The New York Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1870, Page 4

4 COUNTY AFFAIRS. Wooting of tho Board of Supervisors—The Tax Levy Ordinance for 1870--The Lowest Rate of Taxation in Five Yeare— Election Return Districts— Miscellaneous Matiors. Parsuant to special call the Board of Sapervisors assembled in their chamber yesterday afternoon, with Mayor Hall, president, in the chair. An open meeting of the Board of Supervisors was @ real novelty, and the lobby was consequently crowded with a peculiar looking set of people, When those who now figure in John Morrissey’s democracy had a controlling voice in affairs around the new Court House the doors of this chamber seemed to be her- metically seated to the public; but since under the new régime they haye been obifged to seek other fields and sink what they have stolen in gratifying the malice of certain sottish “suckers” affairs have taken @ different turn, and now the doings of the Board of Supervisors are to be open tothe people. After the usual preliminaries nad been disposed of the Board took up the TAX LEVY ORDINARCE and proceeded to act upon It ‘the apportionment, a3 adopted, is as follows:— NEW YORK HERALD, ' UUSDAY, SEPTEMBER Zu, 1870.—~TRLPLK SHEET. HONOR TO THE BRAVE. The Nelsen of America to be Duly Honored— Preparations for the Keception of the Ro- mains of the Brave Old Admiral—General McClellan as Grand Marstal—A Grand Naval, Military and Civic Display Noxt Week—How the Obsequies Are to be Con- ducted. ‘Tne funeral ceremonies of the late Admiral Farra- gut, to be observed on the final interment of his re- mains i or near New York, for which preparations have already been begun, promises wo be the most grand and impressive of anything of the kind wit- nessed here since the Lincoln obaequies, ‘The city government will not spare any exertion to add due ceremony and pomp to the funeral ob- servances, #0 that they muy be worthy of the occa- sion and expressive of the high honor in which the memory of the greatest naval captain of the age is held by the magnificent metroplis of nis country, The city officials are not alone im desiring to pay appropriate honors to the dead Admiral. The United States authorities will do all in their power to make the occasion memorable tn ourhistory. Already orders have been issucd from the Navy Department to prepare as large a squad- ron as is possible, in the present situation of affairs, t6 escort the splendid ship which has been designated by the Secretary to bring the remains from Ports- mouth, N, H., where they are temporarily eutombed, For State purpose! For county purposes. For city purposes, Total. To supply deiictencies ta provided by law. produ Valuation of taxable property At ten minutes after two P, M. the, was ordained at $2.25 per contum. Accompanying the resolution was a statement showing this is the lowest rate of taxation to which the property holders of the metropolis have been subjected in several years, and is, In fact, Jower than that of any city in the Upton. In 1875 the rate Was $2.99; in 1866, $2.30; in 1867, $2.67} in 1863, $2.66; i 1969, $3.27. “Tos announce: ment was received by the crowd present with looks ‘of iningied astonishment and satisfaction, while one exuberant individual im the lobby was heard to ask In wa whisper:. ‘ould Jobo Morrissey’s democracy show better than that 1” ‘ The Board then proceeded to audit sunary bilis, as foliows:—For pay of laborers and mechaules on tue new Court House to date, $09,906 31, ‘These men, 1t appears, have not been paid in several months. Mayor Hall stated that Le had made a personal exuimination of the bits aud found them to ve fair and correct, Bills of the deputy corouers for holding post-mortem examinations, $3, Supervisor Hak? suid he though? te: should go toa special committee aud be examined. Supervisor WoLTMAN stated that these accounts had been runuing several months and a special Phe committee gould do no gvod. doctors needed the inouey. y rectness of the bills and had lists of the cases for which charges were made, so that nothing but delay in the payment coud come of relerriug the bills to a committ ‘The bill of tue Coroners for serv! quests for the quarter eading June 30, $44, ‘Then there were bills for advertising for the v tious departments of the county government ad several other vllls of minor mportance. The President announced the disiricting of the county for the purpose of receiving she election re- turns as uLows:— Districts ell hunkeit Board then adjourned, the Chatr. PUSLIC PARKS. Special Meeting of the Board of Conrni: sioncrs—Death of the Chief Land: dener—Testamentary - Resolutions=sketch of Hiis Life. Aspecia! meeting of the Park Commissioners was heid yesterday afternoon, with the President, Mr. P. B. Sweeny, in the chair. The meeting was called for the purpose of taking action in relation to ihe demise of Mr, Ignaz A. Pilai, cnief landscape gar- dener, and tue following preamble and resolution were unanimously adopied:— Whereas in the death of Ignaz A. Pilat, late chief land- scape gardener of this department, we recognize a great loss to the works under our cuarge; lis long cuuacetion with the Central Park and its ade and the care, taste and Judgment he manifested ia atters entrusted to him en- deared him to us and rake us tee: that his place cannot ; bis gentie manners und devotion to the ser- artivent will iong be remembered by this wpe Gar- Resolved, memory by ten their béreaverr Kaowledgment of av was born at Aschbach, Austria, im 1820, so that at the time of his death (on Saturday last) he was fifty years of age. He studied at the imperial Colleges at Vienna and Scbonbrunn, and achieved quite a notoriety. After leaving college he became promi- nently connected with several well known works, and, among others, he laid out tte grounds of the Prince Metternich, Owing to political troubles he ‘left Austria in 1848, and came to this country and settied in Georgia. He laid out the grounds of a number of gentlemen, among others those of Alex- ander H. Stephens. Returmug to Vienna he was made Director of the Botanical Gardens, and while im that capacity he wroie the work botany, which ext book im the | schools. returned IL of the Park Comunissioners to take the position of chief landscape gardener of the Park, which position he held at the tme of bis death. He planned, superiniended and di 1 the enti work on the Vark iro commencement up to the | j nd to him, more than to auy time of his J ness, other man, is Que the credit of ‘the Park as it pears to-ay. He also planned the ri ments on the Ba i square, and oiler pi tion of the standing tue L servi had been somew nat ignored | ration of the new commiss sredited him wiilt what Ww doubt, a ome sibstani tunomial in of the large faimily he leaves behind hia. NG OF PRL DL sex ORGAN MIVES bit Interesting Discussions tor terday for the first tim in the University. Place church. Crosby presided, ana Rev. Mr. Wilson tary. A question of discipline was discussed in re- gard to ordaining 2 native Mextcan, who 