The New York Herald Newspaper, September 15, 1873, Page 5

” THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP. Additional Legal Opinions on the Subject of the Coming Man. Views of Judge Pierrepont, Angustus Schell, John McKeon, W. R. Beebe and Mr. McParland, Judge Pierrepont, AHERALD reporter called upon Judge Pierrepont to ascertain what his views were as to the Chief Justiceship. The Judge was affable, us usual, and Maade no effort to conceal his real sentiments on the subject. He said:— “The question of the Chief Justiceshipis a very important one; but I have formed no set idea as to who ought to be the coming man for so distin- guished a trust. I believe, however, that when She President does make the agmynation he will o it very independentiy of what anyboay may think of his action. He is responsibie to the coun- try fos the worth and efficiency of the nominee, and, therefore, should be at entire liberty to make his own choice, It is impossible to please everybody, and very dificult to satisfy even & majority. The nomination may pos- aibly take the country by surprise, or even give a good deal of dissatisfaction at Great. It has always been so, And yet in three months the people will settle down in the opinion that, after all, the new Chier Justice 1s just tne best man tor the place. Upon the appointment of Roger B, Taney, the North set up a howbof displeasure at his advent to office, yet atterwards became ex- tremely well satisfied with his judicial acts, His opinions are second to none of our Chief Justices a8 precedents in law, Tuey are unquestioned, ex- ©epting, indeed, the celebrated Dred-Scott case, which was rendered ata time of great public ex- citement on the question of slavery, and was soon ‘after followed by au obstinate, bloody war, brought about by that peculiar institution.” “Do you think the President will make his selec- tion from the republican party?” ‘ONCB A CHIBF JUSTICE NO LONGER A POLITICIAN, “There 1s no good reason why he should not, From the time of Chief Justice Marshal until now, that rule has been invariably followed. At first the nomination of Mr. Chief Justice Marshal was Hot well received by the people, but subsequently he was very weil liked. Upon a man’s accession to oMice he becomes conservative. He ceases to bea party man. The very duties of bis office bring @bout a change in his mind. The advocate or party man sees but one side of a question at issue. The judge looks for evidence, balances and discriminates between the alleged proofs support- ing two opposing propositions, Tnis makes him conservative, and that sentiment grows with his ears in oftice. He goes in a party man, and ere yng becomes conservative, even near to federal- ism. There was Mr. Justice Story. He went into office a hot mouthed democrat, as was waid of him at the time, but in ashort while he dost all pronounced party feelings and became widely noted tor highly conservative and justly impartial views. These and other examples fur- nished by tne history of our judiciary show that no apprehension need be entertained of any incum- bent of the peprenie Bench carrying into Court with him, or, indeed, remembering, party preju- dices, much less being guilty of leanings to tliis or that class of citizens because of sectional politics, There can be no difference of opinion among members of the Bench and Bar as to the proiea- sional acquirements uccessary to constitute an able Chief Justice. Ail our lawyers should be fearned, but the man who may be placed on the pinnacle of an exalted profession should be giited with talents of no ordinary nature. It has been ‘well said that a good lawyer does not always imply good judge. A lawyer may grasp well enough his own side of a question and possess acumen to meet opposing counsel at all points, but it does mot follow that he could mount the bench and ‘apple with a bewildering array of opposing ar- guments, all seemigiy based upon good legal Precedents, NO ORDINARY MAN OUGHT TO BE APPOINTED. An ordinary mind wouid be lost on the Bench of any Of our jnierior courts, and how much more dificult would it be to treat the great questions that are constantly before the Supreme Court? In this august triouual arise questions o! interna- tional law, as between the United States and any other power; points of constitutional law, involy- ing the G Interpretation of the peoples’ great Oharter; issues between States and the federal Rea and between the different States and rritories among themselves; matters of dispute growing out of municipal law—all the grave points of maritime practice. The entire body o: the law Fests its imiense weight chiefly on the shoulders ‘of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and more particularly presses upon the responsibility 01 ite Presiding onicer.”” “Your own name, Judge, has been mentioned in connection with the Chief Justiceship.” “{ know it has, People huve spoken and writ- ten to me on the subject. Newspapers are occa- sionally sent me fede ena) connecting my name with the position. ere, you see, are some papers, received from the South and West, having paragraphs in that sense, which I have marked.” The reporter noticed some lengthy articles ina Dumber of periodicals irom several States. As His Honor did not volunteer any 'urther comment the delicate point of bis candidacy the re- porter “ fic think, sir, that when @ jud, ume! the ermine on our supreme tribinet ne sho i cease to be umong the possible candidates for the Presidency ?” “assuredly I do. Public opinion, which is all weriul among us Americans, lias long agosetticd t point, Some of our chief justices have, on several Occasions, attempted to intrigue In a small ‘way to procure the nomination as candidate for the Presidency from the popular party 0: the day; but such aspirants have always been frowne down by the sense of the people, Oncea man enters upon the high duties of Chief Justice he should cease to be available as a candidate for residential honors. If this were not so, our judioiary would never be so pure ag it is, A CHIEF JUSTICE OUGHT NOT TO ASPIRE TO THE PRESIDENCY. A Ohief Justice in expectancy of a nomination at the bands 0) @ political party, might be apt to carry Prejudices on the beuch with him, and leanings in the direction o! his future politica} interests would, pie insensibly, taint his decisions with party ings. That would only be human, To err is amberent in man’s nature. For tuese reasons the Bes have wisely determined that the supreme cages be the poiitical mausoleum of iis occur “This, then, Judge, would foaen, prevent Senator Conkling from accepting the Office, if offered. He may aspire to the ciel inagistracy of ‘She nation?” “1 do not know what the President thinks of the matter. I havo not ser). bim for aiong ume, Not aince after my refusal of the Russian mission, when I went to thank him personally ior tendering it to me. One thing | will remark, and that is, that Mr. Conk! has a periect right to aspire to anything. He is the most prilliantiy avie man of his years now before the country. fie is yet but forty-three part Of age, and his inaividuai talents, apart from Senator of the great State of New York—a now more poweflul than was all England in the gi us 8 of Queen Bess—entitie lim to i eeu Office in the gilt @: the people.” the salary of the Chief Justice commensurate ‘With the