The New York Herald Newspaper, April 8, 1873, Page 7

ERIE’S ENTERPRISE AND EARNINGS Yesterday’s Testimony Before the Legistative Committee. ‘What Discharged Clerks Failed to Prove—Mr. O’Dongherty “Takes Water” Through Coun- sel and Declares There Has Been No Falsification of the Books—Senator Madden’s Alleged Little Divvy of $4,000-A. Man Who Wants To Be General Manager Gives Valuabie Evidence. ‘The legislative committee, who are attempting, to fathom the affairs of the Erte Railroad, took further testimony yesterday, On the assembling of the committee Mr. White read the following :— Nuew Yous, April 7, 187% Higa. J. 4. Bancoor, Chairmalt Assembly, Investigating Bean sincWe, th undersigned. having been employed for sever) years past ia the kudivor’s office of the Erie ny, and during that time bavi Deen constantly se hock’ making up ‘the cone of freight and no oF earnings, have esitancy in stating that if The bow! and details Cas no) are exhibited we ‘wil show to your ho: Ne commit compan, ¥ the fact that the statement of said company showin; areigin ent : ty ars umount of passenger carnings is grossly exaggerat . 8 SOUN WiLLLANSON, FREDERICK 8. GRAMMER, Sohn Williamson was the first witness called. He testiticd:—Had been employed tn the Auditor's @ilice of the Krie Company in treight matters until January 31 last; was then discharged. for a.cause of which witness wes ignorant; does not know what testimony has been given relative:to that to the committee; when witness was discharged they were then working on October accounts, or three, montha back account; they could not have accurately brought up the accounts for those three months se as to Inake up a sanseempe a: vehenae 3 many accounts were -not even eMice, hence they si Nd have been estimated and Net actually prov Counsel for Erie objected to the witness giving his opinion as au expert until ttbhad been shown thet he was an expert. In answer to questions tending to show fis expert knowledge witness ‘continued :—Had charge o/ agents’ balance sheets ‘Of freizhts; all such balances passed through wit- ness’ hands, atid were checked off to approve their ¢ had the freight statement ior September; did not know whether the amount f¢ that month was testified before the committee; there was a book in which the freight balances ‘were recorded; that book would show the actual balances for freight; it disappeared a few days be- fore witness wus discharged; liad asked higher officers for it, but they had said it was in use; it ‘Was not possible that any persons could have been at work upon the monthly returns of Deceniber Without witness knowing it; under the new system ‘of accounts it requires twelve men to do the work aan three used to do. olone! Burnett—What witness meant by the mew system of accounts only referred to the freight department, as witness Was only posted on Matters in that department; twelve new men were # on in October to.do the work that three men done before; witness had never made returns ‘tally by substituting figures; had not concealed re- turns 80 altered; Was not aware that the balance book mentioned as lost had been found in witness’ desk, with other concealed papers, after his dis- charge; knew Mr. Burgess, of the Erie employés; ‘had never stated to him that witness had seen Mr. Gould and that the new Board would be turned out and Mr. Gould back beiore July; neither had ‘witness ever had an interest im a low dance house ; stance of Mr. Contes, FREDERICK 8. GRAMMER sworn—Resides in New Jersey; was formerly a Clerk in the passenger department of the Auditor’s voMice, Erie Kailway; had signed the letter read to the committee this morning; bis duties in the Erie Otfice were tosnperintend the checking of the agents’ returns of tickets sold; this was done by comparing coupons with the return sheets; he out the sheets of passenger earnings of the Whole road; hence he made up montily state- ments; witness was unable to give fgures-| that tended to show inaccuracy in the statemeut made by the company te the comnrittee; has no knowledge of any false entries being made in the compamy’s books; does not know that the statement is not a correct transcript of the books, has formed his opimion as to their in- accuracy solely from his knowledge of the com- plexity of those accounts and from the size of the amounts put into monthly earnings; they are for montis notoriously slack of passenger trafic; comparison of the boxes used to keep cancelled coupons in shows that that for October, 1871, is pearly full; that for October, 1872, scarcely has the bottom covered ; again, it usually took witness two weeks to check off a month’s returns; had done that work for October, 1872, between ten A. M. and three P..M. of'one day; was unwilling to — posi- tively that there were false entries in the books, but the facts stated inclined him to the opinion that the entries must have been from estimate and not from aciua!l verification, Henry P. Antes, late an attaché of the Auditor's office, requested to be sworn, and gave the com- mittee a long account of his childhood that amused the committee and the reporters very much. He said he had been a bad boy in his youth and got into many scrapes, which he had to get out e!, owing to the fact that his father was a strict old Methodist, and thus he had learned experience ; after testifying ou Toursday last he met President Watson in the hall, and Watson invited him into his carriage and took him to his house; on the way the conversation turneu upon the'dividend oi February, and Watson said he expected lus action would make him many enemies, and he did not know but he Would be put out, but he believed the dividend had been honestly earned; he satd he had two qeattions vacant, and he was glad to find he right man ior the pees that a man of wit- Ress’ superior qualifications should have a supe- rior position; witness told him that ms expe- rience was that @ man gained nothing by being nest. Mr. Beach at this point remarked :—I ought to State in justice to myself that the gentleman | represent—Mr. Dougherty—has no seep lcion, that the books of the company were falsified, and that he has oi contidence in the honesty and integ- rity of , Watson. A Si; icant remark was dropped by Mr. Lincoln @uring the examination of Mr. Grammer by Mr. Stickney, counsel for the committee, to the effect that the direct examination partook very much of a cross-examination. Colonel Doonan, Auditor of the company, testi- fled as to the call made by the Board as to the earnings of the road, and he stated that they were made up trom the agents’ reports, which were the only proper basis; if we increase the earningt we must give the amount to agens or & tore: Toad; we have no reserves to which it can be credited; he stated that no falsification of the beoks had been made, Oliver W. Cook, Auditor of Trafic, testified that he jurnighed a report of the passenger carriage and freight, and it was the actual earnings; witness stated the mode of compicting the report of the actual revenue for each month; the returns were taken from the agents’ reports; he tesiilled. that Williamson failed to keep his accounts correctly and neglected to attach the vouchers; so far as be knew the accounts as shown in the books are correct, and he knew of not a single talsification, Two o'clock having arrived the committee toek ‘@ recess, and politely requesting the