The New York Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1872, Page 8

resident Lerdo’s Inangnration and the Im- mediate Results of the Ceremonial. NEW YORK HERAL Interview With a Dying Kea Prisoner Just Pasdoued Out of Albany Penitentiary. Wasnineton, Dec. 15, 1972. Reuben G. Young, the Ku Kivx prisoner who has been paruoned by the President, arrived here to- day from the Albany Penitentiary, He was on his Porfixic Diaz and Othor Military Penitents in | way home to Youngsville, Ala., but missed the vall- Loyal Profession—Confession of Diaz to the Citis us of the Capital—Sudden Death of Ex-Governor Ortega—The Social Condition in the Provinces—The Leaven of Communism from the Lips of a Defiant Dictator, MEXICO C)TY, Dee. 1, 1872. To-lay marks anew erain the history of Mex- dco—the entrance of Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada wpon his four years’ term of office as President of the Repebhe and bis formal inanguration with more than accustomed ceremony. This afternoon at haifpast five o'clock he will take the oath of office before the National Congress and assume the Presidential chair. It is hoped that mora! and ma- terial progress is Well a8.a substantial peace will mark (hit administration, This may depend, how- ever, npoo What occupation may he provided for poor but ambitions men Who have been envaged in revoution for the past few years and who have fewiiles to support. Tf Mexico favors the constrne- tien lroads a large field of labor will thus be opened. Foreign residents here await with much anxiety the result of railroad questions now pend- ing. Ky the vote of Congress on the Gay before yesterday the Matter was referred to the Exeen- tive, with power to represent the nation in grant- ing concessions and making contracts for the con- rtraction of railroads, with foreign or domestic companies or capitalists, BYATE Chl MONIAL AND DIPLOMATIC CONORATOLA- TION. After the President shali have been formally in- augurated he is expected to pass to the “Hall of ihe Atobas*adors,” in the National Palace, where he w eceive the congratulations of the authori tues, polit.cal and social clubs, &c, ‘The residents on the main streets, leacing from whe Palace to the private residence of the Presi-« dent, are tuvited to illuminate and decorate their houses, and, later, several balloon ascensions will take place, with music and a general iliumination, in ali of the public parks, A grand ball will be ey him on the 14th of this month at the National Exchange, and others by the Spanish and German clubs wii foliow YORFIRIO DIA "8 PROFESSION OF ALLEGIANCE. Ou the occasion of the public reception given to | Geverai Porfirio Diaz by his numerous friends in the Aietpada of this city, he replied to their words of welcome as iollows :— Frrtow Oinzexs—This is the first time that I have had the honor to address you, and I do so now because I tecl compelicd todo so by this unmerited as well as spon: ax welcome With which you salute me upon my ar- (this capital, and also because I feel it to be my plain my conduct before you. Not long since pie t whom I have the honor to pertain pre- sonted se with a sword as @ reward for whut I believed % be a fulfilment of duty during the foreign invasion. hen | received that sword 1 solemnly swore never to vnesheaih it except in defense of our independence or our IMeintions, as de d by a people who honored woe With such a dist . will not enter into @ relae tion of the reasons which’ impelled me to unsheath it u aimed the principles embodied 1 the proc. * because 1 ought not to call up drawing aside the crape el0p venerated by a thousand You are the Judges who should weigh in impelled ine, and vou alone shall be the judge before whose decision T bow by head, and before whose majesty 1 to- dxy lay down my sword, Unlooked-for events have re- folved the question by elevating to the Supreme Magis- {racy the cfilzen whom the law. has called.” Betore that law, which has emanated trom the people, I should lay arms, and tor which I have no further motive titles. your own consciences the reasons which ‘own conscience, The citizen who rules the des- tinies of the nation to-day is sufficienly intelligent. He ‘ht Hot, neither is he able, rejudge the people for. ‘what may occur. Onr political taith should confine itself to 4 just View of the embodiment of the law, and to {ft I swear in the name of my country. Insurrections, which have been basely named crimes, are, when they have a just origin, the thermometer which mark not only the culture of 'a people, but its decree of suffering ; and this Jast revoiution will be at Jeast a lesson which will mark to the men of the future the extent of our sufferings. To- @ay I cherish in my soul each and every kind act you have extended to ine in this brilliant nianifestation( its remembrance, which shall be imperishable, shall kindle in my sou) a sentiment ot profound grativage which gall Sive Inspiration tg my. Re a ig THE REPENT, IEF Ri 1 FOR OFFICE. General Diaz is still in the capital, and many of his supporters are puttimg before the Peopie his claims Jor the position lately occupied by Sefior Lerdo de Tejada—that of Chief Justice of the Su- preme Court or Vice President of the Republic. Other well-known names are among the list of | candidates—Senor Iglesias, Minister of Justice in the Cabinet of the late President; General Auza and Riva Palacio. A bill has been introduced into Congress making arrangements for the electoral period, place, &c, ~ MORE PENITENTS TO THE FOLD. Ex-Generals Donato Guerra, Borrego and Ji- Menez are on the way to the capital, it issaid, and the press, commenting upon this fact, speaks of the warm welcome awaiting these heroes from their bumerous friends and admirers here, NO COMPUNCTION, WITH A TINGE OF COMMUNISM, ‘General Lozada, self-constituted dictator of Tepic, f)ways refusing submission to the general govern- quent, of late presents himself ina new rdle. Hav- Jug caught the spirit of Communism, he proposes to illustrate ite principles by the equalization of property, confiscating the possessions of the rich a 19 divide the samé with the poor of hg canton uvek Whied he has constituted himself Governor, uot orgetting, i is presuindd, é & F500 percentage in the transfer, In demonstration of ints new Order of things the well knowg house of barron & Forbes at that point has recently suffered ab indiguity a8 ap initiatory measure in this pro- vramme, aud already this philanthropic movement | of Geveral Lozaaa threatens serious results, EATH OF EX-GOVERNOR ORTEGA. General Gonzales Ortega, of Saltillo, well known in poutical circles, it is rumored is expected here, butit is more probable that he will visit Puebla austead, where some few days ago his brother, ex- Governor of Puebla, died suddenly from the rup- ture of a blood vessel. Hence the visit of General Ortega in the neighborhood may have bo political significance, THE SOCIAL SITUATION. The government is very active in the prosecution ofthe robbers throughout the country; numerous | journal:— arrests and executions have taken place; people are gaining