1s now la- horing with two Presbyterian missi naries in Norta- ern Mexico. The nearest presbytery who could act in the ease is in New Orleans—too distant to be of any practical benetit~and the point to be decided was whether or not the New York Presby- jery, which sustains one missionary, and the Cincinnatti Presbytery, which sustains the other, could not authorize those ministers to or- dain their co-laborer, Dr, Hastings pointed out from the Digest that such ordination would be proper and Jegal, and Drs. Paxton and Croaby were o! opinion that the true idey of ordination is the consent of & was sei chureh that one of its members shall guide thém. Dr. Crosby also the hi ied the bret 18 attention to story of a . Meyrowitz, a converted Polish ho is now in this city seeking a professorship eof their seminariés, He is said to be the finest Hebrew scholar in the country and one who can quote the Bible from Genesis to Malachi in the original, At the age of fourteen he was married in Wiina, and at the age of eighteen became converted; but failing in with some Cathoite bishops he wanted to jom the Church of Rome. Upon examl- nation, however, the ecclesiastical authorities found that he steadily set his face against belief in the Virgin and the invocation of saints, and they rejected him. He then went to England ahd fell in with some Presbyterian ministers, who more fully instructed him in the way of life, and meantime nts whfe hud procured a divorce from him in Russia, and he had red a similar decree in England, and remain Dr. Crosby thinks he 1s one of the most remarkable men of tue age, and recommended bim to the consileration of the Pastoral Associa- tion. The hampering formalities that attach to the Pres- byterian Home for Aged Females were also discusses and it was declared that the churches find it cheaper and more convenient to keep their poor 1a private families than to send thei there. Tie New York Presbytery is to meet in Westmiuster church, in this elty, on the 3@ of October, aud the Synod two weeks later. FIRE IN WILLIAMSBUFG. At about half-past five o’ciock last evening a fire oroke out in the Empire Mills, situated on Muarsball street, near Bushwick avenue, Williamsburg, and resulted in the parual destruction of the butiding and machinery, involving a loss of about $10,000, »ject to the cali of | | immediate to this city. The Guerriere, twenty-one guns, one of the finest steam cutters in our service, has been detatled to convey the form of the grand old Admiral to New York, and Captain Thomas H. Stevens, commanding the Guerrlere, one of the most gallant oficers of the navy, and one who par- ticipated with Farragut in his brilliant and splendid viciory at Mobile, has been very appropriately selected, as the semor naval oficer, to take com- maud of the squadron. ‘the limited means at the disposal of the department will not permit it to order more than two ships to uct as escort of the Guerrlere, and these are te sloop-of-war Biooklyn, tweity-four guns, Captain Joho Guest, and the corvette Calilornia, Captaty Lhomas G. Gorbin, the former being on her Way to Porismouth and the latter fuing out at the same port. A splendid catafalque wiil be constructed and {laced in the lower cabta of the Guerriere, upon which the Goin coniaiuing (he honored remains Will be placed, The Marine Guard of the Guerriere, 1t 1s , Wil be largely imereased, and a permanent of honor, of marimes and satiors, will be ed over che remaias wiilie they are on shipboard. pon entering New York harbor the iorts will fire tlie customary saiute of seventeen guns, which will be respouded to by the siups. ‘the lauding of the corpse will be warked by all the magnificent and iuspiring ceremonies attending @ naval burial, A grand procession of boats will ve formed, contain- ing the of marines and ships’ companies of all the men-of-war, accompanied by the music, hile ral tred unul the moving coriege reaches thi Whereupon the civic authorities, united with the United States officials and ihe members of the milltary order of the Loyal Legion of the United states, of which Admiral Far- ragut was Grand Commander of this State, will assume charge, escorted by regular troops and the ent First division of miliua, in command of Major General Sha! ‘Lhe joint comuitiee of the Common Council and L zion Will Goubiless accompany the remaias i eiriere (rom Portsmouth to this city, itm- ited accommodations bemg adorded by the ship; but no great delegation ean be quartered upon the ship o1 such an Occasion, if hought tat the ceremonies will take place time next week, if all arrangemenis pleted beore that ime. The President of ‘he Uniied States, the Secretary of the Navy, the Chier of Bureau, the Admiral and all of the officers | of the navy, marine corps and army who can con- venientiy attend ure to join in the ceremonies, whi.e the escort will be swelled by all the marines, sailors and regular troops in the vicinity of the cit; The funeral will be one fitly honoring Old Salamander, Admiral | Farragut, who so lo) sided in our city, and who has shed 80 much glory and renown upon the fag of our common coun The joint committce on the Farragut faneral of the Comion Council had a meeting yesterday after noon, Mayor Hall presiding. Kesolutions were passed authorizing the Mayor to communicate with the widow of tne late Admiral, asking her to naine friend of the family in ths city to act in concert with the committee. in order to arrange the time and other details of the funeral, so that every thing may proceed harmoniously and according to her wishes, The name of General McCicllan has been men- tioned as a proper and suilabie person to be selected = and Marshal of the occasion on behalf of the eaty, & EaST RIVER BRIDGE. Pregress of the ‘ork on Cuisson of the Brocklyn Tower. Not a boat leaves the Fulton ferry in the daylight tha’ anxtous passengers do not crowd the after part and peer eagerly toward the masonry work studded with ‘a forest of derricks, running gear, &c., and peopled with busy athletic men, which marks the first stupendous step of the gigantic East River Bridge. The caisson which is now settling slowly but surely in its submarine bed, under the great pressure of gray granite and limestone buulders, which are firmly tiered in adamantme solidity upon it, was floated into position, on the Brooklyn side, adjoining the Fulton ferry, on the 3d of May last. The progress since made under the supervision of the engineer, Mr. Roebling, and his expert and scientific assistant and supertntendent engineer, ¢. C. Martin—whtch latter gentleman is constanuy to be found 1n his ofice within the enclosure of the works—has been most satl tory. Not a single accident or mishap has thus far been recorded, which 1s most singularly | fortunate in view of the fact that the material to be handled is so ponderous and unwieldy. The latest measuremen', made on Saturday even- ing, showed that the caisson for the tower (which Wiil tise to a height of 268 feet above high water mark) had been sunk to a depth of