The New York Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1873, Page 8

8 ! THE COURTS. GENERAL SESSIONS GRAND JURY. Presentment Against a City Railroad Company—Overhauling the Frison System and Treatment of Juvenile Offenders, BUSINESS IN THE CTHER COURTS. ‘A Case of Alleged Frandulent Bankruptey— Snit to Wind Up a Plate Glass Company--- Sentences in the General Sessions, An important presentment, which will be founa in full below, was presented yesterday by the Grand Jury in the Court of General Sessions. After giving a rap at the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company for occupying too much of the street in froni of its depot, the jury give a general Overhauling of our present prison system, and par- ticularly with reference to juvenile offenders, dudge Sutherland expressed a bope that the atien- tion of the public would be called suficiently to the subject to induce the adoption by the next Legis- lature of some measures of rejorm, Myer Londner was yesterday committed by United States Commissioner Ketts to await trial upon a charge of fraudulent bankruptcy, Amotion was made yesterday on beualf of the State Attorney General, in Supreme Court, Cham- bers, before Judge Fancher, to wind up the New York Plate Glass Company. The grounds of the application and the basis of defence will be found ap a report elsewhere, THE GRAND JURY. Presentment Against the Seventh Ave. mue Railroad Company—The Treat- ment of Juvenile Offenders. The Court of General Sessions—Judge Suther- Jand on the bench—closed yesterday its September term. A batch of indictments was presented by the Grand Jury whose labors close with the term and also the following presentmen To His Honor JosiaH SUTHERLAND, Presiding Judge, Court of General Sessions :. The Grand Jury of the city and county of New York present the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company as a nuisance for obstructing the street in front ef their depot on Seventh ave- hue with cars to such an extent as to almost ex- ciude the public and greatly interfering with travel vo and irom Central Park. In closing our labors we cannot refrain from calling the attention of | Your Honor to a matter of great and sad in- terest to us in the performance of our duty. We reter to the large number of boys of tender years whom we have indicted for highway robbery, felonious assault upon the person, bur- giary aud other high crimes. Some of these boys Were but fifteen years of age, and in view of Your Honor’s charge Calling our attention to the aues- ‘tion of prison reform, as related to juvenile offeud- ers, the question has risen to our minds whether the State which has established such well adjusted systems for the punishment of crime has taken effective measures to prevent it. It is of the great- est importance that these children, not yet har- dened in crime, should be kept by themselves, not Only in prison but in the conveyances to and irom the Court and while awaiting trial there, We all know how apt the boy is to imitate the vices Fatuer than the virtués of his seniors, and he shoul. be guarded from even an hour's baleful influence in the companionship of olu offenders, Whose language and manner would lead him to make light of crime and its punishment. And every chiid sent to prison should there be thorougnly taught a trade, so that he might, when discharged, mingle with the world on more’ equal terms, self- reliant in the consciousness that he could now earn an honest living. In the House of Reluge as in the State prisons only parts of a trade are taught, and in the Penitentiary no trade is taugnt exceptas | connected with the quarries or the building of stone Walls on the island; and we recommend that boys under nineteen years of age (!rom whose outh there may be yet some hope of e Sent to the House of Refuge rather t Penitentiary to mingle with old onende: 5 5 z g & Your Honor’s attention to the Works House on | Blackweil’s Island, which, as now conducted, | is the abode of the tile and the sbifties: members of the comn In summer | they are known as Wide through the count! proaches they return to their old haunts here and commit some misdemeanor, oiten for the express purpose of getting a free lodging and comfortable | quarters until spring. These inmat ould be compelled to Work and support themselves, and their diet should be so regulated that they would Ot be & tax upon the State. If the Grand Inquest should sacceed in calling the attention of the au- thorities and of the people oj this State to tne | urgent importance of attacking crime at the root of the tree rather than at its branches, | by taking stepe to educate and shield the young criminal irom evil influence during his im- prisonment, so that when he i athiberty he be competent to earn his livelihood, and therefore less easily. tempted to fal! into sin, It will be a source of higher satisfaction to us than could be afforded Ly the most assiduous periormance of | our d in hearing evidence of crime and pre- senting criminals for trial. By order of the Grand Jury. THEODORE PERRY, Foreman. . H. Day, Secretary. Judge Sutherland discharged the Grand Jury, thanking them for the valuable suggestions which they made and for the efficient discharge of their arduous duties, BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Alleged Fraudulent Bankruptcy. Before Commissioner Betts. In the matter of the United States vs. Myer Londner, Commissioner Betts rendered yesterday his decision as follows:—‘“That the evidence that the accused did, after the commencement of pri ceedings in bankruptcy against him, secrete a conceal property belonging to his estate with in- | tent to prevent it trom coming into the hands of his assignee in bankruptcy, is sufficient to consti- | tute a probable cause of belief in the guiit of the accused, and to require that it should be submit- | ted to the Grand Jury for their action. The de- | fendant is committed.” | SUPREME COURT—CHA MBERS. The New York Plate Gla: Before Judge Fancher. Application was made yesterday by Mr. Cadwal- lader, on behalf of the Attorney General, to wind up the New York Plate Glass Company. The basis of the application was that the company, which had been incorporated under the Manufacturers’ act, hud exceeded their powers in undertaking vo insure plate glass, and this without depositing $100,000 with the Insurance Department, at Albany, a8 required by the law. The deience of the company is that their business is not that of insur- ance, but buying, making and setting plate glass: that they are solvent, and that in July iast they ofered to deposit $60,000 with the Insurance | partment, which was refused, on the grouna that they did not come within the rule requiring any | deposit with this department, Judge Fancher took | ‘the papers, reserving his decision. Decistons. by Judge Fancher, Patton, assignee, vs. Adams & Newell.—Motion “to vacate order of arrest granted, with $10 costs to abide event,.on the defendant filing a stipula- Ton not to sue because of the arrest. Hecht vs. schroever et al.—Let an order for attachment be granted, returnabie sth October, 1873, at eleven A, M.; ballable in $260. in the matter.of the Hope Mutual Life Insurance Company.—Memoranda tor counse!. Schoeler, &c., vs, Bacon et al.