Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-27
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
DANGEROUS ICE GORGES.
Valley Of the Delaware Threatened.
Precautionary Measures.
THE NEW YORK CANAL FRAUDS.
FiTZ JOHN PORTER.
His Case Before the Cabinet.
RESPITE OF A MURDERER.
NOBODY TO HANG HIM.
pRnTECTA hTlCh IN GDAIN
THE NEW YORK CANAL FRAUDS.
FtTZ JOHN PORTER.
His Case Before the Cabinet.
RESPITE OF A MURDERER.
NOBODY TO HANG HIM
PRoTESTANTISMIN SPAIN.
THE ICE GORG ES.
The delaware valley I'm Danger

NEW YORK, March IA dispatch from
Delaware Water Gap says:-An ice gorge eX-
tends from the head of TOckS Island, six miles
above here, back eighteen miles. In all that
distance there is not a break in the jam. The
ice that formed in the river for nearly $50
miles is packed in that Is miles, and as il has
yet to so through narrow and crooked passes
between the mountains here, its moving is
awaited sNo with apprehension, The property of
railroad at this place and for miles below
is in such danger that the company has many
laborers cutting channel through the ice,
house and the Gap and a mile and half
below.
ALARM OF THE INHABITANTS.
The inhabita ntS of the whole section be-
tween here and Trenton are alarmed. The
villages of Shawnee, Bushkill, Flatbushville
and DingmanS are all exposed TO the dread
full inundation. The Portland wagon bridge,
seven miles below the Gap, is considered alb
sOiutely certain of destruction. Two miles
from il is the Sg00OO iron bridge, which car
ries the track of the s., l.. Il W. r. II. across
the river. This latter structure il is thought
might Withstand the flood were ii not for the
apprehended going off of the Portland bridge.
The railroad company has proposed TO the
before the flood, for which the former corpo-
ration will pay the latter $4,000.
OF THE FIFTEEN BRIDGES
spanning the Delaware between the Gap and
Trenton. the most valuable is that OF the
Lehigh Valley railroad at EastOn. This
structure is of iron, and is known as the High
bridge, uniting the borough of Kaston with
the village of Phillipsburg, Nj; is a covered
wooden toll bridge, one of the oldest, if not
the oldest, on the river. II is some distance
above the railroad bridge. Its situation is
such that its destruction by the coming flood
seems to be a fOregone conclusion. The Lee
high Valley railroad shares in the apprehen-
sion as TO the fate of the structure, inasmuch
as if it is carried away the iron bridge must
go also. The railroad has offered to replace
the old bridge with a new one if the bridge
company will burn it down al the first alarm
given.
The Ice Weakening at Port Deposit.
PORT DEPOSIT, March 1.-THE ice gorge is
growing weak very fast. Several channels
are working their way through il from Rock
run down. People here hope now that all
danger OF another food is past. Everybody
is busy getting things Strengthened.
Thawing weather all Along the Line.
LOCKHAvEN, PA, March Z.-The weather
is clear and warm, with no change in the
river. [Advices from Sunbury, Williams
rort, Wilkesbarre, Chickies and Middletown
are TO the same effect.l
The Situation at PittstOn.
PITTSTON, PA, March 27.-Weather very
warm. Rain of yesterday had no effect as
yet on river; people walking over on ice Do
not expect break up before tomorrow, or
perhaps later.