The New York Herald Newspaper, July 3, 1870, Page 5

JERSEYS SHANE. The Old Burying Ground of the , jewark. A Revolting Spectacle of Wanton Neglect, Prostitution and Deseerati Sad Echoes from the Graves of Newark’s Wise, Great, Virtuous and Patriotic— Their Tombstones Used for Suild- ing Materials, Hog Pons, Watcr Channels, &o. Interesting Sketch of the Town—Revolu- tionary Reminiscences—How tho Mayor and Common Councll Respect Their Qaths— Tho Herald. Forefathers at ‘The orying disgrace of the city of Newark, N. J., at the present moment, and for nearly haifa cen- tury past, has been the suamefully outrageous, in- Gecent and appalling manner in which the old bury- ing ground, the place of sepulture for over one hun- dred and ffty years of the tlustrious, the great, the h roic, the eminent and the patriotic in the town’s early history, in those times that tried men’s souls, Prior aud subsequent to the birth of the American Fepablic. Itis an extensive plot of ground, located In the very heart of the city, or, to be more precise, occupying about ore lialf the block vougded on the east by Broad, north by Market, wi y Harnson, and south by William streets, In order to properly comprehend its ownership and furnish other con- necting and interesting data it will be necessary to recurto y's * Sw Bw i "THE PARLY HISTORY OF NEWARK, Inthe month of May, 1666, two years after the settlement of Eilzgvetutown, Newark was settled by emigrants from Connecticut. The locality had pre- viously been visited and selected by Captain Robert Treat, John Curtis, Jasper Crane and John Treat, who had been sent forward as agents. The setters Buinbered tn all thirty families, and came from the towns of Branford, Milford and New Haven. The passage from these points to “our towne on the Pasayak” is described by a chronicler, forty years ago, a3 having been ‘as long aud tedious as is now @ voyage across the Atlantic.” The emigrants had been induced to leave Connecticut by ihe seeming liberal offer of Puillp Carteret, one of the then “pro- prietary loras” of West Jersey. On landing, Rowever, they were confronted by tue Hacken- ®ack Indians, and required to pay over, ere they could take possession, £130, New England cur- reucy, twelve ludian blankets and twelve Indian gaus, Subsequently, it appears, two Indian chiets of the Watchung wibe, named -Wimooksop and Bhenooktos, put in an addivoual claim for compen- gation, According to a deed made out in favor oi “Mr, Obadiah Bruen, Mr. Samuel Kitchell, Michael Tompkins, John Browne Robert Denison, towns- men and ageats of the English mnabliants of Pesay- ak,” made out by the Indians, these latter renounced all claim to the Jaud of the settlement, which then included Newark, Orange, Bloomfield, Springfield, Livingston anid Caidweil, “for and tn consideration of 59 double bands of powder, 100 parrs of lead, 20 axes, 40 coates, 10 guns, 20 pistols, 10 kettles, 10 swords, 4 blankets, 4 barrels of beere, 10 patre of breeches, 5¢ knives, 20 howes, 1,860 fathams of wam- pem, 2 ankors of licquers, or something equivalent, and 8 troopers’ coates.” “Two guns, 3 coates and 13 canns of rum” were further additionally claimea and paid; so that thenceforth the ttle of the setters to the place was cousidered clear and ample beyond dispute. The several deeds were signed in presence of Mr. Jolin Ward and Mr. Thomas Jobn- son, Justices of the Peace, and “the Right Hon. Puilip Carteret, Esa., Governor of tie province of New Jersey.” ONLY CHURCH MEMBERS ENTITLED TO VOTE. Among the first things done by the sottiers—who In June, 1666, numbered in all sixty-five efficient men, besides women and clilidren—was to appoint @ commities of eleven to draw up a code of laws for the government of the settlement. Among other things it was declared that “u0 man could become a freeman or burgess or vote in our towne who was not a member of one of the Congregational Churches, nor be chosen to ihe magistracy nor otuer civil or military oices.”? In laying out the town Captain Robert Treat and his colleagues, Messrs, Curtis, Crane and Join Treat, set apart jands for tue Church aud other pubic purposes, the ownership of which was vested solely in the peope. There was parcelled out, Lo q note from the town records, ‘all ta.t simail otted for the bure taking In the pon and meeting ho g seven ciatnes in Mand four chaines tn breadth, bounded west by Treat, south by Jolin Jonson, north and easd by highways.” THE FIRST MEFTING ioUse wos erected on tie site now occupied by 2 truck ae plac v company’s house, fronting on Broad street. It was & Wooden structure, 26 tect wide by 34 long and 13 benween tre joists.) At the town meet heit to discuss the propriety of its erection, thirty pounds Was voted towards it anda resolution pissed that every individual should per orm such labor as a committee of jive, appoluted for tab purpose, might requtve towards its completion. The first minister was bexham Pierson, who OK re of the settlers in the irima. well ciarge of the « year 1667. He was quite advanced in ye: in ety, nvwisdom and Iniearning. He origmaily came wom’ Newerk, Souih Wrnain, where, it ap- pears, he was “episcopally orda . The records and waditions of the town indicate that he was “dissattstied with the corrupt and arot. trery character of Church aud State in Engiond, and annexed nimself to the party then cailed ‘Moderate Prespytenans.’ came with the settlers trom Guilford, Conn. Uts salary was nixed at thirty pounds per aunum. To nim, tt would seem, Newark owes its name. For years previous to his demas gon, Rev. Abrahaim Pierson, Jr., assisted, and nally succeeded him as pascor. The min! of the latter did not exten Over any years, Nowever, Jn 1701 be became President of the College of Connecticut q@ow Yae), which office he heid for the remainin, even years of his life. He was reputed a man of talent, learniig and accomplishments. Mr. dohn Prudden, Mr. Jabez Wakeman aad Mr. Nathaniel Bowers succeeded successively the Plerzons. Dur- ing the pastorate of Kev. Mr. Bowers, in 1708, the erection was commenced of A NEW AND LARGER CHURCH, constracted of stone, on a site to the northward of the wooden building. The new building wus re- garded in these days as “a heavy undertaking, much beyond the means of the people.” The town hart now been settied forty years; sill, when the walls were knee high, ail the inhabitants, inen women and ebitaren, could set on them and even then have rooin toapare, It took thirty years to fints: it. Com. leced, it was regarced as the most elegant eattice in the State. Of this church ip 1735 Aaron Burr, father of the Vice President of tue United States of the same name, became past. The younger Burr, it may tated en passan’, was born 11 & house within a sfone’s ihrow of the church, on Broad street, a few doors south of William street. The property on which the house stood 18 now owned and oconpied by a Mr. Brinvzingh Tie Rev. Mr. Burr's pastorate was not long. established a Latin school in the town, whicl, daring his time, took great siriles in the march of progress and was noted for {ty auvanced state in trade, man- ulactures and agriculture. Its wealth, popnlaton and respectability had then reached the highest point yetattaiued. At home and abroad Rev, Mr. Burr