responsibilty aud dignity of the oitice?” HOW A MAN OF THE 1.4W MUST STUDY. “Yes, itis, Alawyer has a long time te stady Deiore obtaining admission to the Bar. Indeed his life should be one of continual application to his Dooks, But his practicerarely begins to pay be- tore he is little short of.forty years. Then he com- mences to reap the benefit of diligent study and close practice. For fiiteen or twenty years, more or leas, he 6njoys a handsome income, and is able te accumulate money. At the age of sixty-five his Practice beginsto iall off, and eventually tapers away, until at seventy he is without clients. For at this age his mind and body can no longer sus- tain the strain and vigor necessary for the prose- cution of his duties, Aster seventy, being without professional income, he is obliged to live on the oe his useful years, ‘he salary of Chief justice, nally $6,000, was raised to $8,000 and lately to $10,000—or more exactly—$10,50. If a man enters the office in middie it‘e, he may not only enjoy the salary many years, but at tee Sge of seventy, may retire trom the Bench in the enjoye ment of this salary, which seems quite sufficient ‘to Meet the wants of any reasonable man And his Sopbiine of oe Of the late Chief Justice at the as left an opportunity we questi bout the office to be ti scussed and canvassed in a manner hitherto unknown, and in 8 Way tbat will doubtless yet be of public ‘service. Mr. MeFarland, From the office of Judge Pierrepont the HERALD Feporter passed to that of Mr. McFurland, a well known lawyer in William street, The reporter made known his wish to optain his views about the Chief Justicestip, Mr. McFarland replied in substance as follows , “It seems to me that the best method of selec ing our Chief Justice is to provide for a succession by appointing the senior Associate Justice to be the presiding officer of the Supreme Court. The vacant place of the Associate Justice should be filled by selection from the profession in general, Precedent, however, establishes another system, with which we must be content. There can be no aiiterence of opinion among Jawvers as to the pre- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET, eminent abilities necessary in a Chief Justice, The judiciary is one of the three departments of our government, and not the least important of them. Aseat on the Supreme Bencn is the greatest honor the country can confer on a citizen. It ts the tribunal of last appeal iu the land, and its duties are more laborious, multi- form and important than those of all other tri- bunals. It has to deal with the law of nations, maritime law, and all the complicated jurispru- dence of personal rights and of constitutional law continually coming up out of the relations between the States and the government and with them- selves,” “Have you any idea, Mr. McFarland, as to who may be the successor of Chief Justice Chase?” “The importance of the place invites the very highest order of professional skill; but I have no notion of who the choice may fall on. No political considerations should enter the President's mind in choosing this great omcer of State. Fitness and ability ought only be looked to, Nor should a man’s political antecedents be inquired into, pro- vided he has been loyal to the Union and constitu- tion, He ought to be nominated on tae score of eMiciency alone, Elections for short terms of offiee are bad for the Judiciary generally, and night be everywhere Ce te Appointments ior lite or durin; Fos Day, F. are the best tenures of omce for euch, éy 40 awey With al) incen- tives to abuse of power, and preserve ~ 7 THY PURITY OF THE JUDICIARY, Expertence shows this to be the case, not only in America, but elsewhere. Among so many worthy aspirants to the office, it would be unwise and :n- vidious on my part to state a preference in favor of @ny candidate. Such preference would Jittle avail the person of my choice, There are three candi- dates whose eminence entities them to be spoken of, These are Messrs, Charlies (Conor, B. R. Cur. tis, of Boston, and Evarts, of New York; and I have bamed them in the order of rank which | as- cribe tu them severally in their profession. The last named gentleman has the advantage of being comparatively more available on account of age and standing. I would prefer Mr, O’Conor for the Place, but his selection, for poiitical reasons, is, unfortunately, not Paerare le. The Bar is apprehensive that — th appointment may be made on the ground of political expediency. lts members feel keenly the im- portance of the selection soon to be made. Those Who think deeply on the subject are profoundly impressed with the notion that if republicanism is to be preserved among us it must be doue by the instrumentality of an independent judiciary. While this all-important department of the gov- ernment continues pure it will be impossivle to subvert the institations of the Lda exceptin, by the open employment of force. The gravest charge that can be bronght against tne party now in power is its disposition to control aud ignore constitutional privileges. Though much was said at the time ofaprainhing Messrs. Justices Bradley and Story, it must be said, in justice to the Presi- dent as well as to them, that they are regarded by the Bar as the ablest and purest of past and pres- ent judges,” WILL THR APPOINTEE RE A POLITIOIAN? “Do you think the President will select the ap- pointes irom his own party?” “Doubtless the new Chief Justice, whoever he may be, will come trom the administration repub- licans, There can be no harm in that, Among them are to be found many men worthy of the great confidence which must be reposed in the ap- ointee. The most important thing to be lookea to is the securing of a lawyer whose broad practice and intimate knowledge of jurisprudence will enable him to deal with ali classes of cases that may be brought before him. Among others perplex- ing questions of a semt-political nature may arise, involving many vitally important points in consti- tutional law which ey, embrace the whole field of jurisprudence. Considering the diversity of ques- tions to be passed upon, too great care cannot be taken in selecting @ jurist of the very largest ex- perience.” “Wiat about the sufficiency of the salary, Mr. Mclarland?”” “The salary of the office should be at least $25,000 per annum and that of Associate Justices $20,000, Alter ten years’ service and seventy years of age the Chief and Assoctate Justices should be allowed to retire, with pensions equivalent to their salar- jes, Only by paying liberal salaries can the best talent at the Bar be secured. Notwithstanding the honor conferred by the position, many members of the Bar who could weil 011 it might not be able to afford its acceptance if offered at the present small salary. If the Bench is not better filled it is due to the niggardly way in which State aud federal Officers are treated. Tle wonder is that so much ability has been. commanded by the State. THE CURSE OF THE COUNTRY is that politics have anything to do with the Judi- ciary. The secret of England's prosperity is the independence of her Judiciary and the generous rovisions made for tne judges. Although in Eng- and politics may have something to do with ap- pointments to office, yet they are of secondary consideration to fitness,” “How, do you think, sir, does the