The New York Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1873, Page 8

THE NAVAJO REGIONS. Present Condition of the In- dians of New Mexico. ' GENERAL HOWARD'S ADMINISTRATION, A Redskin and Red Tape Pow- wow at Fort Wingate. Naneelito’s First Condition of Eastern Travel, “Muche Veeskey, eh?” Miguel’s Glass Eye the Big- gest Thing Yet. The General Recommended to Try a Transparent Limb. ——_—- THE DIAMOND FRAUDS FULLY VENTILATED, Fort DEFIANCE, NEW MExtco, Dec. 20, 1872, ‘The notoriety attained by this section recently, fonsequent on the diamonds and other precious stones supposed to exist in great quantities in the surrounding regien, is suMcient to account for the presence here of your commissioner at this time. Fort Defiance is situated on the Canyon Bonito, forty-five miles northwest of Fort Wingate, and mearly directly west of Santa Fé. The buildings are of adobe, or sun dried brick, and are the Femains of an abandoned military post, but now used ag an agency for the Navajo Indians. The Joundations of some of the buildings are giving ‘way, and they are generally in a wretched state of repair. Fort Defiance is actually in Arizona, and, I believe, is thus laid down on government sur- veys; but as it lies so close to the line of New Mexico it is found much more convenient to wupply it from the New Mexican Department, and irerefore it is temporarily presumed to be in New Mexico. If m Arizona, red tape would make Mt necessary to transport its supplies from the California side, across a great extent of barren country, aportion of which is infested by hostile tribes. The reservation includes about one hun- ‘@red and twenty square miles. There is very little @rable land on it, the greatest portion being moun- tainous and broken, made up of lofty mesas, or table lands, and acep arroyos, er dry ravines. There are, however, some FINE FORESTS OF PINE Simber and moch land that is suitable for pastoral Purposes. The last count for the purposes of the Muity issue makes the Navajos on the reserve mumber about ten thousand persons, which shows the tribe to be on the increase since the eiose of the great Navajo war. Previously ‘to the war they had large peach orchards and immense corn fields, and were the terror of the entire Mexican population wm the Rio Grande and adjacent settlements. Whole towns were often besieged by them, while tne en- tire surrounding country was pillaged and all the Sheep, horses and oxen run off to the mountain fastnesses, where for a long time they defied the United States troops sent to subjugate them. De- Bance obtained its name from the firm stand made here by General Canby against the entire Navajo -*ribe. Previously it had been called Fort Canby, and is so laid down on many of the Territorial maps. To subdue the Navajos extreme measures had to be resorted to. Their corn fields were de- stroyed by the cavalry, their orchards cut down, their herds slaughtered and left to rot on the groand. In fact everything was taken from them “and they were reduced to starvation. In some tases poisoned sugar and bacon were left in camps, as if forgotten, or dropped on the road for the starving Indians, so that to this day some Bf the Navajos have such a horror of bacon that they cannot be induced te touch it. Many ef them gave themselves up almost starved to death, and on being furnished with plenty of provisions killed themselves with eating. They have now been at peace for several years, and conduct themselves Bs well and give as little trouble to the government as any tribe oftheir size in the country, being a shrewd, intelligent, industrious people. Their cost of subsistence to the government is less than #913 to each Indian, which 1s eheaper than keeping large force constantly jn th to fight thom. hey are fast recovering from the effects of the ar, andown now about ten thousand horses, Staules ana burros and over one hundred and thirty Sbousand sheep and goats. Shonid their reservi- tion be extended to the north, so a8 to include some of the rich lands lying on and around the San Juan, they will probably be self-sustaining in “Give year’ more. They are very industrious, and | purchase sheep with the money they obtain from the sale of biankets, stones and hunting. The men make good day Taberers, and some of the adobe walls in buildings at eae A_ - NEW PORT WINGATE Anave been laid by them. Navajo blankets have obtained a world-wide fame, as being the wonder- fal production of an uneducated tribe, These blankets vary in price here from four dellars to Seventy-five dollars each, and have a ready sale to travellers, who desire to take away with them evi- fence of the skilful handiwork of the Navajo | maidens, A few of the Navajos speak Spanish, the | prevailing language of the country, but very tew ‘f them speak any English. Were it not for their superstition in regard to the dead they would | ag more rapidly than the Pueblos, whom Xcel in Native surewdness and ability. When vayo dies the family immediately leave the “hogan” (or mF, wigwam), and cannot be induced | to re-enter it. The consequence is that proapecters * aovpers assing through the country find pienty of ant cabins to shelter themselves in | from rains and storms. When the Navajos recover from this superstition we shal! see them founding like the Pueblos and Zuiis, And here I may refer to the general ignorance of | the English language in New Mexico. To transact ‘any business through the country or to travel with @ny satisiaction a knowledge of the Spunish lan- is absolutely necessary. The Territory of Kew Mexico has now belonged to the United states about a quarter of a century, and yet, were it not for the forts through the Territory and the English thereabouts, one would thiak himseif in Mexice, Congress would, no doubt, Rave made an appropriation for Engiish schoelsin the prin- | cipal tow! but the Territory has been repre- sented by ‘Xicans who are actaally opposed to the introduction of the English language, and who, therefore, have made ho effort foran appropriation for this purpose. The present Delegate speaks English with difficulty, and the former delegate | Preierred to Speak im Spanish. The few weaithy | Men who control the politics of New Mexico are | all opposed to the introduction of im- provements, either a language, rail- or anything else, The result is that years ago a State, 4, r in a Territory for sev- eral years tocome. its mineral reseurces are im- Menge, so that, with the completion of the Southern Pacific Railway on the tlurty-secoad parallel, & great immigration must follow. A MILITARY POLICE FORCE—THE NAVAJOS. In August last General Howard, when bere, in- structed Mr. Keam, the Special Agemt of the Nava- }, to organize a company of uative cavalry, to be placed under the command of the War Chief Man- uelito. This body of svidiers was intended to be used a8 @ police force, their special duty being to arrest thieves and to bring to tae agency any stolen or stray stock they ungut Mad on the reser- vation. The organization of this company was quickly effected, and 130 Indians enrolled. inctudin ali the princtpal chiels of the tribe. Geueral Howard bad the Iadians informed that Would be far- mished with clothing and pay by t government, e NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET and far better versed. im trailing, they are much more efficient than # body of Unived States soldiers. Should the promises of the government made them Neral Howard not be complied with, they very ey eT and pnomerous depredations would undoubtedly immediately en- ene, as the thieves would soon know that they were not being watched, and would conclude that the action of the agent and his police was not en- aetant by the government. It is a question which THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED THIEVES when on predatory excurstons—the Navajos or Comanches. Itis uot long age when a Navajo Would steal quietly up to the camp fire of @ party of travellers, secure tne best horse, mount hima and then ride up to the sleepers and the fle, awak- ening,one of them bya touch of a ramrod, and, with the exclamation, “You. sleep, Indian | ste; your hoss!”