The New York Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1874, Page 8

8 “NEW YORE'S RUM WAR. The Metropolitan Clergy at Asso- elation Hall, —_————— BANDS OF” WOMEN TO BE FORMED. The white To Be Wagea with Vigor. ‘The adjourned meeting of the ministers ef New York, representing every religious denomination, was held yesterday in Association Hall, Twenty- third street and Fourth avenue. The assemblage, 1m point of numbers, far exceeded the gathering of Monday last, while throughout the proceedings considerably more interest was manifested, evi- Gently evincing the growing interest on the part of the pastors and teachers in the great temper- manufacture OF sale of intoxicating liquors for the use of tippling houses.” Dr. JOUN HALL said:—We have to think of the great world outside who do not hold the same views, possibiy, with ourselves, as are sougiit to be conveyed in the original resolution, which makes no distinction between the drinking places oo First avenue and the palatial hotels on th ave- hue. (Cueers.) Rev. Mr. UNDERWOOD tho’ it it would be better to insert the words, “abomination of the liquor trafic and the sinfuiness o1 drankenness” in piace of the Words above referred to. ‘ris amendment, after furtuer discussion, was finally adopted. ation. The fourth in culled forth discussion. Dr. GansE said he ‘tho uid be unwilling to lend his tn- fuence to any such effort as had been made 1a the West; ior, although ne felt great sympathy ior those engaged in the cause there, yet the case as compared with the existing condition of things in this city is entirely diferent, ihere the public Jeeling had indicated, long beiore the first low Was struck, the continued abborreace lor that geoes evil, intemperance, If auy repetition of the tics there were engaged in he felt sure there Would be no such solid backing by the community here, which wouid preciude any lke success, In lact, any attempt to jollow Out such a course Lere ‘Would result, he felt sure, 1n a signal fatlure, Rey, W. C. SrgeLs said:—This 1s a religious re- vival. We do not expect the same success that has accompanied the Movement in the West; yet great resuits may be attained, The women are all @Nxious to epier upon the work at once, and lam ance movement now inaugurated. The meeting was called’ to order by Rev. Dr. | Prime, who presided throughout. Mr. Stearns, the Secretary of the National Temperance Associa- tion, officiated as secretary. The business wus preluded by @ prayer offered by Dr. Gillett, alter which the Chairman delivered the following ad- dress :— ADDRESS OF DR. PRIME. Dr. PRimE said:—The temperance revival, now pervading large regions of tnis country, marks an era im the history of the cause. It is wonderiul only that we have ever been asleep and need a trump like that of the resurrection angel to stare us irom our repose. So vast the burden of invem- perance; 30 widespread, deep, terribie, destruc- | tive the misery it has wrought among us; so often | our hearts are wrung with anguish when those we love are seized, cursed qgd Diasted by its breath; the air isso full of sighs and groans and wails of hearts bursting because of the agonies this one vice entails, it 18 pro- foundly strange we can sleep while mots im devouring tury all around The great problem of crime stares im the face. Here is the immediate cause of the Jarger part of all the crime that fills our prisons, enhances our taxes and reddens our streets with blood. Rum makes even policemen murderers, abd is it possibile for human language to say any- thing more terrible? The problem of poverty stares usin the face, We debate plans of relief and exhaust charity in working them out, while us. great gaunt crowds of hungry mendicants, with | cavernous eyes and pallid cheeks and skinny fingers, appeal to us for food. And here in tilts one vice is the guilty author of it all; or so nearly all, that if we could cure the appetite for strong drink, and make all men and women | temperate, our prisons would become palaces | and our paupers might be princes It # said there are other vices, Alas! is true; but when we are contronted with another ‘hat makes monsters ef men and turns women us | it | sure tuey can be trusted, They have already come tome by the score and have said, “Siow us the way and we are ready to commence atonce.” [ know they will work earnestly aud quietly to abate and eradicate the evil around us, which ts raising arace of drunkards out of our young men. cau, | am sure, trust their caution an oi propriety. | Kev. Mr. HEaLy thought it would be a good lan to select @ committee of ladies like Mrs. | Witham E, Dodge ana Mrs, Marshall 0. Koberti | who sould, under the direction o! Dr. Crosby an Dr, Ganse, visit the great centres of commerce, such a8 the stock Exchange, tne Produce Ex- | change, Cotton Exchange, aid other places where the merchant princes ol the city congregated, and a influence to compel them to sign the pledge. Dr. HALL thought that if the resolution was adopted 1} was endorsing the efurts of Christian women beforehand. | Dr. CRosBy said he was of opinion that the ladies could be trusted, and the success of the movement depended on them. If visits were made by them | ip their own way he ieit confident they would | Shock no one or offend any one’s seuse Of pro- | priety. Lf they called on all connected with the | sale of liquor the resuits would be vaster than | could ever ve imagined, and lar greater than they — at | were, in the same ratio, in Ohio. Dr, UNDERWOOD said he was 1n favor of allowing full liberty to the ladies, leeitng, as he did, quite sure they Would, with their usual tact and inspira- ton, succeed in carrying Out their object. HOW THE WORK IS DONE OUT WEST, br. Dio Lewis here rose and said:—“I hear a great many people refer to the Ohio movement, | bat I wonder how many there are who know any- thing at all about it. I question if tiere be any of those present who have the slightest conception of the mauner in which the work was done, so quietly, orderly and earnestly as it was. I have been through it The movement there was 1n- a@ugurated by Christian, earnest women, who have attempted to suppress the tmiquitous traffic car- | Tied on in the dramshops, Their functions are principally to pray in the churches and vestries, supplemented by prayer in the dramshops. In order to effect their object they adopt several | plans. The rst of these is to go in and obtain their signatures to a piedge, promising visit the rumsellers, not in their places of busi- ness, but in their homes, and setting orth their desive, te endeavor by quiet persuasion to get | them to promise to give up their calling. {n case | they do not succeed they then adopt anotuer | meihod, wiich 1s to go out ia companies of five or ‘The third resolution was adopted wituout aiter- | We! nice sense | wos and threes to the owners of property | not to let their Houses to deaiers in liquor; also to | into fiends; when another vice fills the land with | seven aud visit the dramsellers in their saloons, wretenedness and woe and the very atmosphere | ask to speak to them, and, if he admits them, ‘with orphans’ and widows’ cries, then we will rise | ee Seneralleeeeest i mings oe piel Hath up in our might and hunt that vice into some | gtand on one side; and, he continues mammoth den, and bar it up until the gates of ele dag Miata Payton oern ae oi aie eilent : 4 prayer. One of their number may, in a low voice, hell prevail against it to reclaim its own. This | Goer simple prayer, but no loud talking, no Vice of intemperance stands out alone, noise is ever indulged im. They then leave, and Monstrum horrendum ingens, call again and again, until the vietory is obtained. Cui lumen adem pum. ‘This is about the sum total of the movement by Up to this hour ail measures of reform have come | the women in Oto, short of success. Sixty years ago the organized | «poweyer, when u person is iound to be exces- Opposition to this specific vice Was begun. The story | sively costa se eons assemble in larger ris familiar. Temporary triumphs have | numbers, say in bands of from 75 to 100, and pro- noes DENY SELES RAVE | Coed to the place it 18 desired to gain, and if not been followed with reverses anu failures. The evil | gGrpitted pray on the sidewalk us, hows has grown upon us. It has taken large and porten- | ever, pie Fhe is not at alt tous proportions, Ht has a seat in legislative halls, | adapte for lew or! or other large It governs poiitical contests. Its trafic affects the Sxarauiltysratanined ve id poten Lt revenue, so that within the last week a cry of fear | tailed to pring the rumseller to his knees. He 1s heard from Washington lest the prayers of the | generaily cails them 1p rather than have so much ‘women of Ohio should diminish the receipts trom | #fvention drawn to Lim as would be the case if he 4 let them remain on the sidewalk. the tax on whiskey. Yes, this vice has its claws THE PLAN FOR NEW YORK. 0p the throat o1 this whole people. It 1s nextto | I think the secret prayer meetings and the quiet Impossivie to procure wise legislation to restrain visiting system 1s what should be earriea out in 2% §=It is utterly nupossibie to eniorce laws wien | New York, the ladies going out in twos and threes Shey are enacted. Vain is the heip of man. Put | and ootaming signatures tu the pledges from the no confidence in politicians. Let mo such men be | grocers, druggists, property Owners and liquor trusted. They are on the side of the enemy. The | dealers. I fecl certain it would very much purt trade, with its hundreds of willons invested, is | the women of New York if they heard you trying against us. The ignoble pre iS martyrs to the vice to pass resolutions to curtail their powers and de- We against us. Appetite and lust and passion of termine what their sense of propriety is and how every ioul name, aud sin and hell are ali against | they shall conduct themselves. The question be- us. Toil and care, sadness and sorrow, alicry, | fore the house, it seems to me, is whether the “Give me drink or I peris!,” and they are against | women of New York would conduct themselves us. To whom shall we go? to whom shail we flee | with propriety and good sense, Jor succor? To God, the everlasting God, in whom Dr.Gansé thought if none but Christian women THE MURDER OF SAMUEL J. JONES. The Examin: m of His Half Brother, Thomas W. Jones. The examination of Thomas W. Jones, on the charge of murdering his half brother Samuel J. | Jones, at South Oyster Bay, im June last, was con- | tinued yesterday, before Justice Suedeker, at Ja- | maica, The attendance was not so large as on the | previous days of the examination, probably from | the iact that the impression is growing that | Detective Payne has not thus far made 80 good a case as the public were led to expect. Admural Melancthon Smith and Jack- son Jones occupied seats on either side of the prisoner’s counsel, Judge Hagner. There was only one lady relative of the prisoner present, and it Was noted as a circumstance Of some, significance vhat for some time before the opening of the pro- ceedings she was in close conversation with Mary Murphy, who had been summoned as a witness. In explanation of the absence of the prisoner's wife or any other member of his family it was stated that bis wife was too ill to be in attendance, | and that his eldest daughter was absent from | home somewhere on the north side of the island. Mary Murphy was called and explained the rela- tive positions of her and Maloney’s houses with that of the wounded man; sbe saw Peter Maloney in Mr. gones’ garden in the afternoon of;Friday, the evening im the pathway leading from’the de- ceasea’s house to his own, going towards home; | on Saturday morning, about hal{-past eight o’clock, | she saw two or three colored men in the road, who | appeared to be looking anxtously down the road, but they suddenly turned and went away; they were some distance off, and she would not be positive as to their | Identity, but sne thought that one of them was a | man known as Jarvis, and that the others were rel- | atives, who worked with him on the road; they were not at work on the road that day, and had not been for two weeks belore, that she had seen; | she saw the smoke o/ a fire in the brush and grass | on the south side of the railroad track and south | of Jones’ house about half-past seven o’clock on Friday evening, which she supposed was set by spark from @ passing locomotive, but she saw no one to it, thougn she saw Mr. Maloney’s daughter Margaret looking @t it; she could not say Whether there was a lignt in Mr. Jones’ house on Friday evening, although the view was unobstructed by trees or bushes; she last saw deceased on the previous Wednesday, Doon around lis own house; she would not be hkely to see any one passing from the depot to Mr. Jones’ house, AS Mrs, Murphy left the stand she | volunteered the remark that she “did not believe | Thomas Jones ever thougut of doing what he was ebarged with.” The District Attorney, Benjamin W. Downing, | Who was present at the examination for the first time, having previously been too unwell to ve | present, now proposed to read the testimony of | the accused, ihomas W. Jones, given before the Coroner's jury. Justice Snedeker decided it to be competent testi- mony now, and aiter looking it over Mr. Hagner withdrew his objection and Jt was read. The prosecution desired its introduction principally | because it 1s the oniy testimony which estab- | lishes the tact that Thomas was at Samuel’s house on the evening of tne murder, other witnesses stating only that they saw pim near Mr. Dowuing then announced that there was no More evidence then ready, but that there was | some in course of preparation, and asked for an adjournment until the first of next week. ir. Hagner objected to an adjournment, and thought toat uniess ihe prosection had some more direct testimony thad had thus far been presented the prisoner had better be discharged at once, | Mr. Downing said that the prisoner could not now afford to Jet the walter rest in that way ; il he | Was innocent it was for his advantage *o be provea 80 by the fullest investigation. Alter consultation with the prisoner's relatives Mr. Hagner said that they had no desire to siifle investigation. To remove all taint of suspicion from tue defendant and all cuance of stigma trom the family they courted the tuilest Investigation, the views of the prosecution. The turther examination was finally postponed day when Justice Snedeker will be at liberty otherwise. Attorney obtaimed from Jackson Jones the bunch of keys which he ‘ound in a secretary drawer in the murdered man’s house under suspicious circum- gion. It is supposed that Detective Payne pro- poses to make some use of them bere the next day of the examinanion. He 1s still confident that | he can establisu a good case. THE MURDERED PEDLER. A Star Chamber Inquisition at Prince- ton—Indignation of the Citizens—The Mystery Unsolved. The