standing of our Bar com;are With that of other countries?” “As a whole, I believe that our Bar compares favorably with that of England or elsewhere. I think that the late adoption of our code of prac- tice m New York and the amalgamation of law and equity jurisprodence, by the abolition of our Old systems of races and pleading, had a de- moralizing effect on the profession. Its tendenc; has been to offer a premium to incapacity; and doubt uf, under the new system, a class oi lawyers can be trained HY like those now passing away. ‘The adoption of the New York code has been a very great injury to the profession. “What you say, Mr, McFarland, seems to imply an unwillingness to have our laws simplified vy codification,” “This 18 not accomplishing it by the adoption of codes of procedure, These concern merely the administration of the laws, and I regard such in- novations aa multiplying inconveniences, The practice of courts needed simplifying; but to do that judicious pruning only was necessary, not the tearing up by the roots of a system that was the product of many wise minds and of hundreds of years’ experience, and the substitution of the works of afew men not the most eminent in the profession.” “How do you think our Bench bears comparison with that oi England 7” 18 THIS A DisfINCTION WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE? “I do not consider our Bench, as a whole, to be quite as learned as that of England, but it is as incorruptible, The historical case of Lord Bacon was like the fall of another angel; that of the late Lord Waterbury would be looked upon by some a3 @ venal offence; Lord Jeffreys ia ye Pepe of all that is bad in a judge. Judge Neilson, with u is a hae example of the love and confidence which the Bar can bestow on a worthy judge. If the projession were in the habit of canonizing saints, as the Church of Rome does, Judge Neilson ought'to be the first to receive the houor.” “Then we would have the learned Saint Netlson?” “Just so, The Bar will be what the Bench is capable of making it. A judge in the exercise of his duties must hold the Bar up to a high standard of mora) thought and professional action,”” Mr. Augustus Schell. Mr. Schell was also called upon by a HERALD re- porter for his views, and the following conversa- tion ensued :— REPORTER—I have come to learn your views, Mr. Schell, upon the subject of the Chief Justicesbip of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. SOHELL—Well, you see I am not in politics now. Ihave nothing to do with these things; and, at any rate, my viewa would have but little weight, RePorTeR—I suppose that a man’s being in or out of politics docs not affect the weight of his opinion. Mr, SCHELL—AS far as I am concerned I think that, if General Grant could and would throw off the shackles of party and give the country the benefit of a great man’s service, there is no doubt at all in my mind but Ohartes O’Conor is the one who, above all others, is best fitted by his learning, ability, integrity and other commendable virtues to fil the position of Chief Justice. He is the man who 1 conscientiously believe would most effectually discharge, Without disparagement to others, the extremely responsibie duties of this great office. 1 would strongly recommend that the President should, this time at least, jamp the traces oi the party hack and be tight this good gentleman and distinguished citizen to the oflice. REPORTER—I su} that the party ruling af- fairs at the White House usually fill offices irom among their own friends and supporters. Mr, SCHELL—That has pretty nearly always been done, It is @ custom that has been too much ob- served. Whenever @ man becomes a federal ofti- cial be should no longer belong to any party. He is the servant of the whole people. To choose ec! servants, therefore, no regard should be had what ® man’s party may be. Is he the best adapted for the piace? That should aiways be the question, But I fear that General Grant, in this as he has already done in too many others, will continue a slave to ot Prejudices, Of the La ges my party I think Mr. bvarts the best man for the omice, rod Ma O'’Oonor he would be my next choice for w ry ition, Even if he has not of late kept uy 80 dose'b eb Buction th the of a he Tighebare done ¢) ah does Bet Bipot mai ter. ie jate Mr. Chase li; at the time of point. thent he had Dot for Bis Dine aed his pro! yossicn. He had been Secretary 9 Treasury ander Mr, Lincoln, and before that fed the these Of Ook ressman, Governor and Senator tes Feng pias. on excelent Chi Juste. “There also Mr. ee Lg. weieune in ge , if New Yor! + pelt kept up his standing at the Bar tnd ¢ ied’ iow sometimes practises, But he is yet young. Ifthe ‘West is to have the place I don’t know who ought to be the lucky man. My experience and know edge of the Bar out West are very limited, so that it Woula be impossible to venture @ suggestion as to that section of the country, Mr. John McKeon, ex-United States Dis trict Attorney, ‘The reporter found Mr, McKeon in his oMce, In Tevly to the ipauiry as to Whether he had made po his mind on the question of the Chief Justiceship, Mr. McKeon sald :—“I have paid but little attention to this weighty matter. The President, who has the appointing power, will name one of his own friends—that is to say, @ republican and supporter of the administration, I am not of that party, and it can interest me but little who may be the man. Anything that I might say on the subject would not alter one iota the inevitable course of events.” REPORTER—So you think it is the uniform rule of the dominant party to fi oMices from among them- selves exclusively ? Mr. McKeon—It nearly always has been the case, and I suppose we need expect no change at this late day. All that the vanquisned party can hope for 1a that the administration shall give us @ good man and an able lawyer—one who is at the very top of his profession, No other would give satis- faction, It is more than likely that nearly every man acquainted with our judiciary system has a preference as to the person whom he would like to see at the head of the Supreme Bench, I would very much like to see Mr. Charles O’Conor there. He far overtops all others in the matured wisdom and varied learning of the profession, He has @edicated the long years of a busy life to the ac- quisition of AN UNAPPROACHABLB PERYRCTION OF LEGAL ENOWL- ig. Party interests will be consulted, as usual, and the most convenient, though, perhaps, not the ablest, man chosen, REPoRTER—Do you think that, under equal ctir- cumstances, @ man who is known asa politician snould be preferred to one who is not? Mr. McKson—Politicians have always been ap- Pointed to such offices, Those positions have been given in reward of party fealty. It should not be 80, because the constitution is lable to be miscon- strued in favor of party purposes, I think thatour great Magna Charta of liberty has been intention- ally misinterpreted during the last ten years. The constitution lays down the law that gold and silver alone shall be legal tenders, yet it was decided by the Supreme Court thas paper is Just as good as these precious metals. This decision is what I 1ook upon as an uniawiul infraction of THE LETTER AND TRE SPIRIT OF THR CONSTITUTION. But it was a decision made to sult the pressure of the times, The great crusade—ior it amounted almost