The New York Herald Newspaper, March 7, 1874, Page 8

8 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET, “MENDICITY. Sketches of the Charlatans of Charity. le BOGUS BENEVOLENCE “The Kipp’s Bay Mission” as a One-Man Society. Codfish Chowder at the Soup Kitchens. THE sO0UP KITCHENS, “esterday being Friday, and a great number of the poor and destitute in this city being members of the Roman Catholic Church, a fine codfish | chowder was served up in the different soup kitenens, where there was the requisite accommo- | dation, also a good bean soup was served to those | who preferred it to the chowder, along with bread made of the best dour, About 18,200 persons were applicants for soup and chowder yesterday, and all who applied weut away well satisfied with the guantity and quality furnished them. In pro- portion to the ltahan poaviakion of this: Bed there are a larger number of men, women and children who apply for soup, belonging to this nationality than to any other two nationalities. A large ana increasing number Of Germans, also, apply for soup every day, and they seem to be very jond of , the bot and succulent food. Those who can- | not afford fire are enabled to find an ex- cellent hot soup, which they may drink at home and give to their children. Some of the women who call at the soup kitchens are so wretchedly poor that they have pawned everything in the world in (hetr possession that it would be possible for a pawnoroker to advance money upok. A total of 2,800 gallons of soup and | 00 loaves of bread was yesterday distributed | from the thirteen soup kitchens presided over by Che: Kanhoffer, Mr. Delmonico’s best man, The | soup is distribu let it be mentionea jor the beneit of those who desire the imformation, twice | @ day, morning and evening, at ten and four o’clock, and it takes about two hours om each oc- casion to deliver it at cach Kitchen, } pea: | | THE RELIEF FUND. | Donations for the poor received by the HeRatp and not previously acknowledged Bessie... wee seccedbees Amend, for the poor widow and children— care of Messrs. H. & W., No, 607 Falton street, Brooklyn. 3 St. John’s Guild and the Downtown Poor. The following additional contributions were re~ ceived yesterday by Rev. Alvah Wiswall for the poor of the Fifth and Eighth wards, and handed to the Almoner of the Guild, Mr. Henry C. De Witt:— {Those desiring to visit the office of the Guild ‘will remember that it 1s in the school buildings at- tachec to St. Jobn’s chape!, Varick street, between Laight and Beach streets.) From the New YoRK HERALD, received by it for St. John’s Guild..............- asseee $992 14 THROUGH MRS. JUDGE BRADY. Mra, William Moser............-. . sesee 60 00 THROUGH 4. W. LEGGATT. General T. V. Van Buren 10 00 3. 7. Y. » 1000 Robert M, Floyd. oo sos 2:00 THROUGH MR, WARREN. George W. Warren. . 16 00 5 00 5 00 20 00 Edward Powers.. 400 For the needy 1 00 Lafayette, N.J., for iamily Fourteenth street. 50 17% 10 00 50 5 00 5 00 200 200 25 25 Se Grand total................ $8,670 88 Contributions to this fund may be sent to the HERALD office; Mayor Havemeyer, City Hall; C. V. B, Ostrander, President of the Merchants’ Fire In- surance Company, No. 149 Broadway; Andrew W. Leggat, Collector of Asse-sments, New Court House; George Wilkes, M. D., No. 16 North Wash- ington square; G. K. Lansing, Earle’s Hotel; G. J. WN. Zapriskie, Oashier of People’s Bank, corner of Canal and Thompson streets; J. L. Davis, Sheldon & No. 677 Broadway, and Rev. 8. H. Weston, D.D., No. 3 Kast Forty-titth street, or to the Rev. Aivab Wiswail, Master of St. John’s Guild, St. John’s chapel, Varick street. Packages of clothing, groceries, &c., should be gent to St. John’s chapel, Varick street, between aight and Beach streets, or if an order be sent a at will call for any packages. | Mrs. Judge Brady, No. 19 West Thirty-third rs. Joseph field, No. 475 Fifth avenue, » F. P. Barle, No. 34 West Fifty-second - acd have kindly consented to receive sabscrip- Ds. MASSACHUSETTS RESPONDS, The following correspondence will explain it- street; MI end Mrs. Ornicy or Cnanurs H. Tittox, Boor, Suk, Last aNp Box MANUFACTURER, PLRASANT STREET, ASHLAND, March 4, 15/4 5 Mr. F. P. Eanur:— Dwar Sir—I have sh to-day, by Adams Express, te the address of Mrs. F. Karle, three cases (seventy- five pairs) men’s and boys’ heavy shoes, which she will please accept with my compliments and make whatever isposition of she sees it in her mission. Yours, very respectiully, C,H. TILTON, The above letter was received a8 an enclosure, ‘with the following note :— No. 34 Wust Firry-seconn Strat, M: 874. Rev. A, Wiswatt, Master of St. John’s Drak Sin—with great pleasure I herewith send you the shoes donated by Mr. H. ~ to be distribute: ee fit, through your most excellent charity. respecttuliy, M INANU P. EARLE. The above were all distributed among the shoe- Jess applicants before nightiall. A GENEROUS G{FT, With a large package of clothing the folluwing letter was received :— Orrice or E.R. Donere & Co., 135, 137 ann 139 WareR Sritees, New York, March 5, 1874. '§ Bev. Avvan Wrswatt, Master of St. John’s Guild, St. John’s chap Daak Six- end yon $100 worth ot clothing, made bythe Brookivn Female Employment Society, of t street, our contribution to the si ring poor ‘who come t you for reilet. Regecrany yours, REEB & CO. This kind contribution lasted, when placed in the clothing department, just thirty minutes; but the snows 0/ last night kept warmth, and, per- Suess life, in a score of poor bodies who slept on bare floors in fireless rooms or wandered Lome- Jess through the streets, THE CONSUMPTIVE RICHARD STOAKES will sail for his home in England to-day, and the following letter will be read with interest by those Who have assisted him :— Avetion axp Commission House ov J. W. Wisewan, ) Wake Stkuxt, March 5, 1874, | § To Rev, Mr. Wiswati:— Dean Sik—After one day's trial to fnd out the person or persons who had the power (o give me a cabin pas: saze ticket for Richard stoakes ata reduced rate, | found more hamanity in the person of Mr. tiurst, of the National dine, than in any others. He gave me a first class saiodon ticket tor $5), and this 1 paid tor myself, and Bwakes, feelmy it ouly forme had Providence Bow present to Mr. would wish me in his position, so that whatever funds can be or to 1 Bove been collected for him elsewhere he can have use upon his arrival in England. He will sail by italy on Saturday next (to-day). At "nosi of the steani ship offices where I called [ tound that the person who had the power to oaake a reduction in price was gene- Tally absent I am glad to see thatso many huve come forward C aid thas worthy ny = I ae voyage ‘Will greatly improve his heaith. fully, you: . JAMES W. WISAMAN. done THIRD WARD. Donations to the Downtown Soup House. New YorK, March 6, 1874, To THE Epitor or THE HERALD:— Will you be so kind as to acknowledge the fol- lowing donations to the Downtown Relief (Soup House) of the New York Juvenile Guardian Soct- ety, received since last report :— Washington Market Butchers’ Association, per Jacob Hess, 257 pounds ot beef. el & LeJune, No. 247 Fulton street, three bar- ee of My ping “s lenry C. Sweet, No. bt a mom eet, No. Liberty street, one ton Clinton, Connecticut. Fulton Market Pi beg