she __bilged. rt ot the gargo, which is srs. Phelps Brothers & Co. of this city, is therefore considered to be greatly damaged, the greater part Demg of a perishable nature. Ono despatch to the Heraco stated also that nearly ali of the crew came yesterday, the others remaining on on off watch. They said that the 1 -t intiniation had by the officers of their tons inden A to the Long Island coast ny catching a sudden ghmps of Fire Island light, he fog lifted fora moment. But as tho haze settled aguin they lost their reckoning and were soon hard and fast on the sandbar, Early yesterday morning the Coast Wrecking Com- ny were notified of the disaster, and communicated e facts to the agent of the line, Mr. W. D. Morgan, who instructed them to send the wrecking steamer Re- Met to the sce the wreck. Captain W. Merritt ous round by on the Rehef and Captain John ‘oung proceeded to Amityville by rail, accompanied ) Mr. Morgan. The Great Western was butlt at Sunderland, in 1872, for account of Messrs. Whitwell & Co., of Bristol, and 9s of 1,541 registered tons. The following are her prin- cipal proportions :—Length, over all, 276 feet; breadth of beam, 32 feet 8 inches, and depth of hold, 22 feet 6 Inches; hor drait iw 17 feet, and she has three decks. Bhe has six bulkheads, and her machinery is ot the compound class, She is bee eae, and of medium model. Her « may also be designated as medium. ‘A despatch from Babylon, L. L, states that a largo bark, name as yet unknown, went ashore on the sands about ten miles west of Fire Isiand light. No lives ap- prer to bave been lost, and there is some probability ‘Of the vessel being saved. The schooner J, C. Thompson, laden with coal, was rted last Contd ted breaking up off West Hamp- ton, on Long Island Sound. Beyond this no other dis- asiers are reported in that direction. The brig E. A. Barnard, from Matanzas, reports from Philadelphia that on the 23d inst. she saw one bark, two three-masted schooners and two two-mast schooners ashore off Tuckerton Inlet, New Jersey. > storm must, therefore, have been severe all along the coast. THE TERRIFIC RAINFALL. A Hznawp reporter called at the office of the United Btates Signal Station in this city yesterday and learned shat the rainfall from Afty minutes past twelve A. M. on Saturday to five minutes past twelve A. M. yes_ lerday was no less than 360 tnehes. The measure- ment is taken in a two-inch cylinder, twenty-two inches deep, and attached to which is a lineal measure. Attour o’clock yesterday afternoon the wind tray- elled at the rate of twenty-two miles an hour. wind yesterday was from the west and southwest. Tho reports of snow on the lower lakes and as near as Pitts- durg make it possible that a similar visitation may soon be expected within a few hours. PERILS OF THE SEA. ‘The brig Charles Dennis, Captain Darrah, from Ha- ‘Vana, arrived at this port yesterday from Havana, after baving experienced a rough voyage of fourteen days, Captain Darrah was interviewed by a Menato reporter yesterday, towhom he made the following Statement:—I sailed from Havana on Saturday, March 11, with a cargo of 617 hogshends and 100 boxes of sugar under deck and 300 empty petroleam Darrels on deck. March 14 had very squally weathor, with northeast to southeast gales; 15th and 16th bad a heavy southeast gale, with tremendous cross soa, the veswel laboring heavily, March 17, at six o'clock A. M., bad a strong southwest gale, barometer falling fast; eight A. M., gale increasing to a hurricane; one A. M., more moderate; two P. M., commenced to blow again with increased fury and a heavy sea on; at four FP. M. shipped a heavy which stove in th galley windows, *eitited i — with ind broke deck load of barrels adrift, At six ured the deck load. At ele’ P.M. the jo moderate, and at onm A. M, next morn- ing the wind suddenly veered to the north, and at eight A. M. was blowing @ strong gale from the north- ‘west, and cold, About that time we spoke the brig Ceres. At ten A. M. it was still blowing with great violence, and the sea wus very heuvy, there Ddeing frequent squalls of snow an sleet, On Sunday, 19th inst., we were in jatitude 34 min, north, longitude 74 deg. 29 min., with the moderating, though it was still snowing quite hard in frequent squalls, At ten A. M. spoke bark J, Sargent, of jas, tor New Haven, We mace ali sail, tho southeast On Monday, latitude 35 ees deg. 58 min., the wind continued sou! unui six P, M., when a strong gale provaited, in- The umbrella | The | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. creasing in violence at eight P.M. At ten o’clock it Dlewa hurncane, and our vessel was scudding before it. under close recfed topsail. At two A, M. 2st inst., latitude 38 deg., longitude 72 de; there was a fearful sea on, a very badly. Finding it impossible to steer ber feating she would broach to, we got out two four inch lines aft, sixty fathoms long, and towed them out astern, which made the vessel steer quite well, and wo were enabled to keep before ibe sea, Sev. eral large seas = came over the stern washing away the man at the wheel, but doing no se- rious damage. Tremendous seas passed across the main deck, washing away the deckload and stayin) the all with water, thus destroying flour and bread in the forward house. The seas washed also away every thing movable about the decks and stove the water casks. tearing off t ins and batten off the mai hatehes. The bulwarks were also split and | sails torn to shreds. At five A. M. the rain began to come down in torrents, with feartul thunder and lightning, a cross sea running mountains high and the combing being very heavy. At six A. it began to moderate and clear up. At seven A. M. the wind hauled to the northwest, whieh placed the vessol in @ very perilous position. At bine A.