reperters and ‘witnesses to retire, went into executive session. A few moments iater Mr. Babcock, the chairman, asunounced the investigation adjourned until four o'clock P. M. On reassembling the first witness called was H. D. V. Pratt, superintendent of the Transportation Department of the Erie Railroad, who testified that he had been such since September last; had ane of the track most of the time since he went on the road in 1857; during the year 1872 there were new iron bridges built on the Susqaehaana division Fa made close examination of other di- ‘visions, but can enly speak of the Susquehanna di- vision ; @ large force of men were at work on the Delaware division; the item of $14,000 for tron bridge at Elmira he believed to be correct. Wit- ‘ess Was Show a statement of accounts for certain pace made in 1872, and verified them so jar as id repairs had come under his notice ; in his epin- fou the rolling stock between December 31, inis71, @ud December 31, 1872, was as good as it has ever been, and the iron in even better condition; &@ Week ago yesterday he laid trains up, owing to anger of landslides; travel had been as good this Winter as it had ever been before; he said the Presidential election increased the travel in Octo- ber very lurgely, and he had never known of a pass havin; en given on political principles; freights were larger this yeu? than last, to the number of from 2,200 to 2,300 more cars than in the corre- sponding month of last year. Mr. Watson at this poiut said that when he came in he found money was borrowed by the company from the men; he ordered that all fhe men should be paid promptiy, aud if any berrowing was done the company should do 1t on Wail street. James C. Clark, a candidate for general manager of the road, testiied that he had just made & sev- enteen days’ examination of the road, which showed that the road, in his opinion, was as good ‘any first class road not tald with steel rails, ana the rolling stock appeared in good condition, at least the 10,874 cars owned by 6 company; this did not include the United States roliing: cars, the Union stock and Puliman cars; there was ninety- Ove per cent of the rolling stock running, or five er cent undergoing repairs; fourteen per cent of ¢ locomotives ure undergoing repairs, and his in- #estigations satisfied him that the condition of the road is superior to what he had expected; he thought the road ought t gross revenue of Fron $23,000,000 to $25,000,000 per year; aad when it reached $30,000,000 per year the ri would be Paying one. I. Comer, late private secretary to James Pisk, testified that he was present on March 11, ep during the coup d’état; Mr, Archer said Sickles that if Gould would resign the com- Lo Met ny commence no proceedings; rel after that said the directors were going tor Gould, id Were going to say that Sickles was not author- 1d to act; MOLeY Was paid and & claim was made NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. A STARTLER FOR OLD SALTS, |THE CENTRE STREET HOSPITAL, Mast Life Depend on Lifeboats!—The | A Very Mixed Condition of Affairs—No by Gould on me for $4,000 paid to Senator Madden Gout demanded one-half athe $4.00 from Flak one-! eet ve the sooouad’ “heres it is ‘by Gould against, Fisk’s executrix, one half of which he wanted refunded to him; it was repaid to Gould in our account, but | do not know it was paid to Senator Madden; I have seen Abra- ham Van Vechten at the Erie ofice, and have went to treasury and got money for him, for what Iknow Not; one voucher was $2,500, an- Other $4000; A. D, Barber was often at the Erie office, but I do not know of poney Raid him; have bad one transaction with |. Barlow; for. $35,000, which was not to Mr. Andrews, but Ido not know whether the araft was included im the settlement; when Sickies attewpted to’. force . bis way into Gould's room with yy he sald, “I ‘have all the power. of United States government behind me; break eee those doors;”” a police cepteiny asked him if sin came as United States Mars! and he said, “No, as private citizens,” neverthe- less they broke open the doors; Gen ‘Sickles claimed to be backed by the governmenc; he knew of restitution made te the company by, Gould, which he described as certain real estate; have no knowledge of all the value of the restitution; shat, surrendered by Mrs, Fisk I know; the Grand Opera House and the houses in Twenty-fourth street are worth about one million five hundred thousand <dol- lars; she also agreed to sutrender certain stocks and’ property in New Jersey, but he did know if they were included in the assign - ment; was never nt when Barber Feceived money; never saW a. voucher signed for $25,000 in favor of Van Vechten; he knew of no arrangements made im 1872 to influence legisjation. 8. L. M. Barlow said that he discevered that the estate of doula and Fisk had interest in coal com- pauies; witness took the stocks and filed them away, marked, and requested an investigation to see t ‘these stocks were patd for by the Erie Com- pany; thus the matter bas rested; he ts a director of the United States Rolling Company, and holds stock 98 @ trustee; he merely took the coal stock to determine the ownership ol it, and does not claim it; tl draft mention must be for the alleged assessments due on, it; about two years before March, 1872, the Erie Company agreed with At Belmont to rosecute the claim against Daniel Drew, and {ithe name of the company; it was trangierred to Belmont in leu of a claim he-had against the Erie Comparfy; litigation went on, and finally Belmont, a8 assignee, accepted $75,000 from Drew, and the Erie Comp: had no interest in it; the costs of $35,000 were taken out and Belmont got $35,000, Mr. Beach, counsel for Dougherty, announced that during the recess he had consulted his client, who wished it understood that he believed the dividend declared in February last was made on a legal basis, 80 far as earnings are concerned; that he had no sympathy with the etfort made to impea-h the correctness of the books of the company, and does not connect nimself with such proposed im- peachment. ‘The committee adjourned untfl ten A. M. to-day. MUNICIPAL MATTERS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. The Eight Hour Law and the Fire Bells—Beach Pneumatic Tunnel—Com- missioners of the Excise—The Fourth Jadicial District Court. A meeting of this Board was held yesterday, President Vance in the chair. An application to have the hours of eight, twelve, one and tive struck on the fire bells was referred to Committee on Pub- lic Works, Alderman McCafferty moved that a committee of three be appointed to solicit the Gov- ernor to sign the ach Pneumatic Tunnel bill. Agreed to. A communication from tbe Mayor was received, nominating the Oom- missioners of Excise for three years, and who were as jollows:—James L, Stewart, 820 East Iif- teenth street; Dante) D. T. Marshall, 167 East Thir- ty-iourth street, and John R. Voorhies, of No. 4 ethune street. Alderman Cooper moved that the Fourth Judicial District Court be removed to prem- ises on northeast corner of Second avenue and First strect. The resolution was laid upon the table. The Board adjourned to Monday, at three es made was BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Removal of the Coroners’ Offices—Ford’s Indices=The Nilsson Hall Armory— The Court House Commissioners. The Board of supervisors met "yesterday