The New York Herald Newspaper, June 21, 1873, Page 8

"8 ‘A NEGRO EXECUTION, Much Ado About a Savage Murderer. INTERESTING TO HOMICIDES. How. an Incorporated African Luxuri- ated and Died. THE WAGES OF SIN. Religious and Ridiculous Ending of an Atrocious Scoundrel. —— WNDER THE GALLOWS. Sympathy-Inspiring Ceremonies - for . fen- eral Instrnetion. GroRGrrowN, Del., June 20, 1873, + Georgetown, the county seat of Sussex county, i Dei., is situated upon the Junction and Breakwater Railroad, abeut eighty or eighty-five mules from Wiimington, About the centre of the town, which | | which he smoked and seemed to enjoy. aumbers between eight hundred and nine hun- dred inbabitants, stands arespectable Caurt House, honting'nerth; directly to the southeast stands a common looking pump, as 1 supposed, but upom more carelul examination it proved to be the Jar famed ty WHIPPING POST, for which Delaware is #0 widely reputed, in question i¢ an old one, and has done good ser wice ip its day; it is about seven feet high. The prisoner is made.to hug the post, and his hands are handcuffed to it by means of iran pieces, which frmiy bold the arm against the post. A hole in the Ost allowe a piace for THE PILLORY, in whieh, under the law, the prisoner has generally -20 stand before being fogged, supporting on bis geck and arms a weight of about fifteen pounds, There are but jew persons whose constitution can stand this punishment one hour andiive. still the people of the town claim these rites of barbarism are.the only remedy they have against dling their jauls with a set of worthless rascals who would pre- ser to let the county support them than to work themselves. Directly in the rear of the Court House, ‘bout ope hundred yards, stancs THE JAIL, # Bubstantial looking two story building, the yard of which is about thirty by forty fect and is euclosed op three sides with a briek wall sixteen feet high and on the third by the jai! building. Within this yard is ‘The post - TRE GALLOWS erected for the execution of Green, alias Burton. This structure is also worthy of ont forefathers and would have probably answered excelicntly filty years ago af a swilt means of transit into the next world. It is, however, somewhat behind shead *) the inventions of the present age. It is made of two unbarked oak saplings, sixteen feet high and six inches in diameter. These are erected about eight feet apart, and across the top is placed and bolved firmiy with wooden bolts an oak log, hewn about six inches square. In the centre of this a large iron hook is placed, to which the rope was ied. Pieces of timber are nailed from the uprights to the jail walls, about two feet distant, about eight feet from the ground. Placed three sixteen feet pine planks, thus forming A platiorm. In front of this and directly in the centre of the gallows is the which is about two by three leet. large hinges attach it to one (or | Upon these cross-pieces are | | tlon, Many ascending the tree and morbid curiosity, wew Yor Heit, safennay ‘oN A, 1erx—TRPLE BRENT, nj reporer or tme ree me. met | The caser are the trifle execution that took piace im the Jail yard .of Georgetown, Friday, December V4 Ser yohnsen Ys for ‘outraging Hester A. Jounson (negress) ; H. » (negro), for Tane and mierwards inurdering his victim, a white girl between tuirteen and fourteen years old, named Sarah Aun Griffiths, and Sarah Jane poisoning Bradley (negress) , £0 len L. Wright (white). LAST EXECUTION here was that ot anegro named Benjamin Johnson, on December 16, 1870, for a simitar offence on the ~wite of Mr, John Pletcher, THE MURDBRER FRONTED BY THE LAW, At an early hour this morning a large crowd begen to gather to witness the execution of Buar- ton, although only thirty persons were allowed admission, The crowd at smelling blood from afar imcreased each moment until the hour of execa- in the vicinity of the Jail to gratify their The parties admitted to the gail yard were twelve jurymen, several reporters, { i | | { i Sheriff Sharp and his assistants, the clergymen, the unvie and friends of Hannah Lank. A posse was summoned te act as guards and were armed with the muskets used by the troops of this coun- ty in 1812, and ever since lodged in the county armory. Wednesday Burton has not eaten suMficient to keep Itie, and for two nights he has slept little. | He was ANXIOUS, YET HOPEFUL, to the last, a8 some of the ministers here had in- terested themselves in trying to have his sentence commuted etace his projeesion of religion. At eight o'clock the HEKALD reporter visited Burton im his cell, and said to mm *‘You are aout to be executed for the commission of a great crime. As the reporter of the Nsw York HeKaLD 1 ask, are’you guilty ?”? “No, sir, Lam not; I know nothing about it,”’ he prompayy though faintly responded, | He risen from his seat and his eyes were cast down and rolled restlessly in their sockets, He wae pale and nervous. “Do you desire anything 7”? “No, sir,’? he replied, ‘1 have all I want.” He shook hands with and bade me goodby. PITY THE POOR MURDERE! At a quarter bast eight o'clock the shackles were kporked off and he exchanged bis prison garb for his grave clothes. Ajter the irons were taken olf, when dressing, he said, ‘When I bought these pants I never expected to use them for such a pur- pose.’ While dressing he became more composed, asked for a looking glass, and then for a cigar, Alter this dis room was fixed up to receive the ministers who visited him, who heyd @ prayer meeting in the cell rom half-past elveen o’cloek until the, jury arrived, when he was baptized by the Rev. D. J. uglass, Episcopal minister, THE JURY OF INQUEST ‘was eworn in the Sheriff's ofice, atter which they proceeded to the jail yard at half-past twelve. At taventy-six minutes to one he drank half a giass of water, after which his hands were bound, He Was dressed in a blue coat, brown pants and white vest, For breakfast he drank hali a cup of coffee and ate two mouthiuls of bread. When about to leave the cell, in answer to the question “Are you guilty?” He answered, “Iam not.’ He walked tirmly up the gallows steps at twenty- five minutes to one, A prayer was ollered by Rev. Mr. Douglass, during which he sat calmly on a chair, with the fatal noose hanging in front’ of his face, At twenty-nine minutes to one he said he hed nothing to 4 In reply to a question by his former master, Mr, Benjamin Burton, he replied, “IT AM INNOCENT!” In reply to the Sherii? he said:—‘“All I have to gay is that you are hanging an innecent man. Dr. Fnowies, lam innocent. 