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8 “TMG GAS NUMANGR, | SSSR ESRRESEES , 7 of in 18 jcatiol Ww use.” ted 4 fit 10) arn rnnnnnnntne Oe ee who was “one the chemist ~ Sofa ne whole gubjeck of gas puriacation, Official Report of Professor Chandler to pare tat Hee above mentioned journal for 1808, page $27 et sequitur, “gas engineers have sought by vart- ous means, especially by lime, to remove the car- bonie acid from gas; but these have been generally abandoned on account of the cost and the numerous disadvantages which attend thelr use”? * * « “Purification by lime is hardly 1 use at the present ume.” Mr. G, R. Hislop, engineer and manager of the Paisley Gas Works, and President of the North British Association of Gas Managers, stated tn his address at Glasgow, July 28, 1809, “purification by lime in London and elsewhere bas uow become in- in sueb places oxide of iron is employed as the purifying agent.’ (Jourual of Gas Lighting, 2. 695.) COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE DIFFERENT METHODS, . ‘The lime methods effectually remove the carbonic acid &nd reduce the sulphur compounds to a minl- mum. Were there no objections to the use of dry lime on the score of cost or offensiveness | thtk this agent would be generally preierred, Lime was first abandoned on account of the nuisance which ts oecasioned, but. the iron oxides are now actually preferred by the European gas engineers on account of its greater economy. Mr. King, the engmeer 0} whe Liverpool works, assured me that the oxide of iron puriticauon, which he had used exclusively for the past seven or eignt years, cost lesa than half as much as the dry lime process used previously. ‘Two objections are urged against the tron methods by those who are prejudiced in favor of lime. First, they do not remove carbonic acid; second, it is claned that they do not remove the sulphur com- pounds as completely as lime. ‘The frat is generally conceded to be true. But the only objection to carbonic acid 1s that it reduces the Uluminating power of the gas. One per cent of car- bonic acid diminishes the ilummating power five per cen}. The average quantity of carbonic acid 1s, say two and one-lalf per cent, then the illuminating power of the gas will suffer to the extent of tweive and one-half per cent, or one-eighth, ‘There are two ways in which this diMculty can be effectually met, irst, by using better coals for making the gas or adding a few pounds of rich can- nel or some other enriching material to the ordinary £a8 coals; or, secondly, by taxing less gas from tne coal, The last gas drawn from tne coal is always infertor to that Which comes off first. Mr. A. Bule, already referred to, says:—‘It has become more and more the custom to leave the carbonic, acid in the gas and to neutralize its bad tnfluence on the illu. nunating power by taking less gas from the coal, thus wetting a better gas.” Dr. Schilling says ‘car- bonte acid 18 of no consequence to the cousumer; cannel coal is the remedy.” ‘the second objection to the iron processes is the alleged tunperfect removal of the suiphur com- pounds. None of the methods in use entirely re- move the sulphur from the gas. ‘The question arises, therefore, how much sulphur can be safely left im the gas. The Englisn Parliament has an- swered this question by fixing the limit at tweaty grains of swphur to 100 cubic feet of gas; and, to see that the companies come within this limit chem- ists are appomted, whose duty it 1s to analyze tie gas and to report its quality, I have before me the report of Dr, Lethevy for the months of Janaary, Yebruary and March, 1869. He states the grains of sun bp Found im 100 cubic feet of gas Lo be as fol- jows:— £ London the Board of Health on the New York Gas Companies. THE METHODS OF PURIFICATION. Smith and Harris Found “a Nuisance, How D What the Manhattan aud New York Gaslight Companies Did and What the Metropoli- ten Company Wonld Not ilo. WSTORY OF THE GAS CONTROVERSY, ‘The following is the oficial out of Professor Chandler to ie Metropolitan Board of Health on the subject of the manufactare and purification of Mlu- milpating gas, and, embraclag as it does the methods of avoiding of nuisance, as well as the stand taken Wo secure u better quality of gas, and at the same time obviate the evils to Which che public has been subjected, it will be found of particuiar interest: — Golouel EMMONS CLARK, Secretary of the Metropoli- tan Board of Heaith:— Sm-——!n answer to the resotation of the Noard of Heuith, directing the chemist to make a statement 1” eclenso Of ne methods of purification employed by the several gas companies of New York, | have the honor to submit the following report:— METHODS OF PURIFICATION IN GENERAL USE. ie crude gas Which is produced by the ¢ of DituIMMOUS Coal tO a bright red heat, ih clay iron retorts, 18 1reed, during its passage through the nydrauiiec main, the condenser and the washer, from the tar whicu it contains and from a portion of its water and ammoniacal compounds, It still contains, however, objectionaole impurities, which must be removed by @ process of puritication, ‘These are suiphuretted hydrogen, sulphide of aumoniam, cya- nice OF ammonium, sulphucyanide of ammonium, bisulphide of carbon, certath other stiphar com- uuds Whose ¢Xact nature ts not Known, and car- me acid. suiphur compounds are all very onable; they give We gas a Very offensive and, When burned, produce ‘suiphurous which, if produced = in consiter quantity, would quickly ub of a room unit for furniture and goods 7 its action, These sulphur compounds must there- yore be removed. The earboule acid gas 18 00) ably air and seriously inju Maximum. Mivimum. Average. City touable opiy in asfar as it ditnuuishes the Ubu ‘oke Company. 18.92 15.00 jug power of the gas when prescat in apprecinble | The Gaslight and Gol. tis Is4y quantities. There 18 no sanitary objection to car | Great Central Gas Consumers? vont acid, for perfectly purified gas would produce, COMPANY. «6-200 4.00 12.98 wheo buried, boa acid as ex: 4 great many times as much car- Sia the most impure erade gas. 1HOnIL I gas In appreckevle quan- but as all the metuods of purt- xi remove the compounds of liy we may contin cussion to the aul compounds and the carbonic guid. ‘Phere are Lour methods of puriiylug fas LOW an ase. 1, The From thts it will be seen that the gas of London, alenough puritied by troa, does not average twenty grains of sulphur in 100 cubic feet. With regard to toe Paris gas, which ts purified by Laming’s oxide of Iron muxture, Professor J. Lawrence Smith, one of the United States Commissioners to the French Exposition of 1867, wno is the president of the Lowsvile Gas Company, has given us a very declied opinion, On ‘page 88 of his report, Which was published by the United States govern- Wet Lime Process, ‘This. proc Involves sing the gas throug | ment, he says:—*The gas of tuese works Is most mii It is the oldest process in use aud | thoroughly purified, and the dealers in silk8 and as very elective ip removing both the sulpnur | other delicate fabrics, who, a few years ago, always compounus and the carbonic acid. It has been | sutvered more less loss trom the results of tbe coin- generally abandoned, however, on acgount of tr dificulty of disposing of tie oul milx of line, e ily.” Occurring as a liquid the blue easily wansporied, and, as it does not rapidly undergo oxidation, it is not well adapted for vse as a fertilizer. Kunning it into rivers aud streams bas been forbidden by law, as the poliuuion of the waters by it was intolerabie, While tne ex- tremely onfensive smell whie! emits makes tt