inauest on the body of Solomon Kranskopf, who was murdered near Princeton, as already and saw Thomas W. Jones about seven o'clock in | and thought she saw Maloney late on Friday alter- | Mr. Haguer at first objected, but | and freely consented to ap adjournment to meet | until Thursday of next week, that being the first | Before the adjournment the District | | stances, and gave them into the Justice’s posses- | THE CUSTOM HOUSE SCANDAL. The Hearing of Complaints and Apologies in the Revenue Investigation Closed—District At- torney Bliss Admits the Intricacy and Ex- cessive Severity of the Laws—Summing Up the Case of the Merchants. Wasaincron, March 12, 1874. George Bliss, United States Attorney for the | Southern District of New York, addressed the | Committee on Ways and Means this morning. He said he was, perhaps, the only officer of the gov- ernment hkely to be heard, as the Collector, Naval Officer and Surveyor at New York declined to appear, only for the reason that if they came | here and expressed their opinions it would be said | they were biassed by their personalinteresis. As | to facts, he could state more than ail of them vom- bined, owing to the nature of the business en- | trusted to his hands. His own interest in moieties | was an indirect one, and, without going into details, was comparatively small. The causes of complaint before the committee are said to be in the law authorizing the | seizure of books and papers and the outside | forcing of merchants to make compromises, and incidental to the question of moieties, ail revolved around the charge of undue hardship to mer- | chants. These complaints came from organized bodies and individuals, This was all that appeared upon the surface; but behind allthis there was a | considerable force of men who were seeking to | protect themselves from the consequences of dis- | covered frauds, suits in relation to which were bow pending. In one of these suits the parties | asked that there be @ compromise on the single | item forfeited, but they were iniormed by him that such compromise could not be made under the law. The New York Cham- ber of Commerce and various boards of trade were here urging certain changes in the law. Certain gentlemen were CONSPICUOUS BY THEIR ABSENCE. You do not find Stewart, Claflin and other mer- chants of their standing complaining of hardship, | The reason these gentlemen were not here was | not because they were not invited, but because | they do not feel they are suffering hardships under | the law. He knew that this was true of one-half | of the eminent merchants. Mr. Bliss said the , Chamber of Commerce did not know what they were talking about concerning the seizure of books and papers. There is no such law as they say there 1s, and certainly there was no | such practice as that to whicn they re | ferred, The resolutions of the Chamber were got up by outside parties to serve their | personal interests. Mr. Bliss then related the procedure as to seizures of books and papers, and particularly as to the preliminary proceedings. He maintained the constitutionality of the law | authorizing tue seizure of books aud papers, but suggested that there might be an amendment pro- viding for the separation of the books proving trauds | irom other books, and thetr examination by some- boay in the presence of counsel, and other parties, lt was true the revenue laws were intricate in | many of their features, but so far as they show | woat merchants should do on the entry of goods, | they are periectly clear. Ii the merchant enters | his gvods at the market price which he pays there is no penalty. It must be borne in mind that to | subject the merchant to forfeiture there must be THE INTENT TO DEFRAUD, Mr. Bilss remarked that the head of Mr, Schultz had veen turned in the case of his friend Harvey Barnes, Mr. Bliss said Barnes Knowingly entered goods by a false invoice and took the oath that it was true and correct, Aiter further statement: Mr. Bliss reterred to the settlement of the case 0 Phelps, Dodge & Co., saying there was no threat or compulsion whatever exercised. The transac- | tlons irom beginning to end led ever: | government to believe that the firm admitted | fraud on the part of persons for whom they were responsible, His predecessor as District Attorney, Noan Davis, asked him to divide with lim the fees in this case. He gave Mr. Bliss the impression that he considered it @ very bad case | Of iraud; but Bliss could not now recall any dis- tinct statement to that effect. Perhaps his infor mation was derived trom the fact thas Mr. Davis thus sought to share in the fees, irom which he did not suppose a Pe aul of his standing would seek @ share of money exacted from mer- chants fora mere technical Violation of law. But as Noah Davis had. published a letter in which ne disclaimed that he said it was @ very bad case of | fraud, he (Mr. Bliss) was bound to constder that he was misiaken, The committee took a recess. Alter Kecess. Colone! Bliss, on the reassembling of the com- mittee, said moieties had always certainly existed, from the establishment Oi the government to the present time with the exception of three or four years, Notwithstanding it haa been dinned into Our ears that the effect of the molety system was to ruin the merchants, it was strange the mer- chants had not veen ruined the seveuty or eighty officer o1 the | are the hearts of men—the great, loving Father of us ail, who pities our miseries and healeth all our aiseases; unto Him we come, and cry, “How Jong, © Lord, how long?” “Str up Thy strength | and come and save us.” In this despairing yet believing prayer—despair of all human help and | Jaith in the arm of the mighty God of Jacobw—e ask | all to joim Whatever their opmions as to | the theory of temperance, Whatever their | practice, though they drink and are | drunken, if they see the evil of it and long to be delivered, though they sell the liquor that drowns men’s souls in perdition; yes, and what- | ever tleir creed or profession, Gentile, Jew or Christian, let us come, ali children of oue Father, burdened With a common load of sorrow, iu sym: pathy with all who love their Kind, let us prostrate | ourselves beiore the throne of infinite mercy and | “Spare thy people, O Lora!” v. Dr. JUHN Lext submitted the following Feselutions jor adoption, as the result of the labor of the committee to Whom this matier Lad been referred :— THE RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, That in view of the widespread and dreadful evils of inlemperance, through which ism and crime are increased, happiness muulutudes are ruined for this life aud the lite to com ana in view of the general and protound interest in the subject awakened by the religious movement in the | West, for wich we are unfeignediy thankful, we believe St to be the immediate duty of churches and ininisters to renew aud extend their efforts for the reclamation of the intemperate aud the protection of the commanity in the iuture. Kesolved, That in order todo this, we, as ministers of the Gospel, resolve for ourselves, and affectionately re- quest our brethren, to bring before the people in ali suit- able ways the criminality and sinfuiness of drunkenness, and the danger of all usages and customs that lead thereto, and that this be done, as tar as possible sunul- taneously, ob sunday the 22d inst. Kesolved, | hat \emmperance societies for the old and the young ve organized or revived in churehes and Sunuay Schoois, and (hat irom these, as centres, zealous effort be made on behal/ of all outside, in that spirit of love, pity and help! uiness which our holy religion inspires. Kesolved, That, recognizing the influence for good or evil given ‘in this matter to women, they be invited to associate themselves together for the’ promotion of the femperance cause in a Central Union, with. local auxiliaries, consisting of two members irom each con- gregation. Resolved, That Ch: urged t emp oy all ne from domestic and other du. ing aud intluencing their neighbors, im all Chrisian ‘Ways, in favor of con and intelligent temperauce. golved, That while multiplication of drinking facilities extends the evil, and is thereture to be resisteu, et since a depFaved appetite creates the demand for em, Chrisuian effort be ener the uprooting of that love drinking usages and drinking Resolved, That we regard women be and hereby are ad energy they can afford 8 in instructing, persuad - he lly directed toward which sustains We of the land, ta good will the and legislatures, ‘welical i nlight- ened sentiment and conviction without which laws however excellent, must tail o! their intention. Resolved, That We earnestly petition the Legislatare of the siate of New York to enact a law for the suppression Gf all Uppling houses and tor the entire prevention of the drinking of intoxicating beverages on te premises ‘where they are sold, olved, That we hall with profound satisfaction the passase by the senate of the United, states on the oh iDst. of a bili to provide for a national commission of ~ wiry concerning the alcoholic liquor trafic, und w Rereby express the prayer that our honorable Kepre. | sentatives in the otner Nouse of Congress may promptly concur in the important measure. Kesolved, That we recoguize the valuable services ren- dered by ihe press, earnestly hope tor continued co- ‘operation and request the publication of these reso\u tons. ha: we encourage the clreuiation of temperance literature in our taumilies and in our schools THE DEBATE. Rev. Dr. Newent moved that the resolutions be taken up seriatim and debated upon. There be- Ing No objection this course Was adopted. The first resolution was then read by the Secre- tary and adopted nem con, ‘rhe #ecoud resolution called forth considerable @iscussion. Mr. BLAIR Objected to the word “Sunday,” and moved to amend by using the word “Sabbath.” Kev. Mr. BOOLE thought the resolution much too general, and that the great movement now begin ning Was against 4) rumsellers. He moved to in- Bert the Words “tramMec in intoxicating liquors’? be- fore the word “drunkenness.” He said :—} think the subject of our preaching is referred to tn this resolution, apd I cannot see that there ts not as much sin in the drunkenness of the lowest man as there is in tnat of the Fifth avenue merchant who Grinks his wine in high places. Dr. Croasy said it struck him that if they had One head to bit at they snould Knock it of, Gut it was necessary, to insure harmonious a that questions likely to divide them sho: ve brougit up, | Mr. BooLe thought as they were asked to preacn | and act it was right to discuss the terms 01 resolution. Dr. Crosny—I believe the wicked and iniquitous; vut if this is provided for im other sections of the resolutions, as | be. Heve it is, ft think i¢ Guuecessary to insert tie | amendment, Ms, BOOLE—J wii) shen put in the worgs, traMc in liquor is “for the j | open their churc! were to be engaged in the work there was no need of the resolution. Rev. Mr, DICKERSON did not see the use in tight- ening the reins; the movement ougnt to be open to all women, and not alone to Cristian women and jadies of culture, like Mrs. William E, Dodge or Mrs. Roberta. A vote was then taken, when the amendment was declared lost and the resoiution adopted as originally presented. A LADY GIVES ADVICE. At this juncture a lady, neither having the most prepossessing manners nor of the most beautiul Cast Oi leatures, suddenly rose at the back of the hali and created some diversion by saying ina slightly harsh and Cracked tone of voice:—“Mr. President, if a lady may be allowed to say a word 1 would itke to ue to the clergy that they to ladies and aliow them to carry op the work according to their own inspira- tions, which would soon jead to a breaking up of the present licentiousness and drunkenness, I | think the women can be depended upon to finally put down this great evil of intemperance. I there- | lore advise the clergy to throw open the doors of | their churches; ‘or I believe there are as many woman as Capable Of preaching on the subject of | temperance as ‘here are ministers.” | THE DEBATE RESUMED, The fifth resolution was cailed up after this little episode and consideravle discussion was had upon | the final word, whether it should be “temperance” or ‘total abstinence.” It was finally adopted un- | changed. | ae remainder were also adopted without aiter- | ‘the following additional resolutions were then offered and adopted THE EACISE LAW AND THE CITY. Resolved, That we demand trom the authorities of the city the enforcement of the restrieuons of the present | Excise law, especially the provision which forbids the sale of liquor on sunday Resolved, That property owners be requested not to allow their prem.ses to be used for the sale of spirituous liguors. A committee, composed of Rey. Dr. Wakely, | Rev. Dr. Burchard aod Key. Mr. Gillett, were then appointed vo arrange devotional exercises for a day of prayer to be determined on, on the subject of temperance. draw up the petition to the Legislature. The | gentiemen selected were Dr. Prime, Dr. Foss and | Mr, Stearns. | Dr. Dio Lewis answered an innumerable string | of questions on the Ubio crusade, alter which the meetng adjourned. A Temperance M mg at the Hanson Place Church, Brooklyn. There was a large temperance meeting held last night in the Hanson Piace Methodist | the auspices of the Perseverance Temple of | Peace No, 3% The meeting was openea | with prayer by the Rev, Mr, Lansing. A few remarks were made by the Rev. E. J. Haynes, | pastor of the church, who sincerely hoped the movement might meet with the success it de- | served, The Rev. Dr. Fulton introduzed Rev. | Dr. Lewis, who spoke at length of the plans and | progress of the movement of the cause in the West. At the close of his remarks a vote was taken as to whether the men would support the women in thetr work, and they signified their willingness by all rising, The Women were then asked if they Would support the men, and they signified their Willingness by rising in abody. ‘Alter some ur- ther remarss the meeting adjourne THE CARMEL CH. APEL TEMPERANOB MEET- NG, Mr. Mollett, a report of whose temperance speech appeared in the HeRaLpof Tuesday last, writes to deny the report that he said the editor of the Belfast News Letier wrote against tempe | ance, while intoxicated. ‘The receipt of thts dental | 1s acknowledged in justice to the fair name of editor above referred to and to Mr. Moliett. ~~ PATAL PALLB, George Partridge, @ sailor on board the steam- ship Trinacria, lying at pier 20, North River, fell from one of the yards to the deck yesterday and was killed. quest. Allen Barry, of No. 257 Seventh street, fell the from | becweeu decks to keison of the steamship James Auger yesterday whie waiking forward, and when discovered was dead. The steamer Fg between Charleston, 8. C., and New York, and is now lying at pier 29, North Rives, The Coroner bas been uotged 10 Hold ap taguest. A