twenty-seven 1x mech below high water level. depth assigned for the catsson to be ty-four feet, so that it has yet to be sub- ntcen feet more. The higher ihe tiae the quantily of quired to be umnped in caisson to relieve the pressure, Prom three to fi steam engines are kept con wally golug in suppiying we immense cuamber and hoisting the und broken ‘ mn pOLtOm. re is now eigh: feet oi boulders in place upon the caisson, leaving the iop of the latter about that depth below hi i The blocks of stone Witch const weigh from three to ei |} men regularly engaged at the stor Bridge Company, in South Brooklyn. place the stone is first taken by the vessels, which Dring it from Kingston aud jue im large quanit- lies, Here It1s dressed and assorted prior to send- ing if to its final destination. vers are readily found by the company who ing to work at the prices paid. pit ‘a The way paid the “aelyers” in the latierare twenty-live eenis Au hour, or two dollars a day, Wile tuose employed in the yard get $1 75 per diem. ‘The aver ss made in sinking the catsson is about three inches a day, though there are many very heayy stone boulders, some of which are te tons weight, encountered in these excavauon: ‘These have to be blasted, and the work is necessarily tedious. During the blast the men remain in ‘he tank,’ but withdraw to a separate apartment, the structure being divided mto six compartments, It will be three or four months hence, it is believed, ere the desired depth will be attained. The averaye temperatare in the caisson varies only from five to eight degrees below the atmosphere on the surface, and no luconvenience ts experienced in breathing by the workmen. ‘he air being constantly pumped in f course, pt Work will be continued below the eS su Will cease before the winter weather of stone will, however, be placed in position in that Ume to set the caisson. When this lavier labor is campleted the interior of the structure will be filled up with concrete, thus forming a solid foundation for the great tower of the Eust River Bridge. A fire occurred on Saturnay afternoon in the caisson, Which is the second time within a lew weeks that such an accident has det One of the men held alight to an apertare through which the air was es- caping, to ascertain the cause of some sligit irregu- larity, When the current of air carried the flame to the outside of the sirncture, setting it on five. A hose was introduced throngh the aperture and a steady stream of water had the desired effect, ex- Mnguisting the novel threatened conflagration. in, Enough SUDDEN DEATH OF A POLITICIAN. Hezekiah D, Rovertson, a prominent politician of } Westchester county, died suddenly at his home in the town of Bedford yesterday morning. It is un- derstood that apoplexy was the cause of death. De- ceased Was an active, working republican; was a meinber of the Board of Supervisors, in the delibe- rations of which body he has assisted for about fit. teen years. During his political career he has filled the position of State Senator trom the Ninth Sena- ‘The factory was owned by C. B. Auer, Who manu- fuctured cordage, bagging, &c. The property was pasually insured. The dire was caused by friction, torlal district and has for many years been a mem- ber of the Republican State Executive Committee. Deceased was aboyt forty-lve years of age, two gaugs of workinen enj gang worktng eight hours | at a perforn sixteen hours labo { twent the caisson gang | men About 150 men are | npluyed constantly in th d, tending the mason Work, the st_am engines, kc. There 180.160 ‘To this jatter | Most of the | , or “in the | ‘ace throughout (he winter, but the mason work | L YACHTING AFFAIRS. For a thorough test of the capacities of vessels of equal size or even of those, say of twenty-five tons difference, the proposed course from Sandy Hook lghtship is decidedly the best. The finest qualities of yachts have room for display, and should the smaller contestant carry off the houors tt must to & great extent prove her superiority, Aside from the allowance of time, which is comporatively trifing, such a contest as that between the Magic and Cani- bria, in @ pretty heavy sea, will at least give the spectators some idea of what some of our little schooners can do when in competition with such an able vessel as the Cambria, The advantages are decidedly in favor of the British yacht, bullt a8 she has beca for all sorts of weather, and even should she defeat the Magic the triumph cannot demonstrate much, s0 far as models are concerned, considering the great disparity between the vessels, It will be au extremely piucky race on the part of Mr. Frank Osgood, the owner of the Magic, even for the hazardous venture whica he makes, and should the- Magic come olf victorious her triumph will assuredly be complete, It musi be confessed, how- ever, that the regular course of the New York Yacht Club would have suited ail parties when one takes into account that spats, even on that simple route, are not guaranteed agatust breakage, Like eyery enterprising and courageous yachtman, Mr. Os- 00a confidence in ts fainous craft and accord fir accepts the ultimatum of Mr. Ashbury, ViZ.:— Twenty miles to windward irom che lightsbip and a ten knot breeze, adding also tat Lhe race must be completed witbin tive and a hatt hours, ‘The schooner yacht Idler ieft Newport on Savarday morning and pul into New Haven for the night. Sue arrived here yesterday morning, and is now anchored ‘off the foot of Twenty-eighth street, The race be- tween her and the Cambria has not yet been detl- nitely arranged, but it is thought that both vessels will be brought to a talr and thorough test. ‘The Phantom, alter leaving Newport, proceeded to Stonington, and thence to Giencove. Having an- chored off Mamaroneck a few days, she returned to this city to await the coming regattas, ‘Tue Cambria is still lying off the New York Yacht Club House, Statea Island. The Sappho and Daunticss will probably ieave New- port this morning en voute for Siaten Isiaud. THE OFFENDING POLICE. A Lying Newspaper Puff—Big Judgo Con- nolly Wants a Complaint Squelched—The Troubles of a Federal Assessor—Dutch vs. Trish—Stoning a Roundsmau. Commissioners Brennan and Suuth yesterday de- Voted some three hours to the hearing of complaints against some for'y-five policemen. Nearly all were made by ambitions rouadsmea and nearly all were dismissed as frivolous, BIG JUDGE CONNOLLY AS A COUNSELLOR, Officer John Kennedy, of the Twenty-second precinct, was arraigned on an affidavit made by Patrick O'Dea, Assistant United States Assessor of the Twenty-second ward, who did not ap- pear to prosecute, on the charge of improper conduct. In his afidavit he charges that on the morning of the 0th, while reading a paragraph in the Zrioune, corner of Fifty-ninth street and Eleventh avenue, Kennedy came up, stopped, listended and remarked, “that 1s a God damn lying newspaper pu.” He rejmonstrated with Kennedy for his in- terference, when he insulted him. He then de- imauded is number, when Kennedy gave him a