The New York Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1874, Page 8

‘CITY FATHERS. Melegraphie Communication Between the Courts and Private Law Offices, THE THE MAYOR’S ANSWER. The Aldermen’s Attitude Toward Their Chief. A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was heid yesterday aiternoon, Present were Alder- men Cooper, Koch, Flanigan, Gtlon, Billings, Mor- ris, Kehr, Ottendorfer, Falconer, Reilly and Mc- Cafferty. Alderman Cooper was called to the chair, in absence of the President, A petition from the New York Law Telegraph Company was presented by Alderman Billings, | asking for permission to place their instruments in the Register’s Office and the various court rooms in the Court House, After the petition had been read & resolution was offered by Alderman BILLINGS Co give the company the permission re- quested. He said a subscription list had been opened by lawyers, who wished to have tele- graphic communication between the courts and heir law ollces. Alderman MCCAFPERTY thought this was a valu- ‘able privilege, for which other telegraph com- panies would be willing to pay. He moved to re- fer (he matter to the Committee of Works. Alderman BILLINGS said if it should appear THAT THE COMPANY MADZ MORB MONEY than they ought to do it would be time enough to take subsequent action. Lawyers had frequently to wait all day, not knowing when their case | might be called, and by having telegraphic com- | munication they would stay in their offices and their clerks could telegraph to them any time they were wanted, Alderman McUarrerTy sald the resolution in- volved agreat many rights and ought to be re- ferred. He thought the franchise woula sell for $5,000 to $10,000, The case was, happily, illus- trated by the Western Union Telegraph Company, which obstructed maby of the streets and made a mint of money. ‘Alderman Morais called the yeas and nays, and the resolution was adopted by the sollowing vote Yeus— Billings, Cooper, Falcouer, Flanigan, Kehr, Mor- tis, Ottendorter and Reilly. Nays—Glloa, Koch aud McCafferty. A petition from the German lager beer saloon keepers, asking for the repeal of the special taxes on Crovon water, was reierred to the committee on Works. | G, L, Thatcher and Charles L. Thatcher were ap- | polnicd Commissioners uf Deeds. | MINOR BUSINESS. Permission was given to the Nursery and Child’s Hospital to re-iease or sub-iet part of their ground | on Fiity-second street aud Lexington avenue. i} A large number of otuer commissioners of deeds were then appointed. Alderman Morais, with an air of eat so!em- mity and importance, ofered a resolution which turned out to be for giving permission ‘to a lady to erect a bay window. | Alderman U1TENDORFEX rose With @ very thought- fal air and demanded to know whether the owner of | the adjoining property had consented. Alderinan | Morris’ answer being in the aMrmative, this import- | ant legislative enactment was allowed to pass into history without any further debate. A large amount of unimportant business of this character yas then transacted. A great dealot fun was Caused by a motion to reler to a new committes aresolution to lease a building for the Tentn Dis- trict Police Court irom one of the fair sex. It was Ramorously charged that the old committee did mot like the lady in question. Alderman KEHR offered a resolution asking the Mayor to fill the vacancy in the Board of Excise with some “adopted citizen of German nation- ality.” it was almost a necessity to have a German | tm the Board, a8 so many of the saloon keepers could not speak English. A QUESTION OF DIGNITY. Alderman BILLiNes thought the E. sion was now in excelleut bands and migut be well left undisturbed. Alderman McCarrerty thought this wasa very singular resolution. Only afew days ago a reso- tation had been offered by the same gentleman, asking the Governor to remove the Mayor, and | now he asked the Board to stultify itseli in this manner. Alderman BILLinGs said it was undignified to ass the resoiution, considering the present atti- jade of the Board to the Mayor. Aid. rman Mor«!s remarked that be had nothing to say agaiust Germans, put was rather partial to | them. However, this was a question whicn might De caHed up in connection with every other na- tonality. The resolution was lost. The Commitiee on Markets recommended that the necessary paving at West Washington Market be authorized by the Board of Apportioument, as the bad condition of the market reduced the in- come of the city Irom this source by $20,000, w the necessary improvemefit would only cost $15,000. The report was adopted. A PILL FOR THE MAYOR. The Mayor’s message vetoing the new ordinance passed by the Bourd in relation to the regulation of permits for showcases, &c., was taken from the table. The ordinance was then unanimously passed over the veto of the Mayor. Tue present ordinance Hxes the fee for a permit at the uniform rate o: $1. ‘The motion of Alderman Kehr, asking the Mayor to appoint a German as Excise Commissioner, was tien reconsidered and laid upon the table. The Mayor’s message, vetoing the resolution directing the removal of the Court House Commis- stoners from their present room im the Court House, was then read. Alderian OTTENDORFER asked that the commu- nication of the Commissioners to the Board on this subject be read to the board. Alderman MCCAFFERTY hoped that the Board Would not recoguize these Commissioners, who | were illegally appointed by the Mayor. Tne Mayor had exceeded his authority in appormting them, | No appropriation hau been made for tuem to pros- ecute they could do was TO RECEIVE THEIR PAY REGULARLY from Comptroller Green. Alderman BILLINGS asked, jocularly, if it was not @ pleasant sight to see anyboay at ail who received his pay from) the Comptroller regulariy? (Laugb- | ter. Alderman McCarreRTY said he thought not. G@augiter.) The communication was then read, setting forth the inconveniences under which they had to suffer Detore taking forcibie possession of the room which they now occupied, Alderman Kocu—I wand do ask information what dhey vill do mit de room alder dhey have it? Will dhey shieep on a lounge, and shall ve pay dem for that’ (Laughter.) The resolution was then passed, and the Mayor’s veto sustained by the following decisive vote Yeas—Messrs. Billings, Cooper, Falc in, Koch, McCafferty, Morns and Reilly. |a¥S—-Messrs, Gilon, Ketir and Ottendorfe Adjourned to the first Thursday of september. Flan- The Mayor’s Long Answer, Mayor Havemeyer, who was ip high spirits yes- terday, will not send his answer to Albany until the latter part of the week. He says that itis about 120 pages long and would fill a page of the HeRaLD. When asked as to the provable action of the Governor, he replied that if he deemed the charges trivial he would probably take action on them at once, but if he thought them deserving of more serious consideration he would probably refer them to his legal adviser, the Attorney Gen- eral. He did not think that the Governor would reier the charges to # Court for judicial investigae tion. He added, with a smile, that