The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1873, Page 8

eae ALONE ON THE ICE. An American Sailor Tells the Story of a Winter's Stay in the South Shetland Islands. THE HORRORS OF THE ANTARCTIC NIGHT. The Perils of the Seal Hunters—Six Sail- ers Sent Ashore and Then Deserted— Splendor of the Southern Skies, FORTY-THREE DEGREES BELCW ZERO! yom Ee The Burial of the Portuguese—The Vast Mountain Ranges of Frozen Snow—The Loss of All Gompanions—Saved! “WHILE THERE IS LIFE THERE IS NOPE.” It is probable that the whole range of history falls to afford a parallel to the narrative of the mod- ern Selkirk, James A, King, who was left on the South Shetland Islands, among the snow and ice, by & vessel which visited that almost unknown region in search offurs. For nearly sixteen months, part Df the time with helpless companions and part of the time alone, he battled against death. Without any tangible hope of rescue, with the most horrible pfdeaths staring him in the face, he lived and ree turned to the civilized world. The story of those months of hopeless life, of hunger, privation, cold and despair would be worthy the pen of a De Foe. Simply as showing how much a man can endnre and yet live, the narrative is deeply interesting; but when we try to realize the terrible solitude of this lone man, in a region where the very sun him- self seems frozen to tne Polar clifts, the mind wanders and the senses refuse the bidding of the will. The narrative of Alexander Selkirk, mariner, 48 well as the idealization of the same under tne form of “Robinson Crusoe,” falls far short of this story ofa New York boy who went to the South NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE: 2, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. excels that seen In the north. The light, as it comes reflected from the glaciers and mountains of snow and ice, is like @ strip of burnished silver. August is midwinter, and at that time the aurora 18 at its height. We were five daysin the hut at one time, after a heavy snow, fore we could rouse ourselves sumMciently to dig our way out. ‘SCALING THE GLACIERS IN THR TWILIGHT ‘was not, as may be imagined, either pleasant or sf ‘k, yet we were compelled to take lo! trips thro the snow “i to our waists in search of penguin. It was death to get lost, yet we tre- quently went eight to ten miles from the hut, which was harder work than twen' of or ry walking would have been, We constracted a sort of pike by attaching a spike to the end of a piece of board, With these and sharp-peinted stakes we scaled the great mountains oi Tee. There were his and valleys—all untrodden snow. I was troubled by the recollection of having read in @ book on WI iz that the straits between these islands had once been frozen up for sixteen years atatime. Had this occurred we would have been jeft from sixty to eighty miles inland and could not possibly have ho} ever to have crossed thé great arren wastes of snow and ice to the coast. It is not remarkable that two of my eomrades after- wards became crazed with anxiety. We remained at that place from about May 13 to about September 26, 1871. The provisions then be- gan to get short. We were hopeful a8 yet, and up to that time had maintained tolerable health, Our troubles soon began in earnest, however. We Jaunched our boat on the day indicated above to 40 to Penguin Island. On this is an extinct vol- cano, The ice nad moved somewhat to the east- ward, in the direction of the Orkney Islands, and we had hoped to be able to get through in safety. It was yet exceedingly cold, although Winter breaks up about the latter part of October, As it was, we got fast in the ice Moe near Morality Bay, and were compelled to desert the boat TO SAVE OUR LIVES. We got on the ice fow and only succeeded in reach- ing the shore by rtrg 2 from cake to cake. We lost everything in the boat—compass, tinder box and provisions. We were ina terrible position, Nearly all got their feet frozen, We slept that night in the snow, under a heavy northeast gale, and in the morning started back on foot to reach if possible the old lodge at Potter’s Cove. The snow was up to our waists and it required almost superhuman love of life to prevent us from lying down, Charles Gardner, of North Stonington, Conn., Walked about three hundred yards and be- came sleepy. It was impossible to rouse him, and, unable to carry him, we were forced, much against our inclinations, to leave him to die. Pedro Mon- taro, the Portuguese, walked almost to Penguin Point, within about eight miles of the hut, when he gave up from fatigue and laid down, becoming quite stiff almost instantly. THUS TWO OF OUR PARTY DIED. ‘The remaining {our of us, Townsend, Hess, Pierce and myself, severed and by encouraging each other succeeded in reaching the hut, almost dead with fatigue, cold and hunger. Hess’ and Pierce’s feet were frightfully frozen—so badly indeed that mortification set in—Townsend’s were swollen very large. Being the only one who was able to walk any distance the labor of providing for the entire party devolved upon me. I went out every day in search of peaguin eggs. Townsend was able to hobble about the hut and did everything he could, poor fellow, but Hess and Pierce were in terrible agony and the smell fiom their reet was Seas ina New London schooner, It is merely a new rendering of the motto—“Truth is stranger than fiction.” The survivor of the six unfortunate sailors who Were, through wilful neglect or carelessness, left to starve or freeze to death on an almost unknown island, returned to this city, where he was born and raised, a few days since. King isa strong, muscular man, of more than medium height and with great breadth of chest. His hands are almost bine from frequent frosting, and his face indicates long and continued exposure. He dresses neatly in citizen's clothes and has very little of the Swagger or importance of a sailor about him. He bas visited Washington and his case bas been laid before the general government. It is stated that suit will be at once brought against the captain of the vessel to which he was attached for negiect in allowing the men to perish. The narrative given below, stripped, as it is, of any verbiage, is sub- Btantially as itcame from the lips of the only man saved from the unfortunate boat's crew who went ‘shore at the South Shetland Isiands from the schooner Franklin, in May, 1871. THE SURVIVOR’S NARRATIVE Ishipped in this city on Juiy 26, 1870, as boat Steerer, and was sent on to New London to com- piete the crew of the schooner Franklin, which was then fitting out in that port as a tender tothe bark Peru, then in the South Seas. The Franklin, Cap- tain James M. Holmes, sailed a few days after, and, after being nine days out, she was forced to put back for repairs, having sprung alea Was put on the ways and repaired. The F Sailed again on August 26 of the same year, and sighted the Falkland Islands, after a hundred days’ voyage. We met the bark Peru, Captain George