The New York Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1872, Page 8

8 ~ MIE ITALIAN “SANDAL.” et "Pefence of Italy and the Italian Emigvants by the Italian Consul General, Whe Commissioners of Emigrationfand of Chari- ties—Frands of Emigration; Agents—The Right of Italians to Emigra’e—Complaint of Want of Benevolence ia Americans, — CONSULATE GENERSL OF ITALY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMRRICA, Dec, 16, 1872, Fo THe Eprror or THE HERALD:— ‘The persistent misrepresentations attending the Btalian emigration to this port make it incumbent nme to submit, once for all, to the unprejudiced ‘opinion of the American ‘public the real condition of affairs. To merely suppose that the government of His Majesty the King of Italy looks favorably, or even ‘“$nditferently, on this exodus is not to know or to ‘gnore the actual state of Italy and its vital inter- ‘ests. The agriculture of the Southern provinces is mow suffering heavily from the want of la- Morers consequent upon the large emigration, especially for South America, which the Ttahan press characterizes as a scourge, and calls unanl- mously upon the public for united efforts to pre- vent, ‘Those who assume that the government could and ought to interfere scem not to be aware that Italy is a free country, and that the right to ehange domicile is as sacred there as in the United Btatex for all its citizens, let them be rich or poor, educated or illiterate. Let us suppose that @ month ago a telegram had reached New York announcing that by a decree of the Itallan government emi- gration to America had been forbiaden, How would the news have been received by the press and public opinion in this country ? Would not the qocasure have been denounced as tyrannical and sHegal? ‘The American people, who enjoy all the blessings of freedom, are too generous to wish for its monopoly. They Ought to applaud and not to tbiame the Italian government; and, in truth, it cannot be consistentiy explained, this clamor against a governnient which puts no obstacle upon emigration, with the strong disapprobation ex- pressed by the American press, not long ago, against another European government for endeay- ormg to check it; oris it to be presumed that | the United States laws in regard to emigrants have only @ partial bearing ou some nationalities, and not on others, and that there are pariahs among nations to whom the snores of the Hudson are jorbidden, as are those of the Ganges to the Indian parials? All that the Italian government could do was to require tue emigrants to comply with certain con- ditions before granting them the passport, espe- aially tor those directed to the United ktates, where, in absence of protective Italian societies, there exists comparatively greater ditlicuity in ob- taining employment than in South America. As a general measure these have to prove that they are possessed of means sufllcient to live for some time aiter landing or thai they have relations here able to ‘take care of them, But everybody knows how easy it is to evade such requirements by false repre- sentations or by declaring a different destination er even by leaving lialy without any passport at ajl. It must be borne in mind that Italy has no port on the Atiantic. A manor number of men take the passport for South America and go to Havre or Liverpool, whence they proceed, instead, ‘to the United States. Such, in iact, has been the @ase with many of these newly arrived Italians, who came here with passports deliverec for Buenos Ayres. Is the Italian govern- ment expected. to regulate also by what route the emigrants have to proceec to their destination, through territories in which #t has no jurisdiction’ I do not think thatthe Italian emigrants coming direct {rom Italian rts by the Anchor line have ever caused to the missioners of Emigration any more expense @r annoyance than the best class of those irom other countries, 1 will now examine with calmness In what con- sista the great scandal attributed to this Italian immigration and what may be the facts justifying guch an unprecedented hostility. If lam not mistaken, the main accusation re- atediy dwelt upon is that they are destitute, But if they were not so they would not have emi- grated. 1t is well known that those who are rich, er even comfortably situated in their own country, do not leave it—let them be Gorman, Irish, Scan- inavian or Itallan—except for reasons of trade or from political or moral causes. Poverty, besides, is not an absolute fact, but relative to the country in which one lives. Thus, for imstance, a man may be considered poor in Germany who cannot dispose of 100 thalers, while in Italy he would be considered such if unable to dispose of 100 Italian livre, I must confess therefore that I cannot see how the destitution of these may be ealied scandalous, and how their poverty differs so materially from that of the greatest portion of emigrants of otner nationalities as not to entitle them to the same eager hospitality afforded to those, who are perhaps even poorer than them- selves. Mr. Frederick Kapp, a distinguished writer on the subject and lately a Commissioner of Emigration himself, speaking of the development of the United States, in his remarkable work on immigr: thus expresses himsel. fhe territory which constitutes the present United States Owes its wonderful development mainly to the condux of the poor and outcast of Europe within it.” The end which the Legislature of New York had in view in adopting the act of May 5, 1847, by which the Commissioners of Emigration and the system of the commutation money for all immigrants were established, was what Mr, Kapp hiisell de- fines as follows:—"'The problem to ve solved was to protect the new comer, to prevent him from be- ing robbed, to facilitate his passage through the city Wo the interior, to aid him with good advice, and, in cases Of most urgent necessity, to furnish dim witha sinall amount of money—ik short, not to treat hit as @ panper, with the ultimate view of Making him an inmate of the almshouse, but as an independent citizen, whose future career would become interwoven With the best interests of the country, ‘On cai Jon, published in 1870, liy examining the foregoing act I do not tind aby exception in regard to immigrants en- tirely destitute of means. All indiscviminately, with or without means, are to be received on the | payment of tie commutation money, and then “it | shail be the duty of the Commissioners to provide | for tie mainicnance of such of tie persons for Whom commutation money sail have been paid as aforesaid” (Sec. iv., act Sth May, 1847). Superin- | tendent Kennedy, the predecessor of Mr. Cusse:ly, in his report of January 14, 1858, clearly states that # part of the immigration ‘is always among that class of persons Who seek refuge on these shores and subsistence by labor with little or means, Some of the papers, speaking of my interviews with reporters, say that 1 do nol meet the fact that @ large Humber of these italian emigrants are de- peudent on the Commissioners of Charit 0 course | have not and do not intend to meet it. Knowing, asf do, the less that these laborers and artizans are to my couniry and the benefit that a country like this wili ve from them, where the demand for labor is always greater than the sup- ply, I have no hesitation in deciaring openly that the temporary expenses incurred in supporting them can be Considered @ good investment for the country which defrays thea. Allow me to give the following calculation :— Several estimates have been made of the average capital value of eacl immigrant to this country, both ae producer and consumer, Mr. Kapp puts it at $1,125. Mr. C. LB th an.able articie published tn the Tribune of November 3, 1869, reduces it to $1,000; the Bi au of Statistics in Washington puts At still lower—at $850. I take this last estimate as #@ basis, and making the most liberal allowance— .