comiittee of three was then appointed to | Episcopal church, Brooklyn, last night, under | The Coroner was notified to hold an | | published in the HERALD, was resumed in Prince- | years it has prevailed. Whatever might be ton yesteraay betore Squire Ezekiah Mount. | vas aa oy ce i ‘agar oe eee | he _ belie 8 i self-interes The investigation was held in an obscure | with somebody who stands up for the tavern and with closed doors. When | government in the enforcement of the revenue | the HgRaLD reporter applied for admission | laws. Among other arguments Mr. Bliss quoted one of the jurors, named Wilson Hawkins, emerged from the Star Chamber and addressed the man of the quill in the following fashion :—“The mit your report of the proceedings to them for ex- | amination before you send it to the HeRaLp.” This proposition was promptly rejected and the juror re-entered the Star Chamber, Alter remaining there about tweuty minutes, during which two of the jurors protested against the exclusion of the press, Hawkins returned in a very excited manner, rubbing his nose on the leit side, and delivered himself hurriedly of the fol- | lowing oration :—‘The jury have concluded not to admit you. You can ask them any questions when we adjourn, but you must not remain here.” The reporter requested Hawkins to | give the reply, as quoted, in writing, | for the benefit of the New Jersey Histortcal So- | ctety, but Hawkins, failing to appreciate the com- | pliment, ordered the constable (Stephen Mar- | gerum) to clear the hall of the reporters and the | public. Stephen searched his pockets ior acigar before entering upon the new duty imposed upon | him, and then winking at the aloresaid “pulic,? muttered out, *Gentiemen, | adding, as Hawkins showed bi don’t, Let ’em rip.’? | As goon as the announcement that the in- | quest was being conducted secretly was noised abroad, @ crowd collected around the | tavern, and tears were entertained that | the doors would be forced open and the jurors | placed upon the highway. The proprietor, Runyon onis, rom whose grandiather the classic district of Ucean county derives its name, remonstrated, | Dut to no purpose, succeeded in inducing the crowd to disperse. One of the witnesses, Jolin L. Coriles, refused to | testify, on the ground that he had not received a | subpeena in the ordinary manner, and he de- manded the usual tee of fiity cents in advance, | Mount, the presiding dignitary, arose from his seat, and with glowing eyes reproactied the ub- streperous witness in these words:—"I! the Court Knows herself, and she thinks she do, she will not give you that half dollar.” The reporter called on Dr. Baker, who had made Yhe post-mortem examination, but was met witn this elegant réswmé ol whe case:—1 won't give anything to the press 1n this case, the reporter then interviewed a@ brother of the deceased and | Theodore Laird, and learned irom them that the | deceased was @ man Of strictly temperate habits, | that ne had ieit Laird’s house on Tuesday morning, | after counting his money in presence o! Laird’s wile, who admonished him not to carry so much mone. with him. He replied thathe did not apprehend any danger, and if he did not retarn that night she might conclude he nad gone to New York. | She did not see him afterwards alive. Deceased coat tails, “No you | Was born in the north of Germany, and had | nine yearsin this country. His residence in New resides, ARREST OF EX-SUPE: GREGOR, Charged with Obt False PretcncesHe Bail. James M. Macgregor, formerly Superintendent of Bulidings, Was arrested yesterday on two indicte ments which had been found against him by the , Oyer and Terminer Grand Jury. | The offences charged tn the indictments are the obtaining signatures to instruments by | false pretences with a view of defrauding | | | Is Released on | ; | | | the city. The first count is that Macgregor, on | the lst of July, 1870, presented an order bear- | | ing the signature of Mayor Hail, which pur- ported to be a bili of $255, due to Darcy Brothers, of Fourth avenue and Thirtee reet, jor pro- | Viding and putting up awnings at the oiices of the .| Department of Buildings. The second count charges Macgregor with presenting an order ‘or $1,610 52, purporting to de tora bi!) lor eappets, | &c., farnished by De Graal & Taylor, of Nos. 87 and | 69 Bowery, to the Lepartment o! Buildings. {tis | alleged toat Macgregor was paid doth of these sums. Bail was fixed at $20,000, woich was lure ished some time after the arrest, and Mr, Mac. gregor, therefore, avoided the nevessity of confine- ment ja the Tombs, J jury will admit you on condition that you will sub- | ou must clear out,’ | At length a few peace-makers | York was No, 75 Hester street, where is vrotuer | RINTENDENT MAO. | ning Money Under | | from the evidence of ex-Commissioner of Internal | Revenue William Orton, before the Senate Special ; Committee on the New York Custom House, in favor of giving special awards for tne detection of frauds on the revenue, He expressed his own opinion that whatever the committee may do and | however they may dispose of the question of giving | Some Interest in the proceeds of seizures, it was | absolutely necessary that it should be given to somebody, ana te believed it should be given to some officer of the government who is re- sponsible to authority, rather than to mere out- | siders. With regard to compromises, the practice | Was for the District Attorney to transmit @ writ- | ten statement to the Secretary of the FERANTY, of | the facts upon whicn he acts, The Secretary does | not, bowever, always ratify compromises. le be- | lleved that in no case had he recommended the acceptance O/ a less sum than met tne acquies- | cence or the Special Agent, but in several cases ne | refused to recommend sums the Special Agent | urged should be accepted as compromises. THK FORFEITURE PENALTIES TOO SEVERE. As to foriciting the entire invoice when there is a defect in a part o! the cargo, the penalty was too severe. In other words, the entire invoice should not be forfeited because o1 the deficiency of a stn- | gle item. When the vaiue of the invoice forteited 18 very large the entire vaiue ought not to be exacted. He saw no reason why the penaity | Should not be reduced; but to confine the law to the forfeiture of single items would be inexpedi- eat, It might be possible to make the amount of forfeiture a certain number of times more than the | amount of mouey jost to the ,overnment; out if | this principle be adopted there ought to be a stid- ing scale making the percentage on the smalier articles greater tian on the larger articles. The only difficulty was that this would give additional labor to the Court in determining the undervalua- tons and delay the adjudication of cases, Mr. Bliss was interrogated by Mr. Wood, of the committee, relative to his duties in connection with the seizures of books and papers, and as to | compromises or settlements of cases, In revenue cases he received lees of two per cent, but in otner cases nothing. Mr. Bliss said @ large por- tion of the attacks made on him and others were Jrom political suurces, Mr. Woou inquired whether the complainants were not ali members of his party. Tr. Biss said be did not know; there were perliaps democrats among tiem. Mr. Bliss, referring to what was said by Mr. Jayne, said he did noc think there were in the New York Justom House any officers against whom there Was sufficient evidence to aM™x tne stigma of disgrace by