to a religious crusade—o! the North against slavery, swept away the old anu respected land- marks of constitutional law. When we have a good constitution Iam a stickier for its strict ob- servance iD all respects. Unless the laws, as they actually exist, be exactly executed, there can be no guarantee for the citizen, Now, & non-partisan judge would not decide tnat paper could be made @ legal tender, when the highest law known to our code proclaims that gold and siiver oaly should be the circulating media, It is, therefore, 01 the first importance to have @ non-partisan judge, REPORTER—It must require an immense store of legal knowledge in @ Chief Justice to enabie him to grapple with all the seemingly conflicting laws governing cases involving so many nice points ? Mr. McKkon—It needs @ stupendous amount of legal iniormation. In all the many States compo: ing the Union each one has its own code of speci: rocedure; ail in harmony with the federal cons! ution, ‘Their copiousness is periectly bewilder- ing. But a Chief Justice, to fill his mission, should be familiar with ali their nice shades of dilference and various distinctions, He must be a master of constitutional law in all its branches and its ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE FEDERAL STATUTES. International and maritime laws must, at the same time, be well known to him throughout their wide Tamificatious. ‘To obtain so vast and necessary aknowledge aman must, in the first place, love the study of the law, under all its aspects, and, in the second place, have first rate abilities to re- member, retain, digest and apply it in the ever varying phases of actual practice, ReroRTER—Do you think that the science of the law is as successfully studied among us Americans aa in Europe? Mr. McKgoN—Much more so. Ihave read with interest in the HERALD the views of some of our eminent jurists on this question, and I am con- vinced of the truth of what one gentleman said— Judge Daniels, Was it not f—naimely, that the di- versity of our law Cae) very close application on the part of the practitioner to keep himself pre- cisely informed of its actual state on a given ques- tion. A man must be all the time a close student, And a lawyer who may be good counsel on the Jaw of his own State probably knows but little of that in some other. If he moves from the State where he 18 accustomed to practise he has to go a a new course of reading to learn the modifications of the law’s leadiug principles in his new sphere of action, This is not so in most European lowers. ‘Their statutes are more uni- form, and local law has not the same diversity of precedent and practice as with us. Tne science is, for these reasons, more cultivated with us, and as Americans claim to possess AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF ABILITY to excel as any other people, we may look upon ourselves in the light of being as much advanced in the theory and practice of the law as any other country. ‘The vastness of our everyday in- creasing practice is the best proof of this assertion, REPORTER—Should the Cutef Justice wear the er- mune during lue or good behavior? Mr. McKkoN—When once a man enters upon the discharge of his duties as Chiet Justice he should be contined in office as long as he can eiliciently perform and does honorabiy iulfil the require- ments of his trust. A man’s accession to the Chief Justiceship should at the same time be his entry to the portals of the political tomb. The judicial er- mine ought to be his political pall. He should be politically interred and never again resur- Tected a8 a party, man. That is probably the Teagon ide r. Conkling appears to be no way interested in this affair. He would not, probably, accept of the ermine. To do 80 would be to lay him fh &@ premature political grave. He is young, and, it 18 more than likely, entertains fh hopes of yet filling the Presidential chair. None of our Chief Justices were ever thought of up till the present a8 possible candidates for the Presidency, and I hope that none of them ever will in the future, So long as it 1s understood that the Chic Justice cannot A CANDIDATE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL TICKET we may hope to preserve that great administra- tive office in a comparatively pure, uncorrupted state; but let it once be conceded that the ermine may be trailed through the mire of politics, and the office of Chief Justice qu at once be exposed L) over gbuse at thé hands of ambitious men, whd ‘ould fot scruple to use it for their own selfish ends. There is no danger of this. The people will not lend themselves to introduce at this late da any dangerous changes in the well known condi- tion upon which new incumbents step into the Supreme Bench—that Is, exclusion from politics, There can be no higher legal authority in the country than that of the Chief Justice. ‘The issues decided by some of the opinions delivered from the Supreme Bench have been of the utmost importance, Some of them have been thought legal; for instance, Chie! Justice Taney’s decision in the celebrated Dred Scott case, and the other which I have already named as that which, against the provisions of the Set assumes to make paper on a par value with gold. Ina time of great public excitement the majesty of the people’s will reversed Judge Taney’s decision; but it was not the less legai and constitutional for all that. Those who have known Chief Justice Taney—one of the greatest jurists the United States have produced— are fully convinced of the parity of his motives and the justness of the views that moved him to deliver his celebrated opinion. The history of his life, tee has been lately published, shows bim to have en — A man, take him for all in all, Tshali not look upon his like again. His opinions will stand the criticism of time. But as to the decision which declares paper to equal pe in value, @ simple inspection of what our ndamental law in the constitution lays down amply justifies any man of common sense ip pro- nouncing it not well taken, , Mr. W. R. Beebe. A reporter found Mr. Beebe in his law office, in Wall street, Mr, Beebe isa stoutish gentleman, under medium stature, with fair hair, ruddy coun- tenance, blue eyes, and is on the shady side of filty. The HERALD representative made known the ob- Ject of his visit, which was to ascertain the learned gentleman’s views upon the question of the Chief Justiceship, Mr, BREE said:—‘Of course I have my own no- tion as to who should fll the first judicial position in the gift of the people. He should be a man to ‘whom the country could look with pride and re- spect. No ordinary, every-day practitioner ought tobe thought of, much less named, to so higha trust and grave responsidilitly as that of chief administrator and interpreter of the complex and variable system of the body of the laws governing @ great and iree people like the Americans, We are, perhaps, the first Power among nations, and only a man of the deepest learning and varied legal accomplishments should be placed on the first seat of the Supreme Bench. As for myself, in common with other law- yers, T have my particular views shout who ghould De the favaies jariah I think that Judge Wood raff would make an excellent Chief Justice, He possesses all the conditions that could be desired Jor the place, aie Ike to seq Judge Woodruff