it would prob- ably take the Governor @ week to read his answer (so that its length will render Mayor Havemeyer sale for one week at all events). The Mayor still adheres to his determination not to publish lis de- tence until the Governor has taken action. A City Marshal in Trouble. Mrs. Anna Otis, of 202 Elzhth avenue, appeared yesterday before Mr. Beneville, the Mayor's Secre- tary, aud charged George W. Frost, a City Marshal, with having extorted from her $15 50. She was indebted to one Lynch in the sum of $25 50 for some furniture, and when Frost had taken posses- sion of it on @ replevio warrant he demanded $29 50. She paid the amount, but complained yes- terday of this charge as velng extortionate. On the par, of Mr. Frost it was ciaimed that the pay- ment of $39 50 was simply an arrangement be- Sweep the plaintiff’ and aefendant, and his direc- tions were limited to the takiug or the jurniture, Board for Revision of Assessments. The Board for the Revision of Assessments met yesterday afternoon at the Comptroller's omice, Comptroller Green and Kecorder Hackett were present and heard the compiaints of a number of property owners along First avenue and avenue A above Eightieth street, stating that the work of agying, curbing and grading under the super- vision of the Department of Public Works was and asking that the assessment be Meatted. the Board decided to overrule the ob- fection: ‘The followtng assessments were confirmed :— | Regulating Twenty-ninth street between Ninth | and Tenth avenues; for paving Sixty-ninth street between Third and Fifth avenues; for grading Eighty-sixth street between Third am Firth ayences; for a recejying bagin corner of South se Commis- | the work on the new Court House, and all | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1874.—-TRIPLE SHEET, and Beekman streets, of -first street and Sixth enue, and of 120th street and Third avenue ; for BederErORRG drains between Sixty-liith and Sixty- | seventh streets and Fifth and Madison avenues, | between seventy-seventh and y-eighth streets | ana Nimth avenue and North River; for paving | Seventy-fourtn street between Third and Futh | | avenues, and Seventy-seventh street between third | and Madison avenues; for improving 112th street, between Second avenue and the Harlem River. | An injunction was served upon the Board to prevent them from confirming the assessments for regulating Seventy-fith street, The matter was laid over. The Board then adjourned. Charges Against Intelligence Office Keepers. Charges were preferred yesterday before the Mayor’s Secretary, Mr. Beneville, against Zander & McMahon, who keep an intelligence office at No, 27 Greenwich street, by a number of respect- able workingmen, who were shipped by them for | Venezuela, on the promise that they were to re- | ceive there $1 65 in gold per day and $10 a month | (in place of their board). When they were landed they only got sixty-five cents per day, were badly treated, and, not obtaining suficient food, were reduced to @ condition of the greatest misery. Thirty-two out of the 140 who originally went to | Venezuela nave returned to this city, and, having | or $2 per head to Messrs, Zander & McMahon | or opening to cheir dazzled vision this El Dorado, they bave preferred a complaint against them through their counsel Lf it is proved that they made jalse representations to these poor men it | will be in the pewer of the Mayor to revoke their license. THE RODDY-SHOTWELL CASE. Summing Up of Counsel and the Charge to the Jury—Verdict Not Guilty. ‘The trial of Carlotta Shotwell, alias Roddy, which has occupied the attention of the General Sessions for the last few days, came to a conclusion yester- day. From the opening of the court until a late heur last evening the room was filled to repletion by the friends of the parties as.well as by those who were attracted thither by the social standing | of the complainant and the accused and the pe- | culiar relations they sustained to each other. Mr. Fullerton called Max Friedman, @ broker, who testified that he met Miss Shotwell im the latter part of 1871. and knew General Roddy six months before that; the witness had a business transaction with Miss Shot- | weil; she wished to commence a prosecution against Brookes and some otuer man arrested for stealing bonds from her; she said that General Roddy owed hera large amount of money, and that if he did not come up toa settlement she would disgrace him and hts wife and cnildren; she said she would communicate with them; she told the witness that he had a very interesting tamily ; the witness had an injunction against a company of | which General Roddy was President where he (wit- ness) was a large owner of stock; he (Friedman) purchased the stock of Miss Shotwell, she agreeing to assist him in recovering the value of the stock, which she thougnt was very high; the witness declined to purchase the stock ; Miss Shotwell told him she would assist bim ajl she could in the law- suit against Roddy; in response to a telegram the witness visited her at a nouse in Twenty-fourth street, and she showed him a bundle of papers, | among them the bond in question; she told him that she got it out of General Roddy’s room, and ST. JOHNS COLLEGE, FORDHAM. ——--+ t—The Seat of Catholic United States About To Be Restored to Its Old Fame. It is now close upon half a century since the above named institution was founded by one of America’s greatest ecclesiastics and a legal status procured apd conferred upon it by one of her greatest statesmen. The genius of Archbishop Hughes and of William H. Seward had presided over its early foundation. Up to that time George- town Coliege, near Washington, had all the pres- tige which is conferred by antiquity and the patronage of illustrious men, Wasbington and his | Cabinet honored its commencements witb their presence, ana so did all the other Presidents and administrations down to a very recent period. But the great Archbisnop determined that there should be near the commercial metropolis of the nation a seat of learning where not only tne Catholics of the United States but of the entire American Continent might send their sons to re- ceive such an education as could only be pro- cured at the most celebrated universities of Eu- rope. Rose Hill, at Fordham, which tradition has assigned as the seat of Lord Stirling, the Ameri- can patriot of Revolutionary fame, was selected as @ suitable location; and for the extent of its grounds and the peace and beauty of its Gark groves and other woodland scenery there were Tew places to rival it outside of its more cele: brated and veneraple sister seats of Catholic learn- ing at stonyhurst and St. Omer's, Able masters were now ueeded, and in this emergency the lamented prelate summoned to his atid the Jesuit Fatvers, under whose care and di- rection he placed the institution. The choice was as wise as it was happy; for these learned sons of Loyola brought hither from their well known houves aud placed within its balls @ numerous stair of their most eminent professors, Their success was not