The New York Herald Newspaper, November 25, 1872, Page 9

OUR COAST-WATCH. Facts and Figures About the Lighthouse Service. LAMPS HELD OUT T0 COMMERCE. Hlow the System is Maintained. « Tho Lenses, the Lights and the Lighthouse Keepers. Organization of the Board---Interesting Details of the Service---A Hint to Inventors, STATISTICS OF SUPPLIES Pescription of a Visit to the Headquarters | of tke Third District. 1 ‘The thousands of persons who, intent on voyages -of pleasure or business, patronize the ferry from | ‘Whitehai! slip to Staten Island, cannot have failed | to notice, on approaching the island, several large | Duildings of neat proportion and trim surround | Ings, located just north of the Quarantine grounds | atthe Tompkinsville landing; but comparatively few of these thousands have any idea of the service | to which these structures are appropriated or | pt the peculiar and important teatures of that | Bervice, Indeed, it might be somewhat start- | Ying to them to know that if the duties car- ried on tn this establishment were suspended And not compensated from other sources the ‘prosperity of the whole country would be para- lyzed, tts commerce blotted out, and the nation it- Belf almost as isolated from the world as were the aborigines of the Continent before Columbus dis- povered it, On the 7th of August, 1789, was approved “an act forthe establishment and support of hght- | houses, beacons, buoys and public pliers,” which | | provided “That all expenses which shall accrue from and after the 16th day of August, 1789, in the Mecessary support, maintenance and repairs of all Vighthouses, beacons, buoys and public piers erected, placed or sunk before the passing of this | act, at the entrance of or within any bay, inlet, | harbor or port of the United States, for rendering | the navigation thereofcasy and safe, shall be de- frayed out of the Treasury of the United States.” This was the basis of the many laws, acts, pro- ‘visos and amendatory clauses which govern THE LIGHTHCUSE SYSTEM of the United States, and tie buildings and estab- Mishment above alluded to are the general supply Page of the Lighthouse Board and the headquar- ra of the Third Lighthouse district, which em- braces the seaboard irom Gooseberry Point, Mass., to and including Squam Inlet, N. J., the Hudson River and Lake Champlain. The Lighthouse Board As composed of two officers of the navy, of high yank ; two officers of the corps of engineers of the army, two civilians of high scientific attainments, whose services may be at the disposal of President, and an officer of the navy and an Dilicer of engineers of the army as secretaries. fhe Secretary of the Treasury is ex-opicio presi- ent, and exercises the sole power of appointment Upon recommendation of the district boards. The duties of the Board embrace the absolute con- &rol ofthe construction, repair, supply and opera- tion of the system of lighthouses, beacons, buoys, lightships and other marks and aids to navigation on the coast and lakes and ni le rivers of the United States. There are 429 lighthouses, lighted beacons and floating lights on the Atlantic, Guifand Pacific coasts, extendiny Bran St. Croix River, Maine, to Point Isabel, | razos Santiago, Texas, and from Point Loma, San ego Bay, Cal, to Admiralty Head, en- tranco’ to Puget’s Sound, Washington ‘Territory. The lighthouses and other illaminated aids on the Hadson River, Lake Champlain, the St. Lawrence ‘andthe Northern lakes are about two hundred in number, making over six hundred inall. In ad- dition to these there is an immense number, ‘amounting to many thousands, of towers, “blind” | beacons, buoys, stakes and spindles, which comprise a system of day marks. The care rd al these structures aud objects is the | Wu wil of the Lighthouse Board, and _ it be readily Judged that the undertaking isa ntic one. The establishment at Staten Island | charged with the supply and equipment of the | entire system from Maine to California and Puget's found, and there is probably no department bu- reas or branch of the government service charged ( EQUAL RESPONSIBILITIES ‘and go great an amount of physical labor and per- formance which is administered so economicylly. ‘here are two departments, the Inspector's and | Engineer's, the official and clerical force of which re as follows :— ae oe A Srapeoior’e Deparemens | Inspector, ‘Commodore ‘J. H. Strong, U. 8, N.; Chief Clerk, James Burke; Storekeeper, John R. Van Cott} Clerk, James | Heard; Assistant Storekeeper, D. Van Cott; Fore- aman, RR. Hubert; ange Ah John Shields, ( "3 Department—kngineer, General J.C. “‘Woodrull, Corps of ater U. tendent of Fog Signals, John Crary; Draughtsman, E. Woodruff; ‘Foreman of Lamp Shop, Joseph Funk; Clerks, George Verners, Henry J. Buete and 5, As- pinwali; Foreman, E. Davis 3+ essenger, J. Butler. The entire force of the establishment embraces | ot more than forty men, and the amount of labor | PN by them, and the variety of their avoca- ‘ions, are a8 surprising as they are interesting. Viewed from the water there are observable four g00d-sized buildings of brick and stone, of uniform color, the foreground being occupied by piers cov- ered wita great red painted “can” and “nun” ere that to the ordinary eye are very suggestive ofthe popular idea of marine torpedoes. At the docks lie probably a couple of steamers and one or two sloops or schooners taking in or discharging supplies. - THE BUILDINGS above noticed are occupied as stores, workshops and offices, and are all tully occupied, ‘The most southerly edifice is devoted almost exclusively to mechanical purposes and the storage of leuses. Here are located the blacksmith shop, the lam; shop and rooms devoted to photometric experi- ments, The shafting and belting for the machine shop is run by a twenty horse power Secllating en- gine, located in the basemeut. The next building, northward, is occupied as the official headquarters and clerical department, and still farther north- ward @ much larger building is wholly occu- | Plea by storages of supplies. In rear of this | it-named edifice ia a series of stone-faced, iron- | doored vaults, excavated laterally into the hill side. These are known as tiie oi] vaults, and are | tn fact extremely interesting, though greasy. Wiih- | in the vaults are divided into five connecting com- partments, the roof being supported by stone piers and buttressed walls. At the rear of each eee is a large boiler-iron tank capable of holding eight thousand gallons. These are kept full, and there is in addition a storage capacity *equivatent. to fifty thousand gallons, The con- | sumption of oil by all the lighthouses reaches the | somewhat startling annual quantum of ninety-tive thousand gallons. By far the MOST INTERESTING BRANCHES of the establishment, however, are the lamp and lens Geparcmonts and the photometer. There is not, certainly, one man in a thousand who has any correct idea of the construction of a lighthouse Jens, nor of the jJamps, nor of the amount of | scientjic research and experunent which has ‘been resorted to to produce them in their present state of perfection. The lenses now in use by the department are all made in i'rance, the glass works of that country having obtained such skill and pre- cision in the manufacture of the prisms that they have monopolized the trade. A few years ago an | attempt was made in this country to manufacture | the lenses, but it was ansuccessiul, The prisms were inferior in material and not of that mathe- matical