The New York Herald Newspaper, October 19, 1872, Page 8

THE GRAIN TRADE. ‘FLANKING THE CANADIAN INFLUENCE, The Erie Canal a Free Water-Course ' for Western Produce. A New Ocean Route to Eu- rope Suggested. A Radical. Change of the Canal Policy Inevitable. Bix Now Freight Lines Required from New York to the Great West. LAMENTATIONS OF THE MERCHANTS. Our exhaustive article on the grain trade of this ‘city, published on the 29th of September, in which ‘we fully demonstrated, by figures that could not be eontroverted, how materially this trafflc was @iverted from us by neighboring cities, has had the ‘most astounding effect upon the entire country. ‘The same day coptous extracts were telegraphed far and wide to the Associated Press, and asa matter ‘of course, EDITORIAL COMMENTS ‘were made thereon by nearly every journal pro and con, The Western, Eastern and Canadian news- papers especially interested themselves on the sub- ject, which is of no mean import to them all. We have endeavored to show how the completion of ‘the Pennsylvania canals have been brought into use for the purpose of securing to Philadelphia ® portion of the great Western trade, to counteract which the enlargement of the Erie nd Oswego canals was projected and completed. Then we touched upon the subject of the enormous imcrease in that line via the St. Lawrence River to Canada, and reviewed the present canal policy ‘pursued by our State government and suggested the proper remedy, whereby New York can retain that trafic, despite the great inducements offered to the Western producers by Philadelphia, Balti- more, Boston, New Orleans and Montreal. One of the many comments made upon our ex- hibit deserving attention is the following, taken from the St. Louis (Mo.) Democrat, which repub- Males our article entire, and says editortally :— It will be realized by the Henauo's article that the large mount of grain now moved ¥ROM CHICAGO TO RUROPE, via Memteok fe causing serious alarm in New York sy. ‘ity. And we! The Canadians are crowdlin; Chicago fn g1 at fore aroamong the heavies gnil boldest operato: . They deal enormously in grain a are mostly connected irectly. wit and direct their ship- Montreal will not, as @ matwr arse ship the produce she handle 8, despite the Jakes and the Erie can: gi the produce and provisions Chicago will handle in’ the ture will go abroad by the St. Lawrence River, even were the canalto-be made toll free and no charges to be for transfer at Buffalo. lew York has but one remody against the steady Ac; gline of her large produce and provision trade, and that in co-operating with St. Louis to take the grain and ‘meats of the West from us via New Orleans. It New York will spend half the money in erecting ocean facilities ike the grain which St. Louis can give her, from New. Orleans, which she has spent in furnishing river, canal and lake tonnage to take It from Chicago; if she will es- tablish a few branch grain and packing houses in St. Louis, put alittle money into barge lines to ply on our rivers, and give us a reasonable rate of freight jew Orleans to New York, she can completely FLANK THE CANADIAN INFLUENCE Chicago by getting the wheat, corn and hogs from first fangs vie St. Fouts and New Orleans. We offer ber a 1, @ large part ‘upper from Mater, route, open the year, around, ngainst one closed f half the year by ice. c offer her a large, steady trade during every month inthe year, against an irregular, vided and altogether uncertain trade from Chicago. few York city cannot afford to lose the produce and pro- vision trade of the West, because with {t will depart the importing and emigrant trade, and the day of the com. mercial decline of New York would have dawned from that hour. The first step New York should take in this matter isthe establishment of half a dozen strong grain- ying firms and packing houses here. The next step should be the putting on of DAILY LINE OF IRON GRAIN PROPELLERS from New Orleans to New York, able to carry Ce ge bacco and hides amidships and 50,000 bushels o ik grain in the hold. These two etepe would insure her mach more trade in grain and provisions than any one @reains of, and the things to be done to further increase this trade year by year would naturally suggest them- ves, How the above proposition can be carried into practical effect is not our province to speculate upon, but that there is a good point therein for our merchants to contemplate is certain and deserving of their serious attention. Great as is our grain commerce, being 88,712,785 bushels during the year 1871, or 459-13 per vent of the entire trade, yet, in pro- portion to our population, our natural scea- going outlets and our commercial wealth, we are rapidly retrograding. It must be remembered that within the past ten years our population has in- creased thirty-three and one-third per cen t, and at this ratio the first of the next century will witnes, gn inhabitance of nearly one hundred million souls in the United States, OUR TRANSPORTATION ROUT ES are not holding pace with the great demand for tarrying freights, and, not withstanding we possess fore railway surface than any other country, yet the capacity is by no means adequate to the de- gaand thereon. We fuily expect that our Legislature will adopt such measures at its next session in relation to our canals that we shall be able to record their speedy enlargement, The enormous revenue ‘whieh the Erie canal has thrown off since its com- pletion should act as A STIMULUS FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS. We only need a lengthening of the locks and the ecopHon of the tumbie lock gate, or if the canal could be widened so as to admit of steam naviga- tion without doing eRe to the sides by the “wash,” the freights could be brought from Buffalo to New York in six days, against fourteen, the present average time. A Minnesota newspaper authority says that “the proposed enlargement of the Welland and St, Lawrence canals, by which vessels can carry 50,000 bushels of grain tnstead of 16,000 or 17,090, wiil, When effected, offer a channel of communication between the Western producer and the foreign consumer by far the cheapest and quickest of any water line, and one which will easily compete th Lime with railroad transportation to the seaboard, New York commercial men see this, and realize that the Erie Canal must be practically thrown Open to cominerce free of TOLLS AND OTHER BURDENSOME CHARGES, ifa great portion of the foreign grain trade is not to be diverted from its present well worn grooves, One of the political conventions of the Empire State has already declared in favor of making THE ERIE CANAL A FREE WATER-COURSE for Western produce, and it cannot be doubted that public opinion is setting ba 1 in that direction, although {t may be two or three years before the conservative rural districts will consent to fo the income from @ public improvement, which has cost a score of millions of doliars, for the benefit of the foreign trade of New York ¥, Our contemporary may be right in his conclu- pat but it must be taken into consideration that New York has been the chief support of the Erie Canal since ite existence, and even if our “rural districts” should coinpiain at first, they will soon Hecome convinced that the growth oi our city's ‘trade enhances the wealtli of the entire Stute, and in the end they become the gainers, According to. computation made of THE CLOSE OF NAVIGATION ond canals baseckupon an aggregate of @ number ‘of years past, is shown @ result as follows :— he Hudsou River was closed during forty-seven ‘ears 3,41 days, or an average of 714-47, the gest period being 135 days, which happened in 1843, and the shortest time Was 47 days, in 1842, In thirty-seven years the canal navigation was open for 6,354 days, or an average Of 246 22-37 per annum ; thus barring navigation nearly 139 days in each year, THE ACCUMULATED PRODUCE in Western granaries must have been sent some- where, it being ie vege to bring the same to sea ris by water. Hence our railroads are brought to requisition, and the trafle belonging to the canals, then closed by ice, 1s carried via rail. Here comes the t cause of complaint. The roiling stock applicable for transportation of produce is sadly deficient and grudgingly furnisiied to our dealers, Now, the question naturally arises how to bate this evil? OUR GREAT RAILROADS centring in New’ York have more passenger trafic than is compatibie with their carriage of freight. Fast trains have the right of way and glow trains must lay on side tracks. Let there be one, two or half a dozen freight lines built from aoe gt ‘how advan’ us, can ‘us. Here the cen- er cities, no then deviate AND COMMERCE, ‘and a8 soon a8 ‘Tave’@ clear entry to our Sic tet ada ct atlases! shipping comes a ion 3 OUR MERCHANTS ARE LAMENTING the scarcity of cats whereon to ship their meoduees is not the cry of New Ys but She mater aa ihm another reason £. one year ago lake time, +7 ed. lence we. which cai t room, it occasion proposed fre! prevent any mnt condition of of have wh lt of for the remedy has gone by. ht railroad "east would glut, wand'it fs probable taut the Belg at that will ust maj and itis even prob- fui wich by the stendy aug. Relp ue out of our present nai of o1 te ge n i we Poe oe LJ rom Aoress the Missiasippl. “the building of railroad Tines in what soon be prosperous States willeach year add vast areas of arable land to the extensive tracts that now pour ‘cereal treasures into the lap of Chicago. The writer of this had a long interview with General Diven, Vice President of the Erie Railway. ‘This gentleman, w! A PRACTICAL RAILROAD MAN, says substantially the same as we do, that the present railroad facilities are by no means, for the Tapidly increasing commerce, Suiliclent, tances traversed by our three great roads from is as follows:—Via All , 1,000 miles ; ‘ork and Erie, 970 miles, and the Pennsyl- routes, which are by far the shortest, 706 miles. The regate capital of the three com- panies ig about jour hundred millon dollars, Thus the distances are too great to be proiitable at Tuling rates of freight. THE REMEDY PROPOSED 1s to build an air line to Chicago, with three tracks of steel rails, two of which are to be devoted ex- clusively to transporting Retna opie the other is to be used for passengers. hile it requires at resent an average of six mig be to bring heav, rains of produce to this city from the West, this new road, with one-half the expense, could pay a handsome dividend and deliver freight here in bulk within a hours of auipmens. At the last session of Congress a bill was introduced ask- ing consent to construct AN AIR LINE TO CHICAGO, subject, however, to the laws of the States through which the proposed icute will be located, The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee, where it remained, consequent upon the pressure of other important business, and itis hoped will be sed at the next session. General Diven estima‘ cost of such & road at $100,000,000, thoroughly equipped in every particular, The capital to con- struct the same has been pledged by European syndicates. Where collisions on railroads occur it can always be traced to the fact that FREIGHT TRAINS ARE IN THE WAY, Aline devoted exclusively to this traiic is safe and sure to bring trains through on time. The new dine proposed to be built will touch at Sandusky, Milton, take in the bituminous and anthracite coal flel Danville, Mauch Qhunk, Delaware Water Gap, and by a deviation avoid the New Jer- — Central Railroad to New York. ‘urther than this Commodore Dodge and Mr. Abbott have designed an air line to the Mississip| which is to run forty miles south of Chicago (whi ey ig to be reached by a branch road), charters and capital of which are already assured. If, therefore, all these projects are carried into effect, and the established roads—the New York Central in particular—act a little more liberal to- ward New York dealers and not make such large CONCESSIONS TO EASTERN TRAFFIC, we need feel no apprehension for our trade, and, instead of decrease, we may count fully upon an in- flux more than double that alienated from us by Boston, Montreal and Philadelphia, We are sure of THE TRADE IN LIVE STOCK; that is ours any way, and while we have lost on the grain trade we have maintained our position on provisions, Of the entire exports of the United States, New York has averaged within the past five years sixty-four per cent of the pork, eighty-two per cent of lard and eighty-four per cent of bacon, and beef in the same proportion. But with cheaper canal pelgtie we can obtain all the other, which we do not get under the present diversion, Our ratlroad corporations claim that an addition of rolling stock would tend to block oF the roads and casualties would increase manifold, as is the case in England, where railroad accidents averaged oe ecnt in ten years, en navigation closes at Buffalo the FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION are greatly diminished. To despatch ten trains of twenty-two cars a day, each car carrying ten tons, amounts only to 88,000 bushels, whereas from sixty to 100 canal boats are loaded and despatched every twenty-four hours during the time the canal is open, each boat carrying 4,000 bushels, thus trans- porting ten times the amount o! railroad capacity, with only one-third of the expenditure, From the report of the State Engineer, made to the Legislature at its last session, we’ find the traffic of the New York Central, Erie Railway and Brie Canal summed up as follows COMPARATIVE TONNAGE STATEMENT OF THE TOTAL Ne TONNAGE MOVEMENT OVER THE NEW YORK STATE CANALS, NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD AND ERIE RAILWAY, TOGETHER WITH THE RECEIPTS PER TON PER MILE ON EACH, FROM 1860 TO 1871 IN- CLUSIVE- New York State Canale, New York Central Ratlroae Brie Railay, ge 5 Rg Tone moved S, ‘one mile. | % Year. | Tons moved ‘one mile. Tons moved one mile, C 199,231,392 ishsaeere 492 206,95 2 312,195,796 314,081,275] 2. pa'9u3\606| 3 831,075,517 60 16995225 190 iy 9, 153,611 ‘904,361,672 |0.8 0} "769,087,777 0.37144, o00) *Includos Hudson River Railroad, 150 miles. For ten years previous to 1870 the canals carried about twenty-four per cent more freight than the New York Central and Erie Railroads together. The following shows the length and the cost of construction and EQUIPMENT OF THESE THREE GREAT TRUNK LINES. ai Cost, New York State Canals.............. + + $80,710,882 New York Central and Hudson Riv Nes tH pes . 