Mnpossible to store iL unul it becomes dry enoug!s Jor irausporiation, 2% The Dry Lime Process, Jo this process ary or sugltly moist hvdrate of lune 1s placed on trays or iron boxes, Lurougi which whe gas 18 nade Lo pass. This process 1s very effec: uve and has very zenerally superseded the wet Inne process. It removes the sulphur compounds and the carbonic acid equaily well. When the foul lus as removed. however, 1 evolyes the saine odor whic caused the wet lime process to be abandoned. When exposed to the air it rr ly undergoes oxidation, becoming heated in con: nee. During tis pro- cess it evolves sulphide of ammoniam and some other compounds whose exact nature 18 not known, but Whose odor is extremely offensive. ‘This is the cause of the “gus nuisance’ 80 loudiycomplamed of a Jew years ago, wien ail the New York companies employed this process of purification. After the oxidation of the foul lime is completed tt ceases to be specially olfensive, the peculiar stench being evoived during the first hour or two of exposure. ‘The offensiveness of this foul lime became such a coustant cause of complaint in the large cities of Hurope that the gas companies were compelled to abandon the process, as they bad previously aban- doned tie wet jime. Agsystem of ventilating the Toul lime bes been invented and Js now in use ab + both the stations of the Manbattan Company in tus - ity, which effects its oxidation im such a manner that the offensive gases evolved are nov permitted to escape into the atinospuere, but are passed through @ Washivg apparatus and tingly through a special purifier, by which they are renderec cooiparativeiy jnoffensive, Tis invention seems to obviate Wie . muiganco of dry lime pu tion. - &. Lhe Laming Process, Ip 1849 Mr. Lamang imcroduced the hydrated ses- quioxide of iron as 4 substitule for ume sor purity ing gas, preparing it of w suriavle quality by mixing copperas (gulphate of iron) With siacked lime and Sawdust, ANd Exposing the mixture to the aly to oxidize the protoxide of won 10 the sesquioxide, ‘fhe resulting mixture contains hydrated sesquiox- ile of iron, suiphate of lime, sawdust. When an excess of hydrate of Jime is employed the resulting muixgure contaiis this substance also. ‘Vhs inaterial 18 very ellective im oving the sul- phur compounds from the gas. There is, howeve busiton of impure gas acting on their faprics, now no longer suffer from tis cause.”? Dr. Letheby (Journal of Gas Lighting, 1869, page 83) has argued that twenty grains of sulphur should hot be leit in thé gas, and proposes, taere(ore. as tiie most effective method of purtiying gas ‘this treat- ment—iirst, with ammoniacai Liquor, second, wih hydrated oxide of iron; third, with drv lime. As the iron wil have removed the sulphuretted hydrogen tne refuse }ine will not be offensive, while it will effectu- ally remove the carbonic acid. Tnls system of puriilca- tion Wii, he thinks, reduce the quantity of suiphur to ven or twelve grains per 100 cubic feet. Most gas engineers and chemists differ from Dr, Letheby on this point, however. Dr. Schilling says, in bis Jour- nal sér Gas Belenchtung tor 1869, page 484:— “Twenty grains of sulpaur in 100 cubic feet of gas are entirely unodjectionable. Under the most favoi abie circumstances, with no ventilation whatever, tt | would give the atmosphere of a room only one part of sutphurons acid in 500,000 parts of alr.’? Pro- fessor Willtam Odling, secretary of the London Chemical Soctety, has spoken very cleariy on this subject in his lecture to the British Association of Gas Managers, June 2, 1868, which appears In the Journal of Gas Lighting for 1869, page 81, and I have found that his views are those generally enter- tained by chemists and gas engineers, He said:— 1 am altogether at issue with the public when they main. tain that the sulphur of gas produces, by its combustion, oll of vitriol, or that the amount of sulphur ordinarily contained fh gus is Of any consequence whatever, and a little consider- ation will, T tink, satiefy you of the soundness of this poni- tion. We’ will assume that coal gas contains not twenty, but forty graina of auiphur in 100, feet, a quantity, at any tate, greatly exceeding the reality.. Now, making another extray- ayant uasuroption that the whole’ of these forty grains of suipbur wonld be completely burned—and, in reality, they would be burned very incompletely—they would furnish, by their combustion, elghty grains of sulphurous acid gas. ‘This quantity of the’ produced sulphurous acid would occupy ac ordinary temperatures about ove-hiftesath part of a-cubl foot, and since 100 cuble feet of our coal yas gives on fifteenth of a cubic foot of sulphurous acid, 1,000 cubic feet f coal gus would be required to furnish one etible toot of the even upon the extravagant ussumptions we have par- poaely made. But the combustion of 1,500 feet of coal gan’ would prodnoe something besides sulphtrous acid. It would produce at least 1,000 cubic feet of carbonte acid, and, in ad- dition Lo ita. ditution by other gases and vapors, we should have our sulphurous acid diluted by 1,000 times fis volume of eid we can get at the proportion of mosphere of a roem highly illum! ad with gas, and tuke the thousandth part of that ortion, Wwe shail be able to form some notion of the ¢ suipburous acid present. You wit! remember, ount of carbonic acid furnished by the breath of one individnal fs equal to that furmighed by two three feet gas burcers, and that the maximum amount of carbonic actd found ip the atmosphere of a crowded theatre was 0. cent, 2 per Now, it ina idition to our previous unreasonable sup pore that an atmosphere contains cid farnished by gas combustion, we 10 Bal HOLE Uiference of Opinion as to tho completeness due ‘with wich the carbome acid is veuioved, perhaps to variations i the proportions of U gredienis, Two important mtvantages at use OF This mixture; first, when fouled it doe evolve oifen ond, by ox, which has beea changed to sulphide of iron In tac purifier, is regeperated, the swphur betug Nb¢ I think that the facts and opi here quoted eflectually dispose of the second objection to oxide of iron purification. lt may seem that! ha more than Was necessary on the comparative mertis of the line and iron proogsses of purification, but a perusal of testimony given during the hearing 1 and Kesgquioxide of Irom agalu tormed, ‘The before the 1 the fact that the ture may, therefore, be used aguin and ag. dence of the expe: ed by the Metropolitan tui 1b becomes so clogged with the sulphur siber- | tight Compa Inost entirely confined to ated that it does notwel promplly on the ¢ Its nin offered was tke tuen found te contain from forty io sixty per cent ol | totai failure of the iron processes aml tie sed jor the manttfacture vent UnaV e REN IMIXtUPES which Mie Ey ae . 