accuracy Which is absolutely necessary to Insure the greatest concentration of rays, The | tens now used is known as the cata-dioptric lens, being a combination of the two principles of reflec- tion and refraction. It is not necessary here to | enter into a scientific description of the construc- tion of a lighthouse lens. Those who have never | seen them, however, may imagine i A GREAT RHOMBOID, | the walls of which are constructed of curvilinear | sectional prisms of the most perfectly cast and polished colori These are 80 placed as to concentrate the rays of light from above and be- {ow the focal line of vision and throw them into a convex belt of glass, which forms @ band around the ceatre of the rhomboid. For what are known as revolving or Mashing lights the circumierence of the rhom is divided into eight panels. In the centre of tis panel is a clear “bullseye,” ag Seaeentty prisms, and iu is rt ens rin the upuliseye™ and the tensutets te co alternately on the fa- cal line of vision that the flashes and eclipses are roduced, Great and unfailing accuracy is required in the rate of revolution of the lens, for the reason ; There are about a that @ navigator, being informed that a light on @ certain point has AN ECLIPSE AND A PLAS, each of @ certaum duration, would’ be misled, NEW* YURK ‘HEKALD, MUNDAY, ‘NUVEMBER 25, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET, whereabouts if through a0) Serect” 4 the revolntion the luna the eclipse were altered. ‘The revol' ia kept in motion, there- b; werlul “clock work" machinery, and its ao may be judged from the fact a@ first order lena, with lamp, table and machinery, weighs atleast two and @ half tons, nearly two tons of which is composed in the parts above the revolv- ing gear. The cost of such a lens of the best French manufacture is about sixty-five thousand francs; and it would take about thirty to forty cases and crates to contain the various parts in safe condition for shipment. Each lens, upon being re- ed by the authorities, 1s accurately fitted, adjusted and tested before bein, sent out irom the shop to be erected in any lighthouse, and there are now three lenses in the testing room at Tompkinsvilie, two of them being revolvers and the other @ third order stationary lena, In the above descript@. of a lena, such a one as would illuminate the entire horizon is described ; but there are several other varieties of lenses, such as the Jens of 180 degrees, which ts intended only to show alight directly in front over half of the horizon, and the breach-light lens. Up to a comparatively resent date it has been customary to receive the lenses complete with all fittings DIRKCT FROM FRANCE, but latterly the frames have been constructed for many of them in the shops. of the Board. Tuts gives employment to quite @ number of brass-finiahers. These workmen are, however, most busily em- ployed in the making of tamps and brass work for fittings and repairs, It does not seem to the ordl- nary mind that a need be a very complicated or scientifically con- structed tnatrument, but an tnsapection of the lamps In the lamp-room of the Board will both sur- prise and iustruct an observer, The two most noted lamps in use, and unquestion- abiy the best in existence, are the inven- tion of French and American artisans, and are singularly unique Apes men ROr light machinery. jozen different lamps mounted and in working order in the lamp room, to illustrate by experiments the various principles. To de- | scribe briefly such alam» it is only necessary to say it consists of a tank or oil basin, with a wick holder and @ glass chimney. ‘these are the three very necessary major portions. The desideratum is to produce’ a steady and brilliant flame and to i sure the lamps against extinguishmeut by derange ment of the machinery or defects in the oil sup- ply. To optain these quaiifcations a great many plans have been attempted and devised, The wick of a first or second order light is in reality FOUR WICKS OF CIRCULAR SHAPE, the outer one being about four inches in diameter and the three other wicks being smaller succes- sively and rising within each other, The French lamp supplies these by pumping the oil from the tauk and allowing for.an overilow in case the sup- ply should ve greaver than fa desired. It was found, however, that in cold iatitudes the lard oil was likely to congeal, and lamps not infrequently were extinguished by thiscongelation, Some years ago a young German artisan named Joseph Funck, employed in the lamp shop, undertouk to remedy this great fault and succeeded in producing the Most perfect lighthouse lamp yet made, The various parts o! his lamp are of sory, prey and ingenious design and Sp cata but it is neces. sary only to mention what he did by his invention, He arranged his oil tank so that it should be heated continually by the flame of the lamp, thus insuring @ continuous How of limpid oil, the combustion of which is rendered easier by the fact that its tem- perature is very considerably heightened, In addition to this he has avoided the use of pumps, the natural flow of the oil regulating the supply for the wick by a seli-adjusting floating plug. The Lighthouse Board Ltt goed Funck's vention after some little delay, and there are now some two hundred of his lamps in use, embracing the entire seaboard north of Sandy Hook and the northern lakes; and Just here steps in what to many bears the impress of INVOLUNTARY INJUSTICE, By act of Congress any employé of the govern. ment is debarred from any of the advantages of royalty or prone by patent right for any article or instrument which he may invent and which may be used or adopted by the government, and so for eight or nine years Funck has been unre- warded by the government, though it uses his invention, except by an addition of $30 per month to his salary generously awarded him by the Board @ short time since. Such an in- vention as this places the whole sea going and com- mercial public under direct obligations to the in- ventor, jor what disasters might not from time to time ensue in wintry weather—the bitterest time at sea—by the accidental extinguishment of a lighthouse light by congelation of oil or irregu- larity of how? It seems hard, indeed; but as an act of Congress is the dictum it appears there can be no remedy for it until a more wise, discriminat- ing and just measure supersedes it, THE PHOTOMETER is a singularly ingenious instrument, erected and operated in a darkened and air-tight room. By it the illuminating capacity of the oil is tested, ita quality being determined by relative candle powers, The employés of the Board langh and wriggle as they relate to a visitor reminiscences of hours and hours spent in this room, when even a shirt-sleeve costume is too much, with the ther- mometer crawling up into the nineties. With the exception of these departments most of the re- mainder of the buildings are ee pes with supplies of a thousand varieties calculated to meet nearly all the requirements of a lighthouse keeper’s duty and lite. There are seven vessels in the service of the Board of Contmissioners in this district, and these are at intervals filled with cargo and de- sputchea direet to the lighthouses of the entire coast, including the shores of the Pacific, THE MEN EMPLOYED in the lighthouse service as keepers and assistant keepers of lighthouses are invariably selected ior their intelligence, physical strength and sobriety, in addition to their practical knowledge of the