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4 THE CHIEF JUSTICE'S FUNERAL, Final Preparations for the Obse- quies at St. George’s Church. THE LYING IN STATE TO-DAY. General John A. Dix’s Message of Condolence to Senator Sprague. Expected Non-Arrival of Pres- ident Grant. JHE MAYOR’S REQUEST. Noble Resolutions of the New York Chamber of Commerce and Action of the Brooklyn Bar, THE DISTINGUISHED PALL BEARERS, The sorrow-stricken family of the late Chief Jus- tice Chase continued to receive telegrams of con- dolence from all parts of America throughout yesterday. Many of his distinguished friends and Admirers in life called to view the remains at the house of Mr. Hoyt, in West Thirty-third street, but were not permitted to see the body, as the process of embalming had not been completed. Mr. Jus- tice Field and Mr. Justice Hunt were the only representatives of the United States Supreme Court bench who paid their respects yesterday, and they will probably be the only Justices who will be present at the funeral to-day. PRESIDENT GRANT telegraphed to Senator Sprague that he desired to be present atthe funeral rites, but when he for- ‘warded the despatcn it is probable that he was ignorant of the fact that the main services would be held in this city. It is therefore feared that he may be unable to be present, although a second despatch was received yesterday announcing that is resolution remained unaltered. THE LIST OF PALL BEARERS has been somewhat modified since the names were frst publicly announced. It as follows :— Mr. Hamilton Fish. Mr. Gideon Welles. General W. 'T. Sherman. Mr, William C. Bryant. William M, Evarts, Mr. Charles O’Conor. General McDowel!. Mr. Gerrit Smith, Mayor Havemevyer. Mr. Whitelaw Reid. Mr, Hiram Barney. Mr. John J. Cisco, The ex-Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Gideon Welles, arrived in this city last evening and is stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Mr. Gerrit Smith 1s also here, and General Sherman wil! arrive this morn- ing. THE CASKET Is an elegant rosewood coffin, ornamented with heavy silver mouldings and three silver handles on pach side. The plate bears the simple inscription, OLONOLIOLE DE LOLODE NESE NE DDOONOEODOEODE DE 8. P. CHASE, Chiet Justice. oe Born January 13, 1808, Died May 7, 1873. ON ODN OOO ROTOR DODOEE NEO OOONIO REDE THE REMAINS will be taken this morning, without ostentation or escort, from the house of Mr. Hoyt and be con- veyed to St. George’s church, in Stuyvesant square, at six A. M., under the charge of Mr. Culyer, the sexton of Dr. Hall's church, The coMin wMl be placed on a modest and unorna. mented catafalque at the centre of the middle aisie, and the doors will be opened precisely at sight o’clock A.M. Those who view the remains are expected to enter the ehurch by the north and gouth doors and pass up the side aisles, turning down the middle aisle to the central door of exit. THE LYING LN STATE. The body of the Chief Justice will lie in state, so that all passing can have a satisfactory, though necessarily a brief, view of the features of the de- teased, At one o'clock the church will be closed. The coffin will then be returned to the vestibule. At three o'clock the funeral services will begin, the church having been previously reopened. As the attendants at the funeral assemble the follow- (ng programme of INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC @ilt be performed, Mr. W, F, Williams, organist of Bt. George's, presiding at the organ:— 1 Dead March. Petrella 1. Dead March. . Donizetti 3. “I Know That ...-Handel & Marche, Funeb: Beethoven The Rev. Dr. Tyng will read the funeral service ofthe Episcopal Church, and the Rev. Dr. Hall will preach the funeral discourse. After the service qill be played the Dead March from “Saul.” The police arrangements will be under the charge of Captain Cameron, both at the lying-in-state and st the funeral service. NO DISTINCT PROGRAMME of the disposition of space in the church has been laid out, but appropriate places will be reserved for President Grant, the Cabinet officers, the Jus- tices of the Supreme Court, the members of the tecal judiciary and other distinguished onicials by bhe police in charge. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SERVICES the remains will be taken to the New Jersey Cen- tral Ratiroad station and placed in a special car tendered for the oceasion by Mr. Thomas Scott, The relatives of the late Chief Justice will accom- pany the remains to Washington, where the body will be placed in the United States Supreme Court room while lying in State. After the second funeral atthe national capital the body will be deposited in @ temporary vault at Oakhill Cemetery. There has been A VERY COMMENDABLE DECORUM observed on the part of metropolitans respecting the remains of the Chief Justice, But few peopie have called at the Hoyt Mansion during the last two days, and those were intimate friends of the family of the deceased. Mrs. Jolin J. Cisco senta beautiful Moral offering, consisting of rare exotics, tea roses, brier and laurels, and this, with others of che same nature, was placed upon the con, DESPATCH FROM GENERAL DIX. Among the numerous despatches received yes. terday by Senator Sprague was the following from General Dix :— SENATOR SPRAGUE :— You have my sincere sympathy in the loss of year distinguished father-in-law, and my regret that pressing oMcial duties will not permit me to de present at the funeral services to-morrow, JOHN A. DIX, THE YORTUNE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE. Mr. Hoyt stated to the HeraLp reporter that no | Guthoritative statement could be made regarding the late Chief Justice’s fortune, as none of his pri- vate papers had yet been examined. Request of the Mayor, Mayor Havemeyer requests that the flags throughout the city and those of the shipping tn the port be displayed at half-mast during Satur- day, the 10th inst., 93 4 mark of respect to the late Chief Justice Chase Action of the Chamber of Commerce. Aspecial meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday at ene o'clock. The President, Mn Wm. E, Dodge, in opening the session, saia:— Gentiemen—This special meeting has been con- vened at the request of a number of our members, who no doubt represent the feelings of ail, as we sympathize with our entire country in the great 4088 We have sustained by the sudden death in our city of the beleved and honored Onief Justice of the Dnited States. It scems appropriate that we should take special notice of the death of one so intimately connected with finances of the country at one of the most eritical periods of our national history. To than to any other one man do we owe & br gratitude for organizing our system of na- tional currency and national banks, by which we ‘@.currency of uniform value in all parts of Sy Asa and which now, in the absence of a specie ‘ourrency, commerce of the country. 