The New York Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1873, Page 8

t : 8 THE CUBAN QUESTION Spanish Press Justifigation of the Massacres. — the commanders of " of-war, ip differer Ogtish and of American men- and bays. |* 46 times, inside of neutral ports istration o + * With the history of the admin- the Er. ford North before us, and with what abou’ h-American author has written “ames, eke Moerty of the seas, we have y Th data to see how the British BOM sry ras gor ément kas always proceeded with ships that Wudee a ‘nentral fi hae ‘aided’ their foreizn jo’ mies, or their rebel subjects in Ireland, Scot- fd, Ainerica or India. What the English did to she Dutch tn 1780 and 1781, in Europe and in America, as no paraliel; and in particular what Action of the British Nave’, (the wicked Robert Vaughan carried on in the Authorities. + The Colored Men of ‘ine south Aroused, THE SP/ gis PRESS. on? aa Jastifying ‘we Samtingo Massacres—The Victims “or the “Pirate Vessel” De- spate” ed with “Activity” that Spanish _MI* Atce Might Shine.” ‘Txt Diario de ta Marina of Havana in its issue of MMe sth inst. has a leader trom which the follow- wg extracts are taken >— ‘The always famous HenaLp and other American wewspapers have launched forked and sheet lightning against Spain and produced some agita- tuon among the more impressionable and less thoughtful portion ot the people; but these exag- ‘erated ebullitions have not been without their corrective. Speaking for itself, the Courrier des Etats Unis says:—* * * * If there has been an effective violation of international law, and an outrage to the American flag, full and complete satisfaction will be exacted, but nothing must be done under the pressure of the feeling of the moment, * * * We can gather from what has been said—and we have taken care to not cite suspicious authorities— Unat the secessionists residing in New York tres- pass openly and scandalously the laws of the country aud internauional rigit, in pre- paring aubustering exp ditions. and that the agovernment at ‘ashington is an doomed, liged to do everything possible to prevent suc! acts. The right of the United States to ask justice from Spain for any outrage made to their flag, is acknowledged; but this right must be kept within the bounds of a healthy, logical relation to the compliance with their duty, as we have mentioned. If this duty is religiously complied with, if the American gov- ernment oes not consent to the gathering to- gether nor the sailing of filibustering expeditions, they bave the right to exact of the Spaniards that we should im every case respect their flag: but if they iukewarmly attend to duty, if expeditions succeed one another, the government in Washington have really no right to reclaim; that is, when the capture of a ae badly covered with the starry banner is followed by clear proof that she conducted a filibustering expedtion against Spanish territory. In our Sunday’s article, referring to the same estion, we laid down the following theory, taking trom the Cous des Etats Unis:—“To justify ‘the capture of the Virginius Spain should prove that she carried a filibustering expedition destined wo Cuba.” ‘This is precisely the second part of the international question. A priori and a posteriori we prove that the Virgintus had on board a filibustering expedition bound for Cuba; but, as every di jugments the proofs, and the question is .very portant, we will not do bad in producing them. In a despatch from Jamaica, the following might be read on the day before the capture of the ahip:— The filibuster steamer Virginius, after embarking @ numerous party of Cubans and a large quantity of war material, which had been warehoused immediavely alter her arriyal, sailed for Limon Bay on the 23d inst. The Custom House ofticers have searched the baggage of all the passengers, Ww prevent every irregularity or iniringement of the law. On the evening bejore the sailing of the Virginius General Ryan, who was the chief of the | expedition, gave a grand ball on noard. ‘The autuorities of Cuba had perfect Knowledge— and all this may be proved—that the steamer Vir- ginius had arrived at Kingston with a cargo of arms and ammunition, and that they had been put in a warehouse, as already men- tioned. PWS next received said that a party of iilibusters were being gathered together from New York, New Orleans, and other cities of the Varona, Alfaro, Cespedes, Ryan, Jesus de) Sol, santa Rosa, with other leaders, were waiting in Jamaica to disembark on the coasts of Cuba, aiter being conducted tnere by the Virginius. The steamer Atias, which came near being lost, brought out from New York the principal chiefs of the expedi- ton, and the HERALD, not possessing the virtue of silence, took good care to give us their vlogra- phies, indicating the object of heir voyage, in order, without doubt, that the authorities of this Antille should not remain im ignorance of it. ‘Twenty-four hours alter the Virgimios had left the port of Kingston the authorities knew of her sailing with an expedition on board, and naturally tuey took what precautions were considered ne: exsary to prevent a-disembarkation on our sbores. In the columns of the Diario de la Marina at was stated tbat in the night of tne = .20th ultimo the Virginius tried t land her cargo on the southern coa. but she was unable to doit. In a word, irom ihe 23d of October until the evening of the 3ist, the Virginius was an astute smuggler, @ precocious filibuster, $hat was advanc. ng Ay retiring to and from the coasts of Cuba, 0 wishes, with the firm purpose of disembarking men, arms and material of war. On the evening of the ist, the corvette Tornado came in sight of and chased ber until she was captured. Should she have been released because the flag of Lhe United States was dishonored at her masthead? The American people cannot expect such a thing. The government of Washington will never set it down in a note. ‘The Courrier des Etats Unis believes that proceed- ing ip good faith, as itis naturai for the govern- ment of the Unitea States to procced, serious com- plications between the two Powers can be avoided, and this belief is founded on the convic- tion thas the initiation of negotiations wonld probably lead to the demonstration that the Virginius was a filihustering vessel, and not | an American ship engaged in legal commerce, and the role of the government would in that case be reduced to fruitless demonstrations, A Washington correspondent is not very far grom the same opinion when he con- clades as follow: “Tt 48 ser by the De- partment of State, althongh protesting against the uscless irritation provoked by te Spanish | government among our people, by the abuse of wummary punishinent, that it does not wish to be compromised in dignity by precipitately embracing the cause of the Virg! , to soon find out that any intervention conid not, according to inte national law aud trea’ tipulations, be justified. The Washington correspondent of the HER, says thet an eiploy¢ of high category had, am’ other things, expressed the following opinion: is said that the case of the Virginius is n that trely distinct fro of the’ Trent; what it is similar to the Alabama ‘aff, The Trent was a steamer employed bona side m the carrying of passengers, that constaitly taflicked legally between the Antilles and Eng- jand, the priv ate property of an Englishman, and that rightiuliy carried the flag of Great Britain, For this reason our government disapproved of | her capture by Admiral Wilkes, The Alabaina, on her Bars during ali ish her cruise, sailed with Enel papers, in the same way that whe Virginius pretends to be American, in virtue of possessing documents from the United States; bat the government holds that she has no more Tight to dishonor the American fag, making it cover ina frauduk way illegal enterprises, than had the Alabam abuse the English papers which did not prevent od and sunk by the “We think that many members of thi iptared Virginius expedition have been recruited and exercised in this city— New York—unier the direction of Jesus del Sol, and in flagrant violation of national jaws and of our ebiigations towards Spain.” The authorized orga: f President Grant and of his Cabinet says this, and, in stating a certain fact it makes an indirect charge against the A ican authorities who ave = allowed Jesus del Sol to recruit and exercise fill- busters in the «ity of New York.’ * # # We could add much to the various quotations that nave been cited, but we think them more than suMcient to justify the capture and to prove at the same time that the dispassionate papers and ‘people of the United States begin to civariy wee and concede that we are in the right, As for the judicial consequences of the capture of the pirate vessel, we positively know that ihe courts martial, althougo they have proceeded reat activity, have canscientiously and scrapulously filled he formalities of the law, and sentenced with justice. The trials have been neld while under the belief that Spain mignt find herselfin the sorrowful necessity of being wevere: but, before ail and above all, that her Justice shonid shine, Braggadocio and Bluster=They Knew They Were Right—Discontentment in Madrid. The wing extracts are from a leading article of La Constancia, published on the 1th inst., 1D davana: What have the good Spaniards of Cuba done? ‘They have captured a suip, with men, arms and horses that were coming, as they had several times helore, to execute a piratical disembarkation on the coasts of this Spanish Antille, The people com- prising the expedition have been turned over to the tribunals and sentenced to the punishment Marked by caw. What the publicists, politicians aud public functionaries may say about the matter is of no importance to us. What does matter is the reciamations that may be brought about by the capture of the Virginius and the punishment of the people who were on board of her, + * Ifthe custom of power! nations censtttutes right.we would say that the commander of the Tornady had power to sink the Virg anchored in the Thames, ty the side Kridye, or in the days of N ork er Philadelpty ‘Tho circnmstances of the Virginius did no, aiit from veing att Kearsage. * * * An Atnerican Accordihg to her | | island'of San Eustaquio, where, according to the same writer, his cruelty and rapine soiled the glory of Admiral Rodney. We will say nothing of what the English have done in thrs century to neutrals; itis saMicent to remember their horrible doings in Denmark, which cost so many lives and millions of dollars to those who were not even teir enemies, With respect to American publicists we will only say that they cannot deny that the Virginius was a pirate ship, because she salled under no other flag than that of the Cuban rebels, which nobody had recognized. Notwithstanding the American | professers of internatioual maritime law agree that if the Virginius was discovered in Spanish Waters and pursued on the high seas, getting Into English waters, the British government was the party bound to make reclamation. * * * The American people. complaining of the protec- tion which the Confederates found im neutral ports, accused the English government of having permitted the arming, mAOnIEE ABD sending out of Confederate privateers trom their ports, * * * If the commander oi the Kearsarge retired seven miles from the coast of Cherbourg to tight the Ala- bama it was not so much, as he said in bis report, to avoid reclamations because the strong iron- clad ship Couronne, of the French navy, went out with the two belligerent vessels, and under certain circumstances she might have interposed between the Anglo-Americans, wko were comparatively weak. But as the combat was delivered seven miles from the coast the commander of the French ship did nothing to prevent it. Consequently if all tne ships of the British navy had been present they could not have rightfully prevented the cap- tare of the Virginius, ‘The Florida was captured under more aggra- vating circumstances, The Confederate ship was in @ neutral fortified port, in sight of all the in- habitants of tne second city of an independent empire. She was boarded at three o'clock in the morning, and taken, withou¢ resistance, notwith- standing the complaints of the authorities of Brazil. When the Brazilians established just reclamations against the United States for this act, the Florida, anchored in Hampton Roads, was sunk, and the reclamations went down mith her. * From all this it appears that absolutey nothing ony to international maritime law can be said to determine tne antecedents of the Virginius. The English, Americans or Russians can reclaim nothing for taking the prize where she was found. Even had the Virginius arrived to withina few miles of the coast or Jamaica, without either a fort ora ship to shelter her, the reclamation would be unjust. 9 Those who speak about reclamations find them- sinius even if | combatin, of London | ficer, | writer the selves in a more dificult position than those who dispute the legality of the capture of the ship, Those in the United States, either English or American by birth, who allow themselves to be de- ceived into taking part in these expeditions do so at their own risk. ‘This admission greatly simplifies the question. The reclamations of foreign consuls and ministers are thus disposed of ‘The question, then, remains reduced to consid- erations ofhumanity. The reclamations of neither Engiand nor America cap be listened to, if we remember what its governments has done. We have only to remember the system of setting a price on the heads of rebel chiefs in India, during the last rebellion, to give an idea of the ground. less reclamations which the Engheh government one bring against the legal action ef our tri- unals. The following extract is from the Federalista, publisned in Madrid on the 4th inst. :— The ambassador of the Casino Espafol of Havana has been newly installed in Madrid, and opened hts sumptuous saloons to his iriends and sympa- thizers, The government has substituted the con- servative General Joveliar for the republican Pieltain, * * * Mr, Cancio returns to Cuba as | intendant, under the patronage of Mr. Zulueta, after assuring the latter that he wonld adopt no violent measure either politically or with respect to slavery, and after accepting as condition for the support that the people, and in particular the friends of Zuiueta, are to give him, which involves nothing less than the assuming of the payment of the Cuban debt by the government. The republican party in Havana have been kept down by the Iriends of Castelar, and even persecuted in the Great Antille; where the sending out of military chiefs who were to replace the shsolatist General Portillo and others has been significantly post- poned. ‘The possessors of slaves in Cuba interrupt radi- cal meetings as they did in 1870, when a reconcilia- tion was effected between them and the conserva- tives, and have separatea without being able to agree upon anything but the law of Moret, with | its delay of 60 years and patronage of 10 