dismissal, In further examination, he said he did not think the law for the seizure of books and papers could be salely changed, Mr. Foster, of the committee, made inquiry about the Woodruff and Robinson case. He could nut see how a firm, not guiity of an intentional fraud, and who owed the government only $4,000, could be mad¢ to pay $50,000, | Mr. Bliss said they amount. They offered it in compromise, | . Other questions were asked and answered, INDIGNANT DENIAL. Mr. William E. Dodge made a few remarks in ‘gaswer to @ statement of Mr. Bliss with reierence the case of Phelps, Dodge & Co. He said the atement Was caicu.ated to make the iunpression at the frm admitted they were guilty of irrega- | |i ment by the payment of $271,000, This he idig- nantly denied, snd repeated the reasons why they made the settiement. He stood before the United States innocent of any charges excepting those againsé the irm maue by men interested in moie- ues. | He was reminded of the fact that he had hereto- fore spoken of two Congressmen in connection with his case, one of wnom was General Butier. Having been asked who the other was he named Senator Conkling. While the question was pend- ing whether the case should be settled or not Mr. | Lafiin, the Naval Officer, said the crime was so enormous that he would never consent to settie | tor Jess than $500,000, He thought Senator Conk | ling advised him'to do vetter, It was said that | Mr. Conkling was there as the adviser of Mr. Lafin, | | CLOSING THE CASE OF THE COMPLAINANTS. Mr. Schultz now closed the case of the com- plainants before the committee, He commencea his remarks by saying that 11 they could rely on Juyne he Was an inuocent youth from Western | New York, Coming to the city with hayseed on | his head and object of his visit being to reform the morals of that community. Jayne had told them that of sixty-one customs officers he had reported to the Secretary of the Treasury fifty-two had been re- | ceiving bribes, and yet ‘he could not get them | displaced from office. Jayne had said that while thieves were permitted to remain in office | he looked on the seizure 01 books and papers as | uttle else than higuway yobbery, and thereiexe he were not made to pay that | jarities or jraud, and on that ground made settle- | Tusshoppers on his clothes, the | | | | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH T3, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. had quit, Thus it a) that Jayne at last re tired in disgust and threw up the sponge. Mr. Sehuitz explaimed and showed that it was custom- ary ior merchants to pay laborers for services out- side their allotted hours of work, espectally in the Temnoval of goods which are perishable or may be damaged, A LEGAL CONSPIRACY IN NEW YORK. Mr. Schuitz said a legal criminal, and which involved more or less ind. conspiracy, i there were — such @ thing, bad existed in New York, more or less | iy, vidual id this was especially shown in the | Phelps, & Co, case, Alluding to the remark | of Colonel Blisa that such eminent merchants as | Stewart and Claf_in are not here complaining of hardships, he said that public sentiment was against the present system of laws oppressive of the merchant, and if this could not be shown inde- pendently and irre: pe tive of all party lines then these nere representing the mercantile class would yield the whole question, He criticised the opinion 01 Colonel Bliss that pnbiic officers are stimulated by rewards, and took the ground that men should be employed to do their ‘Gy without such stimu- jus. As the name of William Orton had been men- | toned by Mr, Bliss, he would say that Mr. Orton 18 @ good man, an expert in revenue matters, and he si sted to the committee that if Mr. Orton should be in Washington they summon him before them. He knew that Mr, Orton was now opposed to the present 3) conclusion, Mr. Schultz said this was NO PARTY QUESTION ; it was unjust and unfair ys that it was. Didany one Suppose that because he did not believe in the Custom House he was going to leave the republican party? We want, he gaid, revenue reform, irre- Spective of party, and we mean to get il, and we ink you will grant it. We thank you for giving | us & hosel To whatever conclusion you may come we shall cheerfully aid you, he merchants are a8 anxious to enforce the law as are those WL receive moieties, Mr. Wood said to Mr. Dodge—A short time ago ‘ou spoke of Senator Conkling being in New York. Was he there as counsel ? Mr. Dodge—I never had any idea that he was there professionally, but he was in New York at the time our case was in process of settlement, — and, in council with some gentlemen, particularly with regard to the sition occupied by Naval OMicer Laflin, 1 looked on it as an accidental junc- ture. In my former statement I was showing Waat an array there was against us. BUSINESS CONFIDENCE DESTROYED. Mr. Joseph C. Grubb, from the Philadelphia Board of Trade, said tne 1,800 members of the Board all agreed with him in What he was about to utter:— The system of informers and moieties introduced into the customs department of the revenue 1s in every way objectionable. It destroys al- together the confidence which should exist be- tween merchants and the government, and it may salely be abolished, The chiet obstacle is that under it there can be no directness or common m Of moieties and rewards, In | interest. I believe a great part o1 the frauds came | from this very circumstance. ‘Tne trouble is aggravated by the uncertainties of the mean- | Ing of the revenue laws and the constructions placed upon them. There couid be no higher auty erformed by Congress than to give this question ts earliest consideration, and meet the dificulty ‘with some proper act that will simplily the whole system. No better guide could ve had in the ad- justinent than to adopt the customs in common use among merchants themselves where difficul- ties arise. The hearing of all parties here ended, and at five o’ciock the committee adjoarned to meet on Wednesday next. NEWARK MATTERS IN THE LEGISLATURE, The Board o! Trade of the City of Newark have passed resolutions deprecating “any legislative ac- tion looking to the separation of the city from the county of Essex as opposed to the real interests of the city.” This refers toa@ bill now before the Legislature which seeks to set Newark off from Essex as a separate county—a measure that if the People had anything to say about it would be sure to receive a unanimous opposition vote. It is true that there isa good deal of well grounded dissatisfaction with the small vote of the city in the county Board of Chosen Freenoiders, but it is also true that the people are in no spirit to have taxation and jobbery increased, a8 would be tn- evitably the case should the county be divided, Besides, the politicians have already begun schemes of gerrymandering. A bill has also been introduced in the Legislature jeralietng the payment to Newark Aldermen of bills due them lor furnishing supplies to the city. Recently a batch of these was vetoed by the Mayor on the ground that the city charter expressly pro- vided no such bills should be paid. 8T, JOHN'S OHUROH, ORANGE, The subscriptions to the saving fund for St. John’s church, Orange, are coming in very slowly, and gen- erally much lighter than was anticipated when the churches of Newark led off go generously. 