? would disappear in the darkness before the aroused sleeper had recovered his as- tonishment and gathered his six-shooter. In those days picket ropes were ef little avail as a protection irom theft, and animals had to be lastened the wagon wheels with chains Last June James H. Miller, then Indian Agent, went with a few of the plata of the agency to the San Juan River, in Colorado, to select a site for a reservation farm. ‘This locality is some distance to the northwest of the Defiance Reserve and in the el rning a by two Ute Indians, and re i MILLER INSTANTLY KILLED. ‘The horses of the party had been previously secured, and they had no means of following the depreda- tors, ir some time it was believed that the mur- der was perpetrated by bad Navajos who had fol- lewed the party out irom Defiance, but it was finally clearty traced to two roving Ute Indians, who ‘Were well known among their tribe and who were identified as the same parties who had pro- ceeded over the Mormon trail with the stolen horses. None endeavored more eagerly to prove their ‘innocence of this crime than the Navajos themselves, who pursued the slight clue le(t until the affair was made so clear that the Utes ac- knowledged the commission of the crime by men of their tribe, On bis trip from the East General Howara brought with him to Fort Wingate six Apacne chiefs to hold acouncil with the Navajos. These tribes had been accustomed to make raids on each other’s Property, and il a peaceable tradiag party went into their neighbor's territory eo were often murdered or their stock stolen. © The General succeeded in veniny the chiefs to promise peace with each other in the future, and the chiets em- braced, in testimony of their good faith. Manuelito and the other chiefs of the Navajos, when com- pared with the Apache chiefs, presented a more manly appearance, the latter sypearing, almost in- significant alongside of them, None of the Navajos have ever been taken Fast, and General Howard said thatif he succeeded in inducing the great Apache chief, CACHISE, TO GO TO WASHINGTON with him, he would like to have the Navajo war chief, Manuelito, go also. is beimg interpreted to Manuelito he replied that he would be glad to accompany the General, and that ke had a great desire to see the Great Father and the laughing houses (theatres), of which he had heard from the malice, He jecularly added, turming to the Gen- eral— “Muche veeskey, eh?” To which the General replied— “Oh, no, no; tell nim that none of us drink any- thing of the sort; that these Indians I have with ave been all through the States, and they have beea behaving very Well, and that they have not drank a drop all threngh the trip.” A few hours after Miguel, one of the Apache’s chiefs, who had a glass eye inserted in the States, staggered up to the General in a frightful state of intoxication. The General erdered him to be re- moved from his sight, and lectured him when sober, The following conversation eccurred be- tween General Howard and Manuelito :— A POW-wow, MANUELITO—The Great Father sent you here to see us. I am glad to see you. I want to talk to ou. For years I fought you white people. I hought we could whip you. We always whipped the Mexicans, They were afraid of us. We took their sheep and horses. They stole our stock. They did not fight us, The Mexicans are cowards. The Americans fight bard. They have good arms. The heap-shoot guns were teo many fer us. We ran to the mountains. You cut down our cern. You gutted our orchards, You killed our sheep. We had only dirt to eat. We eat dirt for many moons. We are now at peace with you. We have been very po Our squaws make ae blankets, We bay sheep with our money. buy horses also. lares are the best horses, ‘es have horses. Our horses increase in number. We were very poor. We trade horses fer mares, We have RoW many shecp and horses. We do not like mules, We eat mules. Mules de not have horses like mares, We will be rich soon. When you make presents to us give us sheep, We make geod use of the wool. ‘WE DO NOT WANT WHISKRY; whiskey make white men lose their head. We see White men drunk. One white man shoot other man. No whiskey; no do so, Your man Miller (the late agent) was killed on the San Juan. You said Navajos killed him, I did notlike him. The San Juan isin the Ute country. Navajos do not gothere. The Utes killed Miller, Miller did not know how to deal with us; he did not know our habits. Some white men know us; they have lived with us. Give usa@ good man for agent. Give us @ man wko Will not steal from us. We want a man who knows how to treat us. We want a man who does not hate us. Our interpreter is a good man. Make him the agent, He knows our ways. I BELIEVE IN THE GREAT SPIRIT. The Great Spirit you call religion. They tell us that you send us agents now who believe in the Great Spirit. st of those agents do not under- stand us. They have never seen an Indian betore | they came here. They do not seem to care for us =z much. Tiey do not know how to take us, Ido not know their Great Spirit. You must haye differ- ent Great Spirits, Why do yon not send us a hilt Who grows ust These mendo not speak much to us, ire Ie dent Noni te the Géeners ¢ sends away the whites who have been there. He gets strange men to deal with us. They go to the same Spirit house; that is why he brings them. The man who talks at the Spirit house came jase the agency. We do not understand these things, We want to be at peace. We want a good man for our agent. General Howarp—Agents used to be bad men. They robbed the Indians. The Great Father hunted for good men. He was a long time finding them. All white men are not good men. MANUELITO—That's $0.~ e A GOOD WHITE AGENT, General HowarD—These good white men get a good white man for agent. They will send you a ood man, As good a man as I am (slapping his reast) myself, We will put geod men with you. I have seen your biankets. Your blankets are good, Iwill buy one of your blankets, They are werth all you ask forthem. You must do what our agents tell you to do; if not, the Great Father at oy be will be angry. He will tell the Colonel at Wingate to send soldiers to fight you, MANUELITO—I do not want to fight any more. We make more money at peace. We can keep eur bellies full if we are not war. War does not Ihave talked with the Apaches he They may fave been with you to the East. They haye seen 2 your laughing houses, your Spirit houses and your talking houses, They say that you have heap houses—five, six, seVen—one on top of Another, This is big! Miguet is the man wie the glass eyes. He has been with you. He sayg if the whites fire of their guns ence all the fhdéans dead, I was told that before; [thought it wasalie; Ido not Anak £9 ny more. The whites are a heap too many for Us. “"3x>- HAT GLASS RYE OF MIGUEL'S ia a big thing; heap please his squaw, White men make glass eyes, You have only got one arm. You jose your armin fight. You are a great chief. 