40 >) 2.463 The average yearly business upon the canals for nine years following 1860 is nineteen per cent greater than the business for that year, while upon the railroads of the State the increase | the business of 1860. TOTAL NUMBER OF TONS MOVED ‘ one mile on all the canais and railroads in the State in the ten years from 1860 to 1869 inclusive Was 19,662,593,782. Of this amount the canals, with an average season of less than seven. and one-half months in each year, transported 49 3-10 per cent, or very nearly one-half; and all the ratiroads, in Operation the whole time, transported 51 8-10 per cent. In several of these years the CANALS TRANSPORTED MORE FREIGHT in seven and one half months than ail the railroads in the State did in the whole twelve months. In in this State, and in 1870 there were 4,778, an in- crease Of 1,627 miles, ‘The trafic of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and Erie Railway for one year, end- ing December, 1871, in tous, may be compared by the following table :— New York Erie Central. —-Railicay. Lumber, staves, &c. F405 “aol ah Animals,........ 319.785 * Tosoo8 9 cultural products... ices 4,852,086 88 OF GRAIN CARRIED ntral is 714,249 tons, while in animals it was 389,119, But in coal traffic the Erie Railroad stands almost alone. The Erie Railway delivered at their elevators or on steamers, trom yO to June 90, 1872, the following amount of grain :— January THE F: by the New York ( 267,197,400 1,500,700 senses 268,608,100 ed of oats, corn, wheat and 0 the bushel, Which makes @ total carriage of 5,373,962 bushels for six months, The Erie Railroad Company have formed a CONNECTION WITH THK WHITE STAR LINE of steamers, and are bringing ireight from the West, for which they give bills o1 lading through to Europe. They aiso contemplate the erection of first class elevators and storehouses on their docks, when all the little petty chicaneries to which rain dealers have heretofore been subjected will be entirely overcome, This road is, strictly speak- ing, ONE OF OUR LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, and upon it we must base our chief reliance for Western through treight. As long as the New York Total. This grain was com barley, averaging 60 |) Central allow their rolling stock to be used on side tracks for the benefit of smail dealers in as been for | the same period cighty-nine Per cent greater than | he The dis- | 1860 there Were 3,146 miles of railroad in operation | ohecure localities, our dealers will remain the With the accomplishment of the above maclutary were tic has Jaron foe 'an whieh, rogers tant fact of the close proeitaty eat torino Southern sealioard, atthougt ft requires nN eh: with the River, at pg. ~~ Va., and through iter stream. wit gplare river system of, the. Went, Cl the} i and ari Rivers an their numerous tribut the day 1s not far dis- po ae nr be forthcoming to ac- Such & route would bring produce direct to the seaboard without rehanaling, offering ofnew je trade belongs on. the River, : A NEARER yr? BOUTB TO BUROFR. The Sintanee from Norfolk, Va., on Che: ke Bay, to Point Pleasant, on the Ohio River, the Seog titi dba ett ett vera, col ol- lowing water line of comm 7 vii qemu Rapeneney wianenne ive From Lynchburg to Buchanas by canal 0 From Buchanan to Covi ‘by canal ton to Greenbrier River, by wu Sane ‘ne vigation navigation River pavigation. The only portion of this route not completed is about: two hundred and eighty-nine miles, of which only eighty-one miles require excavation and 208 miles necessitate locks and dams in the river channels. Shouid this great water route become a reality, providing a clear navigation for ten months in the ah thus connecting the river system of the West w A SEAPORT AT NORFOLK equal to New York or es other Atlantic port for foreign export trade, this work would assume vastly more importance as a competitor for Western commerce than has heretofore been ac- corded to it, The Kanawha route between the east and west has a canal‘navigation nearly one hundred miles less than the Erie Canal from Buffalo, and there are only three degrees difference in longitude be- tween Ruffalo and Norfolk—the latter pl ed in the same longitude of Syracuse. Its line is al- most directly west to the Mississippi. With the river, gulf and ocean @ quadrilateral route is formed, free of all tolls, The St. Lawrence route triangulates the route through New York, with only Oe to sixty-nine miles of ship canal, adapted to large ocean ships of 1,200 to 1,500 tons. ‘This route is, moreover, nearly one thousand mties less in distance FROM CHICAGO TO LIVERPOOL than by the New York route. This route south of us, Boston and Montreal on the cast, Baltimore, fed ana supported by that immense monopoly— the Baltimore and Ohfo Railroad South, and Phila- delphia bolstered up by the entire strength of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad—mi well cause our merchants some uneasiness, a! it behooves them to adopt the most stringent measures, not only to induce new trade to come to this city, but endeavor to recover that we have already lost and will continue to lose through nothing else but apa- thy and mismanagement, ‘The time has arrived when THE TRANS-ATLANTIC TRADE of the country is sharply competed for, Is our cit; and State prepared for such a competition, and, moreover, with the fact that every seaport is arrayed ‘ainst us? We answer no. Our canal policy requires a radical change, and our railroad companies must be made to understand that some- thing more than huge dividends to stockholders is required of them, and that the LIFE AND PROSPERITY of the great metropolis largely depend upon their readiness to ane a freight as rapid and at as low rates as possible, If our canals be enlarged and are ready to accommodate the business, capi- tal will be deterred from investment in other en- He gps especially if the time between Busfalo and New York is reduced from the present two weeks a trip to three or four days, Then we will find that we have every advantage in possessing a trade which it will be diMicult to turn from its ac- customed channels, and the rich products of the West will continue to come to us in spite of all op- position. THE SING SING FIRE, An Indignant Taxpayer Denies the Charges of Negligence and Incompe- tency of the Firemen in Subduing the Recent Conflagration. SING Srna, Oct. 16, 1872, To THE EpITok OF THE HERALD:— I noticed an article in the issue of your paper of the 14th inst., under the head of the “Sing Sing Fire,” which certamly is-calculated to misrepre- sent and otherwise injure part of the citizens of this place. As firemen we do not think we are immaculate nor very different from firemen of other villages with the same opportunities that we pos- sess; but that we are the fiends and inhuman wretches spoken of in that article is a libel on every one and can be hurled back with perfect vengeance and more truthfulness in the teeth of the informer of your corre- spondent, who, with some few others, would wish it were so