fhamed to the seat iately 0 well flied by Mr. Chief Justice Chase, 1 also believe that Mr. Evarts would table to the country. He is a mai O) ity) orld-wide reputation, and next stot tite ‘Woodruff I would like to see nim chosen.” RerortsR—Do you think the President will con- fine bis choice to the supporters of his administra tlon? Mr, Beese—I 4m almost sure that he will, It has always been 80, Why shouid it not now? But that makes no difference. In the republican ranka are many bright ornaments of their profeasion, from Whom the selection ean he made, Both warties have more than enough of talent at the disposal of the Executive, But asi said before, @ republican will be named, Nobody expects anything else. It has always been the rule for the party in power to Ml offices wish their own friends. But as there is plepey of good material on either side this prac- ice can do little harm if judiciousness be used ip the choice, RErORTER—But should not a public officer be ap- pomted Solely because of his eminent fitness for e Mr. Bresre—Why, certainly he should, When it Appears that a certain man 1s fitter than any other for S piven position, be alone should fill it. But, fix it how you may, some one will be discontented, Another great dificulty is to single oyt ap indi- vidual of overtopping eminence dmofig a profes- Sion that boasts of 80 many thoro capable and reliable men, Rgrorrer—Do you think the coming Chief Pease will ve sélected from the State of New Mr. Bresr—That would be hard to tell, New York seems to have already @ fair share o! patron- age from the Exeoutive ; but then we are the very largest and by far the most mportant State in the Union in point of population and commerce. For these reasons a good slice of the federal patronage shouid of right belong to us. RErorTeR—The name of our young Senator, Mr. Coukling, is mentioned as & possible nominee. Mr. Berax—Vhat ia so, Mr. Conkling 13 a young man yet, and a very able one. He would make an excellent Judge, but it ts doubtful if he might care to bury himself politically on the Bench, He who mounts the bench goes down to his political grave. That 18 Well understood, Perhaps Conkling may have an eye to the Presidency. If he has, that Would operate as Ap Sheaberete barrier to bis Accepting the Chief Justiceship if tendered, It 1s & wouder that the President has not ere now named some person to fill the place. ‘There is no use in allowing it to remain Vacant 80 long. Yes, Conkling would make a good officer, but the chances are that he would not accept the place even if it were placed at his disposal. REPORTEr—Some people question the sufficiency of the salary of Chiet Jystice. Mr. BEEBE—It is altogether too small. It is a miserable pittance tor #0 great an office, The highest judiciai post in the country should be well paid. In emoluinent as well as honor it should be Second to no position in the land, Why, $10,500 18 nothing for it, I would double that amount, An eminent lawyer practising at the Bar will make a far better year’s salary than is now earned by the Chief Justice of the Suprenie Court of the United States. Give a good man a itberal aie make him independent, so that he shall be able fearlessly and without favor to decide all points of law that may arise before him, The si les of the Associate Justices should algo be increased in the same ratio as that of their Chiel, RePORTER—Would you be in favor of choosing the Chief from among the Associate Justices ? Mr. BrEese—I would like to see such a rule be- come law. If it were once known that the senior Associate Justice would succeed to the vacant Chief Justiceship, 1t would do away with many un- worthy intrigues that now exist in connection with this oftce, It would also add. more dig- nity to the ofice of Associate Justice, and create a new imeentive for renew exertions among the members of the Supreme Bench to make themselves, if possible, more worthy of occupying in turn the first seat in thelr own Court, It would be a reward tor tue many dreary years of professional study and trouble that can only be fully appreciated by those Who have gone through the ordeal. There 1s no good reason why this much desired change might not be introduced at once, It only requires the recognition of the Bench as a precedent that 1am sure Would work well. FEDERAL OFFICE AFFAIRS. Custom House—The Immense Business Done at the Post OMicc—Inadcquacy of the Help to Perform the Work=—The Pension Office. Very little excitement, if any, existed in the Various offices of the general government during the past week. At the Custom House the number of withdrawals was somewhat larger than the week previous, which may be accounted for from the fact of the lower gold premium prevailing. The various civil service examinations held for the purpose of filling vacancies, and the three newly authorized Deputy Collectors, were duly chronicled in the HERALD at the time of occur- rence. POSTAL MATTERS, Daily and hourly improvements in the delivery and reception of mails are made and considered. Postmaster James devotes day and night to hia duties, On Saturday night, alter the closing of the Mice, a battalion of mechanics invaded the old Dutch church, and, ripping out the old window, filled the crevice with a row of the newly adopted patent letter boxes, Thisis the lastinsialment, and at present the front on Cedar street, which is de- voted exclusively to delivery of letters from boxes, hl & nnique as well as finished appearance. in the foreign department @ change has recently been effected and the same reorganized. Mr. Levi Blakesley has been appointed superintendent, in the place of Mr. George Riblet, resigned. In regard to the recent complaints made concerning the tardy delivery of mail matter at Wash- ington, it is alleged that the fault reste with the management of the Philadelphia, Wil- mington and Baltimore Railroad Company. A re- orter of the HERALD called upon Mr. T. Wolcott jackson, a gh rach tae of the Pennsylvania Cen- tral Railroad, on the New Jersey division, and from him it was gleaned that not only are the South mails despatched at the announced time, but the postal car is re, ularly in its place, and that no one except those properly accredited government em- ployés haye any access thereto, nor can any one else pass through. The mail car is ‘‘sandwiched” between the passenger cars after leaving Phila- delphia, if such is the case, as reported. ir. O. B, Thurston, secretary of this company, makes a sim- ilar statement. This negligence on the part of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, as also the Baltimore and Washington branches taking the mails further South from Baltimore, will doubtless be investigated by a Congressional committee on the reassembling of tne national Legislature. ENORMOUS BUSINESS OF THE OFFICE. The enormous business transactions of the Post, Office In the way of the collecting and delivery of letters 18 one of the most astounding nature. Con- sidering the comparatively small force employed here, it is really Wonderful how so much work can be accomplished with so tittle help, Millions upon millions of letters are collected irom the stations and lamppost boxes, taken in at the general office and forwarded to their respective destinations, The following figures, obtained from Mr. John C, Tully, Assistant Superintendent of Carriers, will