doubtinl. Soon the fame of the institu- tion for the proficiency of its graduates tn the Belles Lettres, Oratory, Science, and Mental and Moral Philosophy was spread abroad, and students flocked thither irom the most distant States and lands, A change soon came. The late war, both at home and abroad, serio affected this learned institution, which no other en- dowments to support it than those which intellect gave. I). has been decided, however, thas the old fame of the college shall be revived, and for this purpose an important step has already been taken in the right direction. A very large number of those professors, Whose bames are household words and whose great learning and ability had identified them with the early success and triumphs of the institution, are to be recalled, and they are toresume their old positions during the ensuing scholastic year. Chief among these are the new President, the Rev. Dr. Frederick Wil- liam Goekein, and the Rev. Dr. Lewis Jouin. Dr. Goekeln was born jn Prussia; but he is an Ameri- can by breeding and education. Dr. Jouin 18 an eminent philosopher, and his exposition and complete refutation of Prolessor Darwin’s theory of the descent 0! man is one of the most noticeable features in the philosophical nteratare of the times. The college will open in September, and will be abie to receive and accom- modate trom 400 to 500 students, who will come thitner from every part of the United States and | from abroad. THE POOR CHILDREN'S EXCURSION FUND. Noble Brokers Again to the Front. New YorK, July 21, 1874, The Trustees of the Poor Children’s Free Excur- sion Fund acknowledge the following additional contributions :— Previously acknowledged A Friend of the Children $5,170 38 2 that be was then in Washington; Fried- 5 10 00 man advised her to take the pa- | (a a Hs Pers back again; @ great many times she 50 complained that General Roddy had been treating ei her very badly; she also said that General Roddy | D. fo Ma oka otis «ob 600 had purchased that bond once trom her, or made | Acme Ded (Der Tene 2 00 an arrangement to purchase it; it was ina law- | Poolen Oomabin Har yer’s possession; General Roddy did not pay her | 4. i (per Tine)... 25 0 the money, and she took the boud back; she said | Adrian Iselin tee : : 100 0 that if General Roddy did not pay her the money | . Sixteen tickets to the fourth picnic having been he owed her she would “fix” him, meaning that — she would disgrace hts family. Cross-examined—I did not vffer her $3,000 if she would consent to a dismissal of the charge of rob. bery which she preferred against Brooxes and Everett; in @ conversation with ber she admitted that Brookes was not guilty of the offence: Miss Shotweli told me she wanted to go to Europe to get her money from General Roddy, and I volun- teered to assisf her with money for that purpose; 1 did not threaten Miss Shotwell that unless she consented to dismiss the proceeding against Brookes and Everett I would have her put in | the Tombs; I loaned her several hundred dollars | without asking any interest, which she sill owes ¢. Mr. Puilerton asked permission to putin evi- dence a portion of a letter which the defendant | wrote to General Roddy, while in Europe, in which | she addressed him as “Dear sir.” | His Honor said that the prosecuting attorney | | begs read the portions he marked, and that coun- | | ne for the prisoner could read the whule of the etter, | Mr, Sullivan offered in evidence an indictment | | found against George N, Everett and Frank W. | Brookes, filed January 9, 1873, an indictment filed | June 5, 1574, against Fanny A. Shotwell, alias Car- | lotta f. snotwell, on the complaint ‘of General Roddy, for perjury in falsely swearing that she waa | his wile, and also a commitment, cated June 8, } 1874, charging Carlotta Shotwell with an attempt at robbing General Roddy, upon which she was held in deiauit of $1,000 ball. These indictments were placed in evidence to show that there was a conspiracy to make strenu- ous effurts to imprison the accused, Mr. Sullivan recalled ‘Mrs.’ Roddy to contra- dict Mr. Friedman's testimony. She said that Mr. ‘an called upon her and urged ber to with- | draw the prosecution against Brookes and Everett, | and threatened that if she did not do so they would put her in the Tombs, which she defied them to ao. | THE SUMMING UP. The Court limited the Counsel to half an hour each in summing up, Mr. Algernon 3. sullivan proceeded to present the case lor bis chent. He said tnat in response to a request made by an honored and old New Yorker—Mr, Thurlow Weed—ue represeuted tuis | uniortunate prisoner, who was being hunted down | by @ band of conspirators, In severe terms he de- | Bounced the prosecution as a private and malig- Mant one got up for ulterior objects, and said that iW the District Attorney, and not paid counsel, | were conducting it it would not have proceeded thus far, He commented rapidly upon the testi- | Mony of the complainant about the loss ot tne | Opera glass and seven sovereigns, which was only @ subteriuge resorted to for the purpose of immur- | ing berin a dungeon and shielding Brookes ana Everett, the parties who were prosecuung tna charge ol larceny, Counsel made the most of his _ brief time, and succeded, as the result showed, in | impressing his own views of the prosecutors and | | the prosecuted on the minds of the jary, | , Judge Fullerton, tn opening his argument and | in alluding to tne pathetic remarks of counsel, in- | quired where was the motner of the prisoner ? | “Mr. Sullivan—She is sick in bed. | . Mr. Fullerton—Where are her brothers and sis- ters? | Mr. Sullivan—Two of them are over there (point- ing to the enclosure fr privileged spectators). | r. Fullerton urged with great venemence that the evidence ciearly demonstrated that the pris- oner was guilty of larceny. He resented the alle- gation that the prosecution was instituted to dis- | qualify Miss Shotweil from being a witness tn legal proceedings and told the jury that he would pe Satisied with @ verdict of petit larceny and to have the Court suspend sentence, THE CHARGE. Judge Sutherland delivered & lengthy and able charge, calling attention to the leading points in the testimony bearing upon the allegation, His Honor said that he admitted the evidence re- Specting the relations which General Roddy sus- tained to the acgused to throw light upon the vita! question which they were to determine, and that was the intent which the prisoner had when she took the property. If she believed that she was technically the wife of the compiainant at tue time she gov possession of the property she was charged with ste ng the Jury cuuld take that into Consideration, ie jury retired at @ quarter to two o’ciock. THE VERDICT. After an absence of two hours the jury came into @ourt and looked so grave that It was conjectured ‘their decision Was adverse to the prisoner, many | hastily surmising that they had compromised on & | | veraict of tt larceny. The foreman. however, | responded to the inquiry of the Clerk as to whether | the prisoner was gulity or not of the