The New York Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1874, Page 8

8 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. i | Jury. withont the knowledge of Mr. Phelps. About ! LATION the 6th of the Same month this jury ordered a bill ! @ =o! indictment against the aes who Was charged | with the violation of the Election laws, and this on the same papers which, a8 alleged, District At- | torney Phelps refused to act upon. It is asserted, moreover, that when Mr. Phelps found out what the Grand Jury had done he refused to prosecute On the indictment found, Li these allegations are | correct and charges are preierred against Mr. | Phelps on the strength of them there will be plenty | Of work in the courts for some time to come. Tue Board of Police passed a resolution yester- day, on motion of Commissioner Matsell, granting &@ leave of absence of ten days to captains, five to Sergeants and three to patrolmen, with pay. aac That Answer and How It Is Being Prepared. WHAT Tie MAYOR THINKS. The French workiugmen have held a meeting at whieh they adopted the following preamble and resolution :— Whereas Mayor Hayemeyer promised to the working- nto meet them at Tompkins square the 13th of ary for the purpose of advising them as to the best ns of alleviating the general suffering produced by «© panic; and whereas the Mayor, instead of hiinsell, sent the police to sacre the poor starving workingmen ; and Whereas in appointing Com mussiouers Oliver ¢ been tried and conv The Charges Against Davenport and Others for Violation of the Election Laws, m ‘The answer of the Mayor to the Governor's letter me has potas yet been completed, and it is now said that even alter it shall have been completed Mr. Havemeyer will not send it to Albany jor several days. The fact is, the Mayor has found out that the charges, even though they may be “jumbled,” as be elegantly puts it, are not so easily auswered as some of his friends had led him to believe they | ted of misdemeanor, the Mayor therefore be It Resolved, That the Club of Freneh Workingmen heart- Dy approve ot the resolution of the Board of Aldermen asking the Governor (o remove Mayor Havemeyer. A “Good Gracious” Time All Around. could be, and that he will have to let a) few legal advisers revise his answer care- {From the Buffalo Express.) filly before he allows it to oe made/| When Mayo- itavemeyer appointed Matsell Po- public, It will be remembered that all the | lice Commissioner, Governor Dix, In his astonish- charges made against him were published in the | Ment, said, “Good gracious!” The other day the mewspapers the day they were presentea to the | Governor sent an order to tne Mayor to prepare a | defence of the charges against him, and it 18 sup- Governor, and that if he had halt a mtad to keep | no.ea that Havemeyer then exclaimed “Good gra- posted as to what his prosecutors were dotng for cious!" [t_ seems to be a “good gracious” time all his benefit he could have easily bwen primed for a | #found in New York. ready answer when the Governor's terse little note came duly to hand.tast Saturday; ana yecne | AFFAIRS AT POLICE HEAD- QUARTERS. pretended, day before yesterday, that he really aid not know what the charges made against him were, and sesterday, on reading a portion of | ne poard of Police Commisstoners held a them, ex)ressed himself as very much surprised | meeting yesterday alternoon, but transacted no to find in them many things he had not before even | business of importance. | : areamed of in his Mayoral philosophy. THIS | jnauiged in on the subject of Superintendent, protound i, but no candidate was pat forward. There are, it IGNOKANCE OF THE FUNNY OLD MAN | 1s sata, five candidates for tne position. They are, ean be easily accounted for if his statement that | according to rumor, General Shaler, Captain he has not read a newspaper in six months can | Ajaire, Inspector Thorne, Captain Caffrey and be relied upon; but as he occupies a great deal Of | ingnector Wailing. General Shaler is supported hie time in the afternoon after lunching with Good by the Seventh regiment, now very strong in office Gracious Matsell in reading everything m the tq Mulberry street, and the military gencrally. newspapers that his faithful Man Friday marks | Captain Allaire’s interests are not quite go visible; ‘out as having some relevancy to the daily actions op but it ts said he relies on past service for ofa man named W. F, Havemeyer it 18 quite pos- aqyancement. Inspector Thorne is backed wible thas the statement was made by the Mayor py the friends of Mr. Charlick, who when he was just recovering from the after effects of ap afternoon snooze, and when all things mun- dane looked rather mythical to the Mayoral optics, | Department. At may be said just here im relation to these | J, OBrien (an appointee and close follower of eharges that certain stories have leaked out about — Qnartick’s), is working hard tor his interests both the “opinion” from the Corporation Counsel’s | in and out of the department. He has already suc- Ofice which will not by any means fortify the ceeded in persuading several merchants to ad- Mayor’s position in the eyes of the Governor if gress the Board on the subject. they are borne out by facts hereaiter. One of the | Captain Caffrey is an old intimate of some strong points he expects to make in his answer | members of the Board, and if he fails in the Super- is, a8 was stated in the HekaLp yesterday, | intendency will look for the next best thing. The that he Was justiied in reappointing Gardner aud | qwenty-ninth precinct will be in the market, and @harlick, law or no law, so long as he had first | 4t 4g said to bea pleasant place to live in. pought for and obtained the opinion of the Corpo- | y_ was rumored yesterday at the Central omce ration Counsel, that opinion deciding that he had the right to make the reappointments, In the The Deputy Superintendent, John authority, that the favorable opinion was asked gent over the Street Cleaning bureau he resigned for before it was written—that Is, When asked for, | nig position as Inspector of Police. Some time it was distinctly stated that the opinion shou® be | after tne Board, tearing trouble was approaching ‘what it turned ont to be, declaratory of his right | and being desirous of protecting Mr. Thorne, sent tomake the reappointments. It 1s also alleged | for nim, His situation was gone into, and it was that the points for the opinion were laid down by | geen that if the street cleaning was taken out of & party Who was i nO Way connected with the tne nands of the Board of Police, as was then Corporation Counsel’s Office. If these allegations | likely, he would be without a piace. They on the S SOTDAGS in att ce Spot, ata full meeiing of the Board (the old Board) Bhonld prove to Be vorrect—and itis quite Pos+ Tage him a patroman (although according to law wibie, If an investigation is ordered by the Gov- | he was noteligible through age), then a roundsman, ernor into the Mavor'’s conduct, that the whole | sergeant, captain and inspector. There they left there will bea high old time gene rally in legal {yl Board of Police. Mr. Charlick’s iriend O’Brien circles which, up to the present, have apparently | would naturally expect tne place of Superintend- had no finger in the municipal pie one way or the | ent if Mr. ‘Thorne Was removed. It i8 more than other. The Mayor, oO! course, scouts the idea that probable he would like to be Police Inspector too, there was anything like A PITCH AND TOSS GAME fhe Mayor had