48 of Vast convenience to the gecupy the time of the Chamber. but will invite But I will not longer NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. to at once to the duties for which we you to proceed are convened, Colone: F. A. CONKLENG then offered the following resolutions :— shalt The Chamber ot Commerce of the, State of New 5 convened on the 9th day of May, 1873, in # special meet- ing to take action in reference to the death in this city on the 7th inst. of the Hon. Salmon P. » Chief Justice of the United States, unites with the g of citizens throughout our country im the w ression of griet and sympathy called forth b; Ea anna bersaec te eats eee she record its separate an 1e memory of the departed jurist and statesman; there- fore, Resolved, That the retrospect of the life and public services of Chie! Justice Chase exhibits @ career in which reat natural abilities, unsullied purity of character and fry devotion to the cause of human progress and the equal rights of man combined to fit him for pre-eminent usefulness as @ trusted leader of public opinion, an intre pid champion of ‘the 9} wise a of national affairs the “honored 3 e him, fearless in the discharge of every tite in the resources of statesinanship, the weight of re- spouaillig which he bore in time of our great na- tional peril as Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet oft Abraham Lincoin sérved only to stimulate his patriot- ism and to nerve him for his great task of providing the financial means by which the cause of the Union and of free government was sustained against all danger and discouragement from the first shock of armsto the final triumph of the right. Resolved, That the representatives of the commercial interests of New York owe a special debt of gratitude to the memory of Chief Justice Chace, in view of the wise and liberal fps which marked his officia! action in ref- erence to all public measures affecting those interests, it ost th lis, responded am iting that which often to his appeals for the dark and stormy days of the war, should the peanecl close of his lite, crowned with the highest ionors of judicial station, be privileged to pay the last offices of reverence and love to his Hieless nd to surround his bier with the tokens of public sorrow and veneration which are reserved for those who have be the benefactors of their country and of the human race. Resolved, That a copy of this minute be published under the direction of the secretary and communicated to the family of Chief Justice Chase. Mr. GEORGE OPDYKE said that for a quarter of century he had enjoyed the friendship and con- fidence of the late Chief Justice, and he had never known & man more worthy to fulfll the highest public trusts, He first met him just twenty-five years ago, at the Buffalo Convention, where they were fellow members of the Committee on Reso- lutions which adopted the Buffalo platform. These resolutions were drafted by Mr. Ghase, and served as the bond which united all opponents of slavery—the free soilers, the abolitionists and the liberal party. Mr, Chase was the head of the last named, but he yielded his views to those of the free soilers to lay the vasis of a party which should at least confine slavery to the States where it then existed. The resolutions were adopted unanimously, and they were the groundwork of the republican party. Alter further referring to the conflict with slavery in which Mr, Chase exerted such infuence, he spoke of his career during the war in which that conflict resulted. If a man of less power and purity had been at the head of the Treasury, it is a Sopa tion whether we should have succeeded; but the people had confidence in Mr. Chase’s judgment and integrity, He had left behind him a name and history of which any citizen of the United States might be proud, The resolutions were then adopted, Mr. Dopeg said that although the meeting had been called for a special object circumstances rendered it fitting that the members of the Cham- ber should also take some action in regard to the death of their esteemed associate and late Vice President, R, Warren Weston, whose funeral will take place at 17 West Sixtcenth street, at ten o'clock to-merrow morning. Mr. OppYKE offered the following resolutions :— Resolved, That the Chamber of Commerce has heard with sincere sorrow of the death of its former vice presl- dent, K. Warren Weston. Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Weston the mer- cantile community has lost a most estimable and valu- able friend, the Chamber ot Commerce an. active, efic- ient and falthtul member, and the city of New York one of the chief supporters of its commercial greatness. Resolved, That asa merchant Mr. Weston was distin- guished for his probity, his intelligence, his unostenta- tious liberality, and as the worthy successor of the firm of Goodhue & Co. Resolved, That we tender to the family of our la- mented iriend our profound sympathy in this thelr hour of bereavement, and that the Chainber of Commerce will attend the flineral in a body. Resolved, That these resolutions be entered on the minutes of the Chamber and published, and an authen- ticated copy be transmitted to the family of Mr. Weston. ‘The resolutions were adopted, and the Chamber then adjourned, Memoria) Meeting of Ohioans in New York City. In response to a call signed by 8S. 8. Cox Whitelaw Reld and H. L. Burnett, inviting former citizens or natives ef Ohio to meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last evening to take appropriate action relative to the death of Chief Justice Chase, about forty prominent gentlemen assem- bled in parlor D Rof that establishment. Upon the meeting being called to order, Hon. S, 8. Cox was appointed President; General H. L. Burnett and Hon. R. C, Parsons, Vice Presidents, and Mr. Whitelaw Reid, Secretary. Addresses eulogistic of the illustrious deceased were made by Messrs. Parsons, Cox and Burnett, General McCook, E. 8S, Squier, Consul General of the United States to Honduras; Rufus F. An- drews, Henry L. Watterson, editor of the Louis- ville Courier-Journal; Whitelaw Reid and Mr, Lada, The following memorial resolves were also adopted, after which the meeting adjourned ;— The present and former citizens of Ohio now in New York have met to express their sense of their irrepara- ble