#ay of 100 per cent—to meet any possible deprecia- tion in the individual worth of these Italians, [fx une average in their case at $425. I suppose, on the other side, that each of them may be dependent on the Commissiopers of Emigration or the chari- table Institutions for e mouts from date ofarrival. At the rate of forty or forty-two cents tor their daily maintengnee each of them would cost $36 to $40, leaving a margin in favor of the United States of $285 per caput—viz., $477,400 for 1,600 of them, or a protit of 705 per cent on the capital in- vested, Ideem it unpecessary to correct in this cormmu- Hication all tke exaggerated statements which have been made in ri age, loss of luggage, deception as to heir destina- tion, &¢., a8 | ave already furnished several re- no cash porters with information On the subject. Some impositions on f¢heir oredulity, and in a few cases actual fruud have really been prac- tised by some emigration ageats, Who have been reported to Kome by the undersigned and will be brought before che judiciary apthoriues, who only in Italy, as in the United States, are empowered to investigate and punish suck frauds, The ex- ecutive power has ho right to do it without their Intervention; aud J cannot understand the reason why the Americang, Who are 80 ligie accustomed to depend on the assistance of their government, abc who know goite wel} ‘that the gevernment is Sheir ayent and not their master, are always laying ali rerpousitaiity at the door of the Vernment of other jree patious, Much stress 6 laid on the the extreme hard- ships. to whieh le from Southern Italy will bi here in the Wiuter season; but belonging to th ply that they are only accustome climates, They came from the Abruzzi laces intersected by the he Winter is certainiy mor York, But let us admit, for the su that all these Ialians have been deceived hud robbed, iuat ali of them arrived starving and Meslay, aod ip the most abject consiuon, Ih understood that their b provinces docs Bot severe than in New uke Of argume ity Ad to the high rate of pas | Appenine range, where | seems to me that these very circum- ances ought to be an additional reason to wake in their favor the most benevolent. in every Christian heart, and not the strikiag animosity and calumnious insinua- tions against which they have had to contend since their first appearance, Without the smallest foun- dation they are represented to be quarrelsome and dishonest. An altercation between two of them 1s magnified into a wholesale butchery; a pocket- knife on their person (a tool rather than a weapon) into bushels of stilettos; the simplest analogy of local costume, with which travellers in Italy are well acquainted, is suMclent to cause them all to be qualli as “kre Diavoli.”” It has been asserted, for instance, in almost all the local papers that their passage on board of the tay Pah was attended » gonkincsl by a and 8 ing affrays among 1e! , assertion was 80 positive that 1 felt it to be my duty to inquire into the facts, aud addressed my. self for that purpose to Mr. Hurst, manager of the National line, entreating him to tell me frankly, without palliating any circumstance, what truth there was in the report. 1 transcribe his answer :— Navionat Steamsurp Company, New Yo! 1872. “Boq., Italian © i Genekal in New York F. px Luca, Boq., Italian Consul General in New York :— ‘Duan Sint-Invéply to your iaquiry as. to the behavior of the Italian emigrants‘on board of the Italy and the 1 have much pleasure in stating that both Cap- tains Thompson and wa spoke of them as very quiet and peaceable people, and I cannot discover that ere Was any fighting on Dourd of elther of these ships among thom, or, in fact, any unruly conduct, T forward @ letter from Captain Andrews for your in formation. The Italy having gone to sea, Tam tinable to send you # similar one from Captain Thompson, but on her return I will take pleasure in taking. it. Lam, dear sir, yours, truly, F, W. J. HURST, Manager. New Yous, Dec 14, 1872. Iranian Consv1 Geena oF Irany:— ne 4 Deak S1n—As some comments have been made in the New York news) pers about the way the Ialian emi- grants behaved themselves on their recent voyage in the steamer Qucen, from Havre to this port, I, who have deen In charge of ships which have carried several thousands of cinigrants to thig country, can C9 say, and prove, thatthe Italians on board the Guesn bel ave themselves equally as well as any emigrants I have ever carried. T remain. vours truly, ©. M. ANDREWS, Master Steamship Queen, Their conduct since their arrivai in this city con- firms the assertions of the above lettersand proves that they do not deserve to be placed so low in the morul statistics of the European emigration to this country. If they are totally uneducated, if some of them are unfortunately addicted to begging, they are exempt from more obnoxious tendencies found in other aliens, It must not be overlooked that italy has only twelve years of anew existence, and that twelve years of liberty do not suilice to obliterate the effects of twelve centuries of tyranny. ‘ro add to the misfortune of these poor people, t' ey were also asserted to be idle and useless for any work; and this, from the very day of their landing, before there had been any opportunity of ascertaining their capabilities. These judgments a priori are a sin, not only against equity, but also against practical common sense. Let them first have afuir trial, and then be Judged. Thus, for al twenty-elght of them were sent to work Ly rmont. ‘o only were returned and twenty- x accepted, ‘The press, however, reported that whoie twenty-eight were sent back as incapa- ble, in the same way that the disorderly conduct of two or three in the whole 1,500 had been sumi- cient to have them all characterized as convicted criminals. Lean testify to their soberness, parsimony and willingness to work, even at small wages. A good portion of them are artisans, who would already ave found occupation in New York had they met with & more benevolent and less hostile reception, Thore are among them excellent agriculturists who would prove valuable acquisitions on the farms of Many States of the Union, especially the wine- growing districts, and the remainder are apt to any outdoor work they may find, Moreover, I can testify that from two to three thousand of this same class—nay, from the same towns aud villages—lave been in the © United States for a year or two and not ono of them has ever given any trouble to the Italian consulates, nor, #0 far as can be ascertained, to local authori- ti:s. Their very ignorance of the language is @ guarantee of assiduous and faithful work, inasmuch as it keeps them from diverstons and out ot trouble. Wherever and by whomsoever employed they have always given satisfaction, and are doing well and sending money to their families in Italy, as | know from personal and daily experience in forwarding through the Consular office their money orders, This continual transmission of money is the sole reason, in fact, that now brings here such num- bers of their countrymen, and there is no necessity to look for the origin of this extraordinary exodus in inconsistent aud injurious hypotheses, I conclude, however, by saying that if this class ofeimigration is not absolutely wanted here the best mode to repress their confux is the one I have suggested already to the