1 am a great chief, too. You onght to nave a lass arm made for you. It will do to ook at, like Miguel’s tye. We go some- times to the Appone country ; we go to the Mormon country too, ve go to trade. If the Apaches let us alone We will let them alone. They tell me you are going to the White Mountains. If Cacliise comes with you Iwill go with you. I amas great a chief as Cachise. I would like to see the white squaws. It may be seriously asked If the plan of appoint. ing men to ion alte on Indian agencies merely on accouut @! their religious belief is not detrimental to the service. We see, here in New Mexico, mea appointed to place who are not only unfit fer their sitions, but who detest the sight of an Indian, put they are Presbyterians and want a living. Belore me ts a copy oi a confidential circular sent te indian agents only. ‘A CONFIDENTIAL CIRCULAR, FRINTED FOR USE OF THR BOARD OF FOUKIGN MISSIONS OF r ot published). OF Tuk LyTKRIOR, Wasminatox, D.C. May I. 17% Sir,—I have received your jeter of the ! th inst., in which you inquire whether, in the opin. of this De- partment, the responsibility of a Missionary Board end with the nomination of Indian agent is to be ¢ sidered as extonding always to thelr conduct attor their appointment to office. [will enter more fully into the subject than merely answering the question propounded t. Secretary missionary tie Government a by you. On the 19th of August, 1870, M Cox” communicated to the "various societios the Indian policy of and invited their co-operation He also asked of them re: m4 of agents for the ag h association, with the ing agencies would be allowed employes au , selected also by their own missionary aas clations, so a8 to make agency a unit in purpose and spirit, and so add to itsemciency in the work of Indian ehvilization and advancement. The ideas expressed by lim are still entertained by this Department. Harmony and unity of purpose should ox ist between the society, the agents and the same extent as detween the society and the govern- ment, and the ageat should, astar as practicable, in all cases recommend only such employes as will enter ruliv and cheerfully tate the rel us and moral training of the Indians, and who are worthy aad acceptable to the wary society having the supervision of the agency. The agent should not consider himself, aitor appointment, as releaved = from the oversight and care of the suciety, and should, by all means at his command, do his utmost turther the Missionary work ‘which caurcd them to enter on their new dvties with zeal. About one hundred animais have | been steady broughi in by them, and there iano | danger whatever of parties having their an ‘stolen while sing over or camping on th servation. This police regulation is undoubtediy the best mode of preventing crime among the In- dians, a, whem arrested, they are sent to Fort wi te or Santa Fé and punished by the civil au- ities. The separation from their tribe isa t punishinent for them, and deters them from commission of crime. They have received as yet no pay or allowance from the government, and are beginning to express their fears of the prom | deen made them not being realized. Being thorvughly acquainted with the country, pais | 10 mag, ‘tion when delay would re- | ypaeate ae such Cases time would pot permit the agent y rge; nor will an agent be permitted to re- mate (a0 oe who renders himsoif ‘obnoxioas to the society upon whose recommendation he was appointed ‘ny instaaces the exigencies of the services req be a detriment | consulean » society, but at all other times be should ubiait te ie the nainee of all “new appoiniees before Honding, the nominations here for contirmation, Very | Fespectfully, bedient serva e Peer ee R. COWAN, Acting Secretary, r c., ZB Ooutre street, | Rey. Jonw ©, Lownim, Secretar; New York, | THE DIAMOND BUBBLE. The existence of red stones of considerable size, Whether we cail them garnets or rubies, on the | Bills ond mesas north of Fort Deflance, as far as | the San Juan itiver. hag been well kuuWn 10 oll their employes to | cers of the arm; id others in-this section fora bumber of years past. During the scouts made in the Navajo war many om looking stones were picked up by the soldiers, were styled Navajo rubies, and some of them were of a size ranging from eight to twenty carats, Arnold and Siack, who were interested with Harpending and Roberts, of San Francis in what are usually known as the Burro mines at ton, in Southern New Mexico, accidentally met with @ man tn 1871 at one of the statiens between Tucson and Apache vass, who had soldiered in the Navajo war and had carried with him ever since a sow pretty red stones as curiosities, Arnold obtained these stones from him and shortly after proceeded with Slack to the northern " part of the Deflance reservation, @ little to the northwest of what 18 et ore here the Sella Chee (or red stone) district. They located thetr claims and laid off ground, putting up. monu- } Ments, as is the custom of miners in new districts. ‘These monuments and notices are still standing on the trail from Fort Defiance to the San Juan, It is very likely that they intended making this spot the scene Of their operations, but it soon became neces- sary for them to change their plans. McCallen, another striker of Harpending’sat the burro mines, stopped at the station on his way from ‘Tncson to Ralston and learned of Arnold's excitement on getting on the track of what he supposed to be recious gems. And he, too, came to Detiance to follow up the scent, With @ man named Foster for guide he psospected around the hills for 150 miles to the north of this tort and of course found red stenes and other stones aiso. ‘these he took with him to New York, and when it was announced by the San Francisco news- papers that diamonds had been discovered his uncle, Mr, Thompson, of Brooklyn, consulted Foster, THE GREAT MEDICINE MAN, and through him had an interview with Humboldt, which satisfled him of the existence of diamonds, and they came out last August as the leaders of an ex, ition or New York company. But Arnold had conclude! that the country te the north of this place wus too public for his “plant.” ‘The Navajos area very observant tribe, and they waten very cosely the movements of the whites when they find them searching for anything. They have pros- pected the country so far much better than any one else, and brought ina great many more gems or stones of doubtiul value. But this time other parties had got wind of the story and supposed the miners’ to be in the vicinity of the Burros, some said in the Pinal mountains, ‘They fol- lowed