yy eeecgnt, 400 fis! . D. our & Co,, No. thirty loaves 01 oak No, 205 Greenwich street, Mayor & Lane, No. 42 Mott street, fifty loaves of 8S. B. Clark, No, 496 Grand Btreet, 100 loaves of one barrel of turnips. ishmongers’ Association, per S. Tilton, of Ashland, | what | Ryman & Maek, Hudson and Houston streets, 200 Joaves of bread, ‘The distribution is now restricted to and infirm or sick men and to the destitute and suffer- ing families of hangry women and children whom our Visitors have seen, or who are sent to us by the Catholic and Protestant Church authorities and by the Captain o1 the Twenty-seventh precinct. RELIEF OFFICER. The undersigned eres, sends the above. wD. F. ROBERTSON, Secretary. FOURTH WARD. Contributions of Bresa to the Water Street Soup House. New York, March 6, 1874. To Tue Epiror oF tHE HERALD :— The following contributions were received for the poor of this precinct:—One hundred loaves of bread from Joon Reardon, No, 15 Oak street; } 50 loaves of bread from Berry M. Marsden, No. 20 Sweeny, No. 88 Vandewater street; 150 loaves of bread irom George Dorn, No. 43 New Chambers Street; 100 loaves of bread from an unkn | Trend; yg bgt: ae bg — Will Lenkei jo. 200 South street. Respectia Ou) m CHARLES ULMANS et Captain Fourth Precinct Police. NINETEENTH WARD. Dramatt Eatertainment This Evening for the Poor. The ladies and gentlemen of the Murray Hill Amateur Dramatic Association will give a per- formance this evening at the Lexington Avenue Opera House, Fifty-eighih street, under the aus- pices of the Reitef Committee of the Nineteenth ward, for the benefit of the poor of the ward. “A Morning Call” and “verybody’s Friend” will be played by this well known company, and the or- chestra, under the direction of Mr. J, M. Lander, Will exécute selectioas from Auber, Strauss, Verdi and Offenoach, Five thousand people are being helped by the Relief Committee, which only pays Salary to the gentleman in charge of the depot at the rate of $70 per moath. Al! the balance of the receipts goes tor the relief of the destitute Poor, in which charitable work it 18 now expenu- ing $50 per day. itis hoped that a full bouse and a large beuetit for the poor will reward the gene- rous exertions of the amateurs this evening. THE BREAD AND BEEF HOUSE. New York, March 5, 1874. To THE EpIToR or THE HERALD:— Recognizing the continued interest you take in publishing facts connected with the distribution of aid to the deserving poor of this city—an interest meeting with warm response from our liberal and large-hearted citizens—I beg to hand you herewith a Statement showing the work of “The Bread and Beef House,” No, 306 West Fifty-second street, during the past three months, No salaries are puid. The entire expense attending the distrivu- Vion of this aid has been loss than seven per cent ol the value of the articies given out, From supplies purchased we have distrivuted as follows:—1,592 ; Meals given at the House; 1,773 lbs, of meat, | 6,843 loaves of bread, 582%; quarts of milk, 1,458 lps. of rice, 1,600 lbs. of hominy, 1,000 Ibs. of oat meal, 422 lbs, of peas, 516 ibs. of beans, 100 Ibs, of | Indian meal, 259 Ibs. of sugar, 49 Ibs. of butter, 96 lbs. of dried applies, 10 los. each arrow root, mustard and pepper; 7 tons o! coal in small quantities, 2 bbis, of flour, 1 keg of barley, 3 boxes: corn starch and starch, 6 pursing bottles. Dona- tions received, also distributed, as follows :—8 bbis. Of potatoes, 5 bbls. of turnips, 5 turkeys, 3chickens, | 1 sheep, 17 pies, 313 rolls, 600 Ips, of meat, 78 Ibs. of | tea, 50 tos, of coffee, 168 loaves of bread, 45 cakes, 15 cans beef eXtract, +, bbi. of carrots, %, bol of onteus, 1 keg of fish, 1 tub of putter, 703 articles of | clothing. | _ But ior fear of trespassing on your valuable space | we would give you many interesting facts concern- | ing families a short time ago in comfortable cir- cuinstances, whom our volunteer Visitors have found actually starving. We gladly welcome in- spection as to the detail of our work, and respect- fulty solfeit contributions of money to the treas- urer, Mr, Thomas Fessenden, No. 152 West Forty- fourth street, or of articles of food and clothing, which may be sent to the house, No. 306 West Fifty- second street. Very respectiuily yours, W&M. H. ROBINSON, Secretary. OFFERS AND SUGGESTIONS, The Charity Cheeses in Denger. New York, March 6, 1874. To THE EpIToR OF THE HERALD:— Mr. Editor, hold! Your shaking of the charity | cheese of our good Gotham is disturbing many a fat mouse who sees that this continual stirring up with that long poker of yours will soon render their homes uuinhabitable. Their salary gone they are Outcasts worse than the poor who have so often | been turned irom their doors. Hold, then, 1 say; Jor | if you stould continue this wayward course and sLake some of our great cheeses of State, rats without number will Ox their glaring eyes upon you, and your life may be tn danger ! Take, for instance, our great charity public edu- cation, with the City College at the head. Stir tt | not; if you do you might disturb the [attest, sleek- est old rat that ever niobied on public cheese. A resident, with a salary of $9,000 ayear, in a char- ity college, and nothing to do, not a class to see, | not a word to teach! The good and pious members | of the Board of Education who yearly roof this old | cheese before you in their report take good care to | hide the enormons rent this old rat has made; but if you give the shell a poke you Will probably bring | him out; then, some twenty or more deserving | young men may receive an education and @ charity Go where it is intended. But, as I said before, hold! You cannot afford to disturb all these old rats, can your We hed US. “PECULIAR” PHILANTHROPY. ee oS Mme. Rojand, who worshipped freedom, was compelled to exclaim, “0 Liberty, Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name!” and, in like | Manner, those whose business, duties or inclina- | tions lead them to investigate the modus operandi | Of “charity” at the present day in the city of New York are forced to see that the name of this | blessed virtue {s used too often asa@ cloak for imposture and fraud. | There are also a number of cases in this city of | so-called “charitable” institutions, which, though not as yet, perhaps, proved to be positively fraud- | Dlent, are yet surrounded by such suspicious cir- cumstances a8 ~ render their ‘charity’? doubt- ful, and to require that the institutions themselves receive a thorough investigation, that either their imnocence may be vindicated or thelr fraud ex- posed. | { | | | lector and distributer of “charity”—in this city who has for some time past been watched by those interested in the proper management of our charities, and who has received for some time 93 | Past the especial attention of several of the HERALD representatives. He 13 either a mono- Maniac, an enthusiast, a partially crazed fanatic or @ half saint, half martyr, “of whom the world is not worthy,” or he is a first class fraud and a won- derfully brazen miser and impostor, Most of your readers will probably incline to the latter opinion ; but in order that he may have the benefit of the other suppositions and that no injustice may | be done to the individual while the public is en- | abled to decide for itself, the facts regarding this | Man are simply given herewith, without comment. | His name is T, Belin Laval, and he in his own sole , person constitutes all that there is of THE BLEECKER MISSION. Of this Bleecker Mission he is President; he 1s also its Secretary; he is likewise its Treasurer; | above all, he takes especial care to mform the | public that he “is the only authorized collector.’ Bleecker Mission, and occasionally acts as its sur- geon. Heis “the Acting Board of Directors” of the mission; he is also the “Committee on Sup- plies.” In short, the Bleecker Mission begina, con- tinves and ends in the person of T. Belin Laval. Now, ail this seems like a very ordinary case of humbug, especially as T. Belin Laval makes no secret of the fact that he makes his mission ‘“‘seli- supporting,” and, as @ rule, takes the cost of his living out of the proceeds of his charitable collec- tions, But the extraordinary part of the affair is that, whereas most of the men of his stamp make a good living out of their dupes and feed well and dress elegantly and surround themselves with the | comforts of life, this J. Belin Laval absolutely ex- ists—for he can hardly be said to live at all—in the most abject poverty, in almost absolute wretched. ness, The “office of the Bleecker Mission is located on the top, or fifth, floor of a tenement house on | testimony these “patrons” might be datsposed to the east stde—room No. 15, No. 126 Norfolk street. It is @ six feet by nine apartment, the entire farniture consisting of a rag carpet and one chair. In a closet in this “office? hangs what Mr. T. Belin Laval says ia his “‘surplice,” for Mr. Laval claime 1 be aD “anofMcial”’ minister of the Prot South street; 50 loaves ot bread from Morgan J, | am | .| the poor.” | Belin Laval, demands tmmediate and official tn- | and characteristie:— There is a man—a self-constituted solicitor, col- | In addition to allthis he is tue chaplain of the | | estant Episcopal Church, He says that he has | “studied for the ministry,” and has read lectures | and preached, though never regularly ordained. | In this closet are some twenty or 60 copy books, containing notes of lectures on the Ten Command- ments, the Lord’s Prayer, the Sermon on the Mount, &c. Back of this ‘office’ 4s a little, cheer- less, barren room, dirty and empty, with a broken down sofa bed and two chairs and a three-legged stove and a piece of otlcloth on the centre of the floor, and an old table, with a big Bible on it, and literally nothing else in the room, This is the bedroom of the Bleecker Mission, and a wretched looking hole it is; but not halrso miserable tn ap- pearance as the Bleecker Mission himself or it- self (which Is it °), who is the most dilapidated ob- ject conceivable, His coat is torn, ragged, dirty, greasy, shiny; no old clothes man would dream of taking if, no thief would snatch it, no beggar would accept it as a present. His boots, which he says | Were given to bjm, are @ mile tog big for him, aud | are uiterly Worthieés an his shirt is as ragged as it 18 filthy, and his whole personnel is unkempt and disgusting. His hans are indescribably filthy, his nails are disgustingly dirty, his face is unwashed and his antique appear ance is decidedly against the “Bleecker Mission.’” but Mr. T, Belin Laval makes an excellent point | im his own behalf, or rather in that of ‘Tue Bleecker Mission,’’ from this very shabbiness and personal lth. ‘*See,” he says, “1 cannot afford to live auy better than Ido. I cannot afford any finer | clothes than I wear. I cannot afford vo hire any nicer rooms, for it would be dishonest in me to | take any more out of the money | collect for charity than barely enough to hide my nakedness, to Keep a roof over my head and to sustain my | mere animal lite. All over and above this out of vice L have devoted the baiauce of my . Belin Bleecker Mission Laval. explains his devoting himseif to the | poor and living With them ana for them in squalor and privation on religious grounds, “J have lived fiity years for myself," says the Bleecker Mis “and half a century 18 quite long enough for liv for one’s self, | have, thereiore, determined to Gevote the bajance of my days to living jor others.” According to his account Mr, T. Belin Laval he delights in using his own full name—was originally a Methodist and a house carpenter, and for several years pad & carpenter shop in Ann street. Then he became an Episcopalian, and | studied so hard for the ministry that his healch completely broke down, and he “went to sea’ to recruit his evergies. Returning to New York be underwent domestic aftiction and became ‘se- | riously inclined” for the second time, and deter- mined to devote himself “at once and forever to | So, in 1871, at No, 55 Bleecker street, | he claims to have established “the Bleecker Mis- | | sion.” For a while he received donations quite | Ireely, Which he claims to have distributed tu the | Poor of his neigivorhood; but finaliy he removed to his present humbie quarters, “where he unos | tentatiously does more good than any one | knows’—a statement which is probably lilerally correct, At the present time J, Belin Laval claims to have under the “oeneficent influences of iis mis- sion” ten poor families—two in Crosby street, one in Fifteenth street, one in Goerck street, one in Noriolk street, the rest scattered throughout the city, He seldom gives his poor money. “hey do not kuow bow to use motiey,” he “but he | gives them money’s worth in coal, clothing and tood, and more than money’s wortn,” he says, “In care, attention and sympathy.” He administers reiig ious consolation, soothes the last hours of the dying poor and sees that they are accentiy buried in addition to his other works or kindnes:. | 4s for *‘inere money,” Mr. J, Belin Laval claims to nave very little Of that. “Sometimes I have walked and begged all day and have not taken in filty cents,’ His average collections in good times, according to his statements, are about {rom $5 to $4 a day, not more. He also complains the and religion in his person are often grossly in- sulted, and states that he finds it “much harder to collect money than to distribute it,” which 13 strictly the truth, He also states that he has at different times em- | | ployed collectors and solicitors, but they have dis- appointed him and cheated bim and kept all moneys ior themselves. He also announces that he wishes a ‘respectable matron” to take charge of the “office; but under the circumstances, con- sidering the peculiar location of the “office” and the peculiar Character of the **mission,” ‘“respect- able matrons” are im no hurry to apply ior the situation, The ‘Bleecker Street Mission,” in the person of J, Belin Laval, is at least periectly honest in its statement that 1t is wholly supported by charity, | for every mouthiu! the imission eats or arinks, | | every rag the mission wears is given to it; and the | very rent of the bedroom in which the mission sleeps is conlessediy paid (or, if paid ror at all, out | of alms solicited by 1t. | Some say that this J. Belin Laval has really col- | lected large sums of money “for the poor,” o: | which he has only given the poor @ very smal! per- | centage, Keeping the balance tor