The New York Herald Newspaper, May 15, 1871, Page 8

8 THE KU KLUX Views of the Friends and Foes of the Modern Vehmgericht. Terrible Pictures of Lawless- ness and Anarchy. The Negro Still an Ebony Apple of Discord. “There Were No Judges in Those Bays, and Every Man Did What Seemed Good to Him in His Own Dyes.” Appeal of the Governor to the People of North Carolina. ARREST CF SIX{EEN KU KLUX MEMBERS, Ra.eion, N. ©, May 11, 1 1 called today on Governor Caidwell, and had quite an interesting conversauon With him as to the general condition of the State, The Governor isa good looking, elderly gentleman, who is apparently on the best of terms with himseif and the world in general, and who gives one the impression of being seusibie rather than brilliant; practical rather than profound. After a little @esultory conversation, I said:— “And asto this disorder in the State, Governor, dont you think it 18 a litte exaggerated 1 “That's Just where all you Nortnern folks go wrong und where you HERALD people especially do ms no end of harm, Exaggerated?’ (here the Goy- ernor rose from his chair and walking up and down the room pufed fiercely at the litue cane stem clay Pipe he was smoking)—“I should say not. I get let- ters every day—most every day, that 1is—from some- Where or another in the State, telling me tnat this Man has been whipped or that man has been shot orhangea. I just tell you that you Northern people have no idea at all of the NP_OF OUR TROUBLES down here, There was a ume when I myself @oubted about part of these stories, and I remember once, when | was home m my own county, and a Man came to me saying he had been whipped by the Ku Kiux, I thought 1 would get at the trath and so said to him, “Just come into my office and show me how they have treated you.’ Well, sir, he took off his coat aad shirt—his shirt was all over blood— and there from his—bis—from the bottom of his shirt to his shoulders was a mass of blood and bruises, dhat’s what I have seen myself.” “But now widespread is this trouble :”” “That 1 can’t teli you, because I don't know. The eastern counties are pretty quiet. I have gota letter to-day from a judge whose politics are by no means ¢xtreme and who is respected by men of all Parties, and he telis me that bands of armed and disguised men prow! through Harnett county about once every Week and commit ail sorts of outrages. Very receutly they took one man, Jones, the keeper of the poorhouse, and gave him a hundred ana fifty lashes. The same night they caught a negro and gave him two hunared stripes. That is in Harnett county, only thirty miles from Raleigh. Then there is trouble just now in the western counties. They tell me that in Rutherford there have been a great many outrages and that there is scarcely a white man in it who is nota Ku Kiux. All the counties round there—wurke, Polk, Cieaveland and Mc- Dowell—are reported to be in a dreadiul condition. Rutherford is where the Untied States troops have gone to, There is troub:e pretty much all over the State; it is ali the time breaking out in a fresh place.” “But ts this LAWLESSNESS POLITICAL? There are plenty of people who adiit its existence, but say that it is the only means by which white men can keep the negroes in order; that it 1s only a sort of vigilance committee in the interest of law and order.” “What else can it be but political? I know that negroes steal and no doubt they have burned barns and done many things they ought not to, But there are laws to punish them, and, what- ever ‘may be said to the contrary, i! a negro 1s brought before a court he can be convicted if there 18 sufficient Jegal evidence. Why don’t these men, instead of riding about at might with masks on their faces and picking out men they merely suspect and hanging them without going trough the form of even such a tral as I believe Judge Lynch and his officials used to have im Caliornia—wny don’t they collect proot against Whoever may have wronged them, and in the light of day prosecute tuem in open court? I KuoW pienty of cases whore negroes have been punished for proven crimes. No, sir; when you | come to look at this thing you will find Urat ail tue people Ku-Kiuxed are negroes or poor white repub- licans. ‘This terrible state of affairs ts of political origin. That is the only theory on which 1 can be explained.” or | thelr Astricis beget Hi lawlessness so fur as it lays In thelr power? “Yes: Lsaw a circular or sometuing ot that kina | to that effect, But hax it had any resnity None | whatever. If our leading democrats woutd take | the stump and honestly aud siacerely denounce this Ku Kiux business, tie State wouiil soon be quies. i could vame bulf a dozea wen whose miuence Would alone bi jiclent Lo restore order, But, ins | stead of following the advice of their Nortuern friends, they encourage the Ku K xeusing Ving that bad goverum thet, tung and anctner, ad these J have no sort of doubt e 1s hot Ka Klux who is pot a democrat, and that of ali the North Carolina democrats are “Don't you think THE UNION L among the negroes first origin ion Tual is absard. In the first place, the Union gue is now ail disbanaed, and has been for some ‘Then, what likeness 18 there between tae two societies’ ‘The Union League came out tu the open ligt of day.’ _ ed this Ku Kiux or- oaths and passwords s 2 a Tue oath L hw and Ihave chalicng « yd fault with it: and not Ward to do so, because they kuew Luere Was nothing } in it but square finching loyalty to the Unio: . t ague used to paraqe re nh y knew who th ut all they had read myselt on ever nay hap Hi under suspicion of having done or not done sometilag for or against them.” Ki PLACE COIRFLY Whites are ina majority blacks are more numerous than the Whites the country is quiet. That shows about how courageous tue Ku hiux are. iney are they run @ in kind. Bt in South Carolina, anyhow! are everywhere in ine minority, and yet it 18 precisely there that the Ku Klux muster sirougest.” “10 Hot know a! avtning about t South Carolina, Jn this State 10 1s a you, ad to me there weeus something 4 i cowardly in | ihe general charact op pus of the Ka | Kiax. Some peop 1 desperate and terrt- ' bot f oiiak tb very litte courage to st Ol. “Wel, what are you going to do about this mung, Governor? CALL OUT THE MILITIA, or what” aT ca J out the rotiitia I should just call out the Ku Kiax to put dowa the Ku Kiux, which would be a litte ridiculous. In this state every died nan is @ Member of the milua; and as irds of ihe white men are democrats, and uirds of the democrats are Ku Klux, Ixhould, bring Out the biggest m calling out the militia. master of the Ku Klux the South has yet seen. ek ‘can de nothing, except under the new law passed by Congress, though I doubi very much if unas will and iow prove of very much good.’ do you think this Ku Klux business springs from we degraded condition of the waases of the people 0 (ie Stave—thewr want of education and poverty 4 Wwe rest of it, such as we used vefore the war?’