duties required of them. Many of them have families stationed at or near the lighthouse structures which they superintend, and many of them are bachelors, In any event it must be a lonely and severe life, for in many instances Keepers are ag absolutely isulated from the great world of man- kind as was Robinson Crusoe. For instance, the keeper of the Dry Bank Light, off the Florida reefs, passes his life PERCHED IN A TOWER supported by the spindle columns of a screw-pile structure. To the passing mariner the only terra Jirma visible is a score or 80 of small boulders, which rest on the crest of the water-covered reef, andthe waves continuall {owt and roll up to the na very foot of the piles which support the light. At a distance of perhane filteen or twenty miles the plumes of a thousand wavin, be seen pe ma: on Sombrero Key and other islets of this remark- ably picturesque group. Beyond these and around there is nothing but sea, sky and sail to cheer the eye of the Dry Bank Lightkeeper. THE TOTAL FORCE employed in the lighthouse service is about five thousand men, a brave and isolated rampart of Watchers who bear collectively and individually as great responsibilities as is vouchsajed toman to bear. They are noted to a man as brave and eapable and wil to dare and endure for the safety of their race, and it is, perhaps, only neces- sury to allude to the name of Ida Lewis, the heroine of the Limerock light at Newport, to show that even the gentle sex, when reared in com- [ee with men of heroic calling, can become erolc and enduring too. DISASTROUS FIRE. New Brighton, 8, I, Ablaze—A Burning Boarding House=Strong Suspicions of Incendiarism—The Losses. The numerous fires which have taken place in large cities, located in various and diverse parts of the Union, have induced the beltef that these disastrous conflagrations are caused by an organ- ized body of incendiaries. A little before six o'clock last Friday evening a fire occurred at New Brighton, 8. I., the facts and results of which leave no shadow of a doubt in the minds of those familiar with the circumstsnces that its origin was certainly not the result of accident. The circumstances of the calamity are simply these :— Mrs. J. Bright was proprietress of a large, square frame Leer hea to the landing pier of the steamboats at New Brighton. The edifice was four stories high, not including the attics, and had a wide piazza. It was owned by M Vredenburg, and, though valued at $35,000, was only insured for '$11,000, viz.:+$5,500 In the Greenwich and $5,500 in the American Companies of New York city. Mrs. Bright kept many boarders. The furniture the landlady possessed was of consider- able vaiue, yet insured only to the extent of $5,000, According to the statement the lady made to a Heap reporter who visited the ruins on Saturday, she first received intimation that her domicile was ablaze by hearing shrieks and cries from her ser- vants, who were in the lower apartments. She rushed down stairs and discovered that large volumes of smoke were ascending from the vicinity of the kitchen. Her cries alarmed the neighbors, who arrived prowptly, and succeeded by their strenuous exertions in quelling and checking the progress of the flames, A short time alterwards, however, fire was discovered in one of the attics at the op- posite end of the building to that in which the aah at conflagration had occurred, The alarm ells rang out their dreadful monody a second time, and one steam and four hand engines, as- sisted by an energetic corps of “bucket men,” en- deayored to control the fire, but without avail. Much of the furniture was rescued from scorching, greedy lips of the crimson fire fiend, but the building itself was speedtly con- sumed, and now only two tall chimneys, which stand like gloomy spectres against: the sky, mark the place of the once pretty edifice, It is a singular fact that in that part of the base- ment where the fre first originated the doors were invariably kept open, yet they were 80 securely fastened at the time of the fire that ingress to the locality had to be obtained by force, It was with the utmost diMculty that the adj: cent buildings were saved from destruction; 1» indeed, had it not been for the zeal and energ: displayed by the police and neighbors, muc property now in safe custody would have become the prey of thieves, who congregated around the burning building. It is a lamentable fact that the west shore of Staten Island is not better supplied with water, All that obtainable on Friday night was derived from cisterns or “the river,” and the means for ejecting even these ee upon the burning pile were (raed bd in the extreme. Where frame ildings exist pregautions against Gre should ve, muapAloid, < THE HORSE DISEASE. To Tam Eprror or THe HEeRaLp:— Permit me, through the columns of your widely circulated journal, to express an opinion regarding the epizooty, or horse disease, now prevailing to a Great extent over a large portion of the country. The obscurity of the disease and its destructive in- fluences on the horse are well known. I have, how- ever, afew remarks to make, in hopes that they may lead to a thorough investigation of its causes and the best mesns of combating its destructiveness by scientific men. Having treated a large number. of horses suffer- {ng from the disease I desire to venture an opinion of my own regarding its causes, In the first place, ‘ the animal system has becoine so exhausted trom the long and extreme heat of the past Summer, from consiant and copious exhalations from the body, that the internal vital forces have been unable to resist the change of temperature, and hence the poisonous secretions of the body, imstead of being thrown out by exhalation, are retained in the capillary vessels. As in case of cold the dis. ease might appear in either a local or general form, according to the state of the system. That the spread of the disease should be so general can only be attributed to the weakness of the animals alfected, and is another serious question for men of science to contemplate. Although we may not be willing to accept the theory that the equine race may at some future time become wholly ex- tinct, nevertheless we have sufficient evidence in the fossil remains of the mastodon and other ani- mala whose races are now extinct thut an epizooty Simiiar to the one now prevgiling may have swept them from the face of the earth, Be this as it may, we have unmistakable evidence that the diseases affecting the animal races inhabiting the earth have, within the past and prescnt century, assumed diferent forms or appeared in a type 80 changed that they may with propriety be classed as new diseases, and no class of animals seems to have been exempt from their ravages. The cattle plague, the hog cholera and the disease among fowls are evidences of thia fact, and even man is not exempt from periodical visits of the cholera, T throw out these ideas for no other purpose than to show the importance of a more thorough inves- tigation as to their true origin, in order that we may be better prepared for emergencies in the ad- ministration of the proper remedics, and thus counteract or destroy their eifects on animal Life, If we are to be often visited by a scourge such as we are now suffering from among the most val able of our domestic animals, on whom we aro mainly dependent for transportation purposes, with no better knowledge of its orgin or means of diagnosing the disease correctly, or a more suc- cessful