was widely known as a distinguished and emi- nent scholar and divine. He was succeeded in the ministry by a man of great piety and iearaing, REY, ALEXANDEX M'WHORTER, whose name one of the streets of Newark now beara, During this divine’s pastorate, which extended just abont haf a century, Yevid Bratnerd, a celebrated missionary to the Indians of New Jersey, was or- gained in ns church on the 12th of June, 1744, In Pagers of an immense assemblage. Here, too, In (790, the celebrated Whitfield preacned to a crowdea gadience, The continued prosperity of tne town is shown from the fact tat it was found mecessary to erect a still larger editice. In 1787 the corner-ctone of the present “First church’? was laid by Dr. MeWhorter on an eltible site exactly oppose the former buiding on Broad street. On the Ist of Jan- wary, 1791, 1t was first opened for divine worship. Its appearance now 14 rough, simple, massive and # rong, and looks as thongi if might last, under ordi- D ry circumstances, a ceutury to come. | Meauwhiie, between the years 1787 and 1307, the origiaal stone edifice was ¢ formed into a court hous, Having thus briety traced the nistory of the town and church, we retura to the more immediate sub- dect of tuis articie-— THX OLD BURYINO GROUND. James Gates vere:vai, ‘he eminent New England scholar, scientist and poet, litte dreamed wheu pre- paring “The Giaves of the Patriots” whata mockery, # snare And a delitsion he Was perpecratt Jines Guosed, aa appited to Newark’s aucient piace,! NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, Of sepuivure, whore “sleep the steep that Knows no waking” the “great aud too 1? of bis own State who founied and bull up the proudest and most pros- porous city to-day in New Jersey. Says the poet:— Here t the: lere they rej oh while the your ‘They take thelr sleep Cyases with its early dowegs 8 deck heir raves, real No ntatue nor inscription to rev ‘Their greatness, It i round them ; and the joy Ww ith witeh their children tread the haowed ground ‘That nolds thelr venerated bones ; th: 2 peace ‘and (he wealth lea on all they fousht for "hat clotbes tho land they Tescued—thoae, though mute As feaitng ever 18 when deepest, th ‘Ave monumenis more lasting chin (be fanes Reared to the kings and demigods of old, Iwremains for the New York Herawp to come to the rescue of the “vonerated ones" and lash the people of Newark into a sense of common deceney by showlag just exactly the species of ‘joy? wit which the “hallowed ground’ is trodden by the di Sc niante of the illustrious dead. With thts object in view @ HEAL representative, m company with a descendant or one of the dirst settlers, visited and fnspected the DESECRATED AND DESERTED “city of the dec”? a short time ago—within a couple of weeks, Jn faith ‘twas strange, ‘twas passin; “twas pitiful, "twas wondrous pit wl to witness the ruin, the ravages and the waste pre- Valent in every part of the incient spot. The very Leadstones seemed to utter continuvasty, in neart- bleeding tones, to the living, “Shame, shame ! de on ye! fleon ye!” The exact condition of the place nay be better tmagined than described when 16 1s stated that for many years past it has been used, at one Ume ia part as a hog pea, at another as a prize ring for the bullies, a pianos for the ragged ur- chins, and, {€ 13 asserted 1a reliable quarters, has not unfrequentiy been turned into a common bagnio ior the debauched of the towu, A number of years aince one Edward Stewart, a tavern keeper, since goue to his account, Is said Lo have takea a score or More of the tombstones and built a swine Louse with them in the very graveyard—the very choicest Spot, too, In the rear ol the site of the old meeting house, uring the pust year or two and at the pre- sent moment it ts permiited to be used ag a com- mon Ccaspool, & sewer basta, @ stadle and a public thorougiiare. It 13 siated as @ jact that some time ago a ssull—mayhap of a Peuningtua, a Vanderpool, @ Bruen, @ Crane, a Harrison or @ Baldwin—was Picked out of tis resting place and actuaily used by an ambitious “Humiev’ in the Thespian temple near by. Of the thousands of headstones with which the place Was crowded at the Wine wien it Cvased to be wed as a burial place Lut two or three hundred now reniain, thee 3 'y cusy matier (ocount tue fow Ps riewhahnes ia rout, are huddied to- gether like slabs in a sioneyard. Of a td inissing some have been used by adjacct ‘Opery: owners a8 building material, while others have been chipped to pieces by the boys in their unrestricted false of “leap irog,” “duck and drake” or “base ae ere ‘ While visiting iis monument of Newark’s shame the HERALD representative wansterred to is noie- book a number of TUB MORE REMARKABLE EPITAPHS on the stones erect and piiced stoneyard-wise. From tae dither Was sin.led out one inserived ax follows, 1 quaint, curious le.terlug:— Qeeee renee t01b be tei ee HE4E TE LOLOLE RE TO EEEE OO OE: Here lyes interred strange; 3 ye body of Jobn Treat, Esq., 3 3 65 years of age, woo departed this 3 lide Avgvsi ye Ist, 1714, 3 PO RODOLD LOL LE IETEEE TENDLONE LEED PEEEION GOTO LONE, OTS genileman was one of the four agents referred to in the opeuig part of the article, Who mapped out ihe town, Le was a brother of Mis teliow ageau aud settier, Captain Rovere Treat. Lhe jacter Tewurucd to Vonuecticut a lew years subsequent to the settieuent of Newark and became Goveruor of thit Siute. He left wo children, Joan and Mary. Mary macried Deacon Azarian Crane, one of wie original setilers, Who at lis decease, in November, 178), leit lis silver bow! to the Church. it Was sub- matly Used for ComMuUNLON Purposes, aud 1s still du possession of Lie Lurst church. Lhe remains of bot are interred here also. Jobu Treat, a few years brior to his death, was a member of the frst Gen mbly of the irovince of New Jersey, un uct of tin 1709 required that members saould hot ouly 0UeSS ID reputation but possessed of 1,0v0 acres of land or 2500. “iow Limes have chaaged!? 13 a very natural exclamation in this particaiar conuee- a POC OOLL LE EE LE LE RELEDEIEIOLOLO DEES IT LE TELE DEEL CAPTAIN JOHN CViTIS, Died Sepicuber 17th, 1704, Aged 62 years. Qreeeneeeenesesecesest es eensenete ng cesereeebe rete se ‘This gentleman was also one of the historic four to whose united inielligence and yaluabie know- ledge Newurk is to-day indebted for her noble ampic mam highway, Broad street, which, as regards with, Des Broadway sadly to the bush, Over, north of the “gaagway,” near Harrison atroet, in the rear of te theawe, ure still standing erect three headstones—ol Mrs. Kieanor Johnson, died Noven- ber 2, 1694; Joseph Johnson, her sou, aud Mr. Thomas Jobuson, her husband, ‘The latter gentieman was aiso one Of the original settiers, aud appears, from tie towa records, to have been heli fa high esteem @mong his fellow townsmen. As already indicated by the writer he was ciiosen to the magistracy of the town. The date of his decease 1s November 6, 1604, oniy three days later Uian his beloved consort Eleanor. The son, Joseph Johuson, was buried be- tween his pareats. ‘Tue epliaph on bis tombstone Treads as fullows:— Gyreeeeceooacsecen sore reavesverssocecocoocseceos rete) Joseru JOHNSON, 2 3 3 3 3 son of Thouias aud kieanor Johnson. FS 