after the meeting of the Board of Aldermen, the Mayor in the chair. The communication of Health Inspector Joy as to Ludlow Street Jail was referrea to the Committee on County Offices with power. A communication was read from the Comptroller asking for an esti- mate oj the Board, to be delivered to the Depart- mentef Finance belore the 15th of the present month. Alderman Vance said that the Board of Supervisors was superior to any Board of Appor- tionment, and moved that the communication be received and filed. In moving this he said that the Board of Supervisors, in this matter, was superior to the State Legislature. The Committee on County Offices recommended theremoval of the Coroners’ Oftices to premises corner ef Houston and Mulberry streets, amd that the county pay the rent thereof. Alderman Van Schaick sald that the building was the same as that used by the Excise Commissioners. The resolution was laid over. This comunittee also recommended that the sum of $5,000 be paid to W. C. Ford for his system of indices, and that it be introduced in the county offices, This was laid over, A report was about to be read as to the Nilsson Hall Armory, but a8 it Was not signed by all the members of the committee, Supervisor McCafferty not havin, had an opportunity to read it, it was recommitted. Areport was also read recommending that the clause in reference to the frauds of the Court House Commission be referred to the legal counsel of the Board, and that the Department be requested forthwith te remove the Commission- ers, ‘he report was accepted and the resolution was adopted. After the passing of a number of bills, the Board adjourned, at six P. M., until Mon- day, the 2lst of April, at three P. M. VAN NORT TO HAVEMEYER, The Commissioner of Public Works Ex- plains His Absence from the City. Commissioner Van Nort, of the Department of Public Works, bas written the following letter to His Honor the Mayorin relation to bis absence from the city during a part of last week :— Derantuext or Pusiic Worns, } 297 Broapway, Naw York, April 7, 1873.) To the Hon. Wittiam F. Havemrver, Mayor aud Chair- pan of the Board of Apportionment:— Sin—My absence from the city on the offictal business of this department during a period of less thun three days of Inst week has been made the occasion of severe and unjust criticism accompanied by the assertion that the business before the Boards of Audit and Apportionment iabeinx delaved or enttrely stopped by much absence. On Saturday last I informed the Comptroller, through his messenger, that I should be in town and ‘ready to attend meetings on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays of each week. If my convenience becn consulted, as well asthatof the other members, meetings of either Board could have m eld on any of the days named day. In addition to this, the pres- jot necessary for the transac. tion of business by the Be of Apportionment, as reter- ence te chapter 5% of the Laws of 1871 and to previous action of the Board will show. My occasional absence from the clty during the session of the Legislature is by no means a matter of choice. Business of great importance to this department, as well ature, as to the city at large, is before the and, having been requested by. prominent members ach House to turnisi: them mation, and advise a8 to the proper. or needed legislation tor this city, Thave considered it # duty to communicate personally with them, in order to protect the interests of the Department nd the taxpayers. My servic ees while, thus engaged at Albany are as much for the inwerest of the city as it 1 re- mained here, and much more effective and more within the sphere of the duties of a public officer than the em- ployment, at the expense of e city, of private counsel an cts, artign, while, pretending | to “repre- sent ‘the. “interests of municipality, are, as experience shown, too apt to pay more attention to other interests which are adverse to the city, and after ‘heir suecesaful consummation by the Legislature to eniorce them againet it. Nocharge has ever been made by me against the city since my connection with this Department tor personal or incidental expenses, or for services of private counsel. ‘At the same time I take this occasion to declare that, notwithstanding these official calls at Albany I have both time and ability, oMcial courtesy and consideration being mutuaily observed, to fully discharge the duties of 4 office js fh biggie have bE Mae ae neglecte r omitted by me, Ver: ec - 5 ye OnGL M, VAN NORT, Commissioner of Public Works. COMPTROLLER’S REOEIPTS. Comptroller Green reports the following pay- ments made yesterday into the city Treasury from different bureaus of collection:— RECEIVER OF TAXKS. From taxes, Croton rentand interest...........06... $7,488 COLLKGTON OF ARSESSMENTS, ings and improve- 17,588 AU OF ARKHARS. From arrears of taxes, assessments, Croton rent i and interest. vee sees BURKAU OF CITY REVENOK, From market rents and fees and house ren’ ARRESTS BY THE SHERIFF, Eugene E. Pinckney, of the banking firm of Pinckney Brothers, No, 68 Wall street, was yester- day arrested by Deputy Sheriff Curry on af order of arrest issued by Judge Robinson, of the Court of Common Pieas, charging him with fraud. A few days ago @ German immigrant, named John C. Korzendorfer, went Into Pinckney's place to get German thalers to the amount of $300 American currency changed. Pinckney gave him a chevk for the $300, which proved to worthiess, Action was then taken by Korzendorfer to recover his mouey, and hence the arrest Pinckney was lodged in Ludlow Street Jail, ‘fe James Julian, a broker, was arrested yeater- day,on an order of Chief Justice Duly, charged with an alleged frand, on the complaint of James M. Dixon, who states that ‘he deposited with Julian $10,000 on trust, On Mareh 14, and that. he applied for $2,500 om the Sist of March. Julian could not give it to bim, i Was Said in the com- pains be had per rial 1 was given ip it to bis own Use, j Coming Raft. It would probably startle the least conservative among the shining lights of the nautical world to propose to revolutionize the entire system of pro- viding life-saving apparatus in the event of disus- ter, by abelishing boats altogether and substicat- ing something else. thereby possibly inducing the extra caution which might avoid all wrecks not al- rectly and uni inflicted ‘by stress of weather, under divine Providence, and at the same time saving money, by eschewing the expensive delusion of having any arrange- ments whuteyer a8 @ supposed last resort in time'of need. The proposition’ might, however, be very fairly and reasonably made on perfectiy defensible grounds, It js @ fact, ‘which nobody can deny,’ that in fair weather, or foul, at murky midnight, or blazing noon, in smooth inland waterg or on the raging ocean, In sudden shock on unsus- pected reefs, when life hangs on minutes, or even seconds, when the stern and steady are taken by surprise, and the weak and incompetent (includ- ing as an‘axiom the passenger world generally, as an obstructive and multitudinous unit of idiocy) drift into various stazes of crazy uselessness, the boats, the life-boats, with all their patent gear and regulations of circumlocution boards and red tape bureaux all com- plied with; with every gimcrack invention and gingerbread adornment that may set of the other beauties of