himself, though being either o1 @ miserly disposition or as ‘ blina,’’ he lives in the wretched style described. Certatn it is that, according to his own account, he is one oi those who make a living, even if a wretched one, entireiy out of “charity ;” anc, as he is the whole Bleecker Mission—president, treas- urer, collector, directory and all—and, as he | makes no repor's, it is evident that the charitable | who may be inciined to aid the missiou have no earthly guarantee, save I. Belin Laval’s own word | that he will appropriate their money or gifts rightly. . This subject, this “Bleecker Mission,” this J. vestigation, and either Mr. Laval himsell deserves a@mouument tor his self-denying goodness and Merits the warmest and fullest bpeyeearh ! ald of the charitable, or, Wuich is much more likely, he 18 a fraud and an impostor of the first magni- tude and deserves fo be officially pilloried. One thing i8 certain—ior a ian professing to have studied for the ministry he is amazingly ignorant. He does not know the plainest princi- ples of science, nor (oes he regard ior @ moment the ordinary laws of English grammar. The tollowing 1s the ‘circular? distributed by this “mission.” It 18 Vague, disjointed, spasmodic BLEECKER MISSION, established 1871, J, Belin Laval, resident, who is the only authorized collector. ¢ obiect of this institution is to provide for orphans and such destitute widow families as are reduced w | want by death and other unavoidabie causes. | To give relief in the shape of bread, coflee, tea, sugar, clothes and shelter. Thus, by the kind hand of charity, We Lt them out of distress aud shield them trom tempta- jon’s blast. J wo-thirds of all the robberies and female shame come of temptation in the days of want. Make the poor comfortable and you do more for hu- manity and suelety in 4 day than the preacher can in whole year. ‘The institution now solic aid in so noble a work of wercy. “say notunto thy neighbor, Zo, and come again, and to- morrow I will give, When tnou hast itby thee.”—Prov., Ait, , 23, J. BELIN LAVAL, President, td whose office all contrilutions are to be seat, room J5, No. 125 Nortolk street, New York. Another charitable (or half and halt charitable) instutution, which has the mingled advantages of being conducted both on a pulianthrophic anda | pecuniary basis, and which is jounded alike on benevolence and “business,” requires some inves- tigation atthe present time, It may ve “all right,” but there are certain circumstances calculated to cast suspicion upon it, and which should be at once and iully and satisfactorily explained by its iriends and managers, Allusion is here made to “THE 50-CALLED"' NEW YORK NAUTICAL SCHOOL, No. 02 Madison street. This establishment claims | to be a sort of nautical preparatory college, and | charges for its tuition like any other college; but at the same time 1t claims to take to educate de- serving young men for nautical pursuits iree of charge, if they are only wortny, Ana to enable it | to carry out its last mentioned design, it is re- ported to claim and to receive the sympathy and the material aid of the Cliaritably disposed. So | you can look at it either as a school in which you get the worth Of your money, or as a deserving charity, in contributing to which you get the worth | Of your benevolence in practical good done to somebody else. You pay your money and you take _ choice. The school is located ina quiet | biock, in @ neat two sivoried brick house, elegantly furnished. The parlors are cosey and the beau | ideal of comtort; pictures, flowers and articles of virtu aud taste are to be seen on all sides, The school rooms proper on the other | hard are bare and possess omly the oldest, com- monest, cheapesi—possible “instruments and | books. School hours are from nine to three, and } there are no boarding pupils, Tuition is only $50 ior & Whole course, “tue time of the course being inaefnite and varying with the degree of intelli- gence in the pupil,” all of which ought to be as | satistactory as it 18 certainly vague. The terms are reasonable enough, if only any real instruc- tion 18 given @§ aN equivalent for them. But one of the principal instructors in the school speaks the English language so vulgarly and un 2 Maticaily that a child 0; ten years oid, of o1 ary education, would be pained to listen to it. No work- man of low grade in a suop or factory, no dock- bend, no clown could evince more ignorance of the | rules which govern the speaking of the English | language than this kor ie Who 18 one or the lead- | ing ei ec in fact the acting princtpal of this “school. | The school is a complete “family” concern. The | Captain Thoms, whose name 1s borne by the school, has long been dead, but the sons carry on the in- stitution, “Dr.’’ J. Fanids Thoms is the “principal of the nautical department.” “Dr. William Faulds Thoms is “the surgeon in charge of the medical department” and “president” o1 the insti- | tution. Mrs, Captain Thoms is one of the leading | teachers, an@ 80 on. A “Dr.’? Morse, whose sign 18 | On the door of the house in Madison street as an | associate of Dr. Thoms, is the secretary of the con- | cern, KR, T, Shaw, who is seldom to be seen, 1s “the treasurer,” While two men, 8, L. F. Smith and L, A. Gunter, are the “financial agents” and | general outside solicitors, &c. | | The New York Nautical School, with a flourish of trumpets, points to its pair of world-renowned “putrons,’’ Admiral D. G. Farragut, United States Navy, and Captain E, Richardson; but our readers will please bear in mind that exactly what good vour kind and benevolent 4 give concerning the school it is impossible to as- certain at present, ag they are both dead. Again, itis authoritatively statea by those who have examined into this matter that in a recent @ rah dowa at thé hieci; | | at, kney w nothing about it and that their | en used in nemes this connection without Lbeir rmission, Among these names were James | Brown, Stuart Brown and W. C. B ‘ant—by the name of which is meant and 18 intended to be meant William Cullen Bryant, who denies all | Knowledge oi the institution, Among the other Dames of distinguishea New Yorkers and Americans | given as “reierences” by the managers of the New | York Nauticai School are James W. akon Ws R | Garrison, Lewis Lennox, Josep Hoxie, H. Cor- | ning, KR. W. Cameron, Horace Waters, Robert B. Min- turn, Moses H. Grinnell, John H. Oiark and others, | These names are given that the attention of these gentiewen may be herewith and hereby called to this imatter—that if their names have, ib addition | to those above given, been used Without their au- | thority, the public may be JI this, ip itself, Very suspicious fact, or tiene Fecor- ences are equi eat York Nautical ‘school may be se’ 4 Or the yarious apparently suspicious circumstances alre: allude ze em York Nautiei Leyeren ain clues ta “under the puspices of the society tor the educa- tid and ere ment of young seamen,” @ so | ciety Which many persons, Who are actually con+ cerned alike in charitable aud in educational mat- ters, assert to be wholly mytvical. The circulars of the Nautical School also claim a species of col- | Jegiate and official status for the institution, and | agsers that it 18 recognized officially by the gov- ernment itself as well as by the naval and tne merchant service. The President of the achool distinctly asserts that “graduates of this institu- tion pass the Naval and Revenue Boards of Exam- ination, also the Boards for iiasters and mates of scamanship and the American Shipmaster’s Asso- ciation.” “Nove ail,” he asserts, and in bis cir. Culars he prints this assertion in the largest kind ol type, Which is very comforting to the ‘“gradu- ates of this matitution.”