Conmissioncrs— namely, let the United States Legation in Rome publish in the Italian papers @ notice warning those emigrants against the hardships to which they will be exposed in coming here in the condl- tion they do, Whatever advice might be given by the Italian government, however sincere and well meant, would be looked upon with suspicion, as directed to check the emigration; while, coming from the representative of the country to which they intend going, and which has such @ vital interest in urawing the largest number of aliens, it cannot fail to be be- lieved, Should such a plan not be feasible or de- sirable there is another course still more ener- getic and direct. Let the Commissioners of Emi- vation send back to their country these 1,500 talians., Since they scem to believe that these people are sent here to rid the kingdom of exorbi- tant pauperism, let them carry out the plan pro- posed by Comptroller John Ewen in his report on emigration for the year 1845, which opened the Ver way to the act of 1847, In suggesting the system of the commntation money he says:—‘In case any of the passengers arriving at this port should, upon examination, prove to be paupers sent here from the parlenes ‘of Europe, they could, with the avails of this fund, be sent back to the places from whence they were brought, which would have @ strong tendency to discourage a repetition of such practices.”’ Let either of the above courses be pursued and no one will feel more deeply grateful for the result than the government and people of Italy. Ihave the honor to be your obedient servant FERD. DE LUCA, Consul General of Italy in the United States, THE EDWiN FORREST HOME, Faull Text of the Will of the Lato American Tragedian, Edwin Forrest, Providing for a Permanent Home for Decayed or _ Disabled Actors and Actresses— His Private Bequests, [From the Philadelphia Press, December 17,} THE WILL. I, Rawin Forrest, of the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, do make and publish this, my last will and testament. I give, bequeath and devise unto my friends, James Oakes, Esq., of Bos- ton, James Lawson, Esq., of New York, and Daniel Dougherty, Esq., of Philadelphia, ali my property and estate, real and personal, of whatsoever de- scription and wheresoever situated, upon the trusts and confidences hereinafter expressed; and I also appoint them my executors to administer my per- sonal estate and pring it into the hands of said trustees—tuat Is to say, upon trust, First—That they, the said trustees, the survivors and survivors of them, shall be authorized to sell all my real estate, at public or private sale, at such times as in their judgment shall appear to be for the best advantage of my heirs, excepting from this power my country place in the Twenty-third ward of the city of Philadelphia,called “Springbrook,” and to convey to purchasers thereef a good title In fee simple, discharged of all trusts and obligation, to see to the application of the purchase moneys; and such purchase moneys, and the proceeds of all the personal estates, shall be invested in such securi- ttes and loans as are made lawiul investments by | the laws of Pennsylvania, and shall be tn the joint names of the trustees under my will, The invest- | ments which I shall have made my executors or | for the best advantage of my estate. Second—Upon trust to pay to my two sisters, | Cavoline and Eleanora, jointly, while both remain single, and to the survivor of them, until her mar- riage or death, which shall first happen, an an- nuity of six thousand dollars, in equal quarterly | payments in advan from the date of my decease ; | avd should one marry, then to pay the said an- | nuity of six thousand ‘dellars unto the other until | marriage or death, whichever event siall first happen; said auntity, however, not to be a charge Upon any realestate which shall be sold, but only upon the proceeds, and upon trust to permit my said sisters and the survivor of them to use and oc- cupy my country place called Springbrook, with the necessary furniture and ut ia and stock, until marriage or death as aforesaid, free of all charge for rect, and to take the income and profits | thereo!: and the said trustees shall pay the taxes thereon and keep the same in rv Third—To take and heid all estate in trost for an jnstitution which they will cai “The Edwin Forrest Home,” ;o embrace the purposes of whicn J hereinafter give the outline, which institution sital be established at my coun- try place called fg Se ne certainly” within ba kel os ara after the decease ofthe survivor 1 sisters, and sooner if found judiciously able. The followmg is an Qutline of my plan id Home, which may be diled.out ip more de- tall by the charter and bylaws :-- ARTICLE L.—The said institution sie!l be for the support and maintenance of actors awd actresses decayed by age or disabled by infirntity who, if | natives of the United States, shali have served | least five years in tue theatr cal protession, ane of foreign birth, shail have s #jon at least ten years, whereof € yeu | previous to the application shali have United States, and who shall in ali. things comply With the laws and regulations of the Home, other- | wise to be subject to be discharged by the man agers, Whose dec! inal. » 2 in the Home shail exe annual net rent and revenue of | Whe beutulon, and ailer the muMber Of IMMates trustees may retain or change, as they may think | 4 property and | therein shall exceed twelve, others to be admitted shall be such only as shail receive the approval of the majority of the immates as well as Of the man- 8, art 3,—The said corporation shall be managed by @ board of managers, seven in number, who shall in the first instance be chosen by the said trustees, and shall inciude themselves 80 long as any of them shall be living, and aiso the Mayor of the city of Philade\phia tor the time being; and a8 vacancies shall occur the existing managers shall from tume to time fill them, so that if practicable only One vacancy shall ever exist at a time. Arr. 4.—-The managers shall elect one of their number to be the president of the institution, ap- pat @ treasurer and secretary, steward and ma- ron and if needed a clerk, the said treasurer, sec- rebar steward, matron and clerk subject to be at any time discharged by the managers. Except the treasurer'the said officers may be chosen from the inmates of the ho and the treasurer shall not be a manager, nor either of his sureties. The eer shall also appoint a physician for the Akr, 6.—Should there be any failure of the mana- ers to fill any vacancy which occur in their for three months, or should they in any re- spect fail to full their trust according to the in- tent of my will and the charter of the institution, it is my will that, upon the petition of sy two or more of said managers or of the Mayor of the city, the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county shail make such appointments to illl any vacancy or va- cancies, and all orders and decrees necessary to correct any failure or breach of trust, which shall appear to said Court tobe required, as in case of any other testamentary trust, so that the aie ve of this charity may never fail or be abused, Anr, 6,—The purposes of the said “Edwin For- rest Home” are intended to be partly educational and sell-sustaining, as well as eleemosynary, and never to encourage idleness or thriitlessuess in any who are capable of any useful exer- tion, My library shall be placed therein, in” precise manner as it now exists in my house in Broad street, Philadelphia, There shall be @ neat and pleasant theatre for private exhibition and histrionié culture, There shall be a picture gallery for the preservation and exhibi- tion of my collection of engravings, pictures, stat- uary and other works of art, to which additions may be made from time to time, ifthe revenues of the institution shall suflice, These objects are not only intended to improve the taste, but to pro- mote the health and happiness of the inmates and such visitors as may be admitted, Akt, 7.