3 UN com- Tne D HORNE. plained of @ peculiarly offensive smeil wiih was A few moutls after Laming introdaced the perceived Laroughout the city to a greater or less hydrated uioxide of trou in France degree. according to the weather. ‘This sineil was applied t ural hydrated sosquiox nouced at particular hours o:-the day, and pervatied “bog tron ore,” juBuglaud. Thi mate Laming mixture, nay be usediagain and agai, and | dues not evolve ‘vilvisive odors Wien exposed ip the air, A inodification of bails process ls now used by the New York Gas Light Company ot tus city. Jt Was lavented by Messrs ot. Jolinaad Carowrugh aud Nas beep in use nearly Wo years, giving enUt wausfaction. As the nog Lor of This nvIgh bo hood are not suMocieany pulveruical to act prompily on the gas Messrs St. John and Cartwrigot add to the ore a quantity of rou borings or “urrniug which they then convert into an aruillcial hyari _ Besquioxide of tron by moisientng the whoiw ¥ ammoniacal liquor and exposing ti to the wr. The Tesulung mixture of natural and artfcial oxide 1 ceives an addition of coarsely puiverized chare ‘This mixture is always sprinkled WiLh auMoniacal water before it 1s placed in the puriier. ‘The material now in daily use at the works of like the large districts, making I impossible to open the windows during ils prevalence. By many this smell aliributed to the gases from the sewers, bubat Was easily demonst thar the sewers did’not, they nob now. i enormous quantities of pr | out the city make Lt impossible for the sewers to become 3 wi Ras, a3 the Lot ihe foul lime witch had bei used for purifying gas. the drat spectal complaint against a gas company that [find on record, is tnat of i) H. Jones bo whe Goard of Health, against the Manhattan Company, dated Apri 1468, and print in the anoual report of the Board for that year, The supject was at that thine referred to tue Santiary Commitee, On the 30th of April following & comraittee ot U y ew York Light Company was Introduced | Association conferred with the Sanitary Committee in April, 1394 Ocvcastonal additions of t; Preieasor RK. O. Doremus and Pro- borings bave been made iv 1; ‘otherwise St. Joun appearing ag members of the matesial is the same, When Jase tested 11 cont munities, and the gas companies being thirty per cent of sulphur. In Germany sever Varieties of sesquioxide of irou are now In us prominent among which are “the Oberaseler wux- nied by some of their olticers. As a result of erence, the Manhattan aad New \ ork com- panies al once Wurned their attention to tie subject éure,” an trop ore containing some oxide of man: | and sougbt means co prevent the nuisance whican Sanese; the “Mavhetia’ oxide,” and -“Deicke’s | they admusted to exisc. Nor were their eiforts in oxide,’ very pure arutivial oxides of iron, vain. The Manhattan Company made a numoer of IL—EXPENT 40 WHICH THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF | experiments with @ View fo destroying the foul fi PURIFICATION ARH EMPLOYED. gases of the reiuse lime, and finally introduced tie The wet lime metiod been oat entirely { Ventilating proves’ which | pave already alluded to, abandoned. !he only works af which I know it to | and which, with (he improvements recently intro- be used at present are ork, in Ireland. ‘These duced, seems to effectually remedy tbe nuisance, The New York company was equally active, and alter considerab® investigaiion cuted to give up lime purification —altogetuer, very i cously intraduced the oxide of iron i place, ‘Thus the Jargest companies on the island, Which supply all the gas consumed below Thivty-fourth siceet, promptly responded to the sug- gestions of the sanitary comiuittee and removed the canse of colnpiatut. As these Lo companies manu- in| facture fonr-fitths of ali the gas produced ou the Ist- @ | and, and own al! the gasworks situated betow Forty - fivat alreet; a great improvement was at once noueed. fhe Metropolitan Company, however, which aup- piles was Lo That portion of the city vevween Thirty- Works are of moderaie dud are situated out of the city. Moreover, tue was is freed frou ammon by means CC sulphuric acul, before ti comes 1a © tact with tue lime. ‘Ihe foul ime does not, the Jore evolve suiphide of ammoniim when expos = to the alr. The dry lime process. though stilt in genera use in tts ountry, Las abandoned iu Kurope. A the foul lime was au totol becyuse the process 4s (00 eXDEMBIV!, 45 be wed but once, and wien eahauwed lus us witipg value as.# fertilizer, The Laming mixture 14 pow ised Un Many of the European gas werks. All the gas suppued to Paris is pursed by this material, The Ge pe. AIMUAT nuoved, firs Meu gh 8 have found & thas joixbe its fourth and Seventy-ninth streets, paid 20 need utirely to whe oxide of fron witch tt contains. | to complaints the citizens, but contin- and thatthe sulphate and hydrate of itme present | ued to sQud out the odors of foul Jime, Alo not take any appreviadle part ithe purification. | As this company does not manufacture more Alence wiey are abavdoning this mixsure Jor the | than one-Wtu of the gas supplied to this city, the nawuralor arin pilsanee was not, however, as general as betore. and more efficient: Tae irou ore method ja pow moss gencrsliy used An Europe, and has obtained + fevtiold in Ul country, beng nsed by uy York Gas Light Gor pany 10 this city, a8 a erived, and by two or three companies jn rhosetia, AH the Liverpool gas, much, if . of we Lendon gas, and Mat of most of rhe German eines Is how purified either vy ion ore or ong of the amull- elaj oxides of iron, As my statements with regard .} to phe general use of Ironia pince of lime wi called in question during the hearing before the bourd of Heaich, Lwiil sinte that they were fuily i eoniirajed by MY Vbservaiiona In Europe during we its Works ure Blinated at the foot of West Forty- Second street, and the odors are often blown west away sro the island. Iu certain kinds of huwever, the smell was diffused through. out the city, and complaigts were not rere. Some attempts Were made to coerce the company, but alt responmoiity fur the smell was stoutly demed by the omer ‘The memoers of the Board of Health were on the alert with a determination to compel fue offending parties to follow the example of the i ct pas me On duly 4, 1968, Dr. Stephen Smith, 9 ry Com- missioner, uid. Dr. Eline Harrie sanitary super. Sendeut, oviced she unueakable smell of soul Idi oxmes Of iron, whichsire cheaper | i \ guided Metropolitan Gas Works, street, when they found that a purifier had just been smptind, aud the pile of foul lime was still Warm and reeking With offensive gascs. When these were reported to the Board of Health an order was at once Issued, dated July 14, declaring the manufac- ture of gas at the foot of West Forty-secoud street to be @ Nuisance, and ordering the same to be «is- continued, except it be conducted by a process that will not allow say deilierious or odors detri- mental to health fo eacape tuto the external air. Mr. Zollkotter, the president of the Metropolitan Company, at once requested an opportunity to be heard in defence of the company; and on August 10 he appeared by counsel and showed by his witness ‘nat he employed the best coals and puriied by tie best process, and bit the gases evolved by the foul Metropolitan Company was necessarily a nuisance, but ope that could be easily avoided by following the example of either of toe other clly companies. The hearing Was tien adjourned to August 13. On thas day the counsel presented 4 memorial from the gas company, signed by tue president, in this they lirst plead the inex. perience of youth, the coupany being the youngest on the island. They thon state that they never heard it even suggested that purification by dry line was in any way oifensive til they received tie urder of duly 14, fhis is & somewhat remarkable statement, Inasmuch as every book on gasinaking adults (Le nuisanze, and since tae oluer companies had, two years previously, ia response to the Boara of Health, Investigated the matter and made the necessary chabges, all the particulars having appeared iu the daily papers from time to time, Furtner, while they protest against the adjudica- tion of the Board of Healuh tat their process of purification i @ nuisance, they avow their willing- hexs W try any mevnod which science may suggest and experiment demonstrate to be a better one Lhun that which they are using. And finally requesting thatthe