? No, ait eople of this State are naturally as abie aud orderly agommuaoty as ther in vlon And as Wo education, Way, 1 believe the KM iN inelade NEARLY MED LD Une Siyeter pear Oe AGL OUR BRET EDUCATED Tae apeducated aud We poor are NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 15, 187 ‘1m our party; and penede cheese we with shooting an ‘0, itis the old spirit 1 believe; it is the war over again, rm; and if it is not checked it will come head some time or other.” “The prospect 18 indeed gloomy out ahead, tnen f"” “Time will bring it right, Lhope. What we want now 1s a fair vote next election, and then we shall again have a republican Legisiature and Senate, and that wonid help us along @ good deal.’’ “But North Carolina 18 democratic now?” “And how democratic? By violence and intimida- Hon and fraud. With a fair vote in this State we have 20,090 to 80,000 majority. We have 40,000 out of the 100,000 white votes In the State, and a large Majority of tae 70,000 negro voies. Still we Bou whipped at the last election by 4,000 or 5,000, be- cause our voters were airaid to go to the polis. they were scared by the men Who are now commit- ling these Ku Klux outrages.” “It is a delicate thing to ask, but there are rumors of iraud treely circulated here in connection with some leading repuvlican officials. What do you think about them?’ “if there has been fraud I want it exposed, There have been some rasegily, tmievish rai'road mana- gers in this State, i know, and I wish the law could reach them. There 1s a committee of investigation, 1 believe, now engaged in ferreting out all these stories, It was appointed by this Legislature, and 13 composed entirely of democrats, So we know what toeXpect. All the republican misdemeanors wil be magnived, ana all the democratic stealing slimea over as much #8 possipie.”? “Good morning, Governor.”? THE OTHER SWB OF THE STORY, What the Governor said was substanttally en- Gorsed by all the republicans I met in Raleigh; and, in order to hear both sides of the story, 1 next.ini wed about the iirst half-dozen intelligent demo- crats that fell In my way. Their statements aiso adhered with admirable consistency to partisan requirements, and | am doing them no imjusuce w twrow into a single connected conversafion what they tola me, Let it be understood, however, that the various facts alluded to below have fallen within the purview of the coliective North Carolinian aemo- erat, and not of any one particular individual, And yulso be noted that all Southern democrats whom 1 have met seem to be especially friendly to New Yorkers, and that they speak to them with exceptional [rankness and sincerity, “Mr. Democrat, do you think there are any Ku Klux in this State ‘o doubt there 1s some sort of an association x Us such as you allude to—men who ride about oe Sey in disguise and adininister a certain kind 0 RUDE JUSTICE.” “Justice 2" —just that and nothing else, I know what 1 who plunder and persecute us are trying ake out of 1t—poittical capitai—and | see what a spieniid chance tiey have to succeed. ‘The pre- Sent con ition of the South 1s indeed hard to under- stand. Now, I teli you what I think tls whole trouble is —" “Wi is that?? p War that was certain to follow sudden e ipation—the War of the negro against the white man, Here you have a race unconquerably indolent, totally unaccustomed to think or proyide for Memselves, and with very 1eebie moral instuncts, all at once turned loose upon the community. They want to make the most their new toy, liberty; they won’t work any more fora master, and a very great many of them take to farming. Farming heeds capital; only alittie, perhaps, bul more than & man who has nothing and won't work to get any- thing can ever possess. The poor devil squats on some land and lives by stealing from his while nelgh- bors, Steal! My God! THEY EAT US UP and burn our barns down into the bargain fro sueer malice.” jee don’t the negroes as @ general thing work ell” “No, sir, they don’t, But suppose half—or even two-thirus—of them work after a iashion and make st living, a8 perhaps tuey do, there is sulla large remainder who subsist pretty much as | tell by petty larceny. A good many of our poor too, are no better. Then these negroes sometimes commit darker crimes. They insult ladies, ad now and cien, When they tind a Woman unpro- , they outrage ner, as they did in a western y the oiher day. What are you going to do demoralized in this way if you up your mind to live In it at ally? o 19 the courts.’ Go to : THE couRTS! Let me tell you a case that occurred not very long ago. In my county a man stole a pair oi boots val- at fifteen dollars, brought them to Kaleigh and pawned them for tive doilars. The boots were re- cognized by @ iriend of the Maker, who saw his name in them, aud aftera while the negro was ar- resied and identified by tne pawnbroker. The case Was tried betore a jury, a verdict of gullty was re- turned, a (ge, like a good radical repudh- cuo, set the verdict uside and retused a new trial unless additional evidence was produced. Weil, they got additional evidence, just lor tne sake of form, and showed that the accused, on tue night of the rovbery—the robbery, I should teil you, Was Not of Uus pair alone, bat of nearly ail the man’s stock— seen within a hundred yards of the plundered store. Another jury was called, man Was again pronounced guilty, aud again the Judge set aside Lue verutct, Suu determinea to get the prosecutor ined to get a trial pefore an- other judge, on some plea or other, but he has never succeeded. That 1s one case; you could find a hun- dred others if you looxec for them. Then, again, in many O! these cases you can’t get proof. So now the ku Klux step 1 and tase the law into their own hands aod deal out, as i say, a certain rude kind of justice. They are A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE, just exactly lke what wicre used to ve in California, only in our case the evil is a good deal more deep- seated? + “Then, this thing 1s as extensive as it is repree sented 1 “No, i don’t say that. Whenev Ian getting a hundred lashes you may count on its being only a voze Murders, too, are by no means So frequeut as reported. ‘Then there is a great deal of lawie: Shere that has ne coanection with Ku Kiux or anything else bat pure thievery. There's thav Lowry gang, in Robeson county; they are des- ure uid simpie, who live in the swamps upon the country round about. An euort mude to make ut that they, too, are Ku but I see to-day thateven the repubiicans have abandoned it, itis not necessary that the Ku Kiux many examples. “A simple warning at deal When yoa have once showu your r you hear of a vi understand yqu to say that this business ton al all With polities /7” ‘Not in reatity, ‘he trouvie ts, however, that this State is now politically spilt up 1atoe 1iTE MAN'S PARTY kK man’s purty, 1 don’: believe that there native White man of this State whois @ ul, eXcept becanse he wants an oilice.”” ait Is Luis color politics ?"