along interview with Superin- between him and the Corporation Counsel's Office tendent Thorne yesterday; itis said on the sup. before he obtained the opinion he desired, and he may be right; but, at the same time, there are those who would like to know why, before Gardner and Charlick resigned at all, the Mayor asked the Corporation Counsel peopie to let him know whether their resignations, if they did resign, would affect his supposed right to make the re- ed of in the Governor's correspondence to the Mayor. Tough overhauling Of the several bureaus attached to the Departinent of Police, and lively times are wpected next week. The following resoluuons opted yesterday at the meeting of the appointments? It is said that the Mayor’s per- sonal work in getting uyrthe answer to the Gov- | pocived, That, with a view of securing inteliigent Semin ae iebarions one, and that | action in the cases of applications and Fecommendatign é charges tne bands of two well jorappointinents and promotions to or in the polic known lawyers of this city, who have been tm- force, the Chiet Clerk furnish each member of the Board trusted with the task of making out oi the Mayor’s views and points as strong a jegal argument as skill and ingenuity can possibly accomplish. “I am in no burry, no hurry at ali,” said the Mayor Captains, sergeants and roundsmen of the police force, with their respective terms of service and their police record, as may appear trem the files of the department. Resolved, that in consequence of an alleged inior- yesterday, when questioned about the time | maiity in the reception of proposals the bids ior sta- when the answer = would be_—ready, | Houery, tc. for ihe Bureau of Elections remain un. “It took quite a long time —_for | opened, and that they be at once destroyed in tue presence of the Board. Resolved, That the Chief of the Bureau of Elections be and he is hereby instructed to prepare specifications and form of contract for the printing ana stationery for the use of said Bureau at the ensuing ciection, and advertise tor proposals for the same, 12 contormity with the De on the Men Who made up those charges to get them in some kind of Shape, 1nd itis only fair that I shouid take my time to answer so a8 to answer them well; and they will be answered, I tell you. Ui tuey think they can walk over me every day they’re mistakeb, and they'll find out before this ting is Over that they have miscalculated their strength. f am confident that everything will come out in the end allrignt. What | have done 1 have done legally, and tere is nothing in their charges that a4iarms me in the sliehiest degree, They, doubtiess, think they will make @ big poli cal hau out oF ail this fuss and leather moveruent. Let tnem think so. It muy do them goed and doeen’t do me any harm.” THAT INTERVIEW, ‘The Mayor, Moreover, stated that the Governor had not called upon him tue day previous, and Jaughingly remarked :—‘Ail | knew about the in- terview Governor bix and! were to have I learned from the reporters. I had no reason to expect him to call, and | dare say he did not intend to pay me a Visit. So, you seé, the reporters didn’t get that right anyhow, and Parton mig: well Make # note oO! it for another article,” and the Mayor grinned in a way that would have brought a smile to the lace of a grizzly bear, THE STORMS TO COME. ee Pr i “pogeet — a eny Davenport seems, after Police Trials. j, HOt to be such a laughing matter as te and tus friends would like the public to consider it, 4 Bamber of complaints made by citizens barges have really been preferred against him by | against policemen were disposed of yesterday by she individuals whose names have already been Cemmissioners Disbecker and Voorhis. Officer yablised, and who consider themselves aggrieved yy Wis action at the elections when they were | Timothy Hanlon, of the Fiiteenth precinct, was Amspectors. It is said that, in addition to these charges, others wili’ soon be forth- coming, preierred by otuer parties, and that litte er. I That all requisitions for the use of thé Police artinent proper shall be granted py the Committee tation Houses and all requisitions for printing and stationery not procured on contract shall be granted by the Cominittes on Printing and Stationery. | In granting regitisitions uli officers shall subscribe their full names in ink. Resolved, That a book of reqnisition orders, with cou- pons «nnexed, shall be kept under the direction of the Uhiel Clerk, All requisitions issued under the above resolutions shall be filed and numbered, and coupons of orders trom said book to carry into effect the requisition nied shall be issped, signed by the Chief Clerk. Such will be returned with the vills rendered. u of Street h member accurate list .foremen, gangmen, Watchmen, scow- men, cartmen, laberers and any and’ all other persons employed Ly or engaged in the ‘street Cleaning Bureau, with the nature of the service pertormed by each person. and the amount ot compensation given for sach service. Sergeant Stutsbury was dismissed the force and the board adjourned to meet on Friday next, Freaerick W. Herring, portrait painter, when taken ill im the street, He was tined ten days’ pay. Jonuny will ve made to travel over avery hard | Patrolman Winfield A. Boss was charged with road pefore 4 forinight has gone by. In conversa. abuse of Rachel Conen on tue night of the 25th of $100 With a HenaLb reporter yesterday one of the June. A great deal of testimony was produced on Tammany magnates said:—“The charges made | both sides. The case was referred to the Board, ist Davenport are quite serious, and I have Jearned to-day that others still more serious will be brought against him. Tammany Hall as ap or- | mization has uothing to do with the matter, but | Mt 8 pretty certain that once the charges are ali putin shape and get bejore the proper tribunals democrats of influence and position, who pave kept a strict tally of bis iniamous outrages on inspectors and voters whom he wanted to get out of tue way jor the time being, Will end a heiping both Commissieners declaring their iutention of voting for his dismissal, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. The Progress of Our Public Works—A Reply to the Board of Aldermen, pmmissioner Van Nort has sent to the Board of hand in putting nim out of the position he has disgraced. Why, everybody is jam! Aldermen, in answer to a resolution of that body, with the despicable trickeries’ this littie up- | the following communicat fast played “Upon many people to verse, he following co! unication, which effectually answers the imputation of the Finance Depart- ment that the Department of Public Works is largely increasing the city debt by carrying on un- necessary improvements, and also fixes the re- sponsibility on Mr, Green for assessments against the city lor uptowa improvements:— Durantaxnt or Ponte Works, t New Yous, July |, 17h § Hovonante THe BOARD OF ALDERMEN :— FMex I to @ resolution of your hon ti me to @ statement of the of Public the 8 party’s ends, Because he was placed where he is, turough the infiuence of Ben butier, he has bad ap idea that be could do anytuing and every thing that he pleased. | need not cite any par- ticular instance where ive fellow displayed lis peculiar talents the most malignantly. ui be is Not the only one Whois to be hauled up with a sharp turn. He and the te\iows who followed in the dirty wake of Jimmy O'brien, who claims \o be a demo- erat and yet who signalized himself last election in To getting democratic