The New York Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1872, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. A DYING CORPORATION A Career That Has Never Given Satisfaction to Anybody. Last Moments of the Staten Island Rail- road and Ferry Company. THE GROWLS FROM AQUEHONGO. Why People Are Dissatisfied, Why the Concern | Became Bankrupt and Why It Must Be Sold Out, Its Effect on the Westfield Sutferers. On Tuesday next, at noon, the entire effects and properties of the Staten Island Railroad Company are to be sold at public auction to the highest Tesponsible bidder, in pursuance of a judgment of foreclosure and sale given by the Supreme Court of the City and County of New York on the 27th of June last, The action in which this judgment was obtained was brought by Adolphus 8, Ockershausen and Balthazer Kreischer, mortgage creditors of the company—the first named plaintiff’ being a what on earth there can pe to prevent @ steamer making her way. No, sir, It ts not @ matter of consulting the public re- quirements but of actual dollars and cents. If this chose to do it they might company enhance the value of Teal property on the island filty per cent in two years. If they were to run boats at more juent intervals and later at night, and make their time table so that people knew when a boat would actually run, thousands of New Yorkers would settle here, build thetr own homes, the island would become beautiful and (peparne| and the company would bring money into its coifers At a rate that It has never yet. experienced. Why, it is a reproach that a greai 4. like New York lies 80 close to us and is cramped for and withal is so embarrassed by that they cannot avail themselv Q place of residence. The people here have held in ation meetings abont it, and have sent in re- monstrances, but yOu might as well send in a peti- tion to A SHOAL OF NORTH SEA SEALS as to these directors. They take it cooly and blow at you, and that’s the end of it. They can stand it, whether you can or not; and outside of themselves they are not Interestea a cent’s worth, Why, sir, this company has done more to check the growth of pry Isiand than all other circumstances com- ine The reporter addressed a gentleman, whose name is, for obvious reasons which follow, not given, and asked him whether he thought the sale was intended to embarrass the chances of the ennare tims recovering thelr remuneration for dam t law. eels he replied, “I don’t know anything about it myself, but frem all I hear 1 rather incline to think that is one of the ohjects of the sale. That is the way everybody talks about here, and I have actually heard a hint or two to that effect drop from the attachés of the company. I only know that the company is a kind of one-horse concern, and I think it might do better with advantage alike to itself and to the public.” IN THE COURSE OF HI8 RAMBLES over the delectable island which one fancifal but probably afflicted visitor calls the “land of the mos- quito,"’ and which the Indians three hundred years ago called Aquehongo, the HERALD reporter con- versed with all classes of people, physicians, local officers, boatmen; business men, summer boarders, aldermen, policemen, old, youn 4 rape and in- telligent men—and found that the general feel- well-known sugar refiner of this city, and the latter & wealthy brickmaker of Kreischerville, Staten Island, Of course such a state of affairs as this im- Plies the virtual if not actual bankruptcy of the company, and as a consequence has given rise to much comment, The Staten Island Railroad Com- pany, as its corporate name 1s styled, 1s the cor- poration which also owns the franchises and oper- ates the ferry line running between Whitehall slip and the various landings known as Edge- water ‘(or Quarantine) landing, Stapleton and Vanderbilt landing. The ill-fated steamer Westfield, which exploded her boiler in July, 1871, causing a loss of over one hundred and ten lives, and the injuring and maiming of a couple of hundred others, belongs to this company, and asaresult of that Sabbath day disaster the company incurred lability to suits at law for damages to the amount of certainly a million anda half of dollars, This fact, therefore, very maturally gave rise at first glance to @ suspicion that the proposed sale of the concern was in fact nothing more nor less than an attempt to cheat the surviving friends and relatives of the dead victims, as well as the living maimed sufferers, of the amount which they might recover as compensation for damages, and inthis light generally the affair is at present ing was one of dissatisfaction at the man- ner in which the company attempts to full the obligations expected of it. All these views, together with their full scope of reasoning and deduction, are fairly iilustrated in the foregoing conversations, as well as the prevail- ing opinion that the company is a great greedy monopoly, a soulless corporation, making money “hand over fist” for its stockholders and utterly pene toward its peerane This, of course, is not to fe = wondere at, considering that, even outside of Staten Island, strong preju- dices exist against corporate associations, coupled with the invariable belief that they are making [eyitteg on @ scale so rapid as al- Most to amouut to robbery of that long-suffering, gomeing. tyrant-bestraddied, indignation-meet- ing-loving aggiomerstion of individua!s which styles itself “the public.” THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY was subsequently gleaned by the reporter from in- dividuals who are omctally Well posted in the ac- tual status of this fast-expiring association of cor- Porators. Among others who were called upon was Mr. Louis H. Meyer, of 21 Nassau street, the receiver of the company in the present actien, appointed under the order of the Supremé Court, Meyer was found busily epangnd at his ofice, and ex- ressed the utmost readiness to give any facts he ‘new of in relation to his trust that would serve to unravel the question which so befogs all who go down to Staten Island in this ferry com- pany’s ships. He said that the forthcoming sale was a bona jide proceeding forced upon the com- pany by its creditors, the mortgagees, who were tired of waiting longer for tire return of the moneys Viewed. In order, therefore, to present. some | they had invested. The ation Ja Aproaeneeby. TI ischer, a8 holders of firs thing of the actual facts in the case a HERALD mo! ‘bonds. of the company, against the cor- reporter has, for several days past, called upon a | poration itself and George Law, defendants. large number of people, residents of Staten Island, | George Law is a special mortgagee of the compan; to learn their views in regard to the transaction. Arather SINGULAR STATE OF FACTS, however, was encountered at the very outset of the reporter’s research, and followed to the close—viz., that there is scarcely any person on Staten Island who desired that their names should appear in conjunction with this report, as giving opinions antagonistic to the company. “I don’t mind having a talk with you about this Matter, Mr. Reporter; but, then, I don’t want to have my name mixed up with the ‘thing at all,” said one. “You see,” said another, “I can’t afford to fight