Sand Stormrl.-Ft. Garland, Col., 12th, (13th violent:). Umatillu, Or., 5th. most violent ; maximum
velocity, 63 milea W. a t 12 and 18.30 p. m., actompanied with electricity so intense that it was impossible
to touch aneniometer wire or battery without experiencing severe sliock ; 25th, vary violent and acconipanied
with much electricity. Las Cruces, N. M., 26th ; Davis, ”ex., 27th : Ft. Yiuiia, 7th, 45th.
V E R I F I C -4 T IO N S I
Indicatioiia-The detailed comparisoii of t.lie tri-daily indications for RIarch, with the telegraphic
reports for the succeeding twenty-four hnurs, sliows the genernl percentage of verifications to he 85.4 per
cent. The erceutages for the four e1tment.s are: Weather, R i .l ; Directiou I J ~ the Wind, 82.1 ; Tempera-
ture, 86.0 ; karometer, 86.1 per ceut. By geographical district; obey are : for New Euglaucl, 85.5 : Middle
States, 86.6 ; Sbut.h Atlantic States, 8i.O ; Eastern Gulf States, $4.4 ; Western Chlf States, 79.4 : Lower Lake reginn, 87.3 ; Upper Lake region. S7.1 ; Tcune;.see niid the Ohio vnllry, 83.7 : Upper Mississippi
valley, 85.6 ; Lower Missouri valley. B i .2 : Northmi Pacifis region, 7i.5 ; Gu1ral P:icitic coast region,
87.5 : Southern Pacific coast regioii, 85.3. There were 14 imissiow tu predict out of 3,813, or 0.37 per
cent. Of the 3,iXr predictions Phat have beeu ninde, 1 2 i , 1.w 3.60 per cent., w e considered to have entirely failed ; 109. or 2.87 per cent, were one-fourth verified : 443. iir 11.66 per cent, were one-lielf verified ; 463, .
or 12.19 per cent, were three-fourths varifieil : 4,C4iy or 69.68 per ceut, were t’ully verified, so fw :is can-be
ascertained from the tri-daily weather ninps.
&utionu~y S,iyncils.-%0 Cautionary Signals Nere ilisp1:iyed tluriug the mouth, of which 1.16, or 86.5
per cent., were justified by winds of 25 miles per hour or over at. or within a r:ulius of 100 miltas of the
station; !14 Off-shore 8igii:ils were displayed, of which HA, or !)().A per ceiit. !sere tiilly justified; 90, or 95.7
per ceut, were justified as to llirection; 86, or !.)l.h per cent tis to velocity; and :3, or 3.1 per reut, were not justified either as to direction or velocity. :%4
Sigunls of both kinds were displayed, uf which :;lO, or *i.f: per cent, were fully justified. The above
does not include signals orderad for 50 display stations, where the velocity is only estiineted. Ciy cmes of
winds of 25 miles and over per hour. from scattering stations, were rt~ported, a d for which signals had
not. been ordered.
5.’ of t.he OEshore were chnngerl from C:iutionary.
N A V I G A T I O N a In the table on the right-liaud ride of chart No. I11 are given the highes: autl lowest readings of
the fiigual Bervice river gauges fi~r the month, with the dates of the snnitl. The Red River at Shreve-
port rose gratlually during the month from about 10 feet on the 1st t.o iiearly 23 feet on the 31st. The
A~X.anstrs at Little Jyock rose 4 feet from the 2url to the l l t h , remained almost statinnwy uiitil t.he 17th,
then fell to end of mouth. The dfisxoiwi varied but little throughout the month, the total range at the
three stntions, Yankton, Omaha and Leavenwortli. being from 3 to 4 feet; above Tnnktou i t continued
frozen until the latter part of the month--fiee notrs on ice given below. The iW&+ppi reinainerl closed
at St. Paul until the 29th ; from La Urorse to St. Paul the tutal range did not exceed 4 feet : at Cairo the
water fell slowly from 1st to 6th, it then rose slowly, nnd, passing the danger-line (:-I0 feet’) on the St.h,
reached 44 feet ‘i iuchee from the 2lst to the 2Bth, afker which it slowly full and pawing tlir danger-line on
the 30th reached 88 feet 11 iuches ou the 31st : at Memphis the water coutiiiued almost stationary and within a few inches of danger-line (,34 feet.) froni the 1st to the 18th when it piiseeil t.he danger-line and
coutinued a few iuches above that poiiit to the elid of moiith. the total riiirnt.lilp range being ouly 17
iiiches ; at Vicksburg the water hose slowly froni the 2nd. and passing the danger-liue (41 feet) ou the
lltb, reached 42 feet 11 inches on the 31st; :it New Orleans it rose slowly froin the 18th. and, passing
the danger-line on the loth, reached the niaxinium height. 13 inches above t.hc danger-line, on the
28th. Notwitljstnuding the long continued high stiige of water from Cairo to New Orleans the
amount of dams e reported was conipr:ttively sniail : the principal crevasses reported were ( 1)
above Arkansas b t y , floodiug town snd ad&iniiig plantations, (2) neiir Gaines’ Lauding, flood-
ing the Yellow Bayou countr and (3) iii Bayou La Fourche, near Lockport, causing little dam- age. The most damage probaciy occurred ai Ciiiro, where one-fourth of t,he city grounds were over-
flowed 3 to 5 feet by “eiiipe” water. The Ohio a t Pittsburg, fell from 9 f’t. 5in. on the lst, to G ft. 9
in. on the 4th, rose to 14 ft. on the tith, fell to 6 ft. 6 in. on the 14th. rose to 10 ft. 9 in. on the l’ith, fell to
5 B. 011 the 27th, rose to ft. 6 in. on the 29th aud fell to 8 ft. 3 in. l>y end of month ; et Ciuciunati the
water continued almost stationary, ( at about 48 ft. until t.lie Gth, when a rapid rise set iu reaching 44 ft..
9 in. on the 10; on the 12th the water comnienced Iklling and renched 21 Et. 11 iu. on the 26th. after which
it rose slowly to end of month : a t Louisville a rise of 8 ft. occiirred t’rom the 8th KO 12th. a i d the water
remained comparatively high until the 20th, after which it fell to 8 ft. 8 in. on the 88th. The Teunesaee at
Chattanooga geserally rose from the begiuing of the rnonth to the 18th, when the water reached 37 ft. 7 in.
or 4 ft. 7 in. above danger-line, after which it fell, passing the danger-line (33 ft.) on the 20th a d reaching
7 ft.. 2 in. on the 31st; on t,he 19th the low lands near the city were overflowed. The Cimberland at
Nashville rose from 34 ft. on the 1st to 40 ft. OIL the 4th ; fell to 32 ft. ou the 7th, after which it rose and
passing the dauger-line, (42 ft.) on the 13th reached 46 ft. 6 in. ou the 17th ; it remained almost stationary
at this high stage until the 20th, after which it fell rapidly, aiid on the 31st reached 11 ft.; portions of the
city were flooded and houses had to be vacated. The Savumnh’at Augusta remained almost stationary
until the 9th, when a rapid rise set in ; on the 17th the water reached the highest stage, (28 ft. 5 in.,) after
which it fell to 9 ft. at end of month. The Alubmnu a t Montgomery, from the 15th to the 2Oth, overflowed