? In addition to these “doubttal’ cases of “charity,” there aresome otber cases concerning which nO reasonabie doubt exists, such as that of | “The German-American Society of the United | States.” This appears to be emphatically A ONE-MAN SOCIETY, and consists of “Dr.” Siegiried Ehrenberg, and of nobody else. He 1818 president, its secretary and its treasurer; he is its solicitor and general Hinan- cial agent. He 1s also a whole college in himself, jor be bas, it is reported, undertaken of late to distribute “diplomas” to Gisnmeulaned citizens who are willing to “reciprocate” the courtesy. It is currently rumored that no less @ person than Peter Cooper, the philanthropist, received a diploma trom this German-American Society of the | United States, and that the said venerable philan- thropist was asked to pay ‘the society’? $100 for the honor, Itis also ascertained that the one-man society aforesaid has hit upon an ingenious method of advertising itseli on the occasion of the death of distinguished people. On the death of Professor Agassiz, 1or example, the society hud a@ meeting; that is, the one man “assembled” in a room, an forthwith passed “resolutions” eulogistic of the glorious dead and expressive of the sentiment of the society relative to the sad event. These resolutions were, of course, innocently enough published by certaim papers to whom they were sent, and these papers Were afterwards used as vouchers and enaorscments for the “society.” This “Dr.” Siegfried Ehrenberg formerly had | quarters in the Bible House; then he moved to a tenement house in Seventeenth street. Since that time he bas been a “charity rover,” though under the surveiilance of parties interested in the legiti- mate work of charity. Another “one man gociety” seems to have been | unearthed of late im the “Kipp’s Bay Misslo: n,? managed by one “Kev. John s. Ebaugh, V. D. M., who is said to have been once a minister of @ Prot- estant denomination, but who was constantly in litigation and in hot water, This personage has given at various times various references, but most Of them are not to be gotten at, the majority being dead; while some of the living men referied to—Mr. Brace himself, of the Children’s Aid Soci- ety, among the number—disclaim any favorable kKnowiedge¢, and positively refuse any endorsement of him. At one tume this personage held forth at No. 48 West Filty-tuird street, where he hired a room; but his Wuereabouts at present scem as un- certain as his prolessional or philanthropic status, There are also at the present time a large num- ber of men and women who go around as agents or collectors for charitable societies who are utterly Without authority for so doing. Among the num- ber isa man about thirty years of age, with a red beard, Who speaks several languages and talks fluently, 1uterlarding his pictures of destitution with copious quotations irom Scripture, There is aiso a Woman who bas hit upon the idea of offering her services to some of our wealthy and charitable Jadies as a species of agent Jor their charities— @ go-between them and the poor. She offers to investigate all cases of destitution and to report upon them if deserving, and to give ber Whole time to this purpose for a very moderate compensation. she has been tried in one instance, and was found—frst, not to give any considerable portion of her time to the work at all; second, to strike a bargain with the people she “reported favorably on,’ to receive a certain “commission”? on the bounties she ob- tained for them. She was, thereivre, dismissed, bat 1s said to be stil “offering her services.” ABUSES OF CHARITY AND FAVORITISM IN BENEVO- | LENCE. There are also several of our well established charities mto Whose management abuses have gradually crept. The Young Men’s Christian As- sociation, though an excellent institution on the whole, 1s olten misused by its oiicials, or, at least, its charitable Work is not always performed in cases where it is urgently needed. ‘Thus, ove Bolton, a clerk, who had been board- ingin ahotel up town but had been reduced to the extremest poverty, applied the other day to the Young Men's Christian Association, in Twenty- third street, for aid ana for assistance toward getting employment. He showed his rec- ommendations from his late employers and narrated huis pitiful story, but was treated with contumely by the oficials in-charge, and driven trom the building to seek shelter in a s.ation house; character, because he did not hesitate to use “n- fluential’’ names, was treated courteously and had every facility extended to him. Another poor Man, called Harmon, applied at the downtown branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association for five cents to pay bis car fare to Harlem, where he could find work, being literally too weary, too weak to walk there in the snow, and showed let- ters and credentials; but was brutally told to “walk there,” and Qnally, for want of the five cents, lost his chances tn Harlem. It is also allegea that several of the officials con- nected with our prominent charitable societies are utterly unworthy of their places, one woman having been until recently a notoriously dissolute character, while several of the men have been in State Prison for crimimal olfences. It 18 also charged Chat gross favoritism and still grosser immorality stain the inner workings of our “charities.” DESTITUTION ALONG THE MID- LAND RAILROAD. Liperty, N. Y., March 4, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD: I notice in your paper the number of poor in your city out of employment and in need of the necessaries of life. Oswego Midland Ratiroad, are in the greatest distress through the non-payment of its debts due to the laborers previous to the receiver being ap- pomted. Merchants cannot allow the men any More credit and do justice to their business, They have trusted the men on the faith of the railroad company, who have failed to meet thelr obliga. | tions. And what are these poor people to do? | There is no work for them; they cannot obtain any. Receiver Hewitt no doubt 1s doing all im his power to make the road pay its present expenses, yet the employés under his administration have nearly two months’ pay back, and it is rumored that he intends to pay part cash and part “scrip” or certificates of indebtedness, tor the month of January. Should he do this he may look jor more trouble with the Cele than the road has yet experienced. Yet this Midiand Company should do something to relieve the distress prevailing among their late employés, and they should act without delay. It is their duty, and it is to be their attention and relieve some of the distressed ones, Respectiully, AN INTERESTED PARTY. DIAMOND ROBBERY IN BROOKLYN, A $30 Pin Exchanged for a $300 One— Where