than otherwise, “A leading man,” your correspondent says. Now what he leads would be hard to tell, unless it is the poor man's earnings into his purse, without any equiva- lent, and too mean and penurlous to contribute one cent willingly for the proper government of our village, and undoubtedly has taken this mode to cast his insinuations upon his better class, for fear that we shall be taxed a few dollars for the making of some necessary improvements to put our village in a good defence in case of tire. As to the fire spoken of, it was first discovered about twenty minutes past twelve A. M., in the most quiet part of the night, there having been a political proces- sion the evening previous, which kept most of the inhabitants up until alate hour before retir- ing, consequently they were very tardy in getting to the fire, giving it great headway. Having broken out in @ row of wooden tinder boxes, “stores,” two of which were constructed about three years ago, entirely of wood, not a brick or even ‘poe of any kind in them, therefore a pile of wood and shavings, constructed expressly for a bonfire, could not have been more combusti- ble, aud so intense was the heat and so high the flames that in a few moments, witha soutierly wind, bow lapped across the street to the new brick buildings, with wooden cornices and glass fronts, that were consumed like the dew. The fire- men were promptly on the ground, as usual, and doing their utmost to put out the fre, assisting in carrying out goods and furniture, and relieved the sufferers in every manner possible, by their engines draining first one well and cistern and then another, until their labors had ex- hausted all in the vicinity, and stopping the devouring element seemed almost hopeless; when asudden thought from the multitude gave vent to the word that there was a manhole in the Croton aqueduct adjoining Tompkins Market, about four hundred feet from the conflagration, No sooner said than done, The firemen sprung to the rescue and took up the iron trap, lowered the suction pipe, and in less than fifteen minutes from ting had the Croton stopping tho flery elements it as it was about to leap across the street atthe cad of Central avenue, thereby saving a, still larger district of wooden and other buildings that must have been destroyed. Not until half-past seven in the morning did the firemen get any chance for cessation of labor, hardly a moment's relief, and, with a few exceptions, citizens standing in masses of hundreds being coaxed, begged of and every other inducement offered, but they indig- By publishing the above you will confer a favor on ali respectable and law-abiding citizens of the Village of Sing Sing, and oblige yours, A TAXPAYING CITIZEN, Fireman and Trustee of said village. ESSEX MARKET POLIOE OOURT, Doolan o’ Kildare, The returns at this Court yesterday were very light—moet of them cases of intoxication and dis- orderly conduct. Judge Shandley disposed of the morning watch in about half an hour, and the after- noon calendar was lighter still, as only six or seven cases were brought before the notice of His Honor. Among the number was that of John Doolan, a tallor, who was accused of attempting to kiss @ lady in Grand street. Mr. Doolan was not sober, but he was gorgeously arrayed, and his dark hair was oiled and curled within an inch of his life. He was highly indignant at having to suffer the ig- nominy of wating, the streets accompanied by a oliceman. His blood botled up at the thought of it, 80 he expressed himsclf to thomagistrate :— “OL am a gentleman, kag Shandley, and ff in the warmth of my heart for a beautiful lady, I would like to know what there is in the constitution of the United States or of the State of New York to have me thus vilely dragged before a police justice like a common crim- inal. Jutge—But you have insulted a respectable woman, Mr, John Doolan—No, sir; I would never insult any woman, Ol aim of the best biood of the county Kildare. Judge—I have no doubt of it; but the best blood of Kildare will get drunk once in a while, Mr, John Dovlan—Your Honor, if you mane to Say that-I am suifering from the effects of liquor, with all due deference to Your Honor’s perception, L must say you are mistaken, sir, Oi never indulge in intoxica’ beverages except once ina while I glass of German ale, otwithstanding your eloquence, Mr. on the present occasion, I am afraid I will have to commit you, The amorous tailor was thereupon placed for a fomporary period im the tender mercies of Mr. Sul livan, the Keeper of Essex Market Prisons called | | nantly scoifed at us, and tle village trustees re- | fused, saying, ‘Go to work yourself.” feel an admiration | FISH CULTURISTS IN COUNCIL. id Meeting of Fish Commissioners and Fish Cultur- iste—Government Appropriations—Stocking the Rivers with Shad—A Quarter ofa Mil- lion of Salmon Eggs Presented to the United States by Germany. In pursuance of a call by Professor 8. F. Baird, the United states Commissioner of Fisn and Fisheries, a meeting was held at the office of Page, Kidder & Co., No. 10 Warren street, in this city, on Wednesday afternoon, Of the State Oommission- era there were present Dr. W. Fletcher, of Con- cord, N. H.; Dr, M. C, Edmunds, of Weston, and Dr, M. Goldsmith, of Rutland, Vt.; Mr. W. W. Hud- son, of Hartford; Mr. Robert G. Pike, of Middle- town, and Mr. James A. Bell, of Lyme, Conn. ; E. A. Berckett, of Winchester, Mass.; Mr. J. H. Barden and Mr. A, A. Read, of Rhode Island; Hon. R. B Roosevelt, of New York, and Dr. J. H. Slack and Dr. B. P. Howell, of New Jersey. Besides these gentlemen, Commissioners of their respective States, there were several gentlemen of the American Fish Culturists’ Association, and others; among them Colonel Worrall, of Pennsyl- vanla; Dr. Sterling, of Cleveland, Ohio; Maddens Norris, of Philadelphia; Rev. William Clift, of Con- necticut; Seth Green, of Rochester; B. B. Porter, of een and Mr. George Shepard Page, of this chty. Hon. R. B. Roosevelt was chosen chairman, and Mr. Hudson secretary. SPEECH OF MR. ROOSEVELT. On taking the chair Mr. Roosevelt sald:— GentLxmen—I am not responsible for this meeting, and Ihardly know the specific purposes for which it was called, except perhaps that we may hold a consultation among ourselves, and by our action, #0 far as we can affect It, call the attention of the public to the cause in which We are all interested, and pointout the importance of the subject of fish culture to the whole country, Itisa matter which is growing steadily in the public esteem, and will im time, whether short or long, one of the most’ important industries in’ the country, and ‘the speedy. consummation of this result’ depends somewhat upon our efforts and the general intelligence in regard tot. It is only & few years since fish culture was first. known in this coun- try. | The success of the experiments made here, origh- ating in Connecticut, have led to a development that al- ready has caused the creation of fishery commissioners in most of the Northern States and even In California. The subsequent results were of #0 encouraging # character that even the Southern and Western States have ex- rexsed their desire to unite