The New York Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1873, Page 8

8 WG KBLIEY ON THE CRISIS, The Present Situation and How It Should be Met. A TEMPORARY LOAN THE REMEDY. + Iustility of the Arguments as to the Balance of Trade, IMPOSSIBILITY OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. — Advantages to the People from Three-Sixty-Five Convertibles. THE JUDGE’S BILL. Wasninoron, Dec, 21, 1873. ‘The adjournment of Congress and the scattering @f the members to'their distant homes will give vhey constituants an opportunity to freely express epinions as to what should be done to relieve the country in its financial embarrassment, It is gen- erally Delleved, by those interested in increasing the volume of the currency that the sentiment will be against taxation of any kind, restricting, So lar as the popular will can, retrenchment in the expen- @itures of the government anda greater supply of gteenbacks for the business in ‘ry. The members remainiv., mot lack for information. Al bardened with letters from ef life, earnestly protestin, inst afestoration of the tax on tea and come, or increased tax on whiskey and tobacco. Such legislation, while pronounced unpopular, would certainly weaken he republican party and increase the possibility of the democracy gaining 1¢€ aasvendency. With the return of Congress, wil come hordes of lobbyists, represent amg every phase of business. The bankers will be here to prevent, if possible, interierence ‘With the present financial régime; while the dis- ‘tillers and tobacco manufacturers, divided in @pinion, will worry the Committee of Ways and Means with their pet notions. So far as the House and Senate have been canvassed the proposition ef Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, has been favorably endorsed, and the opinion of both members of the Committee ot Ways and Means, Banking and Cur- Tency, and Finance is that it will eventually be the compromise presented. Knowing the pertinacity ‘with which its author would press it, and the ma- jority, at least of the House, to sustain him when it comes before that body, your correspondent called upon the Pennsylvania Representative this evening for the purpose of getting his views, and the line of argument he will adopt when the sub- dect is presented for debate. JUDGE KELLEY INTERVIEWED. Having talked over the matter of retrenchment, nd bow difficult it would” ve to satisfy the people, ‘who were clamoring for relief, 1 asked :— “Do you think we can do without any additiona, taxation” Judge KELLEY—I think: the suggestion by the Secretary of the Treasury that taxes sbould pe tacreased at a time of great depression like this ‘was aserious mistake, and that he will discover that the paralysis of business will be so brief as mot materially to affect the revenue for this fiscal year, certainly not to the extent of the ordinary surplus above the actual demands of the govern- ment. The falling of will be confined chiefly to ‘this quarter of the fiscal year, and I think itis highly probable that the loss will be more than Made up during the third and fourth quarters of the year, as the people will supply their wants as #oon as business shall revive and our laboring peo- pie shall be generally employed. The farmers and ‘working people of the country are already loudly protesting against the restoration of the DUTIES ON TEA AND COFFEE, and to increase the tax on whiskey and tobacco, ‘which seem to be regarded as proper subjects of tax- ation, and which would lead to a most unwholsome specution and to a genera) revival of the frauds that ‘formerly prevailed with reference to both of these articles. The country does not appreciate the ex- tent to which the taxes on spirits and tobacco affect the producing and working classes. Spirits are the products of the grain fields of the country, #0 condensed as to relieve the farmer of from 70 to 7 per cent of the cost of transportation to the seaboard, and tobacco is one Of our most important staple productions. Every reduction we have made in the tax on either has increased its produc- tion, and, as the laboring people are the principal consumers of tobacco, whatever enhances its price reduces their wages. It is a curious fact that the existing tax on spirits adds from 15 cents to 22 cents to the cost of producing an ounce of quinine, and this tax is feit in the price of every chemical production and article of perfumery in which aicohol is nsed as an in- gredient or a solvent. How largely this is the case few people would believe. I am therefore opposed to any modification of these taxes until we shall be Prepared, as | hope we may in the near future, to reduce them“ But, if Iam mistaken in supposing that the revenues ofthis. year will be adequate for the necessities of the Treasury, I hold, as my reso- tution now pending before the House. expresses, that the necessities of the Treasury should be sup- plied by TEMPORARY LO. Indeed, we should never, 80 jong as our paper money is inconvertible, be without temporary Joans. They constitute an essential element in the nancial system we inaugurated with the issue of inconvertible currency, and would not, I think, all conditions have ever been abandoned had Mr. Chase remainea at the head of the Treas- ury. In my judgment, the present crisis, which is costing the people of this country at least $1,000,000,000 in loss of wages, and occasioning the reduced prices at which we are selling our grain, cotton, tobacco and other crops, and in the shrink- age of values in merchandise and the stocks of the most substantial and productive companies ana institutions in the country, is largely due to the fact that our own bankers and foreign dealers in credit have begniled us into eliminating from our financial system temporary loans in which surplus greenbacks might be invested. 4 have, therefore, @6 you are aware, introduced a bill providing for the issue of bonds bearing $3 65 currency interest, #nd redeemable on presentation in greenbacks, to be known as INTER-CONVERTIBLE BONDS. CORRESPONDENT—Do you not regard that as a Moveity in our legislation, though the idea has been Moating through the community for seme time ¢ rie KELLEY—I assure you, sir, that it is not a moveity, is in no sense an experiment, but was pert of our uniform practice down to the time that ‘Treasury Officials seem to have ialien into tne hands of the credit mongers of the world, In 1862 Jecame from Philadelphia to Washington with a German geetieman ler the purpose of introducing him to Mr, Uhase, that he might offer, on behali of ‘what we would now call @ syndicate of German bankers, aloan of $400,000,000. Mr. Chase heard Dim, respectivily received Ais paper and said to dim, “I will send you my reply te the hotel in the ‘eourse of Wall an hour.’ And i less than that time the reply came, saying that “We deciine to entertain any proposition from abroad at this time, relying upen the ability of our peopie to farnwn us with the required funds.” I am not sure that I give his amiwer Fer- dati, but am absoiutely certain that there la no departure trom its spirit and intent. 