—Als0 a8 @ means of preserving health, and, consequently, the happiness of the inmates, as well as to aid in sustaining the Home, there shall be lectures and readings therein, upon ora- tory and the histrionic art, to which pupils shall be ‘admitted upon such terms and under such regulations as the managers may prescribe. The garden and grounds are to be made productive of proiit, a8 well as of health and pieasure, and, so jar as capable, the inmates, not otherwise profit- ably occupied, shall assist in farming, horticulture and the cultivation of flowers in the garden and conservatory, Axt. 8.— The Edwin Forrest Home” may also, if the revennes shall suffice, embrace in its plan lectures on science, literature and the arts; but preferably oratory and the histrionic arts, in man- ner to prepare the American citizen for the more creditable and effective discharge of his public duties, and to raise the education and intellectual and moral tone and character of actors, that there- by they may elevate the drama and cause it to sub- serve its true and great mission to mankind as their profoundest teacier of virtue and morality, Akt, 9.—The ‘Edwin Forrest Home” shall also be made to promote the love of liberty, our country and her {fostitutions; to hold in honor the name of the great dramatic bard, as well as to cultivate a taste and atford i ambdea d for the enjoyment of social rura! pleasures, herefore, there shall be read therein to the inmates and pub- lie, an inmate “or pupil thereol, the immortal Declarauon of Independence, as written by Thomag Jefferson, without expurgation, on every 4th day of July,'to be followed by an Oration, under the folds of our national flag, There. shall be prepared and read therein, before the like assemblage, on the birthday of Slrakspeare, the 23d of April inevery year, @ eulogy uj on his charac- ter and writings, and one of his plays or scenes from his plays shall on that day be represented in the theatre, And on the first Monday of ever June and October the “Edwin Forrest Home” an grounds shail be opened for the admission of ladies and gentlemen ot the theatrical profession and their friends, in the manner oj social picnics, when all provide their own entertainments, ‘The foregoing general outiine of my plan of the institution I desire to establish has been sketcied during my preparations for a long voyage by sea and land, and, should God spare my life, it is my parpose to be more full and = detinite; but should I leave no later will or codicil ay friends who sympathize in my purposes will execute them in the best and fullest manuer possible, understanding that they have been jong meditated by me, and are very dear to my heart, They will also remember that my professional brothers and sisters are often unioitunate, and that little has been done for them, either to ele- vate them in their profession or to provide for their necessities under sickness or other misfor- tunes. God has favored my efforts and given me great success, and 1 would make iny fortune the means to elevate the education of others and pro- mote their succces, and to alleviate their suffer- ings, and smooth the pitlows of the un‘orvanate in sickness or other disability or the decay of deciin- ing years, These are the grounds upon which I would ap- peal to the Legislature of my native State, to the Chief Magistrate of my native city, to the Courts and my fellow citizens to assist my purposes, which I believe to be demanded by the just claims of humanity and by that civilization and retine- ment which spring from intellectual and moral culture. I therefore lay {t as a duty on my trustees to frame a bill, which the Legislature may enact as and for the charter of said institution, which shall ratify the articles in said outline of plan, shall au- thorize the Mayor of the city to act as one of its managers and the said Court to exercise the visita- torial jurisdiction invoked and prevent streets from being run throngh so inuch of the Spring- brook ground as sball include the buildings and sixty acres of ground, Such a charter being ob- tained, the corporation shall be authorized ata future period to sell the grounds outside said space, the proceeds to be appiied to increase the endowment and usefuiness of the home. And so far a8 I ehall not have built to carry out my views T authorize the said managers, with consent of my sisters or survivor of them, having @ right to res side at Springbrook, to proceed to erect and build the buildings required by my outiine of plan, and towards their erection apply the income accamu- lated or current of my estate, And should my sisters consent, or the survivor of them consent, in case of readiness to open the home, to remove thereirom, a comortrble house shall be provided for then elsewhere, furnished, and rent and taxes paid, as required in respect to Spr.ngbrook, at the cost and charge of my estate, or of said corporation, if tuen in possession thereof, Whensoever the requisite charter shall be obtained and the corporation be organized and ready to proceed to carry out its design, then it shall be the duty of said trustecs to assign and convey all of my said property and estate unto said “kdwin Forrest Home,” their successors and assigns, for- ever, and for the latter to execute and deliver, under the corporate seal, a full and absolute dis- charge and acquittance forever, with or without auditing of accounts by an auditor of the Court, as they may think proper, unto the said executors and trustees. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seat this 6th day of April, 1860, EDWIN FORREST. Signed, seated, delivered and published as and for his last will and testament, by Edwin Forrest, in our presence, who, at his requesé and in his presence and in presence of cach other, have here- unto set our hands as witnesses ther ELL K, PRIC Hi. ©. TOWNSEND, J. SERGEANT PRICK, Whereas J, Edwin Forrest, of the city of Phitadel- phia, State of Penasyivania, having made and duly executed my last will and testament, in writing, bearing date the 5th day of April, 1860, now [ do hereby declare this pesent writing to be as a codicil to my said will, and direct the same to ve annexed thereto and taken as a part thereof. And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my friend James Lawson, Eeq., of the city of New York, the sum of $5,000; and also to my friend Daniel Dougherty, Esq., the sum of $5,000; and also to my beloved iriend Miss Elizabeth, sometimes: called Lillie Welsh, eldest daugiter of Jona R, Weish, broker, of Philadelphia, the sum of $5,000; and also to my friend S$. 8, Smith, Esq., of Cincin- nati, Ohio, the sum of $2,000; and also to the benevolent society called the ‘Actors’ Order of Friendship,” the first one of that name cstab- lished in Phitadelphia, I will aud bequeath the like Bu Of $2,000, In witness whereof I, the said Edwin Forrest, hav2 to this codicil set my hand and seul this 6th has! of April, 1868, EDWIN FORREST, ‘ublished and declared as a codicil to his will in our presence, by Edwin Forves:, who, in lus pres- ence and at his request, have signed as witnesses, in the presence of each otier. ELK. PRICE, H. ©, TOWNSEN J RGUANY PRICE. Whereas Ihave this day, October fs, intl, pro- vided my friend, James Oakes, with an annuity of $2,590 during his life, 7 have erased from this cod- icil, and do revoke the $5,009 legacy to him, now do bequeath the said sum of 5,000 int for James Oakes to my beloved friend, Miss bliza- beth, sometimes called Lillie Welsh, eldest daugh- ter of John R. Welsh, broxer, of Piiladelphia, This $5,000 ig to be given in addition to the sum of $5,000 already bequeathed to the said Miss Welsh, making in all to her the gift of $10,000, In witness hereof Iset iny hand and seal, WIN FORREST, Witnesses present at signin: ). C, THOMAS, J. PAUL DIVER, State of Pennsylvania, City of Philadelphia, 88.