-M. the gale was still quite fresh; but during the next four days we had good weather, and arrived in port in tolerable con- dition, IN NEW JERSEY. | On the "ine of the Midland New Jersey road the water played sad havoc, At four o'clock Saturday afternoon ‘& report was received to the effect that the track on the above mentioned road had been heavily washed pear | Rochelle Park, just this side of Hackensack, the water | cutting a ditch several feet deep and about eighty feet | wide, Superintendent Lewis at once collected a gani | of workmen and started for the scene of the disaster; ouly to find that the track across the meadows near | North Junction was all inunda‘ed, and that at North Junction a piece 100 feet long was washed away and the bank out down & depth of five teet. OF | course all trains over the road were delayed, the regu- lar milk train, which 48 one of the — heavi- ‘est coming to New York, and which is | due at Jersey City at cleven & M,, not getting in | untit four Grelock yeuserday morning, and even thea it had to be switched off ar Fompton Junction and come down the Montclair road. Ail Saturday night during the oe ruin and all day yesterday the workmen under Mr, Lewis worked with a will, and had the satis- faction of seeing the road in condition at four o'clock eee, alternoon for the passage of trains, Hence- | forth trains will be run on regular time over the road. | The exact amount of damage done the road cannot as yet be estimated, but will doubtless toot up to $15,000 or $20,000. Between Hackensack and Paterson the road was blocked fourteen hours, and between West End and Hackensack a detention of nine hours was ox- | perienced, making all told an interruption of travel of | | twenty-three hours, Butfor the energetic action by , the railway oilicials the stoppage of trafllc on the | road would have been very much more serious, Mr. Montgomery, the depot master of the Peunsyl- yania road at Jersey City, stated yesterday t e- tween this point aid Philadelphia’ but litwe damage was done to the road, but that west of Harrisburg he had heard that the effect of tho heavy rain had been | Most pernicious, in consequence of which all trains due from that direction last night were delayed. At Trenton there was abort eighteen inches of water in | the tunnel, but this was not enough to interrupt the | | regular passage of trains, so no particular harm was | done. IN HOBOKEN. For years past the floods in Hoboken have not been as disastrous as they are at the present moment, Several square miles of land are under water, the depth varying from two to three feet. All of the streets west of Willow street, includimg Clinton, Adams and Jeffer- son, are inundated, Roatmen plied their trade in the | flooded streets yesterday, and made a good deal of money. Rafts were likewise used. Many people re- main imprisoned in their houses, awaiting the fall of the waters, In Monroe street, near First, the furni- ture on the ground floor of a small house was all afloat, In Secona street, near Jefferson, the road and side.” walks are undermined, The damage done will amoant | to several thousand dollars. Mayor Russeli, of Hobo- | ken, and several of the Aldermen of place, viewed the Scene yesterday, and the Common Council will, it is said, soon disouss the proposition of the Hoboken | Land [mprovement Company to permanenily drain the meadows, provided the city will impose an annual tax on all property for this purpose. In addition | to the damage done the Weehawken branch of | the Er‘e Railroad, from the north of Newark street up to Weehawken, has suffered a good deal by under+ mining. Travel was temporarily obstructed on the North Hudson (horse) Railroad, owing to a wooden | sewer box under the track being cut y by the waters. A force of men were sent to repair the dam- age, under the orders of Mr. Brookes, and the road | was repaired and travel resumed. A number of belated meadow residents, to reach their homes on Saturday night, had to wade through water over their knees. A quantity of trucks were employed yesterday in trans- porting people and provisions in the flooded districts. A large quantity of the water which ‘s in the meadows came dowr the ravine sewer from the Palisades. The water yosterday covered the steps of the cars going up | the car clevator to the Palisades. The flood subsided considerably yesterday, but several days will elapse before the streets will be free from water, Hundreds of persons trom New York visited the scene yesterday. The police authorities are doing all they can to miti- ‘te the sufferings of the inundated residents in the wer part-ot the city. BREAK IN THE CANAL AT PRINCETON, WN. J.— A WOMAN DIES FROM EXPOSURE TO THE STORM. ‘Trextos, N. J., March 26, 1876. The heavy rains caused a break in the canal at Princeton and another at Baker’s Basin. The damago is slight, The A pik Creek, which runs through this city, pnp away two heavy stone walls, which cost about A boy named Witban fell into the water and his body was carried by the rapidity of the stream into the Delawarc. The body has not yet been recovered. A woman named McBride was found dead on the Brunswick pike near this city. 1t is supposed she died trom exposure. She has friends in New York, where her remains will be taken. DAMAGE TO NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS. The rainfall which succeeded the snow of Saturday moruing continued for the space of fourteen hours, and was the most prodigious known in New England for many years, Had it occurred during one of the thaws which rendered the past winter an open one the damage to property would have been immense. As it was, the surface of the ground being frozen bard and | im many places coverea with packed snow when the Tain began, that infliction was to some extent spared us. At Rochdale, Mass., on the Boston and Albany road, seven miles west of Worcester, the accumulated waters caused A LANDSLIDE, the earth covering the tracks, in consequence of which the mail train from Boston, at nine P, M., was delayed three hours. Occurring at dead of night it was with the greatest difficulty men could be obtained willing to wade through slush and water to shovel away obstruc- tions, It was finally done and the train set out for ue destination. It w: by og So at Carlton, once aiter jeay- ing Hartlord and two or three times on the New Haven road; also at Woodlawn, on the Hariem road, a powt which shows how furious must have been the angry waters. The Connectiout River at Windsor Locks rose to au almost unprecedented height, and went foaming | and dashing toward the Sound hike a Niagara ta Meriden CELLARS WERE SUBMERGED and several houses were floated from their foundations. At North Haveu, near New Haven, the low meadows |xnown as the flats, embracing some 2,000 acres, were covered with water to such a depth as to. bide from sight many of the farmers’ haystacks, with which thas region abounds, . A wasnouT on the Shore Line Railway at Madison causod a delay of seven hours ty the morning “ow!” train. necteut Valley road irom Hartiord to Saybrook is much washed, and it is jeared trains will be unable to run rogularly over it before Tuesday, The N. H. D. and Ansonia road has bad guilies in several and it will require the work Of several days to pat it fn order. Up the Naugatuck Valley more ram never feil in 80 short a space of time, Several washouis are reported on the Naugatuck road. floods have torn the tracks of the Housat but to how great an extent cannot be di till Monday, Gangs of men have been to-day on ihe New Haven road filling in where the rain had forced it away and pat in places