? \fcer the War we did our best to draw ut hesroes to Vote with us, but they tdoli. Lheard some of the negroes on m} plantation taiking about au election in waich a White repud.ican was running against a biack m: also arepublucan. They said right out that t Voted for te biack man because he was @ bia an, Wough tiey liked the White man just as well tier of the two.” a and 2 bi “Did y KU “Two or tree vi thein, to my ¢ A man came into my very long 1 1 got & warning io leave'a cer- ed a doilar to hep him along, v he had always voted the demo- He was a po White, and had been ing, 1 reckon.” “Have you rd anything from Northern demo- erats avout Luis Ku hluNiug, such as a recommenc uon, ior the good of the party, that every iuduence should be brought to bear to stop iv?” “We have sent of f TRIED TO STOP IT Our news; ur political leaders stanly aenou a at ihe fact is our ave eliher to be trampled uuder toot and arved or to do these things. Human nature is human nature, after all’? “Dou't ¢ all along. hav ¢ kind of a government do Justic uppose we siiail ge me thae or other. But T lose patience when 100k at the miserable thieves who now hold high office. A monti or $0 ago a re- publican judge dismissed because he whipped nis negro prostitute: and there is another judge suil sitting who has been openly accused ina public spaper of stealing $9,000, and who has never been avie to deny i. ‘hese are the kicd of men Who role over us how. Under military government we were infinitely better off; aud though I don’t Want nilitary government as a finality, I would much ra 0 back to it than be governed by our present carpet-sag officials.” Appenl of the Governor to the People of Nerth Carolina. RALEIGH, N. C., May 14, 1871. Gover Caldweil wiil to-morrow issue the {ol- jowiug appeal Lo we people of the State:— EXECUTIVE DEraRTMEN RALEIGH, May 15, i 1.4 Whereas repeated complaints have been made to nd are how being iuade almost daily, by pri Izens, bY /udges, by solicitors, and’ by other 8 Whose proviuce It is to see the civil law faluuiully executed, that armed bands of dis- guised Inen fave ‘been and still are prowling about in some of the counties of our State and in the night ume, committing outrages of the most atrocicus character upon weak and defenceless cituzens, white and colored, old and young, maie and female; and whereas the civil wuthorities have thue far been unable to aetect and ring to justice the cowardly perpetrators of these Jienvish Qnd inhuman outrages, tae judges acknow- jeuging themselves poweriess to suppre-s the evil on account ef the secrecy, disguises and perjury with whiem the guilty parties cover up their iniqui« tues, tle victiins, Knowing tnelr oppressors, afraid to compiain, lest they be again visited and more cruelly scourged, or even put to death; and whereas this horrid state of atfairs must nave an end, peace and Larmouy be restored, crime repressed, life, liverty and property protected, the humule, tne poor and the Lelpless, as welt as tne rich ana power- Tal, made to feel secure in every section of tue State, the good name of North Carviina be vinai- cated and law and order prevail in all her borders. Now, therefore, im view of the premises, 1, Todd R. Caldwell, Governor of tne State, do make this my sovemn appeal to the people, more especially to those who have heretotore held places of hopor and trust, to assist the constituted authorities of the State in maintaining whe sepremacy of the Jaw, and I invoxe the ministers of the Gospel of every denomination to give their powerful aid from welr respective puipits and places of worship to put down crime and butld up @ feeling of fraternal love and forbearance to our surteriitg State. And now in due time 1 warn all combinations, to oattages, and, to dovate, thease out a vo! ives to the Peaceful and useful avocations of life; and I notify all offenders that if this appeal is not heeded, and if they persist in setting all law and decency at de- flance, and will have no mercy apon their Berpless victims, that the day may not be distant when they themselves will entreat for mercy in vain. TODD R. CALDWELL. Arrest of Sixteen Alleged Members of the Ku 4 Klux. RALEIGH, W. C., May 14, 1971. Marshal Hester, assisted by the United States troops sent up from Raleigh, has arrested sixteen persons, alleged to be concerned in recent Ku Klux outrages in Rutherford county. No show of restst- ance was made, and the accused were handed over tothe Sherif, They are all well-known men, and some possess considerable property. The Sheriit released them on their personal recognizance to ap- pear to-morrow before Commissioner Moore, at Shelby, Cleaveland county. ‘Ihe general impression 4s that the arrests might as easily have been made without the troops, ‘fhe soldiers have returned to Raleigh, POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHERN SENTIMENT ON GEN. SHERMAN. {From the Greenville (S, C.) Enterprise, May 10. GENERAL SHERMAN NEXT PRESIDENT. The New York HERALD nominates General Sher- man for the next President, and urges with great force that he is the proper candidate for the demo- crats and the liberal republicans, The HERALD main- tains that he 1s superior to General Grant in states- manship and his equal asa military man. General Sherman lately made a speech before a radical club in New Orleans in which ne took grounds in favor of a liberal and generous policy toward the South and removal of all political disabilities, Our readers are aware that the HERALD is one of the Most mdependent and able papers on the continent, of vast circulation, and when- ever it advocates in sober earnest a great measure, exerts a wide-spread influence. We should not be surprised if its views concerning Gen- eral Sherman and the Presidency strike root in the public mind, No impartial man will deny its opin- jon or superior enlightenment and statesinanship of General sherman over Generai Grant. ‘The latter 18 not respected by some of the strongest men of hs own party. ‘They regard him as aesutute of those abilities whica ought to velong to the President of a great nation. He has, unfortunately, shown him- self the tool of the extremists of his party; and, after prociaiming “jet us have peace,” makes a Lew declaration of war against rhe South im his Ku Kix bill and by literally withholding any recommenda- tion of measures of peace and conciliation. He 1s even belind his own party in magnanimity, Generai Sherman has been consistent since tlie sur- render of the Southern armies. General Grant has gone back to bitterness. {From the Selma /(Ala.) Times and Messenger, May 10.) So far as the candidates are concerned who are to bear the standard of democracy in 1872, we of the South care nothing as regards personal preference, and if the assembled wisdom of the democracy see ‘fit to act upon the suggestion which the HERALD has given, and General sherman accepts the nomi- nation upon @ democratic platform, the people of the South will sustaim him with their votes. ‘True, they will never forget lus “march to the sea” and the utter desolation that marked his line of march; Still they will remember, to counterbalance it, that when the war was over he gave to those who had fought him terms that were alike maguanimous to the men OL the Coniederate armies and nonor- able to himseli; and even recently while his brother, occupying the position of United States