2hat was about the midsummer of 1862, but we had a\lready, by tme act of July 11, 1862, authorizing an ad- ditional issue of $150,000,000 of legal tender notes— $35,000,000 of which might be in denomina- ons jess than $5—provided for the preparation of $50,000,000 in greenvacks, not to be issued. for rary ane phe nae re be reserved to pay ga ‘omptiy in case of emergency. we said that I attribute this crisis to ‘ghee THE ELIMINATION OF TEMPORARY LOANS from our financial system, and I now add that by doing 80 we have @isified the promise contained ‘on the face of every greenback, and by disowning it have widened the difference’ between gold and our paper. So long as the government received the greenback in exchange for an interest bearing 100 it redeemed its notes by giving them luctive employment, as it undertook do when it orginally issued them; but refusing to give its own insues productive em- ployment in the services of the goverpment, it Grives them, in those dull seasons of the year when eurrency cannot be wsed in ordinary business, to geek interest in banks which offer a premium for deposits, and w! Raving thus purchased de- ‘posits, send them vo Wall street for purpose of ‘speculation and the manufacture of corners in gold, bonds and currency. It does not take a large volume of currency to absorb a great loan, and Mr. Chase understood that thoroughly. In the most expensive periods of the war we needed an aver- of $2,000,000 a day for current expenses. We had out several forms of currency loans—temporary loans, payable on 10 days notice, issued under three several acts of Congress, and bearing diter- ent rates of interest, four, five and six per cent; compound interest notes, payable premium ana mterest in currency, or convertible into bonds, five-twenties and others; seven-thir- ties, the imterest payable in specie at six per cent, or in currency ven-thirty per cent, and uitera certain period also convertible into bonds; and so long as the American people had among them all $2,000,000 a day that they might withdraw from business to invest in any of these forms of temporary loans Mr. Chase saw that the financial condition of the country was safe. LOOK FOR YOURSELF. The people lend the government $2,000,000 on Monday, and the government purchases com- mouities, the production of our own people, with those $2,000,000 on Tuesday. Other people lend the government $2,000,000 on Tuesday, which is again expended by tt among them on Wednesday. Continue the process through the week and you will find that though but $2,000,000 of currency- have been used on any day, $12,000,000 of loan have been absorbed. Extend the calculation through.the year, and you find that though but $2,000,000 have been applied in any one aay, the result at the end of the year would @ lean to the government of over $600,000,000, I therefore propose that the government shall re-es- tablish @ redemption fund of — $50,000,000, as provided by the act of 1862 alread: referred to, and shall issue temporary loan certifi cates in the form of bonds or otherwise, carrying interest at the rate of acent @ day upon $100, or $3 65 per annum. TJ propose this as a means of redeeming the United States dollar when presented to the Treasury; a8 a means of preventing the ac- cummuiation in the hands of irresponsible bankers and of stock and gold gamblers the surplus funds of the country during the growing season, and while the canais and lakes are closed by ice. But it will accomplish an object, if possible, more desir- able than this, by placing OUR LOANS IN THE HANDS OP OUR OWN PEOPLE, at currency interest, and relieving us from the load of gold interest, chiefly due to loreigners, under which we are now staggering. We owe im round numbers $100,000,000 gold interest annually—the actual sum is between $99,000,000 and $100,000,000— and most 01 this is, as I have said, due to loreigners. The entire production of our gold mines is about $60,000,000 a year. How are we to provide jor the balance? The answer is ready on the lips of mere theorists, ‘By the balance of trade;” but the balance of trade has been against us, uniiormly, | since long before the commencement of the war, and it is no answer to say thatit has been for the last two or three months in our favor. That it has been so 1s due to accident or Providence, and not to sagacious legisiation. The crops of Great Britain and all the countries of the Continent are this year far below the average, while our crop is unusually Jarge. But where will be the balance of trade next year, should it, in the order of Providence, come to pass that our crops shall fall considerably below the average, and those of Europe be better than usual? Our exports will then fall off, both in quantity and price, and the balance of trade will be against us gam as it has so long been. Until we can reduce our gold interest to such proportions as to enable us to pay it from our production of gold it is NONSENSE TO TALK OF THE RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS or to hope that our commerce may be conductea on a gold basis, It is that we may bring home these gold-bearing bonds that I propose the issue of temporary convertible currency loans. CORRESPONDENT—How Can temporary loans be made to the government in paper, and’ reimbursi- bie, principal and ipterest, in currency, aid in bringing bome our goid bonds? Judge KeLLEyY—I have heard that proposition ae- nounced as an absurdity in many quarters, and am happy in the fact that you have not asked me the question whether the proposition is not upon its lace an absurdity. My bill provides that the Secre- tary of the Treasury shall apply funds received in exchange for these temporary and convertibie bonds to the purchase of gold-bearing bonds or of gold with which to call such bonds, and it also pro- poses to aliow THE BANKS TO HOLD THESE BONDS 48 THEIR RESERVE in whole or in part. Beiore such bonds should be on the market ono gear the Secretary wouid have at mus commapd ywhere irom $200,000,000 to $500,000,000, You will acknowledge that the banks would very gladly hoid a reserve upon which taey could draw 3 65-100 interest. The president of a leading life insurance company from New York has, within 48 hours, assured me that his com- pany, which oiten had $100,000 in temporary loan certificates, would average for 10 months in the year an amount equal to that im that form of in Vestment, Some of the leading merchants of Philadelphia have told me that they would be glad of such @ means of investing their large balances during the dull season. One manufacturer of Philadelphia, to whom I submitted the proposition for consideration, after be came to com- prehend it, showed me by his bank books, and this was in October and after the panic bad commenced, that there was then lying to his credit $250,000, $200,000 of which he said he would be very glad to put into 365-10u convertibies. He could draw no currency upon his checks and had to buy notes with which to pay his hands. Ke- membering what I have said of $2,000,000 a day in- vested in our loans having been suflicient to carr. us through the war, and you will see that eac year the amount of these bonas would increase, and you Will probably not regard me as exaggerat- ing When I say that in a lew years THE GREAT BULK OF OUR GOLD-BEARING LOAN, now held in Europe, might thus be cunverted into @ currency loan held by our own people, and the rate of interest be thus reduced from six per cent in gold, as it is now, to less than four per cent in paper. Then, with the productions of our mines and the increasea productive power of our coun- try, we might hope to induce a flow of specie from other lands to ours in exchange for commodities, and that we might again be able to use gold and silver as part of our currency. 