ve some idea of the magnitude the collection and jelivery of letters in this city have attained :— 15,147,801 5,848,496 1,645,155 Number Number of drop letters received at stations and general office. Number of papers dropped at stations .. ‘rhe above is exclusive of the many letters posted at the general office, of which no account is kept, and it is safe to say that 150,000,000 letters and ers are handled annually at the New York Post Office, and when it is taken into consiceration that the collections and deliveries are made by an average force of only 880 carriers, any arithme- tician Teadily ascertain how much hard labor these overtaxed officials are compelled to per- form. It is not asking too much of Postmaster General Creswell to authorize the appointment of at least 100 additional carriers for the city, which the daily increasing traffic of New York impera- tively demands, e recent increase in the car- riers’ department of sixty-four additional men was only @ small matter. These men were appointed under @ strict exercise of the Civil Service Code, and the result was that Mr. James obtained thereby the very best material possible. Political preferences in this in- stance were ignored. the Postmaster having in view only the welfare of the service and how to secure the best men for ti positions. The let- ter carriers are paid the arly sum of $800 per annum, and are required to be at their po t ar and late, Their pay should be no less than $1,200, which is even small enough for the amount of labor performed by them. It ts expected that Postmaster Geveral John A. J. Creswell will visit the New York Port Ofice about the end of this month, when all these matters, with others, will be laid before him for his action, and, judgin; from the ready acquiescence granted to Mr, James’ plans for progressive improvements, itis safe to assume that he will not stop short of effecting a complete revolution in helping the New York Post jong. Oftice alt THE PENSION OFFICE. At the Pension Ome the payments under Pen- sion Agent 8. B. Dutcher are ronreesing slowly. Thus far he has distributed about $160,000. The medica] examinations comprise about 100 per day. Among the latest pensioners was Mrs. Matilda Foot, wite of the Cattle Inspector of the Conti- nental Army of the Revolution. She lives at Vine- land, N. J., and draws ap allowance of $50 per month by act of Congress, KILLED BY THE KICK OF A HORSE, Qn Thursday last Jonn J. Schaeffer, a German, forty yoars of age, whovlived at No, 407 East Four- teenth street, was kicked by a horse, and subse- quently died in Bellevue Hospital irom the effects ifthe injuries. Coroner Keenan was notified to old an inquest. KILLED BY A FALL ee ee ee Coroner Keenan was yesterday called to the Morgue to bold an inquest on the body of Michael Schaedler, a German, thirty-four years of age, whd died in Bellevue Hospital on Saturday. Deceased, @ carpenter by trade, who lived at No. 176 Ludlow street, Was at work on a new building, on the 2sth ult., when he fell and was fatally injurea, Deceased, who was @ single man, it is sald, had no relatives in this country, except a brother, who Was at work | with him at tlie time of the occurrence, 5 NEW BOOKS, Nothing can be more diversified than the bundle of new books which have been allowed to accumu- late on an editor's table, Poetry, fiction, history and nataral science form the bulk, but the subjects outside of these relate to all manner of incongru- ous things, For instance, now that there is danger of an epidemic, We have recetved trom J. B. Lippincott & Co, a pamphi¢t on “Malignant Choleray’ by Dr. Alfred Stille, And then the manual of something specially de- Signed for the use of somebody 1s eure to turn up. This making of elementary text books has become @ terrible nuisance. The latest thing o! the kind Is “A Manual of Moral Philosophy,” by Professor Pea- body, of Harvard College, published by A. 8. Barnes & Co, We cannot see that the book bas any claims upon the attention of anybody except the mem- bers of Professor Peabody’s classes, and we hope he may better employ his time than in writing the more complete text book he promises in the pre- face to this one, ‘The inevitable book on the great West is certain tobe foundin such @ bundle, The most recent work of the Kind 1s “Five Years in the Territories,” by J. H. Beadle, It isa subscription pook, got up with coarse prints and all the supposed attractions necessary to make awork sell among ignorant People, but it bas no real interest or value. Reprints of standard works are also found ta Claim attention, and sometimes they are entitled to notice, This is the case with the new edition of the historical works of William H. Prescott, which the Lippincotts have begun to issue, This edition will be edited by Join Foster Kirk, the his- torian, and will contain all Mr. Prescott’s last additions and corrections, The first volume of “Ferdinand and Isayella’’ has already appeared. In the bundle before us we find one of those ex- ceptional things of sweetness in the way of @ re- print which are seldom seen. It is @ collection of papers by Douglas Jerrold not included in his pub- lished works, but as refreshing as anything which Jerrold wrote, To give an idea of the volume, which is published by Lee & Shepard, we cannot do better than to quote the preface :— Leigh hunt, in a little speech at the Mageum Club, said that if Jerrold had the “sting of tne bee, he bad also his honey.” In this volume there is, undoubtedly, more honey than sting; though, it must bo confessed, there is also plenty of the lat- ter, particularly in ‘‘Mr, Oaudie’s Breakfast Talk,” “Silas Fieshpots,” ‘Michael Lynx,” and ‘The Tutor-Fiend and his Three Pupils,” a story or al- lewory almost as grim and ghastly as anything in Spenser, But if these papers, and perhaps one or two others, are full of caustic humor and biting wit, keenly and unsparingly exposing “the hy- pocrisy of life,’’ many of the essays, sketches and stories in the collection are remarkable for their pleasant satire and easy, good-natured Rabelalsiun palate Ey: Even the * Hedgehog Letters,” which are nothing if not satirical, are not very bitter or ill-natured in their assaults upon cant and humbug in church and state in England. ‘The Recollec- tions of Guy Fawkes” is 9 paper nearly as genial and eer ee as an essay bY Leigh Hunt or Charles Lamb. And the “Fireside Saints” are, I think, the sweetest and sunniest of Jerrold’s writings, Money always commands respect, and so, we suppose, will Mr, Walter Bagehot’s book on ‘‘Lom- bard Street,” just published by Scribner, Arin- strong & Co, It is a description of the English money market, carefully prepared by an intelligent and philosophical writer, and it 1s in every way more valuable than any of the text books on poltti- caleconomy, Wall street can look over this book with profit, and even @ “corner” for Bagehot will not hart anybody, Every bundle of new books contains something that tries one’s patience severely. Here we have a volume of essays “About Men and Things” by OC. 8. Henry, and published by Thomas Whittaker. The prefaces to these books gencrally contain some remark to which it is easy to assent, In this one, for instance, the author says:—‘These papers do not pretend to be any very great things.” Nothing would more aptly describe the feebleness of Mr. Henry’s platitudes, Poetry, or what claims to be poetry, demands attention almost every week throughout the pub- lishing season. “Iscah, or Jephthah’s Vow,” a poem in six cantos, by Isabella Le Paton (Mrs, Hunt Morgan), and pub- lished by Binns & Goodwin, London, tells, in pleasant rhymes, the story of Jeputhah’s daughter. lt is not a very new nor a very strong poem, but commends itself to such as delight in Scripture stories amplified and in verse. The most remarkable poem of the present season is “White Rose and Red,’ by the author of “St. Abe,” supposed to be Robert Buchanan. Red Rose is an Indian maiden, —— a shapely creature, tall, And slightly formed, but plump witha, who madly loved Eureka Hart, of Drowaletown, in the State of Maine, and the White Rose is Phobe after a short !Uness, Mrs, (ESHIRE, Tist year of her age, Mans Orr mae The relatives and friends of the spectfully invited to attend the funeral. om dhe readince o her woe o- 293 South Third 8 ‘ooklyn, E. D., on Tuesday, Septem! ulock Pr M, aoe rt ptember 16, at tw Cronin.