hearing be postponed till March 1, 1869, that they may experiment on unproved methods of purification. The Board finally consented to a post- ponement of severai months. On February 6, 1869, the hearing was resumed. The gas company bad enjoyed a respite of neariy six months for this special object, and om & dis- unct, written promise of making experimeimts; and had not actually made a single experiment during the: entire period, One tung only bad beew done-—they sent @ man to Europe to learn what processes of purification were in use there. He had returned, but great care was takeu when the hearing Was resumed not to put him on the witness scand, for nis written report was a complete con- firmation of all that bad been claimed by the witiress for the Board of Heaith with regard to the improved processes of purification there and for preventing nuisance. What did the Metropolitan Company do then, after making written prouuses aud saying so much about good faith, &¢c.? ‘They made no experiments; did not foliow tue advice of the wan they bad sent to Europe; did not do what elther of the oiler New York companics had done to mitigate the nuisance, but at the end of six months appeared by counsel, with disun- guished chemical experts, to defend the stench-pro- ducing method of purification, For several days the hearing was continued, and nearly 200 printed pages of testimony taken, I will do justace to Profeesor Silliman, who was called to testify by the gas company, by siating that while we differed as to te expediency of introducing iron purification instead of ‘lime, he stated clearly and amequivocatiy on cross-examination that the cess of purifica- tion as conductea by the Meiropuittan Company Was necessary a nuisance, and that by using simple precautions Wiis nuisance vould be avoided. ‘Ts Was all that the Board of Health was calied upon to prove, and the adiission of tuls by their own wit- hess Was evidently waderstood by the gas company ‘as equivalent to losing their case. So they presented anoumer memorial, ox, rainer, a set of resolutions, 1n which they again proposed to cxperiment, This was on Maren 4, aud the bearing was cucn postponed ull Maren 22, the Company solemnly stipulaung to inwoduce and West Wie Irou or some other Improved process. When March 22 arrived the company again made excuses. “In order to introduce the truu process it was necessary to place faise bottoms of pertor- ated piank in the purifiers, aud there was oniv one man in New York who could bore the hotes, and he had been busy boring holes for some one ejse.” Still the patience of the Board of Heaith held out, espe- cially a4 a prompt enforcement of the order of Juiy 14 migut have thrown Into darkness all that portion ‘of the city lying between Thirty-fourth and Seventy- nintu streets, Finally tie gus eqmpauy acuualiy began to experiment, but lu a very original way. ‘They engaged a man to make a soap wilt wnici to wash the smell out of the foul lime, A considerable quantity of it was used, and the members of the Joard Of Heaita and several other geutiemeu were luvited to witness the success of tue Operation. But the soap aid not answer; it was tolerably effective on the upper jayer: of foul lime, but left the lower tive or six layers ag offensive as ever. At last an iron muxture Was procured; not one of those, how- ever, which the messenger to Europe had seen in successful operation, and minutely descriped in his | Written report; nor yet the oue in use by the New York Gas Light Company, but; asmixture which was once used somewhere in New Jersey and subsequentiy abandoned—a mixture of Spanish brown, shell lime and sawdust Hall tue purifiers were filed with wis mixture, whtie the other set was filled with lime as usual. They went turough the motions of using this mixturo in half the purifiers during most of the past summer, though the gas was actually pfrified, J thiak, by the puri- fiers containing Ime. At all events the mixture did not Work as mnight have been expected, and this autumn, a8 soon as the consumption of gas in- creased, the mixture was thrown out and the puri- fiera were again flied with lime. so this company has now gone back to the old process, and m spite of all the evidence to the contrary, and all the thin ano money expended ia bringmg out that evidenc it still stubbornly denies the fact that foul june creates a nuisance, or that any Improvemeuts have been made in gas purification. The offensive process 18 now tn fuil operation, and, more than tual, the foul lime is actually used bo fil in apier. ‘This 13 specialiy objectionable, as it bas aiready happened both in London and Dubiln that on making cxcavations tur sewers 11 places where foul lime tad been used for Ming m_ the workinen were killed by the gases evolved. Five men were killed at one time in this manger to London tn 1849. ce iu New z V.—WHAYT THE MEPROPOLITAN GAS COMPANY MIGHT bo. ‘This company has probably, spent nearly $10,000 for expert fees, counsel Ives, scading to kurope the Inui whose evidence was suppressed and wiose fadyice Was not followed, wine of em- ployés, prinang 200 pages of evidence, &c. ail apparenuy with the design, not of suppressing the nuisance, but of defeating the yonest efforts ot the Board gi Health in beaat of the citizens of New ¥ aappose the oMcgrs OL this company were ing In good Iaith, With a simeere desive to isance, they could at once ibroduce purification, a cheaper proves, n5 could save $10,000 per anna, or ttey co! retain = teie preseut nd vennla: the foul jin Let follow the exumple ot eithe the neighboring companies, use 4 pre of the New York Company or the AMINE Process OL fhe betier pro Which the ny of iron anil Mauhattian Company or they may sei: one of tke improved Processes now Osed In Europe. Ml thats asked of theniis that they manifest the same Waillinguess to dir their efforus to the mane aueut of tier DUSINESS Nb A MmautEr Most condu= 2 to Lhe heaitn aud comfort te ily aS Was sO mptly i by the other companies. i BQUIRED. The introduction of au trey process would requ Hitle it any change in the apparatus, Some in mixtures are employed ta exactly the sane boxes with trays, as tiecompany is now using for while the greatest change thith could be nee sary Would consist simply tn fektug out the moy able trays and muoducing a flooring of plank, pe Torated With auger holes. A few pours would sufice to mnake the cuange; Iu faci, the plank fooriag 1s aiready on the groand. A few days would } quired to procure the necessary material «as there are two sets of purtiters, etther which could, Im case of nee be made to purify ail the gas made by the compan change could easily be mate wituont aay huterraption, Until within a short time tie New York Gas Company fas been obliged to purify nore yas sian se Metropolitan Conipany now makes wit purifiers of no greater capacity thau one of these tivo sets. ‘To introduce the veaitiauing process con siderable additions would | ratus. A suitable engie, a blower supplementary purifier Cor the aty ui would be required, besides a cousideravle length of maid anu the Necessary conuections, Liese addi- tions would involve au outiay of thousand dollars, aud some montis would be consumed hi procuring and erecting tein. VIL—THE AMMONIA WORKS IN ELOWTRENDH STIt L cannot consider this report completed ur have referred to the peculiar odor which 1s e in West Eighteenth street, and wien 1s attripul by many to the Maniatian Gas Works. I refer to the odors which escapo from the Ammonia Vorss im that street, The amimontaval liquor of the Man- haitau Works 18 sold to parties who manusacture from it ammontiacal salts. ‘This Hqyuor contatus sul- phide, cyamde and sulphocyanide of ammonium, carbonate of amtmonia add various otier compounds which are oifensive. due whose exact nacre is not known. With = careful management the treatment of this liquor need not cause offence, but 1tas so conductet wt inese works a3 to send forth a very disagreeabie odor, which 19 mts taken by persons not fainillar with the business for the odor of iuui lime, 1 have noticed vis odor, ab some distance from the works, almost every 1 have visited the neighborhood. ‘ine proprietors tho works should be induced to modify their process: in such @ Way as to prevent this nawance, SPECIMEN In conclusion I beg leave w submit a few speci- Mens Of the iron, iron ore and oxide of tron win. tures, which | collected in Europe this summer, and wiucb are now in actual use i Liverpoo!, Londoa, Paris, &c. Respectfully pou. c. F. CHANDLER, Pu. D. Chemist to the Metropolitan Board of Health. ALEXANDSR H. STEPHIRNS.