crime of grand | larceny by saying, “Not guiity.”” “Hardly had the | words escaped lips When an outburst of ap- | piause jollowed, literally shaking the courtroom | | and which it Was tmpossibie to suppress, | MOTION TO RACOMMIT. A8 s00N as Silence Was restored Assistant District | Attorney Lyons moved that Miss Shotweil be com- mitted upon the indictment for perjury. Mr. Sullivan said he was realy to go to trial im- mediately, and demanaed an investigation at once, or else that she ve allowed to go upon her | own recognizance. | | , After considerable discussion Judge Sutherland decided to take $1,000 bali for her appearance, and said that he was not sure bat General Roddy | would become her bail, This erudite opinion of the Judge elicited uproarious laughter. As Miss Shotwell had no friend present to become her bondsman sue Was remanded to the Tumbs; but as the amount 1s o small it is pretty certain that she will succeed in procaring the required batl, and | thus secure her liberation from prison. Sue was heartily congratulated upon her pa by two | or three female iriends ‘who were ta attehdance throughout the t It 1# safe to predict that in view of her acquittal upon the charge of lar- | ceny the other indictménts will not be pressed | against her; and that when the words “not | gullty” were uttered by the foreman the curtain } fell upon the last scene jm the Shocwel drama | Expenses of tliree excursions. | quarters were desirable and would sent to the New York Stock Exchange in token of appreciation of their handsome gilt were put up at auction by Mr. Mitchell, Vice Chairman, and vid as tollows :— One to Fred White at. 5 00 One to E. J. Hanks at 2 00 One to W. W. Heaton at. 250 One to J. W, Kilbreth at... 109 two to T. T. Bonner & Co,, at 30 09 One to Alfred Kimber at. 200 ‘One to G. Bu 20 One to F. 8. 2.0 One to 8, J. 1009 15 10 by d 500 Monroe at... 500 Ruminage, J 50 One w Eccles. Kimball’ & Ci 50 00 Total Balance on hand. Snbseriptions may be sent to Messrs. Wm. Buti Duncan, No. er 11 Nassau street; Charles D. Marshall, ‘ol | id, New York Stock Broadway, No. 38 B i slip; Theodore Koosevelt, No. Maiden lane; George H. Brod Exchange; Edward King, Ni The Brooklyn Picnic Fund. The contributions to the freah air fund are pouring into that philanthropic coffer rapidly, and an amount is now on hand suilicient to defray the cost of a day's excursion to Rockaway Beach for @ small army of poor children and invalids. The money available is $527. The first excursion will take place to-morrow (Thursday). THE CHILD'S HOSPITAL From Mademoiselle, New Preston, Litchfleld county, Conn., for Children’s Hospitai, $2. EMPLOYMENT FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. The Bowery branch of the Young Men’s Chris- tuan Association have been doing wonderful work | Jackson, | Hunter’s Point, was mardered by one of his ship- | during the summer months in furnishing employ- | ment to the needy. In the month of June over 172 persons obtained positions through the influence of this institution, and over 422 persons have been provided jor in this way within three months. Rey. Mr. Dooley, who is in charge of the labor bu- reau, says that there are hundreds of applications jor work, and as yet no inconsiderable amount of destitution still prevalent in the city, CHEAP LODGINGS FOR PERSONS OF MODER- ATE MEANS, During the past winter some of our philan- thropic citizens held a meeting and discussed the feasibility of turning some of the unoccupied stores and lofts of buildings down town into lodg- ing and eating houses, where clerks and others of moderate means might find comfortable and con- | venient accommodations at prices within the Teach of all. The plan was thought to be quite or entirely feasivie and was looked upon with much | favor, but, the summer season coming on, for some cause it was either dropped for a time or entirely abandoned. Very recently, however, at the sug- en of the manager of the Bowery branch of she Young Men's Christian Association, a gentle- man of some means, who also was im- Pressed with the idea that cheap lodging pay as an tn- vestment, established the fret of the kind—the “Spartan Dormitory”—at No. 98 Bowery, renting two stories of the extensive storehouse at this Sap and transforming them into most comforta- le quarters, The dormitory—the first of the kind that has been startea here—is amply turnished with new, clean beds, towels, combs, brushes and bathrooms, and poor, respectable young men can obtain iodgings here at a very low rate per night or weekly. ‘The Bowery branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association jurnish meals at from five to ten cents each. The manager of the Spartan Dormitory says that as an investment tne | institution will pay. It is iuli nightly. and the Young Men’s Christian Association are desirous that many simuar establishments may be erected throughout the city. Provably private enterprise will find it will pay todo what our philanthropic citizens sought bat failed to accomplish. IN THE SLUMS OP THE POURTH WARD. Yesterday morning the Sanitary Squad of police, acting under instructions trom the Board of Health, made a raid upon some low saloons in North Willam and Chatham streets. Captain Yale was In command, and the officerg made short work in executing his orders, The places visited were notorious underground concert saloons, low lodg- ing houses and generaily the resort ‘of vicious characters of Loth sexes, North William street were what 1s known a% “double deckers;” that 1s, apartments having subs cellars, where orgies of the most disgraceful char- acter were indulged in, and tis almost under the shadow of the City Hall. The places had heen tor- merly closed, their occupants dispossessed and the sJurniture placed in the streeta; but, without @ per- mit to reoccupy them from the Board of Health, the parties moved back into them in deflance of the authorities. Hence the summary orders to close them up, Nos. 10,29 and 26 North William street, Nos. 63 and 149 Chatham street, and 338 Water street received the attention of the police. The miserable creatures occupying these places seemed to be surprised at the summary action of the officers of vhe law, and when the filthy and dis- jointed farniture was carried outinto the street ‘they set up @ howl, but made no attempt at resist- ance, A crowd of the low denizens of the locall- ties of course soon coliected—a type of the idlers and joalers inhabiting these dens nightly—put with the departure of the officers they soon dts persed, only a few straggiers rematning to look upon “the wreck of mavier” strewn upon the side+ wi One or two of them in | A REVOLTING TRAGEDY. Sad Results of Domestic Infelieity—A Father Cuts the Throat of His id and Kills Himself—Details of the Crime, Breauinenag, Conn., July 21, 1874. An event took place here this morning which for brutality and cool calculation stands unparalleled in Connecticut’s criminal history. It took place at nine o’clock this morning in the little hamlet of Shelton, on the Huntington side of the Housatonic river, within the