D, Gilderdale, about one hundred miles off the Falk- land Islands, and her commander thinking it wise for us to go to Cape Horn for wood an@ provision: wedidso, Our stay there was characterized by the utmost despatch in getting our stores on board, after which we sailed for the Shetland Islands, reaching there after a voyage of eight days. Running into Potter's Cove we jound the schooners Francis Allen and Golden West, After coming to anchor the stores were put ashore. The bark Peru remained in port while the Franklin went IN SEARCH OP SRA ELEPHANTS. Remaining twenty days at South Beach and getting 200 barrels of biubber we sailed for Penguin Island, leaving two boats’ crews at this place— one under command of Captain James Hone, and the other under J. M. Buddington, second mate of the Peru. Owing to a heavy northeast gale, which sprang up soon after, we were blown off shore, so “ that we could not come to their rescue for twelve days. We were forced, in the meantime, to put into Desolation Island. When we returned to Pen- guin Island we found a board stuek up by which we were informed that the two boats’ crews had left for Potter's Cove. Captain Gilderdale decided to leave two men at Desolation Island, and de- tailed third mate Townsend and an Indian named Charies Pierce, of Groton, Conn. The Franklin then RAN INTO YANKFE STRAITS, and finding a humpbacked whale, we lost twenty- two days in getting him cut up and on board Upon our return to South ch Third Mate Townsend came on board and reported that he had found a seal rookery on the other side of Living- ston Island, known to whalers as Nor! This was the first stance of the finding of seal a that place since the time of Wardeil’s visit, about 1848, ‘The following six named men were orde to go ashore lias King, of York; Edwary ilen Cov Charles Gardner, North Stonington, Ct.; ‘Ch Pierce, of Groton, Ct.; Pedro Montaro, of E Island, Cape de Verdes; and William Hess, of Cam- den, N.J. A wnaleboat was launched and these men leit the ship to get seal. Five of them, as it afte: wards transpired, leit the vessel forever. Mor- timer H. Cassidy, second mate of ti hooner Franklin, and Jam suddington, get 600 skins which had peen left by Townsend and took them on board. ‘The schooner was then lying at anchor in a bay 1 Rugeed Island Cove. The vessels sent out boats’ crews about ten days alterwards, and the men who had been on siiore—i was one of the number—turned over 1,767 skins. DESERTED BY THE VESSELS, Provisions for six days were then put on shore, after which Captain Gilderdaie promised me to turnin ten days at the iu We were then at a place known as Window Island, and re- mained twenty-two days awaiting the return of the bark Peru, At the end of that time, neither of the vessels having returned, we started’ to go to Pot- ter’s Cove, which we knew t general rendez- vous for the fu ering vessels. Belore leaving t we stuck up a keg on Window Island, saying that we had gone to Potter's Cov As it Was daylight all the time we had lost our reckoning of time, so 1 cannot be exactly certain as to the number of days that we waited. Arriving at Potter's Cove, 8 «Island, We jound that both the Peru and Franklin had gone. We were then utterly alone. THE WC OR OF OUR SITCATION was then fuliy realized. We were beyond all hope of relict from els, for w were out of the usual track, ; was no likelihood of y to which we w aitaebed, The terrors of the Antarctic uso before us. We found a self-regis- vessels, on Visiting the Winter wer tering thermometer at Patter’s Cove and the an- Mouncement that it hud been left by George D, Gilder and James M. Holme The date was given as May 6, 1871. We had ianded on May a8 I couid calculate, so that the me eight days. We found two cask Baptain Benjamin Rody West, These provision schooner had 4,000 sealskins on much more valuable cargo than) ‘hese casks allayed our imi as we knew this would su $ for some time with proper care. The Was terribly cold our clothing, although of the heaviest furs, was m- BuMcient to keep us warm, Out of some boards which we found a hut was buiit, and we began kill- ing sea dogs for fuel. We also laid ina stock of nguin and sea leopard for food. These we found in the snow. In all whaleboats there are carried ‘Under boxes with steel and twelve Mints, THE TERRIBLE WINTER had now begun in deep earnest. The snc fell to such a depth as to bi the hut entire 80 as to necessitate our digging a way out from the door, This we did i igzag direction, 80 a8 to exclude the wind, The men took turns im going out after the provisions. We had a quantity of blubber in the hut, which furnished us with a tolerable fre during the greater part of the time. The seasen of night had now arrived and the aurora australis was far grander than the Arctic aurora, Ihave secn it as far north as eighty de- having made the trip with Buddington, who fs w on the Polaris, In sixty-four degrees south Jatitude, however, the grandeur Of the aurora far 3 as nearly d, which were « The finding of ars of hunger, sickening. I was taken sick one day trom walkin, nearly ten miles through the snow, after eggs, ant the horror of that night, when the prospect of starvation stared us in the face, is beyond the power of description. My illness was, however, cay: temporary, and I was on my feet the next day. I WAS GETTING 80 WEAK AND EMACIATED that I could not chase a penguin. One day Towns+ end saw a sea-leopard lying on the ice. We took two pieces of board, and after fighting the animal for an hour succeeded in killing him, The flesh of this animal recuperated us a great deal, as we had been living solely on penguin flesh, which contains very little nutrition, The weather was now getting leasanter and the snow was melting somewhat it was in the beginning of October Pierce and Hes began to lose their minds. The terrible despond- ency which had filled oar hearts for more than five months had produced utter mental prostration. 1 have wondered a hundred times that I did not be- come insaue. The thermometer had curing the Winter registered forty-three degrees below zero. Our faces hal been entirely enveloped in furs, yet one of our number had had his nose irozen. THE LAST SEPARATION. The snow having began to melt, an old boat, which had been lett by tle schooner Francis Alien, was discovered, Thinking that some provisions had been left by Captain Gilderdale at South Beach Pierce and Hess, who had only partially recovered, and Townsend, determined to take this boat and go there, They launched the boat, without sails, oars or anything pt three pieces of boards made into paddies. I remonstrated with Towns- end about going, and he said that they might as well die at South Beach or on the way as to stay there and be the cause of starving me. He said that t were a burden to me, and that* I might be able to live longer if they were te go away. They hoped to tind a medicine chest, as well as pro- visions, for they argued that Captain Gilderdale would not have deserted them without