Senator, maligued and traduced the people of the South, General Sherman, surrounded by radical sycophants, and 1u respouse to repeated calls for a speech made oue, and, whetner intended or not, gave the jie to the statements made by Senator Sherman, Senator from Ohio, as well as to the President of the United States. [From the Montgomery (Ala.) Mail, May 11.) The peculiar existing “tude in our affairs’? will brook no buirush in the Presidential chair. We need a man who can and will uphoid the banners of the people agamst the inimical influences of the “fools and thieves in power” around him, He must be both aa iron mask and an iron heart, with the will and the ability to turn pack the tide tbat now sets so strongty towards imperial- ism. But the great argument in favor of Suerman’s nomination by the democratic party 1s his availa. biity. We fear that since the passage of the Ka Klux bill he is the oniy man in the Umted States Who can hope to win the Presidential prize in a con- test with General Grant, General Sherman com. mands the United States ‘forces tn the field, and the dictator will find some <dificuity in making him ei. ploy those forces against nimself{; while to set him aside either by arrest or otuerwise would be such a transparent Viilany that Sherman would be in ten days stronger 1n bis arrest than he ever was at the head of his armies, [From the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin, May 9.] We are warned by the course of General Grant after he became a snbject of exploitation for the Presidency that we should not trust implicitly to such language, on the pari of high iilitary officers, as that Wich has commended Geueral Sherman to the HERALD as the most available and mostaccepta- ble candidate for the next rrestdency. As with General Sherman, Generai Grant's political associ- atious beiore the war had been democratic, and at the close of the war his expressed views regarding the South were conciliatory and conservative. Sent on & mission to tuquire imto the condition of things at the Soutn, his official report was quite as emphatic In attesting the loyal, peaceabie aud practicable disposiuon of the ex-Confederates as General Sherman's uwnollicial language now 1s. * * * Yetno sooner was Johnson discomfited in his struggle with the radical majority of Congress than he (Grant) taciy recantea the whole tenor of the report. made common cause with those who had denounced him as an official falsyfier, and gave his adhesion ‘o & policy based on the theory of an implacable “rebel element” at the South which only military coercion could effeciually deal with, We will bot say that General Sherman 1s capable of a similar recantation and a@ siinuar political coalition, But so distinguished a precedent as the career of General Grant presents 15 weil caleuiated to suggest @ repetition of it by » general of distinction and 1n request amon, making poli RUNNING NOTES—POLITICAL AND GENERAL, The Syracuse Jovrnal thinks Senator Lord aspires to be Governor of this State at the end of Mr. Hoi man’s term. The 6t. Louls Times says Carl Schurz will have to take a back seat if he means to join tne democratic ranks, Perhaps he would rather serve with demo- crats than reign with the radicals, The E (Me.) Journal expresses the opinion that “General Sherman was t real conqueror of tife Inte rebetiion.”* General Alfred Redington, formerly of Maine, is talked of as the repablican candidate for Governor of Cailiornia, Ben Wade and General Noyes are now the only candidates for the republican nomination for Gov- ernor of Ohio—with the latter, like the race between the wolf and the dog, a “leetie ahead.’ James Kt. Dooliitie is named as a candidate for the democratic Presicential nomination. The Massachusetts House of Representatives has voted in favor of a constitutional convention. ‘The one held in the State about twenty years ago ended in the rejection of its labors by the people. The Missouri Democrat is benind the lighthonse when it calls upon ali newspapers which have pub- ished the speech of General Sherman as a duty to publish also the General's denial and repudiation of the speech falsely attributed tohim. The Spring- field (1i1.) State Register says ‘The speech of Gene- ra) Sherman bears inherent evidence of its origin. It | 18 Just such a one as he would make if he made any. If is bold and emuphatic, and embodies the views of an honest and brave soidier.” The Troy 7imes says that the nomination of Mr. Francis, its editor, as Minister to Greece, was made without any solicitation, and is therefore more highly prized, Mr. Francis is everywhere congra- tniated by the press of the State upon his appoint- ment. ‘The Des Moines (lowa) Register has been looking into the figures of cost for the enforcement of the prohibitory law in that city, and comes to the con- clusion that “the oft-repeated assertion that our Prohivitory Liquor Jaw cannot be executed, and that Its execution is a burden upon our county treasury, Js not true, if eMctently executed,” © Generai Wilham L. Chaplin, formerly well known a8 a lcader in anti-slavery and temperance reform, died at his residence in Cortland, on the 28th of April, aged seventy-six years, The New Orleans See thioks the time has not arrived for the construction of the platform upon Which the democpats are to make the fight in 1872; but It is not willing to assign that duty exclusively to the members of tne party in the Northern States, and adds:— Southern democrats ought to be eonsuited in that ater. They should not be understood as having “accepted We situation’—a vile phrase Which has misied many an unrefecting person. One cannot be said to accept that which it {8 not in his option to refuse, Submission is not acceptance. ‘The Bee does not regard the address of the demo- cratic members of Congress with favor, and pro- claims that “it does notlay down a single principle Wwhigh the people can grasp or rally upou.” YACHTING. Speech from Mr. Ashbury—The America’s Cup. [From Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times, May 13.) Mr, Ashbury, Commodore of the Harwich Yacht Club in England, has dined with that respectable body, and, as is customary with him on suci festive occasions, he delivered another speech. It contains some of the strangest statements that even he ever made, As a sample, we may mention his assertion that his new yacht, the Livonia, 1s only about half the size of the Sappho. He also referred to nis in+ tention to present the piece of plate he won in the ocean race with the Dauntless to the Rarwich Club, to be held as @ challenge prize. This precious challenge prize 1s to be open for competition by any British or French club, Mr, Ashoury has excluded the Americans, which was @ wise precau- tion on his part. He says thatif it were open to them they would do everytuing in their power to secure it, It ts plan that he is of opimon they would soor succee!, and he nas, therefore, very sagaciously excluded American clubs from compett- uon, Thisis a compliment which we believe Mr, Ashbury hardly mended to pay to the science of our builders and the enterprise of our