course of treatment than the one at pres- ent pursued, the disease must gain strength at every reappearance in proportion to the ratio of its fatality, As I have before remarked, the weak- ened state of the animal system generally may have something to do with the general prevalence of the disease, and hence it would be unreasonable to expect that such horses as have suffered from it and recovered would be any stronger or better able to withstand other attacks, neither can they be any better prepared to produce another gener- ation, to say the least. But what has passed ts now beyond the posatbility of recall, yet a careful study of the disease, and the publication of the re- sults of observation and experience, may be the meaus of assisting us in the present and prepare us to act for the better in the future, I have treated a great number of cases of the disease and have been very successful— not having a single case attacked with any of the secondary symptoms, and presume others have been equally as fortunate. lam of opinion, however, that ex- cessive medication has had more to do in bring- ing on these secondary attacks than any other exciting cause. Aconite, one of our most valuable narcotics, has been recommended in the early stage of the dis- euse, to reduce the circulation and suspend the violent action of the heart. Its value as a remedial agent, when properly, used, cannot be denied; yet when used injudiciously it becomes @ most potent poison, and is calculated to do far more injury than ood, When used in moderate doses, and its ef fects are clone watched, the patient given suffi- cient rest, and the blood allowed to descend into the extremities, and commence the battle for victory and Iie, in many cases it cannot be dis- pensed with; but when used in excessive doses, long continued, the circulation is entirely sus- pended, the vital forces become inactive and refuse to respond to nature’s call to drive the morbid or poeeons secretions from the system, and general debility results. In fact, nothing but com- (lees prostration of the entire system can e reasonably looked for by him who under- stands the effect of the powerfal drug he ad- ministers, To ascertain whether this method of treatment has prevailed extensively one has only to make inquiry or to consult the columns of our fee journals and read the articles recommending use, Ican give no more explicit or direct mode of treatment to be pursued ouring the first stage of the disease than to describe the symptoms and | then leave the rest to the judgment of those who would make use of such remedies as are intended ta effect favorable results, In the first stage of the disease the following symptoms will be observed :—First, general de- pression ofthe nervous system; waut of spirit or animation; dry, hacking cough; dryness of the skin, with a rough, staring coat, often, though not always, accompanied with chills, or the extreml- ties are cold and trembling; suspension of the sub- cutaneous circulation, and absence of insensivle perspiration. Aiter the abatement of the chill drowsiness supervenes, in most cases followed by loss of appetite. In the second stage of the disease the cough in- creases and the extremities become cold; respira- tion becomes quick and hard; the epiglottis and thyroid glands become enlarged or swollen, while, on the other hand, none of the sull- vary glanas become affected, as they do in | gisnders aud distemper; irritation or inflamma- jon of the mucous membrane of the larynx and consequent soreness of the organs of Fd roe making the operation of swallowing painful and diMicult; great thirst; the tongue and internal arts of the mouth intamed; the action of the eart is increased; the pulse at the jaw is quick and flat, but not full, andin a few cases followed by increased respiration and congestion of the Ties scene by a slight discharge from the nostrils, a spasmodic action of the diaphragm and almost total suspension of its functions, the act of breathii being performed almost entirely by means of the abdominal muscles, If the foregoing symptoms increase in violence, the patient gener- ally dies from inflammation of the affected parts and balks eden or hepatized lungs, Cases favorable. to recovery are attended after the first symptoms before inentioned with a co- ious discharge from the nostrils, at first of a yel- jowish or greenish hue, gradually reducing in quan- tity and becoming lighter in co!or—nearly white. The limbs become weak, with loss of appetite; thick, white coating on the tongue, The strength and sponte are nay regained gradually with | convalescence, although permanent health and | strength will not be restored for some time when | the attack has been severe. We now come to the | third and most important stage of the disease; for | it must be admitted that when nearly every horse | owned in the city has had—and scarcely any have | escaped—the disorder that among 80 large a | number of animals the mortality them has been proportionately small. Yet either tne effect of the disease or the system of treatment adopted has been the cause of a very large mortality daily, witi the prospect of alarger number of deaths before the disorder will entirely disappear; and when the debilitated state of the animals which nave been affected is fairly considered the truth of the assertion is more apparent. And aithough larger number of horses may recover after a severe attack of the secondary stage of the disorder, it will be a long time beiore they will be able to withstand any great physical exertion. Although it may be said the first stages of the prevailing malady have almost disappeared, the equines are not yet beyond the reach of the third and last stage just mentioned. This stage the disease has by many been diagnosed as ascites, or dropsy. This diagnosis, however, is alto- ther wrong, and calculated to inspire Eopes in the majority of cases never to be realized, This.sequela of the former stages is of a far more serious nature and one over which human skill has but little control. It has been correctly diagnosed as purpura hemorrhagica, or universal congestion. This terrible afliction, although it | may have appeared in earlier times, is not men- tioned as such in any of the works of the old veter- inary writers; but whether from the fact that it might have appeared in a less pepe es form, or from their ignorance of pathology, is uncertain. My own opinion, however, is that it is not anew disease, but that it has heretofore been roe diagnosed. I have frequently met with cases of this disease extending through a practice of over thirty ears. It prevailed to @ considerable extent dur- ing the Mexican war; and while in charge of the hospital stables at Vera Cruz during that time I was obliged to report La A horses suffering from this same disorder—at least the symptoms, and termination of the discase were so much alike as to leave no doubt as to their being one and the same. Farcy, one of the primary sta; of glan- ders—that is, while its destructive influences are confined to the blood, and before other parts of the body have been destroyed—is similar in its ter- mination; so is the bite of the rattlesnake. Cases ofthe latter I have often witnessed. I mention this for the purpose of showing the necessity thero is for a deeper investigation, and to induce, if ee scientific men to persevere until their tiumph is complete; that the real ci a of the epizooty may be ascertained and a proper method of treatinen