vul- gar and obscene ar . Later, while on the Opposite side of the street trom the officer, Kennedy called iim over, struck him on the mouth with his fist and threatened to arrest him, Judge Connolly appeared and asked permission to withdraw the charge on behalf of O'Dea. Commissioner Smith re- fused, remurking that if the officer mare use of the ianguage he should be cashierea, and if O'Dea ~~ had sworn falsely ha should be punistied. The Big Judge smiled broadly and begged permission to withdraw the charge, but Commissioner Smith was mexorable. The Judge then asked that it be adjourned, as he had to atvend the Democratic Convention at Rochester, and the hear- lug Was set for Ocvober 2, IRISH VERSUS DUTCH. Charles Hartman, keeper of a lager beer saloon in Sixty-elghth street, near Madison avenue, charged Fitzpatrick, of the Nineteenth, with im- proper conduct. ‘The evidence showed’ that a row occurred in the saloon, Hartman clubbed a man out, When anumber of Irishmen working opposite assembied about the door and were disorderly. Hartman's motier asked Fitzpatrick to disperse the crowd and he laughed at her and threatened to atrest her, when she told him he wanted to shield his countrymen, the Irish. The oiicer finally dis- persed the gang, aiter Hartman bad gone to the station house to complain of hum. ‘Lhe ofticer was let off with a reprimand. A_ROUNDSMAN STONED. Roundsman Dowdican charged officer Brady, of the Tenth precinct, with conversing with @ Inan named Miller twenty-seven minutes, and swore posi- tively to the time. Miller swore that he looked at Brady's watch when they commeneed to talk and when they concluded the interview, and it was but six minuies. It also transpired in evidence that a politician named King, with a crowd, followed Dow- dican after Brady and he separated, and, pelting him with stones, called him a sucker. Dowdican swore Brady called him a sucker. The case was adjourned jor King’s evideace as Brady swore that Dowdaican perjured himseif. BROOKLYN CILIY ITEMS. ‘The stable of Mr. Dieger, in Second street, near Bond, was robbed of sixty dollars’ worth of harness on Sunday night. Coroner Jones held an inquest yesterday over the body of William J. Barrow, thirty-seven years of age, who died at the hospital from a compound frac- ture of the leg. The deceased received his injury by getting his teg caught in the grating at his resi- dence, No. 6 Washington place. Francis Ranks, of No. 201 Broadway, New York, arraigned before Justice Voorlies yesterday, ona charge of sending a forged check for $140 to the First National Bank of Williamsburg for collection, was remanded until to-morro’ Mr. Ranks says he got the check in the regular course of bustuess, but did not Kuow trom whom, The boy MeFay, whom he sent tothe bank with the cieck, was also de- vained. Yesterday Joseph Brower, James Maloy, James Re- gan, Edward MeE£lduif and John Cond, who were agvested on Sunday morning on 2 charge of having committed an outrage on Sarah Ann Spain, and also robbing her of some sovereigns, were taken be- fore Justice Walsh. aded.not guilty und were ail committed |. Some of the young men are respeectadly connected, and their parents are devply gtieved at the disgrace brought upon them. Tliree men appeared at the gates at Greenwood Cemetery on Suaday with the body of a man whom they desired to bury on Iticate of Justice Sea man, ot East New Yc ney were unable to tell Uie name of the deceased, aud the information could not be obtained trom the rtificate, so the authorities refus » allow them to take we body mto the moiery. The men stated that they were informed the deceased had been em- ed on a farm at Last New York, and had an € 2 hor Coroner Whitehill | was notified and will investigate the case, PROBABLE HOMG\D: AT MILBURN, H. J. A Rej es Down There ts now confined in the Ess Newark, &@ man namgd John MeSorle the Peapack Railroad, who was arrested last Satur- € by the citizens of Milburn, N. J., for having, as alleged, mfictea & mortal wound on tie person of one McCann. Ib appears that the latter and Mes y made love to the same girl—an amiable, pretty young female of the place. McSorley w: aceeptéd, and (Wo Weeks ago the marriage Was Co! summated im accordance with time-honored custom. Ever since McCann has appeared peevish and de- J On Saturday the accepted and the rejected suitor met. There meeting was directly the opposite of pleasant. From hot words iney came to blows, and tn the alfray Mcsoriey eianaxe and dealt MeCunn a terrific blow on the head, imjaring him so that the medical men say his recovery Is the merest chance. ‘The injured man was properly cared for; wile his alleged assailant Was nauded over to a consiavie aud lodged in A COMPLICATED BURGLARY. Asshort time since Lows Crosby was committed for trial on a charge of a burglary committed on the premises of William G. Lewis, of Broadway. It has since been asceria ue stolen goods were taken to a siore # "1 of Leonard and Baxter wireets, owned by one Harris Levi and his partner John Wagner, and that Isaac Levi, son of Harris, Nad employed # cartman pamed Michael Michaels to take away the goods trom his father’s store. The case came up yesterday in & very complicated state before Justice ‘Hogan ai” the Tombs Police Court, and ii was evident that one of the witnesses had been tampered with, Under tie cir cumstances Justice Hogan remanded the prisoner until Captain Kennedy suail bave time for thorough investigation. It may be added that m tis case Captals Kennedy deserves praise for the persistent manner fn wiicit he las hunted up the ourglar and his friends. Remarks of counsel for the prisoner yesterday accusing ie Captain's precinet of negit- gence, and even Worse, Were altugether out of place. His Rival. ounty jail, at a laborer on “ILLED ON THE RAILEOAD, James Flood, a trackinan on the New Jersey Rall- road, Was kilied yesterday at North Elizabeth. He saw a regular train approaching, It appears, and got out of the Way, but failed to observe a freight trata coming on close after. He was picked up still alive, with a frightiat fracture in his skull. and removed to Blizabetl, where hy died pubsequeauy. ee PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. William Prescout Smith, of Baltimore; George W. Child and James Patterson, of Philadelphia; N. C. Folger, of New Orleans; Dr, W. C. Egbert, of Penn- sylvania; W. H. Meeker, of Connecticut; C. de le Gendre, of Paris; F. S. Saniora, of Bridgeport, and Colonel Joseph A. Roberts, of Georgla, are at the Grand Central Hotel, B. N. Huntington, of Ohio; C. Taber, of New Bed- ford; 8, W. Jonnson, of New Hampshire; IF, W. Lor- ing, of Boston; E, H. Bonner, of New York; 0. E. Jackson, of Massachusetts; L. L. Lorillard, of New York; L. Q. Rogers, of Minnesota, and N. Williams, of Boston, are at the Everett House. Judge Nelson, of Poughkeepsie; J. Henry Lee, of England, and ©. A, Porter, of the United States Army, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. General James A. Walker, of Albany; Colonel Ed. Harrison, of Alabama; Major W, B. Greenland, of Memphis; Dr. G, Bailey, of Philadelphia, and A. Murdock, of Columbia, Miss., are at the St, Nicholas Hotel. Hon, W. H. Carpenter, of Washington; State Sena- tor I. Hardenburgh, of New York; Colone: A, Mitchell, of Pennsylvania; G. W. Clark, of Califor. nia; E. C. Emerson, of New York; and P. B. Ben- nett, of Syracuse, are at the Metropolitan Hotel, General J. E. Johnson, of Savannah; E.