of doubtful strength, RIVER 10% VANISIERD, Every vestigo of ice bas passed out of the Connecticut River and driftwood in large quantities bas taken its piace. The wharves at Harttord and Middietown were jor « long time under water. Much loose lumber was carried uway. In New Haven the rush of water dowa the bed of tie old canal on whieh the principal rail- road traip* pass through the city was the means of making some believe the scenes of the memurabie August of 1874 were to be re-enacted. At East Bridgeport land and water were unequally divided, a preponderance of the latter appearing. During ewrirones | night at New Rochelle water rose above the raiiroad tracks, but no serious washout oc- | curred, ON THE HARLEM ROAD. The point which caused most disturbance was at Woodiawn, on the Harlem road, near the junction with the New Haven road. A gully of small width left the | tracks without support. It was discovered carly in the evening, the rashing prevented any at- tempt at repairs, The result was the Boston express, a atten minutes past eleven P. M., reached the Grand Cen- tral depot at four o’clock Sunday morning. The New Haven milk train, due at twelve midnight, came in at half past.six A.M. The mail train for Boston, instead of setting out at nine o’clock P. M., its, table time, did not leave till twenty-five minutes past three A. M. None of the trains were permitted to make speed at more than filieen miles an hour, ander yatractions from Vice President Reed, at New Haven, 3 “(NE GREATEST FLOOD IN FIFTY YRans,” Putsan, Conn., March 26, 1876. ‘The greatest ood along the Quinnebang Itver for fifty years is the present one. The tracks of the Nor- wich and Worcester and New York and New England roads are washed away for aquarter of a mile here andat Dayvillo and Danielsonvilie, Mechaniesville, Governor- dale and Thompson. The steamboat train got to New London and was compelled to stop. It witl tuke one week at least to place the railroad track in running condition, Telegraph communication is cut off every- where except to Worcester, Great damage has been done to property in this town. The water gathered on the railroad all last might, finally Ondimg an outlet through a bridge, rushing down across one of the prin- | cipal streets and making a gully twelve feet deep and thirty wide, A number of persons narrowly escaped drowning. GREAT DAMAGE NEAR NORWICH, STREAMS OVERFLOWING. Nonwicn, Conn., March 26, 1876. ‘The freshet in the rivers in this vicinity is the most disnstrous ever Known, The Thames River is out of its banks and ite waters are from eight to ten feet deep on the wharves ana railroad tracks. Along the city front the Shetucket tose over twenty teet, At Greenville the cotton mills of the Shetucket Company, Campbell, Hall & Co.'s and A, H. Habbard & Co.'s Paper mills, the Norwich Bleachery and others have CONN. — their lower stores all submerged. The Green- ville dam had twelve feet of water on it, aod, although in great danger, has so far stood the shock. At Taltville the damage is Itght, batabove the disaster is geueral. The bulkhead of the dam at Occum went carly this morning, and Toto k-tand Wegnonock mills, with tenements and batld- jugs, are badly damaged. The western end of the fae iron bridge which er ‘was also undermined and went into the stream, Ona tributary of the Shetucket, which enters the river at ‘Vhis point are the mills of the Versailles Woollen Com- pany and the Obenauer and Reade paper companies, he dams at these iiils have ail gone, and THK LOSS TO THR BUILDINGS avd mills is serious, Still further up tne Shetucket, at Baltic, are the extensive cotton mills ot the A, & WV. Sprague Manufacturing Company. The bulkhead of the dam succumbed about noon and the river made for itself a new bed, ishing out the canal and under- mining the huge granite mill One hundred and fifty feet of it is im ruins. The duildings in its vicinity are washed away and uearly the entire village is submerged, The vast quan- uty of water liberated by the broken dams the with irresistibic force down the Shetveket and carried away the irou bridge at Greenville, a compara- tively new structure, nearly 400 feet in length, On tho Yantic the dam and bridge at Fitchvilio have gone und the dam of tne Kent Manufacturing Company ot Bozral ville, Highway bridges have been washed ge Wires are down and the roads eo loss by this series of calamities is upward of $500,000, and 2,500 people are temporarily homeless. All day'lopg the Shetucket has been filled with the débric of mills, dwellings, bridges and dams, and bales of cotton, wool and miscellaneous merchandise. TWO LIVES Lost. : But two lives are so far reported as lost, an infant at Versailles, which its sick and Irightenéd mother, while being taken from a submerged builaing, into the stream, and George Biackmar, altvlile, master carpenter of the corporation. Mr. Blackmar, who had been ferrying workmen across the pond of the Taftville Mill, stopped while returning to rescue some floating merchandise, when his boat became engaged in a loi of drift wood and was floated into the rapids and over the falis im sight of bis wife and friends, who were standing on the bank. The railroads in this vicinity are badly Yam. aged. The steamboat train for Boston, via Norwich and Worcester, was stopped at Thamesville, below this city, tins morning, and the engers remain here. At Willimantic, Danielsonville, Putnam and other manufacturing places up the streams further loss js feared, MORE LOSS OF LIFE. Reports of loss vf lite are arriving. Three girls and two men, French Canadians, operatives in the Baltic Mill, were crossing the pond in a boat about five o'clock, when the boat was drawn ito the current and cap- sized. Three girls and one man, named La Pierre, were drowned. The other man was saved by persons on the bank, as the eddy took him near the shore. i. Charles’ Sweet, of Lebanon, while crossing the stream, was swept away and drowned, Late reports from Willimantic report no serious damage thore. DAMS, BRIDGES, FENCES AND MILLS SWEPT AWAY—HUMAN LIVES IN DANGER, Provipence, R. 1, March 26, 1876, One of the heaviest storms that bas visited us for many years occurred here on Saturday. The water in the ponds and rivers rose toa great height, sweeping all before lt, The most extensive damagé occurred in the Blackstone Valley, dams, bridges and fences being carried away, In the city deep gullies were washel, cellars flooded and a great deal of damage done gen- erally. The Ponemah Mills at Tofftville, Conn., owned by parties here, were flooded, the dam being carried away and the cotton and machinery damaged. Tho east wing of the Baltic Mil), at Baltic, Conn., owned by A. & W. Sprague, was