adopted for its prevention, which it must admitted would be far preferable to a. cure; while those who ht be ovliged “to Weal wate would. mig! canes be the best judges as to which of the two would be the most advantageous to all con- cerned—prevention or cure. Al! h prevention may be considered as an dapopbhiys ret we can- not definitely decide the point without further in- vestigation and experience in the treatment of the more obstinate cases. I am satisfied, however, that a speedy cure and complete restoration to health and soundness, with credit to the practi- tioner and profit to the owner, will be hard to suc- cessfully accomplish, yet, notwithstanding, I have no intention o1 discouragiag others from makmg the attempt. Purpura hemorrhagica, or a8 it has been improperly called dropsy, is the latest phase which the epizooty has taken, and diders widely both in its symptoms and effects to scurvy or any other disease of a scorbutic diathesis, The symptoms exhibited in purpura hemorrha- gica, in the equine race, are drowsiness and loss of appetite; low and feeble pulse, becoming at times quick and irregular; hat low action of the heart, at times hardly perceptible; rapid swelling of one or all the extremities, the nose and the face. Should all these parts become adected at the same time, and continue to swell rapidly, the disease will run its course much sooner than when only part of the body is attacked, In cases where diflerent parts of the body are attacked at the same time, the swelling first begins at the most dependent parts the thinner portions of the skin become puffed up, presenting» bloated and disgusting appearance, and a slight discharge of mucus is perceptible at the nose. As the swell- ing tncreases the parts become enormously large, accompanied by a mixed discharge of blood and serum, emitting & very offensive and gangrenous odor. As the disease progresses the lower parts of the abdomen become badly swollen, anu if a girth or surcingle be allowed to press upon the parts, it seems to aggravate the swelling. The same is the case when the halter rests upou the nose; in fact, even a very slight preuanre on any part of the body increases its ten- cency to swell, At this 81 of the disease the blood is thrown outwards, under the skin, and by the force of its own gravity collects in the most dependent parts of the body, In this state itis now a poisoned, carbonized mass, and neither nature nor science has the power to force it back through the lungs, for the purpose of decarboniza- tion; and even if this were possible in such a poisoned state, it would bave a most destructive influence upon the organs through which it would have to pass, Should the animal survive this ter- rible condition, and the head not become swollen to such an extent as to caase suifocation or conyes- tion of the brain, he will finaliy begin to rally. What little circulation there may be left goes to work, The heart begins to beat high and quick, yet without much force; in fact, there is but a small load to be conveyed through life’s channels. The appetite begins to return, and all the internal organs of the body commence work to throw off the diseased and useless parts and build up anew. But uniortunately in this class of cases, as with many others, the effects of the disease have been loo severe tor nature to withstand the shock. ‘The poisonous matter from the external decaying Pe creeps into the vital channels, the appetite is again suspended, the horse sinks fast and dies, @shapeless mass of decomposition; in fact, it a pears as if nature’s laws had been reversed—that is that decomposition had taken place before death, Another form of purpura hemorrhagica, alto- gether different from the one just described, is also prevailing at present, but with more fatal resuits, and likewise a of the epizooty, This at- tacks such horses as were but slightly affected with vhe latter disease and where the patient was supposed to be convalescent, and given just enough exercise to excite a strong circulation, accom- panied with perspiration and then, allowed to cool off, thereby effectually closing the exhalants of the skin and causing the poisonous secretions of the body to be thrown in instead of out upon the sur- face. In consequence the entire surface of the body and extremities become cold, the pleehiAtog becomes congested, the bowels cease to act, the urine is retained and the animal then ex- hibits symptoms of inactivity im all the tuternal organs of the body; that is, they sever- ally cease to perform their natural functions. The horse appears greatly distressed, and exhibits symptoms of colic, although there are no signs of flatulency or bloating. The urine is retained, even when the bladder may be quite full, Should it ve considered necessary to make use of the catheter, and if on withdrawing it, we find a thick mixture of mucus and sediment adhering to its outer sur- face, we then have gn evidence that there has been an unusual deposit by the kidneys, with an inability of the urinary organs to discharge it, and conclusively showing that the blood is loaded with @ useless, & morbid matter, that will require all the powers of the animal system as well as our- selves to remove it, and the failure of which will soon become apparent in the condition of the patient. As to using the catheter, however, I doubt its propricty, as it only gives unnecessary, Be without atfording any relief to the patient, nis conclusion I have come to from practical ex- perience, if we study closely the anatomy of the cutaneous tissue or skin, and consider the important func- tions it pecans in the animal economy as the great gate of egress for the escape of the poison- Ous secretions of the body as well as its great powers of absorption, we will not be surprised to nd all the internal organs of the body in a most deplorably diseased condition, where its (the skin's) natural junctions have for a long time been sus- pended. We have dally evidence of tnis fact before us, and of which any one Ferrel iet the least judgment will be fully convinced by Observation. if we take into consideration the fact that even before the patient may have lost his fesgr ea and it was then impossible for the body to throw off these morbid and poisonous secretions, how can it seem possible for it to perform that oitice after being poisoned by excessive meuication, weak- ened irom fasting and overloaded with accu- mulated secretions of morbid matter? For this reason I think that in many cases the chances of recovery are very doubtiul. The termination of this form of the disease 1s attended with general congestion of all the internal organs of the body, the lungs becoming congested and gangrenous from the same Causes as the external parts of the body would were the circulation of the blood forced outward, Another termination of the epizooty Is rheu- matism, but which, however, is of no great con- sequence, as in all cases it'will be apt to soon disappear after sufficient time has elapsed to allow the blood to resume its circulation in the ex- eee from which it has so long been pre- vented, Other terminations of the epizooty are preva- lent, but, as they are of a comparatively mild type and originate trom the one cause, they are easily accounted for and not worth mentioning here. Before closing my remarks I will give my opinion regarding what I consider the causes of the epi- zooty, hoping thereby to induce others more com- Pee to examine into, and capable of explaining