—A letter from Alox. I. Stephens, of Georgia, to a friend, dated 17th inst, says:—‘l am nowa little better than I have been— aim able to sit up, read apd write a littio; but I can- not walk or even stand without assistance.” He also writes very hopefully about his juture and peace the in the next world, but is gloomy aud dvapondent about the country. requircd to the appa- | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1870.—TRIPLE INSPIRED. PAINTING. ’ The Latest Kink in Clairvoyance—Mysterious “Hanrii Anseldimerli,” Unseen “Black Eagle” and Blindfolded Mrs, Blair— An Artistic Trinity. A select number of believers in raps and taps spiritual, mystery, moonshine and moping philoso- phy, together with a few sceptics and cynics, assem- bled yesterday afternoon at the ofice of the Uni- verse, corner of Thirty-second street and Broadway, for the purpose of witnessing samething now in the way of spiritual manifestation. Invitations had beeu extended to a large number of persons inte- rested or Supposed to be interested in the perform- ance of disembodied individuals of no earthly ac- count, and much was evidently expected from the press, which wag well represented. ‘The kind of en- tertainment offered can be described in a few words, Mrs. Blair, @ fresh looking Yankee woman, of whom {¢ would be improper to say she had not ar- rived at the years of discretion, undertook, merely for experiment sake, to draw flowers and fruits with one brush and several kinds of drugs, blindfolded and without having, as she asserted, ever received way instruction in the art of drawing, ‘This was inysterious; but the means by which Mra, Blaw, her oily, shrewd looking and irrascibie Husband, a fat, florid young man, two gentlemen with drooping eyes and enormously long hair, and some spiritual Jadies present said the thing was done was yet more An I-tallan artist named Haorii Ansel- dimeril, (!) Wao lived on the banks of the Arno and painted flowers 100 years ago, selected Mrs. Blair as rson to reproduce his works for American wonderful. a fit and proper the — venefit o! though au artist—and ‘was a brute. accept. terials for drawin ily dyes, washing ink, in dry powder.” hid from mortal view by ugly bandages during the hours when the tazy Hanril condescended to use her nimble fingers in painting leaves and flowers. this was not all, With these conditions was another and dilicuit td be underatood— whether proceeding from the Italian or not it 1s tm- injun” known th the happy nuaotivg grounds as Black Kagle was to be present ib her tongue while Hanril possessed her fingers and was expected to jabver Cuoctaw or some other taw during every exnibition of herskul as an involuntary more maddeninj possible to say. artist. Everything bein; ona card, English. her leaves, cuharity room, 23 at quite steadily. was induced to Hawk,” room. ‘Was not to be had. A “big He imposed such conditions as none bata devoted medium from Massachusetts wonld He insisted that instead of tne ordinary ma- Hy olls, she should use “two fam- ue, in readiness at half-past three some ‘lady friends’? bound a Mrs, Blatr’s eyes, and thea, after the usual shivering and ehaking characteristic of a mortal possessed by & spirit, Mrs, Blair seized a brush and degan painting She did not seein to lave mu in drawing # nondeseript hower m very a:though apparently blindfolded, and ‘Biack Eagle” answered ail iaguiries of the spectators im brokea The lady’s leit arm is cut off below the elbow, but nevertheless she held the card before Visiting cards beimg givea her she also oruamented tiem with buds and but with more difficulty, of Hanri’s or that everyuting was done backwards, aud even the cards, the names on which were read aloud by “Black Eagle,” when that savage was requested to show his knowledge of German text, had to be turned upside down in order that the medium nugut have tem properly in her md’s eye. remark being made by & gentieman present upon this peculiarity—conversation was not luterdicied— the medium, or rather Black Eagle said:—“tf you Ken bookshinary better than we ken, ti an anpouncement which was received with the hivit- est manifestations of delight by the iadies, the hairy genticmen and the fat young man. Anumber of cards having been spiritually be- simeared, the medium got up and retired to a bed- nothing come out Mietle while, for the further amusement of “Black “Hanrit Anseldimeri” and tie religious instraction of two sceptics who lingered in the The writer tied the bandage on the lady's eyes this tine by request, and was sorry afverwards for doing 80; for the Indian was on the warpath and Hanru stutting lumself wita medium shivered and shook in vain. ‘The olly and keen Mr. Blair saw this at once and got mad; then a geutieman argued with him; there was a sharp war of words; several sti ‘Then civilization. But i-talian at, that—Hanrit k Of gamboge and blue er loveiy eyes had to be Bat ndkerclief round h-didiculty quick time, It was a pe- Mis. Blan’s drawing Some nm you try,” had happened, | but again atter a macaroni, and the ‘The influence people had something to say, aud everybody forgot the medium—everyvody but one young man near He never took his eyes off the lady, and when he observed her, as he and others did, the window, aexterousiy shoving up the bandage from ber eyes, he “spoke right out in meeting,” declared that the whole thing was @ humbug and Jeit the room m high dudgeon. ‘The reporters lest with him; but the long haired men, the fat boy and all the ladies remained to console the medium. SMALPOX. Condition of the Contagion—Cases Reported Yesterday—Action of the Comuiissioners of Charities and Correction, ‘The present condition of the smallpox contagion is represented by Dr, Harris to exist in no degree that can justly excite public alarm, Tae worst feature of the epidemic 1s that people suffering from the disease will get out in the pubiic thoroughfares despile every precaution; but these instances are only occasional. The hospital is under proper dis- cipline aud we victims are made to contorméo the situitary reguiations published in Sunday’s HERALD, aiMi all the preparations are complete to the min- utest detatis. On Sunday but three cases were reported to the Heaith Board, but yesterday at novn litteen cases lad been reported for Monday. 5 ‘The oft ce of Dr. Harris is open from early mn the moruing till twelve "¢ jock at night, Sundays in- ciuded, and every facility 386 Band Co provide for the cur. mediate disposition Of @UY cake Wat may oc Yesierday avout noon a iad who had sinailpox in @ not very advanced siage appeared in the outer apartnent of Dr. Harris? suit, but did not oce; rical commouon, Heauquarters aregetung used to exposure. From the jetver givon below it will pe perceived authorities are prepared to work with tno teusive ltberailty, and sn resolving to speedily extet «4 region on tae east side is still confined to sts narrow bounds, and the fact that since June, ss been prevailing ti (iat locality almoss to aeons jeck HS ravages. 