loss in the death ef Chief Justice Chase, and while they propose by all outward ceremony to honor his ob- sequies, they cannot repress the expression of their pro found grief, because they have honored and do honor i jis commercial metropol 1m, As a lawyer ever foremost in the judicial forum in defence of the weak and oppressed, and because that defence was founded upon a profound conviction in his Judgment of the inalienable rights of human nature, Which le never failed to champion. They honor him as thelr former Governor and Senator, who as executive and legislator never tailed to vindi- cate air and just and far-reaching polleles of govern: ment. ‘They honor him as the eminent Chief Justice of the nation, whe, whether presiding on the trial of a Presi- dent, or deciding upon questions connected with Stato and iederal relations, ever vindicated liberty under con- stitutional law. ‘They honor him as the Secretary of the Treasury, who throughout the long terrible strain of a gigantic’ civil war organized victory by furnishing the “sinews of war,” with a rapidity and certainty never surpassed, if Indeed ever equalled, in the financial history of the orld. They honor him just chiet magistrate, ter und an an uprigtl As he reflects hond kind friend, a fearless Senato: sbonest and able finance mini dge. upon all our land, by his ability, heroism and independence of thought and opinion, we desire to honor him in death as we have in life, and, therefore, we will, ina body, as Ohioans, atteud his tu eral as 4 last mark of our reverent respect, The Order of Precedence. The following will be the order of precedence In the church at the funeral of the Chief Justice. Alter the members of the family, who will occupy the front pews in the middle aisle, and the pall bearers, who will be seated immediately beliind on both sides of the aisle— The President and Cabinet. Justices of the Supreme Court. Foreign Diplomatic Representatives. Senators and Kepresentatives in Congress, Judiciary of the United States. Judiciary of the State and City of New York. Associates of Mr. Chase in the Cabinet of Mr. Lin- coln. Legislature of New York. Officers of Army and Navy. Mayor and Common Council, Civil Officers of the United States, Foreign Consuls living in New York. The Clergy. Natives of New benpaeige and Ohlo living in New ork. Officers and Clerks of the Treasury who were under rT. Chase. Intimate friends of te dece Ae Representatives from the Otier States, North aisie for jeurnalists and lawyers; south aisie for ladies; galleries ter public. MEETINGS OF THE BROOKLYN BAR. Meetings of the Bar were held yesterday in Brooklyn to take sultable action in respect to the memory of the late Chief Justice Chase, A meeting was held shortly after ten o'clock yesterday morn- ing in the Brooklyn City Court room, Judge Neilson presiding. REMARKS OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRITTON. After the calendar had been called, Mr. Britton, the District Attorney, rose and moved the adjourn- | ment of the Court out of respect to the memory of the deceased. He said:— If it please the Court, there is no more fitting occasion for the Bar and the Judiciary to demon- strate by the usual token their respect for the de- | parted than presents itself to-day. There has been taken from us suddenly and un- expectedly the head of the profession in the United States, he who occupied the highest judi- cial position in the land, It is not possible for ime to refer in fitting terms to the character and capacity of the great man who has aged ook Those who have occupied that pesition, and they have been few, have always occupied commem rate position In the view of the world, and the cisions of the Unived States Supreme Court have everywhere commanded the highest respect. Among th who have adorned that bench Chief Justice Chase, who has just taken his departure, was not the least, ‘Although com- paratively few years in that ition his de- cisions have challenged comparison with those of his eminent predecessors, Ag it is, having been but @ few years “in that position, aprobably its greatest fame will be associated other posi- tons which he has occupted in this country. Mr. Britton here briefly reviewed the career of Chief Justice Chase in pis several oMcial cavaci- tes, speaking of his character in terms of the highest praise, REMARKS OF JUDGE NEILSON. Chief Judge NELLsoN then spoke as follows :— The Court entirely cencurs with what has been said, and recognizes this motion as eminently proper and becom We therelore grant the Motion and direct that an entry of these proceed- u made the ‘minutes of the Court, We have before the retrospect ef a great life turned to gre t account. it is not simply that the deceased had been a distinguished Member of the Bar, had been Governor of his State, had been Senator, had been, at a trying time in our history, Secretary of the ‘Treasury, but, bringing tt more nearly home to us, that he has been the Chie! Justice of the United States for a period ol about eight years, and that only the other day he performed his last oficial act by adjourning his Court, Although we represent State interests, yet, as the profersion feel, and as liberal statesmen well Know, we have @ very great and immediate in- terest in the decisions made by the Supreme Court, of the United States. We find in the decisions of that Court the leading discrimination and large generalization so needful to @ wholesome culture, and the late Chief Justice took high rank in that field of service. In the condition of his health for some time past he may have had mercilul admonitions that his lite might not long continue, and there is reason to hope that his death was eaceful andserene. His last hours were the more ranquil by reason of the presence of his loving family. We have a more tender regard for his mem- ory to-day, because he was a@ devoted Christian. exemplary and pure, in his life a man of tender affections. It is well known that his associates on the Bench held him in great regard, the members of the Bar practising befere him in great respect. His letters to his friends disclose a foumtain of kindness and affection, and his life contributes a Ds page to our judicial history, This Court will now adjourn, A meeting was also held at half-past twelve o'clock in the United States Oourt Building, corner of Montague and Clinton streets. The bench was occupied by Judge Benedict, of the United States Court; Judge Gilbert, of the Supreme Court; Judge Moore, of the County Court, and Judges Nielson, M’Cue and Reynolds, of the City Court. DISTRICT ATTORNNEY TENNEY’S REMARES. When the