— Be it remembered that on this nineteenth day of nd October, in the year one thousand eight hundred | and seventy-one, betore me, J. Paul Diver, a no- tary publié, resident in the city of Philadelphia, dnly commissioned and qualified by the executive authority, and under the Jaws of the State of Penn- Sylvania, personaily appeared before me Hdwin Forrest, tome known to be the infividual named in and who executed the foregoing codicil to his will, and acknowledged that he siyned and sealed tity same in the presence of witnesses, In witness whereof [have hereunto set my hand and @lixed my ovicial seal as such novary public day and year aforesaid. , PAUL DIVER, Notary Public. (Notarial seal, { uibited there, knew neit! NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET, THE ALLEGED ABDUCTION AFFAIR, The Children Returned to Their Grandmother. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY. —_+——_. Catharine and Mary Ellen Earle Turned Out of a Home and Begging of a Benevolent Young Lady Shelter for a Night—She Sends Them to the St Barnabas Home— The Case Now Settled. Yesterday an account was published of the troubles of an aged Irish grandmother, @ Mrs. Quinn, regarding her two grandchildren, who had been taken from her roof by two benevolent ladies and cared for elsewhere. The version of the story then given was from the lips of the aggrieved par- ties, and was correct in every particular except that they may have infused inte it a little of very natural bias. The facts of the case have now come to light, and have rendered entirely free from any imputations of bigotry the actions of the two well- known and esteemed young ladics who have very unfortunately been dragged into print by A PARDONABLE INDISORETION entirely their own. The first of these young ladies mentioned yesterday is the daughter of a Unitarian clergyman of the highest rank in his profession, and who is universally admired and respected. She is one of the few persons of her youth, sex and attractions who actually interest themselves in a quiet, unostentatious and effective benevolent work, and for this quality of her char- acter she is well and most kindly known im the most select social cir- cles of the city. The other young lady men- tioned is really the sister of the one who was con- cerned in this story, and she herself has had nothing whatever to do with it. The latter, how- ever, Was associated with Miss Anna Bellows in endeavoring to aid old Mrs. Quinn in properly rearing the tivo little grandchildren LEFT BY THEIR DYING MOTHER in her charge, Several months ago Miss Bellows and her friend, the sister of Miss Ellen Russell, being informed, among other ladies of the church, by the teacher of their mission school that two of the scholars were very ill cared for, visited their home, They jound Mrs. Quinn, the grandmother, living in wretchedness, The young ladies offered to procure situations for the girls, Mary and Catherine, and forthwith to show their RUB CHRISTIAN BARNESTNESS, and to disclose their warm hearts to the grand- mother, they laid aside their fine wrappings and fell to work setting to rights and sweeping her wretched abode, The grandmother, they claim, then consented to thelr proposition. After the girls had been in Macy’s store a short time she represented that she was not satisfied with the wages that they were earning. The teacher of the mission school also found that she was not treating thom in a commendable manner; that they did not have proper clothes to wear and were becoming in their character and conduct rather wild aud unmanage- able. It was soon afterward that they were sent to St. Barnabas’ Home, but the person who caused them to be so sent was neither Miss Bellows nor Miss Ellen Russell. Miss Bellows knew Where the, were sent, and confesses that when their grand- motier asked about them, as ehe did, she com- mitted AN ERROR OF JUDGMENT, which she now regrets very much, in refusing to tell her their whereabouts. But she knew 80 well, she says, the cliaracter and habits of the woman, that she thought that they would ve far better any- Where than uuder her control. Miss Russell is a member of,St, Alban’s chareh, of rituailstic fame, and so it seems highly improbable that the original efforts of the young ladies in be- half of the children had any reference whatever to their relivious conversion. Their simple object ‘was their moral and physical welfare, ‘The following statement of the case is given by Mr. Russell N, Bellows, the son of Dr, Bellows and pashaging: editor of the Liveral Christian, the organ of the Unitarian Ohurch :— THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY. To me Epiror or tue Hemary:— Dear Sin—May I ask the use of your columns for a few words of explanation concerning the alleged “kidnap- ping” case reported in this morning's HuRaLp ? Your reporter has evidently heard only the Roman Catholic version of the ray ashe admitsin the closing sentence of hix report. This’ account ix, I regret to sav, untrue in all important, particulars. There hasbeen no thought of or attempt at'‘abduciion,”’as your reporter has been given to understand. We Unitartans, as is well known, are not given to proselyt When people in d stress come to ts tor help we seldom ask them where they go to church or whether they are Protestants or Catholics, If they are hungry we feed them, and then deal with them ‘as best we may, When children come to us aud say the have been “turned out of doors’ we investigate, if poss! ble, the truth of such an improbable assertion betore tak- ing th rotection of such children upon our own of thelr parents en, trom previous kiowle we have reason to believe generally either give the children sh roof or turn them over to the care of one of our city charitable institutions. Inthe present instance the two children, who are said and supposed to have been “kid- napped,” fled, according to their own statement, from their grandmother r “home” and came in a ing rain, about five -o’ weeks ago, to the li of a lady who had helped them—not the lady mentioned in your coltnuns. They stated that their grandmother, Mrs. Quinn, “had turned them out of doors,” and asked to be allowed to pass the night under this lady's root. This not betng convenient, the lady, who, by the way, is nota Unitarian, but an active and weil known member of St. Alban’s church (Ritualistic Episcopalian), sent thechildren with a note to St. Barnabas’ Home, in this city, askiug that they might be given shelter. Here this kind lady's action and responsibility in, the matter ended. Conld any Christian woman have dono Jess or better under the circumstances? ‘Atew days afterward the young lady accused in ‘our columns of “kidnapping,” hearing from her ricnd that the children had come to er for.) refuge | and had been sent by” her to St. Barnabas’ Home, went first to the Home to nee tt the chiidren were sull there and properly cared for, and, finding them there in| much more comfortable circum- stauces than they could have porsibly ehjoyed in their grandmother's