leaving something, at least, to keep soul and body toge- ther, The distance a $s to South Beach, Liv- ston Island, was more than sixty miles and the Water Was flied with floating ice, I STILL HAD HOPE that some vessels would arrive in November, and was resolved to stay where I was. I remonstrated, therefore, against the separation and tried to en- courage them all to stay, but they were determined to go. They started among the ice and were soon lost to sight. [never saw them again. Alter their departure J remained in the hut all alone for about forty days. It was now the light sea- son again, Twas awakened from a sound sleep on of November, 1872, by the voices of men. [ Was very Weak and had subsisted for several days upon the remnants of my stock of provisions. I Was so weak that I did not realize the situation until I heard aman cry out tosome one behind him: JERE (8 A SKELETON IN THIS HUT!” It was like help to a drowning man. I was on my fect in an instant. I forgot my weakness, The man who found me was named Smith, and be- longed to the bark Nile, of New London. Jolin second mate or the vessel, then entered the hut, and, recognizing me, exciaimed, “Why, King, you all that is left" I replied that I was, and ed all the particulars which e given At this moment Captain John Williams en- tered, and, instead of asking after me or my poor dead comrades, addressed me in these words:— “Where in h—l did you come from? Where is that thermometer and all the skins’ Go aboard the ship with Mr. Church.” T'went on board the Nile and remained in the Nile until she reached Per- nambuco, where I foujd Joseph A. Strik United States Consul. He treated m furnished me money and took my statement, whict he torw i to Washington. ‘I left there in the schooner Lizzie P. Simmons, Captain Jerry Pi and arr lat New York the latter part of April, That is all of my story, FREEMASONRY. catceriipiatatantesie Grand Lodge of Anctent Free and Ac cepted Masons. ‘The ninetieth annual communication of this body will commence to-morrow (Tuesday), and, for the first time in many years, in a hall of their own, in thesnew temple on the northeast corner of Twen- ty-tinird street and Sixth avenue. Many are of the opinion that the hallis to be dedicated, and that Masons should not occupy it until such dedication has taken place. In both opinions speculators are mistaken. The temple will not be dedicated until June, 1874, when it will be finished, The dedica- tion will then take place with appropriate ceremo- nies, and will be worth witnessing. As already stated, the Masons of New York have not a home of their own to assemble in for many years— not since 1842—nor did they assemble in any room consecrated to Masen A lodge room was too nd so they have ‘met consecutively in Odd Hall, in the City Assembly Rooms, on before that place was destroyed by fire; for th Hail, at The openin pweve as there will be s10ns, Broad- , Will not be devoid of some excellent mu- r the direction of the musical director to the Grand Lodge, Past Master William F. Sher- win, While Brother William Keating, of the same lodge, with his entire band, h volunteered, In e there ibout seven hundred lodges, the majority of which are located within ten miles of the city id Will each be represented by from three to six or seven delegates, according to the number of members, there being three allowed for filty members and one more for every addi- tional fifty. These, with the grand and past grand otticers, Will give @ delegation of 1,000 members, which, ‘with visitors, will swell the andience to some 2,000 rsous, making the Grand Lodge of Masons of New York the largest deliberative body in the world. The principal business at this communieation will be the diseussion and probable adoption o} new constitution which has been «i recommended for adoption b each of the twenty-six Masonic distric State, comprising the best talent of the Orde presided over by M. W. John ann, assisted by M. W.Joun W city. + The election of grand officers will take place probably on Thursday, when the following will no doubt be elected, and, if so, then Brother James F. Austin will have completed his twentieth year as M. Christopher G. ‘Fox, of R, W. Ellwood E, Thorne. k, Deputy Grand Master; R. W. Edmand ison, of Albany, Senier Grand Master; R. W. es W, Husted, of Peekskill, better Known as the Eagle of Westchester,” Junior Grand en; M. W. John M. Simons, of New York, nd ‘Treasurers R, W. James M. Austin, M, D., of ew York, Grand Secretary, and R, W.’s and R. L: Schoonmaker, of Sing Sing; Ferdinand hwer, of New York, and John G, Webster, of Palmyra, Grand Chapiains, while john Hoole and Johnston Fountain will be re-elected Grand Tyler and Grand Pursuivant respectively, making last three annual s ty-eighth street a Apollo wa in the » Simons, of this pt Ihe complete over a quarter of a century in The financial affairs of the craft are in a satistne- tory and flourishing condition, and the wip ag ct ‘Se now ‘emple building complete tle edifice and have it 1b readiuess ipr dedication by next year. THE MOVEMENT UP TOWN! FROM THE BATTERY TO HARLEM. The Influence of Great Public Improvements in Particular Localities—The Widening of Broadway and the General Char- acter of Uptown Buildings. “The movement up town” has been the subject of many articles ever since Manhattan Island was sold in fee simple for the sum of $24, Peter Stuy- vesant made a very rapid movement up town, ac- cording to his biographer, Irving, and even Hen- drick Hudson did not stop at the corner of West and Barclay streets, All the ancients went up town, as, indeed, all the moderns do now; and it 1s only the man near the end of his century who Still clings to that area below Canal street as an agreeable place of residence. The man who at- tempts to forecast the future of the island is now lost in contemplation of the worthy projects of the Chamber of Commerce and the natural restraint which is put on all progress about the Harlem River by dilatory legislation and the want of the proper capital, Every one starts out with the very cor- rect proposition that when the mine is exploded at Hallet’s Point and a@ pleasant highway is opened to the Sound that property about Spuyten Duyvil €reek through to the North River will double in value; that New Yorkers will hegin to settle there; that soon a ship canal wiil connect the North with the East River; that all commercial warehouses willbe built up along the Sound and the North River, and that the Battery end of the island will suffer tremendously. No doubt there is much truthf{in this general view, but it is much safer to determine the gradual upward movement towards Harlem, which has been going on in parallels so long, than to describe the imaginary city of West- chester, N. Y., the fondest dream of the spec- ulators who have whole villages to sell along the Sound. The opening of South Fifth avenue has been of infinite importance to the traffic of the city im relieving contiguous thoroughfares and