meeting had been called to order United States District Attorney Tenney said :— The sad intelligence has reached us, by telegram and otherwise, that Salmon P. Chase, the Chief Jus- tice of the United States isdead. And as a recogni- tion of this sad event, and a fitting tribute of respect to his memory and his worth, I do now move the adjournment of this the Circuit Court of the Eastern District of New York, and that a record of such adjournment be entered by the clerk upon the minutes of this Court. It seems pecullarly fitting and proper that we, who are still retained in the trial of life, should pause in the conflict to do honor to our fallen chieftain—he whose record has been closed, whose brief has been ended, who has moved back from the tableand passed on to that Grand Assize—the Court of Last Resort, where justice 1s judge, and “where the wicked cease from troub- ling, and the weary are at rest.” This bereavement strikes not at the iederal courts alone, but it reaches the State courts also; and I, therefore, inthe name of the legal Srecannisy: most cor- dially welcome to these rooms and these exer- cises the judges of our State courts, whom it fg our pleasure to see among us. It is customary, I know, on oceasions like the present, to speak of those whom we would eulogize as the foremost individual of his time. Yet of a truth can this be said of Chief Justice Chase. He was, indeed, @ peer among his peers. However distinguished he may have en as a jurist, a financier or a statesman, yet his true greatuess, it seems to me, is tobe found in the purity of his life and the nebility of his manhood, fo man can be really great from external circum- seances alone, True greatness must come irom within, from the heart and soul of the man; and this was peculiarly the case with Mr. Chase. He was great in thought as well as in action; great in honesty, great in his fidelity to principle, to country and to man. These are his jewels and credentials, His whole life seems to have been anchored ou the side of night. Throughout the entire period oi his eventful career he seems to have been actuated be that one sublime idea, that duties were his, while the re- sults were with God. Mr. Chase, by his life and by his death, has personified more emphatically than any other American, I think, what the poct has so fittingly said in words, that— Honor and fame from no condition rise; Act well your part—there all the honor lies. The District Attorney spoke for some further length upon the life and official acts of the de- ceased. Ex-Judge Beebe, Mr, R. H. Huntley and General Catlin also spoke. REMARKS OF JUDGE BENEDICT. Judge BENEDICT said :— Intelligence of the fact which has caused this motion to be made was received by this Court with profound regret, and the preene of somany members of the Bar and the judges who preside over the tribunals of this city attests that this regret is universal. With Tespect to the deceased, it i# sufficient ior this evcasion to say that when that portion of the history of this country is read that narrates the great moral revolution on the subject of slavery, there will be found the name of Mr. Chase asa leader. In the history of the war of the revo- lution that followed, Mr. Chase will appear at the head of the department of government which was required to furnish the means wherewith to prosecute that great war; and when the ju- dicial history of the year subsequent to the rebellion has been examined, . Chase will appear as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the court of last resort; as one by reason of whose pre-eminent genius the questions arising from that eventful epoch were satisfactorily settled. But few men have been called to the position of Chief Justice of the United States. The first Chief Justice was Jay, who held the osition for Bix years, The next was utledge who heid the position for ene year; the next was Ellswworth, who held the position for five years; the next was Marshall, who held the position for thirty-five years, and the next was ets who held the posi- Uon for twenty-eight years. The last was Chase, who held the position for nine years. The de- ceased was one of those men who have been called to this position, perhaps the high- est in the land. No ordinary man_ could ete an office so high and so full of responsibility. It is due to the memory of the man, and in this Court especially it is proper, out of réspect to the high office which he held, that the motien of the District Attorney should be granted, It is, bya ordered that the District Court of the United States do adjourn, and that it stand adjourned until the close of the day of his burial, and that the Clerk enter a minute of the proceed- ings on the records of the Court, PUBLIC SORROW IN WASHINGTON. a an The Remains of Chief Justice Chase to Lie in State in Washington—Special Order of the President Closing the Pub. Me Offices. WASTINGTON, May 9, 1873. The body of the late Chief Justice will be brought here on Saturday night, and will lie in state in the Supreme Court chamber on Sunday, where the public will have an opportunity to view the re mains between the hours of ten and five. The body will be placed on the same catafalque upon which were laid the remains of Mr. Lincoln. Several oMcers of the Supreme Court left here, in company with other offictals, to attend the funeral exercises in New York to-morrow. The following executive order has been issned :— The President announces with deep regret the death of the Hon. Salmon P, Chase, Chief Justice of the United States, who closed a life of long public service in the city of New York on the 7th instant, having filled the offices of Senator of the United States, Governor of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury, crowning a long career in the exalted position of Chief Justice of the United States. The President directs that the pubilc oMces in Washington be closed on Satur- day, the 10th inst, the day of his fu- neral, and that they be draped in mourn- ing for the pertod of thirty days, and that the flags be displayed at half-mast on the pub- Me buildings and forts, and on the national vessels on the day of the funeral, in heuor of the memory of the illustrious dead, By order of the President. HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, May 9, 1873, The President will be in Washington on Monday, and will attend the funeral services of the late Chief Justice Chase, in this city, Saturday after- noon. The Treasury Department and office of the At- torney General are to-day draped in mourning 10 respect to the memory of the late Chief Justice Chase. Secretary