—The judgment, execution and levy ost stand as security and the desendants oe allowed to come in and try the issue at the Circuit, provided they stipulage to take short notiee for the Vetober Circuit, and that the cause Be piaced on the short ealendar for second Friday, Samuel J. Johnson, executor, vs. Saratt,4. Den- wer et al.-Case and amendments settled. SUPETIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decision By Judge Curtis. Ip the matter (of the petition of Elias W. Van Voorhies, Judge Curtis ordered that the Register ber ree yaar of record, ‘orry va, -—Ordered that jnd; nt of t Of Appeals be made judgment of tae Gane: eet Gabdrielson ye, Homberg.—Stay granted pending appeal from order at Special Term before execut- ing and filing undertaking’ and securities justifying = the amount of judgment and sheritt’s ad travel far and | and as winter ap- Company. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Close of the September Term—Sentences, By Judge Sutherland, Joseph Rivers, who was convicted early in the Zerm of buralary in the the third dearee, was sen. | tended to be a substitute, in such cases, for the act | Slouer Was made generally applicab | Wright vs. Wright, Savage vs. Auen, Cole vs. tenced to the State Prison for four years and months. There was another indictment against | him for burglariously entering the premises of Wiliam Darrow, No, 332 West Twenty-ninth street, on the 8th of August, and stealing $100 worth of Property. He pleaded guilty to an attempt and was sentenced to the State Prison for two years, making six years and six months in all. Mr. Peter Mitchell, previous to the sentence being passed, made an able argument for a new trial, in wich he claimed that illegal testimony had been admitted. His Honor denied the motion. John Williams, who, on the 30th of June, stole a silver watch from John Betz, pleaded guilty to an attempt. James Cullen, indicted for stealing $12 in money, on the 27th of September, from Jotn C. Grafton, pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larceny. These prisoners were each sent to the State Prison for two years, John Duity (a boy), who was concerned in bur- lariously entering the apartments of Jane Mee- ‘an, No. 281 avenue A, on the 17th of September, and stealing $500 worth of jewelry, pleaded guiity. He was sent to the House of Kefuge. A Case of Arson—The Accused Dis- charged. Anthony O. Jones was tried and convicted of arson in the third degree, in this Court, on the 12th of | April, 1872, and sentenced to the State Prison for three years and six months, His counsel, Mr. John O, Mott, appealed the case, and the Court of Appeals granted a new trial. Jones was trans- ferred trom the State Prison to the Tombs in May, and has been awaiting trial ever since. Mr, Mott has repeatediy moved for bis discharge, and yes- tesday District Attorney Rollins, being satisfied that the accused could not pe co} to the motion. ‘The City Judge the that’ Jones be discharged upon his own recogui- zance, JEFFERSON MAFKET POLICE COURT. A Swindler Caught. A man named Edwin Dusenbery, claiming to re- | side at the Libby House, on Fourth avenue, has recently been going about among the business men oi the city, claiming to be the agent of St, Bar- nabas’ Home, and authorized to collect fonds therefor, He succeeded in obtaining small sums | from a variety of people. But his true character | becoming known, he was arrested in the midst of | his solicitations and was yesterday taken betore ice Bixby, at the Jeflerson Market Police Court. Several of “his victims appeared and testiled against him and he was committed to answer. BROOKLYN COURTS. URITED STAFES DISTRICT CCURT. The Shipping Act—Important Decisions. Judge Benedict rendered a decision yesterday in the case of the United States against the Steam- ship City of Mexico, which was virtually a decision on the Shipping Act of 1872, by which Shipping Commissiovers were appointed to superintend the saipping and discharge of steamers, The case was argued some months ago, District Attorney Tenney for the government, Selter and Cowing for the steamer. The following is the decision :— United States vs. steamship City of Mexico.— The present 18 a proceeding to condemn the steam- ship City of Mexico in a penalty for an alleged ship- ment Of seamen contrary to the provisions of tte act of June 7, 1872, entitied “An act to authorize the appointment of Shipping Commissioners by the several Circuit Courts of the United States to superintend the shipping and discharge of seameu engaged in merchant ships belonging to the United States, and for the further protection o1 sea- | men.” The tacts are conceded to be that the owners of the steamship City of Mexico caused a crew to be shipped on board that vessel lor a voyage from the port of New York to the West Indtes aud | the Republic of Mexico, by written shipping articles, executed by the crew on board their vessel before a notary public, and not beiore the Shipping Commissioner. Such a shipment of the crew, tle goyerument contends, is im Vivlation of the thirteenth section of the Shipping act referred to above, and renders the ship Ilable to a penaity of $200, as prescribed in the fourteenth section of | that act, The argameaot on the part of the vessel is that the original act of 1790, wuich requires an agreement in writing or in print in a certain iorm, with any mariver on any vessel bound from a port of the United States to any foreign port is, as to vesseis engaged in voyages like that oi the City of Mexico, repealed by the passage of the Ship- ping act of June 7, 1872, the latter act being in- 1 1740, and that by the amenument of the Shipping act of January 10, 1573, vessels in voyages like that ol the City of Mexico are excepted from tue effect | of the substitute, consequently it is clatmed ail vessels bound to the West ladies and the repub- Mexico are exempted from any leg: any shipping articles, and, th bie to any penalty jor a shipment in violauion of the act of 1872, Upon this question Judge Benedict’s opinion is thatin the present con- nOl the statutes HO such effect can justly be tion of the origi! repeal by implic It is didicult to suppose that it n- | tion of Congress by any provision in the act | ot 1 @n act deciared to be intended tor the further protection of seamen, to depart | irom the uniform practice of this Government from its foundation, as of | all maritime nations, in the regulation of the shi ment o! seamen, and to in tue extensive commerce included within the language of section of the act witnout any statutory protection as to the mode of hiring them. Such has not been the mstruction given to the act in practice of the merchants, nor was such the construction put upon it by the claimants in the ve all seamen engage: instance, for they caused the crew to shipped in accordance with the act of 0 The act oi 1872, a8 als the act of 179, recognizes and should be coustrued as in harmony with the rule of the general maritime law upon this subject, “The maritime law, a3 a general principle, requires seamen’s contracts to be evinced by writing.” (Ware, J., The Crusader, Ware, R. p. 457.) By the geueral maritime law then, as well as by act of 1790, a written contract With this crew was doubtiess required; certainly such an agreement was not forbidden. But