18 HpOrinL estimate bids and deauns, any ¢ vol that the uniced ‘rhe infec! Is63, 10 0 of case cont enc bined suallpox bUE sper WOU, iis t DEva ror ke Tu Sue ainailpo: | tnay Jolin Conc qui the doc remains, dent—Lts ‘he by Richard 0" le the Commis fi will reel Honk wervautt, HOLL, & youth died of simallpox Ou (ue a 260 avenue C. lei, but when a ¢ come not be. found pefirwer being noted field an foquest over the it as this can obly ob cours diauy erally uncienu have by he sollowing 1 the letter MENT oF BP ELINHA HARuis, Sanitary Superinve pners of Puoiie tion, in reply wo your eommunicatioa of this date, resp Cuiy inform you sat 2a ve immediate attention. a Ite Resignation of Richard O’Gorm Acceptance aad Nesolution by the Board of T presidency of the which position has been filed for the past four years orman, Counsel to the Corporation, the later gentlewan has been compelled to resign op account of the engrossing demand upon his time by his duties as Counsel to the Corporation, { resignation to the Board of Trustees he e: upon ton ‘the fact is the peopie at tat they are all nate tho evil. rave that sanitary Dy. Harris has 1 Upon the numb whe outlines of | tiv ous istrict, Upon (he Jaws of statistical ser nce, and {rou these com- ¢ auinost palpablo.that |. Suet a conclusion 1 upon specula- ne obuuned by in- ust Valuable aid ot ix, nowe but nose on tutd Low by Cle erred tor— AND Commrento: VENIAM ATER, | isie.) 1 dan. 2, rarities and C% of that class awe for their fin having beea give Your n Very rexp) HUA YUMLLIPS, de f sixteen years of age, ond floor’ of premises ad Deen attended vy ale of ueutn Was i 40 Coroner pak masa EMIGHANY SOC TY. nus Presi« mplimentury ees. nigrant Society, Irish In his presses is regret at being thus compelied to resign this tmmportant post of duty, of whicit he says that he “Knows Of nO position of where enilgntened ® fatrer assuring thom that “there wessed of all the qualities fittlag tht can find and ‘ela larger usefulness of practical benevolence of action.” — After re many gentiemen pos- for such a post and to whom laborin such a good cause Would be weicomed as a labor of jove,” he thanks the Board m Hitting terms for “the unfatiing courtesy, kindness aud indulgence’ experienced at their hands, Mr. O’Gorman’a letter of resignation was sub- mitted at a meeting of the soviety at which nearly all the trustees were present. The communication baying been read a resolution was unanimously adopted accepting the resiguatton wnd at the same time expressing regret at his resignation and ‘‘ap- the very great services he has ren- preciation of ‘dered this society by nis active attention to the inte- reste of the emigrants from Jrelaud during the four years of his presidency.” It is not known yet who will be successor, although eeveral proi the piacg. are Bawes sor ir. O’Gorman’s it gentleman agea and $ mont! s.reet, brooklyn, on Wednesday. une cars at Fulton ferry, SHEET, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. eennapnhinnninnnnens Married. Bynxe—-@ConpReN.—On Sunday, January 23, at Bloomingdale Roman Catholic chureh, by the Rev, Father Brennap, first cousin of the bride, MICHAEL Bynnl q., Wholesale and retail liquor dealer, corner Forty-eighth street und Ninth avenue, to ELEANOR CONDREN, Franklin street, 10 this CULY. | LatNer—JosePH.—At the residence of the bride's arents, on Wednesday, January 19, by the Rev. S. eldest daugh- M. Isaucs, ADOLPH LATNER to CLARA, i ter of #4154 Joseru, Bsq,, ail of this city. No cards. f Died. f Buiew.—At Pau, Basses T'yrénces, France, on Wednesday, January 5, Mera CaMeBELL, beloved wile of John W. Biigh, of tuls city. # 6 aa Monday ‘morning, January 24, Avavsr |. Bove. ‘The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, this (Tuesday) atternoon, at one o'clock, trom the house of Mr. H. H. Wilbers, No, 71 Lewis street, coruer Rivingion street, Beapy.-—On Monday, January 24, at his residence, JOHN Baany, in the 69th year of his age. Friends and acquaintances are reapectfally invited to attend the funeral, from St. Francis Xavier's church, m West Sixteenth street, on Wednesday Worning, at ten o'clock, Brapy.—On Sunday, Jannary 23, MARGARET, the beloved wife of Bernard Bray, a native of the towu- Jandef Corroclouguan, parish of Castietara, county Cayan, Ireland, in the 47th year of her age, ‘rhe friends of the family respecttully inviled to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 540 East Nineteenth street, this (Tuesday) afternoon, ut half-past one o'clock, Borner.—Suddeniy, of scarlet fever, on Monday inorning, January 24, CLYDE BARRINGTON BURNET, aged 1 year 4 months and 4 duys. ‘The friends of tne family are requested to attend the tuneral, from the residence of his parents, Downing street, fitth bouse southwest of Gates ave- rooklyn, this (Tuesday) afternoon, at half-past two o'clock. CHAMBERLAIN.n Sunday, January 23, ELLA AMELIA, infant daughter of Henry and kate A. Chamberlain, aged 3 months aud 5 days. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, this (Tuesday) afternoon, at one o'clock, from 136 Ratlroad avenue, Jeracy City, CoKsA.—In Brooklyn, on Monday, January 24, ESTuer Corsa, Wile of Richard Corsa, aged 70 years ands months, formerly of tordham, Westchester county. ‘The friends of the family are reenecey invited ttend the funeral, from the residence of her son, ‘orsa, No, 338 Graham uvenuc, Brooklyn, E. D., nm Wednesday mone at eleven o'clock. DARKEN.—In this ciiy, on Friday, January 21, Carnen Lt child of Dr. &. J. and Catherine Darken, non. DENISTON.—On paturday, January 22, Oynrara Denison, In the 86th year of her age. 'The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fuliy invited to attend the iuneval, from the First Presbyterian church, West Hoboken, this (Tuesday) afternoon, at two o'clock, i San Vrancisco, Albany and Pen Yan papers please <1CKSON.—In Brooklyn, on Monday, January STEWART DEvicKSON, aged 41 years ‘The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from St. Stephen’s (episoonal) church, corner @t Patchen avenue and jgtfersou ‘Yake Gieene ave- New Orleans and Philadelphia papers please copy. Durning.—in Brooklyn, on Sunday, January 23, at the residence of ner daughter, Mrs. Catnarine ‘Thompson, 107 Sackett streci, Mrs. CATHARINE Dux- NING, In the 84th year of her age. x ‘the remains will be taken to Newark, sis (Tues- day) morning, for interment. DyMonp.—On Saturday morning, Rev, WiLttam DyMOND, rector of Yorkville, in the 3otn year of hts age. The friends of the tamily and che clergy of the ‘January 22, the Paul’s church, Protestant Eptscopai Church are invited to attend the funeral services, in the cl ity, Weanesday afternoon. urch of the Holy Trin- Madison avenue and Forty-second street, oa two 0” . UMMONS.—-ARCHITECT LODGE, No. 519, Fe AND A. M.—Brethren, you are hereby summoned to attend at the lodge room, Eugity-sixth street, between ‘Third and Fourth avenues, on Wednesday, at twelve o’clock noon, to pay the urtbute of respect to oar jate worthy brother chaplain, the Rev. WILLIAM Dy- MOND. Brethren of sister lodges are respectfully in- vited to attend. By order, f J. I. VAN WINKLE, Master. ) W. A. CONKLING, Secretary. SumMONS.—Arcuirecr CHAVTE! NO. 4, A. AND P. R. or M.