a little more confidence in the road, and hopes are entertained that journeying can f00n be undertaken without too much danger to fe, limb and pocket. Some eymptoms of discontent are Seomeng out | been | among revolutionary leaders who have not restored to rank in the army or supplied with pub- lic employment. the impending change of Cabinet and removal of public oftcers ? NEW YORK OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. -——— Reception Last Evening at the Opening of the New Building, Twenty-third Street and Third Avenne. The formal opening ofthe New York Ophthalmic Hogpital took place last evening at the new build- | ing, corner of Twenty-third street aud Third ay- enue, at half-past seven P. M. The proceedings were opened by the Rev. Mr. Ormiston, who offered @ long and fervent prayer for the success of the institution. Then Thomas ©, Smith, the President, came forward and said:— We met on these grounds October 5, 1871, to lay the corner stone of this edifice, have’ now’ invited you here to jock at the work of our hands in a complete and tinisbed vont fitted up, arranged aud fully equipped or of charity This ‘institution ysie by Ly i David Lb. ephenson, Rogers and ‘These two physicians asso cimted with thetnsetves a Boxrd of Directors and began | the w the Ophthalmic Hospital at No. 6 Stuyvesant Third avenue. Meet ‘aled 8. Woodhull From Stuyvesant street it was moved to No. @ it remained some years; then a residence of Mr. Peter Cooper, cor nue and Twentyeighth street, where it is bu time, of Directors re: foived to discard the Loropatbhie mode of treatment, We have cecupied this building only six months, and We thought it to be oy # adioining, on Twenty-third street. When we comme bot before the Little we started With Was exhausted & good Suwaritan—Mye. E Keep—appeared and endowed a munificent su m. Her tadelewe end pore Npob that record | ie bed her namo mis be br ihe prayer. o by the aid of her generous aid that fi both public and prt cossity of recominending our naritable, The field is provide mediral and the | communi render them aud this yet onder the « * peculiarly it ng 0} irom orelizntion by the time ¥ : “many could hinds would Provide (us he puflere: 10 pris Sh We for Whe sullerers wh fer Ue address of the President the Rev. Dr, homes and ihe Hey. dr, ¥ bot polut- edly, AmObe the GLO PUsLEd PertuuK present were the kev. Gegrge Wo hanno er Cooper, Wes, wir, hone EEw) per, aire fevelt ity ME OOH peoet Will another revolution follow | stem aud adopt we | | | | | | | | companion tonched | Renner and political Hogg i road connection, and had to stay over. He will continue bis journey to-morrow, if he bas strength enough to do so—for his life’s lamp is fickering fauntly, and will probably give out before he can reach home. Mr. Young was a man of property and good social standing in the place named after him, le ba# an interesting family, consisting of a wife, four daughters and two sons. One of the latter | was tried on the charge of being implicated in the Ku Kinx outrages, and, like his father, sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in the Albany Penitentiary, where ne is still confined, As soon as Mr. Young arrived a member Of Congress kindiy took charge of him. His cloth- ing was too light and scant to protect him from the vitter cold, and he has since heen provided with an overcoat and money to pay his travelling expenses. The gentieman who has befriended him conducted me to the cloak room of the House of Representatives, where I fonnd Mr. Young asleep on a sofa, Idid not wish to wake him, but stood for two or three minutes in eilent contemplation of the feeble, emaciated form of the poor old man, Who has broken down under the grievous burden inficted upon him. He appeared to sleepin death, His face had a leaden, ghastly look, with wrinkles deeply and rigidly set, as if void of sense and motion, My him lightly, He raised his head slowly and cast a languid look toward me. It seemed to me the look ofa galvanized corpse, He was dressed ina suit of homespun. His face | Was thin and ashy, with a three weeks’ beard upon it; his eyes and cheeks were sunken in and thin gray hair straggied down upon his forehead, “Have you been asleep, Mr. Young ?”’ L inquired, “thave been trying to sleep, but I cannot, I have not had a night's sleep for many weeks.”? “What is the cause of your sleeplessness 7? “1 have had a terrible cough. My lungs are all gone and thinking always of my home and family could not sleep, 1 was in pretty good health be- fore they took me to prison, but bow I fear I shall never recover from this.’? “How did they treat you in prison 7? “All the officers treated me kindly, except one overseer, who was harsh tome. When I was tco feeble to work | had to remain in my cell, which was very cold. I sometimes asked him to let me 4 to the stove in the corridor to warm myself, but he refused. ‘Don’t be hard on an old man,’ I would say, but still he wouldn’t let me go out. I was confined in the same cell with my son Ringgold, who is stillthere, He has to work in the shoe shop from daylight till evening; bat he has been In good health, Never missed a day inthe shoe shop. If it had not been for him I shouid have been dead long before this. He took good care of me.” Here the old man’s thoughts rambled away from the subject, He started out on along story about the other prisoners, about the tobacco that was furnished him, about the vegetable soup he had three times a week. He dilated over the most trivial details, and repeated them again and again, Every now and then when he lost the thread of his narrative he would reiterate a word or asentence three or four times successively, and then break out in protestations of his innocence. “You haye never been concerned in the Ku Klux outrages 9” J inquired. ‘ “No, sir, Dever. Ihave never been a Kn Klux nor have had AnyEnIng to do with the outrages, Never saw any Ku Klux but once, and then they came to me in disguise at midnight, They took me out, and when they had made me walk about four hundred yards they asked me ‘how far of was the graveyard.’ I replied ‘about four miles from my place.’ Then they told me to go back and behave myself. That is all I know about the Ku Klux,” “Who had you imprisoned f°? “It was all the work of a man named Barnes, He te a lawyer, He hated me and wanted to have me but out of the way. For this purpose he went to John D. Young, a Ku Klux prisoner, now in the Albany Penitentiary, but no relation of mine, and asked him to turn State's evidence against me, but John refused. The next day he was arrested and tried, and, like me, sentenced to ten years. This man Barnes was a United States Commis- sioner and had unlimited power in my county. He was on the Grpnd Jury which found an indictment Against me. They wanted to convict SW esnae and they selected me and my fon Ringgold T. ‘oung. There are ner six Ku Klux prisoners in the Albany Penitentiary—three from Tallapoosa a tl Po) sy Rendoipe eiuors Soe of pe haries Howard, Tegtidiet; another, name Blanks, is @ boy." PRUE ABO Gee These remarks I elicited from the old gentleman at lucid intervals, for at times he talked so incohe- rently that 1t was painfully eviqent he was on the verge of insanity. He showed me the pardon granted him by the President, for which he ex- pressed much gratitude, saying that he would like to see General Grant to thank him personally. When I took leave of Mr. Young he said, with the old impulse of el ae that if 1 should ever pass through Youngsville he would be happy to en- tertain me. Poor man! It seems scarcely possible that he will ever reach his home alive. He is in the last stage of consumption—bodily and men- tally @ complete wreck. It isa singular decree of Providence that this poor old man should, after his return from prison, rest his weary dying limbs in the same House of Representatives which framed the law that sent him to the Albapy Penitentiary and laid him at death’s door, BUTLER ON §TROLOGO. The subdjoined communication from ex-Consul General Butler, in his own defence, we publisb, with certain omissions marked by asterisks, The parts struck out are very strong-worded (viru- lent if you please) attacks on the journal in this | city which published his defamer’s story. We are always willing to give both sides ofa story; but, no matter what reason Mr. Butler may bave for indig- ation against the paper in question, we cannot allow our columns to be made the vehicle for | speaking of acontemporary in language which we | would not ourselves use regarding it or apy other Lonpon, Nov. 23, 1872, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Among the numerous aspirants for notoriety at any price comes forward a Mr. A. D. Strologo, who | writes to the New York World in the Louis Noe | vein, avowing himself @ villain in order that he may calumniate others. It is neediess for me to repiy in detail to his charges, as they have been made before by others of my enemies who, while they equal him in venom, 80 far su shim in vituperative ability that it is to them I shall turn when the occasion fits, and not to the minor curs of the pack. I think it due to my iriends, however, to make plain the motive which prompted this degraded wretch to thus shamefully placard himself @ traitor | and a spy. He came to me when I first went to Egypt, | recommended by several gentlemen to whose wants he pandered in Paris, a8 courier and inter- preter, asking for anything which would give him employment and asmall salary. I was anxious to gratify these gentlemen, who were, and are, my but upon _pre- minary inquiry | found the man incompetent to perform the simplest duties ofa clerkship, atleastin the English language. His assertion, therefore, that he acted as my private secretary is a lying pretension. Ashe was an excellent linguist, how- ever, and as nearly all the languages of the earth are spoken in Egypt, | engaged him in that capac- ity and remunerated him more than liberally for such services, Mgt el however, from unques- tionable authority, e had once been a slave- trader and an associate of the notorious Gordon and that he was once actually under arrest in New York on & charge of piracy, but allowed to escape with his brig by a blundering or corrupt United States Marshal I, at once dis- missed him, pay! turned like a bad penny je capacity of spy for the Turkish Porte, and jest that eine- cure by offering to sell what he claamed to know to the Egyptian police. My suspension from office by the President after the affray which occurred between my friends aud ome renegade ex-Confederates in Alexandria, and which suspension was thought in certain high quarters to vote om t e eve of @ Presidential election, sug- gontea to Mr. Strojogo’s active mind afresh and fertile fleld of what he deeme to be laudabie en- terprise, and upon my afrival iu London he promptly made a, foray upon me for the | avenu | that oc | livel should remain no longer uncontradicted, and be a ; | simple ana inexpensive way to conciliate the rebel | published in one or more of the local papers, no : o | joan of — $600. The jimpudence of the req mused and I civiiy, but decid- ediy, Geciined. Hen | caused to be conveyed to me by a friend in Paris wague threats of bis inten- momicdes ing breasted, to my own sat tion i least, for several years a mainiy by the most eminent chicis of my own pro- fession, Who, like wolves, revel in mapgiing one of their own number, should he seem to fiag or turn away, tickened of their devilish chase afier human character. Thad no fear of being “done to death” by the slanderous tongue ofe wave trader, ° * a * ” eee) a ae we ee eee * a ee ie ee ee ee, ee . 0 ee ee ee Si eh. Me, ee a a Ae Ce Mh aN ee . . . bd . Ad * ‘Thanking you for the snace you have granted me to make this brief explanation, J ewe n your very oblged and hum- pie nervaut, PECKOL D. OUTLER. { i stream of Calomny set in motion sguinst me | |. Meantime the members of the | | vinere : * THE HOTEL HORROR, 7 The Story of How They Polled the Screens from the Windows, but Heard No Sound from the Fatal Room Where the Girls Were Suffocated, ‘The investigation into the cause of the fire at the Fifth Avenue Hotel was reopened yesterday by Fire Marshal MeSpedon and the following testi- mony take! John Thompson,'being duly sworn, said:—I am fireman at the Fifth Avenue Hotel; my room is 578, on the Twenty-fourth street side, next to Broad- way; 1 think it was about a quarter to eleven o’clock when 1 went to bed on the night of the fre; Thomas Owens eccupies a bed in the same room; we were both woke up by @ cry of fire; don’t know where the cry came from; I partly dressed myself, and while so doing Uheard the GIRLS SCREAMING ON THE ROOF; I kicked the screen off my window, and went across the roof of the private attic toward the girls’ attic; I think J met four or five girs standing on the lower roof, near the elevator; they had no clothing on but @ chemise and were barefooted; I helped them to get over toour attic, and they went im at some of the windows; I then went to the lower roof of the girls’ attic; met one of the pantry men, named William, and we commenced pulling the sercens from the Windows; there was plenty of smoke up there; it was blown from the direction of the laundry, elevated towards Broadway; we pulled the screens from those windows Where we heard the girls screaming and | let girls out of every room; think we pulled the kcreens from three rooms; think we pulled the screens from 521 or 520, which Is next to 613; there the nine bodies were found; heard NO SOUND FROM 5135 the smoke was very hot and thick there, and we could hardly stand itJong enough to get the screens off; there Was no blaze up there ut the Lime; noth- ing but smoke; if we had heard any noise in 613 I think we would have been able to ret =the screen off and get them out; think as many as five or six girls got out of the | got out by them- | window we opened; they all selves; I think it was fully two minutes after I got on the roof that some of the girls told me that Mra, Ward was in her bedroom, which is the best room on the east end of the girls’ attic; we broke in the screen Of her window; she was