this big moneyed monopoly; and if I give you my opinion right down as I think, and you print it, this company will be down on me and can worry me ip a dozen ways.” . Said a third—*I’ve got all the property I own on earth right here, and the very minute I get into trouble with the officers of the railroad company just that minute I am putting my head in the lion’s mouth, They swing the biggest in- fluence on the island, and I have got to put up with some of their games, even if I don’t respect them. I don’t mind giving my views, but then I don't want to put myself on record until I see which way the thing is going to end.” “Of course, ii you desire your name withheld,” replied the reporter, “I promise you I shall not | started from the Vanderbilt Landing station use it.” no train could leave Tottenville coming north until the south bound train had reached “Well, that's right,” replied the awe-stricken islander. “My bread and butter depends to some extent un these people, and my bread and butter is everything to me and my children. I've lived on this island seventeen years, and ther, and of I've scrambled a little Property t course I don’t want to lose it now. In a year or two I shall feel myself getting old, and I must look out for my iste ones the best way 1 can while lam able to do it. ° THIS COMPANY I8 A FRAUD; that’s my opinion of it. They've got a monopoly of this thing, and they know nobody else can come in to compete against them, ani mean to Make money out of us. e opie living on this isiand have got to depend on this company for our of bringing goods here, and we & 4 can’t get away or come here ourselves without being to a certain extent dependent on their good will. The fact is it’s just a little “ring,” this ferry Cred ge! is, with the stock all owned by that “ring.” They've got a fat thing, and of course they're right in holding on to it. 1 would be one of the same “ring” myself if 1 could get in and afford to stay in; but that’s neither here nor there. So far as this sale is concerned, that is a@ put me thing, and you'll find that the concern or some of their own bondholders or some half-way mau of their own will bid the property in for them. They've got all that cut and dried and, you Mark me, the bids won't amount to anything in comparison with what their property and fran- chises are worth.” “Well,” asked the reporter, “do they actually do any business?” “Do business? Why I think they do, rather. You just see the passengers pile into their boats morn- ing and evening and see the car loads that come over the road, and I think you'll say they’re doing @ very good traffic. You asked me if I thought this sale was a bona Jide affair. i don't think it is. 1 ‘think it’s just ‘A DODGE TO CHEAT THE VICTIMS of the Westfield explosion out of the damages they | may recover, and everybody on the island I've | talked to about it expresses the same opinion. The way I look at it is this. This company have got certain privileges from_ the people to run this line, and if it didn’t pay they wouldn’t have kept on running it for go on twenty-five or thirty years. They'd have re up the thing long ago. Of course, you talk about it to any of the directors or the stockholders and they'll tell you that is making beggars out of the whole of them; but a good many of them live down here, and they drive better horses and live in finer houses | than the common run of beggars do, that’s all. It don’t hurt them bad.” ite destination. This year, by dint of exertion, the company has man: to the extent of about fifty thousand dollars, an is made a co-defendant so as to cover for the benefit plaintiffs whatever assets may remain out of the moperly on which the bonds were issued, after his claim shall have been fally satisfied. He therefore, a technical and not an actual defend: There have been two classes of bonds issued on first and second mort- gages, and these cover very nearly perhaps the en- tire value of the company’s assets, Mr. Meyers gctnal experience as receiver shows i ond “one fatlows, to average s from its ferry and railroad operations, from $750 to $1,000 @ day, say $30,000 per month. It has, in addition to its raliroad and ferry fran- chises, the right to the entire water tront between |, the upper quarantine landing and Vanderbilt land- ing; heen miles of single track railroad, with a small amount of rolling k, comprising four loco- motives, four tenders, eight passenger cars, six freight cars, with machine shops, &c.; four ferry- boats—the Westfleld, Middletown, Northfield and Josephme, on the New York station, and a fifth, the steamboat Maid of Perth, running be- tween Tettenville, the terminus of the railroad and Perth Amboy, §. J., together with the neces- sary piera, bulkheads: docks and lips, and a four years’ lease of the Whitehall slip ferry and con- siderable real estate in the vicinity of all the land- ; ey SANDWICH ISLANDS. Christian Missionary Effort Impeded— The Fervor of the Lady Evangelists Cool; Of—American Naval Cruize— Parliamentary Work—Health Report— The Sugar Crop and Commerce. HONOLULU, August 1, 1872. The missionary packet Morning Star left on the 8d of July for the mission station !n Micronesia. No new missionary material went forward for the pros- ecution of the work, the difficulty being to find women who were willing to become wives of the men who were desirous of going out, 1can ima- gine that the hves of these missionaries must be one of self-denial and very monotonous, particu- larly for the wives. This being away from the busy world for twelve months without even a hint of what may be going on outside of one’s coral island is particularly trying at this stage of the world’s history. UNITED STATES’ NAVAL CRUISE. The United States ship Narragansett also sailed for @ cruise through the groups to the westward and southward on the 6th of July. It is well that the United States government 18 alive to the ne- cessity of keeping vessels cruising among these islands. A vast deal of information is to be col- lected that will be very valuable to the merchant marine, while the periodical visits of ships-of-war will 22, the untutored savage a wholesome regard for the American people and their interests, HEALTH REPORT. The smallpox still lingers with us, although its ravages have been kept well under by the yom it and efficient measures of the Board of Healt! Thirty-five cases have been reported and isolated. It is now well established that the disease was brought here by the steamer Nebraska, and & suit is now pending in admiralty with a view to make the steamer reepoaeinic for the expenses of the Board of Healt The Captain and Parapon of the ship were before the Custom House and Court authorities with a view to clear the ship; but, unfortunately, evidence is coming in every day which fastens upon the ship the responsibility. The New 4ealand auvhorities are also awaiting her return to libel her fomcarry- ing the disease to their ports, Bonds have been riven by the steamer’s agents here amounting to this to make good auy awards made by our Cour’ PARLIAMENTARY PROGRESS, The Legislative Assembly was prorogued on the 20th of July, after a session of seventy-five days. His Majesty the King being unwell the Chancellor received @ commission authorizing him to dismiss the Assembly. Am address was delivered, thank- ing the members for their Parliamentary attention and care for the rights of the people and the pre- rogatives of the Crown, mong the acts passed by this Assembly is one making liquor dealers responsible in damages for injuries imilicted by persons to whom they sell liquor, It is framed after the Ohio law, and has met the appyoval of the Pane. ing compensation to American shipowners whose vessels brought Hawaiian seamen to this port from the Arctic Ocean after the disaster of 1871 has also passed. Fifty cents a day is to be allowed for each Person for every day they were on board of the rescuing vessel. This is not quite so liberal as the United States were to Hawaiian shipowners for the rescue of American seamen, but it isa just and Proper allowance, The Appropriation bill for expenses for the com- ing two years foots up $1,130,244, or about three hun- dred thousand dollars over the estimated revenue for the same period, To make good the deficiency an act was passed authorizing a loan of $250,000. This is the commencement of a debt that will even- tually place the kingdom at the mercy of its bond- holders, CROPS AND TRADE, The sugar crop is not up to expectations, and in fact not up to the figures of last year, if, indeed, of the year before. This is to be accounted for by the long drought in the opening months of the year. Trade is below par; very few goods being disposed of, even through the auction rooms, In former oe a ae method of raising funds in a market, NEW YORK CITY. Aresolution award- The Free Labor Bureau procured situations for 198 males and 693 females this week. During the past wéek there were 788 deaths, 440 births, 146 marriages and 36 stillbirths. The number of arrests by the police during the week ending yesterday was 1,943, The number of police lodgers during the week was 1,479. Corner Schirmer wiil to-day hold an inquest on the body of Margaret M. Kimball, a little girl, five years old, who was drowned at the foot of 18lst stree North River, by falling overboard from the deck o! &@ gravel acow. E. J. Hall, chief clerk of the Ordinance Bureau, ing. places of its vessels. Neither the boats nor the railroad are as well equipped as they should be, and the gross sum distributed in dividends annu- ally dogs not Teach $60,000 per year. ir. Meyer states that if the stockholders were to insure their stock they would not receive a cent in dividends, Last year the railroad was in sucha r state of operation that it had its turnout witches only at the extremities of the line, and as a _ consequence, if a train 1d to build a turn-out about the middle of the length of the route, and now trains may pass at that point. In reply to the question whether he thought the sale would realize $1,000,000 for the entire property of the concern and ie fr chises Mr. Meyer said he thought that not more than SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, and perbaps not that, could be obtained for it. He knew there was a great deal of talk about the enor- mous profits of this line; but it was an easy matter for halfadozen or a dozen men whom he could name, residing on Staten Island, to subscribe half a million or even a million of dollars to experiment with, and byt will have a fair opportunity to com- pete at the sale Tuesday next. Let them do go, andif they can run the road and ferry to better advantage than it is at present done, and make this large profit they talk so freely about they will be doing a thing for themselves and for the community ikewise. He found, in his present capacity, that he was sometimes a little straightened to find ways of paying the ppening debe and working expenses out of the receipts. The Westfleld disaster alone, outside of the Itability for personal damages incurred, cost the company $30,000 in cash. Since he has had eharge as receiver he has directed and had everything put in good and safe condition, and was well assured that there is no gold mine in the operation of the concern. Mr. Meyer is himself a resident of Staten Island, and confesses to having felt the INCONVENIENCES OF THE FERRY SERVICE, asat present maintained, and was well aware of the amount of dissatisfaction regarding it. Said he:—"Only a few oar agoI was talking with a friend on board one of the boats, and he told me he knew of a man who said the stock was worth fifty cents on the dollar. Now it so happens that being a resident of the island, and de- siring to see things prosper about it, 1 invested in a little of the company’s stock and have got it yet, and if there is an who is going fifty cents on the dollar I am a seller atonce. The fact is the bondholders of this road have been waiting long enough for their money, and, as it is not forthcoming, they want to get out of it. Some of these bonds are held in Europe, and, finding nothing accruing, people are very naturally becoming anxious to get clear of them; and this sale is the result. Mr, Ruggles, the referee in the action, expressed substantially the same opinion as did other gentie- men connected with the proceeding, and there is very littie reason to suppose that the gale is any other than a perfectly legitimate and necessary remedy for the creditors of the company. The CLAIMS OF THE WESTFIELD SUFFERERS man about Another of the residents of the island whom the re- orter called upon tor “points,” said, “This company nows they have got the thing in their own hands, They don't pretend to run this ferry line between here and New York as a ferry line. he run it asa | railroad connection for their miserable line of road. | ‘why they stick up in the Jerry house a thing they call | thelr “time table,” but everybody round here will tell you you can place no dependence on that tabie. If they make up their minds that they won't run a | certain boat, particularly if itis a night boat, they | won't do it. I've seen fifty people leit at night at @ single landing, with just five minutes’ notice that the boat they expected to get to New York in was hauled off and wouldn't run on her regular time table trip. This is | A COMMON OCCURRENCE | in the Winter, and I have known hundreds of | people who wanted to return on special business to the city to be left here all night, aud have to run | round to the different hotels to get lodging under | great difficulties. For Coed Lknow that two or three times at least I've been compelled to take a sailboat and go around to New Brighton and take a North Shore ferryboat, or to Bayonne or Pamrapo and take the railroad, so as to get to the city to transact important business. This most frequently happens in the Winter, AS soon as @ little floating ice gets adrift in the bay look out for trouble. The company hauls off its boats because, as they say, the foatingice willcut them through at the water's edge, and It will be risking too much to attempt to make the passage. Now, every sane man knows vhat the ice that floats in the bay is never so heavy or so closely packed as itisin the North or fast Rivers, Abd yet thig company is afraid of injuring their boats, when the Brooklys and Jersey City ferryboats are driving through SOLID ISLANDS OF PLOATING ICE. In the winter months there are dozens of