Is the Thicf? Yesterday aiternoon two young men, fashionably attired, entered the jewelry store of Mr, Tice, cor- ner of Fulton and Johnson streets, and asked to be permitted co examine a tray of diamond pins, The gems were closely scrutinized by the pretended customers, who displayed a pretty accurate knowl- edge of the size, Weight and value of diamonds, Mr. Tice, who was in possession of a description of two men who had but a few days previous “ex- changed” a cheap diamond ring for one worth $600 at another store, thought he recognized a simi- larity between the new customers and the men of whoin he had heard. He therefore quietly notified the clerk Who Was attending the men to “keep a sharp eye on them.” Kventually they went out together without pos F @ purchase, and a close ection of the tray disclosed the fact that a diamond worth $80 had been left by them in ex- change for a stone worth $300. The police were not! , but nothing that could tend to throw light upon the whereabouts of the thieves could be obtained. CITY AWD COUNTY TREASURY, Comptroller Green reports the following dis- bursements and receipts of the treasury yester- day :— DISBURSEMENTS, Claims pald—No. of warrants, 50, amounting to. $89,742 Pay rolls—No. of warrants 494, amounting to. 88,428 Total ... seeceee AS $173,571 RECEIPTS, From taxes ot 1873 and interest... D From arrears ot taxes, axgeastnen er From collection of assesaments and interest. From market rents and feet From water rents. From licenses—Ma yor's offic list of “relerences” the managers of this instita- tion used the names of several of our best known citizens, who, on being written to concerning the “Nautical Scuool,” said they had uever heard of. Total, . ry Comptroller paid yesterday jabore: en Ts On “big nines’’ to the let inst. amounting to $9,280, | the statement of the public debt for the month of | | of “debt upon which interest bas ceased since THE PUBLIC DEBT. eoietitiontaniiiedeniniaat Visit of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to the City—A Ridiculous Ramor in Wail Street—Mr. Sawyer Denies Emphatically that the Bonded Debt of the United States Has Been Increased—Stubborn Figures Submittea to Him, | Mr. Frederick Sawyer, the Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury, was in the city yester- | | day and drove down to the Custom House about | eleven o'clock, where he spent some time in Col- Lets Arthur’s office. The rumor at once ran through Wail sfféet that the Assistant Secretary | had come on from Washington td New York to make on inveatigation in relation to the alleged frauds | in the Revenue Departmen. Mr Sawyer re- mained, however, too shorta time at the Custom House to Ha @color to thisrumor, After, his de- Parture & HeRatp reporter was informed by Deputy Collector Lydecker that the Assistant Sec- Tetary’s visit to the city and to the Custom House | Was of altogether an unofficial character, and that Collector Arthur was not at :he office during bis | visit. He mad merely called on his way tarough | town to Wasnington, A HERALD reporter subsequently met Mr. Saw- yer before he left the city, and, wuen informed | the rimor had been spread that he had come to | town in connection with the investigation of the | alleged frauds on the revenue now going on at Washington, he laughed heartily, and remarked that he had been merely passing through the city, aud a8 he had directed nis mail to the Custom Honse he had merely called there to getit. During the course of the conversation the teporter remarked that the statement that the bouded debt of the United States had been tn- creased, or that of the public debt bearing interest m coin for the month of Feoruary, was erroneous, and that the matter has caused A GOOD DEAL OF EXCITEMENT and comment among prominent men in Wall street, The Assistant Secretary seemed quite surprised and the reporter asked :— “Has the bonded debt really been increased, Mr. Sawyer?” | “No, on the contrary,” was the answer. ‘J can | Say positively that there hag been no increase in , the bonded deot, On the contrary, we have paid off some, but I cannot speak accurately on this | | point, as I have not the figures with me.’’ | | The reporter had a statement ol the public debt | for the month of February with him, and he r inarked that the statement showed an increase of | $8,000,000 in the debt bearing interest in coin during last month, Assistant Secretary Sawyer looked puzzled and said:—“But the statement of the public debs tor the past month shows no increase.” ‘The reporter then submitied the statement that } the total debt on the Ist of March amounted to | $1,720,360,700. Mr. Sawyer reiterated positively that there had been no increase, but the reporter then produced 4 January, which showed that the total debt of the United States bearing interest iu coin on the Ist of February last was $1,712,749,200, a8 already pub- lished in the HERALD, showing an apparent in- crease Of $8,000,000, a8 above stated. Mr. Sawyer took the statement for the month of February, and, looking at it curiously for a mo- ment, suld:— , “I cannot go into this matter now, as I have not time to examine the figures, but I am sure there has been uo increase in the bonded debt; on the contrary, some has been paid off.”” ‘The reporter then called his attention to an item of $8,000,000 of “call bonds,” under the head maturity,” aud asked if it could be the same $8,000,000 enterea on the statement of “debt | bearing interest in coin’ in last month’s state- ment of the pubiic debt. He replied he would require a more careful ex- amination of the figures to answer, and the repor- ter wished him a pleasant journey. BT, PATRICK'S DAY, The Arrangements Made for the Proces- sion—Satistactory Consultations with the Police Authoritics. The representatives of the several Irish societies in New York and vicinity again met in coavention last evening at Hibernia Hall, No. 28 Prince street, | to perfect arrangements for properiy celebrating | St. Patrick’s Day. Mr; Thomas 8. Kerrigan occu- pied the chair. The minutes of the last meeting being read and approved the secretary received | from officers of many of the represented | organizations the names of the aids selected to do duty during the procession. Mr. Carroli, in behalf of the committee appointed to | Wait on the Colonel of the Sixty-ninth regiment, | reported that the duty had been performed and | that the arrangements made were satisfactory. Mr. Edward L. Cary, of the committee selected to | the latter, together with Superintendent Matsell, | | cepted thetr invitation to be present during the while another party, a dissolute | Now, Mr. Editor, I wish to | | bring to your notice that hundreds of families in | these districts, on the line of the New York and hoped that some of the officials at least will give | had been visited, and alter consultation the Commissioners accepted the line of | | march originally laid down, and the Super- wait upon the Police Commissioners, reported that intendent promised them an escort of police- men, mounted and on foot. The committee also called upon Matthew T. Brennan, who ac- rocession, and like pleasant arrangements had eh made with the Mayor and the Common Connell) who will review the societies at the City Asalute of seventeen guns will be fired in the City Hall Park on the morning of the 17th inst., and the procession will move at twelve o'clock precisely by & “signal gun.’ John McGuire has been elected Grand Marshal, and John Fox and Patrick McDonough his aids, ELECTRICAL MARINE SIGNALS, Mr. George Mackenzie, the New York agent of the General Transatlaatic Steamship Company, } has had under consideration for some months past plans for using electrical lights upon the steamers of the line. On Thursday night a party of gentie- men, including the officers of the St. Laurent, leit the company’s dock, pier 58 North River, on the Virginia Seymour and proceeded down the bay | to witness the experiments with the new | light. Another steamer had been previously | despatched with @ light under instructions | to respond to the signals of the Seymour. The boats were about six miles apart, but the signals, when displayed, could be plainly discerned, and | | appeared to be but a short way off. The lights | with which the experiments were made are to be used hereaiter on the steamers of the Ueneral Transatiantic line, so as to iessen the risks taken by travellers between the continents and engen- der a certain degree of assurance of safety. —_+ -—___ MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. BRUNNER—MUNN.—On Thursday, March 5, 1874, by Rev. Dr. Eaton, HaNRY BRUNNER, Of Brunn- adern, Switzerland, to Carrizg E. MUNN, of New York. No cards, | MEHLER—SAUTER.—On Thursday, March 5, by the Rev. George Ewh, at the residence o1 the bride's arents, EUGEN MEULER, of Bingen, on the Rnine, jermany, to EMMa, second daughter of Loreng Sauter, of Jersey City. No cards. MILLER—HarkIs.—Un Wednesday, March 4, by the Rev. Dr, Gillespie, Captain Grorégz MILLER, of New York city, to HANNAU, daughter of George W. | Harris, of Williamsovurg, N. Y. TANZEK—LAGOWITz.—At ‘Temple Emanu-El, Wednesday, March 4, by the Rev. Dr, Gottneil, ARNOLD TANZER to IDA, eldest daughter of Jacob | owltz, all of this city, } IND—LAGOWITZ.—At the same time and _plaee, by the Rev. Dr. G, Gottheil, MOSES KIND to FANNik, second daughter of Jacob Lagowitz, ail of this city. on | Died. ALsTon,—On ‘thursday, March 5, SARAH ALSTON, relict 01 Japhet Alston, in the 87th year of her ag The rejatives and friends of. the family are re- spectialiy invited to attend the funeral services, on Saturday afternoon, 7th inst., at three o'clock, at her lave residence, Castieton Corners, 8. I. BaDGER.—On Wednesday, March 4, JAMES M, BADGER, aged 57 years. Relatives and friends, also members of the Old City Guard, Brooklyn. are respectiully invited to | attend the funeral, from his late residence, No. 140 | Willow street, Brooklyn, on Saturday, March 7, at two o'clock P. M. Barui.—On Tuesday, March 3, ANTONIO Barut. The sunerat will take place from No, 196 Spring street, this day (Saturday), 7th inst., at one P. M. His iriends are invited to attend. BuaNcH.—On Thursday, March 5, ABRAHAM BLANCA, aged 53 years. The relatives anu triends of the {amily are re- | Spectfully invited to attend the funeral, tom nis | he residence, No. 121 Perry street, on Monday, larch 9, at ten o'clock A, M. BOLLAS.—In Brookiyn, on Tuesday, March 3, James K. BOLLAS, aged 31 years, 3 months and 9 days. ‘tne relatives and friends of the family and also America Council No. 15, 0, U. A. M.; Onetda Tribe No, 11, 1. 0. of R,M., and Victory Association, are | respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from Grace church, Conselyea, near Lorimer street, on Sunday, March 8, at one o'clock. Brapy.—On Friday, March 6, 1874, JOSEPH BREDY, cungest son of Patrick Brady, aged 1 year, months and 6 days, Funeral will take. place at 307 West Thirty-ninth street, on Saturday, March 7, 1874 at eleven o'clock A. M.; thence to Calvary Cemetery. Bremonp.—On Weanesday morning. Maron 4, 1874, CATHARINE BREMOND, Wile of the late Dr. | Paul B. Bremond, in the 8st her age. year of Relatives and triends of the ly are respect- fully invited to attend her fune al, on Saturday afternoon, March 7, at two o'clock, trom her late 5 a treet. celden ce 74 Jane mriday, March 6, ANNTE Jvpsox, , LLO.—On Frid _widow of Manuel Carvallo, Minister Plenipoventiary | at half-past one P. M. | y and Envoy Extraordinary Chili to France, En; Notice of funeral OLoox.—On ® short and Alfred Clock. Reiatives and her son-in-law, from the Republic ” land and Belgium, We Wednesday morning, March ren « after illness, ANN’Maui» wile Of e family, 404 those of J. V. Meserole, are sivited to at- tend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 91 ae ecg Street, Brooklyn, E, J+ OB Saturday, . at three o'clock P. DunN.—On Thursday, March 5, EDWARD DUNN, in the 62d ye f the pariah of Killenaré, jar of his age, a native o! 1 ueens county, Irejand, Tne relat Hid friends of the family are re- apes Vile fe attend the funeral, thi bei Wo o dence, ae Wea ourteenth Sa. ade to daNe On Friday, March 3, Many Eaay, daugi- maou a i A 8 Egan, aged 5 years, 1 e relatives and friends of the family are re- spectinily invited to attend Me funeral ‘rom the West Thirtieth residence of her parents, No, 535 stzeet, on pagent pata at one o'clock, P. M. 'ERON.— ‘ay, Mare! SELINA FERON, the 25th year of her the. M6 ne sa The friends and relatives are respectfully mvited to attend the funeral from the residence of her mother, No. 459 Atlantic avenue, on Sunday after- noon, at one o'clock, thence to St. Joseph's church, and thenoe to the Cemetery of the Holy Cross for interment, FERNBACH.—On Friday, March 6, Juziet, child of Henry and Henrietta Fernbach, aged 1 year and 10 months. ‘The funeral will take place from the residence of her parents, No. 411 Kast Fifty-first street, on Sun~ day morning, Marcn 8, at 10 o’clock precisely. RANKR.—On Thursday, Marct 5, HENRY GRANER, aged 42 years, ‘Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from his lace residence, corner of Pierce avenue and Paterson, street, Jersey City Heights, on Sunday afternoon,, Murch 8, at one o'clock, to Lutheran Cemetery. GRIFFIXN—On Thursday, March 6, Leia daughter of John and Elizabeth Grifin, aged years, 9 months and 13 days. Notice of funeral to-morrow. HEARN.—On Thursday, March 6, James J, HEARN, in the 22d year of lis age. The relatives and triends of tne family are re~ Spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of bis father, Joseph Hearn, No. 610 West Thirty-eighth street, on Sunday, March 8, at one o’clock prompt. The remains will be taken to Cal- vary for interment, HENNESSY.—On Friday, March 6, HUMPHREY HENNkssy, Of Mounteen, County Cork, Ireland, ia the 49th year of his age. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are re- Spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his brother-in-law, John rare 316 -past friends of th: Madison street, on Sunday, March 8, at hal one o'clock, JAcoBsON.—At Newark, N. J., . on Thursday, March 6, WILLIE R. JAGOHSON, gran if son of Samuel | Kellinger, of this city. Funeral from 57 State street, Newark, this day (Saturday), at twelve o'clock M, Relatives and friends are lavited to attend without further no- tice. Take 11:20 A, M, train from Barclay street, Morris and Essex Railroad, JOLLY.