washed away thix mor and at last accounts ft was expected that more of the build- ing would be carried down. Tne water was fliteen feet over the dam, and fears were entertained for the lives of the residents. The millsof Hopkins & Co, and Inman & Co, at Pascoag were flooded this morn: a greater portion ol one of the mills carried away. TER, The water at Baltic has subsided and the mill is out of danger. The dam has not given out as yet, and hopes are entertained that 1% will remein intact. Be- sides the west wing of the mill, the engine house, carpenter shop, waste house and gas house have been swept away. Three women and aman, Martha Perry, Mary stith, Anna McCaffrey and Joseph Stone, were drowned while attempting to cross the stream ina boat. The damage on the Clear River at Sascoag and vicinity is estimated at over 290,000, The dam at Quincbang, Conn., gave way, undermining the old stone mill and carrying away all the bridges. THE MERRIMAC RIVER THREATEXING. Maxcuxstee, N. H., March 26, 1876, Two inches of rain feil last night after seven o'clock. The Merrimac River ts rising rapidiy, and fears of dangerous freshets are entertained, Northern trains arrived seven hours late to-day. Several bad washouts are reported. Above 100 cellars in this city wero flooded, and st fire engin jave been at work all day pumping them out. The damage (rom the storm, which bas been very considerabie, cannot at present be estimated, ROADS WASHED AWAY. Ho.uistox, Mase., March 26, 1876, The storm last night was especially severe here. Sey- eral dams and bridges were washed away, and the Toads in Me es rendered impassable. The damage will exceed $3,000. THE STORM IN EUROPE, DETAILS OF THE KFFECTS OF THE HURRICANE AND SNOW STORM IN THE OLD WORLD— LOSSES OF PROPERTY AND LIFE IN GREAT BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT. The European mail, of the 16th of March, whieb reached this city yesterday, supplies the following de- | tatls of the first consequences of the severe storm which visited Great Britain and the greater portion of the Old World Continent ;— IN LONDON AND THE SUBURBS. [From the London Times, March 13.) Yesterday the weather in London was cold, botster- ous and gloomy. A catting northeast wind blew through the streets, which were deserted to an extent the Occum at’ this point | | | | down the sidewalk on the west side of Broadway, Mor- for beyond what is the case on Sunday at this ume of | the year. Shortly before one o'clock extreme dark- fess came on, but cleared away in wbout eight or ten minutes, This was followed by a gale from the north, snow failing thick ‘and fast, The steamboat trafic on vo river was for the time suspended, and it was wish difficulty the omnibus and tram cat traMe could be carried on. Subsequently the snow was succeeded by a fall of rain, and toon the running of resumed. A large barge was carried by t 6 tide ond wind against ir of London Bridge, and foundered, but no lives it is thought were lost, AT CHBLARA much damage has been done by the gale. Hoardings were blown down and several casualties caused by taf ing materials were attended to by the surgeons of tho various hospitals. A staoleman is reported to bave been killed by the talling of a telegraph wire, His neck tially severed, and he expired shortly after the : AT DOVER, (Dover (March 12) correspondence of London Times.) The sea swept clean over the Admiralty picr, and also dashed along the beach and up the stone apron in front of the Lord Warden Hotel, making the whole approach to the pier impassabie, At Bast Cliff the roadway is at one point entirely destroyed, and the sea made a clean breach up to the gardens of the houses there. The Southeastern Railway has safferea but very slightly. A quantity of shingle was carried by tho sea on to the line which r to the Admiralty pier, and as the tide fell men were employed to remove it. The Lord | was prevented, usual hour inthe morning, but al telogram was received {rom Cal afternoon boat which had the Indi usual, but had been compel tho severity of the ‘weather to return, the sea ru sceedingly bigh in mid-channel, * The weather at this time war intensely cold and snow falling. Tho Ostend boat, the Parlement Belge, arrived at Dover at thirteen minutes past six On leaving Ostend this morning she fe at saad such bad weather she ran for Calais, was anabie to ter, ‘Two Southeastern boats were thon off the harbor, but | passable, | ftom Edinburgh to Ayrshire, by Muirkirk, was, per- ‘The other boat was one only succeeded in entering it. fifteen minutes for stone, and passed down at after six. AT PORTSMOUTH. (Porgsmouth (March 12) correspondence of London Times.) The sea made aswepp over the outer fortifications and poured into tne moat ina line of cascades, while the spray flew across the ramparts, put the whole of the Grand Parade and Broad street under water and flooded houses in the neighborhvod. The Victoria pier was much injured, some of the timbers being carried away. To the eastward the sea overflowed the beach, and, breaking over the Esplanade, inundated the Com: mon from the pier to Southsea Castie in one direction and to the Pier Hotel ip another. The tramway was submerged for a considerablo dis- tance. Southsea pier suffered, One of the projections on the terrace of the Assem- bly Rooms was destroyed, several boathouses were overturned, the seats on the Ksplanade tétu away and the carriage drive covered with seaweed. The mainmast which serves the parish church as a vane Was also thrown down. THE CITY OF EDINBURGH SWEPT BY A MOST SEVERE STORM-—-RAILWAY TRAINS SNOWED IN ON THE LINES—TRAVEL VASTLY IMPEDED. (Edinburgh (March 12) correspondence of tho London Times.) Une of the severest snow storms experienced this ; year in Scotiand commenced on Wednesday and con- tinued unul Friday, In Kdinburgh and tho surround, | ing district the snow had accumulated to the depth of about three inches, but in exposed ana upland locali- Hes the wreaths bad rendered the roads almost im. | Op the North British Railway the line be- ween Pomathorn and Peebles was completely blocked. Between the former station and Leadburn, near Peny- cuik, there was a depth of from three fect to tour feet ot snow, through which the trains were unable to make progress. The line had besides been obstructed by one of the cartiages having run off the rails. The train which left Edinburgh at twenty minutes past six P, M. for Peebles had to return, On Friday morning Mr Bell, the district engineer, left Edinburgh with a squad of 160 surfacomen, aided by filty laborers, and, with the assistance of & snow plongh, began the work of clearing the line, and by three o'clock in the afternoon the trafic between Edinburgh and