Robeson has directed that the War and Navy Departments be closed to-morrow in respect tothe memery of the late Chief Justice Chase, General Sherman leaves Washington this even- ing fer New York, and wiil serve as pall bearer at the funeral of the Chief Justice, On account of the absence of the Seeretary of Warand General of the Army Secretary Robeson will be unable to attend, HONORED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. Sympathy of the Bar of New York State. ALBANY, N, Y., May 9, 1873. In the Court of Appeals, to-day, Samuel Hand, Chairman of the Committee of the Bar appointed to draft resolutions upon the death of Chief Justice Chase, reported @ series of resolutions expressing the feelings of the Bar of the State and recommend- ing the adjournment of the Court out of respect to the memory of the deceased. Hon. Clarkson N. Potter seconded the resolutions and delivered a feeling address, which was ap. propriately replied to by Chief Justice Church, who directed that the resolutions be entered upon the minutes, The Court then aajourned till Monday morning. Resolutions of the State Assembly Com- mittee to Attend the Funeral. ALBANY, May 9, 1873. In the Assembly to-day, Mr. Jacobs rose and said, “We are again called upon to mourn the loss of one of our illustrious countrymen,” and proceeded to speak of the death of the late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, closing with offering the folowing preamble and resolu- tions:— Whereas the death of Salmon. loss; therefore, A Resolved, That we unite with the people of this State in expressing our profound regret at the sudden decease of the late Chief Justice of our highest judicial tribunal, and that it isdue to his memory th e388 our high appreciation of his zealous and exalted ism and his eminent services to the country at larg especially during the hour of the greatest peril, solved, That the ability and integrity which have Ked the career of the deceased in the performance of his official duties, together with his moral courage in defending the cause of human liberty, have endeared his memory in the hearts of the pegple of the whole nie Resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed by the chair to attend the funeral of the late Chief Justice ou behalf of the Assembly. ese Ny. engptaneds ba gent to ibs inmyor the deceustd, to whos wu tender our heartfelt sympathy. Ns Resolved, As a further mark of respect, that this House do now adjourn. Mr, Coggeshall followed, saying a great and good Man had failen, and the country mourns its loss, He then proceeded to speak in eloqaent language of the services performed by the deceased in behalf of the country. Mr. Vedder next spoke in eulogy of the life and services of the deceased, Messrs. Husted, Clarke and Van Cott also spoke, when the resolutions were adopted. The Chair announced the following as the com- mittee to attend the funeral:—Messrs. Vedder, Herring, Opdyke, Pell, Van Oott, Jacobs and Blumenthal. On motio: House was adjourned, Resolutions of the Baltimore Bar. BaLtimone, May 9, 1873, The Bench and Bar of this city held a meeting to day inrespect'to the memory of Chief Justice Chase, Judge Giles, of the United States District Cour, presiding. Hon. Reverdy Johnson paid an eloquent tribute to the eminent charactes and public services of the deceased as a worthy and honored successor of Jehn Marshall and Roger B. Taney. During his speech Mr, Johnson briefly reviewed the opinions of the late Chief Justice in some o¢ the most impertant cases decided by the Supreme Court during the Chief Justiceship of Mr. Chase. Appropriate resolutions were adopted, which will be spread upon the records of the Courts of this city and forwarded to the tamily of the deceased, of Mr. Jacobs the Speaker ofthe [ded to the committee, and the House Brilliant Eulogy by the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. bs CINCINNATI, 0., May 9, 1873, The Chamber of Commerce to-day adopted a Memorial on the death of Chief Justice Chase, recognizing his unity of purpose jn the earnest maintenance of principles; his clear intellectual force of character; his influence in mold- ing the destiny of the State; declaring that the motives of his actions were @ deep love of justice to all men and a hatred of wrong, which made him an eloquent and fearless champion of the down-trodden; that in the hour of victory he was a counsellor of amnesty and pardon; that his management of the finances was @ success; that as an advocate, jurist and statesman of intellectual power, he left not his equal behind him. The memorial was ordered to be placed on the journal of the Chamber of Com- merce and a copy of 1t forwarded to the family of the deceased. Maine Honors the Chief Justice in Death. PoRTLAND, Me., May 9, 1873. In the United States Circuit Court, yesterday, the District Attorney announced the death of Chief Justice Chase, Justice Citfford responded in a feeling and appropriate manner and bore cor- dial testimony to the eminent ability of the de- ceased, and expressed the opinion that it would be very diMicult to appoint a successor who, in all respects, could supply the loss occasioned by his death, The Court then adjourned, Massachusetts Pays a High Tribute to Mr. Chase’s Memory. Boston, May 9, 1873. A Meeting of the members cf the Bar of the United States District Court of Massachusetts was held at the United States Court House to-day in respect to the memory of Chief Justice Chase. B. F, Thomas presided, and F. W. Hurd was secre- tary. The following gentlemen were appointed a committee of attendance at the funeral :—Messrs. E. R. Hoar, H. W. Paine, B. F. Thomas, J. G. Abbott and Erastus Browne. The following committee ‘was selected to present resolutions of respect to the memory of the deceased :—Messrs. E. R, Curtis Sidney Bartlett, J. G. Abbott, R. H, Dana, Jr.; C. B. Goodrich and W, G. Russell. ‘The meeting adjourned, to meet again on Thurs- day next, at ten o'clock, when the committce wil report. BISHOP M'ILVAINE’S FUNERAL Exceedingly * Impressive Funeral Ser- vices at Cincinnati Yesterday—Large Attendance at the Obsequics of the Lamented Bishop. CINCINNATI, May 9, 1873. The tuneral services of the late Bishop McIlvaine took place at Cnrist church, in this city, this morn- ing. The services commenced at eleven o'clock. The pall bearers consisted of ten clergymen and wixteen laymen, The order of the procession was as follows:—The Standing Committee of the Diocese, the clergy of the Episcopal Church, clergy o! other churches, the trustees and facuity of Kenyon College and the ‘Theological Seminary, members of several