in this movement, It was jargely at their request and with their support that I was enabled at the last session of Congress to carry out the views of the gentleman at whose office we ineet and his associates, and to give to the United States Commissioner the appropriation to enable him to rocure the eggs of shad and salmon, &c., and to des- ribute them through the country, I tound the liveliest interest In this subject among ‘the members from the South, who were very earnest that the efforts which had been made successtil at the North should be directed towards their section, and if they were not in a condition themselves to render efficient aid, that the United States should take some, part In helping them to develop thelr resources in this direction. ‘This meeting has been called at the request of the Commissioner of United States, and I presume he will explain the purposes he has in view, and point out the mode of effecting them. PROFESSOR BAIRD’S REPORT. Professor Baird then gave a succinct account of his own operations in the administration of the trust committed to him—namely, the propagation of useful food fishes in the waters of the United States. He referred in the commencement of his statement to the origin of the movement when the American Fish Culturists’ Association, at its Albany meeting in February, 1872, appointed Mr. George S. Page as the chairman of a committee to urge upon Congress the granting of an ap- propriation for this work. This appropriation, which was finally made, to the amount of $15,000, was not available until the 1st of July, when it was almost too late todo any- thing in securing young shad for distribution; but, through the efforts of Mr. Seth Green and Mr, Wil- lian Clift, seconded by the Fish Commissioners of New York and Connecticut, a beginning was made. Mr. Green succeeded in planting several thousand oung shad in the Alleghany at Salamanca, and a jarge number in the Mississippi above St. Paul. Clift placed about four hundred thousand also in the Alleghany at Salamanca, as many more in the White River at Indianapolis, and the balance of his stock, amounting to several thousand, in the Platte River, near Denver, Colorado, Professor Raird referred to the fact that shad had been taken for several years past im the Ouachita, nyar Hot Springs, Ark., and in the Alabama River, and more recently in the Escambia and Choctaw- halchee. This fact gave good ground to suppose that the Mississippi or its tributaries, as well as many of the rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, are capable of being stocked to a great extent with suad, He proposed, should Congress favor the plan, to continue the experiment of placing shad in as many suitable Southern and Western rivers as possible during the coming year, when, it is hoped, he may have the means of entering the field at a much earlier season than it was possible to do this year, Hc then explained the measures he had taken to pata salmon eggs for stocking American waters, He had, in accordance with suggestions of the commissioners of several States, at a meeting held in Boston on the 13th of, June, made an arrange- ment with Mr. Atkins, of Bucksport, Me., to pro- cure for the United States a large number of eggs from the salmon of the Penobscot River, This gentleman, by the aid affo\ded him by the United Stutes Commissioners, had been enabled greatly to extend the operations originally undertaken in the interest of the New England States, and now has about six hundred large, healthy salmon in an enclosure staked oi in the centre of a pond of 150 acres, From these fish the eggs are to be taken at the acy od time and impregnated, the salmon themselves then to be again set free. From this source he hoped to receive several million of eggs. Wishing to increase the certainty of secur- ing a supply of eggs he entered into correspond- ence with the officers of the Deutsche Fisherei Verein, in Germany, and through their influence the German government had kindly offered to pre- sent to the United States 250,000 cegs of salmon irom the Rhine, on the sole condition that the United States should employ an expert to accom- pany the eggs to the piace of shipment. This condition was gladly accepted, and sub- sequently a contract was made with Mr. Schuster, of Freiburg, jor 250,000 mre eggs of the same variety of salmon. ‘These, it is expected, will ve cared for and transported to the coast by Mr. Rudolph Hepel, an experienced fish culturist, and itis even hoped that he may ac- company the valuable cargo—which will weigh 6,000 pounds—to America, In accowiance with the suggestion of the meet- ing at Button, it was decided to try to secure an additional supply of cage from Caitfornia, and Mr. Livingston Stone was despatched for that object early in August. He established himself on the Mount Cloud River, a tributary of the Sacramento; but, contrary to the expectation, derived from the most trustworthy iniormation, found he was a little toa Jate, the spawning season having already passed. A most interesting report by Mr. Stone of his work was read, in which he expressed the opinion that, inasmuch as he had already erected a hatch- ing-house and solved many of the problems which were necessary to be decided, the prospect ior securing many millions of eggs next year Is excel- lent, provided the ground be occupied as early as the 20th of July, Some ten or fifteen thousand eggs were obtained this season, and may be ex- pected beiore long. Great interest was manifested in the re- ort of Professor Baird, and more than wo hours were spent in the discus- sion of a variety of questions as to the best kinds of fish to be introduced; the localities where the Rhine, the Sacramento and the Penobscot salmon should be placed, the number of eggs that each of the commissioners would under- take to hatch out, the influence of ponds upon the destruction of fish, &c. ‘The genticinen present expressed their earnest desire that the operations so auspiciously begun aa be carried forward from year to year to a satisfactory conclusion, At the close of the meeting Mr. Page read a letter just received from Japan, as to the method of fish culture in that countr THE LOTIIE STANTON ASSAULT, Bernstein Balled. Daniel J. Bernstein, implicated with Joseph Dempsey in the assault on Lottie Stanton, of 18 West Thirteenth street, was yesterday brought be- fore Coroner Young, at the City Hall, by Captain Byrnes, of the Fiiteenth precinct, and admitied to bail in the sum of $1,000 to appear when wanted by the authorities as a witness against Dempsey. Daniel Winants, a butcher of Catharine Market, became bondsman for Bernstein, who thereupon ‘was discharged from custody. The friends of Pompey, are using every means in their power to effect his liberation, and have em- ployed the services of an eminent sorgeon with the view of securing at the earliest moment a cer- tificate that Lottie is out of danger, so that the brutal! assailant can regain his liberty, Another consultation will be held in the case to- day by the medical gentlemen previously named, at which Deputy Coroner Marsh will be present in the interest of public justice, Lottie was consta- ered