3He died March, 11h, 4752, la the 83d year of his} 3 age. p SSRI Sather MRS AR ‘Phe towa records have the foulowimg:— strem—The town choose J: seph Jonnson for drum- mer, as belore, upon coudition that he beats the first dcum at least up as iar as tie oaw Pitt. or tue corner of Sergeant Harrison’s Lott.” ‘this was a part of the proceedings of a town meeting, held on danuary 2, 1670. The curious “173%? on tne head- stone 1s explained this Wise:—Previvus to the 25tu of Marca, Whica for some reason not explaine|, was accounted the beginning of each year, the previous months Were counted as if in bork years. Aiter ue 26th the proper uguie of the new year was used. dence the year the drummer boy of the town died in was 1734 1n reality. Tus Wortuy son of a nobie sire married Kebecce, daughier oi Rev. Abraham Pier- son, the first mluisier of the se\uement. “hat sI qed prior to her husband ts siowa oy her vouty: stone, which, uutlt receutly, stood to a distant part oO: the ground, @iougside that of her f, t LOLOL ELITIOLE LE ROW IP EE OLEOLEEELETE LOR) 4 & farth fad loveins: wite 3 Sine A her Busband as Aer te Suarp Veth hath snaca’a aer soon away For we ace ail but Dust aad Olay So Nessery Wott It be to Live in Love Ad Weil as Slice, Rebecca Wife vf Josepha Johnson, aged 783 years, Deceus’d Nov ye sth, 1732, i Cre cerecte rn reee rhe Dee Lertlent-IPEPtCLE LOCO OOLELD HE pte) “From the “stove yard pie’ already refereed to the HsRALD represeniauive and bis cOlupauion stumbled on t aeeeri snes ce se® THE OLDEST TOMESTONE to be found im ike piace. ‘The lettering is of the quaintest possibie chacacter and aiuust eniteely obliterated. jt Was only by great persistence aud scrutiny baat tae imseripiuon could be decipiercd. Here is a copy:— Q-rorerorecessesrest ness: eonsoceroeencserereresere stag 3 WALTER MACKMAN, 3 who departed the 2vih Septemver, 1633, Sertain; Zea 8 HVE Beither Wied hor Wier, Wuich Cecch-3 geth us eaca day for to prepare. Qreeennene rete tenet tense eCeDe ct POUELEDE POLE DELE DE OO° 9) Nothing whatever is Known of tho history of this entieman. He Was novo the original setilers, nor joes IS Dame appear on the Lown recoids, Lias supposed Le Was a stranger—peruaps a Wwaveller, ‘The uext oldest stone discovered Was oue prepared by @ sculptor of tie Same schooli—pervaps vy we sbuine arlist, About if, too, tuere is a mystery as regards the history of the iawn ia W.ios.: memory 1b was erected, The lcription is as Lollows:— serererere rene rernsccbt renee seers teste se bere ne te re@ PALRICK FALUCONER, Jan. 27th, 1092. Here lyeih The remains of @ Reai Saint who sufierd Much for Christ and did Not Paint And when 1s Race was run ending his story He sweetly passed through Death To endless giory. SOIL OOLELELLTOLELODE TELE OOELLOE DORE AELDLE LE LOPE OLED There is in possession of the New Jersey State Historical Society @ Littie book ah the size of a pocket dictionary, go eg by John Reid, in B cotiand. and being a compilation of leticrs n by travellers, aad purporuug to be for the inforshation of those intending to emigrate to New dersey from Scotlaud. In 1t tsa letter from Patrick Falcconer to Maurice Treat, Tho letter is dated “Biizapeth, In Bast Jersey, the 23th of October, 1644.” In giving a description of “Bast Jersey” Mr. Falcconer goes 0a to say that ‘it 1a. a god coun- trey, but 18 “possessed of a Debauched Idle Leasie people, all that they Jabour for is only ag uruch bread @s serves them for one season and als much ‘Tobacco a8 may furnish them with so much cloathes. I delleved 1c 13 the worst improved couutrey in the world.” lurther oa he speaks of its richness in fraits of all Kinds and ugricuitaral excel- lences generaiiy. That thie letter was an emanation g, of the vatrick coner Whose viriues, Wille in the fesh, are so highly excolled above, thure seems to be no doubt whateve: REVOLUTIONARY REMINI ereeer Oe > * eeneneee seececceneeteres IENOE socnroscereccercstsscrroaraceetptecprest rece teneae(y ¥ ‘Yula monument I$ erected to the memory > 3 of Joseph Hadien, 8eq., who dep: N 3 tus life the 27th of September, 3 z the S2na year of his age. 3 3 He was a firm friend to his country z 3 In the darkest times, 3 2 Zealous for American LAberty 3 = in opposition to British Tyranny, 3 3 And at last fell a victim 3 2 Yo British Craelty. 3 Cece ne ree te ee tennant eeeneDeEe ae Resi Eenebe bese bot My © Mr. Hadden was manifestly a bitter foe to Great Britain, On the night of January 25, 1780, a regi> ment of 500 men, commanded by Colonel Lumin, of the Briush arwy, went ou & guerilla expedition from New York, and, entering Newark, set fire to the Academy, @ building ten standing on “| Upper Green,” or what 1s now known as Washingtou Sark. The same night a gecond party of British incendia- Ties proceeded to Klizabett! and set fire to ihe First Presbyterian churci. ‘The light of the latter contla- gration was 80 bright thac it alarmed Lumin’s party, and they beat @ retreat. They carried back with them Mr. Hadden, whose patriotlévolce and views had ere thea made bim widely known. Dragging him from a sick bed the scoundrels drove hira then at the point of the bayonet, im his nigat ei jug, oft a bitter winter's night. Jn this manger ava in thls condition they competed him to go witp them as for as Jersey City, then kuown as “Paulus Hook,’ und imprisoned him i a sugar house there for several days, Oue of hts guards, with a spark of humanity left, gave hima blanket. He dugered for @ few days and then died—perished of starvation and exposure, Qeoceseceeerersraneroensererere-rerenesece sete snteete JAMES CAXANE, April 4th, 1782, aged 36 yeurs, Qeocrrrcrcvereseseressresnnererese rose sere theeete ete) Here we have another patriot who aled on the baie fied in the cause of his countcy. ar, Craue, & descendant of one of the original settlers aud & progenitor of many Cranes now in Newark, in pros- perlly ahd adiuence, Was oue of a “forlorn hope’? of Ainerican soldiery who made dn at ack on sue Bridsn forces stationed at Lort Deluncy, located at What is now culled Salteraville, aud was Wounded Ai the titst sortie, ‘Lue wound was mortal, aud ne died in a few days, Not furirom the graves of the Johnsons, sunk al- mapas enurely, 18 a sina Stone beariuy this Inscrip- On — Qrirren scram seae-oranataeseracesartenen Jn menory of MARGARWT, lave wile of 3 Wildwa addon, master of the Grauuaar 2 Gael in this town, Sept, 21th, 1771, 5400 * socerocesece > Haud ulla conjugia Maus signa fuit, earerrececenncoecassertetrenesteeete, Geverecoccese . necncerenecertes Huidon Was @ royalist aud found it counfortae ble to ieave the iown & Tew years alter his wile’s devtu, ide fled to New York, vul what bevame of Mum afterward» is not known. Qreccevccsecererocese rt renneseeoet 3 Capi. JAMES NU ‘April 6th, 4m the Siaty-uinth year conned AN, 5. of his age, y Qrorescccocsesesoss ctnoreneocaosretatestetenebesesey Why this worhy was is doubdess un terstood in & letter dated “Newark, Maren 12th, 177/, addvessod by a hugaty respee'able cttwzen uf the town wo “alr, Wiliam: Gordon, ioxvury, Mass.” ‘Lue ravages committed by tue Britusa t.raut’s troops,” says tie Wrier, ‘in these paris are beyond description, Mur- ore Tavishinenis, roopertes wad tusulls prevail. One Thomas Hayes, a peaceable and inoffensive wan as 18 10 Lhe Blule, Was ran tifough aud murdered with a awort in the haads of w negro servant.” Frieada and foes suilerea alike @t the imurauiers, it wouid seem, ‘for the letter continue: ‘Luere was one Captain Nutman wio lad always veen a re- murkable tory, aud Wao inet the British troups in the broad street with huzzas of joy. He had uls house rovbed of almost every thiag. His very shoes Were taken off his fect, and they Utreatencd ‘hurd vo haug tun.’ AN ANCIENT DAME. Not far from the grave of we wile of the school- master Madcon, evideutly a relative of Joseph Had- don, Was baried @ Woman O1 great age. he epl- tayh reads;— cerecereorepcepegeaeepeoss cece cecgse ceeeoeet econ FNS Faron ts SH TaN g 3 wife of bdward Hedden. She dyed 3 a Feb, 23, 1773, in the 105th Year of hér age. 3 Qreeeeee teen eset acne tt sess ae ae betes Deer se ss eerie te ® Daring the unnistry of Rev. Joseph Webb, prio: the year 1738, @ sclitsin broke Out among the cuugre- likely, In view Of the extracr thography allowed even ln names in Ulose day. “eran There ar> some spelled Bi Cranes spellvd Cran, and sume Stiles speiled Styles ALL TALK AND SENTIMENT. ‘The propensity of Newarkers o. tae period to In- ations 80 that up actual disraption took place re- sullug lu the esimbusiment of ‘Yriuity Church. Coloudi Jostan Ogden, it appears, seceded With oth. ers aud founded * Uid Trinity,” the first Episcopal churei in the town. The cause of seems to have been & little too mu “blue law.’”” Lue record says the secessiva Look place in Consequence of the rigor with waich Colo. nei Ogden wus trealet “for saving iis grain in a wet harvest On tie Savboai.”? ‘That be never ceased to love tue oid Church seems to be demonsirated by tha fuct thas be was Literred 4a the Old Buryimg Ground, ‘The stone Wiel 45 baddled amoung tie pi Js simply luscrived “Coionel Justa Ogden, May 11, 1763, 84 years.” Burled under the tiorougufare Truuning between Broad aud Harriion streets, which Was ordered to be opened in 1334, are such persous 2 Once marked his jst resumg place 1 lt galust the south wi as Airs, Hunuah Weob, wile of Kev. Joseph Webo; Dr. William Pusaer aud his wife, Nekeouah Bad- win, “the aucesvur of @ host,” and wader ike slavie cf Minuehaka bugine iies interred ihe remains of Deacon sau Wiee er, Who dicd January 23, Liat. in the year Iidu Key, Dr. Aiexander MeWhorter, after spending tue best fifty years of ais ife iu the service Of tis jelow creatues and hs God, was gathered to his fathers and laid with ochers Wile lad {gone before 1 the old burial piace. ues are ON iis Lombstone;— Not uncer mourning marble is contamed A better unsband, parent, broches, friend: Public tis soul anc gentie was als tongue; On wiics the law of kindness always i Hi ‘State, With wisdom, fib abd justice truly great, ‘The Chatatinn’he tives, the walat he died ; do God he's gone, with Jesus Ww abide, THB PENNINGTONS AND THE VANDERPOOLS, The only headstone in the place to 1idicate that ever &@ Penninglou—@ leading Dawe in Newark for full @ century past—was deposited there 1 vhat i- acribed:— OIPIOEOLEDEDILE SOLE LEPEIEDE-DOLESOLE DOLE LEEE OOO i JUDAM PENNINGION, Marci, 1795, tu tae a6 year of His Age. Yue Lolluwing rown'd in honour, ruled 1a Churelt an 3 oe, 3 Ser eresreseeece nese ae-coceeeceseasoroeceensececcocet a) le was a brother of W. 5. Penuington, Governor of West Jersey, who, we believe, sieeps alongsile. “in gratelul remembrance of an alfectionae aud revered parent, his bereaved chiluren,” suid a mouument that Was, “lave erected this memorial.” Besides betug Governor ne aso served the Staie as Chancellor and various oiler importwut pubiic sia- tions “honorably Ww himself and useiul to his couu- try.” Aud yet his “gratefal cuildren,” who to-day hold their beads as high, Mf oot @ ine higher, than the proudest o the iowa aud his native city, per- mit his grave to be desecrated lu a manuer tit would criiison the cheeks of even @ barbarian. 30 is it im tue case o; the Vanderpoors, auother leading famuy of the wn, now and iu years gone vy. Here is an in-cription on a headsiwnue, fouad by tue writer dow duiy, under a wWiterspout over agumst Mebermot’s Waur @rversesserecereverecorssvse rere rire recsccorecesenete-@ 3 Winant Vander Poo, 3 Aged ty years. Deceased 3 April 4th, 1750. Qrrercrecececesesesereseneae ss terest rere seee rece rete Here, ulso, im this waste of rain und sacriiegious hegiect, repuse (Heaven save the iMark!) Ube aud vied progenitors of tue Candelds, the Brucus, the Piex- sous, ihe Jounsons, the Harrisons, the Craues, the Huntingtons, the urnets, the CO; the Warus, the Coes ps, the Coupe 2nd the Woods. i GRAVE OF AN IRISHMAN, rse Of Lis (outbstone pererinations the encountered a slab bearing the Lullowlug.— MOACEEELOLEASELODIEUE TELE MOTIONED ELE CELE IbbE EEE D Here lyes ye body of Frances Redmond, who was vorn at ‘taugaman, in the county of Waxford, in Ire.auau, aad dyed ia May ye 271, 17 ON EP OLAPTOLOEE EEE TE DEEL IS OA MEELE DELO EDD He) Who or what as COUN Lot be a ‘muod. Noe even the eX could be poatitvely determined. Trunces” ix a@ wouil's Dat 2 In the cou! writel ee cwark eeacesnreseny seereeeeas largely im talk in re kid ‘that would their purse strings, #0 16 OL people, public and private, as far ba as Jo4, ior aba meeting of tae Comin Couneil on Aprild, In fiat year, the proceedings reveat the fact that the Old Barying Ground Was as sadly in need of ationtion 4s at the present time, A special comunites, ng of J. G. Goble, Archie rd aud Abner Was appointed ty inquire lato tue matter and at Wis Necessary aud what could be done. ‘The commutvee sabmiited a report, which set forth i’ bwenty years past tie burial ground whica used as @ place of sepuiiure, nad ceased 1.0 Irom its crowded condition ana wauton desecration, From that Ume up to tie present moment it has been sutfered to remain waste and neglected, eucroached upon With Lnpunity and viten- tunes devoted to ° THE MBANEST AND MOST REVOLTING PURVOSES, The eminent in Church anu State, the revoiution- ary patriots, the victims of British cruelty and op- pression, the wise and virtuous and the brave here resi side by side and invest the spot with a hallowed interest, ‘Truthful, eloquent sentences! but in those days, a8 at the present, 11 with equal truth may be saul “Piue words putier no Parsnips.” ‘the commis tee recommen ted that & brick wall aud a mau- solcum }eerected, The latter ‘in the southern part of ine ground jor such remains as mgut be disun- terred, the stones to be placed around the said mitusoicom and the said wall, and that a siftadie gravelled walk be laid, running from Broxd to Har- ison street, together WM such olber Waiks as may be. necessary to aiford casy access to the dierent parts of the enclosure, and that $1,200 be appropri- uied to defray such expenses as may be incurred.’