—The Sir Knights of tls chapter are hereby summoned Lo meet at thelr asylum, Bighty-sixth street aud Third avenue, on Wednesday morning, at haif-past eleven o’cloek, to pay the last tribute of ree spect to our lave worthy illustrious brother, WILLBAM Dyxonp. The members of Gramercy, Columbian, George Washington and other chapters are invited to joi with us im full regalia. By order. H. M. ADAMS, 33D, M. W. MOSES BOMHARD, 350, Archivist. Eacur.—At Montgomery, Orange county, N, Y., on Wednesday, January 19, Soria M., wife of Samuel W. Eager, daugnter of volin M. Quackenbos, and grand-daughter of the late John Mofat and Mangie Minthorne Quackenbos. ErRpMANN.—On Monday aflernoon, January 24, after a short iliness, ABRAIA% LINCOLN, gon of Isaac 8. and Sarah Erdmann, aged 11 monvhs. Relutives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from 303 East Twentieth street, on Wednesday morning, at ten o'clock. Bvans.—In Brooklyn, on Saturday, January 22, Davip EVANS, Esq., counsellor at law, in the 68th year of his age. His relatives and friends, and those of his son. Charies D. Evans, are respectiully invited to atvend the funeral, from his late residence, Hewes street, near Ledford avenue, Brooklyn. E. D., this (Tuesday) afternoon, at one o'clock. aa —On Monday, HAN inflammation of the lungs. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 777 Washington street, on Wednesday afcrnoon, at balt- past one o'clock. FLETCHER.—On Monday, January 24, in Brooklyn, M. J. FLeroHeR, in his 71st year, ‘The relatives and frends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his son, Rey. F, Fletcher, corner} of North ond and Lor! mer streets, Williamsburg, this (‘Cuesday) afternoon, ‘0 0'C10CK. GiANDIJBAN.—On Monday, January 24, at his resi- dence in West Hoboken, N. J., aiter a severe aud painful iiness, Dr. AUGUSTE GRANDJEAN, 10 the 67th year of his ake. ‘fue relatives and friends of the familf are respect- fully invited to attend the fanerai, from bis Jate resi- dei on Wednesday morning, at ten o’clock pre- cisely. Jannary ISABELLA eY.— In Brookiyn, on Sunday, January 23, of consumption, MELIM BNEX, In the 2th year of Lis age. ‘The funeral will take place from his late residence, 5 Johnson street, Us (Luesday) afternoon, at one o’elock, ¥S.—On Sunday, Janu Stmon and Gette Hackes, aged 2 y ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect- folly tmvited to attend the funeral. this (Tuesday) morning at nine o'clock, from the residence of tie parents, No. 58 East Sixteth street. K.—-On Saturday morning, January idence in this city, Rev. James BRUYN nt, D. D., tn the 70th year of his age. will be heldia the Reformed Wenty-titrd street (Kev. H. D. , tals day, at twelve o’clocK noon. The of the city, the relatives and triends of the and those of his sons w, Loring An- rews and Willtam A. Budd, invited to attend withont firtner noti y 2, ANDREW, son Of and 4 months. AIDEN HE ‘The funeri chureli HaAsskrr.—Ov Monda int! Th to auend the Sixth January 21, Joun Dasserr, sth year of his age, fricitds and those of the family are requested ‘Anneral, from iis late residence, 41 avenue, on Wednesday moratng, at mine rom thence to the Giurch oY the Nativity, a solemn reawein mass will be celebrated for tue repose of hus soul; Lrom chence ty Calvary Ceme- tery. To the members or the New York Young Men's Roman Cathotic Benevolent Asgociat tou;—Brothera- You are hereby notified to meet at our rooms, 227 Bowery, of Wednesday, Javnyary 26, at half-past eight A. M., to attend the fanePat of our late brother Jotn Has: Parnick 'Ticuk, Recoraing HIEPENSERG.-—On Sunday ten minutes past twely ‘ relict of Joan tye January 23, at angt P, HED- in the 71st year tfully invited to vesidence of her aiiend tue Tuner: son-in-law, D. He lis (Cuesday) afternoon, a5 tire he Jnaios will be taken to Newark, 5, J., on Wednesday morning. New Orieans and Chicago papers please copy. Ties Nivs.—-On Monday, January 24, Jang, wile of are, Hennion, aged 61 years, 1. months and 16 ays. ‘Phe relaiives and iends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral services at her late residence, Java sirect, near Franklin, Greea- point, rookiyn. KE. this (Cuesday) evening, at past seven o'clock. Thi mains will be takea to tbury, L. 1, for interment. Misdins.—-On Monday, danuary 24, after a short but severe illness, CATMARINN SitAtTyesy, wile of Johu Liggins, & nauve of Lhe paris of Partrie, Bal- Jnrobe, county Mayo, Iretand. Her remains will be taken from her late residence, 134 Bast Kiguty-sixth street, Yorkville, to Caivary Ty tits (Tuesday) afternoon, at one o'clock, ii PApeTs please Copy. Ani.—-ondaenty, on Sunday, January 23, WILLIAM PENNINGTON HILLIAD, m the S4th year of She relatives and frlends of the family are re- spectfully ivited to attend the funeral, from St. rthoiomew's church, corner of Latayeite place and Great Jones street, tis (I'tesday) aiternoon, at one o'olock. HoLMes.—At Mountelair, N. J., Harry CLIFTON, youngest son of James M. and Sarah Holmes, aged 3 jonths and 6 day: Friends of tne family are invited to attend the funeral, ou Wednesday morning, at cleven o'clock, Tram Jeaves toot of Barclay street at half-past eight A.M. Carriages will be in waiting at depot. Howanv.—-On Sunday, January 23, GEORGIANA HeRSCHBERG, youngest child of Henry and Jane Howard, aged 4 years, 1 month aud 17 days. ‘The friends of the family are respectfully invited toattend the funeral services, at the residence of her parents, No. 311 West ‘hirty-tmird street, on Wednesday morning, at nine o'clock. ‘The remains wil be taken to Newhurg for interment. Hyvanp.—In ~ Brookiya, A ranee ria, Wiel bem ah aia, at oh years aay! ~The relatives and friends of the family aré invited, to attend the funeral, from the W: n street Methodist churen, on ‘Wednesday Srernotay at one James.—On Sunday, January 23, at his father's residence, JULIAN, son of Frederick P. and Julia Le James, in the 26th year of his age, | The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fally imvited to attend the funeral. on Wednesday moraing. at nine o'clock, from 400 Fifth aven' ‘The remains will be taken to Cold Spring for inter- ment. ‘ Kane.--On Sunday, January 23, Many, deloved wile of Martin Kane, native of Ternascrah, county Galway, Ueland, im the 62d year of her age, ‘The friends and relatives of the ramtly are re- spectiully invited to attend the funcral, from her late residence, No. 179 Clinton street, tus (Tuesday) uftoynoon, at half-past one o’ciock, Ke.ly.—On Sunday, January 23, Sanag KELLY, aged 16 years, ‘rhe funeral wilt take place from ler late resi. sidence, No, 43 Downing street, near Varick, this (nesday) afternoon, at two o'clock. 4 Lariaen.—On Sunday, January 23, after a linger. ing Utness, HANNAM, Wife of ‘Thomas Laumer, aged 5y years, ‘The friends and acquaintances are respectfutly in- vited to attend the funeral, from her ince residenve, 101, Wittett street, this (Tuesday) aiternoon, at one o'clock. LAWLER.—On Sunday, January 25, Wit.taM Law LER, aged 53 years. Funeral will take place from nis late residence, 91 Houston street, this (Tuesday) afternoon, at one o'clock, Lununs.—On Monday, January 24, CusRLes Ale peur Licks, in the 89th year of his age. ‘The relatives and friends are respect{ully requested to attend the funeral, on Thursday afternvon; at one o'clock, from No. 77 Pike slip. LYONs.—On Monday, January 24, Paving LYONs, daughter of Joun and Mary Ann Lyons, aged 6 years and 10 months. The relatives and friends of the famiiy are reapect- fully myited to atiend the funeral, from the residence of her parents, 126un street, between Second and ‘Third avenues, on Wednesday, at twelve o'clock hoon. Mavr.