much better yesterday. THE JERSEY OITY BANK ROBBERY, Chief McWilliams Released on Bail—An- other Indictment Against Him. Chief of Police McWilliams was brought before the Court of Oyer and Terminer in Jersey City from the county jail yesterday, and his counsel moved that he be admitted to ball, Before that subject ‘was entertained, however, the Chief was arraigned on another indictment charging him with escaping from the custody of Deputy Sheriff Cronin. To tiis he pleaded not guilty, and the Court xed the bail @t $1,000. The bail on each of the four other indict- ments waa fixed at $7,000, or $29,000 in all. The following bondamen then came forward were accepted :—Ex-Police Commissioner John McCarthy, Oharles Scott (father of the City care Davia i Smith, William Whelan and Wililam ©, Whyte, ‘The Chief was thereupon released, and he lest the Court accompanted by his friends. a Realized o@ Large. the Erie Railway Company, New Yor, Oct. 18, 1872. To mux Epitor or tux Times :— 81n—The late managers of the Eric Railway, ill atease since their expulsion, have inspired the mes to question the honesty and capacity of their successors. The Nmes of the 17th contains an article, with the promise of more, needing correction. Firet—The recent statement of Mr, Wateon that the Erle Company had paid tome and to my firm to this time the sum, of $5,000 only, incomprehensible as it seems to Jay Gould and his associates, was, of course, correct. Second—The original contract between the Sleeping- coach Company and the Erle Company, in existence in March Jast, rem: unchal pany. "The aaron a a See contract been ¢ or modifiod 90 as't0 be stl more ade vantageous te Blee] Company,” or coach A Pi bas merely agreed je Company, or tw sell a rt of his own to the Erie (' a at the option Of the latter, at any time within two years, ‘Beyond’ this no contract has been made. Third—The facts to my parchase 500 shares of stock from Jay Gould are Ly tad forth in a leiter to General Dix, written at the time, in which I did precisely what the with conspicuous inaccuracy says 1. di not do, but should have done—viz., Erie Board thatI had received an rr original check for $36,000, payab! Gou' by film endorsed fame, uit ‘With huskcnowled (on the motion “of one director,” as tomary) resolved that returned to m: the ground that I had originelly offered this at cost to the egmpany, whieh it had to gorshase, and that the company had right to this profit, The Times in one paragraph a: that the Erie Company should have bought these and received Fe remctery ants another paragraph, stultifies itself by asser! ng that it could not legally have made such a purchage, “because the law of this Staté forbids railroad companies to own the sleeping coaches upon their lines and to be interested in any of the fare collected on these couches.” But I am not inclined to admit Mr. Gould's construction of this or any law touch- ing the rights of stockholders in railway corporations, ple al that the reason why the Erie Company decline: urchase. Fourth—When this transaction was closed by the pur- chase by Mr. Pullman of shares theretofore held by Mr. Gould and his associates in the Sleeping-coach Com- of course, resigned as directors. ‘The Erie the cheek be ¥. e stock declined therefore no rts pany, oY Company had a large interest In this company. One of its officers only remained as a director, and, at Mr. Pull- man’s request and to represent the interests of the Erie Company, L consented to act temporarily as a director, qualifying myselt for that purpose by purchasing at its full value one share of stock, of the par value of $100, which I now hold, and I have no other interest in the company. The “nirther profits” and the “unknown number of shares" reterred to in the mer article have no foundation, save as to this one share, and {f at any time my duties as an Erle director confict'with those required of me by the Sleeping-coach Company I hall he other. When this transaction oc- apuble to perceive that ut come con- venient season Mr. Gould would instigate an attack upon me for accepting his Interesting offer of so many shares at so much Jess than thoir probable value. At that time, thereiore, I lald before my associates ail the facts, and they appéar in the subjoined letter to General Dix and the resolution of the Erle Board of June last. And nd 1 am yours respectfully, SAMUEL L, M. BARLOW, ARLOW, B, Lanocgye & Mack ants, 85 Winutam srrskr, New York, June 8, 1872 General Jouy A, Dix, President of the Erie Rallway :— Dear Sin—In the matier of the Erle Railway's contract with the Fuliman Company I {nformed you before the contract was submitted to the Board for fts action that I had purchased a considerable amount of the stock of the Erle and Atlantic Slecping Coach Company at 8 per cent on its par value. This purchase wa: Gould under the following eircumsta: in my opposition to the contract D posed I succeeded, first, in ascertaining the fact hat by the arrangentnt, while all the other stockholders were to receive 150 per cent for their stock the Erie Company would receive only par; and secondly, in compelling & reversal of this untair proposi- tion, so ‘that the Erie Company should receive per cent and all others only 150 per cent. Having thus secured the only ehange which t sowzht, I agreed with Mr. Pullman to report to the Erie Board that all questions were satisfactorily ended, and that our Company would consummate the arrangement previously assented to b: the © , viz. Messrs, Homan, Ramsdell, if. Alter this agreement, which was not known to Mr. Gould, and after all questions in which { bad any discretion as counsel or as a Director had been closed, Mr. Gould offered to sell to me $50,000 of wi stock, at the cost to himself, within a few days, per cent on Its par value. I closed this pirchase at once, and before action by the Erie Board reported the fact to ‘oU, ana on the meeting of the Board offered this stock to he Erie Company at cost; which offer was declined. Mr. Gould's object in selling the stock to me al so much less than he could have sold it for to Mr. Pullman was always Apparent. He distrusted my action, and feared that hav- ing prevented the payment to him of @ much larger bo- nus Iimight again interpose some obstacle to his sule to Mr. Pulluan. “Those fours were groundless, a8 the contract with Mr. Puliman was then ¢om- y this purchase I have realized a large Prakty not from the Erle Company, but from Mr, If T had not purchased the stock the whole profit would now be in his pocket, But as this profit was nade because of my connection with the Erle Combany, I pre; fer again to report all the facts to the Board in order that Jmay have their expresscanction, and I now hand you Pullman's check for $35,000 received by ine vesterd wnused, in order that the Board may in its full diseretio if this shall be just, treat it as the property of the Erie Company, or request its retnrn to Mr, Pullman or its pay- ment to me, assuring you and them that whatever course is adopted will be entirely satisfactory tome. 1 am, sir, yours truly, SAMUEL L. M. BARLOW, Counsellor Erie Railway. Seorerany's Orrice, Ente Ratuway Company, ) Eigutu Avenue anv TWeNTY-THIRD STRUT, NCes pe fas originally pro. New Yore, Oct. 18, 1572, § At a meeting of the Directors of the Erle Railway Com- t which meeting were present pany held June 19) 1872 jeneral John A. Di: ident; General Vice President; 8. L. M. Barlow, Jolin J. ¢ L. Lansing, George B. MeC! » Homer Ramsitetl, Henry Sherwood and William R. Travers, the following action was taken :— “Whereas Mr. Barlow on the 30th of May last offered to the Board 590 shares of the Erie and Ailantic Sleeping Coach Company's stock at 80 per cent—the price at which he paid for it—and the offer was declined; therefore “Resolved, That this Company has no claim upon Mr. Barlow tor said stock or the proceeds of the same.” ttest, H.N, OTIS, Secretary. 