*R. Her- show, of Philadelpnia; FE. D. Ruggles, of New York; E. W. Robinson, of Peekskill; 8. D. Caldwall, of Buffalo, and E. EB, Wells, of Hartford, are at the Hoffman House. Signor Roberto Saquonez, of Martinique; Captain I, R, Playa, of Cuba, and Dr. Robert Anderson, of Sandasky, are at the St- Charles Hotel. Dr. W. Henderson, of London, England, and Colonel W. Egbert, of Cambridge, England, are at Mme St. Elmo Hotel. A CHAR:TY FAIR. The Proposed Fair in Ald of the Mount Sinai Hospital and the Hebrew Orphan Asylum. ‘The ladies of the congregation of the Temple Emanu El on Fifth avenue and Forty-third street met yesterday afternoon in the Sabbath School room im the basement ot the Temple. These ladies were the first of any Jewish congregation to organize themselves for this purpose—several months ago—by electing Mrs. L. Rosenfeld for pre- sident, Mrs, Froehlich aud Mrs, Gutheim for vice presidents, and Mr. Adolphe L. Sanger, secretary. On the opening of the meeting yesterday Mrs. Roscn- feid stated the object to be to make further and de- finitive arrangements for the participation of the Temple Emanu-El congregation at the fair about to be held for the benefltof the Mount Sinai Hospital and the Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Be- nevolent Society. She urged the ladies present not to lose a moment, since the time for action had now come. Mr. Louis May, the Treasurer of the General Com- mittee of Arrangements, of which Mr. Edmuna B. Hart is chairman, informed the meeting that the armory m Fourteenth street had been secured us the place for holding the fair, which will be opened to the public on the 2ist of November, and continue for about three weeks, He also stated that Messrs, Sulgbacher, Guttermann & Wideies had kindly of- fered the use of a loft in their building No. 182 Cliurch street, for the present storage of goods contributed for the purposes of the fair. ‘The secretary referred to the sanitary fair which was held in this city during the war, and said that one Of its charming features was the divisions of the goods otfered into several appropriate generic departments, and he hoped that in the proposed fair the ladies would consent to a like course. But seve- ral of them objected energetically, who claimed it as a right that the articles should be exhibited and sold by those only whose efforis procured them. ‘The question was talked over quite earnestly for a while, but passed over and left undecided. . It was agreed to have a “iibrary’? at che fair, stocked with all valuable works, donations from booksellers and pubiishers in this elty.; also a com- plete tur store, Where everything, from cheap fur- lined gloves to high priced full sets of ermine, sabie and mink, could be obtained, A peculiarity of the armory during this fatr will be a handsomely decorated stall devoted exclusively .to the sale of ‘doll babies’’ of all sizes, kinds and description, from a porcelain miniature to a lile- sized, squeaking or speaking doll. The foral de- partment has been placed in charge of the Purim Association. Another very attractive feature has been decided on by the ladies to have at the fir—a printing es- tablishment, operated solely by orphans from the Asylum. hey wili be prepared to do any job print- ing on the spot, as they will have two presses on hand. From here will be issued a daily payer, edited, set up and printed by these orphans, giving @ full record of each day’s occurrences, It was announced that, besides the numerous do- nations of merchandise for the use of the fair, neariy ten thousand doilars in money have been collected, and that the young ladies of the congregation had been very busy during the summer months, having prepared @ great quantity of worsted and lace work, two the value of nearly fifteen thousand dollars. The Congregation Adath Jeshurun is also very active. Here the lady members have formed a simi- Jar association as those of the Temple Emanu El, and according to the report made to their las: meeting they nave been very successful, “far beyond,” as they say, ‘their most sanguine expectations,’ Theye| have arranged for a drawing or lottery to come oif even before the opening of ie fair, at which a large number of goods contributed by the merchants and manufacturers of New York will be disposed of. Four thou- sand tickets, at two dollars each, have been issued and nearly all sold. The principal prizes are two pianos, one a Steinway grand concert piano, two sewing machines anda fire and burglar proof safe, and several hundred others of minor value. In connection with this fair there will be a con- cert at Steinway Hall, Messrs. Steinway & Sons bav- ing tendered the free use of their hall, and the hope was expressed that Mr. Auguste Belmont would consent to open his picture guilery to visitors for the joes of the hospital named and of the orphan asylum. THE STRAVGE FEVER. No Cause fer Alarm=The Disease Not Known iu this Climate. The strange lever, the appearance of which in this city and on Governer’s Island was first announced in the HERALD, has caused some alarm in the com- munity, but very thorough inquiry instituted by Sanitary Superintendent Morris clearly shows it to be pernicious remittent, coufined to the island and the house in ex street lately occupied by the Kelly family. Morris on Sunday made aper- sonal visit fo the garrison on the island, and to-day will make a report upon the disease to the Board of Health. He emphatically de: 3 that it is, as already announced, a harmle fever s0 far as the danger of tts spreading ts concerned, and there should be uo concern feit by the public for the heaith of the city. Stil it has spread through the garrison on Governor's Island, and ten deaths are reported. No cases beyond those before referred to have occurred in the cit, It seems to be pretty certain that the disease 1s not generally known in tus climate; hence the sanitary authorities feel called upon to inquire mito the cause, Which seems to be owlng to some local negiect of sanitary policing of the isliad. KESSLER HOMICIDE. Fritz Schaeder, who is suspected of fatally kick- ing Joseph Kessier during a quarrel between them at the defendant's residence, 102 Ridge street, on the 20th uit., yesterday sarrendered himself to onicer Ash, of the Tenth precinct, and was subse- suently taken betore Coroner Keenan at the City Hail. ‘Schaeffer stated to the Coroner that on the day of the occurrence himself and a large number of other Germans went to Bast New York on a target excursion, and while there a misnnderstanding arose beiween several of the members as to the dis- position of the prizes contended