? According'y, report having been adv ted, work. men were emp oyed und at once commenced gradiig the ground, which, a8 now, Was lily and hollow. This procedure—the levelling of graves and the ruthess ontrages of profanely exposiug and destroyiug tue ske.etons of the forefatners—fairiy aroused many of tie desvendanis, and great indeed was tacir indig- natron. GREAY EXCITEMENT PREVA at the time. A few prominent crtiz ns, whose ning in the sun, His Dy tiougnt fathers’ amd tnotters’ bores lay bieac! eraiton, rarian of b sent writing, repaired to the nallowed spot and compelicd @& suspension of the unhallowed tng, threatentug to shoot the first man who oi thelr forefathers’ graves. They came fuliy ared to carry out thelr threat. Woek was sus- pended and im this particular way bas never been resume! since. At a public mecting heid in the very graveyard itself April 24, 144, the action of the Common Council in ordering it to be graded was severaly denounced and their action ingelling a part of i declared highly reprehensibie, HOW THE GRAVES WERE SOLD. Ever since the place itas ceased to bo used as a burai ground the uugodly vandals fave looked on 1 with greed, and in 1838, when the first Common Council of the city organized, the grasping grave s ers had carried their demning propensities to an extent that an"ordinsace was passed order- ing that ail eacroachiaemts be removed. Tbe samo Council, with marve lous tnconst: leased a part of the yard the rear of the prick butlding now used as a buliard room fo the late John H. Stevens, a decossed Newark imiltiun- naire, ‘The lease Was gubsequently transierred to a Mr. ler for $400. The title of several parties now In possession of property fronting on Lroad street is considered not worth » straw. The writer ‘was informed of one instance where a savings bank refused Lo loan Monvy un execiient property in the victuity simpy beciwuge the title to the property was not good. In relation to the subject of encroach- ments there Was passed in 1848 | AN AC? OF THE LEGISLATURE, the preamb.e of whick sets iorth that, “Whereas the old burying ground of the city of Newark hath for many years ceased to be used as a piace for burying the dead; aud whereas a portion of ithas been appropriated aud imyroved by the erection of expensive bulldings; and whereas it hath been insisted tuat the sue shouid be restored vo the use for which it was orig nally sotapart, whiclt restorauon would be alten with greut inconvenience and subject innocent purcuas: ers to great. pecuniary loss aud be of uo public uullty, imasmuch as the location of said ground renders it lwproper ana inexpedient to make auy further intermenis there; and whereas 1b 18 desirable that said burying ground should be protected and that the upaney of the portion thereol occupied for other than burying ground should be quieted; therefore, be it enacted, That It shall be the duty oft.c Mayor and Common Council of the ciiy of Newark to PROTECT AND PRESERVE the burying ground as now enclosed aforesaid and the uclooures thereof.” Tne saine act further re- quires that at mon ys received for rents or leases Siall be applied to defraying the expenses of kevp- dog the piace in order. CONCLUSIVE RETROSPECT. “Protect and preserve |” How has the Mayor and Common Coane, organization after orgauization, obeyed the supreme luw of the State, tv say nouiing Of Waa comaon devoucy towards the dead sould atall ines commend’ “Lot the graves theaselves, outraged wat desecrated beyond conception, the headstune frag¢euts coaverted into waver chan- nels, buildiy material, bogpens and ciil- dren's — playthiags, wer in ijanguuge far more — traciim, | iuore eloquent und fervid and forcibe than could be conecived committed to paper by mortal, though tho be dipped in the very bitterest essence of gall. shame, where is thy blish?'? Efforts have, itis truc, from time to time been Made W relieve the town o: this burning shame, and evea recentiy & map was made out showing how it cou'd be laid out in beautiful walks, orna- mented with shrubbery and statuary and ‘water fountains; but, a% before, the moveulent seems to have ended with the map. Otempora! O mores! “You cannot, sir,” said a gentleman, Whose name 43 mentioned in this sketvh, to the HERALD reporter when gathering materiais therefor— you cannot con- fer @ greater fuvor to the living, nor @o more honor vo the outraged dead, than to expose the disgrace and oblogay Leaped on this hallowed and historic spotin we cotmuns of the New York HERALD, the greatest newspaper in this couutry, thougn 1 often- tuues difer with 18 editorial views.” and pen “0, THE GRAN The Largest Hotel in America~Its Near Come pletion and Valuabie Features— ‘low It is to Accommodate thw Travelling Puolic. The Grand Central Hotel, formerly the La Fatge House, and latterly the Southern Hotel, is now ap- Proaciing completion, This mammoth house ts situated on lots 667, 6is, 671, 673, 675 and 677 Broad- Way, and the ground was purchased by Mr. E, 8, Higgins at @ cost of nearly $1,000,000. In conjunction with Mr. A. LL, Powers, the genial and accomplished lessee, Mr, Higuin® immediately undertook the erection of tie largest hotel in Ame- Tica. The old Southern ifotel was a vast wreck—the débris of the last disastrous conflagration that anni- hilated one of the finest properties ou the island. Any tmprovement of this estate, the owner saw, would involve the necessity of rebuliding, at a great @xpeuse, and he therefore determined to ignore the old structure and build anew a hotel edifice the largest in the Union. Proceeding upon this idea, over three handred — workmen have been daily employed in the rapid but thorough construction, which the reader can NOW Inspect, as to stands, between Bicecker and Aimily stree: Notblog but the original marble Srontof the old hote! remams, and nm this can scarcely be recogmuzed as belong ng Wo tie Southern Hotel, for it bas v0 bulitup to @ height of tea s.0r.es, aNd the massive ule.al Cornice has veen su movited With & heavy and appropriate Mausard Tool, cmbodying architectural ieatures tuat can be seen for many uil.es aro » oliy. It fs estimacet Unit 16 wil! take over $2,000,000 to couplete the hote!, Walch, when in peifcet order, Wil dccomimodate over 2,000 guesis. But size is nob the ciel merit of the Grand Central Hoel The builder—the possessor of a a some experience as tie Constructor of immense hotels—letermined to make this notel not only a Mammoth hotel, but a model hotel. The features tuat look to the comfort of guesix, their saiety in cases of fire, and the faciiities for water, gas, ven- tilatiou, ingress aud eg:ess, are complete and have been arranged with aduurable precision. 1t opens on the Lot oF August, The following exuibits the magnitude which nas been selected 48 Uke scale of this uotel:— CENTRAL HOTEL. Cost, with ground. .#1,50),000 Number of doors... 9,000 Cont of furnisuing.. 601,000 Number of suits. ‘300 Numver of syuare 4 feet of 850,000 5 Number of rooms. 