by section 13 of the act of 1872, certain rules are prescribed which are to be observed in re- spect to all written agreements procured to be executed by seamen, one of which 18 that the agreement 5! be signed by each seaman in presence of a Shipping Commissioner. There is much reason for the application oi the rule in all cases, for seamen are children. The sign anything placed betore them, and such a rule is calculated to prevent the ebtaining of their sig- natu-es as evidence of their agreement, except in the presence of a duly authorized officer charged with the duty of protecting them aguinst imposition and fraud. It was for this reason no doubt that the thirteenth sec- tion of the act which forbids th execution of a written contr t wita a seaman, exceptin the presence of t Shipping Comm to all writ agreements with seamen. No words tm th tion indicate an intention to limit tne effect to the cases of agreements provided for in section 12, and Judge Benedict considers it applicable to every agreement made in writing by a sailor for his “services on any vesse. The provision of the jaw was disregarded in the siip- ment of the crew of this steamer, and by virtue of the fourteenth section of the act of 1872, which provides # penaity of $200 for “receiving or accepting on board any merchar ship who has been engaged or 8! the provisions of this act,’’ the mer becaue Iia- ble to the penalty, A decree must accordingly be entered condemning the steamer in the sum oi $200 and cost, itis understood there Will be an appeal trom the decision. DECISIONS BY THE COMMISSION OF APPEALS. ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 3, 187 Judgments AMirmed with Costs—Dain vs, Matte- son, Lawrence vs. Tue American National Bank, t Hugheg, Suydam vs. Jackson, Van Leave vs. The | First National Bank of Kingston, Hail vs. Ross, | Debbe vs. Debbe, Isham vs. Phelps, Scheplen vs. Eisner, Benjamin vs, The Eimira, Jefferson and Canandaigua Railroad; Wiliams vs. Egbert, Cou- dict vs. The Grand Trunk Rallway, Crow vs, East- erly, Stanton va. Jerome. Moody vs. Osgood, Judgment Reversed—Fiten vs. Hasiser, Judgment Reversed and New Trial Granted, Costs to Abide the Event—Meyer vs. Callan, exec- Hammond vs, Varian; Getty vs, : Merritt vs. Briggs, Judgment by Defauit—Wetzell vs, Dinsmore; | Neweli vs, Robbins; Wheeler vs, Spinola. | Order Afirmed and Judgment Absolute Against | the Plaunufl, with Costs—Hall vs. Hays: Jounson vs. Albany and Susaguehanna Railroad; Jameson | vs. Brookiyn Skating Rink Association. Order Reversed and Judgment upon the Verdict Aflirmed, with Costs—Gillespie va. The City of Newburg. Order Keversed and Judgment upon tne Report ¥ the Reteree Affirmed, with Costs—Wallace ve. orew. Judgment Reversed and New Trial Granted, with Costs to Abide Event (unless plaintiff shall, within twenty days alter the remittatur shall be filed in the Court below, elect to remit from the Judgment the sum of $1,025 and interest thereon {rom March | 26, 1867, in Wlich case judgment for the balance af | firmed without costs to either party in this Court) — | Noyes vs. Hartford Fire Insurauce Company. COURT OF APPEALS CALENDP. | ALBANY. Uct, ‘he following is the Court of Appeals day caleudar for October 6: » 42, 43, 38, 20, 21, 39, 62, O44 | L'ROPPED DEAD IN THE STREET. | Vv. Vv. Helley, twenty-five years of age, a book- keeper at |. ord & Taylor's establishment, corner of Grand street 4nd Broadway, dropped dead in the ee opposic@ No. 188 West Fourth street, yes- day. | &@ meeting to-worrow and vote on th | without @ moment’s noti | only two Vacation -undays. | it was far better for ) littie use Tha NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. GREEN Meeting of the Board of Estimates and Apportionment=The City Comptroller as the Friend of the Workingmen—4 Left Side Wink from Havemeyer to Wheeler, Who Defeats the Issue of Bonds—Havemeyer vs. Green and What Was Really Done. ‘The Board of Estimates and Apportionment met yesterday morning, in obedience to a call issued by General Rovert Storrs, Deputy Comptrolier, and at the suggestion of Comptroller Green, who pro- posed to make certain propositions to his associates to relieve the city from financial embarrass- ment, Mr. Jonn Wheeler, Commissioner of Taxes and Assessments under the law, is the secre- tary of this Board, as well as 8 member, with the Mayor, the President of the Board of Aldermen and other gentiemen who were not present, Mr. Green’s private secretary, Mr. Join Devlin, for the first time in the recollection of the “new dispensa- tion,” had provided tables and chairs for the press representatives, The secret of this, the reporters Say, is that there was to be @ personal fight be- tween Havemeyer and Green. The proceedings opened with the following reso- lution, General Storrs aud Mr, Ackerman, who, under the law, have no right to an oficial recog- nition, acting, by the consent of all, as aman- uenses. pen GREEN offered the following resolution in e BALKED. INTERESTS OF THE WORKINGMEN: ance of the authority conferred Apporuoninent by o, Laws of 1373, the eby authorized to issue tron ired, and at such rates of : e Not exceeding per anuum, assessment’ bonds of re cent City, ot New Vork, as atinorized by chapter 207, Laws of 1852 aud chapter 58), Laws of 18/2, to the amount of $300,004, Mr. GREEN made a speech in support of this, de- claring that it was to pay poor men ciepicved by the Commissioner of Public Works (Van Nort) ; but he adde. thut already more than $6,000,00¢ of these bonds had been issued m nineteen or twenty mouths. Le did not desire to impede public im- ey bdidarste but he thought that some limit should be put tot class of expenditure. ‘This was tue cue—the gauntiet thrown down by vhe Comptroller, who yesterday paid the ciaim of ex-Chief Clerk Malodey of the Assistant Aider- men—and John Wheeler, Commissioner of Taxes, at once took itup. Mr, Wheeler, the Mayor and Mr. Vance, President of the Board of Aldermen, op. posed the motion, aud for half an hour there was & WASHING OF DIRTY LINEN. The Comptroller directed the “battle,” the Mayor getting around it by winking at Commis- mines Wheeler, and telling him, by ‘nods,’ to sail in. The Comptroller was magnanimons, and finally compromised on a certain amount for the assis ance of the workingmen, GREEN’S FINANCES. He took the floor and offered resolutions for the tssue of stock, as follows, remarking that there was no immediate hurry for it:— Street improvement fund, aathorized py the laws of 1833 to convert $1,200,000 of the same class into the following, sees, oe Consolidated stock (new issue), section 4, chi ter 444, laws of 1872, to provide the means to Pay on account of the amount of assessments which have been vacated by the Supreme Court. ..... nies . Central Park Commission’ improvement bonds, chapter 1627, 867, for the purpose ot taking up at maturity and reconverting it into the same 200,000 class........ Department ot tun) Assessment ks, impr 300,000 005,000 ‘(conversi Total bonds Mr. Green wants raised. Upon the appropriation of the $300,000 for the poor workingnien under Mr, Van Nort, the discus- sion Was very warm, Mr. VANCE asked how much was the outstanding assessment bonds? Mr. GREBN—ADboUt $20,000,000. Mr. WHEELER said he wanted time to consider the issue of such large amounts of bonds. He un- derstood Mr. Green had resolutions to offer calling for the issue of $3,000,000, He wanted some time to examine into waat these bonds were ior. He did not Want to go into the Board and vote tor the issue of millions of bonds without a moment’s con- sideration or previous knowledge that sucn resolu- tions Were to Le Offered, He thought notice should be given at a previous meeting o! the intention of the Comptroller to ask for the issue of bonds, Mr. GREEN—What ao you mean by “previous meeting?’ Mr. WHEELER meant the meeting previous to the one at which the issue of the bonds were author- ized. He omered a resolution at the previous meeting making it @ rule that all resolutions dsk- ing fer the issue of bonds should be laid over for consideration till the next meeting, but this reso- lution was voted down. He was satisiied to have esolutions, enormous but he decidediy objected to vote a’ amounts of borids on a moment's notice, It was then agreed that this resolution should | lie over until to-day. When Mr. Green offered the resolutions causing the issne of other bonds given in the above list Mr. Wheeler asked that they be laid over until to-day, which was opposed by Mr, Greea, and a lively dis- cussion followed. Mr. Green said it was true Mr. Wheeler, being associated in toe Board, had a right to examine into the issue of bouds. He said tis in a very tart manner, aod Mr, Wheeler replied that he wanted no more rights than he had under the law. In the Board of Aldermen or Supervisors resoiutions in- volving the expenditure of money were aiways laid over tll the following meeting for examina- tion, Every member there had au opportunity of knowing what the money was jor and if it was correct; but tae Board of Appor- tionment vote for the iss @, oF perhaps without any member oi the Board, except the Comptroller, knowing anything about them. ‘The old Board of Apportionment voted the issue of $6,000,000 of bonds ata short meeting, aud the fact was used very effectively against them, The present Board should not be jorced to act 80, The olutions were {ually laid over till to- morrow, at eleven o’clock. when the Board will meet jor the special purpose of taking action on them. An appropriation of $15,000 was made for repair- ing the boulevards and aveu up town, and $10,000 for sprinkling them bvejore the Jerome Park es. The Board then adjourned until eieven A, M. to- day, When the battle will be renewed, PLYMOUTH FRIDAY EVENING TALK | Mr. Beecher Returned—His Plans fer the Ensaing Year, Mr. Beecher made nis first appearance since his vacation at the Friday evening prayer meeting last evening, and his happy, genial face beamed sunshine on each individual of the immense throng which welcomed him back to the fleid of his labors Alter usual services Mr. Beecher said:— TUE TALK. I think it an auspicious token that the door by which lenter the labor of another year 1# the door o! prayer. The tone and spirit of the chureh is better recognized in the social gatuering of the metbers than tn the pulpit. I return, it is proper to say, invigorated, havin, e ed entirely that malaria whi raily at tacks me during the summer m nd i am much strengthened. It is many w 3 since I left you, and I have not been entirely idle. During my vacation I have preached at least one service u day every Sunday, except- ing two dormg my avsen So! have had reatiy It was NG, NOT A LADOR; ine to maintain one service a day than to rest entirely; thatisto say, when I am free from diseuse, and I nope and beiteve a bieming: has fallen on me. Gu veturning to my work [have had a great deai of thought and fore- thought on the subject. I have a desire not vo return to my work aa tf it were a projessionai engagement. I desire to re- turn tomy work in a@ iree and rejoicing spirit, I know that joy unspeakable and iull ot glory is the right oi those who ure endeavoring to follow Jesus Christ. I desire to work as tue birds sing— because they are unhappy U they don't sing, So A RES) for the most part of my Hie | have preacheu, and I desire this y to doit always, and it is my earnest wish ar to ve kept from any disclosures of truth ich shall turn it into a controversy, It is true there are truths to be searched and discussed, but 1 do not desire contention. The great end of preaching ts to vring a living God consciously to living meu. J wish to preach &@ gospel full of HOME THRUSTS, vital and full of power. I have often thought how ¢ made Of my power to bring men to God, I see the sharp end two-edged sword, made to separate bone trom sinew, wielded $0 leebly a8 to scarcely penetrate the skin. 1 Wish so vo preach Christ aa to arouse men from the bottom of their souis; there is a temptation to preach for orthodoxy and jor other things, but I 0 Hot leel that 1 aim called on to preach lor any- ing but the CONVERSION OF MEN, and so I have prayed, and do pray continually that lmay be so lifted up as to be able to preach of Je- Sus; & Vital, Mluistering religion; one that arouses, one that impels, That seems to me to be a true apostolic lilustration, and so that! may be able to | do ths I ask tae prayers of your households, and of the Conlerence, that I may have given to me the strength aud the will to accompliah all this. It seems to me the true gospei ought to be one that has POWER OVER THE HEARTS OF MEN. 1am giad to see you, glad to geton the harness again, though I ieei as Wibardy had it on yet. mean to spend the rest ot my life in the conversion of men, and not to Know. anything else, | will not quarrel. J will not fight. t dente to live in my own experience so that § sball be “WORTHY OF CHRIST, and I know that if we live sincerely and honestly in this career He will not forsake ua, but wili abide b> 8. ‘ow lor @ year of conversions, a year of higher Consegralays apd more higgind reniiita, o e of millions of bonds | nut | bas to play watter Without getting the wages of COURT CIRCULAR. Litigants’ and Lawyers’ Opening Day in the Metropolitan Tem- ples of Justice. CHRONOLOGY AND CHRONICLES. The Lex Scripta and the Lex Non Scripta. On Monday, after the long summer vacation of three months, each branch ef every Court will be in ful btossom, During the summer there have been no juries tm the civil courts, Only one section of each Court has since June 25 transacted business. ‘This was the one in which lawyers argue applica tions for or against the million and one vechub calites in suits that arise during their march to the jury Dox, or for or against matters which, like mandamus, injunction, arrest, attachment and the like can be heard in a primary stage before a Judge and require de- spatch—all litigation, in short, which did not demand speed; for, strange as it may seem to layman’s ears, the law's delay sometimes fret law- yers and quite olten Is superseded by railway velocity. Summer is the time wherein some attorneys set traps to catch rusticating brethren and tonrizing litigants; but with the advent of October 6 all traps will be upset and the cheese pared out, while the entire machinery of the law, with tts myriad revolving bands, all catching upon the single reel of the constitution, goes into the fullest operation. Indeed, the first Monday of October is as much opening day with lawyers and judges as with ladies and