Arnold’s and McCallen’s tracks slowly from station to station until they foun that one where the stones had been obtained, But the soldier Duncan had in the meantime been killed by the Apaches, and they could obtain no further information of the locality of the stones. ‘Then came the trailing for trails. Slack’s trail was supposed to be the real trail. McCallen was endeavoring te follow Slack’s trail, and he was supposed to be posted. So there were half a dozen prospecting partics following McCallen’s trail, thinking that would bring them in at the dcath, And all of these parties found stones of more or less value, which added to the intensity of the excitement. Arnold and Slack’s object appears to have been to obtain a quantity of red stones, with which to ‘salt’ Ruby Gulch, at their “CLAIM”? ON THE UNION PACIFIO, they having selected that spot as a point not likely to be crossed er discovered by either whites or Indians, About the middie of September a party of forty men, known as Gray’s Toned and who were fitted out by Har- pending, lett San Francisco, ag was announced, lor the supposed diamond helds, This was sup- posed to be a clew to the proper place, and several parties set to work to track them up, but Gray's arty appears te have been gotten up asa blind, for they travelled pipet running up ana down steep mountains, digging their way in and out of Seep arroyos, fording streams and crossing deep ravines, until they arrived at this beri when Gray drew them up in the plaza and disbanded them, ving them twenty s? rations each. It had een announced several days before the expedi- tion started that it was for the diamond fields and the statement went umcontradicted. But now Gray said that they were looking NOT FOR DIAMONDS, BUT FOR GOLD. At the rate they travelled prospecting was out of the question, and the members of the party agree that no prespecting was done. The recent devel- opments made by the government survey party prove clearly that the object of these branch par- ties was merely to keep alive the excitement while the projectors of the fraud bagged their game. I think it is now preety, clearly established that not a single diamond has been found in Ari- zona during the ‘ape two yoars. And yet why mesa pot chat 3 and aaa Sage: ee be nog 1a UypMs ane vigms oF thys re- aad The ‘Shh Veherar Wiaracteiatio features are found here as are found in South Africa and Minas Geraes, in Brazil. Here exist the ttacolumite, quartzose conglomerate and the tertiary cretaceous and carbeniferous systems, In the ravines are quartz crystals, clay slate, rotten ironstone and fron sand. Garnets and peridot (a green trans- parent crystal) exist here in conjunction, and by many experienced geologists they are considered the best indications. On the Colorado Chiquito (which f followed as far as Sunset Crossing) I ob- served very favorabie indications at several points. Many of the hills situated a mile back from the river and running parallel with it were covered with worn and rounded pebbles. THE FINDING OF PRECIOUS STONES is referred to in the government reports of Lieuts, Ives, Beale and others, in which frequent reference is made to the geological features of the country. Many of the Pueblo and Navajo Indians wear gen- uine turquoise for eardrops or necklaces. The lace is variously mentioned as the spot ‘om which it is obtained. It is valued very highly by the Indians, a few small pieces being worth with them a fine horse. Many of these fine pieces of turquoise have been transmitted to them from time immemorial and it is doubtfal whether the true place of its existence is yet known. Chrysolite, peridot and olive are found in quantiles at Ewell’s camp, twelve miles north gt Port Dedance, rr he, ;. AT THE SELLA CHEE DISTRICT, _ 115 miles north, garnets of almost every conceiv- able color are found. Many of them ate persist- ently styled rubies by the miners, but I have not yet had very clear evidence that a ruby has been found. These garnets are of an extraordinary hard character, aud many of them will, perhaps, ass for rubies when set. No digging whatever has yet been done for precious stones, and it would be expecting too much to be able to pick up on the surface diamonds as easily a8 one would quarts, crystals and common opals. Now that the ques- tion has been brought forward so prominently it is probable that patient prospecting will commence aud the region be tested thoroughly. NEW YORK CITY. Coroner Keenan yesterday held an inquest at the Second precinct police station on the body of Ed- ward Larkey, a laborer, who was drowned on the previous evening by accidentaily falling into the dock foot of Pier 19 East River. Mr. Larkey, who was employed by a gentleman doing business near by, lived. at 324 Furman street, Brooklyn, whither the body was removed, Deceased was fiity-five ears of age, and born ja Ireland, EL meme a The next lecture in the free course of scientific lectures for the people, at the Cooper Union, will take place in the great hall, this evening, at eight o'leck, Subject, “Spectrum Analysis.” Lecturer, Professor George A. Barker, of Yale Vollege, Comptroller Green yesterday paid to the Depart+ meat of Parks jor its expenses the sum of $50,000, | Also laborers on small pipes, $4,335 10; and on the | thirty-six inch Croton mains $1,590 $6, All to Janu- \ ary 1, inst. David Elder, & man thirty-five years of age, and born in Scotland, who was employed as engineer in the internal revenue stamp printing office, No. 24 Vesey street, on Thursday fell from a iadder through the hatchway, a distance of one story, and fractured his skull. Mr, Elder died yesterday in Centre Street Hospital from the effects of the inju- ries received, Coroner Loung Was notided, Charles Sennett, an Irish laborer, forty-two | years of age, died yesterday in Bellevue Hospital, | where he was admitted on the 29th ult. suffering | from a fracture of the base of the skull, caused by having fallen head foremost through the bog war of the steamship Minnesota, lying at pier 46 Nort River. Coroner Keenan was notified. Deceased lived at No. 16) Leroy street, GERMAN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. To THe Eptror or THE HeRALD:— The daily teaching of German in our public | schools is a great want, deiag daily more and more | made apparent to all Who have an interest in the practical advantages to be secured to our children | growing up. In some districts i$ is tanght, but generally on one or two days of the week for ashort ; ume. Why cannot it be taught every day and gen- erally? Efforts have been fruitiessty made both | by Germans and our other pted American citi- zens, a8 well as native born, to thisend. What uw | the obstacle among our school authorities? Busi- | ness experience every day im our great city | demonstrates the utility, if not necessity, of a knowledge of the German language, and a large | majority of the people are in favor of it. Have not the taxpayers @ right, therefore, to be heard and | to enjoy a privilege for whica they pay? Should | not our rising generation in this business mart, wherein our boys will soon take their places as business men, Rave a knowledge the German \anguage to fortity them (or the demands of social | intercommunication