inspectors put out of their Gs places on the strength of forged papers and false Boar: affidavits, have bac so lar apparently everything theis own way. aud trust FRAUDS AT THE POLLS, showing whaty no maiter by whom committed, must be punished, chargeabe ¢ Both parties jor years have done their utmost to statement of » outdo one another in the districts where they @epartinent, ¢ of revenue collected from were the strongest to carry the day by ballot box | feurces by the department and the amount of asse stafing, tulee counting ald by other ways and Viel! or to be levied tor street Improvements,” I means best known to their paid hangers-on. Old ures of Tammany had her day of election vile count tor the carrent sanies «and 80 «have the republicans jn maintenance of stree Perkain aistricts. The practice had got down feservoirs, Crown p to Buch 4 fine point that it was only a question of |) Ap) Mainwin gmaruness’ at an election as to who woula fit ihe apie ritish e pendt Works on taxation years ts/1, 1872 und 1874, expenditures is prc debt ot the city ons raised by tax The expe rtment on taxation ac- ses of the department's avenues, aqu n wers, pubhe buildings, light » Jurnishing supplies to were:— the other, Tammany Hall of to-day {snot 1s7L. the Tammany of days gone by in anything but in = 173. . game, and gn the work sie has begun for the | Reduction in Is72 over 197i erie au purification Wi the ballot box she 18 ably seconded | Resnetion in Iss 0 1 i The appropriati and by every good demo! republican in the pity and by the members of the Council of Political | f4tCnditures we Relorm. Davenport wiil find out tuat he has made = lsi2...... bis own bed and he must he tn it.” | 1873 sesee “eT TU BRUTE!” There was a deficiency in Is? And a surplus for the ben It was rumored during tue day that even District Attorney Phelps will not escape toe ons'aught of the men who are waging such a Warlare against fund in IS7Zot...... And a surplus for the be At of ti fund in 1375 ot 89,990 im authority, and that charges will soon ‘The expenditures of the departinent ccount of the pe preferred against bim. It is atieged, among Assessment Fuad debt tor various street improvements pther things against him, that several times be- were: — ween the 16th of January and the 26th of Febru- ae 48,429 21315, 755 , 1878, affidaviis, coarging iTauds at elections Ws rede 1 i ¢ oeriain P ris, were submitted by anin- >" ste 404,072 tpectar ot election—republical by the way—to Total. $12,268,707 «This tund is designated by the Finance Departinent as temporary debt,” bulglt is proper ta state that a con Aylerable portion’ of tMte assesanents ‘is payable by the city, and the assessment vonds representing such awess- ments should be redeemed by the issue of @ permanent debt fund pond and added to the permanent debt of the pity. The exact amount of assessments chargeable to the elty at large tor works carried ou during the years 1871, 1872 and 173 is not known to thig department, but MUM be several millions of dollars. ‘The expenditures of the department on account of the permanent debt for covstructign of reservoirs, altera- . Phelps. These affidavits were accompanied hy ver’ pers and the names of witnesses. Kor: yy perlury and violation of the Election laws ere the grounds 0: complaint. The parties who Foe ie Bate ar enc we Reipe, sal, ary, whic 3 $ said, Hiseed $0 Mio. On the ist of September, 1873, these r-33 Fe affidavits, &c., were sent to 127 Water street, who was den ioremaa of the “yer and Serminer? Grand The Frenchmen on Mayor Havemeyer. | rlick and Hugh Gardner, who pad | abused the power which the people conferfted upon him, | A general discussion was | are very anxious to see him put into tne oifice | Jor reasons (it is hinted) connected with the Street | that Inspector Thorne’s name was on the list of | : the seven captains whose standing was to be in- | face of this it is now alleged, on pretty good | quired into. When he was appointed Superinten- | ject of irreguiariuies in the department complain. | Commissioner Disbecker has commenced on the | with a tull and complete list of the several inspeciors, | complained of tor failing to render assistance to | ° | government. | tons of the aqueduct, extension and improvement of ) water mains, reconstruction of sewers, &c., were :— is7) | baz. 1873, Total ‘ $6.4 | ‘The revenues collected’ by’ the Acpartment ana pad into the general fund and the sinking tund of the city were :— | In 1871, for Croton water rent, penalties and taps. $1,207,039 | For vault and sewer permits and sales of build- i | imgs and sundry materials. 04,356 see: senseees Bh. 5 penalties and taps. $1,906,045 i sales of build- wndry materials. Total... 5 AES we wre es GL Ae in l73, for Croton water rent, penaites and taps $1,425, For vault alld sewer perimits and sales of build ings and sundry materials......... % Total. | Total's } Assuming t provewents | 3 emporary debt, as erroneously repr sented by the Finance Department, the totlowing will show the increase of the permanent debt, chargeable to the overations of the deparum sa $1,376,675 7489 Tn IS7L, deficiency in taxation acconnt... Expenditures on account of permanent debt, Total..... ase Less revenue collected, paid ito Net inerease of aebt.... In 1872 the unexpended bal ppropriat gether with the revenue coilected and paid into | general and sinking tunds, exceeded the expenditures | on accountof the permanent debt, as tollows:— Unexpended balance o: appropriatio $287,600 Revenue collected klar 7,460,301 Total, “Epes $1,748,401 Expenditures on account of perma: 1,699,612, Surpi $48,783 In isis the ex: nent debt wi + $1,804,311 priations. Less reve 586,259 Net increase of debt. . ee seoale kyer since public attention ‘has becn drawn to the enormous increase of the city debt, notwithstanding the | great reductions of expenditures made by this and other | departments, and other retrenchments expected trom @ | rerorm government, the present head of the Finance De- | pertwent has sought to create the impression that such increwse of the vebt was principally due to extravagant | prosecution of unnecessary uptown improvements car- | Ted on by this department. Tconsiler this a proper time and opportunity to fix the responsibility for the beavy burden imposed upon the city at large tor uptown improvements where it belongs. he laying oat, opening and improvement of the | Boulevard, the sixth and Seventh avenues, avenue St. Nichols, 165th street and other streets, avenues, parks and public places in the district bounded by Futy-ninth | street, Eighth avenue, l10th street, Sixth avenue, Harlem Riverand Hudson Kiver, were commencea and prose- cuted by Mr. Andrew H. Green when in control of the Central Park administration, under the following special | laws, passed by the Legislature either upon hts recom- mendation or with his approval :— ,, authorizing the widening, \ | | | Chapter 275, Laws of 1 Y Sixth avenue, trom Mth street to the . Laws of 1865, authorizing the Commission- ira) Park to lay out and improve we “North End” (that part of the city lying north of 1s5th street), one-halt the cost of improvements and openings | to be assessed upon ine city at large. ‘Chapter 367, Laws of 1867, authorizing the laying out | and improvement of avenue St, Nicholas and widening of Manhattan street, and conferring upon the Cominis- Sioners of the Ventral Park power to carry on all im- provements by day's work or in such maiiner as they | | mizhe expedient; aiso to acquire title for the city to any | Futysn reet, avenue, park oF public place north of th street. | |e CRapter 687. Laws ot 1867, as amended by chapter 238, | | Laws or 1808, authorizing ‘the laying out and improve: | | iment of strects, aventies, parks and public places in the | district known as the “West side,” bounded by Piltv- | winth street, Highth avenue, 15h street and Hudson | iver. ‘Chapter 680, Laws of 1869, laying out a public place at | | the Boulevard, Ninth avenue and Sixty-third street. | Chapter 890, Laws of 1369, authorizing the Commis- | gioners of the’ Central Park ‘to widen Broadway from | Thirty-second to Fitty-ninth street. Chapter 101, Laws of 1809, authorizing the extension of the Central Park trom 106th to uth street, | ~The following amounts have been, or will be, assessed upon the city at large tor land acquired and improve- | ments made under these laws:— 1.