modistes, Our corps of reporters, however, will find the Court House, that has been rendered so notorious by Andy Garvey with his fresco work above orinthe witness bex, radiant with bar smiles—not a little of morning bitters included— and crowded with jurors, witnesses, litigants and eld and young lawyers and their clerks, to hear that expressive announcement—“Gentlemen, at- tend the call of the calendar.” This calendar 13 to the Court Clerk and Judge what the share list is to the broker or the blotter to the merchant, The moment @ contested application or suit ts ready for hear- ing, one or the other of the respective attorneys place its title on a calendar, which is a court cata- jogue arranged by numbers in the order in time which it owns from the date of the issue joined. First come first served is a maxim in the Clerk’s office, as at the box one of a theatre, By these numbers a lawyer, and nearly always a litigant, canineach Court identify his case. These caba- listic figures, which appear in the HERALD almost daily, therefore possess a curt meaning to the initiated, as much so as 4, 11, 44 to the lottery gam- bler. When the calendar is called eacn day only a certain subdivision of the consecutive numbers appears. Each lawyer should 1ave a representa- tive to answer the call, He says “ready” or “not ready.” In the majority of cases the latter leads to a sub-arrangement for a future day between the attorneys, each of whom ‘re continually in each other’s power of courtesy or discourtesy, like brokers. If there be a disagreement, then the “not ready” is relerred to the arbitrament of the Judge, who is usuaily not very hard, since he re- members “1 was once when 4 practitioner in a like predicament,” and the fellow feeling will make him wondrous kind. In about an hour of wrangle, buzz and arrangement the cases ready are known and the “gone ois’ found out, Then the crowd move of to another day, and usuaily by about noun the Courts present a slim attendance; only the parties, lawyers and witnesses and a few jurymen remaining inside. Any lay- man who has been much at court between eeven and twelve o’ciock will agree that some specific arrangement ought to be made in order to save the daily hour of “wait’? while jurors are get- ting excused, Witnesses waited ior or lawyers ar- ranging matvers that might just as weil be disposed of beforehand im the Clerk’s office or the Judges’ private chambers, The aggregate amount of time absolutely wasted in courts cach day would foot up to months annually, One can only liken the pro- cedure to that at balls and the opera when one carriage blocks the way of along line. Lawyers and Iftignnts may atlord to suffer this; but the jJuryman and the innocent witness cannot. A legal gentleman informed our reporter that te average joss of time to each witness would be about eight diverse days to the suit he was suppeenaedin. ‘The Withess may be waiting the “next case.” This may break down by a dismissal of the plaintiff’ on some sudden jaw point (a procedure known as nousuit) at almost any moment, or it may last a day or more. Nevertheless, Mr. Witness must wait the throwing of the dice. Generaily during ali this time Mr. Witness in a next or @ near case one. Itspeaks volumes for the sagacity of sam Weller when he advised his father ‘to shut his blezsed eyes and witness nothing.” To tuis day, in Italy, if a passer by comes suddenly on a trouble he runs away lest he should see it, or, having observed tt, be detained unduly. The deat and dumb or the blind possess much compen- sation I a release, not only from jury but witness duty. ‘These legal delays, however, ure the life of the lawyer in the long run. Legislatures fuil of lawyers may modify the onpesaeor's wrong” or sviten by statute tle “proud man’s contumely,” but never the “law’s delay.’ The same broker who is carrying 100 shares oi Erte for one customer long Js supervising another hundred for some other speculator who has sold short. Law offices are in like mode always voth sides of the litigation mar- ket. For some plaintiffs they press for “speedy justice’; Jor other parties who are defendants they are aleit for the postponements and delays which so often benefit vhe debtor or the mulictous and stubborn resistant, Could a law be passed authorizing licenses to force lawyers to select the pro or con side of suits which ; they would prefer upon being called to the Bar, ten the evil mignt be ecked, The pros would never be silently countenancing con tactics which they might wish next week to embrace, nor by yielding to-day be commanding con favors to-mor- row. ladeed, usage puts jawyers into just such grooves. One prominent law office we can recaii is nearly always bringing suits; another one is noted for skill in delendmg them, and one partner has acquired a local bar tmmortality tor skill in stponements. There are three Courts of concurrent jurisdiction in this city, Who have opening days to-morrow— Supreme, Superior and Common Pleas. ‘The Su- | owes _) MeguTa lA pe ne Court corresponds to the Queen’s Bench in england, our Cominon Pleas to the Exchequer there and the Superior to the Common Pleas in London, The Superior Court is the youngest New York court and dates from March 61, 1428, The Common Pleas 1s the oldest judicial tribunal of the state, holding its name irom about 1601; although it is the legitimate successor of the New Alsterdamish “Worshipiul Court of the schout bugomaster and schepens,”’ The Supreme Court was lirst distinctively created with a chiei dustice and four justices for the whole colony in l6vl. And it i8 not @ little odd that this city, nearly two hun- dred years aiterwards, only possesses the same biumber of Supreme judges, he Superior Court its existence to the action of the Common Council of 1827, who presented a petition to the Legislature “for @ new and additional Court of Conmon Pleas,” At first the Superior Court con- sisted of three judges, Since 1849 it has had six, Under the new judictary article iu the constitution (i*70) the Common Pieas have six justices also, Thus there are seventeen judges in three courts— each (under an act 01 1873) possessing equal juris- diction wittin this county, Practically, therefore, we have one mammorn city court with seventeen jadges. One would think that with this judicial force, costing in salaries a quarter of a million annually, there could not be much delay or accumulation of business, Yet, although these Justices work upon the Bench during tne day, and during some time Of the evening or pight have to be continually poring over briels, consuit- ing authorities and writing opinio: there are not enough Judges for the matimoth law business of & Metropolis that has really come to be the legal centre of the Union, a& well as its fuancial ove, But it should be remembered that at least two- thirds of the ligation conducted here arises out of business transacted in foreign countries or other State: Practically, our taxpayers provide for arbitration tn the disputes of non-residents, Some have suggested obliging litigation to pay its own xpenses more and more; but an objection to this hat it would deter the poor irom obtaining their rights cheaply or resisting wrong at slight expense, A® it is the Sheriff and the lawyers get tie largest sums paia by litigants