the ship that carriés them, these precious boats are never of the slightest use. Very, very few exceptions, in hundreds of sad, true stories of wreck and suffering and logs of life, con- firm the invariable role, Whetoer from burry, the violence of the tdmapest, the diMculties of men hearing one another, darkness, or the fatal Biving Way at the supreme Moment of some tackle that ought to be, but is not, in perfect order, or from being stowed away with such care that they might as well have been carried in the hold, the boats are rarely lgunched salely, One end will be lowered before the other, and the boat filled or dashed against the side and stove in, or crowded with a rush of panie-stricken and ‘insubordinate wretches who commit involuntary suicide and take their neighbors along with them by their indiscreet haste. If they chance to be isunehed safely there are ninety-nine chances in a hundred inst their being properly supplied. The plugs will be out or one oar will be there to do one for, ‘possibly, six- then, or there will be uredundamcy of sails, with an absence of the necessary tackle to work them. Several methods have been tried, and under condi- tions of discipline with considerable success, by which boats can be launched safely, presupposing that they are kept ready to be launched, which Teadiness 18 of itself the one thing needful and the one thing most generally neglected. This may seem a sweeping arraignment against the obvious common sense notion of having boats and the upiversal occurrence 01 these supplementary and avoidable’ aggravations of the main disaster which calls the beuts into requisition. Let anyone disposed to controvert the fact try dnd recall the instances where boats have in any satisfactory Way performed the service they were built for. They will be found to be few. Now, if boats cannet be launched safely (though why they should net if ships’ crews were exer- cised at the boats, as they are, or ought to be and are Supposed to be, at the fire exercise, or in their daily duties on deck and aloit, seems dificult to imagine) and kept ready, at halt cock, as it were it 18 plain that something else must be done if people want lives to be saved when a ship strikes a rock or another ship, or gets burnt or springs’ a leak or turns the turtle. When the Metis came off second best in the collision, not so long age as to have faded from our pte and the boats, as usual, fulfilled their usual part of tantalization and saved but few lives, the brokem deck, torn off as a rait, did the best sort of service. In hundreds of instances the rudest of rafts have done yeoman ser- vice. As to scaworthiness no surfboat ever sur- passed the catamaran ofa Madras fisherman. This secins to point to the advisability of the raft being more gene accepted as a desirable portion of the equipment of ships. They need not be rude. ~~ should be attended to’ with the tender skill of artists who love their work, elaborated and ornamented, if required, to the taste of the most msthetic kid-gloved seaman ; but everything conducive to the one great object Of saving life should be adopted im- proved on. A great passenger steamship would actually afford a greater guarantee for life, mere life, at a ee it hadn’t @ boat on board, and carried nothing but rafts. With the monern sys- vem of docks and piers and deep water alongside, ® boat is a thing that is littieused, (If they had, at the most, four boats for communication with the shore when obliged to lie off, weuld be all that would be actually requisite. Their deck houses might have rafts, properly and scientifically built, all over them, which would occupy less space, be less weighty and infinitely easier to handle. than the present eruption of boats which decorate the bulwarks from stem to stern, and are preted in inaccessible positions, ‘The raits could. be ed simply to ringbolts, so that an axe might serve to set them free. A long pull and a strong pull would heave them over the side. There need ve no delicacy as to which end went first. They would not fill nor capsize, and if the emergency Were great and the ship went down before the rafts were launched they would float clear and swim, let what might sink. They should be fitted with any amount of iifelines and arrangements ior keeping Reople gath- bet ‘Washed ered on them from off. Some provision pis be made against exposure 80 as to bring them up to at jeast the modicum of accommodation afforded by the ordinary boat. They should be supplied with masts, sails and steering gear and of course (as the boats are now supposed vo be, but never are) with water and provisions. They might be steered in the time honored fashion of the Peruvian balsas, with @ sliding keel at either end, which, by the way, being merely a forerunner of the now’ Taito Gpibkte! Vs — be enables those appareut! unwieldly cra! old & good wind. . raft which combined most if not all the desiderata of a pertect itfe-saving apparatus crossed the Atlantic from New York in 1860. She was more like a {fraction of a tubular pontoon bridge than anything else, was steered easily enough b: the means indicated above, carried a very suifi- cient eult of sails, had ample sheltered accommo- dation for the crew, proved # marvellous seaboat, and was, aitogpster, &@ comsortable, if not a luxu- rious vessel If, starting from that crude experi- ment, science and experience would co-oj in the production of a model raft, and the law should see that ships Nad their rafts, as they now do their Regios. their water, thetr cubic inches of air tween decks and their lifeboats in Pecaroas to souls on board, humunity would be benefitted by something solid and not sham. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. age id A Son of @ United States Consul Shoots Himself. Yesterday forenoon a young man entered a gun shop at the junction of Newark avenue end Montgomery street, Jersey City, and desired to. purchase. a pistol Mrs. Dalton, who owns the store, exhibited © several, but none of them suited him. Sne “referred him to a well-known establishment on Breadway for the article he required. Meanwhile he entered into a conversation with Mrs. Dalton, te! her that he was a seafaring man, once in the employ of the Cunard Company and later in the Tapscott service. While on this line of conversation he looked eagerly at a Colt’s revolver and said he would like to test it by firing it of. Mrs. Dalton turned her back to him in order to get a box of cartridges, and almost imurediately tne pistol was discharged, the ball entering 8 right lung. Whether the shooting was by accident er design she knows not. The Pune maa was taken tq the hospital, and meai aid was furnished, but he was in a dying condition at a late hour last te He declined to give his name, but rs wards eards were found in his ossesston bear, ing the name ‘Edward L. Lyman.” He remarked toanofmicer on the way to the hospital, “If tnis bali don’t kill me the next will,” from which his intent can be clearly inferre@: A gentleman called atthe pelice station last evening and stated that the unfortanaie young man, who is about twenty. four years of age, isa son of the American Consul at Foo-chon-ioo, China, ahd that he has led @ ram- bling, seafaring life of late years, KINGS COUNTY MUNICIPAL AFPAIRG. , Meeting of the Aldermen. ‘The Brooklyn Board of Aldermen met yesterday afternoon, the Chairman, Alderman