1 thank all for kindness shown me. I thank the ministers, also Mr. and Mrs, Sharp. No one advised me to not confess. The ministers and Mrs. Burton begged me to tell the truth about the affair. ‘The ministers said I could not hope for mercy if I was \aree without I con- i fessed it. I said Iam tnnocent, and I wished all Well who brought me to this, I bear.no malice and FORGIVE ALL WHO HAVE WRONGED ME.” At fifteen minutes peat-one the black cap was drawn over his face. He calmly lited it, and said $o Mr. Burton :— “Tell Sally and Georgie goodby.”” Again it was drawn down, and again lifted to say, ‘Mr, Sharp, I thank you. Tell Mrs. Sharp so too. Fam tnnocent. Jerk the trap quick.” The cap was drawn down, and at aixteen min- Wit? to one the post was jerked out and the trap fell. A HEARTRENDING SCENE. Here followed a scene heartrending and stcken- ing. The neck was not broken, and the violent movement of the body, accompanied by hoarse breathing, lasted fully five minutes. He was CHOKED TO DEATH. The rope was clunisily fitted around the neck and the fal! not great eneugh to accomplish the work. The fajl was six anda half ieet. At nine minutes to one Drs, Gum and Waples declared the pulse beat rapidly, Four minutes later it was Tegular and firmer. Three minutes more it beat feebly, and at two minutes past one it had ceased to beat. Burton died hard, being eighteen min- utes in expiring. At twelve minutes past one THK BODY WAS CUT DOWN and placed in a plain gum coitin and turned over trap, | nocencs, ame | and also that he dicd the death of a Christian. of | the to Mr. Burton, the jury of inquest having previ- ously sigued the certificate of death. Mr. Burton, the former master of the man, test!- fied to iis good character and his beliet in his in- The ministers all believe him innocent, AL uggestion of the HERALD reporter the Sheriil the planks forming the platform, and it was eup- | allowed him (the reporter) the use ofa cell in the en by three pieces of timber about one and a aif ches thick, extending from the ground, To the centre piece was attacled a rope. clasion of the services and aiter the cap had been drawn over the face, the two outside posts were removed, and ata given signal tie remaining one was suddenly pulled out and Burton was jauuched invo eternity. Directly in the rear of the trap was a cell in the second story of the jail. The gallows was reached by eleven steps, extending trom the jail yard and Within one ioct of the window of Lurton’s cell, There were present at the execution, in all, in- cluding clergymen, twelve jurors and reporiers, only thirty persons—this kgf the number pre- scribed by jaw in a recent act of the Legislature. THE CRIMINAL Was 4 young man, twenty-three years of age, but would have readily passed for twenty. is eye ‘was clear and intelligent, and his face bright and cheertui-looking. He was compactly built, with a stout, short neck, five feet seven or eight mches in bes oe and weighing between a hundred and sixty and a hundred and sixty-five pounds. Within a ew days past he projessed religion, and expressed his entire willingness to die and face his God, declar- ing the while his eutire innocence of the crime. ‘While in confinement his statements have con- ficted with each other, he at times declaring that he never saw Hannah Lunk until the day of his trial before the magistrates, and again he has tola Bhat be saw her in her uncle's store at Rehoboth. Public opinion was strongly against Burton, the eg leaving but little room for doubt as to his it. HISTORY OF THE CASE. The facts in the case are a the morning of Monday, March 24, 1872, a young girl named Han- nah N. Luuk, about thirteen years of age, was sent by her unele and aunt (with whom she hived, her mother being dead) to a neighbor's named Wail to “excuange some eggs,” ‘aving accom- plished her errand, she. started to return home, stopping at the store of her uncle at Rehoboth sta- tion, on Junction and Breakwater Railroad. When she entered the store Joseph Green, alias Burton, ‘was inside, but Jeft shortly before she dia, which was Rot until alter the train passed, about ten o'clock. ‘The jittle girl passed outo! the store in a gay and happy mood to return to her home, little dreaming ‘that a devil in human form was lying in wait for her, She continued on her way until when within a half mile of her home, while passing through a thicket of pines, Burton presented himself and made an aniamous proposition to her. She did not answer, but attempted to pass by him. He then seized her and aiter a terrible struggie, in which the ground ‘was torn up Jor the space of ten feet and the clotn- img neariy ali torn off the child, he succeeded in throwmg her down and accomplishing his hellish design, alter which he ran of into the Woods. The poor girl, in great distress, mortification, and com. letely exhausted, dragged herself home, and, cail- ing her aunt from the house told her the story of the outrage that had been committed upon her. The child was sick for some time afterward, but at once recognized the negro Burton when taken before him at the Magistrates’ Court, and again on the trial, before Chief Justice Gilpin, whete she told the story of her wrong in a plain and intelligible, though modest, manner, minutely describing beth Burton and the clothes he wore. THE ARREST, The news spread like wildfire and a party of citizens started in pursuit of the villain. Tue place ol the outrage was soon found and the evidences of the struggle plainly visible. Burton haa on at the ume a pair of heavy boots, and the ground be- ing soft irom the incessant rains in Maren, he was easily tracked and arrested about two miles from sthe scene of his crime, The boots he had on when Brrested corresponded exactly with the tracks the party were in pursuit of, in addition to which his dress gave evidence of a struggie and the knees of his pants were covered with mud. It was with AMificuity (with ail these evidences of guilt point- at Burton) that the pursuers could be re- strained from calling in Judge Lynch and execut- ing summary justice on the spot. Calmer judg- went, however, prevailed, anu after being identi- Sed by his victim he was committed to the jail in Georgetown, THE TRIAL. Op the 18th of April Jast an indictment having been jound, Green, alias Burton, was brought into Court, Chief Justice Gilpin presiding. A jury of twelve intelligent men Was obtaiued and a ‘pica of ‘Dot guitty set forth py the culprit. The case com- menced at ten A.M. apd continued through the day. After able arguments by both the counsel for the defence and the Attorney General of Deiaware the case was given to the (uy at forty-five minutes ast twelve A. M., Aprill9. At two o'clock the {i returned, and through their foreman, Theo, . Prive, rendered a verdict of guilty, The pris- oner was Temanded to jail until next morning, when, at half-past eight o'clock, Chtef Justice Gtl- pin sentenced him to be hanged on Friday, tne 20th Of June, between the hours of sight A. M. and tour P.M, It may be as well to state here that the alias of Burton arose in this way:—Hys family call themselves Green, but having formeriy belonged to the Burton family, he was as olten called one ab the other, hence the alias, OTHER BXECUTIONS, lt may seem strange that there should now te a ore under sentence of death to be hanged on the ipatant, in Dover, charged with an uttompted entrager and aleo out of the Bour lasvexectitions thet have im the jal) yard at this point tures were Oaigpoe. thy fourth Dq)Dg a rowAD. | At the con- | yo His Excellency Jas i | | 87 Park row, and some others peiting @ lady pi second story directly in the rear of the trap. ‘The following petition will explain itseli:— ‘8 Ponper, Governor of the State of Delaware :— Dear Sin—T, John C. Lank, father of the young girl, Hannah N. Lauk, upon whom the alleged rape was sail to have b comunitted by Joseph Barton, now under sentence of death for said alleged