1 say as Fle of our currency; for I trust that the green- ack will never be deprived of its legal tender character and the people be thrown back upon State banks or any other corporate contrivance jor currency. The issue of money is an attribute of sovereignty that should never be delegated by the government. CORRESPONDENT—Bnt is there not danger, if so large an amount of these bonds should be issued, that they might come upon the Treasury unex- pectedly and bankrupt it by disclosing ita inability to redeem them? Judge KeLLey—Such an event is not, in my judg- ment, witnin the range of possibilities; and, in order to correct my views, if they be erroneous, or to. confirm them by the results of experience, I yesterday submitted a resolution, which was adopted by the House, calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury to injorm us WHaT AMOUNT OF TEMPORARY LOAN THE GOVERN- MENT HAD RECEIVED under each of four laws of Congress, and what amount had been presented for redemption in any quarter of @ year, I think the answer to that question will show that sueh loans are never brougit home for redemption in any considerabie amount. J am assured that when we had such certificates outstanding to the amount of more than $120,000,000, no pressure ever sent home for redemption $2,000,000 of them in one week, and that though under the acts of 1862 the government was entitled to 10 days’ notice, Mr. Van Dyke, the then Assistant Treasurer at New York, never availed himself of the right to notice, but paid all such demands on Pipe ay Again, at the time of the Chicago fire there was outstanding over $60,000,000 of three per cents, and that great fire, lasting for three days and spreading consternation throughout the whole country, drove in of those $60,000,000 but $1,500,000 of temporary loan. Why should holders of such securities seek their re- demption? THE GREENBACK is @ government ovligation, without interest, and why shonid a man who holds a government obliga- tion bearing interest and convertible into green- backs on presentation demand an exchange for others that bear no interest? What merchant, bay- ing his debt secured by bond and mortgage, with legal interest, would be foolish enough to surren- der his security and his interest for the privilege of getting his debtor’s note without security and with no interest ¢ CORRESPONDENT—Might there not be a possibility that other securities in the shape o! frst mort- gages and other Jiens upon real estate, offering a Jarger rate of interest than 3.65, would be more sought by capitalists or those having money to invest, and aiminish the demand for these convert- ible bonds or send them to the Treasury for re- demption ? Judge KeLLEy—“Out of abundant caution,” as lawyers say. MY BILL PROVIDES, as did that of Mareh 11, 1862, for the preparation of $50,000,000 of Treasury notes, known as greenbacks, vo be beid exclusively for the redemption of such bonds in an emergency, or if presented in unugual amounts; and jurther provides that said Jund, if drawn upon, shail be reimbursed out of the first moneys not otherwise appropriated that may come into the Treasury; bat I do not believe that want among the of the anne John ceocmia, hater of the country, Hon. 0G Committee on Finance of the Kenate, is reported to have said that nobody had been injured but those who nad unduly expanded their business. 1 would like to know whether as ecived "Seen A we rca ae who, de; emselves Of what we the hecesaries of lite, had laid by a few hundreds of dollars in savings banks were the victims of the expansion of their trade and business? I would like to know whether the working Beenie of city, where fathers, sons and daughters all tot and each contributes to the monthly payments made to the Building Association in order that the family may Own the roof over their heads, and who all having been thrown out o! employment, find their property about to be sold by the Sheriff under the mortgage on which they cannot the stipa- lated instalments, are the victims of their foolish expansion of business? I would like any one to tell me whether the farmers of the West and the planters of the South who raised their crops on the prices of the past year and are selling them under ‘the prevailing shrinkage of values are hurt? And, if so, whether it ig the result of their ex- travagance and their expansion of business be- yond its just limit? These working people— these farmers and planters—are the people of the country. and it is they who have been robbed of their earnings and their accumulations by the fact that Congress withholds from the country cur- rency enough with which to make the exchanges of legitimate trade and production, Mr. Bagehot, in his recent work on “Lombard Street.” asserts that THE PROXIMATE CAUSE OF EVERY FINANCIAL PANIO that has occurred within this century in London has been the apprehension that ties holding good securities would soon be unable to get money on them, and that therefore the holders of such securities seized the opportunity while it might be had to get and hoard it, and in this he is correct. Therefore it is that I said, so long as the whole people shall know that whoever holds a 3.65 bond can go to the Treasury and get currency for it, a great commercial crisis will be Impossible, and a3 to greater interest tempting tunds to other invest- ment, I should be sorry to think that it would not do so, for I would not check the enterprise of the country. But there are a large class of our people who regard security as more important than the rate of interest, and these would trust the govern- ment, at least, wit enouch of their funds to make them feel that if they lost what they had ventured in railroad and other mortgages they would sul ve in comfortable circumstances. PROSPECTS OF JUDGE KELLEY’S BILL. CoRRESPONPENT—Can you give me any idea as to how your committee 1s likely to act on this subject, and whether the same proposition is not before the Committee on Banking and Ourrency, and what view they take of it? Judge KELLEY—The question is before both the committees you have named; indeed, my bil) has been referred to each of them, ir. Field, of Michigan, has a bill before the Committee on Bank- img aod Currency involving the same principles, and there are other propositions kindred to it before that committee. What course the Commit- tee on Ways and Means will take I cannot venture to suggest, I brought my bill to the attention of the committee on Friday and requested that it should be taken up for consideration immediately alter the holidays. TI think that after an investiga- tian of its provisions and the consideration oi the the replies the Secretary of the Treasury shall make to my cail for information it will be reported tothe House. Whether a majority oi the commit- tee will support it on the floor I am quite unable to determine in my own mind, As to the opinion of the members o! the Committee on Banking and Currency 1 know still less than I do of those of my coll es on the Ways and Means. The merits of the proposition appear to me to be 80 great that 1do not see how either com- mittee can resist it, especially now that it is shorn of tre suggestion that it is a novelty and an experiment, and shown to be an original and es- sential part of our system of inconvertible paper money. A few days alter the reassembling of Congress will determine its fate in both commit- tees. The recent experience of France in reviving her business and paying the German indemnity so goon after the war