Peebles was re- sumed, THR INTERRUPTION between Edinburgh and Peebles was, however, not so Serious as might haye been expected, the tratlic be- ‘tween the two places having been carried round by Gaijashtels. ON THE CALRDONIAN LINE th Most exertions were used to keep the rails clear, Between Auchengray and Carstairs engines were con- stantly kept running. The branch Irom Auchengray | to Wilsontown was blocked oo Friday morning, but | by miaday the tramié was resumed, Tho Carstairs and Dolphinton branch was tn a similar diffcully and was only cleared about one o'clock in the alternoon, THE THROUGH LINK haps, in the worst position of any of the railway lines, ‘The sow has bere accumulated to such an extent that itis uot supposed communication will be established for some days. The twenty minutes past four P. M. train irom Edinburgh to Ayr on Thursday ran into a Bue Wreath some distance beyond Douglas, with the awkward result that many of the passengers were un- le to get out of the carriages, where they remained during the night, The train was extricated during | Friday forenoon and brought back to Edinburgh, As | might have been expected, THK ROADS TO THR SOUTH AND BOUTHEAST of Edinburgh have been drifted up, and omnibus and pel at) has been carried on with considerable difll- culty. IN WALES. [From the Liverpool Mercury, March 16.) A terrible gale raged at Rhylon Tuesday night ond yesterday morning. The sea rolled in most wildly, and a good deal of damage to property was caused by the wind. AtSt, Asaph the damage is confined to the blowing down of trees and chimney tops. During midnight a hurricane prevailed at Denbigh, Dut no serious damage reported. in, show and hail have fallen in abundance, and a large quantity of land between Denbigh and Ruthin is under waver, IN IRELAND. [From the Liverpool Mercury, March 16,] A despatch received last night states that a great storm, blowing inland, is raging over Ireland, and every harbor is flied with vessels seeking refuge. Many buildings in the soutnern and western towns have been wrecked, but no serious shipping casualty is yet reported. ON THE CONTINENT. [From the Liverpool Mercury, March 16.) Te appears that the storm, which was somewhat | severe in London on Sunday, was a perfect hurricane | in Belgium, and is reported to have been most violent in Liege, whero it commenced about three P. M., and | increased in violence .till about seven, lasting till ten, and occasioning a great amount of damage. Chim- neys, windows, roofs, and large portions of houses were blown down, and tho trees uprooted may be counted by hundreds, Tho streets were a mass of broken tiles, slates, window frames, and bricks, hun- dreds of chimneys having been blown down, and scarcely a roof in the city left uninjured. A poor wo- man was thrown down and crushed to death by a wall, an infant of six weeks old which was in her arms cs- caping unhurt, «TN BROBSELA, also, mach damago was done, and several people wero burt by falling tiles of slates, many persons being biown down by the wind. The great tree in the park, which contained in (rank the wounds made by the cannon shot in 1880, blown down. IN. MOXS several houses were unroofed or otherwise injured. It t least half a century since such a hurricane has ted Belgium. 18 GERMANY. inday night the whole of Germany suffered vero hurricane, by which, besides many other 8 in every part of the country, nearly all hb lines has been destroyed, IN THE NORTH OF FRANCE. Paris (Maren 4) correspondence ot London Times. } ‘he storm of Sunday raged with great violence in tho north of France, In Normandy trees wore uprooted, vehicles overturned and churches damaged. On the Calvados coast masses of rock were biown off the cliffs. At Cambray eleven persons were killed. Near Cateau a stone irom a belfry fell and killed a priest. IX BELGIUM the hurricane was terrific. At Lidge the barometer fell at three P. M. lower than in 1708, the lowest reading | on record. At Brussels hosts of hats, umbrellas and chignons wore mixed with the rain and bail. A nun is | said to have been whirled up twenty fect high and then dashed down, but without sustaining serious injuries. Tn other towns re ravaged, roots torn of and factory chimneys felled. j AN EXCITING WALKING MATCH. At twenty minutes before six o'clock yesterday morning @ large crowd assembled at the corner of | Canal street and Broadway to witness a double walking , match which had been arranged between Messra, Kdward Morrissey and Patrick Foley on the one sido and Bryan MeSwyny and John Kearney on the other, from Broadway and Canal street to the Battery and re- turn, Mr, Thomas Mathews was appointed referee. At fourteen minutes to six o'clock the men started rissey and McSwyny leading, half a block ahead of | Kearney and Foloy. A brisk gait was Kept up to Warren street, which was reached in five minutes. | One minute aud a quarier later the men passed the | Heratp office. Morrissey and MeSwyny reached the Jamppoest at the Washington Hote! head and head and the referee ordered a hait for one minuto, The time to this point was nine minutes and a quarter. Kearney and Foley reached th two minutes later so closely | that they were greeted with cheers. As no time forrest waa allowed tothe jatter Kearney fefused to proceed furvher. Morrissey and Mcswyny started off withoat ill they reached Liberty strect, ‘igorous efort, rushed she: ty-seven. second: Swyny, who was half a Swyny gave op the face at tne corner of street, ia consequence of the failure of his partner, THE JERSEY OUTLAWS. Dick Davia, for many years the terror of the northern portion of Hudson county, New Jersey, and who ran away about a year ago to avoid arrest on a charge of attacking and oWtraging a woman on the highway, has returned tohis old haunts, Dick is one of Jersey's most dangerous and daring desperadocs, He was jeador of the notorious “Modoc’’ gang of Guttenberg, whose numerous crimes and depredations are still fresh im the minds ot the public. any of the once in- famous g! are now serving terms in tho State Prison, at Trenton, of trom three to twelve years, Dick managed to escape, There are several indictments banging over his head, and strong efforts will be made to effect his capture. A squad of office: ire now on his track, aod it is reported that he cannot again escape. HOME FROM THE SYNDICATE. Among the passengers who arrived in this city yes- terday on the Inman steamship from Liverpool were Special Treasury Agents Mr. Hillhouse, son ot Genoral Hitihouse, of the Sab-Treasury of this city, and Mr. Coon. These gontiemen have beon connected with the United States Syndicate at London, which bas now completed ite favors, Several other Treasury agents who