for. After return- ing home Schaetfer says that deceased and several others called at the grocery store under which he hives, one of the parties having a large club. Schaetfer further stated that deceased called him several vile names, and a scame ensuing some oue struck him with the club, The groceryman and his wile interfering, took the club from the assail- ants, and it 18 now in the defendant's possession. Schaeffer denies kicking Kessler, and expresses en- tire ignorance as tothe manner in which he re- ceived his injuries. Schaefer said he could produce witnesses to corroborate the truth of his statement, and Coroner Keenan accordingly postponed the fur- therexamination of the case ti!l next Saturday In the meantime Schaeffer is at large on parole, officer Ash being responsible for his future appearance. NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE, ing of Their New Rooms—Large Attend- ance and General Interest Manifested. A very large number of merchants engaged in the cotion trade in this city were in attendance yes- lerday at the new rooms of the New York Cotton , No. 142 Pear! street, to participate in the ies incident to their opening. General interest Was Manilested In the success of the instl- tution, The oMcers are Mr. S. D. Harrison, presi. dent; Mr. James F. Wenman, vice-president: Mr, Arthur B. Graves, treasurer; Mr, Charles Easton, secretary. Mr, B. F. Voorhees, of the tate firm of Voorhees & Garrison, has been appointed to the re- sponsible position of superintendent. The offictal heurs of meeting are from cleven to tweive A, M., aud from balf-past (wo to bal(-past three P, ML, Op’ THE ODD FELLOWS. Meeting of the KR. W. Grand Lodge—Intereat. ing Reports of the Grand Siro and Grand BSecretary—statistics of the Order. Bavrimone, Sept. 19, 1870, Athalf-past nine o'clock the R. W, Grand Lodge of the United States of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was declared open for the transaction of business—the grand officers all being present ex- cept Deputy Grand Sire Stuart, who was quite indis- posed—Representative John H. White, of New York, oficiating pro tem, After prayer by the Grand Chaplain, the drawing for seats and the report of the Committee oa Cre- dentials, the Lodge was fully organized. ‘The.reading of the miautes of the last session was, by vote, dispensed with, when the Grand Sire pro- ceeded with the reading of Dis annual report. This report, with appended documents relative to the Grand Sire’s recent German mission, embraces thirty-five octavo pages, all of which was deemed of 80 much importance that 5,000 extra copies were ordered to be printed for distribution among the brotherhood. The Grand Sire says that, notwithstanding the extraordinary expense incident to the last session held in California, much of which was not anticipated, the treasury of tne Grand Lodge Was never more satisfactory, its condition ‘being nearly, if not quite, as good as it was at the com- mencement of the last session, over $8,000 remain- ing in the hands of the Grand Treasurer. Although his mission to Gemany, in consequence of the war with France, did not mect With, immediate success, the ‘Slre succeeded aimost beyond expecta- rrangements whereby the objects soon be accomplished in the Ger- man States and in Switzerland, ‘Tne various decisions of the Grand Sire will re- ceive attention when acted upon by the Grand The Grand Secretary's report is an octavo of filty-one closely printed pages, the statistical features of ‘which are summed up thus:—Present number of i in all the jurisdictions, 3,754; number of initiations for past year, 46,179; rejections, 6,010; ad- multted hy card, 9,373; deal 2,057; whole number rs, 298,083; brothers relieved, 25,004; widowed families relieved, 3,876; amount paid for relief of brothers, $578,664 81; amount paid for widowed families, $122,043 65; tor education of or- phans, $19,444; for burying dead, $182,601 21; total Teltef, $859,469 86; total receipts, $2,714,288 03. ‘he number of encampments is 1,069 and of members, 6,215; total relief, $92,216 41, and total receipts, $835,465, ‘The increase in the number of lodges for ‘tne past year is 202; Of initiations, 5,096; of revenue, $867,215; net gain in membership, 20,475. ‘The jurisdictions being called in their order for the presentation of business, numberless voleminous documents poured apon the Grand Secretary's desk, most of which were referred to appropriate com- mnittees without reading. Permission was askea and ranted that the next session of the Grand Lodge of fennayivania be held at Harrisburg. ‘The hours of labor during his session were fixed by resolution to commence at nine A. M., recess from twelve till half-past twelve and end at tiree P. M.; but from the amount of business already pre- sented and indicated by resolves the hours of labor must be lengthened or the session continue & couple of weeks if it ts to be cleared up. FLEETWOOD PARK RACES. The September trotting meeting of the Fleetwood Association, at Fleetwood Park, Morrisanta, West- chester county, begins this afternoon and will con- tinue Wednesday, ‘Thursday and Friday. The trot to-day will be by horses that have never beaten 2:40, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, for a purse of $1,000. There are tweive entries in this race, comprising the chestnut mare Bashaw Maid, bay mare Lady Hughes, bay mare Enigma, black gelding Contraband, brown gelding James H. Coleman, bay stallion Young Wilkes, brown mare Pownal Mare, brown stallion Logan, bay mare Fanny Lambert, chestnut mare New Berlin Girl, brown stailion Sara- toga, and bay colt Commodore, ‘This ts the largest Heid of horses ever entered to appear on the track at Fleetwood in apy one contest. A very interest- ing sight may be anticipated, as many of the horses engaged are very nearly matched in speed. We hope, therefore, that the judges will keep an earnest eye on the drivers and see that each does his nest tu win; not in the manner as was done at Philadelphia and Butalo recently, where one driver helped the other and shared the spoils of the pool box. Chang- ing drivers occasioually by the judges would nave a Lealtny effect at the trotting meetings. Last night quite a | number of the turf sport- ing fraternity assembied at the corner of Tweuty- eighth street and Broudway, where pools were sold on the trot of to-day by Major Johnson, There was a feeling of doubt in the minds of the betting men, awhich had a sensible effect upon the amount of the various ventures. The following will give an excel- lent idea of vhe estimate placea upon the respective contestants:— New Berlin Girl. 2 20° 2 20 igmi 15 16 12 lo SC a (A CO 1) 5 6 LE RRS SI RES 18 22 20 18 rains by and Harlem Railroad will leave Twenty-sixth street and Fourth avenue for Fleetwood Fark every day during the races at hail- past nine and half-past eleven o'clock A. M., and haif-past two and four o’clock P. M. T TROTTING TRACKS, i for Another Trotting To THE EDITOR OF THE HBRALD:— The meeting at Fleetwood will virtually close