—On Sunday, September 14, Cara ERINe T. CRONINPaged 36 years, iii Relatives and friends are sespocttoy Invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 109 Attorney street, on Tuesday afternoon, September 16, at one o'clock. ORUGER.—At Boscobel, N. Y., on Saturday, Sep. tember ‘13, Harriet Dovagias, daughter of John P. and Eliza L. C. Cruger. Funeral services at the Chureh of Divine Love, hear Crugers, on Monday, September 14, at 4 P. M. ‘Trains leave Grand Central Depot at 2 P.M. for Crugers, DerERING.—On Friday evening, September 12, at 8 o'clock, SAMUEI. P, DRERING, in his 49th year. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral, at No. 10 Sixth avenue, on Monday, Septeme ber 15, at 2 o'clock P. M. DrvER.—On Saturday, September 13, PRANELIN, son of Charles and Mary Dever, aged 20 years and 7 months. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Monday, September 15, at two o'clock, irom the residence of his father, No. 7 attorney street, OWNEY.—On Friday, September 12, MATILD, wile of Robert Downey, aged 3] years. ¥ 4 The relatives and friends of the family are re Spectiully Invited to at.end the funeral, to-day (Monday), at hal!-past twelve o’clocd, trom her late residence, No, 426 West Thirty-fourth street. DREDGER.—At Rauway, N. J., on Saturday, S¢D- tember 13, Manrua F., beloved wife of John M. Dredger. I was 80 long with pain oppressed, Which wore my streneth away, That made me long for endless rest, ‘That never can decay, Farewell, my husband and children dear, Though absent from you do not fear; God will protect and comfort, too, So love one another as I loved you; Tleave this world without a tear. Relations and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from No. 500 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, L. L, on ‘tuesday, September 16, at two o'clock P. M. Dvuckworts.—At Muiford, N. J., on Friday, Sep- tember 12, 1873, Morris, son of Nelson and Rebec ca Duckworth, aged 34 years. Funeral will take place from the residence of his father, No. 3 St, Luke’s place, this (Monday) after- noon, at two o'clock. The relatives and friends, also I company and officers of Twenty-second regiment, N.G.S.N. Y., are respectfully invited to attend without further notice. Interment at Greenwood, GuIRauD.—On Savurday, September 13, at half- ast three o’clock P. M., Avevera Rota, infant enanier of John A. and Ruth E, Guiraud, aged 3 months, Relatives and friends are respectiully tnvited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her parents, No. #4 Bergen street, Brooklyn, on Mone day, September 15, at one o'clock P, M. ‘ Goyon,—On Sunday, September 14, EMILY L., daughter of Oscar G. and Harriet L, Gwyon, aged 6 years and 9 months, Relatives and friends of the family, also members of Evangelist Lodge No, 600, F. and A, M., are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral from tne residence of her parents, 390 Bleecker street, thia (Monday) afternoon at two o’elock. HASKINS.—At Sparkhill, Rockland county, N. Y., CHARLES H. Haskins, of the firm of Miller & Has kins, dentists, Brooklyn, aged 29 years, Funeral from the residence of his sister, Mrs. Alexander Agar, 149 Willow street, Brooklya Heights, on Monday, the 15th inst., at three o'clock P. M. Hoyt.—At Stamford, Conn., on Saturday, Septem- ber 13, CHARLES D, Hoyt, aged 69 years. Funeral from Congregational church, Monday, September 15, at two o'clock. HUNT.—On Saturday, September 13, alter a short illness, Exraa, the betoved wile of Peter Hunt, aged 66 years, of Sligo, Ireland, ‘he funeral will take place at half-past one o'clock P, M., precisely, from the residence 21 Mott strect. Island City, N. Y., on Tharsday, JonES.—At Lon, September 11, 1873, EpwaRD b JONES, formerly of ° Newark, N. J., aged 69 years, ‘The relatives and iriends of the ry are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his Jate residence, Long Island City, on Tuesday, Sep- tember 16, at twelve o'clock M. Carrieges will be in waiting at Thirty-tourth street ferry, Hunter's Point, at 11:30 A. M. KeMP.—At his residence, in New Brighton, Staten Island, on Saturday, September 13, ALFRED F. Kemp, in-the 65th year of bis age. The relatives and friends of the family are in- vited, without further notice, to attend tho funeral, at Christ church, New Brighton, on [nes- day, the 16th inst., at hall-past twelve o'clock P. M. Boat leaves pier 19 North River, at half-past eleven o'clock A. M. LepWita.—Suddenly, on Thursday, September 11, Joun Lepwitu, of New York, aged 40 years, His remains were interred at Flatbush, in tho Cemetery of the Holy Cross, L¥oNARD.—At Harlem, on saturday, September 13, ANNIn M., daughter of William and Delia F, Leonard, inthe 24th year of her age. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from St. James’ M. £. church, corner of 126th street and Madison avenue, Monday, loth inst., at two o'clock P. M, LESTER.—At Niantic, Conn., on Saturday, Sep- tember 13, 1873, UrsuLa B., wile of Mr. Jovan H. Lester, of Brooklyn. Faneral, at Niantic, on Monday, the 15th inst. Lioyp.—On Saturday, September 1: 573, IsA= BELLA LLOYD, aged 16 years and 6 month The funeral will take place on Monday, Septem- ber 15, at half-past one o’clock, from her ‘ate resi- dence, 412 West Forty-sixth street. he relatives and friends are peapecetully invited to atiend. Manrtin.