yachtmen, but 1t is noue the less real, We should think his countrymen would hardly thank him for putting up an international prize virtually iavelied, “No Ame can yacht allowed to compete,”’ and thus made a per- petal badge of British tafertority. However, we have nothing to do in this inatter but take the honor thus nalvely and unintentionally awarded to us, aud look on with a smile wiule the Sritish Glubs compete with each otuer for this bauble, ‘value £2507? AS ot readers wil see by the resolutions of the New York Yacht Chub, publ shed im another column, that body has confirmed the claum made by Mr. ashbury to sail the Livonta Jor the America’s Cup against a single yacht of the New York Yacat Club, The club, according to Lhe notions of Mr. Ashbury, nas been guided by the opinions of three eminent judges and of the surviving donor, which 1s very likely the case. We stated, when pubiishing his able and most interesting letter, that the opinion of Mr. Schuyler, if it was a matter to be settled by opinions, was entitled to great weight, altuough by no means conclusive. To our noon the opinions of three emiment judges are of no more weight than those of three other men of good ability, uniess the matter m dispute 1s to be settled by legal principles, Now, We have always supposed it to be against legal principles to let one of the grantees in a deed vome im years afterwards and give oral evidence as to What the said deed means, We always beilevea that no suck testimony was Competent, and perhaps our learned neighbor of the Word will tell us when the three éminent judges first set up another rule of evidence in their courts, and when it became an establisaed principle tiat the preamble of a document Was not to be consulted as a guide to the proper understanding of what followed, when It was in doubt. If that preamble was to be of no use why did Mr, Stevens have it inserted? It was not in first dratt, But this is merely for the justiftcation of ourselves in the views we took, The club has de- cidad, and there Is anend. Bot we shall sull, with or without the leave of our learnea neighbor of the World, maintain that, when there 1s @ writing made jomtly by tree or four nen who are dead and one who is living, it will not be wise bo take the survi- Vor’s opinion as conclusive of what 1t means when there is doubt upon the face of it, The reason is that the memory of man 1s intirm, and likely to be acted upon, in reference to what was done twenty years ago, by what has bappened and what he has read and heard last year, or last month, or Jast week, or yesterday. Ji is as plain as anything canbe that Mr. Schuyler did not think a foreign yacht ciab could satl tor this Cup with three or four yachts, when it challenged through three or dour of its members, untlt we snowed that by ine language of the deed there was no escape trom such a conclus sion. But now Mr. Ashbury will come with his Livonia and sail agaist the yacht selected by the club, It he is beaten, what then? Why, according to nis own notable conception, he is io te sailed against seven times more, as he has obtained certiti- cates as the representative of ei yacht clubs, He is in another mudd Iu his former speech he won eight races over here, although he only came in elghth in the race for the cup. In this speech at Harwich be announces that he Js entitled to satl eight matches for this cup by virtue of his eight certificates. In a tigure of eigit neis, He reminds us of Lord Grosvenor’s Stable boy and the ‘*Pot-8-os” of the turf, We hardly like to show that Mr, Ashbury is entirely mistaken be. cause learned neighbor of the World will proba. bly come out and charge us with being devoid of “honor” if we deny the right of Mr, Ashbury to Salil eight matches Jor thts cup when he 1s over here, ualess he can win it in less Stull, we shail have the hardihood to do it. Whenever the holder of & trophy underiluesa challenge to ve ac- cepted and setiied within a given period, there can- not be avother valid chalienge at the same time. The New York Yacht Ciub is now bound by one issued by the Thames Yacht Club through its meim- ber, Mr. Ashbury. Until this match between the ‘Thames Yacbt Club and the New York Yacht Clab is settied no other challenge can take Mtect, Some of our eminent judges may, perhaps, @spute this; bat if Mr. mag ood will inquire of tne Newmarket Jockey Ciubd they wil tell him that this principle goverus the Whip, the noble trophy of the turf contaming the relic of felipse. When the great Pot-s-o3 bad won the Whip, his owner could not by any n.ultiplication of chalienges be compailed to run more than two races for 1tin any one year. The holder of the Waip may be challenged at the First Spring meeting, and, if he is, he must run at une Second Octoner meeting or resign the trophy. He may also be cnalienged at the Second October — mecting, and in that case ie must ron at the ensuing Spring meeting or resign the Whip. ‘here caunos be challenges lor two races valid and ru ee ai the same ime. There cannot be challenges for two races for the America’s Cup valld and ruaning at one time. Mr. Ashbury must wait until the race now pending is over pefore anotuer challenge trom him asa member of another ciu» will be accepted, and the six months begin to run. We submit this to the New York Yacht Club with great respect, and the fullest confidence in its correctness, justice and propr.ety. Auother VICTORY VANQUISHED. The Police and South Brooklyn Rowdies—A Lively Contest on Sunday Morning. The South Brooklyn rowdies, @ class whic are very numer in that section of the city, are de- termined to keep up their repntation for lawless- ness, When they get in a mood for some littie act of recklessness, such a8 knocking a citizen down and depriving him of his valuables, they waylay a police- man and beat hin, a fact which several of the pa- trolmen of the Third precimect can testify to. On Sunday morning the proprietor of a Liquor store at the comer of Court and = Mills streets, named Thomas Victory, was acting in the most disorderly manner tn the hallway leading to Carberry’s liquor store, at the corner of Court strect and Hamilton avenue, OMmcer Gill, of fhird precinct, who was in te vicinity, tried to quiet, bat as he remns: Victory made a te tight and was getting the advantage of the when patroiineu Dougherty and Meaghi came bo his assistance, The latter were linmediate; engaged by a crowd of Victory’s friends and there Was & contest lasting from one to two o'clock for victory. in the course of tne battle Victory | got away and ran home, but he was pursued by officer Meagher, ana the officer was pursued by @ crowa4 of Victory’s Iriends, The oiicer discnarged his pistol over their heads for the purpose of 1atint- | daung thein, but they were not io be frightened off | in that way. In the meantime word was Sent to the station ne ant Sergeant Masterson arrived with reinforcements m the snape of a section of patrol- men. The rowries were then routed. Victory was secured and jogged m the station house. Oitlcers Gland Meagher wiil require new uniforins, as but Vitth ore than ‘ps of their old