not able to get out, D, ing PARTIALLY SUFFOCATED by the smoke, and I went into the room and lifted her up and pulied her out of the window; I then went through her room into the passage, end went down towards the cross passage lead- ing from the servants’ staircase, and felt My Way along for some distance, and was finally obliged to turn back on account of the smoke; there was no fire in the hall up to thie time; I went back througn the passage and out to she roof through Mrs. Ward's room; after that I went down | on the Twenty-fourth street side and helped with | the hose, The testimony of this witness closes the investi- gation so far as the Fire Marshal is concerned. Offerings for the Help of the Sister of One Unfortunate and for the Ablest Prosecation of the Proprictors—Letters and Contributions of Money. The following communications, which contained money for the purposes stated within them, are hereby acknowledged, and their contents placed in proper and safe deposit :— DRAWING A SALARY IN ADVANCE FOR HUMANIDY’S SAKE, New York, Dec. 14, 1872, 10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— DEAR Sik—Encloseu fina $6, to give which I had to draw an advance on my suiary. Accept and give it to him who most Lea ef ieee e pro- prietors of the Fitth Avenue Hote) for their mur- derously inhuman economy in obliging scrub girls | Bae over servants to sleep in irou-clad chambers of death, And this for the sake of adding a few thousands every year to their millions. From one of them- A. B, Darling, who started in hotel life, report says, @ “hall boy"’—we ought to expect more sagacity, 0 Bay the least. He and his partners bear the highest reputation for shrewdness in all temporal concerns. I hope now they will learn to economise the lives | even of the “damned” scrub girls. 1 could not resist sending yeu this money and letter aga thanksgiving trust for the noble and masterly style in which you came out with your ringing appeals for ay mpathy in behalf of the mur- dered servant girls, jor which may God bless you, ig the fervent prayer of your grateful and devoted servant, and a former hall man and porter in two hotels, not four blocks eouth of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, which were a8 badly managed in my time, Dearly two years ago. As a citizen I believe yon: merit this title:— “America’s Champion of the ressed.? PATRICK F. X. ROONEY. A-EMPLOYE OF THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL RISES TO EXPLAIN. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— It has been freely circulated, editorially and otherwise, by many of the dail; the great number of male ait employed and sleeping in the Fifth Avenue Hote! Was bestowed nor an effort made by any of them, with one solitary exception (John Kay or McKay), to save the poor girls, whose lives were in danger. Ihave no desire to detract from the deserved merit of John Kay, but I aided, with others, in the rescue of several girls, some 9, whos pemes ate known to me, anda greater number whose names I am ignorant of. Now, it is freely said that we were in- different to their appeals for help, and there is scarcely a house in the city whose inmates are not talking the matter over and condemning in the strongest language such inhuman inactiv: lam an eye-witness to the Tact that the majority of the | | male help were anything but indifferent or inac- tive. They did not wait to estimate the danger | they would encounter in giving assistance, yet! am sorry I cannot say so much forall. There were @ few who were more concerned about their lothes, | trust the rumor of the men’s indifter- nce got circulation through some misunderstand- ing. 8 herewith give the names of a few girls whom I know were saved by the efforts of o:her servants:—Jane Lockhart, Kate Peeney, Mary Barry, Mary Larkin, Bridget Fitzsimons, Margaret McElroy and Mary Cruikehank, Enclosed please find one dollar for Annie McCabe (sister of poor Mary McCabe, deceased). Though everyone should be proud of the HERLAD, more especially the humole whose cause it always advo- cates with a noble disregard whether the opposite parties be millionnaires or otherwise, as is very for- cibly shown in its late comments on the Fifth avenue fire, and while I greatly admire the spirit which dictated them yet I don’t think it fair to assail the proprietors in that manner. I have had recourse to many persons who have lived in various hotels, East, West, North and South, ant they unhesitatingly proclaim the Filth the best. id occurrence, ale employés generally on account of their supposed conduct on on. Therefore I am anxious that this trust you will give the foregoing insertion at your earliest convenience and thereby greatly oblige your obedient servant, AN EMPLOYE, FIERCE FIGHT OVER A SCHOOL. os Educational Troubles in Westchester County—Progress of the West Farms | School War—An Appeal to the Board of | Supervisors. In the town of West Farms, Westchester county, there has been waging for some time past a fierce and acrimonious warfare between a large proportion of the influential and the Board of Education of School district No. 1. The strife between the opposing factions would appear to be for the contro! of the educational affairs in the district named. The question of erecting a new school building at a cost of about $60,000 has now, however, intensified the wordy war, which was yesterday carried into the Board of Supervisors at White Plaine, that body alone possessing the legal power to authorize the raising of the sum indicated, On behalf of the Board of Education it # claimed that at a regular meeting, held some &@ resolution was adopted, o @ new and commodjous ham, and, although this acti Eee So or remonstrance from any porti the citizens wae presented to that body. Ac - ingly the old schoo! edifice was soid and has siuce been discontinued for educational purposes, ‘The opponents of this action on the part of the oo of Education, prominent among wiom are lesers. next five years; that the site for the new buiiding, purchased from Jobn B, Haskin, President of the Board of Education, ts absurdly umeutiabie, bein within fifty yards of the Harlem Railroae track, on which trains are constantly paseing: that the ground is low and damp, being some ties com- | pletely inundated, aud that real esiate experts have certified on oath that the price at which the property hag heen sold was double its actual value, They have, therefore, presented to the Hoard of Supervisors several lengthy petitions and numer. | ous aMdavits ip support of the objections raised to the new echool project. tion have not been “caught napping,” and are abundantly fortified with simiar doruments from taxpayers and others favoring the scheme, Both sidex are represented by ab !,and the tii. feeling fxtting hetwe « faerie suflere BO Qn behulbg Le Y : papers that out of | not a thought | happen to have personally | If the construction of the notel | | is faulty, how much more so are the majority of the hotels in the city? I would not have troubled | you with this communication, but many of my ac- } quaintances