—At Charlottesville, Va., on Tuesday, Mgreli 4, 1874, Mrs. KOSANNA JOLLY, aged 87 years, xtelatives and friends of the family are respect- Sully vited to attend the funeral, from the resi- dence of her daughter, Mrs. A. Adair, No. 905 Gates avenye, Brooklyn, on Saturday, March 7, at two o’ciock P. M. Joxxes.—In Brooklyn, on Wednesday, March 4, alter a lingering illness, REBECCA ELIZABETH, the second daugnter of William and Catharine Jones, aged 22 years and 11 months. ‘The relatives and iriends of the family and teach- ers of Grammar School No, 7 are respectfully in- vited to attend the funeral, at the residence of her parents, 264 Skillman street, on Sunday, the sth inst., at two o’clock P. M. JUHRING.—On Wednesday, March 4, Emma, the youngest child ot J.C. and Helena Jubring, aged 10 years, 4 months and 4 days, She has gone to be an angel. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, irom the residence of her parents, 69 Wilson street, Brook- panes D., on Sunday afternoon, at hall-past one o'clock, KENNEDY.—On Saturday, February 28, in Florida, Mary L., beloved wife of Dr. Kennedy and eldest daughver of P. F, Maginn, tn the 2lst year of her age. Funeral will take place from the residence of her father, No. 559 West Fifty-seventh street, thence to the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, Fifty-ninth street, near Ninth avenue, on Monday morning, 9th inst., at ten o'clock. Relatives and iriends are in- vited to,attend. LakE.—At West Hoboken, on Friday, March 6, ANN D. Lake, wife of Daniel Lake. Funeral services will be held at her late rest- dence, on Sunday, March 8, at four o’clock, P. M. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to atiend, The remains will be interred in the Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, on Monday, March & Carriages will be in waiting at White Hall for the 11 o’clock boat. L’AMOUREUX.—On Friday, March 6, JonN B. L'AMOUREOX, in his 39th year. His relatives and iriends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, at his late residence, 423 Grand street, Williamsburg, on Sunday, sti {nat., at two o'clock, MARTIN.—A solemn requiem mass will be of- ficiated in the Church of the Nativity, Secona avenue and Third street, on Saturday, March 7, at nine A. M., for the soul of the late Mrs, MAR- GABETIA DE MARTIN, Of New Orleans. The friends of the fumily are respectfully invited to attend. Maynarb.—On Thursday, March 5, CHARLES Wile LIAM, eldest son of Charles and Catharine May- nard, aged 17 years and 2 months. The relatives and friends of the family are re spectfnily invited to attend the fanerai from his late residence, 313 East Twenty-fifth street, on Sunday afternoon, at two o'clock. Moon.—On Friday, March 6, after asshort illness, AURELIA S., daughter of George C. and Aurelia C. Moon, aged 8 Months and 8 days. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, irom the residence of her parents, No. 77 Taylor street, Brooklyn, E. D., on Sunday, 8th inst., at two P. M. MORRILL.—On Friday, March 6, HENRY E. Mor- RILL, M. D., at his residence, No. 78 Orange street, Brooklyn, in the 61st year of his age. The profession and all the friends of the tamily are invited to attend the funeral services, on Sun- Crs ed 8th inst., at two o'clock P, M., at Plymouth church, Mortr.—In Yorktown, near Peekskill, on Thurs- day, March 5, GrLBEeRT Mort, in his 7zd year. Funeral on Sunday, the sth, at haif-past three pas His remains will be interred at Green- wood. MURRAY.—On Friday, March 6, at the residence of his father, Goshen, N, Y., Major HENRY SPENCER MURRAY, son of William Murray, aged 33 years. The triends of the deceased, in Brooklyn and Mount Vernon, N. Y., are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, 8th inst., from St. James’ church, Goshen, at half-past one o'clock. Train leaves Chambers street at half-past eight Sunday morning, returning in the afternoon. McLANE.—At Nice, France, on Friday, February 13, 1874, ARIADNE, Wife of Allan McLane, of New York, United States. ‘ch 5, Ep- age, OweN.—On Thursday morning, Mar muND C, OwEN, in the 58th year of his The relatives and trieuds of the family are invited to attend his funeral, on Saturday, 7th inst, at two o'clock P. M., atSt. James’ church, corner Lafayette avenue and St. James’ place, Brooklyn QUINAN.—On Wednesday, March 4, Emma, daugh ter of Henry E. and Mary Quinan, Funeral trom the residence of her aunt, Mra. John Reid, No. 37 West Filtieth street, on Satur- day, at one o'clock. ReepD.—In Hoboken, N. J., on Thursday, March 5, at her residence, No. 24 Third street, Mrg. MARIA REED, the beloved wife of James Reed, after a very short iliness, aged 40 years. ‘The funeral will take place next Sunday, March 8, at two o’clock P. M., from the residence of Mr. Reed, No. 24 Third street, Hoboken. RegD.—At Greenwich, Conn., on Friday, March 6, 1874, EPHRAIM REED, aged 55 years, Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, on Monday, the 9th, at2 P, M. Trains leave Central Depot, Forty- second street, at ten A. M. and twelve M, RicHaxps,—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, March 5, | Ropyrt Kerr Ricuarps, in the 63th year of his age. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the | funeral, at St. Luke’s church (Rey. Dr, Diller’s), 8th inst., Clinton avenue, near Fulton, on Sund taken to ay, 5 f datttns will be jamaica for interment. SCHMEDES.—At Sandy, Utah, on Friday, February 20, of consumption, T. F. SCHMEDES, @ native of pe Hanover Lehe, aged 25 years, 7 months and 16 days, Relatives. and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from the resi- dence of his half-brother, H. ott No. 68 Broad- way, corner of Second stree' ‘iuamsburg, on Sunday afternoon, March 8 at two o'clock. Sugeny.—On Thursday, March 5, after a severe illness, JouN SHEEHY, native of the parish of Lus- magh, Kings county, Ireland, aged 60 years. ‘Relatives and iriends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from his late Fesi@ence 419 East Nineteenth street, on Sunday, March 8, at one o'clock; from thence to Calvary Cemetery. ~ K, on the Hudson, on Friday, Marche, nae eat, youngest child of J. Marston and Mary f. Smith, aged 2 years, 2 months and 2 oa Giattves and friends are invited to attend the services, Saturday, at eight P. M. rT ALLEN. yn. Wednesda; tara 4, ANDREW VAN ALLEN, aged 76 years. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfally invited to attend the funeral, from hia late residence No. 223 Fifth street, on Saturday, 7th inst., at two o’clock. P, M, VAN HOUTEN.—Suddenly, at his residence at West Pascack, N. J., on Thursday, March 6, JOHN H. VAN Hours (formerly of New York city) in the 77th year of his age. * WEED.—At Stamford, Ct., at the residence of his son-in-law, John P. Hamilton, on Thursday, March 5, HEZEKtaH WEED, in the 90th year of his a Rel § and friends are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, om fal the 9th inst., at haif-past eleven o'clock Trains leave Forty-second street at eight and nine. o'clock, Carriages at Stamsord depot, WiiTE.—In this city, on Thursd , March 5, of congestion of the lungs, JOHN B. WHITE, 49 ears, Funeral on Saturday, March 7, M., Irom. the Second street Methodist, Episcopai church, between aventes and D. Relatives and friends of the tamiuy are’ invited to attend without Jurther notice, At two o'clock P,