is a poweriul argument in sup- port of this measure. The Freuch government declared the notes of the Bank oi France to be legal tender, and receives them in payment of all dues to the government, and the difference be- tween gold and paper in that country has never reached one per cent. Industries revived almost magically, and the story of how France paid the German indemnity is familiar to all. So, too, the example of Engiand pleads for it, The English people hold the Edglish debt at a low rate of in- terest because consols are always convertible into money at @ slight depreciation. if the immense debt of England can be borne by aid of machigery, which sometimes falis aiew per cent beiow par, how much more readily might ours be maintained by bonas always redeemable at Ven in the currency of the nation by the Treasury of the country! THE METHODIST PREACHERS, Methodism the Instructor of All Other Denominations—Interesting Address by Dr. J. H. Vincent—The Week of Prayer. The Methodist preachers’ meeting was crowded yesterday with members and visitors. Dr. J. H. Vincent, previously appointed, addressed tie Meeting on the advance of Methodism in this ana in other large cities. He first showed how Method- ism had been for the last 30 or 40 years educating other denominations, until at this day it is a com- mon expresmon to say such and such a man preaches like a Methodist, or such singing is like Methodist, or such a church conducts its prayer meetings like the Methodists, and so on. When Methodism began its work it was a spirit; itis now a body and aspirit. There is less proselytiz- ing, he thought, in the Methodist Episcopal Church than im any other. If the Methodist Episcopal Church to-day had all its converts who are now found in other denominations it would have, he believed, one-fifth more members than it has. The Doctor, in enumerating what Methodism wants to-day, suggested the following requisites :—(1.) A true view of its own mission to spread Scrip- tural holiness, and a broader charity for other denominations that are striving atter this higher life, The Methodist Episcopal Church does not need nor should she strive alter government patronage, nor to bring in or keep in her churches Tich men {for the sake of their riches, It should GIVE THE GOSPEL toallalike. (2). Her ministers should use the sim- plicity of the Gospei in all their efforts and not covet @ Hepworth Hall or Talmage Tabernacle. The Doctor demonstrated how much more could be done for God’s cause by a dozen godly earnest men than by the great crowd. (3). They should look weil after the children; iecture to them now and ain, teach them the doctrines of the Church which it hoids in common with all the churches and aiso those Which are peculiar to itself. When the Church wins a boy, he said, it wins a man, and when it wins @ young man of 21 he will be likely to stay in the Church all his lifetime. (4). We need more of the Word of God in our churches, he said. We need it in the pulpit and in the pew, and we need more expository preaching, which is the charm of the pulpit on the other side of the water, and which makes the sermons of Dr. John Hall, of this city, 80 attractive and interesting. We need more of the Bible in our prayer and class meet- ings, he said; aiso in our Sunday schools. ‘This, the Doctor remarked, is the way to keep the young men in the Church and to meet the skepticism of the world. Let us ground our young men in the Gospei and then we shall keep them in the Church, (5). Short sermons, simple, clear and practical, such as the average adult can understand, and then there will be found some child who can un- derstand it also, We shonid also make our singing attractive to the little ones, THE BIGGEST MISTAKE the Methodist Episcopal Churcn ever made was when it gave up congregational singing and substi- tuted the quartet choir therefor. Responsive read- ings in the services were also recommended. (6). We need, he said, a more thorough training of our foung people to love the Methodist Episcopal Jnurch, her doctrines and genrai rules, and for this purpose he would have monthly iectures on these topics to the probationers; and (7) we must do all we can to keep our probationers in the Church. The publication of the Doctor's interesting ad- dress was asked for by some of the brethren, and Rev, John Parker offered a few refharks, approv- the suggestions in regara to the Sunday schools and the viteg | people. Dr. Roche, Mr. Buckley and Dr. Curry talked a little about Po it plagiarism, and Father Beebe, a venerable ish Wesleyan missionary to the West Indies, gave a brief sketch of his missionary life of 48 years in the West India Islands and South America, and of his acquaintance with the Rey. Richard Watson and his son. A committee was appointed to arrange the ser- vices jor the Week of Prayer, and Dr. Foss was ap- pointed to speak next Monday morning on some practical issues or the late Evangelical Alliance, A MYSTERY SOLVED, Boston, Dec, 22, 1873, One of the mysteries which nave bothered the brains of the Boston police force was disclosed to-day. Mr. Simeon A. Britton, a well known and hitherto respectedgreal.estate broker im this city, that fund ever was drawn upon or the one my bill provides for would ever be touched, Had it been known on the 18th of September last that whoever held a government bond could fet greenbacks for it there would haye been no crisis and no panic, The inability to answer the question, Where shall get currency? was What paralyzed the indus- tries of the country, an will have cost the people more than — $1,000,000,000 before our business shall have resnmed its usual activity. \ have it from the Secretary of the ‘Treasury himseif that citizens of this distric pressed for currency, called upon him and offered to exchange their gold-bearing five-twenties, then commanding @ premium in the market of New York, in exchange for greenbacks at par, He epoke of it a8 evidence of ME FOLLY INTO WHICH MEN MAY BE DRIVEN BY PANIC, but J saw in it the wisdom of prudent and snbstan- tial men on the eve of pears uptey who saw that the paople of a country which God had blessed with mere bountifal yh 4 than ever betore were brought to rum by the want of one thing, “eurrency”—the means to pay wages and to purenase at the retail store and the ‘shambles in the market—which was the sole want of the country, and to which alone We Owe opr Widespread bankruptcy and the pr¢- was found, insensible and badly beaten, on the floor of his office, in Devonshire street, on tne afternoon of November 7 last. When taken to the police station for treatment he refused to give the name of the person who assaulted him, and it was not known until Mr. Britton’s attending physi- cian, Dr. Arnold, Was compelled to divulge it by order of the Court. It was then learned that the assailant was one James ©. Merrill, a boy of 18 years, who is @& gon of Josiah Merrill, areal estate broker. Young Mer- rill was at that time in Canada. Mr, Detective Dearborn proceeded to that Dominion, found the boy and brought him back to Boston to-day, This afternoon he testified before the Grand Jury that the assanit was committed because Britton at- tempted tocommit a heinous crime upon him. The Grand Jury proceeded at once to find an 1In- dictment against Britton, exonerating the boy irom blame, An officer is now jn pursuit of the offender with strong hopes of lodging him in pri- gon before to-morrow. ‘he affair created a great deal of sorrow