1n addi- tion to the $18,000 already contributed, Very Rev. G. H. Doane, Vicar General, reports the following:— St. James church, Baskingridge, $31 65; St. John’s, New brunswick, $85; Burington, $335; East Newark (on account), '$652 65; St. Bridger’s, Jer- sey City (on account), $150; St. Mary's, slizabeth (additional), $15; Westtieid, $20 85; Crawiord, Hated ee $53; aD Oy pains, Sonia mboy, ; Keyport, $100; St. Peter's, Jerse: $420; West Hoboken, $3034 City (ou account) Hackensack, $76; Hoboken, $708; St. columba’ Newark, $1,472; St. Peter's, New Brunswick, $500; Bordentown, $261; enildren of St. Mary’s, St. Patrick’s parish, Newark, $170 50; Seton Hall Col- lege chapel, $1,000. Tuis makes @ total raised of $25,000. There Is still $45,000 to be raised beiore the necessary amount to save the church will have been accumulated. A WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH, PLAINFIELD, N. J., March 12, 1874. Three tramps stopped at the station house here last night. Their names are unknown; bat it was ascertained that they were a man and his wife and | M @ brother of the wife. At tweive o’clock midnight they were seen about three-quarters of a mile from the town, in a field, around a fire, with @ bottle of whiskey, About three o’clock word was sent to Justice Lee that a woman lay on a fire burned to deuth, with a crazy man alongside of her. He found the woman severely burned and dead, and the man (her brother) crazy drunk. The dead body and the man were taken to the station nouse. ‘The husband ran away. + + +____ MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Engaged. HERRMAN—KATSKIE.—Mr. MORRIS 8. HERRMAN to Miss RaCHAEL KatskIEg, both of tis city. No cards. | Married. BROADBENT—PAGE.—On Saturday, December 13, 1873, in Alexandria, Egypt, at Grace cnureh, by the Rev, Mr. Davis, RICHMOND BROADBENT, Of Port Said, son of Jonn Broadbent, Esq., of Liverpool, England, to IDA CAROLINE, daugnter ot William R. Page. Esq., United States Consul, Port Said, DOMINICK—MARSHALL.—On Wednesday, 11, by the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, D. D., W GayER DOMINICK to ANNIE Dewrrt, Henry P. Marshall, Esq. all of this city. GLAZEBROOK—MCKKAN.—In Terre Haute, Ind., on Thursday, March 5, by Rev. Charies R, Henderson, THOMAS B, GLAZEBROOK, Of Lafayette, Ind., to Hetrig V., daughter of the late Willam Kk, McKean, of Trenton, N. J. KELLEY—HETFIELD.—On Thursday, March 12, at the residence of the bride’s fatner, No. 165 West Forty-ninth street, by Rey. Thomas Armitage, D.D., EpwarD L., KELLEY, to FANNIE A., daughter of Sth des Hetfield, Esq., all o1 this city. No cards, TILLMAN—CLOWRS.—In_ this city, on Thursday evening, March 12, at the residence of the bride’s ILLIAM arents, by the Rev. Wm. T. Sabine, J. LUDLOW | ILLMAN, Of Atlanta City, Idano, to Mary V., dauguter of Valentine Clowes, ksq. No cards, Died. ANDERSON.—On Thursday morning, March 12, after asevere illness, WILLIE A. ANDERSON, be- March | | | | daughter of | A. | bers of Washington Lodge, No. 4,027, [nde 14 at two o'clock P. M., from the residence of Ai Parents, No, 77 Oliver street, nn Of pneumonia, Mrs. Saltai M, UOLLINS, in the 726 veer of her COLLINS.—On Wednesday afternoon, March age. ‘he friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral services, at the residence of her son- in-law, G. W. Dart, 201 West Fourteenth street, this oe ) aitarnoo! at three o'clock, The rema! ry - for thterment mnecticut on Saturday morn: MBS.—At Bingham an. #3 day, Murch 9, 3, N. Comms, 0% N+ Y» on Mondary Remains interred at Green wood. Coorg®.—At Nanuet, on Wednesday, March 1), Perigo teen cones. NICHOLAS CoOPEK, gt os per, in the 88th year ‘ ae PeaHves pecans ‘are ‘o attend the fune! on Sund, late residence, Nanuet, Rock! ener ine o'clock P. M. ‘Train leaves Pavoni avenue, Jersey City, at nine A. M. Dessork.—-On Wednesday, March 11, at noon, 80a of Robert and ROBERT POHLE DEssolg, infant Mae Wie pice on ‘uneral will take place on Friday, 13ti one o'clock, at 108 West Twenty-second aan we Downky.—On Tuesday, March 10, MicuagL B, Downey, in the 26th year of his age, / Relatives and triends, and members of the Ken- mare Benevolent Association and the Dennis Burns Association, are respectfully invited to at. tend the funeral, from the residence of his mother, 154 Leonard street, on Friday, March 13, at one o'clock, P, M.; from thence to Calvary Cemetery. KENMARE BENEVOLENT A8SOCIATION.—The mem. bers of this association are requested to meet at Kessel’s Hotel, No, 475 Pearl strect, at one o'clock . M., Friday, March 18, for the purpose of paying the last tribute of respect to our late President and associate, Michael B. Downey, B. FITZGERALD, President. D, ©, SULLIVAN. Secretary. ENNIS. —SABAH, the beloved wife of Edward Loe of the parish of Mullagh, county Cavan, ‘eland. The funeral will take place from her late res! dence, 607 West Thirty-seventh street, this (Frid: aiternoon, March 13, at one o'clock. The friends of the family and those of his brother Michael are respectfully invited to attend. FAULKNER.—On Thursday, March 12, 1874, GEORGE FAULKNER, aged 58 yeas, Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from No, 91 St. Felix street, Brooklyn,on Sunday, March 15, at two o'clock P. M. FLrnt.—At Nyack on the Hudson, on Wednes- day evening, March 11, after lingering more than a year with consumption, WILLIAM Harvey Fuint, aged 44 years. ‘ne friends of the deceased, and of his brother- in-law, Rev. L. D, Mansfield, are respectfully in- vited to attend the tunerai services, to be held in the chapel of Rockland Institute, on Saturday, the 14th inst., at one o’clock P.M. A train leaves vonia ferry, Jersey City, at 9:45 A. M., returning at 115 P.M. FRANCOIS.—At West Hoboken, N. J., on Saturday, March 7, PavLine V., aged 2 years and 8 months; and on’ Thursday, March 11, 1874, LILIAN P. Vig aged 4 years and 10 months, daughters of Emile D. and Josephine Francois. Funeral on Friday, March 13, from the residence of their parents, corner DeMott and Spring streets, at two o’clock P. M. Fox.—On Thursday, March 12, ELizanern, be- loved Wife of Francis Fox, in the 39th year of her age. rhe friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 562 Third avenue, ou Saturday, the 14th inst., at two o’clock The members of the Ladies’ Bickur Choline Society are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the late Rev. Dr. Jonas Bondi, on Friday, the 13th inst., at ten A. M., from the residence of the family, No, 204 West Twenty-fifth street. By order of the President, Mrs, 5. BEUTHNER, Secretary. GorrzE.—At the residence o! her ather, No. 115 West Sixty-first street, on Thursday, March 12, LoUIsA MATHILDA, relict of Fridoline ‘Goetze, and daughter of Johanna B, and George Widmayer, ip her 38th year. Notice of tuneral hereafter. Goopwin.—On Thursday, March 12, ANN Goop. ie relict of Owen Goodwin, in the 63d year of er age. The friends of the family are requested to attend the funeral, on Satarday, Marcn 14, at ten O’clock M., from her late residence, No. 365 West’ Twenty-fifth street, and from thence to St. Col- umba’s church, where a solemn requiem mass will be offered for the repose of her soul. HANLEY.—On Wednesday, March 11, after a sho: iliness, MARGARET ELIZABETH, eldest daughter of the late John and Margaret Hanley, aged 24 years and 11 months, The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 228 West Nineteenth street, on Fri- day, at two P. M. Her remains will be interred in Calvary Cemetery. HENDERSON.—At 730 Third avenue, on Wednes- day, March 11, of diphtheria, JosePH S. HENDER- SON, aged 6 years and 7 months. HEWITT.