wretched apartment. left them and went to gee the grandmother to quiet her fears tor the chil- dren’s safety, but thought best not to tell where thoy were, knowitig from two years’ experience of uninter- rupted buc alinost fruitless endeavor to ielp the old lady and her grandchildren, that the children were much bel ter off anywhere than In the grandmother's hands. Tn keeping the whereabouts of the children a seeret from the grandmother, the young lady undoubtedly com- mitted a natural and qui ardonabte error of judgment, whieh, however, does not properly expose her to the charge of an attempt at abduciion. It is not true, as stated in the Hrrarp, that Father Mooney made any “formal demand” No “demand” whatever was made fu r than the question of the grandmother as (o where the children were, Wi h Was not answered. This, sir, care anit thoney sy Roma atholic p Catholie Church a The statements in the HkaaD about the circumstances of the Quinn family are in. th in correct; but the randino ther’s character and treatment of the ehildren fare quite the reverse of those to Le interred from your repor Betove accusations tike the present are made public it is eminently desirable that both sides of the story should be heard. “This saves much trouble and annoyance to all concerned, Yours respectful RUSSELT. N. BELLOWS, st Firreewr Streer, Tuesday atternoun, Proceedings in Court. Very many of the large throng filling yesterday morning the Supreme Court chambers gave special notice—and they could hardly fail to do otherwise, 80 neat were they in appearance and brightly inte)- ligent their faces—to two young girls seated in the rear part of the room, These young girls were Mary Lilen Earle and Catharine Earle. It was a novel expericuce to them, and they looked about with the curiously eager gaze natural to persons of their tender age and inexperience. Of course the pro- ceedings in Court regarding their case was pretty much Greek to them, They did not have to tarry long for their case; habeas corpus cases, having always the preference, were quickly reached and almost as quickly disposed of, First in order was A CLERGYMAN’S STATEMENT, by @ gentleman dressed in Puritanic black, with a single row of buttons to his coat, all “buttoned down before,” after the same simplicity of the an- tique Grimes, A neckcloth of immaculate white revealed itself underneath the collar. This gentie- man was Rev, Mr. Woodruff, chaplain of the St. Barnabas Home. Happily his clergymanic dress did not carry with it the usual clergymanic pro- lixity. He stated very briefly that he had re- sponded to the visit in place of Bishop Potter on belalf of the St. Barnabas Home; that the girls were brought there tor temporary food and shelter; that they took them in as @ simple act of charity; that the inauagers of the in- sti jon had no desire to keep them, and that they were willing to transfer them to the custody of Peed or any party the Court might direct. COUNSEL FOR THE 8ST. BARNABAS HOME. Mr. Poor, Who said he Sppeared as the legal rep ntative of the St, Barbabas Home, followed the reverend chaplain in a few further words of explanation. lie denied an inten- tion on the part of this etitution to retain custody of these children. They had only been instigated by motives of the parse philanthropy—a philanthropy which, as ex- F Creed NOF sox nor color, but was broadly hupanitarian; “pig ang pothing more.” He wound up by saying that the ehildren had been produced in Court and were subject to His Honor’s orders, WHAT THE JUDGE DID, “What do the children say in the matter?” Judge asked the counsel. “Ihave had no conversation with them,” an- swered Mr. Poor, ‘They are here and you can question them if you think it best.’” “Let them come here,” answered the Judge. ‘The ‘Were immediately conducted to the Judge, and he proceeded to talk to them privately. ‘The conversation lasted but a few moments, “I shall allow the children to go home to their grandmother,” said the Judge, ‘and will make an order to this effect, and also dismissing the two write of habeas corpus.” ‘The Judge at once wrote the order and the chil- dren were thereupon taken by friends from the court room to be given back to the care of their grandmother, STATEMENT OF MR. POOR, Mr. Poor is the counsel for the St, Barnabas’ Ho! He says that he told Mr. Bicnville, the counsel appearing on behalf of the children, that there was no necessity of issuing a writ of habeas corpus, and that the children would be delivered » without any process of law. Mr. Bienville chose, however, to apply for the writ, and did 80. to the allegation of kidnapping, he says that or two before last Thanksgiving—a bit- ter cold day it was—the children came to Miss Rus- selland said that their grandmother had refusea to let them im the house, although they had gone there three times and begged her to let them in, and that they were cold and wet and hungry and without shelter. Miss Russell, knowing them, sent @ note to the St. Barnabas’ Home and asked them to provide for them temporarily gnd she would pay all ex- penses, She did this because she did not wish to sce them suffer, She knew the children from hay- ing previously assisted them and their grand- mother. The children remained there until brought away in obedience to the writ of habeas corpus. As for Miss Bellows, he knew very positively that she had nothing whatever to do with the-children after they left their grandmotter. THE JERSEY CITY PARK SWINDLE. During the past four years the subject of estab- lishing a public park in Jersey City has been ag!- tated, The agitation culminated when, nearly one year ago, the Board of Public Works, at the instigation of a member since relieved from duty, passed a resolution authorizing the purchase of a pile of rocks known as the Har- rigon estate at $2,000 a lot, The famous Grand Jury were then in session, and t heir attention was called to the matter. ‘The load of indict- ments heaped on the Board of Works de- terred them from accomplishing the purchase, but the resolution remained on the records, ‘the new Citizens’ Reform Association called the atten- tion of the Board of Works to the case yesterday, and as the Grand Jury will mect after a lew weeks the resoution was rescinded, It is the opinion of some members of che board | that the best site for the proposed park willbe on the swamp where Montgomery street once stood. Many of the contractors urge as the best location the land between Grand and Montgomery strects and contiguous to the Hacken- sick River, because it contains some fine sand pits, from which a large profit would accrue. ——— o> o--- — MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. apes Engagement. OTTINGER—LIGUTSTONE. etrothed, MARX OrT- TINGER to CLARA, daug of Bimon Lightstone, Bsq,, ail of this city. No card: BavLCH—BRAND?T.—On Wednesday, December 11, 1872, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev. William Hyde, Winitam R, Bautc to Marta H. BRANDT, ail of Brooklyn. © No cards. SAYRE—Smiru.—In Boston, oa Thursday, Decem- ber 12, at the residence of the bride’s lather, by the Rev. H. M. Parsons, H. W. Sayre, of this city, to AppIg, daughter of George L. Smith, Esq., of the former place. No cards. Smrri—WInrERS.—In New York, on Wednesday, December 4, 1872, at the residence of Mr, Allen, by the Rey. Dr. Ferris, ORLANDO F. SMITH, of New York city, to SARAH, daughter of James Winters, of Schenectady, N. Y.’ No cares. Schenectady papers please copy. Obituary. The death of MARIA Berrs LAWRENCE (and which originated from the premature starting of the Hudson River Railroad cars at Hastings) ends the career of a Christian lady not exceiled in this coun- try, She was the daughter of Samuel Betts and wite of Jonathan Lawrence. Her native place was St. Croix, West Indies, At the date ot her mar- riage her husband's mee were very flattering, but were suddenly blasted by the collusion of par- ties, who laid a deeply conceived plot to ensnare the confiding. Therefore Mrs. Lawrence was de- prived ot the anticipated means wherewithal to do good to others, and which disposition she fully Tnantfested to the last day of her life. Her father’s estate was, by the laws of pronegemuire) as far as could be carried out in this country, ceded to his only surviving son; but by industry and econoiny of herself and husband she was enabled to distri- bute to the want of the poor and needy to a wo: derfvi extent, on the principle of the widow's mite, always preferring the comforts of others to the gratification of herself. Died. AGaTE.—At Yonkers, on Monday, December 16, Mary, wife of Joseph Agate. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, on Thursday, at three o’clock. Carriages will be in waiting on the arrival of the two o'clock train from Forty- second street, AkmovurR.—On Sunday, December 15, 1872, Saran E. Dovauerry, wile of Joseph E. Armour and third daughter of Mary and the late William Dougherty, “gn 22 years and 14 days. e relatives aud friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral. from the residence of her mother, 605 Lexington avenue, on Wednesday the 18th inst., at one o'clock, Baaiey.—On Monday, December 16, CHARLES B. BAGLEY, aged 35 years. Daneville (N. Y.) papers please vile BEAUMAN.—On Tuesday evening, December 17, 1872, OPHELIA F. TAyLor, Wife of Charles 8. Beau- man and second daughter of Joseph S. Taylor. ‘Nhe funeral will take place on Friday morning, at eleven o'clock, from her Iate residence, Duboce street, Union Hill, N. J. Horse cars ieave Hoboken ferry every fifteen minutes. BRICKNER.—On Monday, December 16, Mrs. Many BRICKNER, aged 81 years, Relatives and friends ana the managers of the Ladies’ Union Aid Society of the Methodist Episco- 1 Church are respectfully invited to attend her faneral from the institution, 255 West Forty-second street, on Thursday, December 19, at eleven o'clock A.M. BucHan.—On Monday, December 16, THomas Bucnan, stonecutter, a native of Edinburgh, scot- land, in'his 48th year. The relatives and triends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral at haif-past two P. M., on A feb December 18, at 156 Warren street, Newark, N. J. Bucxiey.—On Saturday, December 14, 1872, Wit- LIAM BUCKLEY, @ native of Affane, county Water- ford, Ireland, in his 72d y ‘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 lifty-fiith street, on Wednesday, December 18, at one o'clock. CATHELL,—On Monday morning; December 16, MARIA OATHELL, aged 64 years, ‘The funeral services wiil be held on Thursday morning, 19th inst., at eleven o’ciock, at her late residence, 679 Washingtyn street. COURVOISIER.—At West Hoboken, on Monday, December 16, Mrs, Henrierra, widow of Albert Courvoister, of Locie, Switzerland, aged 79 years and 16 days. The relatives and friends of the family, as also those of her sons-in-liaw, Messrs, Messmer and Schwartz, are respect't invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, Clinton, near Paterson avenne, on Thursday, the 19th inst., at two o’clock P. M. CUNNINGHAM.—On Tuesday morning, December 17, alter a short iliness, Kavie J., wife of Thomas 8, Cunningham, The remains will be taken to Altoona, Pa., for in- terment, by the half-pasc nine train, Pennsylvenia Railroad, on Wednesday morning, Funeral on Thureday, December 19, 1 Ourris.—On Monday, D: M. Cunris, aged 70, The funeral will take place. her son-in-law, Dr. H. third strect, on Wednes o'clock P. M. DALEY.—On Tuesday morning, after a short illness, Daxren B. 1 car of his age, native of iimain, county Cork, freland. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend his funerai, from his late residence, 71 New mber 16, Mrs, Saran at the residence of B. Sands, 35 West Thirty- ay, the 18th inst, at one Deeember 17, LEY, in the 3sth managh, parish of half past one o'clock P. M. De Coupres.—In Breokiyn, E. D., on Monday, December 16, Lovis De Coupxes, in the 83d year of his age, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are re- specttully invited to attend the faneral, from his late residence, 288 South Fourth street, om Wednes- day, the 18th Inst., at one o'clock P. M. De Le Hunr.—On Tuesday, December 17, after a bd illness, JouN L. De Lk Hunt, im the 63d year of hls age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectiully invited to attend his funeral, from the Chureh of Annunciation, Fourteenth street, be- tween Sixth and Seventh avenues, on Thursday next, 19th inst., at 1 P.M. Philadelphia papers pleas ecopy, Doycxinck.—On Saturday, December 14, Bs- TELLE, daughter of Julia A. and the late John HH. Duyckinck, in the 18th year of her age. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her mother, 219 Degraw street, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, 18th inst., at two o'clock P. M. Epoe.—In Jersey City, on Monday, Decemver 16, of cerebro-spinal meningitis, ELEANOR, Wife of Joseph G, Edge. Funeral on Thursday, December 19, at two o'clock, from her late residence, 310 Kighth street, between Cole and Monmouth streets, Jersey City, Long Branch papers please copy. Fischgn,—At Harlem, gn Tuesday, December 17, Chambers street, on Wednesilay, December 18, at | | her daughter, Mrs. P. M., Mrs. Carmenine M. avenue ene of funeral hereafter, HEALY.—On Bo eaty December 11, Q corner Of : ANNA ek hehe eee eld at: 224 East second street, Wednesday, December *"vonden =, be tte F lease ant _ ndon lalcu: rs a Hoty.. Sunday, December ise Marearsr, the beloved wife of Thomas J. Holy, and thier of tne late Edward M. and Jane Marphy, of Oat more, parish of Ahabollogue, county Cork, Ireland, ears. oats funeral Will take place from her Tate ren.’ lence, avenue, ednesday) half-past one o'clock. " arf nae HULs#.—On Tueaday, December 11, of disney of the heart, DaNiEL HULSE, esq. 08 yeara, Notice of funeral hereafter. A KeELY.—On Tuesday, December 17, at her rest. dence, 257 Clermont avenue, Brooklyn, SaRaH M., wile of P, O, Keely, inthe 45th year of her ages Notice of the tunerat hereafter, Kenserr.—Suddenly, of disease of the heart, 0h Saturday, December 14, JOHN F. KENsgTT, N. 4, of this city. His friends are invited to attend his faneral, from the Fifth avenue Presbyterian church, corner of Nineteenth street, on Wednesday, the 16th inst. a, one o'clock P. M. i THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY 0 DESIGN, and the artists generally, are inv'* meet at the Academy rooms at twe’ noon, Wednesday, the 18th inst. * in a body to attend the funeral John F. Kensett, N. A., at Rev. L Filth avenue and Nineteenth strer T, ADDISON RICHARDS, KinsMay.—In Plainfleld, N, J., © cember 16, of diphtheria, CaRRIa F in PoRO att aged daughter of J. Douglas and Anna 1 year and 3 months. elatives and friends are regnebtei. toattend the funeral services, at the residence of Mrs. E. J. Westerfield, on Front street, Plainfleld, on Thors- day, 19th inst., at fifteen minutes past ten o'clock. ‘Train leaves foot of Liberty strees, New York, Cen« tral Railroad, at nine o’clock, Kixsy.—On Tuesday morning, December 17, WILLIAM SANDFORD KIRBY, Son of Dr. 8. R Kirby, aged 44 years, The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his father’s residence, 211 West Twenty-third stree: on Thursday, 19th inst., at 12 o’clock M., withou farther invitation. Rochester ayers please copy. Lennon.