boat- men here who make guite @ good thing of it by watching when the company hauls off the regular night boats. These boatmen are then on the look out for passengers Who hliave urgent business in the city, and will take them across to Bay Ridge or other poinis on the Long Island shore for $6 and sometimes $10 a head. Now, if their frail sail boats can make the trip through the ice, I don’t see compensation for their injuries at the time when they paid the roper fare and | went on board the ill-fated steamer, whereas willbe in no wise affected by this sale, as in any event the mortgage bondholders have legally the prior claim to indemnification, resting upon the priority of date of their contract with the company. The victims of the explosion only entered upon the contract which makes the company liable for the company’s contract to pay and redeem these bonds existed years previously. The pro- ceeds of the sale will be paid into Court, ov nh above the amount necessary to satisiy the labili to the bondholders, if there should be any suc! a cess of proceeds. It 1s, of course, a hard case for the suterers by that dreadful calamity; but it is, hevertheless, justice, though, from THE STANDPOINT OF THE MASSES, it requires more than the rere amount of philosophy to become convinced of the fact. ‘The residents of Staten Island express a general desire to see the Union or some other of the great rompt ferry companies take hold of the Staten slund line, believing that a liberal effort for a few years to accommodate the public will largely in- | crease the population of the island, make {t conve- | hient and consequently populous as a place of resi- | dence, and 4 consequence butld up a patron: | for the new corporation which in a few years would prove a very profitable investment. m plaints. York, August 22, 1872. To THE EpiTor oF THR HeRaLy:— Deak Sik—The long pent-up indignation of Staten Islanders at the disregard manifested by the Staten Island Ferry Company for their interests is beginning to give premonitory symptoms of an explosion, @ la Wesiield, It is a crying shame that on Sunday night our (?) last boat leaves for New York at elght o'clock, instead of ten o'clock, as on other evenings, when less needed, Now, what we want to get at is, whether the boats of the above soulless corporation were created for the people or the people for the boats? By publicly One of the reports for the week ending yesterday 230 com- plaints received for violation of corporation ordl- a which were referred to the proper depart- ments for remedy. During the week ending yesterday Marshal Hart, of the Mavor’s Office, issued the following licenses :— LONG BRANCH. THE GAY: SEASON AT ITS HEIGHT. How the Belles of the Season While Away the Time—Match-Making Mammas and Marriage- able Daughters—Scenes in the Hotels, on the Beach and in the Water—Stam- pede of the Politicians—Goe sip About the President. LonG BRANCH, August 24, 1872. ‘Though the season at Long Branch is now far ad- vanced and the close of the heated term rapidly approaching, there is as yet no visible diminution in the number of aristocratic visitors who are flocking to this beautiful seaside resort. Notwith- standing the counter attractions of Saratoga and its springs and Newport, which is supposed to be the favorite Summer home of the élite, the Branch still maintains the reputation of being at once the most fashionable and the most cosmopolitan of the watering places of the Continent. There are many reasons why this should be so. The near proximity of its situation to the Empire City and Philadelphia, its incomparable surf, its long-established reputa- tion, and the fact that the President and head of the nation lives here, as the great lion of the place, all constitute claims to public favor which no other watering place possesses, On arriving at the raflroad depot, when you take your first look at the Branch you would, in the first instance, be likely to be disappointed with the view. Along row of frame cottages, fronting upon the sandy shore, upon which the waves eternally beat, with here and there the nagstaf of @ hotel owing to the breeze, would lead you to be- lieve that you had got into a straggling country village. On a nearer approach all such ideas will be agreeably dispelled. The cottages assume a gayer appearance, the lawns fronting the ocean present @& more charming aspect, and the evidences of fashionable society, in the shape or aristocratic carriages, which momentarily dash by filled with richly dressed ladies, will force you to retract your first hastily formed impression. The numerous great hotels and boarding houses swarm with life, the surfis crowded with bathers the lawn with spectators, and the Summer houses with lovers, and on every side the evidences of life and fun and enjoyment are visible. At the commencement of the present season croakers predicted that the Branch would lose caste, and that the attendance would greatly fall om. The reverse has been the case. Long Branch has never had @ more successful Summer} the lead- ing hotels have, in many instances, been unable to accommodate their guests, so great has been the rush, and every cottage and boarding house which had room to spare has been filled to overflowing. The visitors have come, from every part of the Union—North, South, East and West—the Branch in particular seeming to be to the Southern people what Paris is to Americans in general. Dark-eyed haughty bélles, stately dowagers and knightly gen- tlemen, the representatives of a cause that is lost and a chivalry that is decaying, meet in bonds of amity and peace with their ancient ene- mies; the Louisianian, the Carolinian and the Yan- kee cordially unite in “shaking hands across the bloody chasm,” and in a spirit of mutual forbear- ance and forgiveness drown all bitter memorics of the pastin the happiness and enjoyment of the present. Prominent among the representatives of Southern wealth and fashion have been the visitors from Texas—splendid-looking fellows, with hardy look, eagle eye and manly form—polished gentile- men, though exposed to ordeals in their wild fron- tier State which would draw the gentility ana good breeding out of most men of an ordinary mould, They are decided favorites with the young ladies of the romantic school, and ee A a sly flirtation takes place in the moonlight under the verandah or along the beach, in which they figure as princt) which muslin and broadcloth happ! together. e great advantage which a waterin; possesses over a@ city is the habit it teaches lazy people of rising early. Those who will tear them- selves from their beds about sunrise will be amp!; rewarded for the sacrifice. At that time the air is deliciously cool, the dew of the night still lies upon the grass, and the view seawards, as the rising sun tints the waves with all the colors of the rainbow, is lovely in the extreme. The white masts of the schooners stand out in the imperfect light like sentinels of the ses, while every now and then @ pleasure boat, filled with a group of early risers, will dart out to inhale the invigoratin; is and in mingle place Carts and cartmen, 17; coaches, 15; express, 4; venders, 41; stage coaches, 60; porter, 1; pawn- broker, 1; junkshops, 