more, counting from the termination of the civil war. ‘The conservatives and slave owners have accom- plished the sending out of Jovellar and the voyage of Soler y Pl4, as well as the imtroduction into the presidential saloons of the specious policy of con- ciliation. Yesterday, abolition and the representa+ tive regimen, popular city government, the return of coniiscated estates, amnesty, peace, democracy were the order of the day. Now, the status quo, with the same—absolutely the same—pretexts as a year ago, Is staring us in the face, THE BRITISH LION AROUSED. Between the British Man-ot+ Military Com- Oficial Correspondence Commander of the War Niobe and the mander of Santiago. ‘The following synopsis of the latest news is from letters aud documents whose advance proofs have been kindly furnished by the editor of £2 Cronista, of this city :— A letter, under date of 12th inst., from Santiago de Cuba, says that ag soon as the naval court mar- tial shall have sentenced the 12 persons who are now being tried, they will be turned over to the civil power to receive the different degrees of panishment that may be inflicted. Three persons were acquitted and Will be set at liberty. will be complied with, and the delinquent punished with inflexible rigor. The court martial continues its sittings, but only colored people and unimportant individuals remain to be breught before it, ‘The insurgents, profiting by the confusion caused by the capture of the Virginius, attacked Man- zanillo, abd penetrated three or four points about the suburbs, but did not get to the heart of the city. They burned some huts outside of town, and, eating, left 19 dead behind. Strag- giers who pt nted themselves to the Spaniar is report Ge Vicente Garcia as among the killed, The § ards confess to three killed and 15 d. An attack by the Cubana upon Baire ts also re- ported by the same Spanish writer, who says that at was “iy The Commanding General of Santiage has asked the Captain G ral to send him some of the bat- talions that are working on the ¢rocha, The says that at this favorable season, perhaps, the men ought not to be taken from the unfinished trocha, bat consoles himself with the assurance that ifthe Commanding General is oaly furnished with ali the reinforcements he requires in amonth or two that department, and, conse- quenuy, the island, will be completely pacitiea. A series of oificial notes have been exchanged between the commanter ofthe British war steamer Niobe and the Commanding General of Santiago. In his first note the Englishman says, in substance, that, hearing from the Consul of his nation of five British subjects having been captured on the Virginius and put into prison, he requests infor- mation as to what has been done with them, aud asks that sentence oj death, if passed upon them, should be stayed. This note bears date of 8th November, 1873. Under the same date (Sth inst.) the Commanding General courteously replies, that until that date none of those who claimed English nationality— which for want of papers they were unable to prove—have been sentenced to death; but adds that it would be impossible to say what might happen to them in the tuture, and that if they should be sentenced the General has no power to delay the execution, which only the Captain General could do, The Englishman Is also informed that eight of his countrymen are prisoners, whose names and ages are given, To the above Spanish note the British sailor States, on the 9th inst., that as ine General is acting under orders of the Captain General, no more executions of British subjects should take Place while telegraphic comraunication with Ha- Van. is interrupted ; third, that at the time of issu- ing the proclamation of Caballero de Rodas, in July, 1869, Great Britain objected to Spain's chasing or captnring British ships out of their own waters, even if they had violated the laws of Spain; that it is not tolerated by international jaw for Spain to (reat a smuggling ship and her crew as enemies, or to make them prisoners of war; the greatest punishment should be the confiscation of the ship; fourth, although the captured vessel is American, and not English, the same application of law must be observed towards British subjects on board of her, a8 if in an English ship; fifth, the English commander had instructions to interfere in behalf & Of his fellow subjects, for no matter if the: have offended same’ Spanish iaws, it vee bu crime that merited death; sixth, the British government could not consent to have the English portion of the captured crew treated either as prisoners of war or as pirates; seventh, the British government looked ‘npon the capture on the high seas of the Virginius as an unjustifiable act, and, therefore, it was to ve hoped the General would spare the ‘shedding of more blood; eignth, @ French citizen is in prison and the commander of the Niobe makes the same de- mands for him as for the English prisoners, and he asks clemency for the whole of them; ninth, the Englishman waits with much anxiety a reply trom the Spanish General. In & postscript the Gritisn sauor acknowledges the receipt of & reply to his former note. Under date of the 11th inst., the Commanding General, tn @ long letter, the strange theortes of the English of- and cites patriotic motives which sustain hima in executing the laws of his country, &c. The ( hrows all the blame of breaking maritiine S00) Vivee OF HUGE Buys UI Ware GOULMKRS, by | lun Upon he pouMle OL Wie UUAbMAVerIDg Kieaguer The law | enters into reasons jor | Virginius, Interest In one’s felloW CitIZeEUD sw 1 good reason for the condutt of the Captain. The General, who possesses the mulk of human kindness, would do so under equal circumstances; but the un- just war, &c., &c., waged against Spain, renders the death of the prisoners imperative. The Captatn, it is presumed, has not fixed his attention upon the fact that some of the Virginius pirates were already pardored twice by Spain, Expposies that some of the prisoners really Were Englishmen, their nation- ality is not proved. They have come out in that plague of lost adventurers, without country, family or known religion, the drosss ‘and gan- grene of the nations, &¢,, &¢, Bat it would have been noble and dignified if the authorities of Jamaica and of Kingston had not consented to tolerate constant conspiracy against Spain, God, who visibly favors the 5pan- jards, has confounded the plans of their enemies; and wow that they are abandoned to their fate why does he (the Captain of the Niobe) come to interest himself, in the name of humanity, for the lives of men who are rejected by all nations? But the law must irremissibly be complied with unless the es authority, in use of his high faculties, sees fit to order it otherwise. Concluding, the General says that it is ahard thing to resist the entreaties for mercy t the pirates which are being put forth; but it is all on account of the crcel, fratricidal war. The insurgents put the Spanish soldiers to painful and awful deaths, giving them no mercy, and no one ts near to en- treat for them. The General repeats what was said in his last note. The trials must go on, and if sentence should be passed upon any one, no mat- ter of what nation, he mustdie, Tne General is not accustomed to be intimidated by any one or for anything, and wiil comp ieraly disregard ali in- tercessions while His Excellency the Captain Gen- eral does not order a stay of execution, &c, NORTH CAROLINA COLORED MEN. Resolutions on the Virginius Massacre « and Cuban Independence. RALEIGH, Noy, 