town limits of Birmingham, and caused the greatest excitement, inasmuch as the parties were well known, and some of them occu- pying positions of respectability in society. THE CRIME was committed under the following circum- ances:—A man naimea John Jackson, employed at the iron and steel works in Birmingham, went to his labor a¢ usual at seven o'clock. He was evi- dently in @ perturbed state of mind, ag he did not behave as usual, which was noticed by his com- papions, There seemed to be something on his mind, He put on his apron, but instead of begin- ning work he lounged around the shop. In this connection it may be stated that Jackson was Married some years ago to the widow of one John Redueld, also of Birmingham, Mrs. Redficid had one daughter, who afterwards became the wile of Mr. Oscar Smith, Jackson was of a@ quarrelsome disposition, and especially so when under the mfuence of liquor, to the imbibition of which he was addicted. In one of his drunken fits, over @ year ago, he attacked Mra. Jackson with a large knife, cutting her garments literally in pieces, but inflicting no injuries. She found it impossible to bear the abuse which her husband heaped upon her, and, leaving him, went to live with her son-in-law, Mr. Cornish, Acting under legal advice, she sold the major portion of her househvid furniture, which so exasperated Jack~ son that he threatened vengeance upon her. He was impelied to renew lis threats as he found her happy and Snin vine herself with others. ‘These things had so wrot t upoa him that his state of mind this morning is accounted for. Waiting until he saw Mr. Cornish pass the steel works on his way to the pin tactory near, Jackson threw Off his apron, put on his bat and started for the residence of sr, Cornish in Shelton. Entering the house, he began the use of loud and threaten- ing language. He pretended he wished to talk to his wue, wished to see the little boy, and demanded that she listen to him and grant his request, Mrs. Cornish was frightened, and said she could not eptertam him. If he had anything to 8a} he had best write it. This he refused to do, when she advised him to retire, and not compel her to call assist- ance. She soon left tne house for that purpose, Jackson then rushed into the bedroom, where Mrs, his wife, was lying. She, seeing the angry and desperate 100K Ol her husband, also made a move to rush from the house. Their little boy, aged seven years, was seated in the lap of his grandmother, jittie dreaming of the awful fate awaiting him. Jackson had always loved this chiid, but could not endure the happiness it was enjoying, imasmuch as it contributed to tne hap- piness of & woman whom he had learned to scorn, if he did not hate. He approached and spoke to the lady and extended bis arms, as if to embrace and kiss the child. She permitted Lim so to do, when the fiend seized the lad by the hair, pulled his head | back and, quicker than jightning, drew the bade of @ jackknile, sleeve, ACROSS THE THROAT OF THE CHILD. Blood flowed, the lady screamed and assistance came. The scene that followed no pen can de- scribe; but the end was not yet. The madman had another bloody deed to perform. Neighbors near by, hearing the cries of the boy and the screams of the woman, rushed into the house just in time to see Jackson draw the bloody implement twice across his own throat, cutung it from ear to ear, and almost dis- severing the neck, first stabbing himsell three tumes in the left side and cutting the muscles and sinews of both arms above the elbow. From the effects of these wounds the frantic man died in about forty minutes, Drs, Beardsley and Shelton were summoned and sewed up the gashes in the boy’s neck, and every- thing was done to save a itfe which at this mo- ment is cespaired of, Mr. and Mrs. Cornish are almost irantic, and have the sympathy of the whole town. itis currently believed that Jack- son’s intention was to have killed bis wile first, her Pryge next, then the child anu fipaily him- sell, worried and harassed, he was successful in the last particular. MURDEB ON SHIPBOARD. A Sailor Murdered at Long Island City— His Body Thrown into the East River— Arrest of the Entire Crew—Grappling for the Boay. On Sunday night, at about twelve o’clock, James Johnson, @ sailor on board the British bark Cru- sader, lying abreast of the Standard Vil Works, at mates and his body thrown into the East River. The particulars of the case, as nearly as cau be ascer- tained, are as follows :— Captain Brewer, commander of the vessel, had | gone to New York on business, and during his absence a mutiny manifested itself, the result of which was a general riot among the entire crew, | the majority of whom were colored. The watch- man on post at the time was patrolling through the yards of the Standard Ou Company, ana he states that all hands were engaged in 4 general mélée. It seems that the unfortunate Johnson (colored) was unlucky enough to excite the ire of one of the mutineers, all of whom were in @ beastly state of intoxication, and as a reward {0} his imterference he was brutally beaten An thrown overboard, He had on at the time a large pair of seaboote, encased in q@ heavy jacket, which prevented him Jrom being able to sustain himself m the water, His comrades, aware that he would be missed, as- serted that he had fallen overboara, and called on Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald, a boatkeeper at Newtown Fortunately for those whom he has so long | and was | which he had conceaied in his | Bridge, and employed him to grapple tor the body. | Yesterday morning a descent was made on the | ship by the Long Island City police. under charge ot Detective Moran and Sergeant Lew Smith, and fourteen of the crew, including the carpenter and second mate, were arrested and brought to the Second precinct station house t6 await examina- tuon. Coroner Manger was notified, and a corps of professional grapplers are at present engaged in searching for the body. DANGEROUS STABBING AFFRAY, Ante-Mortem Statement. At an early hour yesterday morning Coroner Woltman was called to the Park Hospital to take the ante-mortem statement of Antonio Custer, a Portuguese seaman, who, on Sunday night, was stabbed in the abdomen, side and other places by aknife in the hands of Patrick Dobbins, at tne sailors’ boarding house, No. 74 Oliver street. and then asked him if he had any money. Custer Faved $2.75, which he alleves Dobbins and the oaraing master’s daughter took irom nim, and re- fused to return the same. Custer demanded his money, which made the aim. culty between him and Dobbins, after which the latter, as alleged, enticed Custer into the yard and there stabbed him as stated. Dobbins was subsequently arrested, and identifi tbe victim as the man who had stabbed him, chat Tada @ verdict agat Coroner Woltman committed him to the Tombs to await the result of Custer’s injuries. KILLED BY ACCIDENT. Coroner Woltman yesterday held an inquest in | the case of Peter Beck, 8 man twenty-three years of age, who was fatally injared on the 7th instant. There wasa disturbance in the