and ex- cifement here #0 soon as the lacts became known on the street, inasmuch as the parties con- nected therewith are very well known. Britton has a wie nd two daughters, the latter boty grown women. BAZAINE’S FALL. Final. Scenes in the Military . Court. DEMEANOR OF THE PRISO¢ER. [From the London Daily Telegraph, Dec, 21.) Panis, Dec, 10—Evening. So many persons failed yesterday in the attempt to obtain admission into the Trianon that to-day the anxious crowd of sightseers was evidently de- terred by the fear of a similar disappointment. Possibly also the sharp frost of the early morning had chilled popular enthusiasm, At all events, though tbis was universally regarded as the last day of the court martial, the morning train, which leaves Paris at half-past eight, brought comparatively tew people. The momentous session opened punctually at half-past nine o’clock, Maitre Lachaud was in his place, looking more fatigued and exhausted than he did yesterday. The efforts of the previous three days’ speaking, and especially yesterday’s address, had been very exhausting, and their effects were very plainly marked on the expressive features of the eloquent counsel for the defence. His voice had suffered to a remarkable extent, and was no longer able to give full utterance to the oratory which he had at command. Driven in thus upon himself, the eloquent advocate seemed to re- sort, more than usual, to an impassioned action in order to find utterance to feelings of which his voice failed to furnish adequate expression. Marshal Bazaine was in his place; he looked very pale, MAITRE LACHAUD, resuming his speech, attacked at once the stirring details of the capitulation of Metz, It was a most unfortunate circumstance that, in consequence of the speaker’s hoarseness, much of the oratorical effect of this most thrilling portion of his address and its powerful peroration were lost. Argu- mentatively its strong points were two—First, that Metz was not ‘‘an open place,’’ and therefore that Marshal Bazaine was not brought within article 210 of the Military Code, which prescribes death to the commander who capitulates “in the open fleld;”’ second, that it was not the Marshal's fault that the flags and eagles were not destroyed. He gave the order—it was not obeyed. On the conclusion of Lachaud’s address, at twelve o’clock, the sitting was suspended until a quarter past two. When the Court resumed GENERAL POURCET, the official prosecutor, replied to ‘Maftre Lachaud by reading a voluminous document, the recital of which occupied an -hour and aquarter. Setting out with the assertion that Maitre Lachaud’s de- fence was beneath the height of the sub- ject, the General proceeded to traverse in detail every argument and assertion brought forward in the Marshal’s defence. He insisted that not a single accusation levelled against him had been rmpeached, and demanded again, in the name ot justice and in the interest o1 military dis- cipline, that the penalty provided by the muitary code should be applied to the man who had be- trayed the highest trust which could be placed in the hands of @ marshal of France, It was now LACHAUD’S TURN TO SAY THE LAST WORDS in behalf of his client. He struggled bravely against his physical weakness, and made immense el forts to overcome the hoarseness of his voice, in order emphatically, and, indeed, vehemently, to repudiate the covert insinuations and open charges that were contained in the prosecuting General’s reply. Most passionately did ne pro- test against the spirit that had animated the rosecution, which had been characterized hroughout by bitterness of feeling and violence of language. Taking, then, in detail the allegations brought against nis client, he recapitulated sum- marily most of the principal arguments used in nis former speech, reviewing the Marshal’s antece- dents, ‘his hitherto honorable and loyal career, the hopelessness of the struggle, the Jact thac bis measures were approved by those who were asso- ciated with him the command, and bad re- ceived the honorable testimony of dispassionate witnesses; that he had done his best and suffered his utmost in order to avert the terrible catas- trophe of which it was sought to make him the victim. Throughout this portion of his address Maitre Lachaud repeatedly referred to Bazaine as “this unhappy man.’? The eloquent counsel concluded bis pleading by a direct retort to the peroration of General Pourcet. ‘The prosecution, he said, had demanded tnat a Marshal of France should be dishonored in order to make an ex- ample of him, and a warning for all time to come. Such a judgment, said Lachaud, would be as im- ponte as it would be unjust. it would furnisn a ad example, and prove a discouragemet to those young soldiers of France who form the hope of the country, BAZAINE had during the delivery of these speeches exhibited much more interest in what was said than he has hitherto as a general rule displayed, and while the official prosecutor was delivering the terrible string of accusations his fixed paleness gave way several times to a chi of color. He made tre- quent notes, and at various critical points of Gen- eral Pourcet’s indictment sent messengers for books and other documents. Different passages bearing on the points in question he marked for the use of his counsel, and then handed them to Maitre Lachaud. Immediately pehind the Marsnal sat Madame Bazaine, her handsome features not disguised even by the terrible ordeal of anxiety through which she hud passed and was at that mo- ment passing. The speeches were now over, and In the midst of AN IMPRESSIVE SILENCE which followed alter Maitre Lachaud had resumed his seat, the Duc d’Aumale turned to Bazaine and inquired if he nad anything to add to his defence. The Marsha) rose kurriedly, but with dignity, and said:—‘4 bear two words on my breast (strik- ing, as he spoke, the decoration of the Legion of Honor), GIONNEUR ET PATRIE,! I have never wavered in my 42 years of ser- vice in devotion to my country. I have never, either at Metz or elsewhere, forfeited m: honor. I swear it in presence of that Christ” (pointing to the picture of ‘Christ on the Cross’ which was hanging opposite on the wall, above the head of the Duc d’Aumale). Then, collecting his papers, the Marshal, in his habitual hurried man- ner, walked out of the Court for the last time, so far as this trial is concerned, for the sentence was to be pronounced in his absence, Before THE JUDGES WITHDREW— it was now half-past four o’clock—the President begged the supplementary judges to hold them- selves at the disposition of the Council. Its mem- bers, the Duc d’Aumale, President; General de la Motter fe, General Chaubaud-Latour, Gen- eral Tripier, General le Martimprey, Gen- eral Princeteau and General fartinez- Deschesnez, then retired. The dais was cleared of visitors by the gendarmes, who formed & cordon round it, 80 as to preclude the possibility of communication with the members of the court martial, the audience being in the mean- time warned that they must make no sign of ap- probation or of disapprobation when the verdict ‘was pronounced. After a long deliberation THE JUDGES RETURNED into court and pronounced their decision, which took the following form :— In the name of the French people, this 10th day of December, 1873, the Counell of War of the First Militexy Division, after deliberating privately, with closed doors, on the following questions :— First—Is Marsal Bazaine guilty of having, oh the 