promising areform to the low and filthy environs of that quar- ter. This improvement is but one of a type which is absolutely necessary not only for the health of the population, but for local communication and transportation. The absolute need of the city is to have through streets—continuous thorough- fares, Nowhere on the island is this necessity more apparent than below Canal street, where there are no main arteries irom river to river; yet a much better disposition prevails among property owners than was apparent some yearsago, Even now, however, nothing can be thoroughly deter- mined untfl localities cease to be the slaves of SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS OF TRADE, dependent upon the fluctuations of that specialty upon its caprices and numberless accidents, 'y branch of trade has become gregarious. Ic is fixed as a fact that every broker must be at or near Broad street, that shipping men must hive about Bowling green and that newspapers must fringe the outlines of Printing House square. Every season fur- nishes fresh rumors that these and other branches of business are to undertake some astonishing migration toward the Harlem River. At one time we hear of the Stock Exchange negotiating for St. Paul’s church; again the Astor House is threatened with the Bedlam of America, and Mr. Stewart's downtown store is the ill-fated situation. The dry goods trade is nervous to gather about Four- teenth street and has made ambitious moves in that direction, and many dealers have suffered in icipating the “movement up town, It will us be seen that no migration has been entirely successful, and that, as yet, all wholesale transters must await some new and surprising develop- ments, stich as the sudden growth of the city at the extreme north end of the island or a remote contingency, as “rapid transit.” Dnring the past three years New York has ex- hibited more SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH, that is, In edifices and the opening of new streets, than almost any other city of the world. It is doubtful the population has increased at all; but the city has become cesmopolized, so to speak, and the buildings and private houses going up have been of a chareacter better suited t and soiid nature of propri rycars. Even where new buildings have not been constructed, there is an observable tendency to improve old and piecemeal architecture; to consolidate and unily rows of useless houses, aud combine them into a symmetri- cal structure; to favor the idea of “flats” and elevators, aud, in fine, to begin a new era in city construction, It is o1 this era, with allits modern improvements, that it is proposed to speak of in this article. We are passing from colonial into European life. We are adopting all the agreeable phases of exist ence which pr urope, adding to them su comforts and elegan as belong to us and to our Continent. The old system of paying $3 or $5 a day and living in hotels, or of paying $10 to $50 a week and suffering all the inconceivable ills of boarding house life is passing aw and instead hoteis on the European plan now form the chief feature ot the last th y construction, or buildings devoted to rooms in suits. The hard commercial aspect of 1860 ts gone, and no longer do we behold a dull, inane Union square, with sickly gas lights and wooden benches, but A BROAD, OF brilliantly lighted, and a lively, agreeable loungiag place by day or by night, at the very centre of the population of the island, UNION SQUARE may now be termed the centre of the city, the nucleus of its metropolitan lite, displaying the endless and varying nebule of mind, body and estate, native or fureign, to our shores, While the sume rs? and the miniature and gran men of inereantile life pour down through its side thoroug! winding Walks ever, n A.M. to ten o'clock, another tide sets in before noon which sweeps the walks of Broadway and delivers a rivulet of fasiiou as fur as Bleecker Then at three P. M. the squads of over- d ladies begin their ascent of Broadway, and THE OILY-HAIRED SWELL puts on his kid gloves, gives a fini his white beaver, and begins a guit mathematically caieulates will bring t platse of the beauties of the town, of lite, difering with every hour and biock, 1. ing so much that is Weak in human nature’ and so little that is the product of # strict commerc lone typical of the mere transition pe *s mnovations, — ‘Tho to-day Union square is by night the most brilliantly lighted, indeed, attractive s the city, teny hence it may be mor: n da improvements seem to have the charac manency about them, THE LOFTY IRON PILE id Fourteenth street, ts construction and imposing enough in its outiines, is but the mere fragment of abuiiding, its ambiiious height s 10 Inform its neighbors that they are but mere pens and its paltry proportions in plain view suggest that space im the Sky is cheaper than on the 1. In other “if Leannot have a big building, ean have rom the nature of the real eon the block in question, 1) wiil be impessible to build a symmetrical edifice to University place. One of which he at the corner ot while soiid enough it rs iu New York has therefore been pice distigured by t have been folera ‘The building on THE E of & buliding which weuld itcould lave been entire. N SQUARE is not open to ons, A new hotel has been cons! The vacant space tor- merly occupie is in Fourteenth street Will be the site of & handsome edifice, Inall the streets lateral to Union square there is a marked determination of trade to settle about this impor- tant centre. Shops on the Paris plan—better on the Palais Royal pian—seem to be gathering about that locality, Union squ 8 to New York what Soho is to London, ch restaurants, table Motes, coiferrs and dressmakers, and marchands de bric-a-brae are hiving in the vicinity. The tendency to drive ont dwellers on Fiith avenue {8 not so impatient and strong as many people thought it would be: and this is due ciiiefy to the tenacity with which dwellers retain their houses. Ali ‘progress about this section of the city ts small, however, compared with the growth about Fort md street. The widening of Broadway has give n impetus to bullding, and the anxiety to optain cheap hemes has drawn many investors tothe north end of the island, It is a curious fi that families who thought that they could live comfortably a¢ high up as Ninetieth street are beginning to change their minds and by the lack @f that long promised boon, “rapid transit,’ they find that they are obliged to move down town again, Thus, while there is always an @ ng progress, and always ton dd by 80 Many local cl Impossibie To 11x the ex THE GR ent and daily rthward, i018 nges that itis now ‘act lines where P YUTURE OP THE CITY will be. When t neycomb of tunuels and cir- cular galleries shall have been blown up, and navi- gation shall be clear from the Sound. to the Bat tery; When the East River bridge shall be suspended between its two majestic piers; when the long agi- tated question of a