—For the opening of streets, avenues, parks and places laid out by the Commissioners of the Central Park, | petition for legal proceedings being signed by Andrew | fiGreen us President aud Compiroller of the Central Park. | Seventh avenue from 110th street to Harlem | | River A $33,197 Sixth avenue trom te 14,000 | Boulevard from Fitty ninth to 156th scree 1,066,569 | Circle at nighth avenne and Fifty-ninth 270,752 | Plaza at Filth avenue, Fifty-eighth to | | ninth street... 169,166 | Riverside Park ‘and avenues, 8,069;481 | High Bridge Park... Su3hi Morningside Park and avenues. . : 823)499 Avenue ot. Nicholas...... 21,943, | Public piace at Boulevard, Ninth avenue and | _ sixty-unird street oR + 76,500 | Broadway widening, Thirty-second’ ‘to’ Pitty: | minth street... a5 e 1,804,563, Extension of trom 106th | street 3 : a 1,026,965 | 11.—Fo: rei ny s inid ; the Commissioners of the Central Park, legal | proceedings being made on petition of the Je tof Public Par} Public p gt Boulevard, Ninth avenve and | Sixty-sixth street........ PRA sty | Boulevard trom 156th street to’ Kingsbridge | road at Inwood street... ose fibest OIL O6TE T1L.—For improvements of streets aiid aveniea begun under the administration of Anirew | ‘A. Green as Comptrolier of the Central Park, Boulevard from Fifty-ninth to 155th street 1,244,299 | Sixth avenue trom 10th street to harlem 608765 | Seventh avenue trom 10th st, to Harlem River | Total assessments on the city .... 11,419,937 During my administration’ of this’ department no street improvements have been commenced the cost of which is not borne entirely by assessment upon adjoin- ing property; and, with the exception of the Eastern | Boulevard, all such street improvements have been made | in pursuance of the ordinances of: the Common Conncil, whictI am by law required to execute, An association of property owners, known ag the ‘Bast Side Association,” advocated and obtained the sage of the Eastern Boulevard act, under which the | stern Boulevard was Jaid out by me, entirely within the lines of existing streets, requiring no outlay what. | ever for new land, either by property owners or by the city; the work now Jn progress in connection with it is | the macadamizing of several ot the streets and avenues | comprising it, and the regulating and grading of 1th street; these improvements are iinperatively necessary, and will be paid entirely by assessment upon adjoining property. é No work is carried on north of 125th street in pursue ance of other authority than the Common Council, ex- | cept the completion of the improveinents begun by Mr, | Green, by putting in sewers and the grading and macad- amizing of 155th street, to establish communication be- | tween the Boulevard and avenue St. Nicholas. From the report of the pro-eedings of the Board of Estimate and, Apportionnent. which appears in the | daily press, | find that Compiroller Green has offered preamble and resolution agains. the further issue of assexsinent bonds for st Improvements. This is | merely a new method of his for imputing to this depart- | | ment the prosecution of unnecessary work, and giv! himselt the appearence of being opposed, for reasons o economy, to th he planned und origina al legislation | recommende approved by him, lave become @ burden upon the city to the extent or one-halt their cost. | _ The expenditures of the department on taxation, assess. | | mentand funded recount have been reduced at a mate which will show at the close of the current year @ re- | duction of over $1,000,000 as compared with last year, and | | Grover $6,000) as Compared with she yeur lel. Yours respecttully, GEORGE M. VAN NORT, Commissioner of Public Works | COMMISSIONER VAN NORTS OFPIOB, Last fall at the opening o1 bids by Mr. Van Nort | for various street improvements the Comptroller had been always invited to be present, and al- | which, through sp though the Mayor prevailed upon the Commis- | sioner of Public Works to postpone the opening of the bids, and the Commissioner, finding he had no | legal power to suspend the opening (after several | postponements) as directed by the Common Coun- | cli, with the approval of the Mayor, ordered those + works to be procceded with, and the pids were | awarded by the Commissioner, and in turn trans- | mitted py him to the Finance Department for the approval oi the suretier, when the Comptroller en- deavored to defeat the whole opening upon the ground that the Commissioner should not have Made any postponement. But the Commissioner, upon consulting the Corporation Counsel, found that the ordinances, as confirmed by the charter, permitied a postponement of five days from time to time, thus fouling Mr. Green in his attempt to defeat the orders of the Common Council to carry forward the various street improvements as di- | Tected by them. | THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT, | Facts for the Commissioners and the Public. The Combustible Bureau of the Fire Department is a valuable auxiliary to the Board of Under- writers, By its strict surveillance of allinfammabie | Material it prevents the inception of conflagra- tions that of late years have proved so disastrous to Boston, Chicago and other cities, and business open ny and improvement of Seventh avenue, from L1Uth , ti tto the Liarlem Kiver, by the Commissioners of the | Laws of 1865, making the same provisions | ) Gescent of a cioud to the earth. 63 | took place June 11. | when it was imagined that its mission was to an- | Visible during the century, FAREWELL NIGHTS. | Coy Coggia’s Brilliant Appearance---A Majestic Exhibition Last Evening. “CURIOSITY OF THE STAR GAZERS. Some New Facts Concerning the Comet of 1861. | Man’s pertinacious industry is ever at work un- | veiling the immense designs of nature, but yet inexhaustible remain the resources of its wonder- ful phenomena. None, perhaps, arouse feelings of curious awe more thoroughly than the erratic, | unaccountable course of comets, In this last ex- hivition of aérial strangeness which has now so long attracted attention and in the unclouded biue of last night displayed itself in more bright | distinctiveness, though not the same splendor has | appeared as attended others that within the last | twenty years sped their brilliant fight within human vision, yet interest in it has | been not less marked. The favorable nature | of last night brought forth numbers into the squares and open places of the city anxious to have a good, undoubted view of this corruscent | object, Mashing forward on its illimitable course, | so soon forever to be lost to signt, The Lhouse- tops, or any points from which La Coggia was vis- ible, were crowded. At