ones remained when the convest ended, THE MCACANTILE LIBRARY MUSS. New York May 13, 1871. To THE Epiron or TAR HeRatps— ‘There appeared m your columns this morning a circular purporting to be signed by the Directors of the Mercantile Library Association, charging me with being riotous and disorderly at the last annual meeting. This charge 1s utterly false, and I desire space im your coluinns to contradict it. Ihave cailed today on the persons whose names are at- tached to that circular, with this result:—Mr. A. 8, | Mills is ont of town, and has been for four months; Mr. Hasler and Mr. W, Sherman were not at the annual me Mr Alien and Mr. Peoples I conid not. A. W. Sherman said he gave authority to sign lis name to any cir cular (nat might be issued, Mr. G. Putnain told me that they considered my conduct riotous and disorderly because | moved to adjourn a dozen times, Mr. Egbert said his name was on the circular, and he wouid say no more; but Messrs. Guton, Clarke and Merick sald that they did not sign the circular; that they were present at the meeting, and «aw noiiing in and disorderly. As @ miniter of fact 1 went into that meeting about ten minntes before It adjourned, and then all was confusion. As as ex-oMlcer of the association one to whom 4ts good waime 1s Very dear, | felt tiny duty to move to adjourn the meeung unul Friday, thai the members of Ue association alone miz} their views In aqu and important presented at that oi Browdway, be present and expre: geitiemanly manner upon mi questions which should have bec mnvecting, JAMES #8, MACKES, CHURCH ROBBERY AT KINGSTON. Early on Satarday morning St, Joseph’s Catholic church at Kingston was entered by burglars, who carried off the chalice and ciborium, ‘The former was of pure silver and gold and tne latter of solid gold. Both were presents from personal friends of 3B, Milis and Mr, | conduct violent | and | 1—TRIPLE SHEET A CRAZY CHRISTIAN. Sensation in the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer. A Maniac Threatens to Annihilate the Congre- gation—Using a Knifs and an Axe— Ono Man Severely Wounded. ‘The Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, corner of Sixty- sixth street and Lexington avenue, was yesterday morning well nigh being the scene of at least one fearful tragedy. About eleven olclock, and when the holy edifice was fillea almost to its utmost ca- pacity with devout worshippers attentively listening to the teachings bf the pastor, the Rev. Father Lilly, @ brawny, rulanly appearing Irishman, named John Gibney, entered and stalxed up the aisle a short distance, where he stopped and leaned against one of the pews. Not naving REMOVED HIS HAT from his head, the sexton, Mr. James McLarney, quietly stepped up to him and requested him to do so. Instead of comp ying with this request he, very much tothe astonishment of everybody, in a Youd and threatening tone pe remptorily refused, and remarked that not only would he not remove it, but he would not suffer any one else to-do so, As he said this he quickly thrust hig hand into his Pocket and drew forth a large pocket knife, Which be opened, as though about to pounce upon Mr. McLarney, Seeing this, Mr. Michael Culley, who was sitting in the pew against which Gibney was leaning, arose and gently taking hold of the offender, in a low tone of voice yemonstrated with him, telling him he was in a house of worship, and urging him to uncover nis head and be quiet, Scarcely had he done tatking when Gibney drew back and STABBED HIM IN THE FORENEAD, driving the blade of the knife into the bone a con- siderabie distance, where it broke off. In a moment everybody was in a state of confu- sion more confounded, and this condition of affairs ‘Was not at all improved when a moment later, as three or four of the gentlemen sitting nearest the would-be assassin sprang toward him for ihe pur- pose of ejecting him, he drew from under his coat a huge axe, whicn he brandished in an exceedingly careless manner, ani with which he declared he would annihilate the first person who came in his reach. THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN SCREAMED, men talked Joudly and excitedly and many beata hasty and precipitous retreat toward the front door, The police state that on their arrival at the church the great majority of the male portion of the con- gregation were bent on LYNCHING THE MAN at once, that cries to that effect were raised all over the house, and that some actually went so far as to procure a rope with which to hang him. The axe, which he. stiil continued to swing around pro- miscuously, was taken from him by those nearest him, just before the police arrived, and oficer Hitch- man, who was the first of the force to make lis ap- pearance, says the way the “Christians”? handled the infuriated man after they had disarmed him was anything but gentle, But for his timely arrival he says he believes the man would have been strang up in “less than no time.” As it was Hitchman, as- sisted by another ofticer of the Nineteenth precinct, rescued him with much difficulty and conveyed him to the Fifty-ninth street station house, wiere he was locked up. Mr. Culley, the gentleman who received the wound in the forehead, was removed to a neighboring drug store, where HIS WOUND WAS DRESSED, after which he was ta! to his residence. The wound 1s about three inches in length and tn one place is quite deep, the blade having penetrated to a depth of nearly haif an inch m the skull. The knife used by Gibney is @ large pocket, or jack knife, apparently new, and containing two blades, the largest of Which 18 three inches long. About a quarter of an inch of the latter us broken Off and is all beameared with biooa, The axe, like the kuife, is a perfectly new one, it bearing no evidence of ever having been used save upon this occasion, It 1s of the ordinary size, sharp almost as a razor, and haa considerable plood on tne handie where Gibney had taken hold of it with HIS GOARY IANDS, The man is evidently insane, at least so the police think. Two weeks ago yesterday an_ofticer of the Nineteenth precinct found him at the top of #® ladder which was standing against a new building in Sixtictn street, cutung the tim- bers of the house with @ small hand axe. The oilicer ordered him down, oui he refused to comply, and when an attempt at coercion was made ne amused himself by trying to brain the policeman With hits “little hatchet.” Finally, however, the ofticer covered him with his “shooting iron’? and threatened to blaze away, wien HE TOOK THE HINT and descended to the pavement, and subsequently to one of the celis iu the station house. The next day he was committed for trial, and the police were just congratulating themseives upon their good Jortune in getting rid of him, whe he makes his appearance at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer with results as above detailed, MONUMENT TO A Uny ‘ATES SENATOR.—Hon, James 8, Green, deceased, once United States Senator from Missouri, is to have a sultable monument, An association has been formed for the purpose and a meeting held at Canton, Mo., at wlich a committee was Jormed to soltcit junds, &¢ a ee MARRIAGES ANDO DEATHS. — Married, HRALY—WESTLAKE.