28th of October, 1870, capitulated to the enemyand surren- dered the stronghold of Metz, of which he held superior command-in-chief, without ‘having exhausted all the of defence of which he disposed, and without done everything which honor and duty pre- Second—Is Marshal Bazaine guilty of eels 5 signed on the same Gay. (October 28, ied ‘at the head of his army, fn the open fleld, this capitulation? Third—Did this capitulation result in his army laying down their arms? Fourth—Did Marshal Bazaine, before signing this capit- ulation, i to do everything which honer and duty preseri After the votes have been taken one after the other, beginniny it rank, ant with that of the ofticer holding the lowest after the President has given his last of all, the res wneramcusly that all the four questions on answe Upon which, after having considered the conclusion formulated py the Special Commissioner of the govern- ment In his Réquisitoire, the President, after having care- fully read the text of the law, and, Having again taken the votesinthe manner above described, on cation of the penaity, the council consequently demns Francois Achille Bazaine to the penalty of ~ DEATH WITH DEGRADATION, ‘and expels him from the Legion of Hono! In conformity with the law, the Counell condemns him besides to he owes to the Stato. In accordance with article 139 of the Code of Justi the Council enjoins the Special Commissioner of the governigent to cause the present judgment to be read im- mediately betot im 12 the presence of the guard as- sembied under arms, ‘This last formality is necessary on account of the provision of the French law which enacts that tue prisoner, in such circumstances, shail not be pres- ent at the reading of the verdict, I have said that the Council was @ long time in deliberation; in point of tact, it was four hours, and during that period everyb: remained in court anxiously awaiting the result, Jt was half- past eight when the Captain in command of the uard drew his sword and ordered the gendarmes present arms, which was the signal for the return of the judges, A lew seconds alterwards THE DUO D'AUMALE ENTERED, followed by his colleagues, the Captain exclaiming at the same moment, “stand up before the Voun- cil.” With almost military precision the crowd rose, while something like @ thrill of expectation ran through the whole Court. The scene was very impressive. When, in the midst of a solemn and most awiul er org pe once only by @ murmur—the Duc d’Aumale and dent pronounced the first words of the soiemn utterance, “In the name of the French people,” the emotion and suspense were overpowert be sentence pronounced, the ‘crowd gradually NEW YORK HERALD, TURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1873—TRIPLE SHERT, ang aqly obec away. m Paris there #48 DAT ee Vere’ fies va neh brougnt the first 'in- was ata- tion by, immense concourse of people who had ‘qaited for hours to learn the issue. The "¢ passenger to alight became immediately the ‘@utre of a large throng, who broke loose from the ts-de-ville, a8 s00n as the word sergen an “death” had been pronounced, a loud, prolonged shout echoed and re-echoed from end to end of the long waiting hall. The crowd clapped hands exultantly, as if some great victory had been ined, and the* cry was enthusiastically raised, ‘mort, taken up by the crowd outside, and promulgated from street to street—calling forth everywhere a general, long and savage applause, The Vanquigher Stands by the Van- quished. The following is the text of the two letters from Prince Frederick Charles which Maitre Lachaud read at the court martial on Tuesday :— I declare that during the whole period of the siege of Metz I had no interview with Marsha! Bazaine, and that I saw him for the Srst time on the morrow of the capitu- jation, July, 1870, FREDERICK CHARLES @ I declare that I profess the most complete esteem for Marshal Bazaine aid (or the energy with which he pro- ni yea as long ast Sage the — nce of Metz, which ‘Was inevi is succum| ‘Brutix, Dee. 6, 18/3 FREDERICK CHARLES, THE LEGISLATIVE PRINTING BIDS ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1873. The legislative printing has heretofore been donc by the Argus Company under contract covering all work ordered by the Legislature for itself, and the price was $58,000. The proposals telegraphed on Saturday were for only a certain specified amount of work, which in the aggregate would be much tess than that done by the argus Company. Bence these new proposals, put in by the Argus Company and others for the specific work are regarded as containing prices even more profitabie to whoever secured the contract than the $55,000 has been to the argus Company. THE BOGUS “LORD MASSEY.” ° West Cuxsrer, Pa., Dec. 22, 1873, The bogus “Lord Massey” had a hearing this morning on a charge, preferred by Caleb Cope, of false pretences, in having stated that he was the possessor of @ large amount of money. The com- piainant testified that Massey bad bought his farm for $35,000, and that he (Cope) had incurred both expense and inconvenience before discovering that Massey was an imposter. And the charge against him was that of obtaining a watch by false pretence. The case was adjourned jor the purpose of procuring additional evidence. CANAL TRANSPORTATION, ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1873. Commissioner Barkley telegraphs from Schenec- tady to-day :—‘Eleven boats have just passed here, towed by the steam tug Champion and 22 pairs of horses. The ice is very heavy, and they are get- tin ate with much difficulty. The tug Vail, with five boats, is six miles west of here, and the tug Madden 18 at Spraker’s, with 10 boats, all coming east,’? ——_——o-o—— MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. Crrrir—DEPEW.—On Tuesday, December 16, at St. Ann’s church, by Rev. Dr. Galaudet, Duncan D. H. CURRIE to MARY W. DEPEW, youngest daugh- ter of the Jate William R. Depew abd granddaugh- ter of the late Mary ok a HALDEN—BLACKMAN.—On Monday, December 1, 1873, by the Rey. KE, Van Aken, Mr. WILLIAM HAL- DEN tO Miss GRORGIANA BLACKMAN, only daughter of William H, and Ann Blackman, all of this city. NELSON—REYNOLDS.—On ‘Thursdav, December 18, by the Rey. James Millett, at the bride’s resi- dence, JOSEPH NELSON, late of Danbury, to Miss MARGARET REYNOLDS, all of tnis city. SMITH—BROwNE.—On Thursday, December 18, at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev. Dr. Porter, EDMUND N. SMITH, of Smithtown, L. i., to Miss JEANETTE HUNGERFORD, bets of Colonel Wiliam C. Browne, of Watertown, N. Y. * TRIPP—EsLER.—At White Plains, op Wednes- aay, Decemper 3, by Rev. William Hatfield, Mor- GAN TRIPP, of New York, to S. J. FisHEer, eldest daughter of the late Henry Esler. BUTLER.—In this city, on Sunday, December 21, Katie Bur.er, only daughter of Michael and Catha- rine Butler, aged 9 years. The relatives and friends are respectfully in- vitea to attend the funeral, at one o’ciock, on day, December 23, from the residence of her parents, No, 111 First avenue. Coz.—On Saturday, December 20, at Westfield, Pd Rey. PHILEMON E. Cox, in the 58th year of age. CowEN.—On Sunday, December 21, of pneumo- nia, WILLIAM F, CowgN, son of Eliza and the late Robert Cowen, in the 30th year of his age. ‘The funeral will take place from his late resi- dence, No. 200 Madison street, on Tuesday, the 23d inst., at two o’clock. DELANEY.—On Monday, L oapng 22, MARGARET, wile of Joseph Delaney, in the 65th year of her age. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, irom her late residence, 224 East Fifty-third street, at two o’clock P. M. DirFLey.—In Brooklyn, on Monday, December 22, PATRICK DIFFLEY, in the 75th year of his age, a soa the parish Killeehe, county Longford, ireland. The friends and acquaintances of the yg Che those of his son, Michael, and son-in-law, mas Di @re requested to attend the funeral, on We day, at nine o'clock A. M.. irom his late residence, 128 North Oxford street, to St. James cathedral, where a solemn requiem mass will be.ot- fered for the repose of his soul, and thence to the Cemetery of the ee DOUBLEDAY.—On Monday, December 22, of diph- theria, ADA E. DOUBLEDAY, youngest daughter of “Charles D, and Julia H. bo ableday, aged 1 year and 3 months, Funeral from their residente, No. 250 New Sixth street. Jersey City, on Wednesday afternoon, De- cember 2%, at one o'clock. Syracuse papers please copy. Dumont.—On Saturday evening, vecember 20, of ppenmonis, Roper 8., eldest son of Robert and jary B. Dumont, in the 39th year of his age. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to ‘attend his funeral, from the Church of the Holy Trinity, corner Forty-seventh street and Madison avenue, on Tuesday, at three P. M. Dunoan.—In ‘Brooklyn, on Sunday morning, De- cember 21, WILLIAM DUNCAN, in the 6yth year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No, 238 Nostrand avenue, this (Tuesday) morning, at ten o'clock, to St. Patrick’s church, corner of Kent and Willoughby avenues, where a solemn requiem mass will be offered for the repose of his soul, and from thence to the Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush. ECKERT.—The members of Charity Lodge, No. 727, F. and A. M., are hereby notified to meet at ge Toom, Broadway, between Ninety-ninth ‘h streets, on Tuesday, December 23, at eleven o'clock A. M., sharp, for the purpose of at- tending the tuneral of our late brother, John Eck- ert. land Lodge, No. 738, F. and A, M, and sis- ter lodges are respectfully invited to attend. By order of the Master, F. W. TWINE, Secretary. EVERDELL.—On Saturday morni December 20, Mary BaNKER, Widow of William Everdell, in the 79th year of her a Relatives and friends are invited to attend the fanera), from her late residence, 135 Kast Seventy- first street, on Tuesday morning, December 23, at half-past ten o’clock. FItzPaTRICK.—After @ short illness, on Monday, December 22, BRIDGET FITZPATRICK, Wile of Owen Pespemien, of parish of Killow, county Longfora, ireland, Funeral will take place from late residence, 1,028 First avenue, on Wednesday, December 24, at half- past one o'clock P. M., from thence to Calvary. Fox.-- At{Bergen Point, N.J., on Saturday, De- paged 20, Mrs. MaRia Fox,in the 83d year of er age. The relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral, at the residence of her son-in-law, George Wait, corner of Sixteenth street and avenue B, Bergen Point, N, J., on Tuesday, De- cember 28, at 3:30 P, M, Central Railroad of New Jersey trains from foot of Liberty street, N. Y. GILBBRTSON.—At_ Newark, N. J., oh Satarday, December 20, CS GILBERTSON, in the 75th year of his age, JAN LODGE, NO, 156, F. AND A. M.—The mem- bers of the Lodge are hereby summoned to attend @ special communication, on Tuesday, December 23, at thelr rooms, No. 8 Union square, at twelve o’clock sharp, for the purpose of paying the last tribute of respect to our late worthy brother, Francis Gilbertson, By order, JOSEPH M. DURFEE, W. M. BENJAMIN HADLEY, Secretary. Hagan.—On Sunday, December 21, Jonn, eldest son of John and Margeret Hagan, aged 3 years, 11 months and 11 days. Funeral will take place from the residence of his arents, No. 331 West Fifty-ninth street, on Tues- jay, December 23, at two o'clock P.M. Friends and relatives of the lamily are respectfully invited to attend, —nddenly, on Monday, December 22, HAMLIN, Lavra A, HAMLIN, in the 76th year of her a The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday, 24th inst., at half-past eleven A. M., from the residence of ner son-in-law, J, 1. McColiam, Wyoming, N. J. Boat leaves Barclay street at 10:10 A..M., Morris and Essex Raliroad, Hanrord.—On_ Monday, December 22, Grorar F., only son of George and Kmma L. Hantord, aged 1 year, 4 months and $ days. Relatives and triends are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence 01 his parenta, No, 28 East lzsth street, un Wednesday, December 24, at eleven o'clock. J HANLY.—In Brooklyn, on Sunday, December 21, at her residence 214 Wyckol! street, WINIFRED A., widow of Dennis Hanly, of New York, aged 66 jet 7ine remains will be taken, on Puesday at nine Dede: “Sn sunday, December 2, at bo P.M A. M, to the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, olse stree v Haron. Chanter es wife of Rufus Hatch, in y age. latives and friends of the are in- vited to attend the funeral, trom Onrit church, on Tuesday, December 23, at one 0" remains will be inte: in Woodlawn Cemetery. epzecia train will be in readiness’ after the ser- vi ices. HaYMAN.—On Monday, December 22, Liziy, ber loved daughter of Loujs and Barbara Hayman, aged 6 years and 2 mon’ A Lilly in life, an angel in death; Her spirit has departed with angels to dwell. The funeral will take place this to eset from the residence of her perne:ae ast Twenty~ fourth street, at one o’clock P. Relatives and: Iriends are respectfully invited to attend. HEANFY.—On Sunday, December |, JAMES: HEANEY, 25 years, 9 months and 21 days, ‘The relatives and friends of the family, and those’ of his brothers, Thomas and John, and his upcle,. Stephen Boyle, are respectfully invited to. attend: the funeral, this (Tuesday) afternoon, at two o’clock precisely, from his late residence, No. 4 Jones street, HENAHAN.—On Sunday, December 21, JAMES: HENAHAN, aged 25 years, 9 Months and 21 days. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfally invited to attend the funer at two o'clock, irom his late residenee, No. 4 Jones street, HormMER.—On Sunday, December 21, Onan ovly son of Charies and Mary B, ‘Hotmer, aged $ months and 24 days. Friends and relatives of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from 364 West Thirtysixth street, on Tuesday, 23d inst., at one P. M. HuBENER.—At Hastings, on-the-Hudson, onSatur- day, December 1873, ANTHONY Hi of heart disease, aged 53 years and four months, ‘The relatives and friends are rene Sans arte to attend the funeral, on W = ber from his late residence, at half-past eight o'clock A.M. A special car will leave Hastit for New York at 9:11 A.M. Carriages will be in waicing at the Thirtieta street depot; from thence the remains. will be conveyed to the Churen of the Holy Reg deemer, Third street, where, after a solemn re~ 7 ete mass, his remains will be interred in Calvary emetery. WuLsie-On Monday evening, December 22, after @ lingering illness, Bama H. HuLss, son of John B.. and Hettie Ann Hulse, of Middletown, Orange: county, N. Y. Notice of funeral hereafter. Jack.—In the city of Brooklyn, On Sunday night, December 21, Colone! CHARLES J. Jack, in the 75th: year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are in- vited to attend the funeral, on Wedne: , De-- cember 24, from his late residence, No, 138 lay~ ot iladerpit ers please copy. niladeiphia paps ' KANE.—MARY, Wile of Peter Rune and daughter- of James and Alice Berry. ‘The relatives and friends, and those of her uncle, Tnomas Berry, are respectiully invited to attend. the funeral, from the residence of her ae ) No. 308 East Twenty-fourth street, on ‘ednesday, December 24, at one P. M. KELLY.