and to provide them with | increased facilities in the transaction of | business. The German has become the Se com- mercial language of the world, it might be sat‘, and those speaking this tongue control ® large part of our business domain, Would it not be a good | thing for every poor boy now enjoying the advan- tages of our splendid puolic school sysvem When he e4, 28 iN ali probability he must, among this in- ° could speak the German language ? Would it not help bim and in other regurds be productive of great good’ Let us have the voice of the people on this question, i the views, scareiatye of your powerlul su? ep'whtened progressive jour- Bal, ” IRISLL-AMERICAN, juential class of people to earn his bread, if he | THE DARIEN ISTHMUS. American Naval Explorations and Prospects of the Interoceanic Ship Canal. Commodore Selfridge’s Duty and Party—History of the Past and Prospect of the Present Enter- prise—What May Be Accomplished and the Commercial Results—The United States Ship Tuscarora—Her Con- dition, Command and Crew. Panama, Jan. 12, 1873. ‘The readers of the HERALD who have followed in its celumns the progress of the various surveys which have been made om the Isthmusof Darien during the past few years are thus well aware of the obstacles that have been overcome and the im- portant results that have been achieved by the ofti- cers of the American Navy; but, fer the benefit of those who are not thus informed, it may be neces- sary to recapitulate in order that they may under- stand the objects of the expedition te which your special correspondent 1s now attached, HISTORY OF CAPTAIN SELFRIDGES EXPLORATIONS, In January, 1870, an expedition was organized, under the command of Commander Thomas 0. Selfridge, United States Navy, for the pur- pose of exploring the territory of the Isthmus of Darien and determining the practicability or itmpracticability of the several routes that have been proposed for an _ inter- oceanic ship canal, This expedition, during the Winter of 1870, surveyed several proposed routes, commencing at Caledonia Bay and the Gulf of San Blas on the Atlantic side, and demonstrated them to be impracticable, notwithstanding the favorable reports that had previously been made ef them by various explorers, who, incited by the love of no- torlety or the hope of pecuniary reward, had pub- lished glowing accounts of their discoveries, with no other foundation than that which existed in their own imaginations, In the Winter of 1871 another expedition was organized under the same commander, which pro- seeded to explore the much-talked of route by the way of the Atrato and Tuyra rivers, Of this route great expectations had been entertained, but they were destined to be untulfilied, and this reute was also numbered among the impracticable, This expedition, however, met with better suc- cess in their survey of the route by the way of the Atrato and Napipi rivers, which proved to be en- tirely practicable and in all respects the best line as yet knewn. The advent of the rainy season, however, compelled the explorers to cease their operations on this route betore they had obtained as much knowledge of the nature of the ground in the vicinity of the line actually surveyed as was desirable, Nevertheless, by means of great exer- tions, they succeeded in completing a line of survey from the Pacific to the Atrato (which is navigable at all seasons for vessels drawing twenty- five feet of water) which attracted so much atten- tion and has impressed the best engineers of the country so favorably that it has been deemed ad- visable to send out a third expedition for the pur- pose of gaining more information of the country in the vicinity of the Napipi. ORGANIZATION OF THE PARTY, This expedition is also under the command of Commander Selfridge, who has as his assistants Lieutenants Fred Collins, J. G. Eaton and T. J. Sullivan, all of whom have seen service in the pre- vious expeditions. Owing to a sudden and severe illness Captain Selfridge was unable to proceed at the time set for the departure o! the expedition, He, however, turned the command over tempora- rily to Lieutenant Collins, and the expedition, ac- companied by your correspondent, sailed on the ist of January for Panama. AT PANAMA, Upon our arrival here we found the United States steamship Tuscarora, Commander Belknap, await- ing us, on board which the officers of the expedi- tion at once repaired, and immediately commenced the work of organization and preparation for ac- tive operations as soon as Commander Selfridge, whe is expected by the next steamer, shall arrive. As soon as he comes the Tuscarora will sail for Cupica Bay, and three parties, under the command of the lieutenants above mentioned, will be placed at once in the fleld. PROSPECTS OF SUCCESS. The route already surveyed requires a canal ofabout thirty-two miles in length, for which the estimated cost amounts to $75,000,000, ‘This Win- ter it 18 hoped to shorten this some four or five miles, by which the estimates will be reduced to about sixty million dollars, ‘The prospect of being able to do this is now good, and should it prove to be weil founded the success of the canal project will be assured. The commercial world, therefore, may well look with interest for the report of the results that may be attained, FACTS AND FIGURES FOR THE WORLD OF COMMERCE. It is hardly necessary to speak of the commer- cial value of this great work; but the feilowing table, which has been prepared by Lieutenant Collins for the forthcoming repoit of Commander Beliridge, will risak for itself, and place the matter in so strong a light that argument will be rendered unnecessary. The following is the exhibit ~ TABLI : showing the probable tall in time and distance to be effected for sailing vessels to and from the port of New York by a ship canal across the Isth- mus of Darien over the route proposea by Com- mander Selfridge, United States Navy :— By Present From New York! "Route. By Canal. Gain, to Hong Kong. Heth las ‘Miles, Milea, |Days. Hong Kony 12,480] & a Shang hue. Hg) Hants Ey Yokoham: 119) 11,950) 79) 4,200) 40 Manila 108] 2,200) 80) 1440] 8 Batavia ws] 13425] 87)" |e Sydney . 105] 10,480) 15 740 30 Valparaiso. 90) 6,510) re B20) 8 Callao. 4,390) 62 Honolulu 7,168 57 San Francisc R By ~ Present From Hong Kong route, to New York, ~|———__ Miles. | Days. Hong Koni 14,600] 10 Bhanghac 1600] 113 Yokoham: 46,070) 14 anila, 14010) 109 Sydney 13410] My Valparaiso. 9740] 90 Callao. 