drinking palce, corner of Stanton and Sheriff streets, when Peter Oet, in attempting to eject a disorderly person, struck him with a long-bladed screw driver. In repeating the blow with the weapon the blade Dob- | bins, 1t appears, first requested Custer to treat, | Dobbins, and | flew from the handle and accidentally struck Beck, © who was a friend to Oet, in the abdomen and tn- flicted a wound from which he died, The jury exon- erated Vet and Co oner Woltman discharged him irom custody, cautioning him to be more carcful in future. “CORONERS! CARES, The body of an unknown boy was yesterday | washed ashore on the southwest corner of Gov- ernor’s Island and made fast by the military au- thorities of Fort Columbus, who notified Coroner Woitman, The remains were sent to the Morgue. Byron Scranton, a man twenty-nine years of fe, Was found lying dead in the stable No, 307 — ‘est Thirty-seventh street, at five o’ciock yester- day morning. Coroner Woltman was notified. DOINGS OF A DESPERATE BULL. A mad bull escaped yesterday afternoon from the yards of the Hide and Fat Association, at First avenue and Forty-ilith street, and dashed down the avenue at full speed. No harm was done, the people getting out of the way as fast as possible, until he reached Ninth street, He then turned into Tompkins square, where he created a wild alarm among the child . Several policemen were in chase o1 the animal, pistol in band, and finally succeeded in killing him. The following persons were injured beiore that event was brought about :—simon Adler, of No, 111 Essex street; Thomas Rowe, of No, 276 Bast Tenth street, and Felix MacAnenny, of No. 645 Kast Twellth street. Kowe was hit on the shoulder by ® pistol ball fired at the bull, Fortunately, they are not seriously or badly injured, The escape of the animal from tne yards 1s said to have been widg to the carelessness O/ ag attendant, SEIZURE OF THE HAVANA STEASISHIPS, UE, An Indignant Protest from Mr. Alexan- dre—Copy of Certificate to Carry Com- bustible Materials—The Matter Now in the Hands of the Secretary of the ‘Treasury. Considerable excitement exists in shipping cir- cles with reference to the seizure of several ves- sels belonging to the Havana and Mexican line for alleged infraction of. the Steamboat law. The fo)- lowing are the names of the vessels seized and the offences charged :—City of New York, for carrying too many passengers; City of New York (a second ume), for carrying petroleum; City of Havana, for carrying petroleum; City of Merida, for carrying petrolenm., The following is tho statement o1 Mr. Alexandre, Sr., of the firm of F, Alexandre & Sons, the owners of the vessels in question :— STATEMENT OF MR. ALEXANDRE, SR. I look upon the seizure of our vessels by the in- | former Abell as @ simple piece of blackmailing. I have written to Mr. Bristow, the Secretary of the Treasury, explaining the matter and complaining of the persecution, My firm has built more ship- ping than aby other house in New York for the last five years, and instead of our being encouraged by the government we are persecuted by an in- former, who hopes to Make woney out Of us; but he is very much decetved, for we will fight tus un- just claims to the bitter end. To show you how our business has been intenered with 1 may state that we have @ contract to so 12,000 Cases of | ant re an cases to Havana by our line. We ave shipped ubout 8,000, and are unable to snip the remaining 4,000 till the eewne vexatious per- secutions are terminated, We always carry Peer Jeum according to the vld law, which requires it to be piace fifty ieet irom the boilers, making it about seventy feet distance irom the furnaces. We place the oil on the lewer main deck, forward of the forebatch, from whence it can be easily thrown into the water should a fire break out on board. Uur arrangements in case of lire ure, we. believe, nearly periect, for all the crew and passengers are assigned beforehand to their position and boat. In addition to this a false alarm of dre is sounded cach trip to drill the crew. All we ask tor is an examination by com- petent people of our fire arrangements, and we dely anybody to find Jault with inem, ‘the same appiies to our lifepoats, which are always kept pro- visioned; but that is not the question at the pres- | ent moment. We have carried oil to Havana since the first boat of our line left tis city ior that ort—viz., on October 3, 1867. We carry it, as 1 be- fore stated, on deck, in a place coustructed for horses, carriages, fruit and petroleum. The Pacific Mail and Atlas line oj steamships, plying from this port, carry petroleum at ordinary rates, and, we maintain, in no safer manner than that adopted us. *REPORTER—Can you show me, Mr, Alexandre, one of your liceuses to carry combustible mate- nials? Mr. ALEXANDRE—Certainly, sir. Here ig one, from one of the steamers seized by Informer Abell. LLCENSE TO CARRY COMBUSTIBIG MATERIALS. State of New York, District of New York.—Applicatio haying been made’ to the subscribers, inspecto: steamers for said district, to grant a license steamer City of Havana, ‘of New York, in th ‘New York, whereof John ‘Deaken ix master, to carry pe- troleum that will not igmite at less temperature than 110 degrees Fahrenheit, we, having carctully examined such vesse), do hereby authorize the sald steamer to carry as reig@t the said article, when secured in metallic cars or iron-bound casks or barrela, to be plainiy marked on the outaide with the name ot the article contained therein, | and to be carried on lower main deck, forward of fore- hatch, separate trom other freight, and to be kept not Jess than nity feet from any fire. Ct our hands and seals, iia Hite aay of July, : JOHN K. MATHEWS. “You will see from the foregoing,” said Mr. Alexandre, “that we have had authority jor car- rying petroleum under section 4 of the United btates Shipping law.” ANOTHER PROTEST AGAINST INFORMER ABELL, “With reference to the seizure ol our steamer, the City of New York, ior infraction of the Steamboat Jaw of February 28, 1871, section 48, to tne effect ‘that no enger steamer shall carry more pas- sengers than her certificate states,’ I have only to remark that sheis a new vessel of 1,715 tons register, and thati have lately received a commu- | Dication from United States Steamboat Inspectors Messrs. J. Simonsen and J. K. Mathews, wno sur- veyed her on the 14ta of October, 1873, stating that if we had made the request we could have had in- serted in her passenger certificate the right to carry 170 instead of eighty-five passengers, as it now stands. The vessel in question was seized for carrying 108 and 120 passengers respectively, ana | violating its license! So, you see, this seizure is | as small a potato affair as the seizure of our other vessel for carryiug petroleum, ‘Tne City of New York is bonded in the Brooklyn United States Courts for $3,400." Thanking Mr. Alexandre for nts courtesy the re- porter bid him good day. THE FOURTH AVENUE-IMPROVEMENT AGAIN, A Contractor Killed. About four o'clock, on. Monday afternoon Mr. | Daniel McHugh, @ contractor, wd