1A 2 Number of guesi 50, hat can be accom- 6 nodated, 7 Pt dn. 9 S i on: " Eighth floor THE COURSES OF EMPIRE, Arrivais of Emigrants During the Past Week. The total ariivals of passengers by steamships and Migraiit paciet vessels at Us port from foreign pots for the week ending Saturday, July 2, were as sollows:— Steamshipe. Coiumbia No. of Pas, ‘Aspinwall sAnpinwallies.. Olbera, Atalanta. Daragre. Anui hd Barey, Vie sSt. John, N. B. St. ‘Thomas, -Bormuia, Kingston, Ja. “Bermuda, Sardovy.. John Ferris... Isabel Alberto. Mens Hane Total number of passengers THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. A Timely and Interesting Reminiscence. On the Fourth of July a monument is to be dedi- cated at the Hope Cemetery, in Worcester, to the memory of Captain Peter Suter, one of the Boston Tea Party. The Spy says the occasion will cali together @ large assembiage, and constitute an ap- propriate celebration of the anniversary of our National independence, Speeches trom a number of dis'ingaished gentlemen are among the exercises coniemplated. But three of the Tea Party—Iscac Simpson, Josiah Lee aud Mr. Kingson—were living in 1836, The last named upon list, Mr. Kingson, died in 1851, at ihe advanced age of 115 years. Many of the party were mere lads at the time, Captain Slater being but about thirteen, one of the youngest of the number, ‘The names of the party who threw the tea overboard and wnich are engraved upon one side of the shaft are as follows:—Pcler Slater, Joseph Shedd, Join Crane, Jostah Wheeler, Thomas Wrann, Adam Col- son, Thomas Chase, 8. Cooledge, Jose Payson, James Brewer, Tiumas Bolter, Edward Howe, E£venezer Stevens, Nicholas Campbell, John Russel, Thomas Porter, William Hu Benjamin Rtee, Samuel Gore, Nathantel Frothingham, Moses Grant, James Starr, Abraham ‘Tower, Issac Simpson, Joseph Kagves, Joseph Lee, William Molineanx, Joseph Moantiora, Paut Revere, John =purr, Thomas £ = Moure, 8. Howard, Mathew Loring, ‘’homes Spe. Vaniel Ingalison, Jonathan unnewell, Witham Pierce, Wiliam Kassel, T, Gammell, Mr. McIntosh, Mr, Wy » Edward Dotbier, Mr, Marvin, yi 1 Pitts, Samuel Sprague, Ben- jamn Clark, Jobn Prince, Ricvard Hunnewell, neti Keniason, Jr.; George R. 1, Hewes, Mr. King- sond. JHE SOUA FOUNTAIN EXPLOSION. Coroner Rollins yesterday held an inquest, at the Seventeenth precinct police station, on the body of Henry Goltz, the German who was killedjon Friday afternoon by the explosion of a sode fountain tank in the drag store of Dr. Geritzen, 105 ‘hird avenue, a3 heretofore pipiisued in the HkkaLy. Deceased, who had been but five weeks in the coun- try, entered the service of Dr. Gerlizen, to whom he represenicd that he had @ thorough knowledge 0: his business. Goiiz was on- gagelin charging the fountain with gas, and in doug #0 Mr, Geritzen notice’? that the index iudi- cated & pressure of 220 degrees, which he ¢ usidered very dupgeroua, and accordiugly remonstyaied with deceased. After Going #0 the proprivtor left that part of the store, immediavely after whic ius ex- pioston oveurred, with the result already siaiel. After hearing ail the testimony @ verdics of acc dental death was rendered by the jury. Sampson change board were very clamorous for a speech from him. He refused, but told them that the Lat of August he would have an cloguent address prepared, sbape of several hund’ed cases of Chin shoes, @ remark which caused an applause that showed most unmistakably the approval of his ex- ho CHINESE LABOR QUESTION, Pregress of the Celestial S! L0G. 0 0. eo makers in Massachusetts. \ Thoir Workmanship Superior to the Cricpi Movement Towards Edue: ating and Christian. izing Them—The Theory of “Slavery ia Another Form” and the ‘‘Odious Cox- tract” System Di jiscusesd—fome ‘limely Remarks About Politics and Politicians in Massachu sette—A Gla:ce at North edams and Vicinity. Nona ADAMS, Mass., July 2, 1870, voncerning she seventy-five Oriental shoen In this town there is nothing but success and pro- gress to record, story, and the disaffected and disgruntied Knights. of St. Crispin, every labor and trade union i the land and all thelr sympathizing friends may as weil accept the fact first as last. Viery speeches and denunciatory resolves from the assembled dema- gogues of New York and Boston do not affect the industrious Chinamen over in Mr, Sampsou's face tory. They are, of course, ignorant of the great sur their presence has created in the Eastern, Mid- die and Western States, but if they were aware of it T doubt very much if their interest aud application to the business which they came here to learn would be very seriously These two disturbed. now about three weeks, and Kors words tcll the whole ‘They have been here although seemingty im- Possible, it is, nevertheless, a positive fact that some of them MAKE BETTER SHOES THAN THE OLD CRISPINS DID. I donot get this story from Mr. Sampson alone. neither do Idepend upon the coniirmatory statements of the men whom he has had instructing them, but your correspondent has seen for himself, aad dis- covered by comparison the superiority of thetr work overthat of the men who, by their unreasonable demands, were the cause of the introduction of these pigtail workmen, as they are pleased to term them, or skull f vised in Bosion, and Until to-day the Chinamen luded, Haif a dozen caine forenoon and created among the citizens. principal streets and obs Yous very carefully, dad pass tue diaiect pecutlar t entere:t the gocery sto they found somett home in the shape of the Ch eurgo of tea which had just Pacific Raiirvoad, Berkshire House, where th ot ‘Tney uetr naive Fifty-one are aiready at work, and before this ietter appears in the HEKALD the whole seventy-five will be actively employed. eighteen are at work without instructions, and in a few weeks Mr. Sampson will be able to mtroduce specimens of thetr apd Boston markets, Last ‘The =shos and Leaiher those now cigaged uto «the New York Wednesday Mr. Ex- the members of the in the e-mMaAde have kept shy and 6e- down town during the te a Mitle commotion went through the ved surrounding ob 1 commeats thereon ia iand. ft uey Bauer & Wright, wnere ise and remiod thea of erin Upon a eived Via ihe inese } been r They also inade a short vistt to the were pleasaully eutor= talued by Mr. Richmond's young son, whose succcas- Jul efforts in instructing ther m the Kagiish lan- guage were alluded to tn ap: Of them wil co:inmenve atten and a Sunday school a4 weil templated for tieir spectal education. Chinaman is destined to become * brother.” THE STORY OF “SLAVERY A WRONG IMPRESSI evious letter, A number ing chureh to-morrow, 3 @ night school 1s cou- Traiy Join man and a IN ANOTTER FORM” — ION CORRECTED, Mr. Commnings, the head of the Crispin order in Massachusetts, und Mr. Troup, Mr. Young and Mayor Hol, of New York, as well as others, who have token @ stand against tle employment of Cuinese labor, have had a great deal to say from lume to ime about tt being nothing more nor jess than “slavery In another form.’ To give thelr argu- ment an appearance of force some of them aasvine tuiat in the case of Mr. Sdmpson tue contract r the labor of these Chinamen was made tn China; that the Orteniais — wer ther services would be w e tgnoreut of what ‘orth, and that if they are made to live up to the terms of their contract, aud work for a comparati they are the victins of an vey low rate of W odious slave power, a power not at ali in accordance with the enlighte.ed spirit of the present day. Now, for the sake of argu- ment ony with the ork three years lor @ tuclr arrival tn this cou uy assuine that Mr. Sampson contracted seventy-five Ch empire, aud that according to th to 1 la the Cainese contract they are supuiaed sun, Upon they are free men—free as thie air 1—and if they see ft to break there 1 no legal or or power to bunder them, They coud quit wok — to-morrow of tiiey it! ft, and the only .edress Mr. Sampson would itave would be tarough @ civil action in lie Courts lor damages oc- Ca toned by ter breach of contract. youd tuts protection of common itw, appileadi@s cverybody, he would bs powerless, He could nor seize their bodies: neituer coni i he eompei them to work for usb ncilizea, 1 nd that the China, bac th thus 1 aun Piawcisco. THE CON was drawn up by Gvorge whol Mr. Sampson sent to Invorera, aud was and agent of wid 18 Mans the 8 dec arations of M contrary mobwit Apo t dents of Sa ar Wall more than li merc and Were a. Ww coul) & lusiration ih immnon e taken of Mr. Sampson was sit Was Lol mate iia fa but in the United States, and in the cily of TRACT jase, the gentleman nia for these new ci veuty-flve prougAe were resi- iu that city like other | , and thelr right to cond to Massachosetta aod work for a liv cannot be jnsiy or legally disyated, of these iaen are here under the terms of Lie contrac: syviem, as tie Crmpin and Javor yeform agt- tators Would have the pa ic believe, noris w& Likely tuat auy will come Nere tnder suc L.ustances. Asis well kr: the ensiom has oven La Catiiornia doa of ts, and tal ta to bring over larg four years?’ contac ly a mortgage on their outtit and cost 0; passage money, hired ont attue best tgures asmull percen'age of each him and the balance to the them from China. Cainainen ke What is 6 yullies for three or slagual- ymin! of ‘The mea are then that can be ovtined, man’s wages going to outractors who bring n a Senator Wilson’s bill, now pend: log in Congress, socks to break up uiis business by rendering void all toreign soll, and docs if it Would, intorfere with rants who come here volun in North Adams, carried on ta California, acce bill of Wilson's, 19 @ heavy fi to the inforiaer and halt to men, provided the latter revu’ country upon such condition seribe. It ts clear that even Will be affected by the bill, ‘The penalty for tie bust contracts made upon hot, aud could not Chinese or otner emi- warily, the sane as these 288 as ovding to the dings ne, half of which goes whe iaterested Chiua- rn at once to their own 8 as the court may pre- these Chinamen wio if it should become a law, are not avy more bound to fullli their contracts than those of Mr. Sainpson, for auy exieun foreign sot made here. As before Vioiation would be But the slavery whic and Which the Crispius and anxious about§ probably com of the immigrating Cite law which prove stated a civil h Mr. Wilson seeks to Lave yet to leara of ts @ contract ma‘le on or that compels the falilimenut of one the only redress for action Jor damages, sboush jabor reformers are e$ In where the fauul en are fhelu 8 by the Chinese goverament as security for thy fulfllneat of any contract which the emigrants may make afer arriving here, The “cerrthy geen thing wh u United States, 1s resp ese facts the wisdom legisiation as Wlison pr tonabie. Lthink, howe THE RKASON OF SiNA’ er, THe W It should be remembered slavery,” then, it would » Culnese empire, and vusible for, and la view aud possibiity of such poses is excceding y quus- 1 can divine WILSON'S INTEREST IN GMEN. hat his term expires u soon, and thatthe next Legisiaiure will be called upon to elect his successor. with the place @ great number of years, younger aud growing poi get Clamorous for a chan its, aud foreseeting (he stir bE ae bacon will make tu nh solr from the endorsement which him in Boston lust Wednesday, that he has piayed and, ogain, the Senator 18 an his cards about ile has been identified ud the ans are beg . Wilson, sensi which the Crispius and the coming campaign, Perhaps from seifish motives, announced him- as their pioneer friend and champion, and, the mass mecting gave it woud seem vighi, old shoemaker himseif, and the Crispins aod workingmen geucrally will take more kindly to tim on tat account. Upon his return Wo Massachusetts irom Washington ue will probably enter vigorously ino the campaign. Buticr, uowever, With Wilson's desk i the Son.ie in view, may do the same thing. wud lively times al! around. ‘The then there wil be yery last slate was that Wil- son shouid go out and take up with a port collector- ship, or sonething of the should succeed him, should represent the uae x gort; that Bea Builer and that Ben Perey Poore district in the House of Rep-esentatives, If, however, Wilson’s place shouia NOt be compered for, and Butter desires to to the House he will have to lakers, for nearly ali tie | towns a the Stave are in bis Ftanding all these distarbing Comiman need not care, Mt 0 back be a friend of the shoe- glove Mauuactunog isrict. Bul, Notwith- litical Clements, Jorn je makes » govd me- CNanw and an estimabie citizen he wil! nd plenty of employment and Syprectaisre eighbors: ta Yankee laud, aad, with a sixteents aucndment—it hot with the ff tventh—ne can soon take @ mond 1p the government himself, and dourion hs pigtail thro gh the hails of Congress with a much digupiy a8 Wilson , Butler, or the ebouy Kevels. A GLANCE AT AND AROUND NOMI ADAMS, This town, aicuonh rewa “kably € .tovprising and Ubrifty anti! within afew weeks beea compara KNOW, CACepbak Me CouRwWy uMmmedlately Nn ‘The introduction of Oriental labor %, however, brought 1b so promiusatiy upoR tie Hic surface tua litle “sketch of its verte and demerits 13 worth givin The town comprises. 4 area of a 78D Wes, abd tie extene 4008 are KuoWK as North Addus and Soats Both are manufacturog Vilages, the for= ih about six thousand inhabiants and the er W.it avout jour thousand, T erAp ical O15 int » hovikWe.in commer of State, uy < fankeal by Vermont and the west by Che Hauparesiate, and bola valages forme Jug & sork of ad ampnithestre for a snrrounding. range of jug aud magaiticenty appabing moude tains Of these, Graylock, ti Hoosas and we Taconic are tie lost kKnewu to fame. Aw may be suspecied, the sceuery al around “is tuost charaing, aud if a8 annually cuoyed by large mumbeis of Clty vistors. The west end j ot the Hove tunnel—the ge of ail engtueer- ing undertakings aud seemmng unposstuilines im Auwerica—is just Outside the Viiage Huuts, aud the Whole great work, froin one ent vw he olter; can be inspected in a Gay, and the visitor can return im ichinoud’s. One, other tea } not be iurgoiton, and that 4 the fuct that here Susan B, Au tony was bora. : ‘The only other celebrities I hear o: who have grown and fourisied here are Congressman Lawes and Mtr, Sampson. Alien 3. Wilson, the lnveutor of the firat sewibg machine, lived here @ great number or years; bui unti his genius Waa brought out litte or nothing was thought of him, It was sald of him that He Was “not Worth a cent; aid Waca he was get ting up his contrivaace for sewing the townspeople Caiied bin “a crazy old fool.” He per evered ag int ridicule, however, and got up anode! aud started : jor Washingtou to get @ patent, and, as the story goes, Was pul oif the cars betweea vere and Pilts- fleid because he did nov have euough money Lo pay is fare. ‘Po-day he 18 worth Bis undreds of thou. sands, and has erected @ handsome biock and hotel here to perpetuate his name aud memory. He was here yesterday on Mis Customary Muuthly rent cole jecting tour, THE MANUFACTURING INTERESTS OF THE TOWN, Mauufacturing is carried on here extcusiveiy and vailousiy. ‘Chere are uo less thaa mall a dozen shoe factories, of Waich