canal between the two rivers shall be finally settled; when rapid transit shall be afact and notachimera; and when the special trades shall be anchored in fixed jocalities, then the regular lines of improvement and advancement can be laid out witheut any dimculty, As we stand to-day, everybody who goes up town ja sure that future years will bring him profit; but he does not know how lovg it may be before the happy day MUSICAL REVIEW. What @ pleasure it would be to be able to write something nice‘/and agreeable about every little THE NAVAL CADETS. song and piano composition that comes under our | Middies Deep in Examination Papers and notice |! We should then escape the inaignation of would-be composers, who think nothing easier than writing something that will permit them to parade their names on the title page of a piece of Naval Lore, music, But, unhappily, the unpleasant term, trash, | The Sham Fight—Young “Freshies’ Looking is the only word in our language that exactly suits the greater part of the music published now- adays. It is an iale waste of time and space to ex- plain atlength why a piece of music is irretrievably bad. The visit of Rubinstein to this country will, it is to be hoped, be productive of a reform in the class of works which have too long found a willing ear from unscrupulous publishers and purchasers in credulous young ladies, Louis Berge publishes the following :— “Lamento.’? Contralto song, A. Marotta, Write ten in the most florid Italian style, but dramatic; endowed with an emotional theme which can be sung with a@ world of expression, and artistically Jramed in a rich, descriptive accompaniment, “Little Birds Go To Sleep,” and “Nora Is Pretty.’? Songs, By F. A. Howson. Two little gems, showing taste, culture and an ambition above the common standard, G. Schirmer publishes the following:— ‘ariations on Yankee Doodle.” Rubinstein, A more unfortunate title could not be selected for this truly grand work, Our national air certainly forms the groundwork, but the wonderful treat- ment it receives and the fertility of ideas of the most exalted kind displayed in every page demand @ more expressive name. Asan appropriate title we would suggest ‘‘America,” ‘“Poeme,” or “Etude Symphonique tor the piano.” To those in- clined to trace out a history in the work, @ td Berlioz, there is an ample opportu- nity te discover where the composer intended to portray certain events or character- istics. Those who attended the seven memorable recitals will find traces of various styles in this work, trom Bach down to Liszt. It is, indeed, a work worthy of the study and attention of evel musician, for, although few can ever master its dif_l- culties sufticiently to be able to play it in public, yet every one will derive benefit from the lessons conveyed in it. We Know that many will sneer at the idea of a classical work containing “Yankee Doodle,” but they must not forget that the mind ennobdles the subject, no matter how commonplace the latter may be. No one will dare utter a word against the “Seventh Symphony” of Beethoven, and yet the leading theme in the iast movement is a8 vulgar (so to speak) @ theme as “Yankee Doodle.” “Doumka in G minor,” “Polonaise in E major’? and ‘Etude in D minor.” Rubinstein. These three works will give a vivid idea of the entire originali- ty of style which the Russian pianist can assume at pleasure. The “Etude” is a spiendid study of octaves for the left hand. “The Meeting.’ Waltz song. Arditi, One of those glittering show pieces like the other waitzes, “Il Bacio,” “L’Estasi,’’ &c,, ol the composer, de- signed only to give such skyrocket voices as, those of the Pattis a wide field for bravura display; “Constant Love.” Melody. ©. Pinsati. This is of an entirely different character, being designed for Mme, Nilsson Kouzand. ‘There is a simplicity and grace about the theme and its treatment irably suited for the expressive style of that on eo Perche.”? Melodia valzer. Tito Mattei. In the most extravagant bravura style, but possess- ing more solidity of melody than Arditi’s works. “Forosetta.”” Aria in form of Tarantella. Arditi. Another show piece for Mme. Adelina Patti, only fit for bravura purposes, . William A. Pond & Co. publish the following :— “Celtic Polka,” Pattison. In the com- poser’s happiest vein, with taking themes, brilliant and effective, and yet within the capacity of any piayer. {t will, undoubtedly, attain a degree of popularity second to none of Mr. Pattison’s other works. * Addie Waltzes.” R. Aronson. Although there is nothing particularly tresh in this salon piece, yet it can hold its own with the most of our modern waltzes. “Side by Side."’ Songand chorus. Henry Tucker. Hackneyed and uninteresting, Thousands of such trashy songs may be found out West. “Nobody Knows.” Song. Frederic Clay. Hardly melody enough to be popular and ef no value what- ever to a musician. “Joyous Reapers.” Vocal duet. Campana. A rather trifling, sketchy composition lor two female voics Wehli. “Elian Whispers.” A pretty, unpre- tending little work in poika form, not devoid of grace and attractiveness, Nocturne in A flat. J. E. “Voices of the Night.’? Muller. A time melody, as old as the hills, and avery nplace setting to it, “Minuetin D major.” Franz Schubert. One of Rubinstein’s favorite selections, arranged from the orchestra. “School for Octave Playing.’ H. Mayer. Very excellent studies, which, if adhered to, will prove beneficial to the pupil, There is nothing in the study of the piano more important than steadiness and case in octave passage “Folie,” eaprice etude, and “Reve d’Ariel,” valse. Prudent. The distinguished papil of Thalberg, in these two works, follows closely in the footsteps of master, Both pieces are, therefore, charming. nile Prudent is the composer of the popular from hich Mills drew his ideas of Galop. Ira'Leo Bamberger. A 8 WI fail to interest anybody, and the treatment, clever though it may be, cannot be of any utility to the barrenness of the subjects, o Kappa Psi.” March. Florian Muller. Bril- Nant and telling in a popmar vein. “The Star that Lights.” Song and chorus, K. 8. Although this style of melody is somewhat yed, yet in the case of the one in question it ry attractive. & Co., New York and Boston, publish the following + “Flower song.’ Gustave Lange. A pretty me! neatly and tastelully arranged for the Bee! D. Brinley Richards. A good exercise for beginners and not entirely devoid of melodic beauty. “Twilight Bells.’ Reverie religieuse, FE. Dorn. Aithough as a general rule ‘bell’ pieces for the pi- ano are nuisances, still there are some honorabie exceptions, and thisis one. It is very cleverly arranged so as to avoid the monotony attached generally to this class of compositions, “Sound an Alarm.” A handsome edition of the celebrated war song from ‘Juaas Maccabeus,’* which Mr. Sims Reeves sings and creates a turor, and which Mr. Nelson Varley attempted to sing and created an opposite feeling. ot a Sparrow Faileth’ and “Dream of Angels." Songs, Abt, Not onty is the charm oi Abt’s melody in both these songs, but to it is added exceedingly rich and graceful accompaniments. “Slee Song. Louisa G A melody of mediocre merit. One of the verses conveys the startling intelligence that “the moon has raised her light.” Strike? “Bright Hope.” Song. H. P, Danks. A rather commonplace melody in’ 12-8 tim: “Esmeralda Bolero.” Brinley’ Richards. This composer has been long an established favorite in the saion. in this bolero he displays much of his characteristic brightness and simplicity of style and easy grace, “Arabesque tifml little melodi the “Kinderscen Mr. Seiss. tars Trembling O'er U: A very beautiful melody w attractive. 2 Pilgrim of Love.’ Recitative and romance. Bishop. A gem from the hands of the king of English musicians, im which Reeves has won drs- tinction, The operatic editions of this house have ac- quired a degree of popularity second to none even from Europe. W. H, twald, Jersey City, publish the follow. in Isidor Seis: A number of beau- gems, much, however, like of Schumann (@ be ascribed to ” Song. G. D. Wilson, xided to poetry equally ¢:— “American Hearts Waltzes.” Wagner. Some- what in the style of Strauss, and better agapted for the orchestra than the piano. rnestine.” Song and chorus. C. Worthless and uninteresting, “Oneida Lancers.” H, D. Wagner. specimens of ball room dances. “Belles of the City Galop.’ Wagner, tation of the “Jolly Brothers’ Galop.” “fill They Lay Me ’Neath the Sod.” chorus, C. E. Toelle, Pretty fair A poor imt- Song and Pratt. The melody is very pretty and quite in keeping with the sentiment of the beauti- fui words by Colonel Kerrigan, “polka Pathetic.”, C. J. Grass. A nicely ar- ranged sa/on piece, with good themes; but where the idea “pathetic” comes in we are at a loss to know. “My Dear Little Home.” Song and chorus. Hardly worth the paper on which it , Cory Brothers, Providence, publish the follow- my ‘Sweet Echoes Polka.” C.D. Biake. This, and a number of other dancing pieces, are arranged for smal! figures and may prove useful to beginners, although their musical value is 0. “Fairy Forms.’ Song and chorus, C. D. Blake. A commonplace, hackneyed melody, and a very substantial form on the title page. “Autumn Leaves.” Song and chorus, C.D, Blake. This and a song called “Moiile's Answer” can only be criticized by Uae one expressive word— trash, D. P. Faulds, Louisville, publishes a fantaisie élé- genteen “Etnani,” by Ernest Zoeller. A simple, pleasing arrangement of a few themes irom Verdi's oper reaward Schuberth & Co, publish a choice selec- tion of the latest German vecal and instrumental works and several standard editions of the operas. Ernest Reinking, Fourth avenue, agent for some of the largest European houses, has an exceedingly beautiful edition ef the works of Mozart, Beet- hoyen, Field, Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Chopin. Every style of classical music is rep- resented in this collection, Boosey & Co., London and New York, chevy ostene aunt petneipel Pes teow dl rman and En, opel ect tional airaand-acion. works. For ch con these editions are unrivi 1 Anziously for June 5—Company B Wit the Annual Drill Prize—Personnel of the Board of Visitors—Officers of the Constellation on the Summer Cruise. ANNAPOLIS, May 23, 1873. This year the Spring festivities have begun early. Among these Spring festivities a prominent feature is the sham fight. I believe the programme this year, however, exhibits two sham fights, one of which took place on Monday last, and was rather an unequal combat, even for a “sham,” since it was waged between 200 midshipmen on one side and forty marines on the other. And yet the marincs “ficked” them. The midshipmen were led by Lieu- tenant Commander A. P. Cook, a gentleman from New England, whose excess of weight is balanced by protuberant side whiskers, and the marines were commanded by. Lieutenant Robinson, a corpulent gentleman. I shall not ge into details; suffice it to say that the ordinary quantity of window glass was smashed and the ordinary number of midshipmen’s eyebrows singed, The midshipmen were outgen- eralled most abominably. The annual examinations are now in progress, and consequently many hearts in the Academy palpitate violently. The examinations are, of course, very rigorous, and the preparations for them as rigorous, The examination of candidates for admission commences on the 5th of June, and will this year be more severe, it is said, than ever before; but as this assertion is made every year the statement may be received with a mental reservation, Already knots of anxious “freshies’—that is, can- dates, may be seen every afternoon strolling about the Academy grounds with reverent though appre- hensive looks. These, not yet examined, and ac- cordingly not yet admitted, may be distinguished by their civilian dress—a source of much pain to themselves and of much delight to the uniformed and brass-buttoned middies, who lose no opportu- nity of vigorously evincing their contempt for the “new ones” and of ‘keeping them in their places.” This aiternoon we had the annual competitive drill, It was participated in by the idur companies, A, B, C and D, comprising the battalion of cadets. ‘The prize was a large blue suk flag, fringed with gold, and bearing the inscription, “Excelsior,” Of course, a large crowd, composed of the female and other friends of the cadets, assembled on “the shaven plot of grass,” near Admiral Worden’s resi- dence, to witness the aiair. The Committee of Decision was composed of Captain A. P. Cook and Lieutenant Soley, United States Navy, and Lieutenant Robinson, United States Ma- rine Corps, who, aiter a long and_ tedi- ous drill by thé four companies, without music, awarded the prize to Company B, Captain Fowler, who bears the reputation among the ladies of being tne handsomest and “dearest” young man in the “Yard.” The banner was presented most gracefully by Miss Ludiew, and General J. J. Reynolds, of the United States Army, made a neat and appropriate little speech, in which he bade the cadets “remember tneir country,” “dv their duty,” and other things. The Japanese Prince Azme: nephew to the Mikado, and tie colored cadet, € yers, are both members of this company, and both drilled excellently, especially Conyers. The graduating class this year numbers twenty- eight members, and, alter the examinations termi- nates will be allowed a short leave, They will then be shipped for the customary year’s cruise. The other classes will aiso go upon @ Summer cruise in the frigate Constellation about the middle ofdune, The officers of the Constellation this year are Lieutenant Commander A. P. Cook, Captain; Lieutenant Commander 0. A, Batchellor, Executive Oficer; Lieutenant Commander 8. W, Cottin, Navi- gator; Lieutenant Commander C. F, Goodrich, Lieutenant Commander E. F, Chadwick, Lieutenant 'T. A. Lyons, Lieutenant J. E. Craig and Lieutenant M. R. S. Mackenzie, : ‘The Board of Visitors to attend the annual ex- aminations, which