4; second hand dealer, 1; drivers, 182, Total licenses issued, 276, There was brought to the Morgue last night from the foot of Twenty-first street, East River, the body of an unknown man, age about thirty years, height five feet six inches, brown hair. He had on a white cotton shirt, slate-colored corded pants and heavy boots. The body was too much decom- posed to be placed in the Morgue. The remains of an infant so far advanced in de- composition that the sex could not be ascertained, were found in the basement of the unoccupled house No. 25 Commerce street, owned by Mr.. William S, Waterman. The body was sent to the Morgue and Coroner Schirmer notified. Nothing could be learned concerning the parentage of the child. Fire Marshal McSpedon reports twenty-two fires for the week ending August 24, at noon. The esti- mated loss is $14,160; amount of insurance, $66,800, The causes of the several fires were as follows:— Carelessness of occupants and employés, 5; children playing with matches, 1; foul chimneys, 2; gaslight set fire to window curtains, 1; gasoline Jamp, ex- losion of, 1; gaspipe, crack in, 1; grease falling into fire, 1; kerosene lamps, Lots of, 7; kero- sene lamps, upsetting of,1; malicious mischief, 1; overheated stove, 1. Total, 22. THE FRIGATE NUMANCIA. Nothing further has been developed in relation to the grounding of the Spanish frigate Numancia in the Lower Bay, as the Coast Survey steamer which is to convey Professor Mitchell to her anchorage has not yet gone down the bay. Professor Mitchell will start early on Monday morning, and expects to be able tomake his report bo Tuesday afternoon, or perhaps Wednesday morning. PATALITIES IN WESTCHESTER, At Yonkers, Westchester county, yesterday, Coro- roner Smith held an inquest on the remains of Mrs, Sophia Davis, an elderly lady, whose death was occasioned by falling into a well on the premises of her son-in-law, with whom she resided in Palisade avenue, It seems that the deceased had only been absent from the house @ few minutes, when she was missed by her relatives, who, on looking through the grounds, found that she had jallen into an im- pane te d guarded well. When taken out life was found to be extinct. A verdict was rendered ac- cordingly. Deceased was nearly ninety years old. The same official also held an inquest at Sing Sing on the body of a colored man named Hiram Ransom, who was accidentally drowned on Friday in a mill pond at randreth’s Bridge. Deceased was engaged pulling ont some old timbers which had fallen from the bridge, when he lost his balance, and, failing head foremost, stuck fast in the mud at the bottom of the pond, When extricated he was @ corpse. On Friday the mutilated remains of an un- known man, dressed in the garb of @ laborer, were found on the Hudson River run over hy @ train during the previous night. Nothing was found on the body which could lead to its tdentity, Coroner Smith held an inquest, which resulted ina verdict of accidental death being rendered, GALLANT TOM WILLIAMS, To THE LpITOR OF THE HERALD:— I witnessed last evening one of the most gallant actions I have seen for some time, the more so as the principal actor was a young gentleman of about eighteen years old. There were @ carriage and a pair of horses standing a little way up Bond street from Broadway, with one occupant (@ lady), and no driver in attendance, when an alarm of fire was sounded. On the approach. of a fire engine the horses started at full speed for Broadway, and, before I could under- stand what was the matter, a young gentleman, seeing the danger of horses, carriage and oceareas rushed to the rescue of the fair individual and suc- ceeded in stopping the horses after one and him- self had fallen. The coachman then came up and hurriedly drove off, and no one a8 much as turned round to thank this gallant feliow, The proba- Ruilroad, near Peekskill, having evidently been | breezes of Old Ocean. This is the hour par lence for @ delightful bath—the water 18 of the Proper temperature, the waves are neither too high nor too low, and the cool wind of the morning is an admirable bracer for the balance of the day. Very few stir abroad at this early hour, but by six o’clock groups begin to pour towards the beach, the ladies in thin costume of simple white, lookin, Perfectly bewitching, a fact of which their attend- ant cavaliers seem to be fully aware. In a few minutes the ladies reach the bathing boxes, and after an interval emerge completely meta- morphosed. Part of the loxurious heads of hair have for the time been carefully laid aside; the bal- ance has been gathered into a tight knot; the little bare feet are encased in tiny slippers, and a bath- ing costume is loosely drawn around the form, Leaving every beauty free To sink or swell as Heaven pleases. An hour's Lect in the waves gives everyone a splendid appetite for breakfast, and on the return to the hotel the morning meal is eaten with a zest to which the city belle while in the city is an entire stranger. The hour between bathing and dinner is the most dreary part of the day, and the worst qualities of human nature develop themselves in the interval. It is too hot to boat, too hot to ride, the children are peevish and their mammas unusually cross; servants are rebellious, hotel clerks {ll tempered and colored waiters overbearing. There is nothing left for the women to do but discuss the fashions, and the dresses of rivals are criticised with savage severity, while the sterner part of the population crowd the bar-rooms and discuss the merits of Grant and Greeley with a degree of spirit which, under other circumstances, would seem wholly un- necessary. The consumption of brandy punches, sherry cobblers and mint jullps is enormous, the bartender standing out a picture of happiness in the midst of the surrounding misery. At the risk of being slighted by their beaux, fashionable pais ladies will appear in the plainest aisabtile, thi quantity of muslin dresses they spoil in a day bein, enongh to make the fortune of the Long Branc! laundresses. Nobby qorbs men, who are the very ‘lass of fashion and the mould of form, in the even- ing lazily recline upon lounges, endeavoring to smoke cigarettes; but the effort is too much. The cigarettes are thrown Gig A and they look the very picture of helpless imbe: ility. At four o’clock matters begin to wake up a little, the ladies recover their temper and hurry off to dress for the rd dinner, the gents throw off their lethargy and exchange their linen suits for cos- tumes of more conventional gentility, the air is becoming gradually cooler and life becomes much more enjoyable. Full dress is not much affected at the hotels at tne Branch, but now and then a fashionable belle who cannot consent to conceal the glowing beauties of her form wiil appear tu all the unadorned beauty of low neck and short sleeves, the observed of all observers. A dining room at the West End or the Ocean House is an in- teresting study. Here may be seen every type of beauty and ugliness—the brilliant ~ brunette and the soft-eyed blonde, “the fair, the dark, the stout, the tall’—young girls just on the verge of womanhood and Fonng. ladies who cling des- rately to a girlhood which 1s rapidly passing away, 4 looking over the