have, since this | taunted me and reflected on the taxpayers | Lewis G, Morris and William B. Ogden, as- | @ these teare aud this display | sert that the old schoo! edifice Was sinply adapted of contrition in the columns of the World, He then | in ali respects to the wants of the district for the Koard of Ednea- | | KIDNAPPED: "AND RESCUED, Two Catholic Children Abducted from Their Employment by the Daughter of a Uni- tarian Minister and Secreted in a Prot- estant Asylum—Judge Barrett's Order Unearths Them—The Case in Court— The Old Grandmother's Story. The Mother Dead and the Father a Drunken Orangeman, Who Had Abandoned Ter Years Before. ‘The spirit of sectarian bigotry which the HERALD has always endeavored to break down shows itself once and again in the over-zealous actions of otherwise well meaning persons. It is well known that in thie city there are thousands of homeless and orphaned children who are legitimate objects for charity and for Christian education, so that it shonld hardly be necessary to invade individual homes, however humble, to abduct children against the will of their lawful protectors. Yet a case presenting just this phase was before | Judge Barrett yesterday in the Supreme | Court Chambers, The story is briefly told, and as gleaned by a HERALD representative from Mrs. Quinn, the grandmother ot the abducted children; from the Rev. Father Mooney, her pastor, and to whom she applied for advice and protec- tion in her extremity, and from Mr. Nugent, the President of St. Vincent de Paul’s Society, whose ward in some sense Mrs, Quinn is, the facts are as follows :— Mrs. Quinn is . ‘ A SIMPLE-MINDED OLD IKISH WOMAN, who has lived some six or seven years in the neighborhood of St. Bridget’s church, in avenue B, She has therefore been a parishioner of Father | Mooney’s during that time. Her brother, John | Noonan, was a soldier in the Sixty-ninth regiment, | and was killed in the first battle of Bull Run, and, as Father Mooney was chaplain of that regiment during the war, he in her hadYnore than ordinary interest, she being a soldier’s relative. Mrs, | Quinn’s daughter was married to an ac- | knowledged worthless fellow named Earle, who treated his wife badly while he lived with her, and finally abandoned her in her sickness and left ber alone to die. Mr. and Mrs, Earle lived jnst out- side the parish limits of Keyport, N.J. They had { three bright little children—-Mary, aged at the | Paeeeue time fourteen; Catherine twelve and | Johnny eight. Earle worked in a brickyard in | Jersey, and by some accident there he lost an arm, | Thus incapacitated from following that business he | i DONNED A SOLDIER'S UNIFORM AND PURCHASED A HAND ORGAN and ground out real patriotic tunes in this city for the delectation of the kind-hearted and benevolent Gothamites. Meantime anxiety and overwork and cruel treatment began to prey upon Mrs, Earle and | she sickened. Her mother, Mrs. Quinn, who lived | and worked in the city, broke up housekeeping here, sold her furniture and went out to Jersey to care for her sick daughter. After an absence of and concinded that it would be better to bring his wife and children to New York. They all came hither, but as soon as he had them housed he went offon bis grand organ tunes and left wife and mother ann chilnren to shift for themselves, Three years ago Mrs, Earle died and was buried by her mother. Fearing that her worthless husband would | Sis the children, ana, perhaps, make a bad use of em), THE DYING WOMAN got a frftnd to draw up a memorandum of her wishes in this particular, In this document she left the children in the care of their grandmother: For three years the old lady has nursed and cared | for them with all the affection of a parent, and las | not rece:ved a cent toward their support from her son-in-law. Indeed, he did not call to see them | Until within a few weeks past, when she was sick and he wanted to get possession of them, Mrs. uinn, sick as she was, resisted his attempt to take | them.’ Subsequently Miss Anna Bellows, daugh-. ter of the Rey. Dr. Bellows, whom Mrs, Quinn described as the minister of “the beefsteak church” io Fourth avenue, and Miss offered to pay her rent and take good care of her if | she would let them take and educate the children. The old lady spurned the proposition in every shape. She did, however, allow Miss Bellows, whom she termed ‘a stale maid, who wears i mpecn't to get the girls positions in Macy’s store, in Sixth avenue. But a few days ago they disap- | peared from this place, and all the inquiries of Mra. Quinn failed to find ont their hidin; ol MISS BELLOWS AGAIN CALLED and reiterated ier proposition; but the old grand- mother wanted nothing but her children. Miss | Bellows would farnish no tuformation about them, The old lady threatened to tell her pastor, but the zealous proselytizers did not care for Father Mooney. They left Mrs, Quinn to find out her wards ifshe could, She at once appealed to her | pastor, who, after making proper inquiries to as- certain that the case was one in which he might interfere, sent her to make a formal demand for the children upon Miss Bellows, which, being re- | fused, he handed it over to his lawyer, Mr. Bien- Ville, Who sued out A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, which was returnable yesterday before Judge Barrett. The parties were in the Judge's cham- | berg at the appointed hour; but as Miss Bellows | said that pe children were not in her possession i nor under her control, she having placed them in } i St. Barnabas’ Home, in Mulberry street, a new order was made, and the children will be brought into Court to-day to be handed over to the care of the grandmother, who for the past three years has nourished and brought them up, The old lady speaks of them in terms of the fondest asfection and pathetically describes her SORROW AT THEIR SUPPOSED 1.088, Little Johnny, too, has felt so lonesome that he nas worried day and night for the past week over | his misfortune. He goes to school every day and is a bright little fellow. Mrs. Quinn is justly in- dignant at the trick which she thinks was played | upon her by placing the girls in a store for a week and then transferring them to a Protestant insti- tution without her knowledge and consent. She declares also that she has had on one occasion to protect her life with a hammer Jest ler son-in-law should kill her, as he had attempted to do. Be- | sides being a lazy, good for nothing fellow he is re- n of very violent temper, It ap- in Orangeman, and THE FAMILY TROUBLES first grew Out of this religious difference. Mrs. | Quinn and her daughter had religious pictures and | images in their humbie home, on the walis and | mantel pieces, and one day in a drunken spree | Earle, the old lady remarked, clipped the wings of | the blessed Virgin. But she has kept the wingless image ever since, and cherishes it the more be- cause of its escape from total destruction. The Sis- ters of Charity, it appears, have given the children medals of merit in school. Their father, im an- other drunken moment, attempting to cut off their | necks, thinking they were “scapulare’’ or | ‘Agnes Del,” very nearly cut his eldest daughter's | | jugular vein. Mrs. Quinn does not know where Earle is now, but itis presumed he is at the bottom of this case some way. The children, of their own | and at the instance of their deceased | mother and their grandmother, have assumed the maternal name. ‘he case Is certainly one, as rep- | resented, which deserves condemnation, | choice | RELIEF FOR THE BALTIC STORM SUF- F 'ERERS, Denations From German Citizens Sent to the Consul General, To THE Eprror OF THE HERALD:— ‘yhe following donations for the sufferers on the Baitic coast are thankfully acknowledged by the | undersigned, Consul General of the German Em- | pire:— | Meissner, Ackerman & ©6 ‘i AL OF | 5 A. de Greif & Co | ac ndmuelier... . Fleitmann 4 ¢ see DB 1, B. Ginsinek & 5 100 Vietor & Achelis... 