the trotting for 1870—a season unsurpassed in the an- nais of the American trotting horse. Despite the cry of trickery and hippodrome the various courses have been liberally patronized, the pool auctions well at- tended by lovers of the sport. Now that all is over winners chuckle at thetr Juck and pay but little heed to the grumblers who have lost their stakes by trust- ing too much to the blandishments of reliable infor- mation. There is, however, a considerable number of horsemen who delight in placing their money on time. This class 1s most bitter in denunclation. They claim that some of the new courses are short, and the wrong attempted to be covered up by the use of the word fast, When the Union and Centreville were the acknowledged trotting centres the record of a race over either was accepted by all parties inter- ested without question. These tracks measured a full mile three feet from the pole. When Flora Temple made her 2:19%{ at Kalamazoo the gain on the “Scythe-bearer’’ was 60 considerable that many of the old fogles expressed their want of faith in West- ern matches, while others asserted that the Kaia- mazoo mile was uot up to the Long Isiand standard of measurement. ‘She papers took the latter view of the case and the managers published scores of affidavits in proot of their honesty. They asserted that their track was @ full mile, but aiso ciaimed that it was faster than the Eastern course ‘There are stubborn men still alive who will not acknow- ledge that short and fast are synonomous terms, even though they be 60 put down In the modern Kalamazoo dictionary of sport. These men can- not comprehend how it is that a given horse, whose best record the Union or Fashion 1s, say 2:30, can within a few days, over one of their fast tacks, knock his record on Long Isiand. are springlug Up are aiming to be noted nveution, The managers are aw pends upon some brillant bu of speed within their enclosure; they know golden harvesis Buffalo has reaped from the éeiat given it Dex- ter’s feat. The Bufato track may have been fast, but the progressive men who control it have maae it faster still since Bonner's Hambletonian flew over it; faster by twenty-seven feet and some mnehes, which, at the sime rate of speed, would reduce his 2:74 10 2:164:. It behooves our trotting authori ties Lo take decided action regarding the word fast, ag applied to race courses, If w true record of speed is to be kept. No association woutd dare excinde a sworn surveyor, selected by the National Yrotitnge Associauion, to measure and report upon every course which pretends to have adopted its rules. Honest men can be found to perform the dniy, and the word fast wiil no louger be applied where short would be more appropriaie Lo designate the swindle. HORSE. NOTES, The result of the tro: for the Hiram Woodrat® stakes at Fleetwood Park Jast week has led toa challenge for another race, Tle owners of Nicotine are willing to trot him agaist Lucille, or any four, year old Golddust, two miles and repeat, or two | miles, best three in five, for $500 or $1,000 a side, to come of witiin ten days after the 12th of October. ‘The owners of Nicotine also agree to handicap thet colt with about forty-five pounds of extra In one of the purses at Mystic Park, Boston, there are twenty-four entries. i the horses start it would puzzle the judges to place them at the end of each heat. BURNING OF EHIET’S BREWERY. Loss Seventy-five ‘Tho nd Dollars. Between four and five o'clock erday morning some of the workinen in George Ehrei’s luger beer brewery in Ninety-second street, near Second avenue, accidentally cropped fire in a small stable adjacent. A fire a few moments after burst forth through the roof of the stable. That was consumed, Itextended io the brewe which is a four story brick structure und it was entirely destroyed, together with the stock. ‘The loss on buildiug, which is owned by Ehret, is $26,000; on stock, $50,000, The insurance could not be ascertained, as the owner, who lived over the brewery, 18 danger. ously ill. He and his wife, who was also 1!l, were carried out by the firemen and police nearly sutio- cated. ‘The icenouse, valued at $25,000, was sligutly damaged by tho fulltug walls, a ann RR mre tnt THE COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. A Notorious Coanterieit Currency Plate En« eraver Caged. me Before Commissioner Osborn. Willtam Shelley, the notorious manufacturer of counterfeit currency plates, whose arrest was noted in the Heratp, was yesterday brought up by Colonel Whitley. It was stated that when arrested at oy the corner of Sixteenth sireet and Third avenue he 4n bis possession a set of counterfeit plates for arisen oak eactonal currency. ae -v hemi f on $10,000 baile ednesday next SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. The Adah Meyers Hubeas Corpus Case. Before Judge Ingraham, The relator was brought before the Court, and het discharge from ihe House of the Good shepherd, sought, on the ground that the commitment was de fective. The applicanv’a counsel producea tura to the writ of reenieesd trom Police Justice Dowling. in the nature of a discharge. Mr. James M, Shee- han, counsei for the House of the Good Shepherd, contended that Justice Dowling had no lege right to discharge her. ‘The Court deciined to pass on the uestion of the right to discharge, but held thas the discharge was not a proper return to the writ. Jus: luce Dowling thea made @ further return, to tne |, effect that none of the papers in the case were on te exoopt the commitment, whereupon the fury ther hearing was adjourned tojthis morning. COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER. _ Before Judge Barnard. The Grand Jury appeared in court yesterday morning and were discnary unttl Monday next, to which time the court adjourned, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. The Anti-Gambling Association in Court— Trial of Rowland R. West for Alleged False Pretenees—The Jury to Be Charged To-Day. Before Gunning 8. Bedford, City Judge. After some preliminary business was disposed of yesterday the trial of Rowland R, West, who clatmed to be the president of a “Society for the Suppress- sion of Gambling,” was proceeded with, he having been indicted with Henry Galloway, the superin- tendent of the detectives of the society, and Charled C. Prescott, the solicitor of funds. The spectiic alle- gation was that they obtained ality dolars on the 91h of February, 1870, from Albert G. Hyde, by false representations. West ‘demanded a separate trial Mr. Willlam F. Howe defended the accused. Assistant District Attorney Fellowa conducted the case for the people. Mr. C. 3. Spen- cer, Who conducted the preliminary examination, Was associated with Mr, Feilows in the prosecution. ‘There were only two witnesses called by the prose- cuting officer, The first one was the compiainant, Albert G. Hyde, of the firm of A. G. Hyde & Uo., 54 Walker street, whose partuer’s name 1s Joseph L. King, who testified that on tl ‘th of February ho received a commun cation from