he same; and if my own theory is found to be erroneous regarding its origin, or my mode of treatment condemned as being inconsistent, I shail be willing to be convinced by the force of trath; but until then [shall hold fast to my own views, aud be governed accordingly. In the first place, the long and excessive heat of the past Summer has caused a constant and exhaust- ing exhalation from the animal system, to such an extent as to prevent its resisting the injurious in- fueuces incident to sudden changes of tempera- ture. An examination of our meteorological re- ports will show that remarkable changes have occurred in the atmosphere during the past two months, when compared with the same months of previous years, and under the circumstances it might be reasonably expected that all animals might be affected more or less in consequence, That the horse is more easily affected by sudden changes of temperature may be accounted for from the great sensibility of his skin—perhaps more 80 than any other of the animal race. Man- kind, although protected by an external covering, do not possess that extreme sensibility of the skin peculiar to the equiae race, Again, the horse, from his peculiar formation, suffers more and Is affected in such @ Manner as to require a discharge through the larynx, hence we often find him suffering greatly, and even dying from the effects of a simple cold. That there have been isolated cases of a similar disease to the one now prevailing “8 an epizooty during the latter part of the past Summer, I have sufficient proof, two cases of which came under my own observa- tion, and one of which I treated. The first was one of @ pair of horses purchased of a Mr. Martin, a dealer in this city, by Colonel H, R. Rath- bone, of Washington, D. C., and were kept for some time at the stables of Kendall & Belenga, corner Thirty-eighth street and Seventh avenue. They were purchased through my advice, and at the time were both discharging freely at the nose. At that time the dixcharge was supposed to be no- thing more than the breaking bg of colt’s distem- per. This was about the 5th of August last, On the Sth of September following they were shipped to Washington. At this time but one of the horses showed any signs of a discnarge from the nostrils, in transitu a cold storm was prevailing. A few days after Lreceived a despatch stating that one of the horses was very sick, and also that the vet- erinary surgeon had pronounced it a marked case of purpura hemorrhagiva, and “thought it doubt- ful if the horse could be saved.” The next day I received word the horse had died, and from the symptoms described I have no doubt that the diag- nosis of the disease was correct. was that of a mare I treated for a Mr. Williams, at the Fleetwood Park stable, on Fortieth street. She recovered, though having exhibited unmis- bt lg symptoms of the disease, the result of a cold. Jn regard to the treatment of the first stages of the epizooty any advice that I could offer would be of little service, as nearly or quite ail our horses have been allected, and either died or recovered, or else they have been attacked by the secondary form of the malady, as previously described. To give advice, or attempt to prescribe for cases that are beyond my own control would be presumptuous and worse than folly, For this reason I think that Jollowing the advice of others, or the excessive use of poisonous drugs by those who sought no advice, has been the greatest, if not the sole cause of the vesent alarming secondary stage of the epizooty, yours respegtiully L, H. BRALEY, Veterinary Surgeon, CITY GOVERNMENT. ——— OFFICIAL, Board of Assistant Aldermen, STATED SESSION. jonnay, Nov. 18, 1372, Present—Otis T. Mall, Bsq., President, in the chair, aud ® quorum of meinbers. Tab avons Ac tequn Ly, LAID OVER. to Yoel giceet, bo regulated They were sent to Washington by boat, and while | Another case | 5 and graded, urd and gutter stones eet and the side- walks Raed nnee and i. ot the REPORTS LAID OVER. ainfonliy ent haat ne une: cect . ni orne of Broadway and Seventeenth street, That the vacant lots on both sides of Fifty-first street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, be fenced in, That Croton mains be laid in Eighty-eighth street, from Third to Fitth avenue. That the sidewalk 'on the north side of Fifty-second street, commencing at Fifth avenue and running west 100 ‘Tata crosswalk be Iaid from th thwest to th southeast corner of Lextugton avenue and seventict street, ‘That Kighty-second street, from Fourth to Fifth avenue, be regulated and graded, the curb i a the sidewalks tagged. rb and gutter stones set ‘That Fitty-second street, from Second to Third avenue, be,paved with Belgian of trap block pavement at Fifty-fourth street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, be paved with Belgian or trap-block pavement. That the vacant lots on north side ot Foriy-cighth street, about 150 fect west of Broadway, be fenced in, That the sidewalks on both sides of Fifty-seven from Sixth avenue to £ighth avenue, be That Fifty-seventh street, from Sixth avenue, be paved with Belgian or trap- ‘That on the west side of Tenth avenue, trom Fo: to Forty-seventh street, curb and gutter stones be set and the sidewalks be flagged and retlagged. That the vacant lots on the ‘th side of Fifty-seventh street, 150 feet west of Ninth avenue, be fenced in. ‘That Fifty-third street, from Tenth to Eleventh avenue, be regulated and graded, the curb and gutter stones set and the sidewalks flagged. That gasand Croton mains be lald and street Iams hted in Sixty-first street, from the Boulevard to the 8 be laid in Eighty-eighth street, from m the Fifth to the Eighth ave- nue, be paved with Belgian or trap block pavement. That the sidewalk on the north side of Fourteenth street, between First avenue and Second avenue, be anced. ‘Lhat the crosswalks at each of the four crossings at the intersection of Firat avenue and Twenty-second street be relaid and repaired, That the Depurtment of Public Parks be and is hereby requested to have # suitable railing erected around the statue of ex-Prosident Lincoim at Union square. Each by the following vote :— Aflirmative—Assistant Aldermen Foley, Stacom, Gal- vin, Robinson, Healy, Coddington, ‘Strack, Pinck- Costello, Wade; ‘Connor, Geis, Simonson, Cumisky, artz and the President—17. ‘That street lamps be lighted in Seventy-eighth street, om First avenne to avenue A. That two boulevard jampe be placed and lighted front of the Church of the Holy Scpuichre, on Seve: fourth street, between Lexington and Fourth avenues. ‘That street lamps be lighted in Filty-second street, from Madison avenue to Filth avenue. ‘That in Fifty-first street, from Fourth avenue to Fifth ayenue, street lamps be lighted. - ‘That two boulevard lamps be placed and lighted in front of the entrance to the House of the Good Shepherd, on Nineteenth street, between avenues A and B, ‘That the Commissioner of Public Works be and he is hereby directed to have @ public drinking hydrant and watering trough placed at the northwest corner of lif. teenth street and Third avenue, b That street lamps be lighted In First avenue, from Filty- Ninth avenue. c. . for Mgt in ty: third strect to Sixty-fitth street, zach by the following vote :— Aftirmative—Assistant Alpermen Foley, Stacom, Gal- vin, Robinson, Healy, Kraus, Codding' Strack, Cos- tetlo, Wade, Connor, Geis, Simonson, Cumisky, Schwarta and the President—i6, Negative—Assistant Alderman Pinckney—1. That Twenty-sixth street, from Sixth avenue to the Eleventh avenue, be paved'with Belgian or trap-block pavement. at Twenty-first strect, ed with , from Seventh avenue to Eighth nue, be paved lgian or trap-block pavement. That A receiving culvert and basin be built on the northwest corner of ‘Tenth avenue and Twenty-fith ‘That Seventh avenue, from Fleventh to Fourteenth street, be paved with Belgian or {rap-block pavement, That Eleventh street, trom Sixth avenue to the west site of Greenwich avenue, be paved with Belgian or trap-block pavement. That a cross-walk be laid from No. 167 West street to Reade street and West Broadway, across the square to the west side of Hudson street, directly opposite, Each by the following vote :— Affirmative—Assistant Aldermen Foley, Stacom, Gal- yin, Robinson Kraus, Coddington, Strack, Pinckney, Cos- tello, Wade, Connor, Geis, Simonson, Cumisky, Schwartz, and the President—16, Adjourned until Monday next, 25th inst., at 2 o'clock PM, MICHAEL J. KELLY, Cleric, ——_+ > + ——_ MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. —_—-——_— Married. ARNOLD—HARNED.