—On Wednesday, March 11, WILLIE H., in‘ant son of Fred L. and Louise B. Hewitt. The funeral services wili be held at the resi- dence of his grandiather, William H, Hewitt, No. 121 Lexington avenue, on Friday, the 13th inst., at tour o’clock P. M. Friends and acquaintances aré respectiully invited to attend. UnT.—On Wednesday, March 11, AGNES, young: est daughter of Catherine Hunt. ‘The funeral will take place this (Friaay) morning, at hall-past eight o’clock, Irom the residence of her mother, No. 33 Charies street, thence to the Church of St. Joseph, where masa will be offered for th repose of her soul. Tue iriends of the family an those of ner uncle, William McGioine, are invited ta attend. On Tuesday, March 10, at Dover Plains, respectfully invited ILSLEY. N. Y., LEwrs C. ILSLEY. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services, on Friday, at two ictpor P. M., at the Baptist church, Dover Plains, Krow1.—On Wednesday, Marcn 11, MARY JANE, wile of Isaac Krowl, ayed 47 years and 1 month. Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funerai services, at ner late residence, 692 Ninth avenue, Friday evening, larch 13, at seven o’clock. Interment, Boun Brook, N. J. MarTIN.—At San Francisco, Cal. December 17, 1873, SAMUEL MARTIN The friends and acquaintances are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of J. J. Drew, Esq., No. 300 East Foriy-first street, this (Friday) afternoon, at two o'clock. MAXWELL.—Un Wednesday, March 11, Jonn T. MAXWELL, aged 25 years. ‘The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No. 5 Centre Market place, on Friday, March 13, at hall-past one o'clock, MONTGOMERY.—On Wednesday, March 11, 1874, at No. 57 West Thirty-fifth street, RoGER GILBERT, infant son of Frank L. and Elvira S. Montgomery, of Irvington, N. Y. The relatives and friends of the family are re spectiully invited to attend the funeral, on Friday, at twoo’clock P. M., atthe Church of the Trans- figuration. East Twenty-ninth street. MOORE.—On Thursday, March 12, NORA MooRE, on Wednesday, , aged 42 years. | wite of K. Moore, aged 34 years. The relatives and friends of tne family, also an en! Order of Odd Feliows, and also Ancient Order of Foresters, Court Wiues, No. 5,735, are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from 48 Green- wich avenue, on Saturday, March 14, at ten o’clock McCarrrey.—On Wednesday, March 11, BRIDGet, widow of James McCaffrey, aged 64 years, ‘The funeral will take piace on Friday, March 13, at two o'clock P. M., from the residence of her son, J. McCaffrey, No, 180 Frontstreet, Brooklyn. Rela- tives and friends are respectiuily invited to attend: without further notice. MoCaRTHY.--A solemn requiem mass will be offered up for the repose oi the soul of the late BERNARD MCUARTHY, at St. James’ Cathedral, Brooklyn, on Saturday morning, March 14, at nine o'clock, Friends of the iamily are invited, O'DONNELL,—On Thursday, March 12, 1874, RICHARD O'DONNELL, @ native of the parish of Ooning, county Kilkenny, Ireland, aged 80 years, The funeral will take place irom his late resi- ; dence, No. 119 Bowery, on Sunday, March 15, at loved cuild 0; Ellie and the late William Anderson, , aged 9 years, 8 months and 7 days. Friends of the tamily are respectfully invited to : attend the funeral, from his iate residence, No, a co Nineteenth street, on Saturday, at one o'clock, ARMSTRONG.—On Wednesday, March 11, ELLEN, | Widow Of BENJAMIN F, ARMSTRONG, aged 48 years and 3 montis, Friends o! the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 307 East Twenty-tirst street, on Friday, at one o’ciock Binsse.—Suddenly. on Wednesday, March 11, at noon, EDWARD Binssk, Jr, only son of Annie KE, and Edward Binsse, aged 9 mouchs and 14 days. BonpI.—On Wednesday morning, March 11, at six o'clock, after a severe iliness, Rev. Dr. Jonas | BonpI, ediwor ol the Hebrew Leader, in his 70tn year, Relatives and friends, lodges and societies of which deceased was a member, are respectiuily in- vited to attend the funeral, on Friday morning, | 13th inst., at ten o'clock, irom his late residence, 204 West Twenty-filth street. DisTRICT GRAND LODGE, No, 1,1. 0. B. B.—Tne officers and members of District Grand Lodge, No 1, I, 0. B. B., the members of the General Voi mittee, and the Lodges of the district, are respect- tuliy requested to attend the funeral of our es | teemed and lamented brother, Dr. Jonas Bondi, editor of the Hebrew Leader, on Friday, the 13th | inst., at ten o'clock A. M., from his late residence, No. 204 West Twenty-tlith street, M, GOODHART, President. 8. Hapurosr, G. Secretary. The Board of nhs und members of the Home for Aged and Iniirm Hebrews are requested to attend the funeral of the Rev, Dr. Jonas Bondi, this (Friday) morning, at ten o'clock, (rom No. 204 West Twenty-iiftn street. MRS, P. J. JOACHIMSEN, President. BRApY.—On Monday, March 9, SrEPaBN J. BkaDY, eldest son of the late Andrew Brady. bt His remains were taken, on Thursday, Marc from St. Joneph’s church, to the {al bari lace, Calvary Cemete! PeAUGKLRY.On Thur March 12, 1874, © hace, BUCKLEY, son o! Edward J. te ga vimeoeat ley, aged 1 year, 2 months The fuyesai Will akg place oD Saturday, March es two o'clock P. M. ; from thence to Calvary Cemetery for interment, PiIkg.—On Wednesday evening, March 11, at the residence of his grand FESS, No. 247 Adelphi street, Brooklyn, Boaz PIKE, youngest child of Lipman and Zillah Pike, aged 3 years and ¢ months. Funeral this (rian) morning, at ten o'clock. ScuLLY.—in Brooklyn, on Wednesday, Murch 11, 1874, Of consumption, JAMES SCULLY. His faneral will take place trom St. Atugustine’s church, Fifth avenue and Bergen street, Brooklyn, on Saturday morning, March 14, at ten o’clock, where a solemn requiem mass will be offered for the repose oj bis soul. The friends of his brother Edward, and of be pep i Martin Groom, are respectiulty invited to attend. SairH.—On Thursday, March 12, CICELY ADELLE, only child of Isaac P. and Lillie Secor Smith, in the 4th year of her age. The funeral will take place on Saturday, Le gies half-past one o'clock, Irom the residence of her grand parents, No, 63 East Thirty-ourth street. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. TaGGaRT.—On Wednesday, March 11, after a short fliness, JANE, CT oF Peters The art, In the 33d year of he! a ‘ iciauves ‘and iriends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the lunerai, from her late residence, 593 ee street, this (Friday) after- o’cloc! noo toon Wednesday, March 11, ANN WARD. & native of county Longford, Ireland, in the 49tp 7 er age. a ee rerntive and friends of the family are re- ectiully invited to attend the iuneral, from her residence, 119 East Houston street, on Fri- day, March 13, at half-past one P. M, WeeKs.—On Thursday inoraing, March tr after a lingering fiiness, Jous H. Wexks, son of John A. Weeks, Of this city. ‘The reiatives and {riends of the family, and those of his father, are respectfully invite 1 to attend the tuneral, from the residence of his mother-in-law, Mrs. John Pettigrew, 256 Fifth aveuue, on Satur- day, March 14, at one o'clock P. M. HITFIELD.~On Friday, November 14, 1873, at. No. 2 5t. James terrace, Clonskea, Dublin, Ireland, EDWARD WItrFrIELD, E8q. WiLLiaMs,—Ou Thursday morning, March 12, Miss ELIzabeTH J. WILLIAMS, aged 66 years. Funerai services at St, Thomas’ church, corner Filty-third street and Fifth avenue, Saturday morn- ing, at 10 o'clock, Relatives and iriends o! the family, and of her brother. Jonn 3, Williams, are invited to attend,