the diferent ferries, where from the broad bosom of the North or East River. no obstruction arose to hide that portion of the sky last night the most observed, the passengers had an excellent view, THE NUMEROUS OBSERVATORIES | throughout the city were fully occupied to the latest hour the comet remained in sight, and had a constant flow of visitors—both ladies and gen- | tlemen—anxious to secure a full inspection of the celestial prodigy. It may not be that so excellent an opportunity will again occur in the few days remaining of the comet’s stay, and, if 1t were pus- sible its celestial being could at all be touched by | appreciation of its presence, it must have been | wel ee eatied with the countless admiration of last night. It 18 interesting to observe how knowledge con- 3 cerning THESE ECCENTRIC ORBS | Increases, and iow the curiosity of the people is | fastened on the rare visitor who now holds its | fiery court in thenorthwest. Coggia’s comet cannot complain of want attention while rushing through | space at @ tremendous rate. The comet of 1861, 1t | has been surmised, caine in collision with the earth, but as it now appears to be well establishea thatits body, like others of its kind, is made up of gases through which planets beyond are visibie, its effect Was of no more account than the itis said tnat if the tailof the present meteor sweeps near the earth meteoric showers may be expected, ahd that in any eventit will depart from view for interstellar space about the 22d inst. Alter that date itis probable it will remaim wandering iu infinite space, where not @ ray of light or heat can reach It, and it is possible may be absorbed by Jupiter or some other distant planet. It is about certain it will never again be visible to human eye. The Great Comet of 1861—A Celestial ‘Wanderer that Collided with the Earth—A Grand Spectacle Suddenly | Appears in the Heavens—Sir J. Her- schel’s Opinion—An Intruder on Jup- iter’s Satellites—The Fogs of 1783 and 1831, Few comets created greater sensation than the great comet of 1861—the second of that year. It was discoverea in New South Wales, on May 13, prior to its nearest approach to the sun, which Passing from the southern hemisphere into the northern it suddenly appeared in the northeastern heavens on the 30th of June, On the night of the same day it seemed fully as bright as a star of the first magnitude, with @ large perpendicular brush tail. Its head had the | singular formation of three distinct parabolic en- velopes of which the inner was much the brightest, A space devoid of luminosity separated the tnner- most from the middle envelope, except at the apex, and a simiiar event intervened between the middie and outer but on the left side only. Sir J. Herschel, the distinguisned astronomer, declared that on its first appearance the comet of 186i “far exceeded in brightness any comet I have before observed, those of 1811 and the recent splendid one OF 1858 not excepted.” A MISTAKE AS TO IDENTITY. ‘The celestial wanderer was supposed at first to be the same that, in 1556, caused the abdication of Charles V., and which previously appeared in 1264, nounce the death of Pope Urban IV. In the same year it looked down upon the amazed English barons during their first efforts to secure pariia- mentary rights in the reign of Henry III. Its ap- pearance was also noted by the Chinese in July, 975, But it turned out to be an entirely new meteor, and that it made its existence known for the first time in 1861. In consequence of the lignt of the moon and the summer twilight the circum- stances Were uniavorable to examine it closely, However, it was every way a more striking object than the comet of 1858, described in the HERALD of Monday. Seenin a dark sky it exceeded in mag- nificence any of those erratic bodies that became Its brilliancy was such that a shadow was sensibly projected on white paper when its light was intercepted by a well de- | fined object. Two days alter hts appearance it increased to an extraordinary degree in bright. | ness and its brushlike tali vastly extended, sweep- ing millions of miles and REACHING ALMOST TO THE ZENITH at intervuls, The halo-like appearance of the nucleus remained. The comet of 1861, instead of being hollow like half an eggshell as most of the comets before observed haa ‘been, presented the | form of asun filled with frewords, and in other | respects differed exceedingly from Donati’s comet | of 1858, All the circumstances were calculated to introduce great complications in the theory of | these celestial bodics. On the 10th of July the | comet remained a most beautiful and conspicuous object, although its tail nad dwindled down to | | very small proportions as compared with its | | length when it first suddenly came into sight, At | | this date it Was equally distant from the earth and | san, It soon afterward became invisible. | SUPPOSED COLLISION WiTH THE EARTH. | In many of its features the comet of 1861 was | otherwise remarkabje and wondertul, The start- _ ling fact was announced that the earth passed | through its tail on the evening of June 30, and the appearances noticed by Various individuals in regard to the color of the sky added very much in | giving weight to the opinion, Jn connection with this subject it appears that at the time in ques- | | | tion, wile the comet was conspicuous in the northern neavens, there was a peculiar phos- phoresvence or illumination of the sky | which was attributed to an auroral | | glare; it was remarked by many persons as some- | thing unusual, and considering how near the | earth must have been that evening to the tail of | the meteor the phenomenon was attributed to | this proximity. ‘The sun, tnough shining, gave | but a feeble light. The comet was plainly vistbie during the sunshine. [tis related that the vicar | of a parish church in England had the pulpit can- | dies lighted at seven o’ciock, Which proves that a sensation of darkness was elt even while the sun was shining. Though be was not aware that the centres. The common sense of the commanity has shown itself, to even the proverb, that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Tne Combustible Bureau is the ounce of preven- tion, and it, with the Fire Marshal's energy im con- victing incendiaries, has solidified the security felt by our citizens in the management of the Fire De- partment by the present Board of Fire Commis- sioners, Who seem Lo possess the facuity of conduct- ing their official business without the scandal that | has been too prevalent in other branches ot the city From the license lees obtained by tits bureau the department is enavied to care for the widows and orphans of deceased firemen: & noble enarity, ‘The Board of Apportionment only reduced the original eetimate $15,000, If rumor be true, it 19 | sald, the Commissioners tntend to discharge @ | namber of the employés whose labors heretoiore | nave made this branch of the combustible services | eficient, With $1,000,000 unexpended in the City | Treasury to the credit of the Fire Department the Commissioners may well pause beiore making any | changes calcnlated to affect the credit or the use | tminess of the same. THE AMENITILS OF JOURNALISM, [From the Washington Republican.) It is sad that the independent journalists of the country cannot be ordered to Minnesota, They would be of great use there in the war against the Stuy weigh | eaitoriais, ae eee | comet’s tall was surrounding onr globe, yet he was wo struck by the singuiarity of the appearance | | that he recorded in his day book the Jollowing:-— | ‘4 singular yellow phosphorescent glare, very like diffused Aurora Borealis, yet, veing dayiight, such | | aurora would scarcely be noiiceable.”’ The comet | itself had @ much more hazy appearance than at any time after that evenin It was thought by Mr. Hind, an astronomer of acknowiedged | ability, that the earth very probably encountered | the tail in the early part of June 30, or at any rate it was certainly in a region which had been swept | over by the cometary matver a short time pre- | viously, SIR J, HERSCHEL’S DISCOVERY. A curious fact in relation to the substance of the comet Of 1861 was discovered by Sir J, Herschel, | He proved to his satisiaction that on the night of July 5 that the head and nucleus of the wandering star showed no signs 0} polarization, and hein | consequence surmised that 118 substance was of the same nature as clouds and simtlar matter. There was @ lively diseussion carried on as to | | whether the comet) did strike the eartn. It was | | | conteuded that had such an event taken place seasons would be changed, the year lengthened by two days, the latitades of different parts of our globe would be altered, and there might be even @ possibility for a new comet to carry off the earth with it as a satellite, and prove fatal to hu- man arrangements, It is pretty certain that Lex- ell’s celebratea comet went so near to Jupiter, in 1170, a8 either to be absorbed inv its system or to have been projected into @ new and unanticipated path by bis influence. The taii of this erratic visitor approacned within 1,400,000 miles of the earth, and passed around the san seven times. | of the new directors of the company :— i | that end, | property, as I said befor For five mon’ it appeared bearer to Jpniter than his satellites, with which it got entangled; but the comet produced no effect on vhat distant planet or ts attendants, which it would certainly have done if it had possessed any amount of matter corresponding with the immense space it Occupied in the heavens, It is satisfactory to find that, as far as we can see, the unplewsant conse- quences, if there were any, appear to have been borne by the comet and not’ by Jupiter, as it gives Us hope that we might come olf witu equal success from such ah encounter if it should ever take place. There would be a moral satisfaction in either absorbing or putting to might one of these Spectres of Wie skies. THE FOOS OF 1783 AND 1831. The theory bas been advanced by eminent men that (he universal fogs of 1784 and 1831, which occa+ sioned so much alarm, were the result of entering the edge of the hazy tailof acomet. The fog of 1783 lasted a month. It began almost on the same day 10 places very remote from each other. It ex- tended from the north of Atrica to Sweden; it oc- cupied, too, a large part of the United States, but dia not extend over the sea It rose above the | Joftiest mountains, It did not appear to be carried | by the wind, and the most abundant rains and the | most violent storms were unable to dissipate it. | It gave out a disagreeable odor, was very dry, and possessed the property of phosphorescence. Here | was u clear case for commetary conjecture, show- ingjthat if there was an entrance tnto the tail of a comet on either of the occasions alluded to the eifects were not of anything approaching a serious nature. EFFECT ON MUNDANE AFFAIRS. In@ notice of the comet of 1661 it would be in- appropriate to omit stating the old opinion that the appearance of such bodies are “ominous of the | wrath of Heaven and as harbingers of ware and | famines, of the dethronemeut of monarchs and the dissolution of empires.” The war in the South- ern States was fairly opened when it became visible, and a hostile expedition, composed of English, French and Spantards, had invaded Mex- ico with the view of overturning the Republic and establishing an Empire. A dreadful famine pre- vailed in the northwest province of Indta. e earth was of iron and the heavens of brass, Eleven millions of people were slowly perishing for want of food and desolation reigned over an immense tract of country, A similar calamity now aflicts Hindostan; but happily peace obtains all over the United States and there is no evidence of Coggia’s comet having had malign influence on this nation. For the existence of peace and prosperity, comet Or no comet, we have good reason to be grateful to Heaven, Mark Twain and the Comet. (From the sun.) “Then you don’t take these things literally, Uncie Jake’? “No, Boss, We've got for to read Scripter wid glass eyes sometimes; odderwise we’re gwine to tumble roun’ amongst common sense facts like a rediklus teapot on tin wheels, Now comes dat Mark Twain, an’ he encourages de ignance an’ de superstition of de keerless an’ unedicuted by tellin’ of dem dat him an’ Mr. Barnum is agwine to hire de comick to go asailin’ in, Mr. Twain may fool a good sight o’ people, but dam ef he kin fool me, 1 know Mr. Barnum. He’s a chu’ch member an’ a good man. He won't lie. When he puts his name to dat story, all right, says Jake: but twell den I | don’t take no stock in It De idee of fittin’ upa comick wid staterooms, an’ havin’ water, an’ gas, an’ billtards, and telegrafts aboard is all dam non- sense. Den how’s he goin’ to git aboard arter tt arene up, chile? Does de man think we’s all fools THE ERIE RAILWAY. pia US Retirement of President Watson—rlec. tion of a New Board of Directors, The annual election of directors of the Erie Railway was held yesterday at the offices of | the company, in the Grand Opera House, | corner Twenty-third street and Eighth avenue. At the opening of the meeting there were | present about thirty individual stockholders. | The meeting was organized by the calling of Mr. | Giles Hotchkiss to thechair. Mr. Charles F, Peck | was elected Presidents Alter considerable discus- | sion, resolutions were adopted thanking the re- | tiring oMicers for their fidelity to the trust reposed | in them, indorsing and ratifying the action of the | late directory in creating the second consolidated | mortgage to secure the amount of the $40,000,000 | Of bonds, $10,000,000 being reserved to cover the | existing convertible bonds and in issu- | ing a portion of sald bonds for the | feneral use and purposes of the company. | t was also a subject of resolution by the stock- holders that such issué was necessary and proper, and that the proceeds should be used and disposed of in paying the indevtedness and liabilities of the Company and for sach other purposes asin the | | opinion of the Board might be deemed proper and | P. expedient. ‘The lease between rie and the At- lantic and Great Western was formally ratified as well as the purchase by the directors of the stock of the Butfalo, New York and Erie Railroad, as weil as the purchase of interest in coal and in various coal companies organized under the laws of the State of Penusylvania. These resolutions were | adopted unanimously, At the directors’ meet- , ing Mr. Peter H. Watson, the President, announced his resignation on account of iif health. The Board appointed Messrs. Cortlandt Palmer and Lucius binson a committee to draft suitable resolutions. The committee retired and reported a series of resolutions expressive of the regret ot the directors at the step Mr. Watson was compelled to take and | laudatory of his management 0. the affairs of the | company since his connection with tt, Inreply to a communication from President Watson the gen- eral manager, Mr. James 0. Clurk, reported that the ioss to the company by the disastrous fire at Weehawken on the 10th, Lith d 12th inst. would not exceed $175,000, and that thetr operation in the oil traMe was not materially interfered with. The polis were open from ten A. M. until two P. M., at which time the teller announced that upwards of 57,800,000 worth of stock had been voted upon, Which was @ majority of both the common and pre- Terred stocks, and that the following ticket was | unanimously elected :—Hugn J. Jewett, Thomas A. Scott, Jolin King, Jr., John Taylor Jonnston, M. 0. | Roberts, Frederick Schachardt, W, Butler Duncan, | Edwin ). Morgan, H. Baltzer, S. L. M. Barlow, L. H. Meyer, Henry G. Stebbins, R. Suydam Grant, Lucius Robinson, Jobn A. C. Gray, Cortlandt Parker, Homer Ramsdell. A meeting Was subsequently organized and Mr. Hugh L. Jewett was elected President and Mr. A. R. Macdonongh Secretary. It is not yet known what changes, if any, will be made in the heads of departments. Noreport of the English account- | ants was received and it is understood that the re- | sult of their labors will not be made public Until tt | | has first been presented to the English stocktold- ers, by whom they were employed. Mr. Barlow | voted proxies to the amount of nearly $55,000,000 of stock, the balance being made up by resident stockholders who were present. | The New Direction. i The condition and prospects of the Erie Railway | may be gathered from the following interview had | last evening by @ HERALD representative with one HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—I have called to ask you to give me a statement to the public of your views with regard to the Erie Railway, its pros- pects and the intentions of the new Board, DirEcToR—Well, the direction, who, by the way, | were very harmoniously elected, mean to do their very best in the interest of the stockholders here and abroad and of the public generally, The new President is an excellent man personally and as a business manager. He wili start at an early date | On a tour of inspection to note everything that oc- curs along the entire line. Another of the direc- tors has been for tue vast few days, and is now, | most diligently studying the position and evoly- ing order out of chaos, or preparing tne way for it, Nopody can state precisely how the road ts just at this minute, There is no doubt it has been badly handled and a great deal of odiuin attaches to it. HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—That’s Wall street, I presume, sir? What do you gentlemen propose to , do about it? DiRBCTOR—This speculating has got to be stopped. | I believe the road is good property and that it could be made very vaiuable. We mean to estab- lish it on a strong basis and make it valuable. We shall all try to redeem its reputation, The people on the other side have been treated badly, We mean to treat them well and ourseives too, We must and shall get the roud out of Wall street. Several of us have sacrificed considerable time to | AS to mnyself, { did not want to be a director, and do not want it now, but I was talked | over, and on the representation that it was abso- | lutely necessary for a long pull and a strong pull, we joined the direction. HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—Do you think the names now on the Board will command conf. The | ; May be, in my opinton, | made valuable; Sull We may fall. It may have de- clined too far. However, we shail see, Acknowledging the director's ready kindness in furnishing this tu) if somewhat indefinite pro- gramme of the good resolutions of the new Board, the HERALD representative withdrew. | dence? DirecTor—I do, and we shall deserve it. A HIGHWAY ROBBERY, | George Hang is no relation of Ah Sin, butis agen- | uine and sturdy native of the Celestial Kingdom | nevertheless, Mr. Hang is an enterprising gentie- man and has made some greenbacks peddling | cigars, He bas been some moons in New York and | understands the American vernacular very well. On | Monday evening he strolied down in the neighbor: | hood of Peck ship and South street to take @ view of the shipping. Whiie he was engaged In this in- | nocent occupation he was assauited by @ noted Fourth ward thief named Charles Williams, who stole @ gold watch and chain which Hang hi just purchased fora young Ciscassian Jady whom he intends to marry. Williams passed bis plander to @ pal and ran off, Hang raised a cry, and OMicer Fitch, who was on post Mar by, went in pursuit ol the fugitive, He finally overtook the jive, who tarned flercely on his antagonist, but was speedily quieted by ® few, timely applications of fore whom he was brought, held him in $1,000 pat’ to answer at the Pa Sesstons. Williams has: been more than once in the Penitentiary, SANITARY MATTERS, At a mecting of the Board of Health, held yester day afternoon, the following reports were received and adopted, It wil be {ound that they embrace Valuable statistics :— In the week ending on Saturday, the Ith inst., there were 2 deaths reported in the city. The total number in the previous wegk Was 452. - The increase ot wortulity Was observed only in young children and in the suflerers from phthisis, The list two weeks—the first two in the third quarter ot the year—tave been marked by’ the ioWest death rate of any corresponding to frat works 01 thidsiwuimer ines Tear. a) ce The mean vemperature last Week was 73 Fabrenhely, the axitium belng 1 and the miniaere st degrees. while the average degree of atmostheric mois: saturation being considered as 100, ured $3 inches depth of water. The ot the five weeks ending last Satur- day was 71.7 degrees. This continued, and Nealthrai Warmth, with un average of three-tifth’ (00-100) of total saturation of the atmosphere has been attended by the Jeast mortality which this city has experienced in mayy years. Two thousand four hundred and three deat have occurred in these five weeks, or an average of 49.6 per week. On the 34 day of July only 43 deaths ocourred in the city, ‘This ts the smallest number of deaths that has occurred during any one day inthis t ). tol ‘The rainfali’ me: mean temperatu in seven years. It w: pleasant, clear day, with: ‘an temperature of 69.3 degrees, maximum mint uum 61, and the average humidity @2 degrees, The nean atmospheric pressure was 29.9 inches on the ba- Fometer., Such a day of passover in our New York summer is WORRY OL Bote ere were Jeaths trom dip! 163 reportes weok aguinst 31 deaths by that cause the previous wack 142 deaths by diarrhoval diseases, against Othe previous week, and 335 deaths of children under 5 years of age, against 238 in the previous week, ‘Of the 28 deaths by violence, 9 were by drowning curred in or rs ers upon ern nde of the city, The death rate in the city ueate week ending July 4 was equal to 22,60 itants annually, and last week at 28.10 First, Fourth, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh, ‘Twenty-second wards had tar the highest d CONTAGIOUS DISEASRB. The Disinfecting Corps have visited $4 premises where contagious dirneases wore found, and have disiniected and fumigated 45 houses and 45 privy sinks, togethe: , bedding, &c, ‘They have also @isimrected » Wiis miles of Street guiters. Ten cases of amalipox wee Terioved to the hospital and 2dead bodies to the Morgue + the Ambalance Corps. ‘The following is 2 comparative statement of cases ot, contagious diseases reported at the burcau tor the twe weeks ending July 11, 1874:— ‘ Diseases. Typhus fever ‘Typhoid tever. Scarlet fever. Measles. Diphtheria. Smallpox. Cerebro-spinal meningiti ————— MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. 