dining room at the West End Hotel toca I saw many such, the two kind being juently members of the same family, The elder sister, whose beauty is fading, will look with envy upon the younger, whose charms are just in the bud, and recalls with a pang of bitter regret the days when she, too, was young and beautiful. Here may be seen & widow lady and her three mar- riageable daughters, who should have long since been matrons, but who sttll believe in the potency of their charms, and look out for the coming man with more money than brains, who will rescue them from a life of bitter humiliation and constant misery. They have haunted the various watering places for | years, but he has not come yet. Sometimes a gol- den chance is thrown in their way, but a younger and fairer rival carries off the prize from under their very eyes, and the hopes which are fondly raised are suddenly dashed to the ground. The; still —_ and chat gaily as of yore, but a cold feel- ing gathers about the heart when the thought comes on thet, neither cosmetics, false hair nor teeth will be able to long stem off the rigors of aj proaching age. There are many of these Dalrymple girls in the world. ey have come to be insepar- able from watering places, and it is sad to witness how many natures have been hopelessly soured, who if they had worked out their manifest destiny would have made loving wives and happy mothers, At five o’clock life at the Branch is again in full blast. Groups gather upon the plazzas of the cot- ind hotels to look out for the last arrivals by the evening train, the leading belles, queens of beauty and of fashion, amxiousiy waiting to see will some new star come upon the scene to supplant them, the ladies, who want to get married, won- dering will fate dlrect the wandering steps of some bilities are that both horses and occupant would have been killed. On some gentleman inquirin, | his name, &c., he said, “No more, sir, but Tom Wil- Hams, of’ Staten Island, at your service.” * e juestion you will enlighten mais ag: ANY ANXIOUS INQUIRERS, AUGUST A, 1872, AN EYE WITNESS, unhappy Victim who might prove an eligible match to their vicinity. The omnibuses roll up, empty their loads, and Mab hs | is quiet again, save when the sound of jappy greeting and emothercd kisses is hear m lovers who frem each other for in becomes crowded as the shades of e ifby arrange! it, it in Glace med thet an matual ment, ver it is not good for man (or woman either) to be alone, and parties of two can be seen promenading far into the night. The amount of flirtation car- ried on is ineredible, and while some of the love Passages end jast where they began, others bear tter fruit, and the courtship of the watering- Place in the Summer ripens into an engagement in e Autumn and a marriage in the Winter. In the Spacious parlors of the West End, and on the veran- 5 who do not care to roam by the “sad se& waves’ form themselves into groups. Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spake again, and song and while away the long Summer evening. The gen! m who do not care for ladies’ society stroll across to John Chamberlain’s luxu- rious club honse whose doors are “ever open to the incu th oraeetug rete ho a ming races, the sport at Sara- toga, the beauties at the Branch and Dther kindred topics which fast young men usually indulge in. sy midnight most people have retired to bed; those who are forsuni <4 enough i bare en; Shey Well aecomm: Ww e unfortunate wights who arrived late have to con- tent themaeives with cells to hold 6 small bed, in which you sit and use your wash- stand asa Litany yaa Such is a day's life at the ee and it is same at all other great water- le presence of General Grant is the mag- net of attraction for most le, pass but he has crowds of callera. fie has the repute tion of being a good listener, and he must be pos- sessed of considerable ee to give an ear to all who wish to talk to him. He won golden gpintons from the pious at the Ocean Grove Cam) leeth nd it is not too much to say that his vial to the tents of the secured the Methodiat vote beyond the shadow of a doubt. He will remain here until the close of the season, and will then hag hey his erduoae Austen in Teminatoe, Whee perform for tour years r, if Greele, does not relieve him of the vf a ier ig Very few political celebrities remain here now; they have all departed, and others will soon follow them. In a few weeks the beach will be desolate, the corridors of the hotels will be deserted, the aristocratic turnouts will have disappeared, and the gay crowd who have made the Branch attrac- tive and lively ‘Will fold their tents, Ike the Aral And lent Mont awagsn® ATADh FORGERY IN JERSEY OITY. Aman giving the name of Roger E. Boyle was arrested in Jersey City yesterday on the charge of presenting a check of $400 for payment on the Hud- son County Bank, which was drawn by D. W. Oliver, of Bayonne, and endorsed by Mr. B, F, Woolsey. The teller peccere @ fraud refused to pay the amount and the stanger was arrested. It was then discovered that the signature was a forgery. The accused is @ respectable looking man, but his con- duct was so strange that there are grave doubts of his sanity. He is a native of England, and resides in Bayonne. Acard found on his person bore the name of a nymph in Greene street, New York. MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. OCAGLIERISI—CoTTLE.—On Thursday, August 22, 1872, at the residence of Dr, Hubbell, Soutn Wash: ington square, by the Rev. W. P. Abbott, CHARLES F.C. CaGLirisi, of New York, to Miss L. Augusta CorTLE, of Boston. Boston papers please Cone. GoRMAN—McGory.—On. areday August 8, at St. Gabriel’s church, by the Rev. Father Clowery, JAMES GORMAN to ELLEN BY. No cards, FLANAGAN—DvUNLAP.—In New York, on Monday, August 12, by Rev. B. B, Leacock, JEREMIAH FLAN- AGAN to ¥ E. DUNLAP, both of this city. Died. BaiLEy.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, August 22, 1872, Laura, the beloved and only dat L, and the late Thomas T. Bailey, age« months and 5 days. The relatives and friends of the deceased are in- vited to attend the foneral, from the Fleet street Methodist Episcopal church, at one o'clock. BakcLay.—Drowned., at Belleville, N. J., on*Thurs-' day, August 22, 1872, JoHN, eldest son ef Samuel and Ann Eliza Barclay, aged 16 years, 11 months and 19 days. *Faneral will take place this (Sunday) afternoon, at two o'clock, from the residence of his parents, 222 Ninth avenue; thence to New York Bay Ceme- tery. BARKER.—On Friday, August 23, Tomas BARKER, in the 87th year of his eae The relatives and friends of the family ave re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, Angee 25, at two o'clock, from his late residence, 55 Lexington avenue. BEacH.—At Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday, August 2%, Harris, youngest daughter of jorge J. and Adeline A,-Beach, aged 5 years. BENNETT.—On Friday, August 23, 1872, Kars, be- loved wife of Martin Bennett, in the 37th year of her age, a native of the parish of Lusmagh, Kings county, Ireland, The friends, and those of her brothers, Baaaeee: and Patrick Killeen, are respectfully Invited to ai tend the funeral, on Sunday, August 26, at half- pare one o’clock P. M., from her late residence, 409 "Suan Oa Ratieedy moraing, August 24 REEN.