convo- cations, vestries of the different churches of Cin- cinnati and vicinity and citizens and strangers. The bishops, consisting of Bishop Bedell, Bishop Lee, from Delaware, and three bishops trom Canada, met the corpse at the door and repeated the passage beginning, “I am the resurrection and the life.” The anthems from Psalms Xxx. and xix. were then read responsively, after which the “Gloria Patri’ was sung. Dr. Barr, of Portsmouth, tye oldest Presbyter, then read from tne prayer book, after which was sung, “I heard @ voice from Heaven.” Bishop Cummings, of Kentucky, then repeated the Lord’s Prayer and Bishop Bedell pro- nounced the benediction. The poy was foliowed to Spring Grove Ceme- tery by a large procession of carriages. Nearly all the clergy of other denominations of the city were present. The entire service was exceedingly im- pressive. bean OBSEQUIES OF GENEBAL PAEZ The faneral of General Paez, ex-President of Venezuela, which takes piace to-day, will be an im- posing one. Many prominent citizens were the personal friends of the departed patriot, and will pay the last tribute to the memory of the man who all who knew held tn the highest esteem and affection. The following distinguished gentiemen will be the pallbearers:—Sefior Y. Mariscal, Minis- ter of Mexico; Seflor Carlos Martino, Minister of Colombia ; Sefior Juan N. Navarro, Consul General of Mexico; Chief Justice Daly; Peter Cooper; J. 0. Tracy, Consul of Peru; T. Hernandez, Consul of Venezuela ; Dr. J. C. Beales and Sefior S. Michelena, Steps are being taken by the Mdsons in this city to attend in a body, the deceased having been Grand Master of the order in Venezuela. It is also proba- ble that the Seventh regiment will attend the funeral. The body of the illustrious patriot lies embalmed in a metallic case enamelled in tmita- tion of rosewood. It will be taken from his late residence, 42 East Twentieth street, at a quarter before ten this morning, to St. Stephen’s Koman Catholic church, in Twenty-eighih street, where the faneral service is to commence at half-past ten. “FATAL ACCIDENT. Morristown, N. J., May 9, 1873, Tanis K. Cobb, of Parsippany, an aged farmer, was thrown from his wagon by a runaway team in Boonton yesterday and wured hi ull, causing: death last might, FORGERY AND FRAUD. Some Ugly Revelations that Wete Made at the City Hall Yesterday, Implicating Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen and the Clerks of Both Boards—How the Servants of the People Discharge Their Du- ties Themselves. There has long existed beneath the Mayor's oftice, in the City Hall, what is known as “THE BUREAU OF PERMITS." Under the old Tammany régime tt 1s alleged that it was run in the interest of certain sinecures of William Marcy Tweed, and little revenue was re- turned to the city. Within a few days the HERALD has published an exposure of this bureau that has created a lively sensation in certain circles, which finally culminated yesterday, when the word was whispered around the City Hall that the HERALD exposure had eventuated in the ventilation of GIGANTIC FRAUDS AND FORGERIES in the issue of permits for street incumbrances, These most seriously implicated certgin clerks of the Assistant Buard of Aldermen, who, it was said, had resorted to forgery to levy a tax of from $1 to $5 upon each applicant for a permit. The reporter of the HgRaLD who had written up the Permit Bureau, over which a German named Weiss presides, heard these rumors, and with a view of ascertaining information he called upon Captain Wendell, Chief Clerk for Mayor Have- meyer. Mr. Wendell is one of the non-committal gentle- men in the Mayor's office, whe endeavors to shift THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A SENSATION from his own shoulders to those of a reporter, and when the HsRaLp reporter, after Alderman Fal- coner, who had had a long confidential interview, retired, put the question :— “Mr, Wendell, I understand that you have dis- covered frauds and forgeries in the applications for permits in a bureau over which you preside. Is there any truth in the report?” he responded :— “I have given it to (———’s boy,’ and I suppose you have learned all about it.” HERALD RerorTeR—No, sir, I do not know “ ’s boy’ nor Ginx3’ baby,” but I know the Aldermen and their assistants, and I do not pro- pose to apply there for information. You are tno aathority for this rumor, and Icome to you, as chief clerk of the Mayor's office, for information. Mr. WENDELL, somewhat alarmed, lifted his eyes, after Alderman Falconer had retired, and in a low toue communicated to the HERALD reporter the fact that in the Bureau of Permits several ap- plications had been made to Mr. Weiss in which FORGED SIGNATURES OF ALDERMEN had appearea, ‘The little Captain brushed up his hair, and finally said, ‘The ordinances provide that alt applications for permits shall be signed by an alderman and the assistant alderman of the district where the applicant resides. We nave knowledge that the names of assistant aldermen have been signed by clerks or officials in the Clerk’s office of the Assistant Board, and MONEY CHAKGED FOR THE APPROVAL)? “Do you pretend to tell me,” asked the HERALD reporter of Captain Wendell, ‘that approvals of permit applications are signed in the Clerk's office of the Assistant Buard of Aldermen by clerks who use the names ef their aldermen?” Captain Wendell hesitated a moment and finally sald :— “Tlearn that certain persons ph <td for permits in the ofiice of the Board of Assistant Al- uermen, and have, by paying a dollar or more, secured the names of the Assistant Aldermen to their papers.” “AND ARE THEY FORGBRIES?”” asked the reporter. oe Wendell leaned back in his chair and hesi- ited. HERALD REPORTER—Can you give me cases in point? Are all the clerks of the Board of Assistant Aldermen ied ketal Mr. Wendell was again silent, and finally sug- gested that the HeRaLp reporter might play the part of detective, apply for a permit and learn fhe modus opera: The reporter approved the sugeoeton and declared that he would work upon it. Turning to leave, Mr. Wendell said that he had no personal knowledge that the deputy clerks of the Board of Assistant Aldermen were parties to toe fraud, but he had knowledge that a man not connected with the Board in axy official capacity had a desk in the office and. charged certain sums for the signatures of Assistant Aldermen, ‘‘And,’’ said he in conclusion, ~ “learn that there is in that bureau A DRAWER FULL OF BLANK APPLICATIONS. I may say, however, that I have no knowledge that justifies me in charging forgery upon any Clerk of the Assistant Board of Aldermen. The reporter at once repaired to Clerk Moloney’s quarters in room No. 10 and discovered that he was absent. From Assistant Alderman Foley, who was at a desk, he learned that that gentleman nad long been engaged in signing recommendations; but he and the deputy clerks DENIED THE CHARGE that any charge had been made for signing per- mits. One of the clerks, however, when informed of pe exposure of the King became excited and satd:— “The same thing is done jn the Clerk’s office of the Board of Aldermen.”’ “With the concurrence of General Pinckney, Clerk,’’ queried the reporter. “Oh, no! perhaps not,’ said he; “but Mr. Garry signs the names of Aldermen Reilly and Flanagan idermen approving the appitcation.”’ po they do it in blabk ¢” asked the reporter. “Ido not know. You can quietly GO IN AND FIND OUT,” the deputy clerk said, with a peculiar wink, As the reporter entered he encountered Alder- man John Keilly going out, and remarked :— “Mr. Reilly, may I ask if you have ever given any- body permission or a ee of attorney to sign your name in approval of application for permits for street obstructions ?”” Bay responded Mr. Reilly. “Why do you asi The reporter took Mr, Reilly aside and explained the difticalty, when he most emphatically denied that he had ever delegated any authority to any- body to sign his name, and, stepping up to Clerk Samuel M. Slater's desk, Mr. pe) said :— “Has anybody been in the habit of signing my name to applications for permits 1” Mr. San hie Soper! responded :— “Yes, sir, Mr. Garry has done so, and I HAVE SIGNED ALDERMAN FLANAGAN’S NAME.” “Have you & power of attorney to sign Alderman Flanagan's name?”’ asked the reporter. “Yes,’’ responded Mr. Slater. “Will you show it to me?’ asked the reporter, in the presence of Alderman Reilly. “Not without Alderman Flanagan’s permission," said Mr. Slater. “The applications have been so humerous that no Alderman can sign them all, and I have authority from Alderman Flanagan to ap- prove them. But,” added he, “there is not a clerk in the Board of Aldermen who has profited a cent in this matter.’’ At this juncture CLERK GARRY CAME IN, and Alderman Reilly asked him if he had signed his (Reilly’s) name to applications for permits, Mr. Garry quickly admitted that he had, and told Alderman Keilly that he had authority to do so, Alderman Reilly responded that he had sufficient education to sign hisown name, and informed Mr. Garry that he had never, verbally or otherwise, delegated to him any power in the premises. Mr. Garry insisted that Mr. Reilly nad done so, and the question of power remains between Clerk Garry and Alderman Reilly. While the above interview was progressing Alderman Flanagan came in, and, learning of the excitement, stepped EP to the HERALD reporter and politely said:—“If there eg 5 blame attachin, to my approval of applications for permits 1 will assume it, as I authorized this gentleman (Mr. Slater) to’ sign my name.” This declaration of Alderman Flan: rad in La) presence Nh ‘an immense lobby, and there was at once a sca: tering of the crowed which had gathered to witness THE CLERK'S DISCOMFITURB, Later the HERALD reporter conversed with As- sistant Clerk Tuomey, who stated that the prac- tice or years had been for Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen to sign their names through a clerk, but he had warned the clerks against committing the indiscretion. As far as the investigations of the HERALD reporter were pushed, he is satistied that the names of Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen have been forged (and Mr. Wiess has the evi- dence), but so far there is nothing to implicate the clerks of the Board of Aldermen, General Pinckney and Messrs. Tuomey, Garry and Slater, in the charge of receiving money for the unauthorized use of the names of Aldermen in whose interest they acted. A day or two, however, may result in some ugly developments, RAILROAD MATTERS IN JERSEY. The diMcuitles between the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey and the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western Railroad Company are amica- bly and definitely settled, to the satisiaction of both parties. The agreement of consolidation 1s can- celled and mutual releases executed. The Central 18 to be furnished for the transportation, oeere 3 of coal yearly, ve fare at Y Orige "which has been Stipulated and reed upon, wat the annual election held Bh gy Se. ray ows lowing gentlemen were elect diregtors Of the Central Railroad of New Jersey for the ear:—John Taylor Johnston, John J, Green, Adam jorris, Benjamin Williamson, Frederick T. Freting- nysen, Henry D, Maxwell, Sidaey Dillon, James hi Boonnan Jonpaton, Jono THE MAYOR'S PATRONAGE, Another Busy Day About the City Hall. Nominations of City Marshals and Mem- bers of the Commission of Public Charities and Correction—The Aldermen Lay Them Over. SKETCHES OF THE NOMINEES. Another day of excitement was anticipated about the City Hall yesterday, and in a measure the ex- pectation was fulfilled. Up to about four o'clock there was @ hurrying to and fro and a bustling among the “boys’ that was plainly indicative of the deep interest they feit in the coming events. The Mayor was to send in more nominations to the Board of Aldermen for confirmation, and next te the anxlety of the men who hoped to be nominate@ Was the deep concern of the men who expectee small positions under the nominees, Of course every man had a theory as to the probable action of the Board, and had it “straight” from an Insiae man who were to be the nominees and what par- ticular commissions were to be the subject of Mayor Havemeyer’s nominating communication. “The Mayor is goin’ to send in nominations for Police and Fire Commissioners to-day.” “Is that so?” “That's fact. Igot it from Alderman So-and-se. He was in to see the Mayor about an hour ago.” Walk to the middle of the vestibule ana ask an- other quid nunc what the Mayor was going to do, and he “gives away” something like this:— “Well, he's goin’ to sendin a nomination for Chamberlain, But, mind, Johnnie, don’t give it away, because I got it in confidence.” Inquiring of the next of the “knowing ones” em countered would probably elicit the fact that the Fire and Charities were the only commissioners to be named at this meeting of the Board, and another would TELL IT IN A WHISPER that the Dock Commissioners were to be sent in. Then, changing base, the reporter was enabled to learn that the Aldermen were going to confirm the names sent in without laying them over. That, indeed, was the opinion expressed to the re- porter by one of the members of the