110). ‘The irteenth and; ih rates. Married. McRoBERTS—MCRObERTS.—On Wednesday, July 8, 1874, in Plymouth, by the Rev. Mr. Malcolm, WILLIAM ALEXANDER MOROBERTS to Miss ELEANOR McRoberts, both of New York city. NoxTH—MooreE.—On Monday, July 1% at the Tompkins avenue Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, by the Rev. Frederick G, Clark, D. D., WILLIAM C, NORTH to NELLIE, eldest daughter of Benjamin Moore, Esq,, all of Brooklyn, Died. BakER.—On Tuesday, Une Morass, son of Abraham and Khizabeth Baker, aged » 1 year and 2 months, Funeral from the residence of his parents, 184 Lewis street, on Thursday, the 16th inst., at half- past one o'clock, BYRN On Monday, Jaly 18, 1874, JaMEs and Bridget BYRNES, Only deloved gon of Patri Byrnes, in the 4th year of his age. The funeral will take place from his late res dence, No. 177 West ‘'enth street, New York, be- tween Washington and Greenwich streets, om etter 15th inst, Foaneral to leave at two o'clock P. —Suddenly, on Wednesday, April 1, at 14, 1874, FRANKLIN. CASTEL Paris. Davi F. CASTELLO, eldest son of Edmund B, Castello, Esq., of Bogota, South America, aged 23 years. CHAMPLIN.—In Providence, R. I., on Wednesday, July 1, FRANKLIN W., only child of J. Henry and Enilly Love Champlin, aged 10 years. His rewatns were interred in the family vault at Essex, Conn. CLARE.—On Tuesday, July 14, at one o’clock P. M., CLoripus A., daughter of Albers C. and Leth u . Clark, aged 2 years, 1 month and 11 days, Tue relatives and friends. of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the {uneral, from the residence of her parents, 667 Sixth avenue, on Thursday next, at two o’clock P. M, CULLEN.—At Kinterbook, N. Y., on Tuesday, July 14, Dr. HENRY J. CULLEN, of the city of Brooklyn. His relatives and friends and the members of the medical profession are respectiully invited to at- tend the funeral services, at his late residence, on the corner of Clinton and Montague streets, Brook- lyn, on Thursday, Juiy 16, at half-past one o’ciock without further notice. ELT.—On Toesday morning, July 14, Louis C. ELFELT, aged 49 years. Tne trends of tne jamily are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his brother, Augustus B. Elielt, No. 32 West Filtye seoatid) street, on Thursday morning, at ning o'clock. GERSHEL.—On Monday, July 13, MicHagL M., Im fant son of Adolph and Rosetta Gerstel, aged 1 month and 5 days. The relatives and friends of the fatuily are re- Spectinily mvited to attend the funeral, this day (Wednesday), 15th inst., at nine o’ciock A, My from the residence of his parents, 833 Ninth ave nue. Metbourne (Australia) papers please copy. GOEBEL.—At blzabetnport, N. J.. oa Monday morning, July 13, of apoplexy, Freperice L, GOEBFL, aged $2 years, 1 month and 2 days. Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral services, at tne First Congregational church, Third street, Eliza. bethport, N. J., on Thursday, July if, at half- past eleven o’clock. His remains will be taken to Greenwood Cemetery for interment. Trains trom New York, foot of Liberty street, North River, at 8:45 and 9:40. GORSLINE,—At East Orange, on Thursday, Joly 9, 1874, MABEL ADELAIDE, youngest daughter of Andrew and Mary A. Gorsline, aged 10 months, Barrison.—On Tuesaay morning, July 14, NELLIB May, only daughter of Horace and Mary C. Harri- son, aged 7 months and 25 days. ‘The funeral will take piace from the residence of her parents, No, 266 Kast Seventy-seventn street, on Wednesday (to-day), July 15, at one o’clock, ‘The iriends o1 the Jamily are invite to attend, Hucney.—On Tuesday, July 14, CATHERINE HuGues, daughter of John and Bridget Hughes, aged 19 years. Funeral on Thursday, July 16, from the residence of her parents, 135 Crosby street, New York. Hvrros.—On Monday, July 18, at No. 220 West ‘Yhirty-iourtn street, JOHN HUrTON, @ Dative of St Andrews, Scotland, tn the 67th year of his age, Funeral services at the house, on Thursday, July 16, at two o'ciock P. M. K1NG.—At_ Ellington, Conn., on Friday, July 10, GrorGE W. KING, 01 New York, aged.29 years, Tie remains were interred at Verfon, Conn., on Sunday, July 12. LAWRENCE.—At Tremont, on Monday. Cee) at the residence of her son-in-law, Robert Howie, ANNER LAWRENCE, aged 85 years. ‘The reiatives and iriends of the family are In- vited to dttend the tuneral, at St. Paul’s cnare! Morrisania, on Thursday morning, July 16, eleven o’clock, without further notice. LEacn.—On Tuesday, July 14, Miss ANNIB LBAOH, aged 30 years. Notice of funeral in to-morrow’s papers. Lockwoon.—Suddeniy, at Providen Monday, July 18, of neuralgia of the heart, FRANCES L., widow of William L. Lockwood and daughter of the late Seril Dodge, tu the 47tn year or her age. Relatives and iriends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, on Thursday, 76th inst., at ten o'clock A. M., from the residence of her brother-in-law, J. W. Condit, No. 49 East ‘Twenty-pinth street. MoNTGOMERY.—On Tuesday, July 14, Exiza, wife of William Montgomery, in the 21st year of ner age. ‘The relatives and friends of the famuy are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 630 Kast Seventeenth street, on Thursday, July 16, at one o'clock P. M. McALANEY.—On Monday, July 13, Mrs, BRIDGET MCALANEY, aged 82 years. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend her tunerai, ‘rom the residence of her son-in-law, Kernard Sievin, No, 2,022 Third avenue, on Wednesday, the 15th inst, | atone o'clock P. M. Noonan.—Suddenly, in Brooklyn, on Tuesday, July 14, at the resideace of her father, CATHARINE Noonan, in the 30th year of her age. Relatives and friends of the ily are invited to attend the luneral, {rom her late residence, No. 30° Carlton avenue, this @ay (Wednesday), the 15th inst., at two P. M. O'NKIL.—In Yorkville, on Monday, July 13, 1874, Panett Qe wife of Daniel O'Neil, in the 58th. ear of her age. i Relatives and (riends are respectfully invited to- attend the funcral, trom her late residence, Kighty- fith str between Fourth and Madison avenues, at half-past nine o'clock, on Wednesday, July 15, thence to St, Lawreuce’s church, Eighty-toorth street, Where a requiem high mass will be offered | up for the repose oi her soul, thence to Calvary cemetery. REIL In Newark, on Monday, July 13, 187: CATHARINE, the beloved wile of James Rely, Bt years. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited. to meet the funeral at Cortiandt street ferry, at two o'clock P, M. on Wednesday, July 15, thence to Calvary Cemetery. YAN.—On Monday, July 18, WILLIAM RYAN, in. the goth year of his age. Funeral from the residence of his brother-in-law, John McDonald. No. 62 Grove street, on Wedne: day, the 15th inst., at one o'clock, Friends of the family are invited to avend, SHEFFIELD.—I[n Brooklyn, on Tuesday, July 14, 1874, LUCY OLIVER, only child of James A, and dennie G. ShefMeld, aged 10 months, Interment at bite P Grove Cemetery, Cincinnatt, TayLon.—On Tuesday, July 14, 1874, ALICE, infant: daughter of Wilson and’ Fanny Taylor. Funeral on Wednesday, at eleven o'clock A. Mu, from the residence of her parents, No, 628 Greens wich street. On Ltr July 13, 1874, in Green VREELAND.. vile, Jersey City, N.J., GEORGE VRERLAND, aged: 87 years. ‘tee relatives and (riendas of the family are re spectfully invited to attend the funeral, on bs +4 the clul He was then taken to the Fourth ward Station house. and yesterday Justigs Wandelh be- | day, the 16th inst., att " . day, ity Wo o'clock P. M.. from ‘