8. Diven, co, Henry + MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. AMERMAN—SaGE.—On Thursday, October 1 at the Church of the Holy Saviour, by the Rev. Dr. Cooke, JacoB B, AMERMAN > ELLA, second daugh- ter of the late Francis P. sage, all of this city. BENEDICT—WEBSTER.—On Wednesday, October 16, 1872, at St. Ann’s Episcopal church, by the Rev. Dr. T. Gallaudet, THEODORE Hupson BENEDICT, Jr., to EMILY HUNTINGTON, second daughter of B.C. Webster, all of this city. CHRISTENSEN—MANCINI.—On Tuesday, October 15, 1872, by the Rev. G. J, Geer, Hunry T. B, Cunis- TENSEN to ExviNa C. P, MaNciNi, daughter of Guido Mancini, o/ this city. CLARK—FINDLAY.—On Thursday, Octobor 17, at the residencg of the bride's parents, Davip P. CLARK, of NeW Rochelle, to Miss AMANDA FINDLAY, of Tuckahoe, OryAN—COLE.—On Thursday, October 17, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev. John E. Cookman, JAMES A. CRYAN to HaTviE N,, daugh- ter of Isaac P. Cole, Esq., all of thiscity. No cards, ELLIOTTI—BRUEN.—At_ Newark, N. J., on Wedues day, October 16, by the Rev. Dr. Tiffany, Mr. Joun Extiort, of New York city, to Mrs, SARAH BRUEN, of Newark, N. J. FovucHER—TuRNER.—On Wednesday, October 16, 1372, at Christ church, New York, by the Rev, Hugh Muller Thompson, J. 8. Fovcner to Mary ALrcr, daughter of the late Sumpter Turner, both of New Orleans. No cards, New Orleans papers please copy. GREENFIELD—DustaNn.—On Thursday, October 17, at Trinity church, by Rev. Dr. R. M. Abercrombie, Rev. Dr. Tt. K. Conrad and Rev. Dr. J. O. leston, Grorgk J. GREENFIELD and Mary M. DUNSTAN, daughter of the late Captain Isaac K. Dustan, of Staten Island, MALLORY—CARPENTER.—At Syracuse, on Wednes- day, October 16, by Rev. 8. G. Fuller, Jown 8. MAL- Lory, of New York city, to HELEN, daughter of George W. Carpenter, Esq., of Syracuse. MARCOSO—REED.—On Wednesday, October 16, at St. Seoraes chureh, by the Rey. Dr, Stephen Tyng, SAMUEL Marcoso to Evma B., eldest daughter of Kearan Reed, Esq., all of this city. MouRPHY—Suaw.—On Thursday, October 17, 1872, the Rev. Dr, Gallaudet, Axtitvr ©. MURPHY to |. JOSEPHINE SHAW, all of this city. altimore porers please copy. NAYLOR—HAGGAR.—On Friday, October 18, at St. Ann's church, Brooklyn, by the Rev. Mr. Reade, Mr. JosePA Naytor, butcher, of Communipaw, to Mrs. SUSAN HaGGanr, of Brooklyn. English papers please copy. PriInce—TEN Eyox.—On Thursday, October 17, 1872, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev. E. P. Ingersoll, Ropert Prince to Sapie W. TEN Eyck, youngest daughter of Conrad A. Ten Eyck, Esq., all of Brooklyn. No cards, ScHENcK—BArkER.—On Thursday, October 17, 1872, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. Dr. Magee, ABRANAM V. SCHENCK, Of New Brunswick, N, J., to SARAH E. BARKER, daughter of Captain Abraham Barker, of Ramapo Valley, N. J. EVEN—CONNELL.—On Wednesday, October 16, at St. Peter's Episcopal church, Brooklyn, by te Rey. John A. Paddock, D. D., Joun R. STEVEN to Minnik E. CONNELL, daughter of James 8, Connell, all of Brooklyn. TRISTRAM—MERRILL.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, October 10, 1872, at the residence of the bride's other, by the Rev, Theodore L, Cuyler, J. EpwIn 'RISTRAM, Of Chicago, Ill, to ELLA A., daughter of the late John Henry Merrill, No cards. Dhea. ANDREWs.—At Perth Amboy, N. J., on Thursd October 17, SOLOMON ANDREWS, b., in the 6 year of his age, Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services, at his late residence, on Sunday, October 20, at two o'clock P. M. Leave foot o Whitehall street at eleven o'clock A.M. Return a ath e October . Me —At Orange Valley, N, J., on Thursday, 1872, THEODORR CLINTON, infant son of William H. and the late Mary Belcher, aged 18 months So Funeral from the residence of his aunt, Mrs, De Grauw, at Orange Valley, N. J., on Saturday, Ocio- ber 19, on arrival of the ten minutes past one o'clock P, M. train from New York, Morris aud Essex Railroad, Cav 8 in waiting, BLAKE.—In this city, on Friday, October 18, MANTA, wife of Isaac D, Biake, and eldest daughter of Jotham and Sarah Wilson, In the 35th year of her “ithe funeral will tal lace from the residence of her parents, Seventy-nin ‘eet, between Koule- vard road and Tenth avenue, at. three o’clock on Monday, October 21. Relatives and friends of the family are requested to attend, without further in- vitation, Boyp.—Suddenly, on Tnesday, October 15, ALEX- 4NDEK M. Loyp, youugest son of Sophia EB, apd tue Dovbs’ Ferry, on Wed: tober 16, James BEXMNKD, {or years aS ‘eases of the Crotom Aqueduct, in the 73d year ve fra wt as pac ro hea Preb it Wades ankle AF ae, BUNN.—On Friday, October 18, ELBRIDGE or the late Wim Hunn, ie eka ‘The relatives an are» to attend the funeral, on Sunday, the sock eee ee halt-past twelve, from his late residence, No, 467 West Swen eesecan street. NI Friday, Ootober short. anduevere ilness, ELLEN pi Cad con ert age. + Relatives and friends of the family gre respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, q October 20, at two o'clock P. M., from of her brother, Hugh G. Kelly, 120th street, Lexing- ton avenue, Harlem. CaRROLL.—On Friday, October 18, DANIBL, 80n of William and Johauna Carroll, Funeral takes place on Bt from his father’s residence, 976 Eighth CLARKE.—On Friday, October 1 CLARKE, the beloved wite of Owen native of Killey, Kings county, Ireland, years, The friends of the family are invited to the funeral, on Sunday, October at two P.M., from her late residence, Jackson avenue, between Fourth and Fitth streets, Long CUNNINGHAM.—On_ Fri October Ho Island City. CUNNINGHAM, of Gastleblane * foneghans Ireland aged 29 years, ‘The relatives and friends are respectfully invited by, his brother, Patrick, and brother-in-law, Terence Shields, to attend the’ funeral, from 307 Van Brunt street, South Brooklyn; on Sunday, October 20, at two o’clock P. M. CurTIs.—At Brooklyn, on Znneeier, October 17, James F. CuRTIs, aged 24 years and 10 months. The remains will converted from Rin late resi- dence, 193 Front street, to the Church of the As- sumption, corner of York and Jay streets, on Sun- day afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, and thence to Greenwood Cemetery for interment. Relatives: REL date Gedtntay ore 3 BVOR.—In y, On ine: Tuomas Hunry, the beloved child of Tho an Elizabeth Ann Devoe, aged 8 years. and 7.da The relatives and friends of the vited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his parents, 26 Carmine street, on Saturday, October 19, at.one o’clock P. M. Doueny.