25, 1873. A convention of the colored people of North Carolina, consisting of 136 delegates, represent- ing 45 counties, and from every Congressional district im the State, assembled in to-day, to consider the subject of civil rights. They go to the fullest extent in Mr. Sumner’s bill, in demanding of Cougress a civil rights law guar- anteeing to them all the privileges now accorded to white people on raliways, steamboats, and in hotels, theatres and every other place of public congregation and accommodation. Their resolu- tions on civil rights, set Jorth at length, were unanimously adopted. ‘The following resolutions on Cuba were offered and unanimously adopted amid patriotic impulse and declamation:— Whereas the people of the United States are filled with indignation and horror because of the nrutai execution in Cuba of thirty-seven officers and men oy tne American te: nius, captured by h ori high yeas, and. murdered, in cold blocd, ‘oy the same authority; the victims of these buicheries being strug- gling patriots aud Cuban sympathizers, endeavoring, by the means in their power, to assist In emancipating the the island trom the yoke of slavery— Resolved, That the butcheries of the Spaniards belon; to @ past age, and while all the world advances in civill- zation and humanity they alone indulge in the atrocities of barbarism, Resolved, That justice ané humanity =f that slavery sould ‘no longer exist in the [island of Cuba, and that it is the wish of the plored eople ot North Carolina, through their defegates {inthis Convention assembled, that one of the first thin Congress should do, when it ‘assembles next month, is to Fecognize the belligeren: rights of Cubans in thelr struggle for independence ; and this Convention, representing the sentiments of the colored citizens of North Carolina, offer to the struggling patriotic Cubans their sympathy and their moral and religious support. Resolved, That Spain ought not to be permitted to maintain her authority in Cuba by measures which civil- ized nations regret as being atrocious; and, in the cause of humanity and good government, the United States should extend their sympathy and’ power over that ani ved, That the blool of the Virginins martyrs has not, after all, been shed in vain; for the result may bring independence to Cuba, the last remnant of Spain's vast domain, an island long clung to by the power of her Strong arm, but a source of weakness to that power: that the atrocities of late are the outcroppings of the infa- mons slave system, the aristocratic slave lords of Cuba bemg the ones who are using every endeavor to repress freedom in that country, murdering republicans in cold Blood wherever they zét them in thetr power. We pray that God will not, let this last always! The march of progress is onward, and even Spaniards must give way to its overpowering influences. JOURNALISTIC SENTIMENTS. oe The Troy (N. Y.) Timesinsists that, war or no war, the honor of our country and its Mag shall be maintained. This is very nearly the universal sentiment of the nation. ‘The Albany City Jiem follows the lead of the Argus in condemning al! war measures and prep- arations, It says that war means debt and death, and produces the Bible as evidence that peace- makers go to heaven. The Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionatist does not want war and does not want Cuba, and says to take it would be only to appease the ire of a New York rabbie, It probably has not studied the sentiments of its Southern brethren, The Fall River (Mass.) News says that a war with Spain of course ts not to be thought of ifit can be honorably avoided, but if she cannot controi the restless elements in Cuba it would be well to ap- ply a little outside discipline upon the banditti that rule there. The Cincinnati Gazette is opposed to war because it fears immediate taxation, the raising of an additional $300,000,000 a year, the restoration of five cents duty on tea and 25 cents on coffee, | the multiplication of tax gatherers and the down- fail of public credit. The Davenport (lowa) Democrat has its armor on, and tells the haughty Spaniard that times have altered since its slaves could land upon these | shores and set up its standard. It says the Cuban | Waters must be occupied by an American feet, and thousands of volunteers are ready to rally round the glorious old fag. ‘Ths Chicago Inter-Ocean has either mounted the white jJeather or is blinded by politics, {t says that “an appeal to arms is only justifiable when all honorable means fai! to maintain peace.” It thus thrusts out its partisanship by stating that “a war with Spain means the continued success of the republican party.” The Indianapolis (Ind.) Journal is the republican | organ of the State. It is of opinion that “the | Possession of Cuba would be very iittle desirable j even if the island were free and asking to be annexed,” and then asks, “What woald we do with Cubs That ques answered—make | it one of the richest States of the Union, and let it send two Senators and ten Representatives to Congress, The Worcester (Mass.) Press takes a column to prove that the Virginins was a pirate vessel and that the United States has no right to complain of her capture, ana promises im a future articie to show that there are many reasonable doubts as to whether Spain owes us any reparation or apology for the Modoc massacre at Santiago de Cuna. The St. Louis Republican, democratic all over, says we have had enough “ol diplomatic apology from Madrid and promises of better behavior.’ .Our country, it says in effect, is sternly inclined to demand not only perfect guarantces for the future, but very substantia! amends for the past, which it thinks cannot be obtained from Spain, but thust be exacted from the Cuban government, The Pittsburg (Pa.) Gazelle says the Virginius affair finds soine of its importance in the fact that it is the latest of a series of outrages perpetrated On onr citizens and flag; that the patience of our government is wearied; that weakness and diplo- macy have had play long enough, and that, while war may be averted, events drive toward it, and but little will be required to precipitate it, CALIFORNIA, Conviction for Cruelty Marder Tria SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 25, 1873 The jory in the case of Prayk Harris, the mate of the ship Sunrise, tried tor crnelty to seamen, returned @ verdict of guilty on 29 counts of the in- dictment to-night. ‘The trial of Toredo Morena, one of the Vasquez ‘ang of murderers, is proceeding at Salinas City, onterey county. to SallorsA CONVENTION OF GEORGIA GRANGERS. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 2, 1873, A convention of granges, hela here vo-day, adopted resolutions to establish direct shipment of cotton Europe; to urge the refunding of the cotton tax to legitimate claimants, and the re- moval of all import duties except on conceded Inx- uries. They endorse and urge the construction of | the Atlantic and Great Western Canal. he con vention adjourned sine die, amid enthusiasm, PATAL BOILER EXPLOSION, BURLINGTON, lowa, Nov, 26, 1873. At Cook's shingle milJ, in this city, this morning, a boiler exploded, killing Henry. Provost, one of | the ha G injuring seven oreight others, two | | or three sertousty, but it is thought not fatally. One man was blown 60 feet Lhrougn an opening in this city | “.