20 L, von Hoffmann & ¢ WW Hardt & Co............ | Vive oe 10 E.Oelbermann &€o./! 50 Total : coe SMT Farther contributions ave respectfully solicited, JOHAN ROSI jo. 2 Bowling Green, THE BROOKLYN BURGOMASTERS. The Board of Aldermen of Brookiyn met yeater- day afternoon, Alderman Bergen in the chair. A remonstrance was received from the Bedford ave- | nue property owners against allowing the prop- erty owners between Fulton avenue and the city line to pave that portion of the avenue at their | own expense. If they were allowed to pave thie portion of the avenue at their own expense they | would then eseape paying their portion of the assessinent for the rest of the thoroughiare. ‘The | matter was referred to the Paving and Grading | Committee. A communication was received from Comptrolier Sebroder stating that the inspectors of streets did not perform their duties properly and some not at all, yet they had no hesitation in drawing their pay, Kelerred to the Greding and Paving Com- mittee, | Alderman Rores offered a resolution, asking that the Street Commissioner be requested to ine form the Board why Peter Riley had not completed | the contract for grading and paying Puraoavente, ) The revolution war adoptees many months Earle returned to his Jersey home, | Ellen Russell called on Mrs. Quinn at her home and } 950 | Eighth avenue, this (Tuesday) evening, at ha. D, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1872._TRIPLE SHEET, errands Sunday School Teachers in Council—An Address by Rev, Thomas D, Anderson on Child Life. ‘The December meeting of the New York Assocla- tion of Sunday School Teachers was held last night in the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian church. After some preliminary exercises the Rev. Thomas D. Anderson delivered an address, in which he sald:—There is an ideal Sunday school, where the children are just a little Jess than the angels, and there 1s the real Sunday school, where there is all the playfulness and wil- think it is necessary that a teacher should sympa- thize with child life. 1am speaking now to those who teach children, There must be a sympathy with child life. life and the man’s life. If we have A TRUE AND GOOD NATURE offices to get back for a few moments to our life as children. Do we love to enter into the freshness of our acholars’ hearts? If so, we are prepared to impart to them the instruction which should make an impression on their hearts. ‘There is a whole thinking world in the child. Yon have to put your thoughts into their ways. ‘The-man who can do this must not ‘necessarily be a genius. You all can do that. We shall see ® kindling eye and feel a palpitating heart, and then we shall know that we have found the key to | the hearts of the children. If we can throw off our business cares and stop the thinking of the weary | brain then we are prepared to do this werk. With | such @ feeling how delightiul it will be to study our lessons and to break them up and impart them to | the children! Didn't Jesus take the children right to his heart? Oh! a child will understand that. apeate to break up your thoughts so as to make r iS FIT THR CHILD'S MIND. | You must make them understand that yon are there because you love to be there among them. Our Christianity is sometimes too dull because we do not feel its true spirit of love and kindness, I don't say visit your scholars, but I do say that they must see you at your homes. We want to see our children in our churches; we want to see their impulses sanctified by Jesus. And 4s there will be so many children in heaven I want 9 see many children in the Church. Don’t work ro! THE COLD COMMAND OF DUTY. | We can come into the world, into the life, of | children; and the sweetest food, the richest orchard that we can enjoy in this life is the study of the child’s heart, The Rev. W. B. Craft said that out of the 150 members of his church 120 took part in the Sunday School. In his own church he had seen the possi- bility of the conversion of children, It seemed to him that there was nothing that brought them so close together as Christians as the Sunday school work; nothing that made their hearts fresher and was the source of a nobler and purer joy. After singing a hymn the meeting adjourned. ee - | MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. | Married. AkuSTRONG—CaRR,—On Wednesday, December i, 1872, at the residence of the bride’s mother, by | the Rev, William Brush, Joun D. ARMSTRONG to | JENNIE CARR, all of Fordham, N. Y. No cards, Brampton (Ont., Canada) papers please co) KERNAGHAN—CAMPBELL.—In Brooklyn, ou Thura- day, December 12, 1872, at the residence of the bride's parente, by the Rev. A. C. Osborn, GzorGE » KERNAGHAN, Of Jergcy City, to Emma J. M. Camp. URANSTOUN.—On Thursday, December 1 12, sidence of the bride’s parents, 320 Bloomfield street, Hoboken, by the Rev. Mr. Buck, FRANCIS MAXIMILIAN OTTOMAN TAUCHERT to MaR- GARBT CRANSTON, Died. | ArMOUR.—On Sunday, December 15, 1872, SARAH E. Dovanerry, wite of Joseph E. Armour and third | Geuritae of Mary and the late William Dougherty, red 22 years and 14 days. ‘he relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the | residence of her mother, 665 Lexington avenue, on Wednesday the 18th inst., at one o'clock. AsnwortH.—In Willlamsburg, L. I., on Satur- fay December 14, Mrs, SUSAN ASHWORTH, aged ears. ARKY.—On Monday, December 16, after a severe illness, CHARLES M. BaRRy, in the 34th year of his re. Friends of the deceased are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday, December 18, at two o'clock P. M., from his late residence, 56 New Chambers street. Philadelphia papers please mg Brpet.—At his residence, 44 Chariton street, on | Sunday, December 15, HYACINTH BrpEr, in the Sotn | year of hisage. , Philadelphia and Providence, R. I., papers please copy. Beexxax.—on Sunday, December 15, 1872, EDWARD BRENNAY, aged 55 years, native of Queens county, Ireland, Relatives and friends of the family are requested to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 816 | Rivington street, to-day (Tuesday), the 17th inst., at one o’clock, BUCKLEY.—On Saturday, December 14, 1872, Win- 114M BUCKLEY, @ Dative of Affane, county Water. | ford, Ireland, in his 72d year. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his son, Martin Buckley, 787 Eleventh avenue, corner of Fifty-fifth street, on Wednesday, December 18, at one o'clock. BUiMER.—On one December 16, at Jamaica, L. L, SARAH FRANCIS LMER, daughter of George E. and Louisa 8, Bulmer, aged 3 months and 17 days. CaGyey.—On Sunday, December 15, JANE ELIZA CaGney, daughter of William and Mary Aun Cag- ney, aged 6 years, 11 months and 19 days, ‘The friends of the family are respectfally invited to attend the funeral, irom the residence of her parents, 365 East Eighth street, on Tuesday after- noon, at two o'clock. CAMERON.—On Monday, December 16, in Fabius, Onondaga county, N. Mr. ALEXANDER CAMERON, aged 82 years, Funeral service from the Third Reformed Presby- terian church, West Twenty-third street, near Fighth avenue, on Wednesday, the 18th instant, at eleven o'clock A. M. CasEY.—On Sunday, December 15, 1872, MICHAEL Casey, @ native of Castle Island, county Kerry, Ire- land, in his thirty-fifth year, The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 567 Tenth avenue, corner Forty-first street, on Tacaday, December 17, at nine A. M., to the Church of the Holy Cross, West Forty-second street, and from thence to Calvary Cemetery. CATHELL.—On Monday, December 16, MARIA Cate 64 years. Notice of funeral hereafter. Caumox.—On Saturday noon, December 14, 1872, at Kingsbridge, N. Y., EDMOND JosEPH ANATOLE CAUMON, aged 28 days. ConEs.—At Yonkers, on Sunday morning, Decem- ver 14, 2, at one o'clock, EDWIN COLEs, eldest son of Cornelius Coles, aged 31 years. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, 17th inst., at two o'clock, from the Warburton avenue Baptist | church, Yonkers, + Carriages will be in wait- for the 1:30 P. M. train from Thirtieth street, ORNELL.—Suddenly, of pneumonia, on ist di (Sunday). 12th month (December), 15th, at the resi- dence of her son-in-law, Peter J. Boyd, 437 East | te street, HANNAH C. CORNELL, in the 77th year of her age. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the faneral, at Friends’ meeting house, Purchase, on 4th (Wednesday), 18th, at twelve | o'clock M. Carriages will be in attendance at White Plains oops a meet trains leaving New nine York at half-p: » Me CUNINGHAM.—At Riverside, Conn., Exiza, wife of | William Cuningham, in the 724 year of her age. Funeral, from her late residence, at half-past one leave New York P.M, this day (Tuesday). Trai 3 at ten and half-past eleven o'cloc! CuRTIs.—On TIS, londay, December ‘16, Mrs, SARAH ed 70. will take piace, at the residence of her son-in-law, Dr. H. BR. Sande, on Wednesday next, the 18th inst., at one o'clock P. M. DENIKE.—On Sunday evening, December 15, 1872, T3AAC JAMES DENIEE, id 34 years. ‘The relatives and friends are invited to attend | the funeral services, at his late residence, 181 past seven O'clock. DUYCKINCK.—On Saturday, December 14, Fa- | TELLER, daughter of Juli and the late John H, Duyckinek, ib the 16th if her attend the funeral, from the residence of her mother, 219 | Degraw street, Brooklyn, ou Wednesday, 16th inst., at two o'clock P, De Coupres.—In Breokiyn, E. D., on Monday, | pre mber 16, Louis De Coupkes, in the 83d year of his age. ‘The relatives and friende of the family are re- | spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his | jate residence, 248 South Fonrth street, on Wednes- | sth inat., at one o'clock P. M, } n Jersey City, on Monday, December | rehro-spinal meningitis, ELEANOR, wile of Edge, Notice of funera} hereafter, Forman.—On Sunday morning, December 15, | Cuantorre FE. Forman, oniy daughter of Wiliam F, and Charlotte K. Formen, in the 6th year of her fulness and forgettulness of our dear children. 1 | year of his of ourown we love to leave our warehouses and | Nineteenth street, on W ly the fm fr abies ete aa A la} | twelve P.M. René i Stout on Suna , deloved wite of Thoroas ani Hoy Syatanounaes& ‘tne late Edward M, and Jane ‘Murphy, Re more, parish of Ahabollogue, county Cork, Ireland, aged 28 years. ant’, funeral wilt take place rom her tate réat- lence, Third avenue, on Wednesday Deak, halpast one o'clock, ” nd Horrer.—At Hackensack, N. J., on rp! December 14, Dr, ABKAuAM HOPPER, in the resiaence of her Remains Will be taken to Funeral at Hackensack, from his late at ten o’clock A, M., on Tuesday, December 17, from the church of Rev, J.T. Debaun at half-past ten, Kensk1r.—Suddenly, of disease of the bears, on ‘There are two lives—the child’s | baniine December 14, Joun F. KENseTT, Y 4, | ol is city. His friends are invited to attend his foneral, from’ the Fifth avenue Presbyterian church, corner of ednesday, the 18th inst,, one o'clock P. M. vad ase THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, and the artists generally, are invited to Meet at the Academy rooms at twelve o'clock noon, Wednesday, the 18th inst., to proceed thence ina body. to attend the funeral services of the late John F, Kensett, N. A., ut Rev. Dr, Hall’s churcD, Pith avenue and Nineteenth street. T. ADDISON RICHARDS, Cor. Sec. N. Ae Soe rn en on ante Dew cember 14, 1872, EukcTa KNapr, rel igen’ W. Knapp, eee Lacey.—At Jersey City, on Monday, December 16, 1872, Lewis J, Lacey, son of Mrs, Ruth A. Lagey, aged 10 years, 3 months and 19 days, The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from 166 Third street, Jersey City, to- day (Tuesday), at two o'clock P.M. LOCKYER.—On Monday, December 16, MARY SELINA, beloved wife of Jonn T, Lockyer, ip the 30th year of her age. Relatives and friends of the family are reapect- ey athee CF Ar d the funeral services, at ber late residence, 454 basi atreet, on Weane; December 18, at three o'clock P. M. et MARLEY.—On Friday, December 13, 1872, DANIEL. MARLBY, in the 68d year of his age. re ‘The funeral will take place from his late resi- dence, 67 West Thirty-ninth street, on Wednesday, at haif-past eleven o'clock A.M.’ Relatives and friends are respectiully invited to attend, without further notice. MARSH.—At Watscssing, N. J., on Sunday, De- cember 15, ef pneumonia, JouN P. Mansy, formerly” of Brooklyn, in the 67th year of his age, The funeral will take place at the house on: Wednesday, the 18th instant, at 12 o’clock M. ‘The relatives and friends are invited to attend. ‘Train, leaves New York for Led ey? foot of Bai street at forty minutes past ten Ay M. Masvry.—In Brooklyn, on Monday, December 16, LAavRA CARLETON, wife of John W. Masury, in the Sist year of her age. Funeral from her late residence, 120 Mont e street, on Thursday, 19th inst., at two o'clock P, M. Friends are invited to attend without further invitation, MERRITT.—On Monday morning, December 16, after # short illness, Mrs, Mary J, MERRITT. Notice of funeral hereafter, MoRRIS.—Aiter_ a short and severe illness, BrivGet McLovcHuin, loving wife of Edward Mor- ria, departed this life Sunday, December 16, 1872. The relatives and friends of the family are re- sppctinlly requested to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 125 West Thirtieth street, on Tuesday, December 17, at ten o'clock A. M., to proceed to the Church of the Holy Innocents, from thence to Cal- vay Cemetery. lcCULLOUGH.