Clancy, pre- siding, A resolution was offered by. Alderman Wylie to the effect that the Corporation Counsel be in- stracted to suspend proceedings against the mer- chants and business men for having goods and 6 upon the sidewalks. ‘lderman RopMAN inoved its reference to the Law Committee, Alderman RICHARDSON moved as an amendment that the Corporation Comns! frame a new ord nance Which would protect the cg a of the cite zens, and at the same time preven} any encroach- ment upon the streets. The resolution as am d was adopted. Edward pos contract for re- moving the dead animais offal was accepted and 4 resolution was adopted empowering him to use the same dock now used by George Swift, at the foot of Washington avenue. ur. Demorest, the Superintendent of the Truant Home, sent fm his annual report:—The total num- ber of enildren committed to the Home during the past year was 160, of which number 87 still re- mained at tue close of thé year, The mew building is not yet ready for occupancy. Alderman beows onered. i resolution that 4 special committee or DD 3 to inguire into the system of the Board of city Works, re lation to extra water chal tent salety valve: patent wat ratory ke abe port ‘a8 soon rr] Dossivie. Adopted, eww Recognized Doctors in Charge—A Fight Between the Medical Board and the Commissioners of Charities and Correc- tion—Mr, Frear’s Statement—Dr. Fluh- rer Denies the Charges Against Him— Some Action Demanded. It was reported yesterday that an Investigating Committee or the Board of Commissioners of Chari- Mes and Correetion were to, have met during the day at the Centre Street Hospital to investigate charges made against the new resident physi- cian, Dr. Fluhrer. No investigating committee met, but the HERALD reporter saw Mr. Alexander Frear, one of the | Commissioners, at «the hospital. When asked about the matter Mr, Frear said that he knew nothing of any charges against Dr. Fluhrer, and “in the first Place,” continued Mr. Frear, “if there were any } charges against him he could not récognize them.” 5 ) ,changed to |, “limited lity.’ The Utah Legislature, com- Lome ties and Bishops, at its last session, In answer to @ question why this was, Mr. Frear, who appeared quite unwilling to give any informa- tion, suid that the Board of Commissioners of Charitiea and Correction knew nothing of Dr. Flubrer, that they had not appointed him and therefore could not know him officially. The Board had taken! no action in the matter, andacommittee ol two—General Bowen and himself—had been ap- pointed a committee te reorganize the hospital; that hereafter a resident pkysician would be aj inted to live at the hospital and be responsible r its proper maintenance, This had not beiore Deen done. Dr. Fluhrer was seen by the HERALD Reporter. He is a gentleman of suave and affable manners anda graduate ef Bellevue. Dr. Fluhrer said the charges wade against him had no existence in Tact, that they were INVENTED BY PERSONAL ENEMIES, and got into the press in sume unaccountable way. The charges were specific and could be answered in the same way; that the six clinic lectures which he was accused to giving to his staf, to the detriment of visitors, were simply histories of each case, which in every well-regulated hospital ought to be kept, but which were not kept here pre- Vieusiy; thatwhen he had asked visitors to retire it was because some painful operation must have been going on; he never stripped patients at the lectures ut did go to perform operations or ex- amine their cases.. The charge that in the case of Patrick Mullaly, whom he was accused of refasing to les ous of the hospital to die at home, was not true; had not posi- tively refused to let him gut, but had said that he was too far gone to bear removal, and that he would die on the way if the attempt were made; the paly chance of recovery was in his remaining at the hospital; ne had died in the morning, at hal-past ten. As to the charge of extravagance in ordering supplies, the hospital was deticient in certain articles when he came there, and the Warden of Bellevue had told him to ask for what he wanted; al) he had ordered was three bandage boxes, Ww askea about HIS APPOINTMENT, Dr, Fluhrersatd that he had put himself on the list Of applicants for the position of surgeon at the Centre Street Hospital. At the time he was an intern at Bellevue Hospital. After some days he received a notification to Report tor duty at the Centre Street Hospital, and when he did so his orders, were to have the other surgeons report to him, is appointment came from the Chair- man of the Medical Board, and when he asked what his salary was to be he was told $150 per month. He had asked twice as to tiis, and been similarly answered. He then came down on the Strength of that appointment, Supposing it all Tieht, and he had since done his duty. He had not. known of any difference between the two Boards until that morning, when he called at the ofice of the Commissionerg of Charities and Correction to find out what ‘THE CHARGES AGAINST AIM reported in the press meant. He went to position in perfect good saith, and. supposed that all was right, Dr. Flubrer added that -he wanted an Sov pasmation into these charges. He said that though he-certainly desired the position of Resi- dent 5 he cared tittle for itin comparison with his repean an, which had been so grossly attacked. He thought it due to himself that beiore he left, if he was to leave, his character should be vindica' by @ full investigation, Commissioner Frear was present during this in- terview and heard all the Doctor said. He would not commit himself, and simply said that the ap- pointi power and the encroachment upon it by the Medical Board would be taken in hand by the Board of Commissioners of Charities and Gor- rec! ‘As the matter stands it is a most singuiar complication. It appears that the Medical Board have simply the power to report the names of persons recommended by them for appoinunent, PROPHET BRIGHAM SHUFFLES OUT OF 18 MOBILIER SCHEMES. ins To Tgy Eprror or THR HERALD:— Th am informs us that Brigham Young, in gefieral conference on Sunday, annouced his re- tirement from the control of the Deseret Bank and his grand commercial scheme designated, Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institation,” and it Is added that the Prophet will also resin his office of “Trustee in Trost of the Church of Jesust Christ of Latter Day Saints.” When a man of the shrewd calculation of Brigham. Young abandons the sources of his wealth there are doubt- less some powerful’ reasons in tlie back- ground. His intense greed of wealth {s proverbia, and where a dojlar:can be gained the prophet has hitherto been the first im the race. . He cannot, therefore, complain if, in the interest of commerce, the independent journalist should ring the alarm bell. For the last five years Brigham has preached toand prayed ‘at his people to deaf exdiusively among themselves and to freeze. out the Gentiles from among them. His Zion’s Co-operative Mer- cantile Institution was created three years ago with that view, He jssned the mandate that the saints who dared to trafic or trade with the Gentiles should be “cat off from his church, and the Mormon merchants who at firet refused to join nis scheme were annoyed in every Conceivable way til be complied with his demands or tottered tothe bankrupt list, apd business men of fair