€W YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. THE ROMANCE OF THE POLARIS. Captain Buddington Visits the Brook- lyn Navy Yard to Mect Tyson, the Hero of the Ice Floc=Tnirteon Months Ago and Now. All the world is familiar with the history of the Arctic cruise of the United States steamer Polaris, which set out on a voyage of discovery in the Polar region, in 1871. It will be remembered that in Oc tober, 1872, the ship, while moored to a vast field of ice, in north latitude 78 degrees, was blown from her fastenings, and that 19 persons, among whom were several Esquimaux and Captain George E, Tyson, the navigator of the ship, were left behind, Captain Tyson and his companions were picked up by the sealing steamer Tigress, after be- ing 193 days on the tce, and last July Captain J, 0. Buddington, who remained in command of; the Polaris when she dritted away, was also picked up, with bis companions, by a Scotch sealing ship, the Polaris having meantime foundered in the Arctic Seas, Tyson and Buddington have not seen cach other since they were separated in the tempest on that fearful Arctic night, Yesterday Captain Bud- dington arrived in this city from his house at Grown, Conn., having come on especially to see and greet his old shipmate, Tyson, who is still attached to the Vigress, and awaiting orders at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to go out of commission. It was antsin Buddington’s desire to meet his old comrade unnannounced. As he passed into the Navy Yard, however, it was easily noticeable that the attachés had not forgotten the veteran sailor, for he was frequently saluted by workmen and officials. On visiting the Tigress he Was disappointed to learn that Captain Tyson was not on board, and inquiry failed to elett informa- tion of his piace of residence, which, however, 1s in Brooklyn, Esquimaux Joe and some of the sailors still on board the steamer met their eld com- mander, and mutually warm greetings were ex- changed at their miraculous separation, preserva- tion and final oe after an interval of 13 months. Captain Buddington remained about an hour in conversation with the officers of the vessel, and then took his departure. JUDICIAL INSPECTION. The Police Justices Visiting the Institue 4 tions. Since the new Board of Police Justices has been established, by the appointments going into effect on the 4th inst, the gentlemen now sitting a8 magistrates have not been aware how the places jooked to which, by their judicial mandate, the unfortunates coming befere them are committed, According to an invitation extended by the Com- missioners of Charities and Correction, the Police Magistrates paid a visit to Blackwell’s and Ward’s islands yesterday, for the purpose of inspecting the institutions thereon. Commissioner Myer Stern accompanied the Judges in their tour, and explained everything of any interest to tbe visitors. At eleven o’clock the party, con- sisting of Police Justices George Kasmire and Smith, of the Harlem Police Court; Judge B. Cc. Wandell, of the Yorkville Court; Judges Kilbreth and Sherwood, of the Jefferson Market Court, and Judges Marcus Otcerbourg and Charles A. Flammer, of the Essex Market Court, with Police Commissioners Abram Duryea and Russell, Colonel Joel W. Mason and Mr. Thomas E. Freeborn, em- barked on the steamer Minnehannock and steamed for the islands, The Charity Hospital was the first visited and its internal arrangements greatly ad- mired for the comfort displayed therein. The Almshouse was repeal under the guidance of Warden Marshall Vought, as also the immense storehouses. At the Penitentiary the visitors ar- rived about the time when 400 convicts were just through dinner, and witnessed their marching out in squads, with “breast close to back,’ under the orders of Warden Lipscomb and his deputy, Mr. James TT. Couenhoven, on leaving here Mr. Anthony Allaire took charge Of the party and chaperoned them through the Insane Asylum and subsequently to nis residence, where some timely refreshments were served. Finally the guests or the Commis- sioners Were brought to the Workhouse, where the veteran warden, Mr. Joseph Keene, regaled them with @ fine repast, to which ample justice was done, the keen, bracing air having sharpened the judicial appetite very materially. At four o’clock the party returned to the city, highly de- lighted with their trip, and expressed themselves in a ere terms of praise to Commissioner Stern for the energetic manner in which his com- mission administered the affairs in the institutions under their charge. Judges B. T. Morgan, Butler H. Bixby and Murray were unable to attend, Rev. George H. Hepworth, who was likewise an invited guest. came to the dock before the boat started to excuse himself for his inability to ac- company the party. THE MURDERER MECHELLA, A Gleam of Hope for the Doomed Man— Callous and Resigned to His Fate. Next Friday Week is the day appointed for the execution of Mechella, the Russian satlor who was convicted of the murder o/ United States Marshal Stephenson in Jersey City, It will be remembered that Judge Bedle in passing sentence hetd out hope to the murderer in these words:— “Another tribunal before whom your case may be brought may see fit, in view of the provocation | you received on the night preceding the murder, to commute the sentence which the Court 1s about to pronounce to imprisonment for life.’ From this remark it is manifest that when Judge Bedle’s opinion is asked by the Court of Pardons, now in session at Trenton—and that Court is almost lavariably guided the opinion of the presiding judge—Mechella’s rospects of commutation are favorable. ‘he case was under consideration yesterday, ana though the members of the Court are pledged to secrecy, some points were gleaned that indicate a commutation. Sherif Reinhardt has not re- ceived any communicauion as yet from the Secre- tary ol State relative to the case, aud this delay he thinks ts unfavorable to the condemned prisoner. If no communication be received by next Friday the Sheriff believes all hope will have departed. Meantime the wretched man displays the same eccentricities that he would have the Court and jury mistake for insanity in the early stage of his imprisonment. He places his handson his neck, | shows how the rope 18 to be adjusted, and then, witha “hop go,” throws up his arms ‘and jnmps upward, as if he contemplated the last act in the terrible tragedy with indifference. He is fully con- vinced that ne deserves to be nanged, and makes no complaint as the dread day approaches nearer and nearer. At the same time his physique ta so altered sleeping—and he sleeps soundly—is constantly muttering with himeelf, and ne will remain in an abstracted mood for hours if no person approaches him, He never becomes excited when leit alone. His few friends in New York visit him frequently, and it is wonderiul what fortitude and hope he derives from the teal at AO extend to him, Among those who visit him is his brother, who has left no stone unturned to obtain from the Court of Pardons the commutation of the sentence, PITTSBURG'S CORRUPT COMMISSION, How Half a Million'of Municipal Money Bolstered a Rotten Bank. PitrsBvRG, Pa., Nov. 26, 1873, Mr. Burgwin, an eminent lawyer and a member of the Water Commission, made @ statement this afternoon regarding the missing bonds of the city of Pittsburg. This gentieman is out of the pate of the Ring that runs this city: and in June last, the ni upon a pile of logs. Anotker map was LOW ah Bh) durabers : being in ill health and under the advice of nis phy- siclan, went abroad for his health. He did not return unti] August, and being otherwise after- wards engaged in his own private business, which had accumulated materially during his