as @ margin tor Seat in law. The fees paid to clerks go into the treasury, and In the jong run usnally pay clerical expenses, When it is recollected that there are only #ix civil jury courts tn session each day (excluding Saturdays and sundays), and that onl three or four jury trials per day can occur, It fol- lows, that aller nine months of legal incubation only about 4,600 suiis can be heard and tried in a ear. So long ago as the years from $28 to 1831 there were 2,000 jury cases annually on the calendar of the new superior Court. Nowadays there are as many cases tried before referces in their oflices as are heard in court, These releree suits need not figure on the Court calendars, The average number of calendar cases Jor the taree courts at the beginning of each judicial year 1s about 10,000, Each year, theretore, begins with large averages to add to new ond, No cage cau 0 00 out prepayment of $9 for the clerk’s disbursements to stenographers, scriveners, Sheriff, &c. A litigant speculates in law as he does in stocks, with cash payment for his “call’’ privilege, af he be plaincul, or of his “put,” if he deiendant. Comptroller Green thinks of these paymeuts as Dundreary would, “as being one of ti things that no fel- lar can find out.” While two Tedges in each Court are holding jury terms (or, in i phrase, nisi prius, laier words of art occurring in early sary writs), another judge is hearing what may be termed Chancery cases, or else contests, that by agree- ment or use of tnvolving only law questions, may be argued without a jury. Three other judges im the Common Pleas and Superior are also sitring (as Engiish lawyers say, in banco—t, @, on the bench), at a General Term, hearing appeals in cases that vheretofore have already been before a jury or a referee or a single judge. As there are only five j s in the Supreme Court, the usual borrow an extra judge from the rural districts. ‘This carpetbagger, as irreverent law students term him, gets $10 per diem from our treasury. Such inf ston of calm judictal lore trom agricultural regions 1 Often productive of benefit to the agitated and excitable atmosphere of @ metropolitan court room. Once in a while the importation (as in the case of Judge Boardman on the Stokes case) is productive of error and delay. Itis a great won- der that there ts so little error committed, when it is remembered that judges go precipitately into case alter case of vary interest and complica- tions without that special knowledge possessed by the lawyers, who are crammed for the nonce, and have laid in advance traps to catch the “sudden oceasion” of a judge, who must decide offhand from partial hearing of facts and his own reser- voir of legal acumen. Besiaes this mammoth City Court of many branches there are the federal courts. ‘hey are, practically, three in number, One licld by United States commissioners for preliminary investiga. tions of criminal complaints or into compilations of damage in collision and parent cases, Another, called the District Court, wherein are heard all matters arising out of marine collisions, contracts or Wroug doings, and out of internal or external Tevenue collections and bankruptcy proceedings. The third is the United States Cireult Court, which tries criininals and ordinary civil suits brought by citizens of ove State with those of this on all mat- ters, or between our own citizens who litigate copyrights and patents or appeals from the District court. Then there are local city courts—the Marine Court and six aistrict courts, When the former was (irst established it was to have exclusive juris- diction of sailor and ship matters occurring in the city. Hence its name. But now it might as well be called, as its like Court in Brooklyn is denomi- nated, City Court. It possesses under a thousand collars of claim equal jurisdiction with the iene courts except as to special proceedings like habeas corpus, mandamus and injunction, Like them it has its judges (five in number) who hold jury trials, chambers and @ general term. The appeal is from it to the Common Pleas, but gues no further in four-fifths of the cases. The district courts succeeded to the old-fashioned ward courts, and in them are litigated the litte claims and the moneyed differences be:ween master and servant and landlord and tenant, and em- ployer and laborer, and the corporation and those citizens who incur small penalties, Opening day, however, does not apply to these. They are like the ancient “pie powder” courts of the early Eng- lish law, which were hela at street corners and at fairs, to do summary justice beiore the feet of suitors lost their dust, These judges were some- times called “justices of the pavilion,” which was, no doubt, aristocratic lor curbstone judges. There are about 5,000 lawyers in the directory issued for their professional guidance. Of ths number doubtless 1,000 are ornamentals and pos- sess lamily competence, Ol! the aggregate not More than 100 possess popular distinction, There are scores of attorneys in this city who are scarcely heard of out of thelr immediate clientage. and yet could match dollars with any one of the 100. These “no names,’’ as Wilkie Collins might cull them, are conveyancers, or patent agents, or real estate men, guardians of family interests or those of cor- porations, While, a8 1s the opposite oi the English rule, a lawyer here may practise all branches at once, yet the tendency has been to force our city law- yers into special branches, Classes devote them- selves exclusively to pleading, or examining titles, or in patent cases, testamentary affairs, federal court practice, criminal jurisprudence, building law, railroad law, insurance law and law reiating to damage oi person or property. Unhappily for many, tuere are a few who peculiarly attend to the manufacture of divorces, like Templeton Gitt, Esq., whom Daly’s company lately immortalized in a period comedy. In consequence of this drifting into specialties, not only litigants employ lawyers, but lawyers retain each other for distinctive familiarity with some one branch. ‘The oldest lawyer in the city—except, periaps, some nono- genarian long ago stranded and jorgotteu—tis the elder Gerard. ‘The youngest is that alert chap with a big bundle of paper's who will sit to-morrow under the shadow of Mr. O’Conor in the Supreme Court, and look as abashed as if the eyes of Dela- ware Were on bim. What must be the aggregate yearly amount paid to this army ol lawyers? This computation ap- por tein to the well Known apothegm, “the many jabor that afew may reap.” Ii the 5,000 aver- aged $100 only per year here would be halfa militon in money. ‘The general average ts, however, nearer a thousand, which would foot up five millions of money to the iraternity in fees and costs. Such aistribution in individual cases would vary all the way irom $600 per year %0 $150,000, ‘There are several firms who undoubtedly accumu- late the latter sum annnally and, moreover, spend it easily, Then there ‘are out of the whole number certainly 38,000 to each of whom $1,500 a year is the maximum allow- ance. Besides tie lawyers come the judges, clerks, Officers, sheriits, stenographers, witnesses printers of law points, &c., whose salaries, sti- penne and fees are paid in addition to those of the ar. Perhaps $6,000,000 or $7,0UU,000 per year would be a fair estimate for the sum yearly spent im New York city jor the Juxury o/ litigation, ho can tell the number of oysters consumed except by tallying the shelis? Let each litigant count the shells remaining after his legal repast, if he has had one, and then verify by the reminiscence these statistics. One otten hears of lunch at a bar, but if it is de- sired to see the Bar at lunch on and after to-mor- row’s opening day, it can be done at Chambers street (Delmonico’s) between the ours of one and | two, when occurs the usual halt hour Court recess. Many lawyers have remained in the court rooms to munch the traditional sandwich, and, pernaps, do a bit of lobbying or note taking at the same time, Some of the judges, in their private rooms, are tasting bivalves more satisfying than the pro- verbial oyster of legal contention, but dur- ing the hour just designated two-thirds of the Delmonico lunchers will be of the Bench and Bar. ‘Then laymen loiterers can pick up @ few jocular condiments for their chicken gumbo and fillet of sole. They can see dignided judges relax and parlor barristers toy with minced veal more effectually than ere have hashed witnesses with the characteristic caif skin. Great lawyers usually live well, work hard and die poor. To-morrow, also, the battaifons of court room loungers will again sit on the back benches, There are always to be found drilled spectators. Judges and counsellors become accustomed to some O! their faces. The late Mr. Brady used to Krasncts term them “the Ghosts of Nisi Prius.” ‘hey seem to aunt court rooms as lame ducks con- sortin the galiery of the Broad street Exchange, eee they are like the Miss Flite in Dickens’ “Bleak House.” Nota few, however, are strangers, Court constables have encountered scores who claim that they enjoy the idling for dramatic interest and more when seated on the benches of a court room than in the stalls of a theatre. “Consider, then, the cheapness!’ It is certain, therelore, that law practice invites some economy. ‘The results of this opening day and the fabrics which will be worn or soid for making up there- after in the law reports, from time to time, will be daily chronicled in the HERALD, a8 heretolore, and in an exhaustive and intelligent manner, that ni dnd especially hailed by Bench, Bar and POLICE RIOT IN JERSEY. What Came of An Excursion Among the Germans. The excnrsion of the police of the Third precinct | of Jersey City to Carlstadt resulted seriously tor some parties, A mistinderstanding occurred be- tween a few of the ‘cops’ and some mem. | bers of the Teutonic persuasion, and a lively time followed, OMcer Locke was pounded and kicked without mercy. OfMcer Rivers was knocked down and stoned 80 severely that it is feared his injuries will prove fatal. Sergeant Newton waa surrounded by @ party of enraged Germans, who clubbed him on the head, and woula have killed him bat for the timely intervention of his comrades, ‘he police fought vigorously against overwnelming odds till fourteen or fifteen of their companions came to the reseue and turned the tide against t| who were completely routed, ‘Ten arrests we made, the prisoners belonging chietly to Union Hill. The whole atfray arose out of a 8 offered to @ lady with whom OM dancing. Some of the Police Commissioners have been opposed to excursions of the members of the department, and this case ought to lead to @ settle- ment of the question, : cidade MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. COYLER—GILBERT.—On Saturday, September 27, 1873, by the tev, A. Blumer Harty Dr. Ae Te LER, Of New York, to Sabie L. Ginnunn, of El beth, N, J. No cards, FANCHER—Wasson.—On Wednesday, October 1, 1874, at the residence of the bride's parents, by th Vv. Dr. Lansing, Mr, OHARLES TA Fancner, of fener City, to Miss VioLA Wasson, of Brookiyn, GATES—LAWRENCEK,—At Boston, Mass.,on Wed- nesday, October 1, by Rev. A.J. Gordon, ALnERT Gares, Jr, formerly of vhis city, to ELLA A., daugh- ter of Wililam ©, Lawrence, Esq., of Boston, INGeRSOLI—Jaconus,—On Thursday, October 2, 1873, at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. Robert R. Booth, Davip B. INGERSOLL to aan BE, daughter of John Jaconus, all of this ye MONT#AULUIN—ZBOROWSKI.—At Paris, in France, calendar with- | op Thureday, Gepvember Ap ine Coun CHARLES Di | MONTSAULUIN, Baron of Fontenay, to ANNA, daugn- ter of Martin Zborowski. MORTIMER—CROCKER.—On Wed) , October 1, at Ail Soul’s church, by the Rev. H. W, Bellows, DD, Mr, Henny Corr MORTIMER, to Miss Mary KATHERINE, daughter of bay H. Crocker, NORTON —WATKINSON.—At Muidletown, Conn., on Thursday, October 2, 1873, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, by the Rev, Walter Mitchell, rector, the Right Rev. John Williams, D. D. LL, D., pro- nouncing the benediction, the Rev, FRANK L, Nor- ‘oN, of St. Thomas’ church, New York, to Misa JeaNte HUNTINGTON, only daughter of the Hon. John H, Watkinson, of Middletown, PAYNTAR—STARR.—On Thursday, October 2, at the Reformed church, Grognpoins,, Brooklyn, by the Rev. Lewis Francis, George W. VAYNTAR to Kare F., daughter 0: Dr. W. W. Starr, all of the above place. READ—BREEBORN.—On Wednesday, October 1, at the Anthon Memortal church, by Ve Heber Newton, JoHN Reap, Jr., to FANNIE PREEBORN, only Ct es cehaea of James F. Freeborn, Esq., all of this city. Van Voornis—Cor,norn.—At the residence of the bride’s mother, by the Rev, E.D. Murphy, Wat. He VAN{VOORHIS to Santa C, COLBORN, all of ‘Brookiyn, BoGarpvus.—On Friday, October 8, 1873, MARY Bogakpus, wile of Frederick Bogardus, in the 76th year of her age. y The relatives and friends of the family are 're- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday afternoon, at half-past one o'clock, from her late residence, No, 553 Broome street, without turther invitation, BURKE.—Suddenly, on ‘hursday, October 2, CHARLES H., son of John R, and Mary Aun Burke, aged 6 years and 10 months. The relatives and irteuds ot the family are re- quested to attend the funeral, from the residence of is parents, No, 159 Franklin street, at half-past one o'clock, on Sunday. CAMPBELL.—On | CAMPBELL, aged 16 years. Her remains willbe removed for interment, on Sunday, the 5th imst., from the residence of her parents, 665 Third avenue, at 10 o'clock, CLEARY.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, October 2, 1873, CHARLES Henry, youngest son of William and Annie Cleary, aged 14 months, Funeral from the residence of his parents, No. 181 Twenty-fourti street, this day (Saturday), Octo- ber 4, at two o'clock P. M. CROOK.—On Friday, October 3, Mary ANN, the beloved wife of Thomas Crook, aged 52 years, Friends of the jamily, and those of her sons, John, Thomas and Waite: 10 those of her brother, Daniel Douras, ure respectiully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 5 Orchard street, on Sunday, October 6, at two o’ciock P. M. DuaNg.—On Thursday, October 2, CATHARINE DUANE, aged 22 years, ‘The relatives and iriends are respectfully invited to attend the tuneral, from her late residence, No, 836 East Thirty-ninib street, on Sunday, October 5, at two P. M. EHRENREICH.