—At Philadelphia, on Thurg- day, November 21, 1872, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev. B. L, Agnew, Ezta W. ARNOLD, of Perth Amboy, N. J., to Miss ANNIE E. HARNED, daughter of Lewis Harned, ae EmBLeR—Coorer.—At Matteawan, N. Y., on Thursday, November 21, at the residence of the bride’s brother, James A. Cooper, by the Rev. GC. W. Millard, of Chester, ANDREW EMBLER, Of the town of Newburg, to Carriz Coorkr, of West New- burg, formerly of Roundout. No,cards. GLOovER—RICHARDSON.—On Tuesday, July 16, 1872, by the Rev. Dr. King, Mr. EpwarD 8S, GLOVER to 1a. FANNIE RICHARDSON, of ita A SM1TH—N1BLO.—On Wednesday, November 20, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by Rev. H. ©, Fish, of Newark, N. J., FRANK H. SMITH to Miss jets Eva, daughter of James P. Nibio, both of this city. SrtLL—TayLor.—On Wednesday, November 20, at the Central Methodist Episcopal church, by the Rev. Mr. Lewis, assisted by the Rev, Mr. Bottome, D, D., ALLEN H. STILL, of Blooming Grove, to Kare = pee, daughter of the late John L, Taylor, of 13 city. Newburg papers please copy. WALIL—CuaMBERS.—In this city, on Thursday, October 3, by the Rev. N. W. Conklin, WILLIAM 5. WALL to MINNIE CHAMBERS, Died. Battzy.—In Brooklyn, on Saturday, November 23, 1872, of pneamonia, Horace UH. BaiLey, in the 43d year of his age. Remains will be taken to Springfield, Mass, for interment. Brokek.—On Sunday, November 24, of diphthe- ria, WILLIAM ARTHUR, Oldest son of William W. and pee L, Broker, aged 2 years, 10 months and 2 YS. Funeral from his late residence, Leonard strect (late Grove), Jersey City Heights, N. J.,on Monday, 25th inst., at three o’clock P. M. All friends of the family are invited to attend. Browne.—On Sunday, November 24, Fannie J., wile of Charles H. Browne and daughter of the late Henry Vail, of Stamford, Dutchess county, aged 25 years, 7 months and 24 days. Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from 256 West Forty-fifth street, on Tuesday, November 26, at one o'clock P, M, BUNNELL.—At Hariem, on Saturday, November Mrs. MARTHA L. BUNNELL, aged 82 years, ‘he funeral will be attended from the residence of her son-in-law, Thomas B. Post, No. 824 East 117th street, on Tuesday morning, at half-past eight o'clock. Her remains will be taken to New Haven, Conn., for interment. CorrgY.—On Sunday, November 24, JOHANNA, the beloved wife of John Coffey, Notice of funeral in to-morrow’s papers. Da.ton,—At Havana, Cuba, on Thursday, Novem- | ber 14, AYLMER, Son of Henry Daitou, of Staten Island, aged 31 years. DaLron,—At Tompkinsville, Staten Island, on Sunday, November 24, HENRY DALTON (formerly of Cuba), aged 72 years, Funeral will take place from _his late residence, enone, avenue, at two P, M., Tuesday, the z inst. Dr LAMATER.—On Sunday morning, November 24, after ® lingering illness, HANNAH 5. DB LAMATER, widow of Samuel De Lamater, aged 57 years, The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend her funeral, at her late residence, 617 West ‘I'wenty-third street, on Tues- day, 20th inst,, at nine A. M. ISHER,.—At his residence in Hackensack, N. J., Ae GrorGE H. Fisner, D. D., in the 69th year of is age. The clergy and friends are invited. to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, at two o'clock P. M. at the Second Reformed church of that place. withont further invitation. Trains leave foot Champers street jor the upper station, Hacken- sack, at one o'clock P. M.; returning leave at ten minutes to four. tetas al Chicago and Utica papers please otice. Foster.—At Little Neck, L. I, on Saturda: November 23, ABBY FosTER, widow of Thomas F ter, in the 90th year of her age. Kelatives and friends are invited to attend the | funeral, on Tuesday, 26thinst.,attwelve M, Train leaves Hunter's Point at eleven A. M. Gant.—At New Brunswick, N. J., on Thursday, November 21, 1872, FIELDING 8,, son Of Benjamin K. and Mary J. Gant, The funeral will take place from the residence of his grandfather, T. 0, Farrington, South Broadway, Youkers, N. Y., on Monday afternoon, November | 25, at one o'clock, | _ GarpNer.—At Jersey City Heights, on Friday, November 22, ADRIANA CLEMENTS, Wife of William Gardner, aged 66 yea: Funeral on Monday, November 25, from her late residence, Brinckerhoff street, near Monticello avenue, Relatives and friends are invited without further notice. Take Monticello avenue cars at Jersey ferry. GREENLEAF.~In Brooklyn, on Saturday, Novem- | ber 23, SaRAn, wife of Franklin Greenleaf, in the 57th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectiully invited to attend the funeral, trom her late residence, 288 Adelphi street, on Tuesday, November 26, at two P. M. Boston (Mass.) papers please copy. Harris.—On Sunday, November 24, 1872, JANE HARRIS, & native of the county Monaghan, Ireland, in the 76th year ot her age. The relatives and iriends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 143 West Twenty-eighth street, this day November 25, at one o'clock P. M. HARMER.—On Saturday, November 23, MINNIE LINDEN, infant daughter of George W. and Anna 1. Harmer, and granddaughter of John G. and Anna: Thompson, aged 1 year, 6 months and 4 days. Funeral! from the residence of parents, 109 Lorri- mer street, Williamsburg, on Mcnday, November 26, at one o'clock P, M. South Side (L. L) Signal please copy. Hvtst.—On Sanday morning, November 24, at eight o'clock, Witiam P. HULst, aged 53 years, 5 months and 12 days. Relatives and (riends are requested to attend his funeral, on Tuesday, Novernber 26, at two o'clock, from his residenco, East Williamsburg, L, I. VETT.—In Brooklyn, on Saturday, November 28, 1872, Captain Ouney Lovert, in the 73d year of is age. Tus relatives and friends of the family, also the menibers of the New York Marine Society are te- spectfally invited to attend the funeral, from St. ‘LPaul'a chusct, cormes of Clnton aud, Qacrall pier 2 opposite. ‘That a cross-walk be laid from the southwest corner of on Saturday afternoon, November 23, of diabetes, | (Monday), | | Ms , On Wednesday, the 27th inat., of Mangr.—On Sunday, November 24, 1872, PANNE Maugs, the beloved wife of John Maher, aged 41 years. The relatives and friends of the family and thon of her brothers, Join, James and William Harkia, are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 4 Bridge street, Brooklyn, om ‘Tuesday, 26th inst., attwo P.M. Her remaing will ne ue to the Cemetery of the Holy Gross, Mat- ush. Moricry.