have commenced, have already arrived, and are:—HOn. Alvah Sabin, Vermont; General J. J. Reynolds, United States Army; Pro- fessor D. A. Wallace, Monmouth College, Mllnois: Victor Du Pont, Delaware; Professor C. 8. Rogers, Tennessee; Hoh. T. H. Dudley, New J z Hackett, New Hampshire: Professor ton, New Jersey; Judge A. A. Knight, Florida; Judge D. A. Purdee, Louisiana; Rear Admiral C. H Dee George H, Preble, Chief Engineer Charles H. Baker. ‘The two events of a midshipman’s life—Diploma Day and the great June ball—are now being actively prepared jor. On Diploma Day, the 3ist of May this year, the graduating class will receive their diplomas with an oration, either from Presi- dent Grant or Secretary Robeson, of the Navy De- partment. Diploma Day will also, doubtless, as in times past, be the occasion of a grand dress arade, cannon practice, howitzer drill, &c. This event, however, 18 cast in the snade and relefrated into darkness by the ball, Already is the necessary amount of back hair and other winning superfiuities being collected for the occasion by the fair ones of Annapolis, Washington, Baltimore and otherwheres; already partners are being engaged and a fay Hutter of expec- tancy pervades, ‘he sailing of the Con- stitution early in June on the Summer cruise will be the signal for the breaking up ol the Academy season and the Academy “set.” Xvery- body will iorthwith “set” off for the Springs that can, and everybody that can’t will content himself or herself with the “skrub-decked lawns and silver- sprinkled floods” that go to make up these “dear, delightful” Academy grounds, ‘truly, we could scarcely desire a more enchanting watering place, nestled down in sturdy old trees and fresh-looking greenery, peeping cunningly from every nook anu corner of the “yard; the smooth, even Igwn dotted with picturesque Summer houses and r freshing fountains, and ever bathed in gelid breezes from the Chesapeake. Truly, “the ciedded earth goes up in sweet- breathed flowers,” Close of the Proceedings—Diplomas De- livered by Secretary Robeson, BALTIMORE, Md., June 1, 1873, A despatch frem Annapolis says:—"At the graduating exercises of the cadets yesterday Ad- miral Davis delivered the annual address in the chapel, alter which @ dress parade took place on the grounds, The graduating midshipmen and en- gineers then stepped forward from the ranks, threw down their muskets and swords, as custom- ary, and marched up in front of Secretary Robeson, the bana playing, ‘Ain’t I Glad to Get Out of the Wilderness |’? Secretary Robeson made a short speech, and de- livered the Lh ad to the Midshipmen, Schuelze, of Missoeri; Dearing, of Maine; Fowler, of Ma: chusetts; Howard, ‘of Tilinois, and "¢ Connecticut, were respectively the high class, and cadet Leach the highest in the engineer class, When the Secretary concinded delivering the diplomas the band played “The Girl | Left Behind Me,” the other classes cheering the graduates, among whom was Zun Zow Matzinulla, a Japanese. The graduates have one month’s leave, and will then be ordered to sea, The second and fourth classes leave on the Constellation on Wedne: Thursday for a Sammer cruise. have three months’ leave. A ia jadies and gentlemen was present to exercises, The day was bright and pleasant, BRUTAL OUTRAGE BY A NEGRO, Nasnvit.e, Tenn., May 31, 197: Joe Woods, a negro, brutally outraged the pe son of Mrs. Elizabeth Hampton, a widowed white woman, near Versailles, in Rutherford county, a day or wwo sinee, and then crushed her skull with an axe. Woods isin prison, and strong threats are made of lynching him if which is highly probable. > —___ MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. —_——-____ Married, his victima dies, MvurrHy—Earon, May 27, at the residence of Mrs. H. ©. Williams, Richmond Valley, 8.1, by the Rev. Dr. Patridge,’ of Christ church, Brooklyn, E. D., JOuN McrrHY to GEORGIE ANNIE Eaton, daughter of Captain John W. Eaton, McvorMIcK—Bropnkap.—On Saturday, May 31, at the Chureh of the Holy Trinity, by the Rev. Stephen Tyng, Jr., WILLIAM KE. McCormick to M. a BRopHEAD, both of Port Jervis, N. J. No cards, THomrsoN—Youna.—On Wednesday evening, ay 14, at the residence of the bride's father, Joskrn H. ‘THosrson, of New York, to Juuta, daughter of R. A. Young, of Petersburg, Va. No cards. Voorness—VooRurks.—At the Reformed church, Rooky Hill, N, J., on Wednesday, May 28, by the Rev. Herman ©. Berg, EDWIN 8. VOORHEES to MAR- GaReTrA, daughter of Stephen Voorhees, Esq., ail of the above place, Died. ACKRRMAN.—On Friday evening, May 30, MARTA ACKERMAN, Widow of jonetan ‘c. Ackerman, for- lel mi tives sad Trem re respectfully invited to attend th from her late residence, 25 West Thir treet, on Monday aiternoon, at four 1a bi orhteen | Brooklyn, N.Y of U. W. Carrier, of Rockville, Cons... Stu ‘nicee of R, A. Dorman, Of this city, aged 20 Plain twelve o'clock. CRAWFORD.—On Saturday, May 31, ANDREW CRawrorp, in the 83d year of his 5 ‘The friends of the family and those of his sons, Hennes gcc ako Se atten meral, on Wednesday, , o’clock A. M., rent the residence of bis son-in-law, William Ewan, 141 Wayne street, Jersey City. ‘CROWHAN.—Oo Sund: e 1, after a lin Mie “Beioved “wile of Micnaeh Croghan, The funeral will take place from her late resi- dence, 446 West Thirty-sixth street, on Tucsaay, at one o’clock P. M. Friends of the amily are respect- fuily invited to attend, Galway papers please copy. CurREyY.—In this city, on Thursday, May 29, ANNIE: Se of William and Ellen Currey, of Phila- elphia, Interment on Monday, June 2, from the residence of her parents, 1,406 Pine street, Philadelphia, at twelve o'clock M. Darrin.—On Sun June 1 Copter D, DARRIN, only child of James M. ana A.M, Darrin, aged 6 years, 11 months and 25 days. from the residence of his parents, 189 treet, Brookiyn, on Tuesday, June 3, at eleven o'clock. Dayton.—At Ridgewood, N. J., on Saturday, May 81, Captain SAMUEL Dayron, Fu at Ridgewood, on: neral on Tuesday, June 3, the arrival of the 11 A. M. train of the Erie Rail- road, from the toot of Chambers street. Friends: respectfully invited, DeNMAN.—On Sunday, June 1, suddenly, MARY DENMAN, at the residence of her brother-i-law,. Wiliam Knapp, 371 West Thirty-second street. Notice of funeral hereafter, Hearu.—On Sunday, June 1, ANNIB AMELIA, bee loved wife of Rev. J. G. B. Heath, aged 33 years. Friends of the family are Invited to attend the- iuneral, on Tuesday, June 3, at one o'clock P. M.y. from the Chureh of the Incarnation, corner Madie son avenue and Thirty-fifth street. Kenor.—On Sunday, June 1, 1873, James KEHOE,. in the 20th year of his age, only son of William and Mary Kehoe, The relatives and friends of the are: respectful invited to attend his funeral, from his late residence, 143 Cedar street, on Tuesday, June’ 3, at one o’clock P. M. Philadelphia papers please copy. Kinc,—On Friday, May 30, RongRT H. Kina. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, on Monday, June 2, at two P, M., from his: late residence, 569 Seventh avenue. The members of Atlantic Lodge. No. 178, F. and, A.M., are hereby summoned to attend an e1 nt communication, at the lodge room, on Monday, June 2, at one o'clock P. M., to pay the last tribute: of affection and respect to our late brother, Robert H. King. By order of JAMES E. MORRISON, W. Master. Cuas, W. Sy, Secretar, KREINSEL.—Hancock ige, No. 49, I. O. of O. F.—. The brothers are requested to meet at the lodge room, at Odd Fellows’ Hall, corner Grand and Centre streets, on Roun June 3, at half-past one: o'clock P, M. precisely, for the purpose of paying our last tribute of respect to our late brot ” Charles Kreinsel. ROBERT RICHARDSON, N. G. Ropert H. Racy, Secretary. KkRuMBEsK.—On Saturday, May 31, WILLIAM: CHARLES, youngest child of Diederick ‘and Annie also the: KRUMBESK. The relieves and friends of the family; members of St. Matthew's Relief Society, are re- spectully invited to attend the funeral, from the: residence of his parents, 36 South Third street, Williamsburg, on Monday, at one o’clock P. M. MACDONALD.—On Friday, May 30, SUSAN, wife of: Henry Macdonald, in her 73d year. Funeral to take place on Monday, June 2, at two- o'clock P. M., from her late residence, 128 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, The relatives and friends are- respectfully invited to attend without further notice, MANDEVILLE.—At Poughkeepsie, on Friday, May’ 30, JonN K. MANDEVILLE, aged 34 years, Funeral from his late residence, 16 Noxon street, Poughkeepsie, on Monday, June 2, at half-past three o'clock P. M. MEADE.—OD bomen? morning, May 31, 1873, CLARIE, Only child of Clarence W. and Maria Grace’ Meade, aged 5 years, 11 months and 13 days. ‘The funeral will take place from the residence of his parents, 461 West ‘Twenty-third street (London. Terrace), on Monday, June 2, at half-past three o'clock P.M. The relatives and friends are in- vited to attend without further notice. MEXSEN.—On Saturday, May 31, EMELINE A. MEx- SEN, aged 66 years. Funeral from her late residenee, 93 Schemer-- horn street, Broeklyn, on Tuesday afternoon, at four o'clock. McDonaLp.—On Sunday, June 1, ANN, relict 01: Arthur McDonald, in the seventy-sixth year of her ay ge. Her funeral from the residence of her son James, 453 West Forty-fourth street, on Monday afternoon. McGurrE.—On Saturday, May 31, RopGER Mo- Gree, in the 78th year of his age, ‘a native of the- parish of Ardstran, county Tyrone, Ireland. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfally invited to attend the funeral, from his- late residence, 442 Greenwich street, on Monday, June 2, at one o’clock P, M. 31, at his residence, RAFARL ORTEGA, & native of Mayaguez, Porto Rico, in the 38th year of his age. Notice of funeral to-morrow. Patne.—On Saturday, May 31, CLEM CHARLOTTR PAINE, youngest daughter of Augustus G. and Charlotte M. Paine, aged 3 years and 20 days, Funeral from the residence of her parents, 31 one Fiftieth street, on Monday, June 2, at one Boston and Portland papers rplests Cony. PLass—At his residence, 143 East Thirtieth street, New York city, on Friday, May 30, 1873, of con-. gestion of the brain, Joun T, Pass, in the 69tn year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- Spectfully invited to avtend the funeral, trom his late residence, on Monday, June 2, 1873, at two- o'clock P. M. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Pore.—On Sunday, June 1, at noon, at his resi- Seared Wast Warren street, Brooklyn, P. B.. OPE, Esq. Notice of funeral will be given to-morrow, RANDLE.—On Saturday, May 31, THomas A. RAN+ DLE, aged 33 years. Funeral will take place on Monday, June 2, from» Allen street Methodist Episcopal church, at two o'clock P. M. The memners of Polar Star Lodge, No. 245, F. and» A. M., are hereby summoned to attend a special communication of the Lodge, at the rooms, 118 avenue D, on Monday. June 2, at one o'clock P. M. to pay the last tribute of r@pect to our worthy brother, Thomas A. Randle. GEOR A. PHELAN, Master. MALCOLM STEWART, Secretary. —n Sunday, June 1, after a short LINDSAY R. RICHARDSON, stepson of Victor Bishop, Notice of funeral hereafter. -—At her residence, 173 West Baltic street,.. yn, on Saturday, May 31, Mrs, JaNer DE Ka¥ RopIns, aged 47 years. Funeral from h te residence, on Tuesday, June 3, at two o'clock P. M. SHELDON.—At Hotel Brunswick, on Sunday, June 1, BLiza Jane, wife of Martin J. Sheldon. ‘The funeral will take place at Suffield, Conn., on Tuesday next. SHerarD.—On Frida, in the 72d year of his a Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from his tate residence, 24 Vandam street, on Monday, June 2, at one o'clock, STEWART.~—On Sunday, June 1, ANNE, widow of John St rt of Ballycastle, county An- trim, Irela aged 72 years, The friends of the family and those of her son-in- law, Hugh McNeil, are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral, from St. Cecelia’s chapel, Herbert street, Brooklyn, E. 0, at two o'clock, on Tuesday, the Sd inst, Heltast and Dublin papers please ap. Swez at June 1, 1873, HAROLD, son a ‘atelle Swezey, aged 1 year, residence, 404 Clason avenue, at one o'clock P. M., this day (Monday), June THOMPSO! On Saturday morning, May 31, Jou W. Tompson, in the 57th year of his age. Funeral this day (Monday), June 2, at five o'clock, from the residence ot his son-in-law, Theodore J. Husted, 32 West Fiftieth street. The relatives and friends are invited to atiend, The remains will be removed to Orange county for interment on Tue! morning. . AN WINKLE.—On Saturday, May 31, at her resi- dence, 97 Chrystie street, after long and protracted’ suffering, MARY ANN, widow of Francis Van Winkie, In the 37th year of her age. The relatives and {friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, at half past ten o'clock A. M., on Tuesday, June 3. WEMMAN.—On Sundav, June 1, HENRY GEORGE WEHMAN, aged twenty-six years. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 74 Elm street, corner Franklin street, June 3, at half-past one o'clock P. M. WELLS.—In this city, on Saturday, May 31, Jaym B., wife of Joseph Wells, and daughter of the late Benjamin Story. The relatives and friends of the family are re spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her brother, Jacob Story, 73 Seventh se this (Monday) afternoon, at half-past one o'clock. WInTHROP.—On Saturday evening, May 31, snd- denly, Tomas CHARLES WINTHROP, aged 76 years. WRAY.—Suddenly, of diphtheria, on Saturday, May 31, atthe residence of his mother, 44 Bart May 30, AARON SHEPARD, = Funeral Nineteenth street, WittiaM B., second son of Charles and Mary Wray, in the 19th year of his age. ‘The funeral will take place on Tuesday siete Jane 3, at one o'clock, from St. Luke's church, Hud- son street, opposite Grove, Wriont.—At Coney Island, on 80, Mrs. EvLIZABRTA Waicnt, wite of Daniel D. waene, in the 54th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the araity ae invited to attend the funeral, from tl ‘oe of het cacantee, Mrs. H. ©. F jand, on ine Teaialas will be iaversed ia re BM