—On Saturaay morning, Augus' 1 LEN, the beloved wife vf John "freon! in the 29th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family, and those of her pact Catharine and Julia Burke, are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Mon- lay morning, the 26th inst., from St. Gabriel's by ge East Thirty-seventh street, at ten o’clock Brown.—At Williamsburg, on Friday, August Loviss TaYLor, wife of Edward H. 0. Brown. ” The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend her funeral, from 216 Third street, this day (Sunday), at two o'clock P. M. BRUSNAHAN.—On Baturday morning, August EUGENE A., son of John and Mary Brusnanan, age 5 months and 16 ante The relatives and friends of the family are re- ectfully invited to attend the funeral, from 107 cri Eeeaeay this (Sunday) afternoon, at one o'clock. Byknes.—At Harlem, on Thursday, August 22, PaTRICK BYRNES, aged 38 years, a native of county Carlow, Ireland. His funeral will take place from his late residence, 1,986 Third avenue, on Sunday, August 25, at one o'clock. The relatives and friends of his family are invited to attend. Pa,, on Sunday, CaLLowAY,—In Tamaqua, a August 11, after a lingering illness, JaMES CALLO- way, in the 66th year of his age. CaRROLL.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, August 22, ALicg, wife of Cosmas Carroll. The relatives and friends of the family are re- ectfully invited to attend the funeral, from St. al’s church, corner of Court and Congress streets, on Monday, August 26, at ten o’clock A.M. Cassavy.—On Saturday, Angst 4 James L., in- fant son of James and ry Cassady, aged 1 year and 4 months. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his Fearen 468 Fourth avenue, on Sunday, 25th inst. ‘hg remains will be taken to Calvary Cemetery for interment. CLARKE.—On Saturday, August 24, WILLIAM JosEPH, youngest son of Matthew P. and Margaret J. Clarke, aged 1 year, 7 months and 18 days. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his grandmother, 480 Cherry street, on Monday, at two o’clock P, M. Craig.—On Friday, Au 23, JosePH A. CRAIG, aged 59 years and 3 months. ‘he friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 673 Eleventh avenue, to-day (Sunday), August 25, at one o'clock P. M. CRIMMENS.—On Thursday, be Sold 22, JOHANNAH, the wife of James Crimmens, of Newtown, parish of Shandrum, county Cork, Her relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 83 ian Los to-day (Sunday), August 25, at one o'clock. OURRAN.—On Friday, August 23, FRANCIS CUR- RAN, & native of county Tyrone, Ireland, aged 48 years. His relatives and friends, also those of his brother, Hugh, and of his brother-in-law, Charles McEntee, are requested to attend his funeral, on Monday, August 26, at one o'clock P. M., from his late residence, 448 West ee ae street. Curer.—On Friday, August J. Curer, of county of Waterfora, Ireland, aged 36 years. Relatives and friends of the fomilly. are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 553 West Twenty-sixth street, to-day (Sunday), at one P. M, DgRHAM.—In Brooklyn, N. Y., Saturday, August 4, MIOHARL J. DERHAM, aged 63 years. Funeral at three o'cldck from his late residence, 90 Pacific street. All friends are respectfully in- vited to attend, and San Francisco papers Bef (Ireland) jenae copy. a Dresnow.—At Brooklyn, N. Y., om Saturday, August 24, Joun F. Dissrow, aged 47 years, otice of funeral in Monday’s paper. DunGEY.—On Saturday, August 24, 1872, Taomas H, DunGey, aged 41 years. Friends of the family are invited to attend the faneral, from St, Ann’s church, Eighteenth street, hear Finn avenue, this (Sunday) afternoon, at two o'clock, FaraRar.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, August 22, Jonny, youngest son of John and Helen Fararer. The tuncral will take place this eres i mora- ing, from the residence of his parents, 28 Hampden Stree: FLYNN.—On Saurday, August 24, PATRICK FLYNN, of Mitchelstown, county Cork, Ireland, in the 65th year of his age, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the fumeral, from his late residence, 30 Varick street, on Monday afternoon, at one o'clock. é oat Friday, August 23, Evizaseru |ARDNE! a ars. The relatives ata friends of the family are ro- ectfully invited to attend the funeral, at the resi- dence of her brother-in-law. Daniel Van Reed, 98 East Fourth preeet on Tuesday morning, 27th inst., at ten o’cloch Ganpner.—On Wednesday, Angust 21, ELLa Louise GaRpnen, in the 19th year of her age, The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, which will take place to-day (Sunday), at half-past tw ‘clock, from her late residence, hter of Maris 21 years, 6 422 Kast 119th et. ALFRED SAMUEL, son of "nomen aay areeet 3 man, aged 8 years and 7 months. The relatives and friends are invited the funeral, this day (Sunday), at two Me from the residence of his parents, 283 Eleventh street, HARGROVE.—On Thursday, August 22, Mra. Exiza HARGROVE, in the 53d year ot her age, @ native of Kilkisheen, county Clare, Ire! The funeral will take place on Su: Cherry street. HEILY.—The relatives and friends of K. J. Helly funeral services of the’ latter, this (Sun after- noon, August 25, at three o'clock, at the ‘German pont and Clark, klyn, without further notice. Huston.—At Woodside, 1. Huston, aged 6 months and 10 days, ‘ Philadelphia papers please ' Jacops.—On “¥or of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Friends of the family are South Third stree' August 25, at two P. JULIAN, in the 67th year of The relatives and friends of the are re- spec! from his late residence, corner of Boston, Road and Seventh) treet, Morrisania, on orogeny C- ‘28th inet., “Sforthemptonshize (England) papera please copy.| jor m0) Lit re Mi ‘August 24, 18th, Mas between Sixth and Seventh avenues. ‘land. at half- Past one P, M., from her late sesidence, and Elizabeth gs are invited to attend the, Lutheran church, Henry street, between Pierre- L, on Satu August %4, HERBERT, son ‘iliam snd alae R Interment at Mt. Holly, N, J. gust daugh- LF ot B,J. and Mary Jacobs, aged 20 ‘moutas and funeral from residence of Brooklyn, JULIAN.—On Saturday, Hpiee 24, 1872, WILLIAM! invited to attend the funeral, street, ten o'clock. The remains will terred im the) Kenor.—On Satu! a ugust Loursa, wife of James Kenoe, 26 years, ‘The relatives and friends of the fanilly and those of her brothers, Patrick W. and Thomas Lee, are sea eratellys invited to attend the funeral, from the dence of her mother, Eighth avenue and foie 44 fifth street, on Monday mo} at nine o'clock, to. the Holy Nam the Church of roadway and Nine- ty-seventh street, where a solemn mass of Declare will be celebrated; thence Calvary’ KELL¥.—On Saturday, August 24, ELLEN, only! daughter of 1 ‘and Eli , montha and 2a es Holly, ageda yoar,-« Funeral from ‘the residence of her parents, East Sixty-fifth street, on Sunday, th t on o'clock PM. i vat gat Lxvi.—aAt Sarat Springs, on Friday morning, A it 23, of mee of the brain, Cumin esa in the 65th year of his age. ' The relatives and friends of the family are re- Spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the’ residence of his son, Joseph ©. Levi, 136 West, bak seeeh this Sunday morning, at half-past clock. Noricx.