the above society which led lin to call at their ofice in Nassau street; Mr. West satd that he had important iniormation in regard to some person connected with Mr. Hyde ta business; he said he had positive information that some one Was gambling, and asked the witness to subscribe to the association, atier which he would give the Information, West was asked who composed tne association, and then handed down a subscription book containing the names of the principal frios in the dry goods business and other Ccaliings which he (Mr. Hyde) Knew to be genuine, West told him that the assoelauion was managed by a commitsee of those names. He was asked for one of the names and was told that it would be a breach of confidence todoso, Mr. Hyde decitued to subscribe until he received positive information that his partner had been gambiing. On February the 9th the “positive — iniormation” — was, im in writing by Prescott (one of the defend- ants), the substance of which was that Jozeph L. King, two nights before the money was paid, in company with J. L. Mott, of Mott’s Iron Works, and Mr. Helmbold, ube druggist, visited Chamberlain's gambling place in Sixteenth street, and there played tor money and lost money and loaned some to elther Mr, Mott or Mr. Helmbold; that they then into & carriage and = went wo . Beers’, in Fifteenil street, and there he (King) had gambled again; that he was a frequenter of French balls, and his ex- penses indicated large iheang. This communication was signed by Gallway, the superintendent, On that day Mr. Hyde gave acheck upon the Ninth National Bank for fifty dollars as an equivalent for this “positive information.” ‘ ae jeter was signed by R, R, West and was mis- aid. Mr. Howe subjected Mr. Hyde to a lengthy, severe and able cross-examination, and interposed a num. ber of technical legal objections to the validity of the inéictment. After hearing him at length upon each point presented, and listening to Mr. Fellows’ reply, Judge Bedford overruied most of the points argued by Mr. Howe, who took exceptions to the rulings of the Court. Jordan L. Mott and Joseph L, King were put upon the stand and testified that the statements of the mem- bers of the ‘‘Anti-Gambling Society” were utterly false; that they visited no gambling estabiishments, and never knew each other until tuey met in court. ‘The prosecution rested their case at this point. Rowland R. West, the defendant, was called and stated that a circular (which Mr, Howe read) was placed in front of the subscription book, in which Mr, Hyde and a number of prominent firms had signed their names, and thus became members of the asso- ciation by paying @ certain sum; that the associa- tion for the prevention of gambling had ts office at 87 and 39 Nassau street, of which he was President and Treasurer; that only two complaints were made against the society during the three years of its ex- istence; that a detective named Selkirk brought information to the office of the association that a man named King, in the employ of Hyde & Co., 54 Walker street, been ret giving a descrip- tion of the man. The defendant gave a detiiled statement of the conversation which he had with Mr. Hyde, in which he (the complainant) said that his partner was shiftiess and had violated their co- parinership agreement. In answer to Mr. Howe, West said that he was a major in a cavalry regiment, and served four years and eight months in the army; that aiter he came irom the war he purchased @ spice business in Washington street, and sold it to two gentlemen; there was a difficulty about it, and he (West) was arrested upon a criminal and civil suit growing out of it, the former of which was dismissed and the latter never calied up for trial; Mr. Hyde came and asked West for twenty- five dollars, 4 portion of which had been spent in “detective duty,’ which the deieudant declined to give him. Assistant District Attorney Feliows put Major West through a searching cross-examination and ing facts respecting the *Anti- ¥ It appeared that the soviety was never ch ed, Was not a Joint stock assovia- tion, had no trustees, and was originally composed of R. R. West, Henry Gallway, Josias Sturges, Charies W. Bartiett and Nathan Nesbit ness understood that Sturges was a brok merchant and had gambled nls money away he knew Bartlett to be a common swindler; Laat he (West) Was engaged some years ago in getting up Girectories in tis city, which he asseried were not n that he knew Galiway fifteen years, and heard Gallway kept a policy slop in Wall street. Mr. Howe asked the District Attorney to admit the genuinness of the signatures of mercuants, presi- nis Of banks, &c., Wito had subsertbed to the ty, Which, for the sake of expediting the trial, admitted, Mr. Fellows informed the Court that it would be necessary to hold an evening session in order to | finish the case, for he was compelled to go out of town to attend to public busin A recess of half an hour was taken, after which the counsel cailed Mr. James H. Dunham and Fred- erick A, Macey, who testiiied Uiat they subscribed to the Ant-Gambiing Society and had reaped some benefit from it, Mr. Howe oflered to show by several merchants a | Shutiar state of facts, which Mr. Fellows admitted to shorten the trial, remarking that for every wit- ness the defence could bring forward to show that he obtained valuaple information from the society lie could present others to show that they were swindled. After effective and eloquent speeches by Messrs. Howe and Fellows the Court adjourned at a late hour in the evening, Judge Bedford informing the jury that he would deliver his charge this (Tuesday) morning. - BROOKLYN COURTS. O88. SUPREME COURT—SENERAL TERM. | Suits Against Insuranve Companics—A New Poiut. Before Judges Barnard, Tappen and Hogeboom. Selah J. Abbolt, Respondent, vs, Metropotiian Fire Insurance Company; Sane vs. Globe nsur- | arwe Company, and Same vs. Siar Insurance Com- pany.—The plaintiff brought these suits on polictes issued by the respective companies for $2,000 each. In his complaint he alleged an assignment after loss to one Dayas, and likewise non-payment of the - cies, Which contamed the customary limitation of oae year within which plaintiff? was bound to institute his action. About a month prior to the expiration of the limitation the sutt was begun, and the defend- ants Were allowed sixty days to put im an apswer. ‘Then they demurred, and in the second case the de- murrer was argued. in ali the cases judgment was entered against plaintiff, Counsel for plaintiq, after proving a reassignment of the policies to plain- ‘uf, procured an order from demurrers, Judge Prait permitting him, upon the paynient of full costs, to serve an amended and supplemental complaint. The defendants appeaied to the General Term, wWitich sustained Judge Pratt, and ordered that an aMaavit selling forth the additional facts be filed as a part of the record. Mary Jane McCummisky, twelve yeara of age, dicd suddenly, yesterday afternoon, at the residence No. 24 South Tuind strect, B.D,