name ahd unchallenged credit were thus brought to proverty, The very of the mines of Utah. was un- looked for, and the Gentiles, instead of decreasing increased ‘in. namber and induence, and the Prophet's je Was paralized. With apprehen- set eae lta Bagh ee, chai w vie ain’s orders, insisted that grand mercantile seheme hould) be d au organization of passed. that enabied Brigham and his chief mere: @ssociates to quietly shufMe off their responaibitities to the Gentile Eastern merchants. The Prophet a y: ago tried to retire from the residency. of emis 2 OM. L, but Hooper, jenni and the others insisted that he should remaii for his name was potential with the first houses of New ‘York, where they needed credit. On Sunday the Prophet would risk it ne longer. It is very evident to every sensi- ble man that the fanaucal condition ef aifairs in Utah must come to an énd, and that Brigham is regi res forelooky The last Legisiature f Utal d @ Statute of limitations, and on the 16th of last Febraary Brigham Young was free from all ns incurred preceding that time where suit had not been commenced in the courts. The old man is sertously disturbed by the deciaration of President Grant that “the laws must be obeyed,’ and he is now ina quiet way peopling the north- ern portion of Arizona with pioneers. He dreads the assembling of next Congress, and by that time he will have succeeded in planting colonies of his people #0 far gouth of the boundary of Utah that he ‘will offly be distant from the Mexican border 175 miles, When rats leave the ship sensible men will be cautious. VERY LIKE A WHALE, ZANESVILLE, Ohio, April 5, 1873, To THE Epiror oF THE HERALD:— A most extraordinary phenomenon was observed near the village of Taylorsville, a few miles from this city, about a week ago. Mr. Thomas Inman, whom your reporter can vouch for as a respectable farmer of unquestionable truth and veracity, re- lated the circumstances to the writer,and, with is son, who was also an eye witness, is willing to make oath to the truth of this statement, One evening about two weeks ago, while Mr, Inman and his son, a young man, were returning to their home from Taylorsvilie, they saw a light, which they describe a8 looking like a “burning brush pile,” near the zenith, descending ng towards the earth, with @ loud, roaring noise, I[t strack the ground in the road ashort distance from them. The biaving object flickerea and flared for @ few moments and then faded into darkness, a8 ® man dressed in @ complete suis of black. and carrying a lantern emerged from it. The man walked a few — and stepped into a buggy, which had not eh observed before by either ‘Mr, inman or his son. There was no horse attached to this natural velici¢, but no sooner had the man his seat than it started to run, noisejessiy but with great vi , along the highway, and this it con- tnued to do until it reached a deep gully, into which it planged, when boggy, man and lantern stddenly disappeered as mysteriously a4 they came. This phenomenon is certainly an extraordinary and unexplainable one, and sounds more like the vagary of a crazed brain than anything cise. Bur or eaten ined oe ee eee wee not given superstitions . notions, precisely a thetr "bavements)? and. i a what ere (strictiy. true. =f it, was pe eeeree aeeeeee avenue and Twenty-cighth yy " ? ah optical delusion, superinduced by a meteor or “Jack o’ lantern,” is it not strange that the same fancied Sepearenoee could be conjured pp ia the minds of two men at the same time ? Here is a chance for scientista to explain the fantastical optical and other illusions and delusions which fol- low in the train of, and are suggested by, some strange and unexpected sight or occurrence, W. A. TAYLOR, LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. MR, WRLPORD says, in the last “Boek-bnyers,"? that symptoms of a famine in old books are palpa- bly manifest in England, The supply of fine and rare books is quite inadequate to the demand, which the hundreds of eager American buyers are contributing to swell, * Forster thus sketches a visit to Victor Hugo ‘With Dickens, in the Winter of 1846:— Closed that day at the house of Victor Hugo, by whom Dickens was received with infinite cour: tesy and grace. The great writer then occupied a floer in @ neble corner house in the Place Reyale, the old quarter ef Ninon de l’Enclos and the peeple of the Laiieed of whom the us tapestric the painted ce! linga, the wonderful carvings an old golden eae inclading a canopy of state out of some palace of the Middle Age, quaintly and grandly reminded us, Hugo was himself, however, the best thing we saw. Rather under the middie size; of compact, close-buttoned-u with ample dark hair falling loosely over his close-shaven face, I never saw upon any features so. ke in- tellectual such a soft and sweet gentility, amd cer- tainly never heard the French language spoken with the picturesque distinctness given te it hy Victor Hugo. Mk. Frovpr will reply in a preface to the second volume of ‘The English in Ireland’ to the critics of the first volume. A TRANSLATION by Mrs, Arthur Arnold of Sefior Emilio Castelar’s work, ‘Recollections of Italy,’ will appear shortly. . AS A SAMPLE of the present high prices of old English typography, it may be noted that # copy of John Gower’s “Confessio Amantis,” printed by Caxton in 1493, was recently sold to a London dealer at £720, and resold to an American collector at about $4,000. THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry will occur Novem- ber 17, 1874, and it is the intention to publish imme- diately thereafter a complete history of the com- pany from its organization, im 1774, to the celebra- tion of the centennial. Mr. WILLIAM StrGant is finishing his “Life and Opinions of Heine,’ which will make two large octavo volumes, THE work which M. Victor Hugo is now com- pleting at Guernsey is a novel, called “Quatre- vingttreize,” tne stvtene of which is laid ‘in the second period of the French Revolution. MR. CHARLES SUTTON has written a “History of the New York Tombs; or, Reminiscences of a Warden.” THR Pall Mali Gazette says, apropos of Mr. Trol- lope’s new Australian book, that “the colonial man comes nearer to being unintereating than anyother variety of the species,” Sim FREDERICK Mappen, for many years at the head of the Manuscript Department of the British Museum Library, died lately at the age of seventy- two. He wrote largely on historical and anti- quartan subjects, Wuen WaLtER Scorr was in Paris a curiosity- hunter bothered him for his autograph, and offered to take it, with a sentiment, on the fiy-leaf of a volume of Froissart he had in his hand. Scott at once wrote in the volume, “Vola non maitre, Walter Scott,’? and handed it back, saying to the company, “I have just acknowledged a trath which will doubtless be turned against me.” In the quaint and half barbarous pages of this old chroni- cler he found the germ of historical romance. MR, PELGRAYS, the well-known writer of travels, has been promoted from his consuiship at Trebi- zonde to a consulship in the West India Islands by the British government. THE PUBLICATION Of an unedited werk of Lamar- tine in the course of March is announced. MAN MISSING IN WESTCHESTER, Last Wednesday morning Edward Kirk, Jr., doing business in Fifth street, Morrisania, Westchester county, proceeded to New York for the purpose of settling some financial affairs, and has not since been seen or heard of by his family or friends, The missing man, who is treasurer of the town Board of Education, ts known to have had sev- eral hundred dejiars in his possession when Jeaving home, and this circumstance, taken in con- nection with the fact that he was scrupulously temperate in his habits, has occasioned serious ap- reiiensions for bis safety. Before leaving home ir. Kirk bad arranged to attend a wedding party with his wife, in the evening. Fears are enter- tained that he has encounte foul play. MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. 