1) 100} Honoluiu 15,760] 110) San Fran 1ay7y] 125) The distance by present route is in nautical miles measured on the routes now generally pursued, ‘The days are actual averages obtained from various reliable sources, Remembering that “time is money,’ it would be interesting to calculate the number of dollars that will be saved each year by the maritime nations of the earth when this great work shall have become a fait accompli, THE UNITED STATRS SHIP TUSCARORA, HER TION, COMMAND AND CREW. The following |s a correct list of the oMcers now attached to the United States steamer Tuscarera:— Commander, George E, Belknap; Lieutenant Com- mander and Executive Onicer, Richard 8. CONDI- Chew; Lieutenant Commander, Theodore F. Jewell; Lieutenants—S, Hubbard, George A. Norris, . . Symonds; Master, Webster Doty; Ensign, U. Tanitt; Chief Engineer, David Smith; Passed Assistant Paymaster, J, Goodwin Hobbs; First Assistant Engineer, Alfred Adamson: Assistant Surgeon, Jonn L. Neil- son; Midshipmen—W. H. H. Southerland, R. H. Gait, C. R. Miles, V. L. Cottman, ©. H. Lyeth; Act- ing Gunner, C. H. Venable; Acting Carpenter, Jeveph L. Thatcher; Acting Beatswain, James T. Barker; Acting Sailmaker, Jehn Roddy; Paymas- ter’s Clerk, George W. Prescott. The Tuscarora has been about eight months in commission, having fitted out at Portameutn last May. She entered the Pacific by the Straits of Magellan, ex periencing very tempestuous weather before entering and aiter leaving the Straits, but being favored by beautiful weather while actually within them, Her oficers speak of tne scenery aboat the Straits as picturesque beyond descrip- tion, and in some instances of almest terrific gran- deur, With an average width of perhaps a mile and a half, they are bounded hie either side by recipitous clills, Ng bed a height of ene thousand ive hundred or two thousand feet, down whose rugged sides innumerable silvery streams leap and fash in beautiful cascades. She has a fine comple- ment of officers and men, and isin an excellent state of discipline and efficiency. Ail on hoard are well and in goed spirits, and evince a determina- tion to make the best of the many disagreeable things mecessarily attendant upen an exploring expeditiol DEATH OF EX-ASSEMBLYMAN MOSELY, Ex-member of Assembiy W. W. Mosely diod last evening at his residence, 289 Ninth street, South Brooklyn, The deceased contracted scarlet fever while aetending his children, who were sick with that very prevalent and fatat dis- ease. His condition gd deren A i? three days 0, an e death will not be unexpected to those who were apprised of his case, Mr. Lec cae wale terms as a member of the House, four ected by the democracy of the Fourth Assembly district of Kings county. As @ legislator he was regarded as an active and energetic represent- ative, and was by no meansa silent voter. His deiivery was fair and his ents were generally cogent and to the nt. was @ native of St. Lawrence county, New York, and was about thir- ty-eight years of age. He was familiarly known as Major Mosely, having won his title during the late war, while attached to one of the volunteer regi- State. He also served on General 1 Bioouun's stalt fora time in Virwinia, Crewas Viewing the Body of the Vic- tim—Not Yet Identified—Search for the Murderers, All day yesterday the remains of the unknown man, whose murder was announced in yesterday's HERALD, rested in a coffin at the office of Coroner p een in Washington street. Hundreds of horror- ‘icken citizens and individuals from New York, Brooklyn, &¢,, visited the office, but up to a late hour no one could recognize in the mangled head the features of a friend or acquaintance. Chief ane of the Hovoken police force, with Officers it and % search for TRACES OF THE ASSASSINS, No success attended their efforts beyond the gieaning of a lew circumstances, which, however, may prove important, Mr. Funcheon,’ who first perceived the body lying on its death bed ot snow, avers that at six o'clock on Thu even- ing he passed that same __ spot, ut no corpse was then there, A*% half-past six, while in hig house, near by, he heard two shots fired in rapid succession, and immediately aiterwards a wild scream pierced the air, Such pisctol-tring being common in that locality—the thieves who infest the place must needs empty their revolvers betimes to keep them in good condition—Mr, Funcieon paid no particular attention thereto. When he went out, an hour Subsequently, the battered body was there. ‘The murder must, therefore, have taken place between #Lx and half-past seven. ‘hen THE WOUNDS IN THE READ were probed it was found that they had been in- flicted with a pointed instrument—most probably with @ carpenter's peer The biow from behind fractured the sku!l and caused death, In one of deceased’s found a portion of the Philadelphia /nquirer of last Saturday, whence it would seem that he came from that city. A watch key and a red handker- chief were also in the pocket, but neither watch nor money, ‘The Coroner's inquisition takes place this evening, The vigilance and energy oi the Weehawken police may be inferred from the fact that it was Hoboken officers who had to take the case in hand. HOW TO LIGHT THE CITY LAMPS, Meeting of the Polytechnic Branch of the American Instuitute—Street Lamps Lighted by Electricity—An Interesting Exhibition, The polytechnic branch ofthe American Institute met last night in hall 24 Cooper Building. Mr. Daniel J. Tapley read a paper describing a new method of using carbonic acid gas for the ex- tinguishment of fire, In a recent number of Har- ner's Monthly, he said, a description was given ofa new machine in London in which carbonic acid gas, evolved from burning charcoal, was forced into its stream, and the results were spoken of as very gratifying. About four years ago a company was formed at Newton, Mass, of which Governor Clafin was President, for the manufacture of a hand engine, which at- tempted to use the same principle. The small machines known as “extinguishers” have in scores of instances put out fires which were apparently out of all proportion to the means used. The weak joint of the extinguisher is in its capacity. The ventor conceived the pleasant idea of forcing the operator to carry the engine, hose and extin- LSeebage material upon his back. At Holyoke, as he eee engine” was adopted in May, 1870. Since its adoption nineteen fires have occurred, thirteen of which have been put out by the * acting engine” before a stream could be even started irom any of the other sources, At many of those fires the engine has shown an eifl- ciency little short of the miraculous. I know of no town which is supplied with these engines where they have not reduced the number of fires, or rather fire losses, to less than fifty per cent of the average loss in previous years, After a lengthy discussion Mr. Alban Andren read & paper by E. E. Bean, of Boston, explaining his paeumatic and electric gas lighting apparatus. he cost of lighting and of extinguishing the street lamps of a large city is very great. Two reforms are needed—in tae amount oflabor and the quan- Oy of gas. A patent was granted to Mr. Bean to light lamps by means of electricity, Much time and ingenuity have been expended on the simple task of opening the burner and lighting the gas simultaneously. By means of this apparatus al! the lamps within @ circuit of a mile can be lighted in fifteen seconds, Mr. Bean then read a report of the Superintendent of Street Lamps of Providence, R. l., showing that the experiment in that city has been accompanied by a great sav- ing in money and in the quantity of gas consumed, The annual saving ts about twenty thousand dol- lars, In New York the saving would be $96,500, Mr. Andren then lighted half a dozen lamps by one fash of his galvanic battery and extinguished them in less than @ second, and the numerous audience burst out in applause, The burners are opened by means of atmospheric pressure, and the gas is lightea by electricity conveyedby