—On Wednesday, May 3, by the Rev. Georze W. Lord, Hugn K. HEALY, of Brooklyn, to HENRieTrA, daughter of J, D. Westiake, Fsq., of New York, KNox—Kick.—In the Lutheran church, Fifteenth street, on Thursday, May 11, by the Rev. Theodore Cuyler, assisted by the Re A. C. Wedekin, Mr. M. Knox, of New , tO Miss FLORENCE 'y. Edwa or Rice, of Brooklyn. Mrrritt—BROWwN.—By R. B, Lockwood, of Hud son City, N. J. Mr. GuorGe F. MERRITT tO Miss Exnerra Brows, both of Brooklyn, L. ACKERMAN.—On Suni MAN, aged 47 years. ‘The relatives and friends of the famtly. are re- spectiuily invited to attead the funeral, trom nis late residence, 37 Bediord street, corner of Carmme, on Tuesday afternoon, at LWo o'cloc! ALFoRD.—On Saturday, May ALrorD, in the 27th year of his age, ‘The relatives and trends of the family, Enterprise Lodge No, 228, F. and A. M., Eckford Lodge, |. O. of ©, ¥., and Company C, twenty-second regiment, N. Y. 3. M., ate respectfally Invited to attead the funeral, from the Willett street Methodist Episcopal chureh, Willett street, yeon Grand and broowe, this (Monday) afternoon, at two o'clock. ERPRISE LODGE, No. 228, D A. M.—The members of Enterprise Lodge, No. 228, F. and A. M., are hereby summoned to attend an emergent com. munication at their rooms, Corinthian Koom, Od Fellows’ Hall, on Monday, 16th inst., at tweiv o'clock M., to pay the last tribute of respect to the remains of oar late worthy brother secretary, Charles (, Alford. » May 14, WILLIAM ACKER- CHARLES C. HOMAS K. ALFORD, Master. EOOND INFANTRY, Ny t New Yorn, May COMPANY ORDERS NO 5. ‘The members of this company are hereby ordered to assembie at the armory, in citizen dress (dark | clothes), white gloves and crape on the telt arm, on | Monday, May 15, at one o'clock tn the afternoon, for parade, to attend the funeral of our late comrade, private Cuaries C. Aliord. By order of Captain T, TATE, Jr. T. PF. § First Sergeant. ‘rhe neers (and meinbers of Eckford Lodge, their lodge room, 1s@ Bowery, on Monday, May 15, at one P. jor the purpose of attending the fu- neral of our late worthy brother, U. C. Aliord, P. G. Mount Hebron Encampment No. 4, also members of sister lodges, a pectfally invited to participate, By order of the NG. BAkeR.—In Liverpool, suddenly, on Saturday, May 15, Mrs. JOSEPH P. BAKER. Y May 12, SUSAN M. Bevrner, daughter of the late’ Antwine A. Beautner, of the Island of Curacao, ‘The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 16 Irving place, this eee mornitg, at ten o'clock. Loarrr.—Saddeaty, at Hovoken, N. on Satur- day, May 13, Peren Boveri, aged 56 years, Tike relatlves aud friends of the faniiy ate respect. | fully invited to attend the funeral, from bis late residence, No, 265 Garden street, Hovoken, on Tues day jmorning, at ten o'clock, and at the Rev. Mr. Aiu- merman’s church, at two o'clock. DRENNEN.—On Saturday, May 13, JoHN L. Bren- NEN, in the 37th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fuliv invited to atiend the funeral, this (Mouday) alternoon, at two o'clock, from his late residence, 318 Kast Twenty-fifth street, and thence to Calvary Cemetery. BRENNAN.—On Sunday, May M4, Joun J. Basn- NAN, 10 the 25th year of fis age. f ‘The relatives and friends of the family, Ninth Ward William M. Tweed Association, also the Jolly Crows, are respectfully mvited to attend lis funeral, on Taesday after at half-past 1 o'clock, his late residence, 124 Christopher street, BoNNeR—On Sunday, May 14, MARY JANE, wile of © Co. Twenty- 13, ist. the pastor, Rev, Father Dougherty. The best eucharist Was for some unexplained reason left un- touched, As none of the doors or windows had been forced it supposed the thieves entered by means Of false kese, Hugh Wouner, in the 28tn year of her age. ‘The relatives and friends of te family, also those ot her brothers, Thomas, Alexander, Henry, William and Francis Smith, and obher step-father, Cornelius Murphy, are respectfully invited to altend the fa- jumption, after long Lng J., wile of William P, the family, and also the members of St, Joun's Lodge, No. 1, F, and A. M., are invited to attend the funeral, from St. John’s Methodist Episcopal church, on West third street, between Broadway and Eighth avenue, Ea - morning, at @ quarter before nine o’cloc! CrockeR.—On Saturday evening, May 13, afer @ brief illness, WILLIAM A. CROCKER, formerly of Taunton, Mass., in the 70th year of his age. The funeral will take place on Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock, from the Churgh of the Holy Trinity, corner Madison avenue and Forty-second street. Friends of the family are invited to attend. Crort.—On Saturday, May 13, JOSEPH Crort, of Stonington, Conn., axed 45 years. The relatives and friends of the family are in- vited to attend the funeral, from the residence of is aunt, Mrs. West, §22 Fulton avenue, Brooxlyn, on Tuesday aftetnoon, at one o'clock. DE GRorr.—On Saturday, May 14, of consumption, AMELIA C, GREEN, Wife of William E. De Grott, Funeral services, on Tuesday afternoon, at one o'clock, at the residence of her steplatuer, J. M. Button, 125 West Sixteenth street. DICKSON.—Suddenly, at Glen Cove, L. L., Friday, May 12, Rover’ DickSon, in the 54th year of bis age. Relatives and fricuds are invited to attend the funeral, from Ms late residence, this (Monday) after- noon, at half-past one o'clock. Carriages will be in pigs og iad Serve the train ae leaves Hunt- mnt a . M.; returning, leaves Glen C at 5:04 P. M. 3) Y in 088: EaRLE.—In Paris, France, on Sunday, Seprember 11, 1870, Mary Lay, wife of Ferdinand P. Larle, and daughter of i, W, Hutchings, Esq, The relatives and friends of the famuy are ree spectfully mvited to attend the funeral, this (Monday) afternoon, at two o'clock, from the residence of her father-in-law, Willlam ¥, Earle, Esq., No. 26 West Twenty-third street. Eason.—On Fr day, May 12, at 408 West Thirty. fourth street, Joun ZACHARY, son of Stephen Eason, aged 22 years, The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the Thirtteth street Methodist Episcopal church, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, thus (Monday) mora} at half-past mine o'clock, FisHer.—On Sunday evening, May 14, after a Short illness, MARK FISHER, of 320 East Thirtieth street, in the 62d year of his age, Notice of funeral to-morrow, Forp.—On Sunday, May 14, CLARENCE RicHMoOND, only child of H, Richmond and Emma Ford, aged 8 months and 11 days, The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully mvited to attend the funeral services, at_the residence of hts grandfather, 8, D, Howe, 521 West eyo street, on Tuesday afternoon at three” o'clock. GALLIGAN.—On Tuesday morning, May 16, at ten o'clock, & month’s mind will be celebrated ‘for the repose of the soul of the late PATRICK GALLIGAN, in the Church of St. Bridget, corner of mighth street and avenue B, The relatives and frieuds of the family are respectfnlly invited to attend, HAYES.—At Piainfleld, N. J., on Sunday, May 14, after a short iiness, MARY JANE FARRELL, wife of John Mayes, of New York city. Notice of the funeral nereafter.. Humpursy.