—On Thursday, October 17, MICHABL. DOHENY, seed 68 years. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 93 Sackett street, South Brooklyn, on Sunday, at two o'clock P. M., to Calvary Geme- tery. aneee will be oie pine h mane R.geered up for the repose of soul, on Mon a ae Orelovk, at St. Stephen’s church, oarroll street. DONNELLY.—On Thursd: morping, Dotoner, 17, Mary JANE, daughter of the late Terrance AnD ely, Woy 20 years and 4 months, etry inc toaraud ine, nara om Se spect V 0 atten residence of her mother, 36 hington at on Sunday, October 20, at two P. DowLina.—On Thursday, October 17, after ashort but severe ilincss, Maaa@ig DowLING, the fee wife of John F. Dowling, in the 25th year of “athe relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 209 Mulberry street, on Saturday, October 19, at one o'clock unuahy & DowNeY.—9n Friday, October 18, 1872, ARCHIBALD Downey, in the 58th year of his gir The relatives and friends of the famtly are re- spectfully invited to attend the glean Goth Mon- a jay, the 2ist inst., at twelve M., from late residence, 518 Third avenue. ELTon.—On Thursday morning, October 27, HAN- NAH E., widow of Robert F. Elton. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spostfally invited to attend the funeral, trom her late residence 309 East Fiftieth street, on Satarday, October 19, at one o'clock P. M. FIngk,—On. Thursday morning, October 17, at six o'clock, CLARA SOPHIA, the beloved wife ‘of Jacob Fink, in her bist year. ‘The relatives and friends of the family, the members ot Herman Lodge, No. 268, F. and. A. M., and the members of the Ladies’ Association of St. Mark’s Luthern church, of Sixth street, are | re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral,on Monday morning, at. ten o’clock A. M., from St. Mark’s Lutheran church, m Sixth street, to Greenwood Cemetery. : FoL¥y.—On Friday, October 17, Joun J. FOLEY, aged 33 years and 5 months. Notice of funeral in to-morrow’s HERALD. FREEMAN.—On Thursday, October 17, MARIETTA, wife of Lorrain C. Freeman, and daughter of the late John D. Morrell, The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 67 West Twenty-first street, on Sunday, October 20, at half-past two o'clock. GRALEY.—On Thursday morning, October 17, ahs James GRALEY, Sr., after a brief illness, years, 7 months and twenty-two days, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday afternoon, 20th inst., at one o’clock, from his late restdence, 271 Elizabeth street. Harris.—At Elizabeth, N. J., on Friday, October 18, Mrs, ELIZABETH HARRIS, in the 69th year of her age. ‘The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, the 20th inst., at two P. M., from her late residence. Hetnxs.—On Friday, October 18, 1872, in Brooklyn, Anna, beloved wile of Carsten Heins, in her 66th year. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No, 249 Twenty-third street, second house east of Fifth avenue Go wanus), on Sunday, October 20, at one o’clock P. IRWIN.—On Wednesday, October 16, JAMES HER- veY Irwin, M. D., at his residence, 19% Broome street, Ose 46 years. j His friends and those of his family, also the Members of Standard Chapter of R. A. M., No. 2525. Amity Lodge F. and A. M., No. 323; Grand Lod State of New York mais of Pythias; Coeur de Lion, No. 25, K. P., and the Board of School Officers: and Teachers of the Thirteenth ward, are invited to attend the funeral, at the Seventh Presbyterian church, corner of Broome and Rk streets, on Saturday, the 19th instant, at one o'clock P, M., without farther notice. Orange county papers Please copy. Jackson.—In Brooklyn, on Friday, October 18,. WILLIAM JACKSON, aged 85 years, Funeral services at his late residence, 11 Tom; kins place, on Sunday, at four o'clock P. M. Friends of the family and of his sons, Joseph H. and Theo- dore F. Jackson, are invited to attend. Burial ser- vices at Rockaway, N. J., on Monday, at two o'clock. MuRRAY.—At South Yonkers, on Thw Oc. tober 17, Hatrig A, MURRAY, youngest cl of Richard and Susan E. Murray, aged 5 years, 3 months and 14 days. ‘ Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday after- noon, at two o'clock, from the Uhurch of the Me- diator, South Yonkers, 5 McCarrrey.—On Thursday, October 17, after a short but painful illness, Mary ANN, the only and beloved daughter of Owen and Mary McCaffrey, in the etait of her age. The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funcral, from the residence of her paren, 127 Cherry street, on Sunday, 20th inst., at alf-past one P, M. McGraTH.—On Thursday morning, October 17 Joun J. McGratH, aged 32 years, ‘The remains will be taken from his late residence, 150 Summit street, South Brooklyn, at ten o’elock on Saturday morning, 19th inst., to St. Si n’s church, Carroll street, between ‘Henry and Hicks, where @ requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul; thence to Calvary Ce: for interment. Relatives and friends of the ily, and of his brother-in-law, Terence J. Murtha, are requested to attend. ‘OTTER.—At Fort Washington, on Friday, October 18, JOSEPH POTTER, aged 68 years, Notice of funeral hereafter, QuINN.—On Friday, October 18, IRENE WeSTER- VELT, youngest child of James ‘A. and Harriet Quinn, aged 4 years and 4 months, Notice of the funeral hereafter. SEABROOK.—On Friday, October 18, at three P, M., NicnoLas, son of Joseph and the late Sarah Bea- brook, of Clonegall, county Carlow, ireland, aged 87 years, Funeral from the residence of his brother-in-law, Benjamin Browne, 182 East 123d street, on Sunday, October 20, at one o'clock P; M. Dublin and Wicklow (Ireland) papers. please °Frea.—On Thursday, Oetober 17, 1872) Mary, the only and beloved datighter, of Patrick’ and Mary Shea, aged 3 years and 6 months. ‘ The relatives and eae of the fare re- spectinily invited to atttend the funeral, from her arents’ residence, Pearl street, on Sunday, tober 20, at two o'clock P. M. Srarr.—On Thursday morning, October'17, Mrs. ALMIRA B,, Wife of Eben T, Starr and daughter of the late Charles Babcock, rtford, Conn, ce at her late residence, eet, On Friday atternoon, Funeral services took 2 101 West Forty-eighth 81 at two o'clock. TuoMas—On Friday, October 18, 1872, aiter 9 brief but severe illness, Mrs. SopmiR THomAs, Wilow of August ‘Thomas, ih the 60d year of her age. @ relatives and friends of the fre re.’ spectfully invited to attend the funeral her ¢ residence, 836 Garden street, Hoboken, N. J. Notice of funeral will be given Ty ; WANMAKER.—OD ae October 16, Henry WANMAKER, in the 47th year of The relatives and friends o fami ware re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, om nis late residence, 439 West Forty-fourth street, on Sunday morning, October 20; at ten o'clock, WILLIAMS.—At Spring Vi » Rockland county, on Thursday, October 17, Larrrta WILLIAMS, wile of Captain A. S. Wiliams, in. the 824 year of her om ofthe funeral wili take place, from the of ae beaaner eae larry ioee ‘a we 4 street, Greenpoint, om o'clock P. Me; thence to Cypress ry The friends of the family, also the members of Polar Star Lodge, No, 2 F, and A. M., are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral without farther notice,