—The members of the Forty-fourth Street; Synagogue are invited to attend funeral of, their late fellow member, Mr. Charles ror 136 West Twelfth street, this Sunday morning, at half-past ten o'clock. I. 8, ISAAOS, Secretary. Lewis.—On Saturday, August 2, JosErH A. Lewis, in the 82d year of his age. eee ce as ae bela ii 23, Wi ‘YON.—At Yonkers, on ugast The L1aM A. Lyon, in the ath year of his age. Funeral from his late residence, Nort’ Yonkers, on Monday afternoon, i hice 26, at haif- past three o’clock. Carriages will be in waiting om the arrival of 1:45 train from Thirtieth street. [EAGHER.—Suddenly, on iday, August 23, WILLIAM MEAGHER, 85 years and 6 months. The relatives and is of deceased are es~ pecaly. invited to attend the funeral, from enty-second street, South Broo! thence to . Paes, to-day (Sunday), at half-past two o'clock: P. Morris.—On Fri August 23, JoHN MoRRIs, aged 81 years, Seen Crane Wexford, Ireland. e relatives and friends of the family are re- dag, August 2 trom his brotier's residence 10: . 8 m_his brother's ni natopher street, at one o'clock P. M. a i MULLIGAN.—PATRIOK MULLIGAN, & native of the county Roscommon, Ireland, in the 69th year of his -Fourth street, residenee, Mra. McDermott, 55 King (Sunday), August 25, at half-past one o’clock P. M., t0 Calvary Cemetery. 4 NEEDHAM.—On Se August 23, aftera short . illness, ae beloved of John Needham, in the: 59th year of her age. Fanieral will ve from her late residence,, Mo! ja, on Monday, August 26, at two o'clock P.M. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend. Hartford (Conn. re please copy. OREErE“On rt A it 2 after 8 short. KEEFE, aged 3 rears. eve illness, Epwarp 0") The relatives and friends of the spect invited to_attend the funeral, his late residence, 80 Division street, on Monday, Al it 26, at two o'clock P. M. O'NEILL.—On Saturday, At it 24, MARY ARN, the’ beloved wife of John O’Neill, in the 23d year of her The Telatives and friends of the family are in- vited to md the funeral, on Monday, ty tt at two P, M., from her late residence, 167 avenue, ‘ital ede inane of S. B. Provost, of Stamford, Conn., aged 75 years. ‘Reintives ‘and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, at 160 126th street, Harlem, on Monday Peep tna Beem Set 24, 1872, CaTHE~ LY. child of Youn an RIN ungest id Margaret Reilly, aged io months and 13 dgys. ae Pa eral from the lence of her RB East Twenty-fourth street, this day (Sunday), at half-past one o’clock P. M. latives and friends! Please accept this notice. Ricn.—At Northport, L. L, on Friday, August 23, GERTRUDE, nats child of George W. and Linie Rich, aged 10 months. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral on Sunday, August 25, at tnree o'clock. Roan.—On Thursday, August 22, MIOHABL, beloved: husband of E. 0. Roan, aged 43 years. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 349 Seventh street, Jersey City, to- oa, (Sunday), at twelve o'clock M. ‘yan.—On Friday, ake 23, 1872, THADDEUS RYAN, son of. Mary and the late John Ryan, native fe. th fa will_take place fre his i pirat Eom bees nt eas of Thuleas, Tipperary, Ireland, aged 26 years. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to. attend the funeral, on Sunday, August 25, 1872, at’ one o'clock P. M., from his late residence, 876 Sixth avenue. 8t. Louis papers please copy. Seacnasne On Baturday morning, August oh Caan B., son of Martin and Catharina Schunkeisen, 10 weeks. ‘The friends and relatives are invited to attend the faneral, on Sunday, AI it 25, from 309 East Seventeeth street, at 2:80 P. M. SExrTo! Hoboken, on Saturday, August 24, WINNIFRED JEAN ad WILLIAM SEXTON. The funeral will take repo on Sunday, August 2%, from the residence of their parents, 127 ‘8t street. SHIELDS.—On Friday, August 23, 1872, JOHN SHIRLDS, aged 34 years, Funeral this (Sunday) afternoon, at one o'clock, from No, 49 Madiscn street. Members of Typo- graphical Union, No. 6, are invited to attend, Smrru.—Suddeniy, on Saturday, August 24, at. White Plains, Manta Surrn, adopted daughter of the late Samuel B. Combs. The relatives and friends of the family are re- ay invited to attend the funeral, from the rst Baptist church, corner ‘Thirty-ninth street ee Park avenue, on Monday afternoon, at two o'clock, Surron.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, August 22, Errincuam E, SUTTON. The members of Repubiic Lodge, No, 690, F. and A. M., are requested to attend the funeral of Brother EMngham E. Sutton, from his late resi- dence, 572 Pacific street, Brooklyn, on Sunday, August 25, at three o'clock P. M. JOHN L. REID, Master, TRAGENS.—On Friday, August 23, JosEPH TRAGENS, 4 native of Engiand, aged 47. The funeral will take place this (Sunday) after- noon, at two o'clock, from his late residence, 32 Carroll street, South brooklyn. TrpsiTs.—At his residence, Sands Point, L. I., on Saturday, August 24, 1872, Captain Hau J. Trnpits, formerly of Brooklyn, 16 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral, at Christ church, Manhasset, on Monday, 26th inst., at one o'clock P, M. Oars leave Hunter's Point at ii o'clock, and return at 3; carrtages will be in attendance. —On Thursday, Angnat 34, 1872, CHARLES |. TRASK, aged 50 years and 7 months, The relatives and friends of his family, and those of his brother, James W. Trask, together with tue members of rette Lodge, No. 64, F. and A, M., Mutual Bae Ball and Mutual Pleasure clubs are re- spectfully invited to attend his funeral, from his late residence, No. 28 Vandam street, on Sunday, ‘25th inst., at two o'clock. Tunriz.—On Thursday, August 22, after a linger. ing illness, Mary A., beloved wife of Archibald Turple, in the 49th year of her age. 6 relatives and friends of the family are respect fully invited to attend the funeral, from her late re- sidence, 212 Mad et, this (Sunday) after- noon, 25th inst., at two ofclock precisely, Vose.—On Friday, August 23, OHARLBS A, VosE, in the 60th year of his age, The funeral will take place on Sunday, Angust 25, from his late residence, 69 Cheever place, Brooklyn, at two P.M. Relatives and friends are respect- fully invited to attend. VaN EMBURG.—Suddenly, at Dethi, N. Y., Briney, July 28, CHESTER son of Lavina and the lal William Van Embu: f this city. ,Warrs.—On Thui Angues ‘22, 1872, JoserH W. Warts, son of Charles F. and Mary E. Watts, aged. 82 years, 1 month and 16 days. ILKINBON.—At Catskil, N, Y., HENRY ADAMS WILKINSON, son of Thomas P., and Sarah R. Wil- kinson, of Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 1 year, 4 months and 1 day, New Bedford papers please copy. Wryng.—In Brooklyn, on Friday, Anes. 1872, HARRY WINNE, youngest son of David P, and Mary A. Winne, aged 1 year and 6 months. The relatives and friends of the famfty are in- yited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, August 26, from the residence of his pergnts, 448 Gates avenue, Brooklyn, at two o'clock P. M, Youne.—On Friday, August 23, WriutaM Young, a native of Forfar, Scotland, aged 36 years. : The relatives and friends of the fmily are re- speotfally invited to attend the funeral, from hig mother's residence, 621 West poe street, on Sunday, August 25, at one o'clock P, M.* Forfarshire, Scotland, papers please copy, Na,