hgd a contract for excavating a portion of the Fourth avenue fm provement work, left his home, No. 444 East Seventy-eighth street, to collect a bill, and was | seen no more alive by his friends. Search w: made ior him during the night, but without su cess till yesterday morning at half-past six o'clock, when his aead body was found in the Fourth ave- nue excavation, between Eighty-first and Eighty- | second streets, he evidently having falien from the | top of the embankment, a distance of nearty torty Jeet. The body was removed to the Twenty-third precinct station house, and trom thence to his late | residence, where Coroner Kessler was notified to | hold an inques! ANOTHER COVENANT. {From the Atlanta Constitutionalist.) The people of Georgia will be pleased to learn, from the following card sent to us for publication, that Messrs. Stephens and Toombs have adjusted their differences, and that the almost uninter- rupted friendspip of forty years has been re- stored, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God:”— 4 CARD. pon fall, mutual explanations, in view, touching the matters involved sonal differences (and with the detail lic have little concern), the und method of simply aunouncing to all who have taken an interest in the subject that the recent quite notorious alienation between thein, arising trom muisapprehen- sious or misunderstanding’, of whatever character, on either or both sides, no longer exists; and that the ‘cor. dial triendship which had for nearly forty years bound them together by 4 tle as strong as brotherly attachment until this short interruption is again perteetly restored, ALEXANDER H, STEPHENS, R, TOOMBS. Lasanty Hatt, Crawronbvinie, Ga., July 17, 1874, SUICIDE BY TAKING POISON. Late yesterday afternoon Coroner Woltman re- ceived information that a Mrs. Connelly, who lived in the rear of premises No. 24 City Hail place, had died from the effects of a dose of Paris reen which she had taken with suicidal intent. he motive which prompted the act will be devel- oped during the Coroner's investigation. DEATH AMONG THE LITTLE ONES, At a meeting of the Board of Health held yester- | day it was reported :— ‘That in the week which ended on Saturday, the 18th inst., there were 79) deaths reported in the ih This shows an increase of at least 15) deaths over the total in the preceding week. ‘The ratio of mortality, which had kept below the usual standard tor the previous six to a yearly death rate of 22.60 iz July # and 32 per 1,00 in as Now reached 39.50 per 1 5 in the city of New York has, for y years, given the highest iaverage) mortality of any week. ‘In the previous ten years the average num- ber of deaths in this midsummer week has been $63.9. The following summary shows something ol the course of mortality In the third Week iv July in ten years — Under Five Tital Deaths. Years of Age. + 610 353 Year. 1864. ! onding period in the previous ten 3 deaths, the increase over that of th rred almost exclusively tn in- fants under a year old, ur hundred and two of the 79) deaths reported were of that clu: equal to 5y.38 per ceut of the total, same increase is death,” for this ratio being In Vike mai 310 intunt deaths reed to iurrhaval diso d under this head—for children | five years old—the excess over the previous week was 170, | Last week, aa tn the past yours, this destruction of in: | fant lite occurred chiefly in the overcrowded quarters | of the city and in every public institution that up infants in city buildings against the tatal d midsummer. ————_+-2+_—_ MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. athers | ays of | Married. CONARD—SAGNER.—On Thursday, July 16, 1874, by the Rev. pastor J. H. Oerter, George J. CONRAD to MARY SAGNRR, both of New York. HEWITT—CeBALLOS.—On Thursday, July 16, 1874, @t the church of St. Jonn the Evangelist, by the Rev. James Macmanon, Rosgrt Hewirt, Jr., of this city, to ANTONIA, daughter of Juan Manuel | Ceballos, of Santander, Spain, Birth. BueK.—On Wednesday, Juty 1, at Vienna, Aus- tria, HELENE, the wife of Alired Edward Buek, Esq., trom the American Legation, of a son. Died. ALLAN,—Op Tuesday, July 14, at his sesidence, | respectfully | aged 7 years, 9 months and 20 a | L. and Ellen M. Mulford, aged 8 Malden, Mass., of heart Of the lute ASHI disease, ROBERT, eldess sew ‘Alexander Allan, of Glasgow, Scotiand,, sday, July 21, GILBERT LINDSLBY ASHBER, youngest son of William H. and Sarak B, Ashbee, aged 6 months, The relatives and friends of the family are re-; Spectfully invited to attend the funeral scrvice at the residence of his parents, No. 20 Jones street, this (Wednesday) evening, at eight o'clock, The remains will be taken to Katonaa, N. Y., for inter ment, BAUER.—Gopyrey Baver, aged 54 years and & months, Friends and relatives are requested to attend his funeral, at his late residence, No. 22 East Fourth street, at one o’clock, Wednesday, July 22. BARNES.—At Glenwood, Long island, GEORGE BARNES, in the 53d year of his see. The relatives and triends of the family and mem~ bers of Crusaders’ Lodge, No. 61, I. 0. of 0, F. ‘ited to attend his funeral, from his brother-in-law’s residence, Alfred Eliott, on Ralph avenue, near Patchen avenue, Brooklyn, on Thurs- ba ce 23, inst, at three o’clock P. M. ort Jefferson paper please copy. BRUCcE.—On Monday, July 20, 1874, KAT® CLIFTON, eldest daughter of Kobert 4. and Eulen C. Bruce, Funeral {rom 741 Lafayette avenue, Brook); this (Wednesday) afternoon, at three o'clock, sag CAMPBELL.—On Sunday, July 19, WILLIAM CAMP BELL, 10 the 29th year of bis age. ‘The relatives ana triends of the family, and also- the members of the Seventh avenue United Pres. byterian church, are respectfully invited to atten the funeral, from bia father’s residence, ‘Wiligaal Campbell, No. 62 South Fifth avenue, on Wednes- day, July 22, 1874, at two o'clock P, M. CLaRK.—On Tuesday, July 21, Joun CLarg, aged) 50 years, 7 months, Native of county Tyrone,' Ireland, after @ short but severe iliness, The friends of the family, also members of, Washington Tent, No. 1,1. 0. of and En- niskillen Lodge, No. 20, A. P. A., and the Order enerally are respectfully invitea to attend the’ funeral, from his late residence, No, 278 Hudson) street, on Thursday, at one P. M. CRANDALL.—On Sunday, July 19, Josxre CRANDALL, aged 13 years and 9 months, of menin- gitis of the brain, son of B. F. ana Ellen Crandall. Remains removed to Rochester on the half-past five o'clock train on July 21. Rochester papers please copy. CrouLy.—On Monday, July 2, Mary CRovty, in: the 24th year of her age. The relatives and friends of Hannah Flynn and Mary Leary are respectiuily invited to attena the funeral, from St, Vincent Clie Eleventh street, on Thursday morning, July at eleven o'clock. CumMINGS.—Suddenly, on Tuesday, Joly 21, at her residence, No. 307 East Thirty-third street, Euiza FE, Cumminas, widow of Edward Cummings, in the 87th year of her age. Notice of funeral to-morrow, DosBin.—On Tuesday, July 21, of consumption, HENRY Dosain, aged 34 yoars. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, irom his late residence, 867 Sperry street, on Thursday, 23d inst, at two o'clock. Do1an.