—On Saturday, November ACELLI Monicey, aged 79 years. Relative and friends of the family are reapect- fully invited to attend the funeral, this (Monday) at- ternoon, at two o'clock, from her late residence, 407 West Sixteenth street, O’ConNoR,—On Friday, November 2, Dene O'Connor, in the 57th year of his age, a native of Drumciiffe, county Sligo, Ireland. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from hie Jate residence, 57 Park street, on Monday, Novem- ber 25, at nine o’clock A.M. The remains will be taken to St. Andrew's church, where a solemem requiem mass Will be offered for the repose of lua soul, thence to Calvary Cemetery at one P. M. Sligo (Ireland) papers please copy. Ska.y.—In Brooklyn, on Saturday, November 23, aa Mrs. CATHARINE SBALY, in her 766i 23, Mee year, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are ref- Dectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence ol her son-in-law, William G. Lawrence, 546 State street, Brookiyn, on Tuesday morning, a ten o'cloc! Sprourt.—On Sunday, November 24, in thia city, Mary E., only daughter of Thomas and Hattie Sproull, aged 2 years and 4 months. ‘rhe remains Will be taken to Orange county for interment. SussNgex.—In Jersey City,on Sunday, November 24, CHARLES SUSSNER, in the 44th year of his ages New Haven papers please copy. Watrace.—On Saturday, November 2%, 1872 Epwai R. WALLACE, Superintendent of Steepy Holiow Cemetery, after a long and painful tliness, in the 59th year of his age. The friends of the family are respectiully tnvitea to attend the funeral, at his late residence, a Washington street, above Beekman avenne, Tarry- pn Monday, November 25, at ball-paas M. nday, November 24, MAay ANN , a native of county Kerry, Irciand, aged Ww years, 1 month and 2 days, The relatives and friends of the family are re spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from hee late residence, 48 Beach street, this (Monday) alter- 4 one o'clock, On Saturday, November 23, 1872, at his 3 Kast Thirty-third street, HARVEY A, the o7th year of his age. place on Tuesday, November 3 Fu 26, WILLIAMS, y f, | 1872, MARGARET, Wile of Foster 8. Willtama, aged 7 ears, % The relatives and friends, also her two sons, Horace and Alfred Theall, also her son-in-law, 3. R. Rowley, are respectiuily invited to attend the funeral, at one o’clock on Wednesday, November 2%, at her late residence, 130 Penn sticet, Brook!yn, E. D., WILLIAMSON.—On Saturday, November 23, Jou C., son of John D, and Mary Williamson, ‘The funeral will take place from his late reat- dence, 138 West Tenth street, on Monday, the 256m inst., at haif-past one o'clock. Wi.son.—On Sunday morning, November 24, N. F. Wi1son, after a severe illness, aged 54 years, @ months. and 11 days. Relatives and friends of the family, also the mem. bers of Marsh Lodge, F. and A, M., are respeotiulig invited to attend the funeral, at his late residence, 176 Second street, between South Third and Soutle Fourth streets, Brooklyn, E. D., on Tuesday afternoon, November 26, at one o*lock. Winans.—At Elizabeth, N. J., suddenly, on Frt- wi November 22, Mary ¥., daughter of Jacob Y. Wjnal Panera Monday, 25th inst., at eleven A. M., from the residence of her father, 154 Broad stre: WANTED. In this City and Brooklyn, RESPONSIBLE bred Ayes ae tor he eping, furnished or unfurnished, ontating terme whick must ‘be moderate, RAM ratd oities, perl SINGLE GENTLEMAN WOULD LIKE COMFORT. able Apartments in private family, one large room or small one, with bedroom; permanent; $400 @ $600 per annum. Address box 163 Herald Uptown’ Brauch office, 1,265 Broad way. SHED HOUSE WANTED—SMAGIs will pay rent in advance, or security| T want possession soon. Address, 026 Post office. ue F°%, A GE! MAN, WIFE AND CHILD, UNFUR- 1 Apartments for housekeeping, with early pow session; not less than tive rooms and bath; below Oen- tral Park; location must be good and acc ible. Ad dress, with rent aud particulars, for turee box 2,775 Post office. HED FLOOR WANTEL tent for ligh nites’ walk trom Tenth street , With full particulars, 713 Broad GLE GENTLE nion League Stating terms, box 6,833 Post offic ANTED—BY TWO GENTLEMEN, A SUIT OF TWO Rooms, with bathroom and water closet attached, the exclusive use of which will be required; situation must be within two or thre cks of the Union Club, corner Fifth avenue an nty-first street. Partios having well furnished rooms.as aboye may address X. ¥, 5,452 Host office, Ni A ROOM ‘Addrose, rik, ANTED—BY PRIVATE FAMILY, FIRST CLASS unfurnished House, on December 1; location Fifth and Seventh avenues, Twenty-first to, Fortieth street. Address, stating terms ai H. H., box 108 Herald Uptown Branch oifice,! ys ANTED IMMEDIATELY—FOR A SMALL FAMILY, tly turuished House, near the city, untit Spring 62 Varicl ‘ent moderate. Ad —GENTLEMAN AND WIFE DESIRE FIRST OB «York. ortably turnist nd bal pre- ; good neighborhood; west side $5) or $6 per month. Address ALISON, , Fourth avenue and Twenty-fourth st pa preferred; pri Ashland House ~ PURNITURE, ot L THE ELEGANT HOUSENOLD FURNITURE AP AY the private residence 1 lace (Bighth Street), near Sixth avenue ; rosewood Pianoforte, five ele- gant Parlor Suits, Mirrors, Paintin Jurtains, 500 yards Carpets, Bedsteads, tis, stands, Mate tresses, Bedding, dining, basement and servants’ Furnt- 2, at public auction this (Monday) morning, at 1b k, by EK. ROTH, Auctione: T BENDALIYS OLD STAND—FURNITURE, CAR peta and Bedding cheap for cash, or monthly payments. C. ¥. € 20) ai pets net 3 jots cheap, at p ixth sireet IDENCE—120 WEST TWENTY. 10 satin brocate! T PRIVATE. RE third street, Parlor Suit: Cost $6, for $200; one do. $400, for $175; 12 Bedroom Suits, comp! upwards; complete outits for parties gol ing. in lots to suit, for cash. ‘at lowest cash priceson weekly im- ARRELL'S warehouse i NG ROOM SUIT, MART MAGNIFICENT DRAW A Antoine le, crimson silk reps, cogs | $450, for $200; one Wo., $175; do. $45, Pianotorte, Paint- Brow: aageres, Silverware, Rosewoo!, Walnut, Chamber, Diving Furniture; a sacrilice ; property family leaving city. 36 West Lith st., near 5th av. (yanrers, roi Furniture, Beds, Bedding, Ce vinents by the’ week or mouth, Terms G88y. uray & CO, corner of Twenty-fifth street and Sixth avenue. JPURNITURE WANTED—FOR FIVE ROOMS COM- plete, for housekeeping; will hice or purchase, or t give romns, rent free, for its use; alsu a Floor of ‘six roomsto let! Caillat 94 Third avenue, corner Vifty-sev- euth stre NTHLY OR WEEKLY PAYMENTS~CARPETS, Vuruiture, Bedding, Ac. 4 Be: DEALY & CUNNINGITAM, $81 and 586 Third avenue, near Twenty-cigith sttoes Prices lower than any other house in the city, HE ADVERTISER WISHES TO second han irror, walnut Burea ood condition ill Day, for same in ing. Address MIRROR, Herald Uptow: JEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAYMENTS TAKEN FOR Furniture, cope and Bedding, at B, M, COWPER- THWAIT & CO."S, 155 Chatham street ; an immense stock and low prices: Parl Chamber Suits in great vart- ety. Bargains for and » On Pe The above work is now being set up from Father B: manuseript, and revised and corrected by him. published immediately after the delivery of the firth tee- ture, by P. M. HAVERTY, Publisher, No. 5 Barclay corner Twen 11209 Sixth aves nue, corner Fourteenth street—American Watehes, Cuc koo and French Clocks, Diam Gold Jewelry, sold Silver and finest Silver Plated Ware, cheice selections, at manutacturers’ prices. 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