5 CLARKE—SHERMAN.—In New York, on Wednes- day, April 2, by the Rev. Mr. Collard, D. B. OLARKE, of Monroe, Conn., to Mrs. MAGGIE ©, SHERMAN, of Brooklyn, N. Y. FRasER—MuRRAY.—On Wednesday, April 2, at the residence of the bride, by the Kev. Hugh Blair, CHARLES FRASER to HENRIETTA MURRAY, daughter of Thomas Murray, Esq., all of this city. HorMaXN—LENTING.—On Wednesday, April 2, by the Rev. -M. Kutne, at the house of the bride’s ', CHARLES A, HOFMANN to HELENE WiL- HELMINE LENTING, all of Staten Island, No curds, Died. ALLEN.—On Sunday, April 6, at West New Brighton, Staten island, Sanau b, ALLEN, daughter of James F. and Fravcis L, Allen, aged 17 years aud 6 montns. Providence, (Ry Tipapers please copy, AnNDREWs.—On esday April 1, on steamer San Aftitonio, from Galveston for New York, Louisa !’., wife of H. M, Andrews, and daughter of the late Sidney M. Livingston. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral services, at the Church of the street, on jay, April 8, at eleven o'clock A. M. Barker.—At Greenpoint, DORETHEA BaRKER, in the 32d year of her age. The relatives a friends of the family are re- ay, mvitea to attend the funeral, on Wed- Beaday, the vth inst., at two o'clock, from the resi- dence of her brother-in-law, John Smith, 177 Frank- Un street, corner of Huron, Greenpoint, L. I. B -On Sunda; April 6, at his residence, 631 Third avenue, Sou ‘ooklyn, aacoumerend aot ap GEORGE F; BUTLER, aged 75 years: and mon! Relatives and iriends of the famity are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday, the 9th inst., from the Sixth Methodist Episcopal charch, Highteenth street and Filth avenue, South Brooklyn, at two o’¢lock P. M. CAVANAGH.—On Saturd: April 5, Joun Cava- NAGH, native of Gillan rish, Kings county, Ire- land, aged 68 years. Relatives and friends are lly invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 642 Second avenue, to-day (Tuesday), at one o'clock. OLeaRY.—On Monday, April 7, at the residence of his som-im-iaw, Michael Hunnon, 4 North Sixth street, Willlamsburg, JomN CLEARY, & native of the perth of Stradbaliy, county Waterford, Ireland, in e 74th year of his a. The funeral will @ place on Wednesday after- noon, at two o’cl from the Church of St. Vin- cent de Paul, North Sixth street, where a solemn requiem high mass Will be offered uP, for the repose of bis soul, and from thence to Calvary Cemetery — Le ae Friends are invited to attend the funer: Waterford (Ireland) papers please copy. CoLKs.—The officers and members of the Ameri- cis Coterie are requested to meet at their rooms, 298 Broome street, ou Tuesday, at twelve M., to at- tend the renee of their late member, Otis M. Coles. By order, JOHN L. WEINHEIMER, President, W. P. GRanaM, Secretary, COLLESTER.—On Sunday, April 6, Gronaie Cor- LESTER, wife of M. D. L. Collester, and only daughter of the late Abel Scranton, of Madison, Connecticut. ; CowaN.—On Monday, April7, after a long and painful ines», ANN CowAN, widow of David Cowan, @ Native of Abbeyleix,’ Queens county, Ireland, in the 40tn year of her age, Requiescat ta pace, The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the fun from her late residence, No. § Greenwich street, on Wednes- day pepo! 9th inat., at two o'clock, The re- mains will be interred in the Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush, L. 1. Colorado papers please Lory. Davis.—On Saturday night, at 10 o'clock, April Mrs, ANNIE A. Davis, daughter of the late George eeler, aged 31 yeas. Funeral will take place from the residence of her mother, 23 Second strect, atl o'clock on Wednes- any. April 9. uNcoMB.—In Brooklyn, on Monday April 7, at P. M., Mrs. BETSEY ANN, widow of Agahel 8. Dun- comb,’ i the 59th year of her age, The relatives and friends of the fem Spectfully invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, 686 Maltic street, on Wednesday, April 9 at 2 o'clock, AIRWEATHER.—At Yorkville, On Monday, April 7, MAGGIB A,, Wife of Captain Alexander L. Fair- weather, in the 27th year of her age. The relatives and (riends of the family are re- Spectiully svited to attend the imperal services, on Wednesday morning, at half-past nine o'clock, at 5t. Lawrence church, ty-fourti street, be- ti Fourth and Mi enue: RELLY. At herramdenc, est Eighteenth atrect, on Mouday morning, 1, Mrs. Catoar are re- bey widow of Owen Farrelly, in the 61st year oh er age. ‘The friends of the famtly ‘are invited to atte the funeral, from tne Chureh of 8t. Francis Xavie! West Sixteenth street, where a solemn mass requiem will be offered for the repose of her sou! Teeny ecrntng: at hal!-past nine o'clock, ior moe eyed thence to Dover, AWLEY.—On Sunday, April 6, at Morrisan! EDWARD FRAWLEY, in the'20th year of his age A reqniem mass will be offered for the re his soul to-morrow (Wednesday), at ten o’clock Mie Bs AS passine’s htrok, lorrisania, His re! nds are invited t . : a ang ¥ ge! Ceme! re ae Palen .—On Monday morniti April _7, short and severe illness, Capita oun Noire 1 be ree aged 47 fray] 11 months and 20 days. lattves and friends of the family, and also ti Worth Lodge, 210, F. and A. M., are respectiull invited to attend the funeral, on Thrusday, Aj from the residence of 10, a8 o’clock, P. M., father-in-law, D. Briei., 1,677 Second anvenue, tween Eight, it and Eeighty-second streeta. pers please y » GIL0) turday, April 6, after a prok illness, FRANCIS GILON, nae 36 years. His relatives and the friends of the family are spectfully invited toatrend the tuneral on Tuesda: April 8, at one P. M., from bis late residence, ixth avenue, ConconD ‘LonaR, No. 50, F. aND A. M.—Brethre you are hereby summoned to attend a special munication on Tuesdsy, the 8th instant, at 12 M. sharp, for the purpose of paying the last tribute o! respect to our btayiesoae cg F Francia Gilon. B. rr. MCINTOSH, Master. HEMMING, Secretary. Guasson.—On Monday, April 7, Mary Exsrrg youngest daughter of John J. and Carrie C, Glassong aged 4 years, 5 months and 27 days. ‘he relatives and friends of the family are respect4 fully invited to attend the funeral, from the resiq dence of her parents, 515 East 117th street, Harlem, on Wednesday, at two o’clock P. M, Grove,—Suddenly on. Monday, April 7, af Parkville, L. L, ISaBRLLA 8, wife ofJ.8 Grove. * eos of Seneray hereafter. any rs please copy. faNnaTy On ‘Monday April 7, 1878, Westchester county, N. ¥., PRANCIS the 85th year of his age, Funeral Wednesday. Full notice to-morrow. HgckER,—On Monday April 7, aiter @ short ness, JOHN VALENTINE, Jr., infant son of John V. and Georgianna Hecker. Relatives and friends of the are ny invited Rein the Feo re ae resident of his paren on We N 9, at half past nine orelock A. M, ent bP mford re please copy. Heus—-At | aria, on Sunday April 6, Marcerd Lak, daughter of David and Caroline Helms, in th 18th year of her age. Funeral will take place from the Second Baptti church, 111th street, between Third and Fourt Be on Wednesday, April 9, at one o’cl TisLey.