have algo boea connected with the Syndicate are shortly expected to arrive from Loudon, OFFENBACH. Interview with the Popular Com poser. His Motives for Visiting the United States, PROGRESS OF MUSIC !N AMERICA. Yanis, March 11, 1876, Having oceasion to call upon Offenbach recently in Felation to some business with which I had been in- trusted bya friend, I took the opportunity of talk- ingto bim on the subject of bis projected trip to America. [found him quite expansive in regard to it, it having evidently offered to his mind a perspective | of great social and professional enjoyment, Before I enter into the particulars of our conversation, which was of a very Interesting character, a brief deseription of the popular composer and of his surroundings may bot be unacceptable to your readers, Offenbach lives ina modest bat comfortable apart- | ment on the fourth floor of a house in the Rue Lafitte, | and when the visitor enters bis rooms he sees at once that the occupant is a man of artistic tastes and refine- ment, The walls are covered with choice specimens of the works of the most esteemed modern French artists, most of them being tributes of admiration and friendship to the liveliest and gayest of modorn lyrical writers and to the most genial and | amusing of social companions. In bis rooms the soft- est and most luxuriant of armchairs and sofas of every conceivable form and material invite the visitor to drop into them, while the light, reduced and tempered by curtains and bang'ngs of the tendorest hues, {s of that subdued and mysterious charactor which piques one’s curtosity and induces an exploration of the ob- | soure corners of the room, where countless art treas- ures in the form of bronzes and bidelots he balf con- cealed. Butno time ia given for the gratification of one’s curiosity, for the master of the logis is not one of those pretentious people who like to make their visitors air their patience in his antechamber, l- though no man is more occupied, and although his work is of a nature which, perbaps, less than any other is susceptible of interruption, inasmuch ag it de- pends upon the Inspiration ot the moment, thero are few who are mere accessible, Owing to his long con- nection with the theatre nothing seems to disturb him, and he passes from one occupation to another with a facility and gayety which are enviable, I was fortunate enough the day I called to find him in one of bis intervals of leisure, and so had an oppor- tunity of talking to him andistarbed for the best part of an hour, He had some sheets of blank music paper before him, but was smoking a cigar and was evidently not much disposed for work. He snook hands cor- dially with me, and in reply to my excuses for intrud- ing on his time he answered me gayly that he was rather glad of the interruption, for he had had one of bis usual attacks of gout and had not as yet been able to settle down seriously to work. To look at him one cannot help wondering at the prodigious amount of labor he has gone through. His slight, frail igure and delicate physical conformation generally seem in- compatible with severe and continuous application. Although in bis Afty-third year he ts as light, airy and vivacious as a young man of twenty, and the buoy- ancy of his temperament and hopetul nature will, as in the case of Charles Mathews, enabie him to pro- serve this juvenility of appearance long after the reality bas passed away. His Teutonic complexion and blonde bair and mustache contribute, of course, to keep up the illusion, and seen in company with one of his daughters he might easily be mistaken for her brother. Having concluded my business with him I said:— “Mr. Offenbach, now that I have terminated the affair that brought mo here, perhaps you will pardon my indiscretion in asking you if this projected trip of yours to the United Stater is a new idea and suggested solely by the business proposition made you in connection with the Centennial?” “Ob, dear, no!’ he rephed, “Iv 4s many years since I formea the desire, ana, indeed, the determination, to visit America, Having seen almost every other. great country, it was natural | should feel curious about one which, although only a century in growth, is already rivalling the nations of the Old World, not only in po- litical and social advancement but in every branch of art. Theroisno example in the worlt’s history of similar progress. Barely a century ago there was everything to create, and now I am told by those who have visited the country and who, I know, are not given to exaggeration, there 38 to be found there not only a maturity in all that state of civinzation, but a degree of wealth, refinement and intelligence that but few of the oider notions can boast of If my professional engagements had per- mitted of it L can assure you I would not have waited until now to realize my long formed determination to visit your country.” f “AS you have touched on that point, may I ask how it is that in the interest of your profession itselt you aid not deom it advisable to make the trip? 1am sat- istied that in a ioe point ot view the results would have yg ly compensated you.’’ “No doubt of it, and if I had had only my engage- Tents as a composer to interfere with my movements I could easily have arranged to absent myself from Paris for afew months, Bat you know wnat the responsi- bilities of a theatrical director are, In my case they not only involved pecuniary considerations but m; - tistic reputation, for it was absolutely necessary that I should superintend the production of my o Jecen. All the latitude of movement that I could give myself was an absence of a few days at somo place whence [ could be recalied in four and twenty boure,"’ “May Task if you have bestowed any attention on the progress of masic in the United States, and if you able to form any opinion as to its act condition rospects f'? ‘our progress in that rd has been, as I have already observed to you, Egg nt but it seems to me that at present it has arri at a stage of valentissement (suspension). This is duo to causes. It is neediess for mo to tell you that opera is a costly amasement, and that to prosper it requires other encouragement and support 4! that afforded by the tickle favor of fashion. n America it receives no aid of any kind, either from the State or from the mu- nicipality, and is left entirely to its own resources. As it can never count with avy degree of certainty on the season subscriptions whi in Burope enable the director to form his calculations for the period his on- gagements are likely to run, it fol! that the impresario who undertakes vo produce opera under daca conditions, in New York or any other of your fre cities, does $0 at enormous personal risk—a risk, in fact, which no ordinarily prudent man is justified tn incurring. The consequence is that in nine cases out of ten he Js anable to fulfil his engagements with for- ign artists, and henee the difficulty that ts found in persuading singers of acknowledged merit to accept American engagements, What inducement is there for them, in fact, to brave the perils and desagremens of a long sea voyage and then to ind themselves involved in law suits to enforce the fulfilment of their con- tracts? Thoy can earn nearly as much money in Paris or London without bei pesos to any of these annoyances, Remember am Gnding fault with a situation that is cntirely false, and not with individuals, 1 maintain that no operatic director can hope to attain @ reasonable compensa for his efforts and sacrifices der th M ipsa system. Another great obstacie to the suce | acclimatization of opera among you, if |may uso the term, i# that you bave no national or State conservatoire whence, as Paris, an operatic director can ob the clements which insure excellence of ensemble musical sentation. You can readily imagine how diffi would be for the Grand Upera to maintain its higo rep- utation had {t not at its command the schools of art which the government has fostered with the direct view of multiplying its resources, In fact, ail the French artists who have attained fame and for- tune within the past quarter of a century have been educated and trained at the conservatoiro.”” “As you aro the acknowledged creator of opéra bougfe in France 1 should be glad tolearn from you * some pafticulars regarding the origin and history of a branch of theati once 80 artisticall ‘self personally.” “The story is a very simple one and resembles that of all other undertakings which bave the good jortune to hit the taste of the public, I commenced opera doug in the year 1866 in a small theatre im the Champs enterprise ich has proved at frustial end #0 profitable to your. began nd all at once the receipts jumped up to the maximum of accommodation, people even being content with standing room. In this small house and under my direction were matured some of the most popular artists of the nt day, such as Mile, Selineider, T ile. Cleo, ido, Berthelier, Desiré an i produced ‘Le Deux Aveugies je Vio- loneux’ and a number of other pieces. In the winter I took the res om tho Passage Choi: The repate- tion which ourgiittle troupe brought from the Champs Elyeées = 6 it at once, and our ightiy receipts were 3,000f, the maximum whi houre could hold. I brought out a number of Pieces at this establishment, sucu as Ba: ta-Clan, ‘Le Marriage au interne,’ “Grog! et Fritzcban,’ ‘Le Chanson de Fortunio. Alcazar,’ ‘Postiilon en Gage,’ and afterwards tho mote important works of ‘l'Orphée aux Enfers,’ ‘Genevidve do Brabant’ and--Le Pont des Soupirs’ ‘LeOrphee aux Enfers’ the most successiul of - Ue yr tn ee ded only 10 give the ne. In 1802 T auttved whe direc. aod thon ber Shots ther usual compe. goes to make apa high | 3 tion of the bouff and produced at the Varieties and other Paris theatres’ my principal pieces, stich as ‘La Bello Helene,’ ‘La Grande Duchesse,’ ‘La Perichole,’ ‘Les Brigands,’ ‘La Vie Parisienne,’ ‘La Jolio Parfumeuse,’ “Madame l’Archidne,’ ‘La Pomme d'Api,’ &c. Optra boujfe had by this time so taken with the public that nearly all the theatres im the provinces as well as in Paris, aud, indeed, I may say, on the Continent, were playing my pieces. Among the new artists whom they brought juto potice, and who, in fact, mi their reputations ‘in them, were Mile.’ Judie, Mme. Peschard, Mile, Souffard, Mile. Paolo Marie, MM. Dupuis, Daubrey, Habay, Baron, &c. Being now fully satistied of the direction in which the pubhe t rao I had no sooner taken the direction of the Gaeté than I resolved to enlarge and alter the form of my “ces, togive them greater development and to be- stow on them all the advantages of a costly and elective mise en scime, Under these improved condi- tions were successively produced ‘Orphée aux En fers,’ ‘Genevieve de Hravant’ and ‘Le Voyage aja Lune.’ The results more than fulfilled my anticipa- and I often smile to myself when I compare to the nightly receipts of 10,000f. of these representations my humble beginuings at the theatre im the Champs iysées, where the utmost that we could fealizo ina ight was between 3001, and 400f, Notwithstanding this promising state of things, however, I was com- pelled to renounce the direction of the theatre. The fatigue proved too great for me, and my physicians ad- vised me to contine myself to the work of composition | merely, Hence it happens that | have now an oppor- tunity of gratifying my long formed desire of visiting | the United States,” | “While Lhave you in the confessional I am tempted to put another question to you. How many theatri pieces have you composed since you have devoted yourself to that kind of work?” “TL cannot tell you exactly, but this may take as certain, that Within the last twenty years I have writ- ten at least 100 pieces tor the theatre.’ “Without reference to their popularity, may I ask which of your own works you preter?” “Oh, as to that, | believe | resemble parents gener- ally. Their Benjamin is always their last born,” “Trust that you will not go to the United States, particularly in this year of centennial rejoicing, with- out celebrating your visit, in conjunction with thie great national event, by a composition of some kind.’? “Sach is my iusention, I am now engaged on a triumphal mareh in hovor of it, which I hope will have the good fortune to please the American public.’ Thus terminated my conversation with M. Offenbach, IMPERIAL SPORT. THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA IN AN ENGLISH HUNTING FIELD. {From the London Times, March 13.) The Empress of Austria made her first appearance In the hunting fleld this season on Saturday, when the Bicester Hounds met at Thorpe Mandeville, near Ban- bury. The weather was beautiful, and there was a very large fleld. An excellent run was had, and ultimately the fox was killed and the ‘brush’? was presented to the Empress, TO LONDON, Her Majesty left Banbury on Saturday evening by the Great Western Railway tor London, Yesterday morning Her Imperial Majesty and the membors of her suito attended divine service at the Chapel of the Society of Jesus in Farm street, Berkeley square. Bo tween twelve and one o'clock the Empress, with het attendants, left by the Great Western Railway for Windsor, to pay @ visit to the Queen. On her retura home the Empress and suite were detained nearly two hours on the line, owing to the snow storm, and in the evening the Empress and her immediate attendante dined alone at their hotel, Connt schouvaioff, Prince Batthyany and mapy others calied at Claridge’s during yesterday to pay their respects to Her Imperial Majesty, TO THE ROTUSCHILDS’. Ttis understood that the Empress and several of those in waiting on her leave town this morning on @ visitto Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild at Leighton House for a day's hunting, and will afterwards return to hor hotel, and that to-morrow she will have a day's hunting with Mr. Lowndes’ bounds. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY, ENGLISH OPINION OF THE POLITICIANS’ PUZZLB FOR A CANDIDATE—THE HEALTHY CORREQ TIVE OF A FREE PRESS, [From the London Times, March 13. ‘The politicians of the United States are in a state of bewilderment whieh is more amusing than interest ing. Its necessary that they should do something, and they do not know what it behooves them to do, It 18 necessary that they should choose some champion under whose name they may fight in the coming Presidential campaign, and they do not inthe least know whom they should select, We are conscious that in thus describing American politics we use phrases which are very liable to be misunderstood, We speak as if the wire-pullers of the opposing parties were seriously perplexed in discovering the paths pubhe duty requires them to pursue, and were looking about for a teacher woo should instruct | them how to promote the good of their country. No considerations could be more foreign to their deliberations, Duty has nothing to do with the matier, Whether republican or democrat, it mat ters not—the object of inquiry with the leadert of both parties 1s not how the wellare of the Re public of which they aro all citizens shall be pro- moted, but how the victory of the special combination | shall be attaimed. At the close of this year the battle must be fought upon the issuc of which depends the | patronage and power of four subsequent years. How | to seoure this great reward of electioneering skill te the problem everywhere agitated, The devermination uitinrately depends upon the votes of sundry millions of citizens scattcred throughout the area of the fed- eration, and it thus becomes a momentous practical problem how these honest men shall be persuaded. * * * We have already mentioned how tho demo- crats are framing a financial plank" to please every- body, or, in other words, are devising a resolution #¢ absolutely meaningless ‘that it may be accepted by those who desire a resumption of specie payments equally as by those who call for an inflation of the ex- isting mconvertible currency. The republicans are not behind their rivals in trying to be ali things to all men, They eschew the dangerous plan of formulati Jinos of national policy, and they try to win sireng by parading a variety of candidates fitted for every taste. They hope to keep their mon together by dangling before them half a dozen tayor- ites for the Presidency, There is Mr. Conklin, who would keep up the traditions of Gener Grant, and there aro probably many oflice-holdera throughout the Union piney | to work for General Grant's friend, if the General himself has no chance of success. There is Mr. Btaine to attract the attention of Down Easters, and Mr. Morton to amuse the young f the West. There is Mr. Bristow and th we h with official experience, Mr. Washburne from and General Sherman, of military renown, one of whom might serve as weil as another to run fot the oceupancy of the White House, it being well under. stood that none of them will bave to do anything except live a decent life and distribute offices as Senators and wire-pullers may suggest. The selection may appear large, but there will be many independent repubiicant who want none of them, and yet will find themselver as helpless as independent republicans did in 1872, when they hoped they were going to emancipate thy iat ine life of the Union, and ended in doing mothing Pty proving their own weakness. ‘he immediate prospect in the United States is mot cheerful. The mass of honest citizens are tyrannized over by the political machinery they have inherited, and which they have not the heart to overturn, They find they can do nothing urfless they put their bands to turn the particular cranks which are prepared fot them; but if they submit to accept these predestined functions they become the servants of taskmasters for whose characters they have no respect and whose mas- tory they despise, The political machimery of the Union may almost be said to have been devised to re. duce the masses of the people to impotence and to give ower to those who have learned the trick ot m: - jating it 80 as to make money by its use. Wo wonder that there should be men who ask wheth the forma of the constitution were planned for tl weil-governing of the people or for the reward of pro- fessional politicians, and who retire altogether from the exercise of functions which impose a sen} bility without power. Th: United States trom public a surprising, and can scarcel; understand the powerlessne: in the midst of the round him, Personal independence is crushed out, ai if there were not a free literature to check@nd modif) the repressivencss of party machinery, political Li would be reduced to stagnation, BARNEY WILLIAMS’ CONDITION. Contrary to general belief, the condition of Me Barney Williams, the well known Irish comedian is pot @ salisirctory, It was hoped by his many Jes cannot be regarded at be condemned, when of the ind friends that the crisis of his iliness was past, but the Jatest bulletins are by ne means hopeful. The discase is understood to be pleuriay, Twelve years ago, while on a pro es sional visit to Boston, Mr. Williams was stricken dows and compelled to revurn to bis home, No, 41 Bast Thirty-cighth street, in this city, Al o'clock Jast night Dr, Walter M. Fleming, his family physician, vietted him and informed a 0) reporter whe calied at bis house that th had been no improve it m the condition of his pationt since yesterday morning. Mr, Williams is still dangerously til, bat the physician has great hopes of his altimate recovery, DANISH ANNIVERSARY. The Danish Military Brotherhood, principally com, posed of former members of the Danish army, bad an anniversary at Turn Hall last pight, including a vocal id mus! entertainment, The programme ot the vertainment also ded & banner presentation. Most of the leadin, bers of the Danisn colony in this city participa GERMANS AND THE CENTENNIAL, A grand musical rehearsal took place yesterday afternoon at Pohiman’s Park, Jorsey City Heights, Eight German singing societies wero represen! i was resolved to continue the rehearsals tll the ot Comtennial musical tostival ae | be h