crime, consider- fog the great mm which the case was tried, and that naturally arise in all hundn testimony, and being anxious to Jean to the side of mercy, 1 do, hereby respectfully ask Your Excellency to postpone and respite the execution of the said Joseph Burton to some future day, as may seem et and proper to Your Excellency, in order that time be afforded to the said Joseph Burton and his friends ear up the doubt and mystery in this cave, it any Auch exist. And your petitioner will ever pray. JOUN C,"LANK, Witnessed—A. D. Davis, C. 8, Layton, June IS, 1873. NEW YORK CITY. pm Coroner Keenan was yesterday called to 265 Wil- liam street to hold an inquest on the body of Anton Saner, a German, fifty years of age, who was killed at an early hour in the morning by accidentally fJalling on bis head from a third story window of his residence white looking at a fire. Albert Jesule, late a fireman on board the steam. ship E. C. Knight, lying at pier 39 East River, while under the influence of liquor fell into the dock and was drowned. The body was subsequently, recoy- ered and taken to 163 Bowery, where Coroner Keenan will hold an inquest. Deceased was thirty- seven years of age and a native of Prussia, At the recent examination for admission to the College of the City of New York and Normal Col- lege the two prominent Fifteenth ward schools again headed the lists in numbers admitted. No. 35 sent over one hundred boys to the College of the City of New York, and No, 47 sixty girls to the Normal College. Yesterday evening, about nine o'clock, when an Eighth avenue car, containing five passengers, was passing the intersection of Canal and Hudson streets, at the northeast corner of which a trans- parency is on exhibition, a crowd of roughs assailed the passengers in the car, one of them beating Mr. Jakes, of 226 Eighth avenue, with a stick; another knocking off the hat of Mr. E. 0, Ball, of senger in the face with dirt. It was some time before the ruMans allowed the car to proceed, All of them escaped arrest. For several evenings past a large crowd has surrounded the transparency, ‘but no doubt this disgraceful conduct will excite the attention of the police, who were not in the vicinity of the assault last evening. THE BROOKLYN BUDGET. What Is Required to Run the Municipal Government for 1874. The Brooklyn Board of Estimates met last even ang in the Supervisors’ hall, County Court House Mayor Powell tn the chair, Comptroller Schroeder submitted the financial estimates for 1874, which were considered by the Board, but no alterations fm the items called for were decided upon, The fol- lowing is a recapitulation of the amounts called ri Principal of elty debts... sssccsereseesoess S908 540 Principal of certificates of indebyednoss Interest on city bouds.. Ley Interest of certificates of indebtedness One-titth of one-third of repavement assess 566, 762 For street cleaning $150,000 is demanded by the Board of City Works; for maintenance and clean- ing sewers $75,000 is wanted, while $100,000 is re- quired for repairing streets. The Board of As- sessors sent in a communication in which they es- timate that the increase in the value of new build- ings and personal property this year will be about $4,500,000, The Board adjourned for one week, COMPTROLLER’S RECEIPTS, Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid yesterday into the eity treasury, viz. :—~ { taxes, assessments, Uroton rent of taxes, mt roton re iecton oF a. From assessments for street openings and im- From arrea and inter provements and interest ..., 2,126 AURFAU OF WATER REGISTER, From Croton NB, sss ssssisvoeete vseseeeee ~ 4027 a From permits to ct vanite under sidewalks, 1,586 oF oir From market re morigage and wat a From liceners,. VENUR, at on bond and The New Departure of the Fire ; Commissioners. Discharging Thirty-four Ringers in the Towers to Save $34,000, and Detailing Thirty-four Firemen, at $40,800 Ex- pense, to Watch Silent Bells thet Give Out No Alarm—Queer Economy Exemplified—Intense Feeling Against the New Plan. ——___+—__—_ Electricity Suggested as a Remedy. The new departure taken by the recently in- stalled Fire Commissioners, in ordering the discon- tinuance of the ringing of whe fire bells located in the towers to indicate the location of the fire, has created much comment in insurance circles aud a Rreat deal of feeling among the firemen. It has been claimed for the Commissioners that their ac- tion was prompted by economy, and that since the establishment of the fire telegraph and alarm boxes fhere is nodonger any necessity for ringing the bells either day or nignt. The Commissioners have no doubt well considered the measure before taking such action, and, perhaps, will not soon re- cede from it; but they meet with much opposi‘ion from insurance interests and the public, A reporter yesterday called upon President Per- ley to converse with him on the subject. He was the only Commissioner on duty, and in answer to the question— “Why have you-taken this action? Is it on the ground of economy ?” responded— “No, not alone on economy. We ringing of the bells is entirely useless.” “How many bell ringers will be relieved 7? “Thirty-four. We found some men merely held sinecure positions and cut them off. These bell ringers get $1,000 per year, so the saving is $34,000. That is not the chief reason for our action. We have found that when the locations are sounded on the bells all the villains and thieves turn out. There is a class who make it a business to attend fires to steal. You will remember that last Winter nearly all the serious fires occurred on the west side, between Twenty-third and Filty-ninth streets, under the sound of the Thirty-third strect bell tower?” “Yes,” “Well, all the alarms were given from the boxes; the men in the tower could not see the fires until they broke out through the buildings. The fire was given by the boxes three or four minutes be- fore they were seen irom the towers. The Fifty- first street bell tower blew down and there has not been any bell rung north of Twenty-fitth street, south of 125th street and east of Ninth avenue since that time, and there have not been any serious fires within the boundaries, When fires occurred in the neighborhood the Nineteenth street gang turned out and robbed the poor ten- ants indiscriminately. On one occasion the crowd was so bad that we had to turn the witer.on trem to drive them back. The ringing of the bells gol- jects mobs that seriously impede the working of the firemen, For two years there has been no bell down town south of Marion street, yet we have not had large fires.” “What percentage of a decrease has there been in the crowd since ou gale ringing tne bells?’ “They have decreased tuily one-half, Down town now we rarely have anybody but the firemen and the police.’ “Does not the non-ringing of the belly prevent Peres at their meals irom being promptly on and + “The rules compel the captain of ~_ to hcep a@ suiicient force always in the engine houses. No time will the captain of a company be short of men, We assign men to duty im the dis- trict where they live.’” “What do the underwriters say of the change ?” “Mr, Hobe, of the Continental; Mr. Norward, of the Lorillard, and others approve of our course. ‘rhe only ones who oppose it seem to be the survey- ors of the companies, who are old firemen, and like to turn out about the Marion street tower and col- lect a gang of thieves who hurry to fires the moment bells are rung to rob the premises. They often get there before the firemen and police, and clean out the places. It was so at Willard’s restaurant fire, and they tried it at the Sinclair House fire, but the proprieior stopped it.” President Perley iurther stated that there was no expense attending the bell towers now, as they are under the charge of the captains, From the interview it is certuin that the Commissioners are determined that the bells shall not be sounded, The reporter conversed with many of the poli and they seem to take no interest in the dispute, as they learn the location of the fire from the police telegraph in the station houses, The firemen, how- ever, are very indignant at the innovation, and de- clare that the efficiency of the Department ts sert- ously affected; that they are liable to have an alarm sounded when they are at their meals, and only learn ot it after if is too late to go to the fire; whereas if the bells were sounded they could leave their meals and hurry to the scene of danger. The reporter had an interview with a captain and one of his men yesterday. They Were not disposed to talk, remarking, ‘We dare not say anything.” When assured that their names would nut be mentioned the captain said :— “It 1g a serious annoyance to the men. We are now on our way to dinner; a fre may occur and we will not know Of it till our hour and three-quarters absence is up. There are twelve men to each com- pany. If one is sick, another on a leave, a third attending a funeral and two or three absent at meals, the company would be reduced to six men, who could not work successfully,”’ “That was the case at the Sullivan street pie bakery fire,” said the other; ‘one company only had six men present and could not work. ‘Three were at their meals, the Captain in hospital, one on absence and one detailed in the tower watching bells that don’t ring.”’ ‘a “Do you find that, there are smalicr crowds than formerly at fires ¢ y Says there are.’ “Oh, that is all humbug. The crowd can follow the engines to the fire."’ “He says that the thievesare kept away and there is less robbery.” “That's all in my eye and Betty Martin,” said the fireman, “The police are always there to prevent robbery, and if men go to steal they can stay near the engine houses and by following the steamers find the place. I tell you it is all a political job by the Commissioners, Since they have discharged the $1,000 bell ringers they detail one $1,200 fire- man from the company to stay in the bell tower. What's the use of this when they don’t ring the belis? Is it econemy to stop ringing the belis at a cost of $34,000 for bell ringers and pay thirty-four firemen over forty thousand per year to watch bells that will not take wings and fly away while they hang voiceless in musty towers’ Besides, each company is one man short in consequence, and perhaps $100,000 may be lost because of the absence of one man to make up @ sufficient force to hoist the ladders promptly.”’ “T tell you,’’ remarked the Captain, “it is a great mistake, It was shown at the Sullivan street fire, Then, the owners of buildings cannot get to the fires, and property is lost because of the ignorance of the insurance patrol of the location of perish- able goods. If the attachés hear the bells they will be about nearly as soon as the Insurance Patrol, and can at once point out the goods that ‘need covering first to save them trom the water.” Among the Insurance Patrol the same arguments were advanced in favor of ringing the belis, They say that, like the firemen, they may mss a fire . While at their meals, and their salaries will not permit them to take three meals a day close by the engine houses, where they can learn of the ex- istence of a fire, The reporter conversed with a nomber of members of the Board of Fire Under- writers, nearly all of whom are in favor of ringing the bells, but they report that they will not likely take any action On account of the fact that the Commissioners usually disregard all their sug- gestions. The matter, however, is before a com- Mittee. It seems pretty clear that the advantages of ringing the bells exceed the disadvantages ac- cruing—not even excepting the question of rob- believe the company bery. The following letter suggests a remedy that has worked well in Boston, viz.—the ringing of the bells by means of electricity. This entatls no ex- nse for men in the towers. The following is the jeter :— The Henan appears to be a strong advocate for having the fire bells rung as of old. There are undoubtedly rea- sons for and against this practice. Its ‘ew Yar! has been some torty thousand dollars py The fre. men have not depended upon the bells three years. The crowd do not get the knowl therg j# a fire, and the firemen haye more room to work in, Thieves and such people do not congregate at fires as they did, The business of putting out fires in New York has got to be a professional one, and the men goat it with much less excitement than formerly, and, as is well known, the firemen are under about the same discipline re'the police. The policemen want no bells to ring nth large mob kathering. They get word of Why should the Ht and quickly, too, by some other way. bells ring it the firemen do not depend upon them? This, in the main, is the talk of those who don't want the bells ty ring, Un the other side '1is said that the pub- lic as well as th houle when a fire takes re, and fora great va- riety of reasons. People who leave their homes in the evening to go to some meeting oF rome place of aimuse- nt, or to visit some Mrends, leaving children 5 oe care of mer nts; Pe ain oe pane: Theta vasinesa; clerka ated porters in. storen who linve tse Beye ta the oqipe ; Ibpugance aWhaeg duty ig to be ters mea the alarm. are give them As the towers are up and the bells ‘and the city owns them and they are | o H sin Tung by’ thik a. Hairs aught stg titians Slaughterhouse. Offal, Hog Milling and (pl- and ‘are in the towers, | use are not suit bot Ustleraed, when the larm is gent nat would no more to nd it te the towers. Sup) ine, Compan onees of the Fire Department should e: this mater ey, to ring pasar, extending from the Battery to arty fourth street ~it would only be necessary to erect one sta. tion, ead that near the City Hall. BB. B. POLICE. Irregulariti Under the New Regime. Notwithstanding that a new broom has come into operation in the Police Department the old cob- webs cling about the institution with the tenacity of antiquity, The present Commissioners stepped into office amid a most tremendous Nourishing of trumpets and shoutings of reform, but up to the present time nothing whatever has been done by them to regulate the most glaring abuses in tle Department, Plenty of time has elapsed to give the Commissioners an opportunity to understand the peculiarities o1 police life, the workings of the machine and the requirements of the public, They ought tobe now thoroughly con- versant with all the branches of the service and their position before the people, and it can scarcely be