—On Sunday, April 6, after a long WILLiAM ILSLEY, in the 62d year of his age. Relatives and frtends of the family are respect4 fully inyited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, April 8, at two: o'clock P, M., at his late residence, No. 139 East 127th street, Albany papers please copy. FRVINGTON.—On Monday April 7, ROBERT CLARKM IRVINGTON, Funeral will take gh from his late residence, orf Wednesday, 9th inat., at two o'clock P, M. JEAN DE BEURRE.—On Sunday, April 6, at th residence of her parents, MARY, wife of Thoma: Wilhamson and daughter of Joseph and Josephin Jean de Beurre, aged 20 years and 5 months, Relatives and triends are invited to attend ng at ITY, funeral, at the North Dutch church, Fulton ani Be streets, on Tuesday, April 8, at two o’cloc! JENNINGS.—In Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, April 4, DANIEL JENNINGS, after @ lingering iliness, His remains will be brought to Brooklyn for in< terment. Notice will be given to-morrow as to timd and place of funeral. Kenvg.—On Sunday, April 6, Maryanr, wife 1 Mathew Kehoe and daughter of the late Patric! McQuade. The relatives and friends ofthe fa are respect- fally invited to attend the funeral, from her lat: residence, 247 East Forty-eighth street, on Tuesda; morning, 8th’ instant, at half-past nine o’cloc thence to the Church of St, John the Evan: gelist, corner of Madison avenue and Fiftieth; street, where & solemn mass of requiem will be offered for the repose of her soul. Lowgky.—On Sunday, April 6, JOHN LOWERY, aged 22 years. The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday morning, at ning o’clock, from his mother's residence, 34 West Thir« teenth street; thence to St, Joseph's church, Sixthi avenue, MANCHESTER.—On Mond: April 7, 1 Aaa R., only daughter of Georgo N. and the late ry Bq Manchester, aged 5 years and 8 months, Funeral to-night, at eight o'clock, from her lata residence, 220 Fast 119th street, McDonaLD.—On Monday, April 7, 1873, WiLLIAM McDONALD, Sr,, in the year of his age, The relatives and friends of his sons, Bartholomew and William, are respectfully invited to attend th funeral, from the residence of Bartholomew M Donald, corner of 175th street and Broadway, om Wednesday, april 9, at one o'clock, Baltimore papers please copy. MuRpock.—On Sunday, April 6, ANDREW Mur~ DOCK, in the 43d year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral services, at his late residence, No. 56 Vandam street, om Wednesday evening, 9th inst., at half-past seven. His remams will be conveyed to Albany on Thurs- day morning for interment, The members of Con- cord Lodge, No. 60, F. and A, M., are requested ta attend the Inweral services, By order, W. 5S. HEMMING, Sec. EF. B. McINTOSH, Master. Albany papers please copy. » McMaster.—In Brooklyn, N. Y., on Monday, April 7, James McMaster, in the 70th year of his age, Notice of funeral hereatter. O'N«ILL.—On Sunday, April 6, FRANCIS O'NEILT. The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, irom his late residence, No. 369 West Twelfth street, this (Tuesday) morning, half-past nine o'clock, to St. Bernard's church, were Thirteenth street, thence to Calvary Cemu- ery. ParMiy.—On Monday, April 7, LrraN EsTE..e,. the only datignter of isaac and Sarah M. Parmiy, aged 4 years, 4 months and 3 days. Relatives and friends of the family are respect~ Tully mvited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday, April. 9, at two o’clock, from No. 6 Warren place, Charles street. PATTEN.—At her residence, 19 West 126th street, after a brief iilness, Mary A., the wile of Willa H, Patten, Notice of funeral hereafter. REED.—On Sunday, aan, 6, Emma Lovisa, daugh- ter of Jacob K. and Henrietta EB. Reed, aged 6 months and 6 days, The relatives and Iriends of the family are respect- fully invived to attend the funeral, [rom the resi- dence of her parents, No. § St. Luke’s pis (Leroy pees), on Tuesday, the 8th instant, at two o'clock DMOND.—Suddenly, at Jamesburg, N. J., on Friday morning, Apri 4, of pneumonia, JaMEs REeD- MOND, for thirty years connected with Acker, Merrall & Condit. Fnneral on Tuesday, April 8, at half-past ten o'clock A. M. Trains leave foot of Desbrosses and Cortlandt streets at eight o’clock A. M. ; returning, leave Jamesburg at twelve M. and three P. M. rien of the Y are respectfully invited to attend. SaFvorD.—On Thursday, April 3, in Plainfield, N. J., Mrs. MARTHA F. SAFFORD, 81 years. Lor remains were conveyed to Albany for inter- ment. SuERwoop.—On Monday, April 7, after a pro- longed iliness, NELLIE SHERWOOD, aged 18 yeara, 11 months and 7 days. Relatives ‘and friends are respectfully invited to ~attend the funeral services, at her late residence, 308 Bleecker street, on Tuesday evening, April 8, at eight o'clock, SrENceR—On Monday, April 7, James, son of Peter and Ann Spencer, aged 10 months and 12 days. the relatives and friends of the family are re- spectiully invited to attend the funeral, irom the residence of his parents, No. 89 Ninth avenue, tid day (Tuesday), at two o'clock, SreINuOPF.—At Mei! ille, Fia., after linger- ing illness, Jonn F. STRINHOFF, & ve of Accum, Grand Dachy of Oldenburg, aged 52 years, 5 months and 2 days, The funeral will take place on Wednesday, April 9, at one o'clock P. M., im Marble Cemetery, cor- Der Of Second avenue and Second street, to which friends and acquaintances, also the members of New York Schutzen Ret od eae 3, F. Roth- mann, and Jersey Schitzen orpe, aire He Raschen, are respectfully invited. ~ BOLTING. STEVENS,—On Sunday, Al 6, ANN STEVENS, aged 64 years, 10 montis and 2% di Relatives and friends of the family, also those of her brother-in-law,Joseph Rocheleau, are respect- jully requested to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 25 West Thirteenth street, on Tuesday, April 8, at two P. M. STOUTENBURGH.—On imday, April 6, Jacos STOUTENBURGH, in the ear of his age. ‘The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services, at 68 Pike street, on Tuesday, 8th instant, at two o’ciock P. M. SUTTIE.—In this city, On Monday morning, April Looe ‘wile of David Suttie, late of Filesbire, Notice of funeral to-morrow. SWEENEY, — Sunday, Apru 6, MICHARL SWEENBY, Only son of Thomas and Mary Sweeney, alter a long and severe iliness, aged 32 years. ‘The friends of his éather, and also his mother-in- law, Margaret Couway, are requested to attend the funeral, trom his residence, 57 York street, Brook- lyn, on Tuesday, at two o’cloek P. M, Torren.—On Monday, April 7, of congestion of the brain, Svs D., youngest child of James J. aad Fannie b. Totten, 1 year and 26 days. Funeral services will be held at E, J. Totten’s, Tottenville, 5. The relatives and iriends can take the one o'clock boat, foot of Whitehall street, thence by Staten Island Rajiroad to Richmond Val- ley station, veuws—in Brooklyn, on Monday morning, April 7, Mrs. CATHERINE J. F, WELLS, wile of P. P. Wells, at half-past three 53 Clinton street, yum uy, sth inst P. M., from her late residence, Wermore.—At Washington, D. C., on Saturday, April 5, Lieutenant OriveR WeTmore, Jr., of the United States Army, in the 45th year of his age, Funeral from the residence of hig father-in-law, 126 West Fifty-third street, on Wednesday. the 9tu inst.. at four o’cleck P. M.