—On Thursday, October 2, 1878, JACOB SHRENREICH, In the Tist year of lis age. The relatives and friends of the family, aiso the members of New York Lodge No, 1, U. 0. B. By and the Society of Brotherly Love, are respectfully Invited to attend his funeral, on Sunday morning, October 4, at hall-past nine o'clock, from his late residence, No, 304 Hast Filty-sixth street, FARRELL.—JAMES FARRELL, @ native of county Longford, Ireland, ‘The friends of the tamily are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 421 Fast Fifteenth street, on Sunday, at one o’clock yy, October 3, CATHARINE P.M. FINCOKEN.—On Friday, October 3, G. MARGARET, widow of Conrad Fincken, aged 44 years, 5 months and 10 days, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited !o attend the funeral, irom her late residence, No. 369 West Thirty-sixth street, on Sunday, October 5, at one o'clock P. M. GILMARTIN.—On Fricay morning, October 3, CHARLES GrLManrry, born in the parish of Rahan- lish, county Sligo, Ireiand, aged 48 years, Relatives and friends of the family are respect fully mvited to attend the funeral, {rom the Church of the Transfiguration, corner of Mott and Park streets, at two o'clock P. M., thence to Calvary Cemetery. HARRIs—On Thursday morning, October 2, Purse HARRIS, Widow of William Harris, in the 84th year of her aze. — ‘the relatives und friends of the family are re- spectiully invited toattend the funeral services, on Sunday afternoon, October 5, at four o’clock, from the residence oi her son, E. S. Harris, No. 251 East Thirty-first street. HUNTER.—On Friday. October 3, CORNELIA A., wife of Samuel Hunter. in the 23d year o} her age. The relatives aud friends of the family are re~ spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her inother, Mrs. Jane Farrington, No. 351 West Seventeenth street, on Monday, Oc- tober 6, at one o’ciock P, M. Kipr.—At Galveston, Texas, on Thursday, Octo- ber 2, PEARSON H. Kip, son of Quinby and Cornelia. A. Kipp, in the 3ist year of his age. KROLLPFEIFFEK.—On Tuesday, September 380, Epwarp KRouurrstrrer, in the 59th year of his age. rhe friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Saturday afternoon, Oc- tober 4, at hali-past three o’clock, from No, 407 Clinton street, corner President street. Brooklyn. Kvonz,—Suddenty, on Friday, October 3, VICTOR Kvonz, in the 2ist year ot his age, The relatives anc friends of the family, also the members of Eckford Lodge No. 72, 1. 0. of 0. B., and the members ol ©: jor Councli No. 14, O. U, A.M., ate respectitlly invited to attend his’ fune- ral, trom the residence of his parents, 124 Fast Eighth street, on Sunday, 5th inst., at half-past one o'clock P. M. Matwe.—On Thursday, October 2, SARA MAINE, aged 72 years, wile oi Patrick Maine. Relatives and !ricads are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, trem her late residence, No, 33 Saqolk street, on saturday, Uctober 4, at two o'clock. MILLER.—On Friday, October 3, CHARLES MILLER, in the 57th year of his age. Funeral on Sunday, October 5, at half past two P. M., trom his jate residence, 113 Wiliow street, Brooklyn. MCAULIFFE.—On Thursday, October 2, of cerebro- bare meningitis, Linty, eldest cmid of Emily and the late John McAalife. The tuneral will take place on Saturday, at one P.M., irom her moiner’s residence, 1,113 Second ne. McCLaury.—On Friday, October 3, JANE, the be- loved wife of Andrew McClaury, aged 43 years, The relatives and friends of the family are tn- vited to attend the funeral, from her late resl- dence, 486 Hudson street, on Sunday, the 5th inst, at two o'clock P, M. NicnoLs.—At Yonkers, on Friday, October Joun R. NicHOLs, inter a short iliness, in his 46tl ear. u Funeral services on Sunday, October 5, at_ three o'clock P, M., at the residence of his brother-in- Jaw, Jonn -B. Prote, Ashburton place. Relatives and iriends are invited without further notice, NoRTON.—In Brooklyn, on Wednesday, Octo- ber 7 HANNAH MACKACKNEY, wile of John Nor- ton, Jr. ‘the relatives and friends of the family are re- Spectfully invited to utiend the funeral, irom her late residence, 257 Union street, on Saturday, Oc- tober 4, at two o'clock P. M, PARKER.—On Thursday, October 2, at Tompkins- ville, Staten Islind, WILLIAM PARKER, aged 66 years. ‘The relatives and friends of the deceased are re- Spectiuily invite! to attend the funeral, to-day | (Saturday), at two o'clock, from No. 149 Righth | avenue, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets, Interment im Greenwood, Pret.—On Tuesday, September 30, Mrs. ELEANOR C. PegT, widow of stephen B, Peet, of New York, The relatives and friends of the family are in- vited toattend the funeral, on Saturday, October 4, at two o'clock, from st. Matthew’s church, Sus- sex street, between Washington and Warren streets, Jersey Ci KICARDO.—At fiuckensack, N. J., on Thursday, October 2, Sipe May, only daughter of George and Adaline Ricardo, aged 4 years, 11 months and 2 days. The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, October 5, from the First Baptist church, at hall-past two o'clock. ‘Trains leave Chambers street at 8:45 A. M. SAMMIS.—On Thursday, October 2, suddenly, of apoplexy, at the residence of his son, D. 5.8. Sam- mis, DANIEL SaMMis, of Babylon, L. L, in the 81st year of his age. Funerai Saturday. October 4, at two P. M. Smiru.—On Thursday, October 2, at half-past one o'clock P, M., CaTHAKINE, wife of James Smith. The relatives and iriends of the iamily are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, irom her late resideuce, No. 239 spring street, to-day (Satur- day), October 4, at one o'clock P. M. STARRELL. —On Wednesday, October 1, SERENO 8, second and beloved son of Lyman and Emma Starrell, aged 17 years and 1 mouth. Relatives and friencs o1 the jamily are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, October 5, at one o'clock P. M., from the residence of his parents, No. 441 West Nineteenth street, SUILLWELL.—On | lur-day, October 2, OBADIAM I. STILLWELL, in the seth year of his age. ‘The funeral will © place on Sunda: from his late resideuce, in Holmdel, past one P, THORN.—At her residence, No, 8 West Six- teenth street, on Lhursday, October 2, Jane MARY, widow of Colonel Heriaan Thorn, im the S4th year of her age. Relatives and friends of the family are invitea to attend the funérai at Calvary church, corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street, on Sunday, October 6, at one o'clock, without farther notice. TuckER.—On Friday, October 8, JOHN TUCKE a native of Grague, county Limerick, Lreiand, age 76 years. fis friends and thove of bis sens, Robert, October J. at hall trick and John, are respectfully invited to atiend the funeral, on Sunda:, October 6, at ballpast one o'clock, from his late residence, 411 East Twenty- second street, VAN VLECK.—At lis residence, in the City of Hudson, county of Columbia, N. ¥.. on Thursday, October 2, 187%, Doctor HENRY H, ‘VAN Vick, in the 6d year of his age. Funeral at Hudson, Monday, October 6, at two o’ciock P, Me WILLIAMS, —On Woinesany, October 1, at her residence, 320 Coles street, Jersey City, Briparr Wuadams, widow of Patrick Williams, in the 6th year of her age. ‘the relatives and friends of the family are invited to ationd the funeral, from St, Mary's church, cor: ner of Second and brie streets, Jersey City, this Saturday morning, at nine o'clock, where a solemn high mass of re ulem will be offered fou pose of her ‘| ll be offgred un for the re