—On Monday, December 16, 1872, PHILIP LENNON, a native of Tulley Corbett, county Mona- ghan, Ireland, in his 82d year. His friends and those of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 235 Mulberry street, on Thursday, December 19, ies thence to St. Patrick’s Cathearal, at hi ast nine o’clock, where there will be a solemn requiem mass for the repose of his soul, and theace to Calvary, Cemetery. re LINDSEY.—Suddenly, on Sunday, December 5,1 1872, at the residence of his pense, 661 Myrtic avenue, Brooklyn, Josera P. LinpsEY, son of ‘Thomas and Catherine Lindsey, aged 22 years, 6 months and 12 days. Relatives and friends of the family, also Magnolia Lodge, No. 166; Fidclity Encampment, No, 50, 1.0, of 0. F.; Euclid Lodge, No. 656, F. A. M., and Leo, Lodge, No. 41, K. of P., are invited to attend the funeral, on Thursday, December 19, at -past one o'clock P. M., from the De Kalb avenue Metho- dist Episcopal church, LockyeR.—On Monday, December 16, MAR® SELINA, beloved wife of John T. Lockyer, in the 30tty year of her age. Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral services, at her. late residence, 454 Kast 122d street, on Wednesday, December 18, at three o’cloek P. M. i MALoY.—On Tuesday, December 1%, JosErH’ F. MALoy, aged 28 years and 4 months, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Thurs day, the 19th inst., at one o’clock, from his late residence, 170 avenue B, f MARLEY.—On Friday, December 13, 1872, DANIEL MARLEY, in the 63d year of bis age. ‘The funeral will take place from his late re#i- dence, 67 West Thirty-ninth st., to-day (Wednes- day), at half-past eleven o'clock A. M. Relatives and friends are respectiully invited to attend, with- out further notice. MasuRY.—In Brooklyn, on Monday, 16th Decem- ber, LAURA CARLETON, Wife of Jolin W. Masury, in. the Sist year of her age. Funeral from her late residence, 120 Montague street, to-morrow (Thursday), 19th inst., at two o’clock P. M. Friends are invited to attend withs out further invitation. MeRRITr.—On Monday, December 16, Mrs. MABY. JANE MERRITT, aged 42 years and 9 months. } The relatives and friends of the family ara invited to attend the funeral services at the Second avenue Methodist church, 119th street, Har- lem, on Thursday, December 19, at one o'clock. .& [OLLOY.—On Tuesday, December 17, alter @ lingering illness, PaTRick MOLLOY, aged 77 years, @ native of Queen’s coun Ireiand, Relatives and friends of the {amily are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, 228 East Eighty-t! > on Thursday, December 19 mi will be taken to St. Lawrence church, East algae tone street, where @ solemn requiem mass will offered for the Tepose of his soul at ten o'clock A. M., thence to Calvary Cemetery. 4 McQuapE.—On ‘Tuesday morning, December 17j) after a long and paintul illness, which she bore witty Christian resignation, ANN McQuapR, @ native of the parish of are Castle Blaney, county Monaghan, Ireland, aged 59 years. ‘The relatives and friends of the family, aleo those ofher sons, Bernard, John and Arthur, are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her, late residence, 226 avenue B, on Tharsday morning, December 19, 1872, at ten o'clock, to St. Bridget’s church, corner of Eighth street and avenue B, where a solemn high mass of requiem will be offere for the repose of her soul. Her remains will be taken to Calvary Cemetery for interment, at one o'cloek precisely. ) McsorLey.—In Brooklyn, on Tuesday, December’ 17, PETER A, MCSORLEY. Notice of funeral hereafter. PALMER.—On Tuesday, December 17, Francis A. Patmen, Jr., only son of Walter B, and Mary E, Palmer, in the 5th year of his age. ‘The relatives and [friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Thursday afternoon, 19tt inst., at one o’clock, from the residence of his parents, 41 West Thirty-eighthistreet. Post.—On Sunday, December 15, after a long and painful iliness, JARVIS Post, in the 42d year of his age. Relatives and friends of the se ate respect< fully invited to attend the funeral, from the _resi- dence of his brother, Zebulon Post, 313 Henry street, near Grand, on Weanesday, December 18, at one o'clock P. M. ~ } Rin@.—On Tuesday, December 17, Epwin RuTH: VEN RING, aged 4 years and 3 months, ‘The funeral will take place on Wednesday, at two g’clock, from 312 West Thirty-sixth street, ROBERTSON.—At Bedford, Westchester county, on Sunday, December 15, JABEZ ROBERTSON, in the 86th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are ree spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the Baptist church, on Wednesday, December 18, at halt past eleven o'clock A. M. Carriages will meet re8 :30 A.M, train from New York at Bedford station. SueL.poN.—On Sunday, December 15, after a Revere illness, WILLIAM H. SHELDON, in the 51st year of his age. LODGE OF ANTIQUITY, No. 11, F. and A. M.— BRETHREN—You are hereby summoned to attend an emergent communication at the lodge room No. 8 Union square, on Wednesday, 18th inst., at half. ast eleven o'clock A. M., for the purpose ot attend- ing the funeral of our late brother, William H, Shel, don, CHARLES D, EVANS, My \ J. D. Torren, Secretary. SHILCOCK.—At Philadelphia, on Monday, Decem- ber 16, Mrs. SUSAN OAKLEY, wife of John W, Shile cock, aged 48 years and 3 months, Funeral on Thursday, 18th inst., at half-past two o'clock P, M., at the ‘Trinity Methodist Episco church, West New Brighton, Staten Island. ie December friends of the deceased are respectfully invited. 17, 1872, CHARLES LEROY SIMONTON, 80N Of R, Py Srmonton.—Suddenly, on ‘Tuesday, | Simonton, aged 18 years and 8 months, Notice of funeral hereafter. , SkaaTs.—In Brooklyn, on Sunday, December 15, ELIZABETH PEansON, widow of David S. Skaats, in the 75th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the deseased are invited to attend the funeral, from the house of Mary ©. Noyes, 104 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, the 18th inst.,. at half-past one o'clock P.M. The remains will be taken to Geneva, Ontario county, for interment. Swirt.—Suddenly, at Providence, R, I., on Mone day, December 16, ELIZABETH SWIFT. ‘The relatives and friends of her brother, William B. Swiit, of her sister, Mrs. Webber, and of her nephews, Thomas and Anson S. Palmer, are invited toattend the iuneral services, on Thursday after- noon, the 19th instant, at two o'clock, at 107 Hart street, between Marcy and Tompkins avenues, ee The remains will be taken to Green- wood, TAYLOR.—At her residence, Stamford, Conn., on Tuesday, December 17, M. JOSEPHINE, daughter of oe late James and Jane E, Taylor, formerly of this city. Notice of funeral hereafter. Titvs.—On Tuesday, December 17, MARY Enza, ee daughter of the late Captain John and Eliza fitus. Her remains will be taken to her late residence, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Istand, Notice of fu- a poe Dur 11 Pa., suddenly, v. AIL.—At Dunning, Pa., , STEPHEN VAI in the 61st year of ils age. ae Friends of the tamiiy are, respectfully invited to attend the faneral, at the Sixteenth Street Baptist chureh, New York, on Wednesday, December 18, at half-past ten A. M. » Wanor.—Suddenly, in Brooklyn, E. D,, on Tued= day, December 17, ISABEL, Wile of Alfred I. Wedge, in the 2ist year of her age. The funeral will take place on Thursday, Decem- ber 19, at half-past one P. M., from her late real- dence, 482 Marcy avenue. Relatives and friends are respectiully invited to attend without further ine vitation. ZapRisere.—In this city, on Tuesday, December 17, OBRISTIAN ZABRISKIE, in the 88th year of bit “tr aneral service at the residence of yn, Fh Zabriskie, 131 West Twenty-tirst Risen ton ‘thare « day, the 19th inst., at half it Uf Rethains Will bo taken to Bagkensagk, Meoee REN NE AR oy