—On Monday, January 24, after.a} and pete iliness, Mrs, ELIZABETH MAUL, wife of Wile jam Maul and, daughter of William oth, aged 38 years, 3 months and 24 days. ‘fhe tuneral will take place from the Duteh Re- formed church, im Houston street, between Forsyth and Eldridge streets, on Wednesday afternoon, at sone o'clock. ‘The friends and relatives of the family are invited to attend. MONTEROSSI.—At Basseterre, Guadeloupe, West Indies, on Monday, December 20, 1:6v, of yellow fever, afcer an Uiness of five days, J, A. J. MONTE: RO uged 44 years. ‘This mournful notice to his many friends by his fag eae eg ens i si + Parts aud Amsterdam papers please copy. Moss.—Ou Sunday, January 23, Mrs, AAWwON Moss « ‘The members of the Mutual Kenefft and Burial So- ciety are invited to attend the fuucral, from the Mount Sinat Hospital, West Twenty-cighth street, this (Tuesday) morning, at nine o'clock, By order. J. S. ISAACS, Seoretary. Murpny.—In Frednold, N. J., on sunday night, January 16; EMMA S., aged 4 years, and on Tuesday uignt, January 18, ALICE HL, aged 6 years, children of liolmes W. Murphy, Esq. McCormAck.—At Madison, N. J., on Sunday morn- Ing, January 23, Marra, wife of William -G, MeCor- mack. ‘The funeral services will be held at her late resi- dence, tits (fuesday) alternoon, at three o’ciock. The remains will be mterrea im Greenwood Cemetery. Carriages wil! be in waiting at the foot of Barclay street on the arrival of the 10:35 train on Wednesday morning. McDONALD.—On Monday, January 21, James HH. McDONALD, son of the late Charles McDouaild, tn the 23d year of his age. ‘The relatives and friends of the fainity are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from the resi- dence of iis brother-in-law, J. 8. lauyack, No. 19 Columbia street, on Wednesday afternoon, at two McGowAN.—On Monday, January 24, Maco, only child of Mary and Michael McGowan, Reruns to be taken to Troy, N. Y., this (Tuesday) morn, at ten o'clock, for 1aterment. McNas.—On Sunday morning, January 23, VaLK- nA Haybock, wife of John G. McNab, in her coth car. ‘ ‘The friends and relatives are invited to attend the tunera}, this (I'uesday) afternoon, at one o'clock, from tye Chureh of the Redeemer, Fourth avenue, corner of Dighty-second street. PAxsoNs.—On Sunday evening, Janniry 23, Mrs. THARINE, Widow of Joseph Parsons, aged 63 vea ‘The retatives and friends of the family are respect- fuly invited to attend the funeral, from residence, 110 South Fifth street, Willamsburg; L. 1, this (Tuesday) a:ternoon, at one o'clock. PLAcIDE.—At Babylon, L. L, on Sunday morning, January 23, Mr. HENRY PLacie, formerly of thia city. Funeral services at St. Paul’s chapel, Broadway, on Wednesday, at twelve o’clock M. Entrance at the Fulton street gate. Presby.—in Newark, N. J., on Sunday, January 23, WILLIAM H. PRESBY, in the 434 year of his age. His relatives and frfends and aiso those of his brother, M. Prespy, are respectfuily invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 23 State street, Newark, N. J., on Wednesday morning, at ten o'clock. Prior.—On Monday, January 24, ANDREW Prior, in the 72 year of his age. * ‘The reiattves and friends of the family are respect. fully invited to attend the Juneral, from the Reformed chureh, in Bergen, on Wednesday afternoon, at one o'clock. Quinx.—On Sunday, January 23, Joun Quimx, aged 25 yeurs. ‘The IMends of the family and the members of Metropolitan Hook and Ladder Company No. 6, Metropolitag Engine Company No. 6, Metropolitan Fire Department, are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from bis late residence, No, 33 Rector street, iis (Tnesday) afternoon. at two o'clock. NOTICI fhe members of the Nicholas’ Muller Guarda are requested to meet at 126 Greenwich street, at one o'clock precisely, to attend the funeral of our late brover member, JoHN QuTROK. By order, . BE. HASSON, Captain. Rep —On Sunday, January 23, Mary Rew, m the sith year of her age. ‘The iriends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 440 Third avenue, Tuesday) afternoon, at two o'clock. —~On Monday, January 24, Jire, BRIDGET zed 70 years, ineral Will take place from her late residence, 1 East ‘Tweltth streec, on Wednesday aiternoun, at one o'clock. Strevawp.—On Sunday, January 23, Lucreria, eid- i daugnter of Edward E. (deceased) and Clorinda ¥. Shepard, aged 24 years, 11 months and 3 days, rhe relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday morning, at eleven o'clock, from the residence of her moiner, 329 West Twentysninth street, —At Flushing, on Monday, January 24, ILLIMAN. ends are respectfully invite: to attend the ursday aiternoon, at two o’ciock, from episcopal church. —At Hempstead, 1 ELIZABETH A., Wife of Seaman on Sunday, January Snedeker. qn tuneral will take place from the Methodist Epi 1 church at Hempstead, on Wednesday afternoon, a Lalf-past one 0’cio Train by Long Isivad pad leaves James slip ai liulf-past ten , on Sunday S, im the Soul Paul's church, —At Claremont, evening, January 23, Louis THe year of his age. ‘ihe funerat will take place from § corner of Fulton street and Broaiw: New York, on Wednesday atternoon, at two o'clock. ‘The friends of tie family are respectiully requested lo attend witiont inrcher notice. ‘TuMAniy.—Suddenly, on Monday, January 24, James F, son of Mary and the late Charies Tumalty, aged 21 years, R Funerat trom No, 87 Union street, South Brooklyn. Particulars hereafter, —At East Orange (Brick Charch Sta- on Sunday, January 2%, 11 Carew, iugest daughter of Louis T. and Emly J. Valen- e, aved 4 year and 6 months, f fe juucral willtake place on Wednesday after- t noon, at two o'clock, at the residence oi her grand. father, Willan J. Valegtine, Fordiaiw, Westchester —On Monday, January 24, CHARLES F., son of Mary M, and the late Ruiof Van Grunt, tn the sth year of his age, ‘Tue relauves and friends of the famy, alao the Mmeinbers. of Puritan Lodge, No. 339, . und A. M., also mcimbers of Zerabbabel Chapter 147, K. A. M., ad the funeral, from tus late resi~ ‘wenty-seventh strect, on Wednes- day afteruoon, at one o'clock. SUMMONS. —PURITAN LODGE, NO. 339, ¥. AND A. Ma hreu, you are hereby summoned to attend at the loige rooms. No. 8 Union square, on Wednesday, at twelve o'ciock noon, to pay tle last tribute of re- Apect to our late worthy broticr ARLES VAN Brunt. By order, ANDRE J, CORG Oniven Gruen, Secretary. . VAN VALKENRURGH.—On Monday morning, Jane ary 24, suddenly, Lampert V. VALBENBURGH, aged 63 years, ¥ months and 23 da ‘The relatives aud friends of the 1 fully invited to attend the funeral, dence, No. 369 West Pwenty-sixth s: on Wedne: day morning, at ten o'clock. : Wavs,—On Alonday morning, January & WADE, son of Bernard and Rosetta Wade, in the 16th year of nis age. The relatives and fiends are invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday afternoon, at two o'clock, froin ius parents’ residenct » 404 Last Kignteenth street. Warsrten.—in Brighton, England, on Friday, Decemb: 4, 1509, GEORGE W. Wit A, ayed 47, yours, eldest son of the late Major George We Whistler, civil engineer. Wuire.—aAt St. Louis, on Thursday, January 20, Jorn. Wrirs, gon of John and itannalt White, of ayaville, ind. Ware. Suddenly, on Saturday, Jane 22, Srv. art RU , youngest child of U. und Mary RF. Whe, aged L year, 6 months and 9 days. Funeral irom the residence of bis parents, No. 7: ‘West corty-seventh street, this (Tuesday), at twelve o'clock noon. Woop,—At Metuchen, N, J., on Sunday, January Mrs. Mary Woop, In the 80th year o; her age. ‘The relatives and friends are respecttiliy invited to attend the funeral, from the Putch Keformea cuuren, bergen, N. J., on Wednesday sivreaon, at hai-vapl two o'clock,