absence, devoted little or no time to this commission, and, consequently, was entirely ignorant of its trans- actions. There seems to have been no particular desire felt that he should have interested himself in them, for the Ring men were just then in clover. Burgwin, upon looking Into the affairs of the commission, comes to the conclusion, after caretul examination, that Ross, the secretary of the com- mission, 18 an embezzier to the amount of over $300,000 of the city’s money. ‘This man, when he received checks from Philadelphia for bonds of the Water Commission of Pittsburg, sold by Townsend, Wheeler & Co., instead of depositing them in the city treasnry, a8 Was his common duty, took them to the National Trust Company, which concern is now suspended. Ross admits that he deposited in this institution, in own name, but defends himself in so doing. He furthermore has made affidavits implicating cer- tain other members of the commission, It ts al- jeged that Ross, having been induced by cer- tain stockholders of the National Trust Com- any to depesit temporarily in that Dank, found himself cane in meshes from which he could not escape. The panic struck him with over 200,000 of the commission money in that bank. rightened, and not knowing what to do, he was told by the bank people that he would jose ail he had put in unless he heiped to secure the bank trom breaking. ‘This he could only do by paying in more money. So he was induced to put in $254,000 additional. He lost both. The whole trath about this ontrageous defalcation has not come to the surface yet, for the reason, it is said, that certain parties, of good standing in the com- munity, are intimately connected with it. The temper of the public has been raised, and will not gatiefied with any sham investigation, in the inatter of political corruption in municipal affairs, Pittsburg seems ta be equalled for boid ness and in extent, perhaps, ouly by New York uuder the reun of Aweeds THE LATE AZARIAH C. FLAGG, | Eutogistte Memorial Letter from th. Mayor to the Board of Aldermen, The following letter, eulogistic of the publ’ ailite and servicea and private virtues of th 4 jate Azariah C. Flagg, was addressed yesterd? 4 by the Mayor to the Board of sldermen:— ag To sux Hpwonantx rm Bossy oF, ee Fath) 1873. Guntiaken Tt is with profound sort’ that I com: municate to you ofMciall: intelliger t hb ©. Flagg dled at his Tesi 2 pr ce, in this gaty, on the even- of the 24th. it the cl of the next month y will be 15 years since the rablie career of this er ter- finated, Sn that iaerval, ‘tot Sere einen antes but. with an intellect tan Saud & spirt coufageons and severe, be hrs tived in complete retire- ment, fulfilling some private trastsand ever thoughtiut of all publig interests. Ac last. whem a few days would hae completed an age ‘of 83 years. he has passed from among us There are 8 im the!public carcer and public character of Me, Rage witch make it specially dr that the ity st people of thig Btate ai hould use 4 Moment in thelr busy dite to render a conspicuous ay to. while his mortal remains are passing to © He was born in Orwell, in the State ot Vermont, on the 2th of November, 1790. ‘In early youth he migrated to Plattsburg, in this Btate. He had’an honorable share In the defence of that place against the British invasion in the war of 1412-15, He sought a trugal livelihood as an editor and printer of the Plattsburg Republican, a demo- cratic newspaper. In November, Téa, he was elected by the county of Cilnton to the Assembly. He served in that Doay with distinction during the sessions of 1823 and 1824. In February, 1826, he was clected Secretary of State.) Legisla’ and held that office until January, ¢ was elected Comptroller. He held the latter office until 183% He was restored to itin I tinued to hold it until the close of 1847. His service. con: of two years, in the Assembly, ‘and 19 years in the Canal Board as Comptroller or Secre- tary of State, vainable during the ‘hree years from 1839 to career in Mate administration may be considered as comprising 25 years. In thiscareer ofa quarter of a tury in the administrations of the State Mr. Fla e q s merit and renown will be found not in the catalogue of the gi he held, but in the wise measures and honest policy he originated or maintaiued; in the ability, vigor and courage with which he sustained the right and contronted the ero aod in the great fact that he Invariably wielded official power and party leadership for the cause of good government, for purit! in legislation and im administration; that he a: these great influences not for the purposes of in- dividual ambition or Rae gain, but exclusively and undeviatingly for the public good’; that he contrib- uted yerelaresly to keep up and to the standard ond the fone of officia! ana political morals in both par- ties and ip the whole pubilie daring this long period in the greatest State of the Union. Mr. Flagg, was united with Martin Van Buren, whose organizing genius and masterly abilities created the association; with Silas Wright und Wilham 1. Marcy, also statesmen of the first olass. They were all men ot probity, frugality and per- sonal virtue, and they attracted to’ thelr side similar characters in all parts of the State. Mr. Flagg made the State finances his speciality, and surpassed all his asso- ciates in enterprise and Sontare, Wonsh he may not have equalled them in general attainments, and was often the most effective leader in this State. In the six years from 1853 fo 1859 Mr. Flagg served as Comptroller of this city, and, although he did not attempt any political or party ‘leadership, his career was dis- Snguished by the fidelity and firmness with which he resisted all invasions ot the municipal treasury ; and his persistent and unwearied exertions in this service n doubt hastened the malady which, at nearly the allotted, age of man, closed forever his vision upon the light of tne heavens. It may safely be sald that the history of this country affords no equalexample of a life devoted for so long @ pel , with so much affirmative act Ly and witb so much ability and skill, to the abstract cause ot good Rovernmens in the civil administration of the communities in which Providence had cast his lot. Ata period when the everywhere are feeling how much they need such virtues and such services we ought to signalize our appreciation of so remarkable an example, if only as an incentive to its imitation. W. F. HAVEMEYER, Mayor. KENTUCKY OOLOBED MEN ASSERTING THEIR RIGHTS CINCINNATI, Nov. 26, 1873. A convention of colored men of Kentucky met at Frankfort yesterday and appointed delegates to the National Convention of colored men to assem- ble at Washington, D. C., November 9. Many reso- lutions of an independent character were passed, among them one asserting their rights to an equal division of the offices with the white portion of the repablican party, and declaring that if it was not granted they would act with any party in the future which would best secure the recognition of their rignts, They also asserted in strong language their Tight to set as jurymen. ? NO MERCY FOR A MURDERER, ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 26, 1873 Governor Smith refuses to commute the death sentence of Maione. He will be hanged on Friday. eowle A WIFE MURDERER, SaiTu’s Faizs, Ont., Nov. 26, 1873, For the past few days the Coroner's jury have been investigating the cause of the death of Mrs, John Halliday, of township Montague, who was found at her residence dreadfully mangled and in adying condition. Her husband claimed that the wounds were caused by a runaway team, but the evidence pomted strongly to himself as her mur- derer. He was committed for trial. +e MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. BoGERt—WI11114M8.