those of Millard & Whiunan aud Mr, Sampsou are the largest, ava there will be seven with the co-opevative estabisnment to be started by the Crispins in a few days. Tiere ave ten cotton mills, eight where woollen guods are made, a couple 0; cailco print Works, One slaWi vactory, our paper milis, one large von fouadry, one exteusive fou mill and one imaucfaciury (the only one in this country) Where gilglaus are made. Abvat 3,500 hands ace empivyed 1a these Various inanutacturing estabishiments, and it is sale lo aasiuie tude tWo- thirds of the whole population derive tae support trom them, The villagoas tuwekiy seitled, an are surprisingly and ehormou-iy bien. acouple of newspapers, of Wale. o: script) 1s of thirty years’ sunulng. fwo rr terminate here, tho droy and Boscon aud dield road, tue jatier pelng & brauch Of the and Albany, la achusion if may ve sald ehat peoplo are Industrious, frugal and social aud Tivly temperate. . DROWAED IN THE BAY. plas ebinlbon dele Wentifivation of the Body of Percy G. New comb—A Cruel Murder Hoax ixpieded= Frivads Clam the Remains—Coroners In- vestigation. The body of ®inan floated ashore on Governor's Tslaud on Friday jast, and was subsequently identi fied as that of Mr. Perey G. Neweomb, late a stock broker In this elty, Oa Sunday of last week de 1 if | : boston ceased and Mr. £, Bassett, Jr., of Ne. 14 Now atreety nt to Coney island, and alter remaining eral hours left for te homes by ditters ent routes, after which Mr, Newcoub Was nov seen ayoun by bis friends wil his body was found on the beaca of Governor's Islaud. Yesteriay cae romalies were Sent to the Morgue and from thence, by ree quest of friends, transierred to an undertaker’s m the Bowery. ‘Lnat the body was nov se from the isiand was no fault of Covone within @ short ume aftr no To- ceived at ihe City Hail, mr. no TT, foal, clerk to he Borrd of Coroners gave aa orcer for its removal to the worgue; but It appears the agent of the Commissioners of Unarities and Correclion eharged witn that duty did not speeally execute it, owing, provabiy, to an excess of such business on hand. .1t was stated in the Coroners’ ofiice that the jewelry, money and other etfects wr. Newcomb bad with liim at the Une he disappeared were found on his persou when the pody wus dis- covered aud taken in charge by au ofiicer, Wooster Beach, M. D., fouad the body much de- composed, and from # partial examination nv marks of viwignce were discovered. Dr. Beach is of the iumpreasion that death was caused by diowning; but & post-mortem examluation, to be mude to day, will clearly show how death was Caused, AS the cuse s'auds at present there 1s hot @ particle of evidence to sustain the theory advauced by one of the extremely sensational moruing papers that deceased tad been mardered for his Valuapies and then thrown overboard. Coro- ner Keenan wil give the matter that atteation which its importance demauds, Frieuds of de- ceased will take the remains to tie country tor interment. Mr. Newcomb was about tuirey-Laree years ol age and @ uailve of (its Stace, He fas leit a mother and sister, living in Mrdd.etown, N. Y. wa YY AND THE IN IANS. New York, July 1, 1870. To Tum Eprrox oF THE Wea T have seen in your paper recentiy several articles Jn relation to Indian outrages on the Plains aud the necessity for ore troops ther evlng some inter- est in tus subject 1 wish to make Kaowa the follow- ing facts:—In your tssue of June 25 are several le lers from oMleers at Fort Moutoe, V. sing outon the Piains, a forth ard to tie nu tat can be made Ne trow the son the castera coast, and e& Ab avoant 2.000 well dts clive inea that could ountry see the necessity for the »ps of the rou tion is, why are thoy no: se Them on the 8 * omg com acrison at Moitroe, actillery school of the Unked . post east of ihe Rovky Mountain Jed to beleve, tue larycat DY Lar of there beng 600 men nud titrty-seven cluding the engineers or ondua Wiha is and tie nometry, &¢, murdering an: not ft troops to noid Uh eheuk? ave more troops at Worl slonroe, Vas, ock has availabie in his depart- auable, from the I number of his counmand, to give to the Goveraor of Miane- Sota the necessary protection ior tio se.tlers trom the red me el at Fors Moaroe there are 600 officers, Wich 18 cue oficer and wirty. , es than iteen men, and this t t e son duty in @ percoml country e struction is over, and thousands of m.lea from any "y auvages, Why is tus? And why does not the gov- erninent at Washingion look mto tols garrson at Fort Monroe when 11 is 80 near 1o them? Hoping you will give this a place 1 your journal, and that the governinent Wiil take some acuon of this same Fort Monroe, which 1s a fraud on te rest of the army, or, in other words, a “soft place,” Tum, DsiHREB. THE EXUISE LAW. Vigorous Action of Saporintendent Jourdan. Mr. Jourdan scems determined that the carnival of crime that has prevailed for some wecks shall stop tf bts action wil do it. Yesterday morning he called before him each of his captains and in- structed thom that every Saturday, at miduight, iey nus! see Uhat 4. saioous for Lue 2 Of spirita- ous liquor, ales, &¢, concert saivous and houses of iil fame are efiectuauly aud) kept closed until Monday morning at five o'clock. He stated to his captains bat the law inust be enforced to the letter, taat he will personally inspect the various precincts of the ctty, and i the event of discovering that a single giass of alcoholic liquor has beea disposed of he will place the captain io whose ward tie Violauon occurs. on trial before the Commissioners. Saioon keepers should lake especial pains 0 see Unat ai side dou a8 well as others are Kept closed aud save themseives trouble. REMARKABLE SUCIDE OF AN ORPHAN GIRL. (From the Decatur (Il) Magnet, June 22.) Saturday evening while an orphan yirl named Jouos, sone elghicen or nineteen years old, Whom Mr. Meaker, an oid farmer, residing avout three miles north of ay th, tals couaty, raed, aid with Whom she still resided, aad the wife of » man whom Mr. Meaker has hired, were dut in the gaci premises #KUcKINg Veaus, an altercation tween them, when the latter picked apa po! and aivanced on her adversary with ihe latention of striking her. ‘The girl retreated, but the mar- ried womaa purauing her, she snatched up & butencr Kalfe and cut her antagonist rather se verciy, but not dangerously, on eacao aru. married woman thon swore out @ warraat for the arreetof her antagonist. This was piaced in the hands ofa constable at Marao, who weut Out at once to serve the warrant, The girl at first peremppoeily, refused to accompany the ofltcer. — ir, ‘aker, however, told her to go, that he would stand be- tween her and ai) danger, &c. Sie Onady consented, but asked permission vo go Up Salts and Change hor dress, This was granted, aud she went, Tas report of @ gun was soon heard up stairs, When tue inmates of the house at ouce rusled up amd iouad tae gir lying ou the floor, WIN her blood and brat :s oortug. out at a fearful wouad. It seoms tat sue nad paced @ shotgun standing tn tue room flo ker head, toucned the trigger with ber fout, cud blow frout part of her head off. She Hagered ta ve: agony until Sunday eventig, whe: movt.fler ior ensued, and she died, 9 victim of remorse aad wer own fears.