Board. Half an hour afterward the reporter was informed that the Aldermen only confirmed the nominations om Thursday 80 as to mislead the Mayor into thinking they were going to rush things straight along for him, and in the event of his sending them in a complete batch of nominations for all the offices yet to be filled they would then hold on to them and exact terms, This, however, seemed rather “thin,” as the game was not deep enough. How- ever, these rumors were just as good as any, for of them all none was right. THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN met in special session at four o’clock, President Vance in the chair, A little routine business was transacted, and then as the Mayor’s private secre- tary stepped up to the President’s dais and handed nim a couple of documents the lobby was alive with interest. The first was read by the Assistant Clerk, and the following names were submitted as nomina- tions for City Marshals, to hold office for the period of three years:—General Joseph Dickinson, Marvin R. Clark, Patrick Daly, Captain Alexander 8, Top- isay Joseph Phillips, John T. Stewart and Joseph J. Josephs. The Tist, as read by the reader, started out gay with a “general” and a “captain” and a ir sample of names, and ever; seemed to swell up with excitement as fortune seemed to be DROPPING DOWN SUCH A “BIG THING” upon the heads of the owners of those names. nen the Clerk reached the lust line of the Mayor'a letter—‘“to be city marshals for the term of three years’’—almost everybody dropped out a big “Onh!"? and felt disgusted tnat he permitved his ex citement to show itself. ss ‘The communication was at once, by unanimous eval laid on the table and ordered to be rinted. ¥ ‘Then came a second brief and formal communt- cation from the Mayor, making nominations for COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION for the periods as follows:— William Latmbeer, for a term expiring May 1, 1879. James Bowen, for a term expiring May 1, 1877. Myer Stern, for a term expiring 1, 1875. ‘This communication was also laid on the table and ordered to be printed, and in five minutes the Board had adjourned until Monday next, at one o’clock, and the Aldermanic chamber had emptied itself into the corridor, ‘The proceedings were tame all the way arose and comparatively little interest was manifested in the nominations. They appeared, however, to be very reasonably SATISFACTORY TO “THE CROWD." The great interest is centred in the appointment of Police Commissioners. lt Is idle to say who the favored individuals are to be, but there is some reagon to believe that either General Alexander Shaler or George W. Matsell will be made Superin- tendent, to succeed Kelso, General Shaler would be the more popular officer by long odds, but Mat- sell was Mayor Havemeyer’s Chiet of Police twenty- five years ago, and it would be not a Iittle curious if they should’ both again occupy the same relative official positions after a lapse of a quarter of a cen- tury. The nominees for Commissioners of Charities and Correction are all comparatively well known gen- tlemen, and there is no reason to suppose that they will not be confirmed. WILLIAM LAIMBRER is a republican in politics, and not a stranger to oficial position. He is a man of, perhaps, forty- five years of age, American born and of German extraction. He holds the rank of Brevet Lieuten~ ant Colonel in the Veteran corps of the Seventh regiment, and was, it is understood, formerly @ captain in the regiment. Under President Grant he held the position of Collector of the Eighth dis- trict of New York. He has also been a member of the Common Council, was twice elected to the Assembly, and served one term as @ State Senator. He is a builder by occupation, and resides in the Eighteenth ward. JAMES BOWEN, the second on the list, is a native of New York, and is probably fitty-tive or sixty years of age. He was made a Commissioner under the old Metropolitam Police Board in 1857 and retained that position up to about the early part of the war, when he ree cruited and organized the 143th regiment of New. York volunteers. This command was composed of members and ex-members of the police force, was popularly known as ‘the Metropolitan regiment’? and did goodservice, chiefly inthe Southwest and along the Gulf and Atlantic seaboards, Coloned Bowen attained the rank of bi ier general of volunteers, and shortly after his return to civii life at the close of the war became a commissioner of the Department of Public Charities and Correc- tion. He is at present a member of that body, and is its presiding officer. MYER STERN, the third and last nominee, is an Israeliti quite Lert among his countrymen, tive of Germany, but came to t y when young and lived many et ‘§ in the Soutl chiefly in Virginia. He is about fifty-five years ot age, is President of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum Associatien, a member of the Committee of Seventy and of the Nineteenth Ward Rapid Transit Associa- tion. He is a republican in politics and is @ repre- sentative Hebrew merchant. THE OTHER VACANCIES, It is said that the tng wil not make any other nominations for this Board, though the charter empowers him to nominate three or flve members, In view, however, of the fact that the three mem- bers already nominated are republicans it is deemed probable in some quarters that he will, on Monday next, sendin two democratic nominatione to give oo joard its full strength as at present organized. There will, doubtless, be still further nomina- tions of city marshals, a8 there 1s provision made for the appointment of thirty-five tn all, THE NEW DOMINION. Negotiations Going On for the Anneza~, tion of Pey Island. Haxivax, N. 8., May 9, 1873. Late advices from Pey Island point to an early annexation of that colony to the Dominion, Both parties in the Legislature there are in favor of the scheme, only two of the members being opposed. ‘The Assembly adjourned to meet again when thea delegates now in Ottawa complete the negotiations, ‘They are expected back by Thursday or Friday, when the Legislature will be reasserabied, and tha woe The anion will take place imme- jiately. THE NEW REVENUE OUTTER MANHATTAN,’ WASHINGTON, May 9, 1873, The new revenue cutter Manhattan, recently constructed at Chester, Pa., on ner trial trip in the Delaware Bay made twelve knots an hour, She ~ was found to be butit in the most sat manner. She will be stationed at New Yorks LUSIGNANI, THE MURDERER, REFUSES FOOD, Moraistown, N, J, May 9, 1873. Lusignant, the murderer, rofuses to take foo@ and Is trying to starve to death before Thursdag NEXty