—On Monday, December 22, 1878, JOHN M. KELLY, of consumption, aged 38 years, @ ative of: Kilrush, county Olare, Ireland. ,- Limerick and Clare (ireland) and New Orleans. papers please copy. NTE.—In the Village of Cold Spring, on Satur- - day, December 20, Mrs, ANN cana aged 79 Blea MarsH.—At Brooklyn, E. JAMUEL A. W.. MARSH, In the 48d year of his age. Funeral services at his late residence, 98 Con-- selyea street, at ten o’clock A. M., on Wednesday, December 24. The remains will be taken to Vj mont for interment, Minot.—At Passaic, on Monday, December 22, WILLIAM fi. MINOT, aged 33 years. The relatives and friends are respec! invited + to attend the funeral, from the of Richard Post, Hea Passaic, this (Tu after- noon, at three o’clock. Train leaves foot of Cham- bers street at 1:45, MooRHEAD.—The funeral of James MOORHEAD » will take place from the Scotch Presbyterian church, Fourteenth street, near Sixth avenue, this - (fuesday) morning, at ten o’clock, MureHy.—At West Farms, on Sunday, December 21, LOUISE AGNES MURPHY, Wile of the late Thomas « Murphy, in the 56th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are in- vited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday mor! ing, at nine o’clock, from her late residenc thence to St. John’s College church, where # re- quiem mass will be offered for the repose of her soul. McEtRoy.—On Monday, December 22, TERESA. McELROY, daughter of the late M. Cassidy, mer- chant, Tempo, county Ferman: Ireland. Funeral from St. Mary’s Hosp! in Dean street, Brooklyn, on Wednes yf the 24th inst., at one ~ to the o’clock P. M., thence Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush, American papers please copy. MoGBANE.-—On Sunday, December 21, JonN, the son of Hugn A. and Carrie 0. McGrane, and grand- son of the late Jonn McGrane. The relatives and friends of the family are in- vited to attend his funeral, from the residence of his parents, 411 West Thirty-eighth street, on Tues- December 23, at two o'clock P. M... loOMARTIN.—At Rome, Italy, on Thu ber 9, PETER MOMARTIN, Of this city, in year of his age. A funeral service will be held on Yotnesmey, December 24, at four o’clock P. M,, in. the Pr terian church, corner Nineteenth street and Fit avenue, Relatives and friends of the are invited to attend without further notice, PALMER.—At White Plains, on Monday, December me EMORY PALMER, aged 51 years, latives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of Mrs. R. H. Coles, on + Wednesday, December 24, at two o’clock P. M. PHILLIPS.—On Saturday, December 20, 1873, GEORGE PHILLIPS, in the 28th year of his age. The relatives and iriends of the family are in. vited to attend the funeral, from the residence ef his brother-in-law, Stephen Madden, No, 4 Hamul- ton street, New York, this day (Tuesday), Decem - lay, Octo oth ber 23, at one o'clock P. 1, to vary very for interment. PoLLocx.—At Mount Vernon, on suhai evening, December 21, Mary A., widow of the late Edward : Pollock, in the 69th year of her age. Relatives and friends of the family and of ‘her son Alexander and sons-in-law Andrew Fletcher and John P. Garniss are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, at Mount Vernon, on We pany. Sein * inst., at eleven A. M. Oarriages will be iting at Mount Vernon depot to meet the ten A. M. New Haven train from New York, The remains will be interred in Greenwood. Oat waiting at Forty-second street depot at one P. M. to meet the train from Mount Vernon. p YMOND.—In Jersey City, on Saturday, Decem- ber 20, JOHN W. RAYMOND, in the 34th year of his< he relatives and friends are reerecea invited to attend the funeral services, at the Presbyterian church, Mount Keiso, Westchester county, this (Tuesday) morning, the 23d inst., at half-past eleven o'clock. Ss RyYaNv.—Suddenly, on Monday, December 22, NicHoLas and MARY Ry AN, aged 28 and 23 years re- spectively. Funeral from St. Mary’s church, Grand street, (Tue ) afternoon, at one o'clock, Friends this (Tuesday) Of the family are invited to attend, SALTERS.—On Monday, December 22, 1873, ALANER SALTERS, in the 83d year of her age. The relatives and nds are requested to attend the tuneral, from the residence of her nephew, Leonard Smith, 173 Oakland street, near Mexserole- avenue, arecn not on Wednesday, December 24, at one o'clock P. M. SCHENCK.—On Sunday morning, December 21, Saran, wite of John W. Schenck, The relatives and friends of the tamily are invited . to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 41 West Thirty-third street, on Wednesday, the 2th inst., at one o’clock P. M. SHERAN.—On Sunday, December 21, in the 66th. ear of her age, MARCELLA SHERAN, Widow Of ‘homas Sheran, @ native of Kilbeggan, county Westmeath, Ireland. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfally invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, . December 23, at one o'clock P, M., from her lai residence, No, 333 East Thirteenth street, thence to Calvary Cemetery. SIPPERLEY.—-At Germantown, N. be on Sunday,.. December 1 Dopp wife of Norman FiDpstey, in her 37th year. California papers will please insert,, SMART. —, Ms on Saturday, December 20,. ELIzaBETH, Wife of Andrew J. Smart. The relatives and friends of the family are re-- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence in Troy, on Wednesday, December bas pare ol rote. 1 jew Orleahs papers please copy. STaaB.—On San lay, Beoomper ti, at three o’clock. A. M., DIANAN., the beloved wile of Louis Staab. Frienas o/ the family, also the members of Amity Chapter, No, 36, Order of Eastern Star, din’ fully invited to attend her ranerst, tais (Tues- day), December 23, at one o’clock, from her jate- residence, No. 123 West ‘th street, SoLoMoN.—On Monday, wember 22, at elght o'clock P. M., JoseeH SOLOMON, in his 6lst year. ‘The relatives and irigndy #8 also the tion Shaaray Tefila, the well as Independence Lodge No. 96, I, 0. and, Jacob Lodge No. 1, F. 8. J., are respectiully invited: to attend the funeral, which will take place from his late residence, No. 266 Third arenes on. Wednesday, December 24, at ten o'clock A, VREELAND.—On Sunday, December 21, NICHOLAS VREELAND, aged 85 years, His relatives and friends are respectfully invited. to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, December 23, at Pl neal ad o'clock P, es from his ble apenas Communipaw avenue, Jersey Cit, el (late Bergen). 4 FO ee WALL.—On Sunday, December 21, THOMAS GRoROR WALL, the beloved son of Thomas T, Wall, aged 21 years and 4 months, 5 ‘The relatives and friends ot the family are re-. Spectfully invited to attend the faneral, (tuesday), December 23, at nine o'clock A, from the residence of his father, corner Monticello. and Bridgman avenues, Jersey Vity, and thence to St. Patrick’s church, where @ solemn high mass will be offered for the repose of his soul, thence to St. Peter's Cemetery for interment, * WHITMAN.—On Monday, December 22, Mrs, Ex1za- Bern WHITMAN, aged 80 years. Funeral from her late residence, 325 nth, street, Jersey City, this Llrgtn 4] aftern four o'clock. Remains willbe taken to Nyack, on 9:40 A. M. train, Wednesday, WiLson,—On Sunday, December 21, 1973, MaR® E._ WILson, in vhe 49th year of nor age, Relatives and iriends are Me to attend the: faneral, (rom the residence of her sister, -tour' ver, No, 443 Hudson avenue, Brouklyn, this day) afternoon, at two o'clock, The sn ea : se aken to Greenwood Cemetery, ety eK hy hn, Cr :