—At Newark, N.J., on Saturday, tember 18, Mary R., widow of Captain P Martin, aged 70 years. Notice of funeral in Newark (N. J.) papers on Ann— Dimpled, dainty, one and twenty, Rosy faced atid round of limb, Warmed with mother-wit in plenty, Prudent, modest, spry, yet prim, Lily handed, tuny-footed, ith an ankle glean and nea’ Neatly gloved and trimly booted, Looking nice and smelling sweet, who married him. Red Rose appeared in Drowste- town with her child, and while the wife tended her to her death, the white woman was —spite her pain, Able, with a woman's brain, To discern as clear as day On whose side the sinning lay; Able to compassionate Her deluded rival's fato, All the weariness and care Of the fatal joarney there; Able to acknowledge (this ‘ar the most amazing is) n how dui! and mean a thing Wasted was this passioning ; On how commonplace a chance ung the wanderers romance: Round how mere a Joz did twine The wild tendrils of this vine. The poem is one of singular originalty and beauty. General Lew Wallace’s novel, “The Fair God,” published by J. R, Osgood & Co., 1s a story of Aztec civilization, and descriptive of the conquest of Mexico by Cortes, As a study of the past it docs honor to its author, and will find many readers, but it fails to commend itself to the army of novel readers who want nothing in fiction except a de- lineation of the one grand passion. Dr. Holland’s latest novel, “Arthur Bonnicastle,” ig at last published in book form. It isa feeble affair, made up of the dull platitudes of New Eng- land cant. It is always Very refreshing to read the synopses of the novels issued by T. B. Peterson & Bro., which the press ts at liberty to copy as a first class notice. Here is one of them :— “The Heiress in the Family,” by Mrs. Mackenzie Daniel, is an excellent story, which opens and ends ina rural part ofEngland. whe incidents in this unusually well constructed tale are moderately sensational, yet entirely probable, and the various situations are skilfully presented. The heiress, youngest daughter of a retired barrister, has the ood fortune to ha lately been bequeathed a large landed property. This retiring, yet enthu- siagtic and somewhat romantic heroine, is kept very much in the background by her sisters; one, betroted to clergyman, is somewhat of a formal- ist; the other, a brilliant beauty. with fascinating manners and & well (sg na genius for firtation, The heart struggles of the heiress are presented to the reader with great delicacy and power. There ig so much heart in this “puff,” heartily commended, that we suppose every young heiress in America wili read the book. THE DESTITUTE SICK. The Society for the Relief of the Destitate Sick is still doing @ great deal of good in their work among the very poor. The Central district, which includes three wards, and extends from Fourteenth street to Forty-sixth street and from the East River to Sixth avenue, is under the charge of Mr. George David Brown, @ well known journalist. He complains of lack of means to assist all the suffer- ers in that part of the city, but is determined to ae A fight. Can he not get some aid from ———_ + DEATHS, Bisnor.—On Saturday, September 13, THeopors, youngest son of William and Susan Bishop, aged 2 years, 8 months and @ gaye. The relatives and friehds of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend tbe funcral, on Monday, September 15, at two o'clock P. M., from the resi- dence of his wv 1,581 Broadway, corner Forty- eighth street, ROWN.—At Somers, Westchester county, N. Y., on Saturday, Feplanper 13, STEPHEN BROWN, 1D | the 87th year of his age. t . Relatives and friends ‘of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from lis late residence, on Monday, September 15, at two o'clock P.M. Catriages will be in waiting at Croton Falls station on arrival of train leaving Grand Central a E » My Sy | ee enean Satarday, Sentember 13, 1873, | Monday, September 15. MERRILL.—At Cornwall, N. Y., on Thursday, Sep- tember 11, ALIcE MAUD, éldest daughter of Edward W. and Hannah Merrill, in the 17th year of her age. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, irom the residence of her arents, 164 Ross strect, Brooklyn, on Tuesday, Jailed 16, at two o'clock P. M. lcOuDDIN.—On Sunday, September 14, 1873, FRANCIS A. MCUUDDIN, aged 29 rere The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 71 Devoe street, Williamsburg, on Tuesday morning, September 16, ar ten o'clock; thence to St. Mary’s church, corner of Leonard and Remsen strecty, Jersey City, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul, MoQuapE.—On Saturday, September 13, Exiza- BETH, Wile of Thomas McQuade, in the 30th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend tne funeral, from 530 - est Forty-fourth street, this (Monday) afternoon, at half-past one o'clock. Novrsg.—On Saturday, September 13, 1873, Sv- SANNAH HARRIET NovnSE, wile of William H. Nourse and daughter of James White, of Kent, Eng- land, in the 44th year of her aze. Funeral will take place irom her late residence, 279 broadway, Brooklyn, E. D. London (England) papers please copy. OsBORN.—On Saturday, September 13, 1873, Ricit- arp V., son of William and Mary Osborn, aged 16 years and 2 months. Relatives and friends of the family are respecte fully invited to attend the funeral, from the Tre- mont Methodist ba taps church, on Tuesday after- noon, September 16, at one o'clock. PARKER.—On Saturday, September 13, after a ee illness, Joun A. PaBKER, in the 75th year of hts age. ‘The funeral will take place from his late resi- dence, No. 251 West Twenty-first street, on Monda: the 15th inst., at two o'clock P.M. Interment a‘ Greenwood, ‘he relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend without further notice, Portiand (Me.) papers please copy. SCHNEIDER.—ASULAND LODGE, NO. 84, K. OF P,— BrorHEeR Kyicuts—You are hereby summoned to assemble at the Castle Hall, in full fatigue uniform (white gloves), on Tuesday, 16th inst., at twelve M., sharp, to attend the funeral of our deceased brother knight, JacobSchneider, Brother knighta of sister lodges are iraternally invited to join us, GEO. W, PEEK, C. C. J, H. Hammonp, K. of R. and 8, Sinva.—Suddenly, Jose Joaquim Da Stiva, of China, aged 34 years and 6 months, Notice of funeral hereafter, Surru.—On Saturday morning, September 13, 1878, of consumption, IMOGENE P., wife of William J, Smith, in her 37th year. The relatives and friends of the family and of her brothers, Charles and Robert Selkirk, are re- spectfully tnvited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her brotuer-in-law, Martin Ench, at Brewster’s, Putnam county, N. Y., this (Monday) afternoon, at half-past oneo’clock. Carriages will be in waiting at the station. Train leaves Forty- second street depot at 10:40 A. M. ‘Washington and Florida papers please sop: a TaInToR,—On Saturday, September 13, 1873, GER- TRUDE ROOSKVELT, infant daughter of Chiérles and Mary Taintor, aged § months, Funeral from the house of her grandfather, George W. Jewett, Port Richmond, Staten Island, at haif-past two o’ciock, this (Monday) afternoon. piempekinr hana aired _ respectiully mvited to Attend without further notice. erent Brooklyn, on Sunday, September 14, N. YLOR, Fuvera from, the residence of her son-in-law, S, M. Mills, 140 Montague street, Wednesday, Sep- tember 17, at two P. M. —At Orange, N. J.,on Satarday, Sep- sinter: Th MARION Lovise, infant daughter of Abram S. and Mary Townsend, Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services, at the residence of her parents, near Orange Junctionidepot, to-day (Monday), at three P. M. Train leaves New York at ten utes past one, ‘TROY.—At St. Mary’s Hospttal, Hoboken, N. J., sunday, September Ia lets’ Miss CATHRRIND Prov, aged 76 years, formerly of Torbay, News foundland. Warsi, OD Saturday evening, September 13, J. M., beloved wife ot W. Walsh. Relatives and friends of the family are respect. fully invited to attend the funeral, on Monday, Sep- tember 15, at two o’clock P. M., from her late resl- I Gas rty-ninth street, q Witee in Nakirday eptember 13, JAMES HALL, only son of James and Laura 8. Wiley, aged 1 year, 10 months gnd 10 dae ‘rhe relatives and friends of the family are re spectfully invited to attend the funeral this (Mo! day) afternoon at two o'clock P. M., from the re dence Of bis Dareuts, 47 Avenue D,