—On Thursday, November 20, by the Rev. E. 5. Sweetser, H. L. BOGERT, of Hobo- ken, N. J., to ELViINA, only daughter of the late Danie) Williams, Esq., of New York city. No cards. CHESTER—TREMAINE.—Im, Brooklyn. N. Y., on Tuesday, November 26, at the South Congrega- tional ‘church, corner of President and Court streets, by Dr. H. M. Storrs, C. M. CHESTER, Ieu- tenant Commander United States Navy, to Miss NErrie M., youngest daugiiter of Jno, M. ‘Tremaine, Esq., of Brookiyn, No cards, CLARK—UROWELL.—On Thursday, November 20, at Rahway, N. J., CuarLes H, CLARK to HATTIE N. CROWELL. No cards, San Francisco and Kansas City papers please copy. FROST—StINsON.—On Thursday evening, Novem- ber 20, by Rey. Samuel Osgood, D. D., PHILEMON H. Frost to Maky E., daughter of the late Thomas Stinson. HaNForD—Grirrin.—At Hyde Park, Scranton, Pa., at the residence of the bride’s parents, on Tuesday, November 25, 1873, HOBART HANFORD to Erra, daughter of Henry Grifiln, Esq., all of Scran- ton, No cards. KEETING-WakD.—On Tuesday, November 25, 1873, at the residence of the bride’s mother, No, 230 Second avenue, by the Rev. Dr. Powers, JoserH A. KEETING, Of Brooklyn, to Ray, daughter of the late 8. W. H. Ward, Esq., of New York. PATTERSON—COLLINS.—On Wednesday evening, November 26, by the Kev. Dr. Ormiston, Mr. THOMAS PATTERSON, Of Hoboken, N. J., to Miss ANNIE COLLINS, of New York. SOUTHWICK—HAMMOND,—On Wednesday, Novem- ber 26, at St. Alban’s church, by the Rev. C. W. Morrul, GeorGe W. Sovurnwick, Jr., to ANNIE B. HAMMOND, both of this city. No cards. TrEAT—WiNnGaTe.—On Taesday, November 25 the residence of the bride’s parenis, by Rev. N nan Smythe, Sivas B. Treat, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to AGNES M,, youngest daughter of Hon. Wiliam P. Wingate, of Bangor, Me. WINCHELL—CRAM.—On Wednesday, November 26 (Thanksgiving Eve), at the Church of the Messiah, Park avenue, by the Rev. Henry Powers, CHARLES L. WINCHELL, Of this city, to Havre A, CRAM, daughter of Franklin Cram, Esq., of South Brain- tree, Mass, Died. —On Tuesday, November 26,1873, SaM- SON, Principal of Grammar School No, 7, 1m the 44th year of his age. ‘The relatives and frieuds of the family, teachers of the Grammar schools of the city of New York and pupils of Grammar School No, 7, the trustees of the Tenth ward, and members of the George T. Trimble Association of old Public School No, 7 are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from Stanton street Baptist church, between Chrystie and Forsyth streets, on Friday, November 28, 1873, at one o’clock P. M. The members of the Male Principals’ Association, New York Public Schools, are requested to attend the funeral of their late associate and President, Samuel D. Allison, from above address, P. G. DUFFY, Vice-President. BaBcock.—Snddenty, on Wednesday, November 19, 1873, JOMmIN BABCOCK. ‘The remains were interred in Greenwood Ceme very. Bixen.—on Tuesday, November 25, ABIGAIL, widow of Elijah Baker, ip the 88th year of her age. Relattves and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 809 Greenwich street, on Friday morning, at nine o'clock, The remains will be taken to Poughkeepsie for inter- ment. BARRINGER.—At Fanwood, N J., on Wednesday, November 26, MaRia, wife of the late John Bar- ringer, in the punyeN of her age. The relatives and friends are respectfally invited to attend the funeral, trom the residence of her son-in-law, John H. Martine, Fanwood, on Friday, November 28, at hail-past twelve P.M. ‘Train leaves New York from the foot of Liberty street by the Centra! Railroad of New Jersey, at 10:15 A. M. BRECKER.—On Tuesday, November 25, H. WILLIAM BeckkR, youngest son of John and Susanna Becker, aged 2 years and 5 months. ‘The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the parents’ residence, southwest corner of Second avenue and Fifty- seventh street, this jursday) afternoon, at one o'clock, to Latheran Cemetery. BREARELL.-On Sunday, November 23, Dr, James B. BREAKELL, aged 62 years. The relatives and friends are respectfully in- vited to attend the funer: NOTICE. The funeral takes place from the Twenty-fourth Street Methodist Episcopal charech, near Ninth avenue, this day, 27th inst., at one o'clock P. M. BReves.—On Wednesday, November 20, LiZZ1® BREVRS, beloved wile of Otto Breves, in the 20th year of hera will be taken to Syracase, N. Y., for ‘The remain interment, sie Sine, Soutuern and Western ere ple: '. By.—Suddenly, on wodnesday, November 26, R daughter of the late William and Sarah By. friends and those of her brother, Charles re respectfully inytted to attend the {nneral, the residence of Mr. Robert Osborn, No. 63 Ce aes Brookiyn, on Friday, at two | o'clock P.M. Lo Gussie —On Shodan NOYOwMbst dia KWH I Jus y'sivie Ky die Cuasmak, in the 20th year of his age, youngest Som of the late Charles and Jane Chasmar. » ‘The relatives and friends of the family are i spect invited to attend the funeral, trom late residence, 811 Fifth street, this day (Thars- day), November 27, at one o'clock. CoNAGHAN.—At Peekskill, on Tuesday, November: 25, HENRY CONAGHAN, In the 30th year of his age. | ‘The funeral will take place from Verplanck’s Point, on Thursday, November 27. Trains leave, Forty-second street depot at 7 and 8 o'clock A. M.’ = jages will be tn attendance at Peekskill and lontrose stations. A Brooklyn, an cane Novem- ty UGH CONNELL, age’ . Relatives and friends are respectfully requested to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 163 Clason avenue, on Friday morning, November 28, at nine o'clock; from thence to St. Patrick's church, corner of Kent and Willoughby avennes, where a solemn requiem mass will be offered for the repose of his soul; trom thence to Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush, for interment. COross.—At Newark, N. 'J., on Sunday, November 28, Mrs. Mary Cross, widow of Abraham Cross, in the 80th year of her age. Her funeral will be atvended from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. N. Druman, No, 44 Mulberry. street, Newark, on Friday, the 28th inst., at eleven A.M. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend, without further notice, Dory.—In New Providence, N. J., on Wednesday, November 26, Mrs, ELIZA, wile of Israel Doty, Esq. Driaas.—On Saturday, November 22, 1873, Win« LIAM 8, DRiGGs, formerly a resident ‘of Detroit, d 58 years. /RUMMOND.—On Monday, November 24, REBECCA Bonner, wife of William Drummond ‘and Sananeee of the late Rovert Bonner, aged 36 yeara, 1 months and 22 days. The relatives and friends of the family are re~ spectiully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 5Ct Hudson street, on Thursday, the 27th inst., at one o'clock. Epwarps.—On Monday, November 24, of con- ; sumption, Joun EDWakDs, aged 59 years, 6 months and 19 days. The friends of the family, also the members of Commonwealth Lodge, No. 409, F. A. M., are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from hia jate residence, No. 227 Ninth street, South Brook- lyn, on Thursday, November 27, at half-past two o'clock P. M. Fraca.—In this city, on Monday, November 2, AZARIAH C. FLaqG, aged 83 years. His funeral will be attendea on Friday, 28th inst.,, at one o’clock, at No, 469 West{'wenty-third street. FLEMING.