—At his residence, No. 105 West Sixteenth street, WILLIAM DOLAN, in the 75th year of The relatives and friends of the fai spectiully invited to atvend the funeral, the Church of St. Francis Xavier, West Sixteenth street, on Wednesday morning, July 22, at tem o'clock ; thence to Calvary Cemetery for interment. ELLIs.—On Monday, July 20, at the residence of his son-in-law, Jchn Hewston, Jr., at Oakland, Cal, SAMUEL CoRP ELLIS, M. D., of New York, im the Tist year of his age. ENNIS.—At Jersey City Heights, on Monday, July 20, MaRY ELLEN, intant daugater of George and Pauline Ennis. Forp.—On Monday, July 20, at her residence, 824 Monroe street, after a lingering filness, Mary Forp, beloved wile of Jonn Ford, in the 62d year of her age. ‘The funeral will take place from St, Rose’s church, Cannon street, on Wednesday, July 22 a¢ two o’clock P.M. Priends and relatives are respect- fully invited to attend. FowLer,—At East Chester, N. Y., on Sunday, July 49, 1874, Lucy A., wife of Richard W. Fowler, in the 60th year of her age. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend tne funeral, from her late residence, at one o'clock P. M., Wednesday, July 22. GAFFNEY.—Un Monday, July 20, Mrs. MaBy A. GAFYNEY, aged 42 years, ‘ The friends of the family are invited to atten® the funeral, this (Wednesday) afternoon, at two o'clock, from the residence of John Foran, 254 De- yoe street, near Bushwick avenue, Brooklyn, E. D. HaweEs.—At Newark, N. J., on Sunday, a ears al | 1874, Joun H. G. Hawes, aged 40 y months. Funeral services will be hela in Grace church,. Broad street, Newark, N. J., on Thursday, July 23, at two o’clock P. M. Relatives and friands are in- vited to attend. Interment in Mount Cemetery. Hogan.—On Tuesday, July 21, Wrurtam HOGAN, a native of Marifield, county Tipperary, Ireland, in the 48th Shere of nis age. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from bis | late residence, 32 Grand street, Hoboken, N. J., on Thursday, July at hall-past two o’ciock. Hugiey.—At her residence, No. 288 Delancey streét, BRIDGET HURLEY, in the 60th year of her re, Relatives and friends’ef the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from the charch of St. Roge of Lima, Cannon street, on Wednes- day morning, July 22, at half-past ten o’clock, thence to Calvary Cemetery for interment. Lecoat. —At Orange, N. J., op Tuesday afternoon, July 21, ALEXANDER C. LEGGAT. Rese of funeral hereafter. ‘ANGELS.—On Monday, July 20, FRIRDRIKE MANGES, Wite of Henry (. Mangels, in the 53d year of her age. ‘The relatives and friends of the family, also the members of Triuity Lodge, No. 12, F. and A. M., are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from Zion church, in Henry street, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, Jaly 22, at halt-paat one o'clock. MULFORD.—At Mahopac, N. Y., on Monday, July 20, 1874, of pneumonia, JouN MORGAN, son of re years, 4 months and 20 da} Be relatives and friends are respectfalty invited to- attend the fnneral, from Dean’s Hotel, Lake Ma- hopac, on Wednesday, July 22, at half-past seven A. Ml. Interment at Woodlawn at one P. M. MyGaTr.—On Monday, July 20, Grorge B. Mygatr, of Brewster, in the 27tu year of his age. Funeral services at the residence of his father, A.S. Mygatt, on Thursday, 23d inst, at hall-past | one o'clock. O’BrreN.—On Monday, July 20, PATRICK O'BRIER, aged 60 years. ‘The relatives and friends of the deceased are re- spectfully invited to attend the faveral, on Wednesday, July 22, at ten o’clock A. M., from his late residence, Verplancks, N. Y., and proceed to St. Patrick's church, where a solemu requiem high mass will be offered for the repose of hits soul, O'NEILL.—On Tuesday, ‘uly 21, TERESA B. O'NEILL, widow of Charles O'Neill. Foneral from her late residence, No. 267 West. Forty-fitth street, on Thursday, at one o'clock. PeppiE.—At Newark, N. J.,on Monday, July 20, AMELIA M. PRpp1B, wile of John C, Peddie, in the 58d year of her age. Funeral from the residence of ber hosband, 49 New street, Newark, on Thursday, July 23, at two o’clock P, M. Pitt.—On Monday, July 20, GRack M,, youngest child of Charles J, Pitt, aged 4 mouths and 26 3. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, this (Wednesday) afternoon, at. it. one o’clock, from the residence of, Elgnty-eighth street, sixth house west of PosTLeY.—On Sunday, July 19, 1676, Witira A, Liar a of ve aw Heights, aged G@yeara,T months an ay! rg Funeral from the residence of hfs’ sdtith-taw,, D. Bloodgood, No, 101 Wilson street, Bruoklyf,: D., Thursday afternoon, July 23, at three o’clock. ‘The relatives and friends of the famtly and those of his son-in-law are invited to attend without. further novice. South Seventh street ferry. Rrevi.—at Ishp, L. 1, on Wedn Jaty 1 suddenly, Win H. RIgLL, son fay 4 Rieil, aged 21 years. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No, 130 Vanderbilt avenue, Brooklyn, W. D., this (Wednesday) afternoon, at two o'clock. Washington, Norwalk and Greenport papers please copy. ROBBRTSON.—OD Tuesday, July 21, 1874, JOHN O., Jr., infant son of Jonn ©. and Isabella Robertson, aged 10 months, latives and friends of the family are invited to ettend the funeral, trom the residence of his parents, No. 239 Fifth street, on Thursday, July 23, RoBERTSsON.—On Tnesday, July 21, 1874, MARY, wife of William Robertson, in the 634 year of her age. eRelatives and friends of the famii; 1874, at two o'clock, are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No, 96 Morton street, on Thursday, Juy 23, at two o'clock P. M. SmiTA.—On Sunday, July 19, CnaRLRS E. SwirH, youngest son of John L. and Mary Smith, in the 20th year of his age. The friends of the family are respectfally re- quested to attend the funeral, from the lence of his parents, 225 Fourteenth street, South Broox- lyn, this (Wednesday), the 22d, at three P. M. Sairn.—On Sunday, July 19, 1874, Jamas Surry, | In the 66th year of Ins age, Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, without further notice, from his late residence, No. 391 Fifth aven' on Wednesday, July 2%, 1874, at nine o'clock A. 71, ALor- Smuyru.—On Tuesday morning, Jul; sivs, son of John F. B, and Susie P, Smyth, aged 5 months and 6 days. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of Ree No. 661 ‘West Piity-seventh street, on Wednesday, July 23, at two o'clock P, M. SOMERVILLE.—On Monday, July 20, suddenty, MARGARET, Wile Of L. Somerville, in the 20th jet ¥ of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, irom the Cutler Memorial church, Washington street, near Sands, on Wednesday, Juiy 22, at two o'clock P. M. TOWNSEND.—At Southfleld, Orange coun! on Monday, July 20, CAROLINE Parisi wite Ot Peter Townsend, 68 years, Faneral at Southfield. ‘i TOWNSEND.—At East Orange, N. J., on Mond July 20, DEBORAH A., Gaughteror Rui Hr Non souson-O0 Tuesday, J Mon ‘ON SCHAOK.- esday, July 31, Ewa GAN, Wife of George Von Sonwox, AF Only daughter be et _ Lah al ® 2 ‘aneral services wt her late Feayaancy, Twenty-ninth street, on Wednesday, July a twoP, M