asking too much of them to pat the force into proper working order. Under the crush of joyous sounds that swept them inte office they started with a virtuous and saving dash that carried then into the telegraph department. Without know- ing absolutely anything about the labors of the office or its reiationship to the Department they discharged all the operators but two, This completely paralyzed the place, and for a day or two the greatest confusion reigned. The Board then, becoming sensible of the absurdity of their action, reappointed one of the dismissed operators, and reduced the salaries of all to $1,000 ayear, Before taking back this one, however, at the magnificent remuneration of $1,000, the Com- missioners asked the superintendent of tne tele- raph office for a report upon the management of fis’bareau. ‘The superintendent recommended that a sergeant be detatled at the telegraph ofice every day to help to work the instru- ments, ‘This advice was taken, and a sergeant is consigned to the duty of telegraph operator every day. Consistency 18 an admirable thing, particularly in a body so much looked up to by the common people ag the Police Commission- ers, Here is one operator in the police telegraph of- tice every day who receives asalary of $1,600a year, while the others, who are much more accustomed to the work and competent, are paid $1,000. Be- sides, if these sergeants can be spared away from their precincts every or: there must be nothing for them todo. If that is the case they ought to be promoted to captaincies and appointed to piaces where they could lounge, or be reduced the ranks to carn the money the people pay them. But all this is not the case. The sergeants are wanted in their several precincts, and badly wanted, too. They are taken off the most im- portant duty in the rank of sergeant to fill the places of operators at the Central Oilice, Police- mecn are a more than usual cuuning class of men, ‘They can get at the kernel of a case at a jump, and if the thing periods to be at all in the way of loosening the band of surveillance upon their movements they leap at @ cognizance of its merits with wonderful alacrity. Sergeants doing duty aa telegraph operators at Police Headquarters ought to be, according to the rules and practice of the Department, P ‘olling their precincts during that time. Pntrolling a precinct means looking after the oMficera of his command and seeing that they are doing their duty, The weather is now warm, not to Say hot; locomotion is distressing, and the platoon of pollcemen whose sergeant is at “the uilding” will make the most of an easy time, to a certainty. Ideas are not bad things, nor are odd notions, when &@ man can afford to pay for the imdnuigence of them; but when the; are enjoyed at the public expense and to the detri- ment of the public service, it is time they gave way and commen sense was put in their place. If the Police Commissioners would turn their attention to the Bear and most especially the captains, they could do the people some good. A slip-shod, easy method of getting along has been the rule among | the captains for so tong a time that many of them think they are continued in the service for its embellisiunent, is a difficult matter to find them in their station houses, and more difficult still to get any useful informa- tion trom them when they gré discovered. Good men there are, certainly. me competent cap- tains are in bad places, and bad men are in good places. The first thing thought of among them is to save themselves as much as possible, and the next is the contemplation of their uniforms and civillans’ dress. hen any great or startling crime 18 committed it takes them so much by sur- rise that hours elapse before any intelligence of in affair is telegraphed to Police Headquarters; extra assistance may be wanted, or a more capa- be require captains do not think or won’t admit this, and the result is that many desperate criminals vescape, Superintendent Matsell leit a standing order at Headquarters with Inspector Wailing, on leaving his office the day he was sworn, that he should be called up at no matter what hour during | the night uf anything important occurred. How ts | the Inspeetor on duty toc ll up the Superintend- ent if he knows nothing about what is go- ing on? The captains are to blame ior this. They take too much upon themselves at critical moments and spend too much useful time op unimportant details. A thorough revision of the captains and the precincts they fill is the most necessary thing in the Department, and it 1g to be hoped the Commissioners will look to it at an early day. SUMMER RESORTS. Watering Place Notes. The White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia, which, during the war and for some years after, fel; partly into decay for want of patronage, are now resuming their former position not only as a fash- fonable watering place but as a resort for invalids who seek to benefit themselves by the virtues and healing properties of the waters. The majority of the Cape May cottagers have ar- rived and located for the Summer. Governor John A. Dix and family have rooms for the season at Leland’s Hotel, Saratoga. Orient Point, on the extreme east end of Long Island, offers great inducements to visitors. Per- sons can enjoy bathing, fishing and sailing to their hearts’ content, The hotels at the Highlands of Navesink, N J., are filling up. The location is truly charming and the advantages for surf and still water bathing are unsurpassed, New Englanders generally will seek the seaside at Nantucket, where a number of cottages have re- cently been constructed, The price of board at Saratoga varies from two dollars to five dollars a day, the latter price being | charged at all of the large hoteis, ‘The clam bakes in Providence (R. J.) Bay will be in favor this Summer, Coney Island begins to swarm with the less pre- tentious citizens of New York and Brookiyn. Perhaps the only place inthe vicinity of New York where really pure sea air can be obtained ts Fire Island. The hotels are already filling up. | Cornwall, on the Hudson, also wishes to be placed upon the list of Summer resorts, It 1s very pleasantly situated, and is well worthy of con. | sideration, There is a very pretty sheet of water six miles | west of Newburg, Orange county, N. Y., called Orange Lake. On its borders is a fine hotel, which offers every comfort to those who desire to spend the hot weeks of Summer in the country. There are some localities in the Catskill Moun- tains where snow and ice may be found all the year round. Ali the hoteis in Newport will be open by the 26th ; inst. ‘The hotels at Narragansett Pier are open. An enthustastic admirer of the place says:—“Here we have none of the Long Branch society hash—gam- blers and grocers, faro-bankers and brokers, horse jockeys and prize fighters, with diamond pins and velveteen coats, all delightfully mixed in, with three or four hotels full of pawnbrokers and second hand clothes dealers. Lile here is eminently soctal, and everybody goes in to have a good time.” It is the prevailing impression that it the large cities escape an epidemic the prominent watering places will be poorly attended this season, in con- sequence of the great number