—On Wednesday morning, November 26, Mrs. ELIZABETH FLEMING, in the 67th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family, and those of her son, Denis Daly, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her son- in-law, William J. Kane, 104 West Thirty-eighthy street, on Friday morning, 28th inst, at tem o'clock, to the Church of St. Francis Xavier,), thence to Calvary Cemetery. Foster.—On Tuesday, November 25, JEANNETTA, wife of Richard W. Foster, aged 22 years. Relatives and iriends are invited to attend tha funeral, from her late residence, 341 East Twelfth street, on Thursday, Novemper 27, at one o'clock, P.M. . GRAHAM.—JAMES GRAHAM, youngest son of Owem and Margaret Graham, aged ‘5 years and 6 montha, The friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, this (Thursday) af ternoon, from his late residence, 34 Greenwich avenue, at one o'clock, GRay.—At Whitestone, on Wednesday, Novem< ber 26, MICHAE! Gray, son of the late Thomas andy Ann Gray, of Whitestone, aged 36 years. Funeral from his late residence, Twenty-first street, on Friday morning, November 28, at twa piekek: Relatives and friends will please také notice, GUERIN.—On Wednesday, November 26, of dyph+ theria, Parrick Josxrn, eldest son of Michael andé Maria Guerin, aged 5 years, 9 months and 24 The relatives and friends of the family are in- vited to attend the funeral, at the residence of his father, 202 Madison street, on Friday, November 28, at two o’clock P. M. GumRNsEY.—At the residence of his son, im Amenia, N. Y..on Wednesday morning, November 26, PETER B. GUERNSEY, M. D. The relatives and friends of the family an® members of the New York Academy of Medicine ara respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the Sho, church, Amenta, on Friday, at two o’clock P.M. Trains leave Grand Central Depot, Harlenw Railroad, 9:45 A. M. HARRIS.—On Tuesday evening, November 25, FRANCES, youngest daughter of M. E, Harris. The relatives and friends of the family are re spectfully invited to attend the funeral. The mem<« bers of the congregation Darech Amuno and of the Chevra Darech Amuno Vemeth are requested to attend the funeral this (Thursday) morning, at nine o'clock, from No, 309 West Twenty-eight street, A. OETTINGER, President. Hart.—On Tuesday, November 26, of consump. tion, SARAH Tis#, wife of Samuel 8. Hart, aged 4% years and 6 months, } The relatives and friends are respectfally in4 vited to attend the funeral, from her late resi- dence, Central avenue, near St. Paul’s avenue, Jersey City Heights, on’Friday morning, November! 28, at ten o'clock. é AWLEY.—On Monday, November 24, at his re- sidence, 1,337 New Broad street, Philadeiphta, of mneumonia, JAMES S. HAWLEY, formerly of Bing- amton, N. Y., in his 65th year. fee ‘Tuesday, November 25, HENRY C. OPR. Relatives and friends of the family are invited ta attend the funeral, from his late residence, 174 Franklin street, at two P. M. HorsMan.—On Tuesday, November 25, MaRia Junta, only child of John and Maria Horsman, aged 2years, 10 mouths and 21 days. Funeral, Friday,at half past twelve P. M., at parents’ residence, 281 East Tenth street. JonEs.—On Tuesday, November 25, alter a shor' illness, ELLEN G., beloved daughter of Lewis and Agnes Jones, aged 3 years, 1 month and 1 day. Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, trom No. 377, Fpgnth avenue, on Thursday, the 27th inst., at two ER.—On Sunday, November 23, after a short illness, Francis H. Kayser, in the 50th year of his 2, Relatives and friends of the family, Ring, gold Horse Guards, Brooklyn, Schuetzen Corps- Steuben Lodge, No. 133, LO. of O. F., Alle- mania Lodge, No. 4, D. 0, of H., are invited to at- tend his funeral, on Thursday, November 27, at half-past one lock, trom Zion church, Henry street, near Clark. Brooklyn. KELLY.—On Tuesday, November 25, JAMES J. KELLY, youngest son of Margaret and the late Daniel M. Kelly, aged 20 years and 2 months. The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from his late resiaence, 61 Dekalb ave- nue, this day (Thursday), at two P. M. Halifax papers please copy. MEINKEN.—On Wednesday, November 26, H. PF. ‘W. MEINKEN, son of Frederick and Gesine Meinken,, aged 4 years, 9 months and 3 days, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his parents, corner of Little Twelfth street and Tenth avenue, on Friday, November 28, at one o'clock. MILLER.—At Maplewood, N.J., on Wednesday, November 26, at 9 A. M., WALLACE, youngest child of Thomas and Marion Miller, aged 23 months, Funeral from the residence of his parents, on Friday, at eleven A.M, Train leaves foot of Bar- clay street at A. M. Moone.—On Tuesday, November 25, Jonn S., som of Joh and Ann Moore, in the 9th year of his age. Relatives and friends are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his parents, 120 Seventh avenue, on Thursday, at two o'clock P, M. Mcbring.—On Monday, November 24, Parrice A. McBripr, only son of Andrew and Catherine McBride, aged 26 years and 9 months, The relatives and friends ot the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No, 405 East Fifteenth street. The funeral will leave the residence of his father on Thursday, November 27, at ten o’clock A. M., and procees to the Immaculate Conception church, ‘ourteenth street and avenue A, where a solemn” requiem mass will be offered up for the departed soul. Immediately after mass the funeral wi!) jeave for Calvary Cemetery for interment. MCKENNA.—After a brief illness, on Wednesday, November 26, Wit.iam J. MCK&NNA, in the 26th year of his age. Notice of funeral hereafter, McLAUGHLIN.—Suddenly, at his residence, 138 East Twenty-elgith street, on Tuesday, November 25, of diphtheria, Tromas J. McLacGHLin, M. D., im the 30th year of ins age. ‘The body will be conveyed to Lewisburg. Pa., for interment, this Weta evening, November 27. O'ConNoR.—On Wednesday, November 26, 187: a hath we Le of pene O'Connor and. ary Kavanaha, aged 10 months, F Tie relatives and friends of the fainily are re- spectfally invited to attend the funera!, irom his late residence, 111 Washington street, on Friday, November 28, at one o'clock P. M. nf deal Ses HS sag Adel el 2, JamEs R. SCHENCK, in the 45th year o! A His relatives and trends are inviced to attend the mneral, on Thnraday, the 27th inst., at two e’clock P. M., from his Tate residence, Nv. 630 Bal- tio street. STILLWELI-—On Wednesday, J. KE, STILLWELL, M. D., aged & The relatives and friends from his ec! nvited to attend the funeri tite rests en00, 238 Kast Twellth street, on Vriday, November 28, at one v'clock P. M. STRANGE.—In Chicopee, Mass, after a brief ill. ness, WILLIAM F., son of Samuei ii. ang Naomi Strange, in the 20th year of his age, Relatives and friends are invited to atten! the faneral, from the residence of his annt, sz Bed ford avenge) Brooklyn, on Thursday, November 14, t ten A. “Grewant.—On Monday, November 24, after @ short fliness, Mrs, HANNAH STEWan?, widow of Lewis Stewart, in the 65th year of her age. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are in- vited to attend the funeral, from her late resi dence, No. 100 Kast Twenty-third street, corner of Fourth avenue, on Thursday, the 27th inst., at two P. M., Withont further notice. Tooke. —On Wednesday, November 20, Knkiwen D., eldest son of Samuel and Harnet N, Tooker, aged 20 years, His relatives and frtends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Friday, the 2sth 1 ay half-past ten A. M,, from Fairview avenue, Jersey ba’ f Heights (lave Bergen). ATERS.—On Tuesday, November 25, Cuanies Ss. WATERS, aged 44 years, The relatives and friends are resp vited to attend the funeral, from } 09 Rldnidge street, op Thursday, Neyem er