—On Sunday, December 15, 1872, OwEN MoCuLLovaa, Spec 43 years and § months. The funeral will take place from his jate resi- 200 Division avenue, corner of Broadway, Brooklyn, E. D., on Wednesday, 18th inst, ‘The members of the United Trade Society of Journeymen Sailmakers are requested to attend the funeral of their late President, Owen McCul- jough, on Wednesday, at two o'clock, from nis late residence, 290 Division avenue, oppose Eleventh street, By order of L. B. CHALLINOR, President, McGRATH.—On Sunday, December 15, ANNA, wile of Robert McGrath, at 72 Summit street, South Brooklyn, aged 23 years. » at The relatives and friends of the family are rev quested to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, the 17th inst., at half-past one o’clock P, M.; thence to Cal- vary Cemetery. Post.—On Sunday, December 15, after a long ana painful iliness, JaRVis Post, in the 42d year of hig age. Relatives and friends of the ay a respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, mm the i- dence of his brother, Zebulon Post, 313 Henry street, near Grand, on Wednesday, December 18, at one o'clock P, M. ‘ NICHOLSON.—On Sunday, December 12, at twelve o’clock P. M., of scarlet fever, CHARLES G., son John and Marian Nicholson, aged 5 years, A Funeral will take place from the residence of hii arents, 170 West Eleventh street, this day (Tues- ay). at ten o’clock P. M. .) WENS.—OB Saturday, December 14, after a lin- gering illness, RiowakD J. OWENS, in the 34th year, 0! spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from ns late residence, 264 Second street, on Tuesday, cember 17. The remains will be taken to St. "8 church, where a solemn requiem mass will offered for the repose of his soul, at half-past nine cc fe M.; thence to Calvary Cemetery for in« erment. } ‘Tralee Chronicle and Cork Examiner please copy.’ PasMaN.—On Sunday, December 15, FRANK Pas-. MAN, aged 58 yeal Funeral, at church, corner of.Fourth and nit seen at half-past twelve o’clock, Tuesday, 17ti inst. PowERS.—On Monday, December 16, of consomp-/ Hod) “BICEARD T. PowgERs, aged 31 years apd months, ‘The funeral will take place from his mother’s res! dence, 28 Macdougal street, on Wednesday, the 18th inst., at half-past one o'clock. The relatives and friends of the family, also the members of com- any K, Twelith regiment, are respectfully invited a Sr, ah Se will be taken to Calvary, emetery for intermen K Coneany, TWELFTH REGIMENT N. G. 8. N. Yr The members of this company are requested to at~ tend the funeral of our late member, Richard Pows ers, from his late residence, 28 Macdougal street,’ on A 5 ae aS a a -past onc, o'clock, in civilians’ dress. order 0! "~ First Lieut, EDWARD FACKNER/* Commanding Company. Epwarkp Moopy, First Sergeant. RICHARDSON.—On Monday morning, December” 16, at 401 West my ae street, CHARLOTTE. EvizaBETH, only child of Albert A. and Lucre: Richardson. Funeral from the St. John’s Methodist Episco; church, West Fifty-third street, between Seven! and Eighth avenues, on Wednesday, December 1k at one o'clock P. M. ROBERTSON.—At Bedford, Westchester county, on Fe arcadia 15, JABKZ ROBERTSON, 10 Seth year of his age. The, relatives and friends of the family are re. spectfally invited to attend the funeral, from the Baptist church, on Wednesday, December 18, at _ halt past eleven o’clock A. M. Carriages will meet. the 8:30 A.M. train from New York at station. RoGERS.—At the residence of his mother, 320 Thirty-second street, on Sunday, December 16,) Fsroevs T., youngest son of Ellen and the late: Richard Rogers, aged 5 years, 11 months and a days. ‘ine faneral will take place from the above resi< dence, this Lay at one o'clock P, M. SHELDON.—On Sunday, December 15, after severe illness, WILLIAM H, SHELDON, in the 61st year of his age. The relatives and friends and also members of Antiquity Lodge, No. 11, F. and A. M., are respects fully invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday,! Blt Rei te one Chas Pp a ie his Taee residence, 126 Broome street, corne! GE OF ANTIQUITY, No. 11, F. and A. M.— BRETHREN—You are hereby summoned to atten@® an emergent communication at the Ly. 00m NOs! 8 Union square, on premneeter 18th inst., at half past eleven o'clock A. M., for the purpose of attena- ing the funeral o/ our late brother, William H. Shel- d CHARLES Ca a eerste: D. EVANS, M, J. D. Torren, Secretary. ‘SmMonson.—In Brookiyn, on Monday, December 16, 1872, JOSEPH WILSON, son of Isaac and Emeline: Simonson, aged 85 years, 7 months and 13 days. ‘The relatives and friends are respectfully inviie® to avtend the funeral, on Wednesday, 16th inst., at. eleven o'clock A. M., from the residence of. bis: Panty aa aad: vee ee ‘West. Baltic street, without further noti SkaaTs.—In Brooklyn, on Sunday, December 15, ELIZABETH Least bai of David S. Skaate,. in the 75th year of her age. : ‘The relatives and friends of the deceared are’ invited to attend the funeral, from the house of her daughter, Mre, Mary C. Noyes, 104 Columbia. Heights, rooklyn, on Wednesday, the 16th inst.,, at hall-past one o'cloek P.M. The remains. will be | taken to Geneva, Ontario ene, forinterment. | SPINNING.—At Irvington, N. J., on Sunday, 16th: instant, after along and painful illness, borne with true Christian resignation, MARY AMELIA STINNING,, Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from th of hi | aged 21 years, 3 months and 27 days. e reaidence er | mother, at Irvington, on Wednesday, 16th instant, at half-past two o'clock. STELING.—At Dorr Centre, Michigan, Friday, / eras u UM nee a BoD Of the j William Sterling, of this city. © BYMINGTON. Ae Newburg, on Saturday, Decem~ ver 14, Etiza, wife of James Symington, sged 47 | age. | “Kteatives and friends of the family, also the | members of Excelsior Council, No. 14, 0. U. A. M., and sister counells, are invited to attend the fa- | neral, from the residence of her ents, i19 | Varick street, on Fuesday, 17th inst., at half-past | | one o'clock P.M. | _ Fownen.—On Saturday, December 14, Jane A, | FOWLER, niece of the late Captain George C. Reed. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the | foneral, from her late residence, 705 Lexington | avenue, on Thesday, 1ith instant, at two o'clock. | Her remains wii be taken to Trinity Cemetery for | interment, PULLUM.—MPs, forty-five years & nurse su the family of Mr. Wil- i Lyoy Fruvom, aged 78 years, | ears. ‘The friends of the family are respectmaliy invited! to attend the funeral, en iesaay, the 17th inet., at’ eleven o'clock, from 3 Weat fap led street. . VatL.—At Dunning, Pa., suddenly, STEPDEN Vaj., 1 it year of his age. ‘tends ar the amily are Tespectfully invited to atiend the funeral, at the Sixteenth Street Raptiet chnreh, New York, on Wednesday, December 18, at haif-past ten A. M. Warp.—On Sanday, December 16, Mancanet, daughter of the late William and Bridget Ward, native of the parish of Kellishandra, county n, Ireland. riends are respectfuy? to attend the funera}, ‘rom the residence ter, Mrs. Blizaoeth street, th is age. The ‘elatives and friends of the family are fe-/ -