of fashionable citi- zens going to Europe. ‘The Adirondacks will receive a large share of pleasure seekers this season. The game laws allow brook trout to be taken from the 16th of March to the 15th of September, and as the small lakes and streams that are 80 numerous in those mountains are stocked to repletion with game fish the sport- ing bloods of the metropolis and other citics will avail themselves of the temptation thus offered. Hyde Park, @ pretty sittle village lying on the banks of the Hudson, @ few miles above Pough, Keepsic, has many attractions for those who have ble and experienced head than the captains may | to unravel a knotted story, but the | resolved to flee during the Summer solstice from the hot bricks aud mortar of the compact cities, HEALTH. lars in the City. STREET DIRT. At a meeting of the Board of Health held yester- @ay afternoon the following report was received from the Sanitary Committee : Heatran Dersatuent ov THE C New Yor, } w Yor e 20, 1873. ‘The Sanit i the attention of the Boa er front Thitty fourth street to Forty-second street, North River. This whole region is one mass of deposit hte houses and other offensive trades, which has been ac. cumulat for yeara At low tide Summer acres of filth “are exposed in state of active fermentation, Of foul gases escape, which fill't ing newhborhood. ‘fo remedy this made, to have the docks dredged, but partment of me finally reported that it was impossible to remove and dispose of the filth. The only other praeticable remedy would seem to be the ‘ling in of the river front. Citizens o in that neighborhood have suggested the open: th avenue, as the filling in necessary to complete the s'reet would effectually dixvose of the nul- mance and make a river Jront which would be flushed by e tides. In order to secure this improvement it is necessary to obtain the names of the eronerty ones along the line of the avenue to a petition to the Common Council to have the avenue opened, ‘The-Committee recommend the adoption of the follow. ing renal on s— solved, That the Secretary be directed to prepare the proper form ot a ‘ion tor the ghening or Tweltch ave- Thirty-fourth street to’ Forty-second street, and of Police be requested to obtain the requisite signatures of Oa beta Cet the line of © pro} avenue, 5 airman. th STEPHEN SMITH, Ch: Upon the adoption of this resolution the sub- joined report was read and the resolution attached adopted :— Hexattu Deranrusnr or Tae City oy New York, } New Yor«, June 20, 1973, The Sanitary Committee respectiuily call tion of the Board to the business of hog slaughtering in the gity of, New York, aga nuisgnee detrunenial to the wblic health. This Basiness is carried on chictiy in the istrict bounded, by Tiurty-ninth and Forty-first streets, Bleventh avenue and North River, Qiittiin this small ors are y herded an slaughtered. The buildings are old wooden sheds’ or close and confined pens under the slaughter house. These sheds and pens are on affounds lmperiectiy drained, the soll being principaily filth and retuse, “The nuisance created by the constant herding of so'many hogs in loosely covered sheds is in iteelf a fruittal source of complaint by citizens in that vicinity, while the con- stant saturation of these low, undrained grounds by the discharges of the antmals ha’ rendered the whole neigh- borhood permanently oifensive. Xe appears that the hogs slaughtered in this city are for the most part packed for a torelgn market, If this is true the question occurs, Why should not the business be done beyond the city limits, ‘or if done within the city, why should it not be done in a well appointed bnilding, 80 arranged as to prevent the herding of hogs in pens placed in the ground, and to cause all offerisive dis- charges and refuse tobe received into properly covered ats If these improvements cannot be secured, the least reform which this Board should require ix ‘the discon- Hnuance of the business during the Summer mouths In order to give all parties interested in this business an opportunity fo be heard as to the propored reform, the committee recommend the adoption of the tollowing resolution = Resolved, That the Secretary be and is hercby directed to notify all persons engaged in the slaughtering of hogs in this eity, and that this Hoard will give them a hearing on the subject of this report, on Friday next, July 27, at two o'clock P. M., at the rooms of the Board of Heaith, 301 Mott street, STRPHEN SMITH, Chairman. Dr. E. H. Janes, the Assistant Sanitary Superin- tendent, reported as follows upon the work done in thé downtown cellars during the past week :— Sanrrary Burzav, June 20, 1873, To THe Sanieany SupeuinTeNDENT:— Sin—I bave to report that during the present week sixty-two cellars have been vacated as places of human habitation, by aid of the sanitary police. These cellars a3 follows:—In the Fourth ward, 28; in the 3,in the Sixth, 11; in the Seventh, '12;’ i the , 2; In the Eleventh, 7,andin the Fourtcenth, 1. ‘They are among the large’number of cellars that were inspected during the past Winter and Spring and or- dered to vacated by April 1, since which time the inspectors have been ‘unremitting in their exertions to effect a compliance with the order. The policy adopted was to exhaust every peaceable effort before re- sorting to coercive measures, and therefore the greatest forbearance has been exercised, while at the same time both Jandiords and tenants have been repeatedly assured that the orders would positively beenforced. Asa result ot this peaceable though firm pressure made by the in- spectors, there were vacated during the months of April and May about four hundred of these cellars, and the remaining orders, about one hundred and fitty in number, returned to the Board with the report accable efforts had been exhausted, whereupon the Board by resolution mstracted the ‘Sanitary Superintendent to execute the remaining orders without unnecessary delay. I then sent final notices to all of the occupants, ordering them vacate within a given time, otherwise the orders Would be enforced by the police.’ Those early served were allowed to the 15th of June, while those who did not receive their notices until late in the month were al- dowed until July 1to make their arrangements. Thoso whose notices expired on the 15th have been put out of their celtars by the police, except in five instances, where it was found that ihe oceupants had removed aiter receiving the final notice, and in two others where suificient evidence was shown that the occupants had engaged places of which they could not get possession immediately. Those whose notices expire on the Ist of July are already removing to other quarters, and [do not think that at the expiration of the time there will remain many orders to be entoreed by the Police. These include all of tho occupied cellars south ot Houston street that have been reported unfit for human dwellings, and they will need to be constantly Watched by,the Inspectors to, see tint they are, not re- occupied. upper portion of the city until the entire cellar po; Hbh'ls Rneatthed and plac a least some portion of the time. a due allowance of sun- light and fresh air, Respectfully submitted. _E. H. SANBS, M. D., Assistant Sanitary