—On Saturday, May 18, ALvin H. HUMPHREY, aged 30 years. His relatives and iriends, and those of his brother, George S. Humpbrey, are respectfully in- vited to attend his funeral, at two o’clock, Tuesday afternoon, May 16, at Dr. Chapin’s cnurch, Fifth avenue, corner Forty-fifun street, HuyieR.—On Sunday, May 14, RacnEL A. HUY- LER, relict ot George Huyler, aged 62 years, 10 months and 6 days. The remains will be taken to North Bellville, N. J., Jor interment. Tne friends of the family are re- eee to meet at the grave at one o'clock on Tues- lay afternoon. JACKSON.—At Harlem, on Saturday, May 18, MAGGIE S., youngest daughter of Fredeiicx aad Oa: roline Jackson, axed 4 years and 7 days. Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend. the funeral, from the Holy ‘Trinity church, 125th street and Fifth avenue, at twelve o'clock. Jaconus.—On Sundry, May 14, Mary, widow of Anthony A. Jacobus, in the 78th year of her age. The relatives and sriends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend tue funeral from her late resi- dence, 94 Morton street, on Tuesday morning, at half ast bine o'clock. ‘The remains to be taken to Mad- ‘, are hereby summoned to meet at | ison, N. J. for interment. JAMES.—On Sunday, May 14, ALBERT A, JAMES, aged 39 years. The relatives and friends will attend the funeral, from No, 224 Bowery, on Tuesday morning, at nine o'clock, without further invitation, KENNEDY.—At his residence, 63 South Sixth street, Williamsburg, ThoMAS KENNEDY, aged 32 years. The funeral will take piace on Tuesday alternoon at two o'clock, from his late residence. KIRKLAND.—Suduenly, at Smithtown, Long Island, on Saturday, May 13, JOHN KIRKLAND, aged 82 ears. ‘i Notice of tuneral in Tuesday's papers, Lunpex. —On Saturday, May 13, after along and severe illness, Jaco“ LURDEN, beloved husband of Elizabeth Lulden, aged 40 years, 4 months and 23 days. The relatives and friends of the family, also the members of the German Grocers’ Society, are re- spectiully invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday afternoon, at one o'clock, from his late residence, No. 84 Christopher street. : Manony.-- On Sunday, May 14, the beloved wife of * Patrick Mahony, tm the 26th year of her age. The frien’s of deceased are respecttully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 338 East ‘Twenty-fourth street, this (Monday) alteruoon, at half-past one o'clock. MARSHALL.—On saturday, May 13, RopeERT MaR- SHALL, of Glasgow, Scotland, aged 65 years. The funeral takes place from St. Luke’s chapels Filty-fourth street and Fifth avenue, this (Monday) morning, at hal{-past ten o’clock, MoshkER.—On Savurday, May 13, Mary S., widow of Abram Mosher. Funeral will take place from the Madison avenue Baptist church, corner of Madison avenue and Thirty-frst street, on Tuesday morning at eleven o’clo Relatives and fiends are invited to attend. McCapE—On Friday, May 12, of pneumonia, Maagig, beloved child of James and Catherine Mc- Cabe, aged 1 year, 9 months and 12 days. Remains taken to Newburg for mterment, Newburg papers please copy, McCarTy.—On Saturday, May 13, Tuomas Mc- Carry, of consumption, ‘The relatives and friends of ihe family are respect- fuily invited to attend the funeral, this (Monday) af- ternoon, at ong o’ciock, from his late residence, 907 Third avenue. MCKEE.—On Sunday, May 14, Lovrsa, daughter or John D. anu Mary A. McKee, aged 17 years, 9 months and 8 day. The relatives and friends of the family, and mem- bers of Amity Lodge, No. 323, and A. M., are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her parents, No. 159 Seventh avenue, on Tuesday afternoon, at one o'clock. MCLELLAN.—On Saturday, Mav 13, CHRISTINA, Infant daughter of Jawes A. and Jane McLellan, aged 2 months. NicHOLson.—On Thursday, May 11, at her resi- dence, 38 West Twenty-third street, MARY ©., Wife of James B. Nicholson, aged $6 years. The funeral will take place this (Monday) morning, at ten o'clock, trom ner late residence to St. Francis < West Sixtecnth street, where a re- be oilered for the repose of her relatives and mends of the family are respectfully 1uvited to attend. OLLIPFE.—On Thursday, May 11, MAYNARD, young- est son of the late William J, Oliitie, in the 15th year of his age. The reiatives and friends of the family are re- Specifully Imvited to attend the funeral, from bis late residence, No. 120 West Forty-third street, this (Monday) afternoon, at half-past two o'clock. GLMSTRAD.—At New naan, Conp., on Thursday, May 11, HANNAH, Wiie Of S. L. Olmstead and daugh- ter of Thomas Carter, of New Canaan, Conn. Propst.—On Sunday, May 14, Lioyy G., son of George and Hannan Probst, aged 9 years, » months and 7 days. The relatives and frieads of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, trom the resi- dence of his parents, No. 52 Cnrystie street, this (Monday) afternoon, at two o'clock. SANFORD.—Suddenly, on Saturday, May 13, of softening of the bra MARIE SANFORD, Widow of Wiitlam Sanford, aged 48 years, Buried tu Greenwood Cemetery, ScHOOLEY.—On Saturday morning, May 15, Joun C. ScHooLey, Jr., only son of John C, and Eliza L. Schooley, aged 26 vears, « Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, tls (Monday) afternoon, at three: o'clock, from his late residence, No, 63 Livingston street, Brooklyn. & SCHULTZ.—Suddenly, at Red *Hook, N. Y., on Sunday, May 7, Geoxauy B., only son of Alfred P. and Sara R. Schultz, of this etty, ta the 13th year” of Ws age. iis remains were interred at Red Hook. on Saturtay, May 13, HER+ BERYL FRANCIS SVAtN, aed 12 years, only son of Her~ bert and the late Helen Mercer Spain. ‘ Funeral from tie Chureh of the Hoty Trinity, cor- ner of Clinton and Montague oo Brooklyn, this (Monday) ajterioon, at two o'clock. ‘Torres. —On diay, May 14, at his late residence, Roslyn, L. £, Preran da on aged 71 years. Notice of funeral hereafter. 4 fowNseND.—on Sundity, May 14, DANIEL TowN- SEND, aged 79 years. ‘The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services, from the residence of his son, dames H. Townsend, No, 116 West Foriy~ tird street, on ‘Tnesday afvernoon, at two o'clock, ‘The remains will be taken to Massachusetts for ierment. aa RUMAN.—ON Sunday, May 14, after a lingering soul. Th Sraix.—Iin_ Broosiya, } ines, which he bore with Christian fortitude, Joun JAN. Mane qriends of the family are invited to attend tne , from his jate residence, 451), new No.) At Mento sereet Brooklyn, on Tuesday afiernoon, at three o’clyck Watron.—On Sunday morning, May 14, Mar, ! aaugtter of William M. and Frances ©. Walton, aged L year and $ months, ‘Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday morning, at eleven o'clock, from No. 17 South street, Newark. Wir1son.—Suddenty, in Brookiyn, on Friday after- noon, May 12, MARIA P. WILSON, widow of James Relatives and friends are respeetfally invited attend the funeral, from her late residenc 5 Douglass street, Brooklyn, this (Monday) alterno at half-past three o'clock. WINTERHOFN.—In this City, on Sunday morning, uy 14, RupoLvint C. Winrernoer, otice of the Taneral hereafter, Wiison, in the 67th year of ner age. pik 3h