wires going to everyslamp post. Mr. Andren said the large music hall of Cambridge is lighted now by this appa ratas, The experiment has proved a perfect suc: cess, Dr. L. Bradley said he approved of the plan, and the meeting then adjourned till Friday next, when the subject of superheated steam will be discussed, THE UNITED NATIONALITIES, A special meeting of the Central Association of United Nationalities was held last night at Ittner’s Hotel, Grand and Mercer streets, General Franz Sigel, President, in the chair. After the transac- tion of the usnal routine business resolutions were introduced by Colonel Tinelli expressive of sympathy tor the Cuban patriots, and asking the United States government to adopt a more de- cisive poiicy on the question of Cuban indepen- dence. Speeches were made by Messrs. Tinelli, Loew and General Sigel. Resolutions were also adopted in favor of estab- lishing a “land asylum’ in the interior of the State, where immigrants of good character might find temporary employment and be kept aloof from the pernicious influences of a large city, and where they would be less likely to become beggars and crimimals, A motion was made and carried to have the as- sociation incorporated, and after deciding to mect again on the 13th of February, the meeting ad- journed, HUMAN REMAINS FOUND. Shortly before twelve o'clock yesterday morning 4 one of the laborers employed in removing the ruins at the scene of the late;fire, 86 Centre street, found the arm of a grown person, which is supposed to have belonged to one of the bodies previously re- moved from the ruins. The limb was taken to the Lite precinct station and Coroner Keenan no- tilled. —— MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. BaTrELLe—Busn.—On Monday, January 27, by the Kev. E. H. Baker, at the residence of the bride, CHARLES E. Batrecie, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to EmMa Bush, ot Mercer, Pa. No cards. GRANT—WALLACE.—On Thursday, January 30, by the Rev. J. 0. Rogers, ANDREW M. GRANT, of Con- cord, N. H., to Lypia M. WaLLacg, of Brooklyn, Guion—CuILDs,—At_ Port Richmond, Staten Island, on Thursday, January 30, ai the residence of the bride's mother, by the Rev. Harmon Loomis, BaknarRp R. Gurion, of New York city, to Mary M., daughter of the late Hon. Thomas Childs. HOLCOMBE—GOODWIN.—At_ Brooklyn, N. Y., on Wednesday, January 29, at the residence of the bride’s father, by tne Rev. Dr. William Ives Bud- dington, Mr. Joun M. HoLcomBe, of Hartford, bag to Miss Emity S,, daughter of E, 0, Good- win, Esq. Scort—HaLLensecr.—On Wednesday evening, January 29, at the Twenty-third street Presbyte- rian church, by the Rev. GD. Northrup, Davip Scorr te NELLIE, daughter of Isaac Halienheck, of this city, ABELL.—On Thursday, January 30, at one o'clock P. Me SAMUEL B, ABELL, in the 4sd year of his age. ‘Funeral from his late residence, 190 Sevent avenue, Sunday morning, February 2, at eleven ‘ it at Greer l. _ pe eer ‘wean y, January 29, GERTRUDE, widow of Nicholas Ahrens, aged 57 hbk aie Friends are invited to attend the funeral, from her late ressidence, 171 Elizabeth street, on Sun- February 2, at one o’clock P.M. ANkS.—Ow Thursday, January 30, ALFRED Suxanwoop, only child of Geo Tving and Susie A. ral will take place from the residence of perer Tie ghearwood, New Rochelle, on Monday, February 3, at two o'clock. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Carriages will be in waiting on arrival of the thirty-eight minutes past eleven train from Grand Ventral Depot. Bennett.—On Eriday mornin; nuary 31, after & painful iliness, MARY ANN BENNETT. e relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from the resi- dence of her son-in-law, F. W. Giles, 1,045 Lafayette Brooklyn, on Sunday aiternoon, February 2, at balf-past two o'clock. CHase.—On Friday, January 31, WixtHRor, son of Geerge H. and Anna &. Chase, aged 1 year, 2 months and 7 days. CLARK.—At Fairmount, West Farms, N. Y., on Wednesday, January 20, Jomn CLARK, aged 71 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, Februa: at two o'clock M., from his late residence est Farms. CLaPP.—At Elizabeth, N. J., om Friday morning, ee Ly cae” eldest daughter of nae | i U. Clapp. Funeral services at Christ church, Elizabeth, on Monday afternoon, February 3, at one o'clock. CosTELLo.—On Friday, January 31, Joun Cos- TKI, aged 35 years. The selaiygs sud frignds are reaye Vited to attend the funeral, at his late residenoe;. No. 140 Butler street, Brooklyn, on Sunday, Febra ane at two o'clock P, M. x.—On Friday, January 31, Taomas Cox, aged! *; years native of Curlora, county Roscommon, The relatives and friends of the family are ré- spectiully invited to attend the funeral, hom bis late residence, 232 East Thirty-ffch street, on Sun- day, February 2, at two o'clock P. M. ALLY.—In Morristown, N, J., on Sunday, Japu- ary 26, 1873, MARTHA Lyp1A, daughter of Charles M. and Martha L, Dally, aged 3 years, 4months and 27 days. Davis.—At Spuvten Duyvil, on Friday, January 31, JANE CHARLOTTE HULBERT, Wile 0) Abner Davia, aged 72 years and 11 months, The relatives and friends of the and also. of her sons-in-law, William H. Davis and E. Alliger, are invited to attend the funeral, from the resi- dence oi the latter, at Spuyten Duyvil, on Sunday the 2d inst., at half-past one P. M., without further notice. Train leaves Grand Central depot at eleven: A. M., returning from Spuyten Duyvil at three and seven minutes past six P. M. Albany papers please copy. sva¥.—On Wednesday, January 20, Sanam E., widow of Mitchel Day. Friends are invited to attend the fancral, from. her late residence, 356 Bleecker street, this (Sat- urday) morning, at eleven o'clock. EGLESON.—On Friday, January 31, PETER A. HUGH EGLESON, aged 23 days. Relatives and friends are a seprctenueenvarre to attend the funeral, without (urther notice, rom 16% East Fifty-second Street, to-day (Saturday), at hail- pens one * Con ELDER.—On Thursday, January 30, DAVID ELDE! aged 44 years, 3 months and 5 Maya? sad Relatives and friends of the family, and en- neers and railroad men, are respectfully invited pe apy eo fatcp er eer 839 East ‘hhirtietty * inday, at half-past nine o’¢lo 4 pre bpp aie x J. SEEM ELLOWS.—On Friday morning, January 31, 0! dyphtheria, Eppre Boyer, infant’ and oat son Af eet and Lena Fellows, aged 19 months and 14 Notice of faneral in Monday’s paper, FERRELL.—On Thursday, January 30, of conges~ tion of the lungs, CHRISTIAN FERRELL, wife of John Ferrell, in the 41st year of her age, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her mother, Mrs. Tinker, Ninetietn street and Filth avenue, on Sunday, February 2, at one o'clock, Fernis.—Suddenly of diphtheria, on Thursday, January 30, 1873, at Newark, N. J., JOHNS, FERRIS, eldest son of Henry Ferris, in the 29th year of hig age. Friends of the family, also members of Park Loage, No. a, F, and A. M., are respecttully invited to attend the funeral, irom the House of Prayer, Broad and State streets, Newark, N.J., on Satur- day, February 1, at two jock P. M. darriages in waiting at Morris and Essex Railroad depot on arrival of 1:10 train from foot of Christopher or Barclay street, New York. FINEGAN.—On Friday, January 31, MARY TERESA, only daughter of Thomas and Elizabetn Finegan, in the 18th year of her age. Notice of her funeral will be given in to-mor- row’s Herald, FLYNN.—On Friday, January 31, Mrs, ANN PLYNN, @ native of Kings county, lréland, aged 65 years. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 460 West Thirty-third street, on Sunday, February 2,a8 one o’clock P. M. GLANDER.—On Thursday, January 30, PREDERIOK GLANDER, aged 44 years, § months and 23 days. The relatives and friends of the family, also the Members of the German Friendly Society, are re- Spectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Sun- day, February 2, at one o’clock P, M., from his late residence, 45 Mott street. GuERIN.—On Friday, January 31, ELIZA GUERIN, wite of Thomas Guerin, aged 48 years. Notice of funeral in Sunday's paper. HAGAMAN.—At Albany, N. Y., on Thursday, Jans uary 30, GARRETT HAGAMAN, in the 74th year of bis re. age. The relatives and friends ot the family are invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 129 Greene street, Albany, on Sunday, February 2, at two o'clock P. M. Howr.—At Hadley, Mass., on Monday, January 27, CHARLES HOWE, formerly Collector, Key West, Fla., aged swe HUTCHINSON.—In this city, on Thursday, January 30, Sergeant Henry B. HUTCHINSON, of the Twenty- ninth precinct police, in the 4tth year of his age. His relatives and trierds of the family, the mem- bers of the Police Department and the members of Puritan Lodge, No, 339, F, and A. M., are invited to attend his funeral on Saturday, February 1, without further notice, from the True Reformed Dutch Church, corner West Fourth and Perry streets, at half-past nine A. M. Puritan Lodge, No. 339, F. and A. M.—Brethren, you are hereby summoned to meet at the lodge room, on Saturday, February 1, at 8:30 A. M., for the purpose of attending the funeral of our tate brother, Sergeant Henry B. Hutchinson, Members: of sister lodges are respectfully invited to join witk us. By order of ISAAC H. BROWN, Master. OLIVER GREEN, Secretary. IRVING.—On Friday, January 31, Ep@aR Irvine, in the 65th year of nis age. . The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from Calvary church, Fourth avenue, corner Twenty-first street, on Monday morning, at half-past nine. The remains will be taken'to Tar- rytown by the 10:45 train, from Forty-second street. Kitrson.—On Thursday, January 30, GEORG KIrrson, aged 4 years, 5 months and 22 days. Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from the resi- dence of his father, Hugh Kittson, 206 Wooster street, on Sunday, February 2, at one o’clock P. M. LippeELL.—In Brooklyn. on Friday, January 31, ANDREW, only son of Alexander and Jessie Liddell, of diphtheria, aged 3 years, 9 months and 4 days, Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, on Monday, the 3d inst., at three o'clock P. M., from his late residence, 638 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn. Lioyp.—On Thursday, January 30, 1873, Mary JANE, Wile of Joseph Lioyd and daughter of Asa F, Burroughs. Funeral services from her late residence, No. 4 West 10ist street, on Sunday, February 2, at half- past nine A. M, MITCHELL.—On Thursday, January 30, CHARLES HALSEY MITCHELL, in the 49th year of his age. ‘The relatives and friends oi the family are in- vited *o attend the funeral, at his late residence, in White Plains, on Monday, February 3, at one P.M. Carriages will be waiting the depot on the arrival ot the 10:40 train from New York. McCaRTHy.—On Thuraday, January 30, 1873, DAN- IEL MCCARTHY, 1n the 23d year of his age. Relatives and friends of the family, and those of his brother Eugene, are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral, from the residence of his brother- in-law, Jeremiah Bucklcy, 71 Bayard street, on Sun- day afternoon, February 2, at one o’clock. New York, Jan. 31, 1873. Ata special meeting of the Thomas P. Walsh As- sociation, held on the anove date, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously. adopted: Whereas it has pleased the Almighty God to call from his sphere of usefulness in the spring time o}. life a beloved associate and dear friend, one whoin we loved and esteemed for his gentile disposition and sterling worth, and in whom was recognized all the attributes of a perfect gentleman and sin- cere Christian, our beloved brother Daniel Mc Carthy. Resolved, That the members of this association, while bowing in humble submission to the will o an Allwise Providence, deeply deplore the loss sus~ tained in the untimely death of our friend Daniel McCarthy; and, moreover, feel 6 memaeey pleas- ure tn sympathizing with his bereaved relatives in their afflictions, feeling that while they have lost loving brother we also have lost @ sincere lend and comrade. Resolved, That the members of this association attend the funeral of our late associate, Danie) McCarthy, from the residence of his brother-in-law, Jeremiah Buckley, 71 Bayard street, on Sunday al- at one o'clock. THOMAS McGOWAN, President. Ory. Friday, January 31, 1873, Peren: <d 44 years. eee relatives, and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, which will take place on. Sunday, February 2, at his late residence, 302 Mott. Stree OURKE.—On Wednesday, January 29, MICHARE J. O'RocRKE, in the 34th year o1 his age. Relatives and friends of the deceased are invited vo attend the funeral, which will take place from the residence of his brother, Owen O'Rourke, 34¢ West Sixteenth street, on Sunaay, February 4, at. ene o'clock P. Post.—On Wednesday, January 29, CAROLINE Post, aged 19 years and six months, The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her parents, 846 Third avenue, on Sunday afternoon, February 2, at one o’clock. SCHAFFER,—On Thursday morning, January 30, ELIZABETH SCHAFFRR, aged 35 years, 1o months and 5 days. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her son- in-law, Martin Schneider, Sr., 177 Concord street, Brooklyn, on Saturday, February 1, at two o'clock P.M. Sueprarp.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, January NINA SHEPPARD, in the JIst year of her age. *erends and relatives are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, at two o'clock, from the house of Mr. [evi Extance, 711 Madison street, between Reid and Patchen avs., Brooklyn. Stocoms.—Io New Oricaus, on Thursday, Jana- ary 30, CurapEaet H. Siocoma. Sureve.—On Friday, January 31, Bensamin U., only son of Benjamin and Theresa L, Shreve, in the 5th year of his age. Funeral services at 337 Navy street, Brooktyn, on Sunday, February 2, at two o'ciock precisely. San Francisco please copy. Simvons.—At Flatbush, on Wednesday, January 29, M. MALVINA SIMMONS, in the 27th year of her age. rite funeral services will be held in the York street Methodist Episcopal church, corner of York and Goid streets, on Sunday, February 2, at two o’clock P, M. The friends of the family are cor- dially invited to attend. TOWNER. Thursday, January 30, HARRIBTT, wife of Samuel Towner, aged 64 years, Notice of funeral in Sunday's paper. WRignt.—On Thursday, January 30, of consump- tion, WILLIAM WaicHt, beloved busband of ADD Wright, aged 28 years and 15 days. ‘The itiends of the family are respectfully invited: to attend his {uneral, at tis late residence, 244 Weet venth street, on Suuday, February 2, @F