Superintendent. It was reported to the Board that two cases of smalipox had been discovered at No. 64 Stanton street, and that two other cases HT Adoed dd oce curred in the same place, ‘The Board directed that an assistant sanitary inspector be detailed from time to time to perform necessary vaccination throughout the city. Two immense heaps of street dirt, ashes aud garbage left by the old street-cleaning contractors on Twenty-third and es streets, east of First avenue, were reported on by one of the in- Spectors as dangerous to health. The Board of 13 ‘the atten- are i ih, Kighth, Police was requested to cause their instant re- | moval, Upon motion of Commissioner Henry Smith the following resolution was adopted :— Whereas the Nar coven Gaslight Company has from time to time during the past years been granted hearings by the Board of Healt whereas the of- ficers of the company have constantly Brotemed their willingness to conn with the wishes of this Board, but are neverthcless still pursuing the offensive process of dry lime purification which was the original cause of coinplaint—a process which has been either abandoned OF materially modified, not only at all the large works in Europe, but by the other optupanies of this cily; there. re, 4 Resolved, That this Bonrd will not continue the discus. sion of this'subject, but will require the abandonment of ra offensive process of purification on or before July 1, The Board then adjourned to mect on Tuesday next. PIG IRONISTS IN COUNCIL CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 20, 1873, The National Association of Pig Iron Manufac- turers met at tne Kennard House, in this city, yesterday—A. B. Stone, of the Cleveland Rolling Mills, President; Harry B. Brown, of the Jackson Tron Company, Secretary protem. The most im- portant business before the meeting was the debates and resolutions, The former were of a confidential nature, The resolutions are as fol- lows:— Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the currency now im circulation is inadeauste to the require- ments of general business, aud we suggest, asa permanent remedy, the enactment of a free banking law, and, meanwhile, until such a law can be enacted, it would, in our judgment, be expedient tor the Secretary of the Treasury to, reissue the $44,00),000 legal tender reserves. Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that in the present, condition of the iron trade in this country it is desirable, that the production of metal should be cur. tailed so far as possible until a more tavorable market is established ; and that a copy of this resolution be sent to each member of the association. Carried. Aitet the transaction of considerable routine business the meeting adjourned to meet in Pitts- burg in November next. STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION. PouauKkerrsig, N. Y., June 20, 1873. The New York State Editorial Association, in session here this morning, decided to hold the next annual meeting at Lockport, N. Y. ——___+ 2+ —_ MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. DowDREY—THORNE.—At Davenport's Neck, New Rochelle, on biel June 19, by the Rev, Dr. Morgan, Francis H. Dowprey to JOSEPHINE, daughter ol the late William 8, Thorne. FORBES—SCHELL.—At Glenwood, the residence of the bride’s parents, on Thursday, June 19, by Rev. Dr. Betts, rector of St. John’s chuich, New Hartford, Conn., Puiar J. Fornes, Jr, of Brook- ie to ANNA T,, eldest daughter of Henry 8, Schell, ‘AGE—Haziitr.—On Wednesday, June 18, 1873, Rev. William I. Sabine, WELLESLEY W. GAGE to ELEANOR POILLON HAZLITT, all of this city. MUNDY-—HULL.—On ahuraday, June 1%, at St, Mark's church, in this city, by Rev. Charles ff. Hall, Rector of the Church’ of tne Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, Artarr J. Munpy, of that city, fo CHARLOTTE L., daughter of the late William Trai, of New York. Nor—CLawson.—On Wednesday, June 18, at the Calvary Baptist church, by the Rev, R. G, MeAr- thur, assisted by the Kev, John Dowling, D. D., Paren P. Nor to Mary ©. eldest daughter of Albert W. Clawson, Esq., al! of this city. PERRIE—CoBB.—On Wednesday, June 18, 1873, by the Rev. Dr. Forget, Mr. G, M, Preetn,, of Stock- ton, Cal., to Mrs, B11za Conn, of Buffalo, N. Y. SCHWAB—MANDEL,—On Wednesday, June 18, 1873, at the Temple Emanuel, Fifth avenue, by the Rev. Dr. Adier, SOLOMON SCHWAB 10 AGARTHA MANDEL, both of this city. Suiru—Wi.its,—At Christ Church, Manhasset, L, 1., on Wednesday, June 18, by Rev. George W. | day, the 22d inst., at one o'clock. 1. Rev. Mr. I. a D.D., assisted Erne ‘Suir to. Maky fo, youngest late Samuel Jones Willis, : Biri! Bioomrnapate,—On Tuesday, June 17, the wife of Lyman G. Bloomingdale, of @ son. 4 Died. CLARE.—In this city, ob Thursday, June 29, ef. rheumatism of the heart, Hon, Honace F. OLARE, 1d 58 years. he funeral services will be held in the Madisom square Presbyterian church (Kev. Dr. Adams), on Sunday afternoon, at hacpeat four o'clock. ‘The remains will be conveyed to Woodlawn Cemetery by special train, leavingthe Grand Centra: Depot, Forty-second street, at six o'clock P. M., revarning so as to reach New York at eight o’viock. Friends of the deceased are invited to attend the fnneral without further notice, The relatives ave re- uested to meet at the late residence of Mr. Clark, Ne. 10 East fwenty-second street, at half-pest rnree: o'clock, Cout.—On_ Friday, June 20, 1878, at Jersey City, Margake? Cont, daughter of Andrew and Fiten Coil, aged 17 years. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully requested to attend the funerai, iron her late residence, West Newark avenue, Jersey City Heights. CROWELL -—On Wednesday, June 18, ASHER F. Re CROWELL, In the 59th year of his age. The relatives and iriends of the family and officers and members of Lodge of Antiquity, FP, and A.M., are respectfully invited to attend the fanerat, from his late residence, No. 665 De Kalb uPOR Be Brooklyn, on Saturday afternoon, June’ 23, at hati Past thre: 2. CurntEy.—The funeral of Mrs. CuRLrY, Sr., 7 Washington strect, jersey City, will take place this. oy (Satarday), 21st, at two o'clock P, M. BMPSTER.—On Friday, June 20, ELuEN, wife of James Dempster, in the 58th year of her age. Relatives and triends of the family are respect- fuily invited to attend the Mneral, on Sunday, ab hali-past two o'clock, from the Reformed Dutch Chu corner of Fourth street and Lafayette lace, Duxe.—At Greenpoint, on Thursday, June 19, after a lingering illness, Eatzaperd, wife of MathiastDuke, aged 52 years, 7 months and 19 days. Funeral from her lateresidence, 85 Oakland stree! between Norman and Nassau avenues, at half-pasi one o'clock, this (Saturday) afternoon, Relatives and friends are invited to attend, Etviorr.—On Friday morning, June 20, FANNIs ELLior?, aged 20 years and 9 months, Friends ana acquaintances of the family are re- spectfully invited toattend her funeral, from her late residence, 674 Washington street, on Sunday, at half-past one P. M. ENGLISH.—At Naples, Italy, on Tuesday, April 29, ELizaserH H., eldest daughter of George B. Harriet Helen English, of this city. ‘The remains will be taken to Dr. Bellows’ churc! Fourth avenue and Twentieth street, and fune services: pertormed, this (Saturday) afternoon at three o'clock. Fivzerray.—On Friday, June 20, JonaNan Frrz GERALD, aged 75 years, Relatives and friends of the family are reapecrs fully invited to attend her funeral, on Sunday, Inne 22, from the residence of her son, Michael Fitz- gerald, No. 363 Washington street. California papers pleaze copy. GaLLAGHER.—On Friday, June Bripoer Gale LAGHER, & native of the parish of Dromore, county Tyrone, Ireland, aged 65 years, The relatives and friends of the family are re- Spectfully invited to ettend her funeral, from 336 East Forty-seventh street, on Sunday afternoon, at half-past one o'clock. JOHNSTON.—On wlgay, June 20, Freppy J., son of aaa Mary E. Johnston, aged 6 years and 7 months, The funeral will take place from the Methodist Episcopal church, Thirtieth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, on Sunday next, at one o’elock P.M. Friends of the family are invited to attend without further invitation. Laverty.—On Friday, June 20, at his late resl- dence, 268 Second street, Brooklyn, E. D., JAMEg LAVERTY, tn Ins 84th year, 59 The faneral will take ieee irom Saints Peter and Paul’s church (Rev. 8. Malone), on Monday, June 23, at ten o’clock A.M. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. MANEF,—On Friday, June 20, 1873, JAME? ARTHUR MANEE, aged 2 years, 8 months and 26 days. — The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his paren, 34 Lewis street, on Sunday, June 22, at one eel Moriarty.—At Brooklyn, L. L, on Friday, June 20, JOHN MORIARTY, aged 72 years. The relatives and friends of the family-are re- spectfully invited to attend the funcral, at.his late, residence, 304 Myrtle avenue, on Sunday, June 22, at two o'clock. Morris.—In Bloomfield, N. J., on Wednesd: June 18, FannrE Evron, daughter of A, T. and Emma Morris, aged 22 years, Relatives and iriends are invited tq attend the © faneral, from the residence of her parents, on Monday, June 23, at two o'clock. MvrLer.—In Brooklyn, at his residence in Van Brunt street, near Walcot street, on ‘Tnuraday, June 19, after a short illness, HENRY MULLER, In the 39th year of his age. ‘The relatives and friends of the family, also the members of the Brooklyn Chapter, 148, R. A, Homans, daughter the Hcrmann’s Lodge, 368, F. and A. M.. the Steu- ben Lodge, 133, I. 0. of OF and the Brooklyn Schuetzen Corps, Captain J. ©, Haurand, are hereby respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday afternoon, June 22, at three o'clock, from Zion’s church, Pastor Steimie,. in. Henry Street, between Clark and Pierrepont streets, Brooklyn. Interment in Lutheran Cemetery. MURRAY.—On Friday, June 20, #673, JouN MURRAY, in the 89th year of his age. . The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectiully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, June 22, at half-past eleven o'clock A. M., Jrom the residence of his son Joseph, 1Tith street, between Filth and Madison avenues, New York. MoCase.—On Thuraday, June 19, 1873, Ev.En, the wife of Bernard McCabe, native: of the parish of Kilian, Lisnalsker, county Cavan, Ireland, The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from 402 East Forty-eignth street, on Saturday, June 21, at two o'clock, McCartuy.—On Thursday, June -19, ELLEN McCartay, beloved daughter of Florence and Mar- garet McCarthy, aged 17 years,4 months and 14 jays, The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectinlly invited to attend the funeral, from the idence of her parents, 106 Centre street, on Sun- McEvoy.—On Thursday, June 19, 1873, Mary McEvoy. The relatives and friends of the family, and those of her sisters, Mrs. Broderick and. Mra, Dems ning, and of her brother, Thomas Reilly, are re- speottully invited to attend the funeral, an tite Hospital, on Sunday afternoon, at o'clock. McManox.—Of Pisa WILLIAM. McMAnon, late of the parish of Kilmore, county Cavan, Ireland, aged 45 years. ‘uneral wit! take place from his late residence, 883 Second avenue, on Sunday, June 22, at one o'clock P.M, All friends of the family are respect+ fully invited to attend, [cCManus.—On Thursday, June 19, JAMES McManus, @ native of the parish of Clenish, county. of Fermanagh, Ireland, in the 71st year of bis age. The friends of the family are respectfully invit to attend the funeral, trom his late residence, No, 1,568 Third avenue, between Eighty-seventh and: Eighty-eighth streets, this (Saturday) morning, at half-past nine o’clock, to proceed to St. Vincent Ferrer’s church, corner of Lexington avenue and. Sixty-sixth street; thence to Calvary Cemetery, for interment. NoLan.—On Thursday, June 19, Mrs. Mary E, Nonan, aged 29 years, 4 mon-hs and 2 days. Relatives and iriends are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 401 West Forty- first street, this (Saturday) afternoon, at half-past. one o’clock. The remains will be interred in Cal- vary Cemetery. PEppws.—Iin Brooklyn, on Friday, June 20, PRAN- crs S., only gon of Abby and the late Captam Simom Pepper, eued 5 years and 6 months, Pineral n Sunday, at half-past two o'clock, from 306 Carlton avenue. Som ERHORN.—At Florence, Italy, on Sunday, June 8, 1873, ADELINE E. SCHERMERHORN, widow of Peter Augustus Schermerho! agod 56 years, Suretps,—On Friday, June 20, James J. SHIELDS. Notice of funeral hereafter. Srewaxt.—At Pamrapo, N. J., on Friday morn- ing, June 20, CHARL#S STEWART, in the 22 year of his Fuseral on Sunday afternoon, at two o'clock. Friends are invited. Swart.—On Thursday mornin; hemorrage oi the lungs, WILLIAM 50 years. “He sleeps.” Ds. Funeral to-day (Saturday), at one o'clock P. M., from 860 Kighth avenue. TaHoMPson.—On Friday, June 20, Roper’ THomp- SON, In the 76th year of his age. ¢ relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No. 60 East Eighty-seventh street, on Monday afternoon, at half-past three. The remains will be interred at. ‘Trinity Cemetery. Voornis.—On Wednesday, June 18, AMELIA Estee, daughter of Phebe J. and the late Peter P. Voorhis, aged 19 years, § months and 12 days, The friends of the deceased and family are invited: to attend the funeral from the residence of ner mother, No. 2 Van Nest place (Charles street), on Saturday, 2ist inst., at one P. M, re. mains will be conveyed to Plainfleld, N. J., for in-- terment, per 3:30 P, M, train, on New Jersey Cen- tral Ratiroad, toot of Liberty street. WarneR.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, June 19. of scarlet fever, Nettie VIOLA, only child of Taylor C., Jr. ie eae E. Warner, aged 5 years, 2 months: and 27 days. The frivods are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of the grandparents, 553 Lafay- ie avenue, on Saturday, the it instant, at one . M. WELLS.—On Friday June 20, Susan A., wife of Warren Wells and oldest daughter of Isaac L, and Margaret Dusenbury, aged 22 years, 1 month and 27 days, ‘The funeral will take place from her late resi-+ dence, 344 Fourth street, on Sunday afternoon, at two o'clock. Relatives and friends are invited